When Yi Xiangxiang woke up, it was already bright and the rain had stopped. The first thing she said when she opened her eyes was to call Le Qi to take leave from Mr. Lai, which was quite an illusion that she could only pretend to be sick and ask her grandmother to call the head teacher to ask for leave if she was going to be late in modern times. Le Qi smiled and came in around the screen and said to Yi Xiangxiang that he had sent Qingxuan to take leave, so that his young lady could sleep more.

"I'm not sleeping, I'm going to be hungry." Yi Xiangxiang got up from the bed with a yawn, Le Qi waited for her to dress and wash, and then called Qingxuan to put on the carved lacquer kang table, and she herself went to bring a bowl of golden pumpkin porridge and a basket of hot buns.

Yi Xiangxiang looked at the corrupt life of this clothes to reach out and open her mouth, and understood Miaoqin's idea of wanting to climb up, if she suddenly lost all this one day, she should also be able to jump, right? Corruption makes people degenerate, degenerate!

After Le Qi put down the breakfast, she was about to feed Yi Xiangxiang porridge, but the latter prevented her from eating it bite by herself. Today's xiaolongbao is good, the juice bursts in the mouth when you bite into it, it is very similar to the xiaolongbao that I have eaten before, it is very delicious.

Yi Xiangxiang was savoring the breakfast while seeing that Qingxuan was sending the girls to put away the screen. Yi Xiangxiang swallowed the last bun and asked, "Qingxuan, what's going on ahead?" ”

Qing Xuan turned around and told her everything that happened when Yi Xiangxiang was asleep: "Miss asked the slave maid to pass the word, the slave maid went to the guest house and did not see Mrs. Hou, but when the mother-in-law passed the word in, the slave maid heard Mrs. Hou say that she was killed, but she was immediately stopped by the prince." After that, they spoke in low voices, and the slaves and maids did not hear clearly, and then they listened to the mother-in-law talking back and forth, leaving people behind. Then after dawn they had breakfast early and set off. Because of the rain, I ordered the little masters of each room not to send each other, and on the surface, it was said that the two families did not need to care about those vulgar rites, but I saw that Mrs. Hou was not happy, and she was not smiling, and this beam was probably still settled. Miaoqin was taken away by the prince, but in order to take care of the face of the two families, the explanation to the outside world was that Miaoqin's piano skills were good, and people also liked Mrs. Hou, Mrs. Hou asked the eldest lady to ask for people, and she would follow Mrs. Hou in the future. The slave maid asked Miaoqin to go back to the room to clean up the softness, and she also took away her monthly money and silver bounty over the years, as well as the two hundred taels of silver that the young lady finally rewarded. She originally wanted to come to Yongleju to kowtow to the young lady, but was stopped by Liu's mother, and then she kowtowed to the eldest lady three times at the gate, and then left. Oh yes, the slave maid saw that the second lady was going to be taken away when she saw her off, but she was a little unhappy. ”

Yi Xiangxiang was stunned when she heard this paragraph, when she bought Qingxuan, who was still Cui Xiaodie at the time, on the street, she felt that this girl didn't have so many words, she looked very clever, how could she talk like pouring beans. Look at what this said, what is this Liangzi estimated to be settled, what is it to take care of the face of the two families, is this big truth too real?

In fact, there is a reason why Qingxuan is so straightforward, she thinks that Miss is a very smart child, and some words can enhance the relationship between their master and servant even more. Of course, to be more realistic, she didn't believe in Miss much before, at that time she suddenly lost her parents and had to sell herself to bury her father, and as soon as she entered the house, she was stripped of her surname by Miss's personal maid, and she felt that God was unfair to her. Later, once she was cutting flowers in the yard, and Miss was playing against Sister Leqi, she heard Miss tell Leqi that no matter who you compete with in this life, don't compete with yourself, and she suddenly figured it out. What does the surname have to do with it? Compared with the young lady who has no place to live and has no place to live, it is her new world. Since then, she has regarded loyalty to Miss as her lifelong faith, and she naturally knows everything about her beliefs.

Yi Xiangxiang didn't know Qingxuan's psychological change process, she got up from the couch and asked Le Qi to put on her shoes, and then walked to the beauty couch by the window and lay down. Lin is very strict with her, except for the lunch nap during the day, she is not allowed to sleep on the couch, although she always violates the rules, but just after the rain and the air is fresh, she still has to lie by the window is the most comfortable.

