Jia Juan of the New Red Mansion

The reason Mrs. Wang was able to take a fancy to Zhao Xiu'er was not because she had any special qualities, nor did she treat her as a confidant.The main reason is that putting her in the room is more reassuring. Compared with those vicious girls, Xiu'er has one advantage that Mrs. Wang is very satisfied with.It's better to be older, don't worry that the master will be seduced by the little goblin.

Although Zhao Xiu'er was promoted to be the maid in the second lady's room, she was always excluded by other sisters.She has worked hard until today, and if she persists for another year or two, she will be able to leave the house. Seeing that she can live a life of freedom, she can't let the previous hard work go to waste for a moment.

She could only endure the pain silently by herself, and when she couldn't bear it any longer, she would slip into the back garden to see the flowers she had planted by herself before.Only when facing the flowers and grass, will he show a bright smile.

When I was young, my parents often praised Xiuer for her beautiful smile, and liked to see Xiuer happy every day.Ever since Father Zhao passed away, Zhao Xiu'er has forgotten what her smile used to look like.

Especially when I got older and became sensible, and learned the duty of a slave, my smile became less and less.Even if sometimes, in order to flatter the master, he smiled along with the master, but it was a forced smile, which was so ugly.To be honest, what the master thinks is funny is actually not funny.

It would be a lie to say that Zhao Xiuer has no hatred, "Why did a group of people go out, but their father died?" Zhao Xiuer would often ask God this question.

I heard the aunt next door secretly tell my mother that the second young master has found the carriage that caused the accident, but because the other party has a big background and a background that even the Rongguo Mansion can't afford to provoke, the Rongguo Mansion no longer pursues this matter.The old lady sent someone to send 20 taels of silver, and warned the Zhao family's wife not to mention this matter again. Who said that Zhao's father is a slave?

That night, the Zhao family's wife covered herself in bed and cried all night. Xiu'er and her elder brother hugged each other and cried while hearing the pain.The next day, the mother and daughter were hoarse from crying, and had to deal with a servant of the Lai family.The servant's family can also support people, so it can be seen that the Lai family has lived a really good life these years.

Father Zhao's life was spent only 20 taels of silver, and he also paid for Grandpa Zhao's life.Rongguo Mansion is really kind and generous to its servants.If it weren't for the Lai family fox pretending to be a tiger and suppressing the Zhao family everywhere, the Zhao family wouldn't be in such a state of depression today.Father Zhao would not be the second young master's long-term follower, getting up before dawn every day to pick up the young master to go to school.No matter the wind or rain, he had to stand outside the family school and wait for the young master.

Most of the attendants responsible for picking up the young master to and from school are young boys, only Mr. Zhao is already married and has sons and daughters who need to be taken care of.

When Mr. Zhao was on the job for the first day, he felt ashamed and panicked, and he was ridiculed a lot.But in order to get Zhao Xiuer and his sister new clothes for the New Year, Dad kept smiling and rushed to work as if he hadn't heard.

Later, probably because they saw that Mr. Zhao was honest and satisfied that Mr. Zhao would not steal the limelight, their attitude towards Mr. Zhao gradually improved.After a long time, Father Zhao actually became popular among the easy-going and young servants. Father Zhao often used this to teach Zhao Xiu'er brothers and sisters that peace is the most important thing for a slave, and only when he endures hardships can he have errands.

The wife of the Zhao family said that during the years when the Zhao family was in power, Duke Rong wanted to let the Zhao family leave the government. It would be very sad to live outside, so I chose to stay in the mansion.

It is said that the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's gate, even if he is a servant in the Rongguo Mansion, he is better than ordinary people walking on the street.If you leave the government and have to worry about your own livelihood, your life will not be as easy as it is now.

Besides, the members of the Zhao family have been learning how to be good servants all their lives, and they don't know any other skills that can support their families.If this is out of the mansion, wouldn't it be that there is no way out.It's better to stay in the mansion and work as an errand, and being a big housekeeper is the serious way out.

Regardless of whether great-grandpa, grandpa and father have the ability to sit in the position of the chief housekeeper, it just depends on how great-grandpa looks like a slave, he will not be promising.It's not unreasonable for the Zhao family to become what it is today, just to be a slave to other people instead of being a good citizen.

The Zhao family gave up the quota of exodus to another family. Now this family has returned to their hometown and bought more than ten acres of land in the village to become small landlords.Although they are not very rich, they have no worries about food and clothing. The family not only hired tenant farmers to help with farming, but also bought maids and mother-in-law. The family's life was prosperous.

Zhao Xiu'er wanted to leave the mansion wholeheartedly, and she planned to stay in the mansion for no more than three years at her own age.Now I work as an errand in Erfang, and the monthly ratio is more than before. As long as I live frugally every month, I can save money.And when the master is in a good mood, or when there is a happy event in the house, there will definitely be various rewards.

