A Dream of Red Mansions Unexpected Visitors

But here Daiyu doesn't know that her life has been decided, and she is talking to Qingxuan about all kinds of complicated things in the garden these days, not to mention the dispute between the little opera singer and the godmother she recognizes, and Fangguan and Jia The commotion caused by the replacement of jasmine powder and rose nitrate between the rings, and Liu Wuer's poria cocos cream led to the lost rose dew in the wife's room, and there was a riot in the chess kitchen. I don't know how many nasty things Baoyu helped. Help that, very busy.Daiyu just watched with cold eyes, more and more restrained the servants in the courtyard, and became the only clean place, and used this to teach the lotus officials to learn some tricks, so as to rely on them in the future.Fortunately, Ouguan was convinced by what happened last time and Daiyu listened to the persuasion.Tanchun thanked Daiyu quietly, luckily it was only the maids making trouble, if Baochai had followed Baochai's idea last time, those women and little maids who took care of the flowers and plants would not let anyone else, how much trouble would have been added, It was Baoyu's birthday in a hurry.

It turned out that today is also Pinger Baoqin Xing Youyan's birthday, because Mrs. Wang and others are away, so everything is kept simple and not as lively as in previous years.There are two more sisters, and Tan Chunyin said that the sisters gathered together to celebrate their birthday alone, everyone felt that it was novel, and they all agreed.Because the kitchen hadn't fired in the past few days, they were all sent from outside, so it happened that Sister-in-law Liu in the garden was asked to organize two tables of banquets. There are unflattering ones.After a while, two tables of good wine and food were set up.After the outside affairs were over, everyone gathered in the hall, and Aunt Xue knew it was interesting, knowing that it was their young people who wanted to play together, and it was not cheap to have the elders, so she found an excuse to go out.

The rest of the people didn't look like they were respectful in front of their elders, and they all let go of the game. This one said to punch, and that one wanted to shoot. Xiangyun is the one who likes to play the most, but she is the most narrow, and loses by punching. When people limit wine noodles, she said: "Wine noodles need an ancient prose, an old poem, a domino name, a music card name, and a sentence from the Shixian Book. All together make up a sentence. The wine bottom must be closed. The fruit and vegetable names of personnel affairs." After hearing this, everyone laughed and said, "Only his order is more nagging than others, which is interesting." At the beginning, there was a sense of propriety, and when everyone drank the wine, the old mother who watched the situation in the middle After leaving, they shouted three times and four times one by one, shouting seven and eight. The hall was full of red and green dances, jade and pearls shaking, it was very lively.

Daiyu just felt that it was inappropriate to make such a fuss, if the reputation of having a banquet spread, and there was a man like Baoyu, and there were no elders around, it would not be good for the sisters, but everyone was in high spirits, so there was nothing to stop them, so they came out by themselves After a while, he ordered the little girl to close the courtyard door tightly, and asked the women to go to the kitchen to get some food and wine to eat, and warned them that if word of today's incident spread, they should tell the old lady to kick them out, and the servants naturally agreed.Daiyu's nature likes to go away and not to get together, and she didn't go back to the banquet. Unexpectedly, when she turned around the mountain, she saw that Xiangyun was already drunk, lying on a stone bench in a secluded place on the rocks, enjoying the fragrance and dream, surrounded by peonies and flowers. He was all dressed up, his face and clothes were covered with red fragrance, and the fan in his hand was on the ground, half-buried by fallen flowers. A group of bees and butterflies surrounded him noisy, and he wrapped a pack of peony petals in a handkerchief as a pillow.Daiyu was angry and funny, but luckily she came out alone, no one was around, so she went to wake her up, but instead of going back to the banquet, she went to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to drink water and two cups of strong tea.Daiyu teased and persuaded: "You can't be so presumptuous in the future. Fortunately, I saw it. If the little girl saw it and spread it, who would want such a daughter-in-law who loves to drink." Xiangyun kept silent in shame.

