The clever maid of the red mansion

In the summer, Liu'er felt that her little clothes were sweating profusely, so she dealt with the second girl Feng and saw that the girls were all attracted by the "Picture of Spring Swallows and Peach Blossoms". Quietly stood aside, glanced at Sister Qin, but couldn't see anything.

Even though she is only in her teens, Sister Qin has a lot of heart, especially she can keep her face calm and she has a good idea of ​​what to do. , Teach the girls, Brother Mo is smart, sister Qin is ten times smarter than Brother Mo.

Therefore, Liu'er was still very jealous of sister Qin, and she didn't know what sister Qin would think if Qiu Hong made a fuss.

Gods and Buddhas of heaven and earth, I don't even have the slightest thought of climbing high branches!

In her eyes, this is a fart. Looking at the house full of girls, she also knows that Lai's second grandma's slaves are not as easy to do as the Xu's. There are many people and many right and wrong.

Back in the car, Sister Qin's face was a little pale, and she didn't talk much, even Tao Hong didn't pay much attention.

Grandma Chun thought that the girl was angry with the Feng family sisters, and comforted her: "If you don't play well, you will come here less in the future, and it's worth your face? Every girl has a small temper. There are jokes too, forget about it, people have long forgotten, but it’s worth your peace of mind? People may not mean it, and besides, needlework is almost enough, haven’t you been able to make clothes and embroider purses a long time ago? You Do you really want to be an embroiderer? My mother is also reluctant! Look at the Feng family, there are several master masters ready-made, and the girls in their family may not be able to do needlework as long as you."

Sister Qin's face softened, she hugged her mother's arm and acted like a baby, "What did you say, is your daughter so careless? Sister Feng praised me, the stitches are meticulous, and the colors are well matched. But the second sister Feng said I am superfluous, mother, tell me, how many more peach blossoms, don’t they look lively? The original picture is too thin, and with the addition of two swallows, it is also more lively. According to the original picture, it looks more and less cold. , Mom, don’t you think so, don’t you?”

While shaking the embroidery, Sister Qin shook Grandma Chun's arm with one hand, pouted a little unhappy.

Grandma Chun couldn't do anything to pester her, so she had to follow her to comfort her.

Liu'er suppressed her stomach laughing, this girl really dare to say that although she didn't study for a few days and could only read a few words, she also knew that the paintings of Taoist Xueju, even if they were originally Jia's, might not have much I don't want to say whether it's good or not, I have some knowledge, at least I don't dare to say that others are shabby.

Of course, their girl, Sister Qin, was an exception. Looking at it this way, Sister Qin became more and more like Lian's second grandmother. She liked bright clothes, lively scenes, and dared to despise everyone. Her courage was not ordinary.

Liu'er was slandering, but she didn't know that Sister Qin didn't like her today, she suddenly raised her eyes to look at Liu'er, her tone was inexplicable, "Don't you think so, Liu'er, my picture looks better!"

Liu'er quickly straightened her face, and said respectfully: "Each flower is in each eye, Liu'er looked at it, this picture of peach blossoms can't really show the girl's sewing skills, only the picture of rich and noble peonies can be done, is it true that the girl brought back the picture today?" Are there two, Liu Er looks good, it should suit the character of the girl."

The peony picture is full of red willows and greenery, so dense and dense, one picture is estimated to be enough for the girl to work for a few months, so it will save trouble.So today she thoughtfully helped to choose a serious look, instead of taking the albums of famous artists, she can see that her girl likes it.It's better not to mess with the spring snow.

Sister Qin clapped her hands in agreement, Tao Hong also agreed, and Grandma Chun smiled and looked at Liu'er a few more times, but said nothing, she didn't know what she was thinking, making Liu'er feel restless.

Let her speak nonsense completely against her conscience, Liu'er now really can't do it, under the eaves, dare she say that those simple strokes of peach blossoms look interesting?Does your toka flower look a bit tacky, like a shoe?

Only when she is tired of living crookedly can she dare to offend her master, she would not have the guts to do so in two lifetimes.

