Chapter 9 Selection
"Let's go, go listen to the rain courtyard. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Coming out of the Qian family's courtyard, Li Xue commanded softly.
Tingyu Courtyard is the courtyard where Jiang Ning temporarily lives, although it is a little off, the scenery is excellent.
The maids respectfully agreed, and went to the front to lead the way. When the courtyard was near, everyone heard a melodious piano sound, which was tactful and soft, like the most gentle breeze melting the skin, and like a beauty whispering in the ear, indescribable comfort and enjoyment.
"My cousin's piano skills are getting more and more exquisite." Li Xue listened to the sound of the piano and exclaimed.
"My cousin is really good." Yuxiang looked at the courtyard in front of her and smiled.
Everyone entered the courtyard, and the maid guarding the door saluted and was about to go to pray, Li Xue raised his hand to stop it, and asked Yuxiang next to him to give the maid a copper coin, seeing that the maid's face was full of joy, Li Xue instructed: "You go to the front and say, don't disturb your cousin." He turned his head again and said, "Yuxiang Xiangxiang follows me, and the others go to the side room and wait."
A group of girls received orders and performed their duties.
Li Xue walked to the house, the floor was covered with a bright jujube wood floor, and through the screen embroidered with Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, she saw a girl in a blue and pink dress sitting straight in front of the window, her slender hand plucking the strings.
After the song was finished, the aftermath was still in his ears, and the personal maid beside Jiang Ning happened to see her girl finish playing, and walked to the side and smiled softly: "Girl, the third girl is here."
Jiang Ning hurriedly turned his head after hearing this, and sure enough, he saw Li Xue standing slim behind, and hurriedly said, "Why did you come over and didn't say a word."
"My cousin plays the same tune as a fairy, I don't dare to disturb it." Li Xue stepped forward and took Jiang Ning's hand and smiled admiringly.
"It's just idle to play around, but I can't afford to be praised like you." Jiang Ning blushed, smiled embarrassedly, and then took her hand and sat on the side of the bed and said, "I was so busy yesterday that I didn't have a chance to talk to you well, so I was about to have lunch and went over to you."
"I have prepared a gift for my cousin, I hope you don't dislike it." Li Xue blinked mischievously and smiled and said to Xiangxiang Yuxiang beside her, "Show the things to my cousin."
Yuxiang opened the silver box in her hand, revealing the bracelet inside, Jiang Ning saw that it was such a valuable gift, and hurriedly shook her head and said, "Third sister, this gift is too heavy, I don't dare to accept it."
"What's not heavy, it's just a bracelet, besides, such a good bracelet is just a beauty like my cousin!" Li Xue took out the red gold bracelet from the silver box, put it on Jiang Ning's wrist without saying anything, took his hand and looked at it, and said with a cheerful smile: "I see that the bracelet is very worthy of my cousin, and it is also a blessing."
Jiang Ning thought in his heart, if I blindly refuse, I am afraid that it will be raw, and I will find a better one for my third sister to wear in the future. Thinking like this, he nodded and smiled: "Thank you third sister."
The two instructed the maid to clean up the table and come out, set up a tea set and go game, and instructed Yuxiang to let the maid in the side room go back to Yihua Courtyard, and then took Jiang Ning to the table to drink tea and play chess.
But said that Lin Xi went to sweep the yard after washing his clothes, and when the thing was done, it was already noon, and there was not much to eat in the morning, because the three girls did not return to the yard, and the maids and women did not know when to prepare lunch.
Usually at this time, you should start having lunch, this time the mother-in-law didn't cook, Lin Xi had to go back to his residence first, walking on the porch, saw Qiao'er and a few people basking in the sun under the porch and talking about homely things, saw Lin Xi coming over and smiled: "Bao'er, come and sit down."
Lin Xi nodded in agreement, moved a small pestle from the house very happily, sat next to a few people, and said with a smile: "Why are you sitting here today?"
"The third girl hasn't come back yet, and she doesn't know what to cook, so we're done, so we have to come here to gossip." Qiao'er said helplessly.
The four of them sat together and whispered, and after chatting for about a quarter of an hour, two maids came over and shouted impatiently: "What are you still doing there, the third girl is eating at her cousin's today, you go to eat quickly, and you can work after eating."
When the four of them heard this, they hurriedly moved their things into the house and went to eat without mentioning it.
In the afternoon, the third girl went back to the yard and called Huang's mother to talk in the house, and after a while, Huang's mother called the maids and mothers-in-law in the yard to gather in the open space, the first-class girls were not used, the second-class and third-class maids and rough maids were more than a dozen, and the mother-in-law also had six or seven, Lin Xi and Qiao'er stood together, looked up, and saw Li Xue also standing beside Huang's mother, thinking about the three girls in their hearts, I was afraid that they really wanted to dial a few maids and mothers-in-law in the yard to give the cousin and the young master.
I didn't care much about it for a while, anyway, I was doing things in the house, and it was the same wherever I went.
Because the third girl and Huang's mother were there, there was no sound at all, for fear that if they did something unsatisfactory, they would make the master unhappy, so they didn't dare to take a breath.
Li Xue walked to Lin Xi's side, looked at Qiao'er beside her and asked, "You look good, what is your name, and how old are you this year?"
Qiao'er replied a little nervously: "If you go back to the girl, the slave's name is Qiao'er, and she is eleven this year."
"You've been in the house for a few years." Li Xue asked with interest.
"It's been three years." Qiao'er replied more and more respectfully, but her voice was no longer nervous, and she seemed calm.
"Mother Huang, mention this maid as a third-class person, write down the name." Nodding with satisfaction, Li Xue smiled at Huang's mother.
As soon as everyone heard that the girl who went to serve her cousin had been promoted, Xiao Liu and Rulan looked at Qiao'er with envy for a while, and the other maids were also a little nervous.
Li Xue turned around again and ordered two mothers-in-law, one second-class maid and two third-class maids, and asked Huang's mother to remember her name.
When Huang's mother wrote down her name, she asked these people to come over, and said with a smile: "My cousin just came to the house, and there are not enough people in the yard, so I will call a few of you to serve, you just take good care of my cousin and young master, don't lose my face."
"Rest assured, girl, we will definitely serve the cousin and the young master well." A mother-in-law found it and said respectfully.
Li Xue nodded with satisfaction and said to Huang's mother: "Mom, each of them will be rewarded with five hundred yuan, and the cousin and the young master will each send a mother-in-law and two maids, and seven or eight little maids have entered our yard before, let them start doing things, and the previous rough maids have been promoted to the third level, so that they can study hard."
Huang's mother nodded in response and let everyone disperse.
Qiao'er went back to the dormitory and packed up her things, and saw that Lin Xi was a little reluctant, so she smiled jokingly: "Why don't you seem to be very happy, today can be regarded as a promotion, after a few years, I finally got through it, I should be happy."
"You're right, it's time to be happy." Lin Xi saw that Qiao'er's eyebrows were full of joy, so he also laughed happily.