In a short time, the car will be in the garden. Someone next to him had already stepped forward to serve Fan's, Hong's and Lin Daiyu to get out of the car, and then led to the shaded path, and walked and played. Daiyu looked at it, and saw that the mountains and ravines in the garden were like mountains, stalagmites became peaks, stacked stones were like mountains, and in the meantime, a clear stream twisted and looped, gargling and washing the stream stones, and holding flowers and trees. There is also a small stone bridge that leads to the mountain cave. The entrance is narrow, and the winding line is more than ten steps, and it suddenly opens up. The water is shining, the smoke of Qiong Island is floating, a pavilion is winged on the island, and a wisteria pan spins up on the side of the pavilion, and it is thick and green.

Fan Shiyin smiled at Daiyu: "The curved bridge to that island is just behind, and you can't see it here." Then he said, "Miss Lin, be careful with your step." This section of pebbles has large particles and large gaps, and if you don't pay attention to it, your feet hurt. I said I should look for someone to repair, don't be busy when someone falls. ”

Hong said with a smile: "Now that your brother and sister-in-law are back, if you have anything, just say it." ”

Fan said: "I'm afraid that it is an old residence of historical sites, and it is not easy to change it." Otherwise, how can I pull you up?"

Hong said: "You are your aunt, what are you afraid of." It's just this pebble path, nothing else, that is, wearing clogs on rainy days, in case a tooth falls into the gap, it will not fall people, and it is inevitable to break things. Besides, there are elderly people in the family, and in the end it is still a flat brick and stone tile, and the left and right ones are at ease. and it is worthy of this garden. ”

Fan clapped his hands and said, "Sure enough, it's good to say so." They are a group of literati and ink writers, they all like to make Wei and Jin clothes, or they don't take precautions and fall into the pool, how do they look like that? I had to ask the boys to come and show the appearance of the Cao family. ”

She said it funny, and Daiyu behind her couldn't help but laugh when she heard it. Walking along the lake for a while, I saw the three open pavilions in front of me, and many women in it were standing or sitting, or leaning on the railing to watch the scenery, or eating tea around the table. Daiyu saw a dignified woman in the first place, wearing a lilac-colored dark flower gown, with colorful flowers on the door of the snow-green horse-faced skirt, a slightly plump figure, a graceful gait, and a very friendly smile - it was the owner of the flower viewing party, Mrs. Fan's Qiang. Here, the Fan family was busy greeting her, and then pushed the Hong family and said, "It's my sister-in-law, the eldest grandmother of the Zhang family." Although he is two years younger than me, he takes care of me a lot in Changzhou. I was thick-skinned, so I simply confessed to my relatives, and I was at ease with myself. ”

As soon as Fan's words came out, Hong laughed and said that his sister said the opposite again, and met with Qiang. Qiang smiled: "It can be seen that it is a real match." I've heard it all the time, and I'm invited to come today, so I can see it. My little aunt and grandmother are crazy, and Mrs. Zhang can bear it, and she also helps restrain us and calm our hearts. Several people laughed in unison.

Qiang looked at Lin Daiyu again and said, "What a delicate girl!

Fan laughed and said, "I just said it yesterday, why did my sister-in-law forget it?" Hong also smiled and said: "It's my uncle's cousin's nephew." As she spoke, Lin Daiyu saluted in the morning. Qiang smiled: "Oh, but my memory is not as good as before." Sure enough, it is Lin Yanzheng's daughter. I've heard before that Lord Lin is handsome and handsome. And now when I saw her, there was indeed a father and a daughter. He also said to Daiyu: "We gossiped before, and I heard that Lord Lin was sick a while ago, and it was thanks to his daughter's return to the family to serve, filial piety and piety, that some people were cured. Miss Lin can finally relax a little. It's also time to go to your house or invite them to play. I'm just relying on the cheapness of the main family today, so please invite Miss Lin first, okay?"

