The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Anger

Although a little surprised by Liu Erlang's weirdness, Xueyan thought that she was a maid, so it was not easy to choose gifts from guests, so after explaining the errands, she went back to Xing's to return to her life.

After listening to her reply, Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "I don't have any worries about leaving this trivial matter to you. By the way, did you see Young Master Liu when you went there?"

Xueyan was a little surprised, but still replied: "I see, he is talking with Mrs. Liu's family at Madam Liu's place." Regarding Liu's name, she also struggled for a long time before deciding to use the old name, after all, it is not good to have never been married Just called "Ms."It is obviously inappropriate to call her "girl", and it is not as solemn as the old name.

"How do you look at him?" Xing asked with interest.

"What's the matter?" Xueyan didn't react at first, and after a little thought, she was surprised: "Madam didn't intend to invite him to be her son-in-law, did she?"

Xing said with a satisfied smile: "I said you are smart, and you got to the point right away. But I just have an idea, and I have to see if it works. You should also pay more attention to me in private, see See if there is anything out of the ordinary about this kid."

Seeing Mrs. Xing's high spirits, Xueyan thought it best to pour cold water on her, so she thought it would be better to let his wife watch him coldly, maybe she would stop thinking about it in a few days.After all, Liu Xianglian has no long-term possessions, and it is said that she doesn't even have a house, so even if the Xing family falls in love with him, she can't marry him.

Let the second girl marry and suffer, right?

In a flash, it was the end of July, and when Liu's aunt and nephew arrived, they also began to pack their bags and prepare to leave.

Although Jinling is farther away from Huguang, it is much faster to go up the Yangtze River all the way than by land.But within ten days, they arrived at the wharf of Wuchang Mansion where the chief envoy was.The wedding date is set on the eighth day of the eighth day. Today is already the second day of the second day. Lin Ruhai has already sent someone to wait here for many days.

As soon as he saw them, the manager at the head smiled at Mrs. Xing and said, "You guys are looking forward to it day and night, so I hope you are here. If the uncle and wife don't come, I'm afraid the master will go to greet them in person."

Xing scolded with a smile: "Don't say so many good things, your master is not looking forward to me. But this time he has to thank me well, and when we meet, I won't beat him up."

The steward who can be sent by Lin Ruhai is naturally his confidant. After hearing this, he smiled and echoed: "You don't need to tell your uncle or wife about this. My master has already prepared it, and he will definitely not treat you badly."

Only Xing's female relatives came out to have a face-to-face meeting, and Grandma Liu must not show up at this time.

Immediately after getting off the boat, Mrs. Xing comforted her with Mother Liu, and then separated from her. Mrs. Xing went directly to the Lin family, while the Liu family and her party went to another house to prepare for the wedding.

Huguang's chief minister, the Si Yamen, is magnificent, and the back office is also very exquisitely built.Xueyan saw Daiyu who had been away for a long time here, she couldn't help being a little excited, after seeing Daiyu, she couldn't help sighing: "I haven't seen you for a few days, why does the girl look so much thinner?"

Cui Liu was straightforward, and hurriedly said: "Didn't she lose weight? The girl hasn't been able to eat or sleep well since she came here, so it's no wonder she isn't thin!"

"Why can't I eat well or sleep well? What's going on?" Xue Yan asked quickly.

Cui Liu said angrily: "It's not that Aunt Qiuyue, who relied on her eldest brother's power to take over the power in the backyard, and made trouble for our girl everywhere. The girl is also good-natured, and she understands that there are weddings in the house. I'm busy, and I don't want to make trouble for the master, so we just let us bear it. We have nothing to do. My sister knows the girl. If the food doesn't suit her appetite, she really won't eat more in one bite. The girl's diet has always been light, but the people here Xila, what's wrong with the girl's spleen and stomach? The night before yesterday, she clutched her stomach and didn't sleep all night. I said I was going to ask a doctor, but the girl said something trivial, so don't stir up people."

When Xue Yan heard this, her heart ached.She couldn't say anything about Daiyu, so she just yelled at Cui Liu: "Since you know the girl can't stand it, why are you just watching? The cook doesn't suit the girl's taste, then change someone! If you like spicy food, where can I find a cook who is good at cooking Hunan cuisine? Since she has come to this mansion, naturally only the master eats and what she does, so is it possible that the master should condescend to them?"

Cui Liu said: "Aunt Qiuyue said that the master often entertains his colleagues. Most of these people have local tastes. If you change to a Jiangnan cook, I'm afraid they won't be used to it."

Xueyan shot her an angry look: "Do you believe such an excuse? Is it possible that our family can't even afford to hire multiple cooks?"

Daiyu persuaded from the side: "You just came back, why did you get so angry? I can't blame them for these things, I just don't want to let them go

They make trouble.There was something going on in this stall, and my father didn't look good. It's better to wait for the new wife to come in before discussing everything. "

If it were someone else who heard that the master didn't pursue it himself, I'm afraid that this matter would be exposed, but Xueyan was different from others, she looked at Daiyu disapprovingly, and sighed: "Your servant knows what the girl is thinking, it's nothing more than You feel that you won't be able to stay here for a few days, and you don't want to quarrel with the master over these trivial matters and embarrass him. This is your filial piety! It's just that there are some things that you don't have to fight for, and if you give up half a step today, you will have to give up a step tomorrow. Don't expect everything to be fine when the new wife comes in. You are a student trained by her, if you can't suppress that, even she will be ridiculed. "

After all, Daiyu is her master, so she must be respectful.But when she turned her head to face Cui Liu, Xue Yan showed no mercy at all, and directly said angrily: "Our girls have always been generous, but they made all of you look bad. The reason why the master humiliated the minister to death It's not that I haven't told you before. The girl is the master, and there are some things you can't do and some things you can't say. As slaves, we have to speak and do things for the girl, and we can't be afraid of doing sinners for the sake of our own self-esteem. Master How can we get good if our dignity is gone?"

While talking, a woman came in outside and saw that the faces of the maids and masters in the room were not looking good, so she said cautiously: "The kitchen has brought lunch, do you want to set the meal now?"

"Set the meal? What kind of meal? Whose order is it?" Xueyan asked.

The woman was a little surprised: "Of course it's the girl's lunch."

Xueyan raised her eyebrows: "My uncle and wife have just arrived today, so it's possible that the house doesn't even have a table for guests? Who is this going to slap in the face?"

The mother-in-law's face was bluish and red: "This, this, the servant girl is not very clear!"

Xueyan knew that the person in front of her was nothing but cannon fodder, she waved her hand: "Forget it, I can't talk to you about this, just take the things back."

In the big kitchen, looking at the food box brought back by the mother-in-law, the woman in charge Zhou thought to herself: I thought it was a big deal, at most, it was just returning the things?