Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

Looking at this moment, it was the glass lamp who joined hands, and the orangutan smiled and laughed.

From Jia Mu and Aunt Xue to the mandarin ducks and lotus flowers, all of them get together to make fun of each other.

"Master has come in." There was a sound from outside, followed by Aunt Zhao, who had already pulled up the red felt curtain eagerly, with a smile on her mouth, and her sideways face was giving away the glances.

Jia Zheng didn't pay attention, he looked up and saw Mrs. Wang.

How strange, Jia Zheng himself wondered, after being a husband and wife for many years, his wife's Buddha face was so well erected that he didn't need to bother to look at it most of the time.The flowers in this room are beautiful, why do you only look at your wife?

When Jia Zheng took a closer look, he felt unhappy.Everyone in the room was happy, and even the old lady left the couch to watch fish with everyone. Only Mrs. Wang is like a Bodhisattva sitting in a Buddhist altar, how can she not show her.

It was because Aunt Zhao opened the curtains too fast and did not report in time. Now everyone suddenly saw Jia Zheng coming in, and they were all quiet for a while, and then Jia's mother laughed and said, "Why are you here at this time, but what's the matter? "

Mrs. Wang just lost her mind for a while, and at this moment she also hurriedly said, "Why don't you see Baoyu?"

Jia's mother also said: "We are looking at the fish he caught, which are fresher than the ones raised in my house."

Jia Zheng replied with a smile: "I'm still in the front to accompany the guests. I came in because I had a happy event to tell the old lady." Then he waved and ordered the people outside to pass in an ebony box.

"Send it from my sister-in-law's door, and give it to the old lady He Fu."

Others still made it, but Lin Daiyu couldn't help moving half a step.

Jia Zheng said: "My sister-in-law has done his duty faithfully and made outstanding achievements in the salt department. His Majesty and His Royal Highnesses have rewarded him generously..."

Because Lin Daiyu lived in Yue's family this year, Lin Ruhai had already ordered the family members left in Beijing to share a portion of the court's rewards and present them to Jiamu and the two uncles.Jia Zheng came here in person this time, not only to return to Jia Mu, but also to make another point: Lin Ruhai took a seat among the capable ministers who won the honor of the Fourth Highness this year. Therefore, among the items rewarded by the palace, there are several items dedicated to Lin Ruhai's only daughter.

"...Among the things that the princess gave to my niece, the most important thing is a picture of the word 'Fu' written by His Highness."

Daiyu came up and showed Jiamu the eight-inch-square piece of golden paper.Seeing that the blessing was written on gold paper, Mother Jia knew that it was because His Highness was concerned about the filial piety of his grandchildren, and this concern was more important than anything else. The old lady's heart moved, and she couldn't help but glance at Mrs. Wang.

At the end of the day, Mother Jia ordered her mother-in-law and maidservant Haosheng to wait on the sisters and children back, leaving Mrs. Wang behind and asked: "The Fourth Highness suddenly rewarded Lin Guye and Daiyu with such heartfelt things, but is there another reason?"

Mrs. Wang was taken aback for a moment, without turning the corner: "What does the old lady mean?"

Mother Jia frowned. Of the two daughters-in-law, one is stupid and the other is stupid. She thought it was better to be stupid than stupid, but this one is not smart anymore.Then he pointed it out and said: "Yuan'er has been in the palace for a few years and has not been settled. Why are you so careless as a mother? Mrs. Lin has not been in the salt class for a day or two. The Fourth Highness wants to appreciate it long ago. How come this year? Your Highness is so polite and respectful now that you have come to our house? Don't think about the things here. Is Yuan Chun now at home, and Fourth Highness..."

"..." Mrs. Wang also had to admit at this time that everyone in the family had a benefit that she hadn't discovered before - thinking of beautiful things.

If you fall in love with Yuan Chun, then why bother to look far away, isn't it more appropriate to give gifts to your own family than to turn around and reward the Lin family!

