Mrs. Xing of the Red Chamber

Mrs. Xue nodded with a smile and said:

"Okay, then I'll wait for the good news from my sister, but let me explain first. [Feng/Huang/Update please search]

If I wait too long and miss Baochai's time, I won't agree. Don't blame me for being too impatient as a younger sister! "

Mrs. Wang took a sip from her teacup and said, "Sister, don't worry, you won't miss anything, it's just a matter of a year or two. I'll handle things—don't you worry?"

After the two of them had agreed on the matter and sat down for a while, Mrs. Wang said:

"I agreed to invite you to come over to enjoy the plum blossoms in the mansion. Let's go to the garden to see the plum blossoms that are blooming well!"

Mrs. Xue nodded with a smile and said:

"Okay, it's March now, and it's time for plum blossoms to bloom early. We need to enjoy the beauty of early spring in advance!"

The two came down with a few maids and walked towards the big garden of Jia's mansion.

Let's say that Xue Baochai took his maid Xiang'er, led by Caiyun, a maid beside Mrs. Wang, and walked towards Jia Baoyu and the others in the garden.

When Xue Baochai saw Jia Baoyu and the others, he saw Jia Baoyuzhen, Sanchun and Shi Xiangyun admiring flowers and flirting with others.

A few little girls ran back and forth along the bushes in the flower garden, and laughter came over one after another.

It was a joyous scene, when several people saw Xue Baochai coming, they all surrounded him happily.

Jia Baoyu said happily:

"Sister Bao, I haven't seen you for a few days, since you moved back home, you haven't visited us often.

Let me tell you, Sister Bao, wouldn't it be better for you to continue living in the mansion and play with us, because you will be alone when you go back! "

"Yes, yes, it's so exciting to live with us, sister Bao, you can move back and live in the mansion with us!" Tanchun echoed.

Xue Baochai was actually a little moved by what they said, but she also knew that if she continued to live in Jia's house, it would be a bit unfair.

Before temporarily living in Jia's mansion, it can also be said that it was because he had just arrived in the capital and there was no good place to stay, so he temporarily lived for a while through his relatives.

But now that the house has been tidied up, and it has already moved out, it is really difficult to move in again.

He could only decline with a smile:

"I don't want it anymore, there is no one who can't live at home and has been living in the house, if you miss me.

Can someone come to my place and invite me to come and play together, anyway, the distance is not very far, it’s the same wherever you live! "

Seeing that Sister Bao, who had been doing well all the time, refused to move back to play with her, Jia Baoyu said a little unhappy:

"Sister Lin has been home for so long, and she hasn't come back yet, and now even Sister Bao doesn't come here often, so what's the point of dividing things up!

Hmph, I won't play with you anymore, just let me, a lonely ghost, fend for myself! "

After Jia Baoyu finished speaking, he threw the plum blossom in his hand aside, ignoring Xue Baochai and Sanchun's persuasion, threw his sleeves and ran away quickly!

The few people who stayed there looked at each other and knew that Baoyu had lost his temper again.

We can only ask Baoyu's servant to follow up quickly, watch him more, and don't let him do anything!

After being teased like this, the remaining few people have no mood to continue playing.

But it's not good that Baochai just came here and didn't do anything, so just leave her alone!

Shi Xiangyun said with a bit of temper:

"I hate it...Brother Ai only thinks about Sister Lin all day long, and doesn't see us sisters who accompany him all day long!"

Xichun also said:

"Yes, but speaking of it, Lian's second brother has returned to Beijing, why hasn't he seen Sister Lin come back?"

Yingchun also echoed and said:

"That's right, the mansion hasn't heard anything about what's going on with Sister Lin's family. I just know that Uncle Lin has indeed passed away! I don't know what's going on with Sister Lin now?"

Although Baochai was startled by Jia Baoyu's unreasonable temper, he quickly adjusted.

At this time, he was also a little puzzled and said:

"That's right, didn't Second Brother Lian send us a gift on behalf of Sister Lin last time? I really want to hear that Sister Lin will be in Suzhou to honor Master Lin for three years!"

Hearing what Xue Baochai said, Tanchun seemed to have heard the same thing from someone who followed Jia Lian to Jiangnan, saying:

"It seems that there is such a thing, but I don't know exactly what kind of situation it is.

