Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 106 Daiyu Hosts a Banquet (2)

Everyone received the post with a different mentality.Yingchun and Xing Xiuyan have known each other for a long time, so they naturally heard a lot about Daiyu, and because of Jia Lianxifeng, they are even closer to Daiyu, and they are naturally happy to receive Daiyu's post.

Xichun looked at the exquisite lotus flower on the post, and couldn't put it down. She asked Zijuan and found out that it was painted by Daiyu.Knowing that Zijuan's words are true, I can't help being fascinated.Daiyu's goal has been achieved, Xichun is indeed obsessed with painting.

Shi Xiangyun took it in his hand and glanced at it, then put it on the table noncommittally, and asked Zijuan, "Who are you giving away? Sister Bao, can you give it away?"

Zijuan said with a smile: "I gave it to Miss Ying first. It happened that Miss Xing was there, so I gave it to Miss Bao together. Then I went to the house of the third and fourth girls. The third girl was not in the house, so I gave it to the fourth girl. It’s here for Miss Yun. I have to send it to Miss San in a while.”

After hearing this, Shi Xiangyun nodded and said: "Got it, you go now." After speaking, he waved his hand.The three of Zijuan retreated with embarrassment on their faces.

As soon as Zijuan left, Shi Xiangyun took the post to Lixiangyuan.Baochai was sitting in the room sewing, when she saw Shi Xiangyun coming in, she quickly set up her needle and thread, went up to her and asked, "Why do you come to me in time?"

Shi Xiangyun stuffed the post into Xue Baochai's hand and asked, "Sister Bao, how can you get it? It's just a guest, and she set up a banquet in such an unruly way!" After finishing speaking, he pursed his mouth in disdain.

Xue Baochai just smiled and said nothing, took the post and read it again carefully: "The handwriting is good. The girl's family can write the face on this, it shows that it took a lot of effort." After finishing speaking, he also put the post On the kang table.

Among these girls, the one who received the most contradictory posts was Tanchun.She naturally saw Daiyu's estrangement from Baoyu, and she also saw Mrs. Wang's dislike for Daiyu, but after all, Daiyu had the support of an old lady and the father of a second-rank official.

And Daiyu couldn't compare to their concubines' children, they were from a respectable scholarly family, a rich man, and the key point was that they were born a daughter!Tanchun wanted to have a relationship, but he was jealous of Mrs. Wang's attitude, so he sent his servant to find out, and he was relieved when he knew that all the girls had got the post.

In the evening, Daiyu lit eight glazed palace lanterns in the middle of the courtyard, spread a velvet blanket on the floor, and placed a large round table on it.In addition to the dishes from Jia's kitchen, Zhang Xin ordered some special dishes from Xiankelai, and brought flower-stuffed fruit wine from Lin's.The pure white jasmine flowers are lined up by the courtyard wall in pots, emitting a delicate fragrance leisurely.

How can Daiyu hide such a big movement from Jia Mu?Although Daiyu didn't think about hiding anyone, she didn't invite her elders after all.But I didn't expect that Jia's mother was the first to arrive.

Seeing the mandarin duck and amber supporting Jia Mu coming, Daiyu was not surprised at all, and quickly went up to meet her, full of surprise, she said, "Why is grandma here?" Don't think about my old lady." Daiyu pouted and said, "Why don't you think about grandma? It's just because I'm afraid of quarreling with grandma."

Mother Jia didn't care if she was true or not, she looked around the yard with a smile, and seeing the palace lanterns lit in the yard, she knew it was from the Wujun Prince's Mansion, and the smile in her eyes became more intense.Seeing that the yard wall was full of jasmine flowers, Jiamu looked at Daiyu with a smile and asked, "This flower is really good, and it smells very fragrant. Where did you find it?"

Daiyu said: "A few days ago when I was cleaning up the mansion, I saw that there were no flowers in the mansion, which were less smelly. Thinking of this season, the flowers are very good, so I bought more. Now I just let Zhang Xin go back and move them here for display." .”

