Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 407
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Mo Xuan turned his expression back, and looked at Daiyu's carriageway: "It's cold on the road, Brother Wen Cang should send Sister Yu'er back first, if you have anything to say, you can ask someone to come to Tonghua Lane to call me some other day That's right." Jia Lian couldn't help but restrain his expression when he heard what Mo Xuan said, "What's going on in Tonghua Lane?"

Mo Xuan laughed and said, "I haven't visited the house just given by the Holy Majesty yesterday. I heard that it lives next door to the Duke of England. I think it's very easy to find."

Jia Lian also knew that this was not the place to talk, so he nodded and said, "In that case, I'll send my sister back first, and if you need anything, just ask someone to come to me. After all, I stay in the capital all year round. You still have to be familiar with it, and don't be polite to me."

Seeing Mo Xuan nod his head, Jia Lian asked the servant to lead the horse over and escort Daiyu to the general's mansion.Seeing them walking away, Mo Xuan also led the guards to Tonghua Lane.

Jia Lian escorted Daiyu all the way back to the General's Mansion on Ningrong Street. Wang Xifeng had already led Li Wan, Youshi and others to welcome her out, along with Yingchun and Xichun, and even Miaoyu.Daiyu got out of the carriage, her expression was in a trance for a moment.

A few years ago, also here, Wang Xifeng also led the crowd out to welcome her in the same way. At that time, Tanchun had not yet married far away, even Yingchun, and Yunying had not yet married... Wang Xifeng came up to welcome her and pulled Daiyu She smiled and said, "What are you thinking? We're home!" Daiyu just came back to her senses, nodded with a smile, and said, "Why don't you see Miss Qiao?"

As soon as the words were finished, Wang Xifeng hadn't answered, when she saw sister Qiao dragging Brother Chun, and Brother Chun running out dragging Brother Lan.Followed by a group of little girls, running profusely.

From far away, Sister Qiao's crisp voice came: "Auntie, Auntie!" Brother Chun and Brother Lan stopped behind Sister Qiao, panted and bowed and said, "Auntie!" Ge'er's expression is still calm, and Lang Ge'er's face is flushed.

Seeing this, Daiyu couldn't help laughing, let alone Yingchun, even Wang Xifeng couldn't remember the last time Daiyu laughed like this. If Jia Lian did it again, she would definitely remember that Daiyu played tricks on Jia Lian every time when she was a child. , will laugh like this, the voice is like a silver bell, cheerful and clear.

Seeing Daiyu's smile, everyone was stunned for a moment, Brother Chun's originally calm expression also showed a bit of shyness, Brother Lan lowered his head in embarrassment, as if he dared not see anyone, only sister Qiao , pulling the corner of Daiyu's clothes and laughing happily.

Daiyu touched Sister Qiao's head, and said with a smile, "Auntie, go to pay grandma New Year's greetings first, and when I get grandma's red envelopes, can aunt buy you some sweets?" Brother Lan remained silent, Brother Chun Holding her mouth together with an expression of reluctance, only Sister Qiao pouted and shouted: "Auntie, Sister Qiao doesn't want candy, don't want candy!"

Seeing this, Daiyu nodded and smiled, "Okay, let's not want sugar, let's buy flowers to wear, okay?" , then reprimanded Qiao'er in a low voice: "My aunt just came back from the palace, and I haven't seen my ancestor yet!"

Sister Qiao didn't live with Wang Xifeng for many days. She followed Mrs. Xing in Dengzhou, and then she was taken to Zhuangzi by Daiyu, and finally came back to the mansion. It's raising the fetus and giving birth, so the energy spent on Qiaojie'er is less, and Qiaojie'er has always been a little afraid of her.

Seeing Wang Xifeng coming out to speak, Sister Qiao quickly let go of Daiyu's clothes and hid behind Daiyu. Seeing this, Li Wan also hurriedly pulled Lan Geer to say something.

Seeing Li Wan like that, Daiyu frowned, turned around, took Qiao's hand and smiled, "Brother Lan took Brother Chun to the front to help your uncle treat guests, and you are not too young now. You need to gain more experience." Then she handed Sister Qiao's hand to Qianqian, and said with a smile, "Look at her sweating head and head, go back and wash up, and change into dry clothes."

Unexpectedly by Wang Xifeng, Qianqian first performed a Wanfu ceremony, then took Qiaojie's hand, looked at the nanny again, and took Qiaojie to Qiaojie's house.After the nanny gave her a shallow glance, she hurriedly followed.

