Oh. Rong'er picked up the tea and took a sip gently. There are some natural tea trees in the south of Qiaoyunju, this tea comes from Qiaoyun Peak, every year by the people of Anping Mansion Grange to pick, can make 60 catties of tea, Anping Mansion and Huining Mansion each send 30 catties. Because it is a specialty, the people of Anping and Huining use it less, and most of them are sent out as favors.

I couldn't help but nod my head.

Seeing this scene, Yang said proudly: "This is our own beautiful cloud incense." ”

Rong'er nodded.

Lang Wenqi felt that this tea was excellent, and said with a smile in the next one: "This tea is not sold in the tea houses of Anping Mansion, right?" ”

Ensheng said: "It is not enough for Anping Mansion and Huining Mansion to give them away. Can it still be sold for tea estates? ”

Yang said, "That's right. Every year, after the tea, there are two catties left in the council to wait for the guests. ”

"Everybody's coming." Lu Angui came in with more than a dozen men and women and asked them to stand in two rows.

In the front row, there are three women dressed in uniform burlap servants, and two other girls in their own clothes and a ** year old girl.

In the back row were six stout guards in black shirts and shorts, revealing their flesh, and three handymen in dark blue coarse cloth clothes.

"Why don't you see Mother Qiao and Uncle Ai?" Rong'er has been here in her previous life, except for the six men who guarded the warehouse, the others are all fresh faces.

Qiao's mother and Uncle Ai are both old servants of Anping Mansion, and they were sent here to care for the elderly because they were old.

Lu Angui said a little sadly below, "They died this summer." At that time, it was reported to the government, and the government also allocated silver to bury them. ”

Rong'er's heart was inexplicably cold, but doubts rose.

Qiao's mother turned out to be a cook in the kitchen of Anping Mansion, and she had a little problem when she was sent out of the house last year, but she didn't die within a year.

Uncle Ai has been guarding the door of Anping Mansion for many years, often keeping vigil, he has some rheumatism, and he was sent out of the house this spring, but he will not die after leaving the house for half a year, right?

This must have been reported to the house, she hadn't heard of it, but it was normal.

"What disease did they die of?" Rong'er frowned slightly, and her face was a little bad, "I still want to eat the dishes made by Qiao's mother." Why did she die? ”

"Their bodies were still in harmony, on the first day of the fourth day of the sixth month, someone in the village caught a few fish by the river, and sent the largest one to Qiao's mother, the next day Qiao's mother made a few dishes, and Uncle Ai was drinking and chatting in the house in the west, the two ate happily, I am afraid that they were too happy, Uncle Ai accidentally got stuck in the fish bones, and rolled his eyes, Qiao's mother went to the kitchen to find vinegar out, and then Uncle Ai was stuck to death." Lu Angui's eyes were red as he spoke.

"How did Mother Joe die?" Rong'er's voice was a little cold.

Lu Angui's face was full of sadness, "She saw that Uncle Ai died at the dinner table in her house, and under her grief, her qi and blood surged, and she bleed to death that night." Because he was an old servant in the house, Xue Changping went into the city that day and invited the county official of the county government to bring a resentment to the corpse before he dared to report to the mansion and then bury them. ”

Rong'er looked at all the people below steadily, feeling very uncomfortable.

"This is the Kong family, the woman of the Guan family in Zhuangli, this is the Fang family of the Liu family, and this is the Zhao family of the Wang family. This girl is my youngest daughter, named Dongyan, who is fifteen years old this winter......" Lu Angui changed the topic and introduced the servant.

Lu Dongyan was wearing a seventy-percent new red floral cloth shirt, wearing red velvet flowers on his head, looking like Yang's, tall, with black eyebrows and big eyes, but his lips were a little thick. She saluted Rong'er and seemed to be quite polite.

"This is the granddaughter of the Lao Luo family, Xiang Tao, who will turn fifteen next spring."

Xiang Tao was dressed in old clothes, dressed in a blue cloth coat, without velvet flowers on his head, with dark red cloth strips wrapped around his buns, half a head shorter than Dongyan, and he looked quite delicate, looking a little shy, and blushing and bowing.

"This is Li Qingmei, the girl who burned the fire in the kitchen, only ten years old, there are no adults in the Li family, just her brother and sister, and her brother Li Qingming is fourteen years old in the village as a cowherd."

