The Second Master Lian of the Red Chamber

It was getting dark now, there were no windows on all sides, only a small vermilion lacquer door for two people to enter and exit at the same time, and there was a bit of afterglow outside, reflecting the dim candlelight in the warehouse, which made Li Wan dizzy. The handwriting is gradually becoming unclear.

But in this warehouse, there are more than a dozen arm-thick sheep oil waxes burning, surrounding Zhou Rui's house, dazzling the gold hairpin and silver hairpin on the old woman's head, and several people around her are holding tea and pouring water for fun. The poor servant girl blinked her eyes.

This is a decent reward from her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang.Li Wan lowered his head slightly, brought a thin gift slip closer to his eyes, and the corner of his mouth curled up in a mocking arc imperceptibly.Because of the support of the head wife, a servant born in the family can also wear gold, silver, and stars to hold the moon. Because the head wife doesn't like it, she, the big grandma who is carried in by the front door of the big red sedan chair, is despised by the servants and has no dignity.

There was a rumor among the nobles in Beijing that the girls of the Wang family were illiterate and unreasonable, and Li Wan didn't believe it before he got married.Speaking of it, it was also a noble family that was enshrined by the imperial court when the country was founded, and it has survived for several generations. A girl raised by such a family should always understand the world's sophistication even if she is illiterate.However, within a month of marrying into this majestic Rongguo Mansion, Li Wan felt that her mother-in-law was really short-sighted, and she didn't know how to do things.

Let's not talk about women's words and virtues, just look at Mrs. Wang's housekeeping methods, and you can figure out why the Rongguo Mansion has become more and more sieved in recent years, and everything can be clearly understood by outsiders.The whole family is neither master nor servant, they flatter their superiors and bully their inferiors, and they don't even understand the basic duties, so they are rotten from the root.Not to mention the unfavored master, even Mrs. Wang, the housekeeper's wife, and the servants and servants are just obedient and obedient, doing a lot of work behind her back.But she was still complacent, just as if this huge mansion was held in her hands.

However, this can be regarded as up and down.Isn't Mrs. Wang the same with her elders, relatives and friends?When I first entered the door, the Li family was still good, and she was very helpful to the uncle. She could still make people feel that she was hypocritical, and the subtleties were disgusting.When something happened to the Li family, they began to grind people with soft knives.Growing up in a family of officials, since Li Wan saw clearly the behavior of all members of her husband's family, she was not surprised by the cold treatment she received after her mother's family was in trouble, but she didn't expect this method to be so low-class.

Originally, the men who said all kinds of things about the big house were useless, but when they turned around, they were swept away by others. There was no trick at all, and they could only use the hands of a woman to rub their daughter-in-law.But I don't want to think about it, I am Grandma Zhu, and I am one with my uncle, and the second roomer slaps himself in the face, wouldn't it be a joke?It's just that I really don't want this daughter-in-law anymore, there are more decent and vicious tricks, it's not painful, what is it worth.

Li Wan checked a few more utensils, and since he couldn't see clearly, he put down the list, and just stood quietly watching Zhou Rui's family aggressively order the women in the warehouse around, playing tricks on Grandma Zhou. Decent and dignified.

Although Zhou Rui's family had a loud voice, they kept one eye on Li Wan. Seeing that she had given up on her job, she quickly waved for the women to go down. Is it? If it doesn’t seem to be inappropriate, the servant will serve you back. Depending on the weather, it will be time for the old lady to eat in a while. Let’s hurry up, and you can have a little snack with the wife first.”

There are strict rules in Jia's mansion, and Li Wan has two levels of mother-in-law, so naturally she has to serve the old lady and the wife first, and then she can take her turn.Earlier, Mother Jia had told Li Wan not to come to the room to serve her meals, but the young couple could eat and drink freely in the yard, but after Mother Jia's illness, this incident was naturally forgotten by everyone.Yesterday Li Wan served Jia Mu and went to Mrs. Wang's place to set rules. When he returned to his yard, Jia Zhu had already rested in his aunt's room.

