The Lady of the Farm in the Red Mansion

Mother Zhou's Teachings

On the second day, Nanny Zhou got up early. Older people like to go to bed early and get up early, but young people tend to take naps in the morning, just like the days in the mountains. There is no restraint, and they always sleep until they wake up naturally. This is the habit of the people in the mountains, and it is the blessing of the people in the mountains. Once here, it will be different. Xiuyan gradually feels that the life of these big families is not as glamorous as imagined, especially the juniors.

Xiuyan was still in a dream, as if she heard someone banging on the door vigorously, before Xiuyan could speak, the little girl got annoyed, kicked off the quilt with one leg, sat up straight and cursed: "Knock!" Knock knock, knock you big-headed ghost!"

Seeing that the little girl dared to yell at her, Mother Zhou kicked the door open, ran to the bed, twisted her ears and said, "You little girl, you've only been here for a day, and you've grown tempered before the ground is hot. Right, I won’t expose you today! You will become more and more lawless in the future!” As he said that, he took a hair duster behind the door and started beating, the little girl ran around the table, and Madam Zhou couldn’t touch her at all. A little prickly, she screamed joyously, the cock flew all over the ground, and the whole room was made into a mess.

Nanny Zhou was out of breath, and finally spread her whole body on the chair, she seemed to be exhausted, and stretched out a fat finger feebly and said: "Don't be complacent, you have a day to sell you!"

The little girl stuck out her tongue at Nanny Zhou, made a face and ran out, Nanny Zhou was half dead with anger.

Xiuyan personally poured her a cup of tea: "Nurse Zhou has no reason to be angry with her, she is still young and not sensible!"

Nanny Zhou said while drinking tea: "She is not sensible, the girl has to teach her, and paying money to buy her is not to make her a Miss Jiao, even the serious master in this mansion has to be suppressed." Temper, who will get her a little girl willful!"

"This little girl's temperament is a bit wild, I will definitely teach her well in the future, may I ask Mammy what's the matter?" Xiuyan asked.

"Don't say I'm taking the university, but Feng Nainai ordered me to pick up some girls. This mansion is no better than the outside. If you make a mistake, you will be laughed at. Although the girl is now a guest of our big house. , but in our mansion, we also give the moon silver to the girl according to the serious ladies, so the girl is considered half of my own family. The degree is all her own, but it’s nothing more than occupying a house for nothing, but she still greets the old lady in three or five dynasties. The old lady, the wife all say that she is hundreds of times stronger than her own girl! Girls don’t want to If you think it's troublesome, you will go to the sisters in three or five dynasties, your image is related to the reputation of our eldest family, you must not make mistakes and make people laugh!"

"Thank you Madam Zhou for teaching, Xiuyan must be careful in every way, and will never embarrass our eldest family!" Xiuyan replied cautiously.

"I watched from the sidelines. Girls are well-educated. No wonder Feng Nainai relies on you. Today, I will throw away those prejudices and just teach you wholeheartedly. Maybe there will be great prospects! It's just that the little girl next to you is too sloppy. I'm afraid of causing trouble and embarrassing the girl!" Nanny Zhou said.

"I didn't get used to maidservants at first, but I just let her be my companion. If Mammy thinks she's inappropriate, it's all right to drive her away!" Xiuyan always followed Mammy Zhou.

"Feng Nainai bought it for you. No matter how bad it is, it's her kindness. It's just that Feng Nainai is very secretive. How did you get such a thing? Isn't this an added problem? Even if you want to drive him away, you have to get Feng Nainai Take them out personally, besides, the maidservants in each room are not complete yet, and they are rushing to chase out the unworkable ones, pointing at the top to add new ones for them, how can we care about us!"

"Since this is the case, let's stop rushing away, so as not to lose people's food, saying that we also get together to join in the fun!"

"The girl is really a sensible person! By the way, there are still some things in the house that are not complete, so I will go and get them together!" Seeing Xiuyan's soft temper, Madam Zhou began to like her a little bit in her heart.

