[Red Mansions] The big maid struggles daily
Chapter 41
The members of Zhou Rui's family were almost at the Rongqing Hall before realizing that the big maid of the Lin family said, "Silk flowers are not worth anything." ?
She lowered her head and opened the box to look at the silk flowers, but she didn't realize it without saying anything. Now that she looked closely, even she felt that they were only brighter than the dozens of flowers sold on the street for a big money each.Regardless of the palace system and brocade boxes, such large silk flowers are only willing to wear on the head of small households. The girls in the family will never put this hairpin on their temples.
Only those from Zhou Rui's family slandered secretly, and Shi Xiangyun in the flower hall curled his lips and said: "I will pick the rest and give it to me."
This brocade box is so big, if there are only two flowers, where is this box used, Xiangyun understood at a glance, and acted foolishly in front of Jia Baoyu.
Zhou Rui's family just didn't hear, and didn't say a word.Seeing this, Jia Baoyu was busy being a good person in the middle, and asked Sister Bao how to wait, and asked Sister Bao, the concubine, to greet him and Miss Yun.Zhou Rui's family drooped their eyes, agreed and went.
Shi Xiangyun felt that she was not as good as before when she came back. Her mouth has always been sharp, and she slammed her hand and said loudly: "What do you mean! Cuilu, pack up and let's go home! I'm here to see people's noses and eyes——I'm a poor man again My little girl, there's no need to ask others to wear it on her head!"
Zhou Rui's family listened sincerely, and with a sneer, Lin's family also noticed it, but the words were nice, and whoever looked like her became excited.Anyway, as long as Miss Lin is not in a restrained situation, it is not wrong for others to give you gifts. Saying these words makes you even more petty.
In Meishou Garden, when Xingyue reported the matter of Gong Hua, Nanny Chen's smile faded, she glanced at Nanny Zhu, and said, "Although what you did was right, that Zhou There is even a layer of meaning to the home, can you see it?"
There were only Xing, Tao and two nuns in the room. The two girls were stunned and shook their heads.
"Now it's the end of the year. Although our girl wants to guard my wife for 27 months, it is someone else's house. According to the statement here, by next year, our girl will be filial piety..." Nanny Chen clicked and saw The two girls were still ignorant, sighed and said: "Young lady is out of filial piety, it is impossible to hide in this courtyard. Now we don't have much to do with this mansion, how about out of filial piety? People outside don't know our girl's temperament. As, this week's family has the intention of visiting the girl's actions. If not, why would she come out and do such an offending thing by herself? "
Nanny Zhu also said: "If it's on that Miss Shi, the Zhou family would look down on her for doing this. Relying on the power of the master, she is not afraid of offending a girl who has nothing to rely on. But here, she is I dare not."
Xingyue said: "I didn't dare to do it, but I did it anyway, why did you come here?"
Nanny Chen also asked, "Why are you here?"
"Because this is a gift from the Xue family, and it's just a trivial matter. Even if you offend me, you can push it on the Xue family. Can we ask people for disrespect because of this trivial matter? I just said that she meant to test it! If you bear your grievances and accept nothing else today, then wait and see, people outside will say that our girl is not rigid, she is easy to bully like soft dough!"
Xingyue and Taoyue were startled, and they both said, "Why is it so bad!"
Mother Chen smiled and sighed: "Our family has a simple population after all, and you are all so pure and kind. You are obedient and listen to the music, and everyone doesn't think too much."
Grandma Zhu just laughed: "There is no shortage of such things anywhere, especially in this mansion. Let's be strong, they are afraid of their heads, and they only care a little bit when they talk and do things; Waiting to put on the bridle, I got bullied... These two days, I went to the courtyard to invite you, and you just said that the girl is going to copy the scriptures for the wife." If you don't stretch it, you really think you have lost your temper.
Nanny Chen echoed with a smile, "Come over there, just put the fresh fruit sent by the master on a plate, and ask to take it over, to be filial to the old lady."
Lin Ruhai sent people to deliver half a boatload of fresh fruits, including apples and pomegranates that are common here, as well as many varieties such as bergamot, grapefruit, and kiwi that are only found in the south.Not only to send fresh fruits to honor the old lady, but also to all the masters and masters of the Rong Mansion, especially the Xue family, who specially sent half a basket of fresh kiwi fruit.
