Walking into the Red Mansion starts from the maid

Chapter 10 Qingwen
In the first year of coming to Jiamuyuan, Yunzhu always kept in mind her status as a third-class maid. Every day, she diligently took care of all the affairs in the tea room, and never tried to force her.After all, if someone summons her to do other things, her qualifications are only to follow.

Can do much wrong.

Before she was fully familiar with the environment, Yunzhu did not dare to step out of her comfort zone easily.Admittedly, the current circle is not exactly comfortable.

Fortunately, she is only a six-year-old Douding, and almost no work in the yard can be found on her head, which can be regarded as fishing in a sense.

But looking at the half-made zipper in her hand, she frowned again. This is a skill that Zhuzhu asked her to learn. It is really difficult!

The old matriarch is the highest authority in the Rong Mansion, and there are not many things to be rewarded in four seasons and eight seasons. For servants who are a little passable in status, the money rewarded cannot be bare money, but needs to be packed in a purse, which is regarded as a decent gift from the master.

Well, it is equivalent to a red envelope cover.

She is currently weaving the envelope of red envelopes. This thing is much more difficult than knitting sweaters. The colored thread used to tie the net is not much thicker than the thread used to sew clothes. For a novice like her, it takes three nights to make a net.

I was almost blind, so I typed out an ordinary red envelope.

After listening to the maids talking about incense powder all morning, I was so tired that I yawned.

She is young, and she is just an inconspicuous third-class maid, and she has no need to wear makeup to work at all, so when the big maids gather to discuss rouge, gouache, and eyebrow painting, most of the time, she does not participate.

Just now, after a group of people had chatted in the side room and dispersed, Hu Po went out with Xi Ren, not knowing what to do. Seeing this, Qingwen from Jiang Yunxuan acted like a cat stepping on its tail, and played petty temper in the side room again. In Yunzhu's eyes, Yunzhu's anxious and pale face seemed to be playing a young lady's temper.

If you want her to say, Qingwen is good in everything, only this temper, the smallest temper, is too offensive.

But she didn't dare to go up to persuade her, nor did she dare to hide from the sidelines to watch the jokes, so she had to hide in the house and stroke the colored thread. Networking is the first practical skill in her maid career, and it is impossible to be lazy and not learn it.

While stroking the colored thread, she wondered in her heart, Hu Po and Xi Ren were already on good terms, and the two often went in and out holding hands, so what's wrong with talking privately?She didn't understand why Qingwen was angry, but she didn't dare to ask.

Weave three more rows, and the red bag will be finished. Yunzhu secretly puffed up in her heart, and then buried herself in the needle and thread by the window.

The half-open cotton curtain was lifted, and the cold wind from outside suddenly blew in, and a beautiful girl with a ruddy complexion came in with her.

It is a pearl.

"Sister Yunzhu."

Dressed in a light pink cotton beanie, with a flower-wrapped pearl hairpin on her head, and a dangling string of osmanthus gold tassels dangling from the end of the hairpin, it's not expensive, but the maid wearing gold and silver is a gift from the master, and when a servant such as Yunzhu has a pair of silver-coated copper spring cicada hairpins, it is already considered decent.

This is a concrete embodiment of the feudal social hierarchy.

"Yes." Yunzhu put down the colored thread, got up and blessed Zhuzhu.

Pearl's expression was indifferent, her eyes wandered around the room before she said, "I didn't see you in the room, so I guess you're still here."

Not sure what happened to Zhuzhu, Yunzhu pondered in her heart, the old lady went out to meet the male guests early this morning, the tea room could not be guarded, Pearl went to the dormitory to ask her to explain and agreed that after the old lady went out, these little maids would be considered a holiday.

But Yunzhu thinks that she is serious and responsible for this high-paying job. Yinger has already left her duty to go home, and she is only a third-class maid in the tea room.
"I'm not looking for you to do something, just sit down." Seeing that Yunzhu turned on the charcoal stove to boil water, Zhuzhu quickly interrupted her.

Don't make it fresh?So she turned around and looked for a pot of jasmine tea that she drank, and wanted to pour her a cup, but when Pearl saw no one around, she whispered to her side, "Second Master Bao and his nanny are arguing, if you hear something, don't go out!"

"What else is there?" Yunzhu covered her mouth and said with a smile.

But my heart is full of slander, what's so strange?Jia Baoyu had a small temper every three days, and a big temper once every five days, but this time it was his nanny's turn to eat his anger?

Seeing that Pearl sat down on the futon under the window, she clearly refused to get involved with Jia Baoyu's temper, so she could only continue to chatter: "Do you want to tell the old lady as soon as possible?"

When children fight, of course they should tell their parents early.

"That's not necessary. Zuo is just a small matter. We don't have to worry about the affairs of the masters."

Yunzhu laughed foolishly, and said yes, but shouted in her heart, "Hey gossip or not!Then don't tell me from the start!

"But Second Master Bao dropped the cup this time, so it can be seen that he is very angry!"

