Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

The Liu family went.

Daiyu asked Xueyan to invite Aunt Meng to come over: "Xiaohong is pitiful. I'm afraid she has been scolded by her all the time."

Zijuan was smiling beside her.

Daiyu tilted her head and said, "Still laughing. Look at Xiaohong, she has found a good home for herself so quickly. And look at you!"

"Me? I am the young lady's servant, and my life will be taken care of by the young lady. Even if Xueyan said that, would the young lady let us suffer any injustice?

"Jiang Yong first managed the property of Tao Jian, and then managed the property of the young lady. How much of the world must he have seen?

"Xiaohong is a little girl who never leaves the house. If she wants to take Jiang Yong down, she should be prepared to suffer injustice forever for the rest of her life!

"What's more, the Lin family has been the stewards of Rongguo Mansion for many years, and they must be very particular about rules. The marriage of a girl is decided by her parents and the matchmaker, and she should wait respectfully for the man's family to come and propose marriage.

"For someone like Xiaohong who was the first to make up her mind and chase after him, just wait and see. If Steward Lin doesn't give her a good beating, then her education in the Duke's Mansion for more than a decade will have been in vain!"

With no one else around, Zijuan's inner thoughts all poured out.

Lin Daiyu nodded with a gratified smile: "As expected of a girl who will be with me for the rest of my life, she really understands things."

Before he could finish his words, Aunt Meng came in like a gust of wind, still holding Xiaohong in her hand, as if she hadn't let go for most of the hour.

Xiaohong lowered her head and cried.

Aunt Meng scolded her directly, "Did you hear that? This is serious talk and serious ideas! How can you let others treat you with respect when you are not respectful yourself? Who is Jiang Yong? He is also a slave! He also has an old habit of gambling!

"If you follow the girl, you can be the wife of a decent citizen in the future, or the housekeeper of a son-in-law's house. What kind of people are you not? What kind of nobles are you not? How could you be so blind..."

"Okay." Lin Daiyu sighed, "I asked my aunt to come because I was afraid you would start scolding me endlessly."

Aunt Meng let go angrily and sat on the stool sulking.

"Come on, tell me what you think?" Lin Daiyu looked at Lin Xiaohong with a smile.

Xiao Hongfei blushed, bit her lip, and cried softly, "I didn't think much about it at first... I just panicked when I saw that he was covered in wounds and unconscious..."

"Now you know that he is not seriously injured and will be back to full strength after lying down for a few days. He will still look down on us and you as before, and he still has many secret thoughts that he is hiding from us and you.

"Calm down, and then tell me what's on your mind?" Lin Daiyu smiled and let her go. "Go back and take a rest. When you are no longer panicking and have thought it through, come back to me."

Xiaohong lowered her head and did not move.

Lin Daiyu didn't urge her, but just looked at the top of her head gently.

This girl was decisive and clear-minded from the beginning. Lin Daiyu had high hopes for her and she never believed that she would become blind and stupid because of a man.

After a long while, Xiaohong raised her head. Her eyes were still red, but the mist had been washed away. They were clear and bright, as clear and bright as before:

"Girl, I am a maid, a servant. Although I am not stupid, my vision is obviously inferior to others. Whatever I want to learn and do, I have more obstacles than others.

"But I am not a person who accepts fate, nor am I a person who would put myself in a difficult position to please others. I am also the darling of my parents, and I have a master with a bright future who loves me. Why should I let others pick on me?

"I'm only seventeen this year. When I'm twenty-seven, we can see. It won't be too late."

Lin Daiyu smiled warmly and tilted her head: "When you are twenty-seven, what are you going to watch?"

Xiaohong's face turned even redder, but she looked at Daiyu with her head held high and her chest puffed out, and answered clearly: "Look at what kind of man can catch my eye!"

Lin Daiyu laughed softly but spat on the ground: "Bah, you shameless girl! There are only unmarried girls in the room and you are still saying such nonsense! If my uncle knew about this, he would definitely say that you have no manners, just like Qingwen, and would just beat you to death!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, and laughed quietly as they listened to her teasing.

Xueyan hurried forward to help Xiaohong up.

"Speaking of Qingwen," Daiyu said, looking puzzled, "given her personality, why didn't she come to join in the fun today?"

Before she could finish her words, Qingwen's voice rang out strangely from outside: "Auntie Lin, why don't you come in? Are you eavesdropping on your master?

"Why are you being so sneaky? Hey, you're crying? What did I say? Did I say something wrong? Hey, don't leave!"

Qingwen came in with a look of surprise on her face, turned around and pointed outside: "These little girls should all be skinned! Why did they see Aunt Lin eavesdropping outside but didn't stop her or report it to us?"

Xiaohong lowered her head.

Aunt Meng rolled her eyes.

Lin Daiyu interrupted her with a smile: "Where have you been? I haven't heard you chattering for a long time. I'm not used to it!"

“I…” Qingwen looked around, then suddenly turned around and went out, getting angry at the little maids guarding the gate, “Come on, everyone, pay attention and do your job!

"The young lady is the master. You can only have her in your heart and eyes! You should be beaten to death for acting on your own just now! Stay away and don't eavesdrop! You must report to anyone who comes, do you understand?!"

Daiyu curled her lips and looked at Xiaohong: "What your sister Qingwen said is true. Go back and tell your mother that she and the little maid who was guarding the gate just now will each have half a month's salary deducted."

"Yes." Xiaohong agreed promptly.

Qingwen then came in again, walked up to Daiyu mysteriously, and whispered, "I'm going to Jiang Yong's yard!"

I didn't even meet her.

That means we have gone astray from others.

Daiyu nodded: "And then?"

"Then, I heard Jiang Yong and a shopkeeper named Zhu discussing how to subdue a group of hooligans!"

Qingwen danced with excitement, "They said they wanted to find out the bottom first! But Shopkeeper Zhu said that the group of people had been sitting in the store for half a month, and the shop assistants were familiar with them.

"Jiang Yong said that he might have to borrow someone from the Tao Jian Mansion, but he was also worried that the group of people would see that he was going to investigate. If he deliberately set up confusion, it would be troublesome.

"They also said that the hooligans who form gangs nowadays are afraid that there are people behind them, so they dare not alert them!"

This is something that needs to be considered.

Lin Daiyu nodded slightly and fell into deep thought.

Qingwen became more and more excited, jumping up and down: "Then they discussed, or drag the housekeeper Lin into the water, and let him send someone from the mansion. Because this is an errand assigned by the young lady, naturally her own family is the most reliable.

"Jiang Yong said that Steward Lin was polite to him on the surface, but in fact he was full of guard and looked at him as if he wanted to eat him. If this matter can really tie him up on the same boat, it will be easier for the family to get along with each other in the future."

Jiang Yong is really smart.

Daiyu hummed, noticing Qingwen's abnormality, and asked with an amused smile: "These are all ordinary words, why are you so happy?"

"Girl!" Qingwen's eyes sparkled like bright gems. "I'll tell them both that I'm going!"