41. Refusal
Daiyu went back to the house, and Agarwood sent everyone else out, leaving only herself, and asked in a low voice, "Miss, you must not go." β
"Let me think again." Daiyu frowned, she didn't like Baoyu, she didn't like it from the beginning. But she also had to admit that Baoyu was by no means a bad person, he was just too naΓ―ve and too weak.
From the first time they met, Baoyu had a good impression of this sister, and always wanted to be close, but Daiyu had been avoiding him. He probably knew something, although he couldn't help but look at her a few more times every time he saw her, but he didn't behave unruly. For all women, he still maintains a little more respect than others.
Therefore, his sudden behavior seemed very suspicious, and it was very likely that he really knew what he wanted to sue her.
"The place he made an appointment with is not a secret place, even if it is seen, it is nothing to have tea with his cousin." Daiyu thought to herself, if it was a grove, a temple and other places, she would definitely not go, probably he also knew it, so he settled in such a place.
"Miss......" Agarwood still wanted to persuade again, Daiyu raised her hand, "Tomorrow I will say that I have made an appointment with Gege for tea, Gege has something to do, and I met Brother Bao by chance." β
Daiyu glanced at Agarwood, "If my mother knows, I won't keep you." β
Agarwood knelt down with a "poof", "The slave doesn't dare." β
"There's nothing to dare to, I just put the consequences out first, and I'm willing to bear the consequences if I'm willing to do it, that's all. There is no need to challenge my bottom line, I am very strange, maybe I can bear what others can't bear, but others can bear it, maybe I can't bear it at all. β
"The slave didn't hear anything today." Agarwood didn't dare to challenge Miss's bottom line, in the past few years, Miss has quietly sent out all the maids who don't like her one by one. Except for her, a big girl, no one noticed anything wrong, and she was already capable.
"Let's go down." Daiyu is very relieved, Mama Li is old, and she usually doesn't come forward when she has nothing to do, just take care of the little girl in the courtyard and take care of everything. There are agarwood and apricot fruit in front of him, and Bai Lu and Lanzhi are in charge of clothes, jewelry and account books, and they usually don't go out with her much, but they cook the house refreshingly.
On the second day, when Daiyu arrived, Baoyu had been waiting for a long time. As soon as he saw her, he stood up excitedly and stretched out his hands to help each other, but was silently separated by agarwood.
With his hand empty, Baoyu sat down with a smile, "I don't know what tea my sister likes." After speaking, he said to himself, "I don't even know what kind of tea my sister likes." β
"I don't like to drink tea, I usually drink some flower tea." Dai Yuluo exchanged a few words with him, and then got straight to the point: "Second Brother Bao won't be specially invited to drink tea with his sister." β
When Baoyu heard this, she moved her body uneasily, the expression on her face changed again and again, and finally she gritted her teeth, as if she had made a great determination and said: "Mother intends to meddle in your family affairs, you must be careful." β
"You mean the Wangs?" My aunt didn't bother to shout, saying that the Wang family had seen her relatives, why could she meddle in her own family affairs, her parents were not dead.
Baoyu's face darkened, and he finally knew why his sister didn't get close to him, it must be because of his mother. The words are all open, and there is no need to say half hide and half hide, just pour out everything you know.
"Yesterday, the Shi family came, and the eldest wife of the Shi family wanted to marry her cousin for the Shi family's cousin. Mother said she would do her best. I thought, I'm going to have to let you know about this anyway. Baoyu's mouth was dry, and his mother knew his thoughts, but she didn't want to fulfill it at all. only wants to make him and the Xue family's cousin a pair, although the Xue family's cousin is amiable, but he only treats her with the friendship of sister and brother, and has no children's affection.
"Thank you, Second Brother Bao." Daiyu squatted slightly and blessed him very carefully. I have known him for so long, and the only sentence is the most sincere, even if he is very willing to salute.
"No, there is no need to be like this, we, we are originally brother and sister." Baoyu gritted her teeth and said this, and she was already about to cry. When Daiyu left, looking at her back, she was a little stupid.
