The maid of the red house

Xueyan understands the extravagance of Rongguo Mansion better than anyone else, and she has calculated in her mind that Rongguo Mansion's light year gift is about 2000 taels, but the bulk of the New Year's gift is not an annual gift, because what Rongguo Mansion receives is more expensive than it is given out. There are many, so it is mainly the clothes and jewelry of the servants, the rewards for the New Year, the expenses of the banquet, the rewards of the actors, etc. These alone cost several thousand taels.

I heard from Lai Xinrong that the gold locks made by the Rongguo Mansion are worth five hundred, six coins a piece, a total of 300 taels of gold, which is equivalent to 3000 taels of silver, not counting the silver coins and copper coins. Of course, this also includes my own men. The girl's New Year's money.

The Rongguo Mansion will not be able to survive the new year without a thousand children.

Thinking of this, Xueyan felt sorry for Daiyu even more. This child is really not easy. All the property of the Lin family has been fed to these hungry wolves, but they have not treated her well, and she ended up dying. Fortunately, Daiyu still has half of the family property. It's also much better than the original.

If she wanted to help Daiyu for her own future before, now she really wants to take care of her.

Seeing that Xueyan was speechless for half a day, Mammy Lai knew that Daiyu was smart, and Xueyan was extremely clever, so why didn't she know the details, so she took a look at Xinrong and said, "You kid, don't talk too much." What are you talking about?"

Xinrong said: "I just feel that the mansion is too extravagant. It can be saved obviously. If there is such a big ostentation, there are thousands of people in the family. How much money do you have to spend in light years? Xueyan, what do you think?" Yes or no?"

Xueyan nodded in agreement and said: "What my sister said is that diligence and thrift is the long-term solution."

Although she was only in line with what Lai Xinrong said, Mammy Lai listened and glanced at her, remembering that after she recognized Xueyan, she asked her daughter-in-law to inquire in detail. Their family is deeply rooted in the mansion, and they can inquire about even the most secret When she came out, she knew that Zijuan was in charge of the big girl in Daiyu's room, but Xueyan was really in charge. A good woman who understands.

Nanny Lai was Mother Jia's dowry girl when she was young, and other dowry girls wanted to be aunts, but she begged grace to marry the former chief steward. Sure enough, her husband and wife were harmonious, her children and grandchildren were promising, and she became an old seal at home. Jun, those dowry girls are gone. Even if they became aunts, none of them gave birth to sons, but Jia Min's first three sisters were born of them.

Baoyu is Jia's mother's heart and soul, with a good appearance and a gentle temperament. Her sister has become a noble concubine, ten times better than other princes and grandchildren. Which girl does not expect to have a place by his side, and Xiren and Qingwen secretly fight for it. Don't let it go, Shuangyu's marriage is what Jia's mother wants. If the marriage can be achieved, Xueyan will be a dowry girl. This knowledge is enough to make Nanny Lai look up to her.

Now, she was able to say that hard work and frugality are the long-term solution, Lai Mammy was very surprised. To be honest, everyone in the house, from Mrs. Jiamu and his wife, to brothers and girls, is not only concerned about the prosperity in front of them, but only cares about the future. Thinking of being more extravagant and decent, who can think of the word frugal?After thinking about it, Nanny Lai asked, "What do you mean?"

Xueyan was very clever, she sensed the change in Nanny Lai's attitude towards her with this sentence, and although she didn't know the reason, she told the truth, "Our girls often say that more people come out of the house and less people come in, if you don't If you’re going to be frugal, you’ll never be able to take over. But our girl is a relative and lives here as a guest, so there’s no point in pointing fingers. Don’t you mean the same thing as my sister?”

Nanny Lai has experienced the world, and she cannot be deceived by telling lies, so she simply replied with Daiyu's words in the original book, anyway, she wanted to let others know that Daiyu is not useless, she knows how to manage the house, and has a long-term vision.

After hearing this, Nanny Lai said: "You girls are really not simple!"

