The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Liner

Standing outside Liu's house, Daiyu was at a loss at first, as if she heard her mother's heart-wrenching cry when her younger brother left.At that time, she didn't understand why her mother left immediately after her younger brother died, while her father almost turned white overnight.Later, she gradually understood the significance of a man to a family.Later, she often wondered, if Qiuyue hadn't been found to be pregnant, would her father, who had no love for her, be able to pass that threshold?

A noise interrupted her train of thought, Daiyu walked outside the courtyard gate, and saw Qiuyue rushing over with a group of women, who were confronting the women in the main courtyard.She looked at Qiuyue with a somewhat gloomy expression, and suddenly sighed in her heart, the bright and cheerful sister Qiuyue had gradually gone away.

After sorting out her thoughts, Daiyu asked: "Aunt Xia is not grounded in her own yard, what is she doing in mother's yard?"

Qiuyue said with a half-smile: "I heard that my wife has an attack, and the master is not at home. After all, the girl is a daughter, and I am afraid she has no experience. I am the only one who gave birth to a child in the master's backyard. I should be in there when the wife gave birth." Serving is right, why would you have the nerve to sit idle in the yard?"

"I've never heard of a mistress who gave birth, and Tongfang dared to make a big noise outside the gate of the mistress's courtyard!" Xueyan said coldly.Behind her are Jinxiu and seven or eight rough envoys, suppressing a few traitors who originally planned to make trouble in the delivery room.

Seeing how embarrassed they were tied up, and seeing Jinxiu standing quietly beside Xueyan, Qiuyue's eyes flickered slightly: "Oh, Miss Xueyan is so grand, these mothers are all figures with heads and faces, girl Just tied them up like this, how do you plan to explain to the master?"

"I'm the person next to my wife now. I have my wife to discipline me, so I don't need to bother you to worry about what to do." Then, without waiting for Qiuyue to answer, she said to the women behind her: "You all rushed fiercely. Come to the gate of the main courtyard, do you want to rebel? If you don’t have that diamond, don’t take on the porcelain work. You have to choose a good master if you want to be a team. She Xia Qiuyue is a slave-born Tongfang, and she doesn’t even have a name in the genealogy. Even if the wife has something, it's not her turn to be the leader in this family. The master's eldest daughter is standing here! I'll give you one last chance, if you don't want to die, stand aside for me, or wait for the master to come back, one of you will count One, there is absolutely no good fruit to eat."

Ever since she gave birth to her son, Qiuyue has been called "Auntie". Over time, she also thinks that she is the second only to the main family's auntie and the half master of the house. Today, however, Xueyan threw her fig leaf away. Kailai, this time the chest was stuffy and painful, and he could not help stroking his chest and panting.

Seeing her "Xizi holding her heart" attitude, Xueyan rolled her eyes in her heart: The master is not at home, who are you showing this look to?

Qiuyue was both angry and anxious: Zaishan, who was out of tune, clearly promised to control the front yard, so he brought someone to help her.Why haven't you come yet?What is the use of these few old, weak, sick and disabled under my own hands?

At this time, Ji Liang appeared at the gate of the courtyard and nodded slightly at Xue Yan.Xueyan heaved a sigh of relief, and felt relieved.

Over there, Zhu Mei had already brought over the maids who worked in Daiyu's yard and garden, Xueyan was more calm, and immediately pointed to Qiuyue and the maids behind her and said, "Aunt Xia is a little dazed, Why don't you hurry up and invite Aunt Xia back to rest in your yard? There are also these women who encouraged Aunt Xia to go crazy, which shows that they don't pay attention to the master. They tied them together and threw them into the woodshed. There is a decision."

Qiuyue didn't expect that Xueyan would dare to treat her like this, and she couldn't help but look for her confidant mother-in-law, but the mother Wang who had been by her side on weekdays had disappeared.She was so shocked that she forgot to resist, and was tied up by those wolf-like women.These women usually do rough work, they have no other skills, and they have a few strokes of brute force.Usually, they would not dare to offend the famous people in the mansion, but today's matter will not be good at first glance. After all, it is the wives who are in charge of the mansion.

Seeing the person being escorted away, Xue Yan just breathed a sigh of relief, but heard a shrill cry from the main room.She hurriedly said to Daiyu: "My wife has not given birth yet, so I hope you will help my wife guard the gate of this yard."

Daiyu nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, I'm here."

Xueyan ran into the inner room in a hurry, only to see Mrs. Wen, who was helping deliver the baby, shaking her head: "My wife was shocked just now, and the delay was so long, I have already run out of energy, I'm afraid it won't work..."

Seeing Liu's weak and helpless appearance, Xueyan's heart ached.She gritted her teeth, asked for red ginseng from Yancao, cut two pieces and stuffed them into Liu's mouth.

