Chapter 11: Contradictions
After Rong Jin mentioned the point, the red sleeves reined in, no longer used excuses to check things, and no longer forced her to get up to boil water when she entered the painting, but ordered her to get up a quarter of an hour earlier than the previous two days every two days. Six days later, the lazy painter was finally able to get up and boil water at the end of the day, and presented a cup of tea before Rong Jin went out to ask for peace.
Rong Jin was very relieved that the painting and the red sleeves did not make trouble, after all, one was sent by the old lady, and the other was the lady's girl, if the balance was not good, Yimei Courtyard would have to make a fuss.
However, the good times did not last long, five days later, when Rong Jin asked An to come back, he saw the red sleeves crossed in front of the stove room: "If you weren't for the old lady and the predecessors, according to my temperament, I would have kicked you out a long time ago, and boiling water every day can burn the stove to this black miasma, and after boiling the water, I won't scrape the pot of coal, so dirty that I can't even see it, are you also such an errand in front of the old lady?" ”
"You're picking me up?" In the stove room, she was scraping the pot of coal with a spatula, and when she heard the scolding outside, she threw a spatula on the ground and raised her voice: "Are you worthy?" Even if you are also a slave, you dare to pick me up if the master doesn't speak? Don't say it's you, no old lady speaks, even your master can't get rid of me, don't think I'm afraid of you if I don't make a noise these days, I'm saving face for you, don't you know what's wrong! ”
"Spring apricot and summer cicada," the red sleeves flicked his sleeves, pointed to the people in the stove room, and gritted his teeth: "Pluck people out for me, if you don't play a few boards today, I'm afraid she won't remember what her surname is!" ”
Chunxing Xia Cicada stood stiffly behind the red sleeves, peeking at Rong Jin, who was slowly stepping forward, and did not dare to move at his feet.
"What's the matter, you two ...... too" Red Sleeves turned around, poked his index finger straight at Chun Xing's head, suddenly felt that something was wrong, followed her gaze, and saw Rong Jin with a sinking face.
"Red Sleeves, come in and talk back," Rong Jinfeng entered the house as usual, and the finch behind her deliberately raised her eyebrows at Red Sleeves. She had long been tired of seeing this red sleeve, although she was diligent and arranged everything properly, but for some reason, the finches, and even everyone in this courtyard, complained about her behind their backs.
Red sleeves entered the door, Rong Jin invited her to sit on the pestle, and then took the finch out, and then began to ask.
It turned out that when Red Sleeves checked the stove, he found that the pot was gray and heavy, and he couldn't see it, so he scolded the painting a few words, and the painting replied regardless of dignity and humility.
The boiling water in the Yimei courtyard is not only used to make tea, but also the water used for bathing or washing and scrubbing has to be burned in the painting and autumn frost.
A pair of triangular eyes with red sleeves almost burst out of essence, and his words were oppressive: "Master, this is a grain of mouse feces that spoils a pot of porridge, if she stays in this yard any longer and destroys the rest, how will the slave and maid discipline people in the future?" ”
Rong Jin looked at the red sleeves who almost blushed, and felt helpless, "Red sleeves, you are a good one, I know, everything you do is for the good of Yimei Courtyard, but I still say that sentence, first people, and then things can be done, how many hearts are towards you in spring, summer and autumn?" That's when they first came to the back of Lao Tzu Niang, if they met a few with a foundation, they would have already collided with you like a painting, in fact, this Yimei Courtyard is not as strict as Mrs.'s yard, there is not much work here, some things pass with one eye closed, and you remind a few words afterwards, they dare not disobey you, there is no need to make everyone ugly, so it also damages your majesty, isn't it? ”
Redsleeves' eyes are red from anger, and they are only creepy when they stare at people.
Rong Jin knew that this red sleeve was not convinced of herself, otherwise she would not have acted past her everywhere these days. In fact, these girls are shrewd, knowing that she is a concubine who is not favored and has no support, so they don't take her seriously, and they just want to take care of this yard with their own wishes. Red Sleeves wants to train everyone to be obedient, and when it comes to painting, he just wants to be lazy and hide.
"Miss blindly indulges in the painting, sooner or later she will have trouble," Red Sleeves got up, glanced at Rong Jin deeply, and walked out quickly without even paying respects.
