Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

How to cook, what to cook?

Naturally, just like Yan'er, Wang Xifeng performed a good show in person: Xifeng took the 100 taels of silver that Jia Lian gave Yan'er first, and didn't ask Yan'er to reward Yan'er directly, but ordered Ping'er to give it to her face to face. Parents, they are so happy that there is nothing wrong with them; Xifeng is a good person again, and when Yan'er got into trouble, Jia Lian was angry, and she was only willing to let her go after she persuaded her. Treating Xifeng as a living Bodhisattva, he took his daughter home in a panic, and married her hastily and sloppily within a few days.

Poor Yan'er was in her early twenties, she was so pretty and sweet, but she was randomly assigned by her family to a widower in his late [-]s. The youngest son left by the previous woman was several years older than Yan'er.That family is a wealthy family in the nearby village, but Yan'er asked the eldest daughter-in-law there the first day she got married, "I know you were a girl who served the young master, and you have undoubtedly been hired. Just let me ask you, how long have you been confiscated in the house, and did you give birth to anything?"

Yan'er was ashamed and angry, but the youngest daughter-in-law of the family said: "I have inquired about this, and I have accepted it for a long time. But my sister-in-law's knowledge is too short, if she has the ability to give birth to something, she is a big family. Can you get her out?"

The eldest daughter-in-law nodded: "It turned out that I was impatient, so I sold it to my father-in-law. Since I can't give birth, it will save me a lot of trouble."

Most of the clothes and hairpins that Yan'er had accumulated over the years were taken away by her brothers and sisters-in-law, and what she managed to keep was taken away by her daughters-in-law within a few days. It’s fun on the fresh kang, but when you get off the kang, you don’t care about everything. Everything is up to the eldest son——Yan’er can’t think about it, she drowned in the river and died in only half a month. Her natal family made a fuss and asked that family to pay them 20 Two silvers will be enough.

"I don't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me", Wang Xifeng only took a little care, but watched the whole play with cold eyes.

Even though Ping'er knew that Yan'er's death was not due to grandma, it was actually her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law who did not behave themselves and exchanged a good girl for another fortune, which led to her miserable end, but she could not be afraid in her heart - in the past, everyone else Grandma Zan is determined not to lose to men, but when such scheming tactics are used here, it will be a disaster for the slaves who can't help themselves.Grandma moved her fingers and told people to run to death.

This Mr. Jia Lian is handsome and romantic, his conversation is funny, his behavior is generous, Ping'er has met several men in his life, but all of them are not as good as him. tempted?

It's just that this girl is kind in nature, and she has learned the ability to observe words and emotions from Sister Feng's side these years. She understands Xifeng's love for Jia Lian best. My lord, so I lost my mind a long time ago.Ping'er just didn't expect that his half-hearted thoughts made grandma notice something, and here came a period of beating that seemed right and wrong.

Since then, Ping'er has avoided suspicion even more, and has been more cautious, and he has only waited until he is old enough to go out and match someone to be a good lady.Unexpectedly, she gave up her heart, and she fell into Wang Xifeng's eyes more and more. Later, when Xifeng tried all kinds of tricks to remove all the thorns in her eyes, she suddenly found that Jia Lian was in a state of separation from her, and hurriedly wanted to take Ping'er back. In the room, it can be used to tie Jia Lian's heart... This is for the funeral, so I won't mention it for the time being.

But it was not a lie that Sister Feng said in private that she would send Du Yun'an to another place.In a few days, she took advantage of Jiamu's happiness and said to Mrs. Jiamu Wang: "Second sister is sick again. I heard that she has suffered from the wind? I have some ready-made pills, which are very effective for some diseases. , why don't you ask the imperial doctor to see if it's right for the second sister's illness when they come, if it's useful, it's my sister-in-law's heart."

Mother Jia frowned and said, "It's not that she's sick again. The girls didn't do their best, and they didn't close the windows tightly at night, which exposed your second sister to the wind. The imperial doctor said it was serious. I was so angry that I kicked out the two guards that day. I'd rather choose a good one for her now." He said again, "What kind of medicine is it?"

Mrs. Wang asked: "But what kind of medicines are the secret recipes in the uncle's house?"

