As soon as Daiyu's words fell, Tanchun quipped: "In my opinion, the second brother and sister-in-law's Buddhist attainments have far surpassed many so-called monks, especially the sister-in-law's attainments are even more remarkable......

As soon as Tanchun finished speaking, Daiyu rushed over and grabbed Tanchun, turned to Baoyu and said: "Didn't the second brother just teach the third sister a lesson, now I can help you catch ......" Tanchun saw that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Good sister, good sister-in-law, I was wrong......"

Baoyu saw that the two sisters were having a good time, and they didn't dare to choose a side, one side was the wife and the other was the sister, and no one was easy to mess with, so she played a round and said: "Okay, I think you better stop making trouble, it's important to get down to business, let's come today, isn't it to discuss the birthday celebration of the fourth sister the day after tomorrow?" Don't get things wrong. ”

When Daiyu and the three of them heard Baoyu talk about cherishing the spring and celebrating her birthday, they stopped playing, and the four of them sat down and began to discuss. Tanchun thought about it and smiled at Xichun: "When I passed by the Lotus Lotus Pavilion just now, the three of us felt that it was better to put the banquet there, it was spacious and the scenery was good, the last time Sister Xiangyun returned to the banquet to set up a crab banquet, the old lady praised it?" What does the fourth sister think? ”

Xichun touched his little head and smiled: "But it is up to my brothers and sisters to decide, I have no opinion, not to mention that the place is close." "Third sister, think about who to invite, right?" Daiyu smiled at Tanchun. Tanchun said without thinking: "Who else can there be, not just the usual people, the old lady, Aunt Xue, the eldest lady, the wife, and the sisters who live in the garden." ”

"I think you're missing someone?" Baoyu laughed. "Who?" The three sisters asked in unison. "I said that you only remember the people from our East Mansion, why did you forget the Sister-in-law You from the West Mansion?" Baoyu took a sip of tea and continued: "Although the fourth sister lives in our East Mansion when she is a child, but the eldest sister-in-law is the fourth sister-in-law. Daiyu and Tanchun both nodded and said that it should be so, but Xichun pursed her mouth and didn't speak.

Catching a glimpse of Xichun's reluctance, Baoyu didn't know what she was thinking. First, Xichun grew up in Dongfu since he was a child, and he is not too close to his brother Jia Zhen and sister-in-law You Shi; The second is that although Xichun is young, she is also a smart and precocious girl, and she has also heard of some messy things in Xifu, so she can't wait to draw a line with them as soon as possible, so as to save her reputation. In fact, if you want to talk about your background seriously, Jia Fu Yuanying explores the four springs, and cherishing the spring is the best born. Yingchun and Tanchun are all concubines, and Xichun is the daughter of Jia Jing in the long house. But this is nothing in Baoyu's eyes, in fact, the reason why Baoyu wants to call You Shi is to let their sister-in-law get closer to each other, so as to bridge the estranged family relationship on weekdays. Just because Jia Jing became a monk early, Jia Zhen eats, drinks and has fun all day long, and lacks family care when he is young, so he has been relatively withdrawn since he was a child, and if he continues like this, it will be detrimental to the growth of Xichun.

Thinking of this, Baoyu reached out lovingly and gently rubbed Xichun's little head, and said to Xichun Wenyan: "The second brother knows that the fourth sister has some resentment towards the eldest brother and sister-in-law in her heart, but some things are not what you think, in fact, they still have you as a sister in their hearts, especially the eldest sister-in-law." In fact, the eldest sister-in-law is also very helpless, her mother's family is not strong, and she is filling the house, and there is nothing to do, she just wants to take care of many things, but she is also more than willing and not enough. "But that's nothing, isn't the fourth sister still an old lady and the sisters in our garden?" No matter how bad it is, what about your second brother? Baoyu said softly.

"Hey, it's better to say than to sing, who was it that almost forgot the birthday of the fourth sister just now?" Daiyu couldn't help but quip. was revealed, Baoyu couldn't help but laugh and said: "Isn't that too busy recently, it's purely an accident, don't take it as an example." Tanchun saw that Baoyu was a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly came out to play a round and said with a smile: "With you as a sister-in-law, we don't have to worry about it, don't we." ”

Daiyu was ashamed when she heard this, covered her face with a handkerchief, and said angrily: "Bah, I know that your brothers and sisters are not good people, and they are both from a family, so they know that they are bullying me without a family." The four of them laughed and made a fuss, but for a moment diluted Xichun's somewhat melancholy mood just now, and a smile also appeared on his red little face, tilting his little head and smiling trickly: "Xide cares about your lawsuits, I only care about what birthday gifts you have prepared for me." ”

Baoyu gently pinched Xichun's little face and smiled: "You ghost clever, the second brother can still shorten yours, tell me what you want?" Xichun grinned and said, "I want the dexterous gadgets that the second brother bought for Sister Lin and the third sister on weekdays." Baoyu waved his hand magnificently and said with a smile: "What is this worth, it is not a problem for me to get you a car tomorrow, this time you are lucky, I happen to have a good object that you have never seen." ”

"What's a good object? Let's hear it. The three sisters asked in unison. Oh, keep it secret for the time being, and I'll see you on the day of my fourth sister's birthday. Baoyu smiled mysteriously. Cut...."The three sisters rolled their eyes at Baoyu and sneered. The four of them discussed some more details, and then dispersed without mentioning them.

