Chapter VII: Keeping to Your Duty
Seeing this, Qingzhu hurriedly went to help her up. "Girl, it's not time now, but I feel hungry, so the slave and maid will go and let people eat. ”
After that, he called out the door again, and came in a maid wearing a green jacket and a red pendant around her waist, which is also an accessory that a first-class maid should have.
"Qingyan, go and bring the food, the girl will wake up with an empty stomach, and when she eats it, she can warm the medicinal soup and bring it." Qingzhu explained, Qingyan bowed slightly, but quickly went to eat it.
Qingyan's name was changed with Qingzhu this morning, and the maids in the North Park were all named after the green characters, and Gu Anning also liked the words, so he simply followed the green characters.
"Madame kept talking to the girl, and now that the girl is awake, the slave and maid will go to report to Madame. Qingyan put down the food and went out again, Gu Anning ate without a mouthful, ate half a bowl of meat porridge, and then drank the decoction.
Regardless of the past and present lives, there are a lot of decoctions and medicines drunk, and the bitter taste has long been accustomed to it.
Seeing her like this, Qingzhu's eyes turned red for no reason. "The girl drank the decoction and had to think about eating a candied fruit. "But every time I drank the decoction, I didn't prepare it in the house, and I didn't buy it with my aunt.
As time goes by, this habit is not there, and last time Qingzhu specially asked for candied fruit from the big kitchen, and it was cheap for her own mouth to take it back.
The second lady heard Qingyan say that the ninth girl woke up, so she came over, it was snowing heavily, and the courtyard was covered with a white expanse, and she just came in with a cold air, and she saw someone lying on the bed, but she didn't lean on.
"It's good that you're awake, do you feel good?" Seeing Gu Anning's pale face, the second lady was also really distressed. "You have been recuperating in the past few days, and you will go to Nancheng Yu's house in a few days. ”
Gu Anning also listened, but didn't ask what happened to go to Nancheng Yu's house, the second master's biological mother is now the old lady of the family, she knows about it.
I haven't heard of it in previous years, but this year I thought about going to Nancheng.
The second lady thought about it, looked at Gu Anning, and asked tentatively. "Now it's snowing heavily, and I don't know if it's snowing in a few days, and it's not far to go to Nancheng, but it's a two- or three-day journey back and forth, and the road is easy to walk. After that, he paused and glanced at Gu Anning. "What do you think is wrong with this trip?"
Since Gu Anning gave the second lady a word in March, the second lady felt that Gu Anning was a little nervous, and she had no scruples about going to the North Park before.
Hearing this, Gu Anning couldn't help but be a little stunned, reacted, and thought about it. "It's good to go to Nancheng this time. As he spoke, he tucked the futon, the door was not closed, and the people who came in around the screen outside were also a little cold.
Seeing this, Qingyan hurriedly closed the door, but as soon as the door closed, the charcoal fire in several small stoves in the house inevitably became a little stuffy.
The second lady waited for her to continue, and only after half a ring did she speak.
"I heard the letter in the laundry room two days ago, and the price of rice grain in Zhenjiang City over there in Nancheng has increased. ”
When the second lady heard this, her eyes lit up slightly, after all, she didn't add people in vain, although she looked at the girl who was only twelve, the second lady believed it very much.
After she got the words, the second lady didn't delay her to rest, and after she left, Gu Anning asked Qingzhu. "What are you doing with the North Garden?"
When asked about this, Qingzhu remembered.
The second lady said that there was no need to bring those things in the North Garden, and the slave just went back to pack up some things that the girls commonly used. After that, he knew what his girl was asking, so he went and brought the box. "I've got it all!"
Gu Anning nodded, she asked Qingzhu to exchange for cash and silver for the sake of rice and grain on the Zhenjiang River, and other people couldn't ask for it, but this second room must be able to ask for it.
But I didn't expect that the second lady would ask her to come to the second room, and now things are simpler, but the big room is now a big offense.
For dinner, the dishes on the table are mainly light, everything is exquisite, not to mention Gu Anning, Qingzhu is waiting again, look at the Miaolin next to the second lady and let the maids bring in the dishes one by one, according to the example of the girl, three vegetarians, two meats, one soup and one sweet, a total of six small plates, because Gu Anning suffered from the cold, this dish is still missing two.
The second room and the big house are all in business, one person walks on the ground and one person walks on the water, in addition to the serious business, the Gu family also has a canal business, and the Cao Gang is in charge of the waterway in Qizhou, and the big part is the Gu family.
The second master is quite skilled in business, and he is also very prestigious outside.
Gu Anning looked at the small plates used to hold vegetables on the table were all from the South Kiln, she had heard in the Chen family that the number of porcelain from the South Kiln was limited in a year, some were sent to the palace, and some were made for private individuals, although they had not yet been crowned as the royal porcelain kiln, but the reputation was there.
"Girl, Madame said that you can't eat anything in the near future, so you will come down first, and when your body and bones are well, if you want to eat, you have to ask the cook to do it. Miao Lin said and saluted slightly, and only then retreated after seeing Gu Anning's response.
Qingzhu doesn't eat with his own girl on weekdays, but it's not as good as this.
Gu Anning looked at her greedy, raised her chin outward, and Qingzhu went to close the door.
"Sit down, it's rare, and don't hold back. ”
The master and servant ate behind closed doors, but Qingyan also went to the side hall with his mother to eat.
There is a lot of rest during the day, and it is difficult to sleep at night, Qingyan is keeping vigil in the house today, sleeping on the soft couch, listening to the sound of turning and turning on the bed, and unconsciously whispering. "Girl, can't sleep?"
"I slept too much during the day, and I didn't feel sleepy. As he spoke, he turned over and looked at Qingyan sleeping on the soft couch through the curtain, and he couldn't make an idea in the dark. "Tell me, can Madame tell me when to ask the mother-in-law to come over?"
"The girl's body is like this, there is no need to worry about this matter, Madame must also want to let the teaching mother-in-law come over after the girl is well. Qingyan said this, but there were a lot of words.
Gu Anning didn't say anything after hearing this, she also wanted to ask something from Qingyan's mouth, thinking that she was from the second room, how could she come when she first came, and she was not in a hurry to win people's hearts.
The second master's return was the third day that Gu Anning entered the second room, and it was also the twelfth day of the lunar month.
Gu Anning talked to the second lady on the second day to let the teaching mother-in-law come to teach, the rules she learned in the North Garden were just some small rules for entering the North Courtyard in the North Garden, and now there are many things to learn when she enters the main courtyard.
Speaking of rules, she couldn't help but think of the five girls on the other side of the big house, if you talk about the difference between the other courtyard and the main courtyard, one is that the neck can be shrunk even if it is cold and windy, but the girl who lives in the main courtyard is not.
The second lady was satisfied with Gu Anning's request, and she was more and more satisfied with her in her heart, and it was very worry-free to be so reasonable.
Gu Anning will not forget that even if she comes to the South Courtyard, she is still a girl on the other side of the big house, and keeping her duty is the most important thing.