The clever maid of the red mansion

Fifteen moons are sixteen round.

Liu'er originally thought it was just a common saying, but who knew that this was really the case in Lai Second Grandma's house.

On the night of the fifteenth day, it was only the three of them who lived in Furongju.After breakfast the next day, neither the second girl nor Juzi came back. On the contrary, Xing'er went straight to the main room and sent a message to Meizi, who was in charge of the house, "Grandma asked some people to go over, and just leave one here to watch the house."

"What are you going to do, but the master wants to come over? Do you have anything to say, Miss?" Meizi has been serving the second girl for more than ten years, so the details of the house are naturally clearer.

It's a pity that Xing'er has been here for a short time. Although she is a caring person, she doesn't know much about the affairs of the mansion. She hesitates at the moment, "I really don't know. I just came back from my mother's house. I met Sister Juzi on the way, but I didn't say anything. Anything else...how about I ask again?"

Meizi waved her hand and said, "No need, I'll just take someone there, just look at the room first."

After finishing speaking, without even looking at Xing'er, she walked out, called Liu'er Xiaocui and other four or five little maids outside the door, and also called three or four women who were rough envoys, and took them to Furong Residence. .

Furong House was full of servants and girls coming and going, and it was a busy scene. Meizi signaled Liu'er and others to wait outside the main room door, grabbed a little girl who came out with water, and said in a low voice: "But the master wants Come on, who's in the house?"

The little girl was obviously used to Meizi, and seeing that no one was paying attention, she muttered something in a low voice and left.

Fore and aft, Aunt Yang came out of the room, looked at Meizi, and said with a smile: "But did you bring someone?" Seeing that Meizi nodded, she continued, "Women, come with me, little girls choose two." Follow the girl wisely."

Soon Liu'er knew that Master Feng was coming over in the afternoon, and it was a holiday with the whole family.

Xiao Cui knew a lot, so she secretly whispered to Liu Er, "You will get used to it in the future. Every time the master comes over, there will be a big fight. The girls must be surrounded by four neat girls, no matter how they joke around on weekdays, at this time You must be well-behaved and cautious. Just wait and see, sister Meizi and Sister Orange will help the girl tidy up later, and they will definitely take us back to freshen up before we finish. Although we are busy, but There are quite a lot of rewards when it's over, and I'm happy to meet my grandparents, and it's not uncommon to get a first-class seal."

The eldest girl is not there, and the second girl Shan is in the second grandmother's house, so there is no shortage of waiters, only Juzi and Meizi enter the house to serve, Liuer and Xiaocui wait for the little girls, and Taoer and Guier who came back to serve in a hurry, They were all waiting outside, and there were inevitably whispers from time to time.

After a meal, Meizi and Juzi came out and took the little girls back to Hanyuan. Juzi entered the house. Meizi stood on the porch, looked at the little girls and said, "You all go back to the house. Freshen up and change into the clothes and hairpin rings that were just sent out by the mansion, and come back here to wait." After speaking, he went straight into the house.

Unbelievable, Liu Er and Xing Er who went back to the room started to wash and change clothes, neither of them spoke, Xing Er was always quiet, Liu Er was thinking about things.

She sort of understood Second Grandma Lai's thoughts, as the saying goes, don't talk short words in front of a cripple, the cripple is naturally very afraid of people saying that his legs and feet are not good.An outer room, it's hard to say, but it insists on making rules and displaying the money of the big family. If you think about it, it's also the meaning of saying goodbye to the mansion over there.

Thinking about it, Liu'er really admires Second Grandma Lai for coming. Compared with Second Aunt You, who lost her life within a few days after entering the mansion, Second Grandma Lai lived happily ever after, closing the door , is the grandma who promises everything, and the two daughters are also like flowers, and they are serious girls, and the better days are to come.

Therefore, when the master comes over, it is really not a big deal for the Hefu to act out that the father is kind and the son is filial, the case is equal, and the family is sincere.

After everyone cleaned up, Xing'er and Liu'er looked at each other, seeing that nothing was wrong, they left the room and waited in the corridor of the main room.

One after another, several people gathered in the corridor, and after a while, Meizi, who was wearing a blue silk waistcoat with dark flowers and a moon white satin skirt, came out first, looked at the people in the corridor, and nodded, "Liu'er and Gui'er stay here, others Everyone has dispersed, don't go out in the yard, Xing'er and Tao'er stay and watch the house, be more careful, if something is broken or something is missing, I will only look for you, but I understand."

