What happened in the courtyard soon reached the ears of the main house Liu, and she suddenly felt that her head hurt even more.

In the past two years, I feel that Ah Zhi has grown a little, how to turn around, she has relapsed into her old ways, and she has become more pampered.

"You go to Xinying Courtyard to spread the word and tell the second lady that she can't finish copying the books before the spring banquet on the eighth day of the next month, so she will continue to give me a grounding, and when will she finish copying and then go to the Chen family's private school to study." Liu gritted his teeth and said.

The little maid took the order.

Liu Shi looked at the neatly written stack of paper in his hand, and became more and more irritable, so he took the account book and pressed all the papers, out of sight and out of mind.

"Quinoa, quinoa, big news, I heard that little maid was sold." Before Jiang Chunren came in, the voice of schadenfreude came.

The little maid who set the meal shook her hand.

Jiang Quinoa cleaned his hands and asked casually, "Which little maid was sold?" "They are not familiar with the people in the mansion, Jiang Chun has been detained in the mansion for the past two days, probably a little bored, and he is very excited when he hears something new.

"Who are you talking about, of course it's the maid you are gracious to." Jiang Chun said and wrinkled his nose: "Hmph, she really looks up to herself, so that Miss Servant is not happy and dares to shake her face, you don't want her anymore, she dares to say anything unashamedly, you don't care about her, I don't think Aunt Xun will let others bully you." You see, this is kind of angry for you. ”

Is she really gracious? Jiang Quan took the chopsticks and flicked her face so obviously, she indicated that she didn't want the little maid at that time. The little maid thought she was gracious, but she didn't want to dig a pit for her, so the little maid jumped down happily. I don't know if she's stupid or thinks she's stupid.

"Although I grew up in the countryside, I have only heard of the master picking people, but there is no one who can still pick the master to serve. Such an arrogant maid, our Jiangfu is not suitable for her. Jiang Quinoa said lightly.

Jiang Chun didn't hear anything, and the little maid who was setting the meal knelt down with a white face.

"The slave must do her best and serve the eldest lady wholeheartedly." The little maid was busy expressing her heart, she had only been in Jiangfu for half a year. Helpless, I had to stay in the backyard to wash clothes. Miss Madame couldn't have come by her side, but this time after the eldest lady came. The house wanted to pick someone, and everyone else retreated, but she rose to the challenge. Follow the young lady, how to say it, she is also a second-class maid. Not to mention decency, even the monthly money has also risen. Others only see the future of the future. But she can get out of the backyard regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and wash clothes in the cold and summer, which is a great future for her, and she is grateful to the eldest lady.

Jiang Quinoa looked at her and asked, "What's your name?" How old is it? When did you enter the house? Who else is in the family? Where did you do things before? ”

As soon as the little maid heard Jiang Quino's question, her heart suddenly fell into place, and she hurriedly replied loudly: "The slave's name is Ah Lu, and she is eleven years old this year. It was the house I entered last winter, and there are Lao Tzu Niang and three younger brothers and sisters at home. The family is poor and can't afford to support so many children, I am old again, and the tooth wife saw that my hands and feet were clean and clean, so she gave my father and mother a tael of silver to sell me, and taught me the rules for a few days, which coincided with the purchase of people in the house, so I brought it after. After entering the house, I have been doing the work of washing in the backyard, and now Yao's mother chose a slave to serve in front of the eldest lady. ”

is similar to Ayin's life experience, because the children in the family can't afford to raise them, so they sell the big ones and use the money to support the younger ones.

"You are a maid in the house, if you want to do your best, you should also do your best to the old lady." Jiang Quinoa picked up the chopsticks and sandwiched the chopsticks and winter bamboo shoots, well, crisp and refreshing, and the chef's skills are good.

Ah Lu always felt that this sentence was wrong, so he raised his head anxiously and said: "I am the maid of the eldest lady, of course, I have to do my best to the eldest lady." My father said that whoever eats the bowl should listen to whom. ”

"Then you don't take my bowl, your salary is given by the old lady." Jiang Qu smiled.

Ah Lu is not good at words, Jiang Mansion is not a big family with a background, and the newly bought maid is not taught very thoroughly, but just tells the rules, so that they don't make mistakes, just mess up the rules, not to mention that Ah Lu was only washed in the backyard before, if it weren't for the coincidence, he might not even be able to see the face of the master, let alone serve closely. She didn't understand the meaning of Jiang Qu's words, but she just felt that if she agreed to the eldest lady's words, then she would be a maid in the future, and maybe she wouldn't even remember her name, eldest lady.

