The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 19 A Thousand Miles Away Unexpectedly (Please recommend a ticket!)
Lin Daiyu is a well-known talented woman in the Red Chamber, but Xue Baochai can compete with her in the whole book, or the two sisters Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baoqin are quick-witted, and they can play together.For example, Tanchun and Li Wan's aunt and sister-in-law knew the importance in their hearts, and whenever they composed poems and couplets, they just made up the number and barely managed it.Not to mention the two sisters Yingchun and Xichun, they would be lazy and not join in when almost such things happened.

Over time, everyone took this as a matter of course, calling it useless, but not as good as the few of them who wrote dozens of good poems neatly, and everyone slowly studied it.

Xiuyan knew the allusions in it, not only did she know it, but she could even recite a few very famous poems in her previous life.One of them is Daiyu's "Burning Flowers", which can be called the "Double Walls of the Red Chamber" with Baoyu's specialty Furong's daughter.

What is the history of Xiuyan?He became a monk halfway, and he could read and write well, but when it came to composing poetry, Xiuyan's eyes turned black and she couldn't figure it out.She is not like the girls of this era, who recite poems and paint in their spare time, or a few sisters get together to be female celebrities.Originally, Xiuyan was a night owl, and couldn't sleep well until the middle of the night. To pass the time, she could only ask Xiuyan's father's servant, Axi, to go out and change some interesting books.

Unexpectedly, Daiyu, who has a great literary talent, saw it at a glance. How could Xiuyan not be embarrassed?
Xiuyan said with a smile: "Sister, don't think that Wu County is a small place, but the cultured scholars are by no means inferior to those in Jinling, the capital city. Every bookstore here has the anthology that can be bought in the capital city. If you can't buy it in the capital city, you can also buy it here. I found it. After two days, I will take you to the city to buy some good books, and it is not in vain to come to our Wu County. Even if you go back to Beijing with Lian’s second cousin, you will bring some of our local specialties, and you will definitely not take them. No shot. An erudite scholar like my sister must have heard of 'There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below'."

These few words of Xiuyan have reached Daiyu's heart, now she can only treat the Xing family as her own, throwing away things from Yangzhou, giving them away, and giving away some enlightenment books, which she is reluctant to part with, but It is useless to bring it back to the capital.Daiyu saw that Zhengde was at a good age to go to school, so she might as well give him as a gift and not bury these things.In this way, there are very few things that I can bring back. For those sisters from the two houses, Daiyu went back all the way, and it would be bad if she didn’t send some gifts. Brother wants to, but Daiyu can't open her mouth.

Daiyu pulled Xiuyan with emotion: "My sister has received this kindness from my sister."

Xiuyan smiled: "Since we have become a family, please don't say such kind words. You just treat me as your own sister. If there is anything in your heart that you can't tell our mother, tell me, sister is crazy." Two years older than you, I dare not say that I can make big decisions, but I still have some cleverness."

Most of Daiyu's restlessness, worry and depression in the previous days disappeared immediately.Sure enough, they gradually regarded Xiuyan as their own sisters, and after a few days, their relationship was actually better than that of Sanchun in Rongguo Mansion.

As the new year was approaching, Zhao'er finally brought Miss Ping'er into Suzhou City quietly. When they left, they didn't know that Xing Zhong had been promoted to the county magistrate of Wu County, and they began to inquire about where the Xing family lived when they entered the city.The person who was inquired was a warm-hearted one, and seeing Zhao'er riding a tall horse, speaking in a Beijing accent, with chariots and horses behind him, and a small sedan chair, he was busy flattering him.

"Which Xing family is the young man asking about? If it is our county grandpa's house, it is not far away. Turn left along the street, and you will be the county government after two intersections."

Zhao'er hurriedly laughed and said, "It's not the county magistrate, it's Xing Zhong's family."

The man was startled, and looked at Zhao'er in surprise: "Isn't Xing Zhong the name of our county magistrate?"

The man thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "You must have just arrived in our Wu county, so I don't know, the county magistrate took office a few days ago, it's strange that you ask such a question."

Sitting in the small sedan chair was Ping'er, she had heard Zhao'er's conversation with the passer-by, and she couldn't help wondering what the origin of this Xing Zhong was.

Miss Ganqing Ping'er has long forgotten that her eldest wife's family is in Suzhou.

Passers-by were extremely enthusiastic: "Looking at the appearance of your family, I'm afraid that you are not only looking for the magistrate of the county, but also defecting. You don't have to go to the county government, just go to the old house of Xingfu first to be serious. .”

Zhao'er thanked again and again, and was about to pull the reins, when she suddenly heard Miss Ping'er calling her from behind.

Zhao'er knew what happened to Miss Ping, but before seeing the second master, Zhao'er could only pretend to be stupid.

"What did Sister Ping'er call me?"

Ping'er was holding the corner of the curtain with one hand in the sedan chair, and looked at Zhao'er with a half-smile: "You boy, you don't see rabbits or hawks, and you didn't mention the Xing family along the way, why did you just arrive in Suzhou and was so anxious to inquire about it?" People? Could it be that the second master has encountered some kind of cosmetic lawsuit, and he can't move his feet anymore, and he plans to settle down here, and trick you into returning to Beijing to send us?"

Zhao'er was aggrieved and swore: "Sister Ping'er wronged me to death. The second master came to the south to do business seriously, and he was busy every day. If it wasn't for the help of Uncle Xing, who wouldn't know What a scene!"

