Qing Wu Red House

Chapter 143 Birthday Undercurrent

The third day of August was Jia Mu's birthday, and the whole Rongguo Mansion was busy early in the morning, with people giving birthday presents, making birthday noodles, and wrapping birthday peaches in a mess.Daiyu also got up early to dress up, and after explaining to Tenman and Xiang'er the breakfast in detail, she took Zijuan, Qingwen, and Xueyan to Jiamu's yard.

Jia Mu's courtyard was already overcrowded, except for the maids and women who were full of the courtyard, and the juniors who came to pay their respects early were also standing in the corridor.As soon as Daiyu entered Jia Mu's courtyard, she heard Baochai's voice: "I heard that sister Lin has entered the mansion yesterday. I have been busy and have no time to visit. How is sister Lin living?"

Daiyu walked down the corridor with a smile, and performed the sisterhood ceremony with Baochai, then said with a smile: "Everything is well, I know that Sister Bao is in a hurry for the ancestor's birthday, so I didn't bother." Baochai sighed slightly: "What can I do, Zuo is just helping my aunt and my mother copy the account books. By the way, why are you here alone, why don't you see Sister Feng?"

"Go get busy, there was no one in the early morning!" Daiyu smiled, and greeted the sisters Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun.Although Wang Xifeng didn't take over the butler's affairs, she was still responsible for entertaining some relatives and friends for such a big event as Jiamu's birthday.Tanchun smiled and said: "Sister Feng must have gone to the front hall. I just heard from my second elder brother that there have been many guests over there, and they all came to celebrate the old ancestor's birthday!"

Baochai smiled and said: "Yes, yesterday when I helped my aunt sort out the list, I realized that the ancestor's birthday is also a big event to be celebrated together. Even my mother sighed that the century-old Rongguo Mansion is indeed a grand event. Well-deserved reputation!"

Baochai's words made Tanchun and Yingchun's faces filled with proud smiles, but Yingchun still had that faint smile, which seemed to be everyone's topic of conversation.It never interested her.

It was not until a quarter of an hour later that the news of Jia Mu's rise came from the other side of the room, and several girls entered Jia Mu's living room one after another.Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang have already been waiting for Jia Mu to wash and wash in the inner room.

In Jiamu's living room, the girls didn't know that the elders were there, so they sat or stood around the Eight Immortals table and chatted casually. I fell in love with tea.

And Zijuan, Qingwen, Xueyan and others were all standing on the corridor outside, waiting for their master.Ying'er glanced at Zijuan's clothes and smiled, "Sister Zijuan, your clothes are Suzhou embroidery. Look at the exquisite embroidery, it's simply amazing."

Zijuan smiled indifferently: "Where is Suzhou embroidery? It's just a random piece of material. The patterns on this are all embroidered for me by Qingwen. She is always dexterous, no wonder you admit it!"

"Could it be that Sister Qingwen also makes clothes for Sister Zijuan? I heard from my girl that Miss Guanglin's clothes are quite a task." Yinger didn't know what was wrong, and suddenly became talkative. .Qingwen glanced at Yinger and continued to tease the parrot on the porch, without any intention of answering.Xueyan pursed her lips and smiled: "Hey, what's the matter. Our girls are four or five big girls, and a few clothes are nothing. Sister Zijuan has a different status, so naturally she can't just wear the clothes of the needleworker!"

Ying'er's expression was a little strange, but she still insisted and said, "Did Sister Qingwen really go to Miss Lin's side? Why am I in a daze when I hear that Master Bao is going to bring Sister Qingwen back?"

Qingwen turned around.She said with a smile on her face: "Why didn't I know that Miss Ying'er is so well-informed, she even knows about the affairs of Master Bao's room."

Yinger's face was a little red, and she was about to speak.I saw Baoyu walking in quickly with Jin Chuan'er and Xiren.As soon as Baoyu saw Zijuan, he asked directly, "Has Sister Lin come early? I went to Sister Feng to meet her. I didn't expect Sister Lin to be so early."

"I've already gone in, second master, let's go in!" Zijuan smiled lightly, and the little girl standing beside had already opened the curtain to let Baoyu enter the living room.

Jin Chuaner and Xiren naturally stayed outside.Jin Chuan'er wore a long dress with lake blue and dark flower and butterfly patterns today.It looks both elegant and generous.And Xiren was dressed in a jacquard gauze dress with silver and red embroidered magnolia.It's even a little more elegant than the clothes for welcoming the spring just now.

Zijuan looked at Xiren's clothes and frowned slightly. Ying'er naturally saw Zijuan's expression, fearing that the world would not be chaotic and said: "Just now I said that sister Zijuan is favored by Miss Lin and wears Suzhou embroidery. Here comes the clothes. Unbelievable, sister Xiren's is even more precious, look at this whole body, she looks like the lady from the official family.

Jin Chuan'er glanced at the striking attire, then at Zijuan's lilac-colored jacket and pleated skirt, and then said with a smile: "Why didn't Zijuan visit us when he came back, thanks to our sisters. Everyone misses you very much. And Qingwen, all the girls in Baoyu's house miss you."

Xiren seemed very dissatisfied that Jin Chuaner changed the topic so quickly, and said with a smile: "No, I got this material two days ago, and I thought that Qingwen likes red, so I want to send some."

