Lin Jiajingyu's Counterattack in the Red Chamber

"Good news, girl—"

Wang Momo stepped into the room and started yelling before she saw Daiyu there. Daiyu was in the room drawing flowers for Xianyin. Hearing Wang Momo's loss of composure, she hurriedly put down her pen and looked around the room first. Mammy was not in the room, so he was relieved.

"Mommy, keep your voice down, Nanny Lin will tell you something when she finds out."

Regardless of Daiyu's angry stare, Wang Momo stepped forward directly.Said to Daiyu: "Oh, my good girl, why bother with these things. Quickly take it apart and have a look, see if it is written by the uncle?"

Daiyu stepped forward to accept the letter in surprise, and while opening the letter, she teased Wang Momo: "Mommy, where did you find out about this?"

Nanny Wang was not annoyed when she knew that her daughter made fun of her, so she explained: "Girl, Mammy doesn't know a single word, but Butler Xiao Lin is still outside the small door, talking to Nanny Lin. Butler Xiao Lin has already Having said that, Sister Lin asked me to deliver the letter to you first, so that you will also be happy."

"Good girl, quickly take it apart and have a look." Xueyan and Xianyin in the room surrounded the girl, urging the girl, even Xiao Zhu and another maid outside the room came in when they heard what Wang Momo said.

"You two little hooves, the things that the uncle brought you are in the back, go and help Madam Lin." Madam Wang saw that Xiaozhu and Xiaomei outside the house were surrounded by Daiyu to read the letter, and thought of Xiaolin outside the small door. The butler brought the things and hurriedly sent them to get them.

"Good mother, the things are there and they won't run away, let's go together later." Seeing the two little maids looking at her pitifully, Xianyin hurriedly begged for mercy.Then he couldn't wait to ask Daiyu: "Miss, what did the uncle write? Tell me quickly."

Wang Momo, who was supposed to reprimand Xianyin, was also very itchy, and now she didn't bother to clean up Xianyin, and urged: "Girl, tell the servants."

Daiyu scanned ten lines at a glance to find what they all wanted to know, and she saw it at the end.Both eyes were a little moist, and he said in surprise: "It's hit——"

"My lord is amazing!"

"Master won!"

Hearing the surprised praises of several maidservants, Daiyu took the letter and began to read it from the middle. "My brother said that he is preparing for this year's autumn."

Daiyu was excited and flustered, and hurriedly asked Mammy, "Mammy, brother is coming to Qiuwei, what should we prepare?"

Hearing this, everyone fell silent, you look at me, I look at you.They were all flustered, suppressing the passion just now, and thinking together.They don't know what to prepare? !

Nanny Wang came in with Xueyang and saw several people in the room looking at each other. Nanny Lin was about to turn her head and order Xueyang to put down the box carefully, when she saw Xueyang was carefully putting it on the case table. Come.Mother Lin asked with some doubts, no wonder Mother Lin was puzzled, this was supposed to be a happy event, but the atmosphere in the room was a bit dignified.

"What's going on here?"

"Nurse Lin, what should we prepare for elder brother's trip to Beijing?" Daiyu asked anxiously.

Hearing Daiyu's words, Xueyang also trembled.She also turned her head and looked at Nanny Lin anxiously. Nanny Lin saw Xueyang's movements from the corner of her eye, and her heart was in her throat.Shouted: "Xueyang, be careful!"

Seeing Xueyang put the things down, she breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly accused Daiyu of her crime.Daiyu didn't care much, what's the big deal?They are all on fire.Daiyu hurriedly asked again.

"Girl, uncle should have written this letter since the announcement of the list. That should have happened more than a month ago. According to the time, uncle should be ready to leave. There are still nearly two months to prepare. There is enough time." .”

Sister Lin counted the time in her mind, and said to Daiyu, who was looking at her anxiously, in a calm tone.Hearing the calmness in Nanny Lin's tone, Daiyu also calmed down.