Qiang didn't finish his word, and several women behind him had already stepped forward. One of the oldest laughed and said, "Mrs. Fan has a good plan, but fortunately, a few of us follow closely." Although you are the main family today, on the ground in Yangzhou, don't you want me to be the first?" Here Fan told Lin Daiyu that the person who spoke was Mrs. Hui, the wife of Ren Baishi, the head of Guangling Academy, and beside him was his young son and bride Tang, and Mrs. Zhu and his daughter-in-law Wei Shi, the wife of Bo Zhang Chang of Donghai County, and Zhou, the wife of Ding Tao, the prefect of Yangzhou. Everyone saw that Daiyu was right, tending to be moderate, and her demeanor was calm, and they couldn't help but praise each other, saying that "she is worthy of being the daughter of Tanhua and the queen of the Marquis", and asked her own girl to come forward to meet each other quickly.

So the maids came over with a few girls. Daiyu looked at it one by one: the first pink dress, aged sixteen or seventeen, with a long figure, delicate eyebrows, slender and literary, chrysanthemum orchid, is Ren Baishi's eldest granddaughter Ren Qin; one wears a smoke-green jacket, moon white sprinkled flower pleated skirt, also sixteen or seventeen years old, with a delicate figure, apricot eyes and cherry lips, falling demeanor, peach smile Li Yan, is Ding Tao's youngest daughter Ding Lirong; and the other two wear the same costume, both are golden sprinkled satin face placket and beige embroidered folded branch flower horse-faced skirt, the figure seems to describe Xiao, and the age is also average fourteen, is five years old, but it is Zhang Juan and Zhang Jing, the two daughters of Donghai Junbo. The last one is the oldest, wearing a long jacket with an apricot color background and a white gauze skirt, the color is plain, and the mood is gentle, it is Miss Fan Shuwen. Several people came to talk to Daiyu.

Fan Shi next to him glanced at it a few times, and asked Fan Shuwen: "Why don't you see Ying'er?"

Fan Shuwen said: "Sister Ying is tired of sitting hot, and she has just arrived in the garden to loosen up. There are maids and grandmothers around. Said to come after a short walk. I've already asked someone to look for it, aunt don't worry. ”

Fan smiled and nodded, and said, "I'm naturally relieved." Fan Shuwen walked to Lin Daiyu's side again. After a while, they all saw each other, and went to the water pavilion together.

This Qiang also invited everyone to sit under the shade of the verandah. The crowd turned. The Hong family took a step parallel to the Fan family, and gestured to Mrs. Bozhu of Donghai County in front of him with his eyes. Fan understood, so he lowered his voice and said to her: "I just forgot to tell you, I came with Mrs. Ren." I don't know what happened to my uncle and cousin with his family, but my lord didn't have much to do with him. But she just looked at you a few times after a while, isn't your family a little involved with the Donghai County Uncle's Mansion?"

The two of them sat down while talking, and then they saw that everyone was paying attention to the two of them. Qiang smiled at Fan's and said, "I know that you sisters and sons are in love, but you don't have to be so good." It's not enough to come and go in Changzhou, and it's the same hegemony at this time, so are you happy to see us eat it?"

Fan said: "My sister-in-law still doesn't know me? It's easy to have a desirable girl now, so naturally you have to take care of it, and it's enough to have enough of my sister's addiction. He also said to Mrs. Hui, the wife of Ren Baishi, and Mrs. Zhou, the wife of the prefect Ding Tao: "Look, the two old ladies also nodded their heads, which is to agree with my words." ”

Here, Mrs. Zhou nodded with a smile. But Mrs. Hui, who was originally drinking tea with her head down, said when she heard this: "It is reasonable, but you are a person who looks forward to fifty and has become a grandmother, and you are not afraid of numbness and gimmicks when you say this." Again, since I love you, the sister of the Zhang family, I was going to talk to others, if you let you finish talking to her alone, wouldn't others not be able to see her? While pointing to Mrs. Zhu, the wife of the uncle of Donghai County, he said to the Hong family: "I think you also know everyone else, but this should be the first time to see - it is my mother's nephew's daughter, her mother's family and her mother-in-law's family both sides had daughters to Yizhen Hong's family earlier, and you two are not outsiders, just close to each other." ”

When Fan heard this, his face showed surprise. Hong smiled and said hello to Mrs. Zhu again, and carefully described the distance of relatives, and after a few words, the two were really called sisters, and even Mrs. Zhu's daughter-in-law Wei also met again with a junior courtesy. Mrs. Zhu turned to Qiang and thanked, "It's a loss for your flower viewing party." Otherwise, even if you are in Yangzhou, you also missed your relatives, wouldn't it be a pity!"

