Xiangru brought the four new slaves back to the residence, generously let He Xiaojie reunite with his two sisters, and asked Gui 'Hua' to take good care of the newcomers.

Gui 'Hua' settled the Xie sisters in the empty room in the inner courtyard, and the two little girls settled in the empty room closest to the courtyard 'door' in the outer courtyard, and let the inferior girls in the same courtyard keep an eye on them, don't let them sneak into the inner courtyard.

In He Xiaojie's room, the three sisters and brothers who washed their hands and faces sat around, Erni and Sanni listened to the younger brother talk about what happened at home after they left home, the previous incident was really sudden, and they were still confused in some situations, but now after listening to the detailed explanation of the younger brother, they finally understood that the person who called the eldest sister was the eldest 'daughter' left by their father's Yuan.

"It turns out that the eldest sister is so powerful, but she suffers a lot when she was a child, and now she deserves it." Erni sighed.

In terms of age, Xiangru was still at home when Erni was born, but at that time she was just an infant baby, and she had no impression of this big sister, and a year later, Sanni was born, at that time Xiangru had entered the palace and became a ***, and then the family fell into the middle of the road, the younger brother was born, the elder brother was ruined, and the sisters were sold to pay off their debts.

"Brother, although the eldest sister is our half-sister, but we are now the status of subordinates, we should still be called girls, you don't always have a sister, 'make' outsiders still think that the eldest sister treats her younger brother as a person, which is not good for her." Sanni said to He Xiaojie.

"Third sister, the eldest sister allowed me to call it that, and the eldest sister doesn't care about this." He Xiaojie felt aggrieved.

"That's not good, we are subordinates now, we have to think about the master in every word and deed, and it doesn't matter if you are free to call her sister in the future, you have to call her a girl now." Sanni attaches great importance to the difference between master and servant.

"Yes, brother, you have been following the eldest sister to do things, the eldest sister protects you and lets you study, people are naturally polite to you when they see the eldest sister's face, you haven't really suffered the hardships of being a subordinate. After your third sister and I were sold, I went to other places to show people the house, and in the past few years, the house has rented many people's homes, and those people have made people call their subordinates the same as calling pigs and dogs, beating and scolding is commonplace, brother, you haven't done this, right? Erni agreed with her sister's opinion.

"No, don't say it's a big sister, and the entire Xie family doesn't treat people like this."

"That's your luck, my father and mother sold you to the eldest sister, if you are directly 'handed' over to someone to take away, I'm afraid that your life will not be better than ours." Erni was a little angry with her brother, who was still stubborn.

"The kindness of the eldest sister is the kindness of the eldest sister, we must understand the Entu report, it is the family who is sorry for her first, and now the family is in trouble, but we are lucky to be taken care of by the eldest sister to have no worries about food and clothing. Brother, you don't know that there has always been an old saying among the people, saying that if you have a stepmother, you must have a stepfather, which means that after having a stepmother, the father is no longer the father, and this is how the eldest sister suffered before. Brother, it's your blessing that the eldest sister treats you well, you can't take it for granted. Sanni further said.

"Well, I know, my husband also said when I was studying, I will definitely do a good job for my eldest sister in the future. I know that the big sister is a good person, and the sisters are here with the big sister, so I can rest assured when I go home in the future. ”

"By the way, don't remember to mention this to your parents, so that the family will think that there is no fate in this life. I heard you say so many things just now, I think if I let my father and mother know that the two of us are here with the eldest sister, although we have separated, I don't know what will happen to the eldest sister. It's not easy for the eldest sister to have today, why bother to provoke her again, and with the eldest sister's current ability, she wants to really start a ruthless attack, do you think our family can really withstand it? It's just that the eldest sister is soft-hearted and kind. Erni thought about it and told again.

"Yes, I wrote it down, and I won't tell my parents. By the way, when we went to the temple to offer incense, I asked my father and mother for a peace sign in Zhongping, and the temple said that the disaster at home has gone, and everything is slowly improving, I think the family will definitely not come to 'Sao' to disturb the eldest sister in the future. ”

"That's the best, the eldest sister is safe, we can be safe, the eldest sister is good, we can be good, we are born dependent on the master, betraying the master is equivalent to the minister betraying the king, don't think the sisters are verbose, we are all for your good, you are too young, a lot of truths will be slowly understood until you are a few years older, if you don't understand anything, ask the sisters, we will teach you." Sanni continued to teach.

"Well, I'll study hard." He Xiaojie nodded honestly, looking well-behaved.

"Okay, it's enough to talk for so long, go to the eldest sister and see if there are any orders. Xiaojie remembered that in the future, it would be better to call her a girl in front of the eldest sister, and it was okay for us to call the eldest sister 'privately', but if we called her like this outside, we would be looked down upon. Didn't you say that we are going to move out in the next few days, and then we will see more people every day, why bother to arouse suspicion for no reason, we have to think about the eldest sister in everything. Erni said as she stood up.

