Evening Shaohua in the Red House

The three of them finished counting the small storeroom and came to Dongnuan Pavilion. There were only two mother-of-pearl lacquered cabinets here, and they were filled with clothes and jewelry that Li Wan's family often wore.

The cabinet on the right is full of clothes that Li Wan wore before. Li Wan glanced at them and found that they are all made of good materials and exquisite workmanship, but most of them are brightly colored, which are not suitable for her to wear now.

Fuling opened the cabinet on the left again, and saw that the cabinet was divided into three cabinets. The first cabinet contained round fans, incense cakes, purses of various colors, sachets, sweat towels, handkerchiefs, gold and silver threads, and other household items; The sticks are some pens, ink, paper and inkstones, but the last one is a dozen or so boxes.

Fu Ling opened several heavy mother-of-pearl mahogany boxes for Li Wan to see, and saw that they were full of gold and silver locks, three boxes of gold locks, and five boxes of silver locks.

Small gold and silver lockets are shining brightly in the box, some are plum-blossom-shaped, some are begonia-shaped, some are Ruyi pen ingots, there are eight-treasure couplets, there are champions and first prizes, and so on, all of which are only small nail caps Large, compact, and extremely well-crafted.

Mei Xiang was a little surprised, "Why are there so many kelp?"

Fu Ling smiled and said, "This is the lucky money that grandpa and grandma have accumulated over the years. There are about two thousand silver ones, and a little less, about six hundred golden ones."

Li Wan thought about it and then understood that Jia's mansion has always been extravagant. From the treatment of the girls in the original book, it can be seen that the family recovered after a few years of raiders and prostitutes. Three or four hundred gold hairpin rings, in addition to the monthly money, the servants also have other rewards for three festivals and two birthdays every year, especially the big girls who are close to the master, often get some extra rewards, food and clothing The cost is better than that of the average family's Qianjin Miss, no wonder the girls in the Red Chamber would rather die than go out.

The girl next to the young master is still like this, not to mention that Jia Zhu is the most favored eldest grandson in the mansion, and the New Year's money he gets every year has always been second to none in Rongguo Mansion. No less than a hundred, plus the ones obtained from outings and birthdays, one or two hundred gold and silver coins in a year's calculation, which is naturally not a small amount after more than ten years.

Li Wan did some calculations in his mind, and these gold and silver coins cost about seven renminbi each, so there were almost 400 taels of gold and 400 taels of silver, adding up to a total of 400 taels of silver.

Now during the peace period, the price is still stable, one tael of gold is almost exchanged for ten taels of silver

One tael of silver can be exchanged for 20 qian, and [-] taels of silver is enough for a small family to live for a year. These silvers are enough to buy five or six hundred acres of high-quality fertile land.

The remaining box contained half a box of scattered gold, silver, beads and emerald hairpin rings. There were about thirty or fifty pieces. Li Wan glanced at it, and took two red gold hairpins with emerald greens, and put two pairs of double dragon play beads and shrimp beard bracelets. To Fu Ling and the other two, "It's been hard work for you these days, so wear it."

Fu Ling and Mei Xiang looked at each other, thanked them and took it, but they were both a little puzzled, and they didn't know if it was because of an illness. They always felt that grandma had a different temper after waking up this time, and she was often alone in a daze. That being said, things are not the same as before.

After counting everything and packing up the clothes and jewellery, Li Wan ordered Mei Xiang and Fu Ling to call Dan Ju Xia Zhu and other second-class maids to come in, pointed to the two boxes that had just been packed, and said, "I can't wear these clothes anymore, so why don't I wear them?" I have shared them with you, I made these last year, some have been worn once or twice, and some have not been worn, you just don’t want to wear them for others.”

Speaking of opening the box, there are all good-colored clothes, lint cotton brocade clip single yarn, which are available in all seasons.

Li Wan is the eldest grandma of the Rongguo Mansion, and her dowry is rich, and all the things she wears are made of good materials. There is only a box of all kinds of hair and hair, and the rest of the brocade and single gauze clothes are either new or not. passed through,

She is now in the middle of filial piety, so she has to avoid all the things she should wear, not to mention the rules of the world, even if she is out of filial piety, widows who are virtuous and widowed are not allowed to wear makeup, let alone wear red and green, and heavy makeup.

Mei Xiang said to Dan Ju and others: "These are all new, many of them are not worn by grandma."

Li Wan sighed and said: "Take it all, I can't wear it anyway, it's just left to mold and spoil, Fu Ling, you guys just look at it."