Mrs. Jia, however, the more she tasted, the more she felt that she was right, because she said: "I heard that your highness is very strict, and he must not be able to directly reward your master, so he loves your brother-in-law so much. In this way, we should pay attention to the subtlety and decency, and we can no longer let others know it directly.”

Isn't this clearly saying that the old man is a villain, that's why the Fourth Highness is not good at rewarding him!Mrs. Wang could hardly bear it and said to Mother Jia: "After the Spring Festival is over, I will go home. The old lady should stop dreaming."

"The grace received by her uncle's family may not have anything to do with Yuanchun." Mrs. Wang cheered up and tried to ask Jia Mu for help: "Since the old lady misses Yuan'er, Yuan'er has been suffering for the past few years. It's a good time to plan her life for her, why don't you take this opportunity to ask for it?"

"I heard that the Empress has taken a fancy to Mrs. Wu's daughter and bestowed her as the second concubine to His Highness the Fourth Highness. There will be a happy event next year. Since Miss Wu is in front, I'm afraid our yuan'er is not for His Highness the Fourth Highness, but His Highness the Sixth Highness. Apart from the main concubine, there are only a few concubines in the mansion—the Zhen family has always been close to our family, and the second girl Zhen has become the new concubine of Beijing Jing, and they are all close friends of ours. If the old lady can replace Yuan Son, please tell me, I’m afraid it will be done?”

Mother Jia frowned, she didn't want to put all her eggs in one basket, the house was close enough to the Zhen family and the sixth prince.Yuan Chun has a greater use, and it is the right way to release it to the fourth prince's mansion, and then it will be a way of retreat for the family.If it weren't for Yuanchun's graceful appearance, the third prince would not like her, in fact, the third prince's mansion would be the best place for her to go to - Jia's mother traveled around a lot for this a few years ago, but the third prince's favorite is the curly and soft Talented women's money, if you forcefully send Yuanchun in, you won't be able to earn favors. Jia Mu calculated it for a long time.

"It's easy for you to think." Mother Jia said, "Let's have a look again." After speaking, the old lady closed her eyes to show that she was sleepy.

Mrs. Wang didn't come up in one breath, so she had to make a false response of tucking in the blanket twice, and reluctantly withdrew.

When Zhou Rui's family saw her coming out, they hurried forward to hold her hand.Mrs. Wang gave her a cold look, and put her hand on Caixia's. Zhou Rui's family was extremely embarrassed, so they had no choice but to follow in a desperate manner.

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But when Daiyu and the others went back, they treasured the picture of "Fu" in the main hall, and Yun Anyin said, "It can be regarded as sleepy and come to pillow."

Yingchun also said: "Exactly, we had some troubles, but it's not for other reasons. I'm afraid that people will pay attention to my sister."

Daiyu wondered: "What did you two discuss behind my back? Hurry up, or I'll be tickled!"

At this time Mei Yue and Xiu Ju came in, each holding a few rolls of blue paper.

After just one glance, Daiyu's eye circles turned red, and she hurriedly lowered her head to wipe away her tears.

Yun'an and Yingchun hurriedly pulled her, the three of them snuggled together, and the two older ones wiped away the younger one's tears.

At this time, I didn't know Daiyu, even Xuelu Xuehe secretly wiped the corners of their eyes, Xueying even swallowed and said: "Our girl came to my uncle's house, and it hurts all over, but only when I met the two The girl is really blessed! If the wife knows that the girl now has two older sisters who cherish you in her heart, and she will not be lonely from now on, Xitian Jiuquan will also be relieved."

Said Daiyu even burst into tears, "I have long regarded my sister as my own sister in my heart, and now it is even worse. I only need to set up an incense table to sacrifice to heaven and earth to sue my parents, and I will be reconciled if I recognize my sister in a fair way!"

"If the sisters don't agree, they are pretending to love me!" Daiyu cried so hard that she clenched the hands of both of them, making up her mind to be her own sisters.

Yingchun understands her heart best, although the three of them are close enough to love each other, but sometimes Yingchun still suddenly panics in her heart, thinking that this day is stolen, and if they leave one day, it will be like a kite with a broken string and can no longer turn back. Whenever I think of this, Yingchun always has trouble sleeping and eating.She even wanted to catch her dreams, but when she woke up, her palms were still empty—up to this moment, Daiyu's words really entered her heart.