Li Wan's face was full of smiles, but he didn't answer Zhou Rui's family's words. He shook his head and said, "I still don't understand clearly. After all, I'm young and inexperienced. I want Zhou's mother to accompany me when she has time tomorrow." .”

No matter how much Mrs. Wang disliked Li Wan in her heart, she always wanted to make no mistakes on her face, so this confidant of Mrs. Wang in Zhou Rui's family was not easy to do too much.Now that Li Wan said it so politely, Zhou Rui's family couldn't say anything else, so they could only respond with a smile, saying that they would continue to check tomorrow, so they went out with Li Wan, and then with the leader of the warehouse. The mother-in-law hands in the right card and locks it.

Li Wan didn't use Zhou Rui's family's service, he only said that there was a piece of dust on his clothes and it was difficult to see the old lady and his elders, so he went back to her and Jia Zhu's small courtyard with the help of the big girl Chisu to change clothes, while Zhou Rui's family Go directly to Rongxi Hall to answer.

Cui'er personally led the three little girls to the kitchen to bring Jia Lian's meals and came back, and then told Jia Lian about meeting Grandma Zhu Li Wan on the road.

Ever since Jia Lian left Beijing, the maids in their courtyard had nothing to do. They just closed the courtyard door to clean the house every day and then did some embroidery work at ease. It didn't take long for them to become cold stoves.Especially when the news came back that the second master had angered the prince of Nan'an, several rough envoys, wives and maids found their way out of the yard. No one wanted to come during the spring mending this year, and they all hated Lian Er There is no future in Grandpa's yard.

It's fine to be a soft-tempered person, but Tweety is arrogant and can't bear to be angry.It turned out that Second Master Lian was not as good as Uncle Zhu who could read books and please the old lady. She was already very displeased to be overwhelmed by the beauties in Uncle Zhu's yard. And leisurely, unavoidable to quarrel with others.

At that time, the old lady still valued Li Wan very much. Li Wan was in charge of many lucrative errands, and he was decent and dignified. In front of Wan, the whole family was waiting to see what Grandma Zhu would do.

The biggest reliance is not in the mansion, and the two men of similar age have more or less been different from each other in recent years.When Cui'er heard someone tipped off that Grandma Zhu was going to deal with her affairs, her heart was so cold at that time, she just felt that she must suffer a big loss.

Unexpectedly, Li Wan's handling of affairs was very fair, meticulous and thoughtful.Firstly, because those wives were servants of the Second Household, they did not show favoritism, and Secondary dealt with them in a very measured manner, both sides were convinced. The backyard was very clear for some time.

So when something happened to the Li family and Li Wan lost power, Cui'er felt sorry for this grandma for a while, but she was just a slave and her master was not in the house yet, so she could only sigh inwardly.

Now that Jia Lian came back, after a change of clothes, he listened comfortably to the maids talking about the big and small things in the mansion this year, and Cui'er mentioned Li Wan by the way when setting the meal, with a very sentimental tone.No matter who it is, there is no reason for a serious grandma to follow the mother in charge to the warehouse.

Seeing the dishes prepared by the chefs in Jia's house, Jia Lian felt a little full, so he put most of his attention on Cui'er and the others' words.Seeing that they were all speaking for Li Wan, he said with a smile: "To get such praise from you, it can be seen that Sister-in-law Zhu is indeed a decent and considerate person, and I may not be able to match it."

Jia Lian was not surprised by Li Wan's good reviews.In his previous life, Li Wan entered the house two years earlier than Brother Feng, and managed the entire backyard in an orderly manner.To be fair, Li Wan is more self-sufficient than Feng Geer in terms of stewardship, and he is more polite and orderly in handling things. It is a pity that Jia Zhu died early after an accident in the Li family, leaving no room for Li Wan to be a housekeeper. .

It's just that Li Wan is the daughter-in-law of the Second Household, even if her character and conduct are impeccable, in the end she will only plot against the First Household along with the rest of the Second Household for her husband and son.This is where the benefits are.

