"Okay, it's all good, I just miss you very much." Yan Ran replied, "The county lord's mother is not at ease at home, her body is sinking and she can't move at will, so I have to do it for me, if I don't see with my own eyes whether you are doing well, this is not at ease at home." ”

"Sister-in-law......" Wen Jin felt that her eyes were sour, and family affection was like this, warming her lonely heart everywhere.

Yanran did not sit under the color shed, but took Liangqing and Liangxi into Wen Jin's room, she saw that the room was very bright, and the furnishings in the house were the same as the style in the Qian Mansion, relatively simple and simple, so she couldn't help but say: "It's the same as over there, the girl's family, not to mention brighter." ”

Seeing that there is a small hall outside the bedroom, it is convenient to receive guests, and at the same time, there are two or more people going back and forth, and the house will not look crowded, Yan Ran nodded secretly, although there are no cumbersome furnishings in the house, but it is not only the furniture but also the only decoration, which is extremely exquisite and luxurious, look, Xiao Yi is indeed very good to Wen Jin, Yan Ran breathed a sigh of relief, and then moved to the courtyard and sat under the color shed arranged by Wen Jin.

"Sister's yard is so cool." No matter how well Liangxi learns the rules, it is difficult to resist the age limit, and he can't help but admire.

"Hehe, I'm afraid of the heat, I took a fancy to this yard at a glance, and after the summer, the Baihuaju in front of me was repaired, and I had to move over." Wen Jin explained.

"Well, although it's cool here, it's still a little too cloudy, my sister must not be greedy for cold, it's not good to live in this place too much." Yanran said.

"Exactly, my sister-in-law reminded me right, after mid-July, I will move over, this yard, in the future, will be a place to spend summer."

"Well, my sister was right to plan that."

Chunming poured herbal tea, which was made by mixing crushed sour apricots and peaches with water and sugar, and putting some dried petals, it tasted sour, sweet and fragrant, Wen Jin had done it before, Liangqing took a sip and sighed lowly: "It's not as good as the apricots at home, it's a little bitter." ”

Several people's homesickness was hooked, and they couldn't help but sigh with emotion The topic of "although the capital is good, Shanyang is better".

After chatting for a long time, Yan Ran got to the point, carefully asked Wen Jin about her life, daily life, diet, etc., and heard that she was a housekeeper, with both envy and worry in her eyes, and finally, she asked cautiously: "But what's the difficulty?" The county lord's mother was the most worried, and begged the queen mother, this autumn the palace will release a group of official girls, and find you an old man who understands etiquette to be a personal grandmother. ”

"This, how does this make? The county lord's mother actually begged the queen mother for me, which really made me feel ashamed. ”

"Don't worry about this, the county lord's mother's delivery date is approaching, the queen mother sent someone to check, seeing that the mother was worried about you, she took the initiative to show her tone, and the mother quickly said the words of request."

"Climb along the pole?"

"No, the Queen Mother also joked that the mother was beating snakes with sticks."

Yanran covered her mouth and chuckled, very cheerful, Wen Jin was grateful, but a little bitterness welled up in her heart, the queen mother's favor, she really couldn't stand it, this old man, wouldn't he still have any calculations.

"Sister, you are so blessed, with such a personal grandmother to point out, who in the capital dares to say that you are not a word?" Yan Ran didn't know what was going on, and she was envious on the side.

"Wen Jin doesn't know how to thank the Queen Mother and the County Lord."

"The county lord said that as long as you live well and be happy every day, she can rest assured." Wen Jin left, Yan Ran replaced her, often accompanied the county lord Yujie, and naturally could perceive the county lord's love for Wen Jin, she was very envious and very pleased for Wen Jin.

"Sister-in-law, you tell the county lord that Wen Jin must work hard and live happily."

The sweat on his body disappeared, and he drank a cup of tea, so Wen Jin pushed the small snacks he asked the kitchen to make: "Sister-in-law, try the small snacks of Xiao Mansion, which is very distinctive." ”

Yanran, Liangqing and Liangxi each picked up a piece of dim sum and ate it in small bites, the purpose of their coming was to see if Wen Jin ate well, if they didn't taste it themselves, how to report to the county lord's mother?

