A Concubine of Salted Fish in Qing Dynasty [Red House]

In the morning of the next day, Hongxiu was wearing a red dress to wait for Aunt Yun to wash and put on makeup. She saw that Aunt Yun's eyes were smooth and not black, and she was relieved. Apparently, Auntie was not affected by the master's departure last night. She asked with a smile: "Auntie , which set of jewelry are you wearing today?"

Yun Shuyao casually pointed to a set of pearl jewelry that Lin Ruhai gave yesterday.

It is not comparable to the well-known South China Sea pearls, but it can also stand up to the table.

Under Hong Xiu's skillful hands, Yun Shuyao saw the exquisite bun in the mirror, and exclaimed: "Hong Xiu, your craftsmanship is really good."

She can only do some simple hairstyles step by step according to the memory of the original owner, and draw a gourd according to the scoop, but the red sleeves are different. She can always refresh people with a wave of her hand.

Hong Xiu heard the sincerity in her words, and smiled embarrassedly, "I practice a lot at home."

Back then, her mother's hair was almost bald by her.

Yun Shuyao was wearing green light green today, with pearl jewelry on her head, she looked very fresh. When she arrived at the gate of Bitao Courtyard, she was stopped by an old nun.

From her attire, Yun Shuyao quickly drew a line with the character Hongxiu told her. This is Jia Min's nanny Qian Momo, who is also Jia Min's confidant. In the backyard, except for the old lady and the wife The two masters are her most "prestige".

She looked Yun Shuyao up and down, with a smirk on her rich face, and her words were a bit weird: "Aunt Yun is quite early."

It's already this hour, and I just came here, and it really is a tricky one!

If the master hadn't come to Bitao Courtyard yesterday, Nanny Qian couldn't help but think of him as her confidant's serious trouble.

In her opinion, some situations are unavoidable, especially when there are old ladies on top, but this does not prevent her from standing on the side of their wives and treating all the vixen who seduce the master as enemies.

This is also to safeguard the interests of all their Jia family members.

One glory and one glory.

The wife is having a hard time, and their life will definitely not be much easier.

"Madam is still dressing, Aunt Yun just wait for a while." She stared at her, wanting to kill her arrogance.

Yun Shuyao smiled: "My wife is dressing up, so naturally I have to wait."

Check in early?

impossible.

It is enough for her to arrive a little earlier than another colleague, how long can she stand?

The time for Lin Ruhai and Jia Min to go to pay respects to the old lady was set, and she would leave soon after she came to Bitao Courtyard.

For the main family, taking the aunts to greet the old lady is to flatter these aunts.

Jamin would not do such a thing.

Yun Shuyao stood for a few minutes before Aunt Mei arrived.

Seeing Aunt Mei's whole body demeanor, Qian Momo's face became even more ugly.

Aunt Mei's attire today is not as resplendent as yesterday, but it is just as eye-catching, and the jeweled hairpin on her head is eye-catching.

Yun Shuyao glanced at it. This kind of dress is suspected of being a nouveau riche, but this hairpin is really good-looking, and the person is really beautiful, especially the pair of eyes, which are very typical "fox eyes".

"Aunt Mei." Yun Shuyao spoke first, her voice clear.

Her peace can also be heard in this voice.

The master left after dinner last night, but she wasn't annoyed?

Aunt Mei snorted, "Good morning, Sister Yun."

She emphasized the word sister, as if she was emphasizing something.

In terms of height, Yun Shuyao is taller than her. The two of them have the same date of birth, but she is the first one, which means she has more seniority.

She can call her sister.

When she glimpsed the set of pearl jewelry on Yun Shuyao's head, her chin was raised by two points compared to before.

It's not big, and it's not too expensive, but it was given to her by the master.

This is priceless.

Yun Shuyao found out, compared to yesterday, the temperature in her eyes is much colder today, is this "blackened"?

Come on, she still wants to stay here for a few more years and save some money.

