The Lady of the Farm in the Red Mansion

It is said that after Xiuyan came back from Daiyu's place, it was getting late. Seeing Xiuyan coming back, Mother Zhou hurriedly asked her about her situation at Daiyu's place. Xiuyan said: "Sister Lin's attitude has always been cold, and I have not talked After she said the last word, she just sat down for a while and came out with Third Sister and the others!"

"You mean the third girl?"

"Yes, I met the third sister at the Ou Xiangxie. The third sister seems to be very close to me. She even gave me a jasper pendant!" So Xiuyan handed the jasper pendant to Nanny Zhou, and said He told Mother Zhou in detail how she met Tanchun on the road.

Nanny Zhou seemed to have a flat attitude towards Tanchun, but felt disappointed that Xiuyan did not get to know Daiyu. Nanny Zhou handed the jade pendant back to Xiuyan, and said indifferently: "It's just an ordinary thing, don't worry about it." Speaking of the third girl, even I have a box for things like myself! She was just caught by you, afraid that you would make a joke, and just bought you with anything. How arrogant the third girl is, you are considered knowledgeable today Now, more than half of the men in the world can't fall into her eyes, let alone you and me. Now that she is in charge of this garden, she naturally wants to buy people's hearts. Don't take her words too seriously today. Just listen to her. Wear the jade pendant if you like it, and go to her place when you have free time, as long as you know it in your heart!"

"Mommy taught me a good lesson!" Xiuyan nodded.

"This is not a lesson, it's just a reminder, but I see that the girl's reaction is not like that frivolous person who is happy when she gets a little reward. Presumably the girl has a bottom in her heart, but she just needs me. It's all about the old woman who is a prostitute in the deep house compound!"

Xiuyan just smiled and didn't answer, turned around and began to copy a celebrity copybook, but Nanny Zhou understood it, and she valued Xiuyan even more from then on. Nanny Zhou took a small tin pot and added some water to the inkstone, helping Xiuyan Yan Mo said at the same time: "Although I didn't get to know Miss Lin today, but the future will be long, and the girl should take the trouble to go and sit with her!"

"Sister Lin likes to be quiet. I'm afraid that I won't be able to attract Sister Lin's favor by going here and there, but I will get her disgusted instead. I also heard that Sister Lin loves mean people. I'm afraid!"

"You just go, although Miss Lin loves mean people, but she has the blood tradition of the old lady, she is a rare person who does not dislike the poor and loves the rich, even if she is mean, she has no evil intentions, just bear it. Looking at the whole garden, only Miss Lin can talk to you. You have to be careful with others, and you are not sincere, or sympathetic or pity, or pretending. Always keep a defensive heart, and you will understand in the future! As for Miss Lin, she is different!" Mother Zhou kindly taught.

Xiuyan didn't make any distinctions, but smiled and said while copying the post: "Nurse also said it very seriously, it seems that everyone in the mansion has become a monster, but sister Lin is a special fairy, isn't there just too many sisters?" Have you eaten a pot of wine with Sister Lin? Why does it seem like she belongs to her? If I didn’t know that Mammy is only for my own good, and Mammy so obviously urged me to befriend Sister Lin, I would have to be suspicious of Mammy. It's the spy that Sister Lin sent to me!"

"That's not it!"

"That's Sister Feng!"

"That's even worse!" Nanny Zhou blushed in a panic!

"I'm just joking!" Xiuyan has never talked much, let alone teasing others, and only in front of Nanny Zhou can she be so relaxed and have no grievances. In fact, she has already understood many things, including Nanny Zhou, but She doesn't want to bother with it. It doesn't matter what purpose someone has, what matters is that they won't harm her. There are many things in this world where one prospers, one prospers and one loses. You can't stop making friends with others just because they have their own plans. , if a person really reaches that point, he is really "lonely".

Seeing that Xiuyan was no longer obsessed with that topic, Mammy Zhou knew that Xiuyan probably understood what a smart person Xiuyan is. Mammy Zhou suddenly felt that her blushing just now seemed petty. It's funny.

