Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

When Wei Ruolan heard this, her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly asked what was going on.

In the past two years, Wei Ruolan has been working in the palace for most of the time. If she has a small gathering with Chen Yejun and others, she will be with Chen Yejun and others. Except for things that Baoyu cannot know, she will also call Baoyu and others at other times, so The friendship is getting better and better.

Baoyu dared not speak, but shook his head quickly.Sister Lin became more and more powerful, and for some reason in Xia Tian, ​​she suddenly made an agreement with him for three chapters. He was not allowed to tell outsiders about the boudoir, he was not allowed to pass on the pens, ink, needles and threads in the boudoir to outsiders. Enter the sister's room after being notified, and she will be annoyed if she doesn't obey.Baoyu was most afraid of Daiyu's anger in his life, so he obeyed him in a hurry. Although he was a little more restrained than before, but now that he is older, he is gradually becoming a governor.

Wei Ruolan smiled and said, "Can't you tell me too?"

Baoyu thought for a while, then smiled and said, "It's a coincidence that I sold it to your shop, and you recognized that this golden horse was a gift from Master Zhao of the Household Department. In case you tell others, I have no choice but to I told you, you can't let others know."

Wei Ruolan nodded and said: "Don't worry, only you and I know about this matter, if we meet again, I will help describe it."

Baoyu felt relieved and said, "You all know about my sister. My uncle has made meritorious service and shaded my sister. Except for books, calligraphy and paintings, my uncle didn't leave anything to my sister. Yesterday my sister asked me if I knew the accounts in the house. Naturally I didn't know, and I couldn't bear to ask more questions, but I knew that my sister must be short of money, so I asked the servant to quietly bring the ladder I had saved secretly to my sister."

Wei Ruolan was taken aback, and thought to herself when did Baoyu grow up?Unknowingly, he uttered the question and asked, "That's good, why did you remember to save up your own money?"

Baoyu sighed and said: "It's not that Qin Zhong was seriously ill that year, and I didn't even have the money to buy medicine for him. Although there are monthly money in the house over the years, I can't make decisions at all. If so, My family still doesn't allow me to go out to visit Qin Zhong, because I'm afraid I'll get sick. If it wasn't for Brother Liu, I would really feel guilty towards Qin Zhong for the rest of my life. Therefore, since then, I have kept some secrets from others, Mingyan is the only one who knows, and he is the one who takes care of me."

For the sake of the face of Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, Baoyu didn't say anything else.

The 5 taels of silver that Lin Ruhai left for Daiyu was used by the mansion to build a family-saving villa. Everyone knew about this, and Baoyu didn't hear about it.Afterwards, Daiyu used her own money to ask the little eunuch to go out to buy the supplements, so she might as well ask him to bump into it once, thinking that Lin Ruhai didn't leave any money for Daiyu, except for the monthly money in her hand, it was also issued by the court. A few taels of salary was not enough for the Elder Master to buy a girl, so he told Jiamu later, and suggested that Jiamu ask the mansion to deliver the necessary medicinal materials every day.

Jia's mother loves these two Yu'er the most, and seeing that Baoyu knows how to love others, she is very happy, so she calls Li Wan to give instructions.Unexpectedly, Li Wan was very embarrassed, and said that these precious medicinal materials were not commonly seen in the mansion, and that there was really no money to buy them on the books.

Mother Jia stayed for a while, and after a wry smile, she took her own ladder and asked someone to send it to Daiyu. She only said flowers for her, and no one in the house wanted to buy them.

Since then, Baoyu has been quietly saving money.

Wei Ruolan didn't know the details, so she guessed that there must be more than Qin Zhong's reason, and said: "It turned out to be such a thing, I saw this golden horse, and I only thought that someone in your house stole it and changed it, so Fang hurriedly looked for it. You come and ask. If that's the case, tell the people around Ms. Lin tomorrow that these things don't have to go anywhere else, just come to my shop, and I will tell the shopkeeper to keep quiet and pay a fair price. , isn’t it better than a shop with no roots?”

