The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 8 Sister Lin

Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang were nervous for a long time before remembering that there were outsiders present, and Mother Jia hurriedly apologized to Mu Xu.

Mu Xu didn't even say a word, and wentssip for a while, and then said to Jia Mu,
"I heard that the old lady's granddaughter, the daughter of Yangzhou Linyan Road, is also in the house. I wonder if I could invite you to see her?"

He didn't care about the strange eyes of others in the room, he only explained to Jiamu,
"The old lady also knows that my mother and your aunt were sisters when they were not out of the court. When I heard that Aunt Jia passed away, my mother was devastated."

"Aunt Jia's daughter is currently being fostered in your mansion. Before I came to visit your mansion, my mother asked me to visit her on her behalf. If it weren't for the fact that the mansion is too busy, my mother might have come in person."

Listening to Mu Xu's mention of her daughter who died young, Jia's mother also showed grief, with tears in her eyes, unable to speak for a long time, the second wife of King Xing hurried forward to comfort her.

Mother Jia waved her hand to signal that she didn't need it, and then said to Mu Xu, "When Min'er was alive, she did tell me about her friendship with the princess."

"I don't want the princess to be thousands of miles away, and still miss my poor daughter. The son will go back and thank the princess on my behalf."

Mu Xu hurriedly said, "The old lady is serious, you don't have to call me brother Xu just like my grandmother."

Jia Mu said a few more polite words, and then ordered a girl named Hu Po in her room to go and call Lin Daiyu. After thinking about it, she ordered,
"Also call several young ladies to meet the honored guests."

Mu Xu hurriedly called the little girl to stop, and then said to Jia's mother,
"It's impolite to see the younger sister of the Lin family rashly today. How can I see the young lady of your family who has not left the cabinet again. After all, I am a foreigner, so I'm afraid it will be very inconvenient."

But Jia Mu said, "You and my two families have always been good friends, so we should treat them as our own sisters. It doesn't matter."

Mu Xu really wanted to meet some of the Twelve Gold Hairpins, so he didn't refuse.

After a while, I saw three nurses and five or six maidservants, surrounded by four girls.

The first one has slightly plump skin, a medium-sized figure, fresh pear cheeks, greasy goose fat nose, gentle and silent, and is amiable to look at.

The second one has slender shoulders and slender waist, a tall figure, a duck-egg face, handsome eyes and eyebrows, a fast-paced look, the essence of literary beauty, forgetting the vulgarity when you see it.

The third one is not tall enough, described as still young, estimated to be eight or nine years old at most.

And the fourth girl has eyebrows that seem to be frowning but are not frowning, and a pair of eyes that seem to be happy but not happy.Two dimples are born in the state of worry, and the disease of being delicate is attacked all over the body.Tears dripped, panting slightly.When you are quiet, you are like a beautiful flower shining in the water, and when you are in action, you are like a weak willow supporting the wind. (The original text is quoted here. Please forgive the author’s limited writing power and cannot describe the demeanor of Sister Lin, so I have to borrow the original text.)
Jia's mother first introduced the first three girls to Mu Xu and told them their ages. Jia Yingchun was half a year younger than him, Jia Tanchun was four years younger than him, and Jia Xichun was more than eight years younger than him.

Several sisters saluted him together, and Mu Xu returned the salute as a senior sister.

After they had finished seeing each other, Mother Jia pulled the fourth girl and introduced to Mu Xu, she was indeed Lin Daiyu.

Then Jia Mu told Lin Daiyu about the origin of it, and then asked him to salute Mu Xu alone.

Lin Daiyu gave a slight blessing, and whispered, "Daughter Lin, I have met your son."

Mu Xu hurriedly returned a salute and said,
"Sisters from the Lin family don't need to be polite. Although it's a bit abrupt, my mother and your mother are like sisters. So the sisters from the Lin family just call me big brother."

When Lin Daiyu heard this, she looked at Jiamu, and when she saw Jiamu nodding, she called softly.
"Brother Mu."

If it weren't for Mu Xu's hearing ability that is far superior to that of ordinary people, he might not be able to hear it.Mu Xu responded, called a little girl at the door, fished out a handful of golden melon seeds from her purse, and gave her a reward, asking her to pass on the gift she brought.

Not long after, a few healthy women from their family carried a few gifts and came to the room led by a few maids from Jia's house.

Mu Xu ordered them to open the presents and give them one by one to Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing Wang, even Jia Baoyu and Sanchun.

Everyone was delighted to receive the gift, especially Mrs. Xing, who was almost overjoyed when she saw those precious jadeite objects in the present.Under Jiamu's warning eyes, she restrained herself.

Mu Xu didn't bother with her, and just took out the gift that his mother had prepared for Lin Daiyu alone.After calling Jia Lian, pointing to the remaining pile of presents,

"These gifts are for the two uncles, as well as the brother and his wife. There are notes on them, please forward them to the brother."

Jia Lian thanked him, and then ordered someone to go with a gift.

Then Mu Xu pointed to the remaining gifts and said to Lin Daiyu,
"These things were prepared by my mother for sister Lin. When I came here, my mother also ordered me to hand them over to my sister."

Lin Daiyu thanked her with tears, and Mother Jia ordered someone to send the things for Lin Daiyu to her room.

Mu Xu saw that Lin Daiyu's body was like a piece of thin willow, which would be blown away by the wind at any time, and her complexion was not good. Thinking about the ending of the girl in the original book, who finally died of tears, she couldn't help feeling soft in her heart, and said softly,
"The girl's complexion is not very good, but what's wrong with her body?"

Lin Daiyu replied, "When I was young, I had some insufficiency symptoms. Later, I saw some doctors and took some medicines. It is much better, but I have a cough when it is hot or cold."

