Daiyu from the Red Mansion is also arguing with people today

Chapter 219: Encounter with Nanny Lai

Daiyu, Yingchun and others half-bowed to Lai Ma, but Lai Ma showed no sign of greeting the master of the mansion.

She was leaning on an exquisitely carved cane and looking at the girls with a smile.

"Excuse me, ladies. I am really old and my legs are not very good."

Daiyu knew very well that there was something fishy in her words, and she did not share her views.

"Grandma is still waiting for Mammy in the room, please go in quickly!"

After saying that, Daiyu took Yingchun with her and left the yard with her sisters.

She didn't notice at all the complicated look that Nanny Lai gave her.

The group walked a long way, until there was no one left on the alley. Shi Xiangyun finally couldn't hold it in anymore and asked, "Sister Lin, why should we be so polite to that old guy?"

Yingchun quickly covered Shi Xiangyun's mouth with her hands: "My little ancestor! Her two sons, one is the chief steward in our house, and the other is in Ningguo Mansion. Why did you offend her with your words!"

Daiyu sensed her surroundings and after confirming that there was no one else within a radius of 20 meters, she agreed with Yingchun's point of view.

"Yes, although you are the old lady's niece's granddaughter, in terms of the time they have spent together, you may not be as good as Lai Mama!"

Shi Xiangyun was still unconvinced and argued, "But my sisters are the masters of the Jia family!"

At this time, Tanchun also spoke up: "You have lived in the Jia Mansion for so long, don't you see clearly? The favored servants are sometimes more powerful than the masters who have lost their power!"

Despite the persuasion of several sisters, Shi Xiangyun still insisted that this situation was not right.

Several people felt that it would be inappropriate to argue in the alley if someone heard them, so they surrounded Shi Xiangyun and quickly returned to Lixiang Courtyard.

They stood on each side, surrounding Shi Xiangyun in the middle, and walked into Daiyu's inner room.

Qinghe and the others followed behind, and considerately closed the door for the girls, while she herself moved a small embroidered cushion and sat at the door of the main room.

Her hands were not idle either. She held a bamboo basket and picked up a piece of black shoe upper from it. It was obvious that she was going to make a pair of men's shoes.

"What are you doing! What are you doing! You're not letting me go back to my room, are you?"

Shi Xiangyun pushed Xichun and then sat down on the kang.

Xichun staggered, and fortunately Daiyu caught her in her arms in time, otherwise she would have almost fallen to the ground.

Seeing this, Shi Xiangyun felt that she had gone too far and said stiffly, "Sister Xichun, I... didn't mean it."

"I know." Xichun pursed her lips and looked at Daiyu pitifully.

Daiyu softened her heart and promised: "Go to the kitchen later and see if there is anything you want to eat."

Xichun immediately broke free from Daiyu's arms and said to them excitedly, "I'll go and see if the sisters want to eat anything. If the kitchen doesn't have it, we can ask them to go out and buy some!"

Daiyu smiled helplessly: "You! Then I'll have some sweet and sour pork ribs!"

"it is good!"

After receiving tasks from several sisters, Xichun ran out happily.

Seeing that the sisters' eyes were following Xichun as she went out, Shi Xiangyun was unwilling to be ignored and stamped her feet lightly.

Well! Now I have to deal with this girl.

Daiyu and Yingchun exchanged glances, indicating that the other should speak first.

Tanchun spoke first: "Don't make things difficult for the two sisters. If you are disrespectful to Madam Lai and the old lady finds out, she will ask you to apologize to Madam Lai."

"Why is this happening? Things shouldn't be like this!" Shi Xiangyun became stubborn and no one could pull her back.

Tanchun sighed and said slowly, "Yes, but many things don't develop as they should.

Just like servants should do their job and serve their masters well; officials should be considerate of the people; and rulers should…”

Daiyu interrupted Tanchun in time: "Sister Tanchun, that's enough."

She turned to Shi Xiangyun again and persuaded in a gentle tone: "Every mansion will have its own rules. Only when you have enough power and ability can you make the rules of a mansion. Before that, any behavior that challenges the rules is a challenge to authority. Do you understand?"

Shi Xiangyun was still thinking, but Tanchun nodded thoughtfully.

Yingchun took Shi Xiangyun's shoulder and said softly, "Don't be so impulsive in the future. Say whatever comes to your mind. As the old saying goes, think twice before you act."

Although Shi Xiangyun didn't come to her senses for a while, she felt the kindness of her sisters.

She nodded, broke free from Yingchun's embrace and said, "I understand! I'm going to play with my brother Ai!"

Since Jia Baoyu used the medicine sent by Shi Xiangyun last time, his wounds were completely healed before he finished using a box of ointment. After this lesson, he dared not take his sisters out casually anymore.

Therefore, Daiyu was relieved to let Shi Xiangyun go to the front yard to play: as long as she did not leave the house, she would be safe.

Daiyu thought of the parting gifts she wanted to give to her sisters, and asked Tanchun, "Has your aunt asked you for your monthly allowance recently?"

Before, because Tanchun had been living in Lixiangyuan, Aunt Zhao could not come in to search her room, so she set her sights on her monthly allowance.

But under the guidance of Nanny Gu, Tanchun was able to stand on her own feet gradually.

Once, when Zhou Rui's wife came to deliver the monthly allowances to the young ladies, Tanchun's was missing. After asking, she found out that her monthly allowance had been taken away by Aunt Zhao.

Tanchun was not at all tolerant of Zhou Ruijia, and she got angry on the spot and scolded Zhou Ruijia. Tanchun ignored Zhou Ruijia's words of conciliation, forcing her to pay the money and make up Tanchun's monthly allowance first.

As for how Mrs. Zhou Rui argued with Aunt Zhao afterwards, that was none of Tanchun’s business.

Tanchun shook her head: "After I made a scene last time, Zhou Rui's wife went to ask my aunt for money. She also threatened my aunt that if she didn't give up the money, she would complain to my father. I have only seen aunts subsidizing their children, but I have never seen an aunt coveting the things of the girls. It is unheard of.

I used to think wrongly, always thinking that it would be embarrassing if I made a big fuss about this kind of thing, so I always wanted to make light of it. But later I found that if I didn't make a big fuss, they would think you were easy to bully, and the gossip behind my back would become more and more unpleasant.

Moreover, once this kind of thing is started, will the next step be to take my share?

Now that I’ve figured it out, everything becomes much easier.”

Tanchun held Daiyu's hand, her eyes full of gratitude: "Sister, you have helped me a lot, thank you!"

Daiyu couldn't help but blush: "No, no, you have to figure it out yourself, otherwise it would be useless for me to say anything!"

Yingchun also reached out her hand, covered their hands, and said to Tanchun: "Seeing you being so self-reliant, I can rest assured!"

Tanchun felt that Yingchun's tone of voice at this moment was a little strange, but seeing that Daiyu had no reaction, she wondered if she was overthinking it.