The clever maid of the red mansion

After the new year is over, Grandma Lai has also recovered, and everyone can live their lives as they want.

There were far fewer girls and women in the front yard, Wang Ma left, and the marriage between Liu Zhi and Dasha was settled, and they were waiting to get married in August.

Liu'er couldn't quite tell what Liu Zhi was thinking about this marriage, but she and Mrs. Li had a much closer understanding, and they no longer went their own way, trying to maintain their face and love, and there were three points on their face.

According to Mrs. Bai, Mrs. Li was very satisfied with Liu Zhi, so the dowry was not counted, and she gave Liu Zhi a pair of gold bracelets as a gift in private.However, Grandma Liu Zhichun has been with her for more than ten years, and she has been in charge of the family's accounts and human relations, so she should have saved a lot of private houses.Mrs. Li should have saved a lot, but the old woman has been in charge of all kinds of purchases at home, and anyone who is not a profiteer will not believe it.

As for the private house, it is purely Sister-in-law Bai's personal guess, because Liu'er is pleasing to the eye, this child has a good mouth and a tight mouth, so she likes to whisper to Liu'er about anything.As for the prying into the secrets of the inner courtyard, Liu'er just didn't see it.

Now that Liu'er Kitchen has her own people, there are delicious foods at home that others can't eat, but she can take the first bite. Seeing that people are getting whiter and tenderer, their size has also changed a lot compared to when they came here, yellow and yellow. Hair is much darker.

This Sister-in-law Bai is the one who was picking things out of Aunt Xu's arms. She is dark and strong, and looks rough, but she is actually smart, with a rough face but not a rough heart. She usually doesn't talk much, and looks simple and honest.He works quickly and is as strong as a big man. Although he was hired from outside, he was also kept. He continued to work in the kitchen and got along well with Aunt Zhang.

As long as they stay, the monthly payment will increase a lot.

Of course, as a relative of Mrs. Li, Aunt Zhang, who knows how to work and be a man, naturally stayed, but both she and Sister-in-law Bai signed employment documents for three years.

Because Qiuhong left, Xiuhong was also sold away, and Taohong was picked into the inner courtyard without saying what to do, Grandma Chun only ordered: "Follow Liuer and learn how to serve her."

As for Liu'er, she became the second Qiuhong, and her monthly money increased by three hundred cash, but besides sister Qin, the master also has a brother Mo.

The two brothers and sisters usually sit and lie down together, except that they do not sleep together.Especially for the old master class, now there are only four of them, sister and brother, plus Liu Er Taohong, and the master female red comes every two days.

Therefore, Mo Geer usually writes big characters on the kang table, or sits while reciting, while Sister Qin and Tao Hong do needlework.

Liu'er, on the other hand, was playing the net, while looking at Brother Mo, and also paying attention to Sister Qin's request for tea, thread and scissors.

Liu'er couldn't imitate Qiuhong's way of doing things, so she seldom gave Taohong orders. 7k7k1 The heavy work is done by women themselves, and this little thing in front of her is nothing to her.

After passing through Qiuhong, she would not feel that it was only natural for the big girl to support the little girl.People, do more things and talk less, you can't make mistakes, and it's okay if you don't get well, which arouses people's resentment.This kind of work is exhausting.

Just look at Aunt Li and Sister Liuzhi.

This peach red, even though it is edible, is not a fool, this Liu'er knew it the first day she came here.So I don't need anyone to push me around, and I still have good eyesight when doing things, and I can tell the height of the eyebrows, which is also worry-free.

Seeing Liu'er picking up the thread basket, Tao Hong hurriedly put down her work, snatched it away, and said with a smile, "Sister Liu'er wants to do something, tell me to do it."

Now Liu'er has also been promoted to sister. Although she is two years younger than Taohong, every time Liu'er hears Taohong call her sister, she feels awkward.

On the couch, sister Qin smiled when she saw her like that, and glanced at Tao Hong, "It's a wink, but I didn't tell you, Liu'er did it, you might not be able to do it, you, learn more, you can do it yourself." Good for you."

Ever since Tao Hong heard Grandma Chun's order to help Liu'er, she has been more distracted, and usually pays attention to Liu'er's words and deeds.

It's a pity that Liu'erjia's mansion and other top wealthy families have stayed in the top wealthy families for six or seven years. They are well-mannered and ingenious, especially now that they have thought about it. How can she figure it out in three or two days? time joke.

Liu'er didn't say anything, and directly handed the embroidery thread to Tao Hong, "Pink white, peach pink, peach red, vermilion, bright red, bean green, pick out some silk threads of each color, the girl has finished embroidering swallows, it's time for peach blossoms, let's put the colors first." Match and match, compare with the original picture, keep it if it is suitable, put it back if it is not suitable, and then pick and choose." She is too lazy to bother with Tao Hong about such trivial matters, especially Tao Hong, who is a little careful, she is also careful in doing things, and her legs are diligent.

