Jia Hu, a fan of wealth in the Red Chamber

After entering the backyard, the sedan chair stopped within a short distance.

The hand who supported the servant girl got out of the sedan chair, and when he looked up, he was almost dazzled by the silver and white that filled the courtyard.

It was the end of winter when Lin Daiyu came, but it hasn't snowed recently, and the daytime sun makes people feel warm.

The courtyard of Rongxi Hall is huge, with five large rooms on the top, and wing rooms on both sides of the deer top and ear rooms drilled into the mountains, extending in all directions, grand and magnificent (from the original text).

Standing under the eaves of the corridor was a middle-aged beautiful woman wearing a plain dress, but she couldn't hide her extraordinary charm. Her appearance was half or so similar to that of the eldest cousin Jia Hu who had just met, and she must be the eldest aunt Gu Shi.

There is an eight or nine-year-old girl beside Gu, but seeing that she has slightly plump skin, a medium figure, puffy cheeks, goose fat nose, sweet smile, and an amiable appearance, she must be her cousin Jia Yue.

Daiyu got off the sedan chair, and the two beauties, one big and one small, walked forward a few steps and came out.

Daiyu hurried a few steps, and soon arrived in front of Mrs. Gu.

It was only when she got closer that she realized that this aunt had a kind face, and someone who could teach a tall man like her cousin must also be a very easy person to get along with.

"Eldest aunt." Her knees were slightly bent, and she was about to bow down.

Mrs. Gu hurriedly pulled the man back, "My good boy, you can't let this world of ice and snow, let's go into the house. You can be regarded as coming. Since your uncle accepted your father's letter, you have been looking forward to it day and night. Yes, but I am looking forward to you."

The heating in the room was fully turned on, forming two worlds with the ice and snow outside.

Daiyu asked Mrs. Gu to sit up, and a maid brought a futon, and Daiyu was going to see Mrs. Gu with a big salute.

Mrs. Gu hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, "You child is so polite, you are all from your own family, why should you be so polite? Isn't it more commonplace? From now on, it's better to treat this place as your own home. Although the capital It’s not as refined and elegant as Jiangnan, but it has a sense of grandeur and pride, and you’ll discover it when you live here for a long time. I heard that you are good at poetry, but it’s rare, and you cousins ​​can play together in the future.”

Jia Yue supported Daiyu's other side, and kept nodding her head. Thinking about it, this girl Jia was looking forward to having a sister to accompany her.

Daiyu's eyes were a little moist.Since the death of her mother, she has never enjoyed the love and care of her elders.

Regardless of her young age, she has an instinctive intuition towards people's kindness and malice. Now she can feel a strong sense of kindness from Gu Shi.

Jia Yue pouted, tugged at Gu's sleeve, "Mother."

Turning around, Mrs. Gu saw the delicate attitude of her little daughter, and after thinking about it, she knew what she was thinking.Yuzhi nodded gently on Jia Yue's forehead, "You child, you're still jealous."

Jia Yue wrinkled her pretty nose, and said softly, "You still say, you just got a new one and forgot the old one!"

Gu patted Jia Yue's forehead with her fingers, and said angrily, "You child, don't imitate your elder brother, you use words and sentences indiscriminately! What kind of person is your mother?"

Daiyu quietly watched the interaction between the mother and daughter, with envy in her eyes. Who is Jia Yue? Uncle Hu can raise a younger brother who is a technical geek, and he can also raise a younger sister who is like a girl!Her fuss virtually dispelled Daiyu's nervousness when she first arrived in a strange place.

To her, Lin Daiyu is grateful.

Soon, Jia Hu brought Jia Lian in, and everyone saluted again.

The big maids, Xue Yuan and Xue Yang, led a few strong women, and brought in four boxes.

Daiyu walked down and said with a smile, "These are some earthen instruments I brought from Yangzhou." Glancing at Jia Hu, she said playfully, "I know that my cousin has everything here, but these are my sister's things anyway. Zi Xinyi, eldest aunt, two older brothers, sister Yue, please take it anyway!"

A few words made everyone present laugh out loud, and Mrs. Gu even took her hand, tapped her nose with her jade finger, and cursed, "Look at this mouth, it really can talk. Come on, open your mouth and let me talk." Auntie, look at how the mouth grows."

Daiyu blushed from embarrassment, took out a handkerchief to cover her face, and insisted, "Aunt is bullying."

Jia Yue lightly scraped her cheeks with her index finger, embarrassing her, and Daiyu stomped her feet in anger.

Mrs. Gu quickly hugged him into her arms and smiled to comfort her.

Jia Hu watched the interaction of the three women with a smile, and praised his decision.

