Daiyu from the Red Mansion is also arguing with people today

The smile on Mrs. Wang's face disappeared visibly. She glanced at Wang Xifeng nonchalantly and asked, "What happened up front?"

Wang Xifeng spat in her heart again, feeling that the news brought up by the old woman was a bit hot.

She laughed dryly to hide her embarrassment and said, "My cousin from the Xue family brought some things up ahead, and the servants knocked them over with their clumsy hands. It was originally a trivial matter, but who would have thought that someone with a big mouth would tell Master Zheng about it, and now he is giving a lecture in the front yard!"

"You guys go and take a look! Let Baochai stay here!" Jia's grandmother's face also darkened. She waved her hand, signaling Yuanyang to help her back to the main room.

Daiyu was itching to go to the front to watch the excitement, but she knew it was impossible. She could only look forward to returning to Lixiangyuan and listening to Linji's report to her.

Xue Baochai was a little worried that her useless brother might cause trouble again, but she did not dare to disobey Grandmother Jia's wishes. She could only smile helplessly and follow Sanchun into the house.

The atmosphere in the room was a little solemn at first. Xue Baochai sat next to Lady Jia, trying hard to forget what had happened before, and began to tell them about what she had seen and heard on the way to the capital.

Jia Baoyu sat on the other side of his grandmother, staring at Xue Baochai with eyes that sparkled like fine gems.

Daiyu looked at this scene and couldn't help but smile.

Yingchun leaned slightly towards her and asked, "What's going on today?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?" The smile on Daiyu's face became brighter and brighter, and she laughed along with everyone else.

Yingchun gave her a secret look and said, "Stop playing dumb. You must have done something!"

Daiyu blinked and gently squeezed her hand: "Okay, I'll tell you later, now is not the time."

After chatting for a while, no servants came in to report. Grandmother Jia's face looked unhappy again. She ordered the maids beside her: "It's getting late. Let's not wait for them. Let's eat first!"

"Yes! It doesn't matter if we are hungry for a while, but we can't let our ancestors starve!" Daiyu joked.

Grandmother Jia was amused by Daiyu's words. She pointed at Daiyu and said, "You little girl! Since your aunt is not here, I will punish you by making you serve me food!"

"Haha, if my granddaughter's hands tremble from hunger, please don't blame me!"

Grandmother Jia smiled and shook her head: "You monkey, you only know how to make me happy, how can I really let you hold the food! Go, don't let you starve. If your father comes to the capital from Yangzhou and asks me for someone, I can't resist!"

As they spoke, the group walked towards the flower hall.

No one noticed that Xue Baochai looked towards the gate with a heavy heart.

When Lady Jia and the others were almost done with dinner, Lady Wang came back with Aunt Xue and Wang Xifeng. Their expressions were not very good, but Lady Xing was quite happy and apologized to Lady Jia with a smile.

Out of consideration for the girls present, they did not mention what happened specifically, but just said it had been resolved.

"Is everything settled?" asked Lady Jia.

Mrs. Wang felt that she had lost face today and seemed to be silent; Wang Xifeng felt that she was a junior and it was not her turn to reply, so she rarely avoided the question.

Mrs. Xing smiled and replied, "After all, the nephew of the Xue family is still young, and it is inevitable that he will be led astray by the servants. The second master has arranged for him to live in the outer study. There are quite a few gentlemen living in the front yard, so it is a good opportunity to teach him to control his temper."

Xue Baochai knew her brother's temper very well, and her mother Aunt Xue smiled awkwardly and did not refute anything. She also suppressed her doubts and planned to ask again later.

"That's fine, Madam, you can stay here, and let Baochai get closer to the sisters." After a busy day, Jia's mother felt a little tired. Mrs. Wang also wanted to take Aunt Xue back to her room to talk in private, so everyone dispersed.

When Xue Baochai saw Aunt Xue going to Mrs. Wang's courtyard, she felt it difficult to follow her and was a little at a loss for a moment.

Yingchun noticed her confusion, shook her head secretly, and said to her: "Cousin Xue, why don't you come to my room and sit for a while. I will send someone to ask the lady which courtyard to put you in."

Daiyu also followed into Yingchun's room. The sisters sat together. She asked Xue Baochai curiously, "Sister Baochai, is it because there are too many boats at the dock that you are delayed?"

Xue Baochai smiled gently and shook her head: "That's not the case. I don't know what happened. Maybe the box I used to pack the books in was too old and it fell apart when I got off the ship and loaded it onto the truck. I had to find new boxes to pack them, so it took some time."

"Really? Once my sister is settled, can I go to her place to read?"

"Of course." Xue Baochai agreed readily.

However, among the people present, perhaps only Tanchun and Xichun took this seriously. Just because Xue Pan would come and go in the courtyard where they lived at will, Daiyu and Yingchun would not go there casually.

It didn't feel like long before Mrs. Wang sent someone to inform them that Aunt Xue was going to rest. Everyone said goodbye to each other and went back to their rooms.

Daiyu and Xue Baochai happened to be traveling the same way, but they did not walk together. Xue Baochai followed the maid and walked in front, while Daiyu respectfully gave way and motioned for her to go first.

Although Xue Baochai is young, she has been with her father since she was young. It goes without saying that she is literate and has a good understanding of the ways of the world.

After Xue's father died, she paid more attention to housework, but she never gave up studying.

Therefore, she felt Daiyu's alienation at the first moment.

Although Daiyu was still very friendly to her in front of everyone, there was always a sense of disharmony. However, this was just her own intuition.

Xue Baochai followed the old woman into Mrs. Wang's courtyard, while Daiyu hurried back to Lixiangyuan with Xueyan and others.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, Daiyu said to the maids guarding the gate, "Hurry up, hurry up, don't open the gate from now on. If someone knocks on the door, you must ask clearly before opening the door. When you change shifts, you must also tell the next shift about this. If there is any mistake, the whole family will be sold to the mines!"

"Yes!"

When the maids heard Daiyu's order, they immediately took action. They all saw the serious expression on Daiyu's face and remembered her order firmly. No one dared to ignore her words.

Walking into the inner courtyard, Lan Rui came up to Daiyu with a smile and said excitedly, "Miss, I'll go call Lingji over now. Do you want to eat anything tonight?"

Daiyu thought for a moment and said, "Give me a bowl of rice dumplings with fermented glutinous rice wine!"

"Okay!" Lan Rui first went to tell Lin Ji about this, and then went to the small kitchen to find the woman on night duty.

The fire would be kept on the stove every night to make some midnight snacks for the women and servants on duty.

This is a unique benefit in Lixiangyuan; other courtyards do not have this treatment.