Outside the hall, the cries and curses of the king's steward were constantly heard, from high to low, from low to nothing.

After about half a cup of tea, Zhang's mother came back and replied, "Madam, the person has fainted." ”

The eldest lady bowed slightly, waved her hand, and said, "Throw it out, so as not to dirty the ground." ”

Zhang's mother stepped back in response.

The eldest lady swept away the slaves below and shouted in a deep voice, "Does anyone else have any objections? ”

With the example of the king's steward, the slaves did not dare to say anything even if they were dissatisfied.

The eldest lady was satisfied with the re-brewed teacup, took a sip gently, and said to Fu Duoduo, who was a little stunned: "You have some style of being in charge, you didn't disappoint me, and you do things very neatly." ”

Fu Duoduo hurriedly saluted and said: "Mrs. is awarded, and the cheap concubine is only forced by the situation." ”

Hearing this, the corners of the eldest lady's mouth raised slightly, and said: "Is it forced by the situation, I can see it clearly, you don't have to hide it too much, the occasional dew is not a bad thing, the young master is lacking like this now, you know?" ”

Fu Duoduo's eyes rolled, smiled and replied, "Mrs. Xie's suggestion, the concubine understands." ”

The eldest lady said "um" softly, pointed to the roster on the table, and said: "Mother Zhang can't come back for a while, she can't wait and don't do anything, so you can continue to read!" ”

Fuduoduo looked embarrassed.

Her understanding of traditional Chinese characters has not yet reached the point where she can read it at a glance, and when she was recuperating from illness, she read the travelogue and guessed while reading. This son, to read aloud in front of everyone, is really difficult, if you read it wrong, wouldn't you be shameless in front of everyone? In this way, the prestige that has been built up with great difficulty will be lost, and it will become a joke after dinner.

It's just that if you tell the eldest lady in public that she can't read, it will be a little inappropriate, and she will still have no face.

When he was in a dilemma, Fu Duoduo's eyes inadvertently glanced at the red plum standing on the side.

Hongmei knows some words, and with her own half-illiterate hanger, a roster is no problem.

At that moment, Fu Duoduo picked up the roster, stood quietly in front of Hongmei, lowered his voice and said to her: "Hongmei, I need your help now, are you willing?" ”

Hongmei was a little stunned by Fu Duoduo's question, but she quickly came back to her senses and replied without thinking: "As long as the slave can help, the slave is willing." As he spoke, he bowed to Fu Duoduo to show his heart.

Fu Duoduo hurriedly stopped her, pointed to the people around her, and signaled that it was not appropriate to do now.

Hongmei nodded clearly, with a cautious face.

Seeing this, Fu Duoduo let go of most of his heart, told Hongmei about the current predicament, and raised the roster in his hand slightly without a trace, so that she could see clearly, and asked, "Okay?" ”

Hongmei knew that now was her only chance, and she slowly approached Fu Duoduo's chance, so she glanced at it very cautiously, nodded solemnly, and said, "Okay!" ”

Suddenly, Fu Duoduo completely relieved his heart, cleared his throat, and began to read it unhurriedly.

Soon, all the names on the roster were read, and those who were called stood aside.

Fu Duoduo handed the roster back to the eldest lady and asked her to look at it again.

The eldest lady took it, but did not read it, but asked Fu Duoduo and said: "Now that people have let you pick them out, as the saying goes, there is a beginning and an end, how do you think they should be placed?" Are they all going to be thrown out of the house? In the last sentence, the eldest lady leaned over slightly and whispered to Fu Duoduo.

Fu Duoduo raised his eyelids and glanced at the panicked slaves, frowned and pondered, and said, "Madam, no! ”

"No?" The eldest lady sat up straight, a little annoyed between the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, and asked, "Tell me why?" They're 'rat droppings' that you picked out yourself, so why can't you get them out of the pot? The tone emphatically emphasized the word "personally".

Fu Duoduo took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Madam, you were born in a high family and are very knowledgeable, you must know the saying 'clear water is no fish'!" ”

The eldest lady glanced at her, and although her anger did not fade completely, she was slightly relaxed.

Fu Duoduo felt a little relieved in his heart, and said thoughtfully: "Although these 'rat feces' are in the way of porridge, there are many people around to drink porridge, and they will be seen every day. Especially at the adjacent table, although they don't eat porridge together, they can take a look at it from time to time. It's okay if the accumulation gradually disappears, and all of a sudden it is gone......" Fu Duoduo deliberately dragged out the end of the note, so that the eldest lady had time to think, and saw that she glanced at herself sharply. Fu Duoduo was not flustered, but continued to say: "There are a few grains of 'rat' in each pot, as long as you pick and choose the big ones, the small ones can still be turned out of the pot, can you make a mess?" ”

After hearing Fu Duoduo's words, the eldest lady frowned and said, "You know a lot." After speaking, I don't know if it was unintentional, or intentional, my hand swept slightly, and the teacup at hand just left the table and smashed straight to the ground.

