Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

When Miss Feng's fiancé-in-law came to pay his respects, not only the servants secretly talked about it, but even the master talked with his confidants.

Aunt Li's illness is almost cured, she just needs to recuperate to regain her vitality, and she is not afraid to let others visit her because of her illness.Mrs. Li always talked to her when she had something to say, because when she talked about today's event: "This kid from the Rongguo Mansion is quite caring, but I don't know where to find those good peonies, and Baba sent them here."

The eldest mother smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. I know you didn't want this marriage."

Mrs. Li curled her lips: "If my sister-in-law didn't play tricks on it, I would never marry Feng'er to Jia's family, but the master agreed, and the elder from Jinling's hometown also nodded." Then she complained about the big house in Jinling: "The Eldest Man is sick, but the Eldest Wife is very restless, and now she is still acting like a ghost in the field."

"In the early years, when the old man was still there, he only brought two children with him to the capital. One was the elder and the other was the elder aunt. The rest, even our master, stayed in our hometown in Jinling. The elder was the eldest son and grandson, and he had to inherit the clan. What a day it was. Scenery?" The grandma understands very well: "Who knows that it will fall to this point, those who are valued will not be successful, and those who are not valued will rise to the sky. The old man has no hope of official career, and his bones are broken, so he has to rely on the old days to look up to him How can it be easier to take care of my brother? It’s too much size.”

Mrs. Li knew that the eldest mother had been eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha these years, and the older she got, the more compassionate she became, so she nodded along with her words.He also said: "Before I was in a bad mood, and Feng'er helped Da Fang fool me again. I was so discouraged. I just felt that it was useless to love her, and I left her marriage behind and let them toss. Now look at Da Fang's side. I'm only doing business, but it's in a mess, so I have to sort it out, so that we girls can take care of each other."

The eldest mother nodded: "Brother Ren is coming to Beijing soon?"

"The letter said that he will definitely arrive in July, and this boy is not at all! Either leave earlier or rush to August, how can anyone come to the door in the ghost month?" Mrs. Li was very dissatisfied: "It's because of his direct sister I'm not afraid of bringing bad luck to my marriage!"

"I'm afraid it's for the sake of the master. The master was ordered to go to Lingnan on business. Brother Ren is probably waiting for the master to return to the boat and wants to go all the way to Beijing."

Mrs. Li picked up the teacup and suddenly sneered.While blowing tea, he said casually: "What is it that he has both sexes? He is dreaming! When Feng'er has something to do, I will tell him to go back and forth. I think it will be useful to please the master. The master understands better than anyone else!"

"When I didn't know that Da Fang and Wang Ruoyu were whispering in private... It's ridiculous that Da Fang thinks that Wang Ruoyu is a good one! In fact, who is as good at playing tricks as she is!" Mrs. Li sneered.

Why did Wang Ruoyu want to make this marriage, could it be for the good of Brother Feng's niece?It's just a joke, but it's just that the Wang family will send brother Feng to the palace, so that her daughter will lose the trust of the master!Compared to birth, Brother Feng is the concubine's daughter of a big family, and she is still raised in the family of a high-ranking uncle; compared to money, is there anything else in the Rongguo Mansion besides relying on the ancestors; compared to appearance, Brother Feng is no better than Jia Yuan Chun is poor, it's nothing more than being illiterate, being able to speak and winking is better than anything else... Isn't this a serious problem in Wang Ruoyu's view.Mrs. Li knew that Wang Ziteng was scheming, he didn't want the Wang family to directly intervene in the royal harem, but he needed to support a force for the future, so she complied with Wang Ruoyu's wishes and reassured his niece Jia Yuanchun.

"Hey madam, it's not good to call my aunt by her name directly."

"What are you afraid of at home." Mrs. Li skimmed the tea foam, her expression was unclear: "Now that the situation in the court is unclear, it would be better for the master to hide, but our aunt still dreams of the master to do her best for her daughter, and that's true." You're a fool. If the master really loves his niece, how could he delay the girl's flowering period and make his own niece a servant because of his hesitation? Only a cruel master like ours can do such absurd things."

