The Fate of the Red Chamber

Spring is here, and many home furnishings need to be replaced.My elder brother was too busy with those people outside to take care of family affairs, so Daiyu naturally took care of everything in the family.Today, after lunch, I sat and watched the maids clean up the house and change the utensils.

Usually Mo Han went to Daiyu's Wanyuan to see her, and Daiyu didn't often go to Changyuan, and today the weather was fine, so I wanted to take this opportunity to take a good look around her brother's courtyard.

Daiyu was thinking as she walked, a plantain was missing here, a few apricot blossoms were growing there, ordinary inkstones were used on the desk, and her brother's clothes were a little messy.Just as he was about to open his mouth and called the servant girl to come up to ask, he suddenly shook his head and smiled, remembering that his brother didn't want a servant girl to serve him, and there were only a few young and handsome servants here.You can't blame them, after all, the boy is not as skillful as the girl's, how can he handle all these properly.It's just that he didn't think about sending a few maids to Mo Han, but tidied things up for him himself.

My elder brother is not married, and as the head of the inner courtyard of my family, I don’t even take care of my elder brother’s daily life. I’m really ashamed, and thanks to my elder brother, an old man knows all the little things around him. Clear.

Mo Han said goodbye to his friends, remembering that he hadn't been with his sister for a long time, and that she didn't even have a good time on her birthday, she felt ashamed, so she postponed the next dinner party with an excuse, and rushed home.

Hearing that Daiyu was in her yard, she was taken aback for a moment, then walked inside.Entering the room, I saw Daiyu arranging the few pages she left behind after writing, occasionally pursing her lips into a smile, occasionally frowning slightly, she didn't even notice that she came in.

"Girl, what are you peeking at?" Mo Han glared at Xue Yan who was about to report, then he walked lightly behind Dai Yu, leaned close to her ear and said loudly.

Daiyu suddenly heard someone talking in her ear, she was so startled, she dropped the paper in her hand, she turned around abruptly, caressing her puffing chest with one hand, and pointing at Mo Han with the other, she was speechless, half Anger is half blame.

Seeing that Mo Han was both distressed and funny, he hurriedly put on a big smile, sat down with Daiyu to please her, and patted her on the back while laughing: "Sister, did you scare you? Who told you to peek at it?" my stuff."

"When did I ever peek at you? When did you see me peeking? You still don't forget that the villain will file a complaint first if you scare people, and you won't make a sound when you come in. At least ask the maids to notify you." Daiyu felt confident and confident Asked, anyway, I can’t admit that I peeked at my brother’s things, people peeked quietly, did I bring a lot of people to peek like this?

Looking at Daiyu's little red lips, Mo Han felt a little suffocated, forced his head to one side, pretended to look at his room, and lazily lay down on the kang where Daiyu was sitting: "Do I have to report when I enter my room?" No? Xueyan, tell me, is there such a rule?"

Knowing that the old man was teasing the girl, Xueyan replied pretending to be puzzled: "It seems that our family has never had such a rule. But if the girl thinks it is good, she can stand up."

Daiyu was so ashamed that her face was flushed, she jumped off the kang and wanted to pinch Xueyan's mouth, cursing: "Xueyan's hoof, I think you are not paying attention to me more and more."

Xueyan was already ready to run away at any time, seeing Daiyu's body move, she had already fled away, and the rest of the little girls also followed out with a smile.

"Good girl, you are indeed trained by your master, she is really eloquent." Mo Han laughed loudly, he got up, and pulled Daiyu back with one step, not letting her go out.

"You are used to it, even I dare to make fun of it, and this time I still hold her." Daiyu tilted her body and fell on the kang, half lying down.

"She's been following you since childhood, but I'm so used to it. How long have I taught her?" Mo Han rested his chin on one hand, looked at Daiyu with a smile, and unconsciously stroked Daiyu's hair.

Daiyu suddenly felt that her brother's face was so close to hers, and her breathing was getting hotter. She quickly pulled out the handkerchief in her sleeve to cover her face, and asked in a low voice, "Why did you come back so early today?"

