Old Madam Qin took a lunch break, and everyone dispersed.

Walking to the courtyard, Qin Jinxiu smiled at Jin Yi dignifiedly: "Tomorrow's meeting, there are a lot of nobles in the city. Sister is going to dress up carefully tomorrow, don't dress too plainly, my mother and I will introduce you to a few more noble families. ”

Jinru on the side frowned slightly when he heard this. Jinxiu has always adhered to the etiquette of the girl, and it is a bit arrogant for a younger sister to say such a thing to her sister.

Jin Yi's face was as usual, she only smiled and responded lightly. He turned back to Jinru and said, "Let's go and see the fourth uncle and Jinchen." ”

Jinxiu looked at the backs of the two, feeling a little bored. Xu Shi beside him frowned and said, "I thought she was as aggrieved as she was back then, and every time she wrote a letter, she spoke in a humble tone. Now it seems that he is clearly a stubborn and stubborn person. ”

As he spoke, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to Jinxiu: "Don't worry, she is in our hands and can't jump out." When I got back, I asked Guilan to bring the last dress to her room, so that she could wear it to Muxiyuan tomorrow. ”

Jinxiu thought for a moment with a puzzled face, a little suddenly, and the smile on her face became brighter.

Jin Yi and the two came to the Changyuan Pavilion in the west of the inner mansion.

In the past, when the fourth master Qin Zhiran was alive, he liked to fish next to the water pavilion in the pavilion. He has been frail since childhood, does not go out often, has a gentle temperament, has an excellent temper, and always has a faint and gentle smile on his face. When Jin Yi was young, he was quite close to him.

The rockery made of Taihu Lake stones in the pavilion is scattered, scattered and distributed on the lakeside. On the vermilion four-cornered cornices of the water pavilion, the small copper eaves bells hang down, gently swaying in the wind, and the crisp bells are very melodious. The lake is full of weeping willows, and now only bare willow branches remain, and if it is summer, the willows shade the fish that swim at the bottom of the lake, it must be very peaceful and quiet.

The fourth master is the youngest son of the old lady Qin, who has been brilliant since he was a child, and the old marquis of Qin attached great importance to this young son when he was alive, and he planned to inherit the title in the future.

The fourth uncle, Xie Shi, heard that Sister Jinyi was coming, and hurriedly came out to greet her.

She has a weak temperament, is not good at talking, and when she gets along with several concubines, she always only knows how to smile and listen, and rarely talks, which inevitably gives people a sense of loneliness after a long time. Zhiran had not yet raised his aunt when he died, and now except for the third sister-in-law An who sometimes came to accompany her to say a few words, he was just a person quietly in Changyuan Pavilion on weekdays, taking care of his young and demented son.

Several people came to Jinchen's room in the East House, and saw Xie Shi's bridal maid Weaving Kui, who was sitting on the warm pit, fiddling with the empty bamboo in her hand, and making a pleasant sound from time to time. Jin Chen put the brocade quilt on his head on the side, only showing a small face, hearing the sound of empty bamboo, the big black eyes smiled crookedly, the small face was round and immature, and two small dimples were revealed when he smiled.

Seeing that an outsider was coming, Jinchen pulled down the quilt completely, and he couldn't even see his head. After a while, I saw a corner of the brocade being secretly revealed, and a big black eye blinked at it.

Xie Shi looked at it, with a look of pity on his face, and invited Jinyi and Jinru to sit on the chair with a half-new Ruyi pattern brocade mattress by the window, and asked the little maid to make tea, and instructed: "I want Shousong silver needle." The little maid answered.

Jin Ru looked around, took a cloth tiger on the treasure pavilion, and coaxed Jin Chen and said: "Brother Chen, if my sister comes to play with you, where are you hiding?" Saying that, both hands touched his brocade quilt, and scratched under his ribs, Jinchen giggled in the brocade quilt, two hands stretched out from the quilt, and Jinru grabbed it, and the two of them made a fuss.

