Old things in the Red Chamber

Xiren lied, Mrs. Wang and Shi Taijun did not expect to be able to deceive Baoyu for a long time. Mrs. Wang cared about her son and went to visit Baoyu every day in a sedan chair. Everyone was moved by her love for her son.Slowly persuade him, enlighten him a little bit, and hope that he can return to his usual life.

Jia Baoyu already had a bad premonition. He is not a fool. If he really married Sister Lin, there would be no movement at home. He had seen Jia Lian marry a wife before. At that time, he opened a warehouse early to make bedding Bedding, cleaning the house, selecting staff, and by the way, let the groom's official come out to show the Yue family.Sister Lin has no natal family and can save the last step, but it can't be a little bit silent.

Furthermore, the wife came every day and said good things about Sister Bao, but Sister Lin had nothing to do with it.Jia Baoyu panicked.He thought of Jia Huan. It was Jia Huan who told the news about sister Lin's marriage. This time, he wanted to ask Jia Huan for clarification.

While taking a nap, he saw that the maids in the room were fast asleep, so he ran out and found Jia Huan. Jia Huan first asked him to promise, "Don't tell anyone that I told you."

Jia Baoyu almost swore by his ancestors, and then got the news from Jia Huan.

"I married the fourth master of the Gu family. I heard that there was a grandma in front of her, but she was unlucky and disappeared a few years ago. By the way, that time, Shuntian Mansion said that you and Lian's second brother pretended to be the uncle, which is a crime." He has it. Do you remember?"

Jia Baoyu's heart was pierced like a knife, how could he be good enough for Sister Lin, who was like a fairy, how could a filthy man marry Sister Lin.

Jia Baoyu plucked up the courage of his life, and ran out from the back door by himself. Regardless of the cold weather, he ran to the government office of Shuntian Mansion, shivering from the cold, but he didn't dare to rush in to find their chief officer.Had to shrink in the street and wait.

Qiuwen got up and saw that Baoyu had disappeared, thinking that he was going to relax in the garden, after a while, looking again, the big clothes were still there, thinking that he must be cold, so he sent the little girls to look for him, but he couldn't find it after searching around Man, it's broken now, report it quickly, and searched the house again, but there was no one.

What should I do?

Shi Taijun watched Mrs. Wang cry into tears. At this time, I have to say that Jiang is still hot. Shi Taijun kicked Jia She and Jia Lian and his son out, and asked Jia Lian to look for him near Rongning Street. By the way, he asked if anyone had seen Baoyu. Jia Amnesty immediately went to Jia Gu's place, thinking that this silly boy must have gone to look for Lin Daiyu, "See if he has gone to the Hou's mansion?"

Jia Amnesty ran to call Jia Gu again, and Jia Zheng was called back from the yamen. Mrs. Wang's companion found Wang Ziteng, and Wang Ziteng mobilized the horse and infantry.

"No one, no outsider came in in our house today except you." Jia Gu hugged his little granddaughter and said dissatisfiedly, "If you continue to run errands for your old lady like this, you won't even count as outsiders. , I will treat you as a brother without you."

Exasperated.

"No, Baoyu is missing." Jia She was sweating anxiously, "If there is someone in your house, go and look for him, he is still a child."

Jia Gu heard that he had a toothache. When Jia Xun was the same age as Baoyu, he was relieved to let him lead the team alone.Jia Baoyu is still a child!

"Understood, Jia Gui, I've selected people who are fine today, and went to find them quietly. By the way, have you reported to the officials in Shuntian Mansion?"

Jia Amnesty went to Shuntian Mansion first, there were many things at the end of the year, and he had to get engaged again, so Gu Yun was very busy, someone's daughter-in-law was picked up by hooligans, and someone's brother-in-law was caught drinking flower wine by his brother-in-law I was bored with bricks, my head was bleeding, it was all trivial matters, now it is considered a big case, shame on me.

Literally speaking, the loss of population was not a big deal in Beijing a few years ago, and that was before Gu Yun took office.Gu Yun's famous case was drawn from a missing person case.

A few years ago, a businessman said that his wife was lost. Gu Yun looked through the file and found that more than ten or twenty young wives went missing every year. The kiln, that is, the brothel, these women who have been kidnapped and sold by many means, do not see the sun all day long, and are specially prepared for special people with special hobbies.

