Yucuo of the Red Chamber

Mother Jia picked out a few delicious things to taste at random, and stared at Daiyu to eat more. She was weak, and now she was recovering from a serious illness; Living in those cumbersome rituals, the second is also afraid that there will be no blessings, and some people will not like it.After Jia Jing gave up the title, because Jia Zhen took the post of military general, the emperor also dismissed the post of draft pick, and entrusted other confidants and favored people to do it.Furthermore, Jia Zhen inherited a third-rank general, and there are more first-rank and second-rank civil and military generals in the court. It doesn't look good for him to be in charge of this matter.This is reasonable, but in this way, the entry of Jia's own people into the palace will also cause trouble.

Although Jia's mother said what she said before, most of it was for Tanchun to hear. Firstly, she was afraid that her granddaughter would be disappointed if her expectations were too high;Although no one is very clear about what Tanchun did, but everyone has some suspicions in their hearts, and Mother Jia naturally has to leave room for it.

Sister Li Wanfeng only ate for a while, and then she still came to serve Jia Mu. Jia Mu smiled and said, "Yuanyang, you and Heping'er will take them away. Let's have a good meal today, and you and Heping'er will sit down too. It's just such trivial matters as adding wine and food, so it's fine if they go. I've been busy after the year, and there are many things in the house, and everyone has never had a good rest, so this is an opportunity to take a rest." Saying that, he ordered Yuanyang I will prepare more reward money in a while, but everyone who serves here today will be generously rewarded.

When everyone heard that they were not unhappy anymore, Yuanyang and Heping'er really pushed Li Wan and took away Sister Feng one by one, and forced them to sit down. It happened that You's table was empty, and Xu's was also empty. The man dragged Kailuan Xiren to sit indiscriminately, staring at the top while eating, ready to go up to serve at any time.Seeing this, Mrs. Wang asked Baochai to rest more. The food and wine had already been brought in, so she hurriedly sat down and ate.But no one took the initiative to call her, and when she was busy preparing the table just now, she was not here, and everyone forgot.Baochai looked around, and then thought that sitting at Xiren's table was a room full of people, which made sense.

While Baochai was spinning around, the Liu family in the kitchen said back and forth: "Second Grandma Huibao, the suckling pig has been roasted, should I send it in now or later? Should I cut it up and send it here, or send it here for everyone to see? Who likes which piece to eat and which piece to serve?"

After thinking about it, Baochai asked Jia Mu what she meant, and said, "Wait a little longer." Then he went to ask Jia Mu what she meant.

Jia Mu thought for a while and said, "I'm better too. I can't eat those things. Yu'er, which one do you like?"

"I can't eat those greasy things either." Daiyu replied.

"Then I'll bring you a hoof, it won't be too greasy, eat slowly and grind your teeth." Mother Jia ordered, and then asked Tanchun and Xichun again, "Just ask you what you like to eat. Second sister-in-law Bao wants it."

Tanchun hurriedly responded: "Go back to the ancestor, if you don't ask for some meat from the ancestor's back, it should be rotten and not clogging the teeth. The ancestor has been ill for so long, so he should eat something to make up for it."

Jia Mu smiled and said, "Forget it, I'm almost done too. Fourth girl, what do you like to eat?"

Xichun said: "I also want a hoof. The suckling pig's trotter is small and tender. It is fresh, smooth and delicious. If sister Lin doesn't like it, give it to me too." As for what's going on in Ningfu , she didn't worry at all.On the same day, I said things like "Now that I am too old, even I can't go to your side", "Father and son can't help each other in life and death", "If you don't be a cruel person, it's rare to be a man". She is an innocent person, and at this time she only wants to protect herself and enjoy herself in her free time, fearing that she will be exhausted by the Ning Mansion, so why care about those right and wrong?Even if you want to manage it, you may not be able to manage it.

Mother Jia touched her head and smiled, "It's not that you haven't eaten it before. That suckling pig also has four legs. You're still reincarnated like a starving ghost. You even want to grab your sister Lin's share. You can't eat that much in a while. I must poke it down with chopsticks, or if I eat too much, I will spoil my stomach, so don't come and complain." Saying this, it was just a gossip, but Baochai and Tanchun were left aside; How will the aunt and sister-in-law react?

Tanchun was boring, and he didn't dare to say anything.In my heart, I only sighed that Madam Wang didn't say a word for her; and this Xichun, who had always been cold-hearted, now had to give Jia Mu's love, which made her feel even more panicked.Although it was her birthday today, it seemed that Mother Jia didn't care much about her. Even so, this birthday was a bit miserable, so she had to deal with it reluctantly so as not to lose face.

Baochai, on the other hand, looked peaceful, and waited gently for Mother Jia and the others to finish their discussion before going to the side to ask Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang. Li Wan ordered pork head meat for Sister Feng, and the two sisters-in-law refused to give in to each other, so they were the most lively in the room.Baochai didn't dare to delay, so she hurried down to give orders.

