Practical Life in the Red Mansion

Daiyu joyfully followed Zhang Shi and Jiang Tian to Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, leaving behind Lin Yun, who looked pitiful and envious.After sending Daiyu away, Lin Yun pouted unhappily and followed Jia Min back to the inner courtyard.

During dinner at night, I mentioned the Jiang family's Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing. Lin Yang said: "Mom, why don't we also buy a hot spring Zhuangzi, so that we can live in hot springs in winter." The more Lin Yang thought about it, the more excited he said: " Hot spring pools should be built inside and outside the house, and willows and plum blossoms should be planted outside, so that you can see the willows in summer and the cold plums and snow in winter.”

Jia Min listened with a smile on the side. Hearing Lin Yang's description, he also thought about it. Lin Yang continued: "It's better to build it like a garden in Gusu. The houses in Beijing are very boring at first glance." Lin Yun's words But cold water was poured on Lin Yang's head. He widened his eyes and said: "But brother, you have been resting for a long time. How can you have time to live in Zhuangzi?"

Lin Yang leaned on the backrest as if discouraged, and secretly said, "Alas." Jia Min smiled and said, "You can still live in Zhuangzi for a night if you hurry up."

Jia Min acted resolutely, and immediately arranged for people to go to Xiaotangshan to find the hot spring village.

Daiyu didn't know what her family was thinking, she and Jiang Tian were happily watching the servant woman setting up a fishing net in the narrowest part of the creek to catch the river fish.

Jiang Tian watched excitedly as the servant woman drove the small fish to the river net, pointed at the small fish in the river and said in surprise: "Oh, that fish got out." catch fish.Daiyu also became interested, and asked the girls to bring wicker sticks.

Daiyu looked at Yao Huang's expression of disapproval and hesitated to speak, and hurriedly said: "Good sister, it's hard to come out here, and Nanny Ding didn't follow, so let me have a good time." Yao Huang could only Swallowing what she wanted to say, Daiyu saw that she agreed, and stood on the stone by the river with Jiang Tian, ​​whipping into the water with a willow stick.

The two were weak, they didn't catch up to small fish, but splashed water all over their bodies, Jiang Tian and Daiyu looked at each other and laughed, Jiang Tian wiped the water off his face with his sleeve like a servant, and Daiyu followed suit her movements.

Yao Huang felt something was wrong, and wanted to take out the handkerchief, but seeing Daiyu's bright face, thinking that it was rare for Daiyu to be so interested, he didn't bother her.

Jiang Tian and Daiyu got tired after playing for a while, Yao Huang hurriedly laid out a mat, let the two sit down and rest, on both sides of the river are cliffs, on the cliffs grow strong trees, interspersed with patches of wild flowers , swaying in the breeze.

Daiyu murmured, "I don't know what scenery is on the top of the cliff?" Jiang Tian said casually, "We'll get up early tomorrow to have a look." The two made an appointment to climb the mountain tomorrow morning.

They worked all morning, caught a basket of river fish, and went home satisfied.As soon as Zhang Shi saw the corners of their skirts covered in mud, she couldn't help holding her forehead and said: "All good girls have become wild children." Daiyu and Jiang Tian looked at each other, and hurriedly ran to Zhang Shi's side, holding each other's arms. Holding one arm, one person said: "Mom, we caught fish with our own hands for you to add to the dishes." The other continued: "Cousin, listen to the woman in the village, these small fish are salted and deep-fried. It's delicious."

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile, "Got it, stop shaking it, I won't talk about you." Both Mrs. Zhang and Jia Min had the same idea, and let them pass the time when their children were still young and not yet old enough to see each other. It's been a few years of easy life, not to mention that Daiyu and Jiang Tian are obedient and obedient on weekdays, they rarely come out, and they don't want to hold them back.

With Zhang's acquiescence, Daiyu and Jiang Tian had a great time leading them in the farm.The Jiang family's farm is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with blue bricks and black tiles, white paper window lattices, and green wheat fields. Daiyu and Jiang Tian even went to the stables and cowsheds to watch the horses and calves grazing, and followed the village girls in the village. In the hot spring pool, I learned the water of mallard.

Go up the mountain to hunt birds, go down the river to catch fish.Although exaggerated, it can be regarded as the life of Jiang Tian and Daiyu in Zhuangzi, but they are girls in the boudoir after all, and their whole body aches within two or three days.

While giving Daiyu a massage, Yao Huang said: "Miss, it's because you don't move much on weekdays." Then he smiled and said: "Didn't you say that you are going to pick vegetables in the field today? Are you still going?" There was a lot of jokes in the yellow dialect, his temper came up, and he sat up quickly: "Go, why don't you go." Yao Huang was taken aback, thinking of his girl's stubborn temper, covered his mouth and smiled.

After staying for five or six days, the Lin family sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that they missed Daiyu and wanted to pick her up.Zhang felt that the stay was not short, so he packed up his things and went back to the city.

Seeing that Daiyu's face was ruddy and smiling, Jia Min breathed a sigh of relief.Lin Yun snorted when he saw Daiyu, with a stern face, Daiyu pinched his face and said: "Why are you ignoring me, you are angry." Lin Yun turned around and still did not speak to Daiyu, Daiyu Laughing: "That's just right. I brought vegetables and fruits I picked by myself from Zhuangzi. I'm afraid it won't be enough for the family to eat. Since you are angry with me, you must not want my things."

