Chapter 10 Lamp Oil
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Baozhu's voice landed, footsteps sounded outside the door, and a slender girl of fifteen or sixteen years old walked into the house and saluted Xun Qing.
Xun Qingran nodded, asked how Hongxuan's house was okay, and said, "Why didn't you stay a little longer, it doesn't hurt to come back tomorrow morning." ”
Hongxuan replied with a smile, "Thanks to the girl, the family is fine." Thinking that there were a lot of things going on in the girl's house, I came back early to serve. ”
Xun Qingran smiled, "You are still sensible." In our house, as you know, there is nothing to do, just busy with the work of the wife. In this way, you are tired for this day, go down and rest. ”
Hongxuan agreed, turned to go out, walked to the door, and turned back again.
"The girl doesn't think my work is bad, I can help with some of it."
Xun Qingran glanced at Hongxuan seriously, and said with a smile: "I'm worried that I can't finish the work, and if I can't hand over the things when the time comes, everyone will be punished." Your needlework is good, and it's good to have your help, but it's going to make you tired. ”
Xun Qingran pointed to the ruler and needle on the table next to him, and said, "This is the needle and thread to be rushed, which is what my wife will use when she is doing her birthday." Divided into three parts, you have the best needlework, but it can't make you tired, so like the bellflower, each person embroiders two quilts, two beds of tents come out, and Mrs. Fancy has been chosen. There are also some small items such as handkerchiefs and socks, which are handed over to malt. ”
Hongxuan agreed, picked up a few jobs, and withdrew.
"What did she say when she went home to see her relatives, it was obviously to borrow her mother's light and follow her wife to incense. After a day of shopping, I came back, and I still pretended to be like that. She didn't have to do anything every day, and the girl said that she couldn't finish it, and everyone would be punished, so she was willing to do some. For this little work, she only chooses the light ones. When Mai Mai saw that Hongxuan had gone to the wing, he came in through the door again with the jewel, and sorted out the rest of the work on the table, while he couldn't help but complain in a low voice.
"No, occupying the position next to the girl, the work is pushed to others, and only Qiaozong'er is selected. In this way, she should stay in the courtyard of the wife, why bother to come to the girl. Kikyo shook his head as well.
"yes, it's hard for you two." Xun Qing said.
Both bellflower and malt blushed, put down the work in their hands, and lowered their heads.
"Girl, that's not what we meant."
"You all know what she's all about. In the future, no matter whether people are in front of or behind, they are not allowed to complain. Xun Qingran ordered.
Kikyo and malt responded solemnly. After a while, the bellflower and malt looked up and saw that Xun Qingran had no anger on his face, so he explained, "Girl, we are not complaining about the girl's injustice, but giving us more work. Serving the girl, no matter how tired we are, we are willing. just saw that she was not pleasing to the eye, and couldn't help but complain twice. ”
"Red silk has the use of red silk, and I haven't told you about it. Regardless of anything else, just coax her, let's just do more work, and it's also pure. ”
Hongxuan is the girl who serves Xun Qingran, but Xun Qingran wants to arrange her to do things, and she has to talk and persuade her, and even look at Hongxuan's face, is Xun Qingran willing in her heart? Of course she didn't want to, but she just chose the lesser of two evils.
Hongxuan is the daughter of Mama Jin, she entered the house at a few years, first in the courtyard of the Fang family, and she couldn't do anything at a young age, but she was a white-collar worker and a piece of silver rice. Later, when she got older, she was promoted to a third-class girl. She was mediocre when she was a child, but later she grew more and more prominent. Especially a pair of phoenix eyes, with unique charm and full of hooking. That year, Fang picked a few girls from his side and arranged them in the rooms of several girls. This red silk is that Mama Jin begged Fang's and arranged it to be in Xunqing's dyeing house, and she was promoted to a second-class girl as soon as she came.
In the Xun Mansion, only the Fang family had a few first-class girls around them. When I got to the girls' room, it was the end of staying up to the second class. Mama Jin would rather let her daughter take second-class silver rice than let her daughter be in the Fang family courtyard for some reason.
Before Hong Xuan came, Xun Qingran only had a second-class girl, that is, the bellflower, and the two had been together since childhood. Clear-eyed people know that the red silk is the eyes and ears sent by the Fang clan. Whether it is from the emotional aspect or the benefit aspect, Xun Qingran will not be able to let Hongxuan grow big in her house.
If you find a way to drive Hong Xuan out, first, you will offend Mama Jin, and second, the Fang clan will definitely send others. Xun Qingran gave up this idea. She learned that the girls who served closely around them generally had to follow the marriage. Therefore, as soon as Hongxuan came, Xun Qingran showed very close trust, and all the affairs in the house were handed over to her, showing the intention of letting her marry in the future. Of course, there are a few difficult things for Hongxuan to do.
Sure enough, Mama Jin's mother and daughter were unwilling. Xun Qingran is a concubine who is not favored, and where will there be good relatives in the future. I don't know how to marry Tiannan and Haibei, how can Mama Jin be willing to let her daughter suffer. So Hongxuan voluntarily took a step back.
