Edge of the Red Chamber

As soon as Ziwei left, Xiangcheng leaned against Daiyu and whispered, "Send the sweet and smelly ones to the girl."

Daiyu stretched out a finger of white jade, touched her forehead, and said with a smile: "Tell me, how is this good girl worse than you?"

Hongxiao pursed her lips and smiled, looking down at the rabbits in the cage, seeing that they finally raised their heads and huddled together to eat vegetable leaves, so she also took one and stuck it in.With food, those two little things don't recognize life anymore.At first, they handed it to their mouths before eating, and then they chased after the cage by themselves, stretching their mouths to eat.

Lu Huixian also came over to make fun of her, and said with a smile: "It's still clever, but it lacks some experience."

Daiyu didn't care much, and Madam Zheng was a little disappointed, but seeing that the old lady liked it, she became happy again, and quickly handed a beauty hammer to her.The old lady leaned back, and seeing Ziwei kneeling on the ground, she said, "Move your feet." Then she talked to Mrs. Zheng, who smiled and said, "I collected three thousand catties of apricots last year, except for those used at home. The relatives gave some, and the rest was given to the second master. The old lady said it was funny, so the second master sent someone to send a hundred silver." Among the shops allocated to Lin Yan, one sold preserved fruits.

Hearing this, the old lady smiled and said: "That should be the case. The public is the public, and the private is the private. A hundred silver is not much, and it will be there if there is a sip. But if their father and son take the lead, the people below will If you don’t follow suit, what rules will there be in the future? In private, whether his father wants to give him one thousand or ten thousand, that’s the business of their father and son.”

Mrs. Zheng smiled and nodded, and said: "Who says it's not, how many people, it's because of it." Then she said: "We don't accept it, and it doesn't matter if we don't accept it. Just give it to the master, and the master also said the same thing." .”

Isn't that the case in Ningrong Second Mansion?Lu Huixian saw that she didn't know how to speak, so she raised her voice to order Xiang Luo, "Go and have a look in the kitchen."

When Mrs. Zheng heard this, she hurriedly said: "Sister, rest quickly, I'll go and have a look." After speaking, she said to the old lady: "Look at me, I'm so busy talking that I even forget the time." A gust of wind left, Teach them to be funny.

After eating, they went to the flower house to enjoy the flowers for a while, and then went back to their rooms when they came back.

The next day, Maochu got up, washed and washed, and Daiyu went to the old lady's place. When Lu Huixian saw her coming, she said with a smile, "I also told you to sleep longer."

Daiyu laughed and said, "I fell asleep when I went back yesterday, and I woke up early today." Then she asked, "The old lady is up too?"

Lu Huixian said, "I'm combing my hair."

Seeing a plate of rose flowers on the table, he said, "Who sent it?"

Lu Huixian picked a pink flower and played with it in her hand, saying: "Ms. Zheng just sent it here."

In the kitchen, rice porridge was cooked, and the leftover rabbit leg meat from yesterday was fried with spicy peppers. The ready-made vegetables in the greenhouse were cleaned up, and the three of them ate them and went to Huaishu Zhuangzi.

At the auspicious time of two quarters, they arrived at the beginning of the morning.They were sitting at the table here, and Youshi hurriedly led them to the table of Jia Mu in the main room.

Shi Xiangyun and Tanchun lived in the same room. After dinner, Tanchun and Baochai went to her room with Daiyu in their arms.Shi Xiangyun has already dressed up, wearing a flower crown on his head, wearing a red wedding dress with a phoenix wearing a peony, and putting on makeup, he can't see how he used to be.

Seeing them coming in, she was overjoyed and smiled, saying, "Finally you are here." Then she asked Daiyu, "When did Sister Lin come?"

Just as Daiyu was about to say, the sedan chair of the Wei family has arrived.After a commotion for a while, Youshi came in and called the door, Tanchun and others opened the door and let Xi Niang from Wei's family in.

It was time for Xichun to talk about others this year, and Mother Jia was always worried about her. Seeing that Shi Xiangyun had a home, she couldn't bear it, so she dragged the old lady to talk a lot, which made the old lady feel uncomfortable.

After lunch, they still came back, and the old lady invited Aunt Li to go with them.Seeing that they had guards, Aunt Li was very happy.

Because she likes Aunt Li's character and thinks that Daiyu is very boring in the village by herself, she invites Aunt Li to play at home.

I know that the Lin family and the Cui family are on good terms, and the old lady is kind and doesn't put on airs.First of all, I was a little moved, and I saw that Daiyu had a gentle temperament, had a great relationship with Cui Jiayi, and she was also the future princess of Beijing County.Befriend Daiyu, and no one would dare to underestimate the two daughters when they come to her in-laws' house in the future.She wanted to befriend her, but she was too embarrassed to open her mouth, so why should the old lady propose it on her own initiative?

Before he arrived, Steward Fang came up to greet him and said, "Old lady, Eunuch Qin from the Fifth Prince's side is here, and he said that there are guests in the house, so he wants to take a smirk and put it on, and he will send it over later." But the master is not here, the younger one dare not make decisions."

Lu Huixian said: "Is there such a case before?"

Fang Guanshi said: "No, the master said, no one will give the flowers here." The fifth prince only said to borrow them, but Lin Hai didn't say whether he could borrow them.But the other party is the fifth prince, the current elder brother, if he borrowed it and didn't return it, would it be possible to return it or not.

Lu Huixian pondered, not knowing what to do.If you go back, the fifth prince will not look good; if you borrow it, you have opened the door, and it will be difficult to go back to others in the future.The most important thing is that the niece of the fifth princess's natal family is the daughter-in-law of the Wu family, and the fifth prince is best with the Zhongshun prince.Except for Prince Yizhong who was gone, it turned out that Prince Zhongshun was the most favored by the late emperor.

