The Little Transparent Leisurely Life of the Red Mansion

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the original floor heating at home has played its due role.Moreover, the stove that burns floor heating can also provide hot water.There is no need to wash your hands and face with cold water, let alone take the water out of the kitchen.It can be used directly in the room, which is very convenient.She watched people make this kind of boiler-like stove in the kitchen of the unit.

Because of the cold, Jiayun also became more and more homebound, almost entering a state of hibernation.If she didn't need it, she would stay in her room and not go out.Fortunately, she connected her bedroom, hall, and study together to form a closed corridor.

When the weather is warm or summer, all the windows of the corridor are opened, and when it is cold, they are closed.Even the small kitchen has built such a corridor.She is in her own yard, and those servants' rooms and kitchens are all in the warm range.

The servants slept on a kang, and the principle of the kang pan was the same as the floor heating she made.Just a fire will keep you warm all day long.

Jia Yun, who was reluctant to go out at first, had to go to Jia Min's every day to report in the end.The reason is: Chinese New Year is coming soon, and she and Daiyu are in charge of this New Year's Day.

What the two of them arranged and did needs to be checked by Jia Min. If there is something wrong, he can correct it in time to avoid making jokes.

Even though the Lin family doesn't have many masters, there are many things to do.

Jia Min's wife is diplomatic, she only needs to take Daiyu out before, but now she brings an extra Jiayun.Taking the two of them out is also teaching them to meet some people.Who can be a close friend, and who can only be nodding acquaintances.What is the relationship between the wives and so on.

Seeing those people turning eighteen corners every word, Jiayun felt tired.After experiencing these things, she understood: house fighting was unprecedentedly useful in ancient times, and it had a huge effect.If you don't have any experience in house fighting, you can easily be tricked to death!

Don't underestimate the women in the back house in ancient times. If a family is not peaceful in the back house, men outside can't do much.

Many times, Jiayun thought she was watching a play.I have seen a lot of good wives winning the favor of others for themselves; naturally, I can also be proud of seeing bad wives pulling hatred for their own family.She didn't know, what were those people planning to marry such a stupid woman back home?

Jiayun's face is tender, she looks like she is in her teens, even if she is not stunning, she is not bad.It's because most of the time she stays by Jia Min's side in a well-behaved manner with a smile on her face, listening to their chats, and doesn't talk much. Basically, she rarely speaks without being asked.

Her well-behaved, honest, and good-natured appearance has caught the eyes of many wives.In private, those wives often asked Jia Min about her situation.

Jia Min told her about Jia Yun because of her good sister, the old Princess Beijing, and the old Princess Beijing also told her about Su Weidong.The two had agreed to wait for Su Weidong to finish the exam before mentioning their matters.Anyway, Jiayun herself is not in a hurry.

Therefore, for those wives who like Jiayun, Jia Min smiled and refused:

"Her? I've already met her. Just wait for a chance, and the other party will come to propose marriage."

Flower viewing in this house, bonsai viewing in that house, poetry competition... One family after another went, and I couldn't leave my family.

No, Jia Min also invited some wives and ladies to have a tea party at home, of course, this is what Jiayun thinks.Because of this matter, Jiayun and Daiyu were busy for two days making arrangements and preparations.Make sure that the wives and young ladies who come to the house live comfortably in the Lin family.

Desserts, tea, and meals all have special features.So Jiayun and the cook discussed several fresh dim sum and recipes.Used to entertain distinguished guests.

Although Jia Min didn't invite many people, they were all from families who had a good relationship with the Lin family.It is also the wife and lady of a family that both Jiayun and Daiyu know.When welcoming people, she and Daiyu also greeted them together.If it weren't for the floor heating in the house, Jiayun felt that her feet must have been frozen!

No, they were the first to welcome the wife and lady of Shangshu's family. After entering the door, the lady of Liu Shangshu's family looked left and right before asking:

"Aunt Lin, your family doesn't burn charcoal in the house, why is it so warm in the house?"

Looking at Miss Liu's appearance, Jia Min knew that she was afraid of the cold, so she said with a smile:

"Xin'er said this because Jiayun said that if people burn charcoal without opening the doors and windows, people will be easily poisoned, so they installed floor heating pipes in the house. As long as a fire is lit, the house can be warmed up throughout the day and at night. Burn a little more, and you'll be able to pass the night."

After hearing Jia Min's words, Liu Xiner's heart moved, and she said in surprise:

"So convenient?"

Daiyu on the side saw Xin'er's sister's surprised face, so she said:

"Yes, floor heating is not only economical, but also keeps the whole house warm without the smell of carbon. When you sleep at night, even if you sleep on a wooden bed instead of a kang, the room is still warm, and you are not afraid of the cold!"

