The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

The family relationship of the Jia family has always been messy, so people call each other casually, and call them whatever is convenient. The Xue family and Dafang can still rely on Wang Xifeng to get related, but they have nothing to do with Lin Daiyu It's just that Daiyu has been raised by Shi Taijun's side for many years, and she is also used to calling Aunt Xue, Sister Bao, etc. When she heard Xue Pan, she didn't think much about it, she just looked at the meaning of Yingchun.

Because Baoyu ruined the girls' boudoir reputation first, Yingchun paid great attention to the defense of men and women. At this moment, she frowned slightly and said, "Brother Xue respects Aunt Xue's things. How can we share them?"

Baochai knew what she was worried about, so she hurriedly smiled and said, "My brother is the horse without a bridle, and no one is at home during the day. It's okay if you go over."

Hearing that Xue Pan was not here, Yingchun felt better, but she still didn't want to go. Since Xue's family came, she went to Lixiangyuan with her sisters several years ago.Because she was not taken seriously at that time, Aunt Xue flattered Shi Taijun, most of them were holding Baoyu and Daiyu, and she was not very enthusiastic about the Sanchun sisters. However, the Xue family has been a royal merchant for generations, and has its own way of dealing with others. It is customary, even if it is a girl from the Jia family who is not valued, the hospitality of the Xue family is still much more considerate than others.In contrast, the wives of the Shi family and the Wang family, when they saw the three sisters on weekdays, it was as if they hadn't seen each other, and they would only hug Baoyu and love them.It can be seen from this that Baochai knows how to be a man and how to do things. There is indeed a good example of Aunt Xue, but I don't know how Xue Pan is so crooked.

Inconvenience refuted Aunt Xue's face, and Daiyu often went to Lixiangyuan to sit and sit when she was a child, so the two sisters didn't refuse any more, and agreed to sit for a while.Aunt Xue and Baochai were delighted, and devoted all their energy to taking care of the two of them.Baochai had long offered advice to Aunt Xue, Dao Yingchun and Daiyu both lost their mothers when they were young, I'm afraid they will be easily moved by this point.Aunt Xue put on a motherly attitude and treated Yingchun and Daiyu as if they were her own Baochai.

Before the banquet was finished, Aunt Xue had already arranged some delicate teas and fruits for them to drink. Because of the hot weather, she was worried that she would suffer from heatstroke when she went out before, so she specially asked the maids to make a drink to relieve the heat.Daiyu was used to taking medicine, and she knew she was weak, so she didn't refuse, she took it up and drank it.Yingchun didn't like the smell very much, and refused: "I don't have heatstroke, so I don't really need that."

Aunt Xue caught up and sat down next to Yingchun. While fanning herself, she put her arms around her and smiled, "My son, that's just a hot soup, not medicine. Look how happy my sister is drinking it. As a sister, you are afraid that you will not succeed if you drink a bitter soup?"

Aunt Xue and Baochai were right. Yingchun and Daiyu were indeed envious of girls with mothers. Except for the counterexample of the third girl Tanchun's mother, Aunt Zhao, Baochai had a mother.Aunt Xue was kind and kind, hugging and talking like her own daughter, the two girls were very helpful, so Yingchun obediently served it and drank it.

Baochai next to her had earlier asked her servant girl Yinger to bring a box of desserts prepared with medicine. As soon as Yingchun put down the silver-white Zhu Liuxia flower cup, Baochai immediately twisted up a sip of cool sweet orange cake with a handkerchief and fed it to her mouth.Yingchun hurriedly opened her mouth to hold it in her mouth, only to feel a trace of sweetness spreading in her mouth, diluting the taste of the medicine immediately.Aunt Xue wiped the corners of her mouth with her own handkerchief, skillfully and naturally, as if they were really a family of mother, daughter and sister.

After a good start, it will be much easier later.Aunt Xue and Baochai picked up what Yingchun and Daiyu would like to say, first they cared about Daiyu's body, and when they heard that she was going to take medicine, they said that they had a medicine shop at home, and there were a lot of good and old herbs. , just come and get it if you need it.While talking, he asked the maid to bring the Xiangxue Moisturizing Pill made in her own medicine shop.This product is a medicine for relieving summer heat and promoting body fluids that is prepared daily in summer. Rich and noble families have their own recipes with ingredients. Xue’s family uses the prescriptions commonly used in Jinling, which are slightly different from those in Beijing. Moreover, the medicines produced by his own pharmacy are all of the best quality. s material.The two took a pill and thought it was really delicious.Aunt Xue couldn't help saying that she asked the maid to fill a small box, and handed it to the two maids to take it home to eat.Since it was a small thing and it was a gift from an elder, it was inconvenient to refuse, so both of them thanked them and accepted it.

Baochai chatted about today's opera, the three of them are all talented women, and they have their own opinions when it comes to poetry, singing and opera, and they are quite speculative.Aunt Xue didn't understand these things, so she arranged for the chef to cook good food and wine. In addition to the four novelties that Xue Pan filially respected, she also made pickled gourd celery, orange-flavored aloe vera, shredded bamboo shoots in chicken oil, and duck rolls with pine flowers. Two meat, two vegetarian and four kinds of cold dishes are refreshing and appetizing in summer. There are also magnolia tofu, assorted vegetables, cherry duck, plum blossom winter melon, which are beautiful and delicious. They are hot dishes that girls like, summer Yingchun and Daiyu, who had always had poor appetites, ate happily once in a while.

