By Jia Xiuzhen

Sister Feng was busy at the other end. Here, Daiyu Baochai and Sanchun stayed with Jiamu for a while, talking and laughing, and then went to Daiyu's together after they came out.Baoyu followed closely, and it was inevitable that he and Tanchun would talk about yesterday's case again. He laughed and said, "Is it an exception now?"

Everyone changed into thick clothes today, and they all laughed when they heard what he said. Baochai said: "You two don't need to argue about your height. I think only Sister Lin has a good plan. She said that if you want to judge length, you can wear big hair. The clothes are gone, isn't it in the same language?" Baoyu laughed and said, "Sister Bao's decision is very reasonable."

Tanchun couldn't help laughing and said: "It was you and Sister Bao who had a debate, and I was just helping out. Why are you holding on to me now?" Everyone thought about the incident, and it was true, so they couldn't help laughing.

Baochai saw that Daiyu was wearing the same long jacket as yesterday, so she laughed and said, "My sister wears this color which suits her complexion very well, and it took a lot of work." Everyone looked closely and saw the clothes On the yellow satin, nine kinds of chrysanthemums are embroidered with flat gold and silver threads, including dragon claw chrysanthemum, tiger head chrysanthemum, persimmon chrysanthemum, hair silk chrysanthemum, pine needle chrysanthemum, marigold, peony chrysanthemum and dahlia, with golden seals scattered in the middle. Taking the auspicious meaning of "living in Kangning for a long time", they all laughed and said, "It's really fine."

Daiyu seldom wears such gorgeous clothes, but she doesn't feel how prosperous she is when she wears them.Yingchun looked at it carefully, and said softly, "The clothes are not easy to wear, but my sister's clothes are not vulgar." Daiyu laughed, "It's rare for the second sister to praise me once." Baochai laughed and said, "It's you who recruits people." It hurts, even the elder sister-in-law clearly favors you. Everyone only has a cloak, but you have an extra long coat, and doing such delicate work, isn't it partial to you?"

Xichun and Yingchun looked at each other, smiled and said nothing, and Tanchun said, "Sister Lin is a guest, and she should be." Baochai laughed and talked about something else.Du Baoyu is used to seeing Daiyu's plain and clean dress like a lotus in clear water, how could he think that today's dress is like a golden chrysanthemum facing the wind, with another kind of charm, for a moment she is full of admiration in her heart but she can't say it out, her face is stunned .Everyone was used to his dementia for a long time, so naturally they didn't care about it.

After lunch, Yingchun made an appointment with Xichun to look for Li Wan. After arriving for a while, it was reported outside, "Miss Lin is here!" gone?"

Li Wan was puzzled by this, so Daiyu told the morning joke.Li Wan said with a smile: "We are a partner in business, and the owner is having a meeting. A kid like you sit aside first." Daiyu wondered, "Are you really in business? Now it's time to divide the money!" Li Wan said with a smile. Wan teased her and said, "Do you want to join a gang to earn money together?"

Daiyu shook her head and said, "What do I want money for? The house provides food and lodging, and there is no place to send money." Li Wan recalled last time Nanny Chang said that Lin Ruhai had sent Daiyu a bank note. , and said: "Why is there no place to get money? Don't you love the clay figurines and bamboo carvings they found last time?"

Daiyu shook her head and said, "It's just a fresh look. How can I get a lot of it?" Knowing that she lives as a guest, it's not easy to spend a lot of time, so she diverted the conversation and said, "Then sit aside and don't worry about it." It will delay our earning money." Seeing Li Wan's attitude, Daiyu laughed upside down.

Li Wan asked Suyun to take out an account book and show it to several people.Where did the people see this before?Flipping through it again, Li Wan cleared his throat and said to Yingchun and Xichun: "How about the ten taels of dividends for each of you in these two months? Mother Chang also said that I was cheating money! Now I will pay you in real money, That's how I know I'm real!"

