Hu Fei also has to be active in Beijing. In order to prepare for going south to the sea, he naturally had to go to the county king's mansion to make a few turns, contact and contact feelings, and secretly ask Li Xu to take care of the Lu family, in order to prevent accidents, he also mentioned the matter of the Lu family to Hu Neijian, but he did not explicitly say that he liked other people's daughters, only claimed that it was his reincarnation benefactor.

Chunying stayed in the village and was not idle. Since Hu Fei is leaving, then she really has to make up her mind to find another way to get out of the house.

In fact, Dongfu may not be the best choice, after all, she is relatively unfamiliar with it. However, she offended her wife in the Hou Mansion, and it was the wife who personally ordered her to be kicked out of the mansion, even if it is the eldest young grandmother who is now in charge, the latter, as a junior, is always difficult to refute the face of the nominal mother-in-law and get her back. Although the third young master is the future heir of the Hou Mansion, it is the same way, he said that he wants to arrange errands for Chunying's family, and the credibility of this must be discounted, Chunying guessed. At most, after a year and a half, he will find an errand for his father.

Those who dare to dismiss the wife's order, only the old lady and the Hou Ye are left in the Hou Mansion. There are already too many people around the former, and the latter is surrounded by fire, besides, Chunying doesn't have that confidence, thinking that she can get the favor of Hou Ye. As a result, both roads were blocked.

If you don't do anything, just stay in the village and wait for the Hou Mansion to release the slaves, which is too passive. Besides, the Lu family is too far away from the capital, and any news is only known through the Wang family, and even today, the Wang family can leave Zhuangzi openly and return to Beijing to do business, but their family can only nest in the village, and they can't even do activities in Beijing. The delay in information meant that the opportunity could be missed, and she didn't want to lose the opportunity to be free again and again for that reason.

Dongfu may be unfamiliar, but she can inquire, first get acquainted with the situation, and then consider how to deal with it. She always felt that it should not be difficult to ask for a position in Dongfu on her own terms.

Shi'er heard the news that the East Mansion wanted to recruit the big and small maids and daughters-in-law who were waiting in the inner courtyard, and the mother-in-law already had them. At most, there are a few more, and there are four young masters to add a small servant, and there are also servants such as long-term attendants, errands, and purchasers in the outer courtyard, there are forty or fifty vacancies, of which Yahuan is one, more than 20 people are needed, in addition to the second old lady, the second wife, the fourth young lady and the fourth young master's room, there is also an aunt and a room. However, it is not clear how many more people each person needs to add and what they want.

Chunying carefully calculated, the purpose of her job search was to leave, which position was more suitable for her?

She seriously recalled her experience in the Hou Mansion in the past few years, and found that most of the girls, whether they were born or bought from outside, after working to the age of ten **, if they were not accepted by the owner, they would be the main match by the housekeeper, and then become a daughter-in-law, change positions and continue to work, after the age of forty or fifty. became a mother-in-law, and he would change his position. Less than half of the lucky ones can marry themselves, and even fewer can redeem themselves to marry others.

What is the identity of such a lucky girl? First, it must be a big girl who is favored by a decent master, such as Liuli next to the old lady in the past, and her sister Qiuyu. Like Hongyu back then, it was entirely because he met a good master like the eldest young master.

However, Sister Qiuyu just happened to meet someone who came to please the old lady's girl, and the old lady was happy for a while, so she nodded and agreed. The first-class girl in the old lady's courtyard, not everyone has this luck, some people are allowed to be concubines for relatives, and some are destined to have children.

And such a big girl with a face also has risks, such as the peony next to his wife, such a good girl, with excellent appearance and talent, but because she knows too much, she has passed the age of twenty so far, and his wife refuses to let go, and the other three big girls she works with are the same. Moreover, as the girl of the housewife, there is always the danger of being taken in by the male host.

The big girl in front of the young master is also not safe, either to dislike the master, or to be regarded as an aunt candidate, and the personnel are constantly poured, and she may lose her life at any time, so she is lucky. It's just a steward. And the young lady's girl is a little less decent, and the major events of her life are generally decided by the housewife. Not to mention my aunt's girl.

In this way, the highest proportion of foreign marriages is the people around the old lady. Among the eight first-class girls and eight second-class girls at the same time as Qiuyu, three first-class and two second-class girls married good people outside as their wives.

And waiting for the old master, there is an advantage, that is, the decency is enough, other slaves easily dare not offend, even the male and female masters in charge, will be more polite, if the old master of the service passes away, the girls around will be released without exception, to show grace. Chunying has been in the Hou Mansion for a few years, and she has already heard of these old rules.

