The Double Soul of Red Mansions

Another day, after Wang Xifeng had prepared the clothes that had gone to Duke Qi's mansion, she brought them to Jia Mu for a look at the first time.

"You skinny monkey, this is made for your younger sisters, why don't you tell them to come and see for themselves." Jia's mother recognized Wang Xifeng's ability to handle affairs very much, and she felt very satisfied when she saw the pattern on the tray.Daiyu and Sanchun didn't keep Jia's mother waiting any longer. The four of them met in the courtyard and entered the house together.

"Look, old ancestor, the younger sister in our house is one of the best in appearance, and with this dress, it looks like a summer beauty." Wang Xifeng stepped forward and greeted Sanchun and Daiyu. He said to himself, "Hurry up and change the old ancestors into this new hairpin skirt and jacket, so that the old ancestors will be happy."

At a glance, Daiyu found that the four people had almost the same color pattern, but the colors were slightly different. Daiyu quickly found her own set, stepped forward to hold them up and smiled at Jia Mu: "Grandmother, this is a shame." It's so beautiful. Yu'er really wants to thank Lian'er's sister-in-law. You don't know, I liked this brocade at the first sight, but I knew it must be expensive, but Lian'er's second sister-in-law saw that I liked it, so she just gave it to me I took it and made clothes."

After finishing speaking, Daiyu made a bow to Wang Xifeng to express her gratitude. Wang Xifeng hurriedly stepped back and said, "Old ancestor, look at sister Lin, how can I afford this? The material belongs to the ancestor, and I, it is It's just a matter of trying to make a fool of yourself, sister Lin wants to thank you, but you don't want to thank your ancestors properly."

Mother Jia smiled at what Wang Xifeng said, put her arms around Daiyu and smiled and said, "It's not important at all. Yu'er likes it, so I will ask people to make more sets of clothes in the future. When your mother was still in her boudoir, the last I like these."

Daiyu and Sanchun had another meal with Jia Mu before leaving.And when the four of them changed their clothes and put on their makeup the next day, they were praised by Mother Jia and Wang Xifeng, and they stayed in the mansion for a long time before Wang Xifeng ordered the servant girl and the servant girl to wait on them and get into the carriage. .

Chen Ruize started to worry early in the morning, and ordered people to keep looking outside the door, until the boy replied that the car from Jia's mansion had arrived, and Chen Ruize happily prepared to go out to meet him.

Chen Ruixuan grabbed Chen Ruize and said, "There are so many people outside the door, how dare you go out like this to make other girls feel embarrassed. In this capital circle, rumors will spread within a day. Why are you so edgy?"

"Then what do you think we should do?" Chen Ruize turned around and asked, "I haven't seen Miss Lin for quite a while, and I don't know if she is doing well in Jia's mansion. Did she get bullied?"

Chen Ruixuan rolled her eyes at Chen Ruize and said, "Go to the wing room in the yard and wait. I will personally invite Miss Lin in for you later. The lotus in the backyard is blooming just right, so you can go and enjoy the flowers."

"What time is it? What kind of flowers are you enjoying? Sister, you have to keep your word." After receiving Chen Ruixuan's reassurance, Chen Ruize ran to find servants to prepare food and drink, and everything was very good. of.Chen Yiwen, who was discussing with Chen Ruiwen in the study, said with a smile, "Let's go, go and see what this kid wants to do again, he's so dazed, let's discuss this matter again today."

Chen Ruiwen also knew in his heart that he could not draw a conclusion about going to the battlefield today, so he got up and said yes, and followed Chen Yi to the place where Chen Ruize was.From all the way, he heard him stretching out the servants and maids to prepare for food. Chen Yi smiled and said: "This kid is also enlightened. When will you find a granddaughter-in-law for grandpa? A few days ago, your eldest sister came back and said that the town government Your girl has some thoughts about you, are you interested?"

"Grandpa, you haven't revenged your father, how dare you talk about starting a family." Chen Ruiwen is stubborn, since he personally saw the dead body of his father a few years ago, he is determined to avenge his father to the death.Chen Yi sighed when he heard the words, and walked towards Chen Ruize with strides, ignoring Chen Ruiwen who could make him mad.

"Boy, what are you doing here without doing business all day long?" Chen Yi said with a smile, "If you really want to be interested in the girl from Jia's mansion, Grandpa will propose marriage for you."

"Jia's mansion? What Jia's mansion?" Chen Ruize was confused, "Grandpa, Miss Renlin is the daughter of Yangzhou's patrol salt censor. This time I came to Jia's mansion just for fun, what kind of girl from Jia's mansion. Also, grandpa, Don't be reckless, what kind of marriage is mentioned, Miss Lin has filial piety in her body, don't scare her. Otherwise, I would have invited her to the second sister's flower viewing banquet last month."

"Wouldn't it be better to settle early when you meet someone you like?" Chen Yi teased Chen Ruize.

"Grandpa, don't make up your own mind. I just offended Miss Lin. If you make Miss Lin feel more against me because of this, I won't agree." Chen Ruize said, "I just think Miss Lin is fun, and I don't like Third Sister. Pretentious. She is different from the girls in the capital, Grandpa, don't make trouble, I'm still busy here."

