[Red Mansions] The big maid struggles daily

I don't know who will please Jia's mother again in the next half a day. That night, another bowl of Yutian red rice porridge is given.

Zhu Xiu didn't want to see the other girls showing envy and jealousy, so she took advantage of the fact that the other girls on duty hadn't left for work, and quickly packed it in a food box and went back to her room to eat.

In fact, the current Rongguo Mansion is still very extravagant, and it wasn't the time when Jiamu didn't even have extra food.Not to mention others, some prominent servants in the upper courtyard could eat the tribute rice.What those people are greedy for is just the word decent.

She set aside half of the sea bowl of porridge, and put the silver shredded rolls, bean noodles, two or three side dishes, and a plate of grape cakes sent by Amber together in the suitcase, and called one of the staff here. The little girl sweeping the yard stuffed two pieces of chestnut cakes and some money for her: "Take this box to your elder sister Qingjin, you take these two pieces of cakes and eat."

Aunt Xue and the others were being entertained in the main courtyard. That girl Qingjin was so busy that she couldn't care less about eating. She was also gaining weight, eating a lot and getting hungry quickly.

The little girl wrapped the cake given to her in a handkerchief, and jumped up and down happily.

After eating, Zhu Xiu closed the door, and took out her private silver box from Cuihua's pouch, a small pile of broken silver, and three five taels of silver ingots.Zhu Xiu covered her thumping chest, let alone relying on a big tree to enjoy the shade, this is just a little over a year of hard work, and she has earned so much.

He picked up the weighing tool and weighed the pieces of silver one by one, and put them into a pile when there was enough five taels. There were twelve small piles and the remaining two taels.

The broken silver alone is more than 62 taels, plus the whole one, it is a total of 77 taels!There is also the 30 taels given by my mother at the beginning, except for the [-] taels for buying materials at the beginning, the rest have not been touched.After sending the embroidery for the first time, her uncle sent the base material directly according to the popular patterns in Beijing. In addition to asking that the base material money must be deducted from the dividends, she happily received her uncle's love and care.

sky!She now has a net worth of 100 taels!That's not even the silver and copper coins that are rewarded in the mansion during festivals.

He happily put the whole 100 taels into the box, and solemnly made a seal and pasted it on the top, with hundreds of taels and the year and month written on the seal.

Regardless of men and women, money is a person's courage and waist, Zhu Xiu only feels that life is getting more and more hopeful.

Put two taels of silver into the small Luodian cabinet on the dressing table. The bottom of the small cabinet was knocked against a corner. The old lady didn't want it anymore. There are boxes and drawers in the small cabinet, which is great for storing odds and ends.

In the small cabinet in Luodian, one box is full of ointments, incense pills, and purses of various colors. The second layer of boxes is filled with a few hanging copper coins, and the last layer of drawers is scattered with a few packaged pen ingots such as Ruyi, A silver curly in the style of eyebrows and birthday celebrations.Zhu Xiu put the broken silver in, and if she had a Ruyi emerald pouch, she had to put some valuables outside as a cover.

Hearing the sound of bumpy footsteps coming from a distance, Zhu Xiu hurriedly tied the Cuihua pouch around her neck, and put it close to the skin.He got up and opened the latched door.

After sitting down next to the needle basket, when she heard the knock on the door, Zhu Xiu said: "The door is open, come in."

A little girl rushed in excitedly and said with a smile: "Sister, hurry up and watch the fun! The old lady and the master left Mrs. Xue's family to live in the Lixiangyuan where my sister lived. Now the second master Bao, Miss Yun, The three girls in our family and the new girl are all joking in the old lady's room! It's very lively! Sister Yuanyang, Sister Huber... are all there."

It's only the first day, and it's time to meet the wind and talk about the family, and we have to give away the earthen ceremony and arrange the salute, so it's not busy and tiring enough.It stands to reason that it is the way to treat guests that people should be allowed to go to rest early, why do they invite people to come to the upper room to chat and laugh at night.

Zhu Xiu thought it was unexpected that Xue's family went to Beijing at this time, plus the incident of entering the palace for Jia Yuanchun two years ago, the suspicion between Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had already arisen.It must be that the Xue family pushed the boat to stay and made the old lady unhappy.

The little girl who reported the letter looked like a twittering magpie, and couldn't help but praise the new girl for her gentle speech and generous behavior.

