[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

It will be six or seven days before Jia Min recovers.The blow to her this time is really not small, even if she can walk around, she looks like she is about to fall when the wind blows.Doctor Li came to the mansion again and told Lin Ruhai that this was a sequela caused by the disease, so he had to take good care of it in the later stage, and it would be fine, and changed the prescription again.

Even though everyone advised Jia Min not to be in a hurry, she still refused to lose her courtesy: "I should have gone to pay my respects to the old lady a few days earlier, but I can't wait until now because of my unhealthy health." Let people go. He hurriedly sent a greeting card to the scholar's mansion, saying that he would bring Daiyu and his brother to meet him tomorrow.

After eating early, Jia Min looked at Daiyu's siblings' attire again, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so she asked Mother Gu, "The Shen family should have had breakfast by now, right? "

Gu Numming said with a smile: "Over there, the master and uncle both go to the yamen, so naturally the routine is similar to ours. It's just that it's a bit early now, and the wife just took the girl and son to walk in the garden to digest food."

Daiyu stepped forward and took Jia Min's hand: "Brother Ai has tidyed up the garden, my wife hasn't had time to turn around yet, why don't you go and have a look?"

Jia Min smiled and asked her to sit down: "What's the rush in my garden? If I come back from a walk, I have to clean up my face again, which is a waste of time."

Gu Momo hurriedly said: "It's the old servant who wants to make a mistake."

Jia Min laughed and said, "It's just that I'm not sure what to do with you. Mammy is too cautious." Mammy Gu just smiled and didn't say any more.

Jia Min then asked Daiyu: "Have you prepared a gift for the elders? Old ladies and wives have traveled thousands of miles and still want to celebrate your birthday, so you should be filial."

Daiyu smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's ready, but it's not good." She asked Xueyan to pass the things she was holding to Jia Min.

Uncovering the burden covering the head, there were three handkerchiefs on the tray. Although the colors were different, Jia Min recognized that they were all the same material: the latest plain soft satin produced by Jiangnan Weaving.Seeing this, Jia Min nodded first: "This satin is smooth and suitable for making handkerchiefs." He picked up one and looked at it carefully.

The edge of the handkerchief is hooked all around, the needle corners are not very fine, but fortunately it is very smooth.There is no embroidery in the middle, only a cluster of daylily flowers in the lower corner. Although there are only a few sparse branches, the branches and leaves are well formed.Seeing this cluster of flowers, Jia Min knew that Daiyu wrote the manuscript herself, and said with a smile, "You are lazy."

Daiyu smiled embarrassingly: "They said they wouldn't show it to the wife, and they would laugh at me."

Nanny Gu stepped forward and explained to Daiyu: "Young lady has only drawn the manuscript a few times, and it took a lot of effort." Jia Min looked at this nanny helplessly, forget it, this is from the Shen family, I just hope that when she goes to Shen's house, she will say the same thing.

The entire Shen family, from the master to the servants, knew that the person who came to visit today was very important to Shen Yue.For this reason, Mrs. Shen specially instructed the housekeeper's wife: "Let those little girls be more prudent, don't criticize the master, and don't hang around in front of the master for nothing."

The housekeeper smiled and said: "Not to mention the little girls, even the old slaves are curious. I don't know what kind of girl is like the character of our second son, so that the son is so considerate."

Mrs. Shen also had a smile on her face: "You can see it. Although she is still young, but the aura on her face and the fragrance of books all over her body, she really deserves to be a girl taught by Mr. Yueer. I can't wait for that child now In front of my eyes, hey, it’s not easy to stay at home for a while.”

So when Jia Min got off the soft sedan chair, she found that not only Mrs. Liu was waiting at the second door, but Mrs. Shen was also holding the girl's hand and smiling at herself—Jia Min didn't know Mrs. To move one's breath, one's dress can be changed, but one's demeanor is not so easy to change.

What's more, Mrs. Shen is very solemn today, dressed very decently, standing with Mrs. Liu, no matter how old she is, how can Jia Min not know who it is?

"How dare you work hard to welcome you personally," Jia Min leaned down from a distance, "but I killed the younger generation." Then he said to Daiyu and Brother Kuan, "greetings to my wife."

