Daiyu's life

Chapter 42

Baochai didn't go directly to Daiyu's residence, and scattered a lot of money, and the servants of the Jia family almost told Baochai how many farts his master farted a day, so Baochai knew that not only Daiyu had two There is a female official, and there are two sisters beside the Lin family brothers. Daiyu will go to Jiamu's place every three days to say hello. just go.

Having mastered the rules of the Lin family's siblings, Baochai helped Aunt Xue to Mrs. Wang's place. This Lixiang Courtyard is very close to the East Courtyard, and it is easy to enter from the front door of the Lixiang Courtyard to the back door of Mrs. Wang's place. Just two steps away, when Aunt Xue arrived, Mrs. Wang was having breakfast with Aunt Zhou and Aunt Zhao.

Today, Baochai is not very ostentatious in what she wears, a home-made jacket that is half new and not old, and a small fox fur cape. Mrs. Wang smiled very satisfied, and Aunt Xue shook her head helplessly and said, "I don't know who this child looks like." , I don’t like those flowers and pinks at such a young age, and I’m so plain and clean all day long, it’s a headache.”

Mrs. Wang said, "Bao girl is good like this, people don't like those who are coquettish and coquettish all day long."

Aunt Xue didn't answer the question, but said, "Sister, don't praise her anymore, otherwise this child will become more left-handed, and our own child will look good no matter what, just afraid that outsiders will talk about it."

Mrs. Wang said indifferently, "For people like us, it's good not to pick on other people's houses. It's their turn to talk there."

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue were talking. Baochai just sat with her head down and smiled. Why are you here at this time, you are not allowed to see the wind just after eating."

Baoyu said, "Auntie, hello, sister Bao." As he spoke, he went to Mrs. Wang and said, "I got up earlier today. I don't have anything to do now, so come and see my wife."

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "Don't come here to trouble me, you demon, let me, An Sheng, talk to your aunt for a while, and you lead Bao girl to find the second girl and the third girl to play with them."

Baochai shook her head honestly and said, "I'll accompany my aunt, and it's fine for mom to talk."

Mrs. Wang said, "Good boy, my aunt knows you are filial, so go and play with your brother Bao, you little girls should play more, and I will go to the old lady when I talk to your mother." went there."

Only then did Baochai and Baoyu leave, while Daiyu was talking to Jiamu about going up the mountain to practice rituals at Jiamu's place. The morning sun shone on the two treasures, and the clothes on the two seemed to add a layer of golden light, making them white. There were two traces of blush on her face, and her eyes were like apricot water. If Baochai hadn't been a little taller than Baoyu, the two would really be an indescribable match.

Mother Jia smiled and said to Daiyu, "This is the girl of your second aunt's sister, who just arrived yesterday."

Jia Mufu said to Baochai again, "This is the girl from my little daughter's family. Because they are still in their filial piety, they didn't come out yesterday because they were afraid of offending you."

Baochai and Daiyu glanced at each other. Daiyu was wearing a moon-white cotton jacket, a stone blue skirt, and a small silver phoenix hairpin on her hair. It is said that she is shabby, but Daiyu's every move has an air of nobility, which makes people think that she should be like this, and will not underestimate her because of what she wears, and just overwhelm Baochai. At one end, Baochai saluted with a smile, "Sister Lin."

Daiyu's curiosity towards Baochai is limited, no matter whether sister Bao will marry Jia Baoyu in the future, the two of them will not meet too much, Daiyu doesn't think she has to compete with Xue Baochai, so she stands up and salutes Said, "Sister Xue."

Baoyu smiled and said, "Sister Xue is weird. Sister Lin might as well follow us and call Sister Bao."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Who told Second Cousin not to say it first, I don't know what you call it, now it's time to choose."

Baochai said gently, "Sister Lin can be called whatever she likes, but it's just a name."

Daiyu accepted with a smile, and after sitting for a while, Daiyu got up and said goodbye.

Baoyu said, "Sister Lin, I just came back, why did you leave?"

Xichun rolled his eyes beside him and said, "It's not like everyone is like the second brother, he's a wealthy idler, if it wasn't for Sister Lin who hasn't met Sister Bao, she would have left a long time ago."

Since Jia Jing often took Xichun over to have a look, Xichun's desolation has become two points less, but this little temper has become more and more serious, let alone Baoyu is Jia Zhen, the uncle of the Ningguo Mansion. He didn't dare to offend her, and every time he got angry with Xichun, he could only take something small to coax Xichun. Jia Zhen was no better with Jia Jing than Jia Baoyu was with Jia Zheng.

