You're Crossing the Red Mansions

By the middle of the night, the female guest You Xiaoxiao inside had made arrangements one by one.Mrs. Bu followed Mrs. Chen to rest in the yard earlier, Mrs. Xing was also taken to the guest room, Yingchun naturally followed Xichun to sleep with Fengyuan.Fearing that Jia Jing would be tired, You Xiaoxiao sent someone to remind Jia Zhen again.Jia Jing listened to his son's words, saw how drunk Chen Yiliang and the others were, and said with a smile, "Although I'm happy, it's time to go." Turning around, he said to Jia She, "You stay too, follow your wife Go to sleep in one room." Xiao Rujing had already been helped to go to the outside room, Jia Zhen asked the servant to take Jia Qiang and Jia Yun to Jia Rong's yard to rest overnight, and Jia Cong went back to the academy as usual.

Jia Zhen personally helped her father back to the house, went in and ate a bowl of sober tea with him, and waited for Jia Jing to sleep before returning to Xinlan Courtyard.You Xiaoxiao changed her clothes early on, holding the account book under the lamp and looking at it page by page. When she saw him coming back, she washed up together, and then packed up and went to sleep.Because she drank a lot of wine today, Jia Zhen felt very excited, and said with a smile: "It will be dawn in two hours, but I'm sleepy after walking today, but I can't sleep." Seeing his interest, You Xiaoxiao covered her face He yawned and tried to cheer up to talk to him, first said: "Today my wife followed her sisters-in-law and talked about the marriage between my sister and Rong'er. What kind of regulations should it be? I should follow the master to mention more." Jia Zhen smiled and said: "The master is clear in his heart. Speaking of it, if it is not afraid of others' comments and asking for favors, it would be fine to give my younger sister to Zixiu." You Xiaoxiao nodded after listening. "What you're thinking is, look at today's meaning, Young Master Chen must be named on the gold list this time, and it's really not appropriate to be engaged to our family at that time, no one will look down on you." Jia Zhen nodded, and then Said: "Speaking of Rong'er, I saw Qiang'er not very energetic at the table today, because there are many people and complicated things, so I didn't ask. Isn't he always helping in the West Mansion? Why is he so depressed? He is also ours. You should find him a wife.” You Xiaoxiao listened, and squinted at him: “Master always wants to send this school and that, and I don’t know how considerate I am. points." Jia Zhen talked to her for a long time, and finally felt a little sleepy, and said vaguely: "My grandma, now you are all at home and outside the house, but you should take more care of me. Naturally, I will remember your kindness." You Xiaoxiao listened, smiled and fell asleep.

On the second day, everyone had breakfast in their rooms and then returned home.It was so easy to send everyone away, You Xiaoxiao remembered Jia Qiang's matter, so she stopped him on purpose and said, "Brother Qiang, just stand still." next to.You Xiaoxiao took him to the flower hall, served tea left and right, and smiled first: "You are not too young now, and it is not a long-term solution to hang around in the West Mansion. However, in the future, when you marry a wife and have children, you will have to establish a family. What the uncle means is to give you a village and a few shops, and then find you a daughter-in-law, and then you will start to live." Jia Qiang couldn't help but Overjoyed.But after sinking his heart and thinking about it, he couldn't help feeling depressed again.You Xiaoxiao looked at his complexion carefully, and said: "Brother Qiang, the uncle only treats you like his own son, if you have any embarrassing things, you might as well say it first, let's find a way, right?"

