The spring return from the carriage was slightly tilted and concentrated...... In a daze.

Because it wasn't until she got off the car that she realized that it was not the corner gate of the state government in front of her, the plaque hanging on it, and the five big characters with the inscription "Ruyi should ask for action", but Chun Gui really didn't know what kind of place this was.

"It's a tooth line." Lan Ting had already dismounted first, and was standing beside Chun Gui at this time.

But although he explained this place, Chungui still had a lot of doubts in his mind: "But why did we come to Yaxing?" ”

"I'd like to pick a few handmaidens for you."

It turned out that this was Lan Ting's thank you gift after thinking twice.

"But I already have four handmaidens by my side." There is also Song's mother's family to accompany the room.

"Among the four maidservants, only Mei Jealousy and Ju Shame can listen to the dispatch, and the other two maids are afraid that they still need Mei Jealousy and Ju Shame to be distracted and watched, and now they are fine in Fenzhou, and when they arrive in Beiping in the future, it will not be enough to call." As early as the wedding day, Lan Ting found that Jiao Xing and Guerlain were the burden of Chungui's return, and it was already good if they didn't add to the chaos, but because the second maid was the dowry maid of Chungui after all, Chungui would not dispose of it, so it was inconvenient for him to overstep his bounds, otherwise it would be disrespectful to his wife, so after thinking about it, he decided to express his gratitude in a more practical way.

But Chungui didn't feel that Lan Ting owed her a favor, so she wouldn't think in the direction of answering the gift, and she felt useless: "Could it be that when you go back to the Taishi Mansion, you still don't have a subordinate who is arranged to serve at home?" Where is the thousands of miles to buy and hire from Fenzhou. ”

"How can this be the same?" Lan Ting patiently explained: "The deed arranged by the family is not in your hands, and the people brought from Fenzhou are more assured." ”

As he spoke, a toothed man walked out quickly, looking to be twenty-seven or eight years old, with shrewdness written on his face, although his pace was fast, but he was still calm, but when he saw that the guest he patronized was a young man who was not yet a weak crown, and still had a female dependent, he seemed to be a little surprised, but he quickly lowered his eyes, and kept a few steps away.

There are really too few female dependents in this world who openly come to visit the tooth shop, and looking at the demeanor and clothing of the two, they are obviously characters with status.

As soon as the tooth man heard that the patron was going to buy slaves and maids, he was even more surprised in his heart - although this also belongs to the category of official tooth management, but under normal circumstances, the patrons who buy and hire slaves and maids are all high-ranking officials and nobles, where do you need to come to the market in person, each family has familiar tooth people and tooth women to come to the door to solicit, is there anything unspeakable about this young man?

Thinking about this, the tooth man was on guard, his family is an official tooth, related to human traffic, first to verify the buyer's name, before signing the contract to deliver the deed, but not to give the silver, immediately can take the person away.

In fact, the law of this dynasty stipulates that only the official gentry are allowed to buy servants and maids, and the common people buy slaves and maids privately, although this law has almost become a dead letter, for example, Wang Jiugui's family is not an official gentry, and he also buys servants and maids without being blamed, but such as the official tooth, the tooth merchant appointed by the government still does not dare to violate the law, which is also one of the reasons why Wang Jiugui buys servants and maids, and will pass through the tooth man who runs the order without going through the more formal official tooth.

Therefore, when this tooth man asked Qing Lanting to be a comprador under the banner of Zhizhou Mansion, he did not trust it immediately, but out of the tactfulness of a businessman, he did not chase after the certificate to confirm his identity again and again, but stated: "Buying and hiring slaves and maids is not like goods, and the contract documents still need to go through some regulations, so it is better for Lang Jun to leave your address, and wait for the deeds to be handed over properly, and we can also send them to Lang Jun." ”

Lan Ting bowed: "Choose someone today, and after your bank is properly handled, you can send the deed to the state office." ”

At this time, the tooth man had no more doubts, and was busy inviting the distinguished guests inside.

Spring return to see the business here business, although located in the market, but not like the temple fair market like people come and go, enter the door, but like into the ordinary residence, there is a wall and the main hall, on both sides is the hand copying verandah, the main hall is vaguely someone sitting and talking, even the appearance can not be seen clearly, let alone hear the words clearly.

Perhaps because of her female dependents, the tooth man led them to the side door in the corner of the verandah, and walked on a pebble path, the path was piled up with mountain stones, and also planted with low bamboo, from the path separated by the corridor wall bypassed the main hall, to a side hall, the more quiet and undisturbed, the tooth man said "sit down slowly", and soon after turning around, another tooth woman came to entertain.

But when she said that she was "sitting down slowly", Chungui quietly told Lan Ting about her embarrassment - she didn't know how to choose a maid.

