I had dinner that evening. Yi Yu lay on the bed as usual, and asked Lu Shi to rub medicine on the wound on her shoulder, which was given by the imperial doctor Wang before Xingyuan left.

I don't know what kind of medicinal materials are in it, it smells of a faint plant aroma, rubs it on the skin and heats it slightly, it has the effect of relieving itching and inhibiting pain, building muscle and invigorating blood, and the jade has been used for a month, although the hideous scar on the back shoulder is not completely wiped out, but there is only a faint bulge left.

Lu Shi said while massaging on her shoulder: "I'm thinking, Ming'er will find someone to bring you a maid, okay?" ”

Xiaoman is going to get married at the end of the year, so naturally he can't follow Yiyu to Kyoto to study, there are a lot of maids and scholars in Guozi School, and Lu Jun is the one who is the scholar who is mixed in the Guozi prison all day long.

Yi Yu was faintly sleepy by Lu's massage, yawned and replied: "No need, there is food and clothing in the school, and there are brothers here, what do you want a maid for." ”

Lu Shi didn't agree, "It's up to my mother to do this." It's better to bring one. ”

Seeing her firm attitude, Yi Yu pursed her lips and muttered in a low voice: "Then you still ask me for my opinion..."

Lu Shi, who was sharp-eared, heard her words and snorted lightly, "Mother just informed you, but she didn't let you make up her mind." After rubbing her shoulders for a while, he stopped, pulled her clothes up, and touched the little head.

"Mother," Yi Yu turned his head to look at Lu, "I'm leaving, you're the only one left at home, do you feel lonely?" ”

Lu Shi laughed out loud, stretched out his hand and nodded her forehead, "You are a three-year-old baby when you are a mother, and there is Xiaoman at home, your eldest sister will run to our house in three days, do you say that your mother is lonely?" ”

Yi Yu looked at Lu's smiling expression and didn't seem to be fake, buried his little face in the silk pillow, and said in a muffled voice: "What if I miss you?" ”

"If you want to go home, rent a carriage for only two taels of silver, and it will only take half an hour to go back and forth. Isn't there still Mu Xiu, when you come back early, my mother will be waiting for you at home with food. ”

Lu's voice at this time was a little softer than usual, and Yu Yu endured the sourness in his eyes, and lost the excitement of the previous few days, like a child who was about to leave home.

She has always attached great importance to family affection, and has become accustomed to the warmth of family in the past eight years. became afraid of loneliness, in her eyes, the Lu family is the foundation of a family, that time in the apricot garden for half a month, it has been the longest time since she came to this dynasty, and the Lu family has been separated, and now the next thought is about to go to Chang'an to study, ten days and half a month to go home once, the heart will inevitably rise a little reluctant.

The mother and daughter lay on the same bed and chatted until midnight before going to sleep, and although they were angry late the next day, Lu still sent Xiaoman to call someone to the door.

The four little girls brought by this guy are not very in line with Lu's wishes, either they look too stupid or they are not in good spirits, and Yu Yu doesn't want to take a maid to study, which will be even more cooperative to find fault on the side, and was secretly glared at by Lu Shi several times.

In the end, she fell in love with an honest look, but this guy opened his mouth to ask for twenty taels of silver, Lu Shi laughed angrily when he heard it, and asked Xiaoman to take twenty copper coins to him, and he was about to send it, this man was busy and lowered the price from fifteen taels to ten taels, and saw that Lu Shi still looked unwilling to pay attention, so he left angrily. When they went out, they unabashedly scolded the door, and said that it was no wonder that others were rumored that they were stingy in the Lu family and so on.

When Yi Yu heard this man's words, he was very puzzled, and turned his head and asked Lu, "When did there be such a rumor in the town, is our family stingy?" ”

Lu Shi shook his head, "I bought Zhuangzi at that time, and it came with the deed of sale of those subordinates, the most expensive was only thirty taels, and the steward took the family, and the deed of other rough servants was three taels, and a neat-looking maid was only ten taels of silver, he wanted to blackmail us for not being able to succeed, but didn't he angrily scold us for being stingy?" ”

Yi Yu took the opportunity to respond: "Then let's not buy it." ”

Lu Shi glanced at her, "No, this maid is definitely going to buy it." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, he saw a person standing at the gate of the courtyard, carrying something in both hands, and saw the two of them standing in the courtyard, and only after being stunned for a moment did he bow slightly and shouted, "Madam, Miss." ”

The person who came was Chen Donglai, the steward of the Lu family in a village in another town, and the Lu family saw him carrying a basket with a covered cloth in his left hand and a few bundles of vegetables in his right hand, and wondered: "Come in, what's the matter?" ”

After Steward Chen entered the door, he replied: "These are all newly produced, and the small dishes are also grown by us, I will send them to my wife to taste, if it suits my appetite, I will pick a good one every month and send it in advance." ”

Although it is not a rare thing, it is produced by his own Zhuangzi. Lu asked Xiao Man to step forward and pick up the things, and Xiao Man quietly uncovered the cloth on the basket, which contained more than 20 eggs of a small size.

