The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

It is said that since Sister Feng took over the important task of preparing the dowry, she has been busy all day long, and she has even given up on family affairs.Anyway, she already knew that Yingchun would also be in charge of the house, and that Yingchun would follow Ning Shan back to the Duke's mansion in the future, so she didn't have to be afraid that Yingchun would come back to corrupt the things in the Marquis Mo Rong's mansion, so she became the shopkeeper with peace of mind, and took over Rongguo's house. Everything in the Hou Mansion is left to Yingchun to take care of.

Yingchun didn't dare to take over at first, for fear that she would not do well and offend Sister Feng, but she couldn't hold back Sister Feng's repeated begging, and said that she was too busy preparing for the dowry, and had no resources at all.When Yingchun heard this, she also felt that it was more important to prepare a dowry for Princess Yinghua, so she bit the bullet and took over the internal affairs of the Rongguo Houfu, and at the same time forced Daiyu to be her assistant.

The two of them probably had something to do, but most of the anxiety in their hearts was let go.Every day he was busy dealing with internal affairs and arranging expenses, because there were a lot of servants in Rongguohou's mansion, and most of them were in contact with relatives, so it was difficult to manage in a group.Yingchun and Daiyu are busy picking out the thorns every day, and it takes a lot of effort. They also have to promote the honest and obedient people, and beat the slippery and lazy people. They are busy all day long.

As a result, Xichun had nothing to do and became an idler.Fortunately, she is also well-behaved, either painting in the house by herself, or following her sisters to see how they do things.Mother Yue liked a quiet and well-behaved little girl like Xichun, so she took her with her when teaching Yingchun.Even Daiyu learned a lot from her and benefited a lot.

The girls in Ronghou's mansion got busy, so naturally they didn't have time to pay attention to the idler Baoyu in the Grand View Garden.Baoyu was bored by herself for several days, and finally couldn't stand it any longer, so she ran to Hengwuyuan, pestered Shi Taijun, and asked her to bring Sister Lin back home.

Shi Taijun was also dissatisfied with Lin Daiyu not coming back when she lived next door, and wanted to let her air out.And because since Yingchun took charge of the house, he has been extremely strict with the servants' tongues, and they are easily not allowed to go outside to talk freely.Therefore, the Grand View Garden did not know what the situation of the Rongguohou Mansion, which was separated by a wall, was like.

Shi Taijun took it for granted that Daiyu would not receive much attention from Jia She, and might as well be by his side, so he decided to punish her once and let her know who is the best for her.Therefore, for the first time, he rejected Baoyu's entreaty, and only called Tanchun to come over to play with him, and then reluctantly called Baochai.It's just that Baoyu still misses Lin Daiyu the most, and is clamoring for Shi Taijun to send someone to bring her back. Shi Taijun gave Baoyu a headache, so he sent someone to Shihou's mansion to fetch Shi Xiangyun.

This time Baoyu was happy.He hasn't seen Xiangyun since Jiapin visited his relatives.Later, he was beaten again, and he was embarrassed to see people, let alone let Xiangyun come to see him.At this time, Shi Taijun picked up Xiangyun and successfully diverted his attention from Lin Daiyu, making Daiyu heave a sigh of relief.

Although the servants of the Ronghou Mansion are almost neat and tidy, those people in the Grand View Garden are still very talkative. If you ask casually, you will know what the masters inside do, even what they eat every day, what they wear, and what they say. Everything can be inquired about, there is almost no secret at all.As soon as Shi Xiangyun arrived on the front foot, someone reported to Yingchun on the back foot.

Yingchun was busy calculating the bill reported by the big kitchen, she was very angry, she couldn't help throwing down the account book, and said angrily: "What kind of expensive eggs, they cost one tael of silver each, are feelings the eggs laid by chickens that eat gold?" This group of people simply fooled her by treating her like a little girl who didn't understand anything. "Go and get me the man in charge of the big kitchen."

Not long after, a daughter-in-law came in, her name was Liu's family, and she had been in charge of the big kitchen in Rong Mansion for more than ten years. She had a daughter named Liu Wu'er, who was born beautiful, more beautiful than mandarin ducks and ordinary people. The first-class maidservants such as Huan'er, Xiren, and Zijuan are not bad.The Liu family wholeheartedly hoped that sending their daughter to Baoyu's room in the future would lead to a good fortune, so in order to befriend the girl in Baoyu's room, they were very generous.Of course, she would not pay for the money herself, so she withheld money for the purchase of the kitchen.Because of the meticulous work done and the extravagance of the Jia family, the grandmas and wives in charge of the house never suspected it, but the Liu family made a lot of money.

