Chapter 4 Gloves
I don't know if it's because the diet in Jiafu is nutritious or because she calmed down after entering Jiafu, but in a few days, Jiang Yan felt that the practice of physical arts had improved, and her body was no longer weak from time to time. This made her more active in collecting points.
Now Sister Lin has not entered Jiafu, and the plot has not yet begun, but fortunately, there is still a huge mansion and two or three hundred people waiting for her to get to know, although passerby A only has ten points, and it is not useless to accumulate a lot.
Although the system comes with the full text of Dream of Red Mansions, in addition to the main characters, Jiang Yan can't figure out who has appeared in the scene, so she can only cast a wide net to catch more fish.
In order to be able to run a few more places and get to know more people, Jiang Yan does not refuse to run errands, and does not care if there is a reward to take, others are also happy to save money, and let her go if she is far away.
Midoriya persuaded her a few words, telling her not to be too honest, so as not to be bullied by others. Jiang Yan thanked her for her kindness, and only said that she was new and should be diligent. Lu Aya didn't persuade anymore, she thought that she would know that she would change when Jiang Yan suffered a loss.
Jiang Yan naturally knows that it is not easy to be a good person, but at present, she is willing to suffer all the losses, otherwise how can she have the opportunity to run all over the house. She is young now, and it will be difficult for her to go out of the inner courtyard when she is older, let alone visit the entire Jia Mansion.
As for being bullied, when it really falls on her, she will naturally let them know that she is not easy to mess with!
It didn't take long for the opportunity to come.
After discovering that Jiang Yan was really good at talking and had no background in the house, the green silk in her room unceremoniously asked Jiang Yan to wipe the corridor she was responsible for one morning when everyone was washing.
"Don't go!"
Jiang Yan directly refused to her, originally she was still wondering, why did everyone get up, Lu Juan was still lying on the bed and did not move, it turned out to be waiting for her here. Is this sure that she doesn't dare to resist?
Maybe it was because she was too harmless before, but Green Silk was stunned for a moment before she reacted, and then became angry! Such a dough actually dared to resist her!
She sat up suddenly, and the quilt didn't have time to pull, so she pointed at Jiang Yan and scolded: "It's amazing!" It's only been a few days! Sisters, you will dare to push back what you tell you! I don't think you want to be here anymore! โ
Jiang Yan freshened up, lifted the curtain and replied: "It's not up to you to decide whether I can stay or not!" You and I are just the same people, so why bother talking about these annoying jokes. โ
Green Silk was half angry with her, and slapped the bed and shouted: "It's the other way around!" โ
Jiang Yancai didn't want to quarrel with a teenage girl, so she threw the curtain and went out to sweep the floor.
The other four people looked at each other, this pair of people had taken the wrong medicine, and they were still helping Liu Er run errands yesterday, why did they suddenly become tough.
What did Green Silk do to Jiang Yan, there was a big girl on it, and she didn't dare to make too much trouble, they were both third-class, except for scolding a few words and isolating Jiang Yan, she couldn't do anything else.
Jiang Yan also changed her previous smile and good temper, as long as she scolds, Jiang Yan will definitely return it, her extra ten years are not in vain, and it is naturally easy to deal with a little girl. The so-called isolation, that is, a few who played well with her, Jiang Yan directly ignored it, this kind of cold violence is really pediatric for her, who has changed her core. Moreover, Lu Aya and other family children don't take Lu Juan's words seriously, what should they do, Jiang Yan and others can be regarded as getting along harmoniously.
After a few days, everyone in the courtyard also knew that although she had a good temper, she was not a person who could be kneaded, and Jiang Yan's life was even more smooth.
After the beginning of winter, the weather is getting colder, but fortunately, Jiang Yan caught up with the house to make winter clothes, and she didn't have to wear last year's old clothes. She had already changed into the thick clothes issued by the house, but the winter in the capital was still a little unbearable for Jiang Yan, who was a southerner in her previous life. Fortunately, after she practiced physical skills, her physical fitness improved, otherwise her dilapidated body and cold soul would be worse this winter.
Even so, she still couldn't bear the sourness of wiping the floor with cold water in the cold wind on a winter morning. It's only early winter, so how can I stand it in the future!
Looking at her frozen red hands, Jiang Yan missed all kinds of modern gloves very much.
She asked the people around her about the warmth measures, and everyone's suggestions were not constructive at all except rubbing their hands more or rubbing mutton fat. Jiang Yan is helpless, she has no conditions but to create conditions by herself!
She now has a monthly income of 500 yuan, and the things that should be purchased have already been purchased, and she doesn't like to buy some flowers and grass to dress up, and there are also cases in the house for other clothes, but there are still a lot left.
She used the money to help her grandmother in the courtyard buy some tung oil cloth for umbrella noodles, and her grandmother lived in the lower house in the back street, and she could go out every day, as long as she gave some errand money, she was quite happy.
Because she has to learn needlework in her leisure, Jiang Yan still has no shortage of fabrics, but the learning time is still short, she has no confidence in her craft, and the cotton is not good to fly out or the oilcloth is not sewn well and leaks. Jiang Yan turned over some cloth and cotton again, cut out the outline by hand, and asked Lu Aya to help her sew a cotton glove.