Everyone agreed and went their separate ways, Xiao Cui curled her lips secretly, although she knew that such a good job would not be her turn, she was still a little depressed, but she had no choice but to leave with the maids and women.

Afterwards, Meizi helped Liuer and Guier adjust the hairpin rings on their heads, Juzifang came out with two bundles and handed one to Meizi, and the four of them went to Furongju.

Since Liu'er came to Feng's mansion, the number of times she went to the main courtyard to go to the house can be counted on three fingers, she should know about the same.

Second Grandma Lai has eight big maids beside her. They are the most respectable servants beside Second Grandma Lai besides Mrs. Yang, the housekeeper of the inner and outer courts, and Mrs. Yang.

And the eight big girls perform their own duties, and the big girl Lu'er is in charge. Many times, Lu'er is even more dignified than Aunt Yang because of her personal service.

As for Qiu Hong who just arrived, she is just a third-class girl in the main courtyard, although she always dresses differently.In this courtyard, there are only about a dozen second-class maids, not to mention third-class rough envoys. She has only been here for a short time and her foundation is still shallow. Fine work or any rewards are not her turn at all.

Regardless of how much richer Feng's mansion is than Xu's mansion, Qiuhong's life here is far worse than Xu's mansion, even Feng's mansion's famous name is not mixed up.So, it was no surprise that Liu'er saw Qiu Hong, who was wearing a little girl's clothes, insisted on wearing a complicated peony bun, pouted in the yard, and carried a chrysanthemum pot with a group of girls and women sweating.

As for the white eyes, Liu'er didn't care about it before, and now she is lazy to look at it, but she doesn't know her indifference, which makes Qiu Hong even more angry. She punched the cotton and hated it in her heart. He sent a few more white eyes with hatred, feeling ashamed and angry in his heart.

Lai's second grandmother distributes housework outside, and the girls and mothers-in-law keep in touch.The second girl and the eldest girl were both in the room, lying on the kang table and sorting out the handwriting they had made these days.

The eldest girl is good at flute and the second girl is good at painting, so in the two packages that Meizi and Orange brought, in addition to the clothes and jewelry that the second girl will wear, there are also some needlework and two paintings, one is "Chrysanthemum Mountain Carnation Forest" and the other is "The chrysanthemum in the hut in autumn" is appropriate for the occasion.

The second girl pointed to the painting of 'chrysanthemums in thatched cottage', "Sister, look here."

The eldest girl lifted her eyes from a pile of purse fan covers, glanced at it, and smiled, "The fence is there, but what about the mountain? Don't tell me, you don't actually mean "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, Seeing Nanshan leisurely'? Do you want to draw a picture of 'Only Dongliju is resistant to cold'?"

The second girl is charming: "I knew my sister was going to laugh at me, but I didn't know how to arrange the mountain, so I asked my sister to help me to see the details. I always feel that the painting is not right. Besides, it is enough to get the meaning, and it doesn't have to be everything, anyway. Elder sister will know what it means when she sees it, and others will do the same, if you don't believe me, daddy won't be able to see it!"

The two sisters chatted and laughed for a while, Meizi saw her, and motioned to Liuer, the two of them put away the paintings in their hands, and handed them to Meizi for safekeeping, while Orange put away the jewelry and dresses she brought, and waited The girl will change later.

The eldest girl also brought four maids to wait on her, the two elder maids Liu'er was not familiar with, but the two young ones did know each other, they were Qi'er and Ying'er, which were Qihong and Yinghong from the original Xu family.

Qi'er was fine, she wasn't a talkative one at first, but Ying'er was better at first, but now she hooked up with Qiu Hong.Liu Er couldn't help glancing at her, but this person had been paying attention to Liu Er all the time, seeing this, he took the opportunity to give Liu Er a hard look, the anger of being robbed by Liu Er last time has not subsided, only this person With a lot of miscellaneous eyes, she didn't dare to be presumptuous, it was inevitable that she would feel angry.

Liu'er smiled secretly, pretending not to notice, seeing that the second girl's cup was empty, took a towel, picked up the tea chaozi on the small charcoal stove, brewed a new bowl and brought it up, and changed the cup for the eldest girl as well.