However, Yingchun was in charge of the Ning Mansion with a clean and upright family style. Although I dare not say that everything is known, at least I don't believe that eggs cost one tael of silver.Therefore, when he saw this account book, he was furious, and immediately ordered to bring Liu's family up for questioning.

On the side, Daiyu flipped through the brochure leisurely, pretending to be surprised as if adding fuel to the fire: "I didn't know that a meal usually costs a hundred taels of silver. It's because my appetite is small. If there are several people in the family For a man who eats a lot, the annual salary of a first-rank official may not be enough to eat."

Yingchun said angrily: "It's all caused by these villains. The good house has become a nest of moths." Just as he was speaking, the Liu family was brought up.As soon as Yingchun was interrogated, she kept calling for grievances, saying that the harvest this year was not good, food, vegetables and meat were expensive, and the girl was not in charge of the house, so she didn't understand these reasons; she also said that Lian's second grandmother did the same thing when she was in charge of the house. It's just that the Spring Festival dog takes the mouse and meddles in other people's business.

Yingchun was so angry that her face turned pale, she shook her hands, pointed at the Liu family and said, "It's amazing, I think it's better for you to give me my position. Is there anyone outside? Why don't you invite Lian's second sister-in-law here?" This grandma is very capable, so I don't dare to take care of it." Si Qijian agreed abruptly, raised her legs and walked out.

Only then did the members of the Liu family know how to be afraid, and hurried forward on their knees, about to hug Yingchun's leg, Yingchun got up and avoided her, turned her face sideways, and didn't look at her, just asked someone to invite Sister Feng.

The Liu family was so frightened that they cried, and begged Daiyu again: "Miss Lin, please intercede for me anyway. If I am kicked out at my age, I will lose all dignity. You should give birth by mouth anyway, and I will give it to you." Kowtow."

Daiyu also got up to avoid it, and said in her mouth: "It's strange, you did something wrong, what do you ask me to do? I asked you to do it? Since you are afraid of losing face, why do you do such a shameless thing? If you expose it, you will cry, what have you been doing?"

While talking, Sister Feng came in in a hurry, with her handkerchief thrown high, she said: "Good girl, why are you looking for me? I said it earlier, now the family is under your control, you can dispose of it as you like. This daughter-in-law is greedy for money from Mr. Mo, so she might as well type it out and exchange it for another one. Why get angry, be careful not to get angry and hurt yourself."

Because Yingchun is not a legitimate housekeeper, it is not easy to go beyond Sister Feng to deal with it. At this time, after hearing Sister Feng's words, Yingchun said: "Then follow the second sister-in-law's words and kick out the Liu family. Together with their whole family, they are never allowed to enter the second gate." On the other hand, they said to the housekeeper's daughter-in-law Lin Zhixiao's family: "For the time being, you can arrange for one person to fill the vacancy in the big kitchen."

Lin Zhixiao's family agreed, and sent a woman named Qin Xian's family to fight against Liu's family.This Qin Xian's family used to live at night in the south corner of the garden. They had nothing to do during the day, and they didn't show up much. No one knew them.He is born tall and lonely, with big eyes, and he does things neatly.But the most important reason why Lin Zhixiao's family appointed her was because she was the aunt of Si Qi, the most important maid around Yingchun.

Speaking of Si Qi's house, it was also in disarray.Her parents followed the eldest master's family, but her uncle's family followed the second master Jia Zheng. It turned out that when Jia Zheng gained power, Si Qi's uncle and aunt lived much better than her parents.But now the feng shui has changed, and Si Qi followed the favored second girl again, so her uncle's family came again and begged to come to the old man.

If it were someone else, they would either refuse or beg their master to find a solution when encountering such a thing.But Si Qi has always been bold, and in order to show her ability, she took advantage of the time when the two houses were separated, and when there was a lot of noise in the house, she assigned her uncle and aunt's family to the Rongguohou's mansion, and since then Became a servant of the big house.

