[Red House] Li Changan

The books on the stone table under the bamboo shadow were blown by the wind, turning several pages in a row. The sound of the pages turning woke up Daiyu who had fallen asleep on the table.

Daiyu opened her eyes and looked around, but she couldn't see the azaleas and snow geese. The courtyard was so quiet that even the sound of the wind blowing the leaves was very clear.

Why is there no one?Have you all gone to nap?

"purple--"

"Miss, are you awake?" Xueyan came over with a piece of clothing, seeing that Daiyu had already woken up, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Your illness is just right, if you fall ill again, how will you go when you get on the sedan chair in two days. "

Daiyu took the clothes and put them on, wrinkled her nose, and squinted at Xueyan: "On weekdays, when those people outside bully you, I don't see you being so eloquent, but you are eloquent in front of me, with a single mouth, you are more powerful than anyone else. "

Hearing this, Xueyan quickly apologized with a smile, coaxing Daiyu nicely.

As the day of departure was getting closer and closer, Jia's mansion could also see some happy events, red lanterns and happy characters were hung high up, and the maids who walked in and out all changed into summer shirts, with joy on their faces.

Daiyu stood up with the book in her hand, her eyes fluttered, she raised her eyebrows and stared at Xueyan: "Is there someone here?"

"Just as I was about to tell the girl, someone came to the old lady's yard, saying that she was to go there and was about to leave before leaving. The old lady was thinking about it and wanted to spend more time with the girl."

Daiyu frowned lightly, stopped for a moment, thought for a while, and handed the book in her hand to Xueyan.

"It just so happened that you brought me a piece of clothing, so I'll go straight there, and you help me take the book back."

"The girl doesn't want me to go with you?"

"No, I need you to accompany me when I go to the old lady. I don't know, I thought I was going to see someone. Besides, the things in the yard are not busy enough for you?" To try on the wedding dress, let those bridesmaids clean up, come here every morning and leave at noon.

Hearing her cough twice yesterday saved her from today's crime.

Unexpectedly, getting married is so troublesome, each and every thing is more troublesome than when the empress in the palace came back to visit her relatives.

When Xueyan heard Daiyu's words, she couldn't help laughing.

"Zicuckoo has just rested and is very tired. I have to count again tomorrow, so as not to miss anything."

"Then why don't you go help and stay here." Daiyu knocked on Xueyan's arm: "I'll go to the old lady first, and if you don't see me after dinner, you can pick me up again."

"Yes, follow the girl's arrangement."

Seeing Daiyu's leaving back, Xueyan couldn't help shouting: "We can carefully put away the letter from Mr. Li, lest you have to take it out and read it again when you can't find it, and blame us for it." .”

Daiyu turned around, the snow geese had long since run away, and she couldn't help but feel annoyed - she really shouldn't have left the two of them alone, and they are becoming more and more ignorant of the rules, can this be nonsense?

But—the letter from Li Changan was sent by the person who greeted his relatives. When Daiyu got this letter, she never thought that Li Changan's words are smooth and sharp, and he looks very similar...

That confused man who got lost twice in the Grand View Garden.

From Xiaoxiang Hall to Mrs. Jia's yard, Daiyu was thinking all the way, what was Mrs. Jia trying to say by letting her go at this time.

"Sister Yuanyang."

"Miss Lin is here? The old lady just woke up, just in time, you go and talk to the old lady." Yuanyang lifted the curtain and led Daiyu to go in: "Old lady, Miss Lin is here."

After entering the room, Daiyu looked at Mrs. Jia and walked forward with a smile.

"Grandmother."

"Madam Lin is here?"

Sitting obediently next to Mrs. Jia, she let Mrs. Jia hold her hand: "Grandmother heard that she has a cough these past two days, did you ask the doctor to see it?"

Hearing this, old lady Jia shook her head, sighed, and stared at Daiyu, seeing that the former melancholy was gone from Daiyu's brows, she didn't know whether it was happiness or worry.

When Daiyu came to her side at that time, she was only so young. In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed.

"You were only this young when you first came here. Look, you are about to get married now." After the old lady Jia finished speaking, she patted the back of Daiyu's hand: "Then Mr. Li has never seen it. Well, you can always tell what kind of temperament it is."

"Grandmother is always talking and joking, how can you tell what other people's temperament is at a glance?" Daiyu lowered her eyes and said angrily: "Besides, isn't the eldest son of the Li family a good-natured man? Where can the second son of the Li family go?"

Mrs. Jia's expression was startled, but she couldn't answer this sentence.

How could Li Changan not know about Li Changan's reputation outside?

It was discussed once in the Grand View Garden, and everyone said that Li Changan was a dandy, and he was not as good as Li Xijing since he was a child, let alone his temperament, he might be a flirtatious master.

Daiyu couldn't hear these words if she didn't go out, and there was no guarantee that the people in the yard would not discuss them in private. How could Daiyu not know where there is an impenetrable wall in the world.

"In your heart—"

"Grandmother's intentions, I understand, but she always stays together, and she is a little tired. Although this marriage is sudden now, it just fits my intentions, allowing me to see what the outside looks like."

"Do you really think so?"

"You know that I never tell lies, that's just the way I am when I am petty." Daiyu raised her eyes and smiled at the old lady Jia, thinking for a moment: "Grandma, I think I should also go back to pay homage to my father and mother. After being away for so many years, Haven't been back yet."

The road ahead is unknown, but compared to the known results, Daiyu is more willing to make a foray, and at worst she will end up with an exhausted ending, and that is what she is willing to do.

