The Red Chamber is not a dream

[Chapter [-]] Xue Wenqi asked his sister Lin Daiyu to go to the mansion to fight against his righteous brother

Seeing that it was already in the middle of Beijing that day, but it was getting late, so the group went to the inn to rest.Xue Die then went to Baochai's room, sent someone out and said, "There is something to teach my sister. Don't be upset when my sister hears it. It's not a big deal. You know it in your mind." Baochai laughed and said, "Brother Why are scorpions stinging today! You and my brother and sister have been together since we were young, why don’t you say anything? If you have something to hide from me, I will punish you. Say it quickly, I’m really annoyed if you don’t talk about it.” Xue Die said "It's true that I kept this from my sister." His brother and sister are very straightforward in nature. In the letters, how did my aunt praise her family's Baoyu in the book, and how did she mention the meaning of getting married?He said again: "I think what kind of person my sister is, how can she be willing to marry this bastard! People in Beijing all say that she is naughty and unworthy. You can't tell my sister such embarrassing words. Maybe our good aunt bullied our orphans and widows, and wanted to seize our Xue family's property!"

Hearing this, Baochai felt ashamed and angry, and said, "Mother is confused too. What are we doing here with such a family? It's serious to leave here and go home!" Xue Die said, "Yes. It's not that my mother was confused. Aunt's letter described Baoyu as a flower. Who would have thought it was an embroidered pillow and a bag of grass? Let's look at the Rongguo Mansion. It can be seen that he has no rules, no one in Beijing is not a joke! His family's children are not very promising, and it is easy for one to enter the school, but he died again, and the rest are misbehaving. I am afraid that such relatives will still be there in the future. It's a burden to us!" Baochai laughed and said, "My brother is too mean. What about other people's homes? Now it's just that my mother misses my sisters and goes to live for a while. When our house is cleaned up, we will go home naturally. As for His cousin who was born with jade in his family, I only treat him with courtesy, how dare he do anything!" Xue Die sighed: "I know you understand, but I just have to guard against it. If that bastard bullies you, you can only treat him like your brother Said, elder brother beat him to death." Baochai sneered, and said, "Your attack is not serious, and you kill people carefully. If he is really like that embroidered pillow, I think he can't beat me." Before he finished speaking, Suddenly he felt that the words were too rude, so he blushed, bent down and couldn't help laughing.Only then did Xue Die feel relieved, chatted with him a few more times, and then went to her room.

Now let's talk about the two brothers and sisters, since that day when they abandoned the boat and landed, the Rongguo Mansion dispatched sedan chairs and vehicles pulling luggage have been waiting for a long time.Seeing that Daiyu's complexion was slightly different, Zhenyu said with a smile, "It's very unnecessary. My younger sister is the eldest daughter of the Lin family, a person of gold and jade, and your elder brother has fame and fame. They are the ones who should pay attention." Daiyu said : "When my mother was there, she said that my grandmother's house is different from other houses, and the rules are the most important. The few third-class servants we have seen recently have extraordinary expenses for food and clothing, let alone their house now." Yu sneered and said: "It's really different from other families. Only a few third-class servants were sent to pick up the grandchildren and granddaughters of the first-line relatives! Don't worry, my sister, my mother taught us in Japan, and my sister's foster mother is even a servant in the palace. The one who came out is no worse than his family." After hearing what her elder brother said, Fang Lue felt relieved.The two got on the sedan chair and entered the city. After walking for half a day, they suddenly saw two big stone lions squatting on the north side of the street, and three gates with animal heads. .Go west again, not far away, there are still three gates, and then you will find Rongguo Mansion.But he didn't enter the main entrance, only the west corner gate.

Lin Jinyu was furious in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. She was carried in by the boy, and landed in front of a hanging flower door. , followed the woman into the vertical flower gate, turned around a marble screen, and saw three small halls, behind the hall was the main courtyard at the back, on the platform, sat a few girls in red and green , as soon as they saw them coming, they hurriedly greeted them with smiles, and said: "The old lady was still reading just now, but it happened to be here." Yunyu looked angry, glanced at a few people, and then looked back at the plain clothes The rhododendron and snow geese.Daiyu is so clever, knowing that her elder brother must be annoyed by those maids' attire, she also feels unhappy.I saw the maidservants scrambling to open the curtain, and said back, "Uncle Lin and Miss Lin have arrived."

When the two of them entered the room, they saw an old mother with silver hair coming up to meet them, so they knew it was the grandmother Shi Taijun.When Fang wanted to pay a visit, he was hugged by his grandmother, one by one, and burst into tears.For a while, everyone slowly calmed down, and the two met their grandmother.At present, Jia's mother pointed to them one by one and said, "This is your first aunt, this is your second aunt, and this is your elder brother Xianzhu's daughter-in-law, sister-in-law Zhu." Girls, come today, so you don’t have to go to school.” Everyone agreed, and two of them went.Yanyu got up and said, "Old lady, since my sister and sister are here, I won't be here anymore. I should go see my uncles first." Mother Jia laughed and said, "You are too careful, child. In ancient times, men and women are seven years old. Besides, you are all sisters in the family, so you don’t need to talk about it because of your young age.” Yan Yufang sat down, and in a short while there were only three nurses and five or six maidservants, surrounded by three The sisters are here.Zhenyu knew that she was welcoming the three of them, so she hurriedly got up with Daiyu to greet them. After recognizing each other, everyone sat down and talked about Jia Min's past. Unavoidably, Jia's mother became sad again, because she said, "I Sons and daughters, your mother is the only one who loves you. If you leave me today, you won’t even be able to meet face to face. How can I not be sad when I see you two today!” As he said, he hugged Daiyu in his arms, and sobbed again. stand up.Everyone was busy explaining with relief, Fang Lue stopped, and asked Daiyu about his family, and Daiyu agreed one by one.

