Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 215 Reminder (3)

Shen Yuechen tasted the bird's nest porridge in the bowl slowly, looking a little tired.

Seeing this, Madam Wu said, "Miss has been busy all morning, she should catch up on sleep after eating."

Shen Yuechen shook her head: "I don't have time to sleep, I have to go and see the newcomers in the garden in the afternoon."

"Miss, you went to bed late last night and got up early again today. If you don't take a good rest, it will be bad for your health."

Shen Yuechen smiled and said: "The more you sleep, the more you sleep. If you sleep during the day, it will be difficult to fall asleep at night. I'll go to the garden first and talk about it when I come back."

Upon hearing this, Wu Ma hurriedly said: "Maidservant, let's go with you." She happened to have something to say, and she was afraid of disturbing her rest just now.

Shen Yuechen understood, gently put down the spoon and said, "Let Chunming bring the medicine, I'll drink it now."

On the way to the garden, Wu Ma told her about Xiaotao.

"I heard that the second room invited a doctor last night, and Miss Xiaotao left a message. There must be some trouble. Miss, what do you think?"

Shen Yuechen thought for a while and said, "I happen to be doing errands in the garden right now, so it's good to meet her sometime."

Ever since she met Xiaotao in front of the old lady, she wanted to see her again.

According to the situation that she is being favored now, it must be difficult for her to live in the second room.

Not being jealous is mediocrity.To be honest, if she didn't encounter trouble and make things difficult, it would mean that she was incompetent and would make people feel disappointed.

Changchun Garden is such a big place, two people meeting there can avoid people's eyes and ears, which is indeed much more convenient than in the courtyard.

Shen Yuechen is willing to mention some of his own people, but he needs to avoid suspicion properly.

Xiaotao is now a member of the second house, so she shouldn't have any contact with the head house, at least on the surface to draw a clear line.

Before, Xiao Tao behaved well in front of the old lady.She didn't panic, and she didn't look around, which showed that she knew very well what was going on in her heart.

Shen Yuechen is very satisfied with this, she just thinks she is smart.

Mama Wu is a low-key person, but everyone in the yard knows her, so it's not convenient for her to spread the word.

Fortunately, there have been a lot of newcomers in the flower room recently, so Mama Wu found someone who seemed honest and honest, gave her a small penny, and asked her to send a bottle of peach blossoms to Xiao Tao. The scenery is just right, let her come and have a look.

Before Xiaotao entered the mansion, Wu Ma had explained to her very carefully, so she knew the meaning of these words, so she made some hasty preparations and went to Changchun Garden.

However, she still had wounds on her body this time, Xia Jiu persuaded her a few words, but seeing that she insisted on persisting, she vaguely understood, so she stopped talking and just supported her to walk together.

Xiaotao refused, and only said: "I can do it alone, you don't want to go with me."

After Xia Jiu heard this, she shook her head and said, "Young lady will be limping. It would be strange if there is no one around. Don't worry, young lady, although the servants are timid, they also know how serious they are. When they arrive at Changchun Garden, The girl can do whatever she wants, and the servant should just be invisible and deaf, and will never cause trouble for you. After what happened last night, the girl should also believe that the servant is... the servant is of one mind with you."

Although she is young, she is very good at winking.

Xiaotao's eyes flickered slightly when she heard this, she hesitated for a moment, and then put her hand on her arm.

After receiving Shen Yuechen's orders, Nanny Song immediately began to recruit people.

In fact, the greenhouse has always been short of staff, and she has long wanted to add people to it.It's a pity that the eldest lady has not allowed it, and she can't make decisions on her own.

The servants who work in the garden have always lived a relatively poor life, and most of them are rough and heavy jobs, which are very tiring, but they get very little monthly money.

The two gardens of the Zhu family occupy a large area, and it is not easy to take care of them, but there is a lot of money to be made from them.

After Shen Yuechen met Nanny Song, she felt that she should be a low-key and smart person.

I heard that she has been in charge of managing the greenhouse and gardens, and she must have reaped a lot of benefits in the past few years.However, judging from her outfit alone, she is a bit too frugal. The clothes and skirts she wears look half-worn, and her head and face are also clean, neither grease nor smeared Pink, the only jewellery, is a pair of small sterling silver pearl earrings and a sterling silver carved hairpin.

To be honest, according to her qualifications and status, she should be like other nuns, dressed in gold and silver, and painted with makeup.

Xu is a person with a personality, and it is a good thing to be low-key.Shen Yuechen has always liked smart and sensible people, and Song Nanny, although taciturn and cold, is very suitable for her.

According to Shen Yuechen's previous instructions, Nanny Song found more than a dozen newcomers, among them, nine servant girls and six servants, all aged between twelve and thirteen years old, with average appearance and strong figure, they could be seen at first glance. Strong, working child.

