Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

Du Yun'an gave the bag of broken silver to Du Zhong: "No wonder they all sharpened their heads and went in. How long have I been in? In the first half of the year, I got nearly 20 taels of silver."

Du Zhong took out the two small boxes where the siblings hid money, and waved with a smile: "Come quickly and count our family's wealth to see how rich it is."

Du Yun'an knew a lot more at a glance, there was a layer of five taels of small ingots piled on the bottom: "Brother has gone to the darts again, why didn't you tell me?"

"I took two trips to the nearby darts. Master is now in Beijing and doesn't go out much. I took over the water darts in Zhili."

The business of this escort agency is divided into road darts and water darts. Relatively speaking, the risk of water darts is relatively small. Because the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is now accessible and prosperous, and there are many official ships and tank boats in the past, the face that Mr. Zhang has earned in decades This waterway is also good.

But regardless of land or water, darts are a dangerous business. Escort masters not only have to be good at kung fu, but also have to be flexible. There are no ghosts and monsters on the dart road.

Du Yun'an didn't want to eat this bowl of rice in the end. Thinking about it, the Yun family didn't expect Du Zhong to be so valued by his master, and he wanted to pass on the mantle.

"Brother..." Du Yunan hesitated.

Du Zhong touched her hair for something.Don't worry, it's a time of peace and prosperity, and thieves and bandits are out of the question. Besides, the master is getting old. I have been taught by his old man all these years, and his service and effort are all due. "

"But let's take care of the nearby area for the time being. There are many disciples of the master, including the nephews of the Zhang family. This time, we will reassign the various businesses. Because I just became a teacher, the master is not at ease, so I put it under my nose."

Having said that, Du Yun'an is not a real boudoir daughter. She has seen the map in the Wang family and knows how big Zhili is: it covers Beijing, Tianjin, not to mention most of Hebei Province, but also includes a small part of Lu Province and Henan Province. .Zhili is also rich, and it is definitely a piece of fat in the escort business.

"The man's ambition is everywhere, and he also took advantage of helping the master for a few years to travel around..."

Seeing her brother's high spirits, Du Yun'an couldn't bear to say any more.

"Oh, I forgot to talk about the serious business!" Du Yun'an changed the topic, and said angrily, "It's all because of the silver box that my brother made a fuss about, so I only care about making money."

As he spoke, he moved the pile of manuscripts, and his eyebrows danced brightly: "I only found out this month that the small building next to the sewing room is a bookstore. I don't know whose ancestors' study room it was. There are actually quite a few books, and besides the shelves, there are many wooden boxes piled up randomly on the ground. I asked Aunt Jin, and Aunt Jin told me to look it up myself if I wanted to, and said that the place was abandoned and not used. There is another place for the library of the study and the rare books of ancient books."

She patted the pile of papers: "A lot of treasures! There are serious Four Books and Five Classics, annotations by various schools, history books, travel notes, poetry collections, biographies, etc. There are many and miscellaneous, and many of them have been eaten by moths. It's a pity It’s over.” Even Erotic Palace has several copies, pasted with other book covers and hidden on the shelf.It can be seen that the original owner of this study room is probably also a young master who is fooling ghosts by reading.

"I picked up useful books and transcribed them, and when I got home, I compiled them into volumes. Slowly, our family can also build a study room—in the future, when my elder brother has children, my little nephews and nieces, it's good to read well, It doesn’t matter if you want to expand your knowledge, even if you want to take the imperial examination, you should have more confidence.”

It is difficult to have a noble son from a poor family, probably because the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are expensive, and it is more expensive and difficult to find a teacher, and it is really difficult to get a good teacher.The Four Books and Five Classics can still be bought in bookstores, but most of the commentaries are privately collected by each family. The students' reading of a good commentary can sometimes be comparable to the effect of a famous teacher's teaching.It's a pity that the Wang family is ignorant, and the most promising descendant is still a military officer. The good things collected by the ancestors are all fed to bookworms.

Du Zhong also knew what was good and bad, so he smiled and said: "Just don't tire yourself out. Besides, don't take advantage of them. Let's bring them in. If it's too short in the future, you'd rather ask me to deliver it or spend money to send it to the door." , the provincial implementation of the population."

"Writing is a waste of time, don't be stingy with the lights...you can rest assured that you have money by your side." Du Zhong explained the reason, stuffed a lot of money into the silver bag, and put it back in the bag for Du Yunan. inside.

"Brother!" Du Yun'an was funny, but she still had one good thing to say right now, and immediately picked out a stack of marked papers like offering a treasure: "Look at this."

But it turned out to be some trivial records related to brewing medicinal wine, "This is taken from several volumes of "Diary of Nanzhuotang". It has been passed on, but it has been written down in a dozen diaries eloquently, detailing everything."

