Walking into the Red Mansion starts from the maid

The old lady didn't like Mrs. Xing's outspokenness, so the sisters-in-law refused to take her to greet her every day. After coming and going, Mrs. Xing's daily greeting schedule became a three-day itinerary.

Now, for three days in a row, I followed my sisters-in-law to pay my respects, and everyone looked sideways. Seeing Sister Feng's scrutinizing expression, Madam Xing coughed a few times, and preached to the maids when she went out:

"Be alert. Today is the ninth day of the lunar new year. You all know that yesterday the chief inspector came to the house to check the directions, and the second wife also gave instructions on the details. If there is anything that you can't remember, you can do it every day." Go and walk twice, if something goes wrong, don't blame me for turning my face and denying people!"

Jia Amnesty is the nominal owner of the Rongguo Mansion, and Mrs. Xing is the mistress, so it is not too much to say that.It's just that she has neither the reality nor the ability to be a housekeeper, so when she said this, she seemed a little out of breath, which made it even more ridiculous.

In addition to deliberately biting the word 'two', Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng couldn't help but look at her.

The old lady took a sip of tea slowly, and after a while said: "Okay, you don't have to show your filial piety in front of this old lady, you should go back and do your own business."

Daiyu pursed her lips, said she wanted to go back and continue reading the unfinished collection of poems, and said goodbye first. Jia Baoyu smiled all over her face, and said a few words with the old lady, and said that she was going to school, and accompanied Daiyu all the way out. After leaving the house, the two parted ways until they were in front of the green gauze cabinet.

The girls and wives also got up and left as they said, and everyone was smiling when they went out.With Ping'er's support, Wang Xifeng went to her yard without stopping, and along the way, maids and women greeted Sister Feng one after another.

The head of the housekeeper's grandmother is not in place.

After arriving inside the Yimen Gate, Wang Xifeng stood still and did not enter the main room until the cold air all over his body dissipated.

In the southeast corner of the room, the tables on the kang mats have been removed, and the walls are piled full of mattresses with various patterns as cushions. On the kang, a large delicate pink satin pillow with a backrest is pressed under the body by a pink and jade-carved milk baby. He was babbling and shouting 'drive'!
It's really pitiful.

Wang Xifeng was sitting on the edge of the kang mat, watching her daughter play on it.

Seeing Jia Lian coming in in a moon-white gown, she just smiled slightly and said, "You want to go out?"

"I'm going to greet the old lady and I'm back. For some reason, I feel very tired these days."

"Oh, I didn't walk a few steps, and I felt dizzy and weak, as if I was carrying someone on my back. In the past, I didn't feel so tired when I was alone with Miss Qiao."

Jia Lian stood in front of the kang and listened, teasing his daughter with a leather drum the size of a palm in his hand, and listening to his daughter-in-law's chatter. After Wang Xifeng finished speaking, he straightened Sister Feng's lapel and said gently: " Now that you are a person with twin bodies, you are more afraid of being tired than ordinary people, so you can leave everything to me, and you should take a rest."

As he said that, he leaned close to Sister Feng's ear with a narrow face, and said in a low voice, "Be good, I will give eldest sister a companion after the next year, even if I give up my mind, I will do it."

Wang Xifeng glanced at the man, and scolded with a smile on the corners of his eyes and brows, "Get out of your mother."

While the couple were talking, the man from Laiwang's house came over with Ping'er, blessed Wang Xifeng first, and then told them about the situation in Zhuangzi.

It snowed heavily this winter, and the snow on the Zhuangzi crushed the shed, and many animals died. Because it happened in the middle of the night, the mountain wolf was lured in without notice, and seven or eight people lost their hands for no reason.

Early this morning, Zhuangtou was handing over the greeting card, asking what to do.

"It's useless stuff. You only know how to eat and ask for money when you open your mouth. It's better to be eaten by wolves by tomorrow!" Sister Feng frowned when she heard the whole story, and cursed angrily.

Several people rushed forward to persuade them that their bodies were important, and immediately formed a circle, those who were calm, those who handed water, those who looked after Gu Qiaojie, and even Jia Lian stopped arguing with Ping'er.

It can be seen that he is really angry.

Who told this to be a critical juncture, and it was the New Year's Eve, and there was an imminent family visit. It was a trivial matter for an animal to hurt a person, but if it spread, it would inevitably cause people to panic.

The couple looked at each other, and Jia Lian suddenly had a plan in his mind.

He considered it carefully: "This matter should not be publicized. Right now is an eventful time. First, we will send money to appease the rest of the family of the injured, and then send people to repair the damage. The rest will be investigated and discussed later in the year."

"Let's do it like this." Wang Xifeng echoed, there was no better way right now.

One wave after another, just as Jia Lian and the others were sent away, the little queer beside Aunt Zhao had already entered the door, and said hello to Wang Xifeng before saying, "Second Grandma, Second Mistress, help me, our Auntie's belly It hurts badly, I've pulled it four or five times this morning, I'm afraid it won't get better!"

