[Comprehensive Red House] Infinite Merit

Xiangyun sent someone back to Mother Jia early in the morning, and Mother Jia came into the garden with Aunt Xue, Mrs. Wang and Xifeng at noon.

The lotus root champagne has been tidied up for a long time, and three tables are set up in the inner one, and another table is prepared in a pavilion around the small bridge, which is also a variety of fruits, wine and dishes.A shelf was set up on one side, and the topics drawn up by Baochai and Xiangyun were all pasted up on it. In addition, there were writing brushes and ink for the girl and the son to write poems.The small platform at a corner was still empty at this time, Xiang Yun paid attention to it, and ordered people to lay out thick blankets for matting, set up two small tables, and put some extra fruit and wine - yes For big girls such as Yuanyang and Ping'er to sit.

Let's say that in the hall here, Jia's mother sat at a table with Baoyu, Daiyu and Baochai, and asked Youyi to sit beside her, and Mrs. Wang took Sanchun to another table.Xiangyun also sat with Mrs. Wang. Although she wanted to get up to entertain and take care of her, she saw that Wang Xifeng had already served Jia's mother with ease and asked Aunt Xue to get up.There is also a seat at the other end, which was originally prepared for Youyi and Wang Xifeng. I don't want Youyi to be dragged to sit by Jiamu, and Wang Xifeng spreads all over again, but it is also empty.

Mother Jia laughed when she saw that Xiangyun ordered people to add two low tables to the small corner table, and said to Yuanyang, Ping'er and others: "You Miss Shi miss you! Go eat and play!"

"Yes." Yuanyang bowed to Jia Mu with a smile, and pulled Hu Po, Ping Er, Tian Qing, Cai Xia who came with Mrs. Wang, Cai Yun, and Su Yun who came with You Yi. Salute to Jia Mu and others brightly, smiled and said: "The servants have gone."

"Go, let's play, there is Feng girl at this end!" Jia Mu said, and Wang Xifeng also said to Yuanyang: "Let's play, there is me at this end!"

So the girls went out to sit again. Wang Xifeng took apart the crabs and served them first to Mother Jia and then to Aunt Xue.

Another one was given to Baoyu, and another one was picked up to give to Daiyu and Baochai. How dare they use it, they hurriedly refused.

Wang Xifeng picked up another one with a smile and walked to Youyi, teasing her: "What, sister-in-law wants me to serve you? Why are you so slow to move your chopsticks?"

You Yi smiled and was about to speak, but she heard Jia Mu say to Wang Xifeng: "Your sister-in-law is honest, don't make trouble with her."

Ask Youyi again: "But the food and diet are not to your liking?"

Youyi shook her head with a smile, and said, "It's not that it's not to your taste, it's just that your hands are slow, and the crab hasn't been broken yet!"

"Let me tell you, sister-in-law is called—I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry!" Wang Xifeng pushed Youyi to play with her, and also to make fun of Jia's mother.

Sure enough, everyone laughed when they heard it, and Youyi took out the meat from the clip and gave it to her, and joked with a smile: "This crab meat can't stop your mouth, can it?"

Wang Xifeng smiled, and after swallowing a mouthful of crab meat, she held Youyi in her arms and said deliberately: "Sure enough, my sister-in-law loves me."

You Yi cast a glance at her, and called a girl to tell her, "Crabs are cold in nature, boil the wine soaked in the Albizia Julibrissin."

He asked Xiangyun again: "I said, the host, do you have vinegar and ginger with porridge today? Just using crabs is a crime?"

Xiangyun was slightly taken aback, Baochai on the side glanced at her, and said with a quick smile: "I knew that my sister-in-law had a tricky taste, so I naturally ordered someone to prepare it. Jiang Si didn't say anything, there was also porridge cooked in a casserole on the stove. , there is no fresh material, but the rice flower is rotten, and the taste is the best."

Another girl was called and told her: "Bring up the porridge and give a portion each to our ancestors, my aunt, my mother, Daiyu and my sister-in-law."

Looking at the rest of the people, he smiled and said: "The rest, I think they don't like this one."

That Baoyu sneered twice. Jiamu knew him best. She glanced at him and smiled, and then told the girl, "I'll give you a small bowl for Second Lord Bao, and it's full. Love this bite, just use a little bit to warm your stomach, if there is any leftover, it will be a sin for nothing."

