Yi Xiangxiang took the person back to her small courtyard and asked about the situation in detail, and then asked Le Qi to take Cui Xiaodie to eat something, and then arranged for two small servants to take the silver and Cui Xiaodie to Yizhuang outside the city to settle Cui's father's body.

The Yizhuang of the Li Dynasty is a little different from the Yizhuang in Chinese history, which has become a "public morgue" with the change of social structure, which is dedicated to parking people who have died unexplained or unjustly died; The Yizhuang of the Li Dynasty was established by the imperial court, and the corpses of unknown origin were also collected, and the officials needed to find out the identity first, and then find out the cause of death to determine whether it was a murder or something; If it is a nameless corpse, according to the degree of parking time of the weather conditions, there is no family to look for it until it begins to smell, so after registration, it is directly thrown on a cart with an old straw mat, transported to a place in the suburbs where the corpse is specially burned, and burned it. However, the Rite Dynasty is to respect the coffin burial, so Yizhuang will also do funeral ceremonies, as long as the money is given, the paper person burns the paper money, and the sense of ceremony is also very sufficient. Of course, it still depends on how much money is given, and the specifications are also measured according to the silver taels.

In Cui Xiaodie's case, if she didn't have the money to buy a coffin for a funeral, the people in Yizhuang would also burn the body. Cui Xiaodie's "selling herself to bury her father" wants to be a burial ceremony, but in fact, she still has filial piety.

Yi Xiangxiang is also helping people to the end, and sending the Buddha to the West. Although Bainian County is quite peaceful, it is not absolutely safe. It's almost evening now, and Cui Xiaodie returns after arranging the matter of going to Yizhuang, and it is estimated that it will be dark; A big girl, the point is a beautiful big girl, it is definitely not safe to walk on the street in the dark at night. Since Yi Xiangxiang saved Cui Xiaodie from Liu Shijie and made her the maid of Yi Mansion, she naturally had to take care of Cui Xiaodie's safety, so she sent a maid to follow. She wanted Cui Xiaodie to go to Yizhuang again tomorrow, but thinking that the latter must want to let her father settle down as soon as possible, she also reasoned.

"Miss Xie, a slave, is very kind, and she will repay Miss as a cow and a horse in this life." Cui Xiaodie heard Yi Xiangxiang's command, and her head slammed into the ground.

Yi Xiangxiang immediately jumped away when she saw this, she really didn't like the way of kneeling at every turn of the ancients, she always felt that it was easy to break her life if she knelt too much, and her little hand was helpless: "I don't want you to be a cow or a horse, as long as you stay in peace; You will be a second-class maid in the courtyard in the future, and there will be something Leqi will tell you. ”

The first-class maids around Yi Xiangxiang are full, the big maids are Miaoqin, music and chess, and the successor is a part-time playmate of calligraphy and painting; Not to mention that it is full, even if it is not full, Cui Xiaodie, as a living person, has no reason to be promoted to a first-class maid when she first arrives. And the third-class maid is often sent to run errands, and her appearance is not suitable for wandering around the house. Therefore, it can only be the position of a second-class maid who is more suitable, and only needs to prune and take care of flowers and plants in the yard, or do some small work such as sewing clothes.

"Yes, miss." Le Qi heard the order and pulled up Cui Xiaodie on the ground, and went down after the salute. She wants to take Cui Xiaodie to the housekeeper to register the painting first, and complete the formalities for Cui Xiaodie to sell herself into the house.

"Don't worry, our young lady is a kind master, but she hates trouble, so as long as you keep your duty, she will treat you well." Leqi, like Miaoqin, is a maid trained by the Lin family himself, and she is naturally smart and clever. She also heard Yi Xiangxiang's words just now, so she emphasized it with Cui Xiaodie again.

After Le Qi finished speaking, he pulled out the handkerchief from his sleeve pocket, tilted his head and thought about it, and then said, "You sold yourself into the Yi family, and the surname Cui can't be used, so we will all call you Fluttershy in the future?" Although it was an inquiring tone, it also carried an unmistakable certainty.

Le Qi erased Cui Xiaodie's surname in one sentence, not that she was too strong. Generally, when the owner buys a new maid, he will give the maid a new name, Yi Xiangxiang doesn't care if she doesn't do this, but it is unreasonable to continue to let Cui Xiaodie carry her surname, so Le Qi has this move.

