Chapter Twenty-Three: The Clothes Are Gone
Gu Mama has just passed her fortieth birthday, in this era when medical conditions are underdeveloped and the average person dies early, the forty-year-old Mama should have reached the age of being able to enjoy Qingfu, plus she has a high seniority, has served the old lady and the wife for two generations of masters, and is from the wife's mother's family, so her status is much higher than that of the servants in the house.
Although the old lady and the wife don't look down on her, but because of the seniority, as long as the Qin Mansion still wants the reputation of the Good Family, they can't kill her at will. So Mama Gu also knew that her reputation was not very good, but she didn't care at all, in her eyes, as long as she didn't make a big mistake, then the young ladies and sons of the mansion would have to respect her, not to mention such a wild girl from outside.
For Mrs. Gu is still quite satisfied with this distribution, she was originally prepared to enjoy the idea of Qingfu, the only thing that is slightly dissatisfied is that Qin Xinxin's room has too little oil and water, I am afraid that she will not be able to get too many benefits.
Thinking like this, she followed Peony into Qin Xinxin's room.
But said that Peony talked to Mu Xi and Pomegranate about Cao's arrangement, and Pomegranate subconsciously wanted to turn his head to see what Qin Xinxin meant, but fortunately, Mu Xi was obedient and remembered that Qin Xinxin wanted to pretend not to understand the official language, so he walked quickly to Qin Xinxin's side and whispered in her ear.
Qin Xinxin smiled when she heard this, and whispered a few more words to Mu Xi, and then raised her head and nodded to Peony and Mama Gu, indicating that she understood.
Peony also knew that her earthen accent was unsightly, and the old lady didn't want to speak in front of people when she first came to the house, so she didn't take it to heart, asked for a peace, and left Mama Gu to go back to her life.
As soon as Mama Gu waited for the peony to leave, she wanted to set rules for Qin Xinxin, but as soon as she was about to speak, Mu Xi and Pomegranate began to take brooms and rags out to clean, and after a while, the room was dusty.
"Mama, please lift your feet, this house hasn't been cleaned yet, and we are cleaning up before you come." Pomegranate said and leaned in front of Mama Gu, and reached out to hand her a handkerchief, "Do you want to clean it up too?" ”
Mama Gu hurriedly avoided it, took out her handkerchief to cover her mouth and said, "Ridiculous, ridiculous!" You are the personal maid of the eldest lady, how can you do such a rough thing? ”
Pomegranate blinked her innocent eyes, and half-complained: "We have been here for a long time, and we can't find a rough maid in the courtyard. This ear room was not cleaned carefully, and it was all dust, so if you want to live in it, can't you clean it again? ”
When Mama Gu heard this, she knew the reason, and now everyone in the Qin Mansion knows that this "eldest lady" is here to give the second lady a disaster, and it is a cold stove that can't be burned, if it is involved, let alone the benefit, what if the girl looks pleasing to the eye and wants to accompany her to go and kiss? Therefore, the people in the Qin Mansion avoided coming to Qin Xinxin's side on an errand.
The Cao family didn't want Qin Xinxin to go over his daughter, and he didn't take her to heart at all, so he turned a blind eye to his subordinates' evasion; She didn't need to signal to the people below, but as soon as this attitude came out, everyone knew that this big girl was just a name, and she was actually inferior to them.
Originally, the ear room was made into a storage room, and some sundries that the Cao family couldn't use for the time being were piled up, but now they were moved out for Qin Xinxin's use, and the people below just cleaned it at will, but it wasn't that Pomegranate and Mu Xi were picky about ghosts, and it was indeed impossible to live without cleaning again, but she just happened to be caught up by Mama Gu, so she choked and fled.
"It's not like words, it's too unlikely!" Mama Gu muttered as she walked out of the house. Originally, I wanted Qin Xinxin and the three of them to get it by themselves, but when they got halfway through, they had to stay in this house.
Although Cao Shi looks like a bodhisattva face, he is a sweet-hearted person on the top of the top, if he receives an errand, but he doesn't discipline Qin Xinxin, he is afraid that he will not be able to eat and walk around. Mama Gu still wants to enjoy her old age in Qinfu, naturally she doesn't want to offend this big Buddha, people are old and refined, although she is snobbish and lazy, she loves to put on a show in front of people, and she is powerful, but she knows who can offend, and who should not be offended at all.
"Yes, we have to get someone to clean the house for them!" Mama Gu gritted her teeth, twisted her buttocks, and went to the next room to call someone. Qin Xinxin and the others couldn't call a few handymen and rough maids, but Gu Mama's old face, the people below scolded and scolded but had to give it, knowing that this old pious woman was the best at making trouble, and relying on her high seniority, she had to take a broom and rag to Qin Xinxin's ear room to clean it up for them.
This time, Gu Mama thought that she had to stay here for a while, so she naturally had to keep an eye on it, she called others, and she had always had no room for sand in her eyes, so she used a gun for Qin Xinxin when she didn't know it, and vigorously commanded the girls to clean up the house.
