The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Dirty?

This time, even Jia Mu, who had been facing the second bedroom, didn't make things right, but ignored the words and told Wang Xifeng directly: "I saw you stretching your neck and looking out, you must be looking forward to Lian'er. Well, now your wife has also said that she was called away by your uncle, and she might not come back for a while. Since this is the case, we will not wait for him, and none of you are allowed to leave. Today, your wife and sister Lin After returning from a long journey, I will set up two tables of banquets to welcome them. Don’t forget to invite the two masters later.”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Wang Xifeng and said with a smile, "Why are you still standing here? Why don't you hurry up to Zhang Luo?"

Wang Xifeng pretended to be helpless and sighed: "The old lady is always like this. When she says she wants to make wine, she always speaks empty words. Let alone silver, she hasn't even seen a few copper coins. Over there in the kitchen I don’t have any money to buy anything, and in the end I didn’t take out the money to put it on the pad. If I spend money to buy a good reputation, it’s all right, but I’m always full of complaints when I fill up the money. The good name is called the old lady. Let’s go, let’s talk about whether I’m losing money or not?”

Knowing that she was joking, Mother Jia laughed and scolded: "You monkey head, you have too many things." Then she said to Yuanyang: "I'm thinking about giving two taels of silver to Grandma Er*, so that she will be in the house all day long." I'm crying poor." Yuanyang agreed with a smile.

Xing pointed at her and said with a smile: "You, other people have no money in their pockets and they still have to bite their teeth and pretend to be a big-tailed wolf. It's good for you to expose the old story yourself, isn't it just a few taels of silver? No, the old lady What about me, can you really use your own dowry to subsidize our family? I will make it up for you later, don't get in the way of the old lady here, go quickly." Her words were alluded to , Wang Xifeng thought of the private money that she had put in for the housekeeper of the Wang family before, and her heart bleed suddenly.In the past few months, taking advantage of Xing's absence, the hard work of the Wang sisters has suddenly become a waste of time.

Xueyan watched this scene from the side, and thought: Tsk tsk, this wave of undercurrents is really surging.

Jia Mu pretended not to see their maneuvers, and said with a smile: "See, your wife is still generous, unlike you who are getting more and more stingy."

Wang Xifeng curled her lips: "I can't help it. I don't want to save my brother's betrothal gift. I wish I could break a copper coin into two halves and spend it. I don't care about it."

Knowing that they were exhausted, Jia Mu said with a smile: "There is still some time before dinner, you all go back to your room to wash up, and then come over for dinner at night."

Xing and Daiyu were indeed very sleepy, and after leaving, they went back to their own yards.

Daiyu still lives in the Zhuquanyuan, and the place in the Grand View Garden that was originally said to be allocated to her was lost because of her sudden departure from Beijing.Zijuan felt it was a pity to return to Zhuquanyuan at this moment: "I heard that the second master and the others have moved to live in the garden, but the girl has nowhere to go because she left Beijing. Or tomorrow the girl will come again Talk to the old lady, and go to the garden to ask for a place."

Xueyan interrupted: "Our girl has a mother now, and my wife will definitely not let her live in her natal home for a long time. At the latest, the day after tomorrow, my wife will definitely send someone to pick her up. The girl will go back then, why bother to find those What's more, I heard that the second master Bao also lives in the garden, and the Jia family members are all his close relatives and sisters, so it's okay for others to live together. Our girl has a different surname, so how can I get along with her? The outsider lives in a garden!"

"But the imperial edict didn't say..." Zijuan wanted to persuade her again.

Xueyan said again: "The mother's oral order only mentioned the name of the second master Bao, and the others only mentioned the sisters, and did not say that our girl must go."

"Then Miss Xue and Miss Smith are also there..." Zijuan still refuses to accept.

"They are them. Our girl's surname is Lin, not Xue! Not to mention Shi!" Xue Yan didn't calm things down this time, but confronted each other tit for tat.

After being babbled by her, Zijuan was a little bit uneasy. She could clearly feel that Xueyan's attitude had become stronger and stronger since the trip to Hubei, and her position with the girl was becoming more and more precarious.Thinking of this, she couldn't help stabbing: "Sister's mouth is getting more and more powerful, and now no one wants to control it!"

When others saw the two of them pinching each other, they couldn't help paying attention secretly.Xueyan sneered: "I'm just telling the truth. In the first place, the girl is getting older every day. There are strict rules in Beijing, and if there is a little carelessness, it will spread out of the way. This festival can't be sloppy at all. It's too late for us slaves to persuade the girl to stay away from right and wrong, how can there be any reason to push the master to stir up right and wrong?"

"Okay, you two got into a fight as soon as you came back, do you still take me seriously?" Daiyu asked coldly, her face jumping up.

Both of them hurriedly pleaded guilty.

Daiyu waved her hand: "Forget it, let's not make an example. Xueyan, go and tidy up the earth instrument we brought back, and send it to everyone later." Xueyan agreed to go out.