The little girl couldn't bear it very much, and muttered: "Why don't you explain your mind to Miss Table, in case you ......" I also know in my heart that Miss Cousin probably doesn't have this in case, and she has always avoided her second master, how can there be this in case.
"If she is as she pleases, I will be content." Baoyu has a sense of infatuation in her heart, her thoughts are different from others, and the little girl knows it in her heart, and she also sighs with her eyes.
No one knew that Daiyu came out of the teahouse, and there happened to be two pairs of eyes watching from the window of the private room across the street. After a while, Baoyu came out of it again.
A young man smiled and said, "Isn't this the kid born from Jiafu?" I looked at the woman in front of me as if they were cousins, and they had a good relationship. β
"I didn't expect that Brother Qi even recognized the boudoir girl clearly, but he didn't waste his well-known and well-remembered good name." The other boy lowered his eyes, and the cold color in his eyes was cold.
A few days later, Jia Min came in with a post, "Your grandmother's house has a banquet in a few days, you and your mother will go together, and when the time comes, you will bring Jingyu back, and you should also recognize the relatives of the Shi family, there are many people who have not seen them all." β
The historian has a family and two dukes, and the population is extremely large, so it is naturally impossible to see everyone at once, and I have seen some of them sporadically over the years. Presumably, this time there was something I hadn't seen before to show up, so I invited Jia Min to take the child with me.
"I'm going to run into Shi Xiangyun again, she doesn't like me." Daiyu and her haven't seen each other a few times, but looking at what she means, she hates this cousin of the Lin family.
"She's almost out of the house, and she's going out of the house. It's just that when I came, I said something unpleasant, and I will have my own in-laws to discipline me in the future. Jia Min means that what Shi Xiangyun said, I promise that I will be able to let her in-laws know immediately, and if she doesn't marry her daughter-in-law, she will call her daughter-in-law who is disliked by her in-laws, and she will not have a good life to live.
There are two ways to retaliate against people you don't like, one is to drum to drum and gong to gong, and the other is to make you suffer a dark loss afterwards. Jia Min has always believed in living in harmony with his relatives, even if there is unhappiness, don't make trouble in person, and make up for it afterwards.
If it weren't for Baoyu's report, she wouldn't have been so vigilant about recognizing her relatives with the Shi family. But with this incident, she naturally took precautions. He didn't leave Jia Min every step of the way, and greeted the cousins of the Shi family, and he didn't move forward, just smiled and said a few words.
The eldest wife of the Shi family gave birth to three sons, the first two have already married, and only the youngest one is left, fifteen this year, almost to the age of seeing each other.
The two daughters-in-law both hugged the children, and Mrs. Shi smiled and said: "They are all their own relatives, you should also be relaxed and relaxed, don't be restrained, Sister Feng has a card table there, you also go to play." β
Jia Min smiled casually: "It's a daughter-in-law, there aren't many mothers-in-law like you." β
Mrs. Shi's eyes lit up strangely, and she was quite complacent, "No, people like us only hope that they are doing well, and they don't point to their daughter-in-law to serve anything." I don't have a daughter, so naturally I treat my daughter-in-law as a daughter-in-law, I come from the girl's house, and I don't do anything evil. β
Jia Min just said it casually, but she didn't expect it to attract her such a high interest, so she could only nod her head along with it. Seeing Mrs. Shi's young son come forward to say goodbye, this young son is the first time to see her, and she knows from Mrs. Shi's expression that she is very beloved.
Daiyu bowed her head in salute, and could also feel two hot eyes fall on her face. She was displeased, and when she sat down, she leaned sideways slightly.
"Look at the spirit, a good boy." Because it was the first time to see him, Jia Min gave a gift and praised a few words.