After listening to it four or five times, Ping'er and Sister Feng covered their mouths and noses at the same time, pretending to be disgusted, and the blurted fart was cut off by Ping'er.

Ping'er looked at Wang Xifeng's face, and hurriedly said: "How long has it been in pain? Why didn't you go and ask your wife to invite a doctor?"

Aunt Zhao is Jia Zheng's Aunt Zhao, and because of emotion and reason, she shouldn't be able to find her second wife. Ping'er knew that Mrs. Wang was kind-hearted and cruel, so she deliberately pushed her grandmother to play the front line. She is used to being a good person in the back of.

Just thinking that her grandma is enjoying it, she is not easy to persuade as a slave, she just gathers and pays attention everywhere, so that her grandma doesn't offend anyone to death.

Xiao Que'er didn't understand these twists and turns, after all, she entered the mansion late and was young.

Seeing Ping'er's pleasant face and pleasant speech, he became more courageous, "I have already reported to my wife, but the wife of the Zhou family said that my wife is copying the scriptures, so I don't want to bother you, so she asked me to ask grandma for advice."

Wang Xifeng touched his stomach and lowered his head to think for a while, before asking: "It's all good, but something is spoiled?"

If it was according to her past temperament, Wang Xifeng would definitely hurt Aunt Zhao, and even when she was in a good mood, she would scold her face to face and tell her to suffer, so that she could be regarded as a suffocation for her aunt.

But now she doesn't think so.

I rushed to the front with all my heart and energy, trying my best to earn some extra money, but I asked someone to arrange a ruthless plan, and all the benefits were taken advantage of by my aunt's family.

Wang Xifeng wanted to let go of some errands, so she asked Ping'er to ask her uncle where she was, and if she saw someone, she would ask her uncle for advice.

After hearing this, Xiao Que'er felt relieved, knowing that he had come to the right place.

Jia Zheng saw Ping'er standing in front of him, with a stubborn look on his face begging for advice, and felt his forehead throbbing wildly, all of which were really disturbing!

I also thought, after all, Aunt Zhao followed me at a young age, and she has been serving her wholeheartedly for so many years. Thinking of her gentle and quiet appearance, she felt that she was still a little girl after all, so she pinched her forehead and said: "Xing'er, you Go find a doctor and send it over."

When the doctor left, Aunt Zhao's face was like gold paper, with powdered rouge dripping from her face, she didn't know whether her white face was painted or pained.

The doctor alternately checked his pulse from left to right with both hands. He didn't say anything, but his brows were frowning. After asking what he had eaten, he pondered for a while before saying that it was nothing serious.

"It's just that the spleen and stomach are not in harmony, and I ate some hair, and then it came out." After speaking, he prescribed some health-care prescriptions, and Ping'er was silent for a while before passing them to Xiao Que'er.

Although Second Grandma has studied characters for two years now, she is only sensitive to ledgers, and she needs to be read to her to understand these other things.

"Spleen-stomach disharmony?" After Wang Xifeng finished listening to Ping'er's prescription, the doctor was called by Jia Zheng, but Wang Xifeng didn't pay any reward, so he put the matter aside.

Turn to look at the ledger.

After finishing the transaction in the account at noon, he seemed to remember something, so he called Ping'er in and asked curiously: "What does that little girl in Baoyu's courtyard do every day? Who does she interact with?"

When Wang Xifeng, the first leader, was interested in Yunzhu, Ping'er had already sent someone to investigate it carefully. Now when his grandmother asked her, she didn't even hit a single word, and the answer was smooth: "I'm a safe man. Apart from serving tea, making ties for the old lady, or making some clothes, shoes and socks by myself, except for Qingwen and the pearls in the old lady's room, she doesn't interact with outsiders."

"Speaking of it, she is a good girl. A few days ago, Baoyu was playing around and wanted to teach some of their maidservants to read. Later, the incident of attacking people happened. Now she is the only one who still reads every day." Ping'er covered her eyes. Smiling, with the meaning of teasing, reading and writing skills in a rich family are common and elegant things, but no maid will use kung fu in this way, it is rare for her to sit still.

He said again: "Oh, there is an older sister in the family who is married to a shopkeeper surnamed Liu, and now lives in the Zhushikou area, but... she was newly purchased and moved into the house a few years ago, so she doesn't have enough time for vacation, Therefore, people from outside the government rarely come and go."

Who in the Jia family was not born with two snobbish eyes and an exquisite heart?A fringe maid who is not valued by her master is already very good at management if she can not let others secretly laugh and insult her, and Ping'er does not despise her.

"Go and arrange a job for her, and tell her what I ordered." Then, she whispered a few words to Ping'er, and when Ping'er nodded, she said again: "If it's an errand Well, there will be a reward."

Second Mistress's errands can't be handled well, and she won't have such a person in her eyes from now on.Ping'er was kind-hearted, and unconsciously shed tears of sympathy for Yunzhu. In this house, there are not many servants who can win the favor of Second Mistress.

