The Lotus in the Red Chamber

Why is it so urgent. "

After drinking her tea, Xiaomei hurriedly said to Qingwen: "The old lady asked you to change into festive clothes and accompany you to Jia's house to say hello."

Qingwen had heard about Jia's family earlier, and she also heard that it was an extremely wealthy family, which was even higher than the Lai's family. Xu Neng heard more about Feng's house, and hurriedly changed her clothes and hurried away.

Seeing that Qingwen was in such a hurry, Xiaomei was not in a hurry, she held Qingwen back with a smile and said, "The Jia family will reward you later, my sister will share some with me."

Qingwen was only five years old after the new year, and she was very small. Xiaomei, who was 12 years old, easily grabbed her.

Qingwen had no choice but to hand over the half-embroidered plum blossoms to Xiaomei: "Sister Xiaomei, when did Qingwen forget you? You see that your embroidered handkerchief is gone. Didn't Qingwen help you embroider it again? She still treats you like a sister and doesn't love you." .”

Xiaomei has a bright personality, and she is very popular among the maids, but she is very careless, and she is not as good as Qingwen after practicing embroidery for a long time. In addition, she often pulls things, so she often begs Qingwen, who is in the same room, to embroider things for her. .

When Xiaomei saw the half-embroidered handkerchief, her round eyes smiled like crescent moons, she quickly let go of Qingwen and said, "Sister, hurry up, sister will wait for you to come back to show off the handkerchief."

Seeing this, Qingwen left with a depressed sigh. Seeing Qingwen's appearance as a young adult, Xiaomei's smiling eyes were even more crooked.

This time, because I went to Jia's mansion to pay New Year's greetings early, Nanny Lai brought a few servants to escort the New Year's goods, and she got into a carriage with two wives and Qingwen. Qingwen entered Lai's mansion shortly after arriving in the capital. I haven't been to any place before, so it's very novel. I secretly opened the curtain of the car to see the bustling scene outside. Nanny Lai and others didn't stop me. Instead, I was very happy to see Qingwen's child.

After driving for half a day, Qingwen didn't get tired of it, and kept watching from the window.Suddenly, I saw two big stone lions squatting on the north side of the street, and three gates with animal heads. In front of the gates, there were a dozen or so people in splendid clothes, but the main gates were closed. On the plaque, there are five big characters in the big book "Decree to build Ningguo Mansion".Confused, Madam Lai said, "This is the mansion of the eldest house of Jia's grandparents."

Qingwen nodded after hearing this, but she was puzzled in her heart why they lived separately from Jia with the same surname, and also thought that it was indeed more grand than Lai's house.Thinking about it, he went westward again, not far away, and there were also three gates, which led to Rongguo Mansion.But he didn't enter the main entrance, only the corner gate on the west side.The car stopped at the corner gate, and Nanny Lai ordered the two wives and servants to hand over the New Year's gift to the host's family for handling, while she took Qingwen into a small sedan chair, and immediately had three or four clothes. The well-capped boy lied to you to come and carry the sedan chair.

When the sedan chair came down in front of a hanging flower door, a woman immediately came up to open the curtain of the sedan chair, and helped Nanny Lai to get off the sedan chair. Qingwen was younger, and Nanny Lai held Qingwen's little hand because she was afraid that she would not be able to keep up. walk slowly.Entering the Hanging Flower Gate, there are chaoshou verandahs on both sides, and a hallway in the middle. There is a marble screen with a red sandalwood shelf. Turning the screen, there are three small halls in the middle, and a square courtyard behind the hall. The upper rooms are all carved beams and painted buildings, which are extremely luxurious. On both sides are verandah wing rooms, with parrots and thrushes of various colors hanging on them.

Qingwen has never seen such a beautiful bird, but her high eyes are looking at it without blinking.

Just looking at it, I saw a few maids dressed in red and green came out to welcome them, but they were better dressed than the maids in Lai's mansion, and their appearance was a bit more handsome. The maid walking in front greeted them with a smile. He came over and said: "The old lady was talking with some girls, but it happened that Nanny Lai arrived."

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Lai Momo also smiled and said, "Today I'm lucky enough to meet a few girls."

The maidservants didn't answer the conversation, and when they saw Qingwen, they smiled and said, "Hey, Mammy, where did you bring this girl? She looks good, is she Grandma's granddaughter?"

Nanny Lai replied with a smile: "It's a girl that my family just bought a few days ago, and I brought it to greet my ancestors." Then she said to Qingwen: "Qingwen hurry up and greet my sisters."

The maids covered their mouths and laughed and said, "How can we be so lucky!"

Qingwen naturally didn't understand what they meant, but after hearing Madam Lai's order, she obediently said hello to those maidservants.

Those maidservants were very happy to see Qingwen's delicate and polite appearance.The maid who was closest to Qingwen hugged Qingwen and said: "Mummy is really lucky, the little girl I found is so smart."

Just as they were talking, several people entered the room.

