Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

Hearing Daiyu's words, Zicuckoo hurried out and asked Siqi to come in.Daiyu hastily got up here to freshen up, sat in an armchair and waited.

Siqi stumbled in, crying like tears, his eyes were red, his hair was a little messy, and he was wearing a half-worn pink gown.When she came in, she knelt down beside Daiyu's legs and called out, "Miss Lin, you must save our girl!"

Seeing this, Daiyu couldn't help being startled, thinking that something terrible happened to Yingchun, she hurriedly got up and asked: "Don't cry, tell me quickly, what's wrong with you girls?"

"Yes, Second Wife, Second Wife wants to kill our girl..."

Siqi cried and said.

Since it is the key point, it means that there is such a thought, but it has not been accomplished, or it means that the second wife has already harmed our girl.In other words, that is to say... Yingchun is fine now.Thinking of this, Daiyu finally let go of her heart.The tense mood relaxed a bit, she breathed out lightly, took the handkerchief from Zijuan, pulled Siqi to order him to sit down, wiped her tears with the handkerchief, and slowly A few words of advice.

Siqi gradually stopped crying under persuasion, so Daiyu ordered the little girl to fetch water to wash her face, and asked, "What's going on, please tell me slowly, don't worry..."

Daiyu lived in Jia's mansion for three years, and on weekdays it was just a joke with a few girls in Jia's mansion.Although Yingchun doesn't talk much, she treats people very honestly, and because of Jia She, she naturally gets closer to Yingchun.Now, when I heard that the second wife was going to kill Yingchun, I was naturally anxious.

She has seen the second wife's methods before. Didn't she secretly tamper with the body nourishing pills she usually takes?

Siqi realized that he had been dragged by Lin Daiyu to sit on the armchair. Then he saw that Zijuan and Xueyan were still standing.Everyone pays attention to the rules, and there is a difference between master and servant. Obviously, this is not in compliance with the rules.She was in a hurry to get up, but Daiyu held her down to prevent her from getting up, so she had to give up.Seeing Daiyu wipe her tears, Siqi was even more flattered, quickly took the handkerchief, wiped away the tears himself, and slowly explained the purpose of his trip.

It turned out that a few days ago Jia Yingchun took several of her maids to pay her respects to Jia's mother, and Mrs. Wang was also in Jia's house.

After a few people met, Mrs. Wang took Yingchun's hand and talked about it, intentionally or unintentionally mentioning that the girl is getting older and should be taken care of by others.Sure enough, news came out yesterday that Mother Jia was going to betroth Yingchun to someone else.He also said that he was a child of a noble family, and his family was extremely rich. After Yingchun married, he would enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future.

Siqi also listened to the girls gossip, so he knew that he was a scoundrel from a noble family.Relying on the little money at home, he hangs out in brothels, taverns, and casinos every day. He is vicious, cruel, and very lustful. All the good-looking maids in the house are taken by him.Such a person, the ordinary girl is tired of playing, and wants to cling to the young lady of the Duke's mansion. Trying it will make a difference.It is said that the Wang family has already negotiated with the family. Once the marriage is settled, they are willing to pay 3 taels as a dowry.

Now the eldest lady of the second bedroom is working as a female historian in the palace, and needs money to manage her expenses. The second bedroom has long been unable to make ends meet, and the old lady is reluctant to take out her own subsidy, so she has to come up with other ideas.

Siqi said, and couldn't help crying again: "Miss Lin, tell me, how can such a person be a good match? For a mere 3 taels of silver, the second wife wants to persuade the old lady to sell our girl. We Although the girl is a concubine, she is also raised in a deep boudoir, like a flower and a willow, how can she withstand such torture? Our girl cried all night after she found out about it yesterday, and she got sick early today. I really can't help it I came here to beg Miss Lin, you must help our girl."

Since ancient times, marriages have been adhering to "the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker". Yingchun is the daughter of the eldest room, and it is said that her marriage is not the turn of the second room to intervene.Relying on Jia's mother's power, Wang's forcefully wanted to make a move. Although it was against the etiquette, no one else could do anything about it.

Isn't grandma allowed to care about her granddaughter's marriage?

This seems unreasonable.

But it's not that Yingchun has no way to protect herself, even though her father is away, she can ask her mother to make the decision.Thinking of Daiyu, he asked Siqi: "What's the attitude of the eldest aunt towards this matter, can you ask her for advice?"

Siqi was taken aback when he asked a single sentence, and said, "I haven't reported it to the eldest lady."

Siqi's impression of Xing is still the same as it was a year ago, that weak and stingy mistress who only knows how to take money blindly, has children and servants, does not rely on anyone, and does not listen to a word.In addition, it happened that Mrs. Xing was ill, and she hadn't gone out for several days, and Shiqi didn't count on her.She and Yingchun have had a friendship since childhood. They are called master and servant, but they are actually sisters. Naturally, she couldn't bear to marry Yingchun into such a family.What's more, when everyone marries a daughter, they must have a dowry girl, and when Yingchun marries, she herself will follow, and there will be no good results.

After thinking about playing chess, there is no one in the house to rely on, but Ms. Lin has a good heart and takes good care of her daughter. Besides, Uncle Lin has just been promoted. As long as Ms. Lin is willing to intervene, this matter may be possible. There is still room for maneuver.

After hearing Siqi's words, Daiyu said with hatred: "Stupid girl! When something like this happens, you should report to your wife first. Cousin Yingchun is the daughter of the eldest uncle, and the marriage is naturally up to the eldest uncle. , even if the eldest uncle is not here, and the eldest aunt is still there, how can she be allowed to intervene?"

Siqi wasn't sure if Mrs. Xing would intervene, she wondered, "I'm afraid the eldest wife won't take care of it."

"You didn't even ask, how do you know that the eldest wife won't take care of it?" Daiyu asked back.

"This..." Siqi was stunned for a while, but didn't say a word for a long time.Daiyu sighed and said, "Eldest aunt is not as deaf to what's going on outside the window as you think. Last time I went to your house, I saw that she still cared about Sister Yingchun. What's more, eldest uncle took Lian's second elder brother on a study tour. Before leaving, she handed over Cousin Yingchun to her aunt to raise her. How could she not care about Cousin Yingchun? You too, don't even ask