The clever maid of the red mansion

Liu'er's illness was not in vain. On this day, Master Dong took her draft and looked at it for a while, then nodded and said, "Forget it, let's take an hour of needlework every day. It's just the same, let's do it in private." , don’t need to be known to others, it’s not eye-catching, do you understand?”

Liu'er was overjoyed, she was stunned for a second when she heard the words behind, and then she understood in a flash, she nodded, "Liu'er understands, go back to the room at night and do nothing else, be careful, and don't let people gossip."

Since Master Dong was kind, Liu'er thought that evening sutra chanting should be skipped, or it would be possible to reduce some time, but unfortunately she only guessed half right.

The scriptures are chanted every three to five times, but the frequency is less.But there was work again.When he was not chanting, he was called into the inner room by Master Dong. On the big book table, there were pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Master Dong took out a booklet and solemnly said: "No one in my room dares to enter without permission. , you are not allowed to tell anyone about anything here, even if you are close to you, you can do it?"

There's nothing to say about it, she wasn't talking too much, even Aunt Zhang didn't talk about the big and small things in Master Dong's house, let alone others, so she agreed immediately.

At first Liu'er thought it was the appearance of drawing flowers, at most it was the appearance of Master Dong's private house. Didn't it mean that craftsmen have the bottom of the box, and non-direct disciples don't teach it.

Within two days, I felt that something was wrong. First, the pictures in the album were all scattered, and there were demonstrations for drawing a stone step by step in the order of strokes; second, Master Dong no longer let her think about the painting by herself, It’s just to look at her from time to time and give her pointers, which is different from when she painted the flowers in the past; after ten days and a half months, Master Dong took out a painting, combined with her previous practice diagrams, and detailed them one by one. After explaining and commenting, even the inscriptions and postscripts above did not fall behind. I have never seen Master Dong so gentle and patient, which made her a little flattered and horrified.

After all, Liu'er had seen the world, and soon realized that Master Dong was teaching her how to draw. Knowing this, she was so excited that she didn't sleep well for two days, which was worse than when Xu's family was studying and reading.

This is a rare opportunity, even in two lifetimes, she would never dream of these things. She truly realized that as long as she worked hard to learn and practice, her whole life would be different, at least she would be able to earn a living by herself.

However, he did not get carried away with his complacency. There was Master Dong Jin Yuqian, but half his life was lost, which shows that the world is impermanent.

The more she thinks, the more cautious Liu'er is in her words and deeds, she is more diligent in her work every day, she is always vigilant, she does not dare to indulge in publicity, as if she has grown up a lot overnight, Master Dong looked at her eyes and nodded secretly.

Turning to the new year and resting in the first month, one day Master Dong called Liu'er into the inner room, pointed to the embroidery frame that was moved into the inner room a year ago, and pointed to the table where Liu'er embroidered the good manuscript yesterday and said: "Up the stretch."

Liu'er didn't think much about it, she was used to some odd jobs in Nvhong's needlework, although Master Dong did not pretend to be other people's hands from the beginning of the manuscript, don't miss her for such odd jobs like Xiu Niang.

But this time, Master Dong wanted to use her for a good manuscript, which made her a little flattered.

Needless to say, the drawing, the picture of the lady in banana, imitating an ancient painting sent by Mrs. Yang, is not very difficult compared to Liu'er's drawing in the usual days, and it is even a bit simple, and she is not too satisfied after the copying.

But it is unusual to stretch Master Dong.

You must know that the strength of the upper stretching is not uniform, the embroidery surface is not uniform, and the embroidered things will lose their shape.

Master Dong's embroidery work is extraordinarily expensive, how could it be easy for others to learn it! ?

Confused in my heart, I didn't dare to neglect my hands. I carefully adjusted the shelf ropes, nails, embroidered cloth and coils, and carefully checked every joint. I couldn't find any flaws before giving up.

Master Dong touched the embroidered cloth, didn't say anything, it was okay, picked up the tea, and said casually: "Recently, I have become more and more lazy, so you can do this for my old man, and I will give you a chance to repay me The old man kindly reminds me."

Liu Er was startled, she wanted to repay her kindness, and since Master Dong was a mature person, she could see it.However, what does her old man mean now, do you want her to be a fool?

Seeing that she was hesitant, Master Dong was not happy, and put down the teacup, "Why, not happy, and you know that you are a good person, but I didn't expect you to be a white-eyed wolf! I haven't done anything about you yet, just"

"Master, master, I do what I do. It's not that Liu'er is not happy anymore. Isn't she afraid that her work will tarnish your reputation? Liu'er is happy to do things for you."

Your old man is not afraid of making a fool of himself, and he is happy to be able to play for a while, and worry about it for her old man.

"Stop rambling, you don't have a good name, I have the final say, you have to be careful with your mouth, just be strict, and don't worry about the rest." Liu'er was too lazy to teach Liu'er, so he took a sip of hot tea, and his cough eased a little , I fell ill again in the twelfth lunar month of this year, and now I haven't recovered quickly, so I simply went to drink tea and read a book by myself, and ignored it.

