The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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Before time-traveling, there was a craze for traditional Chinese medicine in China. Xueyan also had a strong interest in it. After following the trend for a while, she couldn't see intractable diseases of course, but there was no problem in simply feeling the pulse.

However, Qiuyue's pulse is sinking in inches, floating in feet, and slippery like pearls, which can be said to be a very obvious pregnancy pulse.As for how long it will take, Xueyan really can't tell.Looking at Qiuyue's own appearance, she probably doesn't know at all, and she doesn't know when the baby sat down...

No matter when it happened, Qiuyue's belly should not exceed three or four months, it was always around the time of Jia Min's death.Xueyan sighed deeply in his heart, man, no matter how you look at him, he is still a lower body animal!Most of her goodwill towards Lin Ruhai disappeared in one go.

However, there is no mention in the original book that Daiyu has concubine siblings. It seems that there must be something wrong with Qiuyue's fetus.

Xueyan walked forward with complicated emotions, because she had something on her mind and didn't notice the front, and bumped into someone without paying attention.

"You girl, why are you so frizzy today? Did you go to Jin Luo's house and get drunk?" a voice joked.

Xueyan looked up, and it was Nanny Zheng who spoke, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, it's my fault, I was thinking about something just now, and accidentally bumped into you, are you okay?"

Madam Zheng waved her hand: "It's a pity that you are still young, otherwise I really can't stand it with my old arms and legs." After finishing speaking, she sniffed hard and frowned and asked, "Have you been drinking?"

Hearing this, Xue Yan sniffed her body, and she really smelled of alcohol, maybe it was accidentally contaminated by her caretaker Qiu Yu just now.She rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Mama was joking. I want to drink it, but they won't give it to me. Sister Qiuyue got drunk after drinking two glasses of wine. She retched for a long time and didn't spit it out. I I just sent her back, and I was still thinking about whether to ask a doctor to take a look at her, but I felt nauseous after drinking three or five glasses of wine, could it be that I hurt my stomach by eating something that is not suitable?"

"You said she was retching and nauseating?" Madam Zheng asked with deep eyes.

Xueyan pretended to be nonchalant: "Yes, seeing sister Qiuyue drunk, I will resolutely not drink in the future, it is too uncomfortable."

Madam Zheng pursed her lips: "Then I'll go and see Qiuyue, this drunkenness is quite annoying, how can those little girls take care of them."

Seeing her go to Qiuyue's place, Xueyan breathed a sigh of relief, she has done what she can do, and the rest depends on the fate of Qiuyue and the child in her belly.

She went back to the room to wash and change clothes before going to the room to serve. She herself found the smell of alcohol unbearable, let alone Daiyu who loved cleanliness.

When she entered the room, Nanny Liu was talking to Daiyu about the relationship between the rich family.When Jia Min was here before, she mentioned some things, but she left too early and only talked superficially with her daughter, but now Liu Nanny is very detailed.Xueyan walked quietly behind Daiyu and stood still, and followed suit.

No matter the past life or the present life, if she had the opportunity to listen to the etiquette experience taught by the royal staff, even if it was a class that came by chance, Xue Yan listened with gusto.The little maids also found it new at first, but after three or five days, they found it boring and found excuses to go out when they saw Mammy Liu coming.Only Xueyan stayed behind on the pretext of serving Daiyu.

Grandma Liu glanced at Xueyan calmly, and continued talking.Before she came, she had heard that Daiyu was the daughter of the Lin family who had been married for many years, and she was afraid that she would be too pampered and difficult to raise.Unexpectedly, I turned out to be a very sensible, polite and smart girl, not spoiled, no matter what she taught, she would always draw inferences from others.

She often expresses the same sigh as Lin Ruhai, if Daiyu is a boy, with such talent and family background, why not worry about not being able to make achievements in the future?

After Grandma Liu stopped, Xueyan hurriedly made new tea and served it.It was only then that Daiyu saw her: "Just now I was too busy listening to Mama's talk about ancient times, but I didn't even know when you would come back."

Xueyan smiled and said: "The maidservants don't dare to disturb the girl when she sees that she is concentrating on it."

As he spoke, he smiled and handed over a cup of tea: "Girl has been coughing a bit these days, come and drink some tangerine peel ginger tea."

Daiyu, who has always been prudent, said with a downcast face: "But I don't want to drink this, I want to drink green tea." No matter ginger slices or licorice, they are not her favorite flavors, but the cup of green tea in Mammy Liu's hand has a long fragrance, very Hook people that.These days, Xueyan was by her side to take good care of her, and Daiyu had already developed a kind of dependence and trust in Xueyan in her heart, so she would occasionally joke with her and act coquettishly.

Xueyan smiled to herself: "I know you like the taste of green tea, no, I also put a few leaves in it."

Daiyu looked at the tea leaves in the teacup that could be counted with three fingers, and complained silently with her eyes.

