The Lady of the Big House in the Red House

Someone set up a quiet yard next to Jia Wan's yard, and planned to ask Lin Daiyu to settle there after she entered the mansion.At first, Xu Hui herself was taken aback when she received the letter from Jia Min. After all, even if Lin Daiyu was sent to Beijing, she should have been raised by Jia's mother. Later, Lin Jun's family took out the letter and gave it to her. First, Min was afraid that Jia's mother would be tired, and second, she didn't want her daughter to live in the same place as Jia Baoyu.When the Wang family made such a big incident, Mother Jia also wrote a letter to her daughter to say a few words. Jia Min also had her own thoughts and thought that Xu Hui and her had always been on good terms, so she came up with such an idea.

"Madam, the Lin family's carriage has arrived at the door." Pianran came in and said.

"Ask someone to open the door to welcome Miss Lin, and I'll go to the old lady's place now." Xu Hui got up and said.

Mother Jia had been waiting in the yard for a long time, and a moment after Xu Hui came, she saw the maid at the gate opening the bead curtain, and saw a little girl in a satin dress embroidered with magnolia branches and moon color, walking in.Her hair was combed into a bun, with light orange red silk flowers and beeswax bead flowers pinned to her hair. Her small face was slightly pale, and her figure was a little thin. She looked exactly like a miniature version of Jia Min.

"Greetings to Grandmother and Great Aunt." Lin Daiyu pursed her lips, kowtowed on the mat to Mother Jia, and greeted Xu Hui who was beside her.

"Good boy!" Mother Jia took pity on her recovering from a serious illness, and quickly hugged her into her arms, "Are you tired from the journey?"

"I came by boat on the way, and there was a horse-drawn carriage to pick me up after landing, so I'm not very tired." Lin Daiyu finally relaxed when she saw Mother Jia's kind eyes, "Mother gave me a letter before I went out, saying that I would hand over It's for grandma." After finishing speaking, she asked the nurse who was taking care of her to take out the letterhead, and handed it to Mother Jia with both hands.

Mother Jia frowned after reading it, and said: "Min'er is true. I sent Daiyu and asked someone to pay 1000 taels as an expense. Is it possible that our Rongguo Mansion can't afford a granddaughter?"

"Perhaps it's my younger sister who thinks that 'brothers will settle accounts', and what she cares about is just being cautious." Xu Hui already knew what Jia Min meant. It was a door-to-door fight, so I prepared 1000 taels and asked Jia Mu to keep it, "The old lady will accept it, and treat it as a younger sister's act of filial piety to you."

Jia Mu thought for a while and said, "I will keep the 1000 taels, and tell the outside world that it will be charged to the grandfather, and the monthly money of the people around Yu'er will be deducted from there. The ratio of Yu'er's share should be the same as that of Wan'er."

"Daughter-in-law remember." Xu Hui nodded slightly, seeing the tiredness at the corners of Lin Daiyu's brows, she said again, "I am tired from seeing Daiyu running all the way, why don't I ask her to take a rest first, and wait for lunch Time to come again?" According to this number, Jia Baoyu, the "devil king of the world", should also get up, telling him to meet the new sister Lin, he might go crazy.It's not good to scare a little girl.

"Alright, you can take her there." Mother Jia touched Lin Daiyu's head kindly, "Just tell your aunt what you like to eat, and let her order the kitchen to make it for you."

"Yes." Lin Daiyu was still a little nervous, although her mother said that her eldest aunt had a very good relationship with her and was a trustworthy person.But after all, she was only less than five years old, and when she went out alone to an unfamiliar place, one could imagine the panic in her heart.

Xu Hui probably also knew that Lin Daiyu was sensitive, so after bringing her to Jingyi Courtyard, she said with a smile: "I asked your mother about it before, and this courtyard is decorated according to the layout of your Lin family's courtyard. To the east is Boudoir, the south is the study room, and the west is adjacent to your second cousin's yard. Aunt Lin next to you is from the former mansion. I sent you another Aunt Luo. If you don't understand anything, just ask her. Yes."

Lin Daiyu nodded lightly: "Thank you, Auntie."

"You're tired too, it's a good time to rest. Your second cousin is still in school, so I can only see you at noon." Xu Hui smiled and patted Lin Daiyu's hand, "You are the daughter of the Lin family, Mrs. My wife’s granddaughter, if the people in the house are not attentive or gossip, I will be it even if they go back and forth.”

"I know." Jia Min told her carefully before she went out, telling her not to lose her demeanor as a girl from the Lin family.

"I've asked someone to boil the water, wash up and go to bed." Xu Hui didn't say much, and after telling Aunt Luo to take good care of Lin Daiyu, she got up and went back to her yard.

Lin Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief, and soon fell asleep under the care of Aunt Lin and Aunt Luo.

six times

Six times Daiyu meets Jia Baoyu for the first time

After resting for a while, Lin Daiyu got up under Aunt Luo's gentle Hu Huan, put on a pink dress with a light yellow lily collar, put her hair in a bun again, and put on two exquisite cloud pattern hairpins carved with purple jade. to go out.

