The clever maid of the red mansion

Sister Yang Xiu came over, bringing Sister Qin with her, and Fu Caiwei, the girl of the Second Master Fu, who was one year younger than Sister Qin.

Just now, the second master and his wife brought back the girl and the youngest son. As soon as the second girl Fu came back, she ran to play with Sister Qin. The two have always been good friends.Grandma Fu Yang Xiu'er used to bring Sister Qin with her as the housekeeper director, but now she simply takes both of them, so she is knowledgeable.

When Liu Er and his wife saw Fu Er for the first time, they gave a purse containing a small silver key as a gift, but Fu Er was more lively and generous than Qin, so she saluted Liu Er and thanked her, and then they went to meet Liu Er. Sister Qin and her son stood behind the eldest aunt Yang Xiu.

Take a closer look at this girl from the second bedroom of the Fu family. She has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a round blushing face, a pair of black and white eyes that are extremely flexible, and her stature is also higher than that of the older girl. Although she is not as beautiful as Sister Qin, after all It's a little more lively, which is very likable.

Liu'er knew that an old man like her godmother liked this kind of girl the most, so she said, lucky!

Fu Caiwei also sneaked a peek at Liu'er. A few days ago, there was a maid who delivered things to her mother. She told her mother that her uncle recognized her, how beautiful and capable she is, and today she can be regarded as seeing her.Originally, I only thought that my aunt was a fairy-like beauty, but now I think she is prettier than her aunt.

The two toothmaids, one surnamed Zhang and the other surnamed Zhou, were both eloquent and lotus-tongued. Sister Yang Xiu was too lazy to listen to their flattery, and waved her hand, "Let's bring someone up to have a look first."

Before, Xiaoyan and Sanqi moved the chairs and table with winking eyes, and placed them on the front desk. The Dongchun sisters made tea, and the three of them left the room to sit down. The two girls from the Fu family and Dongchun Xiao Yan and others stood aside to serve.

The two toothmaids brought a lot of people, and Crow Crow barely stood in the yard. Grandma Fu ordered, "The whole family stands at the back together, and one person stands at the front. Stand separately."

It has been agreed before that the main thing is that the whole family must sell their bodies, and there must be a girl, and the boy must not be older than seven years old.The second is a single girl in her teens. This is mainly for Liu Er. Sister Yang Xiu has experienced a lot after all, and she thinks more and is more long-term.

Liu'er took a look, there were more than 20 little girls in front of her, all around ten years old.There are more than ten houses and one family in the back, only seven or eight couples have all children, and the rest are either without men or without women, and the children are of different sizes.

Feeling dizzy for a moment, he simply focused on the group of girls in front of him.

Sister Yang Xiu frowned and said, "Starting from the left, they all talk about their names, age and what they are good at."

Originally, I could only describe their looks, but now when I speak, my articulate personality is also revealed. More than half of the more than 20 girls were removed on the spot, leaving only seven.The three looked at it carefully, asked a few words, and only kept three.

Those families were also dealt with in a normal way, and in the end, as originally thought, two families remained.A family of four, surnamed Sun, two couples in their 30s with two girls, the eldest is eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest is six or seven years old.Men have some problems with their legs and feet, so they don't delay their work, and women are good at eating and drinking.The other family has more, surnamed Wu, five people, a couple in their 40s who look dull and honest, with a son and two daughters, the son is eight years old, the girl is ten years old, and the other is six years old.

These two families are from honest farming families. The Sun family sold themselves because a man broke his leg and could no longer do heavy work. He spent a lot of money on medical treatment. .

The other family escaped from the Southern Province. There was a flood in their hometown, and they came to seek a living with their clansmen. When they arrived, they realized that Migui lived in the capital city. It was not easy, and the child was not acclimatized to the disease, so he sold himself. .Moreover, although the men are not as strong as the Wu family, they are dexterous and can do any work of masonry and carpentry.Women can afford tea, rice, needle and thread, and they look neat and tidy.

With the addition of the three girls, there are quite a few people now, and they immediately handed over the paperwork and money to the matchmaker, and the total is only more than 20 taels of silver.