Yingchun catches Yun'an and asks him with eyes.So Daiyu also looked at Yun'an.

Yun An's heart is complicated, she just felt like a floating cat a few days ago, and she didn't dare to take a wrong step, if she swore to Yingchun and Daiyu now, would she really be able to afford the future of the two girls?No one knows better than her the tragic ending of "dying with tears" and "going to the underworld for a year". With the idea of ​​doing everything possible to obey the destiny.But if they become sisters and the two girls treat each other so sincerely, can Du Yun'an still let them go away after a few years as originally planned?

Du Yun'an is astute and prudent, as bold as a man, and because of her strange background, she has a more sense of responsibility than ordinary people. So she consciously shouldered the fate of the two of them, and included them in her future plans, unwilling to let them down.Yingchun and Daiyu's appeal at this time really made Yun'an feel overwhelmed, and it was a battle between heaven and man.

But who can resist the look of strong anticipation from the former wooden beauty?

Who can hide from Sister Lin's teary eyes?

I've fallen into the Pansi Cave, my heart can't control me, what else can I do!Du Yun said reassuringly, let it go!Could it be that if I don't become sworn brothers, can I set my heart down and watch the two of them still end up like that?

Daiyu and Yingchun saw that Du Yun'an was out of his mind for a moment, and their hearts were pounding, and they heard her say: "You don't dislike me, will I still caress?"

Daiyu smiled through tears, but Yingchun's eyes were red.After a while, Yingchun said, "Don't dislike anything!"

Daiyu also said angrily, "Don't talk about it in the future."

The girls standing in the small hall all thought that Yun An was talking about her somewhat embarrassing 'Miss Gan' status, but they didn't know what Du Yun'an was thinking: God!Am I going to be sworn brothers with Sister Lin and Miss Er of the Twelve Beauties of the Red Chamber, just like Taoyuan!These two are the people in the dreams of many people in the previous life, what can they do!Sincerely and fearfully!

Seeing the cute and intimate appearance of the two little girls, Du Yun'an suddenly burst into pride: Many things have changed now, at worst, if we work harder, be more thoughtful and far-reaching, we won't let the two of them fall into that situation again!

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Nowadays, it is very popular to exchange posts with brothers and sisters, and girls in boudoirs have heard of them a lot.Daiyu said that if she wants to set up an incense table, all of them must come to the ceremony solemnly and formally.

"What's so difficult about this?" Yingchun has now experienced a little bit more, and dares to speak out and make up her mind in Pingming Building: "After two days of New Year's Eve, there will be a world table in the main courtyard and other places, and we will set up a table in our own courtyard. For offerings, who can say anything?" After saying that, she ordered the girls to go to the back storehouse to fetch wooden screens and altars, and Daiyu stopped crying, and the three girls fiddled with the offerings they needed for a while.

"Mei Yue went to fetch the five offerings." Yun An said.Earlier, she asked her mother-in-law to prepare a complete set of five offering utensils including an incense burner, a pair of incense jars and a pair of candlesticks. She originally planned to secretly place them indoors on the [-]th day so that she could offer sacrifices to her parents, Daiyu and Yingchun to her deceased mother. It's just right now.

For a while, in front of Pingming Building, facing south, a wooden screen was set up. On the screen, there was a statue of heaven and earth printed on wood board paper. An incense table was placed in front of it, and offerings were placed on it. Five offerings were placed in front of the offering. .The offerings are not perfunctory, there are honeydew fruit, apples, dried fruit, steamed buns, rice cakes, and vegetarian dishes each, and it is a complete offering.

"Young girl is so caring, how did you conjure up this steamed bun and vegetarian dish?" Xuelu asked Mei Yue quietly, the girl was talking about Yun'an.The girls want to formally offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, burn incense and kowtow to marry sisters with different surnames, and they will be real sisters in the future, so the confidant girls changed their mouths accordingly, and directly called Du Yun'an the big girl, Yingchun or the second in their own yard. Girl and Daiyu are the third girls.Meiyue embroidered orange and Snow Heron had a tacit understanding. In the future, in front of people, they would all call her a girl, and it was not difficult.

