This year's snow came late and there was little snow. It wasn't until today that I went down for the second time.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw a thin layer of snow falling, although the snow was not large, but it had accumulated all night, and the ground was already covered with a layer of white.

Gan Pozi swept a path out, like a stroke on white rice paper.

Jiaojiao screamed excitedly, and the first time the snow fell was at night, and it never saw it. Today is the first time it has seen snow, jumping half a foot high under the porch, and jumping into the snow again, rolling excitedly.

The elegant snow scene instantly becomes full of lively human atmosphere.

Sister Mei was holding a teacup like a little adult, but the teacup was filled with milk.

She looked at Jiaojiao who was having fun in the snow, looked at Zheng Lingyi again, and asked curiously, "Isn't it cold?" ”

"Look at its hair, this kind of weather must make it more comfortable." Zheng Lingyi took a sip of the pine nut tea in her cup and said.

"What about the paws?" Sister Mei asked again.

The dog's paws are bare, with only a few hairs in the cracks of the paws, and they are not as thick as those of cats, but they can be happy to step into the snow.

Zheng Lingyi couldn't answer, but Pei'er said beside her: "Maybe it's the same as our eyeballs, it can't be frozen." ”

Sister Mei touched her eyelids, thought of this for the first time, and said in surprise: "Huh? Eyes are not cold, why? ”

Pei'er couldn't answer this, and looked at Zheng Lingyi for help.

Zheng Lingyi shook his head and said with a smile: "I really asked you to ask, so many questions, let's wait for the beginning of spring and let the second sister-in-law ask you to ask a gentleman to enlighten you, right?" ”

Sister Mei didn't speak, buried half of her little face in the tea bowl, and when she raised her head again, there were white marks on her lips, which made everyone laugh.

Sister Mei has often come to Jingju recently, and nine times out of ten she came alone, and she doesn't know where the maid called Rouge who followed her has gone, how can she be so distracted.

Zheng Lingyi returned and left Sister Mei to play here, and asked someone to pass a message to Gao Manyi.

The child is living in silence, and Gao Man doesn't seem to have any worries, always saying, "I know, I'm tired of my younger siblings", and there are no words on the side.

Zheng Lingyi can't say that Gao Man also despises Sister Mei, but men inherit the inheritance, and they are always more valued than women, plus Brother Dian is young, it is when she needs to be carefully cared for, Sister Mei'er's loneliness seems inevitable.

Luzhu walked in from outside the courtyard, Jiaojiao ran to meet her, circled around her, and went to the snow to have fun again.

"Madam, those mothers-in-law are here, waiting for you to call." Luzhu dusted off the snowflakes on his body and said to Zheng Lingyi.

"Don't worry, let them dry for a while." Zheng Lingyi said, sensing Sister Mei'er's puzzled gaze, so he put his finger to his lips and smiled slightly.

The reward for the year has been distributed for several days, and yesterday Zheng Lingyi was about to go to Lingxi Courtyard to pay the account, and suddenly a mother-in-law came to live in silence, saying that his reward was less than those little maids who were not as old as themselves, and he was very unconvinced, and asked Zheng Lingyi to give an explanation.

The matter of paying the account was put on hold, and Zheng Lingyi couldn't hand over these bad things to Gao Manyi.

She didn't care, and let Luzhu deal with these mothers-in-law, these mothers-in-law seemed to be thinking that the matter was not big enough, you and I kept shouting, gossiping, so that Luzhu had no space to speak.

Zheng Lingyi felt that something was wrong, and asked which courtyard these mothers-in-law belonged to.

Lu Zhu replied that it was not in any courtyard, it was an errand in the garden.

I asked again where the deed was? replied that this deed was hung in the name of Zhonggong, but it was pinched in Qiao's hands.

Zheng Lingyi understood, she was not surprised, in fact, she had already thought that it was Qiao's who was making trouble, but she didn't understand why, could it be that Qiao's was still not happy to hand over the power to her daughter-in-law?

"I'll let Jiaojiao come into the house to play with you, okay?" Zheng Lingyi said to Sister Mei.

Sister Mei nodded, slid down from the chair, and Luzhu greeted Jiaojiao, although the snow is fun, Jiaojiao is also very obedient.

Jiaojiao jumped in like a fly, and when she ran behind Sister Mei, she slowed down again and nudged Sister Mei into the house with her head.

"Pelle, come inside and take a look." Zheng Lingyi commanded.

Pei'er took a breath, afraid that she had heard it wrong, and took a step into the house, seeing that Zheng Lingyi had no objection, she was relieved to go inside.

Zheng Lingyi and Luzhu glanced at each other and smiled slightly.

Those mothers-in-law were hung by Zheng Lingyi for a long time, and then they were allowed to come in.

The mothers-in-law usually take care of the dead branches and leaves in the yard, or roast the fire in the house, and they don't stand in the snow like this, and their bodies are stiff.

Seeing that the doorkeeper was wearing such a thick dress, and even had leather covers on her ears, she felt that her body was colder, and she couldn't help but shiver fiercely.

Zheng Lingyi sat on a large rocking chair, the rocking chair was covered with a thick long-haired mattress, she was wearing a lotus lotus plum blossom cloak wrapped in edelweiss, only revealing a small pink face, smiling slightly, very comfortable and calm.

