[Red Mansions] The big maid struggles daily

Lin Daiyu got dressed and just got up when Brother Ying hurriedly came up to meet the new owner, and Daiyu nodded slightly to her.Guiyue at the side smiled and narrated the old lady's kindness, Parrot's age, and parents.

Brother Ying already knew that Miss Lin's eldest girl's name came from Ge Yue's nickname, she was clever and thoughtful, and hurriedly said, "Please give me a name, Miss."

Daiyu thought for a while, then pointed to a group of childish snow geese and said, "She is a snow geese, so you can call her Zijuan."

Guiyue pushed Xueyan, Xueyan smiled and supported Zijuan and said: "Sister, get up, our girl is the most gentle and elegant. After a long time, sister will know."

Xingyue is older, with a stable and neat personality, no matter where she is, she will definitely serve by Daiyu's side, and the rest is a big girl.She thought for a while, but ordered Zicuckoo instead of Taoyue.Nanny Zhu nodded secretly, Xingyue had begun to have a way of doing things, with Zicuckoo but not Taoyue, of course it was because Zicuckoo was a proof of Mrs. Jia's love and care for her granddaughter; moreover, Zicuckoo was the son of this mansion, The family has deep roots and luxuriant leaves. After all, the girl is a newcomer, so it is much cheaper to have someone close to her inside and outside to follow her.

Xueyan and another little girl consciously followed behind.

Zijuan hurriedly came to help Daiyu, and whispered about Jiamu's living habits and the decent housekeepers and ladies in the mansion as she walked out. Daiyu just listened and did not answer.Xingyue walked on the left side of the master, took half a step back, Zijuan saw it, and knew in her heart that what she said on her own initiative was correct.

From Meishouyuan, one hundred steps away is Rongxi Hall.Rongxi Hall occupies a huge area. In addition to the main hall courtyard, there are two large-span courtyards with more than 20 rooms on the left and right sides; Xia upside down.In fact, this courtyard is a three-entry house, which is larger than the place where the small officials and the big family live outside.

The Meishou Garden is located directly behind the Rongxi Hall, and the Rongqing Hall where Jia's mother lives is on the west side of the Rongxi Hall.Behind Rongqing Hall and in the northwest corner of Rongxi Hall, Jia Lianxifeng and his wife live.As for the East Courtyard where Jia Amnesty lived, it was located on the east side of Rongxi Hall, but it could only be passed through the main entrance of Rongguo Mansion, and it was already the old garden of Rong Mansion.

From Meishouyuan to Rongqing Hall, one must pass through the corner gate of Rongxi Hall.At the beginning, such a layout was built to protect the girls who have not left the pavilion, because at night, once the key is locked on the door, the inside and outside will be blocked.

Entering this corner gate is the building of Rongxi Hall.Going east is the back door of the main hall.And walking west for a distance, there is another small gate. After exiting the gate, there is a wide north-south road, and the northwest of the road leads to Wang Xifeng's courtyard.Pass Wang Xifeng's courtyard to the south, and pass through an east-west hallway to reach Jiamu's backyard.

It's just that after entering the elder's yard, there's no reason not to ask for peace. Daiyu held Zijuan's hand and went straight to the main hall.There has long been a young man who is the head of the corner gate, and hurried to report.

After walking a few steps, Caiyun from Mrs. Wang's room greeted her personally, led her to the east ear room, and said as she walked, "So that Miss Lin will know that our wife often lives and rests in the three small formal rooms here." In the room. When the girl comes in the future, just go here."

Aunt Zhao was standing in front of the small main room, seeing this group of people coming from a distance, she hurriedly pulled up the gorilla felt curtain.

Daiyu saw that she was wearing a golden hairpin, a peach red tufted flower jacket, and a emerald satin black mouse skin waistcoat. Although she looked good, her face was weathered, so she knew that she was the second uncle's aunt. .She once heard Zhu Mama say that the second uncle is now famous in the house and there are three aunts, one is honest and honest, and the other is young and beautiful, and the rest is Aunt Zhao who gave birth to the third cousin and third cousin. .

Judging by the look of the person in front of her, she must be Aunt Zhao who gave birth.Before entering the door, Daiyu gave a half salute to Aunt Zhao, and Aunt Zhao hurriedly dodged away.

When Lin Daiyu entered, Aunt Zhao felt that her face was bright, and she remembered the gift from Lin's family, not only Huan'er had it, but she also had it. They were all good things to use, and compared with others, it didn't show who was thinner or who was thicker. I can't stop liking it.When Mrs. Wang called back at night, she went back to the house and said to Jia Huan: "Don't just goof around with a hammer and a stick. What's the point of messing around with these slaves all day long? Worship the real Buddha if you have the time !"

