The two were chatting happily, when they heard Bai Shao and Bai Hui say in unison: "I've seen Madame." ”。 As soon as the lady stepped into the east room, she saw two little girls like lotus flowers saluting her in unison, one weak as an orchid, and the other as fresh as dew.

Mrs. suddenly felt that her eyes lit up, "Oh, this is Pan'er, this is Xiaoyu", Mrs. pulled one in one hand and looked at the two of them in surprise. "You are dressed like this, even the jade girl in front of the Guanyin Bodhisattva is just like this. Pan'er, when did your Yahuan have such good craftsmanship? ”。

Mrs. looked at Qi Pan carefully, only to see that today's dress strongly highlights Qi Pan's weak temperament, but it covers up the sickness, weak but not sickly, the color of the clothes is low-key and soft, but more than the previous red and pink Qi Pan's complexion, the headdress is simple but not simple, expensive but not tacky. The small fish on the side is fresh and cute, but it is another temperament.

"Mother, it's the craft of the second sister." Qi Pan replied softly on the side. "Hey, hey, I'm a blessing in which cultivation, it's really a good daughter who fell from the sky." Mrs. hugged Xiaoyu, "It's just that the body is a little thin, and the little face is thin, so you have to take care of it." Madame looked at the small fish road. Xiaoyu was extremely uncomfortable by Madame's sudden affection, and stood there at a loss.

After looking at it for a while, Mrs. finally let go of Xiaoyu and said: "After a while, you have breakfast, and then come to the flower hall, I called someone Yazi to bring some girls over, Xiaoyu, you choose by yourself, Pan'er, you also follow the study." After that, the lady went back to the main room first.

Bai Shao Baihui took the little girl to put breakfast on the table, the little fish was hungry, and when Qi Pan washed her hands and sat down, she unceremoniously took the osmanthus cake and ate it. Qi Pan was stunned as he watched the little fish's eating. Xiao Yu looked at Qi Pan's appearance and couldn't help laughing.

She swallowed a mouthful of osmanthus cake and then said to Qi Pan: "What is my sister looking at me doing, is there a flower on my face?" Qi Pan pointed at Xiao Yu and said, "You.... You eat like this", Xiao Yu covered his mouth and whispered to Qi Pan: "Sister, there are no outsiders here, of course, you have to be happy, if there are outsiders, you see", Xiao Yu squeezed his eyes to Qi Pan, and then sat upright, pretending to be Sven, chewing slowly, and looking good.

Qi Pan laughed out loud, and then covered his mouth with a handkerchief with a flushed face. Bai Peony and Bai Hui were also made to snicker by the appearance of the little fish. Xiaoyu said to Qi Pan Zhengse: "Sister, smile, ten years less, you should smile more, be in a good mood and eat more happily." Qi Pan nodded slightly, "My sister is right, I saw that you were so happy to eat, and I really want to taste it." Bai Shao's face was overjoyed when she heard this, and she hurriedly sandwiched a piece of osmanthus cake into Qi Pan's bowl.

Qi Pan carefully sandwiched a piece of osmanthus cake and tasted it, and then tasted a few other pastries under the persuasion of Xiaoyu, but he ate more than usual. Bai Hui said with a smile while holding the chestnut soup for Qi Pan: "The second lady is here, and the eldest lady really has a much better appetite." Qi Pan also pursed his lips and smiled.

Xiao Yu smiled and said: "Sister, if you are in a good mood, your appetite is good, your body is good, you should usually smile and go out for a walk." Qi Pan said shyly: "I only feel panicked in my heart, and it's boring to eat, and I can't lift my spirits." My sister is here today, and listening to my sister's words, I think everything is more interesting than usual. ”

Xiao Yu thought about this, Qi Pan was afraid that she was a little depressed after staying in the house all day, and it was always right to be cheerful, so I didn't know how that Yue Gongzi would cure her heart disease.

The two of them had breakfast, got up and came to the flower hall together. Along the way, Xiaoyu searched his intestines and tried his best to lead Qi Pan to speak. Qi Pan had no playmates since he had been ill for a long time, and Xiaoyu deliberately did what he liked, and after a while, the two little girls were like honey and oil. Qi Pan didn't have much feelings for this sister at first, but he didn't expect that this second sister was not only not a small family, but also quite insightful. Qi Pan told her about some of the books she had read, although she didn't understand the meaning of those classical Chinese, but after listening to Qi Pan's explanation, she could often put forward a lot of pertinent opinions.

When the two came to the flower hall, they saw a tooth woman leading a dozen little girls who were already waiting there. Xiao Yu followed Qi Pan to sit up without squinting, and the afterglow swept over those little girls, all with flat heads and faces, dressed plainly and neatly, it is rare that so many people are still silent here, they did not hear the sound of the little girl's chirping, and there was no looking around, which shows that this mother-in-law has a set of training girls. This is the first time to choose Yahuan Xiaoyu, she thought to herself that this is similar to the job fair in her previous life, thinking about the style of those interviewers in her previous life, Xiaoyu has a bottom in her heart.

After the two of them sat down, Zi Yan, who was on the side, stepped forward and said, "Mrs. Wang, these are our two young ladies, and this is to pick a girl for the second young lady." At first glance, Mrs. Wang was shrewd and capable, and she was able to observe words and feelings, and said with a smile: "Two young ladies, the mother-in-law is usually specialized in this business, and the batch brought here today is innocent and has quick hands and feet." After speaking, the mother-in-law turned her head and beckoned to the little girls, only to see that the little girls consciously lined up in several rows.

