Back to the Bird Orchid Pavilion, Li and Rumei have not come back, Ruqing entered her own room, the room was empty, only Shen Pozi sat under the lamp and didn't know what she was doing, Shen Pozi saw Ruqing, and got up slowly, "The girl is back, do you want to rest and go to bed?" ”

Ruqing shook her head and motioned for Mrs. Shen to sit down, "What is Mother Shen doing?" ”

"Linglong's girl's dress was torn, and I sewed it for her. Also, just now the old woman rummaged through the girl's clothes, and found that many of the clothes had become smaller, and the wife had no intention of making new clothes for the time being, so she could only cut the materials sent by the old lady a few days ago to make clothes that fit the girl. ”

Ruqing said gratefully: "There is Lao Shen's mother who bothers me like this. It's just that the candle burns her eyes, and Shen's mother still has to pay attention to her body. Especially at this time, the temperature plummets, and the body is important. "In Qizhou City, which is approaching winter, the weather is already cold, and all the houses in Fangfu have been burned with charcoal, and Ruqing doesn't like the smoky smell of the charcoal fire, so she doesn't burn charcoal, but when she sleeps at night, she covers several large layers of quilts and wraps herself tightly.

Although he wears thick clothes, he sits quietly and does not exercise, and his hands and feet will freeze after a long time. Ruqing was afraid that Shen's mother would be too old to endure the cold, so she urged her to go and rest early.

Shen's mother is a rough mother-in-law, and she is not qualified to live with her master, but sleeps in the west courtyard, where several mothers-in-law live in a room, and there is also a charcoal fire in it.

Shen Pozi shook her head, "I can't get used to the smell of charcoal, it's weird." She said thoughtfully: "The charcoal fire in the house of Mrs. and the third girl smells fragrant, and it has its own sandalwood fragrance, why does the charcoal in the girl's house smell so rough?" ”

Ruqing smiled bitterly, "That's for sure, my charcoal, at best, is only a little better than the charcoal in Shen's mother's west courtyard." Okay, let's not talk about that, what about Linglong? ”

"I was called by Yuqin in my wife's house."

"What did Yuqin tell Linglong to do?" Ruqing was puzzled, Yuqin was the second-class maid ring in Li's house, and the four people in the jade character generation, including jade books, jade paintings, and jade chess, were specially responsible for tidying up the house. and take turns to stay on duty for the night.

Shen Pozi's face was expressionless: "Yuqin said that she couldn't tidy it up, so let Linglong help." ”

An unprecedented anger came out of Ruqing's chest, Ruqing took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, she clenched her fists tightly, and then let go, and only after she was relieved did she say lightly: "I know." So, what about Mingyue? ”

"Mingyue?" Mrs. Shen's tone was cold, "The old woman doesn't know very well, and she disappeared after dinner." ”

Ruqing nodded and said, "Mother Shen, how many days are left until the end of the month?" ”

Mrs. Shen was a little strange, but she still replied, "It's only the beginning of the month, and there are still more than twenty days before the end of the month." The girl asked what was going on? ”

Ruqing smiled softly, "It's nothing, it's just that Mother Shen told Mingyue to save some flowers this month." ”

Mrs. Shen was puzzled at first, but then when she saw the cold smile on Ruqing's face, she also understood and nodded, "Don't worry, the old woman will tell her." ”

Ruqing nodded, with a grateful expression, "It's late at night, Granny Shen should go and rest first." If there is anything, it will not be too late to do it tomorrow during the day. Then he went out to find Linglong.

At this time, Linglong was reluctantly changing the tables and chairs in Li's room with embroidered soft covers and cushions, and Yuqin's second-class girls were talking and laughing with each other, and asked Linglong to help from time to time.

Linglong lowered her head and was expressionless, "Don't you see I'm busy?" Sister Yuqi will do it herself. ”

Yuqi was furious, got up and pointed at Linglong and screamed, "Linglong, do you dare not listen to me?" ”

Linglong stiffened her mouth and said coldly: "Yuqi, don't you have to make an inch, I'm not your maid." ”

Yuqi stepped in, "Yo, if you climb up to the fourth girl, you won't take our sisters seriously." Several other maids with jade also stopped what they were doing and gathered around.

Yuqin pushed Linglong, "Yes, I climbed up to the fourth girl, and my temper has grown." ”

Yuhua pulled Yuqin, "Okay, Yuqin, don't overdo it." Jade felt that they had gone too far.

Yuqin snorted, "Why are we going too far? Where is it excessive? She doesn't look down on her virtue, so she dares to be reluctant to do things, and she is shameless. ”

"What do you mean by being shameless? What does this mean? A crisp voice rang out from behind him.

