The eldest grandson of the Red Chamber

After returning to the mansion, Daiyu sent a girl to deliver a letter to Jia Mu to report her safety, so she sat alone in the room without having lunch.Zijuan didn't understand what he meant, so she didn't dare to persuade her rashly. She waited for Daiyu to take a lunch break before saying: "If you feel bored and panic, you might as well go to the girls' place to play. They live together all day, so you can just think about it." What a new thing."

"It's just that, it's not very interesting." Daiyu shook her head, ever since visiting the Xie Mansion, she felt a sense of gloom in her heart, and she felt more and more boring.

"Miss, I don't know. I heard from the little girls that the third girl and the others seem to be starting a poetry club, and they will come to find girls in a few days." Zijuan covered her lips and smiled, the poetry club is so elegant It must be her own girl.

"Then let her come and look for it." Daiyu's reaction was indifferent, she frowned slightly and then parted, saying: "Forget it, go to find Sister Bao." She said the last one.

Ever since Daiyu left the Grand View Garden Residence alone, her relationship with Baochai has become increasingly close, and she has been in frequent contact with her. Daiyu, who has a high self-esteem, is called a bright mirror.

After dinner, Daiyu came to Hengwuyuan, sat down after entering the door, and saw the teacup on the table that hadn't been put away, because of a smile, she said, "Who is this who has eaten at Sister Bao's place? He walked away It's so early, why don't you avoid me?"

"Avoid you? If that person knew you were coming, he might have to tell me to avoid you." Baochai asked someone to tidy up, and brought some snacks after dinner: "I know you drink lightly, so I won't drink tea, disturbing you." Qingmian. This is steamed cheese, sister, try it."

Daiyu thanked her, and when Baochai said this, she knew who it was, and for a moment she didn't know how to answer the words. She looked at Baochai coldly, and Baochai seemed to be a little unusual to Baoyu, but she was a little cold on weekdays, which was shocking. Difficult to draw conclusions.

"I don't know what's wrong with that Jiaoer. She has been out of her mind since the day before yesterday. She looks dazed. I'm afraid she has suffered from some kind of dementia again." Baochai laughed, "I won't tell him if I ask him, but I'm not allowed to come here." I mentioned you earlier, how did my sister provoke this living ancestor?"

"What's the matter with me? Every time he loses his madness, it will be counted against me." Daiyu feigned anger and said, "You mustn't say it anymore, he mustn't mention me, and he won't be able to speak of him in front of me from now on, so pay me back." come clean."

Baochai had nothing to do with it: "I heard from the third girl that you only left the mansion at noon, why did you come to my place at night? This is not like your temper."

"Why don't you behave like me? What kind of temperament do I have? Sister Bao, please explain clearly." Daiyu opened her eyes wide and refused.

Naturally it's a tired and lazy temperament, Baochai thought to himself. "Go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing. Since you came to look for me, you might as well talk about this incident. Don't dare to say anything else. I'm a little older than you. It's okay to come up with an idea."

On the contrary, Daiyu was a little bit twitchy, and said carefully: "Sister Qin, can you talk to Sister Baobao recently?"

"This is strange. You are looking for Qin'er, but you come to me." Baochai thought in his heart, guessing Daiyu's intention.

Daiyu saw that she was pretending to be stupid, so she explained clearly: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I heard that Sister Qin is engaged to someone else?"

Baochai nodded: "Hanlin Meijia."

"Among all the sisters, she is probably the one who thinks and troubles with me this time." Daiyu chuckled lightly, looking at Baochai, "Sister Zhiqin has traveled all over the world since she was a child, and she has seen many strange people and strange things, so she is generous. She said, I'm afraid it may not be able to explain it, but it's hypocritical."

"Oh~, that's how it is." Baochai teased, "That makes sense, but what did your eldest aunt say that was not pleasant?"

"Okay, I'm in love with you, and you still laugh at me." Daiyu turned around, dissatisfied.

Seeing her shame and annoyance, Baochai smiled and said, "My dear sister, you have to make it clear to me. How can I stop this nonsense?"

So Daiyu picked out what Minglai said, and sighed: "My parents left early, and I have no brothers or sisters. No one taught me this. Because of their closeness, others thought about it, so they had to come to bother me." you."

Baochai lowered her eyes and lowered her expression: "That man is a family friend with your two families, and they have a childhood friendship. They are in the right family. What is my sister worried about?"

Daiyu shook her head, "Grandmother didn't say anything to me, it always feels a little unreal." I don't know what my grandmother thought, but sister Ming explained to her clearly today, and she was shocked to realize the worry in her heart.

Daiyu said indifferently: "Old lady, madam, Sister Feng has always treated me very well, but the gossips of the women and girls below have all been taken lightly these years. To be honest, at this age of the Jia family , I grew up longer than Yangzhou." Daiyu hesitated: "I probably don't want to leave."

Daiyu also couldn't figure out the sudden anxiety in her heart, it was clearly something she had agreed on long ago, but now she was brought up by sister Ming, she felt irritated.

"Such a smart person usually says such a thing." Baochai was a little surprised, so he smiled and said, "I don't believe that you came to Beijing because you were crying and screaming, didn't you?" Do you have to come because of the situation? Today is more than that, but you feel that this is your ancestral home, but you have no relatives there."

