Prequel to the Red Chamber: I Am the Second Wife

Leaving aside the nasty things in the East Mansion, Xiangling found her family back. Aunt Xue also felt sad seeing how Feng Shi treated Xiangling. So he made up his mind and asked someone to invite Feng Shilai to express his agreement with the Zhen family and his wife to take Xiangling home.Zhen Shiyin and his wife were stunned in disbelief when they heard Aunt Xue's words. Although Xiangling was their daughter, the Xue family was her current master after all. I didn't expect the Xue family to agree to let her go so readily.Aunt Xue wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said to Feng, "I also have a daughter, but it's a pity that I can't see each other after entering the palace. The hearts of mothers are the same all over the world. You lost half your life for your daughter, but I can still see her." Will you be separated again?" Aunt Xue told Xiangling to come out, and told her to pack up her things and go home with her parents immediately.

The Zhen family couple were stunned for a while in disbelief, then knelt down and said to Aunt Xue: "We will never forget Madam's kindness."

When everyone in Jia's family heard that Xiangling was going back, they all went to say goodbye or give things away, Zili took a few girls to say goodbye, and Yingchun brought some needles, thread and books.Zili gave Xiangling a box and said: "I just hold you and love them as much as they do. Now that you want to go back with this little thing, let me hold it for you to think about." Xiangling looked at the pearls inside. Hairpin jewelry are all glittering and shining treasures, she is a little afraid to take them, Aunt Xue said with a smile: "You accept it, just remember the wife's favor. If she hadn't reminded me at the time, I would not have thought of asking someone to come Looking for your family." Hearing this, Xiangling knew that Zili had helped her, she came over to kowtow to thank Zili, and accepted Zili's gift.Mother Jia also had gifts, and Sister Feng also sent some bolts of satin and 100 taels of silver.Ping'er and other girls who are close friends with Xiangling also gave gifts to each other, and the gifts that the Zhen family got when they left the capital were worth thousands of gold.Zhen Shiyin boarded the boat with his family and left, only Xue Pan was a little unhappy, but unfortunately he didn't dare to show it because of Aunt Xue's nagging.

As soon as they left Xiangling, the marriage between Daiyu and Shixiang was settled. Jia Min just came to the capital with a lot of things at hand, so he could only ask Zili to help with the cooking. Zili watched Daiyu alone. The family was also very lonely, so they said that they had picked up Daiyu to come to the house for a few days.Since Jia Min and Zili spoke clearly last time, the two of them let go of their suspicions and got along more harmoniously.Mother Jia was also very happy to hear that Daiyu was coming to stay for a few days, she hurriedly asked Zili to get someone to pick her up, and at the same time told Yuanyang to find some of her own body to add makeup to Daiyu.In the end, it was because Daiyu valued her niece a lot in the past few years, and he asked Zili to prepare some good things for Daiyu to make her beautiful.

Waiting for the day when Daiyu was surrounded by a group of women and maids, Mother Jia saw that her granddaughter who was about to get married burst into tears first, and she held Daiyu in her arms and cried: "I love your mother the most, looking at you like a Seeing your mother's appearance at the beginning. Although the girl's parents should get married when they grow up, I really can't bear you. After you get married, you will belong to someone else's family. You can't be free when you go home to see your parents, let alone come to see me as an old woman. I don’t know when and what month we will see each other again.”

Zili thought that Shixiang would go to participate in the spring at the beginning of spring. Hearing Wang Ziteng's tone and the meaning of Shixiang, he would not stay in the capital as a Taiping official, so Shixiang would definitely be let go. At that time, I didn't know that the world was far and wide, and thinking of this, Zili was also a little sad.In Zili's heart, Daiyu is like his half daughter. When Zili and Jia Mu were feeling sad, Sister Feng hurriedly smiled and said, "Sister Lin is overjoyed, why haven't I seen my sister look more beautiful in a few days? I couldn’t believe it when I took a quick look just now, I wondered where did the fairy come from?”

Mother Jia slowly regained her composure, and said to Sister Feng: "Forget it, your sister is thin-skinned and you still tease her." Standing, tell her to sit down, didn’t you tell you to rest a long time ago, what are you doing here, I know you are filial in your heart, but filial piety is not about this. Just say what I say, from now on you just feel at ease I'm raising him, and I'm not allowed to come out until the full moon. I'm even pointing to having another great-grandson."

Probably because people are really refreshed on happy occasions, Zili saw that Daiyu's complexion was indeed much better than before, and Daiyu's face actually showed a rare light pink color, she stepped forward and pulled Daiyu to sit beside her, carefully look up and down.After a while, Zili nodded in satisfaction and said to Daiyu, "It's still because we didn't take good care of her. Look at her complexion after going home for a few days."

"My aunt's words have wronged me. The old lady and my aunt and sisters are all very kind to me here. My aunt is more caring and considerate to me than the sisters. If I forget the kindness of my aunt and the old lady, who will I be?" It’s just that my parents and I haven’t seen each other for a long time, and now I’m happy to be reunited. My parents are very grateful to the old lady and aunt, and tell me that I must be filial to the old lady and aunt in the future.” She trusted and relied on Zili even more, listening to her aunt's words, she knew that she was reluctant to part with her, so Daiyu leaned in Zili's arms, comforting her aunt.

You are really sensible, the old lady didn't hurt you in vain!Zili stretched out his hand to hold Daiyu in his arms, caressing her bun.Daiyu's mother-in-law smiled and said, "Yesterday, my master and wife said that our girl is lucky to be cared for by the old lady and the second wife. They will remember this kindness forever."

Mother Jia sighed, "It's all the family saying what to do."