The old lady said: "Did anyone see you when you came here?"

Fang Guanshi said: "When Eunuch Qin came, I was in the flower room, and I didn't meet Eunuch Qin face to face. The boys in our family went to find me quietly, and I came out through the small door on the side. I wanted to go back to the city to find the master, but by chance See old lady."

The old lady said: "That's good." Then she called Zhou Bang to come forward, and after saying a few words, Steward Fang and Zhou Bang nodded again and again.

Seeing the car stop, Daiyu, Li Wen and Li Qi ended the conversation, and asked outside, "What's the matter?" Hearing that it was Fang Guanshi who came, Daiyu just thought he was here to greet them, and didn't care.

Aunt Li and the old lady Lu Huixian were in the same car, and they had already heard what Fang Guanshi said, and knew that they must deal with this matter first, and it was not good for their mother and daughter to be present.After a few words of politeness, she followed Mrs. Zheng down to resettle, while Daiyu led sisters Li Wen and Li Qi to her room to talk.

The little maid poured water, and Daiyu and the three washed up, then came out and sat around, while the red silk made tea for them to eat.

Li Wen saw several pots of orchids in the room, all of different varieties, and all of them were rare and famous ones, and said, "Are these grown by Mr. Lin?"

Daiyu looked around, nodded yes, and said with a smile, "My mother loved orchids the most, especially orchids."

This Li Wen and Li Qi didn't know, but thought it was Lin Hai Ailan, it turned out to be Mrs. Lin Ailan, there are such infatuated men in the world, Li Wen was infatuated for a moment.Li Qi pushed her and said to Daiyu, "I heard that there is a greenhouse in your family that grows orchids."

Daiyu said: "There is one, it's over here." Speaking of which, she laughed and said, "It is said that it belongs to our family, but it is also the first time I came back. It was late last night, so I didn't look carefully. Let's go back Let's go shopping again."

Glass has been available for a long time, and the Lin family opened a glass factory, and it is sold cheaply, even the rich families can afford it.But the glass that can be used to make a house is seven or eight times thicker than the glass used to inlay windows, and the price is also much more expensive, so it is not generally affordable.

The Lin family's conservatory is made of glass, and there is not just one room, but five or six connected rooms.The thick glass is not as transparent as the glass on the windows, but it is also very transparent. In addition, the roof is covered with glass tiles, the whole room is very bright, as if it is outside.

After they chatted for a while, Lu Huixian came over and said, "I'll go back today, the two sisters are having fun. Here, I just treat it as being at home. If you need anything, just talk to Yu'er, or ask Mrs. Zheng for it." " Then she said to Daiyu, "Do you have anything you want me to bring to you?"

Daiyu stood up and said, "Why do you want to go back after talking about playing for a few days?"

Lu Huixian said: "Fei'er and Ming'er are both worried, An Ge'er is also young, your second sister-in-law is heavy, and she has to take care of her by herself, how can Feng'er be so busy alone? I am here, thinking It’s not good to play.” Then he said: “You persuaded the old lady to play too much for a few days, I asked the imperial doctor, the old lady’s old cold legs, soaking more hot spring water may make it better.”

Daiyu refused to persuade her, and said, "I know." Then she said, "Be careful on the way." Then she wanted to see her off.

Li Wen and Li Qi also got up to see them off, but Lu Huixian stopped them and said, "You guys talk."

Daiyu said with a smile: "We just said to go to the flower room to have a look. I sent you off. Let's go shopping with the old lady."

Lu Huixian spat at her and said angrily, "I said you couldn't bear to part with me, and I've loved you for nothing."

Daiyu said: "I went to have a look. If there is something good, I will take it back for you."

Lu Huixian laughed again, and said, "You still have a conscience."

After sending Lu Huixian off, Daiyu urged the old lady to go to the house warming.The old lady didn't really want to make a move, but seeing that Aunt Li was also a little moved, she agreed.

Mrs. Zheng was leading the way, seeing Aunt Li stunned when she saw the warm room, she smiled and said, "We only came here as servants, and we only entered the Dragon King's Crystal Palace, and we haven't recovered for a long time."

The old lady laughed and scolded: "I said that the flowers are blooming today. I am anxious to see the flowers, so you have to stand and chew maggots."

Aunt Li smiled and said: "I heard people say that someone built a house out of glass, and I thought, that's not the Crystal Palace. See you today, it's true."

The old lady said: "What Crystal Palace, it's just glass."

Mrs. Zheng smiled and said: "It's a good time for the old lady to come back. It happened that the two plants were drooping, and just now the fifth prince sent someone to borrow them." I was happy at first, but when I said this, my tone was a little unhappy, "Our family came in. Take a look, the flowers have been picked by some naughty boy."

The old lady frowned, and said: "Can you ask?" Then she said: "The fifth prince said it well, don't teach the prince to misunderstand."

Mrs. Zheng said: "Forget it," and then said: "I'm just asking, there are usually a lot of people coming and going here, and when I get busy, I also call some boys to come in to help. There has never been such a thing. How happened this time The Fifth Prince came to borrow flowers, and this happened."

The old lady said: "Maybe it's not careful. You search carefully. If you find it, don't be in a hurry to shout and kill. Ask carefully first. If the situation is excusable, just say a few words. If you have the heart, you can do it." You have to ask why, and then make a decision according to your circumstances." Mrs. Zheng hurriedly responded, and Mrs. Zheng answered only when the old lady said something.

After hearing this, Aunt Li said, "The old lady is compassionate."