The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 525 Visiting the Garden ([-])

After sitting in "Red Fragrance and Green Jade", also known as "Yihong Courtyard", a group of people came out.

Because people have been sent to Changcui Temple to close the mountain gate, they all go in the direction of Changcui Temple behind.

Changcui Nunnery is located on the top of the hillside of Daguanyuan East Road. At the foot of the mountain is Qinfang River. Across Qinfang River, you can see Daguan Tower in the distance.

"Second brother Lian, shall we go boating later?" Tanchun suddenly passed the crowd, went to Jia Lian and pulled his sleeve, pointing to the Qinfang Creek at the foot of the mountain.

It turned out that the Sanchun sisters wanted to take a boat to enjoy it because they saw that the water in Qinfang River was shining and the lotus flowers were in full bloom.

Jia Lian had no reason to refuse. Anyway, he knew that boat girls and boats were specially prepared in the garden, so he turned to ask Sister Feng.

Sister Feng said with a smile: "It's simple, wait until I send someone to get them ready, and wait until we finish our tea, it will be all right."

Saying that, Sister Feng turned her head and told the maids to make arrangements, then smiled at Sanchun and the others: "You like to ask him if you have anything, but he will come to ask me later. So I advise you, next time you might as well ask me directly , Save your tongue."

The Sanchun sisters were a little embarrassed by what they said, and they all stepped forward to please, saying "Thank you, Lian's second sister-in-law", "Lian's second sister-in-law, for your hard work".

When I came to Changcui nunnery for a while, Miaoyu, the presiding officer, took several nuns to the door to greet her in person.

As soon as Miao Yu, who was tall, bright and handsome, appeared, all the young ladies who had never seen Miao Yu in person had strange eyes, and couldn't help but silently look at her.

Miaoyu looked very indifferent, she clasped her hands together and bowed slightly to the crowd, then said "please" and let them in.

But when others saw her like this, they were naturally embarrassed to keep staring at the monks. After seeing Jia Lian and Sister Feng returning the gift and entering the door, they followed suit one after another. Cui'an.

Only Daiyu, as early as when she was at the Panxiang Temple in Suzhou, had noticed that there was some unclear relationship between this Miaoyu and her second elder brother Lian.

Now that Miaoyu has actually moved into Jia's private garden to be the host again, she was a little suspicious in her heart, so after returning the gift with Miaoyu, she couldn't help but take a second look at her.

At this time, Miaoyu was wearing a light blue long coat, covered with a three-color paddy field bijia, and a snow-white long skirt underneath.All the materials used in the clothes are brand new and spotless, which further accentuates her cleanliness.

Daiyu was lamenting that such a person had become a nun, when she saw Miaoyu nod her head and said with a smile, "Go in."

Daiyu knew that the other party recognized her, and hurriedly entered the door.

The Changcui Temple house is not grand, but it presents a fresh and elegant charm as a whole.The nunnery is full of flowers, roses and other vines are all over the courtyard walls, and the scenery is trimmed very well, so that when everyone comes in, they can feel the delicacy and elegance of the owner here.

Miaoyu led everyone to a rose trellis, where there were stone tables and benches, and after they were seated, she took her maidservant and poured tea for everyone.

The first cup was offered to Sister Feng, and Sister Feng was very flattered, and said with a quick smile: "You don't need to be too polite, you are our family's benefactor, if you hadn't preached for our Lord Hou and done good deeds, how could our Lord Hou be where he is today?" , Logically, I should respect you."

Sister Feng took the teacup with a smile and kept looking at Miaoyu.

With Miao Yusheng's beauty and having been with Jia Lian for so long, it's impossible to say that she didn't speculate at all.

However, although Sister Feng said on the surface that she does not respect monks and Taoism, and is not afraid of ghosts and gods, in fact, she still respects teachers and Taoism in her heart.At least, he is more in awe than some fake monks and false Taoists.

