The Lotus in the Red Chamber

The girls all laughed, and even the maids suppressed their laughter.

Wang Xifeng saw Jia's mother being so joking, her expression was still natural, and she continued: "What did the old ancestor say, the second master's daughter-in-law has to wait on you when he comes back."

Just as they were talking, a few maidservants came in with meals, but the daughters-in-law brought the meals and placed them for waiters. Mother Jia sat at the top, and the three sisters were sitting on the left, but the right was empty.Nanny Lai was about to take the second seat, but Mother Jia greeted her, "Sit beside me. Baoyu is going with his father to the temple today."

After hearing this, Mammy Lai pleaded guilty and just sat down.

Seeing that Qingwen was following Nanny Lai, Mother Jia ordered Yuanyang to take Qingwen down for dinner.

The daughters-in-law saw that Mother Jia noticed Qingwen so easily, and Wang Xifeng knew that Qingwen was a little girl brought by Mammy Lai when she saw that Qingwen hadn't eaten with Mother Jia, but she also saw that she had a delicate face and a hibiscus flower on her forehead. The imprint is extraordinary.So he said: "Mama is really lucky. I have bought such a little girl for Mama. It's not like in this mansion. I originally wanted to buy a better little girl for my ancestors, but I didn't see any good ones." .”

After hearing this, Nanny Lai didn't answer, she just smiled and said nothing.

Qingwen followed the mandarin ducks down to a small main room, where several maidservants had already eaten.Yuanyang brought Qingwen to the table where the banquet had just started, and there were a few young maids at the table who were about the same age as Qingwen.

Yuanyang ordered Qingwen to add a pair of bowls and chopsticks, and then left to serve Jiamu.

The little maids at the table were already playing around, so they got to know each other right away.

The oldest maid at this table is a maid named Si Qi, who is dedicated to serving the second girl to welcome the spring.

There are two smaller ones, Daishu who waits on the third girl Tanchun and Ruhua who waits on the fourth girl Xichun.Just because the three girls were raised in front of Jia's mother, the relationship between the three girls is also extremely good.

In addition to these three girls at this table, there are Hua Xiren who is dedicated to serving Master Bao, and a parrot who beats his legs in front of Jiamu.

Qingwen is the youngest here, and the sisters also take good care of her, and they all stay to have fun after dinner.Except for Hua Xiren who prepared clothes for Second Master Bao and left early, the rest of the people followed Qingwen to the front and came to look for them.

Because Lai's house is some distance away from Jia's house, Nanny Lai took Qing Wen and others with her and left soon after dinner, along with a return gift from Jia's mansion to Lai's family.

[Volume [-] is about the golden branch girl from the heavenly family, but she fell into the mortal world: Sixteen farewell to Lai's family and entering Jia's mansion]

On the way back, Qingwen was fiddling with the small bracelet that Jiamu had given her, but Nanny Lai didn't speak, she just watched from the sidelines with a worried expression on her face.The two women who accompanied them in the carriage were a little strange, but because they didn't enter the inner hall of Jia's mansion and didn't know what happened, they could only remain silent.

"Qingwen, if... If you are allowed to live in that Jia's mansion, would you like to go?" Lai Nanny asked cautiously.She really likes this girl very much, but the Jia family is her original master after all.

"Live there..." Qingwen didn't notice Lai Nanny's expression, and replied casually, "It's okay." The sisters are also pretty easy to get along with, but there are a little more rules, and the atmosphere seems a little dull.

"It's okay." Seeing that Qingwen didn't object, Mammy Lai breathed a sigh of relief. Although Qingwen's deed of prostitution was in her hands, if she let Qingwen enter Jia's mansion, Qingwen would not be able to resist at all. But selfishly, she didn't want to force this girl.

When Qingwen heard Nanny Lai say this suddenly, she felt a little strange in her heart, but when she saw that Nanny Lai didn't say anything, she also suppressed the doubts in her heart.

Back at Lai's Mansion, naturally a group of sisters who were very close to each other came up to ask about what they had seen and heard in Jia's Mansion, Qingwen had no choice but to report what she saw and heard in Jia's Mansion in detail.In the end, the eyes of the sisters all showed eagerness.Xiaomei, who was in the same room, sighed: "I have long heard that the mothers call Jia's mansion like a fairy palace. Qingwen, you are lucky to be able to go with the mothers. Normally, the mothers don't take us little maids out. of."

"Sister's words are too exaggerated." After listening to Xiaomei's description, Qingwen was rather disapproving. In her eyes, Jia's mansion was at best a bit more luxuriously furnished, and the place was a bit bigger. It is too exaggerated to describe it as fairy palace. Yes, but the girls there and the daughter-in-law named Wang Xifeng are really outstanding, and by the way, the maids there are also very good.

