The north wind blew and blew the streets as clean as sweeping.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, red lanterns are hung at the door of every house, and even the poorest tenants will give their families and children a new set of clothes for the coming year.

On the cold street, there was a sudden crisp sound of horses' hooves, coupled with the brisk footsteps of the sedan chair driver.

In front of the palanquin, a handsome young man rode a white steed and led the way. In the sedan chair sat his mother.

"Mother, we're almost home." The boy said loudly. Looking at the clean road ahead, I felt a little excited in my heart.

The lady in the sedan chair replied in a low voice. "Be careful, my son, walk slowly, don't get tired."

"Hey!"

It turned out that Li Sheng accompanied his mother Wang to the Confucius Temple to offer incense, so that his mother would be healthy in the coming year.

Because when I came back, I encountered a landslide on a mountain road, so the trip was delayed. By the time they were in town, it was getting late.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and a faint fragrance filled the street.

"Sheng'er, isn't this the taste of red mud jujube cake?"

"Yes, mother, why don't you wait a while and wait for Sheng'er to buy it for you."

"Then it's tiring." Wang then ordered the palanquin driver to wait on the side of the road.

Li Sheng got off the horse and went to help his mother buy red clay date cake.

Knowing that his mother likes sweets, but can't eat too much at a time, Li Sheng instructed the store to divide the jujube cake into three portions and wrap them.

The person who came recognized Li Sheng and knew that he was the second son of the Li family who had just moved in, so he said: "Little official, you are really filial, you bought it for your mother again." ”

Li Sheng nodded and didn't say much.

After taking three portions of wrapped red clay date cake, I was about to leave.

Before he could think about it, something tripped at his feet.

When I looked down, it turned out to be a ragged person.

When the shopkeeper saw the little yelling and yelling, he immediately hurriedly drove away. "Go, go, hurry up, don't run into my guests."

Unexpectedly, the man was very stubborn, and refused to leave, he pulled Li Sheng's trouser leg and refused to let go, and kowtowed on the ground vigorously, "Please brother, give me something to eat, just a little bit." My mother is sick and starving, and we haven't eaten for three days. ”

Li Sheng suddenly saw a child younger than himself, kneeling on the ground so dirty, and felt a little pitiful.

So he gave her a jujube cake.

"Here, take this, hurry back and give it to your mother."

The child's expression fell, obviously he didn't expect that Li Sheng, a heroic young man who seemed to be noble and handsome, would have such a good heart.

Because there are many young masters on the street like this big brother who are dressed in beautiful satin clothes, but they are very rich, but they have a very bad heart, not only do they not give her anything to eat, but they also let the dogs around them bite her.

Sometimes, I chased her all over the street. If she runs past the dogs, she will have a dirty steamed bun to eat.

If you can't run, you'll be bitten by those dogs, and you'll not only get a laugh, but you won't even have anything to eat.

The child has apparently come to terms with his fate. He is also smart now, and he usually dares to come out and ask for something to eat when those people are away.

Just now, he also had the courage to follow Li Sheng, because he felt that Li Sheng's voice was very good, and he was very filial, and he was willing to buy red clay jujube cakes for his mother to eat.

So he involuntarily followed him.

But I didn't expect that others would be so good and give her such a big red clay date cake.

"Thank you brother, you will definitely be a good person and have a good reward."

The young man looked at her and said, "Go back quickly, don't come out for the New Year." ”

The little screamer didn't know if he heard his words, anyway, he disappeared on the side of the street after holding the bag of red clay date cakes for a while.

Li Sheng went back and bought another one.

The shopkeeper kept saying that Li Sheng was a good person.

Immediately, Li Sheng accompanied Wang back.

When the sedan chair stopped, everyone was stunned, only to see a small person behind the sedan chair.

Her messy hair was tied up with a rope, revealing a dirty face, but her eyes were very bright and bright.

"Young Master, look?"

Li Sheng was a little surprised when he saw the little name, but he didn't expect her to come here with them.

So he dismounted, turned to look at her and asked, "Why did you come back, didn't you let you take something for your mother to eat?" ”

Huazi's nose was sour when he heard this, and he knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "When I went back, the red mud jujube cake was taken away by a vicious dog, and my mother also died. ”

Then she tugged on Li Sheng's trouser pipe: "Please do well, big brother, take me in." I can do anything, I can suffer anything. I only eat one steamed bun a day, and you will not raise me in vain. ”

Li Sheng did not speak, but looked at Wang who stepped down from the sedan chair.

Li Sheng called his mother, Wang looked at him, then looked at Huazi who was kneeling on the ground, and said. "Raise your head!"

The avatar immediately looked up.

"Well, it looks good, Mama Chen will hand it over to you." Li Sheng and his mother returned to the house.