Lu Aya looked at this strange-looking piece of cloth, sewed up the letter suspiciously according to Jiang Yan's words, fladdled cotton one by one, wrapped the edging, and finally sewed the oilcloth on.
She only uses it when she sweeps and mops the floor, and mittens are enough. It's easy and fast to make, and it's ready at noon, as soon as Lu Aya handed it to her, Jiang Yan couldn't wait to put her hand in, and it was really warm with a thick layer of cotton stuffed inside. If the fingers move, it does not affect the movement.
Midoriya had already tried it when she made it, and she didn't believe that Jiang Yan could come up with any good ideas, but she didn't expect that this thing called cotton gloves by Jiang Yan was quite easy to use. Because Jiang Yan came up with it, she made it for Jiang Yan first, and then immediately made a pair for herself.
The next day, the two of them wore thick cotton gloves when they worked, but it was really not cold at all, and the tung cloth was not only waterproof but also able to block some wind. The other maids had already seen the strange thing they were wearing, and when they saw that the two of them were working today, they didn't shy back at all, and they were not afraid of the cold, so someone immediately asked curiously.
This is not something to be kept secret, Jiang Yan readily explained how to make gloves. The rest of her tarpaulin was also distributed to a few people who had always been close to her. A few days later, the little maids and ladies in Rongqing Hall each had a pair of gloves.
Jiang Yan made persistent efforts to make earmuffs and masks, and baked them hot on the charcoal basin cover before washing every day, fully armed, and it was no longer unbearable pain to get up early to work.
Maybe it's the gloves that give others confidence, everyone knows that these things are easy to use, Jiang Yan followed her when she made them, these warm supplies became popular in the courtyard, and even the green silk that had always been unfriendly with her was quietly made. Of course, Jiang Yan didn't see it, this was what Midoriya told her.
So every day at the right time (six o'clock in the morning), you can see that the maids and ladies who get up early in Rongqing Hall are all wearing earmuffs on their ears, masks on their faces, and a pair of thick cotton gloves on their hands. It's also a scene in the house.
Mandarin ducks and other big girls naturally found out, they served in the house, but they didn't need it, but they also called Jiang Yan and Lu Aya over and praised them, and gave them two clothes.
After returning to the house, Lu Aya directly gave Jiang Yan the clothes, if it wasn't for Jiang Yan's eyes, she would have made things clear a long time ago, she was only praised by the mandarin duck because of Jiang Yan's light, and she couldn't say anything by herself.
Jiang Yan knew that her family was on an errand in the house, and there was no shortage of these clothes, so she didn't be polite to her anymore.
Mandarin Duck is already a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, although she is looking for the previous clothes, it is still a little too big for Jiang Yan. The material is much better than Jiang Yan's, thick and soft, she is going to be colder and put it directly on the outside, although it looks like a ball, the temperature is guaranteed.
Because the weather is getting colder and colder, Jiang Yan finally doesn't have to use cold water to wipe the floor anymore, otherwise it is not a trivial matter if the ice breaks people. It's just that there is no shortage of things to do, she has to wipe off the floating ash inch by inch with a dry cloth after sweeping the floor, and she wears bloated clothes in winter, and she has to bend over, which is indeed not an easy job.
At this time, she envied the people who cleaned the windows and corridors, but she thought of the rough maid who was earlier than her, and felt that it was actually okay, at least she didn't have to carry water and firewood. Although she is now a little more energetic in physical arts, but with her current penguin appearance, that is hard work.
After cleaning every morning, they have to water the flowers and feed the birds to burn the stove, and then they will be fine for a while, at this time Jia's mother is almost up, and when the big girls serve her to dress, wash and eat, Jiang Yan and they can go to get breakfast.
Jiang Yan is the time to grow her body, plus she is practicing physical skills every night, the amount of food is not ordinary, and she gets hungry every day, but everyone's share is fixed, but fortunately, everyone else can't finish eating, Jiang Yan goes to the kitchen every day when she picks up food, helps to serve a bowl and divide the dishes, and has a good relationship with the mother inside, so that you can pick up some untouched dim sum and go back.
Jiang Yan is a little glad that the Jiafu family has a big business, and they are also very generous to their subordinates in terms of food and clothing, and there are many good things in the kitchen, and the mothers don't treat these as treasures, so she can take them as she likes.
Otherwise, she could only give up practicing physical arts, she didn't have enough food to fill her stomach at Wang Yapo's house, how could there be extra for her, she only practiced the physical arts once and didn't dare to try again, and it was estimated that she would starve to death if she practiced again.
After eating, it's โกโก o'clock, and everyone who should be on an errand goes to work, Jiang Yan and their little maids listen to orders in the next person's room, or do needlework, or find someone to play, anyway, there are few things in winter, and they are not in the housekeeper's wife's room here, and there are few people who come to bother the old lady, and they are also happy.
Jiang Yan has been here for two months, and she is used to life in this house, except for running errands and still being diligent, she strives to be consistent with others in other aspects and be a qualified maid. Fortunately, at this time, Rongguo Mansion was in its prime, and the maid's work was less and more money, and she was not too hard.