Zhu Xiu listened to the twists and turns of the big family and knew that when Zijuan brought fruit to Jia Mu, she replied, "... Miss Lin is ashamed, the full moon has passed, Miss Lin Don't worry about it, but the faces of the housekeepers are not very good."
Hearing this, Zhu Xiu also forgot, because Lin Ruhai sent someone to buy a houseful of good furs from the territory of Lao Maozi in the extreme north and sent them to Daiyu.
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Lin An didn't send all the furs. If they did, they would have to stare at them, and there wouldn't be much left.Lin An's family lives in the Lin family's mansion, so they need to count them out so that they can be put away so that they can carry the dowry in the future.
Daiyu pulled Zhu Xiu and said: "Although Yangzhou is not as cold as here, it is more difficult to endure in winter because it is more humid. I thought, since I have such a good leather, why not make a big woolen coat for my father."
He pursed his lips and smiled, "Those big cloaks that my father used to wear are so chic and easy, but they are a little bit cold."
Everyone in the room laughed, Mr. Lin was born in Tanhualang, even though he is a little older now, he still looks like a scholar and celebrity.In the winter, we have to go fishing with one or two old friends in the snow.
Juyue just smiled: "The girl still said that you are the most like a master! What about planting flowers, waiting for the moon, appreciating the snow, watching birds, watching fish..." As she spoke, she gestured to Zhu Xiu, "It turns out that In Yangzhou, the master took the girl to look at a water puddle on the mountain behind Qiling Temple for a long time. We thought it was a marvelous sight, but who knew it was really just a puddle with a few wild puddles no thicker than fingers inside. Fish... how many koi and golden lotuses are there in the release pond of Qiling Temple, but the master and the girl just don't like them, they even write poems and recite them when they go home, I really don't know what to say."
Daiyu shook her head and said, "It's in vain that you have read those poems and books, why are you so vulgar? Although those brocade carps are beautiful, they are far less fresh and interesting than wild fish." She still pulled Zhu Xiu to make an idea.
After a while, Mother Zhu came back and jokingly said: "Master Lin collected these furs from the north, and sent them to Yangzhou for thousands of miles. For Master Lin..." It can be seen that both father and daughter think of each other first.
Lin Daiyu's eyes were slightly red, but her heart was very sweet. Ever since she was picked up by her grandmother, the father and daughter were even closer than they were at home.Not only do I have to go back and forth and write letters every month, but I also rush to send people to send anything when I eat and use it.Lin Ruhai cared more and more for his daughter, and was even more unwilling to mess with his body. There was no such thing as an all-night business in the past, but who knows that everything will be smooth when things are slow, and his situation has improved a little bit because of it...
Some customs of the Daqing Dynasty were very different from those of the previous dynasties.In the former dynasty, the fur clothes were mostly fur facing inwards, and then lined with a layer of lining, while in Daqing, the furs were mostly facing outwards.Fleece clothing was popular in the former dynasty, but fur clothing was popular in Daqing, especially the dignitaries in the north, who wore fur clothing for half a year.
Jia's mother is old and afraid of the cold, and she wears a sheepskin gown with a bucket of pearls in August and September.The so-called Yidouzhu is made of the skin of a lamb that is about to be born but has not yet seen the light of day. Because of its snow-white coat, the grains are twisted like pearls, so it is called "Yidouzhu".Although this fur is expensive, it is extremely thin, and high-ranking officials often wear it as jackets.Jia Mu always likes to wear this, and also likes to eat steamed lamb with milk, so Jia's family often buys ewes with cubs.
Daiyu didn't know what the pearls were before she heard what Mammy Zhu said, so she didn't want that kind of sheep's skin, and just asked her to send it to Jia Mu, and she didn't allow the comprador at home to buy the skin again.Grandma Zhu just laughed: "Where is this skin? That bucket of beads is loved by rich and noble families because it is difficult to obtain. In fact, it's just a hozen sweeping the floor. It's just that the eyes are bright. The master will never give those fake things to the girl." Bring it."