Cui Xiaodie twisted the handkerchief in her hand, and her eyes were misty because she thought of her lost parents, but she nodded her head slightly.

Le Qi takes Fluttershy to the butler to sign and register the book, and Miaoqin accompanies Yi Xiangxiang to the main hall to have dinner with the family. At first, when Yi Xiangxiang first came over, she slept vaguely all day, and at that time she thought that the Li Dynasty was the same as in ancient history, eating two meals, the time was in the morning and afternoon, and there was no such thing as lunch. At that time, she was still in her infancy, and she was worried about this problem in her sleep, and if she ate two meals a day, it would deprive her of a lot of fun. Fortunately, when I was older, I knew that the people of the Li Dynasty also ate three meals a day, but the time to eat at night would be earlier, about the beginning of the unitary time, that is, around five o'clock in the modern evening, so I was relieved.

If the Lin clan knew that Yi Xiangxiang had actually thought about such a question, he would definitely laugh. Where does Yi Xiangxiang only eat three meals a day, those melon and fruit snacks, snacks and pastries, eat happily when you see the sky, and now she is white and chubby like a New Year's doll. Of course, Yi Xiangxiang herself automatically ignored this point.

The family ate happily, Yi Xiangxiang couldn't help but eat a big chicken leg, and could only take a walk in the yard after the meal. When he returned to his yard, Le Qi was already waiting with tea.

"Miss, things have been arranged. The slave and maid instructed her to go to rest when she returned, and then start working again in two days, sewing and mending clothes with the embroidery girl first. Le Qi handed the tea to Yi Xiangxiang and said that the girl who sold herself did not keep filial piety, but her own young lady was still young to avoid collision, so Le Qi still arranged for Fluttershy to do some work in her house first.

"Well, yes, you can hold her." Yi Xiangxiang took the tea, drank two sips, and then handed the teacup back to Le Qi.

In the house, Mama Li was holding an embroidery needle, and she was embroidering Miss Embroidery to make a birthday gift for the old lady; After hearing the conversation between the master and servant, he stopped what he was doing and said: "It's just a maid, if you have the idea of committing a crime, you can kill or sell it, and you don't have to worry about it." ”

Although Yi Xiangxiang disagreed with the words, she didn't say anything, and she didn't blame Mama Li for not paying attention to human life; The law of the Li Dynasty is strict, and there are different sentences for rebellion or reckless human life and even theft, but the saying of reckless human life is also the protection of free people, and the treatment of maids in such a family house is blind to one eye; In the bustling area of Kyoto, which high-gate mansion does not have a little careless about human life? After signing the deed of sale, it is really a person who is born in the main family, and he is also a ghost in the main family in death.

How to put it, life is thinner than paper. The phrase "the heart is higher than the sky, and the life is thinner than paper" comes from "Dream of Red Mansions", which briefly summarizes the life of the girl Qingwen. Yi Xiangxiang also feels that "life is thinner than paper" is very suitable to describe the life of these maids in the high-gate compound; If you meet a good master, that day is naturally better than wandering outside in the wind and rain or falling into the red dust, but if you meet a bad master, there is really no tomorrow today. Few of the main mothers and aunts in the back house are simple, not to mention others, the old lady Yi who is now kind and kind in Yifu also had blood on her hands when she was young. If the maid has "a heart higher than the sky", she has no ability but tries to turn over and become the master, and what awaits her is indeed only the way to be killed.

Of course, no matter which family it is, the maid will not beat the gong and drum when dealing with the maid, and most people have a good reputation.

"Cheng, you can do it." Yi Xiangxiang said lazily lying down in the beauty couch by the window, looking up at the twilight scenery outside the window, enjoying the comfort after the meal; The cushion that Mama Li gave her was very soft, and she moaned comfortably, and her small body was wrapped in it.

At this time, there was also Lin who was also leaning on the beauty couch, Yi Xihu went to Yi Luochuan's house to teach him knowledge after eating, and Lin went back to his yard first. In the past two days, the moon base account was also hard, and it happened to prepare for the birthday banquet, but the Lin family was busy inside and out. Lying idle at this time, she only felt quiet, and inexplicably felt a little lonely.

