The struggle of the Nanny of the Red Chamber

The next day, after breakfast and tidying up, Tang Chao entered the mansion.After entering the mansion, he first went to Shi's courtyard, and said hello to some acquainted girls outside, Tang Chao received the word that he could go in.

Wherever you go, girls are more expensive than daughters-in-law.Back then, second-class maids were allowed to enter the master's ovary without notification.

Before giving birth, or before showing her pregnancy, she can enter the house at any time in the main courtyard.It's good now, she just got married and gave birth to a baby, and she will announce when she enters the house.She felt the difference between a girl and a daughter-in-law firsthand.

As soon as he entered, he saw that the grandmothers of the first room and the second room were both at Shi's place.Tang Chao didn't need to think about it, he knew that what these two grandmas ate this morning was Shi Shi's leftover rice.

Thinking about it this way, she chose her man, which highlighted another benefit.That is, she takes the first bite of everything delicious in their house.

Well, it's decided, when I go back, I will give her man a big elbow to eat.

Taking another two steps forward, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a young woman holding a child of about one year old.Knowing that this is the eldest sister of the family and one of her nurses.

One year old, still hugging like this.It's really what rich people are used to.

Walking to the center of the ground, he simply knelt down and kowtowed to pay his respects, and said his intention again.Shi Shi's smiling face did not fall.

"Look, they say that I love her. I got a mouthful of food after hard work, and I even know how to bring it in for me to taste. Shouldn't I love her? Yuanyang, help her up quickly. Move her a few, let her eat." She sat down and talked."

"The wife said before that it tasted bad in her mouth. Today, someone gave her vegetables. How else can she say that the wife is very blessed? She has both children. Now the house is full of children and grandchildren, and the servants are waiting, even if it is a little green. I always think about my wife, and I want to bring it to my wife. How many such lucky people have existed throughout the ages."

Mrs. Zhang always speaks in a pleasant way, and always praises Mrs. Shi highly.As usual, after Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, Mrs. Shi squinted her eyes happily.

Although she also knew that Mrs. Zhang's words were exaggerated, there is no one who doesn't like to listen to flattery.

"It's not as good as what you said, so don't say it. Fortunately, there are no outsiders. If outsiders hear it, they won't think much about it."

"Heaven and earth conscience, what is the daughter-in-law saying is not true. Last month, the girl of Mr. Liu's family gave the ceremony, and invited the wife to be the guest of honor. It's just that the wife is lazy, so she didn't give the girl this blessing. Opportunity. Mrs. Liu’s wife and girl saw that the daughter-in-law had gone alone, and they were full of disappointment. But Mrs. Liu remembered that the daughter-in-law stayed by your side all day, and thought that the daughter-in-law was more or less attached to your wife. Since then, he hastily pushed Ms. Liu to her daughter-in-law, wanting to grab some blessings."

Shi shi is getting more and more lazy now, and now Zhang shi takes Wang shi with him whenever he needs to go out to socialize.But for some reason, Mrs. Wang also seemed reluctant to go out.Eight out of ten times I didn't go.

Therefore, Mrs. Zhang presided over the Jia family's usual entertainment.This Mr. Liu's family is one of them.

Shi Shi smiled and scolded Zhang Shi, seeing Tang Chao still standing there, let her sit down again.

After some delay, Tang Chao sat down on the small table on the ground with a grateful face.Only then did he talk to Shi Shi, who had nothing to do.

"How old is brother? Why don't you hug me and let me see." After saying this, he asked Yuanyang to fetch things to reward Tang Chao's brother.

"It's less than two months old, but the maid wants to bring her to my wives and grandmas to have a look. But all day long, I cry when I'm hungry, and cry when I pee. I still cry when I wake up and I'm bored. But it's too annoying. I brought him here, for fear of disturbing the quietness of the masters. The servant girl thought, when she grows up, she will know that she will greet the masters and greet the new year, so the servant girl brought him here so that she can kowtow to the masters to greet the new year."

When Shi Shi heard this, he also laughed.She understands that children of this age are like this.I don't mind, "All children are like this, just wait for some more. Who does it look like?"

"My wife said that when Brother Hu was young, the sound of crying could knock off the roof of the house. When he cried, his daughter-in-law's ears hurt. I don't know how to develop it. As long as he cries, The daughter-in-law looked at the roof worriedly. But don't let him really shake it down one day."

Everyone laughed, Shi Shi pointed to Zhang Shi and said that she is still a mother, so narrow.Come back and don't let Brother Hu care about her.

"Grandma, you are joking. Our family has a great business. The house is so well built that it has not been repaired for hundreds of years. Poor servant's little house. My brother cried a while ago, and the servant It is obvious that the ash on the roof has fallen."

