Qiu Zhengshen smiled and said, "It's good that Yinyin knows, Mama Jiang is different from ordinary people, Yinyin has to be respectful, if you don't understand, ask Mama Jiang, and let her come to me if you don't know anything."

Qiu Xiyin naturally responded, the father and daughter said a few more gossips, Qiu Zhengshen left, Mai Mang and Huang Xiu stepped forward to kowtow to Qiu Xiyin.

When the master and servant met again, they felt a lot of emotion.

Qiu Xiyin's four personal big girls all came to the capital with her, and the seedlings and ears of grain were sent back to Jiangnan by Mrs. Qiu with "more pampered than Miss" as soon as they saw their appearance.

The rest of Mai Mang and Huang Xiu were not much better, and within two days they were found by Mrs. Qiu and locked up in the firewood room.

In her previous life, she was ignorant and sick, and when she remembered Mai Mang and Huang Xiu, they had already been sent back to Jiangnan.

After a long time, she happened to hear someone say that Mai Mang and Huang Xiu cried and begged the mother-in-law who escorted them before leaving, and wanted to kowtow to her, but the old lady Qiu didn't allow it.

Mai Mang and Huang Xiu were locked up in the firewood room for nearly ten days before leaving, although they did not get sick, but they also lost their bodies, where can they withstand the long journey, and they are gone before they reach Jiangnan......

Thinking of this, Qiu Xiyin could hardly control her anger, this time, she must no longer let the people around her die in vain! Including Mai Mang and Huang Xiu!

Qiu Xiyin comforted Mai Mang and Huang Xiu a few words, asked them to go down to freshen up and rest, and said to Mama Jiang, "Mama must have heard about my situation in the house these days, since my father sent Mama to help me manage the yard girls, Mama will also regard this Sangyu Courtyard as her own home."

When I first arrived, I didn't understand anything, and Mama looked at what to add and change, and it was up to Mama to decide."

Mama Jiang hesitated slightly, then said, "Since the girl said so, the old slave will not twist, just now the old slave came all the way, and I feel that there are three things that the girl urgently needs to do in Sangyu Courtyard."

The first is to set up rules, sort out all the maids and women, and perform their duties, and the second is to add more people, the old slave just counted a little, and the girl is next to the two girls, Mai Mang and Huang Xiu, plus the old slave, there are only seven or eight people before and after, but it is far from enough.

The third is the decoration of the girl's Sangyu Courtyard, the girl has been in Jiangnan for eight years, and the Sangyu Courtyard has been empty for eight years.

Although the master had ordered someone to repair it before the girl came back, the specific arrangement and decoration were for the girl to take the idea, and the girl's courtyard and boudoir looked empty at first glance, which really damaged the dignity of the girl's house."

Mama Jiang is still the same as in her previous life, decisive and organized, which is what Qiu Xiyin admires most about her.

"Before the old slave came, the master ordered, no matter what the girl lacks, just go to the master, in the old slave's view, the girl might as well make a list, how many manpower is missing, how many furniture ornaments are missing, and report them to the master together, which will save trouble."

Qiu Xiyin thought for a while, "Don't hide it from Mama, when I came, my great-grandmother brought me eight maids, four embroidery girls, six mothers-in-law, and two errand boys, two horsemen who drove cars, eight nurses, and four housekeepers who would be my dowry in the future."

It's just that the great-grandmother thought that the people from the small place were vulgar, so they all sent back, leaving only her mother and Mai Mangxiu."

At the beginning, Mrs. Qiu felt displeased as soon as she swept the mighty team escorting Qiu Xiyin, saying that Qiu Xiyin was too delicate, and sent them all back in one sentence.

Qiu Xiyin defended that it was given by her great-grandmother, but it caused Mrs. Qiu to be angry, saying that she dared to talk back to her as soon as they met, and dared to use her great-grandmother to press her.

