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"Miss!"

Lan Zhi had long since been standing at the entrance of the courtyard with my servants. When she saw the group of us slowly pacing over, she smiled and squatted down to pay her respects.

"Greetings to the ladies!" The little girl's childish voice, mixed with the calm voice that was unique to the woman, was spoken in an orderly manner.

The way the ladies looked at me was a little different.

Miss Wen laughed as she poked my arm. Her eyes became bright as she whispered to me, "It seems like I won't be able to recognize a girl like you! The management of this courtyard is even better than that of my grandmother's! "

After hearing what Miss Wen said, Second Miss Jiang gave me a silly smile.

I pushed Second Young Miss Jiang and said with a smile, "You idiot! I'm just being modest, how can you believe that! "

Miss Wen laughed and pulled at Second Young Miss Jiang's hand: "Look at that, I am truly praising her, but she doesn't believe me! It was all a waste of my good will! "

Then, Miss Wen said to Fifth Miss Xue who was holding her hand: "Let's go in and mess with her! If she doesn't give us something nice to eat, then we won't be able to leave! "

Fifth Miss Xue had never heard such coquettish words. She laughed and clapped. "I want to stay too! I want to stay too! "

Miss Wen touched the Fifth Miss's hair pitifully.

"Miss, be careful of the moss beneath your feet!"

Green Cock helped Second Miss Jiang and Second Miss Wen through the door. I was still escorting my servant woman to welcome the Xu sisters.

All along the way, Second Miss Xu kept mumbling to Eldest Miss Xu, but Eldest Miss Xu had changed her pleasant and pleasant expression. She remained silent, allowing her younger sister to speak.

Even if he couldn't hear them clearly, he could guess what they were saying!

He was just trying to persuade Lady Xu to settle the matter!

Since Big Miss Xu is no longer insisting on this matter, there's no need for me to bother with a teenage girl like her.

"Sisters, please come in!" I stood by Lady Xu's side, entertaining her with a smile.

Second Miss Xu greeted me courteously. "Little Sister really has a good grasp of the situation!"

In recent days, although the rules in my courtyard have become much more strict, they have not become as orderly as they were today.

Without even thinking, one could tell that such a neat and orderly arrangement could only come from Lan Lan's hand.

I smiled and pulled Lan Ling, who was beside me, and said, "That's not me. It was my grandmother who gave me a servant girl to help me manage!"

What she said was right, Lan Lingyun being able to go from a third-rate maid to a second-rate maid was all thanks to grandmother's grace. And from a second-rate maid to a first-rate maid, it was also approved by grandmother, which was not too much of an exaggeration to say that it was bestowed on her by the elders.

"No wonder this lady is so assertive, so it turns out that the Yang Family's ancestor taught her sister!" Second Young Miss Xu wore an expression of complete belief. She then pursed her lips and smiled while pointing at the mother with the jade flower hairpin at her temples. "I don't have any good fortune. This is something my grandmother gave to my elder sister."

The mother respectfully stepped forward to pay her respects. As she walked, the wrinkles on her skirt were not the least bit disturbed.

I smiled as I praised, "You're really from a Venerable family. Even this servant has such a grandiose demeanor." He rewarded the mother with eight points of Ruyi Tattooed Silver Beard.

That mother was wandering around until the second young miss weakly nodded to that mother. That mother then smiled and accepted my thanks.

It seemed like Old Lady Xu had not said anything on the surface, but she had already placed the responsibility of teaching these young misses onto this quiet Second Miss.

No wonder Lady Xu didn't think much of her grandmother's words of not letting the pearl be covered in dust. She had long ago placed this Second Young Miss at the top of her heart!

Since this was the case, with this treasured sword, Lady Xu would probably not do anything out of line!

Thinking of this, I felt my whole body relax a lot.

"Come! "Come in!" I smiled and led the ladies inside.

Second Miss Xu held her elder sister as she led Third Miss through the door, her face beaming with happiness.

Just as I was about to lift my heels and enter the door, I saw a maid who hadn't left her head yet running along the wall. She was standing behind my servant woman with a face full of anxiety as she peeked inside.

She seemed to have seen this young maid somewhere before, but now she couldn't remember where!

I wasn't the only one who saw it.

Her eyes lit up with bright starlight as she gently tugged on my sleeve.

I nodded as I smiled and talked to the Xu sisters.

Lan Ling understood what I meant, and gradually stopped her steps. Taking advantage of how the crowd wasn't paying attention, she retreated from the crowd.

It seemed that this young maid had come to find Lan Ling, and she had already known about it.

After welcoming the Xu sisters into the courtyard, I was still struggling to figure out, just where did this young maid come from?

Suddenly, a thought struck me. I remembered that day, when Mama Du's niece, Fifth Child, was standing by the curtain at the door, this little girl seemed to be there as well. Mother Du had called her Zhu Er.

So this person was someone from Grandmother's house!

Thinking about it like this, to be able to make the green bandits so happy, it must be because his mother failed, right?

