[Red Mansion] Hairpins fly when they are

Ying'er washed her hands twice before washing her hands, and was about to rush to the kitchen when Baochai came out with a tray.

She hurried up to meet her, took the tray, and said with some trepidation: "Thank you, miss, don't do this again, how can I let you work?"

"What are you talking about, thanks to you for taking care of me when I was lying in bed, what's the matter with helping you get a meal? I'm really bored, I can't do needlework, and I have no books to read."

Baochai looked lonely and spoke in a low voice.

Yinger saw it and felt very distressed.

This kind of environment really wronged her own girl. She carried the tray in one hand and took Baochai into the room with the other, and whispered mysteriously, "Wait, girl, I'll show you something."

Ying'er put down the tray, turned around and went back to her room, and came back soon.

Seeing that her hands were empty, Baochai didn't know what she was trying to sell.

Ying'er smiled at her, poured out a few quilts from her cuffs, and said as if offering a treasure: "Look, girl, I made this up these few days. How about it?"

Her own girl's craftsmanship has always been top-notch, and Ying'er can't keep up with her flattery. If she can get the girl's affirmation, she will have more confidence in her heart.

Xue Baochai took it over for a closer look, and asked her curiously, "Where did you get the thread?"

After being educated by Yinger last night, Baochai understood the predicament at hand. Not only did Madam Fan give her the fabric of her clothes, but she also borrowed the needles for her mother’s clothes from Madam Fan.

"No money." Ying'er seemed a little embarrassed, "Although that girl Cui'er is not good at sewing, she is fast at making netting. I saw her doing this the other day, so I asked a few words. It turned out that it was her." My mother helped her with private work in private, a net worth five cents, and Aunt Liu in the street behind specially collected this. Cui'er usually finished the kitchen work, and when she was idle, she earned some pocket money. I saw that although her weaving is very ordinary, it is still an income, so I asked her, and she gave me these threads."

"Eat first, it will be cold in a while." Xue Baochai took the net in her hand and watched it carefully. The pattern is not complicated. Although she doesn't know how to make clothes, she has played cross-stitch before, and she knows a little about weaving like this. Immediately became interested.

Can she make money with this too?

Although a net only earns five cents, no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, it's still meat!

"Ying'er," Baochai said with a smile, "do you have any extra thread? Bring some here, I'm idle anyway, why don't you use your hands to relieve boredom and get some copper coins."

Ying'er was taking a mouthful of porridge in her mouth, she just wanted to pass the time for the girl to have fun with, but when she didn't want to, she heard this, her heart was blocked, bored and uncomfortable.

She swallowed the porridge in her mouth and forced a smile: "Yes, I originally wanted to give it to the girl to relieve your boredom. Besides, girl, your craftsmanship is so good, if you change it a little, I'm afraid those people will bid more !"

"That's fine, let's try it first." Baochai said enthusiastically, "Let's discuss it after you finish eating."

"Yeah." Ying'er nodded heavily, then lowered her head and slammed into the rice.

Baochai saw that she was in a state of embarrassment, obviously very hungry, so she asked her, "What did you do? I haven't seen you all morning."

Ying'er paused, didn't dare to look back, and murmured: "I didn't do anything, Chunhua called me to help her clean up the house."

Jia Yucun's mansion dismissed many servants, Chunhua didn't even have a little girl to order, and she had to do everything by herself, and she complained in her heart after a long time.

Jia Yucun went out early in the morning without even having breakfast. Fan Jiaoxing ordered the maids to tidy up the room. Chunhua avoided laziness by serving his wife to wash her face and comb her hair.

Fan Jiaoxing couldn't see it, and said to Chunhua behind her, "Qiuyue can't do it alone, so you can help her later."

Chunhua agreed, and after Madam entered the room to rest, she called Yinger over after thinking about it, and asked her to sweep the floor and clean the doors, windows, tables and chairs. Not only that, she even asked Yinger to empty the toilet used in Madam's room. .

Ying'er didn't dare to argue, so she worked hard all morning, tired and hungry.

Before leaving, Chunhua didn't even invite her to drink a glass of water, and bluntly said that she would call her again next time she had work. Who told her to be a girl bought by the master?Why live and eat for nothing?

After hearing this, Ying'er was afraid that she would involve her own daughter, so she hurriedly smiled and agreed: "If there is any work next time, my sister can just tell me."

Seeing that she was savvy, Chunhua raised her chin and nodded before releasing her.

Xue Baochai didn't know what the servants needed to do. Seeing Yinger's words in a nonchalant manner, she thought it was just a trivial matter such as making the bed and folding the quilt, so she didn't take it to heart.

"Next time they ask you for help, let me go too. I can do such small things."

"I can't, I can't." Ying'er blushed with anxiety, and it took her a long time to come up with an excuse, "Sister Chunhua has a bad temper and is a little jealous, girl, you are beautiful, if you go there, you will be afraid of her I will be unhappy in my heart. There are only some trivial things left and right, I am enough alone, the girl should stay in the house to recuperate, and the medicine has not been finished yet!"

