Edge of the Red Chamber

Neither Lu Huixian nor Zhang Feng'e brought their children, so Jia's mother took care of Chen at home.Hearing the words, he was really happy, and said: "Why didn't you say it earlier? I would be happy if you taught me." He asked how his appetite was, and what the doctor said.

Lu Huixian said: "It's our rule, even the in-laws didn't say anything about it. Wait until the first three months are over and the child is safe, and then write."

Jia Mu said: "We say we are from the south, but we have never been to the south in our life. When we were young, we heard the old man at home mention that there is indeed such a rule, but it is not popular in Beijing."

Lu Huixian said: "Our family has always followed the rules of our hometown."

Yuanyang led a woman in, holding a big lacquer box, and stood at the door, when a little maid stepped forward, lifted the lid, and brought out a bowl of vegetables, Suyun took it and placed it in front of Daiyu.Bi Yue brought a pot of hot wine, Li Wan pointed to Lu Huixian, and Lu Huixian hurriedly covered the cup and said, "The wine is fine, I just want some hot soup and hot dishes."

Li Wan looked at Jia Mu, who waved her hand and said, "They are not outsiders. Don't let anyone else. If she doesn't eat, then don't eat." Then he said to Zhang Feng'e, Daiyu and Grandma Liu Xichun, "Don't Pay attention to her, if you want to eat, just eat." He asked Li Wan to pour her a cup, and said, "Pour a cup for my old relatives too." Grandma Liu was so eager to say, she brought the cup and handed it to Li Wan, and Li Wan poured a cup. Ask Zhang Feng'e and Lin Daiyu again, they don't eat, and Li Wan really doesn't persuade them.

The first dish was quail eggs and meatballs. Li Wan took a small bowl and filled a bowl with Grandma Liu. Grandma Liu laughed immediately and said, "I recognize it this time." Laughing, no one said that Grandma Liu was wrong.

Everyone picked up the chopsticks, and there was a lot of noise outside saying that sister Qiao had passed out.

Li Wan quickly put down his chopsticks, ordered the little maid to come in, and got off the kang, while Suyun waited on her to put on her shoes.Jia Mu was also taken aback, and said, "What's the matter? Don't scare me, I'm too old to stand it." Then she asked for a doctor.

Daiyu said: "The old lady is in a hurry and confused. Where can I ask for a ready-made doctor?"

Only then did Dr. Zhang come to mind, and Mother Jia didn't care, so she hurriedly asked, "Where is Dr. Zhang? Please go over and have a look."

Lu Huixian said, "I'll go and have a look." Just as she was about to get up, Jia Mu held her down and said, "Your sister-in-law Zhu, how can you be used?" She said to Li Wan, "Go and see, this child It's also pitiful, Lian'er is not here, and her mother has gone, so you should take care of her more as an aunt in the future."

Li Wan also stopped her and said, "You are a guest today, just sit comfortably." He returned to Jia Mu's words and said, "If the old lady doesn't say anything, I should do the same. Otherwise, who am I? No As for the friendship between me and her, even Miss Qiao really deserves to be hurt." Then she said to Lu Huixian and the others: "Don't all of you treat yourself as guests, just treat yourself as family, do whatever you want, I'll start Excuse me." After finishing speaking, he left.

Jia Mu sighed: "This child is really in a lot of trouble."

Who wants to eat?There are only two masters, Jiamu and Xichun, one is not thinking about it, and the other has no words, so they don't move their chopsticks very much.Grandma Liu didn't drink any wine, and seeing that she didn't eat vegetables, she didn't dare to eat either.Seeing those dishes being served plate after plate, I secretly calculated how much this table of dishes was worth, and felt even more distressed after the calculation.

Li Wan just came back when the table was withdrawn.Jia's mother was also worried. Wang Xifeng was gone. If Sister Qiao had something else, how would she explain when Jia Lian came back in the future? She hurriedly asked, "How is it?"

Li Wan sighed: "It's okay, this child is filial. She hasn't gotten up or eaten since yesterday. Even adults like us can't stand it, let alone a child. Ping'er was fed half a bowl of porridge and sedatives. I watched her fall asleep before coming out." As she spoke, her face was full of shame, and she said, "It's because I didn't take good care of her, and made sister Qiao suffer."

Jia's mother wiped her tears and said, "Why is this child so ungrateful? If she has another good or bad thing, teach me how to live?" Everyone was so consoling that they finally stopped their tears.

After talking with Jia Mu for a while, and seeing sister Qiao, they were ready to go back.When I went to say goodbye to Jia Mu, I met Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai.

Seeing them coming in, Aunt Xue asked Lu Huixian, "We'll go back now, do you want to go? I don't see Uncle Lin coming, otherwise we will go with us, and we will have a companion on the way."

Lu Huixian waved her hand and said, "Thank you, Madam, for your kindness," and said to Mother Jia, "When I came in the morning, the uncle said that he would come to pick us up from the Yamen, and we will wait before we leave."

Mrs. Cai Wang said that they came here by themselves, and all of them were women. If there were more people, it would be safe to have a companion.Aunt Xue only thought that what she said was sure to come true, she didn't want Lu Huixian not to accept it, she couldn't help but be disappointed.She naturally didn't believe that Lin Jue would come to pick them up. There were so many things in the yamen, so there was no such effort, it was just an excuse.However, he didn't show it on his face, and said to Jiamu: "I thought, it's getting late, the three of them will go back to the city, and we will have a companion together. I don't want Uncle Lin to come, so the old lady can rest assured."

