Edge of the Red Chamber

The snow was light in the morning, and it was about to stop in the afternoon. Unexpectedly, it fell for a whole day, and in the afternoon, it fell more and more.

Hung Hom feared that the school would not be well prepared, so she took a hand stove and sent it over in person.

"This is at home, not outside, how can I be cold?" Lin Daiyu complained, still handing the plum blossom silver hand stove to Lan Qiao, and took the hand stove brought by Hongxiao.

Zi Yuan took out the cloak, handed the cloak to Hong Hom, and said with a smile: "Sister Hong Hom, don't worry about the two of us."

Hongxiao was stretching out her hand to take the cloak, when she heard this, she patted her on the body, and scolded with a smile: "Little hooves, I'm making arrangements."

After finishing speaking, he waited for Daiyu to put on the cloak, and said on the side: "Just now, the grandma sent someone to say, please go back directly after school, and grandma will go to our courtyard to have dinner with the girl."

Daiyu nodded, she had originally agreed with Lu Shi to go to Bijing Hall for dinner at night, but now she changed it again, she must have seen the heavy snow outside and feared that the road would be difficult at night, so she changed to Hemerocallis Tang, also Lu Shi A heart of compassion for her.

After leaving the school, the snow became heavier and heavier. Fortunately, there was no strong wind, and there were three girls in red silk standing in front of the wind. On the way back, Lin Daiyu didn't even get a single piece of snow on her body.

Back in the house, Madam Su brought ginger soup herself, "Girl, hurry up and eat a bowl to get rid of the cold. With such heavy snow, you should wait at school before going back."

Hongxiao was about to come up to wait for Daiyu to take off her cloak, but Daiyu hurriedly stopped her, untied the belt herself, and said, "Don't just focus on me, you are sick tomorrow, who will take care of me? Take off the outer clothes quickly, And Lan Qiao and Ziyuan also drink a bowl of ginger soup, to get rid of the snow."

Yao Huang hurriedly stepped forward to take the cloak and put it away, and waited for Lin Daiyu to change her shoes, and Lu Fei washed her hands for the waiter, Daiyu just frowned and took a sip of ginger soup, her small face was wrinkled into a bun.

Knowing that her daughter doesn't like the taste of ginger, Madam Su hurriedly picked a candied date and brought it to Lin Daiyu's mouth, "Ms. put one in her mouth and suppress the taste." Lin Daiyu hurriedly opened her mouth to hold it, and only then slightly relaxed her brows.

Seeing Yao Huang, he remembered what he had explained in the morning, and asked, "How is the old lady? It's snowing a lot today. Look at this way, I'm afraid I won't be able to go over to pay the old lady well."

Hearing this, Xiangcheng said: "Sister Rosary came over this afternoon and said that the old lady said that it's snowing today, so grandma and the girl don't have to go there."

Yao Huang waited for Xiangcheng to finish, and then replied with a smile: "The old lady has thought about it a long time ago. Early in the morning, Elder Sister Miscellaneous Beads brought people to work. Later, Lu Fei and I brought a few people over, and Grandma sent them away again. Fu Rong and Mu Jin came over, and within an hour, the cleaning was done. I thought that the snow would stop in the afternoon to collect the snow, but I didn’t think it would be heavy again. Look at this day, I don’t know if it will stop tomorrow.”

"It won't stop tomorrow, but it will stop later. If it doesn't stop, it doesn't matter. There will always be a time to stop. I reckon that if I can collect three or four jars this time, it will be enough for this year. "Hongxiao couldn't stay idle, drank ginger soup, didn't need Lan Qiao and Zi Yuan, took Lin Daiyu's book to the Nuan Pavilion, and heard Yao Huang talking about it when she came back.

Lin Daiyu drank more than half of the bowl, and then put the bowl away, but Madam Su didn't persuade her.Lin Daiyu was brought up by her, and she knows her temper best. If the wife who passed away with her doesn't drink anymore, then she really won't drink.Fearing that the smell of ginger would infect Lin Daiyu, Hongxiao immediately took the bowl away.

Su Momo, Hongxiang Xiangcheng and Lin Daiyu were talking about things in the house when Lu Huixian was reported outside.

Lin Daiyu hurriedly got up to greet her, and when she got to the door of the Nuan Pavilion, she saw Lu Huixian had already entered.Seeing Lin Daiyu, Lu Huixian hurriedly waved her hands, signaling to Hongxiao to stop Lin Daiyu from coming forward, "The cold air in my body will make you cold."

"Is this big again?" Lin Daiyu said, and then ordered the red silk, and said, "Bring in a bowl of ginger soup." After talking, she thought about it, and said, "Who is following the sister-in-law? Remember to drink it too." Bowl, it was cold early this year, and it’s just this time, it’s so cold.”

"Who says it's not?" Lu took off her outer clothes, warmed her hands with the stove, and then brought Daiyu into the inner room.As he walked, he said, "You treat me like an outsider. What are you doing outside? You are your own body, and it seems to be freezing. At that time, no one can drink that bitter medicine for you. "

"Sister Xian said, this is at home, how can I be cold?" Lin Daiyu smiled and took the tea from Xiangcheng's hand, and personally offered it to Lu Shi.

Not only in Daiyu's room, but in fact, every house of the masters in Lin's residence, including the guest rooms, is paved with earth dragons, and the room is as warm as in March in Yangchun.

Lu himself also laughed, "Today, Zhuangzi brought in some pheasants. I ordered the kitchen to make soup. Let's use this soup to cook vegetables today. How about it?"

"Are there any fresh ones? If so, keep them. They will be deep-fried tomorrow morning. They are salty. They are delicious when served with porridge."