Sister Feng nodded yes, Mrs. Wang smiled at Mother Jia: "This is good, I expect the second girl's illness to be cured soon. You don't know, old lady, that the Li family has the habit of collecting recipes since their ancestors , his family is rich in wealth, as long as it is a good recipe, he is willing to exchange it for thousands of dollars, so there are those who are in need of money to sell ancestral recipes at the Li family, so they eat and wear all kinds of recipes. They have everything you need. The Li family loves girls, but whenever a daughter comes out of the cabinet, she must accompany her with some secret recipes."

Jia's mother repeatedly praised: "I only admire her ancestors. This is how long-sighted they are. How much well-being has been created for future generations?" She said with a smile: "Let our family also follow suit."

Sister Feng became more and more excited, and hurriedly ordered someone to bring the medicine box in her room: "Go to Yun'an, you have copied the box and cage booklet and know that it is in that box, they can't find it."

Du Yun'an took the order and winked at Ping'er, who hurriedly went out with her.

"Come with me, without you as the manager of the storeroom, what can I open the box with?" Yun Anfang laughed after getting off the upper courtyard.

Ping'er frowned: "You are still making trouble, I don't even know what grandma is thinking, can you be stupid and bold?"

Yun An approached and said in a low voice: "What are you afraid of? Going somewhere else suits my heart. No matter where I go, my uncle and wife gave it to her. She can't send me to the men's house."

"Hey, you are ashamed to say such things!" Ping'er spat at her: "Aren't you afraid that grandma will ask you to serve Baoyu? How many people are there in Baoyu's room? It's as crowded as a window screen with paste. Yes, the dense wind can’t pass through! Besides, is there anyone who is entangled there, you go to Qing and wait for the mute to eat Coptis chinensis!”

Yun An curled her lips and shook her head: "It won't work, don't worry."

Sure enough, when Yun An brought the medicine box, everyone looked at the small Ru kiln celadon-glazed porcelain bottle as if it were a rare item. There was a vermilion note on it, which read "Danzhi Xiaoyao Pill", "Puji Disinfection", etc. "Yupingfeng Pills", "Yupingfeng Pills" and so on. There are two kinds of pills, the names of which are familiar to Jia's mother. It turns out that Jia's family also has similar pills, but I don't know which one is more effective.Du Yun'an read the paper on the underside of the porcelain bottle that stated what pills were used to cure what disease, and then Sister Feng told her to back down.

Mother Jia praised Xifeng Youti highly, and Sister Feng said with a smile: "The brothers and sisters of the whole family, besides, I have seen them grow up little by little, and it can't be too much pain. As long as I have it, why not?" Will you give it to them?"

Jia's mother laughed: "I have a heart to tell you. I was afraid that you would not give up. Now that you say so, I will take it seriously!"

"Girl Yun'an was younger with me for a month, and I love her character and ability. What's more, the most rare thing is that this child can read and write. No girl in my family can match this point." I can do it. I thought to myself, Brother Bao’s house is short of such a person, who can persuade him to study and do his homework better than the maids in his house, and who is more careful than the book boys and boys outside. He can make Baoyu more Concentrate on the right path, so that his father will be less scolded, and he will not be too tired from urging him."

"I just don't know how reluctant you are."

Sister Feng hurriedly laughed and said: "My uncle and wife lent Yun'an to me because I was not good at writing, and she helped me for two years. Now I have everything in my place and I have a charter, and I am still worried about small things. Letting her down, letting her down—if Brother Bao lacks such a person, just ask her if she is willing, and he can go there to help take care of her according to her own wishes."

When Madam Wang saw Sister Feng, she called Du Yun'an to ask her if she would like to. Knowing that it would be too late if she didn't stop her at this time, she hurriedly laughed and said, "The old lady is right, and girl Feng is also generous. It's just that Baoyu's scumbag has a weird heart. He is very happy to go to Yunan girl at this time, and he is afraid that he can listen to her persuasion to avoid making the master angry, but what should Yunan do when he goes back to his uncle and wife in the future? Zuo Xing, throwing that jade again in a crazy manner, wouldn't it make everyone sad, and the master will know that the father and son will be very angry when the trouble grows."