A woman came in and asked where Daiyu lived, and Gu said, "I knew you were coming, so I had people prepare a small courtyard with three entrances early on, set up a small kitchen, and opened a small door facing the street. , it’s convenient for you to come in and out, and you can live more comfortably.”

Daiyu nodded her thanks, "Cousin Hu has already told me about this matter, Auntie, please worry about it."

Daiyu is young, so she is not very clear about these human affairs, but she also knows that Gu's arrangement has put a lot of thought into it.

"Ma'am, the sister Yuanyang next to the old lady came over and asked Miss Lin if she had arrived." The little girl came in and answered.

"Yo, it's already this hour, no wonder there's a rush over there, let's go now. Hu'er and Lian'er should go back too, the next thing is our women's business, we don't need you." Saying, Mrs. Gu took Daiyu's hand and led her to the Pear Fragrance Garden.

Jia Hu has no objection, he is still waiting to go on a street date with his relative Boying.

Walking on the ground of Rong Mansion, Daiyu looked around the whole Rong Mansion. Sure enough, as Mrs. Gu said, the buildings here are less refined and elegant than those in Jiangnan, but more calm and grand. Which one is better can only be said to have its own merits.

While walking, Mrs. Gu introduced her to the scenery along the road.

"This 'Songtao Courtyard' is your eldest cousin's yard, but he doesn't live at home all the time now, he only comes back to live for a day or two occasionally, but this yard is still reserved for him... this is Lian'er's." Bamboo Lane Court'."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Gu said to Daiyu, "Actually, not only your eldest cousin, but also your second cousin Lian often has a lot of weird things in his hands. If you like it, you can ask them for it directly. Don't buy it." You should be polite to them. After you live in the mansion for a long time, you will know what kind of people the two of them are."

Jia Yue smiled and said, "That's right. Don't think that the eldest brother has the name of Pixiu, but he has never been stingy with his own people, especially with his younger brothers and sisters. If my sister wants anything in the future, she can tell him what to do." Go set it up."

Daiyu nodded straight after hearing this, indicating that she remembered it, "I know, the two cousins ​​are very good people."

Jia Hu didn't know that he had been given a good person card, but Uncle Jia, who was dating Prince Wei, shivered unexpectedly, "Hey, who is talking about me behind my back!"

Prince Wei raised his hand and touched the raised hair on Uncle Jia's head, and comforted him, "Don't worry, isn't there me?"

Mrs. Gu felt a little emotional, the encounters in life are truly miraculous.

Back then, when she first married into the Rongguo Mansion, her relationship with Jia Min was not good.

Jia Min is proud and arrogant. As the first daughter of Duke Rong, she is loved by thousands of people.And she was born in the prime minister's mansion, and she was also from a famous family, and she was also the jewel in the palm of the mansion.

Daqi has gone through three generations, the state has been established, the status of military generals is inferior to that of civil servants, Gu Jia's family is married, she is considered married, how can this be tolerated by Jia Min who has always regarded herself as the sweet girl of heaven?She is also a favored sister-in-law. Since ancient times, the relationship between sister-in-law and sister-in-law has always been delicate. In this way, it is strange that the relationship between the two of them can get better.

Not only her, but also the Wang family, who also came from the four major families in Jinling, did not get along with Jia Min.

However, the grievances of the previous generation cannot be carried over to the next generation, can they?Daiyu is a lovely person, why doesn't Mrs. Gu like her?

A group of people chatted and laughed, and arrived at Pear Fragrance Garden not long after.

"This yard is the residence of the old man when he was recuperating. When the old man passed away, your great-grandmother personally presided over the separation of our two rooms, and the old lady moved here. Now your second uncle and his family live here with the old lady. "The children of the Lin family are not simple, some things, to be clear, are good things for them.

After entering the gate of the courtyard, a well-dressed woman stepped forward and said, "The old lady was just talking about it, but she just came here." He hurriedly led several people into the hall.

The little girl opened the curtain, "Miss Lin is here."

Daiyu walked behind Jia Yue, and as soon as she entered the flower hall, she glanced quickly, and saw an old lady with silver hair sitting in the hall, she thought to herself: this must be her grandmother.

Sitting next to Jia Mu was a young man in bright red clothes with a face like a spring flower, but it was Jia Baoyu who should have been sent to the temple to offer incense.

On the other side of the couch, there was a girl who was about the same age as Daiyu.

A middle-aged woman sits at the bottom of Jia's mother. The dress is of good material, but the style is a bit old-fashioned. Her face is upright and her expression is dull, but she looks a little older than her eldest aunt Gu. Years old, I think it should be the second aunt Wang.

