The Red House of the Concubine of the Jia Family

"My son was a little seasick when he went there, but he felt much better when he came back. The mother cooks some delicious food for him these days, and he will definitely gain weight soon."

"That's right, these few days, my mother will cook for you and prepare delicious food for you. Let's make up for it." Touching her son's dark and thin face, Jia Xuan was both happy and sad.

"Mother, my son has seen a lot of beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River this time, and brought you some gadgets back. You can take a look and return them to Dad. Cen'er and Xin'an also have them." Even the servants at home, Lu Qi'an let him Qian Er brought back a piece of handkerchief or a bamboo or wood carving for each of them, but they were not so delicate.

"It's hard for you to think about everything." Looking at the carefully selected gifts from her son, Jia Xuan was really sweet in her heart.Cen'er and Xin'an were also very satisfied with their gifts.

After the two happily ran away with presents, Jia Xuan asked about Sister Lin's affairs, "You are going this time, how is your Uncle Lin's health? I heard from your previous letter that your uncle gave you Sister Lin Did you bring a lot of people here?"

"Uncle Lin is in good health, except for some minor coughs. The sons have all recovered before departure... It is true that he brought a lot of servants for his cousin, but the rich Lin family originally lived in the Lin Mansion, so there are so many of them by my cousin's side. It is also my uncle who takes care of me. During this period of time, my uncle has taken good care of my son, and my son has benefited a lot. My cousin has to trouble my mother to give you more food."

"Don't worry, I will have someone pick up your cousin in two days to stay here for a few days." If there is anything wrong, you can also remind Daiyu's mother.

At the same time, the seven-year-old little loli Lin Daiyu also entered Jia's mansion surrounded by nuns and maids.

When entering the door, the servant woman led Daiyu and her party to the corner door.

Nanny Lin next to Daiyu immediately noticed the problem, stopped Sister Lin immediately, and scolded the slave who led the way in front of everyone.When the slave went in to report, Nanny Lin explained the problem in this way, and the group including Daiyu had a much worse impression of the Jia family.

When Wang Xifeng found out about this, he asked someone to open the middle door and welcome them in. Mother Jia held Daiyu crying for her dead daughter, and Daiyu just shed tears with her, but she no longer had the initial admiration for Mother Jia. .Mother Jia didn't notice this.

"Yu'er, come, this is your first aunt, this is your second aunt, and this is your eldest brother Zhu's daughter-in-law, sister-in-law Zhu." Daiyu met each other under the guidance of Jia Mu.

Mother Jia said again, "Girls, please come here. Visitors from far away are here today, so you don't have to go to school." When everyone answered, Mother Lin sneered in her heart. It was Mother Jia's intention for the girl to come to Beijing. They sent news all the way in, but they did not open the middle door, but opened a corner door to welcome guests. Now, even the girls in the family are invited here. How can this Jia family have any way of hospitality?This matter, she has to hurry up and send a letter back to the master to talk about it.

While Sister Lin was thinking, she saw three nurses and five or six maids, surrounded by the three sisters.Daiyu hurriedly got up to greet her, and after recognizing each other, everyone sat down together.The servant girl poured tea, but said something about how Daiyu's mother got sick, how she consulted a doctor for medicine, and how she mourned.

Mother Jia couldn't help being a little sad, and said, "My children, the only one who loves you is your mother. I didn't expect to leave me first, and I didn't even see you for the last time. How could I meet you today?" Are you not sad?" Saying that, she hugged Daiyu into her arms and began to cry.Everyone quickly relieved, and finally stopped.

After a lot of tossing, Daiyu's face was full of exhaustion.

Sister Lin saw the tired look on her daughter's face. There were so many smart people around her, but no one noticed it. Even Jia Mu, who said how much she loved Daiyu, didn't notice it at all. She was about to say something, so she just I heard someone laughing in the backyard, saying, "I came late, and I never greeted the guests from far away."

Daiyu thought, this should be what the nanny said, Lian's second cousin?Sure enough, the behavior is wild and wild.When I thought about it, I saw a group of daughters-in-law and maids surrounding a person coming in from the back door.Because Jia Xuan reminded her before, this time Wang Xifeng didn't wear a gold-and-white butterfly jacket, a red satin jacket with flowers, or a multi-colored silk engraved stone green and silver mouse jacket. On the contrary, she was dressed in a very simple and elegant way. Even the pearl and silver headdresses are chosen.

If it is serious, the Jia family in this room is probably only Wang Xifeng's attire, which is in line with Daiyu's mother's mourning status.Jiamu and the maids in Jiamu's house are not wearing red, and the others are not completely taboo about red.Therefore, Wang Xifeng's clothes changed the initial impression of Daiyu, Lin Nao and others on her.When she came forward to greet her, Daiyu couldn't help being more sincere.

Jiamu laughed and said, "You don't know her, she is a famous poor family here, you just call her 'Feng Lazi'."

Daiyu is not easy to address like Mother Jia, although she guessed that she is Jia Lian's wife, but it is not good to go up and address Lian's second sister-in-law directly, lest everyone think that she has studied them at home, even though Nanny Lin still He really gave her a detailed analysis of the character of everyone in the Jia family.

