Daiyu's life

Chapter 51

After dinner at Ningguo Mansion, Daiyu went back to Rongguo Mansion. Daiyu was in a good mood and led her two younger brothers to eat. Haoyu took a sip of goat milk and said with a smile, "At first I didn't like to eat this thing the most. I’ve gotten used to it after eating for a few years, and I feel uncomfortable if I don’t eat it.”

Daiyu laughed and said, "Your little tongue is so picky that you can't taste the smell, but what you eat is like drinking medicine."

Haoyu said, "That's because they didn't control the amount of almonds properly."

Daiyu didn't speak any more, just saw that they both finished eating and sent them out before cleaning themselves up. The Lin family's affairs are not too small. There is Su Hu's cuisine in Yangzhou in Beijing, but this Only Daiyu can take care of the affairs of the capital. Fortunately, Daiyu is used to it, so she is busy.

Daiyu was packing up the things Lin Ruhai sent with Mrs. Fan. After the sage ascended the throne, the things Lin Ruhai sent immediately returned to their previous appearance. There are a lot of them, Daiyu is able to tidy up at home in an upright manner. Today's sage saw the 20 taels of silver notes sent along with the secret book and said with a smile to Zhao Feng, the eunuch who had been close to him since he was a child, "This Lin Ruhai is really cute."

Zhao Feng said, "They are all sages and sages, Master Lin dares to remind you so." Lin Ruhai raised money for the sages a few years ago, and they were all scraped off from the salt merchants. At that time, the fifth prince would give Lin Ruhai [-]% every year. Now Lin Ruhai is still raising money for the saint's private treasury, and Lin Ruhai also got [-]% of the silver this year, but he didn't expect Lin Ruhai to turn around and send it back to the saint in this way.

The saint laughed and said, "Ding Ming should stay with Lin Ruhai for a while."

Zhao Feng laughed and said, "Ding Ming's name is Meng Li now. I heard that Master Lin is very popular. Everyone calls him Mr. Meng."

The sage nodded and smiled, and made up his mind that Lin Ruhai was so obedient that he, the emperor, couldn't be cold. The minister's heart was not, so he moved up the date of Lin Ruhai's return to Beijing.

Daiyu didn't wait to pack up her things, but Mrs. Wang came to call again, Xueyang showed Daiyu a set of gold inlaid coral headgear, Daiyu looked at it and nodded. He took out the things and said, "Why is the second uncle and wife coming here to ask the girl to go when she is doing well?"

Xuejuan laughed and said, "The second uncle and wife have not called the girl once in 800 years, so I am not used to calling the girl over so suddenly."

Daiyu said, "Second Wife can't eat people, so there's nothing to be afraid of."

The girls just pursed their lips and smiled without speaking. Daiyu asked, "What is Zijuan doing? She can't do needlework in the house. Tell her to come with us later."

Daiyu sometimes felt that she had delayed Zijuan. If Zijuan had not followed her but continued to wait in Jiamu's house, she would have become a big girl. Because she was still in Rongguo Mansion in the Lin family, Daiyu The big girls around Yu performed their own duties, and even the second-class girls were trained since childhood, and Zijuan couldn't get in her way. Fortunately, she was given by Jia Mu, and the Lin family just didn't use her. It's still good, with Lin's and Jia's double monthly bills, but it's not as good as being a big girl in Jia's mother Baoyu's house.

Zijuan could bear it, and couldn't get into Daiyu's side, so Ansheng was doing needlework in the house, and had a good relationship with the two embroiderers of the Lin family, and now she is doing a good job of showing off, if it wasn't for Xiuniang's too much trouble in the future Being a show lady is also good.

When Daiyu arrived at Mrs. Wang's room, Baochai Sanchun had already arrived, and the girl was missing Xiangyun. Mrs. Wang took Daiyu's hand and smiled, "Good boy, is it freezing outside?"

Daiyu shook her head and said, "I came here by car, and there is a charcoal basin in it, so it's not cold."

Mrs. Wang said, "Then you should be more careful. Don't blame your aunt for being naughty. Your father might worry about you all alone in Yangzhou. Be careful."

Daiyu wore a pair of red gold solid carved bracelets and coral bracelets. Daiyu let the two collide with each other, and nodded in agreement. Baoyu Xiangyun was talking and laughing all the way in, and Mrs. Wang also cared. Not Daiyu anymore.

