Xin Zhu went out to arrange the distribution of monthly money, and after a while, all the maids and women in the courtyard got the news, led by Tangerine and Yuxiang, and knelt under the porch outside, kowtowing to Lu Jiayue to thank him.

Lu Jiayue couldn't bear these gifts the most, so she first pulled the orange and grapefruit to make it fragrant, and then asked the two of her to pull up the maids. Before the hectic chaos stopped, Aunt Zhu, the housekeeper of the small kitchen, and Aunt Wu, the housekeeper of the embroidery room, also came back and forth.

Both of them are grateful to Lu Jiayue, especially Aunt Zhu, who is almost crying with joy.

Lu Jiayue smiled politely and perfunctorily, and finally quieted down after making trouble for a while.

*

After turning the day, after breakfast, Lu Jiayue went to Meng's main room.

When the maids and servants saw her, they were more respectful than ever.

Entering the hall, Meng Shi was watching the maids add silver frost charcoal to the charcoal stove, and when he saw Lu Jiayue coming in, he stepped forward and took her hand to the inner room, and asked her with a smile: "Who taught you to do that?" ”

Lu Jiayue knew that what Meng Shi was asking about the distribution of double moonsilver yesterday, smiled slightly, and said, "It's not that anyone taught it, it's that I didn't want it, so I gave it away." ”

Meng Shi nodded, looking at Lu Jiayue's eyes full of approval, "You little girl, before your father left Beijing, he asked me to take care of you, saying that you are young and don't know everything—now you look at it, you are more sensible than your cousin Ying." ”

Lu Jiayue's face turned red, but she was a little embarrassed, "Where do I know anything, it's just that I think that my time in the mansion is still short, but I have already caused a lot of trouble to the upper and lower levels, and I don't want to go." I know that the old lady and the fourth lady feel sorry for me this month, but after all, I am not from the Qu family, and if I ask for the Qu family's silver again, it will be really uneasy..."She looked up at Meng Shi with a little confusion and anxiety in her eyes, "Auntie, are you right to say that I am doing this?" ”

"You did the right thing," Meng gently rubbed Lu Jiayue's small hands and sighed softly, "Good boy, you are still young, and it is inconvenient for your aunt to say some things to you." You just have to live here with peace of mind, your aunt will make decisions for you in everything, even if the money is not enough to spend, just talk to your aunt, but don't see your aunt outside. As for the side, we would rather be stronger, and we can't lose the bearing we should have, and despise ourselves in vain. ”

Lu Jiayue knew it in her heart.

Although the Qu family is rich, but she is just a cousin under the fence, if she really accepts the monthly silver, the Qu family will not say anything, but I am afraid that in my heart I will think that she is shallow-eyed and greedy for money, so I underestimated her.

She is not short of silver flowers, so why bother to despise her identity?

"I understand what my aunt said," Lu Jiayue nodded lightly, "Auntie, don't worry, the silver that my father left me before he left Beijing is afraid that I won't be able to spend it until my father returns to Beijing." ”

Meng touched Lu Jiayue's pink cheek lovingly, and said with a smile: "Little girl, it seems that you know when your father will come back." ”

Lu Jiayue smiled and didn't answer again, but her heart was quite heavy.

In the previous life, my father and the Qu family suffered a catastrophe, and I was also trapped in a filthy place, and now I seem to have lived a new life, do I have to watch everything in my previous life repeat itself?

Of course not!

But what can I do to change everything that happened in my previous life and save everyone's fate?

Lu Jiayue thought to herself, and suddenly the curtain of the door was lifted, and she looked up blankly, but it was her cousin Qu Song who came in.

It was cold, Qu Song wore a snow-blue pigmented satin robe, a vermilion ribbon tied around his waist, no ornaments and pendants, and only a green hosta hairpin on his head.