The corners of Mei Yue's mouth twitched, Xue Lu was already her own, Yin Zhi said: "She has long wanted to sacrifice her deceased relatives with the second and third girls on New Year's Eve, and she has already made preparations."

Xue Lu was grateful in her heart, and couldn't help but sighed: "The girls in our family are such good people, and their character and appearance are rare in the world, but their lives are hard. Fortunately, in the past life, we can get together in this life and support each other in the future. It's a good life."

Xiuju also nodded, now the three standing in this yard are actually guests living here, it seems that the second girl has the most confidence, but compared to the older girl who has a capable brother who loves her younger sister, the third girl is more It was Mrs. Lin who held it up in his heart, and the second girl was the one with a straw belly and a cotton heart, the most vain one.

Seeing that their two daughters are the most complete, parents and brothers are complete, but what's the use, no matter whether the master or wife asks, they are not like their own. The second master Lian and the third master Cong also don't see each other twice a year. Now only My sister-in-law, Lian, and the second grandmother treated the girl closer, and I still entrusted the blessing of Miss Yun'an.

Yunan fetched pink paper with a silk base, folded it into several folds, and Daiyu ground it.Then Daiyu, who had the best handwriting, wrote, Yingchun held the pen, and Yunan pressed the paper.I saw Daiyu steadily write the words "Jinlanpu" on the front cover, and then write the names, birthplaces, birth dates of the three people, and the names of their ancestors of the three generations on the inside of the fold, and then write it on a certain day, month, and year. Then the oath of "...a few gardenias are of the same heart, and nine stalks of orchids form a bond, and I will swear to the gods forever, and I hope that we will be related to each other" (quote·note).In the end, the three of them solemnly wrote their names, and stamped their fingerprints with cinnabar.

Repeatedly, three copies of Jinlan Pu were written and solemnly offered on the incense table.

It was already late at night, and all the trustworthy people in Pingmingyuan were standing in the courtyard, the cold wind in the courtyard was so severe that no bird or bird could be heard.

Headed by the oldest Du Yun'an, the three of them burned incense and kowtowed in turn according to their age, recited the golden orchid oath together, drank the juezhong wine together, and kowtowed at the same time.At this time Fang Licheng, the three of them joined hands to help each other up, all of them had tears in their eyes and smiles on their lips, unable to control themselves for a long time.

Excited, joyful, and fresh, but also more down-to-earth.This is not only true for Yingchun and Daiyu, but also for people like Du Yun'an who have experienced two lives.Even compared to the two younger sisters, Du Yun'an still has a magical feeling, as if she is more closely connected with this world in the dark - there is a brother, there are Yingchun and Daiyu, there are Yinxian, Meiyue, brother Song, Li Madam and others are here, Du Yunan thought, this life is my home.

The three of them treasured the golden orchid spectrum separately, and came out together by coincidence.The three of them sat down in the Nuan Pavilion in Daiyu's house, cuddled together until the western clock on the brocade grid in the small hall rang "铛——" and the snow crane, snow geese, chess, embroiderer, orange, plum, moon, lotus moon, etc. all came up to persuade them : "Good girls, it's really late, let's go to bed first, and we'll talk tomorrow."

The three little sisters were still reluctant to separate, Xue He came over and said with a smile: "The mattress has been laid, let's rest together today."

So the three whispered in the tent for a while, and fell asleep head to head when they were so sleepy.Their eldest girl breathed a sigh of relief, and they all fell asleep together indiscriminately.

The next day, Yingchun's wet nurse came in, and they woke up from the mother's nagging nagging.

Yingchun, the nanny, is the most lazy, slippery and bitter old godmother. Although Yingchun hasn't completely changed the way of getting along with her "respect her one point, fear her two points, and let her three points" get along with each other, Yunan and Daiyu both This one will not be used to her.

