Edge of the Red Chamber

After the release of Jia's people, the officers and soldiers withdrew from Tiekan Temple.Without the offerings from the Ning Rong Second Mansion, the monks would not be the same as before. After a rest, the monks reopened the temple gates and recruited more pilgrims to make ends meet.

The few monks in the temple still remember the old days, the coffins of Jia Jing and other Jia family members who were convicted of the crime of Ning Rong's second house have not broken three incense sticks the day before.Therefore, Wang Xifeng is still stored in Tiekan Temple, so that he can be transported back to Jinling together in the future.

Thinking about the situation in Jia's mansion today, Lin Yan was afraid that few people would go, so Lin Yan went too.Thinking of the chaos that day, she was afraid that she would not be able to take care of it, so Daiyu didn't go.

23 When the list came out, Lin Yan took You'er to see it.It wasn't until early noon that You'er came back sweating profusely to announce the good news.After half an hour, Lin Yan came back.

The old lady was here to distribute wedding money, and when she heard that he and Shui Rong had returned, she smiled and said to Lu Huixian, "He's not in a hurry, but we are anxious to get angry." Xiang Daiyu said, "You should go too." Congratulations to your second sister-in-law." Seeing Daiyu go out, she said, "Why did the two of them get together?" He ordered to come in again.

Lu Huixian said with a smile: "How dare he not care about such an opportunity to please my elder brother?" Everyone laughed.

The old lady smiled and said, "This child has a heart."

The old lady pushed her away, obviously because she wanted to see Shui Rong, it was inconvenient for her.Apparently, Hung Hom guessed it too, seeing Daiyu walking in a hurry, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Miss, slow down, my uncle is still in the outer courtyard."

When she broke her mind, Daiyu couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment. She glanced at her and said, "Why does he shut me up in the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard?" But she couldn't help but feel hot.

Hongxiao covered her mouth and smiled, but Daiyu ignored her, she still slowed down.

They entered the door with their front feet, followed by a little maid.She held a one-foot-long wood-carved box of chicken wenge, saying that Lin Yan had sent her to send it.

It was only in the morning that Lu Huixian sent someone to send a basket of copper coins over to prepare Daiyu as a reward, but she hadn't had time to count them.Hung Hom casually grabbed a handful and handed it to her, saying: "It's hard to make a trip for you, you take these to buy flowers."

Seeing her strange eyes, Daiyu asked, "Where do you work? What's your name?"

The little girl stood upright, with her head bowed, listening to the words, she didn't happily accept the money, but knelt down and said, "My name is Juxiang, and I don't work in the mansion. I brought it back to her, so I asked me to deliver it to the door, and ask which sister to deliver it. Because of my playfulness, I saw that my sister was not there, so I asked the mothers at the door, and said that I would come out after delivering the things, mother They let me in. I gave the key and didn’t dare to keep any more. I came out immediately and met the second master and uncle without thinking. The second master called me and asked me to give something to the girl. Because there was no one around, That's why I'm here."

Although Daiyu is in the meeting hall every day, she doesn't interfere with other things except her own room.Juxiang is not on duty in the mansion, but enters the mansion without authorization, this is a first crime; if you say something urgent, but you don't go out immediately after finishing the work, but instead take someone else's errand, this is a second crime.One is one, and the other is two. Although she violated the government regulations, she still has to be rewarded for her deeds.Unexpectedly, when the girl saw that she was rewarded, she was not only unhappy, but pleaded guilty, which is very clever.Although Daiyu loves her cleverness, she will not encourage it, saying: "This is a reward for you, just take it."

What's more, this Juxiang has a lot of eyes.

