The eldest grandson of the Red Chamber

A few days after Minglai left the school, it was the Huachao Festival. Daiyu's birthday was on this day, because she was a junior and not a whole student, so she didn't do anything about it. After meeting Jiamu again, the sisters got together to drink and play.

A group of people held a banquet for the first time since they moved into the Grand View Garden, and they were a little relaxed for a while.Baoyu and Baochai are okay, they used to have yards, but now they just moved to a better one.But Ying, Tan, Xi, Sanchun used to live together in Mrs. Wang's yard, and it was inevitable to be cautious when eating, clothing and walking on weekdays, but now they are in the yard alone, and they feel much refreshed.

Before it was time for lunch, Zicuckoo set out some exquisite tea fruits for the girls to drink.Daiyu grabbed a handful of melon seeds and chatted with Yingchun, and mentioned Minglai inadvertently.

"Sister Ming also came here in the past few years. This year she was not here. I thought there was some reason. Thanks to Zijuan reminding me, sister Ming married to another family. I also know about her life, but I have never felt it. " Daiyu said here and sighed: "Leaving my home, I'm afraid it will be another scene."

"Life is always going well, what's the difference where it is? Ming sister's husband-in-law is favored by her parents, so it may not be worse than at home." Yingchun said and paused here, forgetting the following words.She couldn't help but think of herself, a father doesn't care if mother doesn't love her, and she doesn't know where the future lies.

"Didn't Mrs. Ming come to our house to accept Cai the day before yesterday? The Ming family must have known about Sister Lin's horoscope for a long time. Today, Sister Lin's birthday, that family will inevitably ask a question or two. If my sister is worried about Sister Ming's family, ask a question at that time." It's fine if you don't ask." Tan Chun overheard the conversation between the two, and interrupted with a smile.

Daiyu picked up a peanut from the plate and threw it at Tanchun, pretending to be cold-faced: "Laugh at me again with this, I won't spare you if Tan girl says it again."

"Ms. Ming has only been out of the court for a few days. How is the situation? I have to go back to Nine Days to find out whether it is good or not. Even if Miss Lin went to ask Ming's family, she would not know." Baochai continued with a smile.

Daiyu is today's birthday star, and she cannot escape being ridiculed by her sisters.

"It's Sister Bao who understands, we sisters know the most." After Tanchun finished speaking, he changed seats with Xichun, in case Daiyu would get annoyed and hit her again.

Daiyu was not satisfied with what she heard, but Baochai felt that the words did not sound very pleasant to her ears, so she simply ignored her and signaled Tanchun to look aside with a wink.

Tanchun followed her gaze and looked to the side, and saw Baoyu sitting there drinking cups of tea, uncharacteristically not with her sisters, and the maids were playing and playing, as if they were sulking.After thinking about it, I understood the reason. Whenever I mentioned sister Lin's husband's family, this was what annoyed me the most.Tanchun was afraid of offending him and arousing Mrs. Wang's dissatisfaction, so she didn't dare to say more.

Baoyu really felt bored in her heart. Since sister Lin returned to Yangzhou when she was eight years old, she made a marriage arrangement when she came back.Whenever he saw people mentioning that his sister was engaged, sooner or later it would be someone from another family, etc., he would feel very bored and uncomfortable.It's not that he didn't ask his ancestor, but the ancestor who always gave him everything sighed and easily changed his mind.

In recent years, his younger sister became more and more refined, and the pain in his heart became more and more severe.It's just that if he gets angry and gets sick because of this, not only the ancestors, but also his wife will be unhappy, and sister Lin will get tired of him more and more.I had no choice but to pretend that I couldn't see and my heart was pure, and prayed that Sister Lin would stay in the mansion forever.

Baoyu was sullen in her heart, if it was Baochai, Daiyu would ignore her, then other people's persuasion would not be of much use.Standing behind him, Xiren saw that the atmosphere was a bit delicate, and there were no outsiders here with the girls again, so he simply tried to persuade him in a low voice.

Seeing the two of them whispering their ears quietly, the girls felt bored.So he didn't care about him, and ordered wine when the food was served.

Today was Daiyu's birthday, besides Mother Jia specially ordering the kitchen to add more dishes, Daiyu also put two Huaiyang dishes on the table.A few people ate to their heart's content, and after drinking and eating, they played the piano, fought poems, played chess and painted, chanted and sang all kinds of things, which was very interesting.

The banquet didn't end until the willow shoots were on the moon, and Zijuan stood at the door to send people away one by one, and then turned back into the house.Seeing Daiyu lying sideways on the bed, she seemed tired.Zijuan stepped forward and pushed her: "Girl, don't sleep, it's the most important thing."

Daiyu was just lying on the bed with her eyes slightly closed, not really going to sleep.Today's third sister is right. Brother Ming should remember her birthday today, and she is still waiting for Zijuan's letter.Daiyu sat up, and saw Xueyan come in with a flat box from the side, which was a rare style.Tell her to guess what it is for a while.

"It was delivered at noon today, and several girls were there at that time, so I couldn't take it out. Girl, let's see now?" Zijuan said, and she had already placed a large box on Daiyu's embroidery. bed.

"Why did Uncle Ming send such a big object over here? I can't tell what it is, but it's quite heavy." Xueyan said and sat beside Daiyu with Zijuan.

