When Jia Baoyu heard this, he was very happy.If it wasn't for our son's upbringing since he was a child, he might have jumped up at this moment.And now, even though he wasn't dancing and ecstatic with joy, it was almost the same.

Because they haven't seen each other for two years, Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan stand out even more.

The first is Xing Xiuyan. After two years of pampering, she no longer looks like the black and thin yellow-haired girl at the beginning. Although she is slightly inferior to Xue Baochai and Jia Yingchun, but not inferior to Tanchun Xichun and others, she is not inferior to anyone in the crowd in the Grand View Garden.

Of course, this is just her appearance.

In terms of temperament, she has the gentleness and elegance of Jia Yingchun, and the bright and pretty beauty of Tanchun, but she is not as dull and cowardly as Jia Yingchun, nor as aggressive as Tanchun. !

If you ask Jia Baoyu, Xing Xiuyan is only slightly inferior to Xue Baochai in appearance, but her temperament makes up for the gap.There is no way, Jia's mother's kindness to Xue Baoqin hit her hard, and coupled with the experiences of these years, Xue Baochai's brows were finally stained with a trace of haze.

Let alone Lin Daiyu.

Back at her father's side, her stepmother is generous, and Lin Daiyu's life is naturally comfortable, without the loneliness and sadness of being dependent on others, and without worrying about the future, Lin Daiyu is as free as a bird.

This kind of freedom and ease is also fully reflected between her eyebrows.Lin Daiyu was originally beautiful and elegant, but now that she has the protection and support of her parents and family, and the careful guidance of her mother and nun, she is more and more like a banished immortal.

The appearance is peerless, the beauty is beyond the dust, and the bearing is generous.

Even Jia Baoyu, who was used to seeing beauties, couldn't take his eyes off Lin Daiyu.

There is no way, everyone has the love of beauty.It is human nature to want to look twice when seeing beautiful people and things.

Both Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan had their own nuns and maids, since they were going to stay at Jia's house, these two nuns who came from the palace naturally had to follow.Luxue Nunnery also has a little maid who is in charge of sweeping and sweeping, and the rough envoy woman. Besides the bedding and furnishings, Wang Xifeng only needs to add some little maids, and it doesn't take much trouble.

Among the sisters, only Xue Baochai noticed Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan's girls immediately.

She wondered: "What do you call these two sisters? Why is Brother Ying missing?"

Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "Sister Yingge has something to do at home, I let her go home first." Then said: "The first time I went to Beijing when I was six years old, Sister Yingge followed me, and it seems like it's been five years. I am here this time, firstly to pay my respects to my grandmother, and secondly to seek favor for Sister Ying, so I issued her a body deed. She has been with me all these years, so I should find a good family for her."

Wang Xifeng heard this, and hurriedly said: "Old lady, Sister Lin is worthy of being your direct granddaughter, you see, this compassionate temperament is not very similar to yours! I remember that Brother Parrot is only older than Sister Lin Six years old, this year is not 17 years old!"

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she immediately said, "You're only 17 years old, and you're not very old. Why don't you stay for two more years?"

Lin Daiyu said: "I heard that something is wrong with her father, so I thought, if I can take advantage of the happy event, I can rush."

Although big families don't have such rules, but Lin Daiyu feels sorry for her girl who has been with her for five or six years. How can the elders say that she is not good?

Mrs. Xing said: "Sure enough, it's Miss Lin, with a soft face and an even softer heart."

Jia's mother immediately said: "Feng girl, you turn around and send Parrot's body deed to Lin girl."

Shi Xiangyun then said: "Sister Ying and Sister Lin in front of her are gone, and Sister Dingxiang in front of Sister Xing is also missing? Why, Sister Dingxiang is getting married too?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Yes. I originally agreed with my sister to borrow from Sister Dingxiang for three years, but now the three years have already expired, and Sister Dingxiang's family has already found a marriage for her. She went out a while ago, but Earlier than Sister Parrot."

Shi Xiangyun asked again: "What kind of family?"

"Lieutenant Yangxi right|wing leader."

Xue Baochai couldn't hold back, and said: "Lieutenant Yang Xi? Is that a military officer of the eighth rank? How old are you? Why would you ask to marry Ding Xiang?"

"Twenty-three this year, the military exploits earned on the battlefield have been spent on the battlefield for many years. Because his family is related to his wife's grandfather's family, he wants to marry a wife who has seen the world. When we arrived at the adoptive father's house, the wife consulted the adoptive father's opinion, and then agreed to the marriage, and let her go back to prepare for the marriage."

It is better to marry a maid from a big family than a girl from a small family.

This is a common phenomenon in this era.

Since Lin Ruhai is the servant of the household department, he has won the trust of the emperor, not to mention his daughter, even his family's maid, and there are also people lining up to marry her!