A woman in her forties next to her stepped forward and asked, "Are you willing to be a rough girl in the capital, and I need to give you a three-day deadline." If you keep it, if it is not useful, our Li Mansion will not keep useless people. ”

"Thank you, Mama, thank you Madame and Young Master, you are my reborn parents, I will definitely serve you well."

So the eight-year-old Hanako entered the Li Mansion in this way.

When Mama Chen ordered someone to bring bath water, wash the child, and change into the clothes of the maid in the house, everyone only felt that their eyes were bright.

It turned out to be a very beautiful girl.

Mama Chen couldn't help but praise in her mouth: "Madame's vision is really good, I can see at a glance that she is a beautiful girl." ”

And this little named Huazi cried excitedly because he was wearing beautiful clothes and eating fresh rice for the first time, instead of being given by others.

However, she was very diligent and very neat, and in less than two days, she was appreciated and loved by her wife.

Because she didn't have a name, Wang ordered Li Sheng to give her a name.

At that time, Li Sheng was practicing writing calligraphy, and he was writing: Baoding tea is still green, and the quality of the window chess is still cold. But seeing that she was dressed in green and slim, she wrote on the paper, the word Green Qiao.

Little Hanako has a beautiful name like this, called Green Joe.

Lu Qiao was overjoyed, after seven or eight years, she finally had her own name, and it was the young master who gave it to her.

The young master is so handsome and elegant, and his heart is so kind. I heard from Mrs. that the young master is already very good at business at a young age, and he is even more good at settling accounts. In the Li family, he is the second shopkeeper.

These things were deeply remembered by Lu Qiao, and she vowed that one day, she would be the young master's personal maid.

At this time, there was only one personal maid by the young master's side, named Yingliu.

Yingliu is a few years older than her, has a pungent personality, and is very neat in her work.

Lu Qiao secretly observed and tracked Yingliu, and imitated her movements and ways of doing things bit by bit on weekdays.

After more than a year like this, through his own efforts, Lu Qiao finally upgraded from sprinkling and sweeping maids in the yard to doing things in the outer room of his wife in the inner hall.

Because she has a sweet mouth and is diligent in her work, she rushes to do everything, and has been recognized by other maids. She even sent some small things to Yingliu for a long time, not only to please her.

Looking at Lu Qiao's self-stammering appearance, Yingliu looked down on this girl who was born as a child.

However, she enjoyed being flattered by others, so she accepted her gift half-pushed.

One day, Yingliu didn't know what to eat and broke her stomach, and Li Sheng came back from outside and needed to serve.

Lu Qiao suddenly said sweetly that he would help her with her shift.

"The young master comes back from outside every day, and the first thing he does is to come back to take a bath, and you have to wait for a good life. When the young master takes a bath, he doesn't like others to be around, so you must remember to add hot water from time to time. Yingliu told her to serve well.

Green Qiao nodded again and again.

After a while, Li Sheng really wanted to take a bath, Lu Qiao pressed the excitement in his heart, personally put the bath water for the young master, personally prepared a change of clothes for him, and waited on the side.

Although the young master didn't let her wait closely, through the hazy window, she could vaguely see a toned figure inside and then taking a bath.

Lu Qiao had seen Yingliu peeking at the young master taking a bath many times, but this was the first time she had seen the young master take a bath so clearly.

At that time, she only felt that her head was buzzing, and her heart was like a drum, and she was so excited that she was "thumping thump".

She was afraid that others would see it, so she squatted down and added hot water to the pool little by little.

When the young master finished taking a bath, Lu Qiao's face was as red as the red paper.

"What are you doing? Wait for me to get dressed. ”

Li Sheng's upper body is naked, with tight muscles, a strong body, and some water droplets on his body.

Lu Qiao's hands trembled a little when he found that he was dressing the young master.

The young master glanced at her, so Lu Qiao immediately looked at his nose and nose, and quickly helped him get dressed.

Then I helped the young master comb his hair. The young master's hair is very good, and it is as slippery as satin in his hands.

She wiped him a little bit with a handkerchief, and after drying it, she saw that the young master was tied loosely with a hairband, almost all the time.

Before leaving, Li Sheng glanced up at her and asked, "Why are you waiting for Yingliu today?" ”

Lu Qiao didn't expect the young master to notice her, and she would talk to herself, she suddenly felt that she had become unfavorable to speak. In order to calm down, she secretly pinched her nails into her flesh.

"Back to the young master, Sister Yingliu had a bad stomach today, so the slave maid took her place to serve the young master."

"What's your name?"

Li Sheng's eyes fell on Lu Qiao's face, so she slowly raised her head and glanced at the young master bravely. "The slave's name is Lu Qiao, and the slave's name is still given by the young master."

"Oh, I see, you go down."

Green Joe blessed him and walked slowly.