The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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Xueyan looked around and saw a very young daughter-in-law who was dodging her eyes and didn't dare to look at her, so she felt hesitant.There was no abnormal expression on his face, he was still smiling and talking to Yuanyang, and after a while he asked: "Sister, do you know who is that little daughter-in-law over there wearing emerald green bikini?"

Yuanyang glanced at it briefly, and then said in a low voice: "She is in charge of the dishes in the kitchen, and her husband is a constant follower of the second master, named Qian Qi. Although Qian Qi and Qian Hua are not related by blood, they are After paying homage to his god-in-law, Qian Qi is Aunt Zhao's natal nephew, and he also has a younger brother who works as a servant in front of Third Master Huan. No matter what, my sister has offended them in this matter today, so I'd better be more careful in the future .”

Xueyan nodded: "Thank you sister for reminding me, I will act carefully." I didn't expect this Qian Hua to be able to get in touch with Aunt Zhao's mother and son. It's really not that complicated.Thinking of Aunt Zhao's temper in the original book, she was the one who didn't even look down on her own daughter for the sake of money... The villain is hard to deal with, so I still have to be more careful in the future.But if you want to say how afraid it is, she is not a servant of the Jia family, and she will stay in the Zhuquan courtyard in the future.

After dinner, the table was cleared, and the servants brought refreshments again. After a brief conversation, Aunt Xue was about to leave. Mother Jia agreed, "My aunt came from a long way today, so I should rest early. It's worth staying. Let the second wife take you back."

Mrs. Wang sent Aunt Xue out, but she didn't say a word about what happened just now. Aunt Xue wanted to comfort her, but seeing that she kept silent, she couldn't bring it up again, so she went out of the yard and said: "I have servants to follow. My sister doesn't need to see you off. I've worked hard all day, so I should go back earlier."

Mrs. Wang looked a little gloomy, and sighed after hearing the words: "Oh, today..." Just as I was about to say something, I suddenly remembered that this was at the gate of the old lady's yard.

, and said: "When you have time, you often go to my place to sit, so that we can talk about our confidantes."

Aunt Xue responded quickly, and Mrs. Wang gave another order to the maids and women, watching them walk away before heading to her yard.

When we arrived at Lixiangyuan, Aunt Xue sent away all the servants of Jia's family, and then sighed to Baochai, "I thought your aunt was the second wife of this mansion anyway, and we could rely on her to take root here. Unexpectedly, the old lady gave her face in front of our women today, alas! The person who bumped into us on the street today does not know who it is, I still want to let your aunt Help me inquire about the origin of the other party, and see if I can get back this face."

Baochai is young but thoughtful but meticulous, thinking of the noble and natural appearance of the young man I saw today.Immediately said in a deep voice: "Our family is also wrong about that matter today. The capital is full of nobles. Our family is new here, so it's better not to be too troublesome." She was extremely disappointed in her brother. It was the troublemakers who turned their backs on their backs and lost a lot of money.At the feet of the emperor, he still doesn't know how to restrain himself!

She heard her mother say again: "It's not that you don't know your brother's temper. He suffered a loss today and will find a way to get it back. His temper is neither serious nor serious, and I don't know what will happen again." , why don't we ask your aunt to help take care of this matter first, and let that person pay for it."

Although Baochai intuitively felt that her mother's words were inappropriate, but she also knew that her old man had always doted on her brother, so she didn't say any more, and only hoped that this matter would not become a big one.

If Xueyan heard these words, she might have a new understanding of the Xue family's arrogance.

Just at this moment, I just returned to Zhuquanyuan and heard Zijuan say: "When the concubine came today, the second wife asked the girls to go outside to meet her, but the girl was too lazy to go. This is destined to make the second wife dissatisfied , That's why the second wife got angry with the girl at the old lady's place just now."

Hearing this, Xueyan sneered and said, "If it's because of this, what's the point of getting angry? Xue's family is not our relative! Scholars, farmers, businessmen, our girl is a dignified daughter of an official family, for the sake of the second wife, call her It's extremely rare to say 'Aunt Xue', and you still want our girl to take the second door? What a big face!" This Zijuan was wasting her own girl's heart and soul for her, thinking about her everything, but she In my heart, I didn't regard the girl as the only master.She obviously came from Mother Jia's side, but she reacted so strongly to Mrs. Wang.It seems that some of the rhetoric in the fan literature may not be groundless, this girl may have some muddled thoughts in her heart!

Since Zijuan was assigned to Daiyu's side, Xueyan has always respected her and respected her in everything, but what she said this time was extremely rude.The Zijuan who provoked her was also a little unhappy: "I just mentioned it briefly, what are you doing? I didn't realize that you are such a hotheaded person before, that you dare to fight with the stewards of the outer courtyard. How do you talk about girls?"

