Enemies in the Red Chamber

The two returned to their yard, Daiyu watched a group of people busy around them, it seemed as if they were in another world, these familiar scenes suddenly became a little strange, as if there was an invisible barrier in the middle The wall, she and Yang Shili are on this side of the wall, those people are on the other side of the wall.

"Second master, second grandma, my wife said a few days ago that I guess you should go back in the next few days. The warm wall has been burning all the time, and the charcoal basin is burned every day in the house so that there will be no smoke. It's just right now It's warm, let's go into the house and have a rest." The one who came up to speak was Meizi, who was originally beside Yang Shili, and she even walked over to help Daiyu's hand.

After entering the house, Daiyu's maid, Xueyan, came in with a basin of hot water, "Second Master, Second Mistress, here comes the hot water, hurry up and wash your face to soothe your fatigue, it's been hard work after a bumpy journey." First handed the towel to Yang Shili, and then Helping Daiyu take off the bracelets and rings on her hands, she turned around and seemingly unintentionally kept Meizi out of the range of service, and went to work with a smile on her face.

Daiyu and Yang Shili looked at each other and smiled wryly. Sure enough, once they got back to the deep house, there were mysteries everywhere.No matter how well the maids are trained, their petty thoughts cannot be avoided.

When there were only the two of them left in the room, Daiyu lay on the bed and complained: "Obviously we have everything at home, and there are people to take care of us. As long as we move our mouths, we can put everything in front of our eyes. Why do we feel more tired?"

"When there are too many people, there will be more hearts. There is nothing to do except fighting. Why not fight. We just have to live well. If they want to fight, let them fight. Just pretend not to see it. There are mothers and sisters-in-law at home. What about it?" Yang Shili said rather rascally.

Daiyu laughed, "Be careful to let mother and sister-in-law hear and clean you up!" Then she said: "Actually, to be honest, both my natal family's family and the current family's were considered good. At least the whole family is in harmony. We should be content It would be sad if the whole family is still fighting like some people. I would rather go out and live in Zhuangzi directly. It is better for men to farm and women to weave than that. I really don’t understand some people Why are you still enjoying it?"

Even when she was still the princess, she never understood the thoughts of those people in the mansion.Or maybe it was because of her ignorance that her mother's family died, her son died young, and she was rejected by others.

Yang Shili remembered that he had heard that she and Lin Zhao lived in the Rongguo Mansion for a while in Beijing, and then contacted the reputation of the Rongguo Mansion, knowing that she had a feeling, "Don't worry, in our house, it is the time of New Year's sacrifices. The side branch that came out of the fifth server was a bit messy when it came, and it didn’t have much to do with us. There are no such things at ordinary times. There are family regulations for those within the fifth server. Don't dare to go out of line."

"Yes", Daiyu agreed, and fell asleep in a daze.

Waking up early the next morning, Daiyu went to greet Mrs. Yang according to the ceremony. At this time, Mrs. Yang was discussing with Tian whether to excuse her greetings.

Brother Yang Shili’s daughter-in-law’s surname is Tian, ​​and Tian’s family can be regarded as a large family in Shandong. They started their business as merchants in their early years, and after three generations, they were able to take scientific examinations. There were descendants who were gifted in reading, so they gradually changed their style and became a family of farming and studying. Three generations of officials.It's just that although the Tian family has changed their family style, some places still haven't lost the habit of merchants. Originally, Mrs. Yang looked down on the Tian family, and she didn't even think about marrying the Tian family.Helplessly, Brother Yang fell in love with Tian at the Lantern Festival. Since the fate came to Mrs. Yang, she couldn't directly dismiss it. After investigating Tian for two years, she found that Tian did not suffer from the bad habits of the Tian family, but seemed to die like her. The disposition of the mother-in-law, who sees things clearly and has skills, and after some teaching that she is enough to take the position of mistress, she makes up her mind to propose marriage.

"I always feel sorry for my second son's family. He went around here and there, and now I have to work for her to follow. She is also a lady who was raised by Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Lin. She married into our family with a generous dowry. In the future, we will have to bear children, take care of our husbands and teach children, and suffer this pain. We really shouldn’t take it for granted. I wondered, why don’t she wake up in the morning and have breakfast in their own room? Suffering outside, you should live more comfortably at home." Then he said: "In the future, you will be the same, sleep more, come to me after dinner to arrange housework together."

Tian understood that it was her mother-in-law who was comforting her in advance, lest she would feel uncomfortable after talking about it for a while.In fact, Mrs. Yang really thinks too much. Mrs. Tian has seen a lot of fights between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at her natal home. She used to think that it is normal for a mother-in-law to put a concubine in the husband's room. A qualified mother-in-law, after arriving at Yang's family, found that her mother-in-law was so considerate and considerate of her daughter-in-law, she already treated her as her own mother in her heart, so why would she feel uncomfortable because of such a trivial matter.

"Sisters and sisters have worked hard to take care of the second brother along the way, and they should go home to rest more. The restless temperament of the second brother will cause the siblings to be tired in the future." Then he said: "The daughter-in-law herself relies on asking for peace to support her getting up. , if my mother doesn't ask me to come and say hello, I don't know how long I'll stay in bed. I'm already fat in our house, and I won't be able to watch it if I get fatter for two laps. Besides, I'm here to say hello to you I am also happy, eating two pieces of snacks from you will feel good all day long."

Mrs. Yang said with a smile: "You, you are sweet-mouthed."

