Dream of the Red Chamber: Rong Dai

The water surface is calm and the waves are moving forward slowly. The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. The surroundings are full of majesty and splendor. Clusters of bright red are enchanting and colorful. But it was dark, and it was chaotic and unclear.

In spring, the branches are beautiful, the reeds are swaying with the wind, and the emerald green color is like a fine emerald.A few colorful wild ducks rolled their eyes and hid far away among the reeds.The ship slowly approached the port of Duzhong and moored on the shore.

Zijuan took out a white silk cloak embroidered with green calyx, tied the belt carefully, helped Daiyu to stand up, and said: "Girl, we are on the shore now, just now Erye Lian has already disembarked and settled down first, I want to come to the mansion The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who came to welcome me are also waiting."

Daiyu sighed softly, nodded, turned her head to look at the little swallows circling and dancing on the bank, looked back and replied softly: "I see, let's get off the boat right away." Cabin exit.

Xueyan hurriedly held the veil in her hand, and said in a soft voice: "The people in this port have a lot of talkativeness, the girl should be more careful." She carefully attached her cheeks to Daiyu, covering her flawless and vulgar appearance.

One side helped Daiyu out of the cabin, the spring sun was shining directly outside, and Daiyu raised her hand to cover her eyelids, the breeze blew, and the white fringed ribbons on Daiyu's temples wobbled, as if she couldn't rely on it.

With a low eyebrow and a long sigh, he looked back at the ship, lowered his eyelashes, and stepped down the steps to the big ship carrying all his pain.

In the harbor, apart from the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who came to pick him up from Jia's mansion, there was no one else, even the boy who carried the sedan chair and packed his bags stood with his back far away, not daring to turn around to look.

Seeing Daiyu come down, the old woman who was standing beside hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "May the lady be well, the old lady specially ordered the servants to wait for the lady to return home."

Daiyu smiled slightly, and said, "I'm sorry, Madam." The woman smiled apologetically and said she didn't dare, so she ordered the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law behind her to invite Daiyu to sit in the sedan chair back to Jia's mansion.

Seeing Zijuan and Xueyan put down the soft curtain of the car, Dai Mei frowned, but her weak figure was still sitting upright, thinking carefully about what she would do in the future, silent.

Xueyan put the pillow behind Daiyu, and said in a low voice: "Girl, you have been on the boat for a long time, and the carriage will inevitably be a little bumpy, so it's better to lean on it for comfort."

Daiyu nodded, and leaned on the pillow according to her words, looking at the still bustling crowd on the street through the screen window, it was still as lively and prosperous as when she first came, the feet of the Son of Heaven are different from other places!

However, depending on her state of mind, Daiyu saw the desolate state behind the prosperity.Over the past year, after going through life and death, she seemed to have grown up a lot, and she was no longer the shy and timid little girl back then.

However, I don't know how they will feel when I return to Jia's mansion and look at me, an orphan girl without father and mother.

There was a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth, and he rubbed the center of his brows tiredly. He had cried too much these days, and he became a little dizzy. He closed his eyes and leaned against the pillow indifferently.

Stepping into Rongxi Hall again, Daiyu felt as if she had been in another world. Looking around, she felt a strange and familiar feeling, which made Daiyu feel that she didn't have a sense of security in this deep house. , after all, not my own home.

Pulling up the cloak on her body, holding Zijuan's hand, she went to Jiamu's main room. Seeing Daiyu coming, the maid sitting on the steps hurriedly got up and said: "Miss Lin is back, the old lady sent me People have asked me several times."

While talking, someone went in to report, Daiyu had just walked into the curtain, before she turned around, she was hugged into a warm embrace, two teardrops fell on her face, she couldn't help her nose sore, she also sobbed Sobbing and crying.

Seeing Mother Jia and Daiyu crying like tears, the people around were afraid that Mother Jia would break her body from crying, so they hurried forward to comfort them. Look at you, haven't you been looking forward to Sister Lin's return, this time is here, and you provoked Sister Lin to cry."

One side said, the other side winked at the mandarin duck, and the mandarin duck nodded knowingly, stepped forward to help Jia Mu, and said, "Old lady, Miss Lin is tired these days, it's better to go inside to have a rest."

Just then Jiamu stopped her tears, nodded as she said, and took Daiyu's little hand in her big old hand and went into the house, saying: "It's because I'm so stupid that I have forgotten Yu'er and just came back."

After staying in the inner room, without waiting for Daiyu to salute again, Jia's mother held her in her arms, with tears in her eyes: "Forget it, what do you two need to do with such vain rituals? You are weak, these days Are you tired from running back and forth? It's time to take care of yourself tomorrow."

Looking at Daiyu carefully, I feel more and more pity in my heart, the already thin body bones are now more and more skinny, she is completely plain, cold and sad.

Daiyu snuggled into Jiamu's arms, her lonely and sad heart filled with warmth, and she responded softly, "Is it Daiyu who is worried about your tired grandma? Daiyu is all well, and grandma is at ease." As soon as the words fell, the It's tears and words.

Jia's mother was also in tears, holding Daiyu tightly in her arms, and for a long time under the persuasion of everyone, she slowly stopped her tears.

But he sighed deeply, and sat beside Daiyu with his arms around him, looking around, but he didn't see Baoyu and Baochai in a daze.

Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Li Wan's sister-in-law, Aunt Xue, and Sanchun sisters were all there, but Baochai and Baoyu were missing. Involuntarily, her cold eyes glanced at Mrs. Wang who lowered her eyebrows and held a Buddhist bead in her hand.

"Why didn't Baoyu come?" Hearing Mother Jia's question, Aunt Xue's smiling face froze slightly, and she stole a glance at Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang didn't raise her eyebrows, she just glanced at Sister Feng with her lowered eyes.

Sister Feng is a very sharp and clever person. She saw Jia Mu looking around and understood. Some time ago, I heard Brother Bao said that he was going to prepare something for Sister Lin. I thought that Sister Lin would enter the mansion soon, before she had time to come. Don’t worry, old ancestor. I’ll let Ping’er go and have a look, please. Brother Bao, come here quickly."

When Jia Mu heard that her face was pale, she glanced at Mrs. Wang, looked down lovingly at Daiyu in her arms, and straightened the white velvet flowers on her temples. She was even more sad, and sighed softly, "Yu'er, don't let her go." In my heart, your second brother misses Yu'er the most on weekdays, and misses Yu'er every day. I was afraid that Yu'er would be sad, so I went looking for something for Yu'er."

But Daiyu shook her head lightly, covered her sobs, and said in a low voice: "Daiyu doesn't care about it." Between the frail brows, there was a bit of disappointment, and her heart sank for no reason.

She understood that Baoyu didn't come over, so maybe he didn't even know that she was going back to the mansion today.She sighed secretly, she didn't want Baoyu's things, and she didn't want them to listen with the excuse of finding things for her.

Mother Jia nodded, looked at Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue's slightly displeased faces, paused, looked at Aunt Xue with a smile, and said, "Don't be afraid of my aunt's jokes. This Baoyu grew up with me, Yu'er. The relationship between the two is inevitably two points thicker than others, and when Yu'er comes back, she is busy preparing some gifts, which shows that she is extremely attentive."

Aunt Xue's face was suffocated, but then she said with a smile on her face: "Brother Bao and Sister Lin grew up together, they are as close as brothers and sisters to each other, and they are a bit thicker than others, which is also human nature. My brother is an excellent brother, and I know how to cherish my sister."

Mother Jia smiled lightly when she heard this, but the smile on her face faded slightly. She knew what Aunt Xue meant, which was nothing more than Baoyu's brother-sister relationship with Daiyu.

With a sneer in her heart, Mother Jia caressed Daiyu's white little hand, Daiyu is the continuation of her flesh and blood, her favorite grandson is also Baoyu, and the two jade children are her heart, and she will feel sorry for whoever is wronged!

What's more, Daiyu's parents are both dead now, so I have to protect her comprehensively. If I let Daiyu stay by my side to take care of her, Baoyu is a good child who knows everything. If I can become a married couple, I will be happy!

As for the foreign golden lock, Jia Mu sneered, but it was artificially caused, and some pair of words were forced to come out. She didn't believe those prophecies and aphorisms of monks and priests, most of which were made by the world to achieve their own goals. Made it up!

Daiyu listened to the conversation between them, it seemed to be commonplace, but it seemed like a needle hidden in the cotton, and she felt a little sad, the pain of losing her father had not yet calmed down, so she didn't have much thought to pay attention to it.

She lightly raised her eyes to see the worried look on Mrs. Wang's face, she just got up gracefully, stepped forward to give a salute, and said: "My niece Daiyu congratulates the imperial concubine Yuan, and congratulates my aunt."

Mrs. Wang's eyes flashed with pride, but she hurriedly took Daiyu's hand and stood up, saying: "Young lady is too polite, this is our family's blessing." After a pause, she said: "Now that young lady is back, Everything should be mourned, with the sisters and others by their side, the eldest girl can just relax and live here."

Surprised by Mrs. Wang's concern, but she still didn't move her face, she held back her skirt and said in a low voice: "Thank you for your kindness, Auntie, Daiyu will know."

Mrs. Wang smiled with satisfaction, turned to Jiamu and said, "The eldest girl has been exhausted all the way, so she should go back to rest. Just now my daughter-in-law ordered Brother Feng to tidy up the house and the eldest girl, and Zijuan and Xueyan have also taken care of it."

Jia Mu pondered slightly, looked at Daiyu lovingly, and said, "You are tired too, so you better go back and have a rest. If there is something that the servant girl is not good at serving, just find your sister Feng, and take care of those who have no eyes. The stuff was thrown out with sticks."

With a faintly awe-inspiring look, he scanned the people in the room, especially paused at Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue, and stopped looking at them in a blink of an eye, and the only thing left in his eyes was full of pity for Daiyu.

Mrs. Wang's eyes flickered a little, and she and Aunt Xue exchanged quick glances, and they each put aside, Aunt Xue said: "With the old lady's love, who can be without winks and not easy to serve?" A generous and loving smile , let Aunt Xue look more amiable.

Sister Sanchun also stepped forward, took Daiyu's hand, and said: "We haven't seen Sister Lin (sister) for a long time, and the sisters also left together first."

Jia Mu nodded with a smile, and said: "In this case, you should accompany Yu'er back to the room to rest first, just a little, and don't make trouble with Yu'er." Sister Sanchun nodded in agreement, got up holding Daiyu's arm, and pulled her skirt Daofu turned around and left Jia Mu's main room together.