The clever maid of the red mansion

Embroidery slope, embroidery slope, there are many girls on embroidery slope.

There are many girls, and there are many girls, and the purses are embroidered more skillfully than needles.

Qiao girl, Qiao girl...

Dong Huijun closed his eyes, and in the dimness, he seemed to hear his mother humming nursery rhymes, sitting in front of the window, embroidering and humming, but he could always pay attention to the four or five-year-old little girl beside him.

"Hui'er is really skillful. For this petal, you need to stitch it from here to here... Let's see, isn't it very beautiful?"

"Mom, did Master Li say you want this?" The immature voice was full of doubts.

"Well, then, Master Li's homework should be done according to Master Li's instructions, and what Mommy taught, just follow what Momma said, okay, Hui'er?" The woman still smiled authentically.

"Hui'er listens to Mommy...but why?"

"Well, you'll know when Hui'er grows up. Now that Hui'er is young, Momma won't understand Hui'er if she says it. Be obedient and be good."

The little girl obviously couldn't understand the world of adults. Seeing that her mother was upset, she hurriedly nodded her head and said, "Hui'er listens to her mother, don't let them know." Thinking of something, she nodded affirmatively, "No one can do that." I don’t know.” Anyway, Mrs. Shu would not bother to ask.

"So nice."

It's a pity that the mother who really cared and cared for her has been away for a few years, and no one teaches her and accompany her to do needlework.Only Dong Huijun won the favor of his stepmother and wife within two years, took her embroidery work, and praised everyone.Father will also give a few words of encouragement, and Dong Huijun is also happy in his heart.

Since her mother passed away when she was two years old, no one in the whole family except Muma has smiled and praised her.

Therefore, when Dong Huijun was 14 years old, he was already very famous.According to the servants, even the magistrate's wife who came out of Beijing had heard of her name, not to mention that in the south of the Yangtze River, she was already well-known among boudoir women.

Therefore, she is getting more and more busy, except for sewing day and night, she can't care about anything else.The embroidered things are all ordered by the wife. She said that it was requested by a certain lady, so there is no excuse. It is also beneficial to the family's business, so I can't afford to offend.Her needlework is very important, so the master told me to do it.

Her father, Mr. Dong San, has also paid a lot of attention to her in the past two years. When they met, he would often tell her a few words in a friendly manner. thing.

Dong Huijun's own mother gave birth to only one child, and died of illness.When I was a little older, I heard someone say in private: The third master was very fond of the third wife. Because the birth of the eldest girl hurt her body, she has been sick since then, and she passed away in a few years, so the third master has always loved the eldest daughter. do not like.Otherwise, I wouldn't have agreed to such a person... Not to mention the old lady, she didn't like the third wife at all, so she happened to remarry her niece from her natal family.Simply, the current third wife is a lucky one. She has given birth to three sons, so it is fate...

That year, Dong Huijun was 15 years old, and his uncle, who was the political envoy, decided to give him a son of the same age, who was the second son of the prefect in their city.It is said that the elder brother of the magistrate's wife is serving as the official minister in Beijing, so the magistrate will be promoted sooner or later.

But all of this has nothing to do with her, because she has heard the girls secretly discussing that the eldest son of the magistrate's family is the most motivated student... But the second son is a dandy who only knows how to eat, drink and play. One, still thought it was not enough, and robbed another girl to return to the mansion.Unexpectedly, I met a hard-working person, was sued to the Yamen, and spent a lot of money to settle it... Poor big girl, after all, she is a child without a mother, and Miss Qianjin is also a vicious person...

Dong Huijun lost all hope, fell seriously ill, and put aside her embroidery work.The wife came to see it twice, and told the servants to take care of it, that's all.

Only this disease has not been cured for many years.In February of the following year, the weather was warm.She has a good foundation, and she has a girl who is close to her to comfort her. The wife also sends supplements to recuperate from time to time, and gradually her body improves, and she plans to accept her fate.But the second son of the magistrate, who had made a marriage agreement and planned to marry in the second half of the year, walked too much at night, and finally encountered a ghost, was stabbed to death in the street, and the murderer escaped!

Dong Huijun has become a widow!

Originally, the Dong family really planned for their daughter, so they could agree with the magistrate and withdraw the marriage.However, Uncle Dong, Master Dong said, "Three generations of my Dong family, there are no men who commit crimes, no daughters who marry, how can this ruin the family style!"

His father, Mr. Dong San, has always looked forward to his brother's lead, so naturally he has nothing to say.

Thus, Dong Huijun began to live a life of innocence and asceticism in an extremely remote courtyard in the mansion.

