Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

The next day, Zhang’s mother took the girls out of the yard.

The girls lined up neatly in two rows and carefully followed Zhang's mother without looking back.

This is the first time they have walked out of the courtyard since entering the mansion. Of course, except for Meng Dong, Lu Yue and a few people who have relatives working in the house.

Yunling is also curious about the mansion where she will live for six years, but she is not even a third-class maid now, so she does not dare to look around and break the rules. They could only quietly follow the footsteps of the people in front of them, and their mother never told them which place they were going to.

After twisting and turning, they walked through several roads of varying widths, crossed a courtyard gate, and finally stopped.

After a while, Yunling heard Zhang's mother in front of her say: "Madam, these are the seventeen maids who have just joined the mansion. They are here to listen to your orders." The next words were addressed to them, "This is the servant girl of the mansion." The Duke’s wife above has not met the eldest lady yet.”

"I have seen the eldest lady." The girls did not dare to raise their heads and saluted quickly.

A nice voice sounded, "Everyone, get up."

Yunling stopped her movements and thought to herself: This is the mistress of the Duke's Mansion, and her fate in the mansion is entirely in her hands.

Just listen to the eldest lady continue to say: "Guizhi, Qiulan, they will leave it to you to make arrangements. Be sure to clean up everything in the house. Especially the second bedroom, don't be careless about the wedding."

"Don't worry, Madam, we will handle it well." It was the voice of Mother Xu that Yunling was familiar with.

After a sound of light footsteps, Xu's mother said: "You go back first. You have worked hard to teach them during this period."

"This is all my responsibility." After speaking, Zhang's mother walked past the girls and left.

Yunling quietly raised her head,

Only then did she realize that many people had raised their heads like her.

In front of them is a vermilion flower door with two exquisitely carved lotus pillars above it. On both sides are hand-painted verandahs. Mother Xu and Mother Wu are standing in front of the door.

Xu's mother still said to them with a kind face: "From now on, you will officially work in the mansion. You must abide by the rules of the mansion and do your part."

The girls all echoed.

Then they followed Mother Xu and Mother Wu to a dazzling garden. Pavilions, waterside pavilions, rockeries and rocks, green pines and cypresses and various flowers in full bloom complement each other. Being in it just makes me feel relaxed and happy.

Yunling sighed in her heart. At this moment, she truly felt the wealth of the Duke's Mansion, and understood the thoughts of those who chose to stay here and be servants for the rest of their lives.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Even if you are a servant here, your food and clothing expenses are much better than those of ordinary people. What's more, if you do well, you will still have the opportunity to be a small steward. As a seventh-rank official in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he has gained a lot of prestige by working in the Duke's Mansion, so staying here is indeed an excellent choice.

Yunling thought clearly, and her belief in her heart did not waver at all.

"In the past two days, you first clear the weeds in the garden, be careful to distinguish them, and don't mistake the flowers for weeds." Mother Xu warned them, then turned to Mother Wu and said, "Qiulan, please assign them to them. , I went outside to buy what Madam ordered."

Mother Wu nodded: "Go ahead, I'll keep an eye on you."

Mother Xu didn't stay any longer and left in a hurry.

Mother Wu took them everywhere in the garden, leaving one or two people behind wherever they went.

. The further back you go, the fewer people follow you. When they came to the rockery, Wu’s mother asked Yunling to stay.

"Mom, I want to go with Yunling." Seeing that she had no intention of calling anyone else, Meng Dong stepped forward anxiously.

"Nonsense!" Mother Wu said with a serious face, "This is a business matter, how can I allow you to follow your temper?"

Yunling pulled Meng Dong back and shook her head. Meng Dong pouted aggrievedly.

The corners of Lu Yue's mouth curled up. Even if Meng Dong's mother was the steward of the inner court, she still wouldn't dare to show favoritism in front of such a person.

Yunling stood there, watching Meng Dong move on reluctantly. When they walked away, she looked back at the area she was responsible for. It looked big, but because there was a rockery taking up more than half of it, she should be able to handle it alone.

She rolled up her sleeves and started weeding.

In the evening, Mother Wu came over and told them to call it a day.

Yunling straightened her sore waist. She had never done such heavy work before. She didn't think it was difficult at first, but she couldn't help but squat on the ground and keep pulling. Not only my legs were numb, my waist also hurt, and my hands were even hotter. She used her right hand at first, but then she couldn't bear it anymore, so she used her left and right hands alternately. Just like that, both hands were stained with grass juice, full of green color.

There was a pond behind the rockery. Yunling walked around it and squatted beside it to wash her hands. The pond is crystal clear, and koi fish swim through it from time to time. She put her hands into the water, and the slightly cool water eased the burning in her hands, making her feel very comfortable.

"Yunling, Yunling, where are you—"

Yunling recognized Meng Dong's voice and hurriedly pulled her hand away and stood up, "Meng Dong, I'm behind the rockery."

Not long after, Meng Dong's figure appeared in sight, and Yunling looked at her

He waved his hand and said, "Come and wash your hands, the water is so comfortable."

After Meng Dong came closer, he complained to her dully, "It's better for you. You don't even know that my mother assigned me to the petty Lu Yue."

She spread her hands and said: "Lu Yue didn't do it twice before she was tired, and she was slow to do things. You see, my hands are like this, but she is good. She wiped them with a handkerchief, and there was no trace of dirt on her hands. Nonstick."

Yunling must have felt aggrieved when she saw that the grass on Meng Dong's hands was heavier than hers. She took her hand and walked to the pond, "Come here and get tired."

Meng Dong followed her in an obedient manner, watching the dirt on his hands being washed away bit by bit in the water, and his mood gradually improved.

"I know the difficulties in your heart. Your mother must have had her own reasons for putting you and Lu Yue together. Don't blame her. When working in the house, she is the manager here first, and your mother second. Also. Because of her relationship with you, she can't take care of you in front of others, lest others say that she is selfish, and sometimes even has to make you suffer some injustice." Yunling squatted next to her and said warmly while rolling up her sleeves. .

Meng Dong looked at the green traces on his hands that couldn't be washed away, so he simply stopped washing them. He shook off the water on his hands, wiped them on his skirt casually twice, and stood up with Yunling.

"But seeing Lu Yue being lazy, I just couldn't get angry. She also said that if I told my mother, it would be a complaint on purpose, and if my mother punished her, it would be partiality." Meng Dong stamped his feet, "It's so irritating! Is there nothing we can do against her like this?"

"It's not impossible to find a way." Yunling muttered.

Meng Dong's eyes lit up and he took her hand, "Tell me quickly

, do you have any good ideas. "

Yunling smiled and told her the solution. After hearing this, her depression suddenly disappeared, "Yunling, you are so smart. Fortunately, you are here."