The Red Chamber is not a dream

[Fourth Chapter] Crimson Pearl in charge of family affairs at a young age · Zhenlong Jun's youth enters the autumn

It's been a few more months.In that year's scientific examination, Yuyu was selected as a nansheng, entered a government school, worshiped under Chen Zongshi, and was named "Yinzhi".Because next year will be the year of the township examination, Jia Min ordered him not to come to greet him every day, but to focus on studying hard, and take care of his food and other things personally.Daiyu was already five years old at that time, and the husband she had found before had left the library a month ago because of her old age, and she hadn't invited a new one to come, so she learned some things about female red needlework by Jia Min's side every day, reading or If there is something unclear, ask Jia Min, or take a book to find Yunyu.This Jinyu is the one who works the hardest, no one dares to disturb her when she is studying, but she loves Daiyu very much, whenever she sees him coming to her courtyard, she will definitely throw away her homework, or lecture with Daiyu, or The two brothers and sisters laughed.Jia Min was afraid that Daiyu would miss Jinyu's attack on the book, and always scolded him for not bothering her elder brother; but the two of them were very fond of each other, and whenever Daiyu got any strange things, she would definitely keep them with his elder brother, and even went to his courtyard from time to time. Stubborn, the two talked in the room for half a day.Jia Min couldn't help it, and seeing that Yunyu didn't delay her homework, she had to let it go.Thinking of Baoyu's nonsense about writing for Daiyu, Zhenyu felt that the word "twinkle" had a very ominous meaning, so she thought to herself that she might as well decide on this word for her younger sister first, and now that Cha Daiyu was studying with him, she returned home. Jia Min.Jia Min couldn't bear to spoil Jinyu's popularity, thinking that although Daiyu is young, she doesn't pay much attention to it now, and many daughters start writing characters before they reach Ji, so he agreed to his request, and let him write for Daiyu "Yinran" ", pay attention to him with the word "Yin".Lin Hai didn't care too much when he heard it, besides, the word originally meant the extension of descendants, so he let it go.

It was July in a blink of an eye, and seeing that the date of the provincial examination was approaching, Jia Min ordered his family to pack things for Yunyu to prepare for the examination.Just the day before yesterday, Jia Min felt cold and had been bedridden for five or six days, but now he was trying to cheer up and watched the servant girl tidy up Yunyu, and gradually felt exhausted.Yanyu persuaded him to rest in the room, but Jia Min couldn't rest assured, so he called Daiyu and asked him to watch the maids tidy up: "I heard from your father that this exam is the most tiring. There are three rounds, and each exam will take a whole day, and you need to enter the numbered room one day in advance, even eating and sleeping in it. Others are okay, but what if you are hungry? I have prepared the medicinal materials , just look at the girls, the dry food needs to be tidied up——I heard that there is no bed in it, and the quilt should be thicker, so as not to make your brother suffer." Daiyu nodded one by one. .

Seeing the seriousness of the two of them, Yunyu couldn't help laughing and said: "Mother, don't panic, and sister don't need to worry. Just think about it: it's July now, but I won't end until the eighth day of August; no matter how much dry food you have prepared, by then I can't eat it anymore. With this quilt, the weather is still hot today. If I really prepare well, I'm afraid I'll catch the heat before I take the exam, and I'll fall down when the time comes. That's really hard. '." Hearing that he was right, Jia Min laughed and said, "My son, I'm confused, I'm afraid you'll be hungry and cold." Daiyu said beside her: "Mother, why worry, I'm already thinking about it. It's gone." Jia Minqi said: "You little child, what are you fussing about? Tell me and I'll listen."

Daiyu said: "There is no need to prepare this dry food. Let's just ask my elder brother's boy to buy some biscuits and snacks before the end of the game, and choose the ones that are easy to digest, and teach my brother to take them into the game; I also thought about the quilt. My mother gave me a silk quilt last year. It was light and soft. If you want a thick one, choose a new one from home; if my brother is afraid of the heat, bring a collar of Xiangfei bamboo mats with you—this is not a new one, it’s better for my brother to use it on a daily basis. There are still mosquitoes in August. We asked someone to make a tent for that room, and with the sachet that my brother carried with me, we could get by; I heard from my mother that the exam was held every two days, and one day in the middle was out of the field, which made it difficult for us. The boy prepared hot water in the inn, and went straight to the inn to take a bath after leaving the stage, had a full meal, fell asleep, and refreshed enough to go to the next stage.”

Jia Min was startled and laughed when she heard this, and put her arms around him and said, "My son, you really care about it. It's a pity that you are a daughter, otherwise you will end up with your brother, how many people will fail the exam." Yunyu was also very surprised, Xindao, this Fairy Crimson Pearl really deserves her reputation, she is thoughtful and considerate in everything; the book only says that he can make a small character, but no one has seen him so appropriate.Only to hear Daiyu proudly say again: "I'm afraid the boys are stupid and don't remember all these things. How about I pretend to be a boy and go with my brother to catch the exam, wouldn't it be more appropriate than the boys?" She couldn't help laughing: "In front It's still reasonable, but the more you talk about it, the more it doesn't look like it. You only live at home with your mother, and when I come back from the exam, I will bring you good things." Daiyu blushed, and she just smiled in Jia Min's arms.Seeing that her daughter spoke clearly and logically, Jia Min let him make the decision to take care of Jinyu.So when it was time for the exam, Yunyu took two young servants and boarded the car to go to the exam.

