The Red Mansions

Chapter 174 Lin Daiyu's Visit

The summer insects are singing crisply, and a few stars are accompanying the cold moon.

A light breeze blew by, and the lights on the bustling streets were tranced, both illusion and reality.

"Hello sir!"

"Um……"

"Master, Miss Lin is here."

"Oh, when did you come?"

"I came early this morning. Sister Xiren wanted someone to inform the master, but Miss Lin refused to let me say that the master is busy, so don't disturb me."

"have they gone?"

"I didn't leave. I'm in the backyard now. I said I won't go back today."

"Okay, you go down!"

As soon as Jia Yun came home, she was pleasantly surprised to hear the little maid said that Lin Daiyu had come.

Now that Lin Ruhai had left Beijing to go to Hubei to take up his post for several days, leaving Lin Daiyu in the capital, Jia Yun would come over every now and then for a delicious meal, which was quite interesting.

It's just that no matter how much Jia Yun invited Lin Daiyu to come to the house, she was embarrassed and refused to come, but today there was a surprise attack.

After a busy day, take a shower and change clothes to get rid of fatigue.

Wearing loose clothes, Jia Yun led Xi Ren and Xiang Ling to the backyard lazily.

Xiren smiled and said: "The newly built courtyard next door is almost ready, buy some small things and put them in, and you can move in. Madam is still saying today, let the master set a time, and then everyone will move in."

"Also, when the master is free, give those small courtyards some nice names, so that the craftsmen can carve out plaques and hang them."

Jia Yun nodded and said, "May [-]th is a good day, if you want to move, you can move on that day."

"As for naming the small courtyard, you should think about it for yourself. If you really can't think of one you like, then come to me. After all, you live in that courtyard, and I will try not to overstep it."

Xiren smiled and said: "The concubine thinks that there is no need to choose names, and we can just use our own names."

On one side, Xiangling pursed her mouth and smiled, hesitating to speak.

Jia Yun glanced at her, smiled and said, "Just say what you want."

After this girl came to his house, she became more picky. As she read more and more books, her original stupidity gradually disappeared, and her body became more restrained and bookish, and her charm was more prosperous than before.

Xiangling hesitated for a moment, then smiled slightly: "I want to say that I am very envious of Sister Xiren and the others who have their own small courtyard. I have wanted to have a home of my own since I was a child, and I don't know if I will have this opportunity in the future. "

"Yes, if you work harder when warming the bed in the future, you will have a chance." Jia Yun said with a smirk.

Xiangling blushed, pouted and said, "Isn't your servant diligent? It's just that the master is biased and doesn't want to touch your servant."

"You girl, you are kind enough to treat yourself like a donkey. Didn't I care for you and want to wait until your bones are better before touching you? You're still blaming me." Jia Yunyun glanced at her and said angrily.

Xiang Ling turned her head away, and said: "Just complain, the slaves are working hard to serve the master, and I just watched Sister Xiang'er and Sister Jing'er open their faces, but they don't have the role of slaves, the master is partial."

Jia Yun stopped and asked suspiciously, "Did you read something you shouldn't read?"

"Ah!" Xiangling blushed, showing shyness, stomped her feet lightly and said, "Master..."

Jia Yun laughed loudly, and suddenly said: "Good guy, I said, why are you acting weird today, so you are thinking of spring?"

"It's true for you. You should tell me about this kind of thing in the room. If you don't keep it, I'm so excited that I want you. There's no need to go around and try."

Xiren covered his mouth and laughed lightly, seeing Xiangling's face flushed with embarrassment, he reminded in a low voice: "Master, Xiangling has a thin face, so don't make fun of her, besides, at our age, is there any girl who is not pregnant?"

"Well, you're right, okay, Xiangling, I won't laugh at you." Jia Yun nodded.

Xiangling turned her head, pushed Jia Yun forward, and muttered, "Master, you'd better hurry up and see Miss Lin, before you go on, it's already dawn."

Jia Yun giggled, following her strength, she took small steps forward.

Xiren smiled and said: "Is the master hungry? If you are hungry, this concubine will arrange a dinner right now."

"Go ahead, eat in the backyard today." Jia Yun nodded.

When Xiren heard the words, he bowed and turned around to go to the middle courtyard.

Jia Yun stopped, turned around, hugged Xiangling in her arms, smelled her young girl Xiuxiang, and whispered:

"Let Xiang'er and Jing'er take a break tonight, and you and Shuang Qing will come and serve you, how about it?"

Xiangling's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly, "Really?"

"Of course it's true. If you open up your face earlier, don't you feel relieved earlier? So you don't have to think about things all day long." Jia Yun gave her a light peck, which was cool and comfortable.

Xiangling looked at Jia Yun with a smile, and said emotionally: "Master, I thought the master would blame me!"

"What are you to blame?" Jia Yun asked suspiciously.

Xiang Ling bit her lips and said: "Blame the servants for being troublesome, there are too many girls who don't show their faces in the family, if they all follow the servants' example, I'm afraid there will be chaos."

Jia Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't blame you guys, don't you all want to serve me? I don't suffer, so why blame you guys?"

