Walking into the Red Mansion starts from the maid

Chapter 113 Scooter 1
"It would be nice if there was a car." Yunzhu held her chin, feeling melancholy about her short legs.

It takes less than 15 minutes to buy a stick of incense, but the Grand View Garden is surrounded by mountains and rivers. If you want to circle a piece of land in 15 minutes, it won't be too big no matter how you look at it.And Tanchun was really smart. He saw someone walking a donkey in the yard in the morning, and issued a new order in the afternoon: no live mounts were allowed.

"The road is so dead, what should we do? I was still thinking of asking my mother to find a donkey for me to use, but that's too late!" Xiaohong came in carrying a wooden cart used for children's play. He put it aside by the door and said gloomily: "Master Lan left it behind. His female envoy will find it soon, so she will leave it here for the time being."

If you look carefully at the wooden cart, it looks very much like the push-pushing walker that Yunzhu played with when he was a child. This is probably because the Duke's mansion is wealthy, so the walker is extremely exquisitely made.

The carved handle is engraved with apricot flowers, and the small wheel hub is also decorated with a gold coin with an auspicious cloud pattern. Although it is an ordinary gadget, there is no trace of rough workmanship. It is an ordinary wood, but the workmanship is very good. of.

Thinking of Jialan's little boy in charge, Yunzhu began to feel envious again. There were so many good people, how could she be left behind?
Xiao Hong was as disdainful as ever to the dirt outside her body, and was only worried that she would not succeed in her great cause of lotus seeds. "What if I draw lots and get a mountainous area?"

A quarter of an hour to patrol the mountains?That's hard to do.

"It hasn't started yet. Don't worry. If you get your wish, you will be drawn into the lotus pond." Yunzhu said, "And you still have the ability to make money."

superpower?
Xiaohong was quickly attracted to Yunzhu. She picked up a plate of pine nut candies on the table, poured half of the plate, wrapped it in oil paper and handed it to Yunzhu. She then pushed the remaining half of the plate in front of her, "Eat it." , I’ll buy it for you tomorrow!”

This pine nut candy was brought back from the Lin family yesterday. It was sealed in an oil paper bag. The newly baked sugar residue is crispy. When you put it in your mouth and take a sip, it instantly turns into a sweet liquid. The ethereal aroma becomes rich and the oil is It blends well with sugar.

But she is still a bitch-tongued, otherwise she would chew the whole plate in the most enjoyable way.

"What super power?" Xiao Hong asked while the iron was hot.

Yunzhu was chewing pine nuts in his mouth. He ignored Xiaohong's inquiry and stared at the gold coins on the trolley. He frowned while chewing, and a vague calculation in his heart became more and more concrete.

"Don't look at it, you can't dig for that gold." Xiaohong pulled her head over and solemnly told her, thinking that she would go out and take the cart away later.

Yunzhu thought in her heart, "Who said I was going to dig for gold? Am I so short-sighted?" She just felt jealous. No matter what dynasty or generation, the offspring of wealthy families are always the same, and they are the most unfavored offspring. You can easily have a life that is ten times or a hundred times better than others.

Once upon a time, Yunzhu thought of Li Wan and Jia Lan: poor widowed mothers and young children living in seclusion.

Today: a beautiful life crying poverty in a golden bowl.

You have to think of a way to corner the wall.

"I have a plan."

Before she finished speaking, Xiao Hong immediately showed her joy and rubbed her hands involuntarily. As if she was about to give an acceptance speech, she said, "Is it a super power?"

Yunzhu didn't know whether to affirm Xiaohong or deny Xiaohong. She rinsed her mouth and pursed her lips in embarrassment, and said in a low voice: "I still need your cooperation in this matter. If you have the right, you have come, and you can't just ask for a small piece, right?" ?I have never eaten lotus root starch made by myself."

If you want to do it, do it big. Anyway, Lin Zhixiao will be there to protect you.

Xiaohong paused for a moment and then said firmly: "If you have the ability to take over a large lotus pond, I will help you pay your share of the rent."

Seeing her seriousness, Yunzhu said casually: "Why did your father ask you to cover such a big lotus pond?"

"Can you guess this??" Xiaohong was stunned, but then she coughed again, "I can't tell you yet. If I can take over the contract, you will naturally know."

In this way, Xiaohong did not do it on a whim, but Lin Zhixiao gave her the task.

If you say so, wouldn't it be even more beneficial?She rubbed her chin, her heart boiling, she stood up and poured a puddle of water on the table, dipped her fingers in the water and began to draw a topographic map.

He said: "I haven't had time to go to the far areas of the garden, but you have always walked around our yard, right? Just looking at it from a distance, you can see that it is unavoidable to go up the mountain and into the water, and a stick of incense can't circle much ground. . Since you want it so much. Let’s do this. If you have money, I will have an idea. From the Lotus Champs Elysees and Fengyao Bridge in the north, to the Didui Pavilion in the south, the winding path leads to secluded areas, and our yard and Miss Lin’s yard are bounded from east to west. , let’s all circle it.”