Jia Huan sits on the kang and plays with the Nine Rings sent by the Lin family. He has seen Baoyu have one before, but Baoyu never takes him to play, and he will not let him touch the girls in Baoyu's room.Jia Huan was already greedy. Seeing that there was a pair of things sent by the Lin family, they were playing vigorously at the moment. Hearing his mother scold him again, he said, "Usually I don't have any toys. If I don't play with my slaves, I will play with someone. Now that I have these, I beg me not to go out, as I am willing to freeze outside."

Aunt Zhao saw that in his hand was a pair of sapphire Nine Links, and in the box in front of him were Tangram, Liubo, Shuanglu, Revolving Horse Lantern, Kongming Lock... everything was exquisite, she couldn't help chanting: "It can be regarded as meeting a good man and a good man." Oh, it’s really thoughtful.” He rushed to snatch the Jiulianhuan from Jia Huan’s hand: “Oh, it’s jade, don’t touch it, I’ll put it away, and I’ll play it for you in the future.”

Jia Huan had so much, he didn't care about it, and picked out a wooden Kongming lock to play with. Aunt Zhao saw that it was made of wood and could not be broken. She looked at the jade ring in her hand, and she was overjoyed. do.Seeing that his aunt's eyes were shallow, Jia Huan felt ashamed, so he shook the Kong Mingsuo in his hand, and said, "The Jiulianhuan given by Sister Lin is not worse than Baoyu's. I also have this Kongmingsuo. The one I bought was Qiongzhou huanghuali, and I saw that Sister Bao had a bracelet made of wood, and she often wore it, and I would not let Yinger touch it."

When Aunt Zhao heard this, she could bear it, she quickly put the jade ring in her hand, and then went up to grab it, scolding in doubt: "Your hair is not fully grown, your mother didn't know it, and you know it again! "

Jia Huan was not convinced and said: "It was Sister Bao who said it. She knows a lot. There are grimace patterns on this wood. If you don't believe me, smell it again. Does it have the fragrance of Jiangxiang?"

Only then did Aunt Zhao believe it, her face burst into laughter, and she cursed at others: "Sister Bao and Miss Bei, they all say that Xue's family is rich, I'm sorry! I haven't even given a fart for such a long time! Let me know If you continue to play with that Yinger and bird, see if I don't tear out your ecstasy! If you are promising, go and play with your sister Lin, I don't think she is like the one who sees no one in her eyes. "

Jia Huan's playthings were all put away by Aunt Zhao's treasures, and she felt that it was not interesting, so she lay down and went to sleep in anger, but he listened to what Aunt Zhao said.

The Lin family sent presents to each room, and each person's gift was different, because they were all prepared according to their age and preferences, not to mention that they were all like Aunt Zhao's beloved treasure, so it was scratching the itch, so I brought it up. Miss Lin, everyone praises her thoughtfulness and generosity.For example, Jia She, the steward Lin sent a few ancient fans with lacquered gold and sprinkled gold. He was so happy that Jia She didn't even go to the concubine's room, and hid in the study by himself to appreciate it. The fan pendant, fan pendant, and fan box are also expensive and elegant, making Jia She only think that brother-in-law Lin is his confidant.When Jia Amnesty was happy, he called Jia Lian and scolded him, saying that if he and his wife didn't care about their cousin, they would break his legs, making Jia Lian think that the master was hysterical.These are just human beings, so there is no need to elaborate.

And when Daiyu saw Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang smiled kindly and asked her to sit next to her.Seeing Daiyu sit down, Yin asked: "Miss, why don't you rest in the house, you all know that you have worked hard on the road, so you don't need to care about these empty etiquettes."

Daiyu laughed and said, "The old lady told me to come over. I've been here from my aunt, so there's no reason why I shouldn't come to see my elders."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she immediately looked at Zhou Rui's family, and Zhou Rui's family nodded slightly.

Daiyu didn't know what kind of lawsuit they were fighting, so she heard Mrs. Wang say, "It's time for my evil son to come back. The old lady told you to go and meet." Then she took Daiyu's hand and sighed: "Speaking of it You are also brothers and sisters of direct relatives, you shouldn't see outsiders, but this evil person in my family is different from others, the most eccentric, he is the "devil king of the world" in the family, you just ignore him in the future, lest he offend you. "

After being taught by Nanny Zhu and Nanny Chen, although Daiyu was born with a refined and unsullied mind, she was also transparent about human feelings, so she immediately understood what her second aunt meant.It's not that she's blaming the second cousin for being bad, but she's implying that she stays away from her son.

