Lin Ruhai ordered the packages of gifts and candied food, and Jia Yucun received them one by one. The girl couldn't bear to leave her father, but her grandmother insisted that she go.

Lin Ruhai said to the girl: "Your father is over half a hundred years old, and he has no intention of continuing the strings, and you are frail and sickly, and you are young, and you have no mother's upbringing or sister's support. Relying on your grandmother and uncle and sister today is just to reduce my worries, so why don't you want to go?"

When Lin Daiyu heard this, she said goodbye with tears, and boarded the boat with the nurse and several old women in the Rong Mansion. There was another boat in Jia Yu Village, and he took two children and followed Lin Daiyu.

After a day of arriving in Kyoto, Jia Yucun first tidied up his clothes, took the child servant, and took the name card to the door of the Rong Mansion to submit a letter. At that time, Jia Zheng read the letter and hurriedly invited him to meet. Seeing that Jia Yucun looks great and talks well, and this Jia Zheng's favorite is a scholar, a corporal who is a scholar, a corporal who saves drowning and saves the danger, and has the style of ancestors, so he gives special preferential treatment to Jia Yucun. I tried my best to help find a position. In less than two months, he chose Jinling Yingtianfu, and Jia Yucun resigned from Jia Zheng and took office one day.

Since Lin Daiyu abandoned the boat and went ashore that day, the Rong Mansion sent a sedan chair and pulled the luggage vehicle to wait. Lin Daiyu once heard her mother say that her grandmother's family was different from other people's homes. The food and clothing of these third-class servants she saw were already extraordinary, not to mention that when she came to their house today, she had to pay attention every step of the way, always care, don't say a word, don't take one more step, for fear of being ridiculed.

I got on the sedan chair and entered the city, and looked out of the screen window to see that the prosperity of the market and the prosperity of the people were not comparable to other towns. After walking for a long time, I suddenly saw two big stone lions squatting in the north of the street, three beast-headed gates, and more than a dozen people in gorgeous clothes sitting in front of the door, the main gate was not opened, only the east and west corner doors were entered. There is a plaque above the main entrance, and the plaque reads "Ningguo Mansion" five big characters.

Lin Daiyu thought to herself: "This is where my grandmother lives." ”

A short distance to the west, there are still three gates, this is the Rongguo Mansion, but do not go through the main gate, only enter through the West Corner Gate. The sedan chair was carried a hundred meters away, and the sedan chair was stopped when it turned, and the mother-in-law behind it also stopped, and four seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls with beautiful eyebrows came up and carried the sedan chair, and the mothers-in-law followed.

Walked to a hanging flower door to stop the sedan chair, the mothers-in-law stepped forward to open the sedan curtain, and Fulin Daiyu got off the sedan chair. Lin Daiyu took her mother-in-law's hand and walked into the hanging flower door, with verandahs on both sides, and a marble screen with a red sandalwood shelf in the middle. Turning the screen, there are three small halls, and behind the hall is the main courtyard. The five upper rooms in the front are all carved beams and painted buildings, and the wings of the verandah through the mountains on both sides are hung with birds such as parrots and thrushes of various colors. There were a few girls dressed in red and green sitting on the steps, and when they saw them coming, they all greeted them with a smile and said, "The old lady was still reading just now, but it happened that you came." ”

So three or four people scrambled to open the curtain. At the same time, I heard someone say: "Miss Lin is here!"

Lin Daiyu walked into the room and saw two people holding an old lady with silver sideburns to greet her. Lin Daiyu knew that it was her grandmother, and she wanted to bow down, but she was hugged by her grandmother and hugged into her arms, and the "heart and liver baby" cried loudly. The people standing at the moment were all in tears, and Lin Daiyu was also crying.

Everyone slowly persuaded Lin Daiyu to meet her grandmother. Mother Jia pointed to Lin Daiyu and said, "This is your eldest aunt, this is your second aunt, and this is your former eldest brother Zhu's daughter-in-law, sister-in-law Zhu." Daiyu greeted them one by one.

Jia Mu said again, "Girls, please." Today, a distant visitor has come, so you don't have to go to school. ”

The crowd said yes and went to two. After a while, I saw three wet nurses and five or six maids, hugging the three girls. The first one has slightly plump skin, a moderate figure, fresh cheeks, greasy goose fat, gentle and silent, and amiable to watch. The second has shaved shoulders and a thin waist, a long figure, a duck egg face, handsome eyes and eyebrows, looking forward to Shenfei, the essence of Wencai, and forgetting the vulgar. The third is not large enough and is still small. hairpin ring skirts, all three of them are wearing the same makeup.

