The Rebirth of Daiyu in the Red Chamber

Chapter 50 Purchasing Dowry Daiyu's Southern Tour

This time, the person in charge of the Lin family was a eunuch in charge, surnamed Liu, who passed Kangxi's oral order, saying that Lin Daiyu's name was on the list for the southern tour, and the dragon boat set off on the third day of February, and asked her to pack her things.

Lin Daiyu was taken aback, she didn't expect that the Southern Tour of the Holy Spirit would take her there, but the order had been made, so she had no choice but to ask someone to pack the things she wanted to bring along.

Mother Xu knew Mr. Liu, sent him a few steps, and came back and said, "Girl, I heard that the Empress Dowager appointed you to accompany me. It seems that you are very suitable for the Empress Dowager."

Lin Daiyu put down the book in her hand and said, "Nurse, don't laugh at me." It was embarrassing enough.

Sure enough, Nanny Xu stopped laughing at her, and went to organize the manpower and items for the southern tour.

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but felt a bit awkward. She originally thought that there was still a year or so before she got married, so she had time to adapt.Originally, she had made a good plan, but unexpectedly, she was about to see Sibeile again. What should she do then?If you still blush at that time, it would be a shame to throw you out of the house.

Ever since Kangxi pointed out the marriage, Lin Qiong had acted as if everyone owed him 300 million taels of silver and hadn't paid an IOU.But after getting angry, he was also the one who made the dowry for Lin Daiyu.

The dowry for the daughter of the aristocratic family was saved by the mistress since she was a child, and it was enough when she got married. But when Jia Min passed away, although the dowry was already considerable, she was not prepared enough.Lin Daiyu is an unmarried girl, so it's not easy to save her face and collect it herself, so she said that there is enough in the library.In fact, those objects are precious, but some silks, satins, and jewelry are inevitably outdated, and pearls are inevitably dull in luster, so they need to be bought again.

Naturally, Lin Qiong didn't allow it, and insisted on taking the job of buying the dowry for her sister into her own hands, vowing to make Lin Daiyu look beautiful and beautiful when she got married.

If you go out for a long time, you will inevitably need some light and easy clothes, but Lin Daiyu does not have such, so Madam Xu said to ask a tailor to measure Lin Daiyu, and hurried to make some light clothes and riding clothes.

Coincidentally, Lin Qiong was also in Lin Daiyu's room. Hearing Madam Xu's words, she said to take Lin Daiyu to Jinyi Pavilion, and pick out some patterns of fabric jewelry by the way.

Lin Daiyu didn't want to go out, so she asked Lin Qiong: "Just bring it home and let me have a look. Why do you have to go?"

Lin Qiong said: "Firstly, I'm afraid you will be bored, and secondly, there are too many things to prepare. If you bring them all for you to pick, you will have to pull more than a dozen carts. There are also some imported products from the south for you to see." I am planning to buy some boats to do business with foreigners while the imperial court is still driving the sea ban, to get more good things for Lin Daiyu's dowry, and to expand the scope of business by the way.

Lin Daiyu said, "I'm traveling with you on the southern tour, so I don't need so many things."

Mother Xu burst out laughing: "Hey, my girl, she looks so smart and quick-witted on weekdays, why did you forget the most important thing, Second Master is helping you prepare the dowry."

When Lin Daiyu heard about the dowry, she immediately became uncomfortable. Even though she wanted to go out for fun before, she is determined not to go out now.

In the end, Lin Daiyu still didn't go to Jinyi Pavilion with Lin Qiong, because Jia's mother invited Lin Daiyu to be a guest, and Lin Daiyu went because of Jia's mother's face.

When Jia's mother saw Lin Daiyu, she hugged her and yelled heartily. No one in Beijing knew Sibelek's wife, and no one dared to speak out. She was really worried and frightened for several days.

Yuanyang said from the side: "The old lady couldn't sleep for a few days and nights, and she called Miss Lin's name and aunt's name as soon as she closed her eyes. Don't talk about others, even if I see you, I feel bad for the old lady."

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu said, "Old lady, please worry, it's Yu'er's unfilial piety." She was about to bow down, but was stopped by Jia Mu, "Mandarin ducks are talking nonsense, as long as you are well, I can rest assured."

Mother Jia sighed, "Yu'er won't be able to be with her grandmother all the time... Alas, what are you talking about?"

Lin Daiyu dared not even say so.

After gathering in front of Jiamu for a while, sister Sanchun forced Lin Daiyu out to play in a pavilion.

Tanchun greeted Lin Daiyu jokingly: "Sifu Jin is being polite." Lin Daiyu blushed and pulled her up.

Yingchun said: "To tell you the truth, we were terrified in those few days. We wanted to go and see but couldn't. I was really anxious to death."

