Love in the Red Chamber is full of Xiaoxiang

Chapter 125: Returning to Hometown

Daiyu thought to herself what kind of scene is her hometown now?Yanbo draws the bridge, and the milk swallow is tender.The memories of her childhood gradually became clearer from fuzzy. The years of being away from home made Daiyu think that she would never go back.

Daiyu was wearing a plain white dress, leaning in front of the window, looking at the endless rolling waves with her eyes.The hanging veil also fluttered with Qingwu, and even the dress that was also blown by Daiyu became fluttering, like a white drawing of a beautiful woman.

Xueyan came in holding a tea tray: "What are you doing standing there, please be careful."

Daiyu said: "I forgot to leave a letter for Zijuan. Thinking about her serving me once, it goes without saying that she is loyal and courageous. Now that she left suddenly, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to see her in the future."

Xueyan said: "It seems that the girl has made up her mind. You won't listen to what we say, and you can write it later. It won't be troublesome to ask Second Master Lian to take you back to Beijing."

Daiyu nodded, thinking that was the only way to go.

Although it went smoothly, it also delayed a lot of time. It was already two months later when we arrived in Nanjing.Daiyu couldn't stand such a torment, she fell ill early and couldn't ask a doctor to delay the medicine. Fortunately, there were still a lot of pills prepared by Imperial Physician Gan.

Xueyan served Daiyu with medicine, and felt distressed to see her like this: "Isn't this suffering in vain. The girl is not well-behaved, how can she withstand such a tiring journey?"

No matter how hard she worked, Daiyu wanted to go back, her parents' graves were already green and green, and she didn't know what it was like.

After finally arriving at Nanjing Wharf, everyone disembarked.Daiyu followed Jia Mu's spirit back to the ancestral grave, and Jia Zheng and Jia Lian presided over the affairs here.

Daiyu and Jia Zheng reported: "Uncle, I want to go back to Suzhou to pay homage to my parents."

Jia Zheng muttered with his beard: "It should be the same. Let your second elder brother Lian take you back. I have to take care of some things here."

Daiyu thought for a while and said, "Uncle, my niece doesn't plan to go back to Beijing with uncle and Lian's second brother. She wants to live in Suzhou."

Jia Zheng was full of doubts, wondering what the niece was going to do, she came home because of her younger sister and brother-in-law, why now she wants to go back to her ancestral home, could it be that someone has wronged her?Isn't she still the princess's companion now, isn't she also doing it?

Jia Zheng just said, "Got it, where are you going to live?"

Daiyu said: "I wrote to my uncle, and he agreed."

Jia Zheng nodded and stopped asking, so someone called Jia Lian and gave instructions on the matter.

Seeing that his uncle agreed, Jia Lian didn't say anything, and went to arrange to go to Suzhou immediately.

For many years, souls and dreams have been linked together.I don’t have many memories of my hometown. Ever since my father joined Yanzheng, I have been living with my father in the courtyard of the Yangzhou Salt Government, but Suzhou is her root, where her parents and grandparents all lived.

Daiyu's uncle heard the news, and ordered the servants at home to greet her early.

Let’s talk about Lin Ze, Daiyu’s uncle, who is now the magistrate of Suzhou. He and Lin Ruhai were cousins ​​back then. Their fathers were brothers, but Lin Ruhai’s father inherited the title. His granddaughter, became the censor of salt inspection.It's a pity that the population is small, and now there is only Daiyu left.

Daiyu got out of the sedan chair, and together with Jia Lian, they visited Lin Ze.Lin Ze hadn't seen Daiyu for many years and couldn't remember, but he still had some impressions of Jia Lian: "I still remember this second master Lian. The funeral of my brother was thanks to the second master Lian's mediation."

Jia Lian was still self-effacing: "Uncle has won the award."

At the moment Lin Ze hurriedly asked someone to greet Jia Lian, and here he asked his daughter to come out to meet a distinguished guest from afar.

At this time, only a delicate green-clothed woman appeared, about fifteen or sixteen years old, Lin Ze's only daughter, Bi Ying.Seeing a strange man, he was a little shy, and he was not used to seeing people, so he bowed gracefully.

Jia Lian stood far away and returned the gift, and Lin Ze said, "Ying'er, this is your sister."

The two sisters greeted each other, and Biying hurriedly called out to her elder sister, although it was the first time they met, she was not unfamiliar, as if reunited after a long absence.Biying pulled Daiyu and asked her father, "Daddy, does sister live with us?"

Lin Ze smiled and said: "It's our house. You take your sister down and settle down first. I still have something to say to Jia Erye."

Biying happily took Daiyu and went to the backyard, walking all the way, saying: "No wonder I heard magpies calling so early in the morning. It seems that it is really a happy event. Two days ago, Dad received a letter from my sister. My sister is coming back, and the ready-made house has been cleaned up. Just let the girls move things in."

Daiyu saw a tall ginkgo tree planted in the yard, with luxuriant branches and leaves, it seemed that it should have grown for hundreds of years.

Biying took Daiyu to see her mother, and Anshi had already heard about it.She didn't take it seriously until Biying pushed Daiyu towards Anshi, and said with a smile, "Mom, look my sister is back."

