You're Crossing the Red Mansions

When Jia Jing returned to Ningguo Mansion, he felt deeply moved.Since his first wife Madam Qian passed away ten years ago, he entrusted his infant daughter Xichun to the Rongguo Mansion, and went to the court to let his son Jia Zhen inherit the title. monasticism.Over the years, I have never asked about housework. Every year, my son and grandson come to see and listen to the big news. As long as there is no major disturbance and everything is smooth, that's all.The so-called children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Since he has decided to abandon the world of mortals, he doesn't want to interfere with government affairs anymore, and only hopes to become immortal soon.

It's a pity that God failed to fulfill his wish, but this time he had to show up.Although I have never raised a daughter for a day, but seeing that appearance is the same as her mother, my heart softens when I see it.Listening to what she said while crying, thinking about her mother's entrustment to her before she died, she only felt that she had failed her old wife in vain, and felt infinitely ashamed.At that time, Mrs. Qian was pregnant at an advanced age, and Xichun was an old woman. Several doctors said that she couldn't keep her, but Mrs. Qian insisted on refusing to keep the child.After ten months of giving birth, it was a happy time when everything went well. Unexpectedly, she hurt her body during childbirth, and Xichun passed away just after the full moon.Before he died, he bitterly told Jia Jing and Jia Zhen to treat Xichun well and not to wrong their daughter.Both father and son answered in tears.In the next few days, because of the death of his old wife, Jia Jing felt that the world was impermanent. It was Mrs. Shi of Xifu who came to tell him in person that his niece and daughter-in-law had unfortunately passed away. Both nephew and brother Zhen were careless men. The delicate girl, I'm afraid it won't be easy to support, why don't you just hand it over to Xifu and put it next to me, we've been here since Yuan girl, welcoming girl and visiting girl, and then picking up girl Xi, how many of them are sisters? It's friendly and lively, and there's something to rely on when you're with each other. It's cheap to talk and joke, it's better to follow you.

Jia Jing believed it when he heard it, and agreed to send his daughter to the West Mansion to support her. At the beginning of each year, Jia Zhen was ordered to hand over 5000 taels of silver to the second younger brother and sister Wang, the wife in charge of the mansion, as the maintenance fee for Xichun.But judging from what Xichun said yesterday, what Xifu did was overdone, not only the daily food and other things are very simple, even the house layout is reluctant to give an antique, the house is still the smallest among the girls In one room, there is usually no care, and the servants look down on it and are disobedient. There are also vague rumors that the girl is being raised in the East Mansion.At the beginning, when my mother was around, she vaguely mentioned Shi Shi's cunning, and thought it was a quarrel between the sisters-in-law, but now it seems that my old lady has insight, and she has seen through her early on.

Jia Zhen saw You Xiaoxiao hastily sending someone to clean up the house the night before, but she couldn't cheer up and said that the master was used to being in the temple, and she couldn't come to live in Yunyun.On the other hand, You Xiaoxiao tried to persuade her while choosing the decorations from the warehouse list: "Master, we should always be prepared carefully. What should I do if the master really comes back and sees that the bedding and tea are cold and the house hasn't been cleaned yet?" Think?" Jia Zhen couldn't help it, so she had to watch the boy and the old woman clean up, and re-decorated one by one according to her father's liking.Waiting for Jia Jing to return home with him the next day, Jia Zhen lamented his wife's foresight and supported her father herself, saying: "Master, the journey is exhausting and bumpy, let's go back to the house and rest."

Jia Jing nodded. Accompanied by his children and grandchildren, he went back to the house he lived in in previous years. He opened the door to have a look. He saw that it was clean and comfortable, and the desks and tables were filled with the things he used to use that day. , it can be seen that he has been diligent in scrubbing for so many years, which shows that the mistress is virtuous.Then she nodded and said, "You guys are interested." After finishing speaking, she sat down at Xiudun, and the girl hurriedly presented the new West Lake Longjing, which You Xiaoxiao had prepared in advance. It started to stew, and it was ready to eat when I entered the house and sat down.Jia Zhen bowed beside her and said with a smile: "This is the master's favorite food on weekdays. It's raining there this year, and the tender tops are not good. Although it's a one shot, but my son still tastes good when he eats it. Drinking." Jia Jing nodded, took the teacup, lifted the lid, took a sip and put it down: "I'll go to Rongfu tomorrow, and I'll make things clear to Mrs. Shi."

When Jia Zhen heard this, she knelt down and cried, "It's my son who didn't live up to it, but my sister has been wronged for so many years." Jia Rong hurriedly knelt down along with her.Jia Jing saw that his son did not shirk his responsibility and was sensible, so he waved his hands: "Get up, your son's family would not care about such trivial matters." He knew very well that Jia Zhen must have asked for so many years , but that's all there is to say in the mansion that men and women are different. How can we see Xichun a few times?The father and son said a few more words, and Jia Jing finally said: "This matter is over and it's over, as long as you know it in your heart, you have to maintain your face outside, you have a title on you, and there are people in the court. Taboo these intra-clan disputes." After hearing the instruction, Jia Zhen quickly agreed.Jia Jing nodded and said: "Okay, go out and tell your daughter-in-law to bring some vegetarian porridge tonight, just a few side dishes, and nothing else."

You Xiaoxiao listened to the order, and hurriedly asked to wash the pot, not a little meat and oil, and asked Guoer to cook red dates and white rice porridge, and personally mixed a plate of mushrooms and fungus with five-spice and vegetarian ingredients. Zhou Xiang’s family used vegetable oil to fry eggs Tofu, and marinated white cabbage, cut half a tree into strips, mixed with sesame juice and vinegar, and finally served a plate of delicate roasted sour bamboo shoots.You Xiaoxiao thought about it, added another bowl of honey taro soup, and then arranged the trays one by one, and let Xichun bring them over.

