Xiaoxiang Water Cloud in the Red Chamber

After living in the Beijing Palace for a few days, Daiyu and Lin Yifei still went home.Because they were keeping filial piety in name, both of them lived in seclusion.After all, the two of Rongguo Manor didn't want to see each other, so they dragged on and didn't say hello.

Daiyu had nothing to do that day and wanted to sew a winter coat for her father and elder brother. After picking it up, she felt dissatisfied with the thread at home, so she ordered Xueyan to go to the embroidery workshop at home to buy some, because Chunxian also wanted to go shopping. The two went out together laughing and laughing.

When they arrived at their Qingyun Embroidery Workshop, the two bought some silk threads, and because they thought of Qian Xuelai by chance, they went in to visit.That Qianxue is now down-to-earth and willing to work, but she is very caring.Xueyan looked at Qianxue and said with a smile: "Sister Qianxue is more beautiful than before, and she is much more energetic."

Qianxue blushed slightly and said with a smile: "Of course, I feel comfortable working here, and I don't have those intrigues, so it's much better. I didn't know how high and wide the sky was until I got out of that house. It's funny."

Chunxian smiled and said: "But, you only saw those one or two people in your eyes before, so naturally you have a small heart, and you only think that there is only one good person."

After talking and laughing for a while, the two left the embroidery workshop, and then turned to Gulou West Street for a stroll. There was a pawn shop in front of it called "Hengshudian". The two of them were talking and laughing as they passed by. The eyes slipped to the side at the door, and when they saw Chunxian Xueyan, they couldn't help being startled, and then walked away.Chunxian Xueyan is a martial arts practitioner, she has a keen sense, and feels that someone is watching her, but she doesn't notice when she waits to watch.Xueyan suddenly pointed to the woman who was going away and said, "Why do I think that person's back looks familiar?" Chunxian looked carefully and said: "It looks familiar, but I can't think of it. Forget it, don't worry about it, let's go back, girl too Time to hurry."

But she said that the woman pretended to be inadvertent and turned her head to see Xueyan and Chunxian walking away, thinking.This person is none other than Mrs. Wang's companion, Zhou Rui's family.This Hengshu Dian was originally a business of Xue's family. Her man held her hands tight for a while and let her treat her as something. She was surprised to see Xueyan and Xueyan. She knew that both of them had gone to the south of the Yangtze River with Daiyu. Could it be that Lin Daiyu had already returned? up.Thinking of this, he hurried back to the mansion to find Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was chanting scriptures in the Buddhist hall, when she saw her rushing in, she was displeased and said, "You are becoming more and more unstable, what are you in a hurry for?"

Zhou Rui's family hurriedly stopped and said: "Because I just met an acquaintance on the street, I don't know whether I should tell my wife, so I came to talk to my wife."

Mrs. Wang frowned and said, "What acquaintance?"

Zhou Rui's family said: "When I went for a stroll, I saw the two girls. They were Miss Lin's personal maids, Xueyan and Chunxian. Didn't those two go back to Yangzhou with Miss Lin, and they appeared here? The servant guessed It's time for Miss Lin to return to the capital, so I'll let my wife know first."

Mrs. Wang paused with the rosary in her hand, a trace of joy and resentment flashed across her face, and she said lightly: "This Lin girl is even bigger without her father, and she doesn't even have the courtesy to visit her grandmother, uncle and aunt. I will go and talk to the old lady later. Said to pick her up, at least she has no relatives, so we should take care of her."

Zhou Rui's family let out an ah, with a puzzled look on his face, he had first let Mrs. Wang know, and he had prepared himself, isn't this wife the most at odds with Ms. Lin, why is she so kind this time.

Mrs. Wang ignored Zhou Rui's family's questions and let her go down, thinking silently in her heart.But she was so kind, she originally came back from Jia Lian and gave the old lady 10 taels, but she didn't dare to touch it, for fear of rebellion in the future, the remaining 30 taels were handed over to her father and Mrs. Wang.Both of them were very dissatisfied, so Jia Lian had no choice but to explain Lin Ruhai's final arrangements, and the two of them immediately beat their chests in anger.I didn't want Lin Ruhai to be such a "bachelor", who used most of the money to find a princess as a princess for his daughter, and adopted a son to take charge of the family business, and stared blankly at the cooked duck flying away.It's a pity that there is nothing to do after all, but secretly hate that the emperor, a little girl and a penniless wild boy got the money.

