C276

"What do you think if I put you in the young master's room?"

I leaned back on the kang pillow and stared at my sister.

I think she had some ideas of her own.

When her grandmother, Mama Du, sent her to me, I told her that I was looking for a personal maid for the young masters, but I just didn't say which one. My sister had come into my room, and I had specifically warned Lan Li and the Green Bandits not to tell this child where I wanted her to work, and to secretly probe this child's personality.

She only glanced at my face before lowering her head.

Take your time, I'm sure the child thought of it when he left her here to serve me.

After some deliberation, he realized that this was the material for a steward.

"This servant will listen to Miss's instructions!"

The little girl's voice was neither fast nor slow. It was obvious that she had already prepared something beforehand.

"What do you think about going to the house of the Eldest Young Master?"

According to the rules of the Yang family, when the young masters reach the age of fourteen, they have to add one or two maids to teach the young masters how to read people, and when the young mistress enters the house, she will decide whether to keep the maidservants or not.

New wives were usually shy when they entered the house, and most of these maidservants were given to them by their elders. Very few people would directly kick their husbands out of their rooms. Not only did they lose face, they also hurt the relationship between husband and wife. Those with greater vigor would have their maidservants ascended to the level of concubines, while those with a narrower bearing would generally remain in their rooms to command.

Nine years old was considered quite a long time old. If Sister Su was interested, she would definitely be willing to come to the Eldest Young Master's room.

I carefully observed the expression of the little girl who stood upright in front of me.

She looked a little like her grandmother, with her milky white skin. His round face was suffused with a healthy pink hue, making him look exceptionally pleasing.

Sweat started to seep out from her fair forehead. The hair on her forehead was stuck tightly to it, and her black and white hair clearly showed that she was a bit mischievous.

"This servant will listen to the miss!"

The girl slowly squatted down to answer, but there was no trace of happiness in her voice.

"Then how about you serve Second Young Master?"

I flicked the top of the tea cup against the water, and it made a crisp clinking sound against the porcelain.

He was still a child after all, so he looked up at me in shock.

"I want you to go to Second Young Master's house. First, you have to be his maid, and then after two or three years, you can be his head maid. How about I hand over everything in his house to you?"

Jia Yi was only five years old this year. Sister Ji was a smart child, so she definitely knew the difference between Eldest Young Master and Second Young Master.

I stared at the little person standing in front of me, and I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the hesitant look on her face.

Everyone has their own aspirations, you can't force them.

I thought it would be better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix, even if I had to go to a poor family and be the husband and wife instead of a concubine. Furthermore, if she was a close concubine of her family, and had the love of a servant girl, it wouldn't be surprising if her family opened their own residence, even if he was the most capable steward in the family. At that time, she would be in charge of her wife. In the future, if he stayed and became a concubine to the family, although he would be half a master in front of the servants, he would only be a servant to the family. In the future, when the Eldest Young Mistress entered the house, she would be able to be magnanimous. However, if she was violent, who knew how much suffering she would have to endure before she could stop.

If the same thing were to happen to everyone in this world, then there wouldn't be so many conflicts and disputes.

"This matter is not urgent, go back and think about it. It is the same for me when I decide to return."

Even though I was dissatisfied with her hesitation, thinking that she was still young, I didn't care. I took a sip of tea and said, "Go and call your sister Lan Li in!"

Sister Xu quickly kneeled in front of me.

"This servant is willing to go to Second Young Master's house!"

I stared at the kneeling man.

"In the future, Second Young Master will be in a difficult situation. Becoming his maidservant, he will inevitably suffer a bit. Have you thought about it clearly?"

He didn't know if he could clearly see the child's hasty conclusion.

It would be a joke today if I put my family justice in her hands and she couldn't bear the pain.

I'd better give her some pointers!

"This servant knows!"

Sister Liu kowtowed to me.

"Tell me about it."

I grabbed the teapot on the table and poured myself a cup of tea. I stared at the little girl in front of me with great interest.

Let's see just how far-sighted this kid is.

"The second young master's predicament is not right in front of him, but in the future, ten years from now."

