The Red Mansions

Chapter 286 Treating one more favorably than another, the West Manor doesn't care!

Seeing Jia Heng's complexion was cold, Daiyu who was at the side had a gloomy expression and sighed softly.

The following women are stealing, rape, cheating, gambling and greedy for money, which of them is not used to stepping on the low and holding the high?
She lived here as a guest, and it was not easy to use these people frequently in the past.

Jia Heng sighed and glanced at Daiyu, knowing that Daiyu felt the same way.

According to the original book of the Red Chamber, Baochai suggested that Daiyu cook bird’s nest porridge for food supplements. Daiyu said that she was worried that the mother-in-law would curse her to death.

On this side, the old woman squinted her eyebrows and squinted her eyes, and made Xichun so angry that her face turned pale and her petite body trembled. She wanted to argue with the old woman, but she was worried that she would lose face.

"Finished?"

At this moment, a cold voice came, like a biting wind in the severe winter.

The old lady didn't react for a moment, she sneered and said: "The daughter of the East Mansion is serious, she is in the West Mansion... huh?"

Saying that, suddenly felt wrong.

this sound...

Turning his head to look, his expression changed.

I saw a young man with a gloomy expression approaching slowly.

"Heng...Master Heng..." The old woman's body was like a sieve, her face was ashen, stared at by those cold eyes, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, her hands and feet were cold.

Xichun pursed her pink lips at the side, her bright eyes under her beautiful eyebrows quietly looked at the boy opposite.

Jia Heng looked at the woman and said, "Isn't it quite good to talk? Go ahead and let me listen too. What else can you say."

The animal charcoal in Baoyu's room is just a little more smokey, and Mrs. Wang will worry about choking on Baoyu and take it out for a new one, not to mention the daily diet and daily life.

But what about Xichun?

At a young age, when you are growing up, you will be criticized for eating a bowl of egg custard.

Egg custard, rouge gouache, shoddy paint, paint...what else?
Come to think of it, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

No wonder she has developed such a withdrawn and withdrawn temperament, only a little older, she just keeps talking about being a sister-in-law.

In the original book of Red Mansions, Xichun’s so-called words of green lanterns and yellow scrolls came into being very early. This was not after the defeat of Jia’s family, but when Jia’s family was blooming with brocades and burning oil with fire, they kept using lantern riddles. , drinking orders and other prophecies to express the will.

A child who is only in his teens has not seen the world of mortals, how can he talk about breaking through the world of mortals?

Anyone's behavioral logic can find the answer from the growth trajectory of their original family.

I'm afraid I haven't broken through the world of mortals, but I'm just used to seeing the warmth and coldness of human feelings and the fickleness of the world.

Thinking of this, he looked at Xichun who was wearing thin clothes, his palm-sized face was pale and greasy, full of coldness, and his delicate figure was like a timid little flower shivering in the cold wind. There was a bit of emotion for a while.

Jia Heng took off the black cloak he was wearing, and put it on Xi Chun, saying in a warm voice: "It's cold outside, let's go inside."

Xichun raised her cold face that was a little paler, stared at the young man opposite with her clear eyes, but remained motionless, letting the young man wear his cloak.

Jia Heng tied the cloak on the proud little Lolita, turned to look at the old woman, and said coldly: "Do you still have the face to stand?"

Hearing this, the old lady shivered, and with a "plop", she knelt down on the cold stone steps, raised her palms, and slapped herself non-stop, saying: "Master Heng, I've had too much wine , I was blinded by lard, so I messed up."

Turning to look at Xichun, she cried and begged for mercy: "Girl, please forgive me, please forgive me..."

Jia Heng didn't look at the old lady, and didn't want Xichun to see her, so she blocked the old lady's sight, turned her head to look at Ruhua and said, "Ruhua, you go to the back kitchen now, and ask them to steam a bowl of egg custard now. Don't even say that I want to steam it."

So, he helped Xifu to check the accounts of several 10 taels of silver, and raised such a bunch of waste snacks?

Daiyu quietly watched Jia Heng's attack, the bright eyes of Qiushui under the smoky eyebrows fluctuated, and she was thoughtful.

When I entered the painting, I was stunned at the same place, and then I heard Zijuan calling: "Enter the painting, go quickly."

Entering the painting let out an "hey" and ran away quickly.

Jia Heng looked calm, turned to look at Daiyu, and said, "Sister Lin, come over and support Sister Xichun, let's go in first."

