Last time, it was mentioned that Zhang Li's wife, Chen, sent someone to deliver a letter of worship and a gift to Rongguo's mansion, and agreed to visit as a guest. Super-fast and stable updates, this article is made by. The first said that these stewards and servants returned from the Rong Mansion and explained the matter one by one. Chen nodded and said, "Got it." He instructed his two daughters-in-law: "Follow the routine and make preparations." The second girl, the third girl, and the fifth girl all went. Clothes and jewelry, just choose lively and bright. There are a few girls over there, but they don't have to be as solemn as they did when they visited their relatives and elders two days ago. The Yin family and the Wang family agreed together.

Chen thought for a while and said, "Brother Kui's daughter-in-law will go in person, and tell Uncle Lin that it is my words, take Miss Lin's house for dinner, or stay here for a day." ”

Yin Shi was busy responding, and asked again: "Yesterday, the fourth master got two good inkstones and a few calligraphy and paintings, saying that Uncle Lin likes them, so get them back for him first." Did you bring this daughter-in-law with you?"

Chen originally knew that it was Zhang Kui who accompanied the Yin family back to the province yesterday, and when he saw this question, he smiled and said, "This is their cousin friendship." In this case, you simply ask the fourth child and ask him to go with you. You brought Lin Yatou's house here, so that the two of them could talk and eat wine openly. "Yin Shi answered, and didn't mention it.

For a while, Lin Daiyu was taken to the house, and Yin's hand was taken to Chen's upper room. When I walked in the door, I saw Chen sitting on the warm kang, and there was a full table on the table in front of him: gold, silver and gemstone jewelry, hosta jade bracelet and jade pendant, fat powder palace flower and feather yarn brocade, paper and pen inkstone glass town, and new calligraphy and painting scrolls. There is also a Western painting enamel hand stove, which Chen is looking at in his hand. Hearing Yin and Lin Daiyu coming, he looked up and laughed first, Without waiting for the two to ask for peace and shout to excuse herself, he stretched out his hand and pulled Daiyu to sit beside him, and handed her the hand stove, saying, "I can't even see which one is out of the port and which one is in, the jade girl will help me take a look." ”

Lin Daiyu sat down next to Chen, took over the stove and looked at it. Originally, this hand stove is exquisitely made, although it is a copper tire, but it does not press the hand; the whole body is decorated with a blue and white entwined branch lotus, the upper cover and the lower bottom are each decorated with a circle of colored ornaments, the top is the five blessings continuously, the following is the longevity continuously, there is a Western painting on the front and back sides, the enamel glaze is crystal bright and bright, and it is the picture of the sailing port that is painted.

Daiyu first smiled and praised: "Such a Western enamel painting is really refreshing and rare." Then he carefully identified it and pointed it out to Chen: "This is the port, and my aunt and uncle saw that there was a porter unloading the goods from the ship; ”

Chan leaned over to look. Seeing this, Yin Shi next to him hurriedly beckoned the maid to quickly take Chen's crystal glasses and hang them up for Chen. Chen Shizai carefully identified it, and Fang smiled: "It can be seen that you young people still have sharp eyes and see carefully." All I saw was the woman in the chicken hood skirt with an umbrella, and I didn't notice what was still waving in her hand. ”

While speaking, he also handed the hand stove to Daiyu. Daiyu was puzzled. Chen smiled, "This is yours." The day before yesterday, your uncle and I went to my mother's house with the family, and your Chen family's cousin only went with you, and prepared early in the morning. It's just that she didn't expect that your grandmother's house is in Beijing, so you and your father naturally want to go there first. I had no choice but to ask my family to say that one day would be free, just go over there. As a result, after thinking about it again, I felt insincere, so I simply sent this gift and the New Year's gift together. This one is assigned to you. In addition, there are some stubborn fruits and flower dew, which will be sorted later, and then sent to your house. ”

When Daiyu heard this, she couldn't help but be stunned: Chen's maiden family is the Jingchang Marquis Mansion, and now Jingchang Marquis Chen Zhong is her nephew. Mrs. Hou's maiden name is Zhu, and on Wu Taijun's birthday in September, Mrs. Zhu went to Changzhou with her husband to celebrate her birthday. Daiyu followed Wu Taijun's side, so she had met a few times and exchanged some words, but it was always the intimacy between ordinary relatives. I really didn't expect that when I came to Beijing this time, Mrs. Zhu was still thinking about herself, and asked Chen to send so many gifts. So he said: "My cousin is in love, how can Daiyu not know? It's just that this kind of kindness makes me really scared and afraid to bear it." ”