The girl smiled and agreed, and not long after, several girls came back with small trays, and saw that the small white porcelain Ruyi pattern bowl contained snow-white and soft glutinous rice porridge, and a small cluster of shredded rice porridge was spread in the middle. Ginger soaked in vinegar looks like flowers and is also beautiful.

Sanchun, Daiyu, Baochai, and Xiangyun were still thinking about writing poems after all, and they couldn't stay with some crab and fruit. Xichun came to pull Youyi, pulling her sleeves and acting like a baby.

When Jia Mu saw it, she smiled and said, "You can go with them."

Before Youyi could answer, Xichun had already leaned over to Mother Jia, and responded crisply: "Alas!"

Youyi shook her head and chuckled twice, full of helplessness.

She put down her chopsticks, and the little girl hurried over with a basin, a towel, rose goat's milk mash to moisturize her hands, and a small box of mung bean noodles smoked with chrysanthemum leaves and osmanthus pistils.When Youyi dipped her hand into the water, a little girl on the other side saw that there was no one around, so she quickly rolled up her sleeves and took a small silver spoon to scoop up mung bean face and poured it on Youyi's hand, then stepped back respectfully.

Youyi washed her hands slowly, glanced at her, and asked, "what's your name?"

"Slave Du Ruo." The little girl said with a bow.

Youyi smiled: "A while ago, your second grandma Lian asked me for a girl, and said that she would give me back when newcomers were recruited into the mansion. Now it seems that there is no need for it."

He asked again, "When did you enter the mansion?"

Du Ruo said: "The maidservant sold herself into the mansion at the beginning of the year, and was fortunate to be assigned to take care of the vegetation in the garden."

Youyi turned her head to look at Wang Xifeng, and said with a smile, "Look, can you give me this person?"

"What's so bad about it? I said I'd make up for my sister-in-law." Wang Xifeng smiled, and simply ordered: "You just follow my sister-in-law. Later, someone will come over to make up for her errands, and transfer her to Daoxiang Village To serve, every month... just like Cui Geer, five hundred dollars a month, and then ask the manager to send her body certificate to sister-in-law."

That Ping'er had come over earlier to listen to the order, heard this and hurriedly responded, leaned back and said: "Yes, the slave girl knows."

The mandarin duck called again, so Wang Xifeng pushed her: "Go and eat with them, we just did this before night."

Du Ruo had already reacted, and simply landed on the ground and bowed to Youyi: "This servant has seen grandma."

"Sure enough, the person my sister-in-law likes is smart. I see, from now on I'm short of people, so I'll only go to my sister-in-law!" Wang Xifeng said with a smile.

Jia Mu at the other end scolded her: "You are making trouble with your sister-in-law."

She looked at Du Ruo carefully again, and saw that she was handsome, with clear eyebrows, making people like it when they saw her, so she smiled and said: "Girl, come here, let me take a look."

"Yes." Du Ruo hesitated for a moment, and seeing Youyi nodding, she went up to Jiamu's side and saluted her.

Mother Jia looked at her carefully and asked, "How old are you this year? What do your parents do?"

Du Ruo said: "My maidservant is seventeen this year. My father used to be a doctor, but he left later. This maidservant lives with his uncle and aunt. The family is in a difficult situation, so I simply sold my maidservant for some silver taels to make ends meet."

In fact, I tried my best to say these words in a decent way. Mother Jia has experienced the world, so she doesn't know the bitterness in it.Simply because she was in a good mood today, she said, "This girl is not bad."

Wang Xifeng pushed Du Ruo, and said with a smile: "The old ancestor wants to reward you! Don't you want to thank you?"

Then he said to Jia Mu: "If you really like this girl, why don't you just serve her with you, and I'll just make up for her sister-in-law."

Jia Mu said angrily, "I need someone to serve me? I always look at the people around your sister-in-law."

Looking back, there was a girl in Jiamu's house who took a purse and rewarded Du Ruo with a few hundred dollars.

——It is also Jia Mu who is happy, and Du Ruo agrees again, otherwise it will not be easy for idlers to get Jia Mu's reward.

Turning around, everyone was composing poems again, and Youyi just sat on the recliner and tilted her head to watch them composing and laughing, while holding a glazed plum blossom cup and drinking it slowly.

Baochai said, "Sister-in-law, have you made osmanthus wine this year?"

Youyi looked up at her and smiled: "Why, are you thinking about my wine again?"