It was like a puzzle, a puzzle that had been in front of me since this morning and was now ready to collapse in front of me and let me look at it.

Suddenly, I also want to know, what exactly is the answer to this riddle?

From time to time, I would glance towards the entrance of the courtyard, hoping that Lan Li would hurry in. This caused Second Miss Jiang, who was standing beside me, to be extremely dissatisfied. "Who are you waiting for?"

In my yard there is a bayberry tree, in recent days flowering, deep or shallow, bright yellow flowers up and down on the sharp branches, a little wild.

When I accompanied Miss Xu into the house, I saw Miss Wen pulling Miss Xue to admire the plum, while Second Miss Jiang beside her had an impatient look on her face as she talked to Green Bandits. Behind her are my servant girl mother and the three servants standing by the side of the house, waiting with their hands hanging by their sides.

When Second Miss Xu saw it, she smiled and asked me, "Little sister, do you mind if we go take a look as well?"

I smiled as I greeted him. "Elder sister is adding honor to me. I don't even have time to be happy for such a good thing. Why would I mind?"

Second Miss Xu agreed to my request and pulled her sister along to enjoy the plum blossom.

Second Miss Jiang pulled my hand with a smile on her face, and angrily shouted at the few ladies who were admiring the flowers, "What's so good about a broken tree!"

As I absentmindedly promised Second Miss Jiang, I anxiously waited for Lan Ling. That was how I got her to question me.

"I'm fine!" "I'm fine!" I retracted my gaze and smiled as I gave her a glance. "This tree of mine is hard to find even if it is worth a thousand gold! You call it a broken tree! "

Second Miss Jiang smiled in embarrassment and pulled my hand. "I just remembered that my mother bought a few pots of orchids for my sister to raise in my warm room. I didn't know what to do with just some grass, but I spent five hundred silver taels on them!"

Since ancient times, orchids have been chanted by scholars as a pure and clean flower gentleman. In the current dynasty, orchids are known as a "elegant collection of gentlemen". Many of the Qing Liu scholars are proud of having produced rare orchids.

In comparison, the General's House rarely cultivated orchids. Not to mention the time and effort, two hundred taels of silver per fire per year was not enough. If he continued to nurture them in this way, he might not even be able to nurture an orchid that looked good. With this kind of wealth and manpower, only the Venerable families would allow their daughters to develop such a hobby.

The Jiang family had existed for eight years and was not considered to be a prominent family. Moreover, General Wu De had only been in Fringe City for more than ten years. In the past, he had never heard Miss Jiang mention that she had a hobby of raising orchids. Thinking about how the Jiang family wanted to marry Miss Jiang into the family of the civil officials, this orchid was probably bought for Miss Jiang's dowry.

Since marrying into a clear stream family was already a foregone conclusion, being able to prepare in advance was not necessarily not a bad thing.

I smiled and glared at her. "Your mother is helping your sister woo your future mother-in-law!"

Second Young Miss Jiang disapprovingly replied, "If only I could rely on those few stalks of grass to please my mother-in-law, then why would there be so many contradictions between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law!?"

"What are you two talking about!" Miss Wen walked over with a smile.

Big Miss Jiang's marriage has yet to be decided, and what the two of us are talking about is not what a lady should discuss. Both of us chose to smile silently at the same time.

Miss Wen wasn't embarrassed. She mischievously glanced at the two of us, "Are you two coming together to discuss your dowry!"

I laughed and clapped my hands. "There's someone who wants to marry now, yet he still wants to make fun of us!"

At once, Miss Wen's face reddened as she smiled and pinched me. "Look, I'm not tearing your mouth apart!"

The three of us chased one after another, and each of us was wearing a dress. We didn't dare move too much, so we had a sense of camaraderie.

Miss Wen was also not a person who did not know what was important. However, she symbolically grabbed two of them before letting go.

After a while, the two ladies of the Xu family also walked over. Second Miss Xu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed, "Looks like we came too late!"

Why didn't that slightly naughty Third Young Miss Xu come with her elder sister?

He suddenly remembered that Fifth Miss Xue had also disappeared!

I turned back to look for it.

Fifth Miss Xue and Third Miss Xu were actually playing together under my La Plum!

Fifth Miss Xue stood on her tiptoes and reached out to touch the bright yellow blossoms on the branches. Third Miss Xu's chubby little hands went to her lapels to gather the five Miss's dried plums.

The two girls who had been crying and making a ruckus were now having fun together!

I smiled as I looked at their figures, and said to Second Miss Xu while hinting, "It's normal for children to quarrel, but it makes us worry for them!"

Second Miss Xu's face turned red, but she still confidently continued: "Sometimes, it's just a matter of concern!"

A pink corner of her clothes flashed past the door, and soon after, Lan Li, who was wearing a pair of bun and a small pink crystal pearl, walked in with a happy look on her face.

Lan Qing walked with quick steps to my side. She bent down slightly and replied in a tone that was neither high nor low, neither fast nor slow, "Miss, the tea has already been prepared."

Under the sunlight, Lan Ling's expression was filled with hope.