Seeing that the girls in the room were all chattering, Mammy Zhu laughed angrily, "Aren't you listening now! If you don't listen now, please beg me not to talk anymore."
It turned out that with the help of those furs sent by Lin Ruhai, Madam Zhu was teaching them to identify fur goods.
Zhu Xiu waited to come up and beat her shoulders and back to please her, even Daiyu laughed, "Say it soon, Mammy, I don't dare."
Grandma Zhu couldn't bear it any longer, and said with a smile: "A group of monkeys, the girl has taught you to mislead."
As he said, he divided the fur on the kang into two piles, "This kind of fur is often divided into two opposite categories, such as big hair, small hair, fine hair, coarse hair, straight hair and curved hair, etc. The fine hair and coarse hair are also called fine fur, Coarse fur. We usually refer to big fur clothes, which mostly refer to the fine fur in the big fur, such as fox fur and raccoon fur, which are bigger and have longer hair. Small fur and fine fur are like these sable, ermine, gray Mouse skin, etc., look, the fur is short and soft..."
The girls sat in a circle, touching the fur with their shining eyes. They all had a few leather clothes, but who knew these things in the past.
Grandma Zhu continued: "Although those sheep skins, wolf skins, and marmot skins also have hair, they are all rough leather products, and you won't see them here. You have to listen carefully to what I'm going to say next, lest you go out and be deceived. "
As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver fox fur and said, "This fox fur is different from the others. I never used the whole one. The one on the back is called 'fox spine', and the one on the chest, abdomen and underarms is called the fox fur." 'Fox Gizzard', the large piece under the head and neck is called 'Fox Gizzard', and the four legs are called 'Fox Legs'... Here, the fur of fox gizzard and fox gizzard is soft and thick, and it is the finest light fur."
Then I counted Xuanhu, Silver Fox, Sand Fox, Green Fox, Firefox, etc., which made people dizzy.
Daiyu is somewhat noble by nature, and never cared much about these things, but now she just gained some insight and didn't take it seriously.But Xingyue, Taoyue, Zhu Xiu and the others had to learn to be proficient. It was really miserable for Zhu Nanny to rummage through and identify those skins.
Sitting on the edge of the kang, Mother Chen would say a few sarcastic remarks from time to time: "I'm about to wear them, but you still can't tell the difference. Someday when people wear black cloud leopard jackets, you'll think they're squirrel jackets. Isn’t it ashamed to throw it away? The girl still has to point to you to remind me, maybe I have to come back and ask if it’s okay, so I can’t laugh at the big teeth of others!”
Zhu Xiuxian still felt that he was stronger. After all, with his eyesight here, he could see more clearly than others, so he learned faster by himself.But now hearing this "dark cloud leopard" skin, his eyes are almost dull, why is there another leopard skin?
Daiyu Bowen has a strong memory. Although she doesn't pay attention to it, she still remembers what she said once.Immediately reminded in a low voice: "Qinghufu."
Zhu Xiu just remembered it, and suddenly felt that it was even more difficult to bear. This sand fox fur is just green fox fur, but there are so many aliases. Sea dragon skin, sheepskin with frost.
Mammy Zhu started talking about mink fur again, mink, sable, flowered mink, sand mink, Taiping mink...
It was intoxicating.
"I haven't finished my crabapple fruit yet, I..." Zhu Xiu wanted to run away for the first time, but she was stared back by Mammy Zhu.
I had to sit back pitifully.Zhu Xiu only said in her heart that inside these furs, only rabbit skins and sheepskins can be used when they go out in the future, and who else is willing to spend that money to buy them.Miss Lin, Xingyue, and Taoyue are the only ones who need to learn these things.
But who told her to teach her own mother?Zhu Xiu remembered that when her mother taught her to embroider, she disassembled and disassembled the embroidery. No matter how serious she was, she didn't dare to go on a errand right now.
After a few days, all the people in this room were relieved.Even Daiyu herself felt a pain in her head when she saw those leather materials, but she still remembered that she wanted to make clothes for Lin Ruhai, so she had to dig through them.