You Qi frowned and raised her voice, "Mom, you just came in from home, and you're eating us again!"

Yun An got up first, and said coldly: "You mother is so unreasonable! You just speak up when you have serious business, and why are you cursing this and that at our door? I never listen to those accusations and cursing, mother, don't let me misunderstand gone."

Yingchun's nanny pinched her waist and said: "These girls are lazy, and they hide in the house to sleep! It's my job to discipline them. Sister Du, don't protect them, you should You should take care of your own girls! Uncles and wives are not being restrained by a decent old woman, look at them! "

Who waves?The nurse Wang said that Mei Yue Heyue and others, but the one with eyes clearly staring at Du Yun'an!

Mei Yue was furious immediately, while He Yue was aggressive, pointing at nurse Wang and scolding her when she came up.

Yingchun also came out at this time, and it was rare for her face to sink: "Mom disciplined my girl, even if I knew that my mother was wrong, I would press Xiuju and them to show my mother's favor. But now I know I was wrong, a big mistake Mom is too confused, and the matter of the uncle's girl is also something that mom can handle!"

The wet nurse Wang burst into tears, saying that Jia Yingchun grew so big after eating her milk, but she didn't give her any dignity at all. It was useless to take care of Yunyun with all her heart in the past, and pointed to Yingchun and said: "New Year's Eve Damn, don’t say that I’m here to honor me, but bully the old woman like this! I’m just talking about a few girls, so why can’t I say it! Even girls, I have the right to discipline them! Old ladies and wives often say, tell us These nannies take care of the girl carefully and teach her to learn well. The girl is still young, so don't make the girls in her room go crazy... I am old and have low energy. Instead of being considerate of me and telling me to rest in peace, It's turned upside down, coaxing the girl to renounce with me, and not listening to me! It's not a day or two for me to control you, I'm used to it! Good girl, I'm a slave, but the nanny in this house disciplines the girl, which one? It’s fine if you don’t just say you’re used to it—it’s just those little hooves bought by those foreigners who don’t know where. Your Grandma Wang has only been here for ten and a half months, so she dares to make trouble! To lead the girl to an evil path..."

This mother Wang dared to say anything, her mouth was not clean, and the eyes of the girls were black with anger.Even Lin Daiyu was sharp-tongued, but no one dared to swear these words in front of her before, and the old godly woman got more and more excited when she sweared, and she was ordered not to listen to a word.

"Snapped--!"

Du Yun'an once again dropped ten meetings with one force.

Yingchun's wet nurse was like a spinning top, she spun around halfway before lying down on the ground, her right cheek was swollen up to half a size—"Grunt!" After reacting, he choked on the blood and saliva when he opened his mouth, and Gudu swallowed a big tooth that fell off.

"You! You! You dare to do it! I want to tell the old lady—" She turned over, her face was numb from the pain.

"Snapped!"

Du Yun'an stepped on her foot, bent over, and patted her evenly on both cheeks neatly.

"Mei Yue, give me the handkerchief, I want to wipe my hands." Du Yunan stood aside and said calmly.

Mei Yue's neck jerked around, and she stiffly took her own handkerchief by mistake and gave it to Yun An.

There was silence for a while.

Du Yunan was condescending, looking down at Nurse Wang, who was slumped on the ground like mud: "It's Chinese New Year, this mother has come here, so I can't teach you to go back empty-handed. I think you are old, so I took two pictures for your own good." Next, you should go home and rest. It’s not easy for everyone, you are old, we are still young, please forgive me for the inappropriate place——If Mama Wang has something to say, I would like to advise Mama: Don’t forget you I just said 'it's good to get used to it'! If Mom doesn't understand, I have to worry about it again and tell you, Mom, to get used to it!"

The face is full of yin and yang.

Even Nanny Wang, who was covering her face with both paws, was shocked. She had never seen such a shameless little girl!

Du Yun'an heaved a sigh of relief, "Help this mother to her house. The old and the weak can't be employed anymore, oh--this is so hairy! Poor, don't ask her to come up during the first month. Heyue, take my words Tell Lian's second grandma to go, and say that for my sake, give this mother a month's leave."