"Is that so?" Xue Baochai suddenly thought of the Zhai Dou Wen that he had read in those years, and he didn't feel suspicious. Then he thought that Jia Yucun lived there. If you want to seduce the master, what should you do?

Besides, she should be in the early pregnancy period now, maybe she will have morning sickness reaction one day, so it's better not to scare others.

"Okay, I'm not going."

Ying'er secretly breathed a sigh of relief, finished her meal quickly, wiped the table clean, and sat at the table with Baochai to weave a net.

At first, Xue Baochai was still a little unfamiliar, and finally weaved it into one. After looking around, she was still dissatisfied, so she dismantled it and started again.After two or three times, I gradually became more comfortable.

Just like the salute and greeting last time, some things have already been deeply engraved into the bone marrow of this body. With a little pulling out, memories come out little by little. Xue Baochai's hand movements are getting smoother and her eyes are bright. A few points.

Ying'er glanced at her during the knitting break, and then exclaimed: "Young girl's knitting is really beautiful, fast and good. Anyway, it's a little thing to pass the time, don't tire yourself, just take your time."

"I know." Xue Baochai replied with a smile, without resting her hands for a moment, "Aside from this pipa knot, what else do you often do?"

Ying'er replied without hesitation: "Fan cover, incense pendant, sweat towel... There are many things I can weave, as long as it looks good, I don't fear that no one will want it." After finishing speaking, her face was full of pride, "Miss, you are really amazing." , The few things I know are still taught to me by you."

Xue Baochai lowered her head and thought for a while, Qianqian knot, Xiangyun knot, Ruyi knot, Swastika knot, group brocade knot, and the coiled buttons used as buttons. After all, she watched a lot of ancient costume films, and she was interested in the costumes in them at that time. I specially bought some books to read, and I can still remember [-] or [-] styles of buckles.

It's just that I don't know what's popular here.

"Ying'er, do you usually make buckles? What kind of styles are most of them outside?"

"I don't make much, and most of them are straight buckles, pipa buckles or square buckles."

Xue Baochai was overjoyed: "I suddenly came up with many new designs, such as butterfly buckle, honey buckle, chrysanthemum buckle, phoenix buckle and so on." In autumn, chrysanthemums are also in season, let’s see if they are good for sale before deciding on anything else.”

"Okay." Ying'er replied crisply, looking at Baochai with adoration in her eyes.

Throughout the whole day, Xue Baochai quietly weaved the nets, and at night, she finally made two nets, which were both neat and delicate when held in her hand.

She was very happy, and handed the string to Ying'er: "There are already ten coins here, you first give it to Tweety, and then ask her if she still has any strings."

Yinger felt sour.

My daughter stayed up from morning to night, only earning ten Wen, and when life was easy, she would spend twenty or thirty Wen with a handful of change.

"Girl, let's take a day off tomorrow. Money is endless, and health is more important."

"Never stop." Xue Baochai waved his hand, full of pride, "Look, I earn ten cash a day, one denarius in ten days, and three denarii a month!"

It takes 200 taels to redeem the deed of sale, and it takes about 56 years to make money at a rate of three renminbi per month?

My God, the mortgage can only be loaned for a maximum of 30 years!

Baochai narrowed her eyes, and suddenly her heart felt cold, as if someone had poked a small hole in her whole body, and slowly flowed out.

Forget it, what to do with so many thoughts.

Baochai looked down at her belly with a kind smile on her face.

If it is really not finished, then I have to wait for my son to grow up and let him inherit my "inheritance"!

Baochai took a deep breath, and when her mood calmed down, she said to Ying'er, "There is no thread in my hand, and it is hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Ask Cui'er, does she have thread of other colors? Her thread is her own. Did you buy it, or did Aunt Liu give it to you in advance?"

"You don't need to ask, I know, Tweety bought the thread herself."

Baochai frowned slightly: "This thread is a bit rough, if it is replaced with a good one, and a few more colors are added, the market will be better."

Ying'er muttered, "But...we don't have any money."

"It shouldn't be so expensive, right? I'll ask my mother for some. It's the original capital. If you want to reap it, you have to pay first. Can we go out? It would be better if we can pick it out in person."

"Girl, it's not easy for you to go out." Ying'er said, "I should be able to go out. I'm just a girl. Now it's not the same as before. Who still stubbornly sticks to the old ways? I heard people say that small families Those who go out to buy are women or girls."

Xue Baochai suddenly jumped up, and for the first time sincerely thanked herself for being a girl: "Then can I go out too? I am also a girl now."

"No, no." Ying'er shook her head like a rattle, "My wife will definitely not agree."

"Oh." Baochai's shoulders slumped, his expression resentful, "Then you go out. Let's buy the threads ourselves and make some fashionable and delicate ones. Why don't we leave them to Aunt Liu? Wouldn't it be better for us to sell them ourselves? Why let someone get in the middle to make a profit?"

She is so poor now, how can she be willing to let the second-hand traffickers snatch the meat from her mouth.

"That's a good idea, but the question is how do we sell it?" Yinger asked innocently.

There is no shop, and it is impossible to peddle along the streets and alleys like a man, which stumps Yinger.

The author has something to say: Baochai: Good son, mother takes good care of you!