Chapter 488: First Entering the Mansion
"This is the Jiang girl brought back from the sea, our master specially ordered it, and I will lead the girl into the house to walk around, so I am familiar with it." The man in the long shirt looks a little younger, but his temperament is still very stylish, and he looks more pleasing to the eye than Zhang Qisheng.
"I am the housekeeper in this house, the girl can call me Uncle Luo, the lord specially instructed the girl to only do some simple work in the house, and she doesn't have to work so hard to run around. But the girl always has to understand some of the rules of our house, if we have some inappropriate words and deeds that day, please also ask the girl Haihan. ”
The previous words sounded very clear, but the last sentence made Jiang Liuyu a little confused. I always feel like I'm not here to work, but it's more like I'm experiencing life.
Saying that Haihan is not Haihan, isn't this equivalent to telling him bluntly that he may be targeted in the future. But speaking of which, everyone is the same slave, so why can someone be treated differently, there will naturally be a different target.
Jiang Liuyu knew it in his heart, and in two or three sentences, he roughly judged the direction of all the slaves in this mansion. She is not afraid of arguing face-to-face with others, but if things get bigger, it will not be good to be jointly targeted by many people, so it seems that in addition to him, she has to find a more reliable thigh.
Thinking of this, Jiang Liuyu followed behind the housekeeper while keeping glancing at him. Zhang Qisheng is an ordinary person who is lustful and greedy for money, but he doesn't want to have any entanglement with him, so it's better to keep his distance as much as possible. This housekeeper seems to be quite amiable, but he doesn't know if he can talk or not.
"The layout of our Jiangfu is probably like this, at the foot of the southwest is a pond with meandering water, where the lord likes to fish the most, and the northwest corner is a few bamboo forests and fields, which are dedicated to our people growing their own vegetables and eating, which is cleaner than the outside. In the center, from south to north, is the antechamber, the garden corridor, the dining room, and then the backyard. ”
Uncle Luo said very smoothly, it can be seen that he said the same thing, after working in the Zhang family for so many years, the subordinates who came in with Hexing have been very proficient, and inadvertently took Jiang Liuyu's thoughts farther and farther.
What I saw in front of me was a little exquisite, and I didn't have any deep feelings, but I had a rough idea of the composition of this house in my mind, and it seemed to be quite beautiful.
"On the far right of the house is a circled garden, which is dedicated to growing flowers, fruits and vegetables. In the northeast corner, it is connected to the backyard, which is a small courtyard where a lady lives. ”
This mansion is really too big, so Uncle Luo only led Jiang Liuyu through the garden corridor between the center, the front hall and the dining room, to see the route at both ends, and the general distribution.
Jiang Liuyu was very energetic, and when he saw such a beautiful and authentic ancient courtyard, he was naturally very curious, but after walking for a while, she suddenly became less interested.
Just the corridor in the garden in the middle has been walking for so long, and the people who are tired of twisting and turning, and if they want to change the whole house in the future, it will not take a day.
Jiang Liuyu couldn't help but shake just thinking about it, but Uncle Luo, who was leading the way, didn't notice it, and led her to the backyard by himself.
"There are only three aunts in our house, one surnamed Xue, one surnamed Gu, and one surnamed Wei. The yards of several aunts are named after themselves, and we as subordinates can't call the master's name directly, so we only call their yard by their surname. ”
From the garden corridor past the dining room, to the backyard, where there are green bamboos planted on both sides of the road, at first glance it looks quite quiet, more pleasing to the eye than the garden in front of it.
Jiang Liuyu followed behind Uncle Luo, while remembering the route, while thinking about the bamboo shoots that grew from these bamboos, if they were all broken and sold outside, maybe it would be a lot of money, and Zhang Qisheng's yard was really cost-effective.
"These bamboos are not available everywhere, they were specially planted by the master for Wei Xiaoniang, Wei Xiaoniang is withdrawn by nature and does not like to be lively, but she is the most lenient one among several aunts, I will take you to see her in a while."
Jiang Liuyu silently remembered in her heart, to be able to be praised so heartily by others, this little lady should be a very good person to get along with, and if she hugs her thighs in the future, maybe it's okay. It's just that she thought about it, but suddenly had a question, and couldn't help but pull Uncle Luo's sleeve.
"Uncle Luo, why have you listened to the stories of several young ladies for so long, isn't Master Zhang already very old, doesn't he have a wife?"
When the words landed, it was obviously just a casual question, but Uncle Luo was so frightened that he stood up in a hurry, swept the surroundings again, and made sure that no one else should hear it, so he turned his head and glared at Jiang Liuyu resentfully.
