The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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Upon waking up, seeing the bright sky outside, the snow geese were a little confused as to where they were.She took out her pocket watch and looked at it. It turned out to be early the next morning.It's only the end of the night, and the yard is quiet, it seems that everyone hasn't woken up yet.

Calculating that I slept for seven or eight hours, it was a luxury I hadn't had in a long time.Xueyan got up and changed her clothes, washed her face and went to the yard.

Suddenly, a faint fragrance of flowers came with the wind, and the snow geese followed the fragrance of flowers to a small garden next to the yard.The rough envoys have already started to clean the fallen leaves. When they saw her, they hurriedly greeted her: "Young lady just came yesterday, but you got up early today. Miss, you haven't woken up yet?"

Xueyan smiled and said: "I went to bed early yesterday, so I won't be sleepy when I wake up now. I just smelled an elegant fragrance of flowers, and I don't know what flowers are blooming in this garden?"

The woman smiled and said: "It's not a rare flower, it's the gardenia over there. The color of this flower is dull and nothing to look at, but the smell is really good."

Xueyan looked in the direction of her finger, and sure enough, she saw a tall gardenia plant on the edge of a rockery. It was just about to bloom, and it was extremely beautiful.She walked over and saw the crystal clear dewdrops on the buds, so she couldn't help but reached out and folded a few.After returning to the room, I found a white porcelain pen holder and inserted two into it.I found another Ru kiln vase and put the rest in it.

While it was still early, she took out the copybook that she had never practiced on the boat, and wrote a few words with a pen.I didn't write for half a month, but I felt

The tip of the nose felt a little stagnant, and it was only after writing two large characters that I regained the feeling.

After a while, the maids in the east and west rooms gradually got up.Everyone was dressing lightly, and the little girl Cui Liu came to her with her hair loose after washing her face: "My dear sister, I washed my hair last night, and I can't comb my hair well this morning. My sister combs one for me."

Seeing the big crooked characters written on the paper, Xueyan smiled helplessly: "Okay, okay, let me comb Miss Cuiliu's hair." After speaking, she took the comb and helped her comb a very unique double bun.

After combing, Cui Liu smiled at the mercury mirror in her hand: "They are all double buns, why is my sister's combing better than others? I have been studying for so many years but I have not been able to learn my sister's craftsmanship. It is really unreasonable."

"It's so easy for you to learn, how can I hang out with the girl?" Xue Yan joked with a smile.

While talking, I saw Daiyu's door opened.Cui Liu hurriedly ran over there: "It's my turn to fetch hot water today, I'll go there first."

Seeing her running away, Xueyan shook her head helplessly and smiled, this girl is always so frizzy.She straightened her skirt, and then went to Daiyu's room with the planted gardenias in her arms.

Daiyu was getting dressed when she suddenly smelled a scent of flowers, she couldn't help asking, "The gardenias are blooming in the garden? The scent has come here."

Everyone outside laughed: "It's so far away, how big is the tree to bring the fragrance here? It was Sister Xueyan who went to pick a few.

brought back. "

Daiyu looked out when she heard the words, and saw Xueyan enter the room with a vase in her arms, and said with a smile: "I said the other day that when the flowers bloomed, I would let them fold a few and bring them back to put in the vase. I see."

Xueyan smiled and said: "The slave girl got up early and had nothing to do, so she went for a walk in the garden, and saw that the flowers were just in bud, and they were beautiful, so she folded a few back. Thinking that the girl will feel better when she smells the fragrance. "

"It's indeed a lot of pleasure." Daiyu smiled, thinking that with so many maids around her, only Xueyan could see her own thoughts and think ahead of her in everything. Pride.In detail, she is not a servant girl, but her bosom friend.

The breakfast delivered by the kitchen was very light, and it looked like it was cooked according to Daiyu's preference.Xueyan thought to herself, it seems that yesterday's trouble was not in vain, at least Daiyu will be able to eat delicious food in the future.

Originally, Xueyan wanted to slowly adapt to the environment here, but after beating Daiyu and eating, she didn't stop until it got dark.After a while, the woman in charge came over, and after a while, a female family member came to give gifts.As a young lady, Daiyu had no choice but to go out to greet her. Xueyan ran with her all day and was so busy that she was half dead tired in the middle of the night. After sending Daiyu to bed, she went back to sleep by herself.The next few days have been in such a busy state, making a cup of tea is a luxury.At this moment, I don't care about whether the tea is good or not, the water has boiled a little, so I can drink whatever I have.As for the unacceptable conditions, such as unacceptable bed and sleeplessness, there is no chance to show up at all.

On the day of the day, it was even more busy and the housekeeper Daiyu was also a little stumbling. Fortunately, with the guidance of the elder Xing, he finally married the bride into the house without any danger.

After seeing off the female relatives who came to the banquet, the first thing Daiyu did when she returned to the house was to lie down on the bed and refuse to get up.

Xueyan looked at the faint dark circles under her eyes, and said distressedly: "Girl is exhausted these days, if you are tired, go to sleep, anyway, there is nothing to do at night. I have to serve tea to my wife tomorrow morning, go to bed early I can also get up early."

