Edge of the Red Chamber

When the people left, the two went to talk in the warm pavilion, and the tea and fruit snacks on the table were given to the little girls to eat.

The two were playing Go, and Lin Jun lost two games in a row, so she became impatient and threw the chess pieces and said that she wanted to play a net.

Daiyu saw that she felt uncomfortable today, so she followed her in everything, and asked, "What's the use of preparing?"

Lin Jun was also on the spur of the moment, she didn't care about anything, she was bored in her heart, she couldn't think of it for a while, she paused, and said: "I can't think of it at the moment, it doesn't matter what, just call a few at will, you don't need it today, you will need it tomorrow .”

Hearing this, Luzhu pondered for a while, and came up with an idea. She went out to look for rosary beads and asked for several colored silk threads, and the two of them really made a knot wholeheartedly.Rosary was not at ease, so she took a moment to come here.Seeing through the window that their sisters are sitting side by side, they just keep their heads down and tangle, without even saying a word, so they guess whether the two are arguing.

Seeing Luzhu turning her head, she hurriedly waved her hand and pointed to the door.Luzhu hurriedly came out lightly, and as soon as she went out, she was pulled aside by Rosary.

Luzhu thought she had something to do, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, sister?"

Rosary glanced at Nuan Pavilion and said, "What's wrong in the room?"

Luzhu didn't come over for a while, so she just said: "It's nothing," she suddenly thought of it, and said with a smile: "Both of them don't like to listen to books, and for some reason, they suddenly thought of making a network. You said today It's been so hard for me to be stubborn all day, why can't I stop?"

The rosary only thought that she had got Lin Jun's words, and she was not allowed to teach the old lady to know, so she chose to say it.Immediately, his face fell, and he said: "What's going on? You haven't told me the truth, are you bickering?"

Only then did Luzhu understand that Rosary might have misunderstood her, she couldn't help being funny and helpless, but she didn't dare to teach Rosary to be anxious.She hurriedly suppressed her smile, and said seriously: "Sister, don't worry, our girl and the eldest girl are doing well, even if our girl suddenly wants to make contact, the older girl will follow our girl. It's really nothing, the two of us are doing well."

Rosary was dubious, but she couldn't tell from Luzhu's face that she was lying, so she believed it for the time being, "It's because I was thinking too much, so it's fine if I don't quarrel. I have something ahead, so I'll go there first, and come to me if you want anything. "Luzhu promised to send her out of the Moon Cave Gate before entering.

As soon as she entered the door, Lin Jun, the head of the house, asked her, "What did Miss Nianzhu want to ask you for?"

Luzhu just said it again with a smile, and at the end she blamed: "In the past at home, the wife asked the girl to give the girl two strings, and the girl didn't do it. But today, the wife, aunt, and grandma of the in-laws are here. Everyone jokes that you have to do it again. Don't blame Sister Rosary. Be worried."

Hearing this, Lin Jun felt embarrassed and couldn't admit it, so she said to Luzhu, "Look, you're crazy." She lowered her head and looked at her own knot, it was so crooked that she couldn't see it. .Throwing down his hands, he rushed to the little girl who was waiting on the side, and said, "It's twisted."

Daiyu leaned forward to have a look, then covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "What are you doing, save it carefully for your girls to make a dowry." As she spoke, she suddenly remembered that Lin Jun wanted to make a promise to someone else, and took her place again. Joy and some sadness.

Lin Jun blushed immediately, and said: "Look if I don't tear your mouth, what kind of dowry is not dowry." As she spoke, she got up and pressed Daiyu.

The marriage between Lin Jun and Jiang Wen was agreed by Mrs. Zhao and her younger sister a long time ago.Now that the two of them are old, Mrs. Zhao is also satisfied with Jiang Wen, and Mrs. Jiang is also happy with Lin Jun. If there is nothing wrong, the Jiang family should come to propose marriage next year.

After Mrs. Lu and Lu Huishan left, the smile on the old lady's face never faded. Daiyu guessed that Lin Yan's marriage should be settled.

The old lady was thinking about who to invite as a matchmaker in the coming year, when the Cui family sent a wedding invitation, it was Cui Jiayi who came out of the pavilion on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Lu Huixian said in her heart: "It's not that day yet." But her face didn't show at all, she smiled and said to the mother who sent the post: "Second sister is out of the cabinet, we must go to such a happy event, the old lady just I’m afraid I’ll fall in love with it.”

The mother also knew that the two families were close, and knew that they had doubts in their hearts, but it was not easy to ask. The wives and grandmas at home also explained that they would know sooner or later, so there was no need to hide it, so she said: "Why don't you like it? Life is also our old lady ordered."

After hearing the words, the old lady and Lu Huixian understood that the old lady Cui was probably going to die.Especially the old lady, feeling quite uncomfortable.

Lu Huixian asked Mrs. Cui carefully about her health and daily life, but everything was as usual.However, Mrs. Cui is also in her 80s. Even if she is not sick or in pain, it is normal for her to die that day.

Mrs. Cui disappeared the day after Cui Jiayi returned home.

In a blink of an eye, it is already the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. Because of the joy of the New Year, the haze has finally been diluted.

In the old years, Qin Keqing was gone, and she was a person who knew how to act. Everyone in the family, from the old lady to the servants, liked her. When she died at a young age, the whole family was sad, and another happy event happened. , can be regarded as slowing down.