He is getting old now, and the most favored and most orthodox son had something bad more than ten years ago, but now the son is strong and the father is weak, but the princes are evenly matched, so the courtiers stood in line one after another.Wang Ziteng is also the military envoy of the Beijing camp, holding the military power in his hand, and he can control the gates of the capital - because his position is too important, the princes dare not win over him openly, for fear of being suspected of treason on his back. The temptation to win over has never stopped.

Wang Ziteng is well aware of the principle that the emperor should be the courtier, so in the end he will naturally stand in line to seek the success of the dragon, but he is cautious by nature and refuses to place bets lightly.Jia Yuanchun is just a stone for him to explore the way, and he is also a pawn who has been idled because of the intensified fighting between the various factions. , recommended her niece to be a servant in the Empress Dowager's palace, and she called it a female official.

"Master doesn't care about any of these nephews and nephews." Mrs. Li lowered her eyes: "Only my own sister Yang is half-hearted. I also blame me for my incompetence. Women don't even have brothers. Poor master, such a talented man, fell to the end of being childless."

The big nanny "Huo" stood up and covered her mouth with a bluff.

Mrs. Li's mood faded, so the eldest mother changed the subject: "Let's not talk about this now. I'm worried that my old bones will be healed after the weather warms up. Is our uncle okay?"

It was about Mrs. Li's natal brother.This grandma was originally a person brought out by Mrs. Li's grandmother. Apart from her own eldest sister, the one who loves her most is the only child of the Li family who has been passed down from generation to generation.

Mrs. Li did not dare to tell her the truth about her brother's getting worse and worse. She just said: "I invited some masters in Beijing, and there are also masters who are looking for in Fujian and Yue. There are these good doctors. His The illness has improved a lot. But you also know that he was weak when he was born, and he has to be raised slowly for a year or so."

"Alas! Uncle Shou has no heirs now!" The grandma sighed: "As far as I am concerned, since the grandma is not easy to bear children, I might as well raise a strong girl from the farmer. When he recovers from illness, the sons will be The most important thing..." She said to herself, it was because the old man was young and mischievous and virtuous, which caused the descendants to wither, and made the old lady think about it when she died.Now his two sons and daughters are both in difficulty, all due to congenital damage.

Mrs. Li kept her mind hidden, so she agreed to perfunctory.

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The next day, Wang Xifeng was chatting and laughing with her in the main room when Mrs. Li suddenly said with a smile: "It's been a good few days, and my son Jia's family sent those good things a while ago. Go to a relative's house for a walk, and also go to see his old lady. Mrs. Jia loves you very much, although you can't go, you can ask a close girl to kowtow to the old man."

Wang Xifeng blushed, but still asked: "When will my wife come over? I'll send..." He looked at the girls once more: "Ping'er, Le'er will accompany the wife." Tight handkerchief.

"I have sent the post, and I will go tomorrow." Mrs. Li handled the matter quickly, and said directly: "It was also a lot of things before, and your parents sent a letter saying that they have discussed with them, so the matter of measuring the house and furnishing the furniture It’s time to give it to me. It’s just that you were raised by me, so I naturally have something for you in my wardrobe. There is a whole set of rosewood furniture and two nanmu makeup boxes. Let’s arrange it over there first, so my visit to the old lady has another meaning, to see how your house will be arranged in the future.”

Wang Xifeng was both grateful and rejoicing: the wife didn't mention that the ladder she had prepared had been accompanied by her before. Obviously, there was a grievance at that time, but now that she is getting close again, the wife said...

That night, Mrs. Li checked the gift list to be taken to Rongguo Mansion, and ordered: "Minger Ruiyun Baitan will follow me, Ruixiang Baiji will take care of the house, and the rest of the women and girls can be seen." The next two accompanying housewives He hurriedly agreed to come down and assign someone to serve with the car.

Mrs. Li seemed to remember something, and said: "Take Yun'an from the sewing room, she has a good memory, let's see what Feng Ge'er's residence will lack in the future, so that she can remember it, and come back together It is reasonable to ask her to write it out."

"You go and give her some good hairpins, and just tell her what I say: tell her not to be plain, just dress up. I'm going to use them to show off." Everyone laughed.

Someone rushed to the sewing room to sell it to Du Yun'an. If the wife left relatives, Du Yun'an would be remembered, which probably meant that she was transferred to the main house.Among the four big girls in the main room, Baitan Baiji is about to be released, so there will soon be a nest for newcomers.Therefore, there are many people in the family who are going to praise Du Yunan's hot stove, especially those who are also called "Yunxia" and "Yuncha". They are all eager to borrow the wind.

