Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

Jia Mu only felt that her eyes were dark.

But I heard Sister Feng suddenly ask: "Didn't the small warehouses in Pingming Building where Miss Du, Miss Lin and Miss Er live are gathered together?"

She also said "Miss Du". Up to now, the Du family has risen by itself. Du Yunan's gold and jade are not just the glory of the righteous daughter of the Wang family, so everyone gradually calls her "Miss Du" and "Miss An" "There are fewer shouts.In particular, Xifeng's Dangui Garden has changed their mouths, in order to avoid the past of "Ping An Shun Xi Le" dowry the eldest girl; and Sister Feng is also like this, but because she admires Du Yun'an's own ability to do what she can do—for some reason From then on, from this self-confident and clever Second Mistress Lian, when she talked about Yun'an, she either called "my big sister" or "my sister" or "You Miss Du" to others.

Lin Zhixiao's family was stunned: "The three girls in Pingming Building are not here, and those mothers and sisters who can make decisions have gone with them. How dare we touch the warehouse of the relative's lady?"

This statement is very correct at other times, but it is too roundabout at the moment when the fire is imminent.

Sister Feng just looked at Jiamu, and everyone in the house was in charge of affairs. They all knew that the three girls were close, and that the things of her second girl should be kept together with those of the other two cousins, and they were not separated.Therefore, even if he thought of this before, he didn't dare to speak up first, for fear that the burden would be unsatisfactory by then.

Jia's mother was uncomfortable about Li Wan's affairs. The old man didn't realize that it was because of her abundant private treasury, who knew that she had caused internal thieves.

"Come on! At this point, I, an old beheader, don't need to be ashamed!" Mother Jia lamented, "Now our family has reached the point of copying the warehouses of relatives and juniors!"

Hearing the ominous words, Sister Feng quickly got up and said with a smile: "The old ancestor is overthinking, it's okay! I just remembered one thing. When the old county gentleman came to pick up his two younger sisters that day, my younger sister wanted to follow me. No matter what I said, I was just distracted by the incident, so I walked away. Presumably they were asking me to take care of their house."

When everyone heard this, they all remembered that because Baoyu had suddenly suffered from dementia, the second grandmother cared about the old and the young, so she couldn't send the two cousins ​​away.

As Sister Feng said, she winked at Ping'er.

Ping'er followed her, her ability to observe words and emotions had already been perfected, she hurriedly stood up from the corner and said with a smile: "Grandma didn't mention it, I forgot, it's really time to slap me! The two girls are telling you about this matter, and talking about other things is fine." Forget it, the small warehouse where food is stored may not be able to last, don't let things break in it. I was worried about having a second girl, but I didn't care."

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "You should be beaten! You will be fined for a month!"

"The old ancestors should be relieved. The sisters of our family are so spoiled. How can we let them eat old rice and old grain? Now they simply opened their courtyard door and emptied the grain storehouse. I will fill them up again later." Go into the new rice." Sister Feng laughed and said, "I'll pick the first-class ones for this year's annual rent and keep them close."

In front of the officials in the inner courtyard, Brother Feng is always a fig leaf for her to bring to the house. Jia Mu concealed her worried expression, nodded and said, "Go and watch them do it yourself, don't let anyone touch it." Broken the things and plants in your sisters' yard."

Sister Feng hurriedly responded, and she was also wondering: it's the end of the year, and there are a lot of people in Pingmingyuan, so how many can be left?The combined population of the two prefectures is over a thousand. With so many mouths, the daily consumption of rice and grain is astonishing. Just now the inner stewards are all there. They themselves are stewards of the inner courtyard, or their husbands or sons are stewards of the outer courtyard, so Can't hide it from people at all.Once the shortage of food is large, I am afraid that these internal and external managers will join forces to rebel.

While thinking, he and his party went to the courtyard gate of Pingming Building.

Ping'er supported Xifeng's hand, only felt her grandma's palm was wet, and the fingertips of both of them couldn't stop trembling slightly.Rao is a kind person like Ping'er, now he scolds Grandma for being incompetent in her heart, and actually made the servants in her own house so renounced!Those wives and daughters-in-law still gossip all day long, saying that Grandma Zhu is more benevolent and respectable than Grandma Lian, and that she is the Bodhisattva grandma of a rich family—huh!Her people colluded and rebelled to do such a big thing, but she didn't realize at all that this is not Grandma Bodhisattva, she is just a dead person who can vent her anger!

