Baoyu Fights the Red Chamber

Fake stones have a great advantage: no matter how sad the autumn hurts the spring, you can forget about it after a full sleep.If not, he would not be able to do sales work in the 21st century. It is the most self-respecting job. Only when you bend down can you get money from people's pockets. Got it.

He didn't have time to lament his misfortune. The third day of August was Jia Mu's birthday.Although it wasn't the whole birthday, there was filial piety in the front line, followed by Jia and Kong's Wending, so Mrs. Wang wanted to take advantage of Jia's mother's birthday to hold a big event. After all, Wending was not good enough to invite too many relatives and friends.

Fortunately, the old lady is not willing to treat guests: Daiyu is engaged, Xichun is a filial piety, sister Qiao is still young, and the relatives and girls who are visiting in spring are all engaged, who will invite?Her old man doesn't like the head-scratching bustle of the screwdriver. She only likes to be happy with her own children and grandchildren, so you don't have to worry about outsiders!

Speaking of "my family", all the branches near Rongfu are among them.Not to mention the men, only the girls loved by the old lady, more than a dozen girls from outside the mansion who have not been engaged since the age of ten, plus more than 20 girls from the mansion, plus the mothers-in-law and aunts who accompanied the girls, There are always fifty or sixty, eating wine, watching games and playing in the park, and the ostentation is not small.

That day, the fake stone just saw that the atmosphere was not right, and the servants talked about setting up the garden, and he rushed to find the fake mother impatiently.Lian Er couldn't wait for Xing Xiuyan, so he went to find Mrs. Xing himself.

Nowadays, the amount of handwriting is greatly reduced, and only Rongxi Hall, Xiaoguanzhuang, Baoyu Baosha and Jiamu Courtyard are arranged.Hemerocallis Yard will not be moved, leaving it for Xichun to stay in filial piety. She and Daiyu have a good relationship and temporarily live in Yixintang, because Xiaoguanzhuang is a red house, which is not suitable for filial piety.

Both Rongxi Hall and Baosha only need to be hung with red and colorful outside. This is only where people can see, and no guests will enter.Xiaoguanzhuang also only needs to replace the copper gauze lanterns during the Chinese New Year with new yarns. Anyway, Jiamu will not be interested in visiting the village.The copper gauze lamp was originally a product of Xue's workshop. Xue Biao took over the work early and sent it back on July 31, when the Rong Mansion went out for filial piety. The servants had already hung it up again.

The biggest project is Jiamu Courtyard, where the corridors, pavilions, bridges and cornices and embroidered sills in the middle of the courtyard are all decorated with new ones.Originally, this courtyard was full of beautiful trees, verdant trees, flowers and birds, and newly purchased exotic flowers of various colors, surrounded by three or five fish ponds, in which colorful carps were filled with clear water, and the white jade stone steps extending into the pond shone in the sun. What a fairy family in the world of mortals, there are countless flashes.

It's already dizzying, but the servants are still bustling around happily, Mrs. Xing is sitting in the town, Baochai and Baoqin are playing back and forth, and Xiangyun is adding to the chaos.Daiyu didn't come, and her hundred-year-old picture was still unfinished. Changed to Xiangyun's Kuaishou, and it took half a day to embroider that point. She embroidered for two days and stayed up all night and was still struggling.Tanchun didn't come either. If there were too many chores in the mansion, she and Li Wan would follow Mrs. Wang as directors.Mrs. Wang also didn't want her to be too courteous to Jia's mother. The dowry was arranged by her aunt, so that Tanchun would not remember the old godmother's love.

Baoyu had to hang around in front of Jiamu's seat. He couldn't do anything for the first two days. Today he taught a class in the family school and returned home.

Mrs. Xing didn't see him, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xiucai, men and women can't get married. This is not the place for you to stand. Hurry up and behave in front of the ancestors."

Xiang Yun also chased him away: "Run away! My ancestor is talking about your favorite career economics in front of his seat!"

Baoyu was puzzled, and thought again: With the status of an old lady, it is normal for her nephew and nephew to kowtow in advance.

