Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

After staying at home for a few days, Du Yun'an brought out two pairs of pump shoes. Du Zhong wanted to ask her to go out for a stroll, but she refused. She just chatted with her brother about the homework, while her hands kept busy.The big black dog Huzi squats in front of the door early in the morning every day, as long as there is any movement in Du Yunan's room, its tail will wag. not open.

"Brother, try it?" Du Yunan put away the needle and thread.

Du Zhong put it on and walked back and forth twice: "It's comfortable!"

Seeing that it was about noon, An'an had to go to Wang's mansion in the afternoon. After this trip, he would not be able to come home for several months. Du Zhong felt distressed and reluctant to give up.

"Good Ann, don't be busy anymore!"

Du Yun'an pushed away the big dog's head on his knees, stood up and relaxed his muscles and bones: "The soles of these shoes are all bought off-the-shelf, and they can still make me tired."

As he said that, he shook his head: "After all, it's not as good as my own. Brother will wear it first. Later, I will make a few pairs of pinch boots and felt boots for autumn and winter." Don't be afraid to dress small.

Du Zhong stomped his feet, raised his feet to look, he felt comfortable from the soles of his feet to his heart, he was a tall and straight man, and he smiled like a fool: "Is there a layer of leather on this bottom?"

"There are two layers of nails, one layer of boiled leather and one layer of hard leather. You have to walk a lot, it's too expensive."

He has grown up again in the past six months. Last year, the summer shoes made by An An were too small to fit, and the ones bought in the store were always uncomfortable to wear. Eucommia is quite beautiful now, especially the right side can finally stretch.

Du Yun'an packed a few shoes into his luggage - Du Zhong had six toes on his right foot. Although they were quietly sawed off by a good doctor invited by Yun shortly after birth, the bones were still somewhat different from ordinary people. The finished shoes will feel cramped when worn.When Du Yunan was a child, he saw Yun making shoes for him. After Yun's death, Du Zhong had really suffered for several years. When he was practicing martial arts at the hardest time, the slightly protruding scar on his right foot had worn out a callus. Therefore, Du Yunan first learned how to make shoes when he was learning needlework.

"Brother, do you still remember the girl you met at the second gate when you visited me at the end of April?"

"The time you gave away the Duanyang Festival?"

"Well, the one in the pink dress."

"Which one? The Silver Thread Girl?"

"No! The silver thread is not there, didn't the girl say a few words to me? It was she who sent someone inside to tell me you were here."

"Can't remember, what's the matter?" Du Zhong was thinking about something else: "An An, you like to read books to relieve boredom, brother doesn't care about you, he can copy a few pages if you like, but you can't stay up late, don't be like this time ——I just came to my senses, you have copied so many in a month! Besides, this book has its good and bad like people. It’s a lot of reading, they’re all stupid stories conjured up by poor people, they’re deceptive! If you stumble somewhere, throw it away, you know?”

Du Zhong coaxed and lied repeatedly, worrying deeply.

Du Yun'an is funny, she still thinks that the current unofficial romances are written in the same way, and she doesn't bother to read them.

"Listen to brother." An Duzhong, the younger sister, said in his heart, "I just took the opportunity to copy some useful books. I don't have the time to read those scripts."

Du Zhong originally wanted to persuade her not to work too hard, but thought that copying serious books was better than others, so he didn't persuade her anymore.Only then did he recall the previous words, and Fang asked, "Who are you just asking?"

"It's okay, it turned out that the girl's mother asked me about her brother, maybe her family has her eye on her brother as her son-in-law?" Yun An laughed.

"Nonsense!" Du Zhong also helped her pack her bags, "After redeeming the deed, the mansion has nothing to do with us. I don't remember any girl."

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"Good girl, you're back." Just as Du Yun'an put down his burden, Aunt Jin came to find him: "There's no need to unpack your burden, you just gather your things together, and I'll ask a few women to carry your bedding Go to the main courtyard."

