Melting love and rhyme make up the red building

Tanchun heard that Mrs. Wang's voice was not high, but she felt cold, her heart tightened, and she hurriedly stood aside.

Mrs. Wang smiled at Daiyu again, "I've read this letter too, can Miss Xiao meet Mr. Xiao? Or let Feng girl arrange it."

Daiyu stood up and was about to answer. Mother Jia said to Sister Feng, "Go and ask someone to invite Mr. Xiao here. Since he is Aunt Xiao's nephew, he is also a relative in our house. Yu'er will There’s no need to evade it. There’s no such thing as someone sending a letter to you, but you can’t even see the face of the recipient.”

Sister Feng hurriedly responded with a smile and said, "Yes, yes, I will invite you now." Then she and Ping'er left in a hurry, and sisters Tanchun and Xichun also invited An to leave under the leadership of Li Wan.

This Mr. Xiao's name is Xiao Ruofei, and he is the nephew of Lin Ruhai's aunt, Xiao Jin'er. He is only one year old this year, but he is quite talented.His father is Xiao Jin'er's elder brother Xiao Yizhi, who is now the General Judge of the Suzhou Prefecture, and he is a sixth-rank official worshiper.

Back then, Lin Ruhai's wife, Jia Min, married into the Lin Mansion for many years and had no heirs. Regardless of the deep love between Ruhai and his wife, Lin's father insisted on taking several concubines for Ruhai. In order to have successors to the Lin family.

And Xiao Mian'er admired Lin Ruhai's talent back then, and would rather be an aunt and wrong herself.The Xiao family's parents naturally did not want their daughter to marry and grow up with others, or because Xiao Yi had known Lin Ruhai in the early years, knew Ruhai's personality well, and knew that the person his sister entrusted for life was not heartless, so he persuaded his parents to agree to this. marriage.Not long after Xiao Jin'er married into the Lin family, she gave birth to a son. Both the Lin family and the Xiao family were overjoyed, but they didn't want the child to be unlucky and die before he was three years old.

Aunt Xiao got along very well with Jia Min during these years in Lin's residence. Of course, she also knew that Jia Min was the only one in Ru Hai's heart, and she was just obeying her father's order to herself.And this marriage was chosen by herself, she was mentally prepared for it before she got married, as long as she could be with her like a sea, so what if she stayed alone in an empty room every day?Therefore, I feel at ease.

It was only later that unfortunate things happened to Lin's family one after another. First, the young master died, and then Mrs. Lin also died of illness. Daiyu, the only blood of Lin's family, went to the capital to attach herself to her grandfather's family.

In the two years after Daiyu left, Lin Ruhai also missed his wife so much that he couldn't sleep every night, and his health gradually became weak.During the period, Aunt Xiao also persuaded Ruhai to bring Daiyu back, the young lady grew up day by day, it is not a problem to stay in someone else's house all the time!But Ruhai said that it would be better for Daiyu to have her grandmother to take care of her at her ancestral home in the capital, and her cousins ​​to support her, than to have no company of her peers at home. It would not be too late to come back in two years, but she never thought that this Wait until the time comes when I run out of oil and lamps, and my life is over.

Aunt Xiao only has Ru Hai in her heart, she is not willing to remarry, and she is afraid that when she goes back home, her parents will worry about her, so they become resigned and go to a small nunnery outside the city to become a monk and practice, no one can persuade her.The family had no choice but to point her to two little maids to take care of her. The Xiao family sent all food and clothing to the nunnery every month, and donated hundreds of taels of lamp oil money to the nunnery every year. A yard was cleaned out, and several small houses were provided for her to practice.

Three years passed in a blink of an eye. A few days ago, Ruofei, the nephew of her natal family, came to visit and told her aunt that she would go to the capital for a test. Because she also vaguely knew where a young lady from the Lin family lived in the capital, she casually asked her if she had anything. Let yourself take the words.

Aunt Xiao suddenly thought of Daiyu, she couldn't help feeling a little sad, she shed a few tears and said: "When I think of Yu'er, I feel very sad, if there is no one in the house, how can I let Miss Lin's Adrift."

