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Chapter 214 Harmonious Time

On the day Huo Yi left the Hou Mansion, Chun Ying received the notice early in the morning and came to the upper room.The maids, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law waiting in the yard were arranged on both sides according to their ranks. Even the maids and mothers-in-law who had never been qualified to enter the house were present. They bowed their heads and waited for orders. furnishings.It's a pity that Huo Yi's luggage had already been packed, and only the items that belonged to the Hou's residence were left in the room, which seemed a bit deserted, which made them slightly disappointed.

Accompanied by Aunt Qing and Ju'er, Huo Yi sat on the armchair in the middle of the room, lowered her head and gently wiped her tears.Seeing that everyone had arrived, she said softly, "I'm leaving today. I've worked hard for you all these years."

Chunying and Shi'er looked at each other, bowed down and bowed: "Miss Biao is serious, and slaves don't dare to be servants." Others also echoed.

Huo Yi got up, and went to Nuanyu first: "Although the girl has only been here for a few months, she has taken good care of me. I want to thank you here." After saying that, Nuanyu returned a big gift, saying, "No dare".

Chun Ying was wondering, is Miss Biao commending employees one by one?Seeing Huo Yi turn to her, he straightened his expression.

Huo Yi hesitated to speak, but finally sighed slightly, and said: "I used to be young and ignorant, and I offended many things. Now I know I was wrong, so please don't take offense. The girl has helped me for more than three years. I have a lot, I will never forget this kindness." He also bowed.

Chunying was a little surprised, it was the first time she encountered such a scene, so she imitated Nuan Yu's way and humbly returned the gift: "Miss Biao is serious, I dare not be a servant."

Huo Yi smiled faintly, and lowered her head: "I know you are a person with ideas, and if you say something, you will be underestimated, so I won't say much, I just hope that your wishes will come true in the future."

Chunying was happy in her heart, and she was a little more willing when returning the gift.

Then Huo Yi turned in front of Shi'er again: "You girl has a heart, I offended you before, and you haven't been angry with me these few months, so it's peace, how about it?"

Shi'er opened his mouth, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "How can Miss Biao say that..." Seeing Nuan Yu cast a sideways glance, she hurriedly put away her smile and respectfully blessed her lower body: "I don't dare to be a slave." Added a sentence: "The slave has never been angry with Miss Cousin."

Huo Yi smiled, and turned to Sonny again, but instead of saluting, she just expressed her gratitude.By analogy, when the old lady sent someone to invite her, she had already thanked all the waiters in the courtyard. Everyone saw that she clearly called out everyone's name, and remembered everyone's position and background. Somewhat flattered, he gave a higher opinion of this young lady.

On behalf of Huo Yi, Aunt Qing distributed a gift to everyone as a souvenir.What Chunying got was a pair of exquisite gold flowers inlaid with rubies, and what Shier got was a pair of shrimp whiskers inlaid with pearls. I knew that these should be the dowry given to the old attendants by the daughters of thousands of gold. , thanked everyone together, and decided in my heart, should I keep it as a collection, or sell it and exchange it for a venture capital fund?After hesitating for a while, I decided to keep it temporarily and wait for the money to be used urgently.

The old lady sent someone to remind her again, Huo Yi looked around with some reluctance, then took Ju'er out of the courtyard, went to the grandmother's place to say goodbye to the relatives in the Marquis of Qing Dynasty.Aunt Qing and others who stayed in the courtyard bid farewell to the others.There are girls and women who are very close, knowing that they will not have the opportunity to see each other often in the future, they all hold hands and cry.Among the people present, Xinghong was the one who cried the most, but what she was crying was not that she was going to be separated from her friends, but that she had lost a good job because Huo Yi refused to recommend her to be the third young master's close-up Girl, she refused to follow Huo Yi's arrangement. As a result, in the latest round of personnel changes in the Hou Mansion, she was sent to the waiter without any errands. She was sad about her fate when she heard a familiar girl call When she was free to play in a certain yard, she cried even more sadly.

Chunying naturally couldn't take care of the concerns of a little girl, she was busy with parting gifts.The way of expressing the friendship between girls is also simple, it's just one or two colored needles and threads, all made by themselves, it's just a show of heart.And because Aunt Qing had a close relationship with her own mother, Chunying specially made her a jacket, and added a hand-copied "Diamond Sutra" on silk.