Seeing that Li Wan was really taking money out, Yingchun stopped her and said, "Wait a minute, sister-in-law, you don't need to give it to me..." Li Wan wondered, "No need to give it to me? What are you talking about? Then I'm not really a money swindler?" Yingchun stammered. Not knowing why, Li Wan knew something was wrong, and it was inconvenient to ask her in front of so many people, so she gave Suyun a wink, turned her head and asked Xichun, "What can you say? Don't say you want to change it to snacks." take it!"

Yingchun also laughed out loud when she heard this, Xichun didn't take it seriously, and said with a giggle: "I don't want it either, I just gave my sister-in-law a bag of gold and silver coins, and my sister-in-law turned around and gave me the ingot. I don't want the ingot either, either. If I live here with my sister-in-law, it will be enough for me to open a dim sum shop in a few years!" Everyone laughed and said, "What a plan!"

Li Wan shook his head and said helplessly, "It's just a bag of gold and silver curvings! Alas, you really don't know the price of firewood and rice. Do you know how much your bag of gold and silver curvings can do? It's enough for several families to spend the winter!" Xi Chun widened her eyes. He rolled his eyes and asked, "Worth this much?"

Li Wan nodded and said: "Isn't this the only expense for ordinary people to live? In my workshop, a person can earn sixty or seventy Wen a day, which is already amazing." Several people listened, where is Li Wan? Know the real situation outside?Nanny Xu knew her temper, and she would not tell her those miserable things, but she picked up some light-hearted and interesting stories.That's it, it's almost a book for their sisters.

Gossiping is easy, because Youshi came to see her sister-in-law, Daiyu also felt a little tired, so the two went back together first.Li Wan had heard what Suyun had learned from Siqi, so he kept Yingchun and exchanged it for tea and fruits. Biyue and the others went outside to play and joke, only Li Wan and Yingchun sat opposite each other in the inner room.

Yingchun has a clear mind, knowing that Li Wan wanted to ask about Caicai's matter, how could he know that Li Wan already understood it.Li Wan thought for a while, and asked Yingchun: "Second sister, you don't need to worry, I just ask you, what kind of life do you want to live?" Like a sap hitting her head, she really didn't think about what kind of life she was going to live.

Such parents, such backgrounds, and such a temperament, dare to have any "thinking"?After a while of hesitation, Fang sighed softly and said, "Sister-in-law, I just want to live in peace and quiet." Seeing that Yingchun had only uttered such a sentence for a long time, Li Wan couldn't help but recall himself, restrained his thoughts, and said slowly: " How old are you to say such a thing!"

Yingchun smiled lightly, but said nothing.Li Wan sighed, smiled slightly, and said, "I'm not going to tell you the truth, just say this. Now that you have a life you want to live, what do you have to rely on?" Yingchun looked up puzzled: "Rely on? Li Wan sighed and nodded, "Yes, it's Yiping." Looking at Yingchun again, "I'm afraid you haven't thought about it."

Yingchun shook her head in a daze.Li Wan sneered and said, "You haven't thought about it, it's just because you think that you don't need anything to rely on in a 'quiet' life, right?"Seeing her expression, Li Wan knew that his guess was correct, so he breathed a sigh of relief, nodded her forehead and sighed: "What a confused girl!"

Yingchun was poked by her finger, her eyes felt sore for some reason, so she lowered her head and heard Li Wan say: "The Eldest Master is not someone who cares about his children, and the Eldest Wife doesn't have the time to spend on you. The old lady was originally indifferent to the big house, you are still a concubine daughter of the big house, your aunt left early, and you don't have a mother-in-law to rely on, but you are still a clumsy and honest-hearted person, and you can't get anything easy You must not be obedient. Fortunately, born in a family like ours, there are always ups and downs. Now that I am being raised by the old lady, as long as I save myself, I can always live a quiet life. After such a calculation, it saves time and trouble. Four words can keep you quiet and safe. Am I right?"

Yingchun heard this as if it came from her own mouth, but she couldn't say what she said about her parents, so she nodded slowly in the end.

