However, it was said that Mrs. Zhang ordered Huang Xing, Zhang Wang and others to lead a group of men and the Qing guests raised by the house to the garden to enjoy the play and eat wine, and she herself invited the female relatives in the upper room, and the small stage was also set up in the garden. First, please invite a group of fine music to play and cheer up, and after the meal is finished, then play a perfunctory performance according to the play ordered by everyone the day before. Because it is their own lively fun, and they are not limited to which book, only pick their own preferences, the class master stepped forward to present the catalog list of this day, Mrs. Zhang glanced at it, and the first three single folds were "Flower Woman", "Monk", and "Down the Mountain", so she couldn't help laughing and said: "Who ordered it? I'm not afraid of souring my mouth with a smile for a while, and I can't eat at night. Then he asked Lin Daiyu, who was sitting next to him, "Which one did you order?"

Daiyu pointed out on the list, which is exactly the two folds of "Infatuation" and "Incense" in "Yanyun Pavilion". Mrs. Zhang couldn't help asking, "Miss Lin originally likes to watch this?"

Daiyu was stunned and said: "When I was at my grandmother's house, I only read half of it because of a little thing, so I wanted to take the opportunity to finish it." ”

Mrs. Zhang laughed and said, "This play is good. This Xiao Xifen pretended to be crazy to avoid trouble, and after all the hardships, she was still resolute and unyielding, worthy of her being a tiger girl and loyal to her. No wonder you want to think about it. It's better to simply let them play the whole scene, and we will also have a good time. ”

Daiyu was pleasantly surprised: "Really? It's just that the work is bigger, and my aunt and grandmother are too energetic, but it's not good. ”

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "I also like to watch dramas, why do I spend my energy? Anyway, it's okay at home, so it's only serious to take your pastime with you. Yifa said to the master, "You have heard it all, and you are ready." If there is any need, even if you come to sue sù, it will not call you empty toil. and then put the two plays I just said in front of them, and put them behind "Hua Po". If you sing well, I will naturally reward you. ”

The head of the class nodded hurriedly and said with a smile: "Nengbo old lady and the ranking wife, grandmother, and young lady have a good word, and we go out, and our faces are also bright." ”

The makeup was played out for a while, and everyone watched. There are also those who sneer at the few condescending changes of the monk who know the guest, there are also those who sigh that Xiao Xifen pretended to be stupid and fled and begged for help, there are also those who praise the flower woman for her clever words, and there are also those who laugh at the pair of little monks and nuns. When they dispersed halfway, Mrs. Zhang asked Hua Dan, who played Xiao Xifen, and the clown who played Zhuge Dark, to come in, and rewarded him with extra tea and fruit and a bunch of money, and instructed: "Keep the spirit, and sing this play." Singing makes us Miss Lin happy, and there is a big reward here. After asking and laughing a few words, the Hong family also gave Lin Daiyu a reward, and ordered the class master to lead it.

Here, Mrs. Wang asked Mrs. Zhang to change her clothes, and said: "After sitting in this afternoon, my waist is also soft, and I will go in and crooked, and I will have the energy to continue watching the play in the evening." Besides, their children couldn't sit still for a long time, so they just took the opportunity to let off steam, don't suffocate in front of them. ”

Mrs. Zhang smiled at Hong's family: "Listen to your sister-in-law! Live like I am such a rigid rule of admitting death, I don't know how to hurt my juniors." I don't remember a sentence that made people sit here in a huff - didn't the girl sneak out early in the morning?"

Hong said: "The eldest sister-in-law said a word, and my aunt was picky, and said that she was not in accordance with the rules, and I wanted to disagree with the eldest sister-in-law." Immediately everyone laughed. Hong Shifang said: "Wei Yatou is young, and it is not unusual for her not to like to watch dramas. But I went to work here, don't be greedy for fun and suffer from the heat, or eat indiscriminately when you are hungry. ”

Everyone said that they were worried, and asked the people below if they knew Huang Wei's whereabouts. Some people said that they saw the six girls go out into the big garden. Mrs. Zhang nodded: "The girl has an opinion, and the maids can't persuade it." ”

