In the afternoon, wisps of soft sunshine shone quietly in the courtyard. In the three halls of Ningguo Mansion, Qin Keqing had already invited Daiyu, Tanchun and Xiangyun to sit down. They were chatting and laughing intimately and eagerly.
As soon as he saw Jia Heng coming in, Qin Keqing stood up with a smile to greet him and said, "Husband, Sister Lin is here. Just take her to pick rabbits."
"Brother Heng." Before anyone could say anything, Xiangyun called out first, with a sweet smile on Pingguo's round face.
Jia Heng nodded to Xiangyun and Tanchun, cast his gaze on Daiyu's face, and asked with concern: "I heard that Sister Lin was not feeling well the past two days, is she feeling better today?"
The starry eyes under Dai Yu's smoky eyebrows moved slightly, and she said softly and gently: "Brother Xie Heng is concerned. He suffered some cold the night before yesterday, so he asked the doctor to take two doses of medicine. Now he is fine."
Jia Heng said warmly: "Sister, please pay more attention."
Then, he turned to look at Zijuan and asked Daiyu about her diet and daily life during this period.
After asking the imperial doctor to consult Daiyu, under the leadership of Jia Heng, a scientific and nutritious food supplement program was formulated for Daiyu, and Zijuan was usually in charge.
Zijuan smiled and said: "According to the recipe given by the uncle, the girl often uses it, and her work and rest are much more regular than before."
Jia Heng nodded and warned: "If you supervise me more, Sister Lin will think less and worry less."
Zijuan nodded in agreement.
Seeing the caring and caring people on the side, Daiyu's starry eyes drooped slightly, and her thoughts were strange.
In fact, I was a little embarrassed, because it was in front of others.
Thinking of this, I glanced at the beautiful woman in a gorgeous dress, and saw that radiant face, smiling, calm and quiet.
Tan Chun Yingmei also had a faint smile on her face and said: "Brother Heng, the old lady just said that when I go to Xifu in the evening, my father will host a banquet in honor of Uncle Shi, and she asked you to come over."
Jia Heng said: "It's not too late to wait until it gets later."
In fact, I don’t really want to go, but there isn’t much that can be done about this type of entertainment.
While speaking, he looked at Daiyu and said warmly: "Sister, please come with me."
Daiyu said "hmm", turned her starry eyes, and asked, "Sister Yun, are you going?"
Xiangyun giggled, with two dimples appearing on Pingguo's face, and said delicately: "Sister Lin, I'm afraid I can't bear to hold another couple back to raise them, so I won't go."
Qin Keqing's beautiful eyes flickered, she glanced at Jia Heng, and said with a chuckle: "Just raise a pair of children well. If you raise a lot, you won't have time to take care of them, and they will die easily."
When Jia Heng heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly. For some reason, he always felt that there was something in Keqing's words?
Tanchun smiled softly and said, "Sister Lin, brother Heng, I'm not going either. I'll talk with my sister-in-law."
Jia Heng nodded, walked along the corridor with Daiyu and Zijuan towards the side room where the rabbits were, and entered it.
At this moment, Daiyu saw the pairs of fluffy rabbits placed in the bamboo strip cages on the stool, with a look of novelty on her pretty face. She walked closer, squatted down, and watched the rabbits eating.
Under the misty eyebrows, her starry eyes were graceful and her smile was bright. She turned back to look at Jia Heng. The faint setting sun passed through the withered flower window and fell on a childish, beautiful face with melancholy eyebrows. Bright and excited: "Brother Heng, why are there so many?"
At this moment, Daiyu had a hint of the indescribable playfulness of a little girl compared to Lin Daodong in the past.
It's like spreading your hands and following Grandma Liu's example, "Here comes a female locust."
Jia Heng's eyes couldn't help but condensed. Bao Dai's beauty, although at the age of cardamom, showed a corner of breathtaking beauty, and asked: "Heishan Village Head gave a lot of gifts. By the way, this time it's not someone else's fault." leftover."
Daiyu was listening curiously, when suddenly the smile on her pretty face froze, her lips twitched slightly, and a hint of embarrassment inevitably flashed through her heart.
She said why she was asked to come here to choose. Sure enough, in his eyes, she was just a petty person?
Jia Heng didn't know what Daiyu was thinking, so he ordered his mother to carry the cage made of bamboo strips to the table. He got close to Daiyu and said, "Sister Lin, which one do you like? Pick a pair." .”
"Everything looks pretty good to me." Daiyu turned around and stared at the little white rabbit in the bamboo cage. The autumn water was rippling in the microwave, as if she couldn't get away from it: "Brother Heng, can I take a look at them all?"
Jia Heng smiled and said, "Sit there and pick slowly, don't be in a hurry."
With that said, he was about to tell his mother to open the basket, but he saw Daiyu already sitting at the table, reaching out to push aside the bamboo strips, and caressing the white rabbit's head with the utmost gentleness.
