The Double Soul of Red Mansions

As soon as Lin Daiyu returned to the Lin Mansion, Lin Hai put down what he was doing and came to see his precious daughter from the study.

"Father still plans to ask Lin Zhong to pick you up. It's better not to go to Jia's mansion." Lin Hai has been busy for the past few days to make trouble for the eldest prince Zhao Yin who has been sent out of Beijing by the saint. After all, Lin Hai is not What kind of saint would do those things that repay hatred with kindness? How could Lin Hai easily forget about the assassination incident back then.

For Lin Haiming's blatant dislike of the Jia family, Daiyu could only give her deep approval: "Yu'er knows that there is trouble now, so she hurriedly brought Zijuan and Xueyan back."

Lin Hai didn't ask any troubles, just avoided talking about it and said, "Daddy Xiumu will take you to the suburbs for a horse race tomorrow, how about it?"

"Well, Yu'er hasn't gone out with Daddy for a long time." Since coming to the capital, Lin Hai has become more and more busy, and it is true that Daiyu and Lin Hai haven't spent as much time together as they did when they were in Yangzhou.Lin Daiyu was very moved by Lin Hai's proposal, but the eyes of Zijuan and Xueyan beside her were a little bright.

Lin Hai is a smart person, seeing the appearance of Xueyan and Zijuan, there is nothing he can't understand, so he said with a smile: "You two also go together, and tomorrow I will find two guards to teach you how to ride horses."

Zijuan and Xueyan smiled brightly when they heard this, and said, "Thank you, my lord."

Lin Daiyu joked with a smile: "I always knew that the snow geese were restless. I didn't expect that Zijuan is now also close to vermilion, red and black, and black. They are all infected by snow geese."

"What the girl said is that I was influenced by the snow geese." Zijuan bowed with a smile and said, "But I would like to thank my lord and girl for giving me this opportunity."

Lin Hai was wary of Zicuckoo before.After all, he is a person from Jia's mansion, but after a long time of seeing people's hearts, Lin Hai can see Zijuan's protection of Daiyu, and now he even pays more attention to Zijuan than to Xueyan. , Zijuan is more stable, while Xueyan is younger and has been around Daiyu without big ups and downs.

"Take good care of the girl in the future, there will be opportunities like this." Lin Hai looked at Zijuan with a smile and said, "Not only these opportunities, but when you get married in the future, our Lin family will prepare a generous dowry for you."

Speaking of getting married, Zijuan was also a little embarrassed, and thanked Lin Hai with a shy face, and Daiyu teased her young daughter's mentality again.Compared with the harmony of the Lin Mansion, the Jia Mansion ushered in another chaos.It's a pity that no matter how noisy Jia's house is, it won't affect Lin's house.

With Lin Hai's promise, as soon as Zijuan and Xueyan returned to the Daiyu courtyard, they began to pack their bags for the next day's trip to the village in the suburbs.And Daiyu leaned against the door frame, smiling and watching the two of them sorting things in the room.Such a simple and relaxed life is what she wants, and Daiyu is completely disdainful of Jia's way of acting.

"Girl, what should I do if I don't have any riding clothes!" Xueyan packed up Daiyu's things, looked at the riding clothes in Daiyu's closet, and then realized that she didn't have any suitable clothes to wear.Daiyu looked at Xueyan's aggrieved look, shook her head helplessly and said: "We are about the same size, you can take two of mine. I remember that I still have a few new ones that Daddy made, you Pick two that you like. As for Zijuan, you can’t do it now, I think it’s still early, why don’t you go to a clothing store and buy two suits!”

Lin Daiyu has prepared a lot of clothes for riding and practicing martial arts since she met martial arts, and Xueyan and Zijuan are servants no matter what, this horse riding is the master's pastime, if they hadn't met Lin Hai, they would have been in other houses It is absolutely impossible to meet.

Xueyan didn't have a heart, and when she heard what Daiyu said, she danced happily, but the child knew how to measure, and would not go to get Daiyu's new clothes, so she picked out two of Daiyu's old clothes that were the same. She said with a nonchalant smile, "Girl, I like these two items."

Daiyu raised her eyebrows and smiled and said, "Do you really like it or do you pretend to like it? Those old styles are out of fashion. How do I remember when Daddy brought the riding clothes and you liked the crimson one the most? Could it be I have a bad memory, did I remember wrong?"

Having been punctured by Daiyu, Xueyan stomped her feet and said, "Young lady will only bully me."

"Girl, don't tease Xueyan." Zijuan looked at Xueyan's mischievous appearance and said with a smile, "Today I will go to the tailor shop anyway, and I will bring Xueyan back with two bodies."

"Who said you want to go alone?" Lin Daiyu said while looking at Zijuan with folded hands.

"Could it be that the girl is going too?" Zijuan looked at Lin Daiyu in disbelief and said, "Although it's still early, but the wind outside is still a bit strong today, the girl should take a nap."

"I'm not made of paper, so what can the wind do?" Daiyu looked at Xueyan and said, "Xueyan, are you right about what your girl said?"

"Yes, what the girl said is correct." Xueyan's head looks like a chicken pecking rice, Daiyu's eyes are dazzled by the shaking speed.