Qiang smiled: "Saying this, it's really an extra joy." It's better to send the banquet wine and food over, one to enjoy the flowers, the second is to congratulate the two of you, and the third is to eat and drink, the girls don't have to stay here anymore, if you want to go to the garden to see the scenery, you should eat. So can you make it?"

When everyone heard about it, they all called it "wonderful". Qiang ordered to go down, and at the same time, he asked to move the two different varieties of lotus flowers to the best place of view in front of the water pavilion. It turned out that the two heterogeneous lotus flowers were raised in four or five large vats with a diameter of three feet wide, and the vats were immersed in water all over the body, and a circle of floating air bags were pierced outside, so that the mouth was just flush with the water surface, floating and floating, and not connected with the ground. There was a tripwire rope with copper and iron wire twisting on the mouth of the big tank, and Qiang's ordered, and a servant woman here took a bamboo pole with a hook on her head and hooked it into the buttonhole, and gently and skillfully moved the big tank to the water pavilion and lined it up. Many people were surprised to see it. Ding's wife, Zhou, asked: "Is this an intentional slow replacement of the tank water?"

Qiang said: "Exactly. This flower has been with my family for a few years, and I use this method to save the water and soil, and add scenery to the water surface. ”

Mrs. Hui said, "Not bad. The water surface of your garden is large, although there is a lotus red rhombus over there, there is some distance from here, there is a lack of close-up view, and the fish watching is also missing the fun of 'fish playing between lotus leaves'. Now it's flawless!"

Qiang smiled and thanked the compliment, beckoned everyone to get up and take a closer look, and called the maids: "Please come and see the girls over there." ”

So here Fan Shuwen, Ren Qin, Ding Lirong, Zhang Juan, Zhang Jing, and Lin Daiyu got up together, moved close to the water, and admired the lotus. The lotus flower is indeed worthy of the name of the different species: the leaves are round, thick and green, and the veins of the leaves on it are light purple or light gold, and the slightest bit is clear, as if it is drawn with a pen; the flowers are red, pink, yellow, and white, but the most strange is nothing more than the flowers and flowers, and the two flowers are not the same, and the size is also slightly different, relying on each other, swaying with the waves, and having a different posture.

All the ladies have seen it and praised it. Ding Lirong said: "It is not uncommon to see flowers next to it, but this is the first time I have seen water lilies, and there are so many at the same time, which is really eye-opening." ”

Ren Qin smiled: "Exactly." I saw that the book said that the water lilies are not only one in a thousand, but one or two in a hundred thousand. It can be seen that our eyes are blessed. It's really a shame that Sister Fan's family has this alien species, and she has raised it carefully. With so much in front of you, I'm afraid it will take years, right?"

Fan Shuwen smiled when she heard this, and was about to speak, but someone next to her was already crisp - but it was Zhang Jing, who only listened to her: "It's not difficult to talk about different species." Just like the peony and chrysanthemum, where you want to light green, dark purple and other rare flower colors, at the beginning of the blooming flowers of the year to pick the color of the similar, do not set aside a place to branch the cultivation, and wait for the next year to bloom, and then pick the color closer and more desirable - so five or six, seven or eight years down, gradually approaching, the color can always be satisfied. When it comes to the flowers and trees on this side, all different species, such as double-petaled, side-by-side, and multi-seeded, are also cultivated as long as they have the plants or seeds of the mother tree. We love to play with flowers and plants when we have nothing to do at home, and I don't think it's particularly unusual for a while. My sister said but?" the last sentence was addressed to her own sister.