Jia Heng warned: "Sister Lin, be careful not to prick your hands with bamboo thorns."
Daiyu said softly: "Brother Heng, I'm fine."
With that said, he reached out and opened another basket.
Jia Heng was a little worried and asked his grandma to help. Then he sat next to Dai Yu and helped take care of it.
At this time, Zijuan also stepped forward, intending to help.
Suddenly she heard "Hey, you", and Daiyu snorted softly, as if her fingers were pricked by the sharp thorns of bamboo strips.
Seeing Daiyu's brows furrowed and Tan's mouth groaning in pain, Jia Heng frowned and said, "I just said to be careful not to pierce it. If you are so careless, let me see where it is pierced."
Perhaps when he heard a scolding voice ringing in his ears, he saw a slender catkin stretched out. Jia Heng didn't think much and held Daiyu's little hand to examine it.
Zijuan also said with a anxious expression: "Girl, are you okay?"
Daiyu said: "I'm fine."
"It's stuck on the index finger. Fortunately, it's not deep. I'll pull it out for you." Jia Heng also looked at it under the sunset light at this time, and saw that on the slender jade finger, thin bamboo thorns, one large and one small, were vaguely visible. .
"Brother Heng, I..." Daiyu suddenly realized something was wrong, especially when she was sitting opposite the young man opposite her. Her hand was still in a kind and white palm. She was a little embarrassed and wanted to pull away, but Some more...
"Don't move. If the bamboo thorn is broken inside, it will be difficult to pick. The pain will last for several days." Jia Heng frowned and warned.
I could see the large and small bamboo thorns on the two joints of the index finger of Daiyu's palm, which were very clear in the sunset.
Daiyu listened to the gentle words in her ears, her smooth and delicate cheeks flushed. Fortunately, the young man in front of her was concentrating on helping to pick the trouble, and did not pay attention to her own abnormality.
Jia Heng pinched his thumb and index finger and pulled out the big one first. Daiyu frowned and Qiongbi snorted.
"Sister Lin, I pulled out a little blood." Jia Heng looked at the slender and round fingers and said, "There is another one."
Daiyu said in a delicate voice: "Brother Heng, just wipe it off and it'll be fine. It'll be fine."
Jia Heng looked at it for a moment and said: "This smaller bamboo thorn is a bit difficult to get, and it seems to pierce deeper. Sister Lin, please bear with me."
At this moment, Daiyu didn't know whether it was due to the close breathing, or because Jia Heng kept holding her little hand. The temperature between the back of her hand and the palm of her hand was almost equal, and her heart was almost overcome with shame. She even overcame the pain of the thorn in her flesh, and her starry eyes twinkled. , said softly: "Brother Heng, why don't you find a needle and pick it out?"
From this point of view, Daiyu still has life experience.
Zijuan said anxiously: "Girl, I'm going to find a needle right now."
Jia Heng said: "It's okay, be careful, you can still pull it out."
As he spoke, he pinched the tip of the bamboo strip thorn's tail, moved it outward slightly, and pulled it out.
Jia Heng pinched the bamboo thorn, threw it away, and said warmly: "Sister, it's okay, there is no more thorn. Sister Lin, don't be so anxious next time."
He didn't expect that even though Xiang Yun was pricked by the bamboo strips despite his fiery and reckless temperament, Daiyu, who was extremely weak, was pricked instead.
Daiyu's starry eyes drooped slightly, her white cheeks flushed like clouds, and she said in a trembling voice: "Brother Heng, I was... a little anxious just now."
Jia Heng said softly: "It's okay, Sister Lin."
He was clearly aware of the strangeness in Daiyu's voice, and suddenly realized that Daiyu's hand was in his own palm. It felt as smooth as gelatin, delicate, and the fingertips were slightly cold.
With a calm face, he said solemnly: "My sister's hands are a little cold, so please keep warm."
Daiyu's voice was like a mosquito's "hmm".
Jia Heng didn't think it was strange. After all, Daiyu was only ten years old. He turned to look at the pairs of rabbits in the open cage and asked, "Which pair of rabbits does my sister want?"
Daiyu was silent for a moment, as if she was stroking the ripples in her heart, and also seemed to be thinking about a decision. Her starry eyes were filled with autumn water, and she pointed at the rabbit in the cage and said, "This is the pair."
And the rabbit was clearly in the cage where Daiyu had been stabbed by bamboo thorns just now.
Jia Heng nodded and said to grandma: "Pack up these rabbits and have them sent to sister Xifulin's house."
"Yes, sir." The grandma responded and went to work.
Jia Heng turned to look at Daiyu, smiled to himself, and said: "Sister, you have chosen the rabbit, and you can raise it when you get back. That's it for now."
"Brother Heng, you don't have to blame yourself. I'm not so delicate on weekdays. I often prick my hands when doing acupuncture." Daiyu saw the apology between Jia Heng's brows and lowered her head, biting her teeth. Lower lip, said softly.
At this moment, Daiyu doesn't look like Lin Yudong anymore?