Just as they were talking, Yingchun and Xing Xiuyan walked in.With a smile, he hurried up to meet her and led them to Jia Mu.Yingchun hurriedly took the small bundle from Siqi's arms and handed it to Daiyu. Daiyu was taken aback, and asked, "What kind of good thing is this?" Yingchun smiled and said, "Where is there anything better than you?" It’s good here? It’s just a thought.”

Hearing what Yingchun said, Daiyu was even more curious, gently opened it, and there was a packet of flower strings inside. Daiyu took out a bunch, looked at it and handed it to Jiamu, saying: "Grandmother, you didn't tell Yu'er, sister Ying What a clever hand!" After speaking, his face was full of surprises, of course, this was by no means an affectation, but a sincere admiration.

This flower pen is not only unique in shape, but also beautiful in flowers.Daiyu didn't recognize her for a moment.Then she turned her head to look at Yingchun and asked with a smile, "Where did you find this flower? It's so beautiful?" Yingchun raised her eyes and looked at Daiyu, with deep surprise hidden in her eyes, but she blushed and bowed her head in silence.

Jia Mu took it, glanced at it and said with a smile: "This is called a hosta flower. In our house, we planted some in the back of Rongqiu in the garden in the north. You haven't seen you for many years. I didn't want to meet the girl, but I found it. This Flowers, they are very fragrant at night, and this flower shape, look, is it a fragrant hairpin?"

Daiyu took a closer look and sure enough.Then he pulled Yingchun and said: "My good sister, show me when you turn back." Yingchun looked at Xing Xiuyan very embarrassedly and then whispered: "Where did I find it? This flower was found by sister Xiuyan. Give it to me." After speaking, she pulled Xing Xiuyan's handkerchief again.

Xing Xiuyan also smiled embarrassedly and said: "We live in the north courtyard, we always smelled the fragrance the night before, but we couldn't smell it again yesterday, so we looked for it, who knows that there are two or three people there?" Cong such words, white, purple, really pretty!"

Daiyu's heart was itching to hear that, so Xing Xiuyan took out a small purse from the sleeve and handed it to Daiyu, "It's a housewarming gift for Miss He." After speaking, she lowered her head.Daiyu took it and saw a small emerald purse with two small fish embroidered on it, very cute.

Daiyu was just putting it away with her hand, when Xing Xiuyan said: "These are some flower seeds collected by my mother. I have collected them for several months because I know that the girl likes them. My mother said that the girl is very kind, and there is nothing to repay. I know that the girl doesn't care about anything else, it's just a little thought from us."

After speaking, she looked up at Daiyu with a smile and said, "If you like it, girl, you can plant it next spring and try it. I don't know what it will be." Daiyu was immediately pleasantly surprised by this, and carefully opened it to take a look inside. There are some flowers of various colors, but they have been collected for many days.Then he said gratefully: "Thank you, Aunt Xing, for me!"

After hearing this, Jia Mu raised her head and said, "Take a look at me, what are there?" Daiyu carefully handed it to Jia Mu, who squinted her eyes for a long time before saying, "Well, these seeds need to be better. You will receive it in a few days." When Daiyu heard that Jia Mu knew her, she quickly asked, "Grandmother, please tell me what kind of seeds these are?"

Jia Mu sealed the purse and returned it to Daiyu, saying: "There are too many epiphyllum, tuberose, malan, marigold, and day lily." Seeing Daiyu's disappointed expression, Xing Xiuyan hurriedly said: "My mother As I said, the hosta seeds don’t mature until autumn, and they can be harvested at that time, so they can be planted in the coming year.”

"What can we grow in the next year? Is it possible that Sister Lin wants to learn from that old farmer?" No need to turn around, just listen to the voice, Daiyu also knows that it is Shi Xiangyun.Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, a fiery figure was already attached to the old lady Jia's arm and said with a smile: "The old ancestor came here and didn't wait for us? It's a good thing that Sister Bao and I went to look for you."

