The clever maid of the red mansion

Years ago, there was a lot of hustle and bustle everywhere, the men in the first month mansion had their year school, the boudoirs were forbidden from sewing, and Liu'er was suddenly in a state of decline.

Yang Mei went home to celebrate the New Year, Yuanyang's parents are in Nanjing, and her elder brother and sister-in-law, especially the sister-in-law, have a pair of snobbish eyes that love wealth and honor.Yuanyang didn't have much to say to her, so she simply went to her brother-in-law's house for a meal, and then went back to the mansion under the pretext of urgent business.

Passing in front of Liu'er's window, through the glass, seeing Liu'er sitting there painting flowers, so it's okay today, she opened the cotton curtain of orangutan felt and walked in.

"Why didn't you go out? I just saw Qiuwen and the others catching pieces at the parrot and playing cards. Why don't you go? What's the point of sitting alone, just take the opportunity to get close to everyone. "

Liu'er put down her pen, got up quickly and poured tea, dragged out the assorted ebony box of begonias under the kang table, put it in a corner of the kang table, lifted the lid to reveal various candied fruits inside, and pushed towards Yuanyang, "I would rather I'm going, but I remember that after the first month, Miss Lin's birthday is coming soon, and sister Yangmei is also getting married. I don't have anything else, I just want to make a few needles and thread to express my heart. Although I can't move the needle now, I can choose flowers It still looks okay, but after a long time, I didn’t think about what to do. Or, my sister can help me with the details.”

Because of the Chinese New Year, Liu Er wears bright clothes.Peach red flowered hang silk jacket, collar cuffs with a small stand-up collar, embroidered with powder blue vine grass gourd patterns, button loops straight down to the neck.The red rope of the double-clawed bun is decorated with a string of pink pearls, and there are no other hairpin rings. Against the pink and white flowery smile, the bright eyes are like the girls in the New Year pictures.Underneath are light green cotton trousers with loose trouser legs.Wearing flowered white silk socks on her little feet, she sat cross-legged in front of the kang table.As pretty as a willow bud in February, as crisp as a baby swallow's first cry.

The mandarin duck was stunned for a moment, and only then did he truly understand what is human flesh and what is Xieyuhua, and it makes people feel happy just looking at it.No wonder the eldest girl wanted to go as soon as she saw it, and the old lady liked it too.

Gathering his mind, he stretched out his hand to pick up the flower pattern that Liu'er had just drawn.But I can't describe it, Liu'er was thinking and drawing, a branch of a willow tree with silky willows hanging down, and two fat orioles looking at each other, one flying and one standing.The plumes and feathers are so finely detailed that the sound of flapping wings can almost be heard.

"Hey, what you've drawn here is really pleasing. Could it be that you are thinking of 'two orioles singing green willows'? But except for the handkerchief and the screen, the size is too small for your hands."

"My sister has good eyesight. Just now, Cui Mo directly said that they were two fat mynahs. It can be seen that the birds in our yard have been raised for nothing. God bless, at least I didn't recognize them as two chickens."

The mandarin ducks couldn't be happier, and said: "Anyway, the top of your yellow warbler's head, wings, and tail are all black, so conspicuous, is there such a starling chicken?"

Knowing that Liu'er was going to embroider the table screen, she didn't say much.The two chatted a little more, and helped Liu'er refer to the needles and threads for Yangmei. After all, both of them will give it to them, so don't worry about it.

In the end, Liu'er decided to make four four-season purses for Yangmei. Yuanyang found good material because her needlework was so-so, and planned to make a set of forehead collar socks for Yangmei. The material is expensive, and the embroidery can be relatively simple.

Because I felt sorry, I insisted on making a ruler for Liu'er's purse, saying that the material matched her.They are all rewarded by the old lady, only one horse, and it will be gone when it is used up.

Liu'er couldn't refuse, so she had to agree, in fact, it doesn't matter what she does.

But Ms. Lin's birthday gift is really difficult. Ms. Lin is different from others. She wants to make friends and get close to her from the bottom of her heart.

She racked her brains to draw three pictures, and she simply took them and let Miss Lin choose, and she could even inscribe a poem on them, which is really unique.

Miss Lin was very happy to see Liu'er coming, she asked the girl to pour tea and fruit, but she pulled Liu'er to talk.After asking Liu'er about the past few years, Liu'er also said everything she could say. After hearing this, Miss Lin sighed and said with emotion: "It can be seen that fate is impermanent. If you can live for a day, you must cherish it carefully." That’s right. I’m not like this myself, let’s encourage you together.”

Both of them understood the words, looked at each other and smiled, without saying a word.

Hearing that Liu'er wanted to embroider a table screen for her and put it on the desk or dressing table, she was very happy at first, then looked at Liu'er and said: "Don't bother so much, if there is any inconvenience, that's fine, yours I know my mind."

