After a while, the maid Dongxue came out of the house.
She covered her face with a handkerchief, lowered her head, and hurried back to her house.
Although she is a maid, because her master is a concubine and the courtyard of the three bedrooms is not big, she cannot get a servant's room by herself, and she sleeps with other maids.
There happened to be a maid resting in the room. When she saw her coming in, her eyes suddenly widened: "Sister Dongxue, what's wrong with your face?!"
"No...it's okay...I accidentally fell." The eldest maid Dongxue was covered by snow. However, the redness and swelling on her face were so obvious and she had to apply medicine. How could she escape the maid's eyes.
Whether it was thrown or slapped, anyone with eyes can recognize it.
Qing Shui was just a little maid. She hesitated for a moment and finally didn't ask.
But when she was on duty in the evening, she couldn't help but tell the matter to another maid who worked with her.
The maid also looked surprised: "Really or not?!"
"Really! I saw it with my own eyes. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it."
"Sister Dongxue is a maid and a popular person in front of the third lady. Who dares to hit her? I think you may have seen it wrong?"
Qing Shui shook his head: "How could you see it wrong? You can tell whether it was a slap or not at a glance."
"But who dares to hit her?"
"have no idea."
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Their mutterings reached the ears of another maid, Dong Ling.
Dong Ling stood behind the pillar behind them, her steps paused, and her heart was filled with surprise.
No, Dongxue was actually slapped?
Who dares to hit the winter snow?
Compared to the little maid, Dong Ling knew more. For example, Dongxue was bought from outside, had no biological family, and was not yet married. How many people dared to touch her because she was so proud in front of her master?
Dong Ling wondered if Dong Xue had made some mistake, so...
If that's the case, wouldn't it be her chance?
Her eyes lit up, and Dong Ling felt a hint of joy in her heart. Waiting for her to snatch Dong Xue's favor, hehe...
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Although Uncle Yao participated in this year's ceremony, no one in the Yao family had any hope. Mrs. Yao happened to be pregnant, so she actually forgot to arrange for someone to check under the list.
Gu Qingling was playing with Master Yao Jiu in the house when he saw a servant suddenly running in, saying that a government servant had come to announce that the uncle had been admitted as a scholar.
"Passed the exam?!"
Gu Qingling looked shocked and couldn't believe it at all, and hurriedly led people to the outer courtyard.
At this time, the housekeeper had already invited the yamen servant to drink tea and asked him to wait a moment.
When they saw the old lady of the Yao family, the Yamen servants naturally started to sing and complete the process of announcing the good news.
Because she was unprepared, Gu Qingling almost couldn't come up with the reward money. It seemed like a wealthy family like theirs would usually prepare a little extra so that the government officials wouldn't run out of money.
This unexpected joy immediately made everyone in the Yao family lively.
"Brother, congratulations, you have passed the scholar examination!" Second Master Yao smiled and came up to Uncle Yao and congratulated him.
Uncle Yao couldn't hold back the corners of his mouth that rose, but he still said very modestly: "Unexpected joy, unexpected joy, actually I didn't expect that I would pass the exam..."
"Hey, look what big brother said, even if it's an unexpected surprise, it's only because of your ability that you can pass the exam."
Although his name is just Sun Shan, he is still a scholar.
Second Master Yao was really happy for his eldest brother. He himself was not a scholar, but his eldest brother was a scholar.
Even if you are just a small scholar, you are still a scholar with a great reputation. If you put more effort later and take a test or something, even if you can't take the exam anymore, you can still move around and pass the big challenge.
official.
hey-hey!
Maybe by then, he will be able to have an elder brother who is an official.
The more he thought about it, the happier Mr. Yao became and the more attentive he became to Mr. Yao.
Uncle Yao was very helpless when he saw Second Master Yao like this.
He could guess a little bit about his second brother's thoughts, but couldn't the second brother take the exam by himself?
Thinking of the imperial examination that his second brother also participated in with him, Uncle Yao silently decided in his heart that he would keep an eye on his second brother and read more books in the future, and maybe he could get a good name in the exam.
Second Master Yao felt a chill on his back and thought it was because he was wearing too few clothes, but he didn't think much about it and continued talking.
Other members of the Yao family also came forward to congratulate Uncle Yao one by one.
Gu Qingling knew that Mrs. Yao was still waiting in the yard, so she didn't let Uncle Yao stay outside for long before letting him go back.
"I'm very happy today. This month, all the servants of the Yao family will have their monthly silver doubled."
As soon as Gu Qingling said these words, the servants waiting around ordered him to kneel down and thank him.
The eldest maid Chun Chun saw the old lady so happy, and while holding her arm, she said: "Old lady, this time it is really two blessings. The lady on the front foot is happy, and the uncle on the back foot has passed the scholar examination, etc.
After a while, maybe I can become an official..."
"He only got one scholar, and he was the last one. Do you think of Mr. Guan?" Gu Qingling knew that Chunchun said this to please herself. She did not blame her, but said with a smile, "It turns out that Chunchun's family
, I’m still a fan of officialdom~”
"Old lady~" The eldest maid said coquettishly in spring, "If you say this, I will not obey you. I am happy for you, and you are teasing me."
"Yes, yes, you are becoming more and more delicate now... Look at your appearance, if you didn't know better, you would have thought that I had raised a daughter."
"Slave, among the maids who are serving in front of the old lady, which one doesn't feel sorry for the old lady? The slave is like this because of the old lady's pampering. The slave must have accumulated good fortune for ten lifetimes, so she only met this person in this life.
Old lady."
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Gu Qingling felt that since there were more maids around him, spring seemed to have opened up some strange skills of competing for favors, and this little mouth was really getting sweeter and sweeter.
If she hadn't remembered that she hadn't changed her, Gu Qingling would have suspected that she had changed her maid.
However, Lu Qingling was quite happy to see Chun Qing's cute appearance.
It is better for a teenage girl to be more lively. The more lively it is, it means she is well-raised.
Of course, the maid Chun Chun was only like this in front of Gu Qingling. If she were in front of outsiders, she would definitely be a mature and stable maid.
"mother……"
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Yao Jiuye broke away from the maid and climbed over to Gu Qingling quickly.
"Oh, my little dear, do you miss your mother?"
Gu Qingling smiled and picked him up.
"Mother~"
As Yao Jiuye spent more and more time learning to speak, this mother also became more and more proficient in shouting.
Look, this scene was so sweet that it reached Gu Qingling's heart.
Gu Qingling's heart felt soft, so she hugged him and nuzzled his little face for a long time.
"Cackle, cluck..."
Yao Jiuye laughed happily.
After a while, the smiles of mother and son filled the room.
The eldest maid Chun Chun walked to the eldest maid Shusu who usually served Master Yao Jiu, and whispered to her the good news that Master Yao had passed the examination to become a scholar.
"That's really good news!"
"Of course it's good news. As soon as the old lady is happy, our monthly silver has doubled this month."
"This is a great joy. I just hope that my sesame seeds will bloom and grow steadily. I will be named on the gold list next year and let us get another big red envelope."