The cost of food and clothing is extremely simple and light, and there is only one original confidant girl serving by her side.There are two masters and servants. In addition to doing needlework every day, they do needlework.It still looks like it was sent by my wife.She said it was her father, Mr. Dong San, who ordered her to do so, so she can't blame others. Now that she is well-known, if she doesn't do it, she will offend a big man whose Dong family can't afford to offend. Now that her three younger brothers are underage, she will never be cold-hearted Why don't you just watch your brother lose his future?

Others are especially good, but the young third brother once raised his chubby little round face and called her big sister with a smile.

In fact, Dong Huijun didn't feel that there was anything wrong with the fact that he didn't get married. He was a worthless person anyway. If he really wanted to marry, he might have to suffer.Now it's clean, that's good!

She did mention the matter of becoming a nun, but the elders disagreed, and they did not give specific reasons.

In fact, if she wanted her to feel privately, becoming a monk would really bring peace and fulfillment for her.Anyway, compared to what it is now, it depends on the face of the servants in the mansion is much stronger.

After a long time, she also slowly figured it out. The so-called not asking her to become a monk was just because she was afraid of harming the Dong family's reputation.Parents are in high spirits, but they have to observe chastity for a man they haven't met. This is considered a chaste person, which is quite admirable.Once he becomes a monk, it's worth pondering. The relationship with the prefect's family, without this layer of involvement, is really not very beneficial to the Dong family.

It's a pity that there is no mother, no mother, and there is only a girl of the same age by my side. There are many truths that need to be pondered by myself, and no one mentions them, let alone protects them.

What can I do if I understand it!

Dong Huijun simply let go of his worries and let it count as a day. This is not too bad, so he should practice at home.Because my body has been weak for the past two years, my diet is light now, so it's not good for me to just become a vegetarian.

But she didn't expect that even such a day would not last long.

Two years later, on a clear night, my father who hadn't seen him for many years suddenly appeared.

The father and daughter were relatively silent. Dong Huijun greeted them calmly and poured a cup of cold tea. It was just a courtesy. Her father was always extremely picky about food, so how could he drink the rough tea from her place.

Unexpectedly, this time it was unexpected.Her father, Mr. Dong San, picked up the cup of tea, drank it down, put down the teacup, looked puzzled, and said after a long while, "Father, I'm sorry, you mother and daughter... pack up your things, and go with someone later." Forget it, it depends on your own good luck in the future, and you will be reborn as a good fetus in the next life."

After a pause, his father finally turned around and left without explaining the reason, but Dong Huijun didn't care anymore.

What joy in life, what fear in death.

She is very happy to repay this kindness.Ever since she was not asked to become a monk, and she had endless needlework, she knew that she would not be free until the last drop of blood and sweat was shed for this family.

As for the tears, since the year when Muma passed away, there have been no more.

Sure enough, she lived up to her expectations, and soon there were two women who took her to leave the house in a carriage, and the maids didn't call to take her with them.

Later, I learned that it was my elder uncle who had done something wrong, and I started to arrange the funeral as soon as I got the wind.His second cousin's sister-in-law had just given birth, while the eldest cousin only gave birth to two daughters.Uncle's incense burnt on Second Sister-in-law's belly.

So, the uncle urgently arranged for the funeral, and the grandmother sent a message, telling Sanfang, a granddaughter who was [-] to [-] percent similar to the second granddaughter-in-law, to use waste in the past, and here she only said that she died suddenly.Over there, the nest of the second sister-in-law was supported. The second sister-in-law and the young cousin hurriedly sent home...

On the second day Dong Huijun arrived at the uncle's house, the uncle's family was ransacked.In less than a month, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs issued a document. The uncle was charged with several crimes. The two most serious ones were corruption and bribery with a huge amount, forming a party for private interests and conspiracy, and he was sentenced to death.The remaining adult cousins ​​were imprisoned and executed in the autumn, and female family members were not allowed to leave their citizenship after being sold.

At that time, not long after the new emperor came to the throne, such a good thing as amnesty to the world obviously had nothing to do with the uncle's family, let alone Dong Huijun.

At this time, even if Dong Huijun heard something, he didn't care about it anymore.Ever since the day she was thrown into prison under the name of Second Sister-in-law, she and Dong's family have never owed each other since then!

She was bought by a wealthy businessman from the Northland, and that wealthy businessman was considered caring, and treated her kindly. Seeing that Dong Huijun was as cold as ice, he didn't force her, and he served her as a maid.

Dong Huijun didn't show it on the surface, but he was also planning the future in his heart.Rich merchants have wives, so she absolutely cannot be a concubine.Looking at the long blue waves under the boat, maybe, if you drown yourself to death, you can also get clean?

