Daming female local tyrant

After laughing for a long time, Shen Wan held back her smile, and said to Jing Lan solemnly: "Can you tell me why other maids wish to be Young Master Sun's roommate, but you don't want to?"

Jing Lan said: "I'm young, besides, I don't want to be someone's concubine, no matter how rich or good-looking that person is, I just want to be a couple for the rest of my life."

Shen Wan murmured: "A couple for a lifetime..."

Then she asked Jing Lan if she thought about going out to be a wife of a good citizen when her life contract expired.

Jing Lan nodded: "If there is someone who looks up to me, of course, if there is no one, I will live by myself."

"Go by yourself?"

"It's just to save some money these years, and then become a good citizen and start a small business to support yourself."

"Although your idea is good, it is very difficult to implement it in practice, especially for an unmarried woman. In this dynasty, if an unmarried woman wants to live well, she can't do small business, she has to do big business , there are many men under your command to do things for you, you just need to strategize behind it."

"To make a big deal..."

"Yes, you follow me, and I will let you get involved in those big deals in the future and learn more skills."

"Thank you girl for nurturing me. I will study hard in the future."

Shen Wan nodded.

Jing Lan, who was grateful, did not forget to ask Shen Wan in a low voice: "Miss, you haven't said whether you will give me to Young Master Sun as a roommate?"

Shen Wan stretched out her hand and gave Jing Lan a finger between her foreheads: "You are so young, what do you want to do? I spent so much time cultivating you, of course I want you to be my right-hand man, you are mine, I will not give you to anyone .”

After speaking, let Jing Lan come over and massage her shoulders and the back of her neck.

Jing Lan was already happy when she heard what Shen Wan said. She thought of what she said just now, and now she really wanted to slap herself.

She came closer, put her hands on the shoulders of Shen Wan who was sitting sideways on the Arhat bed, and kneaded with appropriate strength.

While rubbing her, he couldn't restrain his joy and asked Shen Wan: "Girl, is what you just said true?"

Shen Wan said: "Of course it's true, you can rest assured, just do your job well every day. When I'm done with this period, I will first teach you how to read, calculate accounts and make calculations."

After receiving Shen Wan's affirmative answer, Jing Lan was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Shen Wan, saying that she would definitely do her job well and not let Shen Wan down.

After Jing Lan massaged Shen Wan's shoulders and the back of her neck for a while, Shen Wan asked her to help rub her arms and legs.

In this way, she can watch Jing Lan busy and chat with Jing Lan at will.

"Alan, what do you think of Jinling City?"

"I didn't take a closer look. At that time, I heard Kumquat and the others talk about the Xiao family in the carriage. They said that the girl wanted me to be Young Master Sun's roommate. My heart was in a mess. I didn't care to read it."

"You silly girl, like this, I will take you to the city for a stroll in two days. There are more beautiful, delicious and interesting things in Jinling City than your Qingxi Village, especially at the end of the month, the three days of 27, 28, and 29 , there is a temple fair at Tanjue Temple, which is even more lively."

Jing Lan has heard of temple fairs, but she has never visited them, especially temple fairs in this era, she is really interested in going there.

So she happily asked Shen Wan: "Girl, will you go to the temple fair at Tanjue Temple at the end of the month?"

Shen Wan told her that she was going, and if she didn't go, Jing Lan wouldn't be able to go either, because the Xiao family didn't have the rule of giving the servants a holiday to go to the temple fair.

"Girl, you're so kind." Jing Lan smiled at Shen Wan and said, her eyes were full of sincerity, Shen Wan could see that she said this from the bottom of her heart, she couldn't help but feel good.

She was just about to talk to Jing Lan, a foodie, about the delicious food at the temple fair, when she heard footsteps on the stairs, she didn't need to look up, Shen Wanguang knew who was coming just by hearing the footsteps.

Because there is only one person in the entire Xiao family who goes to the south building where Shen Wan is.

Sure enough, soon a girl's coquettish voice sounded from the stairs: "Sister-in-law, why didn't you send someone to tell me when you came back, so I didn't know until now!"

Jing Lan, who was sitting on a small bench next to the Arhat's bed, knocking on Shen Wan's legs, turned her head to look curiously when she heard the sound.

I saw a very delicate and slender girl, about thirteen or fourteen years old, who was wearing a goose-yellow Sixi ruyi patterned makeup and floral gown, a silver-white satin skirt with glittering beads, and a three-ya bun. come forward.

Hearing that she called Shen Wan sister-in-law, Jing Lan knew who she was, because no matter it was green bamboo or kumquat, they had mentioned her.

The person who came was Shen Wan's sister-in-law, Xiao Ruyu, the younger sister of Xiao Yulang, the grandson of the Xiao family.

This Xiao Ruyu was very favored, whether it was her grandparents, parents, or the older brother Xiao Yulang who loved her very much.It's no wonder that she is the youngest granddaughter of the patriarch of the clan, and she has a very pleasant birth. It is not too much to say that she is loved by everyone, and that flowers bloom when they see her.

Because of being favored, Xiao Ruyu's eyes are always high above her head, she is very arrogant, not to mention her servants, even those men and women in the same generation as her, and those who are related to the Xiao family, she is indifferent .