"Open the door." Sister Feng gathered herself together and ordered Lin Zhixiao's family.

Because it was a long-term stay, Du Yun'an and Lin Daiyu took almost all of their people away.After the old county gentleman stayed in Yingchun, Sister Feng hurriedly sent the people in the Yingchun house away. For the rest of the rough envoys, Sister Feng ordered them to go to her yard for the time being, fearing that they would dirty the girls' house. Li worked as an errand and locked the gate of Pingming Building.

Lin Zhixiao's family took the key hanging from Ping'er's waist, and was playing with the big copper lock when two women came up behind him: "Second Grandma, Second Grandma!"

Xifeng glanced at it, but she didn't recognize it, Ping'er hurriedly said: "It's from this yard, grandma ordered us to listen to it for a few days, and the girls will come back when they come back."

Hearing that she was from the Pingmingyuan, Sister Feng couldn't help being polite, because she asked, "What are you two mothers doing here?"

"Don't dare, I'm going to spoil the old ladies." One of them hastily raised his hands and saluted.

The two talked quickly, and hurriedly explained their purpose of coming: "It turned out that we heard that the government was going to build all the grain depots together, so we came here in a hurry." After talking, he took out the warehouse from his arms The key came: "There are some vegetables and fruits in there. The second grandma won't come today, and we have to report to open the warehouse to get them in two days, otherwise the pickling room will be damaged."

These two old mothers knew their own affairs, their daughters followed the girl to go out of the city, and their family outside was safe and secure, all of which were due to the girls' blessing.

It turned out that the business of "Jinfengrui" was very good. When Du Yun'an and others saw the people in the yard, those family members who had no errands consciously took turns to go to the shop to be on duty. The women were helping to clean and clean the cars in front of the door, and the men were at the base of the wall not far away. shrink down.If there is nothing to do, he never gets close, and the two occasional hooligans ask for trouble to extort money, and before the guests are surprised, they are twisted by these men, and they are sent to the Wucheng soldiers and horses with great fanfare.With the status of the sons of the Duke's family, they would be bluffing if they dared to do so.

After all, Dongxi Temple Street is too far away from Ningrong Street, so Du Yun'an and others bought a private house in the Pigeon Lane behind "Jinfengrui", and rented it out to his own people at a very low price.This alley is sandwiched between two markets, the houses are low and narrow, and the largest yards are only ten steps away. Du Yunan bought this place only to give everyone a place to settle down or temporarily spend the night Who would have thought that the people from the Rong Mansion in this courtyard were busy paying for the rent, and then they packed up and moved there together——only then did Yun An know how small these people originally lived in Ningrong Back Street. It's so broken, and it's not living for nothing, and the rent has to be deducted from the monthly salary of the person who works in the family every year.Even so, only those who can be selected as servants in the family are eligible to live in this back street, so these families are very afraid that if there is no daughter in the whole life who can be a servant in the mansion, the whole family will have nothing to do. In the year when the festival is open, the days will get worse and worse.

The two wives who reported to Sister Feng were in this situation: they were too old to solve their affairs, and they did not dare to secretly plan marriage affairs for their daughters, precisely because their husbands and sons had no errands. The daughter married to another family, and the family just waited to drink the northwest wind—but now it’s better, the whole family has moved to live in Pigeon Lane, Huguo Temple and Longfu Temple are not far away, if it’s not stable, just go Go to the Buddhist temple to avoid it, and it is expected to be all right.

In this way, how can anyone not be grateful to the girls, and always pay attention to the things that the girls have explained before.

But when their words reached the ears of Sister Feng and the others, what Xifeng and Hepinger thought first was: Broken!Sure enough, news of the lack of food quickly spread, and the two of them caught up, didn't they hear that the warehouse in Pingminglou was about to be opened?

