The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 289
Mrs. Wei was having tea in the living room, and when Qing Hong, the eldest maid in the room, went out, Mrs. Wei hurriedly called to stop a young girl from the Song family who was waiting in front of her.

"Let me ask my sister, who is the one who just went out?"

The little maid Fang Cha had no suspicions at all, and said with a smile: "That's Sister Qing Hong, the one with the kindest temper and the best for us little girls."

Mrs. Wei asked again: "Is this Miss Qinghong an old friend of the Third Young Mistress?"

"Look at the look in your old man's eyes. If you are really the confidant of the third young lady, how could you be assigned to work in the living room? Sister Qinghong, like sister Jinghong, used to serve the third master. The two most respected by our grandmother There are two older sisters, one named Meilian and one named Mio."

The little girl was a little disdainful when she mentioned the two names. The Song family has always been noble, and even the names of the maids and servants are particular, but the names of the young mistress's girls sound vulgar.It is the little maid herself, that is also the name given by the lady in charge when she entered the mansion to serve.

It takes the meaning of "Fang tea is the best in Liuqing, and its flavor spreads to nine districts".Although Fang Cha didn't understand what it meant, she loved the name very much.The young mistress came in with a generous dowry, which already made everyone panic, and in these days, I never saw the young mistress reuse Jinghong, Qinghong and other big maids.The little people in the three-bedroom courtyard began to feel uneasy, some tried to please Mei Lian and Mi Ying in every possible way, and some, like Fang Cha, vowed to hold a group with the big maids like Jing Hong.

Mrs. Wei didn't know these secrets, so she just smiled: "I've heard that the third young mistress of your mansion is the best at training people. It's just that I haven't had a chance to meet her. Since my sister is someone close to the young mistress, she hopes to help us with good things. .” Mrs. Wei handed out a piece of broken silver that weighed two taels from her cuff.

Fang Cha timidly put away, just as footsteps were heard outside the door, Fang Cha quickly gave Mrs. Wei a wink: "It's probably because our young mistress is back, Mrs. Wei sits here for a while."

Mrs. Wei was busy arranging her dress, when she saw a woman in Chinese clothes surrounded by people entering the living room, Mrs. Wei knew it was Xing Xiuyan, "Third Young Mistress!"

Xiuyan hadn't had time to take off her cloak, she hurriedly grabbed her and said with a smile: "Mrs. Wei, sit down quickly, I'm young, I should be there to see the ceremony, why bother you to come and see me! The maids don't know the importance, just It is said that it is a female family member of General Wei's family, but I can only think of it as the young mistress of your mansion!"

Mrs. Wei said angrily: "Oh, young mistress, don't make jokes. I almost don't worry about death because of us. I have met countless good girls, but I just don't want to fall in love. Now I am in my twenties, but I am still alone. He went home happily yesterday, young mistress didn't know, I've never seen him so happy before. He said Mr. Xiao Song didn't know how to be considerate of his subordinates, and even personally asked about our family's marriage. No, he ran away early Come and tell me, you want to start a family sooner!"

Xiuyan smiled: "This is a good thing, I must be able to eat the wedding candy from Mrs. Wei's house soon? When we get married, you must tell us that the third young master and I will come."

Mrs. Wei was a little embarrassed, her eyes drifted to the little maids behind Xiuyan.She just read it carefully, and she was generally young, so she was sure that the girl her son was talking about was not among them.

"I have a few private words that I want to say to young mistress alone." Mrs. Wei salivated.Xiuyan retreated from the servants, "Mrs. Wei has something to say, it doesn't matter."

"Young Mistress is an open-minded person, but I made you laugh when I sting scorpions. Yesterday at Young Mistress's house, we young and old had already taken a fancy to someone, and that was Mio who was next to Young Mistress. The master knew that there were strict rules in the Xing House. The maid who comes out must be very good, so let me come to find out the tone of the young mistress today, if you can marry two families, it will be the best thing, this is the most beautiful thing!"

Xiuyan just smiled and said nothing, Mrs. Wei was afraid that Xiuyan would reject her immediately, so she hurriedly explained: "As long as Miss Miying enters the door, her status and expenses will be on par with the main house's grandma, don't let her suffer a bit, and she will have a son in the future. We immediately adopted the girl as an equal wife."

Xiuyan smiled and shook her head: "Mrs. Wei, logically I am a junior, so I shouldn't talk about these things, but it's really inappropriate to listen to your words."

Mrs. Wei's face froze, and Xiuyan only said in a low voice: "The Wei family is also a hereditary official, and it is not uncommon to see disturbances in the capital. Mrs. Wei, tell me, who in a well-behaved family wants to marry a common wife?"

Mrs. Wei smiled coyly: "The young mistress is from Suzhou, and she only came to Beijing for a short time, so of course she doesn't know. Thinking that when the emperor was still there, there was a princess of Wanyang, so his status was not honorable? She still made her a flat wife! "

Xiuyan sneered: "Mrs. Wei, don't deceive me that I am young and ignorant. Afterwards, the Princess of Wanyang forced to death the housewife's grandma, and killed the two young masters. However, she couldn't have children herself. As a result, the Chen family became extinct. 30 Years ago, some people talked about it as a joke, but now few people mention it, I don’t want Mrs. Wei to remember it!”

Mrs. Wei was really taken aback this time, and hurriedly suppressed her contempt.It turns out that the rumors about the eldest daughter of the Xing family are not all false, she is a real shrewd person.

Xiuyan's tone gradually became gentle: "Since Mrs. Wei is in love with me, I might as well tell you the truth. The third young master really intends to be a matchmaker for Mi Ying, but he is not interested in your son. Mrs. Wei will see our girl later , and the concubine is really aggrieved, but she doesn't dare to climb up to such a family status in the mansion, so she made such a bad plan, in fact, the one she really likes is General Xu."