At that time, Chungui's father was still alive, although she taught Chungui a lot of things, such as she knew how to grow crops and mulberries, could distinguish between long and short mangs, knew how to soak seeds, and when to divide them; For example, she knows how to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of tenant farmers and farmers, and if she hires this kind of manpower, it is not a problem at all; Even if he hires a bookkeeper, Chungui is confident that he will not be fooled.

However, it is relatively easy for many girls to buy maids, and the spring return is completely ignorant.

This is also due to the fact that her maiden family has a simple population and does not need too many servants to serve. When Chungui's grandfather was separated from the clan, he was assigned a family slave and maid, so from his grandfather's generation, he never bought another person outside, but sometimes he was too busy to hire people temporarily, and most of them were villagers, or simply tenant farmers and field customers.

But her advantage is that she doesn't know how to pretend to understand, and she doesn't feel how embarrassing it is to tell the truth, and Chungui is very studious and motivated, she also realizes why Lan Ting brought her to Yaxing - if she calls Ya Po to the state government, she can't make up her mind, and she still needs Lan Ting to be a staff officer on the side, and it is inevitable to talk about it in the eyes of others, although she doesn't mind, but Lan Ting must be afraid that she will be embarrassed, so she simply does it outside to do a good job, and once she comes to take her to a long time, and then she is free from gossip.

Simplifying troublesome things, Chungui agrees with this way of life.

Sure enough, I heard Lan Ting say: "Actually, it's not difficult, this time I'll demonstrate first, and next time you'll know it." ”

Chun Gui watched intently, his eyes widened and his ears straightened, starting when Ya Po walked into this side hall.

Said to be a tooth woman, the woman is less than thirty years old, combed oily hair in a low bun at the back of the head, lined with a pleasing round face, accurately interpreting the word "sleek", only this tooth woman Although the posture is humble, the words seem to be flattering, and the taste is extremely moderate, so that people will not be bored, and Chungui will not even notice any prying eyes of the other party.

But after a few short conversations, after a moment of observation, she has a little understanding of the preferences of the customer, and the occasional words, with a bit of humor and literary tone, make people more and more pleasant.

When asked about the needs of the client, it was the slave maid in the master's mother's house, Ya Po only needed to hand the maid next to her a look, and after a while, the maid brought a stack of papers, followed by twenty or thirty women.

The age is about fifteen, and the appearance is divided into upper, middle, and lower three, and the spring return secretly scrutinizes: it should be that this tooth woman knows that it is Lan Ting who is in charge, and she is not sure whether the maid has another use, so she simply has all kinds of colors and is at your disposal. I also know that it is the service in the mother's house, and it is not suitable for those who are too young, and these girls have also undergone basic training.

Careful observation, sure enough, it can be seen that no matter what the posture is, at least the behavior still has basic manners, but some of them, the eyebrows are slanted and the eyes are lightly raised, and they are very arrogant in the open and in the dark; There are also some eyebrows and eyes, although they are still calm, but they are pretentious with red and red.

Lan Ting was not in a hurry to look at the stack of documents that recorded the identities of the women, and ordered ten people to stay, and eliminated the rest in one go.

These ten are still divided into three grades, but they are all dignified and steady, without swaying eyebrows and shyness, at least on the surface.

The well-behaved Ya Po immediately realized the simplicity of the patron's purpose, and hurriedly picked out the records of the remaining ten people, and explained them to Chungui one by one, as if Chungui was the one who made the decision.

It sounds like some are good at female celebrities, some are good at poetry and books, some are good at grooming, and some are good at cooking...... There is even a person who knows how to heal!

However, in the end, it was Lan Ting who made the decision, and six of the ten people were selected in one go.

Afterwards, Lan Ting asked: "Huihui may have something in mind?" ”

There are numbers, first of all, you must sit still and not be moved by beauty...... But of course, this big truth can't be spoken, and Chun Gui is very cunning to start from the second.

"The one who is the most satisfied, it seems that it is not only because of the advantages recommended by Ya Po that she is good at grooming, I think I have asked for her records to see, it should be her qualifications that have attracted the attention of Bei Bei."

"Yes, Huihui's personal service person, naturally you must be familiar with it first to be at ease, and whether you are good at grooming is secondary, I am observing this one, quite scheming, looking at her records, it turned out that she was the son of the family of Gongshun Hou's mansion in the past, and she was the slave maid in Mrs. Hou's house." Seeing that Chungui was still at a loss, Lan Ting smiled: "Although the people we went to today are official teeth, they are much better than those private teeth, and the people recommended to us by the tooth woman should have been trained for a while, and they still know a little bit about the height of their eyebrows and eyes, but the people of the tooth line will not be too attentive in the end, how can they compare to the slaves and maids who were originally from the high-ranking families, especially those who serve the housewife closely, the training they have passed is far beyond the reach of people, if this person can use it, Huihui may be able to save a lot of energy in the future." ”

The return of spring accurately captured a key point - scheming.