Daiyu hurriedly got up to greet each other, got to know each other, returned to their seats, and the maid brought tea. Describe how Lin Daiyu's mother got sick, how she asked a doctor to take medicine, and how she sent her to death and mourn. couldn't help but feel sad again: "Of these girls I gave birth to, the most painful thing is your mother." He died before me today, and I will never see each other again, how can I not be sad?" he said and took Lin Daiyu's hand and cried again. Everyone was busy trying to persuade them, and they stopped a little.

Everyone saw that although Daiyu was young, her manners and words were good, and although her physical appearance was weak, she had a romantic attitude, they knew that she was weak. He asked, "What medicine do you take regularly, and why don't you cure it?"

Daiyu said: "I have been like this since I was a child, I started taking medicine when I was able to eat, and now, after many famous doctors, I have never seen any effect. I was only three years old that year, and I remember that a leper monk came and said that he wanted to turn me into a monk. Naturally, my parents did not obey, and he said: Since I am reluctant to her, I am afraid that her illness will not be good for the rest of her life. If you are well from your illness, you will not be able to hear crying from now on, and you will not see any relatives outside except your parents, so that you can live this life in peace. This monk was crazy and said these indecent things, and no one paid attention to him. Now I still eat ginseng pills. ”

Jia Mu said: "That's right, I have pills here, just ask them to match more." ”

Before he finished speaking, he heard laughter in the backyard saying, "I'm too late to greet a distant guest!"

Daiyu pondered: "These people are all so angry, who is this coming, such rudeness?"

When I was thinking about it, I saw a group of daughters-in-law and maids walking in from the back room with a beautiful woman in their arms. This person is dressed differently from the girls, and the colorful embroidery is brilliant, like a fairy concubine. On his head, he wears a golden silk eight treasures beaded bun, a sunrise five phoenix hanging bead hairpin, a red gold plate tassel ring on his neck, a narrow jacket with a red cloud satin wearing a golden hundred butterflies, a colorful carved silk stone blue and silver mouse gown, and a jade flower crepe skirt. A pair of Danfeng triangular eyes, two bent willow leaves and eyebrows, slender figure, coquettish physique, powdered face with spring power is not revealed, and Dan lips are not smiling.

Daiyu hurriedly got up to meet her. Jia Mu smiled: "You don't recognize her, she is a famous spicy product here, the so-called spicy in Nanjing, you just call her Feng Lazi." ”

Daiyu didn't know what to call it, and the sisters were busy telling Daiyu: "This is Lian's second sister-in-law." ”

Although Daiyu had never met, she had heard her mother say: "Jia Lian, the son of the eldest uncle Jia Yu, is married to the niece of the second uncle's mother, Wang, and has been pretending to be a boy since childhood, and her name is Wang Xifeng." Daiyu hurriedly greeted her with a smile and called her sister-in-law.

Wang Xifeng took Lin Daiyu's hand, looked it up and down carefully, walked to Jia's mother and sat down, and said with a smile: "There is really such a beautiful woman in the world, I finally saw it today, and the style of this body is not like the granddaughter of the ancestor, but the granddaughter of the in-law, and I can't complain that the ancestor can't put it down in his mouth every day." It's just that I pity my sister for being so miserable, why did my aunt pass away?" he said and wiped his tears with a handkerchief.

Jia Mu smiled: "I just cried, and you came to provoke me again." Your sister came from afar, and her body was weak, so she just persuaded her, don't mention it again. ”

Xifeng listened, and quickly turned sadness into joy: "That's right, as soon as I saw my sister, my heart was on her, I liked it and was sad, I forgot my ancestor, I should fight, I should fight!"

He was busy holding Daiyu's hand and asked, "How old is my sister? But she also went to school? What medicine do you take now? Don't be homesick here, just tell me what you want to eat and play." The wives of the girls are not good, just tell me. Daiyu agreed one by one.

Xifeng asked again: "Miss Lin's things can be moved in? How many people have you brought here? You should clean the two rooms early and tell them to rest." ”

When he spoke, he had already put fruit tea up, and Xifeng personally entertained him. I saw my second aunt and asked him, "Have you run out of monthly money?"

