The maid of the red house

Jia Lan went to the family school for class, and Li Wan was making shoes for him in the house, when he saw the snow geese bringing things, he was pleasantly surprised.

She is a widow, usually haggard and ashes, she only knows how to serve her relatives and adopted sons, and they are almost forgotten by others, except for the annual and monthly records of the mansion, there are few extra things, today is a surprise.Daiyu didn't give many things, just brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, new books and a few playthings, but what Li Wan valued was that Daiyu kept them in mind.

None of the twelve beauties in Jinling are easy, they are all poor women. Hearing Li Wan's thanks again and again, Xue Yan sighed inwardly. Although in the original book, Li Wan was biased towards Baochai, who made her the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Wang? , can you not worry about Mrs. Wang?

Xueyan understands this kind of thinking very well, and there is nothing to be picky about.

It was said that Li Wan was cold, mean, and stingy, and he never reached out to Qiao Jie. Although his morals were lacking, he was still considerate. He had to think about his son's future. No one in the Rongguo Mansion looked at them differently, and Sister Feng didn't take extra care of them. Confucius said: How can you repay a grievance with virtue?Li Wan also got retribution, the pain of losing a son!

When I arrived at Sanchun's room, I didn't want Yingchun and Xichun to be there. I took the gift and said I would thank you when I saw Daiyu, but Tanchun was not there. Hearing from the little girl in her room that she was in Jiamu's room, Xueyan took the things Stay, turn around and go to Mrs. Wang's courtyard.

Jia Huan was copying the Diamond Sutra in Mrs. Wang's room. When Xue Yan came, she had to see Mrs. Wang first, and could not go to Aunt Zhao's room. The lady explained her purpose.

Xueyan has always admired Mrs. Wang's methods. Tanchun is a girl who can get married, so she is sent to Jia's mother to be raised. It just so happens that other people can't pick it out.

However, Xueyan felt that it was not easy for Mrs. Hou's family. Yes, she was the original wife's concubine, and she didn't sympathize with Aunt Zhao's mother and son. If the man was single-minded, how could Mrs. Wang devote herself to seeking benefits for her children?No woman is really generous, don't you see, but there are few time-traveling women who become the main wife who can accommodate concubines?Even if there are concubines at the beginning, there will always be various means to make the concubines dismissed or not worthy of their names.Of course, if you become a concubine through time travel, the original wife will be mean.Mrs. Wang was a beautiful woman when she was young. It was the system and ruthlessness of the feudal society that made her what she is now.

As for the marriage between the golden jade and the former alliance between wood and stone, Xueyan doesn't think that Mrs. Wang must be ruthless if she prefers the former. In the 21st century, there are still many wars between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. What mother doesn't want to marry a daughter-in-law who is pleasing to her heart?What's more, Daiyu's health is really bad now, not as good as Baochai's looking at the pearls and jade, although Baochai also has heat and poison in her body, and she can attack at any time.

In Daiyu's death, it's hard to say who is the real murderer.In the feudal marriage system, the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, the rumors of a good marriage, the observation of the servants, the will of Yuanchun, the family property being spent, the lack of money in the Rongguo Mansion, the loss of Jiamu, the disaster of Baoyu, the illness of Daiyu, the previous life Debt and so on are the reasons.In the final analysis, it was because Daiyu had no parents to rely on.

The only thing that doesn't like Mrs. Wang is her attitude towards Daiyu, and the fact that Rongguo Mansion spent Lin's money but killed Daiyu.

At this time, Mrs. Wang still looked kind and kind, and she didn't know whether she knew or didn't know about the things on the pier. This calmness alone was enough for Xueyan to admire, and she still had a lot of experience!

After hearing her intentions, Mrs. Wang twirled the beads, nodded and said: "It's rare that you girls still remember Brother Huan."