Aunt Qing stroked the cover of the scriptures, looked at the fine needlework on the jacket, and sighed: "Good boy, you are a caring and good boy, but it's a pity that you are too brainy. I intended to arrange a good future for you , but you always refuse to agree. I don’t know how much hardship I will have to suffer outside in the future! Forget it, if you have any difficulties in the future, I live in the Huo Mansion, so you can just come to me. "

Chunying quietly wiped off her sweat, and answered with a dry smile, turning her face away and drooping her face, feeling very powerless.

The woman on the second door came to salute Miss Biao, Chunying and Shi'er followed all the way to make sure there was nothing missing, and then watched the boys outside the second door loading cars, Aunt Qing counted it back and forth three or four times before finally nodded.

The old lady, Mrs. An and a group of female family members from the Hou Mansion surrounded Huo Yi and walked towards the second gate. The eldest and young mistress Jing also rushed back, and only Liang followed boredly.

The old lady held her granddaughter's hand all the way, and shed tears again. Huo Yi comforted her for a long time, and promised to come back often to say hello to her in the future, so that the old lady would feel better.Huo Yi talked a lot with An Shi again, expressing that she was ignorant and offended her aunt, she asked her to forgive her, and thanked her for taking care of her in the past few years.

She spoke so sincerely that even Mrs. An's eyes turned red. Thinking of the last time she defended herself in front of Mrs. Liang, she was quite polite, and felt that this child was not her daughter-in-law anyway, so there was really no need to be too harsh. , She has always been respectful to herself, and she has never taken the initiative to ask a question about the property handed over to her. She is very kind, and her impression of her is much better. When her husband's family was wronged, she returned to the Hou's mansion, and her grandmother, uncle and aunt made decisions for her.

Mrs. Zhang, who came to pick up her niece, had a displeased face when she heard this; Huo Yi paused and pretended not to hear; Urge granddaughter to get on the sedan chair.

Huo Yi left the Hou's mansion in this way, Chunying sent her out to the second door, and returned to the inner courtyard. The old lady cried again, and was calmed down by everyone's persuasion. Then she remembered the person serving her granddaughter, and ordered They went home to rest for a day before going on new errands, and those who were going to leave the house, the housekeeper also went to handle the paperwork as soon as possible.After hearing these words, Chunying was determined, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank everyone.

Chunying returned to her room in the small courtyard, packed her luggage, and would temporarily go home and wait before the paperwork was handed over to the government.After packing up, she took another look at the room where she had lived in for several years, and suddenly felt unreal.

Is she leaving the Hou Mansion?She's free at last?Why does she feel like she is in a dream?The long-cherished wish of many years is about to come true, but she is a little stunned.

Shi'er gave her a push: "Why are you in a daze? Can't bear it?"

Chunying smiled: "No, it's just... I always feel like I'm dreaming... Can I leave the house now?"

Shi'er smiled and said: "Are you confused? Didn't the old lady ask the housekeeper to handle the paperwork? Naturally, she can leave the house!" After speaking, he sighed: "If I had known that our Wang family would have today, I would have Just like you, I also chose to leave the mansion! Now I have to go back to Huanhuaxuan and work with those little hooves, not to mention you, I also hope that I am dreaming!"

Chunying smiled sullenly for a while, and then said seriously: "You are an old man in Huanhuaxuan, and you often deal with people in that courtyard, what are you afraid of? Besides, most of the people who were close to Manru in the past have been cleared out. , It's just that the newcomers, especially Lixia, are not fuel-efficient, so you should be more vigilant, don't make a fuss, offend people, and find a reason to come out after a year or two."

Shi'er nodded and blinked again: "Don't worry, no matter how capable that girl Lixia is, she can't surpass me in terms of qualifications! Besides, I looked at her coldly and felt that she was better than Manru. No matter what she thinks, at least she doesn't care about her." It's enough to be able to harm people behind the scenes. I don't take that aunt's seat, so she won't deal with me!"

Chunying thought about it, so she felt relieved and continued to pack her luggage. During the period, several maids came to say goodbye to them, while Yinhuan and Xiaolianhua came to her with their bags and planned to leave the house with her.

