The clever maid of the red mansion

Speaking of Feng Siye's marriage, it has a lot to do with Xue Dafool.

Big idiot Xue was beaten into a pig's head last year, and was tricked by Mr. Feng to go south to start a business. He traveled all the way to the mountains, played in the water, ate wine and met prostitutes. He was so happy.As for business matters, it was all Zhang Dehui's work.In Xue Pan's heart, you are the big shopkeeper, isn't that what you do, he is more relieved for a while, and he is quite happy to play.

Especially the little guy next to him, Zhang Xiaoliu, who is said to be the distant nephew of the shopkeeper Zhang Dehui. Since the beginning of Xue Erque's recuperation, he has used his perfect tongue to coax Xue Dasha into happiness, and he always treats him as his confidant.

Along the way, Xue Pan's great achievements cannot be separated from him.He even picked up a skinny horse when he passed by Weiyang, and brought it back to the capital, saying that he was waiting for the girl to take over the house.

Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai had never seen these before, they only felt that they were delicate and weak, not like girls, and they couldn't see anything else.Anyway, there is no shortage of maids in their family to do things, Xue Pan likes it, so that's all.

But Xue Erque is now in his twenties after all, and his marriage has never been settled, whether he is high or low, he doesn't care about Xue Erque, his own baby hurts.Especially now that I know how rare it is to make progress in business, how can I find a good wife.

For a while, I talked to Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Wang Ziteng, and there were suitable helpers to look at each other.That day, I saw Zhang Xiaoliu, the boy next to Xue Pan, who was very clever, articulate, and humorous, so he asked, "You seem to be with your uncle not long ago. This time, it's good to go south to serve you. Congratulations, appreciation." .”

Seeing the opportunity, Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, Madam, it's a small duty to serve the uncle, you should do everything, and I can't be a wife's compliment."

Aunt Xue liked it even more when she saw it, and thought that this young man was not very old, but he knew it in her heart, so she casually asked her son about his encounters on the way to the south.

That Zhang Xiaoliu naturally picked up what he could say. Anyway, Xue Erque was a thousand-year-old who worked hard, lived in the wind, lived in the open, and endured hardships. Finally, he said on the way back, "... when we were about to enter Beijing, there was a heavy rain outside the south city, so it happened that the shopkeeper said no. There is an old relative in Yuanxia's family village, who can go to shelter from the rain temporarily. The wife said which one it is, it is the famous Osmanthus Xia's family in Beijing. Now her family is only an old woman, living with an unmarried girl, and there is no one. The children and grandchildren, seeing the uncle, liked it like something, and asked the girl to come out to meet. I heard from her servants that the girl in her family was also literate since she was a child, and her appearance and temperament are very good, but now there is no suitable one. People..." What Zhang Xiaoliu didn't say was that since his uncle entered Xiajiazhuang, he looked like a gourd with its mouth sawn off.

Aunt Xue stopped listening for a while, until Zhang Xiaoliu left for a while, still sitting there thinking.When Xue Baochai came back from the garden, seeing her mother sitting in deep thought, she had to step up and ask, "Mom, what's the matter? What's the big deal? She looks so preoccupied."

Aunt Xue sighed, "It's not your elder brother who is such an idiot, but his marriage has become a piece of my heart."

"Marriage and marriage, pay attention to the word fate. Mom doesn't have to worry about it. Sooner or later the fate will come, and it will naturally be there. Now I can't rush it. It's my brother's unfilial piety."

The two of them were talking for a while, and at night, Aunt Xue called Xue Pan into her room and asked, "Your mother has been thinking about your marriage for so many years, but I haven't found a suitable one, but now I heard that the girl from the Xia family That’s right, you’ve seen it too, what’s going on?”

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment, pretending to be stupid, "Who is Mom talking about, Xia Jiadong's family, my son doesn't recognize it."

Aunt Xue got angry, she slapped the kang table, and said angrily, "I took you bastard, and now I'm going to deal with your old lady outside, and she's getting more angry! Who else is it? Try to recognize it! See if I don't twist your mouth!"

