The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Jia Fu

Xueyan had never been on a boat before in this life, so it was unavoidable for her to sit on a boat for such a long time for the first time. She always felt dizzy at first, but when she got used to it, the boat had arrived in Cangzhou, only a hundred miles away from the capital. away.

Dan He and the others all laughed at Xueyan for missing the scenery along the coast, Xueyan smiled lightly and said, "It's not too late to take a closer look when we come back."

When the boat was about to dock, the boss of the boat asked someone to come over to let him know, Xueyan and the others hurriedly tidied up everything, so as to save them from being in a hurry when they got off the boat.Xueyan helped Daiyu change into the clothes she used to meet guests. The clothes were modeled after Daiyu’s clothes when she entered the mansion in the [-] TV series in her previous life: a clove-colored sleeveless jacket embroidered with plum blossoms, a moon-white cross-neck jacket and The same color pleated skirt embroidered with green calyx plum.It’s just that the hairstyle can’t be used for reference. Girls here only start to grow their hair when they are five or six years old. Daiyu is only six years old now. Her hair can’t be pulled back like the beautiful bun on TV. She can only wear two small braids on the top of her head. Plate it up and insert a pair of small pearl hairpins.

Xueyan looked left and right, and felt that she was still a bit plain. She looked into Daiyu's dressing box, and suddenly pulled out a suet jade lock, which was inlaid with silver silk patterns around the suet jade. .Xueyan quickly found a silver collar, put the shackle on it, and hung it around Daiyu's neck.

Daiyu waved her hands with some resistance: "It's heavy, what are you doing wearing this?"

Xueyan persuaded: "Girl forgot, this piece of jade was left to you by your wife, and it is said that it is her dowry. Now you are going to Jia's mansion soon, wear this as if your wife is still with you With you by my side, I won’t feel that it’s too strange there.”

After hearing Xueyan's words, Grandma Liu also persuaded: "In this case, you can wear it." She thought that since it was Jia Min's dowry, the old lady of the Jia family would naturally feel kind when she saw it. For the daughter's sake, she will take good care of her only flesh and blood.Grandma Liu didn't expect Xueyan to have other intentions.

When they got to the pier, Xueyan put on a veiled hat for Daiyu, and surrounded her with Cui Liu and got off the boat.The servants of Jia's family are already waiting here with sedan chairs and carriages.

At this time, Anshi came to bid Daiyu farewell.Along the way, thanks to being accompanied by her family aunt An, Daiyu didn't feel helpless and desolate, and now she felt very reluctant to part with her.It's just that I was going to someone's house, so I couldn't decide to ask An's mother and son to go there with me.

An Shi also felt very reluctant. She only had one son, and she was with Daiyu all the way. She deeply felt that if she had a daughter, she might not be half as intelligent as Daiyu, and she loved and loved her very much.She took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "My good sister, you go to stay at your grandfather's house first, and when I settle down, I will visit you with your cousin. I have also told Xueyan where my natal brother lives. , if you encounter any difficulties there, just ask someone to tell me, and I will help you at least once."

At this moment, Lin Ming couldn't bear it any longer, he came over and urged, "Mother, it's getting late, the servants of the Jia family are waiting there, let's not delay the trip of the clan sister." I was thinking, this Jia family's behavior is really interesting, the serious cousin girl came all the way to be a guest, and they only sent some servants to pick them up.Even if all the men have business to do, the wives and grandmas at home can always find one, right?Really too perfunctory!

An Shi nodded to her son, and then told Xueyan: "You are a smart girl, you must take good care of your girl, and you will be blessed in the future." Seeing that his mother actually mentioned a servant girl alone, Lin Ming felt a little bit in his heart. Helpless: Mother, you seem to care too much!He followed An's line of sight, and first saw the girl's flowing salute and her long black hair, and then her white forehead...

He suddenly felt that he was a little rude, and quickly looked away, just in time to hear the other party answer "Yes", with a calm and cold tone, which really didn't sound like a girl of this age should have.Lin Ming couldn't help but look over again, just in time to see the curved eyebrows and slightly raised corners of the other party's mouth.

Xueyan responded with a solemn salute. An's embroidery skills are very superb. These days on the boat, Xueyan has been quietly stealing from others. Anshi also noticed it, but she didn't reprimand her. Instead, she pointed out a few points and let her Mose suddenly understood.Although she didn't do needlework when she was on the boat, Xueyan felt that her embroidery skills, which had been stagnant for a long time, should have improved somewhat.

An's is really different from what she imagined. Every time Xueyan sees her, she always thinks of her unreasonable suspicion at the beginning, and feels a little ashamed of her.

Looking at the backs of their mother and son going away, Xueyan thought: With such a mother teaching her son should also have that kind of temperament!

After the two left, Xueyan helped Daiyu get into Jia's sedan chair.The Jia family already knew from the letter that there were not a few maids and wives brought by this cousin girl, and they would only know that there were many after they met. There must be twenty or thirty people in this mighty family?Be good, don't talk about your own girls, even the wives may not have this pomp.

