Edge of the Red Chamber

Knowing that Jia Jing celebrates his birthday today, the two mansions will definitely have a lot of fun, so Nanny Lai didn't intend to enter the mansion.But the daughter-in-law sent the little maid to come out with a letter, saying that Jia's mother was ill, so she hurriedly cleaned up and came in.

After resting for a while, Mother Jia regained her energy, and was listening to the mandarin ducks saying which family had sent and who had sent something. When she came in, she said to Yuanyang: "It must be her daughter-in-law who went back and said it, otherwise, she would never come here again on such a day." She also said to Wang Xifeng: "I said it's not a problem, but your second grandma didn't believe it, and invited her with great fanfare. The enshrinement is brought to the house, just in case others don’t know about it.”

Saying that, Nanny Lai walked in holding the hand of the little girl, greeted her, and before she could sit down, she asked Yuanyang what's wrong?what did the doctor say?Have you taken any medicine?How is it now?

Yuanyang was about to talk, when someone said that his uncle and wife had sent someone over to pay their respects. Jia Mu smiled and said that it was Wang Xifeng's fault: "It's just a small matter that even alarmed relatives. I don't know about it. If I knew, I would Said that I rely on the old to sell the old."

Nanny Lai said: "The old lady is in the midst of blessings and doesn't know how to be blessed. She doesn't think of Second Grandma, but blames her for being troublesome."

Jia Mu said: "They all say that I favor Feng girl and Baoyu. How do I know how good these two children are?"

Nanny Lai asked about Baoyu, and Mother Jia said that she had gone to the East Mansion to pay homage to her birthday, so she asked Sanchun, then Shi Xiangyun, and then she talked about Daiyu, from Daiyu to Lin Yan.

"Second master Lin followed his aunt, but his life is so hard."

Yuanyang hurriedly winked at Mammy Lai, and said, "Look at the forehead wipe that the old lady is wearing today, and see how my craftsmanship is? It took five or six days to get the new look this year, and I only got it yesterday." , everyone said that the old lady wears it well."

Yuanyang is not such a frivolous temperament, otherwise, she would not be able to become the most proud person around the old lady after so many years in the old lady's house.As soon as Nanny Lai heard this, she knew that the forehead wiping was done by several girls, and she was also a girl who liked the old lady but didn't often have sex with her. It was not difficult to find out that she contacted Daiyu yesterday.But he just pretended not to know, looked carefully at Jiamu's head for a while, and then laughed and scolded: "Look at me as I am old, and my eyes can't recognize your craftsmanship. I am fooled. I watched you grow up. How many are you?" I don’t know about two pounds, but you can’t do such fine work.” Then he said: “If we talk about dexterity, all the old and young girls in our family are not as good as the fourth aunt’s wife. Miss Lin followed the fourth aunt’s wife. You gave birth to a pair of skillful hands, maybe Miss Lin is not filial to the old lady?"

Mother Jia couldn't help laughing, and Yuanyang also laughed, saying: "I'm afraid Mama just slapped her eyes this time."

Nanny Lai still persisted with a smile, and said: "You can coax others by saying this, but you can't coax me."

Yuanyang drooped her face and said, "Don't you pretend to be confused?"

Knowing that Yuanyang was just joking to change the subject on purpose, he coaxed the old lady to smile.Nanny Lai scolded her and said: "You are ashamed to say that the old lady is generous, even though you are so big or small."

It was so easy for the mandarin ducks to pass by, but Jia Mu mentioned it again by herself, and said, "This child Yan'er," just sighed, "I'm afraid it's his fate." Then she said to Mammy Lai, "If If there is a good girl, you should also pay attention to it for me. Family background is second, and the most important thing is to have a good body."

"As the old saying goes, bitterness comes first, sweetness comes first, and after this calamity, things will go smoothly." Nanny Lai laughed and said, "The old lady still asked me, isn't this A ready-made marriage?"

Jia Mu knew it well, but she didn't think it was appropriate, so she didn't say anything, and said, "You have confused me."

Nanny Lai has served Mother Jia all her life, how could she not know what she was thinking?Just wanted to speak out personally.There are only a few masters and servants here, even if this matter fails, they can't talk about it outside.Nanny Lai did not hesitate to be this person, clapped her hands and said with a smile: "The old lady only stares outside, but forgets the person in front of her?" Before Jia Mu could ask, she went on to say: "Second Miss is fifteen years old this year, right? One is a biological granddaughter and the other is a biological grandson, they both know the basics, so wouldn't they be better than other people's children?"

In fact, Nanny Lai was not optimistic about this marriage. Although Lin Yan was the second son and did not inherit the family business, the Lin family only had two brothers, so he would never wrong the only brother.What's more, Lin Yan is a good student and good-looking. I don't know how many girls from good families in Beijing want to marry the Lin family.However, whether it is good or not, what she said doesn't matter, the old lady said it was good.

These words reached Mother Jia's heart, which is why she kept half of what she said when she talked to Aunt Xue.When Lin Yan talked about her marriage that day, she didn't mention Yingchun, because she was jealous of her bad background, and because she was young, her temperament was too soft, and she didn't have the tolerance of a grandma.However, these are secondary. The most important thing is that at that time, Zi Jiamu wanted to promote Baoyu and Daiyu's marriage.If Yingchun was told to Lin Yan, it would be difficult to mention the marriage of the two Yu'er.

