Chapter 24: The Mid-Autumn Festival (2)

After mentioning the two little maids, Su Su found two more pearlescent powder, asked the two of them to hug one, and then locked the warehouse, went out of Sui'an Hall, and came to Yayunxuan, where the girls lived. Although the young and the old are orderly, the six girls are descendants, so Su Su first came to Tao Ranju, where the six girls lived.

Tao Ran's big and small maids were also packing up their new things, and when they heard that Su Su was coming, they hurriedly invited them into the house.

The sixth girl is eight years old this year, with a long pink carved appearance, and without waiting for Su Su to see the ceremony, she pulled Su Su to sit beside her, and said with a smile: "My sister is here, what good things did my grandmother give me?"

Su Su asked Ning Xiang to put the yarn on the table, and said: "Girl, look at it, the new leno in the Qiaoweaving Pavilion is called pearl powder, not to mention the color, only this pearl is rare, it's hard to know how they weave it!" Now we only have it at home, and the old lady said to send a few horses to the palace, and then ask the five girls and six girls to make a dress to wear. ”

The sixth girl looked at it, "Hurry up and ask the parrot song in my mother's yard to make me a set of clothes, other people's craftsmanship has ruined this good thing!" Then he said a little embarrassedly: "What good things grandmother thinks of us, but I am ashamed!"

Su Su heard this and said, "The girl is the granddaughter of the old lady, what good things do you think about, who else can the girl think of?" The old lady who sent her forehead a few days ago loved it very much, and she found new clothes to match! ”

The sixth girl blushed a little: "Sister, don't shame me, my craftsmanship is not disliked by my grandmother." After speaking, he asked someone to bring a string of green bracelets, "A few days ago, my grandmother gave me a box of jewelry, as soon as I saw this, I guessed that my sister liked it, and my sister took it out and wore it!" ”

The bracelet is made of eighteen round and emerald jade beads, and there is a knot of mutton fat and white jade hanging below, and a peony flower is inlaid with fine red sapphire on the knot, which is really precious.

The old lady also rewarded Su Su with such a thing, and Su Su also wore a string of similar ones on her hand this time. He stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Didn't the girl discuss it with the old lady?" You see the slave is wearing a string, where can I ask for a girl? ”

Everyone saw that the snow-like wrist was really wearing a string, but the beads were bloody, and the bottom was not a knot, but two white jade butterflies, the materials were precious, the workmanship was exquisite, and it was not worse than the six girls in their hands, so that Tao Ran Curie was envious of the maids.

When the sixth girl saw this, she smiled and said, "That's not right, my sister accepted this and just made a pair!" said that he couldn't refuse and put it on Su Su's wrist, "My sister is refusing, I'm angry." With my sister for so many years, what is this idea? Speaking of this, Su Su had no choice but to accept it. Then let the six girls talk for a while, and discussed what style of clothes were cut with pearlescent powder, and then came out of Tao Ranju.

A few steps away from Tao Ranju, there is the courtyard of the five girls, the rough little maid is sitting listlessly on the steps outside the house, and when she saw Su Su, she hurriedly got up to salute and opened the curtain for Su Su, "Sister Su Su is here!" ”

Entering the house, the four second-class maids in the fifth girl's room were packing up their things in the flower hall, and when they saw Su Su, they hurriedly said, "Miss Su Su is here, but what does the old lady command?" ”

Hearing the voice, a tall girl of sixteen or seventeen years old came out of the curtain, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Su Su, "Good sister, quickly persuade our girl, I've been crying for a long time!" "This is one of the maids next to the five girls, named Huansha, originally the maid in the old lady's yard, after the five girls moved to Yayunxuan, they gave her to the five girls, and now they are also first-class maids.

Su Su followed into the inner room, which was divided into a bedroom and a warm pavilion, the five girls were holding a handkerchief in the warm pavilion and whimpering, there was an open letter on the small table next to it, a thick stack of letter paper, Su Su had a pu in his heart, and sighed secretly.

Su Su's eyes were red when she saw the fifth girl crying, and she hurriedly said, "Good girl, isn't it distressing for the old lady to see your appearance?" What grievances are there, that is, the three old men and the three ladies can't be the masters, and what about the old ladies? ”

The fifth girl grabbed Su Su's hand and cried: "Su Su, did the eldest brother mention the third sister's family affairs?" Poor third sister, second aunt is so ruthless! ”

As soon as Su Su heard this, he immediately said, "Girl, be careful!" The second wife is an elder, and if there is anything inappropriate, the old lady will teach her. The girl is still a girl who has not come out of the cabinet, and the girl should not be talking about family affairs! ”

The fifth girl is not stupid in the end, and now that she heard Su Su's words, she quickly put away her crying and took Su Su's hand, "These sisters mention it!" Su Su hurriedly said: "The girl understands in her heart that it is not the credit of the slave maid, please make up and clean her face first!"

The two eldest maidens of the five girls saw that Su Su coaxed their own girls after just a few words, and it seemed that they were becoming more and more useless, and their hearts were really mixed, but they did not show it on their faces, and waited for the girl to wash her face and dress up again.

Su Su asked Wutong to bring the new yarn over, and said: "This is the new yarn sent by Qiaozhi Pavilion, even if there is no one in the palace, the old lady said that the girls have one horse each, and keep it for clothes!"