Huang Qian on the side said: "I'll go find the sixth sister." Mrs. Zhang agreed. Huang Qian said to Lin Daiyu again: "It's better for Sister Lin to go with me, not only looking for the sixth sister, but also relaxing and relaxing by the way, and scattering your heart." ”

Daiyu was busy, and looked at Mrs. Zhang and Hong's again. Mrs. Zhang smiled and said, "In this case, the girls will go." Fortunately, there are no outsiders today, so a walk around the garden can be regarded as a real relaxation. The four girls concentrate on accompanying you Sister Lin. He also instructed his subordinates to prepare bamboo chairs, umbrella covers, and the like to follow behind the girls and serve them at any time. Dispersed for a while.

Here, Daiyu and Huang Qian arrived at the gate of the garden. Huang Qian opened one around and said, "Go to Qingyao Hall first." I heard that there are two stages on the open hall and the terrace near the water, and the performances are all lively and good-looking. Presumably, the sixth sister is there, and we will look for it. ”

Daiyu said: "The fourth sister is not busy. Listening to the voice, the drama over there has not yet dispersed, and the uncles and brothers are all there, and they can't help but collide when they walk over directly. It's better to send someone to ask first. "I called the maid sent to me by Mrs. Wang, ordered to bring two little servants over, saluted with the elders, and by the way, told Mrs. Zhang that this side was temporarily dispersed, and then continued to watch the play after dinner. Fei Wen answered. Daiyu said to Huang Qian again: "It's shady here, just stand for a while." I don't know what kind of drama I watched over there. It's just that I don't think the sixth sister likes those lively ones, so maybe she'll be hiding in those elegant and secluded places. ”

Huang Qian pursed her lips and smiled: "Actually, it's not bad whether the play is good or not, the most important thing is to see where the third brother is." The sixth sister always followed him, found him, and almost found the sixth sister. By the way, the southwest corner of this garden is next to his non-working workshop, which is also close to the past, why don't we go directly to see it? The third brother has the most novelties, what bamboo, wood and birds, self-striking bells, and the song water flow plate that he pours and sings after pouring water, which is more exquisite and interesting than the seven-wheel fan. ”

Lin Daiyu listened to her instigation, and couldn't help but feel curious, but she couldn't help it. After a while, Fei Wen came back and said, "The old man knows, and says that he will go to the old lady to say hello in two quarters of an hour." I didn't see the six girls here, so I thought I was playing in the garden, and I ordered the little girls to look for it. Please Miss Lin don't have to remember, let the four girls accompany everywhere to relax. ”

Both of them answered yes. Huang Qian asked Huang Xiang about his whereabouts again, and sure enough, he quit early in the morning and avoided the non-working workshop. Huang Qian clapped her hands and smiled: "Most of the six sisters are there, Sister Lin, let's look for her." "Directly urge Daiyu to go to the workshop together. Daiyu excused herself twice, and was already pulled all the way. But seeing that the winding path under the foot is like turning, the flowers and trees on both sides are secluded, and there are clear streams surrounding, entering and exiting between the mountains and rocks, the sound of the water is crisp and smart, and from time to time it is mixed with a few sounds of wind blowing bells and whistles, which is more interesting than when visiting before. Daiyu's pace gradually slowed down, and finally she simply stopped and stood still to listen.

Seeing this, Huang Qian smiled on the side: "I know that Sister Lin must be able to pay attention to the mystery here - it is all the ingenuity of the third brother." A few years ago, he renovated the garden, and I don't know how he calculated it, circled this piece, this stone was chiseled, and there were cracks in the flower wall over there, and when it was repaired, there were these natural sounds. At that time, when the sixth sister came to the first house, she had to say that she had hidden the copper bell stone whistle, and even the road stones were knocked over one by one. As a result, Sister Lin, guess what? She really found out that the bluestone steps near the water here were all hollow, and if you stepped on them with clogs, there was nothing more audible than it. It's just that those stone steps are built high and low, and no old lady speaks, and no one is allowed to go up to play. ”

