Daiyu frowned slightly. She was very smart and noticed that Jia Lian was not telling the truth, but she did not hold on to him. She just sat there and stopped talking. She looked gloomy and didn't know what she was thinking.
Jia Lian sat down next to her and asked with a smile: "Didn't you say you were opening a poetry club today? How's it going?"
"What can I do? You're not here, and Sister Zhen isn't here either. It's just a few of us, but we just respond casually."
Daiyu also lied. In fact, they had a lot of fun in the afternoon. After all, it was the first club to be founded, and everyone was in high spirits. If not for the fact that Mrs. Jia, Mrs. Wang, and others returned home with emotions, which had an invisible impact on them, I am afraid that their good mood of opening a club to recite poems would have continued to this day. Woolen cloth.
Jia Lian smiled, "Then who won the first prize? I guess it's Sister Lin."
Daiyu's nose twitched. Although she didn't speak, the slightly arrogant and natural look on her face was so obvious.
Jia Lian was surprised: "You really won the first place? What was your topic? I wonder if I would be lucky enough to listen to Sister Lin's masterpiece?"
Daiyu was dissatisfied with Jia Lian's surprise, as if she, Lin Daiyu, was the most surprised! I don’t know who borrowed other people’s poems in front of the empress to cope with the exam.
"Yesterday you gave us so many begonia flowers, so everyone used begonia as the title. As for the Tanchun sister we wrote, we are responsible for copying it. If you want to read it, just ask her to read it for you tomorrow. I can remember it. Can’t stand anymore.”
Jia Lian smiled and looked at Daiyu who hung the birdcage on the window steps. He knew that Daiyu was quite arrogant.
That is to say, she knows that she is excellent, but she doesn't know how to say it herself, and she doesn't even bother to show it. But if you can take the initiative to discover it and praise her, she will be very happy and treat you as a close friend.
For example, when she returned to the province in Yuanchun last time, she found that Jia Lian had "quoted" her poems. Instead of being angry at all, she was secretly happy. She felt that Jia Lian could think of her poems in that situation, so naturally he recognized her very much.
Moreover, he used his poems so carelessly, obviously because he felt that he was close enough to him and was sure that he would not expose him. This is another meaning.
At this time, Daiyu was obviously very confident about her winning poem, but she was not willing to tell Jia Lian directly. Instead, she asked Jia Lian to go to Tan Chun and ask for the manuscript, so that Jia Lian could finally see her masterpiece. I am even more impressed by her love and talent.
However, Jia Lian did not need to go to Tanchun to ask for the manuscript, and he probably knew about Daiyu's masterpiece.
It was also because of this that he was surprised that Daiyu won the first prize. Because if he remembers correctly, in the original work, the girls in the Grand View Garden gathered for a poetry party, and Baochai won the first place in the first club to sing Haitang.
Because the president Li Wan felt that Baochai's Begonia poems were more dignified, more subtle and powerful, and were superior in character to Daiyu's romantic and chic Begonias, he judged Baochai first and Daiyu second.
Unexpectedly, after he intentionally gave begonia flowers to the girls in the Grand View Garden, so that they also chanted begonia flowers, Daiyu won the first place.
Could it be that he forced the twist after all, causing them to write about Haitang, but it was different from what was written in the original work? When I have time, I want to take their manuscripts and take a look.
In fact, there is a detail hidden here that Jia Lian ignored.
After all, Daiyu in this life is different from the original. Not to mention her relationship with him, let's just say that Daiyu herself has a noble and rare character, which has long made her different from other daughters in the Grand View Garden.
Therefore, although Miharu, Daiyu and others still refer to each other as sisters, in fact, due to this closeness, they have a higher level of respect for Daiyu.
Even Li Wan, the elder sister-in-law, is no exception.
In the original work, Daiyu is just a sister-in-law who is loved by Jia Mu. Li Wan usually cares about her a little, but he will not shrink from her changing his principles or actions. Therefore, facing the works of Baochai and Daiyu, who were both brothers, Li Wan could praise Baochai's more upright and elegant poems without any scruples.
