Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

Hearing that Daiyu accepted Qiaojie as his apprentice, Baoyu and others came to congratulate him. When he came, he saw Daiyu teaching Qiaojie how to practice handwriting. Sister Lin just eat tea?"

Although she was dissatisfied with Jia Mu and others' partiality, but for Baoyu, Jia Lian and Jia She were just like Jia She and his wife. They still treated him very pleasantly. ! However, my eldest sister is an apprentice, and it is time to celebrate, I have already told the kitchen to go back."

Xiaohong came over and smiled and said, "That's not right, grandma asked me to take the money to the kitchen early in the morning, and told them to set up a few tables of banquets carefully, and then make a few jars of good Huiquan wine, and put them in the big flower hall in the old lady's courtyard." .”

Before saying a word, the cook said that the banquet was ready, and Sister Feng hurriedly invited Jia Mu and Mrs. Xing Wang to sit down.

When Jia Mu saw Mrs. Xing coming, she couldn't help asking, "How long has it been? Have you heard anything from your master?"

Mrs. Xing said embarrassingly: "I have never been in charge of the master's affairs, and I don't know where the master has gone. The master never tells me. I think the master feels very guilty for the old lady in his heart, and he is afraid that the old lady will be very angry, so he hides. Dare to come back. When Master Ming'er knows that the old lady is the most lenient, he will come back by himself without haggling with him."

Mother Jia snorted, and said, "Everyone is so courageous, and keeps everything from me. Your master did these things without saying a word. What do outsiders think of our family?"

Mrs. Xing was clumsy with her tongue, stood up and bowed her head, not daring to speak.

Sister Feng was calling the sisters to sit down, and came over when she saw this, and said with a smile: "My ancestors, don't be upset, sister Lin is now a husband, and she should be happy. Besides, if our wife can control the master, how can we be happy?" Let the old ancestor be so angry? Even our Lian'er dare not refute the old master's words. We don't know anything about this matter. If we know, we will quietly inform the old ancestor. Who would have thought that the Lai family would be so bold, It's strange that his house is so tidy and there are so many amazing places. It turns out that they used our money to build their garden. It's really hateful, but it's their merit to pay back the money owed by our family. Now the master If you are not at home, the old ancestor, you don't even know if you are angry with the master, so it is better to save your anger and wait until the master comes back."

Jia Mu couldn't help laughing, and said: "I know you, Feng Lazi, can speak good words, and what you say will come out soon. If I blame your master for arbitrarily advocating, wouldn't it be my fault?" This confidant, but the evidence of the Lai family's crime is conclusive, just like Zhou Rui and his wife were to Mrs. Wang, Jia's mother could not say that she was reluctant, but that she had misjudged the wrong person.

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "The ancestor is the most wise and powerful. He has never done anything to make people talk about it in his life. How can we say that it is the ancestor's fault. It should be our Lianer's fault."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Why is it your Lianer's fault?"

Sister Feng smiled and said: "Master has offended our ancestors. As a son of man, shouldn't our Lian'er replace us? Lian'er is not enough, and there are me, Qiao'er, and Qiao'er's brother. Lian'er is free now, and the ancestors just care about it." Take out the crutches and give him a few hard blows, the old ancestor will feel at ease, and the old man can go home."

Daiyu smiled and said to Sister Qiao: "Qiaoer sees you, a heartless mother. You don't care about the young age of you and your brother. Hurry up and make amends to the ancestors on your father's behalf. It will be too late when the ancestors get off the walking stick."

Sister Qiao ran to Mother Jia with her skirt in her hand, raised her face and said coquettishly, "Old Ancestor, hit me a few times, and hit me a few more times. I will bear it for my younger brother, who is still young." , I can’t stand it. But, old ancestor, you must let it go and take it lightly. If the beating is severe, you have to spend money to hire a doctor, and my monthly money is not enough.”

After hearing these words, everyone laughed loudly, and said: "What a lovely girl! After hearing these words, how can I do it?"

Mother Jia put Qiao's sister in her arms and said: "My Qiao is so good, she is clever and obedient, and she loves her brother. How can she be willing to beat her? If she does, she should beat your mother!"