As long as he didn't persuade Baoyu to study and improve, he wouldn't be angry no matter how the sisters robbed Bai Baoyu, so he explained with a smile, "It will take another two or three days for Sister Lin to come here, and I am not good at Sister Lin's place." I went, I thought that Sister Bao was not familiar with her when she first came here, and I will host a table and banquet, so we can have a good time."

Daiyu said, "Second cousin's kindness, I appreciate it. It is right to give sister Bao a chance, but Hongwen Temple has already made a decision. It cannot be changed. I hope sister Bao will forgive me." Chai said.

Baochai said with a smile, "The younger sister's matter is already settled, so I won't mind."

Daiyu also said goodbye and left.

It was Baoyu who saw Daiyu leaving and asked curiously, "Sister Lin, why do you go to Hongwen Temple? That temple is better for practicing Buddhism, and there is no scenery. Where is Sister Lin?"

Tanchun saw that Jiamu's complexion was not very good. How could Jiamu be angry with Baoyu, but the anger in her bones might be put on someone's head, so she quickly pulled Baoyu's sleeve and gave Baoyu a wink. Individuals filed out, all ripped out.

Baoyu pulled Tanchun and said, "Third sister, but did I say something wrong just now?"

Tanchun said in a low voice, "It's not that you said something wrong, it's just that the anniversary of the fourth aunt's death is approaching. The Lin family invited Hongwen Temple to perform a ritual. Tomorrow, Sister Lin and her siblings will all go up the mountain. Come here and tell the old man Ma'am, the old lady is in a bad mood because she thinks of Fourth Aunt."

Baoyu patted his forehead and said, "Damn it, I forgot such an important matter. Fortunately, sister Lin left just now. If Wang Sifu knows what I just said, I won't even be able to go to the front yard."

Xichun snorted and said, "If you run around like that again and the second master sees you, I think you should go to brother Lin's study outside."

Baoyu immediately shut up.

After they sat down in Tanchun's room, Baochai asked indifferently, "Didn't the mansion know that sister Lin was going to Hongwen Temple?"

Xichun said, "That's the Lin family's business, why should the family know."

Baochai said gently, "I'm just thinking about Sister Lin's age. It's a big deal to do things for my aunt. It would be bad if something happened to her when she was young."

Yingchun, who had been silent all this time, said, "When Sister Lin, Brother Lin and the others came, Uncle was worried. Many people followed from the front yard and the back yard, and the two gentlemen around Sister Lin never left, so everything was taken care of. .”

Baochai didn't want to ask further questions, but said reassuringly, "That's good, otherwise, Sister Lin and the others are young and really can't be reassuring."

Wang Sifu went back and smiled at Daiyu, "It's because if Miss Xue really enters the palace, she can really do something."

Daiyu said, "I don't think it will be possible. The Wang family is no longer in the capital. If Miss Xue wants to enter the palace, she can only rely on her second aunt. The eldest sister of the second aunt's family is still living in the palace. The second aunt is not like that." Big belly."

Mrs. Wang always paid attention to the brothers and sisters of the Lin family, and Daiyu couldn't always wait for others to tell her. Every day, people from the Lin family asked people from the Jia family to inquire about the news. Take your time, what happened to the Jia family, the Lin family doesn't say it clearly, but they do know something, Chen Siji and Wang Sifu also heard about the Xue family.

Chen Siji said, "Actually, it's good for that Miss Xue not to enter the palace. There are many achievements in the palace. In the end, there are a few who can survive. Sometimes it may be said that they all make wedding dresses for others. That Miss Xue enters the palace." If the palace has a higher status as an ordinary court lady, the young female officials are all from those families, and they are all cultivated since childhood, which is different from us. The good thing is that the bamboo basket fetches water in vain. As long as it earns some money for the Xue family, it will be good for the Xue girl from the Xue family to marry a person from a good family, or a Jinshi from a poorer family. The second and third sons who don’t study are all feasible.”

Here, the Xue family is an imperial merchant, and their status is much higher than that of ordinary merchants. Ordinary merchants can only send their daughters to the master of the family to be a concubine. As long as Xue Pan is a little more competitive, it is still possible for Xue Baochai to marry better.

Wang Sifu and Chen Siji said, "You didn't see that girl from the Xue family, that is, she is two points behind Yu'er, and the fourth girl is still younger. Let's not talk about it. Then, Miss Xue can beat the second girl by half just because of her momentum." Street, beat the third girl by a head, and the people from the second uncle's wife also said that this is because Miss Xue also helped her mother and brother to manage the house when she was young, and her poems are also good."