Xiuyan said: "Except for the oil lamp, what is the big thing missing? It's just that I have had a lot of pens and inks since I was a child. I have looked all over the house and it seems that there are no pens, inks and papers!"

"Miss is right for Miss Lin. Her writing is as good as Lin Shuhai, and other things are fine. It's just that the expenses of the four treasures of the study are placed in the school, and the girls are there to get ready-made ones. Miss Lin doesn't get along with them." The girls go to school together, those things are all set by herself, if the girls want it, I can apply for one from Feng Nainai!"

Xiuyan heard what Nanny Zhou said and hurriedly said: "No need, how much are those things worth!"

"Girl, don't look at the food and clothing of the people in the garden. There are still many places where money can be used. The two or two months of silver is just a formality. Not to mention the ladies, who doesn't have a hundred taels in their hands? You don’t understand how to turn around ladders now, but you’ll understand when you meet in the future! Save as much as you can now, and if you really need it, you can go to Miss Lin to borrow some, and you won’t have to pay it back in the future, maybe you There are unexpected gains in this journey!"

"Everyone says Miss Lin is difficult to get along with, I'm afraid I'll offend her accidentally!"

"That's because those servants criticized her. In fact, Miss Lin treats servants better than Miss Bao. Miss Bao always coaxes us with words, but Miss Lin is the one who spends a lot of money! It's generous, I remember one night It was raining, and I was ordered by my grandma to give bird's nest to Miss Lin. Miss Lin saw that it was raining and returned to me, and gave me a sling of money on the spot. Before leaving, Miss Lin also brought me a pot of hot wine, saying that it was too cold to bother me to bring her bird's nest. This pot of wine was for me to drink on the way to drive away the cold. The hip flask is worth at least one or two taels of silver, and my trip to Miss Lin's house almost caught up with my two-month monthly salary!" Thinking of this, Madam Zhou felt itchy in her heart, wishing that there would be such a thing again. It's a beautiful job, so she blindly encourages Xiuyan and Daiyu to befriend each other.

"Isn't Miss Lin fostered here by an orphan? It stands to reason that Miss Bao should be richer than her!" Xiuyan wondered.

Nanny Zhou patiently explained: "Young lady is new here, I don't know why, although Miss Lin is an orphan, but the Lin family has a great career, Lin Ruhai has already made preparations, that's why she called Jia's family before she closed her eyes. The people came down to count the family property and brought them together to Jia's mansion. Now Jia's mother is in charge of the entire Lin family's property, and although the Xue family came from an imperial merchant family, there are no good managers among the younger generations. , I heard that two more shops collapsed not long ago, no, the whole family rushed back to clean up the mess. Which one of Xue Lin and Xue Lin is the real rich man?"

Xiuyan just smiled and didn't answer.

Nanny Zhou said: "I know that the girl is also a noble person who doesn't eat the fireworks of the world and doesn't smell the smell of copper. I asked the girl to get close to Miss Lin because Miss Lin is the purest person in the whole garden. She never flatters anyone or To plan on anyone, she likes her simply, hates her loudly, and never hides it. If you are right with her fate, it is your blessing. If she treats you coldly, you just come back and don't get close to her. , but I think Miss Lin will definitely like someone like a girl. It has become a common practice in everyone like us to worship the high and step down, and I think the girl has also realized that it is not a bad thing to have one more person and one more backer!"

Although Xiuyan didn't quite agree with Nanny Zhou's point of view, she really wanted to get to know Daiyu, not for her wealth but for her talent, so Xiuyan said: "Since Mammy said so, I'll go after breakfast." yes!"

"I heard that Miss Lin has suffered from heat stroke in recent days. You need to take some time to see her alone. If there are many people visiting, you just need to withdraw quietly and go back another day!"

"Yeah!" Xiuyan replied with a nod.