Lin Daiyu said: "Why bring this up, I'm fine. Let me tell you, Sister Tanchun, I entrusted Zijuan to you, did you bully her?"

Tanchun raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Since I am that mean person, you entrusted the girl to me instead?" Turning around, he ordered Shishu, "Go and invite Miss Zijuan over, and let Sister Lin see if I have any One less hair from her."

Lin Daiyu blamed: "I only asked a question, and you beat me hard, no wonder people say you have thorns on your body."

After a while of burning incense, Zijuan came, dressed in bright hairpins, looking very energetic, greeted Lin Daiyu and stood behind Tanchun.

Lin Daiyu asked Zijuan if she would go with her. Zijuan said that her parents were both in Jia's mansion and refused to leave, so Lin Daiyu said to find a suitable place for her.There are enough girls around Jia Mu, even if they go back, there is no place for Zicuckoo; Baoyu's place is even more impossible. Lin Daiyu still remembers that Mrs. Wang drove Qingwen away in her previous life;

Although Tanchun is a concubine, but she has a strong character, who in the whole house would dare to bully her?And she is the most protective, it is best for Zicuckoo to follow her.

Tanchun said with a smile, "I'm wronged, I dare not stab anyone but Si Fujin."

Lin Daiyu became furious and shouted to tear Tanchun's mouth, Tanchun naturally wanted to hide, and the two got into a mess.

At this time, a person came from the corridor at one end of the pavilion, raised his voice and asked, "I heard what you said just now? Why did no one tell me that sister Lin is here?" It turned out to be Jia Baoyu.

Seeing the man coming, Lin Daiyu quickly sat down and nodded slightly to Jia Baoyu: "Second Brother Bao."

Jia Baoyu hadn't seen Lin Daiyu for a long time, looked at her with good eyes, and turned all the madness of the past into gentleness: "My sister hasn't come for a long time, but I'm used to living at home? How do you spend your time?"

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "I guess Qiong'er is in a hurry, so I should go back."

Jia Baoyu immediately became anxious: "Why do I have to leave as soon as I come? It's still early in the day, why is sister Lin going?"

"It turned out that Qiong'er wanted to take me to the Jinyi Pavilion to have a look at the freshness. I'm afraid he will be in a hurry." Lin Daiyu told a ready-made lie without batting an eye.

Xichun asked, "Which Jinyi Pavilion? Sister Bao wore a beautiful new dress that day. She said it was made by Jinyi Pavilion, is it this?"

Jia Baoyu said: "Fourth younger sister doesn't go out very much, and there is only this Jinyi Pavilion in Beijing. It seems that the business is good. I once bought rouge from Fulongji, which is also opened by his family, and gave it to you. You all praised it for its use. "

Xichun's eyes brightened: "That's good, I'm so envious that Sister Lin can go there to play."

Jia Baoyu thought for a while and said, "It's not difficult. Let's ask the old lady to go there with Sister Lin, okay?"

Yingchun and Tanchun immediately clapped their hands in agreement, and Lin Daiyu couldn't refuse, so she had to secretly pray to Jiamu to stop them from messing around.

Unexpectedly, Mother Jia agreed, Tete asked Wang Xifeng to take a few people to Jinyi Pavilion, and generously gave Tiji money.Wang Xifeng is young and loves beauty, and has a common private seat in Jinyi Pavilion, so she is naturally willing to take this good job.

Jia Baoyu rode a horse, Sanchun sisters took a carriage, Wang Xifeng took a carriage, Jia's maids took a carriage, Lin Daiyu still took her own carriage, and the group led the servants and maids to Jinyi Pavilion.

When they arrived at the gate of Jinyi Pavilion, people from Jinyi Pavilion greeted them. Wang Xifeng got out of the carriage first, and then invited a few girls to get off.

Dong Jing helped Lin Daiyu get off the station, when she heard "Sister-in-law Si?"

At first, Lin Daiyu didn't realize that the words were calling her, so she walked towards the Jinyi Pavilion, when two teenagers stopped her.

The two teenagers were eleven or twelve years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a handsome figure. One of them smiled kindly, and the other was darker.Both of them were equally happy, and shouted at her, "Sister-in-law Si."

Lin Daiyu's face turned red, her eyes widened, and it took her a long time to bow to the two of them.It turns out that one of the two is the thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang, and the other is the fourteenth elder brother Yinzhen.

Yinxiang smiled very happily: "Sister-in-law Si is out to play? If I had known I would meet you, I would definitely bring Si Ge here."

Yinzhen curled his lips to expose him: "You are stupid, did you forget that the two of us sneaked out? The homework assigned by the fourth brother has not yet been finished. How dare you drag him?"

Yinxiang was not at all embarrassed by being exposed: "Anyway, I was instigated by you."

