Do good deeds without leaving your name

After the next year, the young lady will be fifteen years old. Mrs. Cui discussed her daughter's marriage with her master.

When Mrs. Cui communicated with the heads of the households of various official marquises on weekdays, she had already paid attention to the sons of the right age.I have only such an eyeball, and I have been raised in the palm of my hand since I was a child. It is impossible not to find a family who is worthy of my daughter in all aspects.

First of all, the man has to be a member of five surnames and seven families. The direct descendant is the best, and the descendant descendant of the side branch can be considered if he is promising, but the concubine descendant is definitely not acceptable.

Picking and picking, and finally circled a few names for Mr. Cui to think about together.

When Master Cui saw Erlang's name full of papers, his heart stopped: he had more than ten wives and concubines, and none of them was up to date, which made him live in his forties, with only one daughter under his knees, alas...

Master Cui, who was in a waning mood, asked Mrs. Cui to decide on the candidate, so he got up and walked to the courtyard—the old wife is old and yellow, and she doesn't expect to be able to grow pearls from old mussels. In the courtyard, if you work hard, there may be hope.

The author said: Mr. Cui, why do you think that the fields are not fertile, but you don't expect your seeds to be weak?

Mrs. Cui saw that her master was so indifferent to her daughter's marriage, and heard her mother-in-law come to report that the master had gone to the side courtyard, and cut off her little nails that were painted with flower juice.

Filled with resentment, he finally chose his own natal family for his daughter. Zheng Heng, the eldest son of Zheng Taiwei, the nephew of the Zheng family chief in Xingyang, is one year younger than his daughter Yingniang, and has a good family background, appearance, and character.

Afterwards, I reported to Mr. Cui that even if this matter is settled like this, I made an appointment first, and agreed to marry later - this is Madam Cui's original intention of picking Mr. Zheng Xiaolang, who is younger than her daughter, to marry later, and to take care of him better. It is also easier to pass the hell gate of having a child.

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After the matter was settled, Fuqu Xiaozhu was naturally elated.

After all, no matter how you look at it, the future son-in-law will be a good boy with a bright future, and if the young lady has a happy event, as a servant, it is natural to put on a happy face.

The lady Cui Yingying started to embroider the wedding gown, and the maid Hongluan was going to continue to improve the lady's favorability.

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Time flies, and it is another year of flower festivals.

This year, the Wangzai steamed buns on Hongluan’s chest became steamed buns;

This year, Cui Yingying experienced the menarche of sunflower water. At that time, Cui Yingying was so frightened that her face turned pale. Hongluan calmly directed Taoxiang to boil brown sugar water in the small kitchen, asked Xuemei to announce the good news to his wife (the lady has grown up), and Magpie to prepare clean water. clothes.

The maids, who were panicked at the first sight of the young lady and didn't know what to do, regained their composure under Hongluan's command.

When the wife arrived, the maids of Fuqu Xiaozhu were already performing their duties in an orderly manner.

Madam touched Cui Yingying's slightly pale face: "Yingniang is much better than Weiniang back then, but Weiniang scared your grandmother quite a lot."

Cui Yingying also said embarrassedly: "Thanks to Hongluan today, otherwise my daughter would not know what to do."

Hongluan didn't dare to take credit, and when his wife looked at him, he blessed himself: "This is a matter of Hongluan's part, and thanks to sister Xuemei, sister Taoxiang, and sister Magpie for arranging it properly."

Because the lady's coming to Kuishui is not a big fanfare, and the rewards of several maids are also silently handed out. Among them, Hongluan received double rewards, but the other big maids were not jealous, and they all thought it was a reward. She deserves it.

Hongluan didn't dare to bury herself hidden dangers in small details, so she gave the extra bounty to Taoxiang's mother to tidy up a small table. Hua asked for permission as an excuse, so that the big maids could eat noodles together.

Cui Yingying was originally gentle, but she trusted Hongluan even more after Kuishui, she readily agreed, and asked Tian Gui's family to transfer a few dishes from her share.

The big maids serve people all year round, and it is rare for them to have the opportunity to sit down and have a whole meal by themselves.

The four of them sat down, and the sharp-eyed little maid wanted to come over to prepare vegetables and make tea, but Xuemei persuaded them away: "They all come here to hide from laziness, what if the young lady orders others?" The little maid with ulterior motives darts in front of her eyes.

After hearing Xuemei's words, the little maids also felt that it was a good opportunity to stand out in front of the lady: Isn't it because of her cleverness and skillful combing of her hair that Hong Luan got the attention of the lady?They all politely said a few words and dispersed like birds and beasts—as for where they dispersed, everyone knew it well.

In other words, people are divided into classes. After becoming a big maid, they really can't get along with the little maid. The four of them sighed and sighed, but they were not worried that they would be lost because the little maid took advantage of a meal. She is favored by the young lady——Madam said early on that today is the Huachao Festival, and she wants to have dinner with the young lady, so I have to wait for the girly movie!

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Mrs. Cui is teaching her daughter how to control her.

