Red apricots make spring

Chapter 227
These days, it is reasonable and common for the sons and young masters of rich families to accept concubines and housemaids. On the contrary, those who do not take concubines and only live with their regular wives will be ridiculed, so there is no way for Wenrou to use her in modern society. The ideas and concepts formed in life to blame this ancient phenomenon.Besides, she can also understand Qingru's thoughts. Although being a housemaid is not much more noble than ordinary maids, if you have a son and a half, mothers are more expensive than children, and you can also be a concubine, as long as the Lu family does not fall into the family. , I will have enough food and clothing for a lifetime.

"Get up." Rou Rou looked at Qing Ru and sighed secretly.

"Ma'am... Are you agreeing?" Qing Ru raised her head in surprise and joy, her long eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings.

Shaking her head gently, she can understand Qingru's thoughts, but it doesn't mean she can accept and agree.

"It's not up to me to make up my mind, and I'm not the one you should ask." Wenrou stood up, looked past Qingru, looked out of the dark window, and said lightly: "Whoever made a promise in front of you, who do you ask?" .”

"Ma'am..." Qing Ru hesitated to speak, biting her lower lip, her mood turned from surprise to gloom.Lu Fenglin is a serious person, how could he care about his son's concubines and maids?She mentioned Lu Fenglin in her words just now, but she just wanted to overwhelm Wenrou and mention her identity for herself, whoever thought that Wenrou would ignore her, she was immediately in a dilemma.

"Stop kneeling, go and get busy with your business." Rou Rou said and walked out to the outer room, she didn't feel anything when she woke up, but now her stomach twitched one after another, it was because she was very hungry.

Walking into the outer room, Rourou saw that the table was full of small bowls and small dishes. In addition to porridge and side dishes, there were also fried rice, Taipingyan, seven-star fish balls, and various salty and sweet rice dumplings, plus a bowl of sprinkles. Chopped green onion and chili oil, and the duck blood vermicelli soup that is still slightly steaming, can't help but be surprised again.

Qing Ru followed, and sent the other two maids out of the room with a wink, and stood beside Wen Rou, beguiling and coquettish, introducing her to the food on the table, pointing to the bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup and saying: "Ma'am, the layer of red oil floating on the surface of this soup is chili oil. The old man loves it the most, but you may feel uncomfortable eating it for the first time. There is boiling hot soup in this dish of raw frying. Be careful when you eat it." Shut up. There are still a few plates of zongzi, Madam, do you like salty or sweet? Qingru picks for Madam."

She glanced at Qingru tenderly and amusingly, and saw that there was a somewhat smug and flamboyant expression on her face, like Sister Feng who was showing off the wealth of Jia's family in front of Grandma Liu, but Sister Feng did it to please Mother Jia, and Qingru's motives for doing so can make one hesitate.

"I'll eat something salty." Rourou sat down at the table, wanting to see if she was so attentive, what else would she have to say.

"Salty..." Qingru's slender fingertips moved over the plates of zongzi, and finally picked out a plate, peeled off the leaves for Wen Rou, put it on the plate and pushed it in front of her, and said with a smile: It's not cold, madam eat it while it's hot."

Gentle nodded, took a bite of the zongzi, and went to drink duck blood vermicelli soup.

Qing Ru kept persuading her to eat this and that, and finally said with a smile: "The rules in the house are very strict. If the madam passes the door, I am afraid that I will have to cook by myself every day, but the old lady and the old man are both particular about food. Although I don't pay much attention to food, but if the food is delicate, I will always eat two more bites."

There was a gentle "huh", but there was no interface.

Qingru was silent for a while, couldn't hold back, and said again: "The maidservant has served in the mansion for many years, and everyone has a good temper and what they like to eat, but I can remember clearly. If Madam wants to know, please turn around and tell the maidservant in detail. Here you go."

After hearing these words, Rourou finally understood Qingru's thoughts, nodded and smiled again, and remained silent.

This time it was Qingru's turn to be at a loss. Originally, she had expected that Wenrou was from a small family and had never seen a big world. With the luck of her ancestral grave to marry into a family like the Lu family, she would have to walk a few steps. Be careful, lest you do something unruly and cause people to laugh at you.He also thought that if Wenrou wanted to be a firm favorite, he must please the young and old of the Lu family, so he brought out the meaning that he could help her in the wind of his words. Who would have thought that after hearing this, she would not respond at all. I really don't know why To say she was overly cautious was to be overly obtuse.

