[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

Daiyu only had a smile on her face, and Mother Jia glanced at her granddaughter, and said, "Your uncle sent a letter back, and he will return to Beijing to report on his work next year, and he probably will stay in Beijing in the future, so their siblings are naturally very happy! "

"That's a great thing!"

"That's not right! Your Lian's second brother will help tidy up the Lin family's house after the new year, but I feel very reluctant to think that your younger brother and sister will move back."

Lin Ruhai's letter was sent to Rongguo Mansion along with the annual ceremony, and Jia Lian was given time to help clean up the Lin family's house in the letter, so he would not send another housekeeper back to Beijing.

This doesn't require Jia Lian to do it himself. There are some servants left behind in the Lin family's mansion. After he went to see it in the next year, he hired some craftsmen, and then sent six sons to check it every day. After two months of completion, he rebuilt Painted furniture was put back in.

After everything was packed, Jia Lian had checked and accepted it, and was going to take Lin Daiyu and Lin Ke back to the Lin family to familiarize themselves with the house.Of course, there is no way to avoid sister Qiao's troubles. If she is entangled, she has no choice but to bring her two daughters with her.

Regarding their own family, Lin Daiyu and Lin Ke were naturally looking forward to it and had other emotions. They talked a lot less in the car. On the contrary, it was Sister Qiao who kept pestering their father to ask questions.

"Daddy, are little aunt and Ke'er's family big?"

Sister Qiao has always been so nondescript when calling people. Lin Daiyu has always paid attention to her seniority, but when she comes to Lin Ke, she always calls her by her first name. The family knows that the two of them grew up together and doesn't care. Sister Qiao didn't lose her sense of propriety when she was there, so she didn't care.

At this time, Jia Lian heard his daughter's words, and saw that the other three children were also looking at him with late faces, so he nodded and said: "The old house in the capital is naturally very big."

"Really?" Sister Qiao didn't know what the five generations of princes were like, but when her father said that she must be very big, she turned to Lin Ke and said, "Ke'er, your family is so big. Invite me and my sister as guests!"

Lin Ke nodded earnestly, and Lin Daiyu immediately smiled, looked at Lian's second brother and said, "Can Daiyu invite Eldest Sister and Sister Qiao to stay at home in the future?"

"Of course." Jia Lian patted her sweet and caring second daughter lightly, and continued with a smile, "Daiyu, you are already grown up. After you get home, you will help your father manage the housekeeping. If you are tired, call Eldest sister and Qiao are going to accompany you, second elder brother Lian already has Xi'er at home, the two of them can stay outside for as long as you want."

"Huh!" Sister Qiao snorted coquettishly, but she was big-hearted, and she didn't feel that she was not taken seriously at home at all, so she leaned next to Lin Ke and whispered to him.

The eldest sister just watched with a smile, and didn't take her father's words to heart.

Jia Lian stopped joking after getting bored, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was always hanging. With a younger child at home and being by their husband and wife, he would inevitably pay more attention. He was also worried that his two daughters would He doesn't feel unbalanced, but after observing for a period of time, he found that this kind of envy of the little sister did not happen, and he felt that he did it properly.

Jia Lian took them out so early today because he planned to take a few children out to play before going back.

"Second Master, we're here."

The carriage stopped, and Jia Lian got out of the carriage first, and then helped several children get off one by one. Before entering the gate of Lin's house, he heard "Second Uncle Lian" and saw a carriage parked there, and Luo Min was watching them from the window.

Luo Min got down from the carriage, greeted Jia Lian and the others politely, and then went to talk to sister Qiao, paying no attention to Daiyu and eldest sister who were both outstanding in appearance and temperament.

Because Sister Qiao was a bit fleshy, she was even more childish in Jia Lian's eyes, so she didn't think too much about it, so she asked Luo Min, "Where are you going?"

Hearing his question, Luo Min raised his head to look at Second Uncle Lian, and replied carefully: "My house is not far away, and I just came back from my grandfather's house."

"I almost forgot that the Marquis of Cheng'en's Mansion is nearby." Jia Lian suddenly realized, and then pointed to the gate marked "Lin House" and said, "This is the old house of Lin Ke's family. Their father is going back to Beijing to report on his work. It has just been cleaned up. I'll take them over to have a look."

"Master Tanhua Lin?" Luo Min glanced at Lin Ke, adhering to the male-female defense and didn't look at Lin Daiyu too much. He glanced at Sister Qiao, and then asked, "Second Uncle Lian, do you mind if I come too? I haven't seen Qiao for a long time." Sister and Lin Ke..."

"Of course I don't mind." But Jia Lian looked at the carriage of Cheng Enhou's mansion and asked him, "Don't you need to go home first?"

"It's okay, I'll tell the boy and ask him to go back and report first."

Seeing what he said, Jia Lian didn't refuse again. After Luo Min explained clearly to the servants in the family, he walked in with the five children.

Luo Min didn't just chat with Sister Qiao just to visit other people's houses. He is very good at chatting, so Sister Qiao, who was still curious about this place, was attracted to him unconsciously and kept going. Staring at him with bright eyes.

