Ruqing slept hard for a night, finally slept full, stretched her waist and got up, under the service of Agarwood Linglong and others, put on her clothes, freshen up, Yuqin asked if she had breakfast in Linlang Garden, or went to the front yard hall to eat?

Ruqing thought for a while and asked, "What about the second brother?" Where does he usually eat? ”

"My lord has already gone out at dawn."

Ruqing sighed, and suddenly felt that being a general was not so enviable.

"Now that the second brother is no longer in the house, let's have dinner in Linlang Garden."

After a while, Yuqin and Lan Yin came in, each holding a silver lacquer flower tray in their hands, Ruqing looked at a bowl of dumplings that were faintly revealed in the color of green onions on the small round table on the side of the ebony pinched gold teeth, and were very stunned, they were used to a rich breakfast, every day millet porridge, all kinds of pickles, poached eggs, side dishes, minced meat porridge, seafood and shellfish fresh and delicious breakfast, suddenly came such a plate of dumplings, it was really not customary.

"Girl, just now I was like you, I heard the cook say that the whole house is eating dumplings today, even the old man is no exception, so, girl, let's take a look first." Yuqin stammered. I'm afraid that Ruqing will blame herself, she is not as delicate as Agarwood, and she will be active.

Ruqing was speechless for a long time, finally found her voice, took the blue and white porcelain sea bowl, took the chopsticks and began to eat her breakfast.

"Forget it, it's better to eat more pasta, you can grow taller if you eat it." Daddy Fang Jinglan is quite tall, his mother is not short, his brother and sister-in-law and two sisters are very tall, just her, almost as short as half a head of beauty, every time she comes together with her, it is really not a taste, although she often comforts herself, she is not yet an adult, and she has to grow a body, and Rumei is half a year older than her, but since she came to Yuexin, her body has skewered out, and she is still standing still, no growth, although it does not look short, but in front of a group of tall northerners, It's not enough to see. Especially compared with Zhiyi, he is even more ashamed, it is estimated that he has been practicing martial arts for many years, Zhili's height is taller than Zhili's eldest brother, and his figure is also sturdy, in front of him, it is simply the difference between chopsticks and toothpicks.

To be honest, Ruqing still prefers to eat pasta, as long as it tastes good, it is indeed good to eat. However, the chef's skills in this general's mansion are really not good, the dumpling skin is very thick, and the filling is not delicious at all, looking at the color of the green onions, you know that it will never be a fresh filling, although you can't eat the peculiar smell, but for Ruqing, who has always been tricky, it is almost impossible to swallow.

The breakfast of several people in Agarwood is also full of dumplings, one bowl of dumplings per person, except for Lan Yin Qingluan who ate with relish, and Luliu and Linglong barely ate the bottom of the bowl, the other people really couldn't eat it after a few bites.

Ruqing is even more miserable, she has been with the old lady for a long time, and her appetite is indeed very good, this dumpling is far worse than that made by the chef in the capital. This Haiwan dumpling, I can't eat it after two bites. provoked people in the kitchen to come and ask, are the dumplings unappetizing? The girl brought me whatever she wanted to eat, so let's go buy it.

Ruqing thought about it and felt that she was new to the city, so she should not bother everyone too much. Just let the housekeeper Cheng mother order someone to make a small kitchen in her Linlang Garden, and they can make whatever they want to eat.

Cheng's mother had a difficult face, "This, although I am the housekeeper of the inner house, Mrs. Xue has always had the final say." The old body still went to Mrs. Snow, and she arranged it. ”

Ruqing stared at her for a while, and said, "Mother Cheng is here with my brother, how much salary does she receive every month?" ”

"Half a penny."

Although her face was silent, Ruqing was still taken aback, the housekeeper of the inner house was actually only half a penny Yue Feng, this is too little, right?

"What about the others? What about the other subordinates of the General's Mansion. ”

"The housekeeper is two pennies, the big girl, the steward, each half a penny, the second-class girl is 300 wen, and the rough labor is 100 wen."

Ruqing was stunned again, "Is it stipulated by the second brother?" ”

"No, it was ordered by Madame Snow. It is also Mrs. Snow who usually gives the moon to the moon. ”

"Second brother doesn't care about these?"