Seeing this, the four of Xingyue all slipped away, and even Mammy Zhu cheated her daughter, and they all praised Zhu Xiu, saying that she was good at learning, needlework, and she had a bright mind, so she had a fresh idea.
Zhu Xiu's teeth itch with hatred, but she herself couldn't stand Daiyu's soft pleading, so she reluctantly agreed.
Granny Zhu leaned over the stove again, and said with a smile, "The big woolen clothes and the light fur gown also have a lot of attention to sewing. While you're doing this, I'll teach you..."
Nanny Chen teamed up with each other, asked the little girl to lift the warm chair to block the entrance of the hall, and sat down with the tea bowl in her hands, blocking everyone in the room.She joked: "You only eat flower bones, you are so beautiful! How many people want to learn but don't know where to ask for it, that is to say, you, Madam Zhu, don't hide your secrets and don't spare your blessings!"
Xingyue was about to cry, without such a bag, she stuffed her stomach before, and finally digested it.His eyes were flushed from the boil, and he taught me how to teach.
Grandma Chen is in the spirit: "Those scholars in the family pay attention to what is going on at one stroke, then failing again, and exhausting three times. You all muster your energy, and it will be fine if you can't learn it once. Besides, when it comes to winter months, the two of us will have to work hard." Busy with New Year's ceremony, who has the time to teach these!"
Zhu Xiu's mouth was bitter, how could this sewing work be so easy.Xingyue four are better, alone, mother must see that I have been making some fruit wine, wine, snacks and food recently, and put aside the embroidery for a while, so I took the Qiaozong of master Lin to send woolen materials Son, specially taught this.
Nanny Zhu smiled at her daughter: Now that you understand it, it's easy to learn it, otherwise...
Zhu Xiu shivered, like a little quail with its neck curled up, not to mention how obedient it is.
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One day, Zhu Xiu and Dai Yu were working together to embroider cloud patterns on the bottom of the Qingxi cloak, when they suddenly saw people coming and going: "Miss Xue is here."
But it's rare that Lin Daiyu has been here for almost a year, and Xue's family is indifferent. Even at Jiamu's place, Xue Baochai is with Jia Baoyu, while Daiyu often talks and plays chess with Yingchun and Tanchun.
"Please come in quickly." Everyone has reached the door, so they can only invite you in.
Xingyue went to the ear room to call Juyue: "That big girl from the Xue family is here. You have a sharp mouth, come out quickly."
Ju Yue laughed: "Is she some kind of scourge, calling you like this. In our house, are you afraid that she will not be able to bully the girl? No matter how good our girl is, she doesn't have the temperament to be bullied."
That day when the nuns were talking about Zhou Rui's family, Juyue wasn't there, so they couldn't understand Xingyue's attitude as if she was facing a formidable enemy.In fact, it's because Xingyue often hears that this Miss Xue has a generous appearance, a dignified character, a respectful and considerate character... From the mouths of the people in this house, there are some who look down on the Xue family and laugh at Xue Pan, But no one said that this Bao girl was bad, she was much better than the three decent girls in Jia's mansion.How can Xingyue not be wary of such a perfect person.
Xue Baochai walked into the hall with a small enamel hand stove, supported by Yinger.
As soon as the woman outside opened the curtain, Daiyu stood up. Baochai hurriedly said, "Sister Lin, sit down quickly. I'm just bored in the room by myself. Come and talk to my sister."
After seeing each other, Baochai asked with a smile, "What is Sister Lin doing these days, and she doesn't spend much time with the old lady?"
Daiyu said: "It's going to be cold, make some clothes for my father."
When Baochai heard about it, she immediately smiled and wanted to see Daiyu's handicraft.
Daiyu never liked to lie or prevaricate, but now she also regretted telling the truth.
Xingyue had no choice but to take out her cloak in the inner room.
Baochai caressed the delicate and smooth fur, and praised "what a handsome job."
Daiyu couldn't figure out why she came, so she could only accompany the general and say some salty words.
Zhu Xiu came from the tea room and said with a smile: "It's cloudy outside again, it looks like it's going to snow. Girls, try the ginger jujube tea I made to drive away the cold."
He just raised his head, and at a glance, he was shaken by the shining golden lock hanging on Xue Baochai's chest.
