Cousin girl's salted fish life

Chapter 26
Hui Lan followed her aunt and sat down at the head of her aunt, ready to choose someone with great interest.

I think the selection of people in the family was discussed by the housekeeper and the mothers, and the focus was on strengthening the relationship between her little master and the servants everywhere.In other respects, such as Huilan's hobbies and interests were not taken into consideration.

Mrs. Li didn't take a few sips of a cup of tea, and Zhou's mother entered the room.Behind her is a group of seven or eight-year-old girls, all with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, walking in a well-behaved manner.

The main hall is not small, and twelve little maids are standing in the middle of the hall.Arranged in a 3*4 rectangular matrix, there is still an arm's distance from the front, back, left, and right.

Mother Zhou stood opposite Hui Lan, staring at the little girls and saluting.He and Hui Lan pointed out their names one by one, such names as Da Ya, Er Ya, Jin Hua, Yin Hua, etc. abounded.

It's really fresh and simple, full of country flavor.

"I don't dare to fool people with what I bought on the spot. They are all born at home. They have been trained for several months. When the cousin girl is selected, the rest will fill in the gaps." Zhou's mother is quite talkative, Mrs. Li's face The smile on the face is obviously more real.

Hui Lan secretly praised her, the mother in charge of the government is different.Although Mama Wang and Mama Liu are not bad, they are still younger than Mama Zhou.

Hui Lan took a look at these young children one by one, and found that they were all still in elementary school and were about to start work.Unfortunately, child labor is not illegal here.

According to Huilan's superficial understanding of the law, Daqin was relatively lenient towards slaves.Although the management is strict, there are very few life-long slaves except for officials and servants.The channel for slaves to become good people is also relatively mature and broad, and after a few years of hard work, they are no different from good people.

Compared with those cruel and harsh times, this place is already very good.

Hui Lan shook her head secretly, she is a small shrimp, so she is not qualified to judge.She can't change others, she can only restrain herself.Not to mention not being assimilated, but at least keep the bottom line.

Hui Lan took a sip of water, brushed away unnecessary distracting thoughts, and secretly thought about how to choose.

"Hui'er, you can choose your own." Mrs. Li encouraged her with a smile.

Hui Lan nodded, "Okay, I'm still short of two third-class girls who are rough envoys. I don't have any experience, so I can choose according to my sight. Don't laugh at me if I don't choose well."

"Don't worry, your uncle's mother ordered her to train her, and there's nothing wrong with it. Mother Zhou is the most shrewd and capable, so why don't you send the bad ones? Just choose." Mrs. Li shook her head with a smile.

Hui Lan saw a sly smile flashing in her eyes, she opened and closed her mouth to dislike her, but she couldn't see that others said it was bad, the two of you are really in love with each other.

Zhou's mother was also humble again and again, and she dared not be honest.

Hui Lan pointed to a few little girls whom she looked at more comfortably just now, and asked them to come forward.

There were five in total, about the same size, and they stood in a row in front of Hui Lan, stepping on small steps in a regular manner.

"Tell me, how old are you, what are your skills, and where do your family members work?" Hui Lan asked the interview questions with a smile.

The answers are all about the same, eight or nine years old.Most of them know a little needlework, only one fat girl said she could light a fire, and one darker girl said she could shoot a slingshot.

Hui Lan took a special look at the little girl who could shoot a slingshot and make a fire.The two little girls are relatively prominent.

One is black and taller than the others, and his parents are Zhuangzi's little stewards.

One is taller and fatter than the others, her mother is a cook, and her father is gone.

Hui Lan was satisfied, she had someone to accompany her to exercise.The thin and tall man looks like he is used to running in the countryside, he can shoot a slingshot, and he probably has good physical strength.You can focus on training, being half a female guard, the safety factor will not be improved by a single star.

As for the fat girl, judging by her physique, she probably likes to eat.The most important thing is that her mother is a cook.For a Sanwu diaosi who drools over food pictures and videos from all over the world all day long and saves a few grams of recipes, what a temptation this is!
If there is anything you want to eat in the future, if you don’t have it here, you can find an acquaintance to think about it in private.It's much more low-key and less troublesome than blatantly ordering the kitchen, even if she pays for it herself, that's not good.Her low-key and easy-going living standard of being a salted fish does not allow her to be too high-key.

With the fat girl, we can all live together.

Hui Lan looked at the fat girl with bright eyes, as if she was looking at a table full of Chinese people, her saliva almost dropped on the spot.

Fortunately, she still had a sliver of concentration, and immediately glanced at the other girls.

For the remaining four, she asked them one by one, looked at them three times, and couldn't choose.

She called them out and asked again and again, but she was not selected. Isn't this equivalent to the second round of interviews for Kao Gong, and several people are evenly divided.In the end, because of the strokes of the surname, he was deposed by others, which is somewhat pitiful.

Hui Lan rolled her eyes, thinking about asking her aunt to take her in for a while.In the end, she gave up. Forget it, you can't have bad intentions, let alone let others pay for her bad intentions.

Her side is not a hot and blessed place. It may not be a good place to go in, and there must be other good places to go if you don't go in.After all, these little girls' families are not marginal people, so she should stop being smart.

Hui Lan smiled and nodded, "Mom really is the most appropriate in handling things. I think all these girls are good, but I'm picky. Forget it, don't delay Mama Zhou's errands, just these few. "

She ordered the two girls and the oldest two.

Hui Lan turned her head and glanced at Mama Wang, Mama Wang understood, and immediately stepped forward and handed Mama Zhou a vegetarian kit. "Mother Zhou has worked hard, let's take it to drink tea."

Mother Zhou smiled and thanked the reward, and said a bunch of auspicious words.

Huilan listened with a smile, and saw Qingguo come in with a tray of copper coins, and immediately said to the eight girls who were not selected, "It's hard for you to make a trip, it's also because of our destiny, each rewarded with a hundred coins to buy candies !"

The little girls, who were a little frustrated at first, also laughed now, expressing their thanks in various ways.

Then they were led out by Yang's mother, and the four selected were also taken back to the side courtyard by Qingguo to settle down.

Mama Zhou was about to resign, but Hui Lan stayed with her for a while, "Mama Zhou, take a step slowly. I want to go to the aunt's courtyard to say hello to her. I wonder when she will be free?"

Mother Zhou smiled even more happily, "No wonder Madam keeps praising the girl for being cute and sensible, she is so filial at such a young age. Madam's daily director is about to be up, and she should rest for half an hour. The two young girls and Mr. Liu have lunch. Madam has a habit of taking a lunch break, about Shen Chu tidying up, Shen Zheng is going to be a director again."

Hui Lan nodded as she listened, the lady had a regular schedule and was indeed very busy. "I'm sorry to trouble Mother Zhou. If you have something to do, do it first."

Zhou's mother probably was really busy, so she said a few polite words and withdrew.

(End of this chapter)