Sister Qiao took the opportunity to say: "My ancestor didn't hit me, he was so benevolent and magnanimous. It's strange that outsiders say that our ancestor is a Bodhisattva. Seeing the old lady, I can't wait to pay homage to her! Sister Qiao's younger brother has been in the weeds for several months, and he can turn himself over. I raised my head, and begged the Bodhisattva to let my grandfather hurry home and name my younger brother, sister Qiao has a name, only my younger brother is left."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Grandmother just let sister Qiao go. It sounds pitiful. It's almost the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. Could it be possible to ask uncle to spend the holidays at someone else's house? It will become a joke at that time." .”

Mother Jia thought about it for a while, and she was afraid that outsiders would say that her mother and son were not getting along, so she slowly let go.

In Jia's mother's view, Jia Amnesty's move was really treasonous, and he even attacked her confidants privately, but in the eyes of the world, he only sealed up Lai's family property and did not take any money into the treasury, but he was very loyal. He was too frightened to go home, for fear that he would get angry, and many people said behind his back that he was always obsessed with reciting, and that he could not allow his son to do business.

Others don't know, how can a mother like her not know what kind of virtue her son is?Most of all, he is not doing his job properly, he is lustful, and he often colludes with officials to make troubles.

So the next day when Jia Amnesty came back to pay her respects, Jia's mother confronted her and said, "What's the benefit of doing these things?"

Jia She said respectfully: "How can there be no benefits? Our family has a good name for not shielding the slaves and being upright, just like the second younger brother who punished the Zhou family, and also owed a sum of money, even the saint The review in the notebook says that the son is faithful!"

Hearing Emperor Changtai say that he was loyal and so on, even if Jia Mu had thousands of words in her belly, she couldn't open her mouth. She stared at him for about three or four sentences, nodded and said: "Okay, very good, Very good, you finally know that you are motivated, and you are not afraid of leaving a bad reputation for being ruthless. I can't control you anymore, you can make up your own mind in the future!"

Jia She wished that Jia's mother would ignore him and not take it to heart at all, so she retreated obediently.

After Jia Mu waited for him to go out, she was so angry that she dropped the teacup, and said to Yuanyang and other confidantes: "Look, listen, what does it look like? I moved the big housekeeper in the mansion, so I just skipped it lightly."

Yuanyang always hated Jia She, and hated him even more deeply after Jia She failed to force him to marry him. Hearing this, he hurriedly stepped forward to comfort Jia Mu, saying: "Old lady, don't be upset, why are you as knowledgeable as the old man? Don't be angry. It's not worth it to be in a bad health. There is no big housekeeper in the house, and the wife and grandma always feel that things are not going well, and they are struggling. The old lady should think about who should be the big housekeeper. I listened vaguely, and the outside world has already drawn up Lin Zhixiao and his wife have taken over the errands from Mr. Lai's housekeeper."

Mother Jia was silent for a moment, and asked, "I remember that Lin Zhixiao's daughter is working in Brother Feng's son's room?"

Yuanyang nodded and said: "Exactly, Xiaohong was originally a little girl in Baoyu's room. Somehow, she fell into the eyes of the second grandma. The second grandma asked Baoyu for it, saying that she didn't make up for Baoyu when she went back. There is one more little actor at Baoyu's place than the others, so it is considered complete."

Jia's mother asked again: "I vaguely remember that when Zhou Rui and his wife committed a crime, Lian'er was ordered by the master to take care of it. Afterwards, Zhou Rui and his wife also got the errands of Lin Zhixiao and his wife?"

Yuanyang said: "Go back to the old lady, that's right."

Jia Mu muttered a few words, but Yuanyang didn't hear clearly. When she heard it again, she heard Jia Mu say: "Send the message to call the wife over, and then call Zhu's daughter-in-law to come over. We must agree on a better person to take charge of the errands in the house. No. Push it all to Lin Zhixiao and his wife."

After hearing what Jia Mu said, Mrs. Wang immediately recommended Cheng Fu and his wife who were promoted after Zhou Rui and his wife were convicted. Not inferior to Zhou Rui and his wife. In the past two years, he has taken care of many things for Mrs. Wang, and he has also pleased the owners of the houses early.

There are also people in Jiamu's hand, but they are mostly old and can't manage things. They can only order Mrs. Wang to pick someone.

After hearing this, Lin Zhixiao and his wife didn't take it seriously, and still took care of their previous errands.