Chen smiled: "If you want to say that, you should only think that I gave it to you, just accept it." I've got something to do with you. ”

Daiyu nodded and sighed: "Uncle and grandmother are going to use this excuse to stuff Yu'er again." It's a shame that the fourth aunt is right in front of me, knowing that they are all biased towards me, otherwise they would be lazy as others. Even if the second sister and the third sister heard it, they should complain and have no luck, and they can't always catch the effect. ”

Chen smiled: "What do they have to complain about? Didn't you get something and share it with them as soon as you turned your head? You're still inadequate for them. On the other hand, he asked Daiyu to pick three or five favorites from the table, and said, "It's your business how you exchange them in private." But let's take your Chen family's aunt's love first. ”

When Daiyu heard this, she had to first pick out a plum hairpin with gold silk coral dots on the table, a pair of mutton fat white jade twisted silk bracelets, a "Xiaoxiang Water Cloud Long Scroll" imitating the "Twelve Water Maps" of the previous dynasty, and two kinds of fat powder and palace flowers at random. Chen added two pairs of Yingluo to her, a red gold inlaid treasure bead string of phoenix hairpins, plus a pair of silver-bottomed old plum oblique branch glass town and the enamel hand stove, then instructed Yin: "Put these samples away, and send them to Uncle Lin's family first-save this girl is honest, and after a while, she will find out that her sister is cheap for nothing." "Then let the rest be put away. Yin smiled and took the maids to clean up, sat down for a while, accompanied by a cup of tea, and went down.

Here, the Chen family hugged Daiyu and said with a smile: "The matter I just said can really only use you, and there is no place for your sister to work." Early this morning, I sent someone to your grandmother's house to deliver the post, and I have already agreed to be a guest the day after tomorrow. ”

When Lin Daiyu heard this, her face turned red at first, and then she remembered something, and suddenly said: "When I was in Changzhou, my uncle and grandmother said that I was an old friend with my grandmother. ”

Chen smiled: "Exactly, my maiden family and the Baoling Marquis Mansion are world friends. I met your grandmother when I was ten years old, and I was the best sister in my boudoir. It's just that when she got married, she was still married in the capital, but I married into my grandmother's mother's family, and I never saw each other. Although my mother's family and the Shi family are here, they can't say goodbye to each other, and there is not much contact in the end. Later, your father became her son-in-law, a nephew and a son-in-law, and common sense said that there should have been more contact with in-laws, but your grandfather and grandmother left early. ”

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but get sad and press my handkerchief to my eyes. Daiyu thought of her mother even more: if Jia Min was here, there would be a housewife at home, and she would not have cut off the contact with many relatives. So he also became sad and accompanied Chen to wipe his tears. It was still Chen's eldest maid who saw her crying and hurriedly opened her mouth to persuade her. Zijuan with Daiyu also approached and said carefully. The two of them stopped it. The maids serve tea.

Chen Shi ate a cup of tea, smiled again and said, "Forty years have passed. When I go back to Beijing this time, I want to take advantage of the fact that I can still walk around and see my parents' relatives, and the other is to meet the old sisters of the year for a while. Your grandmother was both the best sister and the closest relative, so naturally she was the first to meet her. It's just that I haven't seen her all these years, and I don't know what she is like now. There are also her predecessors, your grandmother's brothers and sisters, what are they like, what are their temperaments and preferences - it is the first time they meet the day after tomorrow, in addition to being able to get the greeting gift, they must also do what they like, so that they also like it. So in this matter, you must borrow Lin girl. ”

When Lin Daiyu heard this, she guessed that the large pile that had just been spread out must not only be the festival gifts sent by the Marquis of Jingchang's Mansion, but also a lot of Chen's own things added to it, ready to be used when going to the Rong Mansion. So he smiled and said: "My uncle and grandmother are so caring and considerate, Daiyu will thank my uncle and grandmother for my uncle's sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law first." As he spoke, he got up and bowed.

Chen hurriedly laughed and shouted, "It's all a family, where are there so many courtesies." He pulled Daiyu to sit down beside him and asked, "In your generation, how many grandmen and daughters are there? How many of the brothers have married? Where is the sister-in-law's maiden family? Are there any nephews and nieces?"

