A Dream of Red Mansions: Affectionate Beauty

Chapter 8

After making up her mind, Daiyu suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, unknowingly fell asleep again, and when she woke up again, it was already daylight.Zijuan had already finished washing, and now she was wiping the tables and chairs. Seeing that Daiyu had woken up, she hurriedly fetched water to wait for her to finish washing before going to the kitchen in the front yard to serve meals.

When Zijuan entered the kitchen, Aunt Li greeted her with a smile and said, "Zijuan, is your girl feeling better?"

Zijuan said with a smile: "It's much better, thank you for your concern."

Aunt Li smiled and said, "You are guests, so you should be concerned." As she said that, she quickly helped Zicuckoo pack the rice, put it in a food box, and sent it to the door while saying, "Eat first, you don't need to finish eating." Bring it here, I'll pack it up and get it later."

Just as Zijuan was about to say "no", Aunt Li smiled and said, "It's not just to get the bowls and chopsticks, but to find your girl for other things, and you'll find out after a while." After hearing this, Zijuan gave up .

Just after leaving the kitchen door, I saw Qing'er coming out of her room neatly dressed, and greeted her with a smile: "Sister Zijuan, how can I let you serve the meal in person, let me send it over!" As he said that, he was about to grab the food box in Zicuckoo's hand.

Because yesterday I heard Qing'er confounding right and wrong in front of Yan Li, Zijuan was so angry, seeing her now, I wanted to ignore her, but I didn't expect her to post it enthusiastically like a normal person, and even offered a attentive.Zijuan prevented Aunt Li from being in front of her, so she couldn't argue with her, so she hid the food box to the other side, and smiled reluctantly: "Thank you, sister Qing'er, I'll do it myself!"

Qing'er was not willing to give in, and continued to grab the food box, and said: "Sister Zijuan, if you don't let me take it today, you will look down on me, and I will never talk to my sister again in the future."

Zijuan looked embarrassed, and had no choice but to hand it to her and said: "Forget it, you can carry it, don't say it so seriously." After speaking, he took the lead in leading the way and walked to the backyard.Qing'er carried the tray steadily, and followed closely behind.

When they came to the door of Daiyu's house, Zijuan picked up the curtain and came in, saying to Daiyu, "Girl, sister Qing'er has brought us food."

Daiyu frowned and said angrily: "Zicuckoo, you are so unruly, how can you let Qing'er bring us food, why don't you hurry up and take it!"

Zijuan hurriedly agreed, took the food box from Qing'er, and put the porridge and vegetables on the table one by one.Qing'er looked up and saw Daiyu standing under the window, her complexion was slightly ruddy compared to the previous few days, and she looked more and more extraordinary.After being dazed for a while, he hurriedly adjusted his clothes and knelt down solemnly to apologize: "Miss Lin, Qing'er is here to apologize to Miss and Sister Zijuan."

Both Daiyu and Zijuan were slightly surprised, and after a quick exchange of glances, Daiyu said: "Okay, what are you apologizing for? - Zijuan, hurry up and help Sister Qing'er up! Now we are living under the fence, how dare we Let the servants of the master's house kowtow to us, if outsiders see it, they will think that we are domineering in other people's houses without knowing what to do!"

When Qing'er heard this, her face turned green and pale with embarrassment.Zijuan hurriedly went to help her up, and said with a smile: "Sister, it's true, what's the big deal, is it worth you to come here and kowtow to plead guilty? We can't afford it! Besides, our master and servant live in your house. It's supposed to help those who do some work, how can there be any reason to eat for nothing?"

Qing'er blushed even more, lowered her head and wept, and said: "Miss Lin, sister Zijuan, everything is Qing'er's fault, Qing'er shouldn't be lazy and play tricks, and push Qing'er's internal affairs to sister Zijuan to do it for her. Regarding this matter, young master almost kicked Qing'er out yesterday, but later he reluctantly kept Qing'er when he heard that Qing'er's old illness had relapsed again. Young master also specially asked Qing'er to come early in the morning Miss Lin and Sister Zijuan kowtow to admit their mistake, otherwise they won’t let me go, please Miss Lin and Sister Zijuan please forgive Qing’er this time, Qing’er will never dare again!”

After Qing'er finished speaking, she looked expectantly at Daiyu, then at Zijuan.Zijuan has a simple and honest personality, seeing Qing'er's willingness to speak, she has already softened her heart, so she looked at Daiyu to see what she meant.

Daiyu looked thoughtful, paused for a moment, and then pretended to ask casually: "Just now you said you had an old illness, what's going on?"

Seeing Daiyu asking about this, Qing'er twitched embarrassedly, and said, "It's not a big deal, but two years ago when I was at the young master's house, in order to save the young master, he was hit in the waist by a crooked bookshelf. It hurts from time to time for two years." Speaking of this, he took a peek at Daiyu and saw her clear eyes looking at her face inquisitively, then he quickly lowered his head and said, "Actually, the young master has treated me for the past two years. It must be done often, even occasionally...occasionally...it's not a big deal!"

