"Remember the contest you were going to run?" Hua Li stood on the side and introduced: "These are all embroiderers who have stood out from the embroidery competition, and they are all very willing to come to Canglan, from now on, these people will be sent by you." ”

Race......

If it weren't for Holley mentioning this matter, Xiaoman, who has been busy recently, would have almost forgotten about this matter.

When he left Canglan, he asked You Rui, Wei Xiuyuan and his wife, Jiang Qiming and others to help prepare for their own competition. At the beginning of the competition, Xiao Manben wanted to vacate the field he bought, so that these people could go directly to the Manrou Garment Workshop to help, so that the Manrou Garment Workshop could mass-produce more clothes.

If there are many people, she can also let people directly monopolize the weaving, dyeing and other processes, so that the Manrou Garment Workshop can produce and sell itself, and the production cost can be greatly reduced.

But then King Canglan went to Beijing, and she unexpectedly came to Canglan to help, and became the county lord in a daze, Xiaoman, who was difficult to ride a tiger, had to put aside these complicated ideas and hand over the game to others to hold.

And now, the competition ended smoothly and so many talents were selected, Xia Wanrou and others didn't know their original idea of holding the competition, so they sent people to Canglan, which is indeed a good way.

Thinking of this, Xiao Man suddenly felt full of energy, since everyone has sent it, then his next work will be easier.

"Pearl, these days, you take them to familiarize themselves with the environment, and then come back to me when you are familiar with the surrounding environment and what we are going to do." Xiao Man looked at the seven or eight people in front of him and commanded.

Pearl saluted, "Yes." ”

As he spoke, Pearl bowed slightly to the seven or eight people, made a gesture of invitation, and said softly with a smile: "Everyone come with me, take all your luggage, and I'll take everyone to the place where you live first." ”

On the way to the backyard, Pearl specially informed everyone in advance: "Since everyone came to Canglan voluntarily, then I won't deceive you." You have also seen on the way here, this vicissitudes of the environment is not as good as going to Beijing, because it is too cold, so there is no way to grow vegetables, and there are few crops, so for a long time in the future, everyone can only eat meat at once. ”

"Eat meat?" A young girl smiled and asked, "Isn't it good to eat meat for a while?" ”

Pearl explained with a smile: "Canglan is too cold, can't grow crops and vegetables, and even fewer fruits, these things are only affordable for the masters and rich families in the palace. ”

The little girl nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "But I see that the weather in Canglan has been very good these days, and there is a big sun every day, is this also cold?" ”

"It's lucky for you, because it's been the warmest months." Faced with a lot of this little girl, Pearl was not annoyed, but helped each other answer their doubts bit by bit, very patient.

"So what, it seems that this cangma is really cold enough!"

As he spoke, the backyard lodging arrived.

The county lord's mansion that Zhang Shangqi chose to build is very large, and there are even more houses, plus the pavilions and pavilions are exquisite and elegant, Xiao Man was still a little frightened when he first saw this house, but because of the king's unquestionable attitude, and Xiao Man was also afraid of troublesome Zhang Shangqi again, so he could only accept it.

Because of the large area of the mansion, the rooms that people live in are also extraordinarily large, and the number is far from being comparable to the Zhenguo Mansion in Shangjing.

"This is the room you live in, so take your pick." Pearl stopped at the door, pointed to a whole row of empty rooms, and introduced.

The group let out a low cry of surprise, and one of them, a slightly older grade, took the initiative to stand up, walked up to Pearl, and pointed to a whole row of houses, with an exaggerated expression, and kept pointing his fingers, "This is all for us to live in?" Let's pick at random? ”

"Yes, there are few people serving in the house, but they all come from Shangjing with their wives, and those little servants live in the houses at the back, so you will live here first. Emerald and I live in the corner just now, if you have any problems, just come to me. You have come from afar to work hard, put down your things and pack them up first, and then I will take you to the front for a walk and get acquainted with it. ”

After saying that, the group thanked the pearl, and then they chose their rooms in groups of twos and threes, laughing and laughing, and seemed to be very satisfied with this place.

Standing in the open space in the courtyard, Pearl breathed a sigh of relief, watching these people choose rooms, pack up things, joke and joke, listening to the familiar Shangjing accent, she suddenly felt as if she had returned to the Lu Mansion in Shangjing.

"Sister Pearl!"

A call from afar pulled Pearl back to reality, and she followed the voice, frowning slightly at the little girl running towards her, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

This little girl is the one who talked to her just now, looking about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a pointed face and chin, a pair of big watery eyes, plus the two black braids hanging on her chest, the whole person reveals a sense of cleverness.

