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Chapter 20 The Pretty Maid Ping'er Enters the Xing Mansion (Please recommend for collection)

(Sorry, Xiao He slept late today before posting)
Ping'er followed the Xing family's mother-in-law all the way in, secretly surprised at the wealth of the Xing family.Looking at the size of this house with a cold eye, it must not be less than three courtyards.The houses of Gusu people are different from those in the north. They are all small and unique, surrounded by rockery and stacked stones, and corridors can be seen everywhere. One wall is full of spring and the other is autumn flowers.

As Ping'er walked forward silently, he tried his best to recall what the second grandma had said to him. Even though Ping'er wanted to break the sky, he just couldn't remember the description about the Xing family.

The eldest wife was the first to enter, and she and the second grandmother were the second to enter the door. There was only a year or two of difference between the front and the back.It is said that when the eldest wife married into Jia's mansion, the relatives and friends of the whole family only set up about [-] tables. On the other hand, the second grandmother carried eight sedan chairs to marry, and the Wang family alone set up a hundred tables for the wedding banquet. The young mistress of the long room set up a running water mat for five full days, and spent countless sums of money.

Ping'er also knew that as soon as grandma entered the door, she could suppress gossip from the whole Rongguo Mansion. Firstly, it was supported by the second wife, and secondly, it was all because of the lavish dowry money.

However, later, the eldest wife sulked because the second grandmother did not give her own money to the mother-in-law as a subsidy, but instead sent it to the second room.

Ping'er also advised Second Grandma not to be too extreme, but Second Grandma just insisted on going her own way and refused to listen to her advice.Ping'er understood that Second Mistress was so confident because she saw that there was no one in the eldest wife's natal family. In Jia's house, Rongguo Mansion, or Ningguo Mansion, a woman without support had to live like an ant and be trampled upon by others.

Like the eldest wife, like You Shi from Dongfu, like Grandma Zhu'er.

Ping'er couldn't help feeling strange, the eldest wife was a pretty good relative, why didn't any news come out?She wanted to ask Zhao'er who was in front of her to ask carefully, but the mother-in-law of the Xing family happened to smile and said: "Madam knows that it is a distinguished guest from the capital, and she has been waiting for a long time, you two come with me."

In the first three upper rooms, there was a little girl looking around at the door. The Xing family's mother-in-law waved to her and asked softly, "Can our girl and Miss Lin invite you?"

The little girl looked at Ping'er who was full of wealth and dignity calmly, but couldn't figure out the identity of the other party, so she could only smile lightly: "I'm here early, I'm talking with my wife in the room!"

The mother-in-law of the Xing family arranged her clothes carefully before entering the door, and then walked in with great strides.Ping'er took a serious look in his heart, and couldn't help wondering what the Xing family's style was, and looked at the woman's actions coldly, as if she came out of a rich family.

The little maid urged her in a low voice, and Ping'er quickly restrained her mind and followed closely.
Sitting on the front seat was a woman in her early thirties, wearing a purple flowered beanie, a black floral sapphire skirt, shiny black hair, and a coquettish chic bun, making her look extraordinarily young.

Ping'er guessed that this was the Xing family's aunt, the eldest wife's younger siblings, and Ping'er hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Lu smiled and asked her mother-in-law to help her up, pulled Ping'er close to him to look up and down, and said after a long while, "Looks like a beauty walking out of a painting, there is no other such beautiful girl in Suzhou City. "

Ping'er blushed, "My wife is absurd. I'm not beautiful, but I'm just an ordinary girl. If you want to say that she's a real beauty, this young lady from my wife's family is worthy of her name."

As soon as Ping'er entered the house, he saw the young lady standing next to Miss Lin. She was really beautiful. Ping'er thought that there was a Miss Lin in the family, and then a Miss Bao, who had already captured the beauty of the world. Cheng thought that Gusu City, thousands of miles away, could find a third one.And behavior, demeanor, and appearance are not inferior to those of Bao Dai.

After hearing Ping'er's words, Mrs. Lu became more cheerful, and asked Ping'er's age in detail, and asked her where her family was originally from.Ping'er answered them one by one patiently, and didn't mean to be bored.

During the time Lin Daiyu spent with the mother and daughter of the Xing family, she knew that her mother and sister were not the kind of inquisitive and meddling people, but today she was uncharacteristically, leaving Zhao'er aside and ignoring her, only missing Ping'er's ancestors. When Yadai asked, he knew what was the reason.

Xiuyan gently pulled La Daiyu's sleeve, tilted her head slightly, and whispered in Daiyu's ear: "Mom sees that people have their own ways, sister might as well learn from it. The people you meet in the future, the people you meet There are a lot of things to do, you have to look at the other party with your heart, don't completely mess up the phalanx just because of the other party's three or two good words."

Daiyu nodded cautiously at Xiuyan: "I remember everything my sister said in my heart!"

Zijuan vaguely heard a few words behind the two of them, and with his own speculation, he probably knew what Miss Xing said to her own girl.Zijuan couldn't help secretly praising Miss Xing's character. It seemed that she was not pretending to be in love with Daiyu, but she really cared for her from the bottom of her heart.