Daiyu nodded, and went to sleep by herself after washing.

Seeing that she was asleep, Xueyan came out and asked the woman at the second door: "Is the banquet in front of us going to end soon?"

The old lady smiled and said: "It's early, the master has many friends from other places, and I took this opportunity to drink him hard. I went to the front just now to have a look, and the drink is in full swing."

Xueyan looked at her pocket watch and found that it was still early, so she went to the yard where the new house was located.Seeing her coming, the gatekeeper mother-in-law hurriedly greeted her with a smile: "It's so late, why is Miss Xueyan here? What's the matter, let the little maids pass the message."

"It's not that the eldest girl is thinking about the wife, let me take a look. By the way, did you bring some food for the wife?" Xue Yan asked.

The mother-in-law replied: "The kitchen brought over two dim sum boxes in the afternoon, but none beside them."

Xueyan nodded, and went to the kitchen to order: "Master, I drank a lot of wine today, I'm afraid my stomach will feel uncomfortable later. Make some millet porridge and prepare it, and send it to the master when he comes back." After finishing speaking, He picked out a few ready-made light side dishes and a plate of silver shredded rolls and brought them to Mrs. Liu.

Today, Mrs. Liu hardly ate anything. It would be a lie to say that she is not hungry, but it is not easy for her as a new wife to take the initiative to ask for something to eat. Yan Cao brought her a box of snacks for her to eat, but her stomach was empty , I have no appetite for those sweet and greasy snacks.

Unexpectedly, at this time Xueyan came with a small cauliflower roll, Xueyan put the tray on the table and said with a smile: "Miss is afraid that my wife will be hungry, so I will order my servant to find some food for you to pad your belly."

"I'm just feeling hungry, you're really giving me help." Liu said with a smile.

Yancao and Qin Sang quickly brought a washbasin over to help her wash her hands.

Xueyan thought that if she stayed here, the other party would be a little embarrassed, so she smiled and said: "The slave has asked the mother-in-law, but the master will take a while to finish. You just use it slowly. I also ordered the kitchen to boil it. The rice porridge must be delivered in a while. It's getting late, and the servants will leave first."

Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "You are interested, go back and thank your girl for me." Then she winked at Yancao, and Yancao hurriedly took a first-class red envelope and stuffed it to her.

Xueyan hurriedly said: "I've already got several slaves today, Madam doesn't need to be so polite."

"When did you become so grumpy? Just keep it for you, it's what you deserve." Liu Shi laughed angrily.

So Xueyan accepted the red envelope, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, the servant girl will be more pleased with you."

The next morning, Daiyu got up early, and went to the main courtyard to pay her respects to Mrs. Liu when she was in Maoshizhong.When she arrived, Mrs. Liu was washing and washing, and Daiyu was waiting in the flower hall. Brother Zheng was also carried by the mother-in-law after a while.

Seeing this scene, Daiyu frowned. Brother Zheng is already five years old, and his mother-in-law hugs him every now and then, and he was raised too arrogantly.I remember that my father used to be very strict with me and my younger brother, but when I came to brother Zheng, I became laissez-faire.

What she didn't expect was that Lin Ruhai was already in his 40s, and he was usually a grandfather, so it was so easy to have this son.Not to mention treating him like a treasure, but he also loves him very much. In addition, Lin Ruhai is a little weak. Lin Ruhai personally taught him for a year and found that his talent is not very outstanding, and he does not have too much expectation for him.I don't ask him to honor his ancestors, but only ask him to grow up safely and spread his branches and leaves.Especially after coming to Huguang, he was busy with general affairs and often came back late at night, so he was somewhat neglected.Qiuyue has always regarded him as an eyeball, so she can't help being a little spoiled.

Daiyu sighed in her heart, but she couldn't say anything, wondering if the wife would care about this matter.

Lin Ying usually wakes up late, so he was a little angry when he got up so early today. When he met Daiyu and was asked to salute by the wet nurse, he felt a little unhappy. He turned his head and "hummed", but refused to call her sister.

Daiyu couldn't help being a little disappointed, this child was quite close to her when she was a child, but now she's two years older, but she's so estranged...

Seeing Daiyu's disappointed expression, Xueyan hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Master is still young, and since we haven't seen each other for a long time, it's normal for us to be a little unfamiliar with the girl. If we stay together for a long time in the future, we will naturally become close. After all , this bloodline is constantly beating."

After hearing this, Daiyu felt a little better.

At this time, Lin Ruhai and Liu Shi came out together.

Daiyu hurriedly stood up to greet her: "I have met my father...mother." She hesitated for a while, and finally called out.

Liu's heart warmed, and she quickly pulled her up: "Good boy, don't be too polite."

Lin Ying was a little self-willed when facing Daiyu, but he didn't dare to make mistakes in front of Lin Ruhai, and obediently called his father and mother.

At this time, the servant brought mats and laid them on the ground, and was about to invite Daiyu and Lin Zheng to pay a formal visit to Mrs. Liu, but Mrs. Liu stopped her and said, "Wait a minute!"

Now, everyone in the room turned their attention to Mrs. Liu.