The Heart of the Red Chamber

As a member of the crossing army, Wang Ren actually doesn't have much advantage. He majored in international trade in college, and the dynasty he belongs to is not closed to the outside world, but the foreign trade is relatively small. Most importantly, with Wang Ren's background, if he dared to tell Wang Ziteng that he wanted to go into business, Wang Ziteng's first reaction would be to pick up the board and beat him up.

Of course, what makes Wang Ren more fortunate is that when he was in college, he took two years of classical literature in order to become a flower in the Chinese Department. Can fight for the reputation of early wisdom and good writing.

He also remembers some plots of "Dream of Red Mansions", but he doesn't seem to have many positive descriptions of his cheap father. He only knows that his father has been promoted, but he died before he reached the peak of his official career. , Since then, the four major families have fallen one after another.

In any case, it can be seen that Wang Ziteng is still a very capable person. Although the red scholars all guessed that he was on the wrong team when he won the throne, even if he was on the wrong team, the emperor could still bear it. By the time he dies, even if his death is full of conspiracy, it already shows what his means are.This gave Wang Ren a sense of security, at least the final outcome of the Wang family did not end in confiscation and exile.

The population of Wang Ziteng's house is very simple. His first wife is from the Sun family in Shanxi, and she is also a scholar for many generations. on this marriage.

Wang Ziteng also respected Madam Sun very much. Over the years, even though he had several concubines, he never allowed them to become pregnant. Every time afterward, he would just eat a bowl of avoidant soup. Therefore, the back house was quite For the sake of peace, Mrs. Sun saved a lot of trouble.

Wang Ren also has an elder sister named Wang Xiyun, who was married before Wang Ren was born, married to Chen Yu, the youngest son of Chen Duanhe, the current servant of the household department. That's all for the daughter, what makes Wang Ren more embarrassed is that his nephew Chen Qian is a year and a half older than himself.

However, Wang Ziteng's population is not good, but the key issue is that besides a younger brother, Wang Ziteng also has two younger sisters, namely Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue who played a lot in Dream of Red Mansions.

Mrs. Wang is a prostitute, but at that time, although the Wang family and the Jia family were still family friends, but Wang Ziteng's father was injured on the battlefield, and his official career has been unhappy since then, and he is a head lower than the Jia family. Therefore, Mrs. Wang She can only marry Duke Rong's second son, Jia Zheng. Now, she has a son and a daughter. The eldest son, Jia Zhu, is six years older than Wang Ren. The eldest daughter, Yuan Chun, is as old as Wang Ren, but only five years old. With the favor of the old lady in the house, life is quite satisfactory.

As for Aunt Xue, she is a concubine, and when she was at home, she was not liked by her aunt, so she could only marry into the Xue family. The ancestor of the Xue family, Ziwei Sheren, donated his family wealth as military funds. Later, the Xue family became an imperial merchant, but behind the scenes, it was the General Secretary who controlled Jinling for generations and monitored the officials in Jiangnan for the emperor. Therefore, Only then can he be looked at high.Two years ago, the Xue family sent someone to announce the good news, saying that they had a brother named Xue Pan, who was strong and strong, and they were very happy.

At that time, even if the momentum of these two families was not thriving, they were still deeply rooted and stable as Mount Tai. At this time, who would have thought that so many bad things would happen to these two families later?

Among so many relatives, Wang Ren only met his brother-in-law's family and Jia's family.

Leaving aside the Chen family, the family background is not considered prominent. The Chen family was just a landlord in Cangzhou at first. Later, Chen Duanhe got a good reputation in the examination and met a teacher who was willing to support him. He himself is extremely capable and tactful. Therefore, the official career can be regarded as smooth, and the Chen family can be regarded as prosperous.Chen Yu was also able to study. After two years of marriage with Wang Xiyun, he won the second-class Jinshi. Now he is doing editing in the Imperial Academy, and his future is extremely bright.

As for the Jia family, Jia Daishan is gone now, and Jia She, who inherits the title, has no ambitions. Of course, it is useless even if he has ambitions.His first wife was born in the Zhang family, which is also a scholarly family. It is a pity that Jia She is not hesitant. When his eldest son Jia Hu was four years old, he caught a cold. Mrs. Zhang almost died because of her son. Unfortunately, at this time Jia She hooked up with a dowry girl next to Mrs. Zhang. When Jia Hu died, that maid broke the good news, and she was so angry that Mrs. Zhang vomited blood on the spot.The servant girl was not in a good mood either, Mrs. Zhang was not a face person, after she came to her senses, she poured a bowl of red flowers into the servant girl in front of a group of Tongfang aunts, and the servant girl had a miscarriage in the yard.

Since then, the husband and wife have been in the same bed and different dreams. They put on an appearance of respecting each other in front of outsiders, but in fact they are respecting each other like ice.Later, Mrs. Zhang became pregnant with her second child, but it was a pity that her previous body was not well maintained. After Jia Lian was born, her body has not changed very well. It stands to reason that she should calm down and take care of her.

