Over there, the people of Pitz were still searching for Hamoda in the house, but Chaiyan in the garden was sleeping comfortably on the bed.
Chai Yan woke up naturally from his sleep. When he opened his eyes and looked out the window, he saw that the sun was already high and the sky was clear.
"Xiao Kui." Chai Yan called while getting dressed.
After hearing this, Xiaokui hurriedly opened the door and entered the house: "Master, are you up? Did you sleep well last night?"
Chai Yan nodded and said: "Not bad, what about you?"
Xiaokui lowered her head slightly, shook her head slightly and said, "It's not good... I'm the only one, so I can't sleep well..."
Chai Yan knew that she was afraid, so he said, "It's okay. I'll let Aunt Yun sleep in the same room with you tonight."
"Yes!" Xiaokui nodded happily, and then said: "Master, let me help you get water to wash your face..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard someone knocking on the door of the courtyard.
Chai Yan then said: "Probably Miss Rulan is here, you go and open the door first."
Xiaokui ran out immediately. When she opened the door, she saw that the person who came was indeed Ru Lan, and behind her were two tall maids.
"Sister Rulan, good morning." Xiaokui greeted.
Rulan smiled and asked: "Sister Xiaokui, is Uncle Anping up?"
"Ah, I just got up and I was going to give the young master some face wash." Xiaokui replied.
Rulan said hurriedly: "Sister Xiaokui, don't bother me. I have prepared all the toiletries."
After saying that, Ru Lan turned around and nodded to the maid behind her. The two immediately nodded and backed away.
Then, Rulan said to Xiaokui: "Sister Xiaokui, they will be here soon. Let's go in and help Uncle An Ping get dressed."
Xiaokui said hurriedly: "No need, Sister Rulan, the young master doesn't need help from others to dress on weekdays. Unless he is in a hurry, let me..."
Rulan didn't wait for Xiaokui to finish speaking, then walked towards the yard, saying: "Sister Xiaokui, this is not okay. As servants, we should serve the master with all our heart. Otherwise, there will be more trouble at home."
What do our servants do?”
Xiao Kui was stunned for a moment when Ru Lan had already entered the courtyard.
Xiaokui hurriedly followed and said: "Sister Rulan, it's not that I don't serve the young master well, it's that the young master said he wasn't used to having clothes on his hands, food in his hands, and food to open his mouth. He said... He said that he felt like a useless person...
..."
After hearing this, Ru Lan just smiled slightly, but did not argue, but her steps never stopped.
Soon, the two of them arrived outside Chai Yan's bedroom.
The bedroom door was not closed, but Ru Lan stopped when she reached the door, and Xiao Kui also stopped.
Rulan rushed into the room and said, "Uncle Anping, can Rulan come in?"
I heard Chai Yan reply from inside: "It's Miss Rulan, please come in."
Ru Lan then stepped into the room and went straight into the inner room.
At this time, Chai Yan had just put on his clothes and was fastening his belt leisurely. When Ru Lan saw it, she immediately stepped forward and wanted to help Chai Yan fasten his belt.
Chai Yan immediately avoided it and said with a smile: "No need, Miss Rulan, I can do it myself."
With that said, Chai Yan casually walked away a few steps while fastening his belt, as if he was deliberately avoiding Ru Lan.
Ru Lan smiled and said: "Uncle An Ping is not shy about being cautious. Ru Lan is a servant and should serve you well... How about Ru Lan help you comb your hair?"
After saying that, Rulan found a comb from the box on the table next to her and walked towards Chai Yan with a smile.
Chai Yan felt a little resistant, so he quickly smiled and said: "Miss Rulan, let Xiaokui do the combing of your hair. I'm used to her strength, so I won't bother you, haha..."
As Chai Yan spoke, he winked at Xiao Kui, who immediately reacted and hurriedly stepped forward to take the comb from Ru Lan's hand and walked to Chai Yan's side.
Afterwards, Chai Yan sat down and let Xiaokui comb his black hair carefully.
Ru Lan couldn't help at the moment and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. However, Ru Lan quickly adjusted her mood and went to the bed to make the quilt and tidy up.