Rui Xiang, who was left behind as a housekeeper, didn't smile or speak, she lowered her eyes and didn't know what was on her mind.Ruiyun pushed her: "Why do you want to go to Rongguo Mansion, then let's tell the wife, you go instead, I will watch at home, anyway, it's a hot day, I just don't want to move."

Rui Xiang smiled, and suddenly asked: "Madam is going to take Yun An to Sister Bai Tan's job? How old is she, she's not even fifteen yet?"

Bai Tan is the first respectable girl in the main house, the arm of Mrs. Li, if she is not 22, she really can't keep her, I'm afraid she won't be willing to let her go.Mrs. Li decided to assign her to the eldest son of shopkeeper Jin. Shopkeeper Jin is the big shopkeeper inside and outside the house, and he is in charge of the business and rent of all shops and houses.

"Maybe, Yun'an is capable and his wife is popular, so it's not surprising that his wife wants her to be an envoy." Ruiyun said.

What Ruixiang was afraid of was the word "eye edge", because she only met Du Yun'an a few times and asked his wife to remember it, Ruixiang didn't want her to enter the main courtyard.Ruixiang started as a cleaning girl when she was young, and she worked hard to make progress in every possible way. Isn't it just to become the first one in the main house? Come in and be the steward's daughter-in-law.But when she went home the day before yesterday, Ruixiang's mother was indignant, saying that the eldest son of the housekeeper somehow fell in love with Du Yun'an, and would rather wait a few years before begging sincerely.

Ruixiang was unhappy, her family only dared to lead the second son's line, if Du Yun'an was taught to enter the main courtyard, and the chief manager was the backer, how could anyone else stand in the way in the future!

Glancing at Ruiyun, Ruixiang smiled and asked, "Yun'an is good, but in your heart her brother is better, right?"

Seeing Rui Yun blushing, she said again: "Then do you think Yun An wants you to be her sister-in-law? I don't seem to be interested in her. She only has this one brother, maybe she is afraid that her elder brother won't love her if she has a sister-in-law." Right. She's younger, and I heard that the little brother from the Du family loves her the most, and in the past two months her brother's visit to our second school has been less, isn't it because of this?"

Ruixiang and Ruiyun grew up together, and she always knew that Ruiyun had some rebellious thoughts, if she just wanted to be the first among the slaves, then Ruiyun just wanted to climb high and squeeze into the master.It's a pity that the master didn't have a son, and he is a warrior who doesn't love women. Ruiyun has a heart and no guts, and dares not offend the majesty of the master, so he gave up on being an aunt.Ever since Ruiyun and Ji were married, her family members have been watching her secretly, hoping to find a rich man as a husband.Unexpectedly, Du Yun'an's elder brother is so good-looking, and his daughter is so pretty, Rui Yun immediately fell in love with him. Since then, Rui Yun has suppressed his past thoughts and condescended to marry the Du family who has no wealth and power.

What Rui Xiang said was sincere, Rui Yun also became suspicious.

"As far as I'm concerned, it's really difficult for you: Yun'an is good, we all like her, but being a sister and being a sister-in-law are two different things. There are many good people, I advise you to take it easy." Ruixiang shook her head: "You See who loves her younger sister as much as her elder brother, and she is the same at home? If someone becomes his daughter-in-law, not only will she have a sister-in-law on her head, but she may be as good as having an extra mother-in-law. Thanks to this' Mother-in-law, you have to go out sooner or later, otherwise who can bear it?"

Rui Xiang just couldn't see that Du Yun'an was very popular, so she said this provocation casually, but Rui Yun really took her heart.

Seeing Du Yun'an the next day, Rui Yun was not as affectionate as usual, as if he hadn't slept.

With the mood of visiting "places of interest", Du Yun'an especially cherished this possibly the only chance to enter the Rongguo Mansion. His eyes and mind were too busy to pay attention, so he didn't pay attention to Ruiyun's expression, and Ruiyun became even more dissatisfied in his heart.

"Sister-in-law!" Mrs. Wang led a group of people out of the hall, and even Mrs. Xing came up to welcome her.