That Jia Qiang is not a rootless side branch, the decent Ning Mansion is directly related to the great-great-grandson, but both parents died when they were young, and they lived with Jia Zhen. Later, the mansion was chaotic, and the rumors were very bad, so they separated.He used to be the same young master in the Ningguo Mansion, who was treated like Jia Rong. Later, when the family was separated, although he didn't set aside any property, Jia Zhen bought everything in the courtyard.At first I was studying with Jia Rong, but later I couldn't make sense, and I caught up with the lack of people in Xifu's provincial house, so I gave up the idea of ​​studying and concentrated on working for Sister Feng in Xifu, and in charge of twelve in Lixiangyuan. Little actor rehearsal and other chores.There is no busy work in daily life, and I live a happy life.But he also knew in his heart that this trip was not a long-term solution, and now it would be good for Jia Zhen to be able to provide some property for a living, but he had a secret love affair with the old official who sang Xiaodan, and it was hard to let go when he heard that he pulled away and went back. Therefore, it is very difficult on the face.

Seeing that he was silent, You Xiaoxiao knew not to push him too hard, so she drank tea slowly and said, "Yesterday you also saw how beautiful the young master of the Chen family is. From now on, the Chen family will set up a family. The uncle is also thinking of us Whether you study or not, your children and grandchildren must take a proper path. Since you don’t like reading and are proficient in general affairs, I will give you a shop, so that you can grow your hair well in the future, and it is also the property of future generations.” Jia Qiang listened to the sound and was busy. Said: "Uncle and aunt are very loving, my nephew understands." You Xiaoxiao smiled and said: "It's good to get what you say, I will tell your second aunt Lian about the errand in the West Mansion, and it will be cancelled. Let Jin Sanxi take care of it tomorrow. Go and have a look at those shops, they are all on our back street, not far from your house. Besides, it's time to get married..." Jia Qiang murmured, "Ma'am, get married... ..." Seeing this, You Xiaoxiao suddenly understood to a certain extent that in the original book, Lingguan was crazy about painting Qiang in the rain, but later it didn't matter.So he asked in a low voice: "What? Do you have a girl in your heart?"

Jia Qiang immediately turned red to the base of her neck, nodded and said, "Nephew...don't dare to say." You Xiaoxiao became more determined in her heart, and said intentionally, "If you fall in love with a girl in any room in the mansion, I can do it too." Open your mouth to come here for you, why don’t you dare, I just keep you in the house and be your aunt.” Jia Qiang’s back was covered with sweat, and the status of the senior official was not as good as that of the girls who served her. He is the most inferior actor, and besides, he still has the intention of being married to a medium, so how dare he say it at this time?You Xiaoxiao stopped for half a day, but there was no reply, she just shouted: "Brother Qiang, you are a man, when did you become so clingy? Who is it? Why don't you dare to say it?" Jia Qiang knew very well that You Xiaoxiao was in the east. The mansion kept their promises, if they didn't want to make it happen, that's fine, if they really wanted to marry the sedan chair back home, You Xiaoxiao had to nod.So he simply knelt down and gritted his teeth and told everything about himself following the official.

After hearing this, You Xiaoxiao first asked, "Let me hear what your idea is?" Jia Qiang said in a low voice, "My nephew wants to marry her..." You Xiaoxiao frowned and said, "It doesn't mean that my wife likes her very much." Is she? In the future, you will have to invite her to serve in the palace, what will you say then? Not to mention that you are going to marry her to pass through the door, even if you ask her to be a housemate, the West Mansion probably won't let her go." Jia Qiang didn't speak.You Xiaoxiao said again: "I haven't seen this girl before, but Brother Qiang, you have to remember one thing. When you marry a daughter-in-law, you have to take care of your family and go out to socialize for you. The daily management of children and grandchildren is not an easy job. As the saying goes, a virtuous wife is less likely to cause misfortune. If this senior official girl only knows how to sing opera and recite music, in the future, if you really marry and come home, who will take care of the food, drink and clothes of the family? Is it possible that your own children and grandchildren will follow suit? Is it okay to enter the Liyuan together?" This remark was not heard, and Jia Qiang hurriedly said: "The official Ling was sent out to study opera because of his family's decline, and he was originally the daughter of a good family. Ma'am, this is biased!" Seeing his angry appearance, You Xiaoxiao found it interesting, and wanted to help him out, but she was afraid that the senior official would be a careless person, and would become a troublemaker if she married into the family in the future, so she was hesitating, seeing Jia Qiang's face full of anticipation, she also hesitated. I can't bear to pour cold water on it.Forget it, it's really ignorant to marry and enter the family at that time, and it will be easy to spend more, so he said: "Since you are so persistent, I will tell the uncle, but you must not regret it in the future."

