Early in the morning, Zijuan heard someone outside shouting "Baoyu is here". She ran to the door and opened the curtain to take a look."Quick, you guys quickly get hot water to help the lady get up.”
The servant girls left in a hurry. One of the servant girls didn't pay attention and bumped into Qingwen who came out to serve tea. Qingwen cried out in pain when the tea was hot. Her eyes narrowed, scaring the servant girl so much that she trembled.
Qingwen poured the remaining tea and took another cup."What is he doing here so early in the morning? He went back so late yesterday.”
"Maybe something happened," said Daiyu. Don't talk nonsense, quickly serve your lady up.”
Qingwen pouted and asked the servant girl to send the tea to the inner room. She took the clothes from the stove and said," It's such a cold day. The stove hasn't been turned on. You woke up so early. There's no use for hot water."”
Lin Er got up and took a sip of tea. Without putting on his clothes, he said,""I'm not busy here. You can deal with him when you get up. Qingwen, pull down the curtain. I'll take a nap.”
Qingwen agreed and baked her clothes on the stove again. Daiyu got up and dressed up. Qingwen lowered the curtain of the warm room in the cubicle and sat outside the curtain as a female worker.
Baoyu came in and asked if Sister Lin was up. Zijuan answered that she was washing her face and brought him tea while laughing and joking.
Baoyu took a sip and said," This tea isn't good. I don't have the good tea that my late wife gave me. In a while, you can go and tell Xiren. Just tell her what I said and bring me a jar of green tea."”
Daiyu said," You're here early in the morning to complain about my tea. If you want to drink it, then drink it. If you don't like it, then please." I don't want your green tea either.”
" When did I say I didn't like it?" Baoyu quickly drank the tea and asked," Where's Second Younger Sister Lin? Why haven't I seen her? Is she still lying in bed?"”
Daiyu covered her mouth and laughed." That's right. We can't invite them even if we invite them. I think Second Master Bao will have to go. If she punches you in the face again, I'm sure you'll wake up."”
Baoyu covered his face and smiled apologetically.”
When Qingwen heard this, she remembered that Baoyu had also come early in the morning like this. When she heard that Second Miss Lin had not woken up, she went to joke. As soon as she opened the curtain, she received a slap on her face. Qing Wen Ling Hua's eyes sparkled as she chuckled,""Bah, you stirred up trouble early in the morning. You deserve to be beaten up.”
When Daiyu heard Qingwen's voice, she smiled. After a while, she tilted her head and asked Baoyu," Why are you here?”
Baoyu said," Oh, didn't we agree to open a poetry club today? Last night, the old master sent a message saying that the Duke of Beijing has been newly appointed as the Western Expedition Marshal and will be leaving soon, so he asked me to rush over to congratulate him today."”
"Who is that Prince Beijing? What does it have to do with you that he became a marshal? You're so happy that you forgot your name and your clothes are not neat. Come here."
Daiyu and Baoyu put on their cloaks again. Baoyu said,"You don't know him, so I can't tell you in detail. In short, he's the best. Although he was going to congratulate him today, he was going on an expedition after all. He probably wouldn't be able to see him again during the year.”
Daiyu smiled." If you can't bear to leave him, why don't you go with him? Maybe you can make a name for yourself on the battlefield and return home in glory?"”
Baoyu was just about to say that he did not like fame and fortune when he heard the servant girl outside rushing him. She said that the master had urged him and did not dare to stay any longer, so she left.
When Lin Er woke up, Qingwen helped her dress and wash up. When she mentioned Prince Beijing, Lin Er wanted to ask, but none of the maids could say anything. They were like people in the fog.
Qingwen said," Young Lady, you've asked the wrong person. We're on duty in the residence, so how would we know what's going on outside? Let alone the servant girls serving Young Lady, even those serving Lady and Old Lady might not know."”
Zijuan came in to get the teapot. When she heard this, she said,"Yes, Second Young Lady, don't mention this again, it would be a joke.”
Lin Er smiled and stopped probing.
When the two of them woke up, they only had a sip of hot tea first. They first had to greet the old lady, then the two aunts. They walked around and still had breakfast at the old lady's place. When she heard that the girls were going to open a poetry club, the old lady thought of Xiangyun and asked Xifeng to arrange for her to be picked up.
Tanchun said," The poetry club will be open for three days. Today is considered a breakthrough. Let's compose a few poems first and ask the old lady to judge the winner. When Sister Yun comes tomorrow, ask her to judge as well. Let's see if it's the same as the old lady's."”
Grandmother Jia smiled and pointed at Tanchun." Your Younger Sister Yun hasn't come yet, yet you're using her first. It can be seen that Third Girl is the most cunning."”
In the poetry club, the sisters gathered together to write poems. In fact, they were chatting and laughing. The old lady saw two of them write quickly and commented on them. She felt a little sleepy.
"Yu 'Er, why didn't your sister write?”
