The Red Chamber is not a dream

[No.60 Four Chapters] Waiting for the guests to see the idle clouds and wild cranes, giving the maid to say that she is proud

But Daiyu came to live in Rongfu, and she just had fun in front of Jia Mu every day, and joked with all the sisters for a while, nothing else.Mrs. Zhao Xueshi sent a post here that day, inviting his sisters to play here tomorrow, and the three of them reported to Mother Jia.Jia Mu was unhappy because she only invited a few of them and never invited the Sanchun sisters.They are all smart people. Seeing Jiamu's expression, do you know?It's just that Jia Mu didn't mention it, and they didn't see each other. They resigned Jia Mu and came out, and took a car to Zhao's house the next day.

When it came to Zhao's house, Mrs. Jiang had already been waiting there with Jiayu. Seeing the three of them coming here, she said with a smile, "I wanted to invite your sister to come here early in the morning, but I never had time. It happened that someone sent this Nanlai the day before yesterday." I wanted to teach your sister to taste the fresh fruit." Baochai and the others couldn't help laughing again when they heard this, the host and guest sat down in the room, and the maid brought some plates of fresh fruit.Jiang Shiyin said with a smile to several people: "You don't have to be restrained, just treat it as if you are at your own home. I only have one daughter. Seeing that you are all good, I wish it could be my own." Then she ordered the maid to exchange tea. , Ask a few people what they love to eat on weekdays, and their intimacy is better than that of ordinary relatives.Seeing Mrs. Jiang like this, Baochai sisters and Daiyu also felt that she was amiable, so they gradually lost their restraint and talked and laughed with Zhao's mother and daughter.

Mrs. Jiang saw their appearance, the more she looked at them, the more she loved them, and she thought to herself: "It's a pity that I don't have a son, so I can't settle for one to come home; now it seems that they are all good, and they can be Yu'er's companions." I was afraid that I would be bored at home, but seeing him talking and joking with his sisters now seems speculative. From this point of view, it would be wise to pick up a few of him in the future.” Yin thought again: “They are working now. The Jia family lives, if you just pick them up and not pick up the girls from Jia's house, it's not good. Why don't you teach them some other day." So he decided, he laughed and said, "Yu'er and your sisters go to the back. Come on, let's take a tour of our homeland; when it's time for dinner, we'll come here." Jiayu heard the words and agreed, and his sister also stood up and said a word, and then came to the back garden.

Several people walked to the entrance of the garden, and saw a plaque hanging on the main entrance, inscribed with the word "Hidden Garden".Jiayu said with a smile, "This is my father's pen." Everyone stopped to look at the plaque, and praised it with a smile.So I went inside again, only to see a whitewashed wall with no other decorations, covered by flowers and plants of various colors, which is unconventional.Dai Yunai said with a smile: "Sure enough, the scholarly family, even this courtyard is full of books." Jiayu said with a smile: "I'm ashamed to make an axe in the class." It is the method of suppressing the scenery. Sure enough, turning around the rockery, there is a small path leading directly to the garden. You can only see the smoke of green radishes and the shade of fine trees; , cannot be exhaustively described.Jia Yu smiled at them and said, "Let's go ahead and take a boat. It's the season to eat lotus pods, so let's send people to pick them in the middle of the lake. There is a pavilion in the middle of the lake, where the wind blows from all directions, making it coolest." Wouldn't it be wonderful for us to sit inside and peel fresh lotus pods to eat?" All of them are young daughters, if they heard this, would anyone not listen?At one time, a servant woman came to the shore with a small boat, Jia Yu ordered the servant girl to help his sister up first, and then she helped her to get up, then she taught others to punting the boat and went to the lake.

When the boat was not traveling for a long time, I could vaguely see a small island in the middle of the lake with a pavilion on it.Jiayu ordered the servant girl to get the boat to the shore, and went to the pavilion with his sisters, and sat leaning on the railing.From time to time, the maids who followed also came up, busy fanning the stove and making tea, and several boatmen brought freshly picked lotus water chestnuts.Jiayu said with a smile: "This place is the best place to see the snow. When it snows, I will definitely invite a few more younger sisters to play." Seeing that her words are gentle and her actions are thoughtful, but she is elegant, Baochai can't help but secretly marvel at herself. , Thinking: "Miss Zhao has the style of a hermit. Sure enough, Xueshi Zhao is also an interesting person. She gave birth to such a daughter like a 'leisure cloud and wild crane'; but it would be a pity if she married a layman in the future?" Because he thought to himself: "His temperament is so good, even I may not be as good as him, and I can be with my brother." Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that he had made a mistake, his face blushed, and he lowered his head to peel the lotus seeds. .

Seeing the scene here, Daiyu smiled and said to Jiayu: "My sister is such an elegant person. I heard my aunt said that my sister is a wonderful person earlier. I met you today, and she is really good." Jiayu said with a smile: "I am ashamed. I just I was bored at home, so I thought about these scenery; I thought about it today and taught people to change it, and tomorrow I thought about it and taught people to add it. After many years of work, it has become what it is today, and my father is too lazy to care about it. Leave it to me." Hearing this, everyone knew that the arrangement of the garden was done by others, and they all praised it.Baoqin laughed and said, "It turns out that this garden is my sister's handiwork, but I never thought of it. Compared with other gardens, Weidao is less ingenious and more detailed." Seeing the servant girl peeling two plates of lotus seeds and red water chestnuts and bringing them up, he smiled and said, "It's not a strange thing, just use a little. They have a new way of cooking. The sweet soup is very good. Later Zijiao cook it, let's eat."

