Xue Pan asked Baoyu if he was back, Xue Wang said, "It's back, your cousin is good-looking, your aunt also said that you look similar to Baoyu, after I saw it, I said that you are not worthy of lifting shoes for him, like that, I really don't know how many years of blessings in the mother's womb, you are still on a par with him." ”

After Xue Pan entered puberty, his body quickly pulled up, and his original round face became a thin melon seed face, Xue Wang's family often said that it was not as cute as before, and the atmosphere of the people at the time thought that the face was a beautiful man if the full moon was the genus, Xue Pan heard her say this, and pouted, "That's my aunt's heart, it's not good-looking." ”

Baochai said again, "Shicai was in the aunt's room, and I also saw the third girl and the fourth girl, the third girl Tanchun was raised by Aunt Zhao, and the fourth girl cherished the sister of Uncle Zhen over there in the East Mansion of Chun, the two of them had the same dress and jewelry, standing together, I felt like twins." It's just that the fourth girl is still young and can't see anything, but the third girl is really beautiful. ”

"Coincidentally," Xue Pan said with a smile, "I also saw the second girl at the eldest lady just now, called Yingchun, who appeared at the eldest lady, it should be the daughter of the eldest master, right?" ”

"But," said Xue Wang, "it's the daughter of the eldest master's family." ”

Xue Baochai winked at Xue Pan, "I also saw Miss Lin just now." ”

Although Xue Wang's family was very concerned about who Xue Pan met on his trip to Yangzhou, but women comrades are easy to forget about these gossips, and at this time, they pulled Wang Mama to talk about the good appearance of these girls they met, and also regretted that although Jia Zhu's wife Li Kun lived in a rich and rich place, because of the loss of her husband in her early years, she was like a tree, and there was no fun at all.

Xue Pan hurriedly asked, "How?" He smiled at Baochai, "Can you still enter my sister's eyes?" ”

"Naturally it's good, I look better than the three girls," Baochai smiled, "Thinking of coming to Beijing, there can be so many sisters in the family together, reading, writing, and embroidering every day, but they are not lonely. ”

It's true that there is nothing to say if you are not your peers, Xue Pan nodded, "It's good that my sister is happy." ”

"Brother isn't going to see you?"

"It's all guests at other people's homes," Xue Pan said casually, "It's not good to move around at will, and you can always see it at dinner at night." ”

Jiafu night banquet, summer, generally always start at six o'clock in the evening, at this time the night falls, the summer heat gradually recedes, just can have a banquet, although it is a homely banquet, but a few people have just arrived, or carefully changed their clothes, but not the gold crown is too conspicuous, in short, it is a homely clothes and jewelry to wear out of the mind. Mrs. Wang personally came to Lixiangyuan to accompany the three of them, and saw Xiangling again, and saw that she was not like a maid in her clothes, but sometimes she did some maid things before and after running, Xue Wang's family said her origin, "The child who was rescued by Pan'er from outside before going to Beijing is also a girl from a good family, and now she has no fixed place, but she still lives at home, and I treat it as a daughter." ”

Mrs. Wang saw that Xiangling was also outstanding, so she was also very fond of it, and invited Xiangling to the banquet together, but Xue Wang knew that Xiangling was good at everything, but she was straightforward, a little honest and cute, and people who were familiar with it naturally smiled, but in the eyes of strangers, it was inevitably a little absurd, so she said, "She is a little child's family, and she went to the old lady, I am afraid that she will be laughed at, so it is better to let her stay at home and guard the door." ”

So he instructed Xiangling, "Take out your own clothes and jewelry and put them away one by one, and then call someone in and make you some clothes." ”

Xue Pan said with a smile, "I got the old lady's good satin, you can do it, but just make clothes, don't embroider any purse, Xiangling girl embroidered purse, it is more expensive than making clothes." ”

