Old things in the Red Chamber

Mrs. Wang felt very uncomfortable when she heard this. The three children, the noble concubine didn't say anything, the master also confirmed the matter of entering the palace, but she didn't intervene in the marriage of the eldest son Jia Zhu, so Li's horoscope is not good. husband.Now there is only one Baoyu left. Seeing what the old lady means, she still doesn't like Baochai, which she is optimistic about. Mrs. Wang glanced at Shi Xiangyun, thinking that this is not as good as Baochai.

Mrs. Xue followed Shi Taijun's words and said a few words. The people in the room saw Shi Taijun's tired face, so they left. Mrs. Xing went back to the east courtyard by car. Wang Xifeng went to the kitchen as an excuse, but actually returned to her yard Jia Lian was waiting for her. It wasn't just Shi Taijun who was concerned about Jia Bin's belly, did the two of them regard Jia Bin as a support for turning around? Naturally, they were also nervous about Jia Bin's child.

Mrs. Xue made an excuse to discuss embroidery with Mrs. Wang, and the two sisters went to Mrs. Wang's yard. The remaining little sisters naturally scattered and returned to their rooms.

Shi Taijun leaned on the couch, watching the whole room disperse in an instant, recalling what he saw and heard in Jiapin's Pixiang Temple today.

Shi Taijun has seen many good things, there is no incense in the room, but there is an aftertaste of ambergris on the bed, although it is faint, it can be seen that people who use ambergris often come.The pillows on the couch, one pink, one dark blue... Thinking about these details at this moment, Shi Taijun immediately felt relieved.No matter which granddaughter it is, if she can win over the Long Live Lord, outsiders will look at her family with high regard.It's a pity that Jia Bin was raised by Jia Gu and his wife for a while. I don't know if she is divorced from the family?Shi Taijun felt that it was best to figure this out and deal with it early, fearing that if he did something wrong and Jia Bin would be angry, then the gain would outweigh the loss.

"Yuanyang, tell Second Grandma tomorrow that you went to the Hou's Mansion to pick up Miss Lin. I haven't seen her for more than a month. The old woman is panicking."

Yuanyang watched Shi Taijun fall asleep, told the little girls, and went to find Wang Xifeng herself. She is Shi Taijun's confidant, so she can figure out some of Shi Taijun's plans. To invite Miss Lin tomorrow, it's not just the old lady who misses her, What's more, the old lady wanted to ask, how Jia Bin lived in the Hou's mansion over there.In the past, the women who went to pick up Miss Lin were all women. Out of the three times, they were able to pick it up once, and let the second grandma go, and they had to pick it up tomorrow.

A little girl went to knock on the door, and a woman inside asked, "Who is it? It's late at night, who are you looking for?"

The little girl hurriedly shouted to the inside, "Ma'am, it's Sister Yuanyang, come to look for Second Mistress."

There was a sound of dominoes being closed inside, and a woman opened the door with a smile on her face, "It's a mandarin duck girl. If you have something to say, whoever you want can run errands for you. Why bother running by yourself again."

Yuanyang usually just waits on the old lady, seeing that they gambled when they were on duty, but pretended not to see it, and didn't talk to the old lady, and walked forward with the little girl's shoulders, and only walked a few steps , suddenly remembered that Jia Bin's nanny used to get a lot of things to gamble with.Thinking about this, he hurried to Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian's yard.

"It's late at night, what fragrance brought you here? Ping'er, hurry up and bring some tea to Yuanyang." Wang Xifeng signaled Yuanyang to sit down, and Ping'er brought out a cup of tea from the next door, "Grandma will make troubles, Sister Yuanyang, try it, this is a good tea that our second master found."

Yuanyang stood up to take the tea, sat down and took a sip, "Good tea, I tasted it better than the spring tea delivered a few days ago."

Wang Xifeng said proudly, "I like to ask Ping'er to pack two taels for you. A few days ago, someone specially honored the second master. He is an official from Shandong. He said that he bought a lot of good tea during his term of office."

Yuanyang thanked their master and servant, and first told about the matter of going to invite Miss Lin tomorrow, and then about what just came to mind.

"You don't need to tell me about it. The men in the family can take care of the family. I asked Si Qi and Xiuju back then, and they didn't bring out anything important. At most, there were some valuable things. Yes, but there is no inscription on it, even if someone took it out, we would not recognize it. After all, this matter was not mentioned in front of the nobleman, her nanny's family has already died of tuberculosis."

"I also know that my sister's place is difficult. Not to mention anything else, I must be unhappy with the imperial concubine." After finishing speaking, Aunt Xue took a box from her girl Xi'er and pushed it to Mrs. Wang, "Sister, look See what this is?"

Mrs. Wang opened the box and found a fine Dongzhu gold hairpin. Pearls are divided into South Pearl and Dongzhu. Dongzhu is produced in the East China Sea in the north. Nanzhu is more mixed. There are freshwater pearls and seawater pearls, and there are many of them. , resulting in the value and appearance being inferior to Dongzhu.

"This... Where did my sister find it? After all, the noble mansion is rich, and we can't find such good beads to inlay in our mansion. Are these for the imperial concubine?"

"It's also a coincidence," Mrs. Xue motioned to the servants in the house, Mrs. Wang sent them away, and the two sisters explained the origin of the pearl hairpin.

"I also want to thank my sister, this pearl hairpin is of great use to me."

