The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 68 Shi Xiangyun

On February [-]th, the sky was fine, the sun was shining brightly, the wind was gentle, and the willows were green and pink. Shi Xiangyun came, like a cheerful lark, bringing joy and laughter to the back house of Jia's mansion.Today is Lin Daiyu's birthday, and it is also her first birthday after coming to Jia's mansion. Jia's mother cherishes her loss of mother when she was young (note: father is father, mother is mother), not only held a birthday banquet for her, but also specially invited an opera troupe to sing.

Shi Xiangyun is Jiamu's nephew and granddaughter. Although she was born in Baolinghou's Mansion, her life experience is worse than that of Lin Daiyu. Both her parents died when she was young, and now she is raised by her uncle and aunt. She is the same age as Tanchun and Daiyu, but she is the youngest.

Since the Shi family is now in decline compared to the Jia family, life is not as good as it used to be, and his uncle and aunt do not care too much about Shi Xiangyun, so Shi Xiangyun has to do almost all the needlework by himself, and sometimes he even has to do needlework until the early morning, so life is very hard.

Just like Shi Xiangyun's verdict: What's the point of being rich?Parents disobeyed between swaddling babies.In a blink of an eye, the Xiehui hangs, and the water of the Xiangjiang River passes away to Chu Yunfei.

Shi Xiangyun is undoubtedly a poor person who was born in a wealthy family. The most unfortunate thing is that in the original book, she finally married the short-lived prince and grandson Wei Ruolan, and became a widow at a young age.
However, thanks to Jia's mother's love, Shi Xiangyun's gloomy childhood was brightened.

Mother Jia took pity on this poor nephew and granddaughter, and every once in a while she would send someone to bring Shi Xiangyun to live in Jia's mansion, so every time Shi Xiangyun came to Jia's mansion, it was a rare time for Shi Xiangyun to relax and play to his heart's content.

At this moment, the actors on the stage were babbling and singing, and Jia Mu and others watched with great interest, but Lin Daiyu, who is today's birthday star, looked bored and lacked interest.

Seeing this, Jia Baoyu who was next to him asked thoughtfully: "Sister Lin doesn't like to watch this show, why don't you order another one." After speaking, he handed over the play list.

Lin Daiyu shook her head lazily and said, "They're all old dramas, so don't worry about watching them, it's better to re-watch the "Palace of Eternal Life" written by Huaner."

Jia Baoyu felt a little uncomfortable when he heard the words, but he had to admit that "The Palace of Eternal Life" written by Jia Huan was really wonderful, and he had the audacity to borrow it from Lin Daiyu to read it that day.

At this time, Shi Xiangyun came over, pouted his mouth slightly and said coquettishly: "Brother Ai ([-]), Sister Lin, what are you talking about, you often play together, finally I came, just ignore me."

Lin Daiyu teased: "Yun girl, your accent will change sooner or later. You always love your brother and brother, and you don't distinguish between love and the two."

Jia Bao said with a smile: "Sister Lin, don't imitate her, or you will become like that."

Shi Xiangyun said angrily: "I can't speak clearly. When Sister Lin marries a tongue-twisting brother-in-law Lin, then I won't catch my eyes again, giggling!"

After Shi Xiangyun finished speaking, he giggled, Lin Daiyu tore her mouth in shame, and the two began to play.

Jia's mother smiled and said: "Okay, Yun'er and Yu'er are playing around."

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "It's lively, isn't it better? Sister Yun is a pistachio. When she comes, everyone will be happy."

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "No, why doesn't girl Yun come on stage and sing Choudan?"

Shi Xiangyun laughed angrily: "Okay, I'll play Chou Dan, as long as Sister Lin and you play Hua Dan."

In ancient times, an actor was a lowly occupation. Although the two were joking with each other, Jia's mother still felt a little uncomfortable listening. Jia Tanchun quickly smoothed things over and said, "Don't any of you act, it's not good to watch others act!"

Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu fell silent, the latter continued to eat melon seeds as if nothing had happened, while Shi Xiangyun talked to Jia Tanchun, leaving Jia Baoyu aside, apparently dissatisfied that the latter helped Lin Daiyu to make fun of herself just now.

Jia Baoyu was a little embarrassed, and had nothing to say: "Sister Yun, can you make me a sweat towel if you have time?"

Shi Xiangyun snorted slightly: "I don't have time. It's not good for people to come here after all. By the way, second brother, don't you go to school today? I heard that Huan'er will have a test next month. You are older than him. You haven't started writing yet, so you are not ashamed."

Hey, Shi Xiangyun is so clear about love and hate, outspoken, whatever comes to mind, without giving any face. At the same time, she is bright and generous, positive and optimistic, sympathetic to the weak, and quite chivalrous. In the original book, she carefully helps Xing Xiuyan who is also poor, which fully proves this point.

Seeing Jia Baoyu's death, Lin Daiyu couldn't help covering her little mouth and giggling, while Jia Baoyu blushed and argued, "Study is for reason, not for quick success and quick success. Although Huan'er died earlier than me, it doesn't mean that his knowledge is better than mine. Also, today is a holiday, so you don't have to go to school."

