The clever maid of the red mansion

There are five days before and after the Shangyuan Festival in this dynasty. During this period, there are some celebrations for the high officials and dignitaries, and for the common people.The folks watch lanterns, guess riddles and play all night long. They touch the door nails for all kinds of diseases, businessmen of all kinds, and artists of all colors are connected to the streets and alleys.

This year is a bit special, Lin Daiyu was called by the old lady to visit the concubine of Jia's family, so that the noble concubine could meet her family and relatives, as for if she had other thoughts, Lin Daiyu just sneered, Liu'er knew it was nothing good, so she didn't ask further.

But thinking that Mr. Lin was the only one left in the mansion, he was very lonely, so he stayed with his godmother, and only went home after fifteen sisters came back.Sister Yang Xiu hadn't seen her for more than half a month during Chinese New Year, so she had a lot of intimacy, and Mrs. Fu couldn't pretend to be sick during Chinese New Year, so she got better.Master Fu's family also came to celebrate the New Year, and it was lively for a while.

Not to mention how lively and prosperous the capital is, but now let's just talk about the Lantern Festival in Yangshu Town.

Yang Xiong has nothing to do during the Chinese New Year. He brings his two dog friends, Datou and Houzi, out to watch the lanterns at night.

The three of them are also considered to be the tyrants in Yangshu Town. Wearing their hats on one side, squinting their eyes, and swaying their arms to load crabs on the street, they are not very good things at first glance.Those who knew it or not, all avoided it, especially those of older girls and younger daughters-in-law, who would turn around when they were far away.

Big headed and chubby, people are not as smart as monkeys, and they can't hold back when they have something to say, "Brother, will Wang Cuihua come out for a stroll today? It's been a long time since I've been walking, and I haven't even seen the Wang family."

Yang Xiong was walking a bit impatiently. He had already drank some wine. Hearing this, he raised his hand and slapped Datou on the shoulder, cursing, "Smell! I haven't come out for a few days. I still don't believe it. The lady is capable, and she has never gone out in this life."

"Hey, big brother is right. If you don't come out for a stroll, this Lantern Festival is coming to an end. If you don't believe me, she can bear it. My sister has been going out every day for the past few days. She runs out as soon as the lanterns are in hand. People of ordinary age, It's almost the same. It's just..." Hou Zi was always clever, and hurriedly followed Yang Xiong.

Yang Xiong glanced at the monkey sideways, and spat, "Speak up if you have something to say, I don't like your hesitation and displeasure!"

"Hehe, big brother, I heard that Laohu Sun let go of his words a few years ago and wanted to marry Wang Cuihua to fill in the house. I heard people say that after the Chinese New Year and the first month comes, we have to find a matchmaker to come to propose marriage... Hey Yo, big brother, isn't that Tiger Sun..."

Yang Xiong raised his head and looked forward, and immediately jumped out of anger.I saw Tiger Sun, who was five big and three thick, blocking two young ladies, one of them was very delicate, it was not Wang Cuihua who was it!

"You bastard, Sun Dachong, you are so impatient, you dare to make up your mind about the person that grandpa likes. Today, it's not easy for grandpa to ask you to recognize your relatives, so my surname is not Yang!" Yang Xiong took a few steps immediately. When he came to the front, he grabbed Tiger Sun by the collar, and greeted Tiger Sun with the other fist... When the two dog friends saw each other, they didn't dare to neglect, they rushed up to beat the side drums, and the streets screamed and ran in chaos. The timid ones scatter around, the bold ones watch from afar, sometimes shouting well, neither side is a good thing, people watch the excitement without pressure.

As for the heroine Wang Cuihua, she is long gone.

So, on the early morning of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Liu'er's stepmother, Sun, was counting the money she earned from walking around during the Chinese New Year. "Oh~~, my hard-fated grandson~~~my grandson~~~"

Just crying for her eldest grandson, but not saying what happened, the two sister-in-laws were also wiping away tears, making Sun's head confused, persuading this and that to cry, and persuading that and this to howl. It's over, and screamed, "Okay!" Taking advantage of her mother's breathless time, she hurriedly said, "What's the matter, mom, you and your sister-in-law are good at talking, crying when you come in, it's a Chinese New Year, how unlucky !" After saying that, he didn't care about throwing the handkerchief, and sat on the stool beside him, looking at the three girls, who couldn't believe they kept howling.

