[Red House] But for the sake of the king

When Daiyu came, they were chatting and laughing at Jiamu's place after lunch.As soon as Xiangyun saw her, he said, "Sister Lin's airs are getting bigger and bigger. It took you a few days to come."

Daiyu saw Jia Mu and Sister Feng with a smile, ignored her, and only said to Jia Mu, "A few days ago, my adoptive mother insisted on letting me go, so I went to live in Dongping Palace for two days. I just came home the day before yesterday, and my grandmother said it was okay." You can't run outside all day, it's not proper, so I let you come here today." Then he said to Xiangyun, "I'm willing to come, I have a lot of things at home all day, it's easier to come here."

Jia Mu laughed, "But I'm still in school. Didn't I say last time that I won't be in school this year?"

Daiyu pursed her lips and complained, "Daddy said there are still some left, so it's fine when it's over, and it will take about three to five months. Grandma also said that now that she's older, she should help her share some, so she's even busier. "

Jia Mu nodded, "That's the truth, it should be so. Just don't tire yourself out, you are still young. If it's hard, don't go to school. It's just a few days to be here to relax with the sisters, and also Don't rush home."

Daiyu snuggled up to Mother Jia and said with a charming smile, "Grandma still loves me."

Sister Feng came over and pulled her into the middle of the sisters, and said with a smile, "No, my sister has such a personality that I can't even love you. Not only the ancestors, but also the two wives, me and your sister-in-law also love you. By the way, did you bring me the net that I told you that day?"

Daiyu said to Yingchun and the others, "Look, you just said that you hurt me. You asked me for something without even having a cup of hot tea. I talked to them that day. After talking for a long time, I didn’t make it clear. Anyway, Zisu is here with me today, tell her what color you want.”

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and Sister Feng hurriedly brought a cup of hot tea to her, "Oh, my little aunt, come here, it's sister-in-law's negligence, please drink tea."

Daiyu laughed so hard that her stomach ached, she couldn't drink any tea.Just then, Hongxiu and Luqi came in again, and said that the house was tidied up.Daiyu then ordered, "Get all those things out and send them to the houses. By the way, don't forget the things for Lan'er and Rui'er."

Tanchun came up again and asked, "Sister Lin brought something good again. The rice paper and lake brushes from last time are very easy to use. I haven't thanked my sister yet."

Daiyu said, "I heard it's for the royal family, but it's better than the ones commonly used at home, and it's not worth anything. Your big characters are much better than mine, and it's not like I ruined them. The other side of Suzhou came a while ago." I brought some earthen instruments, which are just things for daily use such as silk, satin, brocade and foreign goods. There is another box, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, paper of various colors, sachets, incense beads, fans, fan pendants, pollen, rouge. I have them at home. There are also things from various places bought along the way, which are different from what we have here, such as pedestrians, wine orders, clay figurines, etc., which look fresh, so I brought them for you."

Jia Mu said, "You can keep it for yourself, your sisters have everything here, so there is no need to do this."

But Sister Feng laughed and said, "The feeling is that the ancestors are jealous. Seeing that sister Lin has nothing to honor you, she doesn't even let the younger sisters accept gifts."

Mother Jia thumped her with a smile, "Monkey, I am so unreasonable and petty, coveting your sister's idea of ​​filial piety? Your sister is filial, but she was sent here a while ago. You sister-in-law don't want to It's wrong to give your sisters something to play with, and to show off your sister's things. If you want me to say, Yu'er, don't bring anything to this shabby household next time, and don't give it any money. She does."

Daiyu smiled and said, "Yu'er knows, so I won't give it next time." Then she said to Tanchun, "This time, it's a good deal for her."

Sister Feng slapped herself on the face, "Oh, it's all because of my mouth. It's a big loss now, so I ask my ancestors for mercy. Not to mention my sister's craftsmanship, even Zisu girl's netting is better than others. We Brother Rui is still counting on her."

The crowd laughed again, and Li Wan came over and twisted Sister Feng's mouth, "Now I've learned a lesson, and next time I will be so outspoken."

At that moment, Baoyu came again, made a fuss in Jiamu's arms affectionately, and then asked Daiyu how she was.Daiyu replied with a smile, but it was just a matter of saving face, and she never cared about it.Baoyu wondered who might have provoked her again just now, so he didn't dare to do anything wrong, so he sat aside from a distance and watched their sisters joke.

In the evening, Daiyu went to Li Wan's place again, and specially sent some things to Jia Lando, as well as some gadgets that Lin Heng gave him.Because he was about the same age as Lin Heng, and she pitied him for losing his father since childhood, Daiyu had always been kind to him and helped him a lot.Daiyu knew very well that Li Wan's position in the mansion was embarrassing. Brother Zhu left early, and Lan'er hadn't grown up.There is also Lin Ruhai's meaning in this. After all, he felt a little guilty about Jia Zhu's death.

