The maid of the red house

The entire Rongguo Mansion was built to build a family-friendly villa, and no one cared about Xueyan's little thought, and because the Rongguo Mansion was so busy, Mother Jia didn't send someone to pick up Shi Xiangyun, who lived in Rongguo Mansion for a long time in the past, and the historian would not send her here.

Thinking of this, Xueyan couldn't help laughing.

At such an adult, she actually lost her temper and got into trouble with a little girl.

Shi Xiangyun has no father and no mother. In order to live a better life, it is normal for her to be a little sophisticated, isn't she too?In order to make Daiyu's situation better in Rongguo Mansion, gifts have to be carefully considered, lest they offend others.

It is her nature that Daiyu disdains sophistication, Xueyan can only be more sophisticated and tactful as a maid.

Soon, before the Dragon Boat Festival, Daiyu's family who gave gifts sent people to return the gifts.

Although Lin Ruhai is a descendant of an aristocratic family, but when he was in high school, he was first-class in character, appearance, talent, and family background. He was very famous in the literary world, and he also had many close friends in the court. Some were from a noble family, and some were from poor families Classmates from the same family background, after twenty years of management, some have high positions and important positions, some suffer from hunger and cold, and the world is unpredictable. Not everyone can be promoted step by step. After such a long time, only half of them can continue to be officials.

Most of the people living in the capital are powerful, powerful and well-established officials. Lin Ruhai has never broken ties, exchanging letters and gifts every year, but Daiyu came to Beijing in the old year. She is young and a girl. It's inconvenient, and the relatives and uncles of the Rongguo Mansion are very fond of them, so they don't want to communicate, so as not to be gossiped that they don't trust Rongguo Mansion to educate Daiyu, and opposing Daiyu is beneficial and harmless. I don't want Lin Ruhai to send a letter before his death. In the words, they all asked the wives of the families to take care of Daiyu one or two.

Those who can be entrusted by Lin Ruhai are naturally true friends, and they have not shunned him because the emperor abdicated and the new emperor ascended the throne.

These people are all human beings, and once the matter is over in their minds, they can understand what Lin Ruhai is worried about. Now Daiyu has a huge fortune, but she can't decide for herself. The final result of that fortune can be imagined. The entrustment in the letter of friendship is obviously afraid that the Jia family will neglect Daiyu because of her helplessness.

Therefore, Daiyu just sent a gift here. When these people knew about it, they all said that it was not easy for Daiyu. Zhang Xuan, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, said to his wife: "Go to Princess Yongchang's mansion and ask the eldest girl We need a prudent and kind teaching nun, choose one who is not too old, has good manners and good character, and is proficient in socializing and socializing, and send it to Lord Lin's daughter in a few days."

Mrs. Zhang wondered: "Why is this? If we sent a nanny for no reason, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of the Rongguo Mansion?" Didn't you tell others that the Rongguo Mansion couldn't raise a daughter?Now there is a noble concubine, and I act like this, but I have turned against him.

Zhang Xuan sighed, and said: "Master Lin sent me a letter before he died. The paper is full of worrying about my beloved daughter. I am afraid that there is no one around to help me take care of it. Please take care of me and find a teacher. Mammy, there is a mammy who is a teacher. When you grow up, you will socialize and socialize decently, so you can find a marriage. I think it is pitiful. Anyway, there is no shortage of these nanny around the big girl. Give one to Miss Lin, it is said that it was two years ago. My lord entrusted us to inquire about it, and we didn't find a good one until today, and hurriedly sent it over."

Lin Ruhai heard what Xueyan said, and knew that since Yuanchun entered the palace, the rest of the girls in the Rongguo Mansion had been fostered but not taught, and had never brought Daiyu to socialize with anyone. He was worried that Daiyu would not be educated by her elders before sending her away When I came to Beijing, I was anxious and worried when I found out. After thinking for a long time, I wrote a letter to Zhang Xuan. I only hoped that Daiyu would be taught by a nun and would not be said to be uneducated.

Zhang Xuan stands erect in the Hanlin Academy, he is an extraordinary person, and he has lived in the capital for a long time and knows the gossip of the Rongguo Mansion well. Even if Lin Ruhai didn't mention it in the letter, he guessed it a little bit. Now there is no place to entrust my beloved daughter, so I can't help being very sympathetic, so I have words to my wife today.

Zhang Xuan's eldest daughter is the daughter-in-law of Princess Yongchang, and there is no shortage of teaching nuns from the palace. The reason why Lin Ruhai asked Zhang Xuan to come here is probably because of this reason.

