Two flowers bloomed, each showing a branch. On this side, Lin Ming boarded the boat and went against the current. He was busy dealing with the life and death of tens of thousands of people in the pass. He was going to Yangzhou to transport water to the Zhang family. On the other side, in the capital, the Jia family was also getting more and more lively and busy.
Xifeng sat at the head of the room, her phoenix eyes burning with anger. She pointed at a servant kneeling outside the curtain and scolded,"Alright, you're a good dog who recognizes a master. If I'm not your master, my words won't be able to get into your dog ears, right? How dare you deceive me? Be careful of your dog life!"
The servant immediately said that he didn't dare to. His forehead hit the brick and made a crisp sound." Grandma, please spare me. Even if Wang 'er doesn't listen to anyone, he doesn't dare to disobey Grandma. He doesn't dare to lie to Grandma. Grandma can just ask again. If there's another lie, Grandma can just beat him to death."”
Xi Feng huffed angrily." Don't say that it's not true. Even if it's half a sentence, I've noticed it. Hmph!"”
Wang Er kowtowed again, saying that he wouldn't dare to do it again.
"What's the use of kowtowing?" Ping 'er said.”
Wang 'er nodded, straightened his back and said,"Grandma asked Second Master just now, Second Master."
"What are you looking at?" Ping 'er shouted,"Just tell Grandma the truth."”
Wang 'er said," The reason why Second Master missed his return date wasn't because he was held back by a woman. Although there were a few who pestered him, Second Master didn't dare to not come back. It was because he was stuck with Grandpa Lin, so he stayed for a few more days." Second Master said that he was afraid that Grandma would worry, so he asked me to come back first to tell Grandma not to worry.”
Xi Feng said," I knew it. What kind of person is your Second Master? If there's a fishy smell on the roadside, would he not want to have a taste?" A mangy dog can't change eating hot sh * t, and you'll also get lice on your dog fur!”
Wang Er heard the scolding and didn't dare to argue. He only said,"Grandma is right.""Grandma is right."
After asking clearly, Xi Feng scolded Wang Er,"Get lost", and Wang Er quickly rolled and crawled away.
Xi Feng leaned back on the pillow and sighed." Ping 'er, look at this. Men are like this. They really don't have a single bit of sincerity. No matter how you manage your family, he'll be free and unrestrained. He'll throw out the silver and stick to his skin. No matter how powerful you are, you won't be able to get anything from him. We were unlucky to become women. Not only did we suffer for the rest of our lives, but we didn't even have a caring person.”
Ping 'er served Xi Feng some tea and said," Grandma, what are you thinking about now? Have a cup of hot tea. The cold of spring is not over yet, and things are busy. It's most important not to ruin your health."”As he spoke, he handed a heater to Xifeng.
Xifeng pushed the heater and said," There's no need for this. You should sit down for a while. After this cup of tea, we'll have to go to the warehouse again. I think we should find two good gifts to add to the gift of the Liu family's young master. Otherwise, it won't look good."”Xi Feng took a sip of tea and said,"To the manor's Young Master Sun to receive the gift of the directorate's student. Old Lady, what did Lady say?"”
Ping 'er said," I just went to ask. Old Lady said to ask Lady, and Lady said to ask Grandma to decide according to the old rules."”
Xi Feng knocked on the teacup and said,"I know that according to the old rules, I only want to thank the Old Lady for her friendship with our Old Lady. Lady can say what she wants to do."”
"He mentioned it and said he'd let Grandma decide."”
Xi Feng thought for a moment and said,"Since that's the case, it's easy to handle." We still have a two-to-three-foot red coral tree in our warehouse. It's about the same if we add it in.”
"Then I'll get someone to carry it out in a while."”
Xi Feng said," This matter isn't too serious. There are only these two things left. It's Hanshi and Qingming. We have to prepare for it." Sigh, in this month, there have been seven or eight places where the general has to fill in the gaps. In total, we have spent ten to twenty thousand taels of silver, and we have not had a day to spare. At any rate, there shouldn't be any birthday celebrations or promotions during Cold Food Qingming Festival, so we can rest for two days.”
Ping 'er said," Yes, Grandma has been very busy these few months. She doesn't feel very comfortable either. Seeing that she's free in the next few days, why don't we hire another brilliant imperial doctor to recuperate?"”
Xi Feng said," That's right. You reminded me well. We'll have time while your Second Master isn't around. That matter can be resolved quickly. We'll settle it together."”He immediately whispered some instructions into Ping 'er's ear.
When Ping 'er heard this, her face changed and she said,""There is only one thing. That person is in Miss Lin's courtyard now. If we go and take it like this, we're afraid that Miss Lin won't look good.”
"I don't care who she is. As long as she's not in front of the Old Lady or the Lady, there's nothing I can't touch." How about this, I'll call Miss Lin out later. You just have to look for an opening and ask someone to get it. Just be quick and don't let her shout it out. Otherwise, if it's in front of the old lady, it'll look like I'm stupid.”
Ping 'er thought about it and agreed. She slowly picked up the tea and ate it. Xifeng saw her appearance and laughed at her gentleness. The two of them were eating snacks with hot tea when there was a commotion outside. Xifeng asked,"Who is it?"
Before the servant girl came in to report, Ping 'er said,""It sounds like Qingwen from Miss Lin's courtyard. She was originally from the old lady's side and was later assigned to Second Miss Lin.”
Xifeng replied with an " oh " and impatiently asked Ping 'er to take a look. When Ping 'er returned, Xifeng asked her about it. Ping' er only replied that because Qingming was approaching, Miss Lin wanted some good paper to make a kite and had asked someone to bring it to her.