"Anyway, I just listen to the eldest lady." It doesn't matter if you don't understand what the eldest lady means, she just needs to express her meaning clearly.

The little maid was honest and straightforward, Jiang Quinoa got the words she wanted, and asked: "The name Ah Lu is not good, is it good to add a word picking in front, it is called Cai Lu?" ”

Ah Lu's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again: "I heard Sister Hongyun next to the second lady say that the young lady changed her name to give her name, which is our blessing, thank you for the name." He made a big knock.

Jiang Quinoa put down his chopsticks and said seriously: "I will be on an errand in the future, although I am not such a noble lady, but there are still rules in the yard." Since you are serving me closely, your identity is naturally different from other maids, and you must have rules and regulations in the future. Have you read a book? ”

"Nope." Cai Lu shook his head, the poor in the family even had a problem eating, and her younger brother had never entered a private school, not to mention that she was losing money.

Jiang Quinoa pointed at Jiang Chun and said to Cai Green: "Then from Ming'er, every day Miss Chun'er teaches you to recognize five big characters, you learn to recognize words from scratch, I don't ask you to learn how well, the minimum requirement is which book I want to find in the future, you can find it for me, okay?" ”

Can read and write? Of course, that's a thousand good, Cai Lu happily thanked him and kowtowed.

"Thank you, Miss Chun'er."

Jiang Chun originally wanted to ask why she was asked to teach, but she couldn't refuse Cailu's thanks, she hated it in her heart, and after eating two bowls of rice for dinner, she commanded Cailu's house to run several times inside and outside the house, which was considered to be dissipated.

When I left in the evening, I grinded and chirped for a long time, and finally I said hesitantly: "Do you think I should go back and change the names of my two maids?" ”

Jiang Quinoa frowned and thought about it. "What name do you want to give them?" ”

This stumped Jiang Chun, and her two maids stood at the door and beat drums in their hearts, for fear that Jiang Chun would give them a bad name. The master they served was not a person who knew poetry, writing, and ink at first glance. It is also commonly known as straw bales.

"Forget it, their names aren't bad. One is called Mai Dong and the other is Jasmine, which sounds good. Jiang Chun said, she also knew that even if she named herself, she might not be able to have these two names.

Jiang Qu noticed that Jiang Chun's two maids breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but laugh again.

The next day, before Jiang Quinoa and them went out, Yao's mother brought an old mother and introduced it carefully: "This is Liu's mother, the child at home was sick a few days ago. Mrs. Grace took a few days off and went home to take care of the children, and she dared to kowtow to the eldest lady as soon as she came back today. ”

Liu's mother hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

This look is Liu's mother, Jiang Quinoa waited for her to finish the salute before letting go.

Yao's mother explained her intentions: "The second lady and the eldest young master are in the courtyard under their care. The eldest lady's nurse didn't come with her in the countryside, and the maids in the yard had just entered the house, and they didn't understand the rules, so Mrs. Liu asked Mother Liu to come over to help the young lady manage the yard. What do you think? ”

People have brought. What can she do? Jiang Qu felt that Yao's mother was very good at talking, yesterday's little maid shook her face, she dared to say that she didn't want the little maid, let her take it back, she would be able to stand up when she said it, and she could also deter people, which was a lot better than the food on the table last night. But this housekeeper mother is she can let Yao's mother take it back if she doesn't like it?

"It's still thoughtful, I'm worried about the mess in the yard and there is no one in charge. In the future, things in the yard will bother Liu's mother a lot. Jiang Quinoa said and called for Cai Lu, and said, "Go and let the maids and women in the yard come over to salute Liu's mother." ”

Cai Green responded crisply. Without waiting for Yao's mother to refuse, she ran away.

"Where is the need to let the maid and the woman salute." Yao's mother said: "If Miss thinks Mother Liu is too good to use, she will stay, if she is not used to it, just say it, and Mrs. will find someone for the eldest lady to like." ”

Jiang Quinoa looked at Mother Liu carefully, she had been very respectful since she entered the door, no matter what she said to Mother Yao, people looked polite, which was calm.

"Mother Liu is fine, but Mother Lao Yao is bothered." Jiang Quan smiled and thanked him.

Yao's mother said that she didn't dare, and stood for a long time, Jiang Quinoa didn't say to let her do it, and she didn't do anything else, she sighed in her heart, and she didn't know if she really didn't understand or was unhappy, and she didn't even say anything. You must know that she usually goes to the second lady's yard, wraps some snacks for her to take home, and sometimes rewards her. The young lady who often walks around in the family is different.