Mrs. Liu is a girl who loves her daughter, and said:

"If the house is so warm, I won't be afraid of the cold at night. Our Xin'er sleeps with cold feet at night. If this is installed in the house, Xin'er will not be afraid of the cold when she sleeps at night."

Jamin said:

"It's cold now, and it's almost New Year's Eve. I'm afraid it's not easy to break ground at home, right?"

"That's true, alas, there's no other way."

Liu Xin'er is really afraid of the cold. This winter, the charcoal fire used in her house is always twice as much as that of her family. If she can make such a floor heating, it will save a lot of trouble!In this way, there is no need for maids and mother-in-law in her house to keep watch over the charcoal fire all night, so as not to let the charcoal fire go out.

Now my mother heard that it is not easy to break ground, so after thinking about it, I asked my mother again:

"Mother, it's not easy to break ground at home, so it's okay to go to another courtyard, right?"

Mrs. Liu cast a glance at her daughter, this child is going to live in another courtyard, right?Some helpless answer:

"You child, you were born in the winter, and you are so afraid of the cold. Go back to your mother and tell your father. If he agrees, it's naturally okay."

Jiayun saw that they said it seemed that it was not easy to move the soil, but in fact, it only took two days to set up a kang.However, if you do floor heating, it will take a long time.If I don't understand the rules of the ancients, it's better to keep my mouth shut.So as not to lose everyone's interest.

One after another, the people invited by Jia Min arrived. The ladies are still very interested in the floor heating of the Lin family.Although some people also have it, their floor heating is not as uniform and long-lasting as Lin's.It also takes a lot of fuel.

The girls were taken to the same warm girl's paradise by Daiyu.Younger children play with some small toys, and older ones also have bigger playthings.As for Jiayun, she chatted about travel notes, storybooks, clothing and so on with young ladies of similar age.

Talk about poetry and so on, if you can, you can avoid it!She doesn't know it at all, even if she remembers a few pirated songs, it's not appropriate.

Drinking hot tea, eating snacks that are not found elsewhere, and chatting about happy topics.

Jiayun wants to continue to be a little transparent, but she is the host, so she can't ignore the guests, so she can only collect the few topics in her mind.Which girl has no dream in her heart?But dreams and reality are often at odds.Looking at those girls of the same age talking about the kind of talented and beautiful women, Jiayun felt that the generation gap between herself and them was really as wide as the surging Qiantang River.But she had to cater to them, which made her quite helpless.

In her previous life, she would curl her lips when others called her Prince Charming.People chased her for more than a year when she was in college, but what she answered was:

"After graduation, I will not go back to your hometown with you, and it is impossible for you to go back to our place with me. There is nothing to talk about."

Choking the boy, he held back for a long time before asking:

"Can't you be less realistic?"

Listening to the girls talking dreamily about private meetings of gifted scholars and beauties in the storybook, Jiayun couldn't help but pour cold water on her and said:

"Those who don't observe etiquette mostly only look at the present, not the future. How can you be happy if you follow such a person?"

"How do you say this?"

"Look, if a talented man really has a beautiful woman in his heart, he will definitely be hired by three matchmakers. How could he ruin the beautiful woman's reputation?"

"It's true, if a woman's reputation is ruined, she will be infamous. If that man doesn't want her, how can she survive?"

"So, for romantic talents, you can just watch them from a distance, but don't get involved."

"Hehe, can you still say that?"

"This statement is quite new."

While talking, Daiyu suddenly interjected:

"Auntie, haven't you written a lot of story books? Show them to your sisters, and they will know."

Jiayun, who was still translucent just now, became materialized because of Daiyu's words!The gazes of those cuties all looked at her with a "swish".The corners of Jiayun's mouth twitched, thinking: Is it because Sister Lin can't see that her aunt is too idle, and Daiyu is too tired to lead a group of little girls by herself, so she hurt her like this?

Of course she knows herself. Some of the scriptures she wrote are adapted from fairy tales, some are anti-grandma, or put those little white flowers, girlfriends and other spoiled three views to the right. Even Jin Daxia's "Shooting" Diao" she didn't let go.Of course, this was copied for Jinyu to read.There are many blackened characters in some scripts.She wondered if she could show these ladies.

Seeing that Jiayun didn't make a sound, the impatient Ms. Liu Xiner didn't care, she just pulled Jiayun's sleeve and said:

"You know how to write a storybook? Can you show it to us?"

Looking at the longing eyes of these little girls, Jiayun knew that she couldn't refuse, thinking of Daiyu's precious books, if you bully me, will I let you go?Then he said to Daiyu:

"Daiyu, ask Honglian to take someone to your place and show it to everyone!"

After listening to her aunt's words, Daiyu stomped her little foot, and suddenly felt that she was throwing a stone at her own foot!But it's okay to show them, right?It's not that she is stingy, but that each of those books is a unique manuscript.If you break it, it's gone... Well, who made this proposal from her?

