"What's wrong?" Wang Youhe disagreed, she crossed out Qian Xiaoshan's name and said: "Except for coming late and dressing sloppily, it doesn't seem to be any different from others." ”

As he spoke, Wang Youhe took a sip of water from the teacup and breathed a long sigh of relief, "Okay, let's do our work first, there are not many people left, let's hurry up and take the roll call, and wait for lunch in time." ”

Xiaoxue retracted her gaze from not far away, "Well, maybe I'm thinking too much." ”

After finishing the roll call, seeing that there was still a while before the time for lunch, Wang Youhe became curious, grinded Xiaoxue for a long time, and finally asked the other party to go to the backyard with him willingly, and take a look at what those maids were learning.

Regardless of family background, status, appearance, etc., in terms of single-wheel embroidery, Wang Youhe and Xiaoxue are not much different, and Xiaoxue is younger than Wang Youhe, so her talent and craftsmanship are likely to be better than Wang Youhe.

The two quietly slipped into the backyard, did not dare to go in directly, and then hid in the corner of the wall, secretly watching the scene in the courtyard.

I saw that the maids who came to report just now were lined up in several rows, separated one by one according to the list drawn up by Xiaoman before, and quickly divided into three classes, and then stood neatly and were taken into three rooms respectively.

Xiaoxue said: "A few days ago, I only taught them simple stitches, there is nothing to see, let's go." ”

"I'd like to see it a little longer." As he spoke, Wang Youhe slowed down and began to slowly rub into the courtyard, making a gesture to go to the house furthest east.

There were only ten people in the easternmost room, the ten people who were talented, foundational, and much stronger than the others.

Seeing that Wang Youhe had already walked under the window, when Xiaoxue hesitated whether to leave or continue to follow, the other party began to wave to her and asked her to hurry over.

Xiaoxue frowned and waved her hand repeatedly.

But Wang Youhe didn't give up, and still beckoned happily and asked her to hurry up.

There was no way, Xiaoxue had to look left and right, and after making sure that no one noticed her, she hurriedly trotted to the other party's side, and complained softly: "If Mrs. finds out, then we-"

"It's okay, it's okay." Wang Youhe interrupted, grabbed her arm, and whispered, "Aren't you curious about what these ten people look like?" I've heard they're the best 10 people! ”

To be honest, of course Xiaoxue is curious.

She herself entered the county lord's mansion through the competition held by Xiaoman, although she didn't expect that she could actually get the top spot, but I have to say that this top position gave her a lot of confidence and opportunities, otherwise, she should have taught in the house today, instead of learning tricks.

This time the competition has called a lot of people, although most of the embroidery is not very good, but there are indeed a small number of people whose embroidery is good, and it can even be said that they are extremely talented.

And now, I'm squatting out the window of those who are extremely talented.

"Light snow." Wang Youhe persuaded again: "Let's just take a look, take a look secretly, as long as we move lightly and don't tell outsiders, no one will find out if we don't know it." ”

The already wavering balance in Xiao Xue's heart was completely tilted to the side, and she nodded, "Okay, then just take a look, you go and see it first, I'll give you a look." ”

After speaking, Wang Youhe was excited, she carefully slowed her steps, walked to the window, and then held her breath and poked her head out, squinted her eyes to look at the situation in the room, and looked at the embroidered cloth of those people.

As Xiaoxue said, a few days ago, the embroidery girls would only teach these maids some simple stitches. Therefore, Wang Youhe could only see a few simple threads on the embroidered cloth at a glance, and as for the embroidery skills of these people, he couldn't see it at all.

Wang Youhe, who was extremely disappointed, retreated, squatted down again, and sighed: "I can't see anything, it's boring." ”

"I told you a long time ago, they don't know how to embroider yet." Xiaoxue smiled, "Since it's boring, let's go first, it's almost time to eat." ”

"You haven't seen it yet." Wang Youhe said: "You can also go and have a look, I will cover you, and then we will go to dinner together." ”

In the past few days, the house has been busy, the two have been helping Xiaoman, Wang Youhe is cheerful and direct, and because after being taught by Xiaoman a few times, he no longer makes the young lady angry, Xiaoxue is clever, but her temperament is soft, so the relationship between the two has become much closer than before, otherwise Wang Youhe would not have pulled Xiaoxue to the backyard to peek.

Xiaoxue hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, I'll just take a look." ”

After speaking, she imitated Wang Youhe's appearance, moved a little, got up quietly, and looked into the window.

I saw ten people in the room neatly divided into rows and rows sitting together, everyone held embroidered cloth in their hands, and the embroidery needles in their hands followed the guidance of the embroidery girl, going back and forth through the embroidery cloth, so as to be able to embroider the stitch taught by the embroidery girl.

It was true that she couldn't see who was more powerful than whom, Xiaoxue secretly shook her head, ready to retreat.