After sending Mrs. Xue away, Mrs. Wang looked at the pearl hairpin and fell into deep thought. There is a noble concubine in the concubine Jia's place. Please entrust this pearl hairpin to the noble concubine and bring it into the palace, and tell her the origin. It depends on how to use it. The imperial concubine.It's just that Zhongwuhou's mansion looked shabby, but I didn't expect that there were many good things.

Mrs. Wang is holding the pearl hairpin, under the light, there is a halo of pearl light on it, each one is like longan, extremely round, it is indeed a good thing, such a good thing, just gave it to the little girl, it can be seen that the rich man of Zhongwuhou Mansion.When it comes to the rich, the Lin family is not too far behind...

"Ma'am," Caiyun called out from outside the door.

"Come in," Mrs. Wang covered the pearl hairpin with a veil, "what's the matter?"

"The old lady sent a message that she missed Miss Lin and asked the second grandma to pick it up tomorrow. Just now the second grandma sent someone to the carriage and horse office to pass the word. The other side said that the carriage is not free, so come to ask the wife for instructions."

There are a lot of carriages at home. I was afraid that there would be no carriages to call when things were urgent. I specially prepared a dozen or so carriages, and no one would go out tomorrow. It is not enough. It is nothing more than those people who know who is the master of this house and drive Come sell it.Mrs. Wang has been a housekeeper for so long, of course she knows the twists and turns, "What's worth it? Let the errand at the carriage and horse department move one out for Second Mistress tomorrow."

Seeing Caiyun turn around and go out, Mrs. Wang suddenly called her back, "Wait a minute, let Zhou Rui's family go with me tomorrow, and let Zhou Rui's family come to my place before going."

Jia Gu recently had his buttocks pierced by a beam hanging from the head. One of his staff members, known as Mr. Dai, is in his 40s this year. He is about the same age as Jia Gu, except that he has six fingers on his right hand. But he is the head of the staff, who has been studying with Jia Gu these few days.

Mr. Dai carried the jug and took two cups into the study room, and saw a hemp rope hanging from the beam, tied with Jia Gu's hair bun, and Jia Gu, sitting upright, fell asleep, with his face spread out. Author of "The Analects of Confucius".

Mr. Dai put down the jug and wine glass, stood in front of the table and called him, "Master, Lord? My lord, my lord?" He looked around and shouted, "The barbarians are attacking at night------"

Jia Guteng stood up abruptly, "Little ones, follow this general and go out." He made a movement of drawing his sword and was about to charge forward, but was tied by the hemp rope on his head, blocked by the desk in front, and hit After a while, I shook my head, and finally woke up.

"Mr. Dai, you are not kind. Aren't you lying about the military situation? No, we are not in Beidi anymore. Sit down."

Mr. Dai watched the hemp rope on his head swaying continuously with his movements, "Master Hou, why don't you untie the rope?"

"I don't understand, I don't understand. It's still early, and my old Jia can still read two more pages."

Mr. Dai poured a glass of wine for Jia Gu, "...studying is not something that can be accomplished in a day, so you can talk about it first."

"I have been looking after me all the time. You gentlemen have never disliked me, Lao Jia. They have endured so much hardship with me, and they are still inseparable. It is also my blessing. In the future, I will need my husband to take care of me. Come on, let me offer you a toast first." .”

After drinking a glass of wine, Jia Gu began to confide in his heart, "When I was young, you advised me to study and study, but I didn't listen. After I arrived in Kyoto, I thought that my grandson would be entrusted to you gentlemen in the future. If that kid doesn't study hard , I personally gave him a family law. Now I know that it is not easy to learn. I really can’t learn well. I want to sleep when I read a book, and I sleep very soundly... It’s ashamed to say, drink drink."

"Actually, you don't have to learn anymore now."

"No, no, no, at least you need to know that people scolded me, Lao Jia, and I want to scold me back in an elegant way. Beidi's way of scolding grandma and grandpa, and scolding the [-]th generation of ancestors for not being elegant enough, is all scolding on the battlefield. , Picking out the other party's anger, the angry person is in a mess, and it is not suitable for Beijing."

Mr. Dai put down his wine glass, "Since we came back from the Northland, not only our old brothers are not used to it, I am afraid that the Lord is also not used to it. We are in the Northland, licking blood on the knife head, plotting a city or a war for each other, all day long Lier is deceitful, the knife is bloody, and when we arrive in this capital, it is like a tiger in a cage, and a magic soldier in a warehouse, and there is no longer the feeling of being trembling and sharp."

"Sir, will the plan be released this time?"

"I heard that Concubine Jia in the palace is pregnant with a boy."

In the past, the city was sought, and in the future, the country was sought. Jia Gu knew what he meant.

"Old Jia understands the meaning of the gentleman. Although Lao Jia does not study, he has heard the gentlemen in the teahouse say that in the past, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought, and some people advised Liu Bang to 'build high walls, accumulate food widely, and slowly become king'. We are good people under the emperor's rule, and we never have any other thoughts, sir, do you understand?"

Mr. Dai nodded, raised his glass, and had a drink with Jia Gu. He naturally understood what Jia Gu meant.And Jia Gu also understood what he meant, they have been together for so many years, so naturally they are not afraid of the strife in the court, and they are not afraid of the most serious strife in the court --- Conglong dispute.