The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

Ping'er is someone who is in need of Sister Feng, and Sister Feng is now in charge of housework, so when she speaks out, outsiders dare not neglect, they hurriedly prepare a cart, and send two women and two male servants to wait on her. Take Ping'er all the way to Jia's mansion.

Ping'er didn't go to the big room, but went straight to find Mrs. Wang, and said respectfully: "Our girl sent me to apologize for my aunt. The girl said that she has not been feeling well recently, and she might hurt herself when she came, so she had to pay her respects at home first." , wait a while, and then come to see my aunt."

Mrs. Wang said: "It's hard to think about her." She also said: "Her sisters are all in the filial piety now, and it's hard to move around. Just burn incense sticks."

Ping'er responded, and sure enough, he burned a stick of incense for Sister Feng, and burned a stick of incense among the servants. Since Tanchun, Daiyu and Baochai were missing, he asked about it. Mrs. Wang sighed, "Daiyu is not well." , I told her not to come out, Sanya and Baoya are taking turns watching inside."

After hearing this, Ping'er went to the side room again, and sure enough, she saw Daiyu sitting in a plain white body, with Tanchun and Baochai both present, and Baochai was reading a book for Daiyu in a low voice, carefully After listening carefully, it turned out to be a copy of the "Diamond Sutra" - as the saying goes, "a person must be beautiful and filial." Daiyu was already a bit weak, but wearing filial clothing, she looked so thin, which made her more obvious. Tanchun and Baochai were dressed in plain clothes, one of them looked more heroic and the other more delicate and graceful. Ping'er was startled when he saw it, and he said to them: " On behalf of our girls, I am sorry for the girls and Second Grandma Bao, I heard that Second Grandma Bao is not in good health, but she should take good care of herself, and don’t let the old lady find out, and she will feel at ease."

Daiyu was still crying in a low voice, but when she saw Ping'er coming, she slowly shed her tears, bowed her head and said, "Thank you, Sister Feng, for your concern, I don't have any serious problems, but just now I felt dizzy after kneeling for a long time, and I will go again after a while." ahead."

Baochai's voice stopped, she glanced at her, reached out to hold her hand, and instead of persuading her, Tanchun sneered and said, "There are so many people, and you are the only one, why are you so anxious?"

Hearing this, Ping'er had a lot of hidden feelings, and looked up at her. Tanchun saw someone else was there, so he didn't continue talking.

When Sister Feng saw that Ping'er came back to answer her orders, she asked a few words absent-mindedly. Her eyes just stared at her face and swept back and forth, but Ping'er kept her head down, and Sister Feng didn't see her expression. , restless.

Ping'er replied and asked, "Miss, do you have any other orders? If not, I'll go to comb my hair and change my clothes first."

Sister Feng hurriedly said, "Yes, of course."

Ping'er waited for her to finish, and Sister Feng looked around anxiously, before she found an excuse and said, "I can't keep track of my daily accounts, so you can look it up for me, just in this room."

Ping'er looked up and saw that it was the small account opened with Wang Rendan, and said indifferently: "This...I'm afraid it's not convenient for me?"

Sister Feng laughed and said, "Why is it inconvenient for you? Didn't you read all the previous accounts to me? You do the calculation." Step aside, she pulled her sleeve to make her sit down, and held the account book in front of her. All smiles.

After these days, Ping'er's mood has actually become smoother. Seeing Sister Feng's praise, he asked the elder to sit down. look.

Ping'er calculated for a while, and suddenly Sister Feng stretched out her hand across her face, and smiled, "Hair is messed up."

Ping'er stroked it with his hand, but there was no messy hair. He looked up at Sister Feng, and Sister Feng smiled and said, "I've smoothed it out."

Ping'er glanced at her, didn't speak, just continued to look at the accounts - Sister Feng had actually calculated the accounts clearly, to the point, but since the master spoke, the servant girl naturally had to obey orders respectfully, so she held the abacus in one hand , Doing what Sister Feng did again carefully - she was serious about settling accounts, so naturally she had no time to chat with Sister Feng, and Sister Feng refused to open her mouth first, but there was still more silence between the two of them than when they didn't see each other. Throughout the afternoon, only the sound of Ping'er's planning was heard in the room, and occasionally there was the sound of turning pages.

When the sun was slanting down, the maids outside came to remind them of the dinner. Sister Feng knew that Mrs. Wang Ziteng was not there, so she pretended to ask, "Where is the dinner?" Smiling slightly, pretending not to care, he said: "Have you finished your accounts? If you haven't finished, you can eat in the house first."

Ping'er hid the account book, and said with a smile, "It's a coincidence that I'm done. Feng'er will send the girl to eat. I'll go to that room first." When she got up to leave, Sister Feng stomped her foot anxiously and said, "Don't go!"

The servant girls all over the floor looked at each other, all looking at Ping'er, the little girls were already setting out the meal, when they heard this sentence, they turned their heads to Sister Feng, Feng'er knew what was going on, and said with a smile: "Do you want to bring Sister Ping'er's meal? "

Ping'er said, "No need." Unexpectedly, Sister Feng also said, "Very good."

