The maid of the red house

For the day of visiting relatives in Yuanchun, Jia Mu's main house and main courtyard were tidied up, and the interior and exterior were luxurious and romantic. With the brilliance of jewelry, the brightness of colored glaze, and the fragrance of flower stamens, Xueyan read a lot of poems and books, It is also indescribable.

Xueyan sent Daiyu to the outside of the curtain at the door of the upper room, then retreated with Yinger, and waited quietly with Hupo and others.

Except for Yuanyang, Jin Chuan, Jin Bao and Ping'er who are waiting inside, only Sanchun's maidservant is here, and they dare not speak loudly. Only Ruhua is young, and whispered: "You didn't follow Miss Lin to watch Looking at that scene, ouch, it is really indescribably honorable! There must be hundreds of eunuchs, eunuchs, teams of deacons, rows of lanterns, and rows of colored music. Speaking of our mother's natural blessings, it shouldn't be here!"

Xueyan really never went out, didn't dare to look around randomly, so she quietly asked: "Really?"

Ru Hua pulled her to sit down, and said with a smile: "Can I still coax you? There are so many people inside and out. You said, there are hundreds of people following this empress, how many people are there in the palace? ?”

Xueyan thought of Yu Liansheng. He had been in the palace for nearly a year, and he didn't know if he was in the family-senting team.

Just thinking about it, suddenly a girl led the maid who followed Yuanchun into the palace to hold the piano, and everyone rushed to greet him, especially the three chess players, calligraphy and painters, although their ages were very different from Baoqin, their names were Jia Mu It is taken, so it is very new and elegant, and it feels intimate. The four maidservants of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are also gathered today.

Siqi also introduced Yinger and Xueyan to Baoqin, saying that they were Baochai and Daiyu's maidservants.

Sitting on it holding the qin, she was no different to Ying'er, but looked at Xueyan, and saw that she was wearing a silver-red and gold-woven beige, a white silk embroidered plum skirt, pink face, vermilion lips, and snow-white skin. , asked with a smile: "Are you here with Miss Lin?"

Xueyan wondered secretly, glanced at Yinger, and said yes with a smile.

Baoqin said: "It seems like I saw it there, did your parents and family members come to Beijing with Miss Lin?"

Since Baoqin is the maidservant of Yuanchun, she has a natural and outstanding appearance, with beautiful eyebrows and eyes. She has been in the palace for many years and is much older than the others. She has a more graceful meaning than the maidservants in the Rongguo Mansion, which attracts everyone's admiration.

Xueyan said indifferently: "I have been with us girls since I was a child, and I don't remember my parents in my hometown."

There are so many people with similar looks in the world, Xueyan doesn't think that a little girl who was sold into Lin's family can meet her blood relatives by coincidence, but who in the house doesn't say that Xiangling looks like Qin Keqing?Say Qingwen looks like Daiyu?After entering the Rongguo Mansion this time, Xueyan's demeanor changed drastically. People in the mansion often said that she looked a bit like Sister Feng, so she didn't care about what Baoqin said.

At this moment, Xueyan doesn't know that Princess Yongchang once said to Zhang Shi that she has a kind face, and Zhang Shi also felt this way, and Baoqin is the third person who said so, otherwise she already had doubts in her heart, so she wouldn't miss it for many years. Get the truth.

After hearing this, Baoqin couldn't help but sigh and feel pity.

Xueyan sits with her head down and picks fruits. She has nothing to sigh about. She doesn’t remember her parents in her hometown being clean and comfortable.On the contrary, Baoqin now stands high among the maidservants, she only feels that her face is radiant and incomparable, but she can't imagine what kind of fate she will face as a girl after Yuanchun dies in the future!

For a while, Baoqin's parents came to see Baoqin outside the courtyard, and Baoqin hurried out, unavoidably crying for a while, and everyone hurriedly tried to persuade him.

Xueyan didn't follow out from the room, and said softly: "It turns out her parents are still at home."

Siqi stayed in the room and asked the little girl to scoop up hot water to hold the piano and wash her face for a while, then sighed and replied: "It's natural, her parents and brothers are in the house, and her parents are in charge, so she is decent in front of the old lady. She will do her best to serve the girl in the palace."

When Xueyan heard it, she understood without saying a word, and it was another scene of bones being separated. Baoqin's parents stayed in Rongguo Mansion, and she must not dare to betray Yuanchun in the palace. These old men really have every word and deed Calculated.