But she just bent her knees, and when she didn't take her eyes off the window, she suddenly saw Qian Xiaoshan sitting in the corner, the other party was concentrating on embroidering something on the embroidery cloth, her technique was sophisticated, and she embroidered the stitch taught by the embroidery lady in three or two clicks.

Doesn't that look like you haven't learned at all?

Xiao Xue was puzzled in her heart, and was ready to watch it for a while to see how this Qian Xiaoshan's craftsmanship was.

But at this time, Wang Youhe reminded in a low voice: "Xiaoxue! It's almost time to eat, and they should come out in a little while, so let's go! ”

Hearing this, Xiaoxue hurriedly bent down and fled from the backyard with Wang Youhe one after another.

On the way to the dining room, Wang Youhe said casually: "What did you see just now, why did you watch it for so long?" Is there really a good embroiderer among those ten people? ”

She didn't see anything anyway.

"Do you remember that Qian Xiaoshan?" Xiaoxue asked, with a serious face; "I just saw her in the middle of those ten."

Wang Youhe disagreed, and said with a smile: "What's so strange about this, her name is so high, she should be among the best ten people, I have thought of this a long time ago, it is not surprising." ”

Xiaoxue shook her head, her serious expression still did not change, she said: "No, I just saw that her gesture with a needle is very sophisticated, and she is also very fast, as if she has been learning for several years, which is a little strange." ”

But when it comes to this, Wang Youhe still doesn't take it seriously, she said: "She is a maid of a big family, and she should have been able to do needlework, not to mention that she is among the best ten people, not surprising." ”

After speaking, Wang Youhe suddenly looked sideways, then stopped and looked at the other party: "You don't suspect that there is something wrong with this Qian Xiaoshan, right?" ”

Hearing this, Xiaoxue was stunned and shook her head hurriedly, "No, no, I just feel a little surprised, how can her embroidery be so good." ”

"There's nothing surprising about this, Xiaoxue, don't think about it." Wang Youhe pulled the other party's arm, continued to walk forward, and persuaded: "Your skills are so good, even if there are people in this group of people who are talented, it is still impossible to surpass you in the short term, besides, haven't you started to learn tricks now?" You've always outdone them, so there's nothing to worry about. ”

Xiao Man nodded, and finally raised the corners of his lips, "You're right." ”

The two walked hand in hand in the direction of the dining room, unaware that a person behind them was staring at them intently.

The man hid behind the corner of the wall, his eyes followed Xiaoxue and Wang Youhe farther and farther away, his eyes oozing a terrifying light, his hand on the wall clenched, and his bones turned white.

Did they find something?

"Hill!"

She chuckled in her heart, and then instantly lifted the yin owl on her face, then turned around, and returned to her previous appearance, she smiled: "What's wrong?" ”

The person who called her was named Jia Meng, and she was a maid in Jiafu who had a good relationship with Qianfu.

Jia Meng looked at her suspiciously, curious, "What did you just look at?" ”

"Oh... It's nothing. Qian Xiaoshan's face did not change and his heart did not beat, he stepped forward and grabbed the other party's arm, and said affectionately: "I came late this morning, no one said anything, right?" ”

Jia Meng shook her head and replied obediently: "It's nothing, it's just that Miss Wang seems to be a little impatient, and other than that, no one seems to mention you." What's the matter, why did you suddenly ask about this? ”

Qian Xiaoshan smiled, "It's nothing, it's not the first day we have come to the county lord's mansion today, I'm late again, I'm worried about leaving a bad impression on others, it's not good." ”

After speaking, without waiting for the other party to say anything, Qian Xiaoshan pulled the other party to the direction of the dining room, "Let's go, I won't have anything to eat when I'm late." ”

The stunned Jia Meng didn't notice anything abnormal, so he followed the other party's footsteps and walked forward together.

During the period of learning embroidery in the county lord's mansion, these maids had to stay in the mansion from morning to evening, and even at noon, they had to eat in the dining room of the county lord's mansion, and they could not return to their respective mansions to rest until the end of the day's classes.

Spending the whole day embroidering in the backyard may sound restrictive, but it also has the advantage of saving them from having to work in their own homes.

In the past, the place where the people in the house ate was a little small, and it could not accommodate these maids at the same time, so Xiaoman specially changed the three major utility rooms not far from the backyard into a dining room before they came, so that these maids from the other house could eat at the same time.

Xiaoman, Wang Youhe and others continued to eat in the dining room in the front yard.

Because Xiaoxue and Wang Youhe have a good relationship, in the past few days, Xiaoxue has been eating with Wang Youhe, Xiaoman and others, and the treatment of other embroidery girls is quite different.

In the dining room in the front yard, after the meal, Xiaoman said: "Xiaoxue, Youhe, you should have read almost all those books, right?" This afternoon, the two of you will each come up with your own tricks. ”