This is basically the principle of proximity, enclosing a large area of ​​lotus ponds and land including Yihong Courtyard and Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Seeing Xiao Hong stunned and silent, Yunzhu decided to say: "After we are rounded up, how about we divide it into four or six? You six and I four, after all... the key to the drawing of lots depends entirely on your father."

Xiaohong generally understood these words, but the most sensitive thing was the "idea". She was excited for a moment, but she thought about the map drawn by Yunzhu, and then sighed and asked: "I agree with [-] points. , but what idea can one stick of incense cover more than ten acres of land in one time?"

"car."

"Car? Cart? Cart or donkey cart?" Xiao Hong asked doubtfully, "Third Miss said you are not allowed to use living animals as mounts, but you are still thinking about a car!"

Xiaohong was heartbroken.

Of course, everyone knows that those with four legs can run faster than those with two legs. If nothing else, the maids and servants in the inner courtyard are not as durable as the servants in the outer courtyard who do rough work in terms of physical strength and endurance.

But the Grand View Garden is very big. Yunzhu went to the Forbidden City with his parents when he was a child. The Grand View Garden is at least half the size of the Forbidden City. It covers an area of ​​several hundred acres at least, and it is difficult to divide it up in a short time.As long as she can get the right of priority and take out the 'car' herself, the probability of her idea coming to fruition is very high.

Yunzhu said, "The horse-drawn carriage and the donkey-cart are just carts. It's just a large cart."

She asked Xiaohong to tell Lin Zhixiao the news with peace of mind, and picked up the plate and said bluntly: "We need four wheels of this size. It would be best if we can get them back at sunset today. When you go home and get your things, you can put the car body back." It should be ready. Just wait and see, I am the only one in the whole garden, and I will definitely help you circle the largest lotus pond - if everything goes well with your father."

Drawing lots and making tricks is not difficult for Lin Zhixiao. What is difficult is how to build a silky pedal scooter in three days.

Although Xiaohong was doubtful, things went smoothly. Before dinner time, Xiaohong appeared at the back door of Yihongyuan with a servant from the Lin family. The man was carrying wooden wheels and bearings.

With a proud look on her face, Xiao Hong raised her chin to the servant, signaling Yunzhu to check the things.

But Yunzhu thought he wanted her to look at the man. She looked at him suspiciously. He was only twelve or thirteen years old. He had a fair face and a slim waist, but he was surprisingly strong. He had a tool bag half a person's height on his back, and he was carrying something in his hand. It has four wheels and does not look tired at all.The man's eyes swept over Yunzhu. Seeing Yunzhu looking at him, he quickly lowered his head, bumped the tool bag on his back, and asked in a low voice: "Girl, where are you putting your things?"

The clattering objects were scattered all over the floor. At a glance, the wooden wheel made of old elm wood and the simple bearing on the wooden pottery base looked like a miniature version of the carriage wheel.

This is really like being handed a pillow when someone falls asleep. Yunzhu caressed the bearing ecstatically, with a fanatical look like a soldier who has captured the lotus pond, "I almost forgot about this, I thought it wasn't there." .”

Anyone who is a carpenter doesn't like to hear people say that this thing can't be done without that thing. The man said confidently: "Yes, our ancestors have already made this thing since the Xia Zhou Dynasty. It's just that time is short, and the girl wants to make it." The size of the wheel is very tricky, so I have to use a simple combination of pottery and wood. If the girl needs it in the future, our workshop can also make cast iron and copper ones, which are more durable and durable!"

Speaking of his old business, he was surprisingly less shy than the first person. He started to promote his own products while talking. Yunzhu chatted with him for a few words and then proposed the idea of ​​asking them to help with production if he had new ideas in the future.

"Okay! Girl, I am the Lin family's carpenter's shop in Sisheng Alley, Xicao City Street. If you go, just ask about the carpenter's forest, and I guarantee that everyone will know me!" As soon as he mentioned carpentry work, the man's attitude became much clearer, and he immediately Start reporting your home status.

Yunzhu was very talkative, handed over the tea and asked curiously: "My surname is Lin?"

He responded with a hmm, then nodded towards Xiaohong who was pulling the grass thorns on her clothes outside the door, and introduced to Yunzhu: "My surname is Lin. Girl, just call me Lin Yu. She is my cousin's family." My daughter, we share the same clan."

He is a relative of Xiaohong. Although the relationship sounds distant, he is still close to her. He must be from a wealthy family. The smile on Yunzhu's face became thicker. He pointed at a stack of pastries and said to Lin Yu, "It's not a good thing." , we eat by ourselves on weekdays, why would you mind running over, haven’t you eaten yet? Just be careful.”

Lin Yu twisted the snack and took a bite, then hurriedly gave him a cup of tea, nodded and said, "Girl, don't think I'm young, but I'm no worse than my master. If you have a job, just find it." I, I...I'll give you a bargain!"

