The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Split up?

However, Xueyan was a little tired after doing embroidery work for a long time, just in time to change her mind, so she put the dustpan in her hand aside.

Cui Liu hurriedly sat down on the pony pony, and took out a small bamboo comb from her purse: "Sister, use this to comb your hair." Then she took out a palm-sized mercury mirror to look left and right of.

Xueyan took the bamboo grate and praised: "Your brush is quite clean." Then she swiftly removed the Baotou of Cui Liu, and a fresh scent of saponins wafted away in an instant.

"Did you just wash your hair this morning? It still smells good." Xueyan joked with her while combing her hair.

Cui Liu curled her lips and said, "This saponin smells good after washing and drying the hair, but the smell is too bad when washing, and it doesn't feel clean with soap."

Xueyan smiled and said, "Next time, try using hibiscus leaves, that smells better."

Cui Liu sighed: "I know that too, but it takes a lot of leaves to wash and squeeze out the juice inside, which is very troublesome. Besides, there are not many hibiscus trees in this mansion. It is also troublesome to pick off the bald leaves of the tree carefully."

Xueyan smiled: "You think quite far."

After combing her hair, Xueyan began to teach her: "Your hair is thick, you can braid it first and then coil it up." Cui Liu's hair is very soft and black, maybe there is no industrial pollution here, and all With natural shampoos, most girls have fine hair.Snow Goose divided her hair into four parts, first tied the hair on the upper two sides into a ponytail, braided it and coiled it above the ears.Tie your hair into four small twist braids, two on the left and two on each side, then wrap the braids around the hair you just coiled, and hide the ends of the hair under the hair.Leave a section of braid to hang down naturally when winding, and then wrap it with a headband.

After combing, Xueyan looked at her carefully and told her: "Just wait a moment."

Before she came back, Cui Liu couldn't wait to look in the mirror and look beautiful. The hair that sister Xueyan made for her is so beautiful, why didn't she think she was so beautiful before?

After a while, Xueyan came over with a pair of pea green silk flowers, and put them on Liu Liu's head.It just so happened that Cui Liu was wearing an ai-green short jacket today, and this flower just matched the clothes.

Cui Liu felt that the small mirror in her hand couldn't see clearly, so she ran into the room and stared at Daiyu's dressing mirror for a long time.

Seeing her happy look, Xueyan couldn't help laughing: After all, she is a girl, her nature is to love beauty.

After lunch, Daiyu came back with the others.The originally quiet courtyard suddenly became lively. Zhu Mei saw Cui Liu's new hairstyle at a glance, and exclaimed: "Why did you change to a new bun after a while? This bun is so well combed." It’s so beautiful, and this flower is just like a real flower, where did you get it?”

Hearing the movement, Biqin and the others hurriedly gathered in front of Cui Liu to watch, Cui Liu smiled with her arms akimbo: "Who told you that at noon when the girl sent an errand?

Everyone hunched their necks and pretended not to see?So hardworking people will be rewarded, do you regret it now? "

Biqin was smart, so she guessed right away that it was Xueyan's handicraft, and hurried to Xueyan: "My dear sister, please help me make a nice bun." Others also gathered around.

Xueyan smiled slightly: "When I'm not busy, I'll teach you. Why don't you go to work now? The girl just came back. Those who should make tea should make tea, those who should get clothes should get clothes, and the rest will wait. Say it again."

After hearing her words, the little maids hurriedly dispersed, each busy with their own errands.

Seeing this scene, Zijuan's eyes moved slightly.

Seeing Daiyu's tired expression, Zijuan said: "The girl is tired, why don't you take a nap."

After spending most of the day socializing at Jiamu's, Daiyu really felt a little sleepy, so she went to bed and slept.

When she fell asleep, Xueyan and Zijuan put down the gauze curtain of the bedroom together.

After leaving the room, Zijuan asked, "Is there anything else to eat in the small kitchen?"

Xueyan shook her head: "Is my sister not full? The girl is away at noon today, so I didn't do it. I just soaked some white fungus, thinking about stewing some white fungus and red dates soup later.

Zijuan said: "Then let's stew this first. I'll be full if I eat as much as I want, but the girl ate a few chopsticks of green vegetables at the old lady's. The dim sum at the old lady's place, the girl thinks it's greasy and doesn't eat anything. I'm afraid She'll be hungry when she wakes up."

Xueyan frowned: "Girl's appetite is much better now, why did she only eat so much at noon?"

Zijuan sighed: "It's not just the girl who eats less, because the old ladies and ladies who are troubled by the Xue family's affairs are uncomfortable, and everyone is unhappy at noon. It is even more difficult for the girl to say that she will not eat there. There is a large table where everyone has their own thoughts, how can this meal be eaten?"

"That girl Cui Liu came back and raised her mouth, saying that the Xue family bumped into some prince from the royal family on the day they entered Beijing. Is this a big deal?" Xueyan was also a little curious about the origin of the prince.

Zijuan said: "I don't know that you have been here for a short time. King Rui is the uncle of the current emperor, and the son of King Rui is the emperor's cousin. I heard that even the queen mother in the palace knew about his collision. Offending the royal family is a disrespectful crime. The old lady has already asked the first and second masters to enter the palace to plead guilty, and I don't know what the result will be."

