[Red Mansions] The big maid struggles daily

Although Jin Chuan'er came early in the morning to ask his aunt if she was going out, Mrs. Wang didn't come to Lixiangyuan until after lunch, holding Jin Chuan'er's hand.

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue gossip, and at first they only talk about housework and human relations. Aunt Xue has a smile on her face, but her heart is inevitably anxious.

"Yesterday my sister-in-law was eager to invite my sister, but what's the problem if my brother is not at home? If there is something missing, and there is no one at home for a while, it is cheaper to ask Pan'er to buy it outside."

Xue Baochai listened, and immediately sighed slightly: Mother is still impatient.

But I can't blame Aunt Xue for being anxious. It's because she knows the sisters well. If there is really good news, she won't be rambling like this and not getting to the point.

"There's something missing, it's just that Yuan Chun is now serving as a female official next to the empress in the middle palace, and my brother's letter is nothing more than a few words of advice..." Madam Wang clapped her hands, then ate tea, and said lightly.

"Mistress of the Central Palace...?" Aunt Xue's eyes lit up, she and the empress are young couples, they treat the empress very affectionately, Yuan Chun is in the empress's palace, and there are many opportunities to meet the Holy Majesty.Besides, there are many high positions in the palace vacant now, which is a good time.

Aunt Xue hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Is there any good news from the eldest lady?" Throughout the dynasties, there have been female officials who have been favored by the king and become concubines.

Mrs. Wang nodded her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "That's not it... The big girl is now undertaking the errands of reviewing documents and publicizing the performances, so don't be sloppy. My brother is afraid that she will be young and ignorant, so I just want to mention a few words."

After finishing speaking, he sighed again: "I have suffered so much for the past few years, and I can't imagine the pain I have suffered... I think that when she was at home that day, she was covered in brocades and silks, and the old lady loved her. Yes. Now I often ask the three maids in my family to buy clothes, and I always think of their sisters, but the situation has not been as good as before, and the three maids are also poorly raised." At that time, they were no more than ordinary palace people, and the clothes of the palace people only changed in shades of green and purple-brown, and the materials were nothing more than spring silk and thick Ning, not as good as those worn by decent girls in Rongfu.

Aunt Xue may have to think about other words, but she heard such words a lot, and she immediately wiped her tears and lamented Mrs. Wang's kindness, and said: "There is also a gold velvet butterfly satin, eight silk satin, six silk satin in the library. There are a few strands of gauze too, all of which are useful. Put them there, taking up space for nothing, and take them out to cut clothes for the three maids to wear."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly declined, Aunt Xue said with a smile: "They are all ready-made, our family is flesh and blood, I should love them very much."

The tea went in two more times, and Mrs. Wang said: "...According to me, there is no need to ask Bao girl to suffer this crime. I heard that Bao girl is going to be elected as the escort of the princess and the princess?... The noble daughter of the royal family came out. Most of them descended later, and the ones chosen to accompany them to study were a few years older, which simply delayed Bao girl's life."

Aunt Xue was a little embarrassed, and actually asked her sister to know about this matter in private.In their hearts, this escort is just a springboard, and they have to enter the palace gate to seek other things, but they can't say this clearly.

Aunt Xue's heart sank for a while, and she heard Mrs. Wang say: "Bao girl's character and appearance make me love something. In my heart, she is no worse than her big sister." The words were quite heartfelt: "I You have paid for a Yuan girl, so why tell you to trap Bao girl too, think about it, isn't that the case?"

Aunt Xue's ears softened, and she thought about her thoughts last night. If she didn't enter the palace, it would be fine to hire a high school.

Seeing that Aunt Xue's expression was relaxed, Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "Brother also said the same thing. With us here, Bao girl will find her own way. Besides... if Yuan Chun has a future in the future, we will be more at ease."

Xue Baochai heard that, although she knew that the matter had settled and that entering the palace would not be possible, she still couldn't agree: If she could stand for the election, as long as she kept a sign, the worst would be a side concubine of the imperial family's palace, which is better than what her aunt said ' What a difference.

Thinking about it, I hated myself for my bad luck.The imperial merchants of this dynasty usually bestow official titles and titles, and their grades are all above the fifth rank. What's more, there are clan children and military ministers concurrently.But this must be an honor only available to the upper-class imperial merchant family, like the Xue family, they can't even keep their original errands, let alone bestow officials and titles.When Xue's father was there, Xue Baochai was still qualified to submit a name card to participate in the draft; now Xue Pan only lost the name of the imperial merchant. It's hard to get in.

Just as she was thinking, Ying'er gently tugged on her sleeves, pouted out.Baochai knew that someone was coming, so she collected her thoughts and still lay down on the kang table to draw flowers with Yinger.

Just two strokes later, Zhou Rui's family came in. Seeing that it was her, Baochai gave way with a big smile on her face, "Sister Zhou, sit down."