When Baochai came back later, Sister Feng felt sorry for her, so she took her to sit beside her, and immediately became intimate again, giving her labors, serving her vegetables, pouring wine for her, and meeting her personally. feed her.Baochai has always been a prudent person, no one has ever seen such a posture before, probably only Li Wan can handle it, and You Shi barely managed to make a fuss with her, but after a while she was manipulated and subdued by Sister Feng, and everyone only thought that she had good intentions .

After teasing Baochai in this way, Sister Feng took a sigh of relief. She got up and went to serve Jiamu and Daiyu, saying that she had enough; Also fair.Tanchun didn't dare to just sit still, it's her birthday, and she got up later to toast Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang. When she walked up to Aunt Zhao, she still seemed to be fine, and wanted to pour a drink casually.Unexpectedly, Aunt Zhao couldn't help crying, and she couldn't move her feet.

Seeing this, Jia's mother said, "Third girl, it's your birthday today, so it's time to toast your aunt too. It's the filial piety of the whole man. In a big family like ours, the upper and lower ranks must be guarded, and the filial piety etiquette must not be forgotten."

Jia's mother's words were reasonable, but Tanchun was not, so she had to pour wine, knelt down and respected Aunt Zhao, saying: "My daughter thanked Auntie for her kindness in giving birth." burst into tears.No matter how much love and hatred, no matter how hard she tried to change, she couldn't hide in the end: she crawled out of her aunt's intestines.

Aunt Zhao's eyes were filled with tears, she took the wine and ate it as soon as she raised her neck. She stretched out her hand to support Tanchun and said, "You have grown up too, so you don't have to worry about everything in the future, so you can be filial to the old lady and the wife..." Who knew Touching Tanchun's hand, she shrank back a bit, and hurried to Jia Mu's table. At this moment, Aunt Zhao didn't dare to talk too much, let alone make a scene.I could only watch with swallowing my anger, still weeping and pretending to be loving.Aunt Zhou and Kai Luan were busy trying to persuade them, but they didn't dare to speak loudly.

At this moment, a woman said back and forth that Uncle Zhen and Grandma Zhen came over in a hurry and wanted to return.Then Jia Mu ordered a screen to be set up and let Jia Zhen talk outside in a while.But Li Wan felt it was inconvenient, so he went back to Jiamu and hurriedly took Daiyu Tanchunxichun away, and the rest of Aunt Zhao, who couldn't stay longer, went out to walk around the garden.Mother Jia thought to herself, some things can't be avoided after all, so that's fine, but Sister Feng, who wanted to leave, decided to stay and listen to the truth.

After a while Jia Zhen and You Shi came over, and there were no girls and aunts inside, so they went in directly and replied to Jia Mu: "Grandson is negligent, let that lawless thing run away, and please punish the old lady."

Mother Jia was surprised and said: "Please explain clearly, what is going on? Did you miss it for a while, or did you really leave?"

Jia Zhen replied: "It's really gone. At first, everyone thought that they hadn't found it for a while, but later they thought it was wrong, and they came back outside to prepare the reward for those who looked for Baoyu, so they handed it over to the accountant for preparation." After putting it away, I found that there were a lot of expenses in the account recently, and many of them were missing; I checked the warehouse again, and several high-quality antiques disappeared; when my grandson returned to the house, some valuable light things were also missing. Even the daughter-in-law's jewelry is missing a lot. There is another item that I can't find." Speaking of this, Jia Zhen hurriedly knelt down, feeling restless and frightened.

Jia's mother still didn't understand, so she replied, "It's just some silver jewelry. I don't think he can take much away. It's just a waste of money to eliminate disasters. Let's talk about it when Zhen'er gets up. It's another thing you said. What is it that matters so much?"

Jia Zhen didn't dare to get up, kowtowed and said, "It's inconvenient for my grandson to say this..." Then she looked at Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, with a hesitant look, as if it was very troublesome.

Jia Mu said: "It's okay, they are all your aunts and housekeepers, and they need to know more about everything before they can discuss and deal with it as soon as possible. Feng girl, go and see Yu'er They just ate, so don't get caught in the wind."

When there were only Jia Mu and Xing Wang Youshi left in the room, Jia Zhen kowtowed again and said, "This matter is also due to my grandson's carelessness, which left such a disaster; I think I was prepared for the promotion, otherwise I would not Take this away too. The ancestors probably still remember that a few years ago, we sent a large amount of private salt from the south of the Yangtze River with the instruction of the aunt, and then managed it up and down. At that time, the grandson wanted to keep an account certificate, Even if my aunt thinks about it in the future, there is nothing I can do to us. Both the elder lord and the second wife know about it. Later, my aunt passed away, and as time went on, I gradually forgot about it. I thought of it before One time, if you want to destroy all of them, and put them in my room after a delay, nothing will happen. Who would have thought that damn dog slave..."

Hearing this, You Shi also quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "It's because the grandson's wife is not strict in housekeeping, which caused the slaves to do such things, please punish the old lady..."