Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

It is a matter of my life, and Jia Lian and Sister Feng are not like others who make their own decisions without consulting with me, so Xichun learned that most of the people who came to propose marriage were those families who were not suitable for marriage on the list given by Daiyu, so she told Sister Feng that she was out of luck. The family refused all of them on the grounds that they did not dare to climb high. In this way, neither party will be offended.

Sister Feng is chaotic because she cares about it, and she has no usual reliance. She is afraid of offending the powerful and powerful, so she doesn't know how to take care of it for a while. After hearing the words of Xichun, she suddenly feels reasonable. The official media who came to ask for marriage.

Sure enough, after hearing that the Jia family did not agree to the employment application of the other party's subordinate official's family, the two princesses only sighed that they had no chance, but did not feel annoyed.

After this incident, the number of families who liked Xichun did not decrease but increased. First, Xichun was born well, and his education and knowledge and the people he made friends with in daily life are far better than many official families with shallow foundations. Second, Jia She’s family is not all ruined Weather, there are still several relatives from the Wei family and the Baoning Marquis, so changing the situation where no one cares about it in the past year, it can be said that "a family has a daughter and a hundred families ask for it".

Although Xichun is a bit older, and it is not the time to talk about marriage at the age of fourteen or fifteen, but things are impermanent, and there are quite a few children of officials and eunuchs who have not engaged in marriage and are already weak. die and so on.

What's more, there are many families who want to hire a daughter-in-law who is a few years older than their son to take care of their son's daily necessities.

Xichun felt ashamed at this time, and after thinking about it for a while, it turned out to be the best way to find Daiyu, so she told Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng, and ordered people to pack up the bedding and drive outside.

I heard that she was going to Wei's house. Sister Qiao was suffering from the cold spring and was coughing and couldn't go. She beat the bed with hatred, but Baoyu came in through the back door and led the maids to her house to bring back several big kites. Xie said, "Now is a good time to fly kites. I drew a lot of kites for people a while ago. They sent ten kites after they were finished, one for sister Feng, one for fourth sister, one for sister Qiao, and one for brother Xuan." , and give one to sister Lin, one to Yuanfang, and fourth sister to take it for me."

Xichun looked at the three big kites that she entrusted to take and gave to herself, each kite was very delicate and lifelike, unlike the dull and hateful ones sold in the market, she couldn't help but said: "Second brother, why didn't you give me a kite?" Beauty for me? You didn’t fly your beauty kite back then, so I should make one. You draw beautiful women well, and I really like the beauty lamp you gave me on the Lantern Festival.”

Baoyu smiled and said: "My sister remembers what happened a few years ago. There are beauties, but I won't give them to you. Go find sister Lin quickly, and let the bad luck go out while the wind is strong."

Xichun does not rely on it, but must be beautiful.

Baoyu had no choice but to order someone to go home and bring over a beautiful kite that she kept. Xichun saw that the kite was exquisitely made, the size of a real person, and it was extremely vivid. She really liked it and took the kite to Wei's house.

Coincidentally, Daiyu was also flying a kite in a spacious place in the garden. The egret led Xichun to her. Mo Lan's skirt made the flowers and trees around her pale. She held the zipper in her hand and looked up at a mandarin duck kite floating in the air with a smile on her face.

Xichun saw that the mandarin ducks were not single, but a male and a female, cuddling each other, exactly like the real mandarin ducks in the pool, which made the kites flying from other places in the sky feel ashamed, and couldn't help laughing: "This kite is well-made, who knows?" made?"

Daiyu turned her head to see her, and said, "Well done, the wind is strong and strong, so you can also let one go."

Xichun ordered someone to bring the beauty kite over. Daiyu looked at the kite while pulling the string in her hand, and couldn't help laughing and said: "Baoyu drew it, and it looks better than the kite he couldn't fly that year."

Xichun said: "Second elder brother didn't give it to me at first, so I finally got to come. Of the three kites, two were given to my sister and brother-in-law by second elder brother, and one was mine. This is what I want separately. Sister, look, This beauty is so beautiful, and it is bigger than your mandarin duck kite, if it is placed in the air for a while, it will definitely overwhelm everyone." Said while setting it up.

Daiyu laughed and said, "Don't let it go like Baoyu did back then."

Xichun said: "Sister, don't say such unlucky words, I checked the top line carefully when I came." The kite was really up to date, and it was in mid-air after a while.

The two sisters flew for a while, Daiyu felt that only two kites were too few, and saw kites from other houses come to seize the mid-air, so she hurriedly ordered Bailu and other maids to fly the other kites, or butterflies, or bats, or Goshawks, or crabs, and phoenixes, geese, bees, etc., all of a sudden, the mid-air is colorful, just like clouds.

