The Concubine of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

They lived in the village for a month, and because the winter solstice was approaching, they had to move around, so the brother and sister had to go back to Lin's mansion.

After going back, there was a lot of hustle and bustle. The winter solstice can be regarded as a big festival. Although people don't pay much attention to it in modern times, at this time, people attach great importance to it.

As the saying goes, "winter solstice dumplings and summer solstice noodles", so on this day, all the servants in the Lin family who could be used were assigned by the housekeeper Lin Cheng to the kitchen to help make dumplings.These dumplings are not only eaten by myself, but also given to poor people outside the house. Although it is for a good name, it is also a good deed after all.

Lin Jue didn't do this for herself, but for the name of the eldest daughter of the Lin family.

Because of the heavy snow this year, it is said that many places have been hit by snowstorms, and several villages in the suburbs of Beijing were also crushed by the heavy snow, so many victims flocked to the city to seek shelter.Although most of them were stopped outside the city, many of them came in after all, and there were also poor people in the city. Then Lin Jue thought that it would be better to set up a shop outside the mansion on this day, so that people could live in the city. Eating a mouthful of warm dumplings in the twelfth lunar month of winter can be regarded as accumulating virtue for Daiyu.

Moreover, the concubines in the palace, headed by the Empress Dowager Chen, also advocated frugality, and their daily meals were mainly light, saving expenses to show the mighty grace of the emperor.Because the concubines are still like this, the family members of the lower and middle officials in Beijing followed suit one by one, and there are also some family members who set up porridge sheds to gain fame, such as the Lin family, which is not so eye-catching.

This is also the reason why Lin Jue looked down on the Jia family, because he had no political foresight.Even Lin Jue, who had read the original novel in the past, wondered about the Jia family's daily singing and dancing.Every year, the royal family still has a few days of vegetarianism in white clothes, but the Jia family has never followed suit and is still extravagant. It is no wonder that the building is about to collapse, and there is no one who is vigilant.

Because of this incident, the whole Lin family was in a hurry, and even Lin Jue's servants were dispatched.Now the most idle person in the mansion is Daiyu's place.

Because Daiyu is a girl's family after all, there must be servants around her, so only a few people have been dispatched from her yard, and most of the others are still performing their duties.

Seeing Lin Jue coming, Daiyu smiled and said, "Just now I was talking about my elder brother with Mammy, so it can be seen that you can't talk about people in private, so why don't you come here now?"

"What did you say about me? If you and Mammy talk about me, they must be praising me. It's a bad luck for me to come, so I ask you to praise me in private, so as not to praise me in person, you won't be able to hide your face."

What Lin Jue said made everyone burst into laughter.

After chatting and laughing for a while, Lin Juefang said: "A few times before, my grandfather's family posted a post inviting you to go there, but you didn't go. This time, I posted another post, saying that there is some great happy event. I just don't know what it is. You Look, if you don’t want to go, I’ll just push it away.”

Daiyu thought about it carefully, and then said: "Since it's a big happy event, it must have nothing to do with us. It doesn't matter if we go to join in the fun. After all, maybe it's been a long time since I went to say hello to my grandmother, and the last time it was a little unpleasant , it is also good to resolve it this time.”

Lin Jue vaguely guessed what the "big happy event" in Jia's mansion was, but it was not easy to explain it to Daiyu in detail. No matter how much he said, he told Daiyu some anecdotes outside, which made Daiyu yell and laugh until her stomach hurts.

Two days later, after the Winter Solstice Festival, Daiyu Fang packed up and took Mother Fang to Jia's Mansion.

As soon as he entered Jia's mansion, he felt the happy atmosphere in the mansion. When he saw Jia's mother, he had to be called "heart and soul" again.

Daiyu said with a smile: "Because the weather has turned cold a few days ago, it caused some wind and cold. I was afraid that I would give the old lady a sickness, so I kept coming to say hello. The old lady must not blame Daiyu."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "You are weaker than others, and you are most prone to cold and evil in your body when the seasons change. Are you better now?"

"It's just that I came here to kowtow to the old lady in a hurry. The other day I heard that there was a big happy event in the mansion. I was in the mansion every day but I never heard of it. The old lady can tell me to listen and let me follow. Happy happy."

Mother Jia laughed so that the creases on her face deepened, "It's no wonder you don't know, your Lin family is only your brother and sister, but who else is there? It turned out to be your eldest sister Yuan Chun, who suddenly felt unwell a few days ago. , the imperial physician only found out that she was pregnant after the diagnosis and treatment, and His Majesty was happy, so he directly gave her Fengzao Palace Shangshu, and now she is a noble concubine."

Thinking of Lin Jue's words that "except for the empress, everyone else in the royal family is the emperor's concubine", she couldn't help but chuckle, pretending to be pleasantly surprised: "There is such a big happy event, and the elder sister has made it through."

