[Red Mansion] Yinglian should not be pitiful

After returning to Gusu, Mrs. Feng privately told Yin Lian that the ordinary wife Mrs. Xue, who had just entered the gate of the second room, was not a simple person. She thought that the only seedling of the second room, Miao Zhen Baoyu, fell into her hands and suffered a lot. .

Regarding what Feng said, Yin Lian could not help but have an opinion.I only heard Yin Lian say this: "Even if Mrs. Xue wants to rub Brother Bao, that's a matter of the future. Since she just entered the house and has not yet gained a firm foothold, she can't wait to deal with the son of the first wife. It's not the act of a smart person. My ancestors also said that Mrs. Xue is a good person. I think, after she has her own child, she will probably take the method of killing Bao Geer... "

Smart people would not choose to deal with the legitimate son left by the first wife in the open, and Mrs. Shi is still there, and Xue is not a stepwife, but just a second wife.Although Ping's wife is also a wife, the heirs born to her can also be called the descendant, but after all, she is a head lower than the legitimate wife.

If Mrs. Xue was really smart, she would never make things difficult for her and be harsh on Zhen Baoyu. On the contrary, she would go along with Zhen Baoyu in everything.

The corner of Yin Lian's mouth tugged lightly, revealing a half-smile.Yin Lian never had a good impression of Zhen Baoyu, so she didn't feel much about him.And the reason why Yin Lian was able to analyze so thoroughly was only from the standpoint of a bystander.

Not long after this conversation between the mother and daughter, the sky became colder day by day.The married women and girls who have not left the court in and around Gusu City all took off their light summer and autumn clothes and put on heavy winter clothes.

Starting from the beginning of autumn, after the Feng family collected the rent from Zhuangzi and some households who leased fertile land for planting, the remaining part was used for living expenses in the coming year, and the rest was used to buy winter clothes for the masters in the mansion.

Since Gusu Zhen's family has never had a man who can support the family, in order to avoid some gossip, Gusu Zhen's family, except for the watchman, does not need any servants if they can. Therefore, there are twenty or so people in the huge house. The four masters, the rest are almost all servant girls.

Feng's family has always advertised charity, so the master has added two or three winter clothes, so the servant should also prepare a winter coat, and it will inevitably spread. Isn't Feng's advertised charity self-defeating? .Therefore, apart from the rest of the living expenses for the coming year, there is not much left in the rent collected. Fortunately, Yin Lian opened several rouge shops in the name of forsythia with a little profit, otherwise this year I'm afraid I'm going to have a hard time.

On this day, Yin Lian got up early, and as soon as she opened the window wearing a cloak trimmed with squirrel fur, a gust of cold wind mixed with snowflakes rushed towards her face.

"Yeah, it's snowing."

Yin Lian quickly closed the window again, walked back to the bed, before she had time to sit down, Lian Qiao came in with a basin of steaming hot water.

"It's so cold outside."

After Lian Qiao put down the hot water basin, she touched her ears that were exposed and were red from the cold, and said to Yin Lian only after it was slightly warmer. "Miss, why don't you sleep a little longer? If there is such a big snowstorm, the ancestors will probably send someone to tell Miss not to go to the main courtyard for breakfast."

As soon as Lianqiao finished speaking, she heard shouts from outside the door.Lian Qiao went out to have a look, and found that it was true as she said, Zhen Li really sent someone to inform Yin Lian of the heavy snowstorm, so that Yin Lian did not have to go to the main courtyard for breakfast.

Lian Qiao was happy, and after sending away the servants in Zhen Li's courtyard, she hurried back to the house and talked to Yin Lian. "Miss, look at what I said is accurate, the old ancestor really made the lady not have to go to the main courtyard for breakfast, hey, miss, what do you want to have for breakfast today?"

"It's such a cold day, I'm afraid the only way to warm up is to eat pot..." Yin Lian glanced at Lian Qiao's greedy appearance, and said a little funny. "Come on, you can wait for me to change my clothes first. Let's go to the kitchen together to have a look. I think there should be food you like."

When Lianqiao heard this, she quickly rummaged through the box and found out the winter clothes that were newly made this autumn, and put them aside, waiting for Yin Lian to wear them herself.As for Yin Lian, she first put on a cloak, grabbed a towel and soaked it in hot water for a while, then wrung it dry, and put the steaming towel on her face for hot compress.

"Miss, you haven't used the ointment on your face yet!" Lian Qiao reminded softly from the side.

"I don't need to use it today."

Yin Lian took off the hot towel and threw it into the hot water basin, then took off the cloak, picked up the winter clothes that Forsythia had put aside, and put it on.Forsythia's winter clothes are a short cloak of lotus root and river silk ermine and a smokey cloud butterfly skirt.

Yin Lian pursed her thin lips, put on her winter clothes carefully, then yawned, and sat lazily in front of the mirror.

"Don't wear too fancy hairstyles, just simply comb your hair twice."

