You're Crossing the Red Mansions

Third Sister You cried all the way in the car, but You Xiaoxiao didn't persuade her. When she arrived at Ningguo Mansion, she sent Hong Zhi to take her to the guest room to settle down, and asked the little girl to take care of her, also because she was afraid of accidents at night.On the second day, when I heard that Third Sister You got up early and had a serious meal, You Xiaoxiao asked Huanyan to call her over. "Don't mention the past, just take a step back." You Xiaoxiao told her to sit down, and then said: "For the current plan, don't worry about discussing marriage again." After hearing this, Third Sister You knew the truth , just nodded silently.You Xiaoxiao knew that there was a hurdle in her heart, and sighed: "It is because most women in the world depend on men to make a living, that's why the world is so harsh. As long as you have a place where you can stand up, you won't be where you are today. That's why I indulged you all in the past, that's all, relying on the help of my second sister and me, you and your old lady can't live a long life." Third sister You just listened honestly and didn't refute.Seeing her obedience, You Xiaoxiao said, "I see that you are good at sewing. I just opened a new embroidery workshop in the back street. If you are willing, you can go over and do the work, and then help me watch those ladies and girls." Is there anyone who is lazy and indiscriminately getting embroidery thread, I will count your first-class wages at the end of the year when you keep accounts." This means teaching her to be self-reliant, and Third Sister You used to be very afraid of suffering, but after this incident she became sensible and hurriedly said : "Big sister, just let me do it." You Xiaoxiao nodded, knowing that she had promised.

Because the embroidery workshop outside is guarded by Yindie, You Xiaoxiao asked Huanyan to invite Yindie to come in and talk.Sure enough, in less than half an hour, Yindie came into the mansion, the women who greeted her outside knew that she was decent, and she was released, so they hurried up to call the girl, and then sent a few steps to Xinlan courtyard courteously.Huanyan was waiting at the door, and when she saw her coming, she quickly opened the curtain to invite her in.You Xiaoxiao saw her ruddy complexion, first smiled and said: "I thought opening the new embroidery workshop made you thin, but I didn't expect you to be so energetic." Yindie smiled and replied: "The new embroidery workshop is for eating and making money. How can I be tired of work?" You Xiaoxiao nodded, and then said to Third Sister You: "This is Yindie, you have seen it earlier, and now she runs the embroidery workshop at home, you just need to worry about it from now on." Just learn from her." Yindie knew it and said with a smile: "Grandma just hand over the third girl to me..." You Xiaoxiao hurriedly said: "You just call her third sister, and she will still be under your command in the future. Don’t be soft-faced when it’s time to teach you a lesson.” Then he said to Third Sister You: “Yindie’s surname is Yang, you just call shopkeeper Yang, and follow her orders in everything.” Third Sister You is obedient, Yindie thinks about it soon She was so domineering all those years ago, but seeing her so domineering today, she couldn't help but wonder.

After You Xiaoxiao gave her instructions, she sent Hong Zhi to take Third Sister You to pack her bags, and planned to ask her to live in the embroidery workshop in the future, and let her know more about the sufferings of the people, so that the road in the future will be smoother.Seeing that the third sister was gone, Yindie smiled and said: "Grandma actually sent me a big job." You Xiaoxiao was much more affectionate towards her than she was with the third sister, calling the little kitchen to change her face for tea Prepare her favorite food, and then said: "You are capable, and Xinxiufang can get up so fast, it is all your credit." Yindie smiled and shook her head and said: "This is because grandma thinks highly of me." You Xiaoxiao He said again: "We don't need to say these polite words anymore. I thought we have more embroidery workshops, so I separated the Niangzi workshop from the daughter workshop. The new embroidery workshop asked Sanjie to lead it. You just recruit some daughters to come and work." It's gone." Yindie put down the teacup and said, "Grandma just spoke to my heart. Those women in the embroidery workshops mixed with their daughters. After a long time, I was also afraid of causing trouble, so I would send some girls to the new embroidery workshop. Go to the workshop, and recruit some more people to let the third sister guard it, and you can be more cautious." You Xiaoxiao smiled and said: "That's right, you just tell me to go on." Yindie thought for a while and said: " There is one more thing I need to tell grandma." You Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "You can decide the trivial matters, why bother to ask me." Yindie sighed: "I have already decided to accept it, but I still want to go back to grandma .”