Xueyan felt that she was wrong in the past, and thought that if she could win over these people more, she would be more polite to Daiyu and the Lin family, but after what happened today, she realized that blindly talking nicely would only make these people more unscrupulous.

So Xueyan directly replied: "Since the girl came to the house, wasn't she a day of conscientiousness and peace of mind? She has always been lenient to the servants, but in the end she was said to be a shabby householder. I only blame myself for being too weak." It didn't hit that Qian Hua's head directly!"

"You!" Zijuan was choked by her words and couldn't speak, beating her chest angrily.

As soon as Daiyu came back, she was in a daze in front of the window, not knowing what she was thinking.The two of them were arguing so upside down, it didn't seem to affect her.

However, Madam Zheng was recruited, and Madam Zheng already knew what was going on outside from Mama Li's mouth.Although she felt that Xueyan was also a little reckless, Xueyan protected Daiyu's face after all.After all, Madam Zheng is more advanced than Xueyan. Just now she asked someone to inquire about it, and Mother Jia ordered Qian Hua to be beaten twenty times and then sent to Zhuangzi.That's a very lucrative comprador manager, if you say masturbation, you will be masturbating, and it's useless to ask anyone for mercy.After this incident, the servants of Jia's family must think carefully about disrespecting Daiyu.

Madam Zheng listened outside for a long time, and heard the conversation between the two of them.She thought to herself that Xueyan was still wholeheartedly for the sake of the girl, this Zicuckoo was a servant of the Jia family after all, and it was the Jia family who was thinking about the face of the Jia family when something happened, and she did not put the girl first.

Hearing that Zijuan was silenced by Xueyan's anger, Madam Zheng came in and pretended to reprimand: "You are a real girl, how do you talk? Look at Zijuan's anger!"

Xueyan felt much happier just now when she had vented, seeing Madam Zheng winking at herself, without being hypocritical, she smiled and said to Zijuan: "My dear sister, don't get angry with me, I'm not talking about you Yes. It's just that I was pissed off by those bastards in the front yard today, so I said it in a hurry, sister, don't take it to heart."

Zijuan was still a little nervous, but thinking about Xueyan not mentioning herself in what she said just now, and seeing her cautiously accompanying her smiling face, most of the gloom in her heart disappeared.Then she and Xueyan waited for Daiyu to wash and wash up without mentioning it.

Daiyu didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, Xueyan thought she was dissatisfied with her actions.Until the next day, Zijuan waited on Daiyu to pay her respects to Jia Mu.Madam Zheng gave Xue Yan a palm-sized box when no one was paying attention: "This is a reward from the girl, so please keep it."

Xueyan was a little dazed, and Madam Zheng said: "Here, just take it, just don't let other people see it, so as not to cause trouble. The girl is not stupid, she remembers everything you do." Said Regardless of Xueyan's reaction, he lifted the curtain and went out.

Looking at the small but exquisite gold-painted box in her hand, Xueyan was a little dumbfounded, but she opened the box driven by curiosity, but was almost not dazzled by the golden light inside.I saw a pair of red gold lace bracelets and a pair of gold rings inlaid with agate inside.Regardless of workmanship, gold alone has four or five weights.

Sure enough, it was the Crimson Pearl Fairy who casually rewarded the little maid with two handfuls of copper coins in the original book, and she was too generous!

When I bought those chrysanthemums, I didn't think about getting back the money, but I didn't expect that not only the money I spent back, but also several precious jewelry for nothing.

Xueyan carefully locked the box into her own box, and silently calculated that according to the current private house, she would have twice the money for redemption.It's a pity that the opportunity to redeem himself does not know when and what month it will be.

After receiving a huge reward, Xueyan felt a little embarrassed, so she resolutely gave up her original plan to take a rest.Instead, he picked up the embroidery frame and started to embroider.

The festival is coming soon, even if Daiyu's clothes can't be popular, they should show some festive atmosphere.Therefore, the recent clothes that Xueyan made for Daiyu did not use the plum and bamboo patterns that were commonly used before, but made a set of embroidered chrysanthemums and a set of ginkgo leaves, which are more suitable for the occasion.

The clothes have already been made, and the accessories can't be sloppy, what Xueyan can make is a purse.

The weather is a bit cloudy today, Xueyan thinks that the light in the house is not good, so she simply brought a sewing dustpan to the door of the main room.He can work and look at the house, so that the little maids will go in and be mischievous if they don't see it at a glance.

I don't know how long it took to embroider, but hearing a rush of footsteps, Xue Yan saw Cui Liu walking this way as soon as she looked up, she couldn't help asking: "You are not with the girl, why did you run back?" Don't come looking for yourself again...

Unexpectedly, Cui Liu didn't have time to say more, and hurried to the toilet: "Sister, I'll go there first."

Seeing her in a hurry, Xueyan shook her head helplessly.

After a while, Cui Liu came out from there and ran up to Xue Yan and said with a sly smile: "Sister didn't go to the old lady's house but I missed the show!"