Survive in the world of Red Mansions

Li Wan waited for Mrs. Wang to finish her meal before returning to the small courtyard where she and Jia Lan lived.Li Wan's dowry maid kept the food from the big kitchen warm on the fire. Seeing the grandma come in, she hurriedly put the food on the table, and Jia Lan, who was painting red, also put away the pen and paper.

"Lan'er, didn't Mom say that you should eat the food first when it's delivered? It's not good if it's cold." Seeing his son like this, Li Wan knew that he hadn't eaten the food yet.

"Mom, I didn't feel hungry after eating a few pieces of snacks just now, so I thought about using them together when Mom came back."

"Grandma, I have been persuading Brother Lan to use it first, but I have been waiting for you to come back, and I have always been filial!" Bisha kept her mouth busy while her hands were busy.

When Li Wan's mother and son finished using up, Bisha and Cuizhu quickly used up the rest and the portion they had sent over, and removed the dishes.

There are not many people around Li Wan, and these two housemaids are Li Wan's confidantes, and they are all married now, and the men are outside in charge of Li Wan's dowry village and shop.Bisha and Cuizhu still worked beside Li Wan during the day, and returned to their home in the backstreet of Jia's mansion at night.Those old ladies of Jia Zhu back then and the concubines that Mrs. Wang rewarded had been sent away by Li Wan all these years.

Li Wan was talking to Bi Sha when a little maid came in and announced, "Grandma Zhu, sister Hu Po from the old lady's yard is here."

Before the words finished, Hu Po came in holding two gift boxes and said, "Grandma, here is a gift from my cousin for Master Lan and you."

Cuizhu next to him took over the gift box, and Li Wan quickly stood up and said, "Please take this trip, I will go to the old lady's yard with you, and thank you, Cousin Lin."

"Grandma doesn't need to go. Uncle Lin's family has gone back. The old lady tried to persuade Master Biao and Miss Biao to stay for a day or two, but Miss Biao didn't agree. The two children of Uncle Lin's family are very strange."

After everyone else had gone out, Cui Zhu said happily: "Grandma opened it and have a look, the presents prepared when Master Biao came last time are all good things."

A box was opened first, and there was a small box inside. When it was opened, it was a set of silver-wrapped pearl heads, and inside it were four pieces of clothing, two in plain colors and two in festive colors, which were more suitable for Jia. Orchid used.

"Grandma, the quality of these pieces of material is good, and they are also thick. It is suitable for winter, rushing to work, and making two bodies. It happens to be worn by Grandma and Lang Geer during the New Year. The clothes sent by the sewing room this time are really a bit It's out of shape."

"I'll forget it. If I wear good materials, my wife won't be able to see it, and I don't know how to torture me. Put these two pieces away, take these two pieces out, and make two pieces for Lan'er."

Although he is a widow, Li Wan is not very old, and there is no woman who doesn't like to dress up, but thinking of her mother-in-law, let's forget it, and I can feel better.

Bisha next to her opened another box, which contained a pair of jade locks, a set of the Four Treasures of the Study, and several new books.Li Wan took out these new books and flipped through them, they were exactly what Jia Lan could use now.She is a widow and it is inconvenient for her to go out. Even if the companion can read a few words, she doesn't understand these things. After reading these books, she can't help but feel a little more grateful to the Lin family.

"Grandma, the gifts prepared by Mrs. Lin's family are really thoughtful. In addition to paper and pens, these new books are also specially added. Amber from the old lady's yard just said, Cousin and the others left. Grandma, you said that Mrs. Lin's two Is this child not willing to stay in our house?"

"It seems like it is! You two married me into this mansion, and you have also seen the rules in this mansion. Now it is getting more and more outrageous. Baoyu is already in his teens, and he is still being raised by the old lady. , hang out with those girls every day. Didn’t you see that when the cousin was sitting there today, when he stretched out his hand to pull the sleeve of Lin’s cousin, the cousin’s face was very ugly, and Baoyu didn’t feel it. I thought that Cousin Lin was like the other girls, capable of flirting.

