The Red Mansions

Chapter 151 Lin Daiyu: Hmm, eh?
In the room.

Lin Daiyu had just bathed and changed when Xueyan came over with a plate of fruit.

Xueyan smiled slightly and said, "Girl, Second Master Yun heard that the girl has a bad appetite, so he asked Sister Meiren to bring some fresh pineapples."

"It is said that after eating, it can clear away heat and relieve heat, promote body fluid and quench thirst, help digestion, and prevent heatstroke, body heat and polydipsia, abdominal fullness, indigestion, difficulty in urinating, dizziness and other symptoms."

Lin Daiyu stepped forward and said with a smile: "You have a good memory, you can remember so many words clearly."

Xueyan stuck out her tongue and said: "The servant also cares about the girl's body, so I remember it by heart."

Lin Daiyu took a piece of golden pineapple and smelled it, and a strong fruity aroma and sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance came to her nostrils.

"It's really fragrant. Just smelling it will make people appetite." Lin Daiyu said with a slight smile.

At the same time, she found a particularly familiar feeling in this fragrance.

After thinking about it, she found that the familiar feeling was exactly the charm that Jia Baoyu used to talk about.

Lin Daiyu thought: "That's right. In the past, brother Bao said that the steamed buns made by Brother Yun and stewed with fire have a special flavor. Afterwards, after Brother Yun went to school, he seldom smelled this."

Take a sip, the fragrant pineapple meat has almost no fiber, the meat is delicate, the taste is crisp, sweet and juicy, moderately sweet and sour, full of flavor, chewing carefully, full of saliva, making people want to stop.

Lin Daiyu only ate one piece, and found that her appetite improved a lot, so she said to Xueyan and Zijuan, "You all have a taste, this pineapple tastes much better than the one we bought."

The two maids were not polite, and each took a piece to taste.

Zijuan said happily: "The taste of this pineapple is really good. It seems that sister Meiren said that after eating this, you can have an appetizer. There should be no falsehood."

While talking, a nanny came in and asked, "Girl, Second Master Yun sent a beauty over to ask if you are free. He wants to invite you to drink tea by the lake."

Lin Daiyu asked suspiciously, "Brother Yun, didn't you catch up with Brother Lian and the others?"

"I heard that after chatting for a while, Second Master Lian, Uncle Xue, and Young Master Liu went out to have fun together not long ago," Mammy replied.

"Why doesn't Brother Yun go with you?" Lin Daiyu asked again.

Nanny said: "This old servant doesn't know..."

Lin Daiyu pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Forget it, I haven't seen Brother Yun for so long, I have many things to ask him."

Seeing that she was going out, Zijuan quickly took her cloak and said, "Girl put this on, it might be a bit cool by the lake."

Lin Daiyu didn't refuse, and after Zijuan finished the cloak for her, she went slowly to the lake.

At the end of the month, the moon in the sky has only a small curved line.

The starry sky is bright, the lights are shining, the night wind is blowing, and the birds and insects are singing, but the night seems more silent.

Jia Yun sat by the lake drinking tea, feeling extremely relaxed.

Soon, the sound of footsteps came, and when he looked back, he saw Lin Daiyu walking slowly.

Under the light, Lin Daiyu is graceful and slender, with an affectionate look. Her light and graceful beauty is like a flying swallow.

Lu Xun often said to people: Look, sister Lin is sad, crying and crying all day long, I can't stand it...Although Lin Daiyu is beautiful, it is a kind of morbid beauty.

Jia Yun used to agree with this very much, but now he thinks that morbid beauty is also a kind of beauty.

What's more, in recent years, Lin Daiyu has gained a lot of weight and has a more charming charm. I am afraid that few people don't like this.

Jia Yun got up, greeted Lin Daiyu, and then sat down to talk.

"Young lady's complexion is not good, but the old illness has happened again?" Jia Yun poured a cup of tea and handed it to Lin Daiyu and asked.

After Lin Daiyu took the tea, she took a sip, shook her head and said, "That's not true, it's strange to say, I have rarely been sick in the past two years, so it can be seen that I am getting better."

Jia Yun nodded and said: "The tea leaves Xiren gave to the girl should be drunk more, which is good for itself."

Lin Daiyu was extremely intelligent, so she took a look at him and asked, "I've wanted to ask you for a long time, but I never got the chance. It's only after drinking the tea that Xiren sent me that I rarely get sick."

"The strange thing is that although the tea leaves are fragrant and delicious, there is nothing extraordinary about them. Why can they cure my deficiencies?"

Jia Yun shook her head and smiled, "It's good that tea can cure diseases. Girl, don't ask too much. I don't know if you ask me."

The relationship between Lin Daiyu and Tongling Baoyu is very strange. Even if Jia Yun has Baoyu's space now, she still can't figure out the mystery.

Seeing that Jia Yun was unwilling to speak, Lin Daiyu didn't ask any more questions, she just said, "Since you left Beijing last year, everyone said that you came out to study, why did you become an official?"

"Isn't it good to be an official?" Jia Yun asked back.

Lin Daiyu said with a slight smile: "Being an official is naturally good. If you learn literary and martial arts, you can be a good for the emperor's family. If you are good at learning, you will be an official. If you don't become an official after studying, you will have no future."

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, where are you an official now?"

Jia Yun replied: "I received the imperial decree yesterday and will return to Beijing to take up my post."

"So that's it!" Lin Daiyu suddenly said, "But you have been released for less than a year, how come you were transferred to the capital so quickly?"