Hey, the Xue family's bounty is not in vain.

Zhu Xiu took a pill of Yungai incense from the shelf by the door, and handed it to the little girl, "Put it in your purse, it can repel mosquitoes. It's better than the ones bought outside."

The little girl hurriedly took it over happily, the older sisters in the old lady's yard, in terms of being gentle and generous, should belong to sister Zhuxiu, she never beat or scolded the little girl, and treated them like a deacon and big maid.She usually asks people to run errands, and everyone is eager to come.

It's just that this elder sister doesn't like to joke very much, and when she's not on duty, she either goes to the pharmacy to tinker, or stays alone to work, and the little girls who are interested can't be relied on.

Zhu Xiu straightened her clothes, locked the door, went to the small tea room to get some snacks, and then quietly went in from the back to go to the room.

"It's almost the second watch now, why are the wives and girls still joking around, and you're not afraid that the old lady will be sleepy?" Zhu Xiu asked Yuanyang in a low voice.

Yuanyang was watching Miss Yun and Miss San turn over the flower rope, suddenly jumped, and said angrily: "I'm going to kill you!"

"You don't know yet, the old lady left Mrs. Xue's family in the mansion, maybe she is happy today, so it will be lively for a while." Yuanyang clung to Zhu Xiu's ear and whispered: "This newcomer Miss Xue, my wife has already sent a message, Ming Bao's second master calls her Sister Bao, and we will have to call her Miss Bao from now on."

Zhu Xiu looked at the living room, Aunt Xue was in the upper seat, chatting with Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang was also there, Jia Baoyu was playing with these girls in the floor-to-ceiling hood, separated by the bead curtain, it didn't seem noisy.

The falling chime bell rang nine times, and Mother Jia said: "I'm tired, go back and rest, you just chat. There are also their sisters, don't stick to them, children's house, new acquaintances are fresh, late night It’s okay to sleep for a while.”

Seeing that Jiamu was tired, Mrs. Wang was about to leave and everyone had a rest. After hearing this, she had to help Jiamu go in and then turned back.

Seeing Aunt Xue's tired eyes and brows, Mrs. Wang was a little embarrassed, and whispered: "Sit for a while, Baoyu and her sisters should be sleepy too."

As he said that, he looked into the floor cover, who knew that he saw Xiangyun angrily throwing away the red rope in his hand, throwing the rope on Baoyu's body with a snap, and pinching Baoyu's arm, he didn't know what he was doing.The girl next to her laughed together, only Baochai sat a little far away, playing chess with Yingchun.

Mrs. Wang's face fell with a chirp, and she didn't care about being in front of Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue also saw it, patted her sister's arm comfortingly, and said with a smile: "It's not uncommon for them to be annoyed when they play together, and anxious for another. I'm still envious, Bao girl has a dull temper, so it's better to ask these little sisters to take care of her."

Just as she was persuading, unexpectedly something happened inside, Baoyu stood up suddenly, took off the jade hanging from her neck, and fell to the ground fiercely.

Mrs. Wang's eyes were red with anxiety, and she couldn't wait for the girl to lift the bead curtain, and she had already walked in, cursing: "It's okay, let's throw this life again! Sinister, evil!"

Baoyu just didn't listen, but stomped on the jade with his foot. Several sisters and sisters couldn't hold him back.

The floor-to-ceiling hood is not big, and the young masters and ladies occupied most of the space before, so the nanny and many maids are waiting in the other side room. There are only three servants here, one Xue Baochai is close to him, and the next Only red embroidery and mandarin ducks are left.

It was the first time for Zhu Xiu to see this Second Master Bao go crazy, and he cast off the halo on his body, just looking at this person, he developed dementia just like those manic patients suffering from illness, Second Master Bao's face was distorted Also pretty scary.

Aunt Xue also rushed up, and the two old sisters blocked the floor cover to death.

Tanchun and Xichun are still young, Xiangyun is crying, Yingchun and Baochai are older, but they can't hold Baoyu.Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue just asked people to pull Baoyu away, and a bunch of nurses and maids blocked the outside.

Zhu Xiu rolled her eyes secretly, taking advantage of Jia Baoyu's time to lift her foot, she quickly picked up the jade.