Zhang Juan scolded with a smile: "What are you talking nonsense? Where are the flowers and plants that we play with indiscriminately compared to Sister Fan's family? Saying that, he turned to Fan Shuwen and said, "My sister is young and can't see it, but she is straightforward, and she doesn't have a door on her lips." Please also ask my sister to bear with me. And he bowed.

Fan Shuwen hurriedly said: "What's it worth, don't say that." pulled Zhang Juan, and said with a smile: "Actually, what Second Sister Zhang said is the general truth. These flowers and plants in people's homes were originally cultivated and grown by people according to their own intentions, but the types are different, the time taken is different, and the bottom line is the same. It is said that this lotus flower is a coincidence that my family has caught up, and the work that follows, but who can't care about it who loves it? If I don't dislike it, I have the seeds of this water lily at home, how about giving some to my sister?"

Zhang Juan hurriedly thanked her, and was about to excuse herself. Zhang Jing said: "This dare is good." Thanks a lot. If you really raise it, you must tell Sister Sù Fan. It just so happens that Xuzhou and Yangzhou are not far away—"

Before he could say a word, Lin Daiyu suddenly spoke up and asked, "Hey, what's behind the reeds?" Everyone was busy looking, and sure enough, the reeds in the area of rocks by the lake were shaking, and a flock of birds were flying around. The next moment, the reeds split in both directions and slipped out of a small boat without a canopy. A woman at the bow of the boat took a long green bamboo pole to prop up the waterway, and behind sat a girl in a lilac dress, holding a silk fan to block the sun, and the bracelet on her wrist was shining brightly. Daiyu was curious about who it was, so she heard Fan Shuwen scold in a low voice: "Good girl, she really knows how to play." Then he looked up and smiled at himself: "It's Aunt Gu's cousin - Fang just happened to walk away, and you didn't see it." Lin Daiyu knew that this girl was Gu Ying, and while nodding to Fan Shuwen and replying, she said that she knew, and moved to the water pavilion with her.

The Fan family, the Qiang family, the Hong family and others were also alarmed, and they all approached to see Gu Ying's boat arrive on the shore, and urged the maid and servant to pick it up carefully. Fan Shi split his head and asked: "How did you get this out? The water in the pond here is not shallow, if there is anything, how can it be fun? ”

Qiang also said: "Exactly, there are several deep places in the pool. Although there is no wind today, the boat is not very stable, and the rickety and swaying are so suspenseful? If you really want to play, just ask them to row a big boat, and there is a cabin on it, covered and covered, and you don't have to raise your arms and hands to hurt. Tell me to take a look, can you have any sun on your face and hands?" he said, just pulling Gu Ying over to take a closer look.

Gu Ying said: "It's not that I'm playful, it's that I'm walking softly, and I'm too lazy to come back in a circle, when I saw this boat tied to the shore over there, so I sat in the middle of the lake." The scene of a few steps has not been sunburned, and my aunt is relieved. ”

Only then did Qiang let go and said, "Fortunately, the time is short, otherwise, I will immediately go back to the room to find a plaster to clear away heat and dispel heat." ”

Here, the Hong family beckoned to Gu Ying: "Ying'er come here." Ask you, is it comfortable to take a boat on the lake? I was thinking about swimming in the lake in the next few days, so let me ask first. ”

Gu Ying hurriedly leaned over, first smiled and called "Auntie", and said, "It's comfortable." The wind blows and it is comfortable. Aunt is going to go to the lake too, where are you going, and take me with you, okay?"

Fan scolded: "How can there be such a series of words to ask the elders? I don't salute when I meet, and I get on the monkey - the bigger the more unruly!"

Gu Ying blushed when she was said, lowered her head and didn't speak. Hong smiled at Fan's family: "She's still young, what are you scolding?" hugged Gu Ying and said, "Don't be afraid, your mother only has these two sentences." I didn't see you, and I was worried that I was sick again, and I couldn't come out of the house. ”

Gu Ying hurriedly said: "It's me who walks around when I'm bored." I didn't expect to miss greeting my aunt and make my aunt worry, it's really damn damn. Saying that, he saluted the Hong family seriously, then looked at Lin Daiyu, and asked, "Who is this sister?"

