The eldest grandson of the Red Chamber

In the evening, Mrs. Song sat on the bed and talked with Ming Su.

"After the new year, sister Lai will leave the cabinet, and Xu'er is about fifteen. The child grows up really fast, and I still see him from time to time when he was naughty when he was young, playing in the water in winter and getting cold, and he was almost unrescued Things. Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye." Song sighed to her husband, no matter how many years have passed since the child's misfortune, she still has lingering fears every time she mentions it.

Ming Su turned over and didn't answer, waiting for her to continue.

Sure enough, "Xu'er turns fifteen, and the girl from the Lin family is about to turn twelve. Since the children are all grown up, should Liu Li go first?" Song said after deliberation.Although brother Xu is still a child in front of her no matter how old she is, Mrs. Song has to admit that her son is old enough to marry.Now that Xu'er has returned to Beijing, etiquette is indispensable.

"You are right. Marriage cannot be sloppy. It is true that preparations should be made early." Ming Su pondered for a while, "This marriage was established by the father and the senior brother, and the two of them will inevitably have other arrangements. In this way, I Tomorrow I will ask my father, if he has no other agreement with the senior brother, you can go to Jia's mansion and discuss it in detail."

"Okay, let's talk to Xu'er tomorrow. It can be seen that the child is very satisfied with this relative, and the father-in-law picked a good one." Song said.Ming Xu did not hide his love for Miss Lin, and Mrs. Song understood her son's thoughts even more.

Although my heart is a little sour, but more fortunate.Since he wants to spend his whole life with other girls, it is always better for a son to like her than to become a bitter couple in the future.

"What does he know as a child, his father will naturally pick the best ones for him." Ming Su didn't care.The love of husband and wife is the spiritual connection honed by the long-term heart-to-heart and companionship.Naturally, a teenage boy can't say whether he is satisfied or not, it's just a young man who admires Ai, just because of his lust.

"You think that everyone is like you. My father-in-law picks you well, but it's rare that Xu'er likes it too. That child has a clear heart, and he knows what he wants since he was a child." Song retorted.

There is really nothing to say about this matter, Ming Su thought that a gentleman doesn't talk to women, so he didn't say anything more.Go to bed and get up early tomorrow.

After breakfast the next day, Mrs. Song really talked about it.

"It's already the twelfth lunar month, and in a few days the houses will be busy with New Year's Eve. I discussed with your father to go to Jia's mansion before Laba. Miss Lin is not young anymore, and Xu'er is back again. This matter It's time to get ready too. We can't let other girls think we've neglected us."

"Should I go with you?" Ming Xu asked, although he was a little surprised to mention this suddenly, but he accepted it quickly. After living in Daqi for more than ten years, Ming Xu still has basic common sense. There is no such thing as a flash marriage here. .

"Of course it's not necessary. I'll discuss the details of etiquette with the elders in her family. What are you going to do? Make trouble for nothing?" Song refused.

"Oh." Mingxu was a little bit wronged, it was obviously a major event in his life, but he was the one who couldn't get his hands in it the most.

Ming Lai next to him laughed amused by his behavior, and said to Mrs. Song: "Mother, you don't know, this guy has been talking about Sister Lin for a long time, but he couldn't find a chance to come to the door. You mentioned it again and again. His heart itches."

"That's not okay. There are no rules when you come back to the door for the first time. It's not the time yet, just wait. Sooner or later, you will be indispensable." Song refused.

"Is my brother going to my sister-in-law's house? Just like my brother-in-law came to my house before?" Mingzhao asked curiously.

"The kid asks so many what to do, according to brother, if you don't go to the master's place, you will be punished." Ming Xu patted the younger brother's head and reminded him kindly.

"I know, I know, I'll go right away." Mingzhao pouted, "Sister, does it mean that I don't have to go to school when I grow up to my elder brother's age?" The child resented going to school.

"Who told you that your brother doesn't have to go to school anymore? He's still young, if he doesn't go to class, he might get married." Ming Lai said with a smile.

Mingzhao's face puffed up, but he didn't feel comforted. Didn't his mother say that his brother was going to get married soon?Doesn't that mean that you won't have to go to school soon.

"Brother, take it easy, you don't need to study hard, even if you get married, you still have to go to study with your husband, maybe your daughter-in-law will teach you." Mingxu tilted his head and laughed.

"You're the one who wants to be taught by your daughter-in-law." The child left this sentence and ran away angrily.

Seeing this, Song frowned, how could this child talk to his elder brother.Thinking about Xiao'er's usual behavior again, he couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart, it's inevitable that he is a little bit spoiled.Zhao'er's child was not as intelligent as his brothers and sisters.

