boudoir

Chapter 20

Xiuyuanzi is probably a gardener and gardener. It seems that his grandmother lives in this yard.Liuli said: "Why haven't I seen you before?" The boy said: "I usually live in the back alley, so I came in with Grandpa today."

Liuli said again: "Do you know why the kitchen is locked?" He shook his head ignorantly, and looked at the bamboo dragonfly again.Seeing that he couldn't find anything, Liuli felt a little discouraged, and gave him the bamboo dragonfly, intending to enter the house.Suddenly someone from the corridor said: "Jinguoer! Come in!" Turning his head, he saw that this man had a short body and a big mouth that was good at talking.

The boy is having fun holding a dragonfly, how can he obey?Mrs. Wang rushed over like a gust of wind, grabbed his arm and scolded: "Little bastard! Whenever anyone comes, move up!" She slapped the bamboo dragonfly off his hand, straightened up, as if she had just seen Liuli, Oh, Dazui'er grinned to the ears again: "Yo, is this Miss Nine? I thought I was a little girl who came here to be lazy!" Then he dragged Ju Guoer back to the house.

The courtyard flickered and became quiet again.Liuli picked up the bamboo dragonfly and went back to the house, thinking that perhaps she should have a cup of tea to moisten her throat, she held the pot and touched it, it was cold, so she had to rub the cup and take a few sips.

When Cuiying came back, the sun was already setting, Liuli fell asleep leaning against the corner of the table at some point, and woke up when she heard the door curtain rattling.

"I came back late, and I didn't catch up when I went. There was nothing left, so I had to turn on the stove and make it now. The sister-in-law Wu who was in charge of the stove was new, and asked her if she didn't know anything. It took another half a day to start the stove. , I’m so slow. I’ve boiled a pot of millet porridge, and there are two snacks left, let’s just eat it.” Cuiying took out two or three kinds of food, complaining in her mouth.

Liuli looked at the sky, calculated that she had been gone for nearly two hours, no matter how calm she was, she would feel a little annoyed at the moment.At the moment, he ate the food without saying a word, thinking about how to treat her when he had the strength.Suddenly recalling what she said, I felt something strange again.

Last time, Cheng Yingniang said that the new person in charge of the stove is the younger brother and sister of Xu He, the chief steward of the kitchen, or that she was replaced immediately after Mrs. Yu kicked out the old woman. If Mrs. Yu stepped into the big kitchen and Xu He became hers If this conjecture is true, who is it that Cuiying complains so openly about her dissatisfaction?

When Biyun brought her back last night and continued to serve her, she still firmly believed that she belonged to Mrs. Yu, but if Xu He and she both worked their lives for Mrs. Yu, she would have no reason to express her dissatisfaction with Mrs. Wu. Just imagine If this kind of words were heard by others, wouldn't it be likely to cause trouble for Xu He?Mrs. Yu probably wouldn't let them have conflicts in private, and even if they did, they wouldn't show it to outsiders.

After finishing a bowl of porridge, Liuli's anger was extinguished, and she decided to wait for the fox's tail to show itself.

For the sudden addition of a master, there was not a small wave of enthusiasm among the servants. Some of them who did not know the inside story expressed their surprise after hearing the notice from the housekeeper Qian Changsheng.The specific manifestation is that sometimes when Liuli is walking, a person suddenly jumps out to block the way: "This is Jiu Miss?" Or when she is dozing in the room, suddenly several heads appear outside the window.Raising his head suddenly, sometimes it can really startle people.

No one regards a nine-year-old girl who suddenly came into the mansion and lived in a remote courtyard with her subordinates as the real master. As for the situation that the aunt who was worried in the past couldn't tolerate the concubine and made her feel better all the time If it didn't show up, a really decent mistress might not care about a helpless child at all, because she wasn't qualified enough to let her do it.

Others, such as the old man, will naturally disappear if they can see them, but except that it is stipulated that the girls of all houses must go to the main courtyard to pay their respects, but they must be present in the future.

Liuli started a peaceful life in this kind of situation where she was not up or down. Occasionally, she was glad that she was just a child. Around nine years old was another important beginning of her physical development. When no one was targeting her, she could just Take this opportunity to get physically strong.

However, even though there is no direct threat from Yu Shi and others for the time being, it does not mean that Liuli will be at ease from now on.

After a few days of fine weather, it began to rain. A sycamore tree planted in the courtyard was damaged by the rain for days, and a lot of dead leaves fell.Tian'er was drying clothes on the porch, her little face was flushed red by the cold wind.Rui'er came out from the next room with a small basket of charcoal, and shrank her hands into the armholes as much as possible.

These two are third-class maidservants sent by Fu Qian Changsheng to wait on them. Tian'er is the son of the family, and Ruier is brought by Ren Yazixian. They are short of a second-class maidservant, and no one has yet been selected.As usual, there were supposed to be two rough envoys, but because they were crowded in the lower courtyard, they didn't have to watch the gate and sweep the courtyard, so they were saved.

As for the room, someone came later to send some bedding gauze curtains, a pear wood wardrobe, a set of four treasures of the study, and a soft couch.There are cases of rouge and gouache for the clothes of the four seasons, and it takes time for the needlework to go to the warehouse.As for the monthly money, three taels of silver for the concubine's daughter, two taels of silver for the concubine's daughter, and five hundred taels more for the young masters.

This house was originally not a main house, there was no heated kang, and there was no plan to move Liuli out for the time being, so the three rooms next door were opened up, the largest one was converted into a bedroom, a heated kang was added, and the outer one was used as a living room One side room was given to three servant girls, and the remaining one was used as a miscellaneous room.

There used to be four women and two daughters-in-law in the courtyard, but two of them were removed two days ago, leaving Mrs. Wang who waters the flowers and trees, Mrs. Sun who guards the back garden gate, Mrs. Li who cleans the Buddhist hall, and Mrs. Li who manages the inner lake and water pavilions. Feng Chun'er.

These people chose to live because they had to be on duty at night or because their homes were far away. Originally, they could choose to live or not. Another daughter-in-law moved away, but Feng Chun'er chose to stay.

When Liuli had nothing to do, she would sit under the window and embroider. If it was cold today, she would lean against the stove to write and read. No one cared about her going to sleep in the morning and evening, so she had a lot of time.

After Tian'er finished drying the clothes, she rushed into the house to warm up the fire. Cuiying came in with an umbrella, shaking off the rain powder all over her body: "Go to the big kitchen to get dinner." Tian'er pouted and stood up: "I just washed it in cold water Clothes, let me go to the rain again!"

Cuiying said, "Don't you want to eat it yourself?"

Tian'er pouted, took the umbrella from her and went out.

Rui'er was lighting a hand stove for Liuli in the room, and when she heard the conversation, she turned her head to look there from time to time.When Cuiying walked in, she had already changed into a dry jacket.Seeing that Rui'er was silent, she frowned and scolded: "One is lazier than the other! At least that one has something to say, that's good, there's not even a sound!"

I don't know why she was so angry when she went out for a trip, but when she came back, she didn't like everyone.Liuli didn't intend to pay attention to her, and lowered her head to imitate "Zixu Fu".

(End of this chapter)