[Red Mansion] February is the season of wishing

In the afternoon, when the small building was preparing servants and luggage for Jia Lan to go to school in an orderly manner, someone came to the door to report: "Miss Daiyu sent someone to deliver some things for Lan Geer."

The person who came was Mother Wang brought by Daiyu, and she spoke in a calm and unhurried manner, "Daiyu heard that Brother Lan is going to school, so she opened the box and picked out a set of four treasures of the study, as well as copybooks, and brought them here. "He smiled with the maid who greeted her, "It doesn't matter whether Brother Lan uses it or not, after all, it's because of his heart, isn't it?"

Li Wan listened and laughed, thinking that the nuns beside Daiyu would not accept copper coins, so she handed over a clean purse.Sure enough, Mother Wang didn't even look at it, she took her purse and thanked her frankly.

Wang Momo said again: "Daiyu originally wanted to come in person, but she has many scruples about being a filial piety. I am here to apologize for her lack of courtesy."

When Li Wan heard this, her heart felt sad for a moment. Isn't she "a lot of scruples" herself?

However, even though Daiyu had many scruples, she still gave the gift of pressing the post, and she was a little emotional.The branches like dead wood blocked a tender green leaf blown by the wind, even if it was blown away by the wind after a while, it can still make people's eyes bright and open-minded.

……

Compared to Li Wan's restrained thanks in his heart, Jia Lan was much more direct, yelling in the room, unable to put it down.

Lin Ruhai, Lin Daiyu's father, was an official after being honored, and all the things she used for Daiyu were good. Jia Lan was neglected by the elders in her family since she was a child, and she had never been given any good things. Li Wan understood and didn't stop him.

After Jia Lan was elated, she suddenly looked at her mother with bright eyes, and asked, "How should we thank Aunt Lin?"

Li Wan was taken aback.

What Jia Lan asked was not "how to return the gift", but "how to thank you".

All of a sudden, the memory of Daiyu in the Grand View Garden was replayed in her mind along with Daiyu's graceful demeanor when she grew up.She had real happy days, but only for a few years, and they were gone soon.

Gujing Wubo's heart finally began to ripple.

Li Wan thought for a while and said with a smile: "Aunt Daiyu's health is not very good, we will give her medical books, and you can play with aunt when you have time, okay?"

Jia Lan nodded sharply: "Okay, okay, I'll play with Aunt Daiyu tomorrow!"

Li Wan laughed, and patted the child's butt lightly: "Don't forget the usual reading."

Jia Lan laughed and slipped into her arms, answering, "Yeah."

That night, Li Wan tossed and turned, thinking for a while, what should be returned to Daiyu.

Even though the Li family started with her father and set up the law of "a woman who has no talent can be virtuous", most of the relatives next to the Li family didn't think so, so she could have a few gaps in her heart after all.

Both of Lin Daiyu's parents died when she was young, so Lin Ruhai agreed, and Jia's mother made the decision, and she stayed at her grandfather's house.

After thinking about it, Li Wan suddenly got excited, sat up, and ordered the maid to serve the pen and ink.

She held her breath and wrote a line on the ordinary rice paper:

Jia's family is not a blessed place, and Daiyu cannot live for a long time.

……

The next day, after Li Wan took Jia Lan to see his ancestors and Daiyu, he got into the sedan chair and went to Li's mansion.

The sedan chair went to the southeast of the capital, but Jia's mansion was on the west side of the capital, and it took quite a distance to get there.Jia Lan seldom went out of the house, and he never sat on a seat with his buttocks. He opened the car curtain and looked left and right, which was completely addictive to the eyes.

When we arrived at the Li Mansion, Mrs. Zhou got the news and waited for her by the side door, and said with a smile: "It's good that you are here, just to see how I'm preparing, so I know what's going on."

He didn't pretend to be intimate, and he didn't express his sympathy, so Li Wan breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "It's rare to go out of the house, so let's relax a bit by the way."

Mrs. Zhou nodded and said, "That's not true."

She took Li Wan to the small side courtyard next to Li's mansion, and introduced: "There is a Qing guest who came to join your brother. He saw that the Qing guest was in dire condition, and he wanted to take care of him, but he had nothing to do for him. Let him lead us first." children." Mrs. Zhou also has a son who is the same age as Jia Lan.

Li Wan asked carefully: "Who is the last name, what is the name, what is the knowledge?"

