Rebirth of the forest sister of the Red Chamber

Shi Xiangyun returned to her room angrily, wanting to tear off the jewel-encrusted butterfly show double-flower gilt silver hairpin and the red gold treasure hairpin on her head and throw it aside, thinking that it was a head mask specially made for her by the mansion. For fear of breaking it, the aunt would nag her again, so she just sat down on the armchair and picked up the beautiful round fan set aside to fan herself.

She inadvertently glanced at the official kiln Chunri Beauty Fluttering Butterfly Vase with seasonal flowers picked from the garden on the tea table. They won't be placed in the house, but in the back room where I live, all the displays are high-quality goods, and the ones with poorer years are rarely seen in Jia's house.

The flowers in this bottle are not those rare treasures. The Double Happiness of the roses in Jia's Mansion is in full bloom at this time, just looking at a few small flowers, it is really petty, thanks to the fact that many ladies and wives did not come to visit her today Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a shame? If so, she would lose face. Presumably, the ancestors would never ask her to go there again. This kind of behavior is absolutely unacceptable, and Shi Xiangyun can’t help but pay a little more attention to her aunts complain.

Xiangyun's heart became tense, and her face was faintly red and hot, so she had to fan the wind to cool off first. At this moment, she was not as poetic as she was in Jia's mansion. She wrote as soon as she picked up the pen, just thinking about When I sent Cuilu to the kitchen to get a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus wine brewed with glutinous rice balls to taste, I heard someone talking outside the door, first I looked at the only mercury mirror in the boudoir of the Hou's mansion, and then I asked loudly: " Who's out there?"

Dingling sounded, and the small group of tangled flowers on the water-green background was lifted by a jade hand with an agate bracelet. A woman dressed as a maid came in. She looked soft and pleasing to the ear. After a closer look, it turned out to be Cui Ling, followed by her third aunt's personal maid, Ling'er, who served beside the third wife of the Shi family. With a sly smile on his face,

The clothes on his body are very clean, but the dark blue long coat and the carmine red orchid vest are made of cotton cloth, his head is lowered, his hands hang down neatly at his sides, but the shape of his hands looks a bit thick, but his voice is very clear, and he asked respectfully : "Miss, Madam wants a servant to ask if you want to go to Madam's for dinner?"

Ling'er is a child of the family, already the third generation, and her parents are respectable in the mansion. Because she is good at embroidery, she was selected into the room of the third wife of the Shi family. , did not come out to walk around, today in the mansion to entertain distinguished guests, all the maids on top of the table in the Shi family called out to help, and there was no one available around the third wife of the Shi family, so she called Ling'er to inform Shi Xiangyun, Shi Xiangyun was in Jia The maids that the family has been friends with on weekdays are all very smart, well-dressed, and very flattering in speech. Seeing Ling'er in a simple dress, I really don't like it. The third aunt who feels that she is really not particular, and the people around her who are useful are actually dressed like this.

She didn't even look at Ling'er, she just lowered her head and played with the silk handkerchief in her hand. The heart that wanted to taste the sweet-scented osmanthus wine brewed with glutinous rice balls disappeared without a trace. Boldly, he raised his head quietly and quietly, and the first thing that caught his eye was the official kiln spring beauty fluttering butterfly bottle with seasonal flowers picked from the garden. According to Song Cheng's family, it was a fine product of the official kiln. The petty official begged Lord Hou to send it to him, otherwise even Lord Hou might not be able to get it. It is said that such high-quality goods are very sought-after. If you are not quick or rich, you will not be able to get them.

The third girl, the spring beauty, fluttering the butterfly bottle, fell in love with it as soon as she saw it. She begged her wife several times to put her in the house, but the wife refused. She usually placed it in the hall for entertaining guests. She didn't expect this girl to come back. , placed them in the eldest girl's room, and glanced to the side, all of them were high-grade official kiln celadon or landscape paintings that looked very good at first glance, and they were quietly looking at them, with a rustling sound, She hurriedly lowered her head again, and heard Shi Xiangyun and Cuihui order: "I don't want to use anything at the moment, so you can rest too."

Cuilu answered dryly, blessed her body, stood up and motioned to Ling'er next to her to follow her out, just as the two were about to go out, Shi Xiangyun suddenly remembered something, called to stop Cuilu, and from now on He took off the double-strand twisted silk gold bracelet given by Grand Concubine Nan'an from his hand, handed it to Cui Lu, and said: "Please help me put this away, it is a reward from Grand Concubine, and you must not lose it."

