Passerby's daily life

Chapter 19 Time flies
After the new year, good news came from the capital. The concubine who was over [-] years old was pregnant. The Shun'anbo mansion was full of excitement. A large number of precious objects were transported from Yangzhou to the capital along with a large sum of money. Go to Beijing with the Grand Master.It was only because of His Majesty's grace that the Jubilee's family was allowed to visit Beijing.

Because of the limited number of maids, every maid wants to compete to enter Beijing. Su Sudao himself is from the suburbs of Beijing, so he doesn't need to join in the fun this time, so Su Su stayed and made the old lady pay more attention to Su Su's character.

From Yangzhou to the capital and back, it took nearly half a year. When the old lady came back, sister Pearl had been a bride for three months, and Su Su and a few maids who did not go to the capital also went to join her It was lively, even if the old lady was not there, the marriage was done very decently. When returning home in three dynasties, sister Pearl and brother-in-law Pearl kowtowed outside the Suian hall. The third lady prepared a carload of things according to the old lady's instructions. Sister Pearl has a long face.

After the old lady came back, she gave another severe lecture to the people in the mansion, the general meaning was the same as last time, nothing more than being cautious, not to bully others and so on.The Song family is famous for being kind to their servants, and no one wants the whole family to be kicked out, but there are some rules in the relationship between officials and officials.

Time passed like running water, Susu grew older and looked better every year, and she couldn't help but take a second look at the masters and young masters who came to pay her respects.Because of Susu's considerateness, these old wives favored her more and more. They raised her like a granddaughter, looked at Susu's face and sighed from time to time, and usually did not allow Susu to leave the Suian Hall, but Susu was at ease.

Five years have passed like this, and in these five years, the changes in the Song family can be described as earth-shaking.The empress concubine gave birth to a princess. Although she was injured and could no longer conceive, she was promoted to the position of the second-rank concubine. He moved to the capital three years ago, and the elder was entrusted with the Ministry of Household Affairs.The second master also became an official, and took a concubine to the coast.The old lady and Sanfang stayed in Yangzhou. First, the relatives of the Song family were all in Yangzhou. Second, Yangzhou was the foundation of the Song family and naturally needed someone to sit in the town.

Susu is 13 years old and has been in this world for six years.Three years ago, sister Hu Po got married, Dong Song was promoted to first class, and Su Su was promoted to second class.Half a month ago, Elder Sister Dongsong also got married, and Susu became a veritable maid, and also the youngest maid in Suiantang.

The second-class maids who were acquainted with each other at the beginning were married long ago, and Susu, Bisi, Ning Cui, and Yang Liu who lived in the same room at first became the first-class maids in the old lady's room, and the four of them spent more time together than with their father. The mother and relatives have been together for a long time, and they have formed a sisterly friendship long ago. The other three are also 16 years old, and they have grown up in a graceful manner.

The whole Yangzhou Mansion knows that the maids who go out of the old lady's room in Shun'an Bo Mansion are incomparable even if they are the daughters of the landlord's family. The bandit's dowry came to the door to propose marriage in an endless stream.

Just after dawn, Susu opened her eyes, took out the pocket watch next to her pillow, and saw that it was a few minutes before five o'clock.Susu, who used to sleep late, has long since developed a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early.Looking at the gauze curtain above her head sprinkled with pink cherry blossom petals, Susu lay on the bed for another 5 minutes before raising the curtain and getting out of bed.

Now that she has become a maidservant, she also has her own separate room. Not only is it more spacious than the one she lived in when she was a maidservant, but it is also divided into bedroom, living room, and bathroom, and the furniture is made of rosewood.

Susu walked around the screen outside the bedroom to the living room. There was a set of tables and chairs in the middle of the living room. On the table was a set of tea sets with pastel paintings of magpies on plum branches.The low kang under the south window is covered with silver-red soft felt, bamboo silk mat, and a kang table is placed on it. It is summer now, and a few budding lotus are inserted in a blue and white amphorae.

Susu first drank a cup of tea and water that was still warm in Choshi, and then opened the door with a sigh of relief. The little maid who had been envoys for a long time looked around, and when she saw the door was opened, hot water was brought quickly.

Susu didn't need a maid to serve her, she fetched water, brushed her teeth and washed her face, went back to the bedroom and opened the four-door large wardrobe with red rosewood inlaid with mother-of-pearl and carved with lotus patterns to choose clothes, and then sat on the half-person dresser with a large mercury mirror I used a small box of ten taels of silver to wipe my hands and face.

She doesn't like to use rouge and gouache, so she only picked a gouache-like lipstick to paint on her lips.The long black and glossy hair is tied into a childish bun, and the bangs are full of eyebrows and long bangs covering the smooth forehead, concealing three parts of her beauty. She only wears two pearl flowers on her head, and some wear earrings, bracelets, and ties. Put on a sweat towel, put on a purse, sachet, and handkerchief, and pack up before going out. People called "Sister Susu" along the way.

Someone patted Susu behind her, she turned her head and said with a smile, "I got up early today!"

The visitor was wearing a silver-red muslin shirt, a skirt with moon-white threads, a long emerald green silk sash around his waist, a purse and a sachet, a double-snail bun, a pair of red gold flower hairpins inlaid with beads, and a round face. Almond eyes, ingot-like ears with a pair of red earrings, they are the willows that grew up together.She looks carefree, but she behaves so that no one can find any mistakes. Now she has fulfilled the errand of sister Pearl, and she is the chief maid in charge of Suiantang, making all the little maids look like a mouse seeing a cat.

Yang Liu said with a smile: "Can I not get up early? Today is the day when Mama Zhao comes again. In the past few years, every time Mama Zhao comes here, you always look forward to the stars and the moon. If I don't treat you well, our sister Susu is afraid You can't forgive me."

The two laughed and came to the main room. At this time, the old lady hadn't woken up yet, and Ning Cui was on duty at night, while Bi Si took care of the old lady's clothes, jewelry, and dressing because she was good at embroidery and careful.

Changed Ning Cui and went to the backyard to wash and change clothes. After a while, the old lady raised the bed curtain and got up. Susu's three maids and six second-class servants helped the old lady change her clothes, wash her clothes, and comb her hair.Maybe it's because of the comfortable life in the past few years. When Susu is free, she asks the old lady to apply a mask and take a milk bath. The old lady looks younger than a few years ago.

I saw that she was wearing a snow-blue middle coat, a flesh-pink jacket with auspicious patterns of longevity and auspicious patterns, a collar inlaid with navy blue brocade satin, and a blue and white horse-face skirt with royal blue floral satin covering the knees.Wearing a bun with a round bun, only a long hairpin with the Chinese character “shou” written in white jade was inserted, and a fine blue forehead with bat patterns inlaid with rice beads, two round bracelets carved with white jade on the wrists, and on the ears There is a pair of white jade gourd pendants.

Susu picked out a red gold flower-shaped collar button inlaid with white jade and red jewels from the jewelry box and pinned it on the stand-up collar of the coat, and said with a smile: "I want to change errands with Sister Bisi and dress up the old lady all day long." I look like a fairy, what a sense of accomplishment!" The old lady smiled and said, "I'm an old woman, why are I still like a fairy? Don't let people think I'm an old monster and Amitabha!"

(End of this chapter)