In the winter days in the north, it gets dark early, and it is time for Shen Zheng to hold the lamp at half past four in the afternoon.

With the help of the maids, Xia Xiaoman tried very hard to light the lamp with a fire sickle and cotton wool. It's not that the maid wants to teach her, but she must learn. Because this is a survival skill, what if you don't light a lamp and light a fire in the future?

But she failed to make a fire N times in a row, and she inevitably cursed and complained in her heart - why didn't the predecessors invent lighters and light bulbs? Even a box of matches is good!

Sensei counted on her Xia Xiaoman to invent this, she knew that safety matches were made of red phosphorus, but she didn't know where to find red phosphorus, and she didn't know how to assemble matches with red phosphorus and thin wooden strips. So...... She had to hit the scythe N+1 and N+2 times.

Xia Xiaoman hadn't sparked a spark here, someone had already brought dinner over there, and a few maids were busy waiting for her to clean her hands and eat. Those maids were actually hungry, and they didn't know who screamed in their stomachs, and everyone in the room was embarrassed. According to the rules, the maids eat under the kitchen, and Xia Xiaoman didn't plan to show any democracy to leave the maids to eat together - when you don't have enough right to promote democracy, equality is a poison. Besides, she still has porridge and side dishes here, why is she embarrassed to keep others? And he sent the people down to eat.

Qing Sakura let everyone go, and said that she would stay and serve with fennel cardamom. Xia Xiaoman shook his head and told her to eat too, and come back for fennel and cardamom in a while, so he sent her away.

Xia Xiaoman stared at everyone coming out of the house, and hurriedly said to Fennel: "Go and open the window over there to breathe, this room is suffocating." ”

Fennel hesitated for a moment: "Master, if you get into the wind and freeze, how can you and the sixth master get it!" ”

Xia Xiaoman pursed his lips and said, "It's amazing to be so stuffy!" It's okay, we were walking in the yard just now, where is the wind? It's a big deal to put down the tent on the other side of the bed, and you won't be able to forgive it for the year. Hurry up and open the window. ”

Fennel hesitated, but in the end she walked over and opened the window, but when she came back, she said to Xia Xiaoman: "Master, it's not a slave who talks about it, the name of this sixth master is secret...... It is better for the master to avoid it, lest he ...... lest anyone find fault. ”

Xia Xiaoman almost squirted out a mouthful of porridge and forcibly endured it, at this time she really wanted to promote democracy, for her own right to speak...... cough cough, it's a pity, at this time she can only secretly complain about the feudal system, "people are under the low eaves, how can they not bow their heads", that's it, just call the master the same as the manager and call the boss, in short, it is the person who pays us a salary, and we can't be offended. Xia Xiaoman was full of porridge, unable to speak and didn't want to speak, so he only hummed twice and answered.

She suddenly remembered the matter of forgetting worries, so she asked Fennel if she knew if she had taken Nian Liang in the end, but Fennel didn't know either.

When asked about the maid named Caisu, Fennel had some anger on her face, and even Cardamom pouted angrily. Two sentences are set, but the Cai Su is also a family child, and Lao Tzu Niang is a deacon with the fourth master, which is somewhat decent. Now that Qinghuai is gone, the one with the most hope of becoming a first-class maid belongs to her. Nianfu, like many large families, has a strict hierarchy, and the high-level maids not only have more than a lot of silver, but also have great power, and everyone is eager to rush to it. And Cai Su is the most beautiful one among the people, and he thinks very highly of himself, so he inevitably has some thoughts of jumping up to the high branches.

Fennel paused, and said without worry: "Forgive the slave and maid for saying a lot, the master used to be indisputable, but this will be bullied by others." This picker, relying on her good looks, often moves some crooked thoughts, if she succeeds, won't she have to suffer more to the master in the future? Master...... Let's guard against her. ”

Xia Xiaoman took a serious look at this maid, in terms of lip service, this maid is not bad; In terms of brains, it's also good, isn't this telling the master to pay attention to competitors, telling her to follow the "original", which is not "strong", and she is also helpless. It's a pity that she is not the original, and she also has other plans, so it is impossible to "be strong" according to her ideas. Xia Xiaoman only smiled and nodded, noncommittal.

Fennel was anxious, she had been with Aunt Xia for four years, and she knew the master's character best, although the master didn't say anything in her mouth, she was extremely aggrieved in her heart. It's just that they're too weak, they don't want to fight for everything, and they're not good at words, where are these two people still hot? Now the master has forgotten the old things, and now he looks brighter than before, if he doesn't talk about the master at this time, let the master be closer to the sixth master, won't he go the old way in the future!

