Just when Daiyu was about to speak, Xiangyun came over and said with a smile:
"Where is Brother Baoyu? Why did he disappear in the blink of an eye?
I came here with great difficulty, but he didn’t play with me for a while.”
Daiyu glanced at Jia Lian, smiled at Xiangyun and said:
"This is another one that has no memory.
The old lady just told you, 'Now that you are older, don't mention nicknames,' but you forgot it again in the blink of an eye.
It can be seen that he is also a rat-catcher - he puts down his paws and forgets about it."
Just as he said this, Baoyu suddenly jumped out from behind Shan Shizi and smiled at Xiangyun:
"Sister Yun, do you miss me? Then I will urge the old lady from now on and send more people to pick you up, okay?"
Nanny Li, who was chasing Baoyu, quickly reminded:
"The old lady just said that Miss Shi, you are here to nominate someone with the same surname.
The young master and the young lady are one year old and two years old, and they still call each other by nicknames, which is really indecent."
Baoyu immediately darkened his face and stopped talking.
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Shi Xiangyun's parents passed away when she was still in her infancy, and she was raised by her uncle and aunt.
And because Jia's mother loved this poor grandniece, she took her to Jia's house for foster care for several years. She also regarded Jia's house as half of her own home, and regarded Baoyu as her own brother.
Although Xiangyun is now twelve years old, she is still used to speaking out. Others know her temper and don't care about her.
Xiangyun reminded Daiyu, stuck out his tongue, and continued:
"If I don't call you "Brother Baoyu", it doesn't matter if I call you "Second Brother" instead. It's just that Sister Lin wants to laugh at me for biting my tongue again, and how can I talk?"
Daiyu covered her face with a fan and smiled:
"Before I laughed at you, you already called me 'Brother Love'."
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Jia Lian saw that Daiyu was smart and smart, and Xiangyun had no city in her chest. They were both cute in their own way, so he couldn't help but look at them with a smile.
However, Xiangyun was unforgiving and pouted:
"I can't blame many people in this house for saying that Sister Lin is mean and picks on people.
Even if you are better than everyone in the world, you don't have to make fun of everyone.
Now I point out one person, if you dare to single her out, I will obey you."
Daiyu frowned when she heard that everyone in her family said she was mean.
When Xiangyun saw that he had the upper hand, he immediately said proudly:
"Do you have the ability to find sister Debao's shortcomings?
I can't compare to you. There is someone in this world who can compare to you.
Now everyone in this house knows that Sister Bao is a Bodhisattva-like figure.
I think about it at home every day, among these sisters, there is no one better than Sister Bao.
It's a pity that we are not raised by the same mother. As long as I have such a biological sister, even if I lose my parents, there will be no hindrance."
After hearing this, Daiyu sneered:
"Who did I think it was? It turned out to be her. How dare I pick her?"
The careless Shi Xiangyun thought he had won a great victory, so he immediately forgot about the matter and turned to ask Baoyu:
"How is Sister Xiren?"
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Baoyu was brought to Xiren today, and he played new tricks according to the spring attack book, so that Xiren was still lying on the kang at this moment.
At this time, Xiangyun suddenly asked, Baoyu had something in his heart, so he said casually:
"Thank you for remembering me."
Xiangyun was completely unaware of Baoyu's absent-mindedness and just said:
"When I lived in this mansion earlier, the old lady asked Sister Xiren to serve me for several years. I still miss her all the time."
As he said this, he took out his handkerchief and held it in his arms.
"I brought good things for her."
At this time, Baochai came out from behind Shanshizi, shaking his fan, and said with a smile:
"Wherever Yun Yatou is, there will be excitement. That's right."
As soon as Xiangyun saw Baochai, he immediately threw himself at Baochai's side like a swallow falling into his arms. He held Baochai's arm and said:
"Sister Bao, since last time you asked me to advise my second brother to learn more about official career and economics and let him interact with people in the officialdom, I have told my second brother.
Sister Bao is right, he is getting older now, he always has a stubborn temper, he doesn’t know how to establish himself as an official, and he keeps following us all year round to cause trouble!"
When Baochai saw Baoyu looking at him with a sullen face, he secretly scolded Shi Xiangyun for being so outspoken that he felt like he had diarrhea, so he hurriedly laughed and said:
"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, let's not talk about this.
Girl Yun, tell me, what kind of mooncakes do you like to eat?"
When Xiangyun heard this, he immediately clapped his fingers and said:
"There are so many, stuffed with jujube paste, stuffed with bean paste, stuffed with lotus paste, stuffed with sweet-scented osmanthus, stuffed with eight treasures and sand..."
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When Jia Lian saw Daiyu standing there sadly, he whispered to Daiyu:
"Sister Lin, although it was already past the Mid-Autumn Festival when Jia? and Jia Qiong left, I still brought mooncakes to Uncle Lin. I made them specially, and they are very different from your Soviet-style mooncakes in the south."
Daiyu sighed:
"I miss Soviet-style mooncakes very much.
The skin of mooncakes in the north is too hard, unlike our mooncakes in the south, which are puff pastry and have lard added inside.
The stuffings also include meat fillings and red bean paste fillings. When I’m at home and I have a good appetite, I can eat a whole one.”
When Baoyu heard Daiyu talk about eating mooncakes, he immediately came over and said:
"Sister Lin, don't eat lard. You are weak and cannot be cured."
Baochai immediately interjected:
"Compendium of Materia Medica says: 'Whatever is condensed is fat, and what is released is ointment or oil. It should be refined and collected in the twelfth lunar month.' This is lard.
It is also said to be 'sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic, beneficial to the intestines and stomach, relieves urination, removes jaundice, edema, and hair growth; breaks cold knots, dissipates accumulated blood; benefits blood vessels, dissipates wind and heat, and moisturizes the lungs'. It is used in many prescriptions.
Everybody uses it.
It’s just that Sister Lin is weak and needs to be in moderation in her diet. It’s better not to eat lard.”
Daiyu waited for Baochai to finish showing off his knowledge, but he didn't say anything to him. He just looked at Jia Lian and asked:
"What did second brother Lian say?"
Jia Lian smiled and said:
"As I say, you can eat whatever you want.
You are only your age and not the age of the old lady. Do you need to care so much?
If you don’t eat this, you can’t do that, you are worried about this, and you are afraid of that, you have cut off a lot of the joy of your life, so why bother?”
Daiyu smiled and said:
"When I talk to Brother Lian, I always feel enlightened."
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Baoyu listened, feeling very unhappy and said angrily:
"How can Sister Lin, a fairy-like sister, eat lard that can't even be served on the table?"
Daiyu rolled her eyes at Baoyu:
"I'm a layman, and I can't live by just eating and drinking, so I can't afford to be called a 'fairy-like sister' like you."
Jia Lian smiled:
"Eating the wind and drinking the dew? Wouldn't that be like cicadas on the tree?"
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Just as he was talking, the servants brought moon cakes and watermelon, and Jia Mu waved to everyone to eat moon cakes.
In the house, Jia Zhen and Youshi also came over. Jia Zhen asked someone to bring moon cakes and said to Jia Mu:
"The moon cake is from a new chef who specializes in making dim sum. I tried it and it was really good, so I dared to make Xiao Jing."
Jia Mu tasted it and said it was indeed better than last year. Then she pointed at the newly delivered mooncakes and said:
"You also want to try our mooncakes. This year they are made according to the method Lian Er said. The fillings are different from previous years."