Magnolia suddenly took two anxious steps out. Who knew that Jinxiu quickly walked out of the house: "What are you doing here?!" Yulan pulled Chunying in a panic, and said with a dry smile: "I just boiled my aunt's medicine, I was afraid that my aunt would wait to eat it, so I sent it over immediately." As she spoke, she held the medicine bowl over, but she didn't know that Fang Cai's actions had caused the medicine to splash out, staining half of the back of her right hand. She curtly withdrew her right hand and wiped it against her skirt.

Jinxiu stared at her suspiciously, and then turned her gaze to Chunying, who was a little unhappy in her heart, so she had to lie for Yulan: "Yes...... Please drink it while it's hot. ”

"I see, put the medicine on the table." Aunt Qing walked out of the door and said lightly, Yulan hurriedly sent the medicine bowl to the table in the room when she heard this, hurriedly saluted and left.

Chunying put down the red dates with some embarrassment: "This ...... Sister Linglong said that she would send it with the medicine......"

Aunt Qing frowned and asked, "Chun'er, I just saw you walking from the other side of the corridor alone, when did Yulan leave with you?" Did you see what she was doing outside the door? ”

Chunying was flustered, wanting to explain a few words for Yulan, but she remembered that Aunt Qing treated her well, and it didn't seem very kind to help others deceive her, but Yulan eavesdropped on her because she was exposed, and she had done this kind of thing just now. If you confess to the other party, it seems that it will be even more unkind, so you squeak and squeak, and only after a while do you say: "Didn't do anything...... It is...... Sent medicine...... I'm just one step slower than her......"

Jinxiu slapped her head angrily, and then said to Aunt Qing: "That's it, auntie, they are all children of this house, why do you want to embarrass her?" He taught Chunying again: "When you see her so sneaky in the future, remember to open your mouth to remind us, your aunt values you so much, you can't live up to your aunt's expectations." ”

Chunying bowed her head in response. Jinxiu said again: "What's going on with this magnolia?" Every day, I like to ask around about some things that I don't have. We don't have this rule in our family! Originally, I looked at her fine, except for some talkative, she was quite smart, had a good memory, and would serve people, and wanted to promote her, but I was blind! Linglong always says that she is unreliable, and she loves to listen to the root of the wall, I still don't believe it, but I bumped into it today! ”

Chunying's heart was so weak that she didn't dare to raise her head, and she reflected in her heart, she couldn't eavesdrop in the future, even if she was curious! Otherwise, once it is discovered, it will be like Magnolia, which makes people look down on it.

Aunt Qing noticed Chunying's discomfort, but she didn't suspect it, but just persuaded Jinxiu: "That's it." There are also a lot of girls sent by the house, what are you angry with her? When you can use it, tell her to beat it, and when you don't need it, tell her to go back to the house to do needlework, out of sight! Then he sighed again: "I didn't expect her to be like this, originally I inquired about her parents, only to know that her home was the companion room of the previous uncle's wife, and there was a sister who was the companion of Princess Jing, and when the princess came to visit her that day, one of the four girls who came with her was." I looked at her sister as she was very well-behaved, and she shouldn't be bad, but I didn't expect to be gone. When picking people in the future, just pay more attention. ”

Chunying continued to stand there awkwardly, neither to leave nor to stay, and a little annoyed in her heart. It turned out that Yulan was very valued by Aunt Qing and Jinxiu, but because she took a shot by herself, she lost the opportunity. And I actually did eavesdropping......

Jinxiu didn't look at her at all, but just concentrated on talking to Aunt Qing, with a worried face: "Auntie." I'm also anxious. The young lady had already mentioned that when the young master was brought back, she would send me over to wait. Now I have to leave soon, but there is only one Linglong by the young lady's side, where is enough? Mrs. is like that again......" Her eyes were red, and she hurriedly lowered her head and wiped it: "When I did the funeral, I blamed those clan elders for being picky again and again, but Mrs. and Miss didn't dare to disobey the etiquette, but they broke their bodies." My wife was hurt and overwhelmed...... It took several months before he could go back to Beijing. On the way, because he was in a hurry, he couldn't eat or sleep well, and when he arrived in the capital, he didn't spend a few days in the Hou Mansion and fell ill...... Now my wife can't even eat, and when the young lady sees it, she has no appetite, so if she continues like this, how can she ......?"