After verification, this kiln has existed for more than 20 years, so based on the fact that [-] people are abducted every year, there are many people involved in the case.This matter allowed Gu Yun to secure his position as governor, and the follow-up treatment of these women was very appropriate, so many people rated him as a "capable official".

Everyone in Shuntian Mansion was going to shock the government and the public again years ago. Everyone was gearing up. As soon as they ran out of the mansion, they found someone huddled together. .

The catchers got angry, and agreed that this was a great contribution. The men just lifted their spirits, and they were so depressed. They all gouged out Jia Baoyu's eyes, and took him back to the government office to report to his order.

Jia Amnesty hadn't left yet, he was talking to Gu Yun, when he saw Jia Baoyu being brought in, he quickly put his cloak on him and complained.Jia Baoyu didn't care about his uncle, but only looked at Gu Yun sitting in the hall.

He regards Gu Yun as a rival in love, and Gu Yun only regards him as a silly young master who has nothing to do.

After Jia Baoyu came home, the two hostesses in the backyard felt relieved. Jia Zheng wanted to beat Jia Baoyu to vent his anger, but Jia Baoyu was in a daze this time. The imperial physician was invited to come over to take a look. Jia Zheng watched Jia Amnesty busy, but in the end he felt sorry for Jia Baoyu, and wanted to wait for Nizi to recover before beating him up.

Mrs. Wang and Shi Taijun had to cry around for a while.

There were no men's affairs in the backyard. Jia Zheng thanked Jia Amnesty, and invited Wang Ziteng with a drink. After Wang Ziteng heard that his nephew was fine, he felt relieved a lot.For Wang Ziteng, among the descendants, Jia Baoyu is the only child he can see, and he is still a child of his sister's family.Counting on your fingers, his nephew Wang Ren is not a thing, and the two nephews, Xue Pan is even more not a thing, they just set off Jia Baoyu's dragon and phoenix appearance.

After Shi Taijun cried, he watched Jia Baoyu drink the medicine and fell asleep.So I sent someone to send a thank you gift to Gu Yun's house.

As usual, when I woke up in the middle of the night, Xiren didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, but Jia Baoyu didn't run around anymore, and lay on the bed, quietly, seeing that he was fine, and the others couldn't stand it anymore, and slept on the kang outside. down.Xiren accompanied Jia Baoyu and listened to him.

"I met that uncle Guo today, but I hate that I am not him after all."

Xiren was afraid that he would think too much, so he only advised him, "Go to bed early, the whole family is worried..."

"I originally thought he was a vulgar person, married, and an official, and a moth of the country. I just saw him in the afternoon, with a righteous spirit and clear eyes..."

The more I talked, the more unwilling I became, thinking how much worse I am than him?Is the family background not comparable or the furniture not comparable.There was a fire in my heart.

It's like, your rival in love is not as good as you, and you can still blame your sweetheart, because you chose him blindly.If your rival in love is like you, and they are not the same, you have to ask your sweetheart why you chose him and not me.Jia Baoyu is in this state now.But he still hasn't realized that it is not Lin Daiyu who is decisive, but a large group of people around him.

Xiren is not a roundworm in his stomach, so naturally he doesn't know what he's thinking at this time. He didn't hear Jia Baoyu scolding others, and he felt relieved a lot. With this incident, he thought that Baoyu should know the benefits of being an official. .Tomorrow I persuade Baoyu to study, and he will be famous in the future.

Xiren is the No. [-] eyeliner Mrs. Wang placed in this yard. She told Mrs. Wang about this idea, and Mrs. Wang felt even more that Xiren and her were of the same mind, thanks to her.After rewarding Xiren with a suit of old clothes, he sent him back to serve Baoyu's study.

Baoyu started reading, not stereotyped articles, but romance, and found resonance for the depression in her heart through graceful and beautiful words.

The sisters in the family came to see him in turn, Xue Baochai also came frequently, and she was one step closer to her goal.

This is Lin Daiyu's last New Year's Eve at home, but before the New Year's Eve, it is unavoidable to go to the Lin family's house to pay homage to the tablets of her parents and ancestors.

In previous years, it was Jia Xun who sent her there to meet the male and female servants at home, and it is the same today.But Gu Yun is a thief, he deliberately waited halfway, pretending to meet by chance, and wanted to have a few words with Jia Xuan.

