[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

Daiyu was playing the piano in the house, and Jia Min occasionally gave her some guidance; Daiyu was always smart, and she would soon be able to play simple piano pieces proficiently.

Jia Min was very relieved to see her like this, and said: "When I was like Yu'er, I would only play around with my brothers." As he spoke, he wiped his eyes lightly with the silk; He brought green tea to Jia Min, thinking that it was the time when Jia Min missed his mother and brothers whom he hadn't seen for many years. Mammy Liu has served Jia Min for many years, so she understands Jia Min's thoughts.

Yan'er staggered on the heated kang, babbling indistinctly.Jia Min hugged Yan'er to tease him, and Yan'er played with the cloth tiger and giggled.

"Fortunately, Yan'er's body is not as weak as Yu'er's." Jia Minmin said with emotion.

Looking at the girls playing in the room, Jia Min frowned sadly.

I heard that the thieves and bandits outside the city of Yangzhou have been put down, and maybe this year will be a safe and secure New Year's Eve.

As in previous years, they are busy shopping for year-end mascots; children love the New Year, looking forward to wearing newly cut clothes to play with firecrackers, kowtow to the elders and get money after the year.

On weekdays, Jia Min asked the nanny to put Yan'er in the upper room to play with her sisters.Yan'er has always been well-behaved, and there are nursemaids and maidservants looking after her; Yanyu, Daiyu, and Zhuang Muru, who lives in the mansion, play the piano and write in the house as before, and go to play with the younger brother for a while when they get tired.Because Jia Min was busy with government affairs, and there was a year-end relationship arrangement, so the siblings didn't have to come to the main house to say hello every day.

Zhuang Mu earnestly followed Yan Yu to learn painting, but he learned it decently.

When it was big time, the children who got the money were setting off firecrackers in the yard with their purses, and the nanny was holding Yan'er in her arms and standing on the porch to watch; smiling.The nurse was afraid that she would scare Yan'er, so she wanted to hold Yan'er in her arms; Yan'er was not happy, and turned her head to look in a fuss.

The nurse only wondered, saying that brother Yan is very courageous, unlike other children, and he will definitely have great promise in the future.

Lin Ruhai came back from the government office and bought candied haws for the children at the temple fair. Daiyu teased Yan'er with a crystal-clear candied haws; Brown-red rock candy, but he just watched his sister eat the candied haws in front of his face.Yan'er fixedly looked at Daiyu, then pouted her mouth and burst into tears.

Yanyu watched their siblings from the side, and waited until she heard Yan'er's cry before going over.

Yan'er's eyes were full of tears, and seeing that Yanyu and Daiyu looked similar, she cried even harder.

The nurse hurriedly picked up Yan'er and coaxed the doll, finally coaxing the doll.

"Yan'er is so young, you can't eat candied haws!" Yanyu also educated her younger sister.

"I just want to show Yan'er the candied haws." Daiyu smacked her lips aggrievedly.

"Children can't bear to be teased the most." Yanyu smiled wryly, and gave Daiyu her bunch of candied haws, "I don't like candied haws."

Seeing her younger sister nibbling a bright red hawthorn, Yanyu felt quite comfortable.

Lin Ruhai promised to take his wife and daughter to see the Lantern Festival on the Lantern Festival. Yanyu remembered the accident that happened last year at the Lantern Festival; although she was looking forward to being able to go out to play, she couldn't help worrying.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, a letter suddenly came from the Zhuang family, saying that Mrs. Zhuang had suddenly contracted a serious illness, and she was looking for the eighth girl to go back to see the old lady for the last time.

Jia Min was also shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly asked Steward Qian to arrange a carriage, and Qian Yi's daughter-in-law accompanied Zhuang Mu back.

Thinking about it, the servants of the Zhuang family also went to Beijing to pass the news to Mr. Zhuang. Hearing that Mrs. Zhuang's illness is severe, I am afraid that it will not last until Mrs. Zhuang comes back to see each other.After Zhuang Mu was sent to Yangzhou, she was raised by Mrs. Zhuang. Although she was not the real daughter of the Zhuang family, Mrs. Zhuang loved her as much as her own granddaughter.

The day after Zhuang Mu left, Yiyan came back with the starched clothes, folded Zhuang Mu's changed clothes and put them together in the wooden cabinet.

Suddenly she felt something pointed in the package, but when she took it out, it turned out to be a wooden stick.

"Girl, girl." Yiyan handed the wooden stick to Yanyu who was reading on the kang, "It seems that Miss Mu left behind."

"Flower stick?" Yanyu took a look at it, and it was indeed the same as the flower stick they played in the academy, but the flowers painted on it were unfamiliar, so she asked Yiyan, "Sister Yiyan, do you know?" What kind of flower is this?"

Yiyan didn't know it either, but Yiyue next to her glanced at it and said, "This should be Epiphyllum, blooming in the middle of the night; the girl goes to bed early, so she has never seen it before."

Yanyu remembered seeing the record about epiphyllum in the book, and she had a little impression; epiphyllum is a flower with a bad life, it blooms late at night, and it is fleeting.

An ominous premonition filled her heart, and Yanyu was already aware that something might happen.

Mrs. Zhuang passed away on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, and Mrs. Zhuang's family came back from the capital to attend the funeral. However, news came that night that the eighth daughter of the Zhuang family, Zhuang Mu, died of a sudden illness.

When hearing the news of Zhuang Mu's death, Yanyu was completely stunned, and Daiyu was so sad that she pulled her sister's sleeves and wept silently, sobbing softly: "Sister, Muer, Muer really... "Before the words came out, I was sobbing.

