The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 147

At sunset, the back corner door of Ouyang's house was gently pushed open, and an eleven or twelve-year-old girl walked out from inside, wearing a simple double bun, a lake blue single jacket, and a lotus-colored eight-legged skirt on the lower body. Wearing a fan skirt, it looks like the whole person has delicate features and cleverness.

The little girl looked around in the alley, and seeing no one moving, she hurriedly crossed the alley aisle, and knocked on the small dark side door on the side of Xing's house.

Seeing that it was her, the guy who opened the door hurriedly let people in. When closing the door, he deliberately stared at the gate of Ouyang's house for a while, seeing that no one was chasing after him, he gently closed the gate.

The little girl's surname is Kang, and her grandmother is Kang's mother who informed Xiuyan that day.

After the failure of the Qi family, Qi Er Shao and Er Shao Mistress bought the house to Ouyang's family, and many old servants also stayed and accepted the new owner.Ouyang's family came from the south, except for the old lady and the two girls' personal maids, most of the rest are old people from the Qi family.

Seeing that Ouyang's family treated people kindly and generously, Kang's mother hurriedly brought her eldest granddaughter Zhu'er in too.Kang Zhu'er is delicate and cute, and she can also do female red embroidery. Before entering the mansion for a few days, she won the favor of the old lady Ouyang. Do some rough work, but the old lady Ouyang often gives rewards, and there are countless fruits scattered in the house.

The first- and second-class maids in the main room were all family-born children brought back from Yangzhou. Kang Zhuer had been secretly squeezed out several times, and she was always worried about it. So once Kang's mother told her the words, Kang Zhuer agreed.

Since then, Mrs. Ouyang, Kang Zhuer secretly sent messages to Xing Xiuyan three times. Not only did she know who she was close to and who she was distant from, but she also investigated the daily routine and food expenses of the old lady of Ouyang's family. It's clear.

It wasn't that Kang Zhu'er was working in the house today, but when the young master surnamed Gu came to visit, Kang Zhu'er noticed something different.She hurriedly changed errands with Xiaohong, who lived in the same room, and took her half a day.Half an hour ago, Mr. Gu left Ouyang's house. Kang Zhuer watched everyone in the mansion having dinner, and no one cared about her, so he went with the big maid in the same room, the old lady Ouyang's confidant girl, Yue Yaer. Take a leave of absence and sneak out.

Kang Zhu'er didn't dare to go home, so she went straight to Xing Mansion.

Xiuyan had just had dinner and was talking to Lu Shi, when someone came to report, she hurriedly found an excuse to come out to see Kang Zhu'er.That girl was standing at the door of Xiuyan's boudoir, talking to Fang Guan, and did not go inside.

Fang Guan was facing Xiuyan, and when he saw it, he rushed up to greet him, and nodded Kang Zhu'er: "Girl, sister Kang has been here for a long time, I asked her to come in and sit down, but sister Kang didn't dare."

Kang Zhu'er blushed and lowered her head in embarrassment: "Gu, girl! I'm a third-class maid, very vulgar, and dare not trample on girls' boudoirs. Sister Fangguan invited me in. I think it's better to stand at the door."

Xiuyan smiled and took Kang Zhuer's hand: "If you say that, you will be sorry for my old friendship with your grandmother! Good girl, come in quickly, even if you don't come today, I have something important to say ask you!"

Kang Zhu'er was brought into the house by Xiuyan, but she didn't look around, completely opposite to her grandmother Kang's mother.

"A while ago, I asked someone to secretly deliver cough medicine to your grandmother, but did you receive it?" Xiuyan asked Fangguan to pour tea, Kang Zhuer heard Miss Xing ask herself, just sat down on her buttocks for a while, and then went back again He lifted it up, and said respectfully: "Grandmother has eaten very well. The doctor invited by the girl has a rare good pulse. After a few injections, most of the grandmother's illness has disappeared. Grandmother originally wanted to thank the girl in person, but the illness I didn't dare to go forward, so I told me that if I have a chance to see the girl, I must kowtow to her!"

As she spoke, Kang Zhuer wanted to kneel down.

Meilian and Mio had already helped her up.Xiuyan said with a smile: "I asked the doctor to ask. Mother Kang's illness is an emergency. Although it is severe, as long as the right medicine is prescribed, the illness can be cured. Fortunately, you didn't treat me as an outsider and found me in time. The doctor also said that if it takes another three or four days, Hua Tuo may not be able to get rid of the root cause of the disease even if he is alive."

Kang Zhuer listened to what Xing Xiuyan said, and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Our Kang family will never forget the girl's kindness! Without the help of the girl, my uncle would not be exempt from slavery and go out to earn a living. The girl extended the doctor's consultation to my grandmother, and even found ginseng to prescribe her medicine. Pearl remembers all these kindnesses." "Kang Zhu'er bit her lower lip tightly, as if holding her breath, she paused for a moment, then she raised her head and looked directly at Xing Xiuyan: "Girl, I met a strange person in the old lady's room today!"

Xiuyan's heart tightened, and she looked at Kang Zhu'er with burning eyes.

