Chapter 31 The Clever Maids
Xin Yao is such a deaf and clear-sighted person, Yan Hongyu's eyes flickered, she noticed it, and secretly thought about it a few times in her heart, and gradually lost her words, and after a meal, the guests were happy.
After lunch, the next person came up with new tea. Xin Yao planned to finish eating this tea and go home. But I heard someone outside reply: "Miss Light Moon is here!" ”
Before the words fell, I saw a young woman in a red jacket enter the pavilion, walked straight to Xin Yao and kowtowed, seeing a familiar person, for some reason tears fell, and choked out: "Grandma!" ”
Xin Yao was about to scream, but she heard a green jacket behind Yan Hongyu and said with a smile: "Miss Danyue, what grievances have she suffered, how come she was okay just now, this time she was in tears, I haven't seen Grandma Xiao for a long time, I should laugh, right?" ”
Xin Yao didn't seem to have heard of it, she was still holding a tea cup and looking at Yan Hongyu with a smile, but the slight clouds behind her changed her face.
Danyue wiped her tears, smiled slightly, and said smartly: "The slave maid eats well and lives well in the Xu Mansion, where can there be any grievances?" The slave and maid have been with the grandmother since childhood, and have not left for a moment in ten years, and when I see the grandmother today, I think that the grandmother treats the slave and the maid well, and I can't stop these tears. ”
……
Xu Hongyuan entered the household department, and on the order of King Jing, secretly investigated the whereabouts of the disaster relief funds. This summer, floods occurred frequently in Huguang and Guangzhou, and the imperial court allocated five million taels of silver to relieve the disaster and reassure the people, but how much silver was actually used on the heads of the victims is unknown, and Xu Hongyuan had to start from the account book.
The account book of the partial household department is quite beautiful on the surface. Ordinary people can't see the strangeness inside, Xu Hongyuan has no choice, so he has to help his niece privately. Xin Yao asked Danyue to go to Xu's Mansion to check the accounts. Because of the need to cover people's eyes and ears, Danyue entered the mansion and claimed that it was the master of the Xu family who saw that the maid of the Xiao Mansion was smart and intelligent, so he specially asked to come and waited in the study.
When Xu Hongyuan returned to the house every evening, he would secretly bring an account book from the yamen, and he needed to return it early the next morning, so he entered the Xu Mansion as soon as the light moon entered. He lived a life of black and white upside down, and slept during the day. Evening audits.
Xu Hongyuan remembered his hard work, and specially assigned two honest little maids from the house to wait for daily life. This move made several big girls brought by Yan Hongyu from the palace dissatisfied.
……
Narcissus's eyes flashed, and she blessed Xinyao and said, "Grandma, forgive me, the lord is quite fond of Miss Danyue." There was no shortage of her waiting in the study for a moment, and the slave maid thought that Miss Danyue had suffered some grievances in the house, so she couldn't help but ask. I don't want to, but I miss my grandmother so I cry sadly, but I talk too much! ”
Fleur next to Narcissus took two steps forward, gently pinched Narcissus's face, smiled a little stiffly, and said: "You little hoof, your mouth is open, you obviously have a deep love for master and servant, so you have to say it like that." It was hard work for the light moon girl to wait alone in the study. If you are wronged by your words again, don't say that the master is distressed, it is our wife. It's also going to be distressing. You, why don't you hurry up and accompany Miss Moon. ”
Hearing this, Narcissus hurriedly walked up to Danyue, was deeply blessed, and sneered: "Don't worry, girl, it's all because I said the wrong thing." Please forgive the girl. ”
Danyue has always had sharp teeth and listened to the words ahead. I was angry in my heart, I didn't want to be sung and harmonized by these two people, and I didn't know how to deal with it.
I only heard the slight cloud behind Xin Yao snort, and said with a smile: "Grandma, in the past, Danyue often told us that she didn't want to leave her grandmother's side in this life, and sure enough, look, it's only been a few days since she left, and she cried her nose and wiped her tears again, she was really a useless person." ”
Seeing this, Qingxu said with a smile: "If you want to blame the eldest grandmother for being too good to us, ten years of master-servant affection, how can it be compared to those in three or five years?" Don't say it's a light moon, slave and maid, I've been away from my grandmother for a few days, and I'm afraid that I can cry at night. ”
Three or five years of a sentence made Narcissus's face change several times, and by the end of this year, she had been with her wife for five years, and couldn't help but sneer in a low voice: "Since you are so reluctant, why bother to come here!" Who is it for? ”
Jiang Xinyao just didn't hear it, and lowered her head to drink tea.
The faces of the three of them, such as the light moon, the light clouds, and the light clouds, all sank.
That light moon was furious, angry and anxious, and there were words in one by one, and the people in our Xiao Mansion were all fools and couldn't hear it. If it weren't for your grandfather begging our grandmother, if it weren't for the fact that your grandfather was her own uncle, it would have been ten sedan chairs to invite me, and I wouldn't have come.
She couldn't wait to point at Narcissus's face and scold her head and face, but she saw Weiyun shaking her head lightly at her, and then looked at the eldest grandmother's calm and relaxed appearance, so she had to endure it, and the juanpa in her hand was twisted into a ball.
