The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 196
Jia's mother pulled Lu Shiyu and said earnestly: "Uncle and wife have to pay more attention to us Yu'er. I'm not afraid of your jokes. She can't count on her two direct aunts. I'll take it out. 3 taels of silver told them to buy things, but look at my uncle and wife, the things brought back to me are all messy junk, if not for Yu'er's mother, there are still a few good things at the bottom of the box that can be put in it to make up the number , I am too embarrassed to send the dowry list to the Gan family."

The old lady deliberately raised the price by 1 taels. She only thought that Mrs. Lu didn't know about it. In fact, Mrs. Lu made it clear to her that she knew exactly how many taels Xing and Wang spent and how many taels they concealed. Chu, not to mention how much money the old lady took out.

Lu smiled lightly: "Even if the old lady doesn't say anything, I will take this matter to heart. The friendship between our family and Mr. Lin in those years, the entrustment and loyalty of others, we still understand this truth .”

Mother Jia was very satisfied, and if she could marry Daiyu off in a safe and secure manner, it would be considered as an end to her own worries.She has been in charge of the inner house of Rongguo Mansion for many years, and has also accumulated a lot of furniture. When the money from the Lin family first came into her hands, Mother Jia thought that a few years later, when Baoyu and Daiyu got married, the money would only be on the books for a while. Encounter, so that Lin girl will not be bullied in the future, and her waist will be straighter.It's enough to help Baoyu with another 5 taels of silver, and distribute the rest to Feng girl and others.

But people are not as good as heaven, once the mother visits her relatives, the family's money is spent like water, and there will be no end to it. The servants and eunuchs in the palace are more like a bottomless pit, and the old lady herself has invested a lot of money.The money from the Lin family was spent a lot earlier, and Mother Jia felt ashamed. Seeing that the two jade children would not have a chance in the future, Mother Jia wanted to subsidize her granddaughter more, but she couldn't do it. It's like hurting a muscle.

The old lady kept Mrs. Lu for lunch, and the two discussed it, and from now on they put Daiyu in the warm pavilion of the old lady's back room, and asked some handy maids to help her embroider her wedding dress.The first thing Jia Mu thought of was mandarin ducks. Her close-fitting clothes are all sewn by mandarin ducks one by one, which is what Jia Mu likes the most.

It's a pity that Yuanyang is very busy, and Jiamu can't leave her here for a moment. Yuanyang smiled and advised Jiamu: "What's so difficult about this, has the old lady forgotten? There is an embroidery worker in our house who is better than me." It's also exquisite, isn't Qingwen in the room of Second Master Bao the one you praised?"

Mother Jia patted her legs, raised her head and smiled and said, "Stupid, why did I forget her!" The old lady sent someone to call Qingwen in the Grand View Garden. She thought that something serious had happened, so she was a little guilty, and when she entered Jiamu's upper court, Qingwen hesitated even more when she heard that Yuanyang was talking about this matter.

Yuanyang looked at Jiamu who was joking with Lu Shi in the room, and whispered to Qingwen: "Fool, this is a great thing, you should answer it yourself in front of your uncle and wife. When uncle and wife are happy, Miss Lin will naturally Also happy."

Qingwen was not convinced and said: "I haven't talked about you yet. Why do you take this job for me for no reason! I can't finish Baoyu's clothes. How can I help Miss Lin?"

Yuanyang said angrily: "You silly little girl, why don't you understand my painstaking efforts?" Yuanyang clung to Qingwen's ear: "Let me tell you the truth. The people in Yihong courtyard make rafts, and the second wife knows all about your jokes and quarrels on weekdays. Your Yihong courtyard is full of the second wife’s eyes and ears! You and Baoyu are on good terms on weekdays. This is a taboo between men and women, I heard sister Yu Chuaner in the second wife's room say that the second wife only called your name!"

Shocked and terrified, Qingwen managed to calm down and said, "Don't scare me!"

Yuanyang tugged Qingwen's little jacket fiercely: "Why am I fooling you? You can go to Yu Chuan'er quietly later, what she said is much scarier than me! You are not the only one in Yihong Courtyard, Bihen, Not a single one of the autumn patterns has fallen, the little girl Li Chunyan, Si'er, you can see, Baoyu is not proud of those?"

Qingwen spat, "Why isn't that western haba in there?"

The relationship between Yuanyang and Xiren is good. Although she helped Qingwen, she was unwilling to criticize Xiren in front of Qingwen.Seeing this, Qingwen also understood a little bit, and waved the handkerchief embarrassingly: "I have accepted this love, and I will think about it when I go back."

After Qingwen entered the room to greet Jia's mother, she turned around and went back to Yihong Courtyard. Most of the room was surrounded by Xiren talking and laughing. Qingwen was angry and lay on the bed silent.Seeing this, Musk Moon came and asked her to eat melons: "The melons that my uncle and wife just took. It's not easy to eat melons at this time. Before Baoyu went out, she asked her to keep them for you, just saying that you like them.

Qingwen didn't turn her head back, she didn't turn over, she just brushed off Sheyue's hand impatiently: "I don't want to eat!"

After hearing this, Musk Moon hurriedly asked, "What does the old lady want from you?"

