[Qing Chuan] Have a meal in the harem

Yimin cried for a long time, until she was tired from crying, and dragged her exhausted body, she went to the side hall and fell asleep on the slum.It was evening when I woke up again.

I was not in the mood to eat at noon, and only ate a few pieces of snacks. Now Yimin only felt a little stomachache.People who have experienced illness and death regard health as the most important thing.

After tidying up her makeup briefly, she opened the door and went out.

Qingmei moved a stool to guard the door, leaning on the pillar to embroider purses, and there were already several embroidered bags in the basket beside her.

Seeing Yi Min coming out, she hastily put down the needle and thread in her hand.

As if she didn't see Yimin's red and swollen eye sockets, Qingmei asked with a normal expression: "Does Gege want to eat?"

Yimin nodded, her voice was hoarse and nasal, "I don't have much appetite today, you can ask the kitchen to make a fish ball soup, steam [-] fresh dumplings, and a plate of crystal siu mai."

"By the way, Dr. Li made me a bowl of the new tonic prescribed by Dr. Li a while ago."

Qingmei took the order and went to make arrangements.

When Yi Min walked slowly to the small dining hall, Qing Mei had already ordered everything and came back.

"Gege, I have already ordered you to go on. There is one thing to tell Gege. An hour ago, the butler Luo next to the master sent a box, saying that it was the money that the master gave to Gege. The servants accepted it and put it in Gege. On the shelf in the bedroom."

Yimin was shocked, she stood up, and spoke very fast: "Then I'll go to the bedroom to sleep for a while, and call me after dinner."

Qingmei: "..."

Yimin sneaked into the bedroom with a kind of quickness that was totally different from her delicate appearance just now, and closed the door of the room with a trace of nervousness.

Outside the door, Qingmei suppressed a smile and continued guarding the purse embroidered by the door.

She decided to enter the palace with Gege. I heard that there are many places in the palace where there are rewards, and the purse will definitely be used. She embroiders more, and she is happy to help Gege.

The place where Qingmei put her things is very conspicuous, and Yimin saw it as soon as she entered the door.

She has a very strong sense of territoriality, and no one is allowed to enter the bedroom privately. Even Qingmei, she relaxed a little after getting acquainted with her.

Carefully took the box off the shelf, the wooden box with red sandalwood cloud pattern, simple and elegant in style, Yimin fell in love with it immediately, especially the things inside.

That was a box full of silver tickets!

Yi Min grinned, and sat on the bedside holding the bank notes, and the bank notes were poured out in a thick stack!

She rubbed her hands.

5000 taels!Eight!

1000 taels!Twenty!

500 taels!Ten!

100 taels!Fifty!

In total, 7 taels of silver bills!

Yimin couldn't help but be speechless: "Hey, this cheap father has more money than I thought! I originally expected him to add 5000 taels and it would be a big deal."

Sister-in-law Xilinjue Luo's housekeeper, the money that was taken from the public account could not be hidden from her eyes.Yimin knew early on that the Dong family asked her to bring about 5 taels of silver into the palace, and the extra 2 taels were naturally made up by Dong Degui.

Yimin was a little ready to move, and really wanted to cry again, but she controlled herself, and it was too late. Last time, she played on the spot and added tools to assist her.

My family knows my own affairs, so if you don't have the acting skills of that house fight, don't go out and show off, it's easy to lose outweigh the gains without showing embarrassment.

Yi Min threw away the flashing thoughts, happily stuffed the bank notes back into the box, held the box and opened the closet beside it, and dragged out the huge baggage inside.

The difference in status is here. Even nobles can bring a few suitcases. They can bring a dowry when they are first named concubines, but concubines can only bring a burden into the palace, and a small sedan chair can be carried into the palace. .

Intuit is not on the table.

Pulling out the baggage stuffed halfway up the cabinet, Yimin panted slightly.

This was done by Xilinjueluoshi.

Yimin smiled wryly, she accepted her sister-in-law's favor, but she also had to consider whether she could handle it, she entered the palace alone, and she had to carry the burden by herself!

I didn't have the strength to carry the burden to the table, so I simply sat cross-legged next to the 'baggage pile' and repacked my luggage.

jewelry?One box is enough, just take the money later and go to the internal bureau to fight.

clothing?It takes up too much space, just bring two sets you like, it’s not enough. Same as above.

Yimin had already inquired before, the concubine's quota is indeed fixed, but it is not impossible to exceed the quota, but there are conditions.

Either there is a great favor, and everyone will fawn on you!Either you have the money, spend your own money to buy it!

