The clever maid of the red mansion

The days passed by quickly, and since the day when embroidery was not allowed and only thread was knotted, it was almost four months, and Liu'er had never touched the embroidered cloth.

It's not that she didn't want to, but after two months of thread knotting, Master Dong gave her additional errands, grinding needles, stretching, and drafting. But watching the embroidered cloth being taken away by Master Dong, or she made a few stitches by herself, she just didn't ask Liu Er to move a stitch.

As for the original daily errands, such as serving tea and water, taking care of daily life, and running errands, there are more and more tasks, and they are sent around every day.

Because every year, Xiu Zhuang counts on spring, summer and autumn to produce work, so this period of time is the busiest. Not to mention Liu Er, Juan Er and Fat Girl don't even touch the ground every day. You don't have to be leisurely either, generally Sister-in-law Liu would not allow you to take leave of absence easily.

Although Liu'er is dedicated to serving Master Dong, she may be able to do what she can, but it's not easy to refuse when she asks for it, so she is busy every day and has no time to secretly do some sewing, and she is tired at night, so she falls asleep. I was still able to get up early in the morning to practice calligraphy, and I didn’t let it go, and because of the daily drawing, my calligraphy has improved a lot. During this time, Master Dong kindly sent her some pens, inks and papers that she didn’t use. No need to buy it.

Today is the Double Ninth Festival, and it is impossible to go out to climb the heights. The mansion also understands everyone's hard work in the past six months. After enjoying the banquet, the embroidery room rested for a long time by itself, eating wine, eating crabs and admiring chrysanthemums... sent two pots of golden silk crabs claw.

Master Dong likes to be quiet, so he went into the inner bedroom after dinner and told Liu'er not to disturb.

The embroiderer who didn't come home set up two tables in the backyard, Liu'er pushed back Master Gao's invitation, went to the kitchen, and ate with fat girl Juan'er and the women and daughters-in-law in the kitchen.

Needless to say, Madam Wang and his wife, even Juan'er has a good relationship with Liu'er now, not to mention a cheap cousin with many girls.

Juan'er is here alone, and once the two of them were talking, they secretly told Liu'er that the elder brother married his sister-in-law, and life is gradually getting better. After a year or two, when he has more money, he will redeem Juan'er. At that time, she will be at ease, and she will no longer have to look at people's faces.

Juan'er's situation is indeed not very good, it can't be compared with Fat Ya and Liu'er, most of the money in those few months was taken back to supplement the family, so she was usually very frugal, never bought snacks, and the government rewarded her Even if you want to curry favor with the fat girl, you won't be able to leave a few of them in your own belly.

From then on, Liu'er felt more pity for her, and she was a sensible person, although her mouth was broken.

Ever since Liu'er was dedicated to serving Master Dong at that time, after the new year, Fatty gradually took care of the sewing work of the masters. For Wang Ma's sake, no one made things difficult for her. Besides, the sewing work was nothing Urgent matter, sooner or later, it doesn't matter, I'm really busy and I still have a silk.

But Juan'er can't do it anymore, she is in charge of the food and daily life of the four masters, even though there is a rough envoy to help her, but she still has to come in person for personal things, four masters and one servant, one can imagine how busy they are.

Besides, the four masters are not all the good-tempered Master Liu, and Master Liu and Master Qian are difficult masters to serve. Although compared with Master Dong, they are kind and friendly, but compared with ordinary people, She is also picky and fussy enough, so Juan'er is not less angry at ordinary times.

It was also because Liu'er occasionally helped her when she had time, that the relationship between the two of them improved seriously, to the point where they could occasionally whisper.

So when she heard that she was going to redeem herself and go out, Liu'er thought of her own family, and when she went back, she would just be sold out again, and when she grew up, she might fall into someone's hands.Now that he has no relatives and no one to rely on, even if he redeems himself in the future, he will be like a floating weed, with no one to rely on.Feeling it, although I feel sad and confused in my heart, I see that others are clearer, so I mention some silk, learn a little needlework, and have the ability to make ends meet when I go out.

Juan'er listened to it, and really paid attention to it. She usually works more diligently from morning to night.