Daiyu said Jia Zhu, Jia Lian, Baoyu, Jia Huan and Jia Cong, and Jia Zhu said Li Kun and Jia Lan, and Jia Lian said Wang Xifeng and eldest sister. By the way, he said Jia Zhen, You Shi, and Jia Rong.

Chen nodded and said, "In this way, it is still limited. Then he asked, "What house do the sisters belong to, how old are they, what are their temperaments, and what are their preferences?"

Daiyu said: "In addition to the eldest sister of the second uncle's family who is now in the palace, there are three sisters who grew up with my grandmother since childhood. The second sister of the eldest uncle's family, three years older than me, is gentle and quiet, indisputable, does not talk much on weekdays, and treats people the most tolerant and kind. The third sister of the second uncle's family, one year younger than me, is hearty and open-minded, unconventional in everything, and her appearance is also excellent. Xichun's little sister is from the uncle's grandfather's Ning Mansion, three years younger than me, and she is still a lively and loving little girl, but if she has the right temper, she can play together with the little nuns and Taoist aunts who are not limited to sisters, maids, and even the masters who often walk around. ”

Chen couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "This is unrestrained, only seeking a like-minded temperament, but it is on the right side of our family." I'll see you in two days, but I'm afraid that I will hit it off, and I won't be able to disassemble it. ”

When Daiyu heard it, she knew that this sentence was not only about the second room of the Zhang family, but also about Zhang Shuyi. The man in the second room of this Zhang's family, since Zhang Li, is mostly a calm, easy-going and easy-going person. Shu Yi is the daughter of Zhang Dou, the eldest of the granddaughters in the second room, loved by her grandparents since she was a child, and her brothers are not as many as possible; Later, she served her grandfather in Hangzhou with her parents for several years, her maternal grandfather did not have a grandboy in front of her knees, so she only regarded her boy's general upbring, and developed a literary talent, free and easy, different from other women. So he smiled: "The fourth sister of Xichun is still young." The second sister has a history of scriptures, poetry and writing, and it happens that my grandmother's family has two relatives and sisters who are good at this, so I think I will have more to say when the time comes. ”

Chen smiled: "But the eldest girl in the mansion of the Marquis of Bowling that you often talk about, and the girl of your second uncle's mother's sister, the one surnamed Xue?" Daiyu replied with a smile.

Chen nodded and said: "I remember that Shi Gong had three sons back then, and because there was no heir in the hall, the Jinghe clan consulted and invited the sage Xu Sanzi to succeed him and take the title of Marquis of Zhongjing. I didn't want to finish this important thing, and the eldest son unfortunately died, and Mrs. Shizi followed, leaving only a young daughter behind. Shi Hou had to call the title of Marquis of Bowling the second son, and asked his sister, who is your grandmother, to pay more attention to her granddaughter - it should be this Shi Da girl. It's a pity that her parents died in her infancy, although she has aunts and uncles, it is not easy to come all the way. But I don't know what her temperament is, but with such a life experience, no matter how weak and cowardly she is, it is also painful. ”

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled: "Uncle and grandmother are wrong this time." If you want to talk about Sister Shi, I have never seen her have these sad and cowardly shapes in the past few years, I just see that she loves to talk, loves to wear men's clothes, loves to fight and hug, and she is a hero with an open voice, which should be a heroine among women. ”

Chen Shi was taken aback, then stroked his palm and smiled: "In this way, this child and your second sister are the real way." It's rare, it's rare!" laughed for a while, nodded and said: "It is worthy of her grandfather's blood and bones, and the heroism that should be carried in her bones." I'm going to see you this time. ”

Daiyu clapped her hands and smiled: "It's a coincidence, my grandmother's second sister-in-law just handed over the message, saying that she had sent someone to pick up Sister Shi to her home." ”

Chen smiled and nodded, and said, "Sure enough, that's right." He asked again: "Miss Xue, is it the niece of your second uncle's mother's sister's family?" If I remember correctly, the two daughters of the Wang family were given to your grandfather Jia's family, and the other was given to the Xue family, the imperial merchant of the Internal Affairs Bureau. At that time, although the two families also had some contacts, they were one level farther away than the Shi family, and when I came to Changzhou, I had no relationship with each other. But there are not many bad girls who come out of this family. ”

Daiyu said: "Sister Xue is kind to people and acts as a person, and she can't pick it out." If you compare the sisters in this family, they look like big sisters. ”

Chen smiled: "If you say this, I will know." Then he stroked Daiyu and sighed: "These sisters in your grandmother's family are really good." You have been with these sisters for a few years, and you have been more or less free from the pain of loneliness, and I am glad to hear this, and I am relieved for your grandmother. Daiyu was impressed.