Jia Fu.

Daiyu was chatting with her sisters that day, when she saw the mandarin ducks beside Jiamu coming.

"Sister Yuanyang, come and sit down." Xiangyun was feeling bored, seeing Yuanyang coming, he hurriedly pulled her to sit down, "Sister is coming at this time, but my aunt and the old lady said they want me to go home for the holidays?" She always speaks quickly .

"It will be Laba in two days. The old lady has already prepared the carriages and horses. Miss Smith can leave when she wants to go back, and come back after the festival." Yuanyang laughed. "It's important, I won't sit down."

Yuanyang said to Daiyu who was counting chess pieces: "Miss Lin, the old lady ordered me to invite you over."

Daiyu stood up in surprise: "Call me over to Sister Yuanyang, what did my grandmother say?"

"Good girl, come here quickly, I'm in a hurry, I can talk to you in detail on the way." Yuanyang said so.

"Since the old lady called, sister Lin should go quickly, it's not easy to tell her to wait." Baochai glanced at Yuanyang and said with a smile.

Daiyu followed the mandarin ducks to the main hall and came to a hand-painted verandah.Daiyu said: "Sister Yuanyang can now tell me why my grandmother is looking for me."

"Miss Lin is smart." Yuanyang smiled and praised, "It's not something that you can't tell people, it's still a happy event. It's just that it's hard to tell them to say it now."

"Sister Yuanyang might as well just say it straight." Daiyu's heart skipped a beat when she saw her describe it like this.

"After a while, the girl will go back, change into the clothes used to meet guests, and then go to the old lady's place. Someone from the Ming family is here." Yuanyang told her bluntly.

"Ming's family is here, and my grandmother reacted like this, so it must not be sister Ming," Daiyu tentatively said.Of course she knew in her heart that it would not be Ming Lai, sister Ming's wedding date was set in February, and it was impossible for her to leave the house in the near future.

"Of course it's not Miss Ming, but the wife of the Ming family."

"Sister Yuanyang, I'm sorry to trouble you. I'll clean up and go see the guests."

When they arrived at the residence, Daiyu asked Zijuan to entertain the mandarin ducks to drink tea, and she and Xueyan went into the inner room.

Daiyu was a little confused, she knew that Mingxu would return to Beijing, since she got the letter, she had a feeling in her heart that she would see him soon.Although it was somewhat against the rules, Daiyu had this premonition.

It's just that he didn't expect Mingxu to come, but his mother came.

Under the service of Xueyan, Daiyu combed her hair again, put on makeup, changed into formal clothes, and took Zijuan and Yuanyang to the living room.

When I got to the place, I saw not only my grandmother, but also two aunts, and Daiyu greeted them one by one.When Jia's mother called out, Daiyu glanced quietly into the room, and there was a dignified woman in a purple jacket and skirt sitting opposite her aunt.The woman was talking to her grandmother, and when she saw her coming, she turned to look at her.

It was indeed Mrs. Ming, she had met three years ago, she hadn't changed much, Daiyu still remembered.

"Yu'er, this is Mrs. Ming, the wife of Lord Qingming of Guanglu Temple." Jia Mu didn't know the Ming family's attitude, so she didn't mention the incident in the palace three years ago.

When Dingyuan Hou Mingxie resigned from office, as the saying goes, he sealed his wife and son, after he left, His Majesty directly promoted Ming Su by two ranks and three ranks.It made many people in the court red-eyed, and they all lamented why there is no such a good father.Then he was cleaned up by the bosses in the court.

"I've met Mrs. Ming." Daiyu stepped forward and saluted.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Ming got up and took a step aside, which was regarded as a half-respect. "Girl please get up."

After Mrs. Song finished speaking, she saw several people looking at her in confusion, and the general's wife even asked, "Mrs. Ming, what does this mean?"

"This is Miss Lin. Miss is the current head of Ning'an County. I shouldn't have received a gift." Song explained: "I just thought I came today. With the closeness of our two families, I It can also be regarded as Miss Lin's elders, if they are not honored by her, they will appear pedantic, so they came up with this compromise."

When Jia Mu heard this, she laughed and called Daiyu to sit beside her. "Your Majesty's kindness is great, and she is a little girl who got this gift. But to be disrespectful, we are at home by ourselves, so we don't talk about the rules of respect and inferiority, just talk about the relatives of the elders and the younger."

"What the old lady said is that I followed the rules." Song Shi agreed with her without arguing.

"I haven't seen you for three years. Miss Lin has become more and more elegant, like a person from the sky." Song looked at Daiyu who was obediently sitting next to Jiamu.I deeply feel that this girl's appearance is really not to be picked, but because of her filial piety, she looks a little thinner.

