Violation of the Red Chamber and Daiyu

The two sisters talked for a while, and Wan Yufang went back to her room to rest.Daiyu thought that she couldn't give Xiao Che anything now, so she could only wait for his birthday.When she got up the next day, Daiyu wrote a letter to the little princess, expressing her gratitude, and asked about Xiao Che's birthday.

In the days that followed, Daiyu and Wanyu, apart from reading and painting every day, Daiyu also learned from the nanny about housekeeping and human relations.Mother Zhao also told Daiyu about the situation of the official's family.In short, everything is ready for marriage.Daiyu resisted and felt that she had learned too early, but was suppressed by the words of the two nuns, so she had to listen.

On the tenth day of March, the little princess sent Daiyu two pots of blooming crab claw orchids, with green leaves and red flowers, which were really lovely.Wanyu was very happy to see it, so she said to Daiyu: "Sister, let's invite the second sister, sister Yun, and the others to enjoy the flowers and write poems." Daiyu laughed and said, "Hey, when will my sister be good at poetry? Already?" Wanyu said: "Sister bullies me again, I won't draw flowers for you." Daiyu thought of embroidering a table screen with evergreen pines and cypresses for Xiao Che, so she asked Wanyu to draw a pattern.

Daiyu laughed and said, "My dear sister, I was wrong, please forgive me." Both of them laughed.Nanny Zhang also agreed with Daiyu's invitation to them, saying that they were practicing first. ...Okay, let's practice first.Daiyu wrote a post asking her sisters to come and enjoy the flowers on the twelfth day, including Baoqin and the others.Asking Wanyu to draw some small flowers on each post, Mammy Zhang looked at it and said, "It's good for a girl like this, she has a bit of a boudoir taste." Then she asked Dongqing to greet Mother Jia and send posts to the sisters.He said that when the weather gets better, he also invites the old lady to come and play.He asked Xueyan to follow him, and told Sister Feng quietly that Jia Baoyu must not be allowed to follow that day.The two sisters reported to their father again, and Lin Ruhai agreed to their treat.

On the morning of December [-]st, Daiyu led people to form a circle around the tables and chairs in the flower hall. In the open space in the middle, besides the crab claw orchids given by the princess, there were also a few pots of tea plums specially sent by Lin Ruhai.The surroundings of the house were lit with good silver charcoal, and the kitchen was prepared with various snacks, and boiling water was ready.Wanyu has been sitting by the side watching Daiyu's work, and occasionally laughs out loud.Daiyu said angrily: "When you grow up, see how I laugh at you." After speaking, she asked Dongqing to wait for the girls at the main gate.

At three o'clock, Dongqing led several girls in, and Daiyu and Wanyu were waiting in the hallway.Daiyu was relieved not to see Baoyu.Said to all the sisters: "Sisters are here, long time no see, let's go into the house." Everyone talked and laughed and entered the flower hall.Xiangyun said: "I love the lotus pond outside the window the most. Let's go play in the pavilion." Daiyu said: "It's very cold, let's talk in the room. When the weather is warm, you are still afraid." No chance?"

Daiyu asked the maids to bring up the snacks and make tea, then asked Dong Ge and the others to take the girls' maids to talk by themselves, leaving only two young maids waiting in the hall.Daiyu said: "Let us sisters play by ourselves today, how about not letting them serve?" Everyone agreed.

Baochai asked: "Sister Xichun, these days are fine." Xichun said arrogantly: "Sisters, my father has already named me Lin Wanyu, from now on I will either be called Sister Wanyu or Sister Xiaolin Let's go." Daiyu laughed and said, "Why is there a little sister Xiaolin?" Wanyu said, "They call their elder sister, sister Lin, and I don't like the name Lin Second Sister, so naturally it's Xiaolin."

All the sisters laughed and said, "We still want to call you Second Sister Lin." Wanyu turned her head away and ignored everyone.Everyone laughed again.Daiyu said: "Today, you are the master, how can you ask the guests to coax you, get well soon." Wanyu made a face at Daiyu, and went to talk to Yingchun.Tanchun and Baochai saw that Xichun's temperament was much better than that in Jia's mansion, so they knew that she lived very well in Lin's mansion.Suppressing the jealousy in my heart, I started talking to everyone again.

Tanchun said: "Sister Lin invited us to enjoy the flowers today. Why don't we write poems to cheer up the fun." Baochai also said: "Yes, we are also lively." Daiyu wondered what happened to the two of them today. Is it really okay to be a guest so much?What she didn't know was that the two of them were somewhat jealous of Xichun, thinking that she was not good at poetry and wanted to feel superior.

Daiyu glanced at Wanyu and agreed.Let people present pens, inks, papers and inkstones, there is no restriction on rhyme, everyone can do whatever they want.For a while, all the sisters began to think.Daiyu thought hard for a while, and wrote a poem called Qijue. She put down her pen and saw that all the sisters had finished writing.Sister Lin, who doesn't write enough, can't afford to hurt her.The sisters gathered together again, appreciating and commenting.Naturally, Baochai is the best, followed by Baoqin and Xiangyun.Wanyu surprised everyone, her writing was better than Tanchun, and Daiyu was the last one.

Daiyu said: "I'm not good at poetry, and it's all right for the sisters to write a poem to their heart's content. Let's talk. I haven't had a good talk with Xiao Xue and the others yet." Baochai and Tanchun also felt that they were getting worse just now After the moment, everyone sat down and talked.

After a while, Dongqing said that the meal was ready, and asked Daiyu where to put the meal.Daiyu said, just put it in the flower hall, remove the refreshments, put all the dishes on delicate small plates and put them on the small tables in front of each other, which is not very interesting.Xiangyun yelled for a drink, Daiyu said: "Sister Yun, eat well. Without the old lady, I can't give wine to the sisters, and the old lady will blame me." Xiangyun thought about it and didn't say anything. Ask for a drink.

After dinner, Daiyu went out with her sisters to enjoy fish in the corridor, Xiangyun insisted on taking Wanyu and Baoqin to the pavilion along the stone bridge, that's all.Seeing that the sisters were a little sleepy, Daiyu led them to the guest room and asked them to lie down and rest.Wanyu wanted to talk to Yingchun, and Xiangyun was also pestering Daiyu, so they went back to the house together.

Xiangyun and Daiyu were lying on the bed together. Xiangyun told Daiyu that because Sister Feng was pregnant and left home, Mrs. Wang couldn't take care of it by herself, so she asked Li Wan to help manage it with Tanchun and Baochai.Xiangyun asked: "Sister Lin, I know my wife has always wanted Sister Bao to marry my second elder brother, but why didn't my ancestor mention me about the housekeeper this time?" Daiyu said, "Maybe it's the old My wife is getting old, so I didn't think of it for a while." Xiangyun said: "My uncle and the others have also gone to work in other places, so I can only continue to live in Jia's house. If I can't marry my second brother, I'm afraid I can only marry far away. " Daiyu wondered how this Xiangyun had become enlightened.

Xiangyun smiled bitterly and said: "Sister Lin, my nanny has told me many things these days. I shouldn't have entered the garden at the beginning. Now that I have entered, I have to give it a go." All Xiangyun used came from Jia's house, her uncle and aunt had long since wanted to raise her, and she herself didn't have a strong defense against men and women.After hearing this, Xiangyun's nanny thought that her daughter was too informal, so she told her some rules.

Daiyu thought, this Baochai and Xiangyun are both fancy women, if it weren't for the lack of support at home, they wouldn't be able to stick to Jia Baoyu.Daiyu had no choice but to comfort Xiangyun, and they rested.