Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

As Baoyu picked out some of the things she had brought back for Daiyu, she asked what the news was. Hearing that Yinglian was engaged and getting married soon, she was startled for a moment, and then felt happy for her.

Yinglian is one year older than Baochai. She suffered a lot when she was a child. Although she never suffered in Xue's family, she also suffered a lot. The old lady is reunited and can find a lifelong support. Those sisters who are close to her don't feel gratified?When Baoyu heard this, he was the first to rejoice.

Suddenly thinking of Xue's family, Baoyu frowned slightly, and hurriedly said, "Auntie and the others know? Auntie and Sister Bao are the only ones, but Brother Xue has the most lawless temper. He is willing to throw Yinglian out, but If I knew that Ying Lian had made another marriage proposal, it might not be helpful to me, and it might cause some disasters."

Daiyu laughed and said, "It's hard for you to think of this. It can be seen that you have learned a lot and have grown more and more. Yinglian and her mother came over to say hello to Aunt Xue and Sister Bao, and sent some needles and thread With all my heart, after all, Yinglian has grown so big in front of them, and she didn't suffer much. The second thing is to ask me and the fourth girl to help cover it up, don't let Uncle Xue get the news, lest he go to make trouble and ruin Yinglian, okay? An easy marriage event."

Baoyu nodded and said, "It should be so. Only my sister knows? Neither aunt nor sister Bao?"

Daiyu said: "Ms. Yinglian didn't dare to tell, because she was afraid that the two of them would miss the point. It doesn't matter whether they know or not. Anyway, Aunt Xue and Sister Bao have put it away since Yinglian left. "

Baoyu agreed: "It's better if you don't tell. Maybe Auntie and Sister Bao won't be happy if you tell me. These people, they all pay attention to what they do, but they don't know that they have already hindered the big festival. Men can continue. Why can't women remarry? Just remember the past, but they don't think so, it's annoying."

Daiyu smiled and said: "Don't be ashamed, you just don't interfere with the integrity of the people? It's okay to say these things in front of me, carefully let others know that you are a deviant, and start using all kinds of worldly rules to torture you."

Speaking of the word "toxin", Baoyu couldn't help sighing, and said: "The books I collected with great difficulty are all gone."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Did someone find out? Otherwise, you wouldn't be willing to throw it away."

Baoyu asked Xiren to pack up the books, and asked Baochai to tell them apart because he was illiterate. As a result, Baochai reprimanded him. Although he said it was his own book, he didn't keep it. , make up your own mind.

Daiyu said with a smile: "Next time Sister Bao talks about you, you can ask her how she knows those books are not serious." Thinking of this section in the manuscript, Baochai bluntly told herself to kneel down to interrogate herself, what did she do at that time? Why don't you ask her if you don't respond?Xu Shi Baochai also knew that he would remember it afterwards, so he said that he had seen it before.

It's a pity that when Jia's mother had two banquets in the Grand View Garden, and the golden mandarin ducks announced the tooth card order three times, she was on Iron Net Mountain. She didn't say the phrase "what a beautiful day", nor did she make fun of Grandma Liu with her locusts. I don't know if Baochai will come again. Kneel down, whether to comment on your own harsh words to show its ability.

Baoyu clapped her hands and said, "I was also scared at that time, and I forgot to ask her! Next time I see you, I will ask. I really don't know how to say it. I often say that girls should not study, and should be treated as needlework girls and women." Zhenjing is the main one, but she herself has read a lot of books. She lives up to sister Qiao's saying that she is a good teacher, and she has a subtext for everything she brings up. Now it is said that the books we read are not serious. If she hasn't read them, why? Do you know it’s not serious? It’s not right, maybe you read it at my place at the time?”

Daiyu laughed and said, "I know of dozens of books of yours. How can I read them all at once? If I can't finish them, I must have known that the book was not good, so I picked it out on the spot. Not bad."

Baoyu couldn't help nodding in agreement, and then said with a sad face: "Good sister, I have made my words so clear, they are unmoved, what should I do if my sister says? My sister is going out soon. Before that, let me think about it." This is a good way. I know that Sister Bao is very good, and the young ladies from other families can't even compare with the second and fourth sisters. Besides, Sister Bao is a person who is like gold and jade, but she has a different temper. Every day someone says I’m not doing well here, or that I’m not doing well there.”