Mother Jia didn't think so, she already knew that Yun'an was very much loved by Mrs. Li, and she also knew what Mrs. Li said to ask her to go back after a year or two, but from the old lady's point of view, it was just Mrs. Li's excuse. The eldest niece, who was not happy to accompany four big maids at once, also slipped one in under a clever name—Mother Jia thought that as long as she asks for it, Mrs. Li has no reason not to give Du Yunan to her family.

Mother Jia didn't believe it, but Wang Xifeng believed that Mrs. Li really loved Du Yun'an a little bit. Perhaps some people had some kind of predestined relationship between them. Anyway, Wang Xifeng couldn't see that her aunt wanted to play tricks, let alone play tricks. The reason.Therefore, when Mrs. Wang's words came out, Wang Xifeng felt a little remorse, regretting that she hadn't considered everything carefully and had forgotten Baoyu's idiot.

If there was a commotion over this in the future and he lost his life again, Du Yun'an would have left here Shi Shiran, but she would have just sat on the wax, and the old lady and aunt would blame her even if they didn't say it on the face.

Jia's mother's words of calling Mrs. Wang reminded me of the day when the second girl of Zhen's family came to the mansion to say hello. Baoyu was so happy to see that this sister had a better birth than all the girls in the family. It wasn't sad at all, I just asked him if there was such a good sister as the nanny, Youyu.Unexpectedly, Nanny Li just said, "Not everyone is as lucky as a brother", which made the little ancestor jump and throw and smash the jade, almost scaring the family to death - but that The Second Miss Zhen came to Beijing because of a marriage discussion. Although her marriage has not yet spread, old relatives like the Jia family have heard the rumors. It is very good. She is the future concubine of the Prince of Beijing!

With great difficulty, he managed to appease the little ancestor, and sealed the servant's mouth, so that this disaster did not become a big deal.If so, Baoyu was also ill for half a month, and asked his professional teacher to complain to the master again that he was lazy, which made him feel uncomfortable for a long time.

Both Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang believed that Jia Baoyu fell ill because the jade was dropped, and they believed even more in the spirituality of the jade.He is a child who doesn't know the severity, so Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang are very strict, and no one is allowed to invite him to suffer from dementia.

At this time, Jia Mu's heart that she wanted to come to Du Yun'an to give to Baoyu couldn't help but also weakened, because she thought to herself that if Baoyu had that piece of jade by his side, he would naturally have good luck in the future. Jade, on the contrary, the gain outweighs the loss, and it is too late to regret.From then on, Jia's mother gave up Jia Baoyu's desire to make progress. She believed that Baoyu would have a great fortune in the future, and forced him to make progress before the time came. Maybe it was self-defeating and against God's will?So from then on, he only pampered and doted on him blindly, and stopped Jia Zheng and others to teach Jia Baoyu a lesson.

So Mother Jia patted her chest and laughed, "It's still your wife who thinks well. Besides, we don't know what girl Yun'an thinks, so it's just wishful thinking."

Sister Feng also wanted to come down a step, so she called Du Yun'an: "Come here, Yun'an, the old lady asked you what you think?"

Du Yun'an smiled and said: "Actually, I told Ping'er earlier that I was the one who ate the rice in Second Grandma's room, and that I was never short of monthly money rewards, but what did I do for Second Grandma? Even if I was at the old lady's place before, the old lady felt sorry for the second mistress, and there was no one in the room who was freer than me. I was so ashamed and panicked, I begged Sister Yuanyang to assign some work I did it, but my sister said, "The old lady said that you will be tired if you don't teach"——Bao Erye is raised by the old lady, and he doesn't have the slightest help to ask me to help? Dare to promise, I only know a few words, Bao Erye reads serious books, I know that sage article, but that sage article does not recognize me!"

Everyone laughed, and Sister Feng pointed at Yun An's nose and scolded, "Nonsense! You are getting more and more courageous, and you dare to joke around with the sage book!"

Yun An pursed her lips and only smiled: "It doesn't recognize me anymore, so it must not know what happened."

