Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

Speaking of which, Xichun will be happy shortly after leaving the pavilion, just like the year of Yingchun, the grass will fall in the coming year. Du Daiyu has been married for four years and five years have not been enough. Although there is a year of filial piety in the middle, there is no news for several years. It is inevitable that someone is behind her Talking nonsense and mentioning Daiyu's frailty when she was young, Daiyu was deeply worried, her brows were frowning, and she gradually became depressed.

Wei Ruolan didn't see Daiyu when she got home from get off work, so she asked where she was, hurriedly took a glass orchid lantern in her hand, walked to the back garden, and saw from a distance that the glass pavilion was as bright as day, and the only red shadow was leaning on the window looking at Sui Han three friends.

Wei Ruolan stepped in and said, "Why is there no one in front of you?"

Daiyu turned around and said sullenly, "It was because I kicked them out."

Wei Ruolan put the lamp on the desk, and seeing her reddish eyes with the light in the pavilion, the sadness has not faded away, she felt very distressed, took her hand, and said: "Why are you crying so well?" ? Who offended you, tell me, and I will vent your anger on you."

Daiyu laughed and said, "Who is crying when you're fine? But when you open the window to enjoy the scenery, a gust of cold wind blows over and it hurts your eyes. I rubbed it red with a handkerchief." Afraid that Wei Ruolan would be worried, she changed the subject and asked : "Why did you come back half an hour earlier than in the past? It's not dark yet, I don't know if the food has been prepared in the kitchen."

Wei Ruolan didn't answer her question, instead she moved her face, leaned over to look at it carefully for a while, and then said: "Don't coax me, I can tell whether it's rubbing or crying."

Daiyu couldn't bear his questioning, so she could only say: "When I think of my mother, I can't help but feel a little sad, it's not because of anything else."

Wei Ruolan is so smart, she understood Daiyu's worries as soon as she thought about it, and comforted her: "I knew you were overthinking again. Silly girl, you are different from your mother-in-law, so don't feel that you are not happy just because your parents-in-law have no heirs. I'm not good either."

Afraid that Daiyu would catch the cold standing in front of the window, Wei Ruolan said, pulling her to sit with her in the big red sandalwood armchair covered with a tiger skin brocade mattress, using a brass foot stove as a pad for her feet, and putting Daiyu on the bed sideways. The hand stove on the table was opened, the ashes were removed, the incense was put, and it was still covered and placed in Daiyu's arms. She said softly, "You don't need to listen to what outsiders say. Children are destined by fate. How can people do it? Besides, you and I If you are still young, you don’t need to be anxious, lest anxiety lead to worry and illness, which is not conducive to the way of health preservation.”

Having said that, Daiyu still couldn't get rid of the boredom in her heart, and quietly said: "When I was four years old, my younger brother who was raised like a treasure until the age of three died, my parents were seriously ill, the house was in a mess, and the room was in chaos. I still remember how sad it was, as if the sky was falling and the earth was falling, the sun and the moon were dim, and even the maids dared not breathe loudly. Father was on official business, struggling to get up and go to work, after all, it was too sad, The root of the disease remained, every spring equinox and autumn equinox, he would cough and wheeze, and he would die within half a century, maybe it was because there was no incense to pass on behind him. At that time, my mother was ill for three or four months. I was afraid that my mother would not be able to get up, and in the next two years, my mother was ridiculed by others for the rumors that our Lin family was extinct, and died of depression when I was six years old."

Two lines of tears flowed down Daiyu's cheeks, and then she sobbed, the cold wind whistling outside the window, with a faint sound of weeping blood, said: "I once thought that if I were a man, I would definitely be able to To prolong the life of my parents, but unfortunately I am not, so I lost my mother at the age of six and my father at the age of ten. I had to live under the fence. , but the irrelevant world is not like this, Jieyun's mother is a sinner of the Lin family."

Hearing this, Wei Ruolan felt a sudden pain in his chest. He thought that he would not worry again after comforting his wife many times. Afterwards, he would be at ease. He never thought that the matter of heirs was so important to her. The crime of extinction of the Lin family was laid on Jia Min's head, and he didn't think about the fact that the Lin family was a single lineage, the only son from generation to generation. Although Daiyu was a daughter, she was also of the Lin family's blood line after all.Moreover, the generation from the Lin family to Lin Daiyu is not childless, but just died young.

Why does Daiyu always think about the past of the Lin family recently?Wei Ruolan pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized, and said, "Is there someone gossiping behind your back again, calling your mother-in-law?"

