Qinglian in the Red Chamber

Yanziwu is located in the southeast corner of the Lin Mansion, and it is the second largest courtyard in the Lin Mansion.Because it was close to the main courtyard, Jia Min arranged for Daiyu to live there.

Jia Min was only thinking about Daiyu, so after breakfast she was not in a hurry to be a director, but went to Yanziwu to see her daughter first.

Entering the hanging flower arch of Yanziwu, Jia Min was stunned for a moment, and the maids and women who followed her also stood still.

Zhuran stepped forward, moved closer to Jia Min, and asked softly, "Ma'am, what's the matter?"

Jia Min stared at the scenery in front of her eyes for a long while, and then said: "When we come out, you can find someone to ask Lin Bo, what is the repair drawing of Yanziwu?"

It's actually different from what I originally designed...

Zhuran responded softly.

Jia Min sorted out her emotions and continued to walk forward.

Outside the arch of hanging flowers is a cobblestone path, like a narrow path.Xiangfei bamboo is planted on both sides of the road, and the land is covered with moss.

Turning a corner, Jia Min's eyes suddenly lit up, but it was a peach and apricot forest, followed by crabapple and plum trees in the distance.Several Taihu Lake stones are piled up with a rockery and placed there against a pond, which is covered with lotus flowers.The verandahs on both sides run through the forest and are hidden in the flowers.The four main rooms are dotted among a bunch of flowers and trees, looming indistinctly, but they look ethereal as if they are trapped in a pile of smoke from a distance.

Jia Min narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, and recognized that the window screens in the main rooms were pasted by "Ruan Yanluo".Although this "Ruan Yanluo" is not a progressive tribute, it is also an extremely rare gauze.Jia Min remembered that there was an autumn-scented "Ruan Yanluo" in the storeroom of her house, and it was intended to be used as a bed curtain for Daiyu.The "Ruan Yanluo" used in the main rooms of Yanziwu is the pattern of broken branches after the rain, so many windows are not enough for one or two pieces of gauze.Furthermore, the "Ruan Yanluo" has only four colors in total, one is sunny after rain, one is pine green, one is autumn fragrance, and the other is silver red.Among them, the one used by Yanziwu is the most rare.

Jia Min acted as if nothing happened, and only kept this matter in his heart.He thought that after waiting for himself to go back later, he must bring Limbo to inquire about it.

Jia Min walked all the way and looked at the Yanziwu, which was obviously different from his original idea, and arrived in front of the main house in a short while.

The snow egrets and mandarin ducks guarding the door opened their curtains early in the morning, Jia Min went in and sat down, and behind him two maidservants came in to wait on them.

Scholarly and ink-scented, Nanny Li got up early and stood aside. After seeing Jia Min sitting comfortably, Fang went up to greet Jia Min.

After Jia Min cried out, she looked around, but she didn't see Daiyu.

"The girl isn't up yet?"

Just as Jia Min was asking, she heard Daiyu's voice coming from the inner room.

"Go and serve the girl first," Jia Min said.

Scholarly and ink-scented, I gave a blessing.Then he turned around and prepared to go into the inner room to wait for Daiyu to get up.I saw two servant girls coming to a standing full-length mirror embedded in the hollow carved red sandalwood wall.Shuxiang stepped forward and touched the mirror.Then the mirror was covered, and then the door was exposed, through which a light green flowered curtain could be faintly seen.

Jia Min couldn't help feeling surprised that the mirror was actually a western mirror.It can be opened and closed, but it is very delicate.

Jia Min chatted with Nanny Li who was staying behind, and then had tea under Mei Xiang's service.With nothing else to do, Jia Min looked around at the furnishings in the house.

When I first entered the door, I didn't take a closer look at it.Now that he looked at it, Jia Min was startled again.There are a few things in this room that are not in my own home: one is the Western machine including the full-length mirror just now; the other is the embroidery screen with pictures of fish playing in the lotus pond, and I don’t know which stitch method is used for the embroidery screen. It's embroidered, and it looks like the real thing from a distance; the other one is the "Ruan Yanluo".

These three items are all extraordinary.Jia Min didn't believe that Lin Bo bought all these by himself.It's just where it came from, she couldn't be sure for a moment.

Jia Min is secretly thinking about the matter of Yanziwu here, but Daiyu over there has already washed up.

"Greetings to mother, it's time for my daughter to visit mother."

Jia Min pulled Daiyu closer, and took a closer look at her daughter's expression.Fangcai said: "There is really no need for those vain etiquette between us mother and daughter. My son's complexion is better than yesterday, but is there any discomfort in his body?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "Last night, I ate something and slept well. When I woke up this morning, my daughter felt much lighter. I think she will be fine after just two days." .”

"It still takes some time to recuperate." Jia Min caressed her daughter's hand carefully, and said in disapproval: "In the past ten days on the boat, you can't eat well and sleep well, and your bones are burned. You have suffered a lot. Now, it’s not like you’ll be able to get it back after just two days of feeding. It’s still necessary to take care of it carefully for a long time, so that the deficiency syndrome can be completely healed, so as to avoid the root cause of the disease in the future.”

