The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 98
Zhaowuhou Mansion.

When Lin Daiyu woke up, it was already dusk to hold the lanterns.

Seeing that the room was dark, Lin Daiyu hurriedly called Zijuan to change her clothes and comb her hair.

Taking advantage of the gap in the middle, he asked Xueyan beside him, "What time is it now?"

"Miss, it's already the beginning of Xu Shi!"

"It's already so late?!" Lin Daiyu said in surprise.

Zijuan was combing Daiyu's hair, and said with a smile: "Yes, Xueyan and I wanted to wake up the young lady, but was stopped by Master Hou, who said to let the young lady get enough sleep before getting up." ! Master Hou really cares about Miss!"

Xueyan nodded again and again, "Yes, Master Hou stayed in the house and guarded Miss for a long time, until the end of the day, when Laifu hurriedly called her away!"

"What's the matter? It's all because of him that I slept for so long!"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Lin Daiyu, who felt that she had slipped her tongue, became hot again.

The two Zicuckoos beside them couldn't help pursing their lips and giggling.

……

"Is the lady awake?"

Amber's voice came from outside.

The little maid at the door replied: "I'm already awake, Sister Zijuan and Sister Xueyan are combing Madam's hair!"

Amber ordered again: "Then you help me go in and make a report!"

The little maid heard Hu Po's order and rushed in to report.

Lin Daiyu said: "Is there sister Hu Po outside? If you want to report or not, just come in!"

"Ma'am, you don't want to call me that," Hu Po smiled and lifted the curtain to come in. "You are the master, calling me that will really kill me, a maid."

The snow goose next to her said "Oops", and said to the Zijuan next to her, "Yes, we all have to change the name of Miss to Madam, thanks to the fact that we called it 'Miss Miss' just now!"

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "You are girls I keep by my side, you can call them whatever you want, and I don't blame you!"

On the one hand, Amber smiled and said: "Madam finished cleaning, let's go to Lord Hou's first, I am waiting for Madam to serve dinner!"

"Oh, I forgot to mention it. Master Hou said to wait for Miss in the afternoon, no, he said to wait for Madam to wake up before serving dinner!" Xue Yan slapped himself on the forehead.

Zijuan couldn't help being speechless, Xueyan's brain...

Lin Daiyu hurriedly asked Zijuan to tie up her hair in a bun, changed her clothes, and said to several people:
"Then go there quickly, don't let... wait too long!"

……

After leaving the courtyard of the new house, and passing through another hall, Lin Daiyu and several maidservants went straight to the Nuan Pavilion in front.

Hu Po ordered people to go ahead and tell Jia Jing.

Jia Jing saw Lin Daiyu coming, so she told the maid beside her, "Madam is here, you can prepare dinner!"

After a while, the dishes were brought up by the maids one by one.

Hu Po Xueyan's two maids first spread the chopsticks for Jia Jing and Dai Yu, and filled the soup and rice, and then retreated respectfully to serve them.

……

After dinner, Lin Daiyu asked Jia Jing to accompany her to take a slow walk in the yard to digest.

Jia Jing happily went with him.

Because Lin Daiyu blocked the branch in front of her, Jia Jing said casually: "By the way, after a few days, my sister will come to explain the family affairs to you."

"What about the family?" Lin Daiyu asked in confusion.

Jia Jing smiled and said: "Yes, my sister told me about this before we got married, and said that after all, you will be in charge of the family in the future, and many things should be handed over to you as soon as possible!"

Lin Daiyu was a little worried, "In the past, I didn't pay much attention to these things, but suddenly I have to be in charge, and I still have no idea..."

"What's the matter?" Jia Jing comforted: "As the wife of the Hou's mansion, it is reasonable for you to be in charge of the house. Besides, this is our home. Which of the rules can be greater than ours? What are you talking about, what are you worrying about?!"

Hearing what Jia Jing said, Lin Daiyu nodded, and then she felt relieved.

"By the way, we have to prepare things for returning home. When we go out earlier that day, we can come back earlier!"

Lin Daiyu said softly beside her: "Well, okay..."

For the next few days, whether it was living, sitting, sleeping, eating, drinking or playing, Jia Jing stayed with Lin Daiyu all the time.

But even if the two are tired of being together all the time, they still feel that time flies too fast!
After returning to the third day, a few days later, Yingchun came to explain many matters of the Hou Mansion to Lin Daiyu.

Only then did Lin Daiyu pull away from Jia Jing.

Seeing the appearance of the two of you and me, Yingchun couldn't help laughing and said: "You two, pay attention to the influence, you both know that you are newlyweds, and you are in the process of mixing oil with honey, but you should also take care of us around you OK?"

Jia Jing naturally showed no sign of weakness.

"Our husband and wife love each other, what's wrong with that? But my sister said so, could it be that Fan's heart has been moved?"

Angrily, Yingchun was about to come over and hammer him.

Lin Daiyu hurriedly grabbed Yingchun, and said with a smile: "Sister, don't be angry, he is just talking too much! I will talk about him later!"

Pointing at Lin Daiyu, Yingchun laughed angrily, "You husband and wife are working together? Sister Daiyu, you were not like this in the past!"

Lin Daiyu's little face flushed when she was told.

Seeing this, Yingchun couldn't help laughing.

…………

Say the other side.

Ping An Prefecture.

Jia Lian was urged by Jia She to set off from Shenjing that day, and hurried out of the city early in the morning, heading straight for the road to Ping'an Prefecture.

Xiao Xing lived at night along the way, thirsty and hungry for food.

After walking for six or seven days, I saw the city wall of Ping'an Prefecture appearing in the distance.

As he was walking, he saw a line of carriages and horses parked by the side of the road. This was a caravan resting here.

More than a dozen vehicles carrying goods formed a circle, and in the open space in the middle, people from the caravan were lighting a bonfire, cooking soup and roasting meat there.

Jia Lian got up early in the morning to go on the road, and only used some dry food and cold water along the way. At this time, he smelled the aroma of hot soup and meat, and couldn't help singing "Empty City Plan" in his stomach.

Because his stomach was empty, Jia Lian thought about the hot soup in the caravan.

The city wall of Ping'an State was not far ahead, and there were young and old in the caravan in front of him, plus he had Jia Jing's personal soldiers protecting him, Jia Lian expected that there would be no serious problems.

Therefore, Jia Lian hurriedly ordered the coachman to stop the carriage, and then asked Long'er to take the money and go to the caravan to ask for two bowls of hot soup.

After a while, Long'er came back with a big soup bowl.

Behind him was a familiar figure.

From a distance, the man smiled and said, "It's really Lian's second brother, why are you here?"

Jia Lian followed the sound, but it was Xue Pan who came.

"It turned out to be Brother Xue," Jia Lian said with a smile, "The master of the family sent me to Ping'an Prefecture for business, but unexpectedly I met Brother Xue here. What a coincidence!"

He asked again: "Brother Xue, where did this come from?"

"Hey," Xue Pan waved his hands and said embarrassingly, "Isn't this just playing around at home all day and being rejected by my mother and sister!
When I think about it myself, at such an advanced age, I am still uncivilized and incompetent. I say that I am in business, but I can’t even use the abacus and the abacus. Really unbearable.

Coupled with the shortage of paper notes and spices near Shenjing this year, I simply saved some capital after the year, and along with the manager of the pawnshop at home, I went outside to sell some and came back to earn tea money.

This can be regarded as doing it yourself, being a merchant for a while! "

Hearing this, Jia Lian gave Xue Pan a thumbs up, "Brother Xue is so ambitious!"

(End of this chapter)