Seeing that Shi Xiangyun didn't seem to care about her, Daiyu turned her head and smiled at Xue Baochai.Ji Chunxueyan and the others quickly brought stools, and invited a few people to sit down.For a while, several people were chatting and laughing around Mrs. Jia.

The old lady Jia let Xiangyun hold her arms and smiled, "It was just a while ago when you greeted your sister. Sister Xing gave your sister Lin a housewarming gift. What do you want to give? Show me quickly."

Baochai smiled, took the box from Yinger's hand and handed it to Daiyu. Xiangyun hurriedly threw aside old lady Jia and stepped forward to open it.Smiling, she said to Jia Mu: "Look, old ancestor, how delicate is this fan? I heard from Sister Bao that it was a fan from Qinghefang, Hangzhou. Look at this painter. I asked her for it, but she was still reluctant, so I brought it again today." Give it away."

Not to mention that Daiyu was amused when she heard it, didn't Shi Xiangyun know that she just came from Gusu?Even Jia Mu's face darkened a little. Seeing this, Baochai hurriedly interrupted Xiangyun and said, "Where is it like what you said? It's just a scene."

Unexpectedly, not only Jiamu, Yingchun, Xing Xiuyan and Daiyu heard Shi Xiangyun's words just now, but also Yang Nanny who was standing in the distance understood.Who made Shi Xiangyun speak so loudly because he was afraid that someone would not know?
Who is Nanny Yang?Just listening to a few words makes my heart clear.Just talking and laughing here, Xueyan came over with a fan and said, "Miss, you forgot your fan in the house. By chance, I saw that the fan was gone, and the girl didn't know it. Even if I was busy, I would find it for the girl first." Are you coming?"

Everyone didn't care about it, but when they turned their heads and looked, Xueyan was holding a sandalwood fan in his hand, exuding a burst of woody fragrance, and the fragrance of jasmine in the yard was even more pleasant.Yingchun couldn't help but glance at Shi Xiangyun, and even Xing Xiuyan raised her eyes carefully, Shi Xiangyun's face suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Xue Baochai took the fan from Xueyan's hand first, as if nothing happened.I saw some patterns on the fan bones, which looked like lotus leaves.When I opened it, I felt a burst of fragrance rushing to my face.Looking at the fan again, the picture of picking lotus in the West Lake drilled on it and the hot flower on the fan bone are actually integrated, jumping up.

After seeing it, Xue Baochai smiled softly at Shi Xiangyun: "Sister Yun doesn't know, but this is the top-quality fan of Qinghefang. These fan leaves are made of sandalwood that needs to be more than ten years old. The wood is delicate and hard, and the wood contains Natural aromatic oil, known as "the fan lives in the fragrance".

After finishing speaking, he returned the fan to Daiyu and said, "Even if this sandalwood fan has been stored for decades, it still has an elegant and pure fragrance. I don't know where sister Lin got such a good thing?" Although Daiyu knew what she said I had something to say, but said indifferently: "This is just a birthday gift from my master last year. The owner of Qinghefang is old with my master."

After finishing speaking, Daiyu didn't want to talk any more, so she put away the fan and handed it to Hanxiao.Then he said to Xueyan: "Where did you find it in the house? I don't remember where I left it, so I can find it all at once."

Daiyu's words made Xue Baochai feel a little embarrassed, but it quickly disappeared.For a while, Tanchun Xichun came with Baoyu. Although Daiyu was unhappy, she didn't say anything, but only called everyone to the table.

I saw sixty or seventy saucers of different sizes on the table, all of which were pink and white Ding kiln carved dishes, the bigger ones were bigger than the big mouth bowl, and the smaller ones were only the size of tea saucers. Dried or fresh, or water or land, everything is actually available.Even Daiyu thought to herself that Wang Xifeng was amazing when she saw it, but 50 taels of silver made so much money.

(End of this chapter)