Mrs. Pin, one of the Red House

Chapter 38 The Uninvited Guest

Yangzhou, Lin Mansion.

It's almost the end of the new year, and Jia Min is busy with the entertainment between his wives. Lin Hai's predecessor's backlog of official affairs has not been fully dealt with. It is already the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, which is commonly known in the north, and Lin Hai still has to go to the yamen. All the affairs are on Daiyu's body.

Daiyu got up at midnight in the morning, settled the affairs of her younger brothers and sisters, and then went to the meeting hall. Yesterday Lin Hai told her that the tenants in the village and other messy things happened to come up, plus the ancestor worship on the 28th. It is also close at hand, this time it also involves the matter of the two children on the genealogy, these things are not trivial, and Daiyu has to take the trouble to explain it herself.

She just came out of the meeting hall, set the dishes for the ancestor worship, and arranged where to invite the gods and where to worship. Walk slowly into the yard.

There was a thin snow yesterday, and the servants were cleaning up. The servants of the Lin Mansion are all from the south, and they are not very smart about how to manage the snowy days. It took a long time to sweep out a small open space.

Daiyu frowned, and called out to Mother Wang who came to do the work: "How long have you guys been working?"

Mother Wang rubbed her hands. She was wearing a thick soft silk padded jacket, but her hands and face were still red from the cold. Yangzhou is located in the south, and the temperature is much higher than that in the north. trendy.

"If you go back to the girl, it started when the sky just dawned." Wang Momo was somewhat anxious, because she hadn't finished sweeping the snow for so long, which meant that the madam left early, otherwise the madam would not let her look good when she came back. .

Recently, Jia Min has a lot of things and is busy, so it is inevitable that he will get a little angry when encountering things.

Daiyu nodded and said, "Have you had breakfast?"

Wang Momo was taken aback, she prepared Daiyu to scold her, but she didn't expect this, she subconsciously shook her head.

Daiyu sighed, and said: "You go down to eat first, and then come out to do work. When you sweep for a while, I remember that when it snows in the north, it's not a random sweep. First, pass the way for people to walk, and then go to the house. Clear out the places that have head-stops under the trees and in front of the porch, and gather together to swarm and sweep, I don’t think they can finish cleaning tomorrow.”

Nanny Wang responded, and went down to deliver the message.

At this time, Daiyu saw a little maid wearing a silver bijia and a moon-white crepe skirt, she looked smart, standing sideways, just under the tree, sweeping casually, and then muttering something.

Daiyu was so surprised that she ordered Xueyan to call this maid over.

Xue Yan was still young at this time, and she was not very agile in handling things, so she hesitated for a long time before going to where the little maid was standing.

Speaking of why Xueyan served Daiyu, there was indeed a lot of tongue-in-cheek.

According to the rules of the Lin Mansion, all maidservants will be released to marry on their own when they reach the age of 25. Coincidentally, Xueying also reached this age a few days ago. In fact, this rule is not strictly enforced, but after some consideration, Daiyu Without telling Lin Hai, she let Xue Ying out directly.

She ordered someone to give Xueying the contract of sale and 300 taels of silver.

Xueying was silent for a long time when she got the things, and kowtowed three times in front of Daiyu's room on the day she left.

Daiyu didn't refuse.

After Xue Ying left, Jia Min suddenly felt that there was no one to go with. The two children had to be there. She had just come back here, and the current inspector and censor, and the inspector's house, had to go for a walk. Daiyu had no choice. So she gave the Xueyue beside her to Jia Min, and picked two maidservants by herself, both young, one of them was Xueyan.

Xueyan passed by for a long time before explaining what she meant, and the maid came over.

The servant girl lowered her head, looked at the blue brick floor, her hands were stirring her skirt, and she froze in front of Daiyu.

Daiyu coughed lightly, and the maid blessed her body.

"What were you talking about just now?" Daiyu felt that the maid was definitely talking just now.

The maid shook her head, still looking at the ground.

Daiyu was a little amused, "What kind of monster am I? Are you scared like this?" Liu Mama next to her frowned, and shouted, "Young lady, I'm talking to you." Just as she was about to step forward, she was stopped by Daiyu. up.