"Come in and have some tea." Although it is the relationship between master and servant, this is not the time when you need to suppress those subordinates with a straight face earlier, Lu Shi's tone is a little kind.

Steward Chen shook his head and hurriedly said no, and then asked a little crampedly: "When I entered the door just now, I heard my lady talking, but I want to buy a maid?" ”

Lu Shi nodded and replied: "Yes, what, do you know where there is good?" ”

Steward Chen hesitated, neither responding nor denying, "What did Madame do when she bought the maid, was she rude, or did she serve the young lady?" After speaking, he looked up at Xiao Man.

Lu Shi smiled, "Your young lady is going to study in Guozi next month, and I want to buy a clever maid to go with her." ”

"Ahh Steward Chen's eyes widened, satisfying Lu's little vanity.

"Husband, madam, is that Guozixue from Chang'an City?"

"yes, that's it."

Yi Yu looked at Lu's somewhat complacent expression on the side, and remembered that when the neighbor's aunt came to borrow embroidery samples yesterday, her mother pretended to inadvertently mention that she was going to study in Chang'an, and saw the other party's envy and couldn't hide the pride on her face, so she lowered her head and secretly smiled.

Having said that, Lu Zhijin studied in Guozi for three years. And she entered the Tai Academy, and she has never seen the Lu family show off like this, but when she is about to enter the school now, the Lu family has changed her normal appearance.

When Steward Chen finally relieved the shock, he praised the Yu Yu repeatedly, and saw that the joy on Lu's face couldn't be hidden, so he said again: "Madam, if you want to get a maid for Miss, instead of buying it, it is better to use our own." ”

"Huh?" Lu Shi didn't understand what he meant.

Steward Chen paused and opened his mouth to explain, "Madam." You and Miss have seen the villain's daughter Xiaoqu, the girl still looks neat, and the person is also a little smart, it's better to take it to Miss, how about being a maid? ”

Only then did Lu Shi understand, and after thinking about it, he asked: "Chen Qu's little girl is good, but this time you can't come back for a month, are you willing to do it?" ”

Steward Chen nodded with a smile, "What's so reluctant about this, madam, have you agreed?" ”

Since he said so, how could Lu Shi refuse, and nodded in response: "Okay, I will buy another population if it is also saved, and the money this month will be distributed according to the share of the maid in my house, one tael a month, what do you think?" ”

Steward Chen waved his hand and said, "It's her blessing to be able to follow Miss." ”

This is not very true, in fact, this Chen Donglai only had the idea of letting his daughter come to the Lu family to be a maid after inquiring about the Lu family a while ago, just to set up a trap and find a way out for his daughter.

What kind of place is that Guozi study, what is the concept of studying there, even these ordinary people near the capital and county know it, Chen Donglai originally only wanted to let his daughter be a close maid, but now he knows that he is actually going to that place, how can he be embarrassed to receive the monthly money.

Lu Shi didn't agree, "You are the people of your own Zhuangzi, if Chen Qu is idle, it's fine, but if you don't give the monthly money if you do something, won't it make people laugh at it, and this two pieces of silver are indispensable," and finally came to another sentence, "If you insist on not doing it, then I'd better buy a maid and come back." ”

Steward Chen responded with a look of confusion.

"So be it. You will bring Chen Qu over tomorrow, and you don't have to bring too much luggage. ”

***

The next day, Chen Qu carried a small burden and followed her father to Lu's house, and everyone who should be explained said at home said that Steward Chen just sent her to the door and left.

Xiaoman, who went to answer the door, enthusiastically pulled the little girl who was a little cramped into the living room, and Lu asked her some things kindly, and Chen Qu answered them one by one obediently.

Yi Yu practiced calligraphy in the back room, and when she heard the movement outside, she didn't lose her mind, insisted on finishing the writing on the table, and blew the ink before walking into the living room.

Chen Qu was listening to Lu's words, and he saw the jade that came out with only a hair rope tied on a braid, and he was slightly stunned, and Lu also saw his daughter, stretched out his hand to summon her, pointed at Chen Qu and said: "This is Chen Qu, you have also seen it, let her go to school with you in a few days, you don't want to bully others." ”

Yi Yu pretended to be aggrieved, "Look at what you said to me, I'm so bad, do I bully people," and turned his head to look at the little girl with thin eyebrows and a beautiful face beside him, and said with a smile: "It's good for me to call you Xiaoqu." ”

Chen Qu showed a somewhat timid smile and nodded, "Okay." ”

Lu Shi looked at the two of them back and forth, and felt satisfied, although Chen Qu was a little nervous, but her eyes were a little smart, and she was born in a family, which was much better than the little girls brought by the people yesterday.

Xiao Man took Chen Qu to put away the luggage, and then dragged her to the backyard to play.

After another two days, before leaving, Yiyu found an excuse to go to the forest at the foot of the mountain, added some "material" to his hawthorn tree, and after returning home, he renovated the small flower garden in the backyard, and carefully instructed Xiaoman on some matters, so that everything was arranged, just waiting for Lu Zhi to pick her up

(Today's three watches are over) (!) )