His tone was full of admiration.

Nanny Lai is a person who truly assists her husband and teaches her children and grandchildren to make a fortune today. This is how many years of experience she has achieved. She clearly understands the importance of thrift. Little girls can see through the world.Of course, she didn't know that Daiyu didn't have such insight now, it would only be a year or two later.

"Miss Lin is good, it's rare for someone to understand." Before, she always felt a little uncomfortable about recognizing this granddaughter Lai Nai, but after understanding the knowledge of their master and servant, she thought that she was blessed to have such a granddaughter. It seems that other people are short-sighted, so they couldn't help pointing out: "Since you girls understand, don't think about other things. Taking care of your body seriously is better than anything else."

Xueyan stood up, listened with hands down, agreed with all her mouth, but said: "I think so too, I persuade our girl every day, our girl has become more stable in recent years, her body is better than before, and she can eat a bowl of rice It's just that I'm a little worried. Grandma knows that the boys below have no clues, and they say things that seem to be true, but it's not good to spread the word."

Nanny Lai, who is far away from the mansion, understands the importance of fame, so why doesn't anyone in the mansion care about it, no one thinks about Daiyu?

Daiyu didn't care, because no one taught her, she didn't understand, but what about others?

Mother Jia is old and stubborn, and she wants to match Shuangyu with all her heart, thinking that this is the best home for Daiyu.There are others who agree and those who disagree. Those who agree know Jiamu’s thoughts and hope that things will come to fruition. Those who disagree probably think that Baoyu will not be affected anyway. At most, she will end up with a romantic reputation. Who cares about Daiyu’s dead end? ?

In the original book, although Daiyu and Baoyu are in love, they start from love and stop at courtesy. The reputation that came out belonged to Baoyu and Daiyu.

Compared with Daiyu's temperament, she is only afraid of gossip outside.

"It's your godmother, tomorrow I will tell her to restrain her head, and you should pay attention to your actions inside." Seeing Xueyan's intelligence, Madam Lai quickly understood her painstaking efforts, and she couldn't help showing a smile on her face. "You are a good boy. You are different from ordinary people. You have a clear mind. You are good for it!"

The things in the mansion can't be hidden from Nanny Lai. She lives better than Mother Jia, and her vision is more poisonous. Mrs. Wang's status as a concubine rose steadily by virtue of Yuanchun, and she married her relatives, and she made good things with Baoyu. In Baoyu's heart It must be of great status, and the possibility of Daiyu marrying Baoyu is extremely small. The only hope is Jiamu, but Jiamu is nearly [-] years old, how many years can she protect Daiyu?Daiyu has nothing to do with Baoyu now, and has been said by the servants that the two are very close, that it doesn't matter if they are young, and if things go on like this, everyone will know that when the golden jade is married, her reputation will be ruined, and the only way to die is to be her. Maid, Xueyan's reputation is also bad, and it will affect her family.

Nanny Lai mainly cared about her family's reputation. Although she wanted to flatter her master, she didn't want others to think that the Lai family intended to let Xueyan, a goddaughter, be Baoyu's aunt. own home.Since Xueyan is far away from Baoyu, and Daiyu has gradually drifted away from Baoyu in recent years, why not be more thorough, so that she can keep her clean reputation and don't worry about no one asking to marry her.

Fortunately, the two of them were still young before Daiyu returned to the south. Even though they were close, it was just a brother-sister relationship, and nothing else could be thought of.

Moreover, in this way, the dispute between the marriage of gold and jade and the marriage of wood and stone will not affect the family.

Although it was a veiled suggestion that Daiyu stay away from Baoyu, if the marriage between the two jades really came true, Daiyu's self-respect and self-respect would be more conducive to her gaining a foothold in the Rongguo Mansion, so that no one would look down on her.

It can be said that this is a trick that can be used to advance, attack, retreat, or defend.