Rong Jin also held his breath, sat down after leaving the bookcase, spread out the rice paper, dipped it in ink, and wrote a few big characters.
In fact, according to her temperament, neither of them is good, and they have to be trained for a while, but this is not impossible, if the red sleeves are trained today, Mrs. Ming'er will have to find her for tea, and Mother Meng will have to whip her leg a few more times.
Then Rong Jin summoned the painting in.
As soon as she came up, she burst into tears before she spoke, and knelt down with a plop, "Fourth Miss, you better send the slave back to the old lady, I can't serve this red sleeve!" ”
Rong Jin was choked by the first army, so she could only help her up and sit down, and said softly: "What did you say, the old lady sent you over with good intentions, how can I send you back again, isn't this a loss of face for her old man, and also for you?" ”
"Miss, the slave doesn't dare to let the old lady lose face, but ...... You know the slave maid, the slave and the maid like to steal lazy or something on weekdays, but the slave and the maid who should do it are not less! When she first came, she asked the slave maid to get up early to boil water to make tea, the slave maid did not complain, and then Miss you asked her to be considerate of me, although she obeyed Miss on the face of your meaning, in fact, she did not think so in her heart, since then she has come to me every day to find my stubble, this pot of coal five days ago I brushed, clean, she did not pay attention to rub a piece, and it was all blamed on me? Also, miss, didn't you see it, she rolled her eyes and looked at me every day, and she sneered at me when I said a few words to Qiushuang, isn't it just to look at the slave and maid? The slave and maid can't do it anymore, you let the slave and maid go back to the old lady! ”
In the painting, he wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and then covered his mouth and sobbed non-stop.
In fact, she knows her situation well, and the reason why she was transferred to serve a concubine who is not favored is not that she is not used in front of the old lady, and there is no one to support her? Her place in Wanshoutang has long been occupied, and now it's a joke to go back, but she said that it was the old lady who gave it, and it was good to bring out the old lady to bluff people, so no one dared to underestimate her.
"You are also wrong about this, it is better to brush the coal every three days, and the previous rules are also taught like this? So even if you sue the old lady, you will also suffer, it is better for you to go back first, be diligent, I also told her about the red sleeves, she knows how to measure," Rong Jin pulled her up from the pestle.
Since she was given the steps, she couldn't help but go down, otherwise she would really be sent to the old lady, and she wouldn't be able to get off the stage! So she showed her loyalty to Rong Jin again, and finally went back to the stove room with a twitch.
Rong Jin sent these two away, and only then did he loosen up, so he took a yellow glazed flower and went to the branch to water the two spider plants.
After the flowering period, the spider plant only pulls out a few green leaves to absorb water, and grows with all its energy, just growing, but will not use excess energy to be a demon and anger her.
But how can people be the same as flowers and plants, now they have stopped, and the two who have torn their faces should not deal with it in the next few days.
Rong Jin's hard and soft two-pronged approach, the red sleeves and the painting are clearly not quarrelling, but in private, they are each in their own affairs. Autumn frost has been pulled to the side of the painting, and the finch doesn't like the red sleeves very much, and the two compartments are fighting, but they are good-looking.
During the day, Red Sleeves assigned more complicated tasks to Qiushuang, and stood up to speak for her, and the two took advantage of Rong Jin to ask for peace, one sat on the stone pier outside in the courtyard, and the other sat in the stove room, talking in a weird manner, and Rong Jin died down as soon as he came back. Rong Jin is not a fool, just look at the expressions of Chun Xia and Qiu and know that Fang has quarreled again.
Rong Jin loves to drink tea, especially honeysuckle flower tea, the red sleeves are very strict, saying that this tea is cold and should not drink more, and when he enters the painting, he wants to go against her, and makes honeysuckle flower tea for her every day, Rong Jin drank so much that she almost vomited.
There was also a time when Rong Qing's maid gave a small gold lock to Rong Jin, but after the red sleeves temporarily accepted it, she forgot to give it to Rong Jin, and she grabbed this point when she entered the painting, saying that she swallowed the gold lock privately, and the red sleeves defended herself, and it was another fuss.