The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Rhododendron

But no matter how much she complained in her heart, Xueyan still respects the rules of Jia's servants. There are always dozens of maids inside and outside, but everyone has a clear division of labor, and their actions are orderly. It really is like the original book. Not even a cough."

And the girls' dining manners are also very graceful, every move is as natural and smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water, coupled with the girls' outstanding looks, Xueyan thinks they are much more beautiful than any beauty pageant in the previous life.

After a while, Mother Jia asked Mrs. Wang and Li Wan to go back first, leaving only Sanchun and Daiyu to talk in front of her.

Before he could say a few words, he heard a commotion outside the door, and then, the radiant Second Master Bao came in surrounded by many maids and women.The main reason is that the bright red clothes and the glittering golden headdress are too difficult for people to ignore.

But the first time Master Bao came in, he only greeted Mother Jia and was sent to see Mrs. Wang. He came and went in such a hurry that Xueyan didn't even see what he looked like.

When he left, Mother Jia saw Daiyu's puzzled face, so she smiled and said, "He is your second uncle's cousin named Baoyu."

Daiyu smiled and nodded: "So he is the second brother Bao." But she thought to herself: This cousin looks so familiar, as if he has seen it somewhere!

Baoyu went there for a while, and came back with a changed attire, but he was still adorned with flowers. Fortunately, he was good-looking, able to hold back such bright red and green colors, but he was a very cute and handsome young lady.It's no wonder Jia's mother doted on him so much, most of the time his appearance is still very good.

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Jia Mu laughed and blamed: "I haven't seen the foreigner yet, so I took off my big clothes first and went to see your sister."

Baoyu had seen Daiyu a long time ago, and guessed in her heart that she was the daughter of her aunt's family. Now she heard what Jiamu said, so she hurried over to see her.

After seeing Li for a couple of times, Baoyu said that very famous sentence: "I have met this younger sister before." Uh, at such a young age, she is so good at flirting with girls. This kind of natural ability is self-taught, Xueyan has always only obeyed Jia. precious jade.

Jia Mu smiled and said, "Nonsense again, have you ever met?" Baoyu replied, "Although I have never met before, I see Mian Shan as an old acquaintance, and today it is just a reunion after a farewell. Jia Mu laughed and said, "Very well, since that's the case, we will get along more harmoniously in the future."

At this time, Mother Zheng smiled and said: "My girl looks very much like my wife. I heard that my wife hugged you when the second master was young. Now the second master feels kind to my girl when he sees it. It must be because the girl is similar to his wife." No wonder everyone in the family praised Second Master Bao for his intelligence, and he could remember his wife's voice and appearance before he was as young as Second Master Bao first, and no wonder his wife still missed you before she died." At the end, he still took Pazi wiped the corners of his eyes.

Wow, Madam Zheng is really awesome!A few words brought the matter to the realm of deep aunt and nephew affection, and no one could make sense of it.

Sure enough, Mother Jia just echoed: "What Mammy said is that many people in this family are jealous of me and love him, but this child is so affectionate and filial, he is really loved. You are an old man who takes care of your son-in-law. Baoyu's elder, he is too young to stand up to your second master, from now on he will just be called Baoyu."

Madam Zheng declined, "No matter how young Master Bao is, he is also the master, so how can I call him by his first name?"

Jia Mu smiled and said: "It's okay, he has soft characters. The master said that people should call him by his baby name more, and even the little maids call him by his name directly."

In this way, Madam Zheng responded with a smile.

Baoyu was very dissatisfied when someone interrupted her, and even more dissatisfied when she saw that it was an old woman who interrupted her.It's just that he is somewhat well-bred anyway, knowing that this nanny is a servant of someone else's family, so he can't teach him a lesson at will.

Seeing that Baoyu's face changed again and again, Xueyan finally approached Daiyu again and asked, "Has my sister ever studied?" Daiyu replied, "No, I only studied for a year, and I can read a few words. "

Xueyan thought to herself, those readers who say that Daiyu is unsophisticated should read this paragraph carefully.Originally, she told Jia Mu that she had just read the four books, but later she heard that Jia Mu's tone seemed to be biased towards "a woman's ignorance is virtue", so she immediately changed her tone, and when she answered Jia Amnesty and Jia Baoyu, it became "" I can read a few words." Not only catered to Jia Mu's wishes, but also appeared modest, how flexible this brain is.

After a while of desertion, Xueyan heard Baoyu ask Daiyu's dialect.But Daiyu, who had been taught by Nanny Liu, was no longer as ignorant as in the original book, and her expression changed instantly when she heard this: "Second cousin, what does this mean? Whose girl's name can be inquired by outsiders at will?" ? This is too disrespectful!" At the end of the speech, there was already a crying tone in his voice.

Seeing her face change, Baoyu was at a loss for what to do.

Mother Jia hurriedly pulled Daiyu into her arms to comfort her, "My dear boy, don't be upset. Your cousin is used to joking all day long, so he has no bad intentions, so don't take it seriously."

After finishing speaking, he reprimanded Baoyu: "There is no rule for talking nonsense all day long, and you can talk baldly when you say anything. Come here and apologize to your sister."