Daiyu neither nodded nor shook her head, but just wiped away her tears and said nothing.

Wei Ruolan secretly hated that people in the world were troublesome, and always saw that Daiyu was living a comfortable life, so she covered the back of her hand with her hand, and when she wanted to comfort her, she didn't know where to start, but instead brought up the matter of having a boy and a girl, saying: "According to me, It’s the ignorance of the world, I don’t know if I’ve told you, but the memory I got said that the decision to have a boy or a girl is entirely up to the man, not the woman!”

Daiyu froze, a few drops of tears remained in her eyes, and said: "What is this new saying? I have never heard of such a thing. I only know that the world says that extinction is a woman's fault, and my mother bears the crime for it." , until death."

Wei Ruolan hurriedly said: "Later generations say this, and there is a strong basis for it. It must be known that the medical skills of later generations are a hundred times better than ours at this time, and very few babies die due to illness. Unfortunately, I don't understand it very well, and it is difficult to explain it to you in detail. Not only do boys and girls depend on the man, but they also say that the frailty passed down from the man's ancestors also affects the offspring, and it's not all the fault of the woman. Not to mention the descendants, even in the current world, there are also imperial physicians who talk about it. The Jia family and the Lin family , a family with luxuriant branches and leaves, full of children and grandchildren, a single lineage, no close relatives, and none of them live long. It can be seen that the Jia family is strong and the Lin family is weak, so the thin blood of the Lin family has nothing to do with the mother-in-law. What do you think? Isn't that the truth?"

Daiyu just found it unbelievable, so she hurriedly asked a few doubts. After listening to it, she was filled with emotion, and sighed: "It's a pity how many years it took for these sayings to be known and solve the problems of women in the world." The two are closely related, and there are also men who are physically weak and indeed not conducive to offspring, but the world always blames women for having no children and no daughters, and no one can argue.

Wei Ruolan said with a smile: "Now that you know this, you should be relieved? You can't blame your mother-in-law for the past. You didn't care about the gossip and gossip of the world, and you don't need to care about it in the future. My mother and I feel that we will let nature take its course. What are you doing?"

Daiyu said with tears in her eyes, "Aren't you worried?"

Wei Ruolan said: "What are you worried about? You don't have to worry even in another ten years."

Daiyu stared at him for a long time, and said, "I don't believe it. Even my father is not very open-minded in matters of children, and I always think of my mother's life. Now that you inherit the second wife of the Wei family, is there any concern for your mother-in-law?" The reason for incense for offspring? I was born so thin and raised for nearly ten years, how many people said I was not good."

Wei Ruolan smiled, and then said seriously: "It's a lie to say that you really don't care. Who in the world doesn't want to have children and grandchildren? However, as I said earlier, the matter of children is predestined, whether they have or not, whether they are male or female. Female, or live, or die, or mediocrity, or both civil and military, the latter two are good, more attention will not be sad, but the first two cannot be reversed by manpower. You and I have been married for many years. Is it because I have no children that I will marry you? How are you? If you separate because of this, you can’t be considered a husband and wife. Besides, many couples in the world have no children and grandchildren, and I haven’t seen them. You and I were originally neglected by our own grades in the first two years, and then we suffered from my grandmother’s illness. For mourning, keep filial piety and be a vegetarian for a year, although the vitality and blood are still strong, it is not as good as when meat and vegetables are combined, and it needs to be recuperated for another year or two."

Hearing Wei Ruolan's heart-to-heart words, each word was earnest, every sentence was sincere, Daiyu couldn't help laughing through tears, although the sorrow was not gone, but only a little or two was left, when the eyebrows were opened, it was like clouds and fog, only the dew distant mountains.

Wei Ruolan clapped her hands and said, "It's a joke. I'm hungry, let's go back to eat quickly, and go out to play tomorrow."

When Daiyu got up, Wei Ruolan picked up the big squirrel cloak that was hanging beside her and put it on Daiyu, and wrapped her with a big fur collar and Guanyin pocket, both of which belonged to the big squirrel, and told her not to catch the cold wind Into the stomach, Fang pulled her out together, lighting up the lamp to light the way.

Unexpectedly, snowdrops began to fall outside, and a thin layer fell on the ground, like a slight frost. Bailu Xueyuan and others held green satin umbrellas to meet them halfway, and there were two women beside them. Picking up the bamboo sedan chair, Wei Ruolan hurriedly asked Daiyu to get on the sedan chair, and then ordered people to tidy up the glass pavilion. She supported the sedan chair and walked into the upper room. The dinner was ready.