But it's useless for her to be anxious, the main lord is not in a hurry. Xia Xiaoman drank the porridge leisurely, not taking it seriously at all. Fennel was about to say something else, but as soon as the curtain rang outside, Qingying returned. Cai Wei did not come back with him, but followed by Cai Ling, Cai Ling and two other third-class maids called Cai Wei and Apple Pickers.

As soon as Qing Sakura came in, she felt that the smell in the house was much lighter, and with a hint of coldness, she hurriedly went to look at the window, and sure enough, the window was wide open. Qing Sakura couldn't help frowning, and glanced at Fennel with disgust. Fennel had a hard time arguing, so she had to bow her head. Qing Ying was just about to say a few words to her, but she heard Xia Xiaoman say, "I opened the window." ”

Seeing that everyone was stunned, although Xia Xiaoman realized that this sentence was full of energy, imposing, not quite like the weak "original", but the words had already been spoken, and there was no reason to take it back, hoping that the talisman of amnesia could cover her for a few more days. She put down the bowl, hung up the sign and smiled: "The house has not been ventilated for too long, and it tastes weird...... The sixth master's illness was not good, so I asked Fennel to open the window to breathe. ”

A few little maids didn't think anything, but Qing Ying glanced at Xia Xiaoman seriously, and said with a smile: "It's the slave who is worried about it, after all, in the middle of winter, I'm afraid of freezing my grandfather and grandmother." ”

Xia Xiaoman only smiled, and said: "Actually, there is no wind in the hall, and it can't blow anyone, yes, you have to worry, it's better to close it." After finishing drinking the porridge in the bowl, he drank the flower tea and rinsed his mouth with the cardamom hand. Seeing that Cai Shu had closed the window, Cai Ling came over to clean up the dishes and chopsticks again, and the fennel and cardamom were idle, so they asked them to hurry up and eat.

Fennel glanced at her master worriedly, but she couldn't say anything or do anything, so she had to thank her and go down with cardamom.

Qing Ying had something to say, but she was shocked by Xia Xiaoman's attitude at this time, but she knew if she could say it, and after thinking about it, she couldn't find a suitable topic to talk to her, so she had to reluctantly talk to her. Xia Xiaoman also had no perfunctory interest in the topic of non-nutrition, so he became silent and silent again, and Qing Ying felt bored by herself, but fortunately, at this time, a mother-in-law sent Xia Xiaoman to be over, breaking the deadlock.

Qing Ying asked the little maid to make a bed on the low couch, poured the soup woman and put it at her feet, and took out the "incense burner in the quilt", gathered the charcoal fire, and prepared to warm the quilt.

Xia Xiaoman stared at the "incense burner" with round eyes, she had read a lot of Han wear novels, knew that this thing was in the Han Dynasty, and had also found pictures on the Internet, but she didn't expect to meet the real thing here, I don't know if this is the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people, or the handwriting of the predecessors.

It was a copper spherical container, with a hollow carved outer shell, and two layers of concentric circular ring brackets in the hollow part, and the inner hemisphere was filled with coals, and no matter how it rolled, the central hemisphere would always remain horizontal, without any fear that the coals would overturn. Xia Xiaoman couldn't help but poke it and fiddle with it a few times, it was really as well balanced as the legend.

Qing Ying only said that Xia Xiaoman had forgotten about it, so she explained with a smile, saying that it was warm and so on, and specially waited for Xia Xiaoman to fiddle with it enough before putting it in the quilt. After Xia Xiaoman realized that she was so "special", he was somewhat embarrassed, and secretly scolded himself for being rare and strange, and he looked extremely naïve.

In ancient times, there was really no entertainment, and when the quilt was warm, it was time to sleep, Qing Ying did not leave immediately, but helped Xia Xiaoman to widen her clothes and wait for her to lie down, and then left.

And before Fennel left, a lamp and wax were not extinguished, leaving a house full of lights. There were traces of forced composure on her face, and she said, "Master, ...... at night Be vigilant, if there is something to summon the slaves, the slaves and maids are outside. ”

The first seven. Xia Xiaoman shrunk her neck, no matter how cold she was to ghost movies, she would inevitably get goosebumps when she encountered such a situation. She thought about whether to comfort Fennel for a while, but she always felt that some words were more self-soothing than comforting others, so she only said briefly: "Got it." ”

I don't know if it's because of the light, Xia Xiaoman suddenly felt much more at ease, and soon fell asleep.

There are no dreams.

Very sweet.

Until, she was woken up by a slight murmur.