On a summer afternoon, the cicadas are singing hoarsely.

The sun is shining, everything is subdued, even if it is like the verandah flowers, insects, birds, willows and trees of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, they are all afraid of the power of the sun, quietly bowed their heads, covered their voices, and did not dare to show their backs.

The tip of Shi Jin's nose was dripping with sweat, and his face was scorched with two obvious reddens under the scorching sun.

She pursed her lips and asked cautiously, "Mama Yu, how long will it take to get to the second master's residence?" ”

The woman in front of her, who was dressed neatly in a dark green long armor and covered herself as if she was stuffed into a sleeve, turned her head and glanced at her, and the corners of her eyebrows were impatiently raised, "What's the matter?" The little lady is so expensive, she only walked a few steps, and then she couldn't walk? ”

Hearing the dissatisfaction in Mama Yu's words, Shi Jin hurriedly smiled, "Mama Yu said that she laughed, since the slave maid has been sold into the Hou Mansion, she naturally doesn't dare to be alone." It's just that the weather is hot, and Mama Yu has led the slaves and maids all the way, for fear of provoking Mama's head to be hot. ”

She was careful with these words, and tried her best to please Mama Yu's expression relaxed, and she even spoke more.

"Put away your little thoughts that you shouldn't have. It is necessary to know that the maids in the second master's room must each abide by their duties. The two beautiful maids who were kicked out of the house in front of them were all rejected by the second master because of their thoughts that should not be raised. To say something that shouldn't be said, the appearance of the second master is the number one Langyue Xianzi in the entire Kyoto, and I don't know what the old lady thinks, so she assigned you a maid who has just entered the house to the second master. ”

Mama Yu chattered while leading Shi Jin.

At this time, the scorching sun was in the sky, Shi Jin did not eat water and rice in the morning, his stomach burned like fire, but his body was staggered with bursts of hot and cold. Her footsteps were like stepping on cotton dumplings, and she felt that she had nowhere to stay, and even with Mama Yu's chattering voice, it was sometimes far and near, ethereal.

Just when the tip of her tongue was struggling to support the root of her teeth, Mama Yu opened her mouth like amnesty, "Oh, the second master's yard has arrived." ”

Shi Jin followed Mama Yu into the courtyard, and didn't care about taking a closer look at the surrounding scenery, so he followed her to stand under the cloister of the main house.

Xing was finally under the cloister with a place to shade, and the flush on her face dissipated a little.

Mama Yu cautiously said hello to Si Qi in the second master's room, and then said with a smile, "The old lady said that the second master is short of slaves and maids here, and she is afraid that the two girls will be affected, so she specially asked the old slave to send a competent maid to the second master." ”

Si Qi's whole person is like a thin willow supporting his waist, and even his appearance is thin eyebrows and fine eyes, with some graceful posture with gradually widening clothes. Hearing Mama Yu say this, she also had a somewhat detached smile on her face, "There is Mama Lao." ”

Blinking his eyes to look at Shi Jin behind Mama Yu, Si Qi was a little surprised, "What's the matter?" I don't look very good. ”

Shi Jin only felt a buzz in his head. She blessed her body slightly, and her voice was soft, without strength, "It's a little hot, don't worry." ”

"In that case, go into the house and rest." Si Qi came over and hugged Shi Jin and led her into the house.

When the front foot entered the door, Si Qi twisted out half of his head again, "It's busy here, so I won't send Mama." ”

"Well said, well said." Mama Yu smiled all over her face, and watched Si Qi enter the house, so she pulled down her face and took a low sip, "Little prostitute!" It's just that there is no one in the eyes of the second master! When you are kicked out of the house one day, you have to see how arrogant you are! ”

Here, as soon as Shi Jin entered the door, there was a cool air on his face.

The room is not luxurious, only a few elevated flower tables are placed in the four corners. On the flower table are flower pots and porcelain vases with blue background landscape and green pine glaze. Fresh flowers and greenery are dotted with new flowers, and the smell is unforgettable.

Close to the flowers, on the wall of the east chamber hangs a whole landscape ink treasure of Qiu Zhenren. Mountains and rivers spread into pieces, gradually go down, you can see a big river splitting the mountains and passing by, gathering like a waterfall, and in the steep and turbulent place on the ink of a leaf flat boat, there is a great tendency to break through the danger and go upstream.

A little ahead of the huge landscape is a wide case carved with flowers, birds, fish and insects, and some paintings are stacked on the case, and the four treasures of the study are placed in a corner. Next to stand a low table, there is a simple ink painted simple striped clay pot, in which a number of volumes of calligraphy and painting.

Shi Jin's gaze swept to the other end of the case, and he found his interest.

It's the height of summer right now, and it's hard to get rid of the bitter summer, and obviously this second master is no exception.

