Sister of the Treasure of the Red Chamber is quitting

Qingwen saw her older brother dragging her sister-in-law and girls back and slamming the door loudly. She knew in her heart that she must be hated by the two in-laws.However, if he was willing to agree, he would have agreed a long time ago, so how could he have wasted so long?The horse who had to let go of the frame of others limped and wanted to find a place to spend the night at the Temple of the City God.

The carriage looked familiar, but there was a strange man on the horse standing beside him, Qingwen was afraid that people would see his face and cause trouble, so she covered her hair, turned her head and kowtowed to the carriage to apologize , got up again and before he could lift his foot and take a step, the carriage door opened with a "squeak", and an acquaintance jumped out of it.

"Oh! Why do you look like this? Come with me!" Ying'er got out of the car and saw that it was indeed Qingwen. Although the two of them were good at needlework before and they had a chance in private, but now they are about to freeze to death. With the weather, who cares more about those little quarrels earlier.As soon as Qingwen saw Ying'er coming out, she knew that the carriage belonged to the Xue family, and she was afraid that Miss Xue could see the scene clearly from the carriage.Immediately, he raised his hand to cover his face and wanted to run away.Ying'er hurriedly stepped forward to hold her back, at this time Qingwen was cold and hungry, how could she still break free?It is necessary to ask Ying'er to pull and help people into the carriage.

The carriage looked ordinary on the outside, but it was really delicate on the inside. As soon as Qingwen entered, she was overwhelmed by a warm fragrance. She hurriedly knelt down and blushed so much that she didn't dare to lift her face.She was originally competitive, but now she was really embarrassed to see her downcast appearance.Pian Baochai still looked up to her shame-conscious place, and said in a slow voice: "I didn't want to meddle in relatives' affairs. But since meeting is also fate, I can't say that I can arrange something with you." Qingwen burst into tears like rain Next, but kowtowed his head and replied: "Miss Hui Bao, I served the second master Bao earlier. Fortunately, the girl does not dislike the slaves, but after all she has a false name. The second master Bao treats the slaves well, so I dare to do this." I don't want to find another second master in my life. If you offend the girl, please don't care about your slaves."

Baochai just laughed and put the teacup on the small table in front of her. As soon as Qingwen got into the carriage, Shen Yu urged the handlebars and continued to move forward.Qingwen knelt there and waited for a while before she heard a voice above her head saying: "I don't need you either, there are a lot of outstanding maidservants in the family, and I just ask if you would like to have a safe and secure life." If you don’t have any skills at all, maybe I just passed by as if I didn’t even see it, but I vaguely remember that you still know how to make boundaries. It’s a pity that such a good skill has no inheritance, so I want to ask you Would you like to work in our shop to support yourself?"

I am willing to do so, relying on my ability to support myself, it is also a serious thing to go wherever I go, and it is useless for others to chew their tongues.Qingwen straightened her hair behind her ears with her hands, then wiped her face, kneeled down respectfully, and kowtowed to Baochai: "Thank you, Miss Bao, for saving me. This servant speaks badly and bumped into her. I am willing to accept the punishment."

Baochai never really got into a fight with a girl, so she waved her hand and said, "Today, you go to Yinger's to wash up and make do with it for the night. Tomorrow, let Bailing lead you to work in the satin workshop. Another one, you If you are asked to solve these family matters by yourself, I will definitely not take action. How?" This arrangement is in line with Qingwen's wish, brother and sister-in-law hate her, how do you know that she has no hatred in her heart?It would be refreshing only to let the Xue family take action, but she would have nowhere to calm down the resentment in her heart.

When the carriage arrived at the gate of Xue's house, Shen Yu didn't go in. Seeing Ying'er supporting Baochai, with the girl picked up on the road behind her, she frowned and said nothing, only said "Be careful of catching a cold" and added "Be careful Get on fire" and cupped his hands to see Baochai go in, then turned his horse's head and took his long entourage to the house in the west of the city.