After a while, Baoqin came in, Siqi hurriedly got up and took the little girl to help her re-comb her hair, clean her face, and tidy up her makeup.

Baoqin said with a smile: "I'm rude, I made my sisters laugh at me."

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

But it is said that Daiyu and others entered Jiamu's main room, and they all paid homage to the noble concubine in the state ceremony.

Yuan Chun sat on the top, got up quickly, and each talked about the farewell to the cold and warm. Seeing that Chai and Dai are as delicate as flowers, and the other as slender willows, they are beyond the reach of their sisters, and they can't help but admire.Daiyu looked at Yuanchun secretly, and saw that she had a noble bearing and gorgeous palace attire, and she was even more graceful under the lights. Others looked at her with envy, but Daiyu was sad. Once she entered the Hou's gate, it was as deep as the sea, let alone the palace gate.

After Baoqin came up to kowtow and went out, the rest of the palace eunuchs, caipin, deacons and eunuchs were entertained by Ningguo Mansion and Jia Amnesty Court, and Yuan Chun ordered only three or four young eunuchs to agree. Affection.

Yuan Chun first asked Baochai how old he was, praised her, then asked Daiyu, and finally said: "I heard that there are two teaching nuns from the Yongchang Princess's residence next to my sister. I have heard about it in the palace. I have also seen that these two nuns have excellent manners, even the empress dowager praised them, my sister should learn from the two nuns and treat them more kindly."

Daiyu got up and should be.Nanny Rong and Nanny Zhang treated her very well, even if Yuan Chun didn't say anything, she would still treat her kindly.

Jia Zheng took the children of the entire family to pay their respects across the curtain, and Daiyu hurriedly retreated to the side, quietly listening to the answers of her daughters and fathers.

After the salute, Jia Zheng and others withdrew. Next, they had a feast in the garden, finished their poems, listened to the play, and admired the gold and silver Kaizi's new books. It was time for Yuanchun to drive back to the palace. Daiyu looked at Yuanchun with tears in his eyes. Shangyu came back and said to Xueyan: "Look at the meaning of your empress, I'm afraid the palace is uncomfortable!"

There are countless bustles outside, Xueyan doesn't care, just looking at the things that Yuanchun rewarded, Baoyuchai and Dai Sanchun are all the same, among the maids, only Jiamu, Mrs. Wang and the sisters have them in the room, a total of 24 gifts, clear money Of the one hundred strings, only two strings of gifts and a few strings of money were allocated to their room. After hearing Daiyu's words, she said, "Someone pays attention to every word and deed. How is it like being at home?"

When Daiyu heard this, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Xueyan said: "I heard that the poems written by the girls in it, the empress asked the third girl to copy them out for the masters to read. The tone of the second master, the first three poems are nothing more than that." She knew that Daiyu wrote the poems in Shangdaoxiang Village in the original book, but she didn't know if it was the same here.

When the poems were copied out, Jia She, Jia Zheng and others were surrounded by Qing Hakka people, so I was afraid that it would spread.

Xueyan didn't really care. Many female poets and female poets in the Qing Dynasty were the most talented women. If the poems and songs were not copied by outsiders, how could they be handed down to future generations? Very rigorous, after all, she does not have the deep imprint of this era, and I really hope that Daiyu can be the second Li Yi'an.

Daiyu chuckled, with some pride on her face, and said: "You didn't see his pitiful appearance, he was so anxious that he was sweating, and the veins on his neck were all pulled out. The more I looked at him, the more I felt that he was powerless, so I took his place." I made this song Apricot Curtain in Hope."

Xueyan smiled and said, "Is that so?"

Although Daiyu has never been in love with Baoyu now, after all, she has been separated from brother and sister for many years, so she really doesn't care about Baoyu's worries.

Daiyu changed her clothes, straightened her hair, and smiled back at her: "Not only did I help him write poems, but Sister Bao also gave him advice! I heard clearly that the empress doesn't like red, fragrant and green jade. It was just changed to Yihong Kuailu, but he also wrote green jade in his poem. Wouldn't it be against the empress, so Sister Bao suggested that Baoyu change the word "green wax". It makes sense, but Baoyu also has the word jade in his name, and he is born with psychic treasures, so how can your empress not like it?"

