A Dream of Red Mansions Unexpected Visitors

At this moment, because of the happy event of Baoyu's marriage, Jia's mother became a little more energetic, and wanted to go to the temple to worship.Sister Feng persuaded her even more vigorously, because what she said to the Jia family from outside was not pleasant, and moreover, the family temples belonging to the Jia family had no shelter, and the officials in the capital revealed all the filthy things hidden there. After coming out, many people were also arrested in the branches of the Jia family.Jia She knew that Jia's mother couldn't stand this, he didn't want to let his mother know these things to make him angry, so he told everyone to hide it, Sister Feng wanted to please her father-in-law at the moment, so naturally she didn't dare to disobey of.Second, half of what she and Jia's mother said a few days ago were not true.There are many imperial merchants in the capital, but Jia Baoyu is notorious for not liking reading and being romantic. Even if the Jia family has the shade of their ancestors and can still pass the imperial examination, I'm afraid they can't rely on Baoyu. When the next generation grows up, then It's been so many years, I want to get married with Baoyu because of the relationship with the eldest son of the Jia family. Maybe they've all changed.Second, even if the family of the imperial merchant has a Shang character on it, there is still a royal character in front of it. Now that there are so many changes in the capital, there are countless upstarts, many of whom are from poor families, and they will not look down on the imperial merchant. Although the status is not obvious now, they all have great prospects. For example, Feng Long's bodyguard in front of General Chen Yun, although he does not have a formal official position, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that General Chen asked him to follow the experience. A captain of the fifth rank, why bother to find a Jia Baoyu who is as good as he is.

Therefore, in fact, Sister Feng counted and counted, and Xia Jingui was the only one who could really be said, but she was considered a second marriage, and her reputation was not the same as that of Jia's family.There is also the one who only cares about money, and Miss Xia is not stupid, so naturally she will not agree.This marriage can be said to be successful this time because Xia Jingui knew that Jia Baoyu was very handsome, his face was like the flowers of the dawn moon, and he couldn't delay it because of his age.Everyone in the mansion knew the news, even Baoyu himself knew it, but Jia Mu didn't.It would be bad if she was allowed to go out of the mansion right now and listen to gossip.As expected, as soon as Mother Jia came back from the outside, she turned pale and passed out again.

The old lady really did not know about Xia Jingui's scandal and what outsiders said, as Sister Feng wished. She would rather keep the money on the old lady's pageant, just to separate the crowd.But who would have thought that when she was chanting Buddha alone, those little novice monks whispered something that caught her in the face. Not only did the news that Baoyu heard last time fall into her ears, but they also added a lot of embellishment.These gossips naturally became more and more outrageous. In the past few days, the old lady heard the rumors and already added ten times the bad things done by the Jia family.She had already guessed that the Jia family's reputation would be bad, but she didn't expect it to be so unbearable, and she didn't expect that the things in the secret would be exposed. Otherwise, she wouldn't have hoped to be favored by Yuan Chun back then, but she thought that women were ruthless enough inside the house, and men were not bad outside, and even because no one persuaded her, she let her go even more.

But Jia Mu woke up after a while after feeding the ginseng soup when she returned home. Sister Feng had already asked the boy to find out clearly, but she beat and scolded, but it couldn't be undone. Sister Feng knew this I can't decide what to do by myself, so I hurriedly told Jia Lian and Jia Amnesty.Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian also knew that it wasn't Sister Feng's fault. There was no way to stop such gossip, but recently there were no topics that could divert the public's attention.What's more, everyone scolded Jia's mansion and other families that were copied, and then praised the emperor. The emperor wished that the rumors could last longer, how could they stop it.So Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian didn't blame Sister Feng. When Jia Mu woke up, they called Mrs. Xing, who was playing with her brother, and the four of them knelt by Jia Mu's bed together, silent.

Unexpectedly, Mother Jia didn't lose her temper this time, she couldn't help letting Sister Feng stay, and let everyone else go out.But she didn't say anything else, she just said to Sister Feng: "Young girl Feng, tell me honestly, what's the secret behind Baoyu's marriage with Xia Jingui?"