The next day coincided with the day of rest and bathing. Last night, Wei Ruolan woke up an hour later than usual in the morning. Looking at the mandarin ducks on the pillow, Daiyu was in a deep dream. Baizi's red satin quilt is even more pitiful and lovely.

Wei Ruolan put on her clothes and got out of bed quietly. Because no one was called, the doors and windows of the room were still closed. He opened the window drawer, only to see the glass window was covered with white fog, and it was difficult to see the outside, so he pushed it open. But he saw that it was snowing heavily like tearing cotton and wadding in the air, the ground was so thick that someone was already sweeping the snow, and the footsteps of the servant girl were extremely deep on the ground that had not been swept.

Suddenly I heard Daiyu ask from behind: "The room is very bright, is it snowing heavily?"

Wei Ruolan turned around and saw her open the curtain and leaned out, hurriedly went to help her, put on her warm jacket again, and replied: "It's falling, the snow is very heavy, and the snow is also thick. It's about a foot away. .”

Daiyu walked down with his hand, and looked out of the glass window. Outside the window, a flowering tree had long since lost its flowers and green leaves, but was wrapped in snowflakes. It looked like a jade tree, crystal clear, and Daiyu was about to compose a poem to match it. Suddenly, two magpies flew from nowhere and landed on the tree, chirping endlessly, causing snowflakes to fall on the branches.

Egret stood on the porch, saw the window open, laughed quickly and said, "Master and grandma are awake? I can see the big-tailed magpie chirping." While talking, he asked Danhe Xueyuan and Qingluan to come over and serve him. Couples freshen up.

Baoyu came suddenly after the meal, and Wei Ruolan greeted him personally, and saw that he was wearing a half-worn gorilla felt cloak, and his tired face could not be concealed.

Wei Ruolan wondered in her heart, and said with a smile: "Brother is here in the wind and snow, is there something important? We are planning to go fishing in the village outside the city, why don't you go with me to have fun."

Baoyu said: "I won't go, I have to go home in a while. There is nothing important here. When I got up early, I accompanied my ancestors to enjoy the snow. When the ancestors saw the plum blossoms in the yard, they were thinking about sister Lin and asked me I broke off two branches and sent them to my sister Lin myself, and asked my sister if there is any Fulingshuang that my sister gave to my ancestors last time. I didn't finish eating it, I don't know who stole it, but Brother Xuan wanted to eat it, and my ancestor sent me to ask for it."

Daiyu heard it in the inner hall, came over and said: "Yes. Last month, some officials from Guangdong and Hai went to Beijing to make offerings, and gave four baskets to our family, and the palace gave two more baskets to distribute to my mother and everyone. I have some at home, and I still have two and a half baskets. There are meals and vegetables at home, who can eat so much?" As he said, he ordered someone to fetch a basket, and he also ordered red oranges, yellow oranges, etc. to take a basket each.

Baoyu hurriedly said, "It doesn't need to be so much, a pack of Poria cocos cream is enough."

Daiyu said: "How can I just give it to my grandmother? Uncles, aunts, elder brothers and sisters-in-law should all give it to me. The second elder brother should keep some for himself, and the younger ones should also have some supplements. I think that when I finished eating the ones given last time, Brother Xuan In the grandmother's room, they clamored for food. In the cold winter, each family eats more meat, less melons, fruits and vegetables, and eats some oranges for a change of breath."

Baoyu was very grateful, watched the servants loading the things into the car, said goodbye to Wei Ruolan and his wife, and walked home through the snow.

Daiyu sighed: "I thought Poria cocos cream was very nourishing, so I gave some more to my grandmother, but a thief was attracted. I don't know who it is, but it must be a family member. Such a scandal happened at the uncle's house, so Baoyu naturally didn't like it." A lot to say. Grandma was honored all her life, why would she ever think of being reduced to such a situation? Even eating Fulingshuang is difficult."

Wei Ruolan smiled and said, "How can it be so difficult? There is nothing in our family that I didn't send to my grandmother, it's just that there is no glory in the past. Hurry up and dress up warmly, the cars and sedan chairs are all ready outside, let's go out now."

Take the car to Zhuangzili in the eastern suburb of Chang'an City, and the interior has already been prepared in various colors.

There are several huge ponds in the village. All the fish and shrimp eaten in the mansion are fished out from here. There are dense green willows, pines, green bamboos, and red plums in between, each with about a hundred plants. On the bank of each pond, several bamboo houses and wooden houses are built in front of the dense forest. Fishing can be done by pushing the windows.

