The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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After the old lady left, Xiaoju, the maid who was packing her luggage, pointed to a pile of boxes on the table and said, "Auntie, where should I put the gifts from the old ladies and ladies in Jia's mansion?"

It's okay not to mention this, but when I mention this Qiuyue, I just feel a sense of depression rushing into my chest, and said bitterly: "It's not a good thing, just find a place to put it away."

Xiaoju was a little puzzled, they were precious things like gold and silver, why did Auntie think they were not good?Mingming still looked very happy when he saw him in Jia's mansion, and even told himself to keep it safe, why did he change his mind after a while?

But seeing Qiuyue's complexion, she didn't dare to speak back, and put the things in a box aggrievedly.

Xueyan was packing things with Cui Liu and others, and was very puzzled when she heard that Qiuyue was going to see her.Cui Liu quietly tugged at her sleeve to signal her not to go, Xue Yan thought for a while and said to the old woman: "I see, mother go back first, I will go in a while."

When the old woman left, Cui Liu said bitterly: "I kept reminding you not to go, why are you still going? It's a big fight today, you should be careful to get yourself dirty. .”

Xueyan patted her hand: "Don't worry, I know it well. Besides, even if you don't look at her face, the elder brother will always give it to you. After all, I belong to a girl. What can she do with me as an aunt? Like? It’s just a formality.”

Cui Liu curled her lips: "Then be careful, if you don't come back within a stick of incense, I will save you."

"Okay." Xue Yan pursed her lips and smiled, feeling very warm in her heart.

Xueyan arrived at Qiuyue's courtyard and said with a smile: "I don't know why my aunt called me?"

Seeing her coming, Qiuyue looked very happy, and quickly ordered the little maids to serve tea and snacks, and then kindly took Xueyan's hand: "How many years have we been friends? It seems unfamiliar if you call it that. Now, we were sisters and sisters in the past, how close we are, could it be that you are estranged from me after not seeing you for two years?" While talking, she looked at Xueyan with big eyes, if her heart was not firm enough, Xueyan almost fell It's in her veins.

No wonder she was able to conceive a child when Jia Min was seriously ill. It seemed that Qiuyue was more complicated than she thought before.

Xue Yan replied with a smile: "Auntie is serious. After all, today is different from the past. Even in the face of the uncle, we dare not be too presumptuous."

"Look, you're still married to me after all." Qiuyue seemed a little sad, she took a sip of tea silently, and signaled to Xueyan: "You should also try this tea, it's a new tea from Fujian. I tasted it better than the one in Beijing."

Beijing?Qiuyue is from Suzhou, she has never been to the capital before, and she just drank a few cups of tea in Jia's mansion today.Is it bad to say that you dislike Jia's tea?Is this an invisible show off?

Slandering in her heart, Xueyan still picked up the teacup and touched her lips: "It's really good, it's fragrant." She didn't want to say anything else.

The two fought for a long time, and Qiuyue wanted to know about Daiyu's affairs, but Xueyan just pretended not to understand, or picked up unimportant things to say a few words.Qiuyue was secretly annoyed, but she smiled and spoke respectfully, and couldn't find her fault.

In the end, Qiuyue had nothing to do, so Qiuyue had to ask the maid to bring out a tray: "That time at Zheng's house, if it weren't for your help, I'm afraid my birth would have been a disaster. I can give birth smoothly thanks to your credit. I don’t know if things can enter your eyes, but it’s my wish anyway, so don’t refuse.”

Is this the rhythm of temptation?

Looking at the golden light in the tray, Xueyan muttered silently, then restrained her expression, and solemnly declined: "For this matter, the master has rewarded me several times, not to mention that I didn't do anything big at the time, such a precious thing is really worth it. Shame on you."

"Why, you accept the master's things, but you don't accept mine?" Qiuyue said a little displeased.

Well, since you insist on bribing me, then I will accept it.Xueyan was secretly happy in her heart, and she still made a full gesture on her face, and refused twice before accepting the thing "not so embarrassed".

Qiuyue took her things away, and smiled with satisfaction in her heart: If you have it once, there will be a next time.No matter how much she loves a girl, she is just a little girl. I am afraid that the monthly rewards over the years add up to only a hundred taels of silver.After giving so much at once, are you afraid that you won't be able to restrain her?

It's just that she didn't expect that Ren Xueyan's private house was not much less than hers, and there were even two good things that she didn't have.

Xueyan got something, and walked back with it in a big way.When someone asked me on the road, I couldn't help but spread the goodwill of Aunt Chen's "repayment of kindness".In less than half an hour, the gossip that Aunt Chen gave her a plate of gold and silver to thank Xue Yan who was next to the eldest girl for saving her life had spread throughout the Lin family.

She managed to get to the yard with the tray, and hurriedly shouted, "Come and help me carry things."

Zhu Mei, who was watching the little girl sweeping the floor in the yard, saw her, and hurried over to take the tray, "What a good thing, it makes you so tired?"

While talking, he glanced at the tray, and said indifferently: "It's just common things, why bother to carry them on the tray, don't you feel tired?"

Xueyan sat down in the room while rubbing her sore arms: "Why aren't you tired? The gold weighs only a few taels, and the tray is heavy. It's just that people gave these things with good intentions, and I don't show them off. Why? Is it worthy of others' painstaking efforts?"

At this time, Cui Liu and others gathered around when they heard the movement.

Looking at the things in the tray, even Biqin, who has always been taciturn, curled her lips indifferently, and Cui Liu sneered, "This Aunt Chen probably doesn't know about Sister Xueyan's ladders, some of them are poorly made. With a hairpin and a little gold and silver, you want to buy Miss Xueyan, who are you looking down on?"

"What are you buying or not? Don't make Aunt Chen so nasty." Xue Yan said seriously, and then said: "This is a thank you gift. Back then when Sister Jin Luo got married, we went to the banquet together, and she was force-fed." After a few glasses of wine, I saw that she was not well, so I blocked the drink for her, and invited Madam Zheng

Mammy called a doctor for her, only then did she find out that she was pregnant.So, this is Xie En coming, you guys are not allowed to talk nonsense in the future. "

Rumors are something that can never be stopped. Anyway, she explained it in a serious manner. If it accidentally spreads wrongly in the future, then you can't blame her.

Hearing Xueyan's explanation, Cui Liu was even more disdainful, and said with a sneer, "Thank you for the gift? Who is such a poor idea? The total value is only four or fifty taels of silver, which is not enough for the agarwood hairpin on your head, sister. I How generous do you think she can be!"

Zhu Mei sneered: "Okay, I know that Miss Cui Liu is rich and powerful, but she doesn't care about dozens of taels of silver? Look at her crazy!"

Cui Liu was angry and beat her, Xue Yan smiled and said: "Okay, let's thank you girl, if it wasn't for the girl who has been kind to us all these years, how could we be so calm after seeing Jinyin now. Don't you think so?"