At the back corner gate of the Anping Houfu in Jingli, Qiao Lan jumped down from the carriage of the Xu family and saluted the mother-in-law who was guarding the door: "Hello Granny Li, is the old lady here? Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The Lin family has close contacts with the Anping Marquis Mansion, and Qiao Lan often comes here, with a sweet mouth, and is very familiar with several mothers-in-law who guard the door.

Granny Li smiled and said, "Yo, it's Miss Qiaolan who is here? Then he called some of the wives and brought the fish down from the wagon.

In order to keep the fish fresh, the basket was still filled with water, looking at a large basket of fresh fish that was alive and bounced, enough for the entire back house to enjoy a meal, Granny Li smiled from ear to ear and said, "Thanks to the girl's blessing, the old slave can also enjoy the blessing of the mouth today." ”

Qiao Lan handed her a few big coins and said with a smile: "Granny Li's blessing is great, where can I use my blessing." I'm still bothering you to be old, and I'll give you a good voice. ”

Granny Li took the reward, smiled even more, and said busily: "Girl, sit down first, and the old slave will come when she goes." ”

The area of the Hou Mansion is large, and it takes a quarter of an hour to go from the back corner gate to the courtyard of the old lady of the Hou Mansion. After waiting for about two quarters of an hour, Granny Li turned around and said, "The old lady is just free, Miss Qiaolan should go quickly." ”

After speaking, he made a little maid and led Qiaolan in.

Different from the "Songxi Academy", the Anping Marquis Mansion is full of magnificence, the rockeries are all Taihu Lake stones pulled from thousands of miles, and the stone bridge on an ordinary road is decorated with white marble. Even the little maids have pearl hairpins the size of rice grains inserted on their heads, and there are groups of servants, revealing a luxurious and powerful atmosphere everywhere.

Every time Qiao Lan came, she wished that she could be a maid in this Hou Mansion.

After the maid was finished, Qiao Lan entered Mrs. Hou's house, and saw Lin Anjia getting up just now, a maid behind her was combing her hair, and the other three each carried water, towels, and tea trays, and served a lot of pomp.

Lin Anjia is looking at the mirror, she is a few years older than Lin, but she has been carefully maintained. Since marrying his daughter-in-law, he handed over the power of the family to his daughter-in-law, and he doesn't worry about everything, and he has a rich and noble atmosphere. Approaching sixty, he still looks radiant.

Seeing Qiao Lan come in and salute her, she held a hollow orchid golden silk bead hairpin in her hand and gestured on her head, while asking casually: "Sister Rong asked you to come, what's the matter?"

Qiao Lan said with a smile: "Old lady, my old lady said that on the day of Gu Yu, please go to the Great Compassion Temple to eat toons together." ”

"Oh?" Lin Anjia raised her eyebrows, a little fierce, ruining her originally kind face, turned her head to look at Qiao Lan, and said, "Recently, what happened in the Tu family?"

"It's all good, the second aunt and grandmother arrived yesterday and just settled. Qiao Lan considered her words and replied cautiously. She had heard of the old lady's powerful methods.

Lin Anjia's father's official position is just the right secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he is a famous Qingshui Yamen in the capital. Although it is said that she is "marrying a woman from a high family and marrying a woman from a low family", she can become Mrs. Hou among many daughters, and I heard that she played some tricks back then. When he got married, the dowry was only a pitiful sixty-four lifts, half of which was still the dowry.

But even so, she gained a firm foothold in the Hou Mansion step by step, and her wife's position was as stable as Mount Tai. The means of this are not something that a maid from Qiaolan can understand. However, Qiao Lan still has an instinctive fear of Lin Anjia.

Lin Anjia listened, laughed, and said, "But the Xu family from Suzhou, the owner of the 'Splendid Record' in Beijing?"

Qiao Lan should be.

"Is this worth worrying about Sister Rong? Okay, I promised her, Gu Yu went to the Great Compassion Temple that day. Lin Anjia then instructed: "Huailu, you go and arrange it tomorrow, Gu Yu will book a courtyard in the Great Compassion Temple that day." ”

The maid holding the towel behind her answered.

