When he accompanied Jia's mother to dinner that night, Shi Xiangyun proposed to live with Lin Daiyu's family for a few days. Mother Jia was a little reluctant, in fact, since Baoyu and the others moved to the garden, there was a lot less time to accompany Mother Jia. There are only Lin and Shi, who accompany Jia's mother every day, rain or shine.

"Are you both going back?" Mother Jia said reluctantly, but she didn't stop her, "Okay, I know, your old lady is also old, and it's good to spend more time with her." ”

"Ancestor don't worry, Sister Yun and I will be back in a few days." Lin Daiyu said with a smile.

Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu took the carriage back to Shi's house early the next morning, and Mrs. Shi was very happy to see the two of them come back, "Yun girl, Yu'er, you are here too!" Winter solstice, fast, tea. This is sent by your second uncle, Pu'er tea, it tastes good. ”

Shi Xiangyun looked at the things in Chunhui Hall that had almost been collected, and asked, "Did the second uncle write again?" ”

Mrs. Shi smiled, beckoned the two of them to sit down beside her, and then looked at Shi Xiangyun with the eyes that Jia Mu used to look at Jia Baoyu, and saw that Shi Xiangyun was uncomfortable, so she twisted her body awkwardly, "Yes, I came with the letter, and the person sent by your second uncle to pick me up, so, Yun'er, I guess I can't wait for Lord Lin to return to Beijing." ”

I see, this can explain why Mrs. Shi, who has always been more restrained in her emotional expression, stared at herself with such sensual eyes. Shi Xiangyun thought so.

"Grandmother, is there something going on on the second uncle's side?" Otherwise, the second uncle would not be so active, and he would have sent someone to pick him up without consulting his grandmother.

Old Lady Shi's smile paused, then sighed softly and nodded, "You guessed right!" It's still the matter of the Wei family that I said last time. Your second uncle offended Mrs. Marquis of Changchun in this matter, so Marquis of Changchun had a lot of trouble. Because I am close to Mrs. Marquis of Changchun, and the relationship between Su Rili is not bad, so your second uncle wants to take me over as much as possible to alleviate his predicament at this time. What's even stricter is that Mrs. Changchun Hou introduced a family affair to your eldest brother, although the family is noble, but the woman of that family is not virtuous, and there has been a scandal of eloping with the son of the lower people in the house! How could your second uncle and second aunt agree to such a marriage, so they have been thinking about dragging this marriage. Your second uncle is in a hurry now, and there is no way! ”

Shi Xiangyun sighed and glanced at Lin Daiyu, "When is grandmother going to leave?" ”

Mrs. Shi smiled: "I was going to leave in ten days, but if you don't come back today, I also plan to send someone to pick you up tomorrow." There are some things that I have to explain to you! Then he looked at Lin Daiyu apologetically, grabbed Shi Xiangyun's hand, and put it in Lin Daiyu's hand. Yu'er, good boy. I'll hand it over to you. She's a poor person, and I can't keep guarding her and seeing her have a good home, but fortunately, she still has a good sister like you, and your father can make decisions for her. I have already written to your father to tell me, and your father has promised me that he will help me take care of Xiangyun. I was going to say it again to your father in person, and it was more solemn, but now it's too late. Today, I handed over Yun'er to you. I don't ask her how noble and glorious she will be in the future, I just want her to have a safe and smooth life. ”

Lin Daiyu's little face was slightly red, but looking at Old Lady Shi's earnest eyes, she endured her shyness and nodded, "Don't worry, Old lady, I will take care of Sister Yun!" ”

Mrs. Shi was assured by Lin Daiyu's personal assurance, "Mama Fang! ”

"Yes, old lady!" Mama Fang and Dong Solstice came over with a dresser box in their hands, the two dressing boxes are not the same, but they are made of mahogany, this dressing box is about 16 inches high, about 11 inches long, and more than eight inches wide.

Mrs. Shi looked at these two dressing boxes, her eyes were full of remembrance, "These two dressing boxes are the dowry left to me by my maternal grandmother, it is said that my maternal grandfather has a princess, and these two dressing boxes are brought by the princess." Later, it was passed on to me. I've been reluctant to take it out and use it, but now, I'll leave it to the two of you! ”

Lin Daiyu naturally knew the value of this dressing box, so she hurriedly excused herself, "I can't accept such a valuable thing." Old lady, leave it to Sister Yun! ”

Mrs. Shi smiled, "You two sisters have one for each of you, both of them, and no one should refuse." Keep it! Yun girl's dowry, your mother's dowry list was originally collected by Mama Wei, and when your family affairs are decided, the Jiangnan Zhang family will naturally send someone to send all your mother's dowry over. I also left you a dowry, and the list was handed over to the winter solstice, and the winter will not go with me this time, I have already matched her with someone, and she will be the third family of the king in the future. Our old house is watched by her family. If you need anything in the future, just go straight to her. ”

Shi Xiangyun blushed, "Grandmother, what are you talking nonsense!" How old am I! "In the 21st century, when I'm still a primary school student, am I going to talk about marriage? She turned her head and saw Lin Daiyu, who was looking at her with a playful face, okay, Lin Daiyu is only a little older than herself, and she has already made a marriage. What a way of the world!

