Red Mansions: No Tears

?In the small courtyard where Lin Daiyu lives, the main house is also a small building with three rooms wide. The first floor is the living room, which is actually not used much. The corridor is a corridor that surrounds the outside of the room on the second floor on three sides. Lin Daiyu went upstairs, just stepped into the door, and immediately found that the room was cleaner and tidy than she imagined. Apparently, the housekeeper of the Lin family heard that she was coming back. After hearing the news, it took a lot of effort to take care of it, but a lot of furniture was new, except for the commemorative canopy bed.

Lin Daiyu was very impressed with the canopy bed placed in the corner on the left side of the entrance. It was made by the best craftsman in Yangzhou when the original owner was moved out by Jia Min to live in a branch courtyard. At that time, Jia Min even joked that waiting for the original owner When she was a little older, she would order another three-step bed as a dowry for her. It seemed that even the wood was favored at that time. Jia Min told the original owner that it was a rare, high-quality pineapple wood.

"Ah! Death is like a lamp going out... Not to mention that we can't go back to that time, and no one will worry about that in the future." Lin Daiyu sighed softly, and walked through the room as if reluctant to part, Then she sat softly sideways on a chaise longue by the window.

In Lin Daiyu's room, besides the canopy bed, there are also furniture such as dressing table, washbasin stand, wardrobe, piano stand and so on. The original owner was only six years old before leaving home and had only learned Chinese characters for one year. Because she is new to literacy, many things are still unclear, so there are not many books in this room. The imperial concubine couch where Lin Daiyu is sitting is on the far right of the room, and there is a piano stand on the right. Not far from the piano stand, there is a small desk and a not-so-big bookshelf, and there is a small Eight Immortals table and four round stools in the center of the room.

After Zicuckoo consciously looked around all the places inside and outside the house, she came back and asked Lin Daiyu: "Girl, I don't know who is in charge here. We have been here for a while, and no one has come to ask questions. In other words, I was thinking of finding someone to boil water for the girl to take a bath first, and it is best to have some supper so that I can sleep peacefully at night."

"I remember that there used to be a lady named Wen who was in charge of the inner house. I don't know if she is still in charge now, or you can find someone to ask. In addition, the place where the few of you live is in the downstairs rooms Choose whatever you want, I don't need too many people to serve you here." After Lin Daiyu seriously recalled it, Fang said to Zijuan.

"Just before leaving the Rongguo Mansion, the old lady specifically told me to take good care of the girl. Naturally, I should stay in the girl's room. I don't need to join in the fun with them. And I just went to see it. There are only four rooms in the two wing rooms, so let Chunxian and the others live in a more comfortable place, so as not to complain about the change tomorrow." Zijuan replied with a smile.

"It's still not necessary, or you can live in one room by yourself, let the six little girls live in two rooms, and ask someone to arrange a room for the other women in the servant's room. We will stay at home for a long time How can you make it so that you don’t even have a place to live?” Lin Daiyu shook her head, she didn’t want Zijuan to live in the same room with her, because in this way, if she wanted to do anything without telling Zijuan Things will also become difficult to execute.

"But the girl must always be served by someone, right? If I don't stay by your side, if there is any need, no one will take care of it for a while." Zijuan shook her head unwillingly.

"Did I just say that I don't need it?! What's more, in your own home, how many things will you need to do yourself? That's it, you hurry up and ask someone to find the housekeeper Lin and ask who is in charge of the inner house now." , I'll squint for a while, and wake me up when the hot water is ready." Lin Daiyu showed a trace of impatience, but she didn't want to argue with Zijuan, she just turned over and lay down on the other side with a frown. Then he closed his eyes, looking very tired and wanting to sleep.

Zijuan saw that Lin Daiyu's tone seemed to be vaguely repulsive, she couldn't help but squeeze her mouth tightly, her face darkened a bit, she didn't know what was thinking in her heart, she just stood there and stared at Lin Daiyu's face. Her back was not as attentive and caring as in the past, nor would she rush forward to persuade Lin Daiyu not to lie down and sleep casually as usual, and I don't know how long it took before she took a deep breath silently, then turned and walked out.

Lin Daiyu closed her eyes, and when she heard Zijuan's footsteps seemed to be gone, she opened her eyes, got up and looked outside the door, thinking that she seemed to have overdone it, and Zijuan might have become suspicious, otherwise There will be no such indifferent behavior just now. In the memory of the original owner, Zijuan likes to interfere with the original owner for a word or two. How could she be allowed to lie like this without a thin quilt Sleeping, but she really wants to keep Zicuckoo by her side, and she is even more afraid to rest assured... What should I do?

What Lin Daiyu didn't know was that Zijuan didn't think there was anything wrong with her previous behavior of not wanting to drink medicine, because the original owner had always been petty and difficult to serve. Zijuan had long been used to and learned to ignore these subtleties, but Zijuan just now There was a reason for that strange reaction, because she suddenly remembered that before leaving Beijing, Mother Jia had entrusted her with a very important task....

Before leaving, Mother Jia called Zijuan over, and besides asking her to take good care of Lin Daiyu, she also told her to inquire about the affairs of Lin's inner house whenever she had the chance, including whether there was any private house that even Lin Hai didn't know about. Wait for me, tell her to write down one by one, and Daoming after waiting for a while, she will send someone to help Lin Daiyu deal with those things. Although Zijuan knows little about Jiamu's actions, she obediently wrote down Jiamu's actions. if.

