All morning, Daiyu had all the people out, and she leaned quietly on the big pillow on the bed alone, looking at the sky-blue top of the bed tent, thinking quietly.
Daiyu is born to be a smart person with "more heart than work", but if she is too smart, things will often go wrong as she wishes; if things go wrong as she wants, she will think too much.
"Those who are good at swimming die by drowning, and those who are good at fighting die by killing." Daiyu, who was born frail, became more frail and sick because of excessive thinking.
She turns fourteen today, and many girls should get married at this age. And her marriage is coming to her step by step.
When her father talked about her grandmother's intention to match her up with Baoyu, why didn't Daiyu herself already realize it?
Baoyu was born with "auspiciousness" and was born so graceful and graceful that the Jia family praised it as "Baoyu", which is really not an exaggeration.
However, Baoyu was born with extraordinary intelligence, but it did not allow him to become a capable person who was born to cultivate the world, or a traitor who was born to disrupt the world.
Utilitarian, infatuated deviant.
If he is born into a poor family with poor poetry and literature, he will become a scholar like the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; but if he is born into a wealthy family of a prince, then he is destined to be a prodigal.
Prodigal sons are not necessarily idiots like Hu Hai and Liu Chan, but there are also romantic figures like Empress Chen, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty, Empress Li of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.
Baoyu is destined to be such a romantic prodigal with a natural talent, which is indeed a tragedy.
Baoyu was not uneducated, on the contrary, he also learned quite a lot from other things, including poetry, poetry, meditation, and verses.
Baoyu is not confused, on the contrary, he is a smart man.
In front of outsiders, he has always been polite and polite, and is by no means a dissolute and eccentric person.
There are also many worldly greetings and send-offs on weekdays. I chatted with a group of dandy boys about whose family in the capital has good actors, whose garden is nice, whose maids are beautiful, whose banquets are sumptuous, and whose family has a lot of money.
Strange items. He doesn’t know about anyone who has foreign objects.
There is nothing he cannot do about all kinds of worldly things, only those he disdains or does not want to do.
But he just hates scientific research and thinks it is very vulgar. He just wants to hang out with girls all his life, sing about the wind and the moon, and drink poetry until he grows old.
With Daiyu's intelligence, she quickly realized that Baoyu didn't just love the beauty of girls, but admired and yearned for the purity and beauty of girls from the bottom of his heart. He was tolerant and considerate to all the girls and didn't care about her.
The lady is still a maid.
He is simple, kind, and beautiful, but also incompetent. Like a little boy who never grows up, he makes his grandmother happy. He doesn't care if his father beats or scolds him. His mother just says a few words, and he laughs and laughs, and then
Continue to indulge in his own world.
Daiyu and he were childhood sweethearts, and they even had some similarities in their minds. But the problem was that he would be a good partner, but not a good husband.
Once when the two of them were gossiping, Daiyu reminded Baoyu: "Our family spends too much money. Although I don't care about things, I am often idle. I will do the calculations for you. I will give out more and take in less. Now if I don't save money,
, will inevitably lead to failure to take over."
But Baoyu didn't care and said with a smile: "No matter how he doesn't pick up the slack, he can't stop us two."
If it were the girl next to me, she would only regard these words as an affectionate confession of "you and I will always be together", but as smart as Daiyu, such a "beautiful words" are not only pleasant to listen to, but completely useless.
It will make her feel even more disappointed.
Who doesn’t know how to talk sweetly? The truth will come to light when the truth comes.
"The king hid his face and could not save his life." What's the use of Emperor Ming's words "The waters of the Shu River are green and the mountains of Shu are green, and the Holy Master loves each other day and night"?
""On the most hasty day of farewell to the temple, the church still plays farewell songs and weeps to the palace ladies." Empress Li's country was ruined and her family was destroyed. What's the use of deep affection?
Silver-like gun tip.
Daiyu not only saw the Jia family's strong-willed nature but also carefully calculated it in her heart. She understood what the future fate of the Jia family would be if they did not know how to be frugal.
