Without saying a few words, Lu Feng began to yawn, he washed the horse for two days, tired, Li Zongliang smiled and motioned to Li Zonggui to lead him back to Baicao Garden to rest, watching Li Zonggui push Lu Feng out of the door, Li Zongliang looked around and said: "Everyone is here, just to discuss the matter of this placement, with us, not counting the Fan family, a total of thirty-one, Shopkeeper Sun and Fifth Brother Zhao are in the Taiping Mansion, don't mention it first, the matter of Tiemu will be decided when he comes back." ”

"What's the point? Look at his temperament, he can't go farming! Li Erhuai said categorically, Li Zongliang glanced at Li Erhuai, and didn't answer his words, Wei Shuisheng pushed Li Erhuai, and said in a low voice: "Then he has to make up his mind and say something!" Remember, don't work with Sister Zhang in the future, make up your mind for others everywhere! Li Erhuai stiffened his neck and was about to refute Wei Shuisheng's words, Li Zongliang looked at him and confessed: "What Shui Sheng said is right. Li Erhuai listened to Li Zongliang's words, immediately shut up, and was silent, Li Zongliang glanced at everyone, and then said: "Shi Kanfei followed us, saying that he is also the fifth master's person, and his legs and feet are inconvenient, I think, just leave him at home to cook for everyone, right?" Li Zongliang looked at everyone inquiringly, saw that everyone nodded without objection, turned his head to look at Li Xiaoqi and said with a smile: "Zhang Gouzi and Zhao Liushun said that they are your people, and they want to follow you. ”

Li Xiaoqi nodded in agreement, and Li Zongliang continued to count: "For the rest, Da Zhuang and the seventh brother will follow us to join the army, and the others will return to their hometowns to farm." Wei Shuisheng frowned and took over the words: "It turns out that those brothers in Dongshan can usually take care of themselves, not to mention farm work, first, it is inconvenient to do it, and second, they fell into the grass early, and they will not do it for a long time, I discussed it with my eldest brother, these people, the land and silver are still divided as usual, we will give one or two more silver a month, whether they hire people or rent the land to others to plant, it is enough for their daily use, so that they will not have food and clothing, this is one, second, the silver stored in our mountains is the silver of the big guys, everyone has a share, I have calculated this account with Xiao Mi, and I discussed it with my eldest brother, so that in addition to the An family silver given by the prince, we will give another two hundred taels each, and when they settle down and start a family, one person will give fifty taels of marrying money, what do you see? ”

Li Zonggui sent Lu Feng back, and after listening to half of the words, Wei Shuisheng looked at him, and was about to say it again, when Li Zonggui waved his hand and said, "It's all Chengdu!" Wei Shuisheng stopped talking with a smile, turned his head and looked at Li Erhuai, Li Erhuai didn't care: "I listen to my eldest brother, Cheng!" Li Xiaoqi looked at Wei Shuisheng gloomily, from Taiping Mansion to Bijia Mountain to Kaiping Mansion, there was a shortage of silver all the way! From one hundred taels to one thousand taels, now there are no tens of thousands of taels can not cope with it, after the New Year, the Zhang family will be served, Erhuai and Zhang Tiemu become married, these two big expenses, plus you have to buy a house for Zhang Tiemu, it stands to reason that Erhuai has become a family, it is best to divide it out and pass it alone, but how can there be silver to buy a similar house? There is also the daily dot after the eldest brother joins the office, he has just arrived, and he wants to earn a background, he can't stretch his hand, but the money is not much, and the gang of people in Dongshan also need more than a dozen taels of silver a month, which is to be paid every month, as well as the use of this house, and the Fan family! Alas! Li Xiaoqi sighed sullenly, looked at Wei Shuisheng and discussed: "The An family silver we gave, one hundred and fifty taels per person, and two hundred taels per person for the prince, we are not good to be shoulder to shoulder with the prince, besides, this silver is not enough." ”

Wei Shuisheng turned his head to look at Li Zongliang, Li Zongliang wrinkled his brows, Li Xiaoqi sighed: "Big brother, this silver is not enough, and more money is not necessarily a good thing, besides, if they have anything to do in the future, we don't care, we usually take care of it more, it is much stronger than silver." ”

"Xiao Mi is right, firstly, it is not good to be shoulder to shoulder with the prince, and secondly, it is better to take more care than to give more silver." Wei Shuisheng followed and said, Li Zongliang turned his head to look at Li Erhuai and Li Zonggui, Li Erhuai still had the old saying "I listen to the eldest brother", Li Zonggui nodded at Li Xiaoqi: "What Xiaoqi said makes sense, it's not good to go past the prince." Li Zongliang said 'um' and was about to speak, when Mr. Fan raised his voice outside to greet him: "Zongliang is here, right?" ”

Li Zongliang hurriedly got up to greet him out, several people followed behind to the door, Mr. Fan came in with his hands behind his back, saw Li Zongliang, and said with a smile: "I'll tell you about the rules of this officialdom, aren't you busy today?" ”

"Not busy, not busy, not busy, nothing more important than this." Li Xiaoqi hurriedly answered, and as he spoke, he stepped forward and sat on the couch with Mr. Fan, took the cup in Wei Shuisheng's hand and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Mr. should teach them well, in addition to the clear rules, there are also secret rules, teach the eldest brother, what is to be with the light and dust, and what is to keep the heart." Mr. Fan took the cup, stretched out his hand and patted Li Xiaoyi's shoulder, and said pityingly: "I know, don't worry, your eldest brother is loyal, and kind-hearted people don't suffer." ”

