Chapter 60: The Guest
"Did you say that you came from the Lin family in Suzhou?" Mrs. Wang held the post in her hand, opened it and looked at it casually, and put it down again. She didn't know a few words www.biquge.info but she recognized the material and style of this post, and she bought a good blank post from a pen and ink shop in Beijing.
Wang Xifeng replied: "I didn't say where I was from, I just said that I was transferred to Beijing from outside this year, and I ordered Wang Shanbao's family to keep people, and I was waiting for my wife to show me!" ”
Mrs. Wang thought for a while and said, "Invite someone in!" You arrange for someone to prepare some tea and snacks, and you will receive them in the small hall outside. ”
Wang Xifeng nodded, and Mrs. Wang continued: "Don't tell the old lady and your sister Lin first, lest everyone be busy." Wang Xifeng replied with a smile: "I know." ”
Mrs. Wupin School Shulang, who handed over the stickers to the door to ask to see, was the person in the carriage that Jia Qiang met.
Wang Xifeng invited people in, Mrs. Wang raised her eyes, and saw that the person who came was about thirty years old, with white and plump skin, wearing a lake blue satin clothes, wearing a blue hosta, two green jade earrings like water droplets, and her eyebrows and eyes were upright, and she was generous. Behind him, two teenage girls looked at their noses and noses, but they didn't look elsewhere.
Mrs. Wang hurriedly got up to greet her, and when Mrs. Xiaoshulang saw Mrs. Wang's dress, she knew that she was the wife of the housekeeper, and she also came to pay her respects.
The two were polite, and each sat down on the host and guest seats, Caiyun and Jin Chuan served tea, and the two took the teacup, took a sip, and began to talk about their relatives. When I asked about my origin, it was really from the Lin family in Suzhou.
Wang Xifeng found an excuse and hurriedly came out, asking people to go to Lin Daiyu to report on the one hand, and telling Jia's mother on the other. Mother Jia got the news from Wang Xifeng and asked her: "It seems that how people are, are they on the same branch or distant from their uncle?" ”
Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "It looks good, it looks like a well-behaved and generous look." Listening to her, it is the person from the Lin family's house, which is about the same as the relationship between our house and the East Mansion. ”
Jia Mu nodded and said to Wang Xifeng: "Let Lin Yatou dress up and come to me." I also met her relatives over there. Wang Xifeng responded with a smile, and the mandarin duck consciously asked for an order to go to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to spread the word.
Daiyu and Zijuan and others were watching the old woman catch insects for the pear tree in the backyard of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and the snow goose got the news and hurriedly ran over to Daiyu to pass the word: "Girl, someone from Mrs. over there said that someone from Suzhou came over, let the girl go over!" ”
When Zijuan heard this, she looked Daiyu up and down carefully, and saw that there was a little mud on the side of her embroidered shoes and skirt, so she hurriedly helped Daiyu to change her clothes in the house.
Daiyu was supported by Zijuan and felt that the news came very unexpectedly. In her previous life, no one came from Suzhou to visit her, and later Zijuan took words to test Baoyu, causing a big turmoil, and Jia's mother issued an order not to associate with the Lin family, and also released cruel words that the Lin family was dead, and the news from the Lin family in Suzhou was completely cut off. I think that although not many things have changed in this life, there are still some effects in the end, such as the visit that I did not have in my previous life.
Zijuan hurriedly went to help Lin Daiyu choose clothes and jewelry, Xue Yan fetched water to serve Daiyu to make up, and Qingwen also came over to help. When he was combing his hair and changing clothes, the mandarin duck stepped in and said what Jia's mother meant. Lin Daiyu knew that Mother Jia asked her to go to the room to meet the people from the Lin family, and she was supporting her in front of the people of the Lin family in Suzhou, so people didn't dare to underestimate her, so she nodded, and when Zijuan, Xue Yan and Qingwen changed her clothes and shoes for her, combed her hair, and walked to Mother Jia.