After a while, there were a lot of footsteps on the corridor outside.
After hearing this, Ru Lan walked to the door and warned the people outside: "Be careful and keep your hands steady."
The next moment, four maids entered the house carrying copper basins, spittoons, towels, soap bars and other toiletries.
"Uncle Anping, let Rulan help you wash up first," Rulan said.
Chai Yan smiled and said, "No need, Miss Rulan. I have hands and feet, so I can do it myself. Just ask them to put their things down."
Ru Lan suddenly said aggrievedly: "Uncle An Ping, this can't be done. These are things that our servants should do, but now you don't let me do this or do that. Then don't we have nothing to do?"
Did you do it?”
Chai Yan said hurriedly: "Miss Rulan, don't say that. Even if you don't serve me, there are still many things you can do in such a big garden, such as sweeping the floor, watering the flowers...
It’s all okay, right Xiaokui?”
"Hmm..." Xiaokui nodded in agreement.
Ru Lan slowly shook her head and replied: "Uncle An Ping, there are more than twenty male servants in the garden. Their duties are to sweep the floor, water the floor, fertilize and prune, etc. We can't take away their jobs.
..."
"Uh..." Chai Yan thought for a moment and said, "Then you can go to the kitchen. With so many people eating and drinking in Qinyuan, we always need help, right?"
As soon as the four maids heard what Chai Yan said, their expressions suddenly changed and they knelt down in fear.
"No, Uncle An Ping..."
"Please, Uncle Anping."
The maidservants looked and sounded panicked.
Chai Yan was very puzzled, thinking what was this?
Xiaokui was also stunned, thinking that the young master didn't do anything to you, so why did you all kneel down?
Ru Lan looked at the four kneeling maids, her face became stern, and she immediately said: "What are you doing? Get up quickly! Uncle An Ping asked you to go to the kitchen to do things, didn't you hear?"
One of the maids hurriedly put down the copper basin in her hand, kowtowed and said, "Please be kind to Uncle Anping, don't demote the four of us to work in the kitchen, please..."
"Wait, wait..."
When Chai Yan heard that this was wrong, he immediately reached out and interrupted her.
Chai Yan was very puzzled and said very puzzledly: "When did I say that I would demote the four of you to work in the kitchen? What I meant was that you go to the kitchen to help the cooks and do whatever you have. I don't always ask you to do it."
Why did you get distracted by staying in the kitchen? Okay, everyone, get up, what does it look like to kneel down like this..."
Although the four maids felt relieved after hearing this, they had no intention of standing up.
Chai Yan had no choice but to look at Ru Lan, hoping she could say something.
Ru Lanfu bowed and said: "Please take back what you just said, Uncle An Ping, so that the four of them don't have to go to the kitchen to help."
"Okay, okay, I'll take it back, I'll take it back, you four don't have to go, just get up." Chai Yan nodded.
After hearing this, the four maids stood up, and their panicked expressions also recovered a lot.
"Put down your things and get out of here!" Ru Lan said.
The four maids put down the toiletries, then blessed each other and left the room.
After they left, Chai Yan asked: "Miss Rulan, what did I say wrong just now? I scared them like that..."
Rulan answered: "Unknown to Uncle An Ping, servants in Qinyuan are divided into first-class, second-class and third-class servants. The first-class servants are responsible for taking care of and serving the master, while the second-class servants are responsible for the garden."
As for the third-class servants, they can only work in the kitchen, which is the lowest status."
Chai Yan finally understood that his words just now made the four of them mistakenly believe that they would be demoted from first class to third class. No wonder they were so frightened that their four little faces turned pale.
Then, Chai Yan said: "Um...Miss Rulan, why don't you go and do your work first? I just have Xiaokui here...ah, wash up and so on.
, I will ask Xiaokui to help me later, you don’t have to worry..."
Ru Lan didn't say anything else this time. She smiled at Chai Yan and left the room quietly.
After Ru Lan walked away, Chai Yan shook his head and said helplessly: "It's really troublesome..."