Xueyan's heart moved, and she said with a smile: "Brother Huan is the younger brother of Second Master Bao. Although the things are a little thinner than Second Master Bao's, it is a little bit of our girl's wish. Please don't dislike him, Brother Huan. "

Jia Huan was playful when he was young, and he would grab things in his hands first, and he would never dislike them.

Smelling that the things given to Jia Huan were thinner than Baoyu's, Mrs. Wang's eyes suddenly softened, and her complexion softened.

Next Xueyan went to Pear Fragrance Court. There was no other way. Pear Fragrance Court was too far away. It was in the northeast corner of Rongguo Mansion. There are doors and roads in the courtyard to walk on.

Walking through the garden into the Pear Fragrance Court, seeing Baochai doing needlework under the window, it was a picture of a beautiful woman embroidered, Xueyan smiled and said: "Our girl brought some pens and inks, and signed them one by one, let us Give it to girls and men, Miss Bao, don’t dislike us for being late, please accept it, we have to give it to brother Cong.”

Baochai laughed and said, "Then I won't keep you for tea, go back and thank me for me."

Xueyan frowned slightly, and left without making a sound.

On the way back, Ting Lan asked suspiciously: "Who is the hairpin? Why haven't you heard that our girl has this nickname?"

Xueyan sighed, and told about Daiyu's first visit to Rongguo Mansion, Jia Baoyu, who gave her a letter. Ting Lan immediately looked angry, but then disappeared without a trace, approaching Xueyan and whispered: "Don't talk about the girl. When the elder Jiji is married, the elders should give the letter, even if there are no parents and elders, after Jiji, the betrothed should also be sent by the son-in-law. What is it like now? Let outsiders shout." So they are not married. The girls are called Daizi boudoir.

Xueyan looked helpless, and comforted in a low voice: "Fortunately, except for Miss Bao, I haven't heard anyone call it before."

Indeed, in the original work, except for Baochai who calls her a frowner several times, no one else takes the word frowning seriously.

Ting Lan felt a little relieved when she heard this.

Jia Amnesty lived in the East Courtyard, so getting in and out was more troublesome, so he went back the same way and went to the East Courtyard, and finally sent it there before lunch. Mrs. Xing rarely showed a smile, asked Daiyu a few words, and then took it for Jia Cong. .

After returning, Daiyu saw them all dripping with sweat and panting softly, and couldn't help but said: "I'm tired of you today, but you can't blame me. You have some things to give me. Zijuan, Qing He, Runzhu, bring water to wash their faces."

After Xueyan washed her face, she looked refreshed, raised her head and said to Daiyu seriously: "What we are giving away is not something, but our heart. Let's not talk about the second master Bao, the three girls, and Miss Bao. The second grandma thinks that the girl has a heart for the eldest sister. , Good with her and good to my sister. Grandma Zhu felt that the girl remembered them and did not ignore them, and sent them to Brother Huan and Brother Cong. Aunt Zhao felt that we treated Brother Huan equally and did not forget Brother Huan, so the four corners are complete , why not be tired?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "Come on, come on, let me just say something, you poured a walnut cart!"

Both Ting Lan and Dan Ju pursed their lips and smiled, but didn't interrupt.

Xueyan said: "Girls don't care much about these small things, but we have to keep them in mind. There is no shortage of these things anyway. It is beneficial and harmless to make friends with people." But she understood that Daiyu, if she was tactful and sophisticated, she was clearly the second Baochai. , where is Lin Daiyu.

As a servant girl, she should do her duty as a servant girl, and solve her own girls' worries and problems!

A warm feeling flashed in Daiyu's eyes, thinking that it would be better to give Xueyan's body deed to her as soon as possible, and believe in using the body deed if necessary.

If Xueyan knew it, she would definitely tell her well, people's hearts are unpredictable, why does she believe so much that she can serve her wholeheartedly?Losing the deed of birth means that half of her family's property is likely to be lost, but now she doesn't know what Daiyu is thinking at all, and she mentioned that Sister Feng asked someone to come to tailor the clothes and jewelry after lunch.

