Old things in the Red Chamber

It was a happy event for her son to come back. Mrs. Tong immediately forgot about the funeral of the Jia family. She told her to clean up the yard and take out the quilts that had been dried yesterday. She also ordered the kitchen to make some favorite food for their cousins. There is no arrangement here. Well, the two brothers and sisters over there are back.

Lin Daiyu was so thin that she was almost out of shape, and she cried bitterly when she met Mrs. Tong. Mrs. Tong didn't care about her son, so she let her drink porridge and sleep in the wing room in her yard first, and then said goodbye to her son.

Jia Huan didn't want to talk about court affairs with Mrs. Tong, but only talked about the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.

"People say that the fireworks will go to Yangzhou in March. Yangzhou is really a good place. The scenery is prosperous, so I think I should let my uncles go to Yangzhou to do business. There are all kinds of valuables there, and my son has an errand, so he didn't dare to go shopping. Shopping, but I bought a gift for my mother, and I will sort it out and send it to you later."

"It's fine when you come back. If you don't have any presents for the family, I'll show you some gifts later. By the way, did you buy them for your father?"

Looking at her insincere appearance, Jia Xing laughed in her heart, "I bought it, I bought it, and I will give it to you, and you can watch and clean it up."

"Good son."

While eating, Jia Xuan asked Mrs. Tong, "Who's funeral in the city, good guy, blocked the city gate. I thought that there are many nobles in Beijing, and we are just the Hou's mansion. One thing more is worse than one thing less. Get out of the way and take my cousin around for a long time."

"Ningguo Mansion, Jia Rong's daughter-in-law is gone, and the funeral has been going on for more than a month. Today is completely over."

"I saw there was a road sacrifice outside the city gate, and my father went to the side of the road too?"

"What are you going to do? Your father doesn't even agree with me going to pay homage on weekdays. He wants to stop such a big funeral today."

"It doesn't matter whether you go or not. Anyway, Jia Lian and I have already torn our faces in the south of the Yangtze River. We are no longer on the same path. By the way, mother, you can withdraw some people from our family in the cousin's yard. The Lin family has servants following her Well, one yard can’t fit so many people. One was cleared out from the storeroom to pack things for my cousin. She carried half a boatload of books, so she really was from a scholarly family. I couldn’t find a single book in my father’s study room. That’s all. My cousin is much more learned than him."

"Nonsense, can you compare your cousin with your father?"

"Why can't it be, there is a sequence of hearing. In terms of knowledge alone, my father is not as good as my cousin, and even I am not as good as him."

"There's no need to tidy up the warehouse. Your father bought three yards for your sister with our family's money, and put her things in the yard. The Lin family's things don't enter the door of our Marquis's mansion. It will save some people from making irresponsible remarks."

Jia Huan hesitated for a moment, "Let the servants of the Lin family look at the one or two million taels?"

"Hehe, the Lin family is quite rich." Mrs. Tong was very surprised.

"More than that, you didn't count the land and farm. What's the matter, are you jealous?"

"You're jealous," Madam Tong looked around, "Our family also has money, but where do we spend it? There is no place to spend it, and your father insists on pretending to be poor. My son is so tired that he only does two jobs a year. A new dress. Let your father worry about the affairs of the Lin family, and he will worry about his life."

"It'll be fine after a few years." Jia Huan put down the bowl, "I'll go back and sleep for a while, I don't dare to sleep on the road."

When Shi Taijun heard that Lin Daiyu was back, he specially sent his mother-in-law to invite her. Lin Daiyu first refused to wear mourning on her body, and then came and said she was sick. Shi Taijun kept sending people to invite her, but it was her grandmother. Follow Jia Yingchun back.

Shi Taijun didn't see Jia Xun this time, and it was Jia Gui's family who came to see him off. Shi Taijun knew that this was a useful person in front of Mrs. Tong, so he cried with his granddaughter for a while, and then coaxed their sisters to play next door. up.The person who invited Jia Gui's family asked her, "How is your uncle recently? I haven't seen him for a few months. I'm panicking. After coming back from Jiangnan, he's lost weight?"

There is no mention of Jia Xuan and Jia Lian's confrontation in the south of the Yangtze River.Like an old grandmother missing her grandson.

"Old Madam, our uncle left the city for a business trip and is not at home. He has indeed lost some weight when he came back from the south of the Yangtze River. Our wife ordered the kitchen to keep the soup a few days ago, and it looks like he has regained weight."

As usual, Shi Taijun asked Jia Gui's family to take away a lot of food, saying it was for Jia Xuan.

Mrs. Wang was upset when she saw the things leaving the warehouse door.But after so many years of fasting and reciting Buddha, and the wood that has been installed for so many years, how patient is it?Went to Shi Taijun's upper room, listened to the chirping voices of the little girls next door, twirling the beads, thinking about the millions of Lin's wealth, a plan came to mind.

After dinner in the evening, Mrs. Wang took off the hairpin, called her confidant Zhou Rui's family, and told her, "You let your family go to Gusu, find the members of the Lin family, and go to Beijing to sue Jia Gu and his son for embezzling the orphan girl's assets. Made a fortune."