However, compared with Lixue personally welcoming Gu's porch, Daiyu's perception of Wang's immediately became much worse. Thinking of the friendly appearance of cousin Zhu and cousin Yuanchun that she had seen in Yangzhou, she secretly blamed herself for being so friendly. upset.

It's just that Daiyu didn't know that when Gu Shi saw that Wang Shi was also here, the expression on his face became serious.This Wang family has been imprisoned in the Buddhist hall since she almost strangled Jia Baoyu to death with her own hands. She has not been released for so many years.Unexpectedly, the old lady would find her out today.

After thinking about it, she understood.Jia Baoyu is the hope of the entire Second Household. According to Jia's mother and Jia Zheng's plan, Jia Baoyu is going to take the imperial examination to become an official. How can such a person have a biological mother who is tainted?

Forget it, so many years have passed, and the two families have already settled the matter, so they just need to stay away from them in the future.

When Jia Mu saw Daiyu coming in, she hurriedly got up and took two steps with the support of Yuanyang, intending to hug Daiyu into her arms.How could Daiyu let her grandmother do this? She hastened to take a few steps, and the blessed body was about to bow down.

Mother Jia hugged Daiyu and began to cry heartily. Mrs. Wang and the maids around her also wept together.

Mrs. Gu frowned. She had heard from her son earlier that this niece had some inadequacies since she was a child, and she was most afraid of crying. She also told Mother Jia about these things. This old lady deliberately made her cry. What are you doing? Heart? !

Jia Yue glanced at Mrs. Gu, her face was sullen, thinking that she also remembered what her brother had specially confessed.

She curled her lips and stepped forward to persuade, "Little sister, don't cry. You forgot that you are the one who hates crying the most and causes depression. If you continue to do this, my aunt will be sad when she is alive."

"Cough!" The corners of Gu's mouth twitched, she is a good girl, she was taught by her brother, how can she find her husband's family after this.This continuous cutting and beating has defeated Jia Mu's pretended kindness.

Jia's mother stopped crying, wiped her tears, and forced a smile, "Look at me, I'm so obsessed with memorization, I actually forgot what your mother said, I really deserve to be beaten."

Daiyu wiped away her tears and glanced at Jia Yue gratefully. If she continued to cry, she would lose her temper.

Mother Jia collected her emotions, took Daiyu's hand, pointed to Wang Shi who was beside her, and said, "This is your second aunt."

Daiyu hurriedly saluted Wang.

Then he pulled Jia Baoyu over and said, "This is Baoyu, your second uncle's son-in-law. He is the most filial son. He spends every day with my lonely old lady."

When Daiyu saw Jia Baoyu, she was taken aback. This cousin is so kind!

As early as after Daiyu came in, Jia Baoyu's eyes had been looking at her all the time, already bewildered.At this time, seeing Jiamu introducing him, she immediately smiled, "I've seen this younger sister before."

With a "snap", Gu put the cup heavily on the table, "Baoyu, be careful that it comes out of your mouth."

Jia Baoyu flinched. Since childhood, he was very afraid of his uncle's family, especially his eldest cousin Jia Hu.Meeting Jia Hu was even scarier than meeting Jia Zheng.Because Jia Zheng would take into account Jia's mother and Wang's, although he has always been strict with him, but it is limited.Jia Hu was different, even the omnipotent ancestor in his mind couldn't do anything to him.

Although Mrs. Gu is friendly, she is not the kind of person who would make him mess around.

Seeing Gu's voice at this time, she was startled, and dared not say anything more.

Wang's eyes flickered, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Daiyu took the handkerchief handed over by the maid, wiped away her tears, looked at Jia's mother and Gu's, and suddenly realized something in her heart.

Mother Jia glanced at Mrs. Gu, but didn't say anything. She just took Daiyu's hand and continued to introduce everyone to Daiyu, "This is your sister Tanchun, and this is Xiangyun, the daughter of the Shi family. What do you call me?" Sister Sheng also made it."

Daiyu hurriedly greeted the two of them.Tanchun is Jia Zheng's concubine daughter, with a slender figure and a flying look.Shi Xiangyun was straightforward and cheerful, "No wonder the old lady is thinking about Sister Lin so much. It turns out that she is such an outstanding character. I have seen it today."

Mother Jia tapped her finger and cursed with a smile, "Rip her mouth off!"

Several people have seen it before, the eldest maid Xueyuan brought up the earthen ceremony brought by Yangzhou with her mother-in-law.

Daiyu's face changed color at that moment.Fortunately, she knew about Xue Yuan, Jia Hu personally picked this girl for her when she went to Yangzhou, she was the safest girl, thinking of this, Dai Yu's heart gradually calmed down.

Sure enough, several boxes were filled with gifts for everyone, even Shi Xiangyun had them, so she laughed out of joy, until Sister Lin had a heart.