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014 The Old Servant (2)

Qiu Zhengshen smiled and said, "It's good if Yinyin knows it. Madam Jiang is different from ordinary people. Yinyin must be respectful. If you don't understand, go and ask Madam Jiang. If you don't have anything, let her come to find me."

Qiu Xiyin naturally responded repeatedly. The father and daughter said a few more gossips, and Qiu Zhengshen left. Mai Mang and Shu Xiu stepped forward to kowtow to Qiu Xiyin.

When the master and servant met again, he naturally felt a little more emotion.

Qiu Xiyin's four close maids came to the capital with her. He Yang and Gu Sui were sent back to Jiangnan by Mrs. Qiu as soon as they met.

The remaining Mai Mang and Shu Xiu were not much better. In just two days, Old Mrs. Qiu found a mistake and locked up in the woodshed.

In her previous life, she was confused and sick again. When she remembered Mai Mang and Shu Xiu, they had already been sent back to Jiangnan.

A long time later, she accidentally heard someone telling me that before Maimang and Shu Xiu left, begging the old lady who was escorting them, and wanted to kowtow to her, but Old Mrs. Qiu refused.

Mai Mang and Shu Xiu were locked in a woodshed for nearly ten days before leaving. Although they were not infected, they also lost their health. They could not withstand a long journey. They disappeared before they even arrived in Jiangnan...

When Qiu Xiyin thought of this, she could hardly control her anger. This time, she would never ask the people around her to die in vain! Including Mai Mang and Shu Xiu!

Qiu Xiyin comforted Mai Mang and Shu Xiu for a few words, asked them to go down to wash and rest, and said to Madam Jiang, "Madam must have heard about my situation in the mansion these days. Since my father sent Madam to help me manage the maids in the yard, Madam regarded this Sangyuyuan as his own home.

I didn't understand anything when I first arrived. The nanny looked at what she wanted to add and change what she wanted. It was just based on the nanny's decision."

Madam Jiang hesitated for a moment and said, "Since the girl said that, I will not be dissatisfied. Just now, I felt that there are three things that the girl needs to do in Sangyuyuan.

The first thing is to set rules, sort out all the maids and mothers, and each performs their own duties, and the second is to add more personnel. The old slave just counted it. The girl included two girls Mai Mang and Shu Xiu, and the old slave had only seven or eight people, but it was far from enough.

The third is the decoration of the Sangyu Courtyard of the girl. The girl stayed in Jiangnan for eight years, and the Sangyu Courtyard was also empty for eight years.

Although the master had ordered someone to repair it before the girl came back, the specific arrangements and decorations were for the girl to make the decision. The girl's yard and boudoir looked empty at first glance, which really hurt the girl's decent home."

Madam Jiang is still the same as in her previous life, doing things decisively and well organized, which is what Qiu Xiyin admires her most.

"Before the old slave came, the master gave instructions. No matter what the girl lacked, go to the master alone. According to the old slave, it is better to make a list, how many staff members are missing and how many furniture ornaments are missing, so as to report it to the master together, so as to save trouble."

Qiu Xiyin thought for a while, "To be honest, when I came, my grandmother brought me eight maids, four embroidery ladies, six mothers, two errand servants, two grooms driving carriages, eight guards, and four people who will be my dowry in the future.

But my grandmother thought the people from the small place were vulgar, so she sent them back, leaving only her mother and Maimangshu Xiu.”

At that time, Old Mrs. Qiu glanced at the huge team that escorted Qiu Xiyin and felt unhappy. She said Qiu Xiyin was too extravagant and sent all her words back.

Qiu Xiyin defended her words and said that it was given by her grandmother, which made her angry. She said that she dared to talk back to her as soon as she met, and even dared to use her grandmother to suppress her. It must have been coaxed by those foolish slaves, and they were sent away without even letting them in.

Qiu Xiyin paused and fully demonstrated and conveyed to Madam Jiang, that is, Qiu Zhengshen, that is, after he suffered a grievance in this matter, he said, "My mother is short of staff, but I have been occupying my mother's maid these days, and I am really frightened.

In my opinion, it would be better to ask my father for instructions and buy a few little girls from outside to come in. I have wheat and sorrow on both sides. There are no shortages of big maids, but only a few little girls running errands, regardless of whether they are inside or outside the government.

As for what is missing in the yard and room, I don’t know the popular things in Beijing, so I also ask the nanny to give advice."

Madam Jiang hurriedly said that she didn't dare. Qiu Xiyin looked at the desk of the book next to the window. Qiu Xiyin became sick as soon as she came to the capital. She was left with only one and her mother. Her luggage was still locked in the box and she had no time to organize it. It was empty and there was only a five-wheeled hourglass standing alone.

It was when she was young, she cried due to illness. Qiu Zhengshen found her from the warehouse to make her happy. She ordered her to put it on the desk with her mother, so that she could see it at first glance, no matter whether she was in the second room, or in the inner room, and it was not easy to break it.

Quicksand flows from the funnel-shaped sand pool to the sand bucket on the edge of the primary wheel, driving the primary wheel, thereby driving the rotation of mechanical gears at all levels.

The last stage gear drives the middle wheel rotating on the horizontal plane. There is a pointer on the axis of the middle wheel, which rotates on a marking instrument disc to show the moment.

In addition, there is a mechanical toggle device on the middle wheel to drive two wooden men standing on the five-wheel hourglass to beat the drum and report the time. Every time the two wooden men come out on their own and report the time when the drum is beat.

When the young Qiu Xiyin looked at such a delicate gadget, she loved it so much. If she hadn't been afraid of being crushed, she would have wanted to hold her to sleep.

But now, in Qiu Xiyin's opinion, it is just a thing that shows time, and it is no different from a leaking pot.

"It's getting late, Madam Jiang will take a break. We will discuss it carefully tomorrow and we will not miss the time for this night."

Qiu Xiyin said and ordered her to take Mama Jiang to choose a suitable room, and then ask a little girl to take Mama to rest."

Madam Jiang refused a few words, and when Qiu Xiyin was determined, she thanked her and left.

Qiu Xiyin's illness has not been completely cured. After this, he felt exhausted. After a simple wash and fell asleep, he fell asleep in a deep time.

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It was still a night without a dream. Qiu Xiyin slept until the next day, but she woke up. She sniffed on the bed for nearly two quarters of an hour before she asked Mai Mang and Shu Xiu to come in to take care of her clothes.

Mai Mang and Shu Xiu became much more energetic, but they were still worried. Qiu Xiyin naturally knew what they were worried about and did not say it out loud.

After washing up, eating and drinking medicine, another half an hour passed, he ordered Madam Jiang to come over and walked in from the yard with Madam Jiang, while walking while discussing what to buy.

Naturally, Madam Jiang is not as elegant as Xie's, but she has seen it a lot. Generally speaking, she knows what styles the daughters in the boudoir are fashionable and what kind of decorations they like.

She knew very well what her shortcomings were and what strengths were, so she only explained to Qiu Xiyin what was missing, what did the second and fourth girls put on, what did the cousin put on, and so on.

Qiu Xiyin humbly accepted the opinions and had his own ideas and discussed with Madam Jiang for a few words. After about an hour, all the arrangements were almost implemented.

Qiu Xiyin personally picked up the pen and wrote down the things needed one by one, blew it, and handed it over to Madam Jiang.

"I also have to ask the nanny to hand over this order to my father. If there is no such thing as the warehouse in the mansion, I may have to go outside to buy it.
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