The clever maid of the red mansion

In the blink of an eye, the new year has passed, and the house is also bustling.

Although the master of the Feng family is not as numerous as the Xu family, there are many more servants, and the real master, Mr. Feng, needless to say on the day of the New Year's Day, usually either earlier or later, he will always come to have a visit with his mother three times. a holiday.

Even if it wasn't a holiday, when Master Feng came, it was almost like a holiday in the house, and the servants and women all had to make a fuss.

Just after the new year, a young servant came to tell that Master Feng would come tomorrow.Second Mistress Lai was lucky enough to reward the visitor, and then turned around and asked about the situation in the mansion over there, with a friendly smile on her face, who knew what was going on in her heart.

Mrs. Yang sent the messenger boy away, and the two girls came out from the room. The second girl, Hanyu, was impatient, hugged her mother's arm and said, "Mother, dad can't celebrate the New Year with us again? It's like this every year. Sister Zhen'er said, celebrate the New Year over there." It's very lively, mother--"

Second Grandma Lai was already a little annoyed, but hearing her daughter's words made her feel even more annoyed, she raised her eyes and looked at the big girl who was sitting next to her, "Lian'er, do you think that is better?"

When the eldest girl asked, she glanced at Mother, thought for a while, and then said: "Everyone has their own advantages. If Mother really asked me to say, my daughter still thinks that this side is better, close the door, and everything can be decided by herself. There are too many people, and there are too many rules. I am afraid that it is not as colorful as it looks. Besides, our food and clothing are not bad here, and my daughter is quite satisfied. Mother does not need to think too much. I thought about it a long time ago, mother is also for our own good, mother does not feel wronged, daughter is fine, daughter listens to mother."

Second Grandma Lai nodded, and patted her second daughter's hand, "You, learn more from your sister, mother can still harm you, mother has been like this in this life, you two are mother's best-hearted, mother fights This life will also arrange a good home for you. Are you really the sons and daughters of the family enjoying the blessings? Once you enter the Marquis's family, it is as deep as the sea, and when the time comes, your wealth and life will be in their hands. How do you want to manipulate you? You still can’t find reason, even your mother won’t be able to protect you at that time! If you listen to the wind and rain like this, you don’t have a clue, and you don’t know how you will die in the end. At that time, some decent girls and women over there will be better than you. You guys are better, how can you compare yourself to being a serious lady outside?"

The second girl, Feng Hanyu, didn't take it seriously, because of what Feng Zhener said, she still listened to it somewhat, her sister was engaged, so naturally she didn't care about this, can engagement be the same in the house and outside?Although it takes some training, but a high-ranking family has a reputation as a high-ranking family, it is not decent to go out from there in the future.

But she knew what her mother was thinking, so she didn't dare to say any more, so she had to cover it up by being coquettish. The three of them began to prepare for the New Year. No matter what, when the master came over, he still wanted to be happy, like a decent family celebrating a lively New Year in advance.

The mansion became lively. On the Xiuzhuang side, before Mrs. Liu's sister-in-law and Wang Ma waited for Xiaonian, the front and back yards had already been cleaned up carefully.

Today, Sister-in-law Liu took the two wives to reorganize the peach charms and Spring Festival couplets, and Wang Ma and the old woman on the stove counted and received the new year's goods, such as grain, rice, charcoal, fish, vegetables, mountain products, dried and fresh fruits, and all kinds of them. The small warehouse next to the kitchen is full.

The embroiderers are also on vacation, and some family members and friends have gone back to celebrate the New Year. Because the first month does not work, they don’t come until the first month after the new year. The holiday is not too long.

Therefore, there are very few people left in the embroidery village, except for a few who have signed the deeds, and have nowhere to turn to ordinary embroiderers. Among the five masters, only Master Dong is left, and the backyard immediately becomes deserted.

The same is a fallen person in Tianya, Master Dong and his servant have not changed much, Liu Er comes in and out, but Master Dong feels that it is more noisy than in the past, and feels a little irritated inexplicably, "What are you fussing about? Why don't you take it?" After breakfast, I’m not going to starve to death, so why not! Don’t think that if I starve to death, you can go back to the yard and climb tall branches! I will take you with me when I die! Let you serve others like a little ghost! "

The daily scolding routine kicked off when Master Dong got up.

Liu'er got used to it naturally, her eyelids moved lazily, she waited for Master Dong to wash up as usual, and then cleaned up before going to the stove to get breakfast.

While walking, I sighed in my heart, this person, really, it is easy to change from frugality to extravagance.

I heard from Fat Ya that when Liu'er didn't come, it was Master Dong who cleaned up and washed by himself, which was quite neat.

After Liu'er came, she was just serving tea and water to serve her needlework. Ever since her old man got sick, Liu'er was like serving an old man.After this, now that she is used to being an old man, she seems to have recovered from her illness, but she has no signs of recovering from doing it herself at all, and continues to enjoy the treatment of the elderly, and even jumps if she is not happy.

Thinking of her old man swearing at others, Liu'er didn't dare to talk too much, this kind of work was nothing to her, anyway, she was serving others, and she was used to it in her previous life.

The most important thing is that she has also learned a lot in recent times, and she only hopes that her old man will see that she is trying her best to please her, hide a little less selfishness, and give her more advice.