Since there is no need to go to the main courtyard to have dinner together today, Yin Lian's dress is a little casual, wearing pearl earrings the size of a grain of rice, and the young couple only have a few small pearl flowers on their heads, and there are no other decorations.

After dressing and grooming, before going out of the room, Yin Lian and Lianqiao each wrapped a thick cloak, and then they went to the kitchen talking and laughing, and ordered the chef in the kitchen to bring the ingredients needed for the pot. Prepare them one by one, and send them to Wuxianyuan together with the copper tripod needed for cooking hot pot.

After all the materials, including vegetables and meat, were ready and sent to Wuxianyuan, Yin Lian and Lianqiao walked back to Wuxianyuan slowly along the corridor, talking and laughing.

After entering the house, Yin Lian took off her wet cloak and hung it by the stove. While walking towards the Eight Immortals table full of food, she beckoned Lian Qiao to bring a stool, and they sat and ate together.

"Anyway, there are only the two of us in this room. You don't have to follow the rules like that. You should eat with me. You must know that eating alone is strange."

Forsythia had always known that Yin Lian didn't like to talk about face, and that what she said in private came from her heart, so she responded generously, moved a chair, sat next to Yin Lian, and ate the heat with Yin Lian Steaming pot.

The Wuxian Garden where Yin Lian lives is small, but the layout is simple and elegant.In this small front hall, Yin Lian only placed an Eight Immortals table in the middle of the hall, with two chairs on each side of the table, and only a pair of landscape paintings of green water and green mountains and two paintings of books and mountains on the wall. There are banners saying that road work is the path, and heaven rewards work.

After eating the pot at the table of the Eight Immortals in the front hall, Yin Lian drank a cup of hot tea first, and then called the rough envoy to take away the leftovers.

Due to the heavy snow falling outside, the cold wind howling, and the weather was really bad, Yin Lian didn't go out of the room that day, but stayed in the back room with the brazier, twiddling with the maid Lianqiao while Chatting about family affairs, the day passed quickly.

This sudden heavy snowfall gradually showed signs of stopping after three consecutive days.After the heavy snow stopped, the mothers-in-law in charge of the cleaning of the Zhen family started to get busy, and began to clear the snow on the road, so as to prevent the brother Pingan, who likes to jump and jump while walking, from accidentally falling all over the place.

After the heavy snowfall, Mrs. Zhen and Li resumed the habit of several masters of the Zhen family dining together in the main courtyard.So even in winter, Yin Lian had to get up early, wash and dress up, and rush to the main courtyard, because as a granddaughter, it is her duty to wait for the elders to wake up, but if you let the elders wait for you, even if you have a big reason, That's your fault too.

"Old ancestor, you look so good in this bright red dress..." Just like a big red envelope, Yin Lian swallowed the second half of the words with a smile, and only complimented Zhen Li with the first half.

Zhen Li, who was more and more fond of listening to good words, was coaxed by Yin Lian to smile, but she retorted in her mouth. "The old ancestor is quite old, how can he be described as good-looking, your mouth is like rubbed with honey, and you will talk nicely to coax me."

"How could this be coaxing the old ancestors, the granddaughter is telling the truth, isn't it, Brother Pingan."

Brother Ping'an, who was pointed out by Yin Lian, touched the melon skin hat on his head, and after giggling a few times, he said in a very certain way. "My sister is right, the old ancestor looks really good in this bright red dress, just like a big red envelope..."

Well, Brother Pingan wanted to be like Yin Lian, but he spoke out his heart honestly.Yin Lian smiled, and quickly made amends. "Old Ancestor, Brother Ping'an misses your big red envelope!"

"It's not Chinese New Year yet, and I'm thinking about the big red envelopes from my ancestors." Zhen Li was not annoyed by Brother Pingan that she looked like a big red envelope, but said happily. "Brother Ping'an, don't worry, the ancestors will definitely prepare a big red envelope for you on the day of the Chinese New Year."

Brother Pingan, who knew he was 'fasciating', smiled shyly and said shyly. "It doesn't need to be too big, just like Brother Bao's. I heard that my uncle and his family will come to Gusu to celebrate the New Year this year. If my ancestors only give me big red envelopes, it will be unfair. Let's not do this. The ancestors treat everyone equally. Became..."

"Your child, your words are really heart-warming." After Zhen Li hugged Brother Ping'an with great satisfaction and praised him, she then turned to talk to Feng Shi who had just gone to the kitchen to arrange a meal.

As brother Ping'an grew older, although this person is still a little chubby, he is not as fat as a ball like before.Of course, this is due to Yin Lian's strict diet control, otherwise Brother Ping An, who grew up under the doting of the elders, would not want to lose that fat.

But I don’t know if it’s because of Brother Ping’er’s nature, or something else. Although the older Ping’er is not as coquettish as he was when he was a child, his personality grows and is more simple and honest. He speaks and acts like a straightforward boy. Yin Lian, who was trained by her brother to be a little fox, felt extremely worried, and she couldn't help muttering in private, what went wrong with her education, why is her Pingan brother so simple and honest!

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