On the day when Yunyu returned home, Jia Min had brought someone to wait at the second gate. When he saw Yunyu, he hugged her and said that she had lost weight, and shed tears again.Daiyu persuaded from the side: "It's windy in this yard, and my mother caught the wind carefully. Wouldn't it be better for us to go in and talk about it? Also teach my brother to rest." Jia Min hurriedly said: "But, when I saw your brother , Confused about everything, he must be tired after walking for half a day, let's go in quickly." Yunyu then helped Jia Min to go into the room, turning her head and smiling at Daiyu.Daiyu knew that her elder brother was praising her, so she also laughed, and ordered her family to carry Yunyu's things in, and then went to the main room to finish.

Yanyu was chatting and joking with Jia Min, when she saw Daiyu coming in, she said with a smile, "The housekeeper's aunt is here!" Daiyu blushed, and spit out, "There are such people there, they talk as soon as they come home, and teach mom to beat them." I'll let you go out." Jia Minla Daiyu sat beside her, and said with a smile, "Your brother is just joking with you. Look at how petty you are. Have you ever been passed on?" Daiyu said with a smile, "Listen The servant reported that I was home today, and I had already ordered it to be prepared. Today, I made the winter bamboo shoot and old duck soup that my brother usually eats, and then I have some delicious side dishes, and I cook a few bowls of silver noodles. It’s late today, let’s start Use it indiscriminately, so that they can have a banquet tomorrow to catch the wind with my brother. The chrysanthemums in our garden are blooming well, and they are placed on the pavilion in the garden. There are crabs sent by the Zhuangzi below, and they have been raised in a big tank. , wouldn’t it be good if we enjoy chrysanthemums and eat crabs tomorrow?”

After listening to him finish speaking in a fit of anger, Yun Yu said with a smile: "Oh, I don't dare to provoke my sister now. Seeing that my sister has become the head of the house, your brother just spoke abruptly, at least don't be as knowledgeable as me. Otherwise, I won’t be able to ask for tea in the future.” Then he got up and bowed to the ground.Daiyu hurriedly dodged and said angrily, "Where are the good things you brought me? I have been rambling for a long time, but this one can't get rid of me." Jia Min laughed and said, "Your brother naturally prepared many good things for me. You, you didn't even show me, you even carried the box to your room, you can go back and have a look." At that moment, the woman who delivered the meal came to report that the dinner was ready, so she set up a table in the flower hall.

After seeing Daiyu's behavior, Zhenyu thought to herself: So this fairy Jiangzhu is not indifferent to human fireworks, and after this angry order, everything is clear, and she is a bit of a family member in a trance. She looks nothing like the sickly beauty lamp in the original book.Seeing that Daiyu is now in high spirits and in high spirits, she does not blindly mourn the spring and autumn, and feels that her past achievements have not been in vain; from the current point of view, although she does not expect Daiyu to help her in the future, at least she does not need to be distracted to take care of her. On the contrary, it was the first happy event for me here, so I couldn't help showing a little color on my face.Seeing the smile on his face, Jia Min thought that he did well in the exam, and she was very happy. Seeing the maid serving the meal, she said to Yunyu, "Taste this duck soup quickly. Zhuangzi sent it a few days ago. The winter bamboo shoots that your sister picked up are all left for you to eat when you come back, even we have never eaten them." Knowing that he was joking, she also smiled and said: "This is really annoying to my son. It must be My mother loves me so much that my younger sister is allowed to stay, otherwise how dare he do this." Daiyu laughed and said, "That's exactly what I said. You don't have to thank me, brother, but mother." He lifted the cover cup in front of him, only to smell the aroma, he hurriedly took a spoon and put it in his mouth.Both Jia Min and Daiyu laughed.When the meal was over, the women took down the dishes, and the three women sat and laughed.From time to time, a servant would report through the door that Lin Hai had returned, and Jia Min hurriedly took his children out, the father and son couldn't help exchanging a few words, and seeing that it was getting late, he ordered his brother and sister to go back to their room.

When Daiyu arrived in the room, she saw a huge box on the spot, and said, "Where did you get this?" Zijuan said, "Master, it was sent by someone. He said it was for the girl's stubbornness. Tell the girl to see for herself, we haven't opened it yet." Hearing this, Daiyu ordered Zijuan Xueyan to open the box, and saw that the inside was neatly wrapped, but it was a thick stack of Chengxintang paper, together with various colored paper, coral , betel nut, cicada feather, mica, etc., and so on.There is also a box of large and small lake pens, two pieces of Li Tinggui ink, and various fabrics of the same new, clever and stubborn style, which are all on the floor.Daiyu was very happy, so she hurriedly ordered Xueyan to thank Jinyu, and the next day she went to thank her in person, no problem.

[Note: ①Junyu was about ten years old (false age) at that time. In ancient times, there was no special restriction on the age of candidates. In history, there were also candidates who were ten years old. At that time, I was too young, how to win the exam" doubts.

②In ancient times, men took characters at [-], and women at [-] and ji. However, in the original book "Dream of Red Mansions", Xue Pan had Biaozi (Wen Qi or Wen Long) when he was a teenager. The starting character is "twinkling", so the starting character of Yunyu after entering the government school is also in line with the original setting.

By the way, I have the brain hole to talk about the characters of Zhenyu and Daiyu.Yin has the meaning of continuation, and both Zhi and Ran are empty characters. I personally feel that "Yinzhi" means "continue from here", and "Yinran" roughly means "continue like this". There is a relationship of succession, the beginning of Yanyu and the continuation of Daiyu...but it's just my personal feeling. Later in XD, sometimes Ranqing will be used to refer to Daiyu, but not too many, just see it and know that it means Daiyu. 】