Xichun shook Daiyu's hand, but Daiyu shook her head and did not speak.After a while, Zi Baoyu and Xiangyun walked over together.

Baoyu pestered Mrs. Wang and said, "Why did my wife call everyone here today, but something can't be done?"

Mrs. Wang put her arms around Baoyu's arm and said with a smile, "Your aunt just sent a lot of leathers, all of which are the latest ones. The furs are still shiny, so Mother just wanted to make clothes for each of you. Let you come and pick them out." Picky, this thing is not easy to handle, or it would have been sent to the old lady long ago."

Baochai said with a smile, "Auntie can make it for my sisters and Brother Bao. My mother also got a lot of it. She also explained that some of them will be used to cut clothes for us."

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "What you got there is what you got. Your aunt sent it back specially to cut clothes for your sisters. It's all your uncle's wish. Otherwise, who of your sisters still lacks these one or two pieces?" Big woolen clothes won’t work.”

Tanchun smiled and said, "After such a long distance, my aunt sent these things back."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang's face seemed to be a little brighter, and she said, "Your aunt loves you the most, and she misses you even when you are far away."

Mrs. Wang said that Jin Chuan led the people to bring up all the leathers, and Daiyu followed suit. It wasn't the best kind, but it was almost the same. There were many leathers and everyone was not too modest, so Daiyu followed suit Just a piece of ermine.

Mrs. Wang looked at it and said, "Xuan'er and Yu'er go to school every day, and I won't see you now. My niece helped them choose two good ones." Daiyu said, "I just made two for them this year. After my aunt If it’s here, it’s too much.”

Mrs. Wang said, "How old are they? It doesn't matter how much they wear." After hearing this, Daiyu chose two wolf skins.

After staying with Mrs. Wang for a while, a few people went to Mrs. Jia's place. Xiangyun didn't say anything since arriving at Mrs. Wang's place, and Xiangyun didn't say anything. After a few more glances, Baoyu has been circling around Xiangyun, wondering if she is ill, so Baochai Tanchun also follows.

Greeting the spring and cherishing the spring, Daiyu was a little behind, and quietly asked Daiyu, "Why didn't my sister choose two good ones just now?" Daiyu said in a low voice, "Even if my second aunt did it, I wouldn't dare to wear it. It would be a waste to choose a good one. Just pick any two and you're done."

Xichun said, "Even if you don't wear it, it's good to leave it alone." The two of them were talking when they saw Zhou Rui's family leading a plainly dressed old woman out, and the old woman was holding a four or five-year-old Child, the faces of the two of them are not very good, and Child even sniffled, Daiyu stopped and asked, "Who is Sister Zhou sending out?"

Zhou Rui's family froze for a moment and said, "This is my wife's distant relative, Grandma Liu, come to see my wife today."

Daiyu was quite interested in this child, so she asked, "What's your name and how old are you?"

The child said in a crying voice, "I'm called Baner, I'm five years old." As he spoke, he wiped his nose with his sleeve.

Xuejuan and the others frowned, Daiyu took back the gold bracelet from her hand and asked Xuejuan to pass it to Grandma Liu, Daiyu smiled and said, "My child is in my sight, grandma will take it back for him to play with." .”

Grandma Liu bumped into Mrs. Wang just now, she was a little dazed after hearing this, but she came back to her senses and hurriedly said, "He is a child, and he can get girls' things there."

Daiyu didn't speak, just walked away, Xuejuan handed the bracelet to Grandma Liu and said, "Grandma, don't be afraid, our girls like children the most, and it's because they grow up well that our girls like them." Throwing the bracelet into Grandma Liu's arms, she quickly caught up with Daiyu and her party.

The gold bracelet in Daiyu's hand was specially made to be worn during the Chinese New Year, and it was heavy enough to be worn during the New Year. There was a three or four double weight. Daiyu and the others didn't take it seriously, and exchanged it with Grandma Liu for a few acres of good land for the family. , so he asked, "Sister Zhou, which girl in the mansion is this with such a kind heart?"

Zhou Rui's family took Grandma Liu out in a hurry, and said, "That's the cousin girl in the mansion, the girl from the Lin family who patrols Yanyan."

Grandma Liu said, "No wonder you are so generous. Your root hair is thicker than our waist."

