The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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After hearing what the maid said, Daiyu smiled and stood up: "Since Sister Yun is here, I'll go and have a look."

It happened that Zicuckoo was not feeling well, so Xueyan followed Daiyu to Jiamu's yard, and she also wanted to meet this Miss Smith.

When they arrived at Jiamu's house, Xueyan found that not only Sanchun was here, but even Xue Baochai, who hadn't seen her for a long time, came over. As for the second master Bao, who was happy to see the girl, he couldn't let go.Xueyan thought to herself, it seems that Miss Smith's charm is quite strong.

Baoyu, who was courting Shi Xiangyun, saw Daiyu coming, and hurried over: "Sister Lin, I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you staring at Qingjiao?"

Daiyu touched her face: "Yesterday, Madam Zheng said that my face looked a little fleshy, Second Brother Bao must have made a mistake."

Shi Xiangyun puffed his mouth and muttered: "Second elder brother can only talk about 'Sister Lin, Sister Lin'. You two play together every day. I came here after a long time, so we can't be separated for a while."

Daiyu covered her mouth with a smile and said, "That's wrong with me. I'm too busy with homework all day long. How can I have the time to be with your 'love brother' every day? You 'love brother' have so many sisters and sisters." Yes, I can't be ranked!"

While speaking, he glanced at Xue Baochai intentionally or unintentionally.

Shi Xiangyun did not doubt Daiyu's words at all. She came several times, and almost every time Baoyu was with Xue Baochai, and Daiyu was either in front of Jiamu or in Zhuquan courtyard.

However, Xiangyun and Baochai are not very familiar with each other at this meeting, so I am too embarrassed to make fun of her, so I can only continue talking to Daiyu: "What are you doing in the yard all day? Every time I come, I have to ask four times. Please."

Daiyu smiled and said: "It's nothing. I usually study some books in the morning, and learn some etiquette and housekeeping in the afternoon. Occasionally, I do some needlework or practice some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Often I don't feel like doing anything for a day. It's over."

Xiangyun said enviously: "It's still you, you also have time to practice piano, chess, calligraphy and painting."

"What's the matter? It sounds like you don't know how to say it." Daiyu smiled lightly.

Xueyan thought to herself: It's really not easy to be a lady these days, you have to know a little about everything.But even if you have both talent and looks, if you accidentally marry a scumbag, you will see the end of your life.Then he looked at himself, and couldn't help laughing: No matter what, these ladies are still noble masters, and I am just a humble maid who doesn't even have freedom, so what position do I have to pity others?

At the moment when she was distracted, Xiangyun somehow brought the topic to her: "Why didn't Zijuan come here with Sister Lin, this sister is unfamiliar."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Zicuckoo is not feeling well. I asked her to rest. This is Xueyan, who has served me since I was a child."

It was a very common thing, but Tanchun was a little bit aggrieved because of the gift of pearls and hairpins that day, so he sneered and said, "Sister Xiangyun doesn't know

, this snow goose may have done it, not only is Sister Lin's right-hand man, even the eldest wife thinks highly of her, asks her to come over to comb her hair from time to time, and even pays a lot of money to hire her to teach the little maid! Then he smiled at Daiyu and said, "Sister Lin, you should be more careful, don't let the eldest wife poach your capable generals away." "

Shi Xiangyun didn't know the filth between them, and after hearing Tanchun's words, he thought Xueyan was the kind of person who would see things differently, and looked at her with a slightly unfriendly look.

Xueyan naturally felt such a strong gaze, and couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

But obviously there are people who are more annoying than her. Tanchun only thinks that Xueyan is just a girl, and it’s okay to say a few words to her, but she forgot that "it depends on the owner to beat a dog". She may have looked down on Dai for Xueyan Jade.So Daiyu said with some displeasure: "I want to do things that are beautiful for adults, but it's a pity that you all misunderstood my aunt, she is not the kind of person who digs around behind her back."

Seeing Daiyu speak for herself, Xueyan also felt confident, and said with a smile: "That's right, the third girl is used to making fun of slaves, it's not because the first lady gave you as many hairpins as the second girl , Are you still brooding about it now?"

Tan Chun didn't say anything, but Xue Baochai interrupted: "You are a good-tempered girl. The third younger sister just said a few jokes and you reacted like that. It's true that every master must have his servant!"

After hearing this, Daiyu couldn't sit still for the first time, she stood up suddenly: "Miss Xue, what are you talking about? Your cousins ​​don't like me, just say I am, why bother to talk about my girl! Why don't you make fun of other people's girls on weekdays? My girls are lowly, so I should let you young ladies use it for entertainment? Xueyan is a girl of my Lin family, and she didn't take your family's rules. No matter how bad it is, it won’t be the turn of others to talk.”