"Qingxuan, did you use to tell stories?" Yi Xiangxiang said funny, even Shumei who came in just now was covering her mouth and laughing.

Qing Xuan was a little embarrassed and said, "Miss! I'm not going to know how big or small! I haven't said that Mother Liu didn't let her kowtow and scolded Miaoqin, probably saying that she came with a wolf heart and dog lungs, look at how good Miss is to her, and she will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver, and when she encounters such a master, she still plays betrayal, and her conscience is eaten up! ”

"Miss, did you give that girl back the money? It's light to kill such a maid, why should Miss reward her! At this time, Mama Li, who learned the news, had just arrived from the outer courtyard, and she was sent by Liu's mother to call her, mainly to let her comfort and comfort Yi Xiangxiang, so as Yi Xiangxiang's wet nurse, she naturally already knew the truth; At this time, she heard that Miss had returned the silver reward, and she was even more angry that Miss was kind.

"After all, she has served me for so long, so she can be regarded as the last bit of friendship between us." Yi Xiangxiang said indifferently, what she gave was severance pay, and she would have nothing to do with it in the future.

Mama Li walked to Yi Xiangxiang's rosewood carved beauty couch, and the beautiful little maid moved a yellow pear eight-legged round stool very sensibly, and Mama Li sat down and said: "Miss let her clean up the soft is already a gift, and then give her silver is not to encourage her, and it can't encourage this unhealthy trend!" ”

Yi Xiangxiang felt that there seemed to be some truth to this, although she was angry yesterday, but she also felt sorry for Miaoqin, so she thought that if Miaoqin did not die, she would give a reward of silver, first, she was full of affection, and secondly, she was also given a little silver. Now that she thinks about it, she really didn't think about it, after all, Miaoqin usually receives a lot of rewards, and it is enough for her to allow Miaoqin to take away the contents of the rewards, after all, it is also a small wealth for ordinary people.

"Mama has a point, I'll remember it next time. But I didn't make it clear before, and I'll leave it here today, and if such a thing happens to the people around me in the future, no matter who climbs it, I will kill me. Yi Xiangxiang said this gently, but the decisiveness in her tone was unquestionable. This sentence was quickly passed down by Qing Xuan, and although the little maids below didn't know what was going on, they still felt the tense atmosphere in Yongleju, and they were all well-behaved for a while.

"It's good that Miss knows how powerful, and it's also because I didn't teach Miaoqin well, so this happened." Mama Li is really quite remorseful.

Yi Xiangxiang sat up: "Mama, don't take responsibility for yourself, the cow that is forced to press does not drink water, if you can't figure out what others say, it's useless." If you have time, you might as well embroider a picture of mountains and rivers for me? I want to put it in the hall of the Joy Building, the kind that is going to be long and big! Yi Xiangxiang felt that she had to find something to do for her grandmother, otherwise she would definitely be annoyed by Miaoqin's affairs recently.

"How? Where is my little effort worth hanging in the hall of the restaurant! Mama Li shook her head and refused.

"It's done, how can it not be done? The restaurant is originally a place to eat, so it is natural to feel at home! Yi Xiangxiang opened her mouth to persuade, and after finishing speaking, she felt that what she said was quite philosophical.

Le Qi was sorting out Yi Xiangxiang's books on the side, while listening to the conversation between Miss and Mama Li, at this time she also smiled and said: "Mama, you should respond, the plaque in the restaurant "Xile Building" is the pen personally raised by the young lady and the eldest master, and the small plaque in the private room is written by the third young master; Miss, you can say, this is called making the best use of things! After saying that, I couldn't help but laugh.

"Leqi, how can there be someone like you, I obviously said that those who can work harder!" Yi Xiangxiang pouted and expressed dissatisfaction!

"Okay, good, those who can work hard, then my wife will go and embroider mountains and rivers for Miss!" Mama Li also laughed so much that she was fragrant.

"Mama is not in a hurry, you take your time. This can't be embroidered in a day or two, don't worry, I'll keep the location for you! Yi Xiangxiang patted her small chest and promised.

"Hahaha, good!" Mama Li took another little maid to paint and left Yongle House with a smile. The two big girls reserve talents and Yi Xiangxiang's little playmates Shumei and Painting Theory were all trained by Mama Li herself; Unless Mama Li didn't come to the inner courtyard on leave, the two of them changed shifts a day and took turns to study with Mama Li, and the other person followed Miss at this time.

