The Lin family's New Year's gift to the Jia family was delivered, and part of the New Year's gift list was clearly marked as for Daiyu, so Sister Feng sent Ping'er to send her something.

After sending Ping'er away, Yuou took Zijuan, Snow Goose and Little Girl to start taking care of things: food, books and clothes aside; Pens, ink, paper, inkstones, various colored flower sticks, paper and other stationery utensils, purses, sachets, sachets, stalks, handkerchiefs, sweat towels and other needlework objects, incense beads, fans, fan pendants and other seasonal objects, lipstick, incense powder, rouge and other daily makeup objects, respectively, are divided according to categories.

Daiyu looked at the mess in the house, and took the little maid Chunxian to Li Kun. When she came into the house, she asked Chun Xian to put the things in her hand in front of Li Kun: "Sister-in-law, this is the meat floss that Lan Ge'er thought was very good last time, there are two flavors of sweet and salty, in addition to pork floss, these packets are made of chicken, fish and beef, and they are best eaten with porridge." ”

As she spoke, she took out a piece of paper and handed it to Li Kun, "This is written on it for the method of meat floss." When Brother Lan finished eating, the eldest sister-in-law asked the cook to try it according to the recipe above, the method is not difficult, and it should be able to be made. ”

Li Kun thanked her and hurriedly stepped forward to put away her things, although she also put away the paper with the meat floss method, she probably didn't need it. Knowing that not only is her daughter-in-law not allowed to be seen by her mother-in-law, but even Brother Lan, the eldest grandson, is not favored by her mother-in-law, she just wants to keep her son and live a clean life, so that she will not look for trouble.

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Jia Lan is only a few months younger than Yang Lin, and when Daiyu sees him, she inevitably thinks of her younger brother Lin Ge'er, who is about the same age as him, so she goes to Li Kun from time to time to visit Jia Lan, so as to express her homesickness.

On this day, Daiyu was teaching Jia Lan to count at Li Kun's place, and Amber, the girl next to Jia's mother, came to her, "Miss Lin, Miss Shi is here, and the old lady will let you go over to see her." ”

Daiyu quit Li Kun and walked to Jia's mother's upper room, but before she entered the house, she heard a strange female voice from inside that was complaining on the surface, but was actually coquettish: "...... The old ancestor obviously forgot about me, and he didn't send anyone to pick me up for so long! Old lady, you miss me. After entering the house, I saw a girl dressed in begonia red and about the same age as herself snuggling in Jia's mother's arms.

Seeing Daiyu enter the house, Mother Jia hurriedly beckoned her to her eyes and introduced her and Shi Xiangyun to each other.

Shi Xiangyun looked at Daiyu carefully, greeted her, and sat down next to Jia's mother after a few words, telling Jia's mother her longing. In fact, it was mainly her own who was chattering and talking non-stop, Jia Mu listened with a smile, and occasionally hugged her and patted her.

I was thirsty for a while, and the maid who was waiting next to me hurriedly brought the tea, and after Xiangyun ate a lamp, he still had to eat, and was seen by Baoyu, who had just entered the house, and hurriedly persuaded: "This tea is excellent, but Sister Yun, you are still young, and you need to eat less on the tea." ”

Although when Daiyu first entered Jia's mansion, no one noticed that her habits of drinking tea were different from those of the Jia family, but after she moved in, Baoyu, who often ran to her, noticed that she rarely drank tea, and even if she did, it was weak tea, and she also heard from her that it was not appropriate to drink more tea when her body had not yet grown up.

Unlike in Yangzhou, Lin Jin's statement was not affirmed by the doctor, but in the capital, after the Jia family knew about it, they went to consult the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor recognized this point of view. Therefore, the Jia family's habit of drinking tea after meals for many years has become two quarters of an hour later, and grandchildren like Yingchun are not only limited in the amount of tea they drink, but even if they drink tea, they can only drink weak tea.

Since Daiyu came to Jiafu, Shi Xiangyun, who came here for the first time, didn't know the changes, and after listening to Baoyu's words, he said unhappily: "Why, Brother Ai is reluctant to let me eat even a cup of tea?" ”

Baoyu hurriedly smiled and explained the reason to her, and asked her to exchange the tea in Xiangyun's hand for white water.

