Edge of the Red Chamber

Jia Lian walked and stubbornly traveled all the way, and arrived in Beijing before the Dragon Boat Festival.

Wang Xifeng welcomed Jia Lian in, and the wine and food were ready in the room. Wang Xifeng personally held the pot and poured a glass for Jia Lian, saying, "Second Master has had a hard journey, so hurry up and drink a glass to relieve fatigue."

Far better than the newlyweds, Wang Xifeng was modest and attentive, and Jia Lian felt that half of her body was numb. She pulled Wang Xifeng's hand and told her to sit down, saying, "You have a drink with me." Ping'er hurriedly took the maid and left.

Wang Xifeng blushed, looked left and right, and saw that the maids had been taken out by Ping'er, so she allowed Jia Lian to act, and said angrily, "Don't worry about it, the maids in the room are not afraid of people seeing the joke. "

The husband and wife drank a cup, but Wang Xifeng didn't dare to be reckless, but accompanied Jia Lian, and while serving Jia Lian, he asked, "Why didn't Sister Lin take it?"

Hearing this, Jia Lian put down his chopsticks, with a gloomy expression on his face, and said, "I was stopped by my uncle before I even finished speaking," and said, "It's no wonder that sister Lin didn't keep her filial piety when my aunt left. What does it look like to come to a relative's house?" As he spoke, he took a cup and drank it down.

Wang Xifeng poured wine for him with a smile, and scolded: "My lord, it's easy to say. The old lady has been studying for a few months, just waiting for you to pick her up. If you say this, the careful old lady will not obey you."

Speaking of Jia's mother, Jia Lian remembered Jia's mother's confession before leaving, that the food and wine were no longer tasteful, and sighed: "Brother Yu is rushing to get married at this time, I'm afraid it's because of Sister Lin, a girl. A son has no elders to teach and no sisters to accompany him. Now that my sister-in-law is here, it is really inappropriate for us to talk about it."

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng sighed and said, "That's not the reason? It's just that you know that the old lady's aunt is the one who loves her the most in her life. Now that her aunt is gone, she may feel so hurt. She wants to see Sister Lin. It's reasonable." But he thought to himself: "How do you know what the old lady is thinking? The old lady loves Baoyu so much, only girls from other people's families are not worthy of Baoyu, and there is no one who is not worthy of Baoyu. For others, my aunt actually disagreed with Baoyu and Sister Lin's marriage. How can she be angry? But the only way to maintain the friendship between the two families is marriage. Originally, my aunt was not very close to the family, and my uncle treated the family at home. For my aunt's sake, if my aunt leaves now, I'm afraid she will be far away from our house, and I really can't think of any other way except to bring Sister Lin to the house."

After dinner, Jia Lian took a bath and changed his clothes. He didn't dare to rest, so he went to Jiamu's room.

Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun and Baoyu are all in Jiamu's house, all together.Someone came in and said that the second master Lian was back, and Baoyu asked, "I don't know what sister Lin likes to eat, so I'd better ask the kitchen to prepare it earlier."

But when Jia Mu heard that there was no Daiyu's words, she understood a little and was not happy. However, seeing that Baoyu was very interested, she also knew that he liked to put his heart on girls and would not disappoint him, so she refrained from asking.Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Your sister Lin likes to eat."

Hearing this, Baoyu was really happy again, and asked again, "about when will you arrive?"

The servant girl said: "The people who just came back said that the second master Lian has already disembarked. I'm afraid he has already entered the city at this moment, and he should arrive in half an hour."

Baoyu was obviously a little disappointed, but he became happy again after a while.Jia Mu's expression was not clear, and she suddenly said: "A few days ago you were ill, thanks to the blessing of the Bodhisattva, but you have not gone to fulfill your wish. I see that it is not hot today, so you should go early and return early."

Where is Baoyu willing, lingering in Jiamu's arms like a twisted candy, "Old ancestor, sister Lin came here for the first time today. The second sister, the third sister and the fourth sister are all here. I am the only one who is not here. It's so boring. I will go tomorrow too." Same."

Jia Mu just coaxed, and said: "Your sister Lin came from a long way. She has always been in poor health, so she must rest. When you come back from the temple, I will meet you just in time. Wouldn't it be good?"

As soon as Baoyu heard it, he believed it. He shouted and attacked people, and went back to Bisha kitchen in a gust of wind. After changing his clothes, he hurried out of the city.

Jia Mu said anxiously, "Baoyu, don't worry." "Baoyu, it's still early." " "Baoyu, walk slowly on the road." "Ask a few more people to follow. If Baoyu bumps somewhere, be careful with your skin." There are many explanations in it, and I can't explain them all.

As soon as Baoyu went, Jia Mu said that she was tired and went away.

The four members of Lai's family are no better than Jia Lian. They came here in a hurry after returning home and changing their clothes.

Jiamu gave the seat, and the four sat next to each other.

When the maids poured tea, Mother Jia didn't ask if Daiyu was picked up, but only asked how Jia Min got sick that day, how she consulted a doctor and took medicine, and how she sent her to die for funeral. , the only one who loves me, if I leave today, I won't even be able to see her face to face, I thought, Miss Lin must be like her mother, and Min'er said the same thing in her usual letters, so I wanted to pick her up , I just want to see Min'er's face." After finishing speaking, he began to cry.