When Fang was about to speak, there was another knock on the door: "Second Master Bao is here."
She lowered her head and opened the box to look at the silk flowers, but she didn't realize it without saying anything. Now that she looked closely, even she felt that they were only brighter than the dozens of flowers sold on the street for a big money each.Regardless of the palace system and brocade boxes, such large silk flowers are only willing to wear on the head of small households. The girls in the family will never put this hairpin on their temples.
Only those from Zhou Rui's family slandered secretly, and Shi Xiangyun in the flower hall curled his lips and said: "I will pick the rest and give it to me."
This brocade box is so big, if there are only two flowers, where is this box used, Xiangyun understood at a glance, and acted foolishly in front of Jia Baoyu.
Zhou Rui's family just didn't hear, and didn't say a word.Seeing this, Jia Baoyu was busy being a good person in the middle, and asked Sister Bao how to wait, and asked Sister Bao, the concubine, to greet him and Miss Yun.Zhou Rui's family drooped their eyes, agreed and went.
Shi Xiangyun felt that she was not as good as before when she came back. Her mouth has always been sharp, and she slammed her hand and said loudly: "What do you mean! Cuilu, pack up and let's go home! I'm here to see people's noses and eyes——I'm a poor man again My little girl, there's no need to ask others to wear it on her head!"
Zhou Rui's family listened sincerely, and with a sneer, Lin's family also noticed it, but the words were nice, and whoever looked like her became excited.Anyway, as long as Miss Lin is not in a restrained situation, it is not wrong for others to give you gifts. Saying these words makes you even more petty.
In Meishou Garden, when Xingyue reported the matter of Gong Hua, Nanny Chen's smile faded, she glanced at Nanny Zhu, and said, "Although what you did was right, that Zhou There is even a layer of meaning to the home, can you see it?"
There were only Xing, Tao and two nuns in the room. The two girls were stunned and shook their heads.
"Now it's the end of the year. Although our girl wants to guard my wife for 27 months, it is someone else's house. According to the statement here, by next year, our girl will be filial piety..." Nanny Chen clicked and saw The two girls were still ignorant, sighed and said: "Young lady is out of filial piety, it is impossible to hide in this courtyard. Now we don't have much to do with this mansion, how about out of filial piety? People outside don't know our girl's temperament. As, this week's family has the intention of visiting the girl's actions. If not, why would she come out and do such an offending thing by herself? "
Nanny Zhu also said: "If it's on that Miss Shi, the Zhou family would look down on her for doing this. Relying on the power of the master, she is not afraid of offending a girl who has nothing to rely on. But here, she is I dare not."
Xingyue said: "I didn't dare to do it, but I did it anyway, why did you come here?"
Nanny Chen also asked, "Why are you here?"
"Because this is a gift from the Xue family, and it's just a trivial matter. Even if you offend me, you can push it on the Xue family. Can we ask people for disrespect because of this trivial matter? I just said that she meant to test it! If you bear your grievances and accept nothing else today, then wait and see, people outside will say that our girl is not rigid, she is easy to bully like soft dough!"
Xingyue and Taoyue were startled, and they both said, "Why is it so bad!"
Mother Chen smiled and sighed: "Our family has a simple population after all, and you are all so pure and kind. You are obedient and listen to the music, and everyone doesn't think too much."
Grandma Zhu just laughed: "There is no shortage of such things anywhere, especially in this mansion. Let's be strong, they are afraid of their heads, and they only care a little bit when they talk and do things; Waiting to put on the bridle, I got bullied... These two days, I went to the courtyard to invite you, and you just said that the girl is going to copy the scriptures for the wife." If you don't stretch it, you really think you have lost your temper.
Nanny Chen echoed with a smile, "Come over there, just put the fresh fruit sent by the master on a plate, and ask to take it over, to be filial to the old lady."
Lin Ruhai sent people to deliver half a boatload of fresh fruits, including apples and pomegranates that are common here, as well as many varieties such as bergamot, grapefruit, and kiwi that are only found in the south.Not only to send fresh fruits to honor the old lady, but also to all the masters and masters of the Rong Mansion, especially the Xue family, who specially sent half a basket of fresh kiwi fruit.
