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There was always a live fire in the kitchen, which was a big bargain for Mo Ye, because she had never been used to using flint.

Soon, the soft wood in the hearth was burned as the base, and then filled with broken firewood to set up the medicine jar...... When the sky was about to get dark, the decoction in the medicine jar had begun to boil, but the open flame in the hearth had gradually weakened.

The medicine jar began to make a "gurgling" bubble sound, and Mo Ye did not add more firewood to the furnace where the fire was weak. Clapping her hands and standing up, she just saw Bai Tao coming out of the kitchen, and said with a smile: "Just boil the charcoal fire in the stove for a short while, and the medicine will be boiled." ”

In fact, from the moment when Mo Ye began to fill firewood and boil medicine, Bai Tao felt a little novel, decocting medicine is a very patient and careful work, Bai Tao was a little curious about Mo Ye's young age, what kind of experience he might have behind him.

Since Wang Zhe arranged for Ruan Luo's side, it should not be much worse, but looking at this girl's eyes is clear and straightforward, it seems to be very simple, but her skills are not as simple as they are.

After hesitating for a moment in his heart, Bai Tao finally didn't ask this doubt, but just smiled and thanked him. Next, Bai Tao called a guy from the kitchen to help watch the fire in the stove, and she led Mo Ye to a garden.

Seeing this, Mo Ye couldn't help but ask, "Sister Bai Tao, is it almost time for dinner?" ”

"There's still a little more work." Bai Tao smiled and said softly: "Now that I have some free time, I will take you to familiarize yourself with this house." It's going to be dark, so at least I'll show you the house you're going to live in. ”

Mo Ye's eyes showed a new look: "It wasn't you who mentioned it, I almost forgot." ”

"Well, there's been a lot of work in the afternoon, so I'm a little lazy." Bai Tao said with a smile, "It's too late to ask your preferences." I'll just lay it out according to my own ideas, I hope you like it too. ”

Mo Ye nodded heavily, and said nothing else, only gratefully: "Thank you, Sister Bai Tao." ”

As the eldest maid in the Song family's mansion, Bai Tao has some assignment rights among the servants. When the servants in the Song Mansion saw Bai Tao, they all took the initiative to greet each other, and whenever this time, Bai Tao would introduce the new girls around him to those servants.

Mo Ye followed closely beside Bai Tao, watching this scene, and secretly had some respect for Bai Tao. You can see it. Although Bai Tao is a servant, the time spent in the Song Mansion is not short.

Along the way, I don't know why. Mo Ye unconsciously remembered some of the situations in the Ye Mansion. To be precise, it was she who compared the situation of the Song Mansion with the Ye Mansion where she had stayed two days ago.

In the standard upheld by Mo Ye, the relationship between the servants of the Song Mansion will still seem too formal and a little cold and hard. In comparison, those servants in the Ye Mansion. After finishing the task at hand, they will get together more wantonly to talk about the world and call each other brothers, which seems to be much more friendly and harmonious.

At this time, Mo Ye was not clear, in fact, the relationship between a servant like the Song family was already very harmonious, if she used her eyes to measure the rights and wrongs in some deep mansion compounds, I am afraid that it would make her fall into the abyss. As for Ye Zheng's famous family. That's not even the rule of the deep house, and Kyoto is just a Ye Zhengming, so indulgent servants.

I went to a wing room that Bai Tao led the way to. Yiying is simple but very thoughtful, so thoughtful that there is a dresser in the room, and Mo Ye still feels a little unsure of how to use it. Fortunately, Mo Ye then learned that Bai Tao's room was separated by a few rooms, and it would be very convenient to ask her for advice in the future. She was relieved.

But in addition, this trip also made Mo Ye aware of two other problems.

The first question is. In the future, she will learn to wear women's clothing and ring sideburns. These two things should be very simple and basic skills for girls, but for Mo Ye, they feel new and unfamiliar at present, and it may take a while to adapt to them in the future.

Another problem is that she came to the Song Mansion and didn't bring anything. But when I think about it, I don't have any personal belongings anymore. The things that carried the memories were all burned in the old house that caught fire. Thinking of this, her mood couldn't help but be a little gloomy.

Maybe it was getting late and it became a cover, and Bai Tao didn't notice the sudden drop in Mo Ye's expression. led her to the residence, and then Bai Tao took her to the study. According to Bai Tao, from his residence to the room where Ruan Luo is often located, it should be the route that Mo Ye will often walk in the future, so he needs to be familiar with it first.

When Bai Tao took Mo Ye to the study, he saw that it was dark in the study, but there was a light in a room next to him.

The light wasn't too bright, but it was moving, and it was easy to think of something weird.

Mo Ye followed part of his master's temperament, and did not believe in the theory of ghosts and gods, so he naturally would not think about such things as he saw them. It was easy for her to think that eighty percent of them were Ruan Luo or someone else.

