The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 190

In July, Xu Fengjia got busy again.

Although he has not been on a long-term business trip, he often goes to the suburbs of Beijing to do business, or to Hebei, or to Shanxi for short-term business trips: after all, he is a close friend and trustworthy person by the emperor's side, and the emperor is also a brilliant son of heaven with great talent and great efforts. , throughout the year, there are countless confidant matters to be entrusted to Xu Feng.

Seventh Lady is not idle, and seeing that she is about to take over the housework, there are gradually more people walking around in Mingde Hall. Xu's family goes up and down, there are hundreds of deacons, and the family members live together near the coal alley, as if they have formed a An alley of the Xu family, full of mothers in charge who were unhappy under the hands of the fifth young lady, cut their heads and wanted to find their own place in the Mingde hall.

Not to mention that she herself has a group of promising talents, and she also needs to do induction training, and there are old housekeeper mothers in the mansion, who have to be familiar with their temperament... Although she hasn't stretched her hands out of the Mingde Hall, but Also from opening eyes to closing eyes, there is not much leisure.

After the Hungry Ghost Festival, Xu Fengjia accompanied the emperor to Neisanguan to test the cannon. He usually moves too much. When he wakes up early, he always makes such noises. Even the seventh lady can't sleep well. Now there is no one to disturb him. Seventh Lady actually had a rare good night's sleep. When the chiming clock passed six o'clock, and the little bird in the clock body jumped out to tell the time, she lazily opened her eyes, lifted the newly replaced brocade curtain, and looked through the room. There is only one glass window that is not covered with screens in the corner, looking at the sky outside.

It’s early autumn in July, and the capital city is no better than Suzhou, as soon as autumn comes, the air cools down. The maids and women walking outside Mingde Hall have already changed into autumn clothes made of satin, and you can see a corner of the courtyard wall from a distance. , the two little maids struggled to get out with the big copper pot, and then turned to a place where Seventh Lady could not see.

This is the hot water that Lixia Anan prepared for her to wash. Qin Niangzi let out a breath, half sat up lazily, took off her nightgown, put on her middle coat, and stepped into the embroidered carefree clogs. After a while, Lixia and Zhongyuan pushed the door lightly and walked in. One set up a screen to help Seventh Lady change her clothes, and the other was busy opening the door and window, leading Seventh Lady into the clean room. Slightly steaming boiling water: it was brought in by the little maids through the secret door. By the time Qin Niangzi came in, the group of little maids had already left the room.

After Qiniangzi finished washing and changed into homely clothes, Little Pearl River's little sister, named Xiao Huangpu, was already waiting in the third room of the West. When she saw Qiniangzi come out, she hurriedly opened her combing bag and took out the clean clothes. Mahogany comb, and softly asked Qin Niangzi, "What kind of hair do you want to comb today, young madam?"

Before Qiniangzi opened her mouth, Zhongyuan smiled and said, "You can just pick up some simple hairstyles that use less hair oil. There is nothing that Young Madam doesn't like. It's best to just put a hairpin on it, and that would be great." .”

The three or four maids in the room suddenly laughed: "Qi Niangzi is good at everything, but she doesn't look like a lady at all when combing her hair. She can't wait to comb her hair with two big braids every day."

"Hey, I have to put shavings on the oily hair, which makes the scalp so painful. I just comb my hair like this, put it on the top, and I have to take it off in three or four hours. The hair is sticky. It's from shampooing. Or do you not wash it?" Seventh Lady laughed and defended herself. "Besides, the courtyard is not full of those people, even if I am unkempt, what will happen?"

Although little Huangpu is young, she doesn't recognize her birth at all. She winked at Zhongyuan and laughed softly, "Young Madam is right, this son is not in Beijing, you just don't have the heart to dress up!"

While talking, she kept moving her hands, divided Qiniangzi's hair into several strands, put some hair oil on it, put it in a bun at the back of her head, fixed it with gold hairpins, combed her temples, and left the rest Two locks of long hair were tied into braids on the left and right, braided with gold threads, inlaid with pearls, and carefully picked up a freshly bloomed white chrysanthemum from the big silver plate sent by the maids early in the morning, and put it in for Seventh Lady. She put it in her bun, and explained with a smile, "This was taught by the concubine to the maidservant sister. She said that it was the hairpin flowers of the women in the palace. They all hid the flowers in their hair. If you don't look carefully, you can't see them at leisure, but if you get close You can smell the fragrance of flowers in your hair, it is the most elegant."