Seeing that Lin Anjia agreed, Qiao Lan fulfilled the Lin family's entrustment as she wished and turned back to "Songxi Academy".

In the early morning of the next day, the "Green Bamboo Garden" was full of life.

Su Liangzhi is in the courtyard, teaching the "two poultry plays" one move at a time. Xu Wanzhen and Xu Wenyu took the lead, and the maids who were not on duty followed behind and practiced together.

Xu Wanzhen studied seriously, but somehow, she remembered the square dance that can be seen everywhere in modern times, and she couldn't help but feel sorry in her heart. Except that there is no music, this scene is really similar, it is all women and children practicing.

After learning for half an hour, Su Liangzhi said: "Today I will teach the first two styles of deer opera, and there are some basic movements. If you have time, you can also practice after your lunch break. I'll come back tomorrow to reinforce these two poses. For the next five days, you will practice on your own, and you will not waste it. ”

Xu Wanzhen's body is indeed a little weak, and it has only been half an hour, which makes her a little out of breath, and she is not as energetic as Xu Wenyu.

On weekdays, Su Liangzhi looks like a big boy who is free and easy. Once you do the right thing, you are quite serious and have a convincing majesty.

Xu Wanzhen listened to it, and felt that Su Liangzhi's teaching method was quite scientific, just like those teachers who teach interest classes in modern times, seven days a week, two days of classes, and the other five days of self-practice. said: "Uncle don't worry, we will practice hard when we come down." ”

Su Liangzhi squatted down, scratched Xu Wenyu's nose, and said, "And you, a little guy, don't be lazy, you know?"

Xu Wenyu puffed out his cheeks, glared and said, "Look at people less, I won't be lazy!" made everyone laugh.

After the practice of "Erfowl Opera", Xu Wanzhen changed out of the short shirt that was convenient for practice, and Sang Zi served her to put on a white half-old regular dress and go to Mrs. Xu's upper room.

Seeing her coming, Mrs. Xu motioned to Biluo to bring a tea tray over, on which were placed account books, keys, and cards. Said: "This afternoon, put aside the rest of the homework first, and take these account books back to understand." In these account books, the accounts of the silver in the Xu family are recorded, which can be used as daily expenses. The operating account books of the Xu family's fleet and the store in the capital are not among them. Zhen'er, you first take care of the small family of 'Qingzhuyuan', and then learn to run the store. ”

Xu Wanzhen nodded and was taught, let Sang Zi step forward to pick it up, and said, "Zhen'er must study hard." ”

Old Madam Xu asked Yulu to gather the people in the courtyard into the courtyard and stepped out of the upper room, followed by Xu Wanzhen.

The servants brought by the Xu family were only more than twenty people, and they stood in this wide courtyard, which looked a little empty. Old Madam Xu swept over these people one by one, and said loudly: "You are all people who follow me and come from Suzhou, and there is no doubt about your loyalty." From today on, all the affairs of the Xu family in Qingzhu Garden will be taken care of by Zhen'er. Treat her as you would like to treat me. ”

Hearing this, the people below whispered, such a little girl who has only turned fourteen years old this year came to take charge of the house, which is indeed a little surprising. Can she do it well?

"From then on, every morning, Zhen'er would discuss in the right ear room. The daughters-in-law of the stewards shall find Zhen'er there to receive the right cards, and come to me to withdraw the money. Anything in the future must be reported to Zhen'er, and I will ignore everything here. If there is a mistake, it will be punished. ”

This is to delegate all the personnel power and financial power to Xu Wanzhen, and only in this way can we make these managers move and do things with peace of mind.

At present, I am living in Tu's house, and there are few people in the "Qingzhu Garden". These stewards and subordinates brought from Suzhou are all extremely loyal, and with Mrs. Xu in charge, no one dares to cause trouble for Xu Wanzhen, which is a good time to exercise her ability to run the house. (To be continued.) )