The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 142 Family Letter
Lin Daiyu was originally weak, but she fell ill that night outside Aunt Zhao's house, and lay in bed in a daze for several days.

At dusk that day, the sky began to rain heavily again. Lin Daiyu was awakened by the sound of the rain and sat up from the bed.Zijuan, who was doing needlework outside, heard the movement, quickly raised the bead curtain and walked in, took a Luo quilt and put it on Lin Daiyu, saying: "It is raining outside, and the weather is much colder. Girls wear more clothes." It’s better to be sick these days, and it’s going to get better, and it’s going to be worse if you catch a cold again.”

Lin Daiyu coughed twice and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's past the You hour, and it's time to have dinner. The food that Xueyan brought is still warming in the stove outside. Let the maid bring it in for the girl." Zijuan said lightly.

"I'm not hungry yet, I'll eat later." Lin Daiyu shook her head, put on her shoes and walked to the window, opened the window and looked out, the fresh air mixed with water vapor was blowing in front of her, and she suddenly felt that her drowsy head was much clearer.

At this time, it was dusk, the twilight was dark, and the autumn rain was falling gently. In the courtyard, a single Arhat bamboo stood alone in the evening autumn rain.

Zijuan has served Lin Daiyu for a year, knowing that she has always been sentimental, and fearing that she would be emotional again, she hurriedly closed the window and said, "Young lady has just recovered from her illness, so I dare not stand in the wind for too long."

Lin Daiyu said angrily: "Just to get some air, but it will kill me from the cold." After speaking, she pushed the window open again, and opened it even wider.

Zijuan could only smile wryly, then suddenly rolled her eyes, turned around and went to the desk, picked up a thick booklet and said: "This was delivered by Xiaoqueer in the afternoon, the girl was still sleeping at that time, so she stayed and left."

Lin Daiyu really left the window when she heard the words, and impatiently took the booklet and flipped through it, and found that it was the complete works of "Peach Blossom Fan", she couldn't help being extremely pleasantly surprised.

It turned out that Lin Daiyu had already read the first thirty chapters of "Peach Blossom Fan" before Jia Huan set off for Tongzhou to take the college exam, and Jia Huan finally found time to read all the last ten chapters during the month of waiting for the exam in Tongzhou. Finished writing, all manuscripts have now been bound into volumes.

Zijuan sighed and said: "Master Huan will help Ling back to Jinling in the future, why is he still thinking about you, girl? By the way, Third Master Huan also asked Xiao Que'er to pass on a message to the girl. After reading this manuscript, the girl You can give it to Miss Bao, or you can make another copy for Miss Bao, and keep the manuscript for yourself."

Lin Daiyu was taken aback and said, "Huan'er is going to Jinling?"

Zijuan nodded and said: "The old lady, the wife, and the master all agreed, and even sent housekeeper Lin to help with the cooking. Alas, Sanye Huan just passed the examination of a scholar, and this kind of thing happened. It's so pitiful. I'm going to transfer my household registration back to Jinling, and I'm afraid I won't go back to Jia's mansion in the future, alas, Third Master Huan is getting a little angry this time."

Lin Daiyu was slightly shocked, and then said after a long time: "That's fine, let's leave this sad place. He is better than me. He only hates that I am not a man. I didn't stay in Gusu to honor my mother for three years. Now I can't regret it." gone."

Thinking of her dead mother, Lin Daiyu's tears fell again, and Zijuan couldn't help but smiled wryly and said: "It's all the maidservant's fault, why bother bringing up this matter to make the girl cry again, girl, don't be sad, and the condition will get worse if you are careful."

Lin Daiyu wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, closed the "Peach Blossom Fan" and began to grind the ink. As soon as Zijuan saw it, she knew that this person was going to write again, so she said, "Let the servant girl come, and the girl sit down for a while."

Lin Daiyu sat down behind the case, spread out a piece of bamboo paper, and then held her fragrant cheeks, quietly listening to the sound of rain outside the house in a trance, with her beautiful hair scattered behind her head, showing an indescribably delicate and lazy beauty, Like a peony with tears after the rain, or a weak rose covered with dew in the morning, people can't help but feel pity.

Zijuan was obviously used to this. After grinding the ink, she lit another candle, and then retreated quietly so as not to interrupt Lin Daiyu's train of thought.

I don't know how long it took, Lin Daiyu picked up a pen and dipped the ink and wrote:
Autumn flowers are bleak, autumn grass is yellow, and autumn lights are long.

I feel that the autumn window is endless, and the wind and rain can help the desolation!
How fast will the autumn wind and rain come?The autumn window is shocked and the autumn dream is green.

I can't bear to sleep in the autumn love, and move tears to the autumn screen.

Tears and candles are shaken and burned short, and sorrow is moved by hatred and separation.

Whose autumn courtyard has no wind to enter?Where is the autumn window without the sound of rain?
Luo Qun was helpless with the force of the autumn wind, and the sound of residual leakage urged the urgent autumn rain.

Lianxiao's pulse is whizzing again, and it seems to be weeping with people in front of the lamp.

The small courtyard of cold smoke turns to depression, and the empty windows of the bamboo are dripping when they are sparse.

I don't know when the wind and rain will end, and the window screens have been wet with tears.

Lin Daiyu was a sentimental person, she fell ill that day because she was touched by Jia Huan's crying. Today, her condition has just improved, and she saw autumn rain knocking on the window, and dusk knocking on the door. I don't know when we will meet again, and suddenly I feel sad about parting again, so I wrote this song "Autumn Window and Rainy Night", and when I finished writing, I was already crying.