This Mrs. Sun is a pungent in her natal family, and she is the only daughter in the family, and she is the youngest. If she has a temper, the whole family can't do anything to her. If she is not ugly and difficult to marry, she will not be cheap to Yang Ershuan.

It's just that today is different from the past, her mother and sister-in-law's sweetheart were beaten unconscious, and her daughter and sister-in-law are left behind.

The old lady stood up all of a sudden, with sharp legs and feet, she jumped up and pointed at her daughter and scolded, "I call you a heartless person. Your eldest nephew doesn't know whether he is alive or dead now, but you are quite stable. Tell me, did Yang Xiong run away from you?" Home is coming, I heard people say, he ran back to the village and hid. Where else can he go except your house, Yang Ershuan is his second uncle, if you don’t believe him, he doesn’t protect his family! Hmph! Girls are extroverted, let me tell you You have no conscience, your father has brought people to block your uncle's house, if you don't believe it, you won't be able to get rid of that bastard from Lao Yang's house!"

The old lady scolded for a long time, and finally made Sun understand. It turned out that last night, Yang Xiong led someone to beat her natal nephew half to death. Walking around touching Yang Xiong.

Sun had always counted on her natal brothers to support her, so she became anxious when she heard the words, "What should I do, but I have invited a good doctor to look at it? What's the matter? I really can't find Yang Xiong, so I just report it to the officials! Let the officials take him go!"

This time, even her sister-in-law couldn't help it anymore, "Bah! Only after being a master of the [-]th official, you are confused, sister-in-law! You know how to look at you on weekdays, so it's just an embroidered pillow!" In fact, the sister-in-law felt that Saying that the embroidered pillow is flattering this sister-in-law, this appearance is worse than a straw bag, what an embroidered pillow!Stupid, thick and black, like a pig trough!

Mrs. Sun yelled at her natal mother and sister-in-law, but she had no choice but to tell her son and daughter, "Go, get your father back and say that your grandma is here." , it is important to treat the elder nephew first, and also to appease the mother, father, elder brother and sister-in-law... Only the elder brother can't take advantage of them!

***

Yang Ershuan and his elder brother Yang Dashuan have always been at odds. When he was young, he looked down on Yang Ershuan's uselessness, and the old man was partial to the boss.Later, when the two married their own wives, it became even more dirty, and when Mrs. Sun came in, they were not to mention instigating.

Yang Dashuan lived well, running a grocery store in Yangshu Town.The eldest son’s family planted tens of acres of land in Dayang Village. The second son, Yang Xiong, disobeyed his discipline since he was a child and preferred to fight and make trouble. It's serious.The youngest son is well-behaved, he usually goes to school and helps his parents look after the shop in his spare time. Yang Dashuan still expects his youngest son to give his family a chance to be a scholar.

Now that Yang Xiong caused trouble and ran away, Yang Dashuan blushed and had a thick neck at home, scolding his mother-in-law Zhang's loving mother for being a loser, and scolding his eldest son Yang Man for not coming.The shop at home was blocked by the grandson's family, and it was closed and unable to do business. The youngest son was reluctant to scold him, so Yang Dashuan was very annoyed.

As for the culprit, Yang Xiong, he did escape, and the three of them hid separately, saying, don't be caught by others.

Yang Xiong had a few friends who had been hanging around outside for so many years. At that time, he thought he had killed someone, so he went to Ping'an Prefecture overnight to join his friends.I was alone, and it was not easy to walk at night. Not far from Yangshu Town, I entered a dilapidated temple by the side of the road, intending to spend the night and leave at dawn the next day.Unexpectedly, one foot stepped into the ruined temple, and the other foot hadn't entered yet. There was a sound of wind in the back of his head, a sharp pain in his head, and he fell down and disappeared.

When he woke up after being splashed with a basin of cold water, it was already three days later, the official office opened the seal, and the official master was raised to question the case.

