The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Hit the autumn wind?

In fact, Lin Ruhai didn't think of this at first. He is a man after all, and he doesn't know the details of these things in the inner court. He originally planned to directly give his daughter's expenses to his second uncle, Jia Zheng.Later, I found out that Jia Zheng was the second son but lived in the long house in secret, and I heard that he was quite noble and dull in his conduct in the court, which was not liked by his colleagues.

Lin Ruhai didn't trust him very much in her heart, and when she happened to mention this matter to Madam Zheng, Madam Zheng couldn't help laughing: "As the saying goes, there are differences between the inside and the outside. Although the master has a good personal relationship with the second master, after all, it is a woman who manages the inner courtyard. The meaning of the servant, this money can't be given in private. The master doesn't know that those gossiping women in the backyard are so powerful, and they can make waves if they don't show up. If you trust the servant, leave this matter to the servant , when the time comes, the slaves will be handed over to the old lady in public, and no one will be able to tell if they are from our family. In addition, it stands to reason that although the girl is young, after all the wife is gone, she should learn these things about housekeeping."

With Madam Zheng's words, Lin Ruhai remembered the matter of giving his daughter a private room.

Later, when Xueyan found out about this, she couldn't help muttering in her heart: After all, Jiang is still old and hot. Although Madam Zheng has never been to Jia's house, she has seen [-] to [-]% of Jia's behavior.Or, those high-ranking and powerful families who seem to have infinite prosperity are actually almost corrupt and decadent inside.

After hearing Xueyan's remarks that time, Daiyu didn't think she had too many things, and almost tossed her tightly, anyway, she could go to the housekeeper to ask for anything she didn't have in her room.As for the share?Hehe, Daiyu is the only master in the mansion now, who would dare say no to what she wants?

In this way, Xueyan picked and packed two big boxes. If it wasn't for the fact that Daiyu needed to pack three or five boxes for her daily use, she would

Want to bring more.

After finally getting all of Daiyu's things ready, Xueyan began to prepare her own salute, and took this opportunity to start planning her private house.Before she crossed over, the original owner had just become a second-class maid not long ago, so the private house was not very rich. There were about 30 taels of silver, seven or eight pieces of silver jewelry, and two or three pieces of gold jewelry.Xueyan put all these away separately and did not use them. Even the gold ring that was given to Jin Luo as a gift last time was bought by herself with silver.Although she has now completely replaced the original owner and became Xue Yan, she still feels that it would be a bit awkward to use the original owner's leftovers.It was also fortunate that she had received a considerable reward from Lin Ruhai when she first arrived, or else she would really have used the original owner's things.

After she traveled through time, she issued a total of three monthly requisitions, all of which were issued according to the second class, [-] Wen, and she has not yet issued a monthly requisition after she was promoted to the first maid.When Jia Min first left, apart from a small white flower, she also got a pair of silver earrings and a silver ring. Later, when the mansion made jewelry for Daiyu, even her maid did the same.At that time, the maidservants were sick and sick. Although Xueyan had a second-class title, she got the first-class case. She got a pair of pearl flowers inlaid with silver and a pair of silver bracelets. He gave her a white jade bracelet.Although the bracelet could not reach the level of mutton fat jade, it was still a good Hetian white jade. It was originally a pair, but was given to her and Jin Luo by Daiyu.

Xueyan liked jade very much in her previous life, and she always wanted to buy a jade bracelet of her own, but because a good bracelet was expensive, she didn't want to settle for it, so she never bought one.After getting this bracelet, she has been wearing it on her hand all the time.The ring of the bracelet was a bit big, Xueyan was afraid of accidentally falling out, so she put a thin silver bracelet on the outside of the bracelet.

Well, based on this calculation, Xueyan only has a few valuable jewelry, but fortunately, there are still a few velvet flowers that can be worn in exchange.However, seeing those five gold locks and the 13 taels of silver left over from buying the ring, Xue Yan frowned: In comparison, real gold and silver can give her a sense of security.

She had prepared so many boxes for Daiyu, but none of her own boxes were filled.She happened to be at the age of long body, the former

There is basically no need to bring clothes, and the original owner didn't save much fabric.She only had two plain clothes and a few pieces of plain clothes that were issued by the mansion a few days ago, but she heard from gossip that the sewing room in the mansion had already made new clothes for these maids. .

There are not many clothes and jewelry, but you can bring more things for washing.Thinking of the rouge gouache that was complained about by the little maids in the original book, Xueyan was going to buy more of that, so as to save herself from having to be stripped by the Jia family steward if she wanted to use it well.Or, you can use these things to win over the little maids of the Jia family.

When Xueyan read the original book, she was a little puzzled, Xue Baochai didn't act too generously!It is clear that Daiyu's actions are generous, and it is because there are people behind the scenes to add fuel to the flames, and those servants of Jia's family have made Daiyu so ugly.

Xueyan squinted her eyes, she was going to use "sugar-coated bullets" to deal with the servants of the Jia family in her life, but she couldn't believe that those villains would have the nerve to arrange her girls in front of the benefits at their fingertips!

