Old things in the Red Chamber

It was only a few steps away from the main hall to the wing room, and the girl took a cup of tea. After asking two questions, she was not finished. Seeing that she still had to talk, Jia Xuan felt that she could not let the girl ask any more questions.

"What book does my sister read at home?" Jia Huan quickened her pace and turned into Jia Tanchun following him.

"I haven't read any books, and I just know a few words."

When he said this, Jia Huan had already arrived at the door of the wing room, and said to the women standing at the door, "I asked Miss Lin to come out, and told her that it was time to go back."

Jia Xuan has been here several times, and all the mothers-in-law in Shi Taijun's yard know him, so they hurriedly opened the curtain, "The uncle is the man of the family, and there are sisters inside, you go in."

Jia Huan would not go in, cousins ​​and cousins ​​are fine, but there are girls from the Xue family inside, and he, an unmarried man, went to a house full of girls, and there were rumors all over his body, and he couldn't explain it clearly.

"No, I still have something to do. I quickly invited Miss Lin out, and we'll go back now." He nodded to the Lin family women waiting at the door, and told them to go in quickly to serve Lin Daiyu when she came out.

At this time, Jia Baoyu rushed over, quickly passed Jia Xun and Jia Tanchun into the house, and yelled "Sister Lin, don't leave." Tan Chunting didn't stop to salute, and chased after him.

Every time Jia Xun came to Rongfu, he could always refresh his cognition, standing outside the door against the sun, listening to the commotion inside, some people said, "Baoyu, don't cry, Miss Lin should go." Miss Lin, let's go, I will pick you up and play with you in a few days."Even Lin's mother-in-law shouted angrily, "Second Master Jia, please respect yourself."

Jia Baoyu cried, "Sister Lin, don't go, don't go, I'll beg the old lady, madam, to pick you up. Don't go to Laoshizi Zhongwuhou's mansion, if all of them died in the war, what kind of official will he be when Jia Gu comes back?" Hey, what are you talking about in the barbarian army, you are just trying to gain fame, how do you say that, once you succeed, you will die..."

Jia Yingchun stopped him immediately, "Baoyu, don't talk..."

Jia Xun opened the curtain and went in. The female relatives in the room were taken aback. Jia Baoyu looked back and saw Jia Xun's gloomy face, stammering, "Xu...big...brother..."

Jia Xun originally wanted to go in and beat him up. When a son heard someone make up his father, he was not angry, but when he saw Jia Baoyu's appearance, he felt that he was no match for this kind of person.

"Baoyu, let me ask you, what did the ancestors of the Rongguo Mansion rely on to start their business? That's right, they fought their lives on the battlefield, and in exchange for killing people, they gained the Hehe State Duke's Mansion, and in exchange for a few lifetimes of wealth and food for your family. Don’t you feel ashamed when you eat this meal? If I were you, I would take off my clothes, leave behind these beautiful relatives, bid farewell to my parents and go to farm. You Dare you? Dare you?"

Jia Baoyu retreated a few steps, was so frightened by his anger that he almost fell down, and was supported by the maid behind him, not daring to breathe out.

"Yu'er, pack your things and leave now."

Lin Daiyu stood up from the couch, was supported by several women, glanced at Jia Baoyu, and followed Jia Xun out.

Jia Tanchun and Xue Baochai immediately surrounded Jia Baoyu, "Baoyu, don't you be intimidated?"

Jia Baoyu's eldest girl, Xiren, was so anxious that she didn't know what to do, "Miss Bao, what should I do?"

Jia Yingchun was standing behind Xue Baochai, and she cared a lot about Jia Baoyu. Jia Baoyu was different from Jia Xun. Jia Xun traveled thousands of miles from the racecourse to the capital last month. Don't worry, the two of them looked about the same age, Jia Xun would not be disturbed by a few words, but Jia Baoyu would.Jia Yingchun was also worried that Jia Baoyu was in trouble, so she leaned over to look at him, but Xiren, the girl who was supporting Jia Baoyu, let the girl living here make up her mind. Step up and sit on the couch with Jia Xichun.

Xue Baochai is indeed a thoughtful person, first let a few wives go to Baoyu's people, and then think of Shi Taijun and Mrs. Wang are very busy now, first send someone to tell Wang Xifeng, let her tell Mrs. Wang slowly when she is not busy.He also ordered someone to cook a calming soup for Baoyu to drink, and let him lie on the bed. Seven or eight girls surrounded him, coaxing and persuading him, and Jia Baoyu slowly recovered.

Xue Baochai said to him, "You are also an idiot. You believe everything people say. Back then, your ancestors followed Emperor Gaozu to save the people, so they had to do it. Isn't every family living and working in peace and contentment now? After all, this is a merit. It is only because of this good fortune that it falls on you, and you are protected by your ancestors, which is different from what Mr. Jia said."

Licorice behind Jia Yingchun looked at Xue Baochai's few words and coaxed Jia Baoyu to jump up and down, sat up and grabbed Xue Baochai's hand, "Good sister, you are right, the master, the prince and the ancestors are not such people."

Anshen soup was brought over, Xue Baochai tested the temperature, fed it to Jia Baoyu, and everyone felt relieved.

