Jinyu of the Red Chamber

Early in the morning, Lin Jinyu was taken aback when he heard that the second master Lian of Jia's mansion had come, wondering why Jia Lian came here.

Going to the main hall, Lin Jinyu saw the hot tea in Jia Lian's hand, yawned profusely, and curled the corners of his mouth involuntarily.

"Cousin Lian." Lin Jinyu called out in a low voice.

Jia Lian hurriedly got up and said with a smile, "Cousin Lin."

"Jinyu is being rude to keep my cousin waiting for a long time. I don't know why Cousin Lian woke up so early?" Lin Jinyu looked at Jia Lian suspiciously.

Jia Lian was a bit embarrassed, thinking of the old lady's instructions when he came, and fearing that he would not be able to pick up Lin Jinyu and Lin Daiyu, that's why he came to Lin's mansion so early in the morning.

"The old lady had a dream last night. She woke up in the middle of the night and shouted to see Sister Lin. No, she sent me to pick up Sister Lin and her cousin to go to the house early in the morning." Jia Lian gave a wry smile, and bowed his hands.

Lin Jinyu seemed to have suddenly realized, and quickly asked: "I don't know what dream my grandmother had? She shocked the old man, did you ask the imperial doctor to come and take a look?"

"It's okay, it's okay, the old lady just dreamed about her aunt." Jia Lian shook her head and said.

Lin Jinyu knew in her heart that this dream might be an introduction, and the purpose was to take Daiyu to Jia's mansion. Could it be that Jia's mother has not given up on the idea of ​​the wood-stone marriage?

"So that's the case, it's all Jinyu's fault, she has been busy with the affairs of the academy, so she didn't find time to take her sister to visit her grandmother."

Jia Lian hurriedly said: "Cousin is busy with business, how can the old lady blame the cousin, the old lady only cares for the cousin and the cousin, but if there is any good thing, Baba will send it to the cousin and the cousin. "

"Grandma is indeed very kind to me and my sister." Lin Jinyu nodded, and the corner of her mouth slightly twitched: "I originally planned to take my sister to visit my grandmother while I was resting today, but I never thought that my cousin would come in person. It’s just that my father is currently in court, so I’m afraid he will have to make my cousin wait a little longer, and my sister and I told my father that we are going to visit my grandmother.”

"Of course, I just happened to say hello to my uncle." Jia Lian smiled, and he was relieved. He sent someone to pick him up several times earlier, but he didn't pick him up. If he came in person this time, the result would be the same. I'm afraid it would be a big loss. people.

"Cousin Lian probably hasn't had breakfast yet! If you come with me, the cooks in the house cook pretty good dishes, but I don't know if it suits my cousin's taste." Lin Jinyu smiled slightly and made a gesture of invitation.

Lin's breakfast was prepared at Yinshi, because Lin Ruhai's family is from the south of the Yangtze River, their tastes are light, and they don't like too complicated things, but the simpler they are, the more they can reflect the cook's skills.

Not long after, the maids came in with all kinds of breakfast, because Lin Ruhai was no longer in the mansion when they had meals on weekdays, and Lin Jinyu and Lin Daiyu ate their own food in their own yard. Now that Jia Lian came, Lin Jinyu naturally took He took it to his yard.

Jia Lian saw Lin Jinyu's behavior as an eye-opener. He thought that Baoyu was raised in a wealthy family, but in front of this cousin Lin, it was nothing worth mentioning. Look, just eat breakfast, So many tricks have been created, such as Huiren rice porridge, green japonica porridge, lotus leaf soup, ruyi cake, rose cake, Qiqiao dim sum, emerald celery shrimp dumpling, sweet-scented osmanthus steamed chestnut powder cake, crystal winter melon dumpling, How could this be made by ordinary people, even the Lord Long Live is nothing more than that, Jia Lian couldn't help sighing when he saw the maids who were carrying breakfast, the maids of the Lin Mansion are really top-of-the-line water spirits!

"Cousin Lian?" Lin Jinyu couldn't help sneering when she saw Jia Lian's eyes sweeping towards his maids from time to time. It seems that the lust of the people in Jia's mansion is hereditary. No wonder Jia Baoyu knew how to eat maids at a young age. rouge.

"Cousin..." Jia Lian smiled, but before she finished speaking, Lin Jinyu's maid Nan Xiang came over with a wooden table. Jia Lian took a closer look and found that there were two pairs of ivory chopsticks on the wooden table. It would not surprise Jia Lian to say that the chopsticks are ivory, but there are two ivory bowls next to the chopsticks. The outer wall of the ivory bowl is engraved with a picture of plum blossoms in the form of bas-relief. , amazing.

"My cousin is living a good life, I am envious of my brother!" Jia Lian sighed and said, looking at the family, the dining tables are all made of white marble, no wonder the old lady often said that Uncle Lin's family is very rich!

Lin Jinyu chuckled lightly, waved his hands and said, "Where is it, my cousin was born in the Rongguo Mansion and hasn't seen anything before, so why should I envy me?"

Jia Lian curled her lips, now their mansion is just trying to maintain the facade, how can it compare with the old days.

"Cousin, your ivory bowl is so exquisite. I have never seen it in Beijing for so many years, and it is not a mortal thing." Jia Lian looked at the milky white ivory bowl, only thinking about how Lin Jinyu would spoil this precious thing. , if he got this bowl, where would he use it for rice.

