Chapter 156: Fighting
However, Song Boqing went to work in the Emperor's Yinlin Guard. It seemed that Song Boqing was in touch with Concubine Lu.
It seems that she came back a step too late. The matter has been confirmed. If she tries to cause trouble, it will be much more difficult. If she makes a wrong move, she will be exposed.
After seeing off Song Huai and Zhuo's Chu Jingqi, Xia Zihan returned to the house with a tired look on her face. Cui's mother felt distressed and personally helped her rub her shoulders and back, "County Master, take a good rest. What's going on in this house has to do with the old slave." Don’t worry, I’ll help you watch.”
"Yes." Xia Zihan closed her eyes and leaned on the chaise longue, "Have all the things you brought back from Yi'an been put into storage?"
"Come in, the old slave has brought the booklet and will show it to the county boss later." Cui's mother said hurriedly, and then asked, "It's just those little maids, how will the county boss arrange them?"
Cui's mother was talking about Chu Cong and the others.
A daughter-in-law from a wealthy family always has a lot of maids around her. For someone like Xia Zihan who has the status of a county head, there are usually six maids, four second-class maids, four third-class maids, a rough maid and a rough messenger. There are several mothers-in-law and two nuns who are in charge of personal affairs.
But Xia Zihan didn't like too many people around her, so in the past three years, apart from Chu Cong and a few others, she didn't have any other maids.
Of course, Chu Xing and the others were different from ordinary maids. Xia Zihan tried his best to train them, giving them opportunities to practice martial arts, calligraphy, business and medicine, and also asked Nuanyu to teach them some rules of a wealthy family.
A group of people in Chu Xing were taught to be capable in both literature and martial arts. Even if they were maids, they would have a higher status than ordinary maids. Of course, this Cui's mother didn't know, and Xia Zihan didn't intend to tell her.
"I will arrange them myself. Silk Grass and Vanilla, please work carefully and responsibly. Let's promote them to eldest maids. The wet nurse is also in her thirties, so she can be promoted to a nanny. From now on, you and the wet nurse will One person takes care of the people in my house, and the other takes care of the things in my house, so I don’t have to worry about it.”
The one from the Yu family, no, has been promoted to a nanny now, so it’s time to call her Aunt Yu instead.
Aunt Yu and Mama Cui used to have one person in charge of people and one person in charge of property. However, after Xia Zihan went to Yi'an, this rule was disrupted.
Cui's mother is at home, taking care of personnel and property, and the same goes for the Yu family.
But now that they are together, they have to be managed separately as before, one is in charge of personnel and the other is in charge of the warehouse.
As Xia Zihan's personal maid, Nuanyu was in charge of her daily use of clothes and other items.
As for the warm summer...
Xia Zihan raised the corners of her lips.
Haha, when I came back from rebirth three years ago, I thought that the revenge would be avenged soon, but I didn't expect that my grandmother would decide to live in Yi'an City for three years, making the revenge three years too late.
Let the white-eyed wolf who has been eating inside and outside also live a leisurely life for three years.
Alas, this really shouldn’t be the case.
"Mother Cui, tomorrow we will find some pretty little girls with nimble hands and feet in the house, and I will pick some rough girls."
"Yes, I will bring him here early tomorrow morning." Cui's mother said with a smile, but her hands did not stop.
"Okay, Mother Cui is old, let the little maids do this from now on."
Xia Zihan knew that Cui's mother was busy these days, so she waved her hand and asked Cui's mother to go and do her work. Huahua came forward and took over Cui's mother's position, serving Xia Zihan comfortably.
Nuan Xia walked in, holding a bowl of chestnut soup in her hand, with a flattering smile, "It was just made in the kitchen, and it's still hot. Please eat it while it's hot, Lord."
The kitchen would not cook this chestnut soup unless the master said he wanted to eat it. But Nuan Xia used the identity of the maid and lied about Xia Zihan's desire to eat chestnut soup. The cook did not dare to neglect it, so she postponed the dinner. In ten minutes, I made a bowl of chestnut soup.
Xia Zihan has been away from Beijing for three years. In these three years, Nuan Xia has not received a penny in addition to monthly salary. She has a lot of money. Cui's mother has taken care of Xia Zihan's things. It's so tight that it won't be cheap to let Nuan Xia go along with it.
Therefore, when she saw Xia Zihan coming back, she immediately rushed to please her master, hoping to win his favor and reward her with some good things.
Therefore, she expected to get a few words of praise from Xia Zihan. Unexpectedly, Xia Zihan waved her hand and said, "Just leave it alone for now" without even looking at it.
Seeing that Xia Zihan had no intention of eating, Nuan Xia's eyes turned red and she looked aggrieved, as if Xia Zihan had bullied her.
But Xia Zihan remained unmoved.
Nuan Xiang bit her lip and said unwillingly, "County Master, it won't taste good if it gets cold soon."
"It's going to be dinner soon. If I eat it now, I will have dinner with my grandma later. Do I still want to eat it?" Xia Zihan said impatiently.
"You can eat it yourself." She said, "But I didn't order chestnut soup. Why did the kitchen make this?"
Nuan Xia's face turned pale as a sheet.
