While pouring the tea, the smell of the pastry kept wafting over me, and then it lingered around me like a nuisance.

This is a pastry for the young master, it is really unusual, forgive me for swallowing my saliva all the time, because it is so fragrant.

When the young master saw me like this, he deliberately made a chirping sound when he ate the pastries, making a look of enjoying it.

I know that the young master did this on purpose, but he is the master, and I am a slave, so I can only swallow my saliva slowly.

With a smile on your face, gently bring the weak tea over, and never let the tea spill out.

This is the hard work of the maid, but this is not bad, the maid who went to the second young master is really bitter.

I said respectfully: "Young master, your mouth is dry, let's take a sip of tea, Qing'er just poured it." ”

The world is so unfortunate, the person who deliberately tricked you just now, you still have to treat him respectfully, for fear that something will go wrong and annoy him.

"Erya, do you want to eat? There are two pieces left in this pastry! The young master looked at me with a wicked smile.

As for the young master calling me Erya, I know that I can't resist, so let him go.

For the rest of the pastries, my stomach is very much about wanting to say that I want it, but in my brain I think I don't want to, and then avoid being teased by the young master, so I am very entangled.

The young master saw my tangled appearance and thought it was very interesting, so he laughed out loud, very unscrupulous, and didn't consider my feelings at all.

Well, he's the young master, and I'm just a poor little girl.

After thinking about it for a while, I still pretended to be resolute and said, "I don't want to, Qing'er doesn't want to at all." ”

"Erya, you are not honest at all, just tell the young master if you want to, will I embarrass you?"

Okay, just play tricks, I admit to eating pastries.

"Okay, Qing'er wants to eat your pastry."

After saying that, I suddenly felt a sense of relief, not bad.

"Then you can take a piece and taste it, and the other piece is reserved for the princess, to be a man is to be honest, why hide it if you want to eat."

Young master, you are a maid who doesn't have back pain when you stand and talk, and you can't control your mouth, you will be driven away, and the kind of person who signs a death contract will be thrown into the laundry room.

In this regard, I dare not squeak, just silently pick up the pastry, and then carefully put it in my mouth, and then taste it carefully.

The first feeling in my mouth was delicious, as if I was eating flowers, flowers bloomed in my mouth, and then I swallowed them into my stomach.

It's so delicious, if I had read it, I would have thought of better words to describe it.

It's a pity that I didn't go to school and couldn't read and write.

The pastries were eaten quickly, but I still had a little unfinished, and the rest was Wang Po, I couldn't think about it, I could only look at it.

"Young master, your handwriting is very beautiful!" I said, looking at a few lines on the white paper.

The young master was a little surprised and said, "Do you know how to read?" How many books have you read? ”

If my parents had been able to make me read and read, I might not have been sold out of the house, and even my brother could not read, let alone me.

When I went to a private school, I heard that I had to pay some kind of bonds, and my family was poor and white, and besides, the master would not accept women as students.

After entering the house, learning the rules is not literacy, but the grandmothers teach by word and deed, speaking with their mouths, teaching with bamboo strips, and they don't need to recognize words.

And a maid who is too smart is not likable.

"Back to the young master, Qing'er is illiterate, and she hasn't read a few books, but I feel that the young master's words are very good."

"Oh, well, if you want to read, I can teach you."

To be honest, I don't want to be literate, if I know some words, I will feel that I am different from other maids, better than them.

However, it is taboo to be taught by the young master, but the grandmothers have taught me the rules of humility and humility, and I have only come to Qingzhu Courtyard on the first day, how dare I forget the rules.

I whispered, "Back to the young master, Qing'er wants to be literate, but Qing'er doesn't dare." ”

"Oh, why?"

"Because the young master is the master, and Qing'er is a maid, there is a difference between the top and the bottom, and others will gossip about the young master, so Qing'er doesn't dare."

The young master smiled and said: "What should I do, don't worry, I just teach you to read and write, who dares to chew the root of the tongue in the mansion." ”

"Young master, Qing'er still doesn't dare."

The young master said coldly: "I let you know how to read, you will give me a good study, I don't want my maid to be an illiterate stupid person." ”

Seeing that the young master was a little unhappy, I didn't dare to speak and lowered my head.

The young master continued: "I'm not afraid of other people's gossip, what are you afraid of, haven't you heard that knowledge is power?" ”

I really haven't heard the last sentence that the young master said, but it sounds very reasonable.

I raised my head and looked at the young master suspiciously.

"Erya, do you know who most of the wealth and power in this world are in their hands?"

I whispered, "Young Master, is it a landlord and a big official?" ”

"Your view is not wrong, but it is too one-sided, most of the wealth and power in this world are in the hands of scholars.

Landlords are literate, and officials must not only be literate, but also read through the scriptures and meanings; if they are not literate in the army, most of them are just big soldiers, and if they are illiterate in business, they can only set up a small stall. ”

"But, young master, there are also poor scholars."

"In the distribution of resources in this relationship, some people share more, and naturally some people share less, or even none.

Therefore, knowledge is power, Erya. ”

Although I don't understand what the young master said, I can hear it very well, but I know that reading is really important.

The young master looked at me very solemnly and said, "One last time, Erya, do you want to be literate?" ”

Since the young master has said so, it would be hypocritical to continue.

"Young master, I want to be literate."

"Starting tomorrow afternoon, I will spare an hour to teach you to read."

At this time, Wang Po walked in from outside the door and said, "Young master, the meal is ready, eat in the study, or the pavilion outside." ”

"In the study, it's autumn, and it's cold."

"Okay young master, I'll go and prepare it right away."

"Wait a minute, Mrs. Wang, you prepare a set of paper and pens for Erya tomorrow, so that I can teach her to read."

"But young master, Erya is just a maid, just forget about literacy."

"It's okay, my maid has to be different, and it always pays to know some words."

"Okay, young master."

Then the princess said, "Erya, come with me and help serve the food." ”

"Well, okay, mother-in-law."

On the way, Wang Po said to me lukewarmly: "Forget it this time, if you recognize some words, you can always be smarter, and you won't lose the young master's face when you say it, but some rules can't be broken, do you understand?" ”

I lowered my head, not daring to look at Wang Po's eyes, and then said, "Mother-in-law, Qing'er knows, so I don't dare." ”

The princess glanced at me and continued to walk towards the back room.

After the meal was served, I stood aside and waited for the young master to finish eating.

When the young master saw that I was not sitting, he said, "Erya, sit down and eat." ”

I kept in mind the rules that my mother taught me, that master and servant should not eat together, and they should not eat at the table.

At this moment, after Wang Po came in with the last soup, she sat down and picked up the dishes and chopsticks, although I was surprised, but I still did not dare to be presumptuous.

"Erya, sit down and eat, the young master is different from others, if you don't sit down, the young master will be unhappy, but when someone else is there, we will stand and wait, most of the time we have to sit and eat with the young master."

Since that is the case, then I will also sit down, pick up my own dishes and chopsticks, and start eating.