serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 365 Mid-Autumn Festival

August [-]th, Mid-Autumn Festival.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the temperature was already cool but not cold, and the temperature difference between morning and evening was large. The study was not suitable for living in. After Jia Hu moved out, Lin Daiyu moved back.

The arrival of Lin Ruhai and the Lin family made Lin Daiyu extremely happy. The reception banquet was held until the second watch. The father and daughter talked a lot more. Lin Daiyu didn't lie down until the third watch. She got up late the next day and was in the inner room at this time. Wash and change clothes in the room.

Putting a crested golden hairpin in Lin Daiyu's bun, Zijuan walked to the bed and opened the wardrobe, glanced at the clothes inside, and asked, "What are you wearing today, girl?"

Lin Daiyu put down the rouge box and thought for a while, "Qian'er just sent me an autumn-colored round-neck jacket. Let's wear that one."

Hearing this, Zicuckoo took out the autumn-colored round-neck jacket from the closet, looked at it carefully, and said, "This is not good. The girl is a little too mature to wear it. We won't wear bright red today. Wear this smoky red peony embroidered double-breasted jacket, and wear a light pink stand-up collared jacket underneath. What do you think, girl?"

"You are ready, why do you come to ask me what to do?" Lin Daiyu was obviously in a very good mood.

Zicuckoo smiled, took out the set of clothes she had prepared, put them on the bed beside her, and said to Lin Daiyu, "Girl, come here."

Lin Daiyu stood up and walked over, took off her middle coat, and stretched out her hand.

Zijuan lifted up the jacket with a stand-up collar and a side-breasted collar, and asked Lin Daiyu to put her hands into the sleeves and stretch them at the back for her. Then she went around to the front and buttoned them for her. She said with a smile, "The second master got a knock on his head yesterday." It’s so loud, I’m so happy.”

Lin Daiyu smiled faintly.

"I didn't expect so many people to come to the Lin family. The house will be even more lively tonight."

With that said, Zijuan put on Lin Daiyu's double-breasted jacket, then walked around her to look at her, and said with a smile: "We girls look good in anything they wear."

Lin Daiyu said angrily: "Why are you so skinny now?"

Zijuan smiled: "Learned it from Qingwen."

Before she could finish her words, Qingwen came in holding a jewelry box: "What did you learn from me?"

"It's nothing, I was joking with the girl."

Zicuckoo suppressed her laughter, looked at the jewelry box in her hand, and asked, "What is it?"

Qingwen: "Just now I was watching my mother-in-law catching fish at the Huifangyuan pond. The second master came to give the girl jewelry. I heard that the girl hadn't gotten up yet, so she gave it to me. By the way, the second master said he would accompany her. My aunt has gone to Xuanzhen to see me, so please don’t wait any longer." With that, he handed the jewelry box to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu nodded, took the jewelry box, and opened the lid.

Zijuan and Qingwen both came over, and their eyes lit up.

There is a pair of jade rabbit earrings with gold rings in the box. The gold rings are like a bright moon in the sky. The jade rabbit carved in white jade below is making medicine. The jade rabbit has rubies on its head and gold auspicious clouds on its feet. The workmanship is very exquisite.

Qingwen's eyes sparkled: "It's so beautiful!"

Zicuckoo looked at the pair of gold-ringed jade rabbit earrings, then smiled and said to Lin Daiyu: "Second Master must have put a lot of thought into such a beautiful pendant."

Lin Daiyu only smiled and said nothing.

But Qingwen couldn't help it anymore: "Don't care about that. Put it on first and take a look before talking." After that, she put the earrings on Lin Daiyu.

The two shouted in unison: "It's so beautiful!"

Ignoring the two of them, Lin Daiyu turned around and walked to the dressing mirror, looked into the mirror, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Zijuan and Qingwen looked at each other and smiled.

Suddenly there was a sound of curtains outside, and then the voice of Lin Zhixiao's family came: "Girl, the in-laws and ladies are here. Grandma and Grandma Xiaorong are with them at Ning'an Hall."

Zijuan spoke: "Girl hasn't had breakfast yet."

Lin Zhixiao’s family: “Everything is ready.”

Zicuckoo glanced at Lin Daiyu: "Then let's set the food."

Lin Zhixiao's family responded, and then they heard footsteps outside. After a while, Lin Zhixiao's family's voice came again: "Girl, breakfast is set."

Lin Daiyu glanced in the mirror again, then turned and walked out.

Breakfast was set on the small dining table outside, including a bowl of fragrant jujube porridge, a drawer of steamed buns, four side dishes, and half a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

Lin Zhixiao's family was already standing at the table waiting with a pair of chopsticks.

