Lu Gong and Song Ming turned the screen, while Nangong Yu sat behind the screen and listened to the movement. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info only listened to Song Mingdao: "This is the sea girl." I only heard Haiqiong say: "Exactly, the little girl is polite." Song Ming hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, girl, please sit." Nangong Yu saw through the gap in the screen that Haiqiong was wearing a brand-new pure white cloth robe, her hair was bulging, and a copper hairpin was inserted, obviously carefully dressed for the interview. I only heard Song Ming say: "I don't know what errand Miss Hai wants to apply for?" Haiqiong said: "The little girl is good at weaving and embroidering clothes, and she has worked in several cloth shops, I don't know if you have similar errands." Song Ming said "um" and said: "The needlework in the house is outsourced, there is no similar type of work, but there is a lack of a personal maid who serves the owner, I wonder if Miss Hai is interested in giving it a try? Haiqiong was silent for a while, and said, "The little woman has been promised to have people, and it is inconvenient to wait for men, and she cannot live in the mansion." The little woman in the kitchen can also do the work, even if she chops wood and carries water, no matter how tired and hard she is, she is not afraid, and she can have half a cent of money every month. Song Ming said: "But now that the kitchen is full of people, and it can't be inserted, Miss Hai will think about my proposal just now, and you can discuss it if you have any requirements for treatment." Haiqiong said: "It's not a matter of treatment, even if the little girl can't find an errand, she can't be a slave, if there is only one errand in the house, then the little woman will leave." Song Ming hurriedly said: "Please wait a little longer, Manager Lu, I don't know if there are any errands suitable for Hai Girl to do in the house?" Lu Gong knew that he was borrowing a slope to get off the donkey, so he pretended to ponder: "There is still a lack of a gardener in the small courtyard of the owner's house, what does Hai Girl think?" Hai Qiong lowered her head and said: "Wherever there are men who live, it is inconvenient for little women to go, I hope you two will forgive me." Song Ming thought for a while and said, "Then let's be a gardener in the back garden, how about it?" Haiqiong thought for a moment and said, "But... The little woman has never raised flowers, but she is afraid that she will be angry if she doesn't do it well. Song Ming said: "It's okay, there are many old gardeners in the garden who can teach you, and you can learn it slowly." Haiqiong nodded slightly and said, "I don't know... How much is the gardener's monthly salary?"

When talking about this, Song Ming breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the problem behind it would be easy to solve, and said: "How much does the girl ask for?" Haiqiong said: "Half a piece of money is enough, the little girl is a novice, she can take half of it before she finishes learning, I don't know if it's okay?" Song Ming smiled: "The gardener's monthly salary is four dollars, including all the benefits, the first month will be given to the girl twice, and then it will be distributed as usual." Haiqiong finally showed a smile and said, "That's great, but the little girl still can't live in the mansion, she can come to work as early as she wants, but she can't spend the night in the mansion." Song Ming said: "Yes." Haiqiong said: "The little girl still has a reluctant request, and I hope the two of you will not be angry." Song Ming said: "Girl, please speak." Haiqiong was a little embarrassed to say: "The little woman is penniless now, and I don't know where to ask for today's rations, I don't know if it's okay... Can you advance the little girl's half-monthly salary? Song Ming casually took out an ingot of three taels of silver, put it on the table and said, "Are these enough?" Haiqiong was surprised: "Sir, I'm joking, this is three taels of silver." Song Ming said: "The money is too heavy, I only have silver on me, you can keep it, and work hard in the future." Haiqiong shook her head and said: "It's too expensive, the little girl doesn't dare to bear it, and she can't afford to pay it back, so the hundred copper coins are enough." Song Mingwei said: "Manager Lu, do you have anything on you?" Lu Gong said: "Wait a minute." He got up and took out the key, opened the door of the cabinet against the wall, took out two pieces of money wrapped in red paper, and said, "This is the gardener's half-month's salary, and the girl will take it." Haiqiong said: "Thank you, manager, then I don't want a monthly salary for the first month." Lu Gong and Song Ming looked at each other and smiled, it didn't matter if they wanted it or not, this was not the point at all. Haiqiong continued: "Then do I start working from next month?" Song Ming said: "The girl can come tomorrow, learn early and start in the morning, and make up for these days' wages when the whole month is settled." Hai Qiongxi said: "This is very good, I also want to do things earlier, then I will come tomorrow morning." Song Ming said: "Okay." Haiqiong got up and thanked him, put away the money, and left the ear room.

Nangong Yu walked out from behind the screen and sighed: "Miss Hai is so economical in keeping her family, if I can save some in normal times, I don't know how many such poor families I can help." Song Ming said: "The identity of the son is different, of course, it can't be compared, if you are too thrifty, it will fall into the face of the child." Nangong Yu smiled bitterly: "What identities are different, aren't they all people." Forget it, tomorrow Miss Hai will go to work on the first day, who will teach her flower raising skills?" Lu Gongzhi asked himself, and replied: "Lao Li Tou has been a florist in the house for 20 years, with first-class technical experience, and he is also humble and honest, so he is suitable to be the master of the Sea Girl." Nangong Yu said: "Then choose Lao Litou." ”

After Nangong Yu took a bath that night, she was not in the mood to read, she lay on the bed and couldn't sleep, she couldn't sleep at night, she was as excited and nervous as a child, and imagined countless scenes for tomorrow, how she should appear, how to say hello, how to cut into the topic, what topic to talk about, what to do if you talk well, what to do if you don't talk well, and didn't fall asleep until midnight. The next day before dawn he got up, the maids had not gotten up yet, he washed his face and rinsed his mouth, chose a plain blue cloth clothes, looked in front of the mirror and took a photo, found that there was a hair exposed on his forehead, so he combed his hair again and tied it, and only walked out of Ning Yuxuan after being satisfied, Song Ming was already waiting outside the courtyard, and followed him to the back garden of the fourth entrance without saying a word.

