(028) Crooked beating is seeing dirty
Lin Mengyao smiled dumbly, what does this older kid know! I'm afraid that if it's a woman, this second son Liu always has unusual eyes! After driving Cuizhu out, Lin Mengyao checked the palace sand on her arm, and then she was relieved.
Sitting in front of the window, on the desk in front of the window is Gu Beichen's poetry collection. Flipping it open, the strong and natural font came into view, Lin Mengyao suddenly felt leisurely, and even grinded the ink, and the pen was to copy the font. When Huizhu and Cuizhu came over early, they had already written a full piece of paper.
"Miss is so interested, I haven't written for a long time, and today I started to copy my uncle's words. Not to mention, it really tastes like a few things! β
Huizhu did not hesitate to praise, and Lin Mengyao replied with a light smile. It's not that she doesn't want to write, it's just that her handwriting is different from the original owner, and if she drops the ink, I'm afraid it will arouse suspicion. As for the moment, copying Gu Beichen's handwriting, covering people's eyes and ears is one of them, and changing the handwriting logically is the second, and the most important thing is that in the process of copying, you can always experience Gu Beichen's talent and thoughts, and it can be regarded as a bargaining chip for Gu Beichen's favor in the future.
Lin Mengyao instructed Huizhu to put it aside early, and called Cuizhu to polish the ink, while she herself picked up a pen and wrote full of handwriting on rice paper.
"Why did the young lady write the names of these people?"
Cuizhu asked crisply, and Huizhu also walked over in confusion.
Lin Mengyao smiled lightly, and only responded after washing: "Don't you think this yard is really crowded?" β
With the names on the rice paper, Lin Mengyao asked Huizhu Cuizhu about their daily affairs.
"How about this Qiu Ju?"
"Qiu Ju, the little girl is diligent and steady, and she also makes a good dish!" Cuizhu snatched Huizhu's words, and her words and expressions were full of love for Qiu Ju.
Lin Mengyao laughed for a while: "You can look at people!" β
Cuizhu smiled and said, "If Miss doesn't believe it, ask Huizhu's mother!" β
Lin Mengyao was also joking with Huizhu, and she didn't really want to ask Huizhu for verification, but she didn't want Huizhu to open her mouth: "Qiu Ju, this girl, can't stay-"
"Hey, why can't you keep it?" Cuizhu was immediately unconvinced, she really liked Qiu Ju's kindness these days: "Huizhu's mother just praised her for her good craftsmanship!" β
Huizhu didn't care about Cuizhu, and said to Lin Mengyao: "This girl is indeed diligent and has superb cooking skills, but her mind is not necessarily pure. β
It turned out that Huizhu came back last night to help Lin Mengyao take the cloak, and she saw Qiu Ju sneakily coming out of Lin Mengyao's boudoir, and she seemed to have an object in her hand.
"I'm afraid that the child's hands and feet are not clean!" Huizhu was very sorry.
Na Cuizhu couldn't believe it, but she knew that Huizhu's mother, whom she respected, would never frame a little maid. Therefore, he had no choice but to remain silent and not speak. Lin Mengyao knew what to expect, and no longer asked about Qiu Ju, but continued to investigate the situation of other people. When the inquiry is over, it will be cold early.
"Miss, I'll help you warm it up and bring it over."
Cuizhu went out early, but was called back by Lin Mengyao. After Lin Mengyao whispered in her ear, she trotted out with a smile on her face. After Cuizhu left, Lin Mengyao then instructed Huizhu to gather a group of people in the courtyard. When everyone gathered, Lin Mengyao had already moved the tables and chairs out, and under the sun, she was slowly using her breakfast.
As soon as the subordinates were noisy and shouting, they stood on both sides of the men and women, and saw that Lin Mengyao only cared about eating breakfast and did not speak, so he gradually quieted down. To be honest, everyone is figuring out Lin Mengyao's intentions in their hearts, since they entered the courtyard until now, they have not gathered like today, and even more, if they hadn't gathered today, they would have never seen Lin Mengyao.
Of course, Lin Mengyao had never seen them.
Chewing slowly, Lin Mengyao drank a bowl of millet porridge and ate two pieces of peach blossom cake, then rinsed her mouth and got up.
