Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

The 26th of the twelfth lunar month.

Daiyu was sitting in the car, across the carriage, she could already hear the noise of people on the street, it was much more lively than when she went out a few days ago.

It can be said that when I came to Baolinghou's mansion, I first met Mrs. Chu, the wife of Baolinghou Shi Nai.

Mrs. Chu took Daiyu's hand and asked her to sit down beside her. She said with a smile on her face, "I've heard from Miss Yun that there is a cousin girl living in Jia's family. She is from the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Today It’s just that I’ve met someone, and it’s really different from other girls I’ve seen in my daily life.”

Mrs. Chu grew up in the capital, and most of the women she sees on a daily basis are boudoir girls in the capital.What she said now was limited to geographical differences.

Mrs. Chu ordered the girl to ask Xiangyun to come out. While waiting, she chatted a little with Daiyu.

Not long after, Xiangyun came over with the girl, first bowed to Mrs. Chu in a very polite manner, and then greeted Daiyu.

Daiyu was secretly funny at first, but then felt a little sad.When Xiangyun was playing around with his sisters in Jia's house, he was usually careless, but today he behaved his duty so far.

Fortunately, Mrs. Chu didn't keep the two of them by her side for a long time, so she let Xiangyun take Daiyu to play in Nuange.

Leaving Mrs. Chu's side, there were maids and women sent by Mrs. Chu to follow, until entering the warm pavilion, most of the maids and women of the Shi family were outside waiting for orders, and only the snow geese brought by Daiyu were waiting in the room. With Cui Ling who was following Xiangyun, Daiyu saw that Xiangyun was relaxed and had a bright smile on his face.

The mothers-in-law who control her are outside, and Daiyu, who used to eat and live with her, is beside her. Xiangyun's talkative nature is no longer suppressed, and she pulls Daiyu to chatter, and often asks a question. After Daiyu finished answering, she had to ask the next question.

It didn't take long, and the girl next to Mrs. Chu led the three girls from Jia's family and Baochai.

This warm pavilion is not big, and now a group of girls came, it seemed a bit crowded, but no one cared.

Daiyu and the other sisters have not been separated for a long time, and now they meet again at the Shijia, but they have a different mood.

Baochai is more thoughtful than the three girls of Jia's family.Since she lived in Rongguo Mansion and met Xiangyun, Xiangyun is closer to her than other girls, so she also heard about Xiangyun's situation at home from Xiangyun.

However, Xiangyun never said it clearly, most of the time he mentioned it briefly, and then his eyes became red, and he didn't want to say it again.Baochai would not insist on getting to the bottom of it, but seeing Xiangyun's situation, she felt that Xiangyun was uncomfortable at home.

Today Baochai was able to come to the historian's house, and saw that the number of servants of the historian's house was not as large as that of Jia's house. Although there were some girls and women, the number was far less than that of Jia's house.Historians have not as many furnishings as Jia's.At first glance, it seems that the historians are no longer prosperous, but they are not as brilliant as the Jia family.

Pian Baochai lived in Jia's house for some time. Although she never touched the accounts of Jia's family, but watched Jia's expenses coldly, and occasionally heard Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng talking, she could vaguely guess that the situation of Jia's family was not as good as hers. I thought well before coming to Kyoto with my mother.

Looking at historians now, they can see that although there is no prosperity on the outside, there are sufficient energy inside.Just like the servants of the historians, they are not as numerous as the Jia family's, but they all behave very well. Some servants who are more respectable than the Jia family even dare to compete with their masters. The momentum is completely different.

Baochai doesn't know other people's family affairs, but she knows her own family.After her father died, she discussed with her mother, and they all understood that Xue Pan could not support the family business, so she gradually changed the extravagance of the past, but many rare things were not absent, they were just hidden.

Just as Baochai was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Xiangyun ask: "Second Sister, what is Second Brother Bao busy with today? I thought he was going to make a fuss, but I didn't see him."

Daiyu also had this doubt, but didn't ask.Now that I heard Xiangyun's question, I will listen carefully.

Tanchun laughed and said: "He is probably busy playing with Qin Zhong at this time, how can he care about us? Yesterday Qin Zhong came to visit his sister, and then he and Brother Bao went to our house to visit the old lady. You know the old lady If you like him, I saw him yesterday and insisted on keeping him overnight, but this morning he wasn't playing with Brother Bao, so Brother Bao didn't make a fuss and wanted to follow?"

Xiangyun clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "I'll just say it! It's fine if brother Bao doesn't come, but if he comes, how can there be so many fun things in my house?"

Having said that, I feel a little sad.

Xiangyun's smile faded, and he turned to ask about Baoyu's reading. He heard that Baoyu's reading still didn't benefit much, and he was always scolded by his father, and sighed for Baoyu again.

At the end, Xiangyun smiled and said: "It doesn't matter what happened to Brother Bao. Now he is willing to go home to study, and Qin Zhong will accompany him to study. In a year or two, he will really work hard. You can't tell! It’s rare to come to my house, but it’s a pity that it’s so cold in the twelfth lunar month, and I can’t take you outside to get cold, so let’s just sit here and talk. When you didn’t come, I asked Sister Lin a lot of questions, Sister Lin Didn't even answer me!"

Daiyu pushed her and spat: "You have the nerve to say it! Every time I want to answer you, before I finish answering, you have another question, how do you want someone to answer it?"

Xiangyun smiled and fell towards Baochai.

Baochai hurriedly pushed Xiangyun to get up, and said with a smile: "If you continue to do this, I'm afraid that Maoer will simply confuse all the questions you asked!"

When Xiangyun heard this, he quickly sat down, pulled Daiyu and said with a smile: "Good sister! Tell me quickly! Those in your family are not in a hurry, we have to go to your house to play sooner or later. But the Temple of Medicine, Can you tell me more?"