Mrs. Wei opened her mouth wide in embarrassment, not knowing what to say for a while.

Xiuyan smiled softly: "Mrs. Wei is not coming today, so I would like to ask you for a favor! Xu Shenjiang is not as clever as Wei Shenfu, probably he didn't understand the meaning of the third master, so he dares Mrs. Wei to help us go for a while." Come on, ask him what his idea is?"

Mrs. Wei was sent out in disgrace, at the door just in time to hear some little girls Miying, sister Changmeiying, and sister Changmeiying screaming, looking closely, she felt even more uncomfortable.

Such a good girl, how could she be cheaper than General Xu!
However, Mrs. Wei did not dare to ignore the request of the third young lady of the Song family, and returned to Father Wei immediately after going home.Father Wei smiled wryly, but still went to General Xu's new house in person.

This side Xiuyan pulled Meiying and sighed: "It's been a long time, but from today's incident, we can see that our Meiying is a sought-after one. In order to get you, Mrs. Wei has always been careful in front of me."

Mi Ying shyly said: "The Wei family is only looking at the sake of the third master and the young mistress, otherwise why would they think highly of me? Don't worry, grandma, I am not ignorant of what is good or bad, so ambitious, as long as people are down-to-earth and willing to make progress, it doesn't matter if the family is poor. I was originally a servant girl, and I never thought of clinging to high branches, so grandma just picks up those with clean family backgrounds."

The more Mio said this, the more uncomfortable Xiuyan felt.

They are called masters and servants, but they have long been in love with sisters.When Meilian and Mio first arrived at Xing's house, she was thin and small, and she was obviously suffering from long-term malnutrition.Mrs. Lu was busy going around, relying on the three little girls to lead Zhengde.Now that Xiuyan is happily married, she naturally hopes that Meilian and Mio will be the same.

People's hearts are biased, Xiuyan asked herself, if Cuimei and Baifu were looking for someone else today, she would not have spent so much thought.

Grandma Jiang has been sending people to watch the movement of Sanfang. Hearing that it is the wife of Wei Tongzhi, the commander of the guard, she hastily asked people to watch closely.

Sui'er, Jiang's maidservant, said: "Grandma, why bother? We don't lack that kind of thing. If Madam knows that you are staring at the New Year's gift from Wei's family, you must be unhappy."

Mrs. Jiang glared at Sui'er, but she wasn't really angry: "What do little hooves know? The third house is not divided now. Why don't those who are filial outside be merged into the public house? Even if it comes to my mother-in-law, I will take it for granted. It's fine for my mother-in-law to be partial to the second wife, Xiao Gao is her niece, but I don't accept that the third wife won her favor as soon as she entered the door. But Xing's wholeheartedly opposes me and makes things difficult for me everywhere."

Sui'er smiled wryly, and had some opinions on the word embarrassment in Jiang's mouth.

It snowed heavily in the capital a few days ago, and Mrs. Song always sat in a green bamboo sedan chair when she went out, followed by more than a dozen maids holding oil-paper umbrellas, very dignified.This was Mrs. Song's practice, but Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Gao did not have that privilege.For some reason this year, Mrs. Song specially ordered someone to build three ordinary sedan chairs for her daughters-in-law, saying that it was cheaper for them to work hard for the New Year and come and go.

Xiao Gao happily accepted it, but Jiang refused to use it, and only kept humble, saying that he dare not stand shoulder to shoulder with her mother-in-law.

The result was very embarrassing, and the three sedan chairs turned into hot potatoes.Mrs. Jiang thought that she had tricked Mrs. Gao, but she got up early the next day to greet Madam Song, and met Mrs. Gao and Xing Xiuyan on the way.Both of them were sitting side by side in sedan chairs, talking and laughing constantly on the way.

Instead, Mrs. Jiang became a condescending person, which made Mrs. Song even more displeased.

In the evening, the uncle came back and complained to Jiang Shi, saying that his mother called him to give a lecture, accusing Jiang Shi of not knowing good from bad.

Later, although Mrs. Jiang also sat in the sedan chair, she always felt that Mrs. Gao and the maids and wives in the family's house were full of teasing and sarcasm.

Sui'er knew that Grandma was not convinced, and knew that persuasion was useless, so she had to let Mrs. Jiang complain.

Mrs. Jiang kept nagging, and only when she talked about the place of resolving grudges, the little maid suddenly came back and said that Nanny Song in the courtyard of the third room had brought Jinghong to deliver things.Jiang Shi was a little confused: "What for?"

"Just now Mrs. Wei's family sent a lot of New Year's goods, and the third young lady said that these should be put into the public house, so she sent Nanny Song over, and a cart of things was placed in the yard outside." The little maid was articulate, and even loaded the car What kind of New Year's goods have been said.

Mrs. Jiang rubbed the acupuncture points on both sides of her forehead: "Okay, okay, go and call Nanny Song in, I have something to ask her."

The little maid went to call Nanny Song with a sad face. Nanny Song knew that Mrs. Jiang would not let the third room go, so she smiled when she entered the door: "This is a gift list from the Wei family, there are sixteen items in total, and the third young lady even sent it away. Let me ask grandma, how much do you use in return for a relationship like the Wei family's? The third young mistress is afraid that it will be a joke, and she doesn't dare to make decisions at will. After much deliberation, grandma's arrangement is the most appropriate."

Nanny Song smiled to herself, the third young lady's move was amazing, and she supported the eldest grandmother in every possible way, if the eldest grandmother still refused to give up, then Mrs. Song would naturally take care of her.

(End of this chapter)