Mrs. Zhang thought for a while, and said: "Let's return the gift first, and I will give it to the nun after a few months. It is better to use the name of the master, otherwise we will send it when Mr. Lin is going, which is not good."

Hearing the words and nodding, Zhang Xuan looked at his wife and said, "It's all up to you."

So, Mrs. Zhang first sent the daughter-in-law in charge to return the gift.

The mother-in-law also invited Daiyu to greet them. They saw that Daiyu, who was called by Jiamu to entertain guests, was young but not vulgar, and she spoke and behaved generously. She has the demeanor of Qiong, a lady from a scholarly family, and has not fallen into the reputation of Lin Tanhua. When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she felt more pity.

If Mrs. Zhang is like this, let alone others?Another group of people deeply admired the power of Rongguo Mansion, so they came and went frequently.

Daiyu was happy in her heart, she had finally lived up to her father's expectations, seeing the gifts from various families, Jiamu ordered someone to bring them to her room, most of which were incense strings, fans, gauze, purses, and pomegranate snacks. It was distributed to each room.

According to Daiyu's nature, she only sent Jiamu and Sanchun Baoyu Baochai and others. After repeated persuasion by Xueyan, she stated that she was very powerful, and there was no shortage of things anyway. In short, Xueyan has her own reasons for thinking of sending Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng away. As a niece under the fence, it is better to be remembered by her uncle than to be forgotten. Jia Huan was slightly less, and Ningguo Mansion also gave some.

Jia Amnesty was completely confused, and said to Mrs. Xing behind her back: "My niece went to the south and came back. She is a bit more sensible. What is filial is a small thing, and what is rare is a heart. It is worthwhile when she entered the mansion that year. I feel sad for my sister. Had a game."

Mrs. Xing was speechless for a while, Jia Amnesty didn't see Daiyu when she visited her uncle, could it be because of Jia Min's sadness?It's just drinking with my little wife, fortunately he will come out with a high-sounding statement, but she is afraid of Jia She, not only can't make fun of it, she also has to laugh and say: "Master naturally loves my niece, what I sent someone to say that year I still think about it now. The master is better than the second master over there, at the time I thought that my niece had seen the second master, but I didn't want the second wife to tell the second master to fast without sending someone to tell me."

Jia Amnesty stroked his beard with a smug expression.

After a while, Jia She said: "I will honor the gauze things that came up below. I see that there are quite a few of them that are passable. You can choose a few to send to your niece. Since she has honored the things, we, the elders, can't help it." .”

Mrs. Xing is very reluctant, taking things from her is equivalent to cutting her flesh, but thinking of Daiyu's room, she has given herself such a face recently, Jia Cong got a gift, and even Jin Bao, the maid beside him, did not leave behind. Others only thought of Yuanchun as a concubine, and tried to flatter Mrs. Wang. Thinking of this, they calmed down. Sure enough, they picked two pieces of gauze and sent them to Jinbao.

Seeing that Jia She and his wife were like this, Youshi discussed with Jia Zhen and returned the things in the same way.

There are many old friends in the Lin family, and there are many gifts in return. Rao, all the houses have got it, and there are still some things left, and there are two return gifts. Daiyu kept the simple and elegant things for her own use, and distributed the brighter ones to everyone, saying: " I have filial piety on my body, so it’s fine to dress plainly. You follow me without wearing red and green. At such a happy event in the mansion, wouldn’t it be taboo? Are you saying that we are arrogant? Sister-in-law Zhen in the East Mansion gave it to me Two bolts of pomegranate red silk and silver-red gauze, each of you will make two clothes. Red agate hairpins for Zijuan, hard red pendants inlaid with gold for snow geese, two red incense strings for Tinglan, crimson stone rings and red Yu's ring is light chrysanthemum, clear lotus and moist bamboo, two for each."

The remaining purses, fans, counting beads, etc., Daiyu told the little girls below.

All of a sudden, everyone in the room was beaming.

Coincidentally, Jiahui, the little girl in Baoyu's room, was ordered to bring lychees. The dish wrapped with silk white agate was very beautiful against the fresh lychees. Daiyu praised her twice, and gave her two rings, one was red agate. On the front of the ring, one is inlaid with a round pearl on the bottom of a silver backing. She is so happy that Jiahui seems to have won some treasure, and she goes back to show off among the little girls in the room.