Jia Baoyu heard the two call Lin Daiyu "Fourth Sister-in-law" from the side, and his expression changed immediately. He was about to ask, but Lin Qiong who came out to meet his sister saw her, and dragged her into the Jinyi Pavilion with her mouth covered.Wang Xifeng noticed Jia Baoyu's expression early on, and secretly complained in her heart, followed Lin Qiong into the house, and Sanchun sisters also followed.

The door is not a place to talk, Lin Daiyu said: "If the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother have something to do, don't disturb them."

Yinzhen was about to speak, but was interrupted by Yinxiang: "It's okay, nothing at all! Sis, let us follow you. We didn't bring any money when we went out, and neither did Xiaomu. We all starved to death." The little eunuch behind Yinxiang nodded aggrievedly, and nodded again.

Lin Daiyu had no choice but to agree, and instead of entering the Jinyi Pavilion, she got into the carriage and took the two of them to dinner.She really didn't want to see Jia Baoyu again.

Yinxiang and Yinzhen got into Lin Daiyu's carriage together, Yinzhen said: "I don't want to eat in a restaurant, I'll go to my sister-in-law's house, I haven't eaten authentic Huaiyang cuisine yet." Yinxiang nodded fiercely.

Lin Daiyu had no choice but to tell the coachman to go home.

Yinxiang and Yinzhen are two elder brothers, each with a fourth sister-in-law. Although Lin Daiyu is younger than them, they insist on going to Lin Daiyu's yard to eat, saying that they want to accompany the fourth sister-in-law to relieve boredom.No matter how Lin Daiyu tried to stop her, there were always some strange reasons to bet on her mouth, so she had to lose in the end, thinking that there was no one else in the family, so she should come to receive guests.

The two twelve or thirteen-year-old boys looked very thin, and they had a scary appetite. Lin Daiyu sat beside him, watching the two of them finish a table of dishes without blinking, their eyes wide open.

At the end, Yinxiang wiped his mouth and said embarrassedly: "Sister-in-law Si, I'm sorry, we both ate a little too much."

Yinzhen was not at all embarrassed, and said carelessly: "Thank you, sister-in-law, for your hospitality."

Lin Daiyu couldn't bear it anymore, and said softly: "Then what, can Brother Thirteen and Brother Fourteen stop calling me... that name?"

Yinzhen said in surprise: "Why? Aren't you our fourth sister-in-law?"

Yinxiang also said: "That's right, let Miss Lin or Sister Lin have more births, isn't it good?"

Lin Daiyu: "..." What else could she say.

After dinner, Yinxiang and Yinzhen still didn't leave, and lingered in Lin Daiyu's courtyard for a long time, looking for something to say when they had nothing to say, until Xiaomu was led by the Lin family to find him.

Little Mumu whispered in Yinxiang's ear: "Master, Lord Sibeile has come to pick you up, and he is waiting in the front yard." Yinzhen stood close and heard it too.

Their eyes lit up, they looked at Lin Daiyu in unison, and said in unison: "Sister-in-law Si, we are leaving, why don't you see us?"

Of course it was a gift, Lin Daiyu said yes with a smile.

Because the servants said that Lin Hai had returned from the Yamen, Yinzhen said he was going to say goodbye to Lin Hai, and the three of them went from Chu Yuge to the study in the front yard.Originally, the servants of the Lin family wanted to tell Lin Daiyu that Sibeile was coming, but they were dragged away by Xiaomu.

Therefore, when Lin Daiyu saw Yinzhen coming out of her father's study, she realized that she had been fooled.

The expressions of Yinxiang and Yinzhen couldn't hide their complacency. Yinzhen could tell at once that they were the ones who made trouble, so he held back for the time being and exchanged greetings with Lin Daiyu.

Of course, Lin Hai couldn't tell the prince's fault, so he simply walked in the front, and everyone tacitly left Lin Daiyu and Yinzhen behind.

Lin Daiyu, who blushed when she heard Yinzhen's name, suddenly calmed down and said, "How is Fourth Master?"

Yinzhen glanced at her and said, "Very good. How is Miss Lin?"

"Very good." So there was no more text.

Walking all the way to the gate, the distance between Yinzhen and Lin Daiyu was still two feet away, and the conversation was only a few words of greeting.The ten and thirty-four who walked in front and listened blankly hated iron for being weak, and wanted to point at their fourth brother's head and scold him for his elm lumps.

The two brothers gave up their old faces to give them a chance to meet, but it ended in two sentences?

When he was leaving, Yinzhen suddenly said: "It's still very cold in February, bring some warm clothes." After speaking, he hurriedly got on his horse and left.

Yinzhen's words were obviously to tell Lin Daiyu to bring more thick clothes during the southern tour, but she spoke endlessly. Lin Daiyu was stunned for a moment before she realized that she had already walked away before she could thank her.