"Of course, this family is under the control of the Eldest Young Master. The Eldest Young Master and the Eldest Young Master are not that old, so if you stay at home and help the Eldest Young Master manage the house, it would be unavoidable for you to cause a ruckus." Thinking like this, there is a high chance that the Second Young Master will have to go out and live with them. If the Second Young Master has the ability to help himself, then everything is fine. But if he doesn't have the ability, then he can only live with the Eldest Young Master and the Eldest Young Madam's eyes. "

I was surprised to see the little girl curled up in a ball on her knees.

He didn't expect that a nine year old child would have such wisdom.

"Get up!"

I smiled and pointed to a large prayer mat by the kang.

The young mistress stood up and bowed, then blushed as she thanked him and took her seat.

"Who told you that?"

I took a lollipop out of my purse at my waist and gave it to her.

She accepted it with a smile, wrapped it with a handkerchief, and said with a bit of shyness, "It was I, your servant's grandmother, who sent me to be a servant in the house of the eldest young master. Your servant then thought about it in secret."

I secretly admire it.

The child is very observant.

When she first met me, she stammered, "Someone told her that Lady Lan was very powerful," and this time she became her grandmother.

Lan Ling would only teach her etiquette, and would bring her along when she was in charge of matters, but wouldn't intentionally instruct her on how to do it. In this case, the child either observed himself and found out that I liked the way the servant answered, that nothing could be said to anyone, or that I had discovered the skill of speech in the conversation between Lan Li and me.

Unless you have full confidence, do not play tricks in front of people of higher rank.

I smiled and nodded. "You're very good!"

The little sister stood up nervously. Although she was blushing, she still gave me a big smile.

I like such a lively little girl.

"When do you want to go?"

"This servant wants to learn mental arithmetic from sister Lan Li before going."

She dropped her hands to answer, but her smile was still childlike.

At that time, I taught righteousness to the clan, and Lan Ling was waiting for the brush and ink at the side. I didn't expect that she didn't learn righteousness well, but Lan Li was interested and asked me when she was washing my feet at night, "What if the last one advances but forgets the one in front?" After that, he became addicted to mental arithmetic, and bought an abacus from an unknown place. After diligently practicing for a month, he completely threw away the abacus.

My arithmetic is no match for mine now.

"Eldest Young Master is going to move into the outer court after the Spring Festival Gala. I think you should go at that time!"

There were still two months until the Spring Lantern Festival. It was probably enough for him to learn his abacus again.

"Yes!"

The sister bowed to me and went out to call Lan to come in.

After washing my face, I went to the west wing to fetch my two aunts. Then I went to the main house to pick up my grandmother and my two younger brothers.

His mother's coffin was placed on the pine bed, beneath which was a cushion embroidered in bright yellow with the "Rebirth Curse," covered with the red lid of a water wave pattern coiling dragon.

I recognized it at a glance as a built-in object.

He didn't expect this master to be so adept at mining and using all the things he had prepared!

First, as a filial son, he read the eulogy, and then as the master of ceremonies. Then as the master of ceremonies, as the master of ceremonies for Shopkeeper Lu, the whole family arranged the offerings on the incense table in front of Mother's spirit in the order of Aunt Mo, Aunt Wang, me, the family letter, family code, and the family code. Manager Lu held the incense in his hand while Jia Cheng offered incense. Then, with the exception of Grandmother, we knelt down in front of the coffin three times to express our sorrow, and with the exception of Grandmother, we remained on our knees in front of the Spirit, while Master Wisdom led the monks to recite the scriptures behind the drapes.

When the sun was high in the sky, the sun had already set and the sky was covered with red clouds. At the table outside the screen in the auxiliary hall, and the table inside the screen, we all had a Su-Su together. Even though today's sacrifice was over, we still got in the car and went back home.

Jiang Ming didn't give chase from beginning to end.

As I sat in the carriage and looked at the gradually disappearing Huai Hua Temple and Tian Village, I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. I let go of my anger and the bamboo pole under the curtain smacks against the walls of the carriage, making me feel even more ridiculous.

If I were to consider both lives, it would be enough to be his mother. Why would I compare myself to a child like him!

I secretly laughed at myself. It can't be that I want to find a man to be crazy, but after encountering such a handsome and charming young man, I also know that I'm hungry and don't want to eat anymore!

