The Love of the Red Chamber

Jiangnan has the most spring flowers.The second Hundred Flowers Festival in early February, the Peach Blossom Festival in March, and the second plum blossom orchid market.It can be said that there are various flower markets almost every month throughout the spring.But this time, what they caught up with was the Orchid Festival in February.

early in the morning.The two younger ones hurriedly dragged Yinzhen out.Daiyu was wearing a snow-white Ling gauze gown sewed by Jia Min herself, with quiet orchids showing off on the corners as if in a scene.She looks like a pretty little fairy.Holding Yinzhen with her right hand and Yinxiang with her left, Xiao Daiyu walked triumphantly in the flower market, looking at the pots of orchids on the side of the road, her bright eyes shone with agility.

Yinzhen is already in his early twenties this year, and his appearance is three points similar to Kangxi, but even more refined. Although he exudes a cold aura, it does not affect the admiring gazes of countless passing daughters.Although Yin Xiang was only fourteen or fifteen years old, he was handsome with a sassy masculinity, coupled with a white jade doll that looked like a powder carving, it attracted the attention of passers-by.Daiyu looked at the shy and timid girls on the way, some introverted ones half-covered their faces with fans, but all of them secretly peeked at her fourth brother with aspirations, and her heart immediately rose. With strong hostility, he snorted heavily.

Yinzhen lowered his head, looked at Daiyu's puffy face with amused expression, and asked, "What's wrong with Dai'er?"

Daiyu pulled Yinzhen's sleeve and glared away at a girl with a spring in her heart, saying: "Bad woman, don't look at fourth brother."

Yin Xiang burst out laughing, and said: "Little Yuer, why is Brother Thirteen so sour when he hears this? Could it be that Yu'er got jealous when she went out in the morning?" Daiyu frowned incomprehensibly, "Dai'er I didn’t drink jealous! Thirteenth brother’s nose is broken, see a doctor!” Yinxiang waved this fan and walked up and down in front of Daiyu, saying, “Xiao Yu’er, this can’t be done. The jealousy is so strong at such a young age , Let’s see who dares to want you in the future.”

Daiyu actually didn't quite understand Yin Yinxiang's words, but this did not prevent her from understanding that Yinxiang was speaking ill of her, and she was about to kick her.Helpless because her calves are short, Yin Xiang casually sideways to avoid her, where can she get kicked?He jumped up angrily, "Fourth brother, thirteenth brother is bad! Bullying Dai'er!" After hearing Yinxiang's words, Yinzhen's face darkened, and he quickly comforted Daiyu, then raised his eyes to Yinxiang, and gave him a warning With a quick glance, he said: "What are you talking about? Thirteenth brother. These words can also be said to Dai'er?"

Thirteen also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he laughed dryly, and said to Daiyu who was still angry: "Good Yuer, it's brother Thirteen who is wrong, brother Thirteen will apologize to you, okay?" Daiyu looked at him strangely. He asked, "How will Thirteenth brother make amends?" Thirteen looked at the orchids all around and his eyes lit up, and said, "What kind of orchids does Yu'er like, can Thirteenth brother give it to you?" Daiyu pouted, "Brother Thirteen is so insincere. There are many orchids in our family, but they are much better than the ones here." Yin Xiang thought about it, and there is a special place in the back garden of the Lin Mansion, named orchids. Xuan.Many famous orchids inside have never been seen even in the Ouchi Imperial Palace, how can Xiao Daiyu see these ordinary orchids outside.But Yinxiang refused to admit it, and said with a smile: "Little Yuer, don't talk too much. I don't believe that there is no orchid in such a big orchid society that can compare with your family. How about this, if we find a Zhu is worse than the family, so you forgive Brother Thirteen, okay?"

"Okay!" Daiyu readily agreed.She is very confident in the orchids raised by her parents.I don't believe that Brother Thirteen will find a better one.

Orchids have been a favorite flower of literati and gentlemen since ancient times, and they are known as the fragrance of kings.Moreover, there are many varieties of orchids, and it is rare that Daiyu can bring them all at such a young age.Looking at the various orchids on both sides, you can clearly tell the origin of their varieties.This is of course due to Lin Ruhai's teaching and his usual precepts and deeds.At this time, Daiyu is of course unavoidable to be a little bit of showing off.Yinzhen didn't stop her, but just stood beside Daiyu and listened to her talking about the origin and appearance of these orchids.

While listening to Daiyu's comments, Yin Xiang admired Lin Ruhai's daughter for being so knowledgeable and talented. No wonder a proud person like the fourth brother is willing to worship him as a teacher, while looking around to find the orchids that catch his eye.Finally, I saw a pot of faintly blooming flowers in an inconspicuous corner, and couldn't help shouting: "Xiao Yu'er, look over here!"

