"This is the new lady, right? Mr. Qing has instructed me to take you to the Accord to meet the sisters, and Miss please come with me. ”

The gray skirt girl was smiling, and her appearance also interrupted Ran Qiunian's words.

Ran Qiunian looked at her in a closed voice, and suddenly felt that her eyes lit up. Although this person's appearance is only regarded as a middle-aged person, his temperament is not bad.

Although she was dressed in a gray dress and did not dress up, her calmness was enough to let Ran Qiunian know that she had a certain status in this cottage, at least above the two servants.

There must be more to know.

Ran Qiunian noticed her talkative nature, so she talked to her as she walked: "What do you call this sister?" ”

"Just call me Xiaoque, but I can't afford to be a sister to Miss."

Xiao Que smiled and waved his hand, leading the person to the front.

"Sister Xiaoque," Ran Qiunian changed her words with kindness, her eyes moved slightly, and she tentatively threw out the question she had asked about the two servant women before, "The people in this village brought us here, and we are still well fed and clothed, and what is the purpose of building a pavilion to ask the master to teach us?" ”

"Naturally it is a mutually beneficial business, with the talent of the young lady, as soon as she entered the village, she was assigned to the Tianzi class, I don't know how many people envied her, and the future glory and wealth will be endless, and the young lady must cherish this opportunity."

Xiao Que looked at Ran Qiunian with a smile, Ran Qiunian noticed the jealousy that flashed in her eyes, but it was quickly covered up by her, almost making Ran Qiunian think that she was dazzled.

"Is there such a good thing in the world?" Ran Qiunian didn't believe it, and always felt a little weird.

"Miss will know when you go, Mr. Qing is very optimistic about you."

Xiao Que's tone was a little sour, but there was no trace of slackness in her attitude towards Ran Qiunian, it was obvious that it was not Ran Qiunian who made her so repressed and thoughtful, but the Mr. Qing in her mouth.

"Who is Mr. Qing?" Ran Qiunian continued to investigate.

"Here we are, miss. This is the Accord, Mr. Qing is waiting for you inside, you will know when you see it. ”

Without waiting for Xiao Que to answer, they had already walked to the place. Ran Qiunian couldn't, so he had to take a deep breath with full doubts, and carefully walked into the courtyard known as Accord.

When she arrived here, Xiao Que consciously took two steps back, followed behind Ran Qiunian with low eyebrows, and the whole person was retracted, and her gesture also made Ran Qiunian's heart involuntarily lift.

"Xiaoque, who is this person? No makeup, new here? The person who spoke furrowed his brows, and his eyes fell on Ran Qiunian's face, which was already beautiful enough before applying powder, and his eyes showed jealousy.

"The new girls should be sent to the yellow character class or the Xuanzi class, who should be sent to the Tianzi class? It's not that you don't know the rules, what is this for? ”

A girl with delicate makeup walked over, and Ran Qiunian noticed that she was also wearing moon-white clothes, lacquered wood hairpins and curled hair, and her face was charming, with a cold and arrogant temperament.

I thought that it was rare to have a girl like Xiaoque in this village, but who knew that the girl in the Tianzi class in front of him was even better, no wonder a woman like Xiaoque could only be a maid here.

"Miss Mei, this is Mr. Qing's name and sent to the Tianzi class, Xiao Que also obeyed the order, and asked Miss Mei to make it convenient, Mr. Qing is still waiting for someone."

Speaking of this Mr. Qing, Miss Mei, who was still a little domineering, suddenly restrained a little, she scraped Ran Qiunian's face with jealous eyes, reluctantly took half a step back, and let the aisle out.

Xiao Que thanked Miss Mei, led Ran Qiunian, who was still a little out of state, to continue walking, stopped in front of the main house, knocked on the door, and asked the maid who came out to report.

"Mr. Qing let this young lady in." The maid came out to reply after a while, and Xiao Que pushed Ran Qiunian and motioned her to go in quickly, and she was guarding the door and did not go in.

"Won't you come in with me?" Ran Qiunian was a little reluctant.

"Mr. Qing only passed you in alone, don't hurry up, don't let Mr. wait for a long time."

Xiao Que didn't know what he remembered, his face was a little ugly, he lowered his head and didn't look at Ran Qiunian, he stood with his back to the door, and even the usual smile on his face was gone, and his face was tense.

Ran Qiunian had no choice but to follow another maid into the house, thinking that she would see a gentleman Qing who could stop children crying at night, but who knew that the man who looked at him with a smile was the man in Tsing Yi who he saw on the deck before.

He has a handsome face, a little thin body, and he smiles when he sees people, and he looks like a very good person to get along with, but thinking of the reaction of Miss Mei and Xiao Que when they mention this person, Ran Qiunian does not judge people by their appearance.

"Miss Qiu, we're meeting again." Mr. Qing tasted Ran Qiunian's name between his lips and tongue, and smiled a little meaningfully.

Ran Qiunian used a pseudonym on the island, and only a very few people knew this name - Qiu Nian, which must have been told to Mr. Qing by the big boss.

"Mr. Qing, what are you kidnapping us here for?"

Ran Qiunian asked straight to the point.

"Xiao Que should have told you a lot."

