Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 10
Returning to the mansion is not far away from the New Year, the New Year gifts for the old relatives in the distance have been sent out before, but the nearby ones have not been taken care of, and I thought that I would come back on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, but who would have thought that the delay was in the middle of the day.After giving birth, Jia Min was in poor health and experienced the pain of bereavement. After going through the toss of the Hanshan Temple and his party, he fell ill within two days after returning to the house.

Daiyu couldn't help it for a while, but fortunately, she followed Jia Min and watched Jia Min take care of the family affairs for more than two months, so she took the initiative to come to Jia Min to help deal with it.After all, Daiyu Neili is in her 20s. Although she doesn't know much about the customs and humanities at that time, it is still no problem to draw a ladle in the same way. Besides, the kapok grandma and others in Jia Min's room are all dealing with these things. An old hand at things for many years, Daiyu handled things fairly well. Jia Min saw that Daiyu took care of her well, although she took care of her occasionally, she felt much more relaxed after all, and her body recovered a bit.

On the 23rd of that month, Jia Min's health also improved a lot. Today, there are many things to be busy, and there is even such a big event as offering sacrifices to the stove, so I personally take care of it, firstly to let Daiyu relax faster, and secondly, to teach Daiyu What should I do.

When Daiyu came to the upper room to pay her respects to Jia Min, she saw that Jia Min had already washed and dressed up. She was wearing a rose red embroidered peony dress and a green misty skirt. Spirituality is good.In this way, Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that Jia Min would die early after a year or two, and she would have to go to Rongguo Mansion to struggle?

Daiyu looked happy when she saw Jia Min, but Jia Min felt that Daiyu was getting thinner and weaker, so he asked her to ask her what she ate and drank and when she slept.Although Daiyu felt a little impatient, Jia Min's eyes full of concern, distress, and even anxiety did not escape Daiyu's eyes, and her heart felt soft for a while, so she answered carefully.

In fact, due to Daiyu's attention to maintenance and exercise during this period, her body is really fine, and the bruise on her back is almost healed. Now there are only a few shallow marks left, and she doesn't feel pain. It's just a busy New Year's Eve I have learned a little, but I have not experienced it before, and I am afraid that something will go wrong, so I will go to bed late and get up early every day, and I just look a little tired.Fortunately, Aunt Luo was considerate of her and gave her a vacation, and asked her to go to school after the Lantern Festival.

Jia Min heard Daiyu say a lot of comforting words, and saw that Daiyu was not as short of breath as before, so she felt relieved, and called Jin'er to inquire carefully, and told her everything.My heart is both warm and a little funny.

But Jia Min didn't think it was funny, she didn't realize until now that Nanny Wang had been kicked out for two or three months, and she forgot to add a nanny to Daiyu's room!Inner self-blame.Looking up, I saw Daiyu pursing her lips and suppressing a smile, only to realize that Daiyu, who was less than five years old, was too sensible to trust her without feeling it, and even relied on her these days.I feel ashamed and distressed.Holding Daiyu in his arms, he was about to say something, when he heard someone talking outside and hurriedly asked: "Who is outside? Come in and answer." As soon as the words fell, the little girl opened the curtain, and Sun Nanny left with a happy face Come in.

Grandma Sun came in without waiting for Jia Min to ask a question, and said happily, "Ma'am, the gift and letter from the capital have arrived!" Jia Min was also very happy when she heard that, "Bring it here and let me have a look." Then he was busy with the result. The gift list and letter, without looking at the gift list, opened the letter first, so I didn't notice the flash of coldness on Daiyu's face.When Daiyu was studying in the Red Chamber in her previous life, the person she hated the most was none other than this old lady Jia!You can't teach your son well, raise your grandson well, and you're still vicious and self-righteous!It is a hundred times more hateful than Mrs. Wang, who is psychologically twisted by her aunt!But Grandma Sun just happened to look up.There was a rush in my heart but I didn't dare to think about it.

After Jia Min read it, the letter comforted her for the loss of her son for a long time, told her to have a good life and have a son soon, and said Jia Zhu's fate in the coming year, and praised Baoyu for being clever and clever.I have also read the list of gifts, but it is just some medicinal materials, clothing materials, soil rituals and so on.Then he asked: "Who sent it? Where is the person?" Sun Nanny listened to Jia Min's question and hurriedly closed her mind and replied with a smile on her face: "It's the old lady's old couple, Lai Da. Answer the master in front, and everyone is waiting outside the door." After speaking, she glanced at Daiyu carefully, and seeing that there was no abnormal expression on Daiyu's face, she felt that she was delusional before.After all, it was Daiyu's ancestral home.She didn't know that Daiyu was still unhappy!In the entire Rongguo Mansion, there is nothing she likes, even for those few springs, she mostly sympathizes and doesn't like it.

