Idle person?

This person is so idle!

Sometimes she is with the first wife, sometimes with the fifth young lady, and sometimes she is in the warm room of the Green Jun Tower... I'm afraid there is no one more idle than her!

Ziwei sneered in her heart, but kept smiling on her face. She said a few polite words to Wu Xiaoquan's family, then handed the two packages in her hand to Hupo: "It's Xinyang Maojian tea. The young lady is busy with the embroidery screen, so let me come and pay my respects to Sister Hupo."

Amber took the tea leaves and politely asked her to sit aside.

Ziwei declined her invitation: "The young lady cannot be without people in front of her, and the new maid is sick again. I won't sit down, and will come to meet with the sisters another day."

We all serve the master, and the master's work is the most important.

Amber didn't want to force her to stay, so she waited for her to say goodbye to Wu Xiaoquan's family and then sent her out.

The two walked under the eaves and met Coral, Feicui, Daimao, Du Wei and Dujuan, who were surrounded by maids holding red lanterns.

Everyone had to exchange a few pleasantries.

Knowing that Ziwei was delivering the tea on behalf of Wu Niang, and because there was no one to serve Wu Niang and she couldn't stay long, everyone said polite words and asked Amber to deliver the tea again. Coral and the others were helped by the little maids to lift the curtain and enter the warm room.

Masters are divided into different levels, and so are the maids, and they are also divided into different levels according to the masters. Shanhu and the others are from the eldest wife's room, so they are naturally honored guests. When they arrived, the atmosphere was different again.

Wu Xiaoquan's family came forward to greet them. Yutong and Yuhuai took the initiative to help Binju entertain guests, or helped to take off her cloak, or helped to move chairs and stools. Some of them instructed Qiuju, Zhuxiang, Baizhu, Jinzhu and other maids to help serve tea and snacks. For a moment, the clanging of jade pendants, the rustling of dresses, and the greetings of the young girls intertwined into one. Although it was noisy, it was also very lively.

Amber came back from sending Ziwei off, and some of the others, including Coral, brought her handkerchiefs, sweat towels, or Cuihua, and there was another round of laughter and chatter. When Dongqing led the maid to bring the food boxes, everyone pushed and shoved, and sat down according to the order of priority.

Wu Xiaoquan's family naturally sat at the top seat, and Amber was the main person, so she sat beside them. They were about to push Dongqing to sit at the bottom of Wu Xiaoquan's family. Dongqing raised the bowl of smoked meat in her hand and said with a smile, "Who are you going to serve, sisters?"

Feicui's eyes rolled and she immediately pointed at Binju: "I'll let you be the host today."

Binju took the smoked meat from Dongqing's hand with a smile: "Sister, please take a seat. I will serve the distinguished guests."

Wu Xiaoquan's family also pulled her hand: "Sit down, sit down. There are no outsiders here."

Seeing this, Amber stood up and said, "Sister, you've been busy all day for me today. I don't want to reject your kindness, so I'm sitting here. If you don't sit down, I'll be even more uneasy."

Dongqing was adamant about not wanting to do it. Shanhu thought that every time the sisters got together, Dongqing was the one who sat at the bottom and helped serve soup, tea and snacks. Moreover, this time she was hosting a banquet in her own room. If she continued to argue like this, it would inevitably ruin the atmosphere. She also thought that she would be living in the same room with her good sister Amber in the future. Amber was suddenly pulled away by the eldest wife and was not as close as she was with the eleventh lady. If she could help Amber say a few words in front of the eleventh lady at a critical moment, Amber's life would be much better. So she had the intention to flatter her.

She smiled and took Dong Qing's hand: "In that case, sister, please sit next to me!" As she said that, she sat down below Wu Jiaxiao.

In this way, although Dongqing was exempted from the first seat, he also sat in the second seat.

Jade was the most alert one. She looked at Amber who was standing, then looked at Coral who was sitting, and sat down below Amber: "Then I won't be polite. I will sit opposite Coral."