Daiyu was sensitive by nature, she would guess at the slightest disturbance, Xueyan was dumbfounded by her question, speechless.

That's right, some readers read the original book and thought that Yuanchun didn't like Daiyu, so they changed the red fragrant green jade to Yihong Kuailu, clearly expressing that they don't support Shuangyu, but Baoyu is the real jade. Doesn't Yuanchun like that he loves Daiyu like a treasure? Brothers?

Xueyan thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out, so she said: "Xu has nothing to do with the girl's name. It's not that the empress doesn't like jade, but she changed it because she thought it was vulgar. Don't you think that red is faster and green is better than red, fragrant and green jade?" More chic?"

When Daiyu heard it, it was true that Yihong, Kuaigreen was better.

Xueyan said: "Second Master Bao was originally clever and full of talent, so he couldn't write when he came to the front."

But Daiyu said: "No one is perfect. Why can't he write it before him? It's just that he doesn't like this poem, and I deal with it indiscriminately. To be honest, Baoyu sees it more clearly than others , but it's a pity that the world said that he has a strange temper, which misunderstood him. Presumably, the more he sees through, the more bitter he feels."

Xueyan looked at her and sighed secretly.

Although the current Daiyu is farther away from Baoyu than in the original book, the spiritual resonance is really not empty.Although Baoyu has a lot of dandyism, but many thoughts and behaviors far surpass the thinking of this era. It may be because Cao Gong can't find a way out, so Baoyu is at a loss. Instead of trying to find a solution, he chooses to Escape, too weak and unresponsive.If Baoyu thought and acted in the same way, kept himself clean, and didn't suspect Mrs. Wang, maybe he and Daiyu were a perfect match.

Things are hard to live in. No matter how compatible they are, the reality is a tragedy. She is a realistic person, and she doesn't want Daiyu to end up like that. She can only choose to help Daiyu not continue to indulge in tragedy. Although she feels good, Daiyu may not feel good.

Baoyu's temperament is more suitable to be a good friend and sister, but unfortunately he is a man, so Daiyu can't get too close to him.

"I saw the gift from the superiors. I don't know if the girl knows?" Xue Yan frowned, a little puzzled that Jia Zhen, the patriarch, and Jia Lian, the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion, had the same example as Jia Huan and Jia Rong. A gift, a pair of golden scorpions, less than everyone else, "There are many people in our room, so I don't know who to give such a small thing."

Daiyu rubbed her eyes and said with a smile: "I know what you mean, it's just that people have intimacy and estrangement, so it's natural that etiquette is different. Those rewards are just meaningless. Who can still be a serious treasure? We don't have any shortage."

Xueyan sighed.

Zijuan bent down to make the bed, touched the quilt which was already very warm, turned back and said: "Everyone is exhausted from busy work today, and the girl can't stay up late, go to rest, what can you tell me?" Let me say it again, I can't slow down if I'm careful."

Daiyu was served by her to wash her feet, then she lay down on the quilt, and said in her mouth, "After I've been busy all this time, I'll be fine."

Xueyan took off a few golden beaded hairpin rings on her head, and said: "Who said it's okay? 21 is Miss Bao's birthday, we have to celebrate it once, we have to prepare a birthday gift first, don't be in a hurry when you get there, just a little bit." No respect."

Daiyu wondered, "Why don't I know?"

Xueyan cleaned her hands and face, then washed her feet, and took the time to answer: "Miss Bao has been here for several years, and she has been busy visiting her relatives for the past two years. She has never had a birthday. How could she know? This year is the year of Jiji, The old lady must do it."

Daiyu stretched her hand out of the quilt, counted with her fingers before her eyes, and said, "Sister Bao's birthday is weird, it's actually the Earth Wearing Festival."

Xueyan poured the water back, got on the bed and said with a smile: "What's so weird? I see that every birthday in this mansion has a history! It's the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it's also a good day for the Duke. The girl is the Flower Festival, the third girl is the Qingming Festival, and the second master Bao is the Flower Festival. Compared with them, Miss Bao's Earth Wearing Festival is not particularly weird."

The Earth Piercing Festival is the day after the Heaven-Mending Festival. It so happens that the source of the psychic gem is a stone that cannot mend the sky. There was a laughing cloud, saying that it is better to fill the land than to mend the sky. There must be a reason for this, otherwise the original book would not be Baochai talked about the Buddha twice, which made Baoyu realize the Tao.