Before the words fell, Fan smiled and said: "Sure enough, the older you get, the more stupid you are, how many times have you read it in your mouth in the past few days, but you don't know each other when you meet?—— naturally it's your aunt's cousin and nephew, you should call 'Sister Lin'." ”

Gu Ying listened, and hurriedly greeted Lin Daiyu, and then went to the ladies and wives to salute. Fan also subsequently confessed. Mrs. Hui smiled: "You still say that she is stupid, I think she is obviously the smartest person - there were many people before, and she had to salute and talk funny, she just avoided it, and now that the dinner is here, she will come back." Isn't it just the right time?" everyone laughed.

Qiang saw that everyone was neat, so he ordered the maids and servants outside the water pavilion to come in and set the meal. The other seats were also normal, only Mrs. Bozhu of Donghai County sat next to the Hong family, and next to the prefect's wife Zhou. At the table of the girls here, Fan Shuwen was the main seat, Gu Ying was the attendant, and Daiyu was originally invited to sit at the guest of honor, but Daiyu refused, and insisted on sitting in the order of the eldest and youngest, next to Gu Ying. Gu Ying leaned over to Daiyu and said, "I heard that Sister Lin's father has finally been in good health recently, so I'll say hello to my sister here." Lin Daiyu thanked with a busy smile. The two of them said a few more words, and then they moved together.

After finishing the meal for a while, Qiang and the others led everyone to the Diecui Mountain House in the garden to eat tea. The girls followed. Du Gu Ying grabbed Daiyu and said, "There is a clear stream over there, with a piece of bamboo behind it, and there are many plantains on the left and right, so it is called Diecui." In terms of scenery, although it is not bad, it is not particularly chic. And at this time, everyone is crowded, and there is a large group of hulala, and there is no place to stand. Why don't we go to the lake across the rockery under the wisteria shade, there is a waterfall next to it, and there is a pool of colorful stones, which is quiet and beautiful, and it is pleasant to sit. ”

Daiyu hesitated when she heard this, and then looked at Hong. Everyone here has already taken more than ten steps, and Hong, Fan, and Mrs. Zhu are also looking back at her at this time. Fan Shi saw that the two of her didn't seem to want to move, so he smiled and said, "I know, it must be the one in my family who is doing it again." I also pulled Miss Lin. ”

Hong said: "She is the youngest, and she is the same innocent, so it's no wonder that she fell in love like this." It is a pair of daughters of my sister's family, and the eldest girl is just a young man, but she is obviously very calm, and she can talk well with a few older girls - it can be seen that I wish my sister's tutor. ”

Mrs. Zhu smiled: "My sister has praised it." She doesn't look bad from the outside, but it's still a child's home in the field. ”

As the three of them spoke, they beckoned Gu Ying and Daiyu to come over. Hearing Gu Ying's idea, Mrs. Zhu said with a smile: "Originally, walking around after dinner was to eliminate food, and the two girls had other places to go, so it didn't hurt if they didn't come with us." I saw that Mrs. Gu answered them, and only asked someone to follow. ”

Hong also said: "It's rare to see you fall in love like this, so you don't have to be tight." If you don't leave this garden, you won't be afraid. ”

When Fan heard this, he smiled at Gu Ying and said, "That's it, and you got what you wanted." Just watch out for the water's edge, and don't get any more boats!" Then he said to Daiyu: "If you still want to bother Miss Laurin, don't indulge her." He also instructed the maids and grandmothers to follow closely and report anything to Cuifeng Mountain House immediately.