Qingwen has always regarded Sheyue as a group of attackers, so no matter how Sheyue asks her, Qingwen just doesn't answer at this moment.Musk Moon had no choice but to come to Xi Ren, Xi Ren snorted coldly: "Let her make trouble on her own, and we don't care about her. I know this kind of person best. The more you hold her, the more troublesome she will be. " Xiren didn't care about Sanqi 21, and pulled Sheyue to go with him to make a network for Jia Baoyu.

Two or three days later, Fengwei Hutong brought Daiyu back, and saluted Daiyu with some of her boxes.Taking advantage of the sluggish business of the major tailor shops after the new year, Mrs. Lu hurriedly paid for Daiyu to buy two big boxes of new clothes, eight pieces in each spring and summer. Even the maids are so lucky. .These boxes of clothes really envied Tanchun, Xichun and other sisters.Although everyone also made it, but in the past two or three years, especially after Lian's second sister-in-law became in charge of the family, most of their clothes were given by the old lady or the wife and asked the maids to sew them by themselves.

The craftsmanship of the maids is rough, not as good as the fine work outside.

Several people gathered around and chattered about how the uncle and wife treated Sister Lin well, but Shi Xiangyun sat far away, feeling depressed in his heart and even more depressed on his face.

Daiyu wanted to come over to talk to her several times, but Zijuan held her daughter tightly.After sending everyone away in the evening, Daiyu was about to rest, and Chunxian was removing the hairpin ring for her, when Daiyu suddenly said to Zijuan in the mirror, "What's wrong with you today, why are you dragging me all the time?"

Zijuan packed her luggage and said with a smile: "The news about the young lady is really closed. Haven't you heard that Miss Shi's good news is coming soon?"

"Where did you hear that?"

"Look, the girl still doesn't believe it. Everyone in the garden is telling the story, but." Zijuan lowered her voice: "I heard that the marriage was arranged by the historian's master in office. It seems to be in a hurry, and the wedding is going to be in June. The old lady wrote to ask Miss Shi how to get the dowry, but there is no confirmation yet!"

Daiyu said in a deep voice: "As far as I know, there are two cousins ​​above Girl Yun who are waiting in the boudoir, and Girl Yun's aunt is mean and narrow-minded. It makes no sense to let her daughter not get married, but to work on Xiangyun first. In this way From my point of view, the historian must have committed something or offended someone during his tenure, so he used his niece's marriage as a bargaining chip in order to calm the trouble."

Zijuan nodded: "Everyone thinks the same way. I heard that Miss Shi has been very depressed recently. Because I knew it, I dragged Miss. I was afraid that you would make trouble in the past. Before going out, Miss Shi told me, Tell me to take care of the girl, she should dress and eat."

Daiyu scolded with a smile: "What a girl! I don't know who is your girl! Hurry up and ask Big Sister to replace Meilian and Miying with you, so that you can be at ease working next to Big Sister!"

Zijuan knew that this was a joke, so she also laughed apologetically: "I am ten times as smart as I am, but I am no match for Meilian, but to be honest, the two of them together can't compare to my loyalty to the girl."

Chun Xian was joking aside, and Xue Yan followed suit, and the atmosphere in the room was very harmonious.Jiamu held Yuanyang's hand and walked into the Nuan Pavilion: "I heard you little girls joking outside!"

Daiyu hurriedly got up to take over the mandarin duck's errand, and carefully supported Jiamu to sit in her seat.Zijuan put charcoal fire on the foot stove again and placed it under Jiamu's body. Daiyu personally held a small tea tray filled with begonia and carved lacquer filled with Jin Yunlong's birthday. My wife likes strong tea, so she asked me to bring a few packs of Laojun Mei for the old lady to taste."

Jia Mu laughed and said: "My uncle and wife are so polite, every little thing is thinking about our family." The old lady took a sip carefully, and the bitter aftertaste was indeed sweet, and the tea fragrance was lingering.

Yuanyang saw the grandparents and grandchildren sitting together chatting, so they quietly pulled Zijuan and Xueyan out of the inner room, and only talked in the outer room.

Looking at the slim granddaughter, Jia's mother felt a lot of emotions for a while.If Min'er is still here, if the uncle is still here, the two of them must be very happy to see Yu'er about to leave the cabinet.Unfortunately, those were two unlucky children. Mother Jia hoped that the daughter and son-in-law who had gone earlier would transfer the remaining blessings to her Yu'er, so that the child could be a wife and a mother smoothly in the future.

The old lady sighed: "The old ancestor told you that in this important marriage, you should not only look at the appearance of the other party, but also look at the character. Uncle and wife have never been bad at people. Since she arranged the marriage for you, let's let a hundred My ancestors know that you have never suffered any serious grievances when you were young, and you have no worries about food and clothing since you were a child, but when you get to someone else's house, you become their granddaughter-in-law. , the old ancestor told you, set your sights higher, don't worry about being wronged, come back and tell the old ancestor, the old ancestor will make the decision for you!"

Jia's mother said again: "The family background of the Gan family is definitely not rich. We are not afraid of it. We can live a good life, but what are we afraid of in a near life! On the day of your marriage, grandma will subsidize you with another 1 taels of silver, which is enough. The few shops under his name are places where interest is paid, and there is no place for grievances."

The old lady sat in the warm pavilion in the back room for half an hour, but from the beginning to the end she never mentioned a word about the Lin family's million-dollar furniture to Daiyu. Those words to myself.

(End of this chapter)