The Warm Jade of the Red Chamber

After the welcome banquet, Daiyu also casually chatted with Yingchun and the others for a while. These girls are all talented and learned, and their character and character are not bad just by talking, but Li Lin is so young because of her young age. In terms of knowledge, he is not as good as the others, but compared to the average girls of the same age, he still looks smarter.

Even Daiyu would sigh, although the Jia family's atmosphere is not good, and the men are not promising, but the girls are rare.

Daiyu saw Li Lin for the first time today, so she asked a few more words of concern, and also asked about Li Ran. He was not invited, but he couldn't ignore it completely.

Li Lin replied to Daiyu with a smile, and didn't talk too much about Li Ran. In fact, she didn't know how to mention Li Ran. They almost ate and slept together, but she, the elder sister, lived in seclusion, so it took several days to see him once.It's not that Li Lin never thought of persuading her younger brother to make progress. The two of them are lonely and helpless. If they want to maintain their future lives, they have to work hard on their own. Can the Jia family let them rely on them for the rest of their lives?Li Lin knows that Li Ran's heart is not in his official career, but he doesn't insist that he must take the imperial examination. Whether he is going to do business or become a small landlord while he still has some money in his hand to buy some land, he will always have the foundation to live in the future , don't want to be rich and powerful, but you must always have enough food and clothing, right?

But every time Li Lin talked about these things, Li Ran would reprimand her for being unclean, only knowing that she was too busy, and too utilitarian.After several times, Li Lin also gave up. Over the years, her parents failed to change Li Ran's mind. She originally thought that after her parents passed away, Li Ran would wake up, but it turned out that she was wrong.

Li Lin even had an absurd premonition that her younger brother always liked to talk about Zen and cause and effect, and he could not say that his future destination would be in Buddhism.Li Lin is very powerless, she is a boudoir daughter's family, there are too few things she can do, she can only watch Li Ran go forward step by step, but she can't even protect herself.

Daiyu knew Li Lin's difficulties, but seeing that Li Lin didn't complain about her dissatisfaction with her younger brother, she thought highly of her from the bottom of her heart.

Because of this admiration, after Daiyu went back, she mentioned Li Lin to Zhuang Yu. In words, she looked down on Li Ran.

After hearing Daiyu's words, Zhuang Yu smiled nonchalantly and said, "Such a younger brother exists, but it's not like he doesn't. It's not as good as Lin Ji, that fat guy. He would rather ask me to sell him than to bully you." Zhuang Yu Yu was overjoyed when he thought of the jokes Lin Ji made when he was a child.

Daiyu also thought of this incident, pinched Zhuang Yu's earlobe angrily, and said, "How do you know to bully him?" Compared to Li Lin, Daiyu felt how lucky she was. Lin Ji was young back then, even though He didn't have enough ability, but he dared to stand in front of her with his arms outstretched to protect her, unlike Li Ran, who almost ignored Li Lin, and was too lazy to care.

Zhuang Yu pulled down Daiyu's hand, brought it to his lips and kissed it, and said, "I just happened to be going to the camp in the west of Beijing for a few days, and when the time comes, I'll help you call Ji'er here to show you, this kid, you can do it now." Wake up, I'm already serving as Deputy Lieutenant Rong."

After hearing this, Daiyu felt a little depressed. She thought, if it wasn't for the incident that happened before Jia Min died, Lin Ji would not have joined the army. The Jingxi camp is the direct line of Prince Cheng Ke's mansion, and everyone in it They are all elites, and they always speak on the basis of their strength. The help Zhuang Yu can give Lin Ji is very little. Lin Ji's success today is due to his own hard work. Don't look at the low official position of the Deputy Lieutenant Rong. , but people who were born in the Western Jingxi camp, once they arrive at the local area, they are at least a seventh-rank military officer.But while Daiyu was proud of Lin Ji, she also felt sorry for him. She Jiji saw Lin Ji that day, and he looked dark and thin.

Seeing Daiyu's appearance, Zhuang Yu knew what she was thinking. He put a little force on Daiyu's waist, and Daiyu exclaimed. She got into Daiyu's clothes, but still had an aggrieved expression on her face: "Don't feel sorry for Lin Ji, I came here when I was younger than him, why don't you feel sorry for me?"

Daiyu blushed and panted from Zhuang Yu's restless palms, and was amused by his aggrieved tone. After thinking about it carefully, it was indeed the case. Zhuang Yu also walked all the way like this, and listened to his mother's words. As the concubine said, the group of soldiers under the father will not release Zhuang Yu because of his status as the son of the eldest son, but have stricter requirements.That being the case, surely in the future Lin Ji will grow up to be as stalwart as Zhuang Yu, right?