As soon as the pigeon-egg-sized jade was in his hands, his head was beeping non-stop.Zhu Xiu didn't care about anything else, but was pleasantly surprised to find that Cuihua Nang had expanded from the size of half a room to the size of a whole room.

Alas, this is really a treasure, Zhu Xiu stretched out her hand, pulled her handkerchief off the mandarin duck's waist, wiped the jade, and then placed it on the handkerchief to give to Mrs. Wang.

Seeing that she had snatched the jade back, Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief, when she heard Jia Mu's trembling voice: "What's the matter! Baoyu broke his life again?! Come out, what's the matter with me?" explain!"

Seeing that Jia Mu had taken off her outer coat and was only wearing her middle coat, holding the girl's hand, she hurried out from behind.

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue hurried up to help, Jia Baoyu and all the sisters followed, and Zhu Xiu walked behind holding the jade.

Jia's mother first held Jia Baoyu in her arms, and saw that his face was full of tears, and she was very distressed. She wiped him and said angrily, "I just went to rest when I went to rest, and what happened to provoke him?" he?"

Seeing that Sanchun was silent like a cicada, he pointed to Xiangyun and said, "Yun girl, tell me!"

Xiangyun was also a little dazed, and Jia Baoyu interrupted him and said, "Why did you ever provoke me! It's just that there are no sisters at home or sister Yun, and there is no sister Bao who came from my aunt's house! You know this is not a nice one."

Mother Jia choked, knowing that someone must have been careless when the sisters were talking just now, and praised him for the rarity and preciousness of the jade, which made her little ancestor lose his temper again.

Zhu Xiu was standing behind the people, full of slots that were about to overflow, in her opinion, this was taught badly by adults since childhood - this Rongguo Mansion simply enshrines this jade as auspicious, regardless of whether the master or servants, I often mention it, say it every day, and I still look proud. Jia Baoyu lives in such an environment, and his nurse and maid serve his jade like a god. Also subconsciously knew that this jade was the weakness of the whole family.

I'm afraid that at the beginning, he was just using that jade to scare people, but with this scare, all his demands that should not be granted were immediately satisfied, which is a bad thing. To throw jade.When I really fell it once, I found that the jade could not be broken, so it would be out of control...

In fact, does Jia Baoyu really hate his piece of jade?I'm afraid it may not be so, Zhu Xiu thinks that he probably likes it in his heart, if he doesn't like it, why bother to ask the little sister if she has jade.

This Jia Baoyu is a bit like that 'performance personality'.

It's not uncommon, especially in front of the new sisters, to throw the jade back, as if deliberately smashing a precious thing to highlight his own difference, and his jade is not broken.After all, isn't it just a child showing off his presence in front of his beautiful sister?

If not, why in the original book, Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai looked at each other's jade and gold necklaces, and Baochai also said that his jade was so rare that he wanted to appreciate it carefully, so why didn't Jia Baoyu go crazy and throw the jade?But at that time, they were familiar with each other, and it was only the two of them, so there was no need to look for a sense of existence.

Just thinking about it, this is the lightness of the beating, if it is her, just throw it and beat it once, and see if he still does it.Zhu Xiu was stabbed on the waist by Yuanyang, and Yuanyang only pouted forward.

Zhu Xiu hurriedly carried it forward, and Jia's mother picked it up, and brought it to Jia Baoyu herself.

After this incident, everyone was about to disperse, Jia Baoyu wiped his face and followed Shi Xiangyun staggeringly, with younger sisters older and younger younger.

Mother Jia doesn't reason either.After cupping tea, the whole Rongqing hall became clean again.

When Yuanyang and Zhu Xiu came out, they saw that there was still half a shoe print on the back of Zhu Xiu's hand, and they jumped up: "Did you not rest your hands? Wipe it clean soon." Then he touched the handkerchief on his waist.

He searched all over but couldn't find it, but saw Zhu Xiu carrying one with a smile on his face, it wasn't hers.

"I'm not willing to use my own, but use mine to wipe the dirty things..." Yuanyang knew that she had made a mistake as soon as she said it, so she stopped quickly and stared at Zhu Xiu angrily.

Zhu Xiu pulled her and said with a smile: "My good sister, I came out in a hurry, I didn't bring a handkerchief so I used yours, I'll make a good one for you tomorrow..."