Danju and the others looked at each other when they heard the words, and Fang no longer refused, and each made his choice.

Fuling picked out a set of silk and satin jackets, a pair of peach red silk tapestry with double breasts, and a bright red skirt sprinkled with gold; The mouse coat and a squirrel cloak; Dan Ju two sets of jacket skirts, Xia Zhu picked out a set of cotton gauze clothes and a silver red satin jacket.

When Li Wan saw her, she picked out another ermine skirt with water-red makeup and floral satin for her, "This dress has to match this skirt to look good."

The rest of the people also picked their own, and Li Wan ordered Mei Xiang to take a piece of satin, cut the other into rulers, and distributed it to the other little girls.

The girls were overjoyed and rushed in to thank you.

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After a long time, the kitchen brought over lunch, and Mei Xiang asked the little girl to bring up the food box, and brought out four exquisite side dishes. Fresh tofu, a bowl of ham and cabbage soup, and a cup of bird's nest porridge.

Li Wan nodded, ate half a bowl of porridge and a few mouthfuls of vegetables, and that's all.

At the end of October, the weather became colder and colder. This winter was even colder than in previous years. It snowed heavily in October. The ground was more than a foot thick, and the sky was still like cotton wool. The cold air was overwhelming, and the masters and maids of the whole house were unwilling to move around, and all huddled in the house around the stove to keep warm.

Li Wan didn't go out, so he stayed in the house every day, doing some needlework, or reading calligraphy and painting, or playing with Jia Lan, but he was at ease.

The four corners of the house were surrounded by braziers, warm as spring, and now that the days are short, Li Wan dared not sleep in the middle of the night. Li Wan watched Jia Lan fall asleep, and told his nurse and maid to take care of her, and then went out of the room and sat on the smoked cage. Do needlework.

I just embroidered a flower, and suddenly a girl sent a message, "Grandma, Miss Qiuhui is here to greet you."

Li Wan was slightly startled, then nodded and said, "Let her in."

Not long after, a slender woman came in, wearing a half-worn lake blue jacket, a green satin waistcoat with teeth, a white pleated skirt, and a sweater of the same color around her waist. Scarves, there is no bright color on the whole body, slender and delicate, gentle as water, I just feel that there is an indescribable beauty.

Compared to other people in Jia's mansion, Jia Zhu is quite self-sacrificing, but it's just the rules of Jia's mansion, before men get married, there will always be two maids in the house to wait on them.

This Qiu Hui was Jia Zhu's roommate before she was alive, and she was the big girl who served Jia Zhu from a young age.The other is Cuiyun, who used to be a second-class girl next to Mrs. Wang. Because she is steady and knowledgeable, she has always been modest and attentive. When Jia Zhu reached the age of knowing people, Mrs. Wang gave her to Jia Zhu.

The original owner grew up reading the Four Books for Women, but he is really virtuous, even though he entered the house, he didn't dismiss everyone in the room like Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng did, but let them still follow the old rules.

It's just that now that Jia Zhu is gone, she is in her youth, so naturally she doesn't want to stay and be a widow, but now the filial piety is not full, besides, Jia's mother just got angry a few days ago, and Cuiyun's mother, Wang Xing's family, was also kicked out. I also ate and hung up, shocked and ashamed, fell ill within a few days, during this period of time I said I was sick and hid shame in the wing room, not daring to come out, how could I dare to bring up the matter, but this Qiuhui often came to say hello say hello.

Known from the memory of the original owner

Although this Qiu Hui is Jia Zhu's roommate, she is not such a sharp-edged, strong-minded person with shallow eyesight. She is usually gentle and respectful to Li Wan, but she has the character of Xiangling in the future.

Li Wan ordered people to watch the seats, and asked, "Why are you here now?"

After thanking Qiu Hui, she sat down on the twig with a slanted body, opened the bag in her hand, and smiled shyly: "In a few days, it will be my brother's hundred days. I don't have anything, so I made a pair of shoes and socks for my brother. Needlework is rough, grandma don't laugh."

Li Wan took a look at the needlework she made, and saw that the shoes and socks were very small and delicate, with blue satin bottoms, embroidered with patterns of cats playing butterflies, neat and tight stitches, vivid and delicate flowers, and elegant and delicate colors , the needlework is flexible and delicate, very meticulous, and there is no trace of stitches, which is completely different from the colorful craftsmen's work that I usually see.