Mrs. Liu has already stepped forward to help Jia Min: "Madam can't wait to see you. I want to thank you for taking care of Yue'er all these years. I only took two steps. Why are you so polite?"

Jia Min is seven or eight years older than Liu Shi. Seeing her calm and gentle tone, she first breathed a sigh of relief for Shen Yue, and said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, grandma, outsiders only see that our husband and wife are good to each other, but they don't know what's going on inside. Children are so careful and considerate in their actions.”

At this time, Mrs. Shen had received the gift from Daiyu and Brother Kuan, and she smiled and cursed at Mrs. Liu: "I know that the old lady can't wait, but I just talk to Mrs. Lin in this wind. If you blow Yu'er, the old lady will punish you later. You, don't think of me pleading for you."

Just as Daiyu was about to take Brother Kuan to say hello to Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Shen was already holding each other to leave.After hearing this, Mrs. Liu asked Neiyan to invite Jia Min: "Please, Mrs. Lin. Our wife is just talking loudly. Before the old lady can speak, she will cover it for me first." After speaking, seeing Mrs. Shen holding Daiyu by the hand, Holding Brother Kuan with one hand, he smiled at Mrs. Shen: "Madam is too impatient, at least let me see Yu'er before leaving."

Jia Min was a little nervous at first, but was relieved a lot by Mrs. Liu's intervention. Seeing Brother Kuan looking at him from time to time, he nodded quietly to him.Brother Kuan concentrated on answering Mrs. Shen's question.After all, she didn't ask him a few words, but Mrs. Shen kept looking at Daiyu.

The Wanhui Academy is located in the deepest part of the scholar's residence, and the distance is not very close. Mrs. Shen introduced the scenery on both sides to Daiyu and Brother Kuan, while secretly observing her little grandson-in-law.

The child has also been well-dressed, because the old lady of the Shen family is old, so today Daiyu wore a red and white butterfly jacket with a brocade jacket and a light pink smoked collar, which made her face rosy.She had just grown her hair, and around her two small buns, each had a string of armor-sized pearls, which complemented the beads hanging from her ears.

Who said this kid is weak?Mrs. Shen scolded the person who said this in her heart.Today I prepared a soft sedan chair, but because Mrs. Shen greeted me personally, and wanted to talk more with Daiyu, I walked slowly all the way.After walking for such a long time, there was no drop of sweat on Daiyu's face, and her breath was steady when she spoke, which showed that she was not so fragile.

Listening to Daiyu's eloquent conversation, and although her voice is soft, she has the tranquility of Jiangnan Wu Nong's soft language. Mrs. Shen wished that this road would be longer.

The road always has an end, and the Wanhui Courtyard is close in front of you. A little child stood on tiptoe and looked towards this direction impatiently. He looked curiously at Daiyu and Brother Kuan.

Mrs. Shen looked at Brother Yan amusedly: "Why did you come out?"

Brother Yan said confidently: "Wait for my sister-in-law. I am younger than my brother, so I have to respect my sister-in-law. I can't wait for my sister-in-law to come to see me in the house."

Mrs. Shen quietly looked at Daiyu, and found that Daiyu's little face was redder, but there was no look of embarrassment and anger on her face, and she asked her brother: "Is it my brother? I am older than you, I want to call my sister."

Brother Yan is unwilling: "Brother clearly said that she is sister-in-law."

Brother Kuan stepped in front of Brother Yan and pushed out his small chest: "It's sister. Sister is older than you, so she should be called sister. Only those who are married can be called sister-in-law."

Brother Yan had never received this kind of treatment, and looked at Mrs. Shen in a state of bewilderment.Mrs. Liu suppressed a smile and said to Brother Yan, "Don't be rude, and show respect to Mrs. Lin quickly."

Jia Min is in the middle of a lawsuit with Nanny Gu, so Daiyu knows that she is engaged to Shen Yue, right? Could it be that what she said that day was just to squeeze Shen Yue?He had fooled the two grown-ups himself.Now, hearing Mrs. Liu scolding Brother Yan, he took a step forward: "This is Brother Yan, right? He's two months younger than Brother Kuan, so we just play together."