Because Liu'er doesn't grow up at home, everyone has to be handed over to the godmother.Hey, Mrs. Zhang is also a manager of a rich family, and she has seen the world, so it's not a big deal. It just so happens that Liu'er is not here for a while, she has something to do, and she is enthusiastic. She said that when Liu'er comes home, she will definitely be trained Be neat and tidy.

Sister Yang Xiu just sat down for a while and saw that the two girls were doing things in an orderly manner, so she took the two girls back.The two households were under the care of the godmother, and the three girls would follow Liu'er in the future, so they called over, looked at each one carefully, and asked some trivial matters.

They are all about ten years old, with upper-middle appearance and clear speech.A really beautiful girl is in demand everywhere, and there is no need for her family to catch up with this hot spot.The three of them are still clean and neat, their eyes are clear, the original names like Er Yatou have been changed, and Donger, Dongxue, Dongmei and Dongque have also been trained by Ren Yazi. Yes, honestly practiced courtesy and thanks, and was taken down by Dong'er to settle down.

Now the two sisters, Dongchun, Dong'er followed Liu'er, Chun'er followed Ganniang Zhang, and she arranged the personnel in Liu'er's room.

Now that the mother and son have increased their population, there are a lot of chores such as arranging housing errands and making clothes. Liu'er saw the commotion, so she simply gave the godmother a bag of two hundred silver at night, and let her do it herself. That is, there is a sister to take care of her anyway, so it is expected that nothing will happen.

In the evening, the two of them had dinner and had a conversation, but they didn't talk about it.After breakfast the next day, Uncle Zhang drove over to pick up Liu'er, took Sanqi Xiaoyan back to Jia's mansion, and started to work.

She was temporarily silent here, but the Shenwu General's Mansion was lively for a while.

Let's talk about returning to the mansion that day, Feng's second daughter, Feng Lian, was full of anger, because she was an old man, and she was used to running amok in the general's mansion since she was a child. No one in the whole family would look at her face, but now it's good... ...entered the second gate, ran all the way into her mother's Mrs. Feng's room, threw herself into her mother's arms, and shouted at the top of her voice, "Mother, the third brother is bullying people! Woooo..." In the end, he was so wronged that he cried up.

Li's family is about forty, because of her frail body and frail body, even though she is in her mid-mature, she is charming and charming, and her voice is not warm, "You have always bullied this girl. They, when did they bully you, how big of a person they are, and they are still yelling like this, it's a joke."

Feng Lian'er was in a hurry, this time she felt bullied, and no one would believe her, how unreasonable it is!

Huo Ran raised his head, his eyes were full of tears, and he held his mouth shut, "Mother, if you don't believe me, ask your cousin, cousin, cousin, tell me if the third brother bullied me just now? Scolded me in front of outsiders?"

The woman who came in later was exactly the other girl who followed them out. She came in and greeted Mrs. Li first. She was a bit embarrassed when she heard the words, and she hesitated to speak when she saw Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li waved her hand, "Su'er, let's go back and rest, I'm tired after going out for a long time." The cousin Jiang Suyun glanced at Feng Lian, and then she bowed and left.

But was stopped by Feng Lian, "cousin, wait a minute, tell my mother, is the third brother scolding me for a girl today! Tell me quickly!"

Jiang Suyun had no choice but to stay and explain the reason to her aunt, but with the help of Feng Lianer's girl, Qingmei, she didn't have to make too much trouble.

Let's talk about Feng Ziying, Uncle Feng, as soon as he returned to the mansion, he stepped into his study outside Tingtao Garden, and told the servants with a cold face, "Call them over."

Not a moment later, the seven elders and servants came in with lowered eyebrows to listen.

Third Master Feng put the teacup aside casually, looked at the faces of several people with inexplicable expressions, and said calmly, "Fan Yu stays here, and the rest are waiting outside the door."

The rest of the people retreated quickly as if they were being pardoned, while Fan Yu was so frightened that he knelt down with a thump, prostrate on the ground and did not dare to raise his head, feeling that he would be unlucky today.