In the face of Ran Qiunian's questioning, Mr. Qing was not displeased by the offense, but patiently explained:

"With Miss Qiu's demeanor, as long as you cultivate a little, how many men can you attract to fall for you? Why should you keep that shabby silver and be a merchant woman in a small town for the rest of your life? ”

Ran Qiunian was frightened by the scene described in Mr. Qing's words, and she showed disgust: "It turned out that I robbed someone to be such a dusty woman, even if I die, I will never suffer such an insult." ”

"Miss Qiu wants to go wrong and let you be a dust woman? It's too tyrannical. ”

Mr. Qing smiled and shook his head: "Only those girls in the yellow character class who are not in the climate will be sent to the Qinglou to make the best use of things." Miss Qiu is such a stunner, I am reluctant to send it to that kind of place in vain. ”

Mr. Qing talked about these women who were sent to the cottage for training, and the tone of talking about the goods made Ran Qiunian hate it. Even if he seems to look at himself differently, he still uses a "strange goods" tone.

"Mr. Zhaoqing said so, I should be grateful to you?" Ran Qiunian said sarcastically.

"I know Miss Qiu is still a little difficult to accept for a while, but after you meet other girls, you can understand that this is a sure deal."

Mr. Qing looked determined.

"Most of the girls who are trained by Accord are the daughters of poor families, who are not well fed and clothed, and those who have a better life are at most equipped with a rough man to continue the hard life of the cycle. When the luck is worse, he is sold into slavery with others. ”

But now they only need to pay a little price, and they can follow the dignitaries and enjoy countless glory and wealth. Isn't this a good deal? ”

Xu is these words have been said hundreds of times, and these beautiful pictures described by Mr. Qing are very tempting, if Ran Qiunian is just a peasant girl from a poor family and has little knowledge, maybe she will really be a little shaken.

But for some reason, even though there is no memory of the past in his mind, in the depths of Ran Qiunian's consciousness, the temptations brought by these riches and glory always seem a little ridiculous.

"What if I refuse to obey?" Ran Qiunian pursed her lips and interrupted Mr. Qing's chattering sermon.

"Then I can only send it to the yellow character class to be trained from scratch, although it is a pity, but I believe that after Miss Qiu has stayed in Goolan Courtyard, she may be able to understand the taste of regret."

Mr. Qing chuckled, but the words he said sent chills down his spine.

Ran Qiunian stopped talking, as if she was frightened by him. When Mr. Qing saw that the beating was almost done, he picked up a sign from the table next to him and handed it to the maidservant.

The maid took it with both hands, walked to Ran Qiunian's side, lowered her head and tied it around her waist, Ran Qiunian blinked, did not move, and let her tie the brand.

"After tying the brand, the past name can no longer be used, and your new name in the future is peach, which is as glamorous as a peach and plum, which is very flattering to your appearance. Let's go meet the other girls in the Tianzi class first. ”

Mr. Qing waved his hand.

Ran Qiunian turned to leave, and the moment he lowered his head, he caught a glimpse of an engraved peach character on the brand on his waist, hidden on a cluster of blooming peach branches.

"Congratulations to the girl, I was given the word peach, and then I got a firm foothold in this Tianzi class." Xiao Que greeted Ran Qiunian who came out of the main house, noticed the sign on her waist, and complimented her with a busy smile.

"Is there any mystery to the name?" Ran Qiunian fiddled with the sign on his waist and asked if he didn't understand.

"The Tianzi class is named after flowers, and the earth-word class is named after birds, so it must not be confused." Xiao Que explained.

"Birds? Magpie is also a bird, so in this way, Sister Xiaoque used to be a girl in the Accord character class? Ran Qiunian looked surprised.

"Yes, it's just that I'm not angry, and I didn't be able to pass the selection, but fortunately, I can still take advantage of the skills I learned, so I stayed in the village to be a maid for the girls in the Tianzi class and take care of some daily affairs."

Speaking of which, Xiao Que is still a little lucky, most of the women who are not qualified are sent to me without knowing where they were sent, maybe it is the Goolan Courtyard, or maybe the high-ranking officials and nobles are slaves and maids, only a small number of them are selected to stay in the village, and she is one of them.

In this regard, Ran Qiunian did not answer, her heart was a little heavy.

This cottage has so many beautiful women sent to train every year, qualified and unqualified, so many people, if all of them are scattered all over the country, in a few years, I am afraid that it will accumulate to a terrible scale.

What are they trying to do with such a thing? Ran Qiunian didn't dare to think deeply.

"Over the years, I've never heard of anyone being able to be assigned to the Tianzi class as soon as they come, isn't this a slap in the face? Why does she have to pay nothing to enjoy the treatment of Tianzi class? ”

Three or five girls gathered together, and Miss Mei's voice came into Ran Qiunian's ears unabashedly, Xiao Que looked at Ran Qiunian with some embarrassment, and explained in a low voice:

"That's Miss Mei, her temperament has always been arrogant, and she is also favored by Mr. Qing, so she acts a lot ...... publicity."

"I don't know, this kind of thing is worth fighting for."

Ran Qiu Nian's eyebrows frowned slightly, and she was suddenly a little reluctant to talk to these poor women who had sunk into the beautiful scenes described by Mr. Qing and were unwilling to wake up.

But some people have already noticed Ran Qiunian and Xiao Que who came over here, and they all turned their heads to look.