Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

Daiyu looked in the direction Zhou Hang pointed, and she saw a small box hidden among the fiery red petals.The flowers are red, and the box is also red, almost seamless.Thanks to her sharp ears and eyesight recently, her eyesight is far better than before, and she might still not be able to see it if it was someone else.This was an unexpected joy, Daiyu was stunned for a long time, unable to conceal the excitement in her heart, clenched her fists slightly excitedly, wanted to look back at Zhou Hang, but felt a little embarrassed, so she just hung her head and twisted the handkerchief.

Wrap the square silk handkerchief round and round around your fingertips, and then untie it, so that pick and vertical lines appear.

After a long time, she bit her lip and asked in a low voice, "Is this also your trick?"

Where she mentioned you, of course, Zhou Hang had to talk about the world he was born in.

Knowing that she was thin-skinned, Zhou Hang didn't point it out, he just smiled and said, "Yes, do you like it?"

Daiyu didn't say she liked it or didn't say she didn't like it, she just muttered, "You guys are really interesting."

Then he ignored Zhou Hang and went straight to the flowers.A small path was specially reserved among the flowers, about one foot wide, barely enough for one person to pass through.Daiyu looked around carefully, lest one accidentally hurt those flowers and plants, wouldn't it be a pity.She took a closer look, and found that there are at least a hundred kinds of flowers on the hillside, some blooming in spring, some in autumn, and some that should have been cut in autumn and winter, but now they are all rushing to bloom. It's an unheard of spectacle.

I don't know how Zhou Hang planted these things that can change the season.Moreover, with so many flowers and plants, I don't know when he secretly planted them.Daiyu secretly wondered, but she was too embarrassed to ask at the moment.

But Zhou Hang could see it from her expression, and he said to himself: "The space forms a system of its own, which is different from the outside. Once these flowers and plants enter the space, they are not restricted by the seasons, as long as they are moist If it is sufficient, it will be regarded as a living flower. What's more, I still use the water from the spiritual spring to irrigate, which is thousands of times better than ordinary water. Therefore, in just this short period of time, it has grown so big and blossomed , not surprising."

Daiyu pursed her lips, did not speak, and asked after a long time:

"Do you like roses?"

Zhou Hang didn't answer, but asked intentionally, "Why do you ask like that?"

Daiyu glanced around and didn't speak, but the meaning was self-evident. If you don't like it, there are the most roses.

Zhou Hang smiled and said, "This flower is beautiful."

Daiyu said: "It's because it's too pretty, so it's unavoidably coquettish. I prefer simple and elegant ones such as camellias and orchids. However, I just discovered it today. It turns out that roses can also be simple and elegant, noble and pure, so pure that it makes people's eyes tingle." It’s hot. It’s red and fiery, so it’s festive!”

In fact, Zhou Hang didn't like roses very much, especially red roses. The reason why he made so many of them was because of his own ghostly thoughts.In the 21st century, roses have some special meaning.However, he felt Daiyu's liking from the bottom of his heart. After letting a person who doesn't like something see such a thing, he can feel joy in his heart, and Zhou Hang feels that his heart is complete.

After walking through clusters of flowers, I finally came to the box.

Daiyu bent down and was about to take it when Zhou Hang said, "Sister Daiyu wait a minute, there are thorns on the rose branches, be careful not to hurt you, let me do it."

Daiyu said, "I'll do it myself." She wanted to pick up the first birthday present that Pangpang gave him.

Seeing her high spirits, Zhou Hang couldn't bear to do what she wanted, so he stretched out his hand to break open the flower bush, let Daiyu reach out to pick it up, and repeatedly told her to be careful not to prick her hands.After taking the box, Daiyu saw the small lock on it, and looked at Zhou Hang.The latter smiled, and took out a handful. If he passed it over, Daiyu was just about to insert it into the keyhole, but because she was in the middle of rose bushes, there was no place to sit, lie, or stand, so she looked around and pointed to the door not far away. A patch of grass, said: "Let's go there."

Zhou Hang said yes, and said: "The grass there is very green, and you are wearing pink clothes today, it will not be good if you get wet with grass juice after a while. Why don't you go there first, and I'll get a felt blanket. Throw on the ground, sitting comfortably and not staining clothes." Then he left.He left for a while at the right time, not only to fetch things but also to give Daiyu a solitary space to look at the things in the box.