Zhu Xiu listened to the twists and turns of the big family and knew that when Zijuan brought fruit to Jia Mu, she replied, "... Miss Lin is ashamed, the full moon has passed, Miss Lin Don't worry about it, but the faces of the housekeepers are not very good."
Hearing this, Zhu Xiu also forgot, because Lin Ruhai sent someone to buy a houseful of good furs from the territory of Lao Maozi in the extreme north and sent them to Daiyu.
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Lin An didn't send all the furs. If they did, they would have to stare at them, and there wouldn't be much left.Lin An's family lives in the Lin family's mansion, so they need to count them out so that they can be put away so that they can carry the dowry in the future.
Daiyu pulled Zhu Xiu and said: "Although Yangzhou is not as cold as here, it is more difficult to endure in winter because it is more humid. I thought, since I have such a good leather, why not make a big woolen coat for my father."
He pursed his lips and smiled, "Those big cloaks that my father used to wear are so chic and easy, but they are a little bit cold."
Everyone in the room laughed, Mr. Lin was born in Tanhualang, even though he is a little older now, he still looks like a scholar and celebrity.In the winter, we have to go fishing with one or two old friends in the snow.
Juyue just smiled: "The girl still said that you are the most like a master! What about planting flowers, waiting for the moon, appreciating the snow, watching birds, watching fish..." As she spoke, she gestured to Zhu Xiu, "It turns out that In Yangzhou, the master took the girl to look at a water puddle on the mountain behind Qiling Temple for a long time. We thought it was a marvelous sight, but who knew it was really just a puddle with a few wild puddles no thicker than fingers inside. Fish... how many koi and golden lotuses are there in the release pond of Qiling Temple, but the master and the girl just don't like them, they even write poems and recite them when they go home, I really don't know what to say."
Daiyu shook her head and said, "It's in vain that you have read those poems and books, why are you so vulgar? Although those brocade carps are beautiful, they are far less fresh and interesting than wild fish." She still pulled Zhu Xiu to make an idea.
After a while, Mother Zhu came back and jokingly said: "Master Lin collected these furs from the north, and sent them to Yangzhou for thousands of miles. For Master Lin..." It can be seen that both father and daughter think of each other first.
Lin Daiyu's eyes were slightly red, but her heart was very sweet. Ever since she was picked up by her grandmother, the father and daughter were even closer than they were at home.Not only do I have to go back and forth and write letters every month, but I also rush to send people to send anything when I eat and use it.Lin Ruhai cared more and more for his daughter, and was even more unwilling to mess with his body. There was no such thing as an all-night business in the past, but who knows that everything will be smooth when things are slow, and his situation has improved a little bit because of it...
Some customs of the Daqing Dynasty were very different from those of the previous dynasties.In the former dynasty, the fur clothes were mostly fur facing inwards, and then lined with a layer of lining, while in Daqing, the furs were mostly facing outwards.Fleece clothing was popular in the former dynasty, but fur clothing was popular in Daqing, especially the dignitaries in the north, who wore fur clothing for half a year.
Jia's mother is old and afraid of the cold, and she wears a sheepskin gown with a bucket of pearls in August and September.The so-called Yidouzhu is made of the skin of a lamb that is about to be born but has not yet seen the light of day. Because of its snow-white coat, the grains are twisted like pearls, so it is called "Yidouzhu".Although this fur is expensive, it is extremely thin, and high-ranking officials often wear it as jackets.Jia Mu always likes to wear this, and also likes to eat steamed lamb with milk, so Jia's family often buys ewes with cubs.
Daiyu didn't know what the pearls were before she heard what Mammy Zhu said, so she didn't want that kind of sheep's skin, and just asked her to send it to Jia Mu, and she didn't allow the comprador at home to buy the skin again.Grandma Zhu just laughed: "Where is this skin? That bucket of beads is loved by rich and noble families because it is difficult to obtain. In fact, it's just a hozen sweeping the floor. It's just that the eyes are bright. The master will never give those fake things to the girl." Bring it."
Seeing that the girls in the room were all chattering, Mammy Zhu laughed angrily, "Aren't you listening now! If you don't listen now, please beg me not to talk anymore."
