Edge of the Red Chamber

The woman at the door saw that Daiyu was coming, and while saying hello, she sent a message inside, "The eldest girl is here."

Seeing Xiang Luo, the big maid beside Lu Shi, came out to meet her, "Our girl was just asking the girl, and it just happened to come here."

Xiangcheng didn't come over, Hongxiao came out to serve her, upon hearing this, she spat at her and said, "I still call you girls, you should call them grandma instead."

Xiangluo smiled and went forward to take the holding box from Hongxiao's hand, saying: "Look at me, I was easy to talk for a while, but then I called it wrong again. If Ji's mother hears it, it's time to blame me again."

Mrs. Lu wanted to sit on the bed, so naturally she couldn't get up to greet her. He heard the sound of the Xiang curtain outside, and vaguely saw Daiyu's figure through the bead curtain, so she smiled and said, "My sister is here."

Xiangluo and Danruo raised the crystal bead curtain alone, Daiyu went in and went up to wish Lu Shi a blessing, calling her sister-in-law.

Lu couldn't get up, so he called Xiangluo repeatedly, "You are a..." The word "dead man" came to his lips, and then he realized that he had committed a taboo, so he quickly changed his words, "You can't do it if you are a wooden person, why don't you hurry up and help the big girl up?" ?”

Two more maidservants brought in an armchair, saw Lu Shi pointing at the bed, and quickly moved over.Dan Ruo quickly spread out a red mattress, and Xiang Luo helped Dai Yu to sit down.

Daiyu didn't refuse either, she waited on the snails, and while sitting down, she said, "That's all in the past, but it's indispensable today."

In the past, the two were regarded as good friends in the boudoir, although the age was far apart, it did not affect the relationship between the two, so they were naturally more casual; going forward, they were aunts and sisters again, so the family naturally didn't have to pay too much attention to etiquette; It's just that today is the day to change your mind, so it's different.

Lu's nanny, Nanny Ji, brought the tea to Daiyu herself, and said with a smile, "You guys are still so good, no matter how many people ask for it, you won't be able to ask for it."

Seeing that it was her, Daiyu didn't dare to neglect her, she stood up and took the tea with both hands, "How can you be a hardworking mother."

Aunt Ji feels wronged for Mrs. Lu, she has to be a filial piety for her mother-in-law when she gets married, and the house can only be consummated after three years.The elders, wives and daughters of the family all agree, but the old lady is not very willing, after all, there is a layer of separation, so it is difficult to say, although she has grown up with Lu Shi, after all, she is only a servant, so there is no room for her to talk.Knowing that the eldest girl of the Lin family is an old woman, the family loves her very much, Mother Ji is unavoidably worried, fearing that her own girl will be embarrassed, so she brings tea over herself.Seeing that Daiyu is a gentle and courteous girl, not a trace of coquettishness, I feel relieved.

"The eldest girl is too polite, what work or not work, a bowl of tea is all."

Xiangluo took the holding box Daiyu brought over, lifted the lid, and said with a smile: "I don't know what good things the eldest girl brought, grandma is very lucky."

Daiyu took this and said: "It's not a good thing. I also picked some of the dim sum from the kitchen." Saying this, Xiangluo has brought out a Ru Kiln powder porcelain wrapping branch flower from the holding box. Here is a small bowl, "I made almond tea in the morning. There is a peach tree behind my yard, and a few of them are red today. They cut up the oranges and put them in it. I tasted it and it tasted good, so I brought a piece of it." Here is a bowl for you to taste, I don’t know if it suits your taste.”

Lu Shi only glanced at the things in the holding box, that pretty face smeared with red rouge became more and more red, and the four big maids brought by Lu Shi in the room also pursed their lips and smiled. Then, he couldn't help but divide the thought just now by two points.

There was only a bowl of almond tea added to the contents of the holding box and what Lin Jue had ordered.

Lu Shi couldn't tell, so he just brought almond tea and said, "I just want to eat peaches." After saying that, he took a sip and nodded repeatedly.

"Grandma is really a blessed person." Nanny Ji praised Lu Shi first, then turned her head and said to Daiyu, "It's no wonder our grandma talks about the big girl all day long, but the big girl will remember a little bit of food."

Daiyu was a little embarrassed, waved her hands again and again, and said, "It's just a trivial matter."

Mother Ji said: "It is because of the small things that people can see the sincerity of people. I saw these things, and they are all our grandma's favorite food on weekdays."

After all, Daiyu was still young, and Nanny Ji's bright flattery was a bit unbearable for a while, her slightly pale face turned pale. Wink at Lu Shi.

Seeing it, Mrs. Lu felt helpless and funny, so she quickly stopped Nanny Ji, "Stop talking, mom, she has a thin skin. If you keep talking, her face will touch her toes."