Xueyan thinks Cao Gong's writing style is quite ironic, and Baoyu's enlightenment is actually Baochai!

Daiyu thought for a while, and said: "Sisters don't have too rich birthday gifts, but poetry or painting, or a piece of paper, take out the two-color needlework I made, and add some pen and ink. It’s passable, it’s usually like this for the sisters.”

Xueyan agreed, but who said Daiyu doesn't do needlework?In the original book, there are two-color needlework for Aunt Xue’s birthday!

The next day, she prepared the birthday gift and waited to send it over when the time came.

Because of family visits in Yuanchun, everyone in the mansion was extremely tired, but Xueyan was very energetic, and happened to pass by the gate of the yard all the way, and happened to meet Sister Feng who brought someone to pack up the garden furnishings and move them out. Seeing that among the things carried by the crowd behind Sister Feng, several red sandalwood utensils, gold and silver pieces and a bronze and green tripod are quite familiar, she can't help being startled.

This is something from the Lin family!She immediately realized that she and Lin Ruhai had seen each other in the warehouse.

In particular, the bronze tripod was an ancient relic from the Zhou Dynasty, which she remembered most clearly.

Although most of the furnishings in the Grand View Garden were bought, the antique calligraphy, paintings, red sandalwood utensils, gold and jade objects in the main hall are not available for a while, and even if they can be bought, there may not be so much cash to buy them. It can be compared to the good things that the Lin family has accumulated for more than 100 years, so a large part of it is embezzled from the things brought by the Lin family.

These things could not be sold for a while, and they were afraid of being lowered in price, so Jia Lian didn't sell all of them, but only sold the real estate and yard of the farm and the bulky big furniture, and shipped back all the good things left.

Xueyan saw it in her eyes and kept it in her heart.

Sister Feng suddenly saw the snow geese appearing at the gate of the garden, she was startled, she quickly calmed down, and said with a smile: "If you don't follow your girl, why do you have time to play around in the garden?"

Xueyan remained calm and said with a smile: "Our girl praises the plum blossoms in Changcui Temple, I want to ask for one to put in a vase for the girl."

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "That Miaoyu has always been eccentric. Don't go there. You can't ask for plum blossoms if you don't have one. If you girls want plum blossoms, I will ask Ping'er to send them to you in a while. Don't go to the garden." Goof around and carefully bump into the guy who's moving the guy."

Xueyan smiled and agreed, then turned and left.

Sister Feng let out a sigh of relief, although she didn't think Xueyan could recognize these things, but she had to be careful after all.

Xueyan was planning to come back and tell Daiyu to tell her a lie, but unexpectedly met Siqi and asked her to make a picture for Yingchun, so she had to go there, and called a little girl on the way: "Go back for me and tell our girl, I didn't get the plum blossoms that the girl mentioned, but Zi Lian's second grandma sent someone to deliver them later."

The little girl kept it in her heart, and ran over to tell Daiyu.

Daiyu was reading a book in the room, and was very puzzled when she heard this, so she told Zijuan to grab a handful of money to buy fruit for the visitor, but she couldn't stop thinking about it, and within a cup of tea, she saw Ping'er gave it away. The couplet bead vase came over, and there were two bright plum blossoms inserted in the vase, the color was like rouge, and the fragrance deceived Lanhui. He couldn't help but praised: "What a beautiful plum blossom, why did your grandma send you to come in person?"

Ping'er looked inside the house, but there was no sign of the snow goose, so he replied to Daiyu: "Our grandma said that she met a snow goose at the gate of the garden and went to Quicui nunnery to pick two plum blossoms for the girl. She said she wanted it, grandma. Because she said that Miaoyu had a bad temper, she didn't let Xueyan go, so Tete sent me to bring it to the girl."

Daiyu laughed quickly and said, "Why bother your grandma? I'm just exaggerating, but Xueyan remembers it in my heart."

When Pinger heard that Xueyan had indeed gone to fold plum blossoms for Daiyu, she relaxed, put down the plum blossoms, said goodbye and went back to Sister Feng.

When the snow geese came back in the evening, Daiyu immediately took her into the room and told Zijuan to watch outside. Then she said, "Are you using me as a cover in front of Lian's second sister-in-law? Otherwise, why would she just send someone away?" Send two plum blossoms? Fortunately, you remember to tell me first, and I will say that I sent you. But I think it is not as good as the two pots of red plum bonsai you gave when you became a mother."

