The maid of the red house

Xueyan's voice was so loud that Jia Lian heard it without Wang San asking for instructions.

Jia Lian disembarked earlier than them, and was instructing everyone to carry Li's belongings. After hearing this passage, he noticed that many people on the pier were paying attention, and his face turned green and white, ashamed.When Daiyu came to Beijing for the first time with Xue's family, afterward he heard Sister Feng talk about the scene at that time, how could he not know Mrs. Wang's attitude towards the two?At this moment, in front of the public, I just feel ashamed, and secretly hate that the people in the mansion are acting based on Madam Wang's face.

He didn't hate Xueyan's way of speaking, after all, he secretly admired Daiyu for having such a loyal maidservant.

Daiyu called Ting Lan to give some instructions in the cabin, Ting Lan nodded, came out and said to Xue Yan: "What are you talking nonsense here, you little hoof? You have disturbed the second master's business carefully. Our girl has gone to defect When the old lady came, she should have obeyed the arrangement of the family, the girl can't say anything, there is no room for you, a little girl, to see how the girl punishes you, come in quickly!"

Xueyan had already said what she said, and she had achieved her goal, so she responded with sincerity and trepidation.

Ting Lan bowed to Jia Lian again, and said shamelessly: "Xueyan has been indulged since she was a child, and she is very naughty. The girl said that she didn't teach her well, and she disturbed the second master today. I feel very sorry, and I will definitely punish her severely later. , and ask the second master to spare her life for the sake of her following the girl."

Jia Lian had a little bit of a change of heart, got so many benefits from the Lin family, and heard Xueyan say that he is a well-behaved old man, he felt very relieved, and hurriedly laughed: "I never bothered, the girl next to my sister is very smart, Xueyan is also right. The granddaughter of my sister's ancestor, the niece of the master, naturally shouldn't go through the corner gate, but should go through the Yi gate. Hey, it's all my fault. I was not at home when my sister went to Beijing, otherwise I wouldn't have wronged my sister. "

Jia Lian was helping Jia Zheng to manage some common affairs, but in the final analysis, he was the eldest son of the eldest son, but Jia Zheng and his wife lived in the Rongxi Hall, while his own family's master and wife lived in the East Courtyard, no matter how absurd and lustful he was, How could you really not care.

As soon as this remark came out, both parties were overjoyed, Ting Lan was full of thanks, and Fang dragged Xueyan in.

The sedan chair was carried by the mother-in-law to the boat, and just before disembarking, Daiyu cried and laughed, pulling the snow goose and said incessantly: "My good sister, thanks to you, I thought I would go through the corner door when my father was here, but now my father is going to go." Now, how can I go through the Yimen in delusion? I am a girl and I can’t open my mouth. I never thought that I could enter through the Yimen today."

Unless the royal family came to the door and the imperial edict came, the middle door would not be opened, and daily visitors would go in and out of the Yimen.

Daiyu has an upright personality and a sharp tongue. In the original book, after Lin Ruhai's death, she swallowed her humiliation because no one around her could help her, otherwise she would not be insulted. Therefore, Xueyan said: "Miss, don't shed tears, look carefully. come out."

Zijuan laughed and said: "Snow Yan, this little hoof, used to be so stupid that she didn't like to talk much. I was so worried that I didn't dare to tell her to do things. Now she has a bit of the character of Lian's second grandma. I can rest assured that she is with the girl." There are too many." Xueyan is more literate and sensible than Sister Feng, and there is no way to refute when she speaks, Zijuan is relieved, this is very good, she doesn't go out often, Daiyu should have a girl with a strong personality by her side Protecting her so that the servants in the mansion will not neglect Daiyu, and Daiyu can't argue with the servants.

Xueyan followed with a smile and said, "We can rest assured that we have a sister accompanying the girl!" If it weren't for Daiyu who had a Zijuan to take care of her, how could she live a leisurely life? Do people send five hundred dollars?People playing chess dared to rely on my mother's dignity to smash the kitchen, and they were not punished afterwards.

Zijuan was very relieved when the snow geese made progress, and said: "Young lady, there are only a few of us around, so we should work together."

But Daiyu was secretly worried again, with a worried expression on her face, she said: "What Xueyan said today has offended others very much. We have no foundation in the mansion. They know it, so they don't know how to take care of Xueyan!"

Zijuan didn't take it seriously, and comforted: "Everything has an old lady!"

