[Comprehensive Red House] Infinite Merit

On the wide and calm river, two big boats, two small boats and four boats were slowly driving, and their destination was the small towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Mother." Jia Lan bowed respectfully to You Yi and said with a smile, "The boatman said that at the current speed, we will arrive at Hou Jin in about the end of the month."

Youyi nodded and said: "I know that the prince and your master have given you a lot of instructions before leaving Beijing, and I have nothing to explain to you. Sit down and copy two volumes of "Qing Jing Jing" for me."

Jia Lan nodded in agreement, Yun Xin had already laid out the pen, ink and paper for him, and gave the pen to Jia Lan.Biyue lit another pot of water and incense, and there was no other sound in the small room except Youyi's casual knocking on the kang table.

"I have liked to let you copy the "Qing Jing Sutra" since I was a child. How do you feel after you have copied it for so many years?" Youyi asked suddenly while holding a tea clock and sipping slowly.

Jia Lan was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "I thought my mother wanted to 'hear the truth' when I was young, but now that I think about it, my mother wants my son to truly experience the word 'quiet'."

"That's good." Youyi sighed, gently blew the mist that rose from the tea, and said slowly: "You are a Jinshi, and the imperial court has its own preferential treatment, 'one exam a year, one transfer' , you have made some political achievements in Houjin, it is not difficult to get promoted. The most important thing now is that you have to calm down. I will tell you to study and be sensible. I will allow you to take the imperial examination and be an official. If you don’t want you to rise to the top The cabinet is a lie, but for me, the most important thing is that you have to keep your heart. You have to remember that an official is based on the people. Only those who care about the people and have benevolence in their hearts can You are worthy of the blue sky above your head. Otherwise, even if you are one person below the prime minister and above ten thousand people, I still think you are sorry for my years of teaching."

Her words were light and light, and she didn't slam Fang Qiu forcefully, she just spoke flatly, her eyes were clear and bright, directly hitting people's hearts.

Jia Lan stood up, bowed to Youyi with her hands folded, and said, "Son, be taught!"

"Okay, let's continue." Youyi flicked her sleeves casually, and the wide yarn sleeves of the navy blue big-sleeved shirt threw a nice arc in the air, inexplicably chic and wanton.

Houjin is a small place, not as good as Jinling in Chang'an, but its advantages lie in its simple folk customs and beautiful scenery. It has always been known as a "land of steady progress" and a sought-after place for officials to release.

Youyi didn't care whether Jia Lan was assigned to this place because of the prince's intentions, Zhuang Che'an's tricks, or simply because the emperor was training a team for the prince.

Otherwise, given that the Jia family has no support in the officialdom, Jia Lan would never grab this place.

Because the place is still rich, the local county government is also well built, and it is fairly spacious and tidy.The county magistrate's mansion is just behind the county government office. Compared with Jia's mansion, it is of course much smaller, but the layout is not bad.

Youyi came out with a total of nine people at this time, the leading four: Biyue, Suyun, Yunxin, Du Ruo, and the remaining five little girls: Jiangli, Lanpei, Manxi, Qihui, Qiongzhi, all The ones purchased from outside have nothing to do with Jia's mansion.

There were quite a lot of boxes and cages, Biyue ordered people to pack things when they arrived, and Suyun was handed over the job of tidying up the interior furnishings, the two of them were so busy that they didn't touch the floor, lest Youyi would be dissatisfied in the slightest.

Zhao Qing and Tao Qing are the two who make the decisions by Jia Lan's side.

The two of them are typical girls and boys, but they often meet each other because they both work with Jialan. Tao Qing didn't care about men and women in her early years, so she stayed with Jialan and never went out to get married.Zhao Qing is the son of Jia Lan's nanny, and he is older than Jia Lan. He was enlightened early and fell in love with Tao Qing many years ago.

When he grew up, he begged his mother, Mother Zhao, to ask Youyi to betroth Tao Qing to him.Mother Zhao was reluctant at first, after all, Tao Qing was older and Jia Lan said she was six or seven years old, but later she saw that Zhao Qing really liked her son, but she couldn't hold back her son, besides, she knew Tao Qing's temperament, the most stable and gentle, There is nothing wrong with being my own daughter-in-law except that she is older.

So she begged Youyi, and Youyi asked Tao Qing what she meant. Seeing that Tao Qing nodded, she made a marriage proposal to the two of them.

One year after their marriage, the two got a character and asked Jia Lan for a name: Zhao Mingjun.Now that he is two years old, he has followed him to the south.Zhao Mama was still in good health, seeing that the young master and his son, daughter-in-law and grandson were going to Jiangnan, she simply packed up the package neatly and followed.

Now the family is arranged in a small courtyard at the corner of the mansion. During the day, Nanny Zhao takes care of the little grandson. Because of his cleverness, he is also considered a "cobbler" around Jalan.

