Walking into the Red Mansion starts from the maid

Chapter 114 Scooter 2
Mending clothes is technically one thing, but the practice is another.

Yunzhu stared at the seamless chest that day. It had indeed been repaired, but when he looked down, he saw several long silk threads hanging outside, still curled.

She glanced at Xiao Hong, who was also mending her skirt. However, her fine cotton was not as delicate as satin, and even a barb on the edge of her fingernail could not easily scratch the cotton.

Yunzhu sighed, but the words came from the heart, "Honghong, I'm going to prepare a brazier."

Xiaohongyin said: "I heard that Baoyu likes it very much. Is it okay to burn it now?"

As he spoke, he folded up his own skirt, came forward and looked at the shirt carefully by candlelight, and said softly: "This is the only light-colored shirt that the second master has worn recently. Why not go to the sewing room early tomorrow morning?" Find silk threads of the same color and fill in the warp threads."

"I guess I don't want people outside to know, otherwise I would have sent her to the sewing room." Yunzhu hugged the clothes. She really cared about Daiyu's reputation. It would be hard for the people under them to shake it out, "Forget it. Come on, you should rest early and I’ll think about it again.”

After sending Xiao Hong away, Yunzhu came out of the tea room empty after a while. The stove was not closed properly, and the few pieces of golden charcoal had long burned into a pile of white ash. There was no heat at all when I put my hands on it. .

She sat angrily under the lamp, idly picking up the barbs on her fingers. She didn't like the scissors used to cut the threads, so she simply pulled them off with two fingernails, grinning in pain.

Her head was buzzing with pain, and a line of blood spread across the back of her fingers in the next second. Xiaohong had already taken her skirt back to bed, and she still took this job, and couldn't help but blame Qixie for doing it to her. Why is the reputation here so high?
In the book, Qingwen mended the bird's golden fur when she was sick, but now there is Yunzhu tearing down the east wall to mend the west wall.

"Isn't it just a hook?"

Yunzhu took out the thinnest embroidery needle from the needlework bag. First, he took apart the piping at the hem, pulled out a few silk threads from the cutting edge along the warp and weft, and then pulled the pulled out silk thread back up until it could no longer be pulled. At the moving point, use scissors to cut off the waste thread, and use the staggered stitching method to connect the east wall removed from the hem of the garment to the west wall densely.

I missed two stitches, looked carefully at the candlelight, and missed two more stitches.After blaming Qi Lai in his heart, he started blaming himself again. Where is the hook?Not hooked on the chest.

When the sky turned green, Yun Zhu finished repairing the piping on the east wall. She looked left and right to make sure her clothes were not too short, and then she lay down on the bed.She didn't even change her clothes, she just pulled a corner of the quilt and put it over her belly button as a blanket.

Now she was tired and sleepy, with stars in her eyes, and she had made up her mind not to engage in the embroidery industry again in her life!But then I comforted myself, isn't it much better than that hapless guy Qingwen?At least I didn't have a fever to mend my clothes.

I have to say that the spiritual victory method is very easy to use.Especially after Jia Baoyu paid his condolences on the second day, he also rewarded him with a teapot made from a kiln with Doucai color.

"I see why you use a clay pot to drink tea in your room? But you don't dare to say if the teapot falls? Just take this one and use it." Baoyu is an elegant person, and even a pot sounds very interesting. .

At this time and that time, if it were the former Yunzhu, he would definitely despise the reward, why is it just a pot?It's too shabby.Nowadays, her appreciation ability has improved a lot, and she thinks that as long as it is valuable, she will always accept it.

She deliberately concealed the fact that the teapot in the room was now serving in the space. No matter how Jia Baoyu knew such a trivial matter in the servant's room, she just said happily, "Thank you, Second Master Bao, for the reward!"

After listening to Yunzhu's gossip about "showing loyalty", Jia Baoyu only felt that her ability to pick out little girls was very good. He also remembered that Qingwen was suffering in the sewing room now, so he followed Yunzhu's words and said: "It's really amazing. , with such a big hole, your craftsmanship is already on par with Qingwen’s, how about taking on the sewing chores in the yard as well?”

Jia Baoyu's original intention was to ask Yunzhu to do some errands, and also to ask Qingwen to relax more quickly, so that she could often come to the courtyard to play with him when she had free time. Now Qingwen rarely comes to him except to send clothes. The Yihong courtyard is really A lot less fun.

He didn't know which sentence made him think about Qingwen again, not mentioning the fact that he was jumping up and down in the Grand View Garden every day, enjoying himself rather than missing Shu.

"Second Master really looks up to this slave. Don't say such words. If you turn around and tell outsiders that I have done your needlework, you will be suspicious of Miss Lin..." The voice became lower and lower as he spoke, and the little girl shook her head like a rattle. , after telling a lie, he stood up from the teapot naturally, took advantage of boiling water, and left with the teapot in his arms.

