When the festival arrived, Daiyu got up early, and after everything was cleaned up, she first paid tribute to her deceased mother Jia Min, and then endured grief and wrote a memorial text:

"Thinking of my late mother, giving birth to me is hard, growing me up, raising me, soothing me, caring for me, and returning to me, as for adults. Repay kindness, suddenly immortalized, whining and mourning, burning in the five interiors, whispering about the eyes, my mother has a spirit, and the spirit lives forever...... Thinking of mercy in kindness, this heart does not cross, there is a life, when they repay their kindness, there are words to say, and they grow. ”

Before the Southern Song Dynasty, children's birthdays were not only not celebrated, but also missed their parents and made a form of mourning to thank their parents for having children.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi celebrated his mother's birthday, which set a precedent, and then went through many evolutions and has been passed down to the present, and began to celebrate the birthday of his elders and children, but he did not celebrate when he was born, and generally every two or three.

If a parent proposes to celebrate their children, there is no such taboo, but if a parent has passed away, the birthday should not be celebrated, but should be repaid for the parent's kindness.

Lin Daiyu burned the sacrificial text in grief, during which she thought of her deceased mother, wept and wept, and grieved, and was comforted by Mama Li, Zijuan and others for a long time before stopping her tears.

After putting away her sorrows, she went to Lin Ruhai's study again to thank her father for his kindness in raising her.

Lin Ruhai saw that his daughter was sad, worried that his daughter was too sad, and hurriedly comforted: "You can have this heart, and now my father celebrates Fangchen for you, I hope that you can spend every life in the future without disasters and diseases." ”

Lin Daiyu held back her tears after hearing this, nodded and said, "Daiyu will not live up to her father's expectations." ”

"Don't be emotional, otherwise it will go against the original intention of being a father, and the guests you invited will arrive in a while, treat them well, don't lose your manners." Lin Ruhai comforted.

Lin Daiyu wiped away her tears and endured her sorrow and said, "Father, don't worry, Daiyu will not lose her manners." ”

"Well, you go, and I'll celebrate you for the Father in the evening." Lin Ruhai commanded, leaving all the white time to Daiyu at her own disposal.

After Lin Daiyu came out of her father's place, she thought that she would entertain the guests for a while, so she restrained her sadness, thinking that Lu Jing took the initiative to take over the arrangement of Jiaxuanzhai, and had some expectations in her heart about what it would look like, so she went to Jiaxuanzhai to check.

Zijuan said with a smile while fiddling with fruit snacks: "The layout here is so beautiful, it's really hard for my uncle to find these flowers, they look rare and tight, I haven't heard of many of them!" ”

"Oh, Sister Zijuan is starting to change her name to Uncle!" Red Lotus laughed.

"you!" Zijuan scolded with a smile: "I don't believe that after the girl marries, you won't call me uncle!" ”

"Hehe, I'm not like you, the girl hasn't married yet, so she began to change her mind!" Hongyu smiled: "But it's also up, if it weren't for the girl's death, we wouldn't have seen such a beautiful scene, like a fairyland." ”

"It's just that when I was in the Guogong Mansion, I didn't see so many beautiful flowers." Zijuan smiled and said: "When the concubine was provincial, although the garden was also prosperous, it was still far worse than ours. ”

When Honglu heard Zijuan start the Jia family, she asked, "What does my sister think, the girl is going to return the deed of sale to her sister?" ”

Zijuan is not like them sold into the Lin Mansion since childhood, and there is no one in the family, so she followed the girl to marry, Zijuan's family is from the capital, and there is a father and mother at home, and the girl has to return her deed of sale to her, and she doesn't want to, she has to follow the girl and be a dowry maid.

"I just want to follow the girl for the rest of my life!" Zijuan replied with a smile, originally I just wanted to serve the girl wholeheartedly, and when the girl got married, she asked for a reward, and then went out of the house to get married.

It's just that as Daiyu treats her more and more, she is grateful, so she made up her mind to follow Daiyu for the rest of her life.

Honglu nodded, the girl treats Zijuan differently than them, Zijuan has always done her best to the girl, and when she heard Zijuan like this, she no longer asked, but asked: "I listened to Miss Lu, the opera troupe outside was also invited by my uncle?" ”

"Hehe, you hoof, isn't this also called uncle!" Zijuan laughed.