Mother Jia was delighted when she heard this: "Among the girls of mine, she is the one who is the most handsome, and the most sensible and caring. It's not my fault that I favor her."

"The old lady is famous for loving her granddaughter. It's true to see her today. Not only her granddaughter, but even her granddaughter are raised so well. My brother Xu is indeed a lucky one." Song said with a smile.

Daiyu quietly listened to the two people's compliments at the side, knowing that they were polite words, but she couldn't help but blush.

"Although I haven't seen Mingxu's child, I also know that girl Minglai's diligence in the past two years. That child was selected as a scholar at the age of 11? It can be seen that she can do something." Jia Mu followed along. Arrived at Mingxu.

It was a polite remark, but Mrs. Wang's face turned black suddenly.This old guy is embarrassing her, saying something is not good, but just mentioning it, Zhu'er was a scholar who passed the exam at the age of 14, this is not to say that my Zhu'er is not as good as this kid from the Ming family.But I don't want to think about Zhu'er's natural intelligence and studiousness, how can anyone be comparable to it.

"The old lady praised it, but his grandfather was stricter, so he barely passed the exam. There are a lot of scholars in the world, which doesn't mean anything. The old lady can't come to visit the boy some other day." To praise him like that, you have seen big winds and waves, and your words are the most credible. After hearing your praise like this, that kid should not go to heaven." Song joked.

"But I don't believe what you said. You are hurting him as a mother. Then I have to see that child." Of course, Jia's mother knew that it was a joke, but she didn't take it seriously.

"Let me tell you the truth, that kid was just waiting for your words. I came here today to ask me. The two children met when they were young, and they can barely be regarded as childhood sweethearts. They haven't seen each other for several years, and they are still thinking about it."

"If you ask him to come, just say that I said it, and also tell me to meet the son-in-law that my poor son-in-law chose for my granddaughter."

Mrs. Song agreed, and then turned to talk to Daiyu, asking some ordinary questions such as what books to read and what to do on weekdays.As the sun was getting low, Mrs. Song said goodbye and left.

What happened during the day, the mansion almost knew everything at night.After dinner, Sanchun, Baochai and Xiangyun all came to Daiyu's place.Baoyu went to the Beijing Palace during the day, and when he came back at night, he heard the little maids talking about Miss Lin's in-laws coming, so he came to ask to understand.

"Mrs. Ming's family came to the mansion to discuss with the old lady about the six rites of the two families. She said that our girl is getting older, and the six rites will be walked slowly according to the rules. When I reach the age of Jiji, I will just finish the three books and six rites. It's not easy for Daiyu to say this in front of her sisters.Zicuckoo spoke on his behalf.

Everyone knew that Daiyu was engaged, but they didn't really feel it. Today, they were a little surprised to hear that someone from the Ming family had come.

"Is Sister Lin going to get married on her fifteenth day? Isn't it just a few years? Sister Shubao and Sister Ying are the biggest here, and they haven't even talked about getting married. Since Sister Lin is already engaged, what should I do in such a hurry? Stay a few more years and let's play together." Shi Xiangyun said first.

I don't want to offend a few people with a single sentence, Yingchun is short-tempered and doesn't feel offended.But Baochai felt that Xiangyun was mocking her. Wouldn't she be fifteen after the new year?Shi Yatou is used to making an appearance of unintentional words, making it difficult for people to tell the truth from the false.

"Sister Xiangyun is right. Sister Lin is still young, so don't pay attention to Mrs. Lao Shiziming and Mrs. An. If we still play together on weekdays, none of you are allowed to leave." Baoyu also said.

"Our girl and Ji's departure from home was decided by my aunt and Ming Hou. Second Master Bao wants our girl to break the contract?" Zi Juan sarcastically ignoring the presence of all the girls.

At this time, Baoyu realized that Daiyu's face was a bit embarrassing.Immediately, he didn't know what to say, he would not give in if he gave in, and he was right, if he gave in to sister Lin, he would leave.

"Thank you for your kindness, but there are still a few years left, what are you talking about now, and Sister Bao and Sister Ying may get married next year." Daiyu said.

Everyone laughed at one sentence, turning the embarrassment into invisible. "Well, girl Lin, I haven't said anything about you yet, but you came to bury me first, I really deserve a beating." Baochai said and pushed Daiyu down on the bed, as if to tickle her.

Others also laughed and cheered from the sidelines. "Sister Bao, take care of Sister Lin's mouth."

A few girls played casually, but Baoyu didn't know how to play, and he also felt unhappy, so he left without saying hello.