Chapter 6: Adjustments to the Ring
On the morning of the second day, she began to go to the second elder to say goodbye to the second elder according to the custom of the house.
It can be said that this is the first time that Jiang Sumei has appeared on stage as the concubine of the second room of Jiangfu.
Here, she saw a lot of fresh faces, such as her sister-in-law, eldest sister, third aunt, fifth sister, and two young cousins.
I heard that the fourth sister was under Jiang Zhaonian's plea, but the old lady still didn't let go, so she didn't see the legendary fox-looking Jiang Rumei.
However, the fifth girl Jiang Mengmei was unexpected, she was raised by the Jin family with a simple and honest attitude, which caused Jiang Sumei to look at her several times, of course, she also noticed that the Li family, the Jin family, and the young grandmother Jiang of the big house fell on her.
They were naturally extremely surprised, the girl who was unknown in the second room, and almost made people forget, actually surpassed the other girls and was rewarded by the old man, and because of the good calligraphy, she surpassed several masters in the house!
They wanted to see how different this girl was from the past.
As a result, Jiang Sumei still behaved like this, sitting there, quiet as if she didn't exist, but there was a little more smile on her face than before.
This smile also makes her look beautiful and quite likable.
Jin immediately praised: "Sister Su is really smart, she didn't learn much from her master, but her handwriting is good-looking, it's rare, if others put in so much effort, it's still a turtle climbing a pole, and she can't get an inch." ”
Li's face was a little ugly.
Jin pointed to Sang and scolded Huai, isn't he talking about Jiang Mumei, when the house originally invited the female master, Jiang Mumei was the oldest and learned the most, and the other girls didn't learn much, so the master resigned because of something at home, and he never invited him again.
But Jiang Mumei's words can't be on the table at all, and even compared to her younger sisters, they are a lot worse.
To say that this eldest daughter is not good-looking and talented, it is also a pain in Li's heart.
It's just that what is there to mention about her daughter of the Kim family? Li glanced at Jiang Mengmei, the corners of her mouth were disdainful, she didn't care about the same as Jin!
Although the Jin family verbally praised Jiang Sumei, they did not show their closeness at all, but instead pulled Jiang Mengmei away, for fear that they would befriend.
Only Jiang Huamei, as always, sat next to her, laughing from time to time.
Jiang Nianmei also occasionally cast a kind and caring gaze.
The whole process was quite harmonious, although the old lady had never looked at her, but Jiang Sumei saw more clearly what the relationship between the daughters of the Jiang family was.
In the following days, she went often, and the old man was very happy, under his guidance, Jiang Sumei's calligraphy progressed rapidly, and in only one or two months, it was better than some of the talents he had ever seen.
The old man has a great sense of accomplishment.
He has loved these since he was a child, but his own talent is not good, and the words written have no aura, so he has a special appreciation for calligraphy haode people, but unfortunately the three sons, the eldest son barely has an eye, although the second son has potential, but he is not blessed, the third son is not a system, and then the eldest grandson is mediocre in this regard, and there is no junior in the family who can meet his expectations.
Now Jiang Sumei has come out of the sky, more or less, fulfilling some of the old man's wishes.
After all, this era is a prosperous and open era, once people live a stable life, they are willing to pursue spiritual satisfaction, therefore, young people in literature and art come out in large numbers, the flowers of thought bloom everywhere, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism complement each other, go hand in hand.
Throughout the past 50 years, there have been two excellent female poets, both of whom are quite appreciated by everyone, and their granddaughter has such talent, the old man is very happy, every time he is off, if he is at home, he always asks Jiang Sumei to come to the study, or let her write, or comment on calligraphy and listen to her, and the progress of the relationship is rapid and ever.
At the same time, Hongxing is also becoming more and more proud, not only loves to speak wildly, but also often says bad things about the big house, for example, the eldest girl, the second girl uses the best things, the third girl can't compare, the big house bullies no one in the second room, etc.
Once, it was even more explicit, which angered Zhou's mother, and she immediately told the Li family.
Li was also extremely annoyed when she heard this, Hongxing was originally frivolous, and she loved to scratch her head and make gestures, at that time she was going to drive Hongxing to the village, but she happened to meet Yu Chaoqing to meet the old lady, the old lady later ordered to dial two Yahuan to go to the second room, Li was busy with the eldest daughter's marriage, and wanted to save some effort, so she directly let Hongxing go with Guo'er.
Who would have thought that Hongxing was too disagreeable and dared to say anything.
"Could it be that the three girls are pouting behind their backs?" She thought of something else, "The old man likes her a lot lately. ”
"I don't think so, the third girl is timid, even if the calligraphy is good, but when she usually sees people, she is very gentle, and she has never seen someone say a word loudly, how can she do such a thing?" Zhou's mother twisted her eyebrows, "That red apricot was a little wrong earlier, she dared to pinch the three girls, asked for the clothes sent by the wife, and gave the three girls the master, the last time the old man did his birthday, he asked me to ask his wife, let the three girls come out to meet the guests." My wife was busy, so I didn't say anything, who knew that she didn't look like a person, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to stay. ”
Li Shi nodded his head: "Sister Su is pitiful, and honest, you can't let this little hoof be bad, I originally looked at it and could still use it, but when I went to Sister Su'er, I learned to bully the girl, so I went to the old lady." ”
Then she went to the old lady, not mentioning her perfunctory, only saying that the red apricot was a bastard.
