Jia Hu of the Red Chamber

This time to pay back the funeral, the people from the Lin family are the serious chief steward Lin Qing and the steward Lin Qing's wife. He solemnly explained how Jia Min used the medicine, when he died, etc., and also explained the rules and etiquette.

It's just that Mrs. Shi devoted herself to copying the scriptures and knelt to the Buddha for several months, but she still waited for the news of her beloved daughter's early death.

As soon as the words of Lin Qing's family fell, Mrs. Shi fell limply on the couch. The mandarin ducks and Hu Po who were serving on her left and right were frightened and frightened. The grandmothers and girls of the whole generation also stood up one after another to visit.

All of a sudden, the room was full of voices, some ordered someone to invite the imperial physician, some asked someone to send messages to the lord and men, and some called the old lady repeatedly, making a lot of noise, which covered the sobbing of Lin Qing's daughter-in-law. Strictly.

Perhaps Mrs. Shi really missed her poor daughter and grandson in her heart, and she woke up leisurely before Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng arrived.

Without looking at the group of daughters-in-law and grandsons who were holding handkerchiefs and twitching around her, Mrs. Shi just stared tremblingly at Lin Qing's family, her face seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, full of sorrow.

"Where's my little grandson? Can you keep it? And my poor Yu'er, is it okay?"

Jia Min has gone, even Da Luo Immortal can't do anything, the two children left behind can't be sloppy, especially when they are still young, they need to be very careful.

Just mentioning Daiyu, Mrs. Shi couldn't help but think of how when she received her daughter's letter from her family, how her daughter, who had struggled for many years to get a daughter, rejoiced at how uncle Lin Hai cherished her eldest daughter.

Although Lin Qing's family didn't know why their master had sent a letter to the two relatives in advance to explain the death of his wife slowly, but the old lady in-law still didn't know anything about it, but as a servant of the Lin family, she naturally wouldn't talk too much When talking about the Jia family, just answer Mrs. Shi's words.

"Going back to the old lady, the uncle is already in good health. Before the servant girl left, Zhang Miraculous Doctor said that the uncle is fine, just take care of him and take care of him. Although the eldest girl is hurt, she can still take care of the uncle. Knowing that the servant girl is going to Beijing, she also ordered The servant girl pays respects to the old lady on behalf of the young lady."

Everyone in Yangzhou City said that Mrs. Lin Jia Min exchanged her own life for her son, but Lin Qing's family did not say this, for fear that it would arouse old Mrs. Shi's sadness.

Hearing that one of them was saved in the end, Mrs. Shi felt a little better, and burst into tears.When Mrs. Shi cried, no matter what feelings they had in their hearts, all the children and family members in the house were filled with grief.

After crying for a while, I heard the little girl outside reporting that the elder master, the second master and the second master Lian had arrived. Zhou Jie hurriedly took the two sisters-in-law and hid in the green gauze cupboard, while Yuan Chun took Yingchun and Tanchun together. stayed outside.

When the men at home arrived, Mrs. Shi stopped her tears and talked about Jia Min's death.There is a saying that death is like life. Jia Minsheng is the daughter of the Duke of the state, the first wife of a third-rank official, and has a daughter and a son. Home visits support.

Mrs. Shi meant that the family must send a boy to attend the funeral, but she couldn't directly say so at this time.

Jia Amnesty has a title and has a weak relationship with Jia Min, so he will definitely not want to go. Jia Zheng has an official position and cannot leave Beijing. It is necessary to prepare for the next spring.

Therefore, Mrs. Shi only took Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng's hand, mourning that Jia Min's death should not be desolate, and repeatedly ordered the maids to take her private house and send it to the two poor grandchildren. Which filial self said.

Jia Lian felt that the old lady looked at him more eagerly, but he was still thinking about Chun Wei, and he had never even met his aunt Jia Min, so how could he be willing to leave Beijing in winter and go south?Not to mention that there is also a wife who is in love with each other at home.

Seeing Jia Lian's answer, Mrs. Shi couldn't help talking about the car, and she also pulled Jia Yuanchun to talk about the love Jia Min had for their nephews and nieces when she was not married. After talking for a while, everyone understood Shi The meaning of the old lady.