Early in the morning, the kitchen in the front yard was quite lively, especially the warehouse. A circle of people surrounded the fat girl in the backyard. When she saw Liu'er coming, she quickly waved, "Come here, Liu'er, chopping meat."

Looking over, a sheep, a half-fanned pig, a deer, and another wild animal were lined up side by side on a large chopping board.

Although this embroidery village is on holiday, there are still more than 20 people left, and the fire is opened here during the Chinese New Year, so a lot of New Year's goods are distributed over there.

Fat Ya loves to play and eat, so she pulled Liu'er and muttered, "That's just a roe deer, the black one, and it's the first time I've seen it. My mother said that deer is rare, so here we only unload one leg, and she also named it to us. Master Dong, we don’t even say we know…”

These willows have eaten all of them, but after a quick glance, it was the meat chef who caught her attention. He was a little short in stature, but he was very stocky.

If she hadn't met today, Liu'er would have almost forgotten that she actually has a relative in this house.

This person is none other than her uncle and cousin Wu Gui.

After her mother passed away, her father remarried, and although the aunt and uncle's family were not far away, they didn't move around much.It’s just that Wu Gui went home during the Chinese New Year every year because of his work outside. When he passed by Liu’er’s house, he would stop by to see his aunt every time. After Liu'er was sold, she vaguely remembered him.

Wu Gui soon finished his work, took the hand towel from the woman next door to wipe his sweat, followed the woman to carry some things, and sent them back to the big kitchen in the next door.

Fat Ya and Wu Gui are obviously familiar, so she took the tea from her mother and handed it to Wu Gui, "Did Brother Wu go home for the New Year? I heard from my mother that you went back to marry your sister-in-law?"

At this time, Wu Gui was not a drunkard, but his complexion was normal, slightly rosy. He drank tea, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said with a smile: "It's Chinese New Year, the fat girl can eat meat again, isn't your mother? I should scold you haha." Glancing at Liu'er next to him in a blink of an eye, he felt a little kind-hearted, thought about it, but couldn't remember, he was a straightforward person, so he asked: "This girl is kind-hearted, I don't know..."

If it was the previous life, Liu'er would have been eager to recognize her relatives, but at that time she took the initiative to recognize her cousin.

Thinking of how he and his wife took care of him and his wife in every possible way after entering Jia's mansion, but how he and his wife treated him later, his heart became much colder, and he blessed himself, and calmly said: "You must be Guier's cousin, I It's Liu Er, last autumn my father sold me."

Looking at the neat and delicate girl in front of him, Wu Gui was a little stunned for a moment, it was really hard to match up with the thin, yellow-haired girl in his memory.Seeing that Liu'er was quiet and courteous again, she was a little at a loss, as if she was not facing that little village girl, but a big girl from a good family.Especially because of the Chinese New Year, Liu'er has good clothes, hairpin rings and jewelry, black hair and jade face, so she doesn't look a little shabby.

"Are you...really the sixth girl?" Wu Gui hesitated to admit it.

Liu Er smiled, even in her previous life, she was not so surprised when she met Wu Gui, it seemed that she had really changed a lot, and felt a lot more relaxed, so she nodded, "Exactly."

I wanted to ask my family, but when I think about it, there are no relatives at home, and I have no relatives the day I sold myself. In those years, even if Wu Gui met her later, no one came to see her, or even said a word. None, what can I not let go of.

Uncles and brothers of the Yang family belonged to a large family, and she and the girls of the uncle's family ranked sixth, so they were called Liuyatou.Except that the two sisters who were sold were born to the same mother, and the eldest brother was married when she left home, and the remaining one brother and sister were both born to the stepmother, and no one treated her as a family member.

So Liu'er didn't say much, probably Wu Gui saw that she was well-dressed, and guessed that she had some status here, so he said something about himself, but he just married a wife, and he just waited for the new year to bring him here to do business. I've already talked to Mrs. Yang, temporarily arrange the embroidery shop, and let Liu'er take care of one or two when the time comes.

Liu'er responded with a few words, she was just a servant girl, she was too busy to take care of others, she was no better than the second girl.

What's more, does that girl need to take care of the master?

Taking a step back, before she died, she took good care of her. Although she is too lazy to care about the bad things in the past, she is also lazy in repaying grievances with kindness.

When the time comes, it's good for everyone to live in peace, and if they want to provoke her, they can't.Not to mention that she herself refused to agree, even if Master Dong got angry, it would be enough for someone to drink a pot.

No matter what, now Liu'er has recognized a relative, and it's still in the big kitchen in the mansion. Others don't say anything, but Wang Ma is kind to Liu'er.

This is not surprising, Liu'er is like a bright mirror in her heart. The kitchen here, including the small stove in the courtyard of the two girls, is purchased by the big kitchen, and then allocated according to the cost, how much is given, and what is given is said by the big kitchen. The final decision.No one dared to touch the master's and subordinate's status, and the subordinates would talk too much.

Although Wu Gui is not in charge, but there are many acquaintances inside, so it is always easy to handle things.

Now Liu'er is not a naive and ignorant little girl, she understood the key after a little thought, and she was happy to pretend to be confused even if she didn't tell the truth.