Wang Xifeng narrowed her eyes, but when Daiyu turned around, she happened to see the flash of coldness in her eyes.He lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while before laughing: "Let's go in quickly, I'm afraid grandma will blame me soon." Then he naturally took Wang Xifeng's arm.

While Li Wan was talking to You Shi, Yingchun and Xichun were also joking with Miaoyu, Daiyu said softly: "Qianqian is a good person, with her here, we sister Qiao will avoid many detours." Stiff, turned around.

Daiyu smiled at Wang Xifeng: "Sister Qiao has been with me these days, how can I harm her?" She raised her eyebrows and said: "This child is kind, I will find a good family for her in the future, and stay with her." I think it's good to be a steward's daughter-in-law by Qiao's side."

Wang Xifeng didn't expect Daiyu to think so much for Sister Qiao, so she couldn't help shaking her head and said, "It's not an exaggeration to say that you are her mother." Those words were somewhat sour.

But Daiyu said with a smile: "If my sister-in-law is willing, Yu'er doesn't mind. Yu'er sees that not only Sister Qiao, but also Brother Chun is very good. Otherwise, I will give all my sister-in-law to me." Daiyu was amused, stopped in her tracks, tapped Daiyu's forehead and said angrily, "What's going on in your head?"

You Shi and Li Wan don't talk very much in this mansion. Seeing this, Yingchun smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, don't bully Sister Lin, be careful for a while, brother will not make trouble with you, Sister Qiao and Brother Chun came to speak out for justice. , those two were destined to be destined to sister Lin from birth!" Yingchun also covered her mouth and laughed.

Wang Xifeng glanced at Yingchun and said, "I'm afraid Sister Qiao and Brother Chun won't come to speak out for justice, but those who can speak out for justice are in the northwest!"

Daiyu blushed when she heard this, and thought to herself: I'm back early, but you don't know it.Thinking like this in her heart, she said angrily: "Sister-in-law is actually making fun of me!" As she said that, she wanted to tickle Wang Xifeng.Seeing this, Yingchun also joined in, and they entered Mrs. Jia's yard after arguing.The topic was also dismissed and not brought up again.

When Mrs. Jia saw Daiyu and others coming in, she smiled very happily, and hurriedly stood up. Mrs. Xing and Yuanyang hurried forward to support Mrs. Jia, one on the left and one on the right.

Daiyu and the others bowed to Mrs. Jia one after another. Mrs. Jia couldn't stop nodding with a smile and said, "Okay, okay! Just come back!"

As he spoke, he sat back with the support of Mrs. Xing and Yuanyang.A little girl had put a futon in front of Mrs. Jia, and Daiyu hurried forward and kowtowed respectfully to Mrs. Jia three times.Old lady Jia even smiled so blindly that she pulled Daiyu up with her own hands.

To everyone's surprise, Mrs. Jia not only gave Daiyu a red envelope, but also asked Yuanyang to take out a golden nanmu box.The box was only the size of a palm, but Mrs. Jia handed it to Daiyu cautiously, and said with a smile, "I don't have any good things either. You take this, it's a New Year's gift from your grandmother."

Daiyu was about to open the box when she heard the words, but Mrs. Jia pressed her hand and said, "Keep it for later." Then she changed the subject and said to Yuanyang, "Hurry up and help Miss Lin up." .”

Although Daiyu didn't know what old lady Jia was up to, she didn't open the box as she said, and handed both the red envelope and the box to Ling Lan, asking her to put it away.

Daiyu and the others chatted and laughed with them. After lunch, Mrs. Jia took a rest, Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng went to get busy with dinner, Youshi went to Li Wan's room to talk, and Daiyu and Yingchun Waiting for someone to play with a few children together, it seems to be very happy.

After dinner, Yun Baozhou led Yingchun back to the mansion, and Jia Rong also sent someone to invite Youshi back to the mansion. Seeing this, Youshi couldn't stay longer, so he left with Jia Yun and Xichun.

Jia She and Jia Lian saw off the last guests, and when they returned to Mrs. Jia's room, only Jia Baoyu, Li Wan's mother and son, and Daiyu Miaoyu were left.Jia Huan paid the New Year's Eve [-]th birthday, and took his leave after staying here to celebrate the New Year.

