In the afternoon, when Ren Yaoqi just took a nap, Mammy Zhou came to the west wing where Ren Yaoqi lived.
"Miss Eight has indeed been taking medicine these days. It is said that the fifth lady felt that Miss Eight was a little puffy. When she went back to her parents' house last time, she asked for a recipe from her mother-in-law's sister-in-law for Miss Eight to eat, and Miss Eight had already taken it. It's been a while. It's just because Miss Eighth has a low face, and Mrs. Five is afraid that she will be embarrassed, so she won't let the following people speak up. "
Among the sisters in the Ren family, Ren Yaoyu is the most rounded and the shortest, which makes the fifth wife who likes to compare everything very dissatisfied, even if Ren Yaoyu is a few years older, she will look like this.
Although it is said that the elders like to pick rich-looking daughters-in-law for their children and grandchildren, so that they can have a good life. But the fifth wife, Mrs. Lin, scoffed at this standard, because she knew that the elders who liked the husband might not like it. So even though Ren Yaoyu is still young, she has already begun to think about Ren Yaoyu's figure.
Ren Yaoqi raised her eyebrows when she heard it. She remembered that Lin Shi secretly found a recipe for Ren Yaoyu in her last life, saying that eating it would make a woman slimmer. Ren Yaoyu seemed to have really lost weight after that. Not a lot. It's just that Ren Yaoqi knew that this kind of medicine is often cold in nature, and it is actually useless for women to eat more.
Hearing Ren Yaoyu taking medicine at the moment, Ren Yaoqi didn't feel anything strange. Since the prescription came from the Lin family, and Ren Yaoyu didn't see anything wrong with it in the last life, it must have been someone who tampered with the medicine and added something that shouldn't be added.
"Have you found the medicinal dregs?" Ren Yaoqi asked thoughtfully.
Mammy Zhou shook her head regretfully: "Yesterday, Miss Eight was sent to the ancestral hall, and there is no medicine today. The dregs of yesterday's medicine have been thrown away and can't be found."
Ren Yaoqi was originally just taking the attitude of giving it a try. Although it was a pity that there was no evidence from Mammy Zhou, it was not too disappointing.
Seeing that Mother Zhou seemed to feel a little self-blame for not completing the task, Ren Yaoqi was about to say a few words of comfort to her, but there was a sudden noise outside.
"Who's outside?" Seeing Ren Yaoqi frowning, Mother Zhou hurried forward to pick the curtain without saying a word.
Ren Yaoqi had just woken up from a nap before, and when she saw Mammy Zhou coming, she sent the person who was serving her directly to let her in. The two were speaking alone in the second room on the right.
Ren Yaoqi sat on the kang by the window, her eyes were lowered, she didn't know what she was thinking, and she didn't follow Mammy Zhou to see who it was.
"It's you?" Zhou Ma's voice was a little surprised and seemed to be relieved, then turned to look at Ren Yaoyu: "Miss, yes..."
Before Mammy Zhou could finish speaking, the man outside had already appeared beside the curtain, holding a red lacquered tea tray in his hand, and stood upright with his head bowed, looking very respectful and calm, but the hands on the edge of the tea tray were not. It's a little tight.
Mammy Zhou stopped when she saw her coming in. Ren Yaoqi was still sitting on the kang, neither moving nor speaking, but those crystal clear eyes were fixed on the person who came.
Ren Yaoqi's eyes are very good-looking, if he smiles, it will bend into a crescent moon, soft and beautiful, making people feel harmless. At this time, Ren Yaoqi didn't smile or sink his face, just lightly, like a very ordinary look.
The atmosphere in the room instantly suffocated.
"Mother Xu?" Ren Yaoqi smiled and called out softly.
Mother Xu bowed her head and stepped forward, silently put the tea tray in her hand on Kang's table, then knelt down in front of Ren Yaoqi, bowed her head and said, "Damn this servant."
"Damn?" Ren Yaoqi looked at the person kneeling in front of him respectfully, with a bit of joke in his smile: "Our Ren family is not such an unreasonable family, right? Let people die casually? Xu Mammy, are you trying to scare me?"
Unexpectedly, Ren Yaoqi, who has always been gentle and easy to speak, would suddenly hold onto such a common sentence of hers and hold on to her, and could not help but be slightly stunned. The phrase "slave should die" is actually used by servants when they beg for mercy from their masters when they do something wrong. No one really wants to die, otherwise they should say "Master, forgive me."
Although Xu mama was a little uneasy, she quickly calmed down: "This servant is here to deliver almond dew, this is not intentional..."
Ren Yaoqi looked at her and listened patiently to her explanation, but did not let her get up. Madam Xu seemed to think that everything she said was like an excuse, so she sighed in frustration and said, "This servant made a mistake, and ask the young lady to punish her."
Ren Yaoqi's eyes were always on Xu Mama, and he didn't answer immediately after hearing what she said, as if he really wanted to punish her.
On the other hand, Mammy Zhou looked at Ren Yaoqi and Mama Xu, and couldn't help but said, "Miss, when the maid came in, she instructed Mammy Xu to bring the almond dew that my wife prepared for you. This is also the negligence of the slaves."