"That's right!" Yingchun said with a smile, "There are good crabs today, so it would be a pity not to have sweet-scented osmanthus wine?"

Youyi then smiled, and said to Du Ruo, "Do you know the way to Daoxiang Village?"

Du Ruo nodded: "Yes."

Youyi just laughed, and ordered: "Go over, find your sister Biyue, and tell her: I eat crabs here, your county gentleman and the second girl are arguing for sweet-scented osmanthus wine, and find the jar from last year. Just bring the wine back."

That Baochai hurriedly ordered: "Quickly pack two crabs and bring them to Biyue Yunxin and the others."

The little girl was busy with her work, but Yingchun remembered something. She didn't write poems either, so she went to Youyi and asked, "Sister-in-law, you have Biyue, Suyun, and Yunxin by your side now." Wait, but there is a gap, and you don't make it up?"

Baochai, Tanchun, Xichun, and Xiangyun also looked over, and Youyi heard the words and said, "There was a girl, didn't you ask your second sister-in-law to leave?"

Several people sighed when they heard this, Xichun moved closer to Youyi, and said angrily, "Sister-in-law, you can find a similar reason to fool people. Look at the name: Tweety, it doesn't look like the person you want to promote, sister-in-law." .”

Youyi chuckled and asked, "Then what kind of person is like me to promote?"

Several people looked at each other, but Daiyu smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, you have a look, the big girl next to you, the names Suyun and Biyue are also elegant, Yun Xin: Yun Xin has no self, Yun I have no heart. Also There is a reason for it. The names of the little girls below are either the Book of Songs or the Songs of Chu, no matter how bad they are, they can find out a reason in the book, Tweety? This is too shameful."

Youyi sighed: "You girl has a bit of hate in your mouth."

But Baochai said with a smile: "Today, that girl looks pretty good to me. She looks like a calm and neat person, she speaks more orderly, and looks smart. Du Ruo Du Ruo, she has a nice name too."

She also joked, and Youyi said angrily, "Are you ganging up to run on me?"

Several people laughed, Du Ruo came back with things not long after, in addition to a small jar of wine, there was also a small jar painted with white porcelain.

She bowed to Youyi and the others, put down the small wine jar, and said, "This is sweet-scented osmanthus wine." Then she held the small jar with both hands: "This is ginger rice sweet-scented osmanthus tea, Sister Biyue Said: There is also wind in autumn, and I use crabs again, or use this tea to warm my body. I also thank you, Junjun and Miss Shi, for the crabs. "

Baochai laughed and said, "It's true that I value this girl, and she manages everything she says and does."

Du Ruo was puzzled when he heard this, and the Xiangyun had already ordered: "Put those two stoves on quickly, one is used to heat the sweet-scented osmanthus wine, just warm it, the wine will not be good if it is hot. The other Just boil this tea, and give it to the ancestors, wives and aunts, and Sister Feng to taste and warm up when it comes out."

Youyi waved her hand and said, "Okay, you guys go and write poems. It's been a while, but have you divided them into poems?"

So the crowd dispersed, and went to circle the poems again, only Yingchun Xichun and the two moved a stool to sit next to Youyi, chatting with her.

The tea and wine are ready, so naturally I will serve some in them first. Jia Mu tasted it and said, "I don't like wine, but this tea is very good, and it naturally has a fragrance."

"Exactly, this ginger is mixed with rice and sweet-scented osmanthus, so I don't want to drink it." Aunt Xue also nodded, and Wang Xifeng simply said: "Didn't Biyue who is next to sister-in-law make it? That Biyue belongs to sister-in-law With a sharp heart, I dare not ask her for it."

Everyone knew that she was just talking and joking to make Jia Mu happy, but they all laughed too. Jia Mu said, "You monkey, just stare at your sister-in-law and those two people."

Wang Xifeng said: "It's not me who said that, not to mention Biyue's craftsmanship, she also has her own way of dealing with people and things on weekdays. She is in charge of so many girls and women in the sister-in-law's house, and she also keeps an eye on the fields in Daoxiang Village. Let's clean it up, which one is appropriate? If she is not the sister-in-law's dowry and the daughter of the sister-in-law's nanny, I think the sister-in-law will be reluctant, otherwise I will definitely ask for it."

"You say that, but does she look better than Ping'er?" Aunt Xue asked her quietly, Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment, and quickly laughed: "Auntie! You also joked with me."