Red Mansion Daiyu, the Rise of the Lin Family

"Mother, I called you here to persuade you not to fight with your aunt. I have met the King of Nan'an."

"Prince Nan'an has a broad mind and a pure heart, great ambitions, and great achievements in both civil and military affairs."

"It will definitely create a prosperous era."

"Let's not talk about the Lin family cousin's engagement, let's just talk about my aunt's kindness in raising me and my uncle's responsibility in teaching me."

"As long as King Nan'an lives, you will never be able to defeat the Lin family."

"You can also tell your father that if the Jia family can become a vassal of the Lin family, it will be worthy of our ancestors."

Jia Yuanchun told the story while enjoying the warm summer breeze.

Under the shade of the tree, her eyes were still bright.

After more than ten years in the palace, grace has been integrated into her bones, neither hurried nor slow, neither slow nor hurried.

Leisurely seeing the Nanshan Mountains, the years are so peaceful!

Mrs. Wang's face was as pale and yellowish as corn without its shell.

……

Ningrong Street is now bustling again.

Today, Lin Daiyu invited all her close friends in Beijing to visit the Grand View Garden together.

There was another hustle and bustle of carriages and horses, and the sound of fluttering dresses.

Although we can’t wear particularly bright clothes nowadays, girls can still look light and graceful by wearing even a little light color.

"Why is the door lintel still bare? Sister Lin hasn't hung a sign for it yet?" Jia Tanchun and others stood at the gate of the former Jia Mansion, looking up.

I couldn't help but sigh.

"Didn't they say it was going to be changed into the Lin family villa?" Shi Xiangyun also asked.

Shishu explained,

"It was changed to Lin Family Villa, that's just what everyone said."

“The sign doesn’t hang like that.”

Xue Baochai, Jia Yingchun, and even Wang Xifeng, Li Wan and others were all sighing.

Originally this was a gathering for little girls, but Grandmother Jia sent them here as well.

Revisiting the old place, dressed in rags.

I'm talking about them.

……

They stood at the door for a few moments, and then carriages carrying women from various wealthy families arrived one after another.

Some people saw them and walked straight inside, pretending not to see them.

Some stopped to say hello.

"Is it Sister Tanchun?" This was the young lady from the Censor's family whom I once knew.

"Together?"

Jia Tanchun shook her head, "No need, we are a group too!"

The young lady from the Censor's family looked back, smiled, and left with great understanding.

……

At this time, everyone in the Jia family heard new discussions.

"Over there comes Miss Lin!"

"Where is the Miss Lin?"

"You don't know, right? The Lin family has changed its patriarch, and several girls from the Lin family have come to the Lin family's land, the young master's."

"How far is it from this one? As long as the last name is Lin, it is the Lin family girl or the Lin family boy, right?"

"Who knows? Let's just take a look."

"Everyone should give a thumbs up to the future queen."

Everyone was talking about it.

Jia Tanchun and the others looked in that direction and saw a group of girls who spoke in the soft Wu dialect and were very gentle and not at all like Sister Lin.

This is a girl who is like made of water.

……

There was no special gatehouse at the entrance, unlike the Jia Mansion in the past, where the rooms were built layer by layer.

There were only two maids at the door, and they checked the invitations and walked in casually.

I stood at the door for a long while and then sighed.

Everyone in the Jia family walked in. They used to be the hosts, but now they were guests.

Shi Xiangyun muttered something,

“That’s pretty casual.”

When we reached a fork in the road, there were people pointing the way.

"Ladies, ladies, madams, grandmas... this way."

"What is Sister Lin going to do? Such a large open space looks like a racecourse." Jia Tanchun couldn't help but continue to sigh.

"Look, Third Sister, look, over at Daoxiang Village, it has been transformed into rows of small houses."

"She's quite good at design. The place is big, so she can just divide it up."

The Jia family members talked as they walked.

This is very different from before.

Although it is still a garden, it has lost some of its beauty and gained some practicality.

If it was hidden in the past, it is now bright and open.

"Let's go and take a look at your Qiu Shuang Zhai." Shi Xiangyun urged.

"go!"

Several others agreed.

As they walked, they heard the stories of passers-by.

"I don't know what this Miss Lin means."

“Let everyone play on their own.”

"There's a study room over there, and someone is reading there."

"Everyone is here to see Miss Lin, so who can't read a book?"

"You can play if you want!"

"There are also wine-cups and cups flowing down the river, as well as tossing pots and shooting covers."

"I'm not going. I'm going to go see Miss Lin. If my mother knew that I came here just to have fun, I wouldn't even see the real person."

"I'll be beaten to death."

"I heard Miss Lin is in the bamboo forest. Let's go!"

……

When Shi Xiangyun saw that no one was in the mood to walk around, she became a little hesitant.

"Are we still going?"

Jia Tanchun turned around and looked around.

"Or let's go after we meet Sister Lin!"

"Playfulness is really not good."

The others nodded in agreement.

Xue Baochai remained silent.

Now, the clothes worn by our group of people are not much better than those of the maids, and we don’t know what they are thinking.

You have to show off like this.

Anyone who sees such a group of people will be amazed.

I had no choice but to walk with my head down.

Wang Xifeng felt that her eyes were not enough, so she looked around and was also thinking about the purpose of Lin Daiyu's doing this.

A group of people walked silently.

They are very familiar with the road and don't need anyone to lead the way.

The place surrounded by bamboo forests is Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Of course, they would occasionally encounter contemptuous looks from others on the road, but they pretended not to know.

Everyone knows that they are members of the Jia family.

He was once the owner of this place. Now the lid has been opened by Lin Daiyu and everyone is free to come and see.

There was some embarrassment on their faces.

……

As we were approaching Xiaoxiang Pavilion, we heard a lot of noise.

Lin Daiyu's voice was as clear and pleasant as the sound of spring water. "You think it looks good too?"

"Yes, Miss Lin looks so extraordinary dressed like this, and it's hard to tell whether she is a man or a woman."

When Jia Tanchun and others heard the compliment, they felt reluctant.

Several people hurried to speed up.

I really want to see what it's like to win such praise.

When they come closer,

Wow! What is Lin Daiyu wearing?

She was wearing a long blue cloth gown and a jade-white waist belt, which made her waist look slim and graceful.

Her hair was neatly tied up and fixed with a bamboo hairpin. She looked handsome and elegant, like a female scholar.

Lin Daiyu said loudly,

"I want to ask, can you all read and write?"

A lady below laughed and said,

"Miss Lin, are you kidding me? In a family like ours, there is no one who doesn't know how to read and write."

"That Miss Gu from General Gu's family loves to wield spears and sticks, and her mother forces her to study and learn to read."

"How else will you manage the household in the future? You can't even read an account?"

At this time, I heard the young lady of the Imperial Censor's family say,

"I even invited her when I came here, guess what happened."

"Her mother asked her to learn embroidery, but she felt her hands were hurting and broke all the embroidery needles."

"Her mother is grounding her!"

Everyone burst into laughter again, finding it very funny. This seemed like something Madam Gu would do.

I can practice martial arts all day without getting tired, but my hands will hurt after a while if I write with a needle.