Mammy Zhou is also watching Mammy Xu secretly these days. After all, Mammy Xu and Mammy Gao were the ones who jumped out to give them to sisters Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua. She thought that if it was not good, she would replace them early.
But after these days of observation, Mammy Zhou was very satisfied with Mammy Xu and Mammy Gao. Mammy Gao was warm-hearted and generous, which just complemented Ren Yaohua's stern and arrogant temperament. The master and servant were unexpectedly harmonious. As for Ren Yaoqi's housekeeping maid, Mama Xu, she is calm and rigorous, and she can handle things in a stable manner.
Li and Mammy Zhou originally wanted to choose right and left hands and help for the sisters, but Mammy Zhou felt that Ren Yaoqi's attitude towards Mama Xu was a little confusing. Although she handed over everything in her room to Mama Xu, and Mama Xu also did a good job, Mama Zhou still felt that Ren Yaoqi did not trust Mama Xu, and even rejected Mama Xu.
Mother Zhou always wanted to ask Ren Yaoqi what she was thinking, but she never found a chance to ask. In her opinion, Madam Xu is really a rare right-hand man. If Ren Yaoqi can accept her, it will be very helpful in the future. She felt that Mother Xu could be trusted.
Ren Yaoqi has also been quietly paying attention to Mama Xu for a while. I have to say that this Mammy Xu is indeed a capable person. If it wasn't for Ren Yaoqi's experience in the previous life, she would definitely try to win over a talent like Mama Xu for her own use.
Ren Yaoqi never found anything wrong with Mama Xu. She had secretly asked Yuan Dayong to check with Mama Xu and knew that she really only had an only son, and her background was not suspicious at all. The daughter who appeared out of nowhere in the last life seems to have never existed at all.
On the other hand, Madam Xu has always been diligent in her work. She is strict when she should be strict with the maids in the house, and she is tolerant when she should be tolerant. The last time she reminded Ren Yaoqi that the green plum maid sent by Fang Auntie couldn't stay with her, Ren Yaoqi handed it over to her, and she soon found a good excuse to transfer Qingmei out of Ren Yaoqi's In the room, Ren Yaoqi was not involved at all, but Qingmei felt that she had a better future away from Ziweiyuan, and she was very grateful to Xu Ma and even Ren Yaoqi when she left.
The maid named Xue Li, because Ren Yaoqi said it could be used, so Madam Xu didn't mention it in Ren Yaoqi's ear again, and she was no different from the rest of the maids.
It's no wonder that even Mammy Zhou also looked at Mammy Xu with admiration, and now she was thinking of interceding for Mama Xu.
Ren Yaoqi also has a strange feeling, it seems that this Xu mama has no problem so far.
After thinking about it, Ren Yaoqi bent down slightly, and personally helped Mammy Xu, with a very gentle tone: "Get up, I was joking before."
Mammy Xu breathed a sigh of relief and got up from the ground after saying thank you.
Ren Yaoqi didn't ask Mammy Xu when he came, and how much he had listened to. He seemed to forget that he was discussing some secrets with Mammy Zhou just now. Take a sip.
On the other hand, Madam Xu saw that Madam Zhou gave her a wink and motioned her to leave, so she walked out without saying a word.
As soon as Mama Xu left, Mama Zhou said, "Miss, the slave and the wife all think that Mama Xu is a good one, and she is a useful person. You can try her again. If you think there is no problem, what will you do in the future? You can tell her to do things. From the last incident with Qingmei's maid, it can be seen that Xu mama is a capable person, and with her assisting you, it will be much more convenient for you to do things in the future. "
Ren Yaoqi knew that Mother Zhou was really thinking of her, so she didn't refute her when she said that, but nodded and said with a smile, "I'm just not used to it, I'll use her after a while. Mammy, don't worry about me."
Mammy Zhou is now more at ease with Ren Yaoqi than Ren Yaohua. When she saw her saying this, she left the matter and did not mention it again, and talked to Ren Yaoqi about Ren Yaoyu.
Afterwards, Mrs. Li from the main room sent Xi'er to Mammy Zhao Zhou, and Ren Yaoqi ordered Mama Zhou to go back.
Ren Yaoqi hasn't made a decision about Xu Ma's affairs, and she plans to wait for a while to deal with all these miscellaneous things.
Anyway, according to the trajectory of the previous life, even if this Madam Xu has bad intentions, it will be a few years later. When she was in Ren's house, Mammy Xu really couldn't find the slightest mistake, otherwise it would be impossible for Mammy Zhou to follow Ren Yaohua to Zeng's house.
However, what Ren Yaoqi didn't expect was that on the second day, when she was still taking a nap, Mother Xu took a bag in her arms and took the initiative to find her.
Looking at the half-dried and unpleasant medicinal dregs that were wrapped in a rough indigo cloth and spread out on the kang table in front of him, Ren Yaoqi lowered his eyes slightly to cover himself. A bit unpredictable in his eyes.