According to the current situation, Jia Rong will definitely marry the daughter of an official family in the future. When Jia Qiang really marries Ling Guan and comes back, the two sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law will be separated by heaven and earth. Have missed a lifetime?The honey mandarin duck finally became a bitter and resentful spouse, why bother.But Jia Qiang nodded solemnly and said: "I'm asking my aunt for everything, the senior officer is very good." You Xiaoxiao nodded when he heard him being decisive, and then asked a few other things. She came to think of a way, so she sent him out.

It was so easy to settle the matter, and You Xiaoxiao was tired all night, and just as she was going back to Xinlan Courtyard to lie down for a while, she remembered Jia Yun's matter again.This was what she had planned a long time ago, and she wanted to bequeath Yindie to Jia Yun, but now that Jia Yun and Chen Yiliang are cousins, now and then, that kid might get angry and look down on Yindie's background as a girl. If you go out and force it, it doesn't make much sense.After all, it is also a troublesome thing.You Xiaoxiao thought for a long time, it would be better to let Yindie out first, set up a good family, and then find an opportunity for the two of them to live together. After a long time, with Yindie's personality and Jia Yun being a shrewd person, it is natural to see come out well.Thinking in this way, she went back to the small warehouse and found Yindie's deed of sale, looking at the yellowed marks, thinking that since she came here, she has relied on the loyalty of this girl to walk step by step. Then he took another 500 taels of silver notes and came out.

Just as he was thinking about Yindie, he saw her quietly open the door with a squeak and come in with a white agate plate of lychees in her hand.Seeing that grandma was sitting in a daze, Yindie smiled and said: "Yesterday, there was a lot of trouble, I thought grandma was asleep." After finishing speaking, she brought lychee fruit, "There are officials from Guangdong Hai coming to worship outside, bring me The fresh fruit came, the uncle hurriedly ordered a basket to be sent to our small kitchen, saying that the fresher the taste, the better, I packed it up and brought it to grandma." You Xiaoxiao glanced at it, smiling like a concubine, with an agate plate It's really beautiful.So he ate one absent-mindedly, and asked Yindie to sit down: "It's delicious, you can try it too." Yindie replied, she was used to it, so she sat on the footrest and ate with her .

"I'll do the math today, you've been with me for almost ten years, and you should be 17 years old this year." After You Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she smiled at her and said, "What's your plan in mind, can you tell me about it?" Yindie Hearing this, he spit out the lychee kernels, lowered his head and blushed: "I am grandma's slave, what can I do, just follow grandma for the rest of my life." You Xiaoxiao shook her head and said: "This is just perfunctory words, I understand that you usually If I had the same thoughts as those two, I would have given you the face of your uncle a long time ago..." Yindie hurriedly shouted: "What did grandma say! I never thought about it!" You Xiaoxiao said with a smile: " You don't have to worry, I said I understand your thoughts, so I have been showing you the right person these days, and I don't want to wrong you... What do you think of Second Master Yun?" Yindie first listened and his face became more and more serious. Hong, but I didn't expect You Xiaoxiao to mention Jia Yunlai, she was taken aback for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Grandma wants me to be a concubine to him?" You Xiaoxiao thought about what she meant, and suddenly smiled: "You have such a good character, why do you want to be a concubine?" After finishing speaking, he handed the deed of prostitution to her from his sleeve: "I will let you go out, and I will be a matchmaker with you, so naturally I will ask him to hire you to be a good lady." .”