It is true that Lin Daiyu is lonely and arrogant, but it is also true that she is talented.

After Lin Daiyu finished writing the song "Autumn Window, Wind and Rain", she was still unsatisfied, so she took out another piece of letterhead and wrote a letter, put it in an envelope and painted it, then called Zijuan in and said: "This letter from home, Mr. Tuohuan When passing through Yangzhou, I will send it to my father, I will not be able to send him off in the future, I wish him a safe journey and a bright future!"

Zijuan put away the letter, nodded and said: "Later, the servant girl will send it to Mr. Huan, the girl will have dinner first."

Lin Daiyu shook her head, went straight to bed and rested, she was too tired just now and felt a little sleepy.

Zijuan sighed secretly, had to pack up the book case, turned around and went out of the inner room, told Xueyan to look after the house, then put on her rain gear and went out, and went straight to Jiahuan's house.

When Zijuan came to Jia Huan's residence, he found Ping'er, Xiao Que'er and others packing their luggage.

"Sister Zijuan is here!" Xiao E'er hurried forward to take Zijuan's rain gear.

Ping'er whispered: "It's so late at night, why is it raining? Is there anything urgent?"

Zijuan said with a smile: "It's not an important matter, by the way, are you going to accompany the third master to Jinling?"

Ping'er replied: "I'll go, Xiao Que'er and the others won't go."

"I would like to go to Jinling to serve the third master, but my wife and mother are here, so they don't agree." Xiao Que'er pursed her mouth and wanted to cry.

Xiao E'er remained silent, and her mother-in-law also disagreed with her going to Jinling, and said that the third master was exiled, and would stay in Jinling forever in the future, and would not come back, and that there would be no future for her to follow the third master.

Zijuan smiled and comforted: "It's good for you to stay here to look after the house. The third master will come back when his filial piety expires. I'm afraid he will be the master Juren when he returns."

Xiao Que'er and Xiao E'er were happy again when they heard the words, and they felt a little hopeful.

"The third master is inside?" Zijuan pointed to the inner room and asked in a low voice.

Ping'er nodded, led Zijuan into the inner room and said softly: "Third Lord, Zijuan is here."

Jia Huan was writing something at the back of the case, when he heard this, he raised his head and said, "Sister Zijuan is here." Then he stood up.

Zijuan secretly thought that the third master is still so approachable, so he hurriedly went up to salute and say hello, and took out the letter that Lin Daiyu gave her: "This is a letter from the girl's family, and I want to ask the third master to send it to Uncle Lin when he passes through Yangzhou. "

Hearing this, Jia Huan took the book and said, "No problem, just leave it to me, and you must bring it with you."

"Then thank you, Third Master." Zijuan said.

"By the way, Sister Lin is recovering? Are you still taking medicine?"

Zijuan said worriedly: "It's better, but I don't have a good appetite. I ate some bird's nest porridge this morning, and I didn't eat lunch or dinner."

Jia Huan frowned and said, "Sister Lin has a bad spleen and stomach. I guess she has taken too much medicine. Try to take as little medicine as possible and get out of bed more. Don't always close the doors and windows. Open them sooner or later to let in some air. As the saying goes, moving qi, nourishing Transplantation, life lies in exercise, often bedridden, food accumulated in the stomach is naturally difficult to digest, the body will become weaker and weaker, exercise more, promote metabolism, and the body will become stronger."

Zijuan heard the words and said with a smile: "It's still the third master who knows a lot. The girl wants to open the window for ventilation. The servant girl is afraid that she will catch a cold, so she closes it again. It turns out that it is not right."

Jia Huan shook his head and said: "It's not wrong, Sister Lin is weak, and she is still sick now, it is true that the wind cannot blow, just open the window a little bit to let in air."

Zijuan nodded to be taught, and said: "The third master will leave in the day after tomorrow, and my daughter may not be able to see her off. The girl said, I wish the third master a safe journey and a bright future."

Jia Huan was silent for two seconds, then said lightly, "Thank her for me, and let her take care."

Zijuan chatted for a few more words before leaving, braved the rain and returned to the residence, saw a pair of rain gear placed against the wall under the eaves steps outside the door, and couldn't help but wondered: "Could it be that the second master Bao is here?"

When I entered the room, I found that Xue Baochai had come, and was reading Lin Daiyu's "Autumn Window and Rainy Night" before the case. Lin Daiyu was still lying on the bed, probably asleep.

"When did Miss Bao come?" Zijuan whispered.

Xue Baochai smiled and said, "I just came here for a while, is Mao'er feeling better today?"

Zijuan sighed and said: "It looks better, but my appetite is still bad, I went to bed before dinner."

At this time, Lin Daiyu coughed lightly and sat up and asked, "Is it Sister Bao?"

Zijuan hurriedly stepped forward and raised the curtain and said, "It's Miss Bao who is here."

Xue Baochai shook the poem in his hand, and said with a smile: "What a bum, I secretly wrote another good poem, but it's too sad. Now that you are sick, you are most afraid of these things. If this goes on, how can you?" get better."

Zijuan smiled and said: "Sir Huan just told the maid to stop lying down all the time and get out of bed to move around. What is it about moving the body to nourish Qi and metabolism? He also asked the girl to eat less. The servant girl doesn't know much about ordering medicine, how can this man not take medicine when he is sick."

"The medicine is three-point poisonous. It is right to take less medicine." Xue Baochai said lightly: "Brother Huan has a heart, and you should listen to it."

(End of this chapter)