The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Grandma Liu

Xiaohong replied: "I didn't intend to give it to you. It just so happened that a relative of the second grandma came to the door today, and my wife happened to know about it. My wife felt sorry for the man who came to ask for relatives and friends at such an old age. I heard that the second grandmother *Grandma gave 20 taels of silver, so she also asked to take 20 taels of silver for her. She also said that she couldn’t wear some of her clothes, and if she put them in vain, they were moldy. Why don’t you find them out and give them to her? Why don’t you open the box to find clothes? A few pieces of doro cloth got mixed up in the clothes box for some reason, and they were all cloth ends, so the wife said to share it with the maids, she remembered you and specially left a copy for you."

Compared with the material of the clothes in front of her, Xueyan obviously cared more about the person in Xiaohong's mouth, so it is possible that the person who came was Grandma Liu.She smiled calmly and said: "Go back and thank my wife for thinking about me. By the way, Second Grandma's natal family is so prosperous, isn't the family situation of the person who came here not good? Why do you want your wife to help you?"

Xiaohong pursed her lips: "Just look at the clansmen on the back street. It is impossible for such a big family to be rich. Who doesn't have any poor relatives? I heard they called that person 'Grandma Liu', already I'm over 70 years old, and I heard that I brought a child with me. I haven't been here before, so it must be a distant relative. I don't know why she cast our wife's eyes, saying that it was getting late, and she insisted on going on the road because it was getting late. I stayed with them for one night. No, I spared time to search for things in boxes and cabinets. It is said that my wife changed her temper and even took out the ruler satin that she had saved a few years ago and scattered them. Find out a large The material for the burden is to be given to Grandma Liu, and she also said to take some of the chicken and bacon from the kitchen back to her. In short, Grandma Liu will have a good year when she goes back tomorrow."

"My wife is showing pity for the poor and the weak, but also doing good deeds." Xue Yan said with a smile.

"Who will do good deeds?" While speaking, Daiyu opened the curtain and walked out of the room.

Xueyan saw ink stains on her sleeves with sharp eyes, and hurriedly said: "Young lady's clothes are dirty, I'll go and change them for you."

Daiyu waved her hand indifferently: "I'm not going out, it's okay to change later, what were you talking about just now?"

So Xueyan told the story of Grandma Liu, and then sighed: "It is said that 'a life of seventy is rare in ancient times', so it is not easy for the elderly to come out to ask relatives and friends."

Today's Daiyu is no longer the daughter of Qianjin who didn't know anything before. Under the influence of Xueyan, she has become a little more lively. At least she can know that five taels of silver in the ordinary people's house is enough for a family of three to live a whole life. Year.What's more, now she often copies Buddhist scriptures for Jia Min, and understands the principle of "being kind to others", so she said: "Then you will see if we have any that her old man can use, and bring her some, which is more or less an idea. Give her another ten taels of silver, you go and give it quietly, don't disturb others, the provincial people say that we must be strong in every way."

Xueyan agreed, and said: "I heard that the eldest lady found a large bag of clothes and materials for her. I think there is no shortage of clothes. It just so happened that the old house just sent some food over there. I picked a few for her." her."

Daiyu was a little puzzled: "Give her money for these things, and she can buy them herself, why don't you find some rare things for her?"

Even if she has heard about some world affairs, Lin Daiyu is a daughter raised in a deep boudoir, and she doesn't know much about the lives of ordinary people.Xueyan replied with a smile: "Miss doesn't know, it's not so cheap for them to buy things in the countryside, not to mention there are some things in our house that she can't buy no matter how much money she spends outside. She can save the money to buy her mother." Do some small business locally, and she can eat the rice, noodles, grains and oils when she takes them home."

Only then did Daiyu understand: "Since that's the case, then you can give her more, anyway, we don't lack even a single thing."

Seeing that Daiyu did not despise Grandma Liu as much as in the original book, Xueyan was relieved.Although the two are indeed very different in terms of their identities, Grandma Liu is a good person with a conscience, and even a person with a long life.After time travelling, Xue Yan has a little more faith in those mysterious and mysterious things.If Daiyu can do more good deeds, there will be no harm in the end.

Xueyan went to the small kitchen for a while and found a big basket to fill it up. Seeing that the basket was full, Xiaohong insisted on carrying it with her, so they went to live with Grandma Liu together. the outer courtyard.

When the two arrived, Grandma Liu, grandpa and grandson had just taken a bath with the mother-in-law and changed into clean clothes, and were sitting cross-legged on the kang chatting with the mother-in-law.

Seeing the two of them coming in, the women who had been sitting hurriedly stood up, and one of them hurried forward to take the basket from Xueyan's hand: "We'll do this kind of rough work if the girls just say it, so why bother to do it yourself. Your little hands are tender, but you can't stand such a toss."

Xueyan smiled and said: "They are all the same slaves, so we can naturally do what you are capable of."

