Lin Daiyu followed her mother out of the carriage and saw many people in front of her. Two large stone lions were squatting on both sides. Inside were three animal-headed doors.
Before she could see clearly, there were firecrackers, and the romantic-looking second brother Lian walked out of the front door again, welcoming Aunt Lin back with a smile on his face.
Lin Daiyu secretly wondered. She heard that when her mother married her father, his father was in the capital to take the exam. Why did he come home for the first time today?
Jia Baoyu, Jia Rong and others also greeted them respectfully and invited Aunt Lin and Lin Daiyu to enter the gate of Rongguo Mansion.
"As long as you're sincere, you don't have to be so polite."
Jia Min led Daiyu into Rongguo Mansion from the main entrance.
When she walked up the steps in front of the door, Lin Daiyu raised her head and glanced at the plaque on the main door, which read "Edict to build Rongguo Mansion".
However, the maid and her mother-in-law did not go through the main entrance, but entered through the east and west corner doors.
The sound of firecrackers kept going.
As soon as they entered the Rongguo Mansion, a maid hurriedly walked out. After seeing Jia Min and his party, she hurriedly saluted and said with a smile: "My aunt is back by chance. The old lady is about to walk out if she can't wait. My aunt should go in quickly."
"Mother is out?!"
Jia Min was startled, took Daiyu's hand and walked in quickly.
Not far away, Lin Daiyu saw a group of people noisily walking out of Yimen in the distance, shouting and urging an old woman with silver-haired temples in the crowd to slow down and go back and wait.
But the old mother had already seen the person she wanted to see, and shouted from a distance, "My son, come back soon."
"Mother!!"
Jia Min let go of her daughter's hand, held up the skirt and ran back to Mrs. Shi, hugging her mother tightly and crying.
Daiyu's tears also fell and she walked over quickly.
All the elderly women around were wiping away their tears. A few well-dressed women were persuading and supporting the old lady. The two male hosts of the Rongguo Mansion were also secretly wiping away their tears. They said with red eyes, "It'll be good if my little sister comes back. Just come back."
Jia's mother hugged her daughter tightly, sobbing and crying, saying that she should not have been married to the Lin family in the first place. She was not allowed to return to her parents' home for nearly ten years and she should be beaten.
"Old lady, stop saying these things!"
Lin Daiyu looked at the speaker and saw that she had a pair of pink and phoenix eyes, a rosy face, and a coquettish figure. She smiled and said:
"Aunt Lin is blessed. She married Tan Hua Lang, and now she is a fourth-grade imperial concubine. She returned home in great glory, and brought back such a beautiful granddaughter who is hard to find in the world. Everyone knows how envious she is. Why is the old lady still sad?"
In one sentence, the Lin family and Jia Mu were all praised.
Mother Jia then smiled and said: "Who would have thought that the Lin family's son would be the top student in high school? Now he is the censor of Qiandu."
Everyone also laughed and praised the only uncle in Rongguo Mansion for being Wen Quxing.
only.
Wang, the head wife of the Rongguo Mansion, had a forced smile, and was looked down upon by Xing, the wife of the eldest master Jia She.
Mother Jia held her daughter's hand tightly, then put her granddaughter Daiyu into her arms and looked at her carefully, then smiled and introduced the person who had just spoken to her:
"This is your second brother Lian's wife. Don't call her sister-in-law. Just call her Feng Lazi!"
Everyone laughed again.
"I just think the old lady is complimenting me. My sister will call me Feng Lazi from now on!"
Jia Lian's daughter-in-law, Wang Xifeng, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed hard. She helped Daiyu, who called her sister-in-law Lian, up, and praised her a few more times with a smile.
Jia Zheng, the master of Rongguo Mansion, asked for instructions: "Old lady, my aunt has just returned from a long journey. Why don't we go into the main hall and have tea before we talk."
"You are right. My girl should go back to the house with her mother."
As Jia Mu said this, she took her daughter Jia Mu with one hand and Lin Daiyu's hand with the other and walked towards the main hall of Rongguo Mansion.
The maids Yuanyang and Amber couldn't get close to the old lady. It was my aunt and Miss Lin who helped her walk.
Yuanyang slowed down and Jia Baoyu walked up to her with a smile and whispered to her.
Jia She, Jia Lian, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Youshi, Aunt Zhou, Aunt Zhao, Jia Huan, Jia Lan, Tan Chun, Ying Chun, Xichun, and all the first-class maids and chambermaids also followed.