Back in the courtyard, Yinger Bailing took Qingwen down to resettle, and Bailu came up to serve. Baoqin only knew that the elder sister had just brought an outside maid back and was about to open her mouth. Come and ask.Baochai smiled and said to them: "This is a maid from my aunt's house. Didn't my son Jia's family clear out many girls? She was one of them. She was kicked out only because of her appearance. Earlier, it was Lao Shi. Taijun's servant. I saw that Shidong Dala asked her family to drive her family out to run in the snow. It's a pity that she simply arranged to work in the lower shop at home. She might be a female shopkeeper in the future, so please rest assured, mother." Going back to spread the message, Bao Qin frowned and said: "Everyone in the capital knows how those maids came out, why did my sister take this pot of muddy water on her head!"

Baochai said: "Whatever? It just so happens that someone jumped on our horse's hoof. No matter how early in the morning there will be a frozen corpse on the side of the road, and it will be a year ago. It's unlucky! Besides, I think she The inside is very strong, and he has good craftsmanship, so he will not be troublesome. Guan Zhong stole, escaped before the battle, and later went to Qi State, but he was able to tell his master: "Wei Guan Zhong, I have been sent to the left." What I said is that you can’t just look at the stains on the front, and you can’t say that they will work hard in the future." Baoqin listened to her head and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "I vaguely remember what this girl is called 'Qingwen'. Like Miss Lin, she is really arrogant in normal times, but she is not a girl." Baochai laughed and said, "It is she who is talking about, she is a very high-minded person, it is hard to say how to survive this catastrophe, and we have nothing to lose. , it’s nothing more than a worthless transaction.”

After Baoqin heard it, she thought it was right, so she put the matter aside. The next day, Bailing took Qingwen, who had been freshened up, to the silk and satin workshop.This is also the new shop opened by the Xue family after entering Beijing. During this period of time, Xu Ying deliberately transferred people who Baochai was familiar with into the dowry shop so that she would have helpers after she got married, so it was quite familiar. Take care of Qingwen.This Qingwen really answered the word "courage", first she stood in the embroidered lady's team, and her temperament was different from others.When the shopkeeper saw it, he smiled and said, "What's the name of the girl?" She was not afraid, and stood in the hall and replied straightforwardly: "Father's surname is Wu." The shopkeeper nodded and said, "In that case, Miss Wu, I will ask you to take care These embroiderers are better than me being a man who spends all day in the team of daughters-in-law. Besides, our shop will also accept some things made by outsiders, so I will ask Miss Wu to take care of them. Open a shop again, and then the girl will have to take care of herself."

The words are nice, but how can this group of embroidered girls be easy to manage?They are all old people who have worked in Xue's shop for a year or two. If a newcomer steps on someone's head out of thin air, how to convince the crowd, usually the newcomer will be ordered to rectify it. go.As a result, Qingwen only showed her skills, no matter what kind of material or color, she just came up with a few treasures one by one, and immediately shrank her neck and dared not make a sound, and she stared at the other nonsense. After a few glances, let's get down too.Unexpectedly, he managed to gain a firm foothold like this, and quickly pulled away his posture and did it in style.

Years ago, when the shopkeeper of the silk and satin workshop closed the account, he specially mentioned to Baochai: "The new girl is very powerful. In the embroidery room, those who were lazy and slippery, who secretly learned crafts and hid traitors, and those who can only do it with a poke. The grandmas who move a little bit are called tidiers. Now they work in two shifts in the morning and afternoon, so they can rest and nourish their eyes without delaying the shipment. No one complains, which is really a good thing. Baochai turned to look at Baoqin and said, "how? I'm right. But those who are still willing to struggle in desperate situations, most of them will not accept their fate. If you have another chance with her, you will definitely work harder than others Cherish it even more. For us, it’s not much more worry-free and labor-saving than re-cultivating a girl like this? It doesn’t matter what happened to her before, as long as she needs to use it now.”

Baoqin nodded, and Xu Ying, who was dozing off while hugging her belly, also said out loud, "Yiwu becomes a hegemony, and Pingzhong is called a virtuous person. Su is a real farmer, and beans do not cover their shoulders. Turn disaster into blessing, and get rid of danger. Kong Lai left the lapel, Shi Xin held the whip. If you go away as a gift, you will be left alone." After speaking, he couldn't help laughing, and half-opened his eyes and said: "Sisters, don't laugh at me, these days are really sleepy. In the end, your brother was afraid that the baby in his belly would follow him, so he insisted on me holding all kinds of sage books to read to him, it was really sleepy, and I had to be awake for three hours a day to count." Yang Chuanlu a few days ago Hearing that my daughter had this symptom, I was not at ease, so I asked an old priest from the Royal Hospital to take a look, and he said it was all right, just sleep, as long as you get enough sleep.It is also said that it is not a problem for a woman to give birth, she can go as she likes, as long as she does not get infected with taboos.There is no other way, now I have to arrange a few girls and women to follow her, still holding the quilt in their arms, waiting for the grandma to fall asleep at any time so that she can be covered.