The four members of Lai's family also had red eyes and began to cry together, and then explained with Yuanyang to comfort them, and then stopped a little.

Lai's family brought up the matter of Lin Jue's marriage again, and Jia's mother was really happy, saying: "The child grew up to five years old in front of me. I didn't expect that he is married now." He asked again: "Look at it." , how about his wife?"

Everyone in Lai smiled and said that the old lady is very lucky, and said: "All grandsons and daughter-in-laws are good, and this grandson-in-law is also a good one." You can't say all the good words in the world at once before you give up.

Jia's mother was also happy, and still said, "If that's the case, it's Ju'er's blessing."

After asking some more questions about the marriage, and estimating the time, he sent the four of them back to rest, "You guys are tired from this trip, so you can rest when you go back."

After the four of them left for a while, a maid came in and said that Jia Lian had already entered the door, and she went back to freshen up first, and she would be there in a while.

As soon as Jia Lian came in, she heard Jia's mother say, "Lian'er is back."

Jia Lian went up to give Qianer a call and said, "The old ancestor is well."

Jia Mu pointed to the chair, motioned Jia Lian to sit down, and asked, "Tell me about the situation at that time."

Jia Lian sat down, and then he talked about what he said to Lin Hai after he entered the study until he was pulled out of the study by Lin Jue, and he said it carefully from beginning to end, and finally said: "The filial piety was born in the year after tomorrow, and it coincided with the fall of autumn. In the spring of the next year, it will be Chunwei again, Brother Yi is already a child, and if he must come to Beijing, it will be the same when we take him to our house at that time."

Jia Lian thought of such a way out of fear that Daiyu Jiamu would be punished if he did not pick up Daiyu.

Jia Mu nodded and said: "There is no one in Beijing, and the old house has not been lived for a long time. He should live in our house." After that, she said: "The last time Xing'er came back, he said that it was your uncle's house. There is an old lady, I don’t understand, isn’t the old lady in their family gone? Why is there another old lady, but I don’t know which one it is? Your aunt never heard of it when she was alive.”

Jia's mother asked casually, and Jia Lian didn't take it seriously. She only thought that Jia's mother missed Jia Min, and said, "it's the old lady in the next room. Her husband died when she was young, and she didn't have a son under her knees." When my aunt was sick, my uncle picked it up. I think it was because my aunt was seriously ill and there was no one to take care of the house, so I took the old lady home."

Mother Jia only felt her heart and soul were broken. First she took an old lady to the house, and then married her eldest son within a day.

"That's true. There must be a long-standing old man in their family. Otherwise, if the daughter-in-law enters the door, the screwdriver in the house will be turned upside down. What's more, your aunt has always been soft-hearted, and the old lady has no children. She is also a pitiful person." People. Your uncle and aunt will respect you, and you will have someone to give them to you when you go. This is a good thing to do good deeds, and it is only good for your uncle and aunt." Jiamu has a lot of things in her heart, what she thinks in her heart, and her face He didn't show it either, and said: "I remember that there is a girl in the other room of their house who is married to a girl from the Xu family in Ping'an Prefecture. I wonder if it is that one?"

Why did Jia Lian care about those things? At that time, he heard that the old lady was chanting Buddha at home all day, and ignored everything, so she didn't ask more questions. She didn't expect Jia's mother to ask such detailed questions. She couldn't answer for a while, so she was so boring. The grandson didn't ask in detail, he just said that he was chanting at home all day and never went out."

"She is blessed." After a while, Mother Jia sighed, but there was no smile on her face.

Jia Lian only thought that Jia Mu was an old person, so she thought too much, and because her heart softened when she saw a poor person, she hurriedly said: "Who is more blessed than the old ancestors."

Hearing this, Jia's mother scolded with a smile: "I'm a worried person. If you have half of your brothers, I won't worry about it."

Knowing that what Jia's mother was talking about was Lin Yu's winning the exam at a young age, Jia Lian laughed and said nothing, "I can't compare with Brother Yu".

"That's all." Jia's mother also knew that Jia Lian was not this material, and even Jia Zhu couldn't compare, so she only looked at Baoyu.Thinking of Baoyu, Jia's mother became happy.

Born differently, he is definitely not a mortal, and I don't know which god descended to the mortal world to endure calamities. The future of Jia's family may depend on him.It's just that Jia Lian has no talent, and Jia Huan is a concubine, so he can't get on the stage.No matter how good Baoyu is, without an arm, it is difficult to walk alone. The Lin family still can't go far.

After thinking for a while, he said again: "Baoyu's body is not in good shape either, so she runs around all day... I thought, why don't you ask your uncle to recommend one. Yu'er has won the exam, and Yan'er also After entering school, Baoyu is also smart, so we can't delay him."

In fact, in Jiamu's heart, Baoyu is the best in the world.And in her eyes, where a family with a good family background needs an imperial examination to become an official, the family has its own shade, which is decent.Now I can't take Lin Daiyu to my house, so I ask Lin Hai to recommend a husband, just because I want to have more frequent contact with the Lin family.

Jia Lian agreed, and Mother Jia asked some more about Jia Min's funeral and Lin Yu's wedding, who came, which one gave the most important gift, and which one gave the lightest gift, so I can't list them all.