It turned out that Jia Baoyu was in a hurry to be distracted from that day, and was sick for more than half a month, but fortunately he had the love of his grandmother, the care of his parents, and the dedication of his brothers and sisters. It's just a few years of hard work, and the young man's unconsciously thoughts are firmly nailed to a person, and when he suddenly realizes it, it will be like a stone fire at a moment's notice, and it will instantly turn into a prairie fire, and its sincerity will be slightly faded in a moment, let alone annihilated. No matter how many people say something in and out of it, repeatedly, explicitly or implicitly, they can't help but be full of joy and sorrow, and all of them are condensed into a single character;

Therefore, in the past twenty or thirty days, Baoyu has been thinking in her heart, that is, what she wants to say and ask Daiyu when she meets today, and what she will say and ask Daiyu, and what Daiyu will answer and what she should do, in front of Jia's mother, Mrs. Jia Zhengwang, Aunt Xue, and all the sisters, what kind of feelings, how to describe them, and even the tone of speech and subtle behavior during the period, my heart has turned over and over, and I have guessed dozens or hundreds of things. Then, according to these answers, how should I reply, how to state my mind, and how to appease and understand, I thought about it carefully, and I saved everything in my chest, just waiting to take it out when the time comes-

Ranking officials, you must know that although Jia Baoyu is a person of temperament, young and experienced in the world, and is pampered by his parents and elders to be innocent, he is really a smart and clever person, and he can understand how to deal with people and things on weekdays, common sense and etiquette, and he is not bad at all. He knew that Lin Ruhai was presiding, and Daiyu's matter was a certainty, even if Jia's mother was more doting, Mrs. Jia Zhengwang was willing to beg her uncle with her face, and there was no reason to change. It's just that he has a heart, and he must be entrusted with it, so that the person who belongs to him will know - not for anything else, he and she have grown up together, the brother and sister are harmonious and intimate, and there is nothing to say with them. If the sky is pitiful, Sister Lin has even a trace of her own shadow in her heart, these feelings can be regarded as belonging, even if she has no chance in this life, she can almost be comforted and appeased, and in retrospect for the rest of her life, there will always be a trace of sweetness in the bitterness. If the sky is not pitiful, Sister Lin has no intention of doing this, but she can talk to each other in a dignified manner, so that she can teach herself to die from now on, break her foolish thoughts in vain, and close to the friendship between brothers and sisters, and never lose the style of a gentleman.

Baoyu not only thought about her future all the way, but also thought of Daiyu. Thinking of Daiyu to marry, Lin Ruhai chose his maternal ancestor Zhang family for him, which is the queen of Wenzhao and a famous scholar; But according to his own calculations, the Zhang family is another family after all, no better than growing up in the Rong Mansion; Daiyu is a sensitive and careful person, and has known books and etiquette since childhood, how many major events have happened in this trip back to the south, for the grace of medical aid, blood friendship, and the will of the old father, or where he has wronged himself, but the people around him can't notice it. There is another chapter back, although he looks beautiful from the outside, but he doesn't know how he treats people - it's not that he is bad about people, but that the Zhang family is not only a scholar and a scholar, but he is also destined to take the imperial examination and eunuch all the way, and it is necessary to vigorously manage his career, and he can leave some heart for his wife? Looking at it this way, this family affair is a little bad. Many people in the world don't think about it, but they just hope that the man is self-motivated, and he will make countless beetles, and let down how many beautiful tears and daughters' feelings have been disappointed. If the world changes over time and people's hearts change, there is a 1 in 10,000 chance that it will be fulfilled to Sister Lin, wouldn't it be painful?

So Baoyu looked at Daiyu, and a thousand words choked in her throat before she could spit it out, and her face first showed infinite sorrow and worry. Whose eyes in the room were not on him? Everyone saw it, and they were all shocked, and they were about to rush up to intercept the conversation, when they heard Baoyu say, "Sister Lin is good." Daiyu hurriedly got up to salute. Baoyu hurriedly let go, and sighed with a smile: "I haven't seen you for more than half a year, and my sister has been divided." It can be seen that it is because of my illness a while ago. Now I'm fine. I also want to thank my sister for thinking about it and asking a few times. ”

Here Daiyu's heart is also churning. On that day, he realized Baoyu's intentions, and after returning home, he caused a lawsuit because of Shipa. It's just that Zhang Hui is complete, but on Jia Baoyu's side, he can't help but feel more and more guilty, feel his true feelings, and pity him for his hard work, but there is nothing to repay. I also think that Baoyu has always been infatuated with infatuation, if he blindly entangles and cannot be relieved, when he meets again, he makes all kinds of feelings, and there is nothing strange and incomprehensible in people's hearts, but in the world, the rules and etiquette of behavior and etiquette, isn't it very difficult? And there are many people, revealing a clear meaning, if my father knows, I am afraid that I will be concerned about it, and even my grandmother's family will be alienated.