Cui Ling took the double-strand twisted silk gold bracelet with both hands, took out a handkerchief and wrapped it carefully in front of Xiang Yun, then turned around and walked quickly into the inner room, took out the key from the dressing box and opened the drawer, inside There are a few fine hairpins given by Jia Mu: jade luan step rocking hairpin, golden silk ruby ​​bud Yao, gold inlaid jade dragonfly hairpin, emerald green twine twisted silk gold bracelet put aside, close the drawer, lock it, pull out Holding the key in his hand, he stepped out quickly and said back to Xiangyun: "It's locked."

Then he offered the key with both hands, and after Xiangyun took it, he waved to her, and Cuilu took Ling'er out who was a bit silly. She had served Xiangyun for four or five years, but she knew Xiangyun very well, the historian It's not that the second lady and the third lady didn't put people around Xiangyun. When she first met Xiangyun, she also had two or three mothers and four or five maids serving her. Mrs. Jia said that she was young and afraid of being served by the people around her. Inadvertently, she was given to Xiangyun who was still serving by Mrs. Jia's side, but her young lady's eyes were fixed on the Duke's mansion, and her heart was left, as long as she was by her side, nothing else The maids and nuns are not allowed to get close to her, and because she was given by Mrs. Jia and her elders, the two wives of the Shi family dare not say a word, and let her go to Jia's mansion with only her Cui Ling.

Ling'er lowered her head enviously to see Cuilu holding her hand. Cuilu's hand is quite different from hers. She needs to thread needles, twist threads, and draw patterns for a long time. Her hands are already a little rough, and she can feel it. Seeing Cuilu's hands were white and smooth, soft as if they were boneless, and the water-colored long-sleeved satin dress she touched from time to time, she could use her long-term embroidery eyes to tell that it was good silk. In this mansion, Only the girls will make a few pieces, and the big maids will only reward the wives with one and a half pieces of handkerchiefs when their wives are extremely happy.

I heard that Cuilu only served tea and water in front of Xiangyun on weekdays, and she followed from the Rongguo mansion. The personal maids around the young masters are all as honorable as vice-ladies, and their food and clothing are more refined than ordinary ladies. Only then did she deeply understand such an obvious difference, envious and jealous in her heart, with mixed feelings, indescribable.

Not to mention how the Second Mrs. Shi talked with Mrs. Wei, and how Ling'er, the little maid of the Shi family, told her little sisters about the big girl. Let's talk about Daiyu and Jia Min who have returned home.

Daiyu first saluted and bid farewell to Jia Min, and wanted to go back to her room to change clothes. Jia Min saw the faint sweat on Daiyu's forehead, and for a moment, she felt a loving mother's heart, and held Daiyu who was about to leave. The wet handkerchief prepared for Jia Min, Jia Min took the handkerchief and wiped it carefully for Daiyu, and said earnestly: "I saw that you haven't made it to the banquet today, so you go back to your room to freshen up." After some time, dinner will come to my mother's side, and then the meal and some dishes of your favorite food will be served, and you will be surprised by the way." Daiyu nodded obediently, and she looked into Daiyu's eyes again, no signs of fatigue , just let Daiyu go back to her room.

Daiyu returned to the room with Thrush, and Bailing, Jasmine, and the newly promoted second-class maid Cuiyu came up to meet her first. Daiyu saw that Thrush had followed her for a long time. She more or less knew that Huamei didn't have much rest there, and she noticed that the lunches used by the historians were all greasy, which didn't suit the taste of the Lin family. Go down to rest first, and come back after dinner to watch the night. Naturally, Huamei couldn't bear to disobey her lady's kindness, so she bowed and left.

The three maids had all prepared hot water and household clothes, and brought them one by one after closing the door. Daiyu was already sweating, and she only planned to tidy up a bit, but changed her mind when she saw the hot water, and used After taking a bath in the hot soup, it took about half an hour to put it together before Daiyu sat in front of the dressing table in homely clothes, with a thick towel wrapped around her shoulders to prevent the water from dripping, and Jasmine brought four or five dry towels. Put a dry towel next to the bed, and Bailing and Bai Ling carefully wiped and combed Daiyu's hair, and when it was completely dry, Daiyu asked them to stop, and quickly pulled a lazy bun with her skillful hands , took out a Capricorn lotus leaf white jade hairpin from the dressing box, inserted it for herself, and looked at herself flushed, refreshed, and just got up with satisfaction, and asked Bailing Cuiyu and others to follow her main room.