Brother Yan and Brother Kuan looked at each other and turned their heads away.The grown-ups were going to visit Mrs. Shen, and they didn't care about settling the lawsuit for them. The guests and hosts entered the door one after another, leaving the maids on the porch winking.

Old Mrs. Shen had already been seated at the high seat, and got up when she saw Jia Min's mother and son coming in: "I'm old, so I didn't go to meet you, don't blame me for being too big."

Jia Min brought Daiyu and Brother Kuan to bow down: "Aunt and grandma are vigorous and healthy, which is our blessing as juniors. If aunt and grandma go to welcome the younger generation, it will be a blessing for the younger generation."

The girl stepped forward to help Jia Min, thanked her for a while, and then sat down with the guests and the host. The old lady waved to Daiyu and Brother Kuan: "Come, come to the old lady." The two children walked forward obediently. , The action is generous and decent, without any tweaking.

The old lady hugged both of them in love: "Both are good, and I don't know which one to praise. If it's selfish, Yu'er is naturally better." Everyone laughed .

Now when the old lady let him go, Brother Yan went to Brother Kuan to comfort him: "Don't be angry with the old lady, we all like girls in our family, the old lady has long since annoyed our men."

The child still couldn't control his own volume. He thought that his whispered words had already been heard by others, and it made everyone laugh for a while before he began to speak properly.Jia Min presented the gift list in person: "I should have come to see the old lady long ago, but I am not healthy enough to drag it on until today. Please don't blame me for being negligent, old lady."

The girl delivered the gift list to the old lady, who only opened it and glanced at it, then said: "You are too polite. I told him when Ruhai came that time, you have your difficulties, we are all one family, don't need to talk about it." These empty gifts." After speaking, he smiled and said to Daiyu, "I still have good things for you, but it's a pity that Yue'er was bullied."

After speaking, ask someone to bring up the gifts for Daiyu's siblings.Seeing that what Daiyu was given was a set of ruby ​​haircuts, the rubies on them were all the size of a fingertip, and the fire was flickering, so she excused Daiyu, "She just got her hair back, so how can I use this."

The old lady smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will still have Chao'er's place in the future. Don't think I don't have many private houses, and I have prepared two things for my great-grandson's wife."

Mrs. Liu waved her hands and asked the maids to come forward to collect Daiyu, and said to Jia Min with a smile: "Our old lady has already made up my mind, and I will give it away a little bit at this time. In the future, I will change to a filial great-grandson-in-law, who will stand there every day to pay her back." She is an eye-catching old man, talk with her old man, make the old man laugh a few times, so that he can look at his great-great-grandson energetically."

The old lady was overjoyed when she heard this: "That's exactly what you said." Afraid that Daiyu would feel uncomfortable if she said too much, she glanced at Mrs. Liu.Nanny Gu behind Daiyu came up with a tray, Daiyu stepped forward and said softly: "Nothing else, thank you for your love, I made a handkerchief myself, please don't dislike me, old lady."

The old lady took it with a smile, and first boasted that the selected material was good, and then saw the clump of daylilies: "This is the draft you made yourself? I haven't seen such a pattern outside."

Daiyu's face was slightly ashamed: "The painting is not good."

Mrs. Shen has already taken her share: "You can already draw patterns by yourself at a young age, and you are so unique, who can say otherwise?"

Everyone didn't talk about the embroidery skills, Jia Min felt a little relieved and felt a little embarrassed, wondering if he should ask Daiyu to practice female red again when he went back.

The old lady Shen had already opened her mouth and said to Daiyu: "Good boy, it's better to sit next to the old lady, it's more convenient to talk." One sentence said:

"You are filial, the old lady, your wife, and your aunt all know it. But you are still young, and it is time for you to read, read and hand in some handkerchiefs. Don't be bored at home doing this every day. You can do it with two needles. There are paintings. Take the time to show off, and draw more things about Jiangnan for the old lady, and the old lady will be happier."

Mrs. Shen also said to Jia Min: "Our children still need to read more and be sensible. What's more, we need to go out and walk around more, and get along with the little sisters who have similar personalities. In the future, if the children have problems, it is okay to tell us. Go whisper to my little sister."