"Huh! My sister's dim sum is also wrapped in peaches, which is really delicious. ”

Wen Jin didn't expect the kitchen to be so brilliant, better than she thought, she couldn't help but smile happily, and said to Chunming: "Reward Gong's mother and a few masters on the kitchen white case, each with twenty wen." ”

"Okay." Chunming happily went out with his money bag.

"Wait!" Yan Ran was an unpredictable prophet, and understood that Chunming was going to arrange a luncheon, so she reminded Wen Jin: "I'll go back after a while, you must not arrange a meal." ”

"Sister-in-law is so easy to come once." Wen Jin pouted and coquettish, wanting to keep people.

"What's so easy and not easy, how far are our two families, don't you say it's coming?"

Liangqing helped her cousin and sister-in-law to speak, and explained to Wen Jin: "Sister, you don't know how cute the little girl is, and my sister-in-law can't see it at a glance, so she is worried." ”

Wen Jin understood Yan Ran's thoughts as a mother, so she no longer insisted on it, and asked Chunming to go to the kitchen, cancel the noon banquet, and bring some of the snacks she had just made to her sister-in-law.

Chunming left in response, Gong's mother easily straightened out the things in the kitchen, and after listening to Chunming's words, she only felt that her eyes were full of stars, and she almost fainted.

"Miss Chunming, you go and serve the eldest lady first, I'll pack it up here, and I'll send it over immediately."

Although Chunming was a little puzzled and didn't understand why he didn't let himself take it away, he still left.

The remaining raw materials in the kitchen just now have been exhausted, hot noodles, oil noodles, etc. have to be made from scratch, fortunately, the banquet has been canceled, and the kitchen is quite enough.

"Sister, the people in your kitchen are really diligent enough, and they specially steamed a pot of fresh for us to bring, and when we get home, the dim sum is still hot." Through the food box, Liangxi touched the temperature, and she raised a bright smile and said to Wen Jin.

"Well, hehe, that's why I rewarded them just now, if there is merit, it will be rewarded, and if there is a mistake, it will be punished, which is the way to employ people."

"Hmmm! My sister has a bright heart and bright eyes, and she will definitely be able to manage the house. Yan Ran said a word, I don't know if it's polite, or if I see something.

When Gong's mother heard the words "if there is a mistake, you will be punished", her heart was abrupt, and she secretly thought to herself, when the guests left, she should come over first to ask for guilt.

Alas, the fairy fight and the little ghost suffered, and the ladies were angry with each other, and she was not good at being a subordinate.

The Qian family's carriage stopped at the foot of the steps of the Hanging Flower Gate, and the outer courtyard had been cleared in advance, and there was not a single male servant.

Although it is very close, although it is said that he can come at any time, Wen Jin is still a little reluctant to give up when he walks here.

Liangqing remembered a very important sentence, embarrassedly brought Wen Jin forward, and said in a low voice: "Sister, my father said that everything is going well in the hotel, so you can rest assured." ”

"Well, Uncle Wei does things, I have always been a hundred reassuring, I just wait for the good news of the opening."

"Hehe" Liangqing and Liangxi both laughed, they were very worried that their father, a rural farmer, would be underestimated when he arrived in the capital. As long as she praised her father, they listened to it very usefully.

Wen Jin was interrupted like this, and her mood was much better, and she saw the carriage go out of the gate, and then turned around and returned to the inner courtyard.

Yanran didn't dare to tell Wen Jin that after she left, Wei always secretly cried, the more comforted, the more embarrassed she was, and even regretted that she couldn't have another son, she could marry Wen Jin back again, still a member of the Qian family, the family was reluctant to let Wen Jin go, and she was so troubled, it was even more sad, Wen Jin didn't send an invitation to the past, Yan Ran was ready to visit, this time I went back to tell the news, saying that Wen Jin was good and good, Wei Shi was slightly relieved, but everyone understands that Wen Jin will be in charge of the house when she enters the door, and the three girls of the Xiao family will definitely not be convinced, I haven't grown up together since I was a child, and I have no affection at all, and this family inevitably has to have a period of run-in and collision in order to settle down, and Wen Jin is indispensable to be troubled.

As the ladies of the Qian Mansion expected, as soon as Wen Jin walked to the gate of Wutong Garden, he met Mother Gong standing there with her hands down: "Miss-"

"Let's go in and talk." The sun is a little big outside.

Wen Jin sat under the color shed, and Chunming hurriedly poured tea.

"Take down these plates of dim sum, keep half of them, and give the rest to a few housekeepers."