Xun Qingran continued to be served by the bellflower, and promoted the malt and the pearl. Red Silk slowly turned into a special existence. In Xun Qing's dyeing house, Hongxuan is the most decent, and she is the first to do good things. But Xun Qingran's things around her are all done by bellflower and malt, and her own things are even more carried by red silk. Hongxuan is also a smart person and accepts such an arrangement. In this way, a balance is maintained that is beneficial to both parties.
At the second watch, Xun Qing's dyeing house was brightly lit. Xun Qingran sat on the couch, bellflower, red silk, malt or sat on the edge of the couch, or sat on the pedal, and everyone was doing needlework under the lamp. There was a candle flame burning in Xun Shuzhi's house next to her, and a few figures were reflected in the window with their heads down, and they were also busy with work like Xun Qingran.
Hongxuan looked left and right, everyone was busy. She endured it for a while, but still yawned, deliberately making some noise. Xun Qingran raised her head and smiled, and asked her to go back to the room to rest first.
After sending away the red silk, Xun Qing straightened his waist and let the bellflower and malt also rest. Suddenly, I heard the sound of kicking and trampling footsteps in the yard, and several maids and daughters-in-law came in with lanterns and a daughter-in-law.
"It's Mama Chang again, it's really a day long, let's see if the girl is working." Malt complains.
Mama Chang came to Xun Qingran's side first, Xun Qingran hurriedly stood up to greet her, asked Mama Chang to sit down, and let the bellflower serve tea. Mama Chang didn't seem to see the feet of the malt moving, and sat on the chair against the wall.
"My wife told me to come and see it, so that the girls would not do their work for too long. I'm tired, and my wife is going to feel distressed. ”
Obviously, she came to check the post, if she really went to bed early, or didn't do her work, she would definitely learn a lesson tomorrow. Xun Qing was so slandered, and he had to thank him in his mouth, "Thank you Mrs. for your concern." ”
"How's the work going, can you finish it before your wife dies?"
Kikyo took the finished needlework to Mama Chang, "These are done." In addition, there are five bed tents, five bed quilt covers, a box of handkerchiefs, and ten pairs of shoe uppers. ”
Mama Chang stretched out her hand and checked it, a little dissatisfied.
"It's too slow. The eldest girl's work is almost finished, and the second girl has completed more than half of it. Girl, here, how did you do this? ”
This? If the embroidery girl outside finishes this, it is enough for the family to chew for half a year.
"Mama knows that I can't do my job, and I'm slow. The things that my wife wants to use are even more careful, and she would rather be slow than do it well. Mama came every day, so it can be seen that I had a day off. Even if you work hard, you have to finish it, if you can't do it, then you can kneel down or anything, so you have to admit punishment. ”
Mama Chang shook her head, "Third girl, this can't be done." Mrs. has given some work to be done for a few girls today. I also said that the third girl may not be able to do it......" Mama Chang stopped talking and squinted at Xun Qingran.
Xun Qingran gave the bellflower a look, and the bellflower took out a purse from the cabinet and quietly stuffed it into Chang's mother's hand. Mama Chang pinched the purse, and there were two hard pieces inside, and then she showed a smile.
"That's what I said, the third girl has a lot of things to do, and she can't do it, and it's not good to delay it when the time comes, so it's better to give it to other girls and help the girl stop it. In this way, the girl only needs to finish the work at hand. ”
Xun Qingran thanked him again.
The wife also instructed the girl to rest early. I was afraid that the girl would do her work, and the light would not be bright enough and hurt my eyes, so I specially asked me to send lamp oil. ”
A little girl handed over a jar, and Malt took it, and it was a jar full of lamp oil.
"Mrs. feels sorry for the girl, these lamp oils, even if you use four or five watches a day, you can use them until your wife is too long." Chang Mama said.
Xun Qingran smiled bitterly in her heart, is this a hint, do you want her to rest until dawn? Fang's really doesn't suffer a loss, raising a few girls, and the people in the needlework room are saved. Xun Qingran counted on her fingers, and the work she had done in the past few years was enough for her own use. Xun Shuzhi is even better at work, but I'm afraid that even Aunt Wu's share of the money will come out.
"Don't complain, girl, these are all things that my wife uses for her birthday. It is the duty of filial piety for a girl to do this, and irrelevant people can't ask for it. ”
What could Xun Qingran say, he could only agree with a smile on his face.
Mama Chang got up, "Tell the girls that Mrs. is afraid of the girls' hard work, so she has already ordered the kitchen, stewed bird's nest porridge, and will send supper to the girls later." ”
Hearing the drums beating outside, Xun Qingran also yawned. There was a knock on the door outside the yard, and it was the kitchen that came to deliver supper.
Malt went out to pick up the food box and sent it in, "He Shan's family is also here." ”
Just now, when the malt went out, there was a young daughter-in-law probing her brain at the door, looking at the face, Xun Qingran guessed that it must be He Shan's family. Just as he was about to open the food box, he heard the sound of the plates and bowls in the East House cracking, and a young girl scolded, "What is this for?" What does your bird's nest porridge look like? ”