Jia She sneered, went back to the east courtyard and picked out some antiques for Jia Lian and Sister Feng's mother and daughter, and also gave 200 taels of silver to buy fruit for Sister Qiao.However, because of Jia Lian's persuasion, Jia Amnesty realized that the future was not good, so Jia Amnesty didn't care about these trivial matters, and he didn't dare to act recklessly as before.

Mother Jia watched carefully, seeing that although Jia Amnesty was eating wine with his young wife blindly, but there was no dispute, she was quietly relieved.

But Daiyu saw that the mansion was still drunk and dreaming, and sighed secretly, fearing that this move would lessen the crime a little bit, and would not escape the fate of ransacking the house, so she carefully taught sister Qiao, not wanting her to end up as the verdict said.

Sister Qiao is indeed very clever, and she works very hard in reading and calligraphy, which compares Baoyu all of a sudden.

One day, Miaoyu invited people to appreciate the chrysanthemums, and came to invite Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang in person. The next day, I took Daiyu and others to Changcui Nunnery, and saw yellow flowers everywhere, fallen leaves all over the sky, as if there was a faint fragrance of osmanthus, and the autumn cold revealed a picturesque beauty.

Daiyu felt that a maple leaf in the corner was growing well, like a fire, like rouge like blood.

Seeing that she liked it, Miaoyu came over after serving tea to Jiamu and Miaozhen, and said, "When you go back, I'll ask someone to cut a branch for you and put it in a bottle. It has a different charm than the plum blossoms here. "

Daiyu didn't refuse, and said with a smile, "Then I'll just wait."

Miao Zhenzhen and Jia Mu praised Daiyu above, saying: "Old Madam, it's not that I speak well of the girl. It's true. There is no girl who is more ingenious than the girl. She is sensible and generous. I just look forward to seeing you." Get up early, girl."

Mother Jia laughed from ear to ear, and praised Wei Ruolan repeatedly, saying: "Brother Lan is really good, but how many people who come to our house for banquets and drinks don't say anything about Wei Ruolan?" How are you, brother? Everyone said that I snatched their rich man-in-law first, everyone gritted their teeth, and it was better for me to be the host several times."

Mother Jia really didn't expect Daiyu to have such a blessing. She didn't want to marry Daiyu and wanted to marry Baoyu. Because Mrs. Wang didn't want to, she fought in the ring for several years. Later, the emperor said she would marry Daiyu She made the decision and had to give up. She only thought that it would be great for Daiyu to marry an ordinary prince and grandson, and she never wanted the Wei family to propose marriage.Fortunately, she agreed without the slightest hesitation. Although she deserved it quickly and was not reserved enough, a good son-in-law belongs to her granddaughter, and everything else is trivial.

Daiyu's marriage was so good that Jia's mother was satisfied, thinking that if Baoyu's marriage can also go well, then it will be really good.Thinking of this, Mother Jia couldn't help but glance at Xiangyun, and suddenly remembered the attempted marriage between the Wei family and the Shi family.

Xiangyun, Baoyu and others sat at the same table, laughing and playing, and every move made a fuss.

She has never cared about her children's personal feelings, nor does she care what others think of the past. She is playful by nature and doesn't eat her own. She snatched a cup of tea in front of Baoyu, and then told Cuilu: "A cup of tea. It’s just tea, what’s it worth? Go to Miaoyu for some water, and cook a pot for my second brother.”

Cui Ling agreed and went to find Miao Yu.

Miaoyu said: "The snow water of the old year is gone, but there is dew on the chrysanthemums that were picked up in these two days." After finishing speaking, he ordered the little nun around him to bring it over, fanned it and cooked tea, and sent it to Baoyu.

Baoyu stood up, took it with a smile, and thanked him again and again.

After serving Jiamu, Sister Feng came over and smiled and gave Xiangyun a push when she heard these words, and said, "After eating your second brother's tea, how about coming to be our daughter-in-law tomorrow? Our tea is delicious." It's not free."

Xiang Yun immediately blushed, turned around and was about to hit Sister Feng, saying: "It's strange that the old ancestor always said that sister, she really is a bad tongue!"

Sister Feng hid her back and said with a smile: "In this world, people really don't allow people to tell the truth. If they tell the truth, they will be beaten. Am I wrong? Who doesn't deserve who? I would like to turn my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch. Sister Shi, you have killed me unjustly!"

