Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 254 Change

Since the news of the engagement spread, the Xiaoxiang Pavilion has become increasingly lively.

Wang Xifeng and Li Wan came to visit from time to time, and Baochai often sent tonics such as bird's nests.

On this day, Wang Xifeng and Li Wan came together. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Baochai holding Daiyu's hand and sitting at a table filled with gift boxes, chatting.

Pointing to the gift box on the table, he joked: "Hey! Are these a lot of things sent by Shang Rong? I don't think my sister can use so much, so why don't you give some to me and my sister-in-law?"

As he spoke, he looked impatient and pulled Li Wan to pick and choose on the table.

Lin Daiyu knew she was making fun of her, so she smiled and said, "Look, she looks so greedy and full. For those who don't know, she thought her family was short of food and clothing! It's a pity, these are gifts from Sister Xing." The tea that comes is not enough to satisfy hunger or satiety."

After all, she is a little immature, I am embarrassed to say that it was sent by Lai Shangrong, and she used Xing Xiuyan to block the gun.

"Hey! Shang Rong is in charge of the Yantie Division. From now on, my sister will not be able to pick all the tea in the world. I think my sister will not care about my tea in the future. It's just that I am so anxious to let you drink their tea. It’s too late to marry you as my wife!”

Everyone laughed when they heard it.

Lin Daiyu blushed immediately, and hurriedly turned her head away, not daring to meet her eyes.

Li Wan smiled at Baochai and said, "Our second grandmother is so witty."

Daiyu spat: "What kind of humor is that? It's just a bitch and a bit tongue-in-cheek to offend others!"

Wang Xifeng laughed loudly and said: "Why are you disgusting? I remember my aunt was the inspector of the salt censor at that time, and now he is in charge of the Yantie department. Isn't it right? It's not that the whole family does not enter the house. "

Lin Daiyu couldn't stand the teasing of a married woman, so she stood up and wanted to leave.

Baochai smiled and said: "Zhou'er is anxious and his face is red. He won't come back and sit down. This is your house. What should we do if you leave?"

He turned to Li Wan and said, "If you tell me about this girl's mouth, only Feng Yatou can cure her."

Lin Daiyu said shyly: "That's all! You are just greedy for these tea leaves. You can just pick out as many as you want."

After a pause, he added: "Just leave me a can of each."

Not long after Lai Shangrong took up the post of Salt and Iron Department, because he didn't know Lin Daiyu's tea drinking habits, he took some of the famous tribute teas and let her choose the flavor she liked.

Although the Xiaoxiang Hall was not deserted in the past, it was not as lively as it is now, and she knew the reason for this situation well.

Wang Xifeng and Li Wan, one has business dealings with Lai Shangrong, and the other Jialan is Lai Shangrong's apprentice, so they often come to chat with them to relieve their boredom.

As for Baochai, is it simply because she belongs to someone else?
Regardless of her purpose, Daiyu did not deliberately alienate her. In fact, since she was disappointed with Baoyu, she has lost her original hostility towards Baochai.

It would be good to have one more sister to talk to in the boudoir.

Also seeing changes were the two maids Zijuan and Xueyan.

Different from Xueyan's joy, Zijuan looked worried. She originally thought that the Lai family would find out if they hired Baoyu, but they didn't expect that they would now keep it a secret.

Although, she saw that the Lai family was not as warm to her as they were to Xue Yan.But as Lin Daiyu's maid, as long as her status in Lin Daiyu's heart remains unchanged, she will definitely be properly arranged.

But there was a hint of emotion hidden in her heart, and she was still a little unwilling.

Seeing the laughter and laughter in the room, all surrounding Lin Daiyu and Lai Shangrong, I felt sad.

Quietly asking Xue Yan to take care of everyone, he slipped out of the yard, out of sight and out of mind.

All the way to Qinfang Pavilion, I sat in the pavilion in a daze.It happened that Baoyu came out of Yihong Courtyard and saw her sitting in the pavilion in a daze from a distance, so he quietly walked around the pavilion.

I saw Zicuckoo wearing a thin silk silk gown with elastic ink, and an emerald green crepe skirt covering her lower body, which was elegant and a bit delicate.

Unconsciously, he stretched out his hand to touch her body and said with a smile: "It's autumn now, you sit in the wind, be careful when blowing!"

Zijuan turned around and said: "From then on, we can only talk, don't move, every year seems to be a year, it is disrespectful to people. The girl often tells us not to joke with you, look at it recently She may be far behind you."

Seeing her like this, Baoyu felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured into his heart. He stared at the lotus leaves in the water in a daze.

He murmured to himself: "It's too big..."

He was originally a bewildered person. When he was called by Lai Shangrong last month, he said that sister Lin and sister Bao had turned into dead fish eyes, which had elements of acting, but when he was thinking about it, he added fantasy.

Thinking of what Daiyu and Baochai will look like after they grow old and lose their beauty, I can't help but feel chills running down my spine.

After much thought, he actually found a solution.

As long as they don't get married, when the sisters are older, they can naturally have some younger sisters to play with, and then they will never face this problem.

I have to say that Master Bao was a teenager until his death, and he will always only love minors.

Hearing Zijuan say that each year is getting bigger and bigger, it immediately touched his fear of growing up.

Seeing him in a daze, Zijuan thought it was because of her biological relationship with him, she hurriedly sat down next to him and said, "I just said those two sentences for the good of everyone, please don't fool me." ."

Only then did Baoyu come back to his senses and sighed: "Who lied to you! Because I heard what you said was reasonable, I thought that one day the sisters would gradually ignore me in the future, so I felt sad. "

Zijuan was overjoyed after hearing this and said hurriedly: "Why are you ignoring you? You know, I am not from the Lin family. I am also with Xiren and the others. However, she gave me to Miss Lin as her envoy." He also treated me extremely well, ten times better than Xueyan.

Now I am also worried. If she gets married, I will definitely go with her, but my whole family is at home. If I don't go, I will betray my old friendship. If I go, I will abandon my family. "

Baoyu smiled and said: "So you are worried about this. They will naturally get married when they are older. If you are afraid of letting down the old love, I will ask the old lady for you first tomorrow. This will not count as you." If you betray your love, you don’t have to follow me out of the house.”

"Really? Is what the second master said true?"

"Can I still lie to you? I'll just tell you one thing in your heart: live, we live together, if we don't live, we turn into ashes and smoke together, how about it?"

"Then Second Master, hurry up and ask the old lady for a slave! The girl will marry into the Lai family in just a year or two!"

"what?"

Baoyu screamed, grabbed Zicuckoo's shoulders and shook her desperately: "Why so fast? Who did you listen to?"

Zijuan was frightened out of her mind by his series of questions. She had just heard Jia Baoyu say that she would naturally marry when she got older, so she preconceived that Jia Baoyu knew about Daiyu's marriage.

He even thought that Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang had done his ideological work before they arranged a marriage for Lin Daiyu.

Hearing Baoyu say that he would turn into ashes and smoke with him, he was too passionate for a moment. In order to urge him to leave as soon as possible, he revealed Daiyu's marriage, which made him extremely happy and sad.

She was petrified at this moment, and she didn't dare to talk nonsense. She just kept being obedient.

"Sister Lin can't marry so early!"

How could Baoyu care about this? Seeing that the inquiry yielded no results, he quickly got up and ran out of the Grand View Garden, shouting all the way to Mrs. Wang's Hall of Honor and Beauty.

(End of this chapter)