Qingwen snorted coldly: "I don't want to be the second master of Bao, this material is too expensive, sister Xiren wears it just right!"

Xiren didn't seem to understand the sarcasm in Qingwen's words, but just smiled: "Where are you talking about, it's a good thing you are also someone who went out of Baoyu's room, and Baoyu should miss you." Juan's hand, and asked with concern: "How is Miss Lin, Baoyu misses you very much."

Zijuan smiled slightly and looked at Jin Chuan'er who was standing aside.When she found that Jin Chuan'er had already turned her gaze away, she and Qingwen went to study the parrots hanging on the porch.But Yinger sits over affectionately and pulls Xiren to talk.

Zijuan sighed softly. It seems that Baoyu's house is not peaceful.

At this time, Baoyu was chatting happily with several girls in the living room. He had just returned from the temple with Jia She, Jia Zheng and others, so he knew a lot of new things and was telling the girls.

Daiyu sat at the table, sipping tea lightly, the life in Rongguo Mansion was always so lively, much more lively than the life in the herb garden.

"Yesterday, we met the old lady of the Sun family who took my brother grandson to the temple to fulfill his vows. He said that brother grandson was able to become a Tanhualang in this department because he was blessed by the Buddha. I saw that brother grandson was very impatient. I snickered for a long time, and asked him to drink and write poems together that day." Baoyu said happily, and then looked at Daiyu: "Sister Lin must stay longer, and when I get a good poem, let's judge it together one time."

When Baoyu brought up the imperial examination, Tanchun hesitated for a long time, not knowing how to ask, and finally said: "By the way, Sister Lin, what happened to Brother Chu?"

Daiyu looked at Tanchun in surprise, she always thought that Baochai would be the first to ask her about Chu Tianyou, but she didn't expect it to be Tanchun.

As soon as Tanchun's words fell, the lively atmosphere just now suddenly cooled down.Baoyu looked at Tanchun with a tangled expression, then at Daiyu, struggled for a long time, but still held back the words that blurted out.After Tanchun finished asking, Baochai focused on the teacup in front of her, as if she didn't hear Tanchun's words at all.

Daiyu smiled lightly, and said lightly, "Who knows? My brother hasn't contacted Brother Chu yet, so we don't know the final news yet." Tanchun sighed and didn't continue to ask.Baoyu and Baochai didn't respond to Daiyu's words, but Yingchun gently held Daiyu's hand, and said lightly: "Sister Lin, don't worry, Brother Chu has real talents, no matter where you go will be buried."

Daiyu looked at Yingchun in surprise, but found that Yingchun's smile was still faint, but it seemed a little more calm than usual, instead of blindly retreating and avoiding.Daiyu didn't know what happened to Yingchun, but she was happy to hear about this change.

And Baochai also raised her head at this time, and looked at Daiyu with a deep smile: "When the banquet is over at noon, my sister can go to my place to have a good talk." Daiyu smiled lightly and did not answer. .

Fortunately, after a while, Jia Mu was accompanied by Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, You Shi, Li Wan and others to the parlor.Only then did Baoyu, Daiyu and the others stand up respectfully, and formally kowtowed to Jiamu for her birthday, making Jiamu laugh from ear to ear.

After a while, Jia Lan, the eldest sister and the fat brother were also brought by the nanny to celebrate the birthday of Jia Mu. After that, the juniors of Ningguo Mansion also came to pay their respects one by one. Jia Mu always likes a lot of people. At this time, seeing so many juniors is also from ear to ear.Immediately afterwards, Aunt Xue, Xue Pan, Lin Haorui and others came to pay respects to Jiamu's birthday, then Mammy Lai and other respectable old people, and finally the yard was full of women and girls.

Looking at the radiant appearance, Jia's mother was also full of energy.Seeing Baoyu and Daiyu standing among a group of girls and maids, they are so refined, they are obviously a couple, and they strengthened their minds.Mrs. Wang was still looking at Jia Mu with a smile on her face, but when she followed Jia Mu's gaze, the smile froze on her face.But Jin Chuan'er, who was standing among the maidservants, could clearly see Mrs. Wang's face.

Just ten minutes after breakfast, Wang Xifeng brought a group of women and maids to invite Jia Mu to the flower hall in the front yard, saying that many people who came to pay respects to Jia Mu's birthday had already drunk tea in the flower hall, and asked Jia Mu to go out to see everyone .

Mother Jia was very happy, and specially asked Baoyu, Daiyu, and Yingchun to go with her.Aunt Xue was slightly displeased to see that Mother Jia had missed Baochai alone, but Mrs. Wang was still immersed in her emotions, and did not notice the anger in Aunt Xue's eyes in time.

Baochai, however, was very pleased with herself. Since Mother Jia didn't invite her to go with her, she was happy and at ease, and went to watch the fun in the front yard where the little actors were trained.To say that these little opera performers have a lot of background, they were specially bought by the Jia family from the south in order to welcome the Yuanchun provincial relatives, all of them are exquisite and have a good voice.Many people in the mansion are waiting for them to show their skills on stage.

Coincidentally, Baochai saw an acquaintance at the place where the little opera singers were being trained. After a moment of astonishment, the two couldn't help looking at each other and smiling.