Qingxi residence has seven rooms and seven frames, which is the back hall in the front hall and the back hall of the Yangning Hou Mansion. Although it has been closed for ten years, because the Zhu family has a special affection for this place, so it is cleaned and repaired every day, and now walking in it, not only can not see any decay and decay, but it looks grand and magnificent, making people feel worthy of the name of Qingjubi.

In the past, there were four rough little girls who sprinkled and cleaned, four servants who tended to play with flowers and trees, and four girls who cleaned in the upper room. After Chen Lan took over the layout and manpower of Qingxi Residence, many people initially ran to Mrs. Xu's door, who knew that Mrs. Xu just said that the matter was given to Chen Lan, and she didn't care about it, Aunt Luo was willing to take care of it, but Chen Xi was already too busy to take care of the relocation matters such as personnel and things in Cuiliuju, and she couldn't reach out again. So in the end, the threshold of the Splendid Pavilion was almost broken.

At this moment, the girls looked at the pile of boxes in the second room of the main landlord and the pile of silk and satin on the kang, and they all felt stunned. Yun'er didn't care about it, and went straight forward to unfold a neatly folded material, and then muttered in a low voice: "Isn't this feather satin?" I heard that it was a tribute, where did they get it! ”

"These mothers and sisters-in-law in the house have been doing this for many years, and there is nothing in the filial piety inside and outside." is as good-tempered as Qinfang, thinking of that time, Zhu Mother was mean and fierce to herself, but before she came to the door with her niece with a smile on her face, she couldn't help but sneer, "The third lady released a rumor that all the young ladies were in charge, and they all came to the door!" In fact, where is the real slap with us, it's not that the third master has won the knighthood, and the third room has moved into the Qingxi Residence, so you don't have to worry about it when you get there! When the time comes, they will gain a firm foothold, and it will depend on us losing ground, and we may have to get out of the way if things come in! ”

Although the little girls of Sumu pepper fennel are smacking, they are not as daring to say as the big girls after all, but Rui Xue always felt that her heart was inappropriate, and she couldn't help but walk up to Chen Lan and ask in a low voice: "Miss, I heard that these few who give the most gifts have been given to Aunt Luo before, and now we are receiving gifts, but this is the top of the staff, are we picking another reliable person that we see?" ”

"The hands of taking people are short, and the mouth of eating people is short, and now that I have taken other people's things, wouldn't it be a joke to be a wicked person again?"

Chen Lan saw that several girls were looking at her, but she didn't say anything about it, she only asked them to count the things and write them into a list, and assigned things to them, and finally when she came out with the red snail, she whispered: "You go back and tell your godmother, and drive Ming'er to take this list out to find out, how much is such a batch of things worth." ”

Hongluo almost couldn't hide his surprised face: "Miss, are you going to sell all this?" You're really going to ......."

"Just leave some that is enough, and as for the flashy ones, they are also a waste of the storeroom." Chen Lan smiled faintly, and then walked forward without looking back, until she found that Hongluo had also chased after her, and she said nonchalantly, "At the beginning, Furong and Mu Xi angered the old lady, and now they stay in Baihezhuang and cannot come back, you should not forget what happened." I now give the most of these gifts, and I am in front of Aunt Luo to curry favor with the well-behaved ones one by one, and then let out some rumors, and when the third uncle comes back, those who have the protection of the third aunt are fine, as for the none...... I don't believe that the third uncle has not cultivated his own team outside these years, but will use these people to steer the rudder, and then those people in the family should understand how to choose! ”

Thinking of the two first-class girls who were the most appointed in the Tatexiang Temple, but then almost died, Hongluo couldn't help but shudder, but after thinking about it, she felt more and more frightened. When she came to the Qingxi Residence full of voices with Chen Lan, she couldn't help but take a deep breath, and when she wanted to speak, she saw Aunt Luo and Chen Xi, and the half of the words were immediately swallowed back into her stomach.

Aunt Luo didn't expect that she deliberately picked up someone in the afternoon when Chen Lan would not come over, and her face was a little unnatural. However, after all, she is now a person with a three-grade lady's fate, since Mrs. Xu is sick and filial piety, she will also meet Chen Lan generously, and then said with a smile: "After all, everything has to be moved over there in Cuiliuju, and I don't know if the size of the house is appropriate, Miss Wu didn't count it, let me take a look at the house together, so I can help come up with an idea." ”

Seeing that Chen Xi was also a little uncomfortable, Chen Lan naturally wouldn't pick this kind of thorn in etiquette, nodded with a smile, didn't say anything, and went to the other side to assign it as if he didn't care. A few housekeepers, mothers and daughters-in-law looked at the people on both sides, hesitated for a moment, and then still gathered around Aunt Luo and Chen Xi to flatter. After all, the old lady became sick like this, and agreed to move to Qingxi House in the third room, which is undoubtedly a concession to show weakness, and the people who are really talking about this Hou Mansion in the future will not ask themselves.

It's just that, after all, the third master Chen Ying is not here at the moment, and although Aunt Luo has a fate, she is not the main mother after all, so she accompanied Aunt Luo and Chen Xi in a big circle, and several people had to turn their heads to look for Chen Lan, but they were the people who found it in the seven spacious main rooms. Seeing Chen Lan gently wipe his finger on the big red sandalwood case in the middle, and then looked up at the big plaque with gold characters on the blue background, and then thought of something thoughtfully, a mother stepped forward with a smile on her face.

