Mint looked back and smiled, "No." I'll just make a small coat and make it myself, so I don't bother my sister. Without waiting for Dong Fang to say anything, he went to Qingzhi Pavilion, where Xia Jin lived.

The small cross-courtyard where the little maids live is also separated by a wall from the Qingzhi Pavilion where Xia Jin lives. In addition to the two big maids of iris and mint, there were also two little maids in the yard. The four of them were talking while working over there, and they didn't know who said what, and the four of them laughed together "haha", which was very cheerful and lively, which was in stark contrast to Dong Fang's calmness.

Dong Fang finally couldn't stay here anymore, and when he left the courtyard gate, he was about to go to Qingzhi Pavilion. But I didn't want to just go out, but I was hit by a person, and with an "ah" sound, a bucket of water splashed out. Rao is Dong Fang avoided it quickly, and the hem of the skirt was also soaked.

"Yes, I'm sorry. I didn't see you come out, sorry. The other party apologized vigorously.

Dong Fang fixed his eyes and saw that the person carrying the water turned out to be a kid, estimated to be not very old, and there was still some childishness on his face. He is quite tall, a head taller than Dong Fang, and his chubby body looks quite strong.

She sank her face and scolded, "Where are you going? Do you understand the rules? This is the inner courtyard, and all the girls live there, and if you break in indiscriminately, if you see something you shouldn't see, you have to be beaten. ”

"Yes, I'm sorry, I, I'm ......" the other party was sweating at her. He wiped his head with his sleeve and stammered, "I came to my sister, yes, my sister asked me to help carry water in." ”

"Your sister?" Dong Fang frowned, and was about to reprimand again, when he suddenly saw a maid running out of Qingzhi Pavilion. This maid Dong Fang recognized that it was the little maid Ling in Xia Jin's courtyard.

Poria obviously ran out when she heard the movement outside, and saw Dong Fang standing there, holding the hem of her skirt, her face full of displeasure, and her younger brother Ma Bao looked panicked, she hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”

"Sister." When Ma Bao saw Poria Cocos, it was like seeing a savior, he took a few steps and pointed at Dong Fangdao, "Sister, I didn't see clearly when I walked, I bumped into this sister and wet her skirt." ”

Hearing Ma Bao call himself "sister", Dong Fang frowned. But for the sake of Poria's face, she didn't say anything.

"I'm sorry, Miss Dong, my brother has always been reckless. I'll make reparations to you on his behalf. Poria walked up to Dong and blessed her, which was a gift.

After saluting, she said again: "I still have a clean skirt there, we are about the same height, you can take mine and change it first." I'll wash your skirt in a moment. The sun is big today, and it is estimated that it will dry in the afternoon, and you can replace it and return it to me when the time comes. ”

In the past, Dong Fang's house opened a silk shop, and she couldn't wear any good clothes, and the ones she gave to the maids directly were better than the material of Xia Jin's dress. But I don't want to, I got my skirt wet today, and I still have to wear this maid's old skirt, and even have to return it to her in time, Dong Fang feels sour no matter how he thinks about it.

She was not in the mood to fight with this maid, so she pointed to Shi Bao and said, "This is the inner courtyard, don't ask your brother to break in in the future." It's nothing if you bump into me, but if you bump into my wife and girl, you will feel better. As he spoke, he lifted the hem of his skirt and turned around and walked into the courtyard.

When Dong Fang said this, Poria was a little unhappy and said, "The girl wants to bathe, and I asked my brother to help carry a few buckets of water." We've always been like this here, and the old lady knows it, and never says anything. ”

"What?" Dong Fang stopped in surprise, turned around and looked at Poria, "Aren't there several mothers-in-law here?" Why don't you ask them to carry water? In this inner courtyard and back house, it's always not good to ask the kid to carry water? ”

When Poria got this, she became more and more unhappy. But thinking of the calamus's advice, she endured her anger and patiently explained: "They have a lot of things to do, where do they have time to cook these." ”

"Huh." Dong Fang smiled, and his smile was indescribably strange. Looking at Poria's eyes, I always felt that this smile carried a slight disdain and ridicule. She didn't have time to think about it, seeing Dong Fang carrying her skirt to the courtyard, she hurriedly told Shi Bao a word, and quickly chased Dong Fang into the courtyard.

Shi Bao was in trouble, and saw that there was only half a bucket of water left in the bucket, so he had to go to the kitchen to fetch water again.

All three were gone, and no one knew that there was a man standing in the corner of the door. Seeing that Shi Bao had disappeared out of the corner gate, she turned around, entered Qingzhi Pavilion, and went directly to Xia Jin's house.

At this time, Xia Jin was lazily reclining on the soft couch, holding a medicine book in his hand and looking at it seriously, while his other hand subconsciously touched the table next to him, touched the orange that had peeled most of the fruit, took out a petal of orange flesh from it, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Since she was reused by Xia Jin and became a personal maid, it was the first time for Calamus to see her girl so leisurely, and her mood suddenly improved.

