After Mrs. Zhang's narration, Xiao Man knew the fate of the country in recent decades, Mrs. Zhang grew up in Pingjiecheng at the junction of Donglan and Xijiang, and then came to Bei'an to settle down and marry Zhang Shangqi.

Although she is very affectionate with Zhang Shangqi and the life here is not bad, Mrs. Zhang still remembers all kinds of memories in Pingyuki Castle when she was a child, especially the Donglan embroidery she had seen.

Mrs. Zhang likes Donglan's things and always wants to get closer to Donglan, but because her identity cannot be realized, she can only rely on memories to fill the gap in her heart.

It is precisely because of this that Mrs. Zhang loves the Donglan clothes sold in Hao Yixuan so much, and even follows Zhang Shangqi out of the city to the suburbs, just to see Xiaoman.

After hearing this, Xiao Man couldn't help but nodded, admiring very much: "After so many years, Mrs. Zhang still remembers the first memories in her heart, and tries her best to get closer to the memories, which is really rare." ”

"It's just that I can't let go of it." Mrs. Zhang let out a long sigh, and there were some tears in her eyes, but before Xiaoman could take a closer look, she turned around and wiped it off as if nothing had happened.

Then, she turned around, faced Xiao Man again, and showed the gentle and warm smile she had before, "I originally wanted to ask the county lord for a trick or two, and I have fulfilled my wish for many years, but now that the county lord is so busy, I am embarrassed to bother, thinking, as long as I can say a few words to you, I will be satisfied." ”

As soon as she heard this, Xiao Man's heart was inexplicably sour, she couldn't see people older than herself showing this expression, at this moment, Xiao Man was even despising and spitting on herself, and she actually wanted to make Mrs. Zhang's money before!

Seeing that Mrs. Zhang, whose eyes were red, was looking at herself, Xiao Man hurriedly explained: "No, no, I have a lot of time, if Mrs. Zhang wants to learn, you can come to me at any time, whether it is embroidery or talking, or something else, as long as you want to learn, you can come to me at any time." ”

"The county lord said that he laughed, you still have to build this greenhouse, and you can't live in the county lord's mansion for a long time, where am I embarrassed to disturb." Mrs. Zhang smiled slightly, her voice soft and full of apologies.

"Where, Mrs. Zhang, what I just said is not a joke, I mean it." Xiao Man became more and more serious, with a serious face, and a solemn tone: "Since you want to learn, then I will definitely teach you, but you have a special identity, and you don't rely on this to make a living, and you don't have so much time, so you definitely can't mix with ordinary embroidery girls." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Man winked at the other party, and his tone suddenly became playful: "Since this is the case, only I can teach you, we will agree on a time, you can go directly to the county lord's mansion, there are ready-made embroidery bandages and materials, do you think this is okay?" ”

She decided that she would not accept Mrs. Zhang for a penny.

"It's... This..."Mrs. Zhang was flattered, she didn't expect Xiaoman to make a decision so quickly, she got up in a little panic, saluted and bowed, and spoke incoherently: "This is really too troublesome for the county lord, I didn't expect... I didn't expect you to really ......"

At the end, Mrs. Zhang also became poor, not knowing how to describe the other party's double madness.

Xiao Man stepped forward to help Mrs. Zhang, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Zhang doesn't have to be polite, anyway, I'm idle and fine, why don't we get together and talk, and we will be sent back to see you, what do you say?" ”

"I'll listen to you." Mrs. Zhang saluted, and she couldn't hide the joy on her face.

Seeing that it was not early, Xiao Man ordered Xiao Qi to escort Mrs. Zhang back, and went to the greenhouse again, just out of the greenhouse, Xiao Qi and the county lord's mansion delivered the food arrived, Xiao Man hurriedly ate a few bites, and then followed Xiao Qi through the village and went to Lu Li's residence.

The weather was very good today, cloudless, and there was no messy wind, the stars twinkled at night, and the next day must be a good day, Xiao Man sat on the stone on the edge of the threshold and looked up at the sky, thinking silently about the greenhouse in his heart.

Xiao Qi boiled the hot water and sat down, looking up in the direction that Xiao Man was looking, but he didn't see anything except the stars in the sky, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Madam, what are you looking at?" ”

"Nothing." Xiaoman got up, patted the soil on his skirt, and coughed lightly, "Let's go into the house, the weather is cold at night, and the province is cold." ”

Not long after, Lu Li and the others came back together, perhaps because of the good weather in the past two days, they caught a lot of hares, pheasants, etc. in the mountains, and a few days ago they also caught a wolf, but because there was no way to raise it, they were released into the mountains.

After eating, the group talked and laughed for a while before they went back to their rooms to rest.

Seeing that everyone went to rest, Xiao Man also pulled Lu Li back to the hut on the far right, she made the bed for Lu Li, and roughly said the content of her conversation with Mrs. Zhang today, and at the end, said: "I have decided, I will not charge money." ”

"What if someone else comes? Don't charge any money? Lu Li wasn't surprised, but just asked again.