Xiangling pouted, as if it was a goldfish that was constantly spitting bubbles, a few people walked out of the pear fragrance courtyard, towards the east of Jia Mu's main courtyard, to this place, only to see the lights everywhere, the maids and servants are endless, the courtyard is lit with cyan lanterns everywhere, the atrium in the white marble surrounded by the Taihu Lake stone rockery shines extraordinarily exquisitely clear, faintly revealing the meaning of verdant dripping. Mrs. Wang took Xue Wang's family and Xue Panbaochai to Jia's mother's upper room, opened the door curtain and went in, only to see Jia's mother sitting upright, snuggling a young girl on the left and right, and only saw the girl:

The two bends seem to be frowning and not frowning, and a pair of eyes that seem to be happy but not happy. The state is full of sorrows, and the disease of the whole body. Tears are dotted, and the pant is slight. Quiet like delicate flowers shining on the water, action like weak willows supporting the wind. The heart is more than the dry, and the disease is like Xizi winning three points.

This person is Daiyu, Daiyu originally turned her head sideways and said something to Jia's mother, she pursed her lips and laughed happily, when she heard someone coming in here, she turned her head and couldn't help but be stunned when she saw Xue Pan, so she got up, Xue Pan nodded to Daiyu, Jia's mother looked at it and said strangely, "Yu'er, are you and this Xue brother an old acquaintance?" ”

Daiyu nodded, although Xue Pan has grown a lot taller and thinner, Daiyu can still see Xue Pan at a glance, "Ancestor," Daiyu heard Jia's mother ask, so she hurriedly replied: "In the old days, the elder brother of the Xue family came to Yangzhou to run errands, and he met a few times at home, and," I don't know why, the corners of Daiyu's eyes turned red again, "Mother's funeral is still done with the help of others." ”

When Mother Jia heard about her beloved daughter, she couldn't help but sigh slightly, "So I want to thank you Brother Xue." ”

So he ordered Daiyu to come forward and salute, Daiyu stepped forward and bowed slightly to Xue Pan, Xue Pan smiled, "Don't dare to be, sister, please get up." ”

The young man on the side stepped forward and grabbed Daiyu's sleeve, "My sister got better from heat stroke the other day, don't be sad." ”

Xue Pan looked at it, only to see that the young lady on the side was wearing a purple and gold crown with a bundle of hair, a two-color gold butterfly wearing a red arrow sleeve, a colorful silk flower knot long spike palace silk, covered with a stone blue flower flower eight groups of satin row tassel gown, and a small court boot with a blue satin foundation. The face is like the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the color is like the flower of spring dawn, the sideburns are like a knife, the eyebrows are like ink paintings, the nose is like a hanging gall, and the eyes are like autumn waves. There is a golden tassel on the neck, and there is a five-colored silk silk, tied with a piece of beautiful jade. The more it looks like Fu powder, the lips are like grease, the more you look forward to being amorous, and the language is like a smile. A natural charm, all at the tip of the eyebrows; There are thousands of feelings in life, and they are all in the corners of their eyes. Look at its appearance is the best, but it is difficult to know its details, and later generations have the word "Xijiangyue", which is extremely accurate. The words say:

Looking for sorrow and hatred for no reason, sometimes it seems stupid and crazy. Even if he was born with a good skin, he was reckless in his abdomen. I can't get through the general affairs, and I'm stupid and afraid to read articles. Behavior is remote and perverse, and the world is slandered.

He also said:

Wealth does not know happiness, and poverty is unbearable and desolate. Pity lives up to the good times, and there is no hope for the country and home. The world's incompetence is the first, and the ancient and modern are unparalleled. Message and ointment: don't follow the shape here!

Mrs. Wang therefore said, "Your cousin of the Xue family is in front of you, why don't you see it soon?" ”

Baoyu didn't know how, his face hung down slightly, at this time, he was impatient to salute, but because his mother's life was difficult, he had to make a scribble, which was considered to be a courtesy.