The maid of the red house

Put away the most important calligraphy and paintings of the Lin family, seeing Lin Ruhai's tired face, Xueyan bid farewell with a wink.

Facing the autumn wind at night, Snow Goose brushed her hair, sighed fiercely, and became a maid without personal freedom, which is really depressing. Even if she has the benefit of storage space, it is difficult to offset the anger of her time travel .

Yes, the mustard seed in her left hand is actually a storage space, which is useless for anything other than storing things.

But for the moment, this use solves the biggest trouble.

It is gratifying to be able to keep half of Lin Daiyu's family property. Even if those properties are embezzled by the Rongguo Mansion in the future, these will definitely be enough for Lin Daiyu to eat and drink for the rest of her life. As long as she works hard to take care of Daiyu's body and help her find a good husband, she can Relieved, there is no way, who made her like Lin Daiyu the most!

That's all she can do, after all, she's just a maid.

Speaking to Lin Ruhai, this is the loyalty of a maid, and if she manages too much, she will lose her duty and go beyond the rules.

And after knowing the turmoil in the Rongguo Mansion, Lin Ruhai was willing to let her keep her things. In fact, it was a helpless decision. He could only take a gamble and make two plans.If she wins the bet, Daiyu will have nothing to worry about in the future. If she loses the bet, Xueyan is just a maidservant. After all, her wealth and life are in Daiyu's hands, and it's useless to run away. Except Daiyu, no one else has the right to control her.

Lin Ruhai is a smart person, Xueyan is not worried that he will reveal her secret about mustard seeds, if outsiders know, how can Daiyu keep this property?

Xueyan went back to Daiyu's room while thinking about it, and saw Daiyu weeping under the lamp. After all, she was still a ten-year-old girl who lost her brother and mother when she was young. Covered in sadness and sadness, Xueyan walked forward and said with concern: "It's already three o'clock, and the girl is still not asleep. Carefully, she will lose her eyes tomorrow, which will make the master worry."

Daiyu looked up to see her, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and asked, "I haven't seen you for a while, where are you from?"

Immediately after seeing Xueyan wearing a half-worn pine flower satin jacket and a pink vest with pinched teeth, she frowned and said angrily: "It's cold at night, you don't know how to add an extra dress when you go out and come back. .”

Xueyan smiled and said: "Master asked me to ask questions. How could I care about wearing thick clothes? Besides, it's not cold, but the girl should dress thicker. Where's Sister Zijuan? Why didn't she serve the girl?" Her name is Zi Sister Juan, in fact, Zijuan is not much older than her. They are the same age, so you can figure it out. Daiyu was six or seven years old when she entered Rongguo Mansion, Baoyu was eight years old, and Xiren was only ten years old. How big can a maidservant be?It's just that she was given to Daiyu by Mother Jia, so she is Daiyu's first maid.

Ever since Zijuan followed Daiyu, everything was done properly and her thoughts were meticulous, far beyond what Xueyan could compare to. It is Jia Mu's person, and it is more legitimate to order the servants. This is the reason why Jia Mu gave Zijuan to Daiyu. Wang Momo and Xueyan knew it in their hearts, so they followed Zijuan's lead.

Whether it was Xueyan before or her now, they all planned to continue like this in the future.

People who have read the original novel of A Dream of Red Mansions always ignore the character of Xueyan, and in the original novel, she is also an image of a little girl, stingy and clumsy, but she can calmly retreat from the big maid to the second line, which is not a kind of cleverness.

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, and was about to speak, when she saw Zijuan coming out of the room holding a half-worn cloak, and said to Xueyan, "Do you think I'm you? It's been so long since I've been away." Putting the cloak on Daiyu's body, straightened her hanging hair, and persuaded: "I have to go to greet the master in the morning, and the girl should rest earlier."

Thinking of her father who was dying of illness, Daiyu felt sad again, even though she fell asleep, she still couldn't sleep well.

Early the next morning, Daiyu took Zijuan Xueyan to greet Lin Ruhai. Lin Ruhai didn't sleep well after thinking about it last night, and looked even more haggard today. She went back to rest, but asked Xueyan to stay, and said: "I have some good things for you, ask Xueyan to follow me to the warehouse to get them, you and Zijuan go back first."

Daiyu was puzzled when she heard this, but he always admired his father, so he obediently agreed, turned around and told Xueyan to help Lin Ruhai, and asked Fang and Zijuan to go back to his yard again and again.

Lin Ruhai glanced at Xueyan, and then ordered the servant to carry him to the warehouse.

The storeroom is a very important place in the mansion, with layers of door locks and many people guarding and patrolling. Seeing Lin Ruhai coming, the servants in charge of the storeroom and the patrolling guards hurried over to say hello.

Lin Ruhai got off the sedan chair, beckoned Xueyan to help him in, and asked someone to give Xueyan the key, but said to the housekeeper and guards: "Xueyan can just go in with me, and everyone else waits outside." Go ahead."