"However, my son should be able to visit your grandmother with my mother tomorrow."

Daiyu nodded obediently and said, "Daughter listens to mother."

Taking advantage of the time when the mother and daughter were talking, Shuxiang Moxiang had already set up a table of breakfast.It is still the same porridge and side dishes, only there is an addition of vegetarian assorted tofu skin steamed dumplings with a small dish of dipping sauce.The porridge was not the lotus leaf and lotus root porridge that Daiyu ate last night, but yam and lotus seed porridge.The four side dishes were also replaced with fresh shredded lettuce, shiitake mushrooms in oyster sauce, Chinese cabbage hearts, and fried shredded chicken with fresh bamboo shoots.

A few dishes were placed there, not to mention Daiyu's appetite whetted, even Jia Min's mouth was salivating after seeing it.

"Is this made by the small kitchen according to that list?" Jia Min asked.

"Yes." Shuxiang replied, "I heard from Mrs. Wang in the small kitchen that these are all made according to the list. These few dishes were circled by Madam Yan last night, and I told the small kitchen to make them today. It’s good for the girl’s breakfast. I heard that this stir-fried chicken with fresh bamboo shoots uses the meat from the black-bone chicken breast. After peeling and steaming, it is torn into thin strips, and then served with shredded ham and fresh bamboo shoots. They were fried together."

"Mother, let's use it with my daughter." Daiyu said, holding Jia Min's hand.In summer, Jia Min also eats less.It is rare that the small kitchen now has a recipe, and Daiyu thinks it is delicious, so she wants to invite Jia Min to try it together.

Jia Min glanced at the dishes again, and replied with a smile: "That's fine, I'm going to try something new with you today, my mother."

Daiyu was very happy when she heard that, she turned her head and told Shuxiang, "Go and ask the kitchen to add some more dishes and snacks."

As soon as he ordered a cup of tea, Shuxiang brought several little maidservants into the room carrying trays.

Then, Jia Min and Daiyu had breakfast together.

After the meal, Daiyu asked someone to drink the Dahongpao that Lin Hantao had exchanged, and served Jia Min tea with her own hands.

"This tea smells good, and when I taste it, there is still a sense of insatiability in my mouth. It's very good." Jia Min took a sip of the tea and couldn't help praising it.

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Brother bought it in exchange for it."

"Your brother loves you the most. He only thinks about you when he has such good things. He doesn't even think about showing filial piety to me and your father." Jia Min pretended to scold him, "It's really useless to love him as a mother."

"Mother..." Daiyu tugged at Jia Min's sleeve and acted coquettishly for a while.

"Didn't mother always only love the cloud and mist on Lushan Mountain? Didn't my brother buy and change a lot for mother..."

Jia Min was coaxed by Daiyu's coquetry, and her heart softened. She raised her hand and touched the tip of Daiyu's nose, saying, "I'm kidding you."

The mother and daughter chatted and laughed again, and Jia Min just said: "Mother came here today, firstly, to see if my son's health is better; secondly, to send some things for you to order; Thinking, if you can move around, I will take you to our warehouse and choose some objects that you can admire to decorate your house. You are a girl's house, and the house is not as empty as a snow cave , very unlucky."

While speaking, Zhuran had already placed two huanghuali boxes carved with patterns and painted gold in front of Daiyu.

"Mother, what good things are you thinking about me?" Daiyu said, then stretched out her hand to open the box.I saw a set of pink pearl heads and a set of twelve carved jade hairpins in the two boxes.Daiyu pointed to the jade hairpin and said, "I vaguely saw my mother wearing this before."

After speaking, Daiyu turned to look at Jia Min.

"These are indeed worn by my mother when she was young. My son has grown up, and it's time for you to dress up well. Although there are still a few years before you reach the age of Ji, there is no harm in learning earlier. "Jia Min said, with reluctance in his eyes.

"My son is not young anymore, it's time to make some little sisters who are of your age and family. In the future, when my mother goes out to socialize, you have to follow. This relationship, words and phrases, etc. You have to start practicing more or less. Since you will often go out as guests in the future, it is not good for you to meet people so plainly. These things are not needed by your mother, but you can use them very well. In the future, my mother will treat us The affairs of the family have been smoothed out, and I still need to find someone to make you clothes for the four seasons and new jewelry."

As she spoke, Jia Min asked Shuxiang to put away the two boxes of huanghuali, held Daiyu's hand, and said, "Before the day heats up, let's go to the warehouse to pick things up."

When they arrived at the warehouse, Zhuran took the key from Jia Min and opened the door of the warehouse. There were many locked boxes, high tables, kang tables, desks, screens and so on.

"The rosewood desk is pretty good." After Jia Min finished speaking, a woman came forward and carried the desk out.

Then Jia Min pointed to several carved kang tables, some with huanghuali, some with red sandalwood, some with the shape of crabapple, some with the shape of lotus, some square and some round.There are also glass kang screens, beauty goblets from Ru Kiln, ink smoke frozen stone tripods, cloisonné three-legged gilt smoked cages, some ink calligraphy and paintings, and so on.