The case is really simple, but it was Yang Xiong, a grassroots man who gathered a crowd to fight and caused a serious injury. He is still unconscious, and his life and death are unknown.The big-headed monkeys were all arrested and brought to justice as the accomplices, and they all confessed.

Now there is only Yang Xiong left, he is really a man of honor, he has not pleaded guilty, and shouted, "My lord, I am wronged, Caomin only touched him a few times, and he fell down. Caomin did not touch him Brain, why did he become unconscious? It must be that Tiger Sun is timid and afraid of getting into trouble. It is unknown if he is scared out of his wits! Besides, it was Tiger Sun who flirted with a woman from a good family in the street. Heartbroken, my lord, my villain is wronged!"

When the big head and the monkey heard it, they immediately shouted for grievances together. The two of them were scared out of their wits, but they forgot about it.

The official heard this, pondered for a moment, and said, "If you are really wronged, I will try it clearly. Since you said that the plaintiff, Sun Tiger, molested a woman from a good family, do you know the woman's name and where does she live?"

The monkey talked quickly, kowtowed, and said, "Master Qingtian Mingjian, that girl is Wang Cuihua, the little lady of Wang Butcher's family who sells pork on the East Street. You can tell when you ask."

The old man sent the yamen servant to send the witness Wang Cuihua, but fortunately Wang Cuihua was a conscientious person, to tell the truth, there was another neighbor who testified, and when she made it clear, she went home, and there was nothing wrong with her.

But her old lady is in trouble. This Wang Cuihua is none other than the niece of Liu'er's sister-in-law Wang Shi, and the girl of her eldest brother. Because she is good-looking, articulate, and well-behaved, she is very popular with the whole family. The one who has chosen thousands of choices, even points out that she will marry a quick son-in-law, and the family will follow.

Now she has gone to testify to Yang Xiong, and the Sun family quit.Headed by Mrs. Sun, she brought her two daughters-in-law and several sisters-in-law and her daughter Sun to Yang Hu's house, first arresting Liu'er's sister-in-law Wang.Mrs. Sun has always regarded Mrs. Yang, Hu and Mrs. Wang as dishes on her plate, and she can knead them as she likes, without any scruples.When they met, they beat and scolded, dragged Mrs. Wang, and went straight to Wang Cuihua's house. There was another commotion, and the grandson of their family molested the girl.

Rao Wang's eldest brother was a butcher, and was known for being fierce, but he couldn't do anything to a group of jealous shrews. In the end, he had to pay half a piece of pork and a few slings of copper coins, and reluctantly sent a group of women away.

But Tiger Sun is not good every day, and this matter never ends.

The three families of Sun Wang and Yang have officially torn their skins.

Yang Xiong and the others are still staying in the county prison, and the Sun family has taken care of them, so they must suffer some flesh and blood.Yang Xiong's mother-in-law Yang Dashuan and his wife went to visit the prison, and saw their son's miserable appearance. After all, he was his own.Inadvertently heard that the Sun family made their son suffer, and hated the Sun family to death.On the same day, Yang Dashuan called his younger brother Yang Ershuan to come and scolded his wife, but he couldn't control his daughter-in-law.

In fact, Yang Ershuan had just been scolded by Yue's family, and Mrs. Sun was jumping and scolding him when he just left the house.Wanting to find his son Yang Hu is unlucky, and it is not cheap not to be in front of him.

After being managed by Yang Dashuan, a lot of money was scattered, and finally he got the truth, "Now Tiger Sun's life and death are unknown, and he is only molesting a little lady, so the crime is not fatal. Even if it is a capital crime, it is not up to you, Yang Xiong, to act on behalf of the heavens." Forget it. Besides, the Sun family also spent money to manage it, whether Tiger Sun lives or dies, it will be difficult for you, Yang Xiong, to figure it out."

The Yang family was gloomy for a while, and they were at a loss when the eldest son Yang Man suddenly remembered something and said to his father, "Father, now I want to save my second brother, but I can't ask someone to do it. Maybe I can do it. I heard that sister Xiu from the second uncle's family My son is promising, my husband is an official now, why don't you ask her to go now..."

The disease went to the doctor indiscriminately, even though the second brother and sister's family almost turned against each other, after all, the second brother was honest, so he immediately asked his son to find Yang Ershuan, and didn't mention how he acted.