Besides, she hadn't heard of any master who would stop a girl after the age of twenty, except for his wife. If she can become the girl next to the second old lady after entering the East Mansion, then leaving the mansion will be almost half of the success.

In order to ensure that the other half will succeed, Chunying seriously reflects on what she has done in the past few years, learns from the pain, and learns a profound lesson.

All she wanted was to leave, so she never really cared about the master she served. Even if it's temporary. It's just a short period of effort. She never thinks about him or her from the perspective of her master's family, and she does not willingly obey her master's orders, and there are always different opinions in her heart from time to time, and maybe her face also shows clues. In her free time, she would make needlework for herself, clothes, shoes and hats for family or friends, but she never did a single personal job for her master, at most she treated the other party's clothes as a job when the master needed them. She never took the initiative to run to her master to laugh and behave, and she did not regard the interests of her master as the most important thing - she valued her own interests more than her.

She wants her to regard another person as heaven everywhere, and put that person's interests first in everything she thinks and thinks. It's hard for her to do that. She asked herself if she was servile, and she was always accustomed to covering up her disapproval with superficial respect and meekness.

Whether the people around you are wholeheartedly loyal to themselves or not, everyone always feels something in their hearts. To be honest, if it weren't for her repeated admonitions to Miss Huo Jiabiao, Miss Biao would not have treated her as half a confidant in the last period of time, and let her out of the mansion according to her wishes, but unfortunately Miss Biao was not the serious owner of the Hou Mansion.

Chunying is determined to change herself this time, even if she pretends to be a loyal maid for many years! Find ways to please the new owner, so that the other party can look up to you, and you won't force yourself to do what you don't want to do. Liuli is a good example, back then, the relatives of the family came to ask for marriage, because Liuli refused, and in the end the old lady did not nod, but the crystal became a substitute.

After thinking about it thoroughly, Chunying returned to Beijing with a letter and invited her sister to come. When it comes to serving an old woman, is there a better teacher than a sister?

Qiuyu took Xiaohu to live in the village for two days, one was to reunite her parents and sister with her son, and the other was to teach her sister how to do it, and told her sister about her experience in serving the old lady for many years.

For example, the close-up girl who serves the elderly should dress according to the owner's preferences. If the owner likes festive colors, then dress brightly, but not in a positive way, too high-profile; If the owner prefers to dress more sedately, then dress as old as possible. Qiu Yu took herself as an example, she had not worn a red dress or red embroidered shoes in the old lady's room for several years, in fact, she wore these two kinds the most after she got married. In addition, makeup should be moderate, be sure to keep it clean and tidy all day long, there should be no pungent fragrance on the body, and you should not wear too much jewelry.

For example, the elderly will wake up more frequently at night, and those who sleep inside and outside the house should be vigilant and have to get up when they hear movement. In order to make sure that you don't sleep like a dead pig, you would rather drink a few sips of tea, stay up and not fall asleep, and then go back to your room to catch up on sleep after changing shifts. In spring and autumn, we should be careful about the changes of cold and warm, and we should always prepare warm tea in summer, and the soup woman should not be broken in winter......

For another example, the elderly love to eat soft and rotten food, such as stewed food and good dim sum, etc., but they can't stand the cold, fresh melons and fruits, wine, food, tea, etc., should be cautious. It is best to know some pharmacology, know how to eat taboos, and persuade the owner to eat according to the seasonal climate.

The old people love to be lively, love to be pure, and have different temperaments. The people around you should always pay attention to her emotional changes, and say some interesting things to make her happy, and when she is happy, she will naturally remember your benefits.

And so on and so forth......

Qiu Yu talked for a long time before she finished speaking, drank half a pot of tea, and then talked about the second old lady: "When she returned to Beijing with the second master that year, she occasionally came over to sit and talk. I see, this is a quiet character, a little serious, not like to laugh, just listen to her sisters around her, the second old lady treats the people below very leniently, never slaps people in the mouth, because the second master is busy with official business, the second wife has to take care of the housework, the young master and the young lady are raised in front of the second old lady, very polite and sensible. If you talk about being well-behaved, the fourth young master is stronger than the second young master and the third young master of our family, and his bearing is stronger than that of the eldest young master. The relationship between brother and sister is also very good. I was waiting in the house that day, and I saw with my own eyes that when the second miss counted the third miss, she poured all the tea on the third miss, and the fourth miss was on the side, and the fourth young master immediately blocked it, and did not ask my sister to splash a little, but she was half wet. They are also very thoughtful in terms of etiquette, and the whole house, no matter which one they meet, even if it is the aunts, they are never rude, so no one says that they are bad. Think about how old they were back then? It can be seen that the second old lady is well managed. She is an old man who doesn't like to be lively, and when she is free, she watches her grandchildren read and write, which is very different from our old lady's temperament. ”

Chunying listened and listened, and already had a general impression of the family in her heart, and she knew the second old lady the best. In response to the needs of this old lady, she asked her sister to help her find the medicinal diet recipes for the elderly, and personally went to the only small bookstore in the town to find medical books. She flipped through these books all day long, selected a few snacks and dishes that were easy to make and suitable for the elderly, and firmly remembered the recipes and pharmacology.