Yi Xiangxiang saw that Mama Li was gone, and lay down again: "It's not that I don't know what conditions the prince exchanged with Mrs. Hou, but after all, it has nothing to do with us." Leqi, you pass the word out, let Laifu prepare, I will go to the restaurant in the afternoon. "The Joy Building will open the day after tomorrow, and she has to go and see if there are any gaps to fill in, but nothing can go wrong.

At this time, Yi Xiangxiang naturally didn't know that Miaoqin didn't become the concubine of Meng Qihan, the prince of the world, but an outer room kept outside. Although Meng Qihan didn't love Miaoqin to death, he didn't want this girl who made his heart to go away, so he exchanged conditions with his mother, that is, he would agree to marry any woman from the family that Mrs. Hou liked as his wife in the future, and the premise was to leave Miaoqin's life. Mrs. Hou had a headache because of her son's refusal to marry, but now that she had a guarantee, she was naturally relieved after thinking about it. First, I don't want to let my son have a relationship with me or even hold a grudge because of this woman, and secondly, I think it's just a maid, and my son will throw it away when he gets tired of it. However, she added another request, that is, before the master mother passed the door, Miaoqin could not step into the gate of the Hou Mansion for half a step. Of course Meng Qihan agreed, he knew that his mother said nothing, and now it was rare to let go, and he felt that he and Miaoqin really loved each other, and the latter would not mind the issue of status.

So, when two people are together, the person who falls in love first is the most pitiful and naïve.

Although Yi Xiangxiang didn't know about the lawsuit between the mother and son of the Changping Hou Mansion, she also felt that no matter what, Mrs. Hou's approach was correct. Meng Qihan is now in love for the first time, and when he has been up and down for two years, he is probably tired of Miaoqin. The ancient system of three wives and four concubines would make Meng Qihan soon throw himself into the incense tent of his new love, but if he really beat Miaoqin to death at this time, he might remember it for a lifetime. Mosquito blood or cinnabar moles, rice grains and rice or white moonlight, you have to keep people to judge. Yi Xiangxiang no longer cares about Miaoqin's future, and she won't have much sympathy for her in the future, what she knows now is that Qingxuan is right, Mrs. Hou will definitely be dissatisfied with the Yi family, after all, it was the Yi family's maid who didn't take care of it that made such a file, that day Jiang praised the strict rules of the Yi Mansion and slapped his face at this time, or his son was entangled, can he be happy! As for the second lady, she originally wanted to arch her daughter to Meng Qihan's side, but she didn't expect the maid to come out on top, and I believe she couldn't be happy.

Yi Xiangxiang held her forehead, eh, Miaoqin, the maid, flicked her sleeves and left, but made Dafang a hero.

Indeed, in the main courtyard of the second room, Yi Ruonan smashed a blue and white glazed red jade pot spring bottle, and was scolding Miaoqin: "This slut!" I don't know what kind of fox trick was used to get the prince to take her! ”

Huang was also very angry, but he didn't expect that Dafang would rather cheapen a maid than find a way out for his niece. Yesterday's Lin family's cooking was very clean, and the hush money that should be brushed was all unambiguous, and she was also a housekeeper, how could the maid dare not listen to her to talk more? Except for a few core figures and the subordinates who had been doing that night, no one else knew the truth. So in the eyes of the second room, they didn't believe Miaoqin's statement that she was chosen to be Mrs. Hou, they felt that it was Dafang who sent the girl he trusted to Meng Qihan, so as to connect the relationship with the Hou Mansion.

"I'll just say it, how can the eldest aunt be a simple person! She's amazing! I'm afraid that our second room has climbed into wealth, and my daughter is not old enough, so I will go up to my daughter's maid! I really don't know what to be ashamed of! Yi Ruonan had already calmed down the unwillingness to be repeatedly rejected by Meng Qihan before, but now he found out that someone actually took away a maid, and his liver hurt so much! Unaware, she naturally counted the account on Dafang.

"Mother, it seems that we won't be able to trust Dafang so much in the future." Yi Hanchen, who was present, spoke silently.

Yi Ruonan was a little more relieved, and walked to the side of the Huanghuali eight-legged round stool and sat down: "It's not just that you can't trust, you have to guard against it in the future, otherwise you will be sold and help others count the money." ”

"I was careless. I never thought that after all these years, my sister-in-law is becoming more and more amazing. Huang fiddled with the old mutton fat white jade bracelet in his hand and said. It is said that this bracelet is still a meeting gift given to her by the Lin family when she first got married, and she has always carried it because of its pleasing and beautiful color. I saw her take off the bracelet and pick it up with a peony embroidered handkerchief, and put it in the drawer of the three cabinets of Huanghuali.