Because it was in the backyard, he brought Qingwen and Qianxue this time.Qingwen was in the name of him, so he couldn't see the outsider, so he simply left all the maids in the yard to help with chores.

As soon as he walked to the main house, he saw Yuanyang instructing the maids and women to take care of the hall.

The mandarin ducks rushed forward to salute, and told them: "Nurse Lai and the others are here to give the old lady a congratulatory gift, and they are talking with the old lady."

The fake stone regained his composure, and said with a smile, "I said Miss Shi is playing like crazy outside, this girl is most afraid of the old mother talking about it!"

Entering the ventilated guest room separated by bamboo curtains, False Stone saw that there were five nuns, so he hurriedly saluted.

The mothers got up to avoid it, and praised a certain one for being handsome, talented, and promising, but the words of the mother Lai were simple: "This is the one who reads and knows the etiquette. The more humble you are, the more respect you have."

Jia's mother praised Shangrong, saying: "When your grandson came to kowtow to me during the New Year, he became more airy, wearing a pro-official uniform, and he was fatter than before. He has been elected as an official, how much better he will go in the future Days, you are generally the old Fengjun."

All the mothers flattered her, and Mother Lai was grateful for the grace of the master. She recalled that her eldest grandson had "three disasters and eight disasters since childhood", "it took two or three lifetimes to earn such a thing", and said that she had repeatedly taught her grandson to "be safe and be loyal Serve the country and be filial to the master", otherwise "I am afraid that the sky will not allow it".

Baoyu sang praises at every opportunity, praising Shangrong that "a sincere person will benefit the local people".Speaking of which, after reading the original book, he was a little puzzled. How could a Fangliang slave who was not born in the first class be a "state and county official" or "a state official of a state"?It's not the emperor's servant.The five-colored stone can't understand it, so it becomes a suspicious case.This time it became clear that Lai Shangrong was going to be the county captain of Wuzhou County (there are many counties, towns and villages named after states or continents in Jiangnan water towns).

Local officials in this dynasty generally had to leave their homes thousands of miles to avoid helping their relatives and not helping them.Jiangnan Zhen is entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River, but Jinling City is also thousands of miles away from the Zhen family's ancestral home. "County lieutenant" is an official who assists the county magistrate and is done by local people.

It is doubtful whether Wuzhou County is Lai Shangrong's ancestral home. Back then, Rong Guogong took in refugees in Wuzhou County. The war was raging and the refugees came from complicated ways. Not all of them were from Wuzhou.Lai Shangrong's grandfather was six or seven years old at the time. He was a clever little beggar. He became Jia Daishan's servant and later his long follower.The little beggar's first name was Xiao Laizi, so he took his surname Lai, so "Lai" is not the same thing as the family servant of the Jia family.Lai Zi has passed away, and he can't tell where his ancestral home is while he is still alive. The descendants want to honor their ancestors, but they can only take Wuzhou County as their ancestral home.

In the middle of the month, Lai Shangrong went to Wuzhou with the new county magistrate to serve wine for three days to thank the Lord for his kindness. In Lai's mother's words, "I am willing to give up my family to get such an honor from Master Hong Fu."Three Days of Wine "On the first day, put a few tables of wine and a play in our dilapidated garden, invite old ladies, ladies, grandma and girls to relax for a day; put a play in the hall outside, set up a few tables of wine , please lords and gentlemen to add honor. On the second day, we will invite relatives and friends (in-laws and Lai Shangrong’s colleagues and friends). On the third day, we will invite our companions (servants) in the mansion. Three days of lively, but also support The master's great fortune is a glorious one."

When Mother Jia asked when it was decided, Mammy Lai said: "The old lady's birthday party should be held for two or three days? Let's take advantage of the old lady's celebration and choose the seventh day of the lunar new year, and make up a clever word."

Jia Mu said: "Go! There are no congratulatory gifts, and I don't know how to give rewards. Don't joke when you leave after eating."