The shopkeeper here received the reward after checking the account and let it out, and there are other shops waiting for the calculation. After finishing the busy work at the end of the year, they can take a break after sorting out the accounts. Therefore, the shopkeepers are rushing to the boss these days. Report accounts.When the shopkeeper of the silk and satin workshop went back, she also brought Qingwen's reward with her. Now she is temporarily staying in the room behind the shop. At night, she and a few embroiderers next to each other support each other and look after the shop. It is very convenient to go to work during the day .This is the first time she has received cleaning wages. Qingwen put it in her bosom and took it out to look at it, took it out to look at it, and looked at it several times. Finally, she happily went to the Xuejia rouge head flower shop next door to change a pile of yarn. Save flowers and wait to wear them during the Chinese New Year.

This year, the Xue family is about to have a baby. Mrs. Xue will watch over her daughter-in-law when she sees the sky, and she is afraid that she will be tired and bored, so she tries to get the girls and mother-in-law to use all kinds of skills to make the daughter-in-law happy.There was also Xue Pan in the Honglu Temple who saw Tian'er had answered the Mao early, so he bought some things and came home. Now he dare not take Xu Ying to go far away, so he has nothing to do, so he goes to Yang's house, also known as Yang Chuan. Groups must not be clean.Xuying knew to be careful, and after four months, she saw her stomach swell up like blowing air. Of course, she refused to go to dangerous places. Except for her natal family, she would rather stay at home safely, or let her sister-in-law take "Three Hundred Tang Poems" "Song" while reading and playing, or just dozing off with the mask in hand.

On the 31st day of the new year, Baochai instructs his wife to give the New Year's gift, and return what should be returned. After finishing the work early, the family is still waiting to worship the ancestors.There are two new relatives, Yang and Shen, in the family this year, and even the New Year's etiquette has to be rearranged. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were sent out in the morning have returned one after another. Be clear.The Yang family's return gift was a bit heavier than last year's, presumably it was because her daughter was pregnant and her mother-in-law's family treated her better.For example, the historians, Jia family, and Wang family can see that the situation is going from bad to worse just from the New Year’s gift. Last year, at least they could make up for it. This year, they simply took things from other families and sent them out. .

Today, the ancestors were sacrificed as usual. Mrs. Xue and Xue Pan held the incense in their hands and chanted. Their hands were almost burning and they hadn't finished reading. The next afternoon was to prepare for the evening reunion. The new shopkeeper of the pawnshop outside He knocked on the door again and begged.Baochai handed over the matter to Baoqin, and took the servant girl out to meet him, only to see the shopkeeper bring something in, looked at the eldest girl of the host family, hurriedly put the things down and saluted, "Happy New Year, eldest girl." Baochai accepted his gift and said strangely: "Didn't you all go back to rest at noon yesterday? Why are you here again today?" The shopkeeper bowed again and smiled wryly: "Miss, what about this matter?" Come on, it's embarrassing. The little ones don't dare to make up their minds, so I'll come over and ask for your instructions." As he spoke, he stepped aside to reveal the thing he had put down at the beginning, and Baochai saw that it was a Bronze round tripod.It's not big, about the size of a big grapefruit, with three legs, and the gold and silver patterns on it are lifelike, and the house is shining brightly.

