Chapter Seventy-Nine: Difficulties
On the winter solstice on November 30, Daiyu stood in front of the window, looked at the snow outside the window, and asked with a faint expression: "Yuou, do you say that Brother Jin will come to the capital this year?" ”
Last year, when Lin Jin sent the family members of the people who followed Daiyu into Beijing to the capital, she said that she was flawed this year and might come to the capital. Daiyu knew that Lin Jin was going to take the imperial examination, so she didn't expect it until August. But after the August hospital test, the family sent things to Jiafu several times one after another, but still didn't see Lin Jinren, Daiyu couldn't help but be anxious, seeing that another year had passed, and finally couldn't help but ask.
Yuou, who was packing up his things, smiled awkwardly when he heard this, and persuaded: "Girl, if the uncle can come, he will definitely come." He didn't come, thinking that there was a delay in coming. But the uncle didn't come, but he always thought about you in his heart. Pointing to the reflective lampshades, sand paintings, tea pets and other objects of the glass mirrors on the bookcase, "Look, these things that the uncle gave you, especially for fear that you would hurt your eyes when you read, the lampshade designed by himself was sent over as a birthday gift for you." He treats you with this heart, and he will not be alienated from you because he can't come to the capital. ”
Daiyu picked up the kaleidoscope on the bookcase, played with it, and sighed: "I know that the affection between our sisters and brothers will not be alienated because he will not come to the capital. I just miss home, I miss my father, I miss Brother Sumire, I miss Brother Lin, I miss Aunt Wan, and even the flowers and plants in the yard where I live at home. "I don't want to stay at my grandmother's house anymore, I want to go back to my own home.
Mama Gao looked at Daiyu's appearance, sighed, took a look, and saw that there was no one from the Jia family in the house, and said in a low voice: "If the girl is homesick, write a letter to the master and the uncle, and let them take you back." ”
Mama Wang hurriedly said: "What nonsense. There was a legitimate reason for the old lady to take the girl over, but the wife of the family died, and the girl had no one to teach her......"
"Alright." Mama Gao interrupted her unceremoniously: "I said that I took over to accept the old lady's teaching, but we have been here for the past two years, what did the old lady teach the girl?" It is said that the old lady loves the girl, but the pain is painful, and when the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fight, they did not prevent her from using the girl as a gun, which caused the wife in the house who didn't like the girl even more to dislike the girl, and even several girls in the house were separated from the girl by another layer. ”
After the Xue family settled in Jia's house, because Baochai was going to participate in the selection, Aunt Xue wanted Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang to guide Baochai. Although Mrs. Wang didn't want Baochai to enter the palace, she still did a good job in face kung fu, so she revealed this meaning to Jia's mother.
Jia's mother was unwilling, but she didn't say it explicitly, saying that "there are too many granddaughters, and it is inconvenient to crowd them in one place." For this reason, only Baoyu and Daiyu were left by her side, and Sanchun was moved to live in the three small hugging houses behind Mrs. Wang's house, and Li Kun was asked to accompany and take care of her.
Seeing this, the Xue family naturally died down. In fact, this matter originally had nothing to do with Daiyu, but who let Daiyu get involved in the fight between Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang's mother-in-law; Moreover, Sanchun moved from the spacious and bright wing room on Jia's mother to Mrs. Wang's hugging house, and the treatment dropped more than one grade, Sanchun was naturally unhappy, and he didn't dare to blame Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang, so he couldn't help but be angry with Daiyu.
Mama Wang sighed: "Even if the old lady didn't teach the girl anything, but after all, there is such a name in it, and it is better to say it at that time than to be taught by no one......"
Mama Tang, who returned to the Lin family's house in the capital to visit relatives, came in from outside, and while running to the smoke cage, she said: "This ghost weather, why is it so cold, I came out in a hurry, I forgot to cover my ears, I feel that my ears are about to freeze." He looked into the room, stretched his neck and shouted, "Snow goose, snow goose, hurry up and find out the anti-freeze chilblain cream given by the uncle, and I will rub a little, otherwise, I will have chilblains on my face and ears when I turn around, and I won't be able to see anyone." ”
Because the weather was cold and I didn't like to go out, Xue Yan, who was stuffy in the back room, walked out with a palm-sized shell and handed it to Mama Tang, "Mother Tang, I remember that when you went out, didn't you have chilblain cream on your body, why did you come back and it was gone?" ”
Mama Tang, who was warm up on the side of the smoked cage, said while applying chilblain cream: "Hey, don't mention it." When I went out, I met Qian Xue who was kicked out of Bao Erye's room on the street, and I saw that her hands were full of chilblains, so I gave her the chilblain cream I brought. ”
mentioned Qian Xue who was picked up in Baoyu's room, and everyone was silent. Qian Xue was kicked out, and it was completely unjustified. Obviously, it was the attack and Mama Li in Baoyu's room, but as a result, it was Qian Xue who was punished. Because Baoyu and Daiyu live closely, the people in Daiyu's room and Qian Xue have a little affection, and they can't help but sigh in the face of this situation. It's just that although they are all unhappy for Qianxue in their hearts, their master Daiyu is a guest, and they are just serving people, and there is no place for them to speak.
Yuou smiled and diverted the topic: "By the way, Mama Tang, you came back just in time, Miss Shi came and said that she wanted to eat the small wontons you made, it is not too early at this time, it gets dark early in winter, and the time to eat is also early, you should hurry up and go to the kitchen to make it." Otherwise, it's too late. ”
Now that Xiangyun comes to Jiafu, he lives with Daiyu, but Mama Tang didn't see Xiangyun's people in the house, thought for a while, and sneered: "Miss Shi, this is going to Lixiangyuan again, right?" Our girl is really good to her, since Miss Bao came, this girl is in the eyes of others. ”
Daiyu smiled: "Mama Tang, what are you talking about." Sister Yun and Sister Bao fell in love and played well, which is a good thing. She is also a poor person, and now she finally met a confidant sister, and she is warmer, with her temperament, isn't it normal? ”
Yuou smiled and sighed: "Poor Miss Shi? She followed her uncle and aunt casually, but her uncle and aunt did not treat her poorly. I heard Cui Wei say that her aunt invited several grandmothers to teach her, and I heard that they all came out of the palace to teach her behavior, rules, female redness, and so on. ”
Without waiting for Daiyu to speak, Mama Gao rushed in front and spoke: "No matter how well this uncle and aunt treat her, how can she compare with her parents?" Not to mention anything else, just say that the Shihou Mansion, which was originally her home, has now become the home of her uncle and aunt, but she has changed from the Shi family's sister-in-law to her nephew, the difference between the words is warm and cold, and things are not human...... "Tut, it's not something that can be described in one sentence or two." No matter how good uncles and aunts are, they are not their own parents. ”
"That's exactly what happened." Daiyu nodded and sighed: "Actually, I live in this mansion, and I have an old lady who loves me, which seems to be very good, but in fact, everyone knows how cold and warm it is." Sister Yun's treatment at home, I guess it should be similar to me, so I can also understand what she does wrong. ”
As soon as Daiyu said this, Mama Gao and the others immediately understood why she was so tolerant of Xiangyun, and it turned out that she was empathetic.