After a while, seeing that Xiangyun was much more awake, the two came back, and no one noticed.After the banquet, some of us sat down, some stood, some spent time outside, and some watched fish on the railing.The little girls also played around in the garden one by one. They picked some flowers and plants to go around, and sat in the piles of flowers and plants to fight grass.

Because only Xiangling is a woman who has gone through human affairs, she said when she was fighting grass, "I have a husband and wife Hui." Because Douguan was with Baoqin, when Xiangling went to Daiyu to study poetry, they played together. It's very good, because there is nothing to say, he said: "I've never heard of a husband and wife Hui." Xiangling said that those who tie flowers up and down are "brothers Hui", and those who tie flowers at the head are "brothers Hui". Couple Loh'.Douguan didn't have any scruples because he had sung, so he stood up and smiled, "Your man has been away for more than half a year, and you missed him, so you dragged Huishang to have a husband and wife, so feel ashamed!" Shamed and annoyed, he wanted to come to the bean pincher, and the two rolled on the ground.Because there was a puddle of sewage next to it, Xiangling's new upper body skirt was dirty.Douguan was embarrassed, so he took his hand and ran away, and everyone dispersed.

Because Baoyu no longer makes rouge or powder for them except for the maids around her before, and it is not easy to get close to her, so she just chats with Daiyu and her two, but her eyes are sharp, and she saw what happened here. matter.So they walked over with Daiyu, knowing that Xiangling didn't feel sorry for him, but he felt sorry for himself.

Xiangling said: "Ms. Qin brought this. The girl made one, and I made one. I just got on today."

Baoyu often felt sorry for Xiangling. He had no father or mother, and he didn't even know his surname and age. He was abducted and sold to the overlord.He said: "Only you and Sister Bao have this skirt. It's her friendship with you. But hers is okay. Yours is broken first. Wouldn't it be a disappointment to her heart? Besides, I heard Xue Aunt always teaches you to be frugal, Sister Bao wears plain clothes on weekdays, if Aunt sees you, she must say something about you." Xiangling also felt embarrassed when she said this.

Baoyu Xiren also made one last month. Now that you have filial piety on your body, you can't wear it. It just happened to be replaced.After hearing this, Xiangling wanted to agree, but Daiyu was also beside her, so she glanced at her.Baoyu hurriedly said, "Sister Lin never talks about people's right and wrong behind their backs." Xiangling still shook her head, and Baoyu said that when Xiren is filial piety, she can give anything she likes, so why stick to it.Xiangling has a straight temper, knowing that the borrowing was not for nothing, thinking about her own intentions for this skirt, she finally agreed.

Daiyu was just laughing at the side, and Baoyu felt sorry for her. She thought that Xiangling would not agree, but she was also stupid, so she hurriedly stopped her.Seeing the puzzled eyes of the two, he sighed: "You two idiots. Only two of these skirts were made in total, so it can be seen that they are precious. Sister Xiren is a loose hand, and she is in Yihong Courtyard. I don't know how many people made them that day. I see it, even I know it. Now I have a new skirt, so everyone can’t figure out whose skirt it is. Besides, if the skirt is changed, even if Sister Bao and Sister Xiren are tight-lipped, those little girls who just fought grass The girls don't know if your skirt is wet, girl Ling, you might as well say it when Big Brother Xue comes back. Even if you have tens of thousands of mouths, you still can't tell."

Baoyu wondered: "Is this skirt so precious? I think Xiren's one is similar to this one. Maybe other girls have it too."

Daiyu said with a smile: "I said you were stupid, you are really stupid. I think that skirt was soaked with the pomegranate red dye more than ten times in the snow and fine sand in the south of the Yangtze River. Now it won't fade when it touches water. It’s okay, you can get it at will. Sister Xiren’s piece was actually given by Sister Bao, but she just said it to avoid attracting people’s attention. Could it be that Sister Yuanyang, Sister Ping’er, and the colorful ring from the wife’s house were all given away. Besides, it's not enough. There are only three skirts in the garden, do you think everyone doesn't know?"