"Eh, there is a girl who wants to share the yard with her mother at a young age, and she brought back the people outside." Lin was a little depressed at this time, and naturally blamed Yi Xiangxiang for his loneliness after being busy. Thinking that this little daughter of her own family is really not intimate at all, other children love to stick to her mother, but she is very self-reliant, she has to shout to have her own yard, otherwise she can hold her daughter's soft body close to her at this time, how good.

If Yi Xiangxiang knew that the Lin family was complaining at this time, she would definitely shout that she was wronged! Please, you treat me like a child, I'm really not small! When you husband and wife got intimate, didn't you have any points yourself, sisters really didn't look at it, Ms. Lin!

"Don't worry, Madam, Miss is naturally smart, do you think any girl is as smart and precocious as Miss, even if the young master was not so sensible when he was a child, he will be fine." Liu's mother thought that the Lin family was worried about the girl that Yi Xiangxiang brought back, so she spoke out to explain.

"It's because of her precociousness that I'm worried. Eh, don't talk about this stubble. Has the yard on the south side been cleaned up? The furniture that should be added still has to be added by your home Weihai, although it is a defection, but the number of etiquette that should be there can not be wasted. Lin rubbed his temples, looking like he had a headache.

"I've already sent someone to do it, but the servants are still choosing, and there will be a reply tomorrow." Wei Hai is the husband of Liu's mother and is in charge of the procurement of Yifu.

"Well, I'll ask my mother-in-law what I mean when I go back, and see if the servant's deed is given to the South Courtyard together. In the end, it depends on what the father-in-law thinks, if he really recognizes this nephew, it will be a family. Mrs. Yi took the tea handed by the maid Ling'er and took a sip gently.

"If I want to say that I shouldn't accept them, I think that in Kyoto, my wife was not less angry with that family; This will be a hardship to come and run, and it is time for them to keep their heads down. Besides, if the old lady really abandons his previous suspicions and accepts this nephew and joins in the Yi Mansion, the family in this back house is naturally a lady, and the contract is in your hands. If the old lady doesn't accept it, then it can't be cheaper for them, now it's not a matter of a dozen taels of silver to buy a group of innocent servants, as well as the monthly money in the future, and the silver reward for the New Year's holidays, in the words of the young lady, it is all white silver. Mother Liu walked behind Lin and pinched Lin's shoulders while talking bitterly.

"Anyway, that's also the son of my father-in-law's brother. Although the father-in-law and his younger brother had an unhappy quarrel and split up the family, they also broke bones and tendons, and now they are in trouble and need shelter, and the gang still has to help. Lin said after handing the teacup to Ling'er.

"What is the difficulty of Second Master Yi's family? He went all the way from Kyoto to Centennial County. Qiao'er, who was beating Mrs. Yi's legs, couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked her wife.

Ling'er and Qiao'er have been following the Lin family since Kyoto, and they have slowly risen from a small maid to a big maid, and they have a deep relationship with the Lin family's master and servant, and it is common to ask about things in their spare time.

Lin Shi looked at the people left in the room now, so he nodded, and motioned to Mother Liu to open science popularization to a few girls, after all, if you have to deal with it in the future, you still have to let the maids know.

"It's not a lustful inferior root, at the beginning, the second master of Yi raised the outer room, and he also teased the little girl, which made the Yi family called a black miasma, but the second old lady protected the calf, and our old lady turned a blind eye; Unexpectedly, Yi Erye intensified his efforts to force the woman of the good family to death, although he was not caught with substantial evidence, but who didn't know it. The old lady was angry and wanted to ask for family law, but the second old lady protected him, and forced him to score home instead of stalking his neck! Two years ago, the second old lady passed away, and the second master was like a wild horse without control. No, stealing the scene with the son-in-law of the prime minister's family, can you not let people catch up? "Mother Liu was angry when she said it, when Mrs. Yi Lin was in Kyoto, she didn't clean up the mess for this cousin, so what can I do, who made Mrs. Yi not stand up. But fortunately, the old man and the second master have different temperaments, otherwise the Lin family would be even more sad.