Everyone laughed, saying that the old lady gave countless rewards on weekdays, but she wanted to pretend to be stingy.The fake stone means that he is really stingy, and he will only open his mouth to drink.In fact, when he got the letter, he ordered his elders to send him a ceremony. He would not bother to make friends with Lai Shangrong, nor would he deliberately alienate him. This person has little to do with his life and can be classified as insignificant.

Red scholars and colleagues often refer to Lai Shangrong's family as ungrateful people. The evidence is Gao E's continuation: Jia Zheng was inconvenient when he helped Jia Mu's coffin to return to the south, so he sent someone to borrow five hundred taels of silver from Lai Shangrong. Jia Zheng was very annoyed by this, and didn't want it.

False Stone thinks that it is because Gao E is not used to the nonsense of "Slave Rongzhu Decline", so it will really develop like this, which is also a matter of course.Five hundred taels of silver is nothing in the eyes of the political lord. A few taels of silver a year is called "well-off".Furthermore, it is human nature to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune. Both he and Lian Er wanted to kick the Ning Mansion from the same root, so why is it strange that Lai Shangrong does not want to serve his master?

But when she saw that Mother Jia had answered, Mammy Lai smiled and said that she would go to invite the wives, grandmothers and girls, while the other mammies said they would help inform the servants, so they left.

As soon as they left, Xiangyun ran in like a gust of wind, knelt down and clung to Jia Mu's knee, claiming that she had personally cooked the "refreshing cold soup" for the old lady to drink at noon.

Mother Jia snorted: "You wash your hands and make soup? Save it! It's useless to tell the cook a few words, and they will listen to them in vain. Do as you say, and the dog won't eat it!" It's not that she didn't worry about it, but it's hard to change her nature. Thinking about what she knew back then, she didn't come all the way from the great-grandson's wife.As the daughter-in-law of a soldier, the most important thing is to have a cool temper and be open-minded, so there will be no obstacles that cannot be overcome.

Xiangyun was very reluctant, so he quarreled with Hu Po to bring the charcoal stove, saying that he would cook it in the hall for the old lady to watch.

Everyone couldn't follow it, the weather in early August, the tiger came in autumn before the end of summer, and the charcoal stove was so hot that it was hot.

Baoyu held the paper fan in his hand and fanned it vigorously, and called the little girls to help together, so that "the cool breeze can relieve the inflammation, and extinguish Miss Shi's heart fire".

A group of people were laughing, and the outside reported that You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had come.

Baoyu's eyebrows are knotted, and it's unlucky for a filial woman to come to pay her respects, right?I also want to see the filial sister-in-law and the filial nephew and daughter-in-law who are separated by four clothes, and I, the uncle who is about to become a family and has not yet married, are inconvenient to see!

Seeing him shrunk the screen, Jia Mu secretly sighed in her heart that Jin Sun Shouli had become pedantic.But she doesn't like to see the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Ning family, so she won't help to make things right, and even tells Xiangyun not to make trouble with Baoyu.

The You family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came in with maids holding birthday presents.

To send the congratulatory ceremony, no one came to kowtow in hemp and filial piety, and all of them didn't even wear plain clothes, but they didn't wear red and green.

In the past two days, respectable servants from the clan came to give presents one after another, and Mother Jia received them impatiently, and only those who were of sufficient status could see them.At first, Nanny Lai waited to give gifts, and a large table covered with red felt was set up in the guest room.The previous ceremony has been put away, just in time for the Ning Mansion.

The birthday gifts are all treasures: golden birthday stars, agarwood crutches, Ganan beads, blessings and longevity incense, etc. are dazzling.

Jia's mother said that it was too expensive, and Youshi smiled and complimented her, but she was really depressed: it is only proper to keep filial piety and send people to give gifts. Jia Zhen insists on her coming to the house in person!She euphemistically told about Jiang Geer, and advised Jia Zhen to be cold before trying to make friends.Jia Zhen didn't take it seriously, saying that Lian Erfeng's sister had long been on the point of sharpness, but now that Brother Jiang died and Sister Feng suffered from tuberculosis, Lian'er took a good concubine, and Aunt Xing was pregnant, so it's hard to say in the future.Perhaps one day Lian Er begged him, the elder brother of the patriarch, to raise his hand, and Aunt Xu Xing helped him upright.Otherwise, why would Lian Er spend a lot of money in the name of repairing the ancestral grave?The Rong Mansion has already expressed its favor, so hurry up and follow up.

