Chapter 56: Exploitation
Huiyu hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Wasn't it okay when you left the house? Why is it gone before it has been a month? ”
Cui Lu replied: "The slave maid doesn't know, but I heard the rumor from the little maid in the outer courtyard that Aunt Yuan is gone, and the weather is hot, I am afraid that it will not be good to stay for a long time, so she has been buried." ”
Hui Yu only felt that the world was spinning, and a good person said that it was gone, although she didn't have much contact with Aunt Yuan, but it was also a fresh life, if there was no problem in it, Hui Yu didn't believe it. Thinking about what Aunt Yuan said in the lakeside pavilion that day, as well as the failed plan with Crimson, now that the death of her father and mother has not yet come to fruition, why did Aunt Yuan go?
Could this be another handiwork of Nagafang? Hui Yu shuddered, and the harmony that had been built up for so long suddenly vanished.
Duo Yu also seemed to notice Hui Yu's abnormality, and said with concern: "Third sister, are you uncomfortable?" Do you want to call a doctor to take a look? ”
Hui Yu squeezed out a smile and said, "I'm fine, but when I heard the news of the death of one of my father's aunts, it was a little difficult to accept." ”
Duo Yu stepped forward to hold Hui Yu's hand and comforted: "Life and death depend on fate, wealth is in the sky, maybe the fourth uncle thought of her, so he recruited her, which can be regarded as the whole of Aunt Yuan's friendship with the fourth uncle." ”
If you really have to get this friendship to the end, you can't recruit Aunt Yuan, otherwise who will avenge them? Hui Yu said secretly, but it was not easy to listen to Duo Yu, and he said that he was restless and could not continue to learn the piano, so he sent Duo Yu away first.
All morning, Hui Yu was uneasy, how did Aunt Yuan die? Why did Jade commit suicide? Did Nagafang sense something again? Are you in danger?
Hui Yu thought about it all the time, but she got nothing. It would be best if you could find someone to go to Zhuangzi in person to find out the news, and you have to be a reliable person. The red silk rouge shop suddenly flashed through Hui Yu's mind, and I don't know if they got the news? If they go out to investigate, they should be able to find out a lot of inside information, right?
But how do you meet Crimson? Will going to them at this time be exposed to the eyes of the long house?
If it weren't for yourself, but for someone else to come forward and invite Crimson into the second room, would it not arouse suspicion?
After thinking about it, it is best for the Liao family to come forward, but he can't go to the Liao family in person, not to mention the four new maids, even Caiyun, the ** naked eyeliner, will report his actions to the Chang family, so he has to ask another person to invite the Liao family.
Hui Yu thought about it for a while and decided to go to Xiuxuanzhai in the afternoon.
Before going out, Hui Yu deliberately asked Emerald Green to put on her makeup with the rouge from the red silk rouge, and brought a box of rouge.
When she arrived at Xiuxuanzhai, Duo Yu was very surprised when she heard the report, and personally went to the door to pick up Hui Yu, and said, "Why didn't my sister rest in the courtyard well, but ran to my sister?" ”
Hui Yu teased: "Isn't this thinking that I have only been learning the piano for a while, and I am sorry for the teaching of the fourth sister halfway?" Besides, I haven't visited my sister yet, so Tete came to find her. ”
Duo Yu obviously accepted Hui Yu's explanation, so she took Hui Yu into the hall of Xiu Xuan Zhai, and said: "It turns out that my sister is here to visit my sister's residence, Xiu Xuan Zhai is not as atmospheric as Yurong Courtyard, sister don't look down on it." ”
Hui Yu looked around the hall, it was indeed frugal, simple furniture, decorations were nothing more than a few paintings, and flowers in vases, the Liao family was really stingy, treating the concubine so harshly. But this could not be said, so Hui Yu said: "I saw that I came in all the way just now, and the side was full of grape vines, and the bunches of grapes were very tempting. ”
Duo Yu pulled Hui Yu to sit down and said, "The grapes are seeds transported from outside the customs, and the fruits are much sweeter than those in our northwest city, but it is not yet the ripe season, and my sister will come to taste them again in autumn." ”
Hui Yu naturally thanked her, and called Emerald Green to bring the rouge box over, and said: "These days, the fourth sister has been bothering to teach me to learn the piano and play chess, and I can't repay it. ”
Duo Yu was embarrassed to accept it, and hurriedly shirked it: "That's not good, let's be sisters, it's supposed to help each other mention something, if you accept my sister's things, then what kind of person will my sister become..."