"Yes!" Chunming's face was happy, today's dim sum was just out of the pot, it was so fragrant, it seduced their gluttony and ran around.

Wen Jin said to Gong's mother: "In today's snack, there are diced peaches, jujube paste, and bean paste, which are very innovative, and the guests are very satisfied." ”

"Thank you, Miss, for the compliment!" Mother Gong secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, hoping that the eldest lady was in a good mood and would not punish herself.

Seeing that Gong's mother was still frowning, Wen Jin knew that something was wrong with her, and she took a sip of tea: "What's wrong?" ”

"Yes, it's Miss Four......" Mother Gong told all the things in the kitchen in the morning, she tried her best to excuse herself, this word completely became a complaint, Wen Jin listened to it, and her face sank.

Xiao Ayayun is not yet ten years old, how can she know exactly how she is making dim sum here? It seems that someone took advantage of her young age and used her as a gun.

Also, Wen Jin also realized his omission, that is, he didn't send some over there in time.

Still has no feelings, if it is in the Qian Mansion, Wen Jin will not eat it himself, he will give it to the people around him first.

But the dim sum had just been made, and Mother Gong was still packing the suitcase, so Xiao Ayayun took all of it, so Wen Jin's omission had no chance to show it, how did they know that Wen Jin didn't think of sending it to Zhilan Academy?

Wen Jin waved her hand to Gong's mother: "Today's fault is not you, there is a problem in the kitchen, you can deal with it in time, I didn't lose face in front of the guests, Gong's mother has worked hard." ”

"Thank you, Miss, for your understanding."

"You go, by the way, inform Ah to come here."

"Yes!" When Gong's mother left, her feet were much easier, and the eldest lady was better than the second lady, and she didn't anger the slave casually.

"Humph! It would be nice if the eldest lady could punish the fourth lady, today, she was beaten in vain. Mother Gong had to think inch by inch.

Ah Lai already knew about the kitchen, I heard that the eldest lady sent away the guests, and was walking to the Wutong Garden, and met Gong's mother head-on, she stopped, and carefully asked what happened, and the people in the kitchen said, there was no discrepancy, Ah Lai felt that Gong's mother was not lying, waved her hand to let her go, and she also entered the Wutong Garden.

Without waiting for Wen Jin to speak, Ah Lai blamed himself: "It's all slaves and maids who don't think it through." ”

"I can't blame you!" Wen Jin waved his hand, "Come to Damu, according to the rules of the Xiao Mansion, how should the fourth lady be punished for her mistake?" ”

"Grounded for one month, in addition to the monthly fine, the kitchen today's dim sum fee is two taels, three times the penalty, and the fourth lady will be deducted from the monthly money for two months."

"Hmmm! Anything else? ”

"Yes, the nurse Rong's mother didn't follow the fourth lady, she had the mistake of not being able to teach and taking care of herself, she should be given ten strokes of the cane and fined three months of money."

"Okay, that's it, come to Damu, who should carry out this?"

"Mama Qing."

Mama Qing is a dumb servant brought back by Xiao Yi from ***, she is sixty years old, and her body hates Jianlang, she can't speak, she can't hear, and no one cares about her on weekdays, so to speak, there is almost nothing to do.

Wen Jin didn't know the origin of Mama Qing, she only knew that she had martial arts, and she could easily move away from the two fish tanks carried by her mother-in-law alone.

"Come to Damu, will you be dumb? How to communicate with Mama Qing? ”

Ah Lai smiled: "Miss, Mama Qing is literate, she couldn't hear because of a serious illness later." ”

"Oh! Come to Damu, can you help me bring this plate of dim sum to her, and at the same time ask her to help me maintain the rules of the Xiao family? ”

"Yes, eldest miss, this is the duty of a slave."

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When the people in Zhilan Courtyard saw Xiao Ayayun bring back a big box of snacks, and listened to her talk about her heroic deeds in the kitchen, they were immediately excited, and they couldn't sit down as if they had drunk chicken blood.

"It's still the fourth lady who is powerful, hmph, why can the eldest lady entertain guests, and the second miss let her refuse?"

"The gang of people in the kitchen should be beaten, hum, at that time, the second lady was in charge, they farted every day, I don't know how much they stuttered, and now, they dare to talk to us about the rules. It's a pity that the fourth lady is not energetic, if the eldest lady, oh, no, the second lady will not beat Lao Gong down. ”

"Hee-hee, old Gong ......"