It was already noon when they entered the Rongguo Mansion again, looking at the beautiful scenery everywhere, eyes full of flowers, Snow Goose sighed secretly.

When Daiyu met Jiamu, grandparents and grandchildren, she couldn't help crying again. Jiamu put her arms around Daiyu and said, "My Yu'er, don't cry, this will be your home from now on, and everything will belong to my grandmother." , if anyone has wronged you, just come and tell me."

Daiyu cried a lot on the road, and now she couldn't cry except in front of Jiamu. She stopped her tears and congratulated Yuanchun on the congratulations to Jiamu and Mrs. Wang. She looked like a wooden man in appearance, and at this moment her daughter had to be crowned a noble concubine, and she couldn't help showing a look of satisfaction on her face.

Daiyu lowered her head as if she didn't see her, and asked Ting Lan and others to come up and kowtow, and said to Jia Mu: "These girls were originally born in our family. Before my father died, he always wanted to tell me to take care of me, so I rewarded them." I command."

In addition to Ting Lan's four, there are Wang Momo's husband Wang Zhong and his four sons, and Ting Lan's four brothers, a total of six brothers. Because they are male servants, they didn't come in without orders.

Mother Jia thought for a while, and then said to Sister Feng: "Lian'er has done a good job this time. Now that you have accepted your uncle, you can arrange decent work for the servants brought by your sister. What does your sister have tomorrow?" It's convenient to order them. I know our family's temperament, if we don't protect them, we don't know how to abuse them!"

Jia Lian helped Jia Zheng with a lot of affairs, and only today did she get a good comment from Jia's mother. Sister Feng is so smart, and she immediately knew that it was because Jia Lian had never neglected Daiyu and brought some servants to Daiyu. , so he fully agreed, looked at Daiyu and asked, "Sister, what kind of work can I arrange for them?"

Daiyu said with a smile: "They are not familiar with the place, what important work can they do? Sister-in-law just let them look after the house and sweep the floor."

Daiyu thought that she couldn't get away from the Rongguo mansion. If Wang Zhong and others were working on the door, the rouge, gouache, ink, paper and inkstone bought in the mansion were not good, so she asked them to go outside and buy good ones, which were very cheap. On the way, after discussing with Xueyan Zijuan several times, they came up with this method, which is neither conspicuous nor luscious, and will not arouse the envy of the servants of the Rongguo Mansion.

Sister Feng has always been on good terms with Daiyu. She knows Jia's mother's intention to match up Shuangyu, and she doesn't want to wrong the people around Daiyu. What's more, Jia Lian got a lot of things from Lin's house, and she got it too. Let my sister's people do the menial work of guarding the door and sweeping the floor? It's better like this. Wang Zhong is a little older, so he is assigned to guard the back door. A few servants and our second master, it's better to look after the second master, so as not to call those who are not The prodigious thing is broken, and the few youngest sons of Wang Zhong will stay at the second gate to command, how about it?"

Daiyu still has the news of the farm shop in her hand. Sister Feng knew it from Jia Lian's letter. There is a lot of hidden things in it. It's easy to order the shopkeeper of Zhuangtou.

After hearing this, Jia Mu applauded and said, "Just do it like this. The monthly money and rice are treated the same as other people. Don't treat them poorly."

After Sister Feng agreed, Mother Jia looked at the four of Tinglan and praised: "It's a handful of four water onions. From now on, we will follow the example of Zijuan Xueyan." I am demented, I will see you again after parting with Daiyu, and I feel more and more that Daiyu has come from a detached place. How can you not be happy to see such a few people from Jiangnan water town living in my home?

When Jia Mu saw Zijuan Xueyan who came up to greet her again, she said, "It's hard for you to serve Yu'er so carefully. You have to work hard in the future and don't neglect." After that, she asked Yuanyang to bring something to reward, two purses each , Two hairpins.

The six people kowtowed to thank, except for Xueyan who brought two or three little maids to wait on Daiyu to talk with Jia Mu. Since Daiyu entered the mansion, the little maids in the original room naturally came up to serve, there was no shortage of people. Zijuan took Tinglan Danju and others to pack Daiyu's luggage, clean the house, and install the utensils.

While talking, Mother Jia called Xueyan to come forward and asked a few words, Xueyan responded neither humble nor overbearing.

Daiyu suddenly got up to plead guilty, and said: "Xueyan is naughty, I didn't teach it well, please forgive me, grandma, let me fine her half a year's monthly money, so that she won't be confident and offend others in the future."