She felt uncomfortable at the moment, unlike Yuan Shu who entered the mansion alone, the dignity of the Lin family was no worse than that of this mansion, so Daiyu put herself as high as the young lady in this mansion in her heart, and did not feel inferior pity.Then he laughed and said, "Auntie was joking. If the elders hadn't summoned me, I would have kept my filial piety in the room. Even in front of the elders, I dare not joke with the brothers outside."

Nanny Zhu sat on the twig, listening to Daiyu push back with a soft nail, she was proud of herself for being well-bred, and she didn't help, just staring at the teacup in her hand.

Mrs. Wang paused, then smiled and said: "I didn't mean that, but you don't know why. He is loved by the old lady, and he is pampered with his sisters. He is so indulgent that he often makes the sisters uneasy. He said He also likes to talk sweet words to coax people, I'm afraid you've never seen such a rowdy person, just give me a word of advice, don't trust him and talk to him."

After sitting for a while, Daiyu said goodbye.Mrs. Wang ordered two or three nuns in the office to send the girl there, and watched her go and let her back.

As soon as he got back to the room, he lost his face and said to Zhou Rui's family: "The old lady is getting more and more self-willed. Baoyu is so self-willed. Now when she comes home, she doesn't come to see me or ask me to see him. What's the reason?"

Zhou Rui's family smiled apologetically: "My brother has always been filial, so the old lady must have kept him."

Mrs. Wang pinched the center of her eyebrows with her hands, and said: "Go to the upper court, just say that he will go out for a day, I miss him, ask him to come over and let me have a look."

The 1 members of Zhou Rui's family who were unwilling to solicit such thankless things quickly apologized and persuaded with a smile: "I know Madam's painstaking efforts, but I won't see you tomorrow. Sister Lin, like the girl from the Shi family, wants to Staying here for a long time. I went to call now, but it made the old lady unhappy, and I will get more and more attached to Brother Bao tomorrow."

Mrs. Wang felt uncomfortable, and even after reciting two sutras in front of the Bodhisattva, she lost everything.Zhou Rui's family heard it from the side, and his heart was in a state of agitation: Although my wife is not very literate, Aunt Jingxu has recited these two sutras many times, and my wife has memorized them by heart, but this time there are three short fours. , obviously very angry.

"Yesterday, Miss Feng said that the old lady's appetite is not great, so she brought a freshly made jujube paste yam cake, let's go and have a look." Mrs. Wang held Zhou Rui's hand and finally went to Jiamu's courtyard.

As soon as Daiyu arrived, he saw a young man with a bright red flowered jacket, green satin passionflower silk trousers, and even thick-soled red shoes, lying in the arms of the old lady, and Shi Xiangyun was also sitting there. Pulling him to chat and laugh on the couch, it immediately felt dull.Dressed in bright red and green, no one really remembered that her mother had just left.

The eye circles were slightly red, and she wanted to shed tears unconsciously, Xingyue saw it from the side, and hurriedly moved her cloak lightly.

Mother Jia raised her head and saw that Daiyu's eyes were pink, and she was about to ask.

The snow goose sneezed twice in a row, Xingyue hurriedly came up to untie the fox fur cloak for Daiyu, "It's windy outside again, even the snow goose is blowing, the corners of the girl's eyes are red, she must have been tricked." It's windy."

After hearing this, Jia Mu came over and sat down hurriedly: "Lean on the smoked cage, it's warm here." Seeing that she was carrying the parrot she gave her, she liked it in her heart, and felt that Daiyu valued her grandmother's heart.

Jia Baoyu looked up and saw a young lady wearing a beige and chrysanthemum-patterned jacket and skirt taking off her big fur cape. How many essences and spirits have given birth to these outstanding people!

When Daiyu approached, Jia Baoyu looked closely at the description and saw that the tails of her eyes were reddish like butterfly wings, and her hair became more and more crisp. She felt that it was like a finishing touch, adding some charm to this young girl who was described as young.

Hurriedly rushing up to make a bow, Daiyu hurriedly blessed her body to return the salute.At this time, Xingyue has been replaced by Xingyue. While sending Daiyu to the side of the smoker cage, Xingyue took the hand stove from the little girl and stuffed it in, just blocking Jia Baoyu.

Seeing that there was always someone separated, Jia Baoyu was very anxious.Grandma Zhu smiled and said, "Young lady just came in, she still has air-conditioning on her body, Second Master Bao's clothes are thin, carefully frozen."

When Jia Mu heard this, she hurriedly called Baoyu over and deliberately bluffed her: "Sit down next to me. If you are so naughty again, I will tell you to beat you carefully." Still sticking to the side of the smoker and looking at Daiyu.

Jia Baoyu's behavior had already annoyed two people: one Xi Ren, who felt wronged and dared not speak out;

Daiyu was very surprised at this time, when she saw this person, she felt as if she had seen this person before, he looked very familiar.And for some reason, her eye sockets became damp and hot again, and her heart was churning, but she couldn't help it.

