The Lin family has a female named Qingyun [Red Mansion]

On this day, the magistrate's family held a flower viewing banquet, so I specially posted a post to invite Daiyu and Qingyun.Qingyun was unable to go out to the banquet during the filial piety period, so she politely declined, but Daiyu was reluctant to go, so she went by car early in the morning.In the past, the two of them ate and played together almost every day, or read books and painted pictures, or told stories with girls, or did needlework together, and the time was not difficult to pass. Today, Daiyu is not here, and Qingyun can't help but feel that Weary.

Just after lunch, Aunt Xu came.

"My dear lady, I've seen that her health has improved a lot in the past few days, but the food is not to your liking?"

Aunt Xu has a high seniority and deep qualifications, and she has always been loyal and does not rely on her elders to sell her elders. She is very popular with others.Aunt Xu treats the two of them as masters and masters on the surface, but in her heart she treats them as juniors and loves them. She has put a lot of thought into her daily life, so Qingyun and Daiyu understand it.

"Ms. Xu, sit down quickly. Why is Mrs. Xu coming over in person in such a hot day? Just ask the girl to tell me what's going on." Qingyun ordered the girl to pour tea while talking.

"Miss, don't worry, I'll bring someone here at the master's order." As soon as Aunt Xu said, Qingyun got up, and Aunt Xu pointed to the two people who followed her and said, "Master asked old friends from Beijing and China to help find two people." An educated nanny who came out of the palace, so that she can be placed next to the girls, and it will be beneficial. The old friend was very caring, so he invited two nanny, who used to serve by the empress's side, because the family There are few people, and I like the climate in the south of the Yangtze River, so I agreed to the master. The two nuns, one surnamed Li and the other surnamed Zhou, just arrived today, and the master ordered me to bring the nuns over to meet the eldest girl. One, send the other to the girl over there."

"Father Lao is bothering you, so thank you for making a trip." Qingyun quickly looked at the two of them. They were about 40 to [-] years old. Since they came in, they had stood firmly with their heads down, without looking sideways, and behaved in a good manner.She had also heard that some nuns who came out of the palace reprimanded the girls frequently because they had served the noble master, and had an extremely difficult temper. Fortunately, the two met well at first.If they obey the rules and respect their duties, she will treat each other kindly, after all, no matter what she looks like on the outside, she actually has a temper in her heart.

She also knows the benefits of educating a nanny, not to mention serving the empress, she is very dignified, and even her own status has been imperceptibly elevated, so no one will casually talk about her rules in the future.However, she is not a serious lady after all, she has heard too much of the old nanny's tricks and viciousness in the past, and she feels a little repulsed in her heart.

"Madam Li stays with me, Nanny Zhou follows my younger sister." Originally, Qingyun didn't want to choose first, but today Daiyu is not here, so it's not good to leave the two nuns here, it seems petty.

"The girl will wait and see what to do. I'll take Madam Zhou over there." Aunt Xu led the people back after she finished speaking.

After Mrs. Xu left, Qingyun invited Nanny Li to sit down and asked, "Madam Li has worked hard all the way, can we have dinner?"

Nanny Li didn't take her seat, nor was she as serious as imagined, but she replied with a smile: "Miss Lao Guan asked, I just met the master when I came to the mansion, and the master has ordered dinner."

Seeing that she spoke kindly and did not hold on to her status, Qingyun felt a little fond of her. "Sit down, Mammy. I think Mammy knows about me. I'm no better than decent young ladies. I'll have to work hard and teach Mammy tirelessly in the future. If Mammy has something to do, just ask. I can help you." decline."

It's because the two nuns were invited here, and they didn't sell themselves to the Lin family, so they are naturally different from other nuns.

"Girl is serious, this is my job."

Qingyun chatted with her for a while, and the previous repulsion gradually dissipated, just as Bailu said back and forth that the house was tidied up, so she asked Nanny Li to go down and rest.

Since then, she has clearly felt differently.With Nanny Li in the room, she is like a sea-suppressing needle. The little girls who are lazy and slippery in the past are more self-disciplined, and no one dares to enter and leave her room at will. After a lesson, I strictly enforced the rules again and again, especially the rules in the girl's room.On the other hand, she and Daiyu have no elders to teach, Lady Xu is a servant after all, when the two nuns come, they can point out what is wrong and omissions one by one, and the two nuns have served the empress before People who know how to socialize and socialize best, and even know a thing or two about the secrets of each family, she and Daiyu have benefited a lot.

The weather was cool that day, Qingyun and Daiyu met to paint in the garden.

Qingyun had studied painting in her previous life, and was good at sketching and pastels, and also liked realistic oil painting, but she didn't know much about Chinese classical landscapes and fine brushwork.Anyway, she also has a foundation in painting. Daiyu thought she had never learned it. When I taught her, she only sighed that she was very talented. Now she can draw fine brushwork, and Daiyu is better at landscape painting with profound artistic conception.

Right now, the two are painting lotus pictures, and Daiyu is writing poems.

"I remember when my mother was there when I was young, I also painted summer lotus flowers and played the piano in this pavilion, and my father hugged me and admired it." Daiyu felt emotional, her eyes were red.

"I remember that foster father Xiu Mu today, why not invite foster father to appreciate our paintings." Qing Yun suggested.