As a result, before Jia Baoyu felt anything, Li Wan first became uncomfortable.Mrs. Jia looked at Jia She, who was sitting on the left, who was a dignified official, and Jia Lian, who was handsome and handsome, and then at Mrs. Xing's mother-in-law who was full of jewels, and Li Wan, who was sitting under Wang Xifeng's hand, who was a little embarrassed.

Old lady Jia patted Daiyu's hand, frowned, and sighed: "I know, you all blame me for doting on Baoyu and favoring you..."

The old lady Jia didn't say a word, and before Jia She could speak, Jia Lian hurriedly got up and bowed, "Don't say that, old lady, let alone the grandchildren, even the master and wife would not dare." Old lady Jia only stared at her toes.As Jia Lian got up, Jia Amnesty, Mrs. Xing and other people in the big house also got up one after another and said no.

Even Brother Chun and Brother Cong got up and stood behind Jia She and Jia Lian, lowered their heads and followed, but only sister Qiao got up and ran to Daiyu's side without knowing why, and was embraced by Daiyu .

Seeing this, Jia Baoyu sat on the chair in embarrassment, lowered his head and said nothing. Li Wan glanced at Lang Geer who also lowered his head. He smiled, but thought in his heart, "If you say that you favor the second room, you are clearly favoring Baoyu."Our mother and son did not get any benefits!
Old lady Jia scanned the crowd, seeing the expressions of Jia Baoyu and Li Wan's mother and son, she smiled bitterly.

The old lady Jia took a deep breath, but continued, "No matter what you think, I am old now." Speaking of this, the old lady Jia stared at Jia She and said, "Your brother and his family have gone through this hardship again. I After thinking about it, I divided some of the things in my hand. It will save you from having troubles over these extraneous things in the future. "

Not to mention Jia She and Jia Baoyu and others, even Daiyu was amazed, and hurriedly got up and said, "Yesterday I didn't rest well in the palace, and Yu'er is a little sleepy. Why don't we go to rest with Sister Miaoyu first? Tomorrow." Come back early in the morning to say hello to grandma."

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Jia took a look at Daiyu, but she didn't let go of her hand, she shook her head and said, "Yu'er, sit down and listen."

Seeing this, Miaoyu stood up and squatted down to salute, then took a look at Jia Baoyu, and left without saying a word.Daiyu felt very embarrassed, and wanted to chase her out, but Mrs. Jia said, "Yu'er will stay here, as a witness."

Without waiting for everyone to refute, he ordered Yuanyang to carry all the boxes out.Three small nanmu boxes and two ebony boxes about a foot in size were quickly placed in the center of the room.

Jia Lian and Jia She looked at each other and remained silent. Mrs. Xing shook Wang Xifeng's hand uneasy, but Wang Xifeng raised her eyebrows and smiled without saying a word.Daiyu saw that Jia Baoyu was still bowing his head, but Li Wan's eyes flashed brightly.I can't even tell what it tastes like.

At this moment, Mrs. Jia was acting reckless, causing Yuanyang to open all the boxes, and the golden and yellow oranges immediately dazzled people.

Only now did Daiyu see clearly that the three nanmu boxes contained neatly stacked gold ingots!And in those two ebony boxes, I don't know what kind of bills are placed.

The old lady Jia quickly explained her doubts: "In addition to those furniture and things, I also have these 500 taels of Huang's house." She said and motioned for Yuanyang to bring the two ebony boxes to her. , pointing to one of the boxes and said: "This is the body deed of the people in the house. Now that I am not in charge of the house, I will leave it to the Xing family to take care of it."

Speaking of which, Old Madam Jia handed the ebony box to Xing Shi, but Xing Shi didn't dare to go forward to take it, and turned to look at Jia She, who also frowned and said nothing.

Seeing this, Daiyu signaled to Wang Xifeng, the two had known each other for many years, Wang Xifeng immediately smiled and stepped forward and said, "What is the old lady doing? Putting something in the old lady's hands, we can't be more at ease."

However, Mrs. Jia took a look at Mrs. Xing, shook her head, and handed it to Wang Xifeng, saying: "Your mother-in-law doesn't want it, you can take it!" Then she handed it over.

Wang Xifeng was not the Xing family, so she hurriedly reached out to take it, squatted down and smiled, "Since the old lady finds it troublesome, then the granddaughter-in-law will help the old lady share her worries. When the old lady remembers, remember to take it back."

