Daily life of Xifeng in the Red Chamber

Danyu has been a little restless these past few days. It was rumored in the house that Grandma Xiao Rong in the East Mansion was not well. She remembered that Lin Ruhai and Qin Keqing died at about the same time.Although when she was at home a few years ago, she tried her best to persuade her family to seek medical advice and take care of her health. Lin Ruhai was always in good health, but when she first heard that Qin Keqing was ill, she couldn't help but feel worried.

Daiyu saw that her eldest sister was not in her right mind, so she asked, "What's the matter, sister? But what's the matter?"

But Danyu couldn't tell Daiyu that she was worried about her father's life, so she forced a smile and said, "I miss my father a little bit, and I don't know if he is good or not, and whether the people around me are taking care of him properly."

Daiyu's eyes turned red: "We couldn't talk about it back then, but my father refused to allow it, and now I can't perform my filial piety at my father's knees."

Danyu hurriedly laughed and said: "What is this, I just said it casually, which made you sad. Don't do this, father is thinking of us, you should also understand father's heart, and take good care of yourself. "

Daiyu hurriedly wiped away her tears, and asked again: "If you count the days, there should be a letter."

Danyu nodded and said, "Exactly, I have sent people to watch over the past few days."

The two sisters were talking in the room, and when they heard the little girl outside reporting that several girls had come, they hurriedly remade their makeup and went out to entertain guests.

Seeing that Daiyu's eyes were slightly red, Tanchun didn't want to embarrass her, so he said with a smile, "Our poetry club has money now, so we should hurry up and start writing poems while the spring is in full swing. Let me say yes first. , I must be the host of the first club, and I was the one who asked the poetry club to mention it first."

Daiyu said with a smile: "You are the most elf, and now you are being generous. We don't need a penny from you, and we have to remember you."

Everyone laughed and said, "That's very true."

Tanchun said bitterly: "Everyone doesn't say it, but you say it, I can't be a good person."

Daiyu then made a face at her: "Hey, there are not many people as honest as me."

Danyu smiled and said, "Shut up, you've offended everyone in the room."

Yingchun pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Come back and write poems, let Sister Dai pour tea for us and serve us for a while."

Everyone laughed and said: "That's good, let's see if she talks nonsense next time."

Some people were talking and laughing, but they explained Daiyu's sister's missing father.

Sister Feng has been busy changing her clothes these few days, the rules of the Rong Mansion are better than nothing, and she has to think about everything from the beginning.In the past, the housekeeper had a short time and had never encountered many things.Take the new clothes of each season as an example. It is reasonable to distribute them before the season changes. When the weather changes, people can be ordered to change their clothes.

Now it's good, the maids in the house like to wear whatever they like, there are those who are favored by the master, dressed in resplendent and resplendent clothes, outsiders will think they are Miss Qianjin when they see them, those who can't come to the front, their clothes are bleached and white, spring and summer Forget it, it's heartbreaking to watch people shrinking in the cold in winter.

Sister Feng discussed with Ping'er here: "This rule can't be followed. I'm thinking about it, and I will set their clothes according to the first, second, and third grades, and the number of sets they will send out each season. They will be changed uniformly when the day comes, so as not to waste the time now." Looking at the dazzling, no big family is as well-behaved as ours."

Ping'er worried: "I'm afraid it won't be easy to do. Those little girls are of course grateful to grandma, but those who have a head and a face on weekdays may not be able to rest with grandma."

Sister Feng sighed: "I don't know. It's just, hey, this family has a lot of success in a year, but they spend a lot of money. These big and small masters don't know how to be frugal. For example, when I saw a girl in Baoyu's room that day, Dressed in satin, even I don’t have a few horses like that here. The old lady must love her grandson and give it to Baoyu. He is a worthless person, and she used it to coax his girls. The girls are naturally happy when they get benefits. Well, here in Baoyu, there is naturally a public school or an old lady to subsidize it. The ones who come and go again and again add a lot of money for nothing.

It's not that they are not allowed to dress well and eat well, but the rules must be set, if everyone behaves like that, within a few years, the family will have to live on their own. "

Ping'er sighed again, and asked again: "Grandma, why don't you think of ways to increase income, and reducing expenditure is not the way."

Sister Feng sighed: "It's easier said than done, just like this, look, is Second Aunt watching us, lest we take some advantage.

If you want to make money, you must invest, and it does not mean that you can see the money back immediately, even if you lose it, it is not impossible, and it will be a lot of trouble to get back.

Don't talk about this, you can think about it for me, how do we set up this rule, turn around, I will talk to the old lady first, I have to use her old man to make a raft. "

While talking, An'er ran in with a smile: "Grandma, there is a letter from our family."

Sister Feng laughed immediately and said, "Show me quickly, I think I'm about to write a letter, why it's a few days late, I'm so anxious."

Ping'er also laughed and said: "Last time, I said that my master had already passed the exam for scholar. This time there must be good news."

After seeing it, Sister Feng smiled and said, "Sure enough, Brother Fu has won the prize of scholar. Come on, go to our library. I want to choose something to congratulate him."

