Qing Wu Red House

Chapter 36 Birthday Invitation

In the middle of May of the sixth year of Hong Zhen, Lin Ruhai's two aunts left the Lin family respectively.At the end of May, the dismissed servants of the Lin family completed handovers one after another and left the Lin family.At the beginning of June, Lin Haorui found the largest dental shop in Yangzhou and bought some girls and servants.It wasn't until the end of June that the big change in the Lin family's mansion slowly came to an end.

And at this time, it was only a month or so before Chu Tianyou Qiuwei.Lin Haorui told Daiyu that they could start packing their things slowly, and when Chu Tianyou finished the exam, they could set off on another day.This resolute tone made Daiyu laugh again.

Although Daiyu said that she was not so sure about Chu Tianyou's ranking, she followed Lin Haorui's advice and began to organize the internal treasury, especially the dowry left by her mother.Looking at her mother's long dowry list, Daiyu sighed softly, thinking that when her mother married into the Lin family, she must have had a bright future.

Since Jia Min's dowry elders are gone, and Zhou Chuanjia doesn't know what's going on in her mother's inner house, so Daiyu and Nanny Song, Zijuan, and Xueyan face each other slowly.

However, when she opened the door of the inner vault, Daiyu was a little surprised. Although she knew that the family was very rich, she couldn't help but dazzle her eyes when she saw it.Antique calligraphy and painting, porcelain utensils, all kinds of jade jewelry, pearl Ruyi, all kinds of things filled the room. This is only the inner warehouse, and I don’t know how many rare treasures there are in the outer warehouse.

Daiyu sighed softly, and couldn't help thinking that if her father hadn't recognized her elder brother as an heir, then she would have seen some of these things.Until this time, Daiyu finally got a little understanding of some of her father's arrangements.

On this day, Daiyu was taking Zijuan to check the bracelets in the inner storehouse. Yuan Qing came in hurriedly: "Girl, Mrs. Chu sent a message to the uncle, asking the uncle to take the girl to Chu's house!" Dai Yu Weiwei was surprised: "Going to be a guest? We are still in the filial piety, I am afraid that this is disrespectful to Mrs. Chu! What does brother say?"

Yuan Qing smiled: "The uncle is afraid that the girl will have concerns, so he asked me to go back and forth with the girl. The uncle said that Mrs. Chu is informal, so that the girl does not have to worry about it. Today is Mrs. Chu's birthday, and the uncle has already prepared a gift." , said to let the girl choose a sweet one and take it with her."

Daiyu was even more puzzled, and so was this elder brother. They were still in the filial piety, going to celebrate someone's birthday, and they were not afraid that Mrs. Chu would beat them out.But these days, Daiyu also saw that there was always a reason for her brother's actions, so she asked Zijuan to close the box and called Mu Qing to prepare clothes for going out.

"Er Rong, Er Qian, you two follow me and carry this to the west room!" Zijuan called the two little girls, took the account books and left together.Er Rong and Er Qian are the second-class maids around Daiyu, usually very smart, and Zijuan really likes these two girls.

When Zijuan came back, Daiyu had already changed her clothes under Mu Qing's service. It was sent by Chu Xia who was next to the uncle a few days ago, saying that it was good for the uncle to look at the green bamboo outside the courtyard. So I drew it.Chu Xia traced the green bamboo onto the clothes that happened to be made for Daiyu.Because it is still in the filial piety period, light cyan is chosen as the base, and the emerald bamboo is dark green, which looks elegant and chic.Coupled with the fact that Chu Xia's show life was exquisite and unusual, Daiyu fell in love with it the first time she saw it.

Zijuan only felt that his eyes brightened: "This dress is better to put on than to look at. The green bamboo on this jacket echoes the one on the pleated skirt. Chu Xia is really unique. I think if Chu Xia goes out in the future, she might as well be a girl." Opening a ready-made clothing store for her will definitely be a hit!" Daiyu chuckled lightly, "I don't know your aptitude for this kind of business. Have you found the gift you were looking for?"

"I found it, miss, but this one!" Zijuan took an embroidered screen.Embroidered on it is a magnolia, although not very gorgeous, it also looks unique.Daiyu turned her head and looked at Nanny Song who was beside her: "Manny, would you like to give this as a gift?"

"Didn't the girl embroider some handkerchiefs a few days ago. The old slave thought that I could add a few more handkerchiefs so that it would not look too thin!" Nanny Song took a pair of pearl earrings from Daiyu's jewelry box and gave them to Daiyu. Put on jade.Then he took another silver hairpin and put it on for Daiyu, smiling: "That's all right, it shows respect for the master, and we don't lose our duty of keeping filial piety!"

Daiyu ordered Zijuan to pack the gift in a brocade box, and then she took Zijuan, Xueyan, Qingwen and Nanny Song out of the inner courtyard together.Qingwen has lived in the Lin Mansion for the past few months, although she is still sharp-tongued, but her competitive spirit has weakened a lot, and her whole person has become brighter.Nanny Song especially likes Qingwen, and always laments that Qingwen is just a girl from everyone, who would have thought she would be a girl.

