The clever maid of the red mansion

That night, Bu Jing brought four or five large boxes to Tingtao Court with his servants. The boards and brown mats on them were not removed, so it was obvious that the boxes had not been opened.

There is no need for Liu'er to ask, Bu Jing replied obediently, "Back to the third grandma, this is sent by the third master, and it was sent by the uncle to the house. Every room has it. We have two more boxes here."

Liu'er nodded, indicating that the safflower rewarded the boys.Bu Jing replied again, "The third master said that he won't be coming back tonight, and told the third grandma not to wait. The fifth master of the Li family is here, so he must accompany him for a stroll."

Liu'er raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, "Go shopping? What are you going to do at night? You can tell your third master, go shopping carefully, take your time, what they eat, drink and play, he is the best." Follow along too, otherwise you will lose face? If you get promoted and get rich and marry a concubine, you will bring back the one you like. Hasn’t Yun’er from that courtyard been dating for many years? Is there any rain, snow, wind, or lightning? Don't worry, I'll just get it back together."

Bu Jing bowed his waist and lowered his head and didn't dare to laugh. He didn't believe that the third grandma didn't know what happened to the third master, but since the third grandma said it, as a servant, it's enough to pass on a message.

In the evening, Liu'er had dinner and wanted to clear up the food. It was cold outside, so she was too lazy to go out, so she simply asked the women to move the box into the main room and open it, and took Honghua Dong'er and a few girls to watch one by one.

As expected, the Li family specializes in the cloth business. There are five boxes, and three boxes are rulers.There are all kinds of patterns, such as python feather gauze, Hangluo and Shu brocade, and imported Japanese satin, foreign crepe wool serge, and so on.

One thing in common is that they are all precious rulers, which look like gifts.

The other two boxes, one box of local products, all kinds of food items, rouge, gouache, sachet, embroidered handkerchief, fan cover, although scattered, are very delicate.

The last box is the same as the native product box, and it also contains things in small boxes, but looking at the boxes, they are all red sandalwood pears, and the things in them are obviously extraordinary.

Honghua Dong'er took out a few of them, opened them and showed them to Liu'er, they were also curious.

Sure enough, this box is mainly made of various kinds of jewelry and jade, jewelry heads, and materials used for workmanship, all of which are extremely exquisite and precious.Now Liu'er has seen a lot of these things, and she knows what is good or bad after a little glance, but she has no interest.On the contrary, there is a complete set of children's longevity lock collars and ankle bracelets, all made of red gold, with exquisite patterns, and a circle of small bells are hung on the bracelets, and the ringing of the bells is extremely crisp and melodious, attracting everyone's attention for a while The gaze is exquisite and lovely.

Even Liu'er, who played with it, softened her heart.

Nanny Li has seen the world, picked up a bracelet, looked it over carefully, and said to Liu'er, "Grandma, don't underestimate this little thing, don't think it's a doll wearing it, look at the logo on it , there is a stone character. This is a very famous goldsmith in Gusu. His surname is Shi, and everyone is called Master Shi. He specializes in making children's longevity locks. It’s hard to find a few pieces, and it’s hard to find one even if there are many people holding silver.”

"Is that so, I really don't know about this, but now it seems that this is really a good thing. Let's keep it first, and give it away in the future."

Mung Dou couldn't hold back her mouth, "Why don't you keep it for the young master to wear and play with, why give it away." Naturally, you should keep good things for yourself.

Huang Qi burst out laughing, and pointed at Mung Bean, "You, our young master, there is no need for these things. When Grandma Zao was diagnosed, the third master brought back a box of these. Could it be from outside? Don’t use your own?”

Mung Dou sticks out her tongue and blinks her eyes to make a strange face, which makes everyone laugh, enjoying themselves for a while, examining and discussing everything.

It's not necessary for Huang Qi to say that the girls all know that what Feng Sanye brought back is not bad.At least it won't be worse than Master Shi's.

They don't know, Liu'er knows a little bit, Feng Sanye knows a lot of people, even if they don't know, there are too many people who ask.So what you get back, let alone serious things, are just gadgets, most of which come from the hands of famous masters.Even the little rabbit that was secretly stuffed into her hands back then and the little monkey that was later engaged when she was engaged to her were all handwritten by a famous jade carving master.

So Liu'er has developed a habit now, no matter how big or small the gadgets are at home, they are easy to keep, regardless of the materials used, handwork is much more expensive than materials.

