A Dream of Red Mansions Unexpected Visitors

On the next day, Youshi sent the newly made mooncakes to the various houses, and arranged things again. Jia Zhen also temporarily stopped the gambling, and the couple came to the Rong Mansion only after dinner.I saw Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng all sitting in Jiamu's room, gossiping and making fun of Jiamu.Jia Lian, Baoyu, Jia Huan and Jia Lan all stood on the ground.But after a few jokes and watching the moon go up to the sky, we went to burn incense together.

At present, the main gates of the garden are all wide open, and big lanterns with horns are hung.On the platform in front of Jiayin Hall, burning incense sticks, holding wind candles, offering melon cakes and various fruits.Mrs. Xing and other female guests waited inside for a long time.It is really moonlight lanterns, popular cigarettes, brilliant and dense, shapeless. The ground is covered with worship blankets and brocade mattresses.Mother Jia put incense on her hands and worshiped, so everyone worshiped. At this time, Mother Jia looked at the scene of prosperity and romanticism, and the haze surrounding her heart disappeared a little, and she said, "It is best to enjoy the moon on the mountain." On the hall on the ridge called Tubi Mountain Villa.

Everyone hurriedly went to lay it, and when Jia Mu arrived, everyone was already there, and they sat down together, covering the space between men and women with a screen. Only half full.Because of the absence of Sister Feng and Jia Lian, Mrs. Wang did not give face to those close to the family this time, so they celebrated the festival by themselves, not to mention that Jia Zhen had already distributed a lot of things in order to win the people to her Well, without these people, there are not many serious men in Jia's family.Jia Mu forced a smile and said, "I don't feel that there are few people on weekdays. Today, we still have very few people. It's not a big deal. Thinking about the days we lived in those days, there are thirty or forty men and women tonight. How lively it is. Today That's it, there are too few. I will call some more, they all have parents, and it is not easy to come at home. Now let the girls come and sit there." So the female relatives behind the screen Mrs. Xing, Sanchun and Baoyu both called out and sat on the table. After all, they were also members of their own family, so they didn't have to worry about the defense of men and women.

The mother ordered to fold a sweet-scented osmanthus, and ordered a daughter-in-law to pass the flowers behind the screen by beating drums.If the flower is in the hands of someone, drink a glass of wine, and tell a joke as punishment, who would have thought that it would stop in Jia Zheng's hands. They were all smiling, but they wanted to hear what kind of joke it was. Even if it wasn't funny, Jia Zheng's face made him feel funny.What's more, Jia Zheng saw that Jia's mother was happy, so he had to rack his brains and tell a joke, which was really funny.

So they beat the drum again, and it was passed on from Jia Zheng to Baoyu drum by coincidence.Baoyu was a little restless. He usually told a lot of jokes, but he couldn't think of one that would make everyone laugh.What's more, he was afraid of saying some slang words. Jia Zheng said that he couldn't be serious, he could only speak glibly.So he didn't say that he could make jokes, but just accepted the punishment, and Jia Zheng asked him to compose poems.This just happened to be on top of Baoyu's feelings, and it was done in just a moment. Jia Zheng was very happy in his heart, and only felt that he had someone to succeed him.I'm just afraid that Baoyu will be complacent, let alone study, and it's not easy to say strict flowers on this festive day, so I just say: "It's hard for him. It's just that he refuses to study, and his words are indecent after all."

Jia's mother knew his temperament, and she knew that he was very satisfied when he said this, so she asked Jia Zheng to reward him.When Jia Lan saw that Baoyu was being rewarded, he attended and made a poem for Jia Zheng to read. Since Jia Lan had read some of Lin Ruhai's books, he asked Daiyu, Baochai Tanchun and others for advice if there was something he didn't understand. He was more motivated than in Jia's family school. Although he was young, the poems he made were very good, so Jia Zheng was even more joyful and rewarded him with things.

Everyone returned to their seats, and started to execute the order again. This time it stopped in Jia She's hand. Jia She was in a trance, but he punished himself with three glasses of wine. It turned out that on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he saw that the second room was full of talents, and the whole family was reunited. Yuanyuan, but her son and daughter-in-law couldn't come back on such a festive day, so she was very lonely.He only cared about Jia Lian's family and his good grandson, so he couldn't even muster up the energy to tell jokes.

Jia Mu was afraid that he would affect the atmosphere, so she continued to beat the drums to pass the flowers, but this time it was passed to Jia Huan. up.It's just that Mrs. Wang's hindrance has finally disappeared, but his bad temper is just like Baoyu's, so he often reads some poems, curious and strange. Seeing Baoyu's poems and receiving awards now, he is very eager , Only in front of Jia Zheng dare not make mistakes.Now that the flowers happen to be in my own hands, I want to show off my talents, and I write a poem without thinking about it.Jia Zheng was also surprised when he saw it, but the words and sentences ended with the meaning of not being happy to read, so instead of praising, he reprimanded him.