Under the premise of not offending the master and not being too flattering, it is still necessary to blur the topic, Liu'er looked at Sister Qin's bright smiling face, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Sighing secretly, I can't tell, I don't know how many people I offended with my straight temper in the past.

After this day, Sister Qin went out with her mother a few times, without Liu Er, and let Tao Hong wait on her companions, Liu Er didn't care, Tao Hong became more and more proud, even though she was a steady temper, she couldn't restrain herself Stay, pretending to show off inadvertently.

Through Tao Hong's show off, I know that Miss Feng has just made a marriage agreement. It is said that she is a Jinshi in science, and she chose Shujishi. Her family background is ordinary, and she only has an old father.

Liu'er thought to herself, she admired Second Grandma Lai more and more, even though her mansion looked magnificent, it was actually just a fourth-rank official's private room, whether it looked good or not, to make this marriage, to be honest, Miss Feng was the one who climbed high. up.

What's rare is that this uncle's family has no mother, so there is no mother-in-law to make things difficult for the daughter-in-law. Once married, she will be the housekeeper.I want to be supported by Master Feng again, the girl's dowry must be generous, I can't say I have a good word for her girl, how can I dare to pick on the girl's background.

The more Liu'er thought about it, the more convinced she was. She thought about Jia's Second Aunt You, if she relied on Second Grandma's [-]% calculations, how could she disappear within a few days after entering the mansion? This person is really incomparable.

I just don't know how this uncle's character and appearance are, but it shouldn't be bad.

Originally thought that the days would pass like this, but who knows, in less than two months, after dinner that day, Grandma Chun suddenly called Liu'er over, and told her with a flat face, "Put your things in order, tomorrow's with you Aunt Li, let's go to Second Grandma Lai's house. It's also your luck, Second Miss Feng is short of a girl, so she falls in love with you. From then on, you will be considered to have a bright future, go back and say goodbye to the girl."

Liu'er's heart was cold for a while, and she went back to her room in a daze, and sat on the couch for a long time without recovering, not knowing what was going on.

"Liu'er, you don't look very good, but what's wrong with you? Do you want to ask Aunt Li to show you? What did grandma tell you to go over just now?"

I don’t know when it started, Tao Hong no longer called Liu’er’s sister, and Liu’er was relieved by the word “Aunt Li”, and looked at Tao Hong close at hand, and let out a sigh of relief. Did you expect it?It's not different from the previous life, it's just unexpected.

"Please help me pour a bowl of tea." After taking Taohong and pouring the tea bowl, she drank it in one go without caring whether it was hot or not, and handed over the cup, calmed down, with a calm tone, looked at Taohong and said: "It's nothing, Tomorrow, I will go to Second Grandma Lai's house to serve the second girl, tell me, do I have climbed into a high branch?"

Tao Hong carefully looked at Liu Er's expression, a little uncertain about her thoughts, and smiled embarrassingly, "It should be...well, I heard Qiu Hong say..."

"Okay, from now on, I will have many opportunities to listen to your Qiuhong sister Lunyin. Now, I still have to pack up, so you should be busy... You should watch, in case I am not careful , I shouldn’t have taken it, I was blamed by the master, it’s nothing if I left, but you will be left behind.”

Tao Hong was a little embarrassed by Liu Er's words, hesitated for a moment, but did not leave after all.

Liu'er ignored Tao Hong's murmurings, and started to tidy things up. In fact, she really didn't have much to worry about. A few hair ropes and a few flowers, although she didn't like them, they were necessary, and she couldn't do without them.During this period of time, basically no money was spent, and a few strings of money were saved, and they were packed in a big lotus bag made by myself.Another important thing is that two sets of fairly neat clothes, a pair of shoes, and a somewhat bald pen were tidied up in a few strokes, wrapped in a small flower cloth furoshiki with a piece of Aunt Zhang, and it was over.

Seeing this burden skin, I thought, I have to go and tell Aunt Zhang, and Sister Bai, they usually take care of her, don't leave Sister Liuzhi behind, it's a courtesy, and Aunt Li.