Under Wang Xifeng's service, Mother Jia brushed her hair, changed into a gown, looked in the mirror, and then returned to sit on the couch. Ordered Wang Xifeng to go to Mrs. Wang's to call the people from Suzhou.
Wang Xifeng got Jia's mother's words, so she came to Mrs. Wang to spread the word, and Mrs. Wang hurriedly brought someone over. The two sides sat down to drink tea, Jia's mother looked at the person from the Lin family, and saw that she was dignified and calm, not humble or humble, and polite in advance and retreat, she couldn't help but nod secretly, and asked about her family affairs, this Mrs. Lin replied that her husband's family is the sister-in-law of the Lin family in Suzhou, ranking fifth, and served in Huzhou last year, and was transferred to Beijing at the beginning of this year, and was promoted to the Wupin School Shulang, only then did she know that Lin Ruhai's daughter lived in Jiafu, so she sent a post to visit.
Jia Mu nodded. Because of the donation of books to build the Suzhou Academy, the officials of all sizes in the capital basically knew that Lin Ruhai, the former salt patrol imperial historian, left a daughter, and now lives in the Rongguo Mansion. If you don't know, it's just a matter of knowing the news.
As she was talking, Daiyu walked in with Zijuan and Snow Goose, and first saw Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, and saw a young woman sitting on the chair, knowing that this was someone from Suzhou, so she came to greet her. The school scrivener Mrs. hurriedly got up, only accepted her half a salute, looked at Daiyu carefully, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for six years, and in this blink of an eye, the big girl has also grown into a little adult." ”
Daiyu was also looking at this Mrs. School Scrivener, and when she heard her words, she knew that when Lin Ruhai died and returned to Suzhou for burial, this Mrs. Scrivener should have been there, but after all, it had been too long, and the names of the people she had seen at that time were blurred. Daiyu replied: "When I returned to Suzhou, I was too young to surprise my aunt's identity. ”
Mrs. Xiao Shulang smiled and said, "I am the fifth aunt. Daiyu then saluted again, called "Aunt Five", and then looked at the school scrivener Mrs., her eyes were full of joy and pity when she saw the junior child, and she couldn't help but feel a lot more kind.
Mother Jia saw that the school's wife was very appropriate in her speech and behavior, and she was kind and polite to Daiyu, and she liked it very much, and with Mrs. Wang as her company, the parents chatted for a long time, and saw that in the evening, the school's secretary had to say goodbye. Jia Mu graciously retained it, ordered Wang Xifeng to send someone to the door, and watched the other party get into the carriage before coming back.
Daiyu went back to wash, changed into homely clothes, put her hair in a simple hairstyle, and Jia's mother came to pass on dinner. Daiyu came to Jia's mother's room again, and saw Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Li Kun and Wang Xifeng all there. Xue Baochai has always been very well-informed about the big and small movements in Jiafu, and this time is no exception, as soon as he saw Daiyu come in, he said with a smile: "This time you go back to Suzhou, but you want to live in your hometown for a long time?" ”
When Jia Baoyu heard this, he was stunned, and his face turned pale. Daiyu replied with a smile: "The old lady hasn't driven me yet, what is Sister Xue anxious about?" I'm not like Sister Xue and my mother and brother who support the door, so if I want to go back to my own house, I just have to go back. As he spoke, he sat down beside Baoyu and quietly tugged at his sleeve.
Jia Baoyu's sleeve was pulled by Daiyu, and she finally woke up from her daze, and hurriedly said, "Sister Xue wants to go back to her own house?" It's not long since I moved into the garden, so it's better to stay a few more days to play with the second sister, the third sister and the fourth sister. ”
Xue Baochai blushed suddenly, Li Kun hurriedly smiled and diverted the conversation, Wang Xifeng said jokes to make Jia's mother happy, and when the girls put the food together, they went to serve porridge and rice to Jia's mother, and the people in the room quietly finished eating, and accompanied Jia's mother for a while to talk and eat, seeing that it was not too early, and then they went back.