"There are some things you shouldn't ask, don't ask, the master's affairs, can we intervene casually, you just need to remember, be obedient, don't think about other things." With an open mouth like her, even if she has the favor of the lord now, when the lord loses interest in her in the future, she will only have a tragic life.
After thinking about it, Uncle Luo turned around again, looking like he was too lazy to care about Jiang Liuyu. Jiang Liuyu made him feel helpless for a while: What kind of tattered rule is this, if you say a word casually, you have to worry about offending people, no wonder he had that instruction before.
Thinking so in his heart, Uncle Luo in front suddenly stopped, Jiang Liuyu looked up and looked at the plaque at the gate of the courtyard in front of him, which was written with "Ling Zhu" two big characters of dragons flying and phoenixes dancing.
Just looking at the name, Jiang Liuyu has already prepared in her heart, this is estimated to be an extraordinarily noble woman, but I don't know what kind of bad luck she poured, she actually married into Zhang Qisheng's family as a concubine, I am afraid that there is a very embarrassing past in the middle.
Jiang Liuyu sighed in her heart, raised her legs and was about to go into the courtyard, but Uncle Luo stopped her.
"This is the master's yard, it's not something we can go in casually, plus Wei Xiaoniang doesn't like people to disturb you, and she won't work in the future, so you don't have to go in, let's hurry up and go somewhere else."
"Huh? Oh. Jiang Liuyu was stunned when she heard this, although she was a little disappointed, she couldn't see Wei Lingzhu's face, but the future is long, and there will always be opportunities in the future.
Although several yards in this backyard are independent, there is a stone road at the door to connect them, but there is no need to worry about going wrong, both sides of the road are full of green grass, but it is more difficult to take care of than taking care of those delicate flowers, it can be seen that this Wei Xiaoniang's mind is still quite clear.
Uncle Luo put his hands behind his back, raised his head and chested high, passed by the crossroads, and when the people passing by saw him, they all bowed respectfully and bowed to say hello, making his status as a housekeeper in this mansion not small.
Jiang Liuyu couldn't help but purse her mouth when she saw it, she thought at first that this was a fair and just housekeeper, but it turned out that the world was as black as a crow, and no one could escape the word "profit". When Uncle Luo saw himself for the first time, he would respect himself so much, I am afraid it was all pretended to be in Zhang Qisheng's face.
The more she thought about it, the more Jiang Liuyu wanted to despise this world dominated by capital.
"There is also a Gu Xiaoniang, who is the youngest and most beautiful of the three little girls, and she is also the most favorite of the old man at present, but she is very short-tempered, and she is prone to beating and scolding her subordinates at every turn. She and Aunt Xue are good friends, and they often get together and ask the master for this and that. ”
Fortunately, Wei Xiaoniang had no intention of fighting with them at all, otherwise she would not have been endured by them until now. You know what your plan is for you in the mind of the master, and when you see the two of them in a while, you have to pretend to be well-behaved, otherwise I won't be able to protect you when the master is away. ”
"Don't worry, butler, I know it in my heart." Uncle Luo talked to her a few more words according to the rules, and Jiang Liuyu couldn't help but complain in her heart: She is not stupid enough to ask others to calculate in this way.
When he stood still, the new courtyard plaque was replaced with the word "Yinhua", which was several times more exquisite than Wei Xiaoniang's yard just now, and two women's laughter kept coming out of it.
Jiang Liuyu was waiting for Uncle Luo to explain to her that this was the courtyard of a young lady, but unfortunately a maid who poured water came out of it. The maid held a copper basin in her hand, and in it was some hand washing water with rose petals floating in it.
As soon as the maid walked to the door, her two eyes seemed to be glued to Jiang Liuyu's body, and she poured water out at will, and then put it on the shelf.
"Who are you? It's too unruly. ”
Jiang Liuyu grinned reluctantly, and also glanced at Uncle Luo next to her, and Uncle Luo tugged at her sleeve, "This is Aunt Gu's courtyard, this is the first-class maid magpie girl next to Aunt Gu, why don't you hurry up and say hello." ”
"Oh, it turns out that this is the magpie girl, I have always heard that the magpie girl is beautiful, and smart, and deeply loved and trusted by my aunt, I am a newcomer, I don't know the rules, I offended the girl, and please don't be angry. If there is anything wrong, I will definitely remember it, and I will definitely bring a gift to make amends to the girl another day. ”
As soon as these words came out, the well-informed Uncle Luo was shocked by what she said, her words sounded like a compliment, but after thinking about it carefully, it was more like mockery.
But in all fairness, it's not to that extent, you can only feel uncomfortable, but you have to hold your breath.