Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

It was already winter at that time, the yellow flowers were all gone, and the dead branches were bleak.

Seeing the sisters from these families, all of them were born like spring onions, especially Baochai's cousin named Xue Baoqin was the most outstanding, with bright eyes and white teeth, delicate and charming, she was really the first-class stunning person.Daiyu also felt happy in her heart, and felt sad after the second time. Others had relatives who either defected or were guests.

Mother Liu persuaded her for a long time, and said: "Girl, don't be sad. Although the girl has lost her parents, compared to those who have no father, no mother, no place to live, and can't even afford to eat, they are so sad. It's a hundred times stronger."

Daiyu laughed through tears, and said, "Hearing Mammy say that, I feel like I'm being hypocritical."

He picked up a handkerchief embroidered with orchid grass and was about to wipe away his tears. After being notified, Baoyu hurried over from Jiamu's room. I cried in the room. Sister, don’t be sad, they have relatives, am I not my sister’s brother? My sister is closer than them!”

One sentence made the whole room laugh out loud.

Daiyu wiped away the tears and said, "You are not talking to them in the grandmother's room, what are you doing here?"

Baoyu said: "Aren't you afraid that my sister will feel sad when she sees their relatives? Now that my sister is well, I'll go back to Yihong Courtyard and tell Xiren and them to come and see Sister Bao's sister and sister-in-law." The younger sister and the eldest wife's niece are really the condensed form of all the beauty in the world!" After finishing speaking, he hurriedly went to the Grand View Garden.

After he left, Daiyu washed her face and said to Nanny Liu: "In my opinion, since there are more people, it must be lively. I'm afraid that the Begonia Club will also prosper. During this period of time, people come and go, call our room Be more careful here, Mo Yin bumped into someone recklessly."

Grandma Liu should be.

Suddenly, a framed picture of remembering her father was sent outside, and Daiyu couldn't help but shed tears again.

Mother Liu knew nothing else, but Dulin Ruhai was different in Daiyu's heart, and she felt sad when she saw it, and signaled to Zihao Zijuan and others to persuade her, and sealed five hundred coins to the two women who brought the painting , Said: "The money is for the two of you to drink and eat, to drive away the cold, and the other 12 taels of silver is for the craftsman's wages. You get two doors for the craftsman who sent the painting."

The mother-in-law beamed with joy, and thankfully took the money and went out.

Daiyu stared at the picture of reminiscing her father, and she was out of her mind for a long time. She ordered people to put it away, and then took out the orchid grass, savoring it carefully. Suddenly, Baoyu and Tanchun came from Jiamu's room. Came out of the Grand View Garden, and Tanchun smiled and said: "The old lady has forced the wife to recognize Sister Baoqin as her goddaughter. Our poetry club is very lively. We should start the club tomorrow. I think it's better to spend a few days." When they get acquainted with us, we will set up a poetry club again, one to be lively, and the other to cleanse them up."

Daiyu said: "You are the owner of the society, and you are the one who decides. I just told Mother Liu and the others earlier, and it is exactly as I expected."

Baoyu saw the bluegrass on the table at a glance, and exclaimed: "It's so elegant! Where did my sister get the bluegrass? I haven't seen it in these days. My sister is not at home in September, and there are two clubs missing. Tomorrow, my sister will start a club. I need to write more poems. I think this orchid is really good, even better than my crabapple in autumn. Tomorrow we should change the name to Lanshe and write orchid poems."

Daiyu said anxiously: "Don't get close to it! I've managed to raise it till now, and I don't smell masculinity at all!"

Baoyu immediately stood still. Hearing this, he was not angry but happy. He nodded and said, "My sister is right. The orchid grass is so elegant and clean as a daughter in the boudoir. Don't let me be insulted by such a man."

But Daiyu suddenly changed her mind and said: "You are not considered a man, but I have gone too far."

Tanchun listened, and laughed out loud.

The strangeness of Baoyu lies in his girl-like character and respect for his sisters in the family. Daiyu's words completely regard Baoyu as a sister in the boudoir.

