The Red Chamber Collection

Daiyu said: "There are many places to live! But I don't know how to receive them!"

Guard Li said: "Ge Ge doesn't have to worry, just wait for the reception as the princess and the sixth prince."

Daiyu nodded and said: "How to deal with the many etiquettes? And should the servants avoid them?"

"You don't need to be too polite!" Li Shiwei said: "When the emperor was the crown prince, he often paid private visits."

"When I came, the emperor once said, 'You don't need to be too polite, it's better to treat ordinary people like ordinary people.'" Wang Shiwei said.

Daiyu understood.Then he called Zijuan and said: "I have something to tell you. You have seen the emperor, and he will arrive in a few days. You don't have to make a fuss. The identity of the emperor must not be revealed. The only thing you have to do is to treat him like a merchant. good!"

Zijuan was so startled that he didn't react for a long time.Zijuan covered her mouth and stared blankly at Daiyu.

Daiyu said angrily: "Look at your stupidity, are you going to kill your head? It's just the emperor, how can you be scared like this?!" After Daiyu finished speaking, she pushed Zijuan, and Zijuan took a step back. wake up.

"When will it arrive?" Zicuckoo panicked, "What should I prepare?"

"It's the twelfth lunar month of winter, where can I find something delicious? How many vegetarian dishes can I prepare?" Daiyu asked.

"Winter melon, yellow sprouts, peppers, tea beans, carrots, long radishes, green radishes, taro, lotus root, and spinach and cabbage; in addition, there are dry goods, dried plums, long beans, day lily, Shepherd's purse, locust tree flowers, elm leaves, kelp, bracken."

"Keep some roast goose, Jinling salted duck, Jinhua ham, Gaoyou duck eggs, as well as seasonal flower fish and steel barbed fish on the market, especially seasonal flower fish, as much as you want, this fish is hard to find."

"Others are fine, but it's hard to buy flower fish this season. In a market, you can occasionally see a few." Zijuan said.

"Let Director Wang send a few people to look for them in several markets. If it doesn't work, please ask me to send some to Wang Fulou Restaurant. They have a way, and there are many fishers to deal with."

"Is this going to work? We don't know anyone." Zijuan asked doubtfully.

"So those who go must know about our Lin Mansion. Mention me. The shopkeeper of Wang Fulou will sell me this face. It's money again. Who pretended to be Lin Manor and let him lose ten catties of fish?!"

"Oh, Miss knows the shopkeeper, so there's no problem. I'll tell the uncle right away. Let him send someone there immediately." Zijuan went to the front yard while speaking.

Xiao Cui went to arrange the residence of Guard Li and Guard Wang.Guard Li said to Xiaocui: "It's best to arrange it at the door!"

Xiaocui smiled and said, "If you don't arrange it at the door, don't you still want to live in the main house?!"

In the two rooms next to the Erdao gate, the two young men who were originally guarding the gate were sent away.Xiao Cui ordered two sets of new quilts to be brought in, as well as washbasins, towels, and the like.Thoughtful cooking everywhere.Xiaocui made the bed with the girl again, and said to Li Shiwei: "How about arranging two people for you to order?"

"Where is the use! Let us talk about it here. Everything is up to us." Li Wei said.

"Tell me what you need and what you need."

This guard doesn't want anyone to serve him.Just leave.Come as soon as you say it, and it would be troublesome to have servants.So Xiaocui smiled and went.

Xiaocui meets Daiyu who is leading two maids to the outside. Xiaocui stops.Follow Daiyu out again.

Daiyu was in the concierge and saw Wang Fuan talking to Liu Qibiao.Seeing that it was Daiyu coming over, the two immediately stood up and said, "Miss, sit down!"

Daiyu smiled.Ask Wang Fu'an: "Is there anyone in the house who can hunt and fish?"

"Yes. There is only one hunter. It's called Sun Youfu. There are more fishers." Wang Fu'an smiled and said, "We used to be fine. People in small ditches and small rivers will all go fishing."

