The clever maid of the red mansion

The next day, Master Lin took a rest, and the Feng family sent an official matchmaker to propose marriage.

It took only a few days from changing to fit the horoscope to releasing Xiaoding, and sending Shuangyan, pig-like wine cakes, etc. for a while.

That's all for other things, it's all about common etiquette, only the pair of quacking wild geese happily said to the maids, "I heard Mr. Feng's servant Bu Jing said that Mr. Feng went to fight yesterday. It’s here. At this time of year, many wild geese have flown away, and Bu Jing said that their young master has been searching outside the city for a long time.”

On the contrary, the big girls of Honghua, her godmother Yang Xiu and the others only looked at the two boxes of heads and pearls brought into Liu'er's house, and praised, "Oh, this is the first time for such a big pearl. See, inlaid jewelry is rare..." Liu'er ignored it, just lowered her head to do her needlework, meditating.

Afterwards the Feng family found an auspicious day, Master Lin nodded and brought over the dowry. The eagerness made Zhang Ganma, who came to accompany Liu'er, frowned, looked at Liu'er and said, "How do you say this? Hurry up? It doesn't look like this family can't get a wife!"

The girls beside them pursed their lips and smiled, and Hong Hua said, "Isn't that the case. The old lady doesn't know, but our girl nodded after a long time, so don't hurry, I'm afraid that the girl will feel bad one day and go back on her word."

"I made fun of you with your little hoof, watch your skin carefully! Mom, don't listen to them! It's okay, you don't want to scratch your heart here, just go if you want to see the fun, Otherwise, maybe they will make up something about me."

Now that the appointment is underway, most of the maids around Liu'er went to watch the fun, only a few mature ones didn't move, in fact, they couldn't sit still for a long time.The dowry from the husband's family represents the decency of their girls, so they are naturally concerned.Now that she heard the girl's decree, she no longer pretended to be calm, and hurriedly put away her needle and thread, and ran away in unison.Looking at it, Mrs. Zhang shook her head. After all, she was a child.

Today, because of a visitor from Feng's family, Jia's family, who had known earlier, sent Lian's second grandmother to help Zhang Luo, and sister Yang Xiu also came to help.After all, Lin Daiyu is a girl who has never been out of the court, and it is good to have a lot of experience with the elders, but there are some things that are hard to say.

The first one to run back to Yiranju was Sanqi, with a blushing face and lifted the curtain, came directly to Liu'er, took out a pouch from his sleeve, with bright eyes, and handed it to Liu'er with a smile on his face.

"What is this for? Just keep what others reward you, and give me any good things. I have never seen you so generous." Liu'er glanced at Sanqi and said in surprise.

"Hehe, Mr. Feng asked Sanqi to give it to the girl, and told me to give it to the girl!" Sanqi felt that he had a heavy responsibility, and said with a smile.

It's coming again, can't this person calm down!

Liu'er was angry and ignored Sanqi, but Godmother Zhang took it with a smile, squeezed it and said, "You, don't always hold on to the shortcomings of others' past, who doesn't have a time when Meng Lang is young?" But I think this time, it’s not unusual.” Godmother said, she untied the tie of her purse, opened her mouth and handed it to Liu’er, “Oh, let’s take a look, it’s not too bad this time, and let’s Your mother is very knowledgeable, how does this noble son give things, your mother and I have been waiting to open our eyes with you in this life."

Liu Er didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and didn't say anything else, it's not bad anyway, she reached out to take the purse, and felt a little strange in her hand, it seemed that there was something hard, thinking of the little white jade rabbit, she sneered, "I just like to play tricks, so I like to give people things, ask for sex, gold, jade, and face, and send some silver notes anyway,

Wouldn't it be easy! "

He probed in and took it out, and there was a black jade monkey wrapped in a few sheets of paper, Liu'er resembled a monkey, "Bah, it's a bad habit that can't be changed!" Liu'er couldn't help cursing.

On the other hand, Godmother Zhang, seeing that her daughter had strayed from the topic, simply did not count on her, took the stack of bank notes, counted them one by one, and there was a total of 2 taels. You agreed, and sure enough, people sent you money, and it was so quiet. Looking at it now, it is really rare. I guess it is because you are afraid that your family is poor and you want to save face, and you are subsidizing your money in private."

Liu'er glanced at the bank note, and said with a sneer, "Mom, don't brag, isn't it because you are afraid that his family will lose face! What about my own family, there is nothing to be ashamed of. I didn't steal it anyway. You can sit upright!" Liu'er felt aggrieved in addition to having some rifts towards Feng Ziying.

Looking for a family with an average family, why is she so passive, she has to think about decency in her actions, how can she live happily and comfortably.

"You, just be stubborn. Whether it's useful or not, it's his intention after all. Let your girl keep it carefully." Mrs. Zhang ignored Liu'er's stubbornness, and handed the purse to Dong'er who just came in. .

Then the girls came back one after another, all smiling, and still muttering together, Liu'er looked upset, and said, "Don't you need to do things? It's so busy, each of you can tie a hundred knots, can't you?" Do not eat lunch at all!"

The maids winked at each other, didn't look at Liu'er and muttered in front of Liu'er, and sneaked away to discuss in the outer room.

On the contrary, Mrs. Zhang was also curious. She stopped the safe and knowledgeable Hong Hua and asked, "Don't listen to your girls, but tell the old woman first. What's going on?"

Coincidentally, Nanny Li also came in with a smile on her face, so the two sang together, and they also explained the whole situation before.

The Lin family has also inquired about the situation of the Feng family. If you want to say that the family has a solid family background, it is Mr. Feng.His natal family is wealthy and has a big business. His mother's dowry is not a big deal, and Mr. Feng is also the most proud of this son.Now that this marriage has been pursued with great effort, the dowry gift is naturally generous.

