Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Shi Aizhu said: "I heard that there are eight water immortals in the south of the Yangtze River."

Lin Wanru said: "The Eight Immortals refer to water bamboo, lotus root, water celery, chicken head fruit, citrus, water chestnut, water shield, and water chestnut. They are all common things in Jiangnan, so it's not unusual."

The four of them talked and walked together, and stopped to rest when they reached a house called Gui Zixuan.

Chen Ruiwen and Shi Guangzhu came over there. Chen Ruiwen put a cloak on Lin Wanru carefully and asked her if she was tired and if she wanted to go home. Zhu then asked the boy to go to the restaurant and order a banquet to be delivered here.

Chen Ruiwen and Lin Wanru had no choice but to stay.

After lunch, Chen Ruiwen said that she wanted to go back, but Shi Aizhu was reluctant to let go, and she held Lin Wanru tightly, fearing that Chen Ruiwen would get angry, Lin Wanru wanted to laugh at her cautious look, she said: "I want to stay at my aunt's house for a while." As for the day, it's the same if you come to play with me when you have time."

Shi Aizhu muttered: "I don't dare." Liu Xuan said: "Wan Ru, we all want to play with you, you can come to my house as a guest."

Lin Wanru was a little embarrassed, Chen Ruiwen hugged Lin Wanru, and said indifferently: "Thank you Princess for your kindness, I'm afraid Wanru won't be able to go." Liu Xuan was also quite afraid of Chen Ruiwen, she muttered and stopped talking.

After waiting for the carriage, Lin Wanru looked at Chen Ruiwen: "Cousin, they seem to be afraid of you."

Chen Ruiwen was expressionless, but he thought in his heart, I'm not a tiger, why are you afraid of me? He asked Lin Wanru, "Are you afraid of me?"

Lin Wanru's eyes widened: "Why should I be afraid of you?" Chen Ruiwen smiled slightly: "As long as you are not afraid of me."

On the way back, Chen Ruiwen stopped halfway and bought a lot of snacks for Lin Wanru. Lin Wanru looked at the candied plums, sugar figurines, and all kinds of exquisite snacks, small clay figurines and other things in his arms, and couldn't laugh or cry: "Cousin , I'm not a child, what do you buy me these for?"

Chen Ruiwen was at a loss: "Shuang'er and Yu'er both like these things, and I thought you would too."

Lin Wanru said seriously: "I used to like it too, but now that I've grown up, people will laugh at me if I play with these things."

Chen Ruiwen couldn't help laughing: "How old are you, and you don't look like an adult. If you don't like it, give it to Shuang'er."

Lin Wanru talked about discussing Jiangnan with Shi Aizhu again, and Chen Ruiwen said, "You like Jiangnan very much?"

Lin Wanru nodded: "I grew up in Jiangnan, if possible, I really hope to go back to Jiangnan."

Chen Ruiwen nodded silently, thinking that it would be impossible to go back to Jiangnan, but it was acceptable for him to go back and stay for a few months.

After resting at home for two days, Chen Ruiwen returned to the yamen to work as an errand. Another incident happened in the palace. The prince was ill. It was said that the emperor left Beijing to worship heaven. Just fell ill, the emperor was very moved when he knew about it, the prince sang and chanted and fought again, and finally reconciled with the emperor as before.

Regardless of whether the prince is sincere or not, the emperor believed it anyway. Now that the grudge is gone, he loves the prince as much as before, and the prince's previous energy has returned.

Although the third prince and the fifth prince followed the emperor to sacrifice to heaven, everyone knew that they took the place of the second prince, and it was not an honorable thing, and no one mentioned it.

At the end of October, when the Spring Festival is full and the moon comes back, Baochang Ling will also come. Jia's family started to make arrangements three or four days in advance.

On the day of the day, Bao Changling and Yingchun first met Jia She, Jia Zheng and others in the main hall, and then kowtowed to Jia's mother in the inner hall. Lin Wanru watched coldly. But it didn't affect his handsomeness at all, because it was a day of great joy, wearing a dark red auspicious suit, his face became more and more like a crown jade, and his figure was graceful.

Yingchun's appearance can be regarded as outstanding, dignified and elegant, but standing next to Baochangling, he is compared, and Baochangling's noble style is not comparable to Yingchun. Xiaojiabiyu, at worst, is petty, and even Jia's mother has to admit that this marriage is a high-ranking marriage.

Yingchun had a quiet and dull personality, and Baochang Ling was not very talkative. Fortunately, Sister Feng was there, making jokes and witty remarks, and the atmosphere did not feel condensed.

After sending Bao Zhang Ling and Yingchun away, Chen Ruiwen also came to pick Lin Wanru back to Chen's house. Mother Jia looked at Chen Ruiwen greeting her with a smile and asked if he was busy with business.