Baoyu thought this was the reason, and said with a smile: "Then it's brother Chengshi's affection. I'll tell her that next time when I save ladders for Sister Lin. Now I don't have any ladders in my study."

Wei Ruolan was in a good mood, got up and poured him a glass of freshly scalded wine, pretending to be casual and said: "That year I was in the south of the Yangtze River, and I also lived in Mr. Lin's house for a few days. The public is just like Mr. You can count on your fingers, and it has been more than two years. Miss Lin is going to be a filial piety soon, isn't she?"

Baoyu wondered: "So there is a reason for this festival? I haven't heard you say it in the past two years. My sister took off her clothes on the 27th, and the girls in my room who are good at sewing were called by my grandmother to make clothes for my sister Lin."

Wei Ruolan listened, nodded and remained silent.

Maoxue personally sent Baoyu back to Rongguo Mansion, Wei Ruolan went back to the jewelry shop with the golden horse that Baoyu returned but was unwilling to take back, and asked the shopkeeper, "Have you found what I told you to look for?"

The shopkeeper wanted to talk about it earlier, but he didn't have time, so he heard the voice and said, "I've found it, and it took me a lot of effort."

After speaking, the shopkeeper invited him to the inner hall, and after a while, he took out three cloisonné enamel brocade boxes on a tray, took one of the brocade boxes and handed it to Wei Ruolan, saying: "It took more than a year of hard work Countless, it was very easy to find a few gemstones that my brother talked about, this is the best one among them, and it seems to meet my requirements."

Wei Ruolan learned from her memory that there was a kind of mandarin duck gemstone with red and blue colors appearing on a gemstone at the same time, so she ordered someone to look for it.

He opened the brocade box, inside the box was lined with red brocade, and a gem was placed on top of it, which was not so rare, but the gem was red and green, the red was bright and the green was rich, similar to pigeon blood red and green. The emerald is green, and the two intersect, like a mandarin duck.

The shopkeeper opened the other two brocade boxes one after another, which also contained gemstones of two colors, but they were not red and green, but red and blue.

As he said, the color is indeed not as good as red and emerald.

Wei Ruolan smiled and said: "This is the mandarin duck gemstone I was talking about. I thought it was very rare to find a gemstone with both red and blue colors at the same time. I didn't expect to find a red and green mandarin duck. I'm afraid it's hard to find the second gemstone in the world." What kind of jewelry can you make with this red and green mandarin duck gemstone? Tomorrow, I will ask the most skillful and skilled craftsman in the shop to make jewelry."

The shopkeeper compared the size of the red and green gemstones, and replied: "Such rare gemstones are not suitable to be inlaid on jewelry. Rings and earrings are just upside down. If it is a phoenix hairpin tied on the front of the hair bun, it is more suitable. The moon is held by the stars, and the moon is made of red and green gems. In this way, there are enough gems, and there are still some left over for other things.”

Wei Ruolan thought for a while, and asked someone to bring out the album of new jewelry styles. After looking through it for a long time, she personally selected a pair of extremely exquisite five phoenix spread wings hanging pearl hairpins. Styles such as pressing the temples, picking the heart, wiping the forehead, rings, earrings, etc. are all matched with the Zhengchai. The rings can be adjusted in size, and they are told: "This style of hair and face will not be made for others in the future. The mandarin duck gemstones are pressed first. Jewelry, if there are gems left, make me a brow or a ring."

The shopkeeper agreed one by one, and said with a smile: "Could it be that my brother will give it to grandma in the future?"

Wei Ruolan glanced at him, neither admitted nor denied, just picked up the red and sapphires in the other two boxes and looked at them for a long time. Although the color and size were not as good as red and green sapphires, they were still very rare, and said: "These two Put the red and blue mandarin duck gemstones first, don't let others know, I will use them tomorrow, and do other things."

The shopkeeper should be.

Wei Ruolan looked at the picture album again, picked out seven sets of jewelry styles, and said: "Everything else can be pushed back, but the eight sets of jewelry I mentioned are made with care earlier, which is useful to me. Same as before, this way The style doesn’t need to be made for others.”