All the people in the courtyard were also beaming with joy, and Sister Feng was happy, and said to Ping'er: "Everyone in our courtyard gets an extra month's money, which adds to the joy."

All the maids and women beamed with joy, and said: "Uncle is a scholar at a young age, and in a few years, he will be the number one scholar."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense. It's just a moment of luck for his children's family. You are not allowed to go out and talk nonsense."

Everyone agreed, and a few more managers followed Ping'er to collect the money.

Sister Feng walked around the warehouse for a long time, picking up a big cart full of good things. Ping'er came over after paying the reward and said with a smile, "I haven't made any new purchases in recent years, but we brought most of them here from home." of."

Sister Feng also smiled when she saw it: "If you don't tell me, I didn't pay attention. This is not okay. When my parents see it later, they should think more about it. They are afraid that I will suffer a lot of grievances here. Change it."

Ping'er helped replace some more, and it was all right after working for a long time.

In addition to announcing the good news, Wang Zisheng also mentioned that he went to Yangzhou on business and met Lin Ruhai. He said that although he was a little depressed because of the loss of his wife, he was still energetic and sensible.Because Sister Feng mentioned the matter of the two girls of the Lin family in her letters on weekdays, he also secretly pointed to Lin Ruhai.

Sister Feng suddenly thought that Lin Ruhai and Qin Keqing had almost lost their front and rear legs, and now that their father said that he looked good, it might be because of Danyu.Thinking this way, and afraid that Danyu would miss it, he ordered someone to pick out some things from Yangzhou from the things Wang Zisheng sent, and took Ping'er to Daiyu's courtyard.

Not long after Sister Tanchun left, Sister Daiyu was watching the girl tidy up the tea set when Sister Feng stepped in and said with a smile: "It's not the right time, I should tell you to rest and come back."

Danyu misunderstood Sister Feng's kindness in the past, so she felt a little embarrassed and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, come and sit down."

Sister Feng took a closer look at her sister's complexion, and said with a smile: "Sister Dai still looks a little weak. According to me, medicine is not as good as food tonic. After regulating the spleen and stomach, it is better to eat more food to nourish people. That bitter medicine is much better."

Danyu said with a smile: "Isn't that true? The old lady asked someone to ask her that she had prepared ginseng nourishing pills at home, and she wanted to ask the imperial doctor to show her sister whether it is suitable for her. I thought, what is the medicine?" Three-point poison, whether you can eat or not eat is good, do more activities, can whet your appetite, and eat more food."

Daiyu took Sister Feng and complained: "My sister-in-law judged for me. If the girl of any family wants to walk around the yard every day, she must leave sweaty. Or she has to kick the shuttlecock. If she can't kick a hundred, don't stop." This is not a sister, she is actually a supervisor."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "I said that I haven't heard that you are sick these days. It's all thanks to your sister."

Daiyu stomped her feet in refusal, and all the maids in the room lowered their heads and held back their laughter.

Sister Feng teased her for a while, and said: "My father wrote to say that he went to Yangzhou a few days ago and met my uncle."

Both sisters' eyes lit up: "How is it? Is father okay?"

Sister Feng came here to reassure them, so she said with a smile, "my uncle is in good health now. My father said that if they eat wine together, he still can't eat my uncle."

Danyu clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha, Bodhisattva bless you."

Sister Feng ordered Ping'er to hand over the things: "I see that these things are from your Yangzhou, and they are useless to me. Why don't you sisters keep them for fun."

Just as he was talking, Xueyan came in and said with a smile: "The master has sent a letter, and he sent a few carts of things."

The two sisters were excited, and Sister Feng didn't want to delay their reading of the letter, so she hurriedly smiled and said, "Well, I won't delay you here, I'll go now."

Danyu finished reading the letter, and said to Daiyu, "I said that my father never sent things with great fanfare. It turned out that he was afraid that we would be bullied, so he supported us. Father alone, he is so thoughtful for us."

Daiyu was more intelligent than Danyu, and said with red eyes: "Father has never thought of these things, I am afraid that the uncle of the Wang family mentioned it secretly. It is our fault, and father is worried."

The two sisters had mixed feelings. At one moment, they were afraid that their father would be worried about them in the distance, and at the other, they felt that it was good for their father to support them.I read the letter in the room, crying and laughing at the same time.

Sister Feng had a simple thought in her mind, Lin Ruhai must be concerned about her daughter, and she wanted him to always be concerned, so that he would not become discouraged and leave with his wife if he had a bond in this world.Danyu and Daiyu are still young, even if they can support themselves, how can they be compared to having their father in charge.

The two of Danyu finished reading the letter, and then ordered someone to sort out the delivered things.Seeing a red sandalwood Buddha statue, Daiyu said, "This must be for the old lady, and we don't need this."

Danyu nodded: "Let's tidy up later, send it to the old lady, and choose some good ones from each room. There are also a few girls, we have been here for a long time, and we haven't given any serious gifts yet."

Daiyu nodded hurriedly and said: "I see that my father has sent a lot of Xue Tao's notes, and we are going to start a poetry club, so let's give that one away."

Danyu said with a smile: "It's too simple, let's add a few more lake pens."