The door opened, and out came a manservant of about thirty, dressed simply but very clean, with a kind face, obviously recognizing Qiao Niang.

"Here we are." He said, "Madame has been waiting for a long time! ”

Qiao Niang sighed, followed him into the door with her feet raised, looked back and saw Cao Saburo staying where she was, and hurriedly called, Lin Saiyu herself was a little nervous, but she was powerless to change her fate, and followed Cao Saburo sullenly in.

Bypassing the big shadow wall, I saw that the courtyard was very large, paved with bluestone slabs, five main halls, an old servant was brushing and cleaning, two small servants in front of the main hall were fiddling with flower pots, blooming large groups of juhua flowers, bypassing the second gate, and came to the inner courtyard, a little maid was squatting on the mud floor and didn't know what to do.

"Sister Qing is playful again!" The manservant who brought them in laughed, and the little maid stood up and looked at it with a grin.

Lin Saiyu couldn't help but sigh when she saw her appearance, this girl turned out to be the maid she met on the road that day, the girl also saw her, her eyes widened and covered her mouth, someone in the house shouted Qing'er, she hurriedly responded and ran in.

It's not the first time Cao Saburo has entered such a big family, but he is still a little nervous, standing aside and not daring to move, Qiao Niang pulled her hair, and heard the manservant stand outside the big red curtain cage and say: "Madam, Qiao Niang from Shifang Village brought someone here." ”

I heard a soft voice in the room answer, and said, "Come in." He opened the curtain at this time, and Qiao Niang hurriedly pulled Lin Saiyu to lift her feet in.

The room was warm, Lin Saiyu couldn't help but tremble, lowered her head and only saw the clean ground under her feet, and heard Qiao Niang come forward to say hello, and said some gossip before turning to the topic: "I brought the person, can Mrs. take a look?" ”

Lin Saiyu felt that there was a gaze coming over, and couldn't help lowering her head again, and heard the tea lid gently ringing, and a warm voice came into her ears.

"How old are you?"

Qiao Niang hurriedly replied: "Layue was born, and it is less than thirteen." ”

After a while, I heard the lady say, "I've lost some weight." ”

Qiao Niang smiled and said, "The country girl is about to starve to death, so I ask my grandmother to reward her with a mouthful of food, and she will definitely grow strong in the future." ”

The lady also smiled and said, "Good boy, don't be afraid, what's your name?" ”

This sentence was clearly asked by Lin Saiyu, Qiao Niang did not answer with great eyesight, Lin Saiyu sighed in her heart, felt that she was dead, raised her head slightly and said: "Mrs. Hui, Hua, Cao Hua." ”

It seemed that she didn't expect her to answer so decently, everyone in the room was stunned, Lindsay Yu raised her head again, and then she saw the lady clearly, only to see that she was about twenty years old, slender, wearing a red narrow-sleeved short coat, the cuffs were embroidered with disc patterns, covered with a placket painted gold gown, a light yellow pleated skirt on the lower body, revealing red pointed embroidered shoes, jade-like hands on the knees, silver plate face, almond eyes, pink face with spring, really an amiable beauty.

Lin Saiyu looked a little dazed, and suddenly heard someone laughing, and hurriedly lowered his head.

"Madame is really beautiful, this girl is stunned!"

Lin Saiyu recognized that it was the voice of the little maid named Qing'er, and looked at her with some embarrassment.

"Don't scare this child," the lady said slowly, "Good boy, you will stay with me in the future, help Qing'er do some daily work, and coax the little boy to play, are you willing?" ”

Lin Saiyu felt Qiao Niang's eyes, and Nuo Nuo said, "Thank you Madame for your mercy." ”

This sentence made Mrs. smile with joy, and even Qiao Niang secretly said, Cao Saburo is a stuffy gourd, and Lu is a mallet, can he teach such a talking daughter? But after underestimating them, I couldn't help but secretly regret that the silver was going to be less.

After saying this, Mrs. stopped talking, Qing'er willingly took her out of the door, Cao Sanlang's feet were stiff, and when he saw her come out, he asked a little nervously: "How is it?" Do you like it? ”

Lin Saiyu nodded, looked at his swarthy face that did not match his age, and said with a sour nose: "Those chickens go to the back of the house every day to lay eggs, tell my mother to remember to pick them up, golden eggs love to eat sparrows, use a basket to cover some, don't give him raw water, my mother's hands are more sunny, so it won't hurt so much." ”

Cao Sanlang's eyes turned red when he heard this, and he hurriedly looked away, and said for a long time: "When the day is good, I will take you back, you, don't complain"

Lin Saiyu nodded and said, "I don't complain." ”

What else do you want to say, the curtain sounded, Qiao Niang came out happily, said congratulations to the girl, saw the expressions of the two, and smiled: "This is a good thing, it's not that you can't see it in the future, hurry up and put away your face." ”

After speaking, he didn't dare to wait any longer, and hurriedly took Cao Sanlang to follow the previous manservant, Cao Sanlang turned back one step at a time, Lindsay Yuqiang turned around and didn't look, was stunned for a while, and heard the lady in the house say: "Qing'er, go find your clothes and change them into flowers, and then come to me to talk." ”

Qing'er, who was standing under the eaves, responded crisply and beckoned Lindsay Yu to walk towards the corner door.

