The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

Because Baochai made an appointment with Daiyu, she kept in touch with each other from time to time, and often went to other sisters. Because she had the memory of her previous life, she had a deep understanding of everyone's temperament and preferences, and she also had a heart of pity, and she was more considerate than before. Therefore, although the time of rebirth is short, the bond between the sisters seems to be deeper than in the previous life. Even Yingchun, who is nicknamed "Er Mutou", smiles a little more than usual when seeing her.

Because Daiyu often talked to Yingchun about self-reliance and self-improvement, Yu Xichun generally talked about being kind to others, laughed a few times, and said to her: "Sister Bao is like an old master, she really shouldn't be born in a boudoir. , should go to the Guozijian and Hongwenguan to teach books."

Baochai laughed and said, "I only think that you praise me for my profound knowledge, and you mean to ask for advice."

Daiyu really got up and bowed to her, and called her with a smile: "Sir." After that, Baochai's "Mr. .

But it was said that when Sister Feng asked for a play, Baochai did not go because she was ill. She treated her better. It is always good to invite all people. Now sister Lin is sick, calling someone else, and it is not good to leave her alone. Besides, the old lady may not be in the mood for her illness, and Baoyu is not at ease. .”

Aunt Xue stopped, and when the snow stopped, Daiyu recovered, and brought up the matter again. Baochai thought it was cold during the snow melting season, and was afraid that Daiyu would catch the cold, so she just shirked it and waited until the weather warmed up. There are two banquets, one for Mrs. Jia Mu Xing, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Feng, and the other for welcoming the spring, exploring the spring, cherishing the spring and Baoyu.

If it is said that in ordinary times, Baoyu sees only the sisters and himself, it is the best, but because these sisters are now in contact with Baochai a lot, all of them have learned a lot of preaching in their stomachs. Baoyu, it is inevitable to say a few words of self-improvement, and because Baochai often talks about the defense between men and women, Daiyu is always on her mind. He called someone to go outside and said, "See if the uncle is outside. If he is, invite him to come and talk to Brother Bao."

A word came back from outside and said: "It so happened that the uncle invited some men from Jia's house outside, and asked Second Master Bao if he would like to sit there."

Baoyu hurriedly asked who they were, and replied that there were Jia Rui, Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, etc., and several other princes from the Duke's family nearby, but Liu Xianglian's name was mentioned again.

Baochai remembered the word "Liu Xianglian" when she heard the word "Liu Xianglian", and she wanted to ask Baoyu to go out to make friends, but Baoyu was a little reluctant when she heard Jia Rui's name, because Xue Pan had already invited her, so she couldn't go out to socialize lap.The men he usually sees are no more than brothers and elders in the family, and even relatives of the whole family. How would he know that there is such a handsome man like Liu Xianglian in the world?Listening to him talking about traveling to the north is much more interesting than what those mothers-in-law and mothers say, and Xue Pan invited two famous actors to gag and joke, talking and laughing, it is more enjoyable than sitting on the daughter's table. Baoyu sat for a while , I don’t want to go back, but Aunt Xue sent someone to give him thousands of instructions, sometimes saying that he should not let him drink cold wine, and sometimes saying that he should not drink strong alcohol, and then asked someone to take out the food from the inside.

Xue Pan was so tired that he patted his chest and said, "Go back and tell mom that with me here, I will naturally take good care of brother Bao, so mom and sister can rest assured."

The servant who sent the message said: "My wife said, Second Master Bao is young, please take care of him more. All the gentlemen present here are also decent sons. Please also be more gentle, sir, so don't make a joke."

This remark made several people at the table laugh and joke, but Xue Pan knew that Baochai must have said this, and it was not easy to reveal it in front of everyone, so he just laughed.

The men outside were chatting very happily, but because there was no precious jade inside, Yingchun and Xichun were more relaxed. The sisters discussed some poetry, calligraphy and painting. After serving the wine, Baochai said: "It's better to scald the wine. It's cold, and the sisters are weak. Don't drink cold wine to make you sick. Xichun is still young, just drink some sherbet."

Several people laughed and said, "All listen to Sister Bao."

At that moment, Yingchun and Daiyu had a light drink, their faces turned slightly red, Tanchun stopped after drinking two cups, Xichun just ate the fruit.For a while Tanchun said that he would use dice to make wine orders for fun, Baochai laughed and said, "One or two cups will make you feel like a drunk monkey. If you drink any more, why don't you sleep in my place? I can't accommodate people like you here. "

Tanchun smiled and said: "I know, Sister Bao and Sister Lin are the best, they are only willing to ask her to live, but not us, we are also sensible, just ask the nannies to send them back when we are drunk, and we will never hurt Sister Bao .”

Daiyu said: "You have been naughty with Sister Bao, why did you bring me in again? I won't drink it anymore. I feel very dizzy when I get on this wine. I'll go and ask."

Tan Chun smiled and said, "Look, after a while, I'm already in a hurry to get on the bed, so I have the nerve to talk about me."

Baochai said: "Don't make any noise, and don't enforce the drinking order. Let's go to the kang to have a lively chat and play chess."