"Well, then you talk, I'll go find Sister Fan." Li Xiaoqi went out of the east courtyard, looked for a mother-in-law and asked, and went straight to find Mrs. Fan, Mrs. Fan was carefully calculating the daily kitchen with Shikan, Yueting sat next to her, quietly embroidering a skirt, seeing Li Xiaoqi come in, she bowed slightly and smiled to greet, Mrs. Fan looked at Li Xiaoqi and smiled: "You came just in time, I just said to Yueting, I will go to your place for lunch and talk later." ”

"Okay." Li Xiaoqi smiled, sat on the edge of the moon pavilion, looked at her embroidered with a piece of green leaves, not long, Mrs. Fan arranged properly, with the jade inkstone, a few people leisurely while walking and talking, to the half acre of the garden in the back garden, halfway through, Mrs. Fan quietly pulled Li Xiaomi, a little two steps behind, aiming at the moon pavilion with the jade inkstone looking up at a few birds on the ancient tree, and whispered: "That mind is always not clear, I have long wanted to take her to you, let her find wisteria They talk, those few, But what about the second- and third-class girls waiting outside. Li Xiaoqi immediately understood what Mrs. Fan meant, bent her eyes and nodded while smiling: "I know what my sister means, let Qingcheng talk to her." Mrs. Fan smiled and nodded, and the two of them walked a few steps to catch up with Yueting and Yuyan, and entered the half-acre garden together.

After eating, Li Xiaoqi yawned and asked, "I'm sleepy and want to sleep for a while, what about my sister?" What about you? Mrs. Fan nodded sleepily, Yueting kept looking at a few girls, hesitated for a moment, shook her head and refused: "I don't sleep in the afternoon, you can sleep, I'll do needlework." ”

"That's good." Li Xiaoqi agreed, turned his head and instructed Wisteria: "Call Qingcheng to come over and talk to the girl in Yueting, Qingcheng is playing well, let her play two Luozi to Yueting with this skirt." A hint of surprise flashed in Wisteria's eyes, Qingcheng spoke the most straightforward and unforgiving, why did she ask her to talk to the guests so clearly? Li Xiaoqi paused, and then ordered: "There are also Fei Ye and Cui Man, there are more people. Wisteria hurriedly agreed, and exited the house to call someone.

Li Xiaoqi and Mrs. Fan were crooked on the couch in the inner room, closed their eyes and rested, Qingcheng and Feiye came in, holding silk threads, and accompanied Yueting to sit on the kang in the outer warm pavilion, while making needlework, while whispering, Yueting nomindedly pricked a few stitches, looked up at Qingcheng and asked with a smile: "You are all from the prince's mansion?" ”

"The two of them are, I'm not, I'm from the Marquis Mansion of Jingjiang." Qingcheng speaks crisply and neatly.

"Oh," Yue Ting asked, looking over the green orange and carefully looking at the Fei Ye and Cui Man, "What are you doing in the palace?" The prince seems to be very strict, if you do something wrong, will he scold you? ”

Qingcheng laughed out loud, pushing Fei Ye and Cui Man: "Tell me quickly, whether the prince scolds you or not!" Fei Ye and Cui Man laughed so much that they couldn't hold the silk thread in their hands, and laughed for a while before they spoke: "The girl is really interesting to speak, although we used to say that we were on an errand in the palace, and the prince was separated by 108,000 miles, if we did something wrong, naturally there were sisters and grandmothers, and there were sisters and grandmothers above the sisters and grandmothers, and they hadn't reached Sister Ruyue after several layers, but they wanted the prince to scold, but they couldn't reach it." ”

Yueting's face turned crimson, embarrassed for a moment, lowered his eyes, and tried to pretend to be natural and asked, "What about Sister Wisteria?" Just like you guys? Her kind of character is always enough, right? ”

"It's about the same as us, how can the people waiting around the prince pick out and give them away?" Fei Ye glanced at Yueting, unwilling to say more about these things, twisted up the silk thread, and discussed with Qingcheng on the skirt in Yueting's hand: "Sister Qingcheng, look, is it okay to use this color?" ”

"Then what kind of person can wait by the prince's side?" Yueting pulled back her skirt and asked angrily, Qingcheng straightened up, looked her up and down, and replied with a smile: "We don't know this, not to mention the prince, even the third-class girl in our lord's yard, and I don't know where to go if she is better than us, let's take an example, if the girl's appearance and demeanor are in our house, most of them have to go to the service room on errands, such as the slurry washing, the kitchen stove, the sewing room, the four divisions and six bureaus, and the flower room are all necessary to understand what the guild can do. Guest Division, Kitchen Division, Plate Division, Fruit Bureau, Honey Frying Bureau, Vegetable Evacuation Bureau, Oil Candle Bureau, Incense Medicine Bureau, Arrangement Bureau and Flower Room, which one does the girl know? ”

Yueting was dizzy when he heard it, and looked at Qingcheng in a daze, unable to speak for a while, Qingcheng glanced at Yueting, and continued with a smile: "It's not so easy to enter the house as an errand waiter, the head is the same, and you are particular about walking, like the kind of people who come all the way to knock and knock, and you can't even enter the second door in our house, the girl just lay down, so that you wake up a few steps, that's not a waiter, that's a toss!" ”

"We are all picked out at the age of five or six, follow Mama to learn the rules, learn needlework, learn one or two years, and half of the people can be picked in to follow the sisters to learn the rules, and then follow the study for two or three years before they can send messengers, in the middle, if you make a mistake, or your sister thinks that you can't learn the road, you have to go back, and you have to retreat half, and it is not so easy to enter the inner house as an errand." Cui Man looked at the embarrassed Yueting and patiently explained, Yueting pulled the flower bandage from Qingcheng's hand, and buried her head in the needlework without saying a word.