Mrs. Shi's eyebrows were proud, and she deliberately said in a loud voice: "Yuan'er, take your cousin over to talk to Sister Xiangyun." β
Jia Min frowned at the moment, if it was Baoyu, it would be enough to give such an order. One is the master, and the other is a serious relative. The third young master of the Shi family, although they are relatives, the relationship is really far away.
Daiyu chuckled, "This is my grandmother's house, where do I need someone to take me." Jingyu, you can play with your cousin, you don't have to go back and say that your mother is embarrassed to detain you. β
Jing Yu smiled and stood up, "I'll accompany the third brother to find the second brother Bao, I heard the excitement in front of me, and I don't know what I'm playing." β
When the third young master of the Shi family left, he didn't forget to look back at Daiyu a few more times. Talking and laughing with Jingyu and going forward, Jia Min's face slowly became gloomy, and under the pretext of going to see Jia's mother, he took Daiyu to get up.
"Alas, the more I look at this daughter of your family, the more I love it, it's better to stay and talk to me." Mrs. Shi smiled and left Daiyu.
"Daiyu hasn't seen her grandmother for a long time, and she wants to go and see it" Daiyu stood up with Jia Min and turned around and went to Jia's mother's house.
Mother Jia is old, and the banquets at home are generally entertained by Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng, and the guests go to her courtyard to meet her.
Jia Min was angry, Daiyu knew it, but she still wanted to test Jia Min's attitude.
"Mother, how strange is Mrs. Shi, why does the third cousin keep looking at me, is it possible that she thinks her daughter looks like whom."
"They, hmph, it's better not to talk to me, there is no such humiliating person, what about the eldest lady of the Guogong Mansion, I, I don't act as well as a small family." Jia Min scolded a few words before going to the evil fire in his heart. The historian clearly did not look at the Lin family in his eyes, but he did not say that he had the intention of marrying the Lin family, but took advantage of the convenience of his relatives to let his son come to see Daiyu.
But this kind of thing, people didn't say it explicitly, and the woman just guessed it, and she could only suffer a dumb loss.
Jia Min took Daiyu to Jia's mother's house, and until she left, she didn't meet Mrs. Shi.
A person as big as Jing Yuxin was also a little puzzled, "The third cousin has been asking about our family, what's wrong." β
"What's the matter, I'm shallow." Jia Min knows this Mrs. Shi, she is a stepfamily, and her status is not too high. And the Shi family, like the Jia family, has been slowly declining over the years. And the Jia family is fortunate that there are few people and can still hold up. On the contrary, in addition to the sons and daughters who are often brought out, there are also a lot of concubines and concubines in the family. If there are more people, there will be fewer people to distribute to everyone.
The youngest son cannot inherit the title, and he will have to separate the family in the future. Find a powerful father-in-law for the young son, a wife with a rich dowry, and it is really the most ordinary parental heart. But it shouldn't be, it's so unruly.
Afterwards, Mrs. Shi came over with a post, and Jia Minquan found a reason to push it, and made up her mind not to stop her.
Mrs. Shi knew that she had offended someone, but she didn't think it was her fault, "If you take it like this, you can marry it back and pay it back, so you can't give it up." That's it, let's see. β
"Mother." As soon as Shi Yuan shouted like this, Mrs. Shi Da smiled, "My son, this is very favorite." β
Make a look of embarrassment, "Since my son likes it, no matter how difficult it is to be a mother, I will help you get what you want." β
I don't want to think about it, the Lin family looks half willing.
Go to Jiafu again and reply to Mrs. Wang, "Although the girl of the Lin family looks a little slender, she doesn't know if she is good to give birth to, but Sheng has only one daughter in the family, and she is the granddaughter of the old lady, so it must be a good one." I also have to ask my old sister to help me with this, and deliver a message to the Lin family, so that I can handle it. β
Mrs. Wang was not present at the time, and she didn't know about this eyebrow lawsuit, and the wrinkles on her face when she heard Yan Xiao were stretched, "I'll just say that the two children are very compatible, and wait for my good news." β
In fact, if there was no previous matter, Mrs. Wang would mention it seriously, Jia Min might not have considered it. The youngest son of the Shi family's house has a comparable family background, and if you look at the character, if you are talented, you may be in the eye.