Shi Xiangyun scratched his face and said shyly: "Unreasonable, why didn't the master let you go, but Huan'er ended? It's because the master thinks that Huan'er's knowledge is higher than that of your second brother."

Jia Baoyu couldn't hold back anymore, and said sullenly, "If that's the case, then you should be stubborn with Huan'er, why bother with me, lest a stupid person like me lower your status."

Shi Xiangyun stuck out his tongue and said, "I'm just joking, second brother, are you really angry?"

Jia Baoyu turned his head to ignore her, Shi Xiangyun felt bored, so he also turned to talk to Jia Xichun.

Mother Jia felt tired after listening to the play for a while, and went back to the house to take a rest. Wang Xifeng took care of the house and was quite busy. Seeing Mother Jia leave, she also hurried away, leaving only these sisters and the maids and mother-in-law who had time to continue watching the play.

Lin Daiyu was bored, remembering that the two new plays that Jia Huan had promised her hadn't come to fruition yet, she thought, Huan'er is busy writing articles every day, could it be that she forgot?So he got up and left his seat, leaned into Jia Tanchun's ear and said, "I'll go and see Huan'er, will you go?"

Jia Tanchun nodded happily. Ever since the news spread that Jia Huan was going to take the county examination, she was very happy. She visited Jia Huan once and found that he was very busy, so she thoughtfully didn't bother him anymore. It happened that today was a holiday, so she could go and have a look.

Lin Daiyu and Jia Tanchun left their seats, and as soon as they walked out of the yard, Shi Xiangyun chased after him: "Sister Lin, third sister, you sneaked away and didn't call me, and the second brother ignored me, it's so boring!"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Girl Yun, it's a good time for you to come, we just happen to introduce you to a weird person."

Shi Xiangyun asked suspiciously, "Where did the weirdo come from?"

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, "You will know later."

Jia Tanchun said with a smile: "Don't listen to Xiaoer's nonsense, let's go and see Huan'er."

Shi Xiangyun suddenly realized that she knew Jia Huan naturally, but that was the former Jia Huan. She hadn’t seen Jia Huan since he recovered from his injury last year, but she also heard that Jia Huan now is very different from before. He can not only write poems and draw, but also know how to write drama scripts.

Tsk tsk, this change is really earth-shaking, so Shi Xiangyun is very curious, but really wants to see with his own eyes whether the current Jia Huan is really that powerful.

Ever since, the three of them came to Jia Huan's residence together. Seeing the three girls coming hand in hand, Ping'er quickly let them into the house and greeted them warmly.

Shi Xiangyun took Ping'er Xuebai's hand and said: "Good sister, so you have really been transferred to Huan'er's room. I would have told the old lady to ask you to go if I knew it last year."

Ping'er laughed and said: "I have something good, let you rush to get it."

Shi Xiangyun joked with a smile: "Not to mention, just this appearance, sister Ping'er is the most outstanding among the girls, and sister Ping'er is smart and considerate, and has a very good temperament. I would like it if I were a man." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pinched Ping'er's sweet face.

Lin Daiyu covered her eyes and said, "Hurry up, there is a female hooligan here."

Shi Xiangyun giggled, and Ping'er blushed softly and said: "Miss Yun, keep your voice down, don't wake up our master."

Shi Xiangyun covered his mouth, widened his almond eyes and said, "What time is it? Huan'er hasn't woken up yet? You're so lazy, how do you get off the exam?"

Ping'er whispered: "You don't know, since the master decided to let the third master end next month, the third master has been like a madman. He gets up to read before dawn every day, and only goes to bed after three o'clock at night. He even writes articles in his dreams. It's only been a few days. He has lost weight. I hope he won't work so hard. He will be sick when he gets tired. However, we are too greedy and don't listen to persuasion. We didn't wake up until four o'clock last night. I saw that today is a holiday. Him, let him sleep a little longer."

Shi Xiangyun couldn't help being moved when he heard the words: "It really is the third watch and the fifth watch. Huan'er is so hardworking. Before changing, I wouldn't believe it."

Everyone was talking, but there was movement in the room, the sound of someone turning over and falling off the bed, and then the sound of clogs walking.

Ping'er smiled wryly: "It should be our master who was woken up!"

Jia Tanchun raised the bead curtain and walked in, Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun also followed curiously, but the next scene made them laugh.

I saw Jia Huan only wearing pajamas, with disheveled hair, and running to the desk with clogs on. While chanting with his eyes closed, he impatiently rubbed his ink, apparently preparing to write.

When Ping'er saw it, he felt distressed and funny, and hurried forward to help him sharpen the ink, while saying: "Third Master, sleep well, what's the trouble?"

Jia Huan was obviously preoccupied with the sudden inspiration, and didn't realize the existence of Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun at all. He urged, "Hurry up, I figured out how to solve this question. It's definitely a wonderful pen!"

Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu looked at each other, covered their mouths and snickered: "Sister Lin, you are right, you really brought me to meet a strange person!"

Lin Daiyu was also a little funny, and said in a low voice: "This is really crazy!"

Jia Tanchun was overjoyed and surprised that with Brother Huan in this state, He Chou would not be able to get a good grade in the exam, so he said softly: "Brother Huan must have realized it, let's go back now, so as not to interrupt him, come back next time."

So the three women quietly withdrew.

(End of this chapter)