Baoyu was happy when he heard this, and even more believed that Daiyu was a confidant.

Just as they were talking, Yu Chuan'er came to call Tanchun, saying that his wife was looking for her. Tanchun hurriedly said goodbye to Daiyu and Baoyu, and went out first.

Daiyu was not in the Rongguo Mansion last month, something happened to Yuanyang, Jia She took a fancy to her and wanted to take her as a concubine, and ordered Mrs. Xing to be a matchmaker in person. Mother Jia broke her hair and vowed not to marry. At that time, Mother Jia vented her anger on Mrs. Wang, and Tanchun came over to speak for Mrs. Wang. After that, Mrs. Wang valued Tanchun more and more.

After Daiyu heard about it, she guessed that Jia She might not be just greedy for sex. Compared with the maidservants in Jia She's room, the mandarin ducks paled a lot. I am afraid that Jia She had taken a fancy to the important position of mandarin ducks in Jia Mu's room, in charge of everything Jia Mu had. Ladder own things.

Life in the mansion has been difficult this year, with more going out and less coming in, everywhere is tight, and the mansion still pays attention to ostentation everywhere, for fear of letting people know the fact that the mansion is full of food.More than once, Daiyu heard the maids complaining in private that although the monthly salary of the maids serving in Jiamu’s courtyard has not decreased, the clothes and meals in the four seasons are not as good as before, and the first and second-class maids only eat meat, vegetables, soup and rice. If the little servant girl can't eat the leftover food from the master, she usually can't even taste any meat, and the monthly salary of the aunt's servant girl is even halved.

Li Wan is a meticulous person, originally he made meals as usual everywhere, eating a few mouthfuls of what he liked, rewarding those he didn't like, and ordering extra what he wanted, it wasted a lot.Nowadays, except for Jia Mu’s room where the water sign is still turned to eat, everyone else has a kitchen to ask what they want to eat, and cook according to the order, saving a lot of dishes that they don’t like.

Thinking of this, Daiyu asked Baoyu, "Have you settled the accounts in the mansion?"

Baoyu was stretching her neck to admire the orchids. Hearing the sound, she turned her head and said, "What's the deal? What's the good sister asking for this?"

Daiyu glanced at him and said: "Calculate how much income and expenditure the mansion has in a year. Whether the income is greater than the expenditure and there is a surplus, or the expenditure exceeds the income and there is a deficit. Calculate how much money is enough for you." The big and small expenses of Yihong Courtyard."

Baoyu only felt a headache in his head, and said, "What are you doing? It doesn't give me a headache. My dear sister, since when did you learn to settle accounts like a housekeeper? If you are short of money, I will quietly deposit it in my study without telling the attackers." More than 200 taels of silver, forty or fifty gold and silver zippers, two or three gold ingots, and more than a dozen pieces of jewellery. After a while, I will send tea to my sister. If it is not enough, my sister will send someone to ask my sister-in-law Yes, my uncle gave our family 5 taels of silver, just for my sister."

Daiyu wondered, "Since when did you hide your ladder from the attackers?"

Baoyu sighed, and said: "In the old year, Qin Zhong was seriously ill. His family had only one old father, who was always poor, and his sister was gone. Brother Zhen and Rong'er in the East Mansion didn't care. Master Qin didn't even have the medicine for Qin Zhong to make up for his body. Money to buy, but the money and things in my room are under the control of the attacker, so I can't let me make the decision. She knows that a silver key is missing. Medicine. When the Qin family was planning to sell the land to buy high-quality medicinal materials for Qin Zhong, Liu Xianglian, the second brother Liu, was very generous. He and Wei Ruolan made a fortune, and took a large sum of money, and finally healed Qin Zhong. .Later, I secretly saved money without telling the attackers, so as not to encounter such things in the future, I won’t even be able to take out a tael of silver.”

Daiyu smiled, and had a deep understanding of Xiren's position in Baoyu's room. She thought for a while and said, "It's not that I'm short of money. I am deeply worried that you have never realized that the mansion is not as good as it used to be? My sister-in-law butler only saves in small areas, but the big areas are the same as before.

