The clever maid of the red mansion

Although the two girls, Second Grandma Lai, are only two or three years apart in age, they are very different in temperament.Of course, it doesn't look very obvious to outsiders, they are all well-educated and reasonable ladies.

In terms of being a man in the city, the eldest girl, Feng Lianyu, is more than a step above the second girl. At least in the eyes of ordinary people, the eldest girl is generous and kind, and she handles things fairly. When the eldest girl orders errands, everyone is willing to rush to do them, and the rewards are also large.

Therefore, Liu'er was picked to work in the eldest girl's room, which was envied by the maids in the house, even though it was only temporary.

But Liu'er didn't dare to take it lightly, she put all her energy into her head, just came and went on time every day, kept her head down and kept quiet, and hid herself among a dozen maids, neither daring to stand out nor to be in the back. It's all right.

Rather, it reassured those who cared to pay attention to her.

But these girls are all chosen from the three masters' yards, and they are familiar with each other. Sometimes they are friends or relatives, but Liu'er is a stranger.

Liu'er was familiar with those few but she was not selected. Although Xing'er and Tao'er were steady and diligent, her talent in needlework was limited.Needless to say, Xiao Cuiqiu, Hong Yinghong, etc., are not able to sit still.

The second girl was selected in Han's courtyard. It was Gui'er and a girl she didn't know. Gui'er knew each other, but they didn't speak to each other a few times, so they were not familiar with each other.Because Gui'er is the granddaughter of Mrs. Yang, she is fair and dexterous, and the family has always been more respectable than others in the house, but Liu'er was surprised by her rare needlework.

Usually, except for the big girl above, she doesn't like to talk to people easily, and seeing Liu'er as if she doesn't know her, she doesn't get close to Liu'er.

So Liu'er is a bit conspicuous here, everyone knows that Liu'er came from the embroidery village, she must be good at needlework, if she is much better than them, their master must not look good in front of her, and treat her badly A little more alert.

But after watching it coldly for two days, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.I also saw that Liu'er was handsome, and when she was resting, she was lively and couldn't bear curiosity, so she liked to talk to her, seeing Liu'er's attitude was kind, and her speech was also generous and decent, but she didn't dare to underestimate her, it was normal to get along with her Many, no longer because she came from Xiu Zhuang different.

They all work in the West Wing of the Lotus Courtyard. Because there are many people and a lot of things, the three rooms are full. There are a few little girls who come and go to deliver needlework, rulers, and serve tea and lunch. Everyone usually does it with their hands. work, and don't delay in gossiping, it's rare that so many people get together all day, and it's lively.

In the first three days, we all did the same job. We distributed a piece of brightly colored ruler, which was specially cut by our daughter-in-law. Each of us had a small piece in hand, and a needle and thread basket. There was only one thing. It looks casual.

Liu'er thought about it for a while and then understood that it was to see how everyone was doing, and then distribute the needles and threads.

Glancing at the people in the room, some were thoughtful, some were busy discussing with each other, and the steward said it was casual, but they didn't dare to take it seriously.

Taking a look at the needlework basket in front of him, it was something they prepared at the embroidery shop.Embroidery village, there is no shortage of these things, more than a dozen small bamboo baskets, even the needles and threads inside, are all exactly the same, there are nearly twenty kinds of embroidery threads in different colors, she still chooses the style, and the two little girls, Chun'er and Dong'er, take care of it. For preparation, she knows what is there and what is not, so she knows what patterns are suitable for embroidery.

At that time, the girl who came to pass the message also made it clear that the colors are random, enough to embroider a purse, so when preparing, Liu Er thought for a while, and prepared according to the pattern of Sui Han Sanyou, and added black, white and gray.

The three friends can be split flexibly, Songhe prolongs the year, brows are happy, bamboos are safe... The colors of magpies and white cranes are not far from each other, so she can choose silk thread.

She herself can't embroider the three friends of Suihan alone. After thinking about it, she chose the common and tacky pattern of happy brows. Whether it is embroidered well or not, it is full of craftsmanship. Red flowers, black and white birds, as long as they are colorful, don't need to be as obvious as pine and bamboo. Out of character and so on.

The two girls of the Feng family are proficient in both piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they usually pay attention to elegance, and one accidentally fell in love with the other, Liu'er doesn't think it's a blessing, she is serving Master Dong very well now.

Another trouble is not good for the dowry, it will be a big loss, and there is no time to cry.

This is obviously not Liu Erbai's worry. Two days later, everyone's purses were embroidered one after another. Zhi Zi, beside the eldest girl, collected the things and took them back to the main room. In less than a quarter of an hour, she came back with five purses and said, "Who are these?" Do it, come with me."

Liu Er followed everyone to look at the five purses, three pine and bamboo patterns, one was simply embroidered with orchids, and the other was embroidered with grass and insects, all looked elegant, Liu Er felt relieved ,really!

The girls who were selected were all very happy and followed to the main room. Among them was Guier, who must have good needlework.I was a little apprehensive about staying, I don't know what the result would be, if I was sent back, I would be ashamed to see others.

Liu'er was not worried. According to her guess, those five who were selected were most likely to go to do some delicate work. The older girl did so much needlework when she got married, except for her own purse, sachet, fan case, wipe forehead, Collar socks and inner garments are mostly household clothes, bedding and pillowcases, etc., which is not enough for five people.

Sure enough, after a while, Ying'er came over with a sullen face and said, "Who made these three purses? You don't have to come here tomorrow when you bring them back. The girl inside is giving money. The rest of you are waiting. Girl, let me go back early today and come to work as usual tomorrow." , let's go away."

Except for the three girls who brought back the purse, all of them were crying, the others went in groups.

