A Dream of Red Mansions Unexpected Visitors

After a while, Baochai left and went all the way to Mrs. Wang.It turns out that although the Xue family is separated from Mrs. Wang, it is just that Wang Ziteng is not in the capital at this time, and most of the business in Jinling has changed. The business in the capital depends more on the Jia family, so if it is not true, come to Mrs. Wang to say hello. It is also a reliance.

When Baochai came this time, Mrs. Wang was very kind and comforted her constantly. Baochai was very surprised. She was afraid that Mrs. Wang would do something with her family's name without her family's consent. for a while.In the end, Mrs. Wang said that she had said that Xia Jingui's family could wait for more than a month, but before Xue's family said it, the Xia family had already made a new marriage. Mrs. Wang felt that she was sorry for her sister, It hurt the Xue family's face, so they treated him gently.The Xia family came to accompany the ceremony, but they said that Mrs. Wang's gift of several thousand taels of silver would not be taken back. How dare Mrs. Wang tell Baochai and Aunt Xue about this matter, so naturally she had to use words to perfunctory up.Only then did Baochai feel relieved, and said to Mrs. Wang with a smile, "Don't worry, Auntie. You have always known my mother's temper. To marry a daughter-in-law, as long as she is of good character, she doesn't care about family status or wealth. The Xia family doesn't care." Keeping promises shows that they are not a good family, and we were afraid that the girl's temperament would be at odds with my brother, but now it's just wishful thinking, and it has nothing to do with my aunt." After hearing this, Mrs. Wang felt that Baochai was reasonable, Generous and generous, it is rare to take out some of his precious jewelry and give them to Baochai.When Baochai was about to refuse, Mrs. Wang said: "My son, I know that you never love these gold and silver things. You only want simplicity. It's just that this is what my aunt wants for you. If you wait for you to go out, As a member of my husband's family, how can I not wear jewelry when I go out to socialize?" Baochai blushed after saying this, and after a few more forced words, she left.

On the way back, Jin Ying'er asked, "Miss, why did you accept these jewelry this time?" Baochai said, "I didn't accept it before because I thought my aunt didn't give it to me sincerely. The person who wears gold and silver, today she is ashamed of our family, these few pieces of jewelry are nothing, they are not worth one ten-thousandth of the bad things she did. Besides, our family borrowed so much when they built the Grand View Garden Silver, this is not even a fraction. Besides, look at this swing, look at this bracelet, which one is not an old jewelry from decades ago, and the pearls are all yellowed. Don’t I love those bright colors, girl? Auntie borrowed the good things as soon as they were put on the table, and returned them when they were never seen again. The elders would not be able to get them back. What are you going to do?" Jin Yinger is the big girl who has been with Baochai since she was a child. The natural way is Baochai's suffering. She also knows that Baochai is expressing her resentment. There is no one around her, so Let her talk, the two of them went back muttering all the way.

Mrs. Wang never expected that Baochai would see through her true colors, and would never be fooled by her gifts of gold and silver, let alone a few nice words and become Mrs. Wang's obedient pawn.

Seeing that Baochai has left, Yingchun stopped joking.Pull Qingxuan to the stool and sit down, and the three of them talked privately together.Yingchun suddenly sighed: "I really wish I would be a man in my next life, so I wouldn't have to suffer like this. Women's bodies are like duckweed, and their hearts are like floating catkins. They always cling to men." But Daiyu said: "Is it true that men can't help We decided, since there are yin and yang in this world, how can there be no women. I would rather be a daughter's family in my next life, so that I can know the beauty of spring flowers and autumn moon. Even if my body is like duckweed, my heart will never be fluttering, and I should let the wind blow What about the pampas grass that doesn't fall." Qingxuan recalled the days in his previous life, and said: "As a man, don't you have less troubles, and bear the responsibility of the whole family. , even more upright." Seeing that the topic became serious, he smiled again: "In our mansion, the old masters of the state were upright and did everything that masters and young masters should do now, so Baoyu is so fine. What are you doing?" Daiyu Yingchun even laughed when she said a word.Daiyu said to Yingchun: "Sister, don't worry too. You forgot that you still have the second brother Lian. Sister Feng usually gets along well with you. Maybe they will remember to find a good husband for you when they are away. .There is next year's draft, but it happens to be the imperial examination once every three years, maybe you will marry the number one scholar." Yingchun blushed at the words, and said: "My dear sister, you don't have to be so narrow, let alone me , I am useless, but you are appointed by the emperor to personally designate the marriage, maybe the marriage will be in front of me."

Several people talked for a while and it was already in the evening. It happened that the girl from Jiamu's place came to say that the old lady asked to go to her place for dinner together, so the two got up together and went to Jiamu's room. When Jia's mother draws cards, it's still Baoyu who is busy with nothing.Daiyu laughed and said, "It's a good thing we said that Baoyu is busy with nothing. She is really busy with nothing. She is not here when she should be with the old lady. She should fight." Everyone in the room laughed. Then Baoyu came into the room, and everyone couldn't help laughing louder, but Baoyu didn't know why.