That's why this happened. Lin Zhixiao's family thought they could please Yingchun by doing so, so they made their own proposals. Not only did Qin Xian's family take charge of the big kitchen with the most oil and water, but they also specially greeted everyone everywhere. He signaled to take more care of him.It's just that outsiders don't know that Yingchun never cares about the families of the maids around her. She always only cares about the people in front of her who are useful, regardless of their backgrounds.Therefore, this flattery of Lin Zhixiao's family only captured Si Qi at most, but Yingchun didn't know it at all.

When Sister Feng saw that Yingchun handled things neatly, her methods were neither soft nor hard, just right, and she was in everyone's demeanor, which was completely different from the old Er Mutou who didn't cry when she was pierced by needles, so she was also surprised.Unexpectedly, in less than a year, this sister-in-law has grown to this point. It can be seen that the eldest brother Ning Shan has really put in effort to train her.It's just that she doesn't know if Lian Er of her family can also receive such attention, and can make a leap forward under Ning Shan's blessing.At the moment, he was a little more cordial to Yingchun.

Wang Xifeng has a problem that has been inherited in the same line as the Wang family, that is, grass on the wall, falling with the wind, and running wherever he gains power.But she also has the consistent advantages of the Wang family, that is, when she is tenacious and persistent and wants to please others, it is difficult for people to refuse.Even if Yingchun and Daiyu had Yuemao's guidance and knew that Sister Feng's kindness to them had a purpose, it was difficult to feel disgusted, and even more embarrassed to refuse.

A few days later, when it happened to be Xiu Mu, Yingchun got up early and went to the upper room in the northeast corner to pay Ning Shan a greeting.Since Ning Shan temporarily lived in Ronghou's mansion, the days of greeting her were reduced to the first and fifteenth day of every month for the sake of guests. Besides, Ning Shan hardly saw young daughter-in-laws such as Sister Feng, and young ladies like Daiyu Xichun. girl.So every time I greet you, only Yingchun will go there by herself.

After nearly a year of pampering, Yingchun's personality became much more lively, and she was no longer so timid when facing Ning Shan. The brother and sister greeted each other, returned the favor, and had some snacks for breakfast together.Yingchun couldn't wait to take out her newly-acquired fragments, and begged Ning Shan to accompany her to solve the situation.Ning Shan happened to be fine, so she agreed, and the two sat facing each other, arranged the endgame, and started to play chess.

Yingchun's chess skills are not weak, but they are not as good as Ning Shan's, so Ning Shan still had time to chat, so she asked Yingchun how Sister Feng's dowry preparations were going.As the eldest brother, it is not good for him to see his sister-in-law, so he can only let Yingchun spread the word.

Yingchun also expected this, and asked specifically before coming here, and she answered very carefully at this time.He took out the list from his sleeve, pointed at each of them, and said, gold, silver, jewelry and other items have been prepared, and special items such as red coral and mother-of-pearl brought back from the sea have also been selected and added to the gift list.Other regulated betrothal money, betrothal cakes, seafood, three animals, fish, wine, candy, tobacco and tea are all ready.All that is lacking now are some fashionable jewellery, and fresh fabrics, and some rice grains, and a couple of wild geese can be hired.

Ning Shan said: "There is ready-made rice grain. I brought back some new-style grain from Qianxiang Country. If possible, I just took this opportunity to send it up. It can also pass the eyes of the two emperors. Whether it is good or bad, it will be fine." I have nothing to do with it. As for the wild geese, you can either carve a pair of the best jadeite or crystal in the warehouse, or I will go to the Iron Net Mountain to catch a pair when the date comes. Which one do you think is better?"

Yingchun lowered her head and thought about the chess game, absent-mindedly said: "How do I know, I have to ask Lian's second sister-in-law, or ask my father."

Ning Shan asked, "If I were to hire you, which one would you like?"

Yingchun blushed, threw away the chess pieces, and shouted: "What are you talking about, big brother? If you do this again, I will have to leave."

Ning Shan hastily stopped her with an apologetic smile, and said, "You also said it was a lie, so don't take it to heart. So, you can ask your second sister-in-law Lian to see which one she thinks is better?"

Si Qi, who was standing beside her, smiled "puchi" and interjected, "Don't ask, if it's Lian's second grandma, I wish it could be as valuable as possible."

Yingchun also laughed and said, "That's the case. The ones carved out of emerald crystals are most in line with Lian's second sister-in-law's temperament, but I don't know if princesses are rare or not."