Feng'er looked at Ping'er, there was no need to order, the little girl had already quickly gone to the west room to fetch Ping'er's portion, and they quickly spread Sister Feng's food on the kang table, and brought in a little table to replace Ping'er. Er set up dinner, and when it was ready, Sister Feng waved her hand, and everyone in the room exited the room like an ebbing tide, leaving only Ping'er and Sister Feng staring at each other.

As soon as the crowd left, Sister Feng became uncomfortable again. She picked up the chopsticks, pointed at the table, and said coyly: "Let's master and servants don't have any rules. Let's have a lively meal together." The son said: "Your two are not good dishes, so come and eat mine."

Ping'er saw that she had the intention of not putting down her chopsticks if she didn't go up, so she moved along with her, first served her a few dishes, then picked up the bowl and chopsticks, and was about to grab a chopstick nearby when Sister Feng had already stretched out her chopsticks. Put a chopstick of roast chicken with chestnuts into her bowl - when the two of them used to be close, they often ate at the same table, but Ping'er always cleaned up the dishes for Sister Feng, and there was never a time when Sister Feng served her food - It's not a big deal, but it's the master's closeness to the servants, a small show of favor, it's not a small thing, after all, it's a matter of superiority and inferiority, but it's a crime when he gets angry with Jing'er.

Ping'er looked at Sister Feng with hesitation, and Sister Feng picked up a dish for her inexplicably, her heart was beating like a drum, and she explained with a smile on her face: "I don't think we have eaten like this for a long time, and I see you can't eat your chopsticks for a long time. , I’m afraid you will be restrained, so I will hold it for you first, this chicken is well roasted, you can try it.”

Ping'er put the burnt tender piece of meat into her mouth, there was oil on the meat, and it slightly rubbed against her lips, she ate it slowly, and wiped it lightly with a handkerchief, because she had put on rouge today, so she simply ate it. Wipe it all off, then picked up the chopsticks, and was about to pick up vegetables, when Sister Feng suddenly put another chopsticks of chicken into her bowl, when Ping'er looked at it, she said awkwardly: "I, I think you like it, I'll pick it up for you again." One time." Ping'er chewed, swallowed, rubbed, and wiped, it was just a few simple movements, but for some reason, it made Sister Feng feel inexplicably moved, that pink and white neck, tender red lips, every move was like this Familiar, but I don't know if it's because I haven't looked closely for a long time, but somehow reveals a secret and exciting strangeness.

Ping'er didn't say anything, and just used up the food Sister Feng gave her. Sister Feng didn't have to wait for her to raise the chopsticks, but hurriedly took a few chopsticks in. : "Well, I'll just say the chicken is good."

Ping'er said: "It's always good if the girl gives it."

Sister Feng said: "If it's good, it's good, if it's bad, it's not good. Why does it seem like I'm forcing you?"

Ping'er glanced at her but didn't answer, so Sister Feng became bored in embarrassment, ate the food carelessly, and asked someone to clean it up. Seeing that Ping'er was about to go out again, she hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute."

Ping'er stopped to look at her, and Sister Feng said, "I... I have something to tell you, don't go."

Ping'er was still silent. Seeing her like this, Sister Feng felt a little angry in her heart, and drove everyone away, only Ping'er said: "I advise you to accept it as soon as you see it. Don't make everyone lose face."

Ping'er raised his eyebrows and said, "Miss suddenly said this, I don't understand."

Sister Feng stomped her foot and said, "You know everything in your heart, but you came to pretend to be confused with me. Aren't you just blaming me...? Me, I'll change it later, okay?" He just sneered and said, "The girl has never made a mistake, what needs to be changed? I am a servant, so why would I dare to blame the girl?"

Sister Feng couldn't hear the tone, and said angrily: "Ping'er, don't be shameless, if I am really annoyed, I will drive you out, and you will come to beg me then!"

Ping'er looked at her with a half-smile, and when Sister Feng saw her expression, she understood what she meant--just now she kept saying that she had changed, but now she is using her master's status to oppress others, it is really not sincere, she needs to apologize , I wanted to show my sincerity, but when I asked Sister Feng, who is used to being domineering, to apologize, she really couldn't say it.

Sister Feng pursed her lips tightly, her brows frowned and loosened, and Ping'er didn't urge her. After a while, Sister Feng made up her mind and said in a rough voice: "That's all, I don't care about you, it's my fault." Now, it will be changed in the future, and we will not use the status of master to oppress others, okay?" When he was talking, he only stared at the ground, and refused to give Ping'er any peripheral vision.

Ping'er didn't mind, she just said slowly, "Miss, you must keep your word."

Sister Feng said: "Of course I keep my word! Although I, Wang Xifeng, am not a man, I still want to stand upright. If I say something, it will definitely count."

Ping'er finally broke into a smile, and said slowly: "Since the girl is so sincere, at night...do you want me to keep watch?"