Jin Yuliangyuan of the Red Chamber

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, before dawn, it snowed heavily in the capital all night, and it was a little lighter now.

Both Mingyan and Yinquan were wearing cotton robes and big leather hats, and they came and went ordering people to sweep the snow and sprinkle salt.

The place where people walk must be cleaned. There are a lot of things to do in this day.

However, there are some places that cannot be swept away, like the large plum garden behind Lingyan Pavilion, and the maple forest that has lost all its leaves in front.

So the cleaners just shoveled away the snow on the stone road, trying not to damage the original snow scene.

When the eastern sky turned fish-belly white and the thin morning light was shining, Daiyu struggled out of the warm bed in a daze. She got up in her pajamas and went behind the screen for convenience. Qingwen, who had been guarding outside early in the morning, heard the With a loud sound, the door was gently pushed open a small gap to get in, and then quickly closed to prevent the cold wind from blowing in.

The room is not cold, on the contrary, it is still a little hot, because Qingwen will come in quietly at night to add charcoal to the stove a few times. It is said that the air will be very dry in this way, but there is a large bathtub in the innermost part, which is filled with imported water. The natural hot spring water in the house emits hot steam continuously, so neutralized, the room is warm and humid, which is very pleasant.

After Daiyu came out from behind the screen, she turned directly to the bathing pool. Qingwen quickly took the teapot from the tea stove, then took a cup and put it in, poured her a cup and put it on the side, and then went out Make the bed and pail.

Daiyu basically didn't wake up after falling asleep at night, and her mouth was dry all night, so she would rush to the toilet to drink water when she woke up in the morning.

In the past few months, Baoyu slept with her, and he always got up several times in the middle of the night, and then asked her if it was convenient, and then gave her a few sips of water to drink.Once he was gone, Daiyu would have to go back to her old life and drink water when she got up in the morning.

Fortunately, there is no such thing in the house with hot springs, and Qingwen knows her habits after so many years.

After she drank a cup of slightly scalding white water, she soaked in the hot water and drowsy. In winter, it is always a hard struggle with inertia to wake up completely, and she is of course no exception.

After another quarter of an hour, she slowly opened her eyes and began to scrub slowly.

It just happened to soak for a while, she just had her menstrual cycle yesterday, and she didn't take a bath for the previous five or six days. She just asked Qingwen to wipe her body with a hot cloth every day. Today, she can finally wash well.

Sure enough, Qingwen knew her well enough, and when she cleaned up outside and ordered breakfast, she came in to wash her back and wash her hair.

Seeing Daiyu's white skin and tender flesh, her well-proportioned and graceful figure, her pliable body like a wicker made from practicing martial arts, and her slender waist, made Qingwen blush even for a woman. ear-warming.

After washing her hair and her whole body was clean and fragrant, Daiyu stood up from the water, and Qingwen quickly picked up a super large cloth towel beside her to wrap her up to absorb the water drops.

Because they are all women, Daiyu is not embarrassed now, she stretched out her arms generously and let her wipe, while secretly circulating her internal energy, and when Qingwen dried her body, her hair was almost dry.

So I took the inner coat and put it on, and then went out to put on the outer clothes.There was water on the ground, and when Qingwen turned to put away the teacup and teapot, her feet slipped, and she was about to fall into the pool when she tilted her body. The water was also sprinkled in half.

She gasped in shock, the water in it was flowing, it wasn't that it was dirty, but the bottom of the pool was made of stones transported from the mountains, just now her angle was right on the edge, and she fell down Even the lightest thing on the head would cause a big bag to fall. If it is serious...then it is uncertain.

Seeing her frightened expression, Daiyu patted her on the shoulder reassuringly, "It's all right, don't be afraid."

Qingwen smiled at her gratefully: "It's really thanks to the master just now, otherwise I would have confessed here today!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Daiyu nodded at her, "I can cure you even if you are knocked! Laba, don't talk nonsense!"

Qingwen stuck out her tongue, and the two walked out together. Thinking of the scene just now, Daiyu also frowned, and when she got dressed and Qingwen combed her hair, she said: "It's really not safe there, why don't Put a short wool blanket on the surrounding floor to avoid slipping and falling."

Qingwen nodded: "That's a good idea. I will ask them to take out all the rabbit skins in the curry and put them together on the bed."

"Well, I can't use it anyway, and it's going to break if I don't use it all the time, and there will be a new one next year!" Daiyu nodded in satisfaction.What she didn't expect was that Baoyu would bring back several carts of good leather this time, and there were really too many to use up.

Since it is Laba, of course we have to drink Laba porridge.

In fact, this era is when Laba porridge has just begun to become a festival custom, but the wisdom of the people is infinite, and many flavors have been developed. Baoyu used to eat it every year, and he was used to the general practice. .

But with his current status and financial resources, it couldn't be easier.

No, just this bowl of Laba porridge, in addition to the basic ingredients such as miscellaneous grains, red beans and red dates, there are also peanuts, longan, chestnuts, walnuts, lotus seeds, yam, lily, wolfberry, raisins, melon seeds, green red shreds, etc., and the first-class cream is added. Sweet fragrance fills the room.

These are all good things for nourishing the health and warming the stomach. After Daiyu drank a bowl, her stomach was warm and comfortable, and then she picked up a few vegetarian dishes to eat.

After finishing eating, she asked, "Have everyone finished drinking?" Ming Yan hurriedly replied, "Master, don't worry, I saw with my own eyes that everyone received a bowl."

"Well, that's good. Everyone is happy and praying for a good year." Daiyu laughed.