He knew that Xiao Man had always been soft-hearted, even if it was Mrs. Li and Mrs. Wang who said these words to her today, even if the experience was different from Mrs. Zhang, but even if there was a little thing that touched Xiao Man, she would be soft-hearted.

Hearing this question, Xiao Man couldn't help but stop the movements in his hand, nodded after thinking for a while, and said firmly: "I don't charge any money, anyway, I don't lack this money, as long as they can like it, I will treat it as if this is to pass the time." ”

After speaking, Xiao Man got up and breathed a long sigh of relief, patted the bed that had been made, "It's done, come and rest!" ”

Lu Li, who was sitting at the table, got up and asked casually: "The greenhouse is about to be sown, when are you going to start, do you need someone from my side to help?" ”

During this period of time, because the physical fitness of the secret guards is better than ordinary people, so it is easier to use, Lu Li has turned these dark guards with strong martial arts into long-term workers, hunting and picking wild fruits, cleaning up the garden, if others see it, how do they know that this is a secret guard who comes and goes without a trace?

"No need, it's enough to have me, pearls, and jade." Xiao Man laid out his quilt, turned to look at the man, and said, "Do you want to go up the mountain tomorrow?" ”

"Hmm." The man answered, and then reacted, "What, is there something wrong with you?" ”

Xiaoman shook his head and smiled: "It's okay, I just want to tell you, pay attention to safety." ”

The other party will enter the mountain very early every day, and Xiaoman has not woken up at that time, so he always misses, and he can only see the other party again at night, and she can only remind the other party at this time.

Lu Li couldn't help but raise his lips and smile when he heard this, he reached out and rubbed the other party's hair, and responded gently: "I know." ”

The two talked for a while, and when they saw that the moon outside had risen into the air, they hurriedly blew out the candle flame and rested.

Early the next morning, Lu Li left early, Xiao Man was not surprised, and got up directly to take Xiao Qi back to the greenhouse, so that Pearl could find the seeds he brought from the county lord's mansion and start preparing to sow them.

Xiao Man, Xiao Qi, plus pearls, jade, and a few little guys who took care of the greenhouse, more than a dozen people followed the method taught by Xiao Man, carefully turned the ground, sprinkled the seeds, and then watered.

The group was busy until the afternoon before they could take care of eating, but before they had eaten two bites, news came from the county lord's mansion again, saying that some embroidery girls were leaving again, and they also had a fight with Wang Youhe, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

When Xiao Man heard this, where could he still eat, he hurriedly instructed Jade and Xiao Qi to take care of the greenhouse, and then took the pearl and went back in the carriage.

On the way, Xiaoman learned the whole story from the mouth of the little girl.

Since Hao Yixuan sent out the notice, each mansion has sent a lot of maids to study, Wang Youhe followed Xiaoman's criteria to select one by one, eliminated many people, and finally selected thirty people to stay, so as to prepare for the follow-up teaching.

Because when Xiaoman left, he wanted Wang Youhe to teach with the remaining dozens of embroidery girls, but at that time, the embroidery girl saw that there were only thirty people left, and she made a fuss inexplicably.

Probably because he was afraid that he would not be qualified to teach, plus he had not received a penny of silver from living in the county lord's mansion for so long, and seeing that Wang Youhe had better food and accommodation than them, and there were maids to serve him, plus Wang Youhe had eliminated so many people, and some people were unbalanced, so they took this opportunity to make trouble.

Although I don't know if anyone provoked it, it was already a fuss, and those people did not like Wang Youhe.

Wang Youhe couldn't hold it down, but she had a hard temper, refused to compromise, and refused to say soft words, so the two sides made a fuss. Wang Youhe took two little maids, but the other party was all strong mothers-in-law, even if only five or six people stepped forward, Wang Youhe lost very badly.

Speaking of this, the little guy sighed and said with some pity: "Sister Wang is too pitiful, she was scratched by those mothers-in-law." ”

"Is there really a fight?" Pearl frowned, a little surprised.

The little guy slapped his thigh in a hurry, "Sister Pearl, can I still lie to you?" Those people were very powerful, and they picked up the late night to do it, and we didn't react at that time, so they rushed into Wang Youhe's room and beat people. ”

"If it weren't for Xiaoxue's help, I wouldn't even be able to escape, you don't know how fierce those mothers-in-law are!"

Hearing this, Xiao Man became more and more angry, "They still dare to stop you and not let you out of the house?" ”

"Yes, those mothers-in-law blocked the front door and the back door, just to prevent people from going out of the house to report the news." The little guy frowned, full of helplessness and grievances: "They made a fuss last night, and the little one wanted to come out last night to report the news, but those people kept blocking the door, and the little one couldn't do anything." ”

It was already yesterday, they were making trouble in their own house, and the owner of their house didn't even know at all, Xiaoman clenched his back molars, and his face turned red with anger.