It's not that after leaving the Lin family, everything in the outside world is fine. In this feudal society, there are not so many ivory towers, just like her father, who is not an ordinary commoner, but a scholar. If it is not because of the Lin family, her father's life will be in danger .

If she wants to leave, she must be prepared.

Seeing that Aunt Mei's complexion was not very good, Nanny Qian's complexion changed for the better.

She wished that these two would fight, so that the main house would sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

When they went in to pay their respects, Jia Min flew past Aunt Mei without staying for a moment.

The jewelry on Aunt Mei's body is really good, but Jia Min, as the only legitimate daughter of Duke Rong, is definitely richer than Aunt Mei, and many of them are good things that merchants can't buy.

Jia Min naturally also saw the pearl jewelry on Yun Shuyao's head, looked at the luster and size, and didn't say much.

The master mentioned it to her last night, and even gave her a more expensive jade hairpin, worth more than 1000 taels, which was very in line with her liking. She couldn't put it down, and now she is wearing it on her head. She is also in a very happy mood today. .

She also wouldn't target this Concubine Yun, and she knew it well, the Yun family's family background was too weak, and there really wasn't anything good about this Concubine Yun.

So even though he felt a little uncomfortable, Jia Min pretended not to see it.

"Master, my wife."

Aunt Mei looked at the master and wife, and looked at Lin Ruhai with pitiful eyes from time to time, which made Jia Min's mood spoiled in a short time.

As soon as Ann was invited, she brought teacups and asked them to go back.

She would never let these two people stay in front of her for a second longer, so that the master could see them playing tricks.

Because of this, Yun Shuyao felt that if this happened every day, the job would be really easy.

It is equivalent to punching a card at work, and then you can go back.

When leaving Bitao Courtyard, there was a servant girl who understood their wives' intentions best, and "whispered" with others.

"Did you just see the hosta on my wife's head?"

"Which one?"

"Just the milky white one with lotus carved on it."

"Ah, that, I saw it, it's so pretty, haven't you seen your wife wearing it before?"

The maid who started the topic first was a little proud: "Of course you haven't seen this, but the master personally selected it for our wife."

Another servant girl exclaimed: "Ah, the master specially chose it for his wife. No wonder, it looks so beautiful. It must be very expensive, right?"

"That's natural. It's said that it's thousands of taels of silver."

The servant girl took a breath when she heard this: "Wow - so much money, the master is so kind to his wife..."

The envy and admiration in these words were about to overflow, and Yun Shuyao couldn't help but cast admiring glances at the two maids.

Good guy, this acting is good, you are still so young, work hard, if there is an Oscar in ancient times, you will have a share of nominations.

Aunt Mei naturally heard it too. She was in a bad mood at first, but now she plummeted to the bottom, her chest heaved violently in anger, and she grabbed the veil fiercely, almost tearing it apart.

The master not only gave it to the Lanxin Courtyard, but also bought it for the Bitao Courtyard, but she didn't have it. How does she not suit the Master's wishes?

But she can't speak directly!

So Yun Shuyao got Aunt Mei's white eyes: "Hehe, don't get complacent too early, time is still long!"

This is a pun.

Aunt Mei doesn't think she is worse than Yun's, it's just that the master is new for a while!After finishing speaking, he quickened his pace and left first with the servant girl.

Yun Shuyao rubbed her sleeves thoughtfully.

If this is the level of house fighting in Lin Ruhai's backyard, she feels that she will have no problem staying here for a long time.

When she was working before, her colleagues were double-faced and ambushes in all directions for the sake of performance and climbing up. If she didn't pay attention to anything, she would be kicked away as a backer.

It's really nothing if you just say something that's not even ruthless.

Yun Shuyao returned to Lanxin Courtyard, walked around the yard, chatted with Hong Xiu about the Lin family's situation, and after talking about a topic, breakfast arrived.

Small steamed buns, fried dumplings, lean meat porridge, steamed cakes, large servings.

The cooking skills are also really good.