Jia's mother had already guessed what her second son-in-law Wang's plan was, and she was not willing to let Wang take everything, so she had to change her ways to get a piece of the pie. After all, Lin Ruhai made it clear that she would not have much time Well, since the Wang family has let Jia Lian take care of the outside affairs, she can't send someone to intervene. Fortunately, she thought of the back house in time.

When Lin Daiyu went to Beijing, the entire Lin family hadn't gotten over the grief of Jia Min's death, so no one cared about the belongings behind Jia Min. It just so happened that the inner house was not a place where Jia Lian, an outsider, could come in and out at will. She took advantage of this loophole, but unfortunately, because the original owner was anxious to return to Yangzhou, and the most important thing was to rely on everyone, Jia Mu couldn't find any other trusted mother-in-law to accompany Lin Daiyu back, so she had to Tell this matter to Zijuan to play forward, and after a few days, Lai everyone will be free, so she will go to Yangzhou to deal with the aftermath.

But at that moment, what Zijuan was actually thinking was why Miss Lin didn't go to the room where her aunt lived before she died?On the way here a few days ago, she was still thinking that Miss Lin didn't bring half of her mother's belongings when she went to Beijing, so she guessed that the relics left behind by the aunt should still be in the original place. Before returning home, the most important thing after coming back is to see Aunt Lin, the other thing is naturally to go to the room where the aunt lived before her death, just in time for her to take the opportunity to find out where those things are kept, who would have thought I will meet those two maids who don't have long eyes, and they will interrupt the girl's thoughts every now and then, causing her to have to wait now, and I don't know if Miss Lin will remember to go to the aunt's house to have a look , really...why did the mission go so badly before it even started?It's really infuriating! !

Because Zijuan had this matter in her heart, she lost her usual keen eyesight, and it made Lin Daiyu even more wary of her in vain.

As far as the management of the inner house of the Lin Mansion is actually quite strict, although Lin Hai has been seriously ill for a long time, there are still a few old stewards who have been in charge for many years. Under their supervision and restraint, naturally no one dares to be lazy.

Therefore, as soon as Zijuan came downstairs, before she had time to ask the little girl to go out to inquire about the news, a nanny who seemed to be in charge had already walked into the courtyard with a few rough women, and saluted Zijuan very politely , Said: "My family name is Wen, and now I am in charge of the affairs of the inner house. I heard that the eldest girl has returned to the mansion, so I came to see him specially, and brought a few wives along the way. In the future, the eldest girl and the girls may have some rough work. Directly order And they did."

"Thank you, ma'am, for your thoughtful thinking. Although I brought a few wives with me this time, it's a pity that we are not familiar with the situation in this mansion. I was just thinking about asking someone to ask the kitchen and the water fetcher. Wherever the place is, you came here, and it saved us a lot of wrong roads." Zijuan greeted him with a smile, with an extremely approachable tone.

In the old days in Rongguo Duke's mansion, the people who came and went on weekdays were people of similar status. Zijuan's behavior was naturally fine, but she forgot that they were just "guests" to everyone in Lin's mansion, and to Sister Wen. He said that he was a junior, but he accepted the salute from Nanny Wen lavishly and hadn't returned the salute, which seemed a bit inappropriate.

However, Mother Wen just frowned without any trace, and then said with a smile: "This is the home of the eldest girl. We have waited for a long time for the eldest girl to finally come back to the house. How can we wrong her? Let's not say anything." In the future, even in the past, that is the master that everyone respects on top of their hearts, don’t you think so?”

The women behind Wen Momo hurriedly echoed a few words in unison, and then one of them took the initiative to urge: "Isn't Wen Momo going to see the eldest girl? Why don't you hurry up, I haven't seen you for so long She doesn't know how much she has grown, so some of us first brought hot water to let the eldest girl take a bath. Didn't housekeeper Lin specially order to buy high-quality saponins? My girl kept telling me about the smell It's very fragrant, and the pattern is beautiful, and I want to ask the eldest girl to reward her a little bit."

"Hey! The things that the eldest girl uses are also things that you can use? Why don't you hurry up and do something!" Wen Momo reprimanded the woman seemingly disgusted, then turned her head and smiled at Zijuan: "These things in our mansion The servants are all born and raised in the south, and have never seen the big world, so please don't be offended, I don't know what this girl is called?"

"Mommy, call me Zijuan." Zijuan replied.

"It turned out to be Miss Zicuckoo. I want to go up to see the girl. Is it convenient?" Nanny Wen nodded and asked again.

"When I just came downstairs, the girl said that she wanted to sleep for a while, and the mother knew that the girl was not in good health, so she came all the way from the capital, and talked to Mrs. Lin for a long time. If you want to talk to Nanny in spirit, why don't you invite Nanny to see you tomorrow." Zijuan smiled apologetically.

"I don't want to chatter with the eldest girl, besides, I have to wash up later. If I wake up to take a bath after sleeping, wouldn't I catch a cold? Since I know that the eldest girl is not healthy, Miss Zicuckoo shouldn't condone her behavior like this " Wen Momo suppressed her smile, and said a few words in displeasure.

"I... I was also in a hurry to come downstairs to give orders, and I forgot for a moment, or I'd better ask the nanny to go upstairs to have a look." Since Zijuan was pointed out by Jiamu to be Lin Daiyu's maid, no one has dared to treat her for a long time. You are so impolite, the first time I heard Mammy's reprimand, I couldn't help but blushed, and immediately lowered my head in an explanation at a loss.

Wen Momo missed the little master whom she hadn't seen for several years, and she didn't know how much status this girl had in the little master's heart, so she stopped being aggressive, just glanced at Zijuan lightly, and then went upstairs by mistake. ?