Xiangyun looked at the white water on the serving, frowned and said, "I don't like to drink white water, it's tasteless." Forget it, pour me a cup of tea, I've been drinking it for so many years, and I haven't seen anything, and it's not bad for such a cup. ”

Hearing this, Baoyu hurriedly stopped inside, pointed at Daiyu and said: "You don't like to drink white water, it's okay, talk to Sister Lin, she has good grapefruit tea, you just take this opportunity to taste it." ”

Daiyu didn't expect to be implicated in herself, seeing Shi Xiangyun's gaze, she looked at Sanchun on the side, pursed her lips and said, "It's not a good thing, it's just a fresh drink." Two days ago, the family sent a few cans of New Year's gifts, and they were cleaned up, and they were seen by Brother Bao, shouting to drink, because they had eaten sweet, and I felt panicked to drink it again, so I didn't give Brother Bao to drink, but I didn't expect him to think about it until now. The second sister, the third sister, and the fourth sister should also come and try it. ”

When she arrived at the blue gauze cupboard where she lived, Yuou held a general jar and scooped out a spoonful of pale golden and transparent, fish jelly-like things from it and put it in the soup bowl with soup in front of Zijuan, and Snow Goose held the copper kettle with boiling water and poured boiling water into the bowl.

Everyone picked up the soup bowl and stirred it a few times with a spoon, and the honey soaked in the juice of the grapefruit melted into the hot water, and a rich aroma of yuzu spread in the house.

Baoyu sniffed exaggeratedly and praised: "It smells good, this aroma is so good."

Shi Xiangyun glanced at him and said with a smile: "Brother Ai, can you not be so ignorant, you are still a master, and you are also from everyone's background, so you won't be so unproductive!" ”

"You don't know that among the many fruits, I love the fragrance of oranges the most, and I wish I had it all year round, but it is difficult to achieve it due to reality. Although this grapefruit is not an orange, the aroma of the two is similar, and with this grapefruit tea, my little wish can be fulfilled. Baoyu retorted with a smile.

Yingchun took a sip, felt that his mouth was full of fragrance, and asked with a smile: "This is also made by the eldest cousin?" ”

Daiyu nodded, and involuntarily flew to Yangzhou, thinking of her family.

Shi Xiangyun shook his head and sighed: "Brother Lin and Sister Lin have a good relationship, this is a good thing, it's just that everyone's son, in the end, reading is the first thing, and working so eating is not a good thing after all, and it is not a cook in the future." ”

Baoyu had a headache when she heard reading, and hurriedly complained: "Okay, okay, Sister Yun, can you not mention the word 'reading', it's finally about to be the New Year, and the master doesn't check my books anymore, you finally feel comfortable for a few days, but you still mention it, really, the New Year doesn't make people feel easy." ”

Seeing Xiangyun, who was unhappy because Baoyu's words were heavy, Tanchun smiled and diverted the topic, and asked curiously: "Since Sister Lin came to the mansion, we have heard Sister Lin mention your cousin. Sister Lin's appearance is so outstanding, I think my cousin is also outstanding in appearance, right? ”

Daiyu smiled at the corner of her mouth: "In terms of appearance, Brother Sumire is more like his father, and he is more handsome; He was extremely filial to his relatives, and he treated his subordinates very well, he never lost his temper with them, and he studied very hard......"

"Hey, that's a nerd." Xiangyun interrupted Daiyu, with a bit of disdain in his tone.

Daiyu retorted urgently: "Brother Jin is not a nerd, although he studies hard, he is by no means the kind of pedantic person who only knows how to study and does not understand the world. Although he is not very old, he takes care of the housework in an orderly manner, and no one says that he is bad for diplomatic entertainment, and he hates Baguwen the most, and when he was a child, he begged me to help him do the homework left by the teacher, and promised me a lot of things. ”

Xiangyun pushed Baoyu on the side: "I love my brother, this is very similar to you." ”

Baoyu said with a smile: "Since Cousin Sumire doesn't like Baguwen, I think it should be the same as Sister Lin, and in terms of poetry, it is excellent." ”

Daiyu shook her head and smiled: "Brother Sumire's poetry is also average. However, his calligraphy was very good, and he learned a lot of messy things, such as astronomy, geography, and gees...... You can say a thing or two. His calculations were so good that he didn't need an abacus at all, and he did it quickly and well. The last time I wrote to me, I said that I met a missionary from the West who was learning to paint with him, and it was said that the Western painting of characters was just like the real thing, and he said that he had completed his study and would paint a picture for me when he came back. ”

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Coming out of Daiyu's house, they were going to Mrs. Wang's place to welcome spring, and everyone walked together. On the way, Baoyu pulled Xiangyun and landed behind Yingchun and them, and then asked in a low voice: "Sister Yun, today you and Sister Lin are just meeting for the first time, and there is no suspicion before, why do I think you seem to be a little aimed at her?" ”

Xiangyun sneered: "I'm targeting her? How dare you. What do I compare myself to? They just arrived, and they squeezed me to the point where I was almost gone. If it weren't for the fact that I had seen the forehead wiping of my filial piety to the old lady and the sachet I made for my brother, the old lady and my brother would probably not have remembered me. "Because of Daiyu, Jia Mu and Baoyu ignored her for a long time, and they didn't pick her up.

After speaking, she didn't want to listen to Baoyu's justification, so she left Baoyu, walked a few steps quickly, and caught up with Yingchun and them.