"If you don't tell me, I really forgot. I just heard that the emperor has allowed high-ranking concubines to go home to visit relatives. I think that when I come to Jia's house, I want to pick up the virtuous concubine, but it is inevitable to build a decent garden. Have you heard about the plan over there?" Given the current situation in Jia's mansion, the public must not have so much silver, and the people in the mansion are not the ones asking for money, and they firmly hold on to the silver in their hands, determined to He refused to take it out.As a result, most of them borrowed money from relatives.Although Xue's family, the historian of the Wang family, has a little savings, they may not be willing to spend more, but their own brothers and sisters are easy to bully. It is estimated that they will come to borrow money in the next few days.

Mo Han was afraid that Daiyu would be tricked by Mother Jia or others if she didn't know about it, so it's better to prepare her mentally first.

Daiyu heard that it was serious business, so she pulled off the veil unconsciously, pondered for a while, and then said: "It is reasonable to say that it is not necessary to spend money to build a garden just for the glory of this day. But people in my uncle's family have always been decent. , This time, I definitely won’t fall under others. It’s always their family’s business, we’re just relatives, and we can’t say anything, even if I say it, it will probably make people more disgusted at most, so it’s better to ignore it.”

"Naturally, our Lin family can't control our relatives anymore. I reckon that building a garden will cost a lot of money, and their family may not be able to afford it." Mo Han grabbed a soft pillow and laid it on Daiyu Head down, let her lie down more comfortably, and lay down by herself.

"Well, that's not the case. My uncle's family is famous, and even the low-class servants and maids are well-dressed, and the daily expenses are so extravagant that they can't even build a garden?" Daiyu was surprised. Mother's pride and contentment when she mentioned Rongguo Mansion, and witnessed their extravagance with her own eyes, it was hard to imagine that they were also lost.

Mo Han looked at Daiyu's round eyes, which were so cute that people just wanted to touch them, and said carefully: "Their family's expenses are only relying on the achievements of a few Zhuangzi, how can it be possible, The salaries of the uncles are even more pitiful. It’s just because of their solid foundation, there is not much silver left in the real officials. Or if you have some private houses in your hands, you also know them. Who will take them out? Find ways to borrow everywhere to fill in the past.

Think about it, when you came to Beijing at that time, although you only brought Xueyan and Wang Momo with you, but this is the rule for relatives to stay temporarily, so it is not easy to bring a large group of servants and maids to other people's homes for a temporary stay.My father also regards cleanliness, diligence and thrift as the principle of a scholarly family, so our family has reduced a lot of servants.

If you look at their house, they often flaunt their wealthy and noble relatives, but the lives of the younger sisters are not easy. They don't even have a nun who can show their hands, and their daily wear is also an ordinary thing, which is not cherished.So, I thought, it must be that there is no follow-up. "

"It's very reasonable to hear what you said. It's just that this has nothing to do with our family. Are you worried that they might come to our house to borrow money?" Daiyu only listened casually at the beginning, and then she realized what her brother meant. , "Brother, there are only two brothers and sisters in our Lin family. Not to mention that relatives take care of us, isn't grandma still ashamed to borrow money from us?"

Daiyu couldn't believe it. It was already extremely difficult for the brothers and sisters to support the Lin family. Could grandma be able to say this?

"I don't dare to say that it's very accurate, but I just want you to have a bottom line in your heart, so you can think about how to respond at that time. Maybe the old lady disagrees and you can't say for sure, then our worries are useless." Mo Han himself was not sure. Whether Jia Mu will come or not, but his intuition tells him that he should.

Daiyu couldn't help sneering, if that's the case, she has nothing to say, everything is up to her elder brother, anyway, elder brother is the head of the Lin family, so she, a boudoir girl, can have the final say on such matters.It's not that Daiyu is stingy, it's just that she feels suffocated, and when she comes to the capital, she doesn't rely on her uncle's family at all, instead she has to use all her family's wealth to support their extravagance.It's fine if you pay it back happily, because I'm afraid that if the relatives fail, they will become enemies.