Daiyu smiled slightly, and said: "Your life's major event still lies with your second aunt, and your grandmother will naturally follow you. As long as your second aunt doesn't have such thoughts, you will be fine."

Baoyu sighed: "If I can understand my wife, I won't complain in front of my sister."

Daiyu spread her hands, her sleeves slipped off, and the four huge gold rings on her wrists jingled, making them very conspicuous.

She understood Mrs. Wang's intentions. It was difficult for her to make decisions between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for decades. In the past few years, it was because of Yuan Chun that she became more and more powerful. Even so, she still couldn't overwhelm Jia's mother. Naturally, she wanted to marry her with all her heart. A daughter-in-law who is single-minded with him, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law join hands to take charge of the major affairs of the mansion.Moreover, I don't know if there is any money involved in the manuscript, but in terms of what happened in this life, the Xue family paid a lot of money when the Grand View Garden was built, and the Jia family may not be able to repay the money.

Baoyu asked again: "Who is Yinglian talking about? Is it voluntary? If my sister knows, at least tell me. If she is willing, I feel more comforted in my heart. Isn't everyone like me."

Daiyu naturally knew everything clearly, so she spoke eloquently.

Although Yinglian had been Xue Pan's concubine, it was not her heart, not the second sister You and the third sister who were first-class, and she was born beautiful, gentle and quiet, and generally the young ladies of rich families were not as good as her, so the two of them lived in In the backstreet of my old house, I live a life of duty, and there are many matchmakers who talk about marriage for Yinglian, and don't care about Yinglian's previous affairs.

Feng's heart ached for her daughter, and while spending money and painstaking care on her daughter's health, she asked Lin Tao to inquire about those who said she would marry her, so she didn't dare to promise her daughter out easily.But Yinglian felt that she was homeless and had only one old woman, and she said she would marry her with her.

As a result, many people have retreated.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Kui was ordered by Wei Ruolan to deliver things to Lin Tao, so he might as well bump into Yinglian at Lin Tao's house. Zhiyinglian is the woman with a hard life, and she unconsciously moved her mind. Afterwards, she inquired about her temperament and asked Lin Tao's family for a matchmaker, and Tete stated that she was willing to give Feng's pension to her death.

Having received the kindness of Zhou Kui traveling all the way to Beijing to pick her up, and also knowing Zhou Kui's character on the way, the Feng family inquired about other things, and after asking her daughter's intentions, she agreed to the marriage.

Zhou Kui was born tall and burly, but in fact he is only 21 or [-] years old, only two or three years older than Yinglian. Although he is the guardian of the Wei family, Wei Ruolan is very kind. You can still stay in the Wei family as an errand.He has accumulated several hundred taels of silver over the years. The reason why he did not redeem himself is because the capital is full of powerful people. Only by staying under Wei Ruolan's hands can he not be bullied. Many wealthy families take refuge in him. It has become the norm for high officials and dignitaries.

Because Yinglian had suffered involuntarily in Xue's house, the Feng family didn't want her to marry a noble servant and suffer the crime of beating and scolding by the master's family. Without saying a word, Zhou Kui begged Wei Ruolan and left on the same day. After becoming a slave, she also plans to leave the profession of nursing home. After getting married, she and Wei Ruolan will go to Ping'an Prefecture, or have a career in career.

Baoyu finished listening silently, and said: "Is everyone like this? The former Liu Xianglian wanted to earn a phoenix crown for Miss Chen. She joined the army and has never returned. I heard from Chen Yejun that she would send Miss Chen to Ping'an Prefecture this year to get married. Now Yinglian's fiancé is going too."

Daiyu laughed and said, "I guess they think that this is the only way to avoid being bullied by others."

Miss Chen and Yinglian are both stunning women, if Liu Xianglian and Zhou Kui's family doesn't have any power to do anything about it, how can their safety be protected?Daiyu has a little understanding of worldly relationships, and knows that the words "beautiful beauty and disaster water" are not a woman's fault at all, but it is a mistake to attract others to covet her. She is also secretly glad that she met Wei Ruolan.