At one point, Yin came up and asked when dinner would be served and where it would be placed. Chen said: "In the past two days, we have visited our uncle everywhere to recognize our relatives, only the eyebrows are not allowed to move, and I am bored at home alone. It's better to go over and make a fuss together - this is also an old house for more than 100 years, and it has been idle for so many years, and it is more lively and popular, and the eyebrows will only think about it when they go back to their parents' house in the future. ”

Chan asked where the girls were. Yin replied that they gathered in the main house of Zhang Dou's wife, Wang, to share jewelry and wear. Chen nodded and said with a smile: "This is by the way, let's go over together, meet everyone, and then go to the Meiya courtyard." As he spoke, he took Daiyu's hand and got up to go over there. Yin hurriedly went out to give instructions and prepare dinner before coming over to accompany his mother-in-law. In the back, everyone eats, talks and laughs, and does not say more.

said that one day later, Lin Daiyu had a morning meal with the Chen family, and Lin Ruhai sent someone to pick it up. The one who followed the car sedan was chapter back. When Chen saw him come in with him, he smiled and said, "You came from over there." ”

Zhang Hui smiled: "Don't you know that the second wife didn't know that I accompanied the second master, the fourth uncle and Uncle Lin to talk and eat wine last night." Because the second master ate a lot of wine, he simply rested over there, and only came home this morning. ”

Chen said: "I don't know this yet? I just said that you are diligent under your feet, and you must go back and forth this time." As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at Daiyu with a smile.

When this chapter had just come in, Lin Daiyu had already stood up and turned to Chen's side. Glancing at Zhang Hui, his eyes quickly moved away, and when he heard this, he couldn't help blushing, and couldn't help but purse his lips and smile. This smile, it happened that Zhang Hui raised his head, and it fell into his eyes, and he looked at it at that time. So Chen turned his head and saw that he didn't speak, just stood there looking at Daiyu and smiled stupidly. Chen couldn't help laughing, and burst out laughing: "Oh, my little ancestor, let me see you like this." When I went home to tell the old lady, I was sure that my intestines would hurt from laughing. ”

Zhang Hui woke up at this time, but he didn't cover it up in a hurry, nor did he run away, but only smiled and said: "Being able to smile at the old lady is also my filial piety as a great-grandson." He asked again: "I will send Sister Lin's house in a while, and I will come back, and then go to the Enping Marquis Mansion." Does the second wife have any other commands, or where should she stop on the way to and fro?"

Chen tilted his head and thought for a while, then smiled: "There is nothing to command." You should ask your eldest sister, and when you ask, Lin Yatou will also clean up here. ”

Zhang responded, and then retreated to Zhang Shumei's side. Here, the Yin family also ordered all kinds of things for Daiyu the day before, and ordered the proper people to send them over. When Daiyu boarded the sedan chair, Zhang Hui followed the sedan chair, roughly told Lin Fu the scene yesterday, Lin Ruhai's troubles, and said: "The second wife is scheduled to go to Rongfu the day after tomorrow, and Uncle ordered me to accompany him, and then I can help introduce them on both sides." It's just that I went there once the day before yesterday. Fortunately, the second brother Youlian is enthusiastic and meticulous, and he is thoughtful, so that I will not worry about mistaking the rudeness. ”

Lin Daiyu listened to Zhang Hui follow her name, her heart was happy, but she didn't talk about anything else, and said softly: "With the second brother Lian here, you can rest assured." After a pause, he said: "The eldest uncle doesn't pay much attention to the details, and the second uncle likes young people to read the most, so it doesn't hurt if there is anything." ”

Zhang Hui smiled: "As soon as I heard my sister say it, I have confidence and know how to please my uncles." ”

