The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

Chapter 174

As soon as Daiyu said that, she knew she was stupid, but after all, Baochai was a person who had experienced a lifetime, and she always hoped that Baochai would come up with something unexpected, so even though she knew what she was asking was stupid , but still looked at Baochai without blinking.

Baochai smiled wryly and said, "It's fine if she committed something else. The case of the Wang family is in the eyes of the emperor. How can you tell her to go wherever you want?"

Daiyu had known this for a long time, but she still let out a disappointment and bowed her head in silence. Baochai hated her gloomy appearance the most, and comforted her, "Don't worry, we can't help her when the storm is on the cusp. After a few years, things will calm down." , let's find another way to call her back."

But Daiyu said: "I thought that there were more than two of us in the world, as women, but we fell in love with each other. I thought this might be a sign from God. Now that I think about it, the sign is a sign, but it is not a good sign."

Baochai's eyebrows twitched, she went up to hold her hand and said, "You are sick these days and have nothing to do at home, that's why you are thinking so wildly. They just happened to encounter such a thing, so there are no signs or no signs." Yes. Besides, that’s all the people you and I know. There are already two couples of us. We don’t know how many other people’s families we don’t know about. Don’t worry, since God is willing to call us together, He always has a reason."

Daiyu lowered her head and only pinched the corner of Baochai's clothes. Seeing that the stitches on the corners of her clothes were open, she picked them up and looked at the sun for a long while, then asked Zijuan to take the needle, thread and scissors, and then she picked up the thread ends, and then carefully When Baochai saw her like this, she thought of something else. She called Ying'er and said, "It's been a long time since you've measured out the clothes for winter? Why haven't they been delivered yet?"

Ying'er said: "We didn't bring any needleworkers, and the clothes were all made outside. This winter is colder than before, everyone is rushing to make bigger clothes, and many needleworkers have changed to weavers. There are not enough people. So it dragged on for a while, and Qingque had already gone to urge it, saying that it would be available within three days."

Baochai raised her eyebrows and said, "Has the needleworker changed to become a weaver?"

Ying'er nodded and said, "This year, many people came to buy silk from the local area. Those who farmed the land saw that the weavers made a lot of money, so they all invested in the workshops. The land is left uncultivated."

Daiyu said: "The land is barren, what should I do when the grain is handed over?"

Ying'er said: "I vaguely heard that wasteland can reduce taxes, I don't know if it is true, but they will not suffer anyway."

On the contrary, Daiyu became more and more worried: "The wasteland tax will be reduced, but the imperial court's examination results will not be low. Everyone does not cultivate the land, and the county's tax revenue will not come up. Isn't Baoyu going to be implicated?"

Baochai was also worried and said, "I don't know how much land there is in the new wasteland. I have to ask Baoyu to send someone to look at it." Looking up and seeing Daiyu frowning again, I feel that it's not the way to sit and worry about it. Thinking about it, he said with a smile: "You only have Baoyu in your heart. When you meet him, you just think hard, but you don't think about me at all."

Daiyu was surprised to hear this, looked at her and said, "Why don't I miss you?"

Baochai said: "There are so many scenic spots in Suzhou, but I have never been to any of them. You, the landlord, didn't take me to see them. Speaking of which, I have been here for so long. Apart from visiting a few shops, I have not even visited the city gates." I don't know where to go."

Daiyu said: "That's easy. When you have free time, I'll just take you out for a walk. Go to Huqiu if it's close, and Guanwa Palace if it's far away. Both are good places."

Baochai said: "How about going today? Huqiu is outside the city, and it may be too late. We just sit in a sedan chair and walk down the street."

Daiyu was fine at first, so she agreed.The two changed their clothes and ordered the sedan chair to be passed on. The outsider replied that there was only one warm sedan chair in the yamen, and it might not be warm if they went to call the sedan chair outside. Helping Daiyu to get on the sedan chair, both of them were wearing big clothes, and there was room for them to ride in a small sedan chair for two people. Although Baochai felt sorry for Daiyu's thinness, Daiyu also took Baochai's hand and said: "You just talk about me all day long, and you don't look in the mirror to see how much weight you've lost. You're so sick of being next to each other."

Baochai laughed and said, "It's strange that you can see through the big woolen clothes."

Daiyu rolled her eyes and said, "Who told you now!" She stretched out her hand to pinch Baochai, but withdrew it, and said angrily, "Forget it, you can't pinch it with such thick clothes."

Baochai deliberately rolled up her sleeves layer by layer, revealing a white lotus-like arm and said, "So you can pinch it?" Daiyu slapped her, flicked her arm, and put down the sleeve for her Go, said: "It's cold."