"I know you're greedy, so I've already kept it." Lin Daiyu refused to follow her words, and clamored for Lu to change her words.The two aunts and sisters-in-law were talking, and hot pot and various vegetables, fish and meat came in from the kitchen.

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law sat opposite each other, and they didn't need anyone to wait on them. They picked up the dishes by themselves, cooked them by themselves, and ate them by themselves.Hongxiao and Xiangcheng accompanied Xiangluo and Danruo and set up a table outside for the convenience of Lu Huixian and Lin Daiyu.

Probably because of Jia Min, the Lin family did not have such a rule of "no talking when eating or sleeping".Jia Min likes to talk at the dinner table, asking about Lin Hai's affairs outside, asking about his son's homework, and talking about his daughter's naughty little things.So much so that the three Lin Yu brothers and sisters also developed this habit. Sitting at the dinner table, they must say something to eat sweetly.Of course, this is only the case when the family eats at home. Whether it is the mature and steady Lin Jue, the mischievous and rebellious Lin Yan, or the young Lin Daiyu, they are all very well-behaved.

After half a year of marriage, Lu Huixian gradually got used to it.The two aunts and sisters-in-law were talking while eating vegetables.

"Let's keep it for ourselves," Lin Daiyu said, then paused, remembering that we don't have Lin Hai among us, so she hurriedly said, "I'll send some more to dad, the eldest brother and the second brother don't care, just use the mouth of the second brother." , if he eats it, we'll all be gone."

These words reminded Lu Huixian of an old incident that had been circulated in the Lin family, and she couldn't help laughing, her hands softened, and the chopsticks fell off, and she hurriedly called someone to take the chopsticks.

At that time, Daiyu was only two or a little less than three years old, and it was winter.Jia Min took her to play in the village outside the city. She was also a small child with sharp eyes. At a glance, she saw a cluster of wild berries growing in the corner of the greenhouse. A dozen or so red fruits, set against the green leaves, looked more and more radiant. Teach people to salivate.

Lin Daiyu is the youngest child in the family, the old daughter of Lin Hai and his wife. The couple's eyes hurt like eyeballs. When it comes to food, to put it bluntly, it can only eat better than the princess and prince in the palace.It's just that things are limited at this time, and many things cannot be bought with money, such as this winter's fruit.

Daiyu ate most of the meal in one meal, and asked the maid to pack up the rest and prepare to eat it in the afternoon.Not wanting to, but calling Lin Yan who came over to see Daiyu, he ate everything up.When Daiyu wakes up, it will be gone naturally.Hearing that it was Lin Yan who ate it, Lin Daiyu cried and complained in front of her parents—the second brother ate everything from me and the eldest brother, and made fun of Lin Hai and Jia Min.

Since then, Jia Min used this to tease Lin Daiyu from time to time.When she was young, Lin Daiyu would blush when she said it, and hid in the house; when she was older, she knew to shift her target and blame Lin Yan; over the past year, she has often mentioned this to herself to make fun of herself.

To Lu Huixian's ears, it was heartbreaking - Lin Daiyu was missing her mother.Thinking of Lin Daiyu's usual considerate and well-behaved, style of doing things, hardworking and studious, Lu Huixian once again lamented that only her mother-in-law's character can raise such a distressed child.

Lu Huixian thought so, but she didn't show it at all.Hong Kao took the chopsticks and scalded a piece of mutton and put it on Dai Yu's plate.

"Okay, listen to you, let's keep it for ourselves."

When I came back from the Yamen in the afternoon, the clerk handed over a letter, which was from Beijing.Lin Hai didn't bother to read it, he must be talking about Mr. Liu.

When recommending Mr. Liu, Lin Hai sincerely wanted Baoyu to become a real talent.Mr. Liu is capable and knowledgeable. Lin Hai knows very well that if Jia Baoyu is really lucky to worship under his name, he will definitely benefit him immensely in the future.

Of course, if Mr. Liu hadn't happened to want to go to Beijing, Lin Hai would never have invited him for Jia Baoyu's sake.

On the other hand, based on his understanding of Jia's mother, he also knew that Jia Baoyu must not worship under Mr. Liu, because Jia's mother would not allow it.

Lin Hai was very clear about the purpose of Mother Jia's letter.

It is also because of the clarity that he looks down on Jia's mansion even more.A man with a large family actually wants an old lady in his decades to worry about them and plan for the family.

How much insight can an old lady who is raised in a deep boudoir and can't read a few characters have?

After entering the study, Lin Hai threw the letter on the desk without any intention of reading it.

The girl serving in the study served tea, but Lin Hai didn't drink it while holding it. He stood by the window, looked at the snow outside, and held the lid in his hand to flick the tea powder.

"The uncle and the second master are here."

Hearing the maid's announcement, Lin Haifang woke up and realized that the tea in his hand was already cold.

"father."

"father."

"Why are you here?" Seeing his sons, Lin Hai had a smile on his face.

"Come to see Dad for tea." Lin Yan looked tired, and when he came in, he saw an unopened letter on the table, and leaned over to take a look, and recognized the handwriting of his second uncle Jia Zheng. He pursed his lips and thought to himself, I don't know what's going to happen to my grandmother who is far away in the capital.

"There are no rules." Since the last time Daiyu escaped the maidservant and went to the Lancao Hall alone, whenever Lin Hai was at home, the two brothers Lin Jue and Lin Yan would come over from time to time, asking for advice, or playing a game of chess, or talking about something. gossip.What is the reason? Aren't you afraid of being lonely?The sons were full of filial piety, Lin Hai naturally felt at ease and accepted it very proudly.He scolded Lin Yan without pain or itching, but didn't even stop him.

But Lin Yan is not the kind of person who is really rude, so of course he won't really open the letter.