At this moment, the door of the mansion opened, and an old servant came out first, looked at the people in front of him, looked back from Jia Zheng, and fell on Daiyu's body, stunned for a moment. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Mama Wang's son caught up and said, "This is the eldest girl is back, why don't you open the door soon?" ”

Only then did the old servant react and hurriedly opened the door.

Lin Daiyu took Zijuan, Snow Goose, and Qingwen, and asked Jia Zheng to take Jia Baoyu into the house first, and she then walked in. The first thing I saw was that the three main rooms were located not far in front, which was where the Lin family received outsiders and directors. Behind the three main rooms are three small courtyards, one of which is Lin Ruhai's study, and the other two are guest houses. The cloister that runs from both sides of the gate leads to the back of the main room and study, with the outer kitchen on the left and the pulp washing room on the right.

Daiyu walked along the porch to the bluestone slab front yard and silently looked at the main house. She vaguely left an impression of these three main rooms, once when Jia Min died and Lin Ruhai took her to Suzhou for mourning; The second time, Lin Ruhai died, and Jia Lian took her from Yangzhou to send Lin Ruhai's coffin back for mourning. She vaguely remembered Lin Ruhai's busy figure in the three main rooms, and now, the room was empty, although the cleaning and furnishings were still the same as before, but the people were long gone.

The servants in the house all gathered aside, and Mama Wang's son introduced Daiyu one by one: "This is the old uncle Zhong who guards the house, and this one is the grandson of the old Zhong uncle. These three are the stewards and servants of the stable, these five are the maids in the outer courtyard, these five are the girls who clean the inner courtyard, two cooks, a mother-in-law who buys vegetables and takes care of the accounts, and five rough maids......"

Daiyu looked at these servants of the Lin family one by one, and said, "I haven't been able to come over, you have worked hard to take care of the house." Later, when we settle down, let's get together again! Then he asked Mama Wang's son, "Have you cleaned up the room for the second uncle and Baoyu?" ”

As soon as the servants heard this, most of them knew that this was going to be rewarded, and some of them went back to their posts to work, and some saw that the carriage pulling the luggage had rushed over, and hurriedly helped to clean up.

Mama Wang's son's surname is Wang Mingshun, and after listening to Daiyu's words, he hurriedly replied: "The washing pen house and Zhenlong Courtyard next to the study have been cleaned up. In addition, the eldest girl wrote that she wanted to use the study, and the master's study was also cleaned. ”

Daiyu nodded, and invited Jia Zheng and Baoyu to go to Xibizhai and Zhenlong Courtyard.

Jia Zheng did not shirk, and walked to the guest house with Wang Shun's guidance, accompanied by Daiyu and Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu looked at the housing pattern of Suzhou, south of the Yangtze River, which was very different from that in the north, and it was Daiyu's home, and felt that his eyes were full of admiration and joy. If it weren't for Jia Zheng's usual majesty, Baoyu would have been full of praise a long time ago.

Wang Shun led Jia Zheng past Lin Ruhai's study, Jia Zheng sighed a few words of admiration, and said to Daiyu: "Today, settle down and rest, and then come to read the scrolls after recuperating your spirit." ”

Daiyu looked at the study, and recalled the scene when Lin Ruhai was alive, and suddenly heard Jia Zheng say this, so she nodded and walked silently to the outer courtyard.

Before coming to the pen washing room, Jia Zheng saw that a shallow pond had opened in a corner of the courtyard, and there was a thick silk willow planted next to it, and a few old plums had just passed the flowering period, and the branches were curvy, but there were few petals left.

Jia Zheng said: "This courtyard is good, elegant and quiet, just suitable for studying." As he spoke, he went to see Baoyu, but Baoyu didn't dare to answer.

Jia Zheng snorted coldly, in the end, he remembered to restrain his temper, and ordered the little servant to move his things in, and went to see Zhenlong Courtyard again.

Zhenlong Courtyard is worthy of the name of Zhenlong, and the general size pebbles laid in the courtyard are all black and white, and they are arranged into an ancient endgame according to the chessboard score. In the gap of the chess game, there are some exquisite mountain stones, stone tables and stone benches, and some double-petaled elm leaf plum, mountain peach and other trees are planted.

Fluffy grass grew in the cracks of the pebbles, and the mountain peach and elm leaf plum were in flowering, and they were blooming extraordinarily.

Jia Zheng saw that he liked this courtyard, so he ordered the servants to carry Baoyu's things in, and reprimanded him again, "Don't be naughty, remember to study hard" and other words, and felt tired, so he went back to the pen washing house where he lived.

Daiyu saw that Jia Zheng and Jia Baoyu had been arranged, and took Zijuan and the others back. When passing by Lin Ruhai's study, I couldn't help but raise my feet and go in to take a look.

It is said that it is a study, but in fact, it is a whole courtyard larger than the washing pen house, five main rooms are opened into a complete large study, and there are many books on the black sandalwood bookcase, among which there are many ancient books and unique books.

Daiyu walked in slowly, and came to a compartment in the northwest corner, only to see that the books were all furnished as when she was patrolling the Salt Imperial History Mansion in Yangzhou, and the pen holder, inkstone, paper, and chair were all the same.

Daiyu looked at it silently, and saw that all the things in this study were arranged according to Lin Ruhai's habits, only a few different places, she placed them with her own hands, and asked the little maid in the study: "Who arranged it here?" ”

The little guy shook his head and said, "It wasn't the slave who cleaned this place before, the one who paid the ransom money and left, and the slave was transferred here later." The old housekeeper said that everything here was cleaned and placed as it was, and the servants did not dare to act rashly. ”

The old housekeeper that this little guy said was an old servant left by Lin Ruhai, and he was not among the servants just now. Daiyu nodded, and walked to the inner courtyard with Zijuan, Snow Goose and others.

The carriage carrying Daiyu and the girls' luggage had stopped in the inner courtyard, and Qiuwen also followed Baoyu into Zhenlong Courtyard.

Daiyu walked into the main room, although Jia Min had only lived with Lin Ruhai once in the mansion in Suzhou, there were still traces left by her in the room.

Daiyu saw the plum vase in the room and the furnishings on the Duobao Pavilion, and vaguely remembered Jia Min's appearance.

She ordered everything in the main house to remain as it was, and chose a courtyard next to the main house to live in.

There are not many things that need to be cleaned up, the bedding, tents, pillows and curtains in the room are all fresh, and everything is cleaned, and you only need to take out the things you use on weekdays and put them away.

Zijuan went to see the room where the girls lived, it was also clean and refreshing, and all kinds of bedding were new.

Daiyu ordered Zijuan to open the box and take out the silver money to give to the little girl and the servants in the outer courtyard, and Xue Yan and Qingwen went to move their things down and clean up with Zijuan's.

In the evening, the kitchen sent someone to ask, "Where is the dinner?" Do you eat it in your room or in the dining room? ”

Daiyu sent Snow Goose to ask Jia Zheng, and for a while Snow Goose came back and said: "Uncle said that he was tired today, so he told everyone to take care of themselves and eat in their respective rooms." ”