Fortunately, they brought enough sedan chairs and carriages, otherwise they wouldn't be able to accommodate these people.

At this time, Ji Cheng, the steward sent by Lin Ruhai, came out more and more, talked with the leader of the Jia family for a while, and then stood up with a group of people.Afterwards, Jin Luo and Ji Cheng's wife came to bid Daiyu farewell, and Ji Cheng's wife said: "The slave girl Ji Liang also followed the girl to serve, if the girl has something to eat and play, I'm sorry to ask the people in the house , just let her go. Jin Luo and I will go visit at intervals

Girl's. "

Daiyu nodded: "Mother Ji should take care of herself too."

Only Daiyu and Nanny Liu had sedan chairs to sit in, and like Xueyan, they could only squeeze into the carriage pulling luggage.

Fortunately, after coming out of the pier, they entered the capital very quickly. Cui Liu couldn't help but secretly lifted the curtain of the car, and Xue Yan didn't say anything. I can't see anything clearly.Not to mention a few of them, even Xueyan herself is very interested in the exquisiteness of the capital.

It really deserves to be at the foot of the Son of Heaven. The level of prosperity is no worse than that of the first-tier cities in later generations. Xueyan was in a trance thinking that she was in some ancient city attraction, but her body shrunk a lot and kept reminding her , which is a real world.

The carriage gradually moved forward, and when passing through the bustling streets, there were nothing but courtyards and alleys. Others gradually lost interest, but Xueyan became more and more interested.This is a genuine ancient building. The flying eaves, bucket arches, green tiles and vermilion sills have a special charm.

Xue Yan sees things that are commonplace in the eyes of others, but Xue Yan enjoys them.The arts are all connected, and those glazed tiles are also very exquisite works of art in her eyes. She seems to be able to capture a trace of the unique style of this dynasty from the top of these buildings.

When a person is engrossed in thinking about something, time passes quickly.

Only when she realized that the carriage had stopped, Xue Yan came out of her emotions.Seeing that she was still a little dazed, Cui Liu gave her a push: "Sister Xueyan, you've arrived."

Xueyan got up very energetically, lifted her skirt and got out of the carriage. Just as she was going to wait on Daiyu, she saw a middle-aged woman she didn't know had already helped her down.Hearing that the lady of the Jia family who came with her called her "Sister Zhou", and seeing that she was covered in silk and had several gold ornaments on her head, Xueyan thought that this should belong to Zhou Rui's family.She looks fair and clean, but she looks at Daiyu with a somewhat inexplicable look, which makes Xueyan very unhappy.

She walked a few steps quickly and followed Daiyu, when she crossed the threshold, she reached out to support her calmly: "Miss, be careful of the soles of your feet."

Zhou Rui's family didn't care when they saw it, they just murmured in their hearts that Miss Lin's maid was quite considerate.

Xueyan supported Daiyu as she walked silently looking at the courtyard of Jia's mansion. It is indeed the mansion of the founder of the country and the home of honorable nobles.

After passing through the Chaoshou corridor and several halls, they finally arrived at the main courtyard where Jiamu lived.There were several little maidservants dressed in red and green sitting in the yard, and when they saw them coming, they rushed up to greet them: "The old lady was still talking about it just now, but she happened to be here."

Then someone raised the door curtain and let them in, Xue Yan heard someone reply from inside: "Miss Lin is here."

When Xueyan helped Daiyu into the room, it was the scene of Lin Daiyu and Jiamu meeting. Just like the original book, when Jiamu saw Daiyu, she hugged her into her arms without waiting for her to meet. , and cried for a while.When I read the original book, I didn't feel anything, but at this moment, seeing Jia's mother crying, Xue Yan couldn't help but feel a sore nose.As an outsider, it is impossible to empathize with the grief of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person.

Jia's mother and Daiyu, one is Jia Min's biological mother, and the other is Jia Min's blood and blood born in October of her pregnancy. The bond of blood between them is unparalleled by anyone.At this moment, she couldn't do anything except pass the handkerchief to Daiyu constantly.

Finally, when both of them calmed down, Mother Jia introduced the people next to her to Daiyu one by one. They were Daiyu's eldest aunt Xing Shi, second aunt Wang Shi and Jia Zhu's wife Li Wan.

Xueyan stood aside and looked at them secretly, and found that Mrs. Xing was much younger than she imagined. Although her clothes were a bit old-fashioned, her face was pretty, and she should have been a beauty when she was young.It's just that the two deep nasolabial folds on her face make her look a bit mean.

Mrs. Wang looks like she has a benevolent eyebrow, but she doesn't know the color of the core.As for Li Wan, although he was dressed plainly, there was a scent of books in his eyebrows and eyes.

At this time, Mother Jia sent someone to invite the three Yingchun sisters, and then asked, "Who are the people who came with Sister Yu?"