Chunying is in Dongfu, and she lives a very peaceful life every day. Listening to the little girls talking about the gossip of the Hou Mansion, they were watching a play. Suddenly, one day, I saw Zhuo's family go to the Hou Mansion for a long time, and when I got home, I came to the second old lady, and the two of them whispered in the house and didn't know what they were talking about.

Qiu Yan came over with tea and whispered to her: "Sister Chunying, how about you bring tea in for me?" I...... I want to relieve my hands...... Chun Ying hurriedly took the tea tray: "If you really don't see well, you will ask for leave to go home, and let your godmother find a doctor to take a look, right?" The body is important, but don't be strong. Qiu Yan blushed and nodded.

Chunying walked to the door with the tea, and saw that there was no one else around the second old lady and the second wife, worried that they were discussing important matters, so they stood outside the threshold, waiting for the summons, and vaguely heard the second wife Zhuo Shi saying: "...... I specially invited my daughter-in-law...... Although it is ...... The lord is on the north side...... There is no one in the DPRK and China...... Convenient...... Make more friends...... "My heart moved: Could it be that Master Hou asked the second wife to go over to be the housekeeper?

After hearing this, the second old lady straightened up, and after a long time, she sighed: "In this case, you can go, the big thing is important." Just what to do at home? Where can you cook alone? Isn't Brother Jing's daughter-in-law so tired and sick? ”

Thinking of this, Zhuo Shi was also a little embarrassed. Due to their long-term absence, their family in Beijing has very few good friends except for their own relatives and several family friends. Her mother-in-law's brother is an official in Sichuan, and her mother-in-law's mother-in-law is in Kaifeng, so they can't help. After returning to Beijing, the Hou Mansion was grounded because of the main mother An's side, and the aunt was old again, so she didn't even have anyone to help introduce her. However, her husband is an official in the frontier, and she needs someone to help her speak, the role of the Hou Mansion is limited, and many of the family friends have no real power, if she can't break the deadlock and help her husband, it will be too dereliction of duty. Now she has a rare opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to help with the housework of the Hou Mansion, meddle in the relationship between the Hou Mansion and the new noble high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China, and get acquainted with the relatives of these families. As long as you take the first step, you don't have to go through the Hou Mansion in the future. Such a good opportunity, she really didn't want to give up.

However, my mother-in-law's concerns are also reasonable, there are so many things at home, where can I take care of it?

"You have to think of a way to get the best of both worlds, and you can't just leave your own family alone in order to take care of other people's affairs, right?" The old lady looked up and saw Chunying, beckoned her to come over, and took a cup of tea from her hand, "You think of a charter first." ”

Zhuo picked up another cup. There was a little embarrassment in his expression: "I can't do it...... Daughter-in-law has worked hard for two months, right? As long as you get through the beginning, it's not difficult to get out later, not to mention that Brother Jing's daughter-in-law will always get better one day, if they can urge their family to find relatives for Brother You, it will be even better. ”

Chunying listened for a while, guessed a little, and said boldly: "Old lady, wife, the slave has an idea, I don't know if I should say it?" ”

Zhuo Shi glanced at her, but said nothing. The second old lady asked, "What's the idea?" ”

Chunying smiled and said, "The fourth young lady is not too young, isn't it time to learn to be a housekeeper?" He didn't go any further.

The second old lady suddenly realized, but Zhuo Shi looked at Chunying with some surprise: "It turns out ...... You're thinking of her? ”

Who else is it? Chunying was puzzled. Twelve years old is not too young in ancient times, and you will be able to get married in two years, and the daughter of a big family should learn to be a housekeeper at this age, right? I think that when Huo Yi first came to the capital, she was about this age, and she managed the housework of the Huo family in an orderly manner, except that she was not very good at human affairs, but she was also a shrewd person. Chunying has been able to see Fourth Miss Yajun almost every day in the past two months, and she feels that she has a calm temperament. also has a little knowledge, and it is a descendant, so I think I can support the scene.

