The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

On the day of the first snowfall, although there was a turbulent undercurrent in the Wang Mansion, the Jia Mansion was not very calm.

Two nurses, Yingchun and Xichun, knelt under the eaves, with a few loose snowflakes falling on their bodies.Although it was not yet thirty-ninth, the north wind was already blowing violently, and the water turned into snowflakes was dripping on the ground, converging into a small stream, and the knees were pressed in such water, and the chill flowed down the water to people. , The two shrank more and more from the cold.

Siqi sent Yingchun over with an umbrella. When he passed by these two people, he snorted out of his nose and stomped his feet, splashing a few small water splashes. Glancing at Siqi, just as she was about to speak, Cui Mo came out and coughed, Yingchun's nanny lowered her head again and remained silent.

Yingchun looked at her nanny a little bit unbearably, and when she walked to the door, Cuimo smiled crisply and said, "Second Miss is here?"

Yingchun forced a smile and said, "Is your girl busy?"

Before Cui Mo could answer, Tan Chun laughed inside and said, "Second Sister is here? It's cold outside, come in and sit down."

Cui Mo opened the curtain, and Yingchun walked in. A little girl had already removed her outer clothes and handed her a small hand stove. Yingchun held the hand stove and went in. Li Wan and Tanchun were sitting on one side First, Tanchun got up as early as she came in, and after she and Li Wan saw each other, he pulled her to sit next to him, but Yingchun couldn't push, so he sat next to him, raised his eyes, and just saw the ground. Two rows of women in charge standing neatly - in front of so many people, she had thought about the words of pleading for a long time, but she couldn't say anything anyway, she lowered her head and said a few cold words to Tanchun Wen was about to leave when he heard the little girl outside say: "Miss Bao and Miss Lin have entered the garden."

Yingchun was stunned, Tanchun was already happy and said: "It can be regarded as coming! Wait for the book to go to the garden and see what they are short of. Now the garden is messy and unorganized. Don't offend people."

After waiting for the book to answer, he took a few little girls and his wife and left.Yingchun hurriedly asked: "Didn't you say that after the new year? Why are you here at this time?"

Tan Chun smiled and said: "At first, it was supposed to wait for the Chinese New Year, but later my wife saw that we were too busy here, and the old lady wanted Miss Lin again, so she sent people everywhere to urge her, so she came here first."

Yingchun bowed her head and said, "I don't know."

Tanchun said: "This was only changed temporarily. I only heard about it when I happened to be in front of the old lady that day. Otherwise, I would be shocked now."

Yingchun smiled and said, "You are usually smarter than me."

Tanchun saw that she was feeling sorry for herself after all, and she was not easy to answer. Li Wan was silent, and the three of them had nothing to say for a while. Fortunately, Mother Jia sent someone to say: "The old lady said that Miss Bao and Miss Lin are here. , Grandma and the girls put the matter aside first, and it won’t be too late for the sisters to go and have a talk first.”

Tan Chunru got the pardon, stood up at once and said, "Second Sister, let's go see Sister Bao."

Yingchun was also relieved, Li Wan was in front, Yingchun and Tanchun were behind, the three of them went all the way to Jia Mu's, and met Xichun at the door, when Yingchun saw Xichun, she turned her face away and refused to speak, Xichun glanced at her, Shaking his head, he followed Tanchun in.

As soon as everyone met, they felt that both Daiyu and Baochai were extremely radiant, especially Daiyu, if she hadn't coughed a little from time to time, she would have disappeared without a trace of illness.

Tanchun stepped forward and joked, "Sure enough, Sister Lin doesn't care about me. After being away from us for so long, she still takes care of me so well."

Baochai said: "Where did this old vinegar jar come from? How dare you pretend to be the third girl from the Jia family? See if I don't ask someone to fork you out and smash your jealous mouth!"

It made Tanchun laugh and said: "Obviously it's Sister Bao who is jealous, but she still talks about me! I also know that you are the best with her. If we people get closer to her, you can't wait to have her." They ate us alive!"

Tanchun was joking, but she said that Zhong Baochai was worried, which made her face a thin layer of red. Fortunately, she put some powder on before going out, but no one saw it. The son covered his mouth and smiled.

After all kinds of changes, Jia's mother finally saw her granddaughters gathered together again. She couldn't help showing a long-lost smile on her face. She asked Daiyu and Baochai for a while, and then asked for fruit and snacks again and again. .

Daiyu saw that Jiamu's face was old, her speech was not as sharp as before, her heart was sour, and when she saw that the fruit brought up was not as delicate as before, and there were fewer girls in front of Jiamu, the sourness became more and more uncontrollable, and she picked up the fruit. After taking a bite of a deep-fried noodle fruit, I heard Baochai coughing and gave her a look. After eating the greasy fruit, I took Jia Mu's hand and said softly, "Long time no see, Mr. My wife has lost so much weight, the people in the kitchen should be punished!"