When the ship arrived at Tongzhou Wharf, Dong Huijun was still not sure.She is not afraid of death, she is a Buddhist, suicide is killing, and it is also a sin. The sins of this life have not been redeemed, and she will still suffer after death... She is not afraid of suffering, only afraid of the next life, and she is still like this. If you are not a ghost, you must not be a human being in an upright manner.

Lai Yunqing found him at this time, which saved Dong Huijun a lot of trouble.Although I know that this concubine's aunt is actually not a kind person.

Lai Yunqing was already dressed as a woman at this time, although she was young, she was full of posture, looked at Dong Huijun lightly, and thought a little bit in her heart, said, "I can redeem you, but only a little, you have to spend your whole life Work for me, you can't marry, and you can't have a death wish."

The wealthy businessman was obviously afraid of Lai Yunqing, he was accompanied by a smiling face, but he didn't dare to speak. The pockmarks on his black and red face trembled after hearing Lai Yunqing's words 'no marriage'.Small eyes glanced at Dong Huijun, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

When Dong Huijun heard the words, she was quite satisfied. In her life, since she was sensible and learned to needle and thread, she had done all kinds of work.It's just a liking at the beginning, and then it's a last resort.

Then he nodded, "Yes, I can do nothing but work, otherwise..."

Otherwise, she didn't say.But Lai Yunqing knew it. When she was in her natal family, she had heard of this eight-pole cousin. Although she was also a daughter of a big family, her family was also a businessman with huge wealth, but she was the most noble.Except for piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, the rest are not pleasant to the ears.

Except for the fact that she has no mother, she is lucky!

Lai Yunqing's family is just an ordinary country gentry, not rich.Moreover, there are many brothers in my father's generation, once the family is separated, it is actually nothing more than mediocrity.What's worse, she is still an unfavored concubine.There are many concubines and sisters in the family, and there is no shortage of beautiful and virtuous ones. Wherever she looks, her life may not be as good as that of Dong Huijun's girl.

When he was more than ten years old, Dong Huijun had already become famous, and Lai Yunqing had seen Dong Huijun from afar, surrounded by a group of girls in gold and silver, carrying Baiyun Chuxiu.At that time, she knew that the difference between the two of them was that she was mud.

Soon after her aunt died of illness, her father took a sum of money and told her to be a concubine to a bad old man.So she took advantage of the family's opportunity to entertain the new county magistrate, and hooked up with the new county magistrate, Mr. Feng, and became his concubine, and also found out the situation of the Feng family.In less than two years, he followed back to Beijing, but did not enter Feng's residence.Originally, I thought about giving birth to a son, but I didn't expect to have two daughters, so I stopped thinking about going to the mansion, and focused on saving the dowry for the two daughters, living a very nourishing life outside.And if things don't go your way, you can also add trouble to the wife of the mansion, Mrs. Liu, across the mountain

Hearing bad things about the Dong family was also accidental.In addition, Lai Yunqing didn't care, but Dong Huijun was already famous all over the world at this time, and her embroidery work was really a pity.Something bad happened to the long house, and she died suddenly at almost the same time, which made Lai Yunqing, who was already full of thoughts, really suspicious.

As for knowing that Dong Huijun was not dead, it was even more accidental. It was Mrs. Yang beside her who was going to see off someone at the pier. She caught a glimpse of Dong Huijun from a distance and felt suspicious.

Lai Yunqing made a decisive decision, and immediately found other reasons, and asked Mr. Feng to be the master, and brought his long-term entourage to the pier.The rich businessman dared to offend the officials, he had to make amends and give up his love.Moreover, he could also see that this Dong Huijun might not think highly of him, and sooner or later he would commit suicide, which would be bad luck.It's not easy to fool the tigress at home, so it's better to sell the money now and make a fortune.

Lai Yunqing has become Dong Huijun's master, and seeing the clouds in the sky fall into the mud now, she has a special feeling in her heart.What's more, it's joy, although it's not allowed to step on two feet at will.

Hui Niang is dead, who knows how many pieces of Hui Embroidery there are in the world?We all know that it has become a unique product, and naturally it is hard to find. From now on, she can be regarded as holding gold and silver in her hands!

This cousin is a noble lady, as long as she has nothing else to do and does needlework, if she doesn't violate her taboos, she won't die, so she must take good care of her now.

The dowries of her girls all depend on this cheap cousin.

From now on, she will not be short of the little money the Elder Master subsidizes. For these, she has spent so much effort that she is worth hooking up with ten Elder Feng.