When the shopkeeper heard it, he immediately understood that this was intended as a gift for accepting Cai. Wei Ruolan lived in the fourth rank of the official residence, and he could use eighty percent of the silk and satin jewelry when accepting Cai, but he didn't know who Wei Ruolan wanted to propose marriage to.He was originally Chen's companion, but later he followed Wei Ruolan, and he was also single-minded. Although he was extremely curious, he knew that he knew that he should not talk too much until the dust settled.

After exhorting, it was still snowing heavily outside, Wei Ruolan braved the snow and went to another courtyard.

But when Baoyu came home, everyone had finished their joint poems, so he poured him a cup of warm wine first, and Fang smiled and said, "You go out after a few words, and you really lag behind. Only when my sister-in-law said it, we also feel elegant." Interesting, I punish you to go to Changcui Temple to ask Miaoyu for a red plum."

Baoyu was so happy, so he went after answering.

Li Wan wanted to send someone to follow, but Dai Yu said, "No need, it will be a big deal if someone follows."

Everyone around said that when they opened the window to enjoy the snow, Baoyu had not yet returned. Suddenly they saw Chengbi coming over with a green silk umbrella. Come."

After hearing this, Daiyu hurriedly bid farewell to the crowd and went back to her room. Sure enough, Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch of Liugongdu, and the young eunuch had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Daiyu coming back, Xia Shouzhong invited Ann, smiled and stopped Daiyu from thanking the queen for her kindness, and said: "The empress is counting the day when the girl will take off her clothes in the palace, and ordered someone to make some clothes and jewelry for the girl early. Instruct the old slave to bring it to the girl, and when the girl is ready to wear it after removing the clothes, I also ask the old slave to tell the girl that you must remember to enter the palace the next day after taking off the clothes, and the empress is waiting in the palace."

Daiyu thanked them one by one and obeyed them one by one.

Xia Shouzhong said quietly again: "Last month in Qiuwei, the Queen Mother got the skins, but because the tanning process was finished, the stench has not dissipated, and she will make clothes for the girl after she is done. Did not give."

Daiyu said: "Your Majesty loves me very much, why do you only give me and not others? It makes me panic."

Xia Shouzhong said with a smile: "This is also because the empress loves girls as human beings."

Nanny Liu had already sealed the tea money over there, but Xia Shouzhong declined several times before accepting it, and went with his people, and did not go to the room of Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang to ask for the money for the New Year, but it was because of Daiyu's face. That's all.

Zihao and other palace daughters had been chirping to check the things given by the queen, and there were exclamations one after another. Zihao carried a big bundle and opened it on the bed. The cloak in it was spread out, and the flames caught her eyes. She exclaimed: "Girl, come and see!" , there is actually a cloak lined with Firefox fur! Firefox fur is rare, and brightly colored Firefox fur is even more rare. Get the set with Zhaojun."

Daiyu approached and looked at it, and her gratitude was beyond words.

I don't know how much time it took to scrape together the leather used for a cloak, especially to scrape together leather of the same color, even the big red feather satin of the cloak is also a tribute from foreign countries this year.

In addition, jewelry, clothing, everything.

After the sisters finished their poems, they went shopping with Jiamu again. When Jiamu had a rest, they had time to come over and look at them together. They looked, they were surprised, but they also felt envious. They all pointed to the Firefox cloak and said: "The old lady has always thought about it. When the day you get rid of your clothes, you will definitely have a banquet. When you take off your filial piety clothes, you will wear this cloak." Come out with a cloak, and let us see how graceful it is."

Daiyu shook her head and said, "Where is the use of this, it's no wonder that we have shallow eyelids, so we have to wear them to show off."

After finishing speaking, they hurriedly used the red plums that Miaoyu gave to each of them and the red plum poems they wrote in the garden.

For a while, Jiamu passed the meal in the room and asked everyone to eat it. Because Daiyu ate something first in Luxueguang, and then poured the wind on the way, and didn't like to eat too much at night, she never went, but drank in her room. Had some soup.