"My surname is Hong, and I won the Juren, but my father was imprisoned and questioned, and I couldn't get any fame later, so I came to join the master. The knowledge is not bad, the master said, if there is no such disaster, the Jinshi is very promising."

Li Wan thought it was good when he heard that he was a Juren, and when he heard about it later, he was even more grateful that he had gained more experience in his life and contacted his mother's family.

They then went to see Mr. Hong.Li Wan saw that although Hong Jin was restrained but not obscene, and his words were measured, he was so satisfied that he was grateful, so he told Jia Lan, thanked him, and went back home in peace.

Mrs. Zhou lamented Li Wan's straightforwardness, and immediately ordered the maid to serve her attentively without mentioning it.

……

But Li Wan said that after returning to the mansion, he went back to his yard to open the envelope, took out the paper and put it in his sleeve pocket, and then went to find Daiyu behind Jia Mu's room.

At this time, Daiyu was being stubborn with Baoyu, and Li Wan didn't let her know, so she secretly asked Mother Wang to come out.

Li Wan originally wanted to hide in a secluded place, and separated carefully from Nanny Wang.Wang Momo acted according to circumstances, but invited her to the waiter of Rongxi Hall for female guests, and sat there in an open and aboveboard manner.

"Drink some tea, you guys should rest first." Wang Momo said.

The maid and Wang Momo had a close relationship, but they didn't hold any grudges. He was delighted to hear that, and took the little sisters to hide in the dark.

Mother Wang asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Wan didn't say much, took out the paper and showed it to her.

After reading it, Wang Momo calmly threw the paper into the brazier and burned it, and said, "Miss Daiyu gave some for the children, these are no big deal, there is really no need to express my thanks."

This is why.

Li Wan said: "Brother Lan didn't get these things before. I wanted to use my own monthly rules to make up for those pens and inks. Fortunately, Miss Daiyu gave it to me. Otherwise, our orphans and widows would still have a difficult life." She changed the topic, "Even if Baoyu He is quite loved by the ancestors, and he has reached the age of school, has Daiyu sent him off?"

There are two sides to this conversation, one is that the Jia family is indifferent to Jia Lan, who lost his father when he was young, and maybe he will treat Daiyu in the future; Maybe in the future it will lead Daiyu astray.

Wang Momo took a sip of tea, nodded and smiled and said, "You're right. I'll ask this old slave when I turn around. Yangzhou pens and inks are good, so I have to ask the master for instructions."

……

A few days before Jia Lan went to study in Li's residence, Li Wan always went with him.After confirming that the driver was reliable and that she knew the road well, she didn't rush around and just sent him to the gate of Jia's mansion.

Since then, Jia Lan has entered the right track of learning.

From the Three-Character Classic and the Thousand-Character Prose to the reading comprehension of the Four Books and Five Classics.Hong Jin is a genius who knows the world, does not stick to Confucianism, and pays all the opinions of a hundred schools of thought.

Jia Lan learned so quickly, Hong Jin was amazed and praised a lot.

After all, he is a guest in Li's residence, and his words of praise are also very subtle: "Jia Lan is a fast learner and serious, but he is too depressed, and the livelyness of children is a bit lacking. Li Jin (Mrs. Zhou's son) is very lively and able to By analogy, sometimes you can't calm down, and Jia Lan can complement each other."

Mrs. Zhou was in a good mood when she heard this. On the one hand, she asked her son to continue to work hard and not to be jealous of Jia Lan, and on the other hand, she omitted the "depressed" comment, and told Li Wan again.

Li Wan was overjoyed, and posted a monthly order, asking the kitchen to make Jia Lan's favorite pastries.

Jia Lan looked at the piece of silver that she handed over, and blinked: "Where did this money come from?"

Li Wan replied, "Yue Li."

"Is it every month?"

"Every month."

"Do I have it too?"

"some."

Jia Landon smiled all over his face, tugged at her sleeve and asked, "How much money do I have every month?"

Li Wan was puzzled, where did Lan Er want to spend money recently?

But he didn't hide it from him, and told him the number.He also admonished: "Ordinary farmers can live comfortably with 20 taels of silver a year, but they have to treat money as money."

Jia Lan immediately agreed with a solemn expression, but after a while, he smiled happily again after getting the money.

Li Wan was puzzled, Jia Lan's focus was different from what she thought...