Daiyu smiled and said," That girl, Lin Er, has never liked this since she was young. She's especially clumsy at Wing Chun. I think she's afraid of losing face in front of the old lady, so she hid."”
Grandmother Jia said,"It's a good season, and it doesn't matter whether it's singing or flowers, mountains or rivers. Where can't I write poetry?" Yong Chun was clumsy, but it also added to the fun of parting. Where was Second Miss Lin? He went to find her.”
Yuanyang accepted the order and went to search. After searching in the garden, she smiled and said,"Second Young Lady Lin and Ping 'er were found here, making it easy for us to find them. Everyone's poems were completed, but the only thing missing was a girl. The old lady was looking for her.”
"If I had known that the old lady wanted to watch it, I wouldn't have teamed up with you." Ping 'er covered her face and said shyly.”
Lin Er smiled." How much is the difference between you and me? I didn't know that the old lady was interested in seeing it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have dared to come." Fortunately, when I was talking to you, I had already gotten two sentences, or else I would have been ridiculed for being two stupid trees, and I wouldn't have been able to get four sentences together.”
Yuanyang led Lin Er and the others to the room, and the old lady asked them to write it down. Ping 'er spread out the paper, and the mandarin ducks ground it together. Lin Er picked up the brush and wrote. The servant girl handed it to the old lady. The old lady looked at it and asked,"What books do you usually read? Which brush and brush do you practice?”
Lin Er said," I didn't read any books. I only read according to the family rules. After my father and brother passed away, I didn't have the mood to read anymore. Sometimes I write, but I copy my father and brother's handwriting. Today's poem was not good. At least he had asked Miss Ping 'er to help him and only managed to get a few lines. He was so clumsy that Old Lady saw him as a joke.”
Grandmother Jia sighed." That's right. Your family is a military family. I'm afraid you don't know that a girl's education can't be the same as a man." But from now on, you can't copy your father and brother's handwriting. Such harsh handwriting will change your little girl's temperament.”
Lin Erxiao agreed and thanked Grandmother Jia for her earnest guidance. Grandmother Jia was tired and left. The sisters laughed and made fun of each other. Even lunch was ordered and placed in the garden.
In the evening, Baoyu came again and talked about his trip to the Northern Calm Mansion today. He said that it was very boring and told him,"Sir and master sat at several seats. Other than congratulating and fawning over them, they were all no different from clay Bodhisattvas. There was not even one who could talk or relieve boredom.”
Lin Er smiled." What you said is strange. You were going to congratulate him. You didn't say anything. Could it be that you were going to relieve your boredom?"”
"It's a congratulatory gift, but it's just for show." " I say, what's so good about being a marshal? It's normal for him to lose his life on the battlefield. There's nothing to be happy about, but everyone still wants to congratulate him. Isn't it ridiculous?"”
"They might lose their lives," said Lin Er."There are also many who are conferred the title of Marquis."”
When Baoyu heard this, he said angrily,"What do you mean by conferring a marquis or paying respects to a minister? Haven't you heard how much of the jade young master in the capital has already lost?”Such a battle report, the loss of soldiers and generals, this and that, one by one, finally said,"Who would really be willing to go? How could there be friends in that vulgar place? If one went there and mingled with those rough and uncivilized people all day, it would be better to die clean.”
Lin Er smiled and took a sip of tea before saying,"I was shortsighted."
"It's good that you don't know about this," Baoyu added."It saves you the trouble of being afraid. Those things were not interesting, so he did not talk about them. By the way, have you finished writing poems today? How many have you written? Let me see."
"We're not Second Master Bao," said Daiyu with a smile."Writing poems is about luck. We don't want anything good." Since we have a poetry club, there will always be a few good and bad songs. However, since you missed today, you won't have any if you want to see it. You can only wait until the day after tomorrow when the club closes.”
Baoyu called out to his good sister to coax her, but Daiyu recited it to him. Baoyu tasted a few poems, but he couldn't comment on them. Suddenly, he clapped his hands and said,"I almost forgot. When I went to Old Lady's place to pay my respects, she said that she had already sent someone to fetch Little Sister Yun.”
"Of course I know. Why?"”
"Her second cousin has passed away some time ago, so we need to be lenient with her." I'm free tomorrow, so let's go to Green Cloud Pavilion and have a good day.”
"Who is her second cousin? How did he go?" Lin Er asked.”
"Sister Yun's family is similar to yours. She's also the descendant of a marquis." His second cousin had been raised together since he was young. When his son came out of the Brave Emperor Board, he had made a fuss about serving the country and winning glory for the family. His grandmother had advised him not to and he had gone. Unexpectedly, not long after, he had been killed by the enemy. Sister Yun had grown up with him since young, so she must have been heartbroken.”
As Baoyu spoke, he thought of what happened to Xiangyun and wiped away his tears. Even Daiyu's eyes were wet. Lin Er and the two of them poured hot tea and advised,"It's getting late, why are you crying here? Drink a cup of hot tea, we need to be stronger when we meet tomorrow.”
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