Passerby's daily life

Chapter 24
After picking up two little maids, Susu found two more pearl powders and told them to hug one, then locked the storeroom, left Suian Hall, and came to Yayunxuan where the girls lived.Although the elder and younger are orderly, but the sixth girl is a direct descendant, Susu first came to Tao Ranju, where the sixth girl lived.

Tao Ranju's maids and maids were also packing up the newly acquired things. When they heard that Susu was coming, they hurriedly invited them into the house.

The sixth girl is eight years old this year, and she looks like a jade carving. Before Susu saw the ceremony, she pulled Susu to sit beside her, and said with a smile: "Sister is here, what good things did grandma give me?"

Susu asked Ning Xiang to put the gauze on the table, and said: "Miss, look, the gauze newly brought up by Qiaozhi Pavilion is called pearl powder. The color is good, but this pearl is rare. It's hard to understand how they weave it out." Now only our family has them, the old lady said to send a few horses to the palace, and then ask the fifth and sixth girls to make clothes to wear."

The sixth girl looked at it, "As soon as tomorrow, I will ask the parrot song in my mother's yard to make me a suit of clothes. Other people's craftsmanship has ruined this good thing!" Then she was a little embarrassed and said: "Grandma always thinks about all good things. We are ashamed of me!"

After Susu heard this, she said: "Young lady is the granddaughter of the old lady. If there is any good thing, who else can I think about if I don't want to think about the girl? The old lady Mo'er that the young lady sent over a few days ago loves it very much, and specially found a new one. Clothes to match!"

The sixth girl blushed a little: "Sister, don't embarrass me, my craftsmanship is not disliked by my grandmother." After finishing speaking, someone brought a bunch of green bracelets, "I bought a box of jewelry from my grandmother a few days ago. Seeing this, I guess my sister likes it, so take it out and wear it!"

The bracelet is made of [-] round and emerald green jadeite beads, and a suet white jade knot hangs below it. On the knot, a peony flower is inlaid with finely divided red and sapphires, which is really precious.

The old lady also rewarded Susu with such things, and Susu is also wearing a similar string on her hand.Then he stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Could it be that the girl has discussed it with the old lady? You see, the servant is wearing a string, how can I ask for a girl?"

Everyone saw that the snow-like wrist was really wearing a string, but the beads were made of blood emeralds, and what fell below were not knot cards, but two white jade butterflies. The materials were precious and the workmanship was exquisite. The ones in the house are not bad, and the maids in Tao Ranju are envious. In terms of food and clothing, the big maids in the old lady's yard, especially Susu, are not inferior to the girls. .

Seeing this, the sixth girl smiled and said: "Isn't that just right? My sister just accepts this and it will make a pair!" She put it on Susu's wrist without refusing, "My sister is refusing, I'm so angry. And sister After so many years of friendship, what is this idea?" Speaking of this, Susu had no choice but to accept it.Then, Miss Six dragged her to talk for a while, discussing what kind of clothes would be cut out of pearl powder, and then Tao Ranju came out.

A few steps away from Tao Ranju, there is the courtyard of the fifth girl, the rough servant girl is sitting listlessly on the steps outside the house, when she sees Susu, she hastily got up to salute, and opened the curtain for Susu, "Sister Susu is here! "

After entering the house, the four second-class maids in the fifth girl's room were packing up in the flower hall. When they saw Susu, they hurriedly said, "Miss Susu is here, but what is the old lady's order?"

Hearing the sound, a tall girl of sixteen or seventeen years old came out from the curtain. Seeing Susu, she breathed a sigh of relief, "My good sister, please persuade our girls, we have been crying for a long time!" This is the girl next to Fifth Girl. One of the maids, named Huansha, was originally a maid in the old lady's yard. After the fifth girl moved to Yayunxuan, she gave her to the fifth girl. Now she is also a first-class maid.

Susu followed into the inner room, which was divided into a bedroom and the warm pavilion. The fifth girl was sobbing in the warm pavilion with a handkerchief. Susu had Pu in her heart, and secretly sighed.

When Susu saw the fifth girl's crying eyes were red, she hurriedly said: "My good girl, the old lady will feel distressed if she sees you like this? If there is any grievance, it is that the third master and the third wife can't make up their minds, and Where is the old lady?"

The fifth girl grabbed Susu's hand and cried: "Susu, did the elder brother mention the third sister's marriage? Poor third sister, the second aunt is so cruel!"

As soon as Susu heard this, she immediately said: "Girl, be careful! The second wife is an elder, and the old lady will teach you what is inappropriate. The girl is still a girl who has not left the court. It is not right for a girl to hang up on matters related to marriage. On the lips!"

After all, the fifth girl is not stupid. Now that she heard what Susu said, she quickly stopped crying and took Susu's hand, "These sisters remind me!" Susu hurriedly said: "The girl understands in her heart that she is not a slave Thanks, girl, please cleanse your face first!"

Seeing that Susu coaxed her girl with just a few words, the two maidservants of the fifth girl seemed to be more and more useless. They had mixed feelings in their hearts, but they didn't show it on the surface. They waited for the girl to wash her face. Dressed up again.