Just as she was talking, she heard the report outside, "Second Grandma is here." Daiyu took off her cloak and walked in, "Madam, please be well. Morning sister-in-law."

Mrs. Yang said: "Come here and sit down. Are you sleeping well? If there is anything that is not to your liking in the house, please go to your sister-in-law. It has been a few days since no one lives here, so clean it up."

Daiyu smiled and replied, "I slept pretty well. After all, it is more comfortable at home than outside." She then thanked Tian, ​​"There were so many things yesterday that I didn't have time to thank my sister-in-law. Thank you sister-in-law for taking care of the yard for me."

Tian said with a smile: "It's my job not to divide the family. My wife loves my daughter-in-law the most. You just came back when you were tired. Sleeping a little longer will be fine."

Mrs. Yang also said: "Just now I told your sister-in-law that you are tired after going out, so you don't have to get up early to say goodbye, and ask the people in the kitchen to deliver breakfast to your room, take a good rest, and you will still be tired during the Chinese New Year." time."

Daiyu was grateful in her heart, but she didn't want to really not come to pay her respects. Her mother-in-law said she was considerate, so she couldn't just do that without knowing what was good or bad. Besides, she was used to getting up at the time of greeting her, and couldn't sleep even if she wanted to. "I really don't feel tired. I've saved up a lot of interesting new things to tell my wife this trip. I'm here to say hello. It's more pleasant for us women to talk. There is a second master in everything on the road, and I won't be tired. When we arrive in the village , the tenants are very enthusiastic, they brought new quilts to cover us, and they ate fresh food. They also watched us go to the pig slaughterhouse, made pig blood cakes with fresh pig blood, and put them on the vegetables. Stewed in the meat, it is sweet and tender. I have never eaten these before, so I know that things that we usually look down on can be so delicious. I asked the second master, and the second master said that the master and wife have never eaten it , I also specially learned this craft, and after two days, I will have the kitchen butcher the pig, and I will make it for my wife."

Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Tian laughed at her when they heard this, "It can be seen that you are still a child, so remember to eat the first one." Neither of them thought that the pork and pig's blood were not high-grade, and said, "Let Zhuangzi serve it some other day." Send a pig in, let the kitchen clean up, just wait for you to cook fresh food for us, I won’t obey if it’s not good.”

Daiyu answered with a smile.Then Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Tian laughed and listened to Daiyu talking about the interesting things along the way, and the three of them burst into laughter together. Those who didn't know it thought it was a gathering of close friends, but never thought it was a joke between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

At the end, Mrs. Yang said: "I just saw that Shili would lose weight every time he went out, and his face and hands would become rougher. I knew that going out was hard, but I didn't know that there were so many fun things to do. It's all Shili's fault." Stuffy gourd, I don’t know how to come back to talk about my experience, or write a travel note like others. It’s a pity that there are a lot of things at home now, and I can’t go out.”

Tian said: "I heard that my younger brother and sister are very talented in literature. Why don't you also learn from those literati and write down what you see and hear every day, whether you write essays, paint pictures or write poems, or bring them back for us to see, but you can't. Even if you are close, you can also appreciate a little bit of scenery and culture.”

Mrs. Yang also said: "That's a good idea. There is no rule in our family that women cannot be famous. Maybe in the future, we can get a nickname and print it out like Lay Yi An. It happens that our family has a bookstore, and the master and boss also love it. This, even if it is printed and not distributed outside, it is good to keep it at home.”

Daiyu was a little tempted by what they said, and felt that even though she was a woman, she could leave some traces of her own, which is really the best.But she didn't dare to agree so decisively, she had better ask Yang Shili's opinion, "I can only write some unreasonable poems and prose using the allusions of the ancients, how dare I praise such a big sea. To my wife and sister-in-law It’s okay to write some vernacular and record some knowledge, but I dare not compare with Lay Yi’an.”

Tian said: "Don't be modest, the second brother once stole a poem and showed it to the uncle, and the uncle woke up in the middle of the night to read it, saying that it was better than ordinary people's writing, but it lacked a bit of masculinity. The question is Who wrote it, the second younger brother just doesn't say, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid it's the masterpiece of my younger brother and sister, since she's a woman, of course she lacks masculinity."

Mrs. Yang also told her not to belittle herself, she might as well give it a try.

The words made Daiyu's blood boil, and when she returned to her room, she immediately wrote a seven-character long poem, and took it to Yang Shili for judgment.Yang Shili finished reading it carefully and applauded, "Madam is really a genius!"

Daiyu asked him, "How about writing down what I see and hear every day as soon as I go out?" Then she proudly said: "Mother and sister-in-law also said that if I write a lot, they will help me to print it in our bookstore, just like Now we study the poems of Lay Yi An, maybe someone in the future will study my writings."

Yang Shili pondered for a while and said seriously: "Okay, if my mother-in-law and sister-in-law don't help you in the future, I will help you. If I also have feelings, I will attach them to your poems and essays, and then they will be called Yang Lin and his wife's travel notes." He didn't just say it casually As soon as I said it, I really kept this matter in my heart. Later, when Daiyu was about to forget it, I really revised and bound it and printed it out.

Daiyu didn't know what was going on at this time, and wrinkled her nose in distaste, "I'm really not up to standard, just giving me such a name has lowered my level."

Neither of the two of them thought at this moment that there would be this "Yang Lin Couple's Travel Notes" hundreds of years later, which is still a famous book.

The author has something to say: Lin Daiyu's literary talents cannot be lost in vain.