Xueyan sighed and said, "This is to test us!" As he spoke, he told Daiyu what he had seen and heard at the gate of the garden.

Daiyu sighed: "Second sister-in-law Lian is too suspicious. I might not even recognize any of the things in our storeroom. If I go, she will definitely not be like this. It's just that she doubted you. ?” Although only Xueyan knew where her father left things, she shouldn’t have recognized the things in the storeroom, and Sister Feng’s behavior was a little guilty.

Xueyan said: "Be careful sailing for ten thousand years. I think I look smarter than the girl?"

Daiyu chuckled and said, "You're praising yourself."

After finishing speaking, he lowered his voice and asked, "You can see clearly that it really belongs to our family? How do you know it?"

"Why don't you recognize it? When the master was looking for the girl's only copy, I followed the master to the storeroom and saw it with my own eyes." Xueyan spoke half truth and half lie, and didn't tell her about the hidden things, "Those few things The style of red sandalwood furniture is different in Beijing and Jiangnan. I remember the real thing. The master said that our ancestors got it when he was working in southern Guangdong. The gold and silver ones were fried, and they were brighter than those in the warehouse, so I just thought they looked familiar. , I can’t confirm whether it is also our family’s, but I remember the bronze tripod very clearly.”

Daiyu sighed quietly after hearing this, and said: "You and I have already made up our minds. I didn't think they could return those things to me. Why bother? The more you worry about it, the more you seem to be in a bad spirit."

Xueyan smiled when she heard the words, and said: "When it comes to open-mindedness, I am not as far as the girl."

She wanted to get it back for Daiyu, but firstly, most of the money was spent by Jia's family, and secondly, all the real estate and land were sold. Although the remaining antiques were very valuable, they were obviously taken as their own when they were placed in the Grand View Garden. Yes, can they keep selling when the economic crisis comes up in the future?The chances of getting it are too small.So, from then on, she never thought about these money that didn't have to come back.

It took two or three days for the furnishings in the garden to be tidied up, and Xueyan had no chance to take a look at it. Because she couldn't touch needles and threads during the first month, she followed Daiyu to look for Li Wan, or to hide in the house, not thinking about the eighteenth day. Shi came to pick her up in person, but Jia's mother didn't want to go out, and she thought that her family and the Sang family had no relatives, so she asked Sister Feng to pack some cars and sedan chairs and take Daiyu there.

Daiyu went out for the first time since entering Beijing, her expression was a little nervous, but more excited.

Zicuckoo and Nanny Zhang stayed at home, and Nanny Rong and Nanny Wang took Xueyan, Tinglan, Danju, Qinghe, Runzhu and others to the past.

When they arrived at the Sang family, the Xu family called their eldest son Sang Yue, eldest daughter Sang Wan, and second daughter Sang Yuan to visit Daiyu. Daiyu was about the same age as Sang Yuan, Sang Yue was one year older than her, and Sang Wan was two years older. Well, after receiving the gift, I hurriedly ordered the snow geese to present a table gift, four horses per head, a pair of gold and silver scorpions, two new books, and a box of precious ink.

Visiting the garden to enjoy the scenery, Xueyan observed carefully, who said that the Sang family lost their property?It doesn't look very obvious from the outside, but inside you can see mountains and rivers, one floor and one pavilion. It is not inferior to Jia's house, but it is a little more rough and unrestrained.

Xueyan suddenly remembered the gift list when the Sang family gave gifts for the first time. There were things Sang Long gave to Daiyu on it. Among them, mink fur, deer antler and ginseng were all good things, and it seemed that Sang Long brought them along with the letter. , casually giving out such a generous gift, the Sang family is by no means a declining family property as outsiders think.Thinking about it, the three generations of the Sang family's descendants were all from the army. Marshal Sang and General Sang even guarded the border, one south and one north, north to northeast, south to sea, and they all made great achievements.

After eating the banquet and having tea after changing clothes, Mrs. Xu and Daiyu sat opposite each other, with Sang Wan and Sang Yuan as companions below.

Mrs. Xu prepared two more banquets for Grandma Rong, Nanny Wang and all the maids to eat. Only Xueyan was left in front of her. After talking about the fashionable tricks in Jiangnan for a while, she asked, "My aunt is usually in the mansion. What are you doing?"

