The clever maid of the red mansion

Seeing that Liu'er was willing to go out, the girl immediately prepared things for going out.Because Liu'er only had one car at home, seeing the anxious looks of the girls, they were all looking forward to going out. After discussing with the godmother, they hired two cars to go out, which was enough.

It's not that I didn't think about making do with the Fu family, but their family only had two or three cars, and there were quite a few masters, so they didn't have much to spare.

The next day, there were decent girls and women in the two mansions, and they all came out.Liu'er and godmother are in the same car with Dong'er and Chun'er, and the other cars are full of girls and women.The old lady of the Fu family took her daughter and her mother-in-law and maid in a car, Sister Qin and Caiwei and her maid took a car, and sister Yang Xiu and her servants were all full.There is excitement, and it is inevitable that it will be hotter.

Liu'er peeked through the translucent window screen, although six cars looked quite a lot, the overwhelming and mighty formation of traveling with the female family members of the Duke's Mansion is really not worth mentioning.But Liu'er looked at Xiyang Jing'er's mood through the window screen, but it was very different.

I only feel that the sky is high and the earth is far away now, and I can't help but let out a sigh of relief, sweep away the blockage in my heart, take a sip from the tea cup on the low table in front of me, and feel an indescribable happiness all over my body.

Seeing her like that, Mrs. Zhang laughed suddenly, "Last night I was not very happy to look at you, but now I suddenly figured it out, and people are more comfortable looking at you."

Liu'er smiled, rubbed the celadon teacup in her hand, looked at the lotus pattern on it, and said, "Daughter suddenly remembered a sentence, 'It's okay to die in the morning after hearing the Tao', and now our life is more comfortable, if or Still looking for troubles, not knowing how to cherish and benefit, who can blame? Now go out for a stroll, you should be happy, mom, do you think it is so reasonable?"

"Just think about it. You are young and have few things, so you like to guess. Don't you know that soldiers come to cover you up? You have to realize it yourself. Others talk about it, but it's just a little more reassuring. Anyway, I am satisfied with your mother now. As you wish, wearing gold and silver has become an old lady, and she is still in charge of the family. Now I only look forward to you, find a son-in-law with all four corners, and my life will be complete."

Liu'er blushed and said angrily, "Go and burn incense, mom, you're talking about what's there and what's not!"

Godmother Zhang just looked at her and smiled, but the two sisters, Dongchun and Chun, pursed their lips and didn't make a sound.Now the two sisters are considered to be in their early years. Needless to say, Chun'er takes care of Ganma Zhang, the old lady is in charge of the house, and any servant will not give her a little wink.Not to mention Dong'er, although she is not outstanding among the maids in terms of ability and appearance, she is really loyal, and now she is also the head of the maids in Liu'er's room, no matter whether you are the Duke's mansion or the servant man's mansion, no matter how capable you are , and now they are all used under Dong'er's command, but she is more famous than her sister.

Only this Dong'er is really rare, as always, she serves attentively, is diligent and cautious, does not take things too seriously, and humbly asks for advice when she doesn't understand, but she has won the respect of all the girls, no one underestimates her, Liu'er is right. she.

Now beside Liu'er, Dong'er and four herbs are considered big girls, and Sanqi and the other three Dong's are like little girls.The four herbal maids from the Lin family have their own strengths in basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, and they are all literate. They used to be very useful in training and teaching, but now each of them brings a little girl with them, and they perform their duties on weekdays. It's not messy, but it's ironing Liu'er's service.

Even Fu Qiufang murmured to her mother behind her back, "Sister Liu'er is surrounded by so many people, does she need it? She doesn't have to raise idlers to increase her expenses. It doesn't seem like a normal way of life."

The old lady Fu pointed at her daughter and scolded with a smile, "Eating radishes is nothing to worry about. Anyway, they are under the care of the Lin family, and they don't seem to be short of money in their hands. Let me talk about it here. If you show it to the outside, it's useless to recruit people." It's not a joke, but I have to say that the girl has a vision, so she would be more comfortable if she didn't live with us from the beginning, saving a lot of trouble."

Fu Qiufang just had a bit of a taste, she couldn't figure out whether it was true or not, she just got away with being coquettish.But I don't know, in fact, her old mother still has some regrets in her heart. If she had known that Yang Liu'er had the good fortune of today, she should have let her live in her family when she said she was dead. Now that she is so polite, cautious and respectful, even her eldest daughter-in-law is restrained.

***

Soon we arrived at the Muni Temple outside the west city.

There are quite a few temples and nunneries in the western suburbs, not to mention the Mantou Nunnery of Tieshan Temple and the Tianqi Temple. The Qingxu Temple is also on the northeast corner of the west city, but it’s just inside the city.

Compared with other temples, Muni Temple is really not outstanding, but it is bigger than Mantou Temple.