Lin Daiyu sat down at the table, took the chopsticks, and glanced at the osmanthus cake: "Why is there still osmanthus cake?"

From Lin Zhixiao's family: "I just made it in the small kitchen this morning. The second master tasted it and it was pretty good. I reserved it specially for the girl."

Lin Daiyu said nothing, picked up the spoon in the bowl, took half a spoonful and put it into her mouth, then picked up a steamed stuffed bun with vegetarian filling and ate it.Perhaps under the influence of Jia Hu, Lin Daiyu ate very quickly and elegantly. Although eating five buns in one breath was incongruous with her fragile appearance, it was still so pleasing to the eye.

After a while, most of the bowl of porridge in front of Lin Daiyu was gone. She also ate some of the four side dishes, leaving more than half of each plate.

Seeing Lin Daiyu put down her chopsticks, Zijuan waved her hand, and the little maid came over holding a kerchief and a basin.

After washing, Lin Daiyu handed the face towel to Zijuan and said to Qingwen: "Put away the osmanthus cake and eat it later."

"Hey." Qingwen smiled and placed the half plate of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the pedestal and covered it with gauze.

At this time, Xiang Ling, who was watching the crane dance in the yard, came in and said to Lin Daiyu: "Girl, the wife in charge of the house has called back."

Lin Daiyu said to Lin Zhixiao's family: "Go to Ning'an Hall and tell me that I will come over when I'm done."

Lin Zhixiao's family: "Yes." He replied and withdrew.

Lin Daiyu said to Xiangling again: "Let them come in." After saying that, she turned around and walked to the front seat and sat down.

Soon, the stewards’ wives lined up and walked in.

Lin Daiyu raised her head and looked at the steward's wife standing in the front.

The steward's daughter-in-law took out a folded paper section from her arms, looked at it, and replied: "Grandma has already received the things sent by the Zhen family today. What we gave to his family will be sent out early in the morning." Past."

Lin Daiyu nodded.

The steward's daughter-in-law said again: "The gift for Lin'an Bo Gaoming's birthday has been arranged according to the girl's wishes. Who should I send to deliver it?"

Hear the words.Lin Daiyu frowned, remembering Jia Hu's words, thought about it for a moment, and said, "Look, who is idle? Just send four women there casually. Why don't you ask me about something serious?"

As soon as these words came out, all the stewards and wives looked at each other in shock.

The steward's wife typed "yes" and slowly withdrew.

Another daughter-in-law in charge said: "Back to my girl, Jingxu from Shuiyue Temple came early in the morning and said that the world is difficult now and food and rice are scarce. I would like to ask the girl to reward them with some food and rice, or add some monthly incense for money. They can buy it themselves. OK."

Lin Daiyu: "How much should I add?"

The wife in charge said: "Jingxu said that now the price of grain and rice has increased to [-] yuan per stone, which is more than [-]% more expensive than in the good years, so..."

Lin Daiyu: "Add [-]%?"

The wife in charge said: "It's [-]%. Jingxu said that she went to various grain stores and inquired, and the price of this grain was destined to rise to one tael of silver."

Lin Daiyu was very happy: "Fifty percent? The Jia family's money didn't come from the strong wind. Where is she now?"

The steward's wife said: "I should be in the second wife's room in that mansion right now."

With a snort, Lin Daiyu said, "Go and tell Jingxu that from now on, all the money from the monthly incense offering will be exchanged for food. If she can't finish it, she can give it to the nearby villagers, which is considered her merit."

"Tell the people in the mansion just what I said, and no one is allowed to give money to Shuiyue An." Lin Daiyu added.

The steward's wife said, "Yes." She answered and walked out quickly.

Just then, the maid came in and said, "Grandma, Grandma Xiaorong and my wife are here."

Before the maid finished speaking, Youshi led everyone in. Seeing that Lin Daiyu still had a sullen look on her face, she asked with a smile: "Why are you so angry? Be careful."

Lin Daiyu quickly stood up and went over to greet everyone, gave up her seat, and served good tea.

After joking for a while, Youshi glanced at the steward's wife standing in the corner and asked Lin Daiyu, "What are your plans for tonight?"

Lin Daiyu thought for a while and said to the wives in charge: "If there's nothing important, just go down and do your work first."

"Yes." Everyone responded and left.

Lin Daiyu stood up and said to everyone: "Let's go to the old lady's house."

Youshi smiled and said, "That's what I mean too." After saying that, he looked at the pair of earrings and said, "These earrings are so unique. I've never seen you wearing them before."

Qin Keqing answered: "It must be a new gift from my second uncle."

Lin Daiyu smiled: "Let's talk on the way."

(End of this chapter)