The clever maid of the red mansion

The old lady's birthday is not a whole birthday, so there is no big deal.Even so, it was lively for two or three days.

It is scheduled to entertain officials and guests in Ningfu, and Rongfu to entertain guests.

On the first day of the first day, only the relatives of the emperor, the prince Hou Bo and his family members were invited.On the second day of junior high school, officials and orders from various ministries were invited, as well as some relatives and friends near and far.On the third day of the first day, it is a family banquet, with the size of the family and the people in charge of the family.

For the first two days, the old lady began to wear imperial costumes to meet the guests. On the third day of the family banquet, she simply wore the big clothes Liu Er made for her. Before that, Liu Er and Yuanyang helped to match the jewelry.

The old lady was very satisfied with the clothes made by Liu Er and the others. Needless to say, it was comfortable to wear, and the style was even more unique, not to mention the embroidery.

On the first day when the guests were entertained, after the banquet, the old lady changed into this dress. Princess Nan'an saw it, and she really asked about it. It’s not worth anything if it’s done by a skilled embroiderer, a little filial piety from the maids around you can’t do anything else, and you can just do a few needles.”

The old lady won face, and when she went to rest at night, she rewarded Liu'er with 20 taels of silver and a pair of jasper bracelets.The clothes were done before, and I have already admired them, including Hu Po Yuanyang and others. The Liu'er is only a little thicker, and I got a purse with two plum-shaped golden zippers, which are worth three or four taels.

The old lady knows the goods. This dress may look exquisite and gorgeous, and the embroidery skills are rare.In fact, as soon as she got on her body, she knew that the most rare thing was the tailoring. No matter how many expensive clothes she wore, she was not as comfortable and energetic as this one.It's true that only the feet know whether the shoes fit or not, and outsiders only see the surface.

Liu Er sent a small sum, and when she was on vacation, she quickly took it home and put it away.Because she and her godmother often have to do work, they don't wear jade bracelets, and the godmother wears gold bracelets and earrings that Liu Er filially respects.

Liu'er usually only wears two shrimp beard bracelets on her left wrist, which are inlaid with pearls. There are five or six beads on each of them, each of which is the size of a lotus seed.

Such two bracelets may not be owned by ordinary ladies from wealthy families.

The one was given by Miss Lin. The old lady saw that Liu'er was wearing it beautifully, so she also rewarded one, made them into a pair, and gave a matching pearl ring.

In fact, Miss Lin gave a set of clothes, Liu'er only thought it was publicity, so she didn't wear it, but the old lady misunderstood it, but she couldn't explain it clearly.Could it be that you are forcing the old lady to add something to her, so that she is not more stingy than your granddaughter?

In short, the old lady was happy, and the servants below followed suit, and everyone was happy.

Especially the two sisters, Xiaoyan and Xiaojiu'er, had a tight family life. Together, they got several taels of silver because of the old lady's birthday. Nagging my daughter is so easy to curry favor with Liu Er and so on.

As for Sanqi, although the family said they were doing well, they hadn't reached the point where they didn't take two taels of silver seriously. When they went back, they were praised by her mother, Zhang San's family.Sanqi didn't need her mother to tell her, she made up her mind early on to learn needlework from Liu'er.

Her aunt is also the lady in charge of the mansion, and she also whispered to her grandmother on weekdays, which embroiderer has raised the price again, which embroiderer's wages are so and so, there are good embroiderers, how many taels of silver a month, Not without it, Sanqi is very envious.

Together, her mother and Lao Tzu don't have any money for a month. It's just that her grandmother gave Lao Tzu some money when the family was separated.

After the old lady's birthday, she was busy for a few more days packing up the utensils, but it was just in time for the August Festival, and the whole family was busy for a few more days. The east and west houses took turns to eat, drink and watch the theater. It took more than ten days to count. over.

Unexpectedly, just a few days after the festival, Grandma Xiaorong of Dongfu fell ill, and in mid-September, it was the birthday of old man Jia Jing of Dongfu.

The old lady was so lazy that she didn't like to move because of the continuous turmoil, but she asked Liu'er and Yuanyang to take a few girls and follow them to have fun. It's like long grass, I don't need the two of you to take care of me for half a day, go."

Liu'er was in awe of Dongfu, because of Dengtuzi's affairs, she tried not to go there if she could. On weekdays, when the old lady saw her nephew and nephew waiting for guests, she tried to avoid it as much as possible.

During the August Festival, they all found an excuse to look after the house, and went home to do needlework twice, but now they are naturally unwilling to go, so they just said: "I haven't seen any scenery in Dongfu, it's enough, I'll accompany you The old lady looks after the house, save some stupid thieves, I don’t know that the old lady has a lot of money, she just stole the tables, chairs and benches from our house, I have to sit down.”

The old lady smiled, pointed at her and said angrily, "You are so clever, you must be thinking about the dim sum your godmother made recently, and you are afraid that if you leave this place, you will not be reconciled to eating one less bite. Good boy, at least you serve the old lady for a while." , it’s hard to say anything else, but now this snack can be eaten open, and you are indispensable.”

Everyone laughed, Liu'er was also embarrassed, and said angrily, "It's the old lady who has sharp eyes. You can see it. Liu'er still thought it was quite secretive. Now she's going to show her face. Anyway, the old lady rewards Liu'er." A few dishes are delicious, not to satisfy your cravings."