On the fourth day of the fourth month of April, after breakfast early in the morning and cleaning up, Bao Dai and the two went to invite Jia's mother together. Without waiting for Zijuan to go to open the curtain to report, the mandarin duck lifted the curtain and came out and said with a smile to Bao Dai and the others: "Second Master Bao, Miss Lin, you are here to invite the old lady, right?" The old ladies and ladies are all inside, so let's go inside. "Who made the post so neatly?" Baoyu took Daiyu's hand and just entered the door, looked at it and smiled.

In the Jia Muhua Hall, in addition to Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng, and Li Kun, Aunt Xue, Yingchun, Baochai, Baoqin, Xiangyun, and Xing Yanyan are all there. Baoyu knew that this was all the credit of Tanchun, because Tanchun Lijia arranged all this meticulously and methodically.

Just as Baoyu was stunned, Wang Xifeng smiled at Jia's mother and said, "Didn't I just say it, Brother Bao and Sister Lin are going to come and invite the old lady to come over, don't you see that this is going ......to come together?" When Jia Mu saw that everyone had arrived, she gave an order, and a group of people went to the Lotus Champs.

Jia Mu and the others walked all the way while enjoying the scenery on the road, talking and laughing all the way, and unconsciously arrived at the Lotus Lotus Champs. The girl who went to inquire first came back to tell that the banquet was ready, and Sister Feng smiled at Mother Jia and said, "The lotus root Champs have been placed." The two four-season osmanthus trees under the hillside bloom well, and the water in the river is clear, sitting on the pavilion in the middle of the river, isn't it bright? Look at the water, and your eyes are clear. Jia Mu listened and said, "Very good." ”

As he spoke, he led everyone to the Lotus Champs. Originally, this lotus root Champs was covered in the pool, there were windows on all sides, there were corridors on the left and right, and it was also across the water to meet the peak, and there was a zigzag bridge behind it. Everyone got on the bamboo bridge, and Sister Feng hurriedly came up to hold Jia's mother, and said: "The ancestor just strides and walks, it is irrelevant, the rules of this bamboo bridge are squeaky and squeaky." ”

When I entered the pavilion, I saw two bamboo cases outside the railing, one with cups and spoons and wine utensils, and the other with tea whisks and tea sets of various colors. There are two or three girls over there who fan the stove to make tea, and a few girls here who also fan the stove to burn wine.

Jia Mu asked with a smile: "This tea is very good, and everything in the place is clean." Seeing that Jia's mother arrived, Xichun hurriedly greeted her and said with a smile: "This is the third sister who helped me Zhang Luo." Jia Mu said: "I just said that the third girl is good, meticulous and thoughtful, thinks about everything properly, and can manage the family so well, this thing will naturally not be difficult for her." As he spoke, he saw the pair of ink and lacquer inlaid mussels hanging on the pillar, and ordered Baoyu to read:

Hibiscus Shadow Breaks the Blue Paddle,

Water chestnut lotus deep laxative bamboo bridge.

When Mother Jia heard this, she looked up at the plaque again, and couldn't help but feel emotional, and recalled the memories of her childhood, and talked about the interesting stories of the Pillow Xia Pavilion. The last time Xiangyun returned to hold a crab banquet here, although everyone heard what Jia Mu said, no one was stupid to expose it.

Sister Feng is even more well-behaved, and without waiting for anyone to say, she smiled first: "At that time, I couldn't live, who can enjoy such a great blessing now?" It can be known that the ancestors have been blessed with longevity since childhood, and the gods sent ghosts to come out of that pit, so prosperous and longevity. There was a pit on the head of the birthday star, because Wanfu Wanshou was full, so it was protruding. ”

Before she could finish speaking, Jia Mu and everyone softened their laughter. Jia Mu smiled: "This monkey is used to it, take me and make fun of it!" I hate to tear your flammy mouth. Sister Feng said: "Today's birthday banquet of the fourth sister has prepared a lot of shrimp, crab and scallop seafood in the season, I am afraid that the ancestors will eat and save it, and it will be cold in my heart, and the ancestors will smile, even if I am happy to eat more, it doesn't hurt." ”

As he spoke, they all entered the pavilion. After offering tea, Sister Feng helped Tanchun to place the cups and chopsticks together. On the top table, Mother Jia, Aunt Xue, Xichun, Tanchun, Daiyu, Baoyu; A table in the east, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Baochai, Yingchun, Baoqin, Xiangyun, and Yanyan; There was a small table near the door on the west side, Li Kun and Sister Feng had a false seat, and neither of them dared to sit, so they only served at the two tables of Mrs. Jia Muwang.

Baoyu started pouring wine and saluted the elders such as Mother Jia and Aunt Xue, and then saluted the little birthday star of today's cherished spring, and went down in turn. So everyone raised their glasses and toasted frequently, and the atmosphere was very lively for a while. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Jia's mother was very interested, so she wanted to beat the drum and pass the flowers to help the fun. Sister Feng suddenly understood, and called the mandarin duck to come over, and the mandarin duck picked a four-season osmanthus flower.

Sister Feng asked Jia Mu to set the rules: whoever stops the drum and the flowers fall into his hand will have to drink and tell jokes, and if everyone doesn't laugh, they will be punished for drinking. Mother Jia started, Aunt Xue, cherished spring, and passed it on in turn.