Yimin feels that she can't do the former, and is trying to develop towards the latter!

Under Yimin's simplicity and rudeness, more than half of the luggage was emptied in an instant, revealing the small wooden box at the bottom.

Yimin smiled.

The box was opened, and it was still a familiar silver ticket. After counting it again, it was 5 taels!

Since he decided to enter the palace, he would not be unprepared.

Yimin's biological mother, Nala, was born with a common surname in Manchuria, and she married in after the Dong family got rich.

When Yimin was 13 years old, people from Nalashi came to the door and handed over the dowry list to Yimin.

Yimin was destined to enter the palace after death, and there was no shortage of money, so there was no need to think too much about it. Yimin was very quick and sold everything that could be sold.

Originally, Nala's dowry should have been as much as [-] yuan, but the furniture and clothes could not be sold, nor could the used jewelry.

Calculated in this way, there are only unworn jewelry, bundles of satin materials, farms, and shops, and the latter two mainly account for the majority.

Putting the box sent by the cheap father together with the original wooden box, Yi Min looked around and felt a little more at ease.She sat on the ground and counted with her fingers.

The concubine's one-year standard silver is 200 taels, and she now has 12 taels of silver on hand, wouldn't she be able to live in the harem for 600 years!

No, no, calm down, it can't be counted like that!

The concubine has more than 40 pieces of various satin cloths every year. She doesn't need that much, half of it is enough, but it also includes the portion for the maid and eunuch under her name, so it should be just enough.

Then there is daily necessities, her daily ration should be: [-] plates of mutton per month, ten chickens and ducks per month, and a lot of pork, six catties per day, two catties of white flour, one liter of aged rice and three servings (why? Old?), two taels of sugar, five taels of sesame oil, eight taels of tofu per catty, six taels of sweet sauce, two taels of vinegar, eight catties of fresh vegetables, six eggplants...

Yimin calculated silently, and frowned, as if...not enough!

This body looks petite, but it actually eats a lot, and no matter how much it eats, it doesn't gain weight.

Outsiders are very envious, but Yimin suffers greatly from it, and the experience of waking up hungry every day in the middle of the night is extremely uncomfortable.

Her current record is: six cages of soup dumplings in the morning, four bowls of noodles in clear soup at noon, two plates of mutton, thirty dumplings in the evening, some fruits, and countless vegetables for dessert.

"Gege, it's time to eat."

Yimin also stopped, and put the repacked luggage back, leaving the pile on the ground temporarily unattended, so she got up and opened the door to eat.

She eats a lot and digests quickly. When she was a child, she often woke up hungry at night. Xilin felt that Luo Shi felt sorry for her, so she asked someone to build a small kitchen in Yimin's small yard and sent two cooks over.

After many years of practice, the cook not only suits Yimin's appetite very well, but also understands Yimin's mind quite well. At this time, there are not only a few dishes that Yimin ordered before, but also several dishes for dinner and a large bowl of round-grained rice. meal.

Yimin strictly abides by the rules of health preservation, drinking a bowl of soup before meals.The freshly made fish balls are the most delicious and tender. She drank three bowls before putting it down, and ate other things gracefully and without losing speed.

After dinner, we rested for half an hour. It was dark and the lights were on in the room.

Yimin was leaning on a chair to read a book, and Qingmei was making a purse by the light, Yimin glanced at her, "You have done a lot before, enough is enough, and doing needlework at night hurts your eyes."

Qingmei put it down as she said, and said with a smile: "I know this, but I just forgot the time."

Yi Min didn't read anymore, she sat up a little more, and chatted with Qing Mei.

"Brother will arrange for you to enter the palace tomorrow, why don't you go to your house and have a look?"

Qingmei didn't even move her eyebrows, "What are you doing when you go back, the servants, mothers and brothers are all dead, only a few uncles are left, and none of them are benevolent people, and going back will only increase troubles."

Yimin looked at her, and comforted her, "Brother put your household registration under the banner of Baoyi, and they will have nothing to do with you in the future."

"Your maidservant knows, the lady told her maidservant earlier that the mansion chose not the maidservant, but the maidservant herself to ask for the eldest lady."

Speaking of this, Yimin became angry, "You say you, didn't I tell you before, I will help you get rid of your slave status, give you a small farm, and let your sister-in-law choose a dutiful family for you, Isn't it good to live a simple life?"

"Not good!" Qingmei was particularly stubborn, "Qingmei's life was saved by Gege, and it was also Gege who taught Qingmei how to read. Qingmei was stupid and couldn't speak, but Gege was good. Qingmei remembered it in her heart. Anyway, Qingmei had long Be sure, you will follow Ge Ge for the rest of your life."