Since Zhuangzi built it according to Daiyu's blueprint, children from aristocratic families in the city often came here to fish, and ordered people to rent a pond and several bamboo houses. .

Not only can you fish here, but you can also taste farm meals, which is quite interesting.

The Wei family left a single pond, either for their own use, or for entertaining close friends. At that time, half of the pond was filled with lotus residues, and the pond was full of clear water. Snow fell on the surface of the water, and soon turned into nothingness. , the scenery is picturesque.

Daiyu was standing by the pond, with her hand stove in her hand, seeing the dense forests everywhere, like the jade trees outside the windows of her home, all carved out of ice and jade, with a few plum blossoms dotted among them, blooming in full swing, just like glass made, delicate and charming, she couldn't help saying : "I never thought that the pond in the snow in winter is so interesting. There is snow on it, but some water vapor emerges from the water surface."

Zhuangtou's daughter-in-law was waiting on the side, and said with a smile: "It's cold outside, but warm in the water. When the heat and cold are stimulated, there will be water vapor. Now the snow is getting heavier, grandma quickly enters the house to avoid the snow, and be careful that the feet are slippery. "

Daiyu went into the bamboo house that she often went to. There were tables and chairs, a brazier, and a smoker cage. White gas was coming out of the kettle on the small red clay stove.

Zhuangtou's daughter-in-law said: "Knowing that grandma doesn't use water such as dew, snow, rain, etc. to make tea, she sent someone to Yuquan Mountain early in the morning to transport high-quality mountain spring water. No. I don’t know when uncle and grandma will come over sooner or later, the water in the tea stove is already boiling hard, and grandma has to drink tea, so the girls have to change the water.”

Bailu took out the tea pot and said, "I see, we are here, so go ahead and ask your daughters-in-law to prepare the meals themselves at noon. The ones that are often eaten in the village should be cleaned."

Zhuangtou's daughter-in-law agreed, and Fang retreated.

Wei Ruolan has already brought the fishing rod, bait and other things, and they push the window to fish together with Daiyu. The husband and wife only use one fishing rod, and in Wei Ruolan's hands, Daiyu is pointing at the clearly visible fish in the pool and talking and laughing .

Suddenly seeing the float on the water moving, Daiyu was both surprised and delighted, and urged Wei Ruolan to say, "Pick it up quickly and see if any fish have taken the bait. If you catch a big fish, send it to the kitchen immediately. It’s good to try something new at noon. The hot pot stewed with fish that I ate earlier is good, and the soup is clear and white. Today, I caught more fish and put it in a bucket to bring back.”

Wei Ruolan shook her head and smiled, "It's so light, it may not be a big fish." He waited for a long time, saw the float sink and pulled up, and saw a crucian carp about three inches long biting the bait, jumping around in the air.

When Daiyu saw her, she was immediately disappointed.

The little girl ran over to take the crucian carp and put it in the bucket, let it swim, and put new bait on the hook.

Wei Ruolan threw the hook into the water when she heard a burst of music coming from the east side of the pond. When she listened carefully, she found that the sound of the flute was melodious and the melody of the song was melodious. It turns out that the colorful flowers are blooming all over the place, and they are all ruined like this. The beauty of the day is beautiful, but who’s house is there to enjoy the pleasure. For you, it’s like a flower and a beautiful family, and the years are like water..."

Daiyu also heard it, and recognized it as an opera in the Peony Pavilion. She frowned and said, "Most of the people who come to our village are fishing. It's quiet and quiet. Why is there someone singing here? It doesn't sound like a female voice."

Wei Ruolan said: "It sounds like the tune of Qiguan in Zhongshun Palace, but Qiguan is over twenty and can't sing very well."

Ask someone to ask, it really is Feng Ziying, Qiguan and his group. They heard that Wei Ruolan and Daiyu are also here, so they hurriedly ordered people to bring tea, fruit, snacks and other things, and sent the little one who hadn't left his head Come again to invite Wei Ruolan.

Wei Ruolan couldn't shirk it, and asked Daiyu to eat lunch when she came back, and walked over there, and frowned when she saw the scene in the bamboo house clearly.I saw Feng Ziying sitting on it with two or three children from aristocratic families who had no relationship and were happy to spend time and wine, with one or two people around them, or thirteen or fourteen-year-old young servants with pink make-up and jade, or seventeen or eighteen-year-old young men. The prostitute with painted eyebrows and lips, Jiang Yuhan alone sang on the ground, and three or four young actors played the flute and zither.