In the evening, Shi Taijun and Mrs. Wang knew the whole story. Shi Taijun knew that Baoyu was fine, so he said, "Baoyu is an honest child." She was analyzing the day's affairs in her heart. She had already read the gift list of Zhongwuhou's mansion, and everything was good. Things, especially the crystal mirror from the West, which the maid gave her. It was also made of tortoise shell, and the two lenses in the middle were free of impurities. Shi Taijun put it on, and her eyes immediately brightened.See the maids in the room clearly, look up at the hanging lanterns, the embroidery on them is clearly visible.

Shi Taijun took off his glasses and told his wife, "Please come here, my wife has something to say to him."

After hearing Wang Xifeng's report, Mrs. Wang rushed to Jia Baoyu's yard immediately, touched his head, and couldn't hide her heartache. She went back to her yard, hating in her heart, "Baoyu has always been kind to people, but Jia Xun is aggressive and very aggressive. You're welcome."

Just as he was lost in thought, a woman came in, "Ma'am, the old lady has invited the elder."

Mrs. Wang nodded and waved her back. If there is one thing she is very sure of, that is that her mother-in-law loves Baoyu the same as herself. .So he relaxed and waited for Shi Taijun to make a move.

When Jia Amnesty arrived at Shi Taijun's yard, he saw his old lady wearing a rare Western gadget and looking at the gift list. She did not speak when she invited Ann, and waited for Shi Taijun's orders.

Shi Taijun took off his glasses, "I looked at you as if I saw Chou'er. They all said that the twins look the same. I asked the wives and they said that you two look the same. Is Chou'er stronger than you?" .”

Jia Amnesty couldn't figure out what the old lady was thinking.He replied cautiously, "My old brother is more diligent than my son, and I practice bowing horses every day."

Shi Taijun paused for a while, "The old lady celebrates her birthday, and I hope he will come here the most. Our mother and son have not seen each other for 40 years. I have a big birthday and one year less, so I look forward to seeing him. When I go underground, I can meet your father and see you again." He talked about how you sons and daughters are doing well now. Poor Min'er, the old woman gave birth to a white-haired person to a black-haired person. I gave birth to you four evil obstacles in my life, and now there are only three left..."

This time I really cried, Jia She is stupid and filial, filial piety to his wife is one of his few advantages, he knelt down immediately, "Don't worry, old lady, my son invited my old brother over tomorrow."

Only then was Shi Taijun completely relieved, and stroked Jia She's white hair on the sideburns, "When I wake up, the old woman is also uncomfortable. After all, my son is thinking of me as a mother in his heart." He handed the gift list to Jia She, "These rare things can It's worth a lot of money. How much money does he have? Our family has accumulated for several generations, but we can't come up with more than 30 taels of silver in one go. It must be all his accumulation over the years. They are all old clothes, and soon their family is going to marry a wife again, one by one, there is no need to spend money. I have some private houses, which were originally reserved for Baoyu. Now seeing how difficult he is, I still think of me I feel bad for this mother, it is also my wish that you take these ticket numbers and go to his house to give them to him tomorrow."

Yuanyang put a small box in Jia She's hand, and Jia She was determined to bring his younger brother over tomorrow.Went home with the box.

Jia She ran over early in the morning. Jia Gu was running a horse in the yard. He was riding on the horse, turned around and drew his bow, and hit the bull's-eye with his arrow.Jia Amnesty applauded like the two idiots.

Jia Gu got off his horse, took a towel from a lame old guard, wiped it carelessly, asked him to take the horse away, and asked Jia Amnesty, "Didn't you drink yesterday? I'm going to catch up early today." Come, but something is wrong?"

Jia Amnesty followed him back to the study. Jia Gu's study was more like a restaurant, where he ate and drank, and he didn't read books seriously anyway.After breakfast was served, Jia Gu let go of his stomach. He ate three bowls of porridge and six steamed buns and drank a bowl of hot and sour tripe soup with pickles in his mouth. "Don't tell me?"

Jia Amnesty asked the boy to put the box on the table, "The old lady gave it to you, thinking that you have a lot of work recently and money is tight."

Jia Gu opened the box and counted the ticket numbers, "Did you draw a few tickets from it?"

"If it's for Jia Cunzhou, I'll take half of it, but for you, I won't take one."

"This is your fault. If you give it to me, you can draw as much as you like. If you give it to Jia Lao Er, you will only have two or three cards left."

Jia Gu counted, "Your old lady is really rich, 10 taels, and when Jia Lao Er asked him to pay back the money, he actually said that he had no money. Does the Rongguo Mansion have no money? An old lady's private house is worth 10,000 taels. You can make up money there." 20+, [-] taels are really squeezed out.”

Put the money in the box after speaking.Push it back to Jia Amnesty, "I don't want it. The salary of Xun'er and I is enough to support the family. We have Zhuangzi outside the city. We eat vegetables, meat and eggs. Let Zhuangzi deliver some fresh food every day. Xun'er and I have another If you don’t spend money to support opera fans, you don’t need to spend money. You just use money for favors, but it’s all one-way, if you give it, people will naturally return it.”

"The old lady misses you very much."

Jia Gu smiled, if he really wanted to, he could have brought his wife and children to celebrate his birthday last year, so why wait until this year.