Battle of the Red Chamber Ring III

Jia's mother comforted Jia Zheng and went back to the house, and then called Yuanyang Jianglai to come, gave a few orders, and called someone to go outside to inquire.On the second day in Jia's mansion, it was reported that the second wife of Rongguo Mansion's second room had made a great wish to go to Shanlan Temple to lead her to practice for a while, and more than a dozen carriages set off from the capital and headed for Xishan.

He only said to go out but didn't mention how long it took. Chi Chen just smiled coldly when he heard the news, but since he returned to the palace, his entry and exit are not up to him, even if he thinks about it, he can only pass it on through Mu Kun. Mu Kun knew it, and Jinshang naturally knew it too, so he simply stopped contacting him.

Before Jia Huan returned to Jia's mansion, she lamented how quickly the time of freedom disappeared, but Mrs. Wang consciously left.

"I don't know what this lady is thinking. What could be more comfortable than being served by someone in the house. Those temples, temples, can't eat meat. I really can't understand the thoughts of these masters." Sitting in Jia Huan's room, Aunt Zhao took Jia Huan to measure her height, and muttered: "After going out for a while, I have grown a lot, and I can't wear the clothes in the house anymore."

"Didn't I bring two boxes when I came here? Why did my mother make new ones?" Jia Huan frowned. Standing there dumbfounded, he tried to persuade him dryly.

"Those are good clothes. It is a waste to wear them when you have nothing to do in the mansion. The person who made your clothes is a smart person. You can put the corners here. You can wear them until you are ten years old. Waiting for you." When I get older, I need to go out and dress brighter." Aunt Zhao bit the ruler to memorize Jia Huan's height, and after a while, seeing her son looking at her, she reached out and rubbed Jia Huan's head, "You are still young now. , I will take care of these things, by the way, the old mother has returned to her hometown, do you know?"

Jia Huan shook her head, and Aunt Zhao said with a trace of nostalgia: "You have not been out for a long time, and you don't know where the fate came from. The elder brother of the old mother's hometown is seriously ill, and his great-grandson happens to be an alley runner. When we arrived at our house, the old lady returned the contract of sale to the old mother and gave her 20 years of monthly money. Our house has always been kind to those slaves. Once she begged, she would usually agree to it without any money, and she also said that her brother had died a long time ago, but she didn't expect such a fate to exist, and she thought that she would still meet once in this life."

"When I went to Jinling, I met my uncle. He said that my cousin had already studied. If he passed the entrance examination and returned to Duzhong, then I will pick up my mother to leave the mansion. Let's live together?" Jia Huan said suddenly, looking Looking at Aunt Zhao, with a smile on her face, Aunt Zhao hugged Jia Huan in her arms, she didn't say whether it was okay, but just kept hugging her, and she didn't know what to think, leaning on Jia Huan's little person, as if she was relying on him.

Mrs. Wang's going out of the mansion is not very different to the people in Jia's mansion. Baoyu usually just jokes with a group of maids, but occasionally thinks of Baochai and talks to Daiyu. When I went out to meet friends, most of the cleaners in the mansion disappeared.Is there anyone who can understand current affairs more quickly than them? On the contrary, Mother Jia is still calm, as if she is sure that Rongguo Mansion will not suffer anything.

Sure enough, after a month passed, there was no movement in the mansion, and the originally suffocating atmosphere gradually disappeared.When the maids occasionally mentioned it, they also changed from cautious to contemptuous.

"Everyone else is honest, but I'm tired and weak. If I were to say that I should have gone with me, who would have thought?" Mrs. Xing smiled happily while pinching her handkerchief, "Congratulations to the old lady. An Xin is pregnant, and now, I'm so busy that I can only take care of her." To say that this big house is rare, apart from Jia Lian, who was born to his wife, there is only one concubine, Jia Zong, now This pregnant woman was bought by Jia She for 500 taels of silver just now, but it took only a month for her to be pregnant.

"It's a good thing. Let Sister Feng take more care of her. We haven't seen children in our house for a long time." Jiamu nodded. She had always looked down on this stupid Xing family, but now it seems that it is not as good as this, at least she will not do it. It broke the sky, "By the way, you go and tell Baoyu to work harder at ordinary times, and don't bother his mother Qingxiu if you have nothing to do."

The mandarin ducks on the side listened, responded softly, then turned around and went out to look for Baoyu. None of the maids in Baoyu's room were vegetarians, and they always looked at people with their chins, but Baoyu liked this tune originally. All of them were spoiled by him and lost their duty. At first, Nanny Li was suppressing her, but now she went to this nanny's house, and there was only Nanny Song who was easy to talk. The room was about to turn upside down.

Yuanyang just entered the door and saw Qingwen holding a bowl of bird's nest with her little finger up and holding a small spoon to eat bit by bit. Seeing Yuanyang coming and throwing the spoon in her hand on the table, she got up and greeted her.

"What's the wind blowing today, you're here." Qingwen leaned in front of Yuanyang and sat down at the table together.