"Ma'am, now that the Lin family's things have just entered the capital, it's a bit early to do so, and it's easy to startle the snake. It's better to wait two or three years or five or six years, and wait for Sister Lin to talk about marriage, and make a scene together. No matter the Lin family has no face It's still the old Jia father and son who have no face, and Sister Lin will always show her face to the court, and when the time comes, let's see if she has any other good marriages."

Mrs. Wang suddenly smiled.

"You're right. No one will ask for a marriage at that time. It's supposed to be for Baoyu to take a concubine. You two need to keep an eye on this matter. Anything belonging to the Lin family with the Lin family's mark, as long as it appears in a pawnshop or other Wherever it is, you can just buy it, and we will have a lot of use at that time."

"I also let us keep an eye on the Lin family's mansion. The Lin family has no patriarch and has a servant with shallow eyes. When the time comes, let him steal a little bit, and Jia Gu and his son can't understand."

Mrs. Wang was very satisfied, and asked the eldest girl to find out a set of clothes she wore in the past year, and gave it to Zhou Rui's family.Zhou Rui's family took the clothes and went happily.

Jia Baoyu had a tragedy and a joy recently. The tragedy was that his friend Qin Zhong was seriously ill and couldn't even get out of bed. He invited the imperial physician to see him, saying that time was running out.The happy news is that Sister Lin came back, looking thinner than when she left, and Baoyu only had eyes for her for a while.He hurriedly brought the good things he had obtained in the past few months to her.

When Lin Daiyu entered the Rongguo Mansion this time, her identity has changed drastically. When she entered the Rongguo Mansion for the first time a few years ago, her father was still an official, and her identity was still the official lady after Liehou.Now in Rongguo Mansion, she has become an orphan girl, and she has defected to her uncle with a huge family fortune.

Both times, she was dependent on others, but her mood was different again, whether she had a father, whether she felt at home. From the moment she saw her childhood friend, her personality had quietly begun to become stronger.

"Hello second cousin." In the end, that was all the little girl could say.

But Jia Baoyu didn't understand the girl's state of mind. He wanted to break through the wall of servants and bring things to Sister Lin, but he failed.

When Shi Taijun knew about it, he just said, "Baoyu is a child with a solid heart." He secretly thought about going to his natal family to take Shi Xiangyun over.

It was June, and it was getting hotter and hotter. Jia Gusan was still complaining why he didn’t dig a hole in the yard when he was on duty. In summer, he couldn’t even swim.

Mrs. Tong approached him to discuss, "I know that there are a few villages near the capital that are very good. They bring water sources. If you don't buy them, you can go to relax when the weather is hot. The villages can also send some vegetables every day. "

Jia Gu thought for a while, "Let's say the money your brother gave you is a congratulatory gift for Xun'er's wedding."

To buy a Zhuangzi for several thousand taels of silver, Mrs. Tong did some calculations, and based on the Tong family's silver deposits in the Beijing store, she felt that this statement was quite appropriate.Resolutely went to Tong's store to withdraw the money, bought a small Zhuangzi under the name of the store, and bought a slightly larger Zhuangzi, which was regarded as a new family property.

Jia Gu took Jia She to Xinzhuangzi to relax.

"What do you think of the joy of farming in the countryside?"

"No, it's not as good as farming all day in the village in the city. How can you be happy drinking every day. Don't laugh at me, my old brother. Some people say that they like pastoral happiness. In Wei's opinion, it's all fake, like Jia The second child, he said one thing and secretly another, on the surface he appeared to be a disciple of a sage, but in fact he was still holding on to his daughter's skirt. The inner minister of the palace came to the mansion a few days ago and asked for 1000 taels of silver, saying it was a loan. Hmph, who dares to count on the day of repaying the money."

"It's a big breath, a mouth is 1000 taels of silver, it's not a decimal."

"I saw that sooner or later this mansion will be owned by Jia's second child. Now it is spent on his daughter and son. His wife's housekeeper will fill his own pockets. When the old lady goes away, I will only have a few broken pieces when we divide the family." Tables and stools are rotten.”

Jia Gu took off his shoes and socks and put his feet in the stream, listening to the splashing water, "What do you want?"

"He spends money and I also spend money. I bought calligraphy and paintings, beautiful concubines, and good wine. This mansion belongs to me. Why do you despise me when you spend my money? I want to be the master of the house, Does the old lady agree? Does Jia Cunzhou agree? There will be a concubine in the palace soon, do you think the concubine is willing?"

"I have a different courtyard. If you don't move in there, to be honest, Rongguo Mansion is no longer yours."

"No, I am the first-class general, and I am the master."

"Is there a host like you who is more like a guest than a guest?"

"I don't care, my family, spending my money, ordering my son, burying my daughter, laughing at me..."

Jia Gu put on his shoes and socks, "I found a gentleman for Cong'er, no matter the seed who doesn't like to study, I should let him go to study, and go to the examination room in the future, if he is really lucky, As an uncle, I can not take care of him. You also care about him on weekdays. We are the same age. I don’t expect to have any more children. You drink and play too much every day, and it is difficult to have any more children. Let's focus on what's in front of us first."