Old lady Jia nodded with a smile, opened another box without saying much, and sighed, "These are the three villas I married as dowry, and the two houses are about the same size." The wife looked at Jia She again and said: "Your younger brother's family is in trouble, so I will give them more, and you don't have to be upset."

Jia Amnesty raised his head and glanced at the old lady Jia, then quickly got down, and said in a deep voice, "The old lady's things are given to whomever she likes, and my son has never cared about them, and he has no complaints."

The old lady Jia ignored him, turned her head to Daiyu and said, "Although Lian'er has been friends with you since childhood, both of them are your uncles, and Yu'er is the most fair, now you are going to be a witness to grandma. , this Zhuangzi, I will not give you two uncles, but only three cousins, do you think so?"

Daiyu was taken aback for a moment, why is it her turn to talk about this matter?After thinking about it, she also understood that Mrs. Jia was afraid that her uncle would be dissatisfied, so she agreed face-to-face, and turned around to trouble the second uncle's family. What the uncle said was that it belonged to my grandmother, no one can say anything about it.”

After hearing Daiyu's words, old lady Jia smiled and nodded, took out the land deeds of the three houses, put them on the kang table at hand, and said softly: "These three houses, one is in the north of the city, and the other is in the north of the city. In the east of the city, one is in Huazhi Lane not far from here."

When Mrs. Jia mentioned the words "Hua Zhi Lane", no one else responded, but Dai Yu felt her heart skip a beat, and it took her a lot of effort not to show a strange look.

Then I heard Mrs. Jia continue: "It turns out that your second uncle's house is also in the east of the city. It was finally cleaned up, but it was copied away..." Old Mrs. Jia sighed, as if this breath made her Looks like ten years older.

Daiyu wanted to comfort Mrs. Jia, but she really didn't know what to say, so she just put her arm around Mrs. Jia's arm. Old lady Jia turned her head and smiled at Daiyu, "I kept these for you. The dowry, but now I can't keep it."

Daiyu was taken aback, and said with a smile: "When my mother got married, my grandmother gave me a lot of dowry. Now it's all in Yu'er's hands. Why do I need any more dowry from my grandmother?"

Seeing this, old lady Jia nodded, looked at Jia Lian, took out the land deed of Huazhi Lane, and said, "This house is also conveniently located near the mansion, so I'll give it to you." Jia Lian looked at Jia She, who was silent, He looked up at Mrs. Jia again, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Daiyu nodding to him in a subtle way, so he hurried forward and took it with both hands.

Old lady Jia nodded and smiled and said, "Live a good life." Then she took out the title deed of the house in the north of the city, handed it to Li Wan, and said, "Zhu'er left early, I have suffered for you these years, fortunately, Brother Lan She is also a promising one, you two can live a good life, and in the future, if you marry Lang Geer a wife, Zhuer will be considered as a successor."

When Li Wan heard Mrs. Jia mentioning Jia Zhu who had died young, Li Wan immediately covered his mouth, and stepped forward to take the deed, wet with tears.

The old lady Jia finally looked at Jia Baoyu who was always standing with Jia Lan at the end, waved her hand, and said, "Baoyu, come to me." With just such a sentence, the old lady Jia suddenly turned red and wet corner of eye.

Seeing this, Daiyu sighed in her heart, but she heard Mrs. Jia holding Jia Baoyu's hand and saying: "The past is always gone, now I give you this house in the east of the city, you can live a good life, you know? When Jia Baoyu heard this, he threw himself into the arms of Mrs. Jia, and both grandparents and grandchildren burst into tears.

Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to go forward to persuade them. Old lady Jia stopped her tears in time, and stuffed the land deed into Jia Baoyu's arms, saying: "Take it, I don't have much to give you, a place to shelter from the wind and rain. Always for you."

After the old lady Jia finished speaking, she didn't care about Jia Baoyu still wiping her tears, she looked at Jia She and said, "These two Zhuangzi, one is [-] mu and the other is [-] mu, but now you also have an official position, Lian My son also strives, I think the big one will be left to your brother, and the small one will be given to you, do you have any objection?"

When the old lady Jia said the last sentence, she looked very dignified. Daiyu shook her head secretly. If the old lady Jia continued to use softness to overcome rigidity, she would not say anything even if Jia Amnesty had objections. My heart will not be happy.

As soon as Daiyu finished thinking, she heard Jia She sneer and said with a sneer: "Old lady, you are serious! After all these years, what do you want to give to the second room, where do you want the second room to live, when did I make a predestined relationship? Let alone, These things originally belonged to the old lady, and the son has nothing to say, so it's better to give them all to the second wife."

