Hearing this, several people's eyes widened, and they couldn't believe it.

Yingxiaju prepares a small kitchen every winter, because Su Yao loves Cao Qianlian, so it can be regarded as acquiescence, and several times Qin Manhuai and the old lady said that they would withdraw the small kitchen, and it was Cao Qianlian who cried and shouted Su Yao, saying that he was not in good health and needed a small kitchen, which made the small kitchen survive to this day.

Liuyunzhai does not have a small kitchen, firstly, because Kang Jinglan is a concubine, and secondly, Kang Jinglan is healthy, and Su Jinyao and Su Yingkuan, who live in it, are also in good health and do not need a small kitchen, so every day when they eat, they are brought by the maid from the kitchen.

And Liu He, the fourth lady of Qian Ning Xuan, has a weak body, and the deficiency of giving birth to a stillborn baby and being hit by a knife wound has not yet been made up, and Su Wanyao's body is also weak and unbearable, so Qin Manhuai made the decision to prepare a small kitchen for Qian Ning Xuan.

Every time Su Yao deliberately avoided it, so the small kitchen of Yingxiaju has always existed, after all, he is the head of the family, who should not listen to him? The old lady was silent about this matter, as long as Cao Qianlian was too ugly, she wouldn't care.

Unexpectedly, he took the initiative to withdraw the small kitchen today.

Qin Manhuai asked with some curiosity: "But what does my mother mean?" ”

Su Yao shook his head and took a mouthful of food, "That's what I mean, I just said it to my mother, and my mother agreed, you can take this matter with you, don't pay attention to the Cao family's crying, she doesn't have the rules that bother the eldest lady in her concubine's room." ”

As soon as these words came out, several girls were stunned.

Is this their father?

Su Jinyao and Su Wanyao looked at each other, and then looked at Su Yao with suspicious eyes, feeling that he was particularly abnormal today. Su Moyao couldn't hide things in her heart, and asked bluntly at the dinner table, "Father, why do you think so today?" If you change your mind tomorrow, don't let your mother take the blame. ”

"You little monkey! Your father and I are hard to chase after each other, so what are you doing when you have nothing to do? ”

"Then what are you doing in the kitchenette of Yingxia Ju?" Su Moyao asked again.

Su Yao made righteous words and came out: "For my father, I want to rectify the family style, and she has a concubine in the courtyard of the Cao family, and she has no illness or disaster, and she prepares a small kitchen to spread it out, so that people don't laugh at it?" Not only the small kitchen, but also the courtyard must be thoroughly investigated, and the extra slaves and maids can be sold, or they can be rearranged to do the work, they can't all eat white rice in one courtyard, we are not the emperor to choose the forbidden army, what are so many people doing in the courtyard? ”

This thing is also about Cao Qianlian, Cao Qianlian raised a large group of idlers in the yard, most of them are her henchmen who have nothing to do to help her run errands and inquire about whether there are any, and it is useless to do anything else.

Su Yao tolerated for a long time, and it happened that the wind was tight for a while, and the emperor pushed down the two civil officials because of the unrest of the house, since he wanted to clean up the family, then Yingxiaju, the most chaotic place, would bear the brunt of being cleaned up.

Hearing the news, Cao Qianlian almost shouted.

"What is he going to do! I promised me to treat me well, but I changed my mind again! Cao Qian paced back and forth in the room pitifully, "It must be Chang Xizhai's old woman who told him again, that old immortal, really angry with me." ”

The maids beside Su Huiyao were asked to leave two times, and at this time she was angry, and complained to Cao Qianlian, "Daddy lived with you last night, and you swore to me that he was taken down by you, why did he change his hexagram today?" It's useless! ”

"Don't talk cool here, your father is a good person, if I say a few words, he will listen to me, then I still have so much to worry about now that I am full?"

Mother Liu hurriedly persuaded, "Lady, the girl can be discouraged, now people are messing up, the master can't be messed up, right?" ”

Cao Qianlian sighed helplessly, "You go outside and take a look, if there is still a dead person holding me, just drive it out, you don't have to go to the eldest lady to reply, all those who sell their deeds to me will be driven away, that kind of person will not be beneficial to us in other courtyards." ”

Mother Liu's eyes should be lowered.

Su Huiyao has a concubine child, two first-class maids, six second-class maids, and countless third-class maids, and the number of people serving around her has more than doubled compared to her concubine, and the number of people around her who have been laid off is the most.

And Qin Manhuai and Su Yunyao, the people around Su Moyao were all counted, and none of them were found out.

Tianningxuan is the most honest and responsible realm, and Liuyunzhai will not work against the eldest lady, so it is considered an Ansheng. If you want to talk about the fun, in addition to Yingxiaju, there is Lin Manju left.

Su Yingxiao was grounded next to the ancestral hall, but now it was too cold, there was no earth dragon in that room, and he was afraid that he would freeze him, so he moved to Lin Manju and repented.