Xue Pan was quite filial, and when he saw his mother was angry, he quickly apologized and smiled, "It's all about the son, mom, you only know one thing and don't know the other. Didn't I have a nightmare in the old years, you asked my son at that time, son I didn’t say anything. Actually it’s nothing else, but my son dreamed that he married a daughter-in-law who was also named Xia, and her name was Osmanthus fragrans. Oh my god, that daughter-in-law is very old, and beating and scolding servants is commonplace. You always talk back and scold me for dinner, sneer and scold your sister as a snack, and the most embarrassing thing is to seduce outside men, ouch, the whole family is messed up, and your son doesn't like to go home. Mom, what do you think will happen in the end?"

"What's the matter? It's just a dream anyway!" Aunt Xue jumped.

"Oh my god, it's okay to have ordinary dreams, but in the end, she wanted to poison others, but she poisoned her family to death, and her mother came to make trouble again. Oh, it's terrible, she's a prodigal anyway. You say, like this Yes, can I marry?"

Aunt Xue was so choked that she didn't know what to say. This omen was indeed unlucky, but...was it a dream after all?

Seeing that his mother was not giving up, Xue Pan rolled his eyes and said, "After all, it is a dream, so we can't take it all seriously. Otherwise, let's inquire about it first? But we can't be in a hurry." Regardless of how he inquired, he I don't plan to marry that Xia Jingui, I just need to stabilize my old lady first, and think of a way later.

Aunt Xue could only nod her head when she heard the words. After all, marrying a daughter-in-law is a big deal. If you can't help your husband and teach your children to prosper your family, you will lose your family instead. That would be a crime.

Xue Pan asked people to inquire but didn't mention it. Within two days, he drank with Uncle Li, and found out about Liu'er's marriage, which caused troubles in Muni's nunnery. He had an extra marriage. His mother is not happy about life and death.

In the end, his mother was so harassed by Xue Pan that she could only agree to one thing, not being a daughter-in-law, but being a concubine.

The Dong family got angry when she heard that, her girl was going to be the material for the son of the general's mansion to be a good lady, but when she came to your merchant's house, she was not a child of any success, and she actually picked up Joe. Pooh!Be your mother's spring and autumn dream!

Therefore, Xue Erque bastard drilled the bellows and got angry at both ends.After running around like this for a few times, I got to know everyone very well, especially with Li Sanjiu. They really met each other, hated each other, and became friends for a while.I'm putting Jiang Suyun's matter behind, and I don't know that Jiang Suyun is now in the third room of Li's family, shed tears all day long, and is persuaded by the girl and mother-in-law. After all, he has recognized the status quo. After all, his cousin has no affection for him.Gradually accepted to be a businessman's wife, anyway, the Xue family is also rich and powerful, not necessarily worse than the Feng family.

One day Xue Pan was having a drink with Uncle Li, and he heard Uncle Li say that the General's Mansion is now looking for a marriage for the fourth son. Talk about the Xia family.

Of course, to put it mildly, he hasn't found anything useful so far.

Li Sanjiu slapped the table at that time, "Here, this is really a good marriage made in heaven, only this family has no semicolon! Oh, nephew and son-in-law, you have done a good thing this time, not bad!" As for the Yue family who has no brothers and sisters Helping or something, that's not what Uncle Li thinks about, he's only responsible for looking for it, whether it's good or not, the younger sister Xiao Li decides.

Through the communication between the servants and the woman in Feng Lian'er's courtyard, the letter was delivered to Mrs. Li, and the process was very secretive.

As soon as Xiao Li heard that her waist was not sore and her legs were not hurting, she got up and leaned on the bed to think carefully.

In addition to her fancy to the Xia family's property, she thought about the loneliness of the family for a while. She only thought about her son and three older brothers, and a bunch of nephews and nieces.Don't look at the fact that he is not close to himself, after all, the fourth child is very popular, if he doesn't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, he can't write two Feng characters in one stroke.In the future, my son will start a family and start a business, and his family fortune will be rich.The daughter-in-law's family background is hundreds of times better than that of the Yang family, and she can naturally support the family. At that time, who is afraid of who will come... This matter is feasible!

Afterwards, she secretly communicated with Mrs. Dong twice, and she confirmed this matter in private.

For a while, I took advantage of the old man's rest, that is, the day when Liu'er returned to her mother's house.In the afternoon, the third uncle of the Li family came over with a shy face, naturally he came to propose marriage and helped the Xia family propose marriage.