What else can Jamin say?Zizi smiled and thanked the old lady and Mrs. Shen for their concern for Daiyu.After hearing this, Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: "I have already received posts from several flower fairs. I used to think that it was boring to be alone in the past. Now it's better, and I just took Yu'er for a walk."

After hearing this, Mrs. Shen annoyed her and said, "Won't Mrs. Lin take Yu'er out by herself?"

Mrs. Liu smiled at her mother-in-law and said, "My wife doesn't know what I'm thinking?" Turning to Jia Min, she whispered, "To be honest, I'm showing Chao'er, but at the flower festival, the wives are in the same place, and the girls are in the same place." One place. Although it is said that mothers know daughters, there is another saying that the nine sons of a dragon are different. It is just for Yuer to get along with those girls, and it will be better if they get along with each other, and they will be more harmonious in the future, won't they?"

Such remarks made Jia Min open his mouth wide, regardless of etiquette.If she remembers correctly, Shen Chao is Daiyu's future uncle, right?How did the Shen family come up with the idea of ​​letting a brother's daughter-in-law look after his uncle's daughter-in-law?Or is Liu going to do something about it?

The three generations of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Shen family all took Jia Min's reaction seriously. Mrs. Shen said to Jia Min with a smile: "My eldest daughter-in-law is different from her younger siblings. The second child is soft-tempered. This is a person who can say whatever comes to mind." Yes. She just loves Yu'er's character and wants to imitate Yu'er to find a daughter-in-law for herself."

Jia Min smiled a little stiffly: "Yes, grandma is outspoken. No wonder Yueer keeps saying that his aunt loves him, which makes Brother Chao feel bad."

Brother Yan over there also murmured to Brother Kuan: "Actually, I want to go too, but grandma always says that my children know everything? Isn't it just a matter of picking a beautiful and smart one? What's the problem?"

Daiyu tilted her head slightly, her mouth was slightly pursed, and she listened to the adults, before she said to the old lady: "Before I left, I drew a few portraits of Brother Xun and Brother Wen, but they are not as good as Brother Ai. , old lady, would you like to see it?"

Look, why don't you look?This is what Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Shen want to see the most.Daiyu asks Xueyan to bring up the thin booklet, which contains the portraits she painted of Brother Xun and Brother Ming.

The funniest one is Brother Xun nodding Brother Wen's forehead, his brows are frowning, his mouth is partly opened as if he is reprimanding Brother Wen, and Brother Wen's face is obviously ashamed, Holding a small piece of paper in his hand, the piece of paper is also vaguely a portrait of a person.

These two children are much older than the picture album that Shen Yue brought back, and the old lady and Mrs. Shen were very satisfied after seeing it: "What's wrong, I'm training my younger brother."

Daiyu explained at the side: "Brother Xun recalled that day and asked Brother Ming what the shape of brother Ai's eyes were. Brother Wen made a mistake for a while, so Brother Xun said a few words to him. The two of them are very close on weekdays. It's good, don't quarrel."

Brother Kuan disagreed: "Brother Xun loves to be the boss the most, and wants me and Brother Wen to listen to him."

Daiyu glanced at him: "He is older than you."

Brother Kuan disagreed: "But I'm waiting for my brother to enlighten me, or I can read better than him."

Children are like this, what they say is the truth they understand, and they are extremely persistent.For example, Brother Kuan felt that he couldn't say no to Brother Xun because Brother Xun could memorize it better than himself.

Brother Yan disagreed when he heard it: "Second brother taught me, I can't teach you again. Since Mr. Lin returned to Beijing, second brother has no time to teach me to read." He couldn't help being wronged: "Madam, Does the second brother not like me anymore, does he?"

Jia Min hurriedly pulled him to her side: "Brother Kuan is talking nonsense, his father has already found a husband for him, so there is no need for your second brother to enlighten him." Brother Kuan pouted by himself.Jia Min said to him: "Didn't you bring a gift for brother Yan?" Going to other people's houses will make the owner cry, you are really capable.

Brother Kuan reluctantly asked someone to pass the small gift he brought to Brother Yan: "This is from Yangzhou, and this is from Gusu. I heard that someone under the Tiger Hill made clay figurines very well. Unfortunately, we didn't met."

Brother Yan pointed to a row of mud tigers ranging from big to small, and said awkwardly: "This is for children to play. I don't play with it when I'm old. You still play with it?"

