The clever maid of the red mansion

Although the gifts of the two big heads have been arranged, the mother and son can't eat a few of the pile of fruit and snacks.Desserts can still be kept for a day or two, but fresh fruits can't wait.

I can't let it go to waste, there is nothing I can do, early the next morning, Mrs. Zhang brought two baskets of fresh fruit and two boxes of snacks, and sent them to Lai and Lin Zhixiao's family respectively.Because of Nanny Lai, everyone in Lai bought two more boxes of snacks.Even so, there are still more than half!

Mrs. Zhang has two people who get along on a regular basis. You can give some, but it is limited.

As for Liu'er, she called Sanqi and told her to take her elder brother Mo Yu to fetch things while her godmother was away on business.He also called Xiaoyan and gave the same instructions.

The night before, both Liu'er and Mrs. Zhang came out.Give Sanqi and Zhang Nanny each, and Zhang Nanny is generous.Xiaoyan's family is the same as Sanchi's.

For the remaining fruits, Mrs. Zhang plans to make some candied fruit, so that she can eat them herself after winter.

Let's talk about Liu'er, who took things for nothing, always felt that something was wrong in her heart, and worried for a few days, her godmother finally got a letter, and someone sent a message to let Liu'er take time to go home.

After serving the old lady and the girls for dinner, they finally managed to get the lights on. Taking advantage of the time when the grandparents and grandchildren were drinking tea and talking after dinner, they took advantage of the time to talk to Yuanyang and hurried back.

When I got home, I was still out of breath, so I entered the main room, grabbed my godmother and asked, "Mom, tell me quickly, what's going on, it's enough for me."

Mrs. Zhang was unhurried, she poured a glass of water for Liu'er, and said: "You are in a panic, why are you in a hurry, drink some water and calm down. Such a look, what big things can be accomplished."

She really doesn't want to make a big deal, as long as the wife lives a peaceful life.

It's hard to refute the godmother, so I had to sit down and take a sip of water to gather my mind, and finally calmed down for a while, looking at the godmother helplessly, looking extremely pitiful.

Grandma Zhang burst out laughing, and nodded Liu'er's forehead, "You, you, you don't have much experience." Then she told the story slowly.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the old lady sending someone to deliver snacks and food to Qin Shi, Mrs. Zhang took the place of a rough envoy and followed her to the East Mansion.It was a coincidence that Jia Rong happened to be talking in Qin's room, and Mrs. Zhang naturally recognized him, but it was a pity that Jia Rong did not recognize her.

Mrs. Zhang is a seasoned woman with a normal complexion, and took the opportunity to wink at Jia Rong.Jia Rong, a rascal, is the most good at seeing people with high and low eyebrows and pretending to be ghosts. He found a pretense and brought Mrs. Zhang aside to talk.

There is nothing to say, although Mrs. Zhang spoke politely and looked quite sincere and fearful, but the meaning is very clear: the gift is too expensive to accept, it will disappoint the kindness of the uncle, and it will be inconvenient to send things back. The current bank note is 300 taels, please accept it !

Jia Rong seemed to have expected it, her face was gloomy, and she said: "I'd like to see what high branches she can climb!" She didn't want the bank ticket, and walked away with her sleeves, obviously not happy.

Mrs. Zhang had expected that anger was inevitable, and it was nothing to be ashamed of.But judging by Jia Rong's expression now, since she put aside such a sentence, it is expected that there will be no serious problems for the time being, and she will not use force, so she is a little relieved.

For a while, it should be nothing.

After only one or two years, Liu'er really grew up, but it's hard to say.

This worry was not mentioned to Liu'er, for fear that she would not take care of her when she was young.After only talking about today's events, Liu'er let go of the heart that had been hanging for a few days, covered her heart and said to the Buddha, "That's enough for me, let's do what we want, don't make anything bad for a while, Let’s talk about the rest later, there is always time to pay it back.”

Put away the banknotes, now Feng Ziying is left.As long as Liu'er can't leave the mansion easily, and he can't easily get to the inner house anyway, it doesn't matter so much.

Before the Qianqiu Festival, Liu Er's Buddhist scriptures were also embroidered and given to the old lady.This time is naturally better than the first time, no matter the material, workmanship, or even the handwriting, there has been a lot of improvement, the old lady has rewarded her generously again, the girls in the house are already familiar with it, except for the emerald and pearl, no one is jealous Bitter talker.

In the blink of an eye, autumn came, and one month after the old lady's birthday, it was the birthday of Jia Jing, the elder of the East Mansion. Compared with ordinary banquets, it was naturally a big event.

I didn't want to invite the old lady to go there, but this time the East Mansion got a lot of famous chrysanthemums from somewhere, so I came here to invite the old lady to enjoy the chrysanthemums, eat crabs and listen to the opera. As for the elder's birthday, I didn't mention it much.