Then, she turned her head to look at Zijuan and Xueyan, and said: "Xueyan, go to the front yard and tell Shenglian's second grandma, Miss Ping, come here, Zijuan, look at this woman."

Zijuan and Xueyan responded.

Daiyu's starry eyes flickered, she stepped forward to take Xichun's arm, and said softly, "Fourth sister, it's cold outside, let's go in together."

Xichun nodded, and tightened her black cloak with her drooping little hands, feeling the remaining warmth, bit her lower lip with her white teeth, and the last trace of coldness and anger on her little face gradually disappeared.

Following Daiyu and Jia Heng into the house.

As soon as Jia Heng entered the Xichun House, he looked around and frowned.

Gein, the layout of Xichun House is quite simple, I don't know if it is a preconceived impression, but I always think it looks like a meditation room.

He glanced over the bookshelf, and saw several Buddhist scriptures with yellowed covers on it. He paused for a moment, then walked inside, looked up at the screen, and saw the half-new bedding, and his face gradually became a little worried.

After sitting down, a sense of coldness came over her, and her brows frowned more and more.

In fact, apart from Jiamu's Rongqing Hall where earth dragons were burned, the nearby houses were basically heated with kangs and charcoal stoves.

At this time, the maid Caiping poured a cup of tea for Jia Heng and Daiyu, and then waited aside.

Sitting on the chair, Xichun stared at Jia Heng without saying a word.

Jia Heng turned to look at Daiyu, and asked, "Sister Lin, why is Fourth Sister's place quite rough here, and it's a bit cold in this room."

Daiyu's face showed melancholy, she sighed lightly and said, "Fourth sister is short or lacking, and she didn't hear any words, and she doesn't really want to bother others."

Jia Heng looked at the little Lolita who was wrapped in a black cloak, and seeing her cold face, she felt somewhat clear.

Xichun has the most withdrawn and cold personality, and she can be with Miao Yuwan in the original novel.

Of course, in his opinion, this is nothing more than people with the same characteristics, speculative temperament, and hugging each other for warmth.

At that time, Xichun looked at Jia Heng who was frowning and thinking with bright eyes, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

He is obviously not his own brother, why is he so concerned about her?
"Sister Xichun, why don't you go to Dong Mansion to talk about the gossip about you here? Or talk to your sister-in-law Feng." Jia Heng pondered for a moment and asked.

Xichun suppressed her complicated thoughts, and there was still a bit of coldness in her crisp voice: "I grew up here, and my elder brother doesn't care about me, so it's not good to bother others here."

Hearing Xichun's words, Jia Heng secretly thought, it really is a cold and withdrawn temperament.

Jia Heng thought for a while and said, "Then let me tell the old lady, you can move to Dongfu."

Hearing this, Xichun's face changed slightly, her delicate body trembled slightly, and she said in a crisp voice with some inexplicable meaning: "Now Dongfu, how can I... how can I live there?"

Jia Heng smiled softly, and said: "You were originally a daughter of the East Mansion, and you are getting older, and you have been living in the West Mansion, so it doesn't seem to be a big deal, you might as well go back and live, of course, if you want to come back for a visit , it’s not difficult at all, it’s easy to communicate with each other now, and I’ll tell the old lady later, you’re getting older, studying and painting, and even going out of the court in the future, Dongfu will take care of it.”

Xichun heard that, although she was still young, she felt a little bit ashamed in her heart, but with her usual cold temperament, she raised her eyes and glanced at Jia Heng, but said nothing.

Jia Heng said: "Your sister-in-law is also over there, so you can take care of me. I will find a courtyard, and then I will find you a good painter. I will learn to paint hard in the future. If you want to play in Xifu, you will feel that this place is lively. Just come and live here, but there is always a home in the East Mansion, even if you go back and live for ten days and a half a month a year, there is still some."

When Xichun heard the words, her heart trembled slightly, feeling the kindness and warmth in it, she lowered her eyelashes, thought for a while, and gave a soft "hmm".

Daiyu was also listening, and thought to herself, brother Heng saw the fourth sister as his own sister, and there is a place to live in the East Mansion, so no one can say anything.

In fact, since Jia Zhen was convicted and lost her title, the Ningguo Mansion built by imperial edict has little to do with Xichun, and Xichun, who was originally in an awkward position, has completely lost her place.

Even if Xichun hadn't been raised by Jia's mother alone, there would be a lot of gossip while staying in Xifu.

