Chapter 81: Self-sufficiency
The slightly wrinkled booklet on the surface made Erfu look a little eye-catching, but he was reluctant to throw it away or burn it, so he could only angrily press it under a large stack of paper, out of sight and out of mind.
For several days, the fourth master seemed to have forgotten the west courtyard, and slept all the women in the backyard.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and the body of the Ulanala clan is sick again, so he is exempted from the hospital.
Since there is no need to ask for peace to Chang Fujin, and no one urges Erfu to get up anymore, Erfu is also happy and relaxed, so that Erfu, who was originally a housemaid, directly started the cat winter.
On November 20th, more than half a month passed, and Erfu was also accustomed to the life of the fourth master not coming to the west courtyard, and slept until he woke up naturally, so he lay in the still warm quilt, holding the still warm soup woman, and rolling around on the bed.
This is also one of Erfu's great hobbies, every day I hurriedly get up, run behind the screen to solve the problem, and then use a bowl of hot rice porridge in a big cotton robe, don't live too moisturizing this day.
Yuqing and the others knew Erfu's temperament, and they didn't stay in the Xinuan Pavilion on weekdays, but just stood outside and waited for their master to summon them.
No, early in the morning, Yubing took Yulan to receive his master's share, suffered a stomach of grievances, stood under the corridor, and complained to Yuqing and Yujie.
Yuqing glanced at Xinuan Pavilion with some unease, made a silent gesture to a few people, pointed to the bed in the room, and pulled Yu Bing to the side.
Erf waited until there was no movement under the porch, and then she lifted the thick damask curtain and looked out thoughtfully.
It turns out that the ones on TV are not all lies, and they are indeed in this inner courtyard. Without grace, you can't live well, and you can't afford to be a little rich woman who still has some savings, and Erfu comforted herself.
Xinuan Pavilion, two gilded charcoal basins. The red charcoal fire warmed the whole room, and Erfu walked out of bed in a middle coat, took the cotton robe on the side, wrapped it in his body, and walked behind the screen.
It is a simple solution to the physiological problems. Erff sat down on the couch by the window again, looking at the fine snow falling outside, and her childlike heart suddenly rose.
As soon as Erfu was about to call out loud, Yuqing was wearing a cotton robe with a little snowflake on his head. Walked in.
"Master, you're up!"
"Yes!" Erph nodded slightly, in response.
Yuqing hurriedly beckoned a few other maids outside the room, prepared hot water and combing their hair, and then closed the door of Xinuan Pavilion, twisted the veil, and waited for Erfu to wash his face.
After a while, Erfu put on a moon-white rolling wind wool embroidered magnolia placket with cotton shoulders and a cheongsam of the same color with cotton. He combed his hair and sat on the couch by the window.
Erf is a very worry-free master, and she usually has no work to tell them. So I asked them to take some leftover fabrics from making clothes, embroider some things casually, and also learned to embroider a small handkerchief with bamboo leaves, which they held in their hands all day long, and they were very proud.
You must know this embroidery, Narf is the first time that the eldest girl has been on the sedan chair. Erf thought she was quite talented, but she saw the fake expressions on the faces of the other maids that could be seen through at a glance. Elder gave up the job and just watched them embroider. From time to time, people embroider two small clothes and handkerchiefs, shoe uppers and other things.
It was the same today, when Erfu sat on the couch and ate a bowl of hot porridge and two small buns, and then sat aside and watched them embroider.
After a short while, Erph noticed that something was wrong.
Yu Bing sat aside, only embroidering for a while, and then about to rub her hands, Erfu looked carefully, and saw that several other maids were also like this, and their hands were a little red.
"Ahem...... Stop what you're doing and listen to me!" said Erph, clearing her throat.
Yuqing hurriedly put down the half-embroidered handkerchief in his hand and came to Erfu, "Master, but do you need to store tea?"
"No, you all sit down and just listen to me.
On weekdays, I don't care about the things in our yard, and I know that you are all good, and you are a little wronged by my side, but I can't watch you get frozen, but the charcoal sent from Nafu is not enough. Erf raised her hand slightly and continued.
Although Erfu said a question, but the tone was affirmative, what Kodama Bing said under the porch today, Erfu heard, she couldn't convince herself that she couldn't hear it, and she couldn't watch the big guy suffer from hunger and cold, even if it wasn't cold, Erf didn't want the big guy to be wronged.
Yuqing lowered his head, and was a little entangled in his heart, his own master is such a freewheeling character, and he will not compete for favor like other masters in the courtyard on weekdays, nor will he care about those idle things, but he is a kind-hearted person, does he really want to poke a knife in the heart of his master!
Erfu didn't expect that these people would say that the housekeeper had deducted her share, and Erf also understood that they were just afraid that she would be sad, so she showed a peaceful smile and continued: "Okay, I don't embarrass you, but if there are not enough things in the yard on weekdays, I will open my private treasury and let people buy some and send them in.