Everyone didn't understand what it meant. In the past, once the warehouse was opened, the housekeeper and others had to register with the attendants, but thinking that no matter what Lin Ruhai and Xueyan took, they would always register the same after they came out, so they kept silent.

Xueyan opened the lock and helped Lin Ruhai in.

Lin Ruhai stopped in her tracks, told her to close the door, and then walked inside. The warehouse is huge and divided into many small warehouses, such as the silk warehouse, the leather warehouse, the porcelain warehouse, etc. This is what Xueyan noticed when visiting Prince Gong's mansion. I have seen Heshen's former warehouse. Of course, the warehouse of the Lin family is not as good as that of the Heshen family, but it is not to be underestimated. The mother's dowry saved a lot of inheritance.

Lin Ruhai walked to the door of the innermost warehouse, told her to open it, and said, "This is the silver warehouse, don't touch the silver in the warehouse, just put all the gold into your mustard seeds!"

Xueyan didn't dare to look around, but only saw that there were many boxes in the bank, and followed Lin Ruhai's instructions to collect eleven boxes.

Even though the boxes are not very big, they are still eleven boxes of gold. The Lin family is really rich!

No wonder people say that the magistrate has been cleared for three years, and one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver.

Although Lin Ruhai is not a corrupt official, but he is in the most lucrative position, all kinds of filial piety and ice charcoal respect are a lot of money every year, not to mention other income, this is legal gray income, and will not be held accountable by the court, not to say He is corrupt and accepts bribes, but he is a genius in the officialdom, if he is too different, he will be unable to move forward.

Lin Ruhai said: "There are fifteen boxes of gold in the treasury, let's keep four boxes to cover people's eyes and ears. Out of the eleven boxes, you keep ten boxes for Yu'er. When you return Yu'er in full, the other box will be for you. The bounty, you can buy some houses and land after you get rid of your registration, and your credit is not in vain."

Xueyan was stunned for a moment, and then came to her senses.

Lin Ruhai is giving her sweetness. With sweetness, of course he will be more devoted to Daiyu.

Xueyan originally wanted to decline, but then she thought that this is what she deserves, and she will be asked for money for everything when she leaves her nationality, and she is not so lofty as to not take any money.And if she didn't accept it, Lin Ruhai might also pay her attention, thinking that she had ulterior motives.So Xueyan accepted it frankly and thanked him solemnly.

Lin Ruhai saw that she was so forthright, but there was no greed in her eyes, she nodded slightly, and took her into the antique library again, picked out most of them and asked her to put them away, including porcelain, precious jade, jewelry, utensils, and the four treasures of the study, There are calligraphy and paintings stored in the warehouse, as well as extremely elegant wood carvings, etc., which are simply dazzling, and Xueyan is too dazzled to see them, and is soft-hearted.

Immediately after that, they picked up more than half of the precious and rare items in the piculi and silk rooms, and collected more than half of the gold, silver, copper and tin utensils and furnishings. Most of the furniture was also collected, as was the jade warehouse, porcelain warehouse, and medicine warehouse. When he was about to leave the jewelry warehouse, Lin Ruhai pointed to several boxes and said, "These boxes are full of jewelry, and I don't know which one it is. Years of things, I reward you for wearing them!"

Xueyan was only slightly startled, and then put it into the mustard seeds.

Lin Ruhai pointed to the remaining two boxes and said: "These two boxes contain similar things, you just take them, go to Yu'er's room later, and tell Yu'er that this is a gift from me to you and Zijuan." One for each, I hope you can take good care of Yu'er in the future." Saying this, he sighed and left the jewelry storehouse shaking his head.

At that time, there was a garment warehouse in the warehouse. Lin Ruhai knew that Daiyu didn't wear the clothes made in the sewing room. The good clothes of the four seasons are packed in boxes, and there are men, women, old and children, and they are all naked.

Lin Ruhai pondered for a while, picked up four boxes of good-colored clothes, and said to Xueyan with a smile: "I don't know who is cheaper if you keep them. You don't want to keep these clothes, and you can give them away."

After putting away the things, Lin Ruhai took out another thick envelope, handed it to Xue Yan and told her to put it away, and said: "This is the deed of the ancestral house, and there are four villages, four shops, and a hundred hectares of fertile land. It’s under Yu’er’s name, so you keep it for her. I’ll call Erye Lian over today, and after I leave, I’m not allowed to change it. It must be left to Yu’er. Regardless of being embezzled, Yu'er has nothing in the Rongguo Mansion."

Xueyan couldn't believe that Lin Ruhai managed to do it so well overnight. She opened the envelope and read it carefully. It was true that the house deed and the land deed were unquestionable. Together with the land deed, there was also a contract with the tenant. Six years, regardless of natural disasters and man-made disasters, six years expire, if one party breaks the contract, he must compensate the other party ten times the land rent.

Lin Ruhai looked at her surprised eyes, smiled faintly, and said: "Let these tenants lease the land for six years, then Rongguo Mansion will have no reason to sell the good land during these six years, and six years is enough for Yu'er to grow up and make decisions on her own. "

Although Jia's mother agreed with him on the marriage of Shuangyu in the letter, he did not dare to put too much hope in the presence of a golden and jade marriage. After Daiyu and Ji told her about a good marriage, these things would be her dowry, and she would be confident that she would not be looked down upon by her in-laws for the rest of her life.