I really hope that Cousin Lin can live in the mansion, Lan'er can ask questions about learning, but I also know that this is impossible!I heard from Lan'er that the free school is in chaos. I want to invite a gentleman to the mansion for Lan'er, and I will tell my wife. The wife said that Lan'er is still young.Cousin Lin and Brother Lang have been together for one year. Cousin Lin hired Mr. Lin a few years ago, not to mention that Aunt Lin's father taught himself. He is much better at learning than Brother Lang, alas! "

"Isn't Mrs. Lin's family now in the capital? There will definitely be opportunities to see each other often in the future, so I'll just let my brother ask more."

"That's the only way to go, let's see it first!"

On the Lin family's side, Lin Hai and his son had nothing to keep them busy in the mansion.Daiyu is much busy. The Lin family has just moved to the capital, and because the year is approaching, there are many things to be busy.

When I was in Yangzhou some time ago, because I was busy going to Beijing every day, I didn't even bother to buy many things to prepare for the New Year.Now that I have settled down in the capital, I have to prepare for these.

The rewards from the mansion to the servants for the new year, the new year's goods sent by the Zhuangzi, the utensils and ingredients to be prepared for the banquet after the new year, etc., although these are very trivial matters, but Daiyu has to ask, who is in charge, How are you preparing now, you have to be clear about these, otherwise something will happen and you don’t know why it will be bad.

So after coming to Beijing, Daiyu discussed with Mr. Qiu that during the period of Chinese New Year, the course will be suspended and special preparations will be made for the Chinese New Year.Since coming to Beijing, Lin Daiyu has been so busy every day that she insists on exercising every morning. She really doesn't have much free time. Only during dinner time can she chat with her father and younger brother.

After returning from Rongguo Mansion that day, although some things that happened in Rongguo Mansion affected my mood a little bit, I still have to take care of the things that should be busy at home, so I just greeted Lin Hai and went to deal with things again , Waited until after dinner before talking to my father about what happened at my grandmother's house.

"Father, Cousin Baoyu from the second uncle's family, how old is he? He still hangs out in the inner courtyard every day, and grandma and uncle don't care about them. Let the younger brother go less to the grandmother's side in the future, so don't spoil the younger brother."

"Sister, don't worry, I don't want to go to that mansion either. Cousin Baoyu, did you ask you if you have any jade today, and want to give you a word and so on?"

In fact, when Lin Rui met Bao Dai for the first time, apart from being a little worried about Lin Daiyu, he was also a little curious. But today, that boy Jia Baoyu was not there, and later he went back to the front yard. Baodai's first meeting is historic. Since I didn't see the moment, it's a pity!

"Father, when I go to my grandmother's house in the future, it's better to let Nanny Li follow. Xueyan and the others are just little maids, and they don't like to say some things."

As soon as Lin Hai heard Daiyu say this, he thought that something must have happened today, "What? Could it be that Baoyu from your second uncle's family is a bit unruly?"

"Cousin Baoyu is one of the reasons, but my grandmother, second aunt and others, seeing Cousin Baoyu like that, all looked strange, which means that he often does this, isn't it too much? I've been to other people's homes as guests, but I've never seen a master like this before!"

Although Lin Daiyu didn't say much, Lin Hai and Lin Rui could probably guess a lot.Because of the deep-rooted love between sister Lin and Jia Baoyu in the original drama, although because of their coming, Lin Daiyu does not have the childhood affection with Jia Baoyu who grew up together, but who knows if the original drama will be irreversible.Hearing Lin Daiyu talk about Jia Baoyu and her evaluation of Jia Baoyu now, it can be said that she is completely relieved.

"There is something wrong with the mansion, and we don't want to talk about it, but it's far away. On weekdays, if you want to go to school, you have to be a housekeeper and director. In the future, just ignore the invitations from their mansion."