"Don't shake it, pack up the things in your hands, and Zijuan will go to the housekeeper Lin to get some money. It's rare to be in a good mood today, so I will prepare two more clothes for you." The weather turned cold, and Daiyu was not stingy with those clothes For the people around them, these two people are wholeheartedly good to Daiyu, and Daiyu naturally regards them as her own family.The difference between master and servant is good, but within the scope of not exceeding the limit, Daiyu is still willing to let Zijuan and Xueyan have better food, clothing, housing and transportation as much as possible.

"Girl, we have money in our hands." Zijuan smiled, "Now my lord has increased my monthly salary to three taels of silver, which is already a lot. I don't need to spend any money in this mansion. It's just a matter of buying clothes." Don't let the girl spend money." Lin's mansion has a single population, unlike Jia's mansion, where the servants do some business and pass on some words, and they have to pay for travel expenses. Lin's mansion doesn't have so many servants, Zijuan and Xueyan are two Monthly money, basically not used every month.Xueyan also felt reasonable after hearing what Zijuan said, so she began to silently nod her head in agreement.

"Okay, save your money for later use. Today's expenses will all be paid by the mansion." Daiyu finalized her words, and the two thanked each other with a smile, and quickly put the things in their hands together neatly.Zijuan went to Lin Zhong's place in person. When Lin Zhong heard that the girl was going shopping, he waved his hand and gave Zijuan 200 taels of silver.

"Girl, the housekeeper gave me quite a lot." Zijuan handed the silver ticket to Lin Daiyu and said, "When I went, the housekeeper took 200 taels directly when he heard that the girl was going shopping, and said that the girl didn't care what she liked. purchase."

"It's so generous." Xueyan sighed from the side, she only had 36 taels of silver a year, even Daiyu's monthly expenses from the mansion were only 20 taels, this time Lin Zhong gave 200 taels at once, Snow geese were amazed.After all, Lin Zhong, the housekeeper, is very good at managing money.

Lin Daiyu didn't reach out to take it, and said to Zijuan with a smile: "You just pretend to be. I guess daddy knows that I will pay the money and explain it. Otherwise, housekeeper Lin wouldn't give so much." Lin Daiyu deserves to be Lin Hai's daughter, when Lin Hai made a promise to Xueyan and Zijuan, he knew that they must be short of clothes, so he specially explained it to Lin Zhong. If Juan wants to pay, she will pay 50 taels from the account in the house, and if Zijuan says she is leaving the mansion with the girl, she will pay 200 taels." Lin Hai said this because it is rare for Daiyu to go shopping, and the girl's family liked her. It's good to be able to buy any jewelry.This is a lot for 200 taels. After all, there are very few things that are very expensive and you like. In Lin Hai's eyes, this 200 taels is considered a normal expense.

"Young lady is right." Zijuan doesn't think that she and Xueyan can make Steward Lin so generous. Even in Jia's house before, the girls only paid 20 taels for changing seasons, so Zijuan has already confirmed that the money was actually given by Lin Hai to Dai Jade shopping expenses.Zijuan is a very careful girl. It is not enough to just bring some bank notes when going out. If you want to buy some small things, you must also have these broken silver and copper coins.So she packed the banknotes close to her body, and took some broken silver and copper plates from Daiyu's cabinet, and went back to her room to get some broken silver and kicked them, and the three master and servant left the mansion happily.

The weather is slowly getting colder, and there are far less people on the street than in previous days when the autumn was clear and crisp.Coupled with the fact that it happened to be nap time, the people on the street were much cooler than other times of the day.

"Let's go to Jinxiu Pavilion first." Daiyu's clothes are all made in Jinxiu Pavilion, so Daiyu asked the groom to drive directly to Jinxiu Pavilion as soon as she left the mansion.

"Girl, are the clothes in Jinxiu Pavilion too expensive?" Although she doesn't need to spend the money herself, Xueyan still feels that the price of Jinxiu Pavilion, which usually makes clothes for girls, is too high. Just shop."

"That's right, girl. The materials used in the clothes in Jinxiu Pavilion are more particular." Zijuan agreed, "I heard that there is a Du Ruo tailor shop that is also good, and the price is reasonable."

"Knowing that you are loyal to the Lord, it is a good thing to save money, but I am happy to come out today, and you will also add two good clothes." Daiyu has never valued money very much. One tael is money, and ten taels is money. She didn't think it was a waste, "And I heard that this Jinxiu Pavilion has a new pattern, so you don't want to go and see it? After all, this Jinxiu Pavilion is not all expensive, not the price of the clothes on the first floor. Is it good too?"

"Girl, you're so kind." Xueyan put her arms around Daiyu's arm and said coquettishly, "Girl, I will treat you better than before."

"Feelings, you decided to be nice to me because you have clothes?" Xueyan is a simple girl. When Daiyu said this, she also felt that it was true. This smile answered Daiyu's meaning, but she was very grateful in her heart. of.But Daiyu always likes to watch Xueyan being provoked by her jumping feet and changing face, so every time she catches the loopholes in Xueyan's words to tease her.

"I will always serve the girl well, but I will get better and better every day, and I will not cause trouble for the girl." Xueyan pouted and vowed.

Daiyu scratched Xueyan's nose and said: "Then remember, if you make a mistake in the future, I will ignore you." Even if Lin Daiyu believed that Zijuan would make mistakes, she would not believe that Xueyan would not make mistakes.There was no way, the tone of this child had already been set in Daiyu's heart.

"Young lady won't be so cruel and leave me alone." Xueyan held her head up a little arrogantly, which made the corners of Zijuan's lips curl up, such days are days, and those days before, looking at them now, are really not good What kind of.