Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

In winter, the sun always rises late. Grandma Liu got up early in the morning to make breakfast, checked the things she had packed before, carefully put them into a basket, and covered them with a clean cloth. Afraid of falling ashes.

After finishing breakfast, Grandma Liu called up her little grandson again.

The little grandson was still staring at him in a daze. He put an ice handkerchief on his face and shivered for a moment, and then he woke up.

"Are you awake?" Grandma Liu took the clothes and handed them to the grandson for him to put on, "Be careful, don't get it dirty."

The little grandson touched the clothes and asked, "Grandma, is it the New Year?" He remembered that there were new clothes for the New Year.

Grandma Liu smiled, "Silly boy, what nonsense are you talking about, we are going to visit relatives."

The little grandson groaned and nodded, not sure if he understood.

Mrs. Liu came over when she heard the movement, "Mother, didn't you agree to go?"

Grandma Liu didn't even look at her, "You young people are thin-skinned, and it's normal if you don't want to go, but what are you afraid of with half of my neck buried in the soil? At most, it will make people laugh. If it does, it will be our family. Great fortune."

Mrs. Liu wanted to persuade her again, but Grandma Liu directly pulled her little grandson out, "They are all mothers, so you can bear to watch Qing'er Ban'er spend his whole life digging in the dirt like us. Once God sees us Selling your sons and daughters if you don’t like it? I’ve supported you all my life, why don’t you remember your brothers and sisters?”

Grandma Liu sighed, "I remember it, and I will never forget it in my life."

Mrs. Liu also remembered that some died of starvation and some died of illness. If the family had had more food and a few extra coins, they might not have died.

"If Ban'er enters the family studies of the Jia family, not to mention being a scholar, but if he can read a few words, then he can find a job with a lot of money, and when he goes out, others will look up to him. In the future, he and Qing'er It’s easy to say about your marriage, it’s a matter of great benefit but no harm, how can you not do it for the sake of face?”

Grandma Liu bypassed Mrs. Liu and went out, "We came back late today, don't wait for us, breakfast is in the pot, eat early, don't get cold, dogs do hard work, let him eat more, don't worry about it. "

Mrs. Liu watched Grandma Liu go away, and turned to enter the house until she was gone. As soon as she entered the house, she found that her husband, Wang Gou'er, had woken up.

Sitting on the kang, Wang Gou'er saw her coming in and didn't say much. He got dressed and went to the kitchen to fill up the water and split the firewood. Qing'er ran over and asked him to eat.

After Wang Gou'er drank the porridge in the bowl, Mrs. Liu handed over another egg.

The harvest in the past two years has been pretty good, and the family has no place to spend money, and gradually has some savings, and I can eat eggs every now and then.

After Qing'er finished eating her own eggs, she saw Wang Gou'er's eggs didn't move and looked at them eagerly. When Liu Shi saw her, she wanted to talk about her, but Wang Gou'er stopped her, "Forget it, kid."

Wang Gou'er gave Qing'er the egg in his hand, "Qing'er is good, take it and eat."

Seeing that Qing'er took the eggs with a happy smile and started to eat, Wang Gou'er also laughed, and reached out to pat her head, "Qing'er ate Daddy's eggs, and I will deliver meals to Daddy at noon, do you know?"

Qing'er nodded quickly, and Wang Gou'er got up to get the farm tools, and greeted Liu, "I'm going to the field."

Wang Gou'er walked all the way, thinking about those words of Grandma Liu in his mind.

Literacy...

Grandma Liu's picture is so beautiful that people can't help but want to believe it, but they ignore how difficult it is to accomplish this. The relationship between his family and Jia's family has gone so far. If you want to show kindness, you don’t do it like this. There are so many children in your own family who haven’t entered the ethnology school. Instead, let you, a child who can’t beat you, go in?

Wang Gou'er smiled wryly, and started to do farm work.

