[Red Mansions] Minruo Spring Breeze Returns to Dream

Return the palace flower Daiyu in return

"I heard that the grandparent's house has guests, and they planned to ask us to stay in the house. Is it true?" Lin Daiyu asked when she handed over the homework she learned today to Jia Min for inspection.

"It turned out that Xue's family from Jinling came to Beijing and lived in the Rongguo Mansion." Jia Min carefully checked Lin Daiyu's inscription, and replied, "She was originally your second aunt's younger sister, so of course she came to Beijing to take refuge in you. The second aunt. It’s just that we made an appointment with Mrs. Li and Miss Li, so we had no choice but to decline. Besides, this invitation is just to inform Jia Wangshi and the three families that their Xue family has gone to Beijing. What does it have to do with our Lin family? What about the relationship. Besides, the two children of Xue's family are still in their filial piety, so it's inconvenient for us to disturb them."

"I understand." Lin Daiyu said with a smile, "Sister Li is also practicing acupuncture at home during this time, so I have to make a few purses quickly so that Sister Li can take a look at the acupuncture techniques I have learned recently. Also, recently It's going to be autumn, I saw Master Guan coughing a few times, my mother invited the doctor into the mansion to have a look."

"Okay." Jia Min said, "Cui Liu, take the post from our mansion and go to Huairen Hall to ask Doctor Wen to come over."

"Yes."

"Master Guan came to Beijing with our family alone. I thought it would be better to send two maidservants to her yard to serve her. It is also a little bit of my daughter's kindness." Although Master Guan is a woman, she has never married. It is said that it is because The man who had originally engaged in marriage died of illness, and it was rumored that she killed her fiancé before she got married. Gradually, no one dared to discuss marriage with her.She simply combed the woman's hair in a bun and vowed not to marry, and only made a living by teaching the rich girls from various rich families in Yangzhou to study.

"That's fine, Master Guan is honest and dedicated to you. Our family can't treat her badly." Jia Min said, "It's just that she likes to read, and the people who serve her must be smart and know how to read. Yes, let’s call Peiwen’s eldest daughter and Lin Guan’s youngest daughter to accompany her.” Peiwen’s eldest daughter is named Liu Le, and Lin Guan’s youngest daughter is named Lin Li. Master Guan just grinds the ink."

"Mother is really thoughtful."

"The two of them are learning to read, and when they grow up, I can call them to your side." Lin Daiyu's servants will probably be dispatched in a few years, and now is also the time to train her first-class Maid.With the lessons of the previous life, the people who can serve Lin Daiyu now are all handpicked by Jia Min.

"Thank you, mother."

"My sister's craftsmanship is getting better and better. These purses are exquisitely crafted, and the rose flowers are embroidered vividly." After Li Hui followed her mother to Lin's residence, she was invited by Lin Daiyu to the North Courtyard.Seeing the few purses that Lin Daiyu showed her, she was also full of praise, "Yesterday, I went to the palace with my mother to greet you. I met the empress, and the empress is thinking about you."

"My father said that I've been playing wild recently, and told me to study with the master. It's the invitation from my grandparents, and I have turned it down several times." Lin Daiyu said with a smile, "Besides, my mother was also Tell me, the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager are both busy with palace affairs, so it is not good to take me into the palace to pay my respects."

"That's right. I heard that a large number of female officials and maids are going to be released from the palace, and they have to select new maids to enter the palace. Naturally, I am busy. Yesterday was the first time in two months that I greeted the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager." "Li Hui said with a smile, "A few days ago I was bored at home, so I wove a few strings for my sister. I saw a jade pendant hanging around my sister's waist, so it's safe to hang it on the string."

"Thank you, Sister Li." Lin Daiyu quickly took it over, "If you like these purses, you can choose one and use it when you go home."

"Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient." Li Hui picked out a fragrant purse embroidered with a pattern of large peonies in clusters of brocade flowers, "This pattern is really beautiful, my sister's hands are so ingenious."

"Piansheng is my sister's sweet mouth." After getting along for a long time, I know that Li Hui's temperament is also quite lively, but she must be cautious in the palace, so she has developed her indifferent and elegant appearance in front of people, "I remember my sister It's the tenth day of October's birthday, and then I'll give my sister a handkerchief that I embroidered myself, what kind of pattern does my sister want?"

"Don't boast about it." Li Hui glanced at her, "I want a light blue base with a pattern of butterflies wearing flowers."

"Sister, don't underestimate me." Lin Daiyu replied, and was about to continue, when she saw Cuitao walking in, she stopped talking and said, "I'm talking to Sister Li, what's the matter, Auntie ?"

"I shouldn't have disturbed the girl and Miss Li, but someone came from outside and said that they were giving something to the girl. The servant returned to the madam, and the madam said that she should come and find the girl." Cui Tao first went to the two of them. After a salute, he said, "The lady in charge next to the second wife of the Rongguo Mansion is here, from Zhou Rui's family."

"Oh?" Lin Daiyu frowned slightly, "Call her in." Then she said to Li Hui, "Sister, wait for me a moment."

Zhou Rui's family came in with a brocade box. Seeing that Lin Daiyu had guests here, he couldn't take a peek, so he said: "Mrs. Xue asked the second wife to help send palace flowers to Miss Lin. These are tributes to the palace. Yes, please look, girl."

