The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 211 Xiao Nan Butler ([-])

Dongkua Courtyard on the east side of the main courtyard of Weirui Courtyard is a small courtyard, a neat triad, with three main rooms, two side rooms, and two wing rooms for the east and west.

Xiao Nan's first meeting after taking over the housework was held in the main room of Dongkuayuan.

Mrs. Sun and several other ladies in charge who received the notice came to the verandah under the main house in an orderly manner.

"Is everyone here?"

Xiao Nan sat on the main seat, leaning lazily on the mottled silk sac, in front of him was an exquisite black lacquer table, and on the table was a white porcelain teacup, the tea soup in the teacup slowly Slowly steaming.

"If you go back to my wife, everyone will be here except Mrs. Zhou who is out on errands."

Mother Qiu counted the number of people and made sure there were no omissions, so she replied softly.

"Well, let's all call in."

Xiao Nan adjusted his sitting posture slightly to make himself look more solemn.

"Yes."

Mother Qiu responded, and then called the ladies outside to come in.

Not long after, all the ladies bowed their heads and lowered their hands, and walked slowly into the main hall.

It has to be said that the etiquette of the Cui family's servants, especially these old servants, is still very impressive. When a dozen or so people walked, they could only see the hem of their clothes moving slightly, but there was no sound.

All the ladies stood still under the hall, saluted Xiao Nan in unison, "I wish you well, my lady."

Xiao Nan waved his hand, "There is no need to be polite, you are all trained by grandma, and you are also old servants of our Cui family. The rules of the family are also very familiar, so I will just say some things directly."

Speaking of this, Xiao Nan paused for a moment, and looked away from the ladies present, seeing that they all lowered their heads, although they couldn't see their expressions clearly, but she could still clearly catch the body language of these people - nervous, also Or alert.

Xiao Nan smiled silently, and continued: "I called everyone here today, and I only said three things. In fact, you should have heard that in the morning, the old lady handed over the general affairs of the Rongshou Hall to me. From now on, I will manage the housework, this is the first thing I want to say."

The ladies still kept the posture just now, their eyes didn't even fly around, but their ears were straightened up - based on their experience, should the master say 'but' next and beat them up.

Xiao Nan will not act according to other people's wishes, she paused slightly, and continued: "Second, what are you doing, you will continue to do it in the future."

When everyone heard these words, the illusion of calm was finally broken. Although they didn't move too much, they still did their best to turn their heads and make eye contact.

Of course, not everyone is so restless. The two or three older ladies in the crowd still kept their eyes on their noses and their noses on their hearts, waiting for Xiao Nan's next turn or request.

However, these old ladies who could be called in charge were wrong, Xiao Nan didn't have any 'buts' at all.

Instead, he continued to talk about the third thing: "From tomorrow onwards, I will come here at five o'clock and two o'clock every day. The time is also easy to remember. It is the moment when the dawn drum sounds for the first announcement of the day..."

All the ladies have no objection to this. They used to go to Yingmao at this time, but it's just a different place.

"As for me, I have to serve my grandma and take care of my little lady. I don't have time to deal with affairs every day, so I have my big maid, Yuzhu, to take care of it for me every day..."

Xiao Nan paused, as if he had thought of something, and said again: "However, Yuzhu is also a newcomer, and she is young, so it is inevitable that there will be negligence. How about this, I will choose another person——"

Her gaze swept over the crowd again, and finally fell on Mama Qiu who was standing beside her, "Speaking of which, Mama Qiu is an old man by Grandma's side, and she is also a very safe person. It is best for you to help Yuzhu. But Grandma's I can't live without you..."

After a long moan in embarrassment, Xiao Nanfu smiled again: "By the way, Mother Qiu, I remember that your daughter-in-law, the Tie family lady, has finished confinement and is waiting to arrange errands, isn't it?"

Originally, Mother Qiu heard Xiao Nan say that Yuzhu would be the temporary housekeeper. She felt a little uncomfortable, and said to herself: Although Yuzhu is capable, she is only a teenage girl, how can she bear such a heavy burden? burden?

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Nan mentioned himself and his daughter-in-law, and specifically pointed out that his daughter-in-law had just given birth and had confinement,... Speaking of this, if she didn't understand it, it would be nothing Meal for so many years.

"The lady has a really good memory. I just mentioned something to the old lady casually, so you will remember it." Qiu's mother habitually bowed her body, with a smile creeping up the corner of her eyes, and said, "That child is also a restless person." , always said that he would come back as soon as possible to serve as an errand, and take care of the old lady and lady."

Xiao Nan nodded, "Well, I also heard that Iron Lady is a steady person. In the past, she worked in the sewing room, right? Hehe, she is a careful and steady person... It just so happens that she also needs to rearrange her errands, so let her follow Together with Yuzhu, let’s help me take care of the house together.”

"Oh, my lady thinks highly of her so much, I'll let her come in to kowtow to you after a while."