Jin Yi watched from the side, pursed her lips and smiled, and asked Xie: "Fourth uncle, what is going on with Jinchen's illness?" I just heard my grandmother say that he was not feeling well, and it looks like he is in good spirits. ”

Xie Shi shook his head, his delicate face was filled with sadness, "Chen'er has been very smart since she was a child, and she was able to read thousand-character essays when she was four years old. Like his father...... "Speaking of this, his eyes are a little red.

"When I was five years old, I once suffered from a cold, and suddenly I had a fever in the middle of the night, and my whole body was terrifyingly hot. I sent someone to report to my second sister-in-law and asked her to take the initiative and ask the doctor to come over as soon as possible. It was snowing heavily that night, and the doctor could not come for a while, until dawn. Brother Chen'er burned for too long, and although he was cured of his illness later, his brain became confused. At first, I didn't even recognize people, but in the past year, I have gradually improved, and I can recognize some people, but I can no longer read and write, and I can't speak, but I look like a three- or two-year-old baby......"

As he spoke, he burst into tears.

Jin Yi sighed and asked again: "Have you asked a doctor to come and see you?" ”

"Please. I changed several famous players, all of whom said that the brain was hot and the spleen was dry, and after taking medicine, it didn't work, and I cried every night. Later, the uncle recommended a Dr. Wang, who said something a little different from the others, which sounded a little reasonable. Now that I take his medicine the next day, the night is lighter. Only last night, for some reason, I cried again, choking my face purple, and bluffing my hands and feet weak. She wiped her tears frequently, and in the end, she choked up.

Jin Yi looked at her appearance, and felt very unbearable, so she stroked her shoulder and comforted her softly: "Uncle must take care of her body." Brother Chen'er's illness, since the medicine is effective, it can naturally be symptomatic. Slowly recuperate, there are always good days. If you are tired of your body, who else can you count on at that time? ”

Xie Shi gradually stopped crying, and his tone was still sad: "I myself am also weak and incompetent, if it weren't for Chen'er, I would have followed your fourth uncle a long time ago......"

Jin also came over at this time, comforting him softly on the side.

Jin Yi came to the kang and smiled at Jin Chen, who was covering his head, his two white and tender little hands were breaking the ears of the cloth tiger in his arms. Seeing that Jin leaned closer, he peeked at her with some caution.

Jin Yi looked at him carefully, his eyebrows were delicate, and his black pupils were very heavy, accounting for almost three-quarters of the place in his eyes. It's just that his eyes are a little dim, not as smart and clear as ordinary children. The lips are red and the teeth are white, and two small dimples are embedded in the round little face.

She raised her hand slightly, wiped away a trace of saliva from his lips with the silk handkerchief in her hand, and smiled softly at him: "Brother Chen, do you recognize me?" I'm your second sister. ”

Jin Chen quietly raised his eyes and glanced at her quickly. He lowered his eyes again, and his thick long eyelashes blocked his pupils like a small fan, but the dimples on his face became deeper and deeper, and he smiled very shyly.

Jin Yi took the toy next to him to tease him, he didn't say anything, and after a while, he quietly touched an eight-treasure silver bracelet on Jin Yi's wrist with his hand.

Jin Yi took off the bracelet and held it in his hand, coaxing him: "You don't need to be covered by the brocade, I will give this bracelet to you to play with." Luckily? ”

Jin Chen seemed to be stunned for understanding, so Jin Yi tentatively stepped forward, gently lifted the quilt, and seeing that he did not resist, he took his hand again and asked him to stand up.

Jin Yi handed the bracelet to him, smoothed his palm away, ran his five fingers between his little knuckles, and quickly turned it over to see the color of his nails. Without moving, he shoved the bracelet into his hand and let him play with it, and looked him up and down again.

Finally, let Zhikui on the side bring a plate of osmanthus red bean cake on the kang table, pick up a small piece and hand it to Jinchen's mouth. Jin Chen opened his mouth very meekly, but Jin Chen shrank the pastry in his hand back, teased him to open his mouth wide, and glanced at his tongue, and then slowly fed him the pastry.

Jin Ru, Xie Shi and others on the side, seeing Jin Yi's abnormal behavior, all looked at them curiously.