Chapter 200: Alternate Attendance
Seeing Qin Mingyue, who was in a new spirit, Chunyin and Dongqu were also in a relaxed mood.
Dongqu said first: "Miss, the family has been very quiet recently. It's just some daily chores, weddings, funerals, birthday parties, and the like from people who have dealings with our family. These are all taken care of by Mama Liao and Mama Ma, and Mrs. and Mrs. Lao took turns to attend with more than a dozen young ladies in the family. ”
Qin Mingyue was originally drinking tea, and when she heard the words "take turns to attend", she could burst out laughing. A good bird's tongue is also wasted, this is the frozen in the ice cellar before the rain this spring, the fragrance is fragrant. But now it's all tea foam, spraying all over the ground.
Dongqu looked helpless, and hurriedly cleaned up the mess on the ground and the bookcase with Chunyin. At the same time, he also called Qiu Ge and Xia Ming to fetch Qin Mingyue's clothes and toiletries, and waited for Qin Mingyue to re-dress and change her clothes.
Qin Mingyue redressed and changed her clothes under the service of Qiu Ge and Xia Ming, and talked to Dongqu: "Dongqu, you have grown a lot of knowledge now?" This rotation is remarkable. ”
Seeing his young lady smiling like this, Dongqu couldn't help laughing. My own lady is good at everything, but she has too few smiles. Laughing once in a while, it's all a sneer, or a smile. It's rare to laugh like that.
Dongqu said helplessly: "Miss, you often retreat, and one retreat is a month. You went into retreat, and although we had some things to do, we had more free time. Therefore, Mama Ma asked us to follow and learn things in the Star Picking Building. Chunyin and Xia Ming have both been trained in the Star Picking Tower, so this literacy is better than me and Qiu Ge. They don't learn that. They learn about accounts, chores. Qiu Ge and I learned the words of the Star Picking Building for a few days. ”
Qin Mingyue nodded and said, "Yes, you can read more and learn more things, that's a good thing." Reading is the only way to be sensible. ”
Dongqu said: "Mama Ma and the big housekeeper of Eucommia both said that only the more things we learn, the better we can serve the young lady in the future." ”
Qin Mingyue looked at her four maids, and couldn't help but sigh, in their previous lives, they should have been taught like this by Mama Ma and the big housekeeper Du Zhong. Therefore, they should have also learned a skill, but they were stupid, so they didn't use them, but let them be practiced by the yin. It's really stupid.
Qin Mingyue shook her head, decided that she didn't want to think about the previous things, and asked, "So, my mother and grandmother didn't just bring Qin Mingzhu and them to the banquet?" ”
Dongqu said: "Regarding this matter, the lady and the old lady also often fight in the ring. Mama Ma and Mrs. Ma and the old lady all suggested. said that there are too many young ladies in our family, and if they are all taken out at once, then they don't need to feast guests, just our young ladies are not enough for one table. It doesn't look like this, so it's better to bring only one or two at a time. Take it out in turn, and it's enough for all the ladies to get to know each other. ”
"However, there are too many young ladies in our family. There are four aunts and two young ladies in our big room alone. Among them, Miss Twelve Niang and Miss Thirteen Niang are too young to take them out, and there are also four young ladies. Then, there are five young ladies in the second room, of course, the fifth young lady is only eight years old, so she doesn't have to attend. Rao is like this, and there are also four young ladies. Then there is one cousin of the Wang family and two cousins of the Liang family. That's a total of eleven young ladies. Therefore, the lady said that she would simply divide them into several classes, and she and the old lady would take turns to take a few of them out. ”
"Originally, I said it, but when it came time to go to the banquet, Madame didn't like to take the four young ladies in the second room, as well as the three young ladies in my aunt's house. The old lady doesn't like Miss Shi Niang and Miss Shi Niang. After making trouble several times, in the end, it became the two young ladies and Shi Niang who specially took the two young ladies from our big room. The old lady was responsible for taking the four young ladies in the second room and the three young ladies in the aunt's house. ”
"After the assignment was completed, it was peaceful for a while, and then it became noisy again, because the old lady was old after all, and there were fewer occasions to attend, so naturally there were fewer times when she went out with the ladies. However, when the lady goes out a lot, she is reluctant to take the young lady and the lady of the second room. In this way, the old lady and the lady quarreled again. On two occasions, it also alarmed the grandfather and the prince. ”
Qin Mingyue smiled: "Oh, Dongqu, I didn't even know that you are so neat, this pair of young ladies and ladies will be confused." ”
"Hey, there's no way, there are too many girls in our family. However, there are a lot of school-age boys in our family, and it seems that we should solve their problems sooner. This is how we can be purified. Of course, it's best to marry my sister-in-law back and take over the family's affairs, so that I can do my business without distractions. ”
Dongqu couldn't help but say, "Miss, you are just thinking about other people's marriages, what about yourself?" They also all know that when they attend a banquet, the young lady is always in retreat, or she is dealing with affairs, and where have you gone to attend the banquet of the wives? ”
Qin Mingyue was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "You little hoof, isn't it spring?" But I'm in charge of it. Is my marriage worthy of the ladies and wives? Hum! Who married me, didn't I burn high incense for eight lifetimes? Why should I be cheaper for them? Am I not good alone? I'm not an ordinary boudoir lady, and getting married is the biggest thing in my life. You see, I'm busy every day. Where do you have the time to go to the whole thing? ”
"Okay, let's not talk about that. Is there anything else going on at home? ”
Dongqu sighed, she also knew that what her young lady said was very right, her own young lady's identity may not be able to produce one in hundreds of years, so naturally she can't be the same as ordinary young ladies and nobles.
Dongqu hurriedly said: "Nothing else is a big deal. Mama Ma and Mama Liao and Shizi Ye all took care of everything. ”
Qin Mingyue nodded and said, "My brother is also hard, and all the things in the family have been on his head." It seems that we must quickly train a person so that my brother can have time to enter the court. This matter still has to be done slowly. By the way, Chunyin, how are things going in business? ”