Ming Yan also smiled when he heard it: "What the master said is that we are used to doing this, and it is the same at Zhuangzi's side. The porridge shed has also opened, and it will be a whole day's porridge!"

This is also what Baoyu explained. It started from the time I bought Zhuangzi. At the beginning, it was only for the farmers. There are more and more farmers, and the life of the farmers is getting better and better. They simply set up sheds to give porridge at this time of year. In fact, there are refugees from other places in Beijing every year. This is considered a good thing.

Daiyu also knew that after so many years, it should have become a routine, so don't worry about it, so she nodded her approval.

After Mingyan went out, Yinquan saw that he had tidied up properly, so he took a stack of account books, each of which was very thick, and he was quite tired looking at him like that.

"Master, it's the end of the new year. Here are our shop's accounts for the year. You should read it." After speaking, he turned his lower body, revealing the other two stacks behind him.

Daiyu felt a headache when she saw this account book, mainly because Baoyu and Jia Lian were both too capable and had too much business, and the account book for every ten days was enough for her to look at, let alone a year's account.

She felt her temples twitch twice, waved her hands and said to Yinquan: "...I see, put it on the desk first, I'll read it when I have time."

Mo Yu also came, and said that she wanted to show her the accounts of the mansion and the two Zhuangzi's last year. Daiyu became even more depressed, and asked him to put the three accounts together with a bitter face. Mo Yu understood this kind of view very well. Account of the bitter mood ah!He glanced sympathetically at his mistress and withdrew.

Daiyu felt that those ledgers were weighing on her heart like a mountain, so she had no choice but to stop looking at them for the time being, thinking that when Jia Lian came back, she would share half of it with him and let him share some of it for herself.

Thinking of this, she was in a happy mood, and played with Dian Momo in flowered clothes for a while, one of them was wearing a white sheepskin waistcoat, the other was a black goatskin waistcoat, and it was hard to tell the difference between the clothes after walking far away. And the dog, running and slipping down a little bit, is very joyful.

After teasing the dog for a while, the sky was bright outside, she opened the window and looked out, the lake was frozen and covered with thick snow, and the world was covered in silver.

"Qingwen, let them prepare the car, let's go to my father's house." She closed the window with a raised hand, and said to Qingwen.Qingwen knew that the master was going to check it again, in case the master came and there was nothing cheap, so she went out to call Mingyan.

In the spacious and warm carriage, Daiyu is opening the curtain and looking out through the glass on the window.

Because he didn't want to be too ostentatious, besides Mingyan Qingwen, there were only ten guards from the villa who accompanied him. They all trained at Jinyiwei and they didn't relax on weekdays, so they were not afraid of danger.

Mingyan drove the car along the frozen dirt road at a leisurely pace. The crisp sound of horseshoes, the sound of rolling wheels and occasional snorts sounded in the silent mountain forest.

After leaving the area of ​​Xishan, people gradually became crowded. Because it was the Laba Festival, the streets were busier than usual, and the sweet smell of Laba porridge wafted everywhere.

It was too cold after the snowfall, and ice flowers formed on the glass in a short while. Daiyu wrote on it with her fingers together with her childlike innocence. Qingwen finally couldn't see it anymore, she dragged her back, put down the curtain, and put a hand stove in her hand to warm her up.

Lin's mansion arrived in a short time, the guards at the gate knew Mingyan well, when they saw the carriage approaching, they opened the gate of the mansion wide, and welcomed Daiyu in respectfully.

Lin An got the news and hurried over to make an apology, Daiyu smiled and said, "What is your fault? I came out in a hurry, I should send a letter first."

Lin An bowed his waist and smiled, "Miss is a lot! Come in, it's very cold outside!" After they entered the main room, Daiyu first asked carefully if there was anything missing in the house, whether there was enough charcoal Use, food, meat and vegetables are not short, and everything is fine.

Lin An answered each one with a smile, and said that everything is fine and there is nothing missing, thanks to Miss and Mrs. Jia.

He is grateful to Baoyu. After all, he was left alone in the capital with a shallow foundation and really didn't make much money. Thanks to Baoyu's words, people came to deliver things every month and helped him buy hundreds of acres of land. Really everything is fine.

Daiyu felt relieved after asking again, and said: "Father will come to Beijing in a few days, you should be prepared, if there is anything you don't want to do, or if you don't have enough manpower, come and find me."

As soon as Lin An heard that Lin Ruhai was coming, he became excited and nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, miss, I will definitely make preparations!"

After Daiyu finished explaining, she went around again, looked through the monthly income and expenditure account books, and had lunch here before leaving by car.

When the carriage was going back, it passed an alley, Ming Yan poked his head in and pointed with a smile: "Master, look, that's where Aunt Xue's family lives now!"

Daiyu looked in the direction he pointed, and there was a semi-big courtyard in between, with a dark door, there were about three entrances, and there were more than a dozen rooms.

——She hadn't thought of their family for a long time, probably because she was living a good life, and she naturally forgot about these people who didn't have much friendship.Now that she suddenly heard Mingyan mention it, she was still a little dazed:

I wonder how sister Bao is doing?She didn't get selected in the draft, so she will be nineteen years later...

Seeing that she was in a daze, Mingyan called softly: "...Master?" She regained consciousness, let Mingyan continue walking, then shook her head and sighed: Forget it, individuals have their own destiny, she can't control others So much, why bother?

After this day passed, she received a letter the next day, saying that Lin Ruhai and Jia Lian were going to Beijing together, and they would arrive in about two days.

The author has something to say: From a different perspective, I will be back soon, and I will get married soon after I come back!