Sister Qin is embroidering a table screen, and plans to find someone to inlay a wooden frame after the embroidery, and put it on her desk.This is the first embroidered piece that is a little more serious since I started learning needlework.

The embroidered picture is a peach blossom broken by Taoist Xueju, and she added two swallows to make a pair—the picture of spring swallow peach blossom.The picture of peach blossoms was borrowed from Feng Lianyu, the eldest daughter of Second Grandma Lai. Sister Qin thought the peach blossoms were too simple, so she added a few more...

Sister Qin's way of doing things is Feng Lianyu's school. She is really a lady. She has learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting from a serious master since she was a child. The family spent a lot of money. Sister Qin knows a lot of big characters, which is beyond comparison. , so learn four different.

Liu'er helped Sister Qin trace the pattern of the flower, and watched Sister Qin color it, so she knew exactly what kind of embroidery thread to use, and it didn't look out of shape.Tao Hong was a little dazed, her smile was a little awkward, she was dazzled by looking at the various silk threads in the basket.Don't say goodbye, it's just red, and there are some uncountable shades.As for peach powder and peach red, vermilion and scarlet... is there a difference?

Seeing that he had turned back and poured tea to Liu Er, he forced a smile and said, "Sister, teach me, I really can't tell the difference." Inadvertently, whenever I ask for advice, I always call my sister.

Liu'er glanced at her, thinking that Tao Hong has been here for more than half a year, and she has seen some things, but this needlework practitioner can't even recognize the thread?

This skill is comparable to Xiuhong's, but it's not a little bit worse. From Liu'er's point of view, among all the girls in the Xu family, no one can compare with Xiuhong's dexterity.

But I didn’t say anything, I waited for Brother Mo to eat tea, wiped his hands and face, and put several kinds of silk threads on the small table from shallow to deep, "You should recognize the big red and the big green, compare them, these few It gradually becomes lighter, and the light is almost white, followed by pink-white, white-green, gray-white..."

Tao Hong felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, she was very attentive in learning things, desperately trying to memorize them in her head, while Sister Qin just watched, she wouldn't talk about it once, and next time she didn't know that she was ashamed.In particular, Sister Qin also has a good face towards her recently, so she has to behave well.

Since Qiuhong left, most of the night watchmen were Liu'er, who accompanied Sister Qin in the room.Recently, from time to time, Sister Qin asked Tao Hong to replace Liu Er a few times.

However, Sister Qin picked on her twice for poor tea service, but she still asked her to go in for night duty from time to time, she didn't seem to care.

But Tao Hong was obedient, and asked Liu Er seriously about the trivial matters of serving at night. After a few times, Sister Qin didn't talk about her anymore.

Liu'er was not as obsessed with Qiuhong as before when she was on duty at night. Second, whether the master could serve her well or not. Sooner or later, her handwriting skills were greatly reduced, which made her a little unaccustomed to it.She now takes it very seriously.

So, I wish Taohong would go in and serve her more, anyway, it's already summer, and it's not bad at all whether it's hot or cold inside or outside.

For three nights in a row, Tao Hong went in on duty. On the fourth night, Tao Hong looked at Liu'er's face, and said in embarrassment: "Sister Liu'er, the girl asked me to stay with her at night, you see... we are slaves, and we can't be masters, right... "

Liu Er smiled, this Tao Hong is really an honest person!

I didn't notice it at first, but you are a big fart girl, you think a lot of things carefully, you think others are fools, so you waved your hand lightly: "The girl tells you to go, so go, it proves that you serve well, and you are all slaves. Serving a good master is your duty. You know what to do, don’t worry about me, I am grateful to you before it’s too late, you’ve been troubled for me.”

Tao Hong's face was a little embarrassed, and Liu'er's lukewarm words emptied her original complacent thoughts.

At the beginning, I really underestimated Liu'er, thinking that they all came in together, they all came from poor backgrounds, and they were all picked by Grandma Chun, who increased the cost of food and clothing, and the monthly money was the same at that time, no one was worse than the other How many.

Years ago, they followed Sister Qin to class, they sat while Liu Erke stood and served.Therefore, she, Xiuhong and the others always felt that Liu'er was not as good as them, but she just went in to be a rough envoy, and they would not do this for others in the future-this was Qiu Hong's original words.

But after entering the inner courtyard after the new year, Tao Hong was always under attack, and she did not do anything right. For a while, she was told by sister Qin almost three or five times a day, which made her more timid. Later, Liu Er consciously raised After touching her, she gradually got better, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

Originally, she and Liu Er had a good relationship, but unknowingly seeing Liu Er doing things, she felt a little uncomfortable, and sometimes she felt something was wrong when she thought about it, and wanted to have a good talk with Liu Er, but she was still very grateful to Liu Er in her heart, But for some reason, I couldn't open my mouth.Especially seeing that Liu'er did everything neatly, the master was not satisfied with it, but the wives also praised it secretly, which made her a little bit uncomfortable, and she didn't have the thought of talking about herself.