Since Gu Ying got permission, she immediately pulled Daiyu and went to the lake. Chalin Daiyu and the Hong family came late, and they hadn't seen this half of the garden, and they encountered the scenery along the way, so Gu Ying talked to her in detail one by one. After a while, when I arrived at the place where the high gorge fell and the Qujiang River looped, I heard Gu Ying sigh and say: "I obviously grew up in Shuzhong, and I am sick, and I have never seen Wushan Xingyun and Yulei Fulong. It was only here that I guessed the wonders of the country in front of me. It's a joke when you think about it. ”

Daiyu couldn't help asking, "My sister is not in good health when she is young?"

Gu Ying said: "The family said that they grew up with medicine. So although I followed my parents through many places, most of them didn't know anything. What I just said is also based on the pretended knowledge in the book. Sister Lin, don't be surprised. ”

Daiyu said: "The words in the book are not written down by others, so how can we be surprised? And we are the same, we have not been out of the door several times in our lives." Therefore, when others asked about the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River in Beijing, all they could say was 'mixed peanut trees, and a group of warblers flew around'. As for the smoke willow painting bridges and the like, it is also the most real on some of the paintings that I carry with me, and every time I deal with it indiscriminately, my heart is really weak. ”

When Gu Ying heard this, she couldn't help laughing and said, "I don't see any weakness on my sister's face. As he spoke, he pulled Daiyu on the other hand, stepped on a string of protruding stacked stones on the water, and took a shortcut to the bottom of the rockery. From the cave in the mountain, it turned around, and sure enough, it was a wisteria with dense shade, and a small stone table was erected, but next to it was the shape of two seats with vines bent and coiled, and the skin was shiny and smooth, showing that people often sit. Daiyu was surprised and delighted, and said, "It's really interesting." He also said: "This design shows the intention." ”

Gu Ying had already sat down in one of the rattan chairs, and when she saw that she liked it, she smiled and said, "What? I saw her that day, and I fell in love immediately." Sit here, take advantage of the cool wind, and listen to the sound of the water, no different from the gods!" Speaking of this, I suddenly thought of something, jumped up at that time, pulled Daiyu and approached the waterfall next to me, pointed to the stone pool that flowed down the water and said: "Oh, when it comes to good, there must be here." Although there are no fish, if you look at the projection of leaves and branches in the water, aren't there many fish swimming? No matter how lively and beautiful this pool of colorful stones is, I will never get tired of watching it all day. I have already made up my mind that every time I come back, I will sit here for half a day, otherwise I will really live up to this good view. ”

Daiyu was looking at it, and nodded again and again when she heard this. The two of them didn't say much, they each enjoyed the scenery, and then sat down in the two rattan chairs - this Daiyu was originally a boudoir leisurely, but the heart was as careful as a hair, and often thought a lot; this time to visit his father's illness from the capital home, the decoction flattered, a strain has not been recovered; and today is the first time to go out as a guest, adhering to the mother's teachings before her death, unwilling to take one more step, say more, but pay attention to the surrounding people to deal with, it is the same troublesome and exhausting. Unexpectedly, Gu Ying pulled her all the way here, sat quietly and watched the thick shade and light greenery, listening to the sound of the wind and water, and after a while, she felt that her body and mind were clear and clean. Thinking of this, she was suddenly shocked again, but she just turned her head to look at Gu Ying, but saw that she simply closed her eyes and fell her whole body softly on the vines. When he opened his mouth to speak, he was afraid of startling Gu Ying, and he didn't want to suddenly hear someone behind him clapping his hands and saying, "Wow! So you guys are here to be idle!

Dai Yu suddenly heard the human voice, bluffed, turned her head sharply, and saw Fan Shuwen, Ding Lirong and the Zhang sisters all turning out of the mountain cave; Daiyu was so panicked that she was in a hurry, and she was in a hurry for a while, and everyone who taught her couldn't help laughing. In the end, Fan Shuwen rushed forward, straightened the two together, and said with a smile: "You two will find a place." It's just that we were left behind, and it really shouldn't be. Now this wolf bèi can be regarded as a report and a report. We laughed, and you were forgiven. With everyone, there was another burst of laughter.