After talking for a while, Daiyu went to the garden with her sisters. Daiyu's house had been kept as it was, and Zili had someone clean it every day.Now that Daiyu comes, she can live in immediately. The sisters went to Daiyu to talk together. Tanchun talked about the recent family affairs: "You have missed a lot of things these few days, and Yun girl came to start a poem with Baoyu." Society, it’s interesting for everyone to write poems together, and I’ll show you the poems I wrote.” Daiyu became interested in listening to the poems, and took a closer look at everyone’s poems one by one, and couldn’t help it when she met them. Cheers. "It's a pity that I can't participate. If I can still join Yishe, I would die willingly." Daiyu felt very regretful.

"Actually, there is an even more miraculous thing. Xiangling from Aunt Xue's house has found her biological parents, and she has gone home with them. When Xiangling was leaving, she was still thinking about you teaching her to compose poetry. She I don’t know if we can see each other again after leaving. It’s even more deserted without her.” Yingchun thought of what happened to Xiangling, her face was a little lonely, Daiyu was about to get married, and there were suddenly fewer people in the garden Many, Yingchun felt dissatisfied and a little uneasy when she thought about what Mrs. Xing said in her words recently to tell her about her husband's family.

"Xiangling is also a hard-working person. Who knows that God has eyes and didn't bury her. Her parents are also caring. After all these years, they finally found their lost daughter. The second sister doesn't have to be sad. I think if there is fate, she will We can see you again." Without saying a word, Xiangyun hurried in: "Sister Lin, I'm here!" It turned out that Mother Jia also brought Xiangyun here today.Xiangyun and Daiyu haven't seen each other for a long time, and they became more affectionate when they saw each other. Xiangyun smiled and said, "Sister Lin is overjoyed, I heard that the day for you to leave the court has been fixed, and you will be a bride." Daiyu smiled slightly. Yihong spat shyly and timidly without saying a word, Tanchun pulled Xiangyun's sleeve with a smile, Xiangyun ignored Tanchun and joked: "I want to see what kind of character brother-in-law Lin is, who can call you so noble people are willing to marry."

Xichun didn't realize that Xiangyun was teasing Daiyu, so she said in a daze, "Sister Xiangyun is really confused. Everyone knows that Sister Lin is betrothed to my wife's nephew, and he has lived in our house for a while? Why did you say that?" I haven't seen it before."

Xiangyun was disturbed by Xichun, and he couldn't make a joke. He stomped on Xichun angrily and said, "Who doesn't know it? I want you to tell me. I mean, some people have a high face, but in their hearts, it's not like that. When I saw Gao Zhi, I forgot to pretend to be noble.” As soon as she said this, Daiyu’s face darkened immediately, and Tanchun also felt that Xiangyun was too busy interrupting her words: “You have been chattering since then, and you can’t be quiet. Parents are the ones who decide the big things, and we, as girls, can still pick and choose. Sister Lin is also tired, so you can take a rest." Tanchun said, pulling Xiangyun to leave.

Xiangyun rolled his eyes unconvinced and didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.When he was in embarrassment, Zijuan's voice sounded outside: "Second master is here, please come inside, the girls are all here." As he spoke, he opened the curtain and Baoyu came in and looked at Daiyu blankly, his eyes seemed to have a thousand words but He couldn't say a word, and just stared at Daiyu in a daze.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Tanchun took Xiangyun's hand and frowned at her. Xiangyun's mouth was unforgiving. She and Baoyu grew up beside Jia's mother, and she couldn't see Baoyu sad.This time Daiyu was engaged, how could Xiangyun let it go easily, but Xiangyun was too ignorant of the seriousness, and made Daiyu unhappy by saying pretending to be noble in front of these people.Xiangyun turned a blind eye to Tanchun's eyes, she snorted and refused to leave. Instead, she broke free from Tanchun's hand and went to Baoyu's side to help him sit down: "Sister Lin is so happy and confused, why did she forget to invite you?" Brother Bao, sit down."

Seeing that something was wrong, Tanchun hurriedly gave Shishu a wink, and Shishu immediately slipped out quietly to report to Zili with the understanding.Seeing Baoyu's infatuated look, Daiyu's heart ached, she didn't expect Baoyu to become like this for herself.But he is just a brother and sister to Baoyu.But Baoyu acted like this, obviously to embarrass her. People say that there is a way to be feared. Why don't those villains take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble when Baoyu does this?Baoyu has always been considerate and caring for his sisters, and he was also indebted to him when he came here.Baoyu has always been careful, so how could he not know that the girl's family reputation is the most important thing, and if he still does this, it is clearly killing himself!

Thinking of this, Daiyu's heart for Baoyu is completely ashamed!Daiyu sat there expressionless and ignored Baoyu, and the two of them were so relatively silent, and they were deadlocked together.Xiangyun wanted to say something on the sidelines, but was dragged away by Tanchun and Yingchun. When he went outside, Xiangyun said angrily: "You are biased, I am not afraid of her! Baoyu is your real brother, why are you still elbowing her?" Turn outside!"

"Sister Yun!" Tanchun snorted Xiangyun's complaints in a low voice. When she looked up and saw Zili coming with a few maids, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "My wife is here!" Tanchun walked to Zili with a few steps Holding her hand, Xiangyun walked into the house, seeing Zili coming, he didn't dare to stand up to help Baoyu, and could only hide aside, the mosquito moaned: "Second wife."

Zili glanced at Xiangyun, sighed silently, and asked indifferently, "Young girl Yun is here. I haven't seen you come after waiting for a long time. I just thought that girl Yun went to my sisters first for fun. Sure enough. You little sisters have a good relationship, so you really came to see your sister Lin first."

A crisp sound came from the room interrupting Xiangyun's words, followed by Zijuan's voice: "Second Master, what are you doing!"