Leaning on the rail and smiling at Liu Niang

The three girls left the main courtyard, walking one after the other, Miss Xie thought about everything in her heart, and finally she turned her head and asked Liu Niang unconvinced: "Hey, why did you leave so early in the morning? Didn't you get scolded by the lady?"

Liu Niang felt a little uncomfortable all over, and replied awkwardly: "My lady treats people kindly, I went early, and she asked me to use Chaoshi."

Miss Xie rolled her eyes and snorted.

The three of them walked a few more steps, and this time it was Miss Zhang who hesitated to speak: "Liu Niang, are you unhappy today with a lady you really haven't messed with?"

Liu Niang only felt full of doubts, and asked back: "Sister Zhang, you are a very kind lady! She saw that my clothes were wet, and she gave me old clothes!"

Miss Zhang hesitated to speak, and said hesitantly, "Did the lady give you the hair ornament?"

Liu Niang touched the silk flower on her head with a smile, and said triumphantly: "Yes! I said that the lady is a very good person!"

After hearing this, Miss Xie carefully looked at the rather delicate silk flowers on Liu Niang's head, her heart suddenly surged with sourness, and she spat, "That's something you can wear too? Why don't you look in the mirror and see what you look like?" ? That must have been given by a sage in the palace! How dare you, a little lady, have such a big face?"

Liu Niang was scolded all over her head and covered her face, and she stood there dumbfounded, her eyes were red with anger: "I don't know about this!"

This commotion attracted the attention of many passing maidservants. Miss Zhang only felt one head and two big ones, so she hurriedly appease the aggrieved Liu Niang: "I was looking at your silk flowers. There was something wrong with the saint in the womb a few days ago." The talent gave several boxes for the lady to play with, I am afraid that the lady gave it to you casually, we are concubines, we can't afford to bring this!" Then turned to thank the girl, "You are new here, You actually bullied Liu Niang like this! But you are still an older sister?"

Miss Xie saw that Liu Niang's eyes were red, she felt a little regretful in her heart, but she refused to admit defeat: "I just came a few months before her, and a few months older, so I can be called a sister!"

Miss Zhang saw that her mouth was stiff, and shouted: "Okay! What kind of words are you talking outside? Go back quickly!"

After finishing speaking, he took each of them back to Xiaoxiangyuan.

Miss Zhang pulled the two little ones into the room and pressed them by the table, asked Ah Tian to pour tea, took a cup and toasted herself and said, "It's fate that we live in the same courtyard. Let's have a cup of tea and make up. We can make up in the future." No more trouble!"

Miss Xie took the cup with her mouth pursed, raised it towards Liu Niang, and said in a low voice, "They're all poor people, there's nothing to mess around with."

Liu Niang was holding a cup, and after hearing this, she asked confusedly: "Where is the poor man?"

Miss Xie took a sip from the cup, threw it aside and said, "This little fragrance house used to house me and Sister Zhang, but now that you are added, I'm afraid the three of us will stay here to grow old." .”

Miss Zhang saw how sad she said, and comforted her: "What's wrong with three people staying here? You only got along with Mr. Lang once, how are you doing as those girls in the outer courtyard?"

Liu Niang became more and more confused by what they said, and asked Miss Zhang hesitantly: "What's wrong with Mr. Lang? Where is the outer court? Why is there another girl?"

Miss Xie rolled her eyes impatiently, and said with a sneer, "Are you coaxed by those toothmaids talking nonsense again? What kind of lady is virtuous, just keep her belly up. Let me tell you! There are more than the three of us in this house." Miss, but there are only two young gentlemen in total, do you want to think that these girls are living for nothing? Why can't they have a child?"

Liu Niang didn't understand for a while, and asked: "But there are only three of us living here?"

Miss Xie reached out and pulled a plate of melon seeds from the table, kowtowed and rolled her eyes, and said, "Didn't Miss Zhang say that there is an outer courtyard! The people outside said that the lady is very virtuous, and they said that the gentleman is smelly and smelly." Pull them all into the mansion, she will be a merciful Bodhisattva herself, Mr. Lang won't come back to the backyard if he has nothing to do, aren't we pitiful enough?"

Miss Xie threw the melon seed husks on the table, approached Liu Niang and whispered: "She is actually a Bodhisattva, why is there no child in the house?"

Liu Niang was frightened for a moment, and she didn't know how to speak. When Miss Zhang saw this, she stretched out her hand angrily to pinch the girl's ear, and scolded: "Where did you learn this nonsense? If my lady is such a person, I will How can you rest assured that Erlang will stay in the main courtyard?"

Miss Xie begged for mercy after being screwed, and Miss Zhang let her go after being screwed for a while, sighed and said to Liu Niang: "My lady is not bad, but I really don't know when I will see Mr. Lang when I stay in Xiaoxiangyuan." Well, I have Erlang anyway, so you..." She hesitated for a while, "Maybe it's a good thing not to see him!"

The three of them were silent for a while, Ah Tian raised the curtain and came in, followed by a slightly dark-skinned, well-looking little maidservant.

A Tian saw that the atmosphere of the three people was slightly awkward, and said with a smile: "This is Miss Li's maid, she was on leave earlier, and now she is back."

