Mother Li took a long nap under the eaves of the eldest lady in the second courtyard.

She has followed the eldest lady for many years, although it is not considered to be born and died in the fire and water, but the eldest lady's reliance on her is except for the eldest wife's dowry willow

Outside of Mom, it is no exaggeration to say that she is the most top-notch, and those servants of the same generation are incomparable.

As a subordinate, don't think that you can gain the trust and value of your master just by being diligent and hardworking, the quality of loyalty is one thing,

There are other factors, you must first be smart enough, be able to see through the master's heart and preferences, a little bit of groping to grasp the master's inner world, be able to solve problems for the master, and, more importantly, this point is not necessarily understood by many people in their lives, that is, your intelligence can not be exposed, you must carefully hide, be loyal to the outside and traitors, and not leak, this is the highest state of being a subordinate.

To be honest, she hasn't done this yet, and she has slowly realized these tricks and is using them little by little.

Now Mama Li and Lan Mei are watching the pigeons eat under the eaves.

The yellow grains of rice are mixed with white beans, sprinkled on the green brick ground, very conspicuous, and those pigeons cooed and pounced down when they saw it.

Scramble to peck.

On the surface, both of them were looking at the pigeon pecking at it, and their mouths were still making cooing and calling sounds, but in fact, their minds had already squeezed into the thick one

The curtain of the door went into the big lady's house.

What was going on in the house, and why was there such a situation where the two of them were out at the same time?

Could it be that the eldest lady doesn't trust them?

Even if you don't trust me, you shouldn't even branch Lan Mei's little hooves, this little girl usually relies on her young and pretty reaction to be quick and sharp

The sharp teeth didn't hurt me in the back. This is Mama Li's heartfelt words.

If you don't believe me, it's okay, after all, sometimes I can't hold my breath when I'm young, can't I even be old and like to rely on the old and sell the old

Believe it? Is there something important going on this hour when I go out in the morning?" Lan Mei muttered to herself.

The door opened.

The door curtain was gently raised, and it turned out to be Bai Ziqi's cousin who stepped in front of him and opened the curtain.

One emerald green and one red, two small figures lightly crossed the threshold, did not stop, and walked straight towards the courtyard gate.

Mother Li only saw clearly that it was Lancao and Brother Wan'er's child daughter-in-law who was invited into the house, but now she suddenly found out that this child daughter-in-law was actually combing a pair of maids

Some have buns.

What kind of play is this singing? Mama Li found out that she was really old, and her brain couldn't keep up with it, could it be that the eldest lady allowed her to dress up like that?

The eldest lady's face flashed out of the door curtain, "Mother Li, you go and ask Steward Liu to arrange a few capable little guys, and then call a few long-term workers in the flower room,

Dig up this plum tree and move it to the corner courtyard of Brother Wan. Tell Steward Liu to tell people to be careful, this plum tree has big roots and deep roots, don't hurt the root system, be sure to bring it back to life. ”

Mama Li almost bit off her tongue.

It wasn't that she wanted to eat meat, it was the great surprise that made her unable to control her teeth and tongue.

But she couldn't help but ask.

What the master tells to be obediently carried out is that smart people generally don't talk much, especially in front of outsiders.

"Also," Chen added, "Tell the kitchen to send a bowl of bird's nest porridge to the corner courtyard every night from now on, and in addition to the daily diet,

The dumb aunt will go to the kitchen to tell them what she wants to eat, and tell those cooks to be careful, who dares to give them high eyebrows and low eyes behind my back, and don't blame me for being ruthless when the time comes. ”

For the eldest lady who has always been generous and loving to her subordinates, this is a very serious word.

Li's mother hurriedly reached out to support her neck, she was afraid that if she was not careful, her chin would fall down with a click and break.

It's weird.

Not the usual weirdness.

What kind of wind is blowing today, why does the wind direction change when it says that it changes with a sigh.

Since marrying in, she was thrown into that deserted courtyard, although she continued to eat and drink, but she needed to do any rough work herself, the day before yesterday, she was forced to press her head on the stone and knock her head into a hole, yesterday, she was pulled into the bench room and beaten half to death, today, suddenly a qiē all changed, she changed, and suddenly she became a fragrant dumpling?

This 180-degree turn is too fierce, and Mama Li can't keep up with this rhythm.

Mother Li obediently agreed, no matter how curious and puzzled she was, she refused to ask lightly, this is the maturity honed by years of servants.

Lan Mei was a little tender, and couldn't help but interject, "Big, big wife, what's going on?"

The sharp-toothed girl was so surprised that she stammered.

Chen glanced at her, his expression was light, "Brother Wan is the eldest son of Liufu, and Brother Wan's daughter-in-law is naturally the daughter-in-law of Changfang-Mother Li, you go and call Sister-in-law Zhang." ”

Just a short sentence.

She didn't explain any more.