After hearing this, Baoyu laughed and said, "I don't care about these things, and my sister doesn't have to worry about it. Whoever they short, they can't short our sisters."

After dinner, Daiyu went back to her room, and just after taking a bath, there was a tea smoke probing her head at the second door and calling Zijuan.

Zijuan came back after going out, with a heavy burden in her hand, and said with a smile: "I said that the second master is an idiot, which is really good. The girl said in the daytime that she is not short of money, but he was still afraid that the girl would be embarrassed to say so, so Tete sent Ming When the cigarettes were delivered, I was told to keep quiet, saying that he came here evasively, and whenever anyone asked, he would say that the girl asked the second master for the book."

Under the lamp, the burden is opened, and the eyes are full of gold and silver, and the jewels are shining.

After counting carefully, I weighed them again with gongzi, which totaled more than 270 taels of silver. The total weight of 36 gold scorpions was 21 taels of taels, the total weight of 21 silver scorpions was 16 taels of taels, and the total weight of three gold ingots was 30 taels. , the rest of the dozen or so pieces of jewelry are all gold carvings and jade carvings, and the jewels are strung together. The things in Baoyu's hands are not bad, and they are worth seven or eight hundred taels of silver at a glance.

Zijuan laughed again and said: "Mingyan said what the second master Bao said. These girls will use it first. If it is not enough, he will save it for the girl. If it is enough, he will ask Mingyan to send it. When he can get some new year's money in the next year, he will pay for it." Don't let the attacker know."

Daiyu felt funny at first, and then moved, and said: "If the whole house treats me sincerely, the only ones are my grandmother and Baoyu." , I have treated myself a lot, but to be honest, it is still Jiamu and Baoyu, and others are not so pure.

Sighing for a while, Daiyu ordered Nanny Liu to put it away first, and called Nanny Liu to come to the bed before going to bed, and whispered: "Since Baoyu has money, he has saved so much in one or two years, so there is no need to send things back to him." Tomorrow, I will quietly order the little eunuch to leave the mansion. First, I will convert these jewels, and then buy a house together with the gold and silver. The rest will be bought with a few acres of land, and temporarily put it under my name, as a gift to Baoyu. It’s a way out. Even if he lives in the future, he will feel refreshed, and I didn’t give it to him.”

Mother Liu was surprised and said: "The mansion is fine, no one is favored by Second Master Bao, so how can we get ready for the future?"

Daiyu shook her head and said: "This mansion only looks like a brocade of flowers, but it is actually vulnerable to internal and external troubles. It's fine if grandma didn't separate the family when she was there. If the family is separated, the character of the eldest uncle has been lost all these years." Living in the east courtyard, I don't know how to fight with my second uncle. Such a proud family is not afraid of outsiders coming in, but they are afraid of fighting first, not to mention that not only their own people have resentment against each other, but also how many people have clean hands except for the sisters. What? I heard a while ago that for a few fans, Mr. Yucun slandered the stone nerd and copied the fan as an official price and gave it to the uncle, and Lian's second brother tried to persuade him, but he was beaten up."

Speaking of this, Daiyu sighed, and said melancholy: "After all, it's not our own home. We can't control it, we can't talk about it. I said the future of the mansion is not good. I'm afraid they will curse me and curse them! Although I don't know the future. How about it, but in the end it is more at ease to arrange a retreat route, so as not to even have the opportunity to arrange it.”

Not to mention anything else, the crime of being short of money in Rongguo Mansion alone is very serious, not to mention that Mrs. Wang did a lot of things such as champering lawsuits and extorting money when she was young.

Moreover, compared with Ningguo Mansion's crimes, Rongguo Mansion's crimes are insignificant. I am afraid that Ningguo Mansion will also implicate Rongguo Mansion.

After hearing this, Grandma Liu admired her deeply.