Daiyu took scissors and cut the silk cloth outside the box, and when she opened the box, she saw that there was still a layer of wrapping inside.Zijuan carefully pulled off the outer layer, and immediately heard Zijuan exclaimed, and he couldn't help taking a breath when he saw clearly what was in front of him. "Girl, this?"

It is not uncommon to send paintings. The birthday gift given by the fourth girl today is also a hand-painted painting, but this painting looks like a rubbing of a real person. It is too realistic. Zijuan looked at it carefully and couldn't help shaking her arms , a bit creepy.

Daiyu remained silent after looking at the painting. The middle ground of the painting was the same as the one that was put away on the lantern in the library a few days ago, but with the color, the characters suddenly became brighter.

Daiyu pointed to the candlestick on the table and signaled Zijuan to take it.If you take a closer look with the lamp, you can see that it is rough, not as shocking and amazing as it was just opened.Daiyu remembered that she had seen similar paintings at her father's when she was young, and heard her father said that it was the technique of Xiyi.Unexpectedly, that person would know how to do it, and he looked quite accomplished.

Daiyu stared at this work named by Mingxu as Bai Xue Hanmei, feeling a little delicate, so in his eyes, she was like this?

Daiyu moved the painting and looked at it inch by inch, studying it very carefully.Seeing Daiyu's face about to be pasted on the painting, Zijuan came up with an idea: the girl has been seduced by her soul.

"Girl, it's getting late, why don't we watch it tomorrow." Zijuan tentatively said.

Daiyu stroked the words written on the back of the wooden board with her fingers, "Gift to Miss Lin, congratulations to Qing Fangchen on the [-]th February Flower Festival." Zhan Yan smiled, "I won't read it, and I won't read it tomorrow, put away Zijuan, Don't tell Si Yatou to see her, she will go crazy if she sees it."

Zijuan didn't understand Daiyu's sudden appearance, and also didn't understand why Daiyu, who had always been a bit of an idiot, didn't take a look at the painting at dawn, and then took another look at the painting in her hand before putting it away.

Put away the things and put them away, when Zijuan came back, she saw that Daiyu was still asleep, looking straight at her, and beckoned her to bed when she came back: "Zijuan, what do you think I should make?"

"You mean a return gift to Uncle Ming? Today is the girl's birthday, so there is no need to return." Zijuan sat by the bed, pretending to be puzzled.

"He was born in April, so it's better to prepare early. Besides, he may have already gone south by then, so we should have done it earlier." Daiyu knew that Zijuan was teasing her, so she let it go.

"Girl can just do whatever she wants, I think Uncle Ming won't mind?" Zijuan said with some uncertainty, there is really nothing to return, but just follow the trend to make a purse, fan bag and so on.

Seeing that Zijuan didn't make any constructive suggestions, Daiyu turned around and began to think for herself.

Ming Mansion, Sa Ran Residence.

Mingxu didn't expect that the little girl would be embarrassed to return the gift by giving him a painting, he was busy with his own business.Today, everything is over, and he is about to devote himself to the great cause of study.

A few days ago when my sister came out of the cabinet, he accompanied his father to receive many sons of powerful officials, and realized that the children of other people's families were really good. The young people in the capital may not be as talented as the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, but most of them are He has both civil and martial arts, and his comprehensive quality is very high, and his communication is even more precocious.

Maybe he is as pampered as Jia Baoyu, but now Mingxu can't see it, he only finds his own shortcomings, so he encourages himself to change from an ordinary person to not so ordinary as much as possible.

It is only half a year away from Qiu Wei, and Ming Xu has been studying at home behind closed doors these days.Ming Lai only came out once after returning home on the [-]th, Ming Xu felt relieved seeing that her elder sister looked good and her actions were not much different from when she was at home.

The days were like running water, and it entered March in a blink of an eye. Ming Xie set a date to return to Jiangnan, and the Ming family also packed up their mood and made preparations.Seeing that the return date is approaching, Ming Xu's uncle's cousin Song Feng suddenly came to the door one day, and went directly to Ming Xu's Sa Ran Residence.

"Why did you come here? Have you met my mother?" Mingxu and this cousin are in the same year, and several cousins ​​are also the closest to him, so they don't have so many scruples when talking.

"Where I dare to see my aunt, if she asks me why I'm here, it will be over." Song Feng's expression was not as usual, and he looked at Ming Xu with worry in his eyes.

"Why did you come? Tell me directly." Ming Xu knew this cousin a little bit, and seeing him like this, he knew that something might really happen.

Song Feng didn't flinch, and immediately took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Ming Xu, Ming Xu took it and unfolded it, and it was a few poems he copied: "Xia Xiaoyun and Yun Wei let it lay out, and the frogs in the alley don't even listen to the truth."The pillow is lightly cold and the rain outside the window, the spring in front of my eyes is like a dreamer...

Mingxu just glanced at a few words, suddenly a bright light flashed in his heart, he quickly grabbed Song Feng's hand: "Where did you get these?"

"I listened to people in Guozi and said that some frivolous brothers in a classmate's family wrote such poems on the top of the fan. It is said that it came from the Rongguo Mansion, and it was written by a twelve or thirteen-year-old child in their family. After finishing speaking, Song Feng didn't dare to look at Mingxu's face, he knew that the future cousin lived in Rongguo Mansion, so he came to look for his cousin immediately after learning about it.