Daiyu took the small western silver scissors brought by Danhe and cut the string of her kite, looked up to see the mandarin ducks drifting away, and suddenly heard Xichun shout: "Who is so annoying, the kite has strangled me."

Daiyu took a look, and she saw a kite in the shape of a golden boy twisted together with Xichun's beauty.

Recalling that year when Liu Xu Ci was written, everyone flew kites, Tanchun flew a kite with a big phoenix with soft wings, and a phoenix came over, and at the same time there was a kite with the word Linglongxi and a whip. Daiyu put the kite and scissors together Handed it to Danhe, covered his mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, "It would be nice if there was a word of happiness."

Before saying a word, Bailu said first: "Look, grandma, isn't there a kite with big red happy characters here?"

Xichun and the man who flew the golden boy kite were reeling up the line twice. After hearing the sound, they saw a Xizi kite approaching, but the whip was not sounded. A gust of wind blew past, and Xizi bumped into the golden boy beauty crookedly. Three twisted together.

Xichun said angrily, "Why is this kite here to join in the fun?"

After three times of rewinding the strings randomly, I don't know whose string broke first, followed by Xichun's. It seems that the other person's kite string didn't break, because the three kites didn't ride the wind to return, but gradually fell. will go down.

Daiyu clapped her hands and laughed loudly, and said, "It's really interesting, I don't know whose hands those three kites fell into."

Xichun stamped her feet, turned around and pinched her, said: "It's all because of my sister's narrow mouth, why did I remember the scene of my third sister flying a kite that year, if there is no sister, there would be a happy word!"

While avoiding it, Daiyu smiled and said, "Why am I to blame? I didn't get the golden boy, nor did I get the happy words, but they all came by coincidence. That beauty, you forced Baoyu to get it." , you don’t let the beauties go, you are afraid of the golden boy and the happy word. Besides, for the golden boy and the jade girl, if you add the happy word, your marriage is unknown from the kite.”

Xichun is not like Daiyu who often strolls in the garden with Wei Ruolan, she usually replenishes her energy and learns to breathe, stops her feet panting, pinches her waist and says, "When did sister's physical strength get better? I can't catch up .”

Seeing that she was not chasing and beating her, Daiyu stopped and wiped her sweat with a handkerchief.

The maids hurriedly released all the kites in their hands, and came to serve the mistress, although Xichun knew everyone, but she didn't see Zijuan Xueyan and the others, and said: "Zijuan and the others have gone out? One is not here."

Daiyu took her to a nearby peony garden to rest, and said: "Some have already left the cabinet, and some have not yet, because they all have a good day for one or two months, I simply ask them to go out earlier, or leave the cabinet, or They are waiting to be married. The Bai Lu girls in front of me are very good, they have served in my room for several years, and I can see their behavior, so I picked four of them to come up."

In addition to the four court ladies, there are four first-class maids and eight second-class maids in Daiyu's room. As the first class, the bottom four third class will be promoted to the second class.

Daiyu clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments, and the second and third class maids who were not selected for promotion are very convinced.

After tea, Daiyufang took Xichun out of the garden, went to the room to talk, asked everyone in the family how they were, and asked Sister Feng if her troubles had been resolved, Xichun smiled and said, "Sister, don't worry, it's over soon."

Daiyu nodded and sighed: "When no one came to propose marriage before, Lian's second sister-in-law was very worried. Now there are many people who propose marriage, and second sister-in-law doesn't know which one to agree to. However, you must be careful in life-long affairs. It’s good to find out all about it, and watch it first, and then you can’t find someone like the Zhang family.”

Xichun listened quietly, and said seriously: "Sister, don't worry, I'd rather not marry for the rest of my life, and I can't just pick a family and accept it. Zhang's family doesn't have a good reputation, so I feel relieved."

After retiring from the Jia family, things went wrong in the Zhang family. Although it did not affect Zhang Jijiu's official career, the Zhang family was politely rejected when they proposed marriage to several princes' families.The mistresses of each family have gone through the world, who doesn't feel like a mirror in their hearts?If the Zhang family really valued love and righteousness, they would not agree to withdraw the marriage in accordance with the Jia family's wishes.Which mother doesn't feel sorry for her daughter? It's hard for her daughter to marry such a family in the future. After all, the world is impermanent, and no one can guarantee the safety of his family for the rest of his life.

Don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself, this sentence is very reasonable. Mrs. Zhang does not want to marry into a daughter-in-law of a prisoner's family because she feels sorry for her son.However, it is reasonable for others to feel sorry for their daughter and fear that her daughter will suffer because of an accident in her natal family after marriage, so it is reasonable not to agree to propose marriage.