Thinking of Sister Liuzhi, she hurriedly took out a handkerchief from the sewing basket.Sister Liu Zhi is going to get married next month, this is her gift, embroidered two small lotus flowers with parallel stalks on the corner, maybe hurry up and finish the remaining few stitches, send it over to finish counting.Okay, it's not a waste of time to get to know each other, especially since, although Sister Liu Zhi is a bit rigid and scheming, she doesn't have any bad intentions.

There was no need for Liu'er to serve dinner, so Liu'er took the opportunity to go to the kitchen, who would have thought that Sister-in-law Bai didn't come on leave today, and the other two women also went out, only Aunt Zhang.Aunt Zhang had heard that Liu'er was going to leave earlier, so when she saw Liu'er with her head exposed, she hugged her, and tears came down. Nong Liu'er felt sore and unspeakable, and she also shed tears when her eyes became hot.

"How do you say that? How can you just leave? Don't the grandma and the girl like you very much, so why don't you beg grandma to stay? Wouldn't it be better for those big families to talk so much?" She talks a lot..." Aunt Zhang really couldn't bear Liu'er, she was an old woman all by herself, and she was just dawdling in life, and she lived day by day, and it was rare to have a girl who fell in love with her, so working here is also interesting, who knows...

Liu'er felt sad, in this mansion, Aunt Zhang was the only one who treated her wholeheartedly, and didn't ask her anything, how could she not know, why would she want to leave?Then he said in a low voice: "Auntie is kind to Liu'er, Liu'er remembers it, Liu'er lost her mother a long time ago, thinking about it, even my mother is nothing more than that to Liu'er. Why does Liu'er want to leave, grandma and girl Naturally it is all good. Relying on the power of the second grandma, since her family has opened her mouth, how can the grandma refute her, and will she still do her business in the future? Going to ask grandma at this time, in addition to embarrassing grandma , annoying, what else can I do? As for the girl, my service time is still short, and I haven't reached the point yet. It's just adding to other people's troubles. So, forget it, I'll just make a living wherever I go , just living a life. Besides, a person like me—how can I choose a master?”

Aunt Zhang wiped her tears, "But you—how can I be willing to do this? I also heard that there are many people in that mansion. You are a small person, lonely and helpless, so let's not talk about that annoying Qiuhong. , the days will be long in the future, but what should I do? Although you are smarter, after all, you are still young, and you may not be able to take care of it for a while, but what should you do? Unlike my old woman, one day counts as a day. Go find my poor daughter..."

Aunt Zhang couldn't stop crying when she thought of the sad things, which made Liu'er feel more grateful, and made her feel even more sad, she had to say something nice to comfort her, instead, she forgot about her troubles for the time being.

Finally, Aunt Zhang stopped her tears, and Liu'er left reluctantly. After saying goodbye to Sister Liu Zhi and Aunt Li, they only said a few words of comfort to each other, and then they left.

Sister Qin went back to the house after dinner, but didn't say much, took out a small box from the back room, and handed it to Liu Er: "I know you are not that shallow-sighted, it's hard for you, but we got to know each other once, I know you like it." Write, leave a thought."

I have seen this box on weekdays. It is a box of pens, inks, papers and inkstones. It is especially rare that Sister Qin, who is usually faint, is a sensible person and is better than others. She couldn't hold back her tears and didn't refuse. But the girl knows Liu'er, and Liu'er has not served the girl in vain." Taking a white silk handkerchief embroidered with a few begonia flowers and moons, she handed it to Sister Qin and said, "Liu'er has nothing long on her body. Originally I thought I would give it to the girl on her birthday, but now I can’t give it to the girl first.

The next morning, he kowtowed to Grandma Chun, said goodbye to Sister Qin's son Tao Hong, got into the car with Aunt Li and left.

At this time, Brother Mo was still sleeping soundly, and I don't know if that kid will remember in a few days, there was a girl named Liu'er who once served him.

As for Liu'er, she has started her embroidery life again, but I don't know if it will be different from last time, and if she will go to Jia's mansion again in the future.