Jia Juan of the New Red Mansion

"Girl, you can eat some. I heard from them that this place is still far from the capital city. After entering the city, I don't know when I will be able to eat hot dishes and hot meals. I ate all these dry steamed buns along the way. What does it taste like?" Cai'er unwrapped the oil-paper bag, picked out a white-faced steamed bun that was more pleasing to the eye, and handed it to Aunt Cuihua.

Cuihua raised her orchid fingers, tore off a small piece of steamed bun and put it in her mouth, chewing gently, without making any sound while eating.Cai'er, who was sitting across from her, was holding the steamed buns and was stunned, "Girl, you look so good when you eat." After finishing speaking, she wiped the steamed buns from the corner of her mouth, "The other sisters are envious of the servants who can follow along." The girl is going to the capital."

"I don't know if going to the capital this time is a blessing or a curse, so why would I be envious." Cuihua swallowed the steamed buns, took a sip of herbal tea and put the steamed buns aside, apparently full.Cai'er seemed to have gotten used to Cuihua's eating a little more than cats, and she cleaned up the things on the small table without looking sideways.

I dug out a book from a small wooden box in the corner of the carriage, spread it out along the folds, and placed it in front of Cuihua, "Girl, the carriage bumps violently, be careful that you hurt your eyes." This was said a hundred times along the way. Over and over again, but the girl just ignores it.

"You are so clever, if you hadn't followed me. In the mansion in Jinling, you might be able to climb up to the position of the eldest maid one day. After you are released at an old age, you can marry a good family." It is rare for Cuihua to be with Cai. Let's chat.

Cuihua seldom talks, on the way she is either reading a book or just sitting in a daze, Caier feels bored and can only pass the time by sleeping.Now it’s almost time to arrive in the capital city. The girl’s family is traveling far away for the first time, and it’s said to be a very bustling capital city. I’m so excited that I can’t sleep. I’m worried that I won’t be able to find something to do. I’m happy to see the girl open her mouth to talk. What does it look like.

"The maidservant's godmother said that it is the maidservant's blessing to be able to follow the maidservant. Let the maidservant serve the girl well. Besides, there is no one in the maidservant's hometown, and it is the same everywhere." When Caier mentioned her hometown, A moment of sadness flashed across his face, and then his smile quickly returned.

Cuihua did not miss the scene just now, and sighed, "It turns out that the world is full of poor people." Caier can speak very well. She climbed trees with the older children in the village when she was a child, and was killed by her family because of the sky house. scattered.Pa la pa la said a lot.The crying and laughing person talked lively, but Cuihua just listened quietly, without interrupting Caier's memories.

Afterwards, Cai'er's mouth became parched and she drank a sip of tea to moisten her throat, before stopping the topic. "So, you entered the Zhen family halfway?" Cuihua asked.Cai'er nodded, then shook her head, which confused Cuihua whether it was true or not.Cai'er explained, "The slaves are sold to the Zhuangzi to do rough work. Before the girl entered the mansion, the mother in charge of the inner house picked a few slaves from the Zhuangzi, saying that the inner house sent people to order us to work in the inner house."

So, it's no wonder that Cai'er's words and actions are too straightforward, and she doesn't know how to flatter her. Although she wants to protect herself from being wronged, but according to her character, she can't offend her wife when she comes to the capital.That is to say, those people from Zhen's family would be so kind, and sent a maid to serve them, and they dared to stuff a wild girl to perfuse themselves.

"Your outfit doesn't look like it came from Zhuangzi. Outsiders will not doubt that you are a maid from the inner house." Cuihua raised her eyelids and looked at Caier up and down, her appearance was still pretty. , the figure looks stronger than the average maid, probably because of working on Zhuangzi all the year round, her skin is slightly darker, and there are large and small calluses on her hands.

Alas, all the decent maids in the inner house of the Zhen family are well-maintained, their ten fingers are so tender that they can almost squeeze out water. Caier follows Cuihua's line of sight and sees Cuihua staring at her hand, she is embarrassed. Putting your hands behind your back, "Naturally, the servant's hand cannot enter the girl's eyes, girl, it's better not to look at it."

Cuihua smiled and remembered something, "You really haven't seen buckwheat steamed buns?" How could anyone who works on Zhuangzi not know buckwheat steamed buns.Cai'er was exposed by Cuihua, stuck out her tongue, her face flushed.

"Don't be afraid of the girl's jokes, the slave girl is pretending on purpose. The slave girl godmother said that she should show face to the girl outside. If you don't understand, you have to pretend to understand, what kind of bluff is required. The godmother also said, don't tell anyone who mentions the slave girl. Those who come from Zhuangzi will avoid being looked down upon by the servants of the Hou Mansion when they get to the capital. Therefore, the servants in the inner house have been secretly imitating those elder sisters in the past few days."