Of course Jia Zheng was looking forward to Jia Lian's trip, but Jia Amnesty was still there, and there was absolutely no reason for him to be the master of his nephew as an uncle, and Jia Amnesty would not take this responsibility at all.If the old lady wants to pay or give things, he has no second choice, and he will not give them a room if they keep things anyway, but there is no way to ask his son to run errands for others.

The second son's family was envious of his son's future prospects, and wanted Jia Lian to miss this section of Chunwei, but he refused to let him go. He decided to raise two good sons who were Jinshi and ranked first. It would be best to piss them off.

The gentlemen were silent, and the rest of the female relatives had no room to speak, so the matter froze.

Although Mrs. Shi scolded Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian for being unfilial in her heart, she couldn't get angry in front of the servants of the Lin family, so she could only put a handkerchief over her eyes, and told the second wife, Mrs. Wang, to settle Lin Qing and his wife well, and pushed her away again. Saying sad, he waved his hands to let the children, grandchildren and wives disperse, and went back to the back room to lie down and think of a way.

A large family of men and women retreated together, and there were inevitably some quarrels along the way, and some yin and yang words were said to play tricks.

Men are stronger here.Jia Zheng wasn't good at words at all, and he was also a little guilty and short of breath when facing a nephew who had already won the Juren, so he just made a slight mention and was dismissed by Jia She, but his face was not very good.

If Jia Baoyu had been replaced, he would have been terrified by Jia Zheng's black face at this moment, but Jia pardoned Jia Lian and his son, who would not care about Jia Zheng's face, just pretended not to see it, and wentssip about the meeting in a contented manner They went back to their respective yards.

It's not so cheap here for the women's relatives.

Just now, Mrs. Shi gave away so many private houses in one go, and the public had to say that a similar gift list was necessary to support the scene. The second wife, Wang, was in charge of the house's internal affairs, so she naturally had to prepare these things.

Just thinking of the treasures sent away like flowing water, Wang's heart hurts like cutting flesh, but he can't show it, and his heart bleeds.

Wang Shi didn't understand, how could God be so unfair and never let her really be happy for a while.For example, this time, it was a happy event for that mean and short-lived ghost Jia Min to get sick, but in a blink of an eye the old man at home was going to hollow out the mansion to give people things, so people couldn't help but get angry.

Mrs. Wang was full of anger, and she was still walking behind Mrs. Xing's stepmother, who was born in a small family who was not in a high position.Looking at it again, Mrs. Xing is followed by two daughters-in-law from a wealthy family. One is a daughter-in-law from the Duke of Liguo's mansion. no eyes.

The face was tight and tight, and Mrs. Wang took a loving look at Liu Xia who was standing side by side with Zhou Jie. Fang talked to Mrs. Xing: "Fame and fortune are nothing but external things. For a family like ours, etiquette, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety are the most important things. Children Being young, it is inevitable that they will be impatient, and it is only reasonable to persuade them to care more about Tianlun."

Follow the temptation well, and it is as if the golden body of the Bodhisattva in the temple has been cast into a mortal womb.

No matter how stupid Mrs. Xing is, she knows that Mrs. Wang is turning a corner and scolding Jia Lian for being unfilial. She didn't go to the funeral for her aunt for the sake of fame, but Mrs. Wang can't make mistakes in her words. He tried hard but couldn't say anything, so he could only purse his lips tightly.

Mrs. Wang was about to be proud, but she forgot that Zhou Jie and Liu Xia were not as clumsy as their stepmother-in-law. Although they may not be called eloquent, they were enough to step on Wang's painful feet.

"The second wife is very good at teaching. I often persuade our second master that the apricot list is hung there. We are young and we have to wait for three years if we fail in this subject. Why bother to study? We are healthy and healthy. It's better to be filial in front of your wife than anything else. Who cares about the younger generation's false name?"

After Liu Xia and Jia Lian got married, it can be said that their words and wishes were smooth, and in their childhood, they were sweet and sweet, and they couldn't get used to others saying that Jia Lian was wrong.Besides, when Jia Lian was 17 years old, he won the imperial examination, and everyone would praise him as a handsome young man, but there are a lot of sour words in this house.Liu Xia wanted to complain for her husband a long time ago, but she didn't have a good time. Today, the second wife bumped into her by herself, so don't blame her for not being good at words.