Yes, now that the three rooms have been separated and moved into such a good big house, the master has opened a big medical hall, and the young master has studied very hard, and his fame is in front of him. The days of the three rooms will only get better and better. It's time for your own girl to rest and enjoy the blessings.

"Is there something wrong?"

Calamus came back to her senses and saw that Xia Jin had raised her eyes and looked at her.

"Girl." Calamus hurriedly walked over, "Didn't you let the slave observe Miss Dong?" The slave wants to tell you about her. ”

"Hmm." Xia Jin sat up straight, pointed to the embroidered stool next to him and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

"Thank you, girl." Calamus knew that Xia Jin didn't like to twist the most, so she thanked her and sat down on the embroidery stool.

She looked at Xia Jin and said, "That Miss Dong, as the girl said, although she was down-and-out and suffered for a while, the arrogance in her bones is there." The first time I ate, I took her to eat with us, and her eyes showed disgust, and she seemed to look down on us for eating. Mint just dried your light blue skirt and said that she was particular about washing and drying, but a faint disdain flashed on her face. ”

Hearing this, Xia Jin laughed: "That's nature. Miss Dong's family is in the silk business, although my skirt is satin, it is not a good satin, and it is normal for Miss Dong to look down on it. ”

Calamus rarely expresses her opinions on people and things, and only knows how to listen to Xia Jin's words and do things. But this time she finally couldn't help it, and said, "But she's down to that extent." If it weren't for you, her brother would have died of illness, and she doesn't know if she would have survived. Now that you have promised her not to sign the deed of sale, you have allowed her to come into the house to help. She doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and she still has to maintain the style she did when she was a young lady, and she is more like a young lady than a girl in this family, which shouldn't be. Is it okay for our family to come back and serve us? ”

As she spoke, she told Xia Jin about the scene just now.

Xia Jin's brows also slowly furrowed.

What she was afraid of was exactly what Calamus said.

All hearts are greedy. There are countless examples of Shengmien fighting against Mi Hat. She promised Dong Fang a special status in the summer mansion today, and tomorrow Dong Fang will feel this honor for granted. She is used to being the master, and she is the master of the Xia family, so naturally she will not be unaccustomed to it. And the Xia family's food and clothing are not as good as her original home, she eats and uses the Xia family's things, calling the servants of the Xia family, maybe she looks down on the Xia family in her heart. Even Shu's will make her look down on her in the end, and she just feels that she is not as elegant as her mother.

Isn't that what happened just now? Large households, the outer courtyard and the inner house, naturally distinguish very clearly. But the Xia family is a small family, and there are so many subordinates in the family, and they all have their own things to do. If she wants to bathe like this, she naturally has to ask the boy in Xia Qi's courtyard to help carry water. These, very much Dong Fang looks down on, right?

Furthermore, it is not a small number of people who suffer from unevenness. The appearance of Dong Fang can easily make the Xia family's upper and lower dignity and order chaotic. Just like Calamus said, a woman who is worse than them is much higher in the Xia family, and she doesn't have to do anything, which will make them psychologically unbalanced. After a long time, it is inevitable that all kinds of bad thoughts will appear.

The most important thing is that Xia Jin wants to take Dong Fang in and out of various occasions. But no matter what she did, it was inconvenient for people to know. Dong Fang didn't sign the deed of sale, which really made her feel uneasy.

"You can watch first. It's really not good, it's ...... like this" Xia Jin beckoned to the calamus and muttered in her ear for a while.

Calamus smiled, nodded and said, "Don't worry, girl, the slave will handle this matter." ”

Xia Jin turned his head and was about to return his gaze to the book, when he saw Mint hurriedly walk in and said, "Girl, the old lady and the eldest master are here." ”

Xia Jin frowned and asked Calamus: "Who has returned to Xia Mansion in the past few days?" ”

"It's winter."

The corners of Xia Jin's mouth hooked up with a sneer.

Everyone in the world is greedy for money, and some people are not greedy, but they just don't pay enough price.

Calamus's father and mother can buy for her, and they are willing to go back to Xia Mansion to help her persuade their relatives to help her, and the old lady and Xia Zhengshen over there can naturally buy the subordinates who came with them separately. This is normal, and it is completely expected by Xia Jin.

It's just that she didn't expect to be Tiandong's mother.

"I'll tell the young master about this." She put down the book in her hand, cleaned her hands in the water from the calamus, and then got up and went to the main courtyard.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, the old lady's shrill voice hit her eardrums: "...... hasn't climbed the high branches, so he doesn't recognize his mother-in-law and brother, with a father like you, what good future will Brother Qi have? If you do this, won't you teach Brother Qi that he doesn't even recognize his father and brother? See how he will be filial to you in the future! Okay, don't talk about it, let's get down to business, I heard that Xuanping Houfu invited Brother Qi to the banquet, and when the time comes, let Brother Qi and Brother Chan go together. ”

When Xia Jin heard this, he laughed "sneer", but his eyes were full of coldness.