Chunyan was a little disdainful when she heard this, and said: "Little hooves with shallow eyelids, you are so crazy about any good thing! Miss Lin has a sharp mouth and loves mean people, how can she be more generous than Miss Debao." Chunyan is different from Jiahui, she has always been very good with Yinger, and even compliments Baochai very much, so naturally she can't see what Jiahui said about Lin Daiyu.

Jiahui was young and energetic, how could she bear this ridicule, she retorted: "We are not as respectable as my sister in front of Miss Bao, you all like to be stubborn with Miss Bao, and with Yinger, but you have never seen Miss Bao and Yinger What good is there for you?"

Chunyan blushed, pointed at her for a while, then sneered for a long time, and said: "You still talk about rewarding things, who doesn't know that the presents are bought and prepared by the second grandma Lian in our mansion, and I gave them back as gifts." People, it’s a good thing! It’s not like Miss Bao’s family living here, who often waive all expenses, and don’t use any scraps or papers from the house.”

Jiahui didn't understand Chunyan's anger, and said: "My sister's words are really unreasonable. Although Miss Lin lives here, it's just that the old lady took pity on Miss Lin's loss of parents and feared that others would bully her, so she picked her up. Everyone saw it when the property moved in. Miss Lin gave some satin and fruit purses to others. Since those property came out, how did they spend a penny in the house? My sister only praised Miss Bao, yes, Sister Jin Chuan in the wife's room, and sister Xiren in our room all got good-colored old clothes worn by Miss Bao. Sister Xiren also got rings and earrings that were given to Miss Bao by others. Kind of, that is a serious gift from others, others have never heard of it, I don't know what my sister got?"

To be honest, Chunyan really didn't get any extra rewards.

Chunyan was immediately speechless by Jiahui's rebuttal.

Jiahui carefully put the ring into her purse, held her head up and said, "We are all shameless and ignorant, so we have to do some errand work. I like to send things to Miss Lin's room, and I can get some every time." Reward. The last time sister Xiren asked me to deliver something to Miss Lin, Miss Lin gave me a pair of red agate drop pearl earrings. My sister said me today, and tomorrow I will go to Miss Bao’s room to flatter me. Get some gold bracelets and hairpins and tell me this when you come back!"

Since Daiyu came to Rongguo Mansion, she never pointed fingers at other people's servants, nor did she win over others. She only cared about the personnel affairs in her room. Don't cause trouble outside, except for the two maids of Li Wan and Daiyu in the mansion, there are no more than a dozen trivial things that happen to other people in a day, and it doesn't seem that others are always talking about the rights and wrongs of the master behind his back, so the only ones who have served Daiyu's talents know the benefits of Daiyu.

Jiahui was clever by nature, and often went to Daiyu's room to deliver things. She knew Daiyu's nature well. She saw that when a servant in Daiyu's room was sick and moved out, because of lack of medicine, Daiyu also rewarded him with medicine. Jiahui saw it In his eyes, he refused to say anything about Daiyu.

What's more, everyone now knows that Daiyu is a rich man, and her actions are loose, so there is no reason not to flatter her for the sake of benefit, she is not alone.

And Jiahui is a little girl in Jiamu's courtyard. Both Baoyu and Daiyu live here. Jiahui often goes to Daiyu's place. Yan wanted to make friends with the maids and maids, and privately gave Jiahui two Su embroidered handkerchiefs, so Jiahui became very close to her.

Although the servants said that Daiyu was mean by nature, Baochai was more dignified and generous than Daiyu, and she was more humble than Daiyu. The little girl liked to play with her, but only the little girls in Jiamu's courtyard knew Daiyu's temperament. Much more generous than Baochai, every time I send something to Daiyu's room, I can get some rewards, ranging from tens to hundreds. , can also get a little bit, just like today she happened to meet Daiyu and got two rings by splitting things.

On the other hand, Baochai is different, even though everyone talks about how generous Baochai is, how generous she is, and how she makes good friends with girls everywhere, but she has never seen anyone rewarded with a penny. Just got a few worthless little things.

Chunyan and Jiahui had a quarrel, others smiled and persuaded them, but they didn't take it to heart, but Chunyan kept it in mind, and secretly said to listen to Yinger, Yinger is delicate and tactful, and she always follows Baochai's lead in everything she does, so she can win over and make friends Many people in Baoyu's room were disturbed. Now that they heard what Jiahui said, they felt aggrieved and couldn't help telling Baochai.

Baochai didn't take it seriously, and said casually: "Why bother to compare this? Our family is not as good as it used to be. How can we be careless? Frugality is the most important thing. What's more important than these rich and idle makeup? I have a box of these things, but I don't wear them. No."