The next day when the snow was clear, Xichun came over and said, "Sister Lin, come to my place as soon as you have time. The old lady just urged me to draw the scene when Grandma Liu came in autumn. I didn't finish the painting, but the old lady saw you yesterday." Seeing the scene where the second elder brother and elder sister Qin hugged the red plums, they asked me to draw it first, so I had to agree, but I couldn't draw it, so my sister quickly helped me."

Daiyu responded with a smile.

When she arrived at Nuanxiangwu, with the warm fragrance blowing on her face, Daiyu heard Xichun say, "I don't know what the old lady thinks, but she actually asked Aunt Xue about Sister Qin's birthday in the upper room after dinner last night."

Daiyu was stunned, and whispered: "Sister Yun doesn't live in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion?"

Xichun also whispered back: "I was also wondering at the time, the old lady and the wife have not been in the ring for a day or two, and even the servants said that according to the old lady, the second brother and sister Yun are a couple, it's just their age. I didn’t mention it, but I’ll be older in a year or two, so I’ll definitely bring it up. Today, the old lady suddenly asked Sister Qin’s Nian Geng horoscope, which seemed to mean asking for Sister Qin’s match for Baoyu. Fortunately, Sister Qin had already agreed to it. What Aunt Xue said was about the son of Hanlin!"

Often interacting with Daiyu, Xichun knows far more than others, besides, she is naturally intelligent and sees everything more clearly than others.

Daiyu thought for a while, then suddenly realized, and said, "I know what grandma means."

Xichun hurriedly asked, and she leaned into Xichun's ear and said, "Sister Qin and her brother and sister said the reason early when they came to Beijing. They wanted to go to Beijing to get married. They lived here because the Mei family took office. Tell me, who doesn't know her?" Already engaged? Grandmother must also know. Asking Aunt Xue like that today is just telling Aunt Xue that the girl from the Xue family has a crush on Sister Qin, but not Sister Bao. "

Xichun thought about it carefully, clapped her hands and said, "Sister's words are somewhat interesting. Earlier, the old lady celebrated Sister Bao's birthday, and I noticed that the old lady seemed to mean that Sister Bao was old. Later, I watched Taoist Zhang in Yuxu Proposing marriage, the old lady said that Baoyu should not marry early, and asked sister Yun's golden unicorn to tell everyone which of the daughters of the boudoir has no gold, and said so yesterday, and I feel more and more that the old lady disapproves of the golden jade. Thanks. Aunt Xue and Sister Bao are so steady-minded that they don't show any expressions."

Daiyu said: "I'm afraid that my grandmother wasted her mind in vain. After all, the second wife is Baoyu's biological mother. My grandmother is getting older every year, but the second wife is getting more and more popular because of the virtuous concubine."

Xichun smiled and said: "Take care of them, how they fight for it has nothing to do with us, let's live a free life."

The two sisters laughed and made a fuss, and then discussed paintings.

Time is like running water, a few days have passed in a blink of an eye, and her clothes are about to be removed, Daiyu doesn't care about other things that are disturbing in the garden, she is only thinking about how to make auspicious sacrifices.Jia's mother had ordered Yuanyang to bring all the clothes and jewelry. She was watching people tidy up when she suddenly saw Baoyu coming over wearing a black cloud leopard cloak with a bird-gold tweed surface.

Seeing this, Daiyu smiled and said: "A few days ago they said that the old lady loved sister Qin, and they were afraid that you and I would feel uncomfortable, but today the old lady gave you something better than Maodiqiu."

Baoyu was startled, and said with a smile, "Why did you say that?" But he didn't dare to ask what Daiyu heard in Hengwuyuan that day.

Daiyu took a sip of jujube and honey tea and said with a smile: "Idiot, idiot, don't you even know this? Wild duck hair or peacock hair, which one is more valuable? You wear this dress and go out. I will keep it and no one will tell you how old it is." My wife loves Qin girl and passes you over."

Baoyu said with a smile: "The sky is cloudy and afraid of snow, so the old lady gave it to me. Doesn't it hurt you?"