When Lin Ruhai took the exam back then, Nanny Lin, who was a wet nurse, followed and took care of her.And these Daiyu had heard about it, so Daiyu still believed in Nanny Lin's words.

"Nurse Lin, what should we prepare?" Xianyin also asked anxiously.She turned out to be Lin Jingyu's personal servant girl in the yard, and Lin Jingyu was really kind to the maid, so Xianyin was naturally more caring than others.

"Let's not talk about the other things, you go and help Yan Zheng first, and put the things that the uncle sent back." Lin Nanny saw that one and two were looking at her, and she seemed to have an order, so she started to clean up. .

"Nurse Lin—"

"Go!"

Seeing that the maids in the room didn't move, Mother Lin couldn't help being a little angry.When did her words stop working?

Seeing that Nanny Lin was angry, Daiyu hurriedly defended the servant girls, but she was also very confused and felt a little uneasy. "Mum, why don't you clean it up first? Don't get flustered sometimes, and it will affect your brother's study."

The servant girls in the room hurriedly nodded, and looked at Nanny Lin approvingly.

Sister Lin sighed, explaining to Daiyu who was worried about nothing, and mentioned a few maids in the room by the way. "Girl, you are in Jia's mansion now, even if you are strong, you can't use your strength, can you? Just now Lin Mo's family wanted to come to kowtow to the girl, but they have to go back to the mansion to start preparing for the uncle to go to Beijing, so they entrusted the maid to give it to him." The girl apologized and said that she was rude, and I ask the girl to be considerate."

Nanny Lin glanced at the maidservants who suddenly realized, feeling powerless.Mother Lin thought to herself: Butler Xiaolin came to deliver the letter, no matter what, he had to kowtow to the girl through the curtain, but even if he didn't hear the letter, he knew that Butler Xiaolin was going to arrange more important things, what's the point?

Daiyu waved her hand, indicating that it was nothing, knowing that preparations had already begun, she finally let go of her worries.

"Nurse, why don't I go back so that I can help you?" Daiyu asked uncertainly, and the maids also looked at Sister Lin agreeingly.

"Girl, I just started to prepare. It's just cleaning the house and tidying up the yard. You won't be able to help me when you go back. When you're done cleaning up, you can go back to Palm Eye to see if the house you cleaned up is to your liking. There is also the decoration of the study." Lin Nanny looked weakly at the anxious and energetic Daiyu, although she was happy and lively in her heart, she also knew that if she agreed with Daiyu, it would be for Lin Mo Add to the blockage at home.

Daiyu must not be able to sit still. According to her temperament, she probably wants to watch them clean up, but there will be some dust anyway. Isn't this looking for guilt?What's more, Lin Mo's family has to allocate energy to look after Daiyu, so whatever Lin Momo said, she has to clean the house before going back.

Daiyu saw that she couldn't help anything now, so she lost her strength all at once.Nanny Lin knew what Daiyu was thinking, and said, "Miss, there's nothing the mansion can do to help, but now there are still things that the uncle ordered to do?"

Daiyu's eyes lit up instantly when she heard that she could help her brother preparing for the exam, and she hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Nanny Lin twitched her mouth, seeing that the maids in the room also wanted to help, and said, "Didn't the uncle tell you?"

A look of embarrassment flashed across Daiyu's face, and she blinked her eyes in embarrassment.Then he silently picked up the letter that was placed beside him, and slowly read it sentence by sentence.

Several people in the room looked at Daiyu speechlessly.

"Xueyang, Xueyan, take out the things in the box and be careful." After reading the letter, Daiyu hurriedly ordered after knowing Lin Jingyu's arrangement.

Sister Lin saw that Daiyu had already started to make arrangements, so she hurriedly said to Xianyin and the two little maids Xiaozhu and Xiaomei in the room: "Xianyin, go and help Yanzheng put things away carefully. There is a sign on the box, there is a The box was brought to you by the uncle, Xiaozhu and Xiaomei, you go and tidy it up."

Xianyin, Xiaozhu and Xiaomei hurriedly agreed happily, and were about to go out when they heard Xiaolan running in and saying that Zhou Rui's family from Mrs. Wang's room was coming.

