Bai Lan and Jiang Quan, the three brothers and sisters, and others accompanied Lu Yan to go out to see Uncle Zhong and the Lin family, and Qinghe suddenly walked in with a food box. "Miss, this is a dim sum made by Aunt Zhou herself. When the slave maid just went to the garden to fold plums as you instructed, she met Aunt Zhou. She made some pastries with her own hands, and originally planned to send them to you by the way, but I heard that the eldest young master was also there, and she was afraid of disturbing your sister and brother's conversation, so she asked the slave maid to bring them. Look, Miss, these are your favorite foods. As he spoke, Qinghe took out the snacks in the food box.

Looking at the two delicate pastries on the table, Zhihua suddenly remembered a small thing that she had ignored before. On the afternoon of the day my brother drowned, I suddenly ate the wrong stomach and couldn't get up. I heard that when my brother was rescued, because he fell into the water for too long, he was unconscious, and in the middle of the night he had a high fever, and the maid who was waiting around him said that they went to ask for a doctor, but the outer courtyard was locked, and the mother-in-law who guarded the door said that he did not dare to open the door late at night without the old lady's pair. By the time the doctor was called, my younger brother had already gone...... Thinking of this, Zhihua's heart was cold, it seems that the woman chose to do it today. I just don't know, Qinghe doesn't know if there is a problem with this pastry......

"Miss, why do you keep looking at the slave? Is the slave's face dirty? Seeing that the eldest lady didn't move for a long time, only staring at herself, that gaze made people can't help but feel straight in her heart, Qinghe asked uneasily. It's okay, I think of my mother when I see this pastry. In the past, when I was tired of practicing calligraphy, I went to my mother's place, and she would make these two kinds of pastries for me to eat. Zhihua came back to her senses, a little sadness appeared on her face, she reached out and picked up a plate of jasper cakes, and handed it to Qinghe: "Okay Qinghe, I fell ill just after my mother's funeral, thanks to you and Bai Lan for taking care of me these days." You'll be rewarded with these two plates of pastries, so let's eat them here. Remember to wipe your mouth clean after eating, and don't look back to let Bai Lan see that I am biased. Speaking of the back, Zhihua's voice was a little funny. This ......" Qinghe didn't know if there was anything in this pastry, but he instinctively didn't want to eat it. "Miss, this is also Aunt Zhou's heart......" "I know that Aunt Zhou is also sympathetic to me and misses my mother, but it's a pity that what she makes is not the taste that my mother made after all." Thinking of this, I really can't eat it, so you can help me eat it, it's also Aunt Zhou's painstaking work, if she throws it away, how sad she will be. Didn't you keep telling me not to live up to my aunt's kindness? "That'...... The slave and maid should go back to the room, and turn around and share a little bit of Bailan, which will save her from resenting the young lady for being biased towards the slave and maid. "Qinghe is still a little uneasy and doesn't want to eat much." Hmph, I'm still biased! You also know that I have always liked that you can talk better than Bai Lan, the old lady and Aunt Zhou, if you didn't help me deal with it, how could they be so good to me. You deserve these rewards, eat quickly, I'll watch it for you, and don't let Bai Lan rob you. Zhihua pouted, looking like a girl. The young lady said this, and if she resigned, she didn't know how to lift. Qinghe couldn't, so he could only eat a few pieces of pastry under the watchful eye of the young lady nervously. "Miss, the slave really can't eat it...... "There is no water to eat the pastries, and Qinghe is a little choked." Look at me, I only remember to appreciate your pastries, and forget to appreciate your water. Zhihua smiled, poured a glass of water and handed it to Qinghe, "Drink some water, put the rest here with me, and eat it when you are hungry." ”

At this time, Bai Lan and Jiang Cui, who had sent Uncle Zhong, came back to recover their lives. Jiang Cui's eyes were red, and she seemed to be crying. "Slave Jiang Cui, meet the eldest lady and ask the eldest lady to give her a name." Although she did not sign the deed, she still called herself a slave and maid, and her posture was respectful, and it seemed that she was told by Uncle Zhong in private. Zhihua personally stepped forward to help her up, patted her hand, and said, "Just call Cui'er, my father will come back in a while, and I will take you to tell him." You should go with Bailan to freshen up first. He turned to Bai Lan and said, "Bai Lan, you have taken Cui'er to learn the rules these days, starting with the second-class maid." ”

The Lu family is a family of cultivators and scholars, to put it bluntly, they used to be landlords, and Mrs. Lu was born as a merchant and had a lot of dowry, so although Lu Zhenyuan is only a six-grade petty official, the shelves in the house are not small. There are two big maids in the Qiuhua courtyard, two Bailan Qinghe, two second-class maids Chunxi, Chunxiao, Chunyan, and Chunkai, six third-class unnamed rough maids, and two gatekeepers, and there should have been a mother who takes care of the affairs of the hospital. After the early death of his younger brother in his previous life, Jin's mother cried and was sorry for his wife's entrustment, hit the pillar on the spot, and went with his younger brother. It's just that although Mother Jin is loyal, her scheming is not enough. When Jiang's family was not out of the cabinet, his mother's family was less pure, and the maids and daughters-in-law who married were not good at the way of the house. Lu Zhenyuan was affected by dogma and never asked about the affairs of the house. The daughter only occasionally comes to meet with her, although she is concerned about her son's education, although she has no real power in the Ministry of Labor, she has a lot of official duties, and she has no time to teach in person under her busy schedule. When today's son governs the country with filial piety, Lu Zhenyuan almost never objected to the old lady's decision to stay in the inner house, but after all, he is also the current head of the Lu family, and the younger son's career still needs his support, and the old lady rarely refutes what he proposed, so the mother and son get along quite harmoniously. The reason why Zhihua told her father about this matter was also because her father was quite concerned about her younger brother's affairs, and her father came forward to tell the old lady that the old lady would not object. But if you go directly to the old lady, not to mention anything else, she will never agree to just not sign the deed.

As soon as the Jiang family went, Lu Zhenyuan still felt a little pity for the pair of sisters and brothers who lost their mothers at a young age, so as soon as his daughter proposed to hire Jiang Quan's three brothers and sisters to enter the house on an errand, he agreed to such a trivial matter. He also knew about Jiang Zhong's family, so although he didn't sign the deed, he didn't worry about their loyalty. Lu Zhenyuan, like most men in ancient times, respected the status of his wife, but when it came to pampering, Aunt Zhou, who grew up together, was more intimate with him. Aunt Zhou also knows Lu Zhenyuan's bottom line, over the years, on the surface, especially in front of Lu Zhenyuan, she has bowed her head to the Jiang family and is extremely docile. So over the years, Lu Zhenyuan has always felt that his wife and concubines at home get along harmoniously, and compared with those colleagues who are restless or have fierce wives at home, he is still faintly complacent.