A trace of exhaustion flashed on Mrs. Shi's face, and Shi Xiangyun saw it, "Grandmother, you can rest first, and I'll take Sister Lin to Huilanyuan to rest first." ”

Mrs. Shi hasn't slept well in the past few days, and she has been worried, worried about her second son, worried about her eldest grandson, and worried about Yun Yatou, she really can't hold on. So she nodded, "Okay, I know, you guys go first, and accompany your grandmother to eat at noon." ”

Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu returned to Huilan Garden, Lichun held the dressing box, and suddenly said: "Girl, there seems to be something in this dressing box, otherwise it would be so heavy!" ”

Shi Xiangyun looked up at Lichun in surprise, and the snow heron holding the dressing box next to him also nodded, "Yes!" This one in my hand is the same, heavy! ”

Shi Xiangyun hurriedly asked them to put the dressing box on the table, she and Lin Daiyu went up to study it, opened the drawer and looked, both of them were stunned, did they see the legendary treasure chest? It's full of jewelry, and all of them are not ordinary.

Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu glanced at each other, "This, this is too exaggerated, right?" "There are a lot of good things that they have only seen in Jia's mother, and Jia's mother also joked that when they leave the cabinet, they will be used as makeup. Why did this old lady Shi suddenly become so generous!

"Sister Yun, I can't ask for this thing!" Lin Daiyu thought about it and said firmly.

Shi Xiangyun smiled and shook his head, "What are you laughing at!" This is a little bit of the old lady's heart, she has always been no different from you than she is to me. The old lady means that when you leave the cabinet in the future, she may not be in the capital, which can be regarded as her grandmother's makeup. You can take it with peace of mind. If you feel uneasy, just treat me better in the future! ”

Lin Daiyu blushed because Shi Xiangyun mentioned the matter of leaving the cabinet again, Mama Jiang put away her luggage, walked in with a smile, and happened to hear Shi Xiangyun's words, so she said with a smile: "Miss Yun's words are very reasonable!" This is a piece of Mrs. Shi's heart, the girl will take it! ”

Lin Daiyu thought about it, and then personally explained to Mama Jiang and solemnly put away the mahogany dressing box.

Mrs. Shi relieved her thoughts, and in the next few days, while ordering someone to pack her bags, although she was preparing to leave, she brought Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu to her side, taught them carefully, and tried to tell them all the lessons she had experienced over the past few days. The day before departure, Mrs. Shi took Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu to Jia's house, and Jia's mother also knew that Mrs. Shi was about to go to the southwest, so she set up a family banquet to see her off.

"Mrs. Gu, after I leave, Yun Yatou will entrust it to you. Wang San's family. Old Lady Shi tilted her head slightly. The winter solstice is Wang San's family, and he walked up with a brocade box in his hand, and Mrs. Shi took it, opened the brocade box, put it on the table, and pushed it down in front of Jia's mother, "Here is a thousand taels of silver tickets, and the right is what Yun Yatou needs to live in Jia's mansion." I don't know how long it will take to come back, if the money is not enough, let someone go to the Shi family and talk to the Wang Sanjia, and the Wang Sanjia will make up for it. ”

Mother Jia had a calm face, "Sister-in-law, what do you mean by this?" Are you saying that I, my aunt and grandmother, can't even support my own nieces and granddaughters? Sister-in-law, this is scolding me! ”

Mrs. Shi sneered: "Look at you, you still have this temper! I won't know how long it will take to come back, although Yun Yatou is your niece and granddaughter, but in the end, there is no difference between intimacy and intimacy, and there is no reason in this world for the girl of the Shi family to let the Jia family raise! And Yun Yatou is like a day by day, and there will be a lot of outings in the future, I have already entrusted this matter to Concubine Nan'an, she will take Yun Yatou and Lin Yatou out in the future. This is going out to socialize, clothes and jewelry must not cost money! I can't let the government pay for it! ”

Mother Jia still sank this face, she still thought that Mrs. Shi was slapping her face!

Seeing this, Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Oh, my good aunt's wife! What are you talking about? How much can a person as big as Sister Yun cost? Our girls only have 2 taels of silver a month! Mrs. Gu's words are too outward! In this way, I am in charge, and I am responsible for all the expenses of Sister Yun in our family! That's all right, right? This thousand taels of silver, Mrs. Gu should take it back and add makeup to Sister Yun in the future! ”

Wang Xifeng's words made Jia's mother turn her anger into joy, she looked at Wang Xifeng with a smile, her eyes were full of satisfaction and joy, "It's still Feng girl who understands my heart!" Old sister-in-law, you take back this silver, Yun Yatou lives with Yu'er, and all her expenses are from my house! That's it! ”