After turning the past two pages, Mama Li pointed to the pen and ink.

The steward of Wei took the pen again and handed it over: "It's okay, who is the one who Li Zhangyuan wrote by himself, and the province has done it." "After that, he smiled again" The head of the courtyard has a good hand, and the old lady has praised it, who in this house doesn't know. ”

Mama Li turned a deaf ear to the compliments of the chief steward, and only cared about holding the pen and looking for the name in the booklet.

When she found a stroke, Li Ma explained slowly: "The old woman had a dream yesterday, and she dreamed that there was an earless ghost running up and down in the mulberry forest, and she couldn't get rid of it. ”

Ghost?

Coupled with her hoarse voice like a grinding stone, Steward Wei's hairs stood on end for a while, and his face changed instantly.

Mama Li didn't care whether his face turned red or pale, sighed, and said slowly, "The old woman woke up in the middle of the night and thought, the mulberry forest is in the east of the mansion, and the omen of the missing ear ghost clearly indicates the word "Chen". In order to ensure the safety of the masters, when they go out this time, the person surnamed Chen should stay in the house to take care of the family. ”

The person in charge of the torture chamber has always been angry, and she dreamed ...... Steward Wei began to wipe his sweat: "Steward Li is going to reduce people, this is to reduce people...... How are you going to talk back to your masters? ”

Mama Li flipped the page, carefully looked at whether there was anyone surnamed Chen, and if there was, crossed it out, so turned to the end, and then replied: "Why do you need to be embarrassed by the big steward?" Raising his eyes, he swept Steward Wei's fat face.

In front of Steward Wei, there was a yin wind for a while, and his pores shrank together, and the beads of sweat dried up immediately.

This woman looks like a knife, no wonder as long as she comes forward, no matter how slippery the servant woman is, she can't bear it.

The steward of Wei had no sweat to wipe, so he had to rub his hands dryly: "When it comes to reducing people, there must be an excuse......"

"No excuses."

Mama Chen's eyes closed, her eyelids drooped and pointed to the booklet and said: "There are four places minus above, Zhou Chen's in a big kitchen, the chief steward orders the kitchen steward to choose one more, and then there is Mama Chen in Madame's yard, Madame will not ignore the safety of her husband and children, so the chief steward only needs to tell the truth, and Madame will be replaced." ”

After saying this, Mama Li closed the booklet: "Those two maids who do rough work are easier to handle, the chief steward orders the grandma in charge of the courtyard to be replaced, and if you want to come to the housekeeper, you will always give the chief steward a few points of book." ”

After finishing slowly, Mama Li didn't look at the big steward, threw the booklet on the table, stood up and said, "The big steward is busy, the old woman will go back to hand in the errand." ”

After finishing speaking, he still walked out of the house with his hands behind his back.

When the steward saw her leaving, he didn't sit down, so he stood at the table and picked up the booklet and flipped through it. After carefully reading the two pages, I saw that the few crossed out were indeed women surnamed Chen, and Steward Wei's two short eyebrows couldn't help frowning.

This Mrs. Li only crossed out the woman, and there was a man surnamed Chen among the servants.

The masters are safe and sound, but if something happens...... Isn't it all your own fault?

That's it, just don't do it and keep it.

The steward of Wei took a pen and grabbed it on the inkstone, brushed a few strokes, and marked out the booklet, whether it was an accompanying escort or a servant who drove a horse, but the surname Chen was clean one by one.

After checking that no one was missed, the chief steward called the little guy in, handed over the roster and said: "Report to Zhou Da, who is in charge of the horse corridor, the driver he picked over there is not appropriate, so hurry up and change people." Servant ...... Go and report to the steward, and change to three more accompanying escorts. The rough guy who fed the horses was too ugly, so he changed it all together. ”

The little guy took the roster and ran out of the door.

But after a while, the outer courtyard was already full of people.

Here, Mama Li entered the second gate of the inner courtyard.

Bishan House is on the right side of the second gate, and it is a large courtyard surrounded by a bluestone wall that is more than a foot high.

There are two rows of blue brick houses in the courtyard.

Newly bought maidservants and maidservants, or home-born ladies of age, if they want to work as errands in the house, they must first live in Bishan House and learn the rules.

Mama Li turned around at the second gate and turned along the sandy path to Bishanfang. After three or four moments, the old woman came out along the path again.

got up early to ask Cui's Wang Ke for peace, and Lan E used the excuse of packing up her things and going back to her yard.