"...For another ten days, add Corydalis corydalis and fennel, each for two qian, the fruit is more effective in tumbling and twisting." Du Zhong glanced roughly: "Codonopsis pilosula, mother clove, rehmannia glutinosa...I will use this flavor to help Yang wine Add two long centipede fingers, the centipede does not need to remove the head and does not need to be roasted, just grind it into wine... try it yourself, it is very beautiful."

Du Zhong stared at the word "very beautiful" with a strange expression on his face. He knew that his sister didn't understand, but he still had a lot of worries in his heart. Who knows if there might be something inappropriate in those books.

Seeing him stop, Du Yun'an quietly glanced at the manuscript, his expression was as usual, as Du Zhong did not understand.Du Zhong hurriedly covered it up, but he didn't know that his sister was thinking: the owner of Nanzhuo Hall is an old and unscrupulous person, and his original text is "Yeyu two concubines, very beautiful".

It's a pity that this person's hard work was not valued, and some storybooks and drama books were thrown in a mess in a rotten wooden box. Fortunately, the box was made of camphor wood, so it didn't all rot.It's also strange that the owner of this diary records everything, such as the joy of thrushes with the concubine, the distraction with prostitutes when the wine tasting party failed, and even the unlocking of new poses...

When Du Yunan was transcribing, he only picked out the useful Sanfang process and omitted many explicit comments. Otherwise, her brother would be like the Wang family and regard these diaries as stealing fragrance and jade. Ben and his like.

"Brother, you might as well choose a few simple ones to try, soak them and ask the doctor to have a look. If they are really harmless and beneficial, then keep them. I think there are several blood-activating and tendon-relieving ones in it, wouldn't it be suitable?" Du Yunan looked at Nanzhuo The master of the hall often boasted about 'bringing ten taels of gold to ask for it, not giving it to you', 'a merchant from the extreme north wanted to order a hundred cylinders of snake wine, but Yu Xin got a beautiful girl and had no time to brew new wine', maybe it was leached according to his recipe. Medicinal wine, the effect is stronger than that bought from the shop.

But Du Zhong knows the preciousness of these excerpts better. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he has also drank a lot of medicinal wine. It is not uncommon to make wine with one or two medicinal herbs or snakes and insects. I'm afraid it's really as the owner of this letter said, it's a good recipe improved by him.

Compared with Du Yun'an thinking of using it for his elder brother and his fellow teachers, Du Zhong thinks farther: he has spent ten years in the escort agency's martial arts, and he knows that there are good medicinal oils and medicinal wines for bruises, rheumatism and bone pain here. Money is hard to come by; and as the young man who is about to reach the crown, although Eucommia did not start meat as early as his brothers, he also understands that there are thousands of medicines and wines and hundreds of prescriptions. Stomach intestines, throughout the ages, have never been better.

"These records and methods need to be verified one by one. Let's put aside the residual ones first, and take out the most detailed ones." Du Zhong said.

"Try a few first. If it works, we can not only use it for our own use, but also sell it to shops. I can also take some on the boat when I go out and sell it to various places..." Du Zhong traveled by water, and the Escort's own ship was used by the head of the escort to carry it. Some private goods, as long as they are not out of the ordinary.

The two brothers and sisters smiled similarly, this may be the cornerstone of the Du family.

Du Yun'an slept very well that night: it was really exhausting to pick out this thin volume of manuscripts from a dozen or so miscellaneous manuscripts, but the ancients do not deceive me, there is indeed a house of gold in the book.

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At Wang Ziteng's mansion, Wang Ren paid homage to Mrs. Li, and wept and laughed with his younger sister Wang Xifeng, expressing their concern for their parents, which caused Sister Feng to hide her face and shed tears, and dissipated all the resentment caused by the substandard dowry.

After returning to the room, Wang Renqie sneered: "If you really care about your parents and elder brother, why don't you think about us? Auntie loves her so much. If she is willing to help her, my affairs will be settled by four or five!"

"However, she is also a flamboyant ostentation. Now who is the fan of this young lady, she will be put to death in the end, and she will be sent away with a straw mat. Waste the thousands of gold. The dowry, why not use it for me as a big event, if I become the second uncle's heir, wouldn't I be able to support her as well?"

"uncle?"

Wang Ren stopped talking to himself, pretending to be serious: "Come in."

But it turned out that ever since Wang Ren dreamed about those things, he had no one who could discuss big plans, and somehow he developed such a habit of talking to himself and talking to himself.

"That family refused to sell the dog, saying that it would not work for any amount of money." Chang Sui replied cautiously: "But fortunately, I have found out the origin of the family: the family's surname is Du, and there are only two brothers and sisters. Eucommia is the apprentice of Mr. Zhang of the Xinglong Escort Bureau in Beijing, and I heard that he is very respected..."

"Idiot, who asked you this!" Wang Ren was impatient.

