Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

Carved beams and painted buildings, exotic flowers and plants, embellish the colorfulness of spring, just like Danqing from a famous teacher. Daiyu stands under the parrot stand, with no lines in the linen clothes, no decoration on the top of the hair, and no makeup on the face. Lively is out of place.

After hearing Xiangyun's words and witnessing Xiangyun's appearance, Daiyu responded with a playful smile: "Excuse me!"

When everyone, including Shi Xiangyun, was stunned, she straightened her back and walked gracefully up to the moss-stained steps. Her clothes fluttered and her sleeves swayed. The smile that made all the flowers in the courtyard pale, seemed ironic but not ironic, cold and not cold, soft yet hard, and said: "The position of county head is all due to the gift of the sage and the shadow of my father. It is not me." I am so ashamed of my kindness, how can I rely on this in front of the Qianjin of the Hou family?"

Although she no longer has any parents to rely on, and she lives under the umbrella of others, Daiyu has never been a person who can swallow her anger. Everyone knows her sharp tongue. Since refused to let.Daiyu was born with exquisite seven orifices, how could she not hear what Shi Xiangyun said?

Shi Xiangyun had a problem in his heart, and when he heard this, he blushed immediately, and he didn't know what to say to him.

Baoyu just smiled at the side, and Baochai hurriedly smiled at Daiyu: "The sisters are all in the old lady's room, and the old lady is waiting for Sister Lin to join her." a piece of mind.

In the past, although Daiyu was deeply loved by Jia's mother, the highest status among the sisters was Shi Xiangyun, the eldest daughter of a historian with two lords. Needless to say, I and Daiyu, the Xue family is an imperial merchant, the Lin family has no nobles, as the niece of Baolinghou, and the grandniece of Jiamu's natal family, she grew up in the Rongguo Mansion, Xiangyun is naturally not afraid of people when she does things. When I came to Jia's mansion, even though I lived with Daiyu, I often competed with her.

Now that Daiyu is suddenly named the head of the county, her status is comparable to that of the daughter of the county king. She can no longer be considered in terms of family status, but has a distinction between monarch and minister. How can she be compared to the niece of Lord Hou?Therefore, Xiangyun's dialect is not just a joke.

Daiyu glanced at Baochai and said with a smile, "Father is filial, so as not to offend grandma, let me change clothes."

After finishing speaking, he turned and went back to the room, not caring about the embarrassment Xiangyun encountered.Although she doesn't like Baochai hiding traitors in her heart, she has to say that Baochai is indeed a smart person. After she lost her father and went to Beijing, she never heard her say the word "twinkle" again, and now she is helping Xiangyun again. It can be seen With a clear mind, it's no wonder that Xiangyun admired Baochai everywhere since she entered the mansion.

When Daiyu came out, Xiangyun was no longer in front of the door. Only Baochai and Baoyu were standing at the foot of the steps talking while watching the maidservants coming and going in the courtyard. One face was like a silver basin and the other was like a full moon. into the picture.

Walking down the steps, the three entered Jiamu's room.

At that time, Xiangyun was leaning against Jiamu, laughing and saying that he was not affected by the past, and his heart was broad, which can be seen.

Mother Jia was already smiling when she heard Xiangyun talking, but when she saw Daiyu walking in, her smile was even better than before, but when she saw Baochai and Baoyu walking together, her eyes dimmed slightly, and she waved to Daiyu, "Yu'er is coming to grandma soon." Come by your side, if Baoyu doesn't look for you, you won't come here, can you forget your grandmother?" Even so, his tone was still full of love.

Daiyu hurriedly said: "Even if I forget others, I don't dare to forget my grandmother. The friends and relatives in my grandmother's room come and go, all for the joy of celebrating the conferment of the queen. good."

Mother Jia sighed, showing pity in her eyes, and reprimanded: "You are too careful, why are you doing this?"

Daiyu smiled faintly, and sat down on the chair below.

For a while, the servant girl brought up the tea fruit and was eating it when Sister Feng suddenly came in from the outside, changing her previous wind-like speed, followed by Ping'er. Seeing her smiling and Ping'er's shy face, everyone listened Jia Mu asked with a smile: "Ping'er has been away for a long time, why are you here today?"

Sister Feng laughed and said, "It's a happy event, a great happy event."

The young sisters didn't understand what it meant, Du Baochai's heart moved, and she heard Jia's mother ask what it was, and Sister Feng replied with a smile: "Ping'er's hoof is blessed, and you will be happy when you enter the door. Today, it's full of three For months, I came here specially to say good news to our ancestors.”

Except for Baochai who had a slight guess, the rest of the faces were all surprised.

After hearing this, Jia's mother applauded. She glanced at Ping'er's abdomen lightly, and said, "It's a happy event, indeed! Ping'er is truly blessed. I will live a good life in the future, and when I give birth to a big fat boy, I will bring her to you." Show me. Yuanyang, Yuanyang, you have been with Heping for several years, choose some good things to reward her."

Ping'er hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

Taking advantage of the mandarin ducks to fetch things, Daiyu looked at Ping'er, and saw that she was covered in silk and jewels, and she was no worse dressed than in the mansion, on the contrary, she looked more radiant. She didn't see the faint sadness between her brows in the past, which can be seen Jialian and Sister Feng dismissed her. She went out just as she wanted.

Ping'er is smart and handsome, very popular and valued in the mansion, after Jia's mother, everyone congratulates her.