After a while, Lin Hai sighed rather lonelyly: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings..." Turning around and walking back slowly.

Lin Daiyu thought all the way back to Chu Yuge.

Besides Jia Baoyu, when someone called Lin Daiyu "Fourth Sister-in-Law", he felt confused and couldn't believe it. Lin Qiong dragged him to the backyard of Jinyi Pavilion in a daze, and then got into his own carriage from the backyard. After returning to Jia's house, he came back to his senses. , Shouting loudly: "Where is Sister Lin, why is she going to be someone else's sister-in-law? Sister Lin?"

What a precious grandson, he was alive and kicking when he went out, and he looked like a fool when he came back. Mother Jia seemed to be worried about something, when she heard him speak, it was Lin Daiyu, crying, "What crime did I do!"

Mrs. Wang has also cried into tears a long time ago. When she thought about it, she cried Baoyu and Jiazhu, which made Li Wan cry too.

Jia Baoyu called Sister Lin repeatedly: "I'm going to ask Sister Lin, why did she become someone else's sister-in-law? Why did she suddenly ignore me? What a cruel sister..." Struggling to get off the bed, she kept shouting to ask her.

Everyone hurriedly held him down, but Jia Baoyu struggled unsuccessfully, and asked Jia's mother, "Old lady, whose sister-in-law has become sister Lin?"

Mother Jia felt like a knife was being cut in her heart, and cried, "It's nobody's fault. Don't think about it. I'll ask someone to invite the imperial physician for you." There is no good fruit to eat.

Jia Baoyu quarreled for more than an hour, and fell asleep when he was tired. Jia's mother said, "Please ask a good doctor to feel Baoyu's pulse, and go before he wakes up." He endured sobbing and took his orders.

I thought that Jia Baoyu would get better after a short while, but I didn't want him to be so chaotic day after day, taking medicine and inviting Taoist priests, nothing worked.I don't know who told him that Lin Daiyu was married to Sibeile of the current dynasty. Jia Baoyu lay down straight on the spot with a stalk in his neck and eyes. .

Jiamu and Mrs. Wang lay on the bed and cried bitterly. Jiamu scolded Mrs. Wang directly: "I said that the two jades are good, and we make a marriage, but you don't agree! What gold and jade, if gold and jade are good, my precious jade can change Is it like this now? Are you happy? If something happens to my precious jade, I will die!"

People from the two prefectures stayed in the room and cried. If anyone dared to say that they would arrange for Jia Baoyu's funeral, Jia's mother swung her crutches over on the spot.

At this time Tanchun suddenly said: "Old lady, don't panic, I have a solution here."

Mrs. Wang asked her to speak quickly.

Tanchun said: "The person who untied the bell may be the one who tied the bell. Brother Bao became like this because of Sister Lin. Why don't we invite Sister Lin here? Maybe Brother Bao will wake up. Saving a life is worse than making seven grades." Futu, Sister Lin is kind-hearted, she will not help."

When Jia Mu heard this, she hurriedly asked someone to invite Lin Daiyu in Lin's mansion. After thinking about it, she was afraid that if she didn't come, she said, "Take the car, I will invite her in person! With my old face, I have to do it anyway." Please come to Yuer."

Mother Jia brought people to Lin's house and wept so much that it was Lin Hai, who dared not come and walk because of his filial piety.Although Lin Daiyu was not happy to go, she never thought of letting Jia Baoyu die. No matter what he did in the previous life, he will be innocent in this life.

Even so, Lin Daiyu did not enter Jia Baoyu's room, and only called out twice at the door: "Second Brother Bao, Second Brother Bao?" The voice was not loud, but Jia Baoyu miraculously opened his eyes.

"Sister Lin? Sister Lin! Are you here?"

Lin Daiyu kept silent, and whispered to Jia Mu, "Old lady, since Second Brother Bao is awake, I'll go home now."

Mother Jia was still waiting to stop her, but Lin Daiyu said: "My cousin is sick, and he is talking nonsense. Grandmother should go to the doctor. What do you want me to do?"

Lin Daiyu only felt cold.

When the old lady threatened the Lin family with filial piety, she never thought that Lin Daiyu's trip would confirm her personal relationship with Jia Baoyu. If a word got out accidentally, her reputation would be ruined.No, the old lady is so smart, how could she not know?She just saw no one else except Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu didn't hear Lin Daiyu's reply, and he didn't know where the strength came from. He got up from the bed and struggled to run out to find Lin Daiyu, but Lin Daiyu had already gone far away.

Lin Daiyu was extremely embarrassed. Since she was reborn, she avoided Jia Baoyu all the time. The number of times she saw him could be counted on two hands.But Jia Baoyu is like this today, it seems that they have an affair, if it spreads, what will people think?What would you think if the sage and Sibeile knew about it?Will the Lin family be blamed?

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