Ding Si's integrity is as he said.
Ling Muyun stayed in the woodshed for a day, eating some dry food and water, and then he came to find him.
"It's done, let's clean up. I'll take you there later." Ding Si covered his nose and warned at the door of the woodshed: "Remember to give the monthly salary to the cook."
"Is it the kitchen's job?"
"What? Do you want me to hand over the Taifu's chair to you?" Ding Si looked extremely impatient: "If you don't go, you won't be able to get back the copper."
"Go! Why don't you go?" Ling Muyun quickly wiped his hands: "There is nothing to clean up, you can go there now."
Ding Si said angrily: "I don't know what your little girl looks like. I see you are impatient. Let me make it clear first. I got into trouble and was fired. I can't control it, and I won't refund the money."
"That's right. How can we cause trouble for Fourth Brother if we are just doing our job?"
Ling Muyun's attitude made Ding Si very satisfied.
Along the way, he reminded him of his skills as a servant, boasted about himself, and led him to the back door.
There was already a bald man with piled-up features waiting at the door.
"Why did it take so long?"
"Brother Yang Tong, this guy lives a bit far away. Please delay for a while. Fortunately, my legs and feet are quick."
Ding Si nodded and bowed, and without carrying Ling Muyun's back, he took out a bunch of copper coins and stuffed them into his hand.
"Okay, I have to go find my family and sign the contract." Yang Tong looked at Ling Muyun and said condescendingly: "Let's go! Be smart, Dongfu is different from small families, and the rules are strict."
He said this, but along the way, he clearly introduced the regulations of Dongfu.
Following the path taken by the servants, it took a stick of incense to reach a backyard.
The young butler inside was scolding the obedient servant.
Seeing Yang Tong waiting aside, he shouted away the others and hooked his hands.
"Big cousin..."
"How many times have I told you that in Dongfu, you have to call me the servant chief, or Yang Tou." Seeing Yang Tong nodding and bowing, the servant chief Yang continued: "Say, what's the matter?"
"A relative from my hometown, whose surname is Mu and whose name is Yun, suffered a disaster at home and couldn't survive, so he came to Dongfu to find a job."
Seeing that Chief Yang frowned and was slightly unhappy, he quickly added: "We are really relatives, but fortunately we are sensible."
"Hmm..." Chief Yang pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked Ling Muyun: "What do you do on weekdays? What do you know?"
The art of escape allowed Ling Muyun to hide his cultivation and temporarily cover up his overflowing physique: "Returning to the servant chief, I am good at serving tea and water, doing chores in the kitchen, and doing farm work, and I have just begun to learn some fists and kicks."
"Oh? Do you have a posture? Play around a few times and let me open my eyes."
Ling Muyun used the fist and kick moves that he had planned for a long time, and it seemed to have some momentum: the tiger descended from the mountain, the black tiger ripped out the heart, and the monkey stole the peach.
Chief Yang laughed until Ling Muyun withdrew his fists and wiped the corners of his eyes with his hands: "You call this boxing and kicking? Even juggling is better than yours."
"Okay, it seems sincere. The gardener Liu just lacks someone who is diligent, so let's go there."
After Yang Tong finished speaking, he waved his hand to Yang Tong.
"I was thinking about putting him in the back kitchen..." Before Yang Tong could finish his words, he was given a look by Chief Yang and he swallowed it back in fear.
He exited the backyard with a frown on his face.
Chief Yang handed Ling Muyun to Lao Liu and said, "I'll leave this baby to you, so I can take care of him."
Lao Liu was blind, which surprised Ling Muyun. He didn't know how he managed to raise a garden full of flowers and plants.
"You dare not neglect the orders given by Chief Yang."
After half a day, Old Liu talked about many rules and the important points to pay attention to in the flower garden several times before he asked: "Are you related to the servant?"
"Ah! There is some." Ling Muyun said vaguely.
"That's right. Servant Yang personally brought people here and used the word "haosheng". It seems that there is some connection. But don't just rely on the Servant to take care of you and cause trouble."
In the words of Chief Yang, the word "haosheng" is the key word to distinguish between closeness and distance.
Old Liu sat on a small bench and ordered Ling Muyun: "Put ten sheep dung eggs on the hibiscus in the direction of three o'clock at a certain hour... Pour a spoonful of water on the jasmine in the first hour of Hai hour. The water should be sparse, don't pour it all at once... …”
Ling Muyun followed Lao Liu's instructions and was busy in the garden.
"Don't look at me. I am indeed blind, but my heart is not blind." Old Liu shook his chair leisurely and tapped the armrest with his fingers.
"Mr. Liu, how do you tell which flower and grass are in which position?"
"You can't see with your eyes, but your nose can be used. Your feet and hands can touch things more clearly." Old Liu said proudly: "If you concentrate on one thing, you will always be more productive than the average person."
"You've been taught a lesson!" Regardless of whether Old Liu could see it or not, Ling Muyun still saluted him.
The so-called concentration means that Lao Liu has no distractions from the world he sees with his eyes and has no distractions.
In other aspects, it is even more outstanding.
"Be in a sea of flowers and enjoy the blooming of flowers for a lifetime. Think about it carefully."
What Lao Liu said was simple, but there was a lot of truth in it.
Just like the food served by the servants of Dongfu, it seems that it is meat and vegetables, which can only fill the stomach, but after eating it, the taste buds are satisfied.
If it is a reward from the master, it will be more delicious.
When Lao Liu's jasmine flowers bloomed, the house was filled with fragrance. Princess Kuaiji rewarded her with a box of snacks. It was the first time for Ling Muyun to eat such exquisite food.
"Where does the princess live? Why haven't I seen her?"
"Why are you asking about this? Everyone has their own work to do, but you can't think about it, let alone run around."
The rules in the mansion were too strict, so Ling Muyun could only wait for the opportunity quietly.
"It's not that we won't see it for sure." Old Liu said back: "When the flowers fall and the princess changes the decorations, you can go and take a look."
When the flowers fall, it is early summer.
Early summer comes early in Jiangnan, more than two months earlier than in the northwest.
Under the guidance of the lady, Old Liu came to Shufang Garden in a circuitous way.
"The princess said that those two roses bloom in full bloom every year, but they are very sick this year. I don't know what happened."
Lao Liu was a good man. He had stayed in the palace for more than ten years and everyone knew him.
"Did you water it more frequently?"
"Then how do you know? Isn't this calling you over for diagnosis and treatment?"
Ling Muyun followed behind, bending down and taking small steps.
Along the way, if you see someone in gorgeous clothes, you have to bow and bow and step aside.
Before leaving, Lao Liu gave many instructions, not to look directly at anyone, and to be more respectful.
"Remember, you must not stare at the princess, otherwise, you will be castrated. Don't blame me for not reminding you."
Old Liu is getting older and wants to pass on this skill.
Fortunately, Ling Muyun had a good understanding and was very pleased with him: "Probably the year before last, there was a young man who came to Shufang Garden. He was curious and looked around, which angered the princess."
"Then what?"
"The peonies bloomed very beautifully that year."
"Made flower fertilizer?"
