Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 124 Sunny Flowers and Trees Meet Spring Easily

February 12th is Lin Daiyu’s birthday.

On this day, she was in the nunnery.

When Jia's mother was reminded by Baoyu and hurried to Lin's house to deliver silver noodles and other things, Tanchun politely entertained the visitor and told him: "Sister Lin has found a quiet place to copy scriptures, and I don't know where it is."

The more Grandmother Jia thought about it, the more upset she felt. She couldn't help but complain to Mrs. Xing: "This child is becoming less and less close to me."

Mrs. Xing had another plan in mind, and she advised: "Sister, you are also following the Queen Mother's order. If it weren't for the old lady, how could you simply give the Lin Mansion to Sister Tan to manage?"

When he returned, he discussed with Jia She: "The old lady is always partial to Sister Lin, and the second uncle's family is not honest. I won't mention that. But you are also Sister Lin's uncle.

"My sister has no other blood relatives in this world. If you don't love her anymore, does that mean that my sister will have to rely on an eunuch who has nothing to do with her for the rest of her life?

"Although I came late and have never met my aunt, we have no friendship. But my sister treats me very well. I don't care about you, I have to repay this favor anyway."

If his wife could get close to Lin Daiyu, that would be a great thing. How could Jia She stop her? He said yes repeatedly. With a wave of his hand:

"My good wife is so kind, and I am deeply grateful to her as a husband! If you want money or people, you can do it. If anyone doesn't listen, tell me and I will break his legs!"

Mrs. Xing felt relieved and went to find Wang Xifeng to discuss how to support Daiyu.

At noon, Daiyu was eating vegetarian noodles in the nunnery. Miaoyu saw that her noodles were obviously more filling than hers, so she wrinkled her nose and looked at Xueyan unhappily: "Are you bullying me because I didn't pay?"

Xueyan smiled and whispered to her, "Today is our girl's birthday!"

Miaoyu said "oh", stopped talking, and lowered her head to eat noodles.

Daiyu pretended to be oblivious, but her ears turned red.

After dinner, the two of them took a walk in the nunnery as usual.

Suddenly, a nun came to look for them, smiling: "Someone from your mansion sent a hundred plum trees, a hundred pots of orchids, a hundred chrysanthemums, and a hundred bamboos. They said they were donating them to our small nunnery to add some tranquility."

The two looked at each other.

"Is the third young lady so generous?" Miaoyu suddenly asked.

Daiyu raised her eyebrows and asked the nun to invite the people who sent the four gentlemen to come. Ping'er came in with a smile, and knelt down on both knees when she saw Daiyu: "Our wife and grandmother sent a few pots of flowers and trees to congratulate the young lady for a long life."

Daiyu glanced at him angrily, then knelt down to return the greeting, saying, "Your grandmother is the most cunning one. She stays away from people, but waits for this Qiao Zong'er behind their backs!"

Ping Er kowtowed again and was pulled up by Daiyu, who smiled and said, "Our grandmother is also afraid of causing irrelevant trouble to the young lady. Do you think she doesn't want to hang out with you?"

"I have been staying at home these days. I walk around the yard and count on my fingers when I come back to the house: how many days have passed since I had a proper conversation with Sister Lin!

"Isn't she afraid to come? Please bear with her, young lady!"

Daiyu pouted, pinched Ping'er's face and snorted, "With your mouth, your grandmother is never wrong!"

Miaoyu was impatient with their guessing games and went back to her room.

Ping Erh then told Dai Yu in a serious tone, "Prince Beijing sent a sign to see His Majesty, and it seems that he really wants to ask for a marriage."

Daiyu raised her eyebrows: "How do you know? Do you have spies in the Northern Palace?"

Ping Er laughed and said, "If our family had such great ability, how could we have ended up like this today? I don't know how the Feng family heard about it, and they hurried to tell Master Bao, but I intercepted them at the second gate.

"Now, apart from our wife and grandmother, no one in the family knows about this news!"

The Feng Mansion again?

Daiyu seemed to be thinking about something. She nodded and thanked Feng Jieer seriously. She then asked Ping Er to tell Mrs. Xing: "Thank my aunt for me."

Ping'er bowed her head and said, "Our wife is still saying that because we dare not disobey the old lady, we can't even celebrate your birthday in a grand manner, but we spent so much money to hold a funeral for that vicious woman. It's really cowardly."

Daiyu smiled and said nothing.

Ping'er opened her mouth, wanting to say something but stopped herself.

Daiyu laughed: "Go ahead!"

"It was the Qian Huai incident the other day. Qian Huai was beaten with eighty sticks, had one leg broken, and was exiled three thousand miles away. Qian Sheng divorced Zhao and went to the outer border with his two brothers to trade furs.

"Didn't Zhao Guoji disappear first? Recently, I heard about Wang's death, and he appeared near the village again. He hasn't been caught yet.

"I also accidentally heard them talking quietly when I went to see Lai Da and Lai Er to give their accounts. Now that the Third Miss and Huan Ge'er are in the Lin Mansion, Miss, you have to be extra careful."

Ping'er bit her lip and added in a low voice, "If you don't remove the root of the problem, there will be trouble in the future. Our Second Master now feels that he is being targeted by outsiders, and he is so scared that he dares not do anything.

"Second Madam said to let the girl stay away and not dirty her hands. When she has time, she will definitely deal with these bastards!"

Daiyu then smiled with satisfaction and nodded, "I knew that my help to Sister Feng would not be in vain! Is she okay?"

At this point, Ping'er finally relaxed, sighed, and shook her head, saying, "Now she has family affairs to attend to, and she simply refuses to rest. Aunt Meng managed to restore her vitality a few days ago, but now her complexion is not looking good again."

Daiyu was speechless and could only smile bitterly.

Seeing that she had no other instructions, Ping'er said goodbye and left.

Daiyu looked at her from behind and suddenly remembered that You Erjie had not found her whereabouts yet, and she felt a little uneasy. But after all, this was someone else's bedroom matter, and she didn't want to interfere too much.

I went back to my room to take a short rest, and Miaoyu and I copied some sutras and played two games of chess. Snow Goose came in and said with a smile that all the flowers and trees had been planted.

Daiyu couldn't help wanting to go and take a look, so she took Miaoyu out for a walk and "by the way" went to the host's courtyard, where she first saw a patch of green bamboo.

Miaoyu smiled and said, "This is similar to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion."

Daiyu's heart was slightly moved, and she remained silent.

Then I looked at the orchids and chrysanthemums, which were just green because it was not the season. Finally, I went to the backyard and saw a large area planted with a hundred plum trees, all in full bloom.

"It would be more beautiful if it were peach blossoms." Miaoyu couldn't help but sigh.

Daiyu smiled and said, "If we plant peach blossoms in a nunnery, who knows what those scoundrels outside will say. It's better to plant peach blossoms in a nunnery, as they are good enough to shut people up."

Xueyan was also laughing beside her. Miaoyu blushed slightly, glared at her master and servant, and turned away.

"Oh! We didn't say anything about you! Why are you so stingy? Come back soon!" Daiyu was in a good mood and couldn't help teasing Miaoyu loudly behind her.

The more she spoke, the faster Miaoyu walked.

Xueyan giggled so hard that she couldn't straighten her back, but Daiyu laughed and hit her with her handkerchief: "You bad girl, come on, make fun of Miaogu again!"

Xueyan stuck out her tongue: "They say like master, like servant!"

The master and servant laughed for a while, then stood and watched for a while, and when they saw that it was getting dark, they slowly walked back.

Suddenly, Xueyan stretched out her hand: "Girl, look!"