However, there are quite a lot of things in the Jia family. First, Jia Daishan passed away, and the old lady was partial to the second room, so she insisted on forcing Jia She and his wife to give up the main house, Rongxi Hall, to live in the second room. In the isolated courtyard.

Jia Amnesty was also careless, he didn't dare to quarrel with his old mother, and turned around to get angry with Mrs. Zhang. He was originally a greedy and lustful temperament, but now he has no scruples. He got into bed, Mrs. Zhang didn't have the energy to fight with him, so she could only get angry with herself, so depressed, at the beginning of the year, she finally couldn't hold on, and let go, leaving behind a four-year-old who is not very sensible Jia Lian.

With Mrs. Dafang gone, the housekeeper's power was transferred to Mrs. Wang.At this time, Mrs. Wang is not the second wife who eats fast and recites Buddha all day long. She has both children now, and Jia Zheng respects her a lot. What a sight.Wang Rennian saw her a few times during the New Year's Eve, and seeing that she always looked graceful and full of pride and complacency, one could tell that she was not generally satisfied with her current situation.

Mrs. Sun doesn't like her two sisters-in-law very much. They are too thoughtful and calculating. The Wang family is a family of meritorious service. Even the concubine has never been treated harshly or wronged. In this day and age, even if a lady is not ashamed to talk about money, if she is like a woman in the market, she will be looked down upon. Therefore, Mrs. Sun is also indifferent to the two sisters-in-law.

At Wang Ren's age, it was not yet time to worry about a group of careless relatives. Of course, at this time, these relatives did not show any worry.

The only thing Wang Ren needs to do is to study hard and make progress every day.

When Wang Ren had memorized all the surnames and thousand-character texts, Wang Zisheng and his family finally came to Beijing.

Wang Zisheng is said to be nearly ten years younger than Wang Ziteng, but it is estimated that he was hollowed out because of greed and lust, so he looks about the same age as Wang Ziteng.

Mrs. Shi seems to have a straightforward temperament, but unfortunately, she has never had a son born by herself, so her confidence is always lacking, and her aura is forced.Although her surname is Shi, she is not a direct descendant of the Shi family. She is only a cousin to the current head of the Shi family. The room she lives in is not considered prosperous in the Shi family. Otherwise, she would not have married the prince. Sheng is such an unofficial, unranked, especially talented second son.

Seeing Wang Ren now, Mrs. Shi showed envy on her face. As soon as Wang Ren saw the ceremony, she hugged Wang Ren and said affectionately: "Sister-in-law, this is brother Ren, he is a beautiful boy! Ren It’s the first time I’ve seen this collar, Brother Ren, let’s play with it!” As he spoke, he took off a gold necklace inlaid with agate gemstones around his neck, and stuffed it into Wang Ren’s hand.

Wang Ren was not too polite, he received a lot of such a meeting gift, besides, it was bestowed by the elders, and he dared not resign.Immediately bowed again: "Nephew thanked aunt for the reward!"

"Oh, what a clever brother!" Mrs. Shi rubbed Wang Ren even more, and then let go.

Mrs. Sun smiled and said: "Brother Ren is always naughty, but he can't stand the praise. Later, the master will say something about a loving mother who loses her son!"

Mrs. Shi's face showed a sad look, and she sighed: "As long as I have such a brother, even if he is only half as smart as Brother Ren, I would love him to my heart!"

Mrs. Sun can't say much anymore. Everyone has their own difficulties. This time the second wife came to Chang'an, and most of the concubines in Jinling were dismissed. She only brought two concubines with her, but it's already a day gone by. However, with Wang Zisheng's temperament, there is no such thing as Liu Xiahui. I am afraid that within two months, there will be Yingying Yanyan in the yard again, and a hundred flowers will bloom.

No matter how capable Mrs. Shi is, in this age, let alone mistresses, mistresses, mistresses, and so on are completely legal, even with a reputation of being jealous and unvirtuous, she can't stop her husband from taking concubines!With such a depressed mood, and she is not really young anymore, it is really difficult to have another one.

Mrs. Shi waved her hand and said, "Stop talking about these things, sister-in-law, you haven't seen my two daughters yet, come on, sister Luan, brother Feng, come and show your aunts!"

Wang Xiluan is only an eleven or twelve-year-old little girl at this time, but she is indeed a little beauty, and Wang Xifeng is still a three-year-old doll, always smiling, it makes people feel happy when they look at it .

One of the two girls was generous and the other innocent, which made Madam Sun smile. Madam Sun said with a smile: "Since Sister Yun got married, my place hasn't been this lively for a long time!"

Mrs. Shi hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, Sister Luan and Brother Feng will always have fun by Sister-in-law's side in the future, I'm afraid Sister-in-law will get bored by then!"

"How could it be!" Mrs. Sun's face was filled with kindness, "Aren't the daughters of my brothers and sisters just like my daughters? How can you be annoyed by your own daughter!"