A Dream of Red Mansions Unexpected Visitors

Mrs. Wang and others are busy every day until the end of October. Fortunately, everything is ready: all the supervisors have paid their accounts, and all the antiques and cultural objects have been furnished. Birds and birds are purchased from cranes, peacocks, deer, and rabbits. , chickens, geese, etc., all have been bought, and handed over to various places in the garden to raise them as scenes; Jia Qiang also performed twenty miscellaneous plays, and the little nuns and Taoist nuns also learned to recite a few volumes of mantras. Zheng Fanglue was kind-hearted, and invited Jia's mother to enter the garden, and carefully decorated it properly, without any omissions and inappropriate things. So Jia Zhengfang chose a date to inscribe the book. On the day when the book was published, Zhu approved it: On the fifteenth day of the first month of the new year, on the day of Shangyuan, Concubine Jia was allowed to visit her relatives. After receiving this decree, Jia's family became more and more busy day and night, and never had a good life.

Qingxuan smiled happily when he saw that everyone in Jia's mansion was dressed in red and green.Even the clothes that Mother Jia ordered Sister Feng to send over were incomparably bright, and the clothes she brought from Yangzhou were unusable, not to mention that Daiyu and her maidservants were growing up now, so they had no choice but to go to Sister Feng's place for a visit. I went there, so I took the snow geese with me.

Zijuan and Chunyu Xiahe were left behind, who are now familiar with them, and they are also the maids of the Lin family, and they are kowtowing there during the filial piety.Zijuan asked: "Speaking of which, when you entered the mansion, in order to let you recognize the master, you were sent to give gifts. How come you don't want to see Miss Bao when you come back?"

Chun Yu then said: "I saw Miss Bao when I entered the door. I thought she was a lady from a great family, but when I took the gift, I actually said, 'Thank you for me.' Yes, not to mention that the girl is old and should be given by the elders when she is married. Even if there are no parents and elders, this is just Baoyu's joke. Seeing the other masters yelling like this, it can be seen that she has a traitor hidden in her heart, but she is trying to bully our girl!"

Zijuan sighed: "That's right. When the girl entered the mansion for the first time, she walked up and down like Baoyu. She was the first among the girls. To put it bluntly, the three ladies were all behind. But since Miss Bao came, the mansion There are some gossips in it, saying that Miss Bao is good-natured and beautiful, and our girl is noble and petty. In fact, when a little girl came in the past, the girl didn't reward generously. I'm backing you up!", and said, stretching out her hands to make a gesture, "Fortunately, the old lady loves our girl the most, but it's inevitable that there are some omissions, and the girl is not easy to care about, and we just need us maids to put on airs!"

Xia He responded, and said: "With sister Qingxuan as the backbone, I don't think there is anything to be afraid of. With her here, are we still afraid that the girl will suffer?" Zijuan said: "That's the case, we have to be more careful, Don't be held back!"

On the other hand, Qingxuan took the snow geese to hold the spring tea brought from Jiangnan, and then went to Sister Feng's yard. It happened that she had just returned from flattering Jia's mother. When she met Qingxuan, she knew that she wanted to make some plain clothes , I remembered the thoughts of the previous days, but I was too busy to have time.He smiled and said: "What's the matter? It's also the negligence of our mansion. I'm busy now. After dinner, I will ask the tailor to tailor the clothes."

Qingxuan returned: "Second Grandma also knows how our girls wear outside clothes, and we have maids brought from Jiangnan in our garden. The maids are good at it. Now that the house is busy, we should do it ourselves. "And said: "Is the day of visiting relatives set?"

Sister Feng smiled triumphantly: "It's the grace of God today, it's already approved, and it will be on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month." Qingxuan said: "That's fine, then we will learn more about it, but our girl is still in the filial piety period, and it's not easy to violate it." For the kindness of the old lady, it is necessary to ask the second grandma for help. At that time, our girl will not be able to see her." Sister Feng was worried that there was no place to show her kindness, so she agreed, saying: "I helped the girl, so don't ask for help when there is something to do. Excuse me." Qingxuan agreed, and seeing many people waiting to reply, he went back.

In the evening, as expected, someone sent someone to bring the material for making clothes. Zijuan looked at the material, and found that the outside was all blue silk, but the inside was much more gorgeous. Willow green, pine flower, moon white, lake blue, lotus root, bamboo green, etc.Qingxuan said: "It's still considered comprehensive." Zijuan said: "It's strange, when my aunt died last time, it wasn't so good. If the second grandmother was so considerate at that time, how could the girl be angry with her servants?" Qingxuan said: "Last time, although the girl was the granddaughter of the old ancestor's direct relatives, she just didn't reveal her wealth. The servants thought it was a slap in the face. No matter how you look at it, the second wife didn't even prepare a decent house. Isn't she a slap in the face? Now the girl has a lot of money. Property, after hitting the second wife in the face again, it's fine, so naturally they all come to flatter."

Daiyu looked worried: "Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, I have already drawn up the gift list for the officials of the family that my father asked me to associate with, but I don't know how to buy and send it." Qingxuan said: "What are you afraid of? I can't wait to give it away so that I can make a relationship, the money and things are all in the mansion, and it is the master's order, the old lady will definitely agree, the girl can just look for it."