But what makes Liu'er dumbfounded the most is that the Li family, although they are merchants, at least have a few scholars.How could there be no pens, inks, papers and inkstones besides silk and satin, but gold, silver, jewelry and playthings?

In fact, Liu Er really thought it was wrong, it wasn't that she was vulgar, it was her husband who was vulgar, and Mr. Feng didn't act so noble and refined on weekdays.The things that the Li family sent to the father and son were all hard currency, including gold, silver and jewelry, and nothing wasted on the four treasures of the study.And the things sent to the second room of the long house are much more "clean and expensive". Why not do it to promote scholars and save money.

Of course, there is also a sense of distance and closeness in it.

A box of souvenirs, Liu'er picked out some pleasing to the eye, besides playing with herself, she planned to send some to her godmother and sister tomorrow, and also picked out a few rulers, and told Madam Li to send someone to send them tomorrow.Let the girls divide the rest among themselves. For a while, everyone was happy and chatting about which is better.

The rest of the other four boxes were registered by Honghua and Dong'er, and they would be taken when they were needed.

They were having fun, and when Third Master Feng came back, Liu Er took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was a quarter to the end of You, and she couldn't help but wonder, "Huh? It's not that I can't say it, why is it so early?"

When the maids and women saw it, they hurriedly saluted, quietly tidying up their things, pouring tea, making arrangements for washing things, and making no mention of themselves.

Feng Ziying tore off the big fur cloak she was wearing outside, and the girl took it, rubbed her hands, and sighed, "It's still warm and comfortable at home. Oh, don't you feel guilty for saying this? Do you dare to come back earlier, or I will leave you alone, A night of thinking and thinking, I may be sent to be wrong, how many days I will not give a good face, can I afford it. If the son is born, he will stare at his father. He is not a filial son by nature, just like his father. Wonderful." As he spoke, he helped Liu'er walk inside.

Liu'er didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said angrily, "What are you talking about, you also know that you are not filial, and you are angry twice, old man, what's the matter! Who is thinking wildly, cousin Li is here, you should accompany him, how about you come back like this? "

After entering the inner room, the two sat down on the hot kang covered with thick mattresses, took the hot Pu'er tea from the maid, and handed it to Feng Ziying.

Mr. Feng took a sip, raised his head and said, "It's not as good as your brew. Look, you know I won't come back, and I won't even prepare tea. If I really don't come back, maybe I won't even have a meal."

Liu'er spat, "Forget it, but I thought you would have to accompany my cousin to eat wine at night, so I served this tea, but you used your beard as a club, please calm down. You are our family Uncle, who dares to abuse you! If you don’t raise your eyes and yell, listen to Taoyuan, oh no, the whole general’s mansion is still shaking."

Mr. Feng couldn't hold back any longer, he took Liu'er's little hand, and said happily, "Your little mouth is so annoying and funny, what kind of virtues have I accumulated in my life to meet you? Ha ha."

"Yeah, I want to know too. What good things did I do in my previous life, and I met you in this life...Let's not say it's useless, cousin, they won't pick on you, right?"

"Don't worry, the fifth brother and the eldest cousin will live in the capital in the future, and the days will be long, so what's the difference between this day and two days. Besides, they just arrived yesterday, and they came to see the old man today, and they have a lot of things to take care of at home. But Brother Wu was free for a while, so I asked Brother Zhang and the others to accompany him more, and arranged for Ben Xiao to follow. They are very familiar with eating, drinking and having fun. Anyway, I have business, so I don’t have to go out with me all day long. .In a few days to be free, you ask the servants to arrange a banquet, and Brother Wu and I have a good meal."

Liu'er agreed, so she didn't think about it any more. After all, she was still happy, and she was more gentle and compliant with Feng Ziying, which made Sanye Feng secretly proud.

In the evening, the young couple was lying on the bed talking, and Mr. Feng suddenly remembered something, and said, "Fifth brother is not young anymore, I thought, he should also form a family and have a caring caretaker. It's not a big deal to be alone in Beijing." The second aunt went away a few years ago, and the second uncle's house is now the housekeeper of the fourth cousin, so the second uncle doesn't care about it. Instead, he gave the fifth brother a daughter-in-law, but the fifth brother thought she was ugly. So put it on hold."