"Walk with me." Daiyu said, and told Madam Liu, "Go back to your room and take a look."

Nanny Liu has always been self-proclaimed as Daiyu's nurse, and she is also domineering in the mansion, but the south is no better than the north. It is true that the adoptive mother has a status, but the status is not high. It is true that she can't speak in front of the girl, so she In front of Daiyu, after all, what she said didn't carry much weight. She was a little bit unwilling to obey Daiyu's orders, but she had to obey them.

Only then did the servant girl follow and support Daiyu.

Daiyu saw that the maidservant had a little red mole on her eyebrows, which was so red that it looked like it was dotted with rouge, which was strange, so she asked, "Did you put it on, or did it grow there?"

The maid said in a low voice: "If you go back to the girl, it's already grown."

"Where are you from?" Daiyu said with a smile, "If I were your parents, I would never let you out to work because of the bright red flowers between your eyebrows."

The servant girl shook her head, "I don't remember, I was kidnapped by a kidnapper when I was a child. Fortunately, I met Madam Tao, and then I was bought in. I met a good family like your mansion."

This maid was a person of some appearance, so Daiyu guessed more or less the meaning behind the words.

"It's also a blessing in misfortune." Daiyu smiled on the face, secretly feeling sorry for the maid.

I don't know if it's the young lady of some other family who is still satisfied with this situation.

"Then do you want to go home?" Daiyu asked, helping her find her family is not impossible.

"What were you talking about just now?" Daiyu asked the servant girl some other questions, but the servant girl didn't even know her own name. After entering the mansion, she was called Xue Ling according to the family's maidservant's Xue character.

"I didn't say anything," Xue Ling felt a little embarrassed, "When I was sweeping the floor in front of the study, while the old lady was drying the books, I secretly flipped through them and memorized a few poems. I don't know what I was talking about. What do you mean, but I memorized it like swallowing a jujube, afraid that I would forget, so I repeated it several times a day."

Daiyu was a little amused, "Poems are good poems, but if you forcefully memorize them, wouldn't that completely destroy the artistic conception in them? You just need to read them through and hear the strings to get the meaning."

She paused, "Are you literate?"

Xue Ling nodded.

The people in front of Daiyu these days have been incapable. Xueyan was young at the age of literacy, and when she went out to pass on a word, she was caught by some woman in charge, this nanny, that sister, and Liu Nanny didn't understand. , can't help at all.

Xue Ling is clever.

"You don't have to sweep the floor anymore, go to my place." Daiyu straightened the fur on the cloak, "Help me in the fight, just learn to be good at what you do." Then she added, "Where is my place?" There are a few poems and books, you can take them for a while, and read them when you are free."

Xue Ling raised her eyebrows, pursed her lips and smiled, her whole body brightened up.

"Thank you, miss." She squatted down, her skirt was swept to the ground.

This action of hers made Daiyu smile, "Get up quickly, really, the clothes will be dirty in a while." Then she said to Xueyan: "Tell Madam Liu to arrange this matter."

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During the Niangen period in the capital, relatives from every household walked around from time to time.

Today Shi Ding Shi Nai ushered in two unusual guests.

"Master Hou's mansion is quite elegant." The visitors were two teenagers, the younger ones had not yet opened their eyebrows, but they seemed a bit mature, and the older ones looked like a romantic man, wrapped in foxes in winter. Qiu, the fan never left his hand, and he followed behind the younger one, shaking it non-stop.

"Where is it?" Shi Ding smiled and said modestly, cupping his hands. "Young Master Bai, you are being polite."

"The green plums are vigorous, and the red plums are gorgeous, but they are not vulgar." Said the young boy called Mr. Bai.

The older one jokingly said, "Master Hou didn't even say to invite us to sit down. It's really freezing in such a cold weather." He said it was cold, but he was fanning himself.

"Master Bai, please come inside, Mr. Wang." Shi Nai hurriedly moved the two of them inside.

As soon as he heard that someone was coming to the house, Xiangyun liked to be lively and couldn't sit still. speak personally.

Xiangyun poked Lan Yun, "Look, that's Mr. Pianpian."