Because Sister Feng lived there, it was difficult for Daiyu to go there, so she sent Zisu to deliver the things.When Zisu came back, she had some more things in her hand, which was even more than when she left.

Daiyu wondered, "The one who asked you to deliver things, why did you get back so much instead?"

"Hey, it's silk thread for tying knots. We didn't bring these. Grandma Lian was in a hurry, so I took some from her. There are also two boxes of Western plasters, which are specially used for headaches. Last time at our house When I was gossiping, I didn’t mention that Nanny Ding always had headaches and it was difficult to cure them. The grandma said that she had this kind of plaster in her place, and when she had a headache, she just rubbed it on her temples with her fingernails. This time, I will bring it along the way. It's gone." While speaking, Zisu had already put down everything in her hands, and only took out two boxes of plasters, intending to send them to Nanny Ding who was outside.

Nanny Ding just came in at this time, "Miss, why haven't you washed up yet? Don't be lazy, Hongxiu. Although you are not at home and don't have to go to school, you have to go to the old lady here to say hello in the morning. We will make a fuss in the middle of the afternoon. It's so bad, let's take a rest earlier. The second master Bao just came again, and I just said that the young lady has fallen asleep."

Sitting in front of the vanity mirror, Daiyu asked Hong Xiu to remove her make-up, and complained, "Got it, mom, let him say the same next time when he comes back. Whoever gets up early tomorrow and stays outside, don't let him in by mistake. Zi Su Cai came back from Sister Feng's and brought you some plaster."

Nanny Ding took the two small boxes from Zisu, "Oh, I'm from which famous brand, I'm still thinking about it, grandma. I have to kowtow to grandma tomorrow."

Daiyu covered her mouth and yawned, "Let's talk about tomorrow's matter tomorrow, and you should go to rest earlier at this moment, just let Luqi and Baishao guard tonight."

"Hey," Nanny Ding tapped the two maids again, "You two should be more alert at night, don't think that the young lady was awake and fell asleep like last time. Don't just talk at night, the young lady has always had a light sleep, so don't bother me Miss, you must stop that master when you get up early, the old lady and the master have told you several times before you come, don't turn around and let him take advantage of the loopholes."

Bai Shao just finished making the bed, turned around and said, "Don't worry, you old man has so much to say in a day, we are not stupid, after all these years we still don't know if this trivial matter is going to work. That master will leave it to Hong Xiu Sister, depending on who he is, he must be dizzy."

The girls all laughed. Last time, Hongxiu played Baoyu a lot of fun.After all, Nanny Ding said a few words before going out, and the red sleeves helped Daiyu clean up neatly, and after watching her fall asleep, she blew out the candles, leaving only a gauze lantern beside the bed.

Early the next morning, before Daiyu got up, Baoyu really came.Thanks to Luqi's sharp eyes, she hurried over to stop the person, "Second Master Bao, why did you get up so early today, our lady hasn't woken up yet."

Baoyu laughed and said, "Sister Lin is so lazy, wait for me to wake her up."

Luqi stretched out her hand and quickly grabbed him, "Oh, second master, take it easy, Miss went to bed late yesterday, if she wakes up now, she will have a headache again. Have you been to the old lady's place?"

Baoyu said, "Not yet. I wanted to ask my sister to go with me. If that's the case, forget it. You wait on her carefully, and when she wakes up, please tell her that I have been here. By the way, let's make a cup of tea first and drink it." There is a spirit."

Luqi smiled and said, "I know this, I don't dare to delay your greeting the old lady, so I won't send it off. I'll go inside and have a look, so don't wake up the lady."

As soon as Baoyu heard what she said, he quickly lowered his voice, "Then you look in, and I will go too." After speaking, he looked inside again, and then went to Jia Mu.

Lu Qi went into the room, patted her chest, "Oh my god, I finally fooled him away. Miss, let sister Hongxiu come tomorrow, the servant will not dare anymore."

Daiyu had already got up, but she was still dressing.Bai Shao was combing her hair, and when she heard Lu Qi's words, she replied first, "Why don't you dare, go and see the girls around him, and they didn't even call out to him. It's because he's afraid that he won't be able to grow up. That's all. But the rest of the affairs are all under the control of his big girl Xiren. Although the others are loyal, they are not afraid of this one. Whenever there is any movement, he will rush to lie down Being small, he doesn't look like a man. Last time I saw him stealing the girl's rouge cream, it's too shameful."