Jia Mu nodded and said, "Thank you for thinking about it. I just happen to have a few words to tell them. I'm inconvenient, so I won't send them."

Aunt Xue and Mother Jia said this because they thought that Mother Jia was worried about the safety of the three single women on the road, and even if she didn't like her, she wanted to persuade Lu Huixian and others to go with their mother and son.She could also take the opportunity to talk to Lu Huixian or Daiyu, but unexpectedly, Mother Jia refused without even thinking about it. Knowing whether to force her, she said, "Then let's go first." Then she said: "Old lady Stay."

Jia's mother said to Mrs. Wang, "You see my aunt for me."

When Aunt Xue left, Mother Jia said: "It's still early, you sit down for a while, and ask Baoyu and Huan'er to take you back later." The Lin family is far away, and this is the right time, how can there be any reason to keep the grandson of the family and use outsiders instead?The Xue family wanted to make friends with the Lin family, but they dared to hook up with them. Why didn't they ask her first if they agreed?

Seeing that Jia's mother didn't believe it, Lu Huixian was also funny.Don't say that Lin Jue really wanted to come, even if she didn't come, she wouldn't dare to teach these two to send it off.Baoyu will not talk about it, now he is stupid, and he is the darling of Jia Mu. If something happens, she will not be able to explain it, let alone Jia Huan, who describes it as wretched. The disaster became more and more disastrous, and he said: "It's not about refusing my aunt, our two younger sisters are here today, our old lady is not at ease, and I explained it yesterday."

Mother Jia also breathed a sigh of relief, she dared not let Baoyu go out with Baoyu's current situation, but if no one came to pick up the three of Lu Huixian, she would send someone to take them back to the city.Baoyu is the biggest, who else?Then he nodded and said, "That's good." Then he asked, "I probably remember that Yan'er will finish the exam tomorrow?"

Lu Huixian said: "Yes, I was about to tell the old lady that I won't be coming tomorrow."

Jia Mu said: "Now, who else is coming at home? Your sister-in-law Zhen and sister-in-law Zhu can also come here. You have a lot of things in your family and you can't leave people for a while, so you don't have to come here. When the day comes , you can just come and send Feng girl’s agenda. It’s just that Yan’er has news, you send someone to tell me, and teach me to be happy.”

Lu Huixian said, "Naturally."

Jiamu held Daiyu's hand reluctantly, rubbed it for a while, then asked Lu Huixian, "Is Miss Lin's date fixed?"

Lu Huixian shook her head and said, "This year is a lot of things, but not yet."

Daiyu blushed immediately, twisted her body, broke free from Jia Mu's hand, took Zhang Feng'e's hand and walked out, saying: "I haven't said goodbye to Sister-in-law Zhen yet, Sister Feng and I will go there first." The first sentence is I said it to Jia Mu, and the latter sentence was said to Lu Huixian.

Jia Mu was still smiling, but when she saw Daiyu go out, her complexion sank and she said, "Didn't you mention it at the palace?"

Knowing what Jia's mother was thinking, the Rongguo Mansion collapsed, and Lin Hailin and his son would definitely suffer some criticism. They were afraid that the Beijing County Prince's Mansion would also be wise to protect themselves and regret the marriage in order to clear the relationship between the two families.Although Jia's mother was not all worried about Daiyu, it cannot be denied that there was still an element of it in it.This is also human nature, Lu Huixian remembered, and said: "A while ago, the concubine sent the official media. It was the old lady who thought that this year would be my sister's full birthday, but because of the emperor's affairs, it was not easy to handle it. It's so lively and lively, that's one of them; besides, there aren't many good days this year, and it's too hasty."

Jia Mu laughed and said, "That's good, that's good," and said, "At first, I was always worrying about their sisters, but I didn't worry about it for nothing. Now it's good, Yan'er has a future, Yu'er has a family too."

After a few more gossips, Lu Huixian left.

The next day, Lu Huixian still sent two women to help.

Lin Jue came out of the yamen and went directly to the Gongyuan to wait, but he didn't get home until noon.The whole family was anxiously waiting, and the old lady even complained, "Why is it so late?" Without waiting for Lin Yan to explain, she looked at Lin Yan, looked him up and down, and said, "I'm a little thinner." Lu Huixian said: "Let's set the meal? Let's talk after we have something to say." In fact, from the beginning to the end, the old lady was the only one talking.

Everyone laughed and surrounded the old lady into the hall.

After the meal, the old lady asked a few words about the board and lodging in the Gongyuan, then turned to the matter of Chen's pregnancy, and said: "You are also going to be a father, you can't be the same as before."

Surprised and delighted, Lin Yan immediately went to see Mrs. Chen.Chen shi blushed slightly and nodded slightly, bowing her head in silence.Lin Yan couldn't help but nodded quickly, and said, "Grandson knows."

The old lady smiled and said: "You really know," and said: "Don't make your daughter-in-law angry at these times, or I won't obey you."

Lin Yan agreed again, and the old lady became more and more happy. She waved her hands and said, "I know you father and son have something to say, so I won't delay your business. Go ahead. You don't have to come over for dinner, just stay at home with your wife."