Baochai laughed and said, "What's the matter? Who took the fake things with lame eyes?" The shopkeeper himself was very happy: "Oh, my boss, there are so many fake things here, but who dares to bring them to us?" Scam on the cabinet? It’s the real thing, but it’s embarrassing for the person who came to sell it. It was exchanged by Wang’er, a servant of the second master Jia Jialian, a relative in our family, who exchanged a total of 2000 taels of silver. We didn’t lose money. It's just that I'm thinking about taking it out and asking relatives to see it in the future, so what can I say!" Baochai said: "It's not embarrassing. It's not embarrassing for people to pawn things. Let's take things and give them enough money for emergencies. How embarrassing. Is there anything else?" The shopkeeper said: "Also, a pair of gold collars cost 500 taels of silver, one with pearls embedded with lotus seeds, and the other with silk phoenix heads. I guess I don’t know which grandma’s dowry it is, and I don’t know if I want more.” Baochai said to him: “You don’t care if they want it or not, it’s easy to put it away. As long as the source is clear, it’s fine, it doesn’t matter who it is. It’s a matter of accommodation. Just like the collar you mentioned, I asked the master to do it after I exchanged the material. Not to mention the labor cost, I only had to pay 800 taels, so I only exchanged 500 taels. It can be seen that it must be Those who want to be redeemed, don't be anxious. What is the purpose of your coming?"

Perhaps the shopkeeper felt that there was enough groundwork ahead, and finally asked the little girl brought behind him to take out a cloth bag and said: "There is also this, we didn't take care of this at first, it is Miss Wu from the silk and satin workshop today. I came to help identify it, and said it belonged to Miss Xing. If it was too small, it was either returned or not, this person hasn’t come here yet, and the clothes came first.” Saying that, the girl handed the things up, and Bao With a glance, Chai knew that it was Xing Xiuyan's thick clothes.This happened in her previous life, when someone used it as a ticket and walked around and asked her to recognize it when she saw it. Now she can't help but smile and ask the servants to take it down and clean it up.

"Just pretend you don't know about this matter. I'll turn around and return the clothes to Miss Xing. It's time for no one to be tight." Baochai dismissed the matter without even moving an eyebrow, and then She asked, "Who is Miss Wu?" She didn't know that Qingwen's original surname was Wu, so she thought she was someone she didn't know.The shopkeeper clenched his fists and said with a smile: "Didn't you personally arrange to come over to take care of the embroiderer? She just said that there is no one at home, and there is no place to go. Yesterday, the embroidery house was closed and there was no place to go. The shopkeeper of the silk workshop asked She came to my place first to have a makeshift New Year's Eve, and it's a lot of fun." When Baochai heard that it was Qingwen, she also laughed, "So it's her. Others can't tell who it is by looking at their clothes. Please take care of me in the future. I still need her to teach me a lot of crafts." After holding the teacup, the shopkeeper saw that he was all right, kowtowed and said a few auspicious words before turning around and going out.

This Baochai got up and went to find Mrs. Xue to tell me about the clothes just now. Mrs. Xue's temper of protecting the calf came up again and said: "Xing girl is definitely with our tadao, she is our family's." People. Her aunt is also really not good at doing things, so what if she took care of her, she forced people to sneak out in thick clothes at the age of [-], and if it rained or snowed, she would have to sleep on the bed wrapped in a quilt! " Then she called out to the old woman and said, "Don't pack up the old clothes either. Wash them clean and cut them into four new clothes. I'll have someone send them over tomorrow morning. I can't see her face being swollen!" Chai didn't stop him, just watching how Mrs. Xue ran on Mrs. Xing.

The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it was not easy for Xue's family to send people to relatives' homes early in the morning. They waited until noon to arrange for two clean women to go to Jia's house with their clothes in their arms.Mrs. Jia was resting. When she heard that Mrs. Xue had sent someone over, she thought it was related to Xiuyan's marriage, so she called Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang to go and have a look.That old lady was also a tricky one. After putting down her clothes, she blessed Mrs. Xing and said, "Madam, our wife told me to come and see Miss Xing. The old saying goes well, this New Year's day, every family They all have to get red envelopes and wear new clothes. I don’t know if Miss Xing has any, so I figured I’d ask someone below to do it and bring it over, maybe we’ll see each other once?”

Mrs. Wang saw that the woman was full of embarrassment, and she came to Mrs. Xing as soon as she entered the door. Quan Dang sat aside to watch the show and said: "Hurry up and invite Miss Xing, this is because her husband's family is very fond of her." Hurried over and waited for about half an hour before coming over.As soon as they entered the Chuihuamen Jia's house, the servants who went to invite someone winked at Mrs. Wang. When Mrs. Wang saw it, she fully understood that today's sister-in-law wanted to vent her anger on Mrs. Xing.