Lin Hui followed the maid who led the way into the courtyard, and saw that the old lady's Cixi Hall was really magnificent, and it was even bigger than the usual two-way house. The most eye-catching thing in the courtyard is a big tree with four or five people hugging each other, and you can't see the variety, but you can see that the branches are strong and quite windy.

Under the tree is a place paved with bluestone, which is thought to be a place to sit in the cool on weekdays. At this time, several long desks were set up, and the tables were covered with bright red brocade tablecloths. A young girl stood behind the table, and several maids were nearby.

Lin Hui approached, only to see a table with snow-white finely framed rice paper, the golden scrolls at both ends were engraved with exquisite moire, and he could smell the faint scent of sandalwood on the paper, which was exquisite. There were already a lot of names on the paper, and it was originally used for sign-in.

There was already a maid waiting for the pen and ink to come over, and Lin Hui bent down to write with a pen in hand. The woman behind the long case stepped over and waited with a smile on the side.

As soon as she finished writing, the maid who led the way smiled and said, "This is my eldest lady." ”

Lin Hui raised her eyes and looked at it, only to see that this Miss Shen was born with the word "Shen", which matched the surname very well, but unfortunately the cheekbones were too high, and the lips were thinner, although the lipstick was deliberately thickly applied, it still looked a little too shrewd. He wears a royal blue cardigan, and the accessories are deliberately dressed up in an old-fashioned way.

"Miss Lin." Miss Shen naturally saw the name signed by Lin Hui and took the initiative to greet her.

Lin Hui took the birthday gift from Xiao Keer's hand, handed it to Miss Shen with both hands, and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, a little thin gift is not a respect." ”

Miss Shen hurriedly continued, and her smile became more and more intense: "Miss Lin said that." It's good to be able to admire your face. As he spoke, he handed the brocade box to the maid next to him.

Lin Hui gave gifts very rarely, so she didn't know much about the rules of gift-giving, so she just gave it, and never wrote a gift list.

The maid took the brocade box in her hand, turned it over and over again, and did not find the gift list, so she opened the brocade box and took a look, and then took the pen and registered it in the gift book.

Lin Hui saw the maid's actions, and then looked at the other people's gifts on the side, there were other things such as prayer stickers and gift lists, and naturally knew that it was not that people didn't understand the etiquette and wanted to check it in person. It's because of the lack of a gift list.

Xiao Ke'er was a little unhappy beside her. She was small and illiterate. But he was very clever, and when he saw that the maid in the gift book only wrote one line vertically, he felt that it was wrong, and pouted: "The girl obviously gave three gifts." Why is there only one line of words? Is it possible to have two things to give people to be ambiguous? ”

But this is a serious statement. Lin Hui thought that if she went to someone else's house to bring gifts in the future, she must write a gift list. Didn't pay attention to anything else. Hearing Xiao Ke'er say this, he hurriedly shouted: "Don't talk nonsense! What a misconception! I won't take you out next time I talk nonsense. ”

Xiao Ke'er probably felt that she had spoken too much, and scolded Lin Hui a few words. He only lowered his head and shrank behind him, not daring to move.

Miss Shen's face changed drastically. This work of greeting visitors to sign in and receive gifts is second only to the young grandmother who greets guests at the door. I even moved out of my mother's face, so I finally snatched it from my second sister, and I was determined to show my face in front of people, earn a capable reputation, and go back to marry my husband's family and not be looked down upon. If you leave the opportunity to give a gift, wouldn't it be counterproductive?!

"Qinglian, what about Miss Lin's gift just now? Take it over and take a look! Miss Shen turned her head to stare at the maid beside her, and the smile on her face was almost unbearable.

Qinglian's eyes were about to burst into flames, and she glared at Xiao Ke'er fiercely, scaring Xiao Ke'er so much that she hid behind Lin Hui.

"There are three kinds of gifts in this box." Qinglian's eyes were ugly, but she didn't dare to speak loudly. Today is the birthday of the old lady, not to mention wronging you as a slave, even if it is the masters, they are all honest.

Qinglian said and moved the gift booklet over, spread it out next to the brocade box, pointed to a column that had just been memorized, with the words "Lin Hui brothers and sisters, white jade Ruyi handle" written on it, and said aggrievedly: "Qingtian and white, the slave and maid dare to give the gift of the distinguished guest." The girl just checked. ”

At this time, it was the most visited season, and there was a slight stagnation here, and two more female guests came after it. One is the ninth lady of the Min family, who was originally following Lin Hui and was covered in golden light; The other was also a young woman, dressed very plainly, with azure all over her body, and her face was very beautiful.

"Hey, it's obviously the same, but if you have to say three things, you have to rely on others." A voice of disdain rang out at an inopportune time.

Everyone followed the sound and saw that it was the maid who followed Miss Min Jiu.

Belch...... This girl is too wide. It doesn't seem to be her turn to speak.

Lin Hui stared at the maid twice, and reluctantly suppressed the surprise in her heart.

Isn't this so-called maid the daughter of the shopkeeper of the Min family's pharmacy? Before, because that scoundrel Fu Boss pestered Miss Ge, he also caused some trouble.

When you think about it, it's not hard to understand. Although Miss Ge is the shopkeeper's daughter, when it comes to identity, she really can't get on the stage, it is estimated that she wants to come to the Shen family to see the world and have a long insight, so she temporarily pretended to be a maid and followed Miss Min Jiu.

Lin Hui's conjecture is really true. It's just that Miss Ge's drunkard doesn't mean to drink, and seeing the world or something is still secondary, thinking that "encountering" Deyuan Gongzi is the main topic.

Miss Min Jiu frowned, glanced at Miss Ge, and obviously disapproved of her opening her mouth indiscriminately. It's just that Miss Ge is not her real real slave, and she is not very easy to reprimand.

Seeing that there seem to be guests arriving at the back door one after another, it is better to quickly explain the misunderstanding here. Otherwise, it might get more and more ugly.

Lin Hui pointed to the brocade box on the table and was about to speak, but Xiao Ke'er poked out a little head from behind her in time, and also pointed to the brocade box, and said, "Who said that I want one thing and one box!" There are three things in this! ”

Lin Hui stretched out her hand and patted Xiao Ke'er's brain: "Be honest!" If you don't speak, no one will sell you like a dumb person! ”

Xiao Ke'er stuck out her tongue, shrank behind Lin Hui and didn't speak, but made a grimace at Miss Ge who was dressed as a maid.

Lin Hui patted Xiao Ke'er away, and smiled at Miss Shen: "It turned out that I was not thoughtful and didn't write a gift list." Qinglian is not to blame for this. "There are no denies that there are three gifts in the box.

Miss Shen smiled reluctantly, to such a point, the boxes were all in front of her, and many people looked at them, so they could only raise their chins at Qinglian and signal her to open the box.

Eyes full of white. A snow-white jade ruyi shines brightly. (To be continued.) )

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