Red Mansion: He Doesn't Want to Bend

That's all for the side, there is a dish of red plum pearls on the table today, which is not something you can eat on weekdays.Because it was pleasing to the eye and delicious to eat, Lin Jue used an extra half bowl of red rice fragrant rice.

After the two of them finished their lunch, Xin Fu led the maidservant in with water to wash her hands.Lin Jue's hands felt dry due to writing too much today and washing his hands too much, so he turned his head and asked Xin Fu, "Is there any rett in your house?"

Xin Fu laughed and said, "Yes, Mr. Lin, wait for me." After that, he sent a little girl out to fetch the retting pot that was just prepared in the storeroom.

Not long after, the little girl brought over a small colored glaze pot with hundreds of flowers painted on it, and through the colored glass, one could vaguely see the light yellow retting inside.

Wen Rou, who was standing beside Lin Jue, took the pot, Lin Jue opened his hand to take some, and retorted it once.

Xin Fu laughed and said: "Our uncle doesn't like to use this. Although we prepared it, we only kept it in the warehouse for emergencies. I never expected that Uncle Lin would use it. This is what I thought Not thoughtful."

Lin Jue said, "I didn't use this before, but recently my hands are a little rough, so I use some retting seeds."

Xin Fu didn't say any more, and just led the maidservant to retreat again.

Murong Zhizhi looked at Lin Jue and said, "Okay, why are you doing it?"

"A few articles were poorly written, so I rewrote them again. I got ink stained and washed my hands twice more. This spring breeze is warm and then cold, and my hands are cold after coming and going." He stretched out his hand to Murong. And lo and behold.

Murong Zhizhi glanced over, only to see this pair of white and slender palms like a handful of green onions, and there was indeed a reddened petechiae on the little finger of his right hand.These are called spring sores, which are more uncomfortable than chilblains.In the past, Murong Zhizhi was stationed at the border all the year round, where there were wind, frost and swords, every winter, he would always have this.In the past two years, the court has not been decided, and there are many nomadic peoples in the frontier.It's not as good as life and death, so you have to fight with a knife every day in blood.He is also a person who does not want to be superior to ordinary soldiers, and the cotton clothes in the frontier are often in short supply, so he gives away more of his own clothes.The frostbite healed even more slowly. After one winter, when ten fingers stick out, all of them are frostbite.I pierced it with a needle and squeezed out the blood, which was dark and purple.

He understood the pain very well, so he couldn't help but stretched out his hand to rub it, and said with pity: "Why are you so careless, you should wash your hands with hot water, and then retting. How does gentleness serve you?" You save trouble like this, and they can't take care of you well. I'm afraid you are lazy, and you should be dragged out to play the board!" He usually dislikes arrogance and extravagance the most, but now with Lin Jue, everything is reasonable, and he still feels that it is not enough.Silk, satin, delicacies from mountains and seas are offered as offerings, and I still feel ill-treated.

"They took care of them very meticulously. It's because I'm in the study in the front yard and it's inconvenient to ask them to come and take care of them." Lin Jue walked back and went to the Shijin Pavilion beside him, and sure enough he took out a pair from the drawer of the small cabinet next to it. Chess comes. "I came here today because I have something to tell you. Coincidentally, we haven't talked for a long time. It's better to sit and talk while playing chess."

What he said, there was no way Murong would not agree to it.Immediately it was agreed, the two sat on the rose chair at the side, and set up a small square table.

Lin Jue asked Murong Zhizhi, "What chess pieces do you want?"

Murong Zhizhi said, "I like black ones."

"Then I'll take Baizi." Lin Jue stretched out his hand and sent Heizi over.He said in his mouth: "I was still young when the pearls were sold all the way to Suzhou in the past, so I don't really remember the events at that time. I came out to ask, and sure enough, I found the matchmaker who sold pearls. Since it belongs to the official family, it is easy to find..."

Shi Po had just had lunch and was sitting in the yard taking care of the girl when her daughter Han Yun came over and said, "Mom, the family that called you two days ago called again."

Shi Po was stunned: "Which family?" It turned out that she was buying and selling people, and the big families went in and out every day, so she couldn't remember which family.

"The house in the Canglang Pavilion just moved in." Han Yun said: "It's still that Mama Mai who came over and told Mama that you should pick ten girls, and their uncle would pick two for personal service."

"Where does this tell me to pick out?" Shi Po's face turned bitter when she heard that, "You saw those girls two days ago, first-class beauty, first-class docility, if they are those third-class people, bring them in to be good concubines It's okay. When I came to Mu's house in Canglang Pavilion, the girl Xin who was serving beside the master only glanced at them, and then pointed out a few, saying that they were born to be able to see, and asked to serve in the outer yard. My darling, such a girl can only wait outside, what kind of god would you like to serve tea and water? I'm afraid I can only go to the palace and invite two female officials to come and serve her."