It turned out that when the embroidery workshop was recruiting ladies, many people came here because of the generous wages.Yindie is the shopkeeper, so naturally she checked each one. When a young lady entered the room, Yindie was surprised, it turned out to be Qingwen.I saw her wearing a woman's bun and wearing a gray shaggy dress, which is not the glamorous appearance in the past.When Qingwen saw Yindie sitting in front of her, her face blushed immediately.When she was in Jia's mansion, she was the old lady's confidant, the big girl in Baoyu's house, she was more respectable than ordinary people, but she was kicked out because of a taboo, and was sold by her cousin Duohunchong to let her pay In Ni Er's family, the eldest lady is jealous and often beats and scolds. She is stubborn and doesn't know how to please men. Even though Ni Er is beautiful, Ni Er gradually dislikes her.Luckily, there is also a handicraft of embroidery. The eldest lady thought that she only eats and does not do work. When she saw an embroidery workshop recruiting workers and providing food, she immediately sent her here to earn a few coins.Yindie couldn't ask her how she was doing in front of people, and when she saw the mandarin duck playing in the water she was holding in her hand, and also knew that she was always good at needlework, she asked her to write down her name and accept it.Later, when I found time to inquire, I realized that Qingwen had fallen to this point, and she was very emotional at the moment.

You Xiaoxiao listened, pondered for a moment and said: "What are your plans?" Yindie lowered her head and said, "At the beginning her brother sold her for 30 taels of silver, so I wanted to redeem her..." You Xiaoxiao asked with a frown Said: "You redeemed her, what do you plan to do in the future? Let her be your servant girl?" Yindie hurriedly said: "Of course not, but in the past it was considered a little friendship, she is really like this today..." You Xiaoxiao knew that she was saddened by the death of a rabbit and a fox in her heart, so she said: "You knew why Qingwen was kicked out of Baoyu's room at the beginning, and now you have redeemed her with good intentions, but you can live for her in the future Are you clear about your plan? It is absolutely impossible to stay by your side. She is not young, and she has been a concubine for others. Baoyu didn't give up and sneaked to the West Mansion to do something..." Yindie didn't refute when she said it, she just stayed silent.You Xiaoxiao said: "Your child is actually soft-hearted, that's all, since she is working in the embroidery workshop, you secretly give her more money secretly so that she can be close to her, so that in the future you won't be in dire straits, you sisters will be fine." field." Yindie nodded, and suppressed her intentions not to mention it, the meal was passed on outside, and You Xiaoxiao ate with her, and then ordered a few words, put a box and asked her to take it back with Third Sister You.

A few months passed, and in September, the garden was full of chrysanthemums.This day is Jia Jing's birthday, Ningguo's mansion opened early to welcome guests, You Xiaoxiao entertained all the female guests with a smile on her face, Mrs. Xing arrived early with Sister Feng to welcome the spring, she also looked good when she saw Xichun beside her, so she quickly praised A few words.Immediately afterwards Mrs. Xiao, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and others also came one after another. Daiyu came later, and Xichun greeted her and said, "I've waited for you for a long time, why did you come?" You Xiaoxiao laughed and said, "Mrs. Now that you are getting heavier, your elder sister Lin is so busy that she never touches the ground, how can she be a rich and idle person like you?" Xichun pouted and said nothing, Yingchun and Daiyu pursed their lips and smiled.Xichun took all the girls and went into the inner room, You Xiaoxiao accompanied the wives to talk, and when she saw Madam Xiao and Feng Xiaoyu, she winked at Sister Feng, this was also agreed between the two, and called Sister Feng more Serving in front of Mrs. Xiao, on the one hand, she has the highest status, and on the other hand, she needs to appreciate her as a human being.Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang are in-laws, so they are naturally affectionate.Aunt Xue came, but there was no sign of Mrs. Wang Tanchun and others, so she was very happy.You Xiaoxiao thought about it for a long time, because her status was not easy to arrange, so she had to ask Xichun to take her into the inner room, and said with a smile: "It is our honor that the wife of the in-laws can come to appreciate the face, and this group of little girls also Someone needs to take care of her, I'm afraid I won't be too busy, so I beg my in-laws to take care of her." Although Aunt Xue is weak, she also understands the difficulty, and she came here these days to get close to Ningfu, and she met You Xiaoxiao So polite, I am already satisfied.

