[Comprehensive Red House] Infinite Merit

"Grandmother, Second Master, girls." The maid Yuanyang next to Jiamu came in, holding a silk food box in her hand, bowed to everyone on the kang, and said with a smile: "The old lady passed on It's dinner. What the old man means, the girls don't have to bother to go there to have dinner, just use it with the sisters, and get close."

Then he opened the food box in his hand, and said with a smile: "This black-bone chicken soup with dragon beard bamboo shoots is dedicated to the old lady in the kitchen, and the old lady specially ordered the servants to bring it to the grandma, master and girls."

"Oh, I forgot, it's already time for dinner." Yingchun said: "Please trouble Sister Yuanyang to go. Since the old lady takes pity on me, we won't go there tonight, and we will meet again tomorrow morning." Go say hello to the old lady."

As he spoke, he pulled Daiyu again and said, "Sister Lin said that she will sleep with me tonight. When she goes back to report, she will tell the ancestors that her granddaughter will lend me a day, and it will be over in the morning." Return it whole and whole."

"See what you said." Yuanyang pursed her lips and smiled: "Since Miss Lin is staying with you at night, when I go back, I will tell Zijuan to serve you."

Yingchun smiled and nodded at her, and said, "Sister Yuanyang is still considerate."

"It's getting late, let's eat. You can't delay this meal, or you won't be playing around with old illnesses." Yuanyang always smiled when talking.No matter what she said, she was always very appropriate and gentle. At this time, she smiled and warned, before turning around and leaving.

"Sister Yuanyang stay for a while." Yingchun called out, grabbed another handful of hot chestnuts, wrapped them in a handkerchief and handed them to Yuanyang, and said with a smile: "This chestnut is delicious, and I honor my ancestors. It's cold outside, and this chestnut It’s still warm and warms your hands.”

Yuanyang took it with a smile and said, "So, thank you, Second Miss."

After the mandarin ducks had left, Yingchun asked everyone, "Why don't you pass on the dinner."

Youyi looked at the time and said, "Use it, I won't keep it."

"It's time for Brother Lan to come back." Hearing what she said, Tanchun also looked at the time and nodded.He said again: "I'm afraid I can't go to my sister-in-law for a few days. Anyway, my sister-in-law often comes to accompany us."

You Yi smiled: "I'm the most impatient with the way of nurturing the nuns and teaching the rules. I don't need to show my face too much in front of the empress. My wife wants you to take the opportunity to learn more from the nuns in the palace. This Others want to learn it yet! You must know good and bad."

Hearing this, Tanchun gave her an angry look, and said coquettishly, "Sister-in-law, I have attracted you so much with just one word."

Youyi shook her head and said helplessly, "Okay, it's really getting late, I really have to go."

Then he asked Baoyu Baochai, "What is the constitution of the two of you?"

Baoyu said: "I don't want to move around anymore. The front wing is reserved for me. I'll just go there and sleep all night."

Tanchun embraced Baochai and said, "Sister Bao is mine tonight."

He said to Ying'er again, "Why don't you go back and tell your aunt and get Sister Bao's clothes? Sister Bao is sleeping with me today."

Seeing Baochai's acquiescence, Ying'er said hurriedly, "The servant girl will go back to report to the wife first, and bring you your washing utensils, pajamas and a change of clothes."

Baochai nodded, and said again: "It's getting dark, let Madam Dong go back with you."

"Yes."

Concubine Yuan concubine visits relatives on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Since the eighth day of the lunar new year, the servants in the palace have come to Jia's mansion to prepare for relative visitation matters. Wang Xifeng leads people to visit the garden every day and checks various affairs, lest something might go wrong.

On the day of concubine Yuan's family visit, all the people in Jia's house dressed up and waited in a grand manner, such as Jia's mother, Mrs. Xing and other high-ranking wives who ordered her to wear heavy makeup, and Sanchun, Daiyu, and Baochai were all dressed up in brand-new clothes. .

The imperial concubine Luan arrived slowly, and You Yileng witnessed a scene where relatives met and cried bitterly, followed the crowd to pay respects to the concubine Yuan, and Jia Zheng and others came in to say hello.

After the father and daughter came and went to express their loyalty to the emperor, Jia Zhengyi mentioned Baoyu as Li Wan remembered, but Baoyu later mentioned Jia Lan: "Lan'er has been in school for three or four years now. , as expected, he is smart and sensitive like his father. According to Mr. Dai Confucianism, the county examination and government examination can be given a try."

Concubine Yuan was overjoyed when she heard this, and asked Baoyu and Jialan to come in again, hugged Baoyu for intimacy, and tested Jialan's homework. Seeing that the foundation was solid, she laughed: "In this way, Brother Zhu's spirit in the sky can also be comforted." .”

Mrs. Wang felt both sorrow and joy for a moment, and the eyes she looked at Jia Lan softened a lot.

On the other end, Sister Feng and You Shi went back and forth: "The banquet is ready, please visit the noble concubine."

The concubine Yuan had a banquet again. After the banquet, the concubine Yuan named the place "Grand View Garden" and several favorite places, wrote dozens of four-character plaques, and ordered Sanchun, Baochai, and Daiyu Each inscribed a plaque and a poem, and asked Baoyu to take her favorite place and write a five-character verse.

