Chapter 8: Mother and Daughter
The sky was still blue and purple, the moon was still clear when I looked up, the lights in the yard had been lit, and the mothers-in-law and maids had all dressed and performed their duties and started a busy day's work. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Lin Xi got dressed, cleaned his face with water in a wooden basin, looked at the white of the fish belly in the distant sky, remembered that the soap to be washed had run out, and went to find the housekeeper mother in the courtyard to bring two boxes of soap horns.
Walking on the porch, I suddenly heard a scolding, looked up, and saw seven or eight little maids standing in the courtyard, all of whom looked like they were eight or nine years old.
There is a mother-in-law standing in front of the little maid, wearing a lake blue collared gown, and a horse-faced skirt of the same color underneath, the woman is holding a ring ruler in her hand, standing in front of a little maid, and reprimanded with a serious face: "This little thing can make mistakes, if you make the master unhappy in the future, it is not a lesson that only fights the hand board today, you must remember that from the beginning of your entry into the house, you must abide by your duty, you should do it, you should do the best, you should not do it, you should be honest, you should remember that the trouble comes out of the mouth, if there is no door, Playing around with lips and tongues, don't blame the mother in the hospital for not recognizing people if something happens! ”
Those little maids who had been beaten by the ruler looked panicked, stood in a regular manner, and did not dare to move, and a few maids were swirling with tears, and they didn't dare to wipe it.
Lin Xi saw that Mother Qian was training the maids who had just entered the mansion, so she waited on the porch, and when she finished speaking, she ordered the little maids to do their own things, and then she walked up to her with a smile and said, "Mom, the soap horns are used up, I'll come and ask you for two boxes."
Mother Qian found her standing over there early in the morning, but she didn't expect this girl to understand the rules, and waited until she finished speaking before coming calmly.
Mother Qian glanced at Lin Xi carefully, her bean sprout-like body was quite tall, with thin eyebrows, big eyes, eyebrows and eyes that had not yet grown, but she was already very delicate, it was rare to be calm, nodded Mother Qian looked at her and said, "You are waiting here, I'll get it for you."
"Trouble Mom." Lin Xi nodded and smiled at Mother Qian.
Lin Xi took the soap horn, put it into the house, and took a broom to sweep the yard with Qiao'er, and when the yard was about to be swept, he saw a group of people coming from the porch and walking on the bluestone paved path.
The person who came was Li Xue, who walked in front with two personal big maids, Yuxiang and Xiangxiang, followed by two second-class maids.
Lin Xi lowered his head and was sweeping the fallen leaves from the tree, and was pulled into the corner by Qiao'er, Qiao'er pulled her over and whispered: "Bao'er, what else are you sweeping, I didn't see the third girl coming, do you want to sweep it to the girl?"
Looking up at the group of people who were walking this way from not far away, Lin Xi was a little embarrassed and said, "Thanks to your reminder, otherwise it will be a joke later."
When Li Xue got closer, the two stepped forward to say hello and said hello. Hearing the voice, Li Xue looked at the two of them, and saw that they were two rough maids, so she didn't care much, but smiled: "You two have worked hard, hurry up and go to breakfast!" With that, he took a dry maid out of the courtyard.
"The third girl has a really good temper! Where would other masters talk to the two rough maids? Qiao'er took the broom and looked at Li Xue's back and sighed.
"Okay, don't be emotional, let's go eat quickly, I'm going hungry if I'm late." Lin Xi carried a broom to the residence, this yard is very big, but it can't be swept for a while, and he will come to sweep it after washing his clothes.
Here Li Xue walked on the road and smiled at Yuxiang beside her: "I don't know if she will like the gift I picked for my cousin yesterday."
"This pair of twisted silk and lotus red gold and jade bracelets is a tenth-birthday gift that Madame has chosen for the girl, and the girl is usually reluctant to wear more. Now he gave it to his cousin like this, and the cousin must like it. ”
Yuxiang held a delicate silver box in her hand and smiled softly.
Li Xue nodded, paused for a moment and said: "This time my cousin also came, yesterday my mother said that they would live for a while, I thought that there are not a few competent maids over there for the two of them, so how do you see how you can dial a few maids from our yard." Li Xue held a handkerchief in her hand and asked the two people beside her.
"Why did the girl think about getting a maid from her yard?" Xiang Xiang asked puzzled.
"My cousin is also 17 this year, and our yard is the most suitable." Li Xue chuckled: "You should understand the power."
Yuxiang Xiangxiang has been with the third girl since she was six years old, and she has been following her for six years, and she naturally understands what her master thinks.
In the whole house, except for the maids in the courtyard of the three girls, all of whom are girls under the age of fifteen, the youngest in the other courtyards is also thirteen.
The young man is strong-blooded, and he has heresies, and there are more maids who like to flatter, and if it is time, which maid climbs the bed is a difficult problem.
The two of them understood in their hearts, and Xiang Xiang looked at Li Xue and said respectfully: "The girl is thoughtful, and when she comes back, she will ask Mother Huang if there are a few clever girls in our yard."
"Let's go and say hello to my mother first." Li Xue stretched out her slender white hand, brushed her hair, and smiled.
After a short time, they arrived at the Qian family's courtyard, and the mother in the courtyard opened the door and saw that it was Li Xue who bowed respectfully and retreated to the side.
Stepping into the house, smelling the familiar incense of agarwood, the mother-in-law guarding the door saw that it was the third girl, and was about to make a sound, Li Xue stopped it with her hand, and entered the house softly.
Qian was sitting on the dresser, her dowry Mother Li was combing her silky hair with a jade comb, her eyes closed, and she was talking to Mother Li.
Li Xue gently took the jade comb from Li's mother's hand and gently combed it on Qian's head, Qian saw that Li's mother did not speak, opened her eyes, and saw a slender figure in a pink dress standing behind her from the rhombic glasses in front of her. Immediately smiled dotingly: "Why don't you say a word."
"The daughter naturally wants to surprise her mother." Li Xue handed the jade comb to Li's mother, and said coquettishly in Lin Qian's arms.
"It's almost time for you, and it's the same as when you were a child." Qian patted her daughter's back and scolded with a smile, although she blamed her tone, she enjoyed her daughter's dependence on her very much.
Li Xue accompanied Qian to breakfast, then saluted and left Qian's courtyard.
Qian Shi took the cup in Li's mother's hand, took a sip of warm water and muttered: "Xue Yatou said that she would send a few maids from her yard to serve the two brothers and sisters of Ning'er, what do you think?"
"Didn't Madame promise the three girls?" Mother Li laughed quietly.
"Hey, what is that girl thinking in her heart, and I don't understand what I am a mother." Qian sighed lightly, as if worried.
"Madam, according to the old slave, the young master looks very good, and the two families are cousins, why don't you want to, madam!" Mother Li asked suspiciously.
"That kid is good, but it's just good, the Jiang family is only an official, and there are many brothers. The snow girl is the concubine of the house, and the marriage must be chosen by thousands of people. Qian looked out the door: "I just hope that girl can understand my hard work as a mother."
"Mother and daughter are connected, the three girls will understand." Mother Li took the teacup and smiled down.