The clever maid of the red mansion

The next day, Liu'er had just had breakfast with her godmother, and the two mothers were drinking tea and looking at two pots of fiery red pomegranates in front of the window.

After taking a look at the signature, Muni'an saw the layman Chen, who is this?

On the mud silver plum blossom sign, the handwriting is elegant and elegant, and the simple line of words is "Please look forward to your visit." '

Confused, she asked Dong'er, "Who sent it? Did you leave anything?"

Dong'er replied, "A mother-in-law sent it, only said it was for Miss Yang, handed it to the concierge and went."

Liu'er thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, Zhang Ganma couldn't stand it any longer, and called Dong'er, "I see that Nanny Li is very knowledgeable, you can ask her to ask, maybe she knows."

As expected, Nanny Li knew that she could read. She glanced at it, handed it back to Liu Er and said, "Young lady doesn't know much about Layman Liaochen. If the old lady had not served Mrs. Lin for several years , I may not know. Speaking of which, this person is about 60 or 19 years old now. She was originally the eldest lady of the Jingbei Houfu. She is good-looking and talented since she was a child. Calligraphy and painting, and talent, the old master likes it, and invited famous masters to teach him. Later, it is said that it is hard to find a painting. When he grows up, he will be courted by high-ranking families, high-ranking officials and dignitaries. I didn't like anyone, and when I was [-] years old, the Hou's mansion committed a crime, ransacked the house, and the women's family members also sold official slaves. This young lady is also stubborn. After being bought, she couldn't find death and became a monk. I followed the old lady to help the old man back to his hometown, and I don’t know what happened. But a few years ago, when I returned to the Lin Mansion in the capital, I heard vaguely that some noble people asked to come to the door to teach female students. They seemed to be very picky. I don't accept those who come up, I only know that the current Princess of Beijing Jing learned painting from Lay Chen back then. As for the others, the old lady really doesn't know."

It's already quite a lot. After hearing this, Liu'er felt that it was somewhat similar to what happened to Master Dong.Only a commoner like her doesn't recognize such a worldly expert?

Ganma Zhang clapped her legs, "What's so embarrassing? Tomorrow is fifteen. You go and have a look. Bring a few more people. The west gate is not far away, and nothing will happen anyway. Why is it so rare now?" .”

I had no choice but to put it aside first, and I happened to be going to greet Mrs. Fu later, and I would also inquire about it by insinuating.

Liu'er had drunk tea, but before she got up, the concierge sent another letter, and Dongmei took it in and presented it to Liu'er.

Open it up and see, this time it is an acquaintance, Feng Ziying and Feng Sanye.His letter was long-winded, but it solved Liu Er's doubts just now.

It turns out that it was Uncle Feng who wrote this post.The letter told Liu'er: Liaochen is excellent in both calligraphy and painting, and has profound knowledge and insight. Now that Liu'er is going home, nothing has happened anyway. You can go over and talk about it. Don't miss the opportunity and never come again.In life, it is rare to visit famous mountains and great rivers. If you meet one or two famous experts to give advice, you can also have fun and talk about comforting life.It is said that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, traveling thousands of miles is not as good as reading countless people, and reading countless people is not as good as being enlightened by famous scholars...

Liu'er read it again, and became even more suspicious. She looked at the sign and the signature. The letter was delivered correctly.But she has the guts, in fact, Feng Sanye is an illusion of her classmate!

This time there is no need for Liu'er to ask, Dongmei replied, "It was sent by a boy, who said he was called Lingbao, and he was Mr. Feng's servant, nothing else was said."

Liu'er read the letter again, and told the godmother the inner meaning, a little disapprovingly said, "What does this person mean! It is naturally a happy thing to meet an expert to ask for advice. Only those who are so forced to ask for advice What? Besides, I'm just a little girl who can do some needlework, and I haven't been tested for scholarly education, and I don't want to be as famous as Mrs. Chen, so why bother myself! You can tell from Nanny Li that this person It must have a weird temper and is extremely difficult to speak. Now it’s so easy to take it easy, if you don’t have a good time, why don’t you find yourself uncomfortable!” After finishing speaking, he put the letter on the table, took the girl, and went to the next door to see Fu The old lady went.