Aunt Qing also became worried when she heard this: "There is no way...... I can only try to get my wife to eat something...... Didn't you say yesterday that the old lady asked someone to bring soup to replenish the body? ”

"My wife thought the meat in the soup tasted fishy, and she vomited after just two sips." Jinxiu's eyebrows furrowed even deeper, "Now I can only eat some ginseng soup and bird's nest porridge, and then boil a few light soups to drink." In order to persuade her wife to eat something, the young lady even delayed her own meal. ”

Doesn't sound good. Chunying thought to herself, Mrs. Gu was already weak and sick, and she refused to eat well, so she didn't need to have an attack of illness, so she would starve first. She thought of what she had just done badly. I wanted to make up for it, so I interjected: "If you feel that the meat tastes fishy, you can put some other ingredients to boil the soup, and the fishy smell is gone, or you can stew some chicken soup, I don't think the chicken soup is fishy, and it won't be greasy if stewed over water." ”

Hearing this, Jinxiu turned around and said, "Didn't you think of it?" I've tried it a long time ago. The old lady has a girl named Red Bean, who is the best at making soup, and since we entered the house, she will send a cup of soup every day. Helplessly, the wife just couldn't drink it, whether it was meat, chicken or fish, the old lady had persuaded her face-to-face, and the wife drank it, and as soon as the people left, they vomited it out. The young lady said that this is because the wife doesn't want to eat meat in her heart, and only wants to be vegetarian, so the cabbage soup sent by the red beans, the wife can barely drink half a bowl. ”

Cabbage soup?! Isn't that what Zhang Xiaomei must eat every day when she loses weight? However, she remembered that Red Bean was Mung Bean's sister, who used to be an errand boy in the wife's courtyard, and with their sisters' skills, they would definitely not make pure cabbage soup.

Chun Ying then threw away this doubt and said, "If you don't eat meat, you can also replenish your body." Vegetarian dishes, soy milk, shiitake mushrooms, red dates...... Many can replenish the body. Ah, yes! She high-fived: "Rice oil!" No, it's rice soup! I have heard people say that when you use japonica rice to make porridge, boil it finely, and the layer of porridge oil on the porridge surface is very nourishing to the body. Isn't that just vegan?! And it's easy to get! In addition to this, you can also add something else to the porridge. Find a way to let Mrs. Gu eat some rice. If you are not in good health, you can be cured, but if you are hungry, you can't even digest the medicine well. ”

Aunt Qing frowned: "Porridge is common, this porridge is ...... oil" Jinxiu was a little happy: "What you said reminded me!" This rice soup was originally used to eating by our poor families in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was the most nourishing person, and my mother also ate it when she was sick, but the rich and noble rarely ate it. But now in the situation of my wife, I can eat this, and I don't need to alarm the big kitchen outside, we can boil it in the tea room with a small stove. Then I will command the men to prepare the best japonica rice!" So he hurriedly went out, turned back after two steps, looked at Chunying, and said with a smile: "If this method works, I will go back to Miss and promote you to wait." It's a good errand, and it's cheap for you! With that, she smiled and turned away.

Chunying was still stunned, and Aunt Qing looked at her with a look of approval: "Well done, it will be like this in the future, if you have any good proposals, just put it forward." If it happens this time, you will be our lady's side from now on. Mrs. Gu and Miss came all the way from Nanjing, and many of the people who originally used them were dismissed, and only brought a few rooms of henchmen and family members, and there were only one or twenty girls with them, most of whom were in the old house. If you get the blue eyes of the young lady, you are much better qualified than boiling in the Hou Mansion. I know that your Lao Tzu is very much used by the housekeeper now, but there are many talents in the Hou Mansion, has he won over others? Your mother is an old person used by your wife in the past, and you know the roots, and your family has your own duty, isn't it a great good thing that your wife will bring your whole family over in the future? ”

"Huh?!" Chunying was taken aback, she didn't think about changing jobs! Originally, it would not be easy to get rid of the Hou Mansion, at least the Third Young Master and Zhou Nian had promised her that if she really jumped to the Huo family, who would let her go? It's no problem to serve the table lady. But if she gets married and brings herself, won't she be able to get out?!