Su Yingxiao couldn't look down on Qin Manhuai for a hundred, so he would find some problems for her at every turn, but this time he was checking people from his yard, could he be willing? Immediately, Zhang Luo went to Su Ningyuan and talked to the eldest lady, but he was stopped by the little maid and said that he didn't let him go.

There are not many people serving in Mo'er's Shanliju, but there are also people who eat rice and don't work, and this time two were found out, one was assigned to Chang Xizhai to do rough work, and the other was assigned to the kitchen to do rough work.

Su Ying couldn't go out because of the curfew, but Cao Qianlian was able to go out, she cried to Yu Hongyuan, and Su Yao also saw her, but the result was unsatisfactory.

The people around her who should have been withdrawn were all withdrawn, and those who ate white rice were found out by Qin Manhuai, and Cao Qianlian's hard-earned connections were wiped out, and the small kitchen was not left for her, and even the private room subsidy that Su Yao gave her alone every month was not given.

How could Cao Qianlian agree?

"Da Lang, Lian'er knows that she can't stay by Da Lang's side for a long time, Lian'er is not in good health for a while, I'm afraid it won't be long before she lives, but Hui'er is your own flesh and blood, she is an emotional child, seeing those maids who serve her being taken away, she is crying and making trouble, full of reluctance..."

Su Yao interrupted her, "If you are reluctant, you can take out your private room and give some subsidies to the maids, why can she still take the maids with her when she gets married in the future?" It's not that I can't see it anymore, aren't there several of them who stay in our Su family? ”

"But..."

"Nothing." Su Yao said, "The eldest lady is the head of the house, there are only thirteen mothers in her yard, and there are only twenty-one concubines in your courtyard alone, so don't people laugh at it?" ”

"That's to serve Hui'er, Li'er has her own hands and feet, so she won't rob Hui'er!" Cao Qianlian put her arms around Su Yao's neck, "Hui'er is a pampered child, it is not a bad thing to have more maids and maids around a girl's family, just let her learn the art of the emperor, save her from marrying into a high-ranking family in the future, and I don't know what to do if I look at a large yard of servants, and Yu'er, there are also a few people who served her before she went out and stayed in the yard, they are all named in the book with a deed, and they are the serious maids of Yingxiaju, and they are going to go together this time, which is inevitably a little unkind..."

"The eldest lady is the head of the house, how did she decide that you obey, this idea was made by me and the old lady and the eldest lady, the emperor has recently strictly grasped the officials who are restless in the family, and there is one who made a list in the last scientific examination and provoked the emperor to reprimand, just because the concubine and the housewife in the family are not happy, the position almost let the emperor go, you want me to do the same? Be obedient, be safe, and add a few more people to serve you when the limelight is over for a while. ”

Cao Qianlian looked at Su Yao with some grievances, biting her lower lip, "Is Da Lang angry with Pian'er?" Don't you like Li'er anymore? ”

"What nonsense?" Su Yao was a little helpless, "This matter is over, you are not allowed to make trouble, go back and tell Hui Yao to let her live in peace, don't make any noise when the New Year is approaching, go back." ”

Cao Qianlian was a little reluctant to leave, but Su Yao didn't have the heart to leave her, so she had to leave Yu Hongyuan.

The maids in Qinzhuxuan are all sufficient, not more or less, according to the proportion of the maids, after Su Qianyao died, the vines and leaves as big as her age were released to marry, and only two of the other second-class maids and third-class maids remained in the courtyard of Qinzhuxuan, one served at the old lady's place, and two who could write went to Qihuanzhai to serve Shu's pedantic pen and ink.

On this day's strict inspection, except for the Cao family and her children, the other courtyards have not changed much.

In the evening, Su Yunyao practiced calligraphy for a while, and the ink dries faster in winter, Su Moyao is chattering on the side, she is painting a peony flower painted by imagination, but the finished product is unsatisfactory, like a large group of peonies that are about to fail.

"Mother Zhao, what do you think of this peony?" Su Moyao blinked her eyes wide, trying to praise her mother Zhao.

Mother Zhao looked at the painting and wanted to praise it, but she didn't know where to start, so she just smiled and said, "Our ten girls have grown, look at this peony painting, ordinary people really can't draw it." ”

Hearing this, Su Yunyao, Lisheng Songyin and Liu Ya Spring Bamboo Shoots on the side were all happy.

"Mother Zhao, are you praising me?" Su Moyao pouted and leaned on Su Yunyao's shoulder, "If only I had a fifth sister and an eleventh sister, then I could draw." ”

"Everyone has their own strengths, don't think so, girl." Mother Zhao took two milk custards and put them on the table, "It's very cold today, the girls can rest with this, I'm afraid it will be very cold tomorrow." ”

As expected, there was a heavy snowfall during the night, and the next day the door of the house without a cloister in front of the eaves could not even be opened, and the fragile branches of flowers and trees were crushed many times, and the little servant of the family shoveled the snow for a morning.