Xianyin, who was about to go out, thought for a while, but stopped, looked at Nanny Lin, and found that Nanny Lin didn't criticize her actions, so she also went to Xueyan and Xueyang to help clean up.Xiaozhu and Xiaomei who were following behind wanted to imitate the movements of the big maid Xianyin in the room, but were glared at by Nanny Lin, and hurriedly stood beside Nanny Wang.

When Zhou Rui's family came in, they saw that the people in the room were relatively complete, and said with a smile: "Miss Lin, my aunt asked me to send flowers, and I brought them to the girl."

Lin Momo glanced at Wang Momo, Wang Momo hurriedly said with a smile: "What novelty flowers? Let us also see."

Daiyu was watching the actions of Xueyang and the others, and gave instructions from time to time.Hearing that Zhou Rui's family was coming, she wanted to come forward, but was held back by Xueyang who received the gesture from Nanny Lin's eyes.

Grandma Wang took it, and when she opened the box to see, it turned out to be fake flowers made in the palace.Nanny Wang looked at the two brightly colored and novel palace flowers in the box, her face froze, and she glanced at Nanny Lin reflexively.Nanny Lin also saw Nanny Wang's movements, and went to Nanny Wang to take the box calmly, walked around the screen, and carried it to Daiyu.

Daiyu looked at Nanny Lin's hand, and then asked, "Is it just for me, or do all the other girls have it?"

Zhou Rui's family replied: "Everyone has it, these two belong to the girl."

Seeing that Daiyu was about to have a seizure, Nanny Lin quickly grabbed Daiyu's hand.Zhou Rui's family couldn't see Daiyu's face through the screen, and wondered if she liked it, but they could still see the faces of the two little maids and Nanny Wang outside the screen, and found that the faces were not very good-looking. When I came over, I felt a little apprehensive.

Nanny Lin stopped Daiyu's words, and ordered Xueyan and Xueyang to take out the boxes that had just been divided.

Xueyang held the box and followed Nanny Lin to come out again. Nanny Lin smiled at Zhou Rui's family and said, "Young lady likes these two flowers very much. As expected of the Royal Merchant Xue's family, the last two flowers are so novel. But the girl has just passed the filial piety, so it's a bit sad to see this bright color, and I can't get used to it for a while. It's a pity to put it there. Don't you also have a girl in your family, and the girl will give it to you gone."

Nanny Wang looked at Nanny Lin who had a sincere smile and a sincere tone in her eyes. Thinking of what Nanny Lin had said to her that beating someone should not be done in the face, Nanny Wang took it very seriously.Slapping in the face secretly can make others not know what to say when they refute, this is an expert.Wang Momo decided that for the sake of the girl, she must study hard.

Zhou Rui's family's face was stiff, seeing that Nanny Lin was still holding the box, she stepped forward to take it with a smile.Although it looks a little ugly, but she is really happy to reward her daughter with this palace-made Duisha Xinqiao flower.

Xianyin smiled and said, "Sister Zhou, what are you doing, where have you been?"

"My wife is there, I went over there to answer a call, and my aunt asked me to bring it along."

After receiving Nanny Lin's gaze, Xueyang, who had a tacit understanding with Nanny Lin, hurriedly took up the topic with a smile. "It's better to catch up well than to catch up well. Why don't sister-in-law take back the little things that my girl gave to the other girls?"

"How did you say that?" Zhou Rui's family asked curiously.

Xueyang wanted to stab Aunt Xue, and was going to reveal the fact that her uncle was famous on the list, but after thinking about it, she decided to forget it.I still don't know what will be spread if it spreads, Xueyang replied with a smile: "The last time the girl saw Miss Bao, she was very happy, so she specially wrote to tell my uncle. This time, the uncle will bring all the girls along the way. Some rouge."

