005: Take advantage of the situation
Chang Xi sat under him a stepping bed made of fine mahogany, and there were dressers and washstands of the same material on the outer layer, all the items on it were complete, and the quilts and other things on the bed were not missing, so it could be seen that the people who arranged them had put a lot of thought into it.
She reached out and touched the fine red silk tent, with a thoughtful expression, and had a deeper understanding of the Xie family's thoughts.
The Xie family has expectations for her, so the treatment of all parties should not be low.
It wasn't until a belly roar came that she realized that she hadn't eaten for a day, and she had been busy fighting this and that, but she noticed her body's need for food.
Since no one came in, she got up and took the initiative.
Sure enough, there were maids guarding the outside of the big family's house.
These two maids are not very old, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with double buns, the upper body is a tender green armor, but the lower body is a peach-colored skirt, and an apricot belt is tied around the waist, which is the same as the maid who groomed her before, but it is obvious that these are two people.
It's a pity, she has a good impression of the maids who groomed her, after all, who doesn't love people who don't talk and work hard?
"Go to the kitchen and get some food."
She is not a picky eater, and as a superior in her previous life, she never gave people the opportunity to speculate on her preferences, and put an end to the opportunity for others to vote for her.
The two maids glanced at each other, but neither of them answered, and still stood there motionless, not even daring to give her a look.
Chang Xi couldn't help but smile when he saw their attitude, sure enough, it was the king of Hades who was easy to see, and the little ghost was difficult, these two people were definitely not the ones who waited for the master of the Xie family, otherwise they would not be so visionless.
What the master hopes to achieve, after figuring it out as a subordinate, he will definitely do his best to share the worries of the master, so that he can have the opportunity to let the master see his ability and the position can be promoted.
For example, the grandmother who welcomed her before was a smart person, and it was meaningless to embarrass her, and it would highlight her incompetence, and the master would not hand over important things to himself in the future, which would be more than worth the loss.
Seeing Chang Xi's smile, the two maids felt a little uneasy in their hearts, but the two still refused to say a word.
"Since you didn't hear what I said, that's fine, and when the grandmother next to your lady comes over, I'll ask her again, is the Xie family planning to starve me to death?"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the two maids immediately changed.
They are not first-class maids waiting beside Madame, where can they talk to Mama Zhong beside Madame? But this so-called happy room was arranged by Mama Zhong with someone, and it was Mama Zhong who went to greet her relatives, if Mama Zhong really came over later, would she blame them for not doing things well?
Chang Xi was not in a hurry at this time, she leaned against the door and watched the two of them fight the lawsuit, but she didn't expect her to be reduced to taking advantage of the situation, which is unpleasant to think about.
You're fallen, Chang Xi.
She couldn't help but complain about herself in her heart.
One of the round-faced maids couldn't resist at first, she looked at Chang Xi with a somewhat uneasy face, "Chang Niangzi wait a minute......
"Little Peach, what are you doing here?" Another sharp-faced maid hurriedly pulled her friend and scolded in a low voice, "You forgot that we agreed to it......"
Xiao Tao pulled out the arm that was being pulled by her companion, and also replied in a low voice, "If Mama Zhong knows that we have neglected her, then there will be no good fruit for us to eat at that time, and even Sister Jiaoxing will not be able to protect us." ”
Being able to guard the door is already a second-class maid in the house, much better than the third-class rough maid they used to be, and she doesn't want to lose this errand.
"Hey, little peach......"
The sharp-faced maid saw that her companion had really gone to the kitchen to serve food, and hurriedly chased after her.
Chang Xi watched the two maids leave in a hurry, obviously the maid named Xiao Tao did not listen to the persuasion of the sharp-faced maid, and walked faster in the direction of the kitchen.
There was no good show to watch, she turned around and sat down in front of the table of the eight immortals a little stupidly, picked up the teapot on the table and shook it, sure enough, there was no tea, it seems that the maid named Jiaoxing has worked hard behind it.
The time to wait for food was too boring, and she mentally analyzed the information revealed in the dispute between the two just now.
Jiaoxing, the maid, seems to have some prestige among the subordinates, but it is not as good as the cronies of ladies like Mama Zhong, so this person is worth studying.
It can be seen from the arrangement of the maid guarding the door that the Xie family arranged a close maid for her, but now none of them have appeared, and it is obvious that the maid named Jiaoxing is doing ghosts behind her back.
Why should people embarrass her? It's nothing more than that she is in the way of others.
An ancient girl wants to climb on the bed to be an aunt?
No, according to her understanding of the Xie family in her memory, the Xie family does not have a concubine, which can explain why she would rather spend money on his wife than buy her directly from the Xu family as a concubine, not to mention that the Xu family is reluctant to sell his wife, that does not exist, as long as the money is in place, everything is easy to say.
What a fuck-up era.
Thinking that he had no right to personal freedom, not even property rights, Chang Xi couldn't help but scold no matter how good his cultivation was.
In her eyes, nothing else can be without, freedom and money are indispensable.
Since Jiaoxing didn't have a chance to climb into bed to be an aunt, what did she ask for?
Her hand unconsciously tapped the table top of the Eight Immortals Table, or someone behind Jiao Xing didn't want her to be good.
Thinking of this, she smiled again, it seems that her guess should be the same as ten.
At this moment, she was a little curious about Xie Jiuye, who was the imperative for him?