Jia Heng smiled and joked: "Sister, you are usually pampered by the old lady, but you also need to be a knitting girl?"
Hearing this, Daiyu's eyes were a little flustered for a moment, and she hurriedly explained: "Sometimes you need to weave and embroider something for your own use, and you have to be diligent, so you can't let the weavers do everything."
Daiyu's words were more about sachets, and of course some small clothes.
When Jia Heng heard this, his face paused slightly, as if he had some realization.
Maybe it's a close-fitting garment like a bellyband?
In fact, to be honest, more sophisticated ladies will make these kind of intimate clothes by themselves when they get older, and they will not imitate the hands of others.
Xu was thinking more intently and glanced at Daiyu subconsciously.
At this age...
Daiyu was originally very sensitive to the gazes and looks of the people around her. Almost in the flash of lightning, she noticed that vague gaze falling on her body. She frowned and subconsciously felt ashamed and annoyed in her heart.
In the original work of Red Mansions, Daiyu's sentence "Good times and beautiful scenery can't help the sky" exposes the fact that she has read the Little Yellow Book, so it is difficult to say that she is completely innocent and ignorant.
Who dares to say that Daiyu has never seen the description of "a golden needle piercing the heart of a peach blossom, not daring to raise her voice and frowning secretly" in the three sentences?
Jia Heng said: "Sister, last time I told my sister to exercise her body and bones. Do you exercise regularly? My sister still looks a little thinner. She is growing taller. She should pay more attention to a balanced diet and eat more. Some egg custard or pigeon...chicken soup is good for growing taller."
If you miss the golden age of growing taller, you will regret it endlessly.
And growing taller is inseparable from protein and calcium.
Daiyu's jade face paused slightly, and suddenly her heart suddenly dawned on her, and she secretly thought, is this what you meant? Did she think it was wrong just now?
Then Fangxin felt very embarrassed. She must have been reading too many miscellaneous books recently, so she often had random thoughts.
Zijuan took over the conversation at this time and said: "Girls usually pay attention to their diet and daily routine."
Jia Heng nodded and said: "That's good, Zijuan, just follow what I say."
After that, I won’t say anything else.
He can't always follow Daiyu. Daiyu still needs to pay attention to everything.
As the two of them spoke, they walked out of the wing, came to the eaves of the corridor, and stood there to look out.
In the winter evening, the golden-red sunset shines brilliantly on the rockeries, plum blossoms and stone steps in the distance, as if it has covered the courtyard with a layer of golden gauze.
Daiyu's starry eyes turned slightly and asked: "Brother Heng, are you going to Xifu later?"
Jia Heng nodded and said: "When the third master of the Shi family comes, he always wants to have a meal as a courtesy."
With full courtesy...
Daiyu felt the same way when she heard these four words.
Just now she was witnessing the historian's deeds in Rongqing Hall, which could not be called aboveboard.
When I thought about how this young man had to deal with all kinds of people, I sighed quietly in my heart. He was obviously only three or four years older than me.
Jia Heng said: "Sister Lin, Uncle Lin, there are no special circumstances to report in Yangzhou. Due to the Chinese New Year, the rectification of salt affairs has been temporarily suspended. My sister can spend this new year in Beijing with peace of mind."
Daiyu was moved by the mention and said, "Thank you so much, Brother Heng."
"It doesn't matter."
The two of them left the courtyard and rushed to the inner hall while talking.
Before reaching the hall, the rustling sound of "Ding Dong" could be heard.
Jia Heng and Dai Yu looked at each other.
"Is it my sister-in-law who is playing the piano?" Daiyu said softly.
Jia Heng didn't say much. He opened the cotton curtain and entered the hall. He saw the guzheng playing in front of the Arhat's bed. Qin Keqing, with lowered eyebrows and a focused look, was playing the guzheng with her slender fingers.
On the coffee table next to her, Xiangyun was sitting upright, with a round apple face that was white and rosy, and her expression was as calm as the calm blue waves of the lake. He was looking at the woman sitting behind the guzheng for a moment, his eyes overflowing and colorful.
Although Xiangyun was a bit noisy in normal times, she was obviously very interested in music. Of course, this interest was more about listening to humming, so that she could calm down and learn how to play music. Obviously, it was not that definite.
Jia Heng and Daiyu entered quietly, sat down at the side, and listened quietly to the sound of the piano.
After a long time, the sound of the piano suddenly stopped. Qin Keqing looked at Jia Heng and Daiyu, smiled sweetly and said: "Husband, Sister Lin."
Jia Heng nodded and said with a smile: "It's rare to see you so elegant."
Ke Qing said softly: "Third sister just wanted to listen to the piano music. I was also itchy for a while, so I found it and started playing it."
Jia Heng smiled and said, "It sounds pretty good. Just play it."
I couldn't help but compare Keqing's piano skills with those of the eldest princess, and found that... he seemed not good at guzheng music, and it was difficult to judge.