After the excitement passed, the fragrance of the dim sum made them salivate, Xiao Qiyun took the lead in chewing, ate enough, and gave the rest to the next person, although there were many dim sums, but they couldn't stand the many people, a box full of dim sum, and in the end, there was not even a scum left.

At this time, there was a mother-in-law Jiang's mother from outside Zhilan Courtyard, who was used by the housekeeper Ah Lai, who often helped to pass the word and deal with things, and the mother-in-law who guarded the door did not dare to slack off and led her in to see Xiao Qiyun.

Mother Jiang is lean and thin, not low, like a bamboo pole carrying clothes, walking, but the wind is under her feet, and her words are loud, only to hear her voice loud: "Come to Damu and let me say to the second lady, or send the dim sum to Wutong Garden, no matter what, the eldest lady wants to feast guests, and she can't lose the face of Xiaofu." ”

"The face of the Xiao Mansion? When I wanted to be rejected for a treat, where was the face of Xiao Mansion? You ask Ah Lai to come and tell me in person. ”

"Second Miss, let's give the snacks to the small ones, you can't be angry at this time, you said that you had a treat, and you didn't even send out the post, not to mention that the guests are about to arrive."

"So what? I sent someone to ask for it, didn't it come soon? Xiao Qiyun lifted Erlang's legs, and Mother Rong on the side coughed lightly, and she put it down, "We all ate the snacks, if the eldest lady refuses to let us go, then put us on the plate and go to the banquet." She thought she was playful, and she smirked twice.

Mother Jiang was surprised: "You guys really ate it?" This, this, ouch, I've got to get to the kitchen and get some of it done, I'm going to be a shame today. With that, he saluted Xiao Qiyun and said goodbye, and hurried out.

"Humph!" Xiao Qiyun made a smug face at Jiang's mother's back, and several maids around her laughed playfully, and the atmosphere in Zhilan Courtyard was very jubilant.

Rong's mother frowned on the side, and asked a few clever maids to go out to inquire about the news.

Xiao Qiyun knew that she couldn't be good today, but after a while, the excitement subsided, and she was still a little worried: "Mother Rong, what will she do with her little sister?" ”

Mother Rong gritted her teeth: "It is said that he is also a wicked person, and he will definitely not give up, hmph, at most, drive the fourth young lady out, and let her and you all go to live in Zhuangzi." ”

"Maybe it's a good thing, I'm not at ease when I leave my little sister alone at home." Xiao Qiyun said.

"Well, this is the best, when the time comes, the high-ranking families in the capital will know that she is a poisonous insect. Otherwise, these three sisters are not doing it right, and she is a good one? ”

"Well, Spit Xingzi can drown her too." Xiao Xuanyun echoed on the side.

"So, what if she really beats me?" Xiao Ayayun's second strength passed, and there was only fear left at this moment.

"She dares!" Xiao Qiyun said angrily, "As long as she dares to do it, I will dare to do it, and I don't believe it, she can beat me." When she was young, she went to the school to watch Xiao Yi practice martial arts, it was the most active age, so she followed the practice for a few months, if Xiao Qiyun can endure hardships and continue to practice with Xiao Yi, this father-daughter relationship can come out, but unfortunately Zhao Yulan dotes on her daughter, nagging all day long for fear that her daughter will suffer, Xiao Yiyun's heart is vented, Xiao Yi feels that the eldest daughter is very talented in martial arts, and she still doesn't want to give up at that time, so Zhao Yulan complained, crying and making trouble, saying that he didn't love children, Xiao Yi's heart was cold again, Xiao Juanyun and Xiao Ayayun cared less about the later Xiao Juanyun, so they basically ignored it.

But Xiao Qiyun thinks that she is a woman with martial arts, much more powerful than other girls, in fact, there is no chance to fight with Wen Jin, otherwise, she will know what it means to practice. Not only did Xiao Qiyun feel that she had two hits in her hands, but the people in Manzhilan Courtyard thought so, and her words attracted a chorus of echoes: "That is, if she dares to beat the fourth miss, the second miss will have a reason to take revenge, hmph, if you can't kill her, it will be her fate." Mother Rong frowned, but still thought of a worse result: "The Xiao family's family rules can be grounded, I can't say that she will use this trick." ”

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