Evening Shaohua in the Red House

In the twelfth lunar month, the weather is getting colder, and all the sisters are lazy to go out. Apart from making morning and evening appointments for Mrs. Jia Muwang every day, they just stay in the house around the stove to warm up, or read books and do needlework, which is quite comfortable.

Baoyu met Qin Keqing's younger brother Qin Zhong again a few days ago, and they made an appointment to go to the family school to study together.

In the early morning of this day, the sisters greeted Mrs. Wang, and when they came out together, Daiyu said: "It's really boring in the house these few days, why don't we go to the elder sister-in-law to have a chat."

Baochai nodded and said, "That's fine, anyway, when I get home, I still read books and do needlework."

All the people came to Li Wan's room together.

Li Wan was doing needlework with the maids, because they couldn't do needlework in the first month, so all the work had to be done a year ago, when they suddenly saw their sisters coming together, they couldn't help laughing: "Who has posted this post and never came here?" It’s so complete.” While talking, he ordered the girls to serve tea.

Tanchun smiled and said, "Make a bowl of your good tea and eat."

Daiyu smiled at Xia Zhu: "I know that there is still a lot of good tea left over from your grandma's tea, so let's have a taste."

Xia Zhu pursed her lips and smiled when she heard the words, and agreed to go.

Li Wan laughed immediately, pretending to be displeased and said: "So you didn't come here to see me, but for my tea? I only got so little money in total, and you have to figure it out."

It turned out that some time ago, Yan Hui sent someone back for the New Year's gift, and there were several catties of Anxi Tieguanyin in it. Li Wan kept some of it for himself, and distributed the rest to everyone, but the number of people was small, so each person got The portion is not much, Tieguanyin is not yet in circulation in the market at this time, and no one has ever tasted it. After brewing, the soup color of this tea is golden and rich like amber, with natural and rich orchid fragrance, and the taste is mellow and sweet, with a long aftertaste. They all like it very much.

This time, Yan Hui sent Tieguanyin tea with a strong fragrance, which is warm in nature and sweet in taste, has the effect of promoting body fluid to quench thirst, invigorating the spleen and warming the stomach. Daiyu's spleen and stomach have always been weak and cold, and this tea is very suitable for her spleen and stomach, so she likes it the most.

Daiyu rolled her eyes, took advantage of Li Wan's inattention and hid behind Tanchun, poked her head out and said with a smile: "Good sister-in-law, I gave us all the delicious and stubborn things before, today it's just a little It's just tea leaves, why are you so stingy?"

Hearing this, Li Wan was angry and funny at the same time. He glanced at her and said slowly: "That's good. I saw you liked this tea earlier. I originally wanted to give you the rest of the tea. Now that you say I'm stingy,

That's all. After saying that, he turned his head and said to Xia Zhu who was serving tea: "Anyway, I am a stingy person, so I don't need to serve the tea in front of Miss Lin." "

Xia Zhu glanced at Daiyu, smiled and agreed.

Daiyu couldn't help being stunned when she heard the words, she didn't know how to react for a moment.

Seeing this, everyone laughed and laughed. Seeing her blankly, Tanchun suppressed a smile and said, "Sister Lin, you just lifted a rock and shot yourself in the foot."

Yingchun said with a smile: "It's pitiful to see her look like this. Sister-in-law will reward her with a sip of tea."

Xichun also laughed and said, "Sister Lin really lost her army this time by accompanying Madam."

Baochai couldn't hold it for a while, so she couldn't help laughing and said, "No, this should be called stealing chickens instead of losing rice."

Everyone laughed more and more when they heard the words, and rubbed their stomachs one after another. Xichun laughed out of breath, and lay down on the table and called 'ouch'.

The maids serving underground couldn't help laughing, covering their mouths.

Daiyu came back to her senses in an instant, her face turned red, she stomped her feet and said angrily, "You are not good people, join us and laugh at me!"

After saying that, she cast a glance at everyone, and seeing Li Wan looking at her with a half-smile, she quickly stepped forward and hugged her neck coquettishly begging for mercy, and said with a smile: "Good sister-in-law, I said the wrong thing, so please forgive me." Let it be."

Seeing her eccentric appearance, Li Wan couldn't help but want to laugh, coughed hurriedly, suppressed the smile deliberately with a straight face, and said, "Then I'm still not stingy?"

