Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

"I can write and count. Embroidery is not bad, but I have picked up a treasure!" Aunt Jin said without compromising: "You know that my sewing and thread are all women, and it is really difficult to borrow a copy from the previous one. Everyone talk about avoidance."

"Every time, I begged the little boy in the accountant for help. Those monkeys are not good at business, but they all follow the pedantic appearance of those accountants, as if my place is Pansidong!" Aunt Jin spat: "Damn! I don't care about them anymore. Girl Yun'an is fast and good, and she is willing to work hard. She recorded all the ages and sizes of the servants in the house in the booklet, one on each page. It's very easy to change and saves a lot of work."

Mother Tu, who is in charge of the tea room, was envious when she heard this: "If you want me to say, where can we get away from the people who write and register? There are only four people in the inner deacon's room. How can it be enough? For example, in my tea room, the tea that comes in and out every day, Tea sets, tea fruit, and the errands of decocting medicine, if you just rely on your head to memorize, it will not be a mess, so I have to do it myself. My writing is like chicken feet, and sometimes it is missing arms and legs. When Yue handed over to the manager's room to transcribe and summarize, I was ashamed of my old face!"

These days, scholars are precious.The Prince's Mansion is not the home of scholars and writers, and it is rare to have literate people in the outer court, let alone the servants and girls in the second gate.The daily affairs of the various places in the inner house are sorted out and recorded by each person in charge. After all, it is done according to the case. It is only necessary to report to the manager's room for records at the end of the month; The deacon's room wrote a post, and asked Mrs. Li to match the cards.

But if you take a closer look, you can find that no matter the inner courtyard or the outer courtyard, all those who need to use capable stewards can roughly know a few words and can draw a few ink balls.Those who want to climb up in the mansion always think of ways to learn by stealing.

Yinxian is such a caring person.

Her father is the steward of the concierge, but her grandparents are just ordinary peasants. Her father climbed up to get such a fat job, all thanks to his good memory, no matter how long the people who came to pay their respects said, he could recount them to the superiors well.The Wang family is now in its heyday, and the greeting cards received every day have to be stored in baskets. Sometimes Wang Ziteng picks out individual posts and asks the doorman to answer them. Yinxian's father has gone, and even the clothes and demeanor of the people who came a few days ago can be answered to the master. .But even with such skills, Yin Xian's father has climbed to the top. People say that a good memory is not as good as a bad pen, and the big managers in the manager's house, comprador house, and warehouse must be able to read and write.

As a servant, naturally no serious scholars are willing to teach.And the literate slaves are all doing errands, so they don't have time to be a master, and they have time to spend on their own nephews.Yinxian's younger brother is now ten years old, and he spends a lot of effort running errands in the warehouse just to learn some skills. The child moves around every day, and his arms and legs are sore from exhaustion. After a year, he can only learn half a basket of simple characters.

But since Yinxian took the initiative to get close to Du Yun'an and lived in the same room with her, she has learned ten pages of the Three Character Classic, and now she keeps repeating about tracing red every day after work.It's only been a month.

"A while ago, my father was on duty at the door. Officials from Xuancheng came to pay homage, saying that it was the master's old department. He gave some carts of local products to his superiors. The doormen distributed some door gifts as usual. My father only changed After buying this ink, paper and inkstone, I heard that the study room in Xuancheng is very famous, my mother will rush in to see you off as soon as the second door opens today." Yin Xian put the basket in front of Du Yun'an with a smile.

"I just read it, but I can't see anything else, but this paper is better than what we usually use."

Yun An opened Gebu and was surprised: "There are so many."

After a closer look, I was surprised: "This is the best jade version!"

Yinxian giggled and said: "That's the name. Originally, the two knives of paper were too big to be seen, and it was not easy to bring them in. My father begged the clerk of the paper shop to help cut them open. Hearing that the clerk said it was good paper, my mother would Said that we are not worthy, only you are worthy, and Baba sent it."

Du Yun'an looked at the brushes, pine smoke ink, and the stone inkstone wrapped in a handkerchief at the bottom of the basket, and hurriedly shook his head: "This is too precious, quickly ask my aunt to take it away. These things , even the usual tricks can’t be used.”

"Hurry up and accept it! It's useless to let our family go." Seeing that she still refused, Yin Xian laughed and said, "Those poor scholars need a lot of repairs to accept Mengtong, and our family just took the family wealth away. People still despise my brother as a slave. Now thanks to you, I will teach my brother how to read, read and write, and draw red with a pen when I take a break from home. He has made great progress, and our whole family is very grateful."

As he spoke, he was curious: "After you have been here for so long, we all know something about your family, but you are really good at doing something? You can read and write, embroider and sew, and you even have two hands on the stove. The day before yesterday you used a tea bag The stewed pear pot, even Tu Mama praised it."

Du Yun'an only worked as an errand this month, and didn't go around asking questions. She knew very well that she had just come in, and she was most afraid of connecting with others.Fortunately, all kinds of news spread the fastest in the girl group. Although she didn't leave the sewing room, she was familiar with the situation in the mansion.That's why she borrowed tea stalks to stew pots of pears.