However, the clothes worn by this little girl are full of gray colors, and the black cloth shoes are also very thin, and it can be seen that this girl's previous life in Beijing should have been very poor.

The little girl looked at Pearl with a smile and introduced herself crisply: "My name is Yu Xue, and Sister Pearl will call me Xiaoxue in the future." ”

Pearl also smiled and asked casually: "Xiaoxue, are you here alone this time?" ”

"Yes, my family is gone, and I'm the only one left." Mentioning this, Xiaoxue didn't feel the slightest sadness, she was still smiling, but it made people feel distressed for no reason, she said: "Anyway, I'm alone wherever I go, it's better to come and have a good time, Sister Pearl, do you think I'm right?" ”

In the face of such a little girl, Pearl is very pityful, and she has already regarded the other party as her little sister in just three or two sentences, and her tone is much gentler: "It's hard for you to experience so much at a young age, but what is more valuable is that you can still be positive." Xiaoxue, don't worry, our lady treats people very well, as long as you do things with peace of mind, this county lord's mansion will be your home in the future. ”

Xiaoxue nodded heavily and said obediently: "Sister Pearl, don't worry, I will definitely work hard." ”

As she spoke, she scratched her head and asked a little embarrassedly, "Sister Pearl, when will we start working?" What do you do every day? ”

"These things have to wait for Mrs. to arrange, you have worked hard all the way, so take a good rest in the past few days."

While the two were talking, and the rest of the people were also cleaned up, Pearl stopped talking to Xiaoxue when she saw this, told everyone about the instructions in the county lord's mansion, and then took them out of the backyard, introducing them as they walked, so as to help them get familiar with the environment.

At the same time, Jade, who was supervising the construction of the greenhouse with Xiaoman, saw the pearl that was leading people to this side, Jade was not there in the morning, and he didn't know where these people came from, so he asked curiously: "Madam, who are these people?" ”

Xiao Manman's heart was on the greenhouse, so he didn't bother to explain in detail, so he only mentioned it casually and didn't speak again.

Jade nodded thoughtfully, her eyes flashing with excitement, "It turns out that I came from Shangjing, this is interesting, and someone will play with me in the future." ”

"Can't Pearl play with you?" Hearing this, Xiao Man turned around, looked at the other party with a smile and asked.

As soon as she heard this, Jade seemed to have found an outlet, and vented her dissatisfaction with pearls: "Pearls are good anywhere, but they are too boring, in private they are either embroidering or reading, and I have no common language with her at all!" ”

Xiao Man couldn't help but withdraw from the greenhouse construction and looked at Jade with interest, "There are so many people in that mansion, can't you find another one to play with you?" Or rather, why don't you read and embroider with pearls? ”

In fact, she also knows in her heart that this jade is a jumpy character, often imaginative, and comes up with a play; And pearls have always been steady, of course, steady at the same time will naturally seem boring.

And the reason why Xiaoman asked the other party like this was just that she was a little bored staring at building a greenhouse, and she wanted to tease the other party.

"Hey, I just don't want to play with Pearl." Jade pouted, like a child.

Seeing this, Xiao Man sneered and tapped the tip of Jade's nose, "You, you know how to play." ”

Jade touched her nose and smiled.

The master and servant were talking, and Pearl also happened to bring someone over, Xiaoman looked left and right, and then saw clearly that there was a very young girl in the team, she walked over with some curiosity and asked the other party's name and age.

Xiaoman looks high, but the tone and attitude are very amiable, and Xiaoxue is not a cowardly person, so he responds to Xiaoman's problems like a stream.

After asking, Xiaoman asked again: "Xiaoxue, how many places did you win in this competition?" ”

Xiaoxue scratched the back of her head, blushed a little embarrassedly, and didn't answer Xiaoman's question for a long time, which was very different from the hearty and generous little girl just now.

Just when Xiao Man thought that the other party had bad grades, so he was embarrassed to say it, a young woman closest to her smiled: "Women, don't be confused by Xiao Xue's appearance, in this competition, Xiao Xue is the top of the list!" ”

"Top of the list?!"

Everyone present was shocked.

Xiao Man looked at the other party again, confirmed the other party's age again, and asked in disbelief: "Your grades are so good, why haven't I seen you in the past few years?" Xiaoxue, you are so talented, how can you be willing to come to Canglan? ”

"I didn't have the money to participate in the competition before...... Xiaoxue was still a little shy, "I didn't dare to participate until I saw that Mrs. Lu didn't need to pay the registration fee for the competition." ”