Feng Ziying didn't seem to notice, but picked up the tea bowl again, and slowly widened the tea leaves. There was a rattling sound between the lids, but she just didn't drink.

After a long while, he put down the tea bowl, without looking at the bottom, and said calmly, "I heard that Qingping recognized Mother Fang as a godmother, but there is such a thing." Qingping is Jiang Suyun's girl.

Fan Yu hurried back, feeling a little confused, but didn't dare to look up.

"You mentioned Miss Yang to Nanny Fang." His tone was still light, and he couldn't tell whether it was a question or a statement, but Fan Yu became more timid and hesitated to answer. Someone is unlucky.

Clang!

Before Fan Yu could figure out how to answer, a tea bowl had already been broken in front of him, the tea and leaves splashed all over the floor, and the pieces of broken porcelain rubbed against Fan Yu, so he hurriedly replied, "My mother knew that Miss Yang The name is taboo, I heard it mentioned by the servants of the Jia family, but I asked the slaves, so..."

"So, you say that your master, I also know him, and I have looked for him, right or wrong!"

Fan Yu just kowtowed, unable to speak anymore.The above said again, "You can come to my side to serve, do you remember why?" Without waiting for Fan Yu to answer, he continued, "It's not because of your mother's face, but because you always know what you know. What should I say and what should not be said. All along, you have done a good job, why did you get confused this time?"

"Slave..." Fan Yu couldn't tell, but in fact, this was not the first time, their master's affairs outside, never took it seriously, even if someone talked about it, they just laughed it off, Why did you suddenly turn around this time?

"Go down and get twenty boards. Remember, next time, you don't have to follow me! Ask some of them to come in and answer."

"Yes."

In fact, although Fan Yu followed Feng Ziying because Nanny Fang was the nanny of Third Master Feng, she was not the leader of the followers, but Bu Jing who brought them in later.

Bu Jing was just as unlucky, so he received [-] boards without mentioning it. They were rectifying here, and the big girl next to Mrs. Li came over to pass the message, "Madam asked the third master to come over and talk."

Feng Ziying didn't even need to think about it, she knew it was the careless and thoughtless girl who was gossiping.But after today's incident, he was more careful, and asked again, "Who else is with Madam?"

"No one, the second girl and the cousin girl are both here." Suiyuan also winked, seeing the expressionless face of the third master, he expected to be a little unswerving, did not dare to laugh, and replied truthfully.

After pondering for a while, Mr. Feng waved Sui Yuan away, sat down again, thought for a while with downcast eyes, and recruited a servant to come in and give some instructions, then got up and walked to the main room where his wife lived.

In such a short period of time, today's events have completely changed beyond recognition.

Feng Ziying came in and asked An to sit down, and took a look. Lian'er was sitting next to Li and drinking tea as usual, but her cousin was not there.

Li's family said a few words in a gentle manner, and Fang said, "Your cousin will be born at the end of the year. I thought, after all these years, you have grown up together, and you are no different from a family. Just tell your father when the time comes." Let's settle it with one word, so as not to worry about some dubious women outside. You have become a family, and I can feel sorry for your mother. After all these years, I have been looking forward to this day, day and night, afraid of letting you down Thank you for your mother's love and entrustment." As he spoke, Li was emotional and weeping, and his daughter Feng Lian'er hurriedly tried to persuade her, but she looked like a girl.

Feng Ziying was also busy explaining a few words, but she always felt a bit offended, and couldn't think of too much at the moment, so she sat down again, and some servants came back and forth, and some guests came to look for the third master, so she got away and left .

It turned out that Mrs. Li was not Feng Ziying's biological mother, but Mrs. Li was Feng Tang's fourth wife, that is, the third continuation of Xian. The only biological children were the fourth master Feng Yun and the second daughter Feng Lian.Feng Ziying's mother-in-law and this Li family are considered cousins, and the servants call them the big Li family behind their backs.