Gu Ying just asked, "Why are you here?" Don't make a noise first, it's scary. It caused my hair to fall up. "I casually smacked my sideburns. Lin Daiyu saw that she couldn't straighten it out alone, so she walked over and stretched out her hand to cage for her. Gu Ying let her take care of it, thanked her with a smile, turned to her cousin again, and said, "Just scare me." What if I frighten Sister Lin?"

Fan Shuwen listened and hurriedly asked Daiyu. Daiyu only said that it was okay. Gu Ying was so anxious that she looked at her, and she didn't want Zhang Jing next to her to smile and said, "Where can you be scared? Miss Lin is not a paper person." As he spoke, he walked around, watched at will, and pulled Ren and Ding to look at the waterfall stone pool, and asked Fan Shuwen: "The colorful stones in this pool, are they specially selected from Nanjing's Yuhua Stone?"

After everyone watched for a while, some maids and grandmothers came to invite each other. It turned out that everyone on the side of Cuifeng Mountain House finished eating tea and gossiping a few words, and someone mentioned yì to wipe dominoes. Mrs. Fan's Qiang took the opportunity to invite her back to the main house flower hall, so she sent someone to invite the girls to go back with her. Everyone didn't dare to delay, so they went back to the water pavilion together, and met with Qiang and others at the gate of the garden, and each took a soft car to the upper room.

When it came to the upper room, Qiang's, Mrs. Hui, Mrs. Zhu, and Hong's opened a game, and Fan's, Mrs. Zhou, Tang's, and Wei's also opened a game. On the girls' side, Fan Shuwen and Ren Qin rushed to play Go, and others watched the chess. Because Fan Shuwen had to record the score in her hand talks, Gu Ying asked her to take another chess table and put out the chess pieces as they were, and watched the little maid memorize them step by step on the special booklet she nailed. The prefect's lady Ding Lirong saw that Daiyu was quite fascinated, so she asked, "Miss Lin is good at chess?"

Daiyu said: "Just know some fur." Because my grandmother's second cousin liked it, I played a few games according to the chess game when I had nothing to do, and I watched it. It's just that the game in front of me is not something I can understand. ”

Ding Lirong said with a smile: "I've only studied for half a year, and I don't know much about it, I think it's because the chess strength is too far behind." It's just that there is an addiction to chess. I wonder if Miss Lin is willing to teach a game?"

Daiyu was busy saying that she didn't dare to give advice, so she asked Gu Yingming to take the chessboard again. This Daiyu is naturally intelligent, although she is not very attentive to the way of black and white, but Jia Fuzhong and Sanchun, Baoyu, Baochai, Xiangyun and other games, always have a good hand, and the calculation in the plate is also careful and agile. And Ding Lirong is bright and bright, her speech is hearty, and the chessboard is also wide open, which is actually a brave and combative momentum. The chess strength of the two is not as good as Fan and Ren, and you come and go on the board, but they are also very exciting and beautiful. After a while, Gu Ying over there left her cousin's chess game to watch. Zhang Juan and Zhang Jing also went back and forth between the two rounds. By the end of her two games, Fan Shuwen and Ren Qin had already come over to take a look: but it was her two wins and losses, and Ren Qin won a small victory. counted the games here, and Ding Lirong won two sons. Ding Lirong smiled and said that she was happy, and asked Daiyu to fight again next time.

She was laughing happily here, and the Qiang family and other cards over there were also finished, and they came over to ask if they had a good time. There are also people such as Mrs. Hui, Mrs. Zhou, Fan, etc., who know Go, and they will comment on a chess game while they can. Hong didn't know how to play chess, he only looked at Daiyu and smiled, and said, "It's rare to have such a happy time." Lin Yatou should smile often, and she looks the best when she laughs. "Everyone looks at Daiyu. Daiyu was blushing at the time and hid behind her and refused to come out.