Mrs. Wang next to her gave Daiyu a look, and hurriedly said to Baoyu, "You were seriously ill the year before last, and you were cured by a mad monk and a lame Taoist priest. How did you feel when you were sick?" Baoyu thought for a while, and said: "I remember when I was sick, I stood upright, and I felt an inexplicable pain like a needle on the scalp, and my eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of dust. Some big ghosts with blue faces, fangs, knives and sticks came, and they kept hitting the jade on my head and chest. It was as if I was wearing a lot of headbands, and the pain was so painful that I didn’t know it. At that time, there seemed to be a golden light in the main room that shone directly into my room, and the ghosts all ran away and disappeared, and they couldn’t stop asking, the world seemed to suddenly become clear, and my heart became clear.” Mrs. Wang sighed to herself: "This is not far from it." But Qingxuan knew that Baoyu had just begun to feel that the world was covered with a layer of dust, but it was the true spirit of Baoyu who was psychic. Otherwise, how could those little ghosts enter him forward.

Jia's mother also said: "Poor Brother Feng is not here, so I can't ask clearly, but Baoyu said so clearly, I'm afraid it's her. The condition of the illness is the same as what was said in the confession. This old thing is wicked enough. Baoyu My brother recognized her as a godmother in vain."

Xiangyun and Baoqin were curious, so they hurriedly asked.Jia's mother said: "It's my fault for you to ask the second wife. When the Duke was here, it was all these demons and heretics who couldn't believe it. They never asked such people to enter the mansion. They just waited for the Duke to go. I am a woman and a family, and I am looking forward to bless our family. The third is to relieve my boredom. Fortunately, God blesses Baoyu and Feng Geer to let her figure it out. Girls, remember, wait for you to do the same After becoming the daughter-in-law of the family, you must never let such a woman into the mansion." Xiangyun and Baoqin blushed, and Jia Mu realized it, and said: "It's because I am old and foolish, and I forgot about your girl's family. Yes, when I talk about this with you, I just must remember this lesson. If the Duke is here, how could I have made such a mistake. Hey, I am really old, and I dreamed of the Duke a few days ago."

The girls saw Jia Mu like this, said the first and forgot the latter, and asked the second wife to tell the whole story, so they talked about it themselves.He also said that he dreamed of the old man, the old man, and the person who had gone before, which might not be an auspicious sign. It seemed that the old lady’s good spirits when she celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival and her birthday appeared in front of her eyes. so.The old lady is a towering tree, which has been protecting these girls to live happily in the paradise. Even if there is a shadow, it disappears in a moment. Seeing that the old lady is really old now, not the humble one before The words made all the girls feel desolate.

Seeing that the whole room fell silent, Tanchun interrupted and said to Mrs. Wang, "What's going on? We're still confused?"

Mrs. Wang said: "Just now the master came in and said that Baoyu's godmother turned out to be a bastard. Now she is so angry that she was caught by Jin Yiwei and sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. She is going to be sentenced to death. It was her greed who was reported a few days ago. , not only everyone like us, but also the money from small households. I also forgot what the name of one was, because I thought it would cost several times the price of my own house, but the pawnshop refused, so I bought her off Of course, the inner house of that family knew this Ma Daopo, and she seized the opportunity to make her sick by evil methods. Later, because the family couldn't cure them, she offered a gift of more than ten taels of silver for the cure. She coveted It is said that it can be cured, and it is cured after burning paper money or something. It is also due to her downfall. When she left, she dropped a silk bag, which contained paper figurines and evil incense. The family picked it up, and she found it back I tied it up and searched, and sure enough, I found a lot of dirty things. I sent it to the camp. This old thing had to be frightened, and I was recruited. I went to her house again, and found a lot of clay sculptures of evil spirits. The box is full of incense, there are countless paper figurines in the cabinet, and the account books I keep. I don’t know how many things are going on above, so let’s not talk about it.”

All the girls were stunned, but Daiyu had always had Qingxuan talk about the filth in the temples of nuns and monks. Seeing that Jiamu was sad, she thought of a remedy and said to Jiamu: "Old lady, we Worshiping gods and Buddhas is naturally sincere, but some evil people, relying on our sincerity, started it instead.Since Baoyu's godmother is not clean, let's say something disrespectful, we should also send someone to check the family temple in our house, don't let us be sincere to the Buddha, if we are cheap, the gods and Buddhas will say we are dishonest.If there is nothing, it will be good, if something is found out, it will be a great merit for us to be the master of Qingtian. "

Mother Jia was naturally unwilling to go to war, but she sincerely believed in the gods and Buddhas, and the gods and Buddhas might think that she was disrespectful and did not protect the Jia family, so naturally she didn't bother, so she gave orders.The next day, Lin Zhixiao's family checked and found that although there was nothing wrong with evil spirits, there were a lot of filth, not to mention squandering sesame oil money.Annoyed, Jia Mu drove out all the nuns and Taoists in these temples, and would rather go to the famous big temple when she could spend her time in the county than raise them at home.

Mrs. Wang thought it was troublesome at first, but this time the temple was banned, which saved a lot of money, so she turned her anger into joy.

The author has something to say: this is a transition, so the writing is not very good, but this is the beginning of Jia's failure