Baoyu sighed: "I finally understand. Sure enough, I am an idiot. They all think long-term. I saw Qin Zhong a few days ago. Qin Zhong said that we two used to think that we were superior to the world. Now he knows that he has made a mistake. In the future, we should aspire to fame and fame, and take glory and magnificence as the right thing. At that time, I only thought that Qin Zhong's pursuit of fame and fortune had also entered the vulgar way. Seeing that he was weak, he was not easy to express his thoughts. Now that I think about it, it is not true. He probably wants to say that he and I are both Similarly, leaving home is nothing, and you can’t leave home. You have to obey your parents’ orders and matchmaker’s words. It’s very difficult to do anything, so you need to get fame, and you can only make decisions with glory and power, just like Wei Ruolan .”

He couldn't help but knocked his head, and said: "I finally know Qin Zhong's painstaking efforts. Sure enough, I have also encountered the same experience as him, and it is also difficult to disobey the orders of my parents."

From the bottom of his heart, Baoyu didn't want a happy marriage. In fact, why didn't Aunt Xue and her daughter understand?However, everyone knows that the golden and jade marriage is well known, there is no way out, and the mother and daughter believe in the monk's words, and there is no better family than Baoyu in the whole capital. It's not easy, so we can only continue to plan.

Under the light, Aunt Xue touched Baochai's back, and said with tears: "I am in the old lady's room today, and I have been wronged. If your father is alive, if your brother is fighting for his strength, why are we mother and son doing this? "

Baochai said: "Baoyu was originally childish, and she didn't stop her speech. It will be better when she is older."

Aunt Xue sighed: "That's true, not to mention anything else, Baoyu's temperament and appearance alone are the best. I have never seen a person who is more considerate of girls' families than him, ten times stronger than your brother. What's more, since I grew up with a child, I know the basics, so I don't have to worry about the future. I shouldn't have said these things to you, but you are older, and it's a matter of life, so you should understand it in your heart."

Baochai lowered her head and rubbed the corners of her clothes, her face was red and her ears were red. When she was illuminated by the light, she became more charming and brighter, which is indescribable.

The next day, after Aunt Xue had a conversation with Mother Jia, she walked all the way to Mrs. Wang's room. When she arrived at Mrs. Wang's room, she happened to meet Li Wan asking Mrs. Wang for instructions, saying that Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch Xia, had taken a fancy to the house. I bought it, but it happened to be short of four or five hundred taels of silver, so I sent the little eunuch to ask if there is any money in the house, and if there is any, I will temporarily borrow four hundred and return it later in the year.

Mrs. Wang frowned and asked, "Why don't you take it to the accountant?"

Li Wan glanced at Aunt Xue, and said: "Although the new year is over, there is money in the account, but right now is the big event of Sister Lin's leaving the court, what is a few thousand taels of silver enough for? The old lady ordered not to move, and there is really no other place." gone."

Mrs. Wang sighed: "I don't know when these famines will come to an end. The last time I opened my mouth was 800 taels, today it is 400 taels, and two times it is 200 taels. Yu Chuaner, go to the warehouse and look for it. For my golden face inlaid with pearls and gemstones, I will temporarily find two sets, deposit a few hundred taels of silver, and redeem them when I have money."

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Where is the point of pawning the head? It's not good to let people know. My sister doesn't have a silver envoy for the time being. I'll ask someone to bring 500 taels of silver."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said, "How can I use your money?"

Aunt Xue said: "What is the difference between the two of us sisters? Anyway, our family doesn't have much else, but we have a lot of money, and we can get it when we go, but how can the elder sister's pawn be settled without half a day? The little eunuch from the palace is waiting." After speaking, he ordered his maid, Shuangxi, to go back and tell Baochai to send 500 taels of silver.

Shuangxi agreed, and after leaving for half a day, Baochai came over with 500 taels of silver in hand.

Mrs. Wang's eyes turned red, she took the hands of her sister and niece, she was so moved that she was speechless for a while, the silver was handed over to Li Wan, 400 taels to the little eunuch, and the other 100 taels for the expenses of the mansion.