Daiyu, who had calmed down, took up the conversation: "I divided the things, and it's not worth much. Brother thought that this is a new product of Jinlan Pavilion, and heard from the shopkeeper that all the wives and ladies are scrambling to buy it. So he specially asked someone to come to Beijing. After all, he is a man with different minds. I don't know if he can win the hearts of the sisters. Sister Zhou will have to explain to the sisters at that time, so as not to complain sometimes. "

Zhou Rui's family knew that Miss Lin's last sentence was to piss off my aunt and Miss Bao, and knew that this matter could only be endured, so they responded with a smile: "A busy man like Mr. Lin still misses all the girls, with this kind of heart , all the girls will only say that it is good."

Daiyu smiled at Zhou Rui's family, and confessed: "Sister Zhou, my brother has already explained everything, and I will divide it accordingly. The one with the winter jasmine pattern engraved on the bottom of this box belongs to Sister Yingchun, and the one with the pattern of roses is Sister Tanchun. The ones in the shape of hibiscus belong to sister Xichun, the ones in the shape of peony belong to sister Bao, and the ones in the shape of rose belong to sister-in-law Lian. And the ones in the shape of Xiangyun belong to me first. When Xiangyun comes, I will take them. Give it to her." Daiyu finished speaking every word, then turned her head to order Xianyin: "Xianyin, don't forget to remind me when the time comes."

"Yes, girl."

Zhou Rui's family suppressed their panic, and hurriedly remembered what Daiyu said, and kept silent for a while, for fear of misremembering.

Zhou Rui's family thought: This comparison will immediately determine who is superior.Miss Bao just took a bunch of flowers for all the girls to choose, but Miss Lin had divided them up and sent them to them. Isn't this a slap in the face?

Xueyang handed the box to Zhou Rui's family, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law came at the right time, but it saved me a meal and ran away. Xueyang is hiding from adultery, but please leave it to sister-in-law Zhou."

Zhou Rui's family smiled and said: "Sister Xueyang just told me to go for such a good job. I'd be happy to break my leg."

"Sister-in-law, I'll see you off."

Zhou Rui's family came out, Xueyang hurriedly followed.Put a pair of gold-plated white jade pendant earrings into Zhou Rui's hands.

"Miss Xueyang, this can't be done."

Xueyang said angrily: "There's nothing wrong with it, it was bought by the uncle for the girl before. The girl felt tired of wearing it two or three times, so she rewarded me casually, and I was not willing to wear it. Today, my sister-in-law helped me a lot. , Xue Yang has nothing to show for it, thinking that this can still catch her sister-in-law's eyes, so she went to her sister-in-law to make a fool of herself."

Zhou Rui's family heard what Xueyang said, and asked in surprise: "Miss Lin usually rewards people so casually?"

Xueyang smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, I know what you are thinking. This is a habit that my uncle has developed. When I was in Suzhou, if my uncle saw a girl wearing heavy clothes, I would ask someone to buy them. My uncle said that the girl from the Lin family You must be pampered, and you must not miss anything from the girl. The girl felt that it was a pity to lose it when it was new, so she rewarded us who were accompanying her, and Wang Momo said that as long as it doesn’t leak out of the inner house, it’s fine.”

Hearing Xueyang's disapproving words, Zhou Rui's family swallowed.

Xueyang wanted to suppress it, and continued: "On the sixth birthday of the girl, the uncle went to choose jewelry for the girl. The uncle has a good vision, and he went around and bought everything. After returning, the uncle simply found someone to specialize in it. Make jewelry for girls. The uncle thought the styles were similar, so he opened two shops, Jinlan Pavilion and Qingdai. Jinlan Pavilion made jewelry and rouge and gouache, and Qingdai specialized in clothes. Later, for some reason, it was among the official wives and young ladies. Once they became famous, two shops opened up, and they became very popular in the Jiangnan area. Sister Yuxiao who is next to the uncle is in charge, and Sister Yuxiao is very embarrassing among the officials' wives."

Zhou Rui's family smacked their tongues and sighed: "Just say that Miss Lin's clothes are different from others, so it is so."