After such a busy day, I finally settled down.

Jia Lan received the official seal and went on a mission, while Youyi settled down in the mansion behind the county government office.

Here comes a new boss, and the new boss takes his old lady with him after taking office. Naturally, the family members of the local snakes have to come to see him.

The leader is the wife of the county magistrate, the eighth-rank order, An Xu's family, and outsiders call her Mrs. An.The wife of the head book is Jiupin Chiming, Zheng An, and the wife of the county magistrate is sister-in-law, that is to say, the local head book is the sister-in-law of the county magistrate.Master's wife is Wupin, and her husband's family name is Pang, and outsiders respect her as "Mrs. Pang".

The county magistrate's wife is over 30 years old, wearing a satin dress, with a yellow golden hairpin in her hair, she is quite decently dressed.With thick eyebrows and phoenix eyes, she looks like a very neat woman.

The chief secretary's wife is younger, wearing a gouache and water blue jacket and skirt, with a hibiscus gold hairpin inlaid with pearls on her bun, she has a graceful figure and a gentle face.

Mrs. Shi Ye looks older than the two of them, with a muslin jacket and a satin gown over her skirt. She has a rounder figure, is white and fat, with a pair of smiling eyes, she looks like a very kind woman look.

Mrs. An led her sister-in-law and Mrs. Master into the courtyard, and saw a woman all over silk, with a golden hairpin in her hair, and a green bracelet on her wrist doing embroidery on the porch, she asked with a smile: " How is the girl?"

——It was Suyun.

She is a little savvy, seeing Biyun combing a woman's hair bun, she knew that she was not a county magistrate's girl, but she was dressed radiantly.Thinking of the rumors that the maids of the Jingzhong Gaomen are all very well-dressed, so I didn't rush to think of what to call them, so I just called out like this.

Suyun hurriedly said: "I have seen you all."

The old woman who led the three of them in hurriedly replied: "Aunt Biyun, this is the wife of the county magistrate, the wife of the secretary and the wife of the master."

Then he said to the three people: "This is Aunt Suyun who is beside the old lady."

Hearing the word "Lao Furen", the corners of Su Yun's mouth twitched suddenly, and then he smiled gracefully at the three of them: "Ladies and gentlemen, come in, after a while in the hall, I will report to our master."

As he spoke, he called Jiang Li, Lan Pei, and Man Xi to invite the three of them to sit in the living room, and brought tea for the three of them.

Mrs. Pang saw that the three maids were all dressed in silk and satin fabrics, and they were all dressed up radiantly.After the three of them retreated, they couldn't help but click their tongues: "Oh, this new county magistrate is so handsome! All the maids in the mansion are dressed so well."

"This grandpa of Xin County was born in a wealthy family in Beijing. I heard that his ancestors were also the Dukes of the state. Now there are a noble concubine and a princess in the mansion. This old lady is a chaste woman. I heard that the seal was ordered by imperial order. The sage has granted a five-rank imperial order, can it be the same as us?" Mrs. An said.

Mrs. Pang nodded again and again, and the three of them exchanged a few more words, and then they calmly waited for this noble lady from Beijing.

Besides, when Suyun entered the inner room over there, he saw Youyi flipping a book on the couch, leaned over and said, "Master, Mrs. County Chancellor, Mrs. Secretary, Mrs. Shiye, please see me."

"Oh? It's coming soon." Youyi raised her eyebrows, put down the scroll, and ordered: "You go out to entertain, and I'll come as soon as I get dressed."

"Yes." Suyun bowed and agreed.Biyue and Yunxin got busy, either helping Youyi to dress, or helping her to dress up, the division of labor and cooperation were orderly.

The three wives were sitting in the living room, and after a while Suyun came out again, she leaned over and said with a smile: "Our master is dressing and changing, the three wives will wait a little bit."

He raised his voice and asked Jiang Li: "What tea are you serving to the three ladies? Bring the candied fruit plate brought from the fast horse in Beijing and the snacks made by your Aunt Biyue who got up early and serve them to the three ladies."

Jiang Li hurriedly came out and replied: "It's Lu'an new tea." Then he said: "Man Xi and Lan Pei have already gone to get it."

"That's right." Suyun nodded, waved her to go down, turned around and smiled at the three wives: "If the servants don't entertain well, the wives forgive me."

"It was us who rushed to the door and disturbed the old lady." Mrs. An said with a smile: "This southern style is different from Chang'an. Can the old lady adapt?"

Su Yun said with a smile: "Our master is much healthier than the teenage girls! It's just that the two little girls who came over are not acclimatized and are bedridden, but the master is fine. He was just reading in the house." He said again: "My master's changing clothes and dressing up is a bit cumbersome, and Madam Lao has to wait patiently for a while."

Mrs. Zheng said with a smile: "This tea tastes very good, even if I sit more, I am willing."