Several people sat for a while, Jiayu estimated that it was almost lunch time, so he invited several people out, boarded the boat as usual, and headed to the shore.When it was time to go ashore, Jia Yu said to the servant girl, "I went and invited my mother, and said that we will put it in the garden today. The younger sisters have been walking for a long time, and they are tired even thinking about it, so there is no need to go forward." When the servant girl heard the words, she went forward to find Mrs. Jiang; Jia Yu led his sister to sit in a pavilion in the garden, and said with a smile: "I don't know what my sisters like to eat, so I taught the cook to cook some randomly; If you have something you like to eat, just tell me, and next time I come back, I will teach them how to make it." At that moment, Mrs. Jiang also came, and each sat down, and the two daughters-in-law brought food boxes to put on the table, which were just a few seasonal dishes. It is extremely refreshing; there are a few snacks, which are not too fancy to look at, but the lingering fragrance is full of mouthfuls after eating.After dinner, they went to the Jiayu room again, and the three of them said goodbye and went back.

When she returned to her room, Daiyu smiled at Baochai, "Sister, what are you thinking about today? I just saw you in a daze. It's hard to ask you if I want to." Baochai was willing to say what she was thinking, so she had to She laughed and said, "I see that Miss Zhao's family is very kind, and I'm amazed. She's different from us. He has a kind of innate idleness and tranquility in it, and he looks like a high-ranking scholar in the mountains." Daiyu said with a smile: "Where are you going to find such a high-ranking scholar who has the atmosphere of the world? Although this Miss Zhao acts elegantly, she is not aloof and considerate; I am ashamed of myself." Baoqin said with a smile: "Sister Lin is herself again. Modesty. Ms. Zhao's family is excellent, but sister Lin is not good? It's just that the benefits are different." Baochai said with a smile: "Let's go to someone's house today, and we have to pay back the table some other day. It's just that we live in the house now. Naturally, it is not easy to borrow a garden here, so I have to wait until I go home to invite him. There is nothing stubborn about the house now, but I have tidied up a little and can live there. When my brother comes back, he must have a good life. Clean it up."

When Daiyu heard what he said, she couldn't help thinking of Yunyu, and said, "Speaking of which, I don't know what happened to them going out. It's very inconvenient for the accompanying driver to not be able to bring someone to wait on them. I don't know when they will come back." Well. Others say it’s a face, if you want me to tell you, don’t go.” Baochai laughed and said, “Silly girl, you’re the only one who thinks that way. I feel weird every day; It’s not as good as you and Brother Lin; although Tiao’er is close to us Qin’er, it’s not as good as the two of you. They’re both grown up, and when I don’t see Brother Lin for a while, I just think, what a shame.” Dai Yu smiled and said, "You don't want Brother Xue? When Brother comes back, I will tell him, teach him to listen to Brother Xue, and see if he doesn't talk about you." Baochai shook his head and laughed: "He never said anything. My, your trick doesn't work."

While talking, Lin Zhixiao's family came from outside. Seeing that several people were there, he smiled and said, "The girls have finally come back. The second wife knew that some girls were going to live here a few days ago, and she was afraid of the servants." Not enough, so I told the old lady to call some people over. Now the old lady taught me to bring Qingwen and Xiaohong here, saying that they are temporarily placed in this courtyard for the girls to order; if there are needleworkers Just pay for the work." Daiyu knew that the two of them were girls in Baoyu's room, and she had listened to Zijuan Yinger and others chatting on weekdays, and she knew that Qingwen was a little arrogant; My filial relatives and daughters have never spoken on weekdays, so I don't know what their character is.When Jia Zheng took his wife and children to take office, he chose Xiren, Yingge, Sheyue, and Qianxue to follow him, but never taught them to follow them. Only stay in Mrs. Wang's courtyard.Now Lin Zhixiao's family brought the two of them here, and they all thanked each other with a smile. They ordered Xueyan and Que'er to take them to the room, and went to thank Jia's mother in person; Lin Zhixiao's family hurriedly stopped them. Said: "The old lady taught the girls that they don't have to go specially. It's getting late, but it's serious to take a rest." Hearing this, his sisters had to agree, and sent Lin Zhixiao's family out.

When Daiyu returned to her room, Zijuan smiled at Xueyan and said, "Look, she's here to compete with us for a seat. The second wife is so tricky, she's all gone out, and she doesn't teach us to worry about it." Xueyan also laughed. Said: "He also wants to snatch it. He is born better than us; it's just that we serve the girl, not the master. Could it be that the girl is not good for us because of him?" Daiyu knew what he said when he heard the two of them. It was Qingwen, and she said with a smile: "Two little hoofs, talk about nothing important. What's the point of grabbing? We've been together since we were young, and it's been these years now. There's no reason to treat you poorly for him." Xueyan laughed and said, "Girl, don't be upset, we're just talking obstinately. What are we just teaching him to do? We have someone to do the needlework for the girl; we two, Chun Xianqiuying, are clumsy and clumsy. I've done it before. Who wants such a coincidence? I'm used to biting people, so I don't have to be naughty."

Daiyu said with a smile: "If you don't like him, don't bother with him. If you have work, you can teach him to do it. You can let him do it or not. After all, the old lady gave it to him, so let's just let it go. "Although the two Zijuan and Xueyan said this, they were not afraid that Qingwen would come here to compete with the two of them for favor, but seeing that Qingwen was born somewhat similar to Daiyu, they couldn't help thinking of what Xiangyun said about Daiyu that day, and they were even more suspicious. Mrs. Wang did it intentionally; when she lived at Jiamu's place in the past, she saw Qingwen scolding the little girl in Baoyu's room several times, and she felt that he was a little frivolous, but now she sent him here again, and she felt uncomfortable.It's just that Daiyu didn't mention it, and they didn't dare to talk about it, so they had to wait for Daiyu to sleep before they went to bed.So speechless.