The night is as cool as water.

After the mother and daughter of the Zhou family returned to the inn from the drunken fairy building, because of what Xiaoman said, the two of them did not fall asleep for half the night.

"Mother, do you say that after I get married, I will live in Bei'an? Or go to Beijing? Zhou Xiaoxiao couldn't hide her excitement and couldn't help asking.

Mrs. Zhou smiled and said with a smile: "Before you even saw the face of others, you began to think about the future?" Xiaoxiao, let me ask you, if the person introduced by the county lord is also like Ouyang You, then what will you do? ”

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Zhou Xiaoxiao got up from the bed with a grunt, sat cross-legged and looked at Mrs. Zhou on the couch not far away, and said firmly: "I believe that the county lord will never introduce me to someone like Ouyang You!" ”

After speaking, she pursed her lips and lowered her voice a little, "The county lord is not my aunt, and he will deliberately embarrass me." Besides, the county lord and the grandfather of the country are both so good-looking, presumably the friends of the grandfather of the country are not far behind. ”

As long as she remembered the scene of going to Ouyang's house for dinner, Zhou Xiaoxiao's anger did not come to a place, in the eyes of her aunt, she could only be with a man like Ouyang You! She can't help but look down on herself too much!

"Xiaoxiao, don't talk too much about everything." Mrs. Zhou used the experience of the past to persuade: "You can also see Grandpa Guo's attitude towards us today, in case his friend is also-"

Before she finished speaking, Zhou Xiaoxiao hurriedly interrupted: "Bah, bah! Mother, the matter hasn't worked out yet, don't say these ruined words! In case you say anything, I'm not the only one who is unlucky! ”

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly "bah" twice on the ground, then raised her eyes to look at Zhou Xiaoxiao, and said: "That's right, anyway, the county lord has promised us, even if one doesn't work, there are many behind, my family Xiaoxiao is so good, I definitely don't have to worry about not being able to get married." ”

"That's what it was." Zhou Xiaoxiao proudly straightened her back, the corners of her mouth were hooked, and her chin was almost raised to the sky.

"However, Xiaoxiao, if you marry and go to Beijing in the future, what if you don't adapt to the environment?" Mrs. Zhou worried: "That Shangjing is different from Bei'an, I heard that it is very hot in summer there, and many habits and customs are different from Bei'an, in case ......"

In the past, she was looking forward to Zhou Xiaoxiao getting married earlier, but when it came to this day, she became worried again.

Zhou Xiaoxiao disagreed: "Mother, you will definitely go with me at that time, as long as you are here, I will not be afraid of anything." Besides, I don't know how many times better Shangjing is better than Bei'an, even if it's hotter? ”

"That's right." Mrs. Zhou smiled, then glanced out the window, and found that the moon had risen in the sky, she hurriedly said, "It's not early, go to bed early." ”

"Hmm."

Inside the county lord's mansion.

There were a total of ten maids who had outstanding performance in the competition before, twenty who had average embroidery, and ten who barely passed, adding up to a total of forty.

Xiaoman divided the forty into three classes, the best was taught by the embroidery girl Ou Qianqian, the general was taught by the embroidery girl Jiang Xiu and Deng Wen, and the worst was taught by Jiang Qiu.

These embroiderers receive two taels of silver a month, and if the professor's students are excellent, there are other rewards.

After talking about his arrangement, Xiao Man raised his eyes and looked at the few embroidery girls standing in front of him, and asked, "Are you still satisfied with this arrangement?" If there is anything that does not meet your wishes, or if you feel that you are not competent, you can bring it up now, and I will make another arrangement. ”

"No, no!" Several people said in unison.

Jiang Xiu couldn't hide her excitement and said: "Madame arranged it very well, we are all satisfied, thank you Madame, there is no need to change it." ”

"Yes, yes, as long as we can have something to do, we are very satisfied!" The rest chimed in.

Xiao Man nodded, handed over the list of personnel for each class to the four people, and then said, "Since this is the case, then you should go back and prepare first." ”

"Yes."

The four of them left happily, only Xiao Xue who was standing in the corner did not move, her eyes stared at Xiao Man tightly, as if she wanted to say something, but Xiao Man kept her head down and was busy, and she never looked at her, so Xiao Xue was not embarrassed to say, only clutched the corner of her clothes, and was worried in her heart.

After cleaning up the things on the table, Xiao Man raised his head and bumped into Xiao Xue's stunned eyes and fluttering lips.

She smiled, "Xiaoxue, do you have something to say to me?" ”

"Madame, you haven't arranged anything for me yet." Xiaoxue asked.

Xiao Man pursed her lips and smiled, and then beckoned the other party to come forward, she pushed the stack of books that had been prepared a long time ago in front of Xiao Xue, and said: "You are the top of the competition in Beijing, you are old and laughing, you should be talented." These are some of the books I used to read in the early years, and most of them are about the patterns and styles of clothes, as well as the introduction of various fabrics and embroidery threads, and now I will leave them to you. ”

Although some of the things Xiaoxue did before made Xiaoman very confused, and the other party was very young but very mysterious, with a thoughtful appearance, Xiaoman was always close to her, but in all fairness, since these embroidery girls came to Canglan, Xiaoxue has never done anything wrong.