Yunzhu looked cautious, as if there was some undisclosed secret between master and servant. He hunched back and backed away until he left the courtyard door of the wing, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Who is crazy enough to make clothes for people every day?

Especially the clothes worn by the masters, the embroidery and workmanship are extremely complicated. Thanks to Qingwen's skillful hands, she finished the work of Baoyu and the old lady, and she also had the time to run her own embroidery room. She is really a strong person with three heads and six arms.

The 'strong man' who was walking in was dazzled by the spring light. When he saw Yunzhu, he couldn't help but look happy. He pulled Yunzhu to the corner and asked, "I heard that the lottery for contracting the Grand View Garden will be tomorrow?"

Yunzhu thought about the meaning of Qingwen's words, but she didn't know why. She only said: "Tomorrow is just a draw, and the enclosure will have to be done the day after tomorrow. Now that the benefits have been pointed out, there are a lot of jealous people in the garden."

Qingwen had known that this was only a benefit to the garden. Although she was jealous, she seriously couldn't catch up.

So he poured out all the gossip he had obtained, and did not forget to say: "I thought, it would be better to be more adventurous and ask my wife to check everything clearly. This will reduce the suspicion on you and prove your innocence."

When Yunzhu heard this, she felt that it had a lot of origins, and did not dare to speak out. She was also afraid that Qingwen would not tell the whole story, so she pestered her to go to the house to drink water, so that she could ask a few questions in detail, so that she could gain a clear understanding of the inside story and avoid harm. ah.

"It's normal for you to be unaware of many things in the yard. I only said that there was a scoundrel named Pan Sanbao on the East Street. I asked Aunt Lai to catch him and bring him to my wife for questioning, and he happened to pull out Baoyu's dick. Mother Taoist Mother.”

Qingwen took a sip of tea, looked at the teapot a few times, and then said: "You also know that Ma Daopo, the leader, cheated the second mistress of 100 taels of gold. Now she has committed suicide in the prison of the Ministry of Punishments. When her house was raided, We also found many paper figures and fragrant medicine balls, which are said to be exactly the same as the paper figures found in our house. It involves a treasure, I'm afraid my wife will have to get to the bottom of it before we can finish it."

Yunzhu spat, the Punishment Department is really ashamed of its reputation. It couldn't even find out such a deceitful woman, nor how many people she had cheated privately.

But Qingwen shook her head and sighed: "It may not be that we haven't found out clearly. It may be that unimportant people like you and me don't know the inside story. Otherwise, Ma Daopo is well-known in various prefectures in Beijing. She gritted her teeth and came out as a good man. , why did he commit suicide in prison?"

He must have confessed a lot. Knowing that he had no chance of survival, he simply hanged himself with a belt.

After hearing this, Yunzhu covered her face with the handkerchief and said, "Fortunately, none of us got it. Thank you sister for telling me. I will be careful."

"To call you stupid, you are really..." Qingwen sighed helplessly, put the clothes in her hands on the table, put it close to Yunzhu's ear, and whispered: "You are not targeting us, what are you careful about?"

Qingwen gritted her teeth and spoke out her guess: "Our second wife is now in charge of the house and is very concerned about purchasing. Just two days ago, she publicly scolded an old man who was responsible for purchasing. How many people are sad? They all say that she is plotting the title of the Second Grandma's family. Now that Master She is old, it will only take a year or two to invite new people to the title. You said..." In fact, He Yunzhu expected this. We went together, and she didn't know for a moment whether it was Qingwen's desire for gossip that couldn't be restrained, or whether it was because she really thought she was a member of the group and only revealed her true feelings.

But if you think about it further, everyone's guesses are confirmed. Wang Xifeng is pregnant with a boy. This is no longer a secret. An imperial doctor revealed it as early as the end of last year.

If everything goes well, Jia Lian will have his eldest son, which may take three years or two years at the earliest. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Jia She will hand over the invitation letter so that the inheritance of the title of the Jia family can be implemented as early as possible.

What's Wang Xifeng's temperament?

She has a fire in the open and a knife in the dark, and she has a temperament that will make the most of her money. Now she is just stuck in the pain of losing her son and has temporarily lost her fighting spirit, which is why Mrs. Wang took advantage of the loophole.

However, Mrs. Wang's arms were really pitiful, so she ordered Baochai to attack her. Baochai also used a move to make her fall ill on the spot. Now she even moved out of Jia's house for an excuse. Even Baoyu went to Jingyuan to see her, but he said he was not sick. Woolen cloth.

This attitude of avoiding suspicion should not be too obvious.Calling Yunzhu said that it gave Mrs. Wang a chance, but it didn't work for her!
On this day, Mrs. Wang went to the palace with the roster to pay her respects to Yuan Chun. She told Yuan Chun all these things and presented the roster to her.