"Well, I made a note of it, and I will definitely pay attention to it, so as not to embarrass the eldest sister in front of outsiders."

"That's right, let's go out and see what errands the eldest sister has to order, moving is very trivial, and there are a lot of things to tidy up." Sanni took her brother's hand and stepped out of the room with her sister to find the osmanthus 'flower'.

Osmanthus 'Flower' has no work to send, and the things that should be cleaned up have already been packed up, but Osmanthus 'Flower' still went back to Xiangru, Xiangru rolled her eyes, and directly ordered them to go to the backyard of the 'medicine' restaurant with the five of them after lunch, and let the five of them take charge of cleaning in the past few days, and move after cleaning.

Gui 'Hua' went out to tell Xiaojie's sister and brother, Xiaojie immediately went to arrange the car, and after lunch, the five people went to work with cleaning tools.

Although there are many rooms in the backyard of the 'medicine' restaurant, but five people work together, and the furniture is brand new, these days are just a thin layer of dust, and it is not difficult to clean, it is all done in two days, and then it takes three or four days to move the clothes and bedding and other large luggage for the four seasons. The beds were all made up, and the charcoal and other things needed for winter life were bought and put in the firewood room for preparation.

The living facilities were ready, Xiangru went to visit the old lady and the eldest wife, told them about the move, knowing that Xiangru was about to open a store, and there were still many trivial things for her to deal with, and the old lady and wife no longer retained, only made an appointment on Chinese New Year's Eve Xiangru must come back to spend together, and then picked a zodiac auspicious day and sent a few cars to send Xiangru and others to their new home.

Because the large luggage has already been moved, the five Xiangru furniture in this move are just carrying a small bag with 'private' belongings.

The carriage stopped in front of the back 'door', and the seven people got off the car and entered the courtyard, according to the practice of the male left and the 'female' right, with the courtyard as the center, the He sisters lived in the east wing on the right, the big tiger and Xiaohu and He Xiaojie lived in the west wing on the left, and Xiangru and the osmanthus 'flower' lived in the main building. Xiangru used the downstairs of the small building as a living room, study and reception room, and upstairs was the living room and bedroom, just an empty room for osmanthus 'flowers' to sleep, and it also saved Xiangru that the building was full of desertion, and it was always good to be more popular.

Xiangru went straight to the second floor, and casually sent the osmanthus 'flower' back to her own room to clean up, Xiangru turned around and went into her bedroom, threw the burden on the 'bed', followed *** and sat down, lying on the 'bed' on all fours, looking at the 'bed' above her eyes and breathing.

From now on, she finally has a little world of her own, no longer has to pay attention to other people's faces, and can be more casual, because no one thinks that there will be anything wrong with the boss lady being spicy, and under the cover of her career, she finally doesn't have to be depressed anymore.

Xiangru lay down for a while, got up and packed her things, her baggage was mainly filled with gold and silver and a few clothes to go out, Xiangru put the clothes into the closet, and then hid the gold and silver in a locked box in the closet, and the key was hidden close to her.

Everyone settled down, came out again to hang out at will, and then ran to the front building after turning around in the courtyard, the layout here should be prepared by Xiang Fei, as long as the signboard is hung up and the workers go to the kitchen to make a fire, the 'medicine' restaurant can open the 'door' at any time.

Xiangru upstairs and downstairs and the back kitchen have been carefully looked, she has no experience in the catering industry, fortunately, Xiang Fei is a semi-expert, he has enough resources to call, whether the layout of the tables, chairs and counters in the hall is reasonable Xiangru does not know, but the kitchen cabinet and stove table are appropriately arranged, and divided into different functional areas, as long as the personnel are in place and the functions are assigned, the cooking efficiency is definitely not bad.

Because of Xiang Fei's suggestion, the original two corner 'doors' were retained as they were, and after the kitchen was expanded, the corner 'door' was included, and there was a 'door' leading to the outside courtyard, and a small tea room was built on the north wall of the courtyard, which shared a section of the wall with the kitchen, so there was no window, and because of this, the light in the east corner of the kitchen was not good, so a row of cabinets was placed to fill the dead corner. With these three 'doors' in the kitchen, it can be said that it extends in all directions, and once the kitchen is accidentally used with fire, the cooks and other workers can escape from the danger in the shortest possible time.

What makes Xiangru most satisfied is that from the standpoint of the kitchen, these three 'doors' are opened from the inside out, even in the era of her previous life, the direction of the 'door' is still the focus of fire protection every year, because this is a common fire blind spot for the general public.