Qin Xinxin wants to play the role of a country girl who doesn't understand words and doesn't understand the rules and etiquette at all, so naturally she won't go to Mama Gu's side, so this job will be handed over to Pomegranate and Mu Xi.
Originally, the two of them were not rough maids in the prefect's mansion, and the original cleaning was just a show, but now that they have handymen to do it, they brought water and served it to Mama Gu.
Mama Gu touched her lips slightly, and spit it out: "White water? ”
Pomegranate and Mu Xi nodded helplessly: "Mama Gu, is there anything wrong?" ”
"You... You guys... Don't even put a slice of tea? ”
Mu Xi said: "Mama Gu, Miss is from the countryside, she has no long things, and she met Dawan and Wei people on the way, and she lost all her luggage. Only three sets of clothes were given by our wife. When we first arrived in Qinfu, we didn't even know where the kitchen door would open, and even if we wanted to make a good cup of tea for Mama Gu, we didn't know where to go to ask for tea. ”
Mama Gu held her forehead, and at the moment she only felt that she had entered a big pit when she came to Qin Xinxin's side! I can't say that I have to come forward myself and fight for them.
Now, Mama Gu has gradually come back to her senses, she is only afraid that she will unknowingly catch the road and be used as a gun, but she doesn't know if these chicks hit by mistake, and she didn't intend to do it or if she was so deep in her mind that she actually calculated herself.
Mama Gu thought about it unwillingly for a long time, and was finally caught by her in a place where there might be oil and water to scrape, so she said to Qin Xinxin and the others: "I understand." However, there are seven things to open the door, tea, rice, oil, salt, vinegar and tea, all of which cost silver; Although raising the eldest lady is paid for by the public, there are thousands of ways to raise it, like the second lady, it is a way to do it, and it is another way to do it if you can't even drink a cup of hot tea now. If you want to live a comfortable life...."She stretched out her chubby fingers and gestured to Qin Xinxin and the three of them with silver.
Mu Xi said clearly: "Please also ask Mama Gu for advice." ”
Mama Gu glanced at Qin Xinxin: "Didn't you just say that you also brought three sets of change of clothes, I heard that they were given by the prefect of Yangzhou?" Take it for me to see. ”
Mu Xi glanced at Qin Xinxin and saw that she bowed slightly, so he took out the three sets of clothes.
Mama Gu took it, held it in her hand, and was immediately reluctant to put it down.
At that time, for the sake of the face of the Dawan Mission, Qin Xinxin's clothing, food, housing and transportation in the prefect's home were the best, so the clothes given by the prefect's wife were all gorgeous brocade robes, and the brocade robes given by the prefect's wife were so complicated that Qin Xinxin didn't know how to wear them at first, not to mention that Yangzhou has been a rich place in the world since ancient times, and it is known as "wrapping 100,000 yuan around the waist and riding a crane down to Yangzhou", which is more elegant than the women's dresses in Beijing. These three sets of clothes were taken out and instantly compared to the dresses of the lady in the house, not that Cao's background was inferior to the prefect's wife, but that she married a woman, and she had to consider the livelihood of the family, so she gradually stopped wearing the original exquisite and gorgeous clothes, and the clothes sent by the prefect's wife were originally to please the Dawan people, naturally how precious and rare it was, and I couldn't wait to take the gold thread to embroider pearls, diamonds, and jadeite all on the clothes. I just hope that after they accept it, they can no longer care about the assassination of the Wei people in the territory under his jurisdiction, and keep their black gauze hat and neck head.
Mama Gu smashed it for a long time, and finally said with a pair of hands stroking the three sets of clothes for a long time: "That's it, I'll take these three sets of clothes, go and help you up and down." Now that she has entered the Qin Mansion, she naturally has the clothes prepared by the public school for your young lady, and she is a little concubine, and she can't wear such good clothes. ”
Mu Xi and Pomegranate were dumbfounded when they heard this, where did they expect that Mama Gu would have such a shameless operation, and even the change of clothes at the girl's house would be embezzled, it was really shallow that people were speechless.
Who knew that Qin Xinxin held down the pomegranate that was about to speak, turned his head and smiled and nodded to Mama Gu, motioning for her to take it.
Seeing that Qin Xinxin was so weak and deceitful, Mama Gu looked at her for a while, and she was a little more pleasing to the eye: "Good girl, I know that you are a well-behaved person." Don't worry, Mama, I will do this properly, and I will say a few kind words for you from Mrs. and the old lady. After speaking, she grabbed her clothes and ran, for fear that Qin Xinxin would react and change her mind.
waited until Mama Gu went out of the gate, and Pomegranate said angrily: "Miss, you... Why don't you stop it? ”
Qin Xin smiled indifferently: "It's okay, I'll let her kneel and send her back in a few days." ”