The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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When Xue Yan was complaining, Xing asked for her: "You are just a little bit better, why did you come here when you are not resting in the house?"

Lin Ming smiled and said, "Firstly, I'm paying my respects to the two wives, and secondly, I've been staying in the house for nearly a month, and I'm about to get sick from boredom. I thought about going outside and asking the wives and The elder sister didn't have anything to take with her, so the younger nephew bought it for her."

Mrs. Liu replied: "Your injury hasn't healed yet, how can you go out for a stroll? It's not good if you are tired and injured."

"Don't worry, ma'am, I'm not that delicate. Besides, it's my arms and not my legs that hurt me. It won't hinder me from walking. I'll be carried by the servants when I buy things, so it won't tire me." Lin Ming said a lot of reasons together. .

Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Liu looked at each other and said with a smile: "Forget it, let him go. It's not bad for such a young man to stay in the house for so long, and it's not good to stop him all the time. Send more servants Just follow."

Mrs. Liu also echoed: "Since that's the case, then you can go. Let the steward send you a few more servants. We don't want anything, so you can come back soon after you go shopping."

At this moment, Mrs. Xing interjected: "I see that your eldest sister seems to have something to say, you can ask her if she wants anything."

Daiyu smiled and said, "The few county annals and travel notes my elder brother helped me pick out last time were quite interesting, please help me pick out a few more this time."

"That's easy to say, but last time I bought it in this city, and I forgot which books I bought for my sister, why don't I ask my sister to write a list for me, so that I don't have to rewrite it again." Lin Ming smiled. explain.

I just heard Mrs. Xing waving his hand and said: "Why bother? Xueyan must know what books are in your sister's room. You have injuries, and the servants are not careful enough. I think it is better to let Xueyan follow you , so you don’t have to go out and wander around.”

Lin Ming originally wanted to gain a wave of goodwill, but he did not expect such an unexpected joy. He suppressed the excitement in his heart, and replied with his usual expression: "That's the only way to go."

Seeing that he didn't mean what he said, Xing secretly laughed in his heart: Let's see how you thank me in the future, kid.

Xueyan was also a little excited, but when she saw the disappointed eyes of Zhu Mei next to her, she remembered that she had promised to take her out for a stroll last time.Then she raised her voice and said with a smile: "I am afraid that I will not be able to see Uncle Ming by myself, so why don't I let Zhu Mei come with me."

It just so happened that Daiyu brought her, Zhu Mei and Zijuan with her today.Zijuan is a maidservant close to her, so she can't go out with her, she proposed to take Zhu Mei with her, no one else has any objection, Liu smiled and said: "Then you two have to take good care of Mr. Ming, don't take others halfway. lost."

"Don't worry, madam, I can't lose the appointment." Xue Yan replied with a smile.

A row of crows flashed in Lin Ming's mind. He wondered if this girl was stupid. After finally having a chance to be alone, why did you insist on dragging someone else along?After thinking about it, the large group of servants will not be able to do anything without Zhu Mei and the others, but there is no hindrance.

In an instant, his usual gentlemanly demeanor returned to his face.

Xing, who had been sizing him up secretly, saw that his face was bluish and white, and quickly returned to his original state, thinking that this kid is very good at nourishing his energy at a young age.Tsk tsk, this alone definitely has the potential to mess with officialdom.It seems that what I said was true, "It's not that one family doesn't enter one family." This kid, like Xueyan, is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.In the future, the two of them will get together, and I don't know who will eat who...

The chief envoy's yamen is close to the busiest area in Wuchang Mansion, and they didn't even take a car, they simply walked, turned a few alleys and came to the most prosperous street in Wuchang Mansion.There are many grocery sellers on both sides of the road. Xueyan has been out of the house several times, and in addition, she has squeezed through various shopping malls and supermarkets in her previous life, so she is a bit familiar with these.On the other hand, Zhu Mei, who seldom goes out, finds everything new and interesting when she sees it. She touches this and then looks at that, scurrying around the streets like a butterfly.

Xueyan looked at the man with a calm gait in the back, and patted her forehead helplessly: "I really shouldn't be softhearted and bring this girl out, otherwise why would I be so tired?"Did he dig a hole and bury himself?

She couldn't help tugging at Zhu Mei's arm: "You're almost fine, don't forget that we two go out mainly to take care of the master behind, don't take care of yourself."

Zhu Mei stuck out her tongue: "Understood, sister." As soon as Xue Yan said it, she also realized that she had jumped a little bit, for fear of offending Lin Ming, she restrained her actions a lot.Xueyan thought to herself, finally she doesn't have to fly all over the field with her.

There was a large group of people nearby, and the two of them didn't have a chance to hold hands or anything, they just took the opportunity to whisper a few words while going to the book shop to pick up books.

Xueyan saw that there were a few pieces of color ink here that were of good quality, so she couldn't help but pay for them.Seeing this, Lin Ming said in a low voice, "Why are you buying these? Our shop has plenty of them. I'll give you some after I return to Beijing."

"Who is with your family? Then your shop is not mine. Besides, I will use it now, and the day lily will be cold when I get back to the capital." After finishing speaking, he ignored him and went to the boss to pay the bill. .The price of colored ink sticks was high, so she asked the boss for two writing brushes and ten pieces of pine flower paper to make heads.

When he got out of the shop, Lin Ming looked at the pen and paper in her hand and said with a smile, "It's not cheap that you asked for. Fortunately, my shop doesn't have customers like you, otherwise it would have closed down long ago."

Xueyan replied: "How can it be? Buying is not good for selling. How can a businessman do business at a loss?"

While talking, Zhu Mei suddenly grabbed her arm and pointed to a bank across the street: "Sister, let's go there and have a look, Biqin's birthday will be in a few days, I'll pick out a present for her."

"Don't tell me I almost forgot, didn't you? It's her nineteenth birthday." Xue Yan raised her eyebrows and looked at Lin Ming: "I don't know what Master Ming wants?"

Lin Ming smiled helplessly: "Then let's go in and have a look." Then he remembered that although he bought some sundries for his mother, he didn't buy any jewelry. pieces.

The door looked inconspicuous, but after entering the silver building, Xueyan unexpectedly found that the hall inside was very spacious, with a full two to three hundred square meters.There are three rings of counters against the wall, and there are people making jewelry in front of each counter.At first glance, it looks like he has entered an antique gold shop in his previous life.

There were a lot of them, and as soon as they came in, a guy came to greet them.I heard that they were going to pick out gold jewelry, so I brought them to a counter and showed them two boxes of jewelry.

Xueyan asked about the price of gold, and found that the price was more than [-]% cheaper than that in Beijing, and the gold was of good quality and workmanship. She and Zhu Mei looked at each other, and they both saw a strong desire to buy in the other's eyes.

Both of them had a little money in their hands, so it was no problem to buy a few pieces of gold jewelry, this one was good-looking and the other one was not bad, and after a while, both of them chose a small pile around them.

Seeing the high spirits of the two of them, Lin Ming shook his head helplessly and laughed, while the servants looked at each other in blank dismay: Are all the ladies and sisters around the girl so rich?Thinking about my shy purse, it seems that these sisters have nothing to do with me...

Lin Ming turned his head and was about to tell the waiter to bring some better goods to look at, when he saw a few more people coming in from the door of the shop, all of them were tall and burly.Lin Ming's gaze was drawn involuntarily, but when he saw the appearance of the leader, he was shocked.