I asked her what medicine she usually took, and she said it was the ginseng Rongyang pill in the original book, Mu Xu said,

"The medicine is three-point poisonous. Why don't I go home and let my mother invite an imperial doctor to treat my sister?"

Lin Daiyu refused, but Mu Xu ignored her and asked Jia Mu directly.

Naturally, Mother Jia quickly agreed on her behalf. You must know that in the Rongguo Mansion, only she is qualified to seek treatment from the imperial physician. Others can only hire familiar imperial physicians. Mother Jia is still very concerned about the granddaughter left by her daughter.

Seeing that Jiamu agreed, Lin Daiyu thanked Mu Xu.Thinking about how careful I was when I came to my grandfather's house, I didn't dare to make any mistakes.

Although my grandmother loves me a lot, no worse than Baoyu, Baoyu and Sanchun are also very close to me.

But after all, it's not my own home, it was fine before, since Xue's family came to Beijing.The servants in the mansion were spreading rumors that she was not as generous as Xue Baochai because of her small temper, and that Xue Baochai was generous, not as stingy and stingy as herself.

Lin Daiyu is born with a more sensitive mind than others, and she is inherently sensitive.Hearing these gossips, how can I not know that someone is deliberately stepping on the high and flattering the low.

It is said that she likes to be petty. Could it be that she is mean to others, and she just quarrels with Baoyu occasionally.Said that she was stingy, every time she asked the small kitchen to cook a bowl of bird's nest, she would be rewarded with silver coins, and occasionally she would let the servants of the house run errands, but Zi Juan never gave a silver coin.

I was always careful, not daring to make mistakes, for fear of losing face to the Lin family and being arranged like this.Every night when people are quiet, I don't know how many tears shed.

Today, when I saw an outsider who cared so much about me when I met him for the first time, I was secretly moved.

You must know that her two uncles, who are direct relatives, have never cared about her. When they first came to Jia's mansion, they didn't even show their faces.

Lin Daiyu is a girl in the boudoir, and besides Jia Baoyu, this is the first time she sees a foreigner every day.In my heart, I can't help but secretly compare Jia Baoyu and Mu Xu.

Both of them are the sons of everyone, Mu Xu is more than six feet tall, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, and an imposing manner.Even sitting upright.

As for Baoyu, who is so old, she still likes to hang around with the girls all day long. Whenever she mentions her uncle, she trembles with fright, and sometimes she would slip into her grandmother's arms.

Although Daiyu's heart is towards Baoyu, she has to admit that no matter how you look at it, Baoyu is not as good as Mu Xu.

In fact, not only Daiyu, but also Jiamu, Mrs. Wang, Sanchun and others in the room were secretly comparing the two in their hearts.

But no matter how you look at it, although there is still some childishness on one's face, she does not leak water in her dealings with others.And the other one, like a child who hasn't grown up, is now huddling beside Sanchun, muttering what he didn't know what to say to Tanchun.

Jia Mu and the others felt a little uncomfortable, so they could only comfort themselves that Baoyu was younger than Mu Xu.

When everyone was thinking about it, a woman's voice came from outside, "I am late, and I have never greeted guests from afar."

Mu Xu's heart skipped a beat, he knew that this must be Wang Xifeng, and others would not dare to make a loud noise in Jiamu's place.

Sure enough, a group of daughters-in-law and maids surrounded a person and came in from the back door.This person is dressed differently from Sanchun Daiyu and other girls, with brilliant color embroidery, like a concubine and fairy: on his head is a golden silk eight-treasure bun, and a red skirt is tied with a bean-green palace sash Pisces eye rose.A pair of red and phoenix triangular eyes, two curved willow-leaf hanging eyebrows, slender, coquettish physique, pink face with spring power but not revealing, red lips before smiling.

Mu Xu thought to himself, she really is the famous female overlord in the Red Chamber, with high spirits and beautiful looks.The vigor of a mature woman is not comparable to that of the young girls in Sanchun who have not left the court.

When Wang Xifeng came in, he first saluted Jia Mu and Mrs. Xing Wang.Then, without waiting for others to introduce him, he greeted Mu Xu who came by himself,

"This must be the young prince, the woman belongs to Lian's second family."

Smelling the tangy fragrance from Wang Xifeng's body, Mu Xu hurriedly got up to return the salute,

"Lian's second sister-in-law is polite, and my family members don't need to be so extravagant."

Wang Xifeng laughed and said to Jia's mother, "Look at the old ancestor, it really is Mr. Wang and grandson, unlike us who have settled down, but Lian Er and the others can be compared."

Mother Jia really liked Wang Xifeng, and she laughed and scolded Wang Xifeng when she heard the words.

"It's good that you burnt the test paper, brother Xu is no match for you, why don't you back down quickly, so as not to disturb him."

After speaking, he introduced to Mu Xu, just like what he said to Lin Daiyu in the original book, saying it was Feng Lazi and so on.

Mu Xu naturally also said politely, "What did the old matriarch say, people like us, are we going to learn from those poor literati, saying that women don't go through the second door, and don't go through the second door."

"In my opinion, like Lian's second sister-in-law is the style of everyone."

Wang Xifeng was really overjoyed, "After all, he is the son of the world. His knowledge is different from that of ordinary people. From now on, he will come to our house often to play. Let Lian Er and Baoyu accompany him."

Jia's mother also nodded and said, "That's right, your family and I are family friends, brother Xu's coming to our house is just like our own."

"Besides, you just came back to Beijing, so I'm afraid you're not familiar with Beijing, so you can let Baoyu and the others take you around. You are all young people."

It's not easy for Mu Xu to evade directly, so he nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)