This eldest Li family came from a wealthy businessman's family in the south of the Yangtze River. After marrying Feng Tang, she only gave birth to a son, Feng Ziying, who died of illness within a few years.The Li family didn't want to cut off this relationship, and seeing that Feng Ziying was young, they chose the virtuous little Li family from among the girls in the side branch to marry in.Although they are cousins, Xiao Li's family background is not ordinary, and the dowry was provided by Feng Ziying's family. The Li family also made it clear that they only asked her to take care of Feng Ziying for a good life, and the rest was up to fate.

Therefore, Jiang Suyun, the cousin that Xiao Li took a fancy to marrying Feng Ziying, was not actually any relative of Feng Ziying, but Xiao Li's niece.

There are many things without careful consideration. In the past, Mrs. Li often expressed this meaning, and Feng Ziying is also unavoidable. After all, apart from Jiang Suyun's poor family background, he can't pick out his character, talent and appearance, and family background has never been valued by his family. .In addition, his old man Feng Tang didn't expressly object to it, so he just passed it in a muddle.

Now taking this opportunity to point it out, Feng Ziying has always been alert, and naturally realized that something was wrong, how could she not react in her heart.

In particular, he was treated like a heart-warming Willow, who was flattered and flattered in every possible way and was not active enough, but when he was talked to by others, he turned into a vixen!

No matter how hard it sounds, that's all.

Feng Ziying is now eighteen or nineteen years old, no less ignorant than when she was young. His big family has seen some intrigues since childhood. The more I think about it, the more uneasy and annoyed I am. I simply went to find my friend Zhang Xuezhen Drink to relieve boredom.

That night, the two of them were in the backyard of Weifangzhai, in a quiet and elegant room. The chef of Weifangzhai set up a banquet. After a few rounds, the interest picked up, and the conversation started, Feng Ziying mentioned a few things that bothered her, but she didn't mention Liu Er's matter.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xuezhen has been married for several years, his sons are born, and his wife and concubines are fully equipped. He knows the twists and turns, so he immediately laughed, "Brother, you are still young, so you can tell me this. How many years of friendship have we had before we can tell the truth and change people, but a few words on the scene can deal with you."

Feng Ziying didn't speak, held the wine glass, looked at Zhang Xuezhen, said in her mouth, "Exactly, why don't you see me looking for someone else to drink, isn't that why, let's talk, now I want to hear your opinion. "

Zhang Xuezhen loosened his outer clothes and only wore his middle clothes. He picked up the wine that Feng Ziying poured, drank it in one gulp, put down the wine glass, and ate two mouthfuls of food. Then he said slowly, "Even if I say it, brother, it may not be true. If there is any pretense, brother, for the sake of the old relationship, let's take care of it."

Feng Ziying didn't say anything, just poured him another wine, Zhang Xuezhen drank it up as usual, and then got to the point, "Brothers were born rich and powerful, so they don't know that the world is difficult and life is not easy. Men are just flattering themselves to support their families for fame and fortune. That's all, she's a housewife, so why don't you think about living. The rest of my life, the future of my children, my private house, my concubine's room, and my concubine's room compete for the favor of my husband and wife, and so on. I know brother you are smart and capable, come on With your father, you have the support of your maternal grandfather's family behind you. Uncle Feng is not a great talent. Second Master Feng has never been with you all the same. Eighty, you have no guts, like a coward. Tell me, who else can you rely on for your wife and your younger brothers and sisters in the future? And you are free and easy by nature and don't care about your family background. Then you can decide. I said back then that this cousin was prepared for you eight or nine times out of ten. You still don’t believe it, but now you can see! If you really love your niece and you are lonely, why don’t you leave it to your son? The age is also the same, wouldn't she be wronged!"

"Zhang Yi said to the king of Wei: "I heard that feathers are so heavy that they can sink a boat. Things are light and heavy, but they can also break shafts. If everyone agrees, even gold and stone can be melted." It’s not good to make a fuss, my brother has been wronged, I still don’t realize it, don’t you treat me like a daughter-in-law now, otherwise why would I use wine to drown my sorrows.”

One word awakened the dreamer, Feng Ziying's shirt was wet with sweat.

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