The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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After Ji Cheng saluted the old lady and exchanged some pleasantries, he found an excuse and left. After he left, it took a while for the room to become lively again.

Seeing this scene, Xueyan murmured in her heart: Could it be that this eldest son has a bad temper, why did the wives and grandmas of the Han family look like a mouse seeing a cat when they saw him, and they didn't dare to show their airs.

The female family members of the Han family all know that the eldest son looks kind and kind, but in fact he is not ambiguous at all. If he can't say a word, he dares to embarrass him on the spot. The wives don't want to provoke him very much, and they want him to stay away from them. .

In this room, the eldest young mistress of the Han family is probably the only one who wants to get close to him, but unfortunately, she has already suffered countless rejections and cold faces, and she is too embarrassed to do it in front of outsiders today.There are also a few girls from the Han family, who are ruthless but not daring, and they just discuss a few words in private.

Daiyu and the others went back after having dinner. When they were leaving, Mrs. Han held Daiyu's hand and told her to just come and play when she had time.

From the moment he got in the carriage, Lin Ying, who had been acting very well, became a little fussy, crying and screaming, and he didn't have the cuteness just now.Daiyu was a little at a loss, but the wet nurse had some experience, so she fed him a few sips of water, then held him in her arms and patted him gently. After a while, Lin Ying fell asleep.

Seeing the teardrops still hanging from the corners of his eyes, Daiyu smiled wryly and said, "I thought he was not feeling well? It turned out that he was just sleepy, and I was taken aback."

The nurse said softly: "I don't see much of the eldest girl. You will know as time goes on. Generally, children are not sick or in pain. As long as they cry, they are either hungry, sleep, or want to pee. The elder brother is more than ordinary. The child is well-behaved, except for these few things that never cry and fuss, the best thing is that he doesn't sleep at night. When he grows up, he must be kind-hearted, and the girl is blessed to have such a brother."

Xueyan pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Whether the girl is blessed or not is another matter. I am blessed to see my mother."

The wet nurse was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "I really let Xueyan talk about it. The master is kind, but it is not our blessing to be servants." Seeing that she had been hugging her for a long time, Xueyan took the initiative to raise her hand. She came out to stand for her for a while, but the wet nurse shook her head slightly and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but the eldest brother feels shallow, if you wake up after a toss, I'm afraid you won't be able to think about being clean all the way."

Hearing what she said, Xueyan gave up, but it seemed that it was a bit difficult to lift her arm, so she took a big pillow and put it under her arm to let her relax.

The nurse put her arms on the soft pillow, and immediately felt that the soreness was much better, and she couldn't help but cast a grateful look at Xueyan.

There was nothing to say all the way, when the carriage came near Lin's house, it suddenly stopped in front of a shop beside the street.

Cui Liu quietly opened the car curtain and took a look, said: "There seems to be a brush and ink shop next to it. The shop is quite small, and I don't know what the master wants to buy."

At this time, I saw a boy next to Lin Ruhai running over outside the carriage and said: "Master said, this shop is opened by Mr. Ming, miss

If you are interested, you can come down and have a look. There are no outsiders inside, and the guys have already avoided it. "

Daiyu has never been to a shop since she was so old, so she was naturally willing to go shopping.Fortunately, whenever she goes out, Xueyan will prepare the veiled hat, which will be put on for her. The light gauze on it is lowered down to the waist and abdomen, covering most of her figure.

In the shop, Lin Ruhai was looking around with his hands behind his back, while Lin Ming was standing on the side to serve.

After seeing Daiyu, Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "Come and see your cousin's handwriting, it's very good for my father."

Daiyu greeted Lin Ming first, then stood up and looked around, then nodded with a smile, "Elegant but not vulgar, very good."

Lin Ming chuckled: "Big sister is really overrated. What you do for a brother is only money. It's really not good."

Daiyu also laughed and said, "I'm praising the decoration and layout of the shop. As for the elder brother's thoughts, my younger sister doesn't know."

Xueyan also took the opportunity to look around the store. There were several paintings hanging on the white wall in the north, and the other three sides were filled with shelves, which were either filled with books, or placed with pens, inks, papers and inkstones.She quickly summed it up in her mind, adding the rent, the cost of such a small shop is probably around 500 taels.It seems that the third wife is quite open-minded. To be able to spend so much money to support her son's business, even in modern times, she is an extremely open-minded parent.

As soon as she finished thinking about this in her mind, she heard Lin Ruhai asking Lin Ming: "I heard that you earned the money for this shop yourself?"

Lin Ming nodded: "Yes, years ago, my nephew started a business with a few classmates, and earned around a thousand taels of silver, all of which were spent in this shop.

The child is on top.Fortunately, now there is a profit of three to fifty taels of silver a month, and my nephew has some income, so I don't have to keep counting on my mother to do embroidery hard. "

Lin Ruhai sighed: "It's good for you to have this kind of filial piety, but the autumn is just around the corner, and everything should be focused on your studies. You must have a sense of proportion in your heart, and don't lose the big because of small things."

"My nephew understands, he will definitely study hard." Lin Ming replied.

Lin Ruhai stroked his beard: "You have always been diligent, and I just gave a few words of advice. When you have time, you can write a few policy papers and show them to me. While I am still in Beijing, I can also discuss with you."

Lin Ming replied gratefully: "Thank you uncle for your generous teaching, my nephew will write it down as soon as possible."

After saying this, Lin Ruhai picked out a few more books at random, and then asked Daiyu to pick things out, and Daiyu picked out more than a dozen travel notes and topography without hesitation.

Lin Ming smiled and said that these books would be given to his uncle and clan sister. Ru Hai smiled and said nothing, and after getting into the carriage, he signaled the steward to pay the bill.The person in charge didn't talk too much, he dropped a ten-liang silver ingot and ran away quickly.

Seeing the not-so-young steward go out and get on the horse quickly, his movements were as smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water, and he didn't look old at all. Lin Ming didn't know whether he should praise him for being old and vigorous.

Xue Yan, who was preparing to get into the carriage at the back, happened to see this scene, seeing Lin Ming holding the silver but very depressed expression, couldn't help but "poof

Chi" laughed. Lin Ming happened to hear it. He turned his head and saw Xueyan's gloating expression, and curled his lips in a rather helpless manner.

Xueyan was caught straight. She was a little apprehensive at first, but seeing Lin Ming's very funny expression, she couldn't help laughing again: This young master Ming usually looks at the young and mature, but he didn't expect to have such a funny side. I don't know what kind of person he is usually...

On the other side, Lin Ming looked at the blue-colored Bi Jia of Snow Goose and Bamboo with a fine luster under his eyes, thinking that this maid looks good in any color of clothes she wears, and the way she smiles makes her feel very comfortable.

Neither of these two people seem to realize that when you start to pay attention to a certain opposite sex intentionally or unintentionally, there is already a certain seed in your heart that is quietly accumulating strength and breaking through the ground.

After getting into the carriage, Xueyan saw Daiyu caressing those new books fondly, and thought: I will find a chance to come over some other day. I just saw that there are excellent twelve-color ink ingots in his shop, and I just wanted to buy them. It wasn't that Lin Ruhai was there, she must have paid for it.I don't know if that young master will give me a better price with my old face?