After hearing this, Jia Mu sighed: "What crime are you asking for? It's not your fault. I said that the snow geese are childish, clumsy, not very good-looking, and have not made much progress in a few years. You add a big girl, I never thought, now you are smarter, and you are actually a spicy girl! This is even better, Zijuan doesn't like to go out, and there is no one around you who is very talkative, Xueyan is the most suitable for you, beside you There are a few more people serving, and the stone in my heart has been let go."

Daiyu said: "A few years ago the snow geese were young, but now that they are grown up, they should be sensible, and they don't want to be more difficult to manage."

But Jia Mu said: "I love a child who is dedicated to the Lord. If she is not for you, no matter how sensible she is, she is not worthy of my special respect. There is only one thing, too rigid and easy to break, this childishness is too big , I don’t know that a combination of toughness and softness is the best policy. Xueyan, you must learn from it, and don’t be mischievous in the future.”

This is an old man who has really gone through the storm but indulged in pleasure in his later years, Xue Yan gave a secret praise, it should be respectful.Now that Mother Jia said this, the matter on the pier has been uncovered, and it is not allowed to mention it again.

Mother Jia would not fall out with Mrs. Wang because of Qingwen, but Xueyan is different, at least the time is different. Now she is old and strong, Mrs. Wang dare not try her edge.The granddaughter has no parents to rely on at all, and if she is not tough, she will be gnawed to the bone and scum, not to mention my granddaughter can really be suppressed by the Xue family?When Mother Jia told her this, she actually expressed her attitude towards Daiyu's master and servant, and it can be imagined that Mother Jia was dissatisfied with the contrast between Daiyu's going through the corner door and Xue's family entering the hall.

Jia Min is the old daughter of Jia's mother, and her love is like a treasure. Compared with her, Mrs. Wang is a daughter-in-law. How can Jia Min's status in her heart be compared to that of Jia Min? Have to be practiced by others?However, this daughter-in-law was lukewarm when Daiyu first entered the mansion, and put on airs, Zhou Rui sent palace flowers afterward, the old man didn't know, but there was no chance to get angry.

Mother Jia is Daiyu's reliance in Rongguo Mansion. For now, and even in the next few years, Mrs. Wang will not dare to confront Jiamu no matter how dissatisfied she is. This is Daiyu's only advantage in life.Don’t you see Baochai’s birthday, it’s an obvious attitude to make her a birthday to remind her that she has reached the age of marriage, and it’s an obvious attitude to spend 20 taels of silver; Jin Qilin came to run; Xue Baoqin came, and Jia Mu knew that she was going to Beijing to get married, but she asked her birthday, and told the Xue family that I didn't like your eldest daughter; when she said Fengqiuhuang, the old lady could get a servant girl How many times, no one knows that it refers to Baochai, except that she has only two maids, and everyone else is a group of maids, nurses and mothers.

As an aside, if Xue Yan remembers correctly, the entire Xue family only brought four or five families with them when they came to Beijing.

Xueyan doesn't regret leaving Yimen, she knows very well that people in Jia's mansion are strong if you are strong and weak if you are weak, if you really don't fight or grab, you will be bullied like Yingchun, if you have a temper, you will be bullied. When it comes out, it is like Tanchun, which makes people dare not look down upon it.

In addition, she was sure that Daiyu was the most important person in Jiamu's heart. Apart from Baoyu, Daiyu was the first one. Mother Jia, who was dissatisfied with Mrs. Wang, was naturally satisfied. Protecting her is like protecting her granddaughter's arms. Even though she offended Mrs. Wang in one or two ways, she dared not touch the people around Daiyu in recent years. A girl who loyally protected the lord died when she entered Beijing. No matter how she died, who would not doubt that it was the Rongguo Mansion who did it?

So Xueyan's expected result was to be beaten and gently uncovered, which was exactly what Jia's mother said just now.

Of course, too much is too late, she will not be so stupid as to continue to provoke Mrs. Wang, the housekeeper's wife has a lot of tricks, their master and servant are isolated and helpless, how can they shake the tree, so she has already decided on the way of survival in Rongguo Mansion. Once it's over, keep a low profile, don't make a fuss about things, and basically can be fooled. In terms of Mrs. Wang's behavior, as long as she stays away from Baoyu, everything will be fine.

It's just that it's not easy to stay away from Baoyu.

Xueyan looked down at her left hand and slowly clenched it into a fist. No matter what, she must protect Daiyu!