Daiyu said: "Ask someone to tell the man who knows how to hunt, tell him not to do anything these days, and bring some hares and pheasants to him. Then ask someone to go fishing. There are merchants coming from the capital in the next two days."

Wang Fu'an agreed to go outside.Daiyu called back: "You have to inform me personally, why do you want to run by yourself?"

Wang Fu'an said: "At the beginning, there are some things I haven't adapted to. I'm afraid that others will go, and there will be no more talk. Maybe Sun Youfu doesn't listen to the visitor, or the visitor doesn't pass the message in place. Wouldn't it delay the young lady's affairs? !"

Daiyu said: "Then these people, now that it's winter, there's nothing wrong with them. Let their patriarchs come here, and they should learn some rules. How can they be so lax? There are still many people coming, and we should train some capable people to lead them." Take care of everything."

Wang Fuan nodded yes.

Daiyu smiled at Liu Qibiao again and said, "The Lin Mansion has to send more people in recent days. If it is not enough, we can recruit more. People will patrol at night. This is a new year, so we must take special precautions against petty thieves. Besides, the Lin Mansion In the future, more and more people will come. After the spring, some houses will be built for the people to live in. They will be managed. Then there will be fights and troubles, and your guards will deal with them. The burden is not light!"

Liu Qibiao hurriedly laughed and said: "People are ready-made, and there are too many people who want to come. My apprentice asked me several times, but he didn't agree. I think Miss has a lot of families here, and the expenses are also high. Six or seven of us, just That's enough. If Miss says so, I'll recruit two more."

"You recruit six more people. I have my own arrangements here. But they must be of better quality!" Daiyu said with a smile.

Liu Qibiao replied: "They are all martial arts practitioners, and they must first learn morality! In this regard, miss, don't worry. My apprentice, I know it well."

"Then I'll trouble you, and I'll bring you here immediately." Daiyu said, "You're not at home, and Xiaocui is here, and there is no one to take care of her at home. In the spring of next year, a house will be built in the back, so that the family can move in. .How old is your son?"

"Six years old!"

"The school will start next year, let him learn some knowledge!"

Hearing what Daiyu said, Liu Qibiao burst into tears and knelt down.Seeing her father kneeling down, Xiaocui hurriedly knelt down too.Liu Qibiao said: "I am grateful to Miss for being so considerate. The servant has nothing to repay, and can only serve the lady conscientiously. If the lady doesn't dislike her here, the servant is willing to bring his family into the house as slaves!"

Daiyu hurriedly said: "Get up quickly! If you want to enter the mansion, then I am relieved!"

Wang Fu'an came over, pulled Liu Qibiao up, and said with a smile: "That's good! The old man has no more worries. Miss, yesterday Liu Lao was talking to me about his home. I was worried that my son would have no one to teach me. I was also worried that there would be no male lead in the family." I'm afraid that some thieves will steal things, and my sister-in-law is alone at home, even if the thieves take things in front of her, there is nothing they can do."

"If that's the case, you can let them move in immediately by vacating two houses." Daiyu said to Xiaocui again: "You also go back and accompany your father to clean up the house. Bring the carriage from the mansion. "

Xiao Cui said: "Miss, how can you do without anyone around you?"

Daiyu said: "Aren't Guard Li and his friends here?!"

Xiaocui understood what Daiyu meant.With Ouchi's bodyguard around, there is nothing to worry about.

But Liu Qibiao said: "Miss, there's no need for Xiaocui to go back. I have a lot of apprentices. Besides, I don't have any valuable things at home. When I come to the mansion, it's nothing more than clothes and bedding."

Daiyu said: "Don't bring the quilts to the mansion, keep them or give them away. When you arrive at the mansion, they will be uniformly equipped. Zijuan will get you a few sets of quilts later. It would be good for Xiaocui to go back and help your mother do something. There are unexpected things. You can think of them too!"

