Old things in the Red Chamber

It was a hot day, and when Jia Tanchun went to Qinfang Pavilion, there was no one in the pavilion, and the servants who cleaned the pavilion said, "Girls and Master Bao have gone to Xiaoxiang Pavilion."

Jia Tanchun blocked the sunlight with a round fan, and took the girl to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

The Xiaoxiang Pavilion is shady and cool, and it is cool to live in in summer. A group of people eat, drink and drink happily in the bamboo forest.Everyone is here except Jia Tanchun, Xue Baochai saw Tanchun approaching from a distance, stood up with a smile, "You lazy girl, if you don't come, we will make trouble for you."

While talking and joking, Wang Xifeng came with her son and daughter. There were more people and it was more lively. At this moment, Jia Baoyu was happy in his heart.Wang Xifeng sat on the embroidered stool with her son in her arms and her daughter in his arms, "I don't like to move when it's hot, but this pair of enemies just wanted to come to the yard, so I brought them here, Brother Bao, you are very knowledgeable. Coax your nephew and niece."

Sister Qiao is not young anymore, and her brother Fang is still a toothless animal. She said she wanted Jia Baoyu to coax her nephews and nieces, but in fact she wanted him to calm down.

Jia Baoyu has indeed calmed down, and is telling stories to Xichun. Xichun recently read Buddhist scriptures, and saw many unpleasant stories of retribution in it, and took them out to argue with Baoyu.

But Baoyu doesn't like Buddhist stories about persuading people to be good, so he tells Xichun a dream of his own.

"I accompanied all the fairy girls in the sky to taste Wanyan Tongbei, watch the twelve songs and dances, and read a lot of good poems. It really is heaven and earth, which is very different from our place. Not to mention those fairy girls, there are only books, which contain a lot of books. room……"

Jia Tanchun held a piece of fruit and thought about "Xiangjiang River passed away, Chu Yunfei," which coincided with the word "Xiangyun", felt that there were passing and flying in it, as if it was saying that the bamboo basket fetched water in vain, and his heart was filled with sorrow.I can't tell what I'm feeling sad about, I just feel extremely uncomfortable after hearing this.

"This is all deceitful by the second brother. You said 'the jade belt is hung in the forest, and the golden hairpin is buried in the snow. It's Lin Daiyu who came here, isn't the golden hairpin in the snow the same as Xue Baochai?" Xichun didn't believe it was a dream, thinking that Jia Baoyu made it up to deceive people.

"I thought so too. Brother Bao must have lied to us." Xue Baochai kowtowed melon seeds, glanced at Jia Baoyu, and watched him anxiously explain to his elder sisters and sisters. For the first poem, I think Jia Baoyu has made progress in poetry, so that's fine, whether it's articles or other knowledge, you always need to be more capable.

When Jia Gu came home in the evening, Jia Gui, the housekeeper, brought a greeting card. Jia Gu looked through it, and it was sent by the historian.

"What does this mean? Haven't the two of them broken off their engagement?"

The greeting post said that Jia Hou was invited to attend the engagement banquet between his niece Shi Shi and the second son of Princess Wei's mansion. Jia Gu looked at Jia Gui and said, "Go to their house and ask if you took the wrong post. If you get the post, the two of them will soon become enemies."

"Master Hou, the little one said the same thing at the time. The person who sent the post was the big housekeeper of their family. He said it was true. In February of the year, the brother of the Wei family went to Xuanzhou with the son-in-law of Wei. On the way, he passed by the Shi family. The second master of the Shi family specially invited someone to reconcile, and set up a banquet at home to ease the relationship between the two families. At that time, he proposed to remarry. The old housekeeper of their family said that the concubine Wei did not agree or refuse at that time. At that time, the second master of their family had a discussion with Concubine Wei, and they agreed to get married again. That's why this post came about."

Jia Gu returned to the backyard with the post in hand. Mrs. Tong was flipping through the ledger. When she saw him coming in, she looked down at the ledger again as if nothing happened.He said "I'm back."

"Yeah." Jia Gu threw the post on the table, Madam Tong picked it up, looked at it, and put it down, "Sir, do you think this is a strange thing? The two families divorced, but now they are married again."

Jia Gu snorted, "People's housework has little to do with us. After all, it's just an exchange of interests. What are you doing? Isn't the daughter-in-law in charge of the housekeeping?"

Mrs. Tong closed the account book happily, "You know, we still have to give a new gift when they re-engage. I just want to see what they gave for their engagement last time. Just follow the prescription this time." I just confirmed that my daughter-in-law is pregnant again, so why don't I hurry up and take over the housework, let her raise her with peace of mind for a while, and give us a fat grandson." Speaking of this, Mrs. Tong got excited. "I've said it a long time ago, Nan'er is the only grandson, how is it missing? Look at how old Nan'er is, and his mother is pregnant again. I..."

Jia Gu stood up, "Okay, okay, don't talk about this, I'm a father-in-law, can I tell you about my daughter-in-law here? Leave me alone, I'm going to the study, by the way, let the kitchen make me a The roast chicken is here, and it has been grazing for several days, so it’s time for me to eat some meat.”

