[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

Feng Yi had already been waiting at the pier with his servants, and when he saw the fleet from afar, he kowtowed to his master.

When the fleet docked, the servants hurriedly set up the boat ladder, Jiang Bi helped Jia Min get off the boat, and Yanyu, Daiyu, and Yan'er followed their mother down.

"Madam, the house has been properly arranged according to your instructions." Feng Yi's family stepped forward and reported to Jia Min respectfully.

Jia Mincai nodded solemnly, and got into the carriage with the children, motioning for Feng Yi's family to follow up, obviously approaching and questioning carefully; while the children got into the green-topped carriage at the back, and after putting down the curtain, they heard the shaft of the carriage rolling slowly. sound.Yan'er raised the curtain of the car curiously and looked out; when she came to the capital for the first time, she was extremely curious to see what the capital looked like.

The nurse wanted to stop Yan'er, but when she saw Yanyu shaking her head slightly at him, she hesitated to speak and nodded.

Yan'er was in high spirits, feeling dizzy looking outside.

Yanyu smiled and pulled him over and asked, "Does Yan'er like this place?"

Yan'er nodded seriously: "I like it!"

Daiyu couldn't help laughing while listening to it: "Sister, you ask Yan'er, what else can he say? Children like to be lively, and it's a novelty for a while."

Yan'er still turned her head and looked outside for a long time before putting down the curtain obediently.

It took about half an hour in the carriage to arrive at the Lin family's house.

It was Feng Yi's family who helped Jia Min get out of the car, and their siblings followed their mother into the house.

"Madam, the main house has been tidied up, and the master has been resting here since he returned to Beijing." Feng Yi's family reported to Jia Min.

Sitting down in the main room, Yanyu and Daiyu also sat on the embroidered pier beside Jia Min, and Yan'er was next to Jia Min.

Yanyu looked at the house secretly, it was indeed larger and brighter than the old house in Yangzhou, but the specific layout was similar; some of the furnishings from Yangzhou had been moved to the capital ahead of time, Feng Yi's work The same fit, seems to make Jia Min very satisfied.

In Yangzhou, both Yanyu and Daiyu lived in the back cover room of the main courtyard, but now Jia Min has other arrangements: "Yaner Yuer, your sisters are getting older now, according to the rules You have to have your own yard. I have always been unconcerned with you, seeing where you are going to live and the furnishings in the house, you just tell Feng Yi's family, and she will report back to me."

Feng Yi's family said with a smile: "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely make arrangements for the two girls to open the yard to make the girls happy."

I hadn't seen Jia Min revealing such intentions before, and the sisters suddenly heard their mother mention it, and they didn't know whether it was surprise or joy in their hearts.

Jia Min looked at them with a slight smile, and said with emotion, "The girls have grown up!"

Hearing Jia Min say that this is the rule, Yanyu remembered that Yu Ming had his own yard long ago, and they were arranged to live in Yu Ming's yard when they visited Xu's house.

Thinking it was indeed the case, he and his younger sister expressed their obedience to their mother's arrangement.

Yan'er listened to her mother's words but half understood: "Mother, why did the sisters move out? Can I still go to play with them after that?" Because Yan'er is still young, she lives in the same place as before. The east wing of the main house is taken care of by a wet nurse.

Jia Min caressed the back of Yan'er's head, and was very pleased to see that their sister and brother were in a good relationship, so she said to Yan'er with a bit of a joke: "Sisters still need to read and write, and learn from the teacher. Can you Don't disturb the sisters, you must obediently listen to what the sisters say."

Yan'er nodded seriously without hesitation: "I will listen to my sisters."

Yanyu and Daiyu have always loved Yan'er, so how can they feel that the younger brother is noisy and annoying.

The closest ones to the main house are the Shuiqing Courtyard and Qingxi Courtyard behind the verandah of the waterside pavilion; the two courtyards live next to each other, and there is a flower corridor connecting the courtyard, and the gurgling water of the waterside pavilion meets and flows, the water is beautiful, exquisite and ingenious.

Yanyu and Daiyu chose Shuiqingyuan and Qingxiyuan respectively, and asked Jia Min to rename the courtyard after telling Jia Min.

Shuiqing courtyard was changed to Moyi courtyard, with the inscription "Hengfang Moyi" on the plaque; Qingxi courtyard was changed to Nanjia courtyard, and Daiyu took the inscription "Nanyoujiayu" after a little thought.

After the sisters decided on their names, they went to ask Lin Ruhai to write an inscription. Lin Ruhai read the plaque inscribed by their sisters, and nodded with a satisfied smile: "A gentleman uses frugality and righteousness. He should obey the rules and not do anything unreasonable."

The word Mo Yi comes from a line in "Li Sao", which is exactly what Lin Ruhai said.

The flamboyant characters were written on the paper, and Yanyu happily accepted it: "Thank you father, my daughter understands."

Lin Ruhai said to Daiyu again: "There are Jiayu in the south, and they are full of steam. Gentlemen have wine, and guests are like Yan Yile. Yu'er should be a lady, and she is elegant and happy."

Daiyu also responded: "Daughter remember."

After taking the inscribed plaque paper, he asked Feng Yi's family to make a plaque. Jia Min was also very satisfied with Feng Yi's report.

The courtyard has been cleaned spotlessly, and Feng Yi's family has rearranged the furnishings in the house according to Yanyu Daiyu's wishes.

There is a pear blossom table in the hall of Mo Yiyuan, spread out Yanyu's usual painting paper, pen, inkstone; the paulownia Yaoqin moved from Yangzhou is placed on the piano table under the window, gently wiped with a soft square silk handkerchief. Qin, and all kinds of boxes and porcelain jars are also placed on the shelf pavilion according to the layout of the Yangzhou mansion.