In the past, I just thought that the atmosphere in this society was such that everyone liked men and women, so I didn't want Daiyu to go to Rongfu often in the future.But now Lin Rui's experience in Rongfu, and now Daiyu's own experience, made Lin Hai feel that Lin Rui and his brother should stay as far away from Rongfu as possible.

Another one, Lin Hai guessed, Jia Baoyu might have had sex with that personal maid, Xiren, "then the thing that Xiren was trained to do by the police", I'm afraid this plot has already happened.

This kid Jia Baoyu is really a master who doesn't care about men and women, and I don't know if he really went to the Prince's Mansion in Beijing County to discuss poetry, improve his studies, or something else.The king of Beijing County has some reputation among some literati, but he also has another reputation of being fond of men, which is known to many people outside, but it seems that the emperor ignores it, and others are even worse. What to say.Jia Baoyu, a beautiful young man with red lips and white teeth, and the noble son of the Duke's Mansion, often went to the Prince's Mansion of Beijing County, and there were many people who saw jokes.

After Lin Daiyu returned to her own yard, she said to Xuehe who stayed in the yard: "Have you prepared the medicinal materials I just ordered you to prepare? If you can, take them and accompany me to see Li Nanny."

Lin Daiyu led her maid along the corridor and walked towards Mammy Li's small courtyard.The mansion of the Lin family in the capital is of course incomparable compared to some princely mansions, but compared with ordinary houses, it is very large. Unfortunately, the Lin family has not had a lot of children for several generations, and many courtyards are empty. That.So after coming to Beijing this time, Lin Daiyu sent some other maids to come over, and specially arranged separate small courtyards for Mr. Qiu and Nanny Li, so that they could live more comfortably.

Daiyu came to the small courtyard where Nanny Li lived, and went into the house, only to find that Mr. Qiu was there, "Daiyu has seen Mr.," and turned to Nanny Li, "Mommy, are you feeling better today?"

"Why did the girl come here? I'm just a bit of a sailor, so I just need to rest. How dare I bother the girl to come and visit?"

"Nurse has taught me for a few years. Now that she is not feeling well, I should come to see if it's right. I shouldn't say it. I'm busy with visiting relatives and Chinese New Year, so I didn't come in time. Visit Mammy, Mammy is still used to living here, if you need anything, just tell those little maids to come over and say it."

"The girl is becoming more and more polite. Now that she lives in a small independent courtyard, what's not to get used to?"

"It's good that mommy likes it. My husband and mommy were in the capital a few years ago. I don't know about my grandmother's house. Have you heard of it?"

Lin Daiyu thought about what she saw in Rongguo Mansion today, which was far from what her mother said back then.It is true to say that the house is different from other houses, and the clothes of the second and third class maids are also different from other houses, and they are all extremely rich, but Daiyu really doesn't think that the rules are big, she doesn't know that it was her mother who was in the boudoir back then. Was this the rule in the mansion back then, or was it what my mother said before, but it has changed now?

I just wanted to prevent my younger brother from imitating cousin Baoyu in the house, but I couldn’t explain it too clearly to my father just now, and I didn’t want my father to worry too much about these rear affairs, knowing that Mr. In the capital, why not take this opportunity to ask clearly.

Mr. Qiu and Nanny Li were both in the capital before they went to Lin's house. Of course they knew about the Rongguo Mansion, but the girl hadn't asked about it before, so they couldn't bring it up for no reason. Today, it must be time to go to Rongguo Mansion. Something happened.Now that the Lin family has arrived in the capital, they will inevitably have contacts with other houses in the future. Sooner or later, they need to know some things. Mr. Qiu thought that he would talk to her when his student asked about it.

When Lin Daiyu returned to her yard, she was still thinking about the words of her husband and mother. Now it has only been more than ten years since her grandfather passed away, and the reputation of Rongguo Mansion has been so bad in other people's mouths. What the mother said was very different.My mother hasn't returned to the capital for more than ten years, and the memories of Rongguo Mansion are still from when my grandfather was alive. In the future, I will keep my younger brother away from the cousins ​​in Rongning and Ningfu, so I don't have to spoil my younger brother.