A well-meaning and heart-wrenching letter from Mr. Feng's heart has ruined things. The so-called superfluous, that's it.

Liu'er was just a little unhappy, and when she entered Fu's house, she simply asked her sister to go to her yard first. It happened that Yang Xiu's son had just returned from serving her mother-in-law for breakfast, and she was coaxing her younger son to eat egg custard with jjj, seeing Liu'er He came in and said with a smile, "I'm back. Brother Gui still muttered yesterday that you didn't come to see him when you came back. I wonder if you brought him candy cakes. If I hadn't stopped him, he would have run over at night."

The two Dongque and Dongmei put the snack box on the table as soon as they entered the door. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "The night before I came back from the Duke's mansion, the girl specially asked the kitchen to make some special snacks, so I said brother I like to eat. If Grandma hadn’t had a banquet here yesterday, the girl would have come over.”

Sister Yang Xiu gave up her seat and handed Brother Nan to jjj. The two sisters drank tea and talked, "Just sit down for a while and then go over there. The old lady just came to the silk and satin village. Ruler, prepare autumn and winter clothes."

"Are all the clothes in the house made outside?" Liu'er has not known the Fu family for a long time now, and some habits here are not very clear, but in their family, the needlework is now made by the maids themselves, what a cheap practice Chance for needlework.

Sister Yang Xiu burst into laughter, looked at Liu Er and said, "That's not true. There is a cloth shop in our house, and the people who go up and down the house all pick rulers from the shop, or do it by needleworkers, or do it at home. The sister-in-law's clothes are all made by herself with the girl, and she thinks the needlework and the roughness on the outside are dirty. Now that the old lady wants to show her off, she has to dress up."

There was no outsider in the room, and Sister Yang Xiu didn't hide anything. She only smiled in a ambiguous way, and said, "Ganniang Zhang also told me about you. They're all hot, but we can't tell. What happened when they came here?" It's not yet decided. Besides, good intentions are not disgusting. If we make trouble, we will feel that we have something wrong, and we will not be able to get along in the future, right? Let's look at the future, it is beyond our control. You don't know, This old lady has always had a high opinion of herself, but the old lady is still indulgent, your brother-in-law tried to persuade her in the past, but it was useless, but now she simply lets them go, anyway, she can't stay out of the house forever."

Liu Er came to a sudden, she felt that it is impossible for the whole family to be confused, after all there is someone who understands, the two talked for a while, and seeing that the time was about the same, Liu Er took the girl to Old Madam Fu's yard.

I haven't seen him for many days, and the old lady is having a happy event again. Liu'er saw the ceremony, and Sister Qin and Caiwei saw Liu'er, so they were stopped by the old lady to talk.Fu Qiufang sat on the couch next to the old lady, and was very happy to see Liu'er.

"Oh, you child, you often come to see the old woman, talk to Sister Fang and the others, I am happy, and we will be a family from now on, how can you be so polite." Put it on a few cases, Mrs. Fu smiled.

"It's not worth anything, but a few fruit snacks are sweet and soft. I think the old lady likes to eat them. The night before I came back, I asked the kitchen in the house to make them fresh. There are also some candied fruits, sour and sweet. , Thinking that sister Qiufang likes this taste, the sisters choose a few good ones from the gifts, and give them a taste. The two small boxes are for sister Qin and Caiwei. Some small things are not worth much. It’s okay to keep it for fun. It’s all homely stuff, if the old lady is evasive and polite, she’s an outlier.”

Talking to the girls to open the bigger boxes, sure enough, there are a variety of dim sum fruits, looking exquisite and small, it is appetizing.

Fu Qiufang picked up a piece of amber candied crabapple and put it in her mouth to moisten it. It didn't show much at first, but soon a mellow and sweet smell filled her mouth, she nodded and said, "It's better than the usual food at home. , I just don’t know which shop it’s from, or maybe it’s made by the Duke’s own family?”

