Xiaoxiang Water Cloud in the Red Chamber

In the early morning of the next day, Daiyu packed up her gifts early and drove to Rongguo Mansion by car.Sitting in the car and dozed off, I felt uneasy.The Jia family is the mother's close blood relatives, and I still have a bit of love for my house after all.But thinking of the elders' exhortations, I feel uneasy. Could the place where my mother grew up be really so selfish.Maybe it's like someone saying that there are wolves on a certain mountain. If you don't feel it personally, you will still have some doubts after all.

After entering the west corner gate and walking to the vertical flower gate, a woman has long since come to open the curtain and help Daiyu get out of the car.Daiyu supported her mother-in-law's hand and entered the hanging flower gate. On both sides were Chaoshou verandahs, and in the middle was a hallway. There was a large marble screen with red sandalwood shelves.Turning around the screen, there are three small halls, and behind the halls is the main courtyard behind.There are five upper rooms on the front, all with carved beams and painted buildings. On both sides, there are corridors and rooms on the side of the mountain, with parrots, thrushes and other birds hanging in various colors.On the platform, there were a few girls in red and green sitting. When they saw them coming, they hurriedly greeted them with smiles and said, "The old lady was still reading just now, but she happened to be here." So three or four people competed. While opening the curtain, I heard someone reply: "Miss Lin is here."

When Daiyufang entered the room, she saw two people coming up with an old mother with silver hair on her temples, so Daiyu knew it was her grandmother.When Fang wanted to meet, he was hugged into her arms by Jia's mother, and she burst into tears.All the people standing underground at the moment covered their faces and wept.Daiyu saw that Jia Mu was very kind, and now her face was full of sadness, and she couldn't help being close to her. Relatives are relatives after all, after all, they are related by blood, and the feelings in her bones are hard to erase. Thinking of her mother, she couldn't help but shed tears.Everyone came up to persuade them, and stayed for a long time.Only then did Daiyu formally pay her respects to see Jia Mu.Jia Mu pulled her up and pointed at the person sitting on the upper arm, saying: "This is your first aunt." Then she pointed to the lower hand and said, "This is your second aunt." , the second aunt's face was peaceful and kind, and her eyes were dull, but Daiyu didn't ignore the look of surprise, anger and nostalgia that flashed in her eyes when she first saw her.She folded her breasts and saluted, Mrs. Xing smiled slightly, Mrs. Wang waved her hands, not very enthusiastic, Jia Mu saw the flash of annoyance in her expression, and pointed to a beautiful and gentle woman in a light smoky dress: "This is You are the daughter-in-law of Brother Zhu, sister-in-law Zhu." Daiyu also met her.

Jia Mu laughed again and said, "Girls, please come. We only come from afar today, so we don't have to go to school." Everyone agreed, and two of them went.After a while, she saw three nurses and five or six maids, surrounded by three sisters, and Daiyu knew that they were the three sisters Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun. Body, cheeks condensed Xinli, nose greasy goose fat, gentle and silent, amiable to look at.The second one has slender shoulders and slender waist, a tall figure, a duck-egg face, handsome eyes and eyebrows, a fast-paced look, and the essence of literary beauty.The third one is not tall enough, petite and beautiful, but his eyes are extremely cold.Their hairpin rings, skirts and jackets, all three of them have the same decorations.Seeing that they behaved well and described well, Daiyu felt good about them, and hurriedly got up to greet them.Yingchun returned the gift gently, Tanchun looked at Daiyu carefully, he was surprised, he didn't expect Daiyu to have such an extraordinary appearance.But Xichun first smiled and said: "Sister Lin is so kind, I really like it." It made Tanchun stare at her a few times, and I have never seen the cold and arrogant Xichun take the initiative to treat anyone well, even Sister Bao, she doesn't love her reason.

Mother Jia was very happy to see them in harmony.Everyone returned to their seats and began to gossip again.Daiyu presented the gifts to Jia Mu with a jade wishful handle, a warm jade pillow and a gold hairpin with eight treasures.The second wife of Xing Wang is a jade bonsai and a white jade Guanyin, and Sanchun is a piece of jewelry and an inkstone.In addition, Baoyu and Jia Huan were given a book, a pen and a Duan inkstone, while Jia Lan was given a longevity lock and several champions and gold medals.Then there are the gifts for Li Wan, Wang Xifeng and other masters, which are difficult to describe.Seeing Daiyu's description of being graceful and graceful, Jia's mother couldn't help but feel happy.Mrs. Wang saw that Daiyu gave Baoyu the same thing as Jia Huan, but she couldn't help her face twitching slightly. She was a little displeased that a servant Yangzi was on par with her treasure.