But Baoyu, as the heir to the Jia family's estate, didn't even have the slightest idea.
If you marry such a man, with good luck, you will live the life of "the older sister takes care of the younger brother" in the future. Maybe it will be equivalent to having an extra son as soon as you get married, and you will be filled with endless worries and worries every day.
Endlessly blind.
Daiyu is not greedy for vanity, but as a woman, she loves real men after all.
If she had not met the mature and steady Jia Lian, she might not be so disgusted with Baoyu's lack of understanding of responsibility.
But unfortunately, Jia Lian is already married.
Daiyu once read a poem "Untitled". At that time, she only thought the words were rough. But now that she thought about it, she understood the true nature of it.
You were born before I was born, but I was already old after you were born.
You hate that I was born late, and I hate that you were born early.
That night on the boat, Daiyu boldly wrote a poem "Red Whisper" to confess her love to Jia Lian, but Jia Lian did not respond.
Could it be...that he looks down on himself?
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The more Daiyu thought about it, the sadder she became. Tears fell, and she was too lazy to wipe them with a handkerchief. She just let the tears flow down her cheeks and ears.
Xueyan came in with tea. Seeing Daiyu like this, she stepped forward and handed her the handkerchief.
Daiyu didn't move either, she just stared blankly at the top of the tent and thought about her thoughts.
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It was almost noon, and someone outside said, "Qingwen is here," and Daiyu took a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
The little girl lifted the curtain, and Qingwen came in holding a black lacquered mother-of-pearl food box. Seeing Daiyu wiping her tears, she asked:
"Is Miss Lin feeling unwell?"
Daiyu wiped away her tears and said:
"It's okay, I just lost my eyesight."
Qingwen put down the food box, opened it, and said with a smile:
"Second Master Lian asked me to give the girl a bowl of noodles, saying it was a gift for her to be born."
Daiyu didn't care at first and asked casually:
"Birthday gift? Bazhen noodles?"
When I saw the bowl in the food box, I suddenly felt strange.
In the black lacquered mother-of-pearl food box, there was only a plain white porcelain bowl. In the bowl, there was only clear soup like water. There was a nest of plain noodles in the water. In addition, there was not even a scallion.
Although turning fourteen is just a small birthday, the family usually just makes bowls of longevity noodles and paints them.
The Lin family has always cherished their blessings and cultivated their health, and they pay attention to eating in moderation. Although a bowl of noodles does not have a large portion, it must be cooked very delicately.
Especially on Daiyu’s birthday, I must make a bowl of five-spice Bazhen noodles for her.
Five spices include salt, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil and Shaoxing wine, which are the ingredients placed in the noodle soup.
The eight delicacies are chicken, fish, shrimp, fresh bamboo shoots, mushrooms, fungus, yellow flowers, and sesame seeds, which are the toppings on the soup noodles.
However, due to Daiyu's frail body, even though the toppings were good, she was afraid that they would not be able to digest them after eating them, so she would just eat two mouthfuls of bland noodles with the flavorful noodle soup to enjoy the occasion.
But in the bowl of noodle soup in front of me, not to mention the toppings, even the seasonings in the noodle soup are missing. This... is a bit too simple and shabby, right?
Xue Yan couldn't help but laugh:
"This bowl of plain noodles really echoes the saying: 'Mixed noodles under clear water, you eat them and I see them.'"
Daiyu said hurriedly:
"Don't lie, I said in the morning that I eat a vegetarian diet, but eating greasy food will give me heartache."
Xue Yan stuck out her tongue and whispered:
"Second Master Lian is so sincere. He really doesn't even dare to put a drop of sesame oil? He doesn't even dare to sprinkle a drop of green onion?"
Qingwen carefully held the bowl in front of Daiyu's eyes, then opened a pair of black silver plum blossom chopsticks wrapped in a white handkerchief and handed them to Daiyu's eyes.
Daiyu secretly saw her biting her lip, holding back her laughter, and couldn't help but wonder: What does this mean?