Chapter 12 Enlightenment
Since Mrs. Liu said that day, Wu Wenxiu really arranged for two people to come over the next day, one is about the same age as Sister-in-law Hong, and Wisteria doesn't know her. The other is a girl named Cai'er who lives in a side room together.
Although Cai'er usually doesn't talk to herself, she is the only one who doesn't target herself, that is, the kind of person who doesn't help and doesn't fall into the trap. It's just that when the work was distributed, Cai'er was assigned to Yu's mother to wait for flowers and trees, plant vegetables and pick vegetables, why did Wu Wenxiu send her here. In line with the principle that more is better than less, Wisteria did not speak to her. However, Cai'er came over, bowed generously and said:
"In the future, I want to do things with Sister Wisteria, although my sister is also new, but she is always more familiar than me, and I hope my sister will teach me more." Wisteria, who was washing rice, was stunned when she saw Cai'er walking towards her, and she couldn't figure out the situation at all.
After Cai'er approached Wisteria, it took two people to hear the words:
"In the past, Cai'er also had to do it, her father and brothers were all working under Wu's mother's family, and sometimes you knew that they were doing something wrong, but you didn't dare to help you too much. Now I went to work in the flower garden for a few days, and after listening to Yu's mother, I realized that Sister Wisteria is really good, and I hope my sister will not blame Cai'er for being timid before, and treat me as her own sister. After speaking, he grabbed the basin in Wisteria's hand and continued to wash the rice.
"Hmph, what's it, sycophant," Ruchun, who was cleaning the dried vegetables in the back, whispered.
"Okay, this time we have added two more people to the big kitchen, according to the arrangement just now, prepare breakfast first. Sister Liu, it will take a while for that bun, right? ”
"Wait a little longer."
"Well, then Ruchun will go to the courtyards to inform you, and come to get breakfast after half a pillar of incense." Before he finished speaking, Ruchun ran out in a smoke.
After Ruchun's various courtyards were notified, he turned around and walked towards the place where Wu's mother was governed. I saw Qiu Xiang coming from a distance. Wearing a blue-green eighty-percent new silk dress and silk pants, a small silk flower pinned to his head, and two red lantern earrings dangling.
"Sister Akika." Ruchun ran over quickly, grabbed Qiu Xiang's arm with both hands, and looked up at the silk flowers on the head with envy.
"Sister Qiuxiang's dress is really good-looking."
Qiu Xiang endured the disgust, quietly pulled out her arm, calmed down, changed her happy look, and said with a pleasant face:
"Why are you in such a hurry, is there anything wrong?"
"Well, I'm looking for Sister Cress."
Qiu Xiang knew that watercress had always made Ruchun keep an eye on wisteria, and she would come over every day to tell her what wisteria had done all day, who she had met, and so on. I don't care to listen to these miscellaneous things, but Shui Cress loves to listen to them, and I will talk to myself after listening to them. But generally such as spring comes at night, and this early morning is the first time.
"Your sister Shuiqin was arranged by Mother Wu to do work, you tell me, I'll sue her when I go back"
Ruchun told Cai'er how to make love with Wisteria when she arrived in the big kitchen today, and skipped the fact that she was scared by Wisteria last night, and just said that she wanted to make some trouble, but it didn't work.
Qiu Xiang was also puzzled after hearing this, but she didn't say anything, just took out a purse from her sleeve, picked out two pieces of candy from it, and handed it to Ruchun,
"This is the nest candy that Mrs. Shizi rewarded yesterday, it is very sweet and not stained, you can also taste it."
"Thank you, Sister Qiuxiang." I picked it up and put it in my mouth, and I ate it with a smile.
After walking like spring, Qiu Xiang walked quickly to the pulp washing room. saw that his mother was training a mother-in-law, and he thought that the clothes were not washed. stepped forward and pulled her aside and told her what Ruchun had just said to her mother.