Qiu Xiyin paused, and fully showed and conveyed to Mama Jiang, that is, Qiu Zhengshen, that she had been wronged in this matter, before she said, "There is also a shortage of manpower on my mother's side, but I have been occupying my mother's maid these days, and I am really scared."

In my opinion, it is better to ask my father for instructions, buy a few little girls from the outside and come in, I have Mai Mang and Huang Xiu left and right, and there is no shortage of big girls, just a few little girls who run errands, regardless of whether they are inside or outside the house.

As for what is lacking in the courtyard and room, I don't understand the fashionable things in Beijing, and I have to ask my grandmother for advice."

Mama Jiang hurriedly said that she didn't dare, Qiu Xiyin looked at the bookcase near the window a little, Qiu Xiyin was sick as soon as she came to the capital, and there was only one and her mother left by her side, and her luggage was still locked in the box, and there was no time to tidy it up, it was empty, and there was only a five-wheeled hourglass standing alone.

It was when she was young and she was crying because of illness, Qiu Zhengshen specially found it from the treasury to make her happy, and she ordered her mother to put it on the bookcase, so that she could see it at a glance in the second, slightly or inner room, and it was not easy to touch and break.

The quicksand flows from the funnel-shaped sand pool to the sand bucket next to the primary wheel, driving the initial wheel, thereby driving the rotation of mechanical gears at all levels.

The last gear drives the middle wheel, which rotates in a horizontal plane, and on the axis of the middle wheel a pointer rotates on a marked instrument disc to show the time.

In addition, there is a mechanical toggle on the middle wheel to drive two wooden figures standing on a five-wheeled hourglass to beat the drum to tell the time. On the hour, two wooden figures would come out on their own and beat the drum to report the time.

Qiu Xiyin, who was young back then, liked such a delicate gadget very much, if it weren't for the fear of crushing, he would have hugged him even to sleep.

But now, in Qiu Xiyin's opinion, it is just a thing that shows time, and it is no different from a leaky pot.

"It's not too early, Mama Jiang go and rest, let's discuss it carefully tomorrow, and the time for this night will not be missing."

Qiu Xiyin said and instructed his mother, "Mom, you take Mama Jiang to choose a room that you like, and then call a little girl to wait for Mama to rest."

Mama Jiang excused herself a few words, and when she saw Qiu Xiyin's resoluteness, she thanked her and retreated.

Qiu Xiyin's disease was not completely cured, so after such a while, I felt exhausted, simply freshened up and fell asleep, and fell asleep after a while.

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It was still a dreamless night, Qiu Xiyin slept until three o'clock the next day before waking up, and squinted in bed for nearly two quarters of an hour before calling Mai Mang and Huang Xiu to come in and serve and freshen up.

Mai Mang and Huang Xiu's spirits were much better, but there was still some sadness on their faces, Qiu Xiyin naturally knew what they were worried about, and they didn't say anything.

After freshening up, eating and drinking medicine, another half an hour passed, so I ordered Mama Jiang to come over, and started to walk in from the courtyard gate with Mama Jiang, discussing what to buy as we walked.

Jiang Mama is naturally not as elegant as Xie's, but she has seen a lot, and in general, she knows what kind of style is fashionable in the boudoir in Beijing, and what kind of furnishings she likes.

She knew very well where her shortcomings were and where her strengths were, so she only explained to Qiu Xiyin what was missing, what the second and fourth girls were doing, what the cousin girls were doing, and so on.

Qiu Xiyin humbly accepted the opinions, had his own ideas and discussed a few words with Mama Jiang, and after about an hour, all the arrangements were almost implemented.

Qiu Xiyin personally picked up the pen and wrote down the things needed one by one, blew it, and handed it to Mama Jiang.

"I also have to trouble my mother to give this list to my father, if there is no one in the treasury in the house, I am afraid I will have to go outside to buy it.

I've heard that Mama's only son is in the furniture business, and I'm going to have to worry about it when the time comes."