"Honglian, please take two maidservants to bring over the script books written by my aunt in my study. Just take..."

"Hey, I'll take someone there!"

A little girl younger than Daiyu felt a little strange when she saw Daiyu's unhappy face, so she asked:

"Daiyu, what scripts did your aunt write?"

"I wrote a lot, and some of them are explained with pictures. When you read it, be careful."

"why?"

"Why else, those are all my collections, and if they are broken, my aunt won't make another copy for me."

"Kaka..." A group of crows flew past everyone's eyes.

Why did Daiyu say that they seemed to like to destroy books with their hands, it was so speechless.It also arouses their desire to read books.But Daiyu said that she would not open her mouth, and they had to wait patiently for those maidservants to bring the book over.

After a while, everyone saw Honglian coming with a few maids holding books.

When the ladies saw the books in the maids' hands, their eyes widened. Isn't this too much?The eyes turned to Jiayun again, how did she write?How many years have you been writing?Otherwise, why are there so many?

Daiyu's books are all sorted, hand-painted books I read when I was a child, because I didn't have much literacy at that time, and there were still many characters I didn't know.There are not many characters in the hand-painted book, and you can understand it even by looking at the pictures.The handwritten book, which she read after learning calligraphy from her husband,

By this time, the maid had already cleared the table.Jiayun asked the maid to put the books on the table. Of course, those books were not all of Daiyu's, she only confessed to take some of them.There are twenty or thirty books on this part.

At that time, Jiayun was too idle to do anything, so she just plagiarized.Some short stories can be published in two days, and long stories can be published in a month or two.After just a few years, naturally a lot.Especially for long handwritten books, it takes more than ten books to finish a book.Therefore, seeing that the maids held a lot of books, they actually didn't have many books.

Jiayun gave the hand-painted books to the younger ones, and let them read the rest by themselves.Perhaps, people in this era really have too little entertainment.

The ladies were surprised once again when they took the book to read. This script is also written too straightforwardly!Such a straightforward book, as long as people who are literate, can basically understand it!They read it with gusto with such easy-to-understand scriptures.No need to guess what the word, the word means.

For a while, the previous voices of talking and toys disappeared for a while, and the room was quiet, only the sound of flipping books remained...

The wives chatted and chatted, and at first they could faintly hear the voices of children talking and playing, but then suddenly there was no sound at all!The ladies looked at each other, what are those children doing?

Not only the ladies invited to be guests were curious, but Jia Min, the host, was also a little curious.and said to the ladies:

"How about, let's go and see what those children are doing?"

"Okay, let's go and have a look together." The wives seconded.

When the wives came to the door of the toy room, seeing their children reading with a book in their arms, they all thought that they had gone the wrong way and entered the place where the students were studying!

Even Daiyu, who is the little master, is reading with a book in her hand.The only ones who haven't read the book are Jia Yun, who is just standing by and serving others!Before the wives reached the door, Jiayun saw it, but she didn't move.She didn't get up to greet those ladies until they all walked to the door.

Facing the questioning gazes of the wives, Jiayun just took her to the empty seat and pointed to the remaining books on the table, which meant that they would know it after reading it.

Ladies, for these easy-to-understand scriptures, Mrs. Liu reads a handwritten book that contains various witty, humorous, and funny short stories.After reading a little joke, I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

In such a quiet environment, Mrs. Liu's sudden voice caused all the girls who were reading with their heads down to look up at the source of the voice.

Everyone's eyes made Mrs. Liu blush with embarrassment, and said:

"I'm sorry, but that story is so ridiculous."

Mrs. Li standing next to Mrs. Liu was very curious about what was written in the book, which made her friend feel ashamed in front of the children.He took the book from her hand and read it by himself.Mrs. Li, who has a bright temper, burst into laughter immediately "haha..." when she saw something funny.

Her smile was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and she got a lot of supercilious looks, but she didn't mind it at all.However, he also said the same sentence as Mrs. Liu:

"I'm so sorry, this story is so funny!"

For a moment, everyone turned their eyes from Mrs. Li's face to the book in her hand, and Jiayun had the urge to cover her face with that gaze.However, she still called a maid who had been studying with Daiyu to come over and whisper something in her ear.

Then he went to Mrs. Li's hand and took the book and handed it to the maid, and then said to everyone:

"You must be very curious, why those two ladies laughed. In this way, I will let Lily tell you a story to see if you have the same feelings as them. You should just listen to the book!"

After hearing Jiayun's words, everyone looked at Lily.Lily's voice is very cold, and she usually doesn't talk much.But Jiayun knew that she was going to study with Daiyu, so she just did well.Lily said so plainly:

There was a rich man who was a famous miser.