Regardless of appearance and temperament, Miaoyu became a monk since she was a child, and she is an authentic disciple of Buddha. Sister Feng still has a lot of respect for such a person.And in this situation, she also felt that Jia Lian would not have anything to do with Miaoyu, at most it would be itchy to see how beautiful the little girl was.

But what is this? Men’s families are all so greedy.

At least, compared with Jia Baoyu, Jia Lian's demeanor is much more normal and natural.Look at that worthless Baoyu, since he came in, he has never left his eyes from other monks, you brat.

Faced with Sister Feng's polite words and actions, Miaoyu thought at first that Sister Feng had something to say, but when she looked closely at Sister Feng's expression, she realized that she was worrying too much, so she quickly calmed down.

In fact, he has already looked at Sister Feng quickly in his heart.

She is a bright and gorgeous beauty, and she behaves like everyone else. No wonder he doesn't want to divorce his first wife.

Since moving into Changcui Temple, Miaoyu had a more direct opportunity to inquire about the situation of Jia's family, and the most important person among them naturally included Sister Feng.

As if nothing had happened, Jia Lian also served a cup of tea, and Jia Lian got up to signal.Even if Jia Lian was like this, the Sanchun sisters naturally followed suit and did not dare to disrespect Miaoyu at all.

Miaoyu, who noticed this, didn't show it on the surface, but she was still very happy in her heart. The resentment that Jia Lian didn't come to see her when she returned home yesterday, and didn't send her a word of greeting, dissipated.

After serving tea, Miaoyu lightly touched Daiyu's shoulder, gave her a look, and then led the tea-serving girl towards the ear room.

Daiyu naturally understood what Miaoyu meant, and after taking a sip of tea, she got up and followed while others were not paying attention.

Jia Baoyu kept staring at Miaoyu, and wanted to follow after seeing this, but Jia Lian stopped him.

"Baoyu, what are you doing?"

"I, I'll go and have a look..."

"The two of them haven't seen each other for three or four years since they met in Suzhou. Now that they meet again after a long absence, what are you going to do?"

Jia Lian's words also drew the attention of others.

Jia Baoyu sneered, and then said: "Second Brother Lian said that they should gossip. It's rare for such rare people to know each other before."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, and Sister Feng also wanted to tease Jia Baoyu, but suddenly remembered about Daiyu, lost interest again, and turned to look at the little nun who was serving them tea, and said in surprise: "This girl It looks so familiar."

In a word, not only did everyone focus their attention, but it also made the little nun look unnatural.

Jia Baoyu also took a look. Although he had already recognized it, it was inconvenient to recognize her because of Sister Feng's presence.

Who knows that Sister Feng's memory is excellent, so she immediately asked Jia Lian, "I look at this girl, she looks like Jingxu's little apprentice of Shuiyue Temple, named Zhizhi'er?"

In the beginning, Jingxu did many dirty things in the name of Jia's family. Later, he and his wife punished him for ransacking the house, and Sister Feng would never forget it.

Jia Lian nodded: "She is Zhizhier. At first I sent her to the Muni Court, but who knew that by chance, she would end up under Miaoyu's seat.

Now she has recognized Miaoyu as the master and serves as a servant girl by her side, so last time our family invited Miaoyu to come in, she followed her in. "

"I see."

Sister Feng's expression was somewhat suggestive.

This smart child was born very beautiful, at least it is rare for young nuns, otherwise Qin Zhong and Jia Baoyu, who were fascinated at a young age, would not have been fascinated by Qin Zhong and Jia Baoyu.

Based on the mistakes she committed back then, it would not be an exaggeration for the Jia family to punish her to death.Later, Jia Lian felt pity and asked someone to send him away. At that time, she joked that Jia Lian hid him and used him for other purposes.

Now she actually saw it again. Although Jia Lian's words sounded reasonable, she couldn't help her doubts.

