Crossing the Homeland

Chapter 223

Xia Junyan temporarily handed over the little maid to Hu's care, while she quickly went to the next door to change her clothes and put on her apron again.After entering Chen's residence, she was cautious in every move, for fear that something might go wrong.And what she said to Mrs. Hu was indeed her sincere words. She brought three extra sets of clothes, and they were really prepared for meeting people.

It's just that I don't know if the little maid is really messy, or if she did it on purpose.Although the trick of splashing soup and water on people is not new, it is indeed very practical.After all, if the clothes are dirty, you have to follow the people in the house to change them. Who knows what will happen in the process.

"Treasurer Xia, I have already taught you a lesson. That maid is young and ignorant, so don't be fussy like her." Seeing Xia Junyan coming back, Mrs. Hu hurriedly pushed the little maid in front of her.

Xia Junyan was not sure if Mrs. Hu and this little maid were in the same group.He said: "Then I really thank my lady, this little girl will follow me, there are still a few big dishes behind my lady, so as not to delay her."

Mrs. Hu nodded briskly: "It's still Shopkeeper Xia who is thoughtful." After finishing speaking, he walked to his stove.

Seeing that Mrs. Hu didn't seem to be acting hypocritically, she shouldn't be with this little maid, Xia Junyan felt a little relieved.Then he said to the little maid who kept her head down all the time: "You stand beside me, don't wander around."

The little maid begged: "Master Xia, let me serve others. Otherwise, if I miss something, the ladies in charge will punish me."

Xia Junyan compared the menus one by one, counted the speed of serving the small banquet, and called a few maids to come in from time to time to give some orders.Seeing that Xia Junyan was ignoring her, the little servant girl didn't dare to move around, so she could only say again: "If shopkeeper Xia wants to punish the servants, he must let the lady in charge know, this is the rule of the house."

This is moving out of Chen's house, implying that Xia Junyan is just an outsider and has no right to do so.

Xia Junyan smiled and said, "What's your name?"

The little maid was a little hesitant, biting her lip for a while, unable to make up her mind.It happened that Xia Junyan was also busy, so she planned to falter and fool around.Unexpectedly, after Xia Junyan came back from a busy circle, she said slowly: "If I don't want to say it, after the small banquet is over, I'll take you directly to my wife, okay?"

"Qing... the maidservant's name is Qingguo."

"Since you said it was Qingguo, then I will call you Qingguo." Xia Junyan took out another list, pointed to the names on it and said, "These are the eight people my wife gave me when I came. Your name. I made a rule here in the morning, except for the eight people that Madam told me, all other maids and women in charge must answer outside the kitchen, how did you get in?"

I don't know if it's because the stove is too hot or what, Qingguo's head was dripping with sweat, and she didn't dare to wipe it off, so she had to bite the bullet and say: "The slave girl just fainted from work, and the servant is rushing to serve the soup, and the slave girl is outside the door After waiting for a long time, I didn't see a sister coming out, so I came in and got it myself. Shopkeeper Xia, the maidservant really didn't do it on purpose. Today is the important matter of the madam, and the maidservant dare not make any mistakes. The maidservant just wanted to serve a bowl of soup. Go, it's nothing..."

Xia Junyan interrupted her explanation, and asked directly: "Where did you work originally, and which court lady took care of you?"

Qingguo fell to her knees when she heard this: "Treasurer Xia is kind, although the servant made a mistake, please ask shopkeeper Xia not to hand over the servant to the ladies. If the ladies know, the servant will definitely suffer thirty Board."

(End of this chapter)