After hearing this, the old lady was absent-minded: "Then you find two more girls for Sister Su, I have fennel here, Yulan is married, and there are not enough people, so you can transfer one of them." ”
To say that Jiang Sumei, except for Cui Yu, is not very knowledgeable about the rules, according to common sense, the old lady should choose a haode from her side, but she refused.
Although the Li family is dissatisfied, but there is no way, the second room is also the daughter of the Jiang family, if something happens in the future, as the eldest aunt, she is still responsible, so she proposed: "There are many idle girls below, Sister Su is not young, why don't you let her pick a few by herself?" There is always something she likes, and I will give her the lotus picking, so that I can tie up those little ones. ”
The old lady agreed.
Within two days, Zhou's mother came to the second room.
Hearing that she was going to be sent to the village to do rough work, Hongxing refused to roll around, so Zhou's mother asked her to tie her up, and then stuffed a rag into her mouth and forcibly arrested her.
Cui Yu was very happy, and praised in a low voice in the room: "The girl is like a god, and the slave maid was worried that she would talk nonsense everywhere and cause trouble." ”
Did she cause trouble for herself, Jiang Sumei thought to herself, mainly because of the weak reputation of the original owner, so that others would not suspect that she instigated it, otherwise she would not dare to let Hongxing be so presumptuous.
It's also Hongxing's own stupidity, a slave bully, I don't want to think about it, how many masters in this house can tolerate her jumping around?
Zhou's mother called Cailian in: "Girl, this Cailian is by Mrs.'s side, and she will serve the girl here in the future, I also brought some here, and the girl will pick a few more that fit her eyes." ”
That's what it means to make her self-financed, she doesn't pick a haode, it hurts herself, it's not someone else's business, anyway, the Li family has already sent the second-class girl ring around her, which is considered to be a lot of care.
Jiang Sumei nodded.
Zhou's mother called the girls in and stood in a row to show her.
Jiang Sumei raised her head and looked over one by one, sighing in her heart.
These girls are obviously not trained haode, some have eyes on the nose, some are writhing, some are cramped and uneasy, she is short and pulls out the general, and picks three barely satisfied girls, they are also young, and there is still room for improvement.
"It's just them, Mother Lao bothered."
Zhou's mother was a little surprised, out of occupational diseases, she had already taken a fancy to a few, but she didn't expect that they were all picked by Jiang Sumei.
Is this lucky, or is the third girl actually quite smart?
She thought again, if she is not smart, it is estimated that it will be difficult to write this word brilliantly, and several gentlemen in the family have not satisfied the old man, but the three girls are a blockbuster.
"You three have to serve the girl well, if something goes wrong, don't blame me for punishing you!" Zhou's mother gave a few words of advice.
The three Yahuan hurriedly said yes.
"Look, how is it arranged?" Unexpectedly, Jiang Sumei asked Cailian.
These three rings, one is called Peach Leaf, one is called Qinghe, and the other is called Baozhu, of which Qinghe is the largest, with twelve years old, and Peach Leaf and Baozhu are all eleven years old.
Cai Lian was stunned.
She is not favored by the Li family, but the treatment is not bad, this time she was transferred by the Li family, she was not happy, but she couldn't refuse, and she replied with her head at the moment: "The slave maid thinks that the girl can let Sister Cuiyu teach for a few days first." ”
Jiang Sumei showed appreciation.
This answer is very good, which shows that Cailian is a person who understands proportions and is not vain.
First, she didn't shirk her responsibilities and said some moderate things, such as asking the girl to decide, second, she was very cautious and suggested asking Cui Yu to teach, and third, she was very thoughtful, these girls came over, and they should be contacted and assigned after understanding their respective personality strengths.
The last two, as Jiang Sumei thought, she instructed Cui Yu: "It's up to you to teach, and I'll talk about it later." ”
Cui Yu led them down first.
"You're a child?" Jiang Sumei sat down, folded her hands on her lap and asked Cailian.
"If you go back to the girl, the slave is the son of the family."
"What are the family doing?"
"The slave's father has passed away, and my mother is in the needlework room, and there is an elder brother who does chores such as watering flowers and moving pots in the garden of the outer house."
Both positions are powerless, and they are not idle, and they need labor, no wonder the Li family chose to pick lotus.
Jiang Sumei understands her current situation very well, although there are some improvements, but she has never had parents, what is the use of just being able to write a good hand? Those veteran subordinates are not human spirits, and they will never bet at this time, they are more likely to take a wait-and-see attitude, so if Lao Tzu Niang has a little ability, he will not watch his daughter come to the second room.
In a few words, she already knew the role of Cai Lian in Li's heart.
"I don't know what you're like with your aunt, come here, don't be too restrained, I like to be quiet, don't call you, you do what you love outside, if there's anything you don't know, just ask Cui Yu."
Cai Lian nodded, and at the same time a little surprised, it was rumored that the three girls were clay figures, in fact, it has been like this for the past few years, but after contacting it today, she found that the three girls did things neatly, picking girls, asking for opinions, making up their minds, and then giving orders, without a little confusion.
It can be seen that she already has a spectrum in her heart.
Cai Lian retreated with doubts.