What's more, since the Song Dynasty, the idea of ​​emphasizing civility over martial arts has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although the Jia family is a family of two kings, the longer they live with the country and the people, the less influential they are in the court. Now they are not as good as the Lin family.Because Lin Ruhai, the contemporary head of the Lin family, changed his family and became active in the court again.

In other words, from the point of view of the marriage market, girls from the Lin family can marry high-rank military officers, even if they are of lower rank, they will still be able to wear Feng Guanxia Pei as soon as they pass through the door.But the girls of Jia's family, because of the virtues of Jia's family, there are very few people asking for marriage!

This year is 15 years old, and Xue Baochai, who has been singing "Jin Yu Liang Yuan" for several years but the marriage is still hanging on the ceiling, can imagine her mood when she heard this!

Not to mention what moods Jia Mu and other wives, grandmas, and Xue family sisters felt when they heard this, Jia Baoyu and the rest of the girls mostly didn't care about it.

What Jia Baoyu is happiest about is that all the people in the Grand View Garden are here and can write poems.

He invited Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan on the spot.

When Xing Xiuyan heard this, she immediately begged for forgiveness: "Come on! It's not like my cousin doesn't know, I'm the worst at this! By the way, the lady of the house has been in the palace for many years, and the last time I heard that she came and went at home in a hurry But after staying for a long time, I must be very homesick! How about letting me paint the scenery in this garden and send it to the palace, so as to relieve my mother's homesickness?"

Xue Baochai said: "Sister Xing said it's too late. The fourth sister has already received the errand from the old lady."

No, but Xichun said: "I'm not as good as Sister Xing in this matter. Last time I asked the old lady to ask for someone else. If Sister Xing accepts this job, it will really be a great help."

Hearing what Xichun said, Jia's mother said, "Let's talk about it first, this painting is going to be sent to the palace. You have to paint it carefully!"

Xing Xiuyan said: "Since the old lady has given her orders, I will do my best. It's just that my mother must miss my grandmother, parents and brothers in the palace. I'm afraid it will be necessary to ask the old lady to sit for a long time so that I can paint slowly! "

When Mother Jia heard about it, she was even happier, and said to Wang Xifeng, "Madam Feng, the guy who was prepared for Si Maitou before also prepares a set for Madam Xing."

Xing Xiuyan said: "Old lady, if you want to draw this portrait, then the Western painting method is more similar, and it is faster to draw. If possible, please ask the guy who prepared the Western painting for me."

Wang Xifeng immediately said: "Sister, don't worry, I will take care of it for you."

Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are compulsory homework for literati and ladies. In fact, whether it is Sanchun, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun, Xue Baochai, in fact, each of them can draw a few strokes.

It's just that they know it, basically it's Chinese painting, and they can draw a few strokes with fine brushwork, but if it's Western painting, it's rare.Because of the worship of the human body in Western paintings, there are many nude paintings, which has caused Chinese people to have great opinions on Western paintings. Even Jia Baoyu has never seen a few serious Western paintings.

In addition, Xue Baoqin and the Li family sisters have not been in Beijing for a long time, and they are not familiar with them, so why not wait for two days until everyone gets to know each other before starting a poetry club?

Therefore, when they heard that Xing Xiuyan was going to paint, Jia Baoyu and the others simply postponed the poetry club and gathered around Xing Xiuyan to see the painting.

For Xing Xiuyan, she has actually painted the scenery of the Grand View Garden many times. Whether it is traditional Chinese painting, watercolor painting, gouache painting or Western oil painting, she has long been familiar with it. It can be said that she can draw it with her eyes closed. Therefore, the painting It was very fast, but within half a month, all the gouache and snow scenes in the Grand View Garden were obtained.

Jia Mu looked at the landscape paintings about two feet in length and was very happy.

"Like! It's really like it!"

Wang Xifeng fell down again and again, saying: "Oh, blame me! Blame me!"

The sisters were so surprised that they asked why.

Wang Xifeng said: "I actually forgot to post a post to Sister Xing earlier. Without Baoyu and Sister Qin's picture of walking in the snow and looking for plums, wouldn't it be a good painting missing!"

Xing Xiuyan laughed immediately: "Yes, yes! The second sister and the third sister have said about this, and because of this painting, my cousin and sister Qin went to bother Master Miaoyu again! This painting in the back."

When Jia's mother heard about it, she turned back quickly and was even more satisfied when she saw the painting.

Seeing this, Aunt Li said: "As expected, she is a young lady from a scholarly family. This skill is good at painting, and it is not an overnight achievement!"

But Aunt Xue said: "Girl Xing, the empress must care about her parents most in the palace. I wonder if you can draw for the master and wife?"

The room suddenly fell silent.

All the sisters remembered what Xing Xiuyan said in the past, she could not easily draw figures.

Aunt Li immediately realized something was wrong.

Everyone looked at Xing Xiuyan.