After that, Zijuan treated Xiuyan's two maids as if they were sisters. After Daiyu returned to Beijing, whenever sad things happened, Zijuan often used Xiuyan's words to enlighten Daiyu.

This is a later story, regardless of the present.

Mrs. Lu doesn't treat Ping'er like a girl, but is kind like an elder: "Zhao'er said just now that you are here to serve your second master. I see that Brother Lian is very busy and may not be at home every day. Before our house There are often people coming and going in the courtyard, you are a girl, and it is not convenient to move around. Why don't I come up with an excellent idea. "

Lu pointed to Xiuyan and Daiyu: "My two daughters are very good. They spend their time in the backyard and garden during the day. I see how old you are, why don't you take the two girls to do some work?" Nuhongs and the like, when brother Lian comes back in the evening, you still go to the front yard to serve him, okay?"

Ping'er has a thin skin, and bows his head shyly and timidly.

Lu Shi winked at her daughter, Xiuyan hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Ping'er's hand, and said with a smile: "Sister and I will go to the backyard to have a look, I'm afraid Sister Lin has something to say to you!"

Daiyu appreciated sister Xiuyan's thoughtfulness, and then the three of them left Lu's upper room side by side.Along the way, Daiyu kept asking Ping'er on her arm, always inseparable from the old lady and Baoyu. When she heard that the old lady had been ill for a long time because of her father's death, Daiyu couldn't help feeling sad again.

Xiuyan poured tea for Ping'er herself, and she was so flustered that Ping'er was either standing or sitting. Xiuyan stuffed the teacup into her hand, and pressed Ping'er to sit down: "You are a guest, and you have come all the way. , Just take a good rest. Now I have sent someone to the outer courtyard to help my cousin clean up the house, and prepare a bedding for you again."

Ping'er blushed. Although she had been Jia Lian's housekeeper for a long time, she was still wearing a girl's hair accessories and did not pass Ming Road.Now when Ping'er saw Miss Xing open her mouth, she called out her identity, both happy and embarrassed.

Xiuyan just pretended not to know, and poured another cup for Daiyu: "You two are old acquaintances, you must have a lot to talk about, I'll go to the kitchen and tell you, I will make some special dishes for Miss Ping'er." Daiyu and Heping'er had this intention in mind, but it's not easy to tell Xiuyan, seeing her bring it up now, I admire and thank her.

Xiuyan led Mei Ying and Mei Lian out of the house, and before she could go far, she heard Zijuan calling her from behind.

"You girl, what are you doing chasing after you if you're not serving inside?"

Zijuan first smiled but didn't answer, just walked towards Zhengde's house with Xiuyan on her arm, and said with a smile after entering the door: "Miss Xing doesn't know, Ping'er is different from us girls, almost half of the master's grandma's." Fate. Ping’er came here with the advice of the old lady and the second mistress, our girl is thin-skinned, if I heard it here, she must be embarrassed, why don’t I come out to run errands for Miss Xing and beat her up.”

Xiuyan looked at Zijuan and said nothing for a moment, Zijuan rubbed her cheek and smiled: "What is Miss Xing looking at? People who look at it are very ashamed."

Xiuyan sighed deeply, patted the back of Zijuan's hand, and said earnestly: "I just think, if sister Lin is not around you to enlighten and comfort me, I'm afraid it's not certain how she will live. The snow geese beside her You are still too playful, but you can remind her of everything, this is sister Lin's blessing, and it is also your blessing, Miss Zijuan."

Zijuan has been by Lin Daiyu's side since she went to Jia's mansion four years ago.The relationship between the two has long been not only the morality of master and servant, but also the love of sisters. Zijuan dared to ask himself whether he was devoted to the girl, but no one in the huge Jia family had ever said such words to himself about Miss Xing.

Zijuan couldn't help wiping away tears, "I am content with what Ms. Xing said. When I was given to Ms. Lin by the old lady, many people were hot-eyed and gossiped behind their backs. I didn't agree with you." They argue, not because they don't want to, but because they are afraid of causing trouble for our girl. In Jia's place, waiting for idlers can't stand up. Fortunately, our girl is the granddaughter of the old lady, and she will suffer less grievances. , those mothers-in-law and girls with bad mouths don't necessarily spoil people so much!"

Xiuyan knew early on that Jia's family was a place where people stepped on people to climb up. For example, Xiuyan remembered that Cao Gong once said that the relatives of the chess family planted money on Liu's head in order to become the lady in charge of the small kitchen. Framed?It can be seen that every sentence of Zicuckoo is comprehended only when the heart feels it.

In the evening, Jia Lian and his uncle Xing Zhong returned to the mansion together. When Ping'er heard the news, he hurriedly left Xiuyan and Daiyu and went back to the front yard.

With his back to the door, Jia Lian let the servant undress with his eyes closed.Suddenly smelling the fragrance in front of the tip of his nose, Jia Lian didn't have to open his eyes, but just smiled and said, "Why did your grandma send you here?"

Ping'er was a head shorter than Jia Lian, and was standing opposite Jia Lian to untie the knot on his neck. Hearing the second master's question, Ping'er glared at him angrily: "Naturally, grandma is worried about the second master, you live alone. You are away, that's why you sent me to watch you, lest you bring a little aunt with you when you return to Beijing."

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