Jia's mother asked Daiyu about her itinerary, her health and other trivial matters, and sighed: "My children, your mother is the only one who loves me. If you leave me today, you won't even be able to see each other. At that time, I wanted to Pick you up, but your father didn't agree." Daiyu hurriedly said: "It turns out that my mother just left, and my father couldn't bear to part with me. In addition, Yu'er was ill for a few days at that time, so she couldn't make the trip, so I can only feel ashamed." Kindness to my grandmother."

When Jia's mother heard that Daiyu said that she had come to seek medical treatment, she couldn't help becoming anxious and asked, "what's wrong with Yu'er? Why don't you rush to treat it? Is it so serious?" Yiman was deeply worried, moved in his heart, and replied: "It was originally a congenital deficiency, but after the mother passed away, she became weaker and weaker. It was not a serious problem, but my father was really worried. He said that he should get rid of the root cause of the disease to avoid serious problems in the future. My father couldn’t get rid of the symptoms, so he ordered me to come to the capital to look for a famous doctor. Furthermore, an eminent monk said that Yu’er’s illness is not suitable for staying in the south of the Yangtze River these few years, and my father actually believed it.”

Mother Jia breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. If it's a congenital deficiency, it's difficult to cure, so I have to take care of it slowly. Alas, I'm sorry that you are far away from home at such a young age, and you still have to suffer."

Daiyu said a few words of comfort, but she didn't understand why Jia's mother was in a trance for a moment when she said "congenitally deficient".Just thinking about it, I only heard someone laughing in the backyard, saying: "I am late, and I have never greeted a distant guest!" Christmas rude?When I thought about it, I saw a group of daughters-in-law and maids surrounding a person coming in from the back door.This person is dressed differently from other girls, with colorful embroidery, bright and gorgeous, a pair of red and phoenix triangular eyes, two curved willow-leaf hanging eyebrows, slender, coquettish, bright and pretty, with shrewdness in his eyebrows and eyes.After thinking about it carefully, Daiyu knew that it must be Wang Xifeng, the wife of Jia Lian's cousin and the nephew of the second aunt. She didn't feel disgusted when she thought of Jia Lian, but she couldn't help feeling fond of this beautiful and neat second sister-in-law.After seeing the ceremony, Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "I have never seen such a beautiful girl, this whole body looks like the granddaughter of the ancestor's direct relative, I can't blame the ancestor for talking about it in his mouth for a while."

Jia Mu said with a smile: "She is young, you are not allowed to tease and bully her."

Sister Feng pretended to wipe her tears with a handkerchief, and said aggrievedly: "The old ancestor has a granddaughter, so he doesn't want a grandson and daughter-in-law. Let's go, we don't care anymore."

Everyone laughed, and Jia Mu said, "What's more, you are so pitiful. Fortunately, your sister has even prepared your gift, so don't cry."

Sister Feng smiled: "I have been honored by my ancestors. Amitabha, after all, is the granddaughter of my ancestors. She even remembers my burnt papers. My sister knows that I am the poorest. Next time, I will ask for more." Bring me some good things, and I'll never refuse."

Jia's mother pointed at her and said, "Hey, girl Feng's eyesight is getting shallower, not to mention that your sister rarely comes to take care of her, but she is thinking about her things."

Sister Feng said: "My ancestors wronged me. I didn't see my sister full of aura, so I wanted to take more things from her and put them in my room so that I could also be imbued with fairy spirit, so as to save my ancestors The boss laughed at my housekeeper every day for getting more and more vulgar."

Everyone laughed.Then someone came in and said, "Auntie and Miss Bao are here." Then Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai walked in.When they met, Aunt Xue said, "Old Ancestor, we are late, and we are rude." Jia Mu laughed and said, "What is the aunt talking about? You live far away for a lot of business, and you have to get a letter." It’s been a long time, how can I blame you, this is out of the question.”

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "This is Miss Lin, she is so handsome, I can't describe it."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "She's still young. It's not that I'm boasting in front of my aunt. Counting from our girls, she's not as good as Bao girl."

Aunt Xue conceded a word, but there was still a smug look on her face.

Daiyu was busy and gave gifts, and also presented gifts, and Aunt Xue also gave a meeting gift.Daiyu looked at Xue Baochai carefully, and saw that her face was like a silver basin, her eyes were like water apricots, her temperament was elegant, her manner calm, and she was a little surprised, but she was a generous and dignified girl, not at all different from Xue Pan, she was just too dignified Some false, can not guess her real thoughts.