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "I know Grandma Xue will definitely say that. But I thought, the empress is concerned about her parents in the palace, so this painting must be as similar as possible. But if it is about the resemblance, whether it is fine brushwork or The gouache is a little worse than that Western painting. I specially asked Sister Yuanyang to help me draw a small portrait. If the old lady can see it, how about I use this Western painting method?"

Hearing that everyone was excited, Jia Baoyu shouted loudly, calling for Xing Xiuyan to take out the portrait of the mandarin duck.

This painting, which is only about the size of a book, is okay if you don't take it out, but when you take it out, Mrs. Wang, who saw it first, gasped.Even Jiamu almost dropped the crystal tortoiseshell glasses in her hand.

Without him,

The drawing is too similar!Every detail is revealed!

taboo.

Especially for an elderly person like Jia Mu, she is even more taboo.Because they are so similar, even Jiamu and others think that Xing Xiuyan has the ability to seduce people's souls!

For a while, the whole house was silent, and no one spoke for a long time.

Wang Xifeng forced a smile and said, "So this western painting can also draw such serious paintings?"

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "Actually, the landscape paintings of Western paintings are very famous. It's just that most things in this world are like this. Some are good and some are bad. There are painters who paint serious paintings, and there are rotten people who chase after flesh and blood. Sister-in-law People who have experienced things, naturally know that people like good things everywhere, and the royal families and nobles of Western countries also know good or bad, but they have paid a lot of money for better decent paintings, and only those that are not serious Things just flow out."

Leaving aside the truth and falsehood in these words, they are easily accepted by Orientals.

Mother Jia, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang all nodded and said, "That's exactly the reason!"

Aunt Xue clicked her tongue, and she said, "Girl Xing, your western painting was not accomplished overnight! But did you invite a Westerner to teach it?"

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "That's not true! It turned out that my adoptive father accidentally obtained Western painting tools and passed them on to me. I have some talent in this. Western paintings, especially landscape paintings, take some effort to mix the paint, but others are easy. After I got the canvas paint, I thought about it for two months."

Mother Jia smiled and pointed at Xing Xiuyan and said to Aunt Li: "Do you remember the picture of flying birds on the flip page in my room? It was drawn by this child."

Jia Baoyu threw that thing away after being rare for a while, and then even forgot it in Jiamu's yard.Yuanyang is careful, after the Xing family changed their doors, she immediately found the picture of flying birds and put it in Jiamu's suite, so everyone has seen it.

Aunt Li immediately laughed and said, "So Miss Xing made the painting of birds and birds? It's weird! Miss Xing was only so old at that time! She has such exquisite painting skills! No wonder the western painting utensils are in the hands of this child. It will be soon! Since this child has such painting skills, he is easy to cultivate, and he will be a great master in the future!"

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said, "Then I'll thank Auntie for your kind words!"

Having said that, everyone lost their mood to enjoy the painting.Xing Xiuyan was also happy and relaxed.

Originally, she needed to draw at least one family portrait including Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang, Jia Baoyu, Tanchun and Li Wan's mother and son.

Now that Mother Jia is taboo, she naturally saves it, and she is also happy and relaxed.

As for Jia Baoyu, why does he care about these things?After the initial amazement, he was the first to touch Jia Mu's tortoiseshell crystal glasses to observe the portrait of the mandarin duck, and then marveled at the eyelashes of the mandarin duck in the portrait, marveled at the tiny freckles on her face, and marveled at her clothes. Marvel at the discreet embroidery.

So far, even Aunt Li and her two daughters have felt something wrong.

Their mother and daughter have lived in Xinghua Village for a long time, and they watched coldly every day, and they knew that the Jia family was glamorous on the outside.

They had also heard the rumors of a happy marriage several times, and naturally they also knew about the quarrel between Mother-in-law and Mrs. Wang over Jia Baoyu's marriage and the struggle for power in the inner courtyard of the Rongguo Mansion.

It was already an open secret of Jia's family that Mother Jia took her granddaughter, but Mrs. Wang wanted her niece from her natal family to marry in.

I thought the two sides were evenly matched, but listening to Lin Daiyu and watching her actions these few days, the mother and daughter of the Li family knew that not only the Lin family, but even the Lin family girl herself didn't have such intentions. A bamboo basket fetching water.

As for the Xue family.

It's not that they are talking, it's that the Xue family is too shameful!Which girl advertises a happy marriage without a marriage agreement and without a marriage certificate?Whose girl puts her hand into other people's family affairs before even writing her horoscope?

Now even the girl from the Xing family has been implicated!

Aunt Li decided to move out as soon as she got in touch with her brother, so as not to hurt her two daughters.

The author has something to say: In the original book, Xinghua Village was changed to Daoxiang Village because of Lin Daiyu's Daohua poem.Now, Lin Daiyu was not present when Jia Yuanchun visited his relatives, so naturally there would be no Taiping poem. Naturally, Xinghua Village could not be renamed Daoxiang Village.

Special Note.

The enamel color is mentioned in the original book, but the enamel color is actually named because its pigments come from France.

Special Note.

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