It's a pity that although diligence can make up for one's weakness, one must also pay attention to understanding.Juan'er has also stayed in the embroidery village for several years, and she has been exposed to it every day, but she has not cultivated a dexterity. It can be seen that she has not developed a mind in this area. Ya Yibi, not much better.

But this time she put her mind to it, so she could do two stitches if she had time, which made Liu Er envious.

Several times, I wanted to take advantage of the old man's inattention and tinker with it. Unfortunately, the old man's eyes are so good. Before she got the needle into the cloth, she started to scold again. She pricked her hand several times. That pain.

I don't know what this old fox thinks, can she die if she does something?

In fact, there is another reason why Liu'er is in a hurry to work. Last time she offered incense at the Min'en Temple, she hooked up with Mrs. Wang, a small businessman, and she was always worried that she would find her when she came.She also wanted to take out her embroidered pieces and exchange them for some copper coins, so as to save up some private property first.

Although he didn't have any detailed plans for the future, he subconsciously knew that being a slave to others was not a long-term solution. He might have to redeem himself and go out to live freely, depending on whether there was a good opportunity.

It's good now, it's fine if Mrs. Wang didn't come, I still have the dozen or so handkerchiefs, not one more, and Taoer Tweeter and the others gave out a few for their birthdays, and there are still a few.

But what if Mrs. Wang comes someday... She can't sell this little stock, Mrs. Wang is not at all lost, and she will definitely not see each other again in the future.

Feeling helpless for a while, Liu'er simply let go of her hands, let's take a step and watch, this mess is the Double Ninth Festival.

Now that they are drinking together, they are confused, Fat Ya and Juan'er jointly poured her two glasses, and Wu Gui's family is on the sidelines drinking and eating crabs, but they don't care.Wang Ma was playing boxing games with the other daughters-in-law, so she didn't care about their little ones, so Liu'er was three points drunk, her body was hot, she presumed she had drunk too much, and went back to her room to rest.

After returning to the room, I fell asleep and fell asleep. In the middle of the night, I kicked the quilt dishonestly. When I woke up in the morning, my whole body was chilly, and my nose was stuffy.

Unexpectedly, just after lunch, someone was looking for her in the front yard. She went over and looked, and was frightened, isn't this the Mrs. Wang she never forgets...

Mrs. Wang has been very busy these days. Originally, she went back and told the head of the family that, according to her idea, she could go to explore the way. If something leaked through the fingers of the embroidery village, it would be enough for them to sell.

Her man is a man of calculations, let her not be too busy, he is now planning to open a needlework shop together with someone, if it is done, he will naturally want some good things to fill the shop, if not, then there are good things, they will leave now The peddlers in the streets and alleys can't sell them at a good price, so they are working in vain.

So this Mrs. Wang put it aside until the small shop that her family partnered with others opened, and after a while of work, the head of the house nodded, and then she came to find Liu'er to explore the way.

She is also thoughtful, she just said that she is a distant relative of Liu Er, and just took a look at the child.Who would have thought that they happened to meet Wu Gui's family, this is Liu'er's serious relative. Hearing Wang Po's words, he looked at Wang's wife, pouted and said, "Distant relative? Why is it so far away? I'm Liu'er's serious cousin, Why don't you know if there are any relatives in her family's city, could it be that you have recognized Da Qiufeng halfway?"

Mrs. Wang laughed and didn't speak, until Liu'er came over, the two found a place to carry people, muttered a few words, and then Mrs. Wang left unhappy.

Liu'er was also helpless, hoping to earn some extra money, but when serving Master Dong's meal this morning, the old man didn't know what was wrong, so he scolded her with drooping eyelids: "Are you in such a hurry to do needlework? What should I do at night?" Didn’t you move the needle secretly? Listening to this sound, it’s strange that you don’t catch a cold when you light a lamp and boil oil! Let me guess, what is the reason why you want to do needlework so much? Well, one thing, maybe I really like it, so I want to tinker with it; secondly, I want to give it away, but you don’t have any important people to give it away; thirdly, I’m just a little cautious, and I plan to sell it for a few copper coins to save money for my own house... See You know it like that, you want to save money! For worthless things, just your little craftsmanship, three melons and two dates, how much money you can save in a lifetime! It’s not enough for me to have a teacup! Having said that, talk to a bunch of street traders Ordinary people talk about buying and selling, and talk about it for three or five pennies, and there is no price drop! If you have never seen anything in the world, you are like this! You..."

