"But it's called Susu, isn't it? I haven't seen you for a few years, and I'm getting more and more dressed up, I don't really recognize it, and I thought I had another daughter in our family! Without waiting for everyone's reaction, the eldest lady said: "Su Su is getting better and better now, even if you are qualified to be a person in the house for us Qinghe!" ”

Hearing this, except for the second lady who didn't know what to think, everyone in the room had a change in their faces, except for Su Su, who was the expression of the person who entered the room, and he was still faint when he heard this.

Su Su respectfully bowed to the eldest lady and said, "The slave maid is good looking because of her parents, and she can't afford to be praised by her wife, but I still want to thank my wife for taking a fancy to her." Only the slave maid begged the old lady a long time ago, and she will leave the house in the future, but now it is difficult to change her words, because the slave and maid are not blessed to serve the prince and the prince's wife. ”

Su Su, who did not spare his hand, told the eldest lady to retreat.

It's the turn of the second room, I haven't seen her for three years, the second lady has not changed much, and after greeting the old lady, she sat on the side without any care, and the third girl gave her a gift to her mother-in-law, and also nodded lightly as if she had nothing to do with this concubine before.

If it weren't for Su Su knowing her personality, she would really be going to become a monk. Because he was reluctant to give up the name of the uncle's mansion, and in order to satisfy his vanity, he was able to give up the second master, and took a concubine from the Liang family to follow him to the East China Sea Yanzi to take up his post.

Now there are no Japanese robbers in the Great Chu Sea who dare to intrude, after all, the founding Shengwu Emperor almost hit the Japanese invaders' hometown. Although the second master is only a seventh-grade shipping supervisor, it is also a position that is rich and oily. The New Year's gift to the old lady is a little thicker than the one prepared by the eldest master.

I heard that the housekeeper who came to give the New Year's gift gossip privately with the old sisters in the house, the second master is not a flowery person, and the aunt is in charge of big and small affairs in the house, although she is called an aunt, but in fact she is the wife of the house. As soon as I arrived there, I was pregnant, although I gave birth to a girl, ranked eighth among the sisters, and the second master was very painful. The people all said that if they gave birth to a son in the future, they might be a flat wife again.

It is absolutely impossible for Shun Amber Mansion to have another flat wife. The Song family can't afford to lose such a big person.

Who said that the second lady was purely looking for trouble, and there were three wives and concubines in the second room, and she would rather be admitted to the door outside with a "second room", rather than ask the other two concubines to follow. You must know that concubines with serious concubine books are not allowed to be bought and sold.

The biological mother of the second young master and the third girl, although she gave birth to a son and a daughter, and her son is still the eldest son, but only because she was born as a maid and has survived for so many years before she was promoted from a maid to a good concubine, she is still inferior to this aunt who is entering the door in terms of identity.

Thinking about it this way, Su Su is a bit of a Spartan, and the second lady is really not brainless, but she just did something that hurt the enemy by one thousand and damaged eight hundred, just to block the second young master and the third girl.

In the second room, the second girl and the seventh young master are from the main room, the third young master's aunt is a noble concubine, and the new aunt is also a good concubine with concubine documents, only the second young master and the third girl's aunt is a concubine, inferior, even if she gives birth to the eldest son, the third girl can't be the daughter-in-law of the big family.

After thinking about this, now that Su Su sees this "cold" second lady again, she feels a cold wind blowing, and it is really a dog that can bite people and not bark.

The old lady is old, and she has been on the boat for days, and her body and spirit are a little unbearable, and she talked to her grandchildren who she had not seen for a long time, and then asked everyone to disperse, only to say that she was gathering well at night, and it was considered to be a good gathering for the old lady.

When everyone is gone, it's time for lunch.

Of course, Sui'antang in the capital also has a small kitchen, and there are four serious cooks alone: the one who can cook the southern dishes that the old lady is accustomed to eating is the apprentice taught by Mama Xing in Yangzhou, known as Liu's sister-in-law, and her man is in charge of Liuda, who is in charge of Sui'antang's small kitchen, and they are all born in the family; There is also a mother Wan who can cook Beijing cuisine, a pastry chef who is proficient in all kinds of dim sum and an aunt Bai who can prepare various soups and medicinal foods and used to be on duty in the palace food bureau. The latter two were both invited by the eldest master at a great price.