Xue Baochai looked a little embarrassed, she didn't expect Daiyu to have such a big reaction for a maid.

Tanchun blushed, Xiangyun looked at this and that, and felt that his head was a bit big.Rainstorm was even more eager to jump up and down, coaxing this to persuade that, but no one cared about him.

Even Jia's mother next door heard the commotion here, and heard the girl say that the girls were arguing for some reason, so she couldn't help walking over: "It was fine just now, what's going on here?"

Tanchun came to his senses first, forced a smile and said, "It's nothing, it's just a dispute over some poems."

Mother Jia didn't respond, and looked down to see Daiyu's red eyes and said nothing, she just felt very distressed, turned her head and saw Xue Baochai sitting beside Tanchun, and couldn't help but put the blame on her again: This girl of the Xue family is too treacherous, with her around, she always disturbs everyone in the family.

But in the present occasion, she couldn't always turn to Daiyu, so she could only sigh: "You too, how much time do you have to discuss knowledge on weekdays? It's too disrespectful for the guests to discuss this when Yun girl just came here today. Listen to me If you don’t, put aside all those opinions and I’ll have someone make the crystal elbow that Yun girl loves, and you’ll all eat more later.”

Hearing that there were steps to go down, everyone agreed one after another. In front of Jia Mu, they talked and laughed in a blink of an eye, as if what happened just now had disappeared.

It's just that everyone wants to understand in their hearts that some things are different after all.

Not to mention other people, even Xueyan, who has been a human being for two lifetimes, finds it hard to feel sorry for Tanchun who makes things difficult for her for no reason.

Daiyu's act of defending herself recklessly that day was intolerable to some people. Those people didn't say anything, but they were thinking in their hearts: It's just a maid, how can you disregard sisterhood for a maid, Sister Lin? Woolen cloth?

But what Daiyu thinks is, ever since I came here, I have endured and given way everywhere, and I have indulged you all too much. If you make fun of my maid today, you will be the one who makes fun of me another day.It's not that I have to stay at your house, it really irritates me, so I won't stay here!

From that day on, Sanchun seldom came to Daiyu's Zhuquanyuan together, and I heard that Tanchun and Xue's family were getting closer and closer.Yingchun and Xichun didn't come for a few days, and then I don't know who got the advice, they came more diligently, and they even brought Wang Xifeng's daughter Qiaojieer to come here often.

Xueyan reckoned that Mrs. Xing should have mentioned Yingchun and Wang Xifeng. After all, Daiyu has a big boss from the palace, Madam Liu.Looking at Mrs. Xing's posture, she reckoned that if it wasn't for her limited status, she would also wish to come and learn from Nanny Liu for a while.

On the other hand, Madam Zheng sighed after knowing what happened that day: "It is estimated that this matter is not that simple, that's all, since the first house and the second house are separated, it is impossible for us to please both sides. Since the eldest wife is tall Look at you, in the future, you should do the errands assigned to you by her. As for the third girl, you should stop hanging around her."

Xueyan nodded hurriedly: "Even if Mammy doesn't say anything, I think the same way, and I don't know if my horoscope doesn't fit there. Almost every time I go there, something happens. From now on, I'll stay here peacefully." Let’s go in the yard, and let others do any errands and talks!”

Even Mrs. Xing specially comforted her: "Some people just can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, 'not being remembered is a mediocrity', you can be remembered by others, which means you have this ability. Why don't you have so many maids at home? Mother-in-law, why do I prefer to look for you. But don't tell me, Xiaohong and I have learned from you for a few days, and this work has really improved, and you will continue to work hard in the future. Try to train them before the twelfth lunar month, I won't have any manpower to use when the time comes. If they make great progress by then, I will definitely give you a big red envelope."

Even though it wasn't all for reward, Xue Yan still smiled and said: "The servant girl is waiting for the wife's big red seal!"

"Okay, I just like how confident you are. That's right, she can't just knock us down for anything." Mrs. Xing clapped her hands and laughed.

From then on, Xueyan really stayed in Zhuquanyuan safely and refused to go out easily.It just so happened that the weather was getting colder, and she had just finished making Daiyu's autumn clothes, and was busy making winter clothes and shoes again.Because needlework is not allowed during the first month, a lot of work, such as purses for rewards in the first month, must be prepared in advance.

When Xueyan was busy on Jinxi and didn't know when, on this day, Xiaohong brought two pieces of material to her: "My wife gave it to you, saying that you are cold, so you can use it to make a gown to wear."

What Xiaohong brought was a piece of vermilion doro cloth, which was very valuable, Xueyan smiled and said: "A few days ago, the eldest lady gave me the material, why did I bring another piece today?"