Hui Yu said again: "This is not a valuable thing, it is an ordinary rouge box, I also think it is very good to use, so I want to share it with my sister, sister, you see, I am using this rouge now, does it look better than in the past?" ”
Duo Yu took a closer look, it was really good, just now I felt that Hui Yu seemed to have a better complexion than before, and it seemed that she was resting, and after a closer look, she found that the rouge was particularly delicate, just like the original color of the skin. So I couldn't help but be curious, opened the rouge box, and saw that it was divided into six small compartments, from light to dark, from dark red to light red, in turn.
Duo Yu loved it in her heart when she saw it, and she couldn't help but be a little eager to try. Hui Yu naturally saw Duo Yu's psychological changes, and pushed the boat down the river and said, "Why don't you try it?" ”
Duo Yu dipped her fingers in a little bit, tried it on her wrist, and felt that the effect was very good, so she asked, "What kind of rouge is this?" The color is really good, isn't it precious? ”
Hui Yu replied: "This is the rouge shop that I opened after a maid left the house before, and it uses materials made in neighboring countries, and it is not expensive, because the maid in the house also gave a concession, which is cheaper than the rouge we usually buy." ”
Duo Yu sighed: "This is much better than the rouge we usually make, then my sister is better than obeying her fate, thank my sister." ”
On the second day, Hui Yu saw that Duo Yu had used the box of rouge, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that the fish should be hooked soon.
Sure enough, in the afternoon, Yu's mother came to invite Huiyu to Anhua Hall.
Liao Shi inevitably asked for warmth at first, and said: "Sister Hui'er hasn't seen her for a few days, her face is much better, I am still worried that you are not used to living in Yurong Courtyard every day, and I am much more relieved to see you like this." ”
Huiyu said: "The second aunt has taken care of everything for Hui'er, where is Hui'er unaccustomed to it." ”
Liao Shi said again: "Sister Hui can live well. Today, the second aunt invited you over, in fact, there is a reluctant invitation. In the morning, I looked at Sister Duo'er's natural makeup, which looked more ruddy than in the past, and when I asked, I knew that it was the rouge given by Sister Hui'er, and I also said that it was opened and sold by the maid who left the house in the past. I saw that the rouge was very good in color, and it was better than the rouge that I had originally bought in the house, so I thought that Sister Hui would follow the line, and I would like to go to the maid's shop to buy some rouge. ”
Hui Yu said in her heart: "This is not simple, that shop is on Mao'er Street, called Red Silk Rouge Shop." Not long after this shop opened, if the second aunt patronized their house, she would be happy to do business in our house. When Liao Shi heard this, his eyes lit up with joy, and he said, "It just so happens that the warehouse is ready to buy the next season's rouge, or I will send some goods to their family tomorrow to pick them up." When he turned around, he instructed Yu's mother to go to the red silk rouge shop to post a post.
When Crimson received Yu's mother's post, she naturally responded to it. On the one hand, if you can do the business of the Chu family's second room, it will also help the development of the shop in the future, and on the other hand, you can also take the opportunity to meet Huiyu. Therefore, on the afternoon of the agreed day to enter the house, Crimson called her two mothers and brought the most complete rouge box into the second room.
Liao got a box of free rouge, and listened to the introduction of the two mothers' tongues like lotus, coupled with the low price offered by Crimson, where is there no reason why it should be. It was decided again and again to buy rouge at the Red Silk Rouge Shop in the next few quarters.
Crimson was secretly happy when she did business, and took the opportunity to ask to meet her old master, Huiyu.
Liao was happy, and he felt that it was a trivial matter, so he should come down and let Huiyu come over.
Hui Yu had been waiting in Yurong Courtyard for a long time, and finally looked forward to the news, so she picked up her feet and walked towards Anhua Hall.