When Ping'er left, he had dinner in Jiamu's room and chatted for a while before everyone went back to their room to sleep. Xiangyun still rested with Daiyu in Daiyu's room and played together the next day.

Xiangyun did not live in Rongguo Mansion for a long time, and the historian came to pick her up within a few days, and she never came back when the Shengqin Villa was completed in April and May, but because Baoyu had inscribed a plaque in the Shengqin Villa, the sisters were very curious, and then they all went After a stroll in it, they each drew up couplets on plaques and couplets in places that Baoyu had never drawn up, and Daiyu's ones were used without changing a word.

In the twinkling of an eye, it entered August, and everything was red and green was fading. Seeing that the Rongguo Mansion was in a hurry, Daiyu remembered her father's anniversary sacrifice in more than half a month. After discussing, I intend to go to the temple in advance to save my father.

How could Mother Jia agree to allow Daiyu to go out alone?Kuang Rongguo's mansion was busy with visiting relatives, so how could they add to the sorrow of offering sacrifices, and was about to persuade them tactfully, when Daiyu said: "If you can't be filial to your parents, what about your children? In the past, you couldn't keep filial piety and worship for your mother quietly. Although the world is ashamed, but because of his youth and low status, no one cares about it, so he is immune to criticism. Now that he has received the grace of a saint, since he is the county lord, he should be strict with himself, so as not to leave a story for the world The ridicule will bring disaster to my grandmother's house."

If these words were in the past, Daiyu would not have dared to say them. Her father was still alive during her mother's funeral and held an important position. However, in Jia's mansion, there is no need to talk about sacrifices. Under the arrangement of the mother, there is nowhere to sacrifice to the mother, and there is no place to sacrifice during the festival of melons and fruits, let alone no parents at this time?It's also fortunate that she has a title, and rewards are given out on birthdays and festivals, so she doesn't have to swallow her anger, so she can honor her father's filial piety in this year.

When Jia's mother heard the words, she had to agree to Daiyu's request, and ordered Sister Feng to arrange for Jia Lian to see him off.

Sister Feng originally wanted to arrange for her to go to Tiekan Temple, but Daiyu shook her head and refused, saying: "Second sister-in-law, I just want to find a clean place outside the square, Tiekan Temple and Shuiyue Nunnery are too rich and noble. , Many monks and nuns are polluted by the world of mortals. Without the sesame oil money, I can’t do anything. I’m not reluctant to part with the sesame oil money, but I just hate their behavior. There is a small temple on the back mountain of Iron Net Mountain, which is full of ascetic monks. They are self-sufficient and do not accept money for sesame oil from outsiders. Because the abbot has a strange habit, the incense is not very prosperous. I have asked Mama Lin to look for it outside the mansion. They hurriedly made monk robes and shoes, and prepared rice, noodles, vegetables, firewood, etc., and planned to live there for two months and read scriptures for 49 days to my parents."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "My sister, you have even prepared the monk's robes and shoes for the temple, how can I refuse? If that's the case, I'll send someone to tell them so that they can clean it up."

"It doesn't have to be like this. All living beings are equal. How can there be any reason for other pilgrims to avoid it? I have brought so many people with me. It is not too late to go out early, and it is not too late to clean the meditation room when I arrive. There is no need to bother the masters." Daiyu listened to Madam Liu Said that the incense there is not only not very prosperous, it should be said that it is inaccessible, so don't worry about being bumped into.

According to Sister Feng's arrangement, Daiyu's car and sedan chairs were prescribed, and she only needed to arrange the car followed by her servants.

When he got to the mountain temple of Iron Net Mountain, Jia Lian was startled and urged Daiyu to turn around.

So where is this a temple?It was a ruined temple.Although there are dozens of halls and meditation rooms in the temple, they have not reached the point where the walls are leaking, but the paint on the walls is peeling off, the words on the plaques and door couplets are blurred, and the temple gates and gateposts have no red paint. There are only traces of the weather, only the color of the logs that have been ravaged by wind and frost, and a large area of ​​land has been opened around the temple, where crops, fruits and vegetables are planted, creating an autumn landscape.

When Daiyu went up the mountain, she had already left the car and took the sedan chair. After listening to Jia Lian's words, she looked out through the screen window. Several monks who came out of the temple were thin, with disheveled faces, and their robes were also patched. Life is very poor, unlike the nuns she saw in Shuiyue Nunnery in Rongguo Mansion, all of them are round and smooth, and they are eloquent.

"It's a place of pure cultivation, this is beyond the world of mortals." This is the pure place for parents.

Mother Liu ordered the servants and the bearers to retreat down the mountain. Jia Lian and the four eunuchs were the only ones in front of her. Then she asked Daiyu to get off the sedan chair and saluted the monk. Daiyu showed no trace of self-confidence, and said respectfully: " The 27th is the memorial ceremony for the anniversary of my late father, and I have to ask Master to recite the scriptures for my late father and mother for 79 days to save him."

First, an extremely old monk clasped his hands together and recited a Buddhist name: "Don't dare to do it, please come from Tanyue."

Stepping into the main hall of the temple, Daiyu felt more at ease.

Although the body of the Buddha and the body of the Bodhisattva in the temple are all flakes of gold lacquer, and the clay sculptures are exposed everywhere, the inside and outside of the temple are cleaned cleanly, there is no smell of powder, only the fragrance is wafting.

Even the meditation room that the old abbot arranged for them to live in was very clean and did not need to be cleaned.

Jia Lian advised Daiyu not to, but to leave first.