Xifeng said, "It's over." I took someone upstairs to the back to look for satin just now, and I didn't see what my wife said yesterday after looking for a long time, so I guess my wife remembered it wrong. ”

Mrs. Wang said, "Is there any, what's the matter? I should take out two of them and tailor your sister's clothes." I'll wait until the evening to get it. ”

Xifeng said: "I expected it first. Knowing that my sister will come in these two days, I have prepared to go down, and when my wife goes back, I will send it over. ”

Mrs. Wang smiled and nodded silently. At that moment, the tea fruit had withdrawn, and Mother Jia ordered the two old grandmothers to take Daiyu to meet the two uncles. Jia Yu's wife, Xing Shi, hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "I brought my niece over, in the end it was cheaper." ”

Jia Mu smiled: "That's right." You can go too, you don't have to come. ”

Mrs. Xing agreed, so she took Daiyu and Mrs. Wang to say goodbye, and everyone was sent to the hall. In front of the Hanging Flower Gate, a small servant had already pulled a Cui Hao clear oil car, Mrs. Xing carried Daiyu to sit in the car, and the wives lowered the curtain and ordered the little maids to lift it. Pull to a wide place, ride on the mule, walk out of the West Corner Gate to the east, pass the main gate of the Rong Mansion, enter a black-painted gate, and get off in front of the Yi Gate.

Mrs. Xing took Daiyu's hand and entered the courtyard, and the place where Daiyu passed must have been cut off by the garden in the Rong Mansion. Entering the three-story instrument door, I saw the main house, the wing room, and the verandah, all of which were small and chic, unlike the magnificent ones over there, and there were trees and rocks everywhere in the courtyard. When I entered the main room, I was greeted by many concubines and maids in bright makeup and beautiful clothes. Mrs. Xing asked Daiyu to sit down, while asking Jia to pardon in the outer study.

The man came back and said, "The lord said: I have been in poor health for several days, and I can't bear to see each other when I see the girls." persuaded the girl not to be sad and homesick, and to follow the old lady and aunt, it was the same as at home. Although the sisters are clumsy, everyone can be in the same place, and they can also relieve some boredom. Or if there is a grievance, just say it. ”

Daiyu hurriedly stood up and agreed one by one. After sitting for a while, she took her leave, and Mrs. Xing asked to stay for dinner. Daiyu replied with a smile: "My aunt cherishes the food, I shouldn't have shirked it, but I still have to go over to see my second uncle, I'm afraid it's disrespectful to go late, I'll come back another day, I hope my aunt will forgive me." ”

Mrs. Xing said, "That's it. ”

So he ordered the two grandmothers to use the car they had just taken to send them over, and Daiyu said goodbye. Mrs. Xing sent it to the door of the instrument, and gave everyone a few more words, and only came back after seeing the car go.

Daiyu entered the Rong Mansion, got out of the car, and saw a large road directly out of the gate. The grandmothers led the way to the east, walked through an east-west hall, to the south of the hall, the large courtyard in the Yimen, the five large main rooms above, the two sides of the wing room deer roof, the ear door drill mountain, extending in all directions, magnificent, and different from everywhere. Daiyu knew that this was the inner room.

Entering the hall, look up and first see a red gold Kowloon green land plaque, the plaque is written with three words of Douda, it is Rongxi Hall; there is a line of small characters at the back, a certain year, month and day book to Rongguo Gong Jia Yuan, and there are thousands of treasures of Chenhan.

The big red sandalwood carving case is set up with a three-foot-high blue-green bronze tripod, hanging to be leaked with the large painting of the Molong of the Dynasty, one side is the chisel Jinyi, and the other side is the glass basin. There are 16 Nanmu circle chairs on the ground. There is another couplet, which is an ebony couplet inlaid with gold handwriting, which reads: "The sun and the moon are shining on the throne, and the front of the hall is dark and smoky." The next line of small words reads: "The World Sect Disciple Xun attacked the handwritten letter of Mu Yingbai, the king of Dong'an County." ”

It turned out that Mrs. Wang often lived and sat for banquets, and was not in this main room, but only in the three rooms on the east side. So the grandmothers led Daiyu into the east door. There is a scarlet carpet on the big kang near the window, the front is laid with a big red money python pillow, the autumn fragrance color money python is a large mattress, a pair of plum blossom lacquer small tables are set on both sides, there is Wen Wang Ding on the left side, the spoon incense box next to the Ding, and the Ru kiln beauty is placed on the right side, and there are flowers and plants in it. There are four large chairs in the west of the ground, all of which are set up with silver and red flower-sprinkled chairs, with four pairs of foot pedals at the bottom, and a pair of high chairs on both sides, and several tea bowls and vases are available. The rest of the furnishings, there is no need to go into detail.