By Jia Xiuzhen

One day when Miao Er came home, her mother saw that she was carrying a big bag in her hand, and said with a smile: "Lazy girl, why don't you take all the clothes home for me to wash?"

Seeing that Yu Xin's family was also there, Miao Er first smiled and called her: "Hi Aunt Yu!"

Then she said to her mother: "Now that we have added people, there is no place to dry our clothes, and we don't know when we can send them back to the laundry. I'm afraid we won't be in time to change them."

Miao Erniang said: "After all, let me wash it."

Yu Xin's family listened, and then interrupted: "Your yard has a little girl, is there a little girl from Zhang Cai's family?"

Miao Er handed the burden to her mother, nodded and smiled, "Yes, it's called Xiaojin."

"Hehe, I asked my husband to give me the name back then, what is it called Jinluo, but now I'm just a junior."

Miao'er then asked, "Sister Xia will soon be on errand, right?"

Yu Xin's family smiled and said: "Her incongruous temperament, how can she be an errand? The wife said earlier that she should go to Bao Erye's yard, but it has not been decided yet."

Miao Er hurriedly said: "After all, Aunt Yu has a lot of face."

Yu Xin's family smiled and said to Miao'erniang: "This girl is really clever," and looked at the sky, "It's time to go ahead, and later he said that he couldn't find anyone, so let's go."

Miao Erniang gave her a few steps and said: "Sister-in-law, go slowly, come and talk when you have time."

Miao Er also said at the side: "Ma'am, go slowly." Yu Xin's family waved their hands and went away.

Seeing the people walking away, Miao'er asked her mother, "Why are you here to inquire again? How can they know less than us?"

Miao Erniang said in a low voice: "The last time I saw her, she meant to take Xia'er to Grandma's yard. I just said that casually, and I don't know about their affairs. Now I said that I want to go to Bao Erye's yard. .He came here today and was talking about Zhang Cai’s girl. He seemed to be gloating at what she said. I don’t understand either.”

Miao'er shook her head and said: "Our mother is right, this is just messing about with nothing. Mother, that bag is all clothes given to me by Sister Biyue, mother, you are so clever."

Miao Erniang patted her and said, "The little hoof is getting smaller and smaller!"

He took the bundle to the inner room and untied it to look at it. He looked at each line and sighed, and said: "What kind of relationship do you have with Miss Biyue? I will give you these good clothes if I ask you to give them to you? This material, the ladies of the official family outside dress."

Miao'er laughed and said, "But at the beginning I helped her run errands and so on. They were always in the yard and didn't know what was going on outside, and I didn't coax them. Sister Biyue said I was honest. I was also embarrassed. Sister Biyue said that she didn’t have anyone here, and the grandma made clothes for them, and they could be made according to their size, and they made new ones every year. It’s useless for her to keep them, so why not give them to me, I can wear them for a few more years .”

Miao Erniang said: "This grandma is really loose in her hands, and she is not afraid of raising a slave's temper."

Miao Er smiled and said: "Our grandma is really kind to the people around her. Years ago, she ate hot pot and let the mother and sisters have a table to eat beside it. It was so lively."

Miao Erniang smiled and said, "But the last time you brought back some snacks?"

Miao Er smiled and said: "Isn't it that time, by the way, mother, can you eat that snack? Is it delicious?"

Miao Erniang smiled and said: "Okay, such a good thing, if you don't eat it, it will be ruined? It's your two elder brothers who said that you didn't keep it for yourself when you were hungry at night, and you still sent it back. I couldn't bear it. "

Miao'er laughed and said: "These two nice vernacular people, they never stopped talking!" She giggled and said seriously, "You don't know, there is a lot of oil and water in grandma's yard now. The days don't stop. If I put it in the house and don't share it with others, I really don't have much to eat. If I share it with others, these things will attract jealousy. Now Sister Biyue gives me things quietly, or like As it is today, I will pick it up from her when I want to come home.”

While arranging her clothes, Miao Erniang said: "You share with them to eat, and they always want to miss you."

Miao'er shook her head and said: "Mother, you don't know, let's just talk about Xiao Jin, and make something to share with everyone every three days, whether it is delicious or fun. Everyone is talking and laughing while eating. Going back and talking about how the family has children, there are many people who feel more and more dissatisfied. I think this is what the trouble is, and the effort is not thankful."

Miao Erniang stopped and said, "Did you say anything to Xiao Jin?"