"So it's about this. I forgot about it if she didn't come." Send some kite-making paper to the girls everywhere. Also, buy some finished kites. Don't use those that have been drawn, just white paper for them to use.”
When Qingwen took the paper back, Daiyu and Zijuan were sitting around the table making a purse. Daiyu happily took it and pinched the paper. Her joy faded, and she handed the paper to Zijuan before sitting back down to make the purse.
Zijuan asked," What's wrong with you, Miss? You said you'd kite it when you got the paper back. Why don't you want it anymore?" The purse has already done this. It's enough. Miss, you should rest. It's spring when the humidity and cold are heavy. Even taking medicine every day can't stop the illness. You can't afford to waste your energy like this.”He then asked Qingwen," When you went over there, did you hear when Second Miss Lin will be back? Can you make it to Qingming?"
"I wanted a few pieces of paper," Qing Wen said."I only spoke a few words to Ping 'er. How could I have heard the news from the other side?"”
"Did Pinger give you this paper?" asked Daiyu. Sister Feng isn't here?"
"Ping 'er didn't give me the paper. She asked someone to give it to me." I also said that this paper would not be able to be used to make a kite, but that old pious woman nagged a lot. If she wasn't afraid that the girl was in a hurry to get it, she would see me tear it off with her. But was it really useless? I'll go look for her again!"
Daiyu said," Why are you looking for her? It's just two pieces of paper. What's the point of making a fuss?" Are the other girls like this too?"
"I asked," Qingwen said,"and they said that the young lady wanted it early. The other young ladies haven't gone to pick it up yet."”
Zijuan said," Maybe we went too early, so we haven't bought the paper for making kites yet, so we brought the old ones. We were afraid that you would be waiting for us." When Caimai comes in, we'll go and get some new ones.”
"What do you want to buy? I don't know when they'll come in. If they want anything, just tell me. I'll bring it back tomorrow.”
Hearing the voice, Zijuan ran over to greet him, saying that Baoyu had come. She invited him in and went to pour tea.
Baoyu said," You don't have to pour tea. Look at what I brought. Sister Lin, look. This kite was personally made by Hao Sifeng. The painting on it was made by Zhang Qianhe. I thought you would like it, so I asked for it. How about it?"”Baoyu brought in a beautiful paper kite that was five or six feet long. Zijuan and the servant girl cleared the table for him to put it on the table.
Daiyu went over to take a look. Sure enough, the paper kite's joints were even and clear everywhere. The beauty in the painting was even more vivid and beautiful, as if it was about to be blown away by a breeze. Daiyu looked at it carefully and smiled." It's really not bad. This paper kite is very good. The painting is also very good. Where did you get this treasure?"”
Baoyu said,"The woman in the painting is frowning. I think of my sister when I see her."”He suddenly remembered the origin of this painting and was afraid of provoking Daiyu. He glanced at her and saw that she was slightly angry. He immediately turned around and said,"When Younger Sister was reading the Flying Sparrow Poem last time, she mentioned that she couldn't think of how a flying swallow could be so light and dance with her hands. I thought of it when I saw this painting and specially brought it to Younger Sister to see.”
Zi Juan said," Aiya, really. Look at this woman. She's really dancing. Could it be that the one in the painting is a swallow?"”
"Since you are a flying swallow, why are there only paintings and no poems?" asked Daiyu. Such a good treasure, if there were no poems, wouldn't it spoil the scenery?”
Baoyu smiled." That's right. I was just thinking that we should each write a poem next to the painting. It'll be elegant and interesting when we put it away."”
Since Baoyu said he wanted to write a poem, the servant girls served the pen and ink. Daiyu picked up the pen and wrote two sentences first. Just as she was about to write the last two sentences, she looked up and saw Baoyu holding the pen in a daze. She smiled at him and said,"What are you thinking about? Aren't you going to write a poem? Hurry up and write it for me to see, okay?”
Baoyu said,"Nothing. I heard the wind outside and was distracted for a moment. Has my sister already gotten it?"”
"I know what you're thinking." In the past, we also made paper kites together at this time. Second Sister, Third Sister, Fourth Sister, Sister Bao, Sister Yun, all the sisters were together. This year, Sister Yun didn't come either. Lin Er also went back. Even Sister Bao didn't recover from the cold and couldn't come out. It was quite deserted.”
Zijuan said," Miss, you must have remembered wrongly. In the past, kites were only made on the day before the Qingming Festival. This year, it will naturally be lively when the Qingming Festival arrives."”
Baoyu said," That's right. We were early today. When Qingming came, Sister Yun also came to pick us up. Although I don't know when Second Sister Lin will be back, I think it will be in the next few days." When the time comes, we'll still stay in this courtyard or go to Sister Bao's place to make trouble for her.”
Baoyu picked up his brush and continued two sentences on Daiyu's poem. After reading it twice, he was very satisfied and said to Qingwen,"When the ink is dry, put it away properly and release it during the Qingming Festival.”
Just as Qingwen was about to collect it, Daiyu said,""Things made of paper are the hardest to put away. Wouldn't it be a pity if they were damaged? It's better to hang them up and let them dry.”As he spoke, he picked it up and hung it on the wall of the study room.
Daiyu hung up the painting and looked at it for a moment. Baoyu also walked over. The two of them stood there and looked at the beautiful painting on the wall. Although they did not say anything, it seemed like they were talking.
Qingwen saw this and scoffed. She curled her lips and said in a low voice,"Isn't it just a paper kite? It's worth staring at like this. It's as precious as a treasure.”
Baoyu looked back at Qingwen and shook his head with a smile. Suddenly, he turned around and went out.”，Baoyu did not answer.
When it was noon, Daiyu drank the medicine and asked,""Where's Baoyu? Where did he go?" "He left in a hurry," Zijuan said."Maybe he had something to do."
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