There was nothing to say that night, because Jia Jing always went to bed early and got up early in Xuanzhen Temple, so he did as usual at home.I came here in a hurry yesterday, and I didn't see any changes in this mansion.So he got up and punched first, then walked around the house.When I arrived at the big study room, I felt unfamiliar, and saw a few children sitting on the rocks outside with books and studying hard. Upon closer inspection, one of them was my grandson.Seeing that he was concentrating on it, it was hard to call him, so I just twirled his beard and watched for a while, seeing that everyone was hungry and thirsty, and they were indeed very promising, so they left with a smile on their faces.

At breakfast time, Jia Zhen came to eat with her father. Looking at the table full of vegetarian dishes, Jia Jing knew that the dishes were specially prepared for herself and her son was not used to eating them, so she smiled and said, "filial piety is not about it, you can eat your own." Go." Jia Zhen apologized and said with a smile: "My son also wants to eat steamed buns with vegetarian fillings. My daughter-in-law and younger sister went to the kitchen after getting up early, and steamed a pot of eggplant steamed stuffed buns. One." Jia Jing was very happy to hear the children's filial piety, so he ate vegetarian buns and millet porridge with his son.After waiting for the meal to be finished, he carefully asked about the study outside.Jia Zhen quickly said, from Brother Rong who worked hard to become better, to Lin Ruhai recommending teachers for thousands of miles, and all the members of the clan also came together and so on.Jia Jing nodded while listening and said: "This is a matter of ages and generations, you have done a good job." Jia Zhen was happy to see Lao Tzu and said: "Master Lin mentioned it in the letter that day, saying that Master is very knowledgeable, but he can do it." It would be even better to guide the grandson one or two." Jia Jing laughed after hearing this: "That kid Lin Ruhai dares to make fun of me like this!" Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai were both members of the imperial court, and Lin Ruhai was his brother-in-law. There were also many contacts in the court, and the relationship was relatively close for a while, but later he resigned and returned to the government, and Lin Ruhai was sent back to the south of the Yangtze River by the inspector of the salt censor, and then gradually became estranged.Jia Zhen also laughed together, and Jia Jing said: "That's fine, isn't there no teacher sitting in the hall today, I'll go and test the children's homework."

Jia Zhen was overjoyed, and hurriedly accompanied Lao Tzu to the study.Now the family has grown, with a total of twelve or thirteen students as followers, in addition to Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, Jia Qin, Chen Yiliang and a few older ones, there are also some children.But even though he is young, he is willing to work hard. Xiao Rujing is a person who is willful and never rigidly assigns homework. Everything is done until the end, and he leaves after the lecture. The rest is up to his own good luck. Very chic.When Jia Rong saw the master coming, she hurriedly stood up to greet him.Jia Jing saw that a group of children were eating on a round stone table in the yard. Although the dishes were not rich, they were full of eggs, meat, vegetables, porridge, and rice, so he said: "You guys eat first." Everyone suddenly saw such a strange old man , I thought it was a new teacher who was eager to learn, so I hurriedly finished eating and went back to my seat to wait for the class to start.Jia Zhen explained to Lao Tzu next to her: "This is all the idea of ​​my daughter-in-law. She said she came to study. You don't have to eat too well. You can save the class and just look forward to dinner." Jia Jing listened and smiled slightly: "Daughter-in-law That’s right.” Then he asked: “Is the food and accommodation here subsidized by the mansion?” Jia Zhen hurriedly said, “Yes, three meals a day, snacks, daily paper, ink and stationery are all money from the mansion, and what’s more, one One or two pocket money is given a month, and clothes and money are rewarded for good writing, and those whose homes are far away live in the house over there, and they don’t need money." Jia Jing said he wanted to go there after hearing this. have a look.

There are only two small rooms over there. The windows are bright and clean. The room is not big. There are five beds in one room. Although the quilts and bed curtains are simple but clean, there are other necessities such as teapots, cups, lamps, etc. all ready.After looking around, Jia Jing nodded, "I'm afraid there will be too many children in the house in the future." Jia Zhen said: "Yes, there are many people who come to see us now, besides the children of the clan, there are some children." The relatives of the natal family are mixed, and the son is also worried." Jia Jing said: "Study here has many benefits, we should think of a safe way, and don't make people feel cold." Jia Zhen nodded hurriedly.After finishing speaking for a while, he entered the study hall. Jia Jing looked at the children with a smile, and then asked a topic--not to honor the virtuous, so that the people will not fight; The hearts of the people are not disturbed, and when the reading is over, let everyone explain it.Besides, although the children are of different ages, they are all writing at a gallop. Knowing that all of them are studying hard, they can't help being very satisfied.

Jia Zhen looked outside for a while, then went back to Xinlan Courtyard, You Xiaoxiao was talking to Xichun, when she saw him come in, she knew that the master was satisfied with his good face.Xichun was talking about the other things in his house in the mansion, but he still had to take back a cabinet of books and his usual painting tools.Jia Zhen has been hiding something in her heart, and dare not tell her sister and wife that Mrs. Wang received 5000 taels of silver a year, even if the whole house was swept away, she should be.But these words must not be said, it will only make my sister feel more uncomfortable.Everyone was chatting and laughing, when Yindie came in: "Master, grandma, miss, the servants from outside came to report that the old lady of the Xifu brought the second wife, the second grandma Lian and the third girl together!"