Wang Xifeng looked around ignorantly, his forehead was dripping with sweat while wearing a mink and lying on a rabbit. Sure enough, many people were paying attention to what was going on here, and quite a few were poking around.Brother Feng, who can't decide to kill a man, is also a little timid, and he dare not think about what the consequences will be if there is only one bottom left in the small warehouse in Pingminglou?

The so-called arrow is on the string, it has to be fired!Sister Feng insisted on maintaining a noble demeanor, and said lightly: "Don't give them, you girls order, you can do it yourself."

——Until she actually opened the warehouse behind the Pingming Building, Xifeng didn't know what "surviving a dead end" is!

There is a warehouse full of rice bags, and there are many vegetables such as winter melon, cabbage, and radish in the house next door, as well as Fengyang, dried deer, sturgeon fish, frozen pig, whitebait, fungus and yellow buds, etc. Liaodong Dry goods also have southern flavors such as Jinhua ham and bacon.

"Oh, we have copied the big family!" Sister Feng was full of joy, and she was in the mood to joke, and she laughed to Ping'er in a low voice.

And Nahan asked the two women: "Why do you girls save so much rice?"

"Our eldest girl, third girl..." one woman said smoothly, and slapped her own private conversation in this yard, while the other hurriedly laughed: "Miss Du, Miss Lin The order was sent by Caimai. The two girls said that they missed our family's yearly allowance. Now that the two of them have private houses and entered the accounts, it would be too greedy to do so. Therefore, they will not want to come here from next year. For example, I have to do everything by myself—I remember vaguely that a few days before the county lord and her old man came, the girls ordered people from outside to bring in this year's new autumn grain."

When she said this, Wang Xifeng suddenly remembered the day when the old county lord came to be a guest for the first time, Du Yunan asked her, "Grain prices are going to rise next year, do you want to make up for the official granary now?" When Hu Laba mentioned this, it turned out that they had just bought rice from outside to fill the warehouse.

"Amitabha!" Sister Feng thanked her in her heart, "My good sister, you saved my life!"

The granary in Pingminglou was overflowing, and many people watched the bags of rice being carried out, as if they had been reassured, and all of them were smiling.

The granaries in the Upper Court were filled to the brim, and someone calculated that as long as they were not wasted, they would be enough to last for a month.After a month, things outside should calm down no matter what.

Locking those rebels in the firewood room, and personally assigning confidantes and more guards, Sister Feng personally told the trusted Mother Jia to know, and the old lady was happy.

Jia Lian was also informed by Sister Feng in the outer courtyard, so he ordered the young and strong in the mansion: "Cheer up, your second grandma said, make sure you don't let everyone go hungry! As long as we have food, it doesn't count, and we have to beware of the outsiders." Those who take advantage of the chaos come and snatch it! Keep the door guards, and after the incident, you will be rewarded with a top-notch seal; in the future, if there are vacancies in the mansion, I will choose from your family first!"

After all, Jia Lian had been in charge of the foreign affairs of the Rongguo Mansion for several years, and Jia Lian was thoughtful, so he immediately wrote down the names and family members of all Dingkou, and asked them to print their fingerprints one by one.Those who are astute will know that this is not only a record of credit, but also a matter of finding out the small things of everyone's family. The hidden meaning of the Second Master Lian is: if you have bad intentions, even your family will suffer!

In the front hall of Rongqing Hall, Sister Feng squeezed her shoulders and legs next to Jia Mu. Jia Mu patted her hand and sighed: "What you said that day is very true. Your eldest sister is really a blessed person! Since her Come, no one else will tell, but Yu'er and Er Yatou are getting better and better... and we are helped by her again this time!"

"If it weren't for the age difference between Du Yatou and Baoyu, in fact, I would not be willing to miss such a good talent." Jia Mu said with a smile: "I have been in a panic for half a month, and I, a rotten brain, realized something. This man, Wealth is the second priority, character and intelligence are the most important. In a family like ours, no matter how rich it is, how much wealth it has, who cares? Baoyu's wickedness is the most lacking of Du girl who can stand up and support her. Daughter-in-law. You just look at this time. If you weren’t there, how would a big family be? With you, Lian’er was able to support herself. But Baoyu, a wicked person, didn’t know the seriousness of the situation. I'm only worried about what will happen to him if I close my eyes in the future?"