"What about the people in your house, why are they all gone?" Yuanyang looked around, except for Xiaohong, the gatekeeper, everyone else was gone.

"Baoyu went to set up a bookstore, and called the girls to have sex together. I have caught a cold these days, so I didn't go there because I didn't get sick." She wanted to go at first, but Xiren insisted on it. not going.

"He has always been like this. Now that the second wife is not in the house, he doesn't care." Yuanyang looked at Qingwen and exchanged glances with each other. Qingwen served Yuanyang a cup of tea and bumped the silver bracelet in her hand. There was a crisp sound.

Yuanyang took a sip, put it on the table carefully, looked up at Qingwen and said, "The old lady asked me to ask what Baoyu was doing, and she only ordered him not to disturb the wife's meditation, and nothing else. I mentioned you and told the girls in your yard not to mention it in front of him."

Qingwen nodded, looking at Yuanyang with bright eyes: "Let me ask you, do you know about attackers?"

Yuanyang raised her eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

"I heard that her mother was going to redeem her, but she was so desperate that she didn't want to go back. She also said that when her father died at the age of four, she was sold to the mansion by the family. Now that she has enough money, she wants to raise money , if she ran out of money after redeeming her, is she going to be sold again?" Qingwen took two mouthfuls, then poured out all her words, "Tell me, has she already..."

Yuanyang tilted her head to glance at the closed door, and then turned her head to look at Qingwen who was nervous. There are really not many maids in this house who have no idea about the baby girl of the second room. Well, she drank a cup of tea in one breath, got up and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and looked down at Qingwen with a gentle smile on her face: "You know, that Xiren was originally The old lady gave it to Baoyu, since it belongs to him, how could it still come out of our Jia's house, let alone, I have to go to the old lady's place to serve, so let's go first." After finishing speaking, he pushed The door went out.

Not long after Yuanyang went out, Qiuwen put her arms around Bihen's arm and came in leaning forward and backward with a smile. Seeing Qingwen, she leaned forward and said, "You don't know how interesting this is, what a pity .”

Qingwen snorted: "Even if I go, it's just about flowers and plants. I don't understand. I ordered a few bowls of bird's nest just now and didn't drink it. Don't say that I don't take care of you."

Qiuwen winked at Bihen, both of them lowered their heads and snickered for a while, then looked up to see Qingwen walk out of the yard, Qiuwen leaned lazily on the table: "If you want to say that Qingwen, isn't it just her face?" She looks good, if it wasn't for our Young Master Bao's rarity, who would be able to bear her temper."

Bihen took out a handkerchief and was pressing the sweat on his forehead. Hearing what Qiuwen said, he didn't reply, just pursed his lips and laughed for a while, the two of them rested for a while and then began to pack their things, waiting for Baoyu to return The room is for washing.

Yuanyang went out and walked for a while, and saw Jia Huan sitting by the pool with her chin in her hands, holding a book in her hand, as if she was reciting something, so she came forward to greet her. "I have seen Master Huan, Master Huan is well."

Jia Huan looked up and saw a beautiful girl in her teens who was wearing silk that could only be worn by first-class maids in the house, with two white pearl earrings hanging by her ears and a blue bracelet in her hand. In the mansion, everyone would think it was a lady from some family.

"You are the mandarin ducks served in front of our ancestors." Jia Huan remembered, "Your family should be the Jin family I met in the old house, but?" Jia Huan was still impressed by the golden color. , now it seems that their family is extremely smart.

"Exactly, I heard that Master Huan has gone to Jinling, and this servant wants to ask how his father is in good health and how his brother is doing." Yuanyang followed the conversation, talking but sized up this young master who barely had any sense of existence.When she was serving at Jiamu's place, she heard about Aunt Zhao a few times. She always had nothing good to say, she had a bad temper, and she was not smart. The Miss Tanchun she met was not like a mother and daughter at all. Now Seeing Jia Huan, she felt the same way again.

"Your father is in good health, and your brother is also lively." Jia Huan wrapped the answer in his stomach, and finally only said the most bland and impermanent sentence.

Yuanyang thanked Jia Huan with a smile, and said goodbye again. Holding the hem of her skirt, she climbed two steps, walked past the gazebo, and walked towards Jia Mu's house.When she got to a place where Jia Huan couldn't see, she thought of something, turned around and walked back the other way.

The Grand View Garden was originally a courtyard for visiting relatives, but now it is used by a few ladies in the mansion. Baoyu also bought a room named Yihong Courtyard for fun, but most of the fun is usually in Xiaoxiang Pavilion and other places. There is another Daoxiang Pavilion with the best scenery.

Yuanyang stood in a place where no one else could see, looked through layers of tree shadows, watched Baoyu joke among several sisters, occasionally pulled Lin Daiyu's hand to express love, and occasionally touched Xiren's wrist, and moved closer to her. It should be the smell of Qingwen's neckline.

"Finally we can see each other, after all, let me give up." Yuanyang said to herself with a smile, and then returned.