Ping'er was stunned: "Uncle Xing, could it be."

"My sister is right, she is the brother of that one."

Because Wang Xifeng was not liked by the eldest wife, even Ping'er, a housewife, didn't like her.Because Ping'er is self-aware, he seldom approached Mrs. Xing in the past, and there were very few opportunities for the two of them to interact. On the way to Suzhou, Ping'er naturally forgot that there was a poor relative in Wu County.

"What? Uncle Xing became the county magistrate? Why didn't the eldest wife mention it?"

Ping'er was suspicious, the elder wife's character is nothing more than her brother's downfall, if she can gain some power, she will surely spread the word to everyone in the two houses.

Zhao'er chuckled: "Didn't Sister Ping'er hear what others said, she was just promoted to an official, besides, what kind of background is our family, even if the prefect of Hangzhou came to our house, he should respectfully pass a post to the porter. Sister? I don’t know about Jiayu Village? It’s the magistrate of Jinling, and it was just picked up by our second master. When did he come to our house just to flatter him? Second Master Bao looks down on this kind of person the most.”

When Ping'er heard it, it was also true.

While the two of them were talking, the team of horses and horses had already blocked the traffic of many people, especially the small shopkeepers who set up stalls on the side of the road were somewhat dissatisfied.

Zhao'er hurriedly got on the horse, shook the whip in his hand, and led the not-so-long team to Xing's house.

Although Xing Zhong was promoted to the county magistrate of Wu County, he was not in a hurry to move to the back house of the county government office. First, after Bai Youshan left, the house was in a mess inside and out, and it would take some time to clean it up.Secondly, it is a government house after all. As a former house slave family, Xiuyan and her parents really don't want to live in a place where they will be evicted at any time.A golden nest and a silver nest are nowhere as good as your own kennel.

Fortunately, the Xing family's trip to the county government office is only a stick of incense, and there are official sedan chairs in the government house, so it is cheap to travel. Xiuyan's mother is not in a hurry to move. The back house is repainted again.

Zhao'er still didn't go to the fork in the road, and when he saw the two big characters "Xingfu" on the door plaque, he knew that what the passers-by said was true.When he was in a hurry to jump the horse, the door opened from the inside, and it was Jia Lian and several long followers around him who came out.

"Second Master!"

Zhao'er yelled out, and Ping'er hurriedly lifted the curtain to get out.

Jia Lian was dressed in casual clothes and looked solemn, as if something important had happened.He looked in Zhao'er's direction, and just met Ping'er's eyes, and Ping'er was about to call Jia Lian.But Jia Lian said to Zhao'er very coldly: "Take Ping'er to greet your uncle, wife and ladies. I have something to go out to find my uncle."

After speaking, he got on his horse and left without looking back.

Ping'er felt grievances in her heart. She came all the way to see where the second master was injured. Now not only did he see that the second master was safe and sound, but the other party also had a cold look that no one should enter. Ping'er was angry. The curtain fell: "Since the second master is fine, Zhao'er, you still send me back to Beijing."

Zhao'er also felt that what Er Ye did today was a little too much, but he couldn't blame Jia Lian, so he had to turn around to persuade Ping'er.

"Good sister, don't you make the second grandma lose face by doing this? The second grandma can't come by herself, so she sent sister Ping'er to take care of the second master. If you know that you left without even entering the door, you may not feel comfortable."

Seeing that Ping'er was trying to get angry, Zhao'er quickly laughed and said, "I exaggerated the injury of the second master, but who would have expected that the water and rice in the south of the Yangtze River will support people, and the second master will be fine these days! Sister Ping'er should be happy Yes, it's better than being sick and making everyone feel distressed. Besides."

Zhao'er pointed to the two large characters on the door plaque: "This is not an ordinary family. The eldest wife's elder sister knows about it, so she passes the door and refuses to enter. I'm afraid it will be blamed on the mistress."

It makes sense to hear it on weekdays, so I can only sigh helplessly: "You are right. Anyway, if you don't care about the face of the second master, you should also take care of the face of the second grandma."

Seeing Miss Ping'er getting off the sedan chair, Zhao'er let out a long sigh of relief.Hastily went forward to knock on the door.

Xiuyan was talking to Daiyu at the moment, when she suddenly heard her maid, Meilian, report that someone from Jia's family had come to see Miss Lin, and now the wife was in front to say hello, and the lady asked the two girls to hurry over.

Lin Daiyu hurriedly asked, "Who is here?"

Meilian hesitated to look at it for a while: "It seems to be a girl named Ping'er."

Daiyu immediately turned around and looked at Xiuyan with joy: "It belongs to the second sister-in-law. This sister Ping'er is the best person. I must meet you." After speaking, she pulled Xiuyan to go out.

Xiuyan smiled and said, "What's the rush, let me put on my cloak and talk about it later."

Only then did Daiyu realize that she was only wearing an unlined garment, and laughed secretly at her lack of composure, and then admired sister Xiuyan's composure, she was more thoughtful than she thought.

After a while, Zijuan served Daiyu wearing a squirrel cloak with a Guanyin pocket on it.Mio served Xiuyan in a ermine cloak, and the two sisters entered Lu's main courtyard hand in hand like two snow lotuses blooming under the sky.

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PS: Thank you Xiaoguang and the little crocodile for the safety charm. Tomorrow is the day to notify the recommendation. I hope Xiaohe can continue to be followed, hehe

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