The mother-in-law turned to Qi Pan and Xiaoyu again and said, "Two young ladies, the mother-in-law asked them to come up in batches and you can pick them, okay?" Seeing that Qi Pan didn't say anything, Xiao Yu nodded to his mother-in-law. The mother-in-law asked the first group of girls to come forward. There are six girls in each group, standing in order from tall to short, and there are quite rules between walking.

Xiaoyu asked them to introduce themselves in turn, and excluded a few people who spoke in a loud voice, stammered, and did not match the preface. While watching, Xiao Yu wondered where the person who was thinking about the moon boy didn't know where. was in a trance, and suddenly saw a maid ring quietly make a gesture to her when she stepped forward, which was the gesture made by Yue Gongzi when he left.

It turned out that this was the case, Xiao Yu understood in his heart, so he pointed to the girl ring and said, "You can introduce yourself." The girl bowed and introduced, and sure enough, her voice was loud and coherent. Xiao Yu asked again if she was literate, what were her specialties, and then nodded and asked her to stand aside, so Xiao Yu used the same method to choose the maid ring sent by the son of the third month. Then Xiaoyu chose four clever and ordinary-looking little girls to be the third-class girls in his yard.

The girls sent by Yue Gongzi were all fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls, coarse and literate, and there were no particularly outstanding ones, each of them was pleasing to the eye but had no characteristics. I don't know if this is their true appearance, is there any change of appearance in this era, Xiao Yu muttered to himself in his heart.

According to the hint of the girl at the beginning, Xiao Yu first picked two to serve the nurse, and Xiao Yu gave them the name of peach and willow green and sent them directly to the lower courtyard where the nurse was. The remaining two, according to the rules of the Hou Mansion, the second-class girl ring all started with white characters, and Xiao Yu named the one headed by Bai Fu, and the other named Bai Rong. Bai Fu is tall and tall, her eyes are flexible, and Bai Rong is honest and taciturn. There are four little girls left, and the little fish will be handed over to Zhou's mother for training. After sending off the little girl, Xiaoyu put away the deed, and took the two girls and Qi Pan to see Mrs.

The lady was in the main room to settle the accounts, and when she saw them come in, she said, "I have chosen so quickly." Xiaoyu replied with a smile: "I don't know how to choose, so I picked a few that are pleasing to the eye." The lady looked at the two maids, asked a few more words, and said: "Xiaoyu, your vision is really good, these seem to be quite honest." ”

Then he said: "You have put away the deed, and when you go back in a while, you can beat them with good words, and take out the master's pie." Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Thank you, Madame, for your advice." ”。 Madame smiled and pointed at Xiaoyu and said, "You still call me Madame?" Xiao Yu stuck out his tongue and saluted in a coquettish voice: "Xiao Yu has seen his mother." The lady was angry and funny, and said, "Okay, I have already repaired the book and informed the Hou Ye." Just now I asked people to look at the yellow calendar, the fifth day of the first month of next month is a good day, and at that time, the letter from the Hou Ye should also arrive, so let's recognize the woman on that day. ”

Then he said: "During this time, I will send my mother to teach you the rules, you have to study hard, and you must also learn the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting that the official lady wants to know." Xiaoyu's face turned into a mess when he heard this, "Mother, can you not learn." ”。

Mrs. said with a straight face: "You will be a serious Miss Houfu in the future, of course these must be learned, in addition, when you two are older, you will have to learn to manage the accounts, and the female red embroidery work cannot be pulled down." Although you are not my own child, if you recognize me as your mother, then you must not fall into the name of the Hou Mansion and discredit the Hou Mansion. Xiaoyu got up and said yes.

Qi Pan comforted Wen Yan on the side: "Second sister, I can teach you some in the future, I was not in good health before, and I don't want my mother to let me learn." Xiao Yu looked at Qi Pan and said, "Big sister, you will get better in the future, let's learn together." Qi Pan's lips squirmed, and he couldn't speak for a long time, but his eyes gradually turned red.

Xiao Yu was afraid that she would be excited, so she gently stroked her chest and said, "Big sister, the coming day is long, you have to believe in Yue Gongzi." Qi Pan nodded heavily, and crystal tears dripped on Xiaoyu's hand one by one. Xiao Yu looked at Qi Pan's delicate face, and secretly made up her mind that as long as she didn't want her life, she would do her best to cooperate with Yue Gongzi to cure Qi Pan

After Qi Pan's mood calmed down, the lady said, "You two follow me to the warehouse, Xiaoyu picks a few furnishings he likes." Xiao Yu sent Bai Hui to lead Bai Rong back to Qixia Courtyard first to familiarize himself with the situation and settle his residence. She took Bai Fu and Qi Pan to the warehouse with her wife.

The storehouse was in the back of the main room, and the lady called the mother-in-law who guarded the storeroom to open the storeroom and pulled the little fish in. In the storeroom, large and small boxes are piled up to the top, all kinds of vases, screens, antique ornaments, and long and short scrolls of calligraphy and painting; In the other room, there are silk satin, silk fur, jewelry and jade, which are dazzling and colorful.