Stroking the colored thread, I heard Pearl talk about the main courtyard. Although Jia Baoyu lived in Jiangyunxuan in Jiamu courtyard, he was still a few steps away from Yunzhu's tea room, but the servants were the most well-informed. Regardless of the reason, there would always be witnesses who would spread the inside story every few days.

In the mansion there is a pungent daughter-in-law like Wang Xifeng who takes care of the housework. Her vigorous character is only respected and feared by the servants. With her around, the truth will only emerge faster.

Listening to the shouting arguments in the courtyard, Yunzhu thought for a moment before remembering that today Wang Xifeng went to see Uncle Rong and his brother-in-law Qin Xianggong, not only Wang Xifeng, but also many wives and masters in the mansion, so she got this half-day rest.

"Is the old lady back?" Yunzhu sat under the window, looking at Zhuzhu who leaned on her face.

"Ok?"

Pearl hurriedly leaned her ears sideways on the window to listen to the movement outside, and shook her head after a while, "It's not the old lady, it's Sister Yuanyang."

Mandarin ducks are judging Qingwen?

Qingwen is the maid in Jia Baoyu's room. Her delicate and straightforward personality is not very popular among the young maids. She can often choke to death with a few words, but Jia Baoyu is good to all the maids, so she didn't cause any trouble.

It was indeed the first time that he was so angry today.

Yunzhu cut out two fan shapes out of old embroidery paper, picked up two rice grains from the parrot bowl hanging on the porch, and glued a receiver. The big end was propped on the wall, and the small end was put on the ear. After hearing the voices outside, she handed the other receiver to Pearl in amazement.

Pearl is not a few years older than her, and it is also the age of playfulness. She does not dislike the sticky food tube of the parrot. She leans against the wall and imitates the pattern of Yunzhu and puts the paper pattern on her ear. After hearing the sound inside, she can't stop being surprised.

"You wicked girl!" Her mouth was hurting her, but her body was extremely honest and she put her ear on it to listen carefully to the movement outside.

What does it mean when a person listens to the corner?Of course, two people should do bad things together to be safe, Yun Zhu secretly laughed inwardly, the two of them have been working together for almost a year, so naturally they know how smart the pearl that is stable on the surface is, there is such a smart heart under the skin.

"It's the voices of Sister Yuanyang and Sister Hupo." They were talking about Jia Baoyu's drunkenness last night.

And this thing?
She secretly wondered, she slept too much, she is growing up now, the quality of sleep has always been very good, the girl in the yard like her age has no night shift, and always sleeps carefree when occupying the bed.

I didn't know that there were people playing drunk last night.

"Hush!" Pearl glanced at her, and then turned her attention to the receiver.

Yunzhu nodded, and quietly put her ears on the receiver.

Qingwen was articulate, and as soon as Yuanyang finished asking about what happened last night, she began to talk about the reason.

"It was Grandma Li who ate wine at Aunt Xue's house. When she came back to sober up, she drank the Fenglu tea left for Second Master Bao. Unexpectedly, Second Master got annoyed outside and was furious when he came back. He couldn't find any tea to quench his thirst, so he smashed two cups."

As soon as Qingwen finished speaking, Grandma Li lashed out at Qingwen and scolded Qingwen for turning black and white, and Jiang Yunxuan suddenly became noisy and chaotic, and Yunzhu had no choice but to take off the receiver because she thought it was piercing her ears.

Seeing that Pearl was still listening with great interest, she just sat quietly aside and stroked the colored thread without making a sound.

But I was thinking in my heart that Grandma Li was Jia Baoyu's nanny and son. According to Jia's family, the nanny and son of the young masters and ladies are also half masters, and they also provide delicious food and drink on weekdays. It is just a cup of tea from the master's house.

But the blame for this is that Jia Baoyu never plays cards according to common sense, and the pinching between the maids is so strong. From Yunzhu's point of view, someone in Jiang Yunxuan may suffer because of it!
After all, the lower strata of feudal society are naturally good materials for taking the blame.Master is wrong?It must be you who are not good at serving.

What's more, the young master's maids are almost all aunts and concubines in the eyes of outsiders. If the nurse and son can't take the master of the wife of the main house, can't they take the master of these little girls?

Now Jia Baoyu’s backyard does not have a big wife. According to unreliable but credible information, this grandma Li has always been greedy. Any little maid in Jiangyunxuan who wants to be an aunt and concubine will never escape her search. Today, is it the little maids taking revenge on Grandma Li?
"Qingwen is so careless in serving the second master! Why bother to make such a mess when the tea is running out?" Pearl murmured after listening to the whole story.

Look, even the maid herself felt that it was her fault.

Pearl seemed to be complaining, but also lamenting. The folded paper receiver fell apart within 2 minutes after pinching it in her hands.

The master is angry, and the person who serves him is right and wrong, and wrong is even worse.

She wanted to persuade Pearl, but she set the rules for herself and never gossiped about others behind her back. The courtyard seemed to be full of flowers and everyone was equal, but in fact there were distinct classes and strict rules.

No one can guarantee whether there is a third ear.

She dare not talk nonsense.

(End of this chapter)