Baochai pointed it out, looked at Daiyu who was still in a daze, and nodded: "Silly girl, you often say that you live here as a guest and spend money on food and clothing, and every straw and paper are just words, but if you return there Home. It is the master, etiquette and morality, who can say a thing or two?"

Daiyu blushed at what she said, and said in embarrassment: "You cunning, who told you this! I treat you as a serious person, so I tell you what's on my mind, and you laugh at me instead."

She complained, but Daiyu felt relieved in her heart, she is just a fan of the authorities, all women have to go through this, and she is no different from her second sister and sister Qin.Furthermore, I went to Beijing alone when I was young, and now that I am older, it will not be worse.

Seeing that she was thinking about it, Baochai laughed and said, "Although it's a joke, it's also sincere. You tell me about your thoughts, so you see me as your own sister. I can't keep you bored and cause more trouble. Don't worry." That is, if there is something you don't understand in the future, just tell me, I can help, and naturally I won't begrudge a few words."

"I have nothing to do on weekdays, and suddenly I don't realize that winter and summer are turning around. I went to see sister Ming today, but I still feel that the future is approaching, and I suddenly feel a little unreal." Shame on me."

Aunt Xue was looking after Xue Pan's daughter-in-law today, and Baochai couldn't help looking after her, but she became more and more aware of the various considerations of these two families for getting married.Thinking that I still don't know where the future is, I can't help but sigh secretly. The girls in the garden are probably the good marriage in front of me. Things like good luck are really enviable.

"You don't think it's true, do I mean it? Come and tell me this one or two." Baochai saw that Daiyu spoke and smiled calmly, half-truth and half-false: "If you talk about it today, I won't be afraid of your jokes. You are still a few years younger than me, but I don't have a future yet, don't pretend I don't know, the women are laughing at me as an old girl."

"How can you blame others for this? You usually look reserved and indifferent, but you are really picky." Seeing her laughing at herself, Daiyu couldn't help laughing, "I've heard about the marriage of gold and jade. From this point of view, treasure My sister is different from us, it's just that one room enters that room."

After saying this, Baochai immediately got up and pinched her face: "Just now you laughed at me for being narrow-minded, and when it comes to tongue, who can compare to you with sharp teeth?"

Daiyu hurriedly got up to hide, "My good sister, don't be upset, just tell me if there is any. Is this reaction right?"

Baochai sat down and curled the corners of her lips: "What about the good fortune of gold and jade is just passed on by the girls randomly, and my sister also believes it? Besides, gold and jade are two irrelevant things. How can there be double gold?" What about the auspiciousness of the Qilin?"

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Tens of thousands of dragon boats and green silks will never return them when they are carried to Yangzhou.It should be that Tianjiao opened Bianshui, and there are no mountains for more than a thousand miles.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is advancing rapidly, and the fast-moving ships break through waves of wind and waves, releasing thick water vapor.At this time, a large ship with a simple shape was approaching steadily and swiftly on the vast river. Some people could be seen standing on the deck. The wind brought by the boat blew their sleeves away.

Different from previous years, Ming Xu came back alone this time. After a few back and forth, he was able to calmly face the ups and downs of the trip, and no longer needed someone to keep an eye on him like he did when he was a child.

"Master, come back, the wind is strong and the weather is wet, you must have caught the wind and cold." Changchun popped up from behind, against the wind and shouted at his master, and then muttered that if he caught cold on the boat, it would be much more troublesome.

"When will you arrive in Shengjing?" Ming Xu turned his head and said in a low voice, Qing Juan's face was stained with water.

Changchun hurriedly handed over the handkerchief on his hand, and said with a smile: "Just now I went to ask old man Liu, and he said that today is a good day, maybe it should be earlier, so that we can land at that time."

Mingxu nodded, and slowly entered the room.In February, I received a letter from my father to recall me, and I was not in a hurry to return. I picked it up sloppily, and the road was far away, and it was Wuyue when I returned home.

In the Ming Mansion, the Song family had calculated the day when the eldest son would return home early in the morning, and was afraid that the journey would be delayed or delayed, so he made people wait at the ferry a few days earlier to pick up the uncle.It happened to be a rest day, so Mingxi asked his mother to come. Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Mingxi allowed him to go.

Mingxi came over after breakfast, and then he stood up to talk to the steward, and a servant came to report that the Ming family's boat was coming.

The young man was stunned and then laughed, his complexion was quite beautiful, and the movement of his eyebrows reminded people of the breeze under the moon and the snow on the mountain top.It was a cloudy day today, but the boy felt dazzled for no reason, he shook his head and came back to his senses, he couldn't help muttering in his heart: no matter how many times he saw this second master, he still didn't feel like a bastard, this kind of demeanor is really rare.

"Since brother has arrived, quickly take me to see you." Ming Xi didn't know what the people were thinking, brushed his clothes and walked forward.

When the boat docked, Mingxu stepped off the boat first, leaving Chang'an Changchun to bring people to carry things.As soon as he landed, he felt his eyes fall on him. When he looked up, he happened to meet the smiling eyes of the young man. With a heartbeat, he walked forward.

The seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy has grown up in stature, and still has a handsome and elegant appearance, but it makes people feel that he is not. Compared with the exposed youthful spirit two years ago, Ming Xu, who is now closer to the youth, is elegant and restrained. Duan Fang is warm and moist, but reveals a bit of alienation and indifference.