Dowry maid's daily life [Red Mansion]

The Indus courtyard is very lively, with the singing of warblers and swallows, surrounded by Sister Feng to enjoy the flowers in the hall.

It turned out that Jia Lian actually sent ten pots of peonies this time. It should be known that the peonies only bloom at the end of spring, and once the weather gets hot, there will only be green leaves left.

However, these peonies are all famous products, which are even more precious.

When Du Yun'an came in, he heard the woman in the flower house amazed: "How can this be raised!" and said: "Peony likes to be cool and afraid of heat, these two pots of flowers must not be left in the sun, only move them out in the morning and evening when it is cool..."

Of those two peonies, one is deep red and delicate, and the other is tender yellow and lovely.

"Oh, what a beautiful peony!" Aunt Jin praised highly, "What kind of species is this? It's so rare."

"This is Wang Hong," said Xi'er, a big girl next to Sister Feng, who was wearing a water-red silk gown, and said, "This is the imperial robe yellow."

Aunt Jin saw that Sister Feng's pink face was full of spring, she giggled and said, "This suits the scene."

Sister Feng blushed and said angrily, "Ying Jijing, Aunt Jin has become so dishonest!"

Having said that, this Sister Feng was absent-minded when she was picking out the skins. For a while, she was fascinated by the peonies solemnly placed on the flower table, and for a while she quietly looked outside, wondering what she was thinking.You need to know that she likes to dress up most of the day, and she knows how to dress up. She has an account in her mind of what kind of fur goes with what kind of embroidered satin face.In the past, I would have asked the girl to write down the styles she said while picking and choosing, so it must be full of interest.

All the people knew the reason, and understood that it was because Jia Lian was in the garden outside.Aunt Jin waved her hand, leaving two large boxes of leather goods of various colors: "I have too many things to go there, and if Miss Feng has something to do, just ask someone to call me."

Yun'an and Yinxian pursed their lips and smiled, looking at Sister Feng, only to see that Sister Feng regained her composure after a while, covering their mouths for fun.

"Cough!" Sister Feng's cheeks were flushed, and she stood up pretending to be serious to see her off: "Ma'am, go slowly."

Yun An followed behind Aunt Jin, and Ping'er hurriedly grabbed her: "Wait a minute, I have something for you." As he spoke, he looked at Aunt Jin.

Aunt Jin nodded with a smile, and ordered Yun'an: "Just stay here for a long time." Then she sighed to Sister Feng and the others: "This girl is clever on the surface, but she is actually a solid eye! Poor thing, she has been spinning like a spinning top for so long. , she never took a day off."

Sister Feng said with a smile, "I said she was better that day than anyone in my house." Then she asked Ping'er to hold her back: "You must stay with me at noon today, and I will reward you with good wine and food."

After Mrs. Jin left, the Indus Courtyard suddenly became more relaxed. Xi'er and Le'er surrounded Sister Feng to see the flowers again. While talking to Yun'an, Ping'er ordered the mother-in-law to move the fur goods to the back building and closed the order.

Sister Feng was restless, and after a while of silence, she sent the little girl: "I'm going to greet my wife, are you free to go and see the main courtyard?"

"Run faster! Come back and you'll be rewarded!" Le'er peeped at Sister Feng's face and shouted in a drawn-out tone.

The shy Sister Feng pinched her cheek: "You are the only one who is tricky and weird!"

After a while, the little girl came back and said, "Madam is busy there. Sister Ruixiang said that the shopkeeper and Zhuangtou came to report the affairs today."

Everyone saw that the little girl was panting, she really was running back and forth, but she was a fool, they all said angrily: "Idiot! Idiot! Who asked you this?"

In the Wutong courtyard, Xi'er has a fiery temper, so she stomped her foot and pointed at the little girl and scolded: "We know that my wife is busy, so it's okay to wait a while. It's just how you do things. It's not convenient to go this way. Do you need me?" Dodging? You are an idiot!"

The little girl was sweating profusely, she was so frightened that she didn't even dare to breathe, and said in a trembling voice: "I just saw some people guarding outside the garden from a distance. ? Should it be avoided?"

For a moment, all the girls in the room smiled and nodded: "Hey! It's not a waste of my brain."

Wang Xifeng sat down again, and said after a while: "Since my cousin is still in the garden, and he sent these beautiful flowers to make my wife happy, I will reward him with tea, in order to thank him for my wife."

After that, let the girl go to soak Mingqian Biluochun and send it to Jia Lian to eat.

