Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

Time flies, and it will soon be the twelfth lunar month.

As the end of the year approached, the mansion became more and more busy, dust removal, preparations for the New Year, and preparations for ancestor worship. People from the Zhuangzi came to pay the bills, and Jia Jing had family affairs to deal with. Every day, he was so busy that he couldn't bear to worry about it. I didn't have time to visit Xichun for a few days.

The adults are busy, but the children should be free. At least now Xichun finally has the chance to meet Yingchun and Tanchun.

Yingchun arrived first, and as soon as she entered the room, she looked around first, and then walked up to Xichun to say hello.

Xichun looked at Yingchun, and found that her spirit was completely different now!

His back was straightened, his head was raised, he was no longer afraid to speak while looking into other people's eyes, and his face became rounder.

Moreover, Xichun also noticed that the clothes on Yingchun were all newly made and scented, and she wore a row of small butterfly-shaped hair clips on her head, all of which were made of silver wire and embedded with tiny gemstones. In addition to the safety lock from before, he also wore a collar with a piece of jade tied with a silk ribbon, two or three small silver bracelets on his hands, and a piece of jade hanging around his waist.

Xichun: ...I always feel that something is not right.

After Xichun and Yingchun sat down, Yingchun took the initiative to ask, "How is the fourth sister doing recently? I received a gift from you and sister Lin a few days ago, and I am very happy. Even recuperating from illness, I don't feel so boring. gone."

Xichun smiled and said, "I've been busy studying with the nuns recently, and it's pretty good. I just miss you second sister, but I can't find time to see you."

Yingchun pursed her lips and showed a smile, "I miss you too, but I'm recovering from illness, so it's not easy to play with you, for fear of spreading the illness, but now that I'm in good health, we can play together in the future."

Xichun nodded with a smile, "Well, my father told me that after the new year, I will also go to school."

Yingchun's eyes lit up, "That's great, then we can meet every day."

Lichun and Lixia came over with trays and put the cakes and milk on the table one by one.

Xichun and Yingchun each picked up a glass of milk and were about to drink it when Xichun heard Yingchun say, "Is this cup from Ruyao?"

Xichun:? ? ?

Li Qiu on the side smiled and said, "Second Miss has good eyesight, this cup belongs to Ru Kiln."

After hearing this, Xichun couldn't help but lift up the cup and look at it in front of her eyes.

When Yingchun saw her, she lightly pressed her hand down, "Be careful if you spill it, it will dirty your clothes."

Xichun followed Yingchun's strength and put down the cup, "No way, I will be careful."

After the two drank milk and ate something, Xichun took Yingchun to play on the swing.

Yingchun looked at the colorful ribbons on the swing and sighed, "These ribbons are made of cloth, right? A good piece of cloth like this color is worth at least four or five taels of silver, which is enough for those poor families to chew for a year." gone."

Xichun's eyes widened immediately.

Sure enough, something is wrong!

After a while, Tanchun also came, and Xichun noticed that Yingchun and Tanchun came separately.

Tanchun was dressed in the same clothes as before, and when he saw them, he just said something about his second sister and fourth sister, and then he refused to speak. He looked fine, but he didn't have the energy he had before, and shrank a little instead.

Xichun looked at Yingchun and Tanchun who seemed to have adjusted their personalities, and panicked inexplicably.

The three of them went back to the house again, and sent the maids away, leaving only Lichun to wait on them, sitting on the bed and chatting one after another. Hearing that Xichun would go to school with them next year, Tanchun finally showed up. One laughed, "That's great, then we can meet and talk every day."

Yingchun and Xichun also nodded, and then Yingchun and Tanchun talked to Xichun about the school, and told her about their master.

Their wife is from Jinling. After her husband died, she was sent back to her natal family because she had no children. However, her natal family didn't allow her, so she left home and became a wife by relying on her talent when she was in the boudoir. Reading and literacy, after so many years, can be regarded as somewhat famous.

Yingchun said: "Master seems to want to go back to her hometown. She received a lot of letters a few days ago. Every time she received a letter, she was unhappy, and then she started to draw. I saw it before. It was the scenery of Jinling."

Tanchun also remembered, "Yes, Master's paintings are really good. The scenery like that is completely different from ours. I really want to go and see for myself."

Xichun smiled and said: "There will always be a chance in the future, no matter how bad it is, we will have something from Sister Lin to relieve our boredom."

What Xichun was talking about was the few bamboo carvings that Lin Daiyu sent as a gift last time, which depicted the scenery of Yangzhou.

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Tanchun's eyes turned red immediately, his lips trembled a few times, and finally he said with a crying voice: "I... I'm sorry for Sister Lin, that bamboo carving... I lost it..."

Xichun and Yingchun were startled, "Okay, why did you lose it? Did the servants take it secretly?"

Tanchun, however, was only weeping and refused to speak, Yingchun held her hand, "Don't be afraid, third sister, let someone check it out and you'll find out, there may be thieves from outside, but there are thieves from home! "

However, Xichun immediately thought of Jia Baoyu, "Did the second elder brother find it interesting and take it?"