When the few maids in the yard called over, Jiang Qu ordered: "In the future, Mother Liu will be in charge of everything in the yard." He took Jiang Chun and went out with the maid to pick green.

Her yard is poor and white, and even this month's monthly money was only sent yesterday, and now it is in her arms, but she is not afraid to hand it over to Liu's mother.

Last time, he said that he would be able to come out for a walk the next day, but he didn't come out until today because of something, and Jiang Chun jumped happily when he went out.

When they wanted to go out, Jiang Quinoa and Jiang Chun both picked up light clothes, wearing cotton clothes brought from Jiangli Village, and throwing them on the street like little girls from the countryside, inconspicuous.

Cai Lu was still wearing the maid's cyan armor, and when he saw that this kind of dress was more expensive than the two young ladies, he was busy finding out the tattered clothes he wore when he was sold half a year ago from the bottom of the box, and then he felt that he could walk with Jiang Quinoa and them.

Jiang Shun also made new clothes, but he couldn't get used to them. Jiang Quinoa, who got a letter in the morning, was going out today, and hurriedly took off his new clothes, saying that it was to avoid staining his clothes.

He also heard what the people said, he was a poor boy in the countryside, and he really didn't have a rich life to live without doing things every day, he was not comfortable.

This time it was Jiang Kai who led the way, and he waved his hand and said, "Take the eldest lady to East Street today, that's the lively place." ”

From the time she went out of the house, Cai Lu's little face was flushed, and the corners of her mouth were almost to the root of her ears, this was the first time she had left the house since she entered the house for half a year, and it was good to follow the eldest lady.

"What's on East Main Street?" Jiang Chun asked with great interest, as long as she was shopping, even if she didn't buy anything, she was interested.

"That's a lot." Jiang Kai picked up his fingers and said to her one by one: "The Zhenlong chess game of Xingyue Fang is held once a month, and the one who can solve the chess game is the guest of Xingyue Fang, and he can have a room, and he doesn't need to give money when he goes to eat." ”

"The embroidery fabrics of Linglong Workshop are all famous in Beijing. What kind of fabric do you want, what kind of clothing style do you want, what kind of pattern embroidery do you want, as long as you say it, Linglong Fang can make it for you, and many people go to Linglong Fang every day to see the fabric. If it is inconvenient for the lady of the family to go to Linglong Fang in person, she can also call someone from Linglong Fang to look at the fabric and measure it. However, the things in Linglong Fang are expensive, and the price is also expensive, and our house will customize clothes in Linglong Fang every year during the Chinese New Year. Jiang Kai smacked his lips as he spoke, just like this, he heard the people in the account room say that it would cost a lot of silver, and yesterday Mrs. Er even ordered six clothes for the eldest lady and Miss Chun'er from Linglong Fang, who said that Mrs. didn't like the eldest lady, didn't she like it.

"There are also many antique calligraphy and painting shops and teahouses on East Street, the storytelling stories of Changtai Teahouse are the most interesting, and the tea in Xinghe Teahouse is the cheapest and tastes good. There are also all kinds of jewelry that are sold, such as study rooms, grain and oil shops, dry taste shops, and by the way, all kinds of novelty things pulled by big ships from the sea, which are sold on East Street. But we are dressed like this, and people are not allowed to enter. Jiang Kai was a little depressed, he should have told the eldest lady to dress better, otherwise the clothes would be poor, those people are used to looking at the clothes and talking, don't let them in when the time comes, or say the wrong thing to annoy the eldest lady.

"Ah, there are also highs and lows here?" Jiang Chun was very surprised: "This is the capital." ”

Jiang Kai looked like you were rare and strange, and said with an old-fashioned attitude: "It's in the capital, there are many people who step on high and low." Here, the rich can't get up, it depends on the family background, maybe the one you meet casually is the royal family and nobles. ”

Jiang Kai said and sighed again: "Alas, sometimes the royal family and nobles are not very good, you didn't know if you didn't come out yesterday, I heard that the eldest princess begged the saint to send her only son to the border." Hey, how can you say that this eldest princess can be heartbroken, her own sons have been sent to such a place, you must know that when our hometown was conscripted, some of them also bought people with all kinds of money in order to let their sons escape military service. The thoughts of these nobles are just different. ”

Jiang Quinoa and Jiang Chun listened to it, and they also sighed. Everyone has their own way of living, everyone has their own difficulties, just listen to these things, it has nothing to do with them at all, but they didn't expect that a few years later, this matter will cause waves in their lives. (To be continued......)