After listening to this, Qiu Xiangniang also wondered in her heart, when did this Cai'er change her intestines. The men in their family are all working under Wu Wenxiu's family, and they know that there was a fuss that day, so why are they still leaning on it at this time.
didn't care about reprimanding people, so he took Qiu Xiang and went to find Wu Wenxiu. Wu Wenxiu had just come from home, changed her clothes and sat there eating breakfast sent by the little girl. Seeing that the two of them came in, they beckoned to eat together, Qiu Xiangniang saw that the breakfast on the table was much finer than the one she brought back, and she saw that it was rewarded by the small kitchen, so she was not polite, and pulled Qiu Xiang to eat together.
After eating, he told Wu Wenxiu what he said. But after finishing speaking, she didn't see Wu Wenxiu show a surprised expression, but drank the water slowly, and waited until the little girl removed all the bowls on the table before she spoke:
"Your brother-in-law told me last night that Cai'er's father was transferred to Qingmingshan to see Broadway, and one of the two brothers followed Yu Meiqing's youngest son to run work, and the other went to the county shop as an apprentice, and they didn't work under your brother-in-law anymore."
"What? Who did this? What a big face? Qiu Xiangniang looked puzzled.
"Who else can it be, Cai'er went to curry favor with Wisteria early in the morning, who else could it be besides Zirui. It seems that I really underestimated this girl's ability, and the two little ones are better to say, this boy has easier work than a girl. It's just that I didn't expect to let the stone go to see Broadway.
"What kind of job is that, Bailaoquan is the name given by Gaozu, ordinary people are unreliable, and with such a job, not to mention that there are two taels of silver per month, just being idle is enough to make people red, it's really a good means."
Stone is Cai'er's father's nickname, because of the surname Shi, and a very honest, like a stuffy gourd, sometimes a day can not say a word, so he got such a nickname, after a long time called a lot of people, it is not called the original name, but I think that the stone is the real name.
"Then, how to ......" Qiu Xiangniang had to ask again, but Qiu Xiang pulled her sleeve and said to Wu Wenxiu: "Cousin, it's not a big deal in the first place, I just said to my mother, she can't sit still, Na Cai'er is usually boring, I can't think of anything big." ”
Wu Wenxiu glanced at Qiu Xiang approvingly, she was more transparent than her mother, if she really followed the second miss, she would be a good one in the future. If you help it, you can help it to the end, and you may be able to use it in the future. It can be seen from this incident that this Zirui is indeed better than Shuangqiao in front of the second lady, and the errand of Bailaoquan will definitely not work without the nod of the old lady.
"Qiu Xiang is right, let that person named Ruchun keep an eye on it, a month is fast, if you can let something happen to that girl in wisteria, even if we can't, we don't have to be afraid of her."
Qiu Xiangniang got Wu Wenxiu's assurance, thinking that there was Shuangqiao inside and Wu Wenxiu outside, and her daughter's errand should be nine out of ten, so she left happily.
Because there are two more people in the big kitchen, and Cai'er is also a capable person, today's work is much easier. Xu is Ma Wujia's point Ruchun, Ruchun is much more honest today than yesterday, but a pair of eyes do not leave the wisteria for a moment, which makes people feel extremely uncomfortable.
After four days of being busy like this, when it was time to finish work on the fourth night, Yichun, the big girl in the old lady's room, suddenly came. He was followed by two little girls who did not leave their heads, one holding a food box in his hand and the other holding a box.
After Yichun came in, the Ma Wu family was busy for a while, with a flattered expression. Yichun stopped Ma Wu's family from pouring tea, and said with a smile, "Don't be busy with this mother, I'll leave after I say a few words, the old lady can't leave anyone." ”
When Ma Wujia heard her say this, he honestly stood aside with everyone.
"That's right, since the prince and Mrs. the prince came with the two young masters, they have added a lot of work to the big kitchen, and everyone has worked hard these days. From tomorrow onwards, there will be no need to cook for so many people. ”
Ma Wujia's heart chuckled, and he hurriedly said, "What does this mean?" But what's wrong with the big kitchen? ”
"No, no, don't worry, Mom, it's because Ming'er Shizi wants to take some people to check on other Zhuangzi, probably less than 10 people, it's hot, I'm afraid you don't know, you can't let go of it if you do more."
