[Red Mansion] Today is also not a person in Jia's house

In the past, most of the bookshelves were poems and songs, and later they were all kinds of vernacular books. Since the last time I talked about Baoyu, there have been several history books in succession, even "Spring and Autumn".

If you say you don't have any thoughts, you won't believe in ghosts.

Being exposed by her own sister, Lin Daiyu did not refute.

"My sister gave me two servants. Of course, I have to find all the books I want to read. Do I have to obey those rotten scholars? It's better for a woman to have no talent?"

"It's impossible to be a butcher for an official. It's always possible to come up with an idea. Good sister, help me think about it."

Lin Yun was helplessly entangled.

"I really can't compare with you in reading, just say what I know."

"The Jia family has been the most prosperous since Ning Rong, and now there are few people who are even qualified to go to court. I don't need to say more about its decline. The old lady sent her eldest sister to the palace for a small election, probably because she wanted to find another way out."

"It is said that sending a concubine to live in the country, but not knowing where to use the general, isn't that the same reason?"

"It's a pity that apart from the old lady, few people in the house understand the deep meaning of it, and they are all waiting to enjoy the wealth that the eldest sister has won for them."

Thirsty, Lin Yun picked up the tea and drank half a cup, then looked up and saw Lin Daiyu counting with her fingers.

"The first uncle is a first-class general of the gods. Although he has a title, he has no real job. The second uncle is a dignified man, only a sixth-rank Yuanwailang. I heard that Lian's second brother donated a colleague..."

After careful calculation, none of them are really useful.

Even if Lin Daiyu herself doesn't yearn for officialdom, she can't help but sigh.

"The sisters are all good, especially the big sister Yuanchun. It's a pity that men are incompetent, but girls are required to fight for their lives."

Lin Yun approached mysteriously.

"You don't like it either? I have an idea. What do you think if the girls give up the men?"

Lin Daiyu turned pale with shock.

"Why did my sister say that?"

"If there is no man to support, how can a woman deal with herself?"

Although Sister Lin's thinking is more open than many people's, it still inevitably has the limitations of the times. Lin Yun chooses words carefully to make her words as less shocking as possible.

"Women rely on men, in the final analysis, they just need a support, but who said that this support must be a man?"

"A man can be named a marquis and a general if he has made military achievements, but can't it be done by a woman who has made military achievements?"

"Let's not talk about it, Xue Pan is an asshole, if it's Sister Bao, can't he lead the Xue family to skyrocket?"

Lin Daiyu pondered for a moment.

"I don't know about Sister Bao, but if Third Sister has this chance, she will definitely be willing."

The two sisters looked at each other and understood the meaning in each other's eyes.

The status of men and women is secondary, the most important thing is personal ability, just let the girls show their talents, how easy is it?

Lin Yun counted the time, silently waiting for the opportunity to come.

In the evening, when Jia Mu and others came back from the palace, they were tired and couldn't hide their joy.

At the same time, there was a second piece of good news, the emperor's kindness, the newly promoted Jia Zheng was promoted to be a doctor of the Ministry of Industry.

The whole Jia Mansion was beaming, and Mrs. Wang was even more energetic.

"The big girl is in her early years, and our family is different."

"It's coming to the end of the year soon, it should be more lively, let's be happy, and give the empress a face."

In previous years, it was extremely extravagant, and this year it will be even more lively, but Mother Jia didn't think there was anything wrong, so she happily agreed.

"That's a reasonable thing to say, call Feng girl over another day, get a charter before Laba, and ask me to take a look."

"By the way, there must be a lot of things for the palace. Today is different from the past. We should be more careful and get some from my private treasury."

Mrs. Wang responded one by one with a brighter smile.

Although the eldest son died young, the eldest daughter was concubine, and the youngest son was the old lady's favorite. Now, in the whole mansion, except for Jia Mu, she is the most precious.

Every time I think of this, I can't help but straighten my waist, even Aunt Zhao, who I used to hate in the past, is more pleasing to the eye.

"For such a big happy event in the family, we must not spread a bad reputation to discredit the empress."