Liu'er didn't bother to pay attention to Tao Hong's thoughts, because she didn't care about little girls at all.Previously, it was Taohong and Xiuhong who came to talk to her by themselves, or the two of them talked mostly, it was nothing more than what to eat and drink today, whose handkerchief was exquisite, etc. She had eaten and met people in her previous life, let alone these two people. Hong, that is Lai's second grandma and her two daughters' food and clothing expenses, she looks normal.

In the eyes of this little girl, Sister Qin is already dazzled and amazing.

As for fighting for face with Taohong, it is because Taohong thinks highly of herself.

Liu Er later mentioned something through Aunt Zhang, and already knew that Grandma Chun had a grudge against her because of the incident of "Second Uncle Xu scalding her feet". ?Mo Ge'er is the lifeblood of Grandma Chun, so Liu'er can only be more cautious in her words and deeds, and don't do anything in the first place.

Even so, she has no idea whether this job can last for a long time, and she can do it every day.

So she figured it out, no matter how hard she calculated, it would be difficult to please everyone.When the master is happy, he won't think too much. One day, if he doesn't like you, the past will be revealed, and everything will become ill-intentioned. It's just a matter of dismissing you.

It's better to take advantage of this rare opportunity, so that you can develop some skills and be serious. Even if you are a slave, you should be useful.

So Liu'er apologized half-truths and half-falsely to Tao Hong, dismissed her quietly, and sneered secretly, "I've seen a lot of little tricks."

Half a month later, it was midsummer, and sister Qin was able to embroider the "Peach Blossom Picture of Spring Swallows and Peach Blossoms". Two sisters get together.

Brother Mo's family endorsed, originally Liu'er was going to be left to guard Brother Mo, Sister Qin thought about it, this time she wanted to borrow two more picture albums from Sister Lianyu, just in time for Liu'er to help choose and use.Although this Liu'er usually doesn't talk much, she is not as good at flattering as Tao Hongqiao, but she still has a good eye, and she is sure to find something suitable for her.

Suiyang asks elder sister Liuzhi to help, Liuzhi looks at Brother Mo while making dowry, without any delay, she takes Taohong and Liuer to go out with her mother.

Second Grandma Lai can be regarded as Chun Niang's big patron, and she is a good girl, and Second Grandma Lai gets a lot of them.

As far as Liu'er knew, the four reds and the former Qiulan and Qiuju were all taken away by Second Grandma Lai.According to Tao Hong, Qiu Hong also went to her place, but Liu Er did not meet her that time.

On the other hand, Tao Hong went out with Sister Qin a few times alone, and met Qiu Hong twice. It is said that it is much better than here, and the cost of food and clothing is more than twice that of Sister Qin. Liu Er sneered in her heart, It doesn't show on the face.

It's not that she didn't see Qiu Ju's situation back then, and Tao Hong also saw it with her own eyes, and Qiu Ju can be considered as a man who can adapt to the wind, and she usually doesn't suffer if she puts on a face.Even so, when you get there, it's not like that, master Lai, it's not easy to serve the master.

Especially the Feng sisters, they looked modest and generous, and they treated others well, but Liu'er couldn't believe that sister Tao Hongqin didn't notice the arrogance and coldness in the corners of her eyes and brows.

Liu Er and Tao Hong followed Sister Qin, and were let by the guide woman to live in the small courtyard of the Feng sisters. They did not see Qiu Ju, Qiu Lan and Qiu Hong, but only saw Xing Hong among the four reds. Wearing, that is, a little girl running errands.

Seeing them coming, he didn't express anything in particular, just glanced at them and turned away.

However, inexplicably, that headstrong second girl Feng treated Liu Er very affectionately. When she saw Liu Er, she held her hand and asked her, what she likes to do, play, eat, and eat... She asked Liu Er all the time. Very awkward.

Counting this time, she and this second girl Feng only met three times in total, and they hadn't spoken to each other the first two times, so people might not remember her, so I really don't know where this song came from.

Commenting on the picture of 'Chunyan Peach Blossom' with Sister Qin, the big girl met, nodded and smiled: "What's the big deal, it's worth your attention, I really like it, I asked her to serve you, don't you say it every day, you But don’t follow the devil after hearing a few words from someone, listen to the wind and rain, not like a girl.”

Liu'er's heart moved when she heard this, but the second girl raised her chin and said disapprovingly: "What did my sister say, a little girl is not worth anything, am I curious, Qiuhong praised her like a trumpet flower, this girl is I want to see what kind of smart person he is! I think Xinghong is also good, why can't he compare to this?"

Said that even Sister Qin couldn't help but look at Liu'er. Immediately, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Liu'er's back. She really didn't notice that Qiu Hong was so worried that she walked away. Don't let people live in peace, speaking of it, I didn't offend her!

She has always looked down on her as an old man, but now, what does she mean?Are you afraid that you won't offend enough people?