But Jia Heng now undoubtedly recognizes Xichun as the daughter of the East Mansion, no one else can underestimate her.

Xichun's heart is like a mirror, how could she not know this kindness.

When several people in the room were talking, there was a sound from outside, and then another maid of Xichun, Cai'er, opened the cotton curtain, came in and said, "Master Heng, Miss, Second Mistress Lian is here."

It turned out that Xueyan went to look for Sister Feng, and Sister Feng was talking with Jia Mu in Rongqing Hall. When Jia Mu heard that Jia Heng was angry because of Xichun, she was shocked, and quickly ordered Sister Feng to lead Pinger and Caiming , and brought a bunch of women and maids over.

As for Jia Mu, she will arrive later.

As soon as Sister Feng entered the Xichun courtyard, she saw the scene of the mother-in-law kneeling under the eaves, her complexion changed suddenly. When she saw Zijuan, she hurriedly approached with a chuckle and asked what happened. .

First seeing Daiyu who was comforting with Xichun arm in arm, she nodded towards her, and then saw Jia Heng sitting beside her, with an indifferent expression on her face, without saying a word.

"Brother Heng, what's the matter?" Sister Feng approached with a tangy fragrance, and said with a light smile, as if she wanted to relieve the cold atmosphere.

Jia Heng raised her eyes to look at Sister Feng, sneered, and said, "Second Mistress Lian, the servants in the mansion have become more and more insignificant since I have been away for more than a month. Said, in front of the master, you dare to be eccentric!"

There is no need to get entangled with that old woman, but it is most appropriate to go directly to Sister Feng who is the housekeeper.

He is now the housekeeper of Keqing in the East Mansion, and Youshi is assisting at the side. The first thing to pay attention to is to keep the door open, and anyone who has a broken mouth will be driven to Zhuangtian to farm.

When Sister Feng heard Lian's second grandma's address, her heart skipped a beat, she knew she was really angry, and said, "Brother Heng, calm down, she is a poor woman who doesn't know the rules, so she will be kicked out later."

Jia Heng said, "I'm afraid it's not the only one."

When you find a cockroach in your house, there may be a bunch of cockroaches lurking in the dark.

In fact, in the Rong Mansion, even mothers-in-law are divided into three or six grades. The highest status is naturally the nanny of a brother or sister like Li Nanny, the second is the teaching and guidance nanny, and the third is the ordinary one. Mother-in-law, rough envoy mother-in-law.

Sister Feng also scolded: "Brother Heng, I'm usually in control, but there's always that one mouse dropping that spoils a pot of soup."

While talking, Ruhua came in through the curtain from the outside, and said: "Master Heng, the chef in the kitchen from Liu's family, said that there are no more eggs, let us buy them at our own expense, and let me rummage in the cabinet, she then said that it was It is prepared for the first-level masters, not for the second-level masters..."

Sister Feng: "..."

Jia Heng laughed lightly, and said: "What a first-tier master, second-tier master! I would like to ask her, in her eyes, what level of master am I? Or is it only the second-tier masters who come from Dongfu?"

According to the original book, in the Grand View Garden, Qingwen, the maid of the Liu family's fawning Baoyu House, said this when Siqi came to call her.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's hearts jumped.

Sister Feng's face was even paler, because it had been a while since Jia Heng became so angry, not to mention the comparison between the East and the West, it was even more frightening, and she hurriedly said: "Brother Heng, the following Hu, don't take it to heart."

Jia Heng said: "If the back chef said that the money is not enough, but I remember that last month, several 10 taels of silver were confiscated, and now I can't make a bowl of egg custard? And in this room, Sister-in-law Feng, you Are you saying it's cold?"

When Sister Feng heard this, her face became more and more uneasy, and she shouted: "Ping'er, call the cook who is in charge!"

Ping'er was already frightened when he heard it, and quickly called a few women to go to the kitchen.

At this moment, the people in the house were silent like cicadas, not daring to vent their breath.

Daiyu took La Xichun's little hand to comfort Xichun.

Speaking of which, this was what Tanchun did to Daiyu back then, and now Daiyu took Xichun's hand instead, feeling the little girl's mood gradually calm down, and she felt a little strange in her heart.

People who have always relied on others, if one day they find that they have become others' reliance, they will undoubtedly have a great sense of accomplishment.

While waiting in the house, suddenly the colored screen outside opened the cotton curtain, entered the house, and said: "Old lady, madam, you have brought some girls here.