Today, because I went back to the embroidery village before lunch, Liu'er had to wait on Master Dong. The two had lunch together. In the afternoon, Master Dong didn't ask her to take care of the needlework.

Liu'er talked about the affairs in the mansion there in detail, Master Dong didn't say goodbye, just said, "You have always been successful, it's good if you know how to do things." Liu'er understood, and the two continued to chat about needlework The genus of drawing drawings.

The next day, the elder girl assigned work there, needless to say the five people, they went straight to the elder girl's main room to do the work, even if there were more than a dozen people left, it would be different.

Six people including Liu'er took up a big room, and they only made clothes, skirts and jackets for big girls and other daily wear, all of which were cut out of materials, and the patterns were all pre-determined, and the embroidery was simple, so they just followed suit.

As for Liu'er, she just sews, while the other five do embroidery.Liu Er guessed that she was selected because of the neat and meticulous stitching, and her purse was carefully stitched, otherwise it would be embarrassing to lose the selection, but she herself is fine, Master Dong may think she is ashamed However, he is also from Xiuzhuang anyway.

She works for five people by herself, and at the beginning she had to tighten her hands a little bit. After five people had their hands occupied with work, embroidery is a delicate and slow job, and she would loosen it up here.Dare not to be idle, let alone make a jacket carefully, because the thin cotton has to be added evenly, so I can't see leisure, I just feel that I am doing it carefully, and she doesn't like gossip, anyone who looks at her thinks she is a Do things honestly and don't play tricks.

In the other room, the five or six people do some large household sewing and some shoes and other things. Naturally, it is not as decent as this room, as you can tell from the fact that the eldest girl goes to this room two or three times a day.Sending tea, snacks and even rewards, this place is more diligent than that one, so that the girls in that room are a little sour when they see them.Although I know that there are five people in the big girl's room that make people jealous, but usually they are out of sight and out of mind, and they can't see them even if they want to.

Liu'er has always been cautious in her words and deeds, and the eldest girl suddenly worked here for more than two months, but there was no disturbance.

The only thing is, Ying'er and Qi'er seem to dislike her a bit, but Qi'er is fine, she has never been too prominent, only Ying'er and Qiuhong are better friends on a regular basis, and whenever she gets the chance, she will stab Liu'er.

Liu'er didn't want to be eye-catching, she just pretended to be honest and ignored her, which made Ying'er punch the cotton, often holding back her breath but there was nothing she could do, but Liu'er won the sympathy of all the girls, and her popularity was good Few, gossips are heard in the house and they don't avoid her.

On this day, Ying'er followed the girls who brought fruit to everyone, pointed to Liu'er and said, "You, take this plate of fruit to Qiuhong in the West Courtyard, and have some!"

Liu'er didn't even raise her head, pretending she didn't see it, Qi Ying'er came to her in two steps, pointed her finger almost to her eyebrows, raised her voice, and said sharply: "Why are you deaf? What about you! Like a piece of wood, Dumb!"

Liu'er sewed one thread to the end, tied a knot and cut off the end of the thread, then slowly raised her head, and asked suspiciously, "Call me? What's the matter? But the eldest girl told me to do the work again? What kind of material? The pattern and pattern are brought together." Is it gone?"

The girls couldn't help but burst out laughing, Ying'er choked with anger, and suddenly thought that this was her land, she sneered calmly, "Don't pretend to be stupid, it's great to work for the girl, you are still serving in the second girl's room! I don't know if you can't do it, but if you can't do it in Xiuzhuang, where else can you go?"

She offended a lot of people as soon as she opened her mouth. Aren't all the girls in the house working for girls? This Yinger is just a job as a gun for others, so she is not smart.

Liu'er was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "One thing, I am a slave and can do personal work for the master. Liu'er, I really feel lucky for three lives, which means that the master did not raise me for nothing, and I am not a waste of money. Furthermore, Liu'er really didn't know that Sister Ying'er was actually able to be the master's house, so she sold Liu'er if she wanted to. Three things, Sister Ying'er is the proud person around the girl, so she can control us naturally, I don't know Sister What are your orders?"

Ying'er's face turned red, and she choked, but she didn't know how to refute for a while, stomping her feet and said firmly: "Send this fruit to Qiuhong, she lives in the West Courtyard now, you must not know it!" Between words Quite a bit and proud.

Everyone in the house knew about this, and Liu'er naturally knew about it too, but looking at Ying'er coldly, she couldn't understand, this person was also selected and taught by Grandma Chun back then, why is he so stupid?

Looking at a few rouge plums on the white disk in front of him, he said, "But I don't know, which master gave this fruit to Miss Qiuhong, could it be a big girl?"

Ying'er felt that the words were wrong, and for a moment she couldn't think of where it didn't make sense, but taking advantage of the girl's power, the servants in the yard dared not believe that she knew, nodded and said smoothly: "Of course, go, such a good job is not available to ordinary people. Well, it looks like we took care of you for the sake of our acquaintance earlier."

Hmph, little goblin, there will be delicious fruit for you to eat there, sister Qiuhong is worrying about nothing to do, so she just went to give sister Qiuhong a break.

There is that smart girl in the room who has already shaken her head secretly, really...

Liu'er smiled, got up and took the plate, walked out, but said in his mouth: "Thank you, sister, I will ask the eldest girl before I go, if you have any other instructions, Liu'er is stupid, don't make a mistake." It's embarrassing to say..."

Ying'er was taken aback. She falsely preached the imperial decree. Isn't Liu'er going to reveal her secrets when she goes, and she will be reprimanded at that time. The girl is really kind-hearted, eat some fresh fruit, and think of her father as a concubine, she is really virtuous, the second grandma will definitely praise the girl when she finds out."

It was like a thunderclap on Ying'er's head, it scared her out of her wits, her hands and feet became weak, and she suddenly understood what was wrong.