A little farther away on the other side of the case is a rockery with exquisite landscape carvings, the rocks are abrupt, and there are a number of semi-melted ice cubes in the place where it should be the water surface.

Si Qi brought a low pestle and placed it next to the door, "You sit down, I'll bring you a bowl of sour plum soup." ”

Shi Jin grabbed Si Qi's cuffs. Now that she was immersed in this faint coolness, her mind also cleared up a little, "Don't bother sister, I'm better at this time." ”

Si Qi looked at Shi Jin with a shallow smile, and he was also in a good mood, "It's okay, the second master is not the master who treats his subordinates harshly, you can sit in peace." ”

Hearing what Si Qi said, Shi Jin's heart was a little calmer.

Si Qi lifted a copper kettle with a strange style of double-eared rings on the Eight Immortals Table of Carved Immortal Crane Cloud Pattern Rosewood Eight Immortals on the left-hand side, and picked up an upside-down bowl, the spout was tapped, and suddenly a stream of dark red water rushed into the porcelain white and non-variegated embossed fine porcelain bowl.

The translucent red is slightly mixed with some purple, and in the light through the window, it becomes more and more transparent and attractive, which makes people can't help but talk about it, and slightly reveal some longing.

Si Qi brought the bowl of sour plum soup to Shi Jin, and at the end of the day, he carried a roll of silk thread for beating the strings.

The two sat opposite each other by the door, Shi Jin was a little restrained at this time, so he slowly sipped the sour plum soup and watched the chess game.

The sour plum soup was obviously smeared with ice, and the white porcelain bowl was condensed with a dense layer of water droplets, and even her hands were slightly wet.

Rubbing her hand slightly on the skirt at her knees, she opened her mouth and asked Si Qi on the other side in a low voice, "The slave maid has just arrived, and there are still a lot of things I don't understand, can my sister mention a little bit or two?" ”

Si Qi's hand kept playing, and when he heard Shi Jin's question, he replied to her with a slight smile, "I can't mention a point, but there are a few points, and my sister remembers it." First, the second master doesn't like others to touch his paintings, even if the second master loses them everywhere, we as slaves and maids have to stay away from the paintings; Second, the second master is the most decent person to do things, and he can't see the servants who have non-partiality, and those who have non-partiality thoughts, I'm afraid they are all doing rough work on the Zhuangzi at this time; Third, the second master likes considerate and thoughtful people, and we as slaves and maids should do everything in detail, and consider the master everywhere. ”

Speaking of this, Si Qi's movements in his hand stopped, raised his eyes and stared at Shi Jin seriously, "Dingding is important, the second master doesn't like women to touch, so be careful when doing things, otherwise you don't know how to be punished." ”

Shi Jin suddenly nodded like pounding garlic, and took Si Qi's words to heart little by little.

Although Si Qi said that the second master does not treat his subordinates harshly, but which one of these piles is not walking on thin ice?

If it weren't for the fact that the family's pharmacy was taken away by her uncle, and her younger brother was sick and crooked, and needed money to recuperate, she would not have sold her family to do what this person should do.

That is, I heard that the maid of this Hou Mansion is treated generously, and she can be released to marry when she is twenty-five, why did she bother?

Although I missed the flower letter, the future can be expected in the end.

Thinking of this, Shi Jin gently put the sour plum soup aside, took over a few pieces of silk thread in Si Qi's hand, and helped to tie the rope together.

Her hands were as white as jade, and her fingers were dexterous and vivid, and Si Qi saw her fingers flying, spinning and twisting several strands of silk threads of different colors like butterflies wearing flowers. The silk thread that was obviously in her hand was in her hands, but in the hands of this maid, it seemed to have life, and it gradually took shape. After a while, a small pink flower dyed with green branches and leaves was engraved on the vein.

Si Qi's eyes also lit up, but he didn't expect this new maid to be skillful.

"This is fresh," she suddenly had a good impression of Shi Jin, and couldn't help but get closer to her, "Do you know how to weave a fan pendant?" It just so happened that the second master had a new folding fan, and I was thinking about what kind of fan pendant to build. ”

Shi Jin pursed his lips and smiled, "Yes." ”

She straightened a few tufts of silk threads, and intertwined them with bright colors on her fingers, supplemented by other silk threads, twisted and formed one by one, looking vaguely like a little rabbit.

The rabbit had red eyes, a short tail like a grain of rice, and, most coincidentally, a green carrot in its mouth.

The whole fan pendant is no more than half a finger in size, but it is vivid and cute.

Si Qi couldn't put it down, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart, so cute, I don't know if the second master can handle it?

Just as her mind was racing, a crisp voice with a little annoyance sounded from outside the door, "I'm really angry!" It's not good for little to learn anything, but it's good at chewing the root of their tongues one by one! I'm not afraid that the second master will pull out your tongue! ”