The Concubine of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

After the new year, Daiyu will be fifteen, which is the year of Jiji.

Lin Jue originally entrusted Li Yibai to find a safe and reputable wife to be Daiyu and Ji's guest, but later he recognized Mrs. Zuo as his aunt, and invited her.

When Lin Jue talked to Mrs. Zuo, Mrs. Zuo smiled and said, "What am I doing? I must go to such a good thing. It's just that your child's family's affairs are not comprehensive. How can Jia's It's Daiyu's natal family. Although I was invited as the guest of honor, it's not easy to go past Mrs. Jia. After all, your brother and sister have no father and no mother. As the master, Mrs. Jia was invited to be the master. Your young age If you are younger, it is not easy to come forward to receive the audience directly."

This party really said what was for their sake. Lin Jue was not that ignorant, and hurriedly said: "It's still my aunt who is thoughtful, I didn't think of this point."

Mrs. Zuo said: "How old are you, and how many times have you been through? This is the first time to do this ceremony. How can it be fully thoughtful. You just need to support it first, and find those who have directors and praisers. You brothers and sisters can do this together, it’s okay. When the day comes, just let me know in advance, and I will take your elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law there together, and you have to know who to invite for the ceremony.”

Lin Jue quickly responded, and Mrs. Zuo left him to talk for a while, then let him go.Lin Jue went out of the inner courtyard, bid farewell to Zuo Xiangye, and Fang Zi went home.

At home, Nanny Fang was explaining to Daiyu about Ji Ji's ceremony, "This minister is a person who serves as a tray for Ji Ji. The girl looks at the dignified and beautiful one, no matter who, as long as the rules and etiquette are good. But this praiser, but It is to assist the honored guest to salute, but I need to find a girl's friend or sister to be in charge. There is only one girl in our family, and the cousins ​​are also married. Now there is only one girl Jia San. The girl has come In Beijing, they rarely go out, and they don’t know girls from other families, so it’s very difficult to choose this praiser. Does the girl have a charter in her heart?”

Daiyu pondered for a moment, "Third sister is also a good person, but she is younger. I'll ask her what she means first. If she wants to, I'll invite her to come over."

Daiyu went to Jia's mansion the next day, and Lin Jue went with her. She was about to invite Jiamu to be Daiyu's and Jili's host, but Jiamu would not object to anything.

Daiyu went to talk to Xichun, who was chatting with a girl in elegant clothes, when she saw Daiyu coming in, she hurriedly greeted her, took Daiyu's hand and let her into the room, "When did Sister Lin come here? I was talking about you."

Xichun has always been outspoken and on good terms with Daiyu, so Daiyu didn't feel offended, she just smiled and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Xichun smiled, and first introduced the girl to Daiyu, "This is the eldest wife's niece, named Xing Xiuyan, who came here a few days ago, and now she is living with me."

He then introduced Daiyu to Xing Xiuyan, "This is the Sister Lin I often talk about, and Sister Lin should be younger than Sister Xing."

Daiyu then called out, "Sister Xing."

Xing Xiuyan hurriedly waved her hands and said, "It's impossible, Miss Lin is the county lord, and I'm just a commoner, how dare I be?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "What kind of county ruler is not a county ruler? It's just that there is an empty noble. Our own sisters don't have to be so polite." He took Xing Xiuyan and Xichun to sit again, "Sister Xing went to see the second Is my sister gone, the second sister is happy, I went there when the moon was full, but now I don’t know what’s going on.”

Xing Xiuyan saw that Daiyu really didn't have any pretensions, so she was not too polite, and said with a smile: "I just came back from her before, my sister has grown up a lot now, and her eyes are like grapes, and you can see it when you look at it." A lot of wit."

Daiyu said: "That's really good. The second sister is blessed, and the second brother-in-law treats the second sister very dearly."

Xing Xiuyan and Xichun all praised: "Exactly."

After speaking a few words, Daiyufang and Xichun talked about the ceremony of the ceremony, and when they heard that they were looking for themselves to be the praiser, Xichun said happily: "I heard that there are some families where the girl's ceremony is very lively. It's just that the eldest sister in the family entered the palace early, and the second and third elder sisters were all unemployed at that time, but I haven't seen them before." She couldn't help worrying, "I haven't done such a thing, what if something goes wrong? good?"

Daiyu smiled, "I had to rehearse several times before, so as not to make a mistake and make a joke. I have already told the old lady that I will pick you up in a few days. Let's rehearse a few times at home. Once you get used to it, it will be fine.”

Xichun said happily: "I will definitely rehearse well, and I won't make Sister Lin lose face."

Daiyu glanced at Xing Xiuyan who had been sitting quietly by the side all the time, her heart moved, and said to Xing Xiuyan: "It's just a coincidence, I have something to ask sister Xing here."

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "If you say please don't please, what's the matter with sister Lin, just ask."

Daiyu said: "I was worried that there was a lack of a secretary in the ceremony, but it was a pallet job after all. I was afraid that I would lose my sister."

Although Yousi is not as good as showing his face to the praiser, it is a good opportunity after all, Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "Your sister is being polite, and they are all sisters of my own family. If I can help, I will not refuse. Besides, this is a show of face. My sister also wants to thank my sister for giving me this opportunity." It's not just anyone who can do it for the county lord, and Xing Xiuyan will not be unaware of such a big pie falling on her head Anyway.

After going to Jia's house, Daiyu found both Yousi and Zanzi, which was a surprise.