Baochai also paid attention to the girl in front of her. Is this the girl the elder brother has set his eyes on? To be honest, she was really shocked when they first met.The girl in front of her eyes has eyebrows that seem to be frowning but not frowning, and a pair of eyes that seem to be weeping but not weeping. She has two dimples and worries, and she is full of delicate diseases, like beautiful nephrite jade. The smell of books is really like a fairyland outside the world.If such a girl grows up, she will definitely be the most beautiful girl in the world. She is conceited about her appearance, and compared with the girl in front of her, she will inevitably lack aura.My heart is slightly sour.She suppressed the trace of jealousy in her heart, smiled and took Daiyu's hand and said with a smile: "Sister Lin is rarely here, but she will stay for a longer time, we sisters also want to kiss each other."

Daiyu felt a little uncomfortable. This Baochai also belonged to the guest. How could she say that she regarded herself as the owner, and Sanchunshang hadn't said anything to persuade her to stay.I had to say a few polite words with a smile.

Jia Mu said: "Exactly. Yu'er is lonely when she comes to the capital alone this time. Why don't you just stay here for a few more days. Your sisters are all good, and they are more lively together. Our family also knows a few Personally, when the time comes, find a doctor to show you that it is proper to adjust your body first."

Daiyu expected to stay for a few more days, so she nodded and agreed, and only sent someone to get her things at home.Jia Mu laughed and said, "Where is the use? I expected that you have everything you need in the past few days. Yu'er is very welcome."

Now that the tea fruit had been withdrawn, Mother Jia ordered two old nuns to take Daiyu to see her two uncles.Mrs. Xing got up and said with a smile: "I brought my niece there, it's cheap." Jia Mu nodded in agreement.The two returned to the first room by car, Daiyu thought to herself, she felt that this place was much more refined than the second room, but it was still a bit chilly, so she knew that the eldest uncle probably didn't like her grandma.Jia Amnesty didn't see him even though he was sick, so he only sent someone to give some instructions.Daiyu resigned from Mrs. Xing's hospitality and went back to Rongfu to see Jia Zheng.

The old mothers led Daiyu directly into the east room, and the old mothers let Daiyu sit on the kang, but there were two brocade mattresses facing each other on the edge of the kang. The chair sat.The maids in this room hurriedly brought tea.While eating tea, Daiyu forgave these maids, adorning their dresses and behaving differently from other families.

Before the tea was finished, a maidservant in a red silk jacket, green satin and waistcoat with pinched teeth came over and said with a smile, "Madam said, please ask Miss Lin to sit over there." After hearing this, the old mother led Daiyu out , to the three small main rooms in the east corridor.A Kang table is set horizontally on the Kang in the main room. On the table are books and tea sets, and there are half-worn blue satin backrests and pillows on the west side of the east wall.Mrs. Wang sat at the bottom of the west, and she was also a half-worn blue satin backrest.Seeing Daiyu coming, he gave way to the east.Daiyu expected in her heart that this was the position of Jia Zheng.Seeing that the three chairs lying on the kang were also covered with half-worn ink chair burdens, Daiyu sat on the chairs.Mrs. Wang took him to the kang again and again, and he sat next to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang said, "Your uncle is fasting today. See you later. I just have a word to tell you: your three sisters are all very good. In the future, you will learn to read, read, and needlework together, or laugh at you occasionally. Absolutely. But the one thing that worries me the most: I have a culprit who is the 'devil king of the world' at home. Today I went to the temple to fulfill my wish, and I haven't come back. You will know it when you see it at night. You just don't want it in the future. Pay attention to him, you sisters dare not mess with him."

Daiyu sneered in her heart, since she went to the east room just now, Mrs. Wang's words and deeds are full of scheming, she is afraid that she is trying to make her lose her manners and make a fool of herself, but now she says such things, she is also the daughter of a scholarly family. There is a reason to mess with foreign men casually.Suffocated and said indifferently: "Auntie is talking about this brother who was born to Yuyu? When I was at home, I heard my mother often say that this brother is one year older than me, and his nickname is Baoyu. Sisters are very good. Now that I am here, I will only be with my sisters. The brothers are naturally in another room in another courtyard, so how can I get involved in it?"

Mrs. Wang laughed and said: "You don't know the reason: he is different from others. He was loved by the old lady since he was a child, and he was pampered by the sisters. If the sisters ignore him one day, he will be quieter. Even though he is not interesting, but he is out of the second door, and secretly vents his anger on his two youngest sons, and it will be over after a while. If the sisters talk to him one more word this day, he will be happy and give birth There are so many things. So I ask you not to pay attention to him. Sometimes he speaks sweet words, sometimes he has a day, and sometimes he is crazy and foolish, just don't believe him."

