Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 20
In the front, all the princes of Wujun had just arrived, and Jia Min led Daiyu to wait beside the hanging flower gate.As soon as Princess Wujun entered the door, she saw Jia Min coming out in person, followed by a man wearing a silver-white embroidered plum blossom with dark patterns and a pink border cross-collar gown with light yellow embroidered new willow jacket, and a dark green wide brim underneath. The rose red pleated skirt jacket light pink embroidered lotus leaf edge and the wide-sleeved gauze dress is a very kind-hearted little girl, presumably she is the only daughter of Lin Ruhai and his wife.

After Jia Min saluted and greeted her, she turned her head to look at the petite and exquisite Daiyu. Before that, she only cared about the interesting clothes of the mother and daughter, but didn't look closely at the eyebrows and eyes, and didn't think so.At this moment, when I looked carefully, I was shocked, there is such a beautiful person in the world!I never noticed it back then.Then he smiled and said, "This is Mrs. Lin's beloved daughter, the girl from Hanshan Temple back then, right? Is there anything wrong with her body?"

Daiyu squatted down and said: "My daughter Lin Hui has seen the princess, and she has taken note of the princess. She is already in good health." The princess was overjoyed when she saw that her words were well-behaved, and she said quickly: "Get up quickly, why do you need to do so much?" Li? We are old acquaintances. Just remember that it was called Yu?" Daiyu didn't answer but stood beside Jia Min with a smile.

Jia Min said with a smile: "Daiyu is the baby name of the little girl. I paid homage to the husband two years ago, and the husband gave me the scientific name Lin Hui." Then he said: "It was said that we should go to see the princess, and I don't want to trouble the princess to come. , It really makes the ponies shine, but it also ruins us. I have prepared some fruit, please let the princess come in and taste it." After speaking, he led the princess into the main room.

Jia Min and the princess sat down separately, the princess didn't even look at the fruit on the Eight Immortals' table, she just smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for more than two years, but Madam Lin has become more energetic." Happy, but also very concerned about Jia Min's diet and exercise, never giving Jia Min a chance to eat less, and would take Jia Min to walk around the garden after eating.Not to mention that Daiyu also shared a large part of the general affairs.

Jia Min was happy and relaxed.At this time, Jia Min did not hide anything, and even said proudly: "Yeah, thanks to Yu'er's filial piety in the past two years, I have relaxed a lot. Even this body has Yu'er watching, and it is much better than in previous years." The concubine naturally saw Jia Min's expression and didn't care about it, and then asked with a smile: "I heard that Huang Jiyun, the fourth son of the Huang family, is his teacher. Is it true?"

Jia Min didn't expect that even the concubine received the news. Although she was a little surprised in her heart, she didn't show it on her face. She just smiled and said, "Isn't it Huang Jiyun, the fourth son of Huang Hanlin's family? He is also a good friend for many years. Somehow, Mr. Huang decided to accept me, Yuer, as his apprentice. My master has always admired Mr. Huang. I was four years old, and I said it was unnecessary. Yu'er was a girl, and she didn't take the imperial examination to be the number one scholar, so she didn't have to be a joke, so the master got in a hurry with me because of it. Mr. Huang also insisted on this. What can I do? ? The master even invited Mr. Qiu, the head of Taowu Academy, to be a witness for this with great fanfare. I don't know why." After finishing speaking, he shook his head and sighed.

Seeing this, the princess smiled and said: "It can be seen that you are unlucky. How many princes and grandsons in the capital begged to worship him as a teacher? It was just that a few years ago, when he came back to Beijing, many people came to his house to ask for a meeting, but just seeing him was not enough. I don’t want to, I didn’t even have a word of kindness, so I was dismissed. Even my family Hongjin has been talking about wanting to worship him as a teacher, but unfortunately I can’t even find him, but I don’t want to be in your house. Morning You know that we will also send Humanity House to invite you."

After he finished speaking, he paused and asked again: "I don't know if Mr. Huang has come to Yangzhou with you now?" Jia Min sighed and explained with a wry smile: "It's in our house? Take our Yu'er as a disciple, the two In the new year, he only came to class for a few days every three to five months, and then disappeared. Years ago, he heard that we were coming to Yangzhou. It's been a month and there is no news at all."