24 The betrothal gifts carried are all solid things, and there are not many silks, satins and furs, so they are only carried three or four times.But they are all rare.Inner makeup, python satin and other things are considered poor, many things, not to mention the girl, even Li Mama has never seen it, and when the list reaches the girl, they will take their seats according to the number, and it will also open their eyes.As for the head jewelry, there are various kinds of jewels, pearls, emeralds, jades, corals, etc., which are the most, with ten loads.This is a woman who is interested, especially a girl from the Lin family, who can talk about everything from the appearance of the gem to the workmanship, from the style of each place to the craftsmanship of the shop's master.

Other antiques, calligraphy, paintings, Western objects, bonsai decorations, spices, rouge, gouache, etc., not to mention, there are many girls who have never seen it.On the contrary, Nanny Li, who is older, can tell a thing or two, "...the Western clock is on the hour, and some villains come out to beat the drums and gongs... The big mirror is even bigger than the one in the girl's room." Bigger..."

As for the most direct gold and silver in the dowry, it is 1 taels of silver dowry.Ganma Zhang reckoned that this was the quota in Feng's family, maybe it was too much, and the future son-in-law would secretly send more than this.

Of course, these are not the most valuable ones. They are two Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing with hundreds of hectares of land; The most satisfied, the two looked at each other and smiled, as if they had gotten a big deal.The two of them knew very well that all these things would be the girl's dowry in the future, as for the other dowry prepared by the Lin family.Mrs. Zhang doesn't know the details, but Nanny Li knows it. Judging by the momentum of the girl and the master, I'm afraid it's only thicker than these, and it won't be less.

The accumulation of several generations of the Lin family is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. No one knows more about this Madam Li, but it is a pity that there is no male successor.

Nanny Li's heart also fell to the ground. Originally, the master gave her to Miss Yang. He didn't show it on the surface, but he was a little unswerving in his heart.After all, Miss Yang was born there, and she has been used in the Lin Mansion for decades, and her future is limited. It's hard to say what the outcome will be if she follows her.

Looking at it now, it is not worse than it is now, and this girl has a plan to take it up, and she will serve her wholeheartedly, and the girl will be her arm in the future.

Mother Li had such a heart in her heart, she judged others by herself, and I think that many maids also had some ideas, not to mention anything else, just serve more meticulously and with all their heart.

Several families are happy and some are sad, and now the most heart-wrenching and unhappy one is the wife of Feng's family, Mrs. Li.

Today, it was not her turn to give the dowry gift and other public affairs, but the grandma Liu brought people to go. In the words of Mr. Feng Tang, "You are not in good health, and you have to live well and take care of yourself. Enjoy the blessings of the daughters-in-law. If you want to come to your in-laws, knowing your situation, I can understand you a little bit."

The smile on Xiao Li's face, which was always gentle and warm, became a little stiff, and he agreed in his mouth, but he hated it in his heart.

Listen to what people say!Enjoy the blessing of a daughter-in-law, which daughter-in-law is her own?It sounds better than singing, since she got married, she hasn't touched the housekeeper's right card!That's all, which daughter-in-law is sincere to her?That Mrs. Liu, sometimes in private, doesn't even have face or affection!Who can tell her grievances, it's her family who has nothing to lose face!If it wasn't for the old man throwing his hands away and ignoring family affairs, if he said the last sentence, why would this be the case!

That's all, just watching Feng Xiaosan coming in and out every day, directing a group of servants to rummage through various warehouses, from his mother's dowry to the internal and external stocks of the house, there is nothing wrong with the things that are dumped , Occasionally, the old man would fill in one or two things, and Xiao Li's heart was bleeding even more!

I don't know what will be left of her little four in the future, and her daughter who will go out in two years, and is there any good things that can be bought as a dowry?The eldest grandma, Liu Shi, was shrewd in calculating with her on weekdays, and she didn't leak a little bit of advantage, so why did she shrink to one side and say nothing now!From now on, this mansion will not belong to their big family!

Not to mention, the girl around her found out that the old man actually gave a farm with a good harvest and a silk shop as a dowry gift. Mrs. Li was ill at that time, and she couldn't live through the day with angina pectoris.

"Aunt... Aunt... Aunt..." The cousin Jiang Suyun couldn't say anything else, she just called her aunt one by one, and sat there wiping her tears. Little Li was very upset, why did she cry? Not dead yet.Who expected this matter to be settled so quickly, when she got the letter, Xiao Ding had already passed...

"Mom, what do you think father and third brother are thinking? A person with such a background is so anxious to decide. What if the third brother can't marry his sister-in-law? As for being so anxious!" I'm very upset that she didn't know that such a big thing happened at home!

She has a close relationship with her cousin on weekdays, and seeing her crying made her even more angry, and said, "Cousin, don't cry, you are not married anyway! Let mom think about it, right? This matter can't be changed, anyway, how many years have you been with the second brother, the second brother will not leave you, when the time comes to enter the door, I don't believe that woman can get it! I and my mother will help you..."

Mrs. Li was already trembling with anger. She never knew that her own daughter was actually like this... She didn't act like a young lady at all. What kind of nonsense was she talking about? Was she able to say it with her status? Pointing at her, he said coldly, "You... you... go back to your room for me, and you are not allowed to come out without me!"

It's useless to even look at my niece to be upset, otherwise, why would this be the case, she would have asked, this Miss Yang, but the third master himself liked it, so the old man begged for it in every possible way.

As long as the niece is more competitive, is she as good as she is now!

Whoops, Mrs. Li is really sick this time, she just got out of bed after lying down for a month.Everyone in the house who knew the inside story laughed secretly, including the eldest grandma Liu Shi.