[Red House Chai Dai] Salted Pork Knuckle, Crab Rice Wine

When Lin Daiyu built a family-friendly home for Jia’s family and took out 2000 taels of silver lightly and didn’t take it seriously, the Qin family was still unaccounted for the 4000 taels of silver left by Qin Zhong’s father, and several distant uncles, aunts, and brothers were sick. , They all surrounded Qin's house for a long time and refused to leave.

Qin Zhong had always been weak, and had been moved to the ground by his family at that time.His face was as white as wax, and his breathing was weak. He knew that his uncles and aunts were all looking forward to his death, so as to get the Qin family's fortune, but there was nothing he could do.

At this moment, there was a commotion, and Qin Zhong was agitated, struggling to raise his head halfway: "But Baoyu is here?" When he saw a group of ferocious palace envoys in green rushing in, his heart felt like falling into an ice cave.The uncles, aunts and brothers who had been staring at Qin Zhong and waiting for the group to share the food, when the group of palace envoys in green rushed in, one or two turned into shivering lambs, too frightened to say anything. They hid in the corners one by one, wishing there was a seam in the ground to get in.

"Our family came here to fetch you under the emperor's order. Heaven has the virtue of being good at life, and the Supreme Emperor also wants to reward you with dignity. Just drink this glass of wine." The leading servant said sharply.

Qin Zhongru was struck by lightning.He was originally a very clever child, and when he was dying, when he returned to the light, he suddenly remembered many past events that he had neglected.At that moment, he seemed to have grown up a lot. He knew that if he did it all over again, he would not be wasting his time like this, but he had no chance.

He made up his mind. "Thank you, father-in-law. Can you please wait for a while, so that the villain can settle the family affairs." Qin Zhong begged.He had never bowed his knees before, but he had to bow his head under the eaves.He is the only male in the Qin family. He is worried that no one is in charge of the housework, that his father still has three or four thousand taels of silver left behind, and that Zhizhi is still missing. According to Shuiyuean's aunt, Zhizhi's son escaped At that time, they already had the flesh and blood of their Qin family...

However, the leading servant was assigned such a hard job, knowing that there is no extra money to get, he was already cursing in his heart, when he was already impatient, how could he be extra merciful?

With his attitude like this, how can those people who work under him fail to figure out what he wants, and jump out and reprimand him: "You are still a scholar, don't you know the truth that sacred orders are hard to break?" In fact, it was just that the other party was ruthless Noodles can be sold, and there is no oil to fish for, so it's just a matter of being selfless.

The leading waiter sneered in his heart, not allowing Qin Zhong to say anything, lightly waved his hand, he had already lifted Qin Zhong's neck from side to side and forcefully poured down the wine.At this moment, Li Gui, Mingyan and others arrived surrounded by Baoyu.Baoyu first called out, "Brother Jing! Baoyu is here, Baoyu is here." He rushed straight into the inner room.

Seeing a crowd of people yelling and screaming, the leading servant raised his eyebrows and wanted to get angry. When he saw Baoyu's appearance and clothes, he knew that this must be a son of a noble family, so he pondered and did not act rashly.There have long been followers who are good at guessing their minds and came forward to inquire. Baoyu's long follower, Li Gui, is also a fine person, and he often deals with people. , is Qin Zhong's good friend, as he said that, he secretly took out an ingot of ingot from his sleeve and handed it to the leading servant, while making gestures to kowtow to him.

The leading servant is not a big or small leader, so he is naturally experienced, and there is nothing he doesn't understand. Seeing this tone, he knows that the other party is extraordinary, but when he turned around in his mind, he turned angry and said happily: "But Concubine Xiande The brother who was born to the empress? The emperor was still reading a few days ago, saying that there are such strange things in the world, and he must see them soon."

The leading servant is a smart man who knows the truth of the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister.Now the Jia family in Rongguo Mansion is very popular, if he is a famous person with great power like Xia Shouzhong and Dai Quan, it will be fine, but he is not valued by the higher-ups, and he is squeezed out in the palace, that's why he was so poor Such a chore, how can you not be cautious everywhere?

Seeing that Li Gui was about to kneel down, the servant was afraid that this guy was some kind of respectable person in Jia's mansion, so he didn't dare to accept his courtesy very much, so he helped him up with both hands, but in fact that pretending Li Gui hadn't knelt down yet.

The servant was busy complaining to the people below again: "Since Mr. Qin is a friend of Lord Bao, how can we take the time to replace him. Although we have the emperor's life, we have to sell Lord Bao's face, be a favor, and retire. Go out, ask them to say a few words of their own, and then pay attention to it. It is expected that Lord Bao has a lot, and he will not deliberately embarrass us, will he?"

When the servants saw that the leading servant was like this, they couldn't help panicking, and complained secretly in their hearts: "Your old man is waiting for the wind and fire, thunder and hail, so you can't see the word Baoyu." Everyone quietly retreated to the side, waiting for Qin Zhong to say a few last words.

Unexpectedly, the medicine was poured in a hurry just now, and the poison has already penetrated into the lungs. Qin Zhong took Baoyu's hand, shook it tremblingly, and said, "You and I are conceited and smart, and I just found out today that it was all wrong. I just hope you get lost..." Before he could say a word, black blood oozed out from the corner of his mouth, and he died in Baoyu's arms.

