Chapter 4: The Black Hand
Yahuan's room is inverted in the back compartment, and the second-class Yahuan is a room for two people, because there is always one person who needs to be on duty at night, in fact, they sleep alone at night.
Xiao Yu walked into his new home, and his eyes suddenly lit up, the treatment of this second-class girl ring was too good, and he saw that the room in front of him was open and bright, and it was very clean. There are beds on both sides, next to the bed is the wardrobe dressing table, the bedding on the bed is new, and the dressing table is a half-new plum blossom pattern makeup box.
There is also a butterfly peony blue and white porcelain vase in the corner, the room is bright, not to mention, the furniture in this room is also quite good, maybe more than some young ladies in small households.
There are four sets of regular clothes on his bed, Tsing Yi and Qing Skirt are blue than a blue satin jacket with moon white, no wonder they are called Tsing Yi Yahuan. There is a light blue silk silk hanging from her waist, which is the sign of a second-class girl's ring, and a first-class girl's ring like Zi Yan has a pink silk silk around her waist.
In addition to the overalls, there was a half-worn gray squirrel blue satin gown and an almost new embroidered four-season blue stone blue silk gown, which I thought was a reward from the lady.
Xiao Yu changed into work clothes and was packing up her things, when a plump girl with peugeot features walked in. The girl looked up at Xiaoyu with a proud expression, and said, "You are the wild girl who fled from the countryside?" ”
Xiao Yu glanced at the girl, and secretly thought that this girl should be another second-class girl, so she replied with a sweet smile: "I don't know what this sister is called, I'm new, my sister just call me Xiaoyu." The girl glanced at Xiaoyu in disgust, snorted, did not answer, and turned her head to go out.
Xiaoyu smiled bitterly, thinking that he was already looked down upon before he started work, and it seemed that this new colleague was not easy to get along with. was depressed, only to hear Zi Yan shouting outside the window: "Xiaoyu, have you packed up, pack up and follow me to see the little master."
Xiao Yu replied hurriedly, and quickly checked his whole body for anything wrong. After checking that it was correct, she walked out of the room quickly and smiled at Zi Yan: "There is Sister Lao." Zi Yan took her to the warm pavilion, only to see that the previous arrogant girl was already there, and another old mother was standing under the porch. Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi was sitting on a chair and twisting his body impatiently.
"I've seen the young master", Zi Yan saluted and said to the little glutinous rice balls, "This is the white heron, this is the little fish, it is the personal maid ring assigned by the lady to the young master", after speaking, the little fish and the white egret stepped forward and saluted together and said: "The slave and maid see the young master."
"No courtesy", Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi waved his hand impatiently, and then pointed to the arrogant girl and said, "What are you calling a heron?" The girl was slightly stunned and replied, "Returning to the young master, the slave and the white egret."
"Egret?" Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi rolled his eyes and said, "It's not good, it's not fun at all, it's still Xiaoyu's sister's name is fun, Xiaoyu, how easy to remember!" What kind of heron is that, you will call it a little heron in the future, what a match between a small fish and a little heron."
The white herret's eyes suddenly turned red, but he didn't dare to refute, so he had to pout slightly and salute aggrievedly: "The slave obeys."
Then the mother standing under the porch stepped forward and said, "The old slave has seen the young master. Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi immediately jumped up from the chair and helped the old mother and said, "Mother Duan, please get up quickly." ”。
It turned out that this Duan's mother was Mrs. Xiao's nurse, and she had already been raised, because the little master had this incident, she was afraid that the people below would not be able to do anything, so Mrs. deliberately took it over again and took care of the little glutinous rice balls temporarily.
After everyone got to know each other, Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi yawned and said, "Okay, okay, you guys stand down, I want Sister Xiaoyu to sleep with me." It seems that the first day of work is the night shift, and Xiao Yu secretly thinks in his heart that he doesn't know if this little ancestor is good to serve, and he doesn't seem to have a bad temper.
After serving the little glutinous rice balls to finish washing, Xiao Yu took off his shoes for him, covered the quilt, and was about to wait for the glutinous rice balls to fall asleep obediently and retreat, when he suddenly heard the little glutinous rice balls whisper to Xiao Yu: "Beautiful sister, someone pushed me to the pool today." ”。
Xiao Yu was horrified in his heart, but he saw that Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi had his eyes closed and looked peaceful, as if he hadn't said anything.
Xiao Yu gently approached Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi and said in a whispered voice, "Who is it?" Why don't you tell Madame? Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi shook his head lightly and said, "I don't know, I didn't tell my mother, there are people around her who want to harm me." ”。
Xiao Yu couldn't help but ask in doubt, "Then why do you want to tell me?" Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Xiao Yu with an innocent face and said, "Beautiful sister, you saved me, I only believe you." ”。
Xiao Yu stared at the harmless face of Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi, and it was hard to imagine that a five-year-old child could be so calm and old.
It turned out that at noon, Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi woke up from a nap and found that there was no maid and a woman, and a white shadow rushed out in front of him. He was curious for a moment, so he chased Bai Ying all the way into the garden.
The white shadow was a small white bird, flying and stopping all the way, and just as he was holding his breath and preparing to pounce on the bird, he fell into the pond with a strong push from behind. Fortunately, the pond was not deep, and the little fish arrived in time, so he was spared death.