Zhou Rui's family frowned and said, "Don't blame your wife for being angry. The new clothes just made for the Chinese New Year have just been put on, and now they will be discarded. My wife was almost burned. The new year is coming soon. Big and small things at home are waiting for you." The wife decides, how can I get better after hurting my wife at this moment."

Grandma Liu kept nodding and said, "It's because this child is ignorant and hurt his wife." Zhou Rui's family didn't let Grandma Liu continue, and sent them away.Even though Mrs. Wang was angry, she gave Grandma Liu five taels of silver, and Grandma Liu took out one tael to give to Zhou Rui's family. Zhou Rui's family liked it, and she just wanted to send someone back to Mrs. Wang's business.

Chen Siji Yingchun Xichun and the others didn't have any thoughts on Daiyu's behavior. Daiyu was not short of money or jewelry, so he gave it to the grandparents and grandchildren, not to mention that Mrs. Wang had just stabbed Daiyu. Yu, Daiyu returned the hand stab, there was nothing to say, the group of people talked slowly and arrived at Jiamu's place.Zhou Rui's family was afraid that Mrs. Wang would be angry and did not dare to tell Mrs. Wang about this matter except Grandma Liu.

When Daiyu and his party arrived at Jiamu's place, Jiamu hugged Xiangyun and talked with Baoyu. When Jiamu saw the three people who came in, she said, "How can you walk so slowly in such a cold day? Come here quickly." Sit down and drink some ginger tea for a while to get rid of the cold."

After Daiyu and the others sat down, Mother Jia went on to speak, "This year's weather is warm, so the fur is not very good. It's not as dense as the cold winter one. It feels different when you wear mink fur."

Xiang Yun said, "There are so many theories about such a big woolen dress. I know that there are still good and bad points for the same thing depending on the type."

Jia Mu smiled and said, "Silly boy, the same food is divided into upper, middle and lower. Why is there no distinction? You are still young, and you can't learn this, and you will know it in the future."

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled without interrupting. Baoyu said stupidly, "No, the old lady can tell at a glance whether the leather is good or not. Sister Yun doesn't usually do this. It’s all ready and delivered, so I don’t know where to go.” Daiyu grinds her teeth with a small dried fruit to play, this day is really a big show after another, the singer is not tired of crooked, and the listeners are all tired of crooked, Even Tanchun didn't get too involved, but had to follow Baochai.

After lunch, Daiyu went back to the front yard. Chen Siji in the carriage couldn't help but shook his head and said, "We're all a family. They're like black corns every day. How can we live a good life."

Daiyu also sighed, if everyone could think about it, the world would have been unified long ago.

In order not to be affected by Mrs. Jiamu Wang's war, Daiyu seldom went to Jiamu's side, since the Lin family had a lot of things to do anyway.

Xichun said reluctantly, "Now I clicked back again. This is going to be a mess. I really don't want to go back."

Daiyu said, "There are just a few things that can turn the world upside down."

Xichun waved her fingers and said, "there are few things to do there. When Baoyu saw Brother Rong's daughter-in-law, her younger brother would hold her back. It will be the Chinese New Year soon, and she insisted on pulling her to homeschool. It took two days to make a fuss." Let the old lady persuade her to come down, saying that she will go after the next year, Baoyu kicked Qianyun out for a cup, what kind of golden and jade marriage is there? It's the same with Sister Yun, she and Second Brother are inseparable, the two of them are as good as one."

Daiyu was also helpless, and could only comfort her, "Sister Yun will go home in a few days, and then she will be able to calm down a bit."

Xichun said, "I hope so."

What Daiyu didn't expect was that she came to her door before Xiangyun's family went to work. Looking at the two silk flowers in the box in the hands of Zhou Rui's family, Daiyu took them over and asked with a smile, "This aunt gave it to me alone." , or everyone has it.”

Zhou Rui's family laughed and said, "The eldest grandma, the second girl, the third girl, the fourth girl, and Miss Yun all have them. These two belong to the girl."

Daiyu asked, "The silk flowers are pretty good. Auntie has a few."

Zhou Rui's family laughed and said, "There are twelve in total, two for each girl, and two plain ones for grandma alone."