Not long after, Daiyu had arrived at the porch in front of the main room, and she saw Furong, who was wearing a pomegranate red gown and a pink vest embroidered with hibiscus flowers, standing quietly in front of Jia Min's door. She is very pretty, and Furong's eyes are also sharp. She had seen Bailing leading Daiyu over with a few second-class maids carrying lanterns. She greeted Daiyu with a smile and said, "Miss is here, madam is in the inner room." Seeing Daiyu nodding her head slightly, she went back to the door, stood aside and preached inside: "Ma'am, the girl is here! "After a while, I heard the Narcissus inside say: "Madam, please come in!" Only then did Furong open the door curtain with green lace and swastikas and waited for Daiyu and others to enter the door: "Please come in, girl." Daiyu smiled and said, "Thank you, sister." "

Daiyu had just crossed the threshold of the outer room, and Narcissus walked towards her. Narcissus bowed to Daiyu first, and then wanted to lead Daiyu in. Daiyu smiled and refused: "Could it be that I forgot how to leave? You There must be something to do, let's go!" Narcissus also laughed and said: "The wife just heard the girl come in, so she asked the servant to pass the meal, and the servant went down first."

Daiyu walked in again, only then did she see that her mother had also changed into homely clothes, and the hair accessories on her head were only like clouds and beauties. She was only sitting on the Kang, and a cover glass was lit on the Kang table. sitting there quietly, tapping the table with his right index finger, his eyelids are drooping, and the shadow cast by his eyelashes can be vaguely seen on his face, and he doesn’t know what he is thinking. When Rose saw Daiyu coming in, she only saluted and did not speak. Daiyu only nodded her head. She was also afraid of alarming her mother's thoughts, so she stood for a while, seeing that Jia Min still hadn't recovered, she was thinking a little bit. As soon as he moved, he walked to Jia Min's side first, and called Jia Min softly: "Mother."

Only then did Jia Min regain her senses, looked up at Daiyu, saw that she had tidied herself up very neatly, and patted her on the vacant seat on her right with satisfaction, Daiyu thought for a while, but did not sit down, she was still standing , Rose on the side quickly brought a cup of tea and put it on the coffee table next to Daiyu, before retreating to the outside room.

Jia Min looked at Daiyu like this, frowned slightly, and stretched out his hand to speak, but Daiyu didn't wait for Jia Min to pull her, and knelt down on the steps in front of Jia Min's kang, fortunately, there was still a layer of fox fur on the steps The mat didn't hurt very much, but even so, Jia Min pulled Daiyu up and blamed him, "Why are you kneeling down so well for me, kid?"

Daiyu refused to get up, she kowtowed vigorously, then raised her head, looked at Jia Min and said, "Daughter is not sensible, she lost her manners at the banquet today, and embarrassed our Lin family."

Jia Min pulled Daiyu up vigorously, instead of paying attention to Daiyu's words and deeds, first carefully checked whether there was blood on Daiyu's forehead, but luckily it was only a little red, then went to look at Daiyu's legs. Fang observed and found that nothing happened, so he breathed a sigh of relief, seeing Daiyu sitting next to her with a little anxiety, twisting the corner of her clothes, Jia Min looked at her like this, and the unhappiness in her heart disappeared today The cloud dispersed, and he couldn't help laughing out loud: "My mother saw that you said at the banquet that the concubine was justified, why did you come home like this?"

Seeing that Jia Min didn't blame her, Daiyu whispered cautiously: "My daughter didn't think so. She said that her daughter's affairs are trivial, but she brought her mother with her. If mother directly argues with her, she is a concubine. My daughter To put it bluntly, don't blame your mother. After all, she is one rank higher than your mother. People say that being a senior official crushes people. If she shows her rank, naturally your mother will be at a disadvantage. Her daughter is young. Speaking of daughters, let alone no matter how big or small the matter is, there will be one who bullies the little first. Both are right and wrong, and everyone can see it. If you go out of that door, what outsiders will say, mother also knows well , why should we confront her head-on right now, so please forgive my daughter for being rude today." After Daiyu finished speaking, she blessed Jia Min deeply.

Jia Min pulled Daiyu to sit next to him again, with smiles in his eyes, looking at his daughter, and for the first time deeply realized that she has grown up and knows how to protect her mother, no longer someone who has something on her mind It was the little girl who was crying secretly, Jia Min was very emotional, and his heart was full of sour and sweet taste.

Daiyu saw that her mother was in a good mood, so she told Jia Min about the people at the banquet, and mentioned Xiangyun. She was very puzzled: "Mother, my daughter thinks it's so strange, so sister Shi didn't talk to her today. Speaking of words, let's listen to the rumors that Sister Shi is very tired in the Hou's mansion, and she has to work until the third watch every day before she can rest."