"Third Miss, this is all just wiped and cleaned in the morning, and there is no ash at all in storage."

"Well, you did put your mind to it." Chen Lan clapped his hands lightly, and then said with a smile, "This time, the third uncle and three aunts have moved over as a family, and there are many miscellaneous things, so I have to worry about my mothers and sisters-in-law." The third aunt mentioned to me before that some girls in Cuiliuju should be married when they are old, some mothers are old and should be released to be raised, and a few housekeepers' daughters-in-law also have to change errands, plus Qingxi Ju is nearly twice as big as Cuiliuju, so the manpower naturally has to be better. The old lady also said that after all, the big kitchen in the house provides a lot of space, and there must be a small kitchen here, and someone must take care of it. There are three or four more portals here than the first Cuiliuju, and those in the original house are not enough to patrol the night at night, so you have to add another mother to patrol the night. ”

Seeing that the daughters-in-law and mothers of the housekeepers below were listening attentively, Chen Lan slowly entered the east room, until they all followed, she sat down on the first chair on the left side of the big kang in the middle of the window, and then continued: "The old lady has been sick for the past few days, but she still thinks about our brothers and sisters at home, saying that there are too few people around her, and it looks really unseemly. Therefore, this time, taking advantage of the relocation, we sisters are around, each of us will raise two first-class, fourth-class second-class, and six third-class, and add or subtract them as appropriate. As for the third brother, the fourth brother, the fifth brother and the sixth brother, the girls around them are just fine, and the bookboy who goes out to study may as well be added to eight per person. ”

At this moment, the eyes of more than a dozen housekeepers and daughters-in-law in the room with heads and faces were all widened, and they were quickly thinking about what these vacancies represented, and they were desperately pressing the excitement in their hearts. Those who once sent their families to the Tatexiang Courtyard according to Chen Ying's wishes, they can't wait to beat their chests at this time.

Staying at the old lady's place, it is certainly merit to hear the news, but the old lady is now sick and half-dead, when will she have to wait? The young master and miss in the third room are the most, and there are at least ten or twenty vacancies around her, plus the little girl who is rough and miscellaneous in the yard, isn't this all an opportunity?

So, when Chen Lan said what Mrs. Xu meant lightly, and set the three housekeepers who were in charge of the Qingxi residence's purchasing, managing the newcomers, and inspecting the house, the other people who had just hidden the anxiety in their hearts suddenly couldn't hide the hot thoughts anymore, and the eldest mother smiled and said: "Third Miss, there are people everywhere, where are so many skilled people in the family?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Another daughter-in-law also helped, "Although there are many people who have no jobs on the back street, after all, they have been idle for a long time, and if they are not properly trained, I am afraid they will not be used." A large group of people moved to this Jubilee Residence, and there was a lot of chaos at first, and it was good to use safe people, otherwise there would be no face and a small matter if something happened, and people would look at the jokes of our Hou Mansion. ”

"The third aunt is also worried about this, so what do you mothers say?"

Chen Lan smiled slightly, and his eyes glanced at Zhang's mother, who had already gotten his own message at the end. Sure enough, Zhang's mother interjected in understanding: "Didn't the old lady's Tatexiang Courtyard just enter a lot of people ago? The third young master, the fifth young master, and the fifth young lady already need reliable people around them, these are the most stable people in the eyes of the third master and the third lady, and now it is the most suitable to transfer them to fill the vacancy. ”

Just now, because no one started, everyone took care of him, and at this time, someone opened his mouth, and there were naturally not a few who agreed. Some of them also raised objections, saying that there could be no one around the old lady to serve, but Zhang's mother, as the housekeeper mother of the Tatexiang Temple, said that there were still people sent by the second lady on the old lady's side, and if there were not enough, they would choose from the backstreets and other places, and the others would gradually die down.

Almost all of them are people who have invested in three rooms, and almost all the newcomers over there are related to them, but from the old lady to Zheng's mother to the green calyx jade peony, these big girls, all see that the newcomers' noses are not noses and eyes are not eyes, and now they have a better job, what's wrong?

When Chen Lan took Hongluo from Qingxi Residence to Cuiliuju to see Mrs. Xu, and finally returned to Tatexiang Courtyard, this matter was almost over. Because the Zhu family is not suitable to meet people now, whether it is Zijin and Qingni who have only stayed on the first-class girls for two or three days, or those second- and third-class and even rough little girls, they are all just kowtowing in the courtyard, which is not enough for a few days of master-servant affection.

Mrs. Xu's words were passed on by Mother Wu herself, Zijin and Qingni were given to Chen Xi and Chen Han one was given, and they were all still first-class, so they were naturally satisfied-they were all people picked out by Aunt Luo, so they naturally felt that they had a head and face when they went back this time. As for the others, they were all distributed in equal parts, and almost all of them were happy.

When these more than ten people left the Tatexiang Courtyard, Chen Lan entered the second room of the main landlord, and saw that the Zhu family who was crooked on the kang was also refreshed, so she smiled and said: "Now, the old lady can raise it with peace of mind." ”

Seeing that Zhu was happy, Green Calyx and Jade Peony glanced at each other, and both had smiles on their faces. This successive elimination and defeat also ended up being praised and rejoiced by everyone, and the next thing was much easier.