[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

The houses of Rongguo Mansion are splendid, and Ningguo Mansion occupies most of the streets and alleys of Ningrong Street.

Lifting up the car curtain and carefully looking out, the heat of early summer brought a little breeze, and seeing someone passing by carrying a load, Daiyu hurriedly put down the car curtain again.Nestled in Daiyu's arms, Yan'er stretched out her hand to play with the golden lock around Daiyu's neck, then raised her head and called Daiyu in a low voice: "Second sister?"

Daiyu caressed her younger brother, showing a little smile.

When they arrived at Rongguo Mansion, they got off the carriage in the front yard. Nanny Lai had already been waiting in the porch under Shi Taijun's order. When she saw the Lin family's carriage stopped, she hurried up with her servants to meet her.

"Uncle, aunt." Madam Lai stepped forward and called, "The old lady has already been waiting."

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min looked at each other, said something about their mother, and followed with their children.

Lin Ruhai is a son-in-law, and when he came to Yue's house, he was supposed to meet his brother-in-law and then go to the inner courtyard with his wife to meet Shi Taijun; but it happened that both Jia She and Jia Zheng were not at the mansion, so the servant went to report to Shi Taijun, and Shi Taijun let Lai Nanny Directly lead their group to the inner courtyard to meet each other.

The maids and women in the house heard that the aunt and aunt's family came back, so they all came to watch outside the courtyard.The young maid always heard from the housekeeper's wife that the old lady loves her aunt the most, and she picks the best ones to send to her aunt during festivals;

The children all followed their parents obediently, even the youngest Yan'er was brought by the nanny, and he didn't show any curiosity when he saw the mother-in-law looking outside the courtyard.

Yanyu and Daiyu naturally walked together; Yanyu's ears are good, and it's easy for her to hear a woman mentioning their sisters.

"Then are the two cousins ​​from my aunt's house? I heard that the two cousins ​​are twin girls, but now they look exactly the same!"

"I also want to see the two cousins ​​of my aunt's house. I heard that the twin girls look alike, but I haven't seen them yet."

Such words made them talk about it with great relish.

This kind of thing is not uncommon for their sisters, and they are especially curious when they hear that they are twin girls.

The twin girls are also known as Bingdi Golden Lotus, which has always been a symbol of auspiciousness.

A group of people walked around the winding corridors and entered the inner courtyard. Jia Min couldn't help being in a trance when he saw the familiar courtyard in his memory, and then went around the flower wall.

"Uncle, aunt." Fei Cui, who was beside Shi Taijun, waited outside the house, and hurriedly opened the curtain to greet them when she saw them coming; Hu Po happily entered the room and reported: "Old lady, my uncle and aunt are here."

Shi Taijun was sitting in the room, he had been waiting for a long time, and now he showed joy when he heard the report.

The bamboo curtains were lowered in the room, and there were all the women's families and daughters-in-law in the room.When Lin Ruhai and Jia Min entered the house and saw Shi Taijun, Jia Min burst into tears, and could only hold back the tears and worshiped with her husband-in-law: "Mother!"

Several children also bowed beside their parents and called their grandmother.

"Quick, get up!" Shi Taijun wiped away his tears, and got up to come to Rajamin, and the big servant girl Yuanyang who was serving him hurriedly supported Shi Taijun.

Mother and daughter have been separated for many years, and now the goodbye is full of tears.

Shi Taijun looked at Jia Min carefully, and seeing his daughter's round complexion, thinking that life is going well, he finally stopped crying, turned around and said to the couple: "It's been a hard journey for you to go back to Beijing!"

Lin Ruhai hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Mother's note."

Then I saw a beautiful, graceful and luxurious young daughter-in-law supporting Shi Taijun, and said with a smile, "Your old man talks about your aunt every day; now that my uncle is transferred back to Beijing, and my aunt is back, you should be happy."

Hearing her call Lin Ruhai and Jia Min uncle and aunt, they should be cousins ​​of the uncle's family.Yanyu watched from the side, thinking so.

"Yes, yes, this is a happy event!" Shi Taijun nodded quickly after hearing this, and then looked lovingly at the children, "Is this my grandchildren?"

Jia Min took a few children and introduced them to Shi Taijun: "Mother, this is Sister Yan, this is Sister Yu, and this is Brother Yan." He asked their siblings to kowtow to Shi Taijun.

Shi Taijun couldn't help crying again: "The children are so old, I just met. I always hear you talking about it in the letter, and I have been thinking about it." He looked at the scarf that sister Yanyu Daiyu was wearing around her neck. Zhifu Jinsuo recognized it as a gift she sent to the two granddaughters, and his love was stronger, so he called Fei Cui to take out the meeting gift she had prepared for the grandchildren, and the children thanked the grandmother again.

Just at this time, I heard the maid outside say that the second master is back, and asked if the uncle and the aunt have come back together; Lin Ruhai told Shi Taijun, and followed the boy to the front yard to meet Jia Zheng.

Because Jia Min has been married for many years and doesn't know the younger wives, Shi Taijun took a few young wives to tell her about it.

The young daughter-in-law just now was still smiling, and Shi Taijun said that she was Lian's daughter-in-law; Jia Min nodded, knowing that she was a girl from the Wang family, the niece of her second sister-in-law's natal family, and she also prepared a generous gift for Jia Lian when she married her. come over.