Daiyu was silent for a while, then Fang nodded and said: "So it is like this, you have suffered! Since you have an injury on your waist, you shouldn't be too tired. How about this, as long as our master and servant stay at your house for a day, let Zijuan share the burden? Half of your work, would you like to?"

"No, no, absolutely not!" Qing'er obviously didn't expect Daiyu to make such a decision, and hurriedly waved his hands, "My lord is sympathetic to Qing'er's poor health, and I didn't ask Qing'er to do much work. Let him misunderstand that I ordered Sister Zijuan to work, and I will definitely be driven away."

"It's okay, I have it!" Daiyu smiled, "I will ask Zijuan to find you in the front yard every day after breakfast. If there is work, the two of you will do it together. If your son asks, just say me." Yes, if he has any objections, let him come to me, and I will guarantee that you will not be implicated."

"This..." Qing'er hesitated for a while, and Fang agreed anxiously, "Since the girl is kind, if Qing'er does not accept orders, she will be ignorant of flattery, so Qing'er is very grateful!" He bowed his head and went respectfully.

After Qing'er left, Daiyu and Zijuan started to eat, and just after eating, Aunt Li came to the front yard with a bundle in her hand.

Zijuan asked Aunt Li to sit down before pouring tea. Aunt Li smiled and waved her hand and said, "Don't break my old woman's life, let's talk about business!" Then she put the burden on the table , after opening the loose knot of the tie, a brand new huanghuali dressing box is revealed inside.

Daiyu and Zijuan felt inconvenient without these things for the past two days, and they were both surprised and happy. Just as they were about to say something, Aunt Li hurriedly pulled out several small drawers on the box, revealing the colorful rouge, gold and silver jewelry inside. Waiting for things for women's daily dressing and dressing.When Daiyu and Zijuan saw each other, they were even more surprised.

Aunt Li didn't notice the change in their faces, she smiled and pushed the box in front of Daiyu and said, "My son told me to buy it specially yesterday. To tell you the truth, our old couple wanted to find it in this small place." A few decent jewellery, but it’s really a waste of time, but fortunately, the trouble was not in vain, and we managed to find several pieces of fine-looking and good-looking jewellery, do you like it, miss?”

In fact, when Daiyu saw this thing for the first time, she already expected that Yan Lirang bought it. Although she was wary of him in her heart, she couldn't help being moved, and of course, she was even more apprehensive.

After a little hesitation, Daiyu still pushed the box back to Aunt Li and said, "Aunt Li, Daiyu appreciates Mr. Yan's kindness. But this thing is really precious, and Daiyu can't accept it no matter what. Give it to Mr. Yan, and I will explain it to him when he comes back."

Aunt Li thought that Daiyu would accept it happily, but she didn't expect her to accept it. After being surprised, a smile froze on her face, and she said in embarrassment after a long while: "This... Miss Lin, since my son is doing this for you The girl bought it, so let the girl accept it for the sake of saving face, otherwise my son will be embarrassed."

Daiyu still shook her head, determined not to accept it.Aunt Li thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "Miss Lin is afraid that my son will be malicious to you, and wants to buy your heart with these things? Oh, girl, don't think so, it's not that my old lady praises my son, it's really My young master is the most valiant and courageous person today, and he only reached out to help the girl when he saw that she was in trouble, otherwise he wouldn't just hide you, a girl, at home, girl, don't get me wrong!"

When Aunt Li said this, Daiyu became a little embarrassed, and hurriedly explained: "Auntie, I absolutely did not misunderstand Mr. Yan's meaning, but I just feel that these jewelry are too expensive, and Daiyu will have trouble sleeping and eating without receiving rewards. !"

"This..." Aunt Li was also in trouble.He wanted to persuade Daiyu to accept it again, but it seemed that Daiyu meant that he didn't want it alive; but if he took it back intact like this, it would be difficult for his son to explain it!

After thinking about it, Aunt Li felt more and more embarrassed. Seeing that she was really embarrassed, Daiyu also felt that she was embarrassed to make things difficult for such an old servant, so she thought about it for a while and took out the precious jewelry from the box, leaving only one Putting the plain silver hairpin in front of him, he said: "Auntie, don't be embarrassed, why don't I just leave this box and this hairpin behind, and I will live up to your son's good intentions. The other ones are really precious. I would like to ask my aunt to help me return it to him." Saying this, she hurriedly asked Zijuan to find a handkerchief to wrap it up.

Zijuan hurriedly agreed, found a handkerchief to wrap up the jewelry, thanked him solemnly, and stuffed it into Aunt Li's arms.Aunt Li had no choice but to take it, and sighed: "Since the girl insists on not accepting it, I will send it back to the young master. It's just... the young master asked you to cut some clothes for your master and servant. , the girl must not refuse again, or I really can't explain it."

Daiyu nodded apologetically and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Li, I bought the clothes myself. If you don't give it to me, I won't accept it!" After speaking, Yipa covered her mouth and chuckled.

Aunt Li suddenly smiled and said: "Yes, yes, I'm really old, and I forgot about this. If that's the case, then my wife can rest assured!" After finishing speaking, she chatted a few more gossips with Daiyu , I packed up the dishes and went.