To postpone it any further would seem a little petty. Dongqing had no choice but to sit down below Shanhu: "Sisters, you are too polite."

Those who can enter the eldest lady’s room are all smart people.

Du Wei pushed Daimao to sit next to Feicui: "Sister, please sit down. Our legs are sore from standing." Then, they sat at the last seat opposite Wu Xiaoquan's family. Du Juan was not polite and sat next to Du Wei with a smile.

Binju looked at him with relief and invited Yutong, Yuhuai, Baizhu and Jinzhu to sit at another table.

Someone lifted the curtain and peeked in.

Qiuju was sharp-eyed and shouted, "Why did Sister Baizhi arrive at such a late hour?"

Everybody listened and looked over.

Then I saw a tall and slender woman walk in.

It was Baizhi, the head maid in Shi Niang's room.

As soon as she came in, she knelt down and gave a blessing to the sisters in the room: "I am late, sisters, please forgive me!"

Amber and Dongqing stood up. Yutong stood up and pulled her to her table. "All the sisters are here today. You are late this time. You can't get away with sweet talk. You will have to drink three glasses of wine later!"

Baizhi begged for mercy: "My dear sister, I spent a lot of time on this." Then, she took out a red purse with broken branches and a green crepe handkerchief from her sleeves and said, "This is a gift from Jiuxiang and I to you." She bowed to Dongqing and said, "We won't drink today. We will host you another day. Please also greet Miss Eleven and tell her how grateful we are for her concern."

Feicui heard what she said was nice, and thought of the last time she promised to give her a purse with a gold-threaded flower embroidered on it, but in the end, when she got the purse, it only shone with gold thread... So she smiled and continued, "Sister Baizhi, since you want to do it some other time, I wonder when it will be?" There was a hint of sarcasm in her tone.

Baizhi blushed: "Please come when you are free."

She also wanted to behave herself in front of her sisters, but she really couldn't afford to do so.

"I don't know when my sister will be free." Feicui raised her face and looked at her with a smile, "Last time when I accompanied Miss Ten to pay respects to the First Madam, my sister also promised Du Wei that little maid's shoes... We haven't seen them until today."

Baizhi's face turned blue and red, the corners of her mouth twitched, and only a burst of mumbling could be heard, but no one could hear what she said.

Shanhu couldn't help but frowned, and smiled as she stepped forward and took Baizhi's hand: "She would pluck out every hair from a stingy person she saw. We all try to avoid her, but you didn't know her and ran into her." She glanced at Amber again and said, "Since you are busy, we can't stay for long. Let the girls pick some vegetables for you to take back, which will also fulfill your sister's intention."

Amber was reluctant to take the initiative in front of so many people, for fear of hurting Dongqing's face.

Dongqing, however, was thinking that the eldest lady had ordered Amber to take care of the affairs in the Eleventh Miss's room, and most of the people in the room were her former sisters who worked there, so she had to save face for her, and so she stood there without moving.

Wu Xiaoquan's family's eyes flashed, and they quickly drooped their eyelids, twisting the wine cup in their hands, as if they didn't see it.

This made the atmosphere cold.

Baizhi's face turned blue and red, and she whispered, "No need. There's always food and drink. I just thought it's a rare opportunity for the sisters to get together..."

Although she didn't know why Dongqing and Amber didn't say anything, Qiuju saw Baizhi's embarrassment. She didn't care about much and told Zhuxiang with a smile: "Sister Baizhi likes fried silverfish, and Sister Jiuxiang likes preserved goose neck. Open the food box and find them out so that Sister Baizhi can take them back. It's a pity for me. I also like preserved goose neck. I wanted to have a meal in Sister Jiuxiang's name..."

Everybody burst into laughter.

The old woman carrying the food box at the side immediately brought two bowls of dishes to the table after hearing this.

Baizhi saw that there really were two bowls of dishes, and there was some gratitude in his eyes when he looked at Qiuju.

It’s not easy for everyone...she knows it herself.