Grandma Liu saw that both of them were dressed like their masters, and saw that the women just now had a very respectful attitude, and she was wondering about their identities.A woman next to her told her: "The one in the red bijacket is the little red girl next to the eldest wife, and the one in the blue bijacket is the Xueyan girl next to Miss Lin."

Grandma Liu said with a smile: "It means that the water and soil in the mansion are good, and even the maids are like immortals. I'm afraid I won't dare to look up when I see the young ladies." One seemed to have something to explain, so they all pointed it out and went out.

Xueyan smiled inwardly, as expected, all the people who can stay in this mansion are human beings, and it's not just because of her eyesight.Seeing that the idlers had all gone out, Xueyan took the basket to the kang, and took out things one by one from inside: "Although my girl is young, she always takes pity on the elderly. I heard that the eldest lady gave you a lot of clothes and materials, and asked me to bring you some things that you can use when you go back. I thought about it, and the Chinese New Year is less than two months away. After all, food is the most affordable. The two packs without words are white sugar, and the two packs The one with words is brown sugar, this bag is shrimp skin, these are preserved fruits, this bag is dried fungus, and two catties of snowflake foreign sugar. They are not rare things, but they taste better than those bought outside. You can take them back It can be used. In addition, there is still ten taels of silver here that the girl gave you, so you can make up for your daily expenses when you go back, don’t think it’s too little.”

While she was talking, Grandma Liu was chanting Buddha, and at the end she hurriedly replied: "Then why? Please go back and thank your lady for me, and say that I will always pray for her after I go back, and wish her peace and success. Longevity.

Just as Xueyan was about to reply, she heard hurried footsteps, and then someone opened the door curtain to take a look. Seeing Xueyan, the visitor rushed in happily: "It happened to be in time."

"What are you doing in such a hurry?" Xue Yan frowned and asked, it was Cui Liu, why did this girl chase her here.

Cui Liu reached out and took out the two porcelain pots she was holding in her arms, and said: "After my sister left, the girl wanted to drink tea. I happened to see these two pots of Biluochun, and said they were for the old man to treat guests back home. .”

When Xueyan heard that it was tea, she guessed Daiyu's intentions. She had a lot of tea in her possession. Spring tea like Biluochun would become old tea in the next year. Daiyu would not drink it again because of Daiyu's pickiness. Putting it there is also a waste, it is better to be a favor.

So Xueyan took the tea and handed it to Grandma Liu: "This is excellent tea, it must be very respectable for Grandma to take it back and keep it for guests.

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The tea pots are made of delicate celadon. Grandma Liu rubbed them with her palm and sighed: "Even if there is no tea in them, these two pots alone are enough for our family to be heirlooms. Your lady is really generous."

After a while, Mrs. Xing sent her mother-in-law to invite Grandma Liu to dinner, and Xueyan and Xiaohong helped Grandma Liu tie a new bun.Xueyan saw some new silver hairpins on the table, picked them up and stuck them on Grandma Liu's head.Panicked, she waved her hands again and again: "Girl, this is not my hairpin."

Xueyan smiled and said: "Don't worry about whether it was in the past or not, this will be your old one here, you can just wear it with peace of mind, our wife is not bad for this kind of thing."

Hearing this, Grandma Liu sneakily looked at the gold-plated hairpin and pearl earrings on her head, then looked at the red agate hairpin on Xiaohong's head, thinking that the women she saw just now were all wearing gold and silver, she immediately Silence.

After sending Grandma Liu, grandparents and grandchildren to Mrs. Xing's yard by the way, Xueyan and Cui Liu returned to the yard.

After returning, Daiyu was invited to have dinner in Jiamu's yard again.Xueyan went back to her room to pack her things while it was still early in the sky, and she locked the piece of duoluo that Xiaohong brought just now in the cabinet, not because she was reluctant to use it, but because the master still wore plain clothes It doesn't make sense that she, a maid, wears red and green instead.

With the help of Cui Liu and the others, Daiyu has already rushed out four sets of winter clothes these days, and made two sets of Xiaomao clothes, and the rest is not so urgent.But Xueyan thought that her clothes hadn't been settled yet. Seeing that the weather was getting colder and colder, maybe someday it would snow, so she decided to make herself some clothes to keep out the cold.

A few days ago, the Tianfu distributed two pieces of thick material and cotton for them to make by themselves, but the Lin family gave each person two pieces of rabbit skin, which is enough to make a short jacket or a long bikini.Although rabbit fur is inferior to fox fur and mink fur, it is genuine fur material after all.

In her previous life, Xueyan was very envious of the various vests in the TV series "The Legend of Zhen Huan", especially the furry ones, they are simply not too good-looking.

It's a pity that there is no such style here, and Xueyan doesn't plan to be that early rafter.But there are still some things that can be used for reference. She searched among her own materials and found a piece of thick lotus-colored satin. She decided to use it to inlay rabbit fur to make a short jacket.In winter, padded jackets are still warmer than vests.

As soon as the materials were arranged and ready to be cut, Zhu Mei came over and said, "Sister Xueyan, the old lady has something to ask for you!"