I haven't seen the second brother Lian these few days, if you see him, you can ask how sister Lin is doing now?"

Shi Xiangyun was impatient and said:

"Sister Lin is really going to observe mourning in Suzhou for three years, can't she come back to observe mourning?

In this way, we will not see sister Lin for three years!I wonder if Baoyu knows the news?

Looking at his appearance just now, it is obvious that the family is still hiding the news that Sister Lin will not come back for three years. If he finds out about this, he will definitely make a fuss! "

When several people said this, they all looked at each other in dismay, and it is better not to advance Lin Daiyu in front of Jia Baoyu in the future!

It's better not to provoke Baoyu about Lin Daiyu. If Baoyu goes crazy, what should the old lady and the second wife blame themselves?

Tanchun said: "Okay, let's not talk about this topic anymore, it's rare that Sister Bao is here today, let's have a good gathering together!"

Several people felt the same when they heard the words, and they all stepped forward to tell Xue Baochai some things they had played together recently, and some interesting things that happened.

He also asked Xue Baochai what he usually did at home, and whether he had heard any new news or interesting new affairs.

The atmosphere suddenly became lively again...

After Jia Baoyu ran away alone, he walked quickly to the rockery, but suddenly felt that he was just a piece of weed in the world, drifting with the wind...

A lonely person, floating in the vast world, couldn't help but shed tears from the corners of his eyes, and continued to walk quickly to the top of the mountain, wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve...

A person blew a cold wind on the rockery, and then Jia Baoyu walked down the rockery feeling very lonely. When he reached a relatively remote corner of the garden, Jia Baoyu suddenly heard someone talking.

It's just that I vaguely heard them mentioning Sister Lin, so I couldn't help but stop, and approached quietly, wanting to hear what they said about Sister Lin?

I only heard one of the women say:

"What did you say just now—how is that young lady from the Lin family doing now?

I seem to have heard you say that her father has passed away, and now she is not going back to our Jia's house—where did she go? "

Another woman opened the box in her hand, took out a small dish of peanuts and a jug of wine, and placed them on the wooden box.

Picking up the jug, poured out a small half glass of wine, took a sip, and ate two peanuts before continuing:

"Come on, drink and drink, where did I just talk about... Well, I talked about the Miss Lin who lived in our house for several years.

Isn't it because Mr. Lin is seriously ill this time, this time we hurriedly send our second master Lian back to Jiangnan? "

The rough envoy who was the first to speak just now said:

"Yeah, yeah! I don't hear any news about this hard work.

How can it compare to you being the capable person next to the old lady, please tell me what's going on in the future? "

The old lady who worked at Jiamu's place showed off a little proudly and said:

"Where is it, I just know some leftover news, this Miss Lin--Lin Daiyu, I heard that her father, Master Lin, went there not long after the Chinese New Year.

The second master Lian and the members of the Lin family also accompanied Lin Daiyu to send the coffin of Master Lin back to Suzhou, the Lin family's hometown, for burial. "

The rough envoy said:

"Yes, it stands to reason that after Mr. Lin was buried, shouldn't that Miss Lin family come back with Second Master Lian? Why didn't you see her?"

The mother-in-law next to Jia Mu said in a low voice at this time:

"You probably don't know about this! Do you know? It is said that before Master Lin died, he asked the Miss Lin family to observe mourning for him in his old house in Suzhou for three years. After three years of mourning, she was not allowed to return to our Jia's mansion. Waiting to be married!"

"What, waiting to be married? Isn't that Miss Lin's marriage not yet engaged? Didn't the old lady make a marriage for her after she returned to our Jia's house?" the rough envoy asked a little strangely. .

Hearing this, Jia Baoyu held his breath and listened carefully to what they had to say.

He also blamed in his heart that sister Lin's father, Uncle Lin, was too unkind. It was too much to ask sister Lin to stay alone in an empty old house for three years. !

It's too much for my grandmother and mother to hide it from me. If I didn't want to know more about Sister Lin, Jia Baoyu would have rushed over and asked Jia's mother to pick Lin Daiyu back!

Just listen to the mother-in-law who waits beside Jiamu say:

"That's not... Mr. Lin ignored the old lady's obstruction. Not long after the young lady of the Lin family went back, she made a marriage for her. I heard that when the young lady of the Lin family finishes her filial piety, the wedding date can be fixed almost. married day."