Chapter Twenty-Seven: Makeup
Ten bright girls stood in the courtyard in a row, half-bowed and humbly, and knew that they had been trained.
Huaxi asked Hongliu to follow, first greeted Wang's mother, and symbolically walked back and forth twice in front of the ten people, and stood back and looked at it.
The people next to him are used in the house, they know the rules, and they have been standing aside and not talking much, only after Huaxi finished reading it, he boasted: "This time, the old lady spoke, and the little ones were all innocent, stable and honest." ”
Huaxi nodded, and said to Wang's mother with a smile: "Mom has been with the old lady for the longest time, and her eyesight is more accurate than others. I'm young, my eyelids are shallow, I don't look at people very well, I look very good, why don't I borrow my mother's eyes to help Huaxi take a look, which one is better? ”
Mother Wang didn't expect Huaxi to directly hand over the selection of people to her, glanced at Huaxi meaningfully, lowered her head and said: "Since the girl said so, then the old slave will help the girl take a look." ”
Huaxi thanked: "Thank you mom so much." You all look up so Mommy can see clearly. ”
Selecting people is the same as interviewing, there are always people who will perform, some people will have stage fright, and those who will perform do not mean that they are practical and willing to work, and those who will have stage fright are not without talent. Huaxi just turned around twice, although he didn't speak, but there was always a clever mind that would always leak some thoughts from his eye movements.
Wang's mother confessed her feelings, and she thought about it in her heart. Although Chun Tao was not chosen by her, she was also sent to Qixia Garden, so this time she was quite cautious in choosing people for Huaxi, looked and looked, picked four or five and asked a few words, and finally chose two of them with medium appearance and honest and reliable.
Huaxi thanked her, and Wang's mother led the rest of the people away.
The two little maids who stayed behind knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the new master.
"What's your name? How old is it? Who else is in the house? Huaxi took a look, both of them were twelve or thirteen years old, and asked casually.
"The slave maid is thirteen this year, a native of Huazhou. Both parents and younger brother were there. Because the family was poor and wanted to support his younger brother, he sold it to someone and entered the capital. When I was at home, I didn't give it a name, and the people in the village called me a slave and a maid. The round face on the left spoke first. The little girl has slightly dark skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and sharp facial features, looking like a cool child.
"What about you?"
"The slaves and maids fled from Muzhou, their fathers and mothers died, and there was no one at home. My father studied in a private school for two years and named him Juanzi. I heard that if the slave and maid enter the house and follow the master, the master will give the name again. The slave asked the maid for a name. ”
The one on the right has a melon seed face, willow eyebrows and single eyelids, and his appearance is not very outstanding, but he is also naughty and cute. Huaxi listened to her talk and behaved more than the eldest girl, thinking that she must be a brainy, and secretly remembered it in her heart.
"Now it's autumn again, from now on, the big girl will be renamed Fangju, and Juanzi will be called Mu Xi."
Fang Ju and Mu Xi thanked them.
Huaxi raised his hand to let the two of them get up, turned his head and instructed Hongliu: "Hongliu, you are the old man in the house, do things carefully, Fangju and Mu Xi will be handed over to you first." The Hou Mansion is no more important than other families, and the most important rules. If you have done something wrong in my yard, I will forgive you as long as there are extenuating circumstances, but if you make a mistake again when you leave the yard, I will not be able to protect you. The two of you follow Sister Hongliu to learn the rules by heart, so naturally you won't make mistakes, have you written it down? ”
"The slave is saved." The two responded in unison.
Hongliu, who was standing on the side, thought of Chun Tao, couldn't help but shudder, and bowed down and said, "The slave obeys the order." ”
"Okay, Hongliu, you take them down to settle down, you don't have to do work today, you need to familiarize yourself with the personnel first." Huaxi rewarded two people with a sachet each, and asked Hongliu to take people down.
Now there are two more people in the house, the monthly money is still in charge of Liu's mother, and the rest of the housekeeping Huaxi is handed over to the general manager of Hongliu for distribution, Chunying is responsible for eating and tea, Cui Ming is responsible for clothing and jewelry, Lilac is responsible for incense room and spices, and the four of them lead the monthly money of the second-class maid, and Fangju and Mu Xi are new, according to the example of the third-class maid, Hongliu temporarily let the two be responsible for washing, sprinkling and other chores.
Although there are no people according to the rules of the girls in the house, there are two first-class maids and four third-class maids, but there are still two coarse mothers-in-law and two little maids in the garden to call. For Huaxi, who is not used to too many people hanging around, this is better.
In the blink of an eye, it will be August 15, because of the empathy between the Queen Mother and the King of Thailand, Xiao Wu, who was supposed to be carried into the palace in late July, was allowed to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival at home, and then entered the palace on the 16th. Xiao Wu posted a post and invited close friends to get together on the 14th.
The old lady called five girls to ask, and Dao Xiao Wu sent a post to invite all the girls in Mufu to go, including Huaxi.
Mu Yunlin disdained to go, so naturally she would not agree. Yun Xin has no right to speak, since the last time she made trouble in Huaxi Garden, she has lived in a simple place, and this time she is the only one who is from Yun Lin. Yun Ning wanted to go but saw that the girls in the family should not be, muttering that it would be rude not to go to any of them. Yunyi thought it through, and it was inconvenient to go out during the filial piety period, so she prepared a makeup gift and sent someone to send it, and the number of gifts was exhausted.
Huaxi, an outsider, couldn't intervene at this time, she must have followed the crowd, so she sat absentmindedly and pretended to be transparent.
"Just do what the four girls say. It's filial piety and Chengjue, there are a lot of things in the house, if you don't go, you won't go, just prepare the gifts for makeup, and the Xiao family won't blame them. You little sisters also went back and thought about it, and I will send someone to deliver it on the fourteenth day when the things have been prepared for the past two days. ”
After Xiao finished explaining, he sent Huaxi and the five of them away.
As soon as she was discharged from the hospital, Mu Yunlin glared at Huaxi, and said in a strange manner: "Sister, you are the best at making incense, and you are in love with Xiao Wu, I don't know what kind of rare incense you are making this time?" Don't be taken to offer treasure for glory like last time. ”
Huaxi was too lazy to take care of Yunlin, and replied with a smile: "I have to prepare gifts in two days, where can Huaxi have time to make incense, thinking about choosing samples of embroidery to add makeup to Sister Xiao's fifth sister." Besides, Fifth Sister Xiao is going to marry into the palace, and there are no good things and rare incense products, where can Huaxi's clumsy skills get into the eyes of others. ”
"This time, I've learned to be obedient. Count you as acquaintances. ”
Yun Lin glanced at Huaxi, shook her sleeves and left. Yun Xin followed. Yun Ning was in a bad mood and left, leaving Huaxi and Yun Yi all the way.
"Don't take it to heart, Yun Lin is that temper...... It's not directed at you either. Yun Yi said with relief.
It is that you can't eat grapes and say that the grapes are sour, and your eyes are red, so you can't see people climbing high branches.
Hua Xi smiled nonchalantly, "The fourth sister is too careful." Huaxi doesn't care. ”
Yun Yi bowed her head, diverted the topic and asked Huaxi: "How did you read the book last time?" ”
Huaxi nodded, "The book is good, I'm looking at it." ”
Yun Yi was happy, "Okay, just don't forget to promise the third brother." ”
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I'm sleepy, I'm going to go first, and I'll go out and come back tomorrow at noon to catch insects.