He had prepared that gift for a long time, and he believed that Daiyu must have a lot of emotions after seeing it.Sister Lin might be embarrassed by his presence, so it's better to let her have a good taste.Anyway, here is space, there is no one else but the two of them, and Daiyu will not be in any danger.

Walking to the grassland, after waiting for a while when Zhou Hang did not come over, Daiyu took out a handkerchief and spread it on the ground, and sat down to open the box.She was very curious about what exactly Zhou Hang gave her.

In fact, even without this box, she felt that she had received the best gift so far.

Thinking of how I had unilaterally angered Zhou Hang because of a misunderstanding before, I was very annoyed, and I couldn't help but feel even more ashamed and angry. "Hmph, this fat man, it's really annoying to let people think about it without taking out the gift early!" Daiyu snorted to herself, and looked in the direction where Zhou Hang was leaving, only feeling that the faces on both sides It's hot again.

Shaking her head, to dispel the confusion in her heart, Daiyu didn't dare to think any more, and simply took the key to open the box.

The purpose of entry is a beautifully bound book, which is slightly different from ordinary books.The cover is made of silk, with two big gilt characters: Memories.Those two characters are also different from others. They are neither regular script nor running script nor official script. To be exact, they are a new font drawn with five-color paints, which resemble both characters and paintings, and cannot be discerned. Which one is it from, but it is very elegant and beautiful.

Just these two characters made Daiyu fascinated, she never knew that the original characters could be so arbitrary.It can be like a flower, a bird, a fish or a phoenix, you can write it however you like, as long as you look at it comfortably.

Next to the words is a picture, one person and one cat, which are her and Pangpang.I don't know what kind of pen or ink was used to outline it. The tip of the pen is very delicate. Painted with various colors, it has some Western characteristics, but it looks like the real thing. It seems that people can walk out of the painting.

Daiyu caressed the cover, feeling quite touched in her heart.

Waiting to look through it, the touch is even greater.

The paintings on the pages of rice paper inside are also of various characters, just like the paintings on the cover, using delicate comparisons to outline the clear outlines of the characters, with her and Fatty being the main ones.Looking carefully, they actually recorded everything from their meeting to the present with a brush. She picked him up dying, him covered in blood after being abused, him on the carriage back to Yangzhou, and him on the boat...

They went from strangers to familiarity, and now they have a family-like friendship behind them.

Looking at it, Daiyu couldn't help crying.

Daiyu was wiping tears when Zhou Hang came over.Afraid that Zhou Hang would see and laugh at her, Daiyu couldn't help turning her head away.

"Are you crying?" Leaning closer, Zhou Hang asked with some distress.He wanted to move Sister Lin, but he didn't want to make her cry.It seems that Jia Baoyu's statement that his daughter is made of water is not wrong. A little cousin of his former relative's family is also, who can't help teasing and crying at every turn.Come to think of it, he seemed to have never cried since he grew up.

Daiyu rubbed her eyes, forced a smile and said, "Who's crying! I'm not crying, you're looking bad!"

Zhou Hang thought it was funny that she acted like a little girl.

"Okay, you didn't cry, I did, okay?" He said.

"You!" Daiyu pointed at him with a finger, and only said one word, "you" for a long time, not knowing what to do.Obviously he cried and refused to admit it first, but he followed him and talked about him himself, which made it more and more obvious that she, Lin Daiyu, was making trouble out of no reason.Don't say it, I feel wronged again, I don't know what to do, I stamp my feet anxiously, and tears roll down again unconsciously.Zhou Hang was taken aback and hurried to coax her.

"Sister Daiyu, I was wrong, I will apologize to you, please don't cry, okay?"

Daiyu wiped her tears and said, "What crime do you pay for? You are right, I know it in my heart."

"Then don't cry."

Daiyu said: "You think I want to cry, I'm expressing my feelings, it's not that if I control it, I can control it."

Zhou Hang had no reason to refute a sentence sent out of emotion.He spread the blanket silently, took out a bowl of noodles from the food box, and said to Daiyu, "Since you can't control it, don't sit on the grass, firstly, your clothes will get dirty easily, secondly, the ground is wet, After a while, you feel unwell again. I cooked a bowl of noodles by the way when I was picking up the blanket, and we have a custom of eating longevity noodles on birthdays, so if you eat some, it is my best effort."

Hearing what she said, Daiyu silently put away the album, still put it in the box and locked it, caressed it carefully, then slowly got up and moved over.