Let's just talk about Yang Xiong, he stayed in prison for a few days, couldn't eat well and sleep well, and he had to be beaten every day with a killing stick.

One day, I was sitting in the cell dozing against the wall, and suddenly the cell boss led a person in courteously. When he arrived at his cell, he opened the lock with the key, bent over with a smile on his face, and tidied up quickly. He came out of a small clean place, and called the yamen servant, "Sanzi, bring a clean chair!" He took the chair and put it away, then wiped the dust that didn't exist on it with his sleeve, and turned his head to smile flatteringly at the visitor, " Uncle Bai is pickling here, you just sit down for a while."

The person who came was a young man wearing a brocade robe and a fur cloak, he was very handsome, and he nodded calmly, "Go ahead, I'm sorry."

"It should be, then... the little one will go out first, just call me if you need something." After finishing speaking, he nodded and bowed and backed out.

The person who came was none other than Feng Sanye's servant, Bai He!

Bai He sat down with his clothes lifted, his body straight, he glanced at Yang Xiong casually, his expression was flat and distant, and he cut to the point, "My master can ask someone to let you out immediately, but there is no such cheap thing in this world, how do you treat it? "

What can Yang Xiong do, someone rescued him now, it's tantamount to rebirthing his parents and rebirthing his parents!People's hearts are iron and iron, and the law of the government is like a furnace. No matter how good you are, you can't resist the furnace of the government!

Now Yang Xiong truly understands the power of power. When he saw Mr. Bai in front of him dressed in extraordinary clothes, he presumably has a history. Such a character is still someone's subordinate. Compared with others, he is like mud under his feet!Immediately after thinking for a while, he agreed to everything, swears and swears, and joins Mr. Bai's command from now on... Yang Xiong went home for dinner that day.

From then on, Yang Xiong had a backer, not only wandered around the town again, but also started a business with people, and he was away for half a year, saying that he met a nobleman, and he has been rich since then.It didn't take long to marry Wang Cuihua again, which can be regarded as a proud spring breeze.

After this incident, his father Yang Dashuan also took out his eldest brother's money, gave gifts to the clan elders, impeached his sister-in-law Sun, abused his nephews and nieces unruly, and sold the two daughters of his first siblings for no reason... In the end, the Sun family was fined by the clan to do two hours of farm work on the clan farm every day without pay.If it wasn't for the sake of having a child, she would have decided to retire and go back to her natal family. The Sun family was completely honest and cut off contact with her natal family.It's not that she wants to break up, but that her natal family has no contact with the Wang family and the Yang family now.

And the day after Yang Xiong came home, Tiger Sun also woke up. Except for a broken leg, he was fine. It's a pity that he didn't wait for him to heal. The servants came to the house and coldly told Sun Laohu to molested a good girl in the street. Nian would not be held accountable in the Wang family and would not have to go to prison. The Wang family fined 50 taels of silver!

50 taels, there is almost not much left in the Wang family, and it is necessary to find a daughter to contribute...

As for the big house of the Yang family, soon Yang Dashuan's family, especially Yang Xiong, completely controlled the Yang and Wang families. Where would the Sun family have a place to jump around? This loss is for nothing!And then continued to eat.

As for Yang Xiong, being pinched by Bai He or Feng Sanye, he could only be flattering. Even if he later found out that Feng Ziying had to call him cousin, his back could not straighten up.Fortunately, ordinary people don't dare to underestimate him. How much face has to be given? He is getting more and more easygoing, and he is getting more and more winking. He understands who to fawn on and who to handle. Something else.

When Liu'er found out about this, it was already the first month.Mr. Feng hadn't seen his sweetheart for many days, and his heart itched unbearably. He found a reason to visit Godmother Zhang, and brought a lot of things. He said better than singing, and said: "Godmother has taken care of Liu'er for many years. The younger generation is very grateful. You just Let's have more sons, and in the future, just do what you want, and don't talk heresy."

Although these words sounded pleasing to the ear, Mrs. Zhang just smiled on her face and didn't take it to heart.But the last few sentences really moved her face, and she really treated Feng Sanye as one of her own since then.

