After waiting for a long time, he didn't see the mandarin duck's mother returning, so Shen Yixiu went to rest in the room he had picked. Leave Jia Qiong and Shen Zizheng waiting here.

The servants next to them hurriedly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and when Qingfeng saw this, she followed Shen Yixiu to the room, and made a bed in the small room outside, leaning on the bed and falling asleep.

After all, I haven't slept for half a month, and I've been on the boat before, tossing up and down, and I really have no intention of sleeping.

After another moment, the man has not returned.

No, Jia Qiong and Shen Zizheng let the mandarin duck lead the way and went to Jia Zhu's study.

Unbeknownst to them, however, as soon as they left, the servants entered the rooms they had arranged earlier, and began to tidy up, make the beds, fold the quilts, and put the things they had brought with them.

And Brother Parrot began to hold his and Mandarin Duck's futons, and also began to tidy up the futons in Jia Qiong and Shen Zizheng's room.

Jia Qiong and the two came to Jia Zhu's study under the guidance of Mandarin Duck, and saw Jia Zhu reading by the window.

Seeing the three of them coming in, he hurriedly got up to greet them, asked the two of them to sit on the coffee table, and poured hot tea for the two of them.

Then he looked at the mandarin duck standing aside and said, "Mandarin duck, you go and do your business first." ”

Seeing the mandarin duck leaving, he said to the two: "Two junior brothers, didn't you say that it was early for the brothers, I went to visit you, why did you come over first." ”

Seeing this, Shen Zizheng was also stunned, and then said angrily:

"Senior brother, my brother said that there is no need for someone to serve, how to arrange for someone to come. And the one who leads the way has come to you. ”

Jia Zhu couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and said:

"Brother Zizheng, what you have done is not worthy of your family and country, you are eleven years old, where did you come from, why not make your song more complete today.

I am not afraid of everything, why am I worried about using a maid. Besides, friends have the friendship of wealth, so what is it to give a maidservant?

Since it has been given away, how can it be taken back for the brother. ”

When Shen Zizheng heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Senior brother, don't make fun of the little brother, this Qing has someone else."

There is no need to arrange more manpower for the younger brother, if you don't want to take it back, it's better to give the parrot brother to the younger brother.

When the mandarin duck and the parrot brother came, the little junior brother stared at it for a long time. ”

When Jia Qiong heard this, he couldn't help but be anxious, although he really wanted to, but now they are all children, how can he afford to raise a maid and a maid if he can't support himself.

I have to have a certain basic plate by myself, and then I have to take care of my mother and sister yet, how to support others.

And these two people really bring them back, and they can still let them do heavy work, I guess it's almost the same as those young ladies, just do some needlework and female red.

It's not as good as men to do some heavy work, and it's not cost-effective to give them monthly columns.

Then he said: "The eldest brother Fang Cai brother also told you, and the younger brother does not need to be served by a maid. I'm used to taking care of myself. ”

When Jia Zhu heard this, he couldn't help but look at Jia Qiong, and remembered what Jia Qiong said before, and his face couldn't help but be a little strange.

It seems that this Brother Qiong first said that his family was poor, and then he said that he didn't need it.

It's afraid that I can't afford it, not that I don't want it.

I remembered that at the beginning, Jia Qiong looked at her eldest sister, the cousin of the Wang family, as well as Baoqin and Ping'er, and the sister of the Shen family, all of whom looked at her a few more times.

I never thought that this Brother Qiong was a really romantic person, but unfortunately he was still young.

is of the same race and surname as the eldest sister, and you can't get married, otherwise it's good.

Thinking of this, he immediately laughed and said:

"Okay, two junior brothers, I'm sending people out.

How to arrange it is your business, if you don't want it, just like you said, just give it to Brother Qiong.

If Brother Qiong doesn't need it, let them go back by themselves. ”

The three of them chatted casually before they dispersed.

Back in the courtyard next door, the two went back to the room and saw the maid in the house.

Jia Qiong looked at the same age as herself, presumably without the shrewdness of the fierce mandarin duck in the future, thought about it in her heart, and then said bitterly to the mandarin duck:

"Mandarin duck, I'm here to take the test, and I don't need to be served. I'm going to go back to Shenjing in the future.,You follow me now.,It's not good for you.。。。 ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw Brother Parrot crying and walking in with the futon in his arms. said to Jia Qiong:

"Third master, Shen Gongzi said that he told you to 'give me to you', so let me come to you.