Everyone has heard about Chongyu collecting Daiyu's medicinal residues in the Rongguo Mansion earlier, but now he heard about the Temple of Medicine from Xiangyun, and became more interested, and several pairs of eyes fell on Daiyu.

Daiyu had no choice but to tell what she saw and heard that day.

After hearing this, Baochai hurriedly said: "In my opinion, this temple is probably really alive. Maybe the root cause of the girl's illness can be cured. If so, I will go to pay my wish."

Daiyu said with a smile: "It's very good, what is my sister willing to pay back? It's my sister's disease, and she is also suppressed by the Lengxiang pill. Why did it bother you? Why do you need to find this barren mountain temple?"

Baochai asked back, "Will you not allow me to fulfill your wish?"

Daiyu was startled.She has always regarded Baochai as the greatest enemy in her life, and she often feels a little "how can you be bright when you are born?" Now when she suddenly heard Baochai say this, she couldn't tell whether Baochai sincerely hoped that she would recover from her illness, or whether she was pretending to do so. All in the name of kindness.

Without waiting for her to think about it, Xiangyun pulled her and said, "Sister Lin, if you want to go to that temple again someday, maybe you will take me with you?"

Daiyu turned her head to look at Xiangyun, only to see a rare look of hope in Xiangyun's eyes, and her heart softened.

It's just that Xiangyun is a girl from the Shi family, and there are no elders in her family. It is not easy to take Xiangyun home and take Xiangyun out.

What she didn't know was that Xiangyun was aiming for this point.For example, Jia's family and Xue's family have wives and wives, but they all restrain the girls. At worst, they have to make a big show before they can go out. How can they go out as lightly as Daiyu just said? of?

Although Xiangyun is ignorant, she doesn't understand why the second aunt suddenly invited the sisters to her home, but she can understand that this change must have occurred after Daiyu returned to Lin's residence.She begged Daiyu, maybe it would work.Even if it doesn't work, they are sisters who used to sleep in the same bed, and they don't care too much about each other.

After begging Daiyu to agree, if there is a chance, he will definitely invite her to go with her, Xiangyun is happy now.

Xichun was also quite moved, but her status in the Rongguo Mansion was always a bit embarrassing, just like Yingchun, she never took the initiative to ask for anything for herself.Today, in other people's homes, I feel more and more embarrassed.She happened to see chess set on a small table beside her, so she played chess with Yingchun.

Xiangyun was in a high mood and became more and more eloquent.And there is Tanchun who has always been hearty, which is even more exciting.

The girls in the warm pavilion were having fun, while Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Wang over there were talking about current news in Beijing.The historian invited several girls, but the girls are young and need to be accompanied by elders when they go out. For this reason, Mrs. Wang brought the girls here today.

During the conversation between Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Wang, it was quite tentative.Shi Nai once mentioned to Mrs. Chu about Lin Ruhai's sudden return to Beijing, and it was rare to find someone in Beijing who knew the reason behind it.Shi Nai asked Mrs. Chu to invite the girls to play at home, and also meant to ask Mrs. Chu to find out the news from the backyard.

Although Mrs. Chu and Daiyu spend a short time today, it is enough for Mrs. Chu to see that Daiyu is also a ignorant person.After all, Daiyu is a little girl, so it is reasonable not to understand.Mrs. Chu also only focused on Mrs. Wang who sent the girl from the Jia family.

She tried repeatedly, but Mrs. Wang's answer was of no value.Mrs. Chu was still talking and laughing with her, feeling a little discouraged in her heart.She only knew that Mrs. Wang's words were so strict that she never leaked anything, but she didn't know that Mrs. Wang really didn't know about the Lin family's affairs.

After such entertainment until the dinner party, Mrs. Chu let everyone eat before sending the guests away.

Mrs. Chu asked Xiangyun again, and when Xiangyun said that Daiyu invited her to play in the Lin Mansion, Mrs. Chu didn't say whether she should or not.Xiangyun was a little uneasy, wondering if he might have misunderstood her aunt.But I can't ask my aunt any more, so I have to be busy with needlework again.

Historians do not use needleworkers, and most of the things are made by the women in the family.

In Xiangyun's generation, there is only one girl, Xiangyun, but there are several cousins ​​and daughters of Xiangyun, all of whom are about the same age as Xiangyun, and some are older than her and younger than her.Mrs. Chu usually asked Xiangyun to set an example for her nieces, so Xiangyun was restrained even more and must obey the rules.

If Xiangyun and his nieces grew up in the historian's family, and they were used to doing work since they were young, that's fine.Pian Jia's mother had discussed with the deceased Mrs. Baolinghou back then, thinking that there were many young girls in the historian's family, Xiangyun might not be able to be taken care of by Haosheng if she stayed in the historian's family, so she took her to her side specially.

Xiangyun spent a few years in Rongguo Mansion, although there were some people who learned to do needlework in Jia's house, but that was just for the girls' pastime, how could it compare with the workload of historians?Therefore, when Xiangyun returned to his home, he felt more and more uncomfortable everywhere.But this is her serious home, and she has nothing to say.

Besides, Mrs. Chu, when she had time at night, she told Shi Nai one by one about today's events, including Xiangyun and Daiyu.

Shi Nai was already a little sleepy, but after hearing what Mrs. Chu said, he regained his energy.

He was fascinated by his own thoughts, frowning for a while, raising his brows for a while, worrying and smiling at the same time, very weird.

Mrs. Chu had never seen him like this before, she was surprised and didn't dare to ask more questions.

Finally, Shi Nai came back to his senses, and immediately said:

"Ma'am, from now on, you should let Xiangyun and that girl from the Lin family communicate more often! If the Lin family wants to take Xiangyun to the house, just let them do it!"