Her response made Mrs. Wang look a little sideways, thinking that this girl looks seductive, but it's rare that she is a sensible girl.

"In the house of the old lady and the second grandma, I am a 'idler'. Although the old lady and the second grandma are generous and kind and don't care about me, I can't be ignorant of my duty." Du Yun'an suddenly lifted his body and said seriously: "Second girl is sick. Now, there is a lack of people in that room, so it is not exactly my place."

"Old lady, madam, second mistress, I want to serve in the second girl's house in my heart. After one or two years, when I go in the future, the second girl will be with everyone. Wouldn't it be good for both!"

Wang Xifeng heard this, and although she achieved her goal of keeping Du Yunan away from Jia Lian, she was unwilling to use this good man here, so what good would it do to give Yunan to Yingchun?

So I said: "You have a very good heart, but the second girl already has two big girls, Siqi and Xiuju. How about you go?"

Mother Jia's heart moved, and she smiled and said: "Your master and servant are very good. I know you monkey is haunted by ghosts. I am willing to teach Yun'an girl to go to the second girl's place. She is still good-looking. She is really her own sister-in-law, and she loves her even more. Some things should be, and there is no need to hide them.”

"Since that's the case, girl Yun'an will go to your second girl's room and let her know that her sister-in-law loves her so she is willing to give you to her. There are already two older ones in the second girl's room, so it's okay, but give it to their sisters Everyone just add one more. After all, the number of people serving in their room is not too many, adding one or two is not too much. Brother Feng will give the second girl Yunan, then I will give Brother Ying to the fourth girl, and the third girl Ask your wife to add one to her."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang thought about it and said, "Let Jin Chuan'er go to Tanya's place."

Mother Jia gave a second-class girl Yingge in the house, and Mrs. Wang would not be so good as giving a second-class girl, so as not to appear to be ignorant of concubine daughters, so after a little thought, she gave Jin Chuan out—and her sister With Yu Chuan'er in front of her eyes, asking Jin Chuan'er to go to Tanchun's house would be better to win over the third girl. When Aunt Zhao plays tricks on her, maybe Jin Chuan'er can be of some unexpected use.

Jia Mu said with a smile: "the three sisters have added someone. It's time for Baoyu to argue. Why don't I give him Qingwen. Qingwen is good at sewing, and she has some rigidity that can overwhelm people. Xiren is good, but her His temper is too straight, and his speech is also a bit clumsy, so it's inevitable that he can't control the people under him."

According to Mrs. Wang's sense of nature, she only hoped that her son would be surrounded by clumsy, clumsy and clumsy people!Unexpectedly, Du Yunan was stopped, but Qingwen was still waiting.It's just that Mrs. Wang has already blocked it once, so she can't ignore Jia's mother again at this time, otherwise the old lady should eat her heart.

"There is a shortage of good needles and threads in Baoyu's house. Qingwen gave Baoyu this girl, because Baoyu owed the old lady a good person." Mrs. Wang forced a smile: "In the future, Xiren will be asked to take care of Baoyu's daily life, and Qingwen will be in charge of things outside. And restrain the little ones, so that the inside and the outside are complete."

Jia's mother called Qingwen: "I just told you to be a sewing girl and take care of some work, but your wife flattered you and asked you to manage people and affairs. You still don't kowtow to thank your wife for your attention."

Qingwen hurriedly knelt down to kowtow to Mrs. Wang and then to Jiamu.

It was the first time Mrs. Wang took a closer look at Qingwen, and saw that she was a delicate and weak girl with a water snake waist, and her face was more than one layer better than Xiren's, so she didn't like it even more immediately, so she had to keep it in her heart and not reason. He took her head with a smile, and said with a smile: "Get up, and work hard in the future."

After thinking about it, he added: "You are the maid of the old lady, and so is Xiren. The two of you are on errands together, so it is inevitable that there will be a master, so that you will not quarrel when you disagree."

Qingwen is a clever person, she immediately smiled and said: "Sister Xiren serves Second Master Bao first, so it is naturally Sister Xiren's opinion that prevails, I dare not make big decisions anymore."

Seeing her showing off her cleverness, Mrs. Wang was even more displeased.