"A pair of narrow-minded ghosts. They are still mothers."

Although it was a bit exaggerated, these words also reminded Shi Shi of the scene when he became a mother at the beginning of that year.

Needless to say, when the boss started crying, it made her brain ache.But when her mother-in-law took her away, she was still reluctant.

"Madam, the servant girl is different from the grandma. The servant girl just complained a few times, and that's all. But the grandma sent her brother to you when she was afraid. No."

"Oh, you girl, you said it well, why did you bring this up. A while ago, I was thinking about sending the third child of our family here after the New Year's Eve. Let you talk about it like this, madam, why don't you Accepted, but what should I do?" Zhang said while giving Tang Chao a false look.

As soon as Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, everyone laughed again.

The Wang family of the second room just sat aside with a smile.She is quieter than Zhang, a girl from a scholarly family.It's not that Mrs. Wang doesn't want to have fun, it's just that she can't keep up with her reaction.

Many times, she also wanted to say something, but by the time she figured out what to say that was nice and appropriate to the occasion, that topic had already passed.After so many times, Wang got used to just sitting there and listening to Shi, Zhang said.When asked about her, she spoke again.But usually she just said, "My wife said so," "Sister-in-law said so." '

"...My wife just asked my servant who my brother looks like. Don't hide anything from my wife and grandma. The child has just been born. The servant can't wait to stuff him back into his stomach. Guess what, black red black The red one looks like a monkey. The son-in-law of the servant girl also told the servant girl that he was born strong, but he was a little bit squishy. He also advised the servant girl not to get angry, saying that it is okay to be ugly as a male doll. Alas, since After giving birth to him, this servant has been thinking about being so ugly for the past month, how can I find a wife in the future."

"Pfft", Shi collapsed from laughter, "Shoot it out, hit it out quickly. I have never seen such a cruel mother." But let alone, the newborn child is really not good-looking.

In the room, apart from Shi's unscrupulous smile, Zhang's and Wang's also laughed unsteadily.Yuanyang and a few big girls also shrugged their shoulders and couldn't stop laughing.

Tang Chao looked at the members of the Jia family with a puzzled expression, his smile was too low.It's just one o'clock, which still prevents her from talking.Taking a look at the nanny who was holding the eldest sister, Tang Chao was a little worried that this would throw the future Concubine Xiande.

Everyone chatted and laughed a few more times before Shi mentioned it to Tang Chao and said, "Have you decided on the child's name? Don't be like your son-in-law."

Tang Chao replied seriously: "Don't worry, ma'am. Children from our small families don't have to wait until they are one year old to be called by their first name, so I just gave the child's first name, and it has already been called. It is 'Li Jue'." Tang Chao thought that if her child was called Goudan, Gousheng, Erzhuzi, etc., she would not have found anyone.

"'Jue', Li Jue, not bad. It looks like you really care about it." When Jia's mother said this, the eldest sister writhed in the nurse's arms.The nanny apologized, and went to the green gauze cupboard to nurse.

But after a while, the crying of the eldest sister came from inside.Wang's face was anxious, and Shi's was also a little unhappy.Well, why did you start crying.Busyly asked Yuanyang to take a look, but what happened?

When everyone in the room heard the crying of the eldest sister in the green gauze cupboard, they were a little puzzled for a while, and hurriedly sent Yuanyang to watch.

Shaoqing, when the mandarin duck came back, he stood there in a quick manner and said to everyone, the eldest sister is well fed today, not only has some rice porridge, but also milk, but the nanny's milk is not enough.

"Didn't the eldest sister have two nurses? Are they not enough to eat?" Wang asked before everyone else.

"The servant girl asked just now, because the eldest sister is getting older, and now there is less and less time to breastfeed, so the nanny squeezed out all the milk, but I didn't expect that the eldest sister was feeding well today, and it was a little short for a while. The other nanny just happened to be off today. She got up early and went home. The slave has just sent someone to call."

The eldest sister is born on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and she is already eleven, almost twelve months old.Start eating complementary food as early as six or seven months.So since eating complementary food, breast milk has been eaten less.It's just that children are breastfeeding, and they always have to eat before going to bed or when they just wake up.

But after all, there is less food.So nannies with plenty of milk will always overflow.Because of this, wet nurses usually squeeze out some of the milk.Who would have thought that the amount that would be enough to eat on weekdays would be insufficient today.

At this time, the nanny is also wondering, obviously as long as she takes milk at ordinary times, she doesn't care about how much, and she will fall asleep after a while.Why is it that the more you eat, the more energetic you are today?