Lin Jinyu glanced at the bowl lightly, raised her thin lips, and said with a smile: "This kind of thing is not suitable for use. I originally found it for my sister, but she likes the emerald bowl more. Now it's cheaper for me. .”

Jia Lian shook his head: "It would be even more so if my cousin is not worthy to make others suffer, but now I have entrusted my cousin's blessing and used it once."

"Cousin is joking, right?" Lin Jinyu shook her head, raised her eyes slightly, and said with a light smile, "I don't have any good things in this yard, but there is only one thing, which is not often found in ordinary places. Today, please invite cousin Have a drink and see how it goes." As he spoke, Lin Jinyu waved his hand and asked Yunxi to pour the wine.

Jia Lian looked at the purple-red liquid in the glass cup and thought it was plum wine or Western wine, but when he picked it up and smelt it, it didn't have the fruity and sour aroma of plum wine or wine, but a rich sweetness. The breath came out, and he couldn't help but asked in surprise: "What kind of wine is this?"

Lin Jinyu curled her red lips into a faint smile, tilted her head slightly, shook the wine glass, opened her lips and said, "Grape wine luminous glass, of course it is wine."

"It's not very similar to the wine I drank in the mansion." Jia Lian shook his head, saying that he had seen a lot of rare things in the Rongguo Mansion, and he had never seen it with Cousin Lin.

Lin Jinyu chuckled and nodded: "It's called wine, but it's actually made from the sweetness of grapes, and some medicinal materials such as asparagus are added to make it. Although the taste is not as mellow as some wines, it is the best for the body. However, Cousin Lian came here by coincidence, my wine has just been taken out of the wine cellar, you can taste it, if you like it, I will ask someone to pack a few jars and send it to your yard."

"In that case, I would like to thank my cousin." Jia Lian did not hesitate, took a sip from the wine glass, it was fragrant and spicy, but the aftertaste was endlessly sweet. is invisible.

Lin Jinyu smiled and said nothing, just watched Jia Lian take one glass after another, but didn't tell him that the wine had a lot of stamina, he always drank a small cup before going to bed, and he didn't dare to drink like this on weekdays.

"Is Yu'er awake?" Lin Jinyu asked Hua Qiangu beside her.

"Sister Xingrui just went to see the girl. When the uncle got up, the girl woke up and is eating now!"

"Today, the lotus leaf soup and osmanthus sugar steamed chestnut powder cake are very good, you can send some to the girl." Lin Jinyu pointed to the two desserts on the table.

"The girl just sent word that her walnut cheese and red bean porridge are really good. I asked sister Xingrui to go to the kitchen to ask for a copy for the uncle!" Hua Qiangu said with a smile. It's very good, when I smile, I really feel a bit of beautiful eyes looking forward to it.

After several glasses of wine, Jia Lian became a little tipsy. Seeing Hua Qiangu's pretty smile, she couldn't help laughing out loud, "Cousin Lin, you're an outstanding maid. I'm afraid that Bai Nen looks like an ordinary young lady." Not as good as her."

Hua Qiangu is the son of a family, and she has served Lin Jinyu since she was a child. Everyone in the mansion would smile a little when they saw her, and call her "Sister Qiangu", even if they followed Lin Jinyu, they never felt angry , although Lin Jinyu is too particular about her manners, she has never liked to lose her temper, especially towards the big maids who have served him since she was a child, and she herself loves it very much, even the little servants in the outer courtyard have never made fun of her. I'm afraid that I'm tired of the old man's reputation, she knows that there are some gossips in the house now, saying that she has been with the old man for a long time, and her heart is high, thinking about climbing the dragon and the phoenix, but how can she have such thoughts, she is even older than the old man How old is she, she has been serving the uncle since she was a child, and if she said something inappropriate, she would only protect him as a younger brother, and she would never dare to have such nasty thoughts. She didn't say a word when she personally sent herself out. If the uncle didn't dislike her, she would be willing to serve him for the rest of her life. Now that Hua Qiangu heard Jia Lian's frivolous words, those tongue-chewing words immediately flashed in her mind. There's no reason not to be annoyed, his eyes turned red immediately, and his face sank, but because he was a slave, he couldn't talk back to his master, so he could only suffer from this anger.

Lin Jinyu and Hua Qiangu have a certain affection, not to mention that she has served her since she was a child, even her old lady is also an old man in the Lin family, she has always been very safe, now Hua Qiangu has suffered from this idleness , was also extremely displeased in his heart, he couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly, and his voice faded: "Cousin Lian thinks he was drunk and made fun of the servant girl."

When Jia Lian saw Lin Jinyu, he always had a smile on his face. The first time he saw his cold starry eyes, he couldn't help but shuddered, and he woke up a little bit, and then remembered that this was not their Rongguo, but Lin Jinyu. Mansion, he is so rude.

"I made my cousin laugh, this wine really has a lot of stamina, I started talking nonsense."

The corners of Lin Jinyu's mouth twitched slightly, but there was no smile on her face, she just said to Hua Qiangu: "Since Cousin Lian is drunk, go and bring a bowl of sobering soup."

Hua Qiangu responded lightly, got blessed and went out, but her heart was ruthless, she wanted to ask the people in the kitchen to make a bowl of thick hangover soup, so that she could taste the mouth of Second Master Lian, making him talk nonsense annoying.

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