The drunkard doesn't mean wine.

Although she recently added a problem of crying at every turn, Lin Daiyu blushed when she heard someone greet her cousin in the carriage.She already knew who this man was.

Gu Yun also gave Jia Xuan a bunch of gadgets, saying, "It's for your two girls." But his eyes looked at the carriage, but his expression was: You know who this is for.

Jia Xun was quite envious. When he was not married, why couldn't he remember to block his wife's carriage.It's so elm-headed.

Then this year there will be a few more relatives who want to move around. Gu Yun's eldest sister married the second son of a civil servant. When the emperor wanted to win him over, he also used marriage means to marry his eldest cousin.At present, the family has to live by watching his eldest cousin's face.

The eldest aunt of the Gu family sent a gift to Zhongwuhou's mansion, followed by Gu Erye's family, their father, son and brother separated, and also sent a gift to Zhongwuhou's mansion separately.

Lin Daiyu talked about her in-law's family, so it's not suitable to go out to communicate. She still has a few good friends, so she posted a post. During the Chinese New Year, every household sang operas, and there was also a day's opera wine at Zhongwuhou's mansion, inviting people to come and see .Therefore, on this day, the ladies from other families who had invitations bumped into the ladies from Rongguo Mansion.

Four people came from Rongguo Mansion, Xichun Tanchun, Xue Baochai and Wang Xifeng.The leader of the team was Wang Xifeng. When he came, Wang Xifeng also felt his face was hot. It was only because the old man was drunk yesterday, and his mouth was bald.

Shi Taijun asked her to bring the girls to join in the fun.

It's a guest when you come, but Mrs. Tong is relatively busy. Qi Jing'an's due date is in February, and now she has a very big belly, so she is talking with people in the upper room. Mrs. Tong is busy with the welcoming and sending off.Fortunately, not many people came here today. Seeing their house like this, they sat down and chatted with them, and left after eating a meal.

In the end, Lin Daiyu sent several invited little sisters to the second gate, and in exchange for entertaining the girls from her grandfather's house.Qi Jing'an was sent to rest in her yard.Wang Xifeng was talking to Madam Tong in the upper room.

What he said was about the preparations for Lin Daiyu's marriage.

Mrs. Tong felt that there was nothing she couldn't tell others, so she explained the arrangement again, "The main reason is that my niece and son-in-law are getting older, and his sister came to our house a few days ago, meaning to get married early. I looked at the almanac, The good days are in the second half of the year, plus the dowry needs to be prepared, so I chose October, which is lukewarm, so that my niece will not be punished."

What Wang Xifeng wanted to know was not this, but what she wanted to know was how Rongguo Mansion would attend on the wedding day. As for Zhongwuhou Mansion, the disadvantage was that there were few people.

Jia Gu is quite tough on the issue of Rongguo Mansion.

Shi Taijun realized long ago that compared with the Rongguo Mansion and the Zhongwuhou Mansion, the world values ​​the Zhongwuhou Mansion more. It is impossible for her to admit that the family has declined. The wealth of the government will be more than ten years later.

But at present, reconciliation with Zhongwuhou's mansion will not suffer.

If you want to ask her if she regretted it back then, in fact, she can't tell. Right now, Lin Daiyu's marriage is a good excuse. The Rongguo Mansion will come forward to make amends and let her bow her head.How do you say that, broken bones are still connected, Jia Gu and here are blood relatives after all.

Among the families that Rongguo Mansion associates with, they are family friends.

King Beijing, who had the best friendship with the Rongguo Mansion, went to inspect the border, and the King of Nan'an County went to Hainan. The remaining two county kings, together with the other six Dukes, were invited by Shi Taijun to persuade Jia Gu.

This amount is definitely enough, and there are a few old people in it, and they have a good relationship with Jia Daishan. Jia Gu also met him when he was a child, and he came forward to make peace, so he is a good candidate.Here, Lord Shan Guo also said to Shi Taijun through the screen, "After all, he is a descendant of your family. Why not record his branch on the genealogy, which also shows sincerity."

There is no objection to this one.Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen also agreed.