Anyway, this person doesn't come back for a few days in a year, and he already takes the Taoist temple as his home. With this excuse, everyone is happy and serious, and it can be regarded as a contribution of the elder to the people of the two prefectures.

Liu'er naturally had excuses and didn't want to go. This year, when Jia Zhen's family had birthday treats and the like, she used the pretense of doing some work and didn't follow her to serve them. Even if they delivered things, the old lady wouldn't ask her to go now.

Once, the Qin family who was ill sent someone to call Liu Er to talk, but besides Liu Er, seven or eight girls and women went together.Liu'er coaxed Qin Shi to talk for a long time, she was very happy, that's all, and never called again.

I wanted to do the same thing, but was stopped by Grandma Zhen who came to invite someone, and said with a smile, "I know my sister has worked hard to serve the old lady, but now the embroidery work is done, and there is no old lady's big clothes to do. The old lady is going to visit us too. Wouldn’t it be nice for you to go to Lele together? This year’s flowers are not as good as the plum blossoms, but we planted them in our house. At any rate, my sister will also go and have a look, don’t say we didn’t take good care of them. , just focus on running here to hang out with the old lady's food and drink."

Thinking of what Liu'er said last year to encourage the old lady to admire the plum blossoms, everyone couldn't help laughing together.

You Shi also smiled and continued: "If you can't evade it, I'm afraid it's not because of my over-heartedness. I'm afraid that someone from our place bumped into my sister and blamed us, right? If that's the case, my sister can just say who she is, and she will definitely tie her up and send her over." , It's serious to vent your anger on your sister. Don't care about masters and slaves, treat them equally, how about my sister?"

Sister Feng rolled her eyes, she also pursed her lips and smiled, and said to Youshi, "It's not a matter of disappearance, it's serious for you to hurry back and get someone, are the people in our house easy to bully? My first No one agrees!"

For a while, Liu'er was caught in Huatou, and she didn't want to go, and she didn't want to appear too unflattering. She was thinking about how to deal with it, but the old lady said, "Forget it, don't force her to be a child. She usually doesn't like to move around. , serve my old lady wholeheartedly, no one in the house knows, but you make fun of her, I don't agree."

Liu Er breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone smiled and said, "I know that the old lady loves this girl, so who dares to make fun of it. But this year there are really good chrysanthemums and crabs, and I can also watch the recent small plays. Thinking of Liu Er's younger sister Su Those who have done their filial piety in front of the old lady for us every day, who have worked hard and made great achievements, just disperse in the past."

The old lady who listened also nodded, "That's all, children's families are too calm, and it's good to go for a walk to get active. All day long, the family only knows how to work and doesn't like to move. Liu Er, don't refuse Well, at any rate, your Grandma Zhen has some good intentions, as long as it is important to use it in the past, I will show them some face, and follow me for a walk tomorrow."

Liu'er had no choice but to thank her with a smile, and she accepted it.

"Brother Zhen and daughter-in-law, it's really bad for you to boast like this now, let's see if you have the face to come over here." The old lady said again, and everyone also laughed.

Mrs. You hurriedly got up and smiled, "Just don't worry, old lady, this time is not the same as in previous years. A few days ago, my uncle had a friend who was very well-connected. He knew that a shipment from Nan Province was delayed on the way because of the festival. They are excellent flowers and trees and fresh. Although the price is more expensive, the appearance is really good. I don’t know what method is used. The fresh fruits are all juicy and sweet. Even if we have some in our village, no one looks at them. The uncle discussed it for a little while, and the old lady will know when she goes tomorrow, and it is extremely hard to find the place. It's just that the boat said it will arrive tonight, otherwise it's better to be filial to the old lady and watch the excitement."

Mother Jia nodded, and the matter was settled immediately.

When the old lady was happy, she kept You Shi and Mrs. Wang to wipe the cards together.It's not easy for Liu'er to go down, and watch the mandarin duck sit beside the old lady to keep watch.Seeing that Liu'er was there, Fei Cui didn't take the initiative to make tea, and found a reason to go out.

Liu'er simply didn't expect her, and watched Xiaoyan boil boiling water on the stove, brew Pu'er, and brought four tureen bowls on a black lacquer and gold tea tray, and served tea to the four of them one by one from Jia Mu.

Others can do it, but Youshi drank Liu'er's tea for the first time. After finishing it, he handed the cup to the girl beside him, and said to the old lady with a smile: "Could it be that this man is better-looking, and the tea he made is better? How can there be such a reason. Or the old lady's cheap tea that doesn't cost money is delicious, and I don't know."