After talking with Mrs. Jia for half a day, he was about to leave when he heard the sound of mandarin ducks outside.

"Second Master Bao, you—"

"What are you stopping me for? I can't even enter the old lady's room?" Jia Baoyu walked straight into the room, turned his head while talking to Yuanyang, and saw Daiyu standing there as soon as he turned his head.

Looking at each other, Jia Baoyu was stunned, forgetting what he was here for.

But Daiyu laughed first when she saw this, and said with a blissful body: "Second brother, you came here by coincidence, I'll walk you, it's good that the old lady is always in this room."

"Are you—going?"

"I've been talking all afternoon, and I'm about to leave." Daiyu turned around and glanced at Old Madam Jia, seeing the love in her eyes when she saw her for the first time, she nodded lightly: "Grandmother, I'm leaving first."

"Be careful on the road, the two girls Zijuan and Xueyan are becoming more and more unruly, so you won't follow if you don't let me."

"I don't want them to follow." Daiyu walked out after finishing speaking, and paused when she lifted the curtain: "Second brother, I will get married in the future, remember to send an invitation card to Yangzhou."

On July 21, Rongguo Mansion married a daughter.

Even if it wasn't ten miles of red makeup, it still made enough scenes. Not only were there a lot of guests, but also distinguished guests came in person, and all the dignitaries in Beijing came.

Daiyu was wearing a wedding gown, and was supported by Zijuan and Xueyan to go out. She had to say goodbye to her elders in the front hall before she could get on the sedan chair.

With crimson in front of her eyes, Daiyu clenched the things in her hand.

"Girl, watch your step."

Suddenly the voice of Zijuan came from her ear, Daiyu was startled, she nodded her head lightly, and immediately heard the sound of the bead curtain shaking, she was more nervous than before.

The sound of beating gongs and drums was getting closer and closer, and the voice next to her ear could be clearly distinguished in the past, but at this moment Daiyu couldn't tell it apart at all.

Daiyu took a deep breath, took a step forward, and put the jade bracelet back on her wrist.

When the people from the Li family came to the door and mentioned the matter of welcoming the bride that day, they specially asked someone to send something to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. It turned out that Daiyu didn't know what it was, and only when he opened the box did he find out that it was a jade bracelet.

The letter in the box was Li Changan's letter to Daiyu. The letter not only mentioned the origin of the jade bracelet, but also said that it was a gift from Li's family to the daughter-in-law who had passed through the door. When they entered Beijing in a hurry, they forgot to bring it and specially entrusted it to the person who greeted them. Pass it on to Daiyu.

A dried flower in the letter, along with the bumps along the way, arrived in Daiyu's hands, and it was already in bad shape, with a lot of broken flowers and leaves, which looked rather funny.

When Zijuan and Xueyan laughed, Daiyu felt hot on her fingertips holding the dried flowers, as if she could see Li Changan frantically frowning and patiently losing his temper.

"Girl Lin—"

Daiyu heard Mrs. Jia's voice, raised her eyes slightly, and bowed in the direction of the voice: "Farewell to grandma."

"When you arrive in Yangzhou, you have to do well. If you have a chance, go back to Beijing and have a look." Mrs. Jia looked at Daiyu in front of her, as if she saw Jia Min many years ago.

"Farewell, uncle." Daiyu paused for a moment before continuing, "Farewell, aunt."

"Okay, okay, take good care of yourself along the way." Jia Zheng sighed: "In these years, if your mother sees you grow up to be so well-behaved, she will be happy too."

Hearing this, Daiyu lowered her eyes, but did not respond.

Xi Niang and Zijuan saw everyone in Jia's mansion saying their blessings again, and when they heard "Auspicious Time Comes" sang outside, they hurriedly supported Daiyu to pay their last respects to their natal family, and then they were about to go out.

The auspicious time can't be delayed, the time to get on the sedan chair must be right at the moment.

When she turned around, Daiyu seemed to have heard Jia Baoyu's voice, she suddenly felt melancholy - after today, she and Jia's family were really broken.

Walking towards the door step by step, Daiyu subconsciously grasped Zijuan's hand.

It shouldn't be a dream this time.

"The bride gets on the sedan chair—!"

The sound of firecrackers was crackling, and when Daiyu bent down to get into the sedan chair, she suddenly heard a familiar voice from among the bustling voices, and she was slightly taken aback.

"Sister Lin!"

All the scenes since she and Jia Baoyu met suddenly appeared in front of Daiyu's eyes. It was not until Zijuan's voice reached her ears that Daiyu realized that she was not as sad as she imagined.

The stones that had been in my heart for many years were all thrown into the Rongguo Mansion following Daiyu's movement into the sedan chair.

"What are you doing! It's such a happy event, don't you want to make trouble?" Mrs. Wang pulled Jia Baoyu over and gave the attacker a hard look: "Let others listen, you're afraid you're going to poke a big hole and become a What a joke!"

"Mother……"

"If you want to stay here, then go back!" Mrs. Wang lowered her voice, "What are you waiting for! I didn't see that Baoyu was drunk, and he didn't help him back!"

Xiren quickly stepped forward to support Jia Baoyu, and persuaded him in a good voice: "Second Master, you are drunk, let's go back."

Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai looked at each other, and when they saw the greeting from the people next to them, they responded with a smile, followed the crowd back, and returned to the bustle.

Jia Baoyu stared obsessively at Daiyu's sedan chair going away, and couldn't help shedding two lines of tears.

"Sister Lin... is gone, this time she is really gone."

"Second Master, let's go back."

"From now on, there will be no more sister Lin."