At this moment, her emotional tears had stopped, Zhou Hang put the table and chopsticks and looked at Daiyu.

Daiyu had already eaten, and now her stomach is still full, so she couldn't eat after a few mouthfuls.Zhou Hang took the bowl and said, "I'll eat it, don't waste it."

Daiyu hurriedly stopped and said: "Wait a minute, don't eat what I have eaten. If you are hungry, we will go out now and let them make you some new meals."

Zhou Hang said: "They have all been tired for a day, so don't bother them. What's the matter with eating your leftovers, you can just treat me as your cat. See which of the cats outside can be like I don’t have to worry about food or drink all day like this, they, if they have a stutter, it’s good, so why not choose what’s left over.”

Daiyu thought, not because of this, but because you are a man...

After thinking about it, he didn't say it.

Although Zhou Hang said that, she still felt that something was wrong.It's just that it's hard to stop it anymore, but it seems like I've thought too much about it.

Just like that, Daiyu watched helplessly as Zhou Hang ate up most of her leftover bowl of noodles in the name of saving food.After eating and drinking, the two sat on the felt and talked together. Daiyu asked Zhou Hang what kind of brush he used for the painting, and the brush was so sharp and strong.Zhou Hang told her that he was not good at painting with brushes, he used to use pencils, because Daiyu didn't know what a pencil was, so she had to explain it again.Because there are no pencils here, Zhou Hang will not be able to make pencils like those in the 21st century for a while, so he has to use a cut wooden stick to paint with ink and various paints.

After hearing this, Daiyu was very moved, and thought to herself that he treated me so sincerely, but I couldn't repay him.

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The girls found that their girls were obviously in a much better mood after sleeping, and they were also happy.Daiyu didn't bring out the picture album Zhou Hang sent, after all, the maids in her room came in and out, and it was difficult for them to explain when they saw them.Daiyu asked someone to ask the time, and it turned out to be the second quarter of Yinshi. When Zijuan came in to change the incense burner, she told Daiyu that all the things she had received had been counted, and asked Daiyu if she could take a look at the list.

Daiyu said: "You take it first, put it on the dressing box next to my bed, and look at it in the evening."

Zijuan then went out to ask the little girl to take the order. Seeing that the hem of Daiyu's skirt was a little wrinkled, she knelt down to tidy it up for Daiyu.Suddenly she shouted: "Oh, this skirt is torn! I just put it on today, but I don't know where it got scratched. I have been following the girl, but where did she get scratched?"

Daiyu looked down and saw that it was just the corner of the skirt embroidered with a few plum blossoms. Speaking of which, the most outstanding thing about this dress was the plum blossoms.I knew it was scratched when the roses walked through it, but I couldn't say it right now, so I said, "I'm so busy today, how can I take care of everything. Besides, we have hung ribbons in the garden together for a long time. , Those flowers and plants are quite old, and they are blooming beautifully, and it is not uncommon for them to accidentally touch them."

Zijuan said: "It must not have been scratched at that time. At that time, I followed the girl alone. If I scratched, I would know."

Daiyu said: "My dear Zicuckoo, you don't care when she shaved it."

Zijuan also nodded with a smile, and said: "What the girl said is that our family is not short of this dress, but it's a pity that such a good embroiderer is missing."

Daiyu said: "It's not a pity. Please invite the embroiderer who embroidered this dress to darn the torn piece. I heard that skilled embroiderers will skillfully darn the torn place to make new patterns. Often it is better than the original one. Our embroiderer is so skilled, she will definitely do it too."

Zijuan hurriedly said that it was reasonable, so she helped Daiyu change her clothes, called a second-class girl, and ordered her to be sent to the sewing room for repairs, and told the embroiderer who must embroider this dress to repair it.The girl took the order and went away, and came back after a while and said: "The embroiderer named by Sister Zijuan is sick, and it cannot be repaired for the time being."

Zijuan came in and went back to Daiyu. Daiyu asked Duanduan why she was ill, and ordered the second-class girl to be called to inquire.