"In the past, I kept the rules and didn't do anything. I only learned etiquette from the two nuns. Now I am still learning etiquette and reading some poems and books." Daiyu told the truth. She would not take into account her emotions and preferences, but the Xu family took care of everything and treated her seriously as a guest of honor.

Mrs. Xu nodded secretly, and said: "My aunt was in control before, so we didn't dare to disturb her. Now, besides being obedient, I will pick up my aunt next time. Don't say no to my aunt. Our old lady said that our two families have been relatives for decades, old lady It's my aunt's cousin again, so I should walk around a lot, so I can't make a difference."

When Mrs. Xu said the old Marshal Sang Long's words, Daiyu immediately stood up and listened, and said: "Uncle Dabiao has worked so hard, Daiyu will keep it in mind, I'm afraid your family is too busy, so I don't want to bother you too much."

Although others have good intentions, Daiyu must put other people's actions first, and should not cause trouble to others just for walking around.

Mrs. Xu was taken aback, but felt a little pity for Daiyu. I really don't know how the Jia family treated her, so cautious for this reason. I wondered why my grandfather was so worried about her letter.After thinking about it, he hurriedly invited Daiyu to take a seat, and said with a smile: "My aunt is too careful. If the old man and the old lady know, they will definitely blame me for not treating aunt well."

Daiyu said: "When I come today, I feel at home. If my cousin and aunt talk about you, I will tell you the difference."

Everyone laughed.

Xu said again: "What plans does Auntie have in the future?"

Daiyu was slightly startled, and then said: "I'm a girl, what can I do? Let my grandmother make the decision." She doesn't know what will happen to her life in the future, and she can't make up her own mind. There is only Jia Mu alone. When Jia Mu goes, it will be the turn of Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, not the Sang family.

Xueyan once told her that for the time being for two years, although Jia Mu was too paranoid to identify her and Baoyu, but fortunately she was on top of her, otherwise others would casually tell her that they were relatives. Her situation was worse then than it is now.

Now she knows that her father has planned everything for her, but she didn't dare to hope for it before.

Mrs. Xu pondered for a while, then understood what she meant, and then said: "Our old man said that aunt can rest assured to live there, and she will often come to our house in the future. With the old man here, aunt will not be disadvantaged."

Daiyu stood up again, and after listening, with a little hesitation on her face, she asked, "I wonder if Uncle Biao has been entrusted by my late father?"

There was a three-point approval in Xu's eyes, what a smart girl!

Then she nodded and said: "The old master said that he was entrusted by his cousin, so I told my aunt to rest assured."

Xueyan took a reassurance pill, and Daiyu got another help, which was different from the two nuns. This old marshal was Lin Ruhai's cousin, and Daiyu's cousin, although he was far away from the Rongguo Mansion. , but there is still blood relationship after all, if it is really entrusted by Lin Ruhai's letter, Rongguo Mansion told Daiyu that the marriage is not good, and the dowry is not enough, Marshal Sang is definitely qualified to intervene.

Right now, I just hope that Marshal Sang can live a long time, at least longer than Jia Mu.

Daiyu is also very grateful.

Mrs. Xu picked her up to enjoy the flowers this time, and it was the Lord who made her feel at ease.

Neither she nor Xueyan knew what arrangements Lin Ruhai had, nor did they know how Lin Ruhai entrusted the old Marshal Sanglong, but after hearing Xu's words, the master and servant really let go of most of their hearts, and Daiyu gradually A little bit of hope was born.

Xueyan secretly rest assured that Daiyu's nature is not weak, and if she has hope, she will plan for herself. Before spending money lazily, it was all because she didn't know Lin Ruhai's follow-up arrangements, and she was [-]% desperate for the future. Lin Ruhai has thought about everything carefully, and after Daiyu understands her painstaking efforts, she will definitely cheer up and stop complaining about herself and wallowing in despair.

Therefore, when they returned to Rongguo Mansion, the two of them still had residual ease and smiles on their faces.

Unexpectedly, Shi Xiangyun just came, so Daiyu hurriedly changed her clothes and went there. The sisters met each other, and there was a lot of joy. When she heard that Xiangyun was full of love for her brother, Daiyu joked: "You didn't grow up in Jinling, you prefer to bite Speak Jinling dialect with your tongue, you can’t even call out your second elder brother, who just loves your elder brother and loves your elder brother, and playing Go for a while, isn’t it just love for three, four, five?”