Even the maids around Zheng Lingyi are dressed very well, not how valuable the materials are, just looking at the calm and relaxed appearance, you know that the cotton in the jacket on her body is full of weight, so that she can stand warmly and warmly in the snow.

"Tell me your name, and the number of years you have served in the house." Lu Zhu said, spreading out the roster in his hand, looking businesslike.

The mothers-in-law looked at each other, and one of the leaders stepped forward and said with full confidence: "Wang Er's family has been working in the mansion for almost 20 years. ”

"Is it the second king who feeds the horses in the outer courtyard? The son is the wick of the king who guards the west gate of the outer court? Lu Zhu flipped through another booklet and said quickly.

Wang Erjia was stunned for a moment, and nodded hesitantly.

Midori didn't say anything, just looked at the next one and raised her chin.

The mother-in-law was not as calm and relaxed as Wang Er's family, and stammered: "Zhou Zhong's family, fifteen years." ”

"Hmm. Your man left last year and gave five taels of funeral expenses, and now it's the eldest son who arrives at your man's outer yard, right? ”

"Uh, yes, yes." Zhou Zhong's submissive response.

"The accounts of this outer courtyard, the young lady is also so clear?" Wang Erjia's Nahan glanced at Zheng Lingyi, and she always had an uncomfortable smile on her face.

Lu Zhu frowned and glanced at Wang Erjia's family, and Zheng Lingyi said slowly: "This is really wronging me, the account of the outer courtyard is in the account room, except for my father-in-law, don't say it's me, even my mother-in-law can't interfere." Don't spread this nonsense to your mother-in-law, otherwise, you will accuse me. ”

Wang Erjia shrank back, and said boldly: "Then, how do you know." ”

"Who do you think you are? Madame has you been asked what she is doing? Although the green bead is not as heavy as the green bead, she is still the most neat in the quiet residence and when Zheng Lingyi supports her waist behind her.

Wang Erjia stopped talking, and he still didn't look convinced.

Zheng Lingyi reprimanded Lu Zhu enough, and then said: "It's the first time I've learned to do things, for fear that something will go wrong, so I'll ask everything and strive to be meticulous." Although the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard are separated by walls, all the food and clothing are from the outer courtyard. The price of vegetables has risen, I have to ask, I have to check if I use more materials to make clothes. Changes in market conditions are ordinary, and the most feared thing is that the slaves are deceiving the master and hiding the master. ”

Zheng Lingyi said meaningfully, looking over one by one, the mothers-in-law all avoided her gaze, only Wang Erjia glanced at her, but only one glance.

"Mr. Xu is accountant thinks that I always send people to ask questions, so he simply gave me a roster, and these thousands of things fall on people."

Wang Erjia had nothing to say, so Lu Zhu continued to call people back. The mothers-in-law replied one by one, but they were really old people who had been serving in the house for many years.

"I don't understand what you guys have to make a fuss about, isn't it the same number in the booklet the year before and last year?" Lu Zhu had already had the idea that they were here to make trouble, and the boss said unhappily.

"The silver money is this amount, but there was still half a catty of multigrain noodles and a catty of pig fat before, but this year it is gone, isn't this less? Those girls guard the garden gate every day, and they get a lot. Wang Erjia said confidently.

Lu Zhu was asked by her, and she flipped through the booklets of previous years for a long time, and she didn't see the records of multigrain noodles and pig fat, but these mothers-in-law would not make it up out of thin air, she had no idea, so she could only look at Zheng Lingyi.

Most of the mothers-in-law have become families, and instead of rewarding them with money, it is better to reward some practical things, but the maids are different, most of them eat and live in the house, and they are tired of giving them pig fat.

Zheng Lingyi didn't freshen up these mothers-in-law who guarded the garden, and they all drew gourds according to the booklets of the previous two years, thinking that they couldn't make a mistake, but they didn't expect it to be overlooked, and this omission was still buried by someone early.

"I see." Zheng Lingyi thought for a while and said: "I have to ask my mother-in-law about this matter before making a decision, I can't say what it is, but if there is a gap, once it is verified, it will definitely be filled." ”

"It's Xiao Nian in the future, and the children in the family are waiting to eat." I don't know if it was the mother-in-law who muttered, and everyone whispered in agreement, and the Wang Erjia became a little proud.

"Don't talk nonsense in front of our master, even if you don't have a mouthful and half a mouthful, isn't the reward handed down! Can a family starve to death? Green Bead shouted at them.

Wang Erjia snorted twice, "The young lady is noble and doesn't know the way of the world outside, everything in the New Year is expensive, especially this food, since we have what we deserve, we are not willing to spend this unjust money." ”

The mothers-in-law said 'yes' one after another, which boosted the arrogance of the Wang Er's family.

Zheng Lingyi didn't want to be able to force it, but she told them to hold the conversation in this matter, and if she wanted to force it, she was afraid that the people below would have a bad feeling in their hearts.

The subordinates look humble on weekdays, but when it comes to the word money, they are all very stingy, and they are half a point shorter, and they will make up for it in the future.

"What's the hurry, I'm embarrassed to say that I am the old man serving in the Wu family, are you still afraid that you will be shorter?" Zheng Lingyi stared at Wang Er's family and said.

This group of mothers-in-law has the upper hand at the moment, but they also know that they can only force it here.

If she continues to be strong, this young lady is afraid that she will have to button up a hat of 'Diao slave bully', before coming, these women have been instructed.