Chapter 3: Madame
Xiaoyu followed Zi Yan into Canglang Residence, and the square bricks in the main courtyard were paved and cleaned. The five rooms of the main house are lined up, and there are verandahs in front of them, and the two sides are spread out until the courtyard gate. Under the corridor, there is a row of flower pots, planted with begonias, moon seasons, gardenias, rhododendrons and other flowers of the four seasons.
There are also two osmanthus trees planted on the west side of the courtyard, which are blooming just right, and the sweet fragrance of the silky osmanthus flowers is refreshing. Under the tall osmanthus tree, there is a large fish tank with colorful glaze, and there are also cypress and bamboo decorations. The end is magnificent, luxurious and graceful, and sure enough, the weather of the Hou Mansion.
All the way, the girls and mothers-in-law all stood with their hands down, holding their breath and not hearing a sound. Walking to the bottom of the porch, a maid who was feeding the parrot smiled and said, "Sister Ziyan is back, and Madame is waiting." With that, the curtain was raised.
The big boss was officially summoned for the first time, and Xiao Yu was still a little nervous. Thinking about it, whatever, it's not that I haven't seen a big leader in my previous life, not to mention that I don't have a lot of things that my wife wants to inquire about. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel confident again, Xiaoyu secretly clenched his fists, and did psychological construction for himself.
Entering the main room, a fragrant wind came to the nose, and the corner of the small fish's eyes caught a glimpse of the corner, an incense burner in the shape of a purple copper boron-eared beast was spitting out cigarettes, and the table next to the incense burner was offering all kinds of snacks and new fruits.
There are four chairs on each side of the hall with goose wings lined up, and the chairs are lined with half-new cushions. On the east side sat a noble lady, who could only see the shadow of her clothes and temples from a distance, and she must have been a beauty.
Xiao Yu only glanced at it quickly, and didn't dare to look at it again, Zi Yan pulled her sleeve, she came back to her senses, followed Zi Yan to step forward and knelt down and said, "Slave maid to Madame to say goodbye." There was no sound in the hall, and the little fish lay on the ground, and couldn't help but get nervous.
After a while, Fang heard a lazy female voice say, "Get up." Xiaoyu quietly rubbed his numb knees and almost couldn't stand up. Zi Yan next to her quietly hugged her, and she stood firm tremblingly.
When she stood firm, the female voice said, "Tell me, what's going on in the afternoon?" Xiao Yu had already made a draft on the way here, and at this time, he confessed truthfully from the time he got lost to the time he saved Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi. Her voice was crisp and articulate, and she was stunned to say a small thing vividly and excitingly.
After she finished speaking like a bamboo tube pouring beans, she only heard the female voice laugh and said: "You girl is very articulate, so you don't know how Heng'er fell into the water?" ”
Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, and Fang reacted that Heng'er was referring to the little glutinous rice balls, and said, "Back to Mrs. Hui's words, the slave doesn't know." ”
The woman's voice said "um" and said, "Come up and let me take a look." ”
Xiaoyu took a step forward, did not dare to look up to look at Mrs., only to see that there was a half-stacked gold stacked cui full embroidered Hunan skirt in front of the left side of the floor, low-key and exquisite, the skirt exposed half of the embroidered shoes, the toe was a small goldfish, and the goldfish mouth was inlaid with a pearl the size of a small finger, as if it was a bubble spit out by a goldfish, which was very good-looking.
"Look up." , The female voice continued, Xiaoyu slowly raised her head, only to see a woman in her thirties opposite, with cloud temples lightly, like a dark cloud cage, a pair of willow eyebrows raised high, and a pair of apricot eyes looked very bright, as if a flood of autumn water, and for a moment, there was a soul-seducing fierceness.
What a beauty! Xiao Yu looked at his wife and secretly cheered in his heart.
The beauty looked Xiaoyu up and down a few times and said, "It's still neat." Heng'er came back in the evening and kept saying that there was a beautiful sister who saved him, and he insisted that I bring you. Since you have saved him, you have merit, and you should be rewarded, unlike those who steal and cheat and derelict their duties, and they should be punished if they have no master in their hearts, do you know? The lady's tone became more and more aggressive, and she put the teacup on the side of the chair after speaking.