The two of them said that the bluestone path under their feet had turned a corner, and it was divided into two roads in front of the open field, one leading to the water's edge, half of the curved bridge and water pavilion behind the rockery, and the other leading to a moon cave door among the flowers and trees, with a pink wall and green tiles behind the door, and a middle-aged mother in front of the door was holding a thick line and thin strips to repair a sea bowl-sized basket. Suddenly looked up and saw a group of people hugging Daiyu and Huang Qian, this grandmother hurriedly got up and saluted, and replied to Huang Qian's words: "The sixth girl came to look for the third master, and the two of them went to the garden just a while." It's the other way. ”

Huang Qian fell to her feet and sighed: "Sure enough, my hexagram is correct." It's just a little bit worse. If you chase them now, you can't catch up with them. But since he was the two of them, there was nothing to worry about, and it just so happened that I accompanied my sister to concentrate on the garden. ”

Daiyu said with a smile: "I still have to watch a play at night, I'm afraid that dinner will be early, so it's better to go back." ”

Huang Qian couldn't be happy, and her expression couldn't help revealing some shortcomings, but when she saw Daiyu's description, she immediately laughed again and said, "Then just take a shortcut and pass through the middle of the lake." Just to see some lotus flowers, and you can see the stage from a distance. So he took Daiyu along the path to the water's edge. Just turned around a craggy mountain rock, and I heard human voices, it was Huang Rong and Zhang Hui standing and talking on the head of the covered bridge. Seeing the two of them coming, Huang Rong hurriedly greeted: "Where are the two sisters from?"

Huang Qian covered her mouth and smiled: "Second sister didn't drink again, why is she confused? Then he asked, "Why is my sister with my cousin?"

Huang Rong glared at her and said, "Cousin Zhang went to find Brother Xiang." I think the sixth sister has always been able to play with the elephant brothers, but I can't find them anywhere else, and most of them are in the non-working workshop. If you get together like this, won't you just run into it?"

Daiyu said, "We're coming over there." Listening to the grandmother at the door, the sixth sister and the third cousin have already come to the garden. When the second sister came here, she didn't see it?"

Huang Rong couldn't help laughing and said, "But there are so many roads in the garden, and the two of them don't know how to go, so they bypassed the people they were looking for." Fortunately, everyone below has been instructed, saying that the old lady is looking for her sixth sister. When they came in and heard the message, they naturally went to the old lady, and it saved our hearts. It will not be too early for this hour, so let's go up to the room. "Homeopathic and invited the chapter back.

Zhang Hui said: "The eldest uncle wants to make a new order, and I have a set pressed at the bottom of the box, and I am about to get it in the Xizhan Garden." I won't go with you. My aunt and grandmother came to me, and I asked my sister to sue me for a crime. There is another thing, just my sister is here, and I am tired of handing over a word to my mother - in the afternoon, my father and my second cousin gambled and ate wine, and my father lost two games without paying attention. ”

Lin Daiyu originally knew that Zhang Wang drank a lot of wine, and when she heard Zhang Hui's words, she was a little suspicious at the time, but then she said "funny", and when she saw Zhang Hui's slight smile, she guessed that it was his brother who was playing, and she couldn't help laughing, because she said, "I'll go and talk to my aunt." ”

Zhang Hui smiled: "In this case, I am relieved." He nodded with Huang Rong and Huang Qian, and left with the little girl.

The three of them watched him go. Suddenly, Huang Qian's eyes slipped, and she caught a glimpse of Huang Rong's maid Xixing next to her holding a boss package in her hand, and the fabric material was also ordinary, only wrapped squarely, angular and angular. Huang Qian didn't think much about it, and asked, "Hey, what is this?" ”

Xixing said: "It's a book from the young master to the girl." ”

Huang Qian suddenly smiled and said: "Hey, the second sister has to bring the book from her cousin again? Or is it the new atlas of the mustard hall? What is it, bring it to me to see!"

Huang Rong hurriedly stopped and said, "How can there be such a thing?---It's just that I recently read the "Anthology", and some of the words and pronunciation are not accurate, and the old man has always been dislike to interpret the book and Taoist collection, but my cousin has helped the teacher sort out and proofread the Buddhist scriptures and recovered the "Yiqiē Sutra Yinyi" from the Orient in the past two years, so I specially asked my cousin to find me. There is also a hand-copied copy by him, don't look at it randomly, mess up the order or lose a half, how can you tell me to explain it then?"