Youshi had nothing to say, but he felt that this was not the case. Lian's embarrassment of money meant that he didn't want to join Jia Zhen in repairing the ancestral tomb.She looked at him coldly, and vaguely felt that Jia Lian was thinking of something wrong, and she needed to know that the leader of a clan was often done by Cheng Siding, who was not an official.Lian Er is the successor of the Rong family, and he will only have a false title in his life, while Baoyu, Jialan, Jiazhu and others all took the path of Kejia to become an official. In the family line, there is an empress in the palace who is Jia Lian's first cousin, and outside the palace there is a first cousin who is the wife of the prince's son, and the concubine is the eldest daughter-in-law of the royal merchant Xue's family who are "pearls are like earth and gold is like iron". Jia Lian has many powerful helpers. Arm, why do you want to be inferior to Jia Zhen?

Mrs. Jia is old and refined, and she can see at a glance that Youshi doesn't want to go this trip, so she is very enthusiastic to leave the meal.

Youshi didn't dare to go back too early, so he followed the trend.

Mother Jia was slightly taken aback. She was giving You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law an excuse to say goodbye. You said that you are filial piety and vegetarians. Could it be possible that the cooks here are going to make a special vegetarian table?

However, the guest had already stayed, so she had to order her mother-in-law to do it. Then she stood up holding Xiangyun's shoulder, and said to go to the yard to have a look: if the stupid woman who doesn't know the wink doesn't leave, how long will Baoyu hide behind the screen?

Baoyu would not stay any longer, so Ma Liu left through the back door.As soon as she went out, she saw Qingwen standing at the front door of Daylilies Garden with her maid, chatting and laughing with the gatekeepers.He couldn't help saying: "Can you count? You know to wait for me here!"

Qingwen laughed and said, "I don't have this ability. Second Miss Xue (Bao Qin) said that you would definitely leave through the back door. Second Master, you've all arrived at the Daylily Garden. Do you want to visit Fourth Miss?"

Baoyu curled her lips: "She lives with Cousin Lin, I'll run away, and the nurturing mother will drive me away with a stick!"——The nurturing nun is the eldest daughter of the prince of Nan'an County, and the princess's wedding was originally scheduled for April, so she promised to be good at education After seeing off the princess, the nanny passed through the Rong Mansion, but was delayed by the funeral of the concubine.Fortunately, the king of Nan'an County is a king with a foreign surname, and it will only be extended until July.At that time, Daiyu accompanied Xichun at Tiekan Temple, and it was picked up twice the day before yesterday.

A gatekeeper woman said: "The fourth girl is not in Yixintang. These days, she has been picking Buddha beans in Jingxin Nunnery to save the old lady's life. Tomorrow, she will cook them and send someone to Cross Street to make a birthday."

There is Miaoyu in the Jingxin Nunnery, and Baoyu doesn't want to go there. He only cares about Chunchun. It's too hard to kneel there and recite the Buddha to pick a bean.So she ordered Qingwen to take the little girl Que'er to visit, and told them to try to get Xichun to get up and rest, and Que'er to report anything wrong.

Baoyu stood in the shade by the door with his hands behind his back and waited. Suddenly he saw Lian Er running along with a large gang of young servants. Some were carrying long ladders, and some were dragging lanterns with carts.He hurriedly stepped forward: "What is this for? Didn't it mean that the Daylily Garden is not decorated?"

Lian Er resentfully said, "To decorate the backyard wall of our ancestors! At first, the eldest wife ordered a lot of lanterns, and other lanterns are easy to handle, but look at these lanterns, Qiqiao Qixi Qishou Qifu, Qiqiao Festival is over this year, where can I sell them?" ? It will be old next year."

Baoyu couldn't help laughing. It's because Jia's mother is not in her eighties to make so many seven-character lanterns.

