eurekapd Chapter 152 Tanchun's Hidden Worries
Chapter 152 Tanchun's Hidden Worries
"Miss, it's freezing outside, let's go back!" Wen Xing reminded, walked to Xue Baochai with some concern, and silently supported her shivering body.
Ying'er murmured in dissatisfaction, "This Miss Lin is really a jerk. She made our girl stand outside for so long that she froze to death!"
"Shut up!" Xue Baochai frowned, grabbed Wen Xing's hand, and returned to her yard without looking back.
Daiyu and Sanchun hadn't seen each other for a while, but their relationship did not become distant.
Tanchun had mixed feelings these days. She had also heard that Wang Xifeng was moving out of her previous courtyard and moving to the East Courtyard.
On the one hand, she was happy that she could finally have her own wing room, and no longer had to squeeze into the old ancestor's side room, and had to deal with Baoyu who suddenly broke in from time to time;
On the other hand, she was somewhat worried about the furnishings in her house. Even with a large room, it would still seem empty. By then, it might not even be as good as the courtyard of the maidservant who was favored by Lady Wang.
Tanchun was always worried about this matter, and a trace of sadness appeared on her face.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Daiyu asked Tanchun with concern.
"I know! I know!" Xichun rushed to Daiyu and interrupted her chatteringly, "Sister Tanchun is worried that after moving to the new courtyard, the room will be too big and there will be too few things to fill the room. Haha!"
Daiyu smiled and tapped Xichun's forehead, saying lovingly, "You! If you bully your sisters like this again, I will ask Nanny Gu to teach you the rules again!"
Xichun grumbled nonchalantly, "I don't have to go to the palace for selection, so why should I follow Nanny Gu to learn those complicated rules!"
Daiyu saw that Tanchun was still wearing a half-new coat. She reached out and touched it, and found that the material was different from the one distributed by the government every month.
"Tanchun, what's wrong with you?"
Tanchun forced a smile and replied, "I'm just worried that if I live in a big room, I'll have to use more charcoal."
Daiyu understood immediately and asked, "Is your aunt coming to ask you for something again?"
Tanchun hesitated and didn't want to tell the truth, but she couldn't think of a suitable excuse for a moment.
Xichun was impatient and slapped Tanchun on the arm: "I think you are too indulgent to her!"
Seeing this, Yingchun quickly pulled Xichun and said, "Don't add fuel to the fire."
Tanchun's eyes instantly turned red, and she murmured softly, "Then what should I do..."
"Okay, okay! Haven't we moved in yet? Let's slowly think of a solution!" Daiyu hurriedly tried to smooth things over. She held one person in each hand, and Yingchun followed behind. The four of them walked into the main house together.
As soon as they entered the house, they smelled the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes. Tanchun looked at the charcoal basin and immediately forgot her worries. She only felt her stomach rumbling.
Xichun picked up the tongs with ease, and took a plate from the shelf beside her. She scraped away the charcoal on the surface and picked out two sweet potatoes from the charcoal residue.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Don't block the way!" Xichun carried the two-pound plate in one hand and ran to the eight-immortal table with light steps. She called out to the three people, "What are you still standing there for? Come on!"
Daiyu took out four spoons from the small box on the table and distributed them to the three people: "Eat with a spoon! Otherwise, you will eat like a big cat. If Aunt Gu sees you, she will punish you by making you practice standing posture!"
Upon hearing this, Xichun hurriedly took out a silk handkerchief and wiped her face roughly. She also looked towards the yard with a guilty conscience and confirmed that Nanny Gu was not there. Only then did she feel relieved.
The other three people couldn't help laughing when they saw Xichun's lovely appearance, as if the unpleasantness just now had never existed.
They sat around the table, eating and talking about what had happened recently in the Jia Mansion - the theft case in the Xue family.
"Sister Daiyu, do you think there are really five immortals in this world?" Xichun asked sincerely.
Not only Xichun, but Yingchun also stopped what they were doing and stared at Daiyu with burning eyes, waiting for her answer.
Daiyu spread her hands: "I don't know either."
Yingchun was annoyed and reached out to pinch the soft flesh on Daiyu's waist.
Daiyu walked around the table, begging for mercy: "Good sister, please listen to me! Hey, hey! Be careful with the charcoal basin!"
The two of them chased and played around the Eight Immortals Table. Yingchun put her hands on her hips and said, "Then start your sophistry!"
Tanchun and Xichun sat in the middle, enjoying the fun and laughing as they ate sweet potatoes.
"In my opinion, it is better to rely on yourself than on something as illusory as the Five Immortals."
Yingchun was thoughtful at first, but then she changed her mind, her bright eyes widened, and she said angrily: "You are just talking nonsense!"
After saying this, Yingchun rushed towards Daiyu again. Tanchun and Xichun thought it was not lively enough, and instead of trying to stop her, they clapped and cheered.
They chased each other for a long time, both of them were out of breath. Daiyu saw that there was no winner if they continued running like this, so she begged for mercy: "My dear sister, what's the point of asking me this? My words don't count!"
Yingchun sat back in her seat with satisfaction, and Daiyu immediately poured her a cup of tea. Yingchun took the cup and snorted proudly.
Seeing the two stop, Xichun smiled and teased: "I don't know who will be our second brother-in-law in the future. We are really blessed."
Hearing this, Daiyu and Yingchun froze in unison. They quickly exchanged glances and changed the subject in tacit agreement.
"Aren't you curious about what Xue Baochai said to me just now in the alley?"
"Yes! What did Sister Baochai say to you just now? Why did you take so long to come back? We are almost freezing waiting!"
Sure enough, Xichun's attention was immediately attracted. Her big watery eyes, like a cute little puppy, stared at Daiyu and nodded vigorously.
This reminded Daiyu of the tabby cat carved on her Yi inkstone.
She pinched Xichun's little face and said helplessly, "I don't know where I made her misunderstand. She believed that I had ill intentions towards her and thought that I was the one who robbed her yard, simply because my yard was not robbed."
Tanchun found it a little hard to believe. Was this really the virtuous and generous Bao sister who appeared to be so kind and generous every day?
Daiyu noticed her expression and added, "I and her maid are not far away. If I lie, won't it be easily exposed?"
"Cousin Daiyu, that's not what I meant. I just find it a little unbelievable." Tanchun explained quickly.
Daiyu waved her hand nonchalantly and began to list the speculations of later generations about the contents of the last few dozen chapters of A Dream of Red Mansions: "In fact, these are just things that happened between girls in the boudoir. You haven't seen more horrible things! For example, bandits robbed and killed people, mothers ruined their daughters' marriages, brothers sold their sisters to brothels, etc."
After hearing this, Tanchun's pupils suddenly contracted. She felt that Daiyu's words seemed to have a hidden meaning, so she didn't dare to think about it any further.