"Bah, it's all hurt by you, let me scream too." Hongyi's face was hot, and he said embarrassedly.

Zijuan saw that Hong's face was red, knowing that she was thin-skinned, she stopped joking, and continued to play the troupe: "Yes, then Miss Lu also came over to talk to the girl in person, and I heard that Aunt Lu invited the best female class in Beijing!" ”

Honglu couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Uncle treats the girl really wholeheartedly, the girl hasn't passed the door yet, she has thought about it so thoroughly, the girl is going to get married, and she can't be obedient to the girl!" ”

"That is, the girl must be stealing the fun!" Zijuan laughed.

Lin Daiyu came to the door with Xiangqiao, and when she heard them chatting, she originally ignored their jokes, but she never wanted to hear them talk more and more unpleasantly, especially when she heard the two of them screaming from her uncle, which made her eager to find a crack in the ground to get into, and hurriedly walked into the house and scolded: "You two hooves, chewing on the root of your tongue, it's not good to do a good job, but you are arranging me behind your back." ”

When Zijuan and Hongyu heard Daiyu's voice, they were shocked, and they hurriedly turned to look at the girl's face and blush, and they smiled and smiled to apologize to Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu listened to their pretty laughter, her face became more and more blushing, and she was about to drive them out, when she suddenly saw the scene in the house, she was instantly amazed.

The first thing that catches your eye is an eight-foot-tall flower tree in the center, the tree is in the shape of a sub-arc porcelain bottle, the lowest layer is wrapped with white petals, the middle waist is separated by a circle of pink petals, the middle is still surrounded by white petals, the upper waist is half arc is pink, like a pink bottleneck, the top is composed of bunches of red and pink flowers, the green silk hangs down, dotted with two or three flowers, like a weeping willow, and the ground is scattered with petals.

On the front wall are green leaves and flower petals patched together into a heart, in which there are four words: Happiness is born.

Twelve main flowers: jade exquisite, marigold silver platform, double-dyed red juan flower, smoked plum stacked plum, rouge snow plum, pink wind-rolled plum, light ink knot pandan, crab claw beauty lotus, Shih Tzu red heel, red crisp floating cloud palm, fragrant long flower, water wave magnolia flower.

They are displayed on three walls, and the height is staggered, and the stars are mixed with a variety of flowers and trees in an orderly manner, including cyclamen, apricot blossoms, welcome flowers, hyacinths, pear blossoms, camellias, etc., or made into bonsai, or inserted into vases, making up the number of flowers.

Several glass mirrors are placed on both sides, which not only extend the space, but also make the flowers and trees in the room reflect each other.

An adjacent row of tables is stocked with a variety of pastries, delicate fruit plates, and delicate cutlery for easy use.

There was a red carpet on the floor, and there were random flower petals scattered on it.

Daiyu involuntarily walked into it, only to feel that the breath is full of fragrance, fragrant, as if the mouth is fragrant, the tongue and teeth are fragrant, the eyes are full of purple and red, countless flowers are blooming one after another, clusters of clusters of dazzling, contrasting with each other, such as placed between the sea of flowers.

Daiyu was immersed in it, completely forgetting about others, appreciating it carefully, and found a lot of subtle intentions, her heart was sweet, and she was very surprised by the scene arranged by Lu Jing.

I don't know how long it took, I suddenly heard the voice of the purple juan, and Fang came back to his senses.

"Girl, Uncle Lu asked Yinglian to send more than a dozen bottled daffodils."

Daiyu was stunned for a moment, and then wondered: "Why did my cousin send so many narcissus?" ”

"Uncle Yinglian Lu sent these new ones, so that the girl gave them back as gifts, and Uncle Lu also sent some flower seeds, and you can also give some to the guests." Xiangqiao replied with a smile.

Lin Daiyu instantly understood what Lu Jing meant, if any sister fell in love with these flowers and plants, she could send them some narcissus or flower seeds, she was very happy that Lu Jing could think so thoroughly, if anyone took a fancy to these flowers, I am afraid she would really be reluctant to give them away.

Just after the hour, Lu Zhiyu took Luo Mei, An Lan and a few other maids to the Lin Mansion.