Moreover, according to what Lin Hai said, although Lin Ji and Lin Yu brothers saw each other less now because Lin Ji was in the military camp all year round, their relationship was still deep. As long as Lin Ji was at home, Lin Yu must be by Lin Ji's side, Even when going to bed at night, she clamored to share the same bed with Lin Ji.

The more Daiyu thinks about it, the more she feels that her life has really gone smoothly, and the more she dislikes Jia's family who once plotted against Jia Min and Lin's family.

Fortunately, Daiyu is not used to venting anger, so the girls invited here will not be the target of anger.

But this does not mean that Daiyu is willing to let the maids they bring spy on the affairs of the Zhuangzi. When night falls, she asks the maids in charge of patrolling the inner courtyard to keep a close eye on the door of the west courtyard and prevent them from running around. .

Zhuang Yu was going to Beijing West Daying on the second day, and he would not be able to return until the afternoon of the next day. He kept Daiyu around for half the night, making Daiyu unable to concentrate on thinking about other things until her back became sore, her legs became soft and her eyelids sank. He was finally hugged by Zhuang Yu and fell asleep.

Daiyu was extremely tired, but she was still thinking about Zhuang Yu going out, so when the time came, she felt less consciously. She woke up as soon as Zhuang Yu moved, rubbed her eyes miserably, and then got up.

Seeing her tired face, Zhuang Yu couldn't bear to get up, and said, "Dai'er, let's sleep a little longer."

Daiyu hadn't fully recovered yet, she pouted unconsciously and said, "No, I'm going to take you out."

Zhuang Yu felt sweet in his heart, and seeing that Daiyu's dazed appearance was so cute, he couldn't help leaning forward to kiss Daiyu's pouting lips, and said softly, "Okay, Dai'er will take me out."

When Daiyu was sitting in front of the vanity mirror, Zhuang Yu, who was already dressed, approached with a smile, reached for the eyebrow pencil, and sang in a strange voice, "Lady, I will draw your eyebrows for your husband."

Daiyu giggled amused by his strange appearance, and still hesitated, if Zhuang Yu drew crooked eyebrows for her, should she go out or not?

Zhuang Yu bent down and drew an eyebrow pencil on Daiyu's face, saying, "Don't worry, Dai'er, I've been practicing for several days, and I promise to draw beautifully."

When Daiyu heard this, she was not happy, her heart was sour, and she said goodbye: "I have practiced for several days? Why don't I know? Who is so great who sacrificed his appearance to let you practice? Should I prepare some rewards?" go down?"

Zhuang Yu couldn't help but want to laugh when he thought of the twins being pressed on the chair under his intimidation, with their eyebrows painted black, and said, "Who else is there, isn't it just the second and third? Although their Your face shape doesn't look like Dai'er's, but I can just make do with it. As for rewards, I guess what they want most is to have my father chase me and beat me up."

The sour water that had just risen in Daiyu's heart disappeared like this. When she thought of the appearance of the two of them, she couldn't help laughing. What's wrong with the child? It used to be Ji'er, but now it's Huan'er and Yan'er." It's just that this look is full of smiles, and it doesn't seem to be intimidating at all, but reveals a bit of coquettishness.

Zhuang Yu practiced for a few days, and he couldn't wait to implement it on Daiyu's face. He carefully held Daiyu's face in one hand, and drew gently with the eyebrow pencil in the other, but he still said: "Dai'er, don't worry, in the future Our child, I will never bully him, and I will never let others bully him."

Daiyu blushed when she heard this, and moved involuntarily, Zhuang Yu hurriedly yelled "Ai ai", and almost got the picture crooked, Daiyu didn't dare to move again, only the blush on her face couldn't come down go.

Zhuang Yu drew Daiyu's eyebrows, admired them from left to right, and said, "My wife is naturally beautiful, she looks good no matter what."

Daiyu was angry and funny, turned her head to ignore him, looked in the mirror at Zhuang Yu's eyebrows, it looked like that, Daiyu knew that Zhuang Yu was not good at drawing, so he could draw To be so meticulous and appropriate must have taken my heart, and I was moved from the bottom of my heart, and felt sympathy for the twins who had suffered in vain.However, rather than asking Zhuang Yu to find someone else to practice, it would be better to wrong the twins.