They ate at the Lin's house at noon. The cook was from the original kitchen of the old house. Jia Lian asked him to prepare a table of dishes, and he didn't deliberately shy away from it. Several people sat around and said to Daiyu's sister and brother: "You two Try it to see if it suits your taste, and if it doesn't suit your taste, I'll find another cook to come in."

Probably for the first time to entertain the little masters, the kitchen staff tried their best to prepare them for them, so the taste was good, but Daiyu's taste was taken away by Jia Lian's cook, so naturally they felt that it was not enough.

Jia Lian also thought so, so he just said: "Then let the cooks in my yard come over and teach them, and the taste can be improved a little."

Daiyu felt that this was all right, so she didn't show politeness to Lian's second brother, and said "yes" directly.

After dinner, Jia Lian was going to take them to the street for a stroll before returning home. Luo Min had to go home, so he could only say goodbye to a few people.

Jia Lian saw that his family's carriage had been sent back before, so he said he wanted to send him back. Luo Min didn't refuse. When he arrived at Cheng Enhou's mansion, he even invited several people to his house as guests, but they declined.

After watching them leave, the concierge of Cheng Enhou's Mansion came up and said, "Master, Madam told you to go to the main courtyard first when you come back."

"understood."

There is no entertainment in this day and age, so Jia Lian naturally took them to the jewelry store first, and waved his hand directly: "Buy what you like, and I will pay for it."

Sister Qiao immediately dragged her elder sister and little aunt up to see that Jia Lian was indeed rich, so she also ordered the shopkeeper to give the three girls what they wanted, regardless of the price.

Then they took Lin Ke and sat there drinking tea while waiting for them to choose.

"Second brother Lian, when my father comes back, how will I arrange my studies?"

Jia Lian picked up the teacup and said directly: "Let's discuss it when the time comes. If you want to study with Lan Er and the others, I believe your father will also consider it."

Lin Ke nodded, and said, "I want to study with them, and I'll talk to my father when the time comes."

"Ah."

At this time, Sister Qiao came over with a hairpin and said to the two of them, "Daddy, does this look good?"

Jia Lian nodded immediately, then took a closer look, and said, "It's good-looking, but this style doesn't suit you, a little girl, does it?"

"My daughter wants to buy it for my ancestors."

When Jia Lian heard it, she took it over and said with a smile, "Sister Qiao can borrow flowers to present Buddha. It's very good. As long as you give it to me, your great-grandmother will definitely like it."

"Then I'll buy one for my mother."

"Okay, go pick it out, daddy will pay for it." After finishing speaking, Jia Lian returned the hairpin in her hand to Sister Qiao, and reminded, "Don't forget your grandmother."

"Understood, Dad, I will ask my sister and my little aunt to help me choose together."

After the three girls had finished picking out, Jia Lian also went to choose a bracelet for Wang Xifeng, and then paid for it together. The shopkeeper enthusiastically sent him, a big customer, out, and invited them to come back next time.

Jia Lian didn't plan to favor one person over another, so he asked Lin Ke what he wanted to buy. He said he wanted to go to the bookstore, and the group went to the bookstore again.

This store is often visited by Jia Lian. It has two floors, and it is very complete. Even if some books are not available here, if you want to, you can tell the shopkeeper, and he will help you find it.

At this time, the shopkeeper saw the regular customer coming, and immediately came over to greet him.Jia Lian pointed to the children around him and said, "Take the children over here to have a look."

Then he asked the servant girl to guard the three girls so as not to be bumped into; Jia Lian and Lin Ke went to choose their favorite books, staying much longer than before in the jewelry store.

Back at Rongguo Mansion, Sister Qiao gave her the hairpin she had chosen for her mother, and then went back to Rongxi Hall to present Buddha to her grandmother.

Jia Lian also gave Wang Xifeng the bracelet she bought, but she didn't let her look too much at all, and touched the hairpin that her daughter gave him with a happy face.

"I just gave you too many things, it doesn't have any sense of existence anymore." After speaking, he glanced at the bracelet that he had bought at a huge price and was lying alone on the table.

Wang Xifeng glared at him, and said, "Can this be the same? This is what our daughter gave me!"

"It's not all my father's money."

"That was also given to me by my daughter." After speaking, he sat in front of the mirror, carefully inserted it on his head, and looked at it again and again, but he couldn't get enough of it.

Seeing this, Jia Lian picked up the bracelet she bought, walked over and grabbed Wang Xifeng's glove, and then said with a smile: "That's right, even a daughter, you can't treat one more favorably than another."

She gave Jia Lian a blank look, but Wang Xifeng still touched and touched the bracelet Jia Lian gave her on her wrist, and said happily: "Is it a bit too fancy? It should look good on little girls, right?"

Jia Lian leaned aside, looked at the smile on her face, and praised without hesitation: "Isn't your skin a little girl? No, it's more charming and radiant than a little girl. This bracelet is perfect you."

When Wang Xifeng heard this, he gave him an angry look, "You are the only one who can coax people."

But the next day, she still put on the bracelet from Jia Lian and the hairpin from her daughter to pay her respects. When she arrived at Rongxi Hall, she saw the brightly colored jade hairpin on the old lady's head, so she knew who gave it to her.

Naturally, he took the initiative to praise a few words, coaxing the old lady to smile, saying that the children are filial, and they still know that they miss her when they go out to play.