Yunzhu was about to ask how much cheaper it was, and whether it was [-]% off the market price, when she saw Xiaohong carrying the skirt into the house and complaining loudly: "Why haven't you left yet? Aunt Zhang will scold you soon!"

Aunt Zhang is the gatekeeper at the second gate, and she controls everyone who comes in and out of the Grand View Garden.Lin Yu is most afraid of hearing curse words now. Being scolded by his master day and night is already hard enough.

He quickly packed up the furoshiki and the tool box, leaving the bearings and wheels, and put down a few wooden sticks and boards of different lengths. Then he shook out the furoshiki and put it in his arms. He turned back on the threshold and said, "See you there." The girl wanted wheels, so I guessed what kind of car she wanted to make? So I took it upon myself to bring some scraps to the door, hoping that the girl wouldn’t dislike it!”

After saying that, he ran out in a hurry.

After a long way out of the door, he breathed a sigh of relief, slipped out a piece of crumbled snack from his sleeve, gnawed on it and sighed: "Master is right, this business is really hard to do!"

Yunzhu was holding the sticks and boards, and thought that Lin Yu was particularly interesting, but he already had such a strong relationship with Lin Zhixiao's family, so he should not come to flatter him.

But after giving away so many things, they didn't take any money. Could it be that the Lin family's ancestors treated money like dirt?
"This looks like a boy who scattered money." Yunzhu muttered and started to make gestures. She was shocked at the generosity of the Lin family. Originally, she thought it would cost at least two to three hundred yuan to solve these things.

Xiaohong was unhappy. Seeing Yunzhu in high spirits and seeing her skirt being scratched in pieces by grass seeds, she couldn't help but feel unhappy.

A wave of evil fire rushed to his mouth, and he picked out the words that Yunzhu didn't like to hear the most: "Do you think Lin Yu is a boy who throws away money? Do you think he only benefits others and does not benefit himself all day long? Do you know how much you spent on these things?" It’s enough one tael of silver!”

Yunzhu was so confused that she stood up with trembling fingers, pointed at Xiaohong, and asked: "How much?"

Then he asked: "You don't need me to pay the bill?"

"No need!" Xiaohong Haobai waved her wrist and said generously.

Phew, that's fine.

"but……"

Yunzhu's heart was lifted again.

Xiao Hong slowly stared at the small holes in her clothes and said softly: "My father said, if the circle is not as big as you said, we will have to pay for it ourselves."

Xiaohong didn't have any objections to Yunzhu's adventurous plan. This little girl is not old, but she has many ideas. According to her father's words, "She is not alarmed by changes, has many ideas, and is sincere."

This is not a derogatory term.

In this house, I have never seen a girl who is more obsessed with money than Yunzhu. Who doesn't want to pretend to be someone other than the world?I just wish that the gold and silver passed by my eyes, and I wanted to go up and spit, to show that I was different.

Especially the one at the Cuicui Temple next door is really annoying.

From one moment to the next, Yunzhu now fills up half the space in the small treasury. Isn't one tael of silver just enough to sprinkle water on it?It's just that you should save money. Last month, wages were delayed again. Who knows when the family will run out of money.

Before he could finish his words, he saw that Qixie had sent a little girl to look for Yunzhu, and someone reported: "Sister Qi asked Sister Yunzhu to come over."

Yunzhu was surprised when he heard this, and quickly put down the board with holes in his hands, clapped his hands and stood up, and hurriedly went to the side room. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Qixie pulling a piece of silk and making trouble.

"It's getting late, so it's hard to go look for Qingwen. Because I thought you were taught by her all the way, I asked you to come and give me advice. Let's see if this clothes can still be repaired?" With that, he took off a man's middle coat. He handed it over and asked Yunzhu to look at it. There was a crack two fingers wide on his chest.

"This is?"

"I'm kidding you, this is the second master's favorite clothes these days. When I was in the garden with Miss Lin this afternoon, a tree branch got hooked." The two looked at each other in disbelief at the scissor pattern on the fabric, and Qixie said with difficulty: "Miss Lin I had to sew for the second master. Who knows how many stitches were inserted, but my eyes hurt, so I had to remove the stitches again. This removal... is called scissors..."

A girl who is as beautiful as a lamp rarely does these laborious and laborious things, so this kind of situation is expected.Having seen the warp and weft on the silk, and not having any embroidery, it was not difficult to just mend it, so he patted his chest and said, "Okay, Sister Qi trusts me, so just ask me to give it a try, okay?"

"I think so too. There is no night watch in the sewing room, so I have to work hard for you." Qi Laihuan happily handed the clothes to Yunzhu, not forgetting to say Zhouquan: "I know you are a novice, this is the only thing. I have ordered that if it doesn't work, it would be better to burn the clothes than to take them out and let outsiders spread gossip about Miss Lin's needlework. I can only trust you."

In the old society, girls' families were more or less accomplished in needlework, and anyone could do it. However, Qixie's words of trust made Yunzhu feel comfortable, and she patted her chest and said, "I promise to complete the task!"

(End of this chapter)