On the day of Xiumu, Jia Gu was organized to invite Jia Gu out for tea.Jia Amnesty had told Jia Gu the news a long time ago. At the beginning, Jia Gu was very angry, thinking that these people are too idle, they can't finish their own family affairs, and they come to worry about other people's family affairs.He thought about not going, but felt that if he didn't go, it seemed that if he deliberately took Joe, the Rongguo Mansion would make a mistake. The old lady of their family would go out in person. If they were crying and making noise, it would be difficult to end.

When the day came, a group of people went to the Wangjiang Tower and booked the second floor. Many members of the Jia family came, as well as lobbyists from all sides. Your sister's marriage is going to go, we two have a lot of things to do, I have an appointment with Mrs. Lin's brothers and sisters today, and I won't be able to linger with them for too long. Thousands of troops rushed over, and I'm afraid of a few Bad old man."

When they arrived at the Wangjiang Tower, Jia Gu clasped his fists to the surroundings, and there were other relatives and friends of the Rongguo Mansion, such as Jia Zheng's brother-in-law Wang Ziteng, Jia Zheng's cousins, two princes of the Shi family, and Jia Zheng's in-laws, a civil servant surnamed Li. Son……

"Everyone, please tell me if you have something to say. I have a lot of business today, so let's make a long story short."

Duke Shan is the oldest, so he spoke first, "My old man and your father have known each other since we were young, and we have worked together for decades. If our two families want to have a relationship, we should start from..."

Jia Gu interrupted him, "Grandpa, you were the one who started talking about the relationship with the Jia family in Rongguo Mansion. Jia was born in the North, and he didn't dare to attach himself to Rongguo Mansion. Everyone is here today, so I also put the words aside. I, Jia Gu My descendants and my grandchildren belong to the Jia family in the North, and their Rongguo Mansion comes from Jinling, and we are separated by thousands of miles, so naturally we cannot have a family connection, let alone a family that is not a family."

"Don't you deny your father?"

Jia Gu thought to himself that my father did not lack the food I enshrined. "This is my father's order, and there are letters to prove it. I dare not go against my father's wishes. Everyone, please leave. There is no room for change in this matter."

When Jia Gu returned home, he didn't feel very happy. Someone asked, "Didn't you recognize your father?"

"Your grandfather treated me very kindly, alas." Jia Gu's eyes turned red, but he didn't shed tears because he cared about his son's presence, "When I first came back from the Northland, I wanted to recognize my ancestors and return to my ancestors. "

Jia Xun believed what he said, and passed the word through Jia Amnesty at the time, but Shi Taijun was not happy, and his father couldn't make a gesture of begging for help, so naturally this matter disappeared later, and later, there were many things that happened If you don't, you give up the meaning of recognizing your ancestors and returning to your ancestors.

"Father, once a decision is made, it is difficult to change it. We are the mighty Jia family in the North, and have nothing to do with Jinling. What you said is still ringing in my son's ears."

Jia Xun is not willing to recognize his ancestors and return to his family. He has the confidence and ability to become the founder of a wealthy family. In fact, he has long seen the chaos in Rongguo Mansion and feels that Rongguo Mansion will fail sooner or later.When the time comes, my father will feel very sorry and move the Lord of the First Kingdom to his family's ancestral hall, so that he can continue to receive incense and worship. Don't discuss this topic with your own father, lest the more you talk about it, the more uncomfortable he will be.

"Several old Hanlin will arrive later, they are all related to Mrs. Lin. By the way, how will my cousin celebrate her birthday?"

Jia Gu's emotions came and went quickly, "Don't ask me, won't it make people laugh at the news that my elders are worried about my niece's birthday? Ask your mother."

"Hey" Jia Xun agreed, and went to the backyard, mainly because Gu Si blocked him a few days ago, insisting on asking how their family arranged a birthday banquet for Miss Lin.

The relationship between Jia Huan and Gu Yun got closer, and the two even made an appointment to have a drink. In Gu Yun's mansion, Jia Huan also had the intention of visiting the mansion. Even if you go to elementary school, you can't call it big, and you can still live in it when you have children.There were not many people in the house, an old housekeeper took his old wife to clean the yard, the old housekeeper's son went out with Gu Yun, the daughter-in-law looked at the kitchen, and an old man looked after the door. The old man lost his wife and brought a son with him. His son is also Gu Yun's regular follower.

There is no traffic in the yard, and the house looks alright, but deserted.