Feng Ziying shook her head and hummed a few words along with the opera. When she looked up and saw Wei Ruolan, she immediately burst into a smile, stood up and gave up her seat, and waited until everyone had seen her. You just came, and today I will pour you a lot of sea water!" Then, he rolled up his sleeves and lifted up the wine jar, filling the sea water.

Wei Ruolan waved her hand and said, "Forgive me. I didn't come here alone. I missed something by drinking carefully. I have to go back when I see you. Don't worry." , Said to treat yourself.

Seeing that he was talking about this, Feng Ziying had no choice but to let him go, and did not dare to ask the servant to serve him.

Wei Ruolan has a high position and authority, and when he was here for a while, the children of the aristocratic family felt restrained and restless, and finally waited for him to leave before he breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said: "You may not be older than us, why are you so powerful?" ? The momentum of the whole body."

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "He is the governor of the Beijing camp and the minister of the guards. He is in charge of the most important soldiers and guards under his command. He is very majestic and highly trusted by the present. How can we compare? Don't talk about us, even me I can't catch up with Yuan Fang, saying that I'm not as good as Yuan Fang's one zero. It's also a coincidence that I met him today, how can you see him in normal times?"

After hearing this, everyone said yes repeatedly, and then listened to Jiang Yuhan's song again, and each had a drink.

One of them ate a cup of wine, and said with a smile: "It is said that Wei Jiedu is clean and self-conscious. Since he was a child, he didn't like to associate with actors and prostitutes, and there were no concubines in his family. I didn't believe it. Boring? I never thought about it, and now I have seen it. Which of these little yaoer fans is usually a cat that jumps at the smell of fish? Who knows that they don’t even dare to breathe.”

Feng Ziying drank heavily and said: "This is a smart man. Yuan Fang is not a soft-hearted master, I really annoy him, even if his clothes are dirty, I grew up with him and I dare not intercede for you. He just returned to Beijing from Ping'an Prefecture that year. Once, when he was attending a banquet at Duke Li, I saw with my own eyes that when he was changing clothes, an extremely beautiful and enchanting maid was kicked out just as soon as he entered, and three of his roots were broken on the spot. Ribs, at Liu Fang’s age, it’s only after she’s lost several times.”

Everyone wondered secretly, they all said how powerful they were, and said: "Emissary Wei Jiedu will be married for five years, even for the sake of his descendants, it shouldn't be like this. People like us don't have many maids to serve us when we go to a banquet. The king of Mingxiao County came to Xiangyang Hou's mansion and hired a beauty with excellent hair, but he was unexpected."

Feng Ziying shook her head and said: "Everyone's nature is different. Some people are greedy for drinking, some are lustful. Yuanfang only loves martial arts, and there is someone who loves the county magistrate Jingxiao very much. They are not people like us who love to drink and have fun. Therefore, many inside and outside the court All Qingliu people like him."

Hearing that Qingliu people praised Wei Ruolan's integrity, everyone stopped being picky.

At the end of the evening, when the music ended, one of the descendants of a family named Miao was so drunk that he couldn't get on his horse. Seeing that the wind and snow continued, he took Jiang Yuhan's hand and said, "Isn't your home right here? I'll come to your home Go rest."

The other person was also drunk, leaning against the door with a flushed face, fanning the wind with his jacket, and said with a smile: "Since Qi Guan'er got married, Miao Shixiong has been there several times to buy them a house and land. Buying gold and silver jewellery, silk and satin, and asking Qi Guaner to accompany you today, let me know what the benefits are, and I will go with my elder brother to see the world."

The son of the family surnamed Miao seemed to be half-opening his eyes, but he laughed and said: "It's good that only I know the benefits, why bother to talk to others?" After speaking, he half leaned on Jiang Yuhan and staggered away.

The person leaning on the door stared blankly at them as they went away.

Feng Ziying laughed, and ordered someone to lead the horse over, turn over, and walk away.

All the actors and prostitutes hadn't left yet, and they rushed to help the person who leaned on the door, and explained to him with a smile: "Officer Qi's voice will not be clear when he grows a beard, and he can't go on stage, and because of the past, the Palace of Zhongshun didn't stay. He continued to teach the new little opera troupe in the palace. When others knew about it, they naturally no longer treated him differently as before. Fortunately, he married a good family. He is a first-class figure from the government, so Erye Miao often goes there. Not only Erye Miao, everyone who knows loves to go."

Hearing these words, the person who leaned on the door suddenly realized, because this is a common occurrence in the world, it is not surprising, he quickly put the matter aside, stretched out his hand and pulled the most beautiful prostitute into the car, and left the suburbs for the city.