Han Yun couldn't help laughing: "It's up to them whether they buy it or not. Mom doesn't hurry up, but asks others to wait." Then, she waited for her mother to enter the door and changed her clothes. When she sent her mother out, she couldn't help but He kept asking: "Mom, that Uncle Mu of the Mu family is so picky. What does that Miss Xin who can stand up for him look like?"

Shi Po shook her head and sighed: "Extraordinarily outstanding, she is not as good as one in a hundred. Lin Lin has sold so many people, and the only one who can beat her is Lianxi who was sold to the Lin family back then."

Speaking of which, Lianxi is really outstanding.At first glance, it was raised by Qianzun Yugui, but the person who sold her said that she was raised as a skinny horse and sold it to her because she couldn't keep it.Do you really think she is a fool?How can the girl's appearance, manners, manners, and charm be raised by someone who raises a thin horse.Even a slightly inferior middle-class family can't raise such a girl. You have to be a first-class wealthy family with a scholarly family for generations to raise such a girl.

Shi Po sighed for a while, took the selected girls with her, and told her girls to stay at home before leaving, then turned around and went out, and got into the carriage by herself.

Mama Mai came out to call for people, but she didn't lead Po Shi in when they arrived at the Canglang Pavilion.Another woman at the door was changed and led in, but she walked a little further than the previous day.

After walking for quite a while, I arrived outside a Qingxiang Pavilion. The woman took two steps forward and asked a girl guarding the yard: "Is Miss Xin here?"

That girl was originally bought from Mrs. Shi, and when she saw Mrs. Shi, she smiled and said, "Mother Shi, you are here." Then she pointed to the corridor behind her and said, "Just one flew here." Swallow, I want to make a nest in front of the hall, sister Xin is watching."

The woman led Po Shi over there, and after a short while, she saw a person standing at the gap in the corridor, wearing a rose-purple satin jacket and a light-colored skirt.

She didn't know that Mrs. Shi had arrived later, so she just looked into the hall blindly, turned her head to attract another little girl, and said to her: "I heard people say that here in Suzhou, it is a happy event for you to have swallows making nests at home. Is it easy to drive away?"

The little girl said: "There's a saying. It's just the swallows that make their nests, and my sister wants to drive them away. It's not good to drive them away after it's half done."

It turned out that it was Xin Fu who was standing at the gap, now Xin Fu nodded and said: "Since it is a happy event, there is no need to chase it away."

The little girl said again: "Sister, I don't know. The swallows say they are good, but they are very annoying. They don't know anything. They live here, and they just eat and drink here. It's done in its nest, and it will be done every day." It will be troublesome if you scatter bird droppings here every day."

Up to this point, Xin Fu hadn't spoken yet, the woman who brought Granny Shi couldn't stand on her head anymore, stepped forward a few steps, separated two people, bowed and said to Xin Fu: "Miss Xin, Granny Shi is here."

After hearing this, Xin Fu said to the little girl, "Let's keep it. Just leave this room on the left and right for no use, and it's not good to let it have no place to live." After that, he sent her away, and then turned around. .

The maids who followed Mrs. Shi were also selected out of thousands of choices. Since the batch of good maids in Mrs. Shi's hands were sold, it was this group who focused on conditioning.They used to think that they were pretty or delicate, but when they heard Shi Po boast that Miss Na Xin was the best in the world, they were very upset.Seeing Xin Fu wearing rose-purple clothes from afar, two girls whispered to each other quietly, laughing that this girl Xin has a name for nothing, just like those ordinary rich and noble people, she just picked the rich and purple clothes and put them on her body. I know the truth of being vulgar if I can't hold it down.

Now that Xin Fu turned around, the awe-inspiring charm and overwhelming eyebrows shocked them all.Only then did I know what a first-class girl from a serious and wealthy family looks like.

Xin Fu didn't look at them, just smiled at Shi Po, and said: "Mom came just in time, the kitchen just made almond cheese, and sent it to me to eat, but I haven't eaten it yet. There are two servings, and the other is not. I like to eat this. Mommy will come in with me to sit down and eat something, and then I will see these girls later." Then, he turned and went into the room, ordering the little girl: "Lead these girls to the Nuan Pavilion Sit down, I'll be over in a while."

So Po Shi followed Xin Fu, went through two gates in a row, and bypassed a twelve-panel screen, and suddenly saw a bright light.But where is the almond cheese that Xinfu mentioned?

It was two men sitting there playing chess, one frowning tightly, the other holding tea and smiling faintly.The frowning one looked stronger, while the other looked weaker.

Ordinary buyers are seen by the mother-in-law of the family. If there is someone who is harsh, it is a big girl like Xinfu to come out to see.It is very important that the grandma and wife at home come out to hold eyes.I have never seen buying a girl again, the men at home came out to see, what has become of this?

Shi Po was so shocked that she almost didn't cry out.Standing on the edge of the screen, as if Xin Fu led the wrong way, he refused to move half a step, tremblingly said: "Miss Xin is probably going the wrong way."

Xin Fu smiled and said, "I didn't go wrong, it was our uncle who wanted to see you."

Shi Po had no choice but to go forward to salute, her voice trembling: "I greet the two uncles."