After laughing, he felt desolate again: lighting up lanterns on birthdays, and hanging seven-character lanterns on birthdays for seventy-year-olds are not the custom of the capital city, but Xiangyun's whim.Mother Jia felt a little trifling, and told Mrs. Xing to order lanterns.Fortunately, Mrs. Xing wanted to find all kinds of tricks, and the seven-character lamp was only a part of it. Now that she wants to save money, she can resell the ones that can be sold.He thought that Rongfu's extravagant self could change his tricks and restraint now, but Xiangyun's temper was really helpless, and he probably never thought about how much money and manpower it would cost to put on a lantern!This girl still doesn't listen to the persuasion, I don't know what will happen in the future.

Conscience of heaven and earth, among the girls in Xiaoguanzhuang, the only one he tried to persuade was Qingmei, but he couldn't persuade him.And Tanchun and Xichun don't need to be persuaded at all, and an occasional reminder is enough.Weird people say that character determines destiny, and one who can live a good life will never be a character who is smart on the surface and confused on the inside.That's all, each has its own destiny, and it's its own blessing and misfortune.

The servants and their followers were busy putting the lamps on the wall, while the brothers and sisters stood and chatted.Baoyu mentioned Lai Shangrong's celebration banquet, and Lian Er said that he would also go to celebrate the banquet. How could he not go to congratulate Lai's housekeeper's son who was awarded an official position.

Baoyu shook her head: "That's the reason, but a few days ago you told Brother Zhen that you were going to pick up Aunt Xing, and many people heard that you were still hanging out at the Lai family's celebration banquet as late as the seventh day of the lunar new year. Isn't it unusual?"

Lian Er said seriously: "Nurse Lai is an old nanny who has served our ancestors, and her grandson is like our brother. I have to let go of what matters."

False stone was speechless to such a "righteous" brother, he walked to the gate of Daylily Garden and stretched his neck to look in, thinking that if Qingwen didn't come back, how could Que'er be wasted in the nunnery?Can an eight-year-old girl help stabilize Xichun?

Just looking at it, I didn't expect to see a slim figure.Immediately, his eyes were straightened, and he turned his head and asked Lian Er: "It's the old lady's birthday, did you invite my sister-in-law from Shuiyue Temple to chant scriptures?"

Lian Er was also taken aback, and Qianxue on one side said quickly, "That's Zhi Zhi'er, she has lived in our house for more than a month, and I heard that the second wife bought her."

Baoyu's brows were knotted, and the gatekeeper's wife talked about the great gossip: Miaoyu only has three servants, the old, the young, and the young can't do much work, but she loves cleanliness very much and is weird, and she is not allowed to The maidservants of the Rong Mansion swayed in front of her eyes, making it very inconvenient for the servants who were cleaning, washing, cooking and cooking in the house.The second wife bought wisdom from Shuiyue Temple and Hechen from Dizang Temple, and they made both. At least Miaoyu didn't need laymen around her.It's just that Zhou Zheng is intelligent, but He Chen is blind and missing an ear. He doesn't know how he can catch Miao Yu's eyes better than Rong Fu's servant.

Lian Er smiled strangely. Baoyu pulled him aside and asked him with his eyes.

Lian's second board had a positive face: "Don't show your face. I have never seen Mrs. Miaoyu! I only heard that she is a young woman with hair and a practice. She is too good-looking, or gossips about her nonsense, our girl has committed both."

Baoyu suddenly realized that although the servants of the Rong Mansion had been killed by Jiamu Ye in Nuwei Town, the habits they had developed for 40 to [-] years would not be reborn because of this incident. Talk about everything that cannot be said.

This situation won't change for a while, he can't transform himself into a butler to uphold the family tradition, all he wants is for the servants not to be too presumptuous and endanger the Rong Mansion, so he put it aside in a little annoyance.There was something he couldn't figure out: how could Mrs. Wang buy Smartphone?She should hate this kind of "little prostitute" the most. Could it be that she is annoyed by Miaoyu and wants to drive her away, and try to make things difficult for Miaoyu?

The author has something to say: Fake stone: As long as you go back to the house, you will find wonderful things.No matter how many loopholes are plugged, new loopholes will emerge...