Therefore, the Zhang family's daughter-in-law is the daughter of Zhang Jijiu's colleague, and she is also the stepmother, so she married into the Zhang family. Except for her father's fourth-rank official residence, her foundation, appearance, and dowry are not as good as Cherish Spring, let alone her daily contacts. None of the families entered the upper class.

Daiyu said: "I'm afraid that Mrs. Zhang has already regretted it."

Xichun smiled broadly.

When the sisters were having lunch after talking about home cooking, Baoyu was entertaining guests at home. The visitor was none other than Han Qi, whom he had not seen for many years.

Jinxiang Hou's Mansion is now in decline, even worse than Jia's.

The Marquis of Jinxiang has always followed the wind, and he has no serious skills. He offended the Jiang family earlier and could not be loyal to the eldest son of the emperor. He switched to the third prince and worked for the third prince. At the same time, he persuaded Wei Bo to join him. In this way, he offended the eldest son of the emperor.Marquis of Jinxiang was originally the culprit. Now that something happened to Wei Bo, how could he escape from it?In the end, many wrongdoers were found, and there were people from the eldest son of the emperor who fell into trouble, and the crimes found out were better than Wei Bo's. Thinking that he was old and did not hurt anyone, so he only lost his title, confiscated his family property, and sold off his servants.

At that time, Han Qi was serving on the coast of the West Sea, and made a lot of military exploits. Emperor Changtai valued these young and promising children from aristocratic families. The wife's dowry was returned, and the dowry plus the Han family's sacrificial land, although not as rich as before, was enough to live in peace.

The Marquis of Jinxiang and Mrs. Marquis of Jinxiang arranged a marriage for Han Qi the year before last, and they were a match made in family. His personality, talent and appearance were also a match made in heaven. Who knew that his family was defeated, and didn't care about Han Qi's current ability, so the bride's family found a reason to withdraw from the marriage. .

Marquis of Jinxiang was better, but Mrs. Marquis of Jinxiang was so angry that she couldn't get well, and it took half a year for her to get better.

When Baoyu saw him, he recalled Han Qi's ups and downs in his marriage, and sighed: "Sure enough, there are many treacherous people in the world. Something bad happened to our family, which also made it difficult for several sisters to get married. Others avoid them like snakes and scorpions."

Han Qi was very free and easy, his brows were full of determination, and he said: "Since he is a treacherous person, it is not worth pity to think that his family style is not right. It is better to see people's hearts clearly at this time than to become a resentful spouse in the future." Although they are both parents According to the words of the matchmaker, it is up to the parents to decide whether to marry and withdraw the marriage, and they seldom follow the wishes of the children. With myself through thick and thin.

After hearing this, Baoyu said yes, and while inviting him into the study, he ordered someone to prepare a banquet for him. Seeing that the young man behind Han Qi was carrying a beauty kite, he felt a little familiar. The one who went could not help but blurt out and ask: "This kite was only given to my little sister, why is it in the hands of Brother Shi?"

Han Qi was stunned, and then said: "Today, Jiaci urged me to let go of my bad luck, and got tangled with two other people's kites. Because the thread I used was good, theirs were all broken, but I didn't. Look, this beauty kite looks like your handwriting, so I brought it to you."

Baoyu didn't know that it was the golden boy that Han Qi released, and he didn't know that there was another word for happiness, so he smiled and said, "How is it such a coincidence? It fell into your hands."

After finishing speaking, he wanted to order people to collect it before releasing it. Since it is bad luck, he should let it go. Han Qi heard about it and said, "In this case, I might as well wait for mine to be released together. The kite landed in my house and I was asked to release it." good."

Baoyu thought that it was Xichun who released it, and regretted telling the story quickly, and said with a smile: "Isn't Shixiong not taboo? It's nothing else. Those who let the bad luck go out don't think about who picks it up and takes it. It's just you." I gave it to my younger sister, and it has an unlucky name, so I should be the one to make the decision, otherwise my younger sister will have to lure me back home."

Han Qifang handed the beauty kite to Baoyu, watched as Baoyu ordered the servant girl to change the top thread and let it out on the spot, he also sent the servant back home to fly his own kite, and then put the happy character kite in the concierge, waiting People came looking for them.

When Baochai heard about Han Qi's arrival in the inner courtyard, she was very happy when she thought of Han Qi's ability, so she busied herself to prepare the food and drinks.

Han Qi saw the fish and meat on the table, and the wine was also high-quality Huiquan wine. This table cost at least three or four taels of silver, and said: "I am not someone else, you live by yourself, and your life is not as good as before. Why bother to do this?" A view of abundance?"