After the meal, rose cheese was served, which was sour and cool, and the rose benefited the lungs, strengthened the spleen, benefited the liver and gallbladder, was fragrant and sweet, and could also beautify the face, which was just right for the daughter in the boudoir.Yingchun and Daiyu saw that Aunt Xue was so careful and thoughtful in arranging a small banquet, and taught them which dishes were suitable for which occasions without any secrets, just like a mother teaching a daughter, each had mixed feelings in their hearts, but they didn't feel disgusted at all.

When it got cooler in the evening, Aunt Xue offered to let Baochai accompany them back to Qixia Garden.Yingchun declined very much, saying that they should go on their own, and don't bother Sister Bao once.But Baochai said with a smile, "you saw my boudoir today, but didn't you show me your house?" Then, she took one in each hand, said goodbye to Aunt Xue with a smile, and went all the way.

When the three of them returned to Qixia Garden, they saw Xichun who was still sleepy rubbing his eyes, and Sister Feng who accompanied her back. Baochai said hello first, "Sister Feng, Fourth Sister, are you ready for dinner?"

Sister Feng helped Xichun and said with a smile: "Don't mention it, it's all caused by the old lady. Let's just say that it's the girls who come to hang out, and they just think we are the ones who put up a big altar to give gifts."

Yingchun hurriedly asked: "How do you say that?" Wasn't the old lady calling her father in to win him over?How could something else happen?Then was her father fooled or not?

Sister Feng watched the maids serving Xichun to lie down on the couch, then she clapped her hands and smiled and said, "You just left, then Feng Ziying's family heard that our house was holding a ceremony in the temple, so they quickly prepared pigs, sheep, incense, candles, tea and silver as gifts. Following Zhao Shilang, there were also gifts, and later, when all relatives and close friends heard that our family held a funeral ceremony in the temple, from the old lady to the female relatives, they all came to give gifts. We were all in a hurry to receive, and There were women from various families who went to pay their respects to the old lady, and there was a steady flow of interviews, let alone a meal, and they didn't even have time to take a sip of tea."

Daiyu smiled and said, "It's so pitiful, Zijuan, hurry up and pour tea for Second Mistress."

Sister Feng took it and continued to laugh: "The old lady is complaining about everything. She just said that it's not a serious meal. We just wandered around, so we didn't expect that this ceremony would not surprise anyone. So I don't plan to go tomorrow. Well, what do you say, but you still want to go?"

Yingchun said: "I can't sit still today, where will I go again?"

Sister Feng took a sip of tea and said, "Beating the wall is also breaking the ground. It has already alarmed people anyway, but I am happy to go shopping tomorrow." Then she asked Baochai, "Auntie, do you want to go?" Wang Xifeng changed her name and called Aunt Xue her aunt, but she called her second wife to Mrs. Wang. She was so angry that her liver hurt for several days.

When Baochai saw this, she also called Sister Feng her cousin, and said, "I won't go. It's very hot. My mother is afraid of sunstroke, so it's troublesome."

Sister Feng curled her lips, thinking that the girls were not interesting, so she just said: "It's such a boring weather, and you're still bored in the house. What's the fun? I don't understand you. Why don't you go to the opera." feet gone.She had been busy all day and hadn't eaten. She was very hungry, but she didn't talk nonsense with them on an empty stomach.

Yingchun followed into the house to see Xichun, saw that she was sleeping soundly, although she hadn't eaten a meal, she thought it would be all right, so she just asked the maids to prepare refreshments, woke up hungry at night, and went out.Daiyu lived with Yingchun in the east chamber, and was leading Baochai to visit at this time. Seeing Yingchun came back, Baochai took her leave on her own initiative, walked through the Lixiangyuan, told Aunt Xue a few words, and then went back to her own residence in the Grand View Garden. Zhuijin Building has gone.On the road, I ran into Tanchun who was walking towards Qiushuangzhai, greeted each other, and ran into Li Wan who was going back to Liaofengxuan. Back to the room.

On the second day, apart from Wang Xifeng, only Jia She went to Qingxu Temple again.It turned out that he had been on guard all day yesterday, thinking about various ways to deal with Shi Taijun, but he didn't expect that the old lady was very popular, and many people sent their wives to visit her, leaving Shi Taijun with no time to chat with him alone.Jia Shele couldn't do it, folded his arms and watched Shi Taijun forcefully deal with the wives of various families with a smile, so tired that he couldn't stand up straight, and had to announce that he would not go the next day.

Jia She went by herself in joy, Wang Xifeng found out that the Elder Master had also come when she arrived at Qingxu Temple, she was startled, and was thinking about whether to go to pay her respects, when she saw Youshi knocking on the door and said to her: "My family Uncle is accompanied by Rong'er and Qiang'er, I'll come to your place to sit and sit." The sister-in-law and sister-in-law sat together to watch the play, and had a clean vegetarian meal in between, and they didn't go back until evening.

Shi Taijun sent someone to inquire early in the morning, only to find out that Jia She went to the theater again today, and felt depressed, but because he himself announced that he would not go, he had to sulk alone, and asked people to pay attention to see when Jia She was. return.

As a result, when Jia Amnesty came back, he even missed the time of Dingxing. It was so late, even mother and son were both old and couldn't get along alone, so they had to miss a day in vain.

So there is only the third day left.