In the end, Mrs. Wang got 13 taels, Jia pardoned 13 taels, Xue's family got involved, but unfortunately they only got 80 taels, and Jia Lian only got [-] taels.Because Mrs. Wang heard that Daiyu had [-] taels, she became greedy and wondered how to get the money.At this time, when I heard that Daiyu was back, I immediately thought of Yinzi.I also thought that Jia Lian said that his step-son Lin Yifei was a scholar from a small family and he didn't have much talent, so he was easy to deal with, so he might as well take it over quickly and tell them to take the money.

Mrs. Wang hurried to Jia Mu's room that night. Jia Mu never wanted to see her, and when she saw her, she said calmly, "Why don't you go to bed so late, madam? You don't worry about getting tired after a busy day."

Mrs. Wang felt resentful in her heart, and said with a smile on her face, "The daughter-in-law is here to announce the good news to the old lady." Jia Mu glanced at her and said, "I don't know what's going on." Mrs. Wang said happily, "Old lady, Who did Zhou Rui's family go out on the street today? Xueyan and Chunxian, those two girls are the niece's personal girls, and then girl Lin must be back. Isn't this a happy event?"

Mother Jia looked at Mrs. Wang's face with an inscrutable smile in surprise, and wondered, "It's a happy event that Yu'er is back. It's just that the wife has always hated Yu'er, when did she care so much about her?"

Mrs. Wang's face was embarrassed, her old face couldn't help but blushed, and said respectfully: "The old lady thinks too much of her daughter-in-law, no matter what she does, she won't care about a child. The poor niece is helpless now, and the daughter-in-law thinks about it. Feeling heartbroken, such a tender child may be suffering, thinking about my daughter-in-law like this, I still remember the bad things from the past." He wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, and said: "So the daughter-in-law thinks that this is not as good as the old lady. So I sent someone to pick her up, and having so many elders and sisters relieved her pain of being alone and helpless."

Mother Jia looked at Mrs. Wang coldly, unable to understand her psychology for a while, maybe she really came to her senses, so she calmed down and said, "So I don't worry, she is your niece, you should be good as an aunt." Love is right."

Mrs. Wang sneered in her heart, but she hurriedly smiled and said: "My daughter-in-law knows, she used to be covered in fat and didn't see the benefits of her niece. She only realized it after leaving. Now it won't be like that again."

Jia's mother said: "Yu'er has an older brother now, so she is not helpless. Zhou Rui's family may have been confused. Why didn't Yu'er come to see me after she came back. At least she only has such relatives as ours. "

Mrs. Wang said: "Think about it, old lady, her elder brother just showed up to inherit the incense, and he didn't have any affection before. How could he care about his niece? It's good if he doesn't bully her. Maybe it's because he wronged her niece to stop him." Let her come to our place, afraid that our niece will tell her and we will support her. Zhou Rui’s family will definitely not read it wrong.”

Mother Jia thought about it for a while, and felt that it was reasonable, and she became suspicious: "Your words are also reasonable. Although Yu'er didn't come here before, her etiquette was never wrong. This time it's strange. But Yu'er is now the princess. Her brother probably won't either. Forget it, I'll send Feng girl and Yuanyang to pick her up tomorrow."

Mrs. Wang said happily: "The old lady doesn't know that the princess has no support and it's just a publicity. It's no use. The daughter-in-law will tell Feng girl to go now." Said happily, she got up and hurried away.Jia's mother looked at Mrs. Wang's figure thoughtfully, and thought to herself, could it be that the second daughter-in-law really realized it.

Sister Feng was very happy to hear that Daiyu was back, and she couldn't help being surprised when Mrs. Wang happily came to tell her that she was going to pick up Cousin Lin tomorrow.After Mrs. Wang left, she said to Jia Lianping, "Isn't the sun coming out from the west today? Not only did my wife ask me to pick up Sister Lin, but she even went to a junior room to tell me what kind of play it was. ?”

Jia Lian said: "Who knows. Could it be that she is still thinking about Sister Lin's money, but Sister Lin has an older brother now, so it's so easy to handle."

