Edge of the Red Chamber

"I just arrived two days ago. I sent a lot of things. I thought you would come over today, but the house was busy, so I didn't send them to you." Daiyu said, pointing to Ru on the Plum Blossom High Table. The kiln said: "Try this, it's Sister Feng who brought it back. I like the taste, it's better than the fresh one."

Hearing what Daiyu said, several people picked up one and took a closer look. Tanchun smiled and said, "I didn't pay attention to it just now. I just thought it was longan. I was still thinking about it. Why is this longan different from ours? I didn't expect it to be dried from lychees."

Under Daiyu's order, the red silk and fragrant oranges washed their hands quickly and peeled them off by themselves.

Lin Jun said: "I don't like the taste of longan. It's so boring. This one has a sour taste. Even the old lady likes it."

Cui Jiayi smiled and said, "I'm so hungry." Having said that, she didn't look away, but she was joking.

Tanchun likes Cui Jiayi's personality the most, she is straightforward and generous, she can say what she wants, but she is not annoying.Hearing the words, he smiled and said, "It's so painful to say."

Daiyu then said to Hongxiao and Xiangcheng, "Hurry up and pick some up for her to taste, but don't go home and say I've neglected her."

Xiangcheng is also a naughty one, seeing Daiyu's order, she hastily and crisply responded, and she really brought over a green jade plate, but only a dozen or so pieces of pulp.

Cui Jiayi scolded with a smile: "What kind of girl is really raised by such a master."

Xiangcheng suddenly had a mournful face, holding a plate in his hand, not knowing whether to put it down or take it away.She looked at Daiyu timidly, as if asking Daiyu to make up her mind.

Seeing her making trouble, several people burst into laughter.

Cui Jiayi was angry and hated, she was about to speak, she opened her mouth, she had nothing to say, she laughed again, she reached out and snatched the plate, said: "Look, I left it for you, otherwise it would not be a waste of this name."

Lin Jun pointed at her and smiled and said, "What a shameless girl, the girl only gave it to you when you opened your mouth. You are embarrassed to say that again. Tell it yourself, from the beginning to the end, Did we have a word to say?"

Daiyu covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "It's good that you know it in your heart, why bother to say it out again? It's just to offend people."

Cui Jiayi gritted her teeth, stood up and rushed over, saying, "See if I don't tear your mouths apart."

Daiyu and Lin Jun had been on guard for a long time, and when they saw her get up, they hurriedly got up and avoided.The two are divided into two sides, one hides behind Tanchun, and the other hides behind Yingchun.Cui Jiayi didn't care too much. Seeing that she was approaching Daiyu, she chased after her.But she jumped on Tanchun, and Tanchun hurriedly supported her.Turning around, I saw Daiyu and Lin Jun laughing together, winking with Tanchun, and saying: "Look at them two frivolous, we can't spare them." After saying that, he rushed over again.

Daiyu and Lin Jun ran to Tanchun's side, Tanchun received Lin Jun's message, regardless of Xichun's willingness, he grabbed her hand and stopped them.When Daiyu saw her, she hurriedly shouted to Yingchun to stop Cui Jiayi.For a while, several people made a fuss.

After laughing and making a fuss, several people returned to their seats, and the red silk filled mung bean soup for them to eat.

Daiyu used to take a nap for a quarter of an hour at this time, and felt sleepy after eating for a while.Just because Sanchun and Cui Jiayi were there, she cheered up and asked, "Do you want to take a break?"

Tanchun hurriedly said: "It's boring to sleep all day long. Today, it's so easy for us to get together. Why don't we have a chat."

The words were a bit sad, Daiyu couldn't help thinking of Zhang Feng'e who was far away in Fujian, when she was at home in the past, she didn't know how happy she was, and once she parted, she didn't know when she would see her again.Looking at Lin Jun and Cui Jiayi, they are also fourteen years old.My aunt is already discussing about Lin Jun's marriage. It is said that the Cui family has already made a decision on her.In another two or three years, I don't know where these people are all living, and whether they will meet each other again.Suddenly I feel bored, since we always have to say goodbye, why bother to get acquainted.But in an instant, Daiyu regained her clarity.

Without getting together, what is the difference?She was thinking too much.

Immediately, he looked at Cui Jiayi and asked with a smile, "How is Sister Yi?"

Cui Jiayi said: "I can't sleep right now," she said, and said: "Last time I heard you said you got a new set of chess, why don't you hurry up and let's have a look."

Daiyu then smiled and ordered the red silk, saying: "Bring the pair of glass chess scales." Just as the red silk went out, Xiangcheng said, "I was there when the red silk was put away. I remember it was placed behind the desk." in the cupboard under the bookcase."

Daiyu nodded and said, "Go and have a look, see if it's there." Xiangcheng then went to the study, and as she walked, she waved to Lan Qiao who was in front of the door.

When Lan Qiao saw it, she ran up quickly. Xiang Cheng Fang stopped and told her in a low voice, "Go and ask your sister Hongxiao, where is the pair of glass chess scales you got a while ago? It needs to be used. Don’t let her come back in a hurry, just come back to me after you say hello.” Lan Qiao promised and went all the way.

After Xiang Cheng finished speaking, before Lan Qiao agreed, she walked forward again.Not long after, Fang came back again, holding a crystal clear chess scale in both hands.