But with the last incident, Jia Min only smiled faintly and pushed it without hesitation, "Daiyu is still young, I still want to keep her for a few more years, and now the atmosphere in Jinling is also to marry late, and I only have this one daughter, why marry early." β
"I just want to settle down first, not just now. Mrs. Shi, you have also seen it, it is very good to her first two daughters-in-law, and the relationship between the two families is like this, are you afraid that she will treat Daiyu badly? Mrs. Wang knew Jia Min's thoughts, and she had to find a family that was good for her daughter, so she brought it up specifically.
"Our Lin family doesn't have anything else, so we know some rules. You don't have to say any more about it, I shouldn't. "I didn't even say a word to discuss with the lord or inquire about it, just shouldn't. Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, she calculated very well, and using Daiyu to envelop the people of the Shi family was equivalent to tying the Lin family to the warship.
As a result, the first step was frustrated, and Jia Min directly gave her a faceless. The aunt, who didn't play music for her sister-in-law, could only endure this breath and went home in a gloomy manner.
The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, "Phew, a family like the Shi family is worthy of even a heavenly immortal, how can it not be worthy of Daiyu, and it is not possible to expect my daughter to be a brother to be a blessing." β
There is another reason for being so angry, Baoyu and the third young master of the Shi family are identical, and even slightly inferior, the Shi family is in the long room, and she is still in the second room. As a result, Jia Min refused when he said no, he didn't even bother to find an excuse, and he didn't look at the Shi family at all. What about his Baoyu, is it the same way?
"The old slave doesn't look at the Lin family so well, it's not because he married the young lady in our house that he has today, it's better to look at another family affair for the Shi family." Wang's henchman saw that she was angry and persuaded in a low voice.
"You know what." Wang waved his hand and asked her to go down, these things were things that even his confidant mother never knew. The other party's most important thing is actually Lin Ruhai, he has the emperor's blue eyes and is valued by King Yong, these are not for nothing.
pinched the handle in someone else's hand, and the other party even calculated that she wanted to push Sister Feng out to prevent the disaster, and even pinched the handle together. If Sister Feng knew that she thought so, how could she be embarrassed to see her brother with this face.
But what the other party promised is really tempting, if you can let the old man inherit the title, Rongguo Mansion will be Baoyu's in the future. This made her not moved. But the difficulty is not small, Lin Ruhai wants to catch it, and Yuan Chun wants to use it for them.
How to control Lin Ruhai, after thinking about it, the only way to get married to Lin Daiyu is to make a family, the Shi family is the person of the eighth master, and it is logical to let Lin Ruhai be used by them.
This family has to be married. Wang pinched the handkerchief and called into his confidant grandmother.
"It's my birthday in a few days, I haven't done it well for so many years, and this year should be lively."
"Madame should be like this, both children are a great blessing, and this kind of day should be lively for people to see." Mama was very happy, there was an old routine for this kind of thing, so she quickly found out the list and went to the housekeeper to add or subtract.
Jia Min smiled when he saw the post, "In previous years, I didn't even invite people for my birthday, but this year it was so lively." β
"Our wife also said that there is an old lady here, and there is no need for a junior to have a birthday. But the lady in the palace came with a letter, saying that Mrs. has worked hard for so many years, and she can't go to Chenghuan's knees, and she thinks that the family can be lively and lively on this kind of day, and she can be happy in her heart when she knows it. β
The messenger who smiled carefully said the reason, and paid attention to Mrs. Gu's face. Madame said that she must invite Mrs. Gu.
"Since the mother has spoken, who dares not to go." Jia Min sneered, if you have the ability, you can ask your daughter to marry, you can't carry the mother out at every turn, she is not the queen yet, she can manage my family's affairs.
"Please also ask Mrs. Gu to bring Miss Cousin, the old lady often reads it." Speaking of the old lady, Jia Min lost her temper.