Parrot also came up to kowtow to Mother Jia, but Du Yunan couldn't help but also came to kowtow to Sister Feng.When Mrs. Wang saw Du Yun'an, she felt a little emotional in her heart. She just thought that he was also a vixen. She took advantage of the trend and didn't go to Baoyu's room because of Jia Lian.

This kneeling is to bid farewell to the old master.

When Du Yun'an returned, the people in Dangui Garden reacted differently. Some were worried about the pity, some were gloating at the excitement, and some were thinking about Amitabha Buddha's plague god retreating.It's just that there are only three people in the last one, Xi'er, Le'er, and Nong Nong. Ever since they saw Du Yunan smashing people when he picked up a box that day, they treated Du Yunan as a female Zhong Kui. The point of avoiding.

Shun'er was the most surprised and worried, Yun'an smiled and said: "We came here with grandma, could it be that I won't recognize the door when I go to the second girl's place, or that this yard won't let me in? No need to do that. You think I think when I was at the old lady's place, we didn't see each other one day."

"I thought it was because you didn't want to enter this yard, and you were in a hurry to leave, but I treated you slowly?" A voice came from the main room, and Sister Feng leaned against the door with a half-smile.

Yun An laughed and said: "What did grandma say, the old lady opened her mouth first. If I don't go out, it will spread to other people's ears in a few days, so I don't care about the consequences. I just say, 'The old lady said it herself, but grandma didn't." Ken'. In fact, who cares where I go, they know that once the old lady says, grandma will do whatever they want."

When Sister Feng thinks about it, it makes sense.

This girl is so clever that she is not very useful. At this time, Sister Feng really felt reluctant to give up, because she said: "I have something to do in the future, just ask Ping'er to invite you, and you are not allowed to shirk."

Yun An smiled: "I am from the Wang family, and grandma is a girl from the Wang family, not to mention that I will go back in the future. Don't I know how close I am? It's just what grandma said, and grandma might not remember me when I leave Yes——I know that the second master will give little brother Caiming to grandma. He will know what I can do, and he can do what I can't. Caiming can even do the errands that grandma will send to the outside in the future. There is such a capable person People are here, grandma still thinks of me?"

Sister Feng also laughed when she said that this Caiming is a little boy who can go in and out of the back house. He is good at reading and counting. many.Besides, this person was specially ordered by Jia Lian for Sister Feng, how could Sister Feng not like it?Originally, she wanted to send Du Yun'an away because she had Caiming as a helper.

When the matter is settled, several families are happy and others are sad.Jin Chuan'er pretended to be sick and lay dead at home for three or four days before she was driven by her mother to go to the Third Miss's spring house to answer her name. The next day, her mother and sister-in-law sent him and all the salutes to Fourth Miss Xichun's place. , Du Yun'an had the fewest things, so he quietly entered Yingchun's room that night with the help of his friends.As for Qingwen, she didn't need to move at all, she was still serving at the same place after kowtowing, in fact, she was standing there waiting for Baoyu to leave school.

The unemployed teacher finally let him come back, and Jia Baoyu knew about it. He sighed and missed Yun'an for a while, and was delighted for Qingwen's visit for a while.

In a few days, Xiren fell ill, his face was sallow, and his voice was hoarse. Baoyu was worried about leaving her alone in the house, so he pretended to have a headache and ordered someone to ask the teacher for leave. Unexpectedly, when the boy came to ask for leave, it happened that Jia Zheng Asking the teacher about his homework here, Jia Zheng was furious and called him Baoyu.

The face of Baoyu was also blue and yellow, and Xiren forced himself up to ask Jia Mu for help. Qingwen threw the curtain and came in: "You can calm down for a while, you made all this trouble today, what else can you do?" The old lady saw your complexion and voice, can you stay here? Originally, our master was afraid that his superiors would know that you were sick and move you out, so you didn’t know it. If you go out now, not only do you know your mistakes, but you also It also added a serious crime to him, if the master finds out, I'm afraid he will be angry with him even more?"

After finishing speaking, it was he who went forward and told the old lady to ask Mother Jia to save Baoyu.

