Old things in the Red Chamber

The next day, Taoist Zhang accompanied several Taoist priests to Jia Amnesty's mansion. A group of people greeted each other first, and Taoist Zhang introduced today's protagonist, Tianshi Han.

What followed was hype, with reserved modesty, and finally seeing that it was already noon, I started to talk about business.

Wang Xifeng took Ping'er to hide behind the screen, and signaled a maid to take a brocade bag, untie it, and ask Han Tianshi to do the math.

Han Tianshi saw that there were too many things in the cloth bag, so he was not very happy, so his disciple stepped forward, "Although the master is good at this, but revealing too many secrets is also harmful to life, and only nine people can calculate it a day." , and ask your government to take out the horoscopes of the important population."

Jia Lian pleaded guilty and went to the back with a cloth bag in person. After a while, she came out with a piece of paper, which was a newly written horoscope.

"Does your mansion want to calculate for the juniors?" I took a look at the paper, starting from the first article, it belonged to Jia Fang, but I pinched my finger and said to Jia Amnesty, "If this is a woman, it is Wealthy and rich, if he is a man, he will revive his family."

Jia Amnesty's face became more joyful.

Looking at them one by one, they were all lucky, and none of them were bad. The last one belonged to Jia Nan. The old man looked at it for a while and shook his head, "Oh, it really is not perfect. If it is a woman, this person has many heirs, but I have lived a life of ups and downs, if I were a man, I would be one of the lords, but the heirs are difficult, and there is only one son, just because the killing is too rampant..."

Just when he was shaking his head and thinking about it, Jia She stood up, snatched the paper from his hand, looked at the last one, and snorted.

Master Han's apprentices all glared at each other, only Daoist Zhang came out to smooth things over, "Don't blame me, sir..."

Jia Lian also thought that it was his father who shouldn't do this, so he came out to make love, but Han Tianshi was really calm. It is said that he was chased and killed because of fortune-telling.

Seeing that it was noon, Jia Lian invited people to the flower hall for dinner, leaving Jia Amnesty alone in the upper room.His idea is as soon as he thinks it out.He slapped his forehead, "I'm going to find my old brother."

No one can stop Jia Amnesty, there is no other way, I can only tell Shi Taijun, since I said it, the old man also knows that someone came to the mansion to tell a fortune today.She was very upset and pulled her face down to show Wang Xifeng.

"Why don't you come to the mansion? It's a neglect to invite you to your yard, but show Baoyu's and Lan'er's horoscopes to the Celestial Master?"

of course not.They only gave nine places, four in the palace, two in my own family, only these six, and the remaining three can only be given to people in Zhongwuhou's mansion.Otherwise, if the elder is not happy, he can make a fuss on the spot.

Shi Taijun glanced at Wang Xifeng, and said to Mrs. Wang, "Let your master take the post at home and invite the celestial master tomorrow."

Mrs. Wang agreed and went out directly.

Shi Taijun sighed, and said to the mandarin duck beside him, "Go and tell the old man, just tell me what I said, my parents are not far away, and I'm not dead yet, so don't let him go out."

Yuanyang agreed and went out. The maids in the old lady's yard were all smart, so they followed Yuanyang out, leaving room for Shi Taijun and Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng knew that she had something to say, so she quickly raised her smiling face, "When I came here today, I brought some good noodles, which were brought by Grandma Liu a few days ago, and I specially picked them out today to honor you. You are delicious and I feel sorry for you." We are."

"I feel sorry for you. You have never felt sorry for my old lady. The old man doesn't talk about him, and he is not stingy every day. Why are you two starting to get along? Naturally, people in the family share weal and woe, how can we separate early? Could it be that Lan'er is not your nephew? Could it be that Lan'er is inferior to Nan'er? Nan'er also has his father to plan his future for him. Lan'er's father is gone long ago, and it's not because of you uncles and aunts. "

Said Wang Xifeng quickly knelt down.

Shi Taijun sighed, "Get up, you should feel sorry for Lan'er, let's talk about Nan'er."

He waved his hand and asked Wang Xifeng to go out. Wang Xifeng was puzzled. The old lady cared about Jia Xun and her son Jia Nan all the time. Looking at the situation today, it could be that Jia Xun did something stupid. The son offended the old lady.

She didn't go home either, and took the mother-in-law and maids around for a long way, walked to the Grand View Garden, and then went to see Mrs. Xue, who was busy here.The big girl, who was sitting in a room, laughed and heard it from a distance at the door.Wang Xifeng yelled, "You don't call me for fun, so you don't want to see me anymore."

The girls came out to welcome them, and Jia Baoyu was also here.Wang Xifeng followed everyone in, greeted Mrs. Xue first, then sat in the room and talked to them.What the girls could talk about was boudoir affairs, and what Wang Xifeng and Mrs. Xue were talking about was outside business, which made the girls feel bored, so they swarmed to the next room.