Thank you Liu Qibiao for arranging the evening duty.Xiaocui followed her father home.Daiyu confessed that she must return to the mansion tomorrow, and both of them agreed.Hit the buggy and go!

Wang Fu'an went outside Sun Youfu's house, listening to ghosts crying and wolves howling inside.Wang Fuan went in.Seeing that Sun Youfu was riding on his wife and smacking Sun Liushi's mouth with the sole of his shoe, the three children were trembling with fear in the corner.Wang Fu'an said angrily: "Don't stop. What are you doing?!"

Sun Youfu took the lead, seeing that it was Wang Fu'an, he hurriedly got up, changed his smile and said, "It's Steward Wang!"

After asking about the situation, it turned out that Mrs. Sun Liu accidentally hit a bowl while washing the dishes.Wang Fu'an frowned and said, "Have you never heard of the rules of the Lin family?"

Sun Youfu scratched his head, wondering why Wang Fuan was so angry when he beat his wife.Mrs. Sun Liu got up, straightened her clothes, stood on the side not daring to cry, her body was shaking.And dare not leave.

Sun Fu'an said: "This is the first time I've seen it, and I'll forgive you. If it's the next time, I'll fine you twenty boards first. Who dares to break the rules set by this young lady? Even I dare not touch my wife's finger." .There is something to talk about, and reason to reason. How harmonious the family is!"

Sun Youfu smiled and said: "I am also disciplining the wife. I am afraid that when she arrives at the mansion, she will be messy and make the young lady angry. She will be beaten!"

"Have you ever seen Miss beat someone? It's wrong, and a few words of education should be given. If there is any big treason, then how to deal with it! But for a bowl, I beat my mother-in-law so badly, like killing a pig How is it proper to call out like that? Look at your child again, how is he shaking?" Seeing Sun Youfu bowed his head, Wang Fu'an said, "I'm coming back, I have something to ask you. What's the matter with you this winter? No need to do it, go hunting."

When Sun Youfu heard about this mission, he suddenly regained his energy and said, "Really? Send me this job?"

"This is what the lady asked you to do. If you can't get it, you can find your hunting friends and sell it to the Lin family for something!" Wang Fu'an said.

"No need for this, even if Miss and Master eat wild game every day, I can guarantee it!" Sun Youfu patted his chest and said.

"Go to the mansion tomorrow to get the monthly case!" Wang Fu'an said.

"What month's rule?" Sun Youfu was a little puzzled by Monk Zhang Er.

"Miss originally planned to send out the monthly case after the Spring Festival. This is a month earlier because the harvest is not good this year. You renters have paid the rent and you don't have much leftover food in your hand! It's a relief. Everyone Fifteen catties of rice, ten catties of noodles, five catties of oil, vegetables grown in their own vegetable plots, half a catty of pork per person for a week, and received on Monday morning. Anyway, you go, and you can get it after signing the number of people in the report Something you deserve."

After Wang Fu'an finished speaking, he walked out, thinking that he wanted to notify everyone.

Sun Youfu looked at Wang Fu'an's back, walked back into the house, and said to his wife: "Lady Ge, why are you still crying? Now that someone is supporting you, you should be proud!"

Sun Youfu hummed a ditty, intending to bring harmony to the family atmosphere.The children came out of the corner one by one, and the younger ones tried to walk into Sun Youfu to seek love.Sun Youfu picked up his son and laughed, "Son, we will have meat to eat from now on!"

The two older ones came over, and the older one said in a low voice, "Father, do we really have meat to eat?"

"Hmm! Didn't you hear that just now? The Miss Relief is here!" Sun Youfu smiled brightly.The joy in his heart slowly swayed, the scene of beating the wife just now seemed far away.He said kindly to his mother-in-law: "Go back to your mother's house and bring back the crossbow your brother lent me!"

The mother-in-law said softly: "Look at me like this, how can I go back?"

