The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Terrace near the water

He had no choice but to sit down again, and then the shopkeeper walked in with another more well-dressed guy holding several brocade boxes.

Lin Ming and Xueyan looked at each other, but they could only pick it up patiently.He picked up a hanging pearl hairpin in the shape of a peony flower and said, "It seems that there are no such pearl hairpins."

Xueyan said: "The workmanship of this hairpin is too rough. Look, sir, the gold thread on it is too thick, and the beads are small and yellow. I don't know if it's a product that has been pressed for several years."

The shopkeeper smiled and said nothing, wondering which maid this is, what a sharp look!These few people spoke a Beijing accent, so they couldn't be the one I thought of, could they?

But the guy was a little impatient: "What the girl said, these are all new styles this year. How can a shop as big as ours fool people with second-hand goods from last year."

"I didn't say it was from last year, you said it yourself." Xueyan sneered, "What's the matter with the big shop? I've seen a lot of things about the big shop bullying customers." She said, wrapping a stick around her head Pull out the silk butterfly hairpin and throw it on the table: "Look for yourselves, this gold hairpin is not as delicate as the one on my head, even I don't like it, let alone our master."

The guy was so choked that he couldn't speak, just at this time, the guy just came in with tea, and when he saw this person, his face was a little embarrassed: I obviously served this guest first, why should the shopkeeper treat him? called?

The flash of dissatisfaction on his face did not escape Lin Ming's eyes, he tapped his fan on the table, "It's too noisy."

Everyone was stunned, but Xueyan understood, pointing to the man behind and said: "Did you hear that, my son thinks you are too noisy. Besides, you are a big man wearing some rouge, and the smell of powder makes you sick. Hurry up!" get out."

The man looked innocent, and was about to get angry, but was stopped by the shopkeeper's gaze, and walked out reluctantly.When he saw the guy serving tea at the door, he deliberately bumped into him. Unprepared, the boy shook his body vigorously when he was hit. Seeing that the tea soup in the tea tray was about to overflow, he slapped his green hand Bring the teacup over.

The boy raised his head, just in time to see Zhu Mei smiling at him, and he immediately felt that the other party was like an immortal coming from heaven to rescue him.As for how she was dissatisfied with how the other party disliked the dirty cups and bad tea in the tea room just now, and even the copper pot for boiling hot water was dissatisfied by her, and she was thrown to Java in an instant.All I can remember in my mind is Zhu Mei's curved mouth and smiling eyes.

At this time, there was only a sound of talking in the corridor, and then several people passed by the door one by one.Hearing the movement, the shopkeeper rushed out to greet those people, only to see him addressing a person in royal blue clothes as "Jin Ye" and another person in green clothes as Dongjia.

While they were greeting each other, Lin Ming took the opportunity to take a closer look at the man in blue clothes, convinced that he was one of the thieves that day, his heart shivered.

And the person called Jin Ye has very keen senses, he immediately sensed that someone was peeping at him, and a pair of big copper bell-like eyes shot towards their private room in an instant, and he was a little panicked when he was facing the snow geese eyes.

Seeing that the other party was a little maid, he frowned and asked the shopkeeper with his eyes. The shopkeeper smiled and said, "It's a maid from a big family, and she came shopping with the master."

Jin Ye saw a young man in a brocade robe surrounded by a room full of servant girls, and sneered disdainfully in his heart: These sons of rich families usually look like dogs, but they are more courageous than cats when they encounter problems. Small, you can make any ugly gesture.But the wave that was intercepted in Qingshan that day lost his eyesight. Not only did he not get the gold and silver goods, but he lost a brother.If it wasn't for the silver exchange to appease his family members, he wouldn't have to hastily sell these things, and half of the money would be deducted by this black-hearted bank owner.

Thinking of the hands and feet I made at the bottom of the bag, I smiled secretly again, but whoever has calculated who is not sure!

While thinking about it, he went downstairs, and the owner of the silver building and the shopkeeper went to deliver it in person.

Seeing that the door of the private room at the end was still open, Xueyan saw that there was only one young guy in the private room where she was staying on the second floor, she quickly gave Zhu Mei and Siji a wink, and ran to the private room by herself quietly.

As soon as she entered, she saw something golden in a saucer on the tea table. When she got closer, it turned out to be gold grains!Xueyan reached out and picked up a pea-sized one, put it in her mouth and bit it, yes, it was the hardness of gold! When she lowered her head, she saw a small rough linen bag lying on the ground, she quickly untied the drawstring and looked at it. At first glance, it was full of broken gold, and picked up a handful, it seemed to be mixed with some fine grains of sand.

Gold, grains of sand... In the blink of an eye, Xue Yan suddenly realized what it was.She hastily grabbed a small handful of Jinsha and put it in her purse, then tied the pocket as it was, and hurried out.

As soon as he returned to the private room, he heard a voice coming from the stairs.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but the attention of the boy in the private room was occupied by Lin Ming and Zhu Mei, and he didn't even notice that she had gone out.

Seeing her nodding her head, Lin Ming made up his mind to avoid attracting attention.He pretended to choose carefully, and said after a while: "These things look similar to me, so you two should choose. Choose a few more unique and delicate ones, and the price is not a problem." It's time to buy the dowry in advance.

Hearing this, Xueyan joked with a smile: "It's obviously the young master's business, if you insist on ordering the slaves and maidservants, you don't know what benefits it will give us?"

"It's really embarrassing to order you for nothing, so how about it, you two each choose one, and it will be regarded as a reward for you." He doesn't feel bad no matter how much it is, but it's a little bit reluctant to give it to Zhu Mei!

Thinking of this, he glanced at Xueyan reproachfully, and complained with his eyes: Girl, you can't bend your elbows away, what you are giving away is the money of your future husband-in-law!

Seeing his aggrieved eyes, Xueyan couldn't help laughing, and pushed Zhu Mei, who was picking and choosing in the jewelry box inlaid with treasures: "It's almost enough. How dare you want something from a man?"

Hearing this, Zhu Mei curled her lips: "Who wants something from him, can't I buy it myself?"

When the boy next to him heard this, his eyes almost turned into stars: "Girl, you are really awesome. I don't know which house you are a servant girl.

Such a thick monthly case? "He thought to himself, if the monthly income is rich, he will also become a servant. Thinking of this, he glanced at Zhu Mei shyly, and by the way, he can also get the first month near the water...