The old lady Jia was choked by Jia Amnesty, and her face immediately became very ugly. Daiyu hurriedly glanced at Jia Lian, then looked at the old lady Jia with a smile: "Uncle has been an official for a long time, and he doesn't know how to say soft. Talk. It’s just that the second uncle’s family has no permanent property and wants to share more with the second uncle, but it’s easy to misunderstand when you say it.”

Old lady Jia naturally knew that Jia Amnesty didn't mean that, but she didn't want to refute Daiyu's face, so she didn't say much, and handed over the land deeds of the two villages to Jia Baoyu and Jia Lian respectively.Then he pointed to the few boxes of gold and said, "These are also divided today."

As soon as the old lady Jia finished speaking, Jia Amnesty's face changed. You know, for ordinary people, gold is only used to buy grain and rice, but for people like them, it is the foundation. Keep what you keep.

The old lady Jia ignored it, and said directly: "Five thousand five hundred taels of gold, among the grandchildren, only Xi girl and Baoyu, Brother Huan, brother Cong, brother Yun are not married, Xi girl and Baoyu each get 500 taels Brother Huan and Brother Cong each have 300 taels. I, Yuer, is the head of the county, so I will give 100 taels more, and 200 taels will be given to her."

When the old lady Jia said this, she turned her head to Daiyu and smiled kindly, but Daiyu felt as if the cold wind had been poured into her collar for several times, so she hurriedly got up and said, "Grandmother, don't be like this, Yuer, He Dehe Can you come to my grandmother's private room?"

Old lady Jia ignored it, and after laughing, she went on to say: "The great-grandchildren will each get 100 taels. Later, the elder will send someone to send it to Ying Yatou."

Jia She gave Mrs. Jia a cold look, bowed and said, "What does the old lady say, and what should my son do." As if she didn't see Jia She's eyes, the old lady Jia smiled and nodded, "Don't Saying that I love my grandson but not my son, the Elder Master and the Second Master also each receive 1000 taels. Brother Zhen has gone, and I will give 500 taels to Brother Zhen’s daughter-in-law.”

When Daiyu heard this, she understood that Mrs. Jia was determined to arrange her funeral at this time. Although Mrs. Jia's health was indeed getting worse day by day, Daiyu never thought that Mrs. Jia would celebrate the New Year here. Li, to arrange the aftermath, couldn't help but sighed.

Perhaps it was Daiyu's sigh that caught the attention of Jia She and others, and everyone in the room suddenly woke up with red eyes.Old lady Jia turned her head and caressed Daiyu's cheek and said, "Grandmother will not delay us, Yu'er." In one sentence, Daiyu suddenly had the urge to cry, and she leaned her head on Old lady Jia's shoulder, not wanting to stop. No more words.

Mrs. Jia took the silk by herself, wiped the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile, "I will take care of the rest for me. The old man is busy, so I don't trust you." After speaking, Mrs. Jia looked at Jia Lian and said, "These I will leave the rest to you to keep, and when I go, you can take it out, and the rest will be shared with you, and if you don’t have enough, you can make up for the old woman.”

Except for Daiyu, no one expected that Mrs. Jia would say this so bluntly during the Chinese New Year, and everyone in the room burst into tears.Mrs. Jia sighed and said, "That's good, the explanation is clear, and no one should worry about it."

After finishing speaking, he ignored the people in the room, looked at Yuanyang and said, "I leave all my clothes, except for those who will accompany me in the future, to you. I will leave all the furniture and things to the old man, so he will give me a pension." gone."

When Jia She heard this, he couldn't hold back any longer, and hastily stepped forward two steps: "What is the old lady talking about? It's only right for my son to provide for you!"

The old lady Jia waved her hand and said: "I know you are filial, and you have suffered a lot of grievances because of me these years, so you don't need to say more, but your nephews and nieces are not married yet, if you have the heart, Help me more in the future, your brother is still suffering in the Northeast..."

When the old lady Jia said this, she sighed and said with red eyes: "Brother of the same mother and compatriots, I have made thousands of mistakes, my mistakes, if you can help, just help these, the bones are broken and the tendons are still connected. "

Hearing what old lady Jia said, Jia Amnesty cooled down again, nodded, and distributed the 500 taels of gold to everyone according to what old lady Jia had said before.

(End of this chapter)