Chunying was about to speak, when she heard Aunt Qing suddenly ask, "You seem to have a younger brother, don't you?" How old is it? Chunying choked before replying with doubts: "Yes, my brother is three years old this year. ”

"That's just right!" Aunt Qing seemed very happy, "In a few years, let your Lao Tzu send him to the little master, accompany him to study and play, and learn some housework when he is older." In the future, when the service is full, the little young master will inherit the title of the master, and your younger brother will grow up with the little young master, even if he is not the chief housekeeper in the future, at least he will be a big steward, just like the Lu family, okay? "Thinking of the sisters in the old days, except for the red carp, they all mixed well, and they simply raised her family, so that her husband and children could have a good future, and she was happy in her heart, besides, the road is big and capable, the Huo family is in need of manpower, he will definitely be able to help a lot......

As soon as Chunying heard her mention the Lu family, she remembered that Aunt Lu's family had left the country, the family had a house and land, and her son was planning to take the children's examination...... After this hesitation, she closed her mouth and did not refuse. This kind of major event related to the future of the whole family, it is better to ask your parents what they mean.

In the evening, Jinxiu boiled rice soup and presented it to Mrs. Gu, although the latter only ate half a bowl, but it was also good news. Miss Biao changed the sadness on her face, praised Chunying with a smile, and rewarded her with a piece of jade. The next day, Chunying received a notice that she had been promoted to the second class, and from now on, she would be waiting in the main house.

Promoted to the second-class Yahuan, there are really a lot of benefits. In addition to the five-dollar monthly silver from the Hou Mansion, because the Huo family issued another monthly money, Chunying could receive one or two five-dollar silver just for the moon, and the food she ate was more than twice as good as when she was a little girl. Although the masters are vegetarians, the girls have meat, vegetables and soup, and there is a snack the next day.

She still lived in the original room, in the same room as Shi'er, but she was covered with pillows, and someone immediately brought a new one, as well as a basin, a bath bucket, a combing house, and so on. Shi'er touched it enviously, made an appointment with her for the right to use, and urged her to go to the main house to kowtow and thank her.

Chunying only reacted from this accident at this time, although she felt a little awkward, she still honestly gave Miss Biao a big gift. Miss Biao smiled and said, "I will have to work hard for you in the future, if there is anything you don't understand, just ask Linglong." ”

Chunying bowed her head and saluted Linglong. Although the latter's face was faint, he didn't say anything. After exiting the room, he said: "Previously, because you were not from our Huo family, I couldn't say anything about you, but in the future, if you have to wait in the young lady's room, this rule must be done sufficiently, and you can't make others laugh at our family for not knowing etiquette." ”

Chunying was a little puzzled: "Yes...... What are the rules? ”

Then Linglong enumerated them one by one, including wearing plain cloth clothes, no embroidery on the clothes, all hairstyles should be simple and generous, and the style was not limited, but no flowers and gold headdresses could be worn, and red head ropes should be avoided; Walk with light and small steps, moderate speed, not run and jump, speak softly, not babbling, but speak clearly, and the action of giving gifts should also be standardized (she will teach this in a separate class); Eat with Sven, drink soup without making a sound, and don't eat food with strong smells, so as not to bump into Miss; When you go out with the young lady, you must be five steps away from the young lady, and you must bring a cloak when the wind blows, and remember to bring an umbrella when the sun is fierce......

After she counted a lot, she emphasized one more point: "Our young lady is not the daughter of ordinary people, the reputation of the boudoir is the most important, let's wait by the young lady's side, and we must also restrain our own words and deeds, we can't laugh and frolic with men at will, and we can't socialize with men in private, otherwise let people know, it doesn't matter if we ruin our reputation, and if we affect our young lady's reputation, we should die." Speaking of this, she stared at Chun Ying tightly: "I know that you have served the third young master before, so you are naturally familiar with him, but you must pay attention to your behavior in the future, and you can't be as presumptuous as before, remember?!" ”

Chun Ying was already dizzy, and when she heard her words, her eyes widened: being managed like this is already very much, if she can't talk to the third young master, can't she even contact Zhou Nian?!。.。