Walking into the Red Mansion starts from the maid

"I really believe that you can pinch it and forget it. Where did you get the news?" Xiao Hong was carrying a tray with red feather yarn on it, which was going to be sent to the sewing room to be made into clothes.

Yunzhu was holding the same thing, followed behind, and asked in confusion, "What news?"

"News about visiting relatives." Xiaohong freed her hand, pointed to the sky, pretended to be secretive, and said: "Master has written the booklet, I heard that His Majesty has agreed, maybe the date will be at the end of the year."

"Your news is better." Yunzhu's eyes lit up slightly, it's good, after the kiss, there will be a spacious house to live in, and if they sleep in this Datong bunk, the two of them will probably annoy Huixiang to death.

Huixiang has been following Qiu's tattoo lately, and Baoyu welcomes her very much.So I like to say some sour words every day.Yunzhu summed it up in her heart, could it be that she belittled Xiren or bullied Qingwen, or spit on some restless girls who were kicked out, and secretly looked down on the two roommates who were 'not motivated'.

"There will be rewards." Yunzhu thought for a while, and blurted out that she was most concerned about this.

Xiaohong shook her head speechlessly, not wanting to talk to this money-losing layman.After giving the yarn to the servant in charge of storage, he silently followed Yunzhu to detour to the charcoal warehouse to pick up some stock.

"Why don't you go back first? I can do it alone." Seeing Xiaohong shaking her head, she didn't say any more.She had to fetch a basket of charcoal fire, although the servants would send it back to the inner courtyard twice every ten days, but these were the best of the world.

cost money.

The servants in charge of the warehouse naturally knew Yunzhu, and also knew that Yunzhu was calling Jiang Yunxuan away from the old lady, and instead of looking at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, they hurriedly sealed the end of the basket with a lot of fine charcoal fire. Go to Yunzhu.

"This younger sister is so polite. She often comes to fetch charcoal in person, which makes us feel embarrassed." As he spoke, he pretended to scold the servants around him for being lazy.

Yunzhu thanked with a smile, and took out an azurite-colored pouch containing five big coins from her bosom, and handed it to the charcoal delivery boy with a smile on her face, and then she and Xiaohong each carried half a box of charcoal Back to Jiang Yunxuan.

"Hey, there is still a reward? You really deserve to be the girl next to Baoyu. When will we have such a skill?" The young man in Tsing Yi laughed when he saw Yunzhu go away.

There is no oil and water in the charcoal fire room in summer, and Yunzhu's move is just to get close, just to save the tea money every ten days when delivering charcoal in winter.

The leading woman squeezed the purse in her hand, and didn't say she was satisfied or dissatisfied, but just tossed it casually, and the purse fell into the arms of the talking boy, obviously she didn't put the oil and water in it. in the eyes.

"Are they still charged for running errands in their yard this year?" The young man squeezed the five copper coins in his hand and hissed. Is this only [-]% of the price in winter?It seems that the maids around the young master are not rich either.

"The second grandma hasn't allocated the money for the purchase to us yet. You won't accept it? Then you go!" The customary rule of running errands in the world, some 'tea fee' or 'errand fee' as reward, It can be regarded as a tacit act of mutual gain.

Xiao Hong muttered, probably complaining that the charcoal fire couldn't be sent out in summer, so it's fine to get it by herself, why should she pay for the tea?Yunzhu has no objection to this, people live because you serve me, and I serve you.

But she has a lot of opinions on the reward money being paid by the servants themselves.

I need to use ice in summer and charcoal in winter, and when they get together, one-third of the monthly money is used as favors.

All in all, this second-class girl is not as good as a third-class handyman. No wonder the second-class female envoys are trying their best to climb up.

Yunzhu sighed, "It's been two months since I've seen rewards from the mansion, and now I'm in a relationship, so I can save face and pay less for tea in winter." What's the difference between earning money and earning a life?Every penny of Yunzhu is carefully calculated and used.

In summer, you don’t need to endure the heat with ice, just go to the main room to cool off from time to time.But we can’t use charcoal fire in winter. There are certain standards for the charcoal fire for cooking tea. Could it be that the master is not at home and can still warm himself?
After sighing, I heard a snort from the side.

The two were taken aback for a moment, and when they turned their heads, they saw Qingwen holding a plate and covering her mouth, looking at herself and smiling.

"Sister Qingwen is well." The two of them were together, and seeing that they were acquaintances, they asked curiously, "Sister, are you going to see the second master?"

"Where are you in the mood to see him? Miss Bao asked me to find a pattern, and she is about to send it over." Qingwen gathered the tray in her hand, revealing a stack of patterns, all of which were auspicious patterns. It seems to be embroidered as a gift.

