Those Years, Dream of the Red Chamber

Baoyu is 12 years old On September 3, Lin Hai 46 died. 5. Happy 59th birthday. (Lian was at home at that time.) Rui 22 became lustful when he saw Feng 21. (9.20), Lin Hai's letter arrived, and Daiyu returned to the south. The time here does not match the original text. Daiyu first received a letter from Lin Hai who was seriously ill, and then packed her bags. The original text said that she returned to Yangzhou "at the end of winter" under the escort of Jia Lian. The end of winter is late November. I hurry on the road and arrive at Lin's house in December. And after Daiyu returned home, there was a long period of description of Sister Feng presiding over Qin Keqing's funeral to show off her power, which lasted for at least 100 days. And the description of Yuanchun's concubine on Jia Zheng's birthday, In this long section, Daiyu and Jia Lian did not appear. After Yuanchun was granted the title of concubine, Jia Lian and Daiyu traveled day and night and rushed back to Jia's home in December. There's no way it could have happened within a year...

Baoyu is 16 years old: (Year of the Dog) In the spring, Baoyu moved out of the Grand View Garden. (Men become adults at the age of 16) Zhen Baoyu gives jade. Daiyu (16) died. Daiyu here should be 15 years old, right? Jia Baoyu is one year older than Daiyu. There was also a letter that Lin Ruhai was seriously ill. Daiyu should have set out in November of that year. November is the winter month, and the end of winter should be the end of the winter month, and it was the year before Qin Keqing died. The evidence is that when Sister Feng set up a lovesickness trap, Jia Lian was not in Kyoto and sent Daiyu back to the south.