Love of Daiyu in the Red Chamber

"Why did Doubao speak so fluently just now?" Daiyu was looking at Xiaodoubao seriously.

Xiao Dou Bao scratched her head shyly, and said slowly: "Daddy said, Dou Bao is a man, he is a grown-up, and he has to protect his sister!" As she spoke, she straightened out her small chest proudly, as if begging Daiyu to praise him.

Daiyu silently stroked the somewhat messy hair he was scratching.

Although Zijuan and the others were still angry at Shi Xiangyun's words, they also laughed after hearing Xiaodoubao's childish language.

"When I get home, I'll go to my wife and give you a good compliment." Daiyu held back her smile and said, "In order to thank you for protecting my sister, my sister decided to give you some rewards."

Xiaodoubao looked at Daiyu expectantly. He liked Ergou's small bullock cart next door, but he couldn't beat Ergou. Ergou said that his father was a civil servant and would not play with him.Will my sister and Ergou buy a bullock cart for him to play with? !

"I will reward you for writing two more big characters," Daiyu said solemnly, the corner of her mouth couldn't hold back the smile no matter what.

Xiaodoubao was like a bolt from the blue in an instant, her small shoulders were slung down, she shrugged her head and turned to look at the car curtain instead of Daiyu.Just as Xueying lifted the curtain to tell them they were home, Xiaodoubao got up angrily, opened her hands to let Xueying hold him down, and ran to the door with short legs, Xueying followed behind to prevent him from falling.

Zijuan helped Daiyu get out of the carriage, and followed Xiaodoubao far away.

Mrs. Zhao was reconciling accounts with Mama Yuan, and heard Yuan'er report that it was Daiyu and the others who had come back. Seeing that it was still early, the siblings had only been back and forth for more than an hour, thinking that something might have happened, so Mama Yuan would send her back. Put away the ledger, got up to see the siblings.

"Why did you come back so early?"

Xiaodoubao was protesting with her back turned to Daiyu, but when she heard his mother's voice, she couldn't help but ran towards Mrs. Zhao.

Xueyan smiled and praised: "Second Master Yu is so majestic today!" After complimenting Xiaodoubao, she quickly talked about the Jia family, and Zhao frowned in displeasure.

Forget about Shi Xiangyun being an orphan, why are the people in Jia's mansion so confused? !

That should not be the beginning of the conversation, what kind of decent wife would start this conversation, and the target is the daughter of a second-rank official!

"If you want me to say that you will go to Jia's house less in the future, Mr. Zhong will come back, and you will get married in two years. You have nothing to do with me to walk around with other wives and girls. It's not good when you get married. Playing with those unmarried little sisters."

She didn't say anything about Jia's house, after all, it was Daiyu's natal family, and it was Sister Feng who started Shi Xiangyun's exit, so it's hard to blame her.Just found an excuse to let Daiyu stay far away in the future, but she heard some rumors!

"Ma'am... I think so too," Daiyu responded with a shy smile.Baoyu hangs out with her sisters all day long. It's okay for the three of them to welcome the spring, explore the spring and cherish the spring.But she is just a cousin, if she goes there often, it will be bad for her reputation.

If grandma misses her, she can sit down for a while, but she can't mix with Baoyu and the others.

Mrs. Zhao talked to her again before leaving with Xiaodoubao.

"Mother, mother, Doubao is good today, Xueyan and sister boasted, you can eat candy!" Xiao Doubao looked at Zhao sympathetically.

He is addicted to sweets, and Zhao Shi was afraid that he would damage his teeth, so he controlled him not to eat too much sugar.This meeting was praised by his sister, and he rushed to get his mother to agree to give him sweets.

Mrs. Zhao was also unambiguous, and really gave him two candies.

"Second Lord has a good memory, and he can remember what my wife taught me." Yuan'er watched Xiaodoubao hide the other candy, and smiled while covering her mouth.

"This memory depends on the master. The master can never forget it with a photograph, but the second master can never forget it. The wife only needs to say it a few times, and he can remember it!" Yuan's mother smiled and added tea to Mrs. Zhao.

The tea they drink is different from that of other families. They brew tea leaves with water, while other houses grind tea leaves into froth and add spices. This way of drinking is still following Lin Ruhai's.

"Look at what Xueyan just said, he stood up and shouted..." Bi Yun's eyes turned into crescents of laughter, "He has the style of a master, and he will be an official in the future."

Several people have been with the Zhao family for decades, and they get along like family members.Mrs. Zhao is old enough to have a son, and they all treat him like an eyeball, although they dote on him, they don't spoil him.Lin Ruhai and Daiyu were also watching, Xiaodoubao's personality was sometimes childish and sometimes mature and stable.

Xiaodoubao was only three years old, and he couldn't help but feel shy after hearing what his aunt and mother said.

They all praised him for being like his father, so he would be reluctant to leave this candy to his father!

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When it came time for the imperial concubine to hold a banquet, Mrs. Zhao brought Daiyu, who was rarely dressed in a luxurious and overpowering manner, to the banquet.

Zhong Mutu conveniently followed the two of them in a carriage, and Zhong's father stood at the door bawlingly watching Zhong's mother leave, touched his waist but couldn't find his cigarette stick, the clever Ding Yang handed him Zhong Chu and told him to keep going. Bring chewable tablets with you.