Li Wan said again: "What if you are married? What can you do if you are wronged? What if the old man and the wife want you to move back tomorrow? If the old lady and the wife think there are too many people in front of them You don’t want to be with me anymore, so what about you? Do you know the current situation in our mansion? Can such a decent life last for another 100 years?...Have you ever thought about such things? "

Yingchun was already dumbfounded, she just murmured and shook her head.

Li Wan smiled lightly and pushed the tea bowl towards her, and then said: "You think I'm scaring you? The rouge and water powder are bought instead, and the incense sticks are not homemade. How much is there in the house when Miss Lin is at home?" Girl, how much was it when you were a big girl? How many people can use green rice and rouge rice now?"

Yingchun was already thinking about it, Li Wan stopped asking questions, and sighed: "I'm just giving this example, you can see it clearly, now you just think of 'nothing to rely on', so you can only beg for a 'quiet' .In fact, you need a lot of support for this kind of "quiet" life. This so-called quiet life depends on others, and you can only make a concession and endure it yourself. There is no chance of standing up, so what do you say 'quiet'?"

Yingchun is not a stupid person, how can a really stupid person get the Samadhi of chess?This kind of patience and saving trouble is the way she chose after gaining insight into the situation, but after all, she is young and has little knowledge, and there is no elder to tell her some old sayings, and there is no caring nurse to break the matter of the big house If you look at it with her, you naturally don't know the insecurity of the "foregone conclusion" in front of you.

This time, after hearing what Li Wan said, he felt that the chessboard had been slapped by his sleeves, and he couldn't find a place to start.Li Wan didn't say any more, and let her meditate.After a long while, Yingchun raised her head and asked Li Wan, "Sister-in-law, what should I do? I, I'm just...or...what can I do...even...it's impossible."

Li Wan nodded and said: "I saw that you were going all the way to that evil road, so I just said these words to you today. Since you are good at chess, don't you hear that 'poorness leads to change, change leads to success, and mastery leads to long-term'? Why is it that the world is not clear, and you put yourself in a dead end? In this life, you can use, rely on, and command. In the final analysis, it is just your "self". This is the biggest way to survive! If you are born by others If you really have no desires in your heart and follow the flow without any hindrances, such a day is also possible. You clearly have desires and hopes in your heart, and you want to get rid of suffering and find happiness, so what? Pretend to be a grass-roots temper? Always and everywhere, isn’t it yourself who suffers?”

After hearing this, Yingchun fell silent, and after a long while saluted Li Wan, "Thank you, sister-in-law, Yingchun!"

Li Wan knew that she had already figured out the barriers, but "relying on the sky and the earth is worse than relying on oneself" is a bold statement, but in practice it is a difficult task of self-cultivation and self-cultivation. How could it be clear for a while, so he helped her and said: " As long as you can figure it out, you don’t need to thank me. When you change your mind, you will naturally do something, and the way of heaven will naturally guide you. You have to come out on your own, but don’t be afraid of doing it. "

Li Wan's words in the Spring Festival Jing have ruined the days that he had thought to be safe, so he has nothing to fear.If you follow the previous patience and retreat, there is no room for maneuver when it is impossible to retreat—the world is used to your "saving trouble", so naturally they don't bother to take care of your "trouble", and they will only "be patient" "With this ability, there is neither other help nor self-help, so we can only accept it.This is putting your life in the hands of others, how can this be possible?

Now that I have made my mind clear, it is inevitable to fall into daily activities, Li Wan said: "Now you can talk about your dividends, how can you say no?" After the matter was settled, he said again: "If I take it back, I will inevitably provoke idleness again."

Li Wan smiled and said: "This is a good example. Just now I said that you backed down to a dead end. Do you think this is the case? It was yours, and the slave took over the master's. At first, she might have trembled, but she just saw that you didn't notice." No matter whether you don’t ask or not, it will gradually become the right thing to do. After a while, if you want to come back, she still thinks that you are robbing her. Besides, you are not powerful and she has no fear, so she will have to rob you. A few words. In this way, if you steal something, you will be treated as a fool, and if you want to return your things, you will be treated as a robber. If things get serious, you are afraid of losing face. If you let her steal you, you will be hurt. Lizi, advancing and retreating, isn’t it a dead end?”

