"I ......"

The girl opened her mouth, her hesitation changed from one to five, she looked nervously at the Ya Po who brought her, hesitating to say a complete sentence, "...... I...... My name is ......"

Lu Yunlan smiled slightly, and glanced at Ya Po as if she was nothing.

"I don't think you're the daughter of an ordinary farmer's family, why haven't you ever studied? Be generous. ”

This sudden sentence made cold sweat come out of the back of the Ya Po who listened to it.

"My name is Cuiyun, I am from Qingcheng, and my family is ......"

"—Miss forgiveness!"

The woman in germanium-colored clothes on the side hurriedly knelt down, her tone was two points more urgent than the kneeling posture, her face was red for a while and white for a while, and she said everything before the girl could speak.

“…… Miss forgive the sin, this girl is indeed not from a peasant family, but, just, just...... Her parents died early, and she had no relatives, so she voluntarily sold herself to bury her parents, and I ...... But she is innocent, and the little woman will never dare to lie! ”

It stands to reason that most of the people who are sent into the house as slaves and maids are the daughters of ordinary people, and such people are not easy to make trouble. The women were probably afraid that the main family would not want such a girl, so they wanted to hide the past, but who knew that the fifth lady of the Lu family would ask the reason so accurately.

Mama Qian listened to Ya Po's words, although she was dissatisfied, she couldn't help but shake her head when she saw this life experience.

Ruan sighed, and his tone was soft.

"It's still a poor man."

Lu Yunlan heard the meaning of her mother's words - how could Ruan's family not be the person who sent the water from duckweed?

"Lan Niang, if you don't like her to serve closely, you can go to the yard to do some other work." It's a way to live. Ruan thought to himself, such a young girl, with no relatives and no growth, what else can she do except sell herself as a slave? If you're lucky, if you work in the Guogong Mansion, there will always be a way out in the future.

"Mother, do you have to rob me of someone?" Lu Yunlan turned around and smiled, "I naturally wanted to keep her by my side before asking." ”

"You kid."

Ruan smiled, stopped interjecting, and instead ordered someone to add some hot water.

"The word 'cloud' is not good, it hit our daughter's ranking," Lu Yunlan had a plan in her heart, but just said it, "You take the word 'jade' for you, jade is a kind of jade, do you like it?" ”

Cuiyun was stunned in place, but Ya Po pulled her sleeve, and then knelt down and thanked her in a daze.

"Miss Xie gave me a name, I ......" She seemed to realize that her words were not in order, and changed her words halfway, "The slave likes this name very much." ”

With this episode, this girl can be regarded as being selected next to Lu Yunlan, but not first-class, but second-class. After knowing Lu Yunlan's arrangement, Mama Qian nodded in her heart - although there are good seedlings bought outside, but the first-class maids go in and out with the master, and the Guogong Mansion is full of distinguished guests, in case something goes wrong, it is not a master's face that is lost!

The excellence of the slave and maid is far better than that of outsiders, and giving her a second class is already a promotion.

Lu Yunlan then chose three second-class maids, plus the tall one in front, and called jade, green jade, green pine and green willow respectively. Another fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl cuckoo was selected as a first-class maid, she had the impression that Cuckoo's wife was working as an errand in Xu's courtyard, and she was an honest person, and she sold it so easily for the convenience of the future.

“…… Go down, all of you......"

finally picked and selected more than a dozen maids, and Lu Yunlan felt a little tired. The girls who were not selected were still taken down by Ya Po, and the more than ten people who were selected first went to the treasury to receive new clothes, and then came back to listen to Mama Qian's lecture.

Ruan and Lu Yunlan were served into the house by Chunrong and Lianrong.

The interior of the room is beautifully furnished, but not overly ornate, with a screen of hibiscus flowers in crimson and turquoise, posing as a cubicle, and the colors are distinct against the fading daylight. Ruan Shi only felt full of joy when she saw it, she sat down on the seat, and let the little girl bring tea over, before she said softly, "The arrangement is very good, I am very happy." ”

Mama Qian smiled and said, "If my aunt has any needs, just tell the slaves and maids." ”

Ruan's is a person who has no desires and no desires, except for Lu Zhe and a pair of children, she doesn't value money and other things, as long as the interior layout is comfortable and eye-catching. And at this moment, the sun is going west, and the sunlight is shining into the house, which makes people feel sleepy.

"I want to take a nap," Ruan Shi turned his head and said, "Lan Niang, you don't have to accompany me, go back to your house." ”

Lu Yunlan also happened to want to go out for a walk, so she turned her head sideways and whispered affectionately to the Ruan family.

"Mother sleeps first, daughter goes to the yard to pick you a pot of the most beautiful flowers!"

There are only a few lotus bushes in the Wind Lotus Courtyard, and it looks monotonous as soon as the summer passes, Ruan's has always loved flowers and plants, so Lu Yunlan made up her mind to go to the florist to choose a few pots to enrich the yard.

Ruan Shi covered his mouth and smiled, "Go ahead, my mother's trust can surpass your eyes." ”

Lu Yunlan took lotus seed and two little maids and went straight to the garden.

The Qingguo Mansion has accumulated for several generations, and many places have been raised deep in flowers and trees, and when it is the hottest time in summer, there are several places in the garden that are shaded by trees, which can be used for people to enjoy the shade. Not only do the masters like it, but even the people who are lazy will go there to find a place by themselves.