Daiyu took photos of her left and right, ordered two hairpins for Bai Shao to wear, and said, "Don't say a few words, this is not at home. It's not up to us to say what they do, they are coming and going anyway." For your relatives, just take care of yourself. Those girls who are not self-respecting, you should stay away, if you have something bad, don't blame me for being merciless. Move quickly, it's time to pay your respects to grandma. "

Both of them are old people who have served for many years, knowing what the young lady meant, they obediently agreed and stepped up to serve.After grooming, Daiyu asked Lvqi and Baishao to stay, and took Hongxiu and Lvqi to greet Jiamu. Baoyu was there, but she had to find the right helper to deal with him.

Jia Mu is happy today, so she stays with Daiyu and the others to have breakfast together.Daiyu saw that the two aunts and sister-in-law were standing and waiting, although it was not the first time, she always felt a little awkward.She naturally knew that this was her duty as a daughter-in-law, but there was no such thing in the family, so she was not used to it, and she said that she had no appetite and didn't want to eat it without even taking a few sips of porridge.Everyone knew that she had always had a small appetite, so they didn't try to persuade her.Only Sister Feng paid attention, and asked the girl to tell the kitchen later, and later prepared porridge and a few side dishes for delivery.

After the meal, the sisters talked with Jia Mu for a while, and Shi Xiangyun would never be deserted no matter what.Mother Jia looked at Huanxi, but she was too old to bear Shi Xiangyun's fuss, so she let them play by themselves after a while.The sisters came out to the Spring Festival Room.Two years ago, Jia Zheng invited Baoyu to have a teacher, who had to go to school every day except for festivals and birthdays.A few days ago, he said that he was not well and did not go. Yesterday he was called by Jia Zheng to scold him. Today, he dare not skip class anymore.

We played for a while, before it was time for lunch, a girl from Jiamu's place, Glass, came over and said that relatives were coming, and the old lady invited the girls to come over.

Everyone knew that they were from the Xue family in Jinling, and they were about to go out after tidying up their clothes.Only Daiyu said that she wanted to go back and change her clothes, and she would go there later.Yingchun and Tanchun knew that she liked to be clean, so they didn't say anything, only Shi Xiangyun felt that she was not polite.The previous guests have arrived, and she, Lin Daiyu, is also here as a guest, so how dare she put on airs.

As soon as Daiyu arrived in her room, she asked Hongxiu to find some plain clothes and change into them.Both Yingchun and Tanchun wore goose-yellow dresses, but she wore peach-red dresses when she got up early.Shi Xiangyun likes to wear bright red clothes wherever she goes, but she doesn't have such a hobby.Besides, she is also a guest, and has nothing to do with Xue's family, so there is no need to meet her eagerly.Because I changed into a lotus-colored jacket, drank a few mouthfuls of hot porridge sent by Sister Feng, and ate a piece of bean paste cake before slowly leaving.

There Mrs. Wang had already led her sister and niece Xue Baochai to greet the old lady.When Jia's mother saw Baochai's plump appearance, plump figure and elegant manner, she liked it very much.Several sisters saw her outstanding appearance, which was comparable to Lin Daiyu, so they took a liking to her, but they didn't know her character, it depends on how they get along with each other in the future.Du Shi Xiangyun is often angry because he is not as good as Lin Daiyu in appearance and talent. Now that there is Xue Baochai who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him, he is naturally very happy. I only hope that she can suppress Lin Daiyu's arrogance, so he is very affectionate to her.

When Lin Daiyu came, everyone had already seen each other. Mrs. Wang led Aunt Xue to her courtyard to talk about their sisterhood, leaving Baochai alone to talk.When Xue Baochai saw another girl coming, she guessed that it was the daughter of the Lin family. Before she came, her mother told her about the situation in Jia's mansion, and everyone in the lower class remembered it clearly.This girl is incredible, she can't help being envious of such a family background.If she could be entrusted to be born in such a family, there would be no need to worry about her mother and brother all day long.

Over there, Lin Daiyu had greeted Jia Mu, and she only heard Jia Mu say, "This is a girl from Xue's family, from your second aunt's sister's family. Come and see her."

Upon hearing this, Baochai stood up quickly and looked at her.Daiyu was full of smiles, but she didn't go forward to hold hands, she just nodded and called "Sister Xue".Influenced by her father, she has read so many sage books, so she naturally knows about scholars, farmers, businessmen, so she has a little disdain for being a businessman in her heart.Even though there is an emperor character, it can't hide the smell of copper.What's more, in Daiyu's eyes, the royal family is also a place of luxury and corruption.In terms of money, she is more casual than her father.In addition, the people who met in the past were all the young ladies of the Duke and General Xiang's family, and her grandmother only said that this was a girl from the Xue family, so naturally she didn't need to show much face.

After all, Xue Baochai was different from the others, and she showed no signs of displeasure, so she nodded and called her, "Sister Lin." However, she had an impression of Lin Daiyu in her heart. It's not easy to get along with.