Lin Yun just turned around and complained with tears in his eyes: "My sister refuses to take me there, and I won't let me eat the food she brought back." Daiyu said softly: "Because it was Tian Tian who invited me. I am alone, if I take you with me, I will be rude." Thinking of Lin Yun's embarrassing incident again, he leaned into his ear and said, "If you wet the bed in someone else's village, it would be shameful." Lin Yun heard that her sister When he mentioned his own scandal, his face flushed red, and he quickly reached out to cover Daiyu's mouth, Daiyu turned around and ran away with a smile, Lin Yun stomped angrily.

Jia Min was looking at Lin Yang Xiaoding's list in the room, and when he heard the laughter of Daiyu's sister and brother outside, the corners of his mouth couldn't help curling up, and he handed the list to Xu Hua's family and said, "Let's prepare like this." It was half a complaint. Said: "Yu'er came back, and her temper has become a little more lively." Xu Hua's family answered: "Being lively is better than being bored in the house and hurting the spring and autumn."

Jia Min pursed her lips and smiled. When Daiyu first started reading poetry, she liked some sad and sad poems.Later, it was because she read some vigorous, majestic, heroic and unrestrained poems to Lin Yun that her temperament gradually became looser.

But Daiyu's heart is still very soft, and after knowing Xiangyun's life experience, she didn't care about her, and obediently wrote a letter to Xiangyun to apologize as Jia Min ordered.Although she felt that she had done nothing wrong, but Xiangyun was a guest after all, she said that she poked Xiangyun's heart, which was too much, and she felt that she was older than Xiangyun, so she should let her be, so bent Bend down and apologize to Xiangyun.As for whether Xiangyun will accept her kindness, Daiyu doesn't care, she is such a temperament, she only treats people sincerely with her heart, but doesn't care whether the other party will reciprocate.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of engagement. Lin Hai personally wrote Lin Yang's birth date on the green dragon sticker with double dragons painted on the title page. Clothes and materials were delivered to the Gu family, and the small post stated that they could invite elders and female relatives with parents, in-laws, husbands and sons, but Jia Min thought about it and found no suitable Quanfu people, so he had to go to the Gu family by himself.

Jia Min took a closer look at Gu Jing. The red peony-patterned jacket and the apricot-yellow moon skirt embroidered with lilies had shy faces, smiling eyebrows, and polite manners. They were a little more alienated than the ones they had seen before. Seeing this, Jia Min felt a little more satisfied, and took the clothes, shoes and socks made by Gu Jing himself.

The date of engagement had little to do with Lin Yang, so when Jia Min came back, he ordered Xin Yi to put away the clothes that Gu Jing made, and angrily opened the red lacquer box, which contained a reply from the Gu family, which was bright red. Phoenix stickers.Lin Yang looked at the words "I would like to abide by the jade words, and I would like to marry the Qin Dynasty" for a while, before I felt that my marriage had been decided. Because of this reason, you should not regret your relatives at will.

Earlier, there was news about the hot spring village that Jia Min said he wanted to buy, and the housekeeper replied with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye: "The location is good, surrounded by rich and powerful villages, there is a solid road leading directly to the village, and the repairs are excellent. It was built in imitation of the courtyard in the south, and there are hot springs inside and outside the house. If Madam buys it, she only needs to add some exquisite decorations."

Jia Min was a little moved when she heard the words, but when she thought of the seller in this yard, she hesitated a bit, she said: "I see, you go back first." She thought that she would have to wait for Lin Hai to come back and discuss with him before deciding whether to buy or not. .

Lin Hai knew Yuanyuan and frowned, "I remember that not only our family but also Wang Shoufu's disciples are subsidizing Wang's family, so why sell Hot Spring Zhuangzi?"

Jia Min helped him change his clothes and said, "Perhaps I can't afford the daily repairs of the village. Besides, Wang Shoufu needs to take medicine when he is sick, the grandson of the Wang family needs to study, and the wives and grandmas at home need to dress up. Everything costs money." , and no one in the Wang family has become an official, so they can only live on the rent in the field, and life is naturally tight." It is difficult to change from extravagance to simplicity. The amount of subsidy will naturally be sold.

Lin Haidao: "I'll go to see the teacher again when I have time. You should prepare some silver gifts." But he became even more dissatisfied with the emperor in his heart. Wang Shoufu worked hard all his life. He refused to give it to Wang Shoufu, but instead ordered him to live in the capital with his family. It is not easy to live in the capital. If Wang Shoufu was allowed to return to his hometown, life would not be as stretched as it is now.

Jia Min said: "You said that if we don't want this Zhuangzi, if we want it, it will hinder the reputation of the master. If we don't want it, it's a pity that we rarely meet such a suitable Zhuangzi."

Lin Hai shook his head: "Let's forget it, we'll find it later."

Lin Yang found it a pity when he found out that Wang Shoufu's family sold the property, but Lin Hai, a student, could not buy it, otherwise he would become a robbing, mean and ungrateful person. According to the standards of the world, Lin Hai had to return the property if he bought it.

He was regretting, flipping through the classics absent-mindedly, thinking how long it would take to find a suitable hot spring village, when he heard that the emperor sent a eunuch Dai Quan to pass an oral order to keep Lin Yang's original grade, Transfer to the pedestrian department as an errand.