Grandma Liu led the board and walked to the capital. If there is a kind-hearted ox cart driver along the way, she will take the ox cart, and if not, she will walk slowly.

Starting from dawn, the sun was already rising at the gate of the capital, and after inquiring all the way to Rongguo Mansion, it was already past lunch time.

Grandma Liu took the board to the gatehouse of Rongguo Mansion, and was swung away before she could speak, "Go, go, is this a place you can come to? Leave quickly and find someone to go to the corner gate by yourself."

Grandma Liu smiled, "Brother, may I ask you, where is the corner door? I'm looking for the second wife of the Jia family to stay with me. Is Zhou Rui's family there too?"

Hearing Grandma Liu mention Zhou Rui's family, Wang's accompanying room, the concierge's attitude improved a bit, "Ma'am, you go forward, turn around that corner, the first door, if you are looking for someone, just ask any little maid inside." In other words, everyone knows Zhou's mother."

Grandma Liu nodded and thanked her again, then took the board and left for the corner gate.

When they arrived at the corner gate, Grandma Liu put down the basket, tugged at her own clothes and that of Ban'er, and gave Ban'er a few words of advice. She saw that Ban'er nodded before looking into the corner gate.

There were people coming and going in the corner gate, Grandma Liu watched for a while, then reached out to stop a smiling maidservant, "Good girl, please bring a word, just say that Grandma Liu, a relative of the Wang family, is here and wants to see Mother Zhou."

After saying that, Grandma Liu took out a handkerchief and stuffed it into the maid's hand, "I'm sorry."

The servant girl glanced at the handkerchief in her hand, then turned her eyes on Grandma Liu's body a few times, and finally nodded, "Then you wait here, I will go in and tell Mother Zhou first."

Grandma Liu thanked again.

The maid entered the door and went straight to Zhou Rui's courtyard, "Is Mother Zhou here?"

Mother Zhou heard the voice, opened the curtain and came out to see, "Who is calling me?"

The servant girl saluted with a smile, "Mother Zhou, there is an old man named Grandma Liu with a little boy at the corner gate. He said he is a relative of the Wang family and wants to meet you, so he asked me to send a message."

Zhou's mother nodded, "I see, thank you very much." She grabbed another handful of peanuts and melon seeds and gave them to the maid, "There's nothing good, just take them as snacks."

The servant girl answered with a smile, "Since the message has arrived, I will leave first."

After seeing off the maid, Zhou's mother entered the house, arranged her clothes, and went out again.

Zhou's mother didn't go to Jiaomen, but went to Wang's place.

"What are the relatives of the Wang family, they just came to fight the autumn wind and settled down, no see!"

Wang didn't raise her head, she just calculated her own account, now that Yuan Chun is having a hard time in the palace, she can only help with money, and must save everywhere, how can there be so much money to show kindness?

Zhou's mother also knew this was the result, but she always came to ask, so as not to blame her in the future.

After hearing what Wang said, Mother Zhou nodded, "Then I'll go and send her away."

Mrs. Wang hummed, but when Zhou's mother was about to leave, she stopped her again, "After all, they are relatives of the Wang family, so it's not good if we don't see each other. I don't know, I thought we were the ones who forgot our duty." .”

Zhou's mother looked at Wang suspiciously, only to see a smile on the corner of Wang's mouth, "It's a pity that I really don't have time, you can go to Lian's daughter-in-law and tell her, she is also from the Wang family, and it is also the same to meet the relatives of the Wang family." As it should be."

Zhou's mother was stunned for a moment, then she saluted and retreated.

Grandma Liu watched the maid enter the corner gate, and kept looking in, but unfortunately no one came.

Ban'er touched his stomach, "Grandma, I'm hungry."

Grandma Liu patted his head, "Be good, bear with me."

After a while, Ban'er was hungry again, and Grandma Liu stood with sore feet, looked into the corner door, took out a pancake from her pocket, tore off a small piece and stuffed it into Ban'er's mouth, "Hurry up!" eat!"

