Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

This day happened to be the first day of the twelfth lunar month, and Lin Daiyu brought Mrs. Hua and Yingchun's companion, Qin Gui's family, to Rongguo Mansion.

After Sister Feng accepted the letter, she had already ordered the door to pay attention. As soon as the Lin family's carriage entered Ningrong Street, she got the letter.

The main entrance of Rongguo Mansion is still grand and glorious, with two majestic and majestic stone lions, and sixteen well-dressed servants sitting in front of the gate are very dignified.But Daiyu could sense the difference in the weather in front of the door. Compared with the crowds of sedan chairs and horses a few years ago, she finally felt "left out in front of the door".Looking closely at the dozen or so doors, although they are dressed in gorgeous crowns and beautiful clothes, they don't see the spirit of chest and belly.

Daiyu sighed secretly, and gently lowered the inner felt curtain.

Since her grandfather, the Rongguo Mansion has not had a man who can really stand up to the family of the Duke. A few years ago, he was able to rely on the glory of the old Duke to build up the aura of a noble family, and now the title has been passed down. In the first generation, the relationship with the old family of the ancestors is even further: Xu's connections recognized the son of Rong Guogong, but it is difficult to support the grandson of the old Guogong, especially when Chengjue's second brother Lian has no real job.

Fang entered the side door, the carriage didn't stop until the second door, and there was Wang Xifeng dressed in resplendent and resplendent clothes, surrounded by ten or twenty maids and daughters-in-law.

"Good sister, now that you are walking around more and more lazily, I am looking forward to it!" Sister Feng still smiled like a pearl, and took Daiyu's hand affectionately.

Daiyu gave her a sideways look with a smile: "Sister Feng is used to relying on others, she only said she missed me when I came! Last time I posted a post to invite you, why didn't you come?"

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "Don't mention that again, I'm going there that day, who would have thought that there would be a storm here out of thin air! Not only did I fail to eat your rice noodles, but I also held my breath for nothing. Still dreaming!"

Xifeng asked Daiyu not to mention it, but she herself told Daiyu the whole story in a low voice: "For some reason, the Eldest Master had a sudden idea, and suddenly asked the mandarin ducks in the old lady's house to be the housemates, sir. The wife is still very willing to do this. You also know her temperament. Once she admits it, she won't listen to it. Maybe it's for this reason that the eldest lady just went to the old age without telling me. The wife went to lobby, and the old lady got angry."

"If you tell me first, I'll stop you!" Sister Feng sighed and shook her head, regretting that she had been careless for a while and didn't pay attention to the movement in the North Courtyard.

But Daiyu understood the gist immediately after hearing it: the eldest aunt went to her grandmother directly without going through the daughter-in-law. First, Sister Feng's status as the "housekeeper" was unshakable, and Mrs. Xing knew she couldn't be manipulated. He also refuses to easily offend his daughter-in-law; the second is that the majesty of the old lady is no longer there.So the eldest aunt went directly to ask the old lady to force her, instead of ordering Sister Feng to go to the front and test something... If it was a few years ago, how dare the eldest aunt?

Thinking in her heart, Daiyu felt a little uncomfortable, forced herself to suppress her thoughts, and asked the question: "The embargo?" In the past two years, because of the lifting of the embargo, Jia She and his relatives had a lot of trouble, Especially Lin Ruhai.Master She sent someone to tell his sister-in-law to intercede, but Lin Ruhai offended Jia She greatly by saying no, and said some nasty things.Even Mrs. Xing ran up to Daiyu and said some inconsequential and sour words, implying that Lin Ruhai didn't care about her affection at all, and was willing to help with whatever she could do, like a cabinet minister.Although Daiyu listened to her elders' complaints and teachings, she refused to enter the Rongguo Mansion for a long time.

Wang Xifeng curled her lips and shook her head: "Not really! But it's a big deal if people can't come out." This is still the idea of ​​​​hitting the old lady's private house.

"Forcing Yuanyang to almost cut her hair, she gave up when she saw that the old lady was very angry. If so, the old man even said cruel words." Sister Feng said: "I have something to ask you."

"I will meet the old lady in a while, you follow me to my place, we girls can talk for ourselves, my eldest sister really misses your cousin!"

While speaking, he had already arrived at Rongqing Hall.

"Miss Lin is here!" Several girls in red and green hurriedly opened the curtains: "The old lady is waiting, good girl, please hurry up."

The scarlet felt curtain was opened, and a warm fragrance came rushing into the main room.Daiyu was a little puzzled. During the years she lived in the Rong Mansion, she didn't talk about others, but Jiamu's habits and preferences were well known. The old lady didn't like to burn incense in winter, and felt bored. She used to smoke the house with Nanguozi of.

Daiyu looked up and saw a strange beauty helping Jiamu up, she thought, "So it's her."

At this time Fu Qiufang also looked over, and said in her heart: "This is her."

The two met once last year when Yun'an resigned to Kaipingwei, but at that time Daiyu knew Qiufang, but Qiufang didn't know Daiyu.Goodbye today, Daiyu has already passed without a trace, and there is no ripple in the heart lake, but Qiufang has mixed feelings, and finally meets the cinnabar mole on her husband's heart head-on.

Please Anbai to meet Jiamu, and Daiyu and Qiufang went up to meet each other again. Daiyu greeted her and said, "Second sister-in-law Bao."

Qiu Fang returned the salute and said, "Cousin Lin."

Everyone is very polite.

After returning to her seat, Qiufang talked with her for a while, and then got up to leave because she had something to do.

Seeing that she still refused to get close to Daiyu, and thinking of her back and forth just now, Jia Mu couldn't help being even more depressed, so she didn't keep her anymore, and ordered her to go by herself.

