The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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After not seeing each other for several years, Xueyan found that Qiuyue's temperament was more mature than before.Perhaps because of the birth of a son, Qiuyue now has a bit more arrogance of a superior.

I also want to know that Lin Ying is the only son of the Lin family now, so it is better to be the future head of the Lin family by accident. As the biological mother of the head of the family, Qiuyue's status is naturally very important.

Seeing that they were almost done exchanging greetings, Xue Yan persuaded: "It's windy outside, the girl should take the uncle to the house." Alas, if you say that reincarnation is a very important thing, your reincarnation is ready, Even if it's a little boy, it's still a young master's generation. If you don't vote well, it will be a bit miserable for a little girl like me who kowtows and kneels every now and then.

Daiyu smiled and nodded: "Yes, let's go, Zheng'er, I will take you to meet the old lady." Then she went to hold Lin Zheng's hand.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Linzheng slapped Daiyu's hand away, quickly ran behind Qiuyue, twisted her body and said, "I want to find my aunt."

Qiuyue tugged at him, so she could only say to Daiyu with a smirk, "Master is a bit shy, girl, don't be angry with him."

Daiyu smiled indifferently: "It's the first time I've met you, so you should be unfamiliar."

Xueyan narrowed her eyes and looked at the situation. It seems that Lin Ying should have been raised by Qiuyue all along. The two nuns next to her should be Lin Ying's nanny, but they didn't say a word at this time, very Obviously got used to this situation.

Thinking of this, Xueyan looked at Daiyu's side face with some worry, thinking that if Qiuyue had a heart and raised Lin Ying not close to Daiyu at all, Daiyu might have a sad life in the future.Xueyan, who was originally happy that Daiyu had a brother to support her, lost the joy at the beginning at this moment, and was only left with deep worries.

After arriving at Jia Mu's room, Lin Ying may have never seen so many people. When Qiuyue asked him to salute everyone, he couldn't help crying.Seeing him crying, Qiuyue quickly hugged him and coaxed him in a low voice.

Seeing this, both Jia Mu and Mrs. Xing frowned, only Mrs. Wang looked a little gloating.

Lin Ying kept crying, but in the end Mrs. Xing smoothed things over and said: "Brother, I have been on the boat for so long, and I just arrived here, let alone such a young child, even if we change adults, I am afraid it will take a while. Not used to it. Let Sister Yu take him to Zhuquanyuan to freshen up first, and it will be the same to make up later."

Jia's mother said in a deep voice, "That's the way it is." She glanced at Qiuyue and said, "Are you the eldest brother's biological mother?"

Qiuyue replied in a low voice: "Yes."

Jia's mother said: "It stands to reason that you are the son-in-law's roommate, so I shouldn't talk too much. It's just that the elder brother wants to call my daughter a mother, and he is acting like this today. The four-year-old child saw it." People are still so timid, it’s okay if we are relatives, if we go to someone else’s house, how can we behave like this?”

Just as I was talking, a maid outside the door raised the curtain and said, "My aunt is here."

Jia's mother hurriedly said: "Please." The two of King Xing are both uncles and sisters-in-law, and the remaining girls are all juniors, so there is no need to avoid them.

Everyone in the room had different thoughts, only Daiyu greeted Lin Ruhai at the door, and bowed down when she saw Lin Ruhai coming in: "The unworthy girl pays her respects to Daddy."

Lin Ruhai pulled her up with an excited expression, "I haven't seen you for a few years, Yu'er has grown into a big girl."

"Daddy!" Daiyu called out, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but hugged her to his chest, and the father and daughter hugged each other and wept for a while.

After all, they are the biological father and daughter. The etiquette after meeting is a bit rough, but the feelings are real and touching.

The corners of Xueyan's eyes were moist, and there were many maids standing in the room who were crying along with them.At this time, Xueyan couldn't help but look at Qiuyue's expression, but she saw that she was wiping the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, her head lowered so that people could not see her expression, only the ruby ​​on the gold hairpin was shining.

Xueyan was not the only one who noticed this, and another person also saw Qiuyue's appearance, and muttered in his heart: Hypocrisy.

When the emotions of the father and daughter stabilized a little, Lin Ruhai met Jia Mu and Mrs. Xing Wang again.

Seeing Lin Ruhai, Mother Jia couldn't help thinking of her daughter who died young, and couldn't help weeping again.It wasn't until Jia She sent someone to invite Lin Ruhai ahead that Jia's mother finally stopped crying and said, "It's really getting late, you came from a long way and went to the palace and tossed for a long time, you should go to dinner first, and we will have dinner later." It's never too late for girls to talk."

At this time, Mrs. Xing interjected: "It just so happens that the elder brother has not seen his uncle yet. The master has been thinking about this elder nephew early in the morning and even specially prepared a meeting gift. Why don't my brother-in-law lead me to meet him now?"

Jia's mother agreed: "Exactly. From now on, we will be the same family. We will meet sooner or later. Let the eldest brother meet his uncles."

Lin Ruhai didn't know what happened just now. Seeing Lin Ying huddled in Qiuyue's arms, he thought that he was just a little shy, and felt that what Jia Mu and others said was reasonable, so he asked the wet nurse to hug Lin Ying and follow him.

Qiuyue bit her lower lip, although she was a little reluctant, she didn't dare to do anything wrong in front of Lin Ruhai, even Lin Ying behaved very well in front of her father.She could only watch helplessly as Lin Ruhai led the wet nurse away.

