I am cultivating immortality in the Red Mansion

Chapter 3 Ask
Mrs. Guo bowed and led Jia He over, constantly telling the girl what to do, and even reminded the girl to step more steadily.

Jia He pretended to be ignorant and followed her instructions, saluted Jia's mother, said hello, and thanked his ancestors.

Jia's mother was quite happy. She took Lin Daiyu's hand and said, "You two sisters just came here recently. We can play together when we have nothing to do." Suddenly she remembered that Jia He was not very smart, and she was afraid that she would miss her granddaughter. He said hurriedly: "Sister Lu, you should study all kinds of things on weekdays and don't have any free time. Daiyu can just play with the other sisters."

Everyone else knew what Jia Mu meant, and couldn't help but look at Jia He a few more times, sighing inwardly that such a cute and beautiful girl like Yuxue was a fool.Otherwise, just because her color is better than that of her sisters, she might have some extraordinary fortune when she grows up.

Lin Daiyu looked sideways at her for a while, smiled with Jia Mu and said, "It's not bad to be naughty with Sister He. I think this sister is extremely smart. Look at her eyes, they are so lively and beautiful." After that, Smiled kindly at Jia He.

Jia He felt that everyone in the room had been fooled by lard, and they were all fools.Lin Daiyu was the only one who was quite smart, so she had a good impression of Sister Lin.Seeing Lin Daiyu talking to her, she picked up what she could say and uttered a few words: "Thank you sister for your love. I will play nice with my sister from now on."

Lin Daiyu pulled Jia Mu's sleeve: "Look, my sister is really smart. My ancestors didn't believe it, and neither did my sister-in-law or sisters."

Mrs. Xing became more fond of this cousin and said yes repeatedly.

Mother Jia was distressed that her granddaughter had just lost her mother, and it was hard to deny her kindness. Seeing that she was happy, she could only say: "Then let's get together when we have nothing to do."

Before Jia He entered the house, Lin Daiyu was sad when she remembered her dead mother. She became happier after seeing the silly child.Others couldn't bear to make her feel sad again, so they all pretended to cheer her up.

Mother Jia didn't want her good granddaughter to bother herself with a silly child, not to mention that the silly child's origins were unknown, and she didn't know where Jia She sown the seeds, but Jia She would fight to the death to recognize her.

Jia Mu then called some of her granddaughters to come over and said to Lin Daiyu, "Come and talk to your sisters. They have been looking forward to you for several days and finally got you here, but they need to talk a little more."

Wang Xifeng wished that Mother Jia hated this wild boy. If there were many people in the family, he would have to open his mouth too much. What's more, this was a master and not a slave of cats and dogs.

She signaled Ping'er to come over, pushed Jia He and Ping'er and said, "You accompany the girl for a walk outside, and you will know the way."

Ping'er knew that he wanted her to take the person away, so he took the child's hand and walked out.After walking a few steps, I found that Mrs. Guo had not followed me, so I waved Mrs. Guo over. When I left the house, I told her, "Please take your girl back with you. Don't go the wrong way."

After thanking her profusely, Mrs. Guo accompanied Jia He out of the Shangfang courtyard.

Logically speaking, they should have gone to the separate courtyard where the eldest man was.Unexpectedly, after all the masters gathered here, the manpower here was slightly insufficient.

Yuanyang happened to see them passing by, and he had just returned to the courtyard and didn't know Jia He yet. Seeing that Mrs. Guo was old and could go to the outer courtyard at any time, he pointed at Mrs. Guo and said, "There is not enough tea in the house. I don't know where they put the tea leaves." I can't find it. Go to the front yard and ask the second master's boy if there is any new tea. Return the old lady's new tea when you find it."

This is the eldest maid in front of our ancestors. She cannot be offended easily. If she doesn't obey, she may harm her own girl.Mrs. Guo had no choice but to accept with a smile. Before leaving, she kept telling the girl not to run around, but just stood there and waited for her to come back.

Jia He didn't care whether he waited or not. Seeing that he had nothing to do now, he nodded in agreement.

Unexpectedly, not long after Mrs. Guo left, there suddenly appeared a bug that was ready to move, always struggling to go somewhere.The insect was crystal clear white. It was originally a silkworm, and it was only after she refined it that it became a gu.

This one was not among the bugs that did something wrong last night.Seeing that it really wanted to move, Jia He simply let it out and walked around as it pleased.She followed behind to see if anything interesting happened.