This matter is so big?There is no such thing as Prince Rui's son in the original book!Xueyan murmured in her heart, and turned her head to think, because of her appearance, now Daiyu is different from the girl Lin who sheds tears every day in the original book, and it is normal for other characters and incidents to appear again.After all, this is a real world.

Seeing her worried face, Xueyan felt a little heavy in her heart, after all, if Jia's mansion were to fail, then the Lin family as in-laws would not be able to please her even more, not to mention that Daiyu is still living here now.

However, she still comforted her and said, "Sister, don't worry. It took so many days for the palace to come. I think the anger of the son of the prince has almost disappeared, and there shouldn't be too much trouble. My sister has been tired for a long time. Taking advantage of this meeting Also go to rest, I will prepare food for the girl."

Cui Liu, who heard the conversation between the two in the room, poked her head out: "I'll go with my sister."

Xueyan was also happy to have someone to help, so the two went to the small kitchen together.First, add the soaked white fungus to water, red dates, wolfberry, and lily and stew it in a casserole.

Thinking that Daiyu didn't eat much at noon, Xueyan prepared to make two kinds of snacks, one sweet and one salty.She first found out the flour and started kneading.

Seeing Cui Liu standing stupidly on the side, Xueyan smiled and said: "Don't you want to help? Go to the garden ahead and pick some sweet-scented osmanthus, wash it and bring it for me to use."

Cui Liu was bored waiting, hearing this, she hurriedly took a small basket and went out to pick sweet-scented osmanthus.

When Cui Liu came back after picking a basket of sweet-scented osmanthus, Xue Yan had already made a plate of scallion pancakes.

Cui Liu didn't come back alone, Qingwen was with her.After Qingwen came in, she said with a smile: "I can smell the fragrance from a long distance away, so I came to the right place."

Xueyan smiled and said, "It's a rare visitor, why did you come here free?"

Cui Liu explained: "When I went to pick osmanthus in the garden, I happened to meet Qingwen. She helped me pick a lot, so I invited her to come and play."

Qingwen saw that the scallion pancakes made by Xueyan were golden and golden, with scattered black sesame seeds sprinkled on top, and she was very appetizing at first sight.I thought to myself, no wonder everyone says she is dexterous, I am not as good as her in terms of food alone, I only know how to sew, but she can do everything.Thinking of this, she took another look at the silk flowers on Cui Liu's head, even the silk flowers are so beautifully tied, I was considered inferior.

Xueyan didn't know that someone had already competed with her in his heart.Although Qingwen in the original book can't see her position clearly, Qingwen is still a lively little girl at this time.No wonder Nanny Lai gave her to Mother Jia, it was indeed very eye-catching.

She picked up a plate of scallion pancakes that had just come out of the pan and handed them to the two: "You two are blessed, come and taste it."

Qingwen was still a little hesitant, seeing that Cui Liu had unceremoniously picked up one and put it in her mouth, even though her hot mouth was hissing, she couldn't bear to spit it out.She couldn't help swallowing, is it really so delicious?

Seeing Xueyan was busy, she stretched out her hand and grabbed a piece.The scallion pancake was only as big as the palm of your hand, and it was small and exquisite. Smelling the aroma from it, Qingwen couldn't help but took a bite, um, it was crispy and crispy.Although it looks oily, it is not greasy at all in the mouth, so delicious!

It is said to be a plate, but in fact there are only four pancakes. After two people finish eating one, they will take another, and they will finish eating quickly.

Qingwen suddenly said embarrassedly: "Oh, why did the two of us finish it?" She didn't realize that she ate two in one go.

Xueyan smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll wait for the girl to wake up before I cook them. It won't be crisp if I make it earlier."

Seeing that the steamer was still steaming, Cui Liu couldn't help asking, "Sister, what else are you doing here?"

Xueyan said: "There is also sweet-scented osmanthus red bean cake, which needs to be steamed for another quarter of an hour, and the sweet-scented osmanthus you picked will be used when it comes out of the pan."

At this time, Qingwen saw the purse on her waist, and couldn't help but go up to pick it up and look at it carefully, and then enviously said: "The flowers on your purse are so beautifully embroidered, why are the flowers I embroider always look a little dull?" I'm angry." As he spoke, he picked up his purse and looked at it twice, curling his lips in distaste.

Xueyan looked at her hand once: "Your embroidery is already very good, but this side and this side are not hemmed, and it will be more natural to embroider with a lighter thread..."

Qingwen stayed here for a long time, until Daiyu woke up and left contentedly.

After Daiyu woke up, she was really hungry, and the smell of scallion pancakes was particularly attractive. She ate two scallion pancakes at once, but she didn't eat the sweet-scented osmanthus red bean cake, saying that she didn't want to eat something sweet.

Xueyan was persuading her to have a few more sips of white fungus soup, when she saw Cui Liu rushing in in a panic: "It's not good, the old man wants to separate the family, and he is making a fuss in the old lady's yard."

Um?How is this going?