Yinxian also came from the embroidery room: "Yun'an, my wife sent a message yesterday, telling you to move to the main courtyard as an servant when you come back today. From now on, you will be the number one girl in the main room." Help Du Yunan put away the makeup box, clothes, etc.: "Don't let those people from outside touch these, we will move them there for you. We are not familiar with those rough envoys, who knows if there will be some people who take advantage of the chaos? Inside."

Before Du Yun'an asked anything, he was clearly arranged, and within a short time, even people, bedding and luggage had been changed places.

The little girls who were not on duty in the main courtyard all came to congratulate, and a few women came to give gifts, so Du Yun'an had to go out to say hello, instead of being polite, he just thanked him and said some silly words.Only when I looked back did I have a chance to ask Yinxian who helped her tidy the bed curtain: "What's the matter? Didn't you add people everywhere after you mentioned Zhongyuan?"

"Master and Uncle Ren came home, and a lot of things happened. The wife is short of manpower, so she ordered the mansion to fill up all the missing nests in the morning. If you are not here, a lot of people will come up in the past few days. There are six in the wife's room. Big girl, there were two vacant at first, but now I ordered Baolu and Bitao to make up for it, and you are left to make up for Sister Baitan's vacancy."

"Sister Bai Tan has gone out?"

"No, I just found out that Uncle Ren came to Beijing in the early years, and his wife asked Sister Bai Tan to take care of him for a while. Now that he's grown up, Uncle Ren is a married man, and Sister Bai Tan has made another appointment, so she should avoid suspicion , the wife whose mother came to beg in person, the wife asked Sister Bai Tan to go home a few months in advance."

"My wife doesn't have Sister Baitan in charge of my house, so everything is not going my way." Yinxian told Yun'an in a low voice again, telling her to be careful: "It just so happened that on the day you went to your house, Uncle Ren arrived first. I just came back, the next day the concubine in the palace rewarded two maids, and now they are living in the Liudan Pavilion at the back... The master stayed at home for two days, and then went out to do business, saying that it was an official business of the Jingxi Camp. Get back close."

"Which concubine? What do you reward the maid?"

"Concubine Zhen, Jiangnan Zhen's family, do you know?"

Du Yun'an knew that today's sage has not yet become the Supreme Emperor, so the concubine is talking about the concubine's mother?Could it be that the "Old Concubine" who was ordered to enter the palace to guard the system after her death was recorded in the Red Chamber?It turned out to be the daughter of the Zhen family, and she was of such a high seniority.

"I heard that Concubine Zhen was the most favored empress of the former emperor in his later years. Now there is no old empress with a higher seniority and higher status than her in the palace." Yin Xian said: "The Zhen family is not only related to the royal family, Dear, our wife's grandmother is named Zhen, and she is a young lady from a close branch of the Zhen family."

"The concubine issued an edict, saying that our master has worked hard..."

Du Yun'an immediately understood that this Concubine Zhen was regarded as a relative and elder, and she showed her kindness like a grandmother rewarding a grandchildren's girl.

"Are there other nobles born in the Zhen family besides this concubine in the palace?" Du Yun'an wanted to ask if there was a prince born to a girl from the Zhen family.

"I heard that His Royal Highness's biological mother was the niece of the Empress Dowager, but she passed away many years ago."

Du Yunan froze, and decisively decided to avoid Liuzhu Pavilion, it must be a den of right and wrong - the sixth highness who has the blood of the Zhen family must not be the winner, otherwise the Zhen family will be the first to be copied in the future?However, at this juncture of the year and the ghost moon, the reason for stuffing people into the Prince Teng's mansion is far-fetched even to her. It would be strange if it wasn't for fighting for the heir apparent.

This matter was really sudden, so Du Yun'an thought to himself: Could it be that the situation in the court is at a critical juncture, and Wang Ziteng is hiding out?

But the turmoil in the court did not affect her as a little girl for the time being, Du Yun'an only thought about it in his mind and then forgot about it, and asked about the new changes in the mansion.

