The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

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Xueyan comforted Grandma Liu and watched her finish the porridge before going back to Daiyu's room.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw several maids crowding around her, so he asked with a smile, "What are you doing here?"

Cui Liu smiled and replied: "I'm looking at the jewelry given to the girl by the second master Lian. The craftsmanship in Jiangnan is exquisite, and it looks even more unique than the ones in Beijing." She pointed to a dragonfly on her head. Burning Blue Hairpin: "All of us have hairpins of this style. Sister Xueyan, let's see what yours are."

Xueyan glanced around and saw that everyone was in the same dragonfly or butterfly hairpin, so she had no choice but to take out her small brocade box.Cui Liu couldn't wait to snatch it away, and after opening it, she saw that there was also a hairpin similar to her own, but there was also a butterfly-shaped comb and a ring inside.The others were also a little curious, and they all gathered around at the moment, and were a little disappointed after seeing the things, Zhu Mei curled her lips and said, "This Second Master Lian, who talked nicely, praised Sister Xueyan so much, but it turned out He is not even willing to give a gold ring, so he only uses these silver rings to fool people."

After saying this, both Daiyu and Xueyan laughed.Zhu Mei was a little puzzled: "Why, did I say something wrong? Isn't this burnt blue jewelry made of silver?"

Xueyan smiled and said: "You are right. The craft of burning blue is made on the silver body, but this craft is very complicated. In the previous dynasty, it was a craft that was only available in the inner building of the palace, and it was only introduced in this dynasty. Folk people. Although it is made of silver, it will not be cheaper than pure gold jewelry just because of the craftsmanship." He pointed to the hairpin on the other party's head: "If your hairpin is in the capital, it will cost ten taels of silver."

Zhu Mei stuck out her tongue quickly: "It's so expensive, then I have to be careful when wearing it in the future, so as not to damage it." Everyone who said that laughed.

Afterwards, Daiyu quietly asked Xueyan: "What's going on with Mother Liu?"

Xueyan replied: "It seems that Mammy Liu's natal brother wants to propose marriage to her, and the person seems to be a bit inappropriate, Mammy Liu is not happy." As soon as the words fell, Daiyu's face turned red all of a sudden. Get up: "You girl, you dare to say anything to me now."

At first Xueyan also felt that she had made a slip of the tongue, and after thinking about it, she said: "The girl is getting older every year, and you have to know these things sooner or later. As a slave girl, you should know some stories earlier, so that you won't look twice in the future." I don’t understand anything at all. Anyway, there are no outsiders at the moment, and if there are outsiders, they won’t say such things even if they kill the servants.”

Daiyu is so smart, she immediately heard that Xueyan was talking about the future after she got married, her face became even more red: "You are the only one who makes a lot of nonsense."

Xueyan pursed her lips and smiled, but she was thinking in her heart that she didn't know what kind of hero could match up with the talented and beautiful Fairy Crimson Pearl.

At this time, Zijuan came in from the outside and said, "Girl, everything is almost packed, should I send the big ones to the boat first?"

Daiyu nodded: "That's fine too, it will save you a day of rushing to carry it." Then she remembered something again: "It's hard to come here even if you can't browse the scenery here, you still have to buy it after all." Some exquisite objects are good. Xueyan has a good eye, so I will leave this job to you. Let Zijuan give you 200 taels of silver, and you can pick some good ones."

Xueyan smiled and said: "This is a good job, the servants have another reason to go out and play."

"Don't just play around, I won't follow you if you can't handle the errands. By the way, just now I heard from the boy that Brother Ming is also going to go shopping in the afternoon. If you want to drop by, you might as well go with him, so I won't worry about you going out by yourself. " Daiyu said with a smile.

Hearing this, Xue Yan thought to herself: Being with him is really worrying.