Seeing a young daughter-in-law again, she was dressed so plainly that she didn't resemble the color of the rest of the room. Jia Min already guessed her identity.Sure enough, she heard her mother say, "This is Zhu'er's daughter-in-law."

Yanyu and Daiyu especially paid attention to this sister-in-law Zhu; they heard that she was Li Wen's elder sister, and looked at her secretly, feeling that she was somewhat similar to Li Wen, and felt kind in their hearts.

There are also the eldest daughter-in-law Xing and the second daughter-in-law Wang, who are Jia Min's two sister-in-laws. Jia Min also visited the two aunts with several children.

"Where are the girls at home? Call them over quickly. I saw my aunt and cousins." Shi Taijun remembered, and ordered Yuanyang to call some girls over.

Daiyu was very curious about the cousins.The cousins ​​she met when she was in Yangzhou were sister Ming of the Xu family, the eighth younger sister of the Zhuang family, and the sisters of the Li family who were related to each other; There are also three cousins, and I can't help being curious.

After a while, three pretty girls came in from the window. They stood next to each other, as close as sisters Yanyu and Daiyu.

Shi Taijun introduced Jia Min's three nieces, and Sanchun also called Yanyu and Daiyu's sisters.

Seeing them get along well, Shi Taijun was also very happy, and he took Jia Min to sit down, the mother and daughter talked, and asked her how things were going at home.

Yanyu, Daiyu and Sanchun were talking at the side, and Yan'er leaned against Jia Min and listened quietly to what they were saying, half understanding.

"When you first came to the capital, you are still busy with the affairs of the house; why don't you let your brothers and sisters stay at the house for a few days first." Shi Taijun smiled at the children and mentioned to Jia Min.

"It's because the mother loves them. It's just that I made a wish at Qingping Temple, and I will take the children to fulfill the wish in two days." Jia Min also looked at the children and said with a light smile, "After a while, it will be Qixi Festival. So I will send their siblings here to stay for a few days, so that they can play with some girls; when the time comes, mother will not find them annoying."

Shi Taijun smiled all over his face: "I wish they could live here forever." After a pause, he raised his expression and asked Jia Min, "It's just that you just said to go to Qingping Temple to fulfill your vows, why have you never mentioned it before? What is it all about?" ?”

However, Jia Min looked at the children and lowered his head and sighed softly; Shi Taijun understood what she meant, remembering that Jia Min had been married for many years but never conceived, so he must have gone to make a wish, and now he brought the children back to Beijing And go to the Buddha to pay back the vows.

Just thinking of Qingping Temple, Shi Taijun still told her: "At that time, you have to go early and return early. Now Qingping Temple is not the same as before. It is better to be careful in everything."

Jia Min knew what Shi Taijun meant, so she replied, "Don't worry, mother."

Hearing the message from the servant in the outer yard, Mammy Lai came in and said: "Old lady, the second master and uncle are still talking in the front yard, and they said that they will send someone to report to the front yard when the aunt returns."

Upon hearing this, Shi Taijun laughed and said, "We don't care about their elders' business."

Jia Min responded with a smile, and the daughter-in-law next to her also echoed Shi Taijun.

Yanyu Daiyu and Sanchun sat down at the crescent table behind the screen to talk.Yingchun is a boring gourd, Xichun is still young, that is to say, the third younger sister Tanchun, who is similar in age to them, has a more lively temperament; I heard from Tanchun that their sisters usually study at home with the nuns, or read and write, Daiyu I also became interested in discussing with Tanchun.

After all, they were all girls of similar age, and they got to know each other very quickly.

"I heard from our ancestors that the sister of the Lin family used to go to school in the school of the elder sister-in-law's natal sister-in-law?" Tanchun asked curiously.

"My sister and I have been in Mr.'s school for two years, and we didn't come back until the end of last year." Daiyu nodded seriously, "There are still many classmates in the school; They are also studying with the master in the school." Because the Zhen family and the Jia family are family friends, Li Guogong and the Rongning Second Mansion are both the homes of the four princes and eight princes in the capital, Daiyu guessed that Tanchun might know Zhenyan and Liu Ning An only mentioned their names.

After thinking about it for a while, Tanchun remembered: "Sister Yan of Jinling Zhen's family, I have heard of it. She is the grandma of Shan Guogong's mansion. She married to the capital last year. She accompanied Mrs. Shan Guogong over here."

A few girls were talking here, and they heard someone coming in from the other side; Yanyu and Daiyu looked back at the same time, but Tanchun got up and smiled, "It should be the second elder brother who is back!" Yingchun and Xichun He also got up and looked over there.

He saw a half-grown son come in, wearing a warm and fragrant robe, with a colored thread woven from multicolored silk around his neck, and a round and transparent jade pendant below.

I think this should be the second cousin of my uncle's family, whose baby name is Baoyu.

Yanyu's expression was a bit ill, and her eyes were fixed on that jade.

She would never be mistaken—it was a jade stone transformed from Nuwa's Heaven-repairing Stone, and the traces on it flowed spiritual power, which was actually a seal cast by Fairy Jing Huan.

So this second cousin is related to Li Hentian?What is the relationship with Fairy Jing Huan?

Yanyu sank her mind, becoming more vigilant.