After two nights of snow, the north wind blew and ice formed under the eaves. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Mrs. Chen swept some ashes from the kitchen and went back to the hut to light charcoal before raising some heat.

This charcoal is made by herself to collect firewood, firewood for cooking, take it out when it is not burned out, stuffy it with a clay urn, it becomes the best charcoal, but it is not enough to burn, Chen Pozi has to go to the suburbs to collect firewood every day, back and forth is half a day.

"After I finish these embroidery pieces, I will take them to the embroidery workshop and deliver them, and we will receive a hundred literary wages. I'll buy some white noodles and eat steamed buns. ”

Mrs. Chen and Mei Xueyan each held one in their hands, and the pillow towel in Mei Xueyan's hand was only short of the wings of the mandarin duck.

"Mother Chen, who are you looking for a job with? What is the reputation of the embroidery workshop? Don't be fooled. ”

Mei Xueyan can only say that it is okay, most of this is embroidered by Mrs. Chen who stayed up all night, Mei Xueyan often sees her rubbing her eyes under the lamp, recently she has been dazzled by everything, and the embroidery work she worked hard to do, don't go wrong.

"No, thanks to the kindness of the lady in charge of Liu's embroidery workshop, she gave such a high price, but the time was rushed, and it must be delivered today."

Mei Xueyan stepped up the needlework in her hand back and forth, if it weren't for the rush of the embroidery workshop, she wouldn't be able to open a salary of 100 yuan.

"In the future, I will do my best, if I burn my eyes, it will not be worth it."

"Save." Mrs. Chen rummaged in the small bamboo basket and said, "Yan Niang, the bright yellow line is used up, I will go to the embroidery workshop, you should be careful in the house, if you go out, remember to put out the fire." ”

Mrs. Chen instructed a few words, and before leaving, she brought a piece of coarse cloth and put it around her head to block the cold wind.

But after a while, there was a sound of footsteps outside, it was Hongzhi, Mei Xueyan put the embroidery in her hand back into the bamboo basket and covered it with a wide cloth, so that she would not see it again.

"Miss Mei!"

Hong Zhihe shouted, and without waiting for Mei Xueyan to agree, she rushed in.

"Miss Mei, I'm here to get my jacket back."

With a smile on his face, his tone was reasonable, and he picked up his padded jacket from the table, and immediately sank his face, and the loose thread remained unchanged.

"Didn't I ask you to sew it for me?"

Hongzhi's voice was already sharp and thin, but as soon as the tone was high, it became a little harsh, and she stared at Mei Xueyan.

Mei Xueyan looked at her sideways, Hongzhi was the same age as her, with a little powder on her face, eyebrows, and a delicate double screw bun, which looked much brighter than usual.

This little girl, when she first entered the house, was also a little timid, spoke softly, and when she saw Mei Xueyan, she would also call a girl, and she could talk to Mei Xueyan for a while at first. Later, he was left by the Shen family to serve and promoted to a personal maid, so he changed his humility and became public.

Slowly, I stopped talking to Mei Xueyan anymore, and gradually became rusty.

In the face of Hongzhi's questioning, Mei Xueyan was not annoyed, teenage girls are easy to be arrogant, not to mention that Hongzhi is greatly influenced by the Shen family.

"Hongzhi, you can take it back and sew it yourself, Mother Chen has her own business, and she can't spare time."

Hongzhi said, "Then you're not busy, are you?" I've already explained to Mrs. Chen, this jacket is what I want to wear today, do you want me to make a fool of myself?! ”

Mei Xueyan noticed that Hongzhi was wearing a newly issued cotton jacket in the New Year's house today, and the style and fabric were not bad, compared to the old robe of Su Ri, it was naturally much better-looking, and this girl was dressed up quite standardly.

Are there any important dates in the province lately?

Mei Xueyan thought about it for a while, thinking that Lin Erlang had recently returned home.

"Since you're in a hurry to get dressed, why don't you do it yourself? Miss Hongzhi, you have confused me, in this Lin Mansion, is it the master who serves the maid, or the master of the maid's clothes? ”

Hong Zhi was stunned, Mei Xueyan was weak, she thought she was free, but she never thought that she would be angry.

She is a subordinate, no matter how majestic Hongzhi is, this is an undeniable fact, and Madame is the most taboo to commit the following crimes. Hongzhi has a clever brain, otherwise she would not be taken seriously by the Shen family, and she forcibly held back the fire in her heart, if her wife knew about it, she would not be able to please her.

"What did Miss Mei say? I'm just asking you to do me a favor, why use your identity to pressure me? It seems that there is a difference between you and me, you can't be friends, the girl is a nobleman, who in the house dares to let you serve? ”

Phew, what kind of master are you? Hong Zhi scolded secretly, she didn't have a chance to get out of slavery, she became the master of the house at that time, and it was Mei Xueyan's turn to give her a face when the time came?

Thinking of this, Hongzhi's anger was half gone, and she sorted out her appearance.

"Is there anything else wrong with the girl?"

Mei Xueyan didn't bother to argue and ignored her cynicism.

"The young lady asked me to call you, you can go with me!"

Mei Xueyan was strange, the Shen family was busy circling around Lin Erlang, what was the matter with her at this time?

Without thinking too much, Mei Xueyan followed Hongzhi through a corridor and arrived at the courtyard where the Shen family lived, where there was the style of the Lin Mansion, carved beams and painted buildings, and two stone jars were placed outside the courtyard, in which duckweed was planted, but in this weather, the lotus leaves could not live, and there were only some dead leaves left in the water.