That girl is the current daughter of the Lin family, and she knows the situation of the servants of the Lin family very well, so she said: "If you don't ask the girl, the servants will not dare to tell. The embroidered lady named by the girl is Hui Er, who was sold to our family five years ago. Huier used to be a father, mother and brother. Because there was a famine one year and the whole family lived in the house, they had no choice but to sell their daughter for some money. Afterwards, the life of their family gradually got better, Huier Sometimes I went back to have a look after begging for grace. I heard that her brother lost money in business. Her mother thought that the Lin family was a benevolent family. She wanted to ask grace to redeem her and buy a good price. Huier was very angry and anxious. , he fell ill and hadn’t gotten out of bed for several days.”

Daiyu was furious when she heard this, and said: "What's the matter, a good girl, can she be sold and redeemed just because she was born? Why, is there such a precedent in the Lin family? Otherwise, how could she come up with such a bad idea?"

Seeing that Daiyu was angry, the girl hurriedly knelt down and said, "Miss, calm down. Naturally, there is no such precedent in our family, but the master has always been lenient. Last year, a girl was sold when the family was poor. Later, she had some extra money in her family. Her old lady missed her daughter very much, so she wanted to redeem her daughter and go back, crying like tears, the master didn't even want to let her go out. The servant girl thought that Hui'er's parents must have seen this, and then This Qiao Zong'er who came up with this idea intends to rely on his daughter to make another fortune."

Daiyu gritted her teeth and said, "What kind of old lady is this?"

The girl said: "I don't know that the girl grew up in a deep boudoir. The world is full of wonders, and there are many more than this."

Dai Yuyin asked, "How much silver can a girl buy?"

The girl said: "Young girls with no technical skills can buy one for five taels of silver. If you are older and know how to serve people, it will be more expensive, and if you know some crafts, such as embroidery, cooking, etc., it will be more expensive. Five or sixty taels of silver. I heard that some small households outside with a few extra money would buy a five or six-year-old girl who knew nothing, and teach her for a few years to teach her some skills. In a few years, the price can be multiplied several times by changing hands. For Huier with such superb embroidery skills, it would cost hundreds of taels at least."

Daiyu sneered, thinking that Huier's mother thought Lin Daiyu was so stupid.

If she really loves her daughter and wants to take her back to enjoy family happiness, that's all right, Daiyu simply returned her contract of prostitution and didn't want her money.Although Hui'er is the best embroiderer in Lin's mansion, it's not a big deal if she goes to this big Lin's mansion, there will be better ones.But her old lady redeemed her to go back for a second sale, which is hateful.

Thinking about it, Daiyu ordered someone to ask a doctor to treat Hui'er, and at the same time sent the girl to comfort her.Tell her not to worry, the girl master will definitely not let her mother redeem her back.

In the evening, after reading the gift list, Daiyu sat under the lamp and sighed.

Zhou Hang knew that she was sad about what happened to Hui'er in the afternoon, so he made fun of her and managed to make Daiyu laugh.

Zhou Hang wanted to comfort Daiyu again, so he dragged her into the space.After persuading for a while, Zhou Hang couldn't help but said, "Oh, there was really no human rights in ancient times. In the 21st century, such parents would have been taken to jail."

Daiyu asked curiously, "What do you mean? Could it be that you are not allowed to sell your own daughter?"

"Of course, abducting and trafficking women and children is against the law, regardless of whether they are biological parents or not, they will be jailed."

So Zhou Hang told Daiyu about the 21, about equality between men and women.Daiyu was stunned when she heard that, she thought, if only she lived in the era that Pangpangkou said, then she can also see the outside world without any scruples.

Thinking about it, I said this unconsciously.

Zhou Hang said: "Even now you can go and see the outside world, no one stipulates that girls cannot go out." In case Daiyu would not be able to accept it for a while, he explained, "I heard from my younger brothers that Yangzhou The city is a first-class prosperous and prosperous place, and the streets outside are very lively. The ladies of the big families sometimes come out to shop, such as those shops of spices, jewelry, antiques, etc., often bring girls to come Girls who are shopping, outsiders don’t say anything, just pay attention to wearing a veiled hat.”

Talking about this week, Hang paused, thought for a while and then said, "I remember that the Lin family also has many shops of various kinds in Yangzhou City. Now that you are a housekeeper in name, you naturally have to go and see these businesses in person. You only need to look at the account books every day. , what name can you see?"

Daiyu is a pure and innocent girl, as long as she is willing to go out and have a look, her horizons will be broadened.Although he knew that Daiyu's fate had fundamentally changed, he was always worried, thinking that only more changes could completely distinguish her from Daiyu in the previous book.

Daiyu also felt that what he said was reasonable.

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