Just when the snow geese were about to lose the battle, Grandma Liu said: "Dried tangerine peel and ginger tea can relieve cough and reduce phlegm as well as invigorate the stomach and eliminate food. It is the most suitable for girls right now. You should drink it. If you like drinking tea , I still keep a can of green tea for use, which tastes very good, and I will give it to you to drink when you recover from illness some day."

When Daiyu heard that there was good tea, she first smiled at Mammy Liu: "Then I will wait to drink good tea from Mammy."

After speaking, he took the teacup from Xueyan's hand and pinched his nose to drink it down.

After finishing her tea, Daiyu asked, "Sister Jinluo's house is busy, is it lively? You took a trip out after all, why didn't you stay a little longer?"

Xueyan smiled and said, "Sister Qiuyue didn't feel well after drinking a few glasses of wine, so I came back early with her. Sister Jinluo's house is not very lively. Within a hundred days, it can only be said that everything will be simplified."

Daiyu sighed softly: "Sister Jinluo didn't get married well, she was wronged because of me."

Xueyan comforted: "It's nothing, sister Jin Luo said that she is extremely happy to have such a wedding."

Daiyu smiled lightly: "Sister Jinluo has always been sensible." As she said that, her face darkened: "I have already copied a step of Buddhist scriptures, later you find someone to send to Daming Temple, and ask the monks there to worship in front of the Buddha for a few days. Sigh , Mother's [-]-day festival is getting closer... Let's pack up the things that should be packed first."

Now that Daiyu said she wanted to pack her things, Xueyan began to start. Although she didn't know how many things Daiyu brought in the original book, Xueyan made up her mind: bring everything that can be brought, big enough The dowry, bedding, and furnishings are as small as needles and threads, and the ones that are not used very often have already filled three large boxes.

In the end, Daiyu couldn't help but persuade her: "I'm going to my grandparent's house, not someone else's house, so why bother to mobilize people like this?"

Seeing that there was no one else around, Xueyan replied in a low voice: "I don't want to be so troublesome. I asked Xiaotao from Jia's house that time. I wanted to know about the situation in the mansion. The girl in the province went there. After that, her eyes were darkened. Then she heard that the things in the mansion are often useless, even the rouge and gouache of the girls are useless, and they have to be bought with extra money. Also, the servants of their family It has always been difficult, and even the girls have to pay for any dishes they want to order. The servants felt cold when they heard it, thinking that we should bring more for ourselves. Not to mention the price of things, at least the things here They are all used by girls, and it will save time and effort to repurchase them when the time comes."

She didn't comment on the Jia family's family style, but just pointed out the matter in a down-to-earth manner, and what she said was only the tip of the iceberg.Hearing this, Daiyu frowned. She is the eldest daughter of the Lin family, and there is nothing insignificant that can be brought to her since she was a child. The girl actually wanted to look at the servant's face, she couldn't bear to change her.

Seeing that Daiyu's face was not right, Grandma Liu sighed: "You don't have to take this matter too seriously, most of the servants of the noble family are born children, although the background is innocent, but after several generations, good and bad will inevitably be mixed. Some people rely on the face of their mothers to deceive their superiors and do some evil things. Whether their servants are good or not is their family business, anyway, you are just a guest, just take care of yourself. "

This is what it means to let Daiyu be alone. Daiyu thought for a moment, then nodded.

Lin Ruhai probably knew about this, and then he sent several land deeds and bank notes to Daiyu.The title deed is two shops and one in the capital.

For Xiaozhuangzi with 500 mu of land, there are one bank note of 1000 taels and several small ones, totaling [-] taels.

Seeing this, Daiyu was very surprised.

Lin Ruhai said in a deep voice: "At first, my father thought that you were still young, and wanted to entrust these things to your mother-in-law to keep them for you. Later, the old lady was old, and it was really not good for her to bother her. Sooner or later, you have to learn. Now that Liu mama is by your side, it’s better to learn to take care of yourself as soon as possible. Even if you don’t have to do it yourself, you can’t be easily fooled by servants. The future of these shops and Zhuangzi It will be handed over to you directly, and how much you can get depends on your own ability." What he thought in his heart was that while he was still there, even if his daughter made a mistake, he could help to make up for it.

Hearing this, Daiyu took it solemnly and handed it to Xueyan, who carefully locked it into the box.After she took over Daiyu's private house from Jinluo, she realized that the master had a lot of money in his hands. There was a box full of gold and silver locks alone, and there were thousands of taels of silver bills, plus For the bank note this time, Daiyu has at least 3000 taels of cash in hand.

I also don't know how Lin Ruhai did it in the original book, so that Daiyu could say "I have nothing, food and clothing, everything is her home".

As they were about to leave, Lin Ruhai did not forget to beat them, the servant girls. After the beating, he rewarded each of them with a purse, typically a stick and then a sweet date.

Afterwards, Xueyan saw that in the purse were two pairs of plum-blossom-shaped gold zippers, or two pairs of liangzi, which was worth 80 taels of silver, worth her eight-year monthly money.Xueyan couldn't help but click her tongue in her heart: What a rich man!