However, the reputation of the Muni Temple is not comparable to that of other temples. Because the Muni Temple once produced an eminent monk, he was Miaoyu's master.It is said that this eminent monk is good at performing congenital numbers, that is, he is proficient in divination and fortune-telling, but he easily refuses to be calculated by others. He can be regarded as a true Taoist master, but it is a pity that he passed away two years ago.

Compared with it, Layman Liaochen is a little underappreciated, even though he is well-known.

Because today is the fifteenth day, there are many female relatives who come to offer incense.After paying homage to the Buddha, burning incense, donating money for sesame oil, waving the lottery, and leaving the gate of the main hall, there was an old nun beside him, who seemed half awake and didn't look at anyone, and just released the lottery if necessary.

Fu Qiufang, Sister Qin and others cast their lots one after another. Sister Yang Xiu and Godmother Zhang looked at Liu'er and motioned for her to go up and take a look.However, Liu'er doesn't care about this now, a person who has died once, what else can he do, she knows, she sees it, and simply shakes her head and doesn't go forward.

In the end, a group of girls from the two mansions all went up to draw lots, and came out to chatter.

Fu Qiufang was the first to get a lottery. She picked it up and looked at it. She won the lottery, but there were two sentences: "Who cares about Fang Zijiuqiuhan, the same flower blooms late in the end."

Fu Qiufang was an educated person, so she felt confused at first glance, no matter how you looked at it, it was not good, thinking of how old she was now, her mood suddenly became depressed, and she simply didn't try to explain it.

Mrs. Fu and everyone saw it, so they didn't want to ignore it. They just said words to comfort them, which was useless.

On the contrary, the two little girls, Sister Qin and Caiwei, both won the lottery, and both of their faces were blushing with joy. , in different situations.

Although there are many people today, the Zhike monk still arranged a quiet courtyard for everyone to rest.

Mrs. Fu led everyone into the house and sat down to drink tea. In terms of knowledge, despite Zhang Ganma's humble background, she is better than Mrs. Fu.Because she has always been cautious and low-key, and she also catered a little deliberately, but she got along very well with Mrs. Fu.When the old man talked about karma, he was more speculative, and he put everyone aside.

Fu Caiwei and Sister Qin sat for a while, and they became a little lost in thought. The second girl even secretly pulled on Aunt Fu Qiufang's sleeve, and was spotted by Mrs. Fu, and said, "Forget it, you little girls go shopping at home, anyway The backyard is full of female relatives, just don't wander around."

Before the few people got up, a little nun came forward and said, "My teacher is Liaochen Layman, I invite some girls to come over and meet."

Everyone here, except for Liu Er, no one really knows Layman Chen, Madam Fu hesitated, "I don't know Layman Chen... who is it, sorry for my lack of knowledge."

The little nun has always been proud of her master Chen, but when she heard that someone didn't know her master's name, she looked down upon her because she thought she was not a high-ranking master, so she showed her face and stood there as a judge, but she didn't answer, but said Mrs. Fu was a little embarrassed.

Seeing her, Ganma Zhang hurriedly helped turn things around, and said, "Since the masters in the temple invited them, it's good to let them meet, maybe it's their good fortune." She didn't dare to say that she knew about Layman Chen, Isn't waiting now to make people feel unhappy?

Liu'er also stood up, and said to Fu Qiufang, "Sister, let's go and have a look, just go out for a walk." So the group of people followed the little nun to a meditation room, which was much quieter and more refined than the courtyard where they rested.

The Muni Temple is a nunnery, so laymen are naturally not monks, but this layman is dressed in a female crown, a hairpin with a white jade cloud pattern is tied in a bun, and he is wearing a blue embroidered Taoist robe. He looks 50 years old, but he seems to be in his thirties, with extraordinary charm, like a fairy.

The monk is not a monk or a Taoist, and there is a sense of disobedience all over his body, but he also has a unique style.

Liuer and the others greeted Chen, Liao Chen seemed to be meditating, he just glanced at him, said the word sit with his lowered eyes, and stopped talking, the four of them had to sit on the futons on the ground and wait.

Seeing that Chen ignored them, the four of them took the opportunity to look around the room.Although it is a clean room, it is extremely elegantly tidied up. There are calligraphy and paintings on the wall, bonsai curtains on the floor, a few vases, stoves and antiques. Liu'er can tell by looking at them that they are all expensive things.

And Liu'er also saw something familiar. Hanging in the main hall was a painting of fishing in winter snow, which was exactly the one left by the old lady of Jia's mansion. Naturally, she would not mistake it for her own painting.But for that painting, because I was confused at the time, I glanced at it now and didn't care much.

The room was quiet, enough time for a cup of tea, Liao Chen opened his eyes, and the counting beads in his hand stopped twirling. Looking at the four of them, he said calmly, "That one is Miss Yangliu."

"Minnie girl is." Liu'er's expression was as usual, but she was not happy in her heart, since she was looking for her, why bother to bring a group of people with her, it was her who offended others.