Jia Min heard that it was someone from her mother's side, so she asked Nanny Sun to bring him in.Daiyu saw a woman wearing a Ge-colored silk jacket, a brown embroidered begonia full-breasted hard-forged bijia, and a skirt of the same color. On her head was a golden hairpin with five blessings, and on her ears were a pair of dripping jadeite earrings.He walked in with a smile on his face.She is actually more decent than the headed wife of a small household.

"Greetings to my aunt!" Then she knelt down.Seeing Daiyu standing next to Jia Min, he said again: "Greetings to Miss Lin." Daiyu had a professional smile from her previous life on her face, she didn't speak or nod, but when Jia Min saw someone, she just had a smile on her face. His joy grew stronger. When Jia Min was young, he was raised by Mrs. Jia's side. These people were all familiar, so he hurriedly gave up and asked to sit down.After hearing this, the little girl immediately moved over to the house.Nalai everyone pretended to decline, and then sat down next to the scorpion.Then Jia Min asked the old lady, the elder master and the second master about their health and everyone in the house one by one.Lai, everyone naturally agreed, and also specifically said that Jia Zhu will participate in the Spring Festival in the beginning of spring, and that Lan Geer, born to Grandma Zhu, is so cute, and praised how Baoyu was loved by the old lady, thinking of what the old lady expressed at home, He took a special look at Daiyu again.When it was said that Yuanchun was assigned to the fourth prince's mansion, his eyes were full of color, and he didn't notice the flash of light in Daiyu's eyes at all.After asking Jia Min, he asked Lai to go down and rest without mentioning it.

When all the visitors left, Jia Min was about to tell Daiyu about her natal Rongguo Mansion, so Daiyu asked, "Didn't you say that Yu'er has two uncles? The second cousin of Zhu's cousin, Baoyu's second cousin, and Yuanchun's cousin are all second uncles." Children, right? Could it be that uncle never had any children?" As he spoke, he looked at Jia Min curiously and worriedly. Jia Lian, the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion and the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion, was a little puzzled in his heart, thinking that Jia Min had a very good relationship with his first sister-in-law before he got married.It's just that later, the elder sister-in-law went away, and married a shabby and settled house to fill in the house. Even Mrs. Wang Jia Min looked down on her, let alone such a shabby settled house, and she still filled in the house. Of course, there was no communication, and the letter from her mother's family did not mention it. And, she never imagined that when Yu Daiyu asked today, her heart turned twice, that Jia Lian was the only blood left by the first sister-in-law.Seeing Daiyu looking at him curiously, he sighed and said, "Your uncle's family has a cousin Jia Lian who is a descendant, and cousins ​​Jia Zong and Yingchun who are concubines. I want to see your cousin and cousin They were not raised in front of your grandmother, so I didn’t mention them. Your first eldest aunt had a good character, knowledge and appearance, and even her natal family passed down poems, books, calligraphy, and ink like ours. It's just bad luck, I went early." After speaking, she was also a little sad.Jia Lian, Jia Yingchun, and Daiyu knew it. She asked this question just to arouse Jia Min's words, so she asked again: "If that's the case, why doesn't Jia Lian's cousin be the eldest son and grandson of his grandmother's family? Is it the cousin of the second uncle’s family who is raised by the grandmother?" Jia Min looked at Daiyu's "innocent" look and didn't know how to answer for a while, so she said, "I married your father for more than ten years and never went back. , I don’t know the specifics, I think your cousin Na Lian was raised in front of your uncle, and was taught by your uncle himself.” After speaking, I blushed unnaturally and knew the virtues of my elder brother.But in front of the young Daiyu, she couldn't say anything else.Seeing what Jia Min said, Daiyu thought for a while and said, "Although my mother hasn't been back for many years, it is my mother's mother's family, Yu'er's maternal grandfather's family. If I want to come to my grandfather's letter, it is just like my mother's letter. Be happy, and don't talk about those embarrassing things. Why don't we send someone to go to Beijing to inquire quietly, if everything is good, mother can feel at ease, and if there is embarrassment, mother can help me a little." Jia Hearing what Daiyu said, although she was happy that Daiyu was close to her natal family, she was also surprised that Daiyu had such thoughts, so she asked with a smile, "Then who is Yuer planning to send to Beijing to inquire?" Daiyu pondered for a while before saying: " After all, it is mother’s natal family, if everything is good, it’s fine, if there is something embarrassing or not good, it’s not good to hear it from father, even if you want to know it, you have to tell it through mother, and you must not let it go. The subordinates know that, so Yu'er thinks that it is inappropriate for the Lin family to have a child." Hearing this, Jia Min was very satisfied, her daughter finally turned to her, and heard Daiyu continue: "It is the mother who accompanied her. The people in the house are also inappropriate, they came from the grandfather's house, they have a lot of friendship with the people there, most of them know them, if the grandfather knows that the mother is secretly inquiring, it means that the mother is filial, probably I would not like it, but let the grandfather and mother break up and hurt the relationship between mother and daughter." Now Jia Min was calm on the surface, but he was also surprised in his heart, he did not expect that he planned to let Nanny Sun His son went to Beijing to inquire, but now it seems that he can't.Seeing that Daiyu didn't go on, she seemed to be thinking, so she asked, "Did Yu'er have a good idea?" Daiyu passed everyone in her mind before saying, "Mother thinks this is good. Zhuangzi found an honest and dutiful daughter-in-law who entered the mansion not long ago and asked her to take Yinglian to Beijing. They said that she was a distant relative of Grandma Sun, and the family was not allowed to bring the youngest daughter to visit relatives. Grandma Sun's family married to the mother The grandparents’ family will let them come back to us, and it will be convenient for them to inquire inside and outside during this period.” After listening to Daiyu’s words, Jia Min’s eyes lit up, adults and children are all faces. What doubts would it cause? Besides, since they are distant relatives, they would not be in constant contact. I don't know that Nanny Sun followed him to the south, so he nodded in satisfaction.She called Grandma Sun to ask her carefully again. Although Nanny Sun was surprised, she also knew that all her family members were married to Jia Min. Naturally, Jia Min was the most important thing, so she agreed, and Daiyu urged her again. Said: "I have two things to say about Mammy. First, Mammy must keep it a secret, so you must not tell it." Seeing Mammy Sun nodded solemnly, she said, "Secondly, Hurry up, and go to Beijing before Mammy Lai." Although Jia Min and Nanny Sun were puzzled as to why they were in such a rush, they both nodded in agreement.After Sun Nanny went out, Jia Min asked: "Why did Yu'er come before Lai?" Daiyu smiled: "There's no reason, it's just a trick to fool Sun Nanny." Jia Min listened Then he couldn't help laughing, and it took a while before he reproached: "You little ghost!" Even though he said that, his eyes were full of kindness.