"The general is busy with official business, and he leads the troops to fight outside all the year round, and he is a big man, how can he care about these mundane affairs?" Cheng's mother was impatient, "I heard that Mrs. Xue was given to the general by the old lady, and she was loyal to the general, so she took care of the affairs of this house, and even the keys in the treasury were kept by Mrs. Xue." ”

Ruqing and Zhou's mother glanced at each other, and finally Ruqing said, "Okay, since that's the case, then you can let Mrs. Xue come over and lie down, and say that I have something to discuss with her." ”

After Cheng's mother left, Zhou's mother couldn't help but say: "If there is really no tiger in the mountain, the monkey is the king." The second master is really, no one takes care of it in the house, and it is okay to find a capable mother-in-law to be the housekeeper, how can you find a room to take care of? ”

Linglong couldn't help but say: "No wonder, Mrs. Xue is so well dressed and her jewelry is so valuable." ”

Ruqing thinks that what this Bang Xue is wearing is not very valuable, but as a roommate, it is much more valuable. As a concubine, she still wears gold and silver, and she has indeed passed.

After a while, Cheng's mother came to tell Ruqing again, "Fourth girl, it's really unfortunate." Madame Snow was receiving guests in the front yard and could not come over for a while. Girl, look, do you go to the front yard and tell Mrs. Snow in person, okay? ”

Before Ruqing could speak, Zhou's mother had already scolded, "It's really putting the cart before the horse." The master wants to see the slave, and if he doesn't rush over, he actually lets the master go to see her, a slave is more majestic than the master. Where did you learn this rule? That's how the second master taught her? ”

Cheng's mother had a difficult face, and kept explaining: "Don't be angry, girl, there are indeed guests outside, and Mrs. Xue is entertaining in front." I can't come here for the time being. ”

Mother Zhou sneered and asked what the guest was.

Cheng's mother said: "It is the steward of the king's mansion, and the king learned that the girl came to Datong, and he sent someone to send a generous gift." Lady Snow is in front of you. ”

Mother Zhou sneered again: "It's really unruly." The so-called difference between men and women, she ran out to see a foreign man in a woman's family like that, is there any shame, and does she still have rules? Could it be that she was by the master's side before, and she also ran out to meet a foreign man at will? ”

Cheng's mother was stunned, unable to find words for a while.

Ruqing didn't want to make things too stiff, so she stopped Zhou's mother from scolding, and said to Cheng's mother: "By the way, Cheng's mother, as the housekeeper of the inner courtyard, can you tell me what errands you usually do?" ”

Cheng's mother said: "If you go back to the girl, the old woman usually monitors and trains the little girls to do things, and then assigns tasks to go down, and occasionally goes out to run errands on the orders of Mrs. Xue." Seeing the disdain in front of Zhou's mother and others, he couldn't help but laugh at himself: "I'm useless, so I can only do this." ”

Ruqing smiled: "Mother Cheng is too humble. Okay, there's nothing to do here, go and do your thing. Please also tell Sister-in-law Bang Xue on your behalf, and when she is free, she will come to me to lie down. ”

After Cheng's mother left, Zhou's mother counted down Bangxue a little more, and Ruqing stopped her after hearing half of it, "Okay, Zhou's mother, I know what to do." This Bang Xue, there is still some ability, in just half a year, let the people in the house take her head as a horse, and now as soon as I come, it is less than a day, and it makes the whole house jump up and down, it is estimated that everyone is secretly scolding me for being arrogant and unreasonable, and I am angry. Forget it, as long as my brother is on my side, I'm not afraid that she will turn the sky upside down. Let's bear with it for the time being, and then let's figure out the situation first. Then he instructed Agarwood, "From now on, restrain the girls below and ask them not to cause trouble." If there is any situation, I will come back to Rin and report it to me before I make plans. Remember, be respectful to the two ladies Bang Xue and Chaoyun. ”

Ruqing's idea is very simple, if Zhiyi intends to straighten out Bang Xue or raise her as a concubine, then she immediately packed her suitcase and went back to Beijing. On the contrary, in this general's mansion, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.