In the north room of the east wing, Freehand was disturbed by some subtle movements, sat up, found that the blank had gotten up, lit a candle and sat by the window by the bookcase to write and draw.

I got out of bed and walked over.

Aiming at the leakage on the bookcase is the beginning. Freehand leaned closer to look behind Liubai, still a little worried, and made sure that Nizi was not scribbling some of the courseware they had prepared for the petty officials before, and then relaxed.

Leaning over with his arms around his shoulders, he looked at the ugly fox under the blank charcoal pen, of course he understood her thoughts, and whispered: "The little officials also pity us, is it possible, do you want to be treated as an object so casually?" ”

Liubai moved his shoulders, looking like he was about to push the freehand away, and said angrily: "I think!" ”

Freehand pressed her swaying little body, and said: "Let's pity her, how many years can she pester a petty official at her age?" I can't say, in another three or five years, it will be the ugly fox you write. ”

Liubai endured it, laughed out loud in the end, and soon remembered that he was still sulking, so he quickly tightened his little face and turned his head: "On weekdays, I say that I don't spare people, and if you poison you, you want to rip people's hearts." ”

The grievances and sullenness that were left blank in the writing opinion were vented, and he hugged her affectionately before pulling her up: "Go back to bed, I don't have my clothes properly dressed, what should I do if I'm freezing?" ”

Liubai was pulled up by her, but she didn't go back to her small bed, walked to the side of the freehand bed and threw herself down, muttering: "It's good to be frostbitten, or someone is distressed." ”

Leave a blank space to lie on your bed, and you don't rush to the freehand.

Holding the candlestick and putting it at the head of the bed, he pushed Nizi inside, blew the lamp, pulled the quilt and lay down together, and gently slapped her: "Say angry words." ”

Then they said no more.

I can't sleep either.

Maybe petty officials have the minds of petty officials, but how can they not have their own minds?

It was dark, and it was about the right time, so we sat up together, dressed and got up.

When he came to the outer room, Luo Shui also opened the curtain and walked out.

There was nothing unusual in his expression, and he greeted him softly as always. However, Freehand noticed that she was neatly dressed, but she didn't look like she had just gotten up.

The door was opened, the three daughters' house was washed, and six maids and servants who came out of the back room were waiting quietly in front of the main entrance.

Freehand pulled the latch and led the person out.

Outside the main gate is a row of maids and servants living in an upside-down room, which is also the reason why Zhu Yuan feels that the courtyard is like a courtyard house. However, it is still a compact Jiangnan courtyard layout, in fact, on both sides of the main entrance, there are two south rooms on the left and right, if you count the kitchen and bathroom in the corners of both sides, the space can be said to be used to the extreme.

The servants who lived in the inverted room had also gotten up, and they led a group of women to the southeast corner, took out the key, and opened the small door that opened to the east on the high wall.

Outside the gate is a corridor built next to the pond.

When he went out, he instructed the servants to fetch today's vegetables, meat, drinking water, etc., and ordered two maids by himself, and came to another courtyard adjacent to the front.

Here live the group of women who just arrived yesterday.

shouted open the door, and walked in with the maid.

This is the place where the former owner of the mansion reads and entertains guests on weekdays, the southeast side is a guest room, the north side of the main house is hung with a plaque as 'Minglun Hall', and the west side is a two-story study building with its back against the wall, although it is two floors, the height is shorter than the central style of Minglun Hall.

It's just that unlike the house in Jinling Houhu, this side has been vacated initially.

Before freehand, he wanted to arrange the four little eunuchs here, but fortunately, He Xuan took the initiative to refuse.

It's too big here.

Therefore, it was changed to a pure guest house further south, which is actually very large, but it is better than this one.

It's okay, it's okay.

Otherwise, yesterday's group would have had to squeeze further south into the guest house.

Freehand couldn't help but think, I hope His Majesty the Emperor is not sending people over.

It's not that it can't fit.

After all, what about a maid or a servant, according to the rules of a large family, a shop can squeeze a few, which can be as loose as their own family at this time. Just like the four of them, who lived in the main courtyard, instinctively did not dare to have one person in one room, but placed two beds on the left and right wings of the east wing.

The problem is that no matter how many people there are, it will be difficult to be clean in front of petty officials.

All right.

It's that it's hard for them to hide people anymore.

The petty officials say what kind of monopoly it is.

They are daughters, and their hearts are not as big as their own petty officials, so of course they only want to monopolize their own men.

Speaking of which, the west courtyard is from north to south, about 30 zhang, the inner house occupies 10 zhang, the study courtyard here occupies 7 zhang, the guest courtyard where the four small eunuchs live has 5 zhang, and the rest of the space is a row of small courtyards and an ancestral hall compound with only one main house.

In fact, these courtyards only occupy one-third of the space of this mansion.

However, the freehand still feels too small.

Just like this time, a group of women of all sizes were temporarily arranged in the courtyard of the study, even if she didn't want these girls to appear next to her petty officials, but since she arrived, she would inevitably feel that she had lost the dignity of her petty officials.

But Freehand also understands that this small Dinghai county town can't find a better house, just like the mansion of the naval governor in the east, which is actually half the size of his own.

Freehand also wondered about it.

I only think that it is probably because my own petty officials are more favored by His Majesty the Emperor, and in the end, they also brought more entourages over, after all, the petty officials are weak and need to be taken care of, so the Huada took the initiative to be humble.

But what if it's bigger than other houses?

Think about the little officials who work hard every day when they come here, and they can't wait to go back to Jinling immediately!