Baoyu and Xiangling saw that the skirt had been soaked in the sewage for a long time, and it really didn't lose any color.Thinking that if the overlord Xue Pan came back and listened to these messages, he would either beat or scold Xiangling according to his temperament, Xiangling would suffer.The two couldn't help being afraid for a while.

But Baoyu wondered: "Then what should we do now?"

Daiyu glanced at him, and said: "You are also confused. It's okay for Sister Bao to know about this, but I can't let Aunt Xue know. Isn't Xiangling often coming to my room to study poetry on weekdays? Go to my house to stay for one night, put on the clothes of Zijuan, and wash the skirt. This thing is thin and cool, it will be dry tomorrow morning, and I will change it at that time. After a few days, even if my aunt knows It’s not a big deal, and I didn’t see it with my own eyes, it’s just a few words.”

Baoyu and Xiangling nodded again and again.Because it is a bit far from Zilingzhou where Daiyu lives, Xiangling didn't care about getting muddy water on her small clothes, knee pants, and shoe uppers, and hurriedly followed Daiyu to Zilingzhou from a remote place. .Baoyu has since returned to Yihong Courtyard.

Xiangling changed into Zijuan's clothes, and Daiyu ordered the little girl to wash the skirt. Xiangling asked: "How does Miss Lin know that the skirt was given by our girl? The girl won't let us tell anyone."

Zijuan just brought tea and said: "What can we hide in this garden? Is sister Xiren's two taels of silver monthly bill taken for nothing? Since sister Bao is going to marry her aunt's house in the future, she will naturally have to make peace with her." Sister Xiren gets along with each other in harmony. Besides, the two of them get along well. Could it be that our eyes are blind? The mansion has always treated us maids with gentleness. We have never seen any good things, but we can’t help ourselves Just wear it, can't you see the preciousness of that material." Xiangling thought to herself that there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and she was even more grateful that Daiyu had just stopped her from being stupid.Xiangyun and Baoqin on the side were also taught a lesson, not to mention Xiangyun who was indulged and drunk during the day.

After the time for lighting the lamps, after the door closed, Daiyu, Xiangyun, Baoqin, and Xiangling all changed into obscene clothes, but at this moment, Chunyan from Yihong Courtyard quietly came to invite her. It turned out that there was another night banquet, and Daiyu took the place of the others all at once. The man refused, and asked Qingxuan to go there again.In other places, Sanchun and others heard that the four of them would not go, so they also refused.After Baoyu heard what Qingxuan said after he came, he didn't invite him again. Instead, he felt that what he had done was inappropriate, and he had a night of trouble with the girls in Yihongyuan.Xiangyun Baoqin Daiyu also knew that it was okay to spread the day's events. It could be easily explained by the relationship between the brothers and sisters. If they gathered for a banquet at night, even if everyone was innocent, there would always be a group of people who spread the news. People who add oil and vinegar don't know what kind of bad name they want to add to themselves and others, and some people just like to talk about the right and wrong of big families because of their shameful thoughts, whether they have a bad name or not. It's not good either, so everyone agrees with Daiyu's actions.

Xiangyun said: "Since my sister knows it's not appropriate, why don't you go and persuade Brother Ai? Tell them to stop tonight."

Daiyu said with a smile: "the maid in Baoyu's room will not interfere with his night banquet. What's more, Baoyu is a man, but he has a reputation for flirtatiousness. There is an old saying that if a man is not flirtatious, nothing will happen to him. Let's talk about today's day The good maids in his room did not attend the table because of the rules, can he not make up for it?" Xiang Yun nodded and felt relieved.

It's just that the few people who Xiangyun said just now were a little itchy. Xiangyun said: "I don't know when it will be so lively again. When the old ladies and wives come back, they will not dare to be so indulgent."

Daiyu nodded her nose, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Miss Ping'er will return tomorrow, and the old ladies won't come, so you can make a fuss for another day." Only then did a few of them rest in peace and not mention it.