"Ma'am, grandma, why don't you let the maidservant feed you first?" Tang Chao understood, now even if the mandarin ducks were barking, it would take half an hour to go back and forth.So, after much deliberation, Tang Chao said to feed this meal.

Her son was too young to eat a single meal.Besides, when she went out in the morning, she squeezed out the milk and left it for the two of them.The most important thing is that she is breastfeeding right now.

Originally, the food at Tang Chao's family was fine, but Mrs. Tang was afraid that her daughter would have a baby and her vitality would not be able to keep up.So I changed the way to nourish my daughter, and the milk was enough.

Everyone was a little unhappy when they heard the eldest sister's crying.How could such a thing happen to a family like them.Especially Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang, one is the housekeeper's grandmother, and the other is the eldest sister's own mother.

But he didn't expect Tang Chao to say such a sentence at this time.Yes, isn't Tang Chao nursing the baby?The eyes of Shi's three people lit up, and they quickly let Tang Chao enter the green gauze cupboard.

Tang Chao stood up and saluted before entering.When he got inside, Tang Chao saw his elder sister's crying face flushed and he was out of breath.It also made the Tang Dynasty, who had just given birth, flooded with maternal love all of a sudden.

Taking the baby from the nanny, Tang Chao unbuttoned his clothes, wiped it with the wet towel handed over by the little girl, and let the elder sister eat it.

The child is really hungry, sucking big mouthfuls.Tang Chao supported the elder sister's head with one hand, and with the other hand, gently brushed the hair around the elder sister's mouth.

Outside the green gauze cabinet, Shi's face was sullen.

"Thanks to this girl for coming here today, otherwise our eldest sister would have to suffer. For the old man, the monthly money of each of these two nannies has been changed for three months. They are not allowed to leave the house until the eldest sister's first birthday."

Since Jia Hu, the children in Jia's house have been formally weaned from breastfeeding at the age of one.So Shi's meaning is clear.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang got up and said yes. "I've neglected our elder sister. As an uncle, I really feel sorry for you. The brothers and sisters are all sister-in-law's negligence, and my elder sister has been wronged. My sister-in-law is annoyed by you here."

Who is Mrs. Zhang, and she can clearly see Mrs. Wang's dissatisfaction.But so what, two sentences blocked what she wanted to say.

Let you care about it or not, and it's not right if you don't care about it.

At this time, the Wang family is like this, although it is the nanny's fault.But it's not because the servants don't pay attention to it.For Zhang's words, Wang didn't know what to say for a while.

Wang Shi didn't know what to say, Shi Shi looked at Wang Shi's silent appearance, thinking that she was also blaming herself, and wanted to use this matter to make a point of not being merciful, and felt a little unusable in her heart.The scene suddenly fell silent.

After a while, the elder sister fell asleep, and after Tang Chao stepped out of the green gauze closet lightly, he might as well have heard the conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, it was really a bit embarrassing.

"Eldest sister fell asleep, and the slaves came out. Speaking of which, our eldest sister has not seen each other for a few months, and she looks really good-looking. Looking closely, she looks a little bit like my wife. I wonder when my wife is going to enlighten my eldest sister?"

Tang Chao came up with such a sentence out of words, which is really a bit out of tune.However, at least the atmosphere in the main room was eased.

Upon hearing Tang Chao's words, Shi shook his head, "You girl, how old is that eldest sister. Why are you thinking about Kaimeng? The former son Lian'er also recited a section of the Three Character Classic to the eldest sister, and the elder sister read it straight Hmph. I just mentioned him, and you come to ask this again. I am anxious to ask for punishment." After a pause, Shi said again, "I am just her grandmother, and her old lady has big ideas. My old woman If you manage too much, it will be annoying."

What Shi said was so meaningful, Tang Chao felt a little sorry for Wang.

My daughter was so hungry that she cried, she couldn't even show any dissatisfaction.I haven't said anything yet, I just let people say this, this sad little day.

In other words, dear Wang, can't you come up with the powerful methods in the many Red Chamber fan-arts of later generations?This is the day of being the doormat every day, when will it be a head if you don't resist.You are not wronged, she looks a little bit wronged.

Just as Tang Chao thought, Wang was so wronged that he almost burst into tears at this time.It's obviously the sister-in-law's housekeeper, and the supervision has been neglected, and it's obviously the nanny who didn't care.In the end, it seemed like it was all her fault.

But at this time, Wang also knew that her mother-in-law had said such a sentence, so she wanted to say something no matter what.But she has always been stupid, so she didn't know what to say for a while, just thinking that it was impossible, she said "my wife said yes" as before, but when she opened her mouth, she realized that she really couldn't say that at this time.Otherwise, it will add fuel to the fire.