Is a widower who has three wives dead really so sought-after?
Hehe, it's getting more and more interesting.
She began to look forward to meeting that Xie Jiuye, I don't know if he has a good skin? Or are there interesting souls?
Of course, she is a little interested in digging out the person behind the banana apricot, after all, this means is still not enough.
If this person can marry into the Xie family openly, then there will be no matter to her, but now after all, she is in the Xie family, which means that she can't marry in, so no matter how much she tosses, it will be in vain.
Or think backwards, or cooperate with this person, and she will have a chance to get out of it?
No, it's not a good time.
She had to wait for the wind to pick up before she could swing up, not be blown down into the pond.
At this moment, there was another dispute not far from the door, and a faint voice came into her ears.
"Little Peach, are you trying to betray me?"
When Chang Xi went out to look, he happened to see a woman in a crimson gown and a white dress with her back to her teaching Xiao Tao, and Xiao Tao seemed to be arguing with reason, while protecting the tray of food on her hands, while the sharp-faced maid and the other two maids who were slightly better dressed followed and fell to the ground to accuse Xiao Tao.
"I asked her to bring it, Jiaoxing, do you have any opinions?"
Hearing her voice, everyone was startled, hurriedly turned around, and saw Chang Xi who came over at some point, and after everyone was surprised, their expressions were different.
Some people are jealous, some scrutinize, some despise, and some ignore her, but they have fun watching her.
But where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and this is not wrong.
Jiao Xing's eyes were deeply jealous at this time, how did the wife of a small family, who was said to be from a clay leg in the countryside, know her name?
"Chang Niangzi, the food is here." Little Peach walked over the crowd towards her.
Now that she has offended Jiao Xing and the others, she can only move closer to Chang Xi.
"You're doing a good job, Momo." Chang Xi reached out and patted her shoulder as a sign of encouragement.
Xiao Taoyuan's face flushed, "That's what I should do......" After realizing that Chang Xi could actually say her name accurately, her round face was full of red.
Chang Xi didn't explain, his eyes swept over everyone, "When Mama Zhong comes, I'll tell her to let you wait closely." ”
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the two maids who were slightly better dressed changed instantly.
As early as when the fourth lady wanted to pawn his wife for the ninth master, she began to pick people to wait in the house, and they were fortunate to be selected, from the second-class maid to the first-class maid, and the monthly money rose to one or two silver, and they were a little happy at that time and couldn't find the north.
Later, Jiaoxing came to lobby them, saying that they wanted to give this country mud leg a little color, so that they would not dare to instruct them to do things and put their masters on the shelf in the future.
After discussing the two, they felt that if they did what Jiaoxing said, they might be able to hold the pawn wife in the future, and when the time came, the two of them could use chicken feathers as arrows, and they didn't know how chic their days were.
However, now this situation made them dumbfounded.
Seeing Xiao Tao return to the happy house with the Chang lady, the two didn't have time to think about it, they hurriedly caught up, and couldn't take care of the banana apricot with a blue face.
Chang Xi had already sat down to eat the assorted porridge brought back by Xiao Tao at this time, even if she was very hungry, her eating appearance was fast and elegant, after all, some upbringing was engraved in her bones and could not be changed.
This is also the difference between her and Chang San'e, fortunately, the mother and son of the Xu family are not in front of them, otherwise they will definitely be suspicious.
Chang Niangzi, this dish of small vegetable oil is less refreshing, can you taste it......
Chang Niangzi, this pastry is not greasy at all, and eating it just helps digestion......
These two well-dressed big girls tried their best to behave, but Chang Xi glanced at them lightly, and didn't pay too much attention to them, but gave Xiao Tao enough face.
The two had to give Xiao Tao a look desperately, asking her to help say good things, it was best not to let Chang Xi stab the matter in front of Mama Zhong, otherwise they would definitely be beaten back to their original form, I am afraid that they will not even be able to keep the second-class maid.
Chang Xi's posture was very sufficient, but he was also deliberately inspecting Xiao Tao.
She will definitely have to live in the Chang family for a while, so it is necessary to cultivate one or two of her own people, and if she is loyal and useful in the future, it is not impossible for her to redeem them and take them away.
The Xie family didn't want to treat her badly, but they didn't want to hold her either, and the people who could be sent to her side were not the real people in this mansion.
Xiao Tao saw the two of them looking at her with a look of hope, and she couldn't bear it, so she finally pleaded for the two, "Chang Niangzi, please give the two sisters another chance to make amends." ”
The two of them got Xiao Tao's intercession, and immediately happily busily begged Chang Xi to be loyal and begged for another chance.
Chang Xi didn't look at the two of them much, but looked at Xiao Tao and confirmed again, "You really think so?" ”
Xiao Tao nodded honestly, she really couldn't bear to see these two people being beaten back to their original shapes.
"Okay, I see," Chang Xi still had a smile on his face, "Then it's as you wish." ”
Xiao Tao thanked Chang Xi, but the breath in her heart was still tense, this Chang lady always had a smile on her face, although she didn't show her face, but it would make people subconsciously breathe for no reason, afraid of saying the wrong thing and doing the wrong thing in front of her.
Chang Xi looked at the two of them, "Get up, since Xiao Tao intercedes for you, then this matter is over." ”
The implication is that she will not stab Mama Zhong for their ineffective waiting.
However, does Mama Zhong really not know?