It turned out that with the help of those furs sent by Lin Ruhai, Madam Zhu was teaching them to identify fur goods.
Zhu Xiu waited to come up and beat her shoulders and back to please her, even Daiyu laughed, "Say it soon, Mammy, I don't dare."
Grandma Zhu couldn't bear it any longer, and said with a smile: "A group of monkeys, the girl has taught you to mislead."
As he said, he divided the fur on the kang into two piles, "This kind of fur is often divided into two opposite categories, such as big hair, small hair, fine hair, coarse hair, straight hair and curved hair, etc. The fine hair and coarse hair are also called fine fur, Coarse fur. We usually refer to big fur clothes, which mostly refer to the fine fur in the big fur, such as fox fur and raccoon fur, which are bigger and have longer hair. Small fur and fine fur are like these sable, ermine, gray Mouse skin, etc., look, the fur is short and soft..."
The girls sat in a circle, touching the fur with their shining eyes. They all had a few leather clothes, but who knew these things in the past.
Grandma Zhu continued: "Although those sheep skins, wolf skins, and marmot skins also have hair, they are all rough leather products, and you won't see them here. You have to listen carefully to what I'm going to say next, lest you go out and be deceived. "
As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver fox fur and said, "This fox fur is different from the others. I never used the whole one. The one on the back is called 'fox spine', and the one on the chest, abdomen and underarms is called the fox fur." 'Fox Gizzard', the large piece under the head and neck is called 'Fox Gizzard', and the four legs are called 'Fox Legs'... Here, the fur of fox gizzard and fox gizzard is soft and thick, and it is the finest light fur."
Then I counted Xuanhu, Silver Fox, Sand Fox, Green Fox, Firefox, etc., which made people dizzy.
Daiyu is somewhat noble by nature, and never cared much about these things, but now she just gained some insight and didn't take it seriously.But Xingyue, Taoyue, Zhu Xiu and the others had to learn to be proficient. It was really miserable for Zhu Nanny to rummage through and identify those skins.
Sitting on the edge of the kang, Mother Chen would say a few sarcastic remarks from time to time: "I'm about to wear them, but you still can't tell the difference. Someday when people wear black cloud leopard jackets, you'll think they're squirrel jackets. Isn’t it ashamed to throw it away? The girl still has to point to you to remind me, maybe I have to come back and ask if it’s okay, so I can’t laugh at the big teeth of others!”
Zhu Xiuxian still felt that he was stronger. After all, with his eyesight here, he could see more clearly than others, so he learned faster by himself.But now hearing this "dark cloud leopard" skin, his eyes are almost dull, why is there another leopard skin?
Daiyu Bowen has a strong memory. Although she doesn't pay attention to it, she still remembers what she said once.Immediately reminded in a low voice: "Qinghufu."
Zhu Xiu just remembered it, and suddenly felt that it was even more difficult to bear. This sand fox fur is just green fox fur, but there are so many aliases. Sea dragon skin, sheepskin with frost.
Mammy Zhu started talking about mink fur again, mink, sable, flowered mink, sand mink, Taiping mink...
It was intoxicating.
"I haven't finished my crabapple fruit yet, I..." Zhu Xiu wanted to run away for the first time, but she was stared back by Mammy Zhu.
I had to sit back pitifully.Zhu Xiu only said in her heart that inside these furs, only rabbit skins and sheepskins can be used when they go out in the future, and who else is willing to spend that money to buy them.Miss Lin, Xingyue, and Taoyue are the only ones who need to learn these things.
But who told her to teach her own mother?Zhu Xiu remembered that when her mother taught her to embroider, she disassembled and disassembled the embroidery. No matter how serious she was, she didn't dare to go on a errand right now.
After a few days, all the people in this room were relieved.Even Daiyu herself felt a pain in her head when she saw those leather materials, but she still remembered that she wanted to make clothes for Lin Ruhai, so she had to dig through them.
Seeing this, the four of Xingyue all slipped away, and even Mammy Zhu cheated her daughter, and they all praised Zhu Xiu, saying that she was good at learning, needlework, and she had a bright mind, so she had a fresh idea.
