The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

sharpening knives

Just when Xueyan was dreaming, he was suddenly disturbed by the knocking sound of the cloud board in the distance.Although she was sleeping in a daze, she still heard the sound of the cloud board buckling four times, and she was startled: Could it be that the Qin family has gone?

She hurriedly got up and put on her clothes and shoes, opened the door, and was startled when she saw a candle lighted up in the upper room, just about to go over to have a look, when she heard the sound of the far door, she hurried to the door: "Who is outside? "

A woman's voice sounded: "Is it Miss Xueyan? You don't need to open the door. It's the old lady who asked me to tell you that Grandma Xiaorong from Dongfu is gone. Please stay with Miss Lin and don't let her be scared. Don't get up in the cold at night, if you have anything to say, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Xueyan responded: "I see, we will definitely take good care of my girl, mother just let the old lady rest assured when she goes back."

After the woman outside the door left, Xueyan went to Daiyu's room again, and saw Cui Liu all dressed up to serve, and Daiyu was also standing there in outer clothes.Seeing her come in, he hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"

Xueyan said: "It's Grandma Xiaorong from Dongfu who has gone, the old lady told you not to get up, so you can just rest."

Daiyu sat down silently: "How can I fall asleep here? I haven't seen her many times, but I still remember that she was gentle, and she was so young. Why did she disappear all of a sudden?" Whether it was intentional or unintentional, in short, Daiyu and Sanchun were not allowed to communicate with Youshi's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in Dongfu on a daily basis.Therefore, Daiyu doesn't have any feelings for the Qin family, but it is inevitable that something will hurt her when she first hears that the person is gone.

He said that he continued to sleep, but almost everyone in the East Mansion got the news, and there were constant crying and howling sounds from the nearby yard. In the middle of the night, these sounds were inevitably a bit intrusive.Even if Daiyu asked some of the little maids to go back to sleep, everyone would not want to go back, they would rather stay here, they would feel safer together.

After finally staying up until dawn, everyone helped Daiyu wash and wash up, and then accompanied her to Jiamu's room.

Mother Jia also stayed up all night, after all, it was a white-haired man sending a black-haired man, so it was a bit sad.When he saw Daiyu, seeing her complexion was not good, he comforted her: "Oh, life and death are fate, you are weak, don't meddle in these things, let them take care of themselves."

But at the Ningguo Mansion, Youshi is still suffering from an "old illness" and cannot get out of bed. Jia Zhen originally wanted to entrust Wang Xifeng with the affairs of the backyard.In the end, Mrs. Xing rejected it straight away: "Don't blame me for being cold-hearted, nephew, it's just that your uncle is nearly 60 years old, and he doesn't even have a grandson. Now Lian's second daughter-in-law is finally pregnant, and even those of our family I don't dare to let her worry about small things, let alone weddings and funerals. You didn't see that I didn't dare to let her come over today. She has a big belly. If I bump into you, I don't have the face to see you. Uncle and old lady?"

Jia Zhen said anxiously: "This, isn't this trying to make things difficult for my nephew!"

Mrs. Xing glanced at Mrs. Wang next to her, and said, "What's so embarrassing? Sister Feng is not here, but her aunt is here. The Wang family has always been a good tutor. Your second aunt used to manage the huge Rongguo Mansion in an orderly manner. Can't you do this?"

Jia Zhen only needs to catch someone at this meeting, she doesn't care who the other party is, and immediately begged Mrs. Wang: "I beg my second aunt to take pity on my nephew, don't look at my nephew and nephew's wife, please look at the dead one." people!"

Mrs. Wang didn't have much thought at first, and she was a little unhappy when Mrs. Xing said this.This meeting is a roll of the eyes, she is in charge of the house

Yes, naturally I know that it is easy to find mistakes in such a big funeral.She is worried that she has lost a lot of income since the division of the family. Now that she has this job, wouldn't she be able to make up for it?Especially when I heard Jia Zhen say something like "Don't save money just to look good", I was even more moved.After some refusals, he finally accepted the job "reluctantly".

Others didn't think it was a big deal when they heard about it. Only Wang Xifeng couldn't help complaining to Ping'er: "I heard that my elder brother wanted to ask me to help, but my wife resigned in a fit of anger. My stomach is full." It's almost four months, and the fetal position is very stable, if you can take this opportunity to practice, you will be able to subdue these servants in the family in the future. What a waste of a great opportunity."

As soon as the words fell, I heard someone reply: "You just suffer so much that you don't have a long memory."

Wang Xifeng raised her head in panic, just as she saw Madam Xing coming in, she hurriedly lowered her head to greet Ann, and then cursed bitterly: "These maidservants are getting more and more mischievous, and my wife didn't even notify me when she came."

Mrs. Xing said lightly: "Okay, don't blame them, I didn't let you pass it on, otherwise I wouldn't be able to hear your truth!"

"Madam." Wang Xifeng blushed with embarrassment at these words.

