The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Liu Xianglian

The reason for looking for Xing'er is because Xue Yan felt that since Jia Cang often went to Jia Lian's side to flatter him a while ago, Xing'er, as Jia Lian's right-hand man, should still be very clear about his family's situation.

Sure enough, when Xueyan asked, Xing'er thought she was afraid that the family would come to make trouble again, so she comforted her and said, "Miss, don't worry, the family is just empty, and the family's total land is only a hundred acres. If it wasn't for us How can they live such a carefree life today, they dare not mess around."

Xueyan pretended to be a little scared and said: "I am really 'sit at home behind closed doors, the disaster comes from the sky', I am really worried. This time it is a fluke that I was not blackmailed by them, otherwise I will be involved even if I die My family is now a girl. Therefore, I want to know who is the one who hurt me, so that I can be vigilant in the future."

Xing'er didn't doubt her, and said everything she knew: "In fact, their family has been in contact with our mansion for five times, and they can't make a big difference. If it weren't for the same surname, and the place where they lived was far away from the old man. The house is close, so who can take care of them. There are only three people in the family, that Jia Cang and her parents. Jia Cang is not a man of literature or martial arts, and he is not willing to work hard. He is almost 20 years old and still idles all day long. I can't complain about being married. You have seen his mother, a shrew who is usually mean and mean, and people in the clan don't want to talk to her. His father is also an idler. Qian likes to go to those dirty places to have fun, and usually stays out of the house for several days in a row. I heard that recently he had a hot fight with a half-aged lady who opened the door, and threatened to take her home. "

Xueyan pretended not to understand what the door was half-opened, and said with a smile: "It turns out that their family has nothing to do, so I can rest assured. Anyway, I will go to Huguang with my new wife in a few days. There's nothing to be afraid of."

"That's right, some little people, girl, you don't have to keep it in your heart." Xing'er said indifferently.

After Xueyan got the news she wanted to know, she went to the backyard with a heavy heart. It was nothing for her to ask Xing'er to help her find out, but Xueyan dared not ask her to do something for herself.Not to mention his character, the fact that this person is not strict with his mouth makes Xue Yan absolutely unwilling to ask him for help.However, there are some things that you can't do by yourself, who should you ask for help?

Alas, it would be great if that kid Lin Ming was here, and I can just leave these things to him, who made him his own man?Unfortunately, that person is not here at the moment.A few servants she was familiar with, like Ji Liang, and the others also left with Daiyu, she couldn't ask someone to do what she wanted to do rashly, so she had to keep it in her heart first.

When Xueyan was wondering whether to spend some more money on someone to beat up the mother and son, a woman at the second gate came to tell her the news: that Jia Mao slept with a direct descendant of the Zhen family. Two legs were broken in the master's outer room, and he might not be able to stand up for the rest of his life.Moreover, their family was also affected. They were smashed to pieces by Zhen's family, even the doors and windows were taken down.If this is not the end, the Zhen family still sent Jia Mao to jail, but the second master Lian of this mansion came forward to mediate, Jia Mao's family paid 800 taels of silver to settle the matter.

It's just that Jia Mao's family is not well-off, so they had to sell the old ancestral house at a low price to collect enough money to give to the Zhen family.The master of the Zhen family was still angry at first, but he spared their family when he saw that his family had even sold their ancestral house.The whole family was afraid that the Zhen family would come to look for trouble again, so they took their belongings and went to Zhuangzi overnight, fearing that they would not dare to come back for a while.

Hearing the news, Xueyan only felt that the heavens have eyes, and she finally let out a sigh of relief. She generously took off a lapis lazuli ring and handed it to the mother-in-law: "Thank you, mother, for telling me about this." Ring smiled and walked away.

Xueyan entered the room happily, Xing saw her appearance, raised her eyebrows and asked: "Why are you so happy, is there money falling from the sky?"

"The silver is not lost, but God has the eyes to punish the wicked, and the servant is very happy." Then, Xueyan told the story of Jia Mao's family.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Xing didn't show any surprise, but instead sneered and said: "God is so busy, how can I relieve you by such a coincidence? If you thank the wrong person, if this kind of thing happens again in the future, let's see who will help you out !"

Xueyan only realized it at this time, and hurriedly went to Mrs. Xing to help her beat her legs and shoulders: "Just tell me, the servant girl, there is such a coincidence, but I didn't expect that Madam, you are so busy with everything, you can still think about such a trivial matter as a servant girl , have done so many things for me, I am so grateful to you, I am so grateful, and I will repay your great kindness in my next life."

Xing said with a smile: "Forget it in the next life, who knows if you will be a human or a ghost, you can repay it in this life. I won't make it difficult for you, just embroider a small table screen for me."

Uh... As for the last picture that was agreed upon, I knew that was just to lie to me.

"Well, Madam has helped the servant so much this time, and the servant will not disobey your wishes. Just a few days ago, the embroidered screen core was not bad, and I will send it to you in a while." Xue Yan said happily.After all, debts of favor are the hardest to repay, and it is better to have something yourself than to be in debt to others all the time.

After a month or so of preparation, Liu's dowry is finally ready.Xueyan, as someone she and the Xing family trusted, was fortunate to see

The entire dowry list.Needless to say, the gold and silver cloths sent by the Fourth Prince's Mansion are all high-quality items, and the gifts sent by the Jia Mansion are also expensive furniture and decorations.What surprised Xueyan even more was that Liu's private house, which usually looks very simple, turned out to be quite heavy. She actually had more than 1 taels of silver bills in her hand, and the rest of the jewels and gemstones could also have thousands of silver.Thinking about it, I have saved thousands of dollars just by working as a maid in a middle-level family for a few years, but they have stayed in the Forbidden City for more than ten years.That is the richest place in the world!No matter how infamous Concubine Concubine Ning, Liu Nanny's former mistress, was a second-rank concubine who raised a prince.Naturally, there will be no shortage of various rewards for the big palace maid beside her.

It's ridiculous that Grandma Liu's natal family mistook pearls for fish eyes, and thought that Grandma Liu, who had returned home from the palace, was useless and made things difficult for her, even driving her out of the house.If she was sincere, with Mother Liu's heart, how could she watch her brothers and nephews live in poverty?So, everything is a cause and effect.

The Liu family and her natal brothers are in the same situation, and they don't want to see them when they get married, but it's not good to marry without their natal family.Therefore, Mrs. Liu wrote a letter and invited her close cousin and nephew to come over.

And Liu Mama's nephew coincidentally is the very famous Comrade Liu Xianglian in the original book.