Wu Yuan had just entered the courtyard when he came back from school, and Chun Tao hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "Miss, you came back an hour later than usual today." ”

"Didn't you say that I want to learn to read the account books from Mr. Li, and I will have one more hour of school time in the future."

Wu Yuan smiled and took the hot handkerchief handed by Chun Tao and put it on his face. Chun Tao hurriedly ordered the little guy guarding the door to bring the hot pot into the house.

"Miss, today the second grandmother sent the selected personal maid over, and now the two of them are waiting in the ear room, do you see them now, or will you see them tomorrow?"

"Don't worry, have you selected all the maids? First, call the person you picked up and I'll take a look. Wu Yuan thought about it and instructed Chun Tao.

Chun Tao hurriedly called Lilac and Yuzhu into the house.

"Slave Lilac has seen the eldest lady."

"Slave maid Yuzhu has seen the eldest lady."

After the two of them said goodbye, they stood aside respectfully with their hands down, and after Wu Yuan inquired about the situation of the two, he saw that both of them were honest and responsible, and they were indeed reliable candidates. But Wu Yuan didn't dare to take them in easily.

Wu Yuan said in a deep voice: "In the future, Lilac and Yuzhu will serve in my house, you will be the big girl, and you must show the confidence of the big girl when you do things, don't make me angry when you look at it." No one is allowed to come into the house without my permission. The subordinate must be cautious of his duty, what should be asked should not be asked, not allowed to talk too much, if I find out who is unruly, don't blame me for beating her out directly. ”

The two hurriedly kowtowed, and said in trembling voices: "The slave must abide by her duty and do the errand assigned by the eldest lady." ”

Wu Yuan's attitude eased a little and asked Lilac: "You are an orphan, it stands to reason that I shouldn't have taken you as a big girl, but I am no different from an orphan now, so I choose to believe in you and believe that you are sincere." ”

Lilac listened to Wu Yuan's words, and suddenly hesitated, being a big girl is indeed a good thing, the big girl's case money is more than twice as high as that of ordinary maids, but she is used to being wild outside, for fear that she will be kicked out by the Wu family if she doesn't do well.

Lilac said hesitantly: "The slave and maid thank the eldest lady for her grace, but the slave and maid are a rough person, and they used to do rough work in the kitchen, and they can't do the fine work in the house, for fear that they will anger the eldest lady if they don't do it well." ”

Wu Yuan smiled and said softly: "You won't be okay with the work in the house, you can learn more from Chun Tao, you can ask others more, but as long as you work hard, be loyal to the master, don't play greasy, don't learn from other maids to eavesdrop on the corner, and chew the root of your tongue in private." ”

Wu Yuan saw that Lilac was still trembling as if she were facing a great enemy, so he smiled and asked with a homely smile: "How have you made a living outside for so many years?" You say come and hear it. ”

Lilac looked at Chun Tao and didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, Chun Tao poked the cloves: "If the eldest lady asks you to say it, you can say it, the eldest lady just wants to hear how you do things outside." ”

Lilac said reassuringly: "The slaves used to grow up with a group of children asking for food outside, and when the situation is good, the older children have more food, so they give us some, and when the situation is bad, we are only hungry." The slave and maid recognized a righteous brother outside, he is also an orphan, since he was a child, the slave and the maid thanks to his care, and then the righteous brother went to a dart game, followed others to run darts, and learned some crafts. A few years ago, there was no news that he went to run darts in other places, so I entered the Wu family as a maid. Although we are all lowly people, we don't steal or rob, and we also understand the truth of eating with our own hands. I don't know if he came back from the dart. If the slave and maid are not doing well in the house and are kicked out, they don't know who to go to, please leave the slave and maid, and the slave must work hard. ”

After Lilac finished speaking, Chun Tao and Wu Yuan were a little unbearable, this Lilac is really hard, she has no father and no mother, she has grown so big since she was a child and relied on other people's alms, she finally recognized a brother, and she had no contact.

Chun Tao persuaded Wu Yuan to leave Lilac, "Miss, Lilac is also very diligent in her work on weekdays, and the kitchen mother-in-law praises her for not losing to those little guys." ”

Wu Yuan saw that Lilac looked at him eagerly, and thought about it, Lilac is also a person who understands reason and does things innocently, so he ordered Chun Tao to keep Lilac and let Chun Tao teach her to do things more on weekdays.

After speaking, Wu Yuan instructed Chun Tao again: "Didn't Ding Xiang say that she recognized a big brother outside, you go to the outside dart bureau to inquire if she is telling the truth, if she is telling the truth, help Ding Xiang deliver a message to her eldest brother, and it will also be convenient for their brothers and sisters to contact." ”

Wu Yuan turned his head and said to Yuzhu again: "Yuzhu, how old is your brother?" Although your father sold you, but your brother is still young, even if you hate your father, but your brother is innocent, in a few days you take some silver taels back and send your brother to the school, so that you can do things at ease in the middle court, don't worry about your brother. ”

Lilac heard that Wu Yuan wanted to help her find her brother-in-law, and hurriedly knelt on the ground gratefully and kowtowed to Wu Yuan, "Thank you, Miss, the slave will do her best to live up to the trust of Miss." ”

Yuzhu, who was standing on the side, saw this, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Wu Yuan, although Yuzhu had relatives outside the house, but she was sold to the Wu family by her own father, she never wanted to see her father who smoked a lot again, and she could only stay if she did her best in the middle courtyard.

Seeing that Wu Yuan was not as mean to his subordinates as other masters, and he had to pay for his younger brother to enter the school, Yuzhu only had gratitude in his heart at this time.

Yuzhu made up her mind that she must be loyal to Wu Yuan to repay Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan saw that the two of them were willing to stay by his side, and said to Chun Tao with a smile: "In the future, the money of the two of them will be doubled from the private treasury of the middle court, and this huge middle court will be handed over to you to take care of in the future." I only hope that you will do your best to take good care of the Middle Court. ”

Chun Tao smiled and pulled the two of them up, "In the future, we will do things in the same room, but we must work with one heart and one mind, protect the young lady, and be optimistic about the middle courtyard, so as to live up to the trust of the young lady." As long as you do your errands well, Miss will definitely not treat you badly. ”

Yuzhu and Lilac agreed repeatedly.

Wu Yuan then asked Chun Tao to give a letter to his nursing mother, since Wu Yuan reached the age of going to school, Zhou's mother, who had been taking care of Wu Yuan, left the Wu family and went to Zhuangzi in a nearby prefecture and county. Wu Yuan is now short of manpower, so he naturally wants to gather all the people he can trust to make it easier for him to do things.

Wu Yuan handed over his personal jade ring to Chun Tao and asked her to ask Zhou's mother for a letter when she found a chance to go out. I had always heard Zhou's mother say that her son had been admitted to the exam at home, but he had not passed the exam, Wu Yuan thought that it would be great if Zhou's mother's son could help him do something that was inconvenient for a boudoir woman, no matter what it was, he would have to plan for the Intermediate Court.

After instructing these things, Wu Yuan hastily ate a few mouthfuls of hot pots, but he really didn't have much appetite, so he ordered the maid to remove the dinner.