Daiyu frowned and said: "Their summer clothes and jewelry have already been made, I saw them this morning and sent them to each room. The third sister is wearing the same clothes, and the old lady must have ordered them to be made separately for us. The people in the sewing room have finally finished their work, and they have to work on us again, how can they be convinced? Well, you go and tell Sister Feng that there are too many people in our room, so it would be cheaper to simply send the materials over and make them yourself? I don't like wearing clothes made outside."

Sister Feng knew the temperament of the subordinates, and understood that Daiyu was afraid that the subordinates would think they were troublesome, so after hearing what Xueyan said about Daiyu, she said: "I know that the boss never cheats, rapes and plays tricks. It’s fine to have eight masters and servants, but the servants you brought along, can’t you do it?”

Xueyan smiled and said: "Don't talk about Uncle Wang, there is Wang Momo, and there are three boys from Wang Momo's family, and the other six are brothers of Tinglan Danju and others. They can do it, but It's only two days late."

Sister Feng said: "That's all, you should work harder, I don't have time now, my family is busy with mother-in-law's business!"

Xueyan turned her expression back, and asked, "Sure enough, it's already decided?" Although she already knew the result of Yuanchun's father-in-law, it didn't feel good to watch the Jia family misappropriate Daiyu's property to build the Grand View Garden.

Sister Feng laughed and said, "That's right, Zhou Gui's family has started to look around, and our family is also hiring people to paint."

Xueyan hurriedly congratulated, and said: "We will also learn a lot by then."

Sister Feng looked proud and proud.

Xueyan secretly said: "The glory of your family, wouldn't it be good to earn face by yourself? The Rongguo Mansion has accumulated a hundred years of accumulation, and it started with military exploits. It is impossible to really have no money to build a garden. Even if there is no money, there are still many things. I don’t know how much the antiques in Jia Baoyu’s room are worth. Presumably they are still reluctant to sell their own things, thinking that the things of the Lin family belong to them?”

Xueyan didn't care about the glory of the Jia family, and only told Lin Daiyu when she came back.

Daiyu didn't know that the Rongguo Mansion had already decided on her dowry, so it was just a few words of discussion.

In the evening, Sister Feng sent someone to bring over the material for making clothes. She didn't ask the needleworkers to come over and measure them. Zijuan Xueyan are all used to needlework, so how can they not know the size of the people in their house? The boys outside If you don't know, just ask Nanny Wang to go there in person, Ting Lan and the others are very happy to make clothes for their brothers.

Zicuckoo looked at the material of the clothes. The outside is all blue silk, but the inside is much more gorgeous. They are all satin, silk and silk gauze. The colors are very elegant, such as light yellow, willow green, lotus green, moon white, lake blue, lotus root, Bamboo green, pine flower and so on.

After watching, Zijuan nodded and said, "Second Grandma Lian has a heart."

Then he sighed again, "If Second Mistress Lian was so considerate back then, why did the servants feel that the house doesn't value our girl? Today I saw Baoyu in red, and Xiren didn't know to remind her."

Daiyu is pitiful and lovely, Zijuan has been with her for a long time, and she has always thought of Daiyu.

What she said made Daiyu's eyes turn red immediately, remembering that when her bereaved mother first came to Jia's mansion, Baoyu, as a nephew, was originally nine months old, but she was dressed in bright colors like Sister Feng. No one in the mother's room said to dress plainly, to comfort myself for the loss of her father, and complained that all the servants said that Baochai was good. It turned out that the mansion did not value themselves at first, such as entering the door, houses, clothes, and treatment. Nothing compares to the situation of the Xue family after entering Beijing.

Xueyan felt that it was useless to mention the past, so it was better to look back, fearing that Daiyu would be too sad, so she stretched out her hand to pick up a piece of scallion-yellow satin, and said with a smile: "People often say that scallion-yellow and willow green are very elegant, the girl rewards me." How about a shirt? I'll match it with a willow green skirt."