Daiyu and Zhuang Yu got up early, but it was only [-]:[-], and Daiyu accompanied Zhuang Yu for breakfast, so she ordered someone to go to the west courtyard to watch. If Yingchun and the others woke up, they passed the breakfast to them, telling them not to come to pay her respects. .

Daiyu accompanied Zhuang Yu for some breakfast, and then sent him out. Unexpectedly, when passing through the garden, she met Shi Xiangyun and a few maidservants collecting dewdrops on the leaves.

Daiyu and Zhuang Yu were slightly surprised, but they didn't expect Shi Xiangyun to jump out first.They had heard Shi Xiangyun speak before, and knew that Shi Xiangyun had Jia Baoyu in his heart, so Shi Xiangyun's move could not be for her own sake.However, it is not surprising that Shi Xiangyun has entered the Jia family's door with half a foot now, and will plan for the benefit of the Jia family.

When Shi Xiangyun saw Daiyu and Zhuang Yu, he hurried over to salute.

Daiyu said indifferently: "Sister Yun is very interested."

Shi Xiangyun laughed and said: "It's not that I'm in a good mood. Yesterday, my third sister talked about it, saying that it's a pity that the lotus leaves are not in full bloom now, otherwise I can collect the dewdrops on the lotus leaves to make tea. The fragrance is not comparable to ordinary water. I just thought, without the dewdrops on the lotus leaves, the dewdrops on the flower leaves must have a bit of fragrance, so I asked my third sister to promise that as long as I picked enough dewdrops, she would make tea for me, and then I would give it to Dai Sister and Shizi also try it, my third sister's skill in cooking tea is very good."

Rou Cui watched excitedly behind Shi Xiangyun, she had said all she had to say yesterday, but she couldn't persuade Tan Chun to come to the garden to wait for Zhuang Yu early in the morning, so Rou Cui decided to slap her in front of Mrs. Wang after she went back. Report to Tanchun.Fortunately, Shi Xiangyun is willing to help, and Rou Cui would not have dared to ask her to show her face if she hadn't been sure that Miss Shi was devoted to her Second Master Jiabao.This Zhuangzi is not small, but this garden is the only way to go out, and Daiyu mentioned yesterday that Zhuang Yu will go out today, and now things are going smoothly.

Zhuang Yu glanced at Shi Xiangyun, and said with a half-smile: "It's a pity, I'm not used to tasting tea, I never care what kind of water it is, just quench my thirst. You collect dew like this, it's not enough for me, It's not a big deal." Zhuang Yu didn't like Shi Xiangyun, firstly, Shi Xiangyun hadn't been sincerely friendly to Daiyu over the years, and Daiyu's relationship with her was just average; secondly, he didn't like Shi Xiangyun's belittling of Wei Ruolan, and he also felt sorry for Shi Ding, who was sincerely thinking about her. To have resentment and suspicion is to really know what is good or bad.

Shi Xiangyun didn't really come here to collect dewdrops, but now looking at the rising sun and the amount of water in the maid's hand, which was no more than a cup of tea, he really blushed a little, but felt that Zhuang Yu was not as knowledgeable and interesting as Jia Baoyu. He doesn't know that he is considerate of his daughter's family, but he is just a rude and reckless man.

Zhuang Yu didn't have the intention to be considerate to girls other than Daiyu, but turned to look at Daiyu: "Dai'er, let's go first, don't disturb Miss Smith's collection of dewdrops here, lest the sun come out later, she If we can’t collect enough water for those many people, we’re not.”

Daiyu naturally obeyed Zhuang Yu, and said to Shi Xiangyun: "Sister Yun must hurry up." After speaking, she followed Zhuang Yu and left.

Zhuang Yu ordered loudly as he walked: "Lin Qi, after I go out later, you will watch your concubine go back to the room and sleep for a while. You can't let her join in the fun of collecting dewdrops. The concubine is weak, so don't get cold because of some unknown things, otherwise I will ask for you."

Shi Xiangyun's face turned red when he heard it behind him, and he felt embarrassed when he saw the teapot that the maid was holding in his hand to hold the dewdrops. Went to the West Court.

Rou Cui and the others hurriedly followed, still complaining in their hearts that Shi Xiangyun couldn't hold his breath.

Daiyu also felt relieved by Zhuang Yu's behavior of not giving Shi Xiangyun any face. She was not generous enough to greet her husband with a smile when someone plotted against her. She really hated Shi Xiangyun's behavior.

However, Tanchun, who is the master, was not present, so it was a bit of a waste of thought.