Xiangling breathed a sigh of relief, smiled sweetly, and said softly: "Hearing what the master said, the servants can rest assured!"

"However, this servant can't accompany you anymore. I have to go back and ask my mother for advice on how to serve the master comfortably."

Jia Yun smiled dumbly, waved her hand and said, "Okay, then go and do your work."

Xiangling hummed, and took the initiative to stand on tiptoe and kiss Jia Yun, and then trot away covering her face.

Jia Yun laughed straight, smacked her lips, pondered for a moment, then turned and went to the guest room in the back house.

The room was quite lively, brightly lit and bright.

Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu, Qin Keqing, Meiren, etc., plus a group of maids, were sitting or standing, not knowing what they were talking about, laughing non-stop.

"What are you talking about? It's so lively!" Jia Yun walked in and asked with a smile.

Everyone stood up and saluted, Jia Yun waved her hand and said, "Don't be too polite, take it easy."

After saying that, he walked to Xue Baochai and sat down.

He glanced at Lin Daiyu, and saw that she was wearing a pink dress which was rare today, coupled with her handsome appearance and rare temperament, it really made people's eyes shine.

It can be seen that this girl has been dressed up ceremoniously when she came here today, with a few jade hairpins inserted in her head, her delicate face is painted with rouge and powder, and light makeup is applied, giving her a special flavor.

"Aren't you going back today?" Jia Yun looked at her with piercing eyes and asked.

Lin Daiyu glanced at him, nodded slowly, and hummed lightly.

Jia Yun smiled happily, because there were so many people at the moment, he was afraid of Lin Daiyu's thin skin, so he didn't dare to get too close.

Turning around, he smiled and asked Xue Baochai: "Baochai, you haven't said what you were talking about just now, so happy!"

Under the candlelight, Xue Baochai's beads are round and jade-run, with a plump appearance and a dignified manner. She smiled without showing her teeth:

"Just now I was talking about Jia Baoyu. Miss Ping'er came over this afternoon and said that because sister Lin moved out of Jia's house, Jia Baoyu didn't eat or drink at home these days, and this morning she got angry and smashed the jade pendant she was wearing all the time."

"It's strange to say that in the past, his jade could not be broken no matter what, but this morning when he threw it on the ground, it shattered and turned into scum. This shows that the jade is not a precious jade, it is nothing like common jade. the difference."

Lin Daiyu snorted, and said, "In the past, he often threw that Laoshi Ziyu in front of me."

"Every time he smashed the jade, my grandmother didn't say anything, and looked at me with cold eyes, and everyone else followed me with gossip. I didn't feel less useless."

"It doesn't matter if the jade is broken, the whole family is not afraid of the taboo of the royal family if they don't do their business and engage in crooked ways."

Jia Yun asked curiously, "You have stayed in Jia's mansion for a long time, but do you know how the jade was stuffed in Jia Baoyu's mouth when he was born? Could it be that it is really a jade from heaven?"

Jade must be divine jade, but Jia Yun has always been curious about its origin.

Lin Daiyu shook her head and said: "It's definitely not from birth, it's just spreading rumors. When I first went to Jia's mansion, I heard it from brother Bao."

"He said that the jade was obtained from a Taoist priest when grandpa was there, and then he gave it to the second uncle."

"Later, when Brother Bao was born, the second uncle believed that the top grade of jade could be auspicious things, ward off evil spirits, preserve health and prevent diseases, breathe out all things, and be invulnerable to all poisons, so he put the jade on him to dispel evil spirits. Avoid disasters and evil spirits, and stay safe forever.”

"As for the rumor of auspiciousness, it seems that at the beginning, my grandmother and my second aunt chatted in private, saying that Brother Bao had spirituality since he was born. This word spread out somehow, and the more it spread, the more mysterious it became. Now it has become a rumor."

"But it's true that everyone in their family treasures that piece of jade. When I first went to Jia's mansion when I was young, I thought it was because of Brother Bao."

"Later, when I grew up, I realized that the jade was played by my grandfather when he was there, so my grandmother paid special attention to it, for fear that it would be smashed by Brother Bao."

There has always been controversy among the people about whether jade can keep safe, and some people have conducted research on it.

Jade is a very precious thing. When people wear it, they tend to be careful not to damage the jade.

This kind of cautious attitude can often avoid many disasters.

After all, people's spiritual factors or psychological effects can often determine people's behavior.

Even if something really happened, An Yusui would regard luck as a necessity for Yu to protect herself.

There is indeed some truth to this explanation. Wearing jade on your body and acting cautiously is ultimately safer than being frizzy, especially for children.

Jia Yun nodded and asked Lin Daiyu, "Is there no one in Jia's house to bother you these days?"

"That's not true. After all, when my father took me away, he almost broke up with them. No matter how ungrateful they were, they wouldn't come here so soon to find it boring." Lin Daiyu replied with her mouth puckered.

Jia Yun thought for a while and said, "Even so, we still have to be on guard against them. Tomorrow I will arrange a team of personal guards to go to your house to be on duty to strengthen the defense force of the Lin residence."

Lin Daiyu didn't refuse, Jia Yun cared and loved her, no matter how much she did, she would bear it all.

(End of this chapter)