The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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Seeing her reluctance on her face, but she still gritted her teeth and refused, Mrs. Xing smiled secretly: After all, she is still a child, and her thoughts are still written on her face, but this girl has a good heart, and she is not the kind who is blindly greedy for money.

So Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "Don't rush to refuse, I didn't give you this thing for nothing, and I have something to ask you to do?"

He said, pointing to the two little maids beside him and said: "The previous maids are useless, I have already sent them away. These two are newcomers, and the rules are fine, but this job is not good. Whether it is making tea and sewing Combing hair and eating, nothing can be sold. I think they are quite smart, I am afraid that these wives will lead them to ruin. When you have time, give them more advice, no matter what, half of you is enough. Don't rush to evade, it is true that there are people who are more capable than you in these job houses, but there are not many who can understand everything like you, and the rare thing is that you can still read, so you can teach them by the way."

Xueyan said modestly: "The servants themselves only know a few words, I'm afraid it will delay them."

Mrs. Xing sneered: "I don't ask them to take the female champion exam, and I don't need to learn the "Book of Songs" and "Chu Ci". If you can understand the words you use every day, you can write a list or something. That's the idea. It's a trivial matter, and it's not worth bothering the girls, so I have to find it on you. Don't worry, I'll talk to your girls, and you can just take care of your apprentices."

Having said all this, Xueyan couldn't refuse anymore, so she had to agree: "Since my wife thinks highly of my slaves, I will try my best, as long as my younger sisters are willing to learn, I will teach them all. "As for how much the two can learn, it depends on their own good luck.

Seeing her answer, Mrs. Xing clapped her hands and praised: "It's just as refreshing as this."

Alas, if she hadn't been so quick to kick people out a few days ago, she wouldn't even have a capable maid now.It was very easy to pick these two, they were relatively clean and had good eyesight.She knew that everyone in the mansion was watching her jokes, wasn't it because there was no one there for the time being?She has money now, a few maids is not a trivial matter?In the morning, I will go to the matchmaker and bring the little girls over. Instead of using those who are not good, it is better to choose some young ones to train them from a young age. After three or two years, they will all be up.

When Xueyan was about to leave, Mrs. Xing sent her another errand: "Anyway, you will get a reward, so just run for me by the way." Saying that, Xiaohong asked Xiaohong to bring a few more small boxes and put them in the box. I picked some jewelry out of the box just now and put them in each box, and handed them to Xue Yan: "These jewelry are for your girl and the three girls in your family. You can take it along the way."

Xueyan took the things and left, and when she walked to the door, she heard Mrs. Xing ordering the little maid: "Take the rest of these things to Lian's daughter-in-law, just say that grandma has been working hard at home these days, and a little thing Let her pussy keep it for others to play with. If you don't have time to bring Miss Qiao, just hug her and I'll show her."

Hey, Mrs. Xing, who came from time travel, is really generous. She actually used things to win over Wang Xifeng, but I don't know if Wang Xifeng, who has a rich dowry, can fall in love with Mrs. Xing's little favor?

Sure enough, Xiaohong followed Mrs. Xing's order and went to Wang Xifeng's yard. Wang Xifeng accepted the things "happyly", and asked Ping'er to grab a handful of copper coins for her, and asked: "You girl is unfamiliar, What's your name? When did you go to your wife's house?"

Xiaohong answered bluntly: "To grandma, the maidservant's name is Xiaohong. She was originally a maidservant in the outer study. A few days ago, I ran into my wife by chance. She praised me for being straightforward, so she asked me to come over."

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Let's not talk about it, it's really straightforward, the voice is loud, and it's not stage-frightening. I'm most annoyed by servants who talk like mosquitoes. I usually look very energetic when talking about family problems. As soon as I got in front of the master, I was like an eggplant beaten by Shuang, and I got angry when I saw it. But you are quite energetic, a little girl." It's a pity that I have already followed Mrs. Xing, and I can't follow my mother-in-law's hand. rob people.

After sending Xiaohong away, Wang Xifeng picked up a ring in the box, and said contemptuously: "I thought my wife was really generous, that is, she would use these little things to trick people. This gold is not as heavy as a few coins, and beads are not as heavy as gold." Not too big, how much is it worth?"

Ping'er on the side smiled and said: "It's not a year or a holiday. It's very rare for my wife to think about giving grandma a share if she has something. Grandma don't have to look around in Sichuan. The slave girl sees that this bead is not too big. But the luster is good, it should be the best Nanhu pearls. These small beads are just right for my sister to wear, my wife is thinking about my eldest sister, and I have given them several times before and after."

"Forget it, after all, it's much better than before. This hairpin looks pretty good, so I'll wear this one for you!" Wang Xifeng smiled and picked up a hairpin and stuck it on Ping'er's head.

On weekdays, Ping'er was much more expensive than this, and she naturally accepted a small beaded hairpin.Anyway, there are four or five hairpins in the box, and several rings.

With sharp eyes, Ping'er pulled out a pearl collar button from the inside, and put it on Wang Xifeng's neckline: "Grandma said that there are no big pearls, but this pearl is as big as a lotus seed, so it's not too small. The peony pattern on it is just right. It matches your clothes today." He took a diorama and took a picture of it for her.

Wang Xifeng saw that the workmanship of the collar button was considered fine, so he nodded in satisfaction, and was about to speak, when someone said at the door: "What is worthy or not?"

While talking, a young man opened the door curtain with a fan and walked in.The visitor had long star eyebrows and sword eyes, but the frivolity between the brows ruined the overall impression.

If Zi Xueyan were here at this moment, and seeing Jia Lian's self-proclaimed flirtatious appearance, he would have to complain: "Wanderer!"

After Jia Lian came in, he saw the pearl jewelry in the box at a glance, and couldn't help laughing: "I said, why did you kick out everyone else? So you two are here to share the good things?" He picked up a gold ring and looked at it. Look around and ask: "Is this a new face from the mansion?" Wang Xifeng has never liked this kind of simple jewelry, so she must not have done it herself.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "It's just passed Zhongqiu, what kind of jewelry is there in the house? You can't guess who made these jewelry."

Jia Lian chuckled and said, "If I guess it right, what's wrong with me?"

While Jia Lian and his wife were making fun of each other, Xue Yan had already arrived at Jia Mu's yard with her things.Anyway, Mrs. Xing has already allocated things, so she just distributes them according to the order.

When they arrived, Sanchun was making fun of Jia Mu, and they were very happy to receive the boxes.

Jia Mu also smiled and said, "Open it quickly and see, what good things did the eldest lady give you?"

Hearing this, Sanchun opened the box in his hand, and Tanchun saw a pair of hairpins, a pair of rings and a pair of earrings in the box, all of which were exquisite and small.I was quite happy at first, but when I turned around and saw that there were twice as many things in the box as I did myself, I couldn't help but change my face: "Why are my things different from those of my second sister? It couldn't be Xueyan, you took it wrong, right?" After seeing the hairpin on her head, he narrowed his eyes and asked, "Or was the box opened on the way?"

Hearing this blunt question, Xue Yan frowned.