This Liu'er became interested, turned over, and stared at Feng Ziying with shining eyes in the dark night, "What is he looking for?"

Feng Ziying stretched out her hand to tuck the corner of the quilt on the back of her neck, hugged her tightly, thought for a while and said, "It must be stunning, Fifth Brother likes beauties. In my opinion, it is best to be smart and able to help Fifth Brother Take care of the housework, you don't have to worry too much about the family, if you don't have a daughter, Fifth Brother doesn't have the patience to coax him softly, he will have things to do in the future..."

After Liu'er figured it out, well, she only knew a few people, so she had to talk to her second sister-in-law and her sister in private, anyway, it's not something to worry about.

In fact, if it wasn't too late, Liu'er felt that Fu Qiufang was suitable, and her age was also about the same, why wouldn't it be better than being a ready-made stepmother.

The couple kept muttering about housework, and within a few days, Fourth Master Feng got married.

The house was decorated with lanterns and festoons to welcome the new daughter-in-law. Liu'er had long been curious about what this fourth grandma, whom Daiyu of the Lin Mansion called 'extremely powerful', looked like.

Mrs. Li did not come back to attend the meeting because she needed to recuperate from her illness. She was gone anyway. With the assistance of Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhang, everything was in order and everything was perfect.

Today was Fourth Master Feng's big day, and this fourth master, who was rarely seen, appeared in front of people in a joyful attire. He was already good-looking, dressed in auspicious clothes, and he was also a good young man.

Now Fourth Master Feng is probably stimulated by his mother and sister. He studies hard behind closed doors. He seems to be very motivated. Except for showing up to the old man, he usually stays behind closed doors at Qingyun Residence. Even Third Master Feng, he is rarely seen. .Anyway, Mr. Feng is busy now, and he doesn't pay much attention to those who leave early and return late, but Liu Er feels that it is not appropriate.

Feng Lianer's current third-bedroom grandma of the Wang family also came back with her husband, Wang Ziyan.The second aunt's grandma is no longer as flamboyant as in the past. She dressed up as a well-behaved grandma from a rich family. She brought two girls and two women to follow. Network, which makes sense, and made the three sisters-in-law look at each other with admiration.

As for whether Nei Li has made progress, Liu Er is not very optimistic.With her mother's little Li's jewels in front of her, isn't it because she has lived her whole life and still doesn't understand, the good life is still going bad.

Osmanthus osmanthus Xia's family, although the scenery is no longer, is still a wealthy family after all. Needless to say, Xia Jingui's dowry, which is full of 72 pieces, looks like jewels and splendor.Although it is rare to see that it is [-]% worse in background, it is naturally better than Liu's, and it is incomparable with Zhang and Liu'er.

This is not what Liu'er cares about. Anyway, she is in a special situation now. She is surrounded by girls and women, so she doesn't need to do anything. She just helps the family members who come to have a wedding banquet and talk, and she just waits for the bridal chamber to take a look at the new daughter-in-law at night. Today she is complete.

Today Lin Daiyu also came with her father, needless to say Yang Xiu, the couple are here, and Liu'er is familiar with Zhang's mother's family, Sister Feng and others.

Especially Lin Daiyu, who asked about Liu'er's situation, nodded, "I heard from the women that you should move around more, don't eat too much fat, so as not to suffer, it should be based on experience, you should also pay attention to it." After speaking, she rolled her eyes and whispered, "It looks like I won't be able to see my new wife. I'll come to see you in two days. You invite her to talk. Let me have a look."

Sister Lin Daiyulin is now very curious about this tigress who needs to drink 'jealousy soup' and can control the whole family of the old Xue family.

Liu'er nodded with a smile, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, it's such a big deal, it's worth your consideration. Anyway, we'll be sisters-in-law in the future, isn't it easy to meet?"

Lin Daiyu was worried again, and asked in a low voice, "I heard that the man has a bad temper, so you should be more careful, don't come and go too close, please."

Liu'er nodded, no one said anything, for so many years, this elder sister has always protected her, so what she said was naturally for her own good.

Don't you know that Xue Pan's virtue is also ruined by a good daughter-in-law.If he has the third-point talent of Feng Siye, whose daughter-in-law will have a good life, but the rambunctious family will have fun all day long.Although the nature is hard to change, there is a limit after all.

Xia Jingui and Xue Dazi didn't have a chance this time, so they could be regarded as fulfilling each other.