But the situation is different now, Lin Hai has been unwilling to let go, and Daiyu treats Baoyu indifferently, so this marriage is naturally impossible.And Yingchun happened to be at the age to talk about marriage, if it is said that her family background is poor, not to mention that she has an older sister who is a concubine, and she only grows up in front of her, it is not enough; Not inheriting the family business, Yingchun's indifferent temperament of not fighting or grabbing is more suitable.

Mother Jia's face is still calm, but who is Nanny Lai?She knew that Jia's mother was moved, so she took advantage of the situation and said, "It's a good thing to do in person, how could my aunt disagree?"

There was a smile on Jia's mother's face, she still shook her head and waved her hands, and said: "The second girl's character and character are nothing to say, but she is born a little different, and her age is not the same."

Nanny Lai said: "Master Lin and Master Lin are not people who only recognize concubines. No one in Beijing knows that the old lady will rape girls. Our mother grew up in front of the old lady, and the second girl was also raised by the old lady since she was a child." Beside the old lady, which character is worse than others? The eldest aunt, the third aunt, who doesn’t say hello to outsiders? Besides age, don’t girls from a family like us always talk about marriage at this age? Second girl It’s too late, and the older ones know what to do.”

After a few words, Jia's mother was full of enthusiasm, and said: "The older you are, the less you have a gatekeeper."

Nanny Lai knew that she was actually happy, so she took advantage of the situation to joke.

Mother Jia was happy, so she said to play cards, because she thought that Xue Baochai had gone to Dongfu, and she expected that Xue Pan would also pass by. Aunt Xue was bored at home alone, so she ordered Aunt Xue to come over, "Just say that we are one corner away from playing cards." , be sure to invite my aunt to come over."

Because Daiyu was thinking about Jiamu, she met with Youshi and others, and was about to go back after watching a play.

Youshi kept her for several times, but when she couldn't keep it, she sent her there.

Today, there was a banquet in the mansion, and all the food was distributed to the servants at home. The woman who guarded the door also got the food and wine. She set the table and was eating. When she saw her coming in, she got up with a smile and said hello, "Miss Lin is back? Why not?" Play a little longer?"

Daiyu waved her hand and asked, "How is the old lady? Is there a meal for lunch?"

What happened in Jia's mother's room, only the first-class maids and daughter-in-laws could know.That woman was just a gatekeeper, but Daiyu asked her, and she was immediately flattered, and said with a smile: "I heard from Miss Yuanyang that she is already well after taking the medicine. Nanny Lai talked with her for a long time, and invited her again." My aunt came to play cards."

It must be good to be able to play cards, Daiyu felt a little relieved.

Yuanyang got up and gave way to Daiyu, who played cards with Jia Mu for half an afternoon, and went home without even having dinner.

When I got home, I realized that Lu Huixian was also greedy for peaches and invited a doctor, so I went to see her first.

The gatekeeper's mother-in-law said that Dai Yufang would come only when Lin Jue was here.At this time, Lin Yu came back early, how could he not stay at home?

Tell the mother-in-law not to talk too much, and turn to look at the old lady.

The old lady asked her if she went to see Lu Huixian, and Daiyu told the truth, the old lady laughed and said: "I usually look stable, but I don't know that I am still a child." When talking about how anxious Xiangluo was, how to ask a doctor, How did the doctor say it, laughing at what he said.

It's rare to be happy.

Daiyu is not in a hurry anymore, if Lu Huixian is not good, how can the old lady be like this?

At that time, the rosary came out of the back room with an envelope in her hand. The old lady pointed to Daiyu, and she handed it directly to Daiyu. The old lady said, "It arrived this morning."

The letter had already been opened, knowing it was Lin Yan's letter, Daiyu didn't care if it was at the old lady's place, she opened it and read it as soon as she received it.The content of the letter is still the same as before.

Report safety first, then ask the family, everyone asked again, and then talk about what you have seen and heard along the way.

Daiyu was happy, disappointed, and worried, so she said aloud before she knew it, and said, "Second brother didn't say when he would come back, and going down, it's getting colder day by day, and if it snows, the road will be difficult." .”

The old lady was also worried, and she was afraid that Daiyu would be even more worried, so she just said: "With his temperament, even if he comes back, he won't say it in the letter."

When the old lady said this, it could be seen that she really knew Lin Yan.

Daiyu ate at the old lady's place before going back.

I went to see Lu Huixian the next day, and I wanted to make fun of her with what happened yesterday, but before she could speak, the other one said: "The old lady, aunt, and your elder brother have already talked about it seven or eight times yesterday, please forgive me." leave me alone."

The maids and women in the room couldn't stop laughing, and Daiyu also couldn't laugh or cry, but pretended not to know, pretending to be surprised, and said: "What are you talking about? Why are you talking about you? I don't know."

Lu Huixian blushed and said angrily, "You have sharp teeth and sharp mouth, I don't believe you won't have this day."

Lin Yan's letter and moon cakes arrived at noon on the [-]th day, and the whole family was happy and crying after receiving the things.

If one person is missing, there will be no excitement at all.Because of Lu Huixian's day, everyone was worried, had a few glasses of wine, and everyone dispersed after eating moon cakes.

Just as everyone got up to leave, Lu Huixian paused, and Lin Yan turned around, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

About to come to help her, Lu Huixian smiled wryly and said, "I seem to be about to give birth."

The family couldn't laugh or cry, but fortunately they were all ready, so they didn't panic.

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