Lin Daiyu waited outside the Hanging Flower Gate early in the morning, and when she heard Lu Zhiyu enter the gate, she hurriedly took Zijuan, Hongzhi and others to greet her.

As soon as Lu Zhiyu saw Daiyu, she curtsed solemnly and said, "Sister Lin is well, sister greets sister!" ”

"How does my sister perform this etiquette today, it's like a different person." After Lin Daiyu helped Lu Zhiyu up, she looked at her serious appearance and asked with a smile.

"My sister is a birthday star today, of course my sister has to be respectful." Lu Zhiyu smiled, and then whispered in Daiyu's ear: "A few sisters will be my sister-in-law, and I, who is a sister-in-law, of course I have to please my sister-in-law in advance." ”

Lin Daiyu shyly twisted her face directly and said: "I know that you can't spit out any good words in your mouth, just make fun of me, and you will dare to call it like this in front of others in a while, see how I clean you up." ”

Lu Zhiyu hurriedly smiled and promised: "Good sister, don't worry, my sister will ensure that the rules are in order, and she will never cause trouble for her sister." ”

Lin Daiyu didn't believe her assurance: "Hmph, if something goes wrong, I will never spare you." ”

Lu Zhiyu pretended to be scared, and said pitifully: "What my sister wants me to do, just tell me, and I will do whatever my sister does when the time comes." ”

Lin Daiyu was pretended to be scared, and laughed out loud: "Sister, don't make trouble, there will be other sisters coming over later." ”

Lu Zhiyu turned around, no longer joking with Daiyu, and then took a gift box from Luo Mei's hand, opened it, and opened her mouth to shout 'sister-in-law', but before the 'son' was exported, she saw Daiyu's beautiful eyes glaring, and hurriedly changed her words: "Hehe, good sister, this is my sister's birthday gift to you, Songhe points to the Cui Silk Palace fan, and the Songhe on it is embroidered by me with a needle and a thread." ”

Lin Daiyu happily took the fan and said with a smile: "Let my sister bother, my sister likes it very much." ”

"It's good if my sister likes it!" Lu Zhiyu was also full of joy when she saw that Daiyu liked the gift she gave, and then took out a double-butterfly hosta from her arms, inserted it into Daiyu's hair, and said with a smile: "This is a congratulatory gift from my brother to my sister, let me pass it on my behalf." ”

Lin Daiyu was shy in her heart, and she reached out to take it off, wanting to take a closer look at what her cousin's congratulatory gift was.

Lu Zhiyu hurriedly stopped and said: "Sister, don't take it off, this is carefully selected by my brother, and this hairpin matches my sister's makeup today." ”

When Lin Daiyu heard this, her heart was sweet, so she let the hairpin stick in her hair, and then said to Zijuan: "You take Sister Zhiyu to Jiaxuan Zhai for tea first." ”

Without waiting for Zijuan to answer, Lu Zhiyu asked, "Does my sister still have to wait for the other sisters?" ”

"Yes, it's the first time I've done something like this, and I'm afraid of snubbing the guests." Lin Daiyu said, but she was a little anxious in her heart, and wanted to wait for Lu Zhiyu to leave, and take a good look at the hosta on her head.

"Then I'll be here with my sister." Lu Zhiyu said, and then took off his shawl and put it on Daiyu: "You are a birthday star today, don't blow the wind at the door." ”

Lin Daiyu was moved in her heart, thinking that Lu Zhiyu was better than her, and she couldn't bear the wind blowing, so she hurriedly returned the shawl to Lu Zhiyu and asked Hongyu to take her shawl.

Lu Zhiyu saw that Daiyu had already asked someone to take the shawl, so she put it on with peace of mind, and then asked, "By the way, has the troupe invited by my brother arrived?" ”

"It's already here, and the stage in the garden is ready-made, and they're getting ready!" Lin Daiyu said with a smile.

"I heard that they are the most famous female drama troupe in Beijing, so let's order a few plays in a while." Lu Zhiyu said excitedly that since her father died, she has never heard a play again.

"Hmm!" Lin Daiyu replied in a low voice, but she felt sweet in her heart, although this birthday banquet was organized by her personally, she had Lu Jing's help everywhere.