The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

Daiyu went south with Jia Lian on a boat. At the beginning, she just missed her father and wished she could have two wings and travel thousands of miles in an instant. After a day, she gradually felt a little bit lonely. If you can't see it in your eyes, after another day, you will feel drowsy, lazy to eat and sleep, and look sluggish.A Zijuan got seasick again, so he had to be accompanied by Xueyan, who was only half-grown, and could not talk to Daiyu, so Daiyu became more and more bored, leaning against the window all day in a daze, secretly Thinking: I don't know what Baochai is doing at this time?Realizing that she had called Baochai's name without knowing it, the blush on her face had not yet faded, and she sighed, her eyes turned to the south for a moment, wondering what her father's illness should be like at this time, and then looked to the north again , Counting the hours thinking about what Baochai is doing, with a heart of exquisite seven apertures, four points are given to Lin Hai, and three points are given to Baochai.After only three days, she had already lost a lot of weight, and the little weight that Baochai managed to raise for her in the spring was wiped out.

On the afternoon of the third day, Daiyu was still looking out of the window, but she saw a small boat in front of her, sailing along the wind. The boatman on the boat would raise flags when he saw the official boat, and occasionally shouted a few words. Clearly, I saw that the boat was precariously asking that this boat was coming, and this time Daiyu heard the boatman shouting - "But the boat of the second master Lian in Rongfu?"

Daiyu's heart moved, she pushed the window wider, and looked carefully, a man dressed as a family member on the boat climbed into her boat, and said something to the servants of Jia's mansion.Those people led him in to meet Jia Lian again.

Daiyu saw that the man had a kind face, as if she had seen it when she was helping the director at Baochai's place, so she followed him unconsciously, listening to Jia Lian talk to the man through the curtain, and the man said: "The villain is Xue Pan. At Master Xue's house, a girl from the family sent a letter, saying that there are some important things to send to Miss Lin." It turned out that Daiyu's official boat was slow, and Jia Lian was concerned about her body, making people more careful and cautious. , so the boat sent by the Xue family caught up within a few days.

When Jia Lian heard that he was from Beijing, he asked with a smile, "What is so important that you are in such a hurry to send it here?"

The man said with a smile, "I don't know, I just know that the girl was called to be carried by Jin Ying, and ordered us to catch up."

When Jia Lian heard that it was a private matter, it was not easy to ask, so she told the servant: "Go and invite Miss Lin."

Hearing what he said, Daiyu hurriedly turned around and went back. Just before Jia Lian's boy called, she went into the cabin and heard Xueyan talking to the boy at the door. : "Call her in."

There was another toss about the difference between inside and outside, only to see Ying'er wearing a black bamboo hat and a woman coming in.

Daiyu thought she missed Baochai, and even the girl who saw Baochai was overjoyed. She stepped forward and asked, "Is there anything else she wants to give me, and she called you here?"

Ying'er took off her bamboo hat, looked left and right, Daiyu understood, and sent Xueyan to say: "You grab some fruit and those boys to eat at the door. It's hard for them to be on the boat for so many days."

Xueyan happily walked outside the door, and the woman was guarding the door. Ying'er said to Daiyu, "Aunt Lin sent someone to deliver another letter, saying that she didn't know the rules before, so Meng Lang sent the letter. Afraid of frightening the girl, I hurriedly sent someone to Beijing to tell the girl that Master Lin's illness is still supportable, so I told the girl not to rush on the road, fearing that another illness on the way would be bad, Jia's mansion said that you have traveled so far I can't catch up. Besides, the second master Lian has a sense of propriety and doesn't need to chase after him, so he didn't send anyone. Our girl is worried, so she sent us to report to the girl first, and I have something else to say to Miss Lin. .”

Daiyu knew that the latter was the most important thing to say, so she leaned forward and listened carefully.Ying'er said: "The girl said, if Master Lin escaped this time, it would be better for Miss Lin to try to stay in Yangzhou instead of going back. I used to think that Miss Lin had no one to rely on, but the old lady and Baoyu. If Master Lin is fine this time, it means that the previous cause is not irreversible, and Miss Lin may not have to stay in Jia's residence."

