Liu Fu always felt that the second young lady was a little weird. Her eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.
He forced a smile and said:
"What are you talking about, Miss? Someone from the pawnbroker suddenly came to your house. I wonder if your husband... your wife knows about this new arrival?"
Si Jinxing naturally did not miss the change in Liu Fu's expression.
She lazily leaned against the stone table, raised her eyebrows and looked at Liu Fu, his skin color, his single eyelids, his thick lips...
Wow...so similar!
Liu Fu felt guilty when she looked at him, so he took two steps back and said:
"Second Miss? Has the old lady been informed of this matter?"
Si Jinxing continued to stare at him and shook her head, "No, I spent my own money to buy my own servants. I don't need to tell anyone, right?"
Liu Fu then remembered that the second young lady was no longer the same as before. Since the mansion did not arrange anyone for her, she bought it herself.
Although the general cut off the supply to Suihua Garden, they immediately received a reward of 10,000 taels from the emperor!
That’s a full ten thousand taels!
His scalp tingled when the second young lady looked at him, and he just wanted to leave the yard as soon as possible. He nodded and smiled:
"Of course not. I am the old servant who is meddling in other people's business. The Second Young Lady can go ahead and do her work."
Si Jinxing looked at Liu Fu's hurriedly leaving back, her eyes slightly gloomy.
Catch the thief and the stolen goods, catch the adulterer and the couple!
The matchmaker was waiting on the side with a dozen ragged maids. When she saw the housekeeper coming to ask, she thought her trip was in vain.
However, she saw that the young lady of this mansion could actually make the decision to buy someone on her own, and the smile on her face deepened a little.
She introduced with a smile:
"Hello, young lady! I heard this young man say that you want to pick out some maids to serve you.
The old woman brought these neat-looking ones with her, so that the young lady wouldn't lose face by having them around. Do you have any that suit your eyes?"
Si Jinxing glanced at the row of girls and asked:
"Is there anyone who can read?"
Then three girls stepped forward, and the matchmaker spoke again: "These three are the treasures of my trade. They can read, so it will be easier for the young lady to use them, right?"
Si Jinxing stood up and walked over, asking the three girls to stretch out their hands and look at them one by one, but did not ask anything.
He just asked Luzhu to bring three pieces of paper and asked the three of them to write down their names.
Two of them wrote their name quickly, while the other one wrote Wang Dahua crookedly.
When Lu Zhu saw him, he asked, "Is this the one who can read?"
The matchmaker also felt ashamed and cursed, "You filthy bastard, you actually lied to your aunt and said you could write?!"
After she finished speaking, she raised her foot and was about to kick the girl to the ground.
Si Jinxing stopped him and said, "Wait."
She didn't even look at the vicious middle-aged woman, but only looked at the stubborn girl and asked:
"You don't want to come to me?"
The girl knelt down hurriedly, the stubbornness on her face suddenly turned into worry, and she explained:
"My dear lady, it's not that I don't want to, but my mother is seriously ill and is still in the pharmacy. I don't want to leave her like this."
Seeing this, the matchmaker said angrily, "Bah, what a hapless fellow! He coughs every day and never dies. He wastes my food every day!"
The girl stared at the matchmaker coldly, with a hint of moisture in her eyes.
Si Jinxing asked, "What if I buy you and your mother together?"
The girl was stunned when she heard this, tears fell from her eyes, and she knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, Miss!"
When the matchmaker saw that the consumptive patient who had been coughing for a long time was finally accepted by someone, she quickly put on a smile and said:
"Your mother will definitely recover. You will live happily here with the young lady in the future!"
Si Jinxing selected two maids to do chores from among the servants, and asked Bai Xi to send the people out of the house and bring the seriously ill woman back.
"I don't care how you lived in the past, but today, when you come to my yard, remember who your master is." Si Jinxing looked at the three newly bought maids and said slowly, word by word:
"Except for me, no one in this house has the right to question you, do you understand?"
Of course the three girls all nodded seriously without any hesitation.
Si Jinxing gave them names respectively. The eldest girl who could read was called "Perilla", and the other two were called "White Peony" and "Bai Wei".
They are all names of medicinal herbs and are very easy to remember.
Upon hearing this, Zi Su picked up the paper and pen beside her, rewrote her name, and held it in front of Si Jinxing, saying:
"Thank you for the name, Miss."
Si Jinxing tilted her head and looked. The words on the paper were fresh, elegant, clean and clear, just like her.
Although Zi Su's clothes were tattered, her face and hands were the cleanest among the girls in the row.
She left Luzhu to arrange tasks for the three people and returned to her room.
I’m afraid there will be some trouble when we burn incense tomorrow?
It's not her conspiracy theory, but being in this mansion is really like Tang Monk's journey to the West. If you are not careful, you will fail at every step!
So she placed all the "weapons" she had in hand in the most conspicuous place on the first floor of Xinglin Yaxu.
In autumn, the sky always darkens quickly and the night is silent.
The next morning, before daybreak, Luzhu and Zisu came in.
Zi Su was responsible for bringing water and clothes, while Lu Zhu was responsible for waking up the sleeping lady.
Si Jinxing looked at the time. It was 4:30 in the morning.
She let the two maids help her dress up and have breakfast, then she packed up and walked out of the mansion.
Bai Shao and Bai Wei stayed in the yard to look after it and take care of the two sick people, Yan Fei and Zi Su's mother.
Most people at this time believe in Buddhism, and on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month, some people go to burn incense and pray for blessings. Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which can be regarded as a big day for burning incense and praying!
Many wealthy families choose to burn incense today, eat three vegetarian meals, listen to scriptures, calm their minds, stay overnight, and return home the next morning to celebrate the fifteenth day of the lunar month with the luck they have acquired.
So, when Si Jinxing took Luzhu and Zisu out of the mansion, they saw a carriage passing by on Xuanwu Street.
Seeing that the old lady had not come out yet, Si Jinxing didn't want to stand and wait for anyone, so she got on the carriage first.
This colorful carriage was a gift from the emperor. It is much more gorgeous than the carriage in the general's mansion!
Si Jinyun followed Zhou and when she stepped out of the mansion, she happened to see Si Jinxing bending down and getting into the carriage.
There was clearly a strong malice in her eyes, but it was dark and no one noticed.
As soon as Mrs. Si left the house, she got on the first carriage in front.
Zhou and Si Jinyun sat in the second carriage, Si Jinxing's colorful carriage was in the third, followed by Wen and Si Jinyi's carriage.
The four carriages in front and behind started slowly and headed towards Linxiang Temple in the eastern suburbs.
The trip went unexpectedly smoothly, which surprised Si Jinxing. She ate and drank along the way, and even took out a deck of cards and called Luzhu and Zisu to play for a while.
When they arrived, it was just getting light, around seven or eight o'clock.
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