At this time, she was enjoying the cool in front of the window, and Ah Mo was fanning behind her and muttering: "Last night, Mama Li called those two surnamed Chen...... Ah Yuan and Ah Xuan went, but they didn't know what they did, and their legs were weak when they came back. ”

Without a few extraordinary means, the old woman can be in charge of the torture room?

Lan'e squinted at the little girl: "The cages are all loaded?" ”

Ah Mo nodded: "It's loaded, the slave maid watched Uncle Yun move it up with her own eyes." Oh! Wife...... When the slave came back, she saw a servant stomping his feet and scolding, "This is recruiting someone to provoke whom, obviously last night I said that I would accompany you, why didn't you let me go......"

The more the little girl spoke, the more excited she became, leaning over, and was about to get closer to learn the rare words she heard to Lan'e, when suddenly a woman outside the house politely said, "Madame, I will leave the house and board the car in two moments, and I will ask Mama and the lady to talk to each other." ”

and Mama Li's ugly tone: "Mama Zhou doesn't go into the yard to rest?" ”

"Next time, Madame still has something to say to Xian Niangzi......" The woman seemed to walk as she spoke, and she couldn't hear a sentence until she was halfway there.

Lan E's eyes jumped almost imperceptibly...... changed Mama's message, and it seems that Mama Chen also stayed.

She couldn't go with her, let alone anyone else.

Lan'e got up and dusted off her sleeves, smiled and told Amo: "Since you have to leave later, bring herbal tea and melon fruits, and let's go find my mother." ”

Since getting the news yesterday, Ah Mo began to prepare herbal tea, melon and fruit summer pills.

At this time, the little girl hurriedly turned around and took the bamboo basket from the table and said, "The slave maid has already prepared." Ah! Lady go slower. ”

The two of them left the house one after the other.

At this time, there was silence in the main courtyard.

Cui Shi came out of the hall door and saw Mama Chen standing under the corridor with red eyes, so she said kindly: "It's okay if Mama doesn't go, it's hot now, if it weren't for the ancestor...... I don't want to go out either. ”

"Ma'am." Mama Chen squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and stepped forward to hug Cui's and said: "The old slave is also distressed Mrs., these dog days are rushing, alas, ......"

The two of them said as they descended the stone steps.

Seven or eight maidservants standing under the porch followed.

When a group of people came out of the yard, they ran into Lan E running over from the diagonal opposite side with a fan covering the top of their heads.

Cui Shi hurriedly said: "No one holds an umbrella?" "Turn around and urge the maidservants" Hurry up and hold an umbrella for the lady, don't bask in the sun. ”

Mama Chen hugged Cui's left, and Lan E smiled and leaned up to help her right arm: "The sun hasn't come out yet!" I can't get sunburned. As he spoke, he fanned Cui's a few times, "Now my mother is cool!" ”

"Be careful with your arms." Cui Shi smiled with his eyebrows, and took a handkerchief to wipe Lan'e's sweat, "Let's go, your father and eldest brother are waiting outside the city, let's hurry up." ”

"I said why I didn't see my father. Mother, what are my father and eldest brother doing outside the city? ”

"Go and see what canal ......."

The mother and daughter nagged and came out of the house.

There were already carts and horses in front of the door, and the horse-leading servants saw that all the maidservants came out with the mother and daughter together, and hurriedly stepped forward to put the footstool.

The two got into their own cars.

At this time, when the sun was approaching, and the driver chose a tree-lined street to walk, Lan'e didn't feel too stuffy in the car.

She leaned against the wall of the car and looked around.

The length of the carriage is about one and a half zhang, the width is more than one zhang, the bottom of the carriage is spread with a bamboo mat, and the jade pillow and two pillows filled with corn husks are placed on the rear car wall.

In front of him was a rather delicate carved table, with a teapot and cups on the table, and two boxes of browned shortbread.

Lan E's eyes were looking at the table, and Ah Mo, who was sitting opposite, hurriedly asked, "Is the lady thirsty?" "Reach for the teapot.

"Not thirsty." Lan E spoke to her with her mouth, but her eyes turned to look at Mama Li.

Mama Li couldn't help but wonder: "What does the lady want to ask?" ”

Lan E's eyes were crooked, and she shook her head and said, "Mama knocked over all the people surnamed Chen with one stroke, which is really powerful." Four fingers shook and shook her thumb.

Mama Li sighed: "The lady praises the old slave like this, how can the old slave bear it?" After saying that, he paused, and said, "The old slave did something last night, if it goes well, I believe there will be news in a few days." ”