Two koi fish, one gold and one red, swing their tail fins slowly in the stone tank.

There was no one else in the courtyard except for a servant woman who was smashing the ice edge with a penny.

"The young lady hasn't come back yet, you wait."

Hongzhi put down a sentence and helped the servant woman to knock on the ice edge together, during the day, the sun was shining, the ice edge melted, and the ticking affected people's entry and exit, in case it was easy to hurt people, the servant woman put the broken ice in a wooden basin and poured it into the ditch.

Mei Xueyan stood in place and waited for a while, her pantyhose were thin, and she walked around to warm up.

Hongzhi sat on the railing, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, not only because of the torn jacket, but also because of Mei Xueyan's words, why is this lowly woman the master, and she is the subordinate? Mocked by her but unable to speak? She is unwilling, sooner or later she will become the master, and no one can look down on her!

With resentment in her heart, Hong Zhi looked at the wooden basin in her hand, and the ghost sent her to splash the basin on Mei Xueyan.

only heard Mei Xueyan exclaim, panicked, Hongzhi's mood suddenly refreshed.

Mei Xueyan only felt that her neck was cold, half of the ice ridge turned into water in the wooden basin, and it flowed directly into her underwear, and her hair was also wet, and she suddenly shivered.

The sharp ice cube smashed into the back of Mei Xueyan's head, and it hurt faintly, but fortunately, the ice cube was broken, and it was not too seriously injured, only a faint blood stain oozed from her ears.

Hongzhi looked at her embarrassed appearance, and her heart was happy and a little frightened, not because she was ashamed, but because she was afraid that people would talk about her after she found out.

"Yikes!" Hongzhi exclaimed, "Miss Mei, what are you doing standing there?" I'm sorry I didn't see you. ”

Mei Xueyan looked back at Hongzhi, she is not a bodhisattva, she also has a temper, she can not care about Hongzhi's arrogance and domineering, but she didn't expect that the cowardly little girl back then became so vicious.

Before she could say anything, the door of Shen's room opened, and Lin Erlang and his wife walked out.

When Shen saw Mei Xueyan's appearance, he was stunned at first, and the gloating smile just came to his lips and then pressed down.

She was also carefully dressed today, wearing a dark stingray jacket and meticulously combed her hair. Lin Erlang stood next to her and was half a head taller, with a medium build, short eyebrows and a wide nose, and some fat made him look a little honest.

"Xue Yan, you're here, I just have something to tell you."

Shen called out affectionately, in front of Lin Erlang, she had always been virtuous and gentle.

The winter robe was heavy, and it was even colder after being stained with water, Mei Xueyan was a little trembling, and her words were a little sluggish, so she only looked at Lin Erlang and his wife coldly.

"Who is this maid?"

Lin Erlang asked, he and Mei Xueyan hadn't met a few times, so he didn't have much impression.

"It's the child daughter-in-law that my mother asked for your third brother! You don't remember? Shen took his arm and said with a smile, "The head of the family has been running around for the Lin family's business all year round, and he doesn't even know his brother and daughter-in-law." ”

Lin Erlang suddenly realized, staring at Mei Xueyan intently, standing in the cold wind and shivering, his body was thin and crumbling, which was pitiful.

"It turned out to be a brother-in-law, and before I knew it, I had become a big girl, and when the third brother came back, I could hold a wedding banquet cave room! How did my brother and daughter-in-law look like this? Quickly enter the house and wipe it. ”

Lin Erlang's eyes made Shen displeased, what virtue did Lin Erlang have that she didn't know yet? Pinching flowers and messing with grass constantly, these two tricks are clearly hungry wolves seeing meat.

"Xue Yan, in a few days it will be the death day of the master, I want a lot of paper money and paper flowers, my mother said that I can't let outsiders cut it, it seems insincere, but my sister-in-law is the housekeeper, I am busy outside, you are idle all day long anyway, I will leave this matter to you!"

Shen changed the topic and kept silent about Mei Xueyan's downfall.

Lin Erlang couldn't take his eyes off with interest, although this little lady was embarrassed, she had a charm standing there, and I felt pity.

Men are most likely to feel pity for weak women, not how amazing Mei Xueyan looks.

Lin Erlang is a color blank, not to mention the red flowers and green willows outside, there are some beautiful maids in the house, he will move his hands and feet. Although Mei Xueyan is not stunning, she has a slender figure, which is more than comparable to the fat and bloated Shen family, not to mention that she has poetry and books in her belly, and the bookish atmosphere on Mei Xueyan's body is unique even in the small jasper.

Shen's face changed and he pulled Lin Erlang.

"Master!"

"Huh?" Lin Erlang came back to his senses and said, "Brother-in-law, hurry up and enter the house, it's a cold day, change into clean clothes, beware of catching a cold." ”

Shen shook his hand impatiently and said, "Yes, you go back to the hospital to change your clothes, and you won't have to spend money when you get sick?" ”

Mei Xueyan didn't say a word, the ice water soaked her padded jacket, like falling into an ice cellar, it was cold to the bone, her lips were purple, her body was cold, and her heart was cold.

Hongzhi is ruthless, Shen is watching the play, Lin Erlang's dirty thoughts are in full view.

Mei Xueyan moved her cold hands and feet, but she smiled and bowed.

"I've seen my brother and sister-in-law."