Huang Qian then brushed his hand and said, "It turned out to be a word book, I thought it was some rare thing, so Xixing should be hugged so tightly." Suddenly laughed again, nodded and looked Huang Rong up and down, and said, "I said casually, my sister said so much." Fortunately, there are no outsiders here, otherwise something should have happened, and I have to defend myself. He bit his lip and laughed.

Huang Rong was also generous, and when she smiled like this, her face couldn't help but turn a little red. Seeing that Daiyu also tilted her head slightly to look at her face, she was ashamed, so she simply stretched out her hand and pulled Daiyu away, and said, "Don't talk nonsense with this little girl, Sister Lin, let's go to the old lady." ”

Huang Qian chased after him and asked, "Second sister, Sister Lin is only a month older than me, why am I small?" twisted Huang Rong's other arm and just rubbed the monkey. Although the bridge is not narrow at the moment, Huang Rong is holding Daiyu with one hand, so it is inconvenient to dodge, so she can only laugh with her for a while, Fang gasped and said: "If the four girls don't stop, I'll be annoyed!"

Only then did Huang Qian withdraw, Huang Rong was determined, and Fang introduced the scenery he saw for Daiyu. On the side, Huang Qian also danced and made up the addendum, and the three of them walked and appreciated, which was also lively and interesting.

When I returned to the upper room, Huang Wei was already there, talking to Mrs. Zhang. Seeing the three of her coming, Mrs. Zhang hurriedly ordered Huang Wei to salute the three eldest sisters, and said, "For you, I am so tired that my sisters are looking for it everywhere." ”

Huang Wei said: "Obviously, my grandmother just said that she was afraid that her sisters would sit for a long time, so she taught them to walk like me to relax their muscles and bones." Having said this, the man got up early and thanked the three of them, looked at her carefully, and said, "The sisters are blushing, and they look better than they did in the morning, and this is all my credit." The room burst into laughter.

Mrs. Zhang asked a few more people about the walking route, and when she heard that it was a curved bridge crossing the lake, she hurriedly asked: "Why did you come here?" Although it is almost evening, there is still sun in the sky, and there is no shade on this road, don't you get sunburned? What are the grandmothers and mothers-in-law who follow behind?"

Daiyu hurriedly said: "We are lucky, it just so happened that a gust of wind blew the clouds and blocked the sun, and the stone skins had just been washed with water along the way, and they didn't feel the heat at all. The second sister and the fourth sister told the scenery on the lake again, the 'Cuiqiao Floating Smoke', from a distance, I felt that it was exactly the same as the scenery I saw on the Baoyang Lake a few days ago. ”

Mrs. Zhang smiled when she heard this: "It can be seen that I miss your father." How can there be such an open atmosphere in the garden at home?" he ordered the people to quickly get tea soup to relieve the heat, and ordered the three of them to eat the tea and go to the back room to rest for a quarter of an hour, "and calm down, and then have dinner." Several people obeyed. This Hong couldn't sit still, and followed to see Daiyu again. Mrs. Zhang said to her daughters-in-law Cui and Chai: "She is more careful than you as a mother-in-law." It's also Lin Yatou who is more pitiful. ”

Just when the Hong family came back and heard it, he immediately smiled and said: "Who told me that I am not as blessed as them, and I have a group of delicate girls by my side." Now it's easy to catch a Lin girl, and I haven't had a little bit of addiction, and my aunt is making fun of me again. ”

Mrs. Zhang smiled: "According to what you say, Lin Yatou has been with her for ten years and eight years, so she won't hurt her?"

Hong said: "Ten years and eight years, how can I know this? Or wait for my aunt to stop hurting my sister-in-law and two younger siblings, and I will respond to this again." ”

Mrs. Zhang said, "Ah, this is difficult. They are not skinned like you, if you want to annoy me, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it in the next life. ”

Hong Shi said to everyone in the room: "I have heard this! Sure enough, they are still teasing me -- in the end, my nephew and daughter-in-law are not as good as my daughter-in-law, and how can anyone outside have their own relatives!" On the side, Mrs. Wang even pretended to complain, and said, "Mother doesn't know that she is just a monkey who climbs along the pole? It made Mrs. Zhang laugh again, and then went to arrange dinner and watch the play after dinner.