Xueyang smiled and said: "Sister-in-law Zhou's eyesight is also good. The girl's jewelry, rouge, gouache, and clothes are all new products every season. As soon as a new product comes out, Sister Yuxiao will send someone to the capital. Sometimes the uncle will order Sister Yuxiao brought us some mid-range ones, saying that they were rewards for serving girls well. We also have the rouge this time, but the color is not as good. I opened it just now, and I heard that it is made of flower petals. When it came out, it smelled like flowers."

Those who watched Zhou Rui's family were already stunned, Xueyang was satisfied, she smiled and lowered her voice and said, "Sister-in-law Zhou, seeing how you protect me so much, I'll show you the truth. Miss Bao's two flowers, said The truth is nothing in my eyes, let alone a girl? Sister-in-law Zhou, to be honest, the uncle dotes on the maids around the girl so much, let alone a girl?"

Seeing that the expression on Zhou Rui's family's face changed again and again, Xueyang's anger finally eased.To send my girl away with such a crappy thing, do you think the Lin family is a crappy household?See if I don't kill you.

Xueyang sent Zhou Rui's family out of the courtyard, and explained to Zhou Rui's family at the gate of the courtyard: "Sister-in-law Zhou, the girl still has to serve, so I will send you here. Let me remind you again, these boxes of rouge, look It's worthless, Sister Yuxiao sent it with a lot of thought, so be careful."

Seeing Zhou Rui's family tighten the box subconsciously, Xueyang smiled like a spring breeze.

Zhou Rui's family went to Mrs. Wang's first, but Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue were still talking.Seeing that Zhou Rui's family had returned, Aunt Xue couldn't help asking: "Have you sent them all?"

Zhou Rui's family replied with a smile: "Auntie, it's already finished. It's just in time for Uncle Lin to deliver things to Miss Lin, and Miss Lin asked me to bring the things for all the girls together."

"What did Miss Lin send?"

"Uncle Lin specially sent the high-quality rouge from Suzhou. This belongs to Miss Bao." Zhou Rui's family opened the box, and found a box carved with peony patterns from the box to show Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Miss Lin, it's true, it's just two palace flowers. As for returning the gift?"

Since Aunt Xue came back from Lin's Mansion that day, she was enlightened after being scolded by her sister Mrs. Wang who hated iron for being weak, and knew that she and her daughter had suffered a great loss in Lin's Mansion.This dark loss can only be eaten, who told me not to be careful.But after that, Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai couldn't deal with Daiyu in their hearts. Xue Baochai should be smarter and more affectionate on the surface, but Aunt Xue would choke twice when she got the chance.

When Zhou Rui's family heard what Aunt Xue said, their eyes darkened.Listening to what Aunt Xue said, it seems that Miss Lin is specially trying to compete with Miss Bao.

Aunt Xue stretched her head to look at it, and said with a smile: "Baby girl doesn't like these fat and pink things, why don't you give them to other girls?"

Zhou Rui's family curled their lips to hide their emotions, and replied respectfully: "The rouge for all the girls is marked."

After Zhou Rui's family finished this sentence dryly, they stopped.It's not like you, take out a box of flowers, choose two if you like it, and choose two more if you don't like it.This is already decided by others, who will give the extra?

Mrs. Wang also sighed, but she also knew that this silly sister could not return the goods, so she hurriedly sent Zhou Rui's family out to avoid embarrassment.

According to Daiyu's order, Zhou Rui's family sent the rouge to Yingchun and the others.Seeing the face of the earrings given by the two palace flowers and Xueyang, Zhou Rui's family made a special point of explaining to everyone. Comparing the two sides, they naturally treat Daiyu closer in their hearts.

There are no secrets among the servants of Jia's family, so one day when Zhou Rui's family was gossiping, they used this as a talking point.Anyway, no matter what, Daiyu's petty personality and so on passed down from the Jia family's servants became everyone's upbringing.Mrs. Wang saw that the one-sided situation she had created was actually tilted towards Daiyu, and she couldn't help complaining about Aunt Xue in her heart.You said it was a good thing for you to give gifts, but why did you give them as enemies?