"The good things in the south are not common these days. A few days ago, the empress said that the empress likes folk fabrics and patterns, especially the good things that are fashionable in the south. I sent someone to the street to look, but there are none, which is also a strange thing. In previous years, I bought it as I needed it, but this year I couldn’t buy it. I also paid for it in front of my mother, and my aunt said what should I do? It made me very worried.”

When Mrs. Xue heard this, she quickly asked the maid to bring a few flower patterns she had collected and sketched a copy for Wang Xifeng. The two of them talked, "You don't know, Jiangnan is not peaceful now. Look, I forgot too. Your Elder Master and Jia Hou have a deep friendship, so I shouldn't say these things."

"That's because our elder master has friendship with Jia Hou. You see, our second master has some friendship with that side because of the elder master's presence. When the elder master is gone, the friendship will also disappear. Auntie has Let’s just say it straight, we are relatives.”

"Didn't the uncle of Jia Hou's family go to Jinling? What kind of official do you think he is?"

"Isn't he a military officer? Could it be that he was transferred to a civil servant?"

"You are right. The master of the Zhen family was pushed down by him. Now, he has changed to another job to become an official. This Mr. Jia has the ability to hold the emperor's will and want to rebuild the navy. , now all the people running on the water are sailors, and those who do business on the ground are also interrogated three or four times. Those fashionable things that everyone liked in the past..." She looked around, and said to Wang Xifeng in a low voice, "It's a progressive thing. It was supposed to be a tribute, but the top-notch things have always been hidden, and the second-class ones were given to the royal family. The fear is that the royal family is used to top-notch things. "

"You don't mean that the ones sold on the street are the top ones, right? I don't think so."

"Listen to me, the most top-notch things actually went into the prince's mansion and the mansions of the adults. But the mansions need to eat, and they have plenty of people, so they sell the patterns of these fabrics on the street. Come on, sell it to us again. You said Mr. Jia blocked this road, let alone show off this year, you won’t even see better things in Beijing.”

"That's not the case, is it?" Wang Xifeng felt that Mrs. Xue was sensational.

"Maybe, maybe not. Anyway, he is checking the accounts now, and the whole Jinling is a mess. This is also what our caravan said. We have never returned from that place, so that's all. Your family is in The old family in Jinling may have a hard time."

"It's only been a few days, and there's a commotion?"

"Don't believe me," Mrs. Xue pointed outside, "I'm afraid your old lady has already received the letter."

Wang Xifeng knew what was going on, changed the subject, and asked about Mrs. Xue's displeasure, "When will my eldest brother get married? Lilian Er asked me yesterday. He got a good thing and said yes." It is most suitable for my big brother."

Mrs. Xue's face immediately turned into a bitter gourd, "That evil person," clutching her heart, "I also wanted to let him get married early, but he is not a stubborn donkey that can be tied. You also tell Lian'er that you met him. If it's appropriate, mention it to Pan'er."

"Don't worry, Auntie, there's no need to rush this matter."

Mrs. Xue glanced at Wang Xifeng, and said tentatively, "What is your old lady's plan for Baoyu's marriage?"

Wang Xifeng drank tea and looked at Mrs. Xue with a smile, "The old lady is a little bit powerless now. When she went to the palace yesterday, the old lady didn't ask her to make the decision. This matter is also up to the second wife."

Mrs. Xue was delighted when she heard this, "The old lady is old, and she should enjoy the blessings. She has worked hard for her children all her life. How can she finish her hard work? It's just that the old lady can't see it. This is also your blessing."

"Who says it's not?" Wang Xifeng said with a sideways smile.

Ping'er yelled outside, and came in to answer Wang Xifeng, "Second Grandma, the letter I just received said that the fourth Grandma of the Gu family is happy."

"Good thing, I'll go pick some good things and send them to Sister Lin."

"Also, the second master of the Gu family will celebrate his birthday in three days. Our second master said that we should choose some good things as birthday presents."

Wang Xifeng readily agreed.Seeing Ping'er not leaving, he asked her "Is there anything else?"

"No, I'm waiting for grandma to go back together. Our brother missed you and told me to invite you back."

It caused Mrs. Xue to laugh, "This is a trick to let you go home."

Wang Xifeng laughed and scolded Ping'er, then stood up and said goodbye to Mrs. Xue.Passing by Xue Baochai's room, I saw a group of people still talking, and their master and servant quietly passed by without going in to say goodbye.

Wang Xifeng walked for a while, and asked Ping'er, "But what's the matter, Baba came to call me back, it must be something serious."

Ping'er glanced back and forth, and whispered, "His Royal Highness sent someone here, and now he is at home. The second master of our family is not at home. The elder master is too drunk, so he dare not let the eldest wife know. Lin Zhixiao's family Let me invite you to go back, Lin Zhixiao is accompanying His Ninth Prince now."