Yindie accepted the deed of selling herself with trembling hands, tears welled up in her eyes: "Although grandma loves you dearly, but I also know that with my background, it would be good to find a steward in the house, Second Master Yun... You can't climb high." Seeing her sad expression, You Xiaoxiao also felt moved in her heart, and sighed: "Yindie, although you are my personal girl in name, I only treat you as my younger sister in the whole house. After choosing carefully for so long, seeing that Brother Yun is a good person, I thought of marrying him to you." But Yindie only shed tears silently.You Xiaoxiao looked at her very willingly, but she was afraid that Jia Yun would dislike her background.So he said again: "Since you are willing, I will make arrangements for other things." After finishing speaking, he handed the bank note to her: "You should keep this first, and go out to find your brother, or rent or buy it." , find a house to live in, first have a place to live, and I will naturally send someone to help you." After hearing this, Yindie knelt down and was about to kowtow, You Xiaoxiao stopped her and said, "Don't be separated from me, Listen, I still have something to ask you. Although Huanyan can get started now, she is not enough to be alone by her side, so you are packing things while helping me pick them out. Whoever is good, just come and tell me, and it will save people in the future." Yindie folded the deed of sale carefully and packed it up, nodded and said: "I remember Grandma's instructions."

You Xiaoxiao was afraid that the matter of releasing the silver butterfly would cause another disturbance, so she only told Jia Zhen that the older girl in the family's mansion should be released, and then the child of the family and the girl who didn't want to leave found another servant in the mansion to marry. It seems that our family is generous.Jia Zhen is naturally accurate.After hearing this, Jin Sanxi's family hurriedly flattered grandma's benevolence, and when they heard that Yindie was about to be released, they said, "Grandma's work is so admirable. It's time for the girl to give up, and I don't want to think about whether she is willing." You Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "You old man, you're just chewing your tongue in front of your master." Seeing her, Jin Sanxi's family didn't look angry , hurriedly laughed and said: "Naturally, it is grandma who is gracious and pity the old slave to dare to discuss a few words. The mandarin duck girl in the mansion is one year older than the Yindie girl, and there are a few older ones like Hu Po, the old lady in the mansion It's used smoothly, but it's called Juan's name every time. What if I become an old girl in the future? It's fine if I keep it for the men, but it doesn't look like it. This is a major event that has been missed for a lifetime. Mother doesn't complain behind her back?" You Xiaoxiao nodded after hearing this, "What you said is that you've been bothering these days, and you've taken a good inventory of every part of the house, so that girls and boys should match up as soon as possible. Those who want to go out also draw up a list and return it to me, and if you are lucky, it is up to you to accumulate virtue and stay good." Jin Sanxi's family hurriedly agreed.

You Xiaoxiao didn't hide the matter of Yindie from Huanyan, she told her in detail, and said with a smile: "In the future, when you grow up, naturally I will follow your sister Yindie's example and find you a good son-in-law." Huanyan listened , blushing on the one hand, but on the other hand, he was even more devoted to not mentioning it.Within two days, Yindie packed up the cage, kowtowed to You Xiaoxiao and Jia Zhen, and said goodbye to Huanyan Guoer and others in tears.Before she left, she chose two hard-working governors from the third-class little girls, one named Hongzhi and the other Zizhu. Among them, Hongzhi was a top-notch needleworker and sent them up. You Xiaoxiao was really satisfied after seeing it. So she was promoted to the second-class girl first, and asked to learn how to work with Huanyan.

