[Red Mansions] Minruo Spring Breeze Returns to Dream

No.40 Six Chapters of Daiyu's Rough Talk on Jia's Visit

But it is said that several adults are chatting outside, and Lin Daiyu, Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun in the Bisha closet are having fun.Because Jia Yingchun was ill and didn't come this time, Lin Daiyu simply begged Jia Tanchun to take her to have a look. Jia Baoyu followed, unwilling to be lonely, and wanted to cling to Lin Daiyu to talk intimately.

Cuitao had been reminded by Jia Min before she came, so she quickly protected Lin Daiyu and walked to her left. Jia Tanchun was originally on Lin Daiyu's right, so Jia Baoyu had no chance to intervene, so he could only follow behind in a dull manner.

Jia Yingchun didn't suffer from any serious illness, but it was difficult to go out due to the occasional cold.She was naturally happy to see Lin Daiyu and Tanchun and Xichun coming, and seeing Jia Baoyu's gloomy look, she knew he must be unhappy because he couldn't talk to Cousin Lin, so she said, "I took a jar of snow last year." The water just came out to make tea. Baoyu, didn’t you take the Junshan silver needle from me before, this time it’s enough for you to drink.”

"Does the second cousin also like to collect snow water to make tea?" Lin Daiyu asked with a smile, "I like it too, but it doesn't snow much in Yangzhou City, so I just collected a few jars of dew and put it away for my father and mother." My dear and my brother make tea. Before I came back, I asked the purchaser to buy a few extra catties of Wuyi tea and Yuezhou cold tea, so that I can give it to my second cousin when I have time."

"Sister Lin also loves tea." Jia Baoyu finally interjected, "I remember we still have a few cans of Xinyang Maojian in our house, let the ancestors give my sister a can later."

Lin Daiyu glanced at Jia Baoyu, pouted and said, "I have some new tea at home, so I don't want my grandmother to give it to me. Also, why didn't my second cousin go to school today?"

"Today, my ancestors said that my aunt and younger sister are coming, so I asked for leave from my family and waited. I couldn't talk to my younger sister three years ago. This time, you and your aunt will come back to Beijing for a long time. We often come and go. Yes, it must be very close." Jia Baoyu rambled and said, when he was excited, he would hold Lin Daiyu's hand.

Fortunately, Cui Tao had quick eyes and quick hands, she turned to Lin Daiyu and said, "Didn't the girl bring gifts to the cousins, why did you forget about it?"

Lin Daiyu nodded after being reminded, and said to Jia Yingchun and the others with a smile: "I brought a set of clam noodles to my second cousin, third cousin and fourth cousin in Yangzhou." In front of several girls, "This giant clam is inlaid with pink pearls from the south. The patterns are all hand-painted by the master of the jewelry shop in my family in Yangzhou. They are all fashionable patterns in the south."

"It's so beautiful." Jia Yingchun picked up one, and the maid Siqi beside her had already fetched the blue transparent enamel gold-painted handle mirror that Jia Min gave on Jia Yingchun's birthday. Comparing between the buns, "It's hard for the masters' craftsmanship. Such a beautiful pattern is hard to see in Beijing."

"The other one is for the younger sister of the Shi family. She is not here today. The second cousin will give it to her when she sees her when she has time." Before Lin Daiyu came to Beijing, Jia Min had told her in detail that the second Rongning mansion had returned. With the relationship between the three families of Shi Wang Xue, her gifts should naturally be prepared.The older ones in Rongning Second House are fine, but the sisters who are similar to her age have to be taken into account.

Jia Tanchun was also full of praise.Jia Xichun was still young, and the nurse next to her took care of her, and seeing that she looked sleepy, she thanked her and carried Jia Xichun back.Jia Baoyu was unhappy, how could all the sisters have gifts, but he was the only one who didn't?

The attacker next to Jia Baoyu had also served Jia Baoyu for a year, so he naturally felt Jia Baoyu's decadence.Her original name was Huazhuzhu, and she was a little girl in Jia's mother's room. It was Jia's mother who called Jia Baoyu to serve her when she saw her cleverness. , I’m going to ask Second Master Bao about your homework today. Do you want to go back and review it first? The second master has someone tell me, so I have to watch Second Master Bao.”

Jia Baoyu didn't like reading at all, and he was afraid of being detained by Jia Zheng. This time, he didn't get a gift, so he was very angry. He just said: "What kind of books are you reading? Yes! I just need to talk and laugh with a few sisters, what are those poor books doing for reading!"

Lin Daiyu supported the green jade crystal on her head and twisted the gold hairpin, feeling increasingly dissatisfied with Jia Baoyu in her heart.Which promising man from aristocratic family didn't fight all his life to honor his family and descendants. Her father also worked hard to get ahead in order to restore the glory of the Lin family's ancestors.Listening to Jia Baoyu's words today, I really learned a lot.

Jia Yingchun and Jia Tanchun were no strangers to each other.

At this time, Mother Jia sent someone to call Lin Daiyu, only saying that Jia Min was going back to the house and let Lin Daiyu go with her.

Jia Baoyu felt very sad.He seldom sees this Sister Lin, but Sister Lin has always been indifferent to him, and he, who has always been liked by the sisters, is very itchy. Afterwards, he told his ancestors that it would be better to take sister Lin into the mansion.