Thinking of this, my grumbling mood lightened by quite a bit. I felt that my past few days had been ridiculous and powerful. I bitterly smiled twice.

"Are you tired?"

The one accompanying them was Mother Song.

I was afraid that Jiang Ming would do something inappropriate, so I asked Mother Song to sit in the car with me.

In the end, they didn't take me seriously at all.

"I'm tired!"

I smiled to myself, closed my eyes, and leaned against the mat behind me.

He had originally thought that he was just closing his eyes to rest. Who would have thought that he would actually fall asleep? I was called up by Mother Song. I only had time to tidy up my clothes before I went to the second door.

I got out of the carriage first to wait on Grandmother. Aunt Mo and my two younger brothers went to send Grandmother, Aunt Wang and my family back to the courtyard.

Wearing a white suit and with red eyes, Jia Cheng looked a bit older than he actually was. He stood five steps away from me and bowed.

I touched my nose.

Did the child know the meaning behind his words?

Normally, people would only say something like that when they had to transfer authority.

I didn't know what kind of medicine he had bought from the gourd, so I could only politely smile and nod my head.

"We are all family, there is no need to be so polite!"

"Now that mother has left and I am the eldest son of the family, I naturally have to shoulder the burden of the family. Younger brother knows that the talent of the butler cannot compare to that of elder sister, but he is willing to do his best for elder sister. "

Jiazhen gave me a deep bow.

I was surprised.

On the surface, this child seemed like a retard. Could it be that he had some sort of inner talent?

Or was there some talkative person who said something in front of him?

I stealthily turned my head to look at Aunt Mo. With a shocked expression, I looked at my son, unable to say a word.

Who else would it be but her?

"What little brother said is extremely true." It's just that I'm in charge of the inner chamber, so I'm going to hand it over to your wife in the future. "Since you wish to learn the art of steward, why don't you listen to more from Manager Lu, it's a hundred times better than following me."

Now he is ten years old, tall as my ears, and nominally my brother-in-law. If someone were to bring him around, who knows how many nasty words would come out.

In the end, she was still a child. When she heard that I mentioned the matter of marriage, her face immediately flushed red. She clasped her hands at me and stammered:

"It will all be up to elder sister."

"It seems like our young master will have to take care of his wife in the future. He's afraid that our young mistress will be tired!"

Mama Du smiled.

Everyone sat in Grandmother's parlour and drank a cup of tea while Jia Cheng insisted on sending us back to the courtyard. Grandmother then told the servant girl beside her happily, "Follow Eldest Young Master with a lantern, don't let him knock on it!" The servant girl serving by my side naturally agreed. She first sent Aunt Wang and my family letter, then sent me back to my house to listen to Zhu Xuan. Finally, she sent me off to the courtyard.

Lan Zhi was waiting for me at the entrance to the courtyard.

Jia Cheng stood at the entrance to the courtyard to bid me farewell.

I instructed the people beside me with a smile, "Go and get young master a pack of jujube slices!"

It was a special product that Zhou Baumu had brought back from Shandong.

"Thank you, sister!"

Under the big red lantern, the boy's eyes were bright.

I smiled and patted his shoulder. I whispered a few words to him to be careful on the way back, so he took care of my grandmother. I gave him the jujube, but I couldn't see his figure as I brought the maidservant back to the inner room.

In the evening, Lan Li helped me wash my feet while rubbing my feet. "Look how busy you've been these few days. Your legs are swollen!"

These days, she had been busy serving her grandmother from the front and back. When she came back at night, she often felt that her legs were filled with lead, especially after climbing the mountain today, she felt even more exhausted.

I wiped my feet with the handkerchief in Green Bucket's hand, leaned over the bed, and laughed. "It's over! It's time for us to rest! "

Lan Li was packing up the medicine boxes that I used to soak my feet. Upon hearing my words, she hurriedly interrupted, "Don't be too complacent too early!" "Even though I have completed the ritual, do I not have to accept the utensils and not settle the bill?"

"I have my own plans!"

I smiled and winked at Lan Ling. "As long as you can guide me from the side!" I pretended to be deep in thought.