Baoyu was only eleven or twelve years old. Although he had gone through several funerals, he had never seen such a scene before. He was so frightened that he passed out.

Li Gui, Mingyan and others rushed to snatch Baoyu back, and took them back to Jia's mansion no matter what happened.Only then did Baoyu wake up, and although she was mournful, Li Gui and Mingyan tried to persuade her on the surface, but secretly said happily, "Second Master was frightened, it's good to cry, and if you cry, maybe you'll be fine."

When they met Jiamu, Li Gui and Mingyan knew that they were serious, so they just faltered and vaguely said that Jiamu had become a fine person, and they couldn't hear anything.At that time, Daiyu, Baochai and Sanchun sisters were all at Jiamu's place. Li Wan, observing her words and demeanor, was going to take all the sisters out.Jia Mu ordered the screen to retreat to the left and right, to interrogate herself, and ordered Xiren to help Baoyu go back to her room for recuperation.Unexpectedly, Baoyu cried all the way, but at this time he laughed smirkly, pushed away the attacker, and said with a smile to Jia Mu: "These two slaves are not eloquent. I'm afraid the old ancestor won't understand, so let me talk back."

Seeing him with a half-smile, Jia Mu knew that he had never been through such a scene. She was frightened and felt sorry for him. She wanted to drive him to rest, but Baoyu refused, and just said loudly: " When the grandson arrived at Qin's house, Qin Zhong was already in a daze, and his soul had already left him. Many ghost judges came to arrest him with a license. Because he heard his grandson coming, he asked the judge of Nadu, and the judge said The grandson was very lucky, so let him come back. But Qin Zhong's throat was blocked by phlegm, although he returned to his soul, he couldn't speak. He just looked at his grandson, shook his head, and let out a groan in his throat. Let’s go.” As he said, he shed tears.He knew clearly that Qin Zhong died in vain, he only hated himself for being helpless, so he could only make random references to ghosts and gods to comfort his regret.

Listening to his nonsense, Jia Mu said first, "You are a weird child. How can there be so many strange things?" Yuanyang went to prepare dozens of taels of silver and ordered them to be sent to Qin's family for the funeral.For the rest, it was natural for Baoyu to volunteer and do the work of preparing the ceremony and hanging the paper.Jia Mu was afraid that he would be sad, so she ordered Daiyu, Baochai and Sanchun sisters to play with him from time to time to reduce grief.It's just that a passionate person like Baoyu has to miss and mourn every day, and there is nothing he can do about it.

While the construction of Jia's provincial relatives' courtyard was in full swing, it was a foregone conclusion that Grandma Liu's family would move into the capital.A tree needs face, and a person needs skin. When something like that happens, the simple country people will inevitably point fingers at Wang Gou'er's family.Even though Baochai tried every means to follow the path of his uncle Wang Ziteng's family without revealing Xiangling's whereabouts, so as to avoid the pain of Wang Gou'er's prison, the invisible pressure of public opinion is still beyond the reach of Wang Gou'er's family. bearable.

In the end, Wang Liushi still couldn't make up his mind to fight Wang Gou'er.For a woman like her, the idea that her husband is heaven and a woman should be patient has long been ingrained in her mind.What should she do after her death with Wang Gou'er, and how will she live alone without anyone to rely on? Just thinking about these things makes her feel scared and daunting.So for the time being there is no other way but to endure and cry.

Fortunately, most of the wives in the world who encounter unkind people are like this. No matter how unsatisfactory they are, no matter how bad their husbands are, they will only cry a few times before resigning to their fate.Even if someone persuaded her to reconcile, she would turn around and scold that person for malicious intent.Even though Mr. Wang and Liu's heart was bewitched by Mr. Yao's few words, firstly, Mr. Yao had been proved by Baochai to be unreliable, and secondly, Mr. Yao had never really planned for her a divorce after divorce. Road, she herself is a woman who has no ability and no opinion, and gradually that idea fades away, lost in the crowd of women who resigned to their fate after crying, and continue to live with cloudy eyes, not knowing her own The state of life is called despair, and I don't think that women have any hope after meeting someone who is not good.

Although Baochai has some complaints about Mr. Yao, who is ambitious and talented, but he takes good care of Grandma Liu's family in every possible way.Since Grandma Liu's family was not familiar with the place where they lived, Ying'er's family and Chen Yi's family were all in charge of buying the house. They found two adjacent houses for them, each with more than a dozen houses.

Although the courtyard is not very big, it is also quiet.One of the houses was lived by Wang Gou'er, Wang Liushi, Ban'er, and Qing'er's family, and Grandma Liu lived in the other house with Xiangling.They also set up a small shop not far from home, and let them do the gold silk business.The total cost was only a few hundred taels of silver, of which Wang Gou'er's family lived in a house that they paid for, and the other house and shop were all funded by Xiangling. Because Xiangling's private house was not enough, Baochai also paid in advance.

Grandma Liu's family was quite satisfied, and the next day they checked in, they went to the silk and satin village to say hello and thank them, but Baochai was not there, so people spread the word that now that they have a lot of money, they should buy a few people to take care of them. system.