He was taken by Xue Pan to visit the old lady of the Xia family once, and when he heard that he was the son of the general's mansion, he was much better than Xue Pan, a fool like Xue Pan. Before leaving, I gave another great gift, hoping that this matter will be fulfilled.

When this end fell to the ground, Uncle Li felt that Xiao Li's place was nothing to worry about, so he must be happy, as expected.

That night, Mrs. Li supported her sick body, and she was in high spirits on happy occasions, and felt that most of her illness was cured.He ordered his servants to take good clothes and jewelry and dress them up, all in the colors and styles that the old man liked in the past.After tidying up for a while, I took out a pair of scissors and a piece of white silk, put them on the table in front of me, and said to a woman, "Go and invite the master to come, and say that it is about the marriage of the fourth child. If the master does not come, Qing will wait." Just collect the corpse for me."

The mother-in-law didn't dare to neglect, so she hurried to report.When Mr. Feng heard this, his beard straightened in anger, and he cursed, "Prodigal girls, tell her that she is really dead, and ask the fourth child to observe filial piety for her for three years. Then I will die too, and I will guard her for another three years, no less a day." .At that time, he will be in his twenties, I think he is looking for a wife! And Lianer, who is over 20, just wait for the stinky family! Let her die!"

How dare the mother-in-law go back like this, she is in a dilemma and does not move, but Jin Zhu understands the old man, but he said something in a moment of anger, but he didn't say anything. Seeing what's wrong, he stepped forward and said, "There is no need for the old man to be angry, parents If you don’t care about your children, since your wife says you want to discuss marriage, why don’t you take a look and talk about it. If it’s not good, it’s fine, if it’s good, it’s ready.”

The old man was so angry, he went to the main room after all, he would like to see what kind of moth Li made to show his eyes.

Xiao Li still knows how to save face. He gave up his seat and served tea, and he was courteous, just like in the past.Entering the topic, I said how the girl from the Xia family knows how to be educated, manage the family, manage the family, and respect her old mother. She is a model of filial sons and grandchildren. Finally, she said, "The fourth son's temper is also known to the master, and he is too soft. The concubine is not knowledgeable. After all, marry a capable Daughter-in-law, if I can support one or two, my concubine will be able to close her eyes in peace after being a hundred years old. One of the master's worries is over, wouldn't it be good."

The words sound nice, the old man is well-informed, how can he be so easy to fool, and immediately said coldly, "That's good, there must be some reason why I haven't settled for a family at the age of sixteen or seventeen? It's too much, the fourth child is held in the hands of a woman, and a man is in the hands of a woman. He has no idea at all. Can he be successful in this life? Born in a businessman, it is inevitable that he will be ungrateful for profit and only focus on money. The eyelids are shallow, and the children who will be taught will be the same. The fourth one, are you planning to end it? How much do you dislike the fourth? The fourth is not your own, but was picked up in the ditch Let’s go! Or it’s unknown if it’s found in the toilet!”

The old man crackled and reprimanded, almost knocking Li out of anger, why didn't he realize that this old guy was so wicked when he opened his mouth?

Is this scolding the three of their wives?

Mrs. Li rolled her eyes for a long time, and after finally recovering, she didn't reason with the old man anymore. He was talking all over the place, but he couldn't get him, so he picked up the handkerchief, wiped his tears and cried, "How can you, old man?" Conscience, my concubine was 17 years old and married you in your 50s. After all these years, I have given birth to a pair of children for the Feng family. I ask myself that I am worthy of the ancestors of the Feng family, but do you treat me as a serious wife? Ma'am, it's okay to be suppressed by the daughters-in-law in everything, and now she is pointing at my children to scold me! No matter how serious the crime is, one person does things and one person is responsible. Fortunately, luck and Lian'er are your own flesh and blood, tiger poison If you don't eat children, how can there be a father who curses his children like this... No matter how bad it is, he is from a big family, how can he not be as good as a girl...Family background, character and appearance, all the people in the capital asked, I don't know which one is not Xiao..." pretending to be pitiful, praising Xia's family.