After a while, a dark group of people came in from the eaves of the corridor through the curtain. It was Jia Mu, Li Wan, Mrs. Wang, Tanchun, Yingchun, Xiangyun and others.

Seeing the icy atmosphere in the room, Jia Mu's complexion changed, and she asked, "What's wrong with Brother Heng?"

Jia Heng got up, looked at Jia Mu, and said: "The old lady is here too, just in time to hear how the first-tier masters and second-tier masters are divided in the eyes of those servants."

As soon as these words came out, Jia Mu's face paused, and she said anxiously, "Where did you say that?"

At this time, Zhou Rui's family, who was beside Sister Feng, told Jia's mother the reason.

Li Wan, Tanchun and the others listened and looked at each other.

Mother Jia was startled and angry, and smashed the crutch in her hand on the ground, turned her head to look at Sister Feng, and said angrily, "Ms Feng, how do you usually take care of these people?"

Sister Feng's heart was bitter, and she hurriedly said: "Old ancestor, the people below talk a lot, and there is no distinction between high and low. They have been summoned by someone. This must be a good punishment."

Jia Heng's face was calm, and he said: "Old lady, sister Xichun is the daughter of my Dongfu. Although my brother and I have old enemies, it has nothing to do with her as a little girl. It's just a matter between men. She She has always been the daughter of my East Mansion, but now she is underestimated by these servants and assigned to the second-floor master!"

Mother Jia sighed, and said comfortingly: "Brother Heng, none of the servants below have high eyebrows and low eyes, so they must be punished properly."

Jia Heng said: "It's not a matter of punishment or not. I'm just curious about which is the first-level master and which is the second-level master. When I came over just now, I saw Xiren and Sheyue, the maids in Baoyu's room, and said that there is a lot of trouble in Baoyu's room. The animal charcoal in the house is a little more smokey, so I need to replace it with a new one, and the charcoal fire in sister Xichun's house is not enough for heating. I think it is better for sister Xichun to go back to Dongfu, because she can still make a head start with me. It belongs to the master."

Although Jia Heng didn't say "Be kinder to one than another, it doesn't matter if this Xifu doesn't want to be treated!", but the meaning is almost the same.

As for talking about this matter, it is nothing more than to put pressure on the Xifu to clean up the gossip of the mother-in-law below.

Men may think that these rumors are trivial, but these little girls in the back house are slandered by the gossip women below, and they hide their anger.

Not to mention other things, there will be cyberbullying in later generations, and when it really happened to me, I was accused by thousands of people, gossiped, and immediately exploded and jumped.

You are more magnanimous.

Jia Mu's complexion changed slightly, and she said, "This...Brother Heng, how did you come to this point?"

Madam Wang: "..."

Mrs. Wang's face was ugly, as if she had eaten a fly.

Can all this going around get her Baoyu involved?Why is there something about her Baoyu?
That's right, just now she called Xiren and Sheyue to talk about exchanging animal charcoal.

Who on earth told this Uncle Heng!
She will never forgive her!

On this side, listening to Jia Heng's words, Tanchun, Yingchun and Li Wan had different expressions.

Such things as stepping on the low and holding the high, watching people order dishes, have all been encountered before.

After all, they are also masters, but they often have to be angry with their servants!

Jia Heng said: "Old lady, sister Xichun is growing up too. After all, she is the daughter of my Dongfu. First, go and live there for a few days. If the old lady talks about it, the two houses are separated by a road, and it is cheap to travel. If she comes over for a short stay, this small courtyard is also reserved for her."

There is a home in Dongfu, even if you don't live there, you can go back anytime, and you won't be underestimated here.

Mother Jia sighed, but she could see that Jia Heng's anger was still there, she was determined to take Xichun back to the house, maybe she still wanted to show generosity and tolerance.

It's just that this has somewhat swept away Xifu's face.

She is not very good, she single-handedly raised Xichun to grow up, no one can say anything, it's just...

Thinking like this, he turned his head to look at Sister Feng, and asked, "Young lady Feng, what do you think?"

Sister Feng's face was pale, and she forced a laugh and said, "It's okay to let my sister stay there for a few days, and then I can take my sister over after the servants are sorted out here."

She always felt that this period of time was unfavorable. First, it was her own man, and then she encountered such a thing.

Jia Heng said: "That's it, sister Xichun, pack up and follow me."

He didn't want to watch anything about punishing slaves. When he got to this point, it was fine to express an attitude, and someone else should take care of it.

(End of this chapter)