Chapter 345: Choosing a Handmaiden
Qin Ruxing's cousin's surname is Zheng, his name is Xiantang, and he is a member of the Zheng family in Jingzhou.
The Zheng family is not outstanding in the family, but it is not bad, the clan makes a living from the ceramic business, and the Zheng family ceramics are widely known and exported to various places, and the Zheng family has made a lot of money, and the family background is also very rich.
Qin Ruxing's mother, the second young lady of the Qin State Mansion, and this Mrs. Zheng have been like sisters since childhood, and they have been in touch over the years, and the relationship is very good.
Also, if the relationship is not good, the Zheng family is afraid that they will not wade into the troubled waters of the Qin State Mansion to marry Qin Ruxing.
"Here we are." Mingxin knew that his girl had a good relationship with Qin Ruxing, and after learning the news, he immediately went to investigate, and knew that the matter was true, so he hurriedly came back to report.
"I heard that the son of the Zheng family was born very well! Miss Qin married him, and she was also very compatible. ”
Xie Yixiao is not worried about whether Zheng Gongzi is born well or not, she is only worried about whether Zheng Gongzi can marry Qin Ruxing, Qin Ruxing has not come out for so long now, I think she was grounded by the Qin State Mansion, and she wants to marry her into the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion.
The Zheng family and the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, Zheng Gongzi and the Zhongyong Marquis Shizi, are really too far apart in terms of status and status.
Xie Yixiao felt that even if the Zheng family came, it might not be very smooth, so she instructed: "You go and see again, and if you have any news, you will come back and tell me." ”
"Yes."
Mingxin hurriedly went out to inquire about the news of the Qin State Mansion, Xie Yixiao was waiting in Chunxue Yuan and was a little anxious, but now, it was useless to be anxious.
She is just an outsider, and she is still a little girl, she doesn't have such a long hand to reach out to the Qin State Mansion, and it is impossible to pull the family together to face the Qin State Mansion, after all, the Qin State Mansion is not a vegetarian.
In this way, although she and Jiang Zhaoling and Qin Yinqing were worried about Qin Ruxing and gave advice to her in private, there was not much they could do, they thought about it carefully, and when there was really no recovery, they could only try to help Qin Ruxing escape.
At this time, Mrs. Xie sent someone to ask her to go to her yard to choose a maidservant, Xie Yixiao thought about it and went, she really couldn't stay in the yard, and it was good to find something to do.
When Xie Yi laughed in Mrs. Xie's yard, Xie Zhu was already there, Xie Yu and Xie Yue were also there, Mrs. Xie was sitting on the main seat, the maid on the side was adding tea to her, and the house was lit with incense, and the faint fragrance of plum blossoms seemed to be there.
Xie Zhu, Xie Yu, Xie Yue and others found a place to sit in the lower seat.
After a salute, Xie Yixiao sat down next to Xie Zhu, and Xie Zhu asked her, "How many people do you want in the courtyard of the little aunt?" ”
Xie Yi smiled: "Three is enough, what about you, I remember that there are enough people in your yard?" ”
The noble daughters of the powerful families, most of the concubines have two first-class maidservants and four second-class maidservants, Xie Yixiao used to be this number in the Changning Hou Mansion, and Xie Zhu is the same.
Although Xie Yixiao wanted to add a few people around to do things, he didn't want to exceed this number, Hongsha wanted to go outside to be busy with the affairs of Xizi Pavilion, and in the end, the second-class maid was left with only one person, and three more were just right.
Xie Zhu said: "I'm not for me, I picked it for Cousin Danshu." ”
"Danshu?" Xie Yixiao was a little confused.
Xie Zhu stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, and then explained: "I forgot to tell my little aunt, when the weather is warmer, Cousin Danshu will come to live with us, and all the people around her are not good to bring here, I need to pick a few for her." ”
Xie Yi smiled slightly: "Danshu wants to come over?" ”
Xie Zhu nodded, lowered his voice and said, "My aunt wants her to say goodbye here in the Imperial City." ”
Xie Yi smiled and said: "Then you should choose a few smart ones, where is her yard?" ”
Xie Zhu said: "It's not far from our yard, let people clean up when the weather is warmer, and when it's almost over, my aunt and they should also arrive." ”
"The third sister is also coming back?" Xie Yihui is coming back too?
Xie Zhu said: "My aunt didn't come back during the Chinese New Year, just to send Cousin Danshu back, and when the time comes, I will show Cousin Danshu the family affairs, and she will not go back until the family affairs are decided." ”
Xie Yixiao expressed her understanding, Ji Danshu is Xie Yihui's daughter, although Xie Yihui can trust Mrs. Xie not to cheat people, but she still needs to stare at her own to rest assured when marriage is a big event.
Mrs. Xie took a sip of tea, and then said: "Among the people who went to the mansion, I picked some good ones, you all pick some, Xie Yu Xie Yue, you are also older, and you also pick one to stay by your side to serve." ”
Xie Yu and the others were a little surprised: "Thank you, madam." ”
Mrs. Xie said: "People will follow you in the future, although it is a deed of sale to you, but you can't treat others badly, but understand?" ”
The people around you are very important, if you are good to others, people will naturally do things for you, but if you treat others badly, then don't blame others for having two hearts.
The crowd answered, "I understand." ”
Mrs. Xie nodded, and then asked people to bring them up, and after a while, more than a dozen maidservants were led into the courtyard.
These girls were probably thirteen to sixteen years old, wearing a blue dress, a warm blue embroidered orchid jacket outside, combing double buns, good looking, not good, but none of them were ugly.
These are all carefully selected by Mrs. Xie, and those who are thoughtful and born too well have long been excluded, and they are all well-behaved little girls.
Mrs. Xie looked at Xie Yixiao, and then said, "Yixiao, you choose first." ”
Xie Yixiao's eyes swept over, there were twelve of these girls, three of them stood in a row, a total of four rows, she didn't look closely, so she said, "Then the three in the second row." ”
Since they are all doing things, it is the same to choose anyone, and she doesn't have time to look at people's temperament one by one, as for why she chose the second row, probably the second row is more in line with her golden mean, the first row is too conspicuous, and the back is too secondary, and the second is more suitable.
Mrs. Xie nodded: "The three of you stand up." ”
The three girls were a little happy to see that they were being laughed at by Xie Yi and wanted to leave, and immediately smiled, and then stepped forward to salute, Mrs. Xie said: "In the future, you will go to Chunxue Garden to meet the shortage of second-class maids." ”
"Thank you, ma'am, thank you, girl."
Some of them are sold by their families, some are orphans who have nowhere to go, and some are too difficult to live by, and they just want to mix food and clothing, if they can follow a good master, they will be much better in the future.
And she can become a second-class maidservant girl in one leap, or the person next to Xie Yixiao, this is the most noble girl in the Xie family, and she will marry into the Rongguo Mansion in the future.
All three were delighted.