Chapter 5 Lin Daiyu's plan
Squirrel mandarin fish, boiled dried shredded chicken soup, lion's head, wine-stuffed meatballs, osmanthus lotus, poria cake, sugar porridge...... Lin Daiyu looked at the table full of exquisite Yangzhou snacks, and couldn't help but secretly swallow a mouthful of saliva.
I really want to eat a lot, the wind and clouds, gobble up, and eat happily.
But she is a young lady, and she has just returned to Lin Mansion from Jiafu, she eats, eats, she must pay attention to her image and manners, Lin Daiyu suppressed the desire in her heart and said to herself.
"Haruha, you go out first!" Lin Daiyu said to Chunye that she wanted to have a stranger around her, and if she was not careful, she might be laughed at if she didn't look good, so just send her out!
"Yes, girl." Haruka agreed, took a few steps back, and turned to go out.
The ancients paid attention to feudal etiquette, which still has certain benefits, especially like this master-servant relationship, the slave is really obedient to the master.
Lin Daiyu looked at the back of Chunye going out, relaxed a little, and thought to herself, alas, I must have a good meal, it has been really painful in Jiafu for the past few days, the table is full of delicacies, but I can only make a virtue that I can't swallow, God, it's really inhumane.
Lin Daiyu first stretched out her chopsticks to the world-famous squirrel mandarin fish. This squirrel mandarin fish has a unique shape and golden color, which makes people want to move their index fingers at a glance. Lin Daiyu tasted it and secretly praised that it was indeed worthy of its reputation. The crispy fish on the outside and tender on the inside, with the sweet and sour sauce, makes people want to eat it again.
There are a total of 12 dishes on the table, and some delicate snacks, Lin Daiyu tasted a few bites of everything, ate two more dim sums, and drank a bowl of sugar porridge, she felt a little full, although she still wanted to eat a little more, but seeing the surprised eyes of Xue Yan and Zijuan, she had to reluctantly put down her chopsticks, stood up and said, "You two eat, Xue Yan pour me a glass of white water." ”
Lin Daiyu sat on a desk under the windowsill, looking at the familiar scenery outside the window, thinking that she should find a way to give Lin Ruhai the medicine for tuberculosis tomorrow.
"Girl, you drink water." Snow Goose brought the teacup.
"Let's go eat!" Lin Daiyu commanded.
Lin Daiyu saw Zijuan and Snow Goose sitting at the dining table eating, and secretly ate the medicine for tuberculosis while they were not paying attention.
After dinner, Aunt Xie took a group of girls to Lin Daiyu's room and sat for a while.
"Girl, see what is still missing in the room, let the girl tell me, and I will arrange it for the girl." If there is anything unsatisfactory or unsatisfactory, the girl also told me. If the girl's manpower is not enough, I will send a few more to the girl. Aunt Xie said to Lin Daiyu with a smile on her face.
"Thank you aunt for your trouble, I'll tell my aunt when I see what I need." Lin Daiyu looked at the beautiful aunt in front of her, and felt familiar and unfamiliar with her words, as if she had heard them somewhere, by the way, when she first arrived in Jiafu when she was a child, Wang Xifeng also said something like this.
It seems that after she left the Lin Mansion, this Aunt Xie should have been in charge of all the housekeeping of the Lin Mansion, and she could be regarded as an aunt and grandmother in charge.
Although she was very kind to Lin Daiyu, she asked for warmth and looked caring, but Lin Daiyu always felt a faint sense of unease, what was wrong? This is my home, I was born here, and I have lived here for five or six years, I am the pearl of my parents, and I am the daughter of Lin Fu's eight children. Why is it that in the eyes of this Aunt Xie, she is like a guest under the fence?
"Hongmei, Chunlan, Luzhu, Jin Ju, the four of you will serve the girl from now on." Aunt Xie turned around and beckoned the four girls to come over.
"Yes, auntie." Four girls came over to give Lin Daiyu a gift.
Lin Daiyu looked at these four girls, they were all about thirteen or fourteen years old, they all had the white and delicate air of Jiangnan girls, with apricot-colored silk jackets, and their figures were slender and small compared with northerners.
"Mama Xie, you lead these four girls to live in the outer room, and take care of the girls every day. I'm afraid that her girls are new to the city, and it's not convenient to go east or west. Aunt Xie turned around and called out to a mother-in-law in her 30s.
"Yes." The mother-in-law walked over and smiled at Lin Daiyu, "Girl, look for me if you have anything." ”
"Thank you aunt for your trouble, thank you aunt." Lin Daiyu saluted Aunt Xie.
"It's not too early, don't delay the girl's rest, let's talk about it tomorrow." Aunt Xie said as she led the girls out.
After Lin Daiyu took Aunt Xie out, she came back and said to Mama Xie, "Mama, I don't need you to take care of me in this house, you take the four of them to the outer room, I will send Zijuan to tell Mama if you need anything."
Listening to Lin Daiyu's words, Mama Xie was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile, "Okay, girl." So he led the girls out.
Lin Daiyu and Zijuan glanced at each other, smiled, didn't say anything, everyone chatted a few words, and then rested.
Lying on the brand-new bed, Lin Daiyu couldn't fall asleep over and over, she felt that the Lin Mansion at this time was completely different from the Lin Mansion when she was a child, the Lin Mansion at that time had a loving mother to accompany her, and a father who went out early and returned late to visit her from time to time to teach her to read and write. At that time, the Lin Mansion was a happy and peaceful scene in Lin Daiyu's mind.
Now, my mother has already been destined to go to Huangquan, and my father is also in danger, looking at the past, Lin Mansion is full of unfamiliar faces, although they are all smiling, but it is definitely not from the heart, just a superficial politeness.
Lin Daiyu secretly calculated in her heart, she knew that Jiafu was not her home, and neither was Lin Mansion. After a while, she still has to return to Jiafu, although she is under the fence in Jiafu, but at least Jia's mother dotes on her, and her second uncle Jia Zheng loves her, and Jia Baoyu's stupid boy really likes her.
"However, I will never go back empty-handed!" Lin Daiyu swore in her heart, "I will never return to Jiafu to be the little girl who looks up to people and snorts, and even stretches out her hand to ask Jiafu for a piece of paper." ”
Lin Daiyu was planning a few things to do in the Lin Mansion on the pillow.
First, first of all, Lin Ruhai's illness must be cured, after all, her mother is gone, and her father is still her most solid backing, as long as Lin Ruhai is alive, Lin Mansion will have a place for her, and Lin Mansion is also her backer. The reason why Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng were able to hold real power and control Jiafu in Jiafu was not because there was a Wang family behind to support them? If there was no Wang Ziteng's mountain, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng's status in Jiafu would only be the same as that of Mrs. Xing.
Second, it is necessary to find out the current interpersonal relations of the Lin Mansion and the financial situation of the Lin Mansion. Only by knowing each other and knowing oneself can one not be defeated in a hundred battles. Lin Daiyu faintly felt that Aunt Xie had regarded her as an opponent.
Third, contact those who were used by Lin Fu's mother during her lifetime and use them for your own use.
Thinking about it, Lin Daiyu fell asleep unconsciously, and she didn't say anything all night.