Mrs. Liu couldn't even raise her hands. She felt that she had no strength left in her whole body. She never thought that giving birth to a child would be so difficult. Maybe she wouldn't have the life to be a mother. Forget it, just close your eyes and rest like this. …

Just when she was about to close her eyes and rest, she only heard Xueyan's voice whispering in her ear: "Madam, Madam, you can't sleep. Think about the hardships you have suffered all these years, when you were sent to the palace by your mother's family. How hard is it to walk step by step from a young maid to a grand maid in the palace? If you leave, how will you feel proud in front of your natal family in the future? And the one in the side yard, she wishes you could bring the young master in your belly

After swallowing her breath, her family will dominate the backyard in the future.But when her son inherits the family business, I'm afraid you won't even be able to enjoy the incense.Even if you don't think about yourself, you still have to think about the young master in your stomach.He hasn't come out in time to see the world, you have the heart to take him away like this? "

As she spoke, Xueyan pressed her stomach hard, and the child in her stomach moved in protest.Xueyan said pleasantly: "Look, ma'am, my brother's little hands and feet are still very strong, and he is still waiting to come out to see you, you must be discouraged..."

After a few words, the ginseng slices stuffed into Liu's mouth began to take effect. Feeling the strong movement of the fetus in the stomach, Liu seemed to be aware of the child's unwillingness, but in fact she was not willing.There was another strong contraction, and Liu Shi was so painful that she didn't even have the strength to cry out.

But Xueyan took Liu Shi's hand and put it on her stomach: "Madam, listen to my brother's voice, if he wants to come out, you should work harder. The servant will work hard with you, I will count one, two, three , when you count to three, you start to exert yourself, one two, three..."

At this time, the lady Wen next to her saw this and hurried over to help cheer Liu up.

About a quarter of an hour later, a baby covered in red came out. With great experience, Mrs. Wen lifted his little feet upside down and slapped his chest, and a burst of loud and clear crying sounded.

After Wen Po was wrapped, Xue Yan carefully placed her beside Liu Shi: "Look, Ma'am, she is a brother. The servant girl said that your luck is yet to come."

Liu looked at her child with tears in her eyes. She should have been very tired but now she felt extremely energetic. She held her son's little hand, as if holding all the good things in the world in her own palm.I thought to myself: So this is the feeling of being connected by blood.

Lin Ruhai, who was hurriedly called back from the yamen by the boy, was worried when he heard the boy talking about the chaos at home along the way.When I came back and saw the mess in the front yard, I was even more worried.

When I walked to the gate of the main courtyard, I saw my daughter guarding here with maids and women, and those women even held brooms and shovels in their hands. It's even more of a "click".

Before he could open his mouth to ask, a burst of loud and clear crying came from the door of the main room, and Yancao came out excitedly with red eyes: "My wife gave birth, my wife gave birth."

When she saw Lin Ruhai standing at the gate of the courtyard, she hurriedly knelt down on the ground: "My servant congratulates the master on the happiness of Lin'er. The wife gave birth to a little brother, and the mother and child are safe."

Lin Ruhai was overjoyed: "Okay, okay!" He never thought that he would have another son in his half century, and he immediately ignored the filthy customs of the delivery room.He went straight into the inner room to visit Mrs. Liu, and when he saw his youngest son who looked a bit like him, he couldn't help but burst into tears.He comforted Liu Shi and said: "My husband knows that Madam has suffered a great grievance today, just take care of yourself and I will give you an explanation."

Mrs. Liu nodded weakly, took Xueyan's hand again and said: "Thanks to the girl Xueyan today, if it weren't for her, I am afraid that the concubine, mother and son would not have the chance to meet the master."

Lin Ruhai looked at Xueyan, and said softly, "Don't worry, you will be rewarded and punished for your husband."

Walking out of the courtyard, Lin Ruhai first ordered the main courtyard to pay an additional three months of monthly money, and the women who came to help today also followed this example.Then, they began to question one by one.

Facts have proved that although Lin Ruhai doesn't meddle in the family's internal affairs very much on weekdays, he is also vigorous and resolute when he really does.

Xueyan only took a nap, and when she woke up again, the mansion had already changed drastically.In order to accumulate blessings for the newly born son-in-law, Qiuyue did not directly see the blood. The culprit, Qiuyue, was sent to Zhuangzi to recuperate "due to sudden hysteria". Two months later, it was reported that she had passed away due to illness.The servant girls in her yard were all beaten and sold directly.Those troublemakers in the front yard were sent directly to cold places such as coal mines and saltworks.I heard that going to those places is more painful than dying, and most of them won't survive March...

Jin Luo was involved because her husband's family was involved, but later because of some credit and her natal family's face, she was not punished.But she still left the mansion with her son under Xue Yan's suggestion.She is here, and she has lost the trust of the master. After a long time, the master will feel disgusted when he sees her, and the mother and daughter will not get well.

After going out, there are parents who are in charge of internal and external affairs in the mansion to look after them, so life will never be too bad.

On this day, Xueyan was pruning flowers and branches in the yard, and was dragged by Yancao to the house: "Go quickly, Madam has grace to give you."

Xueyan was surprised: "What grace? The master and wife have rewarded me with many good things."