But this life is more or less impossible. Anyway, Dai Shi is superior to everyone else in terms of chicness and dexterity of mind. Therefore, for the sake of Daiyu as her master, Li Wan and others naturally recommended Dai Shi as the first.
This is actually consistent with the aura carried by Jia Lian himself. Even as noble as Yuanchun, his attitude was the same when he reviewed Jia Lian's poems that night.
It is conceivable that even if Jia Lian did not borrow Dai Yu's masterpiece that night, Yuanchun would still rank Jia Lian's poem that she felt was "not amazing enough" in her heart as the top one, or even the first one.
This is the combination of celebrity effect and noble effect.
Unless someone can come up with a significantly better masterpiece to prevent the judges from being biased, Jia Lian and Daiyu will obviously have an innate advantage in future poetry society competitions.
Daiyu hung up the birdcage and went to hug the "big rat" on the ground. Suddenly she felt her little hand tighten and Jia Lian had already pulled her to sit next to her.
Her face turned red, she quickly glanced out the window, and then asked Jia Lian shyly what he wanted.
"Since you started a society to compose poems, I'm afraid you also have a name for it. What is Sister Lin's name?"
Daiyu, who was nervously thinking that Jia Lian was going to do something inappropriate to her again, was stunned for a moment when she heard this and lowered her head without looking back.
Zicuckoo happened to come into the room at this time. Hearing this, he interrupted with a smile: "Our girl's name is 'Concubine Xiaoxiang'. It was the nickname given to our girl by the third girl."
"I want you to talk more."
Daiyu was very shy because of Jia Lian. Being so close to Jia Lian, the strong masculine aura on his body made her little heart flutter.
There is also a reason for her "elegant nickname".
It turns out that when everyone was discussing the name this afternoon, Tanchun said that the tears of Emperor E and Nvying made spots on the bamboo that day, so the spotted bamboo is also called Xiangfei Bamboo. It just so happens that Jia Lian is a general, and there will be an expedition in the future, and Daiyu lives in Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and she loves to cry. If she misses Jia Lian then, the bamboos in Xiaoxiang Pavilion will naturally turn into mottled bamboos, so Give her a nickname: Concubine Xiaoxiang.
Although she was extremely embarrassed, Tanchun's proposal was unanimously approved by everyone.
"Concubine Xiaoxiang? This is an elegant name. It shows that the third sister is very good at picking people's names."
When Jia Lian heard that Daiyu was indeed given the title of Xiaoxiang Concubine, he thought that "Daoxiang Old Farmer", "Hengwu Lord", "Jiao Xia Ke", etc. were probably all available, which made Jia Lian feel very cordial. I was thinking about taking the time to go into a club before leaving and feel the yearning atmosphere that I could only guess in books in my previous life.
Daiyu was ashamed to talk about the number, and it was difficult to argue with Jia Lian's words. Because aside from Tanchun making fun of her, she herself felt that this account was quite good, better than others, otherwise, she would not acquiesce.
He secretly twitched his hands under the table. Seeing that Jia Lian still refused to let go, he could only give up and changed the subject: "When we were composing poems today, everyone missed a key person."
Jia Lian heard the sound and laughed: "Is it Xiangyun?"
Daiyu looked at Jia Lian in surprise, admiring Jia Lian's quick reaction. She nodded and said: "That's right. Everyone said, how could you forget about her?"
"Why are you talking about her all of a sudden? Don't you dislike her the most? You have to quarrel with her every time she comes."
"Who quarrels with her every time..."
Daiyu retorted angrily. In fact, out of three times, there is at most one time...
Thinking back on this, Daiyu reflected on herself. In fact, she doesn't want to see Xiangyun anymore. It's just that the little girl is outspoken and talks a lot. She likes to stick to her and live with her every time she comes over. Therefore, she often makes her unhappy, and both of them are a little bit uncomfortable. Stubbornness and quarrels are common.