Miao'er shook her head: "It's none of my business, they are close, but I'm busy all day long, and I learn more sewing skills when I have free time. Didn't you say that we will go out at that time? What's more, everyone in our yard is good at needlework, and they are all willing to teach others."

Miao Erniang said with a smile: "That's a good idea. I've lived in the kitchen for many years, and now I'm secretly learning how to make pasta and dim sum. It's also a way to go out in the future."

After hearing this, Miao Er hurriedly asked, "How about the dim sum I brought back last time?"

Miao Erniang nodded and said: "It's better than the big kitchen, and the style is fresh. I haven't seen many of them. I have been thinking about it for a long time, but I don't know how they make it." Miao Er smiled and said: " Sister Biyue said that some of them were purchased from outside, most of them were made by people in grandma’s village, and some of them were recipes from the previous family, so it’s not something that can be figured out easily.”

Miao Er's mother kept chanting to Buddha, Miao Er said again: "Mother, I see our grandma's temperament, if we really go out one day, ask grandma for some prescriptions, grandma will definitely answer. Sister Biyue said that grandma is now Holding the prescription and chasing the mothers to try it, but the mothers are hiding, do you think Coke is not fun?"

Miao Er's mother saw that Miao'er's face was pink and rosy now, she was wearing a soft red silk woolen jacket with a light yellow cotton skirt, and she was smiling, she felt at ease and happy, she touched her bun and said: "Mother now thinks that that day I’m really sending you to Grandma’s yard.” Miao’er raised her face and said with a smile, “I’m not sending you off, there’s not a single day that doesn’t go your way.”

Miao Er had a meal at home, then went back inside, and when she got to the house, only Xiao Jin was there, so she said hello and went to fetch water to wash her hands.Seeing that Miaoer cleaned up and changed her clothes, Xiaojin shook her head and sighed, "You don't feel bored every day. Why do you have so much work to do? We also have five hundred yuan a month. , is it possible that your family still needs you to subsidize it? Do so much needlework!"

Miao'er raised her head and smiled: "What are you doing in vain? This needlework is a handy job, and the more you practice and think about it, the better it will be. You haven't seen the work done by the grandma. Oh, I have never seen it in my life. If you can have half, no, three points, thank God."

Xiaojin took the teapot on the table, and took her own cup from the shelf, rinsed it with tea first, then poured herself a cup, took a sip, frowned and said, "Who made the tea? Taste!"

Miao Er didn't answer the words, her hands kept rising and falling.Xiao Jin put down her cup and whispered, "What did they say about me when I was not around?"

Miao Er was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "You bring the delicious and fun things that come and go, so I'm asking about this!"

Xiao Jin smiled: "It's not a good thing, you're not from outside, how can you still be able to coax you?"

Miao'er looked up at her and said, "Our family's possessions are not on important errands, and I have never seen many of the ones you brought."

Xiaojin looked at her for a while, then laughed and said: "You are really sincere, my parents are just working with the second mistress, your mother is in the kitchen, and I have never seen anything good."

Miao'er said: "My mother is in charge of kneading noodles in the kitchen, you can see something good just by looking at the noodles!"

Xiaojin became happy after hearing this, and said again: "I see that when you are not free all day long, you sweep the yard and then go to see the flowers and plants. Why do we have children who work like this? We only let those outsiders do more. That's it."

Miao'er shook her head and said: "Whoever is born in a family or not, they are all slaves. They are all jobs that should be done. There is nothing to shirk. Besides, there is nothing wrong with doing more work and learning more things. of."

Xiao Jin curled her lips when she heard this, and said, "Why do you say you are smart? I don't think you are dumb."

Miao Er laughed and said, "I'm not clever when I work? Mother Chang praised me for being smart in gardening."

Xiaojin laughed even more when she heard this: "What's the use of being smart? If you think so, you can see that you're an idiot!"

Just as they were talking, Jing'er and Xiaoyan came in, and said, "Who is an idiot?"

Seeing Xiaojin, Jing'er smiled and stretched out her hand and said, "What is there to eat today? Take it out as soon as possible, don't wait for us to search."

Xiao Jin stretched out her hand and slapped her palm, saying: "What a good thing! You don't have to think about it these few days."

Xiaoyan poured a cup of tea, drank more than half of it in one gulp, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xiaojin sighed and said, "My unclear uncle is here, let alone food and play, if he can pick, I think he will have to pick some bricks from my house."