Brother Kuan raised his eyebrows: "I haven't played this game for a long time. This is for your younger brother. Do you have a younger brother? Is your younger brother older than Brother Wen? You are similar to Brother Xun. Does your brother also Is it about the same as Brother Ming?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Shen smiled and said to Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Liu: "Do you think they look like Chaoer and Yueer when they were young?" Then she sighed to Jia Min: "Have you never seen Chaoer and Yueer?" When I was so old, I also bickered every day, and sometimes I was annoyed. At that time, we thought they were too annoying, but when Yueer went to a foreign job with his father, we thought it would be good to see them bickering again at any time."

Jia Min felt that his son was too casual. Hearing what the old lady said, he smiled and said, "This is also the old lady's blessing. We think it can't be done like this."

Mrs. Shen felt that she could accept all the flattery: "This is indeed my blessing. So today I will use my seniority to persuade you that how others behave is always an outsider. Take good care of your body and look forward to having a better life." My luck is the most important."

If this is said by the in-laws, it is a bit too much.But the old lady is different, she also has another identity as Lin Ruhai's relatives, Jia Min also called her aunt just now, so it is the meaning of the elders admonishing the younger generation.

Jia Min knew that the affairs of the general's mansion could not be hidden from others, and she was a little embarrassed.Daiyu smiled and asked the old lady, "I don't know if it's convenient for the old lady. Yu'er wants to bring her younger brother to see her."

The old lady said reluctantly: "Go back as soon as you go, what can you say to him, when you come back, the old lady will take you to the garden."

Mrs. Shen heard the words and said: "Even if the old lady is interested, and it happens that today is a beautiful day, and it is not hot or cold, why not put the banquet at the Xiating Pavilion. After the siblings and the old man finish talking, the table will be filled with food." That's it, just take your seat."

The old lady nodded, and asked Brother Yan to accompany Daiyu and brother to see Xueshi Shen.Along the way, Brother Yan kept tilting his head to look at Daiyu. Brother Kuan stepped beside his sister to block Brother Yan's view, and asked him, "What do you always see my sister doing?"

Brother Yan is very honest: "Last time when my eldest brother was taking a bath, let me take a good look at my sister-in-law and sister, so that I can tell him what my sister looks like."

Daiyu gently tugged Brother Kuan's little hand, and said to Brother Yan: "Brother's words are not all correct, if you look at other people's sisters like this, they will be angry."

Brother Yan's face turned red when he heard this, and asked cautiously, "Is sister angry?"

Daiyu smiled: "If you say to listen to elder brother, I will be angry."

Brother Kuan was still scaring him from the sidelines: "The last thing I want is to see my sister get angry. If my sister is angry, my brother will ignore you."

Sure enough, brother Yan quickly promised: "Sister, don't be angry, I don't say anything and just listen to elder brother."

Daiyu didn't speak, and the eldest girl who went with them to see Xueshi Shen took down the conversation of the few people carefully, and waited to talk to the old lady when she turned around.What Daiyu prepared for Xueshi Shen were all kinds of broken branches and flowers painted by herself: "The paintings are not good, so I will relieve the boredom of my grandfather."

This painting is naturally not as good as Shen Yue's, and it is rare for Daiyu to be six years old.After Xueshi Shen accepted it, he opened his mouth to test Daiyu's reading progress, and found that his extensive research and extensive reading were beyond his expectations, so he couldn't help being curious, and asked intentionally:

"Some people in the world think that a woman's lack of talent is virtue. You have read so many books, aren't you afraid that people will criticize your lack of virtue?"

Daiyu's complexion was complete: "Men are not the only ones who are sensible in reading. Shouldn't women understand the truth and let men say what they say? Those who say that women's ignorance is virtue are mostly men, in order to let women Obey what they say. Daiyu wants to know for herself what is right and what is wrong."

Shen Xueshi deliberately sullen: "Not all the words in the book are correct, how can you tell which books are right and which are wrong? If you believe in the book with false views, you will not act according to the world. , wouldn’t it be better not to read?”

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Jia Min: My daughter is so smart, when did she learn it?

Daiyu: I never said that I didn't know. It's because you think too much, not me.