After Mama Song received Shen Yuechen's instructions, she immediately began to recruit people.

In fact, Huafang has always had insufficient manpower, and she has long wanted to add people to it. It's a pity that the eldest lady has not allowed it, and she is not good at making decisions on her own.

The people who work in the garden have been living a relatively hard life, and most of them are rough and heavy work, which is very tiring to do, but they get very little monthly money.

The two gardens of the Zhu family occupy a large area, and it is not easy to take care of them, but there is also a lot of oil and water that can be fished.

After Shen Yuechen saw Mama Song, she felt that she should be a low-key and smart person.

I heard that she has been responsible for managing the flower garden, and she must have made a lot of benefits in the past few years. It's just that, judging from her outfit, she is a little too frugal, the clothes and skirts she wears look half-old and not new, her head and face are also clean, no grease or powder, the only jewelry is only a pair of small sterling silver pearl stud earrings and a sterling silver carved hairpin.

To be honest, according to her qualifications and identity, she should be like other grandmothers, dressed in gold and silver, and smeared with grease and powder.

Xu is a person with a person's personality, and it is a good thing to be low-key. Shen Yuechen has always liked smart and sensible people, and Mama Song, although she is silent and cold, is very much in line with her.

According to Shen Yuechen's previous instructions, Mama Song found more than a dozen newcomers, among them, nine maids and six little maids, all of whom were between twelve or thirteen years old.

Shen Yuechen smiled, her eyes swept over their faces one by one, and after thinking about it, she said, "Mama chose well, but she looks younger." ”

Shen Yuechen didn't explicitly ask for age before, but he thought that if he could pick out a few good ones from them, wouldn't it be appropriate to send them to the store to do things in the future.

Mama Song still said expressionlessly: "Back to grandma, young children are easy to teach." If you are a few years older, you will have a lot of distractions in your heart, you will learn things slowly, and you will be lazy and cause trouble. ”

That's what she said from experience. She has been managing the garden for some years, and she is used to seeing all kinds of rights and wrongs, but she feels that the younger the child, the more obedient and worry-free.

Shen Yuechen raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard this. I thought to myself, she didn't say it without reason. She looked at the children again, and then said lightly: "You are all blessed with fate, and you can be selected by Mama to work in the yard." Although it is all rough work here, it is the most challenging thing for people's patience and perseverance. Therefore, as long as you work hard, study hard, and work honestly and diligently in the Zhu family, the benefits in the future will not be less. ”

Shen Yuechen had said before that if the people in the garden did the errand she gave her a good job, then she would give them an extra monthly payment. Moreover, this amount of money will be paid by herself, and she will never use a penny of the Zhu family.

When everyone heard this, they all looked happy, but because they were stupid, they didn't know how to reply.

Mama Song said: "Grandma is kind-hearted, I pity you half-grown children, so I gave you a chance to eat by your ability, you have to know how to be grateful, and don't hurry up to kowtow to grandma to thank you." ”

As soon as her words fell, I saw that those subordinates immediately knelt on the ground with a hula and said in unison: "Slave (maid) thank grandma for her kindness." ”

Seeing this, Shen Yuechen smiled slightly, raised his hand and said, "Get up." After speaking, she looked at Mama Song and continued: "It's still Mama who can regulate people, they are young and have just entered the door, and the rules of etiquette are well learned." ”

Mama Song lowered her eyes and said: "Grandma has praised it, and the slave maid has just done her duty." ”

Shen Yuechen followed and glanced at Mother Wu behind her, and asked her to step forward with a tray, and the top of the tray shone on the red cloth, which made people know that it was a reward at a glance.

Wu's mother gently lifted the red cloth, only to see that there were five silver ingots and ten taels on it, as well as the usual long copper coins.

The white silver is in front of him, and anyone can't help but look at it twice, especially those newcomers who have just entered the door, and their eyes are straight, and they can't close their mouths in surprise.

They are all children from poor families, and they have never seen so much money since they were young.

However, Mama Song didn't seem to be very interested in money, and she didn't even move her eyelids.

"These fifty taels of silver are a little bit of my heart for Mama, and I also asked Mama to adjust these children into hands, so that I can see their craftsmanship earlier. These copper coins are given to other people, fifty wen per person, although it is not much, but it is enough for you to eat a good meal and make a tooth sacrifice. ”

After everyone listened, they inevitably saluted and thanked again.

Shen Yuechen smiled faintly, and only asked Mother Wu to share the money for each of them.

After a while, Mama Song took out a delicate and small round box from her sleeve, handed it to Shen Yuechen in person, and said lightly: "Before, the eldest grandmother instructed the slave maid to make some rouge products for you to see, the slave and maid have been ready, please take a look." ”

Shen Yuechen said with surprise on her face: "Oh? Mama did it so quickly. After saying that, she took the box and looked at it gently, only to see that it was full of rose-red rouge cream.