The old lady and Sister Feng laughed immediately, and Sister Feng also knew the reason. After receiving the signal from Yuanyang, she threw a card that the old lady asked for, and said: "Fortunately, my sister-in-law is not a man, so I still say this." That's right. And it's not unreasonable, it's just that Liu'er sister's tea is delicious, the ancestors know it best. I think my sister-in-law has never drank it before, so I don't know why here."

Mrs. You hurriedly asked what was going on, the old lady played cards with a smile, she was in a good mood, glanced at Liu'er who was going to work outside, and said with a smile: "This is in line with an old saying, 'There is nothing difficult in the world if you put your heart into it'. Here, if you come up with any skill, you won't be able to stop that girl."

Although Youshi is generous, there are many trivial matters in the inner house. Hearing this, he smiled, looked at the opposite mandarin duck who was helping the old lady manage the cards, and joked: "Your old lady likes Liu'er so much, we mandarin ducks don't care about it." Are you jealous?"

Before the mandarin duck could speak, the old lady said: "Just for the sake of the little girl, it's not the one who has a little bit of skill and is frivolous, which is more painful. The mandarin duck who knows is the same girl as her. I don't know, She actually treats Yuanyang as her elder sister respectfully, she never takes anything seriously, and always asks about things. I see that Yuanyang was sick for a few days, and she did not miss her errands."

Yuanyang also laughed, "The old lady has the sharpest eyes, and I can't hide it from the old lady, otherwise I just say that she is pretending to be stupid, but there is nothing I can do. I was sick last year, and it happened that the old lady rewarded the fruit that was tributed by Fanbang. Not much, she insisted on keeping a little bit of everything, and when she put together a plate, she sent a chubby little girl to deliver it to me. I was very grateful to see it, but the little girl passed her word, Leng has cured more than half of my illness, which is really dumbfounding."

When Jia's mother knew about it, she didn't speak, but just laughed.Sister Feng didn't know, so she couldn't help but said, "Don't be tricky, tell us quickly and have fun. The ancestors already ate an extra bowl of rice, so at least give us half a bowl of rice."

Everyone laughed again, and Yuanyang imitated Liu Er's usual tone, and continued: "Sister Yuanyang, you haven't come these two days, we eat and drink every day, and we have never seen each other. The old lady said, take advantage of my sister You're not here, let's hurry up to eat. Sooner or later, it's uncertain who will leak the news. Sister, when you hear it, you will get angry and sweat all over, your waist will not be sore, your legs will not hurt, your mind will not be chaotic, and you can eat two bowls of rice in one go. It's quick Come to wait on me. Once this gluttony attack occurs, all illnesses will be cured!"

Youshi, Sister Feng, and the girl and woman who were standing and waiting have already collapsed from laughter.With a sound of palm nuts, someone knocked over the teacup, and everyone laughed even harder.

Enough of laughing, Youshi was sincere, and asked, "Since this is the case, have you recovered from your illness?"

Yuanyang's face was reddish, and she felt a little uncomfortable, "That girl is the most narrow-minded. The girl who delivered the things was named silly big sister by the old lady. It's okay to be fat, but when I opened the lid of the food box, she Those eyes just fell in and couldn’t be pulled out, which made me feel like I was grabbing food from her. Following the old lady, I had eaten it before, and I didn’t care about it at the time, I just picked up a piece that looked green and cute, and ate it. The rest was given to that girl. But the little girl was so rare that she didn’t reach out immediately, but passed on the words seriously. I choked at the time, coughed so badly, and sweated all over without saying anything. That fat girl is still strong, and she almost didn't take the medicine I took, but that's enough for me. But after taking a bath that night, she felt lighter, and she felt hungry the next day. I came up to work on the errand. I don’t know whether to thank her or scold her.”

This time, not only Sister Feng and You Shi, but also the old lady heard it once, and her cheeks became sore from laughing, telling Yuanyang not to talk about it again, I really couldn't bear it.

After serving the tea, Liu Er came out and explained to Xiaoyan and Sanqi, watched the tea being served, and went out.In fact, I also know that after drinking this bowl, it will be over, so I can leave with peace of mind.

Tomorrow I still have to go to the East Mansion. There are mandarin ducks here, so she doesn't need to make arrangements. She might as well go back to the house early. After washing up, it's important to turn off the lights and embroider some Buddhist scriptures. I still have Jiang Taigong fishing.

I was busy with work for a while, but I forgot about Dongfu's troubles. Before going to sleep, I still thought that if the Dongfu chrysanthemums bloom well, I can cut some and put them in vases.It's okay to draw a few pictures, I haven't embroidered a picture for so long, just to see if there is any suitable...

The author has something to say: Thank you for the mines of Piaoye (╯3╰)