"A young man surnamed Gu went to the house during the day, and I served tea. When he entered, the old lady's face was not very good. If it was normal, the old lady's confidant girl, Yue Yaer, would help to persuade her to dispel the old lady. The madam's anger. But this time it's different. Sister Yueya'er has been standing beside the old lady without saying a word. The two ladies in the house are also there, and they dare not show their anger. I think something is wrong. After delivering the teacups, I stayed in the outer room to help my sisters. After a while, I heard Miss Huiping scolding Mr. Gu, and Miss Huiling crying."

While talking, Kang Zhu'er kept thinking about the scenes she saw during the day.

There are more old people left by the Qi family, and they form two forces with the Ouyang family.Miss Huiling is okay, she always treats them equally, speaks kindly, and often gives rewards, everyone is more than willing to run to Miss Huiling's yard.But Miss Huiping is the complete opposite, not only has a hot temper, but also often beats and scolds the old servants of the Qi family.Even the little girls who have just been promoted from the family are not in her eyes.

Everyone respects Miss Huiping and keeps away from her easily.

Xiuyan pondered for a moment: "Two young ladies. One disregards the gentleness and insults loudly in front of the outsider, and the other weeps in a low voice in embarrassment? What is Mrs. Ouyang doing?"

Kang Zhuer sighed softly: "They are in the inner room, I can't hear clearly, and the elder sisters in the main room felt that something was wrong, so they kicked out our third-class girls. When Mr. Gu left, I I saw the old lady escorting him out in person, with a smile all over her face, but the two girls had obviously cried, and their eye circles were red like rabbits."

Seeing that Miss Xing was silent, Kang Zhu'er felt a little uneasy: "Girl, girl, are my words useless?"

Xiuyan smiled: "Of course not, it's very useful!"

Kang Zhu'er patted her chest, and looked at Xing Xiuyan shyly: "Our family owes the girl too much grace, don't worry, girl, as long as there is news from Ouyang's family, I will send it as soon as possible."

Xiuyan asked Meiying to prepare a purse for Kang Zhuer, and asked Fangguan to personally send her to Jiaomen.

Along the way, Fangguan kept looking at Kang Zhuer. When he was about to reach the corner gate, Fangguan grabbed her and asked in a low voice, "What did you tell our girl? Why are you so mysterious? And Why did Miss Mio give you that purse? Do you know what is in that purse?"

Kang Zhu'er threw off Fang Guan's restraint impatiently, and said in a distant tone, "Girl give it to me, how can I have the nerve to ask? It's just a little gadget commonly used by girls."

Fangguan poked Kang Zhuer's forehead with his finger, gritted his teeth, and said, "What an idiot! There is a South Sea pearl in there!" Fangguan felt more and more that Kang Zhuer and the girl had jointly concealed something from him, otherwise he wouldn't have given such a precious pearl to him. Give Kang Zhuer something.

Fangguan was full of curiosity in his heart, and he didn't let go of Kang Zhuer: "My good sister, I'm a good eater in front of girls, don't look at Meilian and Miying who are the two most favored now, but wait until they get married." Man, isn’t it me that the girl values ​​the most? You tell me all the embarrassing things for you, and I will give you detailed references, so that you will not suffer in front of our girls in the future!”

Smiling, Kang Zhu'er pushed Fang Guan's restraint away with her left hand, and said calmly: "When Sister Fang Guan really has such a day, it's not too late for me to talk to my sister."

Watching Kang Zhuer's back disappear into the corner door, Fang Guan couldn't help stomping his feet and cursing in a low voice: "Hmph, don't think I didn't see it, you will flatter Meilian, and one day I will let you all fall into my hands and cry." Cry and beg me!"

In a blink of an eye, the autumn was approaching, and Xiaozong accidentally looked through the files. After seeing Jia Zheng's resume, he was more satisfied, so he appointed him as Jinling Xuezheng, and went to supervise the examination.Jia Zheng was grateful, and the next day he asked for an order to enter the palace to thank him, and that afternoon he packed his luggage and set off for Jinling.

Jia Baoyu originally had the help of the King of Beijing and the Third Prince, and he also wanted to participate in this year's autumn.However, as soon as Jia Zheng left, the mountain above Baoyu's head disappeared. Is there any reason for him not to have fun?
So in the Grand View Garden, there were cockfights and horses and horses every day, and the days were so happy in the pile of dry powder. Today I asked Mrs. Jia for money to buy a crab feast, and tomorrow I asked Mrs. Wang for some good paper and pens to give to all the sisters. The long axis comes out and draws a prototype of this autumn whisper.

But Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang couldn't resist Jia Baoyu's soft and hard words, so they agreed one by one.

Li Gongcai's son, Jia Lan, was also selected as a scholar. He was too young this year, so he was not going to try it, but seeing that his brother-in-law Jia Baoyu didn't look good in the Grand View Garden, Li Gongcai felt uneasy.She was nominated by the old lady to live in Daoxiang Village, and she made a special trip to hand over a few girls. If she wanted to move out, unless there was a legitimate reason, after thinking about it, only when Jialan passed the Juren examination could Li Wan talk to the old lady. .

Wanting to understand this, Li Wan was even more unwilling to relax his discipline on Jia Lan, which was several times stricter than earlier.

At the end of October, the weather is getting colder, but the streets and alleys of the capital are full of lively scenes.With the opening of the gate of the Gongyuan, some families are happy and some are worried.
(End of this chapter)