There are four pairs of palace flowers lying in the brocade box, the azalea, osmanthus, rose and plum blossoms, the workmanship looks fine, but Lin Daiyu and Li Hui also saw better ones at the Queen Mother's place, these palace flowers Lin Daiyu are for the nobles below I still didn't like it, so I just said: "I'm sorry, please tell Mrs. Xue, just say thank you for her kindness. It's just that I have guests here, so it's inconvenient to let you talk. Aunt Cui Tao, please help me send it off. .”

"Yes." Cui Tao asked someone to take the brocade box, and led Zhou Rui's family out.Said: "Sister Zhou, don't blame the girl for not keeping you for tea. The one who is here today is the daughter of the admiral of the Nine Gates. We girls have to treat him well." Sister, come and invite Sister Zhou to drink tea."

After leaving the Lin mansion, Zhou Rui's family quietly opened the purse and took a look, only to see two taels of silver and a gold-plated bracelet in it, quickly put it away and stuffed it in the sleeve, wondering how grand the Lin family is, Rewards are also extraordinary, and you have to speak well when you go back.

After dismissing Zhou Rui's family, Lin Daiyu continued talking to Li Hui: "The conversation was interrupted, I forgot what to say to my sister."

"I'm surprised, this Rongguo Mansion is nothing more than my sister's ancestral home after all. But why did the Xue family bring something to my sister?" Li Hui glanced at the palace flower in the brocade box, pouted in a rare way .

"Then Mrs. Xue is my second aunt's younger sister, maybe it's just out of favor." Lin Daiyu put the topic away after Swift put away the brocade box.But he secretly thought in his heart, the members of the Xue family are strange, they clearly know that today is the day when Mrs. Li and the girl come to visit, why are they still sending things here so eagerly?

In fact, this is not about Mrs. Xue's business. She prepared the four pairs of palace flowers long ago and asked her sister to send them over, but Mrs. Wang didn't take it seriously. I just remembered, so I ordered Zhou Rui's family to send it over in a hurry.

After talking with Li Hui for a long time, the news came from the front that Mrs. Li was going to leave and let Li Hui go with her.

After seeing Li's mother and daughter away, Lin Daiyu asked Yuyan to take the brocade box to Jia Min's place, and said: "This is from Mrs. Xue's family. There are four pairs of palace flowers in total. I think the color is very good. The workmanship is not bad, but it's not the style I like. Besides, the Mrs. Xue knows that we have guests today, so why did they send them here today?"

"Just ignore the ends of these twigs." Jia Min twirled one and looked at it, only to feel that the material of silk flowers is not as good as the one usually rewarded by the queen mother, and it is obviously not for the concubines of the first palace in the palace. "Today, Zhou Rui's family came here and brought four pairs of palace flowers to me, and four pairs to you, so I sent her to your place. You behaved well, you have a good pace, and you still have the demeanor of our girl .”

"Mother, I don't dare to accept these words." Lin Daiyu said, "It's just that Mrs. Xue's family gave me a palace flower, so I have to return the gift."

"Mrs. Xue's husband and son-in-law just passed away a year ago, and her two children are still in their filial piety, so it's not easy for us to give some expensive gifts." Jia Min asked Cui Liu to take out the account book, "Mother was the one who drew up the gift list for people before." At that time, you also watched it twice, how do you think mother should return the gift this time?"

Lin Daiyu took the ledger from Cui Liu, flipped through a few pages, and said: "Since that's the case, then we can only choose some plain and clean things to send. This bottle of white jade Guanyin seems to be brought back from the Daming Temple in Yangzhou. Mrs. Xue's family is suitable; I don't know Mrs. Xue's son, but these two pairs of ginkgo flower hairpins can be given to the girl of the Xue family."

"That's right." Jia Min was very satisfied with Lin Daiyu's arrangement, "I will arrange the gifts for Brother Xue, and send the rest to the Xue family according to what you decide." Xue Pan is a playful person, I'm afraid it would be a waste to give him a good inkstone and Hui ink, but there is still in the warehouse of the glass Western-style ship that Jia Baoyu gave to Jia Baoyu before, so it is okay to take it out and give it to him.

"Really?" Lin Daiyu was a little surprised. Although she used to watch her mother manage the affairs of the mansion and draw up the gift list for delivery, she got her mother's approval when she expressed her opinion the next time, and she decided to use her Giving advice as a gift had to make her a little happy.

"You're right, mother will listen." Jia Min laughed.It is common for girls to get married at the age of thirteen or four, and she wants to slowly teach Lin Daiyu how to be a housekeeper.The proper way to deal with people should also be taught from an early age, and it will not go wrong if you keep it in your heart over the years. "I heard that the girl from the Xue family also likes to read poetry and books. You can choose a few more books and give them to her."

"Yes, the daughter is going to draw up the list right now?" Seeing Jia Min nod, Lin Daiyu excitedly asked someone to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, wrote the list in very skilled hairpin lowercase, and then asked someone to go to the warehouse to tidy up When it came out, I checked it again and again, and when I felt it was correct, I reported it to Jia Min.

The author has something to say: I finally recovered from my illness (┳＿┳)

I went home and went to see the old Chinese medicine twice. The four-day medicine is more effective than the two-week medicine in Guangzhou. I feel tired and don’t like it anymore.