In fact, she didn't take the "conflict" with Xiangyun to heart, because many times she thought about it afterwards and felt that it was her fault, or it was just a trivial matter. I didn't expect that other people would think so, even the most understanding brother Lian.
I will never quarrel with her again.
Without intending to use words to change the views of Jia Lian and others, Daiyu deliberately said: "Although I quarrel with her, to be fair, that girl is not inferior to others when it comes to composing poems and sentences. She is also on good terms with us... and San Yatou and the others. , now we are setting up a poetry club in the garden, if we don’t invite her, she will definitely refuse to comply if she finds out later.”
"What you said makes sense, then why don't you just ask the old lady to send someone to pick her up? I think with her joining, you will definitely not be deserted when you open a poetry club in the future."
Daiyu said: "Originally this was not difficult, but when the old lady and the others came back in the afternoon, they seemed to be in a bad mood, so we didn't dare to disturb them."
"That's up to you."
Daiyu looked up at Jia Lian and suddenly said angrily: "You said you would bring sister Zhen back this morning, but now she hasn't come!"
Daiyu saw that Jia Lian clearly understood what she meant, but pretended not to understand.
"Hahaha, I understand. What Sister Lin means is that I lost your good sister who is exactly the same, and asked me to pick up Sister Xiangyun in order to atone for my sins?"
Daiyu snorted and nodded in response to Jia Lian's smile. Then she couldn't hold back her smile and quickly stopped it.
"It's no problem to take Sister Xiangyun over, but I discovered a problem. I said to Lin Daiyu, how come I feel like I, a majestic prince, am being bossed around by a little girl like you? This makes me lose face. "
Jia Lian's sudden words made Daiyu confused, and then she said angrily: "If you don't want to, forget it. I'm not forcing you."
With that said, Daiyu waved her little hand and was about to get up and walk away.
Jia Lian smiled and took advantage of Daiyu's movement to hug her in his arms. He lowered his head and said close to her, "Look at how anxious you are. When did I say no? It's great to be able to serve the great Lord Lin Xiang." It’s my honor.”
…
After coming out of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Jia Lian saw that it was still early and went to where Yingchun lived.
Taking Xiang Ling into the territory of Zi Ling Continent, Jia Lian felt that everything here was strange, and he realized that he had lost some care for his girl for a long time.
When the maids of Zilingzhou discovered Jia Lian's arrival, they seemed very happy and rushed to inform Yingchun one by one.
"Brother, why are you here?"
"My little sister has met my second brother."
In front of the main room, Jia Lian raised his eyes and saw Tan Chun and said with a smile, "The third sister is here too."
Tanchun said: "It's early today, so I came here to play two games of chess with my second sister. Second brother Lian made a special trip to see my second sister, right? In that case, I won't bother you much and leave first."
Tanchun is tall and tall, with handsome eyes and eyebrows. Not only does he look smart and handsome, but he also has a smart demeanor in his behavior. After smiling and saying goodbye to Jia Lian, he took his maids and left.
Yingchun welcomed Jia Lian into the house, personally served Jia Lian a cup of tea, and then asked politely: "Why does my brother have time to come to my place so late?"
"It's rare that I have free time today, so I came here to see you."
Jia Lian said, caring about Yingchun for a few words, and then glanced at Yingchun's house and said: "Do you usually lack anything useful in this house? If there is anything, just tell me and I will have someone bring it to you. "
Yingchun sat opposite Jia Lian and said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, brother, but I don't lack anything in this house. Usually Lian's second sister-in-law takes care of me. Even if there is something missing, she would have already ordered it to be delivered. of."
Jia Lian nodded. Sister Feng was the most considerate in both big and small matters, so naturally she would not treat Yingchun harshly.
But I'm afraid that's all. Yingchun is now much closer to him and calls him "brother", but she still treats Sister Feng by her full name like everyone else. This shows that the relationship between her aunt and sister-in-law is only limited to mutuality. level of respect.
Jia Lian still had a very clear understanding of this point. Sister Feng was mostly an egoist, and it was difficult to pay much attention to Yingchun, a sister-in-law whom her uncle did not care for or her grandma did not love.
