Daiyu from the Red Mansion is also arguing with people today

Baozhu caught a glimpse of a corner of her dress sticking out from the side of a stone. She immediately stepped forward alertly, protecting Qin Keqing behind her, and shouted, "Who is hiding there?"

Daiyu came out from the corner with a smile and said, "I am Daiyu from the Lin family who is staying at Rongguo Mansion. I was going to change clothes, but I didn't expect to see you by chance. I was stunned for a moment."

"So it's my cousin. I don't dare to call you 'sister'." Qin Keqing suddenly remembered that Youshi had introduced her to the relatives of Rongguo Mansion before, and this name was among them.

The Ningguo Mansion is of this generation! Daiyu complained in her heart, but she still kept a smile on her face: "Then when the New Year comes, should I prepare a red envelope for my cousin's wife?"

The two smiled at each other, and Daiyu took her hand and walked towards the bathroom.

Daiyu glanced at Baozhu, and Qin Keqing immediately understood. She motioned Baozhu to step back a few steps, and said firmly: "It seems that my cousin is waiting for me here!"

"Yes!" Daiyu winked at her mischievously, "When you got married, I was in mourning so I couldn't go to Ningguo Mansion to watch the ceremony. Today I was curious and came to see who this person is who the servants praised as being as charming and beautiful as Sister Yuanchun and as elegant and graceful as me."

Qin Keqing's cheeks flushed slightly when she heard this, with a hint of shyness and annoyance: "These old women are so talkative! How dare I compete with the aunts!"

"You don't have to belittle yourself." Daiyu leaned close to her ear and whispered, "In the Ning and Rong mansions, what the master says and does is not a secret. You think that what happens in the bedroom is airtight, but can you control the mouths of those maids?"

Qin Keqing's heart trembled, feeling that Daiyu's words seemed to have a hidden meaning: "Cousin, can you please be clear?"

Daiyu wanted to remind Qin Keqing that she didn't want a beautiful woman to suffer such a disaster in the future.

She stopped smiling and said, "In the Ning and Rong mansions, the servants are not servants, and the masters are not masters. Some masters are not as respectable as the servants. Now that you have entered the Ningguo Mansion, you must understand two things: the servant is too powerful to bully the master, and if you don't want others to know, you better not do it yourself."

After saying this, Daiyu turned around and walked into the rockery, and soon disappeared, leaving Qin Keqing alone, deep in thought.

Baozhu looked in the direction where Daiyu disappeared, walked up and asked, "Master, what did Miss Lin say to you just now?"

Qin Keqing seemed to have just woken up from a dream. She looked in the direction where Daiyu disappeared with complicated eyes, feeling mixed emotions.

The pear tree in the Lixiang Courtyard had only produced a few fruits this autumn. Daiyu picked them one by one and gave them all to Xichun. This year was fine, but if she wanted more fruits next year, she would have to take good care of them.

As the autumn wind grew stronger, the weather became colder. Daiyu used the excuse of being lazy and didn't even want to go to school.

"Sister Lin! I'm here to bring you a New Year's gift!" Jia Baoyu's cheerful voice came from outside.

Daiyu was originally engrossed in reading a storybook. When she heard his voice, she felt a little impatient. The corners of her mouth immediately drooped and she let out a light sigh.

She turned her head and asked Xueyan, "Did Nanny Wang hang up the couplet I wrote earlier?"

"It has been framed and hung up long ago!" Xueyan replied in a low voice.

Daiyu smiled a little more and said, "Let's go out and meet him."

Jia Baoyu, wearing a silver-red cloak, walked into the main hall in a hurry with a determined smile on his face.

But when he saw Daiyu sitting in the seat of honor, looking at him with a cold face, he immediately became scared and subconsciously shrank back.

Soon he realized that this was not his father Jia Zheng's study, but Sister Lin's principal room. He smiled and said, "My dear sister is one year younger than me, how can she be so old-fashioned?"

Daiyu ignored his teasing and said calmly, "It's just some things. How can I trouble you, cousin? I can ask the maids to bring them over next time."

Baoyu felt a little uncomfortable. He was obviously getting along well with his other sisters, but it was Lin Daiyu who was always indifferent to him.

"Sister, why are you so reserved? This is my first time in your courtyard. This is also thanks to our ancestors."

Daiyu picked up the teacup and took a sip. The meaning was self-evident.

Baoyu looked around and noticed a couplet hanging on the wall behind Daiyu, which read, "To understand the world is knowledge, to understand human nature is writing."

When he saw this couplet, he immediately felt bored. He casually bowed to Daiyu and left Lixiangyuan angrily.

Nanny Wang was a little worried: "Miss, is this really a good idea?"

"What are you afraid of?" Daiyu waved her hands nonchalantly. "What I'm doing is exactly what my good aunt wants. Please spread the word for me, saying that it was Mrs. Wang who told me not to bother with Jia Baoyu when I first entered the mansion. Humph, she thought her son was so popular that everyone wanted to get close to him!"

"Yes!"

Not only this time, but even at the New Year's Eve dinner, Daiyu ignored Jia Baoyu.

Grandmother Jia looked somewhat displeased, but she had obviously heard the rumors and knew the reason, so she was secretly annoyed with Lady Wang.

Later, Grandmother Jia wanted Wang Xifeng to take charge of the household again, but she turned it down on the grounds that she was not feeling well. But that’s a story for another time.

At this time, Daiyu had already obtained permission from her grandmother to return to the Lin family's mansion in Shenjing City on the second day of the New Year.

"It's still more comfortable to live in my own house!" Daiyu gave a hearty boxing match in the newly built martial arts arena, and the maids were all starry-eyed at the sight.

She posed in a handsome pose and clenched her fists. A group of maids immediately surrounded her and said, "Miss, can you teach me this?"

Daiyu was secretly happy. Fortunately, Nanny Wang was left to look after the yard this time, otherwise she would definitely nag her again, saying that she should wear more clothes when it was cold, and she should not be exposed to the wind after exercise, otherwise she would easily catch a cold.

Daiyu straightened her training clothes and said seriously: "It all depends on your performance!"

The homegirl Honglian came last, also looking at Daiyu eagerly, but because of her introverted personality, she was always on the edge.

Lin Ji and the newly selected young men also gathered under the wall, their eyes sparkling as they looked at Lin Daiyu.

"Manager Lin, is this our young lady? When can we go over and kowtow to her?" a young man asked excitedly and nervously. The people around him also grabbed Lin Ji's hands. They were also curious about this.

Lin Ji crossed his arms, looking very proud: "Don't look at me, I'm only eight years old. I was punching you with all my strength just now. I can beat you one by one!"

"Wow! So amazing!"

They believed in Lingji's words. There was a guy in their group who relied on his tall stature and became arrogant after learning the boxing techniques taught by Lingji, and wanted to challenge Lingji's position.

As a result, he slapped it against the wall and couldn't get it off. Later, I heard that the guy was knocked unconscious by housekeeper Gong, starved for many days, and was sold to the mine.