"There is a garden at the back, and there are a few Taihu stones in it." Gu Yun led him into the backyard. The butler took the key and unlocked the door. Jia Huan went in and saw that it looked as if no one had lived in it for a long time. In fact, Gu Yun accepted this house, except after seeing it once, no one lived in the backyard.Locked up all day, looking at it in winter, the dilapidated yard is very desolate.

"The house and the yard need to be tidied up. My second brother has already found a craftsman for me. It was too cold to start construction a year ago. After a few years, we can start tidying up." The two walked in the yard, and the road was full of dust. Fallen leaves, there are occasional people here to clean, and the house looks tidy, and it will only be repaired by then.

"The house is a new house eight years ago. The furnishings inside need to be changed. I don't know what Miss Lin likes. When the time comes, I must trouble you to take care of it."

Jia Huan smiled, "I don't know what she likes, you borrow a few servants from the Lin family, it's not better than anything else."

Although it is a bit inappropriate, there is nothing to do. Although Gu Yun's second brother, Gu Yu, has a few servants, but he has a bunch of wives and children, and there are only a few servants who can be dispatched to help.His eldest sister married into a civil servant's family. This kind of family is noble, but life is also poor. The two children in the family, if it weren't for the relief from their uncle, their lives might not be as comfortable as they are now.

Don’t talk about Cheng’en’s mansion, he is like an enemy. A few days ago, Cheng’en called Gu Yun back and scolded him. He promised Gu Yun a marriage. He is the heir of a businessman’s family in Hangzhou Daughter, the point is that she has a lot of dowry, before the agreement is made here, the marriage has already been finalized by Gu Yun over there, even he, an old man, didn't know about it, so he was very angry.

Hangzhou also expressed that they did not dare to compete with the girls of the Hou Mansion, and were willing to be the second wife, and the dowry would still be offered.Gu Yun refused on the spot.

When the two were drinking in the pavilion, Gu Yun also said, "What have I become? In his eyes, he sold me at a good price. Today I am a merchant in Hangzhou, and tomorrow I am an antique dealer in Suzhou." , and the day after tomorrow, another salt merchant from Yangzhou... not only can sell me once, but also sell me a second time and a third time."

Jia Huan had no choice but to pour him a glass of wine, "Don't think so much, you can wait to be your groom's official. To be honest, my sister's dowry is also quite a lot. In the past few days, my father has put the original The witnesses are here. After the Chinese New Year, I will invite you to the Lin family’s mansion to order my sister’s dowry. Let’s be a villain first and then a gentleman. I want to tell you that half of it is for the Lin family’s heirs What is left, you only have the responsibility of guarding."

"Don't worry, what I promised will naturally be fulfilled. I didn't marry Miss Lin for her dowry. To tell you the truth, I just took a look at her, and I think this girl is really nice, reserved and generous, and worthy of it." To be the mother of my son. Now that I think about it, it’s true. Since my aunt gave birth to the emperor, our family has claimed to be a famous family.” Speaking of this, he sneered, “When I was born, my mother’s body was broken. Yes, I was tossed about by the word "famous family". My father gave up the family precepts of farming and studying, and wanted to live like a royal family. When I was young, my family still had some fields, which were sold by my father in order to save face. It was not easy for my mother to support the family. She had to make new clothes for my father, buy him a concubine, and have carriages and horses for him to travel. It was squeezed out from the mouths of our mothers. My mother was sick, and a pair of medicines boiled tasteless and she was reluctant to throw away the medicine dregs, because there was no money to buy a pack to boil. My eldest sister married early When I went out, my father was given a betrothal gift, and my father had no money to prepare a dowry for my sister. I brought a few old elm boxes, some old clothes and her usual quilts and mattresses to marry. It was a joke. My second elder brother was the best at studying. At that time, his husband said that after a few years of precipitation, it would not be a problem to get a top three. Later, for us, he got a seventh-rank official to be released early. My mother is not dead. How long, my third sister got married, and my stepmother came in. If my sister hadn't taken me to the palace, I wouldn't even be able to survive that winter. To be honest, my sister got married and brought me this little oil bottle. Queen, don't look at me only ten years older than me, she has the kindness to bring me up."

Jia Huan patted him on the shoulder, "It's all over. Live with my cousin in peace of mind."