Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

After a while, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy in a red robe came in.

When Jia Mu saw him, she laughed, "Why are you here?"

Jia Baoyu saluted and said hello to Jia's mother, and when he heard Jia's mother's question, he smiled and said, "I heard that my aunt and sister Lin are here, and it happens that my master left early today, so I hurried back."

Jia Mu said to Jia Min again, "He is the Baoyu I mentioned to you."

Jia Baoyu saluted Jia Min and said hello, Jia Min said with a smile: "In the past, my mother always mentioned Baoyu when she wrote letters. Seeing you today, you are really a good-looking talent."

Jia Mu introduced Lin Daiyu to Jia Baoyu again, "This is your sister Lin."

Lin Daiyu got up from Jia Mu's side, saluted Jia Baoyu, and Jia Baoyu quickly returned the salute.

After saluting, Jia Baoyu asked Lin Daiyu, "I don't know which Dai my sister's name is? Which Yu?"

Lin Daiyu whispered again.

Jia Baoyu laughed and said, "No wonder I feel kind to my sister when I see her today. It's not like I've never met, but like an old friend reunited. It turns out that this is the root cause."

Jia Baoyu said: "My name also has the word jade in it, which shows that my sister Lin and I have a predestined relationship."

Jia Min said with a smile: "Just because they have the same word, they feel that they are related, so this kind of relationship is too common."

Jia Baoyu thought for a while and asked Lin Daiyu, "Does my sister have jade?"

Lin Daiyu was dumbfounded, what jade?

Jia Baoyu showed Lin Daiyu his psychic jade, "I carried this jade with me when I was born, does my sister have it?"

Lin Daiyu shook her head, "There are a few pieces of jade that you can wear and play with on weekdays, but there are no such spiritual jades."

Jia Baoyu's expression changed when he heard this, and he threw the jade to the ground, "What are you talking about about psychic jade, but it turns out that even people like Sister Lin don't have jade, so it's all a lie!"

Everyone exclaimed, a group of maids hurried forward to pick up the jade, and Jia Mu was even more panicked, "Okay, what are you doing with that jade?!"

The servant girl showed the jade that had been broken into two pieces to Jia Mu. Jia Mu was even more anxious. She pulled Baoyu over and beat her, "I don't know how many disasters this jade has saved you. If you don't take good care of it and thank it, you still have to beat it like this." It, are you going to piss me off?!"

Jia Baoyu pouted his neck and said: "It was meant to talk about psychics, but I didn't feel it at all. It's just time to let it go back! I, an ordinary person, don't deserve it!"

Mother Jia was even more anxious, and the whole room was suddenly noisy.

Lin Daiyu was taken aback by the turn of events, and subconsciously turned her head to look at Jia Min. Jia Min also looked at the chaos in the room with a sullen face. Seeing her daughter panicked, she beckoned her to go over and held her hand to comfort her.

So far, Lin Daiyu has no good impression of Rongguo Mansion.

Jia's mother told Jia Baoyu a lot, but seeing Jia Baoyu's appearance that she was right, she felt heartbroken. Jia's mother had no choice but to let Jia Baoyu go, "You wait to explain to your mother later!"

Jia Mu called someone again and asked them to send the psychic treasure jade to the Taoist temple where Baoyu had sent his name before, and let the Taoist priest there handle it.

After doing all this, Mother Jia thought of Lin Daiyu, "You have been wronged just because you came here today, don't worry about it, after getting along for a long time, you will know that your brother is actually a good one, and he is also the best at taking care of him on weekdays." people."

Lin Daiyu nodded.

At this time, the servant girl came to report that the second lady and the county master Jia had come.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Look, it's not what I said, these two girls must have come here after learning."

Lin Daiyu's mood improved, and she looked forward to the door. After a while, two girls walked in holding hands.

The one in front was thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing blue clothes, with a slightly plump figure, a beautiful appearance, a smile on his face, and he was gentle and amiable.

The one in the back was eleven or twelve years old, wearing pink clothes, with the same good looks, and the same smile on his face, but he was a bit more lively than the one in front.

Lin Daiyu knew that these two people were Yingchun and Xichun.

As soon as Yingchun and Xichun came in, they saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl staring at them with a smile on her face. Looking at her appearance and behavior, she immediately understood that this person was Lin Daiyu.

They first greeted Jiamu and others, and then greeted each other with Lin Daiyu.

After seeing the ceremony, the three of them stopped being polite and talked together affectionately.

After listening to it for a while, Jia Baoyu realized that they had been in correspondence with each other through letters all these years, and said immediately, "Why do you and Sister Lin's correspondence not count as me?"

There was a sudden silence in the room, Xichun smiled and said: "We girls are talking and chatting together, what are you doing in it? You can't talk together."

Jia Baoyu was dissatisfied, "Why can't we go together? The local customs, humanistic customs, even your daughter's rouge and gouache, I understand."

Xichun laughed and stopped talking.

Jia Min said with a smile: "I heard that Baoyu was in school before, but now that he is old, do you plan to give it a try? There is no hurry to raise a scholar, but it is possible to be a child student."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "You don't know him. He doesn't care about the imperial examinations on weekdays because of his talent. The master also said that his poems have aura, but it's a pity that he doesn't want to put his heart into it. I really want to urge him, but I don't know. I'm afraid that he will suffer from the same illness as Zhu'er, so just let him go, in short, people like us don't need him to go to the imperial examination to be raised by an official."

Jia Min sighed, "It's normal for young people to have their own ideas."