"I went to see your second cousin today, how is she doing?" Back in the mansion, Jia Min asked someone to bring up the corn and barley soup that he had made before going out, and asked Daiyu after she was beside her.

"Second cousin is feeling much better. It's just an occasional cold, and it's not a serious illness." Lin Daiyu replied, "I saw that second cousin likes to drink tea, so I agreed to send her some Yuezhou cold tea. Mother, when should I send it over?"

"Tomorrow." Jia Min was very satisfied with the way her daughter got along with the girls, "You are a girl from our Lin family, and when you date girls from other houses, you should act like a daughter of the Lin family. Your second cousin You and the third cousin are both born of concubines, so you can have a gentler temper, but you can't be too domineering, you know?"

"Mother has said it many times, and my daughter remembers it." Lin Daiyu smiled and took a sip of the sweet soup, "I can talk to my second and third cousins, and my fourth cousin is still too young to speak well. After being with us for a while, he was hugged to sleep. And the second cousin, what I said was not what I liked to hear. He also said that scholars are all thieves from the country and have no intention of winning glory for their own house. Brother is better. !"

"That second cousin of yours grew up pampered, so how can he be compared with your elder brother?" Jia Min touched her head, "Your first cousin was originally a good one, but it's a pity that he was so poor that he couldn't help himself. Win fame. After your eldest cousin is gone, your grandmother and second aunt treat your second cousin like an eyeball, pampering him like a girl, can you call him the same as your brother?"

"Mother is right, so I don't care about him." Lin Daiyu said, "The maid next to the second cousin is also rude, talking about 'you' and 'I', and only wants the second cousin to go back to study homework, that provoked my second cousin to say something about studying."

"You have been in Yangzhou for a long time. The rules of Rongguo Mansion have always been like this. If you don't like it, forget it. Don't talk too much." Jia Min thought for a while, and the girl who served Jia Baoyu was probably the so-called virtuous woman Hua Xiren , then spooned a spoonful of sweet soup into his mouth, "Today Xiuniang brought you a new custom-made summer dress, you can go back and have a look later. You have your own ideas about the needlework, what's wrong The place just needs to be changed.”

"Thank you, mother." Lin Daiyu said with a smile.

"Ma'am, a maid from the palace came outside, saying that there is an edict from the Queen Mother to convey." Cui Liu hurried in and said.

Jia Min tidied up quickly and went out to meet him.Lin Daiyu waited in the room for a while, when she saw her mother walk in with a complex expression, she greeted her and asked, "What's the matter, mother?"

"It's okay." Jia Min took Lin Daiyu to Lin Daiyu's north courtyard, asked a few maids to take out all of Daiyu's clothes, and said to Lin Daiyu, "Just now the mother in the palace came to send a message, saying that the queen mother wants to see her." meet you."

Lin Daiyu shrank slightly, and said: "Why does the queen mother want to see her daughter?"

"Mother is still like you. When I was young, I went to the palace to meet the Queen Mother's Feng Yan, and I somehow won her favor. Mother was able to marry your father. The marriage was also given by the Queen Mother. Also, the empress dowager also met me when she went to Yangzhou, and this time when our family returns to Beijing, my mother will naturally have to pay her respects to the empress dowager. I probably heard that my mother has such a cute daughter like you, so I want to see her."

"It turns out that the mother and the empress dowager still have such a relationship." Lin Daiyu smiled, "Then when I enter the palace tomorrow, what should my daughter pay attention to? I heard that there are strict rules in the palace."

"We are going directly to the Empress Dowager's palace. The rules of saluting in the palace will be taught by the mother later." Jia Min personally chose a suit of clothes for Lin Daiyu, "The empress dowager likes girls who can read books the most Girls of the Li Dynasty are the most popular in front of the Queen Mother. You have a set of pink pearl hair, and I will wear it tomorrow." Originally, Lin Daiyu was going to have her ears pierced, but she was going back to Beijing and had to socialize with all the ladies in Beijing. It didn't work out.Seeing that summer is coming, Jia Min was worried that the wound would become inflamed, so he postponed it until this winter.

"I know." Lin Daiyu watched as Jia Min picked out a dress made by Drunken Fairy for her with a delicate witch hazel peach pattern, "This light purple dress is my favorite, my mother has a good eye, It looks best with that set of pearls on the head."

"Later, mother will tell you about the rules in the palace. You have to listen carefully." Jia Min asked Cuitao to put away the clothes and jewelry that Minger will wear when entering the palace, and took Lin Daiyu one by one to order: "Let's go in." After the palace, I will go directly to the Empress Dowager’s Palace. Although there are several concubines living in the Empress Dowager’s Palace, they generally will not come out without the Queen Mother’s will, so don’t worry. If you go to the Empress Dowager’s place, unless the Queen Mother speaks, otherwise we will You can't sit down at will, let alone interrupt at will. You have to be distracted before speaking, and only after you think about it and feel that there is nothing wrong can you speak. But the Queen Mother has always been kind, as long as you are well-behaved and sensible, there will be no major problems."

"My daughter knows." Lin Daiyu twisted the handkerchief, "After lunch, my daughter will take out a few pouches she made, and bring them into the palace tomorrow."

"You're thoughtful, I'll ask Nanny Lin to tell you about the palace rules later, just keep it in your heart." Jia Min smiled gratifiedly.