Counting from seven to eight to eight, I can have a lot of money every month.In the future, I will use this savings to redeem myself.It's a pity that my mother, brother and sister-in-law are all working in the Rongguo Mansion, and my little savings are not enough to pay for the family's ransom.How to get the master to agree to let the whole family leave the government is a question that has always troubled Xiu'er.

After the father died, the mother gave birth to a posthumous child. The younger brother was brought up by the mother alone. As long as the mother has delicious food, she will leave it to the younger brother.Although Xiu'er and elder brother feel sorry for their mother's hard work, they are the younger brothers of the same mother after all, and they are blood and blood relatives.The two brothers and sisters couldn't see their younger brother starving and their mother living in misery, so they had to take some of their monthly money to make ends meet.

After the mother gave birth to her younger brother, she probably didn't keep up with her nutrition, and because she got up and worked too hard when her confinement was not full, she got a serious female disease, and now her health is getting worse, so she had to quit her job and stay at home to take care of her , without the monthly money from my mother, the life of the family began to be difficult again.

Fortunately, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are very filial to their mothers, and they also take care of the younger brother with all their heart. Xiuer felt very sorry and offered to give some more for her monthly household expenses. The sister-in-law was the first to refuse, saying that they did it Brothers and sisters-in-law should do.

It's already a pity to ask my sister-in-law to help supplement the household, so how can I trouble my sister-in-law again.Xiu'er understands that this is the sister-in-law's consideration for herself, she is worried that she will be looked down upon by others in the house, so she keeps more money in her hand so that she can get rid of those wives.

Mrs. Wang was driven to the nunnery by the old lady for taking over the dowry of the first lady.So even Xiu'er and other maids couldn't lift their heads in the mansion.Xiu'er felt wronged, she didn't have Mrs. Wang's trust, so naturally she didn't know about such secret matters.

However, the thinking of outsiders is that since you are the maid in the second lady's room, you are also the confidant next to the second lady.How can the second lady not know what happened.No matter how she explains, others will only believe that she is trying to shirk responsibility.doubts about her character.

Shi Taijun personally interrogated the second wife's people, including Xiu'er.When facing Shi Taijun alone, Xiu'er's legs were so frightened that they were as soft as noodles.Since the day he entered the mansion, this was the first time he had come into close contact with the old lady. As the legend said, she was a "kind and friendly" old lady.

Every word and every word of the old lady can make people break out in a cold sweat.Xiu'er knelt on the ground and dared not speak nonsense.Fortunately, the old lady's eyes were vicious, and she could see at a glance that Xiu'er was a dispensable existence. She didn't want to waste time on a useless person, so she waved her away, and Xiu'er was relieved.

After Xiu'er withdrew, the old lady showed a mocking smile.This Xiu'er is not as weak as she appears on the surface, and putting a dog who can't bite by her side is really a stupid thing that the second child would do.

"Old madam, please forgive me for being ignorant. I don't think Xiu'er is a scheming person. How do you say..." Lai's daughter-in-law asked curiously.The corner of Shi Taijun's mouth twitched, "Scheming is not something you are born with. Who has suffered a few times before learning the lesson. Besides, you don't have to have scheming to get ahead. Sometimes, the results of things are often unexpected. .Scheming thing, who can tell what it is? You won’t understand it.”

The daughter-in-law of the Lai family was dizzy in a cloud of fog. The old lady didn't understand what she meant by what she said.Sure enough, the ancestors are the ancestors, and they don't speak human language.Glancing at Shi Taijun's face, he thought about it for a while, and then withdrew the idea of ​​reporting Zhao Xiu'er's life experience.

After coming out of the old lady's room, Xiu'er went to look at the flowers in a trance. Seeing weeds growing in the flowers, she squatted on the ground and pulled the weeds, thinking about the deep meaning of Shi Taijun's words.Because he was too concentrated, he didn't notice a person standing behind him.

"Aren't you Xiu'er in the second wife's room?" A slightly familiar voice came from behind, startling Xiu'er, the small shovel in her hand was loosened and pressed on the delicate flowers, Xiu'er felt distressed He lifted up the flowers. "It seems that you like these flowers very much." Jian Xiu'er forgot to salute herself in order to take care of the flowers.

Instead of blaming Xiu'er for her rudeness, Jia Zheng became curious, "Servant, Xiu'er pays respects to the second master." Xiu'er got up quickly with a look of panic. "Returning to the second master, these flowers were planted by the servants before, so every time I pass by this flower bush, I will come and see it."

"Oh, you said, you planted these flowers? Aren't you working in the second room?" Jia Zheng was so bored in the room that he came out to get some air.I didn't expect to meet an interesting maid, and it's rare to be in a good mood to chat with a maid.He never cared about the affairs of the backyard, and always thought that if Xiu'er could work in the house, it must be a dowry brought by his wife or a confidant picked from Jia's mansion.

"The servant used to work in the conservatory, but was later transferred to the second bedroom to serve the wife."

"So that's how it is, it means that you are so skillful in your movements."