It wasn't until the sisters told each other that Daiyu followed everyone and called "Second Sister-in-law"

Wang Xifeng hurriedly took Daiyu's hand, looked it up and down carefully, then sent it to Jiamu to sit down, and said with a smile, "There is such a beautiful person in the world, I just met today..." Some words coaxed Jia Mother is very happy.Then Wang Xifeng took Daiyu's hand and said, "How old is my sister? Did she go to school? Don't be homesick here, just tell me what you want to eat, what to play..." and asked her mother-in-law Children, "Did Miss Lin move in all her salutes? How many people did you bring?" etc.

Seeing Wang Xifeng's question, Nanny Lin finally took the opportunity to insert a needle, "Old lady, ladies and grandmas, ladies and gentlemen, hello, the girl is here this time, bringing two nuns, maidservant and Nanny Liu, and four maidservants. A little maid, four poor women, two boys who pass on orders, and another master asked the slaves to bring some filial piety. On the one hand, it can be regarded as the filial piety of our master and girl to the old lady, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as the girl’s time in the house. Please accept the board and lodging fee for the stay here.” As she said, Mother Lin winked at the two maids, Chunfeng Xiayu, and the two big maids brought up a red lacquered box, opened it, and there was a whole box inside. 1000 taels of silver.

"What is this for? Yu'er is here to live, how can I ask for money? Where will I put my old face?" Jia Mu was very angry, but it was not because Lin Ruhai sent money here. After all, Jia Min gave a lot of money over the years When she came back to support her natal family, Jia's mother was just angry. Lin Ruhai gave money with great fanfare. What does he mean by this?Is it because she is afraid that she will not succeed if she is greedy for Daiyu's money?

"Grandmother, just accept it. This is Yu'er's filial piety to you. If you don't accept it, Yu'er will be sad."

"Hey, why is it necessary for Yu'er, okay, then grandma will accept it, and if there is anything to spend on Yu'er's side, I will support it from me."

"En." Lin Daiyu nodded.After Madam Lin and the others completed the task, they retreated to the side.

Then, Mother Jia ordered two old nuns to lead Lin Daiyu to see her uncles Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng.Jia She's wife Xing quickly stood up and said, "I'll take my niece there, it's convenient."

So Daiyu followed Mrs. Xing to the big room to meet Jia Amnesty, but she didn't see him.Mrs. Xing wanted to stay for dinner, but Daiyu had to decline because she still had to visit Jia Zheng.

When it comes to Mrs. Wang, I don’t know if it’s because Jia Min’s relationship with Mrs. Wang’s sister-in-law was not close enough when she was in her boudoir. Mrs. Wang’s enthusiasm for Lin Daiyu is not as good as that of Mrs. Xing, and when she mentioned the "devil king" at home, it was rumored that she was born with jade. Cousin, Daiyu has a feeling that Mrs. Wang probably doesn't like her being close to this cousin. It seems that she should stay away from this cousin in the future.

As if to keep Daiyu away from Baoyu, Mrs. Wang told about Jia Baoyu's various demonic behaviors. Daiyu followed Mrs. Wang back to Jiamu's place until Jiamu sent a message to pass on dinner.

At Jia Mu's place, Daiyu finally saw Jia Baoyu, who was pampered by Jia Mu like jewels and treasures in her mouth, but this man seemed too arrogant and ignorant of the world, and even wanted to pick words for herself as soon as he came up.

"Second Master Bao, speak carefully." The eyes of Nanny Lin and the rest of the crowd turned red.The girl's character is to be obtained by the elders when they are at the girl's house. What kind of person is he, Jia Baoyu, who dares to come up and get the girl's character without authorization. What's the "I've seen this sister"? He has read a lot, but he doesn't know a few words, but this way of flirting with girls is a trick. What kind of aristocratic family is this?It was clearly a little hooligan, but none of the members of the Jia family stepped forward to stop him. He was really a good tutor.

Daiyu also felt quite aggrieved, and the tears fell down uncontrollably, which frightened Jia Baoyu and dared not say more.

When I asked about the house later, Sister Lin no longer respected Mother Jia. Although she was still respectful on the surface, she despised Mother Jia in her heart.

"Move Baoyu out, stay with me in the warm pavilion of the suite, and temporarily place your girls in Bishayu..."

"Old lady", Mother Lin gritted her teeth, afraid that she would not be able to hold back her disrespectful words for a while, "I'm afraid this is not right, not to mention that there are nowhere to put the many commonly used utensils brought by the girl, but There is no place for slaves and maidservants who serve the girl on weekdays... If the old lady doesn't have a suitable house here, the Lu family uncle said before coming that the girl can go to the Lu's house, and there is a spacious place to live there... ..."

Everyone felt as if they heard Mother Lin grinding her teeth.

However, Mother Jia was annoyed that Nanny Lin had refuted her point, and even used the Lu family to suppress her, instantly annoyed Nanny Lin, Daiyu, Lu Qi'an, and Jia Xuan.

But she couldn't, she didn't tell Wang Xifeng to clean up the single-family courtyard before, now where can she find a suitable place for Lin Daiyu and his party to live in?