Baochai smiled, hugged Daiyu from the side, pressed her chin on her shoulder, and said softly, "Going this way, your house is right ahead." Er, Zicuckoo and two bearers were not accompanied by the old servant of the Lin family, so they didn't know the way.

Daiyu raised the curtain and looked at it for a while, then said: "The road looks familiar, so I can't tell. Although I have been back, I have always returned to the old house. I don't remember much here. In fact, I don't even know the road to the old house. I don’t remember much, I only know that my mother’s grave is outside the city, not very far from Huqiu, and the family used to have a garden there, and since it was sold here, the garden must have been sold long ago.”

Baochai asked, "Is it that unnamed garden west of Huqiu, with an embroidery tower beside it?"

Daiyu nodded, turned her head and asked Baochai, "How do you know?"

Baochai smiled and didn't answer, but pointed to the scenery outside the street and asked Daiyu one by one.Daiyu probably didn't remember, so she answered a few perfunctory words, then suddenly pointed to the front and said, "Yes, it's here, I still remember these two different stone lions." Looking closely, the front of the door is still the same as before, but the plaque on the door has been changed. The former Lin Mansion is now called "Xue's House". The door of the house is closed, and there is no one at the door.

Daiyu couldn't bear to look any further, so she turned her head to look at Baochai, and said with a forced smile, "You said it's not a coincidence, why is my house sold by someone named Xue?"

Baochai laughed and said, "It is destined that you will be under the care of someone surnamed Xue. People are like this, even houses and mansions."

Daiyu glanced at her, because she had to come down and walk for a week when she arrived at the gate of the old house, and saw that there was not even a person to inform at the gate, and it didn't look like a prosperous house, she couldn't help frowning, and stood in front of the stone lion , stretched out his hand to touch the lion's head, and Baochai shouted after a few steps: "It's ice on it, don't touch it." But Daiyu still touched it, Baochai stomped his feet, came over a few steps, and forcibly pulled Daiyu took hold of her hand, stuffed a stove in her palm, and called Ying'er again: "Go and knock on the door, saying that we are the old masters, revisiting the old place, and want to go inside to have a look. I wonder if the master can be accommodating."

Daiyu said in surprise, "It's too rash to knock on the door like this."

Baochai said with a smile: "Your majesty's wife is here, not reckless, not at all." Ying'er came forward to knock on the door with a smile, and when the door opened, she said a few words to the inside. The door opened, and two big servants came out to greet her, and she said something to Ying'er, Ying'er came over and said: "The master of this house said that we should go in as soon as possible, you are welcome."

Baochai took Daiyu's hand to enter, but was thrown away by Daiyu. Daiyu said slightly annoyed: "Baochai, you have always been sensible, why are you so confused today? It's someone else's house, how can we Do you want to come and bother me again?"

Baochai said with a smile: "We are here on a whim. We asked to come to the door, and the master's house is also here on a whim. Let us visit, what's there to bother you?" Just took Daiyu's hand in, Daiyu twisted her but , I had to reluctantly go inside with Baochai, but seeing that all the furnishings were still the same as in the old days, the pavilions, pavilions, fish ponds and water pavilions were exactly the same as in memory, so I raised my eyebrows and called Zijuan Said: "Go and ask the owner here, tell me that I want to see him, and thank you in person."

Zijuan responded readily and went out with a smile, but when she came back she had a strange face. She looked at Daiyu for a long time before saying: "The owner of the house said that since the girl has opened her mouth, she naturally wants to see her. Please move to the main hall for a while." Wait, wait until he asks someone to tidy up."

Daiyu was puzzled, and took Baochai to the main hall, but there was already a table of banquets, which were filled with seasonal fresh fruits, mutton, etc. There were maids waiting by the table, and a gorgeously dressed woman was beside her. Standing, let Chai and Dai sit down.

Daiyu refused again and again: "Come in rashly, it's already disturbing, how dare you accept the wine and dinner again?"

The woman smiled and said: "This is our wife's order. We are servants, so we have to obey. The girl just takes pity on us, so what's the point of staying and sitting?"

Daiyu told her softly, so she sat down along with her, and the woman ordered the maids to come to serve dishes like water, and all the food that was added to Daiyu's bowl was her usual favorite food.Daiyu became more and more puzzled, and turned to Baochai, "Do you know who father sold this place to? Why are you so polite?"

Baochai just pursed her lips and smiled, and Yinger just smiled all the way. Seeing her two smiles, Daiyu asked more and more: "What's the matter? Who did you sell this place to?"

Ying'er then said, "Girl, just tell Second Mistress."

Baochai smiled and said to Daiyu, "I bought this place."