"So that's how it is." Yunzhu nodded, seeing Xiaohong's puzzled look, she said vaguely again: "Miss Bao's family has moved to a small courtyard in the northeast corner. The troupe just bought it for rehearsals."

This is why Qingwen can meet them here.

Ever since Qingwen was plotted against, Xu has changed places, and she has developed a lot of peace, unlike before when she catches a little girl and just curses at her.Thinking about it, she is now in the sewing room, and she has more time to go home with her brother and sister-in-law, and the embroiderers she associates with are famous and talented, and now at first glance, she looks upright and bold.

"Looking at the attacker leaving, your rules are loose, why do you have to fetch charcoal by yourself? Will the people below die? I want you, a girl under ten years old, to do hard work." Qingwen poked her head to meet the two The thing in the person's frame cursed outrightly.

well.

There are changes, but not much.

The two of them chattered, Xiaohong originally just stopped by and helped Yunzhu to share the burden on the return journey. Although it is true that the second-class girls do these jobs a little bit, but there are many girls called Jia Baoyu, and there are five second-class girls. six.

So when Yunzhu heard this, she hurriedly stepped forward to grab the ancestor's hand, and said with a smile: "Exercise, exercise, I just happened to pass by and do it, and I also save some money for tea in winter, good sister, please keep your voice down." , let the outsiders hear it, it’s time to arrange for you.”

"Looking at you that day, you were a worthless person. I heard that Baoyu didn't ask you to come into the main house to serve you when I heard that you were on duty all night?" The center turned out to be a cloud bead, and she felt restless.

It's just that I couldn't find a time to see her alone, and now I had to ask along the way. It's just such a reckless way of asking, Xiaohong also frowned.

Unexpectedly, what Qingwen was thinking in her heart was that Jiang Yunxuan was dominated by Xiren at the beginning, and it was fine if the people under him couldn't get ahead, but now they are all well-behaved, why her apprentice still can't get ahead?

This made her feel ashamed as a master, so she began to pass on her own experience, "The most important thing about being a slave is loyalty, you...you two are okay in my opinion, and then you need to be smart and know how to advance and retreat. I am anxious about what Baoyu wants, think about what Baoyu thinks, and the rest, although the master is also the master, as long as you are respectful."

Then she mentioned viciously, "I asked big sister Qi, Yunzhu, you really impressed me."

Xiaohong has a high spirit, but she has never met anyone who wants to teach her to be a human being.

Seeing Qingwen like this now, I can't help but think to myself: This Qingwen really loves to take care of things too much. The servant girl is here, it's really annoying.

"It's true that Baoyu loves miscellaneous learning, but there is no reason for you to deliberately make up stories to scare him. Tell me about you. The good opportunity to get ahead just made you play off. Now it's so good, it's left to dry. "

She sneered at the cloud bead, which is bronze that even a piece of silver can't move.

After hearing this, Xiaohong was very curious, and immediately pressed her mind to ask: "My good sister, what do you mean by making up stories to scare him?"

"Oh, now you have to ask your roommate who shares the same bed, how did she read horror stories to Baoyu in the middle of the night, such a feat that scared big sister Qi and Baoyu so much that she couldn't sleep for several nights , but our family is the first one."

"How can there be..." Yunzhu was dry and lacked confidence.

Xiaohong immediately understood the whole story, no wonder Yunzhu refused to go into details no matter how she asked Yunzhu, so there was something else going on here?So following Qingwen's words, she suddenly realized: "Oh, so that's the case. I said that for several days, Baoyu didn't even dare to look at Yunzhu's face."

The two of them came and went, straight off Yunzhu's old background, and looked at the little girl in front of her with disheveled brows before finishing.

The three were silent for a while.

Yunzhu simply broke the jar and said: "That's what Second Master Bao wanted to hear, and it's not what I insisted on saying. I wanted to stop several times, but Baoyu and Big Sister Qi both said to listen to it again. Listen to a passage... and then, I heard the dawn."

Seeing her like this, Qingwen knew in her heart that this girl resembled herself back then. Although she looked soft, she had a reckless and stupid energy, so she asked patiently, "Don't you want to serve in Baoyu's room?"

Both Yunzhu and Xiaohong were taken aback.

Both of them were thinking: What kind of restricted-level private talk is this, can I listen to it?
So Qi Qi shook his head, and Qi Qi nodded again.

I don't want to serve in Baoyu's room, but I don't dare not to serve in Baoyu's room, it's all up to the master's arrangement.

Qingwen sighed softly. Although she was unwilling, she also understood that everyone has their own ambitions, so she stopped asking more questions and started talking about the interesting things before. The three of them went forward together until they parted at the corner gate. Only then hissed:

"You have to plan for the long-term, don't go the wrong way."

