Daiyu from the Red Mansion is also arguing with people today

Daiyu was about to ask why when she felt Tanchun pat her quietly and signaled her to just watch.

There was a row of exquisite snacks in front of her. Naturally, Lady Jia ate the best rouge rice. Although the others were not as good, they were also excellent.

After Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang had set the table and served food to Lady Jia, it was Wang Xifeng's turn to come on stage.

Daiyu felt exhausted watching their skilled movements. She was distracted here, and Tanchun gently touched her knees. She came back to her senses and imitated Tanchun and added another bowl of porridge for herself.

She drank her porridge in silence, completely ignoring the exquisite side dishes on the table, as if they didn't exist.

After dinner, the three sisters went to school. Daiyu used the excuse that she had to pack her things and went back to Lixiangyuan. But before leaving, she made an appointment with Tanchun to come back later.

Daiyu lay on the kang outside the bedroom, thinking about Lady Jia's eating habits. She was afraid that she would have to make another trip at 15 p.m.

Just thinking about it, having to go through this every day, she felt that life was unbearable. But compared to living in Grandmother Jia's green gauze cabinet, running back and forth like this was nothing.

Qing He brought a few dishes and three cornmeal buns, placed them on the kang table, and said with a smile: "If the old lady knew that we were feeding the girl this kind of food, I'm afraid she would sell us all out immediately."

Daiyu touched her belly which had become flat after all the tossing and turning, and said nonchalantly, "She won't do that. The most she can do is send you back to Yangzhou. Let the two maids come over later. Their problems will be easy to solve. If Qingwen asks, tell her that we will contact her later."

"Yes."

Because Daiyu did not assign any tasks to Qingwen, she was doing some needlework with two maids at this time.

"Sister Qinghe! Did the young lady tell me to do anything?" Qingwen felt a little anxious when she saw Qinghe calling two maids over.

Qing He stroked her hand and comforted her: "Don't worry, the girl will find you soon, just wait patiently."

But Qingwen was still uneasy, and this anxious mood continued until the two maids came back. When Qingwen saw them start to pack up, her mood became even more complicated, and she asked anxiously: "Mammy, why are you packing up?"

A maid said to her with a smile, without any displeasure on her face: "The girl said that she couldn't bear to separate us from our family. From now on, we will learn the rules for one hour every other day."

With that, the two maids left the room carrying some simple clothes.

Qingwen stood there in a daze for an unknown period of time. Suddenly, Luluo's voice came from the door: "Sister Qingwen, the girl is looking for you!"

"Coming!" Qingwen responded and walked into the main room nervously.

At this time, Daiyu was grinding ink, and seemed to be thinking about something. Her eyes were a little blurry, not focusing on the inkstone, but looking through the window at the pear tree in the yard.

"You come and grind the ink for me." Daiyu put down the ink stick and stretched her slightly stiff wrist.

"Yes!" Qingwen hurriedly picked up the ink stick.

After looking at it for a while, Daiyu frowned slightly: "The ink is too thick!"

When Qingwen heard this, she was so frightened that her hands trembled and the ink stick almost fell to the ground. She knelt down and begged for mercy, "Miss, please don't send me back."

Daiyu sighed, "I asked those maids to go back and live with me. First, I didn't want them to be separated from their families. Second, I didn't want my every move in the courtyard to be watched by others."

"But... I'm not..." Qingwen raised her head in horror, wanting to explain but found that she had no idea where to start.

After all, she is about the same age as Honglian, but she has not experienced the same hardships as Honglian. When the two are compared, the gap is obvious.

"You said that Nanny Lai had so many daughters, but she always took you with her when she went to the old lady's place. Why was that?"

Qingwen smiled bitterly. She was just a maid who was sold here. She couldn't even remember her parents, and she was still being sent here and there by others.

"Get up. Now that you are in my courtyard, I am curious and want to ask you what your ambitions are. Generally speaking, the career paths of maids are nothing more than those, either being sent out to marry or being a maidservant.

In other families, there might be a chance to be close to the son-in-law. But it's different here. The people around me have no chance to take this path. If you have this thought, then from now on, you are no longer my person. "Daiyu looked directly into Qingwen's eyes and asked seriously, "What do you think?"

"Miss! I absolutely don't have such an intention! I...I just want to be innocent and don't want to do such a dirty thing as betraying my master!" Qingwen knelt down and slowly moved to Daiyu's side, almost swearing.

Daiyu stretched out her hand and forcibly pulled her up: "Get up, add some water and continue to grind ink for me."

Green Radish and Blue Rui squeezed outside the door, secretly listening to the noise inside. Unexpectedly, they were discovered by Nanny Wang, who pinched their ears and dragged them out.

When they were almost at the inner gate, Luluo began to beg for mercy in a low voice: "Hey, hey, hey, Nanny Wang, we won't dare to do it again! Please let go!"

Since Daiyu drank a whole bottle of health potion, her five senses have been greatly improved. She glanced outside the yard and saw the conspicuous green jacket of the green radish flashing across the yard.

Qingwen is quite sensible at the moment, so it would be fine if she were to be taught by Nanny Wang for a short period of time. The other maids could follow Nanny Wang's lessons and learn to control their temper.

But after a long time, there is still something lacking.

Daiyu (Dai Yu), who came from a grassroots background, had never been exposed to the rules of a wealthy family. Lin Daiyu was still young, and when she was a little older, Jia Min passed away, so there was no one to teach her the rules.

So it's not surprising why the rich don't marry the eldest daughter of a widow first. She didn't want to marry into a rich family, but no matter what her status is in the future, when people talk about her upbringing, this is the first thing they will think of.

She picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and began to write: "Dear father, I respectfully pay my respects to you..."

Daiyu first described what she saw and heard when she entered the Jia Mansion, as well as what Qinghe and the others saw and heard, and then described Baoyu's ridiculous behavior of throwing jade for no reason.

Finally, she urged Lin Ruhai again to send a reputable nanny as soon as possible.

She expressed doubts about the education ability of the Jia family. Both the original novel and related research rarely mention the social activities of the Jia family's female members: the old lady left the Jia family except for the Qingxu Temple to hold a ceremony and to escort the old concubine's coffin; Mrs. Wang's situation was even simpler. Apart from serving the old lady, she stayed at home every day.

As for Xing, there is no need to mention it. Her family status is too low, and Jia She is just an empty title without real power. Except for the four kings and eight dukes, other families are unwilling to associate with the Jia family.

Daiyu read the letter to Lin Ruhai again, and after confirming that there were no mistakes, she gently blew dry the ink and put it into the envelope.

During this time, Daiyu was also observing Qingwen's every move. Seeing that she had no intention of peeking, she paused and asked, "Can you read?"

Qingwen's face flushed with embarrassment. Daiyu understood immediately and said, "If you don't know how to do it, just learn it. Just follow Nanny Wang these days, learn some manners and learn how to read. You don't have to come to me."