"My wife is right, but I can't do it. If you don't care about things as a grandmother, the daughter-in-law will have a headache. The daughter-in-law is still thinking about sending our youngest son over after the new year."

Ever since her mother-in-law helped raise the child, Mrs. Zhang felt a lot easier.Her whole energies can also be spent on housekeeping and tuning.Taught my husband and son-in-law.

Otherwise, the bigger and more children there are, the more energy will be involved. At the same time, you have to take care of the housekeeper, take care of the children at the same time, and perform filial piety in front of the mother-in-law.

And since the child was sent to the mother-in-law, the mother-in-law has always been meticulous and meticulous in terms of safe food.She arranged for Jia She to have breakfast in the morning, and then came to serve her mother-in-law Shi Shi for breakfast. As long as she had nothing else to do in the morning, she would stay in her mother-in-law's yard. It's common to get it from time to time, but it's much more common than keeping your son in your own yard.

At noon, I served my mother-in-law for lunch, and then went back to the main courtyard to have a later lunch with Jia Amnesty.Then there is a lunch break.Do some housework after waking up, or appreciate antiques or calligraphy and painting with her husband Jia She.After dinner, go to the mother-in-law's yard to wait for a while, or stay in your own yard with your husband.

This day is over.

As for the housekeeper, Mrs. Zhang has always advocated doing nothing.Everyone is a great cause, and there will always be its own operating procedures and rules of conduct.

As long as the rules are established, except for special things, the housekeeper is very easy to manage at that time.Because of this, Mrs. Zhang seemed very relaxed at the convenience of the housekeeper.

"Everyone says you're a good guy, but I think you're lazy. Brother Hu didn't open his own yard until he was seven years old with me, and now Lian'er is still living in the wing room. Now you're thinking about San'er Just send them here. You will be lazy." Shi felt that the eldest daughter-in-law Zhang could trust him, so she sent all her sons to him.

And everything has to be compared. After this comparison, the more Shi Shi is satisfied with Zhang, the more dislike Wang is.This Zhu'er was only raised in her yard for a few days last year, and the Wang family took it back as soon as she was confinement.

What's the matter, can my old woman eat people, or drink human blood.

Hmph, do you really think you care about her son?

She has no shortage of grandchildren now.

.. ......

When Wang heard Shi and Zhang singing together, she felt more and more upset.It's just that I really didn't know what to say, so I could only stand there with a stiff face.

Tang Chao thought of Mrs. Tang who was still working in Wang's courtyard, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile, "Look at the memory of this servant, besides giving the idea of ​​green vegetables, there is one more thing, this servant thinks it is good, thinking that the master may use it , let’s talk to the masters.” After speaking, he took out a piece of paper from his clothes.

Here is a drawing of a baby walker.To put it simply, there are two upper and lower circles, and there are three upper wheels made of wood under the lower circle.The two circles are fixed with wood and cloth strips.

It looks very simple.

Or rather, crude.

But what Tang Dynasty sells is creativity.So a few days ago, taking advantage of Mrs. Tang's rest day, I let Li Goudan drive the car to the woodware shop where I ordered wooden notebooks.

It was still sold at a price of 100 taels of silver.At the same time, a test object was also requested.

"A few days ago, I thought about this thing, so I thought about finding a woodware store to make it as a gift for my sister's first birthday. But I went to several stores, either because the construction period could not be arranged, or there was no good material. I didn't fold it. , I had no choice but to send over the blueprints, thinking that the family in our mansion is big and successful, and it is a hundred times better than our small family."

In fact, Tang Chao didn't even think about preparing any gift for the eldest sister, but he said so in order to ease Wang's embarrassment at this time.Of course, how to speak well is the careful thinking of the Tang Dynasty.

Empty glove white wolf, a piece of scrap paper, it must be used to its final value, isn't it?

"I'm sorry, how did you come up with it? If you thought about it earlier, our Lian'er could use it too."

The author has something to say: it is just to feed Yuanchun, but it is just to play a close role.The purpose of this chapter is simply to highlight how the stupid-mouthed daughter-in-law lives in the shadow of the clever-mouthed sister-in-law.

indoor

Li Goudan: Daughter-in-law, our son looks a bit awkward, don't get angry.

Tang Chao: Can you not get angry?My son is so ugly, what if he won't be able to marry a wife in the future?It's all your fault, I must have followed your old Li's family.

Outdoors

Mrs. Tang: Sister Zhou, look how strong this child is, and his appearance is exactly the same as when we were young in the Tang Dynasty.

indoor

Tang Dynasty: ...

Li Goudan: ...Daughter-in-law, Mom said the child looks like you.

Tang Chao: Mom, dear mother.Is it really okay to disassemble like this?