Ordinarily, such a person would definitely not catch a cold when he met such a cold and alienated person as Shen Wan.In addition, sister-in-law and sister-in-law have always had conflicts, and there are many who don't get along. It is reasonable for her to not deal with Shen Wan.

But contrary to most people's expectations, Xiao Ruyu was very close to Shen Wan. Since Shen Wan married into the Xiao family, she was the person who spent the most time with Shen Wan in the entire Xiao family.

Her eldest brother Xiao Yulang often went out after getting married, and was away for ten days and a half months, but Xiao Ruyu ran to Shen Wan's sister-in-law every day.

Xiao Ruyu seems to have endless things to say to Shen Wan, and there are so many things she likes to do with Shen Wan, such as reading, writing, painting, playing chess, playing the piano and listening to operas, and choosing clothes and jewelry that merchants bring to Xiao's house ...

Except for Shen Wan going back to her mother's house and Xiao Ruyu not being able to follow her, no matter where Shen Wan went, she would follow her.

This time Shen Wan went to Qixia Temple to pay respects to the Buddha, and she was sad for a long time without taking her there.

However, she listened to Shen Wan's sister-in-law very much. She was not happy and sad when Shen Wan told her not to go, but she did not pester Shen Wan to go.

On the day Shen Wan left Xiao's house to go to Qixia Temple, Xiao Ruyu got up early in the morning and ran over to see Shen Wan off, and asked her to come back early.

Now when she saw Shen Wan, she ran straight over and sat down next to her, took her arm and said coquettishly: "Sister-in-law, didn't you say you would come back in three days, and you won't be back until the fifth day?" , Ruyu misses you very much."

Shen Wan didn't explain to her why it took two more days, but said with a smile: "You, look, you are such a young girl, you still look like a little doll."

Xiao Ruyu leaned on Shen Wan's shoulder, and said with a smile, "In front of my sister-in-law, I am just a little baby."

Shen Wan pushed up Xiao Ruyu's head that was resting on her shoulder, scolding her for not being serious, making others want to laugh at her.

"Isn't there no one in this room? Who saw me making fun of me..." Before finishing speaking, she suddenly sat up straight, looked at Jing Lan who was sitting on the small bench, and asked with a look of surprise on her face, "Are you Who, why have I never seen you?"

It turned out that Xiao Ruyu was all about Shen Wan, she looked at Shen Wan as soon as she went upstairs, and automatically ignored Jing Lan who was sitting on the small bench in front of Shen Wan.After talking so much, I realized that there was a strange maid sitting in front of Shen Wan.

Before Jing Lan could answer, Shen Wan had already spoken one step ahead: "This is one of the maids I brought back from the Shen family's other courtyard. Her name is An Lan, and she is very good at massaging her body. I asked her to serve in front of me."

"One of the servant girls? Could it be that there are others?" Xiao Ruyu stared at Jing Lan with good eyes, but the question in his mouth was for Shen Wan.

Shen Wan: "There is one more, I asked An Chun to take it down."

Xiao Ruyu asked Shen Wan if she was dissatisfied with the maids serving her in the Xiao family, so she went to the other courtyard of the Shen family and brought two maids from the Shen family.

"This..." Shen Wan was noncommittal.

Xiao Ruyu said angrily: "I'll call Duan Yifan's family tomorrow and ask her how she buys and teaches her maids, so that my sister-in-law has to bring the maids of the Shen family back to serve her."

"Okay, Ruyu, don't ask me any more. I also went to Qixia Temple to pay respects to the Buddha, and I lived in the other courtyard of the Shen family. I saw that the two maids were poor and hardworking, so I brought them back. I didn't dislike the Xiao family. The maid is not good."

"Sister-in-law, is what you said true?"

"Of course it's true. When did my sister-in-law lie to you?"

Xiao Ruyu smiled again when she heard the words, she looked at Jing Lan and said, "Your name is An Lan, right? You take good care of my sister-in-law, and I will reward you later."

Jing Lan inexplicably felt that the girl in front of her, who was about the same age as herself, was a bit silly and cute, but she said that she would be rewarded for serving Shen Wan, so of course she would happily agree: "Okay, thank you girl."

"Do you know who I am?" Xiao Ruyu asked again, she wanted Jing Lan to know her identity, and then understand that she would keep her promise.

Even though Jing Lan knew who she was, she would still shake her head and say that she didn't know.

Xiao Ruyu laughed, and said: "You are so stupid, didn't you just hear me call sister Wan sister-in-law, since sister Wan is my sister-in-law, then I am her sister-in-law."

Embarrassed by Jing Lan, I don't know who is stupid.

With Xiao Ruyu messing around in front of her, Shen Wan felt that she would not be able to talk to Jing Lan properly, she had to get rid of this sister-in-law first.

So she said to Jing Lan: "An Lan, you don't have to rub it for me. Go down and look for green bamboos in the ear room of the lower east room. You just came today, so you don't have to come to me to serve you. What's wrong?" If you know more, ask An Chun and An Dong."