The second wife's darling, the heavenly and talented Master Jia Zhuzhu, didn't he die in a hurry to take the imperial examination?Who in Manfu doesn't know?

As soon as Liu Xia mentioned that "study makes me sick", not only Wang's face, but also Li's and Jia Yuanchun's faces changed. The faces of the second-bedroom mother, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked like they had opened a dyeing workshop, which was really beautiful. .

Jia Yuanchun looked at his mother, Wang, who had already called Lian's second sister-in-law, Liu Xia, and her hands trembled a little, she hurriedly let go of that idea, recalling the sadness of her elder brother who died early, stepped forward a few steps, secretly squeezed Wang's wrist, and was about to grab it Bai Liuxia, unexpectedly, was stopped by the smiling Zhou Jie.

"Girl Xia is right. Doesn't the old lady often send girls to our yard to ask questions? She is afraid that we will lose our care when we are young. You must know that you are truly filial if you take care of yourself."

Zhou Jie usually went out with her mother-in-law Xing to pay respects to the elders, and she and Jia Hu's small yard was not out of time. She only cared about studying and teaching her children every day. It was only after Liu Xia got married that she went out more often. Walking back and forth between the two adjacent courtyards, the mother and daughter of the second room only thought that Zhou Jie was a celestial fairy who did not eat fireworks. Unexpectedly, Zhou Jie's eloquence was not bad, and she even pulled Mrs. Shi's back in her words.

Jia Yuanchun was kept silent, Zhou Jie didn't look at her anymore, she just smiled and took Yingchun who was a little timidly behind Yuanchun, and brought her to Xing.

"Look at our eldest girl, she has grown a lot this year, and she is also a slim young girl. My wife must carefully choose a good nun for our eldest girl."

Zhou Jie's face was tenderer than others, and at this time she pulled Yingchun, who was blushing, to act like a child acting like a baby. She was charming and quiet, and Xing couldn't love her. With Liuxia playing beside her, Xing was busy Repeatedly agreed.

Yingchun is eight years old this year, and it is true that she has reached the age to be taught by the foster mother, but the second wife, Mrs. Wang, always said that the family's money was tight, so she delayed.

According to Wang's thoughts, Yuanchun now has four foster nuns, and when the time comes, two of them will be released for foster care, and two will be left behind, one to teach Yingchun and one to guide Tanchun.

Although this matter was not explicitly stated, it was tacitly accepted by everyone in the family.

At this moment, Zhou Jie brought up the matter of nurturing the nanny in public. On the face of it, as the elder sister-in-law, she loves the concubine sister. In the ears of Wang's mother and daughter, she just satirizes Yuan Chun's old age and becoming an old girl. .

Wang's heart was filled with hatred, and Jia Yuanchun's face turned pale. Only Grandma Zhu, Li, remained standing behind Wang as if she didn't notice anything. When Wang moved a step, she would move.

Fortunately, the second room is now living with the family in the second courtyard converted from a small building at the back of Rongxi hall, far away from the first room, and Zhou Jie and Liu Xia are going to serve the eldest wife Xing, so the female relatives left early Otherwise, if the fight is later, I am afraid that some people will not be able to support their usual gentle and virtuous appearance today.

As the day passed, everyone in the second room was depressed in their own way, and everyone in the first room had their own pride, but when Jia Hu came back in the evening, Jia Lian was asked to take the initiative to go to Yangzhou to attend the funeral of his aunt Jia Min.

"Is that why I don't come into my brother's eyes like this? Babaer came here and asked me to leave the capital, so I'm not allowed to go out of the capital?"

After hearing Jia Hu's request, Jia Lian was really hurt and angry, his lips trembled a little.Jia Lian really didn't understand, once the laurel list was posted, even the eldest uncle was relieved and allowed him to end, why the eldest brother who has always depended on each other just refused to agree, and this time he would rather he was frozen in the cold He left home, and he might have to spend years outside, and he didn't want him to take the exam at home.

Jia Hu was holding Jia Lian's favorite hickory nut in his hand, and in the blink of an eye, the fat boy who liked to smash walnuts with a small hammer grew into a tall and slender boy with red eyes and a stubborn expression.