Especially the Xiaolongbao, Yun Shuyao thought it was a must: "Hongxiu, do you know who made this Xiaolongbao? It's so delicious."

Hongxiu smiled: "This is made by Chef Miao, and the steamed buns she makes are outstanding."

After eating satisfactorily, Yun Shuyao took a leisurely walk in the Lanxin Courtyard, which was also a practice.

Looking up at the sun, then at the orchids in the garden, he sighed.

I have to say, such a day is really leisurely.

At this time, there is still a two-meal system, with only two meals in the morning and evening.

There was a snack at noon, Yun Shuyao asked Hongxiu to take some money to go to the big kitchen, and brought back an extra one.

The practice time can't be too long, too much is too late, so she took out her needle and thread in the afternoon.

She now has three superiors, and when their birthdays come, it must be to show their hearts. Doing needlework by themselves is the most cost-effective.

Anyway, there is no rush, she will do it slowly and deliver it when the time comes, which can save money and express her intentions.

Going back to prepare two more Buddhist scriptures for the old lady, even if it doesn't suit her, it won't go wrong.

After doing needlework for a while, she took out the book, which was not a serious book, but a travelogue of mountains and rivers.

She didn't bring many books. Books in this era are relatively expensive. It's okay to say that there are no cheap books on the imperial examinations.

But the Lin family should not be short of books if they lack anything.

After getting acquainted with Lin Ruhai again, Yun Shuyao was ready to borrow books. It would be even better if she could borrow some books that are useful for the scientific examination.

On the third day, Yun Shuyao took out a pen and paper, wrote a letter, and asked Hong Xiu to take the letter there for her.

If it is a serious marriage, she can go back home, but she is not a marriage, so this step is gone.

However, the Lin family still sent a gift home, which was arranged by Jia Min. Compared with Aunt Mei, the value was not much different, but it was replaced by the Four Treasures of the Study that scholars like.

Song and the others received these things, as well as the letter from their daughter, and their hearts finally returned to their original positions.

These days, they were worried, for fear that their daughter would have a bad life in Lin's house.

To put it bluntly, if something happened to their daughter and the Lin family didn't tell them, they wouldn't know.

In the daughter's letter, she didn't say whether she was doing well, but she just wrote about how she lived these few days and what she ate, which was enough to let them know how she was doing.

Yun Qingliang was not as happy as Song Shi, but after reading the letter, the hands that were hidden in the wide sleeves loosened.

Brothers Yun Heng and Yun Yan laughed like Song Shi.

Yun Yan asked: "Mom, when can we see my sister?"

Song was silent.

Yun Yan understood this silence, and the smile on his face gradually subsided.

Wu Peng didn't know where he learned about this gift from the Lin family, so he found another excuse to send someone a letter and a gift, expressing his intention to smile away his grievances in the past.

This time, the Yun family didn't give the Yun family any chance to return these items, so the Yun family could only be forced to accept them.

These gifts are worth nearly a thousand taels, and there are many cloth jewelry that women can use, which are obviously for their daughters.

Yun Qingliang held his breath and kept this in his heart.

Although their family is now related to the magistrate's family, making Wu Peng afraid, but the county magistrate is not from a grassroots background.

Yun Qingliang was not at all sure what the magistrate would do to Wu Peng and the others. He spoke in two official words, and he spoke with the protection of officials. His daughter had just entered the Lin family's gate, and he didn't know what the future would hold. If he wanted to take revenge on Wu Peng, the best way was to Be strong in yourself.

Yun Qingliang has inquired about it. Although there are people behind the county magistrate, he is not a big backer. His biggest backer is his wife. She is the daughter of a magistrate, and the brother-in-law is the wife cousin.

And this county magistrate, he is not a serious Jinshi, but just a scholar.

Yun Qingliang didn't have any expectations for being a Jinshi in the examination, but he thought the chances were not small if he tried his best.

When the time comes to find a way to find an official position, the daughter will no longer be helpless in the backyard of the prefect.