The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 261

The Xing family went south to do some shopping, but they were not there at this time, so Xiuyan stayed with the lotus official for an extra night.At this moment, the little girl was lying on Meilian's bed and crying bitterly.

Meilian couldn't bear it, but thinking of her actions, she swallowed all the words of persuasion.

When the door curtain was lifted, Zijuan came in from the outside.When Meilian saw her, she was about to speak, Zijuan hurriedly waved her hand slightly, Meilian understood, turned around and left the house, leaving the empty room to them both.

Zicuckoo stood there for a long time, sighed lightly, and walked lightly to the front of the bed, handing over her usual lake blue silk brocade handkerchief.

Ouguan turned his back to Zijuan, and thought it was Meilian who felt sorry for him, so he choked up and said, "Sister Meilian, don't pay attention to me, I'm doing it on my own, just cry hard."

"You know it's your own fault!" Zijuan said angrily.

Ou Guan heard the sound, turned his head and looked towards him, and saw that it was Zijuan, he was ashamed and ashamed, and quickly covered his face with his sleeve: "I really don't have the face to see sister Zijuan."

Zijuan sat casually on the edge of the bed, and gave Ouguan a hard push: "Miss, you are in vain! Do you know how sad she was when she found out about this yesterday!"

Lotus root officer bit his lower lip tightly and dared not speak.

"At that time, you more than a dozen girls were distributed to each of you. The girls only treated you as a child, and they were not very useful. You were allowed to play outside every day. See what I said to Xueyan? Now Look, Kuiguan who followed Miss Shi, Aiguan who was with Miss San, and Mrs. Dongfu Zhen who have Guanguan have a leisure time? They are all around the girls and be careful about their errands! It's the days that you think are so idle No, you took the initiative to come to me to ask for an errand. We never treated you as an outsider, but you did this, which really chilled us."

Ouguan shook her head and shed tears, Zijuan's words were like a knife for gouging out flesh, stabbing her heart full of blood.

Zijuan sighed, and took off the big bag on her arm: "Although you are ruthless, we girls can't be ungrateful. Here are some new clothes. You wear them at home, and others will only think you are ruthless." It’s returning home, and no one will suspect that you are the one who was sent. I went to Miss Xing’s place again and got back some of your pearl hairpins. That’s all for the pawn sale. And then.”

Zijuan took out two red paper bags from her cuff again: "The girl will give you 40 taels of silver as a gift bag. From now on, you can do it yourself."

Zijuan got up and was about to leave, but Ouguan hugged Zijuan: "My good sister, I know that I am unforgivable, but please listen to my words, and give Miss Lin a wake-up call. I have no regrets in leaving!"

Zicuckoo stopped and didn't look back, just asked: "What do you want to say?"

"When the girl lived in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the second wife asked the lady in the yard to watch her every move. The second master Bao went several times a day, when he came, and when he left. The second wife knew better than anyone else. Later, the girl lived in the back room of the old lady when she was about to get married. The second wife wanted to bribe me with money and asked me to secretly write down the girl’s dowry list. I told Miss Lin what I did, and I was scared, so I agreed to play tricks on the bottle. But sister Zijuan, believe me, I just want to pass this test, and I don't mean to harm Miss Lin."

Zijuan pondered for a while: "You said that the second wife asked you to write down the girl's dowry list?"

The lotus official nodded: "I refused to accept the second wife, and later she bought the old lady's Amber, and asked me to help cover it, so that Amber can handle this matter."

The more Zicuckoo heard about it, the more strange she felt.

Miss Lin's dowry list, hasn't the second wife seen it before?
Seeing Zijuan's doubts, the lotus official cowardly said: "What the second wife wants to see is not the dowry given by the old lady. It is the unregistered things left behind by the Xing family and Master Lin after they left."

There was a bang above Zicuckoo's head, and only then did she understand what the second wife's intentions were.

She hurriedly left the lotus root officer in the room, and turned to look for Xing Xiuyan.

Xiuyan was discussing the quantity and style of purses with the proprietress of Xiulou, when she saw Zijuan coming in, Xiuyan smiled and said to Mio: "You take Mrs. Zheng to the wing room for a tea break first, I have something important to do here."

The proprietress of Xiulou couldn't help being curious, she looked at Zijuan more, seeing the gloomy look on the girl's face, she was even more curious.Mio pushed her lightly, and the lady blushed, knowing that she had read something that she shouldn't have read, and hurried out of the room.

Xiuyan took this opportunity to look Zijuan up and down, then said with a smile, "Have you just seen the Ou Guan?"

Zijuan followed Xiuyan's wishes and sat on a high pier next to her: "Before coming here, Miss Lin said that the lotus official was still young, so maybe she did such a thing because of a moment of confusion. Miss Lin called Miss Xing and I begged for mercy, don't make that child suffer, just reprimand her. Just now I gave her 40 taels of silver, and I thought of asking her to kowtow to our girl again, which is not in vain. It's a love affair. But after hearing a few words from Ou Guan, I couldn't sit still anymore, so I wanted to ask Miss Xing for something."

Xiuyan smiled and said: "I already know the reason for your visit, and I have a few important words to tell you first, so as not to show my feet to you girls."

Xiuyan paused for a moment before saying: "I already know what the second wife's plan is. She has put eyeliner on your girl, so I don't dare to drive a nail into her heart. When the Wang family is proud, the second wife will One day when you are proud, when the Wang family collapsed, naturally there will be a time when the second wife bowed her head and proclaimed herself as a minister."