Because Xichun was sleepy, the nanny took her to sleep on the side first, and Baochai asked someone to remove the things. The Zijuan supported Daiyu, the chess player supported Yingchun, and the servant supported Tanchun. In the inner room, Baochai asked someone to bring pillows, and the four of them sat on the kang crookedly in a circle, served refreshments again, and talked about little things about girls.

Daiyu saw that she was wearing a homely honey-colored padded jacket, a rose-purple two-color gold and silver mouse shoulder-length jacket, and a scallion-yellow silk skirt, all half-new and not old, so she couldn't help laughing and said: "Sister Bao rarely wears colored clothes, how do you look like that?" Is it still so plain?"

Baochai pinched her face and said, "There is no color on the clothes, so what's the matter? Don't those white and black fox fur and ermines have colors?"

Daiyu was still dizzy after drinking, and when she pinched her, she leaned her head on her shoulder, and Baochai moved to make her lean more comfortably.Daiyu laughed again and said, "What kind of incense did Sister Bao smoke? It smells so good." But she put her arms around her and sniffed again.

Baochai saw that her eyes were dazzled, she was drunk, she couldn't laugh or cry, she pinched her hard again, and said, "Look, you still say that there is a drinking order, one cup is already enough for this glib disciple, if you drink it down, you still don't know how to make trouble." What has become of it?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "Ah, yo, I won't dare to come to Sister Bao's place to drink anymore. After drinking a glass, my heart aches like this. Even Deng Tuzi's words came out. If I drink a few more glasses, that's the biggest villain in history. , It’s a big glutton, it’s not worth it, it’s not worth it to spoil Sister Bao’s wine once, but it’s not worth it to make her run for the rest of her life.”

Baochai poked her finger on the head and said: "You are so narrow-minded, you will be at a loss if you don't become a housekeeper. It's not worth it if you talk about it. A lady from a big family can calculate her accounts so well. If Master Lin knows, don't you want to fight?" you!"

Daiyu was poked sideways by her, and fell into Tanchun's arms. Tanchun hugged her and said with a smile, "Yoyo, Sister Lin finally has a rival. If Sister Lin talks about me again, I'll tell Sister Bao to go! Look!" Do you still dare to say it!"

Baochai smiled and said, "Ah, I dare not. With her mouth like a hairpin, no matter how invincible she is in the world, I can't beat her."

Daiyu said: "I think what you said just now is very good. I can't refute it at all. It's still unreasonable. Sister Bao is too self-effacing, but she doesn't like us."

Baochai laughed and said, "Listen, just this one sentence, I'm ashamed to say that I'm not as good as me. It's really confusing right and wrong. Fortunately, you are not a man. If you are a man, you don't know how many people you will cheat if you are a butcher for an official."

Daiyu just laughed when she heard her slander and real praise, but got up from Tanchun's arms, yawned, and said, "I'm really dizzy after drinking this wine."

Having said that, Yingchun also yawned, and Tanchun said, "It's just a glass of wine, each of them is useless." After he finished speaking, he felt sleepy, Baochai laughed and said, "Don't talk about others, Go to sleep when you're tired."

Tanchun said: "We all sleep here, where are there so many beds?"

Baochai said: "Go and sleep in my room with Maoer, and the second and fourth girls will stay here."

Tanchun smiled and said, "That's great." Baochai ordered everyone's nanny to coax them to lie down here, and then took Daiyu and Tanchun to his own place, and they stood side by side. Falling asleep, Tanchun said: "Sister Bao, you should also be crooked. The three of us will be more lively together."

Baochai said, "Just rest in peace." But he also took off his shoes and socks and shrank to the bed.The bed at this end is very big, the three of them fit side by side, Tanchun is the youngest and is at the innermost, Daiyu is in the middle, and Baochai is outside, all of them fell asleep for a while.

Outside, Mother Jia and others were wiping the dominoes, and Aunt Xue asked Tong Xi, "What are the girls doing?"

Tong Xi went into the back room to have a look, came out and said with a smile: "They are all asleep, the second girl and the fourth girl are sleeping in the back room, and the girl, Miss Lin and the third girl are in the room over there."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "They are at ease. They just play when they say it. They don't come to wipe the cards or play games. They go to sleep in other people's houses."

Aunt Xue said, "Blame me for not serving this wine to them."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "In my opinion, the younger sisters are too poor at drinking. My aunt will invite us a few more times in the future, and she will serve some good wine every time. As for us, we will bring the younger sisters every time. As time goes by, the younger sister We are not like today. At that time, it will be no problem to drink a pot and a half pot, and the best thing is that when they are about to drunk, they will come out to wipe cards with us..."

Before she finished speaking, several people were already laughing, and Aunt Xue said: "Listen, old lady, this kid is quite smart. According to her, the old lady can eat, drink, have fun, and win money. Really! All the good things in the world are counted on her."

Jia Mu smiled and said: "I know that Feng girl is thinking of me the most. I didn't hurt her in vain. Oh, Yuanyang, you can see for me, is this card a match?"

Yuanyang counted and said with a smile: "The old lady has good eyesight, ladies and grandmas, hand over the money quickly."

Aunt Xue, Mrs. Wang, laughed and asked the girl to count the money. Sister Feng refused to give it on purpose. Mother knew that she had something to do, so she let her go out all the way and asked Mrs. Xing to replace her.