Because of the autumn, many fruits have come down, and the dim sum ladies have made a lot of new dim sum. Among them, the new chestnut flour cake steamed with sweet-scented osmanthus, Lingfen cake and tofu skin buns have always been Liu'er's favorite. Yes, even when she went home, her godmother did a lot of cooking for her.

Talking and laughing, in the end they stayed, the mandarin ducks brought their playful parrots, and Liu'er asked Xiaojiu'er and Xiaoyan to follow. Although Sanqi was lively, she always preferred to follow Liu'er.

But on this day, the old lady was lying on the couch, Liu'er served tea, sat down and beat her legs, but suddenly remembered the jujube yam cake made in the morning, and called Liu'er, "That snack is so easy to digest, and I can't help it." Look, it's white and rosy, it looks energetic, pick up a few good ones, and send them to Brother Rong's daughter-in-law. Just say what I said, so that she can take care of her with peace of mind. Her mother-in-law is in everything. Wait for me Take it easy and go see her too."

Liu'er had no choice but to take the two women and two boxes of snacks to Dongfu by car.

Grandma Zhen took Mrs. Xing Wang and a group of grandmas and girls to the garden to watch a play and eat wine. Liu'er didn't need to greet Mrs. You first, but went to Uncle Rong's courtyard to greet Mrs. Qin first. , sent something to convey the meaning of the old lady.

It's only been a few days since I've seen her, but this Qin family is already so thin that her cheekbones are visible, her eyes are a little bigger, and she's lying sleepy.Seeing Liu Er visiting her on behalf of the old lady, struggling to get up, Liu Er and Rui Zhu hurriedly held her down, not daring to work on the sick.

Qin sighed and said, "Old lady Lao is thinking about it, but now I am not up to date, so I can't greet the old lady. She loves me again on weekdays, and there are some delicious and fun things. They also think about me and only hate me." It's useless, you can't go to serve the old lady, and you should be filial anyway."

"What did the grandma say, you only take care of your body, and the old lady will be happy, which is the greatest filial piety. The days of serving your ancestors are coming, and now your first thing is to take care of your illness in peace of mind. I think too much It's not good, don't bother, the old lady doesn't know that you are filial."

The two were talking when Jia Rong came in and smiled when she saw Liu'er, "Sister Liu'er doesn't come to the theater today, I don't often see you and the old lady coming here, but Sister Yuanyang can still We have seen each other a few times. Even when we got to the old lady’s place, my elder sister is just working inside, she really doesn’t like us very much, thinking of being filial, she doesn’t even give us a chance.” Turning around, she asked the girl to pour good tea again .

Liu'er has never liked Dong Mansion, it's full of strange things, and when she heard the words, she just said indifferently, "I'm ordered by the old lady, come and see grandma, we are slaves, so naturally the master asks us to do whatever we want, and we can do whatever we want with the old man." As you said, but keep your duty.”

Jia Rong had a bad nose, but she was used to being thick-skinned in front of girls, so she didn't care, not to mention she had some thoughts on her mind, so she just sat on one side, drinking tea with a smile, watching Liu'er talking to Mrs. Qin , didn't say anything, just didn't leave.

Liu'er was bored, she finished what she had to say, comforted Qin Shi a few words, then got up to leave, before she could go out of the yard, she was stopped.

But it's an old friend, now Pei Feng who is beside You Shi has already opened her face, she is a serious concubine, she is dressed more richly, but her expression has not changed a lot, she brought a little girl, stopped Liu'er, walked up, and smiled Said, "Our grandma heard that you are coming, and told you to go over and talk. You have already come, so why rush back and go for a stroll is not good."

Liu'er smiled, suspicious in her heart, just now Uncle Xiaorong left before her, could it be this person's fault?

"What are you thinking? Come with me, grandma is waiting. You don't come here often on weekdays. If you want to talk to you, there is no chance. I want to go to you, but I am afraid of inconvenience. It shows that you are careless. He never came to me specifically, and never said a word." Peifeng said all the way, pulling Liu'er out of the yard, and walked around to the garden gate from the inside.

"I'm different from you. I can go out casually. I don't have anyone to talk about. It's not easy to be an errand, just for fun." People are bored.

Liu'er was talking and laughing casually, she was a little hesitant, not going would be bad, but she really didn't like to go, she was thinking about it, suddenly raised her head, and saw: the ground is full of yellow flowers, the fences are fragrant, the red leaves are fluttering, the sparse forest is like The painting, the birds singing and the wee talking, Luo Qi walking through the forest, what a beautiful picture of autumn!

Considering that there are so many people now, she just doesn't stand alone, and it's nothing to do with it in broad daylight, so she simply sent her mother-in-law to go shopping by herself.She followed Peifeng, walked all the way to enjoy the scenery, and came to Tianxiang Tower.

But I don't know that on Jia Jing's birthday today, the male guests invited are together in the Ningxi Pavilion in Huifang Garden, drinking and listening to Shifan for fun.

The author has something to say: the second update today, and one more update.In addition, I always feel that something is wrong. I checked the books today and finally found a bug. Xiaoyan Xiaojiuer’s mother is Mrs. He, and her aunt is Mrs. Xia. For the choice between the two, Xiaohe can’t remember, ╮(╯_╰) ╭, actually checked this several times, amazingly, it was wrong, Nei Niu.