Daiyu came back to her senses at this time, she suppressed a smile and said: "Xueyan, you also go with your elder sister Heyue, please sister-in-law Lian to take care of me."

Yingchun clutched her veil, and looked deeply at Mrs. Wang: "Nurse Wang, just rest at home. After the New Year's Eve, I will report back to the old lady. The nurse is old, and she should be resigned to the old man—you should put away your tears first." Take it, lest the new year will be unlucky."

The two wives of Du's family were from poor people. Their hands were like pliers. They pinched the old woman from left to right and went out. They played chess narrowly and told others while leading the way: "Grandma's gills, you didn't get it." Get away from this disease, it’s not so stubborn to have it on your body! The grandma has cheeks! Tell her daughter-in-law to live with the daughter-in-law, and tell her to hide the children who have never had cheeks. hide……"

It happened that Lin Zhixiao's family came to put up Spring Festival couplets and lintels with their servants, and they had to hang a "Hongxi" sign on the screen wall.

"Hey, this is amazing! Why is it that the Wang family is so futile, and dare to come in if you have a cheek, so hurry up and fight!" Lin Zhixiao's family hid far away.

One of her subordinates looked suspiciously at her, "Hey, I didn't remember this when I saw her earlier."

"Bah! People who haven't had this disease have seen it before, but it just swelled up after a while! Look at her face, both sides are swollen, hey!" Some scolded while hiding: "The child is fine, The adult is the slowest to get this good, and the most delayed thing!"

Seeing that it's time to distribute the rewards next year, those people were afraid that Nanny Wang's bad luck would be tainted, so they spat and cursed all of them.Nanny Wang wanted to cry and explain, but with Du Yun'an's divine power, two slaps were enough to make her face numb and numb for half a day. She tried her best to nurse, but couldn't make a sentence.

"Ms. Lin, we don't need you to post pairs in our courtyard." Xiuju came out and said.

Lin Zhixiao's family forbade: "Leave this errand to me, and I have to do it all, otherwise the wife and second mistress will be blamed. Good boy, don't make trouble, get out of the way!"

Xiuju pointed to the "Fu" sign hanging in the main hall on the first floor and smiled: "Ms. Lin looked at that one, it was made of gold paper, and it's not good to use red ones in this courtyard."

Lin Zhixiao's family thought about it, and said with a smile: "Forget it, you just post it in the courtyard, and outside the courtyard, I will ask them to oil the peach charms."

After seeing off Lin Zhixiao's family, Xiuju and the others began to post their couplets, all of which were Spring Festival couplets written on blue paper.

But it turned out that, according to the rules at this time, blue paper should be used for Spring Festival couplets in this family of filial piety—that's why Daiyu was so moved last night when she saw the pair with blue background prepared by Yun'an and Yingchunzao.

It is also thanks to the golden letter "Fu" written by His Royal Highness that was given by the fourth princess, which made Lin Zhixiao's family so easy to talk about.

Daiyu looked carefully at the notes, they were all written by the two elder sisters, An and Ying, and she couldn't help wiping away her tears again, asking Yun An to see and pull her over: "Are you thirsty? From yesterday to today, everything The trouble caused you to drop two jars of tears, you must be thirsty."

Crying is not afraid, as long as you drink plenty of water.

Yun An called Xue Lu: "Remember, once your girl wipes her eyes, she will bring her a cup of red date soup, white fungus soup, etc., so that she won't cry too much and become dehydrated." keep healthy.

"Yes." Xuelu listened, and she went to the small tea room behind to bring a cup of honey water for Daiyu.

Daiyu smiled sweetly.In the future, the maids Xuelu and the others did as expected, and they stopped persuading Daiyu not to cry. Seeing that she was wiping away her tears, she waited on the side with sugar water and honey juice, which made Daiyu very sad. The soup in the cup made me laugh again—when I was really wronged and sad by chance, seeing this and thinking of Yun An's concern, I couldn't help but feel warm in my heart and feel better.