"I'm a year older than you, so it's good to call my sister in the future." Qing'er said, while looking at her, "I really didn't expect it to be you, I'll tell Madame later, but it dragged your blessing, Madame stayed up in the city." As he spoke, his face flushed and he sneered, "However, your method is really... ”

By her words, Lin Saiyu covered up her sadness, cheered up and said, "Sister told others? ”

Qing'er covered her mouth and smiled, shook her head and said, "Then how can I say it, if our wife knows, I'm afraid she will kill me!" Our lord chased and asked several times, but I didn't dare to say it, I only said that it was saliva, where did I dare to say it, it was that dirty thing! ”

Saying that she giggled, her face was red and cute, Lindsay Yu couldn't help laughing when she thought of it, the best treatment for being stung by a wasp is to apply ammonia, but generally no one prepares this thing, so urine is the best medicine, it is understandable that this little girl killed and did not dare to say that she wiped her own urine for her wife, thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel narrow, and asked in a low voice: "Where was your wife stung?" ”

Qing'er was stunned, her face was red and white, and she reached out and hit her on the head, "Don't ask again!" Don't mention it later! After saying that, he couldn't help but smile.

When I came to the backyard, there was already a bath bucket prepared, and the water in the pot was boiling hot, and Lin Saiyu was so happy that her heart was itching, it had been three years, and she hadn't taken a bath for three years! Qing'er helped her put the water and sat outside waiting for her.

Lin Saiyu took a bath happily, changed into half-used clothes sent by Qing'er, dried her hair, and stood in the afternoon sun to dry, while Qing'er neatly helped her pull her bun and tie a red rope.

"You are really capable" Lin Saiyu admired from the bottom of her heart, speaking of farm work Lin Saiyu dared to guarantee that this little girl could not compare to herself, but when it came to dressing up, compared with this girl, she looked like a three-year-old child. In the past three years, the Lu family has never paid attention to her, and she combs her hair every day, where can she get such long hair from people here? It's just a mess every day.

"That's it!" Qing'er pushed her to stand up, squinted her eyes, and suddenly pursed her lips and smiled, "It's quite handsome." ”

Lin Saiyu was stunned, she had never heard or thought that the word Jun would be used on herself, she felt that Qing'er's small mouth was very sweet, and she just said something good to coax her, hehe smiled and ignored it, and looked down at the clothes on her body.

The upper body is a short cotton shirt of watering cloth, and the lower body is a muslin linen skirt, tied with a country flower wrapped in the belly, all of which are half-old colors, Qing'er is taller than her, these clothes are a little short on Lindsay Yu, but this is advanced enough for Lindsay Yu, like the nature of all girls, she can't help but laugh.

Qing'er took out a pair of half-used shoes for her to put on, threw out her exposed mud shoes, looked at the sky, and took Lindsay Yu to the kitchen, where there were two mothers-in-law who were cleaning up, and when she saw Qing'er coming in, she said: "The meal has been delivered, and Mrs. said let you eat and go to her house." ”

Qing'er said that she was tired, pulled Lin Saiyu to sit on a foot, and her mother-in-law served them rice, Lin Saiyu looked at it as a noodle soup, which was also decorated with green onions, and she was so busy that she drank it, and she couldn't help but sizzle when she was hot, and everyone in the room laughed.

Hurriedly eating, estimating that the meal in the lady's room was finished, Qing'er hurriedly pulled her to the front yard, while briefly explaining the situation here: "The official's surname is Su, and the lady's surname is Li, and a total of five people have come with me," he stopped at this point, and seemed to say to himself, "Originally, the painting was going to follow, but I didn't bring it with me in a hurry." ”

They came from the south, Lin Saiyu said secretly, whether this lady is a young lady or a young man, she speaks softly, looking at them, she must be a rich and noble family in the south, how did she come to this poor country?

As he spoke, he had arrived at his wife's room, and when it was dark, the lights in the three rooms were already lit, revealing a red light, and as soon as he reached the door, he heard the giggling of a child.

"This is the little boy," Qing'er stood outside the door, whispered to Lin Saiyu, and shook her hand to stand still, "Madam." ”

"Okay, come in and show it to your young master." There was a laugh from inside the room.

Qing'er hurriedly lifted the curtain, and the two walked in together. The weather is not very cold now, but the fire has been burned in the house, and the warm fragrance is on the face, and Lindsay Yu almost can't help sneezing, and her heart will be on fire sooner or later.

"I've seen big officials." Qing'er said, quietly pulling down Lindsay Yu and motioning her to follow.

Lin Saiyu is not really a child, where do you not understand this, but she still lamented in her heart, although she has lived here for three years, but Cao Sanlang and his family raise children like sheep, do not pay attention to the rules, Lin Saiyu almost forgot that this is the ancient times where there is a clear distinction between respect and inferiority, thinking that now she is being sold into slavery, and she will bend her knees and kowtow at every turn in the future, and the sour water in her heart only rises up, and she is not afraid of being struck by lightning, and once again greets God with hatred, gritting her teeth and preparing to kneel.

"That's it." A clear male voice sounded, Lindsay Yu breathed a sigh of relief, she really didn't move, and the other people in the room only thought that she was a country man and didn't care.

"So small?" The man continued, and Lindsay felt a little dissatisfied with the gaze that looked at her, and couldn't help but look up at the man, and sure enough, as she expected, it was the young man that day.

"I said earlier to buy a mother-in-law, so I can help you, this child is so young... He frowned slightly, and as he spoke, he turned his face to look at Lindsay Yu again, who was no longer the same as in the field after grooming and dressing, and he didn't recognize it.

Mrs. just pursed her lips and smiled, holding a milk baby with a pink carved jade bracelet in her arms, and was holding a fruit plate on the kang table with her small hands open, and red dates were stacked on the plate. The slave was about to tell Madame that this was a coincidence. ”

Hearing her say this, the two of them looked over, Lin Saiyu suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and when she was about to lower her head, she saw the milk baby on the kang grabbing a red date with one hand and putting it in her mouth.