Seeing her smile, Xiuyan also smiled slightly. Seeing Xiuyan's smile, Mother Zhou was only [-]% sure, but now she was very sure, so she smiled more calmly than before. There was a tacit understanding between this smile and the smile, and the wordless tacit understanding brought the two people's hearts a step closer.

Nanny Zhou smoked Xiuyan in private, thinking to herself, grandma really saw the right person. Even if this girl did nothing in the garden, she might have a bright future when she leaves the garden. Although she is poor, her people Good character is worthy of everyone's life!While studying the ink, he was in a daze.

Seeing that Nanny Zhou was distracted, Xiuyan smiled and said, "Mommy, what are you thinking? You're so preoccupied!"

Seeing Xiuyan pushing her away, Mother Zhou put aside her views of master and servant, and replied, "I'm thinking, who will marry a girl in the future!"

"Nurse, what are you talking about?" Xiuyan put the pen on the pen holder, twisted her body and leaned on the bed, hugged the pillow, her cheeks were flushed red, touched the half of the acacia jade pendant around her neck, and thought of her shepherd elder brother.

Nanny Zhou's eyes were sharp, and she saw the thing hanging around Xiuyan's neck at once. Although Xiuyan had hidden it well, she was still discovered by Nanny Zhou. Nanny Zhou said: "The thing hanging around the girl's neck What is it? Show the old woman!"

Xiuyan hastily pushed the jade pendant into her little coat, blushing and said, "It's not something special, but it's just a gadget for girls to play with!" This thing is Xiuyan's secret, even her mother doesn't know it. Knowing that, how could Xiuyan show it to Nanny Zhou so easily?

"Since it's an insignificant gadget, why is the girl so afraid of being seen by me! It can be seen that the girl is lying that the girl values ​​it so much. It is hung around the neck without leaving the body, but it is not seen by others. It is secretly hidden in the small coat. Could it be that some man gave and received it privately!"

"Mommy, the more you talk about it, the more you lose sight of it. Fortunately, Sister Feng said that you are an old man, and told you to remind me everywhere. Don't make mistakes and make people laugh. I have been here for a few days. I haven't started to slander me yet, but the nanny is leading the way to slander me. What kind of man's stuff, if it gets out, how can I live? This garden is in trouble, but what kind of face do I have outside!" Xiuyan burst into tears as she spoke!

Nanny Zhou finally realized that she had made a big joke, and hurriedly apologized, but Xiuyan said she was tired and asked her to go out first.

After Madam Zhou went out, Xiuyan was still trembling with fear. It was most taboo to have men's things in the boudoir, let alone wearing them close to the body. This is taboo in the countryside, let alone in such a family.

All decent girls are innocent, but she, a guest from the country, is inappropriate to hang around her neck a gift from a man that symbolizes the joy of sex between men and women. Once it gets out, it will not only damage her reputation, I'm afraid it will affect the big house, and even Sister Feng's face will be dishonored.

The more Xiuyan thought about it, the more frightened she became, she pulled the acacia jade around her neck, trying to hide it.

This time, because of the crowd, Xiuyan didn't affect Daiyu's attention, but Xiuyan didn't care about it at all, and she didn't borrow pens, inks, papers and inkstones. In the end, she had to pay for it by Yingchun's servant to buy it for her outside. Although Sister Feng had confessed that she could use Yingchun's servant girl as she wished, after what happened with Madam Wu, she felt that what Madam Wu said made sense, so she had to pay for everything she lacked, and she didn't dare to open her mouth to Yingchun. I don't dare to order Yingchun's maids, women, or even servants too much, and when I have to, I will pay for them to run errands and eat wine!

In less than half a month, Xiuyan felt that the money on hand was not enough, and this month's monthly payment had already been paid a few days before she moved into the garden, and Sister Feng promised her monthly payment of two taels a month. It was only posted at the beginning of the month, when Xiuyan didn't know what to do, someone came from the family, saying that the Xing family's house in the capital was ready, and they wanted to take her home to live in for a few days.