The second old lady thought about it carefully and thought that this idea was good: "In the past, I always thought that Yajun was still a child, but when I think about it carefully, she is also thirteen years old, and she is almost at the age of leaving the cabinet." The people in her own room were restrained by herself, and I looked at them coldly, but they still looked a little like each other. People like ours should give girls a chance to experience as soon as possible. She's your daughter, what do you think? ”

How could Zhuo's refusal? I felt pleasantly surprised, but I was a little worried: "I'm afraid that she is young and hasn't experienced it, and she will make a mess of the family." ”

Chun Ying smiled on the side: "Mrs. is too worried, the fourth lady is so smart, and she looks at Mrs. Butler every day, and she is exposed to it." As the saying goes, I have never eaten pork, and I have seen pigs run. Miss Fourth just didn't have a chance to try, if you really want to manage it, it must not be bad! Besides, the old lady is still here, there is an old lady sitting in the array, what does the fourth lady not understand, as soon as she asks her grandmother, she will know. ”

Zhuo Shi smiled embarrassedly: "Look at me, I was in a hurry, and I forgot about my mother." There is a mother to look after. What could she have gone wrong? ”

The second old lady said: "Don't count on me, I'm looking forward to enjoying the blessings of my children and grandchildren, so let Yajun give it a try." The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was the right thing to do, and that if she mentioned it everywhere, her granddaughter might not be able to learn something.

Zhuo hesitated a little, and Chun Ying hurriedly said, "Does Mrs. want to go to Xifu every day?" Or will you come back in half a day? ”

Zhuo Shi was reminded by her, and he also calmed down. Even if the daughter encounters something that can't be solved when she is housekeeper, just send someone to tell herself across the house wall. Thinking of this, Zhuo raised his eyes and looked at Chunying. I thought that this girl would take the opportunity to put forward the words of "assistant of the big girl" when she heard about Xifu's actions, but she didn't expect that she was mentioning her own little daughter. It seems that she was too strict with her in the past, but in fact, this child is quite honest......

Chunying was a little hairy by her, and carefully recalled what she just said, but she didn't find anything wrong, and she also slapped her and the second old lady on the back a little, could this still cause dissatisfaction?

Chunying was depressed, she looked for it from the older girls she was more familiar with, and identified a few recognized loyal maids, such as her own sister, Mei Xiang, Peony and others, she learned from them everywhere, thinking that even if she couldn't imitate it perfectly, at least she still had seven or eight points of resemblance. Don't these ladies like such girls? Why did she hit a wall when she learned? It seems that a good girl is really a technical job......

Not to mention the broken thoughts in Chunying's heart, the two hostesses of the East Mansion quickly summoned the fourth young lady Yajun to come, asked her wishes, and took a few simple housework questions, and unanimously decided to let her try housekeeping for a month first. Of course, it is just the most basic family affairs, and those important matters still have to be reported to the Zhuo family, and the second old lady also hinted that she would help with human relations.

So, Zhuo's next day began to go to the Hou Mansion every day to act as an agent, had breakfast in the morning, and took a car to the house at 6:45 in the morning. I was busy until I had lunch, and then I took care of my affairs for a while, and then I went back to my house. But whenever someone came to the Hou Mansion to invite guests to the banquet, she showed the Hou Ye, and attended on behalf of her sister-in-law, and in less than half a month, she became familiar with the gift in Beijing.

An Shi asked his younger siblings about the plan, and put it into practice, when he was satisfied, he was suddenly beaten by the eldest daughter-in-law to get out of his shell, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable, and when he saw his younger brother and sister being invited to take care of the house, he was even more aggrieved, and he only felt that Zhuo's had robbed him of his dignity. The Liang family also made irresponsible remarks from time to time, saying that the aunt was the housekeeper, and the name was not right. Zhuo Shi listened to the gossip that Feng Ming had discovered, sneered a few times, and went to the old lady of the Hou Mansion to speak for half an hour, and then brought the second lady Yijun and the third lady Xijun as assistants. With these two serious young ladies here, the two big girls don't have to "wait" in front of them every day.

She patiently taught her two nieces the tips of housekeeping, and took out her own daughters as examples, and when she could bring the ladies to attend, she packed them all up and brought them to the table decently. Xijun has always been a cowardly person who pushes one step at a time, and he doesn't notice anything, but Yijun is very grateful to his aunt for what he did. Born as a concubine, she is already a level lower than others, can know the relatives of several high-ranking families, and perform more in front of them, which is very helpful for her future marriage. She went to other people's homes a few times and saw a lot. restrained his reckless temperament a little bit in the past, and learned the style of Miss Qianjin to the fullest. The old lady saw that her second granddaughter, who had been pampered since childhood, was becoming more and more beautiful, and even the little granddaughter was not so intimidating, and she was very satisfied with her niece and daughter-in-law.