After their mother and son had gone far away, Madam Xing patted her head pretending to be annoyed: "Look at my memory, I forgot to bring out the meeting gift for my eldest brother just now."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "I'm afraid you don't feel sorry for that thing, you pretended it on purpose."

Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "It seems that I haven't hidden my thoughtfulness from the old lady. I originally wanted to save some things, but you always pointed it out. It seems that this time I have to bleed No more."

Mother Jia laughed and scolded: "As an aunt, it's the first time I see my nephew is not willing to give up even a single thing. You are so picky. Hurry up and ask someone to bring the things. If it is too simple and thin, it will not be suitable for my grandson. , I don't agree."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law played a pair of very loving grandmother and aunt one after another, until Qiuyue was so annoyed that her head would explode, but she couldn't say anything.After all, Jia's house is the natal family of Lin Ying's aunt, if she dares to express any dissatisfaction, it will only harm Lin Ying and not benefit.

Xueyan looked at her from the sidelines, who clearly "knocked out teeth and swallowed blood", but still pretended to be proud, and felt a little sad in her heart.

After a while, Mrs. Xing brought Lin Ying a meeting gift, which was a set of red gold longevity locks inlaid with jasper, bracelets and anklets, and two ruler heads.

Jia Mu looked at it and nodded: "It's okay." She also ordered Yuanyang to get the things she had prepared. Seeing Jia Mu's expression of satisfaction with Xing Shi, Yuanyang felt confident and went to get the things by herself.

Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "What did you call it? My wife remembers that there is a jasper longevity lock left by her sister in Yu'er's ladder. It seems to be in her dowry. This piece of jasper is very similar to that piece. Brother Zheng wears it, and it is also a sympathy from our family." She prepared two sets, the colors were similar, but the other set was Hetian Biyu, which was closer to Daiyu's longevity lock, and the set in front of her was from the Raksha Kingdom. The value of the jasper is far worse.

Mrs. Xing thought secretly, if she doesn't even kowtow to her aunt, she still wants to favor my good things, go dreaming!

At this time, Yuanyang also took out Jiamu's meeting gift, which was a heavy gold collar with a golden unicorn embedded in it.

Xueyan glanced at it. It looked expensive, but in terms of value, it was not as good as a bracelet given by Jiamu when Daiyu took off her filial piety.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but offer a meeting gift, a red gold longevity lock.In addition, Wang Xifeng gave each a pair of gold and silver locks.plum

Wan didn't come over and didn't say anything.

Everyone asked Qiuyue to accept the things for Lin Ying, Qiuyue declined a few words, but finally let the maid accept it.

At this time, Mother Jia said again: "You gave birth to brother Zheng, not only did you make great contributions to the Lin family, but also made a difference for our aunt and grandma, so that she has a descendant to worship. We can't be stingy, come here, Bring me the reward I gave to Aunt Chen."

Mrs. Jia gave Qiuyue a set of scarlet gold face masks, Mrs. Xing gave a set of silver inlaid lapis lazuli head masks and two pieces of clothing, and Mrs. Wang also gave a set of silver head masks.As for Wang Xifeng, he saved it this time, there is no custom of nephew and daughter-in-law giving gifts to the people in uncle's room.

Qiuyue accepted these things with a smile. As for what she was thinking in her heart, no one else knew.

Seeing her salute respectfully, Mother Jia smiled with satisfaction, and asked again: "The banquet has been arranged, where can Aunt Chen eat?"

Wang Xifeng replied: "It's been arranged. The master said we haven't seen each other for a long time. Why don't we set up two tables in the front flower hall, separated by a screen, and get close. Aunt Chen will arrange it in the wing room over there. I'm going to let Ping'er accompany."

Jia Mu nodded, "Ping'er is fine."

Then a group of people went to the flower hall for dinner.

After eating, Mother Jia had the screen removed, and told Lin Ruhai a lot about the family.He didn't get up until the sun turned west, and said goodbye, and proposed to take Daiyu home for a period of time.

Mother Jia was a little bit reluctant, but she still said: "Your father and daughter haven't seen each other for a long time, and it's time to get close when you finally come back. It's just that you have to return Yu'er after a while. I don't see this girl for a day. .”

Lin Ruhai respectfully agreed.

Mother Zheng told them to pack up Daiyu's salute early in the morning, and even packed up their own things. This time they got the letter of approval, and they only need to tidy up a little before they can leave.

As soon as the coachman in the outer courtyard had harnessed the carriage, he saw Ji Liang leading a few women and servants out carrying boxes one by one. He thought to himself that the maids in the Zhuquan Courtyard were really neat, packing things up so quickly. up.

Returning to Lin's house will inevitably lead to another round of ups and downs.

Qiuyue watched the little girl make the bed and everything, frowned and slapped the palm of her hand: "This room has not been lived in for a long time, and it smells musty. Hurry up and light some lily incense to smoke it."

Then he asked the mother-in-law: "Where did the master arrange the elder brother? I'll go and see him."

The mother-in-law replied with a sneer: "Don't worry, auntie, the master asked the wet nurse to take the eldest brother to the study, and there is also the eldest girl, father and son are talking."

Qiuyue stood up "teng" when she heard the words, and just about to go out, she bit her lower lip and sat back, thinking that if she passed by now, Lin

Ruhai will be unhappy.

Taking a few deep breaths, Qiuyue told the mother-in-law: "Go and call the snow goose next to the girl...please come here."