But, after all, she is just a little maid, and she wants to give Miaoyu face.With Jia Lian's current status, Jia Lian is willing to follow Miaoyu as a Taoist teacher, so no one in the Jia family would dare not give Miaoyu face.

So he just smiled and said, "I'm afraid my wife won't be happy if she finds out."

At the beginning, three young men, Zhi'er, Qin Zhong and Jia Baoyu, gathered in Shuiyue Nunnery for a meeting, but it had a great impact on Jia Baoyu's reputation.

Therefore, if Mrs. Wang knew that such a "fairy" still appeared on the Jia family's territory, she would be very dissatisfied.

"It's okay."

Jia Lian seemed indifferent, "People are not sages and sages. Besides, she has changed to Miaoyu now. Even for Miaoyu's sake, we have to give her a chance to reform. My wife is a Buddhist. She is a kind person with a compassionate heart, and she will never embarrass a poor person too much."

Sister Feng couldn't say anything more, she smiled in her heart, she forgot that the situation at home is different now.

Even Mrs. Wang, if she can't get Jia Lian's consent, she probably won't be able to drive away Zhi'er.

So Sister Feng said to Zhi Zhi'er who was standing aside and listening to the training: "Since Lord Hou is magnanimous, you are allowed to stay here. You should be safe, reform your mistakes, and don't repeat the past."

Zhi'er was also ashamed to see the people of Jia's mansion again, but she was very reluctant to give up the rich and elegant life around Miaoyu and stay in Muni's courtyard.

So since entering Changcui Nunnery, try to be careful not to show your head, because you are afraid of being recognized by interested people.

It's all right now, since Jia Lian and Sister Feng announced in public that they would give her a chance to "rehabilitate", no one would make things difficult for her in the future, so they were very happy and hurriedly responded to Sister Feng's words.

Sister Feng confessed a few words, looked back at Jia Baoyu staring at him "with affection", shook her head and smiled in her heart, got up and smiled at Sister Sanchun: "It's boring to sit here, didn't you just say you want to row a boat? Come on, let's go rowing."

"I'll wait for Sister Lin here..."

"Let's go, she can't lose it."

Jia Baoyu still wanted to stay here, but was caught by Sister Feng and dragged away.

In the ear room where Miaoyu usually sits.

She invited Daiyu here, and made her a cup of tea earnestly, held it in front of Daiyu, and said in an elegant voice, "Come and taste what kind of water this is."

Daiyu had seen Miaoyu's skillful and meticulous way of making tea, so she knew that she was well versed in tea ceremony.

Now when she took the tea bowl, she found that she didn't even recognize the utensils, but judging from the shape, it was considered a rare antique.

Therefore, although she didn't want to show timidity in front of Miaoyu, she still replied truthfully: "I can't taste what kind of water my sister uses, but I think that for a person like my sister, the water used is naturally from an extraordinary source, and I hope my sister will be generous. inform."

Miaoyu, who was continuing to make tea, laughed when she heard this.

She naturally knew that Daiyu didn't know much about tea ceremony at all, which was a tricky answer.

If it were someone else, she would naturally not let him pass the test easily... In fact, ordinary people are not qualified to ask her to pour tea alone.

It was only because she saw Daiyu that she was the best in character and appearance among all the girls in the Jia family that she took a fancy to her and invited her to tea alone.

Although I didn't expect that Daiyu didn't understand tea.If it was someone else, maybe she would criticize and advise her, but since Daiyu is Jia Lian's cousin, she should not be offended, so she smiled and replied softly: "It's not unusual if you can't taste it.

This water is the snow on the plum blossoms I collected when I was in Panxiang Temple in Xuantou, Suzhou.There is only one Weng in total, and besides me, you are the third person to taste it. "

Daiyu listened to the secret passage, thinking that she was free enough at ordinary times, but she just picked up the fallen petals when she had nothing to do, how could she go so far as to collect snow from plum blossoms for making tea? God knows how much effort she spent to collect a Weng.