Susu asked Wutong to bring the new yarn, and said: "This is the new yarn from the Qiaozhi Pavilion, even the palace doesn't have it. The old lady said that each girl should have a new yarn, and keep it for clothes!"

The fifth girl touched the gauze, and then she smiled, and said: "It's such a good thing, Grandma Du thinks of me!" After hearing this, Susu felt tired and crooked for no reason, but she didn't think about it.After all, it was years of love. Seeing that she was sad for the third girl, she said: "It's good that the girl likes it. The old lady also left two horses for the third girl and the fourth girl. When the prince sends the two girls back, the sisters will still be the same as before." Same."

The fifth girl was taken aback when she heard this, and it took a long time to realize it. A complex look flashed across her face, and then she happily took Susu's hand and said with a smile: "Then I can rest assured!"

Susu went back to Suian Hall, thought for a while, and brought up what happened in the fifth girl's room. The old lady remained silent, then patted Susu on the head, and said: "Only you, a silly girl, have never changed. But, it's too emotional!"

What Susu said was a bit inexplicable, but the old lady didn't explain anything.Susu thought for a long time and gave up altogether. She is really not suitable for mental work.

After eating at noon, Susu's four servants took a nap and left a second-class maid waiting outside to listen to orders, and the other three followed Susu to the warehouse.The storeroom of Suian Hall is huge, occupying eight rooms, and divided into many small storerooms, such as silk storehouse, porcelain storehouse, furniture storehouse, antique storehouse, jewelry storehouse, silver storehouse and so on.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were 120 silks and satins for the upper use that were rewarded in the Palace of Light, and some feather satin, duoluo, and velvet that were presented as tributes. These things are actually not uncommon in the Song family. After all, the Song family has its own Otherwise, Susu and the servant girls would not be allowed to pick and choose.

Yang Liu picked a few bolts of materials that were rewarded from the palace, curled her lips and said: "The ones that are used look good, but they are not as good as the official ones. How dare this weaving bureau fool the emperor and the ladies!"

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

Susu said: "Sister Yangliu doesn't know the details here. No matter what kind of tribute is sent to the palace, it will not be the best. If it is made of silk, it's fine, especially for food. The next best thing is to get in.”

Yangliu, Ningcui and Bisi were all curious, "Why? Shouldn't the best be enjoyed by the emperor?"

Susu shook her head, "For example, the tribute tangerines, lychees, etc. all depend on the right time and place. If the harvest is good this year, it may be bad next year. This year I offered the best ones, and if the palace wants the same ones next year, Where do you go to find it? The people above don’t care if you have too much water or drought, if you can’t get in on time and with quality, it’s the fault of the local officials.”

Speaking of this, the three of them also understood.Generally speaking, the best batch of tributes from various places is either consumed by local officials themselves, or sent to the capital for noble officials, and will never be sent to the palace. Even the emperor knows these customs well. up.

Bisi said: "The old lady has said that the rewards in the palace are nothing more than decent. Besides, this kind of material is not good at all, and it is not available outside. When I was a little maid, Even if I got a ruler, I would be overjoyed, which means that the old lady loves us and allows us to pick and choose!"

When Yang Liu heard this, she hurriedly begged for mercy: "Forget it, I'm afraid of you, so I won't talk about it in the future!" Su Su and the other three nodded.

Susu is never free for a moment, all the big and small things have to be put into the book, and she has to train the two little girls. She just wishes she could become Monkey King, "Pluck a hair, and turn into ten thousand monkeys", or the old lady said : "I can't run away even if I put the things in the warehouse, I just pack it up slowly in the future." This made Susu loose for a day on August [-]th.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, counting the eldest and young master Song Qinghe who came back for the festival, there were only eight masters, big and small, who just happened to gather at a table regardless of gender, and the maids and servants from top to bottom also enjoyed the regular meals. Kang Ping Five years ago, the Song Mansion in Yangzhou had a pretty good Mid-Autumn Festival.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the son returned to the capital with a boatload of things. When parting, he repeatedly 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 noble now, they don't have enough background. If you want to gain a firm foothold in the capital, marriage is essential. Boys are fine. You Qing and your elder brother will take care of you. The girl is trapped in the inner house, and your sister-in-law and second sister-in-law can't figure it out. I was only worried about the fourth girl before, and I was afraid that your sister-in-law would make a random marriage, but I didn't expect that there was something wrong with the third girl's marriage!" Then he sighed. : "Third girl is stubborn, and her elder brother is the eldest son of the second wife. If this marriage cannot be reconciled, there may be some trouble. Fifth girl can't worry about it either."

Speaking of this, he nodded Susu and said with a smile: "She is said to be smart on weekdays, at least she has a hundred thousand eyes, in my opinion, she is just a fool, and her heart will soften when others cry!" The third lady said: "Susu is like this!"

Su Su didn't expect that the old lady's words were dissatisfied with the fifth girl, and she thought about it in her heart, but on the surface she was by the old lady's side, "People often say that stupid people have stupid blessings, and there are old ladies. Take care, it's better to be stupid."

The old lady didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I'm not motivated at all, so I can still protect you forever, old lady."

"You can do it yourself!"

(End of this chapter)