It just so happened that the eldest girl had packed up her things in her hand, she looked up and saw it, took the tea, saw Liu'er was moving dexterously, and her manner was quite organized, she said with a smile: "Good girl, it's hard for your girl to see that you want to come, you are really smart Yes, I will serve you well in the future, and following you girls will naturally benefit you."

Liu'er hurriedly saluted, not daring to say a word, being honest and respectful, not daring to be half-complacent.

She has always known that the master's words can't help but ponder, and it's always good to be honest.

It was busy here for a while, less than an hour after lunch, Master Feng arrived.This is a distinguished guest of the Hefu, even during the New Year's Day, it is not common.

Mr. Feng is about 50 years old, with a white face and a slight beard, and a gentle temperament. He talks about family affairs to Second Grandma Lai and her two daughters in a pleasant manner.

Compared with Master Jia's government and Second Master Bao, the relationship between the father and son is like an enemy, and this place is like a family, although it is not a serious family.

Liu'er is not qualified to serve in front of her, she just waited in the outer room with her hands down, through the bead curtain, listening to the chatting and laughing, she also faintly saw some of the situation inside, needless to say the two girls, smiling like flowers, acting coquettishly and foolishly Yes, this one said he made a purse for his father, and the other one said he drew a picture, all of them looked like a little girl, and the coaxing Master Feng twitched his beard and smiled from time to time.

Second Grandma Lai's face was full of spring breeze, her usual shrewdness was reduced by eight points, and she looked more like a gentle and peaceful lady.

What a picture of heaven.

Liu'er focused on two things, thinking about things in her heart, and the cups and saucers handed in by the little girl outside were handed over to the older girl who was waiting on the side of the floor-standing flower cover in the house.

According to Meizi, this is what they are going to do today. Later, they will hold a banquet in the Yuguan Pavilion in the garden, and tell them to serve them well. According to the usual rules, they will not make any mistakes, otherwise the second girl will not be able to keep her. they.

The rules of the Feng Mansion are strict, and Liu'er has counted them since the time she beat Qiu Ju, not to mention the outer courtyard and some rough envoys, the more the inner courtyard of the main house, the more serious the rules are, if there is a slight discrepancy, the less The board is added to the body, so there is no need to mention the heavy ones, otherwise Qiu Ju wouldn't be so scared last time.

Therefore, at night, Liu'er put all her energy into serving her.

But even so, what should happen, will happen.

The garden of Feng Mansion is not big, the pond and the fish watching pavilion on it take up most of it, and the rest of the rockery, flowers and trees have to be adjusted according to local conditions.Especially now that the chrysanthemums are just right, a few clusters of golden, pink and purple chrysanthemums are blooming very lively.

In the pavilion over there, the masters drink wine and watch the moon, the big maids serve in it, and a few girls in fresh clothes are playing the piano and singing.Here, Liu'er and a few little girls are waiting for the dishes and things under the steps outside the pavilion.

Ladies and maids came in an endless stream from the Moon Gate, Qiu Hong was holding a tray, and on the plate were a few pigeon-egg-sized fruits on a snow-white plate, which were bright red and smelled from far away, very cute and alluring , everyone can't help but take a look.

Liu Er has seen it before, but it is a kind of crabapple fruit from the foreign domain. It is said that it is sweeter and bigger than the one from this dynasty.

She was standing close to the pavilion, and as she passed the things, people outside would pick them up, but Qiu Hong seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit, and went straight to Liu'er, motioning for her to continue.

Liu'er glanced at her, suspicious in her heart, wondering what kind of tricks this Qiu Hong was up to, but she couldn't stand it up, so she had to carefully hold the tray, very worried that this person would play tricks.

In the end, she was overwhelmed, Qiu Hong let go, turned around and left without even giving her an extra look.

Liu'er raised her legs and went up the steps, but she was not at ease after all. While walking, she carefully looked at the fruit in her hand several times with her eyes inside and out. The big girl serving in the pavilion.

Unexpectedly, accidents happened suddenly.

The six fruits that were originally placed in the shape of a plum blossom rolled out of the plate one after another like a rolling gourd the moment Liu'er raised her arm to hand it out, and the top one rolled directly off the tray, along the The steps rolled down the pavilion all the way, without stopping, passed under the railing, and fell into the pool with a plop.

Liu Er was dumbfounded.