Daiyu smiled through tears, and didn't care about the treatment in front of her, and said: "Summer clothes are mostly gauze, and silk and satin are too thick. You don't have to wear pants like me in summer, so it's no problem to make some silk and satin clothes. According to me Look, you might as well choose some good-colored gauze to make clothes in my case, gauze shirt and skirt, paired with hosta incense strings, it is beautiful and cool."

Although the materials of the maids are good, they are not as good as those of the masters.

Xueyan begged Daiyu to color her the colors. Daiyu loved these, and she picked them out casually, they were all very elegant and beautiful.

Each of them had two sets of clothes, and Daiyu made four sets, two sets of silk and satin, and two sets of interlaced gauze. The clothes of Wang Zhong, father and son and the servants were easy to make, so let's do what they did first, and it would be done in a day.But for young girls, it is much more cumbersome, you must pay attention to the style and color matching, especially the embroidery on the clothes should be delicate, and you also need to make matching purses, handkerchiefs, shoes and other small items.

Xueyan grew up in Yangzhou, Gusu since she was a child, and she learned Suzhou embroidery. She is ingenious and handy, and her work is first-class. She loves to make, and now she has inherited this skill. She often inserts the needle into the fabric and immediately starts threading. The color matching, pattern and stitching are impeccable.

The four of Ting Lan are a bit better than her, Daiyu and the others simply make a set of clothes, but Zijuan and Xueyan only make their own clothes, so the six of them and Mother Wang were also busy for five or six days. just finished.

At this time, it has entered May, and it has been almost ten days since I returned to Beijing. Zijuan does not go out as usual, Ting Lan is gentle and amiable, and does not like to go out much. There is only one snow goose to greet her. Heartless and childish, her words and deeds are firm and soft, the servants greeted each other kindly when they saw her, and in Daiyu's room, no matter whether it was a girl or a big girl, she never beat or scolded the little girls and women, and treated others They are not strict, so they dare not neglect Daiyu's room, and often compete to run errands for them.

Feeling the different treatment, Daiyu sighed: "In the past we were careful, and others looked down on us. If I spoke harshly and said I was mean and petty, now I keep silent. When your temper comes up, they will retreat and avoid it. It's really bullying."

Xueyan didn't speak, it had nothing to do with her, in fact it was because Daiyu came here with her family property.

Zijuan sat on the twig by the door and sewed, rubbed the needle on her scalp, and said without raising her head after hearing this, "Where can a girl quarrel with a servant, she will lose her status, Xueyan is just right like this." The second girl is soft-tempered, if she hadn't been protected by Siqi these few years, she wouldn't know how she would be bullied by her subordinates!"

Xueyan smiled and said: "What are you talking about? It's all over. I saw that it was almost the Dragon Boat Festival, and the girl seriously drew up the gift list and returned to the old lady, so that we can give gifts to the family. Now that I have entered Beijing, I will send someone Going for a walk not only reminds our family of the news of their entry into Beijing, but also means that our family remembers them."

Sitting under the window, Daiyu held the earrings in her left hand and teased the parrot outside the window with a peacock feather in her right hand, and said, "I've already drawn up a list, and the Dragon Boat Festival rituals are just incense sticks, fans, gauze, and sachets." Pomegranates, pomegranates, and ingot medicines are quite satisfactory, but I don’t know how to buy them and deliver them. Our family has a filial piety, and it’s not easy for the nanny and the others to visit. In addition, it’s been more than a year since my father died of illness, so I don’t know if they They are still in the capital."

Xueyan smiled and sighed: "All the money and things are in this mansion. Miss, go back to the old lady, and ask the old lady to make the decision. Is it possible that we can spend another money to buy things and give them away? We can't make decisions about our family's things. If the mansion comes forward to give gifts, the mansion will naturally know whether they are in the capital."

Zijuan agreed very much, Daiyu thought for a while, and said: "Ting Lan, take the list and follow me to the old lady."

When Daiyu took Tinglan to see Mother Jia, Xueyan also went out with her things.