Red Mansions Become Baochai

Chapter 53

What do you do? "

Seeing that her sister-in-law was in a hurry, Zhen'er had to tell the truth what Zhang Shou's family said.Her sister-in-law heard this, how could she believe that a wealthy family like the Xue family would have no money to send monthly money to their servants?

Also because I was in a hurry, I didn't pay attention to the seriousness of the words, so I said: "When I inquired in Jinling City, the Xue family has no money in the account. The girl is coaxing me. I want to know that the girl is growing up, and her heart is also big. Now, I don’t care about my brother’s life or death. After all, the girl is only thirteen this year, so it’s too early to save up a dowry.”

After finishing speaking, she walked away without looking at Zhen'er.Zhen'er was ashamed and annoyed by what her sister-in-law said, and she didn't dare to cry. She lowered her head and entered the second gate all the way. , Everyone should go and get it.

It turns out that Xue's custom is that in the second door, except for the servant girl who wears a blue jacket, skirt, gown and gown, the rest of the servants make their own clothes according to the number of pieces of clothing they can get each season. This day is exactly the summer of this season. clothing material.

Zhen'er thought about how many of the summer clothes she made in previous years were still shirtless, and now she can exchange a few taels of silver for taking the cloth and sending it home. The sisters went to the lake.

I saw many servant girls holding a few pieces of silk and satin in their hands, some were gesticulating on their bodies, some were talking about the new style of clothes, everyone was smiling.

It's just that when it comes to Zhen'er, Zhang Shou's family's hair is different from others.One piece of summer cloth per person, not to mention silk and satin, it looks like a second-rate material, not worth a lot of money, and it is worse than the tulle that was distributed as a clothing lining in previous years.

Zhen'er and the others are all the maids in front of my aunt, and they see Zhang Shou's family watching people order dishes.They are also the third-class maidservants of the Xue family. The elder sisters in the courtyard of the lady, young master, aunt, and aunt received silk and satin. What they got in their hands was such a thing, and each of them was angry. When they got together, you I complained every word I said.

The others are okay, but Zhen'er, who was waiting to exchange cloth for money to give her brother medical treatment and emergency treatment, didn't care about that much anymore.Walking up to Zhang Shou's house, shaking off the piece of cloth, he asked, "Aunt Zhang, how can you take a look at this cloth so thin, how can it make clothes for us? But you always make mistakes in your busy schedule? According to Xue's rules, After being promoted to the third class, which one doesn't wear silk?"

The Shou family saw that it was Zhen'er who blocked her way. She thought she was in control, let alone a third-class girl of an aunt, she would not be afraid even if two aunts came to visit her, she just pointed at Zhen'er and scolded: "Just You little hooves and shallow eyelids, so good people can wear it, why can't you wear it? You don't look down on this cloth, and you don't think about your own identity. A third-class girl dares to come forward and pick my fault. Want to wear silk? Yes, go outside to the Qinhuai River, where all the girls in the courtyard wear silk, do you want to go?"

Who in Jinling City doesn't know that the courtyards along the Qinhuai River are brothels, and the girls there are prostitutes.Zhen'er, a little girl's family, can't stand such words there, crying and saying: "It's not that I have no rules, it's that you always act unreasonably. When I asked you for monthly money, you coaxed me that there was no money in the account. This month's monthly money I haven’t got it until now. Now I’m being sent this kind of clothing. I’m a girl, and I’m also the girl of the old lady. I haven't been outside. You always know what kind of courtyard girl, but I don't."

Seeing that she dared to contradict her, Zhang Shou's family was so angry that they pushed Zhen'er to the ground and wanted to walk on their own.It's just that the two of them quarreled, and the maids who came with Zhen'er all noticed it.Several of them are maidservants next to my aunt, none of them received monthly money, and all of them received second-class linen.What Zhener said just now is also a general idea.

Seeing Zhen'er lying on the ground crying and twitching, I don't know if there is something wrong with the fall?A few of them came here with Zhen'er, so they rushed over to stop Zhang Shou's house.

Zhang Shou's family is a fat and big woman, but her claws are hard to beat. After a few rounds, she was stopped by a few little maids and couldn't get away. Damn girl, scolding endlessly.

Because Zhang Shou's family's hands in the inner courtyard were too long, the benefits he got were all to himself, and the benefits were not shared with other managers. When the wives saw him in such a mess, they were all amused, and they refused to help him. Pretending to stand by and scold a few little maids.

There is a little maid named Lian'er in the house, she is young and sees the troubles getting bigger and bigger.Many people came to watch the excitement, but none of them came forward to dissuade them.The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, so I had to run back and tell my aunt.

Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang couldn't help being annoyed when they heard Lianer's words, but no matter how much they dislike Zhang Shou's family, now his wife is pregnant, so it's not reasonable to alarm Mrs. Xue about such a thing.

Aunt Zhang said: "Now the housekeeper is my cousin. Let's let her know first. When the old lady was alive, I saw that my aunt was helping the director. She was also a very capable person. I couldn't believe it. , Could it be that she has changed her temper, and my aunt will let this slave ride on us?"

Aunt Wang was a bit timid, but her two maids were also among them, so it was impossible to ignore it, so she had to follow Aunt Zhang's actions.

It happened that Mrs. Xue was resting alone in the back room because she was unwell.After finishing their homework, Baochai and Xue Pan both came to Ruihe Courtyard to congratulate their aunt with Gu Yunzhen. They ate some melons and fruits from the well and enjoyed the shade in the pavilion.

Before the two aunts sent someone to come into the courtyard, someone had already congratulated Aunt about this matter.When Baochai saw that her aunt was neither angry nor surprised, she just sighed in a low voice and asked Liandong to invite some senior stewards to come over. The two of them led the order to go out, as if they had expected such a thing to happen a long time ago?br><

Aunt Min took advantage of the trend to relieve internal worries

Baochai followed her aunt and two aunts, and brought many maids and women, to the lake in a mighty way, and saw that a small half of the servants in Xue's mansion were crowded by the lake to watch the fun, as if there was a stage set up here to sing opera generally.

The one from Zhang Shou's family is still fighting with those troublesome maids, and without Baochai's orders, there would have been a long time ago.