Daiyu had never thought of this road before, she was dazed for a while, hesitating.Ying'er looked at her face and said: "Our girl said that Miss Lin doesn't have to make a hasty decision, after all, it is a big matter. It's just that the girl is in Yangzhou, so she should spend more time with Master Lin and do her best."

Daiyu asked: "She didn't say, if I stay in Yangzhou, what will happen to her?"

Ying'er said: "Our girl said that Miss Lin is going to be in Yangzhou, and she will naturally try to come back in the future. Anyway, our uncle is here, looking for a reason to persuade his wife to go back to her hometown or to visit her relatives. Miss Lin, don't think about her."

Daiyu sighed secretly, she just couldn't think about it in her heart, she didn't show her face, she just said: "I can save it, you have worked hard from afar, go and rest first."

Ying'er said: "Our girl still has something to bring to Miss Lin." Opening a small box in the hand of Granny Cai just now, Daiyu saw that there was a handkerchief, a bag of bird's nest, and an abacus inside.

Daiyu only listened to the foreword You Ke, but her eyes turned red when she saw these things. She picked up the handkerchief and saw that it was the one she gave Baochai, neatly folded, and pressed under the bird’s nest—there were not many bird’s nests. , only as a meal, the abacus is a golden abacus, and a few taels of small things are not worth anything.

However, the deep meaning in the fist almost made Daiyu shed tears. She gritted her teeth and said to Yinger: "You tell her to rest assured, I will cherish it myself and be careful in everything."

Ying'er nodded and said: "So I'll leave first, I didn't tell my wife when I came out, it's not good to delay too long."

Daiyu said, "Wait a minute." Turning around, she had to give Baochai something, but she didn't bring anything to give away, so she thought for a while, and took out a wooden hairpin from the makeup box. Handed it to Yinger and said: "My mother cut this for me before she was alive. Although it is something to tease children, it is my favorite thing in daily life. It can be regarded as the most precious thing here. You give it to her. If she likes it, she can keep it, if she doesn't like it, when I see her again in the future, she will return it to me."

Ying'er put it away carefully, said goodbye to her, and left without stopping for a moment.

Jia Lian was very suspicious when she saw someone coming from Beijing, and left after a while. She asked a few times from the sidelines, but Daiyu only said that her mother's belongings had been left with Baochai.

Jia Lian saw that he couldn't ask anything, so he didn't ask any more.

The boat was boring, and he didn't have a caring girl by his side, so he was really angry, so he had to choose a handsome one from the servants, and chat with him to solve the urgent need.Lai Xing was the one who knew Jia Lian's intentions the most. Taking advantage of the day when the boat stopped on the shore to supply supplies, he took Jia Lian to that place.Jia Lian refused at first, and came to Xing said: "Second Master, think about it, how many things have to be taken care of inside and outside when you arrive in Yangzhou? Besides, Miss Lin's father is so sick that it's not easy to go out again. It's better to fuck him here first. Once, to relieve the boredom, so as not to miss it in the future!"

Kicked on the butt by Jia Lian, he laughed and scolded: "You bastard, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Laixing laughed and said, "You can see that it's a son of a bitch, not a son of a bitch, and you don't talk nonsense!" He was kicked by Jia Lian again, but he also quietly followed him to whoring once.

In this way, whenever there was a landing along the way, Jia Lian would sneak out with Laixing, and everyone on the boat knew about it, so they just pretended not to see it.

When the group arrived in Yangzhou, it was Xue Pan who came to greet them first.

Jia Lian saw Xue Pan wearing a blue shirt and a net scarf from a distance, and he looked like a Confucian scholar. He secretly wondered. When they met each other, Xue Pan asked again, "How is my elder brother? How is my mother? How is my sister?" After busying there again, he arranged for the horse bearers to get off the carriage, sent Daiyu into the sedan chair, and rode into Lin's mansion with Jia Lian.