Now that she had eaten Miaoyu's tea, Daiyu also made a gesture of concern, "Sister, why did you come to the capital afterward?"

When Miaoyu heard this, her expression darkened, and she was not in a hurry to answer. Instead, she sat in front of Daiyu, and instead of cooking tea, she picked out one or two of the things she had said to Jia Lian and said slowly to Daiyu.

Xu Shi's ancestral home belongs to the same Suzhou, and there is also the propriety of Panxiang Temple in the past, so the two daughters have a sense of encountering an old friend in a foreign land.

So even if it's a plain narration, but in the hearts of the two of them, they both feel that there is more friendship.

So much so that when Sister Feng sent someone to call Daiyu down the mountain, the two looked at each other with a bit of reluctance.

Miaoyu sighed: "If my sister is interested, you can come here to see me more often when you have nothing to do."

Daiyu froze for a moment, then nodded, and then parted ways with Miaoyu under the guidance of her maid.

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Sister Feng really deserved to be a busy person, she was called back by Ping'er when the boat was halfway through, and she had some housework to deal with.

So Jia Lian took the Sanchun sisters to continue wandering in the garden.

Because of time constraints, it was too late to visit every place. I just took a boat and went ashore at the northwest corner of the garden, and then walked down the main road of West Road to the south.

At the southernmost point, it is also a beautiful scene.

Here, there are green tiles on the powder wall, several couplets and small houses, and the most important thing is that there are thousands of green bamboos, which is just an elegant place.

So everyone walks along the small path full of stones, or along the winding corridors, and files into it for sightseeing.

Daiyu originally liked the quietness and elegance of this place, but seeing the sisters rushing in together with their own maids, chattering, but the tranquility of this place was polluted for no reason, she felt a sense of loss in her heart.

Just because she couldn't see Jia Lian, she went to look for it alone, and she found Jia Lian in the backyard.

"What are you doing here?"

Seeing Jia Lian standing alone in the courtyard, looking at the big pear and banana trees in the backyard with his hands behind his back, Daiyu went down and asked.

Jia Lian turned around and saw her, his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Tell me, how about I help you build a swing here? That's it, from here to here."

Jia Lian pointed to the two forked branches of the pear tree and said so.

Daiyu was taken aback when she heard the words, and then said: "If you want to build it, you can build it. After all, it's for me. This is not my yard."

"She could be yours."

Jia Lian said so, and looked back at her, "Don't tell me my sister doesn't like this place?"

Daiyu blushed slightly, a little embarrassed.

It was not the first time for her to enter the garden. Most of the garden had already been built before she went to the south of the Yangtze River, and she also came in a few times to see it.

What I like the most is actually here, and there is a small village in the north, and she likes it too.

But thinking about it carefully, if she was asked to choose, she would still choose this place.

One is that she loves the thousands of green bamboos here very much, and the other is that this place is close to the garden gate, that is, it is close to Fengjie's children's hospital.

If it is possible to move into the garden in the future and live here, it will be convenient for her to visit Jia Lian, or Jia Lian to visit her.

Seeing that Daiyu stopped talking, Jia Lian continued to look back at the site and location, and then muttered: "Well, that's it, I'll let someone tie a swing here later, it's perfect. Oh, yes, What is Sister Lin's request for the swing frame? Do you like yellow or pink colored ropes? Although speaking, I will ask you to match it according to the color you like..."

Looking at Jia Lian's serious appearance, Daiyu felt warm in her heart.

She knew that Jia Lian remembered that in Xue's house, Baoqin had an exclusive swing stand, which was also set up under the pear tree.

She lives in Jia Mu's house, but there is no swing set, so he remembered it, so he specially prepared it for her at this time.

What a blessing it is to have such a second elder brother who knows pain and heat, is considerate and considerate.

(End of this chapter)