"Now it's time for us to honor your old man. It's just that it's so inconvenient now, and I'm afraid that you won't get used to it, and you will be wronged. In the future, we will live alone, and we will take you to live together and support you until the end of your life. Me and Liu'er is a motherless person, so I treat you as my own mother."

Hearing these words from his daughter was heartwarming, but when he said them from the son-in-law-to-be, his heart was completely settled, and Mrs. Zhang's heart blossomed in an instant.For myself, and especially for the girls, I can be counted on for life after all, and I have come to the end of all hardships.

Then... Mrs. Zhang was happy, and said with a pleasant face, "Little Liu'er is working in the back room. You can go and say a few words and meet up."

Although Mr. Feng is satisfied with the inner and outer rooms, with Liu'er's temper, it is impossible to enter the room and enter the boudoir now.An elder looked at it and secretly laughed.

The maids were also winking, poured the tea, and hid with excuses, Liu'er pretended not to notice, she was embroidering a purse with sapphire blue pine and crane in her hand, she looked up at him, then lowered her head and continued her sewing.

The light outside the window was just right, cast on Liu'er's side, the whole person seemed to be inlaid with a soft precious light, if it wasn't for the homely clothes, it would be like a fairy about to ascend.

But I saw the half-worn red silk jacket with a stand-up collar, which set off the white and slender neck.A rose-purple rabbit fur waistcoat, and a Xi Luo skirt covered her coiled legs and feet.Crow Crow's hair was only loosely tied in a bun, and only a hairpin was inlaid with a ruby ​​and jasper hairpin the size of a pigeon's egg. The rest had no jewelry. The red, green, black and white were distinct, but it looked even more beautiful. Lazy and casual, gorgeous and not vulgar.When he raised his eyes, Hei Yingying's eyes swept away, and Mr. Feng immediately sat there unable to move, and for a moment he forgot what he wanted to say when he came here.

Just like that, one hand was dexterously doing the work, and the other was sitting across from him in a daze. After a while, Liu'er couldn't bear it any longer. The coaxed daughter doesn't even care about it, what's the big deal." If she didn't happen to be working together in the godmother's house, she wouldn't have the nerve to run out to meet people.

Mr. Feng came back to his senses, cleared his throat in embarrassment, saw the teacup in front of Liu'er, reached over his own, took it and drank it in one gulp, was stared at twice, pretended not to see it, and smiled authentically, "This is I’ll give you maple dew tea. You can use it if you like it. I still have it. Huh? This pouch was made for me, right? Your girl’s home, with this color, is too old, isn’t it? "

Liu'er didn't make a sound, just lowered her head and continued her sewing, it will be over in a while, if she is in a good mood, she can give it right away, if she has nothing to do to make people laugh, then let's talk about it.

Mr. Feng is very good at looking, and when he saw it, he immediately suppressed his complacency, and said in a serious manner, "Forget about your natal family, I've already done it. In the future, whoever you want, you can call someone to come over and talk." , who do you want to see, they will definitely not dare to come here to make trouble. From now on, they are really good relatives who are sensible and reasonable. Tell me, how should you thank me?"

Liu'er was very curious, and couldn't help raising her head and said, "How did you do it? So fast?"

"Oh, I, Mr. Feng, want to take care of someone. Make sure he is honest. I am grateful. You don't know about the messy things outside. If you don't dirty your ears, if you have time, drink some tea and snacks, listen The girl told a joke, took a nap, why are you unhappy! Anyway, they are your relatives, you are happy, I will only take care of them in the future, and I can’t lose them. Of course, if you don’t like them, you can return to their original form. It's just a blink of an eye, and it's not worth worrying about them."

Feng Sanye now feels that he is very considerate of King Zhou You, what are the princes of Fenghuo opera, what are you walking on other people's legs, and what you are losing is your own reputation.Now he is digging his heart and soul to run back and forth himself.I am happy for the Bomei people, not to mention myself, even his old man, who has lost his legs, lost his face, and spent his money. Now he has become a'brother' brother with Master Lin!

Shi Chong would give up his life and not give up on a beautiful woman, that is a fellow man, and he has sympathy for it.