After thinking for a while, he said: "There is no nanny in Yu'er's room, and my mother was also negligent. I just remembered today that Nanny Sun has been with her mother for more than [-] years. These days, she has also followed Yu'er to handle some housework. We are familiar, how about letting her follow Yu'er in the future?" Daiyu originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, she nodded and said, "Mother, why don't you be more generous and give Lin Mo his mother as well?" I, Lin Mo, was by Brother Yan's side before, and I'm also cute and smart, and her mother is not bad." Jia Min didn't expect Daiyu to mention Lin Mo's mother, but after thinking about the population of Lin Mo's family It's simple, his mother is also very clean, so she nodded in agreement.

So far, many people have been added to Daiyu's room: the eldest maid Jin'er, the second-class maid Zhixuan, Hanxiao, and the third-class maids are even more numerous: Shinan, Lily of the Valley, Xueyan, Qinghe, Jichun, There is also a Yinglian who just bought back.Added to this is Nanny Sun and Aunt Lin.It can be said that the four generations of old, middle-aged, young and young are gathered together.

Jia Min told Lin Ruhai about the letter from her natal family after finishing the stove sacrifice and other things in the evening, and what Daiyu said, her husband and wife have a good relationship and don't want to hide anything. Lin Ruhai also knew about his elder brother's disappointment, so he said: "First sister-in-law is on good terms with me, you know that, elder brother is not in tune, you also know that mother prefers second elder brother. My mother's death caused a lot of trouble, and I don't know what's going on now. Today's letter from my mother didn't mention Lian'er, the only son left by my sister-in-law. I know Wang's personality. It's cruel and merciless, and now that she is in charge of the house, I'm a little worried that Lian'er will have a hard time in her hands. Why don't you write to the master to ask your old classmates and see what's going on at home? Okay?" Lin Ruhai lost his face when he thought of the greedy and lustful elder brother, and sneered, "It's not that you don't know your elder brother, what is there to inquire about? Besides, the second uncle is the most upright person, Is it possible that I will treat my own nephew badly, even if the Wang family is not good, the second uncle is always good." Jia Min felt a little unhappy after hearing this, but she didn't want to get along with Lin Ruhai because of these things. Unhappy, he said: "It's not because of the elder brother, but because of my elder sister-in-law who went early. Besides, Lian'er will also want to be a prince in the future. If there is something wrong, what will happen in the future? The master is for it." I have a heart for my sister-in-law, so why not send a letter to find out for me?" After speaking, he glanced at Lin Ruhai out of the corner of his eye, Lin Ruhai saw her insistence, and heard her say so, and thought about it, he agreed up.After Lin Ruhai thought about it for a while, he didn't write a letter to inquire, but sent his confidant family members to Beijing to inquire.

(End of this chapter)