Mrs. Xing waved her hand: "Okay, you don't need to explain, you didn't scold me behind my back, I'm already going to burn incense, but I'm just complaining, I can still listen. Sit down, my stomach has just stabilized for a few days God, you can’t wait anymore? Don’t worry about not having a chance to practice in the future, you are young, there will always be a time when I will practice with your father in the future, why worry?”

Even with Wang Xifeng's mouth, she didn't dare to take these words carelessly, Mrs. Xing said again: "You, it's useless to say it no matter how many times, so you can't tell the priorities. It's just a posthumous matter, no matter how well it is done, it will inevitably be bad luck. If you don't think about yourself, you should think more about the child in your stomach. You

You have to make it clear that what you have in your belly is the eldest grandson of the Rongguo Mansion. In the future, regardless of the hundred-day or first-year banquet, even Baoyu can't match the specifications.What's more, in a few years, your younger sisters will get married and get married... there are many things to do, you can have fun for a few days while you are still free, you will suffer in the future, and then you are not allowed to shout tired in front of me. "

Wang Xifeng's face was blue and white when she said something, and she was not the kind who didn't know what to do. When I thought about it in the dead of night, I knew that although this mother-in-law sometimes spoke straightforwardly, it was much better for her, especially for Qiao. My sister is really good, I can't say enough.Seeing that Ping'er had made tea, she hurriedly brought it to Mrs. Xing herself: "Yes, my daughter-in-law is young, and sometimes she can't help being irritable, so I need some advice from my wife."

Mrs. Xing took a sip of the tea, and Fang said slowly: "You, no matter how ambitious you are at the moment, restrain yourself and prepare for a childbirth with peace of mind. Your father just bought a land of more than 2000 mu in the western suburbs. Zhuangzi and two shops in good locations in the capital are reserved for his precious grandson. Your father said that if you can successfully give birth to a son-in-law, these shops will be handed over to you. No accident, he is ready to give Lian'er a second wife. After all, the title of the family cannot be left alone."

When she first heard about the shop Zhuangzi, Wang Xifeng was still full of joy, but when she heard the words of Erfang later, her face instantly turned livid.

Looking at her face, Mrs. Xing sighed: "Oh, you are still young and inexperienced. Your aunt looked at Mian Shan and didn't teach you anything that should be taught to you. All affection and rights are vain, only the son is Really. Judging from my situation a few years ago, you should be aware of it. If you don't have a legitimate son, who will benefit in the end in this family?"

After beating Wang Xifeng, Mrs. Xing drank the tea in the teacup: "Okay, I've said everything I need to say. How much you can listen to is up to you."

The reason why she said these words was that she was a little worried that the old nun of Tiekan Temple in the original book would find Xifeng on her head, or that the old Mrs. Wang borrowed a knife to kill someone, so she had to be ruthless.As for marrying Jia Lian as the second wife, Jia Amnesty knew that she hated the mistress the most, and would never discuss such things with her, but it was just to scare Wang Xifeng.However, if Wang Xifeng is still as unrestrained as in the original book, even without the second sister You Qiutong, other women will appear.

The Qin family was only a great-grandson's wife, so when she went, Jia's mother didn't even have to come to offer her condolences, and she just let Baoyu go for a while and it was over.As for Qin Zhong, under Mrs. Xing's interference, he has no chance to meet Baoyu in this life, and the two have no close relationship.From Mrs. Xing's point of view, although Qin Zhong is not a good bird, he has not done anything diabolical. If he hadn't known Baoyu, he might have lived a few more years.

Jia's mother was just a little sad in the first two days, and then she left.In addition, it is the end of the year again, and the things to welcome and send are very complicated, and I don't care about sadness.Daiyu began to worry about Jiamu, but she gradually felt relieved when she saw that she was still in good spirits.

Compared to the plain old people in the East Mansion, the West Mansion is full of elders from the Qin family, so whatever happens during the New Year is not delayed at all because of her.As usual, Xueyan received a double portion of monthly regulations and rewards, went back and looked at the dowry box which was [-]% thicker for her private house, and secretly thought: This dowry of my mother is more than enough for that boy Lin Ming.After finishing speaking, he looked helplessly at his own stature, but it was a pity that he was still too young.I don't know if the kid will change his mind in two years?If he accidentally changed his mind, should he turn around calmly and leave behind a lonely and gorgeous back, or should he throw a big-eared melon seed at him and leave a few scratches along the way, so that he can remember himself for the rest of his life?

It seems that the latter is more enjoyable.

Uh, stop, stop, what are you thinking?Why can't I think about something good? It's unlucky to have to think about these messy things.Xueyan shook her head and put all these thoughts behind her, picked up the embroidery frame and began to embroider.No one thinks too much dowry.

Letting herself do the work, Xueyan embroidered a few small pieces and prepared to sell them. At the end of the year, these handkerchiefs and purses are in short supply, and the price is very suitable.

Miss Xueyan, who was busy saving her dowry, didn't know that someone would fall in love with her man, and she was sharpening her knife and preparing to strike.