Baoyu usually treats guests, and when there are few people, there are six dishes. Now seeing the table full of people, he immediately understood Baochai's intentions, knowing that she did not forget to urge herself to make progress. Wei Ruolan helped and found a civilian job for herself in the army. She couldn't help but secretly sighed. She couldn't tell Han Qi about these things, so she smiled and said, "You've been away for a few years, so you should be treated well. Although my family is a bit difficult, but It’s not to the point where you can’t even handle the food and drink.”

After hearing this, Han Qi had no choice but to give up, and sat down with Baoyu as guest and host. He thought that he would wait for Wei Ruolan and Chen Yejun to take a bath some other day, and he would be the host himself, and invite them to get drunk with Baoyu.

After drinking and saying goodbye, Han Qi rode through the backstreet of Ningrong Second Mansion.

Baoyu lived in the back of Jia She's compound, and it was difficult to go to his house through the main street. After walking to the Ningrong Second Mansion, he remembered that this magnificent place had been bought by a big salt merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was being repaired, and the original regulations were changed. , Han Qi sighed unconsciously.

Suddenly the back door opened, and several masons hummed and carried out a very flat stone tablet, and put it on a cart. There were still many sundries in the cart, and many handwritings were engraved on the tablet. Han Qi rushed forward and took a closer look. But some poems.He remembered that Baoyu seemed to have said that when visiting relatives, the sisters wrote many poems, which were compiled by the virtuous concubine, describing their advantages and disadvantages, ordering people to make stones, for the sake of eternal elegance, could it be this?

Thinking of this, Han Qi hurriedly ordered the boy to stop him for questioning, and then looked at the words and sentences that Baoyu said above, and learned that they were to be discarded. Money to buy it.

Those craftsmen were tired for a long time and had to throw the stele far away. If they didn't expect such an unexpected joy, they would naturally.

Han Qi got off the horse, read it from beginning to end, and sighed secretly, no wonder the world said that the girls of the Jia family are all talented, and there are quite a few of these poems that even today's talented people can't compose.

Han Qi ordered someone to send the stele to Baoyu, and went home by himself. When he learned that the golden boy kite had been released, and no one came to look for the word Xi, he only said he knew it, and went to the room to greet Han Mu.Jinxianghou's mansion was full of rumors, and Father Han felt that he would lose face. He was afraid that someone he looked down on would make trouble, so he lived in Zhuangzi outside the city for more than a year, and refused to return to the city.

Mother Han heard Han Qi say that she went to see Baoyu, and complained, "I know you went to Weidi, why did you go to him? What's the use of looking for him? The defeat is worse than ours. Befriend Wei Jiedu. That's right."

Han Qi said indifferently: "Our family has also fallen, but just like Baoyu, why does mother despise it so much?"

Han Mu said: "What do you know? People go to high places and water flows to low places. If you want to rise up step by step, you have to work hard. You are ten times stronger than Baoyu. You have skills and official positions. Sooner or later our family will rise up." When he was born, what did he have? He had nothing, and he depended on the long house to support him. He couldn’t help you at all, and you would be wasting your time with him. The two families that should go around are the Wei family and the Feng family. All the other families are in decline, but their two are thriving."

Han Qi didn't agree with her, and said patiently: "The son has his own plans, and the mother can just rest."

Afraid that Han Mu would prevent him from communicating with Baoyu in every possible way, Han Qi added a sentence to prevaricate Han Mu, saying: "Besides, why can't I communicate with Baoyu? Although Jia's family was defeated, Yuanfang's family is his family's close relatives." Who doesn't know that Yuanfang and his wife have a great relationship with Baoyu? The county magistrate Jingxiao visits Jia's grandmother, uncles and aunts every now and then."

Han's mother immediately changed her words and said, "I forgot that Baoyu is the cousin of Jingxiao County Lord, so I have to leave it to you."

When the subject changed, Han Qi's marriage was brought up, and he told Han Qi triumphantly that he had asked the official matchmaker to take a post to the Hou's family in Xiangyang to ask for marriage.

Han Qi said helplessly: "Although Qi Jianhui only married second-class men, he is no longer the Marquis of Xiangyang, but Qi Jianhui's eldest daughter is the concubine of King Mingke County, and the other daughters have followed suit. I don't know how many people have asked for marriage. It can be seen that such a family status It's not something we can climb, so why bother to find it boring?"

Han's mother rolled her eyes and said, "My son is young and promising. He has such a position in his twenties. How can he not be worthy of his daughter? When our family was beautiful, I still looked down on his family! "

Han Qi sighed: "Mother herself said that it was back then, why bother to keep her old identity?"

Mother Han hadn't opened her mouth yet, when the maid announced that Sister-in-Law Zhu, the official matchmaker she entrusted to the Qi's family to propose a marriage, had come and hurriedly invited her in. Seeing that Sister-in-law Zhu's face was not happy, Mother Han's heart sank, and sure enough, she heard the Qi's family's polite refusal. information.