The scale of the back garden of Nangong's house is the largest in the whole capital, and even the Yan Mansion is slightly inferior, and the only one that is larger than it is the Forbidden City. In the middle of the garden is a piece of emerald green Hubo, white lotus and green lotus in the lake, goldfish frolicking, a nine-curved stone bridge of up to 200 zhang connects the two banks, the ancient trees on the shore stand, the green shade is like a cover, there are many kinds, ginkgo, cherry blossoms, sycamores, birches, poplars, violet, the late summer and autumn are the most good-looking, the purple and red, colorful, the breeze blows, the leaves move like the sea, the fragrance is fragrant, the colored leaves drift along the water, the beauty is like a fairyland under the golden light at dusk. Several attics are hidden in the sea of beautiful forests, and the corridor runs through the whole courtyard. Walking on the corridor, every five steps will see the flower garden strange stones, each has its own interesting, overwhelmed. The stone pillars under the cloister are covered with moss, and the creeper also dots the entire cloister, and a few red apricots show their heads. Artificial, natural, just right, natural.

Nangong Yu sat on the railing of the cloister, with one arm on his pillow, leaning against the column, looking at the first rays of sunlight in the east on the lake. At this time, the sparrows in the trees had already "chirped", the trees were greener, the flowers were redder, and even the quiet lake seemed to wake up, shining with golden light. At this moment, Haiqiong's shadow appeared in the arch in the distance. Nangong Yu immediately sat up straight, and saw Haiqiong, who was wearing coarse cloth clothes, and Lao Li Tou together, holding an iron bucket in one hand and a big scissor in the other, stopping in front of the first flower garden planted with roses. Lao Li Tou took out the glove belt from the iron bucket, and took out a small pair of scissors, signaling to cut off the wilted flowers and too small buds on the stalks, so as to ensure that the main flowers get enough nutrition. After Lao Li Tou then taught her some watering, loosening the soil, and protecting the flowers, he came to a flat bush with large scissors, and cut it a few times after saying the request, so that the shrubs kept the same height and shape, and then said a few words, and pointed around the whole garden with his finger, as if to say that you can walk around when you are okay and familiarize yourself with the environment. Nangong Yu saw that Haiqiong's gaze followed his fingers and quickly jumped up from the railing and hid behind the column. Song Ming, who was on the other side of the railing, couldn't help but "poof" and lowered his head with a smile. Nangong Yu also found it interesting and smiled.

Song Ming said: "Miss Hai has to work in the house for a day, and the son won't want to stand here all the time." If they can't find their son in the room, they will be in a hurry, and if they find it, they are afraid that their son will not be able to hide. Nangong Yu nodded and said: "That's reasonable, I'll go and sit in the attic next to me later, you go back and bring breakfast to me, and bring me a few books, just say that I write poems and paintings in the back garden, and no one is allowed to disturb me." Song Ming said: "Yes, the villain will go." ”

After Nangong Yu finished breakfast, he sat in front of the window and read, but he was in the mood to read, and every time he read a few words, he glanced at Haiqiong in the courtyard, he didn't even know what he was reading, and he didn't turn the page for a long time. Half an hour later, Nangong Yu put down the book and said, "Do you think I should go out to meet Miss Hai." Song Ming, who was standing behind him, said: "It's all up to the son." Nangong Yu said to herself: "Wouldn't it be too deliberate to meet on the first day, too abrupt." Song Ming didn't answer, because he knew that this sentence was not asked to him. Nangong Yu thought for a while and said, "Forget it, let's not see it first." After that, he continued to read, still absent-minded, and walked out of the window.

Haiqiong pruned two gardens of roses and two shrubs in the morning, and did not touch other flowers and plants, apparently specially instructed by Lao Li Tou. In addition to Haiqiong, there were three other gardeners working in the courtyard, but because the garden was too big, none of them saw anyone, until lunchtime, the next person carried a basket of food boxes to bring them food, and the four gardeners gathered in the pavilion on the rockery to eat. Nangong Yu got up and looked from afar, seeing that they were talking and laughing, and didn't know what they were talking about. After lunch, the servants took away the food boxes, and the gardeners returned to work in the area. At this time, the sun was poisoning, and the place where Haiqiong worked was completely unshaded, I saw her wiping her sweat while trimming the grass, and there was a shade next to it, but she didn't think about being lazy and enjoying the shade. Nangong Yu sighed: "Silly girl, you will tan like this, why don't you know how to rest." Song Ming said: "Miss Hai is a serious and responsible person, meticulous in her work, and worthy of her salary." Nangong Yu said: "What is that salary worth, I don't want to tire her body." Song Ming said: "If Miss Hai is the kind of person who cheats and cheats and is greedy for cheapness, I believe that Gongzi will not look at her differently." ”