The Honest Man of the Red Chamber

When the two of them finished eating, Fu and Ning went out with the dining table, Ping and An held water and handkerchiefs and told them to wash their mouths and hands, and went out to eat in the side room after cleaning up.What they are on duty is to follow the master's dishes, only with rice or steamed buns.

Ning'an, Ningzhu, Sixi and Chunshao were not used to it from the beginning, but they gradually learned to take out their own bowls and chopsticks from their lockers to eat.Thinking back to the beginning, my eyes were really dark. After all, the rules of the servants of the Jia family are really very different from those of the Wang family.If it wasn't for gradually realizing that everyone is the same, at first I thought it was to give them these new comers a blow.

"Tomorrow is the fifth day of the lunar new year. You four remember to take your ID cards. Mama Sun will collect them first and bring back all the monthly records for us." There were a few burritos left, and everyone shared one and ate. , Ping'er casually reminded them.

Ning Er said, "The monthly schedule is down, I have to buy hair oil and soap this month."

"Didn't you just buy it last month?" Fu'er was puzzled for a moment, then smiled and said, "I see, you must have secretly bought a copy and brought it home."

Sixi asked strangely, "Do you still have to buy this thing yourself?"

"By the way, I don't know if you are new here. There is no monthly order for the first two months, so I will send you envoys. When the monthly order is issued, you have to buy whichever you want to use." Ping'er said carefully. To elaborate, "Everything of the master is taken by the person who is in charge of such things. For example, the hair oils, hair creams, hair ropes, pins, flowers, etc. used by An'er and I, grandma, tooth powder, etc. Toothpaste, towels, soap, and essential oils, we have to ask grandma and take the used boxes to redeem them, especially the pearl cream, skin rejuvenation water, and beauty cream that the second wife specially gave to the masters at home..."

"Don't talk about it, I heard that Grandma You didn't want to do it before, and that day Mrs. Feng didn't know which stick of incense she burned, so Grandma You rewarded her with a beauty cream, which made her beautiful to death." Fu'er She stretched out her hand and made a five-character gesture, "As soon as she changed hands, she sold it for 50 taels."

"What is a box of that, worth so much money?" The four girls that Wang Xifeng married were all shocked. 50 taels!You can buy a few acres of good paddy fields in Jinling!

An'er giggled, her voice was naturally soft, "That's a single piece, if a set is more valuable, but our second wife insists on not making this money, she only makes a little bit of it every season , It’s enough for my family to use. Occasionally, I make a few more materials, and put them in the lucky bag if I can put them in. If I can’t put them in, I’ll see if there are any on the Baifang Ji on the eighth of each month.”

"Why doesn't the second wife do this?" Ning An asked anxiously, if the second wife doesn't like the money, no miss, grandma can do it.If she could tell grandma about this good way, she might be able to become a second-class girl instead of only being a third-class girl.

Ning'er had finished eating, she took out a handkerchief, wiped her mouth and put away her own bowls and chopsticks, "You think those ingredients are easy to get, why do these flowers and other flowers get out so little after steaming them like pressing oil?" , and there are many high-quality medicinal materials, the formula of which bottle was successfully researched by the second wife and Dr. Zhang with ancient prescriptions for decades, otherwise how could it have such a good effect, whitening, removing spots, and eliminating wrinkles... She thought to herself, otherwise the second wife is in her 40s, how could she look like sisters with the older girl.

What's the matter?As long as it can make money, no matter how rare the materials are, it is enough to spend money to buy them back. Ning An didn't say anything, and secretly made up her mind to tell her grandma in private.

Wang Xifeng watched as Jia Lian first practiced five big characters and five small regular scripts, and then took out a piece of rectangular white paper with half an arm length from his schoolbag. There was only one line of four characters on the upper right, and Rendaxiang.Presumably this must be the homework left by Mr. Today, Wang Xifeng quietly lit the candles in the room, and picked up a book of poems to read. Before the engagement, although the family raised her as a man, they didn't There was a lot of teaching on this, and later we were engaged to him. The second uncle and the second aunt repeatedly told my mother that she must let her learn more poetry. Unfortunately, she didn't care about it at that time. With my aunt here, even if she is illiterate, she can be in charge of the house. The Three-Character Classic and the Thousand-Character Classic are general knowledge, but learning is just... Seeing him work so hard, she thought about reading more books like this, lest he say anything in the future. I still don't understand.

She is also a person who is smart and memorized. After more than an hour, she finished reading the thin collection of poems, but saw that Jia Lian still hadn't answered on the paper, but there were already several pages written on the manuscript paper beside her. Dissatisfied, he frowned deeply and thought hard.

Seeing the girl bring the lily lotus seed soup to her side, Wang Xifeng moved to the table and asked in a low voice, "Master, if you can't think of it for a while and want to eat something to cushion it, maybe you can figure it out?"

