The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Guanghua Temple

In the past, Mrs. Xing was lazy to talk to Pinger, and she was not her own housekeeper anyway, but this time Sister Feng is pregnant, and Mrs. Xing is eager to see the birth of this child. For her, only Sister Feng gave birth to a son Come to prove that her hard work these years has not been in vain.Otherwise, if everything still develops according to the plot in the original book, then there is no need for her to waste any more effort in this poor place, and she simply finds a way to escape to other places with Jia She and her name incognito.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Xing rolled her eyes and thought of another way.

That night, when she greeted Mother Jia, she said: "I'm looking forward to it, at least I'm looking forward to seeing Feng girl happy. I'm as happy as drinking honey. I only hope that her baby will be safe and sound." We gave birth to a son-in-law smoothly, and our house is considered to have a descendant. The poor master of my family is already in his sixties, and he doesn't even have a grandson. He is happier than me when he hears the good news."

Although Jia's mother has always been partial, Jia She is her own son after all, and he has grown a lot in the past two years. Day and night, he is calm and diligent, and he looks much more pleasing to the eye than before.Thinking of how old Jia Lan is already, he, the boss, has not even seen a grandson, and he feels a little bit emotional: "It's the same thing, I told Feng girl to have a good child, those rotten ones at home You should take care of some things first, and everything depends on your heirs."

"Isn't it? I said the same thing. How can she be as valuable as gold and silver? How can she have such a precious stomach at this moment? I saw that she was pregnant the other day and kept it secret. She became popular and insisted on supporting the family. , but it made me very anxious. I was angry and distressed, so I couldn't help but say a few words to her. Alas, this matter is also my fault. I said, what do so many maidservants do? If the master has to do everything by himself, what do you want them to do?" Mrs. Xing said half-truthfully.

Xueyan happened to be standing aside with Daiyu, and she always felt a little abnormal when she heard Mrs. Xing say these words.It's not that he didn't speak well, but that he talked too much, and he didn't know what kind of medicine this big lady was selling in the gourd?

Among these people, Xue Yan is the one who understands Mrs. Xing's style best, but Xiaohong sometimes feels a little uncertain about her master.

Sure enough, after a while of ink smearing, Mrs. Xing said: "Although girl Feng is taking medicine, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart. I suddenly dreamed of a Bodhisattva last night, and I remembered that I was in Guanghua Temple a few years ago. When I was offering incense, I made a wish and begged the Bodhisattva to give me a healthy grandson. I thought, since Feng girl has news, I should go to fulfill the wish and pray to the Bodhisattva to bless her with a smooth birth. Yes. It just so happens that Beijing is a bit hot these two days, if the old lady is fine, why don't you go enjoy the mountain scenery together?"

Who knows that Jia Mu is not interested at all: "I am too old to be lazy, and it is not easy to go to incense. It is not good to be lazy in front of the Bodhisattva. You should go by yourself."

After hearing this, Daiyu thought about it, but hesitated a little.

Xueyan looked at her biting her lower lip lightly, how could she not guess what she was thinking, seeing her bowed her head in silence, she smiled and greeted Mrs. Xing: "Madam is going to offer incense, I don't know if it's convenient Bring along my daughter. Our daughter copied a copy of the "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Fundamental Vows Sutra" for my late wife, and I was looking for a suitable temple to enshrine and pray for my wife, but I was worried that there would be no suitable opportunity."

Mrs. Xing chuckled: "It's not a big deal, what's wrong with it? But, your girl is the old lady's darling. I agree to this matter, and it's up to the old lady to make the decision."

Jia's mother pointed to Xing's family and said: "You monkey head, you can pretend to be a good person, and leave the wicked to me. I don't like you, so I will give you sister Yu to take care of you this time. If you take care of me I’m not considerate, I can’t even promise to come back without a single hair.”

Daiyu hurriedly got up to thank Jia Mu, and then saluted Xing Shi: "Thank you, Auntie." She was pulled up by Xing Shi: "Good boy, we women don't need to be so polite. When the time comes, you just follow me gone."

After returning home, Xueyan and Zijuan hurriedly helped Daiyu make arrangements to salute. Although they will return that day, every lady always takes two sets of clothes for a change of clothes when she goes out, as well as tea, snacks, vanity box, and fan for the journey. , Xiaoshu pills, cushions... scattered, but also filled with a small rattan box.Fortunately, it is summer at this time. If it is winter, it will be more troublesome to add the hand stove and foot stove.

Before dawn the next day, Xueyan got up to wash up, and when she arrived at Daiyu's room, she was already up, and Zijuan was twisting her handkerchief to help her wash her face, Xueyan hurried forward to help her comb her hair and change her clothes : "I'll come here, sister also hurry up to wash up." Seeing that she was really dressed up, Zijuan turned around and went to tidy up without being polite.