Mother Jia didn't mention that Jia pardoned Jia Zheng. In fact, these two people are not as good as Jia Zhen, and they are both confused and can't afford trouble.The huge Duke's mansion had to be supported by the women in the inner house in case of an accident, and there was not even a son or grandson who could establish a family.Thinking of all this, Jia Mu had to be discouraged.

Sister Feng always knew Jia's mother's mind of "two jades make a pair" best, so she said with a grin: "Then why should my eldest sister, there is another character here, not only is her intelligence and ability not inferior to An'an, but her family background is also more noble than An An's." More than all of us. Grandfather said, didn't he?"

Unexpectedly, the old lady who had always been optimistic about Daiyu Xu marrying Baoyu shook her head.At this time, there was no outsider, so Jia's mother told her what was in her heart: "I can't see it."

"You just said that your younger sister Lin is more noble than all the girls in our family. You need to know that married women are more expensive. Sister Lin's background, appearance, intelligence, and temperament are all bad, and no one is worthy of her. Originally, she She is weak and not very healthy. I thought that Mrs. Lin would love her so much, so maybe she would marry her to Baoyu. After all, this is Yuer's uncle's house, and after all, they can love her more than other families. But she has been here for so long, After all, the Lin family who brought us here is avoiding getting close to Baoyu—from these servants’ actions, can’t we see that your Uncle Lin has no intentions?” Mother Jia let out a long breath: “If Baoyu can live up to his expectations, he can win against Sister Lin. Even if I lose my old face, I still have to bring this matter up in front of Mrs. Lin..." It's just that there is a suspicion of asking for favors or relying on the old to sell the old. Her mother-in-law and her son-in-law Asking to marry his granddaughter, but there is no big reason, Lin Ruhai really can't shirk it, but he can't care about it.

Xifeng felt that the old lady was really worried about Baoyu, but seeing Baoyu's current study situation, I am afraid that most of the old lady's painstaking efforts will be in vain.

Not wanting to talk about Baoyu any more, Sister Feng said, "I don't know what happened to the second sister and the three of them? People from outside the city can't come in, and people from the city can't even go out. , but the other village of the Du family is always a place for casual outings, so I'm afraid there might be something missing."

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But what about the three of Du Yun'an at this time?

It is the joy of not thinking about Shu.

The other courtyard of the Du family had been planned for a long time, so it was repaired with great care.The outer courtyard has high walls and the inner courtyard is exquisite. Although it is not very large, it is also livable.

Outside the other courtyard is the Zhuangtian, and the Zhuangzi itself has a boundary wall, and Brother Du Zhong built a gate tower beside the boundary wall and the gate of the village, and Zhuang Ding is on duty every day.And the village households live in a house outside the inner circle, and a few daring village girls will go to other courtyards to play with the little girls.Other than that, those village households are not close to the other courtyard. There are hillsides, ponds, mountain streams, grasslands, and orchards here. The three sisters often come out to play, and the old county lord does not restrict them.

Mrs. Chen's County Lord has several titles of guards, all of whom are filled with trustworthy people through Du Zhong brothers. With them patrolling every day, compared to the dark clouds in Beijing, this place is no different from Xanadu.

Dahei led a group of more than 20 local dogs, and roamed around the Zhuangzi arrogantly and vigorously.Standing on the hillside, Daiyu saw a pitch-black shadow flash past quickly, and then followed a large group of big dogs and puppies with "ooohoo" and "ooohoo" and called out to it loudly: "Tiger! Tiger……!"

Before the little girl finished speaking, she was bumped into her arms by the big black dog that rushed up from Dian'er Dian'er. How could Daiyu withstand it? He leaned back and sat in the thick snow.

"Smelly tiger! I told you not to do this!" This guy thought that anyone like him could bear its weight. Du Yun'an ran over and grabbed the black dog's ears, and helped Sister Lin with one hand, while looking at it The two of them thought, sister Lin might be about the same weight as this guy.