Lan Yun blushed, "Don't make trouble."

Ning Yun didn't care about this at all, but listened carefully to what they said.

The three of them were far away, so they couldn't hear clearly, but they could still hear a few words indistinctly.

What empress Zhen, what prince, what king Li, what king Su.

Ning Yun was shocked.

After a few incense sticks, Shi Ding and Shi Nai brothers sent the two of them out, probably going into the banquet hall, Xiang Yun dragged Lan Yun to squat down to hide, but Ning Yun stood there.

I only heard the so-called Mr. Bai say: "Uncle Shi should think about it carefully."

Shi Ding clasped his hands together, "Give me some time."

But Prince Wang said: "Good birds choose trees to live in. It's not that Hou Ye doesn't understand this truth."

Shi Nai, who was at the side, seemed a little moved, and said: "The moon and stars are scarce, and the crow flies south, and circles the tree three times. I don't know what branch to rely on. Today, the two of you will show us a bright way..."

Shi Ding nudged Shi Nai with his elbow, and Shi Nai quickly shut up.

"I will give you two an answer tonight." Shi Ding said vaguely.

Ning Yun frowned.

Bai... Wang... Huang.

Now that the Supreme Emperor is about to abdicate, it seems that the people below are also busy.

She couldn't help sneering, and the smile deepened when no one was paying attention.

Now that the crown prince's wings are complete, although Queen Zhen and the others are inseparable from the former crown prince's abolition, the current direction of the court is uncertain, and Jiangnan's movements are frequent. It turned out that the emperor still prefers the prince, which means to shut up everyone, and these two people still don't understand why, but they really dare to make up their minds.

But seeing Shi Ding Shi Nai's attitude, she couldn't help but worry.

From the power of the dragon, it is too tempting.

Once you succeed, you will be a great minister, and you will be prosperous for several generations, and you will get it without any effort...

She was a little angry, because Shi Ding and Shi Nai were short-sighted.

It is true that it is a good thing to have meritorious deeds from the dragon, but I don't want to see if there is any possibility of success.

"Idiot, what are you looking at? Let's go quickly." Seeing that Shi Ding and Shi Nai were about to go back, Lan Yun hurried over to pull Ning Yun away. She was a little anxious, "What? Girl Fan's heart fluttered?"

"Stop talking nonsense." Ning Yun smiled, and then said to Xiang Yun seriously: "Do you know who this is?"

Xiang Yun was a little amused, "How would I know?"

"Forget it, let's go play with my second aunt." Ning Yun changed the subject, already thinking about it, and when he walked to Zhao's room, he deliberately lagged behind Lan Yun and Xiangyun by half a step, and explained in a low voice Bin Lan said a few words.

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"Is there a guest in the house?" The second aunt was teaching Liyun how to embroider. Since the Tanyun incident happened, Shi Ding didn't go to the aunt's room these days, so the second aunt was naturally refrigerated.

Luo Shan, the maid beside her, said with a smile: "That's right, the master also ordered someone to call a singing and dancing girl to prepare, and she's going to perform at night. It's so lively."

Luo Shan poured water over, "Mrs. Tai really had the foresight. She practiced dancers that day. Today, no, it will be effective."

Luo Shan's speaker has no intention, but Second Aunt's listener has her heart.

She was born as a song and dance girl in the army, and Shi Ding was so excited when she sang a Han Yuefu that day, so she married back and became an aunt.

She trembles in front of Mrs. Wang every day, just to seek a better future for Li Yun, but when she was favored that day, Mrs. Wang gave Li Yun some face, but now that she is getting older and her face is old, if she loses Beloved, Li Yun herself is no match for Ning Yun in front of Mrs. Tai...

The future of the girl's family, besides the aunt's mother, is also decided by the master.

Seeing her daughter's pretty face, Second Aunt felt distressed.

Those born by concubines are much less than those born by concubines.

She is just such a daughter, no one can lose Liyun if she loses to anyone.

Second Aunt looked at Luo Shan, making sure Luo Shan didn't care what she was thinking, and secretly took a deep breath.

It's life or death, it's a fight here.