"What are you laughing at! Huayuanzi is the closest to my yard..." Sister Feng raised her eyebrows and said, "We have known each other since we were children. Haven't we been naughty together? Why put on an air, as if I'm so stingy!"

After a while, the girl brought out a small tea tray with a sweet white glaze tureen on it.Xi'er frowned, went straight to the room to find a green emerald carved grape tea tray, put the sweet white porcelain tureen on it, and asked with a smile, "Look, girl, is this good?"

Sister Feng nodded and said with a smile, "Send it."

Xi'er hurriedly agreed: "Hey." After saying that, she went out with a small tea tray in her hand.

Le'er glanced quickly, still smiling and serving by Sister Feng's side.Ping'er quietly took the hand of the little girl who was running errands just now and hid in a corner, and stuffed a handful of money for her: "You are so useless to do it, and now you are crying again, and let the mother see and scold you. Good Fenger, Don't shed tears, and do things with less effort and more heart in the future."

Du Yun'an held a small official kiln cover cup, sat on the porch and ate while scanning the inside and outside—this small phoenix courtyard is full of various forms of the world and endless aftertaste.

When Ping'er came over and saw that Yun'an had finished tea, he took out a small Su embroidery purse from his bosom: "This is a new style from outside. We got three in total in the yard. I saw that your hands are bald. Here's what you want."

"What is it?" Yunan opened it to look, and saw that it was a gold ring inlaid with jasper. The jade oil was green and moist, and the squares were small and exquisite. The gold ring was simple Ruyi patterns.

"You don't have enough points here, and you still think about what I do."

Ping'er pointed to the outside, and then pointed to the inside: "Xi'er and Le'er didn't like this style, they said it looked like a man's belt, so they both chose something else. But I don't care about this style, so I chose all three. Here you go. You also like generous and cute ones on weekdays, so I’ll give you one, and we’ll wear it together.”

Du Yun'an laughed "puchi": "You made the ring round again? If you still love rings, don't you want to wear all ten fingers in the future, whether it's heavy or not?"

"Yes, yes, not only do I want ten fingers, but I also want to wear toes!"

While speaking, Du Yun'an had already put on the ring generously, the jade was clear and the gold was crystal clear, and the thin white fingers on the ground looked even more beautiful.Du Yun'an himself saw it, and thought that compared to his previous life, he was an acquired beauty, this life is really lucky, and he is born with a good embryo, which suits his wishes everywhere.

The movement in the corridor alarmed Sister Feng, and only then did Sister Feng remember that Du Yun'an was still there, and her mind moved very quickly: "Ping'er and Yun'an are together, and we will deliver some tea fruits to the guests."

This was a clever move to avoid suspicion, and Du Yun'an couldn't help admiring Sister Feng, she really looked like a young lady, generous and decent.

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Outside the large garden of the Wangfu, two women in charge and a few servant girls were waiting outside, when they saw Ping'er coming, they glanced at the two little girls from the Indus Courtyard next to them, and said with a smile: "It can be seen that our girls are considerate in hospitality. "The two little girls seemed to shrink back in fear.

Ping'er and Yun'an approached, Fu Yifu smiled and said: "Young lady sent us some fruits, there is no reason to just drink tea."

The manager smiled and said, "Girls, go, just don't stay too long."

Hearing what she meant, Ping'er saw the two little maids who followed Xi'er outside just now, he understood a little bit, and immediately left the two little maids he brought outside: "Wait here Here, the province is in disarray."

After all, he and Yun An went into the garden.

The two women looked at each other and laughed: This Ping'er is much better than the one who went in earlier.She was accompanied by the eldest girl from the sewing room, and she specially left two younger girls to make up for Xi'er.

The garden on Prince Teng's mansion is not like the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River with winding paths leading to a secluded scene, but a magnificent and well-regulated garden. There is a rockery in the middle of the garden. palace.

There are small pavilions at the top and bottom of the rockery, reflecting each other. From a distance, it looks like a small hexagonal building built against the mountain, which is quite interesting.

At this time, Jia Lian was sitting in the pavilion leaning against the mountain below, drinking tea and looking at the scenery, while Xi'er was standing beside him smiling like a flower.Jia Lian's two servants were standing under the rock outside the pavilion, and they were also laughing to themselves.

Du Yun'an saw: this Jia Lian occasionally turned to look at Xi'er, not knowing what Xi'er said, Jia Lian smiled and blinked at her twice, and raised the folding fan in his hand, as if to pick the beauty's chin.

'Hiss', Yun An gasped secretly, he really looked like a wanderer.