Knowing that even if she didn't admit it, the county master could easily find out, she knelt down and shed tears, "It's all my fault. I thought that the county master had been away from Beijing for three years, so he must have not eaten authentic food in the capital for a long time. Chestnut soup, slave, just...just..."
"Just make the decision privately and let the cook make chestnut soup?"
The tone was very cold, colder than Nuan Xia had ever heard before. She was so frightened that she trembled all over and cried out, "County Master, please spare me this time. I will never dare to do it again."
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Xia Zihan sneered, "As my personal maid, you actually took my orders and asked the cook to do things for you. Well, yes, you are quite smart and quite bold."
To take revenge on Nuan Xia, if she wanted to follow her previous idea of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, it would take some time.
But she couldn't wait any longer.
There is too much hatred buried in her heart, and she hates too many people. She has been reborn for three years, but all her enemies have been doing well in these three years, and she has not taken revenge on any of them. If she doesn't vent her inner hatred, she might be like today, impulsively teasing Song Huai, playing intimate games with Chu Jingqi in front of Song Huai, and implicating the innocent Chu Jingqi in her grudges.
Then she showed her ugly true face in front of Zhuo without any precautions, exposing her ferocious side to others.
Fortunately, Mrs. Zhuo loved her and didn't think much about it.
But she found that after she returned to Beijing, the hatred that had been suppressed deep in her heart could no longer be suppressed, so she decided to vent her anger. This was also what Nuan Xia came to her door. No wonder she.
"Go down and get ten salary points, and three months of monthly deductions will be deducted." She said the punishment for Nuan Xia easily.
Nuan Xia collapsed on the ground all of a sudden, with tears streaming down her face, "County Master, this slave is wrong. I don't dare to do it anymore. County Master, please, don't hit this slave."
Ten boards, not much, but Nuan Xia has been lazy and spoiled in the Chu family over the years, and her body is more delicate than some girls from rich families.
To get hit ten times would cost her half her life.
But no one in the room dared to plead for Nuan Xia, and watched helplessly as Nuan Xia was dragged away by two rough women.
Soon, screams came from the yard.
Xia Zihan lay in the chaise longue, enjoying the moment of revenge with her eyes closed. Sure enough, when she heard the traitor's screams, she felt relaxed and indescribably comfortable.
Shibanzi passed quickly, and Xia Zihan could still hear Nuan Xia's crying.
Xia Zihan told Vanilla, "Get the wet nurse."
From the Yu family, she has always been in charge of the personnel in her house.
Soon, the Yu family came, "What does the county master want from the slave?"
Xia Zihan grinned, "Nurse, please demote Nuan Xia to the rank of rough girl. Well, let her go to the laundry room."
After marrying Cao Zian, she did a lot of laundry.
In the middle of winter, because she didn't wear enough clothes, it was so cold that her hands were cracked by the frost and she couldn't even hold an embroidery needle. However, her mother-in-law scolded her for being lazy and not doing embroidery to earn money for her, and cruelly drove her to the front yard. Go wash clothes at the well.
There was a large bucket of clothes, all of which were thick cotton clothes and trousers. After they were soaked, they could not be lifted.
You are not allowed to eat until you have finished washing.
Nuan Yu and Nuan Xiang wanted to help, but they were beaten by Cao Zian, and he dragged them into the room and beat them hard.
Cao Zian said that she was an ugly person and was not even qualified to carry on the family lineage of the Cao family. Nuanyu and Nuanxiang were also useful in carrying on the family lineage, so she should do all the menial work at home.
Chopping firewood, doing laundry, plowing the ground, growing vegetables, she did everything.
Nuan Xia was one of the culprits who sent her to Cao Zian, so Nuan Xia should try all the menial jobs she did in the Cao family in her previous life.
Nuan Xia was born in a rural area, and it was always easier than her to do menial work.
Such a punishment is considered easy.
……
Early the next morning, as soon as Xia Zihan finished breakfast, Cui's mother brought ten little maids over and stood in a row for her to choose carefully.
"County Master, this is the copywriting of these ten little maids. I got it from Manager Lu. You can read it first."
As expected of Mother Cui, she is meticulous and considerate in her work. Even Xia Zihan would think of things that she didn't think of.
Xia Zihan read through the copywriting. Every time she read the copywriting, she would call out a name, then ask the maid to stand up, ask her to recognize the person, and look up and down several times.
The decision was made immediately whether it would work or not.
After reading the copy, the ten maids almost recognized it. Xia Zihan put down the copy and pointed to the four little maids without thinking.
The Chu family has not bought new maids in the past few years, and the four maids are not too young. Two are fourteen years old, one is fifteen years old, and one is sixteen years old. They all used to do menial labor. The sixteen-year-old maid used to wash vegetables in the kitchen.
The four maids were transferred to Xia Zihan's side, and their previous names could no longer be used. Xia Zihan gave them new names.
Green leaves, red leaves, green leaves, purple leaves.
After picking up the names, they were handed over to Aunt Yu to make arrangements.
"County Lord, Chu Cang and the others are here." As soon as Aunt Yu left, Si Cao came in to report.
"Well, let them in."
The eight Chu Cong people came together. They lined up in a row and saluted Xia Zihan.
(End of chapter)