This sentence entered the ear, Daiyu could no longer answer, although she knew that she was alone in the sedan chair, and no one else could see it, she still couldn't help but cover her face with her hands; Daiyu was stunned. It wasn't until the group arrived at the Lin Mansion that the sedan chair went straight into the inner courtyard of Yimen, Zijuan, Qinghe and others came up to serve and entered their own house, and they saw their own description clearly from the glass mirror on the floor: It's really a faint red glow, overwhelming the peach blossoms, and it is Lin Ruhai who saw Zhang Hui first, and then came to her, otherwise I was afraid that I would see through it at a glance, and I really didn't know what kind of face I had to face people - so I hurriedly called for warm water to wash my face, took fine powder and evened it out, and changed my clothes from head to toe, and then walked to Lin Ruhai's small study next to the main courtyard.

Here, Lin Ruhai had finished talking to Zhang Hui, and Zhang Hui went to Enpinghou's mansion. When I heard that "the big girl is here", I quickly got up to look, and saw Daiyu staggering over. Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "Why did you come here like this? On a cold day, I was impatient to wear big wool clothes, and I also wore one for the crane." Look, your cheeks are red with the wind. As he spoke, he took his hand to the house. Daiyu asked for peace, Lin Ruhai pulled the kang to sit down, and urged the boiling tea; seeing Daiyu eat tea, Fang asked how the sisters were stubborn and happy in the Wenzhao Mansion yesterday.

Daiyu smiled: "Naturally, I am happy." Then he talked about the scene at dinner, and Zhang Shuyi proposed a wine and gambling competition, saying: "Using five-word Tang poems to collect sentences and poems, limiting the thimble, the second sister did not watch out, and was trapped by the eldest sister and the third sister, and was fined several glasses." The second sister was in a hurry, and now she made up two sentences, even with poems and scenes, and what she said was like a real thing. If it weren't for the fact that the fifth sister-in-law was punished by her grandmother for cleaning the study when she was at home, and she remembered that there happened to be such a remote poetry book at home, which was dismantled on the spot, we would have to ask her to mix it up. ”

Lin Ruhai couldn't help but laugh: "Being able to fool you over, it can be seen that the haste is good, but the luck is a layer worse." After thinking about it, he nodded and smiled: "Although she was ambushed, she was able to be trapped several times, so it can be seen that she was indeed unlucky last night." ”

Daiyu said with a smile: "The second sister is bold and good at drinking, she is more able to laugh and think after eating, and everyone is actually willing to pour her two more glasses." What's more, my uncle and grandmother, the fourth aunt, and the seventh aunt have a lot of colorful heads. ”

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "Your uncle and wife have always been the most generous to their children. Then he remembered something, and asked: "I heard that the Wu Yuan family just reported that my uncle and wife sent a lot of things to the house, saying that they were thank you gifts." What's going on?"

Daiyu hurriedly told her about yesterday's conversation with Chen, and finally said: "Later, I carefully asked my grandmother's second sister and third sister about their appearances, how many years of school, what things they learned, and what they like to do at home." I just answered the truth, and my aunt and uncle were happy to hear it, so they said thank you. I just said it, but I didn't expect something to come over. Suddenly, he became worried, looked at Lin Ruhai and asked, "Why don't we give our sisters a gift over there?"

When Lin Ruhai heard her say this, there was nothing she didn't understand. He laughed sullenly: "If this is the case, this gift jade should really be accepted." And in most days' time, your grandmother will give you the same copy. Seeing that Dai Yuwu was puzzled, she thought to herself that her daughter was still young, and she didn't have a mother or elder to manage these boudoir affairs, so she couldn't experience it, and she didn't understand the intention of Chen's words, which was also natural. Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but feel a little sad again.

But the sadness was only for a moment, Lin Ruhai immediately suppressed his thoughts, only looked at Daiyu and said with a smile: "The day after tomorrow, we will go to your grandmother's house with my uncle's wife, Yu'er might as well write a letter to the second sister-in-law over there, and tell a few sisters about the past, and Mrs. Uncle's tastes and preferences." When my uncle asked about the two sisters over there, she also brought a random sum of money. Although Daiyu was puzzled, since she was ordered by her father, she had no doubts, and she should do it.

The author has something to say: What, Chen is indeed thinking about the selection of his granddaughter-in-law, and Sister Lin really has no experience and doesn't know anything......

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wrote some of Sister Lin's views on the sisters in Jiafu. Hopefully it didn't collapse. 166 Reading Network