"I have gathered you here today to announce something."
After pacing back and forth for a few steps, Lin Mengyao carefully checked everyone's expressions. All along, she has no intersection with these subordinates, but no intersection does not mean that she does not know at all, Huizhu and Cuizhu have been helping her keep an eye on things in the yard.
"According to the rules of the Gu Mansion, there should be two maids, two mothers-in-law, and two maids in the courtyard of the young lady, and one each of the relatives who have become relatives, it is obvious that our yard has exceeded the rules." Lin Mengyao's gaze swept over everyone's faces, paying attention to everyone's subtle expressions: "So, you should also know the reason why you are here today." β
In fact, Lin Mengyao didn't need to come forward in person for this kind of layoff, but after accepting the lessons of her previous life, she always felt that she could be trusted by hand-picking.
"You, and you." Lin Mengyao quickly pointed to the little girl and her mother-in-law, her red lips opened lightly, and she asked lightly: "Tell me, what are you responsible for?" β
The two people who were ordered looked at each other, but none of them stepped forward.
"What are you responsible for in the yard?" Lin Mengyao simply pointed at the woman and replied.
The mother-in-law leaned up slightly, and didn't even put Lin Mengyao in her eyes, and it took a long time before she snorted from her nose: "I am the young master's nurse, and the biggest thing is that the young master is older." Why, not long after the young grandmother passed the door, she wanted to take advantage of the young master's coma to drive out my useless mother-in-law? β
Such a posture is obviously not dealing with Lin Mengyao. Several subordinates stretched their necks and waited to see a good show, and Lin Mengyao was not in a hurry or annoyed, and secretly noted the appearance of the gloating person on his face.
Actually, Lin Mengyao has some understanding of this so-called nurse.
The person who called herself a nurse was called Ye Pozi, and because the original nurse was in disharmony, she breastfed Gu Beichen for two or three months. But because of two or three months, he has been putting on a posture of indispensable. Liu was gentle, and seeing that she didn't do anything out of the ordinary, he raised her. Gu Beichen, also because of that kindness, didn't care much about her, but raised her in his own yard. It's just that as she grows older, Ye Pozi takes herself more and more, and her words and deeds treat her as half of her master. Since entering this Ningyun Pavilion, he has lived in the next room, serving all the delicious food and drink. In addition, she also coerced a low-level subordinate to accompany her to push pai gow gambling.
Seeing Mrs. Ye's disrespectful face, Lin Mengyao sneered quietly in her heart after all, she had expected that Mrs. Ye would be embarrassed by her, but she was not Liu and Gu Beichen!
In her previous life, she was in Mengfu, and more than 100 subordinates were managed by her in an orderly manner, and there was naturally no shortage of means, which was also the reason why she had no one to help her after she was in trouble. When she was imprisoned in the Mengfu Deserted Courtyard, she concluded that the combination of grace and power is the way of management, but at the moment, for this Ye Pozi-like person, it is definitely not something that can be solved by combining grace and power.
"Mother Ye?" Lin Mengyao turned around, sat down, played with the teacup, and opened her mouth slowly: "I know that you are an old man from the Gu Mansion, and you have the grace of raising your husband, and I respect you from the bottom of my heart." β
"Hmphβ"
The Ye Pozi let out a long proud voice from her nose, which caused a wave of exchange of ears among the subordinates.
Lin Mengyao didn't care either, silently watching everyone's discussions. Of course, it wasn't all of them, Gu Beichen's scholar Mingxue, Xiaowu Qingquan, and Lin Mengyao, who couldn't name the gray-clothed girl, stood quietly. Of course, there are also silent ones among the maids.
Keeping the whispering in mind, Lin Mengyao turned her head to look at the place where the people in the West Chamber lived, and after a while, Cuizhu came out of it with a package.
"Miss, look at this!"
Cuizhu threw the package in front of the Ye Pozi, and the package was scattered, rolling out all kinds of things. Naturally, there are things like gambling equipment in it, and there are even a lot of precious medicinal materials, but to Lin Mengyao's surprise, there are some other things in it.
Looking at the strange things, many unemployed maids were quite curious, only the elderly mothers-in-law blushed, and after taking a sip, they were all silent and did not speak.
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