Daiyu was wearing a cloak inlaid with white fox fur inlaid with lotus green buckets, and a set of Guanyin pockets on her head. The fluffy fox fur made a small face pink and grunting, as delicate as a spring peach tree. Buds.Daiyu pushed up the hood, and the snowflakes on the fur gloves got onto her forehead and face. Yingchun, who was dressed in a goose embroidered winter jasmine flower face and a fox fur lining, also caught up at this time. The two sisters smiled and took pictures of her. Snow.

Seeing Yun'an, Huzi became even more joyful, groaning and groaning over, standing upright with his paws upright for a while, wanting to lick Yun'an, and having fun around the three of them.Not long after, the group of big dogs and puppies also arrived, but the tigers were jealous and did not allow these dogs to get close to Yun'an, so groups of black, yellow, white, and flowers crowded together at the foot of the hill, licking each other. Yes, there are also slapstick chases.A round and tender yellow puppy is still relying on "newborn cubs are not afraid of tigers", trying to climb up and taste the feeling of being held in Xiangxiang's soft arms.Huzi ran and stared at it, and suddenly rushed over and gently touched it with his head, and the puppy rolled down like a ball, and a female dog about the size of Huzi picked up the puppy by the back of the neck, Hide the meat ball under your stomach.

"Who is that?" Xie Jing looked at the scene on the hillside and asked with a smile.

Song Chen rode his horse forward a few steps, trying to block his elder brother's gaze.

Xie Jing couldn't help laughing: "Aren't you stupid? They're up there, and our position and the hillside are not covered by trees and bamboo forests. How can you block it? Have you fed the war books you have learned to dogs?" Can he block this kind of terrain!

Du Zhong also saw the scene on the hillside. The place where the three of them discussed things was uniquely blessed. It was the only place on the village where there was no shelter on all sides.

Du Zhong first looked at his younger sister who was dressed in bright red brocade and a ground cloak, and then was distracted by the blooming winter jasmine next to her, then looked at Xie Jing coldly.

Although Xie Jing thought the scene of the little guy falling into the snow on the top of the mountain was amusing, besides, those figures stood together and made the snow scene full of vitality. Wuyi's brother, so he just asked a question jokingly.

Unexpectedly, his brother and senior brother looked at each other, they both got off the horse at the same time, they pulled Xie Jing off the horse with all their strength, the three martial arts were all top-notch, after you came and me for a few times, Xie Jing was pinned down by one left and one right He lay on his back in the snow with his shoulders slung.

Xie Jing laughed loudly, and suddenly jumped up and threw his brother down, and the two brothers were covered in snow.Du Zhong quietly took two steps back, and just about to get on the horse, he was caught by the corners of his belt and robe with four hands--a moment later, three snowmen were lying on the soft and white snow and laughing.

On the hillside, the tiger with the sharpest ears was alert at first, and then suddenly became mad and rushed down.The three Yun'an sisters hurriedly looked over, but saw three people rolling in the snow and fighting in the distance.

The three of them finally calmed down, and when they got up, they were swooped down by tigers weighing dozens of catties, followed by a group of big dogs and puppies who followed suit, and the three men who were always majestic were crushed by the group of dogs. ...

"Puchi", the little girls couldn't hold it together, they couldn't help laughing.

It wasn't until they were satisfied with the distressed appearance of these big brothers that the three of them walked hand in hand to the other courtyard on the hillside.

Zhuang Shang doesn’t have to stick to the rules, Mr. Chen Laoxian is also a flexible and open-minded person. She told the three sisters: "We women learn the rules to protect ourselves and our families with the rules, not to restrain ourselves to death. The emperor and the empress Even if you temporarily set aside many harsh palace rules when you were in the garden, let alone us?"

Also, the folk customs of this dynasty are more open than those of the previous dynasty, and the superiors deliberately do not pay attention to the Neo-Confucianism that was regarded as the foundation of the previous dynasty, and thus praised the princess and princess who dared to go out with the horse and the whip, and other clan girls with "legacy of the prosperous Tang Dynasty" Ladies and gentlemen, so the old county lord allowed them to play freely in this area first, and it was not out of the ordinary for the three girls to watch the brothers' good show from a distance.