The little maid blessed Liu Niang, and said crisply: "Miss Li, you can just call me Zhao Di!"

It was the first time in her life that someone came to serve her, Liu Niang temporarily put aside those things she couldn't understand, and called her a little embarrassedly: "Zhaodi."

Seeing that Liu Niang was finally taken care of by someone, Miss Zhang smiled at her and said, "Yesterday, I was worried that you were too young to sleep alone. Now that Zhaodi is back, I am relieved. You two should go back soon." , I don’t think Liu Niang doesn’t understand, so Zhaodi can help her to see if there is anything missing?”

Zhao Di responded quickly, and Liu Niang saw that Miss Zhang had made an agreement for her, and wanted to spend more time with her maidservant, so she got up and went back to the West Wing.

Zhaodi was really nimble, but after a while, she cleaned up the house, filled the hot water, lit the brazier, tidied up the messy bed where Liuniang slept, and lit incense.

It made Liu Niang feel embarrassed, she has always worked at home, and she just entered the mansion, all these seem to be unfamiliar, and she hurriedly wanted to help Zhaodi.

Zhaodi let Liuniang play while she didn't care, neatly tidied up Liuniang's dowry, and said: "The girl is also a spoiled guest at home, unlike those of us who are used to doing things, Zhaodi is a maidservant. Is there any reason to let the girl work?"

Seeing that she was only twelve or thirteen years old, Liu Niang seemed to be younger than herself, so she asked with some pity, "Did Zhao Di sign the death contract?"

Zhaodi was busy with a feather duster, and replied after hearing the words: "Yes, there is a younger brother in my family, and my father died long ago. In order to support my younger brother, Auntie sold me. For the money, the first thing is that my aunt was sick, and the old mother let me go out to take care of me for two days, and then I came back too late."

The Liu Niang who said this was even more Qi Qiyan, if it wasn't for her good looks, she might be like Zhaodi, right?

She said to Zhaodi with some sympathy: "I also have a younger brother, but he was sold by my grandmother. Both of us are poor people."

Zhaodi looked back at her in her busy schedule, and said disapprovingly: "Girl, please don't say that, let me tell you, since you are in the eyes of the lady, the life in this mansion will only get better and better."

While speaking, Zhaodi stopped working in her hands, she thought for a while, and seemed to be a little hesitant to speak.

Liu Niang hurriedly stepped forward to express her opinion: "Good job, I just entered the mansion, everything is muddled, if you have anything to say, just say it!"

Zhao Di hesitated and said: "I shouldn't say that. I was in the mansion when the scholar was still there. Look at it coldly. I'm afraid the gentleman is not easy to get along with."

She lowered her voice and approached Liu Niang, her words revealed a bit of austerity: "The gentleman always uses the old man in the mansion. When the lady entered the mansion, she lived in two yards with the man. The servants on both sides are natural. It's not a good match, I used to do odd jobs in the outer courtyard, and I met Mr. Lang a few times, and there are many girls living in the courtyard there."

Liu Niang listened, and said: "Miss Xie also said this, but what is the difference between the girls in the outer court and us?"

There was a trace of fear on Zhaodi's plain face, and her voice trembled a little: "Those girls in the outer courtyard are miserable, Mr. Lang is sociable, and often entertains guests, those girls..."

Liu Niang trembled a little in shock, and interrupted Zhaodi with a trembling voice: "Then why are Miss Zhang and Miss Xie staying in the backyard?"

Zhao Di said: "Ms. Zhang has Erlang, and it was the lady who asked her to move her to the backyard. Miss Xie came here not long ago. Mr. Lang wants to be lucky. He found a monk and a Taoist priest. They wrote two birthdays. , Said that he wanted a young lady from a good family, and the gentleman sold them all in one go."

Liu Niang couldn't stand anymore, Zhao Di hurriedly supported her and said: "It was the lady who said it. Since she is a young lady from a good family, she is different from those girls in the outer courtyard. The decision has been moved to the backyard."

Liu Niang heard such news, she didn't come up in one breath, and her body became a little weak for a while, Zhaodi at least put her on the side of the bed and sat down, coaxing: "It's because Miss Xie is ignorant. Outer yard, good girl, don't be as stupid as she is, Zhaodi finally begged grandpa to tell grandma to work in the backyard, but she never wants to go there again!"

Liu Niang lay paralyzed on the bed, leaned on the pillow and sobbed: "I used to be an innocent daughter, and my father also taught me to read the Four Books for Women. Concubine, I will definitely not go to that dirty place!"

Zhao Di breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Liu Niang: "Miss, take a rest, Zhao Di will bring you lunch."

The two of them had nothing to do all afternoon, Liu Niang was sad for a long time, she had never seen the appearance of Mr. Zhao, she was persuaded by Zhaodi for a while, but she let go, and made up her mind to serve the lady well, with the two in the courtyard. The girl gets along well.

When it was time for dinner, the little maid from the main courtyard brought Erlang back, and sent word that the lady would go back to the general's mansion tomorrow, maybe when she would come back, so that the girls didn't have to go to the main courtyard. Please be safe.