Although Qingwen laughed and joked about Nanny Song's words, she felt warm in her heart.In Jia's mansion, those servants despise her as a gift from Nanny Lai to Mother Jia, and she is a slave among slaves, so they despise her very much. In Baoyu's house, I don't know how it was run on.Seeing that Nanny Song really cared for her at this time, she couldn't help feeling a little closer to her.

Nanny Song is also a strange person. Ever since Qingwen came into her eyes, she often supported Qingwen, causing Qingwen's temperament to change a lot in a short period of time, which made Zijuan, Xueyan and others very envious.So at this time, although Qingwen is not Daiyu's girl, she also goes out with Daiyu to meet guests.

Outside, Lin Haorui had already prepared the carriage and was waiting for Daiyu. Seeing Daiyu's attire, he also raised his eyebrows: "It's still my sister who is naturally beautiful. Such plain clothes can give off a bit of national beauty and heavenly fragrance." Daiyu was a little shy and called, "Brother."

Lin Haorui personally helped Daiyu put on the gauze hat, and explained: "Ms. Chu, she has always been informal. I haven't gone there once these days, maybe it's because I was a little annoyed, so I called us to come over for a gathering on the occasion of my birthday, sister Don't be too nervous. If Mrs. Chu does something inappropriate, my sister don't care, I'll explain it to you when I get back."

"Such an exaggeration!" Daiyu and Lin Haorui walked towards the carriage together.Lin Haorui said mysteriously: "You will know when the time comes." Daiyu got into the carriage, and since the carriage was not small, she sat with Nanny Song, and Zijuan, Xueyan, and Qingwen sat in the carriage behind.The group walked for about half an hour, and finally arrived at the Chu Mansion in the south of Yangzhou City.

The middle gate of the Chu Mansion had been opened long ago, Daiyu's carriage went directly to the second gate, and Lin Haorui went to the outer courtyard to find Chu Tianyou directly.Lin Daiyu thought that after the carriage stopped at the second gate, she would change to a soft sedan, but who knew that the carriage drove all the way to Mrs. Chu's courtyard.Daiyu peeked secretly from the gauze curtain, and saw that the design of this Chu house is full of openings and closings, which is not at all different from the gracefulness of Jiangnan.

"Go back to Madam, Miss Lin is here!" A pleasant voice sounded.Daiyu saw the car door opened wide, and Cui Qi's pretty face appeared immediately: "Our wife is looking forward to the girl." She stretched out her hand and welcomed Daiyu down.Daiyu drove the trolley slowly, and smiled lightly after standing still: "How is Sister Cuiqi?"

"Young lady is thinking about it, Cui Qi is really grateful!" Cui Qi smiled sincerely.With a slight smile, Daiyu saw that the design of this courtyard was a bit different from the outside. The emerald green nameless grass was neatly trimmed, just sticking to the ground, filling the entire courtyard. The son was attracted by this unique grassland.Seeing Daiyu's appearance, Cui Qi introduced: "Our wife loves this lawn all the time. Every year, we have to trim it strictly. In midsummer, my wife will spread a carpet to rest on the lawn, which is also very comfortable. But, we The uncle thinks the lawn is too troublesome and likes to attract insects, so he always persuades the lady to dig it out, but the lady just doesn't want to bear it."

Daiyu smiled, thinking, this Mrs. Chu is indeed a strange person, there is a path paved with cobblestones in the middle of this lawn, and Daiyu followed Cuiping into Mrs. Chu's hall along this path.

As soon as she entered the hall, Daiyu was slightly taken aback. The hall was even more uniquely furnished, unlike Jia Mu's hall, where there were two rows of chairs next to the main seat, reserved for guests to chat.As soon as Daiyu entered the hall, she saw a small rockery in the middle of the living room. Under the rockery was a wisp of running water. The water flowed slowly in the middle of the rockery, and even formed a small waterfall.There are a few goldfishes in the pool, which is very gratifying.Before Daiyu could take a closer look, she heard a refreshing voice: "It's Hao Rui's younger sister, come here and let me have a look."

Daiyu turned her head, and saw a woman who appeared to be in her twenties came over, her hair was exposed in her bun, her eyebrows were lightly swept away, she was wearing a narrow blue satin jacket, with magnolia embroidered on the collar and cuffs in dark blue and dark purple. With floral borders and a water-blue pleated skirt, her figure is light and graceful, and she has an outstanding demeanor between walking and stopping.

Daiyu was slightly taken aback. Although she knew that Chu Tianyou had a handsome face, she never thought that Mrs. Chu was still so young and so beautiful that she was too embarrassed to look directly at her.Mrs. Chu took Daiyu's hand with a smile, and looked at Daiyu back and forth: "I always thought that the few girls I met on weekdays could be called beautiful, but when I saw Miss Lin today, I thought they were all so beautiful. It was dug out of the earth pit, and it is so shabby that you can’t see anyone." Then he took a few steps back, and nodded to himself: "The body is still small, and it will open after two years. She must be a delicate and charming beauty."

Daiyu hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Daiyu has met Mrs. Chu, and Mrs. Chu has praised her."

"There's no praise, it's the truth!" Mrs. Chu was a very straightforward person, she dragged Daiyu to sit in the hall as soon as she spoke.Daiyu walked in with Mrs. Chu, glanced at the layout of the hall, and couldn't help being surprised again.

Looking at Mrs. Chu's eyes, she actually became yearning.