The concubine was very surprised when she heard this: "I can't be more stable and stable even if I accept an apprentice. No wonder people say that he is an unruly man. In the early years, Huang Hanlin was so angry that he resigned as soon as he said he would resign. Huang Hanlin He was beaten up, and he ran away from home for several years. But his knowledge is very good, not to mention our family, but my sister’s family also wanted to find him, but they had no choice.” Said The end is also a sigh.

Daiyu heard the two of them talking about Huang Jiyun's past, but she couldn't continue to listen, so she quietly withdrew early.After a while, Daiyu came in with a small tea tray with red lacquer painted on magpies and plum blossoms. On the tea tray was a small sapphire pot and several sapphire teacups. It can be seen that they came out of the same good material, soaked in oil and moist.

The concubine looked at Jia Min with a half-smile and said, "I originally thought you didn't intend to invite me to drink tea. It's Yu'er who is considerate of me and I will be thirsty if I talk too much." After speaking, she picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. Healthy fragrance.She couldn't help but looked at Daiyu and said, "Where did you find this good tea? It's so fragrant."

Jia Min immediately explained: "Princess, forgive me, the Biluo was originally made by others, but Yu'er went to replace it with the scented tea she made a few years ago. I was really spoiled by me. There are no rules. The concubine should not blame her." Hearing that the tea was made by Daiyu, the concubine couldn't help but took another sip, feeling very good about it.

The concubine nodded and smiled and said, "Where is the blame? It can be seen that Yu'er is more sincere than you in hospitality, knowing that she brought out a good one for me to eat, I am too happy." She took Daiyu's hand and gave a bunch of purple Jing Zhuzi: "Take it and play with it. The Empress Dowager rewarded me a while ago. It's not a good thing, but the color looks better."

Then he said to Jia Min: "What's so rare about Biluo? Yu'er's pot of tea is the real good thing." Then he laughed, then turned to the county master and said, "If you have three sisters from your Lin family Very dexterous, I am also a blessed one.”

After speaking, she picked up the teacup and said to Daiyu, "I really like this tea. If you are willing, you can make it for me." Daiyu took a look at Jia Min, smiled and said, "" There's nothing to be reluctant about, it's also Yu'er's good fortune that Wang Hao likes it." After speaking, he left to get tea himself.

The county magistrate saw Daiyu leave.She pretended to be sassy and said with a smile: "Since the concubine mother thinks that her daughter is not as clever as Lin's younger sister, it is good to recognize her as a righteous daughter. Just snatch it from our house, and I have many clever younger sisters." The princess glanced at Jia Min but Said: "I'm afraid Mrs. Lin is reluctant." Jia Min quickly laughed and said: "Where is it? But Yu'er is stupid, I'm afraid she will annoy the princess in the future."

Jia Min knew the current position of his family very well, but he didn't dare to make a fuss about it, not to mention that King Wujun was a royal family member who held the military power.Yu'er said that she is not party or group but loyal to the sage, and she must not do anything that makes people suspicious, so the Wu County Prince's Mansion can't be involved.Since Jia Min said so, the princess also understood that Lin Ruhai's position was delicate, and she also didn't want to cause trouble for her family, so she changed the subject.

When Daiyu came in, the princess stopped what she was talking about with Jia Min, and looked at Daiyu expectantly.With a deep blessing, Daiyu held the bamboo tube in her hand to the princess.This bamboo tube is only as thick as a fist, and as long as a palm. There are no flowers or words on it, but a pair of thin eyebrows and eyes are engraved with a smile, and a mouth that cannot be closed is engraved. joy.

When the county master saw it, he thought it was very cute. He quickly walked over and took it in his hand, and said to the princess: "No wonder the mother concubine Kua Lin's younger sister is smarter than me. Just look at this, what a coincidence, she is so cute, so she will be so cute." Sure enough, my concubine did not wrong me. Concubine mother, just let me have this. If you want, you can find the sister of the Lin family, she has plenty of them." After speaking, she moved away from the concubine and sat on the chair .

The princess smiled and looked at Daiyu: "If Yu'er is willing to give me some more, there is no need to use that delicate vessel, just find a tea urn. It will save some people from snatching it away." But Daiyu is She lowered her head and blushed and said in a low voice: "It's not that Yu'er is reluctant, it's just...it's just that it's all there." After speaking, she glanced at the county lord, and the princess also turned to look at the county lord when she heard this.

The county magistrate resigned, pouted and clenched the bamboo tube in his hand, saying: "Sister Yu'er must be reluctant to part with it, so she presumed that I got it all." The princess turned her head to look at Daiyu again with a half-smile.