On this day, he found a painter to paint him, but he didn't want to pay.

The painter knew what he was like, and determined to cure him, and he finished the painting soon.

When he saw it, there was only the back.

The painter said: "A person like you, how can he show face to others?

I don't know if the joke was too cold or something, but not many people laughed.Lily continues to the next:

A scholar fled to a rich man's house in a famine year. He wanted to beg for some food, but he was afraid that the rich man would not give it to him.

So he said to the rich man: "I have a quirk in my life. I will faint when I see steaming steamed buns."

The rich man didn't believe it, so he locked the scholar in a room full of steamed buns. After a while, he went to see that the steamed buns were all eaten by the scholar.

The rich man said angrily, "What are you afraid of now?"

The scholar smiled and said, "At this time, I am most afraid of two bowls of hot tea."

"Pfft~, haha..." Mrs. Li's hearty laughter was really contagious, and with her laughter, more people laughed after telling this joke.

Maybe it's because the jokes are funnier the later they are, or maybe those kids don't know what's funny about those jokes at all.So even if you laugh with adults, your face is thoughtful.There is always a big gap between a child's world and an adult's.

In the eyes of children, adults find it funny, but they don't necessarily think there is anything funny about it.What they think is ridiculous may not be funny to adults.

Lily read more than half of the book when she thought this, only then did the servant girl call her, saying it was time for lunch!Only then did the wives take their children to the restaurant for dinner.

This meal, ladies and wives were as happy as ever.Looking at the speed, Jiayun felt that they were in a competition who could eat faster?Although, when they came to eat, the ladies asked the maids not to collect the books.But I never thought that these young ladies would eat less, or eat faster in order to read books.

Watching the girls go home to finish the book, Jiayun has only eaten a few mouthfuls of food, and she is already wiping her mouth with a handkerchief politely!Then, one by one, they politely left the table to read a book.

That scene was very similar to when she was obsessed with reading novels in her previous life, she was so eager to eat and do things, in order to read her favorite novels quickly.If she eats alone, she can watch while eating.Uh, it’s the same as the head-down mobile phone folks later: watching while walking, eating, driving, lying on the bed...that is, looking down omnipotently.

Acquaintances pass by without seeing it, family members pass by without seeing it... In short, the eyes never leave the phone.

Of course, the ladies' self-control is much better than hers.

Those ladies watched their children leave the dining table one by one, envious!They also want to continue to listen to that little joke so quickly.But they came to the Lin family as guests, so how could they have a hasty meal?It's not that he's dissatisfied with the Lin's food.Besides, the taste of Lin's food is really good.There are some dishes that they have never seen before!

And the snacks I ate before are also unique to the Lin family!Not to mention that it is not sold outside, and I have never seen it in other people's homes or my own.

Patiently taste the food of the Lin family, and after everyone is full, they step into the girls' paradise of the Lin family again under the pretext of taking a walk...

The servant girl quietly came over to remind her wife that it was almost time to go home!It is rare for the wives to feel a little bit sad.Who kept them from hearing all the jokes?The ladies are reluctant to give up the books, haven't they read all the books yet?And Daiyu treasured these books, so it was not easy to ask to borrow them home to read.

Fortunately, Daiyu is not stingy. Before they left, she generously told them:

"Next time, I will ask Lily to copy each book, and then I can lend it to you to read at home."

Jiayun, Jia Min, and Daiyu sent people to the gate together and watched them get into their carriage one by one.Although it was still early, and everyone lived in the city, there was no need to worry too much about safety.

However, just in case, Jiayun arranged for her servants to take them to the door of their house and watch them enter before returning.This is also the safest result she negotiated with Daiyu.

After they were sent back, Jia Min and the others were exhausted as masters.After the guests left, they also went back to their respective rooms to wash up, and then went to rest early.

What the Lin family didn't know was that after those ladies and ladies returned home, the excitement was still there.When I saw other people in the family, I couldn't help but preach how the Lin family's floor heating was economical, warm, and long-lasting; how the Lin family's hut was clean and odor-free; How beautiful the script written by a woman is, and how funny the jokes are.

Several families helped the Lin family to publicize so vigorously, and the craftsmen of the Lin family suddenly became very popular stars!After all, those people's lives are pretty good.Doing those one by one can also save a lot of money.Why not?

People from such a family or two came to the Lin family to decide when to start work in the coming year.

Jiayun lined up for them on a first-come, first-served basis.After the New Year's Eve, the craftsmen can start working.Before that, Jiayun asked the second housekeeper to order bedpans, porcelain basins and other things first.After the start of work, they will all use it.

This year is Jiayun's first year with a family after she came to the Red Mansion.Although the master of the Lin family has few children, his life is very warm and lively...