The fifth girl touched the yarn, and then she smiled, and said, "Such a good thing, Grandmother Du thinks about me!" Hearing this, Su Su felt greasy and crooked for no reason, but he didn't think about it deeply. In the end, it was a love affair for many years, and seeing that she was sad for the third girl, she said: "It's good if the girl likes it." The old lady also left two horses for the third and fourth girls, and when the prince sent the two girls back, the sisters were still the same as before. ”

The fifth girl was stunned when she heard this, and it took a long time to react, a complicated look flashed on her face, and then she happily took Su Su's hand and said with a smile: "Then I'll rest assured!"

Su Su returned to Sui'an Hall, thought about it, and mentioned what happened in the five girls' house, the old lady was silent, and then patted Su Su's head and said, "Only you, a stupid girl, have never changed, too much affection!"

Su Su was a little inexplicable, but the old lady didn't explain anything. Su Su thought about it for a long time and simply gave up, she was really not suitable for mental work.

After eating at noon, after Su Su's four servants took a nap with the old lady, they left a second-class maid to wait outside to listen to the instructions, and the other three followed Su Su to the treasury. The storehouse of Sui'an Hall is very large, occupying a whole eight rooms, and it is divided into many small warehouses, such as silk warehouse, porcelain warehouse, furniture warehouse, antique warehouse, jewelry warehouse, silver warehouse, and so on.

Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony, there are one hundred and twenty silk satin in the palace of light, and some tribute feather satin, doro, velvet, these things are actually not uncommon in the Song family, after all, the Song family has its own merchant ship, otherwise it would not let Su Su and a few maids pick and choose.

Yang Liu picked a few horses of the materials that were rewarded in the palace, pouted and said: "This one looks bright, but it is not as good as the official one, and this weaving bureau actually dares to fool the emperor and the girls!"

Ning Cui glared at her: "Shut up, what nonsense are you talking about, can you arrange the emperor and Niangniang?"

Su Su said: "Sister Yang Liu doesn't know the details of this, no matter what things are paid tribute from all over the place, the ones sent to the palace will not be the best one." If it's silk weaving, especially food, it's good to pick the best one. ”

Yang Liu, Ningcui, and Bi Si were all curious, "Why is this?" Shouldn't the best be enjoyed by the emperor? ”

Su Su shook his head, "For example, the tribute of oranges, lychees and other things all depend on the right time and place, this year's harvest is good, and next year may not be good." I gave the best this year, and if I want the same in the palace next year, where will I find it? The people above don't care if you have too much water or a drought, and if you can't get in on time and with good quality, it's the fault of the local officials. ”

Speaking of which, the three of them also understood. Generally speaking, the tributes from all over the world, the best batch, are either consumed by local officials themselves, or sent to the capital to pay some noble and high-ranking officials, and will never be sent to the palace, these conventions are even clear to the emperor.

Bi Si said: "The old lady has said that the rewards in the palace are just decent. Besides, such material is not good at what it is, and there is no one outside. When I was a little maid before, I was happy to get a ruler, that is, the old lady loved us and allowed us to pick and choose! ”

As soon as Yang Liu heard this, he hurriedly begged for mercy: "I'm afraid of you, don't say it in the future!" Su Su and the three of them nodded, Yang Liu is this kind of character, too big and arrogant, it is better to be a low-key maid.

Su Su is not idle for a moment, big and small objects must be neatly registered, and two little girls have to be trained, just want to become Sun Wukong, "pluck a hair, turn out ten thousand monkeys", or the old lady said: "Things can't run away when they are put into the warehouse, and they will be cleaned up slowly in the future." This made Su Su loose for a day on August 15.

Mid-Autumn Festival, counting the eldest young master Song Qinghe, who came back for the festival, is only eight masters, large and small, just men and women got together a table, up and down the maids and people also appreciated the banquet of each example, Kangping five years, Yangzhou Song Mansion spent a pretty good Mid-Autumn Festival.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the prince returned to the capital with a boatload of things, and when he parted, he promised the old lady that he would send the third and fourth girls back.

The old lady taught the third lady in private: "Although the Song family is now noble, in the end it is not enough, if you want to gain a firm foothold in the capital, marriage is indispensable." The boy is just that, he has Qing and your eldest brother to take care of, only the girl is trapped in the inner house, and your sister-in-law and sister-in-law can't carry it. I was worried about the four girls before, and I was afraid that your sister-in-law would mess up the family affair, but I didn't expect it to be the third girl's family affair! Then he sighed and said: "The third girl is stubborn, and her brother is the eldest son of the second room, if you can't retreat from this family business, I'm afraid there will be trouble." The five girls are not worry-free. ”

Speaking of this, he nodded Su Su and said with a smile: "On weekdays, I say that she is smart, let alone 100,000 hearts, according to me, she is just a fool, and others cry and cry and have a soft heart!" The third lady said: "Su Su is good like this!"

Su Su didn't expect that the old lady was dissatisfied with the five girls in and out of her words, and she secretly pondered in her heart, but her face was next to the old lady, "People often say that stupid people have stupid blessings, and the old lady protects them, so it's good to be stupid." ”

The old lady couldn't cry or laugh, "If you don't have any self-motivation, it's hard to become an old lady, and I can protect you for a lifetime."

"I can do it!"