This was what Yunzhu persuaded her in the past, but now Qingwen used it to persuade her again, it was really a drama of reincarnation.

Yunzhu was sitting in the tea room, holding a half unfinished net in her hand, feeling alternately happy and sad.Happily, she did not misread Qingwen, but she was indeed a person worthy of association, generous and considerate.The one who is sad is herself, Qingwen is at least out of slavery now, and she has skills around her, but she has nothing, and she has learned all kinds of skills very well, and her skills are mediocre.

Do you really want to be close to Jia Baoyu?

No, Yunzhu shook her head, what's so good about being a vassal, household registration, property and rights are all involuntary, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, you will know that the future will not be duckweed in the water, castles in the air, not to mention that Jia's mansion is a shuttle bus at the end of the road, Jia Baoyu will do it Not good, I really want to become a monk.

"I still have time to hurt my mind? Come and help me, I've pasted the window." Seeing her downcast, Xiaohong boiled a pot of water and sighed three times, thinking that after all, she is young and easily influenced by others. It will be difficult to move.

Qingwen wants her to be motivated, what good is being motivated?
As the saying goes, if you build a long shed for thousands of miles, there is no feast that will never end. If you sharpen your head in the mansion, there is only so much world to fight for. Not necessarily comfortable.

I want to find a like-minded companion, but I don't want to meet an 'aunt'.

It has been said that the eight-year-old eats the nine-year-old's meal, and many jobs that were not called Yunzhu and other children are not taboo now, and even the job of climbing up and down and handing tools is called to them.

"This Qianying gauze is really good. It only faded after being exposed to the sun for the summer, and it looks good." Yunzhu and a few maidservants were picking up the old window gauze that had been removed in the corridor, keeping it tidy and tidy at all times, just in case Baoyu Come back and look at the messy dislike.

The little girls covered their mouths and smiled coquettishly, saying that they were going to pick them up and wash the soles of their shoes.

As soon as Yunzhu heard this, it would be difficult to compete with them. The second-class girls have two more sets of clothes every quarter than the third-class girls, and the wear and tear of changing and washing is lighter. .

So he handed the gauze he picked up to the girl next to him, and he went to pick up the bucket and followed the craftsman to clean the window lattice.

Just as she was wiping hard, she heard Huixiang show off to a few little girls in the inner room: "This is a banquet rewarded by my wife. I just say that we have worked hard serving Baoyu at night, so we should make up for it."

Those words bit Baoyu several times in the night, as if it was something extremely glorious, and the little girls also complimented and agreed very politely.

Mrs. Wang did a very good job on the surface, and every month she would choose the last day of the month to reward Baoyu's personal servant girl. Eight times out of ten times, it was to reward food, and the other two times was to reward some playthings such as sachets and jewelry. .

Yunzhu had guesses in her heart, but she didn't dare to reveal them, but seeing Xiaohong's expression of avoiding and leaving in a hurry, she concluded that there was something 'something' in the banquet.

In fact, there are already traces to follow. Most of the girls who have menstruation in the hospital have problems such as irregular menstruation. Even Xiren who takes good care of them also has symptoms of dysmenorrhea.

When she was still a third-class girl, Yunzhu also cleaned the dining table for them. She knew that rich families pay attention to leaving blessings, that is, they are used to leaving a few mouthfuls of food when they eat. Poisoned, just left a comparison.

It is precisely because of this comparison that I can see Mrs. Wang's way. There is no white powder that melts on the edge of the soup cup. Si, what else?
The Jia family was flourishing, and in Jia Baoyu's generation there were already twenty householders. Although most of them were in Jinling, there were also many secret rivalries between the eight households in Beijing.

Jia Baoyu, as the outstanding golden grandson of this branch of the Rongguo Mansion, even if it was for the sake of the ancestral foundation, Mrs. Wang would not agree to have a concubine grow in his room first, so that the population can be settled.

It is too vicious to use such methods of hurting people's bodies.

A woman's life is inherently more difficult than a man's. If she doesn't have a good physique, how can she walk in the world?This is the reason why Yunzhu refused to enter Jia Baoyu's side to serve them. Others happily congratulated his wife for giving them face, but Yunzhu saw the black heart of the Bodhisattva, how could it not make people afraid.

But she didn't dare to reveal these words, there was an undercurrent surging in the back house, and she was scheming everywhere, step by step.Mrs. Wang is the mother of the concubines in the palace. Half of the glory of the Jia family hangs on Mrs. Wang. She prides herself on her status and looks like she is in full swing. Even the old lady wants to avoid her.

Not to mention that Wang Xifeng's attitude of abandoning her own parents-in-law and looking forward to Mrs. Wang was once the weathervane of Jia's house.

Who dares to say nonsense?