How could I have thought that when I saw Baoyu at this time, I first saw his limbs trembling, his lips trembled, obviously his heart was agitated and he couldn't help himself, and then he showed a sad face, which was not the joy that relatives and family should have when they saw each other during the Spring Festival, which made Daiyu surprised and couldn't help but look carefully. As a result, he was full of sorrow and concern, and he was all sincere, and he was really worried about himself - although he didn't know why he was worried, seeing this look, Daiyu was also really grateful in her heart, thinking that Baoyu was different from others. Listening to him speak again, a sentence of being well, bringing the past gently and skillfully, leaving each other with a lot of room for regression, this tenderness and thoughtfulness, how can it not teach people's hearts to touch?

So Daiyu said: "My own brother and sister, how can there be a reason for being born? The second brother is in good health, how can I not be happy?"

When everyone heard this, they all hurriedly came up and agreed, and laughed one by one: "That's exactly what happened." My own brothers and sisters, who doesn't care about whom? But I am afraid that I will be sick, so I am more cautious. Now it's as fragrant as ever. ”

Jia Mu also hugged Daiyu and said with a smile: "Okay, okay." Lin Yatou is serious and polite. But what her brother Bao said is also two points right. According to me, since I was a child, I ate and played in one place, but now that we are all older, we don't have to be too restricted. Everyone laughed and said yes.

Mother Jia asked the maid about the tea and dim sum again, and told Baoyu: "There are a few dim sums sent by your Uncle Lin and Uncle Zhang's wife, which are tastes that you have not tasted, and they have not been given to you before, but I just taste them today." In a moment the refreshments were served, and everyone ate. Baoyu also tasted the same, and was full of praise, and asked Daiyu to thank Lin Ruhai, Zhang Chen, etc. Daiyu naturally agreed one by one.

Next to Sanchun, Xue Baochai, Wang Xifeng and others all paid attention to Baoyu's look. Xichun is still young, but he is used to looking twice, but he is actually dazed. Tanchun was a little sad, and the teacup he was holding seemed to be a little hot, and he took it for a while, and repeated it for a few times. Yingchun frowned slightly, and quietly pinched one of Daiyu's hands, with a warm and comforting look in his eyes. Baochai just sat on his own stool next to him, lowered his head and pursed his lips, but smiled silently. Wang Xifeng laughed out loud and pulled Baoyu: "Brother Bao wants to save his own effort, but he only cares about the labor to support Sister Lin." Uncle Lin is outside, why don't you move this step or two?"

Baoyu was pulled by Sister Feng, her whole body seemed to be shaken, she came back to her senses, her face was scolded, although she was smiling and worried, her eyes were full of sorrow, revealing an unstoppable sour and sorrowful. Jia's mother looked at her above, she was distressed and sighed, and when she looked at Daiyu again, even her eyes were red, thinking that she was smart and sensitive, and she had always been affectionate, I was afraid that she would feel the same uncomfortable. Mother Jia had to hurriedly smile at Baoyu and said, "What your sister Feng said is right. Let's go and thank you Uncle Lin. Ask them again, have you finished talking to them? If that's all it takes, I'm here to set the table. Baoyu had no choice but to withdraw as ordered and went to Jia Amnesty's place to pass the word.

Here, Jia Yu was happy, and took the dowry list that had been prepared earlier to Lin Ruhai to see. said: "We marry a daughter in the house, you know it." Although the Zhang family doesn't care about these vulgar things, I still have to earn this dignity. ”

Lin Ruhai had already heard about the secret fight in the second room of the Changfang of Jiafu. Or just put it into contention. He knew that his two uncles were at the root, and in terms of character and morality, he was not as good as one Jia Zheng when he tied up ten or twenty Jia pardons. But to say that the action is decisive, the frank and selfish desire to fight fiercely and greedily for money and profit, Jia Zheng is far inferior to Jia Yu. After all, Jia pardoned the eldest son of the heir, and he was pampered in front of the old prince and the princess of the country since he landed. However, it is this word of "filial piety", which is not in line with his mind at all, the truth is righteous, and the face can be suppressed for a while, and the stomach really wants to be headed, whether he is or others, in fact, there are counts. But it is also a loss to have this scruples, and Jia Mu Shi Taijun is a responsible and sensible person, Jia Yu has been rampant and reckless in the past few decades, but he has not caused any great trouble.

