Gu Yingxia came in with sleepy eyes and yawning, helping Ah Qing in. Seeing the table full of food, she walked over to Chuchu and asked her.
"Chu Chu, have you made a fortune?"
"Selling purses to earn some money." Chuchu smiled at Gu Yingxia.
Ah Qing asked, "Chu Chu, how much money did you make from selling the purses?"
"Not much, not much, just some hard-earned money."
"I've made a fortune too. Look, I bought a fortune charm from the second young lady, and I found some gold when I got home. Since you didn't make any money, I'll give you some. I'm willing to share my wealth with my good friends."
"Ah Qing, actually I..."
"Chu Chu, stop talking. We're all maids, and I know it's not easy for you either."
Bian Tao hesitated to speak, "Chu Chu seems..."
"Don't say anything, I just want to share the money with my sisters today, and no one can stop me.
Bian Tao and Chu Chu each got a piece of gold. Ah Qing picked up the eight-treasure porridge and took a sip. It was soft, glutinous and sweet. It was so delicious that he took another sip.
Ah Qing finished half a bowl of porridge, looked up and asked, "What were you two trying to talk about just now?"
Chu Chu interrupted, "Eat some food, eat some food."
Bian Tao looked at Ah Qing meaningfully. Ah Qing put down his chopsticks and felt that the pickles and crispy pork in the bowl were not fragrant at all.
"You don't make more than me, do you?"
Bian Tao said, "Let's eat first. Your curiosity is too strong and it will affect your appetite."
"No, I have to know how much money Chuchu made from selling purses today. I won't eat until she tells me."
Chuchu held the rice porridge and smiled sweetly: "Not much, probably sold thirty purses."
Ah Qing's mood fluctuated wildly. "It's not much indeed. Thirty purses, twenty taels each, a total of six hundred taels."
Bian Tao reminded: "Miss Qing, it seems that you have miscalculated."
"That's right, one is twenty taels, thirty is six hundred taels. My arithmetic was taught by the Third Miss herself."
Bian Tao and Chu Chu obviously didn't want to talk more and ate quietly.
Ah Qing picked up a piece of crispy meat and took a bite. It was crispy, spicy, fresh and fragrant, leaving a long aftertaste. Ah Qing was about to take a second bite when Gu Yingxia spoke.
"I taught you arithmetic, but do you remember what the second young lady said to you the day we bought the purse?"
"The second young lady said that next time we come to buy purses, instead of selling them at 20 taels each, we'll sell them at 200 taels each."
As she spoke, the smile on Ah Qing's face gradually disappeared. She took another bite of the crispy meat on the chopsticks. It was crunchy, bitter, sour and astringent.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Chu Chu put away the gold, put down the dishes and ran away.
Ah Qing suddenly stood up from the small stool, picked up the stool and chased Chuchu, just like a peasant woman chasing chickens that were eating rice when drying the rice.
"Chu Chu, please stop right there and pay me back."
"No, you gave it to me yourself."
"One purse sells for two hundred taels, thirty purses make six thousand taels. You have so much money, and you still have the nerve to accept my gold? Give me back my money."
"I won't pay it back. Talking about money between good friends is so tacky."
She ran, she chased, she couldn't escape even if she had wings.
He chewed the almonds slowly, ignoring the two people chasing and playing outside. The gold was really shiny, and the food was really delicious.
"Why bother to come here? Wouldn't it be nice to let Ah Qing have a good meal?"
"I taught her arithmetic step by step, but she couldn't even get such a simple problem wrong. I tried to help her recall, but she couldn't even remember the price of the purse."
"Don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping. They like to talk, so let them talk for a while. They are so noisy so early in the morning that it disturbs my meal."
Gu Yinwei really likes this kind of atmosphere, chasing and playing, all emotions come from the heart, and the words are sincere. Once she enters the palace, she has to live with a mask, her words are insincere, and her heart is not in control.
After breakfast, the two sisters went for a walk in the flower hall. Gu Yingxia sat on the swing and read her Favorite Concubine Manual. When Gu Yinwei approached, she immediately hid the book.
"You don't need to be so vigilant. I didn't come here to read your book, but to collect the seeds of this six-leaf frost orchid."
The three maids were also lying among the flowers, picking and choosing. They raised their hands and put seeds into the purse in Gu Yinwei's hand.
"Can these seeds you picked bloom into flowers?"
Gu Yinwei was also unsure: "We have to give it a try. Maybe these seeds can bloom."
"I heard that there are hundreds of gardeners in the Imperial Garden. The flowers grown by these gardeners not only have a long flowering period, but also have dazzling flowers. When we enter the palace tomorrow, my second sister and I will go to see the flowers together."
"I'm afraid not."
"Why?"
"You become Shurong when you enter the palace, and I just change clothes."
"The harem places the greatest importance on order of rank. The first rank is the Empress, the second rank is the Imperial Noble Consort, and the third rank is the Consort. Below the Consort are the Imperial Concubine, as well as the ranks of Shurong, Shuyuan, Shuyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, and Zhaoyi."
"The position of a dresser is not much better than that of a palace maid, so third sister, you have to save me in the early stage."
Gu Yingxia hugged Gu Yinwei's neck and said softly, "I just realized now that there is only one good sister in the world."
"Just wait, I'll come get you as soon as I have time."
The concubines of Chufeng Pavilion have already started packing their luggage. Carriages are lined up to pick them up. After they arrive at the palace gate, the concubines begin to get off the carriages one after another.
Gu Yingxia arrived at the destination earlier than Gu Yinwei. She wanted to wait for Gu Yinwei for a while, but the people behind her urged her to hurry up. She was pushed by the crowd and entered the palace in a daze.
The residence that Gu Yingxia was assigned was called Hefengtang. There was a large lotus pond planted behind the house. Now that it was autumn, there was nothing to see in the pond except silt and residual lotus roots.
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