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When Yi Xiangxiang was about to go out in the afternoon, Lin came to her yard. The purpose of Lin's coming was mainly to comfort Yi Xiangxiang's injured little heart, and when Yi Xiangxiang's classmate repeatedly assured that he was fine, Lin said the second thing.

"You asked me to ask the second room to ask the old housekeeper to help you make the accounts of the Joy Building, and now I don't think it's right." Lin said.

Also, Qing Xuan could see that the second lady Huang was unhappy, so how could the Lin family, as the eldest lady, feel nothing? Of course, she also knew that this cousin was afraid that she was born because of this. Yi Xiangxiang knew that this thing could not be done and was not frustrated, she used to see that the old housekeeper kept the accounts and did not even let go of the second uncle's flower account before she felt sorry for her talents, and now she will ask the second room if they don't say whether they will give it or not, even if they give it, Yi Xiangxiang can't use it with confidence.

"It's okay, my daughter let Laifu take care of it herself, and then take care of the account room when there is a suitable person." Laifu is the shopkeeper of Xile Building appointed by Yi Xiangxiang, the son of the old housekeeper next to Mrs. Yi, and it can be regarded as the personal teaching of Mrs. Yi Kangwen, and it is no problem to do business. As for bookkeeping, Yi Xiangxiang is going to move the ledger style of the modern cash journal, which is much simpler.

Lin nodded: "You can arrange it yourself, and then if there is no more suitable person, I will let Qiao'er replace it; Although there is no doubt about employing people, the person in charge of the account book still needs to be his own. There is also the second room, you will have less contact with your eldest sister in the future, she is an overly smart girl, I am afraid that you will suffer. "The Lin family originally wanted to say that if the relationship is good, their daughter will also have a few more sisters who play together, but after looking at it these days, I don't want Yi Xiangxiang to be close to Yi Ruonan.

"Mother, don't worry, only I make people suffer, how can anyone easily take advantage of me?" Yi Xiangxiang said indifferently.

"I'm afraid that you will be big, but you will underestimate others! Look at how old she is now, her mind is so deep, it's better to stay away. Lin said bitterly.

"Okay, okay, my daughter knows, try to stay away from the big sister in the future." Yi Xiangxiang felt that the Lin family was too worried, but she didn't like to deal with her big sister, as long as people didn't take the initiative to provoke her, she wouldn't trouble her. And Yi Xiangxiang feels that her mother-in-law is a double standard, who can compare to her daughter in terms of age and carefulness? And Zhu Qianqian at the beginning was not necessarily a simple person, didn't her mother also arrange her to live in her yard and hope that they would make friends? However, she knows that her mother is for her good, so there is no reason why she should not be, and she is not an adolescent child, so she has to work with her parents.

Lin and his daughter talked for a while, knowing that she was going out and didn't stay for long. Yi Xiangxiang took Qingxuan and Shumei to the West Street to wander around, the master and servant were all happy, and they had a lot of fun for a while.

After Yi Xiangxiang had a good time, she pretended to come to Xile Building like just passing by, many people in the city knew that this was the property of the county official's family, so she was not surprised that the county official's daughter appeared here, but it made Yi Xiangxiang feel that her pretense was a little "thief-minded".

She checked the ingredients in the back kitchen and it was all fresh. The restaurant is now responsible for the procurement of ingredients is the little guy brought out by Wei Hai, the Yi family's procurement, and the work is also clean and neat, Yi Xiangxiang saw that the things in the purchase list are quite good and cheap, it seems that this person does have a set.

Yi Xiangxiang walked around and felt that there was nothing missing, so she explained the account matter with Laifu. She had already asked Le Qi to draw a grid, and Qing Xuan took it out. Yi Xiangxiang handed over the ledger mold to Laifu and asked him to do it in this format. I saw that the black pen on the ledger said that the entry was in front, and the back was written with a red cinnabar pen to write the entry, and the balance was obtained after addition and subtraction, and the balance was added on the second day, and the account was clear at a glance.

At this time, Yi Xiangxiang didn't know that after the "current bookkeeping" she moved from modern times gradually spread, many bookkeepers who used to plan to stay up late at the end of the month to reconcile accounts joined hands to thank the "inventor" for letting them no longer have to fight with the lamp.