Another thing, although Jia Yu is not kind and gentle in temperament, and he is often selfish, but if everything is for personal gain, he is willing to contribute to his own family, even relatives, and world friends, even if he only wants to save face for himself, he can also do things properly. For example, the marriage of the Spring Festival, suddenly aroused his heart as a father, and he actually took care of it himself, and took out many years of private cherishing to add makeup to his daughter, without a trace of stinginess; This Lin Ruhai has been a eunuch for many years, and his roots and bones are as noble as ever, but his behavior is square inside and round outside, very round and transparent, naturally proficient in trade-offs, and getting along with his own family is more and more graspable. So he took the dowry list handed over by Jia Yu, looked at it carefully, and nodded and said: "According to Enhou, the east bed of the eldest sister in the future does not know how many lifetimes it has been cultivated." Jia Yu immediately laughed out loud and was complacent.

Lin Ruhai said again: "The matter of marrying a daughter, one must be decent, and the other must be affordable. Some things are good for their own pomp, and some are more suitable for the girl's family to carry. I think Enhou's list is enough, and there are still a lot of them. You might as well change a few things here, here, and replace those heavy and stupid ones, just for the son of the Lian'er family to marry his daughter-in-law in the future. ”

When Jia Yu heard this, he was stunned and overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, it's all up to you." And he urged the people to bring the prepared courtesy. Lin Ruhai saw that they were all calligraphy, painting, and ink things, and he also agreed, and said with a smile: "I will accept it politely." Jia Yu smiled: "Actually, it's not for you, it was originally for your niece, but it's just through your hands." He asked about Daiyu. Where can Lin Ruhai not be willing to say anything? His eyebrows moved, his hands danced, and he talked and compared, and Jia Yu was surprised and admired again and again. And the more he talked, the more he surrendered, and when he talked about it, he actually used tea as wine and drank two or three bowls. ——It wasn't until Baoyu went outside to ask An to pass the word that he stopped talking. Jia Amnesty was still unfinished, but it was not good to disobey Jia's mother's wishes, so he ordered someone to tell Mrs. Xing, and then went to Jia's mother's house with Ruhai. Baoyu went to invite Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang, etc.

After a while, the meal is served. Jia Mu is like a sea, pardon, and politics enjoy the small drama in the family. The three of them were full of promises and sat down separately. Jia's mother called him three and sat down for herself, and specially asked Jia Lian and Baoyu to come over to flatter the refreshments. Below Daiyu, Sanchun, and Baochai sisters are seated. He also asked Li Gongju to bring Jia Lan and set up a separate seat with Wang Xifeng in the room. In an instant, the seats are set up, and the wine and fruit are ready. Jia Mu asked Lin Ruhai and the other three to play. According to the New Year's convention in the first month, the three of them all ordered some auspicious and festive dramas to make Jia's mother happy. Jia Muyin smiled at Ruhai and said, "I heard that Lin Yatou said that you are lively over there. I don't have your family here to play elegantly, but these little plays are the team of famous plays, although they are children, the time for practice is also limited, I listen to it is better than those big classes in Beijing. Listen to it, too, and see if there's something new. ”

Lin Ruhai originally knew that these small dramas were all purchased from the south by Jiafu, and taught them to perform all kinds of miscellaneous plays, preparing for the morning and evening gifts. On the one hand, I thought that the mansion was thoughtful after all, and on the other hand, I secretly sighed that it was too luxurious. It's just that his face is not obvious, he got up with a smile and handed over tea to Jia's mother, and said: "I don't watch much drama, except for words, I am afraid that these children will waste their efforts and speech." But after listening to it a little, I went back to praise a few words, and I hooked my aunt to come over, and I was still able to make it energetic. ”

When Jia's mother heard this, she was overjoyed and said, "My uncle's wife is naturally a person who listens to dramas and understands dramas. He urged the little actors to play it. After a few performances, he asked Daiyu, Sanchun, Baochai and others on the side if they had any favorite dramas: "It doesn't matter which one it is, it's good to ask them to come and enjoy it again." "Sanchun asked Daiyu, Daiyu asked Baochai again, Baochai pushed again, couldn't, ordered "Journey to the West". After the performance, the mother-in-law asked Li Kun and Xifeng what they liked to watch. Li Kun just excused herself, and Sister Feng clapped her hands and smiled: "It's good that you remembered us! The old ancestor specially appreciated the show, isn't it easy to take advantage of this bargain?" Everyone outside laughed. Sister Feng then ordered it. The little actors are busy playing, and everyone is watching the play.