Everyone saw that Yunyu had a calm demeanor and was handsome, while Daiyu was young but had a high-spirited temperament.I was gossiping when someone reported, "The Second Mistress Lian is here." I saw a group of daughters-in-law and maids surrounding a man coming in from the back door. This man was dressed differently from the other girls, wearing burnt blue silver flowers on his head. A beaded bun, tied with a sapphire hairpin; the skirt is tied with a rat gray palace sash, with double balance and eye-catching roses, wearing a moon white satin jacket, a blue satin squirrel jacket, and a dark blue cotton skirt.Zhenyu knew that this was Wang Xifeng, but seeing that his attire was not as resplendent as in the book, she was very surprised, but there was nothing on his face, so she hurriedly got up to meet Daiyu.Jia Mu laughed and said, "This is your Lian's second sister-in-law." They greeted him and went back to sit down beside Jia Mu.This Xifeng took a closer look at his siblings, and saw that Yunyu was wearing a white jade crown with hair on her head, a brocade gown with silver and cloud patterns on a moon-white background, a silver fox fur cloak on her outer collar, and blue satin on her feet. Boots; born with sword eyebrows and star eyes, jade face and vermilion lips, with a plump and handsome face, and a general majestic expression, which is different from other princes and grandchildren.I also saw that Daiyu was also wearing a plain dress and a silver fox and crane cloak with a collar. Her demeanor was quiet and her manners were dignified.Xifeng looked at it for a while, and said with a smile: "there is such a beautiful person in the world, I just met today! Just now, I ordered someone to bring in the luggage of my younger brothers and sisters, and hurriedly cleaned the two servants' rooms, so that they can leave the house. Those who follow go to rest."

When talking, the tea and fruit have already been put on the table, and Xifeng personally holds the tea and the fruit.After several people used it for a while, Mother Jia ordered two old mothers to take them to see the two uncles.At that time, Jia Amnesty's wife, Xing Shi, got up gracefully and said with a smile, "I took my nephew and niece there, which is cheap." Yes." Mrs. Xing agreed, and then took two people to speak with Mrs. Wang, and everyone sent them to the front of the hall.After leaving the Chuihua Gate, there were two carts pulled by young servants. Mrs. Xing took Daiyu to the front one, and Yuyu sat in the back one.All the way out of the west corner gate, go east through the main gate of Rongfu, enter a black oil gate, and come down in front of Yi gate.All the boys withdrew, and the servant girl raised the curtain of the carriage. Mrs. Xing held Daiyu's hand, and Yunyu entered the courtyard beside her.As soon as he entered the main room, many concubines and maidservants greeted him. Mrs. Xing let his brother and sister sit down, and at the same time ordered someone to go to the study outside to invite Jia Amnesty.Suddenly a middle-aged Confucian scholar came, and they knew it was Jia She, and hurriedly stood up and went forward to salute.After they sat down with each other, Jia Amnesty chatted some gossip, nothing more than to persuade the two not to be sad and homesick, and follow the old lady and aunt, that is, the same words as at home.Mrs. Xing said again: "Although you sisters are clumsy, if you are with us, you can relieve some boredom. If you have any grievances, just speak the truth and don't be a layman." The two listened one by one, and sat down again. After a moment, I said goodbye.Mrs. Xing knew that the two of them were going to pay a visit to Jia Zheng, so she didn't like to stay with each other, so she ordered two or three nuns to take the two of them there in the car just now, and sent them to the gate of Yi in person. Go to the car and come back.

[Let’s sort out the brief introductions of several main characters in this chapter (false years):

Lin Jinyu, named Yinzhi, is ten years old, and her birthday is March [-] [false] and October [-] [true]

Lin Daiyu, whose name is Yinran, is six years old, and her birthday is February [-], the Flower Festival

Xue Die Biao Ziwen, ten years old, birthday on the third day of May

Xue Baochai, written as Wenqing (not shown in the text), is eight years old and born on the 21st of the first lunar month

Jia Baoyu is seven years old and her birthday is April 26

Jia Yingchun is eight years old, and her birthday is April [-]th (private setting, not seen in the original book)

Jia Tanchun is six years old, and his birthday is on the third day of March

Jia Xichun is five years old, and his birthday is on the sixth day of December (private setting, not seen in the original book)

(Note ① Jinyu was almost half a year old when she was brought here. The fake birthday is the date of Jia Min’s birth, and the real birthday is the date of the little prince’s birth. From now on, all ages will be calculated according to the fake one.)

(Note ②The ages of many people in Dream of Red Mansions are confusing, here is the need to reorganize and set the text, for example, Xue Die’s age is reset, Xue Pan in the original book is older than Wang Xifeng)

There is also the fact that men and women have different seats at the age of seven. Cao Gong’s original text has blurred this very much... Again, Dream of the Red Chamber is an empty text written in the Qing Dynasty. The customs and official positions in it are simply different. A hodgepodge of dynasties, you may be able to find the background and source, but you can't fully correspond to any dynasty... The places that have been added to this article will basically be written in the notes. 】