In the small fire room next to the bathroom in the sewing room, girls often make some soup there to drink, and all the utensils they need are borrowed from the tea house, so they are very familiar with the tea house.Mother Tu, the steward of the waiter, heard from her subordinates that the canned pear stewed by Du Yunan, a needleworker, was excellent. Her child was coughing in spring, so she came over to ask for a cup. It was really good, and then she remembered Du Yunan's name. The scene where Aunt Jin boasted before.

"My mother read some books with my wife, and I also learned some when I was young. Later, my mother passed away, and my brother learned from a master, so he had to spend money to hire two very old mothers to take care of me, one surnamed Chen and one surnamed Chen. My surname is Wang, and the two old ladies also passed away the year before last. It’s just that they were the cooks and embroiderers of a rich family, and I also learned some girl’s work after that.” Yunan didn’t hide it, but just put the “buy "It's an understatement as "employment".

Yin Xian couldn't help but feel sympathetic, she has both parents, but she has also seen what kind of life the poor little child in another family lived, luckily Yun An has an older brother.

Another two days, in the afternoon of this day, Aunt Jin suddenly called Du Yun'an to her, pointed to a red satin jacket and said, "This is my wife's new clothes. I need to wear them when I go out in a few days. You can send them here. Come in and out." I'm familiar with the rules of the meeting, and it's the first time I show my face in front of the master, but I don't want to lose the face of the sewing room."

Yun An agreed, and went out with the bundle in her hands, and Aunt Jin ordered two other girls to follow.

When Fang went out, the two little maids hurriedly stepped forward to take the burden, and it was not until the main courtyard that Du Yun'an brought it in again.The two little girls were not allowed to enter the main room, so they could only wait outside the door on the porch.

The girl who opened the curtain pouted towards the next room, and Yun An waited outside the floor covering, and the older girl came out: "Madam, it's the needlework that brought new clothes."

Mrs. Li leaned on the beauty's couch and fell asleep, a girl knelt on the footrest and beat her legs lightly. On the small table on one side, the copper stove with three-legged chisel pattern was filled with blue smoke, and the room was full of plum fragrance.

"Open it and let me see." Mrs. Li said lazily, as if she was not very interested.

The two second-class maids hurriedly took down the crossbar from the wood in the bedroom, Du Yunan opened the bag, and the three of them worked together to put the large sleeves embroidered with colorful flower and bird patterns on the pole.The two maids held it in for Mrs. Li to watch.

Mrs. Li nodded, waved her hand to accept it, and looked out through the bead curtain: "The needleworker came in to answer."

It was the first time Du Yun'an saw the long-known Mrs. Li, so he suppressed the urge to look up and dealt with it cautiously.

"Are you the girl who just came up?"

"If you go back to your wife, you've only been on duty for a month."

Mrs. Li's eldest girl Ruixiang smiled and said: "Her surname is Du, her name is Du Yun'an, and she is one of the few in Mrs. Jin's place who is not called a thread."

Ruiyun also laughed: "That's not true! Aunt Jin has a house full of gold, silver, red, and blue threads. She took a colored thread, and came in two copper and iron threads. This name is getting more and more ridiculous."

It made everyone in the room laugh, and even Mrs. Li became more energetic: "You guys talk behind your back, let Jin Xiu's family know, that long face must be stretched even longer."

The girls inside and outside all laughed.

Mrs. Li said: "I called you here, because I have something for you to do." After finishing this sentence, Mrs. Li stopped talking, and Zi Ruixiang ordered: "I heard that you can boil pear water, so I will send you two every morning and evening." Come up with the cup, if it is really good, I will reward you naturally."

Du Yun'an naturally agreed, seeing that there was no other order, and when Fu Yifu Fang was about to leave, he took the opportunity to see Mrs. Li's appearance clearly, but at this glance, he felt a little familiar.

Ruiyun sent it out personally, and stuffed a purse for Du Yunan.

Yun An hurriedly waved his hands, Rui Yun said with a smile: "This is a reward letter from my wife, just take it."

He also ordered: "Anyway, I got it carefully. This pear juice is for our Auntie Li to eat. She just coughs when her illness is gone, and she can't sleep well every night. She is not in good spirits. She is The most respectable and useful person in front of my wife. My wife is worried about her illness. I don’t know how many earthworks have been made, but it’s not very useful. If you make good soup, it’s useless. Don’t blame you. If it does work, it will definitely work. There are great benefits!"

Du Yun'an responded again and again, and when he went out, he thought of Mrs. Li's appearance, and couldn't help but smile: She and this Mrs. Li, like Sister Lin and Brother Bao, have a relationship in a previous life, and "I have seen this lady before"?

Unexpectedly, after she left, Mrs. Li lost her mind for a moment, and suddenly said, "Nurse, why does that girl surnamed Du look familiar to me?"

It was only after I said it that I realized that Grandma Li was still ill and was not by my side, so I couldn't help worrying about Grandma Li's health.This interruption made Du Yun'an forget about the familiar things.

The author has something to say: If this chapter imitates the chapter reply of "A Dream of Red Mansions", it should be called: Hui Yinxian Sends Jade Banxuan, and Qiao Yunan plans to make Sydney jars.

(▽) Make everyone laugh~

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