However, Lin Ruhai was also worrying about who would escort his daughter these few days. Although her daughter could take the official ship, and the Jia family also sent people to pick her up, they were all servants. Lin Ruhai still wanted to have familiar elders go. Sending would be better.

As for Daiyu's former husband, Jia Yucun, under Xueyan's "inadvertent" reminder, Lin Ruhai felt that her daughter would have to go to Beijing sooner or later, so she couldn't take her husband with her, so she gave him a generous package and sent him away early. up.

As a result, Jia Yucun had left Yangzhou and returned to his hometown after the imperial court's report of "recovery" came down.It wasn't that he didn't have the idea of ​​the Lin family, but just happened to have another way, so he left the Lin family behind.

When Lin Ruhai was worrying, the concierge sent a letter of greeting: "If you go back to the master, there is a talented master outside who claims to be a junior from the same clan as the master, and came to pay a visit."

In the hall, Lin Ming drank the tea in his cup nervously. After counting, he and Lin Ruhai had already sold five cups, so they were not considered to be of the same clan.It’s just that the road to Beijing this time was full of bumps. First, there was a big wave on the road, and the boat he was on accidentally capsized. Fortunately, both he and the servant were good swimmers and there was no danger to their lives. It was the mother who suffered a serious crime because she didn’t know how to swim.Although he was rescued by kind people later, it was a serious illness after all.

They came to Yangzhou City with the merchant ship that rescued them, and had to stop here because their mother had been seriously ill.The money in his hand was no problem at all in the capital, but his mother's illness was so severe that the doctor said it hurt her vitality, and she had to take ginseng tablets as medicine to cure it. In addition to the cost of food and lodging, it took only half a month. It cost nearly a hundred taels of silver.Seeing that the silver flowers were flowing like water, Lin Ming discussed with his mother to move out of the inn, and rented another small courtyard to live in.

The owner of the inn saw that he was a scholar at a young age and wanted to make friends with him, thinking that he was out of pocket, so he pointed him out: "Since Mr. Lin is from the Lin family in Gusu, he must be the same as Mr. Lin, the inspector of salt and censor Lin." We are of the same clan. I heard that Master Lin is the one who cherishes talents and pity the poor the most, and you are serious fellow villagers, now that you have difficulties, why don't you come and visit us once or twice?"

Lin Ming thanked the boss, and went back to tell his mother about it.

After hearing his son's words, his mother, An Shi, also advised him: "The boss is right. Since we have arrived in Yangzhou, you should visit Mr. Lin's house for a while. It's just that we don't need to mention our situation. Mr. Lin has a criminal record. Tanhua, if you can get some advice from him, it will be a great opportunity to be with you. As for the trouble, you don’t have to worry about it. The money I brought this time for my mother is enough to cover our expenses when we go to the capital. When we arrive in the capital, with your uncle’s help, there will be no difficulties .”

Poor families have rich roads, so they naturally have to bring more money when they go to Beijing.And this time when going to Beijing, An's plan is to settle down there, and the money in his hand will not be small.It's just that An's feels that he won't recover from his illness for a while, and it costs a lot of money to stay in the inn, and it's inconvenient to stay up late, so it's more convenient to live in a courtyard house.There are a lot of merchants coming and going in Yangzhou City, and there are many merchants who don't have much money, so it is not difficult to rent a small yard like this.

Unexpectedly, he was misunderstood by the innkeeper.

But misunderstanding is misunderstanding, after all, what the boss said reminded them.Naturally, they had heard of Lin Ruhai's reputation. After all, he was a scout with a previous record, even in Suzhou, which is used to being talented, it is rare.It's just that the relationship between my family and others is already very far away, so I didn't even think about coming to make friends.If it weren't for a chance meeting this time, the mother and son would not have stayed in Yangzhou.

While Lin Ming was thinking wildly, the boy who went in to report the news just now hurried back and said with a smile, "Master is very happy to hear that Young Master Ming is here. Please go inside and talk."

Although he was still smiling, Lin Ming keenly sensed that the other party's attitude was a bit more respectful than before.Lin Ming couldn't help feeling more confident in his heart.

Lin Ruhai has been away from home for many years, and has gradually become estranged from the Lin family. He didn't feel that much before, but now that he is getting older, he always feels a little regretful.It's just that there has never been a good opportunity to improve the relationship with the tribe, and now it is very happy to have a descendant of the same clan come to visit.

In particular, I heard that this nephew is not only a young scholar, but also a year-old student in Suzhou Prefecture this year. He was recommended by the prefectural school.

Lin Ruhai was even more relieved when he heard that, when he heard that he and his mother were renting a house in the city, he immediately asked someone to clean up a place in the outer courtyard, and sent a horse-drawn carriage to bring An Shi and the other servants over. .

The news of the servants is actually very well-informed. At lunch time, Xueyan had already heard from the little maid that a very young young scholar came to the mansion. He is the nephew and nephew of Lin Ruhai's family. Now he has been left in the mansion. live temporarily.I heard that the master has sent someone to pick up the scholar's widowed mother...

Hearing the rumors, Xueyan summed it up: A boy from a poor family but talented in reading, a widowed mother, and a distant relative from a wealthy family all look like the standard male second in the farming novel.This suddenly came to the door, couldn't it be the autumn wind?