Daiyu shook her head hastily, "Don't be stingy, don't be stingy, sister-in-law is the most generous!"

Li Wan finally couldn't hold back his laughter, he gently twisted Daiyu's pink cheeks, and said with a smile, "You are the ghost."

When it was busy, I suddenly heard the word from the little girl outside: "Sister Ping'er is here." After opening the curtain, Ping'er came in with a smile and said, "What are you talking about? It's so lively, I can hear you all the way away." laughter."

Everyone hurriedly gave up their seats to watch tea, and said with a smile: "You are so busy, why do you have time to come here?"

There are a lot of things to do during the new year, weddings, weddings and celebrations in various families, new year gifts for old friends, and yearly arrangements, etc. Sister Feng is so busy these days that even Ping'er is too busy to have a sip of tea.

Ping'er thanked her with a smile, raised the stack of postcards in his hand, and said with a smile: "Shoushan Bo's Mansion sent a lot of postcards, some for Miss Lin, and some for Second Miss, Third Miss and Fourth Miss. Bring it here."

Only there was no Baochai, no wonder Jiang Yingxue, Xue's family only came to Beijing last month, and she had never seen Baochai before, the two families had no contact, so naturally she would not send a post to invite her.

Daiyu and the others knew it was Jiang Yingxue's post when they heard the words,

They all laughed and said, "Just as I was saying these days are boring, Sister Jiang sent me a post."

After finishing speaking, I took a closer look at the post. It turned out that Jiang Yingxue said that the plum blossoms in their family were blooming well. She invited sister Daiyu to her house to enjoy the banquet tomorrow. At the same time, she also invited some sisters from other families to make tea and enjoy the plum blossom .

Tanchun and the others were very happy, but they were a little worried that Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang would not allow it. Li Wan laughed and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just a small boudoir banquet for the girls. The old lady and the wife probably won't say anything." Then he sent Biyue to answer Jia Mu.

Not long after, Biyue came back, and said with a smile: "The old lady said that since Miss Jiang kindly invited you, the girls just go, as long as they don't drink too much."

The four of them immediately beamed with joy, and immediately replied to the post, promising to attend the banquet tomorrow.

After joking for a while, Ping'er took the reply and went.

Everyone murmured and discussed what clothes and jewelry to wear tomorrow. They were talking lively when they suddenly saw Baochai who was listening with a smile on their faces.

Yingchun hesitated for a moment, then said hesitantly: "How about I write another letter to ask Sister Jiang and ask Sister Bao to go with me?"

Daiyu Tanchun and the others felt inappropriate when they heard the words, but they couldn't say anything.

Baochai hurriedly laughed and said, "Thank you, Second Sister, for your kindness, but it's unnecessary, and Miss Jiang doesn't recognize me, so I made a joke when I went there. Besides, I suffered from an old illness a few days ago, and I got better in the past two days. It's inconvenient to go out, you guys will be so stubborn tomorrow, if you have anything interesting, just let me know when you come back."

Li Wan nodded slightly when he heard the words, and secretly thought that Baochai was really understanding.

Yingchun and the others stopped talking.

Early the next morning, Daiyu and the others had breakfast, packed up and changed their clothes for going out, and went to Shoushanbo's mansion together.

Jiang Yingxue got the news early, and brought the girl to greet her at the second gate, and said with a smile: "Sisters are here, come in quickly."

She is the lord today, so she is wearing a pink satin double-breasted trousers with gold trim, a light pink stand-up collar and a slanted front jacket, an emerald crepe skirt with floral flowers underneath, a big red feather gauze cloak on the outside, and a hairpin in her hair. The emerald green phoenix hairpin, which has always been red and gold and silky, has a string of pearl tassels in the phoenix's mouth, and the drop-shaped ruby ​​hangs on the forehead, making it look more red lips and white teeth. Standing gracefully in the wind, it is more colorful than red plums.

The four of Daiyu came forward to salute with smiles, talking and laughing while carefully looking at them secretly, they saw pavilions, towers and pavilions, rockery and flowing water. Compared with the gorgeous and rich Rongguo Mansion, Shoushanbo Mansion is a bit more calm and restrained.

Jiang Yingxue led Dai

Yu and the others first paid a visit to Yan Hui and talked for a while before heading to the garden.

Just after leaving the garden, I could smell a refreshing plum fragrance from a distance, and there was a sound of warblers and swallows in the wind. When I looked up, I saw a large area of ​​rouge-like red plums. hall.