Zhuo Shi saw that there were many people he knew, so he slowly handed over some of the housework of the Hou Mansion to Yijun and Xijun to try to cook, and after a long time, they didn't need the help of the big girls. When Hou Ye heard about it, he didn't have any opinions, but he felt that he forgot his daughter when he was considering the housekeeper election, which was too careless. However, he didn't plan to hand over all the housework to his daughters, but just asked his younger siblings to help pay attention outside.

Zhuo agreed, but his mind was more focused on finding a daughter-in-law for his son and finding a good home for his daughter. It didn't take long for news from the north that the two armies were at war. Although it was only a small-scale conflict, it was also a rare battle in recent years. The second master, Li Yan, made meritorious contributions in this process, but at the same time, other generals had meritorious deeds, and the DPRK and China were arguing about who had greater credit and who should be responsible for their faults. Zhuo was even busier - busy working around to stabilize her husband's rear.

When the Zhuo family took care of the housework in the Hou Mansion and was busy for her husband's stability, Chunying was not idle. Because the fourth lady is temporarily in charge of housework, the second old lady has to sit behind the scenes, and the affairs in the Songyi Courtyard are taken care of by a few of their big girls. Among them, because Qiu Yan ate a bad stomach, for some reason the illness is getting worse and worse, and she had to ask for leave to go back to her godmother's house to recuperate.

Chunying didn't complain. In fact, if she was to wait all day in front of her master's house to please the waiter, she would rather run around outside. Besides, she doesn't need to run errands in general, but she needs to work for important things to run in person, unless it is a very urgent event, otherwise under normal circumstances, she can walk leisurely and slowly to the destination. The spring scenery is just right, the flowers are red and willow green, and it is more comfortable to look at the eyes, isn't it better than copying Buddhist scriptures in the house?

She can also have a good relationship with the aunts and aunts in the house by the way, talk about common things, and help with small things, so that when they are asked to send messages and letters, they are much more happy.

Li Jiazhuang sent a letter, and his parents tidied up the yard, planted vegetables and chickens, and planted grapes, so they were so happy. Although his father sat in the position of the foreman and deputy head of the village, and encountered a busy farm, the Zeng family didn't know if it was stimulated by Zhao Laosan's high promotion, and almost robbed all the work, so the father was very leisurely. My own mother took the opportunity to take my younger brother Xiaohu over, and raised it with good food and drink, and the kid followed the children in the village to run all over the mountains, and he was about to go crazy.

When Chunying read the letter and saw this, she was a little jealous. Xiaohu's stinky boy, he doesn't even read books well, he only cares about playing every day, but his mother still spoils him!

"Sister Chunying!" There was a call from a little girl in the distance, Chun Ying hurriedly put away the letter and turned to greet her: "What's the matter?" ”

"Sister, the fourth lady sent you to go, saying that there was an emergency."

Chunying wondered in her heart, why did the fourth lady find her if she was in trouble? didn't think much about it, and hurriedly followed the little girl to the main courtyard room. These days, Miss Four is here to take care of the housework.

The fourth young lady Yajun was holding a post, frowning, and when she saw Chunying coming in, she hurriedly got up to greet her: "Sister came just in time." After giving the people around her a look, the girls all retreated, and Chunying was even more puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

Yajun quietly handed over the post, and Chun Ying was startled when she saw the words "Ke Wangfu" written on it: "How could they send the post?!" ”

Yajun said: "My sister also knows about them. This is the lord of the palace invited me to go to the Spring Festival to participate in the Spring Festival, I didn't know what to do, I asked my grandmother, grandmother said, I want to ask my mother's meaning. Now that the people of the palace are waiting outside, I will give an answer as soon as possible. Good sister, you go to the Hou Mansion for me and tell my mother about this, so that others don't know. ”

Chunying knew that the stakes were high, so she was busy and immediately went out. Between the East Mansion and the Hou Mansion, if the masters visit each other, they will naturally have to take the main road, but between the subordinates, they can completely pass through the corner gate and the sandwich road. Chunying was already familiar with the road, and it didn't take five minutes to arrive at the Houfu Garden, intending to find the second wife Zhuo, but the road was blocked by a group of people not far from the garden gate.

More than a dozen mothers-in-law were divided into two sides to confront each other, one side stood in front of Aunt Hua with her hands on her waist, and the other side hugged Cui Manru, who was blue-faced.

Chunying didn't know what they were arguing about, but they blocked the aisle, which gave her a headache. She had to interrupt their argument: "You two...... Aunt Hua, and Miss Cui, mothers, can you please give way? ”。.。