As soon as Ping'er stepped into Jiangyun Pavilion, he saw Yunzhu coming out of the flower bed with ginger in his face.

Seeing that she was only wearing a half-new blue satin gown, and tied a pink-purple hanging orchid on one side of the top of the two heads, hiding a gold-plated butterfly clip in it, which set off a small picture. The face is pink and white and cute, and the smiling round face is like a doll in New Year pictures.

"I don't know if it's Sister Ping'er who's here, but I haven't greeted you far away." As he spoke, he looked up at Ping'er with a smile, and said, "My sister is here to hunt for Second Master Bao? Second Master Bao has gone to school, and it will take another hour." to come back."

Yunzhu led Ping'er into the flower hall, washed his hands and ginger, and poured a bowl of melon slices for Ping'er. At this moment, Ping'er saw that there was no one in the room, so he pulled Yunzhu and said, "Good girl, hurry up!" Don't worry, I'm here to find you."

Ping'er said: "You know, good things come together in our family this year. Second Mistress is getting heavy now, and she can't handle many things well, so I thought you are smart, so I also give my Second Mistress a helping hand."

This is Zhe Sharen, what big favor does Wang Xifeng need a girl to help with?
"Second Mistress means that no matter what you say or what happens, if there is something abnormal, you must tell her."

After listening to the whole story, Yunzhu said: "We have no disobedience to Second Grandma's order, but Sister Ping'er knows it. I am just a girl who makes tea, and I don't go into the main room on weekdays. How can I know the way of the horse?" What are you going to lie about?"

What's more, they have finished their legal affairs and have left Jia's mansion long ago. Even if they want to play tricks, they must have internal support.To catch the internal response, it is necessary to have those high-ranking maids to cooperate. What is it to call her a little girl who is not well-known?

Hearing Yunzhu's words, Ping'er laughed, an inscrutable smile, stood up and patted Yunzhu's hand gently: "Second Grandma trusts you, so don't let her down."

Speaking of trust, Yunzhu is actually grateful to the Rongguo Mansion in her private heart, not to mention, even though she is now a slave hat, it is better than life outside.

If she was asked to run around with her original parents, how many years would this small body last?Now that Wang Xifeng dared to send her an errand, she did it, and it was considered as a reward for eating and drinking in the past few years.

"You're talking about Second Grandma suspecting that Ma Daopo has done something wrong?" Xiaohong couldn't help but ponder after hearing the news that Yunzhu had opened it.

Seeing that Yunzhu was very frank, she didn't think that Yunzhu was deliberately using the cover of the second mistress to act in front of her, so she really thought about the feasibility of this matter.

"If that's the case, don't we have to go to the main room every day?"

Yunzhu shook her head, and asked back: "We go every day, isn't it just to scare the snake? Besides, how many months can we let us enter the house every day?"

"You're right." Seeing this, Xiaohong said with a smile, "It seems that you have a comprehensive plan?"

Yunzhu's eyes were bright, and she smiled and said, "It would be even better if you can help Honghong."

"In the final analysis, are you afraid that I have no errands to do and will lose my place in front of Second Mistress, so you brought me with you?" Xiaohong asked with a smile, feeling a little moved in her heart.

Brother Yun has no place in front of the Second Grandma, and only 50 taels of silver can be exchanged for a hard work of planting trees. If in the future... if she has to come forward to negotiate, this is a good opportunity.

Her heart was moving, but she didn't show it on her face, she just waited for Yunzhu to open her mouth to invite her.

"This matter has practical effects. Sister Ping'er also said that she will get a reward when it is done, so I thought that we would work together to get the reward!" Yunzhu also explained with a smile. If it is as Wang Xifeng guessed, someone Of course, it is better to do bad things in the inner house sooner rather than later, and the sooner you catch them in exchange for rewards, the more peace of mind you will have.

"Although you say that, but there is no sign of it at the moment, where are we going to catch it?" Xiaohong is a smart person, and after listening to Yunzhu's words, she knows that this matter is feasible.

It's just that her worries are justified. It's too difficult for someone to be suspicious based on just a guess about something she has no clue about.

Unexpectedly, Ping'er also had the same idea with her, don't look at her in Jiangyunxuan, she is calm and stable, but she is panicking behind her back, she asked her grandma teasingly: "You also said it was just a guess, if it is true If you can’t catch it, isn’t it a waste of time to fetch water from the bamboo basket?”

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng couldn't help laughing, and leaned on the pillow and said cheerfully: "Little Hoof, let you see what your grandma is capable of!"

Ping'er was very familiar with a few words of flattery, and then heard Sister Feng say: "It seems that Mr. Zhuangzi is not easy to do business this year, and our master is not good at general affairs. There must be a reason for this money. That girl If you're smart, you can make some tricks yourself, if you're stupid, we'll have a backup."

After all, Baoyu is the apex of the mansion, starting from his side is always more convincing than other places.