Comment on the four maids one by one:

Xuemei is trained/taught by herself, and she has a certain amount of advance and retreat. In the future, she will be assigned a husband's housekeeper, so she can be trusted, available and approachable;

Tao Xiang is the granddaughter of Housekeeper Cui, she has already arranged for the only son of the second steward of the master's front yard, and the family will be companions when the time comes;

The magpie was bought from outside and was born after entering the mansion. It has a dull temper and cannot be trusted;

Hongluan is the daughter of Qubu, she is clever and assertive, and only if she can control her can she be of great use.

Cui Yingying was very puzzled: "How to control it? I think Hongluan is a good one."

"Silly Yingniang, okay, how can you see it with your eyes? There is no one who treats you well for no reason. Father and mother treat you well because you are our flesh and blood. The servant treats you well, nothing more than It's you who give them what they want."

"What do they want?"

"The essence of driving under control is nothing more than four words, giving both kindness and power."

"How did the mother do it?"

"Mother also came here by groping. Yingniang, Mother used to prevent you from knowing about dirty things, and now it's time for you to learn how to stay in the house. Mrs. Lan in the side courtyard used to be Mother's confidant. Maid, you should know about this, right?" Mrs. Cui said while touching her daughter's temples and looking into her big innocent eyes.

"mother……"

"This is what my mother wants to tell you. Don't use your confidantes to help you secure your favor. They are the people who know you best. If they start to compete with you for favor, they will become your confidant's serious trouble." Thinking of the grievances before, Mrs. Cui's temples couldn't help but twitch.

"Why are there so many madams?" Cui Yingying said in her throat, isn't it good to have a couple for a lifetime?But she thought that asking this question would hurt her mother so she kept silent, after all, her father had placed more than a dozen beauties in the side courtyard.

"How can there be so many reasons in this world. Men dominate outside and women dominate inside. Men are inherently stronger than us women..."

The flowers are in full bloom, but Mrs. Cui feels empty in her heart, and her daughter's expression is ignorant... Sigh...

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After Xiao Xiaosong had been fast all night, the four maids started to work on schedule as usual.

In May, Mrs. Cui is busy going around, rice dumplings, sachets, calamus and wormwood...Dragon Boat Festival is also a major festival at this time.

But Hongluan found that something was wrong with Cui Yingying, sometimes she smirked and sometimes blushed, it was clearly falling in love!

The air defense alarm in Hongluan's heart is about to go off. The three doors in the front and back yards of the Cui family's deep house are heavily locked, let alone a young man, and male mosquitoes may not even fly in. What's wrong with Cui Yingying.

Careful Hongluan is not a real 13-year-old girl after all, and soon found clues: Cui Yingying's abnormal behaviors were all after she left her small study room-it was not popular in this era that women who have no talent are virtues, and most of the ladies are literate , Can also recite poems and paint pictures.Therefore, Fuqu Xiaozhu also has a small study room, which adds a bit of literary and ink atmosphere.

After further investigation, it was discovered that there was actually a book of stories about talented scholars and beautiful ladies hidden in the small study room!

Fuck me, this is equivalent to a little yellow book in modern times.How could there be such a thing in Cui Yingying's study?Hongluan thought, no wonder there will be trysts in the future, novels about gifted scholars and beautiful ladies are always harmful.

Hong Luan thought to herself that I'm not Sherlock Holmes, and I don't have the ability to investigate further. I still have to let Mrs. Cui handle this matter.

But you can't tell Mrs. Cui rashly: your daughter is reading pornographic books.

This is equivalent to an act of betrayal of the Lord. If you do it, you will die.

Seeing that June is almost over, I have never had a chance to shake off this matter, and the buns on my chest have been in pain all the time.Hongluan became more and more upset: Damn, this is the second time labor and management have experienced development!

At the end of June, Xuemei also faintly sensed that something was wrong with her young lady, but she didn't dare to think about other aspects easily.After reporting to the madam, the madam asked Xuemei to continue to observe, and if there was nothing else to do, she would quietly check on Hongluan—that girl had a heart for the city, and she might have noticed it too.

Xuemei tried twice and three times, but Hongluan kept her mouth shut.

After procrastinating a few times, she pretended to be quite ignorant and asked Xuemei: "Miss is always distracted every time she comes out of the study. Last time I asked what kind of hair I want to wear, and she actually said I want a wishful bun... Tsk, that's weird." .”

It seems that the speaker has no intention, but the listener finally intends.

It just so happens that the seventh day of July is the day for publishing books, Madam decided that this year the entire Cui Mansion will publish splendid articles.

Then, Hong Luan didn't know why there was no words in Cui Yingying's study.Anyway, talking to smart people is easy, and Xuemei's inquiry is much better than taking the initiative to report.

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Mrs. Cui looked at the script book she found in her daughter's study, and she was furious: "Check! Who brought this eye-staining pickle into the mansion! How did it get into the hands of the young lady!" It's so much fanfare, I can only leave it to my cronies.

Xuemei and Dongqing should come down.

Qiuju and Shuanglu didn't dare to breathe.

Madam Cui breathed a sigh of relief and asked Xuemei: "Do you think that Hongluan knows about it?"

"According to what the servant girl saw, Hongluan had guesses in her heart, but she was not sure. After all, she was illiterate, so how could she know what was written in the book." Xuemei's thinking was not wrong. Only the four of them have been with Madam for a long time, and they only know a little superficial and can read a few words, but if they want to speak and write, they are blind.