Daiyu knew in her heart that it wasn't necessarily Mrs. Wang's negligence on purpose, she was fighting happily with Jia's mother, and Daiyu's attitude of not getting involved was obvious, and she couldn't take care of herself at the moment, it was probably Zhou Rui's family who was lazy, but Lazy is lazy, Zhou Rui's family didn't take themselves as a cousin seriously in their hearts this week.This evil wind cannot grow, even if the Lin family does not have anything to do with the Jia family, Daiyu will not allow a servant of the Rongguo Mansion to neglect her so much. This is not only the cousin of the Rongguo Mansion, but also the eldest daughter of the Lin family, Daiyu. If he just let it go like this, the Rongguo Mansion gang will follow suit in the future, and the Lin family will lose face.

Daiyu said, "Xuejuan, go and get the set of sapphire-encrusted hairpins that Daddy sent a few days ago." Daiyu winked and Xuejuan nodded.

Zhou Rui's family felt that something was wrong, looked up at Daiyu, and saw that Daiyu still had a smile on her lips, but her eyes were cold. There are thin hairpins in the tray, and the other tray is a set of gold hairpins and two silver hairpins. The set of thin hairpins that Lin Ruhai sent over has 22 pieces in total. Daiyu picked out twelve and said in a gentle voice, "How did sister Zhou get away just now?" Yes, please trouble Sister Zhou to take a walk and give me all these hairpins."

The cold sweat of Zhou Rui's family immediately came down, she wished to slap herself twice, Daiyu even slapped Mrs. Wang's face, how could she let her, isn't this the same as pulling a tooth out of a tiger's mouth, Zhou Rui's family apologized and said with a smile, " It’s all about old slaves, I’ve been so busy during the Chinese New Year, and now I’ve been confused for a while, I didn’t deliberately neglect the girl, the lady has spared a lot of servants this time.” He said with a smile on his face Twice.

Daiyu was playing with the rest of the hairpin, and said with a smile, "I just said that sister Zhou is the most useful person under my second aunt. How could she be so rude? Since sister Zhou has confessed wrongly, I am asking It’s not about being unreasonable and unforgiving.”

Zhou Rui's family said, "Your maidservant is really going well." Daiyu said, "Today, this matter is not big or small. If it is big, it is my second aunt, Aunt Xue and sisters. , when I was young, you were lazy and slippery. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Sister Zhou is also a busy person under the second aunt. The official can't afford to lose this person, and the Lin family's century-old reputation can't afford to lose this person. Since sister Zhou doesn't want to go back the same way, let's change the way and help me deliver this set of masks to my aunt. It is also my niece's wish that the Chinese New Year is here, and these two silver hairpins belong to my second aunt."

After hearing this, Zhou Rui's family knew that Daiyu was really angry. It would be better to just take the thin hairpin and confess to Daiyu. He had no choice but to kneel down and kowtow to admit his mistake and said, "It's all the servant's fault. There are a lot of young ladies. Don't get angry because of this servant, I will go to the second wife to receive the punishment."

Daiyu said lightly, "So you offended me, and you only accept second aunt's punishment. I can't let you run around here."

Zhou Rui's family was sweating coldly and Daiyu didn't talk nonsense to her. Aunt Fan came over with the Lin family's housekeeper, who was a tough woman who had enough strength to drag Zhou Rui's family outside. Zhou Rui's family was really scared. , cried, "The servant girl is blinded by the lard, and the servant girl knows it is wrong."

Daiyu didn't listen at all, but just waved her hand, and someone pulled her outside the door. Zhou Rui's family went outside the door and hugged a pillar and knelt down to admit her mistake, but the servants of the Lin family didn't pull her up by force, and knelt for less than half a day. Zhou Rui's family regretted it in an hour, but at this time, the servants of the Lin family just stood by and guarded. They neither said to pull her up and let her deliver things to Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, nor did they say to spare her. Zhou Rui's family knew this. It was Daiyu who deliberately cured her, she can't walk now, she can't enter the house, she can only kneel in this cold wind, why didn't Zhou Rui's family's incomparable empress leave with the twelve thin jewel hairpins.

Zhou Rui's family knelt for two hours before Xue Juan came out and said, "The girl said, since Sister Zhou is so sincere to admit her mistake, she can't bear to embarrass you too much. This is enough for a while. Sister Zhou will go back first, we will Go and send all these hairpins to the girls."