Liu'er felt a little sour in her heart, and felt more and more considerate of this 'Miss Lin', and said softly: "It's not inconvenient, who doesn't have the time to make one or two favorite needleworks."

Miss Lin pondered for a while, and then said: "Forget it, I won't talk to you about the politeness anymore, I really like this, and I'm not good at sewing, so please, I'll just order."

Liu'er smiled: "It's just to make the girl happy. Whatever you want, the girl can just say it. Don't dare to say anything else. Liu'er can still see the needle and thread."

Miss Lin nodded, "I believe this. In the whole house, there may not be anyone better than you. Well, just these two fat orioles, plus two murine birds, wagtails and so on, just look at them." You must make the picture suitable. With the willow tree, the flowers below, plus one or two things, I like bright and delicate flowers and plants. I will prepare the base silk thread for you, and you can just open a list for anything else. .To people, just tell people what I asked you to do, and what I gave you as a picture, and you don’t care about anything else, okay?"

It's really inconvenient for Liu'er to prepare these things by herself, so she nodded immediately, "Let me finalize the drawing first, and the girl will look at it, and I can start to make it after the first month."

Miss Lin looked at the drawing and nodded, "You don't have to worry about the shape and size, you will be troubled anyway." Suddenly remembering something, she raised her voice and said, "Zicuckoo, Zicuckoo."

Miss Lin was talking to Liu'er, but she didn't have a girl to wait on her, and they all took the initiative to do things outside and listen to her orders. Zijuan listened to her and came over quickly, "Young lady, what orders do you have?"

Miss Lin pointed at the drawing in her hand, "I remember that in the old years, we changed to a kind of blue window screen, but do you still have the old window screen?"

Zijuan laughed when she heard it, "Young lady, people can hear that you are so frugal. But I don't know, how many valuable things have been scattered, so why do you care about a little old material? When you took it down, you I gave it to the women who did the work, I remember that the two women almost turned their mouths off with joy."

Miss Lin lightly tapped the handrail with her fingers, and said in a deep voice, "Is that so... It's a pity that we changed to pink window screens here in autumn. Besides, the time is short and the color hasn't faded, so it's not good. Do you remember?" Who has blue screens on the windows?"

Zicuckoo smiled: "I don't need to look elsewhere, but our backyard cover room hasn't been changed. You said at the time that if you want to live a good life, you have to have a little green in the house, ha ha."

Liu'er spouted out a mouthful of tea, but she had never heard of this.Miss Lin was also a little embarrassed, and waved her hand to chase Zijuan away, "As long as you talk too much, what's the point of tearing down our own windows, and then investigate to see who has green windows, come back and report to me, if you don't mind too much, go quickly."

Zijuan left with a smile, Liu'er and Miss Lin talked about the Taiping again with great interest, the two discussed some details, and it took Liu'er a while to leave.

Carrying a big bag, and asking a little girl to help bring things to her, that's considerate.Ms. Lin took care of the objects, a few boxes of food stuffs, the boxes alone are rare and exquisite, all round boxes carved with vermilion lacquer.

When I went back and opened it, I saw that the four were carved with peony, lotus, chrysanthemum and plum, and the yearly scene was obviously the same set.As for the inside, there are two boxes of candied snacks, one box of clay figurines, wood carvings and other gadgets, all of which are extremely delicate and compact, and the last box is filled with various gemstones, jade, and even gold and silver jewelry, rings, earplugs, and pendants.Liu Er decided at that time that this screen should be a floor-to-ceiling large screen core... the table screen is a plus.Miss Lin is too...generous. Fortunately, she has some skills, otherwise she would be in a better mood.

At this moment, Liu'er didn't know, but when she left the Pear Fragrance Garden, she was so happy that she couldn't tell, her steps were much lighter.

In fact, she prepared three pictures this time, besides the one of 'Oriole Singing and Green Willow', the other ones are 'Pear Blossom, Banana, Mountain Rock' and 'Turtledove, Butterfly and Flower'.

Lihua Basho was originally the old scene of Xiaoxiang Pavilion.Needless to say, the turtledove and the butterfly, as they come and go, the two have already understood each other: this is Miss Xinlin, and Liu Er is an old servant. Both the old and the new have their own origins, but each has the intention of making friends. .

The oriole is singing, and everyone is tacitly begging for the voice of its friend.

Not far after walking out, a person suddenly sprang out from the narrow passage near the crowd room.

"I've only been working as a job for a few days, you bloody little hoof, and you don't know what your last name is. Stop for me and see if I don't beat you to death, you little whore!"

The voice was sharp and piercing, Liu'er turned her head, and the person who had just rushed out saw her and hid behind her, "Sister Liu'er, help me, my mother is going to beat me."

Isn't this cute, the old woman who came out to scold her afterward was from the charming and cute mother, Xia Er's family.

Before Liu'er could say anything, Charming and her aunt He Kui's family followed behind.

Which song is this sung?

Liu'er had a vague guess in her heart.