Early the next morning, Nanny Liu ordered the little eunuch to go out to change the jewels, and then inquire about the houses and fields.There are dignitaries everywhere in the capital, and it is not easy to buy a suitable courtyard in the capital.

Don't mention Daiyu's plan, but talk about the guests from the mansion.

Last night, Mother Jia refused to let Baoqin live in the Grand View Garden, but slept with her.

As for the others, Mrs. Xing's niece, Xing Xiuyan, was arranged by Sister Feng to welcome the spring and live in Zilingzhou.She has won the favor of Sister Feng, and because Yingchun is not the Er Mutou who does not make a sound when a needle is pricked in the past, the nurses and maids around her have already been cleaned up by Sister Feng, and she is not worried about Xing Xiuyan suffering from hardships with Yingchun.

Mother Jia asked Aunt Li to stay again, but Aunt Li refused and took her two daughters to live in Daoxiang Village.

Coincidentally, Bowling Marquis Shi Nai recently moved to be a high-level official from another province, and his whole family took office. Because Jiamu was reluctant, Shi Xiangyun, who had lived in Rongguo Mansion since his marriage with the Han family failed to continue, lived in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion all the time.

Overnight, the Grand View Garden became ten times more lively.

Within two days, it suddenly snowed.

Jia Mu specially took a collar of golden and emerald fur for Baoqin to wear, and told her to go find her sisters, and then called Amber to tell Baochai not to restrain Baoqin, and was about to order Yuanyang to carve Shi Qing into silk Finding out the round sable fur cloak and sending it to Daiyu, she suddenly asked, "What time is it today?"

Yuanyang said: "Uncle Xue set off on the fourteenth day, and Miss Qin came here at No. 15. Yesterday was sixteen and today is seventeen."

Jia's mother patted her knees and said, "I almost forgot that 27 Yu'er has been guarding for 27 months. This cloak won't last a few days for her, and she has to change her face."

Yuanyang thought for a while, and said, "My aunt died on August 27th, and it will only be two years and three months on November 27th."

The implication is to remind Jiamu that Daiyu will not be filial piety until next month.

But Jia Mu shook her head and said, "You forgot that there was a leap month in the old year. I remember it was April. Baoyu asked me if I had two birthdays, which made me laugh so hard that I couldn't walk. One month more, which happens to be the full service month. Keeping filial piety is not counted on the basis of three years, either 25 months or 27 months, and Yu'er keeps it for 27 months."

After hearing this, Yuanyang felt ashamed.

Ten days later, when Daiyu got rid of her clothes, Yuanyang suddenly became anxious, saying: "I only said that I will get rid of her clothes next month, but I didn't remind the old lady that I don't have any clothes, shoes, socks and jewelry ready for her clothes!"

Jia's mother gave her a dissatisfied look, but she also knew that she was not to blame for this matter, so she said decisively: "Call Qingwen over, and together with the girls who are good at sewing in the room, bring out the good clothes that I used in the box and give them to Yu'er." Making four clothes, shoes and socks, although it is rush work, it is not allowed to be rough, I will check it myself later. I remember that there is a big red feather satin woven with gold ganoderma lucidum orchid pattern in the box, and the size is slightly changed. Wear it. As for the jewelry on the upper body, I don’t have time to make new ones, even if the new ones are not as good-looking as the jewelry I keep, I will pick out four sets after I bring them over, and order the goldsmith to fry them to make them brighter. .”

The mandarin ducks obeyed one by one and hurriedly went to cook.

Jiamu still asked someone to send the sable cloak to Daiyu, just as Baoyu asked Daiyu to go to Hengwuyuan. Thank you in the room, but Daiyu doesn't know what Baochai, Xiangyun, Baoqin, Xiangling, Amber and others said in Hengwuyuan.

That Baoyu had just entered Hengwuyuan, when he heard Baochai push Baoqin and laughed at himself, saying that he didn't know how he was inferior to Baoqin. tone?

But Xiangyun took the call and said, "Sister Bao, although your words are obstinate, there are people who really think so."

After hearing this, Amber smiled and pointed to Baoyu.