Zi Yan hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Madame, those who are not willing to sleep and play have been sent away, and the mothers-in-law who gambled money for the first time are tied up in the firewood room to wait for Madame's fate." ”。 Only then did Xiao Yu understand that the mother-in-law who was serving the little young master in the afternoon had stolen gambling money, and the girl who should have been watching the little young master probably fell asleep, so that the little glutinous rice balls quietly slipped into the garden to play and almost drowned.
Hearing Mrs. asking, knowing that Mrs. was knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger to kill the chicken and the monkey, Xiao Yu quickly stood up with his hands and replied softly.
Mrs. pondered for a while and said: "Since you should be rewarded, you are now a third-class girl, now you will be promoted to a second-class girl, come to my yard on an errand, Heng'er also likes you to be tight, you will take care of him first." Zi Yan, there are other deficiencies around the young master, you go to Mother Zhou and choose a few good ones to make up. ”
Xiaoyu was a little blinded by this good news all of a sudden, the third class was mentioned in the second class, that is the lifelong pursuit of many Yahuan, like her, who has no backing, will be promoted to the second class in less than a month, which is simply unimaginable. As usual, the young master is still young, and only two second-class maids take care of him.
The previous Yahuan mother-in-law had been sent away because of the overboard, which was equivalent to re-assembling the team for her, and she suddenly thought that it would be good if she could bring the little bird over. That Zhou's mother was the housekeeper of the inner courtyard, responsible for buying and training girls, and when Xiaoyu came, she was trained under Zhou's mother for a period of time.
Immediately, the lady pointed to Xiaoyu and said to Zi Yan: "Except for the example of the second-class girl, now that the weather is starting to get cold, you can take two more of my old winter clothes and choose what she can wear." , Xiaoyu happily stepped forward to thank the reward, and the lady beat her again.
While the master and servant were talking, a small figure suddenly rolled in from the outside and pounced on the little fish. "Beautiful sister", it turned out that Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi ran over when he heard the news. "The slave has seen the little master", Xiaoyu hurriedly stepped forward to meet the new master. "Oh, no courtesy", the villain commanded seriously, but his face was clearly grimacing.
"Okay, Heng'er, don't make trouble with Xiaoyu, while it's still early, Xiaoyu, you can go back and pack your things quickly, and move to the back today." Madame took a sip of tea. Because the weather is getting colder, the warm pavilion in the backyard of the lady is the residence of the young master, as the personal ring of the young master, of course, you must join the company as soon as possible. Xiao Yu thanked the reward, and was led by Zi Yan to familiarize himself with the working environment, and then rushed back to the residence to pack up his things.
Back in the lower courtyard, the nurse had not yet slept, and was waiting for the little fish worriedly. Xiaoyu told the nurse the good news, but the nurse was not very happy.
"Hey, Miss, I've really wronged you, I want to serve ......", Xiaoyu suddenly interrupted the nurse's words, and said: "Mother, there will be no Miss in the future, you are my mother, I am your daughter, we are from a poor background, and we can't live anymore before we sell ourselves into slavery." The nurse was stunned for a moment, sighed, but never spoke again.
After packing up her clothes, Xiaoyu said goodbye to the nurse, and went to the next door to say goodbye to Xiaoque. Xiaoque happily said to Xiaoyu: "Xiaoyu, I have already sent a message to my mother, let her find a way to fill the gap for me, so that we can be together again." ”
Xiao Yu's eyes widened in surprise, "Really, that's great if it can be done." ”。 Although it has only been half a month, Xiaoyu has become good friends with Xiaoque, and Xiaoyu is well-informed and has a good heart, Xiaoyu has always treated her as her sister.
After saying goodbye to Xiaoque reluctantly, in the envious eyes of other little girls, Xiaoyu returned to the main courtyard. The warm pavilion is at the back of the main house, only a few steps away from the room where the lady lives, and I think it was specially arranged by the lady for the convenience of care.