Fu Duoduo was busy and quickly picked it up.

Fortunately, the reaction was fast enough, and the action was quite fast, so she caught the teacup, but the hot tea was poured on her hand, which was very painful.

Fu Duoduo forcibly endured the hot pain, served the teacup to the eldest lady, and said with a smile: "Madam, you are the head of the house, your status is extremely noble, and you have the eldest young master to be filial, no one in this Yu Mansion can make you unhappy." If this teacup angers you, although you can smash it wantonly, don't burn your precious body. ”

The eldest lady stretched out her hand to take it, looked at Fu Duoduo's respectful appearance, her gloomy expression soothed a lot, pointed to her reddened hands, and said, "Do your hands still hurt?" ”

Fu Duoduo calmly wiped the water droplets and a few tea leaves on the back of his hand, shook his head, and said: "It doesn't hurt, there is always a price to pay for picking 'rat', there are losses and gains, and the concubine feels that she can do things for his wife, which is a great honor!" As he spoke, he bent his knees and blessed the eldest lady.

Seeing this, the corners of the eldest lady's mouth, which was already a little finely wrinkled, showed a little smile.

The surrounding slaves are always paying attention to the big lady and Fu Duoduo's every move, seeing them whispering words, their faces are sometimes good and sometimes bad, and their hearts can't help but tense a little, and now they see the big lady with a smile on her face, and Fu Duoduo is also relieved, and the slaves watching below are also slightly relieved. But the dozens of people who were picked out were not as relaxed as the other slaves, but their hearts were even more raised, and they were nervously waiting for the verdict.

Although Hongmei didn't know what Fu Duoduo said to the eldest wife, she was delicate and observant, and her observation was a few points higher than that of ordinary people, and she more or less guessed that Fu Duoduo had gradually broken the eldest wife's defense line and gradually entered the core.

Looking at the faint smile on Fuduoduo's lips, Hongmei thought of her future.

Judging from her observations, Fu Duoduo is not a difficult master to get along with, but he is more suspicious and will not trust easily, so he will be tempted three times and twice. But as long as she is recognized, she will definitely be better than other masters, and she will protect the people below, and Bi Tao is a good example. Secretly made up her mind, Hongmei was full of thoughts about how to gain Fu Duoduo's trust.

Compared to the idea of red plum, green chrysanthemum is completely different.

She watched Fu Duoduo and the eldest lady go back and forth so intimately, and a strong sense of jealousy enveloped her whole body.

originally thought that she would be able to sit firmly in the position of the big girl, but she was forcibly disturbed by Fu Duoduo and Hongmei, and this breath could not be swallowed by her no matter what. I saw Fu Duoduo and Hongmei whispering something before, but I isolated her, which made her even more annoyed. Her eyes were fixed on Fu Duoduo's red-hot hands, and she secretly cursed the hot tea, it was better to let her hands fester!

Fu Duoduo stood with his back to Hongmei and Luju, not knowing their different thoughts now, but also thinking about whether to take this opportunity to pick and choose the "rat" around her. Because she is now completely greasy with green chrysanthemum, without a trace of good feelings, Hongmei is slightly better, at least she still knows how to read people's eyes, but she is too smart, which makes her feel uneasy.

In short, no one is hearty.

Now that she has gradually been recognized by the eldest wife, there will be things to tell the people around her to do in the future, and it is impossible to do everything herself.

Looking at the side face of the eldest lady, Fu Duoduo had a headache for a while.

Now it is impossible to replace everyone around her and inject fresh blood, and as soon as she opens her mouth to propose, the trust that has been established with great difficulty will be ruined to the brink, she knows very well that the eldest lady is the same as her, and she is also very suspicious, so this behavior is absolutely impossible.

Sweeping his eyes over the slaves below, Fu Duoduo suddenly thought that she still lacked a personal mother to call.

A few rays of light popped up in Fuduoduo's eyes, and she knew how to solve this dilemma.

After some talk just now, the eldest lady looked at Fu Duoduo's eyes with a little more trust, and asked Hongxing to bring a small pestle and put it beside her, and said to Fu Duoduo: "You sit down!" I've been standing for a while, and I'm tired. ”

If there was no one in the flower hall who was more senior than Fu Duoduo, she would have sat down with her ass, standing trembling for so long, her legs would have trembled.

However, there are also aunts and red apricots in the flower hall. Although Hongxing is not an aunt, she is also the master of the big man with an open face, and this little pestle was brought by her personally, how dare Fu Duoduo sit down, and he was busy saying that he was not tired.

As if she knew Fu Duoduo's thoughts, the eldest lady said to the eldest aunt who had been beaten by her, and had been expressionless all the time: "Auntie, Fu respects you, and she doesn't dare to see that you are not sitting." You say, does she know the rules very well? ”