Jia Mu laughed and said, "I don't do their business. It's because I have bad teeth. Now I can't eat so many things. I have to watch your little girls eat." Let Daiyu eat more, Baochai He hurriedly replied for Daiyu: "We just ate, and we can't eat so much." He gave Daiyu another look, and never allowed her to eat these inferior snacks that are not good for her body.

Daiyu didn't force it - the fruit was too oily, and she didn't like it at all - she just took Jiamu's hand slowly, and patiently told her about these times, why did the koi in the mansion see it? She often jumps out, one of the chrysanthemums at home is in full bloom and has not yet withered, the son of the same age that his father took in is always teasing her so mischievously, what kind of mess did Xue Pan do to provoke her? Lin Hai was furious... and so on, Jiamu listened cheerfully, but gradually her spirits became not so good, her upper eyelids stuck to her lower eyelids, and she fell asleep while sitting upright.

Yuanyang tiptoed from the side, took a blanket to cover Jiamu's body, and Tanchun whispered to Daiyu: "The old lady is not well, it's like this these days." He said apologetically, "There was a banquet." Now it seems that the hostess for you should go to your wife's place."

Daiyu held back her tears and nodded, and Baochai took her hand lightly, and the two of them held hands and went to meet Mrs. Wang—Mrs. Wang is much older now, and she is still as serious as before. Daiyu and Baochai were not very happy, they just nodded slightly and said, "Now that the house is in chaos, I will trouble you."

Baochai said, "We're all one family. If my aunt says it's troublesome or not, it's too far-fetched."

Mrs. Wang shook her head, without saying a word, and everyone ate a meal in a sullen manner. When they exited from here, Yingchun specially pulled Tanchun to fall behind, and whispered: "Third sister, although my nanny Is it true, after all, she is also an old man in the family and has nursed me, why don't you take care of me and ask her to get up."

Seeing that everyone else was walking ahead, Tanchun whispered in Yingchun's ear, "Ma'am, what you mean is that these old women are doing evil and ruining the reputation of the mansion. .”

Yingchun turned pale and said, "Do you want to get rid of my mother-in-law too?"

Since Tanchun went to Ning Mansion that day and saw the arrogance and domineering of these women, he paid attention to punishing them. At that time, he only thought of punishing them slightly.Who would have thought that when I came back, I would send someone to check it out. Others were alright, but Yingchun's nanny was a gambler and a thief. She didn't tell the mansion clearly, but she also told Yingchun quietly, who knew that Yingchun was so dishonest and only cared about pleading at this moment, so Tanchun pulled his face down and said coldly: "We shouldn't care about your side. It’s just that my uncle also said that if you are asked to live here, all the expenses will be paid by our father-in-law. Therefore, after careful calculation, your nanny is still on our side. If the wife said that she wanted to send it away, she would have to send it away. , I can't persuade my wife, if the second sister wants to intercede for her, she can go to her wife and talk to her."

Seeing what she said, Yingchun couldn't hold back her face, and said embarrassingly: "Why is the third sister so..." Before she could finish her sentence, Daiyu said: "Third sister, come and see, the tree we planted a while ago is still there. !"

Tanchun raised his voice and said, "Really? I'll take a look." Walking to the front, he saw Baochai, Daiyu, Xichun, and Li Wan looking around a clump of wintersweet. There were already several plum blossoms. The flower buds will bloom years ago.

Tanchun smiled and said: "That year when we started a poetry club, sister Xiangyun felt that she would not enjoy herself if she was not facing the real scene, so she wanted to plant a tree by herself and wait for the next year to sing again. "

Due to the fact that this year's house is not going well, Li Wan and the others suddenly saw that the plum blossoms are growing well. It seems that a little hope has been born in a desperate situation. fun.

Daiyu sighed, "I don't think it's another winter."

Baochai laughed and said, "After another winter, don't all the sisters stay here well? Why are you sighing?" Seeing her knowingly asking, Daiyu pinched the back of her hand in hatred, remembered something, and turned her head quickly Looking at Baochai, Baochai didn't wait for her to ask, and said, "I asked someone to collect and bury all the chrysanthemum petals at home. They were not ruined by the soil. Zijuan also told the little girls that if there are any fallen flowers in the future, they will all be buried." Take care, don't worry."

Seeing that she was thoughtful, Daiyu returned to anger and joy, and suddenly noticed that Baochai had used the term "home", so she looked at Baochai shyly and timidly, and seeing that she didn't realize it, she secretly smiled, and Baochai was caught by Baochai. Seeing her, he shook her hand and said, "What are you laughing at?"

Daiyu said, "I won't tell you!" Shaking off Baochai's hand, she walked ahead all the way to enjoy the scenery in the garden.

It is winter, the flowers are withered, and there is no one to take care of the garden, making it more and more bleak.

As Daiyu walked, she became depressed. When Baochai saw her, she knew that she was sad again. The garden is a waste if it is left unused, it is better to use it to grow something to eat at home, and the size is also reduced."