Thinking that in the original work, Yingchun was so gentle and kind that even the people who served in her house dared to bully and despise her, Jia Lian ordered to call the maids and servants who served in Yingchun's courtyard.
"Slaves, please pay your respects to the second master..."
Jia Lian sat at the table and looked at the maids and servants kneeling in front of him. At a glance, there were only seven of them.
So Jia Lian asked: "If I remember correctly, my sister used to have two serving maids and two servants. When she moved into the garden, the old lady said that there was a lot of space in the garden, and she might not be able to take care of it. She ordered Give each of you two additional maids and two nuns to serve, not counting those responsible for cleaning. So, each of you should have at least ten more servants in the house, why are there only seven of them? ?”
Yingchun didn't know how to answer after hearing this.
A young daughter-in-law at the bottom said quickly: "Reporting to the second master, our girl's house is not smaller than other places. It is enough for us to serve the girl..."
"Did I ask you to speak, Zhang Zui?"
Jia Lian suddenly became angry. Not only was the young wife who was speaking stunned, but the others also looked at each other and suddenly became nervous.
"Do you want me to do it myself?"
Hearing Jia Lian's cold voice, the young wife trembled, raised her hand hesitantly, and began to slap herself.
"Brother..." Yingchun stood up and wanted to beg for mercy. Jia Lian patted the back of his hand to calm him down, and then looked at one of the honest-looking women.
"You tell me."
"Going back to the second master, when our girl and the third girl moved into the garden, we needed manpower everywhere, and the house was temporarily overwhelmed. The second grandma did say that the second girl's place is small, and there is only one woman in charge of cleaning. enough……"
Jia Lian said: "Even so, people are still wrong."
"One of them took leave a month and a half ago, and there is Zhu'er's mother...that is, our girl's wet nurse. Together with these three people, there are a total of nine people at our girl's house who are at our disposal."
Jia Lian laughed when he heard this: "Took leave half a month ago? I don't know when our Jia family gave slaves a holiday that lasted for half a month. Was she buried in the grave by her family in turn?"
No one dared to reply to Jia Lian's words, and Jia Lian didn't say much and asked again: "Why isn't Zhu'er's mother here?"
"She is old. She has hardly come to our girl's house since before we moved into the garden. Our girl was considerate of her and never said anything..."
The young daughter-in-law who was holding the palm just now saw that the situation was not good and couldn't help but said: "My mother-in-law is the girl's wet nurse. She has nursed the girl since she was a child. Now that she is old and has physical inconveniences, it is the girl's kindness that allows her to rest at home, right? Girl, please say something."
Yingchun's face was full of worry, "Brother, it's really okay. It's enough for me to have them at my disposal. Brother, there's no need to be angry about this. It's no use hurting your body."
Yingchun has a gentle appearance and fair and delicate skin. At this time, his face is full of worry. One hand unconsciously pulls Jia Lian's sleeve, looking extremely sad and pitiful.
This made Jia Lian's eyes involuntarily reveal a look of love.
Such a kind-hearted and beautiful woman should have been held in the palm of someone's hand and cared for, but because she had no love and support from her parents and her personality was weak, she suffered all kinds of neglect and unreasonable grievances since she was a child.
It was easy for him to grow up, but he married a vulgar and evil man and was abused so much that he died in less than a year. How cruel the author is to write such an ending!
Therefore, Jia Lian not only has to protect her in this life, but also vents his bad breath!
He has already asked people to bring Sun Shaozu to Beijing, and then it is time for him to plan it carefully.
As for these people in front of me...
Although it is just a small matter such as missing work, it also reflects their usual attitude of serving the Spring Festival.
Jia Lian had long known that there were unruly slaves in the Yingchun House, led by his wet nurse, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Originally, I thought that with his presence in this life, these people would not dare to make mistakes, so they did not rush to deal with them. Now it seems that he is still kind.
It's time to clear things up and let others see that Jia Lian's sister will never be slighted or bullied. (End of chapter)