Passing through the two verandahs, and then passing through the weeping flower gate, you will see a large area of lush vegetation. At the end of summer, the foliage is luxuriant, the shades of green are suitable, and the breeze blows from time to time, which is a good place to go.

"Miss, this is a good place!" Lianrong said happily.

Lu Yunlan glanced at her amusedly and corrected seriously, "Summer is almost over, if you really want to enjoy the cool here, I'm afraid you will have to wait for next year." When the time comes......"

"Even if it's the year after tomorrow, aren't we afraid we won't be able to wait?"

Lu Yunlan did not answer. According to the general custom, a woman will say that she will see each other when she is fourteen or sixteen years old, and then choose a good day or two later to prepare for marriage and marriage, and she is now thirteen, even if it is postponed, it will not be postponed for four or five years. Even if she doesn't want to get married, can the Guogong Mansion keep her? Just look at Lu Yunying, you can know that the eldest lady of Jin Zun and Yugui, once she can't get married, even the people will gossip.

But she really didn't want to get married.

Thinking of the hidden hatred in the past, Lu Yunlan silently pulled a leaf in his hand. Lian Rong saw it in her eyes, and only felt that Miss was so strange today, how to do it "spicy hands destroy flowers"......

"Fifth sister."

Just as he was out of his mind, a soft voice sounded in his ears, and the call of the person who came was kind and gentle, but it made Lu Yunlan feel a chill from behind for no reason. She lowered her eyes and pinched the leaf she had torn off into her palm, before turning to give a proper smile to the woman who was talking behind her.

"Second sister."

Lu Yunmeng's appearance here was really surprising to her.

Lu Yunmeng was also surprised.

After coming out of Xu's room, she took the maid and went to the flower room without even returning to the Furong Courtyard. It's not that she loves flowers by nature, but today she originally planned to take the Yunjin handkerchief to Lancui Courtyard to show off, so that Xu would know how favored their mother and daughter were, and even the brocade of Shanggong could be easily used - but Mama Li "sued" in front of Xu, which made her suffer.

At that time, she almost complained about her mother! I forgot how the mother and daughter secretly discussed yesterday to give the Nguyen family, who had just entered the mansion, a dismissal.

Lu Yunmeng walked casually in the garden for half an hour, and casually tore off the two chrysanthemums that were in full bloom, and then sorted out his mood and walked back with the maidservant.

Unexpectedly, I met Lu Yunlan, who also brought a maid to the garden.

"The fifth sister also came to the garden to enjoy it?" Lu Yunmeng smiled and said as if inadvertently, "This garden is full of flowers and trees, if the fifth sister wants to see it all in one go, I'm afraid that my feet will be sore." ”

This is saying that she "Grandma Liu enters the Grand View Garden"!

Lu Yunlan didn't care, and smiled.

"Second sister really likes to laugh, I just want to go to the flower room to find a few beautiful plants to decorate the yard."

Lu Yunmeng raised her eyebrows, as if she had grasped the handle in her words, and asked, "What?" The yard arranged by the lady is not in the same way as the sister? That's really ......" She deliberately didn't finish her words, and only looked at Lu Yunlan with a pair of charming and amorous eyes, wanting her to take the second half of the sentence.

But Lu Yunlan didn't answer.

"Mother has set it up very well, but the summer is coming to an end, and the remnants of the lotus are finally sluggish...... In autumn, you should put two pots of chrysanthemums in the yard to meet the occasion. She paused for a moment, then asked Lu Yunmeng, who was quite disappointed, with a smile, "Could it be that the second sister doesn't like the furnishings of the Furong Courtyard, and wants to pull me and my mother to talk together?" ”

When did she say such a thing!

Lu Yunmeng didn't expect Lu Yunlan to hit a rake, so he hurriedly waved his hand.

"Sister, I just want to care about my sister, sister, don't talk nonsense."

She was born to the Yao family, although she is favored, but in the end she still has to look at Xu's face, if this word reaches Xu's ears, she will definitely be considered to dislike Xu's arrangement behind her back and don't know how to respect her mother. Lu Yunmeng was unhappy in his heart, but it was not easy to have a seizure, his head turned around, and he was in a hurry, thinking of a clever plan that could make Lu Yunlan suffer.

“…… The fifth sister said that when it comes to chrysanthemums, there are two 'handsome flags' in the flower room, and you can choose to let the next person send them to the Wind Lotus Courtyard. ”

Lu Yunlan doesn't think that Lu Yunmeng is a gentle person, gentleness is just the skin of a beauty she wears outside. She has seen her smile hidden in the knife and ruthless, and she wants to do things like robbing her brother-in-law back then, what else does she dare not do? But then again, Ji Minghe can take his aunt as a concubine, and he is not a good man!

It's just that...... Lu Yunmeng suddenly spoke so good-natured, was there any trap waiting for her to step on? She looked at the other person's weak face quietly, and she didn't realize how cold her eyes were.

Lu Yunlan was not born with a national color and natural fragrance, she was more ordinary than Ruan's beauty and beauty, but her eyes were dark, and she didn't feel anything when she smiled, but when she didn't smile, she was like a cold spring, and she had the charm of a cold beauty.

Lu Yunmeng was furious by her, barely maintained the smile on his lips, raised his hand to touch the hairpin in disguise, and asked again.

"Why does the fifth sister look at me like this, but my sister's hair is messed up?"

Lu Yunlan retracted her thoughts, and personally straightened the golden hairpin on her sideburns, and her tone was soft.

"What my sister said is, my sister will go to the flower room to have a look."