There were not many maids who left the mansion today, plus they were served by Miss Biao, so the guards at the second gate didn't search them much, just doubled their burdens and let them go out.When Chunying and the others were walking towards the gate, they happened to meet Mrs. Guan leading a group of daughters-in-law in, and greeted her. When she learned that she was going to add staff to Yingyue Hall, they exchanged a few casual greetings and said goodbye to each other.It was only after leaving the mansion and parting with Yinhuan Xiaolianhua that Chunying suddenly remembered that the daughter-in-law who was at the end of the team just now looked very familiar, she looked a bit like Chen'er, did she finally find a chance to return to the mansion to serve her Yet?
But this has nothing to do with her, Chunying thought that she had finally left the Hou Mansion, took a deep breath, left all the affairs of the Hou Mansion behind, and strode towards her home.

The days back home are very leisurely, Chunying can sleep for four hours every day, no longer need to get up early to cook porridge, supervise the work of the little girl, assign a day's tasks, and don't have to worry about being scolded and beaten for doing something wrong, she is in a very happy mood.She finished the housework quickly, and was free to accompany her younger brother to do his homework and teach him to preview tomorrow's lessons.In addition, she doesn't even touch needlework, and she doesn't deal with other families' children except to go out to buy vegetables.

Lu Yougui didn't comment on her behavior, but Lu's mother was a little anxious: "You girl, you become lazy when you don't have an errand! What are you doing with your brother?! Go back to the house and embroider the dowry !"

Chunying curled her lips: "What dowry to embroider?! I don't want to get married so soon!" After speaking, she blinked at Hu Fei who was beside her: "Brother Xiaofei, do you think so?"

Hu Fei was looking at Xiaohu's painting red, touched his nose when he heard the words, smiled and said to Lu's mother: "There is no need to worry about this matter, the horoscope has not been written yet, her girls will definitely be shy when talking about such things .”

Lu's mother sighed: "I'm just afraid that she will get used to being lazy, and when she gets married, she will be rejected by her husband's family!" Lu Yougui walked out the door with his hands behind his back, and nodded, "That's right, Lao Mu told me From the beginning, the second child in his family was born smart, and the daughter-in-law he will marry in the future should be more virtuous. Chun'er should practice more cooking and sewing at home!"

Chunying just felt that it was extremely boring, and let Xiaohu continue to write, while she moved the bench to the side to pick vegetables.

Hu Fei looked around and said with a smile: "From my point of view, Aunt Lu doesn't seem to have much work here. I had a drink with Brother Lu the other day, and he said that Aunt Lu is very busy these days. Apart from taking care of housework and children, she also has a lot of work. A nearby family heard that she came from a rich family, so they specially sent their daughter there to ask her to teach. Mrs. Lu couldn't refuse, and she was so busy that she couldn't sleep well. Chunying was idle at home anyway, so why not help her busy?"

Chunying became interested: "Sister, please teach me? What are you teaching?"

"It's just some housekeeping knowledge, human relations, etc. The maidservants of the big family have seen the world, and they are better at housekeeping than Xiaobiyu. That family is also afraid that their daughter will not be good, and they will not get the mother-in-law's favor after marriage. " Hu Fei came to Chunying's side and whispered in a low voice, "Although there is no money, there is Shuxiu. I heard that they took half a carload of cloth to go."

Chunying was a little bit moved, the half-car label cloth was worth at least a dozen taels, maybe it was a new source of income?She was also born as a maidservant of a rich family, and she also worked as a trainer in the Hou's mansion. It is easy to teach a few little girls. This business does not require much capital, but it is quite easy.

She hurriedly said to her parents: "Sounds good, I'll go over and help, I can help my sister take care of the children, and I can also help her teach people!"

Lu Yougui glanced at Hu Fei, and said with a stern face: "Nonsense! Your sister is married and can teach others. Isn't it a joke for you to teach other girls these things?!"

Chunying was disappointed, feeling extremely depressed.No matter how hard she tried to convince her father, she might really be betrothed to someone else by him!

Hu Fei lowered his head, watching Xiaohu writing, an unknown light flashed in his eyes.

Then someone knocked on the door.Chunying opened the door, seeing that it was Shi'er, she was a little surprised: "Why are you here?"

Shi'er quickly grabbed her hand, and asked eagerly, "Chun'er, have you heard about it?"

Chun Ying was startled: "What?"

"Young master of the Gu family has just been released from a foreign position. Miss Biao will leave Beijing immediately after she gets married!"

(End of this chapter)