The passage formed by the two face-to-face corner 'doors' just divides the kitchen into two large parts, the smaller area on the west wall is a row of small stoves and a large oven, the small stove can cook soup and cook one's own food, and the east side is larger, the tables, stoves, pots and cupboards and other things are here, this side is the main cooking area. Xiang Fei recruited three chefs, and the stove was also prepared with three, and the number of cooks also followed these three chefs to ensure that when the kitchen was busiest, they all had helpers who could be called one-on-one to maximize the efficiency of the kitchen.

The kitchen is the most important place for Xiangru, and she stays in the kitchen for the longest time, and after all the inspections are completed, she tells the osmanthus 'flowers' to close all the 'doors' again, and everyone returns to the backyard.

"It's not early, let's go, go out to find food to eat, this meal should be a celebration of our housewarming, after lunch, Xiaojie, the five of you go to the nearby grain and oil store to buy rice, flour, oil, salt and other things, you should be 'touching' clearly these days, and then buy some dried fruits and grains, we will make eight-treasure porridge in the evening to deal with it, and then buy vegetables and cook tomorrow."

"Yes, girl."

Seven people locked the 'door' on the street, Xiangru randomly picked the nearest restaurant, it was lively lunch time, fortunately the attendance rate in the restaurant was not full, Xiangru seven people divided three tables to eat separately.

After settling the account after the meal, Xiangru took two hangs of money and 'handed over' to Dahu and Erni, and told them to go back after the money was 'spent', and buy as much as possible.

Xiangru and Osmanthus 'Flower' went home first, and after Osmanthus 'Flower' waited for Xiangru to take a lunch break, he turned around and was busy, first brought a brazier and put it in Xiangru's bedroom, and then went to the kitchen to boil water, ready to go back to Xiangru to have hot tea to drink during his lunch break.

When Xiangru got up for lunch, the five people who went shopping on the street also returned with a full load, Erni was allowed to go to the second floor to repay Xiangru's bills, and the other four put the things they bought in the kitchen, and the grains and dried fruits used to cook porridge at night should be soaked in pots, and the rice, flour, oil, salt and other things were packed in separate containers.

After the kitchen was finished, everyone returned to the backyard, and no one sat idle in the sun, and took the initiative to bring brooms and other things from the corner of the big 'gate' to clean the yard. There were many people, and the small courtyard was cleaned in a few moments, and everyone rested for a while.

He Erni finished reporting the account with Xiangru, Xiangru felt that Erni's heart was 'very' fine, what she bought, how much money was 'spent', how much money was spent, how much money was used in total, and how much money was left, she came with one mouth, neatly and crisply, not muddy at all.

Xiangru liked Erni's cool energy, so she asked her to call the big tiger upstairs, and told him to be responsible for the morning market to buy vegetables, Erni paid the money, the big tiger was responsible, and the male and female were not tired of working.

After thinking about it, Xiangru asked Erni again, "Erni, can you two sisters cook?" ”

"Yes, girl, it's just not good, only a few home-cooked dishes, not as good as the girl's cooking." He Erni replied. Since following Xiangru, the eldest sister's cooking skills have been heard countless times.

"It's okay, your sisters will be responsible for our daily diet, Dahu and the three men will do it for you, pick vegetables, wash vegetables, wash pots and dishes, etc., and cook without washing dishes, and those who wash dishes will not cook."

"Girl, their men's rough hands and feet, how can it be good if they don't 'clean' up?" Erni asked puzzled.

"They also need to eat, if they don't 'clean' it, they will also eat bad stomachs, and if they get sick because of unclean food, I won't find a doctor."

"Rest assured, girl, we will be very careful." Dahu hurriedly assured. If you don't eat cleanly, it's just a big sin to 'make' your master's family get sick too.

"It's good to know, do a good job under me, as long as you finish the work you should do every day, I don't even ask what you like to do at other times, I don't have the time and the 'fine' to care about you too much, it's all up to you. But I'm going to talk about it, and if I hear any bad habits or bad gossip from any of you, you'll show me a walk. ”

"Don't dare, don't worry, girl, we all understand, absolutely don't dare." Dahu and Erni hurriedly expressed their positions.

"Okay, I've been busy for a long time, let's go down and rest, I still have something to do."

Xiangru waved away Erni Dahu and instructed Gui 'Hua' to prepare pen and ink, Xiangru wrote a letter to Guo Jin, telling him that he had moved over, wanted to see all the workers, and asked Guo Jin to arrange for her to come out, if the shopkeeper and the cooks were not available in the near future, the men and cooks must be in place as much as possible, and she should seize the remaining time to give the workers centralized training.

After the letter was written, it was handed over to Xiaohu to deliver, and then Xiangru sat in the study with hot tea in her hand, leisurely reading a medical book to pass the rest of the day

Entering the 'Door'