Seeing Lin Daiyu's attitude, Shi Xiangyun was very angry, so he took Baochai to continue joking, but he relieved Baochai.Daiyu sat down next to Jia's mother as if nothing happened, and when she saw Jia's mother asking her what she had just been doing, she replied, "Sister Feng kindly sent me some food, and it took me two bites to come here."

Jia's mother pretended to scold her, "But it's not easy to eat breakfast, and now my son will be hungry. This kind of habit will change sooner or later. In our own house, it's fine, and it's easy to order in the kitchen anyway; If you are a guest at someone else’s house, is it okay to bother the host like this? If you don’t bother, you can only suffer it, but it will not be good for your health.”

Daiyu was about to reply, but was preempted by Shi Xiangyun, "Yes, Sister Lin, you just ate too little and looked thinner than when I saw you last time. Could it be that the family doesn't give you food?" No?"

Daiyu sneered, this Shi Xiangyun became more and more arrogant, and he didn't even think about what he said.Because of ignoring her, she only said to Jia Mu, "I got used to it when I was a child. Because of my weak spleen and stomach, I didn't dare to eat too much for a while, so my grandmother asked people to prepare a few more meals and eat five meals a day. It sounded scary. Now it is better than before, but I will add some snacks and fruits in the second half of the day. I don’t know what happened this morning, my stomach qi is rising, so I dare not eat more.”

Baochai said right away, "We should pay more attention to weak spleen and stomach. I don't know if sister Lin has asked the doctor to look at it. We are young and should be cured early, and the root cause of the disease will be eliminated."

Daiyu laughed angrily at her words, is it possible that the dignified Lin family can't even invite an imperial physician?What's more, all the people who come and go in and out of the Lin Mansion are imperial doctors, and no one in the whole capital knows the respect given by the emperor.Yin said, "I have to ask the imperial doctor to see it every year, and I didn't say it was a serious problem. It's probably just a lack of appetite and snacks. The imperial doctor also said that it's okay to eat less and more meals. It's not a problem. Thank you sister Xue for your trouble. "

When Baochai heard that she had invited an imperial doctor to see her, she thought that the Lin family should not be underestimated, and regretted what she said so quickly, and then she was very polite.Lin Daiyu lost her mind after being disturbed like this. She didn't want to use her words to bully others, but her grandmother said that she should not be bullied in vain.What kind of family is the Xue family, if grandma finds out what happened today, she must blame her for allowing such a person to take advantage of her words, and she will have to break it back.

Mother Jia heard that both Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai were targeting Daiyu, and knew that the girl's family was jealous, so she didn't intervene, depending on how Daiyu would deal with it.Now this is actually in line with her wishes, a housewife should have such a bearing, and can't be choked up and annoyed by a few words.But you can't be weak and incompetent, and be bullied by anyone at will.

Tanchun was a little embarrassed when he saw it, so he hurried forward to chat and laugh, and everyone laughed together again.Mother Jia put Daiyu in her arms and listened to their chatting and laughing, and called Yuanyang again, "Go and tell your wife, please stay with us and let us be closer."

The Wang family got the letter and Jia Zheng's intention, so they invited their three mothers to live in Shanglixiangyuan in the northeast corner.Aunt Xue wanted to live together so that she could hold her son tighter, so she hurriedly thanked her for agreeing, and said that all daily expenses and supplies would be waived, which is the normal way.Mrs. Wang knew that Xue's family was rich, so she didn't care about these things, so she followed her wish.From then on, Xue's mother and son lived in Lixiangyuan.

The author has something to say: It has been completed.

There are not many mentions of the Xue family's entry into Jia's mansion in the original book, but judging from what Jia's mother said, "please stay here, let's be closer" and her attitude towards Xue Baochai later, she obviously doesn't like this family very much. .Regarding the status of the Xue family, it was not mentioned in the original works of scholars, farmers, businessmen, etc., but I couldn't help but mention it.Although Mr. Cao wrote such a great work as "Dream of Red Mansions" very well, he has to say that there are many flaws in it, and there are some blemishes caused by the plot. So no brains not to make arrangements for her daughter, etc.], so Yaoyao sauce will also expand it by herself in some places.Shi Xiangyun really can't like it, so he will make some changes in the characters according to his own preferences [in fact, I can't figure out what kind of image Cao Gong wants to create.I always feel that the people he describes are very real, with good and bad sides, but this is too difficult for me.Yaoyao sauce is a person with a clear distinction between likes and hates, so when writing, it is inevitable that due to personal subjective consciousness, I am biased, please bear with me]

Baochai here actually made a low-level mistake, but according to Sister Bao's thoughtful and preachy personality, it shouldn't be too much [Well, tell me again that Sister Bao at this time is a 13-year-old child [of course the original work] She is waiting for election in Beijing, and she is about the same age when entering Jia's mansion]

I couldn't help revising it again, this time it was the final draft, and I couldn't bear to go to sleep.