After preparing like this for a long time, it was time to reach the wax moon in a blink of an eye. Wang Da is the head of the village, according to the rules, is to rent the land back to the Hou Mansion for filial piety, he specially brought his son and daughter, and planned to talk to the Mu family about marriage by the way, and then inquire if there is a suitable daughter-in-law candidate for his son. Chunying invited her father to come forward, and in the name of returning to Beijing to visit her uncle and sister, Yang got Wang Da's consent and brought herself.

When Shi'er heard this, he raised his eyes and looked at her and smiled slightly. Chunying knew that she had guessed, and smiled back.

On the day of departure, she wore a clean light green cotton jacket, navy blue cotton armor, and a dark jujube red skirt, which added a bit of festivity. changed his hairstyle, inserted two inconspicuous silk flowers, silver earrings, silver bracelets, only a very thin powder, and painted his lips with a little bit of rouge, which almost looked like he had no makeup, but it made people feel very good. In this way, I took Shi'er's car and returned to the capital.

This may be the first time she has officially applied for a job after crossing into this world. In the past, she only had one chance to successfully apply for a job in the modern society, and it was a friend who helped her prepare her resume and told her how to introduce herself. Today, she is on her own, and the experience of the past few years has made her very confident in herself. She will succeed.

Back in the back street, there doesn't seem to be much change in the surroundings, but the yard that originally belonged to the Lu family has moved into another family. Chunying stared at the door for a while, then looked away, and smiled at Wang: "I'm afraid that people will see gossiping, Uncle Wang, I'll go now, I'll stay at my uncle's house at night, but you'll go back tomorrow?" How about I wait for you at the gates? ”

Without waiting for Wang Da to answer, Shi'er preemptively said, "What are you doing running so far?" We'll pick you up at your uncle's house! Go ahead! ”

Chunying smiled, saluted them, and left the back street before the Wang family came out to greet them, bowing her head in the direction of Dongfu.

Everyone was busy in Layue, even if someone occasionally looked over, they didn't recognize who she was, she walked to the small door next to the Dongfu with confidence and boldness, and asked the family members guarding there: "May I ask the eldest brother, there is a wooden shopkeeper, but it has already arrived?" ”

The family looked at her with some surprise: "So he was waiting for you?" Here, you wait! After a while, Mu Chen was lured out, with curiosity in his eyes. Mu Chen didn't say much, and nodded to Chunying: "Come with me, I've said it." ”

Chun Ying gave a salute, then walked into the door with him, and when he reached a secluded corner, he asked in a low voice: "My father wrote a letter from Second Brother Mu back then, and he immediately sent a letter to those merchants, I don't know if Second Brother Mu got a reply?" ”

Mu Chen changed his smile: "It's already done, I'm bothering Uncle Lu and my sister-in-law, business has been better these days, and the debt will be repaid before the year, if it weren't for Uncle Lu's help, I don't know what would have happened." ”

"Second Brother Mu doesn't have to take it too seriously. Although my father knows that he can't go back to the shop, he doesn't want people to waste his hard work, and it's great that Second Brother Mu can take over. ”

Mu Chen's expression was much more relaxed, and he led Chunying all the way to the second gate, and said to the mother-in-law on the door: "Mother Yue, this is the Chunying I am talking about, you take it to see your grandmother." The woman stared at Chunying twice and nodded: "I know, you can go." So he asked Chunying to follow her into the door.

The place of the East Mansion is much smaller than the Hou Mansion, there are a total of four courtyards before and after, and there are also sets of courtyards in the east and west, but the pattern is smaller, and there is no formal large garden, only dotted with flowers and trees between the yards, and some mothers-in-law are digging pits in the soil, and it seems that they plan to plant some more flowers and plants. Chun Ying swept it at a glance, then stared at the skirt of the Yue Pozi in front of her without squinting, and walked to the first courtyard door in the west, and after entering, she did not go to the main house, but turned to the south wing.

In the room, a woman in her sixties was sitting by the kang and reading the account book, when she heard the sound and looked up: "What is the matter?" ”

"Mother Xu, this is the girl that Brother Chen wants to recommend."

Aunt Xu turned her head to look at Chunying, and her eyes flashed: "You are not ......"

Chunying knew that she couldn't hide it, so she smiled and saluted: "Chunying has seen the eldest lady." ”。.。