Youyi is on the side, the old god is messing around on the ground, and the Daiyu Baochai spreads the paper and sprinkles ink, writing like a god.Among the three springs, Yingchun is not good at poetry, while Xichun is better at painting. Tanchun's poems are naturally good among the three springs, but they cannot be compared with Chai and Dai.So the three of them mixed up a poem in a tacit understanding, and then stood by the side with their hands down, without making a sound.

The imperial concubine of the Yuan Dynasty really praised the poems of Chai and Dai.Furthermore, Daiyu wrote a cheat sheet to Baoyu, just as Li Wan remembered.Youyi was rubbing the string of agarwood beads on her wrist, her brows and eyes were indifferent and cold.

Then there was a small opera sung by the little actors, and then I went to play in the unreachable places in the garden, and paid homage to the Buddhist temple in the garden, and there were all the rewards from the servants back and forth.

So they gave them one by one, and there were also some differences from Li Wan's memory, Aunt Xue's nanmu rosary and palace silk, Jia Lan's new book, Duan inkstone, and two pairs of "Pending Ruyi" and "Toad Palace Zhegui" gold and silver scorpions. There are two additional horses of palace brocade with Youyi.

Concubine Yuan's original words were: "Lan'er is intelligent, and she has the style of her elder brother. Wanwang's sister-in-law is good at education, so don't spoil him too much, it will delay him instead."

He also gave Baoyu and Daiyu a pair of red coral bracelets. He didn't say much, but smiled kindly, which made Daiyu blush a little.

Jia's mother was watching from above, smiling kindly and comfortingly.Mrs. Wang glanced at Baochai lightly, and seeing her smiling gently and reservedly, she sighed softly in her heart, and gradually began to teach Daiyu some vulgar things.

Concubine Yuan returned to the province for a visit, and Jia's mansion was busy for nearly a winter day, and only half a day of excitement was available.

When Concubine Yuan returned to the palace, the lively event of flowers and flowers would come to an end. Mother Jia tried her best to hold on for a day, but she was not very refreshed anymore. Xing and Wang were pampered in the past, but now they couldn't hold on anymore.

Even young people like Sanchun and Chaidai are extremely exhausted at this time.

What a caring person Wang Xifeng is, he ordered people to prepare the chariots and sedan chairs early to send everyone back, but he still insisted on telling everyone to tidy up the place.

Years later, so many trivial things happened in the mansion. Youyi listened idlely to Suyun muttering that Baoyu's nanny was not doing well, so she thought of Jialan's nanny Zhao.

She was unlucky. When she was pregnant, the man was sent to the south to do errands. On the way, he ran into a horse bandit and disappeared.There is no elder in the upper class, and it is difficult to take care of the children alone.Mrs. Wang took pity on her misfortune, and happened to be looking for a nanny at that time, so she sent her there.

And Li Wan didn't shy away from these things. Seeing that she was all for Jia Lan's good, he also relied on her very much, and often rewarded her, which was extremely important.

Later, Youyi came over to wean Jialan from breastfeeding, and Mother Zhao still waited by Jialan's side, and took care of the affairs in the house in every way. The two big girls she taught: Tao Qing and Yueyou were also able to stand up. of.

A few years ago when Jia Lan entered school, her son naturally followed Jia Lan as a servant. Because of his cleverness, Jia Lan also relied heavily on him.

Youyi was thinking about her, but she happened to come over, kowtowed first when she entered the room, and after being helped by Yun Xin, she first flattered Youyi, and then slowly said her request.

It turned out that she saw that Jia Lan was growing up, and everyone in the room could stand still, so she tried to resign and go home because she tried to excuse that she was not energetic enough.

If she doesn't mention it now, Youyi will tell her this in a few days, so she smiled and said, "I know what Mammy means."

And Biyue brought back something she had prepared earlier, which was: five taels of silver, ten ingots, two Fugui peony purses, each full of freshly struck gold and silver, and vermilion and silver ash. Four pieces of satin, purple brown, and pea green satin, and a pair of yellow and heavy gold bracelets.

Youyi only said: "This is the benefit of your diligence and thoughtfulness in handling errands over the years."

He said again: "It's an old practice in our mansion. When you brothers and sisters' nannies go home, they will receive a sling of money and five liters of rice and five liters of noodles every month. These are provided by the mansion. Here I am I'll give you an extra sling every month. Your son follows Lan'er, and it's also a sling of silver every month, and the two of you, mother and son, are enough to live."

Mother Zhao thanked her gratefully, and said: "Even if the servant is at home, she always thinks about the benefits of grandma and brother."

Youyi smiled: "I will remember this, and I will also remember your benefits."

In the evening, she decided to go back to Mrs. Wang about Nanny Zhao. After hearing this, Mrs. Wang ordered Jin Chuan'er to give 20 taels, a piece of satin, and two rulers to Nanny Zhao, and said, "She has served Lan Geer for so many years. , it is right to give her more rewards."

He also asked Wang Xifeng: "Give her monthly support according to the old regulations in our mansion."

Looking back, Jia Mu heard that it was also 20 taels of silver, and she gave two bolts of silk and satin.

Seeing that both of them were like this, Wang Xifeng took out some old materials from the warehouse and gave them to Mother Zhao.One has won a good name, and the other is considered to have a place to deal with that material.

Baoyu's Nanny Li was very unhappy when she heard that, she got drunk and gambled with others, and after losing, she went to Baoyu's room to make a big fuss.