"...It's our Lian'er, who is also a daughter of the big family. She was raised by a little gold and noble, and she has never been wronged! My poor Lian'er is doing well now. It's useless to have a father who was once a nobleman. A concubine who is a concubine is a daughter-in-law, my fate, why is it so bad, we might as well hang us together..." Pity my daughter.

"...For so many years, I have worked hard without credit, who knows the pain in my heart..." Recalling bitterness and thinking sweet again.

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The old man thought of the past days, the old couple and the young wife used to have a lot of sympathy for Xiao Li, and the couple was harmonious for a while.I just don't know when, it seems that since the birth of a pair of children, and when the eldest daughter got married, Li Shi became more and more ignorant, and now even the rules are no longer needed, and the kidnapped children are also useless.

The old man sighed in his heart, he felt ten years old for a moment, he sat there speechless for a while, listening to Xiao Li's crying, the whole family was dissatisfied, why did he come here?

Mrs. Li is crying and grabbing the ground here, and the daughter is fine with it, and she is determined to earn a good wife for her son.It was lively, and the second girl got the letter, and ran with the girl. Seeing her mother like that, she was already heartbroken.She didn't dare to follow her mother to criticize the old man, but she just knelt and wiped her tears, thinking of her own marriage, it was just like that in this life, and it was even more miserable.

The old man became more and more troubled when he saw this girl. He really loved this girl, and he really couldn't help it. He ordered the servants, "Go, call your fourth master, his mother and sister will cry for him to marry a wife." Great Wall, he shouldn't hide it either! He doesn't look like a man."

The fourth master, Feng Yun, who was in a dilemma and was listening under the window outside the room, knew that Xingzang had been discovered by his father, so he hurriedly got up and entered the room, stood on the side with his head bowed, and bowed his head in silence.

At this time, Mrs. Li also stopped talking, and only sobbed softly with her daughter, watching how the old man would deal with it.

Feng Tang looked at this son with inexplicable eyes, and said after a long while, "Your mother has always been short-sighted, and she didn't handle things properly. In my opinion, if you really want to settle in this family, you should inquire carefully after all. Marriage is a big deal. , don't be sloppy. How are you doing?"

Feng Yun lowered his head and murmured for a while, "Son doesn't blame mother, father, don't blame the wife. The wife is also for the son's good, there is nothing wrong with it. Women, at most, don't have much knowledge, but stay in the inner house. , how many things can be found out, who is not married, the son is fine no matter what, just listen to the parents..."

The old man didn't expect much from this son, and now he is even more disappointed.Naive, uninitiated, and soft-hearted, now I add another one, right and wrong... that's all, descendants have their own blessings.

After arguing in the middle of the night, the old man was really impatient. Now that his son is so useless, he is even more disgusted. He waved his hand, "I will send someone to propose marriage in the future. I hope you girls don't regret it." After speaking, the old man got up and left .

Just leave it for tomorrow, after all, the old man also deliberately inquired about it, if it's really bad, he can't do anything to harm his son.

This son doesn't like him because he doesn't like it, and he can't allow outsiders to fool him.

The old man's connections are naturally not comparable to Aunt Xue's. After only one day, he found out that there is nothing wrong with this family. The girl is also beautiful and can read and read. The family does help support her, which is considered capable.It's just that this girl doesn't seem to have a good temper, and the whole family is afraid of her...

The old man pondered for a while, it is not a big deal to have a bad temper, he himself had a bad temper when he was young, and the third child in his family is also bad-tempered, but he is also promising... The dough-like temper is not good.

It's just that Mrs. Li made this matter, the old man is not at ease after all, for a while, but there is nothing more suitable.I sat in the study and thought about it for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh, "Forget it, children are debts, let's just do it like this, after all, if I live a day, I can still take care of it for a day, later... let's talk about it."

Fortunately, the old man didn't ask his daughters-in-law to get involved in this matter. The next day, he asked Jin Zhu to hire an official matchmaker, and went to Xiajiazhuang to propose marriage.

Mrs. Li was very afraid that things would change, and the Xia family was also anxious to conclude the marriage. The two were good friends, and Xiao Ding was released within a few days. The appointment was made in August, just a few days before the second girl got married, and at the end of the year Marriage, this matter is basically a certainty.