Mother Li laughed quietly, and with her sophisticated brain, she instantly thought of what the reason was. While hurriedly trotting to run errands, he turned his mind like a windmill in his heart: It must be that Mrs. Jiu gave birth to a son, and the eldest lady felt that she was in danger, what is the most important thing for a woman in this big family? It is the love of her husband and the continuation of her children and grandchildren. Now the ninth aunt's mother is expensive by her son, once she gave birth to a son, she became the person at the top of the master's heart, the eldest lady, naturally she couldn't sit still, she had no hope of giving birth to a son herself, so she could only hold on to the Wan Ge'er in front of her, although it was just a fool, but it was better than not having a son, the fool had no advantage, but he occupied the eldest son, so now the eldest wife naturally has to look at Brother Wan's daughter-in-law differently, and Brother Wan'er can't help her in the future, and the daughter-in-law may not be, don't look at the child daughter-in-law now, there will always be a day when she grows up, isn't it。

When she arrived in the front yard, Li's mother was already smiling, and she safely accepted the sudden change of the eldest lady from her heart.

But not everyone can be as thoughtful and far-reaching as Mama Li.

Especially those who have always looked down on and even taken the opportunity to step on the corner courtyard with their feet, they were completely dumbfounded at this time, they were stunned to see a group of people busy digging the old plum tree; Sister-in-law Li, who was in charge of the kitchen, ran into the door of the corner courtyard with a big voice and smiled and said Little grandma, whatever you want to eat in the future, the kitchen will try its best to meet it, and please don't care about the little grandmother where they were not well served in the past; even the housekeeper of the laundry room came to ask Lan Cao, if there are any clothes that need to be cleaned in the corner yard, just give them to them。

The few small servants who were responsible for sprinkling and sweeping hid in the next room to touch the cards, and when they heard the news, they rushed to see what was going on, and Steward Liu had already commanded people to sweep away the old snow, overcome the cold and freeze, and cut the ground hard, digging a big pit, and waiting to plant plum trees.

Steward Liu asked someone to pull down a few snow-sweeping boys with a black face and whip them each, so shocked that the little guys knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy, Lancao ran out of the house to plead, saying that the little grandmother meant not to take the next example, this time spare them first, and don't do it again next time.

A few little guys came back to their senses, it turned out that the little dumb man turned over and became a powerful person in a blink of an eye, obediently, the next time it snows, they don't dare to be lazy if they are killed.

While they were busy clearing the snow, they secretly peeked at the door of the house not far away, wanting to see what the child daughter-in-law they had never looked at was capable of, and suddenly turned over and became the master.

Where there is an upside, there is a downward effect.

The mother-in-law who was in charge of the charcoal fire drank two strong young men carrying a basket of charcoal and trotting into the door of the dumb aunt's room, apologizing that he had taken care of a lot of things, and he had neglected the little grandmother here.

The green carbon of Lingzhou Mansion piled up a hill in the Yahuan room, and the blue grass hurriedly poked the stove to make a fire, and soon the house was burning warm.

The first group of people just left, and a few more poured in behind, led by a woman with a knife face, a big man, a smile and a smile with most of her teeth exposed, but her speech was gentle and soft, it was the housekeeper of Liufu, Sister-in-law Zhang.

Sister-in-law Zhang glanced at her eyes, and quickly looked at the house of the dumb aunt, and as soon as the front foot said goodbye, there was a little girl ring holding the foot stove and sending it to the back foot, followed by the hand stove, then the brazier, the interstitial screen, the vase, the smoker and spices, the newly made rouge gouache, the osmanthus oil that wiped the head, the broom fire shovel, the bath bucket and the foot basin, the footstool, and the pillow...... In a word, only you can't think of it, and there is nothing they can't send.

It seems that the housekeeper lady also knows that she has been too cold and neglected here in the past, so she is busy making up for it, as long as it is the large and small household items used in daily life, they are all made up.

The corner courtyard that was originally empty and cold like an ice cellar was suddenly hot, and there were more furnishings in the room, which seemed dazzling, adding a lot of warm and charming feeling that a women's boudoir should have, giving people the feeling that this is really a room for a young grandmother from a big family.

Lancao is so busy that she can't touch the ground, busy, and excited, a little face is flushed, but a pair of eyes are shining, she is willing to work hard, how many people are looking forward to it may not be able to get it.

The housekeeper selected two little girl rings from below for them to rough, and the blue grass in front of them was like a big girl ring who was close to them, and she did not hurry to arrange for them to move to cover it, and assigned them specific work.

In the afternoon, the plum tree was moved and planted, and the people swept the corner yard clean and spotless, and then disappeared without leaving a single one.

Lancao pulled the dumb aunt out to see the plum tree, and saw that the flowers on the tree seemed to bloom more densely than in the morning, layer upon layer of red, stacked and stacked, and suddenly half of the corner courtyard was red.

The dumb aunt didn't speak, she walked slowly around the tree, frowning and thinking about something as she walked, Lancao and Xiaoyahuan didn't dare to disturb, so they could only stay away and let her be alone for a while.

At this time, a pretty figure poked in from the door, smiling and waving at the orchid, the orchid ran over to take a look, and suddenly the little face darkened, and it was the orchid who left the corner courtyard and went out to find another job.