"The maids and servants have all rewarded the monthly money, and the aunts have also rewarded them. If you don't look at them, look at the empress. No matter how bad it is, it's just embarrassing for the girls."

Aunt Zhou is a transparent person, she will go back and stay honestly after thanking her for the reward.

Aunt Zhao weighed the two taels of silver, then curled her lips and spat.

"How many taels of silver are you going to send the beggar?"

"Don't think I don't know, every attacker has earned several taels, and now I can't even compare to a servant."

Tanchun was angry and anxious when he heard about it.

"How much money is the empress's face, how dare you dare to gossip?"

"Even if it's not for yourself, Huan'er won't be supported by his mother in the future? They are brothers and sisters, so there are many benefits. How much is it worth?"

The shallow-sighted mother-in-law refused to listen, so Tanchun gave her half of the seven or eight taels of silver that he had saved with great difficulty, and then it was over.

It's just that, as a result, she has less money to use, and she dare not take out the rest, making life more difficult.

I was painting in the Jiangyun Pavilion one day, and a handkerchief accidentally fell out.

Xichun looked around.

"Third sister's handkerchief is dirty, throw it away."

Everyone looked at the words, and they saw that the veil was stained with ink, and it was half soaked.

Tanchun hurriedly picked it up.

"It's okay, just wash it off."

As he spoke, he handed the book to the servant girl behind him, as if he was in a hurry to cover up.

Seeing her actions, Xue Baochai understood, and greeted all the sisters.

"I finished the painting here, how about you take a look?"

"It will be hung on the wall of the east wing on the day of the Chinese New Year. We will be happy with the plum blossoms, and we will be happy too."

The girls praised him one after another, forgetting about the handkerchief for a while.

As the end of the new year was approaching, the Jiangyun Pavilion began to be busy with giving gifts for the New Year. Lin Daiyu took the gift list and took stock of each one.

"With last year's old calendar, this year is not too difficult. This one is for Uncle Zhen, that one is for Grandma Zhen, and Uncle Rui..."

Zicuckoo, who was working hard, suddenly raised her head.

"Girl, Master Rui passed away two months ago."

"I heard that he was ill. He was lying on the bed for two or three months but he didn't recover. He didn't recover."

The counting hand paused for a moment, but Lin Daiyu took a pen to tick off the name without making a sound.

"The toilets of the two nephews are complete, and the rest are the sisters, are they all ready?"

Zicuckoo took out several stacks of rice paper from the box.

"It's already ready. The three girls, Miss Bao, and the three masters have all been divided."

"As for Eldest Sister, I'm just waiting for her to write down the word cards that Eldest Miss said a few days ago."

Busily dividing them up, Lin Yun came in from the outside, with Qingmei Ziling holding something behind her.

"Have you got the calendar right?"

"This year, the eldest sister is concubine. This is an extra calligraphy and painting for the uncles, and there are also hairpins for the sisters. It is convenient whether you wear it yourself or give it to others."

Qingmei put down the calligraphy and painting in her hands, and distributed them according to the list.

Zi Ling opened the box in her bosom, and there were dozens of plain silver hairpins the length of a finger inside.

Lin Daiyu handed over the list casually.

"Ningguo Mansion has reduced two shares, and the rest will be divided."

There is a black line drawn under each of Qin Keqing's and Jia Rui's names, and the rest are as usual.

Lin Yun's gaze paused for two seconds, and he looked down as if nothing had happened.

"Put it away after it's arranged, and send it out next year."

"I've already been to Lian's second sister-in-law, and the Jiangyun Hall still follows the old lady, and doesn't care about anything else except the New Year ceremony."

In the Yuanchun concubine, there are only a lot of people in the house who pay New Year's greetings, and various officials and ladies come and go constantly. In order to avoid accidentally offending the nobles, the Jiangyun Pavilion is directly closed.

After finally making it to the [-]th day of the first lunar month, there was a lively scene of drinking and singing outside, and the girls were already sitting in the corner lazing.