Jing'er said: "Is that the uncle you mentioned last time that your step-grandmother brought?"

Xiao Jin said: "It's not him! Hey, one is enough, and you all expect me to have more like this."

Jing'er glanced at Xiaoyan, frowned and said, "Every family has scriptures that are hard to recite."

Xiaojin said: "Oh, you don't know, I've never seen such a shameless person. My grandma went there early, and my grandpa didn't know what to think. It's true that he married a fool. Forget it, he will be raised as his own son.

Fortunately, his old man has also gone, leaving behind such a pampered and cheap son who knows nothing but asks my mother for things.My mother also can't save face, she always gives him some money when she comes, it's even better now, it's all his fault now that she's depending on our house.

Guess what this time?It is said that a girl from a scholar's family is going to marry someone, and my father and mother are going to speak for him.By the way, I even asked my parents to give him a bride price. The lion opened his mouth and asked for 200 taels!

My mother saw that he really didn't look like that, so she persuaded him a few words, and now it's all right. She said that my mother didn't expect him to be good, and she was happy to see him living on the street by guarding the money pile. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I said hello to my father and came back. "

Miao Er was dumbfounded and couldn't help asking: "Then your mother really wants to agree to him?"

Xiaojin glanced at Miao'er, and said, "Yes? My father is really annoyed this time, saying that if my mother loves this brother so much, she might as well go out and take care of her brother, and don't stay at home."

Miao Er frowned and shook her head, "It's not worth it to make your parents angry for the sake of outsiders who don't get along with each other."

Xiaojin said: "You can see clearly."

Miao Er asked: "Then let him continue the trouble?"

Xiao Jin said: "Trouble? If he keeps making trouble with my father, he will report to the police, but my mother is still standing in the way, always saying that tearing her face is meaningless."

Miao'er nodded and said: "It's fine if we made it clear from the beginning, but if we indulge in it now, it's really a matter of favor and hatred."

Xiaojin said: "That's exactly what I said! It's funny, my mother was also in a hurry, and when she let him go, he just stood at the door and started scolding, saying that my mother took over the property left by my grandfather, and he wanted Go to the Yamen to sue!"

Xiaoyan said: "Your mother is your grandfather's daughter, he is a non-contact person, so he is going to sue the government?"

Xiaojin said: "That's not the case. People around are looking at him, Coke, and he is still yelling there. He has called my grandfather for more than ten years. Naturally, he should have his share of this property. Oh, my mother When I got married, my grandfather was still there, but when my grandfather went away, his house was left to my step-grandmother, I don’t know where he came up with the idea that my mother took over the property.”

Miao Er said: "I think he understands it very well, but he just wants to make some money because he sees your family's life is going well."

After a few more gossips, Miao'er went to the front to work as an errand, and Qing Yu sent someone to ask Xiao Jin to deliver something to Baoyu. , we are now like this, it is quiet."

Jing'er sneered and said, "You're really elm-headed. Haven't you heard that Sheng Mien fights Mi Qiu, but after eating something that no one wants from her, you will be kind and hateful. You are really mean-spirited and vicious."

Xiaoyan frowned after hearing this and said: "No way, it's not the first time we've heard about his cheap uncle, so he deserves it."

Jing'er glanced at her and said, "Haven't you heard of referring to Sang and scolding Huai? Who knows what she learned from her when we were not here? We usually gossip."

After hearing this, Xiaoyan thought for a while and said, "That's up to them. After all, they have a foundation here. We are just foreigners, so it doesn't matter if you receive a few words."

Jing'er raised her eyebrows and said, "What's the matter with the outsider? You see, in Second Master Bao's house, the first one is Xiren, and the most favored one is Qingwen, which one is not from outside? That charming person is a home-born child. Isn't it that you can't even take care of yourself now? It all depends on the master's will!"

Xiaoyan laughed and said, "Don't you want to be the Xiren Qingwen next to Brother Lan?"

Jing'er blushed slightly, then raised her head and said, "There's nothing wrong with that!"

Xiaoyan smiled and said: "Then I will wish you all your wishes come true first, Jing'er, you are good-looking and smarter than me, so you can just follow you when the time comes."

Jing'er spat: "Bah! It's true! We can't compare with Qingwen's looks, but we should learn how to attack people. We started as a little girl, and now we are all top-notch for a tael of silver. And followed Master Bao, we are far behind!"