"No, the imperial doctor said that you are full of blood and must be a vegetarian. I told the kitchen. When did the imperial doctor say that you can eat meat, you can only eat meat. Moreover, all your dishes are fried in vegetable oil. Don't even think about using meat." Oil."

There was no way to get by at home, so Jia Gu stood up, without changing his clothes, and went out with a whip, and asked Chang Sui to find Jia She, and the two of them went to the tavern together, ordered a table of fat chicken and duck, and ate. His face is oily.

"Oh, I'm happy, I've been eating grass for half a month. Finally, I've had a bite of meat." Satisfied, Jia Gu picked his teeth with a toothpick and squinted at Jia She, "What are you doing at home recently? You don't come here either." I'm here."

"It's not that I didn't go because I thought you were busy. In fact, I'm also busy during this time." After speaking, she smiled wretchedly.

"Every time you smile like that, I always want to hit you. After all, our faces are about the same, but if you think about it, forget it. Why are you smiling this time?"

"Do you know Jinxiang Tower?" He carefully leaned over, "Let me tell you, there is a thirteenth lady in there who looks...hehe...brother, brother, please go, the singing and dancing there is amazing, worth watching look."

Jia Gu put down the toothpick, "Forget it, no need, I don't like that place, but I'm actually a little scared. When I was young, I used to go with my comrades in Beidi to have a good time. You don't know, when the pipa sounds , the sisters in there came out in a file, with smiles on their faces, and there were wine, vegetables and fruits on the table. At that time, while eating and drinking, watching the dance, I felt that this was the happiest joy in the world. Change, those sisters lift up their skirts..."

The expression on Jia Amnesty's face became even more obscene, "Hehehe", a cheap "I understand" expression flew over.

"Hey, what are you doing? They tied their weapons to their thighs, lifted their skirts, took out their weapons, and chopped the two unlucky bastards beside me into meat paste. I just drank less than them, and I was still sober after vomiting twice. , otherwise, I tell you, I would have died there long ago. Let me tell you, don’t take me to those places, I can’t help but draw a knife, if I don’t have a knife in my hand, I can’t help tearing off the table legs, in short, You can't have fun going there, and maybe you'll suffer."

"Then what happened to you later? How did you escape?"

"The place where I was leaning was the window. My whole body was limp. I had no strength at all. More than 20 comrades who came together died in the blink of an eye. A dozen of them died. I jumped out of the window and escaped. This is the most boneless thing I have ever done. For one thing, I was beaten up by the captain at the time. He said that I was also a deserter on the battlefield. Later, I didn’t take over the next job. I was afraid that I couldn’t do it well, because I escaped faster than others. .”

Jia Amnesty picked up the wine glass, "Come on brother, drink according to the rules in the army. Let's not rest until we're drunk. After drinking this glass of wine, forget about it and never mention it again."

Seeing his appearance, Jia Gu laughed, "I was stunned by this matter, but it's over. According to the rules in the army, you have to change it to a bowl, but you are not in the ranks. , you feel free, I will go one according to the rules in the army." He poured the wine into a bowl and lifted it up, shouting "Drink wins"

Jia She was yelling in the tavern just now, he had never been afraid of anyone when it came to drinking, and naturally he returned drunk, Jia Gu was worried, so he sent him home, and from a long distance away, he saw a few dudes parting ways by the side of the road. , the driver was Jia Amnesty's boy, quickly opened the curtain and said to Jia Gu, "Master Hou, our Second Master Bao and Uncle Wang's Master Wang Ren are over there."

Jia She was drunk and muttered, "Let them go, don't stand in my way."

Jia Gu looked at the carriage over there, "Detour."

"You don't know," Jia Amnesty couldn't sit up straight, but waved his hands indiscriminately, "You don't know, my son is no worse than that phoenix egg. ...does he have the ability?"

There is no reason to talk to drunkards. Jia Yu once told his own father the difference between Jia Cong and Jia Baoyu, that is, Jia Cong is good at treating scriptures, while Jia Baoyu is better at poetry.Jia Cong is destined to become an old scholar in the end. Although he is an official fan, he will not go too high in his life. He does not have certain characteristics of a powerful minister, not cunning enough, not cruel enough, not ruthless enough.If he can manage well, Baoyu can become a celebrity, with wide sleeves and high crown, and treats the world's dignitaries like dung, but Jia Zheng likes to make him a high-ranking official.

Confucius said that "teach students according to their aptitude", Jia Gu thought that he was a martial artist, and he knew the truth, why Jia Zheng didn't know it, and the people in Rongguo Mansion didn't know it.

Jia Amnesty was still chattering, but this time the object of his complaints was changed. Every time he got drunk, he would always be dissatisfied with Jia Zheng, complain, and even scold him carelessly, but it was of no help to him.

At this moment, Jia Gu couldn't help but think about the difference between himself and Jia She.They have the same parents, the same blood, and the difference is that they spent their youth in the Northland. From then on, the fate of the twins began to diverge.