Zijuan smiled wryly: "Miss Xing's words confuse me. Instead of waiting for the Wang family to fall, it's better to think about how our girl can deal with the second wife easily."

After all, in Zicuckoo's heart, the status of the four great families in Jinling cannot be shaken.If the Wang family falls, the Jia family will also be doomed.

Seeing Zijuan crying, Xiuyan obviously didn't believe what she said, so she said with a smile, "Just tell me a word: flowers don't last a hundred days, and people don't have a thousand days to be happy."

Seeing the profound meaning in this remark, Zicuckoo dared not ask again.She is just a girl, and she doesn't want to be involved in those dirty things in the court.Seeing that the things to be done were basically done, she got up and prepared to leave.

Just as she was talking, Mei Lian came in and replied: "The Song family sent a few mothers to deliver fresh lotus root, do you want to see the girl?"

Xiuyan hurriedly stopped Zijuan: "Girl Lin loves to eat lotus root in honey sauce and crispy fried lotus root, you can wait a little while and bring some back together later, and ask the old lady and the girls in each room to try it too."

Zijuan had no choice but to stand aside, not long after, Meilian led four women into the house.These four people are all over forty years old, and the things they wear are not much different from those of the master.After saying hello to An, Xiuyan ordered the little girl to bring four pedals to invite them to sit on.

"How is Mrs. Song's health recently?"

The four hurriedly stood up and said: "Madam is strong and strong. She eats four meals a day. After taking a nap, she must go for a walk in the yard. The game sent by Miss Xing two days ago was very good for the master and madam." , especially the wine made from that jar of grapes"

One of them laughed and said, "Master told us to ask the girl if she has any more? If so, I would like to ask for two more bottles."

These people were quite embarrassed, thinking that the servants of the Song family, why would they come to the door to control who wants to live?Those who wanted to curry favor with Shangshufu obediently sent the things away.The Song and Xing families are only engaged, and have not yet officially married. It is embarrassing for the man to openly tell the woman what she wants.

Xiuyan smiled, and hurriedly asked Meilian to send someone to fetch four bottles.

The mother in charge at the head took the things and couldn't help but marvel: "Even the bottle is so expensive, no wonder our master loves it so much."

Xiuyan smiled and said: "These bottles were brewed a long time ago. They are full of flavor and have a strong aftertaste. Please trouble this sister-in-law to go back and tell the master and madam, if you finish eating, just send someone to pick it up."

Mio and a few little girls outside the door came in with things, Xiuyan pointed to what they had in their hands and the mother in charge of the Song family, and said: "These are all kinds of fruits grown in our own garden, how many more are you asking?" A sister-in-law took it back for my wife to taste."

She turned around and took out a piece of ginger forehead wipe from the shelf, "I made it for Mrs. Song in the first two days, and the workmanship is a bit unskillful. Mrs. Wanwang don't laugh."

The mother in charge hurriedly wiped her hands with the hem of her clothes, and Fang took the forehead carefully.

Let's say that these four people went back home and took the things from the Xing family to see Mrs. Song.Mrs. Song was chatting with her younger siblings who came to pick up Gao Suyu from her natal family, and the two young mistresses also accompanied her.

The four women presented the items one by one, and the wife from Gao's family's eyes lit up, she took the forehead wipe first, and praised in her mouth: "It's such a bright work, not to mention the rare beads on it, just say that this embroidery worker It looks like an expert at first glance. Auntie is really a lucky person, these two daughters-in-law are already rare smart, I didn't expect Brother Chen's daughter-in-law to be so ingenious!"

Mrs. Gao's natal family is one of the four major embroidery families. She has seen a lot since she was a child, and most of the things that Mrs. Gao can fancy are good.

Mrs. Song was very happy in her heart, but she was very reserved when she spoke. She just smiled and said: "Women in Suzhou are always dexterous. The little girl has studied for two or three years. If she doesn't get any grades, she will be ashamed to go out. However, my son who has never been trained The daughter-in-law is very clever, and often asks people to send some food and drink, which is not expensive, but it is rare."

Mrs. Song wanted to show off in front of her natal siblings.It can be said that the speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.

The two young grandmothers of the Song family felt a little uncomfortable, especially the eldest grandmother.When the grandma first presided over Zhongfu, according to the rules of the ancestors, she would send one or two dishes every day to honor her in-laws.Mrs. Song didn't care about this, and she let the grandma save it after eating a few times.

Now the girl from the Xing family sends people to deliver things from time to time, the grandma thinks about herself, why is she not caring.

Fortunately, Mrs. Song didn't mention it, she just said to her natal siblings: "This time you brought Suyu back, and told her father not to be mean to the child. It was I who didn't help, and how her father blamed me in the future, I just have to answer Here it is."

Mrs. Gao hurriedly said: "Grandma, please don't say such things. Before I came, Suyu's father was afraid of her aunt, so he asked me to tell my aunt that it was Suyu herself who was unlucky and had nothing to do with you. So did that girl Suyu." I watched her growing up, so I don’t know what kind of temper and bearing she has? She didn’t have the good fortune to be the young mistress of the Shangshu family. After a year or so, her father would find a similar family in his hometown and marry her. "

(End of this chapter)