"Cough!" Seeing the person coming, the boy cleared his throat and said with a smile, "Sister Ping'er is here."

In the Yiluan Pavilion, Jia Lian took advantage of the situation and opened his folding fan, shaking the fan leisurely, with his usual expression.Xi'er took a step back, looking this way with an expression of surprise.

But seeing Du Yun'an, Xi'erfang blushed and stood with her head bowed.

"Second Lord Lian, my wife asked us to bring some tea and fruits." Ping'er laughed, and opened the box as he spoke, and placed four-color osmanthus chestnut powder cake, lotus leaf cold cake, snowflake rolls, and jujube paste crisps on the stone. on the table.

Du Yunan helped carry the box.

Jia Lian smiled and said, "Thank you, auntie, for your trouble." As she said that, she looked at Ping'er, the corners of her mouth raised in a smile, obviously everyone knew that "wife sent me off" was actually "my sister's concern".

It was only then that Yun'an felt that he was "a man with thousands of faces", he was flirtatious and joking with Xi'er, but he was kind and polite to Ping'er, so he heard Jia Lian ask, "Who is this sister?"

"Jin'an, Lian's second master." Du Yun'an said Wanfu.

"This is Sister Yun'an from my wife's place, who is in charge of needlework." Ping'er said with a smile.

Jia Lian understood that this was a proud girl from the sewing room, so she hurriedly got up and said hello with a smile.

In this small leaning pavilion, three pretty maids stood, and on the stone bench in the middle sat a well-dressed young man, who was full of flowers in no time, and made the servants outside laugh: "Our master is so gorgeous!"

One raised two fingers: "The first two here are definitely from our second master's bowl, but the other one is also very good, but it's one less time to see."

Jia Lian is obviously very close to Ping'er and Xi'er, and they speak to each other very naturally.Yun An looked on coldly, and Jia Lian's demeanor towards the two daughters was also different. He was more serious towards Ping'er, but frivolous towards Xi'er.Xi'er was much more presumptuous, and even spat in fake anger while joking, squinting at Jia Lian.Ping'er and Yun'an stood together, they were gentle and amiable, and they didn't talk much.

The most deplorable person is Jia Lian, this well-known second master of Lian is indeed true, when talking with Ping'er and Xi'er, he still doesn't neglect Du Yun'an, asking a few questions from time to time, very polite and respectful.

If Du Yun'an hadn't remembered that when they met just now, he had paid special attention to himself for a while, only looking at the scene in front of him, he might think that this is a serious and respectful young man...

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That night, Yin Xian asked Yun An about Jia Lian: "How soon did Second Master Lian leave? He is our Miss Feng's future husband, handsome and handsome!"

Du Yunan pouted: "Not my brother Jun."

Yinxian laughed at her: "I know your brother is good-looking, but no matter how good he is, he is your own brother. Can you still marry someone like him?"

Du Yun'an shamed her: "Then what do you mean, do you have your eyes on the second master Lian, or my brother?"

"Bah!" Yinxian came up to pinch him, "What are you talking about!"

After making a fuss, she covered her face and looked at the sky again: "Whether it's the second master Lian or your elder brother, they are all very attractive. I want to marry an honest man. If I dare to half-heartedly, I will teach you a lesson!"

"Then why are you blushing?" Du Yunan poked her hot face.

The silver thread is like chasing flies: "Go, go, you haven't gotten the hang of it yet, what do you know? Although I don't want to marry a handsome one, I love to watch, and seeing more is a feast for the eyes, isn't it?"

Du Yun'an shook his head: "My brother is a piece of wood, even if people look at him tens of thousands of times, he won't be able to bloom. As for the second master Lian, he doesn't like to look at him too much. If he doesn't look at him, he will actively provoke others. Wouldn't it make him misunderstand it?"

Yin Xian was serious: "I never expected you to have a good eye for people. However, this second master Lian, although he must be a person who faces east today and west tomorrow, and will inevitably have three wives and five concubines in the future, but he has an ordinary son. No benefit."

"He's used to have a bit of everyone's demeanor: even if he looks like a fairy, as long as you respect him and don't provoke him, he will be polite."

Before falling asleep, Du Yun'an thought of Yinxian's words, and felt that there was some truth to the seriousness: Jia Lian is indeed a person with a bottom line, he is greedy for flowers and lust, but he pays attention to what you want and what you want, and has never forced anyone.

The author has something to say: "Sister" is called here, which is a title of honor. A decent girl in the elder's house is usually called "Sister" by the young master.