Sighing, Jia Hu raised his hand and threw the hickory at Jia Lian, his face was full of relief that "my family has a baby who has just grown up": "What kind of love is there between our brothers to say such words. "

Jia Lian didn't want to pay attention to Jia Hu at first, but his hands became accustomed to it, and he reached out to catch the walnut. When he reacted, he was a little embarrassed, and he held back when he wanted to say something. He turned his face away with a soft snort, but refused to look at it. Jia Hu.

Jia Hu didn't take it seriously, and took out a walnut from his sleeve pocket, and ordered the girl in Jia Lian's room to bring him the small hammer Jia Lian was used to. While smashing, he talked to himself.

"Let's talk about the big truth first, read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. You have a stomach full of poems and books. This trip to the south can not only see the great rivers and mountains, but also see what is the people's livelihood. Being an official makes people coax you so much that you don’t know where things are going, where things are going, where things are going.”

Jia Hu doesn't like these snacks, and the walnuts are not as good as Jia Lian's, and the walnut kernels will be damaged after a few hammers.It just so happened that Jia Lian turned her face away, so Jia Hu passed the walnut cheekily, and waited for Jia Lian to swallow angrily before continuing.

"The rest are just unrefined private conversations." After a pause, Jia Hu suddenly straightened his face, and fixed his eyes on Jia Lian: "Chun Wei, what An Ping means is that he should take another exam after graduation." Best policy."

Prince Zhongping's name is Shuiqing, whose name is Anping.

Jia Lian was startled.

Others don't know, but Jia Lian knows that his elder brother Jia Hu has been working for Prince Zhongping in private, and he can vaguely guess that this prince is interested in the high position.

Jia Hu chooses to serve Prince Zhongping, so Jia Lian doesn't care how the others praise him, and only believes that Prince Zhongping is the master.

Since Prince Zhongping didn't allow it, he couldn't pass the exam.

The doubts in my heart disappeared, but Jia Lian was still a little angry: "My brother said it earlier, why should I do this? I am afraid that my brother still thinks that I am a child who cannot speak."

Jia Hu couldn't say that it was because he knew that Chunwei was going to have a shocking fraud case, and he couldn't persuade Jia Lian, so he borrowed the name of the Fifth Highness to cheat in order not to create a estrangement between the brothers, right?

I had to admit my mistake and apologize.

It was rare for Jia Lian to gain the upper hand, and it was inevitable that he would be unreasonable and unforgiving, the corners of his mouth would reach to the ears, and he still did not forget to tease his elder brother: "What do you mean by reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, elder brother can't go the farthest by himself The Prince’s Zhuangzi outside of the city, this will make me wake up..."

As he said that, Jia Lian suddenly felt that something was wrong, but Jia Hu had been talking about going out of Beijing to have a look.Thinking back and forth, Jia Lian couldn't help loosening his hand holding the small hammer.

"Please come to Lingyan Pavilion for a while. If you are a scholar of ten thousand households. Last time, brother Xiumu wrote this poem alone to teach Liu Lang to read, but he has long intended to leave Beijing?"

The two brothers Jia Hu and Jia Lian made an agreement in the early years that one of them would stay in Beijing to take care of his family when he became an official.Jia Lian knew that he was far inferior to his elder brother in terms of knowledge, and it was impossible for a sage to have two Jia surnames in succession. He had been thinking that he could win a fellow Jinshi, and then use his strength to fill a local official position like his brother's friend Zheng Bi. .

Unexpectedly, the elder brother's call was to let him stay in Beijing, and his idea of ​​going abroad was the border.

Doing the math, he came back from the funeral just when Jia Hu left Beijing to take up his post.

It's just that military merit is so easy to earn?

Jia Lian was so anxious that he could knock Jia Hu unconscious immediately so that he would forget the thought, but Jia Hu still had a smile on his face.

"It's not done yet, so don't make noise and make your sister-in-law worry. I have my own measure. A man should not show his emotions or anger." At the end, Jia Hu's words had a hint of admonishment.

Jia Lian didn't realize that his arrogance, which was finally higher than Jia Hu's, was suppressed by others. He only thought about how to ask the two uncles to help if Jia Hu didn't listen to the persuasion. Hearing this, he was stunned nod.