Daiyu looked up and saw a woman in her forties sitting in the room.Wearing a plum red narrow-fitting jacket, with her hair tied in a bun, but she has good skin, and she is still fair and clean in spite of her age, so she hurriedly bowed down and called out: "Auntie."

An Shi smiled and said: "Yo, my niece is back. She is really a visitor from afar. I am sorry to welcome you from afar."

Bi Ying said from below: "Mom, do you think my sister is a fairy-like sister?"

An's face was full of smiles: "Today is down." She asked Daiyu to sit beside her again, and the girl brought tea. Everyone talked about the events of the day, and naturally they also talked about Daiyu's parents.An Shi sighed: "This time flies so fast, Yu'er is so old. If our family talks about studying, it is natural that your father is the first, and he went to high school Tanhua, and later became such a big official. Only It's a pity that his life span is not long, if he is still alive, our family will have to rely on him to take care of him."

Daiyu forced a smile and said, "Everything has its own number of days. By the way, tomorrow I still want to pay homage to my parents' tombs. I have been living outside these years. It is really unfilial."

An Shi said: "In this case, my niece should take a good rest first, and I'll let someone take care of everything. After driving such a long distance, I must be tired, so take a good rest. If you're bored, let Ying'er talk with you. "

Daiyu agreed with a smile.

An Shi sent a few maids and women to serve, thinking how long they would stay here, and feared that there would be another troublesome matter.Come on, the visitor is a guest, let's greet first, take a step and look at it.

Xueyan was busy tidying up her things, and then brought out the string of agarwood bracelets.Daiyu took it, looked at it and couldn't help but think of the late princess, the past was full of memories, and suddenly remembered the scene when she met the princess for the first time in the palace, such a radiant woman, but now she turned into loess Smash it.In her short life, the vigorous love and hate, the flower-like flowery past, are now reduced to dust.

Daiyu handed the bracelet back to Xueyan, and said: "Take it and put it away, I don't need to wear it."

"By the way, there is one more thing I want to give to the girl, but I have asked it several times, and it is time to give it to the girl." Xueyan opened a plain brocade box, which contained a jade pendant. The jade was flawless, crystal clear and moist. .

Xueyan solemnly put the jade pendant into Daiyu's hand, and said with a smile: "The prince entrusted it to me before leaving, and said that she would give it to Miss Lin when she arrived in the south, otherwise she would definitely not want to take it away."

Daiyu was a little surprised, wondering why he gave this.Take a look, there are lotus leaves engraved on it, which means wishful thinking in successive years.Looking at the other side, there are only a few lines of small characters engraved, all of which are in seal script. If you look closely, it reads, "Wisdom will hurt if you are extremely wise, love will not last long, and extreme strength will humiliate you. A humble gentleman is as gentle as jade."

Daiyu obsessively recited the above words in her heart over and over again, thinking of those words he had said to herself, she felt like a needle pricking her heart.She held the jade and came to the window, looking into the distance, thinking what is he doing now?Still worrying about the trivial matters in the court, maybe also worrying about the affairs of the princess.He sent himself twenty words, how could he do it?

Daiyu also thought that the love in the world would be fleeting, so she chose to give up and escape from that direction.Have you ever really let go of it in your heart?There is no way to go back, maybe the corner is just ahead.

Daiyu felt a faint pain in her heart, and she held the jade pendant warmly, and her eyes also warmed up.Gently put the jade on the table, unwilling to look at it, and unwilling to think about it.

After putting away her things, Xueyan came over and said, "Girl, if you're tired, take a rest."

Daiyu said: "Go down first, I will be alone for a while."

The surroundings became quiet, and the jade pendant was still lying there quietly, looking dazzling.Daiyu put it back into the brocade box.She went to bed and lay down with her clothes on, and when she closed her eyes, what came to her mind was the words engraved on the jade, and then the appearance of a person gradually occupied all her thoughts, making Daiyu unable to fall asleep again.

She put on a dress and got up, and fortunately saw paper and ink on the stage, Daiyu dipped her pen in the ink and wrote: "Maple leaves are thousands of branches and ten thousand branches, and the river bridge hides the evening sails. Yijun's heart is like the water of the West River." , Day and night flow eastward without a break." After writing, Daiyu took a closer look, and felt that such lines were too straightforward, and her heart was pounding, so she picked up the pen and wiped it again.

Daiyu came to the window, looked at the tall ginkgo tree in the courtyard, and said casually: "The bright moon does not understand the bitterness of parting and hatred, and the slanting light reaches the dawn to wear Zhuhu." The sky, the clouds in my hometown, the wind in my hometown, and the trees in my hometown seem to be no different from those in Beijing.Her parents all grew up under such a blue sky, no matter how far away they are, this is always her home.Although her parents are gone, her roots have already been deeply rooted here, and her blood has been winding along with her parents.Why come here, it is different from what I imagined in my dream, I always feel that something is missing.

Daiyu thought in her heart again: Time flies, after a long time, maybe everything can be let go.When she made up her mind to leave the capital, she had already broken up with him in her heart.Daiyu clasped her hands together and prayed silently: I only hope that he will be safe every day and that every day will be sunny.

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