As a cousin, Qu Song has always cared for Lu Jiayue's cousin and loved her cousin Qu Ying, but now although Lu Jiayue has lived a new life, every time she sees Qu Song, she still can't help but feel close from the bottom of her heart.

So he was busy with a salute, and said with a sweet smile: "My brother is here, why didn't you go to the yamen of the courtyard today?" ”

Qu Song sat down on a chair covered with colored satin cushions, with a smile on his face: "Rest today, you don't have to go to the yamen." ”

Qu Song is quite good at reading, young and talented, at the age of 20 he has already been named on the gold list, and when he took the apse test, he won the favor of the Son of Heaven because of his outstanding knowledge and beautiful appearance, and he was appointed to enter the Hanlin Academy as a waiter, and the Hanlin Academy was disbanded for three years, and out of the Hanlin Academy, Qu Song entered the Tongzheng Yuan again, and now he has become the governor of the six products.

In her previous life, Lu Jiayue occasionally listened to the private discussion of the composer, saying that Qu Song was full of talent and learning, calm and introverted by nature, but he was the most sleek and sophisticated, and he was a good material for mixing with officialdom. At that time, Lu Jiayue was still unhappy, and felt that the words "sleek and sophisticated" had tarnished Qu Song, but later Qu Song rose step by step and his official fortune was prosperous, so it can be seen that what others said was not all misinterpretation.

Officialdom is intrigued, deceitful, and if you want to get ahead, it is not enough to have a full stomach to learn.

But even if Qu Song later held an important official position, the Qu family did not escape bad luck because of this.

Thinking of these, Lu Jiayue couldn't help but sigh again in her heart.

The eldest girl Chunxia poured the tea, Qu Song took it in her hand, and said with a smile: "I don't know what my mother is saying to Sister Yue, but Sister Yue looks like she has something on her mind." ”

Meng Shi smiled: "Fang Cai is talking about her father, probably thinking about her father again, and they all blame me, so they shouldn't mention it." ”

Lu Jiayue naturally couldn't say anything, but smiled: "Auntie guessed wrong, I was just wondering if there were crystal steamed meatballs for lunch." ”

"This kid, a crystal powder steamed ball, is also worth thinking like this?" Meng Shi felt that Lu Jiayue was pitiful and cute, and hurriedly instructed Lianxiang, "Send someone to tell the small kitchen that you want a steamed ball with crystal powder for lunch, and a fried silver sprout with shredded chicken, Ying'er likes to eat it, and you can let the small kitchen watch the rest of the dishes." ”

"Why doesn't the mother ask her son what he wants for lunch? I only care about hurting my two younger sisters. Qu Song was happy to see Meng, and he also had fun.

Meng Shi glanced at him with a smile, "They are all people with wives, and they also eat the vinegar of their two younger sisters." ”

Qu Song smiled silently.

As he was talking, Qu Ying also came in, and when he saw Qu Song, he smiled and said, "My brother is not in the house, it turned out that I came to my mother," he said, pointing to the vermilion lacquer painting food box held in the hand of the maid Hongxuan next to him, "My sister-in-law said that my brother specially left it for Sister Yue, so I brought it over by the way." ”

Meng asked what was in the food box, Qu Song smiled: "I almost forgot, yesterday a friend of the same department gave me a few pastries, saying that it was made by his newly hired Jiangnan chef, and the taste was very authentic. ”

Lu Jiayueman's heart only felt warm and moved, but she couldn't speak.

A few Jiangnan style pastries are just worth nothing, and people like Biqu Song, who are busy in officialdom all day long, still remember that her cousin once lived in Jiangnan, and she also took such small things to heart.

After Lu Jiayue thanked Qu Song, Qu Ying smiled and said: "Although our small kitchen is good and can make Jiangnan-style pastries, I am afraid that it will not be as authentic as this." ”

When Lu Jiayue heard this, she hurriedly instructed the maids to put out the pastries in the food box, and personally poured hot tea for Meng and Qu Song.