The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 177
The waiter carried a fresh pineapple into Qiushuangzhai, and Cui Mo, who was clearing the table, saw him, and couldn't help but feel happy: "Where did you get it? Pineapple is a rarity at this time!"

The waiter pursed his lips and smiled: "It was Lian's second grandma who sent someone to bring a basket, and the old lady told each girl to go to the other one, so you helped the girls to practice calligraphy. I happened to be free, so I ran this trip."

Cui Mo is naturally grateful, Shi Shu is the big maid next to Tan Chun, in the past this kind of errand work is nothing more than the little maids, but every time I go to the old lady's main courtyard to pick up things, Shi Shu and Cui Mo are not the same. He dared to take it lightly, so this matter also fell on Cui Mo.Although the snow has stopped outside, it is still freezing cold. Everyone is willing to stay indoors. Who likes to run outside?Seeing Shi Shu being so considerate of herself now, how can Cui Mo not be happy?
She hurriedly took the things from the waiter's hand. The pineapple was really not small, and it was so heavy that it would hit her hands. Cui Mo couldn't help being speechless: "Second Grandma Lian really spends a lot of money. I heard from the buyers outside that it's so big and so good." The pineapple is worth a lot of money even when it is harvested, not to mention it is still rare to eat it now! Why is it worth a tael of silver each?"

The waiter smiled and spat: "Who do you think our Second Mistress Lian is? Haven't you heard those old women say? Now that the Second Master Lian's official career is getting better and better, Second Mistress Lian wants to win the wind outside. If it rains, the second master Lian doesn't know where he got the money, I heard that he is planning to buy a big house in Fengwei Hutong now!"

Cui Mo was even more surprised: "I heard from Suyun, the maid of the eldest grandma, that the house that Second Grandma Lian lives in is not small, and there are only three people in their family, even if one Ping'er is added, there are not many people. Such a big house can't accommodate it?" Cui Mo looked down at the pineapple in her hand, and sighed thoughtfully: "Hey, since Second Grandma Lian left, life in our garden has not been very easy. Don’t talk about it, let’s talk about this food. The last time I sent fruit to Qiushuangzhai was seven or eight days ago. I only said that it’s cold today, so fresh fruit is not easy to buy, but I went to the small kitchen that day At Mrs. Liu's place, I clearly saw a few women sitting by the stove peeling oranges, and there were melon seeds all over the floor."

The servant hurriedly reached out his hand to cover Cui Mo's mouth, peeked into the inner room, saw that there was no movement inside, and then cursed softly: "You don't have a plan, this kind of talk is also nonsense?"

Cui Mo looked puzzled, she pulled away the hand of the servant, and only asked repeatedly: "My dear sister, what is wrong with me, please tell me quickly, lest I do something wrong in the future without knowing it."

The servant then pulled Cui Mo to the front of the Duobao Pavilion, turned his back to the door of the inner room, lowered his voice, and secretly said, "You haven't seen it yet? The girl is depressed recently!"

Cui Mo was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Why didn't you see it? But I thought it was because the matter of marrying the third princess in the palace was messed up, so we girls..."

The waiter poked Cui Mo's forehead with a single finger, "Idiot, our girl has never thought of being a little girl from the beginning to the end. Now that there is no news in the palace, it's too late for the girl to be happy, how can she be unhappy?"

"That?"

"Didn't it happen a while ago when she was in charge of the garden? At that time, the girl thought well, thinking that everyone had benefited, and she should be more careful in serving the masters in the garden, but who knows that those women are the worst things, they are cheap and good-looking! Grandma doesn't care about things, and Miss Bao moved out early because she was about to get married. Look around, who else lives in the garden? I ran into Miss Yun's girl, Cuilu, whispering to Xiren, complaining about us. The girl is meddling in other people's business, and it's no good for everyone!"

Cui Mo stomped her feet angrily: "This Cui Ling, how can she talk nonsense like this, look at her if I don't tear her mouth!"

The secretary hurriedly grabbed Cui Mo's arm: "You are such a boring person! So what if you caught Cui Ling? She refused to admit it, but instead told us girls to have no face in front of Miss Yun. If you want me to say, wait for a chance, Let's secretly make Cui Lu suffer from being dumb, why bother mobilizing people?"

Cui Mo kept cursing viciously: "Although I say this, I am not fair. Who is the third girl for? Why don't we all get more benefits!" Cui Mo continued to say, suddenly his eyes were dull, the corners of his mouth were slightly twitched, and Jiao Lei seemed to be slapped .

The waiter turned his back to the door, and seeing Cui Mo's appearance, he knew something was wrong behind him, so he quickly turned around and smiled and looked this way: "I just thought the girl was awake, and there happened to be fresh pineapples, so I went to cut them up." Give the girl a taste?"

Shishu hugged the pineapple and was about to leave, but Tanchun stopped her coldly: "What exactly did Cuilu complain about with Xiren?"

The servant's eyes dodged: "No, it's nothing, the girl heard it wrong!"

Tanchun's eyes became sharper, forcing Shi Shufei to tell the reason.The waiter had no choice but to smile wryly: "Actually, it was Miss Yun who wanted to eat cakes, but there was none in Hengwu Garden, so Miss Yun sent Cui Ling to the small kitchen to ask for them. When Sister-in-law Liu was away, those women would be lawless. With a few words of cynicism, She just made Cui Li cry and ran out. It happened to be seen by Xi Ren passing by, and the girl knew that Xi Ren was serving by Miss Shi Da's side, so she could talk to Cui Li. I didn't pay attention , It was they who entered the Dicui Pavilion and closed the doors and windows, so I became suspicious and followed."