"Miss, you don't have to be so fast. The eldest lady ordered you to tell the girl about the affairs of the mansion first." Xu Hui knew that the Lin family used to live in the south. After a long time, the rules in the mansion will inevitably be different from those in the capital. When Aunt Luo was serving Daiyu, she also told her to tell Daiyu about the ordinary affairs in the house first, so that Daiyu would not feel uncomfortable.

"Then there will be Aunt Luoluo." Lin Daiyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Auntie, please tell me."

"The house is now the eldest wife's housekeeper, and the second wife is not suitable for the wind because of her illness. I'm afraid the girl will not be able to see her." Aunt Luo said without changing her face, "Lunch is served in the old lady's Rongqing hall. Yes, when the time comes, there will be servants leading the girl there. Aunt Min wrote to the eldest wife that the girl had the habit of eating almond milk when she was in the mansion, so the eldest wife also set up a small kitchen in Jingyiyuan Come on, if you want to eat anything, just tell the people below to do it. What's more, the old lady's Bao Geer must have heard from Aunt Min that she was born with jade in her mouth. He is the only one in the house who has such a blessing, so sometimes Bao Geer will ask if there is jade when he sees others. It's just that Bao Geer was spoiled by the old lady and grew up, and his temperament is a bit like a devil in the world, so When Brother Bao asks a girl, the girl has to answer carefully."

After finishing speaking, he mentioned a few more rules about eating, and then led Lin Daiyu to Rongqing Hall.

As soon as I entered Jiamu's yard, I saw a boy in red clothes joking and laughing in front of Jiamu.Around his neck was a gold necklace inlaid with precious stones, and there was also a piece of precious jade the size of a pigeon egg inlaid in the collar.Lin Daiyu lowered her eyes slightly. This is the second cousin who was born with jade as her mother had said. Seeing a girl who was about the same size as her sitting beside him, she knew that this was the third cousin who was a month younger than herself. Jia Tanchun.On the other side is a girl wearing a light green blouse embroidered with silver patterns and a moon-white horse-face skirt. She looks older, and she should be the daughter of the eldest aunt, the second cousin Jia Wan.

"Yu'er is here." Seeing Lin Daiyu walking in, Jia's mother hurriedly told her to come to her side, "This is your second cousin Baoyu, this is your third cousin Tanchun, and this is your aunt's daughter. Get close, get close."

Just as Xu Hui came in after finishing the meal, she saw Jia Baoyu's eyes lit up, and she stretched out her hand to pull Lin Daiyu to press her side.Although the two children are innocent and innocent, it is obvious that Daiyu has just arrived in the mansion, and she maintains a cautious and even somewhat resistant attitude towards everything. She dodged Jia Baoyu's hand and came to Jia Mu After saluting slowly, he sat next to Jia Tanchun.

Jia Baoyu pouted and was about to speak when Xu Hui saw this and hurriedly said: "Old lady, lunch is ready. Daiyu must be hungry when she came early in the morning. My daughter-in-law doesn't know what she likes to eat, so I called Someone made a few Yangzhou dishes for me, so it’s better to tell her to eat more.”

"Okay, let's all go eat." Mother Jia touched Jia Baoyu who still had something to say, "Your sister Lin is going to live in the mansion for a while, what are you in such a rush for?"

Jia Baoyu thought about it for a second and thought that what the old ancestor said was good, so he wanted to put aside the matter of getting close to Sister Lin, and talk to Sister Lin after dinner.Seeing that sister Lin is more beautiful than the third sister, I don't know if there is jade?

Thanks to the rules that Aunt Luo told her before, Lin Daiyu also had a smooth meal.What surprised her was that they, the juniors, were all sitting on the table, and the head of the family in the mansion of the eldest aunt had to stand and serve the grandmother after eating, which shows how strict the rules are here.

"Sister Lin, have you been living in the mansion for a long time now?" Jia Baoyu couldn't wait to ask Lin Daiyu after dinner and tea.

Daiyu frowned slightly, and said: "What nonsense is the second cousin talking about, I just came to see my grandmother for my mother."

"Oh." Jia Baoyu scratched his head embarrassingly, then asked again, "Does Sister Lin have any jade?"

Lin Daiyu thought: Aunt Luo is really right, this second cousin is really rude, it's just the first time we meet, and I don't know him well, yet I still ask her in front of so many people.If she said no, would this second cousin want to show her on the spot?After twisting the handkerchief, she lowered her eyes and thought for a moment before saying: "Is there any jade on her body? Of course there is." So she didn't speak anymore.

Jia Baoyu still wanted to ask, but Jia's mother said at this time: "Your sister Lin's jade is in your Aunt Min's place, as if it is your sister Lin who is still with your Aunt Min."

"So that's how it is." Jia Baoyu looked at his own jade, "The second wife is still sick, why don't I give my jade to the second wife too."

"Nonsense!" Jia Baoyu didn't know why Wang