Return to the Red Chamber: Jia Min Xiuxian

Chapter 106 Accidental Meeting (1)
"Girls of the Han family will never allow this. What is required is chasteness and virtuousness. The result of often staying at home is weak, not like the healthy and heroic spirit of Manchu daughters."

"So whether you are Manchu or Han, each has its own advantages. So sister Wanyan, don't underestimate yourself. If it is possible, I want sister Lan Jing to teach me the art of riding and archery!"

After these words, the Manchu princesses who had heard Wanyan Hailan's words seemed displeased and jealous, let go of their dissatisfaction and replaced them with expressions of sympathy.

You know, they hate books and embroidery the most.The thin pen and the small embroidery needle seemed to them to be much heavier than a bow, arrow and whip, and they felt uncomfortable holding it.Not to mention writing embroidery.

What is even more unbearable is that staying in the room all day without going out of the door is more sad than killing them.Thinking of the girls from the Han family being imprisoned in that small embroidery building all day long and still unable to walk properly, they suddenly felt that those Han girls were so pitiful.They all felt sympathy for Daiyu.

At this time Wanyan Hailan spoke again: "But sister Lin, your feet don't seem to be bound? They look like ours." After she said this, everyone turned their attention to Daiyu's feet.Everyone looked at it, and sure enough, Daiyu's feet were natural feet, and they didn't look like they were bound.She immediately expressed doubts about what Daiyu said just now.

Daiyu was extremely impatient with Wanyan Hailan, it was really annoying.But there was still a smile on his face: "I didn't have my feet bound! Because my parents couldn't bear to let me suffer like that. I heard that after the feet were bound, I would lie in bed for several months. The pain was so bad that I couldn't walk at all. I am my father. Mother's only daughter, they love me dearly, and the Lin family will always go back to Beijing, Beijing doesn't pay much attention to this aspect."

"My father was a very influential official in the south of the Yangtze River at that time. Even if others have opinions, it is not easy to tell us what to do. Besides, my mother served the queen mother, so she didn't bind feet back then. Mother said that the queen mother didn't like foot binding. Yes, my parents love me so much, as long as I don’t settle down in the south of the Yangtze River, it’s fine if I don’t pester me. So as long as I can suffer less, my parents will not force me.”

On the surface, she told everyone so many reasons, but in fact, Daiyu sneered in her heart: "I'm not a real Han Chinese, I'm a descendant of Manchurians, why do I have to bind my feet? Really! It's troublesome! It's because of your young age. I'm letting you down, you still have to push your limits, you really don't know what to do! If you do this again next time, see if I don't punish you!"

And all the young ladies present showed a clear look.After all, the Manchu people value their daughters very much, and they themselves are very favored at home.Therefore, not only accepted Daiyu's statement, but even introduced Daiyu as a confidant.After all, Daiyu has similarities with them.And they all lamented in their hearts Mrs. Lin's love for Daiyu, it is really rare that such strict etiquette can be broken for her, Daiyu is so happy.This idea appeared in everyone's mind at the same time.

It is said that last time at the chrysanthemum banquet, Wanyan Hailan took the opportunity to make trouble again, but was resolved by Daiyu's efforts, and made others blame her for being ignorant. Wanyan Hailan was so angry that she wished she could tear Daiyu up.

It's just that she knows what her family can do.Although her Ama has always been an official in the capital, she used to be able to laugh at Daiyu as a country bumpkin, but now her Ama is just a servant, and she is a few levels lower than the Lin family's household secretary!It is impossible for her to confront Daiyu head-on, she can only ask for a dead end.

Although Wanyan Hailan was so angry that she wanted to tear up Daiyu, but she still had some sense and a little self-knowledge. She knew that with the current status of the Lin family, she would never dare to offend her.If she really offended the Lin family, she would be dead.Their whole family is finished too.No matter how arrogant Wanyan Hailan was, she would not dare to gamble with her family.For now, we can only find opportunities slowly.She didn't believe that Lin Daiyu had always been so lucky.

Daiyu didn't have time to pay attention to what she thought.After that banquet, several banquets were held. Apart from Lan Jing, I also made friends with several good sisters, like that Fucha Mingyue, and Zhang Ying's daughter Zhang Lingyu. Zhang Lingyu was a few years older than them. Gentle and kind, very amiable.After several times of getting along, the relationship between them is very good. Of course, there is Spring Festival. The little sisters often agree to go to incense or ride horses together. Of course, Zhang Lingyu does not participate in horseback riding, and they are all on the sidelines. After all, the Zhang family is an out-and-out Han Chinese.Several people come and go so often, and their feelings are getting deeper and deeper.

On this day, Daiyu, Lan Jing, Mingyue, and Lingyu made an appointment to go to Tantuo Temple to offer incense. Yingchun wanted to learn the rules at home, so she didn't attend.Several people met in the Lin Mansion early in the morning, and then two by two a carriage, and girls and servants a carriage, and they all set off for Tantuo Temple together.

Unexpectedly, outside the city, two or three miles away from Tantuo Temple, a mad cow suddenly appeared and rushed towards the carriage Daiyu and Lan Jing were riding in.

Originally, Daiyu and Lan Jing were chatting and laughing in the car, when they suddenly heard a commotion outside, mixed with the screams of some women.Daiyu was puzzled, so she opened the curtain a crack, but she suddenly saw a mad bull rushing towards this side in the slanting stab.Lan Jing also leaned over to look out at this time, seeing such a critical scene, she escaped with an exclamation.

Daiyu was also startled, this place is very close to Tantuo Temple, how could there be a mad cow?Ordinarily, this mad cow shouldn't be here!But this is not the time to explore this, seeing that the mad cow is about to rush over.

Although Daiyu knew that her servants had undergone strict training, they should be able to fight against this accident, but after all, she was not sure whether the coachman could successfully avoid the mad cow, so she might as well take action herself. Be more at ease.

It was too late and then it was too late, originally Daiyu was forming a heart-cleaning spell in her hand and was about to hit the mad cow, but before she could make a move, she found that suddenly a young man and a boy fell from the sky, and they had already made the mad cow Living.Now the mad cow has been lying on the ground and twitching continuously, foaming at the mouth, and it seems that it is about to die.

At this moment, the two brave young men turned around.Daiyu took a closer look, and one of them turned out to be her fourth brother!It's been a long time since she returned to Beijing, and she didn't recognize fourth brother when she saw his back just now.Turning around at this time, I found that the fourth brother was wearing a navy blue gown, and he was a little more aloof and arrogant than when he was at her house. Unlike before, although he was still expressionless when facing her, he still showed a bit of gentleness.Maybe it's because of this that she didn't recognize it!
Next to the fourth brother was a ten-year-old boy, wearing a blue gown and a jade-colored vest. Although he was not very old, he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his eyes were starry, making him look extraordinarily handsome.There was a bit of cynicism between the eyebrows and eyes, but it added a bit of pride.Daiyu was guessing in her mind who this young master was, wondering if it was the thirteenth elder brother that the fourth elder brother often talked about?

(End of this chapter)