Ban'er swallowed the pancake in a few mouthfuls, and looked at Grandma Liu eagerly.

Now Grandma Liu also put on a straight face, and when she saw it, she didn't dare to shout that she was hungry anymore.

The two waited for a while, and then saw a middle-aged woman dressed in lake-green silk and richly dressed coming over, looked around, and walked in front of them, "I think this is Grandma Liu, right?"

Grandma Liu looked at the other party and still couldn't react, "I am, I don't know if you are..."

Grandma Liu was still thinking, even the daughters-in-law of Zhuangzi's other members didn't wear this clothes and jewelry so well. Could this be the second wife married by the Wang family?

Unexpectedly, the other party said directly: "I am the second wife's companion Zhou's mother."

Grandma Liu's eyes widened.

Mother Zhou had a smile on her face, but a few traces of disdain flashed in her eyes, "I'm really sorry, I was busy when the servant girl came, and I couldn't spare a moment, so I hurried over when I was done. I'm afraid grandma has left after waiting for a long time, so don't blame grandma."

Grandma Liu quickly waved her hand, "Don't blame me, don't blame me, it's because we don't know how to behave, and we came here without saying hello..."

Zhou's mother smiled, "Grandma has been waiting for a long time, let's talk first."

Grandma Liu said yes again and again, took the board, and followed Mother Zhou into the corner gate.

Walking all the way, watching all the way, I just felt that I was in a dream, entered the yard of Zhou Rui's house, and couldn't take my eyes off those decorations.

Grandma Liu led the board and sat down cautiously. The clothes that she thought were clean were not clean at all, and she didn't dare to sit still, for fear of soiling the fairy mansion.

Grandma Liu asked cautiously: "Mother Zhou, is this where the second wife lives? It's really nice."

Zhou's mother was pouring tea, and she almost couldn't laugh out loud when she heard this sentence, "Grandma is making fun of me, this is my yard, how could the second wife live in such a place, it's not bad for the wife's eyes. "

Grandma Liu couldn't believe her ears. Even the second wife didn't like a house like this, so what kind of house would she live in?

At least Grandma Liu couldn't imagine it.

Mother Zhou poured tea and handed it to Grandma Liu, "Dare to ask grandma, do you know which house grandma is from? It's my fault that I didn't recognize it."

Grandma Liu didn't dare to drink the tea after receiving it, and put the teacup on the table, "My house is a bit far from Wang's house, so it's normal that Zhou's mother doesn't recognize me."

"My surname is Liu, and my son-in-law's surname is Wang. The son-in-law's family was once married to the Wang family." After speaking, Grandma Liu explained the relationship between her family and the Wang family in detail.

Zhou's mother was speechless after hearing this. The relationship is far away, and she is ashamed to say that she is a relative of the Wang family!

Mother Zhou wanted to drive Grandma Liu out, but everyone was sitting here, and she couldn't really do anything too much, so she asked: "So that's the case, no wonder I said why I don't remember, I just don't know What's the matter with Grandma Liu coming this time?"

Grandma Liu blushed when she heard the words.

"It's wishful thinking." Grandma Liu rubbed her hands and grinned her slightly yellow teeth, "I heard that the Jia family has recruited several candidates, and there are countless scholars. Oh, I just thought, this is probably The Wenqu star in the sky fell on Jia's house, right?"

Hearing Grandma Liu's compliment, Mother Zhou also laughed. Indeed, the Jia family's ethnology is the only one in Beijing now, and anyone who mentions it will praise it.

Grandma Liu continued: "Then, I just thought that my little grandson is growing up too, so I thought...to see if my grandson has that kind of luck, and see...if I can...enter the Jia family to learn to read... "

When Zhou's mother heard this, she choked on the tea and her face flushed from coughing.

What did she just hear? !What did Grandma Liu say? !

She still wants to send her grandson to study in Jia's family, why doesn't she go to heaven? !