After Qing'er finished bathing, He Angelica personally cooked, made a few refreshing and delicious meals, and set up lunch. Crystal Baiwei Duck, Spiral Flower Soup, Guanyin Tofu, Anchovies in Tomato Sauce, Cold Noodles with Shredded Chicken, Poria Black Bone Paste, these dishes with all the color and flavor were on the table, and both of them were very appetizing and ate most of everything.

During the banquet, Mint reported on the election of people in the plum garden next door. It turned out that on that day, as soon as He Angelica announced the "maid welfare" of the bamboo garden, it immediately spread like a spring breeze, and it also spread to the side of the plum garden.

When a group of maids led by lotus lotus root heard this, their hearts were ready to move. Especially lotus root, she privately guessed that He Angelica was a very strict master, and there was no future in Zhuyuan, so she "escaped" from Zhuyuan. Who would have thought that as soon as she left, Zhuyuan would have the benefits of greatly increasing her monthly money, she herself is a second-class maid, with a monthly salary of six hundred, as long as she does it for a few months, she can become a first-class maid with one or two silvers!

Lotus Root regretted it very much, but she chose to leave by herself, and it was not very similar to go back to the gray at this time, so she took twenty or thirty people to the bamboo garden together. These people are the people who were brushed down when He Angelica selected the maids, and they couldn't go into the house to serve, so they did some rough work in the garden, sprinkling and sweeping the pulp, and accompanied them everywhere, wanting to wait for He Angelica's grace and leave them as formal bamboo garden people.

At the same time, Aunt Xun and Aunt Bao haven't started to pick people yet, and half of the people have already run away, they are very angry, and they have no interest in choosing people, so they only leave a dozen rough girls.

He Angelica put the abacus in his heart, there were eight or nine people in each of the two aunts' rooms, and fifteen rough envoys in the plum garden, so calculated, their monthly expenses, including the silver and monthly money, added up to twenty taels of silver.

That's fine, it's the same as her original ideal. Then, there are not many people in her garden, and it can be compressed to fifty taels of silver, so that the subordinates who are sent to her by the public can save two hundred taels of silver every month, which is about to catch up with her as a county lord.

Qing'er gnawed on the duck's leg and sighed: "Meng Xuan is so rich, why are you helping him save this money?" Don't pay attention to these little things, hurry up and have an idea, it's serious to send those two concubines away! ”

He Angelica smiled in surprise: "Good and dignified, what do you do when you send people away?" No one has messed with me, and they've been grounded since that day. ”

Qing'er glared at her and educated her: "Either the east wind suppresses the west wind, or the west wind presses the east wind, your men are the same, so it is destined to be a hostile relationship forever, and it will not change in a hundred years." You still know the truth of the He family, why did you become confused in the face of two ill-intentioned concubines? ”

He Angelica said indifferently: "Qing'er, you have overreacted, who is not three wives and four concubines, if they are as fierce as you said, there will be no one in this world for a long time." Since everyone has married into the Meng family, of course they have to learn to live in peace, and besides, even if they are taken away, there will still be new ones sent in. When playing cards that day, Mrs. Su's words revealed the meaning of giving concubines to a few masters. Oh, speaking of Mrs. Sue, I have to go and see how she is doing after lunch, so hurry up and eat. ”

Qing'er asked incredulously: "It's not enough that Meng Xuan already has three, but he still has to bring people to the family?" ”

Compared with He Angelica, Qing'er has become the one who is in a hurry, which means that the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is in a hurry. He Angelica smiled, took a sip of the swirling flower soup, and said in a relaxed tone: "Meng Xuan's people are not here at all, don't arrange him, these things in the back house are arranged by Mrs. Su, and even Meng Xuan can't call the shots." The customs of the capital are like this, the sons and brothers embrace the red and leaning on the cui, and outsiders can't envy it. ”

"Mint! Biluo! ”

Suddenly, He Angelica heard some quarrels in the yard, raised his voice and called Mint to come in and asked her what had happened.

Mint pointed to the yard and said dissatisfiedly: "It's not those little girls, Miss, you have already spoken, saying that you won't keep them, but they are still blindly entangled." ”

Biluo also added: "That is to say, at the beginning, they only did some work of chopping wood, carrying water and sweeping the floor, and I still wanted to intercede for those people and stay, starting with a small job of 300 yuan." But you don't know, Miss, they have been kicking their noses more and more in the past two days, and just now I heard that Miss was having lunch, and a few people still wanted to come into the house to serve. As I said, you don't like the crowds in the room during the meal, and they not only don't believe it, but they also sarcastically mock me for not knowing the rules of serving, and being alone. ”

He Angelica smiled, it seemed that the group of little maids were not very peaceful, and they had caused a lot of trouble to the mint and snails, and they had accumulated a lot of resentment in the past few days.

After thinking about it, she instructed: "Tell the thirty girls who were hired before and came in on their own initiative, I originally only reserved five first-class maids, and the four of the marrying ones have already been set as first-class, and if I add more, I am afraid that I will be said that I am living too luxuriously." Since the number of people is now exceeded, the rules for the increase of monthly money remain unchanged, but it has become five first-class maids out of thirty maids, and the rest are third-class maids with four hundred yuan. Tell them this, and let them think for themselves. ”

Mint looked faint, just agreed, and went out to pass the word. When Biluo heard this, she was greatly relieved, and her face showed a little joy.