Father Zhong chewed and thought about his son, his wife and children were not around at the moment, he felt abandoned.

Back then in Qiongzhou, he and his wife stayed together every day, and when they came to the capital, her mind was divided on dealing with the family members of those officials.Although he knew that he was thinking about his son's future, Father Zhong couldn't help complaining.

Thinking of being bored and panicking alone, he took the two brothers Ding Yang and Ding Feng for a stroll in Beishi.

He has also made many old friends in the capital for a few years. They often get together to have tea and chat. They are all old men who have nothing to do at home and have been left behind by their wives and children. They can talk a lot.

When he arrived at the teahouse where a few people often gathered, there were long ago gentlemen who were more leisurely than him waiting there, drinking a little wine with a plate of peanuts and listening to a pair of father and daughter singing ditties downstairs.

"Brother Wei!" Father Zhong came forward to say hello and then sat down. The man called Brother Mu only raised his eyelids and continued to shake his head following the tune.

Father Zhong poured the wine by himself, while the two brothers Ding Yang and Ding Feng sat at the small table next to Master Wei's entourage and waited.

"What's the matter, your mother-in-law threw you down again to attend some kind of Laozi banquet?" Mr. Wei knew it right away when he saw Father Zhong's clothes moaning and sighing.

Apart from business, Mr. Zhong cared most about his wife and son. Because he invested some money and partnered with Mr. Zhong to do some business, the relationship between the two became much better.It's not a business failure or a problem, his son didn't have a big problem, it's just his wife's problem.

"Since we came to the capital, we have spent less time together." Father Zhong sighed, "My son is not at home, and I don't even have anyone to talk to!"

Master Wei glanced at him, with a look of hating iron but not steel, and the ditty downstairs was singing "Because of him, my heart is broken, but what can I do for him, I have a new love..."

"Nothing!" Master Wei said and took a peanut and flicked him on the forehead. Father Zhong was in pain, and before the peanut in his hand popped out, Master Wei motioned him to look out the window.

Father Zhong turned his head to look, but found nothing, Master Wei asked him to continue looking.

It's just selling one's body to bury one's father, what's so interesting about it.

In the past, he was kind-hearted, so he took two taels of silver and gave it to a woman who sold her body to bury her father. Who would have thought that the other party would say that there was nothing to repay and they could only promise each other with her body. He was so angry that he didn't know what to do.Fortunately, the wife and children are smart, saying that since the other party is like this, they can only be concubines, and if they are concubines, they can sell them at will.The woman said that she went to Zhong's house after burying her father, but she never returned.

Zhong's father and Zhong's mother often asked his servants to take rice grains and cook porridge to distribute good deeds at the city gate tower. They would also distribute some rice grains on the first day of each month. He never dared to write about selling his body to bury his father. Stained.

"This woman seems to be selling her body to bury her father, but actually she has other intentions. The funeral is only a few dollars, and the coffin is only a few hundred yuan. She has written on the board that she will sell her body for two taels of silver!" Throwing the peanuts in her mouth into her mouth, He also said: "Two taels of silver are enough for ordinary people to chew for a year."

Master Wei turned his head to look at Father Zhong, and then looked at the entourage who came back from the investigation, and the entourage nodded insignificantly. Master Wei laughed and said, "Then your house is expensive?"

Father Zhong replied casually: "It's not expensive, but it's cheaper. The original owner of the house kept the whole set of gold silk nanmu furniture. Just the agarwood bed with gold inlays, jade carvings, and carvings is worth the old man's money!"

His son has indeed picked up a big bargain, the furniture in the two houses are made of golden nanmu, when he heard that the house was so expensive, he almost fainted from his eyes!Take a look in the past and find a treasure!It's not expensive at all, and it's cheap to buy!

He didn't go on business together for two days, and the clothes Mr. Wei wore were all expensive.He took another 10 taels of snowflake silver to do business with him, so he definitely didn't like his little things.The two had a good relationship and were able to talk together, and he said it casually in the wing room.

Master Wei couldn't see him looking like a villain who took advantage, and said: "I heard that nobles visit their relatives, and every aristocratic family's residence has built a relative's garden. I heard that the Grand View Garden in Jia's Mansion cost more than one hundred thousand. Snowflake Silver."

Father Zhong glanced at Master Wei in surprise, "Didn't it say that there is a rule from above that a garden must be built. It's not using your money, why listen to so much?"

Master Wei was speechless, chewing hard on a few peanuts.

Father Zhong was not used to his problems, but his son ordered him not to talk about state affairs.

I don't know when my son will come back, nor when my daughter-in-law will come back!

He was really bored sitting there, and what Master Wei said today was so weird that he didn't like to listen to it or talk about it.I wanted to take my leave and lead the two brothers Ding Yang and Ding Feng to inspect the shop, but Mr. Wei said he would go with him.

Anyway, the shop we are going to go to today is also a joint venture between the two, so there is nothing to see. Father Zhong led Master Wei at the front, followed by Master Wei's attendants Mu Zi, Mu Fei, and the Zhong family's servants, Ding Yang and Ding Feng. .

A few people went downstairs and went out the door. They were just about to walk towards Zhengyang Street where the shop was located. After walking a few steps, a figure in white rushed towards them.