It turns out that the Holy Majesty has always been filial, thinking that all the concubines and talents in the palace have been in the palace for many years, and parents, brothers and sisters are not allowed to see each other, so he allowed the family members of Jiaofang to enter the palace and invite the prince to have a look.The Emperor Taishang and the Empress Dowager were overjoyed, they extended the grace of convenience, and made a decree that if there is a house in the other courtyard of Chongyu, where they can stay and guard, they may wish to invite the inner court Luanyu to enter their private residence.

With this decree, who is not willing?Even if there is no suitable place in the family to use as a family-visiting villa, it is necessary to spend money to build one; even if you already have one, you are afraid that you will belittle the nobleman, or choose another site for reconstruction, or choose a suitable place for renovation.

Naturally, the Ningrong Second Mansion was no exception, they also hurriedly invited people to survey the land of the two mansions, and then invited people to draw pictures, broke ground, and arranged trees, flowers and stones, etc. , Busy or not, who doesn't just rejoice for this all day long?

At the end of the new year, the family-visiting villa was repaired and built, and Jia Zheng played the inscription again, and approved the family-visiting day on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Because of being busy with this matter, the whole family has never been better for years.On the day of the second day of junior high school, Daiyu followed Lin Juan and Lin Yan over to pay New Year's greetings, and all she could hear were words such as honor and glory.

Not to mention how brightly lit and magnificent the Grand View Garden was on the [-]th day, what kind of pomp and circumstance it was when Yuanchun came back, and what kind of scene it was when relatives met each other.Let's just say that after the [-]th day, all the things that should be displayed and used in the garden have to be cleaned up. The people in Rongning and Ningfu are already exhausted, and everyone is exhausted. Others may hide quietly, but only Wang Xifeng can't get rid of it; The second is to have a strong nature, not willing to be criticized by others, struggling like a person who has nothing to do.

It was just cleaned up, and it was Xue Baochai's birthday again. It turned out that Jia's mother had promised to celebrate her birthday.Therefore, before he rested, he was busy with this matter again.Although it is not a full birthday, it can be regarded as the year of the next year, but Xue Baochai is not engaged yet, so it is not easy to deal with it, but seeing that Jia Mu likes it and is a relative, unlike the girls at home, naturally it cannot be too easy.

When Jia's mother was happy, she sent someone to pick up Lin Daiyu and Lin Jun: "We haven't had a good year this year, and Miss Lin didn't have a good time when she came. Let's take advantage of the good time of Bao girl and bring their sisters here. Have a good day."

The people sent by Mother Jia did not pick up Lin Daiyu and Lin Jun, because Lin Hai caught the wind and cold, and Lin Daiyu was sick, so the person who sent back only brought a needle and thread made at home in the old days as a birthday ceremony.

Wang Xifeng was busy preparing medicinal materials, and Jia Lian came to visit him in person.

The whole family is happy, so they won't lose interest in this matter.

Baoyu is a lover of novelty. He has long heard that a new book has been published, and he can't wait to listen to the play.But Xue Baochai, Wang Xifeng and others ordered lively operas to cater to Jia's mother, and they couldn't bear it, because they said: "I have to order these operas." He also said: "I heard that a new book is published today, which is different from the previous routines. I like them all, so there must be something special about them. Why don't we call people to the next door, and I'll ask them to see if they can tell me."

Xue Baochai couldn't see what was going on in his heart, and said with a smile: "Forget it, it's all about those routines. Where can new ones go? If you like to hear them, I'll call someone in to tell you. I don't like those routines. , or accompany the old lady to listen to the play."

Baoyu said with a sarcastic smile, "If you speak well, I'll send a girl to invite you." Baochai waved his hand.

After a while, the servant girl replied that the man had come, so Baoyu got up and told Jia Mu, still repeating what she had just said to Baochai.

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Go ahead. If it's really good, call me over and let everyone listen." Baoyu got up, and Wang Xifeng followed to look after her.

The two daughters-in-law were already waiting in the room. Jia Baoyu let Wang Xifeng sit there while ordering someone to move two pipas over there. He ordered her to sit down, handed the stringed pipa over, and said, ""Di Gong Judgment Case" Will it?"

The daughter-in-law hurriedly said: "Yes, everyone loves to listen to it now. If anyone can't, there will be no place to eat." She said with a smile.

Wang Xifeng waved his hand and said: "No busy, you can give me an overview first and I'll listen to it. If it's really good, the old ancestor will also listen to it."

The daughter-in-law laughed and said, "If we can be liked by our ancestors, that would be our good fortune." After that, she slowly said, "... Di Gong is so lucky to be born, and within half a month, I will put this pile of dozens The case in [-] was tried clean and clear. This is nothing. The most admirable thing is that Mr. Di is just and upright. Whoever he is, he committed a crime and was not merciless at all. Thinking of the grandma of the Duke's Mansion, what a The gold and jade are also passed on to the court, so whatever the crime is, it will be handed down immediately."

Others could hear it, but Duwang Xifeng was terrified. If she didn't know that Yun Guang didn't dare to reveal it, she would have suspected that it was her.

After hearing the words "pass to the court" and other words later, I was panicked and turned pale.Suddenly she came to her senses, and thought to herself: "How can I take what is said in the book to be true? I think it's a coincidence. Not to mention their family background, her uncle is a person who can be used today, so he is the empress in this palace. For the sake of the fifth prince, even if the matter in Chang'an County is aroused, who would dare to take her." Even though he thought so, he was still afraid in his heart, and he would always hesitate when encountering such a thing.