After Fu Qiufang left, Mother Jia started chatting with Daiyu again, but although the grandparents and grandchildren hadn't seen each other for some time, they were never close again. Daiyu was close when she lived here. I had no choice but to pick up some housework to relieve boredom.

While Sister Feng was making jokes and relaxed atmosphere, and seeing that Jia Mu had not let Daiyu go for a long time, she knew something was wrong, so she scanned around the people standing in the hall, and said with a smile, "Why don't you see the mandarin ducks?"

Jia Mu showed a sullen expression, Wang Xifeng stood up quickly, and smiled apologetically, "Who made the old lady angry?"

Jia Mu put away the expression on her face, sent the people out of the room, and took Daiyu's hand to order Sister Feng to sit down too, because she said to the two of them, "There is something I want you to do."

She turned to Daiyu and said: "Although you haven't left the house yet, the reasoning I want to say should not make you, a boudoir lady, listen to this. But one is not an outsider, and the other is that I have to entrust you to help..."

Daiyu and Sister Feng hurriedly stood up and said, "Don't dare" and "Please order the old lady" and so on.

Pulling them to sit down, the old matriarch sighed and told Daiyu about Jia She's desire for mandarin ducks just now, and then said Jia She's nonsense, "I must have taken a fancy to the young masters!"

Jia Amnesty didn't talk about Jia Lian this time, nor did he say anything about the threats that could not escape the palm of his hand, because he could no longer control Jia Lian who was attacking the noble.Because of his resentment towards Jia's mother, he pointed directly at Jia Baoyu who had just married not long ago, saying that Baoyu lived with the old lady all the year round, and that the mandarin ducks had a relationship with him a long time ago.

The old man became a little crazy after he lost his title, and he often beat and cursed people. Although these words aroused a few discussions, everyone didn't talk about it afterwards, and even Jiamu refused to get angry.

Who knows that Fu Qiufang came to the upper room today and said that she would ask Baoyu for a mandarin duck, and the promise was very decent, and she wanted to serve wine as her aunt's second room and so on.

The old lady was stunned when she heard this, she pointed at Fu Qiufang for a while, but she really didn't know what to say or where to start.Fortunately, Ping'er came back to say that Miss Lin's car would be here soon, so she didn't freeze.

Before Daiyu came, Mother Jia had thought about it for a while, and knew that Yuanyang could no longer stay with her.

Mrs. Shi has enjoyed the glory and wealth all her life, and the private house she has accumulated is thicker than the treasury of this Rongguo government official. She has made up her mind long ago to leave most of it to Baoyu, and even the mandarin duck who is in charge of all her personal keys actually has I want to give Baoyu to help him take care of this sum of money.But after the eldest son stepped in and said something like that again, the old man understood that the last thought of giving the mandarin duck to Baoyu was over, and he would rather let this girl out than give Baoyu, otherwise Baoyu would fall into the eyes of others What kind of reputation is it?

But Fu Qiufang didn't care about fame, she was an old girl who was left by her elder brother until she was 20 years old, and she successfully married into the Duke's mansion, believing in "benefits".If Fu Qiufang valued her reputation like other ladies, she would have been ashamed to death, how could she still be Bao's second mistress?In terms of actual age, she is older than Jia Baoyu, not just what she said on the surface - none of the girls in Jia Baoyu's room is older than her.

At that time, the old lady said that she would keep most of her family with Baoyu, but the words were just words, if those private houses were not included in her own house for a day, Fu Qiufang could not feel completely at ease.Originally, she was able to keep her temper calm, but Fu Qiufang was suddenly awakened by the incident caused by the pardoner of the North Courtyard: So there are still many people who are using tricks to make up their minds.Regardless of Jia Amnesty, Fu Qiufang's real concern is Jia Lianfeng's sister. She has already discovered that several capable girls in Jia's mother's courtyard are very close to Feng, how can this not make Fu Qiufang afraid: If Fengjie joins those The girl in charge quietly emptied the old lady's private treasury, so what's the point of even if the old lady said to give it all to Baoyu in the end?Could it be that she can still copy the home of the third-rank general?

Because of this worry, Fu Qiufang thought about it for a while, and decided to take the bottom line, and carried the mandarin duck who was in charge of the old lady's private treasury key into her room, and first drew this arm to her side before saying anything else.Fu Qiufang thought that maybe she could pry Yuanyang's mouth open and get the old lady's list.This ladder list is not only a proof, but also a handle to warn Sister Feng, so that they are not good at stretching out their hands.

It's just that the Fu family is such a rich family after all. Although Fu Qiufang is also a well-educated lady, she is far from the heart of a real wealthy family.

Only then did Mother Jia tell Fu Qiufang's plea, and Sister Feng's face became uneasy. Feng Lazi snorted coldly, and leaned into Jia's mother's arms again with her eyes: "My ancestors make the decision for me! Your own things , I don't have the slightest..."

Before she finished speaking, Mother Jia held her mouth and said repeatedly: "The old ancestor knows!"

Sister Feng used to be hot-eyed, but since she learned how to manage her business a few years ago, she has accumulated quite a lot of private houses, so she gradually relieved her heart.Afterwards, her own ladders paid in every month, but Jiamu's only went out. Xifeng calculated it by herself, and felt more and more boring, and she had already shown her position in front of Jiamu.

As for Jia's mother, although most of her heart is for Baoyu, she will never allow others to openly fight her own ideas while she is alive!

Jia Amnesty is like this, Fu Qiufang is also clever but was misunderstood by cleverness, which aroused Jia's mother's taboo.

"Yuanyang has served me for several years, and I can't let her go without a place to go." Jia Mu said, "Yu'er, I gave her to you."