Xiangyun said: "You still have such a personality, you only like to pick on others. Even if you are better than the world, and you have two nuns teaching you, you don't need to see one make fun of the other. Point out a person, you dare to pick Her, I will subdue you."

Daiyu already knew who it was, but she still asked who it was.

Xiangyun brought up Baochai, and Daiyu smiled and said, "Who am I talking about? It turned out to be her. I dare not pick her fault!"

Xiangyun smiled and said, "I can't compare to you in my whole life, but I only hope to have a brother-in-law Lin who loves to bite his tongue. You can listen to love and evil all the time. Amitabha, this is now in my eyes." After speaking, he turned and ran.

Coincidentally, Xueyan lifted the curtain and came in, ran into him head-on, and took two steps back.

Daiyu was catching up, and when she saw this, she hurriedly asked, "Has it been damaged? Girl Yun, come here and let me have a look." She asked Xueyan again.

Xueyan shook her head and said, "Where did it crash?" She hurriedly came to see Shi Xiangyun.

Shi Xiangyun gathered himself together, and said: "I never crashed it. I only blame Sister Lin, who likes to make jokes. People say her, but she doesn't listen anymore. Xueyan, if you crash, I will ask your girl to pay the doctor to pay for it." look."

After hearing this, Xueyan remembered the story about biting her tongue in the original book.

Seeing that Daiyu had caught up with him but did nothing to Xiangyun, she knew that she was not really seeking to settle accounts with Shi Xiangyun, but was just playing around, so she laughed and said, "If our girl and Miss Shi are at odds because of me all of a sudden." Let it go, I didn't bump into this in vain."

Xiangyun looked at Daiyu, brushed his fingers across her face to shame her, and said, "Listen, the people around you are looking for you!"

Daiyu laughed and said, "If the people around me don't turn to me, why don't they turn to you?"

The snow geese on the side smiled and said nothing.

She carefully looked at this Shi Xiangyun whose face was never directly described in the original book. Although she had seen Shi Xiangyun in her memory, she hadn't seen it clearly with her own eyes. She finally understood why the original book wrote about Shi Xiangyun's cuteness and lively The crane is in the shape of a mantis, but the facial features and appearance are not described.

It turns out that Shi Xiangyun's appearance is not only inferior to that of Chai and Dai, but also inferior to that of Ying Tanxi.

Her thick eyebrows are set wide apart, her posture is handsome, and she looks bright and flexible.

It is inferior in appearance, but better in posture and demeanor.

The twelve beauties of Jinling are indeed different.

In the evening, when Shi Xiangyun settled down, he lived in Daiyu's room as usual, but Jia Mu said, "There are so many people in your sister's place that you can't live there. You should still live in my warm pavilion. I have already asked Amber to clean it up for you." That's right."

After hearing this, Shi Xiangyun looked at Daiyu and said, "Hey, it's the daughter of the Hou family after all, we poor girls can't compare to it."

Daiyu said with a smile: "Everyone says I don't let others, I think my sister is no less than me! Sister, please don't demean yourself. If you are a poor girl, who among us sisters is still the daughter of the noble family?"

Everyone laughed and went back to their rooms to rest.

At dawn the next day, Xueyan got up early, first moved the red plums out of the window, and put down the window drawer again. Our girl hasn't gotten up yet, so the second master will go back to freshen up first, and see you in the old lady's room later!"

Baoyu stopped to listen and said, "Then I'll go and see Sister Yun." After finishing speaking, he went to Jiamu's warm pavilion.

Xueyan couldn't stop him, and watched him slip in.

At this time, Daiyu was calling for someone in the room, and Xueyan hurried in to help her wash and wash. Speaking of Baoyu's going to the girl's boudoir as if she had entered a no-man's land, she sighed secretly: "If I hadn't been on guard all the time, Baoyu would have come in." But it's Miss Lin's room."

Daiyu frowned and said, "What's wrong, don't fix it!"

After washing and washing, the two of them came out and stood under the corridor, only to see Baoyu also come out of Xiangyun room, having washed and washed.