The crowd was warming up, and only heard the good news coming from outside. Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and when they were about to yell and inquire, the servants and girls came to each courtyard to announce the good news. It turned out that Jia Rong had won 23 candidates!Needless to say, how happy Jia Zhen and Jia Jing were at the moment, when they were about to send out the double reward, several more happy news came. It turned out that Jia Cong and a few primary school students had passed the boy's test, and after another round of interviews, they would be scholars identity.Although it is said that talents are easy to come by, Jia Cong and the others are still young after all, so it seems that they have a bright future.Outside, Jia Amnesty felt that he had a good face, and asked Jia Lian to give his brother more wedding money, but it was Jia Jing who stopped him with a smile: "They are all disciples in our academy, or we come out." After listening to my father's instructions, I sent out the previous reward money, and asked the troupe to add another day to the play, so that the bed was full of wats and sang seriously, and I also asked people to quickly fetch a few baskets of red strings of copper coins and come back. , as long as he could hear the first word of reward, he asked the boy to throw money on the stage, and all of a sudden, the stage was full of money, and it was still the old dandy style.Normally, Jia Jing would have said something extravagant and wasteful, but now that he saw his son so happy, he knew that his wish for many years had come true, so he just followed him.Lin Ruhai and Xiao Rujing sat at the table, so naturally they also congratulated. Jia Jing smiled and said: "Rong'er's share is only recorded in the Imperial College, Brother Cong's achievements are all due to us, pardon me and go home Get some good wine and go." Hearing this, Jia Amnesty smiled and said, "I'm sure!"

Because Jia Jing's birthday was such a happy event, the birthday banquet originally scheduled for three days had to be held within five days.Sister Feng stayed behind to help You Xiaoxiao make arrangements, and Jia Qiang, Jia Yun and other buddies who were working in the East Mansion outside naturally couldn't leave.Jia Zhen was waiting for Jia Rong to come home, when she suddenly heard a report from outside: "Master, Grandma is not feeling well, she has already called the doctor, Sister Huanyan asked me to call you back." Jia Zhen was shocked when she heard this Jump, and hurried to Xinlan Courtyard.Seeing him coming, Sister Feng didn't avoid him because she was familiar with him, she just smiled and said, "Congratulations to big brother." Seeing the smile on her face, Jia Zhen knew that You Xiaoxiao was fine, but she didn't know where the joy came from. She just went in ignorantly, Xichun was by You Xiaoxiao's side, and she was all smiles when she saw her brother.Jia Zhen felt vaguely in her heart, she forced herself to sit down calmly and asked, "But what's not comfortable?" You Xiaoxiao smiled slightly when she saw him rushing over, "It's nothing, the doctor came to see you just now, it's hi Pulse." Although her words were calm, she couldn't hide her joy.Jia Zhen was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then hurriedly asked: "Do you know how long it has been?" You Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "It is said that it has been more than a month and a half..." Before the words finished, all the girls who were serving in the yard were congratulating , Jia Zhen was really complacent today, and she couldn't help laughing and said: "Xinlan Court will reward you with three months' extra money! The girl who serves your grandma will give you an extra two taels of silver!"