"How many maids and grandmothers are there in the seven rooms, and who is the housekeeper? Let me know you. He Angelica smiled and put the cup on the table, and looked at the eleven maids who stood down one by one, "Before leaving, the seventh master said that I would help take care of the garden, although I was happy to let go as before, but I was afraid of being scolded by the seventh master when I turned back, so I had to try to sort it out from the beginning." ”

The lotus root replied: "Back to grandma, in the three gardens of the seventh master, there are four grandmothers, eleven maids of the second class and above, and twenty maids and mothers-in-law. In the past, the three gardens shared a housekeeper old mother, but at the end of last year, she was sick and moved out, and the master was not at home, so she didn't report to make up for the new one, so now there is no housekeeper in the garden. ”

"Four grandmothers, eleven maids, and twenty rough envoys, that is, thirty-five people." He Angelica asked with a smile, "Why did I say that I asked everyone to come over and order, and there are eleven of them standing here?" What about the others? ”

"Uh......" Lotus Root said hesitantly, "because the Seventh Master doesn't want us to serve, everyone is on vacation, and there are only these people in the garden now." Mama followed the old lady to the temple to get things, and she would come back in a day or two, and four little girls also went with her to help carry things. ”

"Everyone, it's a holiday......" He Angelica took a toothpick and pricked a Ejiao jujube and soaked it in tea.

At breakfast, with a plate of ginger vinegar, she ate the river mussel meat, old fish soup, fried chicken slices with magnolia flowers and a few fine snacks that Meng Xuan peeled last night. After asking the lotus root, Mrs. Su has not returned home, but the old lady went back to the temple early in the morning to incense, and heard that the day after tomorrow is the Bodhisattva's birthday. Moreover, Meng Xuan probably resigned from the old lady, and the old lady had no ties at home, so she went to be with the Bodhisattva.

He Angelica, who consumed food after meals, originally wanted to count his dowry. In addition to the ones she brought from Yangzhou, there are also dowries from Nie's father and Princess Yan, and there are all kinds of one, not to mention two hundred quintals, which may be more than the Wang family and the Liu family combined, which can be regarded as giving her the title of "Qingning County Lord" enough face. Although she doesn't have a special hobby of counting silver tickets and touching silver like Qing'er, it is still necessary to check the dowry and properly arrange it in different categories.

But before she went to the big houses with dowries, as soon as she stepped out of the door, the lotus lotus root and Lu Yao pasted it on, like two sticky plasters. She said twice in a row that she didn't want to be served, and she just walked around the garden by herself, but the two didn't know whether they thought her tone was too kind, and they were polite to them, so they wanted to be courteous, or there was some other reason, in short, the two just smiled wryly, and followed her not far away.

He Angelica didn't want to take two unfamiliar maids to check his dowry, but he didn't know whose eyeliner they were, so he only fed the goldfish by the small lotus pond for a while. After being embellished by those two tails for a long time, she was not very happy, and she remembered the four wedding girls such as mint who were sent to the training, so she had the idea of countering the training of the Mengfu maids, and came to a "courtesy exchange".

"It's a holiday......" He Angelica repeated softly, put a small plate of Ejiao dates into the tea and soaked, touched the water temperature was already half cold, and poured the tea back into the tea pot and simmered on the stove.

When she was doing these things slowly, a few little maids who had no concentration at the next station gradually couldn't stand anymore, and they turned their heads and ears in groups, some of them covered their mouths, eating and laughing, and occasionally one or two people glanced at Angelica Angelica, and then continued to bite their ears. There are also those who have a good standing posture, such as the lotus lotus, who are second-class maids, all of whom stand straight and do not squint.

He Angelica smiled slightly when he saw this, and wondered in his heart, these subordinates are really the pillars of the Meng Mansion's "carefully cultivated"? If that's the case, then she wouldn't dare to hand over mint to Mama Leng for training. Such a loose and unruly maid, it is a disaster to spread a half of the stall, and she actually has a room here!

On the left and right sides of the little maid stood several big maids such as lotus lotus, Lu Yao and Xiangzhi, and there were also two grandmothers wearing thin silk round-mouthed shirts in the back, these people should be the highest-ranking subordinates in the garden. The little ones behaved in a dignified manner, but no one in the old reminded them: In front of the master, there is no such trouble. Not to mention that the new grandmother is the first time she comes back, even if she is used to serving the master, she can't make trouble like this in front of her.

Usually large families practice "big management of small", and the big maid has to bring a few little maids to teach the little maid how to serve the master. After a few years, as soon as the eldest girl is released when she is old, the small one will be promoted from rough sprinkling and washing to tea, combing, bathing, needlework and other fine work according to her performance.

All big families have this rule, and the Meng Mansion naturally can't get out of this rule, but now the little maid has no rules, and the people who should be in charge turn a blind eye. What is the rationale for this?

"Whew! Hooke! ”

The water on the stove was boiling, He Angelica took off the tea pot, poured out half a cup and left it to dry, then looked at the lotus root with a smile and asked curiously: "The nineteen people except for the five people are all on vacation?" How long is the holiday? ”

Lotus Lotus was just about to answer, but a decently dressed grandmother behind her rushed in front of her and said, "Short vacation!" It's all a short vacation, grandma wants to see them, and I'll call you in two days! ”

"That's an honor."