Nanny Lai pulled Qingwen over and walked in.Qingwen looked curiously at the situation in the room.Sitting on the couch directly above was an old mother with silver hair on her temples, and on both sides were three young girls, the first one on the left was about ten years old, with plump skin, a medium figure, fresh lit cheeks, goose fat nose, Gentle and silent, amiable to watch.The second one is two or three years younger than the previous girl, with slender shoulders and a thin waist, a duck-shaped face, handsome eyes and eyebrows, a quick look, a wonderful literary talent, but her overall style is better than the previous girl.The one on the right is about the same size as me, and is also described as a little smaller, but her face is also very delicate, which shows that she is a beauty.

Nanny Lai pulled Qingwen to salute and said, "Greetings to the ancestors and the three young ladies."

Jia's mother is always a lively person, the house is busy during the New Year, all the daughters-in-law at home are busy, only a few girls are left chatting with her to pass the time, seeing Lai's family coming, she is very happy in her heart, and hastily let her go The maid helped Lai's family to sit beside her.As he was looking at it, he saw a little girl next to the Lai family, who was about the same age as Xichun, although she was not clear from a distance, she was cute and cute.

So she said to Nanny Lai: "Which granddaughter of your family is this girl, why is it the first time I see you?"

Nanny Lai hurriedly replied to Mother Jia: "This is the girl Qingwen that the family just bought a few days ago, and it was specially brought to the ancestors to pay their respects."

Mother Jia waved to Qingwen and said, "Xiao Qingwen, come here and show the old lady."

The mandarin duck waiting on the side saw that Jiamu liked Qingwen, and saw that Qingwen was too young to understand what Jiamu meant, so she hurried forward and took Qingwen's hand and walked to Jiamu.

Qingwen was clever, and hurriedly greeted Jia's mother, "Hello, old ancestor."

Listening to Qingwen's crisp and melodious voice, Jia's mother was even more joyful. She took Qingwen's small hand and carefully observed Qingwen's face. She was also surprised that a girl had such a good appearance. hibiscus flower.So he asked: "This girl has such a beautiful face, the hibiscus on her forehead is so delicate, who painted it?"

Nanny Lai also joked with a smile: "The old ancestor would have gone with me that day, but the hibiscus on this girl's forehead was not painted, but it was born with it. I think she is a fairy."

Mother Jia was even more curious when she heard it, and the attention of the Sanchun sisters was also attracted. They all looked at the hibiscus flower on Qingwen's forehead curiously. of.

She couldn't help laughing and said: "This girl is a blessed one. People who have birthmarks are all very ugly, but this girl's birthmarks look like paintings, but I can compare with my three girls."

After hearing this, Nanny Lai hurriedly recommended: "This girl is better than the three girls, and the ancestors praised her."

But Mother Jia didn't say anything more, she just kept Qingwen by her side, and talked with Nanny Lai for a while, and Nanny Lai also talked about the recent situation of the Lai family.

Soon it was time for lunch, but two older women and two young daughters-in-law walked in.

One of the two older women had a more outstanding appearance, but her expression was a little unnatural.The other one has a gentle face, naturally coping with what she should do, but Qingwen's first feeling is that she doesn't like this woman, but there are many things she can't understand hidden behind that gentle look.

And one of the two young daughters-in-laws was dressed in an extremely simple and elegant manner, with a cautious expression, and a small white flower on her hair. Qingwen knew that she was a widow who had lost her husband.The other one arrived last, and came in only after Nanny Lai said hello to everyone.But to Qingwen's deep impression, everyone in Jia's mansion held their voices and held their breath, respectful and strict, and extremely abiding by the rules, but she was different.When he just came in, he heard her laughter, but when he walked in, he heard her say loudly: "Nurse Lai is here, but Shu Xifeng has not come to greet her."

Her dress is also different from hers: colorful embroidery, like a fairy concubine.He wears a golden silk bun with eight treasures and pearls on his head, and he is holding a beaded hairpin hanging from the five phoenixes facing the sun: on his neck is a red gold plate and wreath ring; on the skirt is pea green palace polyester, double-horizontal roses match the eyes, and he wears a sash on his body. Jin Baidie wears a bright red foreign forged narrow jacket with flowers, and is covered with a multicolored tapestry and stone blue and silver mouse jacket: underneath is an emerald flower-sprinkled foreign wrinkled skirt.A pair of Danfeng triangular eyes, two curved willow-leaf hanging eyebrows, slender stature and coquettish physique.Flour noodles contain spring power without revealing, and red lips are heard before they smile.

Seeing her coming in, Nanny Lai quickly got up to meet her and said, "I greet Second Grandma."

Before Wang Xifeng answered, she heard Jia Mu laughing and saying, "Don't worry about her being a naughty hukou, just call her 'Feng Lazi'." Qingwen listened aside. He loves this daughter-in-law very much.

"The old ancestor can embarrass his daughter-in-law." After finishing speaking, he made a very sad look and continued: "Since the old ancestor doesn't like his daughter-in-law to wait on him, the daughter-in-law can leave."

Just as he was talking, he acted as if he was about to leave.

Jiamu laughed and said, "Let's go, let's go, your second master is back, you can't stay here anymore, can't you?"

As soon as Mother Jia finished speaking, the daughter-in-law in the house