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Before it was time to pass on the dinner, the daughter-in-law in charge reported that Du Yunan had been placed on a job, and Mrs. Li had a smile on her face: "I just remembered, and it happened to be here."

Du Yun'an entered and kowtowed.

Today is considered to be her official visit to her master. For the first time, she must kowtow to be solemn and in line with the rules.

Seeing that there was no little girl on the ground to spread the futon, Yun An didn't have time to think, and knelt down on the felt blanket.

Mrs. Li smiled and said, "Get up quickly."

Here Du Yun'an stood up, and Ruiyun came in from the back with a futon in his arms, and said with a smile: "Oh, but it's not my fault, it's too late to make my sister hurt."

Du Yun'an only pursed his lips and smiled: How can a servant kowtow to the master's house and complain of pain?Furthermore, only the favored few in the slave brand have the dignity of kneeling on the futon.Ruiyun was late on purpose to get the futon himself. If he was stupid and waited for someone to put the futon, it would obviously be the fault of Nathana Joe; if he was smart, he would have to pay for his knees.

Such small tricks are too low-level, Du Yunan knew that Ruiyun was annoyed by his brother's affairs, and he didn't have the same knowledge as her. In Yun'an's arms was a purse worn by a dark green man, with auspicious cloud patterns on one side and butterfly love flowers embroidered on the other.This girl's intentions were clear, and her actions were extraordinarily bold. How could Du Yun'an accept it? After returning the things to Ruiyun, he said, "I will inquire about my brother's intentions."

After this incident, both of them were embarrassed. In fact, Du Yunan admired Ruiyun a little bit. In the current era, women who dare to express their love like this are rare.Even so, Du Yun'an was also relieved when she learned that Du Zhong had no intention of doing so. Ruiyun was not wrong, but she felt that her family probably couldn't afford this kind of sister-in-law who judged others by herself and made her own opinions just because she thought you were good.It doesn't matter whether Du Yun'an is narrow-minded or holds grudges, anyway, she feels that her temperament and Ruiyun's temperament are not compatible.

Mrs. Li glanced at Ruiyun, and beckoned Du Yunan to come forward: "Good boy, you just came to me, first follow your sister Baiji to take over the account book, and clarify the things about taking in and taking out, registering and claiming..."

As she spoke, Baiji held a silver watch the size of an egg in a handkerchief and gave it to Du Yunan, but Du Yunan didn't dare to take it.

Mrs. Li smiled and said: "People who follow me carry clocks and clocks with them. These troublesome things are rare in other families, but Wang's family has them all."

Baiji just laughed: "In the early years, all the goods of foreign ships were taken care of by our mansion. I'm afraid there are still two rooms for these Western things. You can take them quickly! This room is on the job every second, my wife's There are hours in daily life, so you won’t miss anything if you carry a clock with you.”

This time when I entered the main room, all the staff and affairs were lost, Ruixiang and Ruiyun were indifferent, and Baiji, Baolu, and Bitao were very kind and caring.

Du Yun'an has just been promoted, and she won't have to keep watch at night for a couple of months, so she will be free after nightfall. She has no pretensions to others, and is generous and loves to laugh. The little girls in the main courtyard love to come to her to play tricks.

The big girls in the main courtyard live very well. The first and second classes have separate rooms in the back building of the main courtyard, which relieved Du Yunan. She was really worried about living with Ruiyun.

After dinner in the evening, Du Yun'an's room became very popular. The little girls were picking red ropes and tying nets on the round table. Du Yun'an was listening to their chatter while copying books.When I was having fun, I suddenly felt pain in my lower abdomen, and I felt hot all over my body...

But an old friend came.

Du Yun'an frowned in pain, and with a vigorous effort in the hand holding the pen, the carved lacquer barrel was crushed by her with a "snap", and a handful of wood debris fell out.

"..."

The little girls all turned their faces to look at her, and even Yun An himself was startled.

"Sister Yun'an, what's the matter with you?" A little girl who just kept her hair ran up and asked.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door again: "Sister Yun'an is at home? I'm ordering some fruits for my sisters."