She has only been on the job for a few days, and she has already figured out Qin Niangzi's temperament. She doesn't use sticky shavings to comb her hair much, and even uses less hair oil. Her hands and feet are neat and she combs her hair beautifully.As for being articulate and decent in advancing and retreating, it goes without saying that she immediately became a new celebrity in Mingde Hall, and even Qin Niangzi gave her a particularly high regard because of Little Pearl River.Hearing what Xiao Huangpu said, she looked at herself in the mirror and said with a smile, "It's not like no one combed this fringed bun in Jiangnan, but compared with your craftsmanship, it's not so delicate. "

Just as they were talking, Gu Yu and Chun Equinox brought Shiro and Goro in to say hello. The two young gentlemen saw Qin Niangzi's neatly dressed clothes and opened their hands to grab her braids to play with. Qin Niangzi teased them with a smile. , came out of the Xici room, Shangyuan Dragon Boat Festival was busy setting up a small table for breakfast, and Lixia personally brought in a small hour of hot medicinal soup from the outside, and urged Qin Niangzi, "Mr. Zhong said, this medicine is breakfast. Drinking it before is the most effective..."

Quan Zhongbai has been wandering outside for the past six months, and Qin Niangzi just regularly finds Mr. Zhong to come in and help the pulse to open Taipingzi.The tonics in the daily life are uninterrupted, that is, at the end of July, Mr. Zhong was invited to come, and another decoction of body tonic was replaced, and he drank it in the morning every day.

After drinking the medicine, Seventh Lady asked Gu Yuchun equinox to hold the two children, and sat on the top of the kang. She sat cross-legged on the kang and had breakfast, while listening to Gu Yuchun equinox explaining the actions of Si Lang and Wu Lang yesterday, laughing Tell them, "Your holidays are coming soon, if you want to go back to your parents' house to visit, don't forget to tell Mama Xin to send a car to pick you up."

Guyu's vernal equinox is full of joy, "I'll go talk to Xin's mother when I turn back."

Serving under servants in ancient times is of course different from modern companies, and there is no clear commute time.The industrious servants have work in their eyes and are busy all day long, and the lazy ones may be lazy and slippery even in the eyes of their masters, and even Xiu Mu is all up to the master's happiness.When Qi Niangzi was a girl in the past, she just followed the crowd. When she became a family in Mingdetang, she set a schedule for the deacons in Mingdetang: In addition to normal shifts and rest, a One day off per month.You can save it, or you can advance it for a day or two, and if you have a minor illness or pain, you can use the holiday to offset it.If you can't come in to work for more than three days, if you are sick, tell Mama Xin to come forward to invite a doctor, and if you have something to do, you will be given a fake reward based on weddings and funerals.Alone, it is not allowed to change shifts privately. The maids who live behind Mingde Hall are not allowed to leave Mingde Hall when they are not on duty, and they are not allowed to walk around without orders when they are on duty. If you are in a pair, even if you go home on holiday, it is strictly forbidden to chat with your neighbors.As for the mothers who don't live in Mingde Hall, the superiors enter the house and the inferiors leave the mansion. Without orders, they are not allowed to walk around in the courtyards of the mansion. Anyone who wanders around and spreads rumors will be kicked out once they are heard and verified. No errands allowed.

She would never withhold people's monthly money at ordinary times, and there were rewards at four seasons and eight festivals, although they were not many, they were definitely not many.And the favored maids, starting from Bailu, Qiqiao and others all arranged a decent home, and the dowry was also countable. There is no such thing as an angry Yingying and a swallow, and a broken mouth that can't be clear.The mothers and women who are in charge, they also choose the honest ones first, and occasionally a few thorns are subdued by Qin Niangzi's overt and secret means--she has good welfare, one day off a month, and It is possible to save continuous rest, but in the past six months, Bai Lu Sui has often talked about it among the servants, and she has never heard a single bit of right and wrong in Mingde Hall.Even an old man under Wu Niangzi like Gu Yu Chun Equinox, he never said anything bad when he mentioned Qi Niangzi.

(End of this chapter)