Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

That night, two letters from Jinling were sent to the second room of Rongguo Mansion and the Wang family in the capital respectively.

Daiyu and Chongyu got up the next day and saved Jia Mu.Then Jia's mother ordered Chongyu to meet her brothers at home, and Daiyu, together with Tanchun and others, went to Mrs. Wang.

It happened that Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng opened the letter they received last night together. When they saw Daiyu and the others coming, Mrs. Wang put away the letter first and only chatted about it.

Suddenly, two daughters-in-law sent by Mrs. Wang's brother and sister-in-law came to pass the message.

Daiyu didn't know what was going on, but it was inconvenient for a while to leave without saying goodbye to Mrs. Wang, so she and Tanchun waited and listened, only hearing about Jinling Xue's aunt and cousin Xue Pan, and the rest, let alone the truth.

After listening, Mrs. Wang suddenly smiled at her and said, "Girl, you see that I have a lot of things here. How about you and Tanchun and their sisters come and sit with your sister-in-law Zhu?"

Daiyu responded naturally, and went out with Tanchun and others to the room of Dezhu's sister-in-law Li Wan.

Li Wan is the wife of Jia Zhu, Baoyu's elder brother who died young.She was widowed when she was young, but fortunately she left behind a son named Jia Lan.This Jia Lan is only five years old, but he has already enrolled in school, while his second uncle Jia Baoyu, who is only a few years older than him, has not yet gone to school.

When Daiyu went to Li Wan's place today, she only saw Li Wan. Jia Lan had already gone home to study.

Daiyu and the others were talking, and for some reason, their words led to what happened last night.

Tanchun smiled and said, "Second elder brother was making up again last night, but he also made up the words frown and frown for sister Lin."

Li Wan knew that it must have happened after he and Wang Xifeng were lured away by Mrs. Wang.She asked with a smile, Tanchun also heartily told what happened last night.

As for the part about Baoyu throwing jade, there is no need for her to say more. Last night, the maids and women had already spread the word that it was Miss Lin from the south who just arrived, which made Second Master Bao crazy and sick.It's important to pass it on to the people below, no matter how careless the master is, he should have heard of it.

Seeing that Tanchun was talking vigorously, Daiyu said, "Last night, my second elder brother asked me if I had words, but I didn't know. Do the sisters also have words?"

Tanchun pointed at Li Wan: "Our sisters don't have it, but my sister-in-law does."

Li Wan said with a smile, "I'm Gongcai."

Daiyu murmured: "Gongju? But I don't know what it means?"

She didn't even think about answering, but she seemed to hear a faint sigh, and when she wanted to listen carefully, she couldn't hear anything.

There was Li Wan's voice: "My father used to serve as the Imperial Academy to sacrifice wine. In the past, there were all men and women in my father's family who could read poetry and books well. So I didn’t ask me to read much, but taught me three or four books, such as "Four Books for Women", "Biography of Martyrs", and "Collection of Xianshu", so that I could recognize a few words, and I remembered that the virtuous women of the previous dynasty That's all. On weekdays, I was only taught to use wells for weaving. That's how I got my name and characters."

Tanchun clapped his hands and said, "No wonder sister-in-law you teach our sisters like this on weekdays! That's true! It's just that sister-in-law is biased, and you don't talk about these things with our sisters on weekdays, but sister Lin just arrived, so you mentioned it." .”

Li Wan just smiled and said: "You don't usually ask me, I just answer sister Lin's question, but I want to ask you, how have you learned embroidery in recent days?"

The topic suddenly turned to needlework.Although Daiyu and Chongyu have been studying together for a long time, it is not that they are ignorant of these acupuncture matters, so they can chat with Li Wan and others naturally.It's just that she is weak, and she has always loved reading more, and she can't do anything about needlework.

Just as they were talking, Yingchun and Xichun came here.Yingchun is the girl from Jia She's first room, and Xichun is from the Ningguo Mansion. She lives next to her only because of Jia's mother's love, so she doesn't have to be like Tanchun. Going to save Mrs. Wang.Daiyu didn't really understand why Mother Jia wanted her to meet Mrs. Wang with Tanchun.

Li Wan usually lives in the splendor of Gaoliang, but he is like a dead wood and dead ashes. Don't bother her too much, it's rare that her place is so lively today.

Li Wan thought so, and also felt so emotionally.

Tanchun smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm afraid it won't be long before your place will be more lively."

Li Wan hurriedly asked why.

Tanchun looked at Daiyu first, and asked with a smile, "Sister Lin and I came from my wife's side together, but I also heard what my wife and the two daughters-in-law from Wang's family said?"

Daiyu nodded, and Tanchun Fang continued: "The aunt of the Xue family is my wife's direct sister, and now her son is also my aunt's cousin named Pan. She killed someone by relying on her wealth and power. Now she should be tried under the Tianfu case. Mrs. Discussing with Wang's family, we already intend to invite Aunt Xue's family to Beijing. The Xue family also has a big sister named Baochai. If they really enter Beijing, maybe they will stay with us again. stay at home."

Li Wan wondered, "What's the reason? Even if they come, they don't have a house in Beijing, so they should live in Wang's house."

Before the words came out, she thought about it for a while, and her eyes lingered on Daiyu for a moment, feeling a little annoyed.After she married into Jia's mansion, it didn't take long for her to feel that the interior of Jia's mansion was not very peaceful.At that time, with my husband by my side, I had to be cautious in my words and deeds, let alone only my youngest son to accompany me today?

In the past, she didn't want to listen more, because she was afraid that her words and deeds would cause disasters.But today, there were a lot of people talking in her room, it was lively, and most of them were young sisters, so she felt a little slack for a while.