"Okay, girl." Jing Lan agreed, stood up, moved the small bench away, then bowed to Shen Wan and Xiao Ruyu, and then retreated.

When she retreated to the stairs, she turned around and went downstairs.

Xiao Ruyu's coquettish laughter came from behind, and Jing Lan felt strange why the two brothers and sisters of the Xiao family had such different attitudes towards Shen Wan.Xiao Yulang, who was supposed to be close to Shen Wan, had a bad relationship with her, and sister-in-law Xiao Ruyu, who was supposed to have conflicts with her sister-in-law, was so affectionate to Shen Wan.

Although she couldn't figure out the reason, Jing Lan was in a very good mood.

It was just because she heard Shen Wan say that she had no intention of giving herself to Xiao Yulang as a roommate at all. On the contrary, Shen Wan decided to cultivate her and let her be Shen Wan's right-hand man.Shen Wan also told her that if an unmarried girl wants to do business, she must not do small business, but do big business.Following Shen Wan, you will have the opportunity to get involved in big business and learn skills.This is of great practical significance for Jinglan's independence in the future and the realization of her life goals.

Jing Lan came down from the south building, but she didn't know where the ear room was in the east, so she asked a maid guarding the door.

Seeing that Jing Lan was a stranger and she was wearing the green bijia worn by a third-class maid, the maid ignored her.

Jing Lan saw that she was indifferent to her, so she was embarrassed to ask her again, and walked a few more steps. When she met a little maid who was sweeping the yard, she called her sister sweetly, saying that she was new here, and she didn't know what to do next time. Where is the side room.

The little maid at the sweeper pointed Jing Lan in the direction, Jing Lan thanked her, and walked back again.

When she walked past the maid who ignored her just now, a maid ran out of nowhere and was whispering to that maid, but their eyes were looking at her.

Jing Lan thought that what the two of them whispered was related to her, and she felt a little bad, like a thorn in her back.

She hurried past them, and after a while, she saw Cui Zhu coming out of a room, standing at the door and looking around.

She hurried over and called her happily: "Green Bamboo!"

Hearing Jing Lan's voice, Cui Zhu ran over with a smile, took her hand, and said, "I'm just coming out to see if Sister Lan is back, and I'm going to have dinner in half an hour. Sister An Chun just took me to this Xiao's house." The dining hall where the maids eat."

Jing Lan couldn't help but take Cui Zhu's hand and said, "Then let's eat it later."

After the two entered the side room, Jing Lan saw that the room was not very big, and there was only a mullion window on the back wall.But the room is not dark, the floor is covered with blue bricks, two unpainted fir canopy beds are leaning against the east wall and the west wall respectively, and there is a wardrobe with a height of one person and a box next to the bed.There are also simple tables and chairs in the room, as well as a dressing table.

The canopy bed is covered with a green curtain, and a pair of copper hooks hang the curtain. The bed is covered with green floral sheets, quilts and pillows.

Cuizhu was quite satisfied with this room, and kept nagging in Jinglan's ear, saying that she was thanks to Jinglan's blessing, not only entered Xiao's house in the city as a maid, but also had such a nice house to live in.The most important thing is that only she and Jing Lan live in this house. She also said that she has understood that the maids Shen Wan served in front of her are only An Chun and An Dong. One, or eight live in one house.

"Look, what is this?" Cui Zhu went to open the closet, pointed to the water-red dress in the closet and said, "This is brought by Sister An Chun, who said that since the young mistress ordered us to arrange a room for two, They also told us to learn skills from them. This is the second-class maid. As for the second-class maids, they have to change their clothes, otherwise the name will not be worthy of the name. ..."

Listening to what Cui Zhu said, Jing Lan remembered that when she came down from the south tower just now, the maid guarding the door was quite indifferent to her, and she ignored her when she asked her questions.There must be the reason that Cuizhu said, firstly, I am a stranger, and secondly, I wear the same green bijia as they do. She is an old man, so naturally I don't deserve to respect you, a newcomer to Xiao's house as a maid.

"We'll change our clothes and go to eat later..." Cuizhu continued.

"Is this good?" Jing Lan asked hesitantly, she always felt that it was a bit too ostentatious to change into the clothes of a second-class maid and go to Xiao's canteen to eat on the first day.And even though she just heard Shen Wan say that she and Cuizhu would learn from An Chun and An Dong, Shen Wan didn't say that she would promote them to be second-class maids.An Chun and An Dong became second-class maidservants, but they served Shen Wan for seven or eight years, while I and Cui Zhu didn't even serve Shen Wan for seven or eight days.

She could imagine that if she and Cuizhu wore water-red bijia dresses and went to the dining hall where the maids of the Xiao family had dinner, it would probably attract everyone's ideas, and those people would definitely try their best to find out about herself and Cuizhu. Case.

What would they think if they heard that they had served Shen Wan with Cuizhu for seven or eight days, and had become second-class maids?

Will they be envious and jealous?

Also, An Dong and An Chun are really so magnanimous, don't they have any idea about themselves and Cui Zhu becoming second-class maids directly?

Jing Lan thought that it might not be that simple for An Chun to send two sets of water-red bijia and dresses worn by the second-class maids.