Yuan Chun was supposed to be released from the palace next year, and when she returned home, she was a little hindered by her age. With her appearance, intelligence and bearing, and the support of Jia's family, she would not feel comfortable looking for a wealthy family. Next.Even if you really want to marry into the Duke's family, it's not unfeasible, but now you have made an old man a concubine, and the whole family is still complacent, it's really ridiculous to think about it.

The whole room was full of joy, only Jia Mu heard Daiyu's words and couldn't help sighing: "Didn't you just get ahead of yourself? Your elder sister was only eleven or twelve years old when she first entered the palace. She is the eldest daughter of the Hou family." My daughter went to the palace to do the work of serving people, and thinking about my wife, my heart hurts. Now it is better, once I become a concubine and have an heir, it is consummated." Jia Mu said He put his palms together and recited "Amitabha".

Hearing this remark, others are acceptable, but the eyes of the second wife suddenly turned red. She has two sons and a daughter. The eldest son Jia Zhu is a good student and has a kind temper, but she doesn't want to leave early; Although Jia Mu was raised by her side, although she was not close to her, it was the flesh that fell from her body. When she entered the palace, she called herself a wife, and she did not know how many veils were wet by crying.Now there is only one precious jade, but I don't know what to do.

Because Jia's mother and the second wife's faces were not very good-looking, the people in the room didn't dare to say anything more. Mrs. Xing's eyes showed a little jealousy, but she didn't dare to show it in front of Jia's mother, so she endured it.

There was silence in the room for a while, Daiyu took a sip of tea, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, broke the silence and said, "I heard that there was a big happy event in the mansion, so I thought about it and didn't know what it was, but now I know, it's a must. Go back and talk to brother. For such a big happy event, brother should come to the house to congratulate him."

Jia Mu then smiled and said, "Not busy. It's easy for you to come here, but you need to stay longer. Tanchun has been talking about you every day, saying that I heard the name of your poem. Starting a poetry club, I invite you to be the president. On your brother side, even if you tell the servants to tell them, it’s the same, they are all from your own family, so you don’t have to stick to those formalities.”

Daiyu originally wanted to divert the conversation away, but now that she heard what Jiamu said, she stopped talking and started talking to Tanchun about the poetry club.Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang Xifeng and others, who have never had a few drops of ink in their stomachs, did not join in, and only made a confession, and then left one by one.

Jia's mother likes these little girls talking together the most. She is a bit knowledgeable, but she lacks a little skill in writing and ink. Every time she says a sentence, she can get to the point, which is very convincing.

Because it was just a little girl's family joke, the poetry club started up soon, and Mother Jia even contributed money for it as if it were a joke.Since Mother Jia took the lead, it was inevitable that Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Feng, and Li Wan also contributed a share. Although the money was not much, it also caused Mrs. Xing to mutter a few times in private.

Sister Feng was illiterate, and because of Daiyu's presence, she didn't join in.On the contrary, Li Wanping had nothing else to do except serve his parents-in-law during the day, so he was appointed a "Minister of Finance", who was in charge of the daily expenses of the poetry club, and the supply of refreshments and pens and inks.

Daiyu is the president, and the members only welcome the three sisters to visit the spring and cherish the spring, so they recruit Ping'er who is next to Sister Feng, Xiren from Baoyu's house and Qiuwen Qingwen who is next to Jia's mother, and Xiangyun comes to join them. Interestingly, Baochai came here uninvited with Xiangling, and the poetry club is not small. After hearing this, Jiamu also praised the close relationship between the sisters.

The Poetry Club was originally a joke, because Daiyu was only a guest at Jia's mansion, so her president seemed to have a name, and everyone vaguely pushed Baochai to the position of vice president, Daiyu noticed, but Just laugh it off.

This girl from the Xue family really wants to fight for everything.

There was a poetry club, everyone had their own poems, and the poems of Daiyu and Baochai were generally recommended as the best. After all, no one can beat the other, so they tied for the first place.Daiyu didn't care about this, and Baochai just smiled and said nothing.

Daiyu lived in Jia's mansion for three days, during which time she didn't see Baoyu. Because Jia Zheng beat him hard last time, Baoyu learned a lesson, and Xiren served him tenderly every day. Suddenly, Baoyu gradually understood some things. Although he still disdained to associate with the country's thieves and ghosts, he didn't dare to say anything rebellious and immoral, and he was very active in learning every day.

Seeing this, Jia Zheng felt comforted, and thought to himself: After all, a woman's benevolence is not enough, and the son still has to be educated by himself in order to be successful.In this way, on the contrary, he stared at Baoyu more and more closely, which made Baoyu miserable every day.