Since then, Liu'er has been quietly doing work for Master Dong in the morning except for chores every day. She kind of understands what Master Dong has cultivated these days!

Since they are all in Master Dong's inner room, no one may see them.

Master Dong was free, and Liu'er could do needlework, and the two of them were happy, and they lived in peace for a while.

As long as he didn't enter the east chamber without authorization, Master Dong wouldn't swear easily, and everyone in the embroidery village would be happy to come and disturb him.

Even if there is something to do, let's talk about it after Miss Liu'er comes out to do things, in short, there is nothing urgent.

Time flies, and two years have passed. This year's Dragon Boat Festival, the first two days I took time to embroider a zongzi-shaped sachet, and I gave the silk in advance.

Since becoming a gunner for Master Dong two years ago, Liu'er has been doing very little sewing at home, afraid of being seen as something wrong, so she will not give it away easily.

This time, Juan'er was redeemed by her master, and she could leave after the Dragon Boat Festival when her father brought the money, so Liu'er thought about giving her something as a thought.

In the past two years, although Liu Er secretly made few needles and threads, it was not easy to show them to others. Under the itching, she secretly sold them to Mrs. Wang, who opened a needle and thread shop. .

So a few days ago, I took out the silver and counted it, but on the one hand, I was reluctant to part with it, and on the other hand, the silver had not passed through the clear road, and it was not easy to reveal it.After thinking about it, I simply made a purse to send silk. The materials are all good. It costs at least [-] yuan to sell it in Wang Po's shop. .

Because the Dragon Boat Festival was a half-day holiday, Master Dong let her go by herself, so she didn't have to 'serve'.

In the past two years, Liu'er has been reciting scriptures and learning to paint actresses, but she has completely lost her temper, and she doesn't like to be lively, so she simply stayed in the room and packed her things.

While I was busy, I heard the sound of footsteps. I hurriedly put away the small silver box and the small embroidered bag, put them away and raised my head, and the door opened. Sure enough, it was a fat girl who had become fatter in the past two years. , the head has grown a lot, and the voice is much louder than others when walking.

Fat girl didn't come in, pushed open the door, stepped on the threshold and shouted: "Liu'er is here to eat zongzi, my mother made some meat stuffing, it's just out of the pot, it's hot."

Liu Er smiled, "I appreciate it, but I don't like minced meat. You should keep it for yourself. Mama Wang made it for you."

Liu'er has grown more and more in the past two years. Although she is still young, she has picturesque features, red lips and white teeth. When she smiles, she is like ripples in spring water, and the waves are rippling. For a moment, the fat girl was stunned. It took a while to find her tongue. Na Na said authentically: "My mother always said that you are growing well, and today I have seen it. My mother is indeed right."

Embarrassed Liu'er, she said angrily, "Mother Wang loves the house because of you, and you also booed her. If you say that again, don't play with me. But you, either come in or go back to eat your meat dumplings, the girl's house , What does it look like when you are leaning on the threshold, your mother will say you are not counted when she sees it, and she will say that I don't care about you."

The fat girl came back to her senses, put her foot down from the threshold, slapped her thigh, and shouted: "Oh, I almost forgot, just now Aunt Zhang from Grandma Chun's family came to deliver rice dumplings, and my mother stopped me from talking, let's talk for a while I just came here to look for you and asked you to wait for her. I think she is not looking well, there must be something wrong. I heard from my mother yesterday that it seems that Grandma Chun is going back to her hometown. I don’t know exactly what is going on. Anyway, just wait." Eager to eat her meat dumpling, she left after speaking.

Liu'er knows about this, Aunt Zhang mentioned it when she came last time, grandma Chun's Xu family bought a lot of land in her hometown, and bought a small village last year, and her relationship with the Xu family has become closer in the past two years, During the Chinese New Year, Xu Ershu and his wife came to have another fight. After the Chinese New Year, they simply planned to live in the Hui family.

The so-called origin is actually not far away. It is a few tens of miles away from the capital, and the Xu family is considered a rich family. There were second-rank officials in the ancestors. Although it is not as good as before, there are always people who are officials. Also do rigorous.

Therefore, in Grandma Chun's Hui clan, in addition to avoiding the harassment of Xu Erye's family, the most important thing is that Brother Mo can study with Haosheng, make friends with brothers in the clan, and have a care in the future.There is also Sister Qin, who has the reputation of the Xu family, but she is much better than her as a toothmaid.

Chunniang herself didn't like it, but she had to think about her children.

Originally, this matter was only rumored by servants in private, but now it seems that it has to be settled. Naturally, Mrs. Li's family wants to follow, but Aunt Zhang doesn't want to follow, but it has not been finalized.

Liu'er wondered, given the circumstances of her departure at that time, the Xu family should have returned to their place of origin long ago.How to delay this effort?

I don't know how many troubles and how many autumn winds have been beaten by Mr. Xu.