Cui Huaran, the big maids in the inner house all had a pair of snobbish and wealthy eyes, and no one felt that they were as delicate as themselves.They were all raped since they were young. They were all fine little foxes, and they were very smooth and transparent in their dealings with others.No wild girl like Cai'er who came out halfway could catch up with her.After stealing a little superficial knowledge, he dared to bluff outside, but in the end he just let him see the joke.

After the carriage disappeared, the tea boss pulled out a horse from the woods, put a saddle on the horse's back, stepped on the saddle and took a shortcut into the city.From the high hillside, seeing the Lin family's chariots and horses crawling unhappily and dissatisfied at the bottom of the mountain, the tea owner felt very strange. Since he was sending the aunt of the Hou's mansion back to the capital, it should be accompanied by people from the Hou's mansion. There are no servants.

Forget it, this is the master's business, not those servants who can worry about it, so the tea boss hastened his horsewhip and hurried on his way.Before he got married, he was Lord Hou's long-term follower, and he always knew how to ride horses with Lord Hou. , and rode pretty well.Thanks to this ability, he was selected by Lord Hou to be selected as the farmhouse in Changlingpo. In addition to collecting land rent, he was also responsible for delivering news to the Hou family.

The guard at the gate of the Hou's mansion knew the tea boss, so he ran quickly to the horse's head and tightened the reins. The tea boss gave the horse to the boy and entered the Hou's mansion through the corner gate.In a wing room at the corner door, Qin Da sat at the table and fiddled with the abacus, as if checking the accounts.Seeing the tea boss coming, they put the abacus aside, and the two of them said a few shabby words before getting back to business.

"Why did you come here this time?" Qin Da asked.

"Don't mention it. I was called by the kid to help out in the tea shed just after finishing the work in the field." The tea owner and Qin Da are both children of the mansion. They have known each other since they were young. The two families are neighbors separated by a wall. The family relationship is very good.Later, after Qin's father died of illness, Qin Da made up for his father's vacancy and entered the Hou's mansion as an errand. The tea owner followed Zhao's father to the Zhuangzi, and the two separated.

Qin laughed and said, "That's good, if you get rich, don't forget to take care of your brother." "Look at what you said, yes, I met an acquaintance today." The tea boss described the Lin family's affairs over again.

"Hey, it's finally here. You wait for me to find your sister-in-law." Qin Da jumped off the kang when he heard that the rumored new aunt had arrived.After a while, Qin Da called his daughter-in-law. The tea owner and Qin Da's daughter-in-law are naturally familiar, "Sister-in-law, why is Madam calling my brother back? I'm in such a hurry that I don't have time to deal with it." The local goods are brought to my wife for a taste."

There is nothing good in Zhuangzi, except that the homemade vegetables and the local eggs produced by the hens are fresher than those sold in the city.The people of the Hou Mansion were tired of eating big fish and meat in the city, and it was rare to occasionally eat some local products sent by Zhuangzi.So, every two weeks, Mr. Zhao asked the tea boss to send a cart of local goods to his wife for a taste.

"Hey, madam is not thinking about your few handfuls of green vegetables. Wipe off the dirt on your body, madam is waiting for your reply."

On the way here, her man told about the fact that the new aunt was about to enter the city. Although the Qin family does not often work in the inner courtyard, they have heard the movement in the inner courtyard. They know that Madam can't sleep well these days, so don't ask It should be because the new aunt is coming.

Because she wanted to see the steward, so the mother of the steward ordered the servant girl of the rough envoy to move a screen and put it in the middle to divide the flower hall into two sides.Jia Juan sat on the top and looked at the embroidered silk screen in the shape of a beautiful flower group in front of him, completely speechless. What's the difference between this and no separation, I can't see it clearly.

"Ma'am, Manager Zhao is here." The two brothers of the Zhao family are both promising managers now.In order to distinguish between them, the elder in charge of the mansion is called Da Zhao Guanshi, and the second child is naturally Xiao Zhao Guanshi.Father Zhao also climbed up from Guanshi Zhao to the position of the head of the village. According to his mother, Zhao's wives are now landlords, and they have little maids to serve them. Their lives are more nourishing than those of small families. all over.

Jia Juan straightened her body and nodded to Mrs. Liu, who was waiting at the side. Mrs. Liu stood up and called out, "Madam, please come in and talk." They all greeted each other again, and Manager Da Zhao just chose nice words to flatter him.

Manager Da Zhao told Jia Juan about meeting the Lin family's carriage. Jia Juan was stunned for a while, but the water party didn't send someone from the Hou's mansion to send Cuihua to Beijing. Isn't it afraid that the Zhen family's people will have opinions? "Have you met the new aunt?" Guan's mother focused on this.