Chen Ruiwen exchanged a few words and stopped talking, but Lin Daiyu was having a fight with Lin Wanru in the inner room. Lin Daiyu didn't want to ask Lin Wanru to go to Chen's house: "I haven't lived here for a few days, so I should be back. Why is he here again?" Pick you up, is your surname Lin or Chen?"

Lin Wanru also felt embarrassed: "Ruixue and I have made an agreement. Tomorrow my cousin will take us to Tianxiangyuan to enjoy the sweet-scented osmanthus. I can't break the agreement."

Lin Daiyu looked at Lin Wanru awkwardly, and suddenly lost her temper: "Then you go, anyway, in your eyes, the Chen family is closer than me, you go and have fun with them." Lin Wanru was very helpless, and wanted to say Something to comfort Lin Daiyu, but she didn't know how to speak, so she left silently.

Chen Ruiwen could see that Lin Wanru was in a bad mood, and said: "Why are you unhappy?" Lin Wanru was a little sad: "My sister is angry with me, she said that I always go to Chen's house and neglect her."

Chen Ruiwen was silent, and after a while he said: "One day you and she will both get married, separation is a matter of time, it's better to get used to it sooner."

Lin Wanru sighed: "That's right, but my sister lost her mother since she was a child. Although she was taken to her side by her grandmother, she was still alone. Now that we sisters are together, I know she is very happy. It's not as heavy as before, I always run to Chen's house, she can understand when she's not happy."

Chen Ruiwen didn't speak, but he didn't think so in his heart. He felt that Lin Daiyu was spoiled too much. What Jia Baoyu said was right. She was always petty, but Wanru was kind, gentle and understanding. He really hoped to marry Wanru right away. enter the door.

It's just that when he married Wanru, Lin Daiyu became a big aunt. When she married Jia Baoyu in the future, wouldn't he want to follow Wanru and call Jia Baoyu brother-in-law?Chen Ruiwen couldn't help frowning.

That day, Chen Ruiwen took Lin Wanru alone to enjoy the sweet-scented osmanthus in Tianxiang Garden. Chen Ruixue and the others were very unhappy, so Chen Ruiwen had to agree to take them there as well. After hunting a deer and a roe deer, Chen Ruixue clamored for roasted venison.

This time Chen Ruiwen took the four girls to Tianxiang Garden, and still chose to eat at Guizixuan. Chen Ruiwen was busy directing his servants to arrange the barbecue stove and iron braze, while Chen Ruixue and the others took Lin Wanru to play elsewhere. up.

Lin Wanru had already been here once, but she didn't feel so surprised. Chen Ruixue and the other three were very surprised. Although they grew up in the capital, they seldom go out because of strict family education. Lin Wanru came to Chen's house Before, Chen Ruiwen had always been a taciturn and cold-faced big brother, no one dared to get close to him, and it was the first time that he was asked to take him out to enjoy the sweet-scented osmanthus.

After all, Chen Ruixue was two years older. Although she was amazed, she still maintained the restraint of a girl. She walked and talked with Lin Wanru, while Chen Ruiyu and Chen Ruishuang ran away and disappeared. The colorful sweet-scented osmanthus blossoms and the strong fragrance were all in sight, as if they were in the In the sea of ​​sweet-scented osmanthus, people lose their way.

While talking and laughing, they suddenly heard Chen Ruishuang's cry, and the two hurried to follow the sound, only to find that Chen Ruishuang was pushed to the ground, sitting on a puddle of water, very embarrassed, Chen Ruiyu was arguing with two girls , but clearly at a disadvantage.

The two girls who quarreled with Chen Ruiyu, one was wearing a real red dress, the other was wearing an emerald dress, they were luxuriously dressed, with gold hairpins and silver hairpins all over their heads, they could be seen from a wealthy family and could enter Tianxiang Garden to enjoy sweet-scented osmanthus Yes, naturally not a woman from a small family.

Chen Ruixue stepped forward to help Chen Ruishuang up, and when she saw her sister coming, Chen Ruiyu, who had been supporting herself all the time, couldn't help crying: "Sister, they bully people." Lin Wanru frowned and pulled Chen Ruiyu behind her, looking coldly at her. Looking at the two people: "You guys pushed Ruishuang down?"

The girl in red raised her head and said, "I pushed it, who told her not to have eyes, and threw a piece of mud off my skirt."

Lin Wanru looked at her skirt, which was stained with three or four drops of mud, and Chen Ruishuang choked, "I accidentally stepped on a puddle of mud, and she happened to be right next to her, I didn't mean it, I followed her I apologize..."

Lin Wanru hated people who look down on others the most. She pointed to Chen Ruishuang's skirt soaked in mud and water: "Your skirt is only a little dirty, but you made my sister's skirt look like this, so what should I say?" The girl in the clothes was very disdainful: "What material is she wearing, what material is I wearing, you can look at it with wide eyes, can you compare it?"

Lin Wanru sneered: "Isn't it just a drunken red horse, it's hard for you to be so rare."