In the blink of an eye, the New Year has come to an end, and the Lin Mansion is busy up and down, preparing to welcome the New Year. Under the eaves, along the corridor, and on both sides of the door, there are red lanterns hanging on both sides, and it looks very festive. The plum blossoms in the corner of the courtyard are all blooming, there are red plums and wax plums, red and yellow, all have a cold aroma, refreshing in the cold winter, making people smell and intoxicate.

Lin Daiyu and Lin Ruhai's illnesses have been cured, and both of them are healthy. Especially on Lin Daiyu's previously thin little face, now she is a little baby fat, and she seems to be more and more cute.

And Zijuan and Snow Goose's academic performance is also very good, after all, there is Lin Daiyu, a talented teacher with great teaching skills, who is there! It's impossible to study badly. Besides, these two girls also know how difficult it is for them to have the opportunity to learn, and the other maids are busy all day long, either washing clothes and cooking or doing needlework, not to mention the hard work, there is no time at all. And what a happy thing it is to learn from Lin Daiyu every day.

The two of them have read more than 2,000 words, and they can understand general articles, especially Zijuan, who can actually write a good article, which makes Lin Daiyu very satisfied.

Lin Daiyu felt that if Zijuan worked hard for a few more years, she would go to the imperial examination with Jia Baoyu and Jia Lan in the future, and it would not be impossible to win the imperial examination.

As for the snow goose, she also impressed Lin Daiyu, this little girl is too talented in arithmetic, the abacus is simply smooth, I saw her slender fingers flying around on the abacus beads, just like a pianist playing a beautiful piece of music on the piano, crackling, a set of calculation problems are calculated. The speed and accuracy of the results amazed Lin Daiyu, a top student.

Lin Daiyu also asked the little girl to buy a copy of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" in the bookstore to teach Snow Goose to learn arithmetic, this little girl is really amazing, she has only learned a few days of kung fu, and she has already used plane geometry to cut clothes, and Mr. Bookkeeper did not become a bookkeeper, but first became an excellent tailor.

A woman's lack of talent is virtue, this is really a sentence that brings disaster to the country and the people, because of this sentence, how many ancient women were trapped in the boudoir, unable to learn, unable to display their talents. For the rest of his life, he can only cling to the back of a man, giving birth to children, taking care of housework, and living a humble life.

Lin Daiyu thought of her parents and those relatives and friends who lived in modern times, alas, she sighed in her heart, and she didn't know what happened to her parents now, if they knew that they had crossed into Lin Daiyu, wearing a life of brocade clothes and food, maybe they would not be so sad!

"Girl, the plum blossoms in the yard are so beautiful, let's pick up and cut a few branches for bottle insertion, it's the New Year, there are a little red plum blossoms in the house, and it's festive to look at." The snow goose ran into the house from the yard in a hurry and said to Lin Daiyu with a smile.

"Okay, you go and prune a few more branches, give it to the old man, and put a bottle in the house, Zijuan, you take the vase from the Ru kiln and fill it with water, and then you can insert plum blossoms." Lin Daiyu said.

Zijuan and Snow Goose listened to Daiyu's words and went separately to get busy. At this time, Jiu'er lifted the curtain and came in, holding a plate in her hand, and said to Lin Daiyu with a smile, "Girl, my aunt asked me to send you a plate of horseshoe cake, which was just made by the newly invited cook, please try it, see how it tastes, if it is good, leave the cook, and if it is not good, I will not leave him in the house." Jiu'er put the horseshoe cake on the table and invited Lin Daiyu to come over and taste it.

Lin Daiyu looked at the horseshoe cake, and saw that its color was brown, translucent, and it looked good, so she reached out and took a piece and tasted it, soft, elastic, refreshing, tough, sweet but not greasy.

"It tastes good, you say thank you to your aunt, she bothered to think about it." Lin Daiyu to Jiu'er.

At this time, the snow goose came in with a few plum blossoms, and Lin Daiyu ordered Zijuan to find a bottle, put the plum blossoms on, and said to Jiu'er: "You send this bottle of plum blossoms to your aunt, saying that it is a plum blossom that has just bloomed in the yard, and the girl specially inserted a vase to invite your aunt to enjoy the flowers." ”

Jiu'er agreed, and left with the vase.

Lin Daiyu ordered Xue Yan to insert a bottle of plum blossoms for Lin Ruhai, and asked Zijuan to put the plum blossoms on the table and appreciate them slowly. I saw that this plum blossom was about two feet high, and the layers of flowers were red and gorgeous, and it was very beautiful.

"Girl, I haven't written poetry for a long time, looking at how beautiful the plum blossoms are, the girl should write a plum blossom poem." Zijuan smiled and said to Daiyu, "I'm going to polish the girl's ink?" ”

Lin Daiyu secretly thought: Where will I write any poems? Do you think it's still the girl in your family? What's the use of not eating or drinking all day, but only writing poetry? Although her poems are superb.

"I won't write poetry in the future, it's useless to be a poet, no matter how good the poem is, it's better to write a good article, an article is set for life, if a man writes the article well, he can be promoted to become an official, glorify his ancestors, be promoted to become rich, and what's the use of writing poetry? For example, there is a Gusu Temple in our hometown of Suzhou, and there was a scholar named Zhang Ji in the Tang Dynasty who went to Beijing to take the exam, but he failed to pass the exam, and wrote a poem "Fengqiao Night Park" in Hanshan Temple. Lin Daiyu sighed.

"I envy people who can write poetry, and I still want to let the girl teach me how to write poetry." Purple Juan Road.

"What's so difficult about composing poems, as the saying goes, be familiar with 300 Tang poems, and if you can't compose poems, you can also compose poems, when you're fine, take 300 Tang poems, read them a few more times, and after a long time, you will be able to compose poems." Lin Daiyu said perfunctorily.

Where will I do poetry? also teaches you to compose poetry, you must avoid talking about this topic in the future, and you must dispel Zijuan's idea of learning poetry, otherwise you will have to show your stuffing. Lin Daiyu thought secretly.

She pointed to the horseshoe cake on the table and said, "This chestnut cake is good, you can eat a few pieces." ”

At this time, the snow goose came in with a smile, holding a thing in her hand, walked up to Daiyu and said: "I just went to give the master plum blossoms, the master was very happy, said that the girl has filial piety, and also rewarded me with a piece of plum blossoms, the girl looked." ”

Daiyu looked at the little thing in her hand, and sure enough, it was a small silver ingot, plum-shaped, very delicate, and she smiled: "Since the master rewarded you, you can keep it." You can also come and eat a few pieces of water chestnut cake, it tastes good while it is hot. ”

Xue Yan picked up a piece of horseshoe cake and was about to eat it, when she suddenly remembered something, and said to Lin Daiyu a little mysteriously: "Girl, I just sent plum blossoms to the master, and it happened that Aunt Xie was also chatting with the master in the house, and they didn't say anything when I came in, but I still heard a sentence, like saying that the second master of Lian bought a house." ”

Lin Daiyu was taken aback when she heard this, what is the second brother Lian doing here to buy a house?