Then Daiyu sent out all the other maids, leaving only Zicuckoo by her side.

Later when Xueyan came back from delivering the things, Cui Liu secretly told her: "Young lady, I don't know what I said to Zijuan, she just ran out of the young lady's room crying."

Although Xueyan does not agree with Zijuan's confused thoughts.But after all, the two have worked together for many years, no matter what, they still have a bit of love. She sighed: "There are some things that others can't do without persuasion. She can only figure it out by herself."

However, after Mrs. Xing returned to the courtyard, Jia Amnesty had been waiting here for a long time.Seeing her, he hurriedly served water and tea in person and offered hospitality: "Madam, you have worked hard!" After finishing speaking, he stared at her face carefully: "Others are getting older as they live, but Madam is getting younger and younger. After going out for a trip, how come there are a few wrinkles in the corners of the eyes less."

The maids next to her covered their mouths and laughed secretly at Jia She's words.

Xing rolled her eyes angrily: "You're still so unruly at such an age, the maids are laughing at you."

Jia She pretended to be displeased and turned dark face to the maids: "Why are you laughing? You can read the master's jokes too? Why don't you hurry down, each of them is losing their eyesight." After hearing this, the maids They all dispersed.

Seeing everyone walking out, Jia Amnesty smiled at Xing again: "Look at these little hooves, Ma'am, no one is controlling them when you are not at home, they are all out of control!"

Xing sneered: "Don't be so innocent, I think you are the one who indulges them the most on weekdays. You must be quite proud of me these days when I'm not here. Didn't you add a younger sister to me?"

Jia She hurriedly pointed to the sky and swore: "It's not that you don't know, I'm not good at it. At most, I just go out to find something to eat, and occasionally take a walk with a bird to amuse the crickets. I'm already old, and I pay attention to health preservation of."

"That's more or less..." Xing smiled, and the two chatted for a long time.

At the end, Mrs. Xing remembered something, and said with a smile: "By the way, I found a good son-in-law for you when you go out this time, so you don't have to worry about it when you go out in the future. You don't have to see a young man who is a bit on the right track Go to the left and right to test, the whole is like an old man with eccentricities."

"What is a quirk? I am responsible for the future of our cheap girl, okay? Whose son can actually get into your eyes? What does the family do, how old is this year, and whether he is handsome..." Crackling Asked a lot.

Mrs. Xing also ignored him lazily, and just talked about Liu Xianglian's conditions on her own.

When Jia Amnesty heard "after the family, no parents", Jia Amnesty held back for the time being, but when he heard the other party's name later, he immediately slapped the table and quit: "No, no, no, this Liu Xianglian will definitely not do it!"

Xing frowned: "Why can't it work? Although his family is a bit poor, he still has no family burdens. At least he doesn't have to make up for a lot of older aunts and uncles when he welcomes a girl to marry him, and there are no in-laws to make things difficult. The only aunt is far away. In Bailidi, we can meet once or twice a year at most, and it’s over after being polite to each other. This kid has made great achievements this time, and with the money he earned from doing business before, it’s no problem to buy a house. Let’s spend more time with him Silver. Her days will be nourished in the future!"

Jia She patted his thigh: "Oh, it's not a matter of being poor or not. I don't know about others, but I know a thing or two about Liu Xianglian. You don't know that when I was young, people would often say that I looked like Liu Xianglian in the [-] version. The actor from Xianglian. I think it’s fate, and I bought this Red House

Check out the man's life.I don’t know if I don’t look at it, I was shocked when I saw it, and I thought to myself that it’s lucky that Liu Xianglian’s parents died early, and if he was alive, he might be mad at him to death, it’s better to die early and be reborn..."

Xing shouted impatiently: "Get to the point!"

Jia She said with a sneer: "I remember it very clearly. The original book said that Liu Xianglian was 'so fond of brushing guns and swords, gambling and drinking, that she slept on flowers and willows, played flute and zither, and did everything'." Translated into modern language, It's eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling! Betrothing Ying'er to him won't delay my daughter's life!"

Xing frowned: "What's the matter? After getting along for several months along the way, I have never seen this kid as nasty as you said!"

Jia She replied: "In front of you, the future mother-in-law, how can he hide it?"

Mrs. Xing waved her hand: "That's not the case. I didn't say I wanted him to be my son-in-law at first. Besides, he wasn't happy at first, but his two aunts persuaded him later, and my wife is dignified and generous. , Let him feel that the girl I brought up is almost the same, so he nodded."

Jia She sneered: "This kid must be playing some tricks to get you! You must have seen him look good, and you were coaxed by his sweet words!"

Seeing his face full of accusations, Xing's head was full of black lines: Where is this going...

After Xueyan delivered the things to Wang Xifeng, when she passed by the two of them's yard, she happened to hear Jia Amnesty's roar, and her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the old man has messed up again?