After hearing about this, Xichun said to Daiyu: "Sister, it seems that Baoyu has nowhere to escape now. The other family is a new wife who ate tea from the man's house and became a daughter-in-law for the man's family. Our family is a new son-in-law who spends money on the daughter-in-law's house." Give the money to the girl's family as a daughter-in-law." Baochai went all the way carrying the money, without avoiding anyone, they knew it without asking.

Daiyu twisted her cheeks, and said: "Really, you have such a narrow mouth, it's fine to say it here, but don't say it in front of Baoyu and others. If others say you are open-mouthed, Baoyu will only be more sad."

Xichun smiled and said, "I know, I only said it in front of my sister."

The sisters laughed for a while, lying on the bed together, Daiyu looked at the roof of the tent, and said: "Let's not talk about those lies between the sisters, I am about to leave the cabinet, and the only one I can't let go of is you, my sister. In a few months you will Just get rid of the clothes. I don’t know if I will be in the capital at that time. If I am, it would be better. I will tell you a good family earlier. Xichun, who has a good relationship with him, will inevitably send her out of the house earlier.

Xichun's face flushed, turned over and wanted to pinch Daiyu's cheeks, said: "My sister just said about me, I am so narrow-minded, why are you talking about this? I have seen all the world's conditions, so I don't care about these things!"

Daiyu blocked it with her hands, and said, "I am wholeheartedly for you. If you are angry, you can see that you have failed my heart."

Xichun knew very well in her heart, but her face couldn't be wiped away, and she deliberately said: "Sister, if you talk about it again, I will be really annoyed. Let's be busy with my sister's life-long affairs first, and the fifth and sixth days are only a few days away. I'll call you a couple." A solid golden person, a golden boy and a jade girl, are a natural pair, guaranteed to overwhelm everyone and win the first place!"

Although the sixth day of April is the day when Daiyu gets married, on the fifth day of the fifth day of the lunar new year, the make-up is exposed as a rule.

In the early morning of this day, all the concubines came to add makeup to Daiyu, which was more than two or three times more than that of Yingchun.

There were Lin Ruhai's classmates, his wife of the same year, and those who had not broken up with Daiyu. There were family members of honorable families who remembered Lin Ruhai's donation of silver, and there were relatives and friends from Rongguo Mansion.Although it is difficult for Daiyu to go out to socialize without the guidance of the elders, everyone has seen her in the palace several times, and they are not familiar with each other.

Daiyu sat shyly and timidly in the room, thanking everyone one by one.

Everyone either gave headgear, or silk and satin. Those from poor families were very generous, and Mrs. Xing Wang, not to be outdone, also gave gifts of makeup that she had prepared.

Mrs. Xing had asked Mrs. Wang a long time ago. After all, the difference should not be too far. She also gave four sets of golden head masks, a pair of jade Ruyi, a pair of agate pillows, and ten bolts of silk and satin, only two bolts less than Jia Mu.Mrs. Xing was reluctant, these were the things Jia Lian and Sister Feng had prepared for her, and they also urged Jia She to take a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings to add makeup to Daiyu, which was more than what Jia Zheng gave.

However, the most astonishing thing is the golden man brought up by Xichun. Not counting the red sandalwood base, the golden man is about six inches high. A man and a woman stand hand in hand on the base. The face is lifelike.

Jia Mu laughed and said: "Enter the painting, ask Si Yatou, what did you give her sister?"

Xichun was wearing filial piety, not in front of her, she entered the painting and said crisply and authentically: "This is a golden boy and a jade girl. The girl spent a lot of effort and melted all the broken gold in the room to make these two golden men."

Everyone laughed and said, "Isn't it just a golden boy and a jade girl, a match made in heaven."

Mother Jia smiled, and deliberately said to Ru Hua: "Go back and tell your girls, it shouldn't be like this, you should hit a golden boy and carve a jade girl, that is the real golden boy and jade girl."

Entering the painting, he was taken aback for a moment, and smiled.

There was endless laughter in the room, and Jia Lian was very busy outside. Fortunately, today all the guests came to add makeup to Daiyu. There were not many officials and guests. Baoyu stayed in the hall to greet her and never neglected.

There was a burst of music, and Wei Ruolan rode a tall horse to the door, bringing Mrs. Quanfu and eight handsome men with her.