At the same time, Baochai Xiangyun denied that he was not such a person, so Amber clapped her hands and laughed, "I know, it's either him or Miss Lin. Fortunately, Miss Lin is not here, otherwise I'm afraid I'll feel uncomfortable when I see Miss Qin's cloak gone."

Xiangyun fell silent, apparently acquiescing to Hu Po's statement.

Baochai heard this, and hurriedly said: "Sister Lin is not such a person. Does she have anything there? Not to mention the cloak of wild duck feathers, it is peacock feathers. Sister Lin can get it if she wants it. You can't talk about it." Pay attention to facts. Girl Qin has been with the old lady for the past two days, she lives in the east wing, and the two sisters are closer than us!"

Baoqin nodded and smiled, "No, sister Lin is fine."

Baoyu said: "Just now the old lady sent someone to give Sister Lin a cloak, all sable fur, seamless, I don't even have it. If Sister Lin was not going to thank the old lady, she would have come with me a long time ago. Sister Yun , you should speak more carefully in the future. Sister Lin is getting older now, and she is not as petty as she was when she was a child. She didn't bother you after you pointed at her and said it many times, but you still remember the past. Thanks to Sister Lin If you didn’t come with me, if you heard this, you would feel uncomfortable.”

Before saying a word, Daiyu said in the yard: "Baoyu, I'm not here, what are you talking about me?"

Baoyu didn't dare to advance his words, so he hurriedly laughed and said, "I'm talking about the cloak that Sister Qin got. Come here and see if it looks good. If you like to find an old lady, you can also go with one. In ten days, my sister can also dress brightly." Out."

Daiyu came in and took a look at the cloak on Baoqin's body, and said, "This one is called Fuqiu. It's made of the hair on the head of a wild duck. There's only one at my grandmother's. How can I have a second one? I won't make things difficult for you." Grandmother, besides, I don't like this kind of clothes. Besides, this dress is very beautiful, and it is only suitable for sister Qin, not for others."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Baoyu and said with a smile: "The old lady gave sister Qin, gave it to me, and I remember she also gave sister Yun a big woolen dress, but you don't have it, why don't you ask for it?"

Baoyu said: "I should love you daughters more. I have a lot of clothes."

Then Sister Baochai went to Aunt Xue's place, Xiangyun went back to Xiao and Xiangguan, Baoyu sent Daiyu back to Jiamu Courtyard, and Fang returned to Yihong Courtyard.

Daiyu had just rested for half a day, and the little eunuch said that those jewels were sold one after another, and they were sold in different shops. Today, they sold the last of them, and they got a total of 860 taels of silver. The house has not yet been identified. , it will take some time.

After hearing this, Daiyu said, "Don't be in a hurry for the time being. I will buy it when I see it slowly." He ordered someone to give him wine and eat with reward money.

It happened that the shop that the little eunuch went to today belonged to Wei Ruolan, he didn't go there often, he didn't know about it, and the shopkeeper didn't recognize the eunuch next to Daiyu, and he didn't mention it. Coincidentally, Wei Ruolan counted Seeing that Daiyu was about to leave her filial piety, and she was taking a rest today, she specially came to the shop to look at the jewelry. He remembered that there were jewelry among the gifts for proposing marriage. He had to look at it first, and then asked skilled craftsmen to make better ones.

The shopkeeper told him about someone selling jewelry, and said: "I'm afraid some rich family is short of money, and they brought it here to sell. They are all good things. They can be sold with a little modification, and they can earn [-] to [-]%." profit."

Wei Ruolan glanced at it, but she didn't pay attention at first, and suddenly reached out and picked out a pair of golden steeds. After thinking for a while, she turned to look for Baoyu. Sitting down, he said, "It snowed heavily last night, and I was at home with my sisters for poetry. Brother Wei Shi, what do you want me to do?"

Wei Ruolan spread her hands, revealing the pair of golden horses.

When Baoyu saw it, he was surprised and said, "Could it be that sister Lin is really short of money? My son gave it to her a while ago, and she sent someone to sell it."