But when Jia Zhen learned of Jia Qiang's thoughts, she disapproved all over her face, and said, "It's fine to redeem her as a concubine. How can anyone marry like this?" From a single point of view, this girl also has a bit of character, unlike ordinary girls who float into the water as soon as they get Baoyu's blue eyes.The only thing she can think of is Jia Qiang. Although she has a spoiled temper, it doesn't mean she can't handle it.So she laughed and said, "My nephew never asks us to do anything, so it's not good for me to refute it just once." Jia Zhen frowned and said, "You really want to marry him back according to his wishes." , call Second Grandma Qiang outside, it’s not easy to visit relatives in the West Mansion in the future.” The little opera raised in the West Mansion was hired as the master’s grandmother in the East Mansion, no matter how you think about it, it’s half of the dwarf’s family.You Xiaoxiao personally served tea to him, and paused for a while before saying: "If you only worry about your status, it's easy to excuse her. Then let her pretend to be sick, and then go and beg to be released. Go back to the mansion Ordinary people put up a name, who would dare to talk when we marry in?" Jia Zhen was silent after hearing this, and You Xiaoxiao said again: "Even if someone sees people's flaws and says that Brother Qiang's daughter-in-law is like the original so-and-so , What's the matter! Sister Lin is so precious, so there are still people who are looking for jokes? If we care about it, don't we feel guilty first? You must know that the mouth grows on others, whoever wants to say what they want to say, the key is the child We like it, life is good, it’s better than anything else." After being talked about for a long time, Jia Zhen was slightly moved, and then she thought that Jia Qiang was not her own son, and she would be a villain by herself, so she wouldn’t be hated by others. , besides You Xiaoxiao's method can also be used.So he said: "That's all, you are an aunt, so let's listen to your ideas. When Brother Qiang got married, he couldn't do it alone, so just help Yinzi." You Xiaoxiao heard it and knew it was right, He smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir." Then he sent someone to find Jia Qiang, and went to make plans without mentioning it.

In the West Mansion, Mrs. Xing went to greet Jia Mu as usual.Although Jia's mother has little affection for the big house, there are still some rules that should be followed.Jia's mother didn't want to see the eldest daughter-in-law at first, and she was about to send a few words, but she stopped listening when she heard that there was a Huiyuan in the Dajian Academy.Mrs. Xing said that the hype was falling, Jia Mu hurriedly asked Yuanyang to tell Mrs. Wang, and asked to back up a generous gift to add congratulations to the East Mansion.Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry, old lady. Then Young Master Chen will go to the palace test in a few days. He can't say that he won the prize in the Toad Palace! Wouldn't it be better to go together at that time?" Jia Mu listened, and was about to say something, just listened Mrs. Xing laughed again: "I heard from the Eldest Master that my Aunt had already personally promised to guide Young Master Chen in the palace examination yesterday. Think about it, Madam, our Aunt is now under one person, above ten thousand, and manages every day. If it wasn't for looking at his young talents, how could he let go? My daughter-in-law thinks that she will be sure to go." After hearing this, Jia's mother couldn't help thinking secretly. It's really a champion. This Dajian Academy should not be taken lightly.In the big room, Zhiqu sent Jia Cong there early, and now he should urge the second child to send Baoyu there as soon as possible. Although he is from an aristocratic family, it is not for the sake of fame, but wouldn't it be better to add flowers to the cake.Besides, Lin Ruhai happened to also be a part-time member of Dajian Academy, and Baoyu was talented and intelligent. If he really fell into his uncle's favor, the marriage with Daiyu might not be able to continue.It was the time when she was thinking about being proud, and because Mrs. Xing was praised by Jia Jing because of Jia Cong, she was so happy that she inevitably talked a lot, regardless of what Jia's mother thought, and said: "Speaking of Mrs. There is a big happy event to tell the old lady, the newly married stepwife in their house is happy!" Jiamu's complexion changed when she heard this, and she couldn't tell how she felt.Mrs. Xing wanted to say something more, but Mother Jia frowned, and reluctantly said, "I'm a little tired, I'll give you a mandarin duck as a gift to your wife." Although Mrs. Xing didn't like to be seen, she had never been kicked out in such a straightforward manner. At that time, his face was also turning blue, and after thinking about it, it was what he said that pierced Jia Mu's heart, so he had to take advantage of the mandarin ducks coming to support him, but he sneered in his heart and said, "Looking at the newly married couple Your little daughter-in-law has a son so soon, and you, the mother-in-law, are taking dry vinegar for your daughter. This kind of behavior is not as generous as your granddaughter! It will depend on how you say it later."