Yuan Chun looked at the line of facial expressions and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He turned away from the palace and became sad: "Mother must take care of yourself. The future generations will have their own paths to walk. If you work so hard, I'm afraid my father will have a grudge."

It doesn't matter if her father has a grudge, she is just afraid that the emperor will be dissatisfied. After a quick look at the roster, how many people can be on the stage?If you can't even name someone from your own family, how can you expect the emperor to take a fancy to you?

But she really couldn't say such things as daydreaming when facing her mother, who was already in a rift.

After a long while, he comforted and said: "I have learned martial arts and martial arts, so I am a good person and belong to the emperor's family. My brothers and sisters in the family are still young and it is time to make progress. I hope that my mother will supervise my brothers and sisters when she comes home. In the autumn of the next year, I will also Waiting to hear their good news.”

It's spring.

The first shot of land reform was finally fired in the Grand View Garden. Yunzhu was gearing up and keeping an eye on all directions. She pulled down the pole of the scooter, put it under her arm and followed the others to Fengyao Bridge.

"This is your father!" Yunzhu gave Xiaohong a thumbs up, saying what she said was what she was talking about. They drew lots to enter the arena in the third order. If nothing else, there will be no accidents.

Everyone was very enthusiastic and extremely happy. Yuanchun only said that it is not allowed to use live animals for mounts, but it is human nature to take advantage of loopholes.When the crowd gathered, wherever you looked, there were people carrying sliding sedan chairs, people walking on stilts... and you looked at each other and realized what the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea meant.

There are so many people here, so lively.

Yunzhu looked around and found that Tanchun was helping Jia Mu into a high pavilion.

At this time, Lai Da walked up to the pavilion, bowed and said a few words, then turned around and faced everyone. With a loud voice like a bell, he raised his arms and shouted: "The first land contract division of Grand View Garden, the trial site will last for two years. Everyone You need to follow the order of drawing lots and circle the land you selected within a quarter of an hour. During the contract period, you only need to pay [-]% of the output..."

Thirty percent, the people below began to whisper to each other. It was actually shameful for the nobles in the capital to ask people to gather wool in the yard in such a big way.

So much so that few serious masters show up today.It's so tender in spring, and the old lady needs to go out every day to enjoy the fresh air, so she put the duck on the shelf and made it a mascot. It was supposed to be a farce to make the elderly and children happy.

It's just that it's too far away and I can't see what the old lady is thinking.

"Baoyu is here too. Baoyu must have persuaded the old lady to come." Xiaohong pointed to the big red figure behind the curtain. Yunzhu looked around and saw that it was Baoyu's favorite outfit.

Lai Da waved his hands, and several young men came forward with pens, inks, papers and inkstones, as well as servants beating gongs and drums to count. They were here to broadcast the live broadcast for Jia Mu and several ladies, and also to record everyone's results. , used as a voucher.

Yunzhu was nodding secretly, and then listened to Lai Daodao: "Everyone must have got the order of the lottery. For the sake of fairness, there will be a boy following behind to record the results."

Everyone looked at the bamboo sticks in their hands and finally understood that the bigger the number, the better, but the closer the number, the better. But now, under their noses, it was too late to change the number.

Yunzhu sighed, this is the power of knowledge.

Tanchun wrote a detailed process and posted it in the Grand View Garden, but due to the proportion of illiterates in the garden, not many people could understand the third girl's plan.This also directly leads to this behavior, which is purely a waste of effort by the deaf man wearing flowers to the blind man.

Xiaohong secretly grasped Yunzhu tightly and was about to give a few instructions when she suddenly heard someone shouting: "What if the size of the enclosure overlaps with someone else's?"

As soon as these words came out, the air became silent and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Lai Dazheng came well prepared, and after carefully studying Tanchun's plan, he said: "The order of drawing lots is the order of enclosure, and you are not allowed to snatch other people's areas!"

After all, it was just a matter of friendship first and competition second, but everyone present was obviously not thinking about this anymore, and they were all thinking about how they could get their favorite place.

There is already a tense situation among the servants who are ranked at the end of the lottery. Who cares about friendship first?

"I didn't expect this process to be like this! I thought the bigger the number, the bigger the space, but there is no need for rent, which is much more cost-effective than being a tenant at home."

"The two mothers, Tian and Zhu, are very high-profile. Now that the old lady is here, I wonder if they dare to sit in the sedan?"

"I am already number 72 and I don't want to participate anymore."

As he spoke, the man on stilts received envious looks from everyone. Yunzhu met his eyes, and the sky was filled with invisible swords and sword shadows.

The stiltsman was calm and composed, secretly thinking that he must be the winner today!
(End of this chapter)