It was great, with the help of Lai's family, it was very easy to control the gossip and gossip of the servants, Xueyan was very grateful in her heart, and thanked her: "On behalf of our girl, I would like to thank grandma for her guidance."

Nanny Lai served the elders in her old age, and the young masters all respect her very much, and deserve this advice.

When Nanny Lai was talking to her, neither Li Shi nor Lai Xinrong dared to intervene. Until then, Xinrong showed a slight smile and said, "If you have the heart, you can make clothes for grandma tomorrow! Grandma sees you." I love the clothes you make so much, you only blame me for not being good at needlework, which is not as good as yours."

Xueyan laughed and said: "My sister should learn to be a housekeeper. Usually doing some sewing is so interesting. Why bother yourself? If my sister makes all the clothes, shoes and socks by herself, what do you want the girls around you to do?" ?”

Everyone laughed at what he said, and Xin Rong felt a little proud of being the master of his own life.

At noon, Xueyan stayed at Lai's house for dinner, and then left after a while.

Mrs. Li sent the return gift she had prepared, held her hand and said, "It's almost the Chinese New Year, Miss Lin has a lot of things going on around me, we can't keep you here, we will send someone to pick you up during the Lantern Festival." , have been spending a few days at home."

Xueyan should say goodbye to Nanny Lai and others, and take the two maids and two women back by car.

After she left, Mrs. Li couldn't wait to ask Nanny Lai, "Why did the old lady tell me to make the gift three points thicker?" It turned out that before the meal, Mrs. Li ordered someone to host a banquet for Xueyan, and there were only Lai Xinrong and Xueyan in the room. When Yan was talking, Nanny Lai made an excuse, called Mrs. Li to come to her, and prepared a return gift again.

Xinrong looked at her grandmother, she took Xueyan's clothes, handkerchiefs, purse and other things, but returned four heavy gold bracelets, which were given to her by Jia Mu in the past. Lai Mammy ordered all four of them to be given to her.Although she didn't like to wear the heavy bracelet, it was still eight taels heavy, a total of 80 taels of silver!

Nanny Lai sat on the kang, leaning on the pillow, helped to wipe the forehead made by Xueyan on her head, and said: "Xueyan is not a simple child, our family doesn't want her, we would rather treat her better, and don't underestimate her." she."

Seeing such a big change in her, Mrs. Li and Xinrong were puzzled. Even Lai's daughter-in-law, who had just come in and listened, felt a little strange. She was busy with the affairs of the house, so she only saw Xueyan once in the morning. , received her gift and went to work in the mansion, and came back with great difficulty, but now it's time to light the lanterns, Xueyan has gone back early.

Nanny Lai ignored it and just asked, "Which girl in the house do you think is the best?"

Which girl in the house is the best?Mrs. Li didn't know, and Xinrong didn't know too well, they all looked at Mrs Lai, Mrs Lai thought for a while, and said: "If you want to say which girl is the best, I can't say, I just think that all the big girls in the house They are all good, and the top ones must be Yuanyang, Xiren, and Pinger, and no one else can compare."

But Nanny Lai said: "I don't think these few are as good as snow geese."

The three mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother-daughter and daughter were all surprised. Seeing their expressions, Mammy Lai sighed and said, "I just told you a few words in vain. Treating her well today will benefit you in the future. Yuanyang and the others are not as good as you. Snow geese."

After Ruo Xueyan heard this, she must have sighed that Jiang is old and hot, this Mammy Lai's vision is really amazing.

After Lai came out and returned to Rongguo Mansion, Xueyan changed her clothes, showed Daiyu the gift from Lai's family, and told her what she had heard at Lai's house. Daiyu was looking at the gift and told Zijuan about Lai. As expected, the family knows how to behave. When they heard the expenses in the two mansions, they were stunned. There was no expression on their faces, but they just let out a long sigh and said: "Looking at it this way, more people come out of the mansion than people come in. In the next year, but I am afraid Zhuangzi will not be promising enough, and if things go on like this, he will definitely not be able to take over."