The next day, when Qingxuan saw Daiyu coming back with a smile on her face, she knew that something must be done. When she asked whether it was Sister Feng who prepared it, and when she knew the day when the gift would be given, Qingxuan rushed forward and said, "How can our Lin family give a gift?" There are no people from the Lin family, so I'll go too." Sister Feng couldn't refuse, so she agreed, and originally wanted to take this opportunity to make friends with some powerful first- and second-class people, but now that there are people from the Lin family, what's the matter with the Jia family? , and thought that Jia Zheng's benefits would belong to Jia Zheng anyway, so he calmed down again, thinking that next time he would not sell anything by himself.After going there, every family has a grandma who is in charge of the family to meet her. Some of them are kind, and they also inquired about Daiyu carefully, and invited Daiyu to participate in the poetry meeting after her filial piety in the coming year. Qingxuan just wanted this result. Thinking that Jia's mother is old and doesn't go out to socialize on weekdays, and thinking of Bao Dai's marriage, she will definitely not take Dai Yu out to meet guests. Mrs. Wang herself is only a pleasant person because of Jia Zheng's fifth rank, and she doesn't like to go out. Mrs. Xing It's the second wife again. Brother Feng is busy on weekdays, so he has to rely on the wives of these families and let Daiyu make more friends, so as not to fall in love with Baoyu for a long time.

Those wives and grandmas were quite polite to Qingxuan, and ignored Sister Feng only for a cup of tea.So when she arrived at the last house, Sister Feng went back to the mansion. Qingxuan saw that it was the Chen mansion, the house of General Chen whom I met at the pier that day. After entering the mansion, within a short while, Mrs. Chen came out , when Qingxuan is closer than other families, and Qingxuan is away from Jia's people, he is not afraid of the police fairy's attention, so he can know Mrs. Chen's sincerity with a little perception, and the reply will be more sincere.After leaving the mansion, I still thought that after Daiyu became a filial piety, she would definitely let her visit Mrs. Chen, which would count as an extra elder to support her.

Only a few days after returning to the mansion, all the mansions sent gifts in return, and Jia's mother became more determined in her mind about Baodai's marriage.And even if these people on the gift list are not Lin Ruhai's best friends, they are still good people. They all know that Lin Ruhai is the emperor's confidant, and they will definitely be kind to his descendants. As soon as they found out that the Lin family gave presents, they returned the gifts generously, and even sent their mother-in-law to greet Daiyu. They saw that although Daiyu was young, she was a good person, and they went back and praised her again and again. I don't know how many wives were curious. Then came and went frequently, and Lin Daiyu became famous among the grandmothers of the big family in the capital before leaving Jia's mansion, and they were all praised.

Daiyu was happy in her heart, she had finally lived up to her father's expectations, seeing the gifts from various families, Jiamu ordered someone to bring them to her room, most of which were incense strings, fans, gauze, purses, and pomegranate snacks. It was distributed to each room.According to Daiyu's nature, only send Jiamu and Sanchun Baoyu Baochai and others. Qingxuan met and taught Daiyu, and after reorganization, sent them in order. Sanchun and others came again, and even Ningguo Mansion also sent some.

Others are okay, but Jia She and Mrs. Xing, who are like invisible people on weekdays, now receive gifts and feel that they are valued, so they said to Mrs. Xing: "I respect the gauze things that came up from below. I think they are very interesting. How many things are decent, you pick a few things to send to your niece, since she has honored things, we as elders can't help it." Mrs. Xing was reluctant, but she thought that Miss Lin was not like other people who only flattered her concubine during Yuanchun. Mrs. Wang, she still had a conscience, so she also picked two bolts of gauze and sent them to her.After Qingxuan received it, she was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that Daiyu had a bad reputation and had her own reasons. How can a person in this world completely ignore other people's eyes? After a while, she realized the truth of being in harmony with the light. When others saw her, she only felt that her temperament softened a lot for a moment, but she was lamenting that the world of mortals is indeed a place for refining the heart.

Daiyu saw that there were still many gifts in return, so she gave all the bright things to the little maid. Chun Yu felt that the things were precious, and was about to dissuade them, but was stopped by Qingxuan. Everyone in the room was happy, and Qingxuan said after the people left : "Although a girl needs to know some things about dealings now, she can't compare pennies and pennies. This is the style of a lady. If you keep money in every sentence, you will inevitably smell of copper."

Coincidentally, Jiahui, the little girl in Baoyu's room, was ordered to bring lychees. The dish wrapped with silk white agate was set against the fresh lychees, which looked extraordinarily beautiful. Daiyu praised her twice, gave her two rings, and gave her another five hundred money, and then sent her back.De Jiahui seemed to have won some treasure, and went back to show off among the little girls in the room.Now everyone knows that Daiyu is a rich man, and her actions are loose, so there is no reason not to flatter her for the sake of benefits, not only Jiahui.As a result, the rumors about Miss Lin's temper disappeared within a few days.Chun Yu sighed: "Sure enough, sister Qingxuan takes one step and sees three steps, we are incomparable."

Although Xueyan has a confused personality and likes to play on weekdays, she also has many little girls who have good friends. These days, the news has been passed on by her. Originally, Qingxuan was worried that Daiyu would have Zijuan by her side. There is nothing to do here, and now it seems that it is a good thing for me to have an inquirer here, so as not to be regarded as deaf and blind by others, and everything can be dealt with easily.

It's just that Daiyu's health is not good, and she is afraid of being discovered by the police fairy when she is given the elixir, so she has to rely on mortal medicinal materials for recuperation. Fengyuan is good, but the yard is too small to build a small kitchen. , It’s just that these days are too publicized, so I can only wait for the family-senting end to live in a larger place in the Grand View Garden to build a small kitchen, so that I can get some nourishing things for Daiyu, and there can be connected to the outside, then I will talk to Sister Feng Said, see if you can give a pair of cards that come in and out at will, now I can only bear it.Originally, Qingxuan didn't care about visiting relatives at all, but now counting the days every day, it's true: Although he is a real god in the sky, he still looks like a sweet child in the world.