In the afternoon, another maid beside Jiang Changning, Shu Fei, came back from Zhuangzi.

She changed her clothes and went into the room to greet Jiang Changning, "Girl, this slave is back."

"You're back, are your family members in good health?" Jiang Changning asked with a smile.

When Jiang Changning came to Beijing, he brought with him a wet nurse, two maids, four maids, and two servants.

In fact, there were seventeen families who followed her to the capital, with a total of seventy-nine people, all of whom she placed in a village outside the city for her to dispatch at any time.

Three years ago, she accused two maids of getting married.

The four little maids took up the slack of the two maids and served beside her.

It is Xiulan, Fragrant Chrysanthemum, Shu Fei and Fu Cui.

The little maid in the courtyard and the rough lady are all loyal servants of the Jiang family, who found a way to send them in.

Jiang Changning's small yard was taken care of by her like an iron bucket.

"Okay, everything is fine. Uncle Wu asked the slave to tell the girl that the Pipi shrimps will be available for sale next month," Shu Fei said.

Jiang Changning smiled, "It's a good thing, I can make money again."

"My slave brought a basket back and asked Sister-in-law Cui to cook it for the girl to eat in the evening." Shu Fei said with a smile.

"Leave a small bowl for me. After eating Yan Shi with the old lady, I will go back to the yard and eat again." Jiang Changning had been greedy for this shrimp for a long time.

Ever since she accidentally saw the shrimp seedlings last year, she has been thinking about this bite.

At the beginning of the Youshi period, Jiang Changning took Fu Cui and four little girls to the old lady's yard.

At the door of the east bedroom, I heard talking and laughing inside.

Mrs. Zhuang laughed and scolded: "You are such a narrow-minded girl."

The little maid raised the door curtain and announced inside: "My cousin is here."

The laughter stopped, and it was hard not to suspect that the people in the room were making fun of Jiang Changning.

Jiang Changning didn't care. In this world, no one talks behind anyone's back, and no one talks behind anyone's back.

Walking into the east room, the four girls from the banker's house were already there, with Mrs. Liao and Mrs. Wu sitting beside them.

It is etiquette to distinguish between morning and dusk, and the banker also stipulates that for morning and evening meals, girls should accompany the old lady.

For lunch, Mrs. Zhuang decides whether she should eat alone or have someone accompany her.

"Greetings to the old lady." Jiang Changning saluted.

Mrs. Zhuang raised her hands to help her, "Sit down."

"Thank you, old lady." Jiang Changning walked to sit next to Zhuang Qingyu and smiled at her, "Second sister."

Zhuang Qingyu smiled back at her, lowered her head and continued to pinch her fingers.

"Sister Ning, do you think the pattern on the old lady's forehead protector looks good?" Zhuang Qingmei asked.

Only then did Jiang Changning notice that the forehead protector that Mrs. Zhuang was wearing today was not the ones she usually wore. The one she was wearing today was embroidered with the Chinese character longevity.

"It's beautiful, and the embroidery work is exquisite. I didn't expect that the fifth sister's embroidery work has improved now." Jiang Changning said with a smile.

Zhuang Qingmei giggled, "Sister Ning praised the wrong person. This is the craftsmanship of the third sister. The third sister specially drew the pattern for the old lady and embroidered it stitch by stitch."

"Girl Yan is interested." Mrs. Zhuang happily patted the back of Zhuang Qingyan's hand.

"A granddaughter should be filial to her grandmother," Zhuang Qingyan said with a smile.

"Good boy." Mrs. Zhuang praised Zhuang Qingyan and began to beat Jiang Changning, "Girl Ning, although you are weak and need to rest and not be too busy, you are getting better and better every day. You have to learn to do this needlework.

.It doesn’t require you to do it all day long. You can make a sachet in ten and a half months, and it’s not difficult to make a purse.”

"That's what the old lady said." Jiang Changning didn't need to argue with her.

There is a sewing room where she is needed to do needlework.

Besides, she's not a bad actress, she just doesn't like doing it.

In her free time, wouldn't it be good for her to read, paint, practice calligraphy, play the piano, and think of ways to make money?

After Mrs. Zhuang taught her a few more words, Wu and Zou came.

Then the maid came in and reported, "Yan Shi is ready."

Zhuang Qingyan supported Mrs. Zhuang, and everyone followed her into the hall to eat.

The next day, Jiang Changning received an invitation from Zhuang Juyue's mother-in-law.

Invite her to attend the birthday party on March 27th.

Jiang Changning thought for a moment and decided what birthday gift to give, "Fangju, put the beaded hairpin into a brocade box."

"Girl, you are really willing to give up. The pearl hairpin costs three hundred silver." Fu Cui pouted.

Jiang Changning smiled and said: "Stingy girl, I don't like the style of that pearl hairpin. Instead of leaving it in the box to gather dust, it's better to give it away. This is called making the best use of everything."

At the end of each year, the loyal servants of the Jiang family come to the banker with New Year gifts.

Jiang Changning would ask them to prepare some jewelry for gifts.

"Yes, whatever the girl said makes sense." Fu Cui opened the door curtain and went out.

"I'm afraid you're crazy, girl. Who are you showing off to?" Shu Fei followed and walked out.

"Who's being embarrassed? You're the one who's being embarrassed." Fu Cui patted her face, "I was born with such a straight face."

"Hey, are you admitting that you have a straight face?"

"Oh, you are so annoying, go away, don't follow me."

"Whoever is following you, I can't go this way. By the way, where are you going?"

"I can go there and go to the back room to see if the bird's nest soup is ready."

There is a separate small kitchen in Jiang Changning's yard.

This was set up by her as an excuse to prepare medicine and not bother the kitchen all the time.

"You need to go and see it. The bird's nest soup is ready and the bamboo leaves will be served."

"I'm going to..."

The two maids quarreled and walked along the verandah to the back room.

"As soon as Shu Fei comes back, the courtyard will become more noisy." Fang Ju came over holding a small brocade box.

"This makes it look more alive." Jiang Changning put down the book in his hand, took the small brocade box, opened it, made sure it contained the beaded hairpin, closed the lid, and handed it back to Fangju.

At the same time, the Queen Mother's decree was also heard in the palace, summoning Princess Runan to the palace.

Princess Runan put on her court clothes, put on her golden lock, and went into the palace to see the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother waited for Princess Runan to finish the ceremony, and then said: "No ceremony, I will give you a seat."

Princess Runan thanked her, but did not sit down. Instead, she bowed and said, "My wife heard something and came here to report to the Queen."

"What's the matter?" asked the Queen Mother.

"I wonder, your Majesty, do you still remember this?" Princess Runan took out the golden lock and offered it to her with both hands.

The maid next to the Queen Mother stepped forward to take the golden lock and presented it to the Queen Mother.

The golden lock belonged to the Queen Mother, so she recognized it, "Where did you get this golden lock?"

Princess Runan told the story, and of course she concealed the fact that she went to the banker in order to recognize Jiang Changning as her goddaughter so that Jiang Changning could marry on her behalf.

"Chang Ning, Xiao Ning'er." The Queen Mother smiled, "I didn't expect that she is in Beijing, living in the village, which makes it difficult for me to find her."

"Miss Jiang didn't intend to tell her. It was my wife who accidentally learned about it and kept asking, so she told her." Princess Runan began to take credit.

"Six years ago, she was still a little girl, and I don't know what she is like now." The Queen Mother smiled, "I really want to see her again."
Chapter completed!