Not to mention how happy Mrs. Shi was after Jia Lian took the initiative to invite Ying the next day, how the elder called his two sons to his study to teach him a lesson, but was coaxed by his sons to smile, and how Jia Lian reluctantly left Beijing with his family. It is only said that after Jia Rong of the Ning Mansion welcomed the daughter of the Qin family, the female family members of the Ning Rong Second Mansion finally reunited after many years.

——Wang Xifeng and his daughter-in-law, Qin Shi, hit it off right away, like good compatriots and sisters. In order to recognize their daughter-in-law, they simply posted a serious post to invite the female relatives in the West Mansion to visit the house to enjoy the plum blossoms.

It’s just that Wang Xifeng’s body is sinking, the old lady in the Rong’s mansion is old, and Zhou Jie’s sister-in-law has been diagnosed with pregnancy one after another, and they are all very afraid of the cold. The so-called plum appreciation ends up being a whole room of children and family members gathered together to talk and drink Tea.Because of Jia Min's new funeral, dominoes, theater, and drinking are all avoided.

Fortunately, Grandma Zhen Wang Xifeng is used to talking, so the scene was not too cold.

With a few witty words from Wang Xifeng when he first took his seat, everyone talked to each other, this kind of occasion was quite comfortable, they greeted each other according to their seniority, and then each went to find someone to gossip.

As soon as everyone in the Rong Mansion entered, Wang Xifeng saw that the nanny who was following Yingchun was very strange, not the one who had been following before, so she asked a little while talking to Zhou Jie's sister-in-law.

Zhou Jie laughed when she heard this: "It's hard for you to remember so clearly. This is what happened when I first entered the door. The serving girl was careless and has already been dismissed. This is the right person chosen by the wife for the eldest girl." .”

It's not easy to say that the Diao Nu stole the things in the girl's house, so as not to slap Xing's aunt in the face, so he can only vaguely mention it.

Wang Xifeng was well aware of the ways of these inner houses, so she raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and smiled meaningfully at Zhou Jie, saying, "It's been so long since we girls get together to talk", and she couldn't help secretly praising this in her heart. The big grandmother is the real person who doesn't show her face.

Although it is simple to say, it is just to send a useless servant, but this young lady Ying is raised under the name of the lady of Rongfu, and the wet nurse before must have been chosen by the lady of Rongfu.Grandma Hu can think of a way to get rid of that, and she can not offend her mother-in-law, which is really a skill.

This is because Wang Xifeng didn't know the way, and didn't know that it was the family of Wang Shanbao, the grandmother of the little girl in the Yingchun room who played chess.No matter how the old lady manages to clear up the relationship, she is not as respectable as the natal companion Wang Shanbao's family in front of the Xing family, and it is not uncommon to be kicked out.

Zhou Jie smiled and said nothing, played charades with Wang Xifeng for a while, and then pulled Liu Xia to talk, while Wang Xifeng had to circle around, and was distracted to protect Jia Lin, the daughter-in-law of the Ning Mansion, so that she would not talk to the girls of the Rong Mansion. If there is no speculation, the conversation between the two will stop there.

However, this day is destined not to be full of fun, everyone chatted for a while, Wang Xifeng's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were inviting Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Xing to the table. Said that the palace came to pick him up.

Everyone was startled, Mrs. Shi knew a little bit about Wang's plan, and she was just caressing the hand of Jia Yuanchun, whose eyes were already red, while Wang Xifeng covered her face with a veil, so that people could not see her. look up.

The palace came to pick him up, no matter what he was doing, there was no reason for people to wait. A large group of children and family members in the West Mansion were useless, so they followed Mrs. Shi back to the mansion, and sent Jia Yuanchun to the top of the house in sorrow. Looking at her in the small sedan chair, someone carried it out the second door.

As soon as Jia Hu entered the door that day, he heard such a sad thing.

"I've been waiting." Waving his hand to signal to his wife not to worry, Jia Hu took out a letter from his sleeve, with a look of joy and anger on his face: "Lian'er sent a letter, saying that Uncle Lin answered the old lady's request." Please, let our family take care of the cousins ​​of the Lin family for a few years."

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