Yanyu held Daiyu's hand tightly, not knowing what to say now.

The immortal has a long lifespan, and she never knew that the death of the people around her was such a sad and painful experience.

But although Zhuang Mu was physically weak, he had recovered a lot recently, and his spirit seemed to be good, but why did he suddenly die of illness?There must be something strange about Yanyu's arrival here, I'm afraid that even the death of Mrs. Zhuang may not be normal.

Yan'er walked over staggeringly, pulled Daiyu and said clearly, "Sister, don't cry, her face is disfigured and ugly!"

"Yan'er!" Daiyu picked up her younger brother, and Yan'er nestled quietly in her arms.

Yanyu suddenly thought of Mu Yun, he loved his sister so much, it must be very painful to hear the news of Zhuang Muyao's death.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min went to the dealer's funeral and detained their three siblings at home, so they didn't know much about the situation at the dealer's side.

When Lin Ruhai and his wife came back, they saw that their expressions were obviously different; the women in the house took mugwort leaves and smoked them in the house. After asking, they heard that there was an epidemic in Liangguang Temple. Many monks and pilgrims had already fallen ill. The old lady Zhuang and the eighth girl Zhuang both died of the epidemic.

People in the house were also in panic, and the servants who went out to buy food had to drink soup and medicine when they came back.

The room was filled with the smell of smoked moxa, Yu Bai brought in a medicine cup, which contained Qingwen pills, and was taken with fresh reed root decoction.

Yanyu doesn't like to drink these bitter soups, even if there are candied fruit to dispel the bitter taste in her mouth.She wanted to open the window and door to get some air, but the corridor also smelled of boiling soup, which drove her crazy.

Daiyu also contracted a cold for no reason. The doctor came and prescribed two decoctions, but it also made Jia Min feel relieved.

Covered with the quilt and sweating, Daiyu's fever subsided, and she just lay down on the couch and fell asleep peacefully.

These days, all kinds of things are going on, which makes Yanyu feel even more restless.

Originally, I had to go back to the South Campus after the end of the year, but it has been delayed until now because of many events in the end of the year.

After recovering from her illness, Daiyu could only stay bored in the room. She was still depressed and often sat in front of the window with a book in her hand in a daze. .

Sometimes Daiyu would read the "Book of Songs" to Yan'er, even though Yan'er didn't understand but listened carefully, Daiyu would praise her brother for being so good.

Yan'er could understand the words of praise, so she smiled cheerfully.

"Our Yan'er is also very smart!" Yanyu took a Luban lock from the desk and threw it to Yan'er to play with, but Daiyu picked it up: "Sister, how old is Yan'er! How can he play with this!"

Yanyu lowered her eyes as if she was deep in thought, and then looked at her ignorant younger brother, and put on a frown again.

At the beginning of March, the epidemic gradually dissipated in the city, so Jia Min only took Yanyu to the Panxiang Temple in the Xuan Tomb to offer incense and pray for blessings, so that Daiyu could still rest at home.

Yanyu sat quietly beside Jia Min in the carriage, looking reticent.

Jia Min caressed her affectionately, and said kindly, "Yan'er, mother knows that your sister and Mu'er have a good relationship, and she is very sad to hear that she died unfortunately."

"I heard from my aunt that Mu'er has been weak since she was a child." Yanyu lowered her head and played with the handkerchief, whispering.

"Mu'er is also a poor child!" Jia Min said with a bit of sadness on his face.

When they arrived at the Xuantou Panxiang Temple, both Jia Min and Yanyu knelt down on the futon in front of the Buddha and kowtowed devoutly; Yanyu secretly prayed in her heart, hoping that Zhuang Mu would join a good family in the next life, and not to be involved in the tragedies and grievances of this world again .

When I close my eyes, I always think of all the jokes I had with Zhuang Mu in the past, and feel even more sad.

Zhuang Mu did not die from the epidemic, but from a man-made disaster.

Just like what Mu Ran said, if you don't fight anymore, you can only be the fate of man's knife and me as fish and meat.

A nun in Tsing Yi came forward to offer incense to Jia Min. Yanyu turned her head and saw the young nun standing next to the nun in Tsing Yi with hair and practiced very kindly. She touched Yan Yu's eyes and showed a kind smile Yanyu recognized her as her old friend Yu Jing who had become a nun.

Jia Min lit the incense and donated incense money to the temple according to the reason, and then went to the back hall with the nun to listen to scriptures.

The nun asked her disciple to take Yanyu to play.

After Jia Min and the nun left, Yanyu said to Yu Jing, "I haven't seen my sister for many years, how is my sister?"

"I became a monk in the monastery and practiced. Master treated me very well." She lit a stick of incense and handed it to Yanyu, adding a little bit of wind and frost to her eyes. And less contact with the outside world.”

Smelling the scent of sandalwood, Yanyu frowned tightly.

Miaoyu looked at her and asked, "You have worry between your brows? But worry in your heart?"

Yanyu sighed: "That's true."

Miaoyu said leisurely: "Everything in the world is troublesome."

Yanyu asked her back: "Now that you are out of the world, is it true that there is nothing right or wrong?"

Miaoyu was silent for a while, and finally shook her head: "I believe in the theory of karma and fate. Since it is a fateful arrangement, it is also the best arrangement."

Yanyu disagrees; there is no fate and cause and effect in the world, and everything is just a page of fate of Si Ming Xingjun.

The Buddha statue has kind eyebrows and kind eyes, as if looking down on all living beings with compassion.