The others were not much different, so Baochai laughed and said, "Young girl Feng really has a good sense of humor."

Sister Feng didn't answer Baochai's words, but ran to Jia's mother. Probably because Xiangyun was ashamed, she got up and chased after Jia's mother. She hid behind Jia's mother and said, "My ancestors save me, sister Shi wants to beat me." !"

Jia Mu laughed and said, "It's time to fight. How can a sister-in-law talk to her sister like this?"

Xiangyun said: "That's right! Old ancestor, quickly pick up the walking stick beside you and give her a few blows, what nonsense are you talking about here! Those who know it are just talking about stubbornness, and those who don't know may not know how to arrange it behind the scenes. What!" Xiang Yun became more and more anxious as he spoke, staring at Sister Feng, wishing she could swallow back what she had said.

Mother Jia picked up the walking stick and pretended to hit Sister Feng a few times. Xiangyun still felt that it was not enough, so she reached out and took the walking stick. Seeing her raise her hand, Sister Feng swiftly hid behind Miaozhen from behind Mother Jia, and said with a smile: "Good master, help me." First rescue."

Miaozhen smiled and said to Jia Mu: "I just love how these sisters get along with each other. There is nothing like this in other families."

Hearing Miaozhen's words, the crutch in Xiangyun's hand fell down, and it didn't matter if it didn't fall, and he couldn't make it up. In the end, Baoyu stepped forward to snatch it, put it in Jiamu's hand, and said in a good voice: "Sister Yun, Sister Feng is making fun of you, tomorrow you will bully Sister Qiao, what is this called?"

Before he could finish speaking, Xiangyun's anger had subsided for three minutes. Sister Qiao was sitting beside Daiyu eating chrysanthemum cake, and said, "Uncle Bao, you told Aunt Shi to bully me in front of me. When the second master comes back, I will ask the second master to check your homework!"

When Baoyu heard this, he hurriedly confessed his crime, and everyone laughed in unison.

Mrs. Wang said: "Baoyu, how old are you, don't spoil your little niece. Go back to the table and sit down, don't let the masters see the joke." Then she apologized to Miaoyu and Miaozhen.

Miaozhen waved her hand and said: "I love the innocence of these children the most, that's the real temperament, I'm so happy, how can I laugh at them? I also brought them things, all of which are common small toys on the market, no What is it worth, let me keep my brothers and sisters to reward the girl, I forgot after so long." He ordered the little Taoist nuns and old mothers beside him to hold presents.

I saw that the gifts were dough figurines, clay figurines, windmills, or root carvings. Everyone got different gifts. Although they were common things in the market, they were all simple and uncommon, straight but not clumsy. .

When the sisters saw it, they all liked it, and thanked them quickly.

Going back to the house in the evening, Xueyan looked at it for a moment, and suddenly said: "Why do I think the few things that the girl got are more elegant and cute than what they got? It seems to have put a lot of thought into it."

Among them is a green bamboo poetry tube, which is particularly unique.

Daiyu put it on the table, glanced at her, and said, "What do you care about? I see it all the same."

Xueyan smiled and said, "Why shouldn't we care? I thought that these few pieces of emerald bamboo carvings are a complete set, and they are also new. Looking at the poems engraved on the poem tube, I understood that it must have been made for the girl by my aunt, and it must have been sent by Master Miaozhen."

Daiyu's cheeks were burning, she lowered her head and sorted out the papers of poems she had written on a daily basis, rolled them up and inserted them into the poem tube. As for what she was thinking in her heart, it was naturally not for outsiders to understand.

These are children's affairs, as long as the two of them have a good understanding, other people don't know, and if they know it like Baoyu, they don't make theories.

It was because of Sister Feng's few jokes that the world whispered gossip. Although no one was instigated, some people couldn't help it and said, "Could it be that the old lady has taken a fancy to Miss Shi? It's strange that Miss Shi stayed here like this." They refused to let her go back for a while, and arranged for Miss Shi to live in the Xiao and Xiang Pavilions, which are the closest to the Yihong Courtyard."

Some people also said: "It's quite interesting to look at it. So it's not without reason that Miss Shi and Miss Bao had a quarrel before. It's a scheming to hide it so well."

After the banquet, Xiangyun was worried that something might happen, and he couldn't wait to hear about it. He frowned, and suddenly made up his mind, and said, "Cuilu come."