There is a reason for this, she is not the same as Mint, Mint is the maid who has been with Miss He Angelica for the longest time, and she, Hawthorn, and Qingguo are the maids that Miss bought locally when she passed through Luzhou in the south, and later followed up with Mengfu as a dowry maid.

Mint has always received the monthly money of a first-class maid, and has an unshakable status as a big maid in this garden. After a period of getting along, the hawthorn, who was relatively dull, won the love of the young lady, and was also promoted to a first-class maid, and she did the beauty of close service every day, and her food and clothing were fine. Only she and Qingguo may be more flexible, not the type that Miss likes, no matter how diligent they serve, Miss doesn't lift them up.

Although Biluo also has the name of a "marrying maid", he thinks that his relatives and the maids of the Meng family cannot be compared, but until now he has received the monthly money of the third-class maids, only the food is better than the third-class maids, and the meals are full of meat.

Now that I heard He Angelica say, "The four who marry have been set as first-class", Biluo is relieved and relieved of the worries she has had in these days.

The situation between her and Qingguo is different, Qingguo has an old son in Luzhou, and the family has given a cousin who is three years younger to be a relative, and after a few years to ask for a grace and go out, still go back to Luzhou to marry; And she has few relatives in Luzhou, since a deed of sale is in the hands of the young lady, she plans to work with her for the rest of her life. Later, when she saw her uncle Meng Xuan describing herself as handsome, and she was considerate and gentle to the young lady on the way to the capital, she couldn't help but have two thoughts......

Just passing by the window, Biluo overheard the conversation between Miss and Miss Qing, which was rare for Meng Xuan's concubine, Biluo's heart was like fermented flour all of a sudden, and she couldn't stop swelling, although this matter had not been skimmed yet, she just felt that this was her opportunity.

Mint went out to spread the words of He Angelica, and then went to the steward of the outer courtyard to inquire about the craftsman. Mrs. Su approved the construction of a small warehouse in Zhuyuan, and transformed the wine cellar of the seventh master into an underground treasure house, and the construction started in the past few days.

Seeing that Mint was not there, Biluo felt that it was her opportunity to take the position, and wanted to show more in front of her master to show her advantages. She went back to her room and changed into a set of bright clothes made of satin, brushed her hair again, and suddenly reflected a pretty woman in the prime of life in the mirror. Biluo selfishly felt that a plump type like her could win the hearts of men more than that of Miss, and as long as she was given a chance, she could be an excellent aunt.

When I came to the main house, I stood by the window, and listened to it, Miss and Miss Qing were still continuing the topic just now-

"Aren't you jealous?" Qing'er asked, "Although I know that Meng Xuan is wholeheartedly devoted to you, if one day he gives birth to one or two babies with another woman, can you bear it?" ”

He Angelica had just finished lunch, a little sleepy, and replied lazily: "I don't care, he has children with his aunt, and I am also a mother-in-law, just like Mrs. Su, she has a lot of children, which is also quite interesting, hehe." ”

Qing'er shook her head and sighed again and again when she heard it, but Biluo was overjoyed when she heard it, and felt that her opportunity was here.

He Angelica's ears are very good, and when he heard a voice outside, he immediately squinted his eyes vigilantly, his voice was still light and light, and he couldn't hear his emotions of joy and anger, and asked, "Who is it, come in and pour me a cup of tea." ”

Biluo hurriedly entered the house, respectfully poured a cup of fragrant tea, and held it over. Qing'er ate the whole duck, she was thirsty, she opened her oily hands to take the tea, but Biluo put the tea directly on the small wooden table in He Angelica's hand, turned around and poured the second cup, and then handed it to Qing'er.

Qing'er poured the tea in one go, crossed her line of sight from the rim of the cup, and looked at the maid. This is He Angelica's dowry maid, when she was from Luzhou, she bought He Angelica, saying that there are many people, He Angelica is the county lord, but he can't be looked down upon by the concubine room when he enters the door. Qing'er has never thought that He Angelica's marriages are outstanding, and they are mint if they look good, but they are only generally delicate. However, now if you look closely, this maid named Biluo is a rare beauty!

"What else does the young lady command?" Biluo asked with a smile, "The stove in the small kitchen has just been filled with charcoal, and it is burning very strongly, does the young lady still want to eat any snacks?" ”

He Angelica silently drank the tea and said slowly: "I don't have anything special to eat, but two days ago, there was a plate of pine nuts on the table, I ate two small pieces, the taste is really good, I heard the hawthorn say that you made it." This time I thought of this again, pine nut pulp is very laborious to make, and I don't tire you. ”

Biluo hurriedly smiled: "What did Miss say, but if Miss wants to eat, the slave maid has to make it for you even if she doesn't sleep for three days and three nights." Wait, Miss, I'll go and meet. ”

He Angelica also smiled: "Then it will trouble you, but the kitchen is smoky, don't let the sparks burst into your new clothes, I have a body of hemp here, which was turned out when I was rummaging through my luggage yesterday, I don't fit it, you can take it and change it." That one is not afraid of fire, and it is best worn in the kitchen. ”

She pointed with her jade hand, and Biluo looked in the direction He Angelica pointed...... Obediently, wasn't that dress bought by the Seventh Master for Miss? The material alone costs fifty taels of silver! Miss is going to give it to her?