After the play was over on this day, Daiyu went back to the room to change her clothes, and was about to rest, when she suddenly saw a boxy luodian incarceps indicated flowers and birds on the table in the room, and asked, "What is this? Who sent it?"

Zijuan replied: "It was sent by the young master of the Zhang family in the second half of the day. Ordered him to pick up the list that the girl had written last night, and sent this by the way, saying that the girl would spend time in her spare time. Because the courtyard is a stage, and there are many people coming and going, I am afraid that I will put it in the outer room, and I will not pay attention to bumping when I go in and out, so I will take it inside. I didn't want to, I forgot about it for a while. ”

Daiyu hurriedly opened the lid of the box to see, but it was a box book, about 20 volumes, the blue seal without words, and then a page, the square is the two words "embellished Qiu"; Daiyu had heard her father Lin Ruhai say earlier, the Tao is Jinling Xie Xian Xintang and Yanling Zhang's Fa Wei Xuan and called the first private collection of books in Jiangnan, here there are both "Shicheng Xian Xintang" words, but it is not a special collection of Xie Xian Xintang, it is obvious that his children wrote their own or did not pay Zi to pass on the work; there is also a private chapter that recognises the ranking, remembering that a few days ago, there were very good students in the academy who visited relatives and friends in Yangzhou, and it was the surname Xie, guess or from this source. After investigating the roots, I reviewed it casually, but I was stunned on the spot: it turned out that the whole volume was a collection of singing and opera texts since the Song Dynasty, with a rich net, a total of as many as one or two hundred kinds; Suddenly, I saw one of the volumes sandwiched into a long strip of halo paper, and there was a beautiful magnolia on the paper, and when I opened it, it was "Yanyun Pavilion" - Dai Yuyuan held her breath, and at this moment she saw that it was really as she guessed, and she breathed a long sigh of relief, and then she suddenly felt that her heart was beating like a drum. was busy and calmed down, and was about to raise his voice to ask Zijuan, and Bai Wei and Qinghe came in from the outhouse with the Hong family. Hong glanced at the books on the table and said with a smile: "Yu'er is working hard again? Urging Zijuan, Qinghe and others to put away the bookcase, quickly serve Daiyu to rest, and see with their own eyes that the gauze tent and thin jackets are all in place, so that they can rest assured; This Daiyu closed her eyes, listened to her low voice and careful steps, recalled that she had been gentle and loving and cared for her for more than a month, and remembered that Zhang Hui had always spoken, taking care of her meticulously and meticulously, and suddenly floating on the scene on the covered bridge of the algae garden in the evening, Huang Rong's words and deeds...... I couldn't help but feel full of emotion, my mind was flying, tossing and turning, and I fell asleep for more than an hour, but I was shocked by the purple juan and Qinghe next to me.

It turned out that the two of them didn't know the reason for this, seeing that Daiyu had been sleeping well for many days, and suddenly couldn't sleep this night, just because she was tired from working all day; When she got up the next day, Daiyu felt something was wrong, and she was worried, so she smiled with her and said, "Although there are many people during the day, it is in my aunt's grandmother's courtyard." And it doesn't matter much. Only one or two grandmothers and little girls are taught to watch the door at any time in the house. You guys just have to go with ease, and you don't have to follow me. The two of them responded at that time, but they refused to leave in the end. Nothing else.

However, he said that because of Mrs. Zhang's instructions, in the next few days, the inner courtyard really sang the whole "Yanyun Pavilion", and performed another "The Story of the Orange", but it was an adaptation of the Tang legend "The Biography of Liu Yi". Outside is singing "Three Kingdoms", "Serial Story", "Heroes", "Huarong Dao" and other performances. and set up a hundred opera stage in the courtyard, and couldn't help but watch the slaves and servants in and out, so that the Huang Mansion was full of drama addiction. Daiyu also watched happily for two days, and then because she remembered that her father in Yangzhou was about to leave, she calmed down her mind of watching the drama and having fun, and flattered Mrs. Zhang and Hong's family, and hoped that her father would not mention it.