Unexpectedly, the insect led her to turn left and right, and arrived at a strange yard, where it stopped in a corner and became motionless.Jia He saw it swirling around an embroidered shoe, so he picked up the shoe and looked at it carefully.

These shoes are quite old and have been worn by others. At first glance, they only look familiar, but there is nothing special about them.But if his bug can come over specifically to look at it, Jia He thinks it must have its merits.She looked carefully for a while and found that there was a sandwich inside the shoe upper. She simply tore it open and looked through it. Although the layer inside had uneven edges and was obviously torn from somewhere, it was actually a small piece. Double-sided embroidery, with orchids on one side and chrysanthemums on the other.

It stands to reason that this kind of embroidery would not be just a small piece of embroidery, it would be more like a complete pattern taken from a large embroidery.

Double-sided embroidery is very special. It requires the same piece of fabric to be embroidered with different patterns on both sides at the same time.There are currently only a dozen embroiderers with this skill in Jinling City. If they have no time to spare and want double-sided embroidery, they will have to buy it elsewhere.

Looking back at the pair of shoes, Jia He couldn't help but secretly say "Ouch" - he thought that these shoes looked familiar, as they were actually the same ones worn by the corpse he saw last night.The corpse was only wearing one shoe at that time, and I didn't know if the one in front of me was the second one.

Jia He thought for a while and felt that this thing and the complicated things it might involve had nothing to do with her, so she simply didn't care about it.But this thing had been turned over by her, and it seemed inappropriate to throw it away casually, so she threw it in a hidden place in the corner and covered it with weeds.

At dinner time, Jia Mu hosted a banquet for her granddaughter who had just arrived at the house.

No one invited her to Jia He's side, so she was happy and at ease.And because she passed by Jia Mu, all the respectable women and maids in the house knew her, and knew that she was the master. After seeing her, as long as she didn't move anything, they would not see her.

Because Mrs. Wang was destined, she was afraid that the fifth girl would not be hungry due to her young age, so someone prepared some meals for her in advance.Jia He ate alone in a small hall, and while others were eating, he took a walk in the garden alone and trained his insects.

Unexpectedly, after dinner, while she was wandering by a pool somewhere, she suddenly heard a soft sob.The cry was soft and melodious, a bit familiar.Following this sound, I discovered that it was the smart and lovely sister I just met today, named Lin Daiyu.

If it were someone else, Jia He would ignore him.Sister Lin was the most amiable and lovable one. After careful consideration, she walked over and asked her softly: "Sister, why are you crying here? But someone has neglected your sister?" After searching for a long time, she found the small tattered handkerchief in her arms. , handed it over.

Lin Daiyu saw her like this,

Lin Daiyu was choking to herself, unexpectedly someone spoke to her in such a gentle voice.When he took a closer look, it was the little girl with beautiful eyes today. He wiped the corners of his eyes and choked, "It's okay, but there is sand in her eyes."

Looking up and seeing the handkerchief, she couldn't help but smile, took it and gently wiped away the tears: "You are honest." Although she only had this tattered handkerchief in her body, she was still willing to take it out. Wipe her tears.

"Why is my sister so alienated from me?" Jia He saw that the place she chose was a clean boulder, so he sat next to her: "Sister and I have just arrived here not long ago, if my sister is also like I'm so angry, I really don't even have anyone to talk to here."

Lin Daiyu didn't want to trouble others.But seeing that this sister was speaking sincerely and that every word was true to her heart, she relaxed and said, "Today, Zhao'er, the boy next to Brother Lian, said that there was a double-sided embroidered screen stored in my grandmother's warehouse. A piece of it was torn off, and I don’t know when it was damaged. Zhao Erfei said it was broken when Yingge helped her grandmother get something from the warehouse. Yingge complained to me that she had never done anything. I feel sorry for Yingge. , but couldn't help her, so I sat here uncomfortably for a while."

"Sister, can you tell me roughly what pattern that screen is?"

Lin Daiyu had never seen it before. She only heard a few words from Yingge and gave a brief description.

Jia He remembered the double-sided embroidery in the shoe, and then remembered the corpse.

For her, whether to care or not is all a matter of thought.She ignored them before because they had nothing to do with her, but now if those things continue to be hidden, they may cause Lin Daiyu to continue to feel sad, so she can't just sit back and ignore them.

"Sister, wait a minute, that matter may come to light in a few days." Jia He stood up as he spoke.

It's time to go back and find that shoe again.

(End of this chapter)