Jia Lian said that he was not as good as Li Wan, which made it difficult for the girls to answer the question.Cui'er pondered for a while, but she was the first to understand. She took her hand and said in a soft voice: "No matter how good Grandma Zhu is, she is always in the room over there. How can Second Master treat us sincerely. It's just that Now Grandma Zhu is with the second wife to take care of the house, and the second master is often not at home, Grandma Zhu is just, and it is also a blessing for us all."

Seeing that the girls still understood that it was true that they were far and near, Jia Lian also smiled and nodded: "That's the reason. It's fine if I'm not around at that time. Now that I'm back, it's not easy to ask you to owe favors. I For those jewelry fan noodles brought back from Jiangnan, you pick some and send them to the sister-in-law's girls, and I also help the Li family's men to exchange some money outside, so it would be good for us master and servant to return the favor together."

As soon as they heard that the things Jia Lian brought back to reward them had to be given away as gifts, the big girls hurriedly finished their work, rushing to pick out the one they liked first. For a while, sisters and sisters begged for forgiveness, and Jia Lian was so happy that he almost spit tea.

Jia Lian reached out and pointed at the big girls in his yard one by one. He hated iron and said: "Even if I went to the south of the Yangtze River, I have had people bring things back to reward you this year. Why are you so shallow? If you spread the word, you will still be the master and will not give you money."

Tweety was heartbroken after being taken away by an honest person, and she heard that Jia Lian disliked them for their shallow eyelids, so she couldn't help being wronged and said: "It's not that I don't have a family. It turns out that the master is not rich, so where do we come from?" I have managed to save some money in the past two years, and wine is placed one after another in Uncle Pianzhu's room. When we were sisters of Liren, we thought that Uncle Zhu was elegant and good at studying, and sister Liren was valued by his wife. No.1 is placed, the gift is too light to sell, so the gift is heavy. After the first two sisters comb their hair in a grand manner, we can't be heavy for a while, but it's not that the bottom of the box is empty."

Hearing the girl's grievances, and seeing that the other people also looked concerned, Jia Lian couldn't help laughing, and said comfortingly: "Forget it, I'll ask Xing'er to go outside tomorrow and help you buy some private houses. If you want anything, just go and tell Xing'er, if you don't have the silver, just take the broken silver in the box under the shelf."

With Jia Lian being so generous, the girls were all beaming with joy for a moment, and each of them picked up a few favorite items, and then tidied up the neat jewelry that was spread out, and talked about the decent people around Li Wan. The girl's favorites were picked out for each of them.

After they finished picking and Jia Lian finished his meal, the big maids brought down the food, ready to share their share with the second-class girls.Before they could set up their chopsticks, a woman knocked on the door outside, but it was Xiaohong, the little girl next to the second girl, Yingchun.

The maids knew that the second master valued this younger sister, so they quickly let Xiaohong in, and they didn't dare to neglect this little girl who only kept her head. Cui'er personally brought her in to meet Jia Lian.

Jia Lian didn't expect that people from Yingchun courtyard would come looking for him at this moment. The person who came was Lin Zhixiao's daughter who had just been chosen not long ago. He felt that something must have happened, so he sat up straight and asked: " It's time for the second girl to let you come over, but what's wrong in the yard?"

Logically, the East Courtyard where the big house is located has been locked at this moment, if you want to come here, you have to have some serious business, and you have to pay the old woman who guards the door.Yingchun has always been a worry-free person since she was a child. If there is nothing to do, why would she ask someone to come over.

Xiaohong followed her parents, she knew it in her heart, she was a little more straightforward than her taciturn parents, and her tongue was sharp, so when she learned that Jia Amnesty wanted Lin Zhixiao's family to serve in the east courtyard, Jia Lian ordered I took Xiaohong to the Spring Festival House.It is also because of Jia Lian that Xiaohong has always been very respectable in Yingchun House, second only to Yingchun's nanny and two chess players.

Xiao Hong responded with a quick blessing: "The nanny has packed away the collar that the second master brought back to our girl years ago. The wife is not feeling well, so she asked Grandma Wang to pass on the message that she only cares about the second master. Miss Just let me come over."