After saying that he fell into the water, Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi continued: "I only told my mother that I slipped into the garden to play by myself and accidentally slipped into the pond." We'll keep an eye on it later, and I'll see who's trying to hurt me. ”。
After listening to Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi, Xiao Yu fell into deep thought, the personnel relationship of the Hou Mansion is not complicated, and there are no messy characters such as aunts and concubines, so what is the motive of this person, where did those girls and mothers-in-law go at that time.
It is said that these girls who have committed crimes are locked up in the firewood room, and they really want to find an opportunity to ask about the situation. No way, in this feudal society, being a Yahuan is also a high-risk job, in case the master who serves has something three long and two short, when Yahuan is dead. For the sake of his own life, Xiaoyu also has to work hard to find out the black hand behind his back.
When Xiaoyu was in a daze, he found that Xiao Nuomi Yuanzi had fallen asleep, and he couldn't help but laugh dumbly. She gently put the exposed arm of the glutinous rice balls into the quilt, then gently extinguished the candle, carefully closed the doors and windows, and went to the outer bunk to sleep. Lying on the bed, Xiaoyu's heart fluctuated, thinking back to today's day, and couldn't think of who wanted to kill this five-year-old child. Slowly, she also fell asleep.
Xiaoyu woke up before dawn, and Qi Heng had to go to the front yard every hour to practice martial arts with the head of the sect. After grooming, Xiaoyu looked at it and leaked, and at two o'clock, she gently walked into the warm pavilion, and the little glutinous rice balls slept soundly.
The ancient rich second generation was still so hard, Xiao Yu gently pushed the little guy while scolding. Qi Heng was called by the little fish with sleepy eyes, and the little heron heard the movement in the warm pavilion, so he entered the house with toiletries, and commanded the two third-class little girls to carry the water in. When Qi Heng sleepwalked like washing and dressing, it was already time to finish freshening up, and Xiaoyu took him to the main room to greet his wife and have breakfast together.
There are four sweet and four salty breakfasts, the salty ones are plum blossom buns, goose fat rolls, crystal steamed dumplings, and beef cooking cakes; The sweet ones are sand sugar rice crackers, honey fried tofu, taro dumplings and osmanthus crispy; It is accompanied by two kinds of quail porridge and chrysanthemum amber soup, and four dishes of side dishes; The breakfast alone is lively and mouth-watering.
When Qi Heng arrived, the lady and the eldest lady were already waiting for him. Miss Qi Pan Xiaoyu is still the first time to see it, only to see Qi Pan's thin body, silent speech, a pink long skirt with a red gold sprinkled hundred butterflies playing with flowers and a small jacket, the red color is more and more sallow face, but a Hong Qiushui inherited Mrs., but his eyes are shy, and he always hides behind his bangs and looks secretly.
This eldest lady is not at all like Mrs., Xiaoyu thought while setting up the meal and serving tea. It's easy to get ready to stop, the masters start eating, and the maids can only stand aside and watch.
Xiao Yu stood behind Qi Heng, paying attention to what Qi Heng liked to eat. Sure enough, he was still a child, Qi Heng liked sweets, he basically ate the taro dumplings and osmanthus crispy, and drank most of the chrysanthemum soup. As for the salty category, he just ate half a goose fat roll.
However, Qi Pan's face was pale, and he only drank a small half bowl of chrysanthemum soup and stopped eating, no wonder this eldest lady was so thin and ate like bird food. The ancients paid attention to food without saying a word, sleeping without speaking, so there was no speech during the whole meal process, only the occasional slight sound of the dishes and chopsticks was heard.
It was already a quarter of the hour after breakfast, Qi Pan went back to her Qixia Courtyard, and Xiaoyu sent Qi Heng to the second gate, and a small servant greeted him to the martial arts field. The little fish returned to the warm pavilion, and the little heron had already made the bed. Xiaolu moves quickly and is obviously proficient in business. It's just that since the morning, Xiaolu hasn't looked at Xiaoyu directly, and he hasn't taken care of Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu didn't bother to put his face on other people's cold buttocks, and arranged his own work after breakfast. At the end of this day, there are not many things in the second-class girl's ring, which is much easier than when the third-class girl was in the ring. She and Xiaolu are mainly responsible for Qi Heng's personal affairs, and other rough work can be assigned to third-class girls to do. According to the example, in addition to the two second-class rings, Qi Heng also has four third-class rings. It's a pity that there are no sparrows among the four.
On weekdays, Qi Heng came back from martial arts practice in the morning and came back to rest for a while, the ancients were all two-meal system, no lunch. Therefore, he usually prepares some pastries and snacks when Qi Heng comes back from martial arts practice to cushion his stomach. After noon, Qi Heng would take a nap for an hour, and write a few big characters in the small study every three minutes. Due to Qi Heng's young age, he has not yet been officially enlightened, but he was taught by his wife to recognize some words.
Xiao Yu took a trip back to the lower courtyard, in addition to reassuring the nurse that she was adapting well, she also quietly asked Xiaoque to find Cui's mother to find a way to find the maids who had served Qi Heng before being kicked out to understand the situation at that time. After doing these things, Xiaoyu returned to the main courtyard.