Li Qingmei combed her horned hair, there was no decoration on her head, she was the oldest, and she was dressed in a whitish blue cloth with a few delicate patches. She glanced nervously at Rong'er, her black and white eyes quickly drooping, stiffly bowing, her eyes fixed on her shoes.

"Poor boy. Parents left early. It's the hardest at home. Personality is afraid of life. Lu Angui explained, and then introduced the row of male servants, "This is Guan Laoda, Guan Lao, Guan Laosan, and Yang Laoer, Yang Laosan, and Liu Dashan ...... the warehouse."

At this time, there was a voice from outside, interrupting Lu Angui.

"Please inform the third young lady, Hu Qiulin, the head of Annanzhuang, is here." Someone outside said.

"Wait."

Tao Ye came in and reported, "Third Miss." Hu Zhuangtou of Annan Zhuang is here. ”

"Call him in." Rong'er nodded and said to Lu Angui, "Let them go down." ”

Lu Angui called a group of servants to go down. Hu Qiulin came in in a half-worn blue suit. He is fifty years old, short and strong, and was the head of Annanzhuang more than ten years ago.

"Hu Qiulin came to listen to the orders of the third lady."

Rong'er nodded, "Hu Zhuangtou, you came just in time." You go back and make arrangements, and let the tenants of Annanzhuang come to the council house tomorrow morning. ”

Hu Qiulin guessed the purpose of her trip, and nodded: "The little one will bring the account of Annanzhuang and twenty tenants to the council tomorrow to reconcile." ”

"Hmm. You go back first, and bring the tenants early tomorrow morning. I'm new here, and I still have to sort out some things. Rong'er didn't say much to him. The 1,000 acres of land in Annanzhuang were all tenanted out for planting, and there were all old tenant farmers there, and things were not as complicated as those in Pingnanzhuang.

Hu Qiulin was an honest man, he listened to the order, bowed and left, and did not stay long.

Lu Angui naturally guessed the purpose of the third miss's coming, and said with a smile: "The third miss has worked hard all the way, and it is already half an afternoon. The upper room is cleaned every day, and you can move in directly. Please ask the third lady to settle down first, and let the little one let the Yang family arrange the kitchen and set up a dust washing banquet for you in the evening. ”

Rong'er said with a smile: "I eat and drink well in the house every day." This time I didn't come out for a good meal. I want to get out and have a look. You go busy with yours. There is no need to be too extravagant and wasteful in the kitchen, just let my Yahuan Yuxiang arrange it with your wife. ”

"Please come with me to the upper room and settle down first." Lu Angui saw that she really didn't immediately say that he looked at the accounts, and he was slightly happy in his heart.

"I'll go and arrange to bring hot water to everyone first, and take a bath first." Yang said on the side.

"We've been to Qiaoyunju, and we've been there for more. Do whatever you have to do, Pingnanzhuang is close to the double hump, and the scenery here is no worse than that of Qiaoyun Peak. I heard that there was a lookout behind the granary, so I went up and took a look. Rong'er got up and walked out to the hall on the right behind her.

Eun Sheng, Lang Wenqi and Tao Ye brothers followed her.

Lu Angui wanted to follow, but was stopped by Tao Ye, "You go and take Yuqin and them to arrange accommodation." You don't have to follow Miss Three. Otherwise, it will upset her. ”

He said this as if the third lady had a bad temper and was unpredictable.

Lu Angui didn't want to be cheeky anymore, so he accompanied Yuqin and went out to carry his luggage.

Behind the hall is a cloister on the upper four sides, and there are six main rooms on the other three sides, with a patio in the middle. The right corridor leads to the backyard.

To the left of the backyard is the kitchen, miscellaneous room, and two rows of lower rooms. On the right are four large warehouses. There is a two-foot high belvedere in the middle of the four warehouses.

On the top of the high belvedere is a pavilion that is more than a square of feet, there is a stone table in the middle, the eyes are looking around, the green hills stretch, the fields are neat, it is very refreshing.

Went up to the belvedere.

Rong'er looked at the south, turned her head to look at the Qiaoyunju in the north, and always felt that something was wrong in her heart, and her brows twisted slightly into thought.

Seeing that the view above was good, Tao Ye asked, "Do you want to ask someone to bring tea up?" ”

Rong'er lifted her brows and said urgently: "Cultivation." You go down and call me the old plum alone. ”