Liao Chen glanced at Liu'er, nodded and said, "Since you're here, it's fate. There's ink and ink on the case over there, so go and write a few words."

Liu'er knew it well, and stood up first, but Fu Qiufang was a little uncertain, and said softly, "Master, we just drew lots..." Liu'er almost laughed, feeling that Miss Fu thought this was a word test for her !

On the other hand, Liao Chen, his expression remained unchanged, he would ignore his answers, and he would not explain. He glanced at Fu Qiufang, then closed his eyes again and remained silent.

Fu Qiufang was embarrassed, so she had to get up, and brought the two nieces to the side of the book case together. Liu'er made a gesture of invitation, Fu Qiufang thought for a while, picked up the pen and wrote the word "Autumn", which is really a word test...

Followed by Liu'er, she was too lazy and troublesome, so she had the right to test the characters, so she wrote a Liu character.The two little girls also each wrote a word in their names.Liu'er picked up the paper and handed it to Chen.

Liao Chen opened his eyes, looked at them for a long while, then looked at the four people one by one, and said, "Leave the word Liu, and return the rest." Just like that, the three girls from the Fu family were driven away.

But before the three of them left the house, Liaochen said again, "Spring blossoms and autumn fruits, after all, the flowering period is over, but there are flowers in spring and moon in autumn, the normal heart is the way."

Liu'er: It's really a word test...

Fu Qiufang paused, then lifted his feet and left.

Now there are only two people left, and Liao Chen stopped meditating, and took a careful look at Liu'er, and said calmly, "The color looks good, the characters are barely readable, and there is no trick. Let's go to draw two more strokes." "

It's already like this, Liu'er didn't care about anything, got up again and came to the case, drew a peach blossom with a brush, and showed it to Chen.

This time I looked at Chen a little more, and said after a while, "It's better than calligraphy. Now someone has asked me to teach you, would you like to learn painting from me?"

"Can you let me think about it before answering Master?" Liu'er was a little apprehensive about this, and always felt like Miaoyu, who was not a monk or a vulgar, was aloof, aloof, and looked clean. She was a layman. Do nothing to find uncomfortable.

Obviously, Liao Chen was a little surprised by Liu'er's answer. Looking at Liu'er's eyes, there was some emotion, and he didn't say anything. He nodded, "Yes, it will be valid within three days. Go ahead." Willow.

After leaving the dusty courtyard, Fu Qiufang's aunt and nephew had long since disappeared, and Dong'er and Honghua came up to meet her, "Miss Fu San said she was going to go to the garden over there, girl, shall we go back?"

Liu'er thought for a while, and felt that the Muni Temple was meaningless, she might as well go back and wait for the vegetarian food, so she took the girl back.

Don't you know, as soon as Liu'er left the dust place, Feng Ziying turned out from the inner room, and said with a smile, "How does the master look, the disciple is right."

At this moment, Li Chen still had the deserted look of Fairy Guanghan just now, with a gentle expression and gentle eyes, like a kind elder. Hearing the words, he spat, "I'm so ashamed! Did your father allow you to make up your own mind!"

Feng Ziying flipped up her robe, sat down on the futon where Liu Er was sitting just now with a smile on her face, opened the fan and fanned it twice, "The old man's eyes, that's all. I want to marry a daughter-in-law as long as I like it. Master, just say How about it."

"Although Puliu is a vulgar thing, it has the character of a tree, which is rare for a woman. In terms of appearance, even though she has gone through hardships and hardships, she is blessed to have so many noble people to help her. In my opinion, you are not serious in your family all day long. It's not like people can look up to you."

Feng Ziying poked her chin with a fan, her face became more serious, and she looked at Chen: "So, my apprentice, don't I do what I like, she likes to draw and do needlework, needlework, I don't think there will be anyone in the capital who can be her master." That’s right. It’s on the calligraphy and painting. I’m begging you, old man, to come. Now, the worry about this disciple is no different from her parents, only worse. She has never enjoyed the blessings of her parents since she was a child. She is the most pitiful and respectable person because of her hard work. She is smart inside and handsome on the outside. I am afraid that there is no one better than her in this world, master, right?"

Liaochen was speechless for a long time, when did this dude be so considerate?Where is beauty in the eye of the beholder nowadays, this is a big treasure.

"Since that's the case, you should ask the matchmaker to come to propose marriage in a serious manner. What does it look like to be so sneaky, and it doesn't look like you are in love."

"I think so, as long as she doesn't like it, it's useless to propose a marriage. In their family, she is in charge. She has the most ideas, and she has a bad temper. If she is awkward and married, it's no fun. I don't appreciate her for her, it's good to be happy, and I didn't waste my thoughts in vain."

Liaochen stared at the person in front of him strangely, and said, "Your father is such a vulgar, ignorant and unscrupulous man, how could he raise such a sentimental species like you! It's a good bamboo shoot, but I'm a plain old man. I lost my sight!"

Feng Sanye's face was hot when he said it, and he only fanned him with a fan.