Sister Feng lowered her head and thought for a long time: "I'm afraid this is the only reason. I don't believe that the wife will be kind. Hmph, it's so funny. Does the wife really think that there is no one in the Lin family? Why should she send money from the Lin family to our family? By the way How about that Lin Yifei, sister Lin should not be bullied."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "You are also stupid, who is Uncle Lin, can you choose someone poorly, and you will never let your only biological daughter be bullied. I saw their demeanors that I have known for a long time. Yes, that Lin Yifei not only imitated his uncle's elegant demeanor by ten percent, but also his eyes are not easy to be fooled by. Facing that Lin Yifei, I always have a feeling of being seen through, and I don't dare to have any bad thoughts. If the wife wants to plot against him, I'm afraid it will hit a wall. Let's just listen to the wife's order and pick up Sister Lin. As for other matters, let the wife figure it out by herself."

In the early morning of the second day, Sister Feng and Yuanyang drove to Lin's mansion. The people at the door saw Sister Feng and hurried inside to report.Daiyu and Yifei had just finished their meal. When they heard that Sister Feng was visiting, they wondered, "Where did she get the news? It seems that she came prepared."

When she came to the living room, Daiyu said with a faint smile, "Second Sister-in-law and Sister Yuanyang are free to come."

Sister Feng saw that Daiyu was dressed in plain silver, and she looked more and more like a chrysanthemum in Jiuqiu Aoshuang. Seeing that her face hadn't lost much weight, she relieved herself and said with a smile, "I heard that sister Lin is back. No, the old lady and the lady immediately forced her to come back." Then I hurried over to invite my younger sister to sit down. Not to mention that the ancestors miss you so much, even the wife is very enthusiastic."

Daiyu frowned, and said: "Second sister-in-law can tell. I just don't know how the old lady and the wife know I'm here."

Seeing Daiyu's cold face, Sister Feng didn't understand her meaning, she laughed and said, "Sister knows that I won't lie to you. Yesterday, sister Xueyan Chunxian went out and was seen by his wife's housemate Zhou Rui's family, so she told me Wife, madam rushed to tell the old lady, and said that my sister might be suffering, so I asked my sister to take a break for two days."

Xueyan murmured beside him: "No wonder I always feel that the person's back is familiar. It turned out to be her. What a coincidence."

Daiyu was a little puzzled, she pondered for a while before saying: "Second Sister-in-law and Sister Yuanyang came to pick me up in person, so I shouldn't resign, but now my brother is in charge of everything, let me discuss it with my brother."

Sister Feng nodded and said with a smile: "It should be, sister, let's go, we'll just stay for a while."

Daiyu ordered the girl to serve her, and she invited Yifei to the room and said, "Brother, now the old lady and the second lady know that we are here, and sent someone to pick them up, how can we reply."

Yifei smiled and said: "It's always impossible to pass this test, or just go, and they will have nothing to say when the etiquette is exhausted, or they may say what they are talking about. I have never seen that The so-called grandmother, let's go together."

Daiyu nodded sullenly, and said after a while: "It's strange this time, it was Mrs. Wang who urged my grandmother to come, brother can understand what she means."

Yifei thought for a while, a gleam of coldness flashed in his eyes, and he sneered, "I must be thinking about my sister's 80 taels of silver. With the character of the second wife, knowing that my sister has so much property, I don't want to follow her." The flies are staring at the blood. Hmph, I want to see what tricks she can pull off. This time, don't expect us to be merciful. But the second sister-in-law is pretty good, and I'm afraid that what I said just now is to remind us on purpose. , but it's hard for her, she still has a conscience under Mrs. Wang's hands."

Daiyu nodded, and said with a calm face: "Sister Feng has always been sincere to me. Although she is greedy for money, she is not bad. Mrs. Wang thinks well, but I don't know what I am relying on. How much money does the Wang family have. I didn't like her before, and now I won't let her figure it out. It just so happens that I have something to do in Jia's mansion, so I might as well go and have a look." Knowing that Daiyu hated Mrs. Wang very much, Yifei also agreed. I'm not afraid that she will be at a disadvantage, but I don't know what's going on with her, but I don't ask.

Back in the living room, Daiyu smiled and said to Sister Feng: "My brother said that he should also visit grandma, so he allowed me to go. He has never seen grandma himself, so he also went with me."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "That's even better. Ever since I found out about my cousin, my ancestors have been thinking about meeting this precious grandson every day."

Fast forward to noon and Daiyu arrived at Jia's mansion. The doorkeeper saw the car approaching the door, so he went to open the west corner gate—it turned out that Daiyu had been here before, and the doorkeeper felt that there was no need to report.But Lin Yifei reined in his horse and sneered, "I never thought that the dignified Jia's mansion would treat guests in such a way, so let's not go."