Several little girls felt weak in their hearts, looked at each other, and pretended to be calm, turned around one after another, and rushed to Ruqingfu, "The fourth girl is good." ”

Ruqing came to them slowly, didn't look at them, just stared at Linglong coldly, "Linglong, you are not small, you run all day without seeing anyone, and you even caused me to come to you in person." ”

Linglong's eyes turned red, and she knelt down steeply, "Girl, are they all servants." The maid is your girl, and she should listen to the girl's orders, but ---"

"With me, no." Ruqing interrupted her coldly, "You just need to remember whose girl you are, and you will be in charge of serving whom." ”

Linglong wiped her face and said in a low voice: "The maid is waiting for the girl." ”

"I thought you forgot. It turns out that you haven't forgotten it. Ruqing pretended to be surprised, and glanced at a few girls, although a few girls didn't look at Ruqing, but Ruqing was also the master after all, and they did too much this time, so they were a little weak-hearted.

Yuqin was the eldest of the few, and couldn't help but say: "Fourth girl, Sister Linglong is just bored for a while, just come to help our sisters---"

Ruqing still said slowly: "Oh, are you sure Linglong is just helping??" ”

"This ----" Yuqin froze, and immediately smiled again, "Girl, where are you talking about, it is not uncommon for us to help each other between our subordinates---"

"So, do you get paid?"

"This, this --- just helping each other---"

"So, Linglong has a good relationship with you?"

Several girls nodded hurriedly, Ruqing didn't let them have a chance to speak, "In that case, then you can also come and help Linglong and clean up all the clutter in my house." Then he walked a few steps to himself, turned around again, raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Don't you act quickly?" ”

Several girls glanced at each other, and finally Yuqin began, "Girl, when Mrs. was leaving, I ordered the maids to replace all the cushions on all the chairs in this room." ”

"Yes, four girls, the servants have not finished what the wife ordered---- Yuqi also said, and then several other girls nodded in agreement.

Ruqing said lightly: "So, you can't help Linglong with things?" ”

"Yes, yes, please be considerate of the girl, and please be considerate of Sister Linglong." Yuqin was disdainful, as long as she moved her wife out, she wouldn't believe it, and Ruqing would dare to do anything to them.

Ruqing really didn't dare to ask them to do things for themselves, so she just said lightly: "Considerate? Linglong's own business hasn't been done yet, so she still has to help you. Linglong, don't you take me as a master seriously, or don't you want to wait for me anymore? ”

Linglong knelt down again, "Girl, please listen to the slave maid's explanation---"

"I don't want to hear it." Ruqing glared at her, "If you don't do things well, you will be deducted from this month's monthly salary, are you convinced?" ”

Linglong bit her lip, and suddenly hated her master, feeling that Ruqing was too inconsiderate of her, but Ruqing was the master, she didn't dare to disobey, and only said in a low voice: "Slave, serve, obey ----"

Ruqing pretended not to see the tears she desperately withheld, and then turned to a few girls and said, "My maid came to help you do things, but you don't have time to help her, I'm afraid it's a little unreasonable." ”

Yuqin glanced at each other, and finally each made a look, and finally Yushu spoke: "The four girls don't have to be angry, it's really that the servants have the task of the wife, and they really can't spare time, girl, you see, we haven't finished the work in the wife's house yet." ”

Ruqing glanced at it casually and said, "In this case, when my wife comes back, I will give my wife again, Linglong has helped you do so many things, you should be rewarded, right?" ”

A few faces changed suddenly, this matter was originally unreasonable for them, although the Li family ignored Ruqing from the heart, and in their hearts they also bullied Ruqing with their tricks, but nominally it was always mother and daughter, everyone broke the matter, if it was to the master, it was still them who were the worst people.

Ruqing didn't pay attention to them, but just called Linglong and asked her to kneel in front of the Ulan Pavilion courtyard, and then send her down when her wife came back, because she didn't do things well.

Yuqin saw that Ruqing came to the real character, this time she panicked, if the wife asked the reason, Linglong would definitely tell the truth, after telling the truth, the Li family would also be affected, the slave of the housewife bullied the girl next to the daughter, if it was passed to the master or the old lady, it is estimated that the Li family would also be scolded, and the Li family was scolded, and they would definitely be angry. Last time, the Li family was also discovered by Fang Jinglan because Ruqing was snubbed, and scolded the Li family, and then the Li family took down the people again.

Yuqin hurriedly stepped forward to stop Ruqing, and laughed with her: "The four girls, they are all maids, they are not busy, so they invited Sister Linglong to help, making the girl angry, should be beaten, should be beaten, please don't be angry." ”

Several other girls also followed, with smiling faces, smiling like a smile, "How do you say I don't get angry?" My own girl, I, the master, can't be called, but I let the girls under my wife call around, Sister Yuqin, you say, who should I be angry with? ”

"This, it's all the servants, the servants are here to accompany the four girls, please let the four girls dissipate their anger, don't tell the wife, it's all the servants who are confused and want to be lazy, that's why ---"

Ruqing interrupted her and said faintly: "It seems that the eldest brother is right, the slave he bought was originally to serve the master, but on the contrary, he has become a slave bully, such a slave, don't do it." I'm going to go to my big brother and ask him to be the master for me. ”

A few girls are really panicked now, it turns out that the eldest young master is also looking for this girl, that's amazing, if this matter is known to the eldest young master, a complaint to the master, they don't take off a layer of skin, they will also be hit by a board, and a few people are around Ruqing, kneeling and begging.