Zhou Rui's family did it on the edge of the kang, so they had to ask some questions, which led to the story of the scarlet monk giving Haishang.I also heard Baochai talk about the preparation method of this "Lengxiang pill" in endless articles, what are the 12 taels of white peony, white lotus, white hibiscus, and white plum blossom stamens, what are the rain, white dew, frost, and dew, frost and snow on the day of light snow. For money, you have to grind and medicine on the day of the vernal equinox...

Not only Zhou Rui's family was stunned when they heard it, but even Mrs. Wang outside said, "It's hard to torture people." Aunt Xue laughed: "Bao girl has some luck. People went to do it, and within a year or two, they got it all, and now they are made into pills and sealed under the pear tree outside."

Mrs. Wang said: "It can be seen that Bao girl is a wealthy man. If it is an ordinary family, I am afraid that she will not be able to arrange it in ten years."

Aunt Xue laughed and said, "That's right. For this, we don't hesitate to spend tens of thousands of silver dollars. Who knows, the solar terms in those two years went smoothly. This is the most rare dew, frost and snow." It's all up to each other." After that, the voice changed, and he said again: "Bao girl's illness is irrelevant. Many medical masters say that she is born strong, and the attack of this illness is nothing more than a cough. The smell is so sweet, and her brother loves her so much that he hastened to make a match for her..."

Singing together here and there, Aunt Xue's words not only make clear that Baochai is strong, but also show her good luck.Just some chronic illnesses that don't matter, some monks sent them to Shanghai, and the medicine primers are also very strange, isn't it someone who has been favored by the Bodhisattva?What's more, it also showed his own wealth and Xue Pan's friendly heart.

Zhou Rui's family obviously heard it too, and thought, it's true that the concubine's wife is the head wife of the Royal Merchants, she can speak better than his own wife.

Mrs. Wang believed in these theories of fortune and good fortune the most, and now she became more intimate with Baochai, and asked, "Who is in the room?"

Zhou Rui's family hurried out and took advantage of the situation to go back to Grandma Liu's affairs.Mrs. Wang didn't say anything else, she just said to Baochai who came over with tea in her hands: "What are you doing when you are bored in the room? When you have time, I just go and play with your brother Bao. If he speaks recklessly, just tell me."

Xue Baochai smiled, quickly agreed "yes", and said "I'm drawing a flower" and so on, and Ying'er took the bottom satin that she had just painted.When Mrs. Wang looked at it, there was a picture of rich and noble peonies painted on the satin, which was extremely beautiful and majestic, and it was very suitable for Mrs. Wang's eyes.

Seeing that Mrs. Wang liked it, Xue Baochai hurriedly smiled and said, "If my aunt likes it, I will be a kang screen to honor my aunt."

Mrs. Wang sighed: "Bao girl is skillful, but the hard part is that she is willing to work hard to do needlework. I often tell the three girls in my family that it's good for a girl to be able to read, but the female red needlework is still good. The most important thing. There are far less people in the family than Bao girl."

Baochai blushed slightly.Mrs. Wang saw that she was wearing homely semi-new clothes and her hair was only loose in a bun. She liked her even more, and when she wanted to praise her, she heard Aunt Xue say, "I have an item that I was going to send yesterday, but I forgot about it." gone."

Mrs. Wang saw that Aunt Xue asked the little girl to present a brocade box with twelve palace flowers inside, and asked Zhou Rui's family to take it to the girl Bing Xifeng at home.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly declined, and Aunt Xue hurriedly confessed: "Bao girl is weird, she never loves these flowers and fans."

I don't need to describe in detail how Mrs. Wang likes and loves her.It's just that they all forgot about Shi Xiangyun's move-in yesterday. The Xue family's mother and daughter didn't know about it yet, and Mrs. Pianwang didn't say a word about it. Aunt Xue only distributed the palace flowers.

Besides, Zhou Rui's family sends palace flowers according to the distance, and Lixiangyuan is in the northeast corner, so it is the closest to Daiyu's Meishouyuan; besides, Daiyu is the daughter of a relative's family, so according to the etiquette, she should be sent to her first.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Rui's family is Mrs. Wang's confidant, and she knows a little bit about her thoughts, because Zhou Rui's family is in favor of the master, and he wants to treat Mei Shouyuan lightly.At this moment, she was thinking for a while, and as soon as she turned around, she first came to the small building at the back of the main courtyard. Sister Sanchun has moved here now.

Speaking of this small Baosha, there are only three rooms, and it's okay to live with a girl, so I just stuffed Sanchun into it.Those nannies and girls have no place to lay their feet, so how can they not complain.Some people say that the two girls, Lin and Xue, live in a spacious room, but their own young lady is crowded together.