Besides, this study courtyard, the temporarily arranged residence, there is no earth dragon like a small official, a group of girls in order to catch up with the day for two days bumpy hundreds of miles, yesterday there were a few crumbling, freehand also asked the imperial doctor Dai to come over and prescribe medicine.

Fortunately, I checked it one by one.

It's all good.

However, today it must be re-arranged, and a dozen more sets of beds and furniture will be brought in, and each room will be carefully cleaned again. There is no kitchen in this courtyard, so you can't use a chef with the men in the outer courtyard, and you have to make room for a stove.

The men were not allowed to come in, but a few of the servants were able to do it.

Well.

That's right.

Build the stove to see the yellow calendar, and let Luoshui choose the day after breakfast.

As for the recent past, let's let the kitchen house make more deliveries in several times.

In addition, there is the monthly money of these girls. Also, as the weather is getting warmer and spring clothes are being made, it is necessary to determine whether to distribute them directly to the cloth or ready-to-wear garments.

Besides, petty officials like the women around them to dress up exquisitely and beautifully.

If you say it's ugly, you'll be in a bad mood.

Therefore, it is not only clothes, but also all kinds of jewelry.

It seems that I have to take time to sort out next month's expenses recently.

The petty officials are not careful people, and they spend what they should spend or not, but they like to understand clearly.

She thought it was right.

In addition to this, these girls also brought a bunch of bodies, and yesterday they piled up two rooms full. Freehand deliberately told people not to move, and planned to check it in person. People are all petty officials in their own family, and she doesn't think they should have any personal belongings. She hadn't thought about what she had occupied, but she had to know it in her heart.

It would be unseemly to bring something you shouldn't bring into your door.

After seeing people, Freehand briefly looked at those things, many of which were scholar's chessboard, musical instrument books, and each person's makeup box, but it was only a box, and the most was a box full of new and old clothes.

Freehand knew where these women came from, and wondered how they could keep them.

I found a few and asked, only to learn that because they were going to be sent to Mingzhou, Kai En allowed them to pick some of the confiscated family property that they were escorted to Beijing together.

After all, there is no too much valuable.

Just like those makeup boxes, not to mention the empty inside of the boxes, a lot of gold, silver and jade inlaid on the outside have been pried away, leaving only the box itself, which is barely worth some silver coins.

However, one of the women also said that it is also a blessing that her daughter's family has reached the current situation and can keep these things.

Freehand is very sympathetic.

was able to be sent to the petty officials at the beginning, which was the greatest blessing in their lives.

Now not only does he have a settlement, but even his family has been arranged, and he occasionally thinks that he will die for the petty official immediately, and he has no regrets.

Therefore, the petty official asked her to take care of the house, saying that he had no time to take care of the family, so let her help make up for it, and she worked hard to do so.

How can you let the petty officials down!

After looking at them one by one, leaving the courtyard of the study, the sky was already bright.

Back in the back house, He Xuan was already waiting in the doorway hut of the inverted room, he came to get today's 'courseware', and he had to send it to Qing Niang's younger brother Li Gui to familiarize himself with it, so that he could make arrangements.

Freehand personally went into the hospital to fetch it, handed it to He Xuan, and discussed some things to do today.

Sending off the little chamberlain, he turned and returned.

I went to the photo room to check and explain, and when I returned to the front yard, it was the end of the morning, and my petty officials still hadn't gotten up yet.

The petty official is weak, and he always has to sleep for a long time, and usually Chen Zheng will get up.

Come to the kitchenette in the southeast of the courtyard.

found that the young lady had gotten up, pretending to be making small soup dumplings for her own little officials as usual, but unfortunately she didn't look like it at all.

It's not like it everywhere.

On his neck, as if he had a rash, he didn't say that he was looking for a towel to wrap around, but as if he was demonstrating with them.

Freehand thought uncomfortably.

But I also know that this stupid aunt may not even forget to look in the mirror, and I don't know what I look like at the moment.

Moreover, Freehand understands more clearly, Qingniang is a thoughtless, and her heart is actually very good. Doing so now is also a kind of clumsy gesture of goodwill, indicating that she is still with them, and she will not feel special.

It's just......

At least today, it's hard for them to appreciate it.

Just like Luo Shui, Liubai, and a certain sack girl who also lives in this inner courtyard are all busy in the kitchen, each of them has nothing to do, and they don't mean to remind her in the slightest.

Or can only speak on your own.

Otherwise, once this woman is seen by outsiders today, although there is almost no possibility, but if it happens, the face of the petty official will be lost.

Freehand didn't speak, walked over, pointed to his neck, and then pointed to Qingniang.

Qingniang was stunned and looked around.

Luo Shui and Liubai were still busy with their own things casually, a certain sack blushed, but he couldn't help it, and laughed crisply, Qingniang finally realized that something was wrong, remembered something, covered her face and walked out quickly.

When the young lady left, Freehand found that there was one missing.

Well.

Warm lady.

This small courtyard, there is probably another person to add today, fortunately, there are four rooms in the south room, Lin Xiaoyu occupies one, and one more room is vacated.

After all, the petty officials said yesterday that they would be a maid for the young lady.

It is......

The meaning of the writing drifted.

Whispering.

Leave the bad Nizi blank, just peek at what kind of books you want, why do you have to talk to her!

Unhappily, he glanced at the blank space and a certain embarrassed sack girl, washed his hands freely, stepped forward, and then wrapped the filling left by the young lady.

On weekdays, I have to run such a big family, and I am busier than my own petty officials, but I still squeezed in time to learn a little bit of cooking. At least, the young lady has adjusted the filling, and she has no problem wrapping it.