There was a damp smell in the room, so Yanyu asked Yu Bainuan to put it on the stove on the kang, took out a piece of He'an from the incense box and put it on the stove to heat it up slowly, giving off a light and pleasant fragrance.

After arranging all the affairs in the house, Yanyu and Yuebai went out, walked around the flower corridor towards Daiyu's courtyard.

This is the first time for the sisters to live in separate courtyards, and after thinking about it, they always feel a little uncomfortable.

There are many plants, flowers and leaves planted in the corridor of the flower path. On the side close to the wall, there are vines of magnolia vines all over the wall. Bright magnolia flowers protrude from the large green area. The yellowish-brown vines are fresh and pleasant, swaying with morning dew Brilliant.

There was a wooden door separating the two courtyards, and Yu Bai knocked on the door lightly, calling out, "Miss is here."

There was a little maid who opened the door cleverly, with a smile on her face: "Miss Eldest, Miss Er just said that she will come over after packing up!"

Yanyu couldn't help but chuckled when she heard this: "Yu'er and I have a good understanding!" Then she went to Nanjia Courtyard.

The courtyard layout of Nanjia Courtyard is similar to that of Moyi Courtyard. The sparse mottled sunlight is reflected in the room through the square grid of the screen window; Daiyu is sorting out two boxes of books brought from Yangzhou under the bookshelf, and arrange them by category. In the bookshelf.

Yiyan sees Yanyu calling for a big girl, so she rolls up her embroidery tent and lets Yanyu in.

"Yu'er!" Yanyu called out with a smile when she saw her younger sister.

"Sister?" Daiyu turned around with a smile on her face, put down the book in her hand and walked towards Yanyu, "Have you tidied up your room?"

Yanyu looked back at Yubai, Yubai took out the incense box knowingly, Yanyu smiled and said to Daiyu: "The room is very damp, use this He'an incense on the stove to smoke it, it will be better."

Daiyu asked Yiqing to take it to the stove, and while she and Yanyu sat down on the kang by the window, she said, "I haven't tidied up here yet, and the house is still a mess. I thought about it I'll go to my sister's yard to have a look, I didn't expect you to come here first."

Thinking of what the little maid said just now, Yanyu couldn't help but chuckled: "I only brought a few calligraphy and paintings from Yangzhou in my room, so I don't need to bother too much."

Ye Zi came in with the tea; Yanyu took a sip, feeling that the tea she was drinking was not as sweet as before, she couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

"I think the water and soil here in the capital are not similar to those in Yangzhou, I'm afraid the girl won't be used to it." Seeing Yanyu's expression change slightly, Ye Zi understood the reason.

Yanyu agrees with Ye Zi's statement, then put down the teacup and said to Daiyu, "It's not very similar. But I will get used to it gradually in the future."

Daiyu always obeyed her elder sister's words, she just drank tea in small sips, put down the cup when it reached the bottom and said sullenly: "I remember that I took two cans of snow water and buried them under the paulownia tree in the courtyard last winter. In summer, I take it out to make tea, but now it’s not done.”

Hearing what she said, Yanyu teased her: "Snow water in winter and lotus dew in summer, the lotus pond in the water pavilion is very good, but you still miss those pots of snow water."

Daiyu took advantage of the situation and said, "The elder sister promised me that when the time comes, we will go collect lotus together and come back, and I will make tea for my elder sister."

The two sisters agreed with each other, and seeing that it was not early, they went to the main room together to visit their mother.

Seeing their sisters coming over happily, Jia Min called Jiang Bi to bring them the freshly made Beijing dim sum, and asked with a smile, "Are you still used to living in the new courtyard?"

Daiyu leaned against Jia Min and acted like a baby: "I just miss my mother!"

Jia Min smiled and scratched her nose: "I used to go to Mrs. Li Si's school to study, and I was away from home, and I only came back during the holidays; now I just move to live in my own courtyard, so I am so reluctant?"

After the nonsense was exposed, Daiyu buried her head in Jia Min's arms and did not speak.

"We also miss our parents and younger brother in the school. Since our mother asked us to go to the school to learn from the teacher, we should listen to the teacher's lectures carefully. We have to learn something so that we can live up to the expectations of our parents and we are also grateful for the teachings of the teacher. En." Yan Yu looked at Dai Yu with a smile in her eyes, and said.

"Then tell me, what have you learned from Mrs. Li Si?" Jia Min put his arms around Daiyu, who was leaning in her arms, and asked Yanyu back with some amusement.

Yanyu smacked her lips aggrievedly, and then pretended to snap her fingers and said, "Mr. has taught us a lot of principles, but my daughter feels that she has benefited a lot!"

Daiyu was refreshed when she heard it, and hurriedly nodded her head in agreement with her sister: "That's right, Mr. has taught us a lot of truths!"

Looking at the two daughters, Jia Min couldn't help covering her lips and chuckling.

Then I heard Mammy Liu reporting from outside the embroidered curtain: "Ma'am, Mammy Lai is here."

Hearing that it was someone close to her mother, Jia Min beamed with joy, and hurriedly called: "Please come in, Nanny Lai!" She had been busy with family affairs in Beijing for a few days, so she thought she would leave her home as soon as she was done. I took a few children back to visit my mother, but I didn't expect my mother to send a nanny here first; Nanny Lai is an old man next to Mrs. Jia, and she also watched Jia Min grow up, and Jia Min treated her differently servant.