Although the girls' laughter was small, the three of them glanced at each other occasionally during the dogfight, and they could see the laughter from their movements and postures.It's a pity that the three of them broke away from the enthusiasm of the dogs with great difficulty, and the stunning color on the hillside was gone.

"My big sea dragon skin cloak has just been put on, and it looks like this..." Xie Jing snorted: "I just want to say, they still look at me seriously, how do you say that?"

"Okay! Get up, and I'll take you to meet the old lady." Song Chen disliked his brother: "We must never do it again in front of the old lady, be careful of her old lady wielding a stick."

As soon as Xie Jing heard it, he knew that Mr. Chen Laoxian was willing to bring three girls to meet the guests. He was also a kind and tolerant old man, so he couldn't help but like it a little more - because most of Xie's family members live long , but there is always a regret, that is, there are more men than daughters, and the generations of Xie's parents have been lenient in educating the children.Therefore, although his family has a large population and many affairs and relationships, the rules are really loose and not chaotic.

Just seeing that Song Chensheng's mother was able to marry Lord Xie as his step-wife, one knew that his family was different from other families.

I don't know if Du Zhong thought of Xie's family, or was he trying to explain, because he smiled and said: "It's not an outsider. Jin Lan, who was my younger sister, is also the descendant of the old county lord's relatives, so it is not an exaggeration to regard her as my younger sister."

For some reason, he intended to say "kiss sister", but when the words came to his lips, he quietly swallowed the word "kiss".

Xie Jing raised his eyebrows at his younger brother, which means: younger sisters are different, people in the world love their cousins ​​as cousins...

When he made this strange appearance, he was turning out from behind the screen wall of the three knots in Diaotaoyuan, and happened to fall into the eyes of Daiyu who was feeding the birds under the corridor.

"This person, I don't know what kind of frivolous person, rude and mixed person? What did the two big brothers bring him in for? - I don't see this stupid person." Daiyu thought to herself, turned around and opened the curtain to go in, thank you Out of the corner of his eye, Jing saw a petite figure of Lianqing flashing, and the white fox fur disappeared in mid-air.

Not only did Daiyu not come out to meet the guests, even Yun'an and Yingchun didn't come out either. Mr. Chen Laoxian laughed and refused to mention the fact that the little girls were playing in the warm pavilion behind, and even covered them up with Du Zhong and others: " Blowing wind, some coughing."

The three sons all said in their hearts that they might not be blown by the wind, but they would be choked by laughing so hard.

After the meeting, the three of Du Zhong went to the outer courtyard to rest, and the three little girls ran to the old county lord to act like a baby.The old county gentleman smiled and said: "They live in the front, so you go out through the side door. But this time you have to bring a girl, after all, there are half of the outsiders."

"Half a foreign guest?" Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled.

Yun An then briefly said that Xie Jing is Brother Song's stepbrother.

Daiyu felt a little regretful in her heart, she shouldn't belittle others like that, it turned out that they were two brothers, they thought of themselves and others, when she was with her eldest sister and second sister, she was shy, and when people acted strangely, it was because they were close to each other Yes, not frivolous by nature.She thought again, Brother Song and his stepbrother have no blood relationship, but they are also very good, isn't it just like herself and her two sisters?

Daiyu has a sensitive mind, but because of this, she changed her opinion of Xie Jing.

At this time in the front yard, Xie Jing was sitting on the hot kang, and said to Song Chen and Du Zhong, "It doesn't matter if you lose power for a while, it's wise to keep your life. Be ruthless, and return home after being injured and recuperating—Pang Qianhu died, and you two are the most likely people to snatch this vacancy.” He made great achievements in suppressing bandits, and his son celebrated in Xiyuan Duanyang Received a reward, and was praised by the sage, Chongyang is now ascending, and he specially ordered the twenty sons of Duanyang Sheliu to accompany him as guards.Aren't they the best candidates to be promoted to Qianhu? If they didn't sue for their own "injury" leave, this time one will be promoted to Qianhu and the other will be promoted to Deputy Qianhu.

At this time, Wang Ziteng put down the gaiwan in the palace of Jinle Street in Duzhong, and suddenly shook his head and sighed with a smile: "Two cunning boys! They are cruel and vicious, they belong to the wolf..."