Even Daiyu couldn't help but feel a little guilty towards Sanchun, but Xichun said quickly: "There are not many empty yards in the mansion, let alone the three of us, we can live in thirty... It was the good intentions of the old lady to move us to the wife's yard, and we are only grateful to take care of the sisters nearby, but they have so many complaints coming out of their mouths!"

Zhou Rui's family gave Sanchun a pair of winter jasmine flowers, Tanchun apricot flowers, and Xichun got a pair of datura flowers because he played with Zhizhi'er.The three springs asked the maids to take them away, and just bowed to thank them.

Zhou Rui's family gave it to Sister Feng again. Ping'er took four bright and beautiful red flowers, and in front of Zhou Rui's family, gave two to Qin Shi, Jia Rong's wife in Dongfu.

Zhou Rui's family circled around before boarding the gate of Meishouyuan. As they walked in, they admired the splendor and openness of this place in their hearts.

When Zhou Rui's family came, Daiyu was reading in the greenhouse in the backyard, and Xingyue, Taoyue, and Zijuan were sewing nearby.Zhu Xiu is processing crabapple fruit.This conservatory is a conservatory, with a few beauties in the middle, surrounded by clusters of flowers, making the ground more beautiful and the people more delicate.

Hearing what Zhou Rui's family said about their visit, Zijuan took the box, and Daiyu took a look at the silk flowers through Zijuan's hand.It is a pair of pink wood hibiscus flowers.

Zijuan laughed and said, "Is this a fake flower made of palace-made yarn? It's really different and more delicate. No wonder people say 'palace-like' and 'inside-made'."

Taoyue glanced at her, and Zijuan realized that Daiyu was calm, and knew that she had spoken out of order, so she hurriedly stopped.

Xingyue smiled and asked: "Is it only our girls, or do all the grandmas and girls have it?"

Seeing that Daiyu didn't stand up or speak, Zhou Rui's family felt a little annoyed.

"Sister-in-law Zhou, don't get me wrong. Xue's family sent flowers. Reasonably, we have to return the gift. But if it's just for our girl, our girl is still in Xiaoli. Her family sent such bright flowers, so we wouldn't I know what it means. If there are all of them, it's not surprising, Mrs. Xue just didn't think about it for a while."

As soon as Xingyue said this, Zhou Rui's family became a little embarrassed, and could not complain that Miss Lin didn't seem to like it.Seeing Xingyue waiting with a smile on her face, she could only say: "Everyone has it, these two branches belong to the girl."

Daiyu sneered, but continued to flip through the book.

Zhou Rui's family's face became more and more feverish, let's not talk about sending flowers, it's still her dishonesty.If Miss Lin ridiculed her a few words, she would still feel better, and people would not talk about you, let alone step down from the stage.

Xingyue smiled and asked: "Sure enough, how many girls and two grandmas are there?"

Zhou Rui's family just remembered that not only did Xue's family not send it to Grandma Zhu, but Miss Shi even forgot.Grandma Zhu is generous and a widow, so she can still talk about it, but Miss Shi is also a relative who is a guest, so it is not good to be left behind.But she lived in the old lady's courtyard again, and when she found out about the palace flower, she didn't talk about the Xue family, but scolded herself for looking down on others, and gave Lian's second grandma four branches, but not her.

The second grandma of Pianlian transferred it to Grandma Xiaorong of Dongfu, but it was difficult to remedy.

"Aunt Xue went out yesterday, maybe she didn't know that Miss Shi was here. I'll report it right now, of course Miss Smith is indispensable." Speaking of going to report, Zhou Rui's family has actually made up their minds and won't come up for a few days up.

Xingyue hurriedly stopped her and said: "Ms. Shi is here. There are all sisters, but she is the only one left. Although this silk flower is not worth anything, but the girl's face is precious, why make it difficult for her? Anyway, my girl can't wear it. We have received Aunt Xue's wish, so let's send this flower to Miss Shi..."

Some members of Zhou Rui's family were uncertain, so they just said, "This...isn't it good?"

Xingyue smiled and said: "What's the matter? It not only lifted Miss Shi's face, but also relieved Mrs. Zhou, isn't that good? If you really go back and report that Aunt Xue has forgotten Miss Shi, you just I'm afraid that no matter how generous Aunt Xue is, she will annoy my sister-in-law."

"Where is Miss Lin?" Zhou Rui's family hurriedly asked while holding the box.

"The girl doesn't wear this anyway, so it doesn't matter if she wears it or not."

Only then did Zhou Rui's family go.

Zijuan's face was burning red, but Taoyue comforted her with gentle words.While Zhu Xiu was watching, she felt that Nanny Chen had taken care of all of them. Looking at Zijuan's appearance, she knew Miss Lin's benefits and grievances. Someone had always talked to the old lady.

Daiyu didn't seem to care much.The actions of the Xue family and Zhou Rui's family were inappropriate, and the loyal girl stopped her without saying a word.

Daiyu only smells the fragrance and reads, feeling uncomfortable.