It turned out that Mother Jia just woke up after being dizzy for a while, but she didn't want to see anyone.When she thought about what people outside said about Jia's family, her heart ached unbearably, but Jia's mother was Jia's mother after all, she was the former housewife of a noble girl, she slowly figured it out.At that time, many of the nobles who interacted with my family were like this, but they had power in their hands at that time, so naturally no one dared to discuss it.Once you are down and out, are you still waiting for others to look at your face?I think the Zhen family was so good with my own family back then. When the house was ransacked, I begged to come to my own house, but I didn’t see him. When the second family came forward, they just left a few boxes of money, and they were all greedy. I remember they came to pick it up later. However, it was just 200 taels of silver and the rest went to Jia's house.If Jia's family hadn't had a big house now, they might not be as good as the Zhen's family back then.When Jia's mother woke up, she realized that Jia's family was now supported by the big house, so she naturally didn't want to offend her. It didn't matter to her that she was an old lady, but the Baoyu left behind needed to be taken care of by the big house, as well as Jia Lan and Huan. Two elder brothers, although I don't want to see them, but they are also the heirs of the second house, so I can't watch them live by begging for a living like some down-and-out Zhen family members.

It's just that now that Mother Jia has an understanding of the reputation of the Jia family, she naturally knows that what Sister Feng said to herself a few days ago must be untrue, and the rumors about the Jia family will naturally disappear in the future. If it can be suppressed, when the Jia family has a promising person in the future, I am afraid that people will have no reason to praise the Jia family, so there is no rush.It's just that Baoyu's marriage has been put on the agenda, so Mother Jia is naturally unwilling to do it in a muddle-headed way.

Sister Feng knew that Mother Jia had only heard rumors about the Jia family, but not about Xia Jingui, so she was naturally unwilling to tell the truth, so she stammered a few words.Mother Jia was even more suspicious, and said coldly, "Girl Feng, you see that I am old and can't move in bed, so you don't take me seriously." Sister Feng knelt down hurriedly, saying that she dared not.Jia Mu said again with tears in her eyes, "Old man, why didn't you take me away and leave me in this world to see how your children and grandchildren bully me." Naturally, he couldn't resist, so he had to tell the truth about Xia Jingui.

But I heard Sister Feng say: "Old ancestor, you forgot that the father-in-law decided to tell Sun Shaozu of the Ministry of War about the marriage of the second girl. Later, the second girl made a marriage agreement. The father-in-law became everyone, Sun Shaozu and Xia's family. The girl made a marriage, since the Xia family is an imperial merchant, there is also some relationship, and the emperor was still there at the beginning, so our family followed suit, and Sun Shaozu easily found a vacancy and took office."

Jia's mother hurriedly said: "Since the Xia family is engaged to the Sun family, how can they promise my Baoyu? How can there be a saying that a daughter of one family promises two families?"

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "Sun Shaozu is in a hurry to take office, one of Xia's business is in the capital, and the other is Miss Xia is a pampered girl, so why would she want to follow Sun Shaozu to that remote place to obtain qualifications, and wait three years later. Make arrangements for Sun Shaozu to come to the capital and get married again. Therefore, Sun Shaozu went to the post by himself. Because he only has an old mother, and the marriage of the two families has already been settled, and there are only orphans and widows in the family, so the two families live together. Together. However, Sun Shaozu is a restless person who rebelled with the Zhongshun rebels, and his head has already been beheaded."

Jia's mother was even more angry: "Such an unlucky family dares to tell Baoyu. I would rather let Baoyu marry a village girl than let him marry such a poor girl."

Sister Feng said aggrievedly: "Old lady, do you think I don't love Baoyu on weekdays? Naturally, I plan for Baoyu. Then Sun Shaozu took office just because he was engaged. Miss Xia is still a girl with a yellow flower. On the other hand, I On the contrary, it was because Miss Xia could really suppress her temper that people thought of her. At that time, after Sun Shaozu was beheaded, he naturally wanted to ransack his house, but Miss Xia slipped away quickly and went home with her own things. Who would want to let go of a large amount of wealth? The Xia family is well-known in the capital for being rich. Officials have already calculated how much money they can share, but when they went to copy it, they realized that Miss Xia had all her belongings. After returning home, I even took a lot of things from the Sun family, you must know that Sun Shaozu also knows how to sneak in, and after three years of clearing the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver, I don’t know how many things were sent back, but in the end, not many things were copied.”