At this time, Yan Hongyu spoke up: "Sister, look at it, these maids with sharp mouths and sharp teeth can speak better than our masters." Sure enough, we spoil them too much on weekdays, and they are lawless, and they have no dignity or humility. Fleur, Narcissus, don't step down yet! ”
Yan Hongyu invited Xin Yao to appreciate the plum today, but in fact, she had been secretly calculating for many days.
On that day, my father took people to the back garden, Yan Hongyu hid behind the plane tree on one side and secretly observed, the man was dressed in brocade clothes, standing near the water, his clothes were fluttering, and his figure was tall. A gust of wind passed, the man turned half of his body, his eyes were deep at her hiding place, he smiled faintly, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and the melancholy on his face was blown away by the wind with that smile, and the indescribable heroic spirit was compelling, warm as jade.
At that moment, Yan Hongyu was dizzy and excited.
At the beginning of the marriage, Yan Hongyu was very satisfied with this family business. Hongyuan's family background is simple, his parents died early, he is self-disciplined, and there is no room, concubines and the like.
She married to Xufu, there was no in-laws to restrict, no sister-in-law to deal with, and on the first day of marriage, Hongyuan handed over the housekeeper of Xufu to her. On weekdays, she is even more cold and warm, considerate, even picky like a grandmother, and they all sigh that such a man is difficult to find with a lantern. Yan Hongyu only felt that after waiting for so long, God finally took pity on her.
On that day, Hongyuan led people into the house, and he had told her beforehand. He said that he had just entered the household department, he didn't know anything, and there was a useful maid beside the grandmother of Xiao Mansion, who was very good at arithmetic and accounting, and wanted to take people to guide him for a few months, and once the affairs of the household department were straightened out, he would return the people.
The man consulted with her kindly, looked at her with clear eyes, she turned her face shyly, nodded, her heart was full of the feeling of being trusted, and told her subordinates not to be slow.
But gradually, she sensed that something was wrong.
Since entering the mansion called this light moon, the man in his own house has been resting in the study for thirty days a month. What makes her even more embarrassed is that even if she rests in her room, she sleeps on the bed, and her husband and wife life is only a handful.
Yan Hongyu secretly tried a few times, but the man understated that he was blocked back, only saying that there are a lot of trivial matters in the yamen these days, and he is physically and mentally tired, and when it is straightened out, it will be fine!
A few days ago, she sat on the bed and waited for a long time, but she still didn't see the shadow of a man, and she only felt panicked, so she took the maid to the outer study by sending supper.
The study was brightly lit, and the personal maid guarding the door saw her coming, with a hint of panic on his face, and announced in a loud voice outside the door.
She was stunned for a moment, the door creaked open, Xu Hongyuan hurriedly walked out, looking dissatisfied, and sent her away in a few words.
When she was about to look again, the tall figure of the man blocked her view, and she fled. returned to the room and tossed in the middle of the night, only then did I have today's Xufu plum appreciation.
As soon as Danyue heard Yan Hongyu's words, her anger became even stronger, her face turned red, and her chest fell together.
Jiang Xinyao was slightly disappointed in her heart, her previous good impression of Yan Hongyu, guilt, and her heart were empty, and she passed away little by little.
As soon as the light moon entered the door, Narcissus opened her mouth, and she understood that the highlight of today's plum blossom appreciation had just begun.
I thought that she was an elder, although she couldn't call her little aunt clearly, she should have respect, and the number of courtesies could not be less, so she dressed up to attend today, even if she was shivering and shivering, she endured it. How do you know that every sentence means something, and the sound is sandwiched with a gun and a stick, it was originally a Hongmen banquet!
After watching this good show in the pavilion with a cold eye, she gently put down the teacup, picked up the handkerchief and wiped her mouth, covered a sneer on the side of her mouth in a timely manner, and said gently: "What my sister said is true." ”
Yan Hongyu didn't want to punch the cotton, and her face was a little sneering. For a while, the pavilion was originally lively, and the cheerful atmosphere was gone, and all the maids looked at their own children's expressions, and they didn't dare to make a sound.
Yan Hongyu smiled at Furong and Narcissus: "I should also restrain you when I go back, so that one day you will be complacent, do something you shouldn't do, and cause trouble." ”
Furong and Narcissus hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Madam, the slave doesn't dare!" ”
Yan Hongyu nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Get up, let the eldest grandmother see the joke." ”
Xin Yao smiled even more and said, "Where! ”
After saying that, Yingying got up, walked to Danyue, stretched out her jade hand, nodded her forehead, and sneered: "It's a stupid one!" You, do Master Xu a favor here, come back early, don't forget the one in the house who is looking forward to it! ”
As soon as the slightly angry Weiyun heard this, she immediately understood what the eldest grandmother meant. She lowered her head shyly, her face flushed.
Xin Yao turned a blind eye and said lightly to Yan Hongyu: "I enjoyed the beautiful scenery, used the food, and saw the old servant, this trip to Xufu, Xin Yao is very satisfied, and the guest is the host, if there is a chance, my sister will be the east on another day, and my sister will be invited to get together." ”
Yan Hongyushang thought about what Xin Yao said just now, was stunned, and got up to stay.
Xin Yao smiled and said meaningfully: "The coming day is long." (To be continued)
ps: Thanks: enigmayanxi, 107 book friends continue to reward, buns are happy, sell a cute, Mo Da! (..)
( Miss Jiang Si )