He Angelica's half-mocking and half-sarcastic tone, several clever people heard it, and they all had apprehensions in their hearts, and they looked at He Angelica, and when they saw her bowing her head and drinking tea, there was still a smile in her eyes, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Mama Qian, who spoke just now, said in her heart, although these seven grandmothers are county lords, they are too young, how can they know how much housework, and now when they talk about their names, most of them think that the girls are not well served, and there is no one available. Seeing that she has been smiling, maybe she is better than the seventh master. It's nothing to worry about the shortage of manpower, and I'm not afraid of her being annoyed, just fool her with a few words, and then make up a few good maids to serve her. Now there is a lotus root who wants to pick up high branches to fly, and it seems that he wants to make a room.

Thinking of this, Mama Qian smiled and said, "Grandma must be tired after talking for half a day, right?" The little girls are noisy again, why don't you ask the kitchen to make a few snacks for you to tea? ”

He Angelica bent his lips and nodded in agreement: "That's good, I really like to drink tea in a 'clear and quiet' way." ”

Hearing her say this, Mama Qian's hanging heart was completely put down, and she first drove out a few little girls who were chattering from beginning to end, and then assigned tasks to Xiangzhi and others, leaving only lotus root and Lu Yao to serve He Angelica. Mama Qian trotted to the kitchen by herself, ordered a few soufflé snacks, and told her to make them and serve them on the table.

He Angelica looked at the diligent Mama Qian with a smile, and instructed the lotus root in a slow voice: "Go and tell Mama Leng who is in charge of personnel, the people in the Seventh Master's Garden have come to change." First of all, those two grandmothers are old, let them go out to care for the elderly. The little maids in green coats just now, the children born in the family were handed over to Mama Leng for redistribution; It's not home-born, I mean you don't have to teach it anymore, just let people out. This is my little opinion, please consider and refer to it for yourself. ”

After listening to Lotus Lotus and Lu Yao in amazement, Lu Yao couldn't help but ask, "What about us?" What should we do with our second-class maids? ”

He Angelica put down the teacup, lowered his head and studied his nails and said: "Of course you are good, keep working hard, I like obedient girls, mint like them, I like them the most." ”

Lotus Lotus remembered that when they got up early, the seventh grandmother kept telling them not to follow, but they kept following behind...... Two beads of sweat came out of the lotus root's brain, and she didn't ask for a word of affection for the grandmother and the little maids, and quickly responded: "Grandma, don't worry, the slave will go and tell Mama Leng!" ”

"And those 'holiday' maids and grandmothers," He Angelica said happily, "I can't bear to disturb them during the holidays, so I might as well let them extend their vacations until Mama Leng has a new errand for them, and they can take up their posts again." ”

After hearing this, Lu Yao couldn't help but argue in a low voice: "They are just taking a few days off, grandma wants to find someone, and they will gather it tomorrow, so why ......"

The lotus root slapped her hard, stopped the conversation, and pleaded at this time, didn't she hit the muzzle of the gun! Lu Yao hung her head unwillingly, her sister-in-law Lu Yuan was also in the ranks of "leave", and she was not in the garden for a whole month before, and she did not come to inquire about her absence. There were several times, and the seventh master also heard about the little maids running out to play together, so he laughed at it. Why did these seven grandmothers start to pick people off after less than three days of moving in?

He Angelica said indifferently: "I don't know how good it is to take care of the girls, just look at how many girls I marry, so I sent them to Mama Leng to discipline and discipline." Today, I saw that these few in the garden are also manufacturable materials, and it is a pity to put them on hold. As soon as I thought about it, my own stupid and stupid girls bothered Mama Leng to transform, those clever little girls, there is no reason to miss such a good course, otherwise wouldn't it be favoritism? - Lotus Lotus, you convey this meaning of mine to Mama Leng, if she has anything to say, she can come to me directly; Those maids and grandmothers who have dispersed from the garden don't have to come in and kowtow, just leave something to say to Grandma Leng. ”

There was a slight joy on the lotus root's face, and she responded crisply, pulled Lu Yao's arm, and the two of them quietly retreated.

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At noon on the third day after Meng Xuan left, Mrs. Su, who had gone out to watch enough of the play, returned home, rested for a long time, and thought about her seventh son Meng Xuan, who had not eaten with her for a long time, and sent someone to call, only to learn that the master had sent the seventh master out three days ago, and it seemed that it was still a long trip.

Mrs. Su was very angry when she heard this, didn't the lord know how much she cared about Xiao Qi, it was easy to go home, and after only a few days, she was released like a kite again? Who knows when the next recycling line will be! There is no one around the master, there are both civil and martial arts, and there are several times more staff and sons than ordinary officials, why do you have to send Xiao Qi to run errands?!

Mrs. Su was in a bad mood, and she couldn't immediately call the master back from the military department for questioning, and her chest was very stuffy. She counted the golden melon seeds in the room, suddenly raised her head, called a maid, and ordered: "I almost forgot, I just did three happy events, and there are two more serious masters in the family, you go and call the eldest grandmother, the second grandmother, the fourth grandmother and the daughter-in-law of Xiaoqi, and say that I want to play cards and let them come over for a scene." ”

With four daughters-in-law in her hands, how could she be bored?