Although it is an apology, it excuses itself every sentence.First, her mother was infected with the epidemic, so she couldn't come in to serve, indicating that her mother knew the rules; second, Mama Sun always kept the keys in the kitchen. She didn't say she was Mama Sun's daughter, but said her mother wanted to She came in to give the key, although she didn't say anything, it was better than saying it. If she said it directly, she meant to use Lu Huixian's companion to overwhelm Daiyu; The mother and the janitor's mother pushed away and took all the mistakes on themselves. She dared to bear it, but it was also because she was young and not a servant in the house. Although she committed the crime knowingly, it was because of her young age. , or lenient punishment or even forgiveness; fourth, she sent things here, not because she had deliberately asked for an errand, but because Lin Yan entrusted her with it, and she did it out of necessity. There are also two meanings here, one Even though she is not on duty in the mansion, she is also a servant of the mansion. The master has orders and should obey them, and secondly, she only accepts this errand because there is no one around.

A few words are not only an apology, but also a plea for mercy, and at the same time boldly expressing one's intelligence and intelligence, it can be seen that he has a big heart.She hoped that Daiyu would fall in love with her, so that she could enter the Daylilies Hall, and she also hoped that because Daiyu fell in love with her, she would be able to hide what happened today, or if she couldn't, she would be able to say a few words for her.

Hongxiao also said: "Second Master has won Huiyuan, and everyone in the house has a reward. This is a special reward from the girl."

Daiyu didn't say anything, Juxiang couldn't express her disappointment, but she also knew that if she said any more at this time, Daiyu would probably hate her.He took it with a smile, thanked him for the reward, and went back.

Ju Xiang didn't mention how worried she was when she went back, and how she tossed and turned without sleep.

As soon as Juxiang left, Xiangcheng asked Daiyu to open the box and said, "I don't know where the second master found it again. What is it?"

Hongxiao scolded with a smile: "You can talk about it if you want to read it, what's the point of beating around the bush and talking about such a big story?"

Daiyu is also funny, in fact, she already knows what it is.Hong Kao guessed it too, but Pian Xiang Orange didn't expect it.She has always been like this, it is obvious at a glance, she is always one step behind others.But it is also this step, so she always has more fun than others, and even leading them has more fun.Seeing Xiangcheng's heart itching unbearably, and the contents in the box became more mysterious, Daiyu couldn't help being a little curious, and said with a smile: "Open it and have a look."

Seeing that Daiyu also agreed, Xiangcheng couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly pulled the pin.

After just one glance, Xiangcheng laughed, clapped her hands and applauded, and said, "Brother Ming will definitely like it." The original one was given to Sister Fu, but Daiyu was afraid that Lin Ming would know that she would not follow her, so she asked Lin Yan to find another one. of.

Even a person who doesn't know jade knows that this one is a good thing. The cabbage is white and the leaves are green. Even a red praying mantis sitting on it is lifelike.

The one for Sister Fu was originally what she asked for from Lin Yan, how could Lin Yan not know?Knowing that she was going to give it to Lin Ming, Lin Yan would never choose such a good item.For some reason, I remembered Shui Rong who came with Lin Yan, and I always felt that he sent it, but I borrowed Lin Yan's hand.

Daiyu just glanced at it, but couldn't help frowning, and said to Hongxiao: "You can send it back to the second brother later."

She was also skeptical, not to mention Xiang Cheng didn't think of it, even Hong Xiao didn't think about Shui Rong.Hearing the words, he said: "What about Brother Ming?"

Daiyu said: "It's still early before the Chinese New Year, teach my second brother to find another one. Give this one to him, don't spoil this good thing, and father will tell me about it when he finds out."

What Daiyu said was reasonable, Hongxiao didn't think about anything else, so she agreed.On the contrary, Xiang Cheng was quite reluctant, and said: "It's okay to find another one for Brother Ming, and keep this girl, isn't it the same?"

Daiyu couldn't explain it to her, so she said, "Of all the good things in this room, if you hit him in the eye, how many of them can you keep?"

Xiangcheng secretly said: "Just don't put it away, put it away, and when you go to the palace in the future, can brother Ming move back the things from the palace? Even if brother Ming is willing, grandma will still be willing?" Thinking this way in her heart, She dared not speak out.Daiyu protects these two nephews the most, Lin Fei and Lin Ming dropped many good things in her house, she didn't say a word, at most she put away the things she loved so that they wouldn't see them.