The girl next to Mrs. Fu took out the saving box winkingly, picked out some, put them on the table, and everyone exchanged for new tea, Liu Er took a sip, put down the cup, and said, "My sister will pick tea But this one was not bought outside, but made by the godmother at home last year. I got a basket of daughter Tang, and only got a small porcelain jar. I just opened it yesterday, and I tasted it. The taste is not worse than outside. By the way, bring some for my sister."

Fu Qiufang nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Nuertang comes from Daughter's country. It is said that the flowers and trees are the most abundant in that country, but there is no mention of this kind of fruit. Thinking about it, it's not good to come all the way here."

"That's not true. My daughter's tang is actually blunt. It's just a Xifu crabapple. There is a beautiful one in the Duke's mansion. It blooms every year and never sees fruit. On the contrary, it is this fruit that was said to be a tribute from Fanbang. At that time I was serving the old lady. I got a basket and couldn’t finish it. Because the smell was fragrant, my godmother made candied fruit and kept it. I forgot about moving, but later the girls didn’t care about the things and dug them out.”

In fact, this is one of the fresh fruits that Feng Ziying sent.

"I'm lucky..." Fu Qiufang and Liu'er were chatting, and the two girls, Sister Qin and Er, were eating and drinking tea in a gentle manner while listening carefully to what they said.The old lady looked at her with a smile and added a few words from time to time, but she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

I am not afraid of ignorance, but I am afraid of comparing goods. I used to look at my girl, who is very good, but now there is Yang Liuer, who is no worse than my girl. Listening to this talk, my knowledge is better than my girl. point.Although it is for everyone to experience being a girl, there is still a gap in the end, and it is not something you can catch up and make up for if you think about it.This is a kind of doomed powerlessness and helplessness, but it also strengthens Mrs. Fu's determination to marry the girl into a noble family.

A few people were talking, Liu'er looked at Fu Qiufang with her eyes without any trace, and after a few days of not seeing each other, she was more stable and sat well.The corners of the eyes and the brows are full of spring and color, Liu'er is very speechless, this... horoscope has not been written yet, as for it!

At noon the old lady stayed for dinner, sat down for a while, resigned from Fu Qiufang's stay, and went back to rest for a while, finally she had no work to wait for, she wanted to make a good living, take a rest for two days, and then went to see her sister in Lin's mansion.

Unexpectedly, she had just woken up from her afternoon nap, she was lying on the couch with her hair draped over her middle coat, waking up. It was so hot today, she felt lazy all over, and she was dazedly watching Honghua bring two maids to fetch water for clothes and handkerchiefs. The room was busy, and I didn't know where my mind had wandered.

Dong'er came in and passed on a message, "Girl, Grandma Fu just sent someone to say that the old lady took the whole family to the Muni Temple tomorrow to offer incense, and Grandma asked the girl to go for a walk together."

"Oh... ah? You mean Muni Temple?" This familiar name finally made Liu'er sober.

"That's right, it's the Muni Temple, the one that posted the post the other day."

Liu Er: "..."

This still made people feel uneasy, and he waved his hand, "Go tell my sister, just say that I'm not feeling well, and I want to rest, don't go."

Dong'er was embarrassed, and hesitated, "But the grandma said, the lottery in the nunnery is very good, let the girl go to draw a lottery, and see if the luck is right. The grandma also said that Mrs. Fu and Miss Fu will go , Miss Shan, if you don’t go, it’s not very good.”

Liu'er glanced at Dong'er, then at the girls in the room, and patted the pillow, "I don't think it's not good if I don't go, but you guys are stretching your necks and looking forward to it!"

Dong'er shrank her neck, and the girls who were doing the work became even more busy...

"Okay, I don't want to annoy you, just go." Anyway, she didn't want to meet Deng Tuzi, but she wanted to see what kind of person Liaochen Layman was.

There is no bodhi tree, and the mirror is not a stand. Just look at the name, and you will know that the fate of the world is difficult.