"That's a good idea!" Daiyu also missed her father, and immediately agreed, ordering Xueyan to invite her.

Shaoqing Xueyan came back with a strange expression, looked at Lin Qingyun frequently, and said, "Master has a guest, so I can't be free."

Daiyu frowned: "What guest?"

"...Zhang official media."

Qingyun was taken aback for a moment, and then contacted Xueyan's strange expression, and instantly had a guess.

Daiyu also guessed it, raised her eyebrows and said, "Why did the official media come? Don't they know about our family?"

This is a euphemism, even if it is guessed that it is to propose marriage to Qingyun, it does not mean that Daiyu could not say it before.The so-called "our family's affairs refer to Lin Qingyun's affairs", Lin Qingyun's eleventh year is the year of marriage, but how can she talk about marriage when she is in the filial piety period?

Qingyun immediately guessed the reason, and said to Daiyu in a low voice: "Where do outsiders know, even the people in the house don't know much about it. They just think that I was born with a plain and pure complexion."

Lin Qingyun didn't keep his filial piety with great fanfare. The Lin family knew it, but outsiders didn't necessarily. Everyone followed the rules, so how could servants talk about their master.I just don't know that she never went out, who would suddenly propose marriage to her?

Daiyu obviously came to her senses, and asked Xueyan again: "What did you hear? Who invited the official media?"

Xueyan shook her head: "I didn't approach, Uncle Fu said that the master was busy meeting guests, so I came back."

The two mothers who had been silent all this time looked at each other, and Mother Li stepped forward and said to Qingyun: "Don't worry, eldest girl, no matter how suitable the marriage is, there is absolutely no marriage discussion during the filial piety period."

Qingyun naturally knew.

At dinner that day, Qingyun knew who proposed the marriage, and it was the prefect's wife who wanted to propose marriage for the concubine.

"No wonder I went to the banquet that day. The prefect's wife treated me very warmly and asked about my sister, but I didn't realize it. It's just that my sister didn't go to his house that day on the grounds of keeping filial piety. Why did she come to propose marriage when she knew the filial piety? What kind of mind is there!" Daiyu knew a lot, and she also understood that the prefect's wife proposed marriage not because of Lin Qingyun, but because she was the righteous daughter of the Lin family, so she couldn't help being very angry.

What Qingyun paid attention to was the other side: "Although the adoptive father's refusal is reasonable, how do you know what the other party thinks? I'm afraid I will hold grudges for this. Relying on the function of the magistrate, I may cause a lot of trouble for the adoptive father."

Daiyu was transparent: "If that's the case, this marriage is even more unacceptable. One is poor character, and the other is..." Daiyu raised her finger to the sky, and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid the superiors should be suspicious if they know."

Qingyun looked at her in surprise, she didn't expect her to be so keen on government affairs.

Daiyu smiled quite proudly and said, "Sister Xu knows, so I'm not allowed to make a guess? It's just that it's not good for a girl's family to talk about court affairs. In the past, my father didn't allow me to read the mansion newspaper without discussing it in private. This Fang The magistrate was transferred last year. Looking at the gift list at home, they are average with our family, but they are married to Liu Shilang's family in Beijing. Liu Shilang's daughter got married a few years ago and married the third prince. side concubine."

Qingyun nodded and sighed: "It's so hard to have a foster father for another year."

"Even if he can be transferred back to the capital, who knows if he will be able to be quiet." Daiyu was always overthinking and pessimistic.

"If a person wants to be quiet for the rest of his life, he can only shave his head and become a monk's sister-in-law. I'm afraid that monk's sister-in-law can't be really quiet." Qingyun asked her: "I heard a letter from Jia's family?"

A smile suddenly appeared on Daiyu's face: "The sisters wrote letters to Baoyu, talking about how lively they were composing poems and couplets. Baoyu also asked me when I would go back? He told me that his calligraphy had improved a lot."

Qingyun knew that she had happy times in Jia's mansion, especially Baoyu treated her very wholeheartedly, which was different from others, and their brother and sister bond was naturally deep.Just observed carefully for a long time, and found that the two are still siblings of childhood sweethearts at this time, so I feel relieved.If Lin Ruhai hadn't died young, Daiyu would not have married Baoyu, because Baoyu was good in everything else, except that she didn't like reading and Lin Ruhai didn't like her.

"I don't think what he said was a lie. The writing on the letter is really good." It's hard for Qingyun to write such neat small script, Qingyun's hands are sore every time she writes, and she can only barely practice it neatly. As for the style of writing, it is difficult .

"It can be seen that he knows how to work hard." Daiyu thought of Baoyu's letter saying that Jiamu missed her, and couldn't help feeling guilty.After all, Mother Jia treated her really well, and it hurt her more than her own granddaughter, but she couldn't be filial in front of her.

Qingyun also thought of Jiamu, but she was different from Daiyu.After Jia Lian left, Mother Jia sent someone to pick it up again. Lin Ruhai only ordered a piece of earthenware gifts, but declined the others, saying that she was reluctant to part with her daughter.It is obvious that Jia's mother has not given up on the marriage of the two Yu'er, and it is easy to push it off at the moment. If the Xue family enters Beijing next year, Jia's mother may be in a hurry.