Jia Min said: "I came here this time and brought some books that my husband used when he was studying. I thought it might be useful to Baoyu and Lan'er. I'll have someone send them over later. It's just that I don't want to take the imperial examination. I just look at those books. Notes are also interesting."

Mother Jia was naturally happy, and said to Jia Min, "You have a heart."

Li Wan was a bit sentimental when she heard Jia's mother mention Jia Zhu, but she immediately became happy when she heard this. She never expected that there would be Jia Lan. A little more grateful.

Several people talked for a while, and then a servant girl came to report that the meal was ready, and invited them to go to eat.

A group of people went to the dining room, and saw that Mrs. Wang was already waiting there. Mother Jia led the crowd to sit down, while Mrs. Wang and Li Wan stood aside, serving vegetables for them.

Lin Daiyu was a little surprised when she saw it. Newly married daughters-in-law are often asked by their in-laws to make cloth and other things. One is to test whether the other party respects the elders and loves the young. Those famous people in the world seldom do this. I didn't expect Rongguo Mansion to act like this, but seeing that everyone's faces were normal, Lin Daiyu naturally didn't say anything, and lowered her head to eat her meal seriously.

When the meal was exhausted, another servant girl brought hot handkerchief tea, Lin Daiyu wiped her hands, and brought the tea again, not sure whether she should drink it or not.

Wang Xifeng noticed Lin Daiyu's performance and smiled and said, "Sister Lin, why are you being polite? This is not a stranger's house, so just tell me if you don't feel comfortable with it."

Jia Min could see what her daughter was hesitating at a glance, "I forgot, you are not used to drinking tea immediately after meals."

Jia Min explained to Jia's mother again: "She is not young enough, so she has been raised more carefully. Her father stipulated that tea should be drunk after a quarter of an hour after meals, so as not to hurt the spleen and stomach."

Wang said with a smile: "No wonder I see Miss Lin's body is thin, as if she has a deficiency."

Jia Min's smile immediately faded a little, and no one answered at the table.

At the moment of embarrassment, Xichun tugged at Lin Daiyu's sleeve, "What a coincidence, my father doesn't allow me to drink tea immediately after meals."

Lin Daiyu asked: "You also have a bad spleen and stomach?"

Yingchun chuckled and said: "Sister Lin, don't listen to her, she has a good spleen and stomach, but she drinks water like a cow on weekdays, and she drinks it in one go, regardless of whether it's cold or not. When the uncle saw him, he was disciplined strictly."

Seeing that Yingchun had turned her back, Xichun was also a little embarrassed, "How can you say that, it's just a coincidence that my father bumped into it, and I pay attention most of the time."

Yingchun insisted on revealing her, "Yeah, you're really unlucky, you didn't pay attention once you met, and you still didn't pay attention when you met several times."

Xichun turned her face away and stopped talking to her, "Sister Lin, don't listen to the nonsense of the second sister, I'm a good boy."

Lin Daiyu told her with a serious face that she must protect her spleen and stomach, and she must not take it for granted in the future.

She has suffered from a bad spleen and stomach, so naturally she doesn't want Xichun to spoil her spleen and stomach, so she suffers along with it.

Xichun smiled and said, "I listen to Sister Lin."

Wang Xifeng clapped his hands and laughed, "That's great, finally someone can take care of you."

Wang Xifeng turned her head to Jia Min and said: "You don't know, this girl is usually well-behaved, but once she goes crazy, her wet nurse and nuns can't control her. I don't know how many times I have had a headache because of her. She actually listened to Sister Lin like this. If Uncle Jing knows, he will definitely invite Sister Lin back, and she doesn't need to do anything on weekdays, just say a few words to Fourth Sister. "

Xichun said: "If Sister Lin really lives with me, then I will definitely pay attention to everything and never do it again." Then she acted like a baby to Jia Min and asked her to agree to Lin Daiyu to live in General Weilie's residence.

Jia Mu laughed and said, "Then you are late. I have already left your sister Lin, and she wants to live with me."

The table was lively again.

After finishing their meal, everyone left. Wang Xifeng said to Jia Min and Lin Daiyu, "Auntie and Sister Lin are coming with me. Father is still waiting to see you."

Yingchun also nodded, holding Lin Daiyu's hand, "Sister Lin, let's go to see my father first, and then I'll take you to see Sister Qiao and Brother Hua, they are so fun."

Xichun said sourly at the side: "What's the fun? That's a child, did you come to play? What if something happens?"

Yingchun glanced at Xichun, "Didn't you say that Brother Hua is like a dumpling on weekdays? You also said that he would poke and rub without crying, which is the most fun. You also said that Brother Hua is a small dumpling. Sister Qiao It's a big dumpling, and it's fun to play with."

As soon as Lin Daiyu heard this, there was a picture in front of her eyes, and she laughed softly.

Wang Xifeng swept over as soon as she heard the wink, "Fourth sister?"

Xichun felt guilty, "Haha? Really? Why can't I remember? The second sister must have made a mistake, right?"

Yingchun smiled and looked at Xichun for a while before saying: "Okay, I remembered wrongly, the fourth sister never said that Brother Hua and Qiaoer are dumplings, and it's fun."

Xichun looked at Yingchun with more resentful eyes.

Seeing her welcoming the spring like this, she couldn't help laughing, and said in a bad mood: "Okay, when your elder sister Lin meets Qiao, Hua, and the others, I will send her to see you right away, okay?"

Only then did Xichun feel satisfied, "Are you ready?"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "It's done."