Fortunately, Daiyu, Yingchun, and Xichun didn't seem to notice anything, but Tanchun, who knew Mrs. Wang better, just smiled and said, "My wife and Aunt Xue have a deep relationship. After Aunt Xue married far away, the sisters seldom got together. It's rare to have this opportunity now, how can Madam not keep Aunt Xue at home, so she can be so close to her?"

Seeing that both Yingchun and Xichun agreed with Tanchun's statement, Li Wan was no longer interested in talking.She was still secretly startled by the slip of the tongue just now.Tanchun obviously noticed something, and brought the topic back to needlework.Daiyu knew something was wrong, but she didn't understand, she wanted to go back to the Bisha cabinet, but she couldn't leave by herself for a while, so she had to stay with her for a while, and then the sisters separated.

In the evening, Chongyu, who had spent a day with the other members of Jia's family, came back, had dinner at Jiamu's place, had a chat with Jiamu, and then returned to the Bisha closet. Daiyu hadn't had time yet. Asking Chongyu how she was out today, Chongyu first asked her if she had suffered any grievances in the mansion, and if she had encountered any strange things.

Daiyu told Xue's letter today, and how she felt a little weird when she listened to Li Wan and Tanchun's conversation at Li Wan's place.

The parrot bestowed by Mother Jia to Daiyu has been renamed Zijuan by Daiyu, and now she is quite obedient, and she doesn't even need to wink from Chongyu, she just knows that she is guarding outside the Bisha closet, so that the siblings can stay inside without being disturbed. say something.

Compared with Daiyu, Chongyu has both age advantages and the advantage of having read the Red Chamber. Hearing what Daiyu said, he smiled and said: "Speaking of the Xue family, I also heard some news from those men today. .”

Daiyu hurriedly urged him to say.In Jia's mansion, she was careful when getting along with other people, but she didn't have to worry about her younger brother.

Chongyu then told what he knew from reading that Xue Pan and Feng Yuan robbed a little girl who was sold by a kidnapper.

Daiyu sighed.

Chongyu didn't dare to say too much, never mentioned that this little girl's real name is Zhen Yinglian, and she was originally from a scholarly family, so Daiyu has already asked Daiyu to express her feelings for this little girl's experience.

I just thought of what I saw at Jia's house in the past two days, the clothes of the maids and women in Jia's house are quite extraordinary, especially the group of girls who followed Baoyu, they are different from others, and Jia Shi Wang Xue's four families are closely connected with each other. Dear, the difference is not too big, if the little girl follows Xue Pan, maybe she can live a more comfortable life than a girl from a small family like following Baoyu?

Daiyu couldn't help feeling hopeful, and said to Chongyu: "Even if this little girl can't be Feng Yuan's concubine, if she can be bought by Xue's family today, maybe she can live a good life with Uncle Xue?"

Chongyu sneered: "Not bad? That depends on what you compare it with. Of course it's not bad if you compare it with people still in the hands of the traffickers. But I heard that the Xue family's uncle has a bad reputation! He still has a The nickname is Dumb Overlord."

Daiyu was silent.

She is used to being the daughter of an official family, even if she can go out with her parents for a while, what she can see is limited after all.

Now hearing what Chongyu said, she didn't know what to say was good and what was bad, but for a moment she felt that the fate of everyone in the world was like this, each drifting in their own way, like her mother, who left suddenly, or like her grandmother Even today, after seeing her, she still feels sad because of thinking of her mother.

"Sister, if you're really worried about that girl, why don't I try to get that girl from him when Uncle Xue arrives in the capital?"

Daiyu was overjoyed, but then became worried again: "It's easy to say, but I don't know if Uncle Xue is willing to give it?"

Since he could save a life for a girl, I am afraid that Uncle Xue will not let her go easily.

Chongyu didn't get to meet Xue Pan, so he didn't have any ideas at the moment, so he could only comfort Daiyu with a smile: "When they go to Beijing and we meet each other, it won't be too late to think about it."

Daiyu nodded in agreement, and then asked Chongyu how he felt seeing the other brothers of the Jia family outside during the day.

Chongyu's face darkened.

After seeing the men from the Rongning Second Mansion one by one today, he was greatly disappointed.Even though I knew how these two men indulged in sensuality and disregarded family affairs, even the school was just a place to frolic and look for good companions of Longyang, but it was not as shocking as witnessing it with my own eyes today.

How many lives has the family of everyone lived?The children have already stretched to this point.

Daiyu listened to Chongyu's description, especially when she heard Chongyu mention what she saw and heard after Wang Xifeng's husband, Jia She's second son Jia Lian came to the school.

The family education set up by Jia's family is not as good as what she and Chongyu learned from Jia Yucun when they were in Yangzhou. It is even worse than other academies and private schools in Yangzhou that she has heard or seen.

In the past in Yangzhou City, Lin Ruhai occasionally took his children out for sightseeing when he was free.

Ruhai was originally from a scholarly background, and the two children are also book-loving. When they go out, they go to more cultural resorts.Private schools like academies are inconvenient for people to visit, but Lin Ruhai is well-known outside the country and also takes on important responsibilities in the local area. He only takes two little dolls for a stroll, but there is no hindrance.

This is the case with Daiyu and Chongyu, who have seen them one by one in these places.

While the siblings were talking, in Li Wan's room, Li Wan was also watching his son Jia Lan doing his homework.Seeing that today's homework is finished, Li Wan is about to let his son rest, but when Jia Lan asks about Lin Chongyu, Li Wan is startled.