Although Baoyu didn't know how he had offended Daiyu, he had always been the one who loved her the most. Seeing Daiyu sobbing and choking, he immediately put everything aside and hurriedly listened to Mother Jia's words. Apologize: "My good sister, it's my fault. I shouldn't talk nonsense. For the sake of my unintentional mistakes, I ask my sister to forgive me."

Seeing that Daiyu was sad, Xueyan was also very anxious, but now Daiyu was surrounded by Jia Mu and Sanchun and others, so Xueyan couldn't go past the crowd to comfort Daiyu.

Fortunately, Daiyu also knew that this was not her home. Seeing Baoyu's sincere apology, she also accepted his apology and stopped sobbing.It's just that there is always some estrangement in my heart, and I can't help but trust my mother's comments like "stubborn and abnormal" in the past.

Mother Jia saw that Daiyu was still a little sleepy after she stopped crying, so she scolded Baoyu again: "My sister just came, so you make her angry..."

At this time, Daiyu was free, and Xueyan was serving beside her. Hearing what Jia Mu said, she couldn't help but wink at Daiyu.Although today's incident was caused by Jia Baoyu's wrong words, if Jia's mother is allowed to scold her any longer, I'm afraid Daiyu will become tired of others.

Fortunately, Daiyu is a clear-headed person, and she figured out the key point as soon as Xueyan gave her a wink. Although she still felt aggrieved, she still forced a smile and said: "I don't want to come to my cousin, so don't talk about it again." He's gone. It's also my fault for overreacting, even if I know it's wrong, I should tell my cousin slowly."

Mother Jia embraced her and said, "Okay, okay, you are all good children, and you must get along in harmony in the future."

After this incident, everyone lost the intention to continue talking.Then Jia Mu said to Daiyu, "You just came today. You must be extremely tired. It's getting late, so you should go back and rest earlier." Has your yard been tidied up?"

The mothers-in-law hurriedly replied: "It was cleaned up early in the morning, and Madam Zheng helped to look over it, there is nothing wrong with it."

Jia Mu nodded and said to Daiyu: "In this case, you should go back to rest earlier, and we girls will talk together tomorrow."

So, after Daiyu bid farewell to everyone, she went back to Zhuquanyuan under the escort of Mother Zheng, Xueyan and others.

Zhuquan Courtyard is indeed very close to Jia Mu's courtyard. Go out from the back door and walk more than ten meters to the left, pass through a moon gate, and walk a few steps forward to find a separate courtyard gate.Entering the gate of the courtyard, there is a small bamboo forest around the gate, and further forward, there is a place surrounded by stone railings, and the sound of water can be heard faintly.

Xueyan heard Yingge explain to Daiyu: "There is a clear spring here, and the spring water inside is still delicious. These bamboos and spring water are the origin of the name of the courtyard. I heard that long ago, this is where the men of the mansion went to Mongolian school. Later, because of the lack of young masters, this place gradually fell into disuse. But the old lady lived in this yard for a few years when she was young."

All the way to the door of the main house, everyone followed Daiyu into the house, only Xueyan stopped and looked around, and saw that the courtyard was really not small, with five spacious main houses facing south Xuan Lang, the wing rooms on the east and west sides are also complete.Suddenly, she saw a small corner door in the southwest corner of the yard, and asked a woman in the Jia family, "What is that corner door for?"

The mother-in-law smiled and said: "Through the corner door, there are two small flower halls facing east and a row of inverted seats. They were originally combined with this courtyard. There is a corner door that leads to the gate of the courtyard, but the people brought by Miss Lin are not too many, so it should not be needed."

Xueyan smiled and said, "Thank you, Mom, for clarifying the confusion."

The woman quickly waved her hand: "Miss, you are welcome."

At this time, Xueyan had already entered the room, and Daiyu was sitting on a chaise longue talking to Parrot.

Seeing her coming in, Daiyu smiled and said, "You just happened to come here. I just changed the name of the parrot to Zicuckoo. What do you think?"

Xueyan smiled and replied: "It's very good, it's nice to hear and easy to remember. Anyone who hears it will know that it's from our Zhuquanyuan." Advise."

Zijuan hurriedly said: "Don't dare to say anything to advise or not to advise, they are all serving the girl, but they are just taking care of each other."

Xueyan smiled, she deserved to be chosen by Mother Jia to be next to Daiyu, her words were really subtle.She smiled, then turned her head to Daiyu and said, "Miss is tired all day, do you want to take a hot bath to relieve fatigue?"

After hearing this, Zicuckoo responded: "That's very true, but at this time...I'll go and ask for it."

At this time, Mother Zheng gave Xueyan a wink, and Xueyan quickly took off a purse from her waist and handed it to Zijuan: "It's midnight, you can't let those people work for nothing, sister take the money over here , You can reward as much as you want, don't think about saving money for the girl, our girl is rich!"

Daiyu was also amused by these words: "It's obvious that you are used to being loose all day long, but you actually put the hat on my head. Let me see, let Zijuan take care of the money bag from now on. Leave it to you, I'm afraid I don’t know which day I will be sold.”

So, within a few words, the accountant around Daiyu became Zicuckoo.