The face of Zhou Rui's family turned purple, and now she also knew that Daiyu was just using her as a show, killing chickens for monkeys, so that all the servants in the mansion would have eyes, not to fight against Mrs. Wang , Zhou Rui's family's remorse scene is all green, she knelt in the cold wind, and then her walking posture and face have long been wrong. Before Zhou Rui's family walked back to the East Courtyard, the whole Rongguo Mansion had already spread the word.

After hearing this letter, Yingchun showed a small smile. These days, Mrs. Jiamu and Wang are pinching each other. .

Baochai was really calm, she took the hairpin and gave Xuejuan half a dime of silver as reward, and let Xuejuan bring back some fragrant apricot condensed honey made by Xue's family, Baochai sighed when she went back to the house It's impossible for Baochai not to be upset if such a good thing is done in one breath. Fortunately, Daiyu was only angry with Zhou Rui's family and sent people to Jia's house. She didn't think that Xue's family deliberately gave her shame. , So I said to Aunt Xue, "Mom, if there is anything in our family in the future, we will try our best to handle it by ourselves."

Aunt Xue said angrily, "This girl Lin is too unreasonable. Because Zhou Rui's family neglected her, Zhou Rui's family can make Zhou Rui's family kneel for so long. This time, the Lin family's servant is not the last one to see her off." to our house."

Baochai sighed, and said to Aunt Xue as if crushing it, "If the silk flower is given by our family, the last one will be given to Sister Lin. No one can make a mistake, and Sister Lin will also send it away politely." Well, our two families have no relatives at all, we just live here together. Zhou Rui's family is the mother in charge of this mansion, just like our own servants. Besides, it was not Sister Lin who made Zhou Rui's family kneel down, but Zhou Rui's family herself If you have to admit your mistake, what can Sister Lin do."

Aunt Xue was still gloomy, and didn't say anything more after all.

Zhou Rui’s family knelt in front of Mrs. Wang with snot and tears. Even if Mrs. Wang was so angry that there was smoke on her head, there was nothing she could do about it. Zhou Rui’s family was not punished by Dai Yu, but she was willing to kneel. As for Zhou Rui’s family’s golden-headed noodles Whoever saw it and the silver hairpin, except for the servants of the Lin family in the Rongguo Mansion, only Zhou Rui's family saw it, but whoever said it would believe it.So Daiyu didn't shame her as the second aunt, but Zhou Rui's family sincerely admitted their mistakes, and Daiyu had to punish her a little bit.

Mrs. Wang scolded, "Cry, why cry, you can do such a small thing, come here and cry now, get out of here." Zhou Rui's family had no choice but to go back and develop a high fever before arriving home , It took more than half a month to be considered good, this is a later story for the time being.

Daiyu punished Zhou Rui's family. Not only could Mrs. Wang not say anything about Daiyu, but she also asked Jin Chuan to bring something to comfort Daiyu. Daiyu said angrily, "It's all my fault. I just asked casually at that time, who knows?" Sister Zhou is so sincere that she insists on admitting her mistake. The family members don’t dare to pull Sister Zhou up by force. It's an old man of the Lin family, so it's really hard to let it go, so I didn't go to apologize to my second aunt, sister Jin Chuan will help me talk to my second aunt when I go back."

Jin Chuan smiled and said, "The old guy from Zhou Rui's family was lazy and neglected the girl. Don't say that she has to kneel for two hours, she should kneel for three more hours."

Only then did Daiyu show a smile, she was no longer full of annoyance and wanted to make amends to Mrs. Wang.

There was a chill on Jin Chuan's back, and Daiyu entertained Jin Chuan with good tea and snacks, and then let him go back.

After Jin Chuan came back from Daiyu, Mother Jia also showed a smile when she knew it, and she also sighed in her heart. Jia's mother would not leave the ready-made Daiyu unused, but insisted on leaving Shi Xiangyun in Jia's house.

When Jia Min was still there, Jia's mother once wrote a letter expressing the idea of ​​wanting Baoyu and Daiyu to get married. And, the mother-in-law rubbed her daughter-in-law with many tricks, and now Daiyu still treats Baoyu like this, which makes Jia's mother stop thinking about it, and treats Shi Xiangyun even better.

The author has something to say: Today and tomorrow are all exams, less and more after the exams.