Chen Siji laughed and said, "That can't really make a difference."

In fact, Xue Baochai also embodies the sorrow of ancient women. A small half of their fate is in their own hands, and they can be changed through their own efforts. Most of them are indeed in the hands of their fathers, brothers, husbands and sons. .

I have to say that Mrs. Wang did a good job of keeping the matter of Xue Pan's beating to death a secret. So far, no one knows that the Xue family actually went to Beijing to take refuge in the small election. They only thought that Xue Baochai was going to be drafted. The whole family went to Beijing, if Daiyu didn't know something, she must have been kept from it.

It is no wonder that Wang Sifu and Chen Siji spoke so highly of Baochai. Not long after playing with Sanchun, Baochai secretly had the attitude of a big sister. Now Baochai has no idea about Baoyu and has a bigger goal. It does not prevent her from receiving the three sisters of the Jia family. When she was in Jinling, the Xue family was regarded as a local snake. Even girls from the official family and Xue Baochai were polite. There was something wrong with one kick, which made Sanchun very depressed.However, because Yingchun's father does not love her mother, she is still a soft-tempered person, so she endured it, and Tanchun wanted to make a living under Mrs. Wang's hand, so she had to say a lot, but Xichun showed her displeasure on her face. .

If Jia Jing hadn't gone to the Taoist temple to make alchemy, Xichun could be said to be the most prestigious girl in the Jia family. Daiyu had a sincere friendship with Xichun. Daiyu was better than Xichun. Xichun could only be happy. How long did it take to put on a pair of big sister's style, how is Xichun used to seeing it, after a while, she said, "Oh, sister Lin still has a lot of paints from me, and they are all kept by sister Lin herself. I’m leaving, I’ll go get it now.” Without giving anyone a chance to speak, he ran away like a gust of wind.

She came directly to Daiyu, and Daiyu teased, "You don't want to play with my new sister, what are you doing here with me?"

Xichun said, "What kind of sister is she?" Daiyu wondered, "It was fine just now, why did it turn sour now?"

Xichun said, "Just now the third sister asked 'Sister Bao' what pastimes she usually has at home, she said she was just being a female celebrity, and asked what we all do, and I said that I like to draw when I am free,'Sister Bao ’ That is to say, girls still want to be a female celebrity, and the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all small ways, and whatnot, nothing makes people angry, just come here to pick up the paint, and it will save people to come to pick it up at night.”

Daiyu nodded Xichun's head and said, "It's not wrong for Sister Bao to say that. Our girls can go to the imperial examination no matter how good they are at home, and no matter how good your poems are, they can be passed on. No matter how good your paintings are, we just look at them." If you think about it, you won’t be able to become a master, but you will become a trail.”

Xichun sighed, and said, "Every time I see my second elder brother not wanting to go out, but hanging around in the house, I wish I could replace him with my own body."

Daiyu said, "Why are you sighing? You paint because you love it in your heart, and you don't want to become everyone. I like playing the piano and writing not for people's appreciation, but for the love in my heart. The avenues and trails are all Taos, as long as you leave, you will not be able to live, you will learn everything you need to learn, if you like it, you will like it, no big deal."

Xichun thought for a while and smiled again, "No, as long as I like it in my heart, it's all good, otherwise, what's the point of living in this world."

Daiyu also laughed.

Xichun flicked his sleeves and left, and the few people left were a little embarrassed. Tanchun rescued and said, "Sister Bao, don't worry, the fourth sister is the youngest, and the family will inevitably give her a little bit."

Baochai smiled softly and said, "Fourth sister is still young, and there are some who don't want to hear these things."

After revealing the matter, Baochai smiled and said, "I think Fourth Sister and Sister Lin are doing very well."

Tanchun said, "Sister Lin is surrounded by Mr. Chen who is a very good painter, and the fourth younger sister often seeks advice from Mr. Chen."

Baochai laughed and said, "It's really rare to have such two gentlemen by my sister's side."

Baoyu said angrily, "It's not rare, these two people never leave Sister Lin's side, one guards the house and the other must guard Sister Lin, even the two sisters next to Brother Xuan and Brother Yu are the same, Xuan Younger brother Yu and younger brother will guard the house when they are not at home, even sister Lin's big girl can't enter their inner room, it really makes people don't know what to say."

Baochai's eyes flickered, but he didn't continue to talk about this topic, and went elsewhere.