Jiang Yingxue led the crowd to the open hall. It turned out that this open hall was built in the plum grove and was called "Xiangxue Step". The back wall was cut in the middle of the corridor as a door, and the three couplets in the warm room were separated by sparse lattice and thin lattice, so as to welcome guests in the wind and snow.

Entering the open hall for a while, I saw a big brazier with elephant trunk, three-legged loach, flowing gold and enamel. In the middle of the flower hall, there were two long tables. mattress.

Seven or eight maidservants are arranging wine and dishes. The dishes are all white-colored Ding kiln, and inside are fresh wine, fruit and vegetables from the mountains, the seas and the north.

There are two bamboo tables outside the hall, one with cups, chopsticks and wine utensils; To make tea; there are a few other girls here who are also fanning the stove to heat the wine.

A dozen or so luxuriously dressed young girls were leaning on the corridor and talking and laughing. When they saw Jiang Yingxue and his party, they all laughed and said, "So you invited us to enjoy plum blossoms and drink wine today, but you, the host, came last. After a while, you have to be fined three cups first."

Jiang Yingxue laughed and said, "It's my fault, I'll punish myself three cups later."

All the people who came to the banquet today were familiar with each other, only the four of Daiyu were unfamiliar faces, so they were all a little curious. One of them was fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a white fox fur jacket with silver and red flowers and fringed ears. The extremely handsome girl glanced at Daiyu and the others, and said with a smile: "These younger sisters are a bit unfamiliar, I wonder which family they are from?"

Today's guests are all daughters of various families, and many of them are noble and powerful. The person speaking is Zhang Ying, the daughter of Zhang Ting, a cabinet scholar. She is the oldest and most distinguished among them. Her mother is the princess of the imperial family. , is today's biological niece.

Jiang Yingxue hurriedly smiled and said: "I forgot to introduce my sister, these are my new friends." Immediately, she introduced Daiyu and others, and said: "This is the daughter of Lord Yan Ke Censor Lin."

Daiyu went up to salute and said, "Daiyu has met all the sisters."

Everyone saw that she was wearing a satin jacket with multicolored tapestry and flowers and grass patterns on a pink and blue background, and a white embroidered green calyx plum pleated skirt underneath. Although she was not very old

, but she was born smart and elegant, romantic and graceful, and her speech and manners are extremely good. I have seen many noble and lowly women who are not as good as me, and I heard that she is the daughter of Yanke Yushi. , is really a first-rate character."

Daiyu blushed a little when she heard the words, and said: "My sister is ridiculously praised, Daiyu is not as beautiful as a willow, and dare not compare with your sisters."

Zhang Ying has a straightforward nature and loves beauties the most on weekdays. She immediately took Daiyu's hand and said with a smile: "Sister, don't be overly modest. I'm telling the truth. My sister's fairy-like character is not comparable to ordinary people like us. .”

Daiyu blushed even more, she lowered her head and said nothing.

Jiang Yingxue knew Zhang Ying's habit, so she couldn't help giving her a look, and said: "Today's first meeting, you also take some, don't scare sister Lin."

Everyone also joked: "Fortunately, she was reborn as a girl. If she was a kid, she wouldn't know how to be glib."

After joking and joking, Jiang Yingxue introduced Yingchun and the other three. Hearing that they were girls from the Rongguo Mansion, everyone couldn't help but glance at each other. The family of Rongning and Ning, but they have heard that they have always acted absurdly, why did they invite their girls?However, the daughters of each family were raised by the mistress, even if they have any thoughts in their hearts, they will never reveal them, and they are very polite on their faces.

Seeing the expressions of the crowd, Yingchun and the three felt a little bit in their hearts, but they just didn't know it on the surface. They all stepped forward to meet each other one by one, polite and restrained, neither humble nor overbearing, even those who were a little displeased when they saw it also challenged each other. There was nothing wrong, so I couldn't help but nodded secretly.

Everyone thought about it secretly, and said a few more words to Yingchun and the others. Seeing that they responded properly, they advanced and retreated properly, and they were not the kind of flimsy and flimsy makeup, their hearts changed a lot.

The author has something to say: I don’t know why many people have the impression of Sister Lin as sentimental, weak and sickly, but in fact, Sister Lin also has a naughty and cute side.