Although Yinxiang didn't know as much about orchids as Daiyu, but he was born in the royal family, and his taste itself was extraordinary, so the things he liked were naturally not ordinary.Daiyu followed the prestige and saw a pot of Qingling orchids in an inconspicuous corner of a street stall pointed by Yinxiang.Placed in the middle of many orchids that are just in bloom, it is not very eye-catching at first glance, and you may not even see it at all if you don’t pay attention, but if you look carefully, you can feel that this flower reveals a spirit that other flowers don’t have: a Clusters of green and slender orchid leaves embrace three half-bloomed snow-colored orchids, which are not as dazzling and gorgeous as other flowers, but it really adds to the sense of being a gentleman among the orchids.

Daiyu carefully touched the snow-white petals, and said in a low voice, "What a beautiful orchid."

Yinxiang smiled triumphantly and said: "How about Xiao Yuer, Brother Thirteen has a good vision, right? How does this orchid compare with Lanxuan?" Daiyu raised her face and smiled: "Although it may not be comparable, But it is almost the same. This is the best lotus petal orchid."

"Lotus petal orchid?" Yinxiang looked left and right, but couldn't see any similarities between this flower and lotus.

Daiyu smiled slightly and said, "Lotus petal orchids come in a variety of colors and shapes. In terms of flower shape alone, the first category is a plum-shaped flower, the second category is a large lotus-petal-shaped flower, and the third category is a narcissus-petal-shaped flower. According to the color of the flower, this plain flower is even more top-grade. This orchid is a plain flower of plum petals, and what's even more rare is that the whole orchid is natural, and it is the top-grade orchid." Yinxiang said dumbly, "And So many tricks? Looks like we found a treasure today. Fourth brother, right?"

Yinzhen followed behind, looked at his two most important people with a peaceful face and smiled: "Buy it if you like it. Put it in Lanxuan."

Seeing that Yinzhen had no objection, Yinxiang quickly asked the price.The flower farmer who sells flowers is also a kind person. He didn't know much about it at first, but he was very happy to hear that Daiyu praised his flowers, so he offered a very fair price.Yinxiang naturally didn't understand these things, and he didn't care much about whether it was expensive or not. He only wanted to buy it to make sister Yu'er happy.He was ready to pay, but was interrupted——

"What a beautiful orchid!"

With a crisp compliment, there were already a few more people in front of him.The person who walked in the front was the one who made the noise, a [-]-year-old girl.She was wearing a pink peony-patterned jacket, a water-red pleated skirt, and a delicate bun, with gold-plated emerald gold steps on her head, and a long-lived golden lock shining brightly around her neck.Although this girl is not very old, she already has bright eyes and white teeth, and she is a beauty at first glance.Behind her was a fat boy and a few girl servants.

Perhaps Yinzhen and the others were dressed in plain clothes, the girl didn't look at them when she came over, she said to the boy behind: "Brother, this is so beautiful, I want to buy it home." "My sister just buys it if she likes it." Then she yelled at the girl next to her, "What are you doing standing there? Why don't you pay the bill, and help the girl to send the flowers home." Daiyu stood in front of Yinzhen, when she heard that someone wanted to grab She immediately became unhappy when she liked it.These two people are really rude, don't you see that they are still in front of you? "That's what we're bullish on. We're going to buy it."

Her voice was clear and clear, the girl was stunned for a moment, seeing the little girl who was a little shorter than herself with picturesque eyebrows, and there was a noble and bookish look in the faint eyebrows, she was a little displeased immediately.Seeing that Daiyu is not luxuriously dressed, he turned her head and told the servants, "Help me move it back quickly. Be careful not to damage it." The flower farmer looked at them in embarrassment and said: "Both young masters and girls, this flower has already been ordered by these three, you might as well choose another pot."

The girl glanced at Daiyu proudly, and said, "We pay twice the price."

Yin Xiang, who was ignored by others, was happy. It was the first time since he was a child that someone dared to challenge the prince and grandson.Then he said coldly: "The person in the south of the Yangtze River who dared to snatch things from the Lord has not yet been born. It depends on who of you has the ability to move the flowers away." The girl saw Yinxiang and Yinzhen standing aside, but saw their looks and demeanor They are all extraordinary people, so I can't help but hesitate a bit.Then look at Daiyu holding Yinzhen's hand, she couldn't let go of her face after all, raised her head and said: "Do you know who I am, I feel like going against our Xue family!"

Her brother also hurriedly helped behind her sister, "That's right, our family is an imperial merchant, so be careful that you can't afford to go around!"