As soon as everyone heard this, they let go of their hearts that were hanging like the Ma Wujia.
Yichun nodded at the two little girls beside him, and the two girls put the things in their hands on the table. Yichun stepped forward to open the food box and took out four plates of dim sum from it, which were yellow and green, which were very beautiful. When I opened another box, I saw seven fine silver hairpins lined up inside. Although it is fine, it has to be up and down one or two, and the hairpin head is finely carved with flowers of different patterns, and the workmanship is extremely fine, and it is not possible to play it in ordinary jewelry stores at a glance.
After putting the things away, Yichun said again: "This snack is rewarded by the old lady, this is the practice in the palace, it is made by the old lady next to the prince, it is very authentic, the old lady said that you have worked hard, let you taste it." Although it is not worth a few dollars, it is made by the craftsmen of Defeng Building in the capital, and it is the mind of Mrs. Shizi. ”
After Yichun finished speaking, he led the two girls away in a stunned look on everyone's face.
Ruchun saw that Yichun was gone, so he stretched out his hand to the hairpin, and before he touched it, he saw that the people around him did not move, so he took it back again, but his eyes were staring at the hairpin, and he said that it was good-looking.
The Ma Wu family only reflected at this time, "Since it is the one that Mrs. Shizi gave us, it is one for each person" After speaking, he picked the largest flower head and held it in his hand. When the others saw that she had taken it, they also singled out their own one after another. Ruchun grabbed in front of Wisteria and Cai'er to pick a feeling that it could be bigger, and couldn't wait to stick it on his head, turned his head and asked if the people around him looked good, and found that it was Wisteria standing beside him, so he turned his head and asked about Mrs. Liu.
It's lively over there, there are only two left, and Cai'er holds it in her hand together, called Wisteria Selection. Wisteria pushed and told her to choose first, but Cai'er refused, and after pulling back and forth like this, she heard Ruchun say in a thin voice: "Is this a bad hairpin that dislikes the wife of the prince, and even shirks it?" If you don't want to give it to me, I can thank Mrs. Shizi for her kindness! ”
"Otherwise, if you dare to plug these three hairpins into Ming'er and go to the yard for a walk, these two will be given to you, how about it?" Wisteria said very seriously to Ruchun.
If you really insert three hairpins and go to the garden for a walk, then you really can't tell the words. Just now, that Yichun clearly said that it was one person and one piece. Hearing Wisteria say this, Ruchun rarely didn't talk back, but took a piece of dim sum from the four plates on the table one by one, twisted his body and went back to the house.
"This Ruchun, obviously bought from outside, which one is the waist to support, how can the score be bigger than the family's son?" Sister-in-law Yao whispered. Ma Wujia felt that his face couldn't hold it, so he arranged tomorrow's work and let everyone go back to rest.
Wisteria didn't resist Cai'er in the end, so I had to take a plum blossom pattern from the two first, and the remaining lilac Cai'er happily stuck it on my head.
When everyone left, Wisteria fiddled with this hairpin while burning his feet, fine is fine, but compared to those fine products made by modern craftsmanship, it is still much worse. Now she finally understands why Qiu Xiangniang desperately poured sewage on herself and let her daughter enter the master's side to serve closely. After working in the big kitchen for a few days, he was able to get a reward of nearly one or two silver from Mrs. Shizi, and those who followed the master were not a little bit of a star.
Since Wisteria knew that it was hopeless to go back, he felt the importance of such a social silver, even if one day the master would be kind to let you redeem yourself, with his current monthly example, it was really unthinkable. She clearly remembered that at that time, when her brother and sister-in-law sold her, her worth was 15 taels, and 15 taels of silver was 300 taels per month, and she had to save for more than four years without buying anything, and how could she not have the slightest expense, just like last month, at the end of the month, she only had more than 30 copper boys left in her hand. Therefore, she must be the personal girl of the master, so as to ensure that she can earn enough money to support herself.
Therefore, she can't just sit back and wait for her mother to help her, she has to take the initiative.