Xichun glanced at it, then laughed, and said, "There are only chess scales, but no chess pieces, what can we play chess with?"

Xiangcheng blushed, put down the chess scale hastily, turned around and ran back, and said blushingly: "I'll go get it now."

Daiyu shook her head, knowing that it was because the chess scale was too heavy, and she couldn't lift the chess pieces.Xichun was obviously joking, but if he was telling the truth, he was afraid that Xichun's face would not be up to par, so he laughed and said: "This girl, every year seems like a year, and she is still so forgetful."

Several people all smiled, and then looked at the short table on Luohan's bed.The style of the chess scale is simple and elegant, the four corners are arc-shaped, smooth and round, and there is no pattern decoration on the whole body, only the drawn latitude and longitude lines are filled with gold powder.The chess scale is crystal clear, and through the chess scale, the short table under the chess scale can be clearly seen.

When Yucheng came out again, she was holding a mahogany lacquered tea tray, inside which were four filigree oblate boxes smeared with tung oil.

Daiyu knew that she must have taken out the Shuanglu chess pieces, Cui Jiayi also guessed it, and deliberately teased her, saying: "These two sets of chess pieces are only on the same chess scale, how can we be stubborn?"

Hearing this, Xiang Cheng didn't seem to understand it yet, so she took it for granted, "See what the girls like to play, if it's not enough, there are several sets of chess scales in the girl's study."

This is the second time Cui Jiayi has been deflated in front of Xiangcheng today, she opened her mouth again, laughed, and said, "I'm fine with your girls, why are you so angry with this girl?"

Although Xiangcheng is not as careful as Hongxiao, she is not a stupid person either.She is just a servant, playing around with the girls, if the master doesn't say anything, it's because the master insists on his status and doesn't care about her, but she must not lose her sense of proportion.Putting down the chess box, she turned around and apologized to Cui Jiayi, saying: "Girl, don't be as knowledgeable as I am. Last time, the girl said that some of Shuanglu's chess pieces were broken. Our girl got two boxes this time, so I said I would give it to you." One box, I have taken out all of them, hurry up and pick one up."

Hearing this, Daiyu laughed and said, "I said, why did you take out so much, this little hoof, who only takes my things as favors."

Lin Jun opened the lid of the box and found two boxes of Shuanglu chess pieces, one side was milky white, the other was pitch black, and the other was transparent. One side saw a bright red peony inside, but when turned over, it was a white peony with delicate flowers. After all, it is beautiful.

The chess piece is smooth and round, as if it was born like this.

Sanchun was very surprised when he saw it, he twisted one chess piece carefully, Xichun seemed a little unbelieving, twisted another chess piece, put the two chess pieces side by side in his palm, and compared them carefully.

Growing up, they have seen many kinds of glass objects. Of course, they recognize that they are made of glass, and they will not mistakenly think that they are born with it.The bottle that Lin Jun gave them with fish skin and peanuts that year was already hard to find. In Wang Xifeng's room, there was a glass kang screen with a hundred seeds on it, which was not so exquisite.They don't even have it in Baoyu's house, so naturally they can't get it.Later, Aunt Xue found some. The sisters each gave a pair of plates, and Baoyu had a pair of vases.I don't want to, but there are even more exquisite ones than that.

Tanchun once again glanced at the six screens behind the Arhat's bed, and carefully identified them.The landscape inlaid in the glass was not painted, but embroidered with needlework.Gu embroidery, which flourished in the past six or seven years, is more exquisite than Huiwen.

It is said that Gu embroidery is a new embroidery method handed down from Yangzhou. In those few years, my uncle worked in Yangzhou.

Objects that are rarely seen outside can be seen everywhere in Lin Mansion.

An idea came to Tanchun's mind, perhaps, these things were all related to her aunt who was praised by everyone.

I can't help yearning, but more regret, why she was not born ten years earlier, maybe I can still see Jia Min's demeanor.

"This is interesting, I'm afraid you girls won't let it go." Hearing Cui Jiayi's voice, Tanchun came to his senses and blurted out: "I don't think Sister Lin is such a stingy person."

After Tanchun said a word, he suddenly realized that she was so protective of Daiyu.Cui Jiayi's remark was obviously to tease Xiangcheng, but she couldn't stand it, lest this remark would wrong Daiyu.She changed her mind a little, she and Daiyu were uncles and cousins, so they were naturally closer than Cui Jiayi, and she also had a feeling for Daiyu in her heart.

Unexpectedly, Tanchun would speak like this, Cui Jiayi glanced at her, then looked away naturally, looked at Daiyu, and said: "Then I will not be disrespectful, what do you want, I will find it for you later."

Daiyu shook her head and said: "It was originally prepared for you. You are not sincerely insulting me when you say these things. Could it be that I have a plan for giving you something?"

Cui Jiayi hurriedly apologized, and said: "Look at your mouth, you are so unforgiving. I just say that, and you take it seriously?" After saying that, she ordered the girls to set up the chess scales, and only kept the peony flower pair. Shuanglu Chess Pieces, playing Shuanglu with Xichun.

The author has something to say: I'm sorry, there was a small problem yesterday, I missed the appointment, there will be a chapter tomorrow, but the time will be relatively late, dear friends, let's read it the day after tomorrow.