Not only that, Xiaoxue has done a good job of what Xiaoman or others have given her every time, plus she is also smiling at her age, and she is still popular and pampered in the house.

Xiaoman thought that as long as the other party didn't have bad intentions and didn't make small moves behind his back, then he could cultivate the other party well and give her a heavy responsibility.

"Madam, what do you mean......" Xiaoxue didn't understand what Xiaoman meant for a while.

Seeing this, Xiao Man got up, walked up to Xiao Xue, and solemnly explained: "Among these five people, you have the highest talent and the best grades, so I want you to learn how to design patterns and clothes first, and supervise their teaching by the way." ”

Xiaoxue looked at Xiao Man, her big eyes showed a little unconfidence, she bit her lip and looked at the stack of books on the table, then looked up at Xiao Man, and asked with some trepidation: "Madam, I... Can I really? ”

She said: "I have never learned this, and I can't read the words, so I'm afraid I ...... the content of this book."

As she spoke, Xiaoxue lowered her head, the tips of her ears flushed with a faint red, she felt inferior and ashamed, feeling that she couldn't complete Xiaoman's entrustment, and regretted that she couldn't learn a few words, so that now she missed such a good opportunity in vain.

But Xiao Man just smiled indifferently and explained: "Don't worry, there are not a few words in this book, most of them are pictures, you will definitely be able to understand them." ”

As he spoke, Xiao Man took a book on the table, flipped a page casually, and showed the patterns on it only to Xiao Xue, "Look, these are all pictures, you must be able to understand it, if there are words you don't know, just ask me directly." ”

Hearing this, Xiaoxue was still a little timid, she carefully raised her eyes and glanced at the open book, and after being sure that there were really few words on it, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She hurriedly raised her head, solemnly took the book in Xiao Man's hand, and said firmly: "Madam, don't worry!" I will definitely study hard and live up to your expectations of me! ”

"Okay, only if you have the heart, you can definitely do a good job." Xiao Man encouraged: "If you don't understand, you can come to me at any time, if I'm not in the house, you can go to He Miao, he will help you." ”

"Thank you, ma'am!"

Xiaoxue took two steps back and solemnly bowed to Xiaoman, with a resolute look, looking really grateful to Xiaoman.

Xiao Man was also relieved to read it, and thought to himself: According to Xiao Xue's talent, these books will definitely be read quickly, and at that time, he can teach her new skills, and I believe that it will not be long before Xiao Xue can master all the skills.

By that time, Xiaoxue would have mastered enough to support her to open a ready-to-wear shop independently.

"Madame, do you have any other commands?" Xiaoxue asked.

Xiao Man shook his head, turned around and handed all the books on the table to the other party, "You go back and read it slowly, if you don't understand something, come to me at any time." ”

"Thank you, ma'am! Then I'll go back first! Xiaoxue took the book excitedly, carefully held it in her arms, and jumped away.

It can be seen that the other party is very happy.

After arranging everything in the house, Xiao Man turned around and sat down in the chair, looked up from the door of the study, looked at the clouds slowly fluttering in the sky, breathed a sigh of relief, and raised a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Wow-"

The sound of hurried footsteps sounded, and Xiao Man, who was in the fugue too empty, came back to her senses in an instant, she looked at the jade, who had just run from a distance and was holding the door panting and panting, and couldn't help but get up and ask, "What's wrong?" ”

"Madame!" Jade clutched her chest, and after a while, she gasped for breath and reported: "The palace just sent someone to send a message, saying that the king asked you to go to the palace!" ”

"But what's the matter?" Xiaoman asked.

Jade shook her head, "No, the father-in-law who passed the message was very anxious, saying that no matter what you are busy with now, you must go to the palace immediately, and the king has something urgent to find you." ”

Recently, everything in the greenhouse is normal, and every once in a while someone will be sent to the palace to report the progress, and everything in his house is too peaceful, and nothing has happened in Bei'an City recently, how can the king find himself at this time?

And it's a 100,000-strong thing......

Xiao Man was confused for a while, and couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

Seeing this, Jade urged anxiously: "Madam! Go back to your room and change your clothes, the king is still waiting in the palace!" If it's too late, then the king can't be angry? ”

"Yes." Xiaoman reacted and hurriedly took Jade back to the house to change clothes.

After changing his clothes at the nearest speed, Xiao Man hurriedly got up and prepared to go out, but when he just came out of the bedroom, he met Lu Li, who had just come back from outside.

Seeing that she was dressed so solemnly, the other party couldn't help but ask: "Is this going out?" ”

"The king has just sent a message saying that I will enter the palace." Xiaoman explained: "Don't say it, I have to go first, otherwise I don't know what to do when I'm late!" ”