There is an ice basin in the house, and every large family in the vicinity of Kyoto has its own ice cellar, and ice is also sold in ice shops, but it is more expensive.

The ice in the ice basin melts slowly, bringing a slight coolness to the room.

Hienin sat down in a special highchair and flipped through the ledgers on the same high-leg table. Another month has passed, and time flies. Before I knew it, more than four months had passed since I came here in early March, and it was dog days.

Judging from the books, Ah Kui has done a good job, and the various expenses of the shop and the village are clearly written, and if it continues like this, the income will be very good. Coupled with the autumn rice harvest, it is not surprising that at the end of the year, in addition to the year-end bonus promised to Ah Kui, at least 1,000 yuan will be credited to the account.

Thinking about the previous income, it was only three or four hundred yuan a year, and even more than 100 yuan a year, so you know what's going on.

The former butler was exiled to the vicinity of Hokkaido, and now the summer is quite comfortable, but after the winter, many people can't survive the first winter. That's well deserved!

Xining picked up the pen with satisfaction and signed it with cinnabar, expressing his approval: "Take it back to Ah Kui." ”

"Yes!" Ah Ling, who was waiting next to her, hurriedly took it.

When Xining looked at it, she frowned slightly: "Ah Ling, don't you want to dress lightly?" ”

On such a hot day, I am still wearing the second layer, so I am not afraid of covering the prickly heat.

Ah Ling responded: "Miss, the slave is not hot." ”

Well, people are born with a cold constitution and are not afraid of heat. Xining stood up and stretched. As soon as the summer began, she put on a loose Tang costume and pulled her long hair into a bun.

Xia Shu was very interested in Han hair buns, and learned several from her. Now Natsuki and Natsuki are wearing Tang clothes and holding their hair in a bun with her. Only Ah Ling was still wearing a kimono, dragging her long hair, and the rice soup water on her hair every five days made her hair cling to it like a shell.

Ah Ling didn't dare to go out, her clothes were too draggy, and she was out of the house, so she had to heat up something. Let Natsuki take it and return it to Aoi.

Seeing Ah Ling kneeling there, her forehead and nose were sweating, and her face was getting more and more ugly.

Xining asked worriedly, "Ah Ling, are you okay?" Wash your face with cold water, wipe your body, and add more ice cubes to the basin. ”

"No, the slave is fine." As soon as Ah Ling finished speaking weakly, her body tilted and she fainted.

"Oh no~" Caiyue jumped up: "Sister Ah Ling fainted in heat!" ”

When the maids heard this, they immediately fetched water and took cotton towels. took off Ah Ling's heavy clothes, and as soon as the clothes were taken off, Caiyue covered her nose: "This smell...... I told her that it was so comfortable to take a bath, so I had to wait until the master had calculated the time before washing, where is there a master who knows yin and yang here. ”

It's really superstitious habits that kill people, Xining made a quick decision and asked the maid to immediately help Ah Ling wipe her body, wash her hair, and then change into Tang clothes.

The water used to wash the hair, oh my God, was as muddy as paste, exuding the smell of spices and sweat peculiar to human bodies.

The little maid who is used to taking a bath every day after the summer, when she goes out with a basin to pour out the water to wash her hair, her face is turned sideways, full of disgust.

Xining can't stand this smell. It was just time to practice the sword, so he only took two ordinary maidservants out, leaving Caiyue to lead the others to take care of Ah Ling.

Ah Ling is just a personal maid, and she wears two layers of clothes. And the women in the palace and the nobles wore at least five layers of clothes. If you want not to faint, you can only prove that you have money by putting more ice basins in your room, wearing more clothes, and putting more ice basins.

It's really a hole in the brain, and there is so much money that it burns.

After Xining finished fighting, he took the wooden sword: "Thank you for your advice." ”

The sparring servant with a knife half-knelt and saluted: "The little one doesn't dare." ”

This is the end of the game.

After taking a break and changing another one when he was tired, Xining went from being able to fight only three people to now, and can beat everyone. I feel that my physical strength has improved too much, and the flesh on my arms has become much stronger.

Saemon only taught her a little bit of skin, and she actually understood that the body master was not the material for sword training, and this was just to make her body stronger. So she didn't use the tricks of special forces, just simple slashing, practicing endurance and arm strength.

After she finished practicing, she sat on the mat next to her to wipe her sweat and drink tea. The servants began to practice, freely matching opponents.

After looking at this period of time, looking at these domestic servants who were competing with each other with wooden swords, she also saw something.

The level of these domestic servants can only be regarded as average, not the legendary peerless masters. But it's more than enough to deal with a few ruffians, or thieves with axes and kitchen knives. After all, katana is for combat.

After the practice, she would often go to the tree with these servants to eat barbecue. After Takeo has eaten enough and drunk some alcohol, he will take advantage of the alcohol to talk big, and will also tell all kinds of rumors and stories.

It is said that he is a real master, and when the wind blows, the person follows the wind and quickly runs face to face with the enemy, with no fear on his face, and he does not hesitate to move.

When the people are staggered, the opponent suddenly does not move...... A wound appeared on the vital part of the body and began to bleed. Then he fell, and died.

No one saw how the master drew the sword, and no one saw how the sword returned to its scabbard.

And the opponent said the most before the temporary...... "What a fast sword!" "The drunken servant, whose face was crimson, learned to be a loser and fell down and lay down on the mat.

"Hahaha......" the others let out hearty laughter.

Xining smiled and took a bite off a piece of roast meat from a bamboo skewer and chewed it in his mouth. Maybe one day she will become the originator of this country's martial arts, which is also quite interesting.

Natsuki came over, saying that he was going back after sending the account book and accompanying Caiyue to take care of Ah Ling, and now Ah Ling is awake.

After washing and wiping, and waiting for her body temperature to drop, Ah Ling finally woke up leisurely. I found that I was wearing a Tang Yi, and all the makeup on my face was washed off because of wiping, and the long hair that had finally been pulped into a hard shell was also rinsed and soft, and I immediately cried sadly.

Crying...... The corners of Xining's mouth twitched slightly, she was not happy to live comfortably, you must know that she still died of heat stroke. Then help her put more lead powder on her face, so that she will feel so beautiful that she will die beautifully. If there is a spirit, it is also a beautiful ghost if it becomes a ghost.

Xining, who drank two sips of sake, was a little unhappy: "Go back and tell Ah Ling that from now on, she will dress like this, she must take a bath or wipe her body every day in summer, every three days in spring and autumn, and every ten days in winter." If you can't do it, then transfer to Ah Kui, and it would be good if you could learn some skills from Ah Kui. ”

Ah Kui's old maids are all wearing kimonos and wearing heavy makeup on their faces, which is the group that Ah Ling is suitable for.

Just thinking about that smell is like ecstasy. And this smell is the same from the palace to the nobles' homes. I really don't know those short-lived aristocrats, smelling this smell, and who are in the mood to ask for flowers and willows.

However, it is difficult to say that in some places in medieval Europe, there were still no baths for 10,000 years, and they were still in the same situation.

When she went back, Ah Ling greeted her with an aggrieved face, but she was dressed in Tang clothes, and Xia Yue also helped her comb her hair, which was very good.

At this time, all the maids around me finally accepted the new life and welcomed a better tomorrow cleanly.

And a letter from home, something happened again.