Xiao Ruofei asked strangely: "Didn't Miss Lin Fu go to her grandfather's house and live well?" Aunt Xiao sighed: "Your child's house, how do you know the hardships here? As the saying goes: Gold nests and silver nests are not as good as your own Poor people, ordinary people have such sentiments, let alone the daughter of our Lin family. Now I don't know how she is doing in the capital!"

Xiao Ruofei couldn't bear to see her aunt being so sad, so she persuaded: "Don't worry, aunt, my nephew will leave for Beijing in two days, why didn't aunt write a letter, and I will send my aunt and me to the mansion, okay?"

Xiao Jin'er was overjoyed when he heard this, and said yes again and again, so he wrote a letter and gave it to Xiao Ruofei.

In Rongguo Mansion, the courtyard of Jiamu's upper room was quiet, and the little girls were all standing outside the door, only bursts of hearty laughter came from inside the room from time to time, but it was the famous Sister Feng, Feng Lazi.

Sister Feng was holding Baoyu's hand and said with a smile, "I've compared you again. Tell me yourself, don't you?"

Baoyu also stepped forward and took Xiao Ruofei's hand and said, "Young Master Xiao, do you know if there is a place to live when you come to the capital this time? Why don't you just stay here, and relatives will take care of you."

Xiao Ruofei smiled and said: "Thank you, son, but in the early years, my ancestors also had a house in Beijing, which was the mutton alley in the south of the city. I only brought a few family members with me when I came to Beijing this time. Although the house is not big, it is enough Living."

Everyone in the house was overjoyed when they heard the place name he gave, and Sister Feng said with a smile: "I think there is no shortage of meat in the son's house."

Baoyu on the side smiled and said: "You don't leave the house all day long, how do you know these places? This mutton alley is in the area of ​​Qianmen Street, and it is the most lively place!" After speaking, he turned to the smiling Xiao Ruofei He asked, "But the mutton I was talking about?"

Everyone laughed even more, and even Daiyu asked with a smile: "Could it be that there are many alleys with such names in this capital?"

Ruofei answered with a smile and said to Daiyu: "What the girl wants to ask is also what I want to ask this master!"

When Baoyu saw Ruofei's question, he felt even more proud, and laughed again: "I don't think you didn't know it when you first came to the capital. There are also several places outside the city that have this name in the West Fourth area of ​​the northern city. It's just that they can't compare with where you live. That place is famous!"

Ruofei hurriedly nodded and smiled, "I just found out, thank you for your advice, my lord!"

Jia Mu looked at Xiao Ruofei in a white robe, with a face like a crown of jade and delicate features, standing there not losing a single bit to Baoyu beside him, she liked her very much, and said repeatedly: "Although you have a house there, it has not been seen for many years. Some people clean it, it’s not deserted, it’s better to be here, there are so many people, and let your sister Lin have someone from her hometown to talk to.”

In fact, when Xiao Ruofei saw Daiyu, he exclaimed in his heart: There are women like this in the world, even if they are fairies in the sky.And because of my aunt, I can't help feeling pity and admiration for the delicate Daiyu. Although I am very willing to live in Jia's mansion, I also know that I and this mansion are barely a distant house. Relatives, if they live here, it will definitely bring unnecessary troubles to Daiyu.

Xiao Ruofei smiled at Jiamu: "The old man's kindness, Ruofei appreciates it, but I still have to prepare for the exam. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient in the mansion, so please forgive me. However, since my sister is here, I'm afraid I will disturb the manor from time to time. up!"

Baoyu wanted to persuade, but Xiao Ruofei just smiled and shook his head.So he had no choice but to say: "Then you have to come often!"

Seeing that Xiao Ruofei knew the etiquette, Jia's mother was even happier. She also smiled and said, "I won't force you to stay at such an old age. Since you live in Beijing during this time, you can come and walk around the mansion more often if you have nothing to do. Don't alienate yourself." Nodding to the side.

Xiao Ruofei sat for a while, and told Daiyu about Xiao Jin'er's recent situation and Aunt Xiao's concern for Daiyu. Daiyu thanked her with red eyes, and asked him to take care of Aunt Xiao again.Ruofei also answered one by one, and sat until noon. Jia Lian in front of him came to invite him to eat and then went back. He said he would come to visit again in a few days.