"Master, that's the foundation of your existence, how can you just move!" Yuqing was originally able to stop talking, but at this time, he was taken aback by Erfu's thoughts, and said in a deep voice.
"Those coins are just dead things, and you can't all be forced to suffer with me. There aren't many people in our yard left and right, and there are some parts in the house, and I can still afford the one that is missing!" Erph waved his hand indifferently and continued.
Yuqing had the heart to persuade a few more words, but seeing Erfu's firm expression, and then thinking of the clothed servants who had been assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was naturally difficult to say anything, so he could only make up his mind in his heart again, he must take care of his master's things, and only spend the profitable silver sent by the shop and Zhuangzi every year.
In fact, it's just the income of the shop and Zhuangzi in Erfu's hands, which is enough for the chewing of the entire western courtyard, and it is not as strict as Yuqing thought, of course, Erfu didn't say it, you must know that Erfu in this era is a noble girl who doesn't go out of the door, but it doesn't mean that Su Linger doesn't understand prices.
Regardless of whether what the original owner said was true or not, Erfu heard her grandfather and grandmother talk about the old days many times, and their Su family was also a very prestigious family in the local area at that time.
The dowry of my grandmother's marriage back then, just the silver dollar, was used to install three whole cabinets, and the cabinet Erfu had also seen, compared to those wardrobes made in modern times, it was even bigger.
And grandma's hometown is Luyang, and grandpa's hometown is in Beizhen, there are dozens of miles in the middle, grandma's sedan chair has not yet gone out, and the dowry has already entered the door of grandpa's house, which shows what kind of family grandma and grandpa's family were back then.
Later, when the world was in chaos, Grandpa's father smoked a big cigarette again, and then he lost the family.
When people get old, they will often talk about the past, and Erph's favorite thing is to listen to grandma and grandpa talk about those things in the old days. Grandpa's most common talk is that in the past, a family can live a year with two taels of silver.
Thinking of what my grandfather said is an ordinary farmer, a yard like her west courtyard, a year's charcoal fire lamps and candles, and more than 1,000 taels of silver, is enough to pass away.
The dowry prepared by the original owner's Ama for Erfu, and the annual income of the Zhuangzi and the shop was about 20,000 taels, which was enough for Erfu to be a happy and wealthy virgin.
The master said a word, and the people below broke their legs. Erfu is a neat person, for fear that Yuqing will not be willing to pay the money, so he asked Yuqing to call in Zhao Dezhu and told Zhao Dezhu to take the silver and go outside to buy things, but what kind of excuse and reason to find to bring things into the Fourth Master's Mansion, that is, to ask Zhao Dezhu to think of his own ideas.
Zhao Dezhu has also used a lot of brains these days, but Zhao Dezhu's plan is not to find a new master, but how to make his own master re-important to the fourth master, although he was busy working left and right for a while, and he couldn't bring the fourth master to the west courtyard, but he also got to know a lot of people who were waiting in the house, and he was close to the old wife of the Wu family who was guarding the door.
Erfu ordered down, Zhao Dezhu directly excused the old man in the family to be seriously ill, went out of the fourth master's mansion directly, hired an ox cart, and bought an ox cart with the few things lacking in the yard.
As soon as Zhao Dezhu entered the door, he looked at the big cart of things, and he was worried, fortunately, he had a lot of silver left over from buying things before, and as soon as he let go of his hand, he hired a dozen palace maids and eunuchs who were responsible for sprinkling and sweeping rough work in the yard.
Erfu looked at Zhao Dezhu's first purchase, and he was very successful, and couldn't help but be malicious: Could it be that this has no roots in children and grandchildren, and this hobby is more female, this is obviously possessed by a shopaholic.
Fortunately, Zhao Dezhu bought a bunch of things, which were all missing in the yard, otherwise Erfu would really want to scold people.
Seeing that Zhao Dezhu also bought a lot of cotton and muslin back, he asked Yuqing to cut it and cut it for the people who were waiting in the West Courtyard, and then prepared two winter clothes for each person, so as not to freeze people when they were changing.
In the west courtyard, it seems that the New Year is dividing things, but the fourth master in the front yard, that face is black to the bottom of the pot, listening to the return of the people under his hands, I can't wait to pull out the woman in the west courtyard in a moment or three, and ask carefully, but the master lacks your food and drink, isn't this a slap in the face!
ps: Title: "The Biography of Su Yi" ISBN: 3425037 Introduction: Su Qingdai, who lived a new life, originally wanted to be a seventh lady who ate and waited for death, and by the way, she took revenge and saved people, but she didn't know that her father thought she had eaten too much, so he wanted to marry her to a lazy prince, how could this be good?R655