When Sister Feng heard this in the car, she hurriedly laughed through the curtain of the car, "What do you mean, cousin?"

Lin Yifei said coldly: "Now who doesn't know that Yu'er sister is the third-rank Ningxin Princess personally appointed by the Holy Master, but she only opened the corner door to let Yu'er enter. I think the threshold for coming to your Rongguo Mansion is too high. In the eyes of the family, there are also such unknown outsiders who cannot enter the main entrance. I don’t think my grandmother is sincere, so why do we go in.”

Sister Feng was slightly puzzled, it seemed that this cousin, who had never met, had a big opinion on Jia's house.She didn't dare to be good at things like opening the middle door, so she just laughed and said: "Cousin, don't be angry, there are some boys who are dumb and ignorant. I will send someone in to pick up my sister and cousin. "She could see clearly that this cousin really cared for Sister Lin.

The mandarin ducks entered Jia Mu's room, and when Jia Mu saw her alone, she hurriedly said, "Where is Yu'er, where is your second grandma?"

Yuanyang said: "Second Mistress is staying with Miss Lin outside."

Jia Mu frowned: "You child is also confused, why didn't you invite Miss Lin in?"

Yuanyang hurriedly said: "Master Lin also came this time, because Master Lin was annoyed when he saw that Second Mistress wanted to lead the girl in through the west corner gate, saying that the threshold of our Jia's house is too high, and Miss Lin is now Ningxin personally appointed by Long Live The princess, who only had to go through the corner gate, refused to go in, saying that she would take Miss Lin back. The second mistress managed to persuade the slave to report to the old lady."

Everyone was stunned, thinking that Lin Yifei really cared about Miss Lin, and was clearly supporting her.

Mrs. Wang frowned when she heard this, and said with a dark face: "This nephew is too crazy, why doesn't Miss Lin say anything about it?"

But Mother Jia forgot about Daiyu being the princess, and hurriedly said, "I'm old, I forgot even this, why don't you hurry up and open the middle door and let Miss Lin in. She's a high-ranking person now." Yes, it’s not good for us to be negligent. What the wife said doesn’t make sense. Yu’er is a younger sister. Since ancient times, there is no reason for a younger sister to pick on her elder brother. Yu’er is now the princess. It is obvious that Long Live values ​​the Lin family. brilliance."

Mrs. Wang pursed her lips quietly. If the old lady knew how this title came about, she would understand that the Holy Majesty does not value the Lin family, but clearly values ​​the 200 million taels of the Lin family. Thinking about it, she feels heartache.Daiyu's vain job is not as good as her own yuan'er, and she wasted 200 million taels of silver in vain!

The sisters in the room quietly pushed me and pushed you and whispered: "I don't know what Sister Lin (Sister Lin) has become. It's strange to think of her." Baoyu knew that Daiyu came today, so she didn't go to school. Looking forward to it by Jia Mu's side.

After a while Daiyu walked in gracefully, with a white collar embroidered with pink blue bamboo leaves and plum blossoms, and a snow-white long skirt embroidered with a winding and moon-shaped white branched plum blossom, with four butterflies hanging on her head in silver steps, With a pearl hairpin inserted and a plum blossom hairpin in her hair, the whole person looks elegant and poetic.Baoyu has a taste in his heart, and he hasn't seen Daiyu for almost a year. Now Daiyu is more and more elegant, Tingting is like a clear lotus, and he becomes obsessed in his heart, and he can't move his eyes.Baochai watched from the sidelines and was burning with anger. In recent years, Baoyu has grown older than before, and she has become more romantic, gentle and considerate, which is different from the few men she has seen, which made her who didn't care much about Baoyu I also moved my heart.Originally, Baoyu's mind and gaze had already moved to herself, but she didn't expect that as soon as Daiyu showed up, he would be fascinated, and there was no shadow of herself in her eyes.

Daiyu prostrated lightly, and Jia's mother hugged her heart and soul and shouted: "What a poor child, I haven't seen you for several months, so I'm so haggard. Now your father has gone too. Why don't you make grandma hurt by leaving you alone?" Evil." As he spoke, he burst into tears.In the house, even Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue wiped their eyes with handkerchiefs.

Daiyu saw Jiamu crying, although she knew that there was some sincerity in it, but she felt more and more dull pain in her heart. If her grandmother really loved her a little bit, why would her mother be sad after being hurt and depressed all the year round? Thinking about these things, her eyes would roll down Tears come.