In the afternoon Lin Yan brought the things over again, saying: "Put this away, don't let Ming'er see it. I already have news from here, and I will send it to you in a few days." He also said: "Jingzhi is not I know it's what you want, but I heard that I was looking for such a thing, and it was specially delivered to me today, so I couldn't accept it."

"What did you send me for the congratulatory gift he gave you?" Daiyu was ashamed and annoyed, so she gasped and refused to take it, saying, "I don't want it." She was still in front of Shui Rong, lest he I don't know.

Lin Yan didn't know what the little one was thinking, he thought that Shui Rong sent him such a thing because he was aiming at Daiyu.It just so happened that today he was happy, and he was willing to sell Shui Rong a good one, so he asked someone to deliver it to Daiyu in front of his face. In fact, he told Shui Rong that he was the one who found it for Daiyu.

Shui Rong is happy, but Daiyu is unhappy. Does Lin Yan wish she could marry sooner?

Lin Yan couldn't figure it out for a while, if she knew that the item was sent by Shui Rong, shouldn't Dai Yu be happy? Why is she angry again? , he didn't dare to force Daiyu, he hurriedly coaxed her and said, "Okay, if you don't want it, then don't, second brother will find you a better one later."

When she heard that Lin Yan really wanted to take the things back, Daiyu was a little bit reluctant, but she couldn't tell Lin Yan to keep the things, and simply ignored him.

Why are you still unhappy?After thinking about it, Lin Ming wanted the jade cabbage, and he was afraid that Daiyu would not like it, so he said, "What does my sister like, tell my second brother, and my second brother will find it for you."

Seeing her elder brother lying down and coaxing her like he was a child, Daiyu suddenly felt helpless, she was happy and blushed a little.Seeing that Lin Yan didn't know what she was thinking, he put his heart in his stomach instead.Otherwise, she would not die of shame.Immediately he became happy again, pretending to think about it, and said, "One of the cups in my Ru Kiln set was broken a while ago."

Finally Daiyu turned around, Lin Yan quickly responded with a smile, and said, "It's just right, I have a ready-made set at my place, and I'll send Youer to bring it to you later."

In the afternoon, people from Jia's mansion also came to congratulate her.

Brothers Shui Rong, Lin Yan, Lin Yan and Liu Xianglian were called by Lin Hai to the outer study. Everyone was talking in the old lady's room, and the old lady asked who it was, and said it was from Zhou Rui's house.The old lady sighed and said: "He is loyal, please come in and I will see you." Jia's mansion was defeated, how could the family support so many slaves, so they repaid their life contracts, only a few loyal ones refused to leave stayed.

When Zhou Rui's family came in, everyone asked about the family, and Zhou Rui's family said: "The uncle of the Wang family is back. He went to the house yesterday, and the old lady stayed here."

The Wang family is also from Jinling, and they have no place to stay in the capital.Ordinarily, Wang Ren should go to Jinling when he comes back, why did he come to the capital instead?After all, it was the matter of the Wang family, and the locust tree village was also given to the Jia family. It was also the matter of the Jia family who they wanted to keep.The old lady didn't ask any further questions, and just said: "It's a good thing, they're back, and you have many relatives, so it's a bit lively."

She is also a servant of the Wang family. She still doesn't know what kind of character Wang Ren is, so she doesn't like it in her heart, but she can't help Mrs. Wang like it.

But it's no wonder that the mother-in-law's mother's family fell at the same time, and it was so easy to come to her mother's family, how could Mrs. Wang not like it?Even if it's not good, Zhou Rui's family can only say good.

Because they were rushing out of the city, Zhou Rui's family didn't dare to delay, so they left after drinking a cup of tea.Lu Huixian thought that there would not be much money left after Wang Xifeng's funeral, so she gave another 100 taels.Daiyu also sent a few knives of paper, some brushes and inkstones, and some commonly used paints in red silk.