At this moment, Jia Min smiled and said, "Don't blame the princess, but the princess doesn't know that the tea is not a precious thing. Last autumn, my Gusu garden bloomed a lot of golden chrysanthemums. Yu'er said it was a good thing for making tea, so she picked the buds. Put away what was put away. Before we took office a few years ago, we collected several kinds of flower buds and stamens, such as wintersweet, and dried them slowly with a small red clay stove. She only did it herself, and she only got one or two. No, before her master left, she packed a tube like the one in the county owner's hand. Fortunately, this tea is light, otherwise I wouldn't be able to give the county owner some." After hearing Jia Min's words, the county owner knew that it was really gone, so he Reluctantly, I handed the bamboo tube to the princess.

Seeing this, Daiyu smiled and said: "If the county magistrate likes such little things, I don't have any better ones. The county magistrate just picks them up. It's not a good thing, I just play with it when I have nothing to do. "The county magistrate is only one or two years older than Daiyu, so he was just a child.Hearing this, she immediately brightened her eyes, and before she could speak, the princess said: "Don't pay attention to her, why are you thinking about my sister's things? But this tea, Yu'er will get it later and save some for me." Yes, or it would be good to send someone to bring it to me."

Daiyu laughed when she heard it, and it is not good to be too presumptuous in front of the princess, until her face turned red from holding back, she said: "My princess feels good after drinking this tea today, so I will drink a few more cups. Wait until tomorrow After returning to the south, this tea is not suitable for the princess, and the princess will not feel any better. Even my master, because he is going back to the north, he took a tube away."

The princess was surprised when she heard this and asked: "How could it be? That's good, unless Yu'er is deliberately fooling me. Otherwise, it's hard to choose Nantiao cup for tea? Even the women in the palace will not do this!"

Daiyu saw that the princess didn't believe her, so she replied seriously: "The south is hot and humid, while the north is dry. The princess came from the north, her body is still dry, and Yangzhou is very humid. Therefore, she feels dry mouth and tired. However, it is not considered a disease, even if the imperial doctor thinks about it, he can't prescribe a prescription, so the princess must think it is because of the exhaustion of the horses and horses. It’s all about Wangfei’s physical condition at this time. Besides, Yu’er sealed the scented tea in a fresh bamboo tube, and the fragrance of bamboo and flowers blend together. Wangfei feels both fresh and thirst-quenching, so she just feels good.”

Hearing that Daiyu spoke clearly and well without taking the opportunity to exaggerate or play tricks, the princess nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "I heard that Huang Jiyun is open-minded and proficient in medical science. Just listen to Yu'er's words just now, and you will know that the rumors are true. It can be seen that Yu'er is Got the true biography." Jia Min hastily said a few more words.

Daiyu didn't want to stay here, and she didn't want to be rude and offend the palace. Seeing that the county magistrate was reluctant to look at the bamboo tube with tea, she asked with a smile, "Would the magistrate come to my place? I made a lot of cute little ones myself." It's something." When the county lord heard this, he became energetic and hurriedly turned to look at the princess. The princess knew that she liked it, so she nodded and let them go.

Back in the room, Daiyu immediately asked Jin'er to take out the gadgets she had made in the past for the county magistrate to choose.Unexpectedly, the county master first took a fancy to a cushion behind Daiyu. It was a SpongeBob SquarePants cushion that Daiyu made according to the memory of her previous life. On the light yellow satin surface, Daiyu embroidered the nose, eyes and mouth with her own hands. The big eyes are very watery. It is lovable, and the thin and short arms are very funny.

The county magistrate liked it very much at first glance, and seeing that there was a small pillow for Lanmei on the imperial concubine chair, it was even more cute, and immediately went to hug it in his arms.Looking carefully at Daiyu's room, you can see all kinds of gadgets other than antiques and curiosities everywhere: the figure paintings made of fallen leaves and dried flowers are very freehand, the bonsai made of eggshell and bird shells are chic and small, and there are all kinds of small and large. This kind of little doll and puppet is different from what I have seen before.

For a while, there were some dizzying tastes.The desk is very clean, except for pen holders, pine flower inkstones and other stationery utensils, there is only a row of eggshell and bird shell bonsai from large to small, but I don’t know what they are planted. It is very lush and eggy. There are also various patterns painted on the shell, either elegant or bright.Apart from the blue-skinned little doll in a white hat that I am holding in my arms, there are several puppets in long gowns with loose hair that are made vividly on the chaise longue.