Two days later, Daiyu posted a post, bringing both Xichun and Xing Xiuyan to her house.After all, Xing Xiuyan was not considered a serious relative. Lin Jue, a foreigner, couldn't go in and out of the inner courtyard casually, so he moved to the Prince's Mansion of Yonghe County for a short stay. Leaving the Lin Mansion to the three of them made it easier for them to joke.

When the day was approaching, Lin Juefang went back to the Lin Mansion to arrange and arrange the ceremony.Then they picked up Mrs. Zuo, Jia's mother, and they looked at it again. Seeing that there was nothing serious, they just waited for Jiji's day.

Daiyu's birthday is the twelfth day of the second lunar month, which is also the Flower Festival.Following the custom outside, Lin Jue hung the branches of her house with colorful paper-cuts, bought many fashionable flowers from outside, and placed them in various parts of the mansion. When guests came, they were first impressed by the strong festive atmosphere shrouded.

Since it was a ceremony, no male guests were invited, Lin Jue, as Daiyu's older brother, was still present.Most of the visitors from other houses were for the wives and wives who came to see Mrs. Zuo, Mrs. Jia's mother, and those who came to Daiyu's future husband's house. Although Lin Jue couldn't name them, she still warmly welcomed them.

There were also some girls who came to watch the ceremony, but Lin Jue was guarding the outside, and there was some distance from Daiyu, so there was no hindrance.

The entire process of Jiji ceremony is in strict order, and Lin Jue can't help, so he can only stay outside and worry.

At the beginning of the Jiji ceremony, the guests are welcomed first, and then the guests take their seats, and then they take their places, and then the formal ceremony begins.

As the host, Mother Jia got up from her seat, and said to everyone with a smile, "Today is the day when my granddaughter Daiyu goes to the Jiji ceremony. Thank you all guests for coming to watch the ceremony. Next, the Jiji ceremony will officially begin." Looking behind, Seeing that Xichun waved her hand to herself, she continued: "Please invite Daiyu to come in and meet all the guests."

Then, Daiyu came out to pay respects to everyone present, and some praisers combed the hair of the hairpin. Then Mrs. Zhengbin Zuo washed her hands, walked up to Daiyu, and said in a loud voice: "It's an auspicious day for the moon, so I'll add yuan clothes. Abandon you." You Zhi, Shun Er Cheng De. Shou Kao Wei Qi, Jie Er Jing Fu." This was a cliché, and then he knelt down on the ground to recomb Dai Yu's hair.This time I will comb my hair with a hairpin.

After Mrs. Zuo finished adding the hairpin, Xichun symbolically straightened the hairpin, helped Daiyu to change clothes and came out again.

After a bunch of tedious procedures, Lin Jue was exhausted for Daiyu, but Daiyu looked ruddy and didn't look too tired.

After the three obeisances of the Ji people, a secretary removed all the furnishings that corresponded to the Ji, and then some maidservants filed in to set up a banquet for wine and wine.The guest of honor dipped the scorpion for the scorpion, read a paragraph of congratulations, and then took the words for the scorpion.

Daiyu used to have characters, but it was just a child's joke and she couldn't count them, so Mrs. Zuo changed the character "Pingting" for her.Afterwards, Daiyu knelt in front of Jiamu, listened to Jiamu's teachings, and thanked the guests, guests, praisers, Yousi and others, and the ceremony was completed.

Daiyu went in to rest, and the host entertained the guests. After all, Jia's mother was old, and the whole process was too much for her.Lin Jue sent Jiamu back to her room to rest first, and then asked Mrs. Zuo to help entertain the guests.After all, he is a foreigner, so he really can't help much, but fortunately, Mrs. Zuo's two daughters-in-law are also there, so he won't be in a hurry.

After working hard for a few days, Daiyu and Yanli finally finished successfully, and Lin Jue was very worried.Xie Jinxuan came over in the evening, and asked Lin Jue to bring a gift to Daiyu as a congratulatory gift, and Lin Jue did not refuse.

Seeing that Lin Jue seemed to be in a good mood, Xie Jinxuan boldly proposed to see his future wife, but was kicked out by Lin Jue.

Lin Jue was not angry, but just didn't want to get used to Xie Jinxuan's temper. After Xie Jinxuan left, Fang hummed a little song, took Xie Jinxuan's congratulatory gift, and went to the inner courtyard to find Daiyu.

Xichun and Xing Xiuyan have gone back to the Lin Mansion with Mother Jia, and Daiyu has been tired all day, but she is in good spirits, Daiyu did not rest when she passed by, but instead talked to Nanny Fang.

Seeing Lin Jue coming in, Daiyu hurriedly got up to greet her, took the box from Lin Jue's hand, put it on the table with a smile, and said, "Brother, why did you come here so late? Woolen cloth."

Lin Jue pushed the box in Daiyu's hand, "Your future husband-in-law gave it to you."

Daiyu blushed pretty, and said angrily, "What are you talking about, brother!" After all, she couldn't hold back, and opened the box in front of Lin Jue.

"Heh, mandarin ducks are neck-to-neck pairs with threaded buttons, why did you only send one and the other?" Lin Juequ narrowed his eyes and looked at Daiyu.

Daiyu's cheeks were so red that she could bleed, this person really didn't know how to hide it.Unable to stand Lin Jue's teasing, she called "Brother" coquettishly several times, only then did Lin Jue laugh and leave.

After teasing his own sister enough, Lin Juefang went back to continue to calculate Daiyu's dowry.Now that the Jiji ceremony is completed, the day of Daiyu's marriage will not be far away.