"Okay, I know, go back and tell my aunt, I will go."
Jia Min was taken out by the Wang family to suppress people, her stomach hurt, and she ate less at night.
Daiyu instructed the kitchen to boil porridge, "Take the shrimp and cook the porridge, which is appetizing and nourishing." Pair it with a few side dishes that are on fire, and it should be refreshing and appetizing. β
"This girl, what words, what kind of fire, where did the fire come from." Jia Min was still stiff-mouthed.
"Does a mother hide her daughter? Who doesn't know about his aunt's post, and his mother will be angry. Daiyu just covered her mouth and smiled, she heard everything about her mother's coming out to oppress people, can she still not know the reason why her mother is angry?
"She's a drunkard, not drinking." Jia Min thought to herself, if she invited herself to go, could she still force herself to agree? She just shouldn't be the one she said. But when he thought that Wang wanted to control himself, he felt that his heart was on fire, and he really thought that he was easy to provoke.
Daiyu's chopsticks stopped, "Mother, my uncle and mother came over a few days ago, is there something to hide from me." β
"No, no." The eyes dodge, it's strange if you don't.
"Yes, my mother didn't say anything, my daughter didn't know anything, and I went to my grandmother's house a few days later, and my aunt arranged for her daughter to meet by chance in the back flower courtyard, and the daughter was on guard or not." Daiyu lightly hooked the corners of her lips, of course her grandmother would not harm her, but there are many people in her grandmother's family, such as the Wang family who has thoughts.
"She dares." Jia Min shouted loudly, but he felt that it was inappropriate, and sent all the people in the room out, before he said: "My son is so smart, I can understand the thoughts of the Shi family when I think about it." Wang came to deliver the message, but I refused. β
What kind of birthday do you have to do if you refuse, and invite people over, what do you mean, do you really plan to come to the garden to meet privately for life, and fall into the water to save people from skin to skin?
Whether the other party dares or not, if something really happens, it will be too late. Jia Min's eyes were red, and her back molars were clucking, "If she dares to do such a thing, I will dare to lift the Rongguo Mansion." β
"How stupid it is to be on guard and ask people to calculate. Since it is a lively event for my aunt, according to my daughter, I should bring a few more young ladies to join in the fun. β
Daiyu blinked, Jia Min understood, and laughed out loud, "Puff" laughed, "Use the way of others to govern others." β
"Great goodness." Daiyu made a lady's appearance, shook her head, made Jia Min laugh, and drank the newly delivered porridge.
"I'll arrange the selection, and I guarantee that the Shi family will be very satisfied."
There are not many other people in the Jia family, and there are many clansmen who are attached to them, and they are called Miss on the surface, and they may not be as good as the maids used in Jiafu. According to Jamin's generous nature, such people know a lot.
Select a few "self-motivated" girls from them, pull good materials, dress up, and three beautiful young ladies will be baked.
So on Mrs. Wang's birthday, Jia Min followed behind four slender girls. Speaking of which, the other three are all surnamed Jia, and they pay their respects to the aunt of the family, which is justified.
"Auntie, don't blame me for being troublesome, I also heard the person sent by my aunt say that it was the meaning of the mother, saying that you have worked weekdays, and you should be very generous and lively, so I specially invited a few girls from the clan to come over. No matter how many of us people are, we can't be lively, but there are too many little girls to be lively. β
In front of the guests, Jia Min's voice was neither high nor low, just for everyone to hear. There was joy in her voice, with a smile on her face, and she was embarrassed to say that she was embarrassed to find fault.
"But there is no such thing, it's all these servants, knowing that Mrs. Gu is a good woman, and they are joking." Mrs. Wang hurriedly denied that there was still an old lady at home, which was hard and lively, what did it mean. Is it hard to serve her mother-in-law, or is it because her mother-in-law didn't give her face to make her lively.
Jia Min didn't listen to her explanation, and took four little girls in, she was half a guest, very casual.