However, Jia Zheng, the master of Rongguo Mansion, was a step slower, pulled Jia Rong over and asked:
"Where are your master and your new wife? Why haven't they come over yet?"
If Jia Zhen and others from Ningguo Mansion didn't come, no one would say anything. After all, it was just Jia Min from Rongguo Mansion who came back.
But now Master Jia Zhen's daughter-in-law, Youshi, and his son Jia Rong are both there, but his new daughter-in-law, Qinshi, has not come over yet, so Jia Zhengcai stopped and asked.
Jia Rong was startled and immediately stopped, wanting to call a boy over to ask him what was going on.
Just as he was turning around, there was a young woman with a bright, charming face and a delicate face at the east corner door. She seemed to be wiping tears and stumbled into the door. Two maids behind her quickly helped her.
After seeing the two of them, the little woman quickly wiped away her tears with her hands and hurried forward to greet them.
Jia Zheng said "hmm" and said, "Brother Rong and his wife, please go in quickly. The old lady and Aunt Lin are both inside."
The young lady Qin glanced at her husband Jia Rong, lowered her head, walked past him, and led the two maids toward Yimen.
Jia Zheng waited for a while and saw Jia Zhen, the master of Ningguo Mansion, arriving late.
Jia Zheng said a brief word to him, then entered the Yimen and walked to Rongxi Hall, the main hall of Rongguo Mansion.
inside.
Jia Mu was holding Lin Daiyu's little hand kindly and happily introducing her one by one.
The eldest aunt, Xingshi, is the wife of Jia She, the eldest man of Rongguo Mansion.
The second aunt, Mrs. Wang, is the wife of Jia Zheng, the master of Rongguo Mansion.
Li Wan, daughter-in-law of deceased cousin Jia Zhu, and son Jia Lan.
Seeing Jia Zhen and Mrs. Qin come in, Jia Mu called them again and pointed them out to Daiyu.
Lin Daiyu met and addressed them one by one.
Mother Jia pulled her back to sit next to her, then smiled at Jia Baoyu, Wang Xifeng and the others and said, "Those of you daughters-in-law and nephews who have never seen my aunt, please come up and show me your face."
Jia Lian smiled and said: "I went to my uncle's house years ago and met my aunt again, so I didn't go forward."
"Just because this monkey is lazy!"
Jia Mu laughed and scolded, and the whole room burst into laughter.
Jia Lian had already met Jia Min when he was in the capital, so he laughed and said that he knew him again.
Just as Jia Baoyu was about to kneel down to Aunt Lin, she heard Jia's mother smiling at Jia Lian and saying, "Sooner or later, your uncle will return to the capital to be an official and move his family to Rongguo Mansion. From now on, this will also be Aunt Lin's home!"
Everyone heard that this was the old lady's intention to keep her daughter for a longer stay, and they all responded by saying yes.
Jia Min, who was sitting next to her mother, smiled and didn't agree or couldn't hold back.
On the other hand, Jia Zheng, who was sitting on the left, said to her:
"If my younger sister and brother-in-law don't live in the mansion, there are still many empty houses in the mansion."
Jia She, who was sitting next to him, also said: "Little sister, do you still remember the place where your father spent his rest in his old age? There are about ten houses there, and the Lin family is not many. It is enough to live here, and the maid and mother-in-law can live elsewhere."
He further arranged it.
Jia Min did not reply to his two brothers, nor did he turn his head. He just waved his hands towards them. Jia Zheng and Jia She knew that their younger sister did not want to talk about these things at this time.
"My nephew Baoyu has met my aunt."
Jia Baoyu kowtowed respectfully to Jia Min on the kneeling mat.
Jia Min ordered her mother-in-law to help him up.
Who would have thought that Jia Baoyu would kowtow to Lin Daiyu again, which frightened everyone so much that he still laughed to himself and said, "I have also seen the sister of the Lin family. I kowtow to my sister. Can my sister tell me her honorable name?"
Lin Daiyu had already turned sideways when he turned around, avoiding his knock.
Everyone was angry and funny at the same time. It was indeed something that the stupid and mischievous Mr. Bao could do.
Jia Zheng's face turned dark immediately and he would scold his son as soon as he slapped the table.
But Jia's mother was here. She laughed and scolded and ordered someone to help Jia Baoyu up, hit him on the knee, and said distressedly: "Don't be so ridiculous next time. If you want to ask sister Lin, just ask her name, why bother kneeling down again?" ?”
With that said, he looked at his daughter Jia Min and asked her to quickly say Daiyu's name to prevent Jia Baoyu from making nonsense again.
Everyone also looked over.