Liu'er saw that the old man couldn't finish cursing for a while, so she hurriedly poured tea and passed water to serve, moisten her throat, so as to facilitate the fight again, she said she was very happy and comfortable, there was no end to it.

Sure enough, Master Dong took a sip of tea, took a breath and continued: "Don't talk about me, just talk about Master Liu and the four of them. Do you know how much their monthly bills are?"

This Liu'er does know that the monthly rate of five taels of silver for the master of Xiuzhuang is not too high.

"Hmph! Then, do you know that every time they finish a piece of embroidery, they will get a share based on the selling price?"

This, Liu'er heard some rumors, but she really didn't understand the details, so she obediently listened to the training.

"The amount of the share depends on the level of each person's craftsmanship. Let's put it this way, the worst one, the share is more than the monthly silver, needless to say. As for you, the monthly allowance of hundreds of big money, Do you feel that you will never be able to catch up with the skills of master masters in this life? Don’t you know that master masters also came here when they were young, and it’s not that the little embroiderer has never been a embroiderer. So take a long-term view and focus more on serious things Come on, if you really have the ability, naturally you won't lose money. Do you understand what I said?"

There is still something I don't understand, Liu'er thought over and over what Master Dong said, and came to a conclusion that Master Dong was pointing at her, and intended to teach her skills.

Thinking about it again, what she has done since she recovered from her illness, and what she has told her to do, has never left her.After thinking through this section, I felt relieved at the moment.

There is another point, from Master Dong's perspective, the ordinary embroiderers in the big houses are naturally not looked down upon, but they also have two taels of silver a month, and as for the year-end dividends, they have to be calculated separately. Commonly known.

So Liu Er really didn't look forward to whether Mrs. Wang would come or not.But people are like this, if you don't care, she will come here anyway.

Liu'er had no choice but to prevaricate with the strict rules of the embroidery village and the inconvenience of living now. Offending people is inevitable, but there is no other way.

Unexpectedly, misfortunes never come singly, the wind and cold intensified in Liu'er that night, and she struggled to stay awake the next day, and developed a fever.

In a daze, she probably knew that a doctor came to feel her pulse, and then she was given bitter medicine soup, sweated, and lay down for a day, but she could barely eat a bowl of porridge the next day.It's also because she has a strong body, and within three or two days, she is a hero who is alive and well.

I don't know who is serving Master Dong these two days. The old man can't get used to it. He feels that he can get up and rushes over to serve him.

She is now physically and mentally relaxed. Since Master Dong gave her a thorough understanding, many doubts that had been pressing on her heart all along suddenly disappeared, and she regained her energy.

Learn the craft, learn the craft well, and everything else is just floating clouds.

Like the embroiderers in their embroidered village, which ones are not enshrined at home, and they don't call it a little rough work. They rely on their craftsmanship and eat comfortably.

Master Dong looked at Liu'er, who was busy inside and out, his throat itched, and the old disease of cursing came back again: "Take care of your own body, whether it is good or not, only you know, don't think that now you work more and get less scolding. If you are not careful again and delay my affairs, you can lie on the bed and wait to die. I don’t have the time to find a doctor to make medicine for you. Although I am not your serious master, I am not a servant of others..."

"Master, drink some water." Liu'er handed over a cup of tea with a smile, feeling so comfortable being scolded for the first time.

In the past two days of being ill, Master Dong, who has always been bad-tempered and clean, often ran into her small room, wondering when she would get up to serve her.I even gave her medicine soup, that bitterness.It reminded Liu'er that she and Wang Ma had drugged her old man, this one, it's not revenge.

Mama Wang also said that she was sick these two days, and Master Dong often told the kitchen to make porridge for her, which was filled with supplements.

Liu'er secretly sighed, that's it, they are all abnormal, let's take care of each other, and if there is a chance in the future, I will repay you a little bit.

I thought so, but I didn't expect that the chance of repayment was not far away.