Daiyu from the Red Mansion is also arguing with people today

Grandmother Jia's eyes were full of doting, and she smiled and joked, "You've changed your clothes before you've even seen the outsiders. Come and see your sister!"

Baoyu had already noticed that there was a little girl beside Lady Jia, and guessed that she must be his aunt's cousin, so he hurried forward and bowed.

Daiyu also stood up slowly, bowed, and then returned to Lady Jia's side.

She felt Baoyu's gaze on her face, but she pretended not to notice and nodded slightly, neither humble nor arrogant, and her gaze never stayed on Baoyu for a moment.

Baoyu stared at Daiyu for a long while, then said with a smile: "This sister looks so familiar to me!"

Daiyu couldn't help but chuckle, "Grandmother said I look a lot like mother, and mother and second uncle are siblings, so they must look alike too."

When Baoyu heard her mention Jia Zheng, he shrank his neck habitually and leaned his whole body into Jia Mu's arms.

"Mo Hun, when have you ever seen her?" Jia's mother took the opportunity to hug Jia Baoyu and said to Daiyu, "Don't tease him. When he saw your second uncle, he avoided him like a cat or a mouse."

Hahahaha - everyone laughed when they heard this and teased Baoyu. It was obvious that this was not the first day he was like this.

When Baoyu heard the old lady say this, he also smiled and said, "I just felt that my sister seemed to have seen me before, and I just thought it was a long-awaited reunion. My sister is teasing me!"

Daiyu had a smile on her face, but she was complaining in her heart: This is just the appetizer, there will be many more ways to tease you in the future!

"Okay, okay! Cousins, just live in harmony!" Grandmother Jia nodded with a smile.

"We are all brothers and sisters, so we should live in harmony." Daiyu saw Xichun was distracted and deliberately teased her, "Sister Xichun, do you think so or not?"

Xichun was stunned. She didn't expect Daiyu to ask her so suddenly. Although she often hangs out with her sisters, she is from the East Palace after all, and she always feels that there is a layer of separation between her and her sisters.

Baoyu saw that he had gotten away with it, so he asked again, "Sister, what are the two characters in your name, Zun?"

"The stone ink brushes the grass with ink, and the jade steps are covered with white dew." Daiyu folded her arms with one hand, covered her lips with a handkerchief with the other, and recited two lines of poetry lightly, explaining what the two words were.

Baoyu's eyes lit up: "Sister has studied!"

"Yes, I have been studying for a year. I was studying the Four Books before."

Baoyu shrank back again after hearing this, and inevitably lost interest, and asked casually: "Sister, do you have a jade?"

finally come!

Daiyu covered her lips and smiled: "Of course there is." As she said this, she used a handkerchief to hold up the top-quality white jade around her waist and showed it to everyone.

Even though Lady Jia was knowledgeable and experienced, it was the first time she had seen such white jade: it was a perfect oval shape, light milky white, extremely delicate in texture, pure and flawless, with a faint halo under the candlelight.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the jade, and they were reluctant to move away. Compared with the colorful jade on Baoyu's chest, it seemed to be no less beautiful.

"So my sister also has this rare thing!" Baoyu said, and his hand couldn't help but want to touch it.

Daiyu quickly withdrew her hand: "I brought this here from home. I chanted sutras and prayed for my mother along the way, and I have been offering it in front of the Buddha. How can I let anyone touch it casually!"

Seeing Baoyu's embarrassed look, Jia's mother felt a little uncomfortable, but she couldn't really blame Daiyu. She could only pat Baoyu's arm with heartache and comfort him: "Look, this sister also has jade, which shows that many people have it. Don't ask any sister if she has jade in the future."

Baoyu was a bit crazy when he heard this. He took off the jade from his chest and threw it on the ground: "I don't think this jade is a rare thing. What are you talking about 'psychic' or not? You are the only ones who are interested in it!"

Grandmother Jia hurriedly ordered the maids to pick up the jade, hugged Baoyu, and patted her chest: "What an evil creature! If you don't like the jade, just keep it. Why throw it away!"

Baoyu felt a little embarrassed after being scolded by his grandmother. He took the jade from the maid and put it on again.

Watching this, Daiyu was confused: I said I had the jade, why did you smash it again? Am I the part that you smashed the jade with?

Daiyu subconsciously looked at Yingchun and found that she was also a little dazed. Then she silently withdrew her gaze and continued to be a background board.

After Baoyu's fuss, Grandmother Jia felt a little tired, so she asked everyone to go back and rest.

Daiyu said good night to Lady Jia, and after sending her back to her room to sleep, she took a few maids and followed the two maids arranged by Lady Jia to go to Lixiang Courtyard.

Xueyan quietly approached Daiyu and whispered in her ear: "This day is more tiring than boxing!"

Daiyu shook her head slightly and used her eyes to signal her to pay attention to the nanny in front of her. Xueyan shrank her neck and followed Daiyu two steps behind.

At the southwest corner gate connecting Lixiangyuan to the alley, two maids from the Lin residence were standing. When they saw Daiyu coming back, one of them turned back to the courtyard to inform the others.

"Miss! You are back!" Lan Rui hurried out from the courtyard. Seeing a few new faces around Daiyu, she immediately stopped and bowed respectfully. "Miss, you are back. The hot water is ready. Do you want to take a bath?"

Her well-behaved appearance made everyone who were used to her carefree nature couldn't help laughing.

"Yes!" Daiyu responded and said to the two maids and Qingwen, "You follow Lan Rui to find Nanny Wang. She will arrange a place for you to stay. I'm tired today. You stay here first. We can talk about anything tomorrow."

Originally, Qingwen wanted to ask Lin Daiyu about her arrangements, but when she saw the fatigue on her face, she had to swallow her words.

Lan Rui would be fine, but when Qingwen saw Honglian, the big stone in her heart fell to the ground: since the girl could accommodate such beautiful maids as Zijuan and Honglian by her side, as long as she behaved herself in the future, did not do anything beyond the rules, and did not speak too dignifiedly, at least she would not be bullied at will.

It was late at night, and many lanterns were lit in Lixiangyuan, and the outline of the entire courtyard was vaguely visible.

This Lixiang Courtyard was originally the place where the old Duke Rong, Daiyu's grandfather, spent his old age. The courtyard was not large, with more than ten rooms, and a complete front hall and back house.

Daiyu said to Xueyan and Zijuan, "You two have been following me all day and you are tired. Let Qinghe and Luluo take over!"

Qinghe and Luluo led Daiyu to the bathroom, which was originally an annex room with a small door leading to the inner room. Now, according to Daiyu's request, it was specially cleaned up as a bathroom, and hot water was already placed inside.

Daiyu glanced at the only small window in the side room and told the two of them, "Qinghe will stay with me inside, and Luluo will stay outside."

"Don't worry, young lady! We have checked the whole yard, and our people are guarding it!" Luluo brought two bath towels for Daiyu. I don't know where the young lady bought these towels from, but they are much better than ordinary kudzu towels.

Daiyu walked behind the screen, began to undress, and then stepped into the bathtub.

She sighed with satisfaction and thought to herself: What a corrupt feudal society! Since coming here, meals have been served to her, and she doesn't even have to wash her own dishes and clothes.

If she had not experienced the various modern conveniences and rich entertainment activities, or if there was no potential crisis of dynastic change here, perhaps Daiyu would think that it would be nice to stay here.