Shi Xiangyun was famous for his straightforward temper, so he shook his hand in front of Jia Baoyu's eyes, and pretended to pick it up from the ground, finally calling Jia Baoyu's soul back.Baoyu held her hand and said with a smile, "Sister Yun, what is this for?"

Shi Xiangyun snorted and said, "It's not because I'm afraid that my second elder brother's eyeballs will fall off the ground and won't be found, so I'll pick them up first."

This made Jia's mother laugh too, "It's the first time he's seen his aunt's younger sister since he was born, girl Yun, don't make trouble."

Baoyu looked at Daiyu, saw Daiyu lowering her head and playing with the stove, and said with a smile: "This sister..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shi Xiangyun had already snatched the words: "I've seen this younger sister before! Does the second brother want to say this?"

The room was full of laughter, which made Baoyu feel embarrassed.Zijuan explained to Daiyu: "Second Master Bao must say this when he sees his elder sister and younger sister for the first time. We all know that, and there was a scene in front of Miss Bao."

When Lin Daiyu heard it, for some reason, she suddenly felt a little cold in her heart, and she thought she was really caught by the wind, so she leaned against the smoke cage outside.

At this moment, Zhu Xiuniao quietly entered the room through the small door at the back, and Hu Po was also laughing happily, when suddenly a person appeared beside her, which made her almost choke.She gave Zhu Xiu a hard look, but didn't dare to say anything.

Baoyu laughed and said: "Sister Yun is so narrow-minded. Although I have never met my aunt's sister, but I look at Mianshan, and I feel that even if I am an old acquaintance, today it is only a reunion after a long distance, and it is not impossible."

After hearing this, Mother Zhu couldn't help laughing and said, "Old Feng Jun, your grandson is amazing! Just now the second wife said that his mouth can talk like honey, I still don't believe it, I feel that such a young My young master, the scriptures are rare, so how can he be able to talk? Now I am convinced, and the words are sweeter than honey, so it can be seen that this brother is really smart and smart, and no one else can compare."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Although he is young, he has seen some worldly experiences and is filial. We love to hear what he has to say."

Mammy Zhu also looked at Jia Baoyu, nodded suddenly, and said, "That's right, that's right, this Brother Bao looks a bit like the old man, no wonder I thought he looked familiar just now."

Jia Mu wondered: "My grandson really looks a bit like his grandfather, and among these grandchildren, he is the only one who resembles him. But how does Mammy know?"

Nanny Zhu looked at Daiyu and asked, "Do you also feel like you've seen it before?"

Daiyu was wondering, she nodded her head quickly, and Nanny Zhu wiped the corner of her eyes, and said, "There was a painting hanging in your mother's room earlier, do you remember it?"

Daiyu squeezed the handkerchief and said, "Which one is it?" As she spoke, her eye circles turned red.

Mother Jia was more and more puzzled, and Mother Zhu said: "Madam not only offered you a 24-jin sea lantern in front of the Buddha, but also asked the Bodhisattva to bless you in good health; she also offered a portrait of the old man in the clean room. Inside, incense candles are always used for chanting sutras every day... Madam went, the master made the decision to put the painting in the coffin, which can be regarded as fulfilling Madam's wishes..."

Jia's mother remembered that in the early years, foreign-maozi painters had painted for the old man. Their painting methods were different from Daqing's, and the paintings were not much like real people.

Then she also felt sad, and choked up, saying, "No wonder, no wonder..." Baoyu said that the familiarity was false, but Zhu Nanny and Daiyu felt that the familiarity was true.

Just after speaking, Mrs. Wang held the hand of Zhou Rui's family and came in. Seeing that Mother Jia was crying again, she hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her, and said Yuanyang: "The old lady has a man of age, you should persuade her..."

Mother Jia waved her hand and said, "It's not a problem. Mammy Zhu has seen the portrait of the old Duke and said that Baoyu looks like him. I think of the old Duke for a while."

Mrs. Wang loves to hear people say that her precious jade has the legacy of her ancestors, so she doesn't say those words of reproach.

Jia Baoyu greeted his mother, and Xiangyun Daiyu also met, and they returned to their seats.Seeing that the atmosphere had calmed down, Jia Baoyu breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again, "Has my sister ever studied?"

Daiyu knew that Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng were not very literate, so she said, "I can only read a few words."

But Shi Xiangyun laughed and said: "Being humble in front of him is not a good thing, he will believe what people say! Don't make a mess of poems and books and become a little literate, tell him to be serious, and don't feel wronged if you make jokes." laugh it out.

Daiyu gave her a serious look, but said nothing.