Logically speaking, the two maidservants should take turns sleeping in Daiyu's room, but Zijuan doesn't know what kind of psychology she is in, and always insists that she sleeps in Daiyu's room by herself, telling Daiyu "Xueyan should be quiet and energetic when doing needlework every day", so she asked Xueyan to go back to her room to sleep.Xueyan doesn't have self-abuse, since people want to highlight their generosity and virtue, Xueyan must give them this chance, right?

Because she was about to go out, Xueyan combed Daiyu's hair in a more complicated bun. She used the lily bun and combined the combing method with the reverse bun, stacking layers on the top of her head, like a blooming lily , fresh and graceful.

Xueyan discussed with Daiyu: "Since we are going to the monastery, we don't need to wear big phoenix hairpins. It's not for beauty pageants anyway. Wearing this fulcrum

How about Cui Xiaofeng Chai? "As he said, he picked it up and measured it on her head.

Daiyu smiled and said: "You are the best at this, just watch and do it." She has never paid much attention to the dressing and dressing, as long as it is in accordance with the status and etiquette.

Seeing that she had no objection, Xueyan put a little phoenix hairpin and a few emerald jade flower tines on her, and put on a pair of jasper earrings, which exactly matched the jasper bracelet on her hand.Xueyan nodded in satisfaction, and changed her into a lilac-colored dress embroidered with hibiscus flowers.Although Daiyu is out of filial piety, Xueyan thinks that her temperament and appearance are suitable for elegant clothes, especially purple and blue clothes.Daiyu also especially likes these two colors, so Xueyan usually uses these two colors to make clothes for her.

The color is elegant, you can only work hard on the details.If you want to stand out, you can only pay attention to the details. The skirt of this bijia is embroidered with very delicate hibiscus flowers. The pink hibiscus flowers use more than a dozen embroidery threads of similar colors. Goose two days of effort.But the end result is really amazing.

Looking at Daiyu's smiling face, she thought that it was Sister Lin's aura full of looks that could make the gaudy pink look so fresh and refined.

After tidying up, Daiyu went to Jiamu's courtyard to greet her. Jiamu had just woken up and hadn't washed up yet. When she saw her, she smiled and said, "This dress is beautiful. The girl Xueyan's craftsmanship is really getting more and more refined; uh. You The eldest aunt came here just now and said that she has prepared breakfast there, so you don't need to delay here, go over and have breakfast and start early."

Daiyu saluted and withdrew.

Arriving at Mrs. Xing's yard, Xueyan found that Yingchun was here. It seemed that Mrs. Xing would also take her with her. The three of them had breakfast together, and then went out to get on the bus.

This time Daiyu only brought two servant girls, Zijuan and Xueyan, but she brought Ji Liang, the young servant, thinking that if she had to run errands outside, the young servant would still be quick.

Originally, she didn't want to take her mother-in-law with her. I have to say that she is worthy of being Baoyu's official cp in the original book. She likes young and beautiful girls and doesn't like older women close by.But Mrs. Xing called Mrs. Li two just in case.When going out, these experienced mothers are the most effective at the critical time.

After sitting in the carriage for more than an hour, I arrived at Guanghua Temple.The steward of Jia's mansion had come to say hello in advance, so after Mrs. Xing got off the carriage with Daiyu and Yingchun, there was a monk waiting in front of the door.

The Zhike monk respectfully welcomed them to the Daxiong Palace. Xueyan handed the copied Buddhist scriptures to the monks in the hall, and the monks put the offerings on the altar in front of the Buddha. Daiyu was silently relieved when she saw this scene.After the two mothers offered incense and prayed, they left the hall.Of course, the fragrance was not in vain. Mrs. Xing donated 200 taels of sesame oil money, and Daiyu also donated 100 taels.Xueyan looked at the side and clicked her tongue, no wonder the temple was not only magnificent and magnificent, but also the monks all looked at the pearls and jade, and the food looked good.Thinking about it, this incense should be very prosperous.

Seeing that Yingchun hesitated, Mrs. Xing said to her: "Your share is already in it. Your elder sister Lin is representing the Lin family. She should contribute some money. Otherwise, the girl who has not left the cabinet will not have to contribute alone. "

Hearing what she said, Yingchun felt a lot better. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Thank you Madam for reminding me, otherwise I really don't understand anything.

. "After these years of getting along, Yingchun and the Xing family have become much closer. Although they are not as close as the natural mother and daughter, she is no longer the quail like in the original book.

Mrs. Xing replied: "Why should I take you out? Your sister Lin is still young. You are 13 years old this year. What do you know if you are bored in the mansion all day? Why don't you take advantage of these two years to go out and walk around?" , It’s not such a good thing to go to someone else’s house in the future.”

Because it was in front of the Buddha, Mrs. Xing only ordered a few words and stopped talking.On the contrary, Yingchun's face blushed when she heard about the "other people's house".

The other little maids might be a little ignorant, but Xue Yan immediately understood the meaning of Mrs. Xing's words. Is this going to show Yingchun a marriage?