Qing Ru was uncertain in her heart, but she was gentle but had no uneasy thoughts.Anyway, Lu Ce is a person with ideas, she has her own ideas about whether she wants to take concubines or maidservants in the future, she doesn't want to influence him or force him to promise anything, so it's up to Qingru to do it freely, as for the result, it's up to her to decide. Take it step by step, she doesn't want to worry too much.

Listening to Qingru's whispers, Wen Rou finished his meal slowly, stood up and said: "I'm done eating, I'm going outside for a walk. You go back to your master and tell him to rest early."

Seeing Wen Rou's calm and generous demeanor, Qing Ru didn't feel any embarrassment at all. She already knew that she had made a mistake, and she didn't dare to expect any results from Wen Ruan's place. Besides, she had no reason to stay here any longer. Go, so he hesitated for a moment, then retreated back.

Wenrou stood by the threshold, watching Qingru's slender figure coming out of the courtyard, stood silent for a moment, then shook her head involuntarily.

Lu Ce stood in the study for a full two hours, only to see Lu Fenglin, who had scolded him heartily and dry-mouthed, picked up his teacup and said "go".He couldn't wait to leave the courtyard and go to Wutong Pavilion where Wen Rou lived, but when he walked outside the door, he found that the courtyard door was closed and there were no lights inside. He guessed that Wen Rou had probably fallen asleep and didn't want to disturb her, so He turned around and went back to his own residence.

As soon as he stepped into the door, Lu Ce yelled "Xizhu" twice, but saw Qing Ru, who was lying on the table, stood up rubbing her sleepy eyes, and smiled coquettishly and timidly at him, "Xizhu!" After a day of exhaustion, I let him go to rest early, and if the master wants anything, he told me to do the same."

Lu Ce nodded, walked to the desk to grind ink, and said, "Make me a pot of tea and make the bed."

"The bed has already been made." Qing Ru took the teapot on the table with a smile, touched it with her hand, poured out a cup and put it in front of Lu Ce, and said with a smile, "Master, this is freshly brewed clear dew tea. Just moisten your throat."

Lu Ce let out a "huh" without looking up. He just picked up his teacup and drank it in one gulp. Then he grabbed a brush and spread out the paper to write.

Qing Ru didn't dare to disturb her, she stood silently by the side for a while, gathered a handful of lotus stamen incense, and lit it in the incense burner.Not long after, a wisp of smoke with a delicate fragrance floated out from the incense burner.

After writing a piece of paper, Lu Ce moved his nose slightly, and ordered, "Remove the incense burner, the smell is too strong."

Qing Ru hurriedly said: "There is Ning Shen Xiang, how about that?"

"No need." Lu Ce wrote two more lines concisely, waited for the ink to dry, then folded it, sealed it with an envelope, then stood up, stretched his body and said, "You don't need to wait here, you go to sleep."

Qingru responded and removed the incense burner, but still stood there.

Lu Ce stood up and wanted to pour another glass of water from the teapot. Qing Ru saw it and rushed over to grab it, but Lu Ce was a step behind. Lu Ce's hand was already on the handle of the teapot, and Qing Ru's hand was holding in his hands.

"Master, I'll do it." A red cloud flew up on Qing Ru's face.

Lu Ce glanced at her still holding hand, and said calmly, "I'll do it myself."

"Then... I'll tidy up the table case for you." Qing Ru let go of her hands reluctantly, and packed up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table case, and peeked at Lu Ce from time to time, her face turning redder.

Lu Ce drank a cup of tea calmly, put down the cup and was ready to go to sleep.

Qing Ru hit a soft nail on Ruan Rou, she was really anxious, she felt that if she wanted to be a housemaid, she had to find a way with Lu Ce, but she couldn't ask for such a thing, but if she didn't say it, Lu Ce would treat her She was still the same as before, she was helpless, after thinking about it, she finally found an excuse to let Xizhu go to bed first, so she got this opportunity to be alone with Lu Ce, how could she give up so easily?So he hastily tidied up the table, followed Lu Ce, lowered his head and muttered, "Master, I'll help you change your clothes."

Lu Ce paused, but didn't stop. He walked to the bed and stood down, "No need."

Qing Ru still didn't give up, and mustered up the courage to step forward to undress Lu Ce, saying in his mouth, "Master, this is Qing Ru's job."
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(End of this chapter)