After a pause in the middle of the play, Lin Ruhai saw that the time was also getting late, so he planned to say goodbye to Jia's mother - at this time, the customs in Beijing at this time, the first time in the first month of the New Year, the woman and her husband and children all returned on the day of the New Year, and did not spend the night at their parents' house. Before he could get up, a message came from outside the house and reported to Jia Lian, who was busy telling Ruhai: "Cousin of the Zhang family is already waiting at the gate." When Jia Mu and the others heard it, they were pleasantly surprised. Jia Mu hurriedly urged her to come in.

Lin Ruhai smiled and asked, "Is it snowing outside?" and replied: "Sure enough, the powder in the sky shook down, and it had been raining for a quarter of an hour." Everyone knew that Zhang Hui meant, and there were laughs, praises, envy, congratulations to Lin Hai, and jokes about Daiyu, and the house was very happy and lively.

There is only one Baoyu, when he heard Zhang Hui's name first, his face couldn't help but tense for a while; when Lin Ruhai's question and answer was broken, he secretly admired in his heart, and deeply admired Zhang Hui's filial piety; and then thought about himself, compared with his own ordinary behavior, but most of them may not be able to be so thoughtful, and he couldn't help but feel full of shame and shame, and sighed in his heart that Uncle Lin's choice was indeed good, and his own family was really inferior, and he should be damned. He had all kinds of thoughts, and his face was also ever-changing, and his two eyes were even more uncontrollable, and he looked straight in the direction of Daiyu's seat - as a result, Daiyu was teased by the elders and sisters, and stood up and went inside;

However, Baoyu's situation fell all in Jia Zheng's eyes. Zheng Lao couldn't wait to beat him to death with a big stick out of thin air, but his sister-in-law, niece, and mother were all there, and there were foreigners coming in a moment, so he really couldn't do it, and he couldn't even scold him - lest he provoke Lin Ruhai's distraction, and expose the root cause for a while, and everyone was uncomfortable with each other. I had to call Jia Lian: "Since it's snowing, quickly ask someone to take a big green oil umbrella." Jia Lian's mind was smart, and when he heard the words, he immediately understood, and said, "I'll take them to get it." He said to Jia Mu again: "I will go with Brother Bao to greet him." He pulled Baoyu by the feet and went out.

After a while, the two came in with Zhang Hui. Zhang Hui kowtowed to Jia's mother, wished him a New Year's birthday, and saluted Jia Yu and Jia Zheng, and then met Lin Ruhai and stood one step behind him. Seeing that his figure was sprinkled, his aura was magnificent, and his face was respectful and close, the happier she became, the more she wanted to ask for the gift. Later, Wang Xifeng had already asked people to make a double copy. Lin Ruhai thanked him with the chapter and accepted the gift. After talking for a while, he said goodbye. Although Jia's mother was a little reluctant, she also knew that the snow could not be delayed, and it was difficult to walk on the road when it was late. So he repeatedly instructed him carefully, and he had to promise to support him all the way, so he ordered Jia to pardon Jia Zheng and others to send him out.

However, he said that Zhang Hui escorted Ruhai and Daiyu father and daughter to the Lin Mansion, sat down for a while, and then said goodbye. When I got out of the house, I saw my little maid Jinbao rushing over. When he came to the front, he was about to stop, and the snow and water under his feet were slippery, and he was about to fall. Zhang Hui hurriedly pulled a handful and said with a smile: "What's wrong, just like a panicked chicken?" Jin Bao said: "Uncle Hong is here!"

When Zhang Hui heard this, he hurriedly asked: "Ah Da is here, why is he here at this hour? This is already at home, and who else is coming?" Without waiting for him to answer, he hurriedly went to the Wenzhao Mansion next to him, and when he looked up, he saw the scholar Zhou Wan, who was originally behind Jinbao, and his face was also full of excitement at this time. Zhou Wan saw that Zhang Hui saw him, and hurriedly stepped forward, and said with a smile: "The young master of the Hong family has arrived." and Jiang Tanzhi of Yongkang, Jiang Xianggong, also came with his family! Now they are all in our house! Young master, go back!"—but it was Zhang Huizhi's friend Jiang Ping, who was also the cousin of Hongda's fiancée Shou Yanniang, who came to Beijing together. Zhang Huiyuan only knew that Hong was coming after the New Year, Jiang Ping was at will on the imperial examination, and the previous correspondence was not determined whether the current department would end, and at this moment he suddenly heard this letter, he was shocked and rejoiced, and he flew up under his feet and went straight to his own house.

The author has something to say: Ahem, I wanted to update a chapter to celebrate my birthday, but I was still late...... I'm such a great mallet