"Madame remembers well, the slave maid is indeed seventeen this year, and the second wife asked the slave maid to serve the eldest lady for a few years!" Yuejuan also understands that from now on, she will have to look at the level of Zhao's eyebrows and eyes, and she will be very respectful to Zhao. Zhao nodded: "You are loyal, very good, in the future, serve the eldest lady well!" "Yuejuan should be quitting. Only then did Zhao say to Mrs. Zeng: "Yuejuan looks good, but it's a pity that she is seventeen this year!" "A seventeen-year-old maid, after serving for two more years, she should get married, and it is not good to marry Zeng Zhixian.

Mrs. Zeng understood what this meant, and her eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly, it is said that at this time, the elders should send two people to serve, but Mrs. Zeng wanted to know what her daughter-in-law had in mind, and she didn't say anything and just waited for her daughter-in-law's next sentence.

Sure enough, Zhao Shi had already said slowly: "Mother-in-law, the people who serve beside my niece are too late to pick now, so I have to come out of each of them first." ”

"This is also normal, daughter-in-law, do you think, I will come out of those two?" Mrs. Zeng's words made the Zhao family very happy, but she didn't dare to show her joy, and still said: "Naturally, you have to pick the best, and the daughter-in-law will let Hongliu come over first." ”

Pick the best, Old Madam Zeng's lips pursed slightly, and said, "Yanran, you will go over and serve your eldest lady first!" Saying that, Mrs. Zeng's eyes glanced at Zhao's face, and sure enough, when she saw the flying pride in Zhao's eyes, Mrs. Zeng couldn't help but wonder in her heart, picking a few maids is not a big deal, why is Zhao so proud? Did Yanran offend her? But Yanran is also careful about her duties on weekdays, and never talks much, unless someone instigates her.

Thinking that the old lady Zeng loosened the Zeng Zhiwu in her arms, she said to the Zhao family: "Your nephews' bedrooms are also paved, you can take them down, Yanran, you will serve the eldest lady well in the future!" Although Yanran felt strange, but the master's orders could only be obeyed, and he should kowtow to Zeng Zhixian again, Zeng Zhixian hurriedly grabbed her: "Sister Hugh wants to be like this, you are ordered by your grandmother to take care of me, don't be so polite to me!" ”

These words made Mrs. Zeng very satisfied, and after Zeng Zhixian's sister and brother saluted Mrs. Zeng again, they went down surrounded by everyone.

Their sister and brother wanted to live with Mrs. Zeng, so the Zhao family arranged the bedroom in the east wing of Mrs. Zeng, thinking that Zeng Zhiwu was still young and had just lost his parents, so the two rooms in the east wing were connected to a side building and rebuilt. The two wings were made into a suite, Zeng Zhixian's bedroom was inside, and the outside was a guest to live. From behind Zeng Zhixian's bed, a small door was opened, and from here into the original side building, Zeng Zhiwu's bedroom.

These rooms have been furnished, not only toiletries, but also pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Zeng Zhiwu was tired and running all day, he was very tired at this time, and he yawned when he saw the bed, and Yuejuan was busy serving him to sleep. Yanran had already brought water, and Yuejuan was busy saying: "This job, the little maid just does it, how can you bother your sister?" ”

"It's all people who serve, what do you say?" Yanran helped Yuejuan put Zeng Zhiwu to sleep, and when she walked back to Zeng Zhixian's house, the Zhao family had already left, and only Hongliu was beside her. Seeing Yanran come out, although Zeng Zhixian was very tired, he had to fight his spirit and said: "I'm tired of my sister, speaking of which, you are all ......"

"When the eldest lady said these words, she killed us, and we just got the master's blue eyes and some extra money. It's all inferior! Yan Ran was busy saying to Zeng Zhixian, Hongliu was listening, and her eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly, sure enough, what Qingdang said was right, Yan Ran is used to being a talker, but I don't know if she is loyal or treacherous.

Before Hongliu could think about it, she heard a mother-in-law's voice outside: "Dare to ask Hongliu if she is in the house, Mrs. instructed, send a few little maids to the eldest lady to choose!" Hongliu hurriedly lifted the curtain and went out, and then quickly walked in: "Miss, those maids, you can see who likes it in the house, Mrs. said, send these a few first, and when the funeral is over, then give the eldest lady a complete match!" ”

The daughter of the Hou Mansion, for example, there are two big maids, four second-class, eight little maids, and there are also nurses. Zeng Zhixian followed his father and mother outside most of the time, and he knew all of this, but he never matched it, and after hearing Hongliu's words, he said: "These things, Sister Hongliu, you are familiar with them, you can just pick a few smarter ones." It is said that it is still in the filial piety period of the parents, and the linen vegetarian is right, how can it ......"

Saying that the tears in Zeng Zhixian's eyes fell again, Hongliu hurriedly comforted him, turned around and went out, Zeng Zhixian closed his eyes, only to feel very tired, the affairs of the Hou Mansion are indeed much more than the affairs of his own family, Daddy, I miss you. How can you go together, even if you leave one, you won't be so frightened, so afraid.