The long follower chuckled: "Master, listen to it. This Du family has a very close relationship with our family. The brother and sister who died were originally the second master's personal guard, and their mother was the second wife's dowry. Now the Du family is young The sister of my family works in this mansion. I have found out clearly that this sister's name is Yun'an, and the second wife likes her very much. She will be the big girl in charge of the sewing room, and she will be promoted to the main house soon. Yes, a proud man."

"Master, if you really like his dog, why don't you just tell that girl directly, you are the master, she dares to refuse a girl's film, just give her a few more money."

Wang Ren was so angry that he had a headache, and he was rushing to offend his aunt's respected girl just because of a dog?

"Go away! Stupid! Go away!"

Hearing that the girl belonged to Mrs. Li, Wang Ren's heart sank a little. He knew this aunt quite well, and she was fierce and capable but also protected her shortcomings.Even if she was a young lady, he, Wang Ren, could get it, but she happened to be from Second Aunt.

"It's just, Du, Du?" Wang Ren said to himself again: "Is there a dowry girl beside my second aunt who gave uncle a long-term follower?" How could he not remember?

In the middle of the night, when everything was silent, Wang Ren suddenly jumped up from the bed, howling like ghosts and wolves, and jumped onto the ground barefoot.

"Du!" Wang Ren shouted, "So it was her. Isn't the Du family dead?"

"Grandpa, Grandpa!" The book boy who was guarding the night outside called out in a hurry: "Master has been haunted, call the doctor quickly!"

"Shut up! Silence!" Wang Ren scolded, "Stay outside and don't let anyone in!"

The mothers-in-law at night outside the door curled their lips at each other, why did the men of the big family still have such a dog-like temper, and they quietly pricked up their ears to listen to the movement inside: the old master Ren of the long house can make a lot of trouble every time he comes The news is good news.

In the bedroom, Wang Ren broke out in a cold sweat—he remembered that his aunt's dowry girl had married a surnamed Du, and in his dream, this incident caused a big disturbance, killing his in-law, Mr. Li, without mentioning it. Even the second aunt also had a serious illness, so that she will be ill in the future.

Wang Ren drank a cup of herbal tea to wake himself up, while thinking carefully:

At the end of this year, the brother of the second aunt's family died, and the second aunt had no children. The Li family lost even a little blood.Mrs. Li came to Beijing to visit her daughter in person, but what she asked about was the whereabouts of Mrs. Yun, who she married as a dowry. It turned out that Mrs. Yun was the daughter of Mrs. Li and a prostitute. Be a companion.

The Li family's father and daughter hurriedly searched for Yun's whereabouts, only to find that the woman had been dead for several years.It happened that this concubine from a bad family background gave birth to a pair of children safely.Mrs. Li was overjoyed and wanted to recognize Yun's sons and daughters back to the Li family to inherit the clan, but unexpectedly Yun's young daughter was weak. After her mother died, her older brother couldn't take care of her elder brother, and this youngest daughter was less than six years old. just die.The eldest son who was left behind had already worshiped a famous teacher, but who knew that the death of his younger sister was a blow to him too much. This kid practiced martial arts day and night, which cost too much. One day, he fell off the plum blossom pile and injured his head, so he couldn't be saved...

There were many sorrows and joys, and the old man Li was greatly stimulated, and he vomited blood immediately. He had no hope, and he ran out of fuel and died in only half a month.In Wang Ren's dream, he stayed in Beijing after getting married. After this incident, he secretly wrote letters home to see his second aunt making jokes.

Wang Ren was fidgeting: Why didn't the Du brothers and sisters die this time?So the siblings are the second aunt's niece and niece.

dear niece!Wang Ren suddenly stood up: "If I accept her, Second Aunt will also recognize me for the sake of blood!"

"No, it's not safe! It's better if she is the only one left," Wang Ren calculated: "If there is only Du girl left, then it will be a ladder to the sky! The Li family cares about the only drop of flesh and blood, so they have to help me! It's not the Li family's fault." The Wanguan family wealth is also mine!"

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"Uncle Ren, what are you talking about, who are you talking to, why are you suddenly happy?" The old woman outside whispered, "It's like hysteria."

"That's right, what is Du girl's niece's? Pay back the Li family's Wanguan family wealth?" The other covered his mouth: "Could it be that we are thinking about our wife's natal family's wealth and want to get some benefits? Do your best!"

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[Man's ambitions are in the four directions]: Source: "Zuo Zhuan·Xi Gong 23 years": "Jiang killed him, but he said that the son said: You have the ambitions in the four directions. If you hear about it, I will kill it."

【Medicated Wine Prescriptions in the Text】: According to Du Niang, "Chinese Medicinal Wine Formula Encyclopedia (Fourth Edition)" nonsense.

[Zhili]: It is equivalent to today's Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei Province and small parts of Henan and Shandong. (Encyclopedia · Zhili Province)

[Walking darts, road darts, water darts]: Reference materials: Baidu, types of darts.