Tanchun hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Yingchun was not so angry now, but said puzzledly: "Baoyu loves to play, and sometimes he takes things from others. When he has had enough fun, he will return them to you."

Tanchun's tears flowed down again, "I haven't come back yet, the servants who served the second elder brother were careless a few days ago and burned all those bamboo carvings."

Xichun's heart skipped a beat. The bamboo carvings were not too big, but they were not too small either. It's possible to burn one of them carelessly. If you can burn all the bamboo carvings together, you can't find it. Talk about the past.

Tanchun choked and continued: "Second elder brother apologized to me, saying that he had already punished the boy, and even sent people to the street to buy a lot of gadgets to make amends for me, but I don't want those, I want sister Lin to give me something. Bamboo carving."

Yingchun and Xichun hurriedly comforted Tanchun, and Xichun asked someone to take out her bamboo carving and compare it with the painting. It took a while for Tanchun to laugh again.

When Yingchun and Tanchun leave, Xichun will give Tanchun her share of bamboo carvings.

Tanchun shook his head and refused, "No need, it's something you like, Fourth Sister, I can't take it casually, besides, I've seen it today, played it, and had a great time."

Tanchun bit his lip and looked at the ground, and tightly clenched the handkerchief with both hands, "Actually, I know, I...I shouldn't be angry with my second brother, but...but..."

But she couldn't convince herself in her heart.

Tanchun dared to say this to Yingchun and Xichun, where everyone said that it should be done. After knowing that Jia Baoyu liked that thing, his mother gave it to her for the first time. Her nurse and maid also said If she knew that Second Master Bao liked it, she should have taken the initiative to send it over, but she didn't want to do this!

She doesn't want to give things to the second brother!

Obviously Jia Baoyu has countless things, so why did he come to snatch her.

After seeing Yingchun and Tanchun off, the more Xichun thought about it, the more panicked she felt.

In the evening, Jia Jing found that Xichun was in a low mood, "What's wrong with sister Xi? Didn't you play with sister Ying and the others today? But what happened?"

Xichun shook her head, saying it was nothing.

Jia Jing didn't ask any further questions, but picked up Xichun, put it on his lap, then pointed to the written words on the paper and said, "Sister Xi, look, which word do you like?"

Xichun glanced at those words and asked Jia Jing, "Do you want to name me?"

Jia Jing patted Xichun's head, "Yes, the word Xichun cannot be used as a name for sister Xichun."

Xichun nodded, and read the words again, "Then what do these words mean?"

Jia Jing pointed to a word and said, "Father, tell Xichun every word, okay?"

Xichun nodded obediently, her eyes moved slowly following Jia Jing's explanation.

After Jia Jing finished speaking, he asked Xichun, "Which sister would you like to choose?"

Xichun pointed to the word closest to her and said, "This, I like this."

Jia Jing looked at the word Xichun pointed at, "Mei."

"Mei, the beautiful red jade also means pearl." Jia Jing nodded, "Okay, that's the word."

At night, Xichun was lying on the bed, still thinking about the word Mei.

Mei, and the meaning of roses.

In her previous life, she was often teased because of the name Xichun. For a while, her classmates even asked her when she would become a nun. She also took many nicknames. The teacher didn't care, and she went home crying every day. .

Later, her parents changed her name for her, and got the name Mei.

Dad patted her head at that time, smiled at her and said: "The word rose has three meanings, red beautiful jade, pearl, rose, and cherishing spring. You must always remember how good you are, and you don't have to care about what those bastards say." , whoever wants to talk about it, just call back! Teacher, the parents will talk! I don’t believe it! I still..."

The rest of the words were slapped back by the mother, "Why did you hit your daughter on the head?!"

Dad stopped talking, and mom knelt down and looked her in the eye, "Xichun, you have to remember that you are the most precious existence in mom and dad's heart, no matter what happens, mom and dad are here."

Going around, she was still Jia Xichun, and she was still Jia Mei.

Jia Jing carefully copied Jia Mei's words on another piece of paper before asking, "Tell me, what happened today."

Jia Yi stood at the side, whispered all about today's events, and finally added: "Actually, those bamboo carvings were burned by Mrs. Wang after she knew the source and ordered Jia Baoyu's servants to burn them."

After Jia Jing listened, his eyes drooped slightly, "I guessed it, the Wang family has always disliked the younger sister, but this Jia Zheng... the more he lives, the more he goes back."

Jia Yi agreed in his heart. Jia Zheng stayed at Aunt Zhao's place almost every day, and with Aunt Zhao beside her, blowing the pillow wind every day, it was impossible for him not to know how Tanchun was and what Jia Baoyu did. It's absurd, he usually scolded and reprimanded Jia Baoyu like that, but he pretended not to see it.

Jia Jing thought for a while, and said to Jia Yi: "Go to the West Mansion to find Jia Amnesty, and tell me that this time you worship the ancestors, you need to record the names of the children in the genealogy. But think it over, Jia Zheng, don't say it."

Jia Yiying said yes, and was about to step back, when Jia Jing said again: "I'm telling Jia Amnesty, sister Xi's name has been chosen, she likes it."