Mother Qiu knew that Xiao Nan was flattering their family. Although his daughter-in-law was only here to help Yuzhu, she was still the second in command. More importantly, Xiao Nan showed enough kindness to her, as long as she Well done with her daughter-in-law, Xiao Nan will never treat them badly in the future.

In other words, Xiao Nan began to be willing to use them, and this also made the big stone that had been hanging in Qiu's mother's heart finally fall to the ground - she no longer had to worry about the future of their family after the old lady passed away.

Seeing Mother Qiu's ecstatic look, Xiao Nan knew that his goal had been achieved.

In fact, in her heart, she has no distinction between confidantes and confidantes. In her opinion, it doesn't matter whether the old lady uses someone or someone she brings from the Xiao family, as long as who is more suitable for a certain position, who can do it Even better, she can use whoever she wants, and she won't do anything like 'one emperor and one courtier'.

As for whether he is a confidant or not, Xiao Nan feels that the most classic sentence he heard in the first life is: Men don’t care about loyalty, loyalty is because the bargaining chip of betrayal is too low; women don’t care about loyalty, loyalty is because the temptation they receive is not strong enough .

The lessons of the previous life have vividly interpreted this sentence... Isn't it the same for Mrs. Bai and Hu'er who assassinated her?

For some reason, Xiao Nan suddenly remembered what happened in her previous life, which made Xiao Nan feel a little depressed. After she said these few words, she was not interested in continuing to lecture, and waved at everyone, "Okay, what I want to say is So many, you all go back and work hard."

Seeing that Xiao Nan was really going to send them away, all the ladies finally couldn't 'calm' any longer, and they all showed stunned expressions—is this the end of the matter?No knocking?Didn't kill the chickens to make an example to the monkeys?No big purge either?

Mother Qiu was in a good mood. Seeing the foolish looks of the ladies in charge, she quickly came up to remind them, "What are you doing in a daze, didn't you hear the lady's order?"

All the ladies suddenly came back to their senses, bowed and left one after another.

Seeing that everyone had retreated, Mother Qiu came to Xiao Nan's side, and took out a booklet from her wide sleeve pocket: "Lady, this is something I wrote down over the years."

Xiao Nan was slightly startled, not knowing what Qiu's mother meant by giving her a booklet, so he followed her hand to read it.

On the folded-leaf booklet that Mother Qiu slowly opened, densely packed small characters were written page by page, and judging from the quality and size of the handwriting, one could guess that the booklet was not written at the same time.

Taking a closer look, Xiao Nan could clearly see the contents recorded in those small prints: the old lady's birthday on a certain day, the old man's birthday on a certain day, the wife Zheng's birthday on a certain day, and the death day of Princess Pingyang on a certain day ...

"This is?"

Xiao Nan realized the meaning of this booklet, couldn't help raising his head, and fixedly looked at Mother Qiu.

"I'm stupid. I'm always afraid of forgetting these important days, so I wrote them down. The old lady said that a good brain is not as good as a bad writing brush. Hehe, writing it down for three to forty years really accumulated a lot."

Qiu's mother said modest words, but the smile on her face was a bit smug.

It's not that she boasted, the booklet in her hand is definitely the most comprehensive memoir of weddings and weddings in the Cui family. It not only records all the "big days" of the Cui family, but also records all the in-laws, close friends and royal family members of the Cui family. important day.Even the one in Da Furen's hand may not have her complete copy.

Although, it was the old lady's intention to hand over this booklet to Xiao Nan, but the time to hand it over could be different sooner or later.

If Xiao Nan didn't pay attention to these old servants and only wanted to promote her confidants, then she would hide a section of the booklet, and when the important day came, she would remind her in due course and hand in the booklet by the way.Let Xiao Nan accept his feelings, but also remind her, don't think they are useless and kick them away early. Although they are servants, they have been in Cui's family for decades, and their experience and family Regardless of the grievances between them, they even know more than the young masters.

Xiao Nan also guessed that the reason why Mama Qiu dedicated the brochure to her at this time was that she had released enough goodwill. She expected that if she did not promote the Iron Lady today, Mama Qiu would definitely be before a certain important day. One day I will remind myself.

Does this count as a crooked attack? !
He ordered Yuzan to accept the booklet, and Xiao Nan told Mother Qiu to take good care of the old lady, and then sent her away.

Finally finished dealing with these matters, Xiao Nan twisted his stiff neck and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's a quarter of the clock (around [-]:[-]), lady, do you want to go back to the main hall and have a rest?"

Yuzan tidied up the account books and other things, and seeing Xiao Nan's tired face, she said worriedly.

"I'm fine, it's just that I haven't worked so hard for a long time, and I'm just a little tired."

Xiao Nan stood up, stretched his wrists and neck, "It's already time, um, it's time to prepare lunch? Today is the first day for Mr. Lang to go to the yamen, and I'm going to cook for him myself..."

If she wants to be a good wife, she must let the outsiders 'see' with their own eyes!
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