Seeing that she didn't come over to pick things out, Daiyu just hugged Sister Sister Lan and looked around to see that she was curious, so she said: "They are all small things I made in my past time. They are not elegant. They are only placed in the room. It’s all for playing by yourself. If the county lord likes something, just tell me, and I will make a good one for you.”

The county magistrate was overjoyed when he heard that, and turned around with his younger sister in his arms, "What do you call the magistrate so honorable? If you think highly of it, you can call me sister Wan. Or you can call me Wanyu." Daiyu After hearing this, she sweetly called Sister Wan, and said like she was so happy, "I don't have any sisters, not even two cousins. Even if I do, they are far away and rarely communicate with each other. It's good today." , I chose a sister who I am satisfied with myself. Don’t worry about others, just remember that you called me sister today, and you will be my sister in the future. "

After speaking, he took off the bracelet on his wrist and put it on Daiyu's wrist.Daiyu hastily declined, but the county magistrate said: "It's not worth anything, just take it as a memory for our sisters. Your father is working in Yangzhou, so you are not allowed to travel at will. I can't stay in Yangzhou too much when I return to the station with my father. I don't know when we will be able to meet again in the future, but it is rare to see. This bracelet was given to me by my father in the third dynasty. There was a pair, and I will give you one today. sisters."

Daiyu was very moved when she heard this, for the past two years she was busy studying and taking care of housework, even though she occasionally went out to dinner with Jia Min, she didn't make any girlfriends.Now that Wanyu's county magistrate handed it over to her with such sincerity and sincerity, how could Daiyu be unwilling?

So he also stood up, took out a Hetian white jade hairpin from the dowry, and said to Wanyu, "My sister's bracelet is precious, but Yu'er accepted it. This hairpin is worthless, but it is the first jade hairpin carved by Yu'er herself." One piece, although crude, but a little bit of my sister's kindness, I hope my sister will accept it." Saying this, he handed the hairpin to Wan Yu's hand.

Wan Yu didn't refuse, took it over and held it in her hand to observe carefully. The whole hairpin only had two narcissus carved on the top. She said that the white jade was not flawless. The stamens are highlighted to make the whole flower more lively and interesting.For a while, I couldn't put it down.

Seeing that Wanyu accepted her hairpin, Daiyu, she was also very happy, so she said, "If Sister Wan likes these dolls, I will make some good ones for her later." He quickly smiled and said, "My sister doesn't want anything else from you, so just give me this blue doll and the yellow one behind you."

Daiyu laughed as soon as she heard it: "Where is someone sending old things? Sister Wan eliminated me, right? I call this yellow one Big Eyed Baby, and there is another one in the box. I will find it later and my sister will take it back. Tomorrow Then I will make a new Sister Blue for my sister, and I promise it will be exactly the same as this one. Even if my sister goes back, I can send someone to send it to my sister, right?"

After hearing this, Wan Yu liked this younger sister even more in her heart, and she couldn't help but sighed: "Your sister must remember what she says, and write to me more when you have nothing to do. If I go back to Beijing that year, I will follow and you will be able to go two months earlier." I met my sister in the past year."

Talking about returning to Beijing that year, Wan Yu remembered that she had discussed with her elder brother at home to let Mo Xuan and Dai Yu meet by chance in the garden.Originally, Wan Yu didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but now she liked this younger sister from the bottom of her heart, and was worried about her bad reputation, so she inquired, "I wonder when is my younger sister's birthday?"

Daiyu didn't expect Wanyu to change the topic so quickly, and she was stunned for a moment when she couldn't react.It wasn't until Wanyu asked again that Daiyu came to her senses and said, "Asuka Chaoyuer is seven years old." Now Wanyu found an excuse for herself. See, she is not seven years old yet, so it's okay to meet her.

So Wan Yu said with a smile: "It turns out that my younger sister was born in Hua Dynasty, no wonder she is so beautiful and dexterous. Quickly take my elder sister to the garden to see whether it is Hua Mei or younger sister who is more delicate." After speaking, she covered her mouth and smiled.But Daiyu blushed and relentlessly tickled Wanyu, Wanyu fought back not to be outdone, played around for a while, and waited for the two of them to catch their breath before freshening up and going to the garden.

(End of this chapter)