Daiyu agreed one by one, lowered her head to drink tea, and thought of the naive young man, she was shocked, and now she knew where his naivety and arrogance came from, and why it was the fault of the sisters for what happened to him. He is innocent, since he is afraid that his sisters will trouble him, why not let him go out to live, let him live with his sisters, but always be on guard in his heart, what is the reason for this.

For a while, Jia Mu passed on the meal, and everyone ate. Daiyu saw that his family's diet and etiquette were different, so she had to follow indiscriminately.After dinner, after a few words, Mrs. Wang led Sister Li Wan and Feng down, and Mother Jia was chatting with Daiyu here again.Just as she was talking, she suddenly heard footsteps outside, and the servant girl came in and said with a smile, "Baoyu is here!"

Daiyu was puzzled, and a young gentleman had already entered: he wore a purple gold crown with hair inlaid on his head, his eyebrows were tied with two dragons grabbing gold and his forehead was wiped with gold, and he was wearing a two-color gold hundred. The robe is hung with all kinds of ornaments and a piece of beautiful jade. The flowers are even more beautiful than the little girl. She looks like the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, her color is like the flowers of spring dawn, her temples are cut like knives, her eyebrows are like ink paintings, and her face is like peach petals. Eyes like autumn waves.Although he is angry and sometimes smiles, he is angry and affectionate.When Daiyu saw it, she was taken aback, and thought to herself: "It's so strange, it seems like I've seen it there." Suddenly, an inexplicable emotion surged up in her heart, as if she was nostalgic and helpless.

Baoyu wanted to ask Mother Jia to greet her, and went back to see Mrs. Wang. When she came back, she had changed into homely light and soft casual clothes, which were still brightly colored, making people more feminine and charming.Jia Mu said with a smile, "the foreigner took off her clothes before she saw her, and she didn't go to see your sister!" Baoyu had already seen a simple and elegant sister, so she figured it must be Aunt Lin's daughter, so she came to bow to her.Seeing him, he sat down and looked at the description carefully. He was really a person who loved the beauty of the mountains and rivers. He was so happy that he smiled and said next to Daiyu, "I have seen this sister."

Daiyu was displeased with his frivolous behavior, and moved to Jia Mu, who had already laughed and said, "You're talking nonsense again." Baoyu said, "Really, although I have never seen him, but I look at him with a good face, and I feel good in my heart." They are old acquaintances." Asked Daiyu's name again, Daiyu said "no words", Baoyu smiled and said, "I gave my sister a wonderful word, and the word 'twinkle' is very wonderful." Tanchun laughed at him for making up, But Baoyu said with a smile that apart from the "Four Books", there are too many fabricated ones, so I am the only one who can't fabricate them?During the conversation, there is no doubt that all books, ancient and modern, are not in the eyes.

Daiyu said solemnly: "Father originally said that I would give me a letter when I was old, so the second brother's kindness made my younger sister unable to receive it."

Baoyu poured a basin of cold water down, and said disappointedly: "My younger sister is also sticking to these common etiquettes. The word'twinkle' is so delicate. It doesn't matter why my younger sister uses it. Uncle won't be surprised if I think about it."

Daiyu frowned lightly, her eyes were as innocent as autumn water, and she said calmly: "It turns out that the second elder brother can disobey his father's order."

Baoyu's face darkened, and she stopped answering. Jia Mu hurriedly smiled and hugged him and said, "I just insulted your sister when I came here. Your sister is weak. You can't bully her."

Baoyu's anger came and went quickly, and he was encouraged again: "Does my sister have jade?" Everyone was puzzled, but Daiyu knew that he would talk about her own jade, so she replied: "I don't have that. I think that jade is How can everyone have a rare thing." Hearing this, Baoyu went into a mad attack, took off the jade, and threw it down, cursing: "What a rare thing, even if you don't choose whether you are high or low, you still have to pay for it." It is said that the psychic is not psychic! I don't want this trouble!" The frightened crowd rushed to pick up the jade.Jia Mu hugged Baoyu anxiously to comfort her.

Daiyu sat far away under the light, the too bright light reflected a piece of light and shadow on the bejeweled brocades all over the room, blurring the faces of people in front of her.Seeing the busyness of the local stars holding the moon, my heart felt cold.What a treasure jade, he behaved like this when he first came here, where did he put himself.