It was the original owner who saved Qingmei, and Yimin taught Qingmei how to read.

Qingmei was promoted as a personal maid after Yimin replaced the original owner. At that time, although Yimin had the memory of the original owner, she was not familiar with the original owner's skills. She used the excuse of teaching Qingmei to write and imitated the original owner's handwriting. , and then started a new life with bumps and bumps.

"And..." Qingmei knelt down, "GeGe is alone in the palace, with no one she knows, how lonely! Qingmei knows that GeGe is really timid, Qingmei can't bear it!"

Yimin felt a lump in her throat and her nasal passages were blocked. She was still not used to being called a slave, and always felt an indelible discomfort, but she could not resist the system, so she could only work hard to overcome it.

She never said it, but she knew that Qingmei was very important to her.

She didn't think the imperial palace was a good place, so naturally she didn't want Qingmei to go in, but she didn't expect this fool to jump in cheerfully, and couldn't hold her back!

Yimin forced back the tears, pulled Qingmei to stand up, changed the subject, gave her a sideways look on purpose, and said with disgust: "I don't think your mouth is stupid at all, you are very smart, go wash your face, face I'm all crying!"

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When Qingmei left, Huang Tao, another son of Dong's family, carefully delivered a cup of soup to Yimin's hand.

Stirring it with a spoon, looking at Huangtao who was about to speak but stopped with red eyes, Yimin couldn't laugh or cry, "What's wrong with everyone today, Qingmei is like this, and you are like this, I am entering the palace, not going to a dragon's pond or a tiger's lair!"

Huang Tao is an honest girl, she has always been doing her own thing well, and never competed with Qingmei on the basis of her status as the child of the family. Most of the time she is silent, and she has never shown her emotions like this.

"Garge..."

"Yeah!" Yimin replied seriously, looking at her encouragingly, "What's wrong?"

Seeing Ge Ge's gentle gaze, Huang Tao's eyes turned redder, "Will Huang Tao never see Ge Ge again?"

To this question, Yimin answered very honestly: "It should be!"

Originally thought that Huang Tao, who was extremely emotional today, would not be able to help crying, Yi Min even prepared a handkerchief.

But Huang Tao said something that Yimin had never thought of. She said: "When Ge Ge enters the palace, the servant will be transferred to Da Furen's yard to be a little maid. The slave will definitely serve Da Furen well! Ge Ge, don't worry! "

Yimin was stunned for a moment.

Huang Tao said again: "Our sisters couldn't go into the palace with Gege, so we made some purses and put them in Sister Qingmei's room. The needlework of slaves is not as good as that of Sister Qingmei, please don't dislike it ..."

Yi Min looked at her and asked the question that had troubled her for a long time, "Huang Tao, why are you so nice to me?" Because I am your so-called master?

But seeing Huang Tao's eyes crooked, "Ge Ge is good to the slaves!"

She said in detail, "When the servant's mother was seriously ill, it was Gege who gave her leave and money. When Hongxing got engaged, it was Gege who asked people to inquire about the other party's character and arranged for Hongxing to support her. Aunt Cao The daughter-in-law had a difficult labor, and it was Gege who hired a doctor overnight..."

Many of them are small things, some Yi Min remembers, some forgets, what she does is just to say, it is others who actually do things.

But she didn't say it.

She listened quietly, her eyebrows and eyes were soft, she was drawing strength from these ordinary warmth.

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After Qingmei washed her face and put on her make-up, she saw Yimin drinking the tonic soup slowly, she was also used to it.

Ever since she was arranged to serve Ge Ge, she had to drink this medicinal diet five or six times a month, and a specialized doctor adjusted the prescription every month. Perhaps because of this, Ge Ge was in excellent health and almost never got sick.

"Ome" Yimin was still worried.

"What's wrong, Greg?"

"There is a bag of broken silver on the table in my room. Remember to get it later. Money is indispensable for managing everywhere. This money can't be saved, and it can't be saved."

Qingmei looked at her Gege's serious face, she didn't know why Gege always worried about her, she was obviously older than Gege!Qingmei reminded: "There will be rewards from the house, the housekeeper and the eldest lady will both give money."

"You pretend I don't know? I'll take it if I give it to you. I haven't seen it before, and I think it's too much money!"

"Okay, listen to Grid!"

"There are also my clothes and jewelry that I can't take away. I gave the most expensive ones to my sister-in-law. You can distribute the rest to the people in the yard. Whoever has difficulties at home will share more."

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