"How can I see my aunt's true face with a small identity. My aunt is covered with a veil from the beginning to the end, and the second boy in the young family also said that she is not afraid of covering her faults." Dazhao Guanshi learned from Cuihua and lifted half of the veil The antics of drinking tea, Yuan Yue and other maids were amused by him.Even Mrs. Liu felt curious, "Hearing what you said, you are a man who understands the rules."

"If you don't understand the rules, I don't dare to talk nonsense. It's just that the new aunt is very impressive, and she seems to be reasonable. In comparison, the maids around her seem annoying." Da Zhao Guan said the truth.

Jia Juan panicked inexplicably after listening to it, and was stunned there. The manager Da Zhao who was standing below didn't hear his wife say anything for a while, thinking that he accidentally said something wrong and made her unhappy, so he didn't dare to say anything again. Chaoci pestle there like a stick.

"Ma'am?" Sensing Jia Juan's expression was wrong, Liu called softly.Jia Juan immediately came to his senses, "Mrs. Ben understands. You have nothing to do here. You can go back to the village first. By the way, go to the teahouse in the east before you go back. Boss Liu has something urgent to do." Let me tell you." Manager Da Zhao responded and went down.

Mrs. Liu asked with concern, "Madam, what was this just now?" "I suddenly became a little scared after hearing what he said." Cuihua only half-covered her face and showed her face, which can leave a good impression on people. .If it's not that she is very scheming and knows how to hide herself, it is that she has a good character.

No matter what the reason is, it is always disturbing to put such a person in the mansion.Now that Lord Hou is not in the mansion, I can rest assured. In case Lord Hou returns to the mansion one day, who knows what will happen after that.

Since Madam married into the palace, apart from having an unpleasant quarrel with Lord Hou because of Rongguo Mansion, everything went smoothly afterwards. "Oh, it's not that slaves and maidservants overstepped. It's a common occurrence in other mansions. Ma'am, you should relax and don't think about it and hurt your body." Some things are inconvenient to say in front of Aunt Liu. Reassure Madam when no one is around.

"Ma'am, I heard that Auntie is coming to Yangzhou to enter the mansion?" Aunt Li just came back from the Li Mansion of Liu's sister-in-law Liu Li's family. . "Sister." Liu Shi looked at Jia Juan's face, and shook his head towards Li Shi.

Only now did Li see that Jia Juan's complexion was not very good, and she was not stupid, so she naturally figured out that it had something to do with the new aunt. "Ma'am, don't you wonder how the maid knows that a new concubine is coming to the mansion?" Shui Fang accepted a new concubine, and it wasn't something worth talking about, so Shui Fang didn't say anything about it. The Zhen family felt disgraceful and it was done in private thing.

Even if someone saw a pink sedan chair being carried into the other courtyard of the Lin Mansion, they would only guess that the Lin Mansion married a concubine, and would not know that it was related to the water side.The people who serve Shuifang are all confidantes, and the servants of the other courtyard are also the ones carefully selected by Mr. Lin, and the rumors must not come from the other courtyard.

As for the servants of the Lin family who escorted Cuihua back to the capital, the mother-in-law and maidservants, the whole family worked in the Lin family, signed death contracts, and were usually tight-lipped, so naturally they would not be the ones to disclose the news to outsiders.Da Zhao is in charge, there is no need to doubt the loyalty of Qin and his wife, otherwise Master Hou would not have entrusted him with important matters.When Mrs. Liu cleaned up the courtyard for the new aunt, she took two confidant maids to take care of it herself, and the news did not come from the Hou's mansion.

"Where did you hear about it?" Jia Juan felt strange just now, she hadn't had time to tell Aunt Li about it, how could she know it as soon as she entered the door.Turned his head away, could it be what Liu Shi said?

Mrs. Liu sensed Madam's questioning gaze, "It's not my concubine who said it. Sister, tell me quickly, where did you hear the rumors?" It's very good. When I had dinner with Mrs. Li and drank tea with Mrs. Li yesterday, the sister-in-law of the Li family kept talking to Aunt Li, as if she had something to say.Under Aunt Li's questioning, the sister-in-law of the Li family said that the Hou's mansion would accept an aunt from Yangzhou into the mansion.

Aunt Li thought it was a joke at first, but then she saw that Li's sister-in-law was serious and didn't look like she was lying, so she believed what she said.After careful questioning, it turns out that the whole capital has spread, saying that Lord Hou fell in love with a firework girl in Yangzhou, redeemed her with 2000 taels of silver, married her and became his aunt.

The tea in Jia Juan's mouth almost spewed out, isn't she a girl from the Zhen family, why has she become a famous prostitute again?