Suddenly, Xiren came over again, and seeing that Baoyu had finished grooming in Shi Xiangyun's room, she had to go back angrily to groom herself. Xueyan secretly rejoiced that this time it was not about Daiyu's business, because she saw Baochai entering Baoyu's room again, and said : "Xi Ren is annoyed, Second Master Bao still doesn't go back to coax her? Miss Bao has gone, you have to entertain guests even as a host!"

Baoyu was very embarrassed, and said: "There is such a temperament somewhere." So he pretended not to care, but he still remembered it in his heart, and after a few words, he hurriedly left and went back to his room.He went back, but Baochai came out.

Mother Rong laughed behind her and said: "This girl is quite capable, she handles Second Master Bao very well."

Daiyu didn't take it seriously, and said: "The one who served Brother Bao since childhood is naturally different from others."

Nanny Rong and Nanny Zhang looked at each other, smiled and said nothing, did not tell Daiyu that Xiren was no longer innocent, but only wanted to persuade Daiyu to stay away from Xiren in the future. I can handle it, and as a cousin, making friends with the people in my cousin's room is not a good atmosphere after all.

When she was young, Daiyu went to eat in Jia's mother's room, met Xiangyun and said a few words, and saw that Baoyu ate half a bowl of rice indiscriminately and then went back, her face was different from usual, Daiyu didn't care much, but Xiangyun was a little Nahan, because he asked: "Look at Brother Ai, he's not in a good mood today. He was fine when I combed his hair in the morning!"

But Daiyu laughed and said, "It's the fault of you combing your hair!" She pouted in Baoyu's room.

She is a very intelligent woman, and she knows it when she thinks of the wrath of attacking others.

Xiangyun felt a little boring, and was going back two days later, but Jia Mu asked her to stay, saying: "After your sister's birthday, I will go back after watching the play." Xiangyun listened and had to stay , sent someone back to get his own two-color needlework as a birthday gift.

Hearing that Mother Jia was going to celebrate Baochai's birthday, Daiyu looked at Xueyan privately and said, "You are a fortune teller."

Xueyan smiled and remained silent.

Daiyu said: "The old lady said that Sister Bao just passed her first birthday, and it was the year of Jiji, so she paid 20 taels and asked Lian's second sister-in-law to set up a wine show. You go and send the gift we prepared to Sister Bao. .”

Xueyan coughed lightly, 20 taels of silver, the old lady's slap in the face was as sharp as ever.Think about the scene when Daiyu was born as a filial piety, she gave 200 taels of silver when she shook her hand. Now that Baochai celebrates her birthday, although they are all from her own family, only Xiangyun and Aunt Xue are guests, but how can you get 20 taels?

Sister Feng finished joking in Jiamu's room, and went back to her room to look at the 20 taels of silver in front of her with a sad face. How many banquets are these 20 taels of silver enough for?Still want to play, how can it be possible?I had to add some silver.

Xueyan brought Daiyu's gift to Xue Baochai and came back. When she met Ping'er, she stopped and laughed.

Ping'er comforted Sister Feng a few words. With Mrs. Wang watching from above, it can't be poor.

Finally, on the 21st day, all the operas and wine were prepared, and Baochai always ordered operas according to Jiamu's preferences, which made Baoyu very displeased with her flattery. After saying a few words, Baochai began to talk about parasitic grass Come, Baoyu heard it, and immediately admired it.

Xueyan listened and watched, and sighed secretly, Miss Bao, you are really the enlightener of the second master Bao who sees through the world of mortals.

Today she is always by Daiyu's side, never leaving her footsteps, but she has not forgotten that Sister Feng brought up the matter of the opera singer, whose baby is loved by whose family, Xueyan really loves Daiyu, how can others compare Even though the actor made fun of it unintentionally, it had a huge impact, just like comparing a decent person to a lady in modern society, we must resolutely fight back!

Hearing Sister Feng said that the actor looked like a person in disguise, Xueyan's eyes suddenly turned cold.

Everyone said that Sister Feng and Daiyu were good. In fact, Xueyan felt that Sister Feng and Daiyu were not so good at least before that. From the first time Daiyu came to the door, she was flamboyant to the extreme. It is also a dereliction of duty to not prepare a house for Daiyu because of her housekeeper's means and skills. Even if Mrs. Wang doesn't like Daiyu, as a housekeeper grandma, she really doesn't know how to prepare or remind her?Plus