Xiaomei and others listened to Qingwen's disapproval, and their expressions were also very disapproving. One of the big girls who often followed Lai Mama said, "Don't believe Qingwen. Slavery, those wealthy families would disdain to associate with such a family. The Jia family has a hereditary title, and I heard that there is a girl who is a noble in the palace, so it is naturally much better than the Lai family."

#奇#Qingwen didn’t care about it at first, but after hearing these words, she couldn’t help asking: “Does the Jia family have contacts with those aristocratic families?”

#书# The big girl immediately said: "Of course, I heard from my mother that the Jia family is the number one family in the Jinling Guardian Talisman. Although it is in the capital now, all the dignitaries in the capital have contacts. .”

#网# Some maids listened to Qingwen's question and only thought that Qingwen was young and curious, but they didn't know that what Qingwen thought was that if she entered Jia's house again, she must find out the news of Feng's residence.

With only a few days left before the new year, Lai's mansion distributed new clothes to the maids and women in the mansion, and gave each of them a red envelope, and everyone couldn't help but be happy, after all, such rewards are not often given.Qingwen didn't pay much attention to these rewards, but she was surprised that other people's rewards were received from the housekeeper, but her own was given by Lai Madam herself, and the rewards were much richer than others, except for an extra set of clothes And a few coins, and some small jewelry, although the workmanship is not particularly fine, but it is excellent among maids.

But it's strange, Qingwen still didn't think deeply about it, she just thought it was her first time here, that's why Mammy Lai treated her so kindly.

The first day of the new year is coming soon, everyone in the mansion has swept away the busyness of the past few days, except for some of the maids who are close to the master, the rest of the people are on holiday, Qingwen has long heard that Lai's mansion is a local official All the children and grandchildren came back for the New Year, because there was no order for Qingwen to do anything, Qingwen was also happy to be at leisure, hiding in the room and embroidering on the newly sent clothes.

In fact, the reason why Qingwen likes embroidery is also very simple. First of all, she has never seen it since she was a child, so it is naturally novel.The second thing is that girls love beauty, Qingwen found that the clothes embroidered with flowers look much better than before, so she was naturally happy.So now Qingwen's enthusiasm for embroidery is out of control.

At noon, Qingwen finished the extraordinarily sumptuous Chinese New Year lunch by herself, contentedly hiding in the warm blanket and taking a nap, while eating the preserved honey in her purse, which was very comfortable.So, when Xiaomei hurried into the room, she saw such a scene: a little girl like a ball of dough got into the red quilt, and a pair of small hands with baby fat still reached into the small purse from time to time. When eating candied fruit, a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes squinted because of satisfaction, like a little mouse that stole oil.

But I have to say that Qingwen's cute look made Xiaomei's impatience suddenly calm down.

Qingwen noticed Xiaomei coming in, so she crawled to the bed, wrapped her body in a quilt, poked out her delicate little head and asked, "Sister Xiaomei, what's the matter?"

Only then did Xiaomei remember what happened just now, and hurriedly asked, "Qingwen, are you going to Jia's mansion?"

After hearing this, Qingwen glanced at Xiaomei strangely. Although she wanted to go to Jia's mansion to inquire about news, she never thought of staying in Jia's mansion.So he quickly denied it, but Xiaomei would never ask this for no reason, there must be a reason, but Xiaomei's temper has always been impatient, I believe Xiaomei will explain it right away.

Sure enough, after hearing Qingwen's denial, Xiaomei couldn't believe it, but she still said, "Why did the old lady say that you are going to Jia's mansion after the Chinese New Year?"

After hearing this, Qingwen asked, "Did the old lady say it herself?"

Xiaomei nodded and said: "Yes, just now I was waiting in front of the old lady, and I heard the old lady and some wives talk about it."

Since this is the case, it must be, no wonder Lai Nanny asked such a question when she came back from Jia's mansion that day.Qingwen doesn't have much emotion about entering Jia's mansion, and she can always have the opportunity to inquire about Feng's mansion after entering Jia's mansion, which is better for Qingwen than staying in Lai's mansion.It's just that I have stayed in Lai's mansion for a long time, and I have developed feelings with all the sisters. The people in Lai's mansion are very kind to me, making me feel like a family member. If I really leave like this, I still feel very reluctant.

Thinking about it, she felt a little lost in her heart. Seeing Qingwen like this, Xiaomei knew that Qingwen was reluctant to part with them, and Qingwen was a five-year-old girl. If she really entered that Jia's mansion, the wealthy compound would be more They are much more complicated here.

"Maybe Lai is just talking, isn't it still undecided." Xiaomei comforted.

Qingwen thought about it for a while, but Qingwen didn't have much hope for this hope.Sure enough, not long after the Chinese New Year, Nanny Lai told her about this matter. Seeing that Nanny Lai said it very tactfully, she thought it was not what she meant, and she was even more moved. There was not much loss, so he responded with all his mouth.

I have to say that the people in Lai's mansion are really kind to her. On the day she is going to Jia's mansion, all the people in Lai's mansion who have a little friendship with her will come to see her off.