Yanran poured Zeng Zhixian a cup of hot tea: "Miss, you have a cup of tea first, the old lady is still early for dinner, you can rest for a while!" Zeng Zhixian picked up the tea, and wanted to say thank you again, but when he raised his eyes, he saw Yanran's expression, these eyes can be so pure. This made Zeng Zhixian let down his guard a little, and from then on, he had to take his younger brother to live in this Hou Mansion, and the most important thing was to figure out what the people around him thought, so that he could live a better life and a better life.

Zeng Zhixian drank tea, this heart was a little relieved and felt tired, Yuejuan had also walked out, seeing this, he persuaded Zeng Zhixian to go to bed to rest first, after all, the sadness and illness of these days, adults can't stand it, let alone Zeng Zhixian, a half-grown child? Zeng Zhixian wanted to lie down a little, but as soon as he leaned on the pillow, his eyes closed and refused to open them.

"The eldest lady and the seventh master, didn't you say you were sick?" Now that Zeng Zhixian has fallen asleep, Yanran couldn't help but whisper to Yuejuan, Yuejuan sighed and said: "It's sick, on the first day of returning to Beijing, the third master talked to the eldest lady, and the eldest lady came back and cried, so she told the seventh master that in the future, you can't get sick at every turn, you must be well!" ”

"What did the third master say to the eldest lady?" Yanran's words made Yuejuan look behind the curtain before saying, "You are also an old man in the Hou Mansion, why don't you know the problems of the third master?" "The third master of Zeng, no title is inferior to the eldest brother, no ability is inferior to the second brother, life is not lustful, and the only favorite is silver. This reputation is known to everyone in the capital. Mrs. Zeng San didn't know how many famines she had fought with her man, but Mr. Zeng San just didn't change.

Fortunately, although the third master Zeng loves silver, he also knows that some silver should not be taken, there are a few shops in the Hou Mansion in his hands, from the day they were handed over to him, these shops have been crazy into silver, but no matter how to enter the silver, in addition to the dividends that should be taken, others, the third master Zeng refused to take out one or two. Zeng Hou Ye also knew his brother's temper, so he simply couldn't see it, and when the time came, he would divide the family horizontally and vertically, and just give him these shops.

"No, the third master wants to take the second master's ......" Yanran quietly glanced behind the curtain and swallowed the word silver. Yuejuan sighed: "I quietly asked the eldest lady, the third master didn't want to take it, but just said that if he is fair and fair, he can't do it in vain, and when the second master's eunuch bags are salvaged, he will take thirty percent." also said that he was a gentleman, if it wasn't for a gentleman, it would all be swallowed up, and the eldest lady wouldn't be able to say a word. ”

"The third master is really," Yan Ran shook his head before he finished speaking, thinking about it, he felt that there was some truth, it was better to take the silver openly than to secretly make some other accounts and take the silver. Yuejuan sighed again: "But the eldest lady can't think like that." "The parents' funeral is not over, and the third uncle here will ask for silver, so as not to let Zeng Zhixian have a helpless heart.

Yanran also understood this reason, and patted Yuejuan's hand: "In the future, persuade the eldest lady well!" Yuejuan responded, Zeng Zhixian just took a nap, he had already woken up, listening to their conversation, he couldn't help but sigh softly, from now on, only he planned for himself.

Hongliu went to pick people, always went for an hour, and when he came back, Zeng Zhixian had already washed his face, and he didn't need to comb his filial piety, he only tied his hair with hemp and copied Buddhist scriptures there. When he saw Hongliu coming in, he put down his pen: "My sister is back!" ”

To pick someone this kind of thing, you can always get some benefits, Hongliu was very happy but didn't dare to show it, and lowered his hand and said: "Pick four, just outside, waiting to kowtow to the eldest lady." ”

Zeng Zhixian snorted, Hongliu lifted the curtain, and walked in four eight- or nine-year-old little maids, although they were all children, but there were a few of them, who had been in this Hou Mansion for two or three years. The rules are very familiar, and when he saw Zeng Zhixian, he didn't wait for Hongliu to speak, so he knelt down and kowtowed.

Zeng Zhixian asked their names before he said: "It's all good, Hongliu, you have good eyesight, reward ......" As soon as the word came out, Zeng Zhixian paused, what reward do you get? The clothes and cages are not around yet.

Yan Ran had already taken out a few small purses, and stepped forward to give one: "This is the eldest lady's reward for you, and you will have a house in the future, but you must serve well!" The four little girls each took their purses, and knelt down together to thank Zeng Zhixian.

Zeng Zhixian waited for the little girls to go out, and then said to Yanran: "Sister Yanran, you save the scene, otherwise I will ......" Yanran was still so respectful: "This was originally ordered by the old lady, even these houses, the old lady asked people to clean them up, and the lady asked people to rush to work overnight." Miss, you and the seventh master are coming home, everything will be fine! ”

These words made Zeng Zhixian's eyes burst into tears again, Yuejuan hurriedly persuaded her, Hongliu looked at her coldly, and her heart did not show it, and she comforted her with the crowd.