After another tea and a few snacks, everyone said goodbye to Qiang, agreed to have another party, and then they got into the car and went home. Here Zhang Hui also received a report early and had arrived at Fan's mansion to wait, but it was Fan Chenggao who personally brought his two nephews to talk and tea in the main hall outside, and at this moment he heard that the inner courtyard had gotten up and hurried to wait outside the sedan hall. Qiang's and Fan's personally sent Hong and Lin Daiyu to the sedan hall, and the ladies stood and talked for a while, before watching the two of them board the car, and repeatedly instructed the servants and stewards to follow the car to the Lin Mansion.

At this time, Hong asked Daiyu about her experience of the day, and the girls exchanged various words. Daiyu told the Hong family about appreciating lotuses, listening to waterfalls, and playing games, and commented: "Sister Wen of the Fan family is generous, Sister Ren is agile and knowledgeable, Sister Ding is bold, and Sister Gu is penetrating - compared with them, I can't help but feel ashamed." ”

Hong smiled: "What are you ashamed of? I'm afraid that they are thinking of you like this." He asked again: "I see that the Ren family and the Zhang family talk a lot." How many of them are there?"

Daiyu said: "Sister Ren is extremely knowledgeable and agile in her conversation. The eldest girl of the Zhang family is polite, and the second girl is straightforward. Seeing her sisters get along and protect each other, it is a direct envy. ”

Hong nodded, hugged her in his arms, and said, "Poor, it touches the heart of you again that you don't have a biological sister and brother? It's just that you envy others, and others may envy you in turn, do you still know?" Seeing Lin Daiyu shaking her head, Hong smiled and said: "Your father loves you like a jewel, isn't this worthy of envy? What's more, Yu'er, you have cousins on both sides of your parents, so you won't be lonely when you talk about it. ”

Daiyu listened, nodded in a daze, and the person leaned on Hong's body, not in a hurry. Hong didn't say much, just hugged her like this, and stroked her sideburns with his hand. The two of them sat and listened to the sparkling sound of the car, and they were in a trance, and they didn't know where to go for a while. Suddenly, Zhang Hui spoke outside the car and said, "I called a little detour, and there is Cui Pingju outside." I went to buy two baskets of dim sum for my mother and cousin, and I returned with tea. ”

Hong agreed, and when he heard him get off the horse and run, he smiled at Daiyu: "It's a shame that he still remembers this stubble." I've forgotten all about it. Then he called the housekeeper's mother, and told him to take twenty or thirty dollars to the lake, and buy some fresh lotus pods, water chestnuts, and lotus leaves at will, so that they would be useful for the house. Daiyu couldn't help but be curious, and asked, "Does my aunt want to offer incense?" If you buy it for snacks, it doesn't seem to be enough?"

Hong said with a smile: "I bought it to eat, but I didn't give it to people, but I gave it to the two gnats and crickets that your uncle carried." You don't know the verbose things, but you have to eat the water chestnut, lotus pod, and lotus leaf boiling water that grows in the living water, so that the sound is good. Of course, there are a lot of lotus flowers at home, but they are all kept in the tank, and after only two days of eating, your uncle said that the sound is very wrong. But if you ask me, you can't hear the slightest difference. ”

When I was young, Zhang Hui waited for something to buy and returned. The carriage and horses set off again, and soon arrived at the salt government. Here, Lin Ruhai and Zhang Wang's cousins were already waiting in the main hall. Lin Ruhai saw that Daiyu was slightly tired, but her eyebrows were stretched out, and her eyes were bright, and she was immediately relieved. told the two of them not to be polite, and said with a smile: "It's a family." Let's go change our clothes and go back to dinner together. After dinner, let's talk about the day slowly. Hong and Daiyu all laughed. After that, dinner and gossip, as Lin Hai said, will not mention it for the time being.

But he said that this side of the Fan Mansion. After bidding farewell to the guests, Qiang appointed someone to clean up the house and tidy up his things. Fan sent Gu Ying away and followed Fan Cheng all the way to the house. Fan Chengyan knew that his cousin must have something to say, so he asked the maid to serve tea, so he asked everyone to retreat for the time being, and he didn't want to disturb him, so he asked each other. If you want to know what the Fan brothers and sisters said, let's see the next breakdown.