"It can be regarded as the last day. There are so many Madam and Princesses who have come to visit in the past few days that my face freezes from laughing."

Xichun complained in a low voice, and leaned on Yingchun's body to borrow strength, enjoying it.

Tanchun laughed at her.

"You still feel tired. The ladies and ladies I have met with the second wife in the past few days are called too many. I dare not eat or drink."

"Not to mention anything else, just to reward those servants, the silver hairpin given by sister Lin and the ring given by sister Bao are almost used up. Thanks to the old lady's subsidy, otherwise the year will not be able to survive."

She looks good on face, but when she thinks of her purse, she still can't help but feel heartbroken.

Xue Baochai smiled and relieved.

"You are the younger sister of the imperial concubine, and there are many people who are inquiring about you, but Jiangyun Hall and Lixiang Garden are hiding away."

"Anyway, there are old ladies and wives, but you don't need anything."

Gossiping and laughing here, while the stage over there has already changed a play, babbling, Lin Yun dozed off listening to it.

Xichun poked Tanchun's arm, motioning her to look this way.

"Usually Big Sister Lin also likes to play and make trouble, why did she doze off today?"

"Our sisters are seen by the wives of various families. She is dodging in the Jiangyun Pavilion, and she looks more tired than us."

Lin Yun's eyes almost narrowed, so Lin Daiyu could only answer for her.

"My sister is used to watching gossip, so I'm not interested in this kind of drama. It's a shame that I didn't fall asleep today."

"Let's leave her alone, she will wake up in a while."

Several people covered their mouths and laughed.

When the moon was high and Jia Mu was tired, the banquet finally dispersed.

When the sound of clearing the tables and chairs sounded, Lin Yun suddenly woke up, making the girls lean back and forth with laughter.

"We are all going to sleep, but Sister Lin wakes up."

"I'm afraid I've had enough sleep just now, don't you want to count the stars all night?"

Lin Daiyu was even more narrow-minded.

"It's not scary to count the stars, just don't count them on the roof."

Lin Yun stretched out his hand and pinched his face, counting one by one, pinching them one by one.

"Usually I don't eat less of my food and drink my food, so you're welcome to make arrangements for me."

"Next time I'll put you all on the roof one by one, and no one is allowed to give you ladders!"

The crowd dispersed happily.

In Rongqing hall, Yuanyang and others carefully waited for Jia Mu to lie down, and was about to tiptoe away when they heard a soft sigh.

"Is the eldest girl of the Lin family fourteen?"

All the other maids withdrew, leaving only Yuanyang.

"Miss Lin was only thirteen after her birthday a year ago, and Miss Bao is fourteen."

Jia Mu half-closed her eyes to look at the bed curtain.

"I watched today, the girls are playing well, but they are gradually getting far away from Baoyu."

"In the past, the two Yu'er liked playing together the most, but it's a pity that it's only been a year, and they haven't cultivated much relationship yet, so they came to have a sister."

Yuanyang put out two candles and sat down by the bed.

"Look at what the old lady said. They are sisters. Is it normal to have a good relationship?"

"Even if Miss Lin and Second Master Bao have only been together for one year, they are childhood sweethearts, and no one else can replace them."

"Yesterday, the two masters also said that they had something to ask the old lady to help with the details, so they should go to bed quickly, so as not to be insane tomorrow."

Jia Mu didn't know what she was thinking, she sighed for a long time, turned over and closed her eyes.

Yuanyang waited for her breathing to calm down before she lowered the curtain and slumped up and down outside.

The elders' calculations are naturally unknown to the younger generation. The girls occasionally have troubles, but most of the time they gather together to joke.

Lin Daiyu has read more and more travel notes, so she has to share a few with her sisters, and the Jiangyun Pavilion has become an inner study.

Seeing the paintings they made changed from Hundred Flowers to Famous Mountains, Great Rivers, Flying Birds in the Forest, Lin Yun felt that it was about time.

"Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, the painting does not lose its momentum. Sure enough, the sisters have their own hills and valleys in their chests."

"I have a deal here, do you want to do it?"