"Mama, what are you doing with this rouge?"

Mama Song replied: "The slave maid still uses a relatively old method, crushing the red flowers, finely crushing, and then filtering the dregs with fine sand, drying the juice, and then dripping a few drops of osmanthus oil to make a paste, and it becomes rouge." The resulting rouge is not easy to dry, and the color is bright and the aroma is pleasant. ”

This is the old method she learned from those old mothers in the house when she was young. However, although the method is old, the things made are good.

Hearing this, Shen Yuechen nodded slightly, followed, gently picked some with his little fingertips, and put them on the back of his hand, and then slowly blurred away with his fingers, only to see that the color was ruddy and bright, and the fragrance was as good as Mama Song said.

"Well, Mama's rouge is well done, but the color is too bright, not pink and transparent enough, it would be better if it could be softer."

Although this thing is good, but it is not good enough, what Shen Yuechen needs is the kind of showy and fragrance that anyone can fall in love with at first sight, the color does not need to be too bright, the fragrance does not need to be too strong, but it needs to be more delicate......

When Mama Song saw her request, she immediately said: "Grandma, although the slave can make rouge, she has not studied art in the end, I am afraid it will be difficult to meet your expectations." ”

Shen Yuechen groaned slightly: "Mama is right, so let's go back and I'll personally bring a recipe over, and Mama will do it again according to my method to see if it's feasible?" ”

Although Shen Yuechen doesn't know much about rouge gouache, she has been sending people around to inquire about various ways to make rouge gouache in the past few days, as well as buying various precious rouge. Xu Yes, after hearing and seeing more, she gradually began to have her own thoughts in her heart.

In ancient times, there were many ways to make rouge, and the materials used were exquisite, such as essential oils, flowers, beeswax, rice flour, and other things could be put into rouge, and different combinations would produce different effects and colors.

Mama Song originally thought that Shen Yuechen was just a whim, but when she saw it now, she seemed to be really thinking about something...... Such a master is indeed rare, but it is also unsettling.

Shen Yuechen has a lot of bodies, and this is already a well-known thing in the Zhu family. Therefore, everyone is talking behind their backs, I wonder how long this seemingly gentle and amiable young grandmother can continue to be in the Zhu family?

Mama Song is not afraid of hard work, but she is afraid that she will work in vain and hurt her money. However, judging from the current situation, the young grandmother seems to be more reliable than before, and she has a lot of ideas, unlike some masters, who don't like this and dislike that, and toss inside and out for a long time, but

always

Can't think of a favorite one, which makes people anxious and embarrassed.

Mama Song nodded and said, "The slave is waiting for your orders at any time." ”

Shen Yuechen smiled faintly and said: "Mama is tired, let's get here first today, I still want to go to the garden for a walk, you guys should also get busy." ”

When Mama Song heard this, she hurriedly greeted the group of people who were still excited about the reward, took them to salute Shen Yuechen, and watched her and Mama Wu go away.

……

The breeze blows slowly, bringing a faint floral fragrance and a little coolness.

Xiao Tao sat alone on the swing, motionless, with a pensive expression.

Xia Jiu was not around, she went back to get her clothes, saying that she was worried that she would catch a cold. However, Xiao Tao knew in her heart that she had deliberately walked away.

It is not far from the rockery, and it is a relatively private place due to the overgrown vegetation.

Xiao Tao has been waiting for a while, she doesn't know when Mama Wu will come, but she knows that Mama Wu will definitely come.

"I married into the Zhu family for more than a year, but I didn't know that there was such a good place."

Suddenly, a voice with a bit of sweetness came.

Xiao Tao hurriedly turned around, and Shen Yuechen, the eldest and youngest grandmother, was holding Wu's mother's hand and walked over slowly. She was wearing a lake blue embroidered hibiscus brocade dress, with exquisite makeup and good manners, looking very noble.

Xiao Tao looked at Shen Yuechen and Wu's mother, and immediately stood up from the swing, looking slightly panicked.

She thought that only Mother Wu would come, but she didn't expect Shen Yuechen to come too.

Xiao Tao had only seen her once, and that would be in front of the old lady and the Chai family, she was very nervous alone, and Shen Yuechen also turned a blind eye to her, as if she didn't have her.

Shen Yuechen narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at Xiao Tao standing there with an uneasy expression.

She is indeed a beautiful embryo, the last time I saw her, it was already amazing, and now I look at it again, she looks panicked and restless, and her dark eyes make her more and more cute.

Mother Wu saw that she had been stunned in place, not speaking, and not coming forward to salute, so she reminded softly: "Don't hurry up and salute, this is the eldest young grandmother, and the noble person you really want to thank." ”