When I left the flower hall, I met Du Yunan who was going to her room with Yingchun medicine in her hands. Qingwen quickly grabbed her and said in a low voice: "I heard that the second grandma gave some good pills to the second girl. If there is a cure The second girl who is wind-cold has extra pills, just give me two pills."

As she spoke, she pursed her lips in the direction between the back and the west tip: "One of us was sick, which made Baoyu worry that he would not even go to school, and now he told the master to know about playing truant, there must be a storm waiting—— I just hope she recovers soon, so that there will be trouble in the future."

Du Yun'an looked at her in surprise, and it took a while before he smiled and said, "You're just a knife-mouthed bean curd! You even asked for medicine for others and still refused to say something nice. Even if you have done a good deed, you should not be thanked."

Qingwen said angrily: "Why do I want her to thank me, I just need to calm down! There is no need to worry about her - if the old lady finds out about the matter, those of us who talk about it will not be able to escape punishment."

This kind of thing has always been kept secret. The other girls in this yard all knew about Xiren's illness, but they were just pretending to be deaf and dumb.

"You can come to the second girl's room to get the pills later, but they were not given to the girl by the second grandmother, but given to me by my uncle and wife that day. I'm afraid they are inferior medicinal materials, but the effect is not much worse." Du Yun An Dao: "Second master Bao is expected to be fine today, and the master will soon have no time to pay attention to his truancy—I met Ping'er just now, and Ping'er said that there are letters from Yangzhou and Jinling, and the wife has invited the master to go over. .”

Later, Qingwen took the medicine and gave it to the attacker, and she saw Baoyu come in with a false alarm.Baoyu touched Xiren's forehead first, and then asked Qingwen, "how is your sister Xiren?"

Qingwen said: "Take the medicine given by Yun'an, and it will be fine if you sweat when you fall asleep."

Baoyu said happily, "She has always been considerate and considerate."

But Qingwen said: "I heard that my uncle and wife treat her like a girl, but I still don't believe it. Today I asked her for two pills of the second girl's extra medicine, but she said that my uncle and wife gave her some too. When I was taking the medicine just now, I saw that there was a box with all kinds of things, but it was just an ordinary black porcelain bottle that was not as precious and exquisite as Second Grandma's..."

They were talking when they heard Caixia come in and say, "My wife's name is Baoyu, come quickly!"

Baoyu asked, "What's the matter?"

Caixia said: "Jinling Aunt Xue is going to bring her children to Beijing. She seems to like something. She wants you to tell me about my aunt's house. It's not rude to meet you in the future."

When Baoyu heard this, she remembered that her mother once said that there was a sister in her aunt's family, whose baby name was Baochai, who was the most kind person in heaven and earth, so she jumped up, dressed and left.

Caixia giggled and hurriedly followed out.

Unexpectedly, before she left the courtyard door of the upper room, she heard a cry in the front hall, followed by a voice shouting: "Please call the imperial doctor, the old lady is fainted."

Frightened, Jia Baoyu turned around and ran away, only to see Jia's mother with her eyes closed tightly, tears on her face, and a page of letter in her hand.

While calling repeatedly, "Old Ancestor! Old Ancestor!" Jia Baoyu carefully took off the letter and put it on the table, glanced at it twice and suddenly said in surprise: "Aunt Lin is dead?!"

Jia's mother was so distressed that she fainted for a while. At this time, she heard her grandson's call and slowly woke up. When she heard Baoyu's words, she immediately hugged him in her arms and burst into tears.

Mrs. Wang rushed to tell Mother Jia about her sister's entry to Beijing. The smile on her face didn't stop when Fang entered the courtyard and heard a voice: "My son, why did you leave your mother and go first! Call me Bai Send people to black-haired people!"

Mrs. Wang suddenly thought of her eldest son who was competitive and filial, and even Li Wan behind him burst into great sorrow. Mrs. Wang's joy was still lingering on her face, and tears rolled down her eyes. How could a person of her age endure such a sudden change of joy and sorrow? I can afford it, and immediately rolled my eyes and fell down.

The people in the yard were so bluffed that they shouted again: "Call the imperial doctor quickly, the wife is fainted!"

There was a lot of hustle and bustle.