For the old lady, she doesn't really care if her daughter-in-law is good or not, and she doesn't expect it, after all, the three sons are all filial, and she has money and people, so there is no need to have those idleness.

Yang Liu personally went to pass the rice, and after a while, eight bowls, eight dishes and sixteen dishes were put on the table, and there were four staple dishes and two soups. When the old lady and the girls had eaten, they were very satisfied and rewarded the kitchen.

After eating, the four girls went down to settle down, but the food of the big and small maids was still nowhere to be seen. Mama Qin said: "I didn't mention it for fear of disturbing the old lady and the girls before, but now, each room in the house has a separate small kitchen for the masters to eat and drink, but the people have to go to the big kitchen to get food." The eldest lady said that the capital costs a lot of money, and she can no longer eat and drink like she did in Yangzhou. Not only in the food, but also the clothes, jewelry, rouge, and gouache of the maids are now purchased in the public. ”

The old lady's expression remained unchanged, but her hand holding the tea bowl tightened, and asked, "Who is in charge of the procurement of the big kitchen and the procurement of the public middle school?" Mama Qin said in a low voice: "The big kitchen is Lin Hu, the second lady's companion, but the big kitchen manager is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Yue's nurse." The eldest lady of the public middle school accompanies Xue Rui, and his daughter-in-law is the most useful next to the eldest lady. ”

After hearing this, the old lady smiled coldly: "Don't pay attention to these for now, and ask someone to go to the big kitchen to get the maids' meals first." When I came in, I saw that there seemed to be some rough maids and servants in our yard, and they all kept a close eye on me one by one. Yang Liu, after eating, you go home. ”

Yang Liu smiled: "I want to go home and see, but I'm not in a hurry." As he spoke, he called in a little girl wearing a goose yellow shirt, green silk pants, and a pomegranate red sweat scarf tied around her waist, "Spring breeze, come and meet the old lady." ”

This little girl is only seven or eight years old, although she looks childish, the rules are excellent, kowtow to the old lady, and say, "Slave and maid meet the old lady." The old lady smiled: "Hurry up, you can see that it is a clever one, this is your family?" ”

Yang Liu replied: "This is the daughter of the second uncle's slave, who just went on an errand this year. Grandpa said, the slave maid, who is naughty, can read and see a little bit of a lady around the old lady, and also begs the old lady to train this. ”

Ning Cui heard this and said with a smile: "I've seen praising yourself, I've never seen you praise like this, tell me to see what the lady is like!" ”

Su Su said on the side: "Yang Liu is smiling at the spring breeze, but it is really a family." ”

The little girl was still a little nervous before, but when she saw that the sisters in the house were very kind, and the old lady was really relaxed, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The slave grandfather said that when the old lady is settled, let the eldest aunt and the slave maid come in to greet the old lady." He also said that the maids and mothers-in-law in the yard were all picked up by the eldest uncle personally under the instructions of the eldest master, and they were bought outside and screened several times, and those who were selected were honest and had the best rules. Just look at it today, in the end, it can't compare to the sisters who often follow the old lady. ”

The old lady smiled: "Looking at the little mouth sweet, it is better than your sister." Seeing that the little girl was plain and had few jewelry, she instructed Su Su: "It's too plain, go back and pick two flowers from the palace for your sister to wear." There are still a few examples of the third class, so the ** wind, Ningxiang, and sycamore are made up. ”

Su Su hurriedly called Ning Xiang and Wutong to come in, and kowtowed to the old lady with Chunfeng to thank her.

Other people's old ladies are impatient to see it, but Mama Yang Liu Qin saw the maid and woman prepared in this courtyard, who should be promoted, and who should fill in the vacancy. After careful calculation, there are dozens of maids and servants in Sui'an Hall alone, plus the subordinates who served the girls in front, no matter how small the movement of the move is, it is impossible to be silent, the old lady heard a headache, and hurriedly asked Mama Qin to go out to preside over the pressure formation.