Liu'er didn't really care about this, anyway, she and Zhang Shi had almost prepared for Fourth Master's marriage.

But now, starting from the second day after returning, Mr. Feng has been missing for three consecutive days.

Because Feng Ziying told her before, although she felt uneasy, she could support her.She is not afraid of bad things, but afraid of bad people. Today she was sitting on the couch near the window doing needlework when the second girl came.

This is really a rare visitor, one thing is sure that nothing good will happen if she comes.On the other hand, since she came back from Muni's nunnery, she was relieved of her confinement because she served Mrs. Li, but she didn't go out much, she didn't even go to the garden, and she didn't know what to do in the room.

According to the maids' inquiries, it's just that she didn't do needlework to prepare the dowry anyway, that's all the affairs of the maids in her room.

Now Miss Feng's hatred for Liu'er has penetrated deep into her bones.Muni Temple is her fault, and she knows it too.But after giving her the cousin's marriage, she deeply felt that Liu'er's third brother had asked her father to decide on this matter. In the final analysis, this Yang Liu'er was not authentic.

As for preparing the dowry, it deepened a layer of hatred.At any rate, she is the daughter of the General's Mansion, and it is enough to be wronged by her cousin's marriage, but now, even the dowry and even the betrothal gift have to be continued, if Feng Lian hadn't been relieved by her mother, she would have died of anger, or would have desperately called at the door.

She will get married in August, and she has only been at home for a few days. She has been offended anyway, so she doesn't have to worry about anything. Today, she was sent by her mother to do some work, but she came here deliberately to deal with Liu'er.

Even though they didn't expect to see each other, the due etiquette was unavoidable, so Liu'er gave up her seat and asked the girl to pour tea.Sit upright and wait for the sister-in-law to make a move.

"The third sister-in-law hasn't seen the third brother these days. It's not a secret to talk to the third sister-in-law today. It's just that the sister-in-law is here for a short time, so I don't know."

"Sister-in-law, but it's okay to say." Liu'er said indifferently, she really didn't like to see her face like this.

Feng Lian'er smiled maliciously, covered the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and continued, "Sister-in-law, it's better to look at the third brother. In the past, the third brother often invited Yun'er, a prostitute from the Jinxiangyuan, to sing when he entertained guests at home. Son, it's been so many years, other people only come here once or twice. She's the only one, and she's always been in contact with the third brother. Needless to say, she looks like one in a million. With a frown and a smile, it's just a little bit beautiful. He also knows everything in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, knows everything about the three teachings and nine streams, and is very able to help a man's family..."

For a while, the second girl Feng was a jjj, boasting that there is nothing in the sky and nothing on the earth. If Liu Er didn't know the virtue of Feng San's little chicken, she would have been angry.

Even so, I feel uncomfortable.But you can't show your whereabouts in front of your eyes, you just listen with a blank face, and you are still doing needlework with your hands, as if two friends in the boudoir are chatting together, which made Feng Lian'er lose interest in the end.

"I'm kind enough to tell you that it's fine if you don't appreciate it, and I don't expect it. But now about my brother's marriage, you'd better not play tricks. My fourth sister-in-law comes from a family background that is not comparable to that of ordinary people. As for the dowry gift? Yes, if you don't follow the rules in the mansion, I, a young girl, can't do anything to you, my mother is there anyway. Hmph, don't think that my mother is a bully now that she is grounded, as long as my father is here, no one will try to climb me Go up, mother!" Putting down the cruel words, she got up and stomped her feet, snorted coldly, turned around and left.

Liu'er suddenly realized that it was so!

If you want to come to the Zhang family, you won't be left behind. Alas, this sister-in-law's temperament has not changed at all. If you marry into the Wang family like this, you don't need to think about it.

Liu'er doesn't sympathize with her at all, adopting a son without education is like raising a donkey, raising a daughter without education is like raising a pig, the ancients never deceived me.Xiao Li has both of them, which is also considered a skill.

It's just that now that she's making a fuss about it, after all, the worries in my heart are less, but another thing has popped up. After more than half a month, it will be the old lady's birthday in Jia's mansion. When the third master comes back, I have to prepare a good gift. In the past, Heshou was the one.

Jia's mansion, since I married myself, I have been waiting for a group of people, but it has been a long time.