I just came in and heard you say, 'You don't even want Sister Mandarin Duck,' you won't and don't want me."

If so, I will be sold to the house again, and I beg the third master to keep the servant. ”

I sobbed as I spoke.

The mandarin duck saw that Jia Qiong and Brother Parrot had finished speaking, and then answered Jia Qiong's question:

"Third master, the servant knows that you are here to take the test, and since Uncle Ranzhu has given the servant to you, you are the master of the servant, the first master, and the last master.

If the master doesn't want a servant, then the servant will die.

There is a way that loyal ministers do not serve the second master, and loyal maids will not serve the second master, and please take the third master in. ”

When Jia Qiong heard this, she looked at the head of the four martyrs in the Red Mansion, as well as the handmaid of Lin Daiyu in the future.

He didn't dare to accept it, first, he couldn't afford to raise it, and second, he was afraid of affecting historical changes, so he didn't dare at all.

At least he doesn't dare to do it now when he doesn't have a certain right or status.

Thinking of this, he looked at the mandarin duck and the parrot, and said:

"Mandarin duck and parrot, it's not that I don't accept you.

It's because I'm a remote house in the house, and my family is not rich, so I can't afford to support you, and I don't have a monthly routine with you, and you can't bear to live such a poor life.

Besides, your mother also said that it was originally two years later to send the two of you to Shenjing to wait for your grandmother, isn't it better than me? ”

Hearing this, the mandarin duck and the parrot said in unison: "The maid can afford to eat." ”

The mandarin duck looked at Brother Parrot, and then motioned for Brother Parrot to speak first.

When Brother Parrot saw this, he said:

"Third master, the maid has been poor since he was a child, and he can't survive, so he sold the servant into the house to survive, of course he can afford it.

The servant is not the kind of person who can't endure hardship, and the servant has seen many older brothers and sisters starving to death, and their families can't do anything about it.

But if a man leaves the house alone, and has no one to rely on, he will surely die.

In the future, the third master will not be disliked if he is weak, and when the maid is older, he will warm the bed and fold the quilt for the third master.

If you don't like the posture of the servant, the servant can also do some hard work, pulp washing clothes and the like. Ask the third master not to abandon the servant. ”

When the mandarin duck saw that Brother Parrot finished speaking, Jia Qiong didn't give a letter, so he also said:

"The third master, the servant is still the same sentence, the loyal maid does not serve the second master.

If the third master is worried that the money is not enough for our monthly columns, there is no need to worry, our monthly columns in the past two years have all come out of the public in the house.

In the future, when the third master is talented, someone will inevitably donate the land, and the conditions at home will inevitably improve.

After that, if you can raise people again, the house will definitely seek an official body for the third master, and it will not be difficult to support your family at that time, and you don't need to worry about the monthly column.

Besides, it's okay to have fewer monthly cases, and the maid is not following the third master for the money. ”

Listening to what the two said, Jia Qiong was also a little helpless.

Brother Parrot is for survival, if she doesn't want it, she won't let a little girl be kicked out of the house, but she must think about it herself.

And the mandarin duck's temperament is too strong, and he actually thinks about these things, and now he is the same age as himself. Such a wickedness?

What the mandarin duck said also makes some sense. But you must not change these things until you have no foundation.

After thinking about it, he immediately said to the two:

"If it is as you say, then from today until I return to Shenjing, you will stay with me.

If I can't afford to support you at that time, you will go to Shenjing to take care of your grandmother according to what the mandarin duck mother said before.

If I have the ability and the money to support you, I will ask my grandmother for you again. You think so. ”

Thinking of this, Jia Qiong also gave herself a thumbs up, and then flickered first.

If they have the opportunity in the future, if they don't refuse, they will definitely come back.

Hearing what Jia Qiong said, the mandarin duck immediately said:

"Since the third master said so, then the mandarin duck listens to the third master, and when he enters the house, if he takes care of the old lady or other young ladies, it will be fine.

If I am asked to take care of the other masters, then the third master will redeem the servant. ”

Brother Parrot heard this. also said: "Third master, I am the same." ”