Suyun hurriedly ordered Jiang Li to pack tea for the three of them, then whispered to Jiang Li, and ordered two bolts of brocade and a pair of gold hairpins for Madam An, two bolts of brocade for Madam Zheng, and one for Madam Pang. horse brocade.After the things were delivered, he smiled at the three of them and said, "I didn't prepare a gift, and now it's so simple, I ask the three ladies to forgive me."

No matter what the three of them thought, they accepted the gift with a smile, and then pulled Suyun to talk about the customs and local specialties of Houjin County.

Suyun smiled and listened one by one. Tao Qing came in to write the accounts, and saw three women sitting in the hall, with Suyun on the side.

So he bowed to the three of them and asked Suyun, "Where's Aunt Biyue?"

So Suyun smiled to the three of them: "This is the lady in charge of our mansion. She used to be the girl next to the young master, and her man also served by the young master's side."

Then he said to Tao Qing: "These three are Mrs. An, the wife of the county magistrate, Mrs. Zheng, the wife of the head secretary, and Mrs. Pang, the wife of the master."

Tao Qing saluted the three of them one by one, and said: "I'm sorry."

Suyun asked her again: "What are you looking for with Sister Biyue? She is in the house helping the master change clothes."

Tao Qing said: "Didn't you say yesterday that you want to buy two thick women and maids? No, I have already asked Ren Yazi to bring the maids to the door, and ask sister Biyue to pick and choose for Madam."

Suyun pursed her lips and smiled: "I forgot to tell you about this. The master said it again last night. There are only two masters in the house, she and the young master. It is unnecessary to buy those girls and women to serve. Just I don't want to buy maids anymore, I just hire some women to clean the house outside, and the ones around me are enough to bring from Beijing. Those women just clean up and pay three to five hundred dollars a month, and they are not happy of?"

He said again: "It's the cook. The county government in the front naturally has a kitchen and a cook, but they specialize in cooking for the officials and servants in the front, and they receive money from the public. The kitchen behind us is empty, so it's not easy to tire the front. People from the public house, the previous letter ordered Jingzhong to send two women who are good at cooking to serve. It was also a month ago, but it will take a month or two to arrive. Now the kitchen is empty , just hire two women who are good at cooking from outside to come in and work for a month or two, and the cooking work is exhausting. If you give [-] yuan a month, someone will be happy."

Tao Qing nodded thoughtfully after hearing this: "That's true, I'll let my family do it later. Just a little, I'm afraid our young master and wife won't be used to it."

"You forgot, we still have Sister Biyue?" Suyun smiled: "Let Sister Biyue handle the meals for the master and the young master, she is happy."

"Alright." Tao Qing nodded in response, and said, "I'll go get ready right now."

Mrs. Pang said: "I heard from the girls that this mansion wants to hire two women who are good at cooking for a month or two? That's easy. I have someone here. I don't know if the girls would like it." Would love to hear it."

"Please tell me, madam, we are newcomers, and we are looking like headless chickens!" Suyun gave way.

Mrs. Pang smiled: "I have a sister-in-law. She and my sister-in-law used to run a tofu shop. Later, when the children grew up, they passed it on to the children. Now they don't do it. They used to talk to me about being idle at home. , looking for a job to do!"

He said again: "My sister-in-law also means the same thing. Both of them are good craftsmen. Usually, when they are in charge of the spoon, we also like to have a bite. The taste is not bad like that in a big restaurant!"

Mrs. An also chimed in: "I know the skills of the two of them, they are very good! They can't compare with ordinary cooks."

"Of course it's great... It's just that there are so many people in our house, so we're too tired to make a big pot of dishes, so we don't know if we like it or not?" Tao Qing asked.

Mrs. Pang nodded again and again: "Don't you just cook a meal? Three meals a day, but the pot is a bit big. It's [-] yuan a month, how can such a good thing come? Why are the two of them not happy?"

"The relationship is good, so I invite you two to come over for a month or two. It's just that the job is not stable. When our cook arrives, we will still use our people. If you two work here for a day, we will give it to you." For a day's wages, our master is also considerate of his servants, you two have done a good job, and naturally you will be rewarded generously when you come back." Suyun laughed.

Mrs. Pang nodded again and again: "I'll tell my sister-in-law and sister-in-law when I get back, tomorrow, no, I'll bring the two of them over this afternoon!"

Suyun responded with a smile, heard a rush of footsteps, knew that it was Yi who led the people out, and hurriedly retreated to the side.

But he did not forget to tell Tao Qing: "Master doesn't like the sound of footsteps in the house, and he forgot to bring the thick blanket for the floor. You can look outside when you turn around. If you have good color and texture, buy some and give it to the master. And the little master's house is covered."

"Alas." Tao Qing also stood by with her head bowed, she obediently agreed and said, "I'll do it later."