Xueyan couldn't help sighing in her heart, Lin Ruhai's move was considered very appropriate.

Suddenly, she saw that there was a land deed in the envelope, which was her name, and she couldn't help being stunned, and said: "Master, these four hectares of land are for Xueyan?" A whole two hundred acres of land!

Lin Ruhai sighed: "It is also six years to lease to the tenants. If you retire after six years, these will be yours. But during these six years, the land rent will be sent to Rongguo Mansion together with the land rent belonging to Yu'er. In order not to let others know."

Xue Yan's eyes turned red, and said: "Master has already given me great grace, how can Xue Yan be greedy anymore."

Lin Ruhai didn't take it seriously, and said: "Most of the things in this warehouse have been taken out, and the wife's dowry will not be moved. After all, there must be a list of my wife's dowry in the Rongguo Mansion. I will ask someone to pick some good ones for jade tomorrow." It's better for my son to play in memory of his mother than to fall into other people's hands. It's a pity that there are still dowry things brought by the mistresses of the ancestors in the ancestral house. The big and bulky things in the old age may not be worth anything."

After finishing speaking, ask her to take out two sets of rare rare copies that were only picked out in the antique warehouse from the mustard seed, and said: "This orphan copy is for Yu'er, and the jewelry is divided between you and Zijuan." Locked the storeroom, asked the housekeeper to register these items, and then ordered: "There is nothing to be used in the mansion these days, and the storeroom is not allowed to be opened without my order."

Hearing this, the steward was secretly puzzled, and took another look at Xue Yan, not knowing what Lin Ruhai was doing in there for so long, but he was always loyal, and he bowed and agreed, not daring to ask questions.

Others didn't take it seriously when they saw that Xueyan only brought out two boxes of jewelry and two rare books.

When the box was opened and registered, Xueyan saw the contents of the box, which was full of gold beads and hairpin rings, dazzling and blooming flowers.After pondering for a while, Xueyan immediately understood Lin Ruhai's thoughts, he rewarded such a precious thing, he didn't say anything, he held most of Daiyu's family property, and Zijuan was from the Rongguo Mansion, the reward was for her Serve Daiyu better and be more dedicated to Daiyu.

Lin Ruhai is no one to be trusted at this moment. I hope that this Xueyan can be trusted, but even if he can be trusted, he will hand over Xueyan's body deed to Daiyu himself, and he has to find a few confidantes to deal with it again. Make arrangements, just in case.

Xueyan didn't know Lin Ruhai's psychology, so she sent him back to her room, took the things to Daiyu's place, and handed her the lonely copy first, Daiyu loved it so much, she was so happy that she smiled, and then Xueyan put the two boxes in Daiyu's place. On Yu's dressing table, he said to Zicuckoo: "This is what the master rewarded my sister and me. He said that we each have one, and my sister will choose first."

Zicuckoo smiled and said, "What did the master reward you?" He picked one and opened it, and couldn't help being stunned.

The servant girls of the Lin family who were serving Daiyu in the room, and the mother Jiaoyin who followed Daiyu also gasped.

Zijuan was a little at a loss, and said: "The things that my aunt rewarded are too expensive."

Xueyan smiled slightly, and said: "My sister serves the girl, what is this? Just accept it." She believed that with Zijuan's intelligence, she would not fail to understand Lin Ruhai's intentions.

Before the words were finished, Lin Ruhai sent the steward's daughter-in-law over again, holding a plate of bulging purses, and greeted Daiyu, Fang smiled and said: "The master said, these are rewards for girls and mothers who come with girls." Wine."

Except for Zijuan and Xueyan, the rest of the people got two heavy purses, which were full of gold and silver purses after opening, which was a few years' monthly money. Although it was not as much as what Zijuan and Xueyan got, it was still enough for them to be happy. With a smile on his face, he thanked Lin Ruhai and Daiyu repeatedly, and praised Lin Ruhai and Daiyu for their generosity.

Back in her own room, Xueyan is Daiyu's personal big girl, she has her own separate room, she was just about to count her current property, when she heard a noise outside, she hurried out of the room and ran away The little maid who came to report the news said: "What happened outside? Such trouble?"

The little girl had just reported to Daiyu, when she heard Xueyan's question, she stopped quickly and said, "If you go back to my sister, it's because the accountant has leaked."

Xueyan asked in surprise, "Why did you get out of the water?"

But the little girl said: "It's the master. After seeing the second master Lian, the master said that he wanted to check the accounts. He didn't want the master to be seriously ill, and the servant in front of him went away to pour tea for a while. The master accidentally knocked over the candlestick. The front ordered me to tell the girl that the fire has been extinguished, and tell the girl not to worry."

Xueyan's heart skipped a beat, could it be that Lin Ruhai deliberately set fire to the account book in order to hide the property in the warehouse?