Seeing that Jia Mu could listen, Sister Feng went on to say, "These people chased after them, and Miss Xia scolded the street in the street: "My mother and the Sun's family are just engaged, but they haven't really married yet. How can there be any copy of the engagement? If you dare to move, the old lady will go to knock on the Dengwen drum.' Those yamen servants who called didn't move, didn't move, and finally returned the things of the Sun family and exchanged a paper of resignation. But it turned out that Xia Jingui knew that The rest of the Sun family regarded the Xia family as a life-saving straw, and they definitely didn't want to let him go back, so they pretended to Sun Shaozu's old lady: "Grandma, I will take back the things at home as mine, and those yamen servants naturally dare not Copy, the emperor talks about filial piety, you will definitely not be sentenced to severe punishment, and I, a girl who has not really married, will naturally not be able to move, and I will have something to take care of at that time, so I can't wait for a big day like the Chinese New Year to let you out. . "The old man didn't know that this treason was unforgivable, so he believed the girl's words and asked her to take back most of his belongings. Then the government really copied the name of Xia's family, not to mention the fact that Xia's family moved around. There are too many families, and now the Huigui people in the palace are favored by the emperor because of the saying, "Why do you need light blue and deep red, it is the first-class flower", so they love osmanthus deeply. Dao said that as long as the government can get the Sun family's resignation document, he will let those yamen servants take away the Sun family's things. The old lady of the Sun family put her fingerprints on the resignation document. Except for Xia Jingui's reputation, the Xia family had no loss at all, but Miss Xia had a "shrew" in her reputation. Even a man can't compare to his tricks."

Mother Jia thought that although she loves Sister Feng and can make herself laugh, what she really likes is the taciturn one, but from the current situation of Jia's family, it can be seen that those who can talk may not be able to do things, and those who are taciturn may not necessarily be able to do things. It's just that she has no scheming, although this girl from the Xia family has a second marriage in her name, but the Jia family's reputation is not good at present, it's not good at all, just get a good deal.

Seeing that Jia's mother was still silent, Sister Feng continued: "The ancestors in our house never liked those girls who whimpered like mosquitoes. This summer girl is refreshing. As long as she comes to our house, she can really plan for us." , can be regarded as a rare person."

Jia's mother was moved, but she didn't want to let Sister Feng go so easily, and said: "You have also seen that Miss Xia and Sun's mother have lived together for three years, and even raising a dog can cultivate affection. , she can easily give up and only think about herself. How do you know that she can think about our family when she enters the door of our house? There is no such good thing as wishful thinking. "

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "Old Ancestor, how could I not have thought of this? In this Sun family, Sun Shaozu has been away for three years, and none of them are officially married and have children. This Miss Xia has feelings for the old man of the Sun family. She is the one who sympathizes with the old man of the Sun family, but if those yamen servants beat up the snake and gobble up the Xia family, who can make the decision for them. The Xia family also has this Miss Xia How could she not consider her own mother? When this Miss Xia comes into our house, Baoyu will definitely stay in Beijing. When my aunt drove Xiren’s girl out, do you still remember that girl? We had a miscarriage, we Baoyu and Miss Xia were newlyweds and held each other for three years, we don’t have to worry that Miss Xia’s heart won’t come to Jia’s house, naturally when a woman has a child, she only cares about the child.”

When Jia's mother heard it, it was natural that she married into Jia's family, but she was not willing to pay money when something happened to the Shi family.Seeing that Sister Feng was still kneeling, she even helped her up and said, "My good boy, I was really confused and misunderstood you." Naturally, Sister Feng hurriedly said that she was afraid of her ancestors' worries, so she didn't explain the matter clearly.The two were in harmony again.Jia Mu smiled and said to Sister Feng: "Girl Feng, I'm getting old and confused. You are the smart girl. I will entrust Baoyu's affairs to you. Seeing how you are now, you are really capable. You can support this family, don't worry, if Lian'er bullies you in the future, you will come to me." Sister Feng knew that this was Jia's mother's guarantee and support for her, so she quickly agreed, anyway, this matter was also If you want to do it yourself, Mrs. Xing has already taken the initiative to delegate power. Mother Jia can think whatever she wants. It is good to reassure the old man by herself.

The author has something to say: Why light blue and dark red, the first-rate flower is Nalan's word, I like it very much