"I vaguely remember coming, at that time, things were falling in the yard of the second lady every day, which was scary. But if they come to defect, will it affect us? "Qiao'er was still young when she left the Yi family in Kyoto, and only occasionally heard the comments about the second master, she was still a little girl at that time, and it was naturally high that she didn't care about herself, and now she heard that this wonderful family is coming to Centennial County, not only worried that the maids will have a quiet life in the future, but also worried that the acceptance of the main family will offend the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"That's okay, because a drama forces people to go away, and the Prime Minister's Mansion has lost its atmosphere. And it's just a concubine, who is a little favored, and borrows the name of the family to mess with flowers and grass everywhere, and the Prime Minister's Mansion can't afford to lose that face if he really wants to make trouble. When they come, you should try to stay away from the South Courtyard, and even if you think that even if you are a family, you don't have to worry about anything if you have your father-in-law to suppress them. "The Lin family is really not worried about being hated by the Prime Minister's Mansion, although that concubine is not a good person, but the Prime Minister's official reputation is not bad.

"Worried about what?" Yi Xihu walked around the screen to the inner room, and saw his lady lying on the beauty couch, with a gentle smile on her gorgeous face, and her heart couldn't help but move.

Lin was about to get up, but was stopped by him: "You are also tired for a day, just lie down." After speaking, he took Qiao'er's position and helped Lin pinch his legs.

Liu's mother was a person who came over, and knew that it was an eyesore for them to stay at this time, so she quietly retreated with the maids, and when she stepped through the screen, she heard Lin's coquettish laughter behind her.

Lin smiled and said, "With the master here, what is there to worry about." It's just that the second master and they came to the letter again, saying that they had arrived in Tongzhou, and they were looking forward to being able to go to the county before the mother-in-law's birthday banquet; The concubine opened up the South Courtyard for them to settle down, and Liu's mother was afraid that the second master would still have the same personality as before, so she reminded the maids to avoid the South Courtyard as much as possible. ”

"My cousin's temperament is really a headache, the Yi family is thin, and the second uncle left such a son, my father will agree to the merger, you will have to work harder in the future." Yi Xihu also knew that his cousin's family was coming to defect, and his father discussed it with him when he received the first letter. It is said that there is a division in the Li Dynasty, and it is natural to divide and merge, and it is not a new thing to have it since ancient times. He didn't have any opinions, even his own wife had to work with him, and he was a little reluctant: "It's okay, if there is something bad to deal with, you can tell me directly, and I, as a brother, can still teach him a lesson." And if I think that if my father suppresses it, my cousin will also be more restrained. ”

Yi Erye is Yi Xihu's cousin, and the reason why Yi Xihu calls him "cousin" is because Yi Erye's name is Yi Tangquan, and this title is taken from the word "Tang".

When Lin heard her husband say this, she knew that her father-in-law was going to recognize this nephew. The Yi family attaches great importance to affection, which is also expected.

"It's okay, with your protection, I have nothing to be afraid of." Lin sat up from the beauty couch, stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around his husband and said with a smile.

Eh, it's better to be affectionate than those who are affectionate, if the Yi family is all affectionate, where is her life as comfortable as today. Forget it, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, isn't it just that there are a few more people in the family, there is nothing to be afraid of.

"I'm for you. You said two days ago that you were going to open another restaurant, when are you going to open it? Do you want me, the county magistrate, to give me a shout? Yi Xihu took his wife to the dresser and sat down, and took off the hairpin ring for her.

"Then you have to discuss it with your daughter, I have delegated power." Thinking of this, the Lin family had a little headache, his daughter was really not an ordinary toss.

"Xiangxiang? Oh? What's going on? Yi Xihu became interested and asked his wife.

Lin stretched out his hand and pulled down the step shake and said: "The idea of opening a restaurant was from her, I said that I lack skills, she said that let Chuan'er preside, and it is also just a matter of exercising Chuan'er; What do I have to say? This girl obviously came prepared, not only prepared the drawings in advance, but even the location of the restaurant was optimistic, so she bought three shops on West Street and dismantled the covers, and was about a cup of tea away from a pint of incense. Although Chuan'er is taking care of it now, the military division behind it is your precious daughter! ”

Yi Xihu touched the non-existent beard on his chin, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, this girl is smart, like me." ”

"It's not like you, you're in a hurry...... Eh, ......" Before Lin finished speaking, Yi Xihu suddenly hugged his lady and said, "Then we will have another ...... like you."

Soon after, there was a charming pant in the room, which can be said to be warm in the hibiscus tent.