"Your sister is entertaining guests in the water pavilion in front, but it's not close to here. How can you see Miss Lin? Have you forgotten this man and woman?" Chen Yi said, "Your nonsense is yours, but remember, but You can't ruin the girl's boudoir name. This girl is in the period of filial piety again, you can't sing and dance, and you can't stay in our house for a long time, or it will be a joke." Joking with his grandson, Chen Yi asked him some questions seriously, and then he was about to leave, after all, he wasn't interested in the children's playfulness.

Chen Ruiwen couldn't help feeling better when he saw his younger brother's happy face.As the elder brother, he takes all the responsibilities in this mansion, and the younger brother just needs to live simply.

"Brother, do you want to go too?" Chen Ruize pulled Chen Ruiwen back and said, "Miss Lin is very nice, I don't think she has such big rules, when she was in Yangzhou, her father personally led her to the street After a while, the third sister will bring her here, let me introduce you to each other."

"No, I'm not interested in the little girl. I still want to go to the martial arts training ground to practice martial arts." After Chen Ruiwen finished speaking, he left without looking back, while Chen Ruize sighed that he was bored, and continued to talk about it on his own.

As for Lin Daiyu, when she got off the carriage, she saw the maids of the Chen residence coming up to welcome them, and together they surrounded them in the waterside pavilion.Daiyu smiled and asked Zijuan to give rewards to the maids, then opened the window in the water pavilion, and what caught the eye was the endless lotus.

"Sister Lin, I've heard that the Duke of Qi's mansion is full of military generals. I never thought that there is such a place in the Chen's mansion." Yingchun walked into Daiyu's side and smiled, "A place like this can kill a whole afternoon with a pair of chess pieces. Yes." After Yingchun finished speaking, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, obviously enjoying the fragrance and coolness on the water.

"Second sister is not talking about this reason." Daiyu smiled and shook Yingchun's hand, "It's just that I don't have the elegance of my sister. Now I only think about it. If it's a small boat, we can travel across this area by boat." Picking the lotus pods from the lotus is a pleasant feeling. In the south of the Yangtze River, every time the lotus picking season comes, the lake is full of Yue girls humming lotus picking songs. There is a poem written by the great poet Ouyang Xiu in ancient times: A girl picking lotus by the bank of the autumn water. Narrow sleeves lightly slack, revealing double golden bracelets (chuan: a bracelet made of beads or jade.). Picking flowers in the photo. The flowers are like faces. The heart is only a mess. 鸂鶒 (xichi ancient book Up refers to a kind of water bird like a mandarin duck) The beach head is stormy and the waves are late. The fog is heavy and the smoke is light, and there is no companion when it comes.

"Sister Lin is really humble. Ouyang Xiu's poems come out at your fingertips, and you can't call it indecent." Tanchun smiled and teased Daiyu, holding Xichun's arm, "If sister Lin calls it indecent, then sister really doesn't know what to call it indecent." elegant."

"Your mouth is really powerful. I was just quoting the words of the predecessors. Now I'm just greedy and arty." Daiyu turned around and looked at the lotus leaf reaching the sky, thinking in her heart when she would be able to step on it. Ye Wuhen, that can be called Xiaocheng, now he is trapped in Jia's mansion, apart from being able to practice quietly at night, he is stared at by countless eyes during the day, which is really uncomfortable.

Chen Ruixuan had already heard a lot of Daiyu's words and deeds in the next door, and after entertaining the noble lady next to her, she walked into Daiyu's room with a smile and said, "It's not easy for Miss Lin to eat lotus pods." , and after a while, the boys will be asked to go to the boat to pick it."

Hearing the sound, Lin Daiyu and Sanchun turned around, and she already knew Chen Ruixuan's identity in her heart, "Ms. Chen is joking, this lotus picking is just a fun thing to do by yourself, and it is the right thing to pick it by yourself."

Chen Ruixuan nodded, thinking that Miss Lin really liked her. If she put the girl aside, she would disagree with her point of view in her heart, but she would not be able to cater to her with her mouth. Express yourself.

"These three must be the three girls from the Rongguo Mansion. Now that we are here, we will have to compose a few poems later." Chen Ruixuan's attitude towards Sanchun became more distant, "It's getting late now, Follow me to the attic on the second floor, the girls from other mansions have already arrived, and everyone is waiting. Climbing up to the second floor and overlooking the distance, compared with this place, it has a different taste."

Let's talk, Chen Ruixuan stepped forward to take Daiyu's arm affectionately, and took the lead to go up to the attic on the second floor.And Tanchun behind him said to Yingchun: "Second sister, I think the third girl in the Chen family seems to be here for sister Lin today. When did they meet? Sister Lin has only been in the capital for a few months, how could Chen The three girls are so familiar."

Yingchun smiled slightly and said, "How much do you and I know about Sister Lin's affairs. Don't talk about it, let's go up too."

When Yingchun said this, Tanchun could only nod her head bored, but she was very curious in her heart, she always felt that it was not so simple.Tanchun always has an intuition that all the aristocratic women invited to Jieshi Club today are likely to be Lin Daiyu's foil.It's just that at first thought, it was too impossible, Tanchun could only hide his small thoughts, and entered the poetry club together with Yingchun Xichun with a smile.

Here Daiyu smiled and greeted the girls in the room, while Chen Ruize had already waited impatiently.