Jia Yun pondered for a moment, and gave a general account of the past six months since she left Beijing.

After Lin Daiyu heard this, she sighed again and again, and said, "I didn't expect you to go through so many things after you left the capital, and I didn't expect you to be capable of both literature and martial arts."

"Looking back, my sister Tanchun and I were still making fun of you at that time last year, but we wanted you to call me aunt, but we were overrated."

Jia Yun glanced at her sideways, and replied: "In my impression, Miss Lin has no worldly views. What I said today is a bit unexpected."

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, her eyes rolled, and she said, "Who says I don't have worldly views? Isn't it also worldly to make a fuss with Sister Tanchun and the others?"

After a pause, she continued: "At the end of the day, it's because I seldom show my face in Jia's mansion, and people say that I don't eat the fireworks of the world. In fact, changing it to a common saying means that I am withdrawn and not easy to get close to..."

Jia Yun said with a smile: "That's someone else's job, but I think the girl is very kind and easy to get close to."

Lin Daiyu took a look at Jia Yun and felt that he was even more handsome now.

Suddenly she thought that Jia Yun seemed to have an affair with Wang Xifeng and Ping'er, and she couldn't help feeling mixed feelings.

"Brother Bao likes to hang out in the rouge pile, and Brother Yun doesn't seem to be a good person. They are all married, and they hook up with Sister Feng and Ping'er, man..." Lin Daiyu thought to herself.

Seeing Lin Daiyu holding the teacup in a daze, Jia Yun stretched out her hand and waved it in front of her eyes, asking, "What is the girl thinking, she is so fascinated!"

"Ah? Oh, I didn't think about anything." Lin Daiyu woke up with a startled expression, her face suddenly flustered with embarrassment.

Speaking of which, she always likes to compare Jia Baoyu and Jia Yun together, and this situation has lasted for nearly two years.

The more she compares, the more Lin Daiyu feels that Jia Baoyu is not very attractive, and she is not a philistine, but this kind of thinking always comes out involuntarily.

Seeing that her face was flushed, Jia Yun thought that this girl must be thinking about her daughter's private affairs, so she changed the subject and said:
"The girl has been on the boat for nearly a month, and she is bored by the wandering, right? Do you want to take a walk by the lake?"

Lin Daiyu hesitated for a moment, hummed lightly, and nodded in agreement.

Charm, Beauty, Zicuckoo and Snow Geese quickly took lanterns to light their way.

Jia Yun and Lin Daiyu walked side by side on the winding stone path in the garden, both silent.

After walking for a while, Jia Yun asked, "Miss, have you ever been to Xixi?"

The victory of Qiantang is named after the "Three Wests" (West Lake, Xixi, and Xiling), and the victory of Xixi lies in water alone.

Since the Tang Dynasty, Xixi has been famous for enjoying plums, bamboos, reeds, and flowers. "Exploring Plums in Xixi" is one of the eighteen scenic spots of West Lake, with a long history and rich humanities.

"No, I've heard people say it a lot." Lin Daiyu shook her head and said, "Even though I was born in the south of the Yangtze River, in fact, because I have always been weak, I seldom go out for a stroll."

"Later, when I was seven years old, my father sent me to my grandmother outside the capital, so I had no chance to go out."

Jia Yun nodded and sighed, "It's a pity that it's too late now. We have to leave for Gusu early in the morning. Otherwise, the girl can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Xixi."

"Huh? Are you going to Gusu too?" Lin Daiyu asked in surprise.

Jia Yun turned to look at her, and said with a smile, "I heard that Master Lin is ill, so I plan to visit her."

"You really have a heart. On behalf of my father, thank you for your kindness." Lin Daiyu said gratefully, and after a pause, she asked again: "So, you made a special trip to wait for us in Hangzhou?"

Jia Yun shook her head and said: "That's not true. If you don't come today, we will continue on the road tomorrow morning and won't wait here, because I am still in a hurry to return to Beijing to take up my post, so there is no delay."

Lin Daiyu nodded, didn't speak any more, and walked forward slowly, not knowing what was going on in her mind.

After a while, a group of people went to a gazebo in the garden and sat down to rest.

As soon as she sat down, Lin Daiyu hurriedly said: "Brother Yun, I just want you to call me aunt when I see you pretending to be serious and old-fashioned! Hee hee..."

Jia Yun was speechless: "I'm pretending to be old? I'm just like this, okay? I didn't expect to be laughed at by you because of this."

Lin Daiyu smiled and said: "Every time I see yours, I think, it's very interesting to have such a big nephew, so I can't help laughing."

Jia Yun rolled her eyes at her, and said angrily, "Then why don't you guys make fun of Brother Rong and the others?"

"That's different, they are all unattractive, too lazy to talk to them." Lin Daiyu pouted.

"You are outspoken!" Jia Yun smiled, and suddenly called out: "Auntie..."

"Huh, huh?" Lin Daiyu's eyes widened sharply, she looked at Jia Yun in disbelief and said, "You! What did you call me just now?"

Jia Yun laughed loudly and said, "Calling you aunt, don't you want me to call you like that?"

"No! No! No! You can't shout like that, it sounds too awkward." Lin Daiyu panicked.

She suddenly realized that after Jia Yunzhen called her aunt, she felt unspeakably awkward, so she hurriedly stopped her.

Jia Yun smiled and stepped forward, while Lin Daiyu ducked back.

But she was leaning on the chair in the gazebo, unable to hide at all, so she could only clenched her hands into her arms and stared blankly at Jia Yun getting closer, feeling panicked...

(End of this chapter)