He shook his hands repeatedly: "It's so cold today, but I still brought a lantern... I would like to thank all the sisters for their kindness." He grabbed Qiuju's hand to stop her from putting the dishes into the lunch box, but he never dared to say anything like "some other day" again.

After a while of pushing and shoving, Qiuju finally picked half of each dish, put them in a bowl, put them in a lunch box and sent Baizhi out.

Shanhu said to Feicui: "Among us sisters, Baizhi and Jiuxiang are the most difficult. Why do we have to quibble with them?"

Feicui was a strong-willed person. In front of so many people, she couldn't help but mutter, "I didn't wrongly accuse her. She originally promised Du Wei the shoes..."

"You're going too far." Daimao also felt that Feicui shouldn't argue with Baizhi at this moment. "Baizhi is just like that. She likes to give things to others..."

Dong Qing saw that several people had different opinions and was afraid that they would quarrel, so she laughed loudly and said, "Sisters, please stop talking. Be careful that the food gets cold!"

Shanhu knew she had said something wrong. She smiled and took the wine pot from the maid to pour wine for Wu Xiaoquan's family, jokingly saying, "Although it's not as good as the five taels of silver Jinhua wine that mom usually drinks, it's Miss Eleven's intention, so it's different after all."

Mother Wu smiled and tapped Shanhu's forehead: "You are the only one who understands clearly."

Everyone laughed again.

A clear voice came from outside the curtain: "Mom, who is the one who understands?"

Before he finished speaking, Luo Qiao, wearing a stone blue Dora woolen grey squirrel cloak, walked in. Under the light, her black hair was gleaming with water.

Everyone in the room was stunned, and after a moment they stood up one after another.

Wu Xiaoquan's family's eyes flickered, and they were the first to smile and say, "Miss Luoqiao is late, so you have to drink a little wine, a little wine!"

Hearing the voice, Qiuju came back to her senses and hurried forward to take the cloak that Luoqiao had taken off: "Sister Luoqiao, is it snowing outside?"

Only then did everyone notice that there were still a few unmelted snowflakes on her temples.

Wu Xiaoquan's family's eyes became brighter, but Amber, who was standing beside them, looked a little pale.

"Sister Luoqiao, you are a rare guest." Amber came up to greet her, took Luoqiao's hand and moved her to her seat, and asked Zhuxiang to bring the bowls and cups back.

Luo Qiao covered her mouth and laughed: "How did you take the host's position!"

Coral and others over there also got up from their seats and wanted to give up their seats.

Dong Qing took advantage of the chaos to call Bin Ju aside and said, "Quick, go to the kitchen and ask Mother Cao to make some sour fish slices." He smiled bitterly and said, "She has never been interested in such things. Even if Miss Wu invites her, she never goes. Who would have thought she would come!"

Bin Ju pinched the purse in her sleeve and said with difficulty: "It's already midnight, the kitchen stove has been extinguished long ago, I'm afraid it's difficult to talk to Mother Cao."

Over there, Amber saw Dongqing calling Binju and started to pay attention secretly.

After some refusals, Luo Qiao sat in Shanhu's seat, and Shanhu sat in Du Wei's seat. Du Wei went to another table and sat with Yutong and others. They changed the bowls and cups and served all the dishes.

Amber glanced at it and understood a little. She calmly called Binju, slightly turned sideways, and handed her the Xinyang Maojian tea that Ziwei had just given her: "I'll make this tea later!"

Binju answered the call.

Then I felt something hard in my hand, and Amber had stuffed something in it.

It feels hard in the hand, and it looks small but a bit heavy.

She was slightly surprised and couldn't help but pinch it with her hand.

Amber nodded and smiled at her: "It's better to boil some hot water to soak..."

Binju understood. She nodded to Amber and said, "Don't worry, sister. I'll go to the kitchen and ask someone to bring some hot water."

The two smiled at each other, and there was a special kind of intimacy that came from having a shared secret.

(July is a busy month, just like January. All kinds of summary reports are submitted at this time... I work overtime tragically!~~~~(_