With a smile on her face, Shen Yuechen glanced over their faces one by one, thought for a while and said, "Mama's choice is good, but she looks a bit younger."

Shen Yuechen didn't explicitly ask for an age before, but he thought that if he could pick out a few good ones and send them to work in the store in the future, wouldn't it be a good fit.

Nanny Song still had no expression on her face and said: "Back to grandma, young children are easy to teach. If they are a few years older, they will have more distracting thoughts in their minds. If you don't talk about learning things slowly, you will be lazy and cause trouble."

This is her experience.She has been managing the garden for many years, and she is used to all kinds of right and wrong, and she just feels that the younger the child, the more obedient and more worry-free.

Shen Yuechen raised her eyebrows slightly upon hearing this.I thought, what she said was not unreasonable.She looked at the children again, and then said lightly: "You are all blessed to be selected by the nanny to work in the yard. Although the work here is rough and tiring, it is the most test Therefore, as long as you work hard, study hard, and work honestly and diligently in the Zhu family, the benefits in the future will definitely not be less."

Shen Yuechen said before that if the people in the garden do well the errands she assigned, then she will give them an extra monthly payment.Moreover, she will pay for this sum of money herself, and will never use a penny of the Zhu family's money.

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard it, but they didn't know how to reply due to their stupid mouth.

Nanny Song said: "Grandma is kind-hearted and pity you half-grown children, that's why I gave you a chance to rely on your ability to make a living. You should know how to be grateful, so hurry up and kowtow to Grandma."

As soon as she finished speaking, those servants immediately knelt down on the ground and said in unison: "Slave (servant) thank you for your kindness."

Seeing this, Shen Yuechen smiled slightly, raised her hands and said, "Get up." After she finished speaking, she looked at Nanny Song and continued, "It's still Nanny who can take care of people. They are young and have just entered the door, so they follow the rules of etiquette. But he learned well."

Nanny Song lowered her eyes and said, "Grandma praised it, and the servants are just doing their own duty."

Shen Yuechen glanced at Mama Wu behind him, and asked her to come forward with a tray. The top of the tray was illuminated on the red cloth, so that people could tell it was a bounty at a glance.

Wu Ma lightly lifted the red cloth, only to see five ingots and ten taels of silver ingots on it, as well as the usual long copper coins.

The white silver is in front of you, and anyone can't help but take a second look, especially those newcomers who have just entered the door, their eyes are straightened, and they are so surprised that they can't close their mouths.

They are all children from poor families, and they have never seen so much money since they were young.

However, Nanny Song didn't seem to be very interested in money, she didn't even move her eyelids.

"The 50 taels of silver is my kindness to Mammy, and I also asked Mammy to make these children into hands, so that I can see their craftsmanship earlier. These copper coins are distributed to other people, each of whom is fifty Wen, although It’s not much, but it’s enough for you to have a good meal and have a tooth-beating sacrifice.”

After everyone listened, it was inevitable to salute and thank you again.

Shen Yuechen smiled lightly, and asked Mama Wu to share the money with each of them.

After a while, Nanny Song took out an exquisite and small round box from her sleeve, handed it to Shen Yuechen herself, and said indifferently: "Before, Grandma ordered the servant to make some finished rouge products for you to see. The servant has already made it, please You have a look."

Shen Yuechen was surprised and said: "Oh? Mama finished it so quickly." After she finished speaking, she took the box and opened it gently, only to see that it was full of rose red rouge paste.

"Mother, how do you make this rouge?"

Nanny Song replied: "The servant girl still uses the old method, crushing the red flowers finely, then filtering out the dregs with fine sand, drying the juice, and adding a few drops of sweet-scented osmanthus oil. The paste becomes rouge. The rouge made in this way is not easy to dry, and the color is bright and the fragrance is pleasant."

This is the old method she learned from the old nuns in the house when she was young.However, although the method is old, the things made are good.

Hearing this, Shen Yuechen nodded lightly, followed, picked some lightly with the tip of her little finger, tapped it on the back of her hand, and then slowly blurred it out with her fingers, only to see that the color was rosy and bright, and, as Nanny Song said, The same fragrance as the one.

"Well, Mommy's rouge is well done, but the color is too bright and not pink enough. It would be better if it could be softer."

Although this thing is good, it is not good enough. What Shen Yuechen needs is the kind of gorgeousness and fragrance that anyone can fall in love with at first sight. After making a request, she immediately said: "Grandma, although this servant can make rouge, but she has never been trained in the art, I'm afraid it will be difficult to meet your expectations."

Shen Yuechen pondered slightly: "Mammy is right, so how about it, I will bring a prescription myself later, and Mammy will do it again according to my method, to see if it works?"

(End of this chapter)