Soft-waisted little maid

The maid Xue Ke in the third young master's room planned to hold an autumn chrysanthemum banquet for the fifth young lady, and word spread throughout the house the next day.

Even Mrs. Wang, who had not asked about this for a long time, also heard about it. When the fifth girl went to her place to greet her in the morning, she pretended to ask about it casually and said casually that she would join in the fun.

Of course Sun Yuzhu happily agreed.

But when he turned around and walked out of the West Mansion, his face immediately fell.When she said she was going to hold a banquet, her grandmother didn't react at all. She only asked the person in charge to allocate a sum of money and didn't care about it anymore. Now when she heard that the snow merchant was going to host it, she immediately put on a look of expectation. Come like that.

The more I thought about it, the more unconvinced I became, so I simply stopped caring about Xue Ke's arrangements. Instead, I began to think about asking her to screw up, asking her to overestimate her own capabilities and embarrass herself.

Qing'er, the maid next to Sun Yuzhu, mentioned this incident when she went to visit Shuangcheng.

Shuangcheng, who originally looked sick and gloomy, immediately became energetic in his eyes. He would drag Qing'er along to find out what the snow guest was planning.

The garden for welcoming guests in the East Mansion is on the west side of the mansion. In the center is a pool that is twice as wide as the main house. There is an octagonal pavilion on the pool. There are rockeries stacked beside the pool, and maple trees, ginkgo, and golden osmanthus are scattered around the outside. The porch goes around the water and leads directly to the backyard.

This is the time when the golden osmanthus is fragrant and the maple leaves are turning red.

Shuangcheng and Qing'er walked along the corridor and finally saw Xue Ke's figure on the pavilion in the center of the pool.She was busy with her hands, as if she was arranging something. The two of them stared at each other for a long time, but didn't see anything obviously special. They looked at each other inexplicably.At this time, Qing'er originally wanted to pull her away, but Shuangcheng broke away from her.

When she regained consciousness, Shuangcheng had already run to Shang Xueke, so she had no choice but to follow him.

"I thought you could make flowers if you put down such big words. Oh, by the way, where are the flowers? Autumn Chrysanthemum Banquet, why didn't I even see a pot of precious chrysanthemums?" Shuangcheng said this deliberately. , knowing that time was tight, and the budget given to her by the fifth girl was limited and she could not buy any rare flowers and trees, so she chose the right ones to ridicule her.

Xue Ke didn't take her tricks seriously.She was still busy with her hands. In the originally simple pavilion, she placed several pots of chrysanthemums of ordinary styles one by one. Swan chrysanthemum, emperor's flower, Yaotai jade phoenix, etc. are also common varieties. , a basin is placed in each of the eight corners, and the back is decorated with gauze curtains accordingly. It is quite fresh, but there is really nothing else outstanding about it.

"Are you just planning to prepare this to make the fifth girl look embarrassed among the ladies?" Qing'er couldn't help but feel worried.

"I'm not proficient in flowers and trees, so naturally I have to work on other projects. As for what they are, of course I won't tell you." Xue Ke placed the last pot of flowers and looked at Shuangcheng again, "But you, Are you completely cured now? Your legs and feet are so nimble, why don’t you pretend to be so quickly, otherwise Miss Five will find out that you deliberately didn’t do errands for her.”

Qing'er also reacted at this time. She looked at Shuangcheng and saw that her face was red and she looked like she had just recovered from a serious illness. She knew that she and the fifth girl had been kept in the dark by her. She instantly darkened her face and threw away her sleeves. He was about to go back to complain. Seeing that the situation was not right, Shuangcheng quickly followed him. Of course, he didn't forget to roll his eyes at Xueke before leaving.

When the two of them were far away, the snow guest turned around and went to the side garden on the other side. There was a secluded wing there, which was usually inaccessible and only occasionally used to welcome guests.

As soon as she opened the door, she heard a joking voice inside——

"Miss Xueke, what is this? Since you asked me to come over to discuss business, and you asked me to wait here for a long time, you are not taking me seriously, right?" The speaker put down the tea cup in his hand and raised his eyebrows. she.

"Master Zheng, since it is an important matter, we can only talk about it after the slave has gone away." Xue Ke stepped forward and added tea to another tea cup, "There is no wine today, so for the time being, I will compensate you by offering tea instead of wine." You drink three cups, and I will make amends to you separately in the future."

Zheng Lanshi was wearing a bamboo green chrysanthemum patterned silver silk round collar robe today, and she still had the black gold fan in her hand. When she saw him for the first time, Xue Ke silently cursed in her heart, it was already autumn, why did she still carry a fan with her? X.
Seeing Xue Ke drink three cups, he regained his gentle smile and said, "Miss Xue Ke, you don't have to be like this. Just say it casually when you are having sex, don't take it to heart."

Xue Ke smiled at him.

Old fox, you just gave me a show of strength, why are you pretending to be a good person now?

She sat down next to Zheng Lanshi, straightened her expression and said, "Master Zheng, I specially invited you here today. In fact, it's because the fifth girl in my family is hosting an autumn chrysanthemum banquet."

"Oh?" He tapped the table with the handle of the fan, "I have heard about this. Don't worry, girl, you can find this chrysanthemum in any shape. The time is indeed a bit tight, but for Zheng , and it’s not a difficult task.”

Seeing his enthusiastic look, Xue Ke smiled awkwardly: "But it's more money."

Just after saying four words, Zheng Lanshi stopped and looked at her silently, seeming to understand the meaning of her words.

Xue Ke has inquired about it a long time ago. The price of this fine and precious variety is at least 400 taels per pot, not to mention the top quality chrysanthemums, which can easily cost thousands of taels. But the budget given to her by Miss Wu was only 200 taels. The amount of two was basically spent just to buy the snacks and fruits for the banquet.

"Miss Xueke, are you planning to let Zheng do a loss-making business?" Zheng Lanshi leaned back in his chair and fanned his palms.

"That's right. After all, the fifth girl is just a woman. It's just a banquet for the ladies in the boudoir. It really doesn't have to be so troublesome. I'm here to meet the owners of some ordinary flower and tree shops. For the sake of Fourth Master Come on, I can introduce you to Miss Xueke."

Xue Ke quickly explained: "Of course we can't let you do a loss-making business."

"It's a fact that the money given by the girl is not enough, but I just have a way to ensure that Boss Zheng makes a profit and can also organize the fifth girl's banquet. Isn't this a way to get the best of both worlds?"

Zheng Lan was noncommittal: "Zheng doesn't want to throw cold water on the girl, but Zheng doesn't lack business or reputation. But since I have everyone here today, does the girl want to talk first?"

Xue Ke paused for a moment, then asked word by word: "I don't know, Boss Zheng, do you know anything about marketing?"

(End of this chapter)