Zhu Xiu's teeth itch with hatred, but she herself couldn't stand Daiyu's soft pleading, so she reluctantly agreed.
Granny Zhu leaned over the stove again, and said with a smile, "The big woolen clothes and the light fur gown also have a lot of attention to sewing. While you're doing this, I'll teach you..."
Nanny Chen teamed up with each other, asked the little girl to lift the warm chair to block the entrance of the hall, and sat down with the tea bowl in her hands, blocking everyone in the room.She joked: "You only eat flower bones, you are so beautiful! How many people want to learn but don't know where to ask for it, that is to say, you, Madam Zhu, don't hide your secrets and don't spare your blessings!"
Xingyue was about to cry, without such a bag, she stuffed her stomach before, and finally digested it.His eyes were flushed from the boil, and he taught me how to teach.
Grandma Chen is in the spirit: "Those scholars in the family pay attention to what is going on at one stroke, then failing again, and exhausting three times. You all muster your energy, and it will be fine if you can't learn it once. Besides, when it comes to winter months, the two of us will have to work hard." Busy with New Year's ceremony, who has the time to teach these!"
Zhu Xiu's mouth was bitter, how could this sewing work be so easy.Xingyue four are better, alone, mother must see that I have been making some fruit wine, wine, snacks and food recently, and put aside the embroidery for a while, so I took the Qiaozong of master Lin to send woolen materials Son, specially taught this.
Nanny Zhu smiled at her daughter: Now that you understand it, it's easy to learn it, otherwise...
Zhu Xiu shivered, like a little quail with its neck curled up, not to mention how obedient it is.
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One day, Zhu Xiu and Dai Yu were working together to embroider cloud patterns on the bottom of the Qingxi cloak, when they suddenly saw people coming and going: "Miss Xue is here."
But it's rare that Lin Daiyu has been here for almost a year, and Xue's family is indifferent. Even at Jiamu's place, Xue Baochai is with Jia Baoyu, while Daiyu often talks and plays chess with Yingchun and Tanchun.
"Please come in quickly." Everyone has reached the door, so they can only invite you in.
Xingyue went to the ear room to call Juyue: "That big girl from the Xue family is here. You have a sharp mouth, come out quickly."
Ju Yue laughed: "Is she some kind of scourge, calling you like this. In our house, are you afraid that she will not be able to bully the girl? No matter how good our girl is, she doesn't have the temperament to be bullied."
That day when the nuns were talking about Zhou Rui's family, Juyue wasn't there, so they couldn't understand Xingyue's attitude as if she was facing a formidable enemy.In fact, it's because Xingyue often hears that this Miss Xue has a generous appearance, a dignified character, a respectful and considerate character... From the mouths of the people in this house, there are some who look down on the Xue family and laugh at Xue Pan, But no one said that this Bao girl was bad, she was much better than the three decent girls in Jia's mansion.How can Xingyue not be wary of such a perfect person.
Xue Baochai walked into the hall with a small enamel hand stove, supported by Yinger.
As soon as the woman outside opened the curtain, Daiyu stood up. Baochai hurriedly said, "Sister Lin, sit down quickly. I'm just bored in the room by myself. Come and talk to my sister."
After seeing each other, Baochai asked with a smile, "What is Sister Lin doing these days, and she doesn't spend much time with the old lady?"
Daiyu said: "It's going to be cold, make some clothes for my father."
When Baochai heard about it, she immediately smiled and wanted to see Daiyu's handicraft.
Daiyu never liked to lie or prevaricate, but now she also regretted telling the truth.
Xingyue had no choice but to take out her cloak in the inner room.
Baochai caressed the delicate and smooth fur, and praised "what a handsome job."
Daiyu couldn't figure out why she came, so she could only accompany the general and say some salty words.
Zhu Xiu came from the tea room and said with a smile: "It's cloudy outside again, it looks like it's going to snow. Girls, try the ginger jujube tea I made to drive away the cold."
He just raised his head, and at a glance, he was shaken by the shining golden lock hanging on Xue Baochai's chest.
When Fang was about to speak, there was another knock on the door: "Second Master Bao is here."
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