Yingchun laughed after hearing this and said: "Let my sister-in-law talk, the last time I frightened her to redeem the jade and came back in a hurry, how many days in a row, she said that there is really no benefit for me."

Li Wan saw that she could laugh at what she said, so he knew that she had thought it through. He secretly praised Linghui, and then said: "People in the world actually boil down to two words, one is 'heart' and the other is 'heart'. Strength', intentional or unintentional is one thing, when you are determined, it is another thing to be weak. Now that you have the heart to rely on yourself, you must also have the strength to rely on yourself. This is not something that others can help you with. But it is still the same sentence If you want to change your mind, there will naturally be another way for you to go."

Yingchun laughed and said, "My sister-in-law said that well. Although I seem to feel something in my heart from time to time, I can't say it so clearly. That's exactly the case. It's just that I don't know where my 'strength' is." Li Wan said quickly: "You If you are so talented in the way of chess, this is the power of God, and the world is connected, and your "strength" can't be like Laner's in eating, drinking, rough skin and thick flesh."

Yingchun couldn't stop laughing when she heard this, and thought about Li Wan's upbringing to Jia Lan, and suddenly understood the key point, and said with emotion: "It's strange that my sister-in-law didn't stop Lan'er from practicing martial arts to go to school. If she is an old lady, she must be reluctant." That's right. Lan'er was so tired that her chin was pointed, not to mention that there were few people in the family school to look after her, how old is Lan'er!"

Li Wan said: "I just hope that he can rely on himself to live the life he likes." Yingchun asked: "Lan'er entered school at such a young age, didn't she want to be named on the gold list to honor her ancestors? Also earn an imperial order for my sister-in-law Do it."

Li Wan said with a smile: "He loves to go to school, so I let him go. I don't point to these. If he likes to do other things in the future, it will naturally be allowed." After hearing this, Yingchun nodded and smiled: "Sister-in-law is actually with others It's different." Li Wan also laughed and said, "I just need to think about it more clearly." The two went to the room together when they were chatting at dinner, and after that, the way of welcoming the Spring Festival was gradually different from the past, but that's another story.

Let's say that Xichun hurried back to her room, saw that Youshi was asking the women who were serving her, and went forward to salute. Seeing that her clothes were still thick and her face was not bad, Youshi felt relieved and said: " It’s so cold before it’s winter, and I’m not worried about the people who got sick from the cold at your place last time, so I’ll come back and have a look, it’s looking good now.”

Xichun had already taken off her cloak, sat down by the brazier, and said with a smile, "They are so timid in the painting screen, they are busy adding clothes to me when it gets cold." Then she rushed to get Li Wan to give her the newly made one. He took out the clothes and offered them treasures, and said, "Sister-in-law, look at this. The new one made by sister-in-law looks good. My ancestors agreed."

Youshi saw that the big cloak was made of light and warm wool, and the big pink magnolias on the face of the silk tapestry, which was lively and extravagant, he praised: "The clothes are so bright, you are such a villain, so you can use this kind of material, but you can only wear them for a year or two." That's all. It can be seen that my sister-in-law loves you more than my own sister-in-law, I am not so generous." Xichun giggled when she heard her teasing, and Youshi said again: "How did I hear that you still want to do business with my sister-in-law? ? Your brother asked me to ask you, but the monthly money is not enough?"

Xichun laughed and said, "What's the use of my money? It's just to find a reason to play with my sister-in-law. In the future, when I save too much bonus, I will open a dim sum shop to make dim sum for me to eat." Youshi listened Her childish speech was very pleasant, and after seeing that her winter things were in order, she felt relieved and went to find Sister Feng to talk about housework.