Jia She took it over and read it again, and thought it was well written.Besides, he heard Jia Zheng's reprimand to Jia Huan as if he said it to himself, and said, "I think this poem has a lot of backbone. I think people like us are not as shabby as that one, and our children should read some books." , but he understands a little better than others. When you can be an official, you can't escape an official. Why bother to make a nerd instead. So I love his poems, and they still don't lose the spirit of our noble family." It was a blatant refutation of Jia Zheng's previous rebuke to Jia Huan, and it was also a mockery of Jia Zheng, like that poor boy, who had not won the title of the mansion after all. Fang De elated.However, Jia Zheng couldn't even do this. He was still an official whose father submitted a letter to Jia Zhengyao before his death, but he hadn't been promoted to a higher level for more than ten years.It can be seen that he is a nerd.

No one understood the two people's maneuvers except the two brothers, so they poured wine and gave another order. Jia Mu also knew that it was inconvenient for them, so she let them go out.After Jia Amnesty heard this, Fang stopped the order, and everyone had a glass of wine, and Fang took his nephews out.

The rest of the female relatives also sat together, but because Jia Zheng was at home now, the Xue family did not appear like last year, and the Baochai sisters naturally went to their own homes to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and without Sister Feng, she was worth three people alone. , I feel deserted better.Mother Jia felt desolate again when she saw the males not being able to sit at the round table, so she couldn't help sighing.Mrs. Wang persuaded: "Today's reunion of mother and child is more interesting than in previous years. Although there were many wives in previous years, it is not as good as this year's own flesh and blood." That's all for Jia Mu.Seeing that the atmosphere had dropped, they wanted to cheer up, so they went to get a big glass of wine to drink. Although everyone was sleepy, they didn't dare to refuse, so they all complied.Who would want to have fun with the sound of the flute by letting the flute player among the girls on Shifan come across the water just after filling the wine glass, so Jia She knocked on his feet and asked Mrs. Xing to go, You Shi Also took the opportunity to say goodbye.

Jia Mu still didn't want to leave like this, so she still didn't talk about the banquet. After a while, the wind picked up, and the mandarin ducks brought a soft towel pocket and a big cloak. , curling up slowly, and another flute sound came out, and it really became more desolate than before. At this time, not only Jia's mother, but everyone also felt desolate, and Jia's mother shed tears.After a while, everyone came to their senses and found out that they quickly apologized.Youshi began to tell jokes again, but after a few words, he found that Jia Mu's eyes were dim, and she seemed to be falling asleep.He and Mrs. Wang woke up again quietly, and Mrs. Wang wanted to persuade her to rest, but Jia's mother still refused. When she learned that it was already four o'clock and saw again, except for Tanchun, the girls were all gone, so that's all.Don't mention it since I went to rest.

The next day, Mother Jia was an old man after all, how could she suffer from the wind and cold at night, and she was bedridden the next day. The doctor took the pulse every day and prescribed pills.Because ginseng was needed, Mrs. Wang searched for it for half a day, and only found a few hairpins in the small box, which were quite thick. Mrs. Wang thought it was not good, so she ordered to look for it again, and found a large pack of mustard come out.Mrs. Wang said anxiously: "You don't need it, but you can't find it if you need it. I told you to look it up all day long, and they were all gathered together. You don't listen to it, so you just throw it away. You don't know him." The benefits of using it, how much it costs to buy it is not worth it.” Even Mrs. Wang herself did not expect that the mansion has reached this point. If you really want to talk about it, things like ginseng are not worth buying in the four big families. The Hou Men's family doesn't know how much it needs to use on weekdays. If even this is difficult, it will be a big deal.

So Mrs. Wang asked Caiyun and others to look for it again, and took a few packs of medicinal materials for a while and said, "We don't recognize this, please look at it yourself. There is nothing else except this." For ginseng, I had to go to Jiamu's to find it, but there was still a big bag, all of which were as thick as a finger, so I called it Erliang and Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang came out and handed it to Zhou Rui's family, and ordered the boy to send it to the doctor's house. She also ordered the few packets of unidentifiable medicine to be taken with her, and ordered the doctor to recognize it, and mark each packet.

I thought it was all for now, but Zhou Rui's family brought it in again and said that the ginseng was too old. Once the age passed, no matter how good it was, it would turn into ashes after only 100 years.Mrs. Wang had no other choice, and she dared not tell the old lady. She knew that the root of the old lady's illness was actually a heart disease. The embarrassing thing that could not even be found at home would make the old lady feel even worse. .Those belongings of the Zhen family were full of gold, silver and jewels, and besides, he was still in the process of committing a crime, so no matter how daring he was, he would not dare to use them now.Mrs. Wang couldn't help it, she was silent for a while, and had to order to go out and buy two taels.He also ordered the old lady to say that it was the old lady's when asked.

Baochai therefore persuaded Mrs. Wang not to buy from outside, saying that the ones outside were all in one branch, and they had to be cut into two or three sections, inlaid with reed bubble beard branches, and mixed well for sale, regardless of the thickness. There is a deal to get back the complete set, Mrs. Wang turned her anger into joy and praised it.But I was suspicious in my heart, Baochai knew such tricks clearly, I'm afraid she didn't take care of her shop for a long time, but she knew that women were not as convenient as men after all, the shop assistants used tricks, and they were orphans and widows. Can you know.The so-called incompleteness outside is probably referring to their shop at all.They all used this method, and borrowed a lot of money from their own family when building the garden. I don't know if her family is still a millionaire.After much deliberation, Mrs. Wang was reluctant to part with Baochai's good temper, and suppressed the hesitation in her heart.