"I didn't even open it when I sent it?" Bai Ko picked up the box and took a closer look, and the seal on the edge of the lid of the opening was still there. Rainbow Net, with you all the way!;

"The pen and ink used by the Yiren, where is our old lady interested, if the Yiren sent it, forget it, but it's not, so I will accept it and put it away."

"Then I'm demolishing? The ink used by Yiren is different from our ink ingots, and I don't know if it will dry out after a long time. ”

"Is that going to happen?! Then take it apart and take a look! ”

Bai Ko tore off the seal, opened the carton, there was a small wooden box inside, took out the wooden box again, opened the lid, the box was covered with a layer of red velvet, and three things were placed.

A metal barrel with a cap wrapped in a myriad of diamond-shaped lattices, emitting a fascinating refraction of light, a gold-colored nib, and a brass inkwell wrapped in dark green velvet with a dropper-like cap.

Bricôme suddenly felt an indescribable excitement, and although she had never used this ancient fountain pen, it was clearly an early fountain pen of the capillary principle, because of the tongue on the nib.

She took out both the pen and the inkwell, removed the cap and realized that the nib was on the barrel, she unscrewed the inkwell, carefully dipped the nib in a little ink, and then scribbled on the paper, drawing a series of circles to test the smoothness of the nib.

I don't know how long the ink has been left for a long time, if it produces impurities and damages the nib, it will be a waste of such a good thing.

After drawing a circle on half a sheet of paper, without feeling grainy, Bai Ko unscrewed the small plug at the end of the pen, took a dropper of ink and carefully injected it into the hollow barrel.

Screwed back the plug at the end of the pen, Bai Ko gently flicked the pen a few times, continued to draw circles on the paper, felt the smooth water, no ink leakage, and wrote a small poem silently on a whim.

"How's this one? Does it work? ”

"Yes, it's very easy to use, carry it with you, and have a pen at any time when you want to write."

"That's good, we're still worried, I'm afraid you don't like it. The eldest lady said that you are more accustomed to writing with charcoal, and the brush writing is not something that can be practiced in a day or two. ”

"I hope I can afford this ink." White Ko stuck out his tongue and prayed sincerely.

"Don't cry poor! We don't follow! Milun poked Bai Ko's head.

"That's right! You're not poor at all, and there aren't many people who can be richer than you! The money of the third-class cook and the deacon is added together, and it is one or two or five hundred wen a month, and the young master also gives you two taels from his regulations, three two or five hundred wen, and the steward of your kitchen will also take this number, right?! Mei Wan pursed her lips.

"I really know how much my sisters take in a month."

"Now it's your turn to figure out the affairs of the courtyard, you can't be derelict in your duties."

"Isn't the temporary steward next year?!" Bai Ko was a little weak-legged, and everything smashed one after another.

"Next year is to announce that you will be the temporary steward of the hospital, but you don't take over the affairs from now on, how will you command those newcomers to do things next year?"

"Sisters, let's talk slowly in the evening, I'll go to Uncle Yan first, and I'll make snacks for the third young master when I come back."

Meiyi smiled and went out first, and Bai Ko tidied up the table a little and hurried away.

Still walking in the eight-step alley, Bai Ko found that many people she didn't know seemed to know herself, because she took the initiative to call her name to greet her, and also reported her home, but this kind of hurried meeting has no other use except to confuse people's names.

Bai Ko maintained social politeness all the way, never felt that walking would be so tiring, and the more she walked to the kitchen library, the more people took the initiative to greet her, so that she could only make a hurry without squinting, and did not dare to stop to respond to others, so she rushed straight into the small courtyard of the kitchen library and knocked on Yan Bo's door.

Hearing Uncle Yan's voice in the house, Bai Ko pushed the door and entered, and saw Uncle Yan sitting behind his desk sorting out the books.

"Uncle Yan."

"Yo, Deacon White."

"Uncle Yan, don't make jokes about your servant." Bai Ko closed the door with a helpless face.

"How can this be called a joke, your name has been reported to the account office and copied into the book, doing two errands, receiving two monthly cases, and it is rare to see you like this in the whole house."

"It's just a deacon, and there are a lot of people I don't know who greet the servant along the way, and they can call the maid's name."

"Huh? Didn't anyone tell you? ”

"Say what?"

"You, the deacon, are in charge of adding manpower to the ice cellar, and now that the news has spread, someone should have secretly given you a gift."

"Huh?!" Bai Ko's mind immediately recalled that on the table under her window, in addition to the things that the eldest lady had rewarded, there were also a few ordinary packaging, and her expression suddenly became a little subtle.

"Look, someone's delivering something, right?" Yan Bo saw Bai Ko's face change, and smiled knowingly.

"There were a few wrapped gifts on the table in the room, but no one told the maid what they were, and the maid didn't ask in a hurry."

"Don't think about it, it must be a relationship, it's not something valuable, you take it apart and take a look, if you like it, you can stay, and if you don't like it, you will transfer it to others. This is not a gift that is equivalent to agreeing to do things, this is to make friends with your feelings, a meeting gift, contact and contact feelings, so that you know that there is such a person waiting for an errand, it doesn't matter if you don't work this time, next time you have the opportunity to worry about it, but if there is really a next time they will continue to give gifts. Although the deacon's position is low, he always receives several gifts throughout the year. ”

"Well, the maid should rest assured, otherwise what if you think that you only add a few people and receive too many gifts, you can't go back."

"Don't retreat, retreat, this is a slap in the face, everyone in the house has their own set of connections, you don't know when you will have to find someone else to cooperate one day, if you have a grudge and secretly pit you, who do you find to complain?"

"Well, that's right, the servant accepted it with peace of mind."

"The ice cellar is under your own control, do it well, the eldest lady is looking at your Wenling Courtyard, the East Kitchen, the Ice Cellar, and me every day, running around at all directions, unique and good conditions, so I ordered you to be a deacon."

"The servant will not disappoint the eldest lady. Then to whom did the maid tell this additional manpower? ”

"The increase or decrease of the manpower in the back house is all controlled by the eldest lady, you list the conditions and give them to Pang's mother."

"Okay, the maid has written it down, thank you Uncle Yan for your advice."

"It's not early, the third young master is about to get out of school, you can go back and make snacks."

"Yes, the servant is leaving."

Bai Ko saluted and left, walked out of the small courtyard, walked in the eight-step alley, and continued to have people who didn't know take the initiative to come forward to greet her, this time Bai Ko, who had a bottom in his heart, also nodded calmly in response, although he still couldn't remember the name and face