Suddenly, a scream seemed to come from the northeast direction of the garden, as if it came from the maid named Shan'er.
Qin'er, who was leading the maid to set the table for the Ren sisters, paused. The Ren sisters turned around and looked back in surprise.
Qin'er quickly laughed and said, "Sister Shan'er must have gotten her hair caught in that acacia tree again. She never notices it every time she passes by. That's why she's so anxious to remind me."
There were no more strange sounds coming from the other side, so everyone believed Qin'er's words and joked with her.
Instead, Qin'er handed the chopsticks in her hand to a maid from the Han family: "I'm going to go see Sister Shan'er. Otherwise, if her hair is messy, she won't have anywhere to fix it. If the maid in the mansion sees it, it will cause more trouble."
He bowed to her and left.
Only the Ren sisters and a few Han maids left the pavilion.
If the elders of the Han family saw this, they would probably blame Han You for being rude. However, Han You had a good temper. The sisters of the Ren family all had a good impression of her, so no one deliberately picked on her.
Ren Yaoqi smiled and asked the Han family maidservant behind her, "Is there a bathroom nearby? I want to change clothes."
The Han family's maid nodded hurriedly: "There is a lavatory on the east side of the garden. I will accompany you there."
Ren Yaoqi naturally didn't think of doing anything to avoid the Han family's sight. This was unrealistic. Her guest, who had just arrived, must be surrounded by people from the host family.
So she nodded and smiled: "Thank you very much."
Ren Yaoqi said hello to Ren Yaohua and the others, then left the pavilion with her maid Pingguo and the Han family's maid.
"What's your name?" Ren Yaoqi asked the maid on the way.
The maid was flattered to see Ren Yaoqi's gentle demeanor: "Your servant Hua'er."
"Hua'er? You look young. How long have you been in the mansion?" Ren Yaoqi continued to chat with the maid.
The maid stretched out her fingers and counted carefully before saying, "I have been in the Han family for a month."
"So you didn't come here from Jizhou?"
"No, I was sold here by a matchmaker a few months ago."
Ren Yaoqi nodded and asked hesitantly, "Are there really rats in that northwest yard?"
Unexpectedly, the maid was stunned when she heard this. She asked in confusion, "Rats? How could there be rats? Isn't there a mute woman who sweeps the place every day?"
It turned out that the maid had not heard Shan'er's words before. She was sent by the steward when she was delivering tea.
Ren Yaoqi remained calm: "Oh, maybe I heard it wrong. Who is the mute woman? I have never seen her since I entered the garden."
The maid said, "Mute Po is a mute. She's in charge of looking after that courtyard." Then she added uncertainly, "But it's not impossible that you have mice. After all, there's only Mute Po looking after that courtyard, and other maids and servants are not allowed to enter."
Ren Yaoqi's heart moved when he heard this: "Not allowed to enter? You have never been in there?"
The maid hurriedly shook her head: "I am just a maid, how could I dare to go in? Even Sister Qin'er and Sister Shan'er who are by the old lady's side don't dare to go in."
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Meinan's grandfather suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage and was hospitalized, so some of the recent updates were typed and then posted by others, and there are not many updates.
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