"You too, keep talking and don't listen, so why are you in a hurry? Do you blame me for beating you? Tell yourself, how many bowls have you dropped this year?" Sun Youfu saw that the woman's face was swollen, and regretted that he had done it too much. Heavy.So he said: "You can cover it with a towel dipped in salt water. You have a backer now, and I will never dare to beat you again. This is the last meal!"

Sun Youfu left, and went to his uncle's house to get the bow and crossbow.The mother-in-law was happy!There are such miracles in the world?This young lady is a bodhisattva, come to save herself!In the future, I have to give Miss to my heart.The lady told me to go east, never west.The work sent by the Lin family must be done well!The mother-in-law gathered the three children together, smiled and said quietly: "Greedy cats, there will be meat to eat soon! It's time to satisfy your hunger!"

So in this house, the children's laughter filled the air.

Sun Youfu took back the crossbow and didn't even return home.Started his land journey.The field is full of hares.But hunters have their own rules: hares with bellies are not shot, and wild hens don't eat their heads.

Sun Youfu wandered around all afternoon, but he only shot a hare and a wild duck.Because when I was by the river, I saw a wild duck and shot it with an arrow. When I hit it, it floated on the river.I took off my clothes and went down, but I can imagine how uncomfortable the ice is in the water in this winter.

The whole afternoon, the body did not warm up.Sun Youfu shot five arrows and only one hit, which is really shameful.Sun Youfu thought.How can I do this to Miss?

However, it was getting late.Sun Youfu was shaking violently again.If it weren't for this wild duck, maybe three or four could be shot.It is all because of the shaking of the body that the arrow will deviate.Sun Youfu was angry with himself, it was the first time he worked for the Lin family, but his performance was so poor.Sun Youfu came to the Lin Mansion unhappily, calmed down his emotions, came in quietly and bent over to the door with a smile: "Please echo Uncle Wang, Sun Youfu asks to see you."

Wang Fu'an was out for a walk after eating, when he saw Sun Youfu at the door carrying a wild duck and a hare.He said happily: "This is rewarding! Why don't you come in?"

"I don't know the rules, so I dare not come in!" Sun Youfu said with a smile on his face.

"Come in! From now on, you can enter the first door after you say hello to the door, but you must not enter the second door without a pass. It includes the children and your mother-in-law, you know?"

"I know, I know, sir, where do you send this?"

"Send it to the kitchen!" Wang Fuan tried it out with the hare, and said, "It weighs four catties! Haven't you eaten yet? Come with me, eat in the kitchen!"

"It's all right, mother-in-law and child, you're still waiting at home!"

"In the future, the food in this mansion will be eaten!" Wang Fu'an said.Seeing Wang Xia, he said again, "Come here."

Wang Xia rushed over, and Wang Fu'an said: "Go to the backyard and tell the miss, just say you hunted a hare and a wild duck, so that the miss will be happy too!"

Wang Xia ran away.

Daiyu had just finished her meal and was resting.Zijuan said to Daiyu: "Miss should also walk around. After eating, let's digest!"

Daiyu joked, "How about I!"

At this time Wang Xia came in and talked about the previous things.Daiyu also led Zicuckoo, Xiaocui, Fenger, green bamboo, mottled bamboo and peach blossom to the front.Looking at the hare and duck, he smiled and said, "Who beat this?"

When Sun Youfu heard about it, he hurriedly came over and knelt down: "Greetings, miss! This is a slave!"

"That's right!" Daiyu said with a smile, "It would be great if I can get one or two of them every day!"

"The servant memorizes a little bit today, so he beats less. Otherwise, he would have earned three or four!"

"Get up!" Daiyu said with a smile, "Haven't you eaten yet? Taohua, ask the kitchen to make some noodles for him. What's your name?"

"The slave's name is Sun Youfu! Miss, this slave has to go home to eat, the wife and children are still waiting! Thank you for your kindness!" Sun Youfu stood up, his head was a little heavy, and he pulled himself together and said.

"Oh, that's right!" Daiyu laughed and said, "You don't have to thank me for eating in the mansion from now on, they are all from the Lin mansion!" L