Bai Tao is a big girl with a lot of qualifications in the Song family, she has experienced a lot of things, her style of doing things is calm, and her courage will naturally be much tougher. She was not afraid, but she glanced at Mo Ye with a trace of concern, and saw that there was nothing wrong, and then she was about to reach out and knock on the door.

But at this moment, a bell suddenly sounded in the room......

The two girls standing at the door both trembled, wondering if they were frightened.

How could a bell suddenly ring in the house? Bai Tao subconsciously glanced at Mo Ye, and the next moment, she did not hesitate, nor did she continue to knock on the door, but directly pushed the door open with one palm.

"Squeak-"

There was no latch on the door, and as the door opened, the person in the room who was standing with his back to the door also turned his face - it was indeed a person, it was indeed Ruan Luo.

"Hmm......" Ruan Luo was also a little surprised that the door of the house suddenly opened, and he couldn't help but wonder lightly. I don't know what he was doing in the house just now, but he was so engrossed that he didn't notice the sound of a pair of footsteps approaching outside the house.

"It's the two of you." Ruan Luo, who was holding the candlestick in one hand, recognized the two people outside the house, and after a slight pause, he beckoned: "Come in." ”

After the door was fully opened, when he saw the scene inside the house, Bai Tao couldn't help but be stunned. It's not because she's ghostly, it's not because she's surprised that Ruan Luo is inside, but because she saw the weird thing around Ruan Luo.

Mo Ye also saw something like a box, but after she was stunned for a moment, she quickly linked it with the sunny and rainy clock that Ruan Luo had mentioned to her not long ago, her expression gradually calmed down, and she took Bai Tao's hand and walked inside.

The bell that suddenly sounded just now obviously came from this box, and it wasn't until Mo Ye and Bai Tao walked into the house together that the bell stopped. Mo Ye subconsciously memorized the number of times the bell rang, about seven times.

Bai Tao walked up to Ruan Luo, blessed his body, and immediately confessed: "Brother Ruan, I'm sorry, I thought ......"

"It doesn't matter."

Bai Tao was only halfway through her words, and she saw Ruan Luo waving her hand at her, she understood, and didn't say any more.

Ruan Luo moved the candlestick in his left hand to his right hand, and then approached the strange-looking 'big box' beside him, so that it could be seen more clearly under the candlelight, and then he said: "Since it is such a coincidence, you are all here, let's take a look together." ”

In the eyes of Bai Tao, this 'big box' can be described as extremely strange and strange. However, after Mo Ye stared at the 'big box' for a few moments, she remembered the seven bells ringing just now in her mind, and she suddenly understood a little, and blurted out: "This should be the ...... You said the 'rain and rain clock' before, right? ”

Ruan Luo smiled and nodded, signaling Mo Ye and Bai Tao to take a closer look, and at the same time he said slowly: "Mo Ye, you are familiar with the rules of calculating the hour, it should not be difficult to see the way this clock is timed. ”

Big box... No, it was supposed to look like a box on a weather clock, with six sides like a normal wooden box, but only five of its sides were square, and the one directly in front of it had a round plate embedded in it.

And on the disc-like front, there is a circle of symbols that Mo Ye does not recognize. Specifically, those symbols are supposed to be interpretive characters, but they are not like Zhaoguo characters.

In the center of the disc, there were four sharpened pieces of wood, not only of different lengths, but also not close together, the longest of which was slowly turning, and the other three seemed to be frozen.

Ruan Luo's gaze moved slightly as Mo Ye's gaze pointed, and at the same time, he pointed to some strange things on the disc, and slowly opened his mouth to make a series of explanations: "These four branches are all named the hour hand by the maker, and their movement represents the passage of time, and the length of their movement measures the length of time that passes. The longest needle is seconds, divided by length, and descends in turn, which is minutes, hours, and determinations. The surrounding circle is the hour marker. ”

Seeing that the confused look in Mo Ye's eyes became deeper and deeper after he explained himself, Ruan Luo suddenly changed the topic and said with a smile: "This kind of clock was created by a craftsman from a country called 'Demani' overseas, and the time rules on it are also based on the timekeeping standards of the Demani country. ”

Mo Ye slowly turned his head to look at Ruan Luo.

Nguyen Lo Luo paused and then continued: "In our country, the bell rings only in temples or ceremonies, and the people of the Demani seal the bell in such a clock and send such things into our territory through maritime trade. There was a saying among the merchants that it was 'to bring the bells of the kingdom of Demani from the sea'. ”

Hearing this, Mo Ye couldn't help but sigh: "It's really peculiar!" ”

Seeing that Mo Ye took his eyes off the clock and looked at himself, his eyes gradually lit up, and Ruan Luo faintly felt interesting. Only those who listen to the story can listen to it with relish, and the storyteller will feel that the more he tells it, the more he tells it, the more he will rise, even though what Ruan Luo is telling at this time is not just a fictional story.