Jia Lian was a little annoyed when his thoughts were interrupted. Seeing that it was his wife, he frowned and nodded, "That's right. Today's supper is lotus seed soup." He put down his pen and stood up, gently holding her hand Said, "You don't know, our lotus seed soup is a bit different."

Wang Xifeng smiled and walked with him, "What's the difference?"

"Our lotus seeds are different. I heard that other people's lotus seeds are white, but ours are red." Jia Lian opened the lid and filled a bowl for her first. , especially red lotus seeds nourishing yin and nourishing blood, which are most suitable for women to take. Try it quickly."

Wang Xifeng scooped it into her mouth with a celadon spoon, and the taste was sweet and smooth. Just as she was about to say hello, she felt a burst of bitterness, which immediately made her frown, "Bitter..."

"Hahaha, I forgot to tell you, the most different thing about our family is that we don't go to the lotus seed core." Seeing his beautiful wife being teased a little by him, Jia Lian was so happy that he lay on the couch, "This Sometimes lotus seed cores are specially brewed for us to drink in summer, and it is also a good thing...Grandma, don't hit it, don't hit it, I was wrong..."

After Jia Lian was lightly beaten by Fenquan a few times, the two played around and took the cup of lotus seed soup.

"My good grandma, go out and have a break." Jia Lian touched Wang Xifeng's cheek, looked at her and said softly.

Wang Xifeng felt a little wronged when she heard it, why did he drive her out?

"If you stay here, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish my homework today..." Jia Lian squeezed her hand tightly, "But if I don't finish today, I will have new homework tomorrow, so I won't be able to come back early see you..."

Hearing his words like this, Wang Xifeng couldn't get angry, she blinked at him twice, and then hurriedly walked outside, "I'll go to my aunt's place for a walk."

Upon hearing this, Jia Lian said, "Then bring some more snacks back."

"Bah, I won't bring it for you." Wang Xifeng spat lightly.

Seeing grandma coming out of the house, and the four maids of Funing Ping'an standing at the door, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction. It's really a good thing that Jia's family has trained and taught the girls, and they know how to behave and what to do.

"Ping'er, An'er and Sixi will go with me to the Second Wife's place."

Fu'er responded first, and immediately asked, "Grandma, do you want to walk or take a car or a sedan chair?"

She just ate, "Let's go."

"Ping'er, put on the lamp." Fu'er whispered, it must be dark when she comes back.

Ningzhu watched as Ning'er took out two very expensive glazed lamps and gave each of Ping'er and An'er one.He once again sighed in his heart for the wealth and honor of the Jia family. He thought that the Jinling royal family was already a great deal, but unexpectedly, this Jia family was even more so.

Wang Xifeng was also beating drums in her heart, of course she knew this thing, the mother at home was going to marry her as a companion, but her brother didn't agree to it after knowing about it, she didn't expect that she would have two of them now when she just went out casually.

When Wang Xifeng came, Wang Guizhi was sitting in the flower hall with the eldest girl and the children after school, and they were drawing portraits by four painters. He is good at painting with fine brushwork, and studied imitation painting with Yuan Chun for a long time, and there is even a foreign painter.

Whenever Wang Guizhi thinks that the eldest girl is going to marry and go out, she always thinks about leaving something to commemorate. Without a mobile phone camera, why not have a painter, even if it is a little trouble, she is not afraid.

"Hey, aunt, what are you doing?"

Wang Xifeng waved a silk fan and walked over with a hearty smile, really speaking before anyone else.

"Xifeng, it's a coincidence that you're here. Caiying, you dress up our Grandma Lian as well, and draw a picture for her later." Wang Guizhi still sat upright, afraid of disturbing them.Now they don't seem to have developed the concept of sketching. Even Western paintings are sometimes a bit abstract and exaggerated, not like real people.Of course, it's not that they are not good enough, but that they are different from what Wang Guizhi wants to be true. How can she understand the artistic conception and emotional expression of others...

Naturally, Wang Xifeng followed the good advice and really felt the skin care and make-up she had never tried before.

After finally waiting for them to draw a rough outline, Wang Guizhi and the children couldn't help standing up and twisting their waists and necks.

"Mom, mother, when will you be able to make the thing in the story you told that can capture our appearance in a single shot?" Meiyu wanted to lie on her mother's lap, and then I didn't want to press my mother's legs for a long time, but she was exhausted.

Wang Guizhi thought for a while, "Probably hundreds of years." She didn't remember when the camera appeared, as if the industrial revolution was invented, "Maybe it will take more than 100 years."

"Why does it take so long? Can't those masters who can make flying birds, boats that can run in the water, and let my sister fly too?" Baoyu asked.

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Children, who made your mother not understand the technical principle at all... She didn't even have a spring to butterfly!

The author has something to say: In fact, she has changed enough~

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