Tanchun's pretty face turned pale with anger.

She is not annoyed at Cuihui's subordinates who commit crimes against her superiors, nor is she most annoyed at those women who are ungrateful for profit, she is only annoyed at Xiren doing one thing to the face and another behind the other, fortunately she still praised Xiren like that in front of his wife.

The waiter looked at Tanchun's face and said cautiously: "Girl, when I went to pick up things from the old lady, I heard from Fei Cui that Mrs. Xing's family will bring Miss Lin back tomorrow, and now Yuanyang is helping to clean up the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. ! When I came out, I happened to see the second girl taking a chess player to the upper room. Otherwise, the girl also went over to have a look?"

Tanchun's face tightened: "Second sister is here?"

"It is said that it is rushing to the end of the year, and I made a forehead wipe for the old lady."

Tanchun felt uneasy suddenly, the second sister seemed to be a different person these days, not only being proactive in everything, but also very good at pleasing the old lady.When the old lady went to Shenwu General Feng's house a while ago, these children and grandchildren only brought Baoyu, Xiangyun and Yingchun.

Tanchun still remembers how ugly the second wife's face was when the old lady named the second sister's name!
The attendant laughed and said: "Young lady also wiped her forehead. I remember she specially found a ruby ​​to inlay it on it. How can the second young lady's craftsmanship be as good as the young lady's? I mean, let's send it over, it's better to be sent by the old lady later It's better for the wife to complain."

Tanchun snorted coldly: "It was presented on New Year's Eve, and now I'm using it. What can I bring out in a few days to honor? Besides, why are you so active as the second sister? It's only because of the Zhang family's marriage."

"But when Miss Xing proposed marriage back then, you were the one who was begging! Could the second girl really dare to take it over?"

Tanchun did not answer with a cold face, but in fact he had complaints about Yingchun in his heart.

To say that Tanchun is not the kind of stingy person, but marriage is a big matter, which is related to the happiness of a lifetime, so Tanchun can't help but think about it.How can there be any secrets in Rongguo Mansion?Elder sister Xing only revealed the words to the old lady that day, and Tan Chun knew everything about it right after her.At that time, she was worrying about her future, and she also thought that it was inevitable to marry the third princess, so she didn't take what Big Sister Xing said to her heart.

But when the news of the third princess' critical illness came out, all preparations for the wedding in the palace slowed down.No one dared to bring up the matter of congratulations, after all, the prospective son-in-law's family background is also very prominent.

Tanchun was eager to leave this stuffy place, so he couldn't help but think of the Zhang family that Sister Xing mentioned.Before Tanchun showed any signs in front of the old lady, there was a sudden rumor in the capital that the governor of the Southeast Navy had rebelled.The people in the Rongguo Mansion are most afraid of being involved in this kind of house raiding. Who would dare to mention this in front of the old lady?

Tanchun was about to give up this thought gradually, when Lian's second sister-in-law sent a private message to the old lady, saying that not only was the young master of the Zhang family not convicted, but he had also made military exploits, and the emperor intended to reward him!
The second elder sister immediately went up to her, and Tanchun felt a little uncomfortable.The Zhang family is like a piece of chicken rib. It is tasteless to eat by oneself, but it is difficult to let others eat it.

Seeing that Tanchun was silent, the waiter dared not speak again.

It was almost noon on the second day when the Xing family's chariots and horses entered Ningrong Street. Lai Da led his servants to carry a few soft sedan chairs. Li Wan and Youshi stood at the second gate. When they saw Lu Shi's sedan chair Busy up to welcome.When they met, they naturally talked a lot. Dozens of servant girls surrounded them and entered Jiamu's upper room. Jia Baoyu, Sanchun, Li's sisters, and Shi Xiangyun were all standing in the porch wearing orangutan felt cloaks or red feather gauze cloaks. , as soon as Mrs. Lu entered the door, several little girls came up hand in hand to say hello.

Lu Shi held Tanchun with one hand and Yingchun with the other, Daiyu held Xichun and Xiangyun, and Xiuyan was sandwiched between Coco Li and Li Qi.

As soon as the little girls came in, Mother Jia couldn't help laughing and said, "Look at these children, they are like flowers, and even my old lady's house is a little bit warmer." Everyone laughed, and Mrs. Lu was busy. Said: "The old lady will train these little people, otherwise where will the warmth come from?"

Jia's mother smiled even more, and took Lu Shi to sit next to her in the main seat, seeing that Lu Shi didn't hold Fu Ge'er, her tone was full of pity.

Baoyu couldn't help but want to come up to offer treasures: "Ancestor, you are chatting with aunt, let's take sister Xing and sister Lin to the garden!"

Jia Mu laughed and said, "I know you have a show today, but it's cold outside and you are not allowed to play in the snow!" After all, Jia Mu was worried and asked Li Wan to follow.When Baoyu left, he took more than half of the house with him, and Jia Mu's upper room suddenly became deserted.The eldest lady did not come due to illness, and the second wife reported to the old lady yesterday that she wanted to go to Wang's house.Jia Mule didn't make trouble with them, so I could ask Lu's news at ease!
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