Daiyu smiled, and ordered Zijuan to bring out some purse cakes with clear money in the ruler, and said, "Qingwen and Yuanyang Pearl made clothes for me before. I know that they are really tired. Take these things to me." They, Qingwen's share, you will give her when you return to Yihong Courtyard. I heard that Xiren's mother-in-law is gone to go home for the funeral, and there are two stewards of Qingwen and Sheyue in your room. In the old lady's room. You tell her that I thanked her, so she doesn't need to take things to eat again."

Baoyu said: "My girl is my younger sister's girl. What's the trouble with making her do some needlework? I even use my younger sister to thank her. I'm so used to her that I don't even dare to speak of her."

Daiyu laughed and said, "If you're used to it, I don't know who it is."

Baoyu couldn't help laughing, so she had to order the servant girl to take the things back to Yihong Courtyard. Qingwen was laughing with Sheyue in the room, yelling that she was too tired to work for a few days, and asked Sheyue to rub her shoulders and beat her back.

Musk Moon said: "Don't charge the lady's money in front of me. When the attacker comes, you dare to ask her to serve you?"

Qingwen sneered, turned over and sat up, and said: "Who dares to ask her to serve others? Someone should serve her! The son went to the house in a grand manner, and there are maids, mothers-in-law, and chauffeurs." , wearing a few clothes given by my wife, and being arranged by my grandma, I am so crazy that I don’t remember what I did when I went home! You all pretend to be ghosts, don’t think I don’t know what you are doing!”

Baoyu hurriedly said: "I will be away for a while, and you will grind your teeth. Come here quickly, Qingwen, sister Lin has given you something."

When Qingwen probed to look, she stretched out her hand to pick up a ruler, and said: "This material is good, and it is practical. I have seen it twice in the old lady's room. It is the best for a jacket, and it goes with a pine flower skirt. Just do it for the meeting, and don’t wear old clothes worn by others! This is the style of a lady. If you want to give rewards, you will give rewards. If you want to make clothes, you will give materials. They are all new and new. Give as many as you want What are old clothes enough for? None of them are disgusting, but you people still hold them as good things.”

Musk Moon said with a smile: "Come on, let's say you're just busy with your business. It's a pity that you're not at home for two days after the attacker left. If you were at home, we wouldn't be clean."

Qingwen curled her lips and went to cut it.

Because of Daiyu's removal of clothes, Baoyu doesn't go out these days, no matter who comes to invite her, she excuses herself because of illness, either messing around with the maids in Yihong courtyard, or going to Jiamu's room to see people sending posts.

Although Jia's mother didn't go around very much, her family friendship was still there. On the morning of the [-]th, there were a lot of guests.

After offering sacrifices to her late father, Daiyu put on the new clothes made for her by Jia Mu in addition to the filial piety clothes, before she came out to meet the guests and thank the Quartet.

Jia's mother was afraid that she would be timid to meet a guest for the first time, so she pondered for a moment, and ordered Sister Feng to ask Sanchun, Xiangyun and Baochai to accompany her. Blessings.

Rarely invited by Jia's mother, Wei's mother came with a pair of daughters-in-law, and Chen Qi's wife, Mrs. Fang, also came at the begging of her nephew.Wei Ruolan had long thought about her marriage, and wanted to express her feelings to Miaozhen, but she was afraid of being abrupt, and always thought it would be better to have someone in the middle as a matchmaker.

Mrs. Fang is very happy with Ruolan, and her husband has benefited a lot from Wei Ruolan in the past two years. After Wei Ruolan gets better and better, she also knows that Wei Ruolan has great ideas. Come and have a look first.

Seeing Daiyu for the first time, Mrs. Fang was stunned.

Mrs. Fang is self-confident that she is well-informed, and she has seen countless beautiful women these years, but today she is unexpected. The daughters of Jia's family live up to their reputation, and they are all outstanding. Among them, Daiyu is the most outstanding. It is not as plump as Baochai, delicate and beautiful as Baoqin, and a little thinner, but looking at its appearance and demeanor, it is elegant and beautiful, which is beyond the reach of Chaiqin and others.