When Lu's words were spoken, Mother Ji came to her senses. What she just said was too explicit, and she was a little embarrassed for a while.Fortunately, Mrs. Lu answered these words well, with a few words, everyone laughed and passed away, which relieved her embarrassment.

Hongxiao also followed suit, "Since Grandma is eating well, I'll ask for a reward for Jade Bird."

After a little thought, everyone knew what the reward was for - the almond tea was made by Qingniao.Only a few younger ones were still a little confused, but they were too embarrassed to ask.

Daiyu then said: "It's not that I speak for her, it's that she puts my heart into it. I just said briefly, you like to drink almond tea, so let's see if you make almond tea or stew white fungus soup today. I got up early in the morning before dawn. I was afraid that I had too many hands. The smell of those fruits that were kept too short or cooked too early or too late should be her own hands. The servant girl is useless. I see, she is more attentive than usual in serving my serious master. According to my words, there is no high-quality red seal, so I think you are ashamed to eat this cup of tea."

Mu Jin followed up and said: "To be honest, this top-notch seal is a little too small."

Hearing this, Lu couldn't help pointing at the hibiscus, smiled and said to Daiyu: "Tell me, what trick did you use, the girl next to me didn't say she was protecting my master, but spoke for you?"

Lu's side was originally the same as Daiyu's, two second-class maids, because they married into the Lin family, they had to preside over the gift, and according to the example of the Lin family's grandma, they had four first-class maids by their side.Xiang Luo and Dan Ruo were naturally promoted to a higher level, and those two were originally capable of being around Mrs. Lu.Mu Jin was originally the third-class maidservant by Lu Shi's side. She was always honest and had no heart. Lu Shi took a fancy to her and gave it to her daughter. The monthly payment was raised from one hundred to five hundred yuan. The four first-class ones are one tael of silver.

Everyone looked at Mu Jin and smiled, Mu Jin was also a little embarrassed, and hurriedly argued: "Grandma has wronged me, I am grandma's girl, so of course..." Seeing Daiyu, "toward grandma" these four The words were hard to utter, and she became more and more anxious. She is an honest person, how could she say those sweet words, and now she was so anxious that she really came up with a way, "I am sincerely for grandma. , Grandma still talks about me."

Everyone asked what the explanation was, and Mu Jin said: "My uncle and grandma came in just now, and there was no water in the house, so I went to ask for water. I saw that the blue bird was sitting in the tea room, but I was busy at that time, so I also asked for water. I didn't have time, so I didn't talk to her. Looking back, when I went to look for it again, there were only two little girls in the room. When I went out again, the older girl just came in. Comparing the two, if it wasn't her who went back, who would it be? ? She is the person next to the eldest girl, and she runs back and forth for the eldest girl and grandma. If grandma doesn't reward her, she has failed the relationship between grandma and eldest girl."

The people in the room roared with laughter, Lu Shi couldn't laugh or cry even more, Daiyu praised repeatedly: "Good girl, it's not in vain that she still misses you, Tete made your favorite pea yellow."

After Mu Jin finished speaking, everyone was laughing, but when Dai Yu came out, did anyone think it was good?I feel that this is wrong, but I don't know where it is wrong?I was so ashamed in my heart, and hated Daiyu for praising her, that I didn't know what to do for a while.Unable to make up his mind, he stomped his feet a few times, covered his face and was about to go out.

Hongxiao hurriedly stepped forward to hold her back, and persuaded her: "Our girl and grandma are bickering and using you and Qingniao as a raft. If you are really angry about this, it will not be a breach of your friendship with your grandma. Listen to me. Sit down quickly, let's just laugh at ourselves and ignore them."

Hibiscus is just honest, not stupid.Hearing Honghao say the words about building a raft, his mind turned around, and he stayed with Honghao's words, still smiling and said: "Why did I ever get angry, thinking that there is no water in the house, just thinking about it?" Go out and ask for a pot of hot water to make tea. Since you stay with me, I am willing to accompany you, see who is free, whoever makes a trip, just don't look for me."

Dan Ruo stretched out his fingers and tapped her forehead fiercely, gritted his teeth and said: "You little thing, seeing the big girl is here, you are getting more and more angry. I will forgive you today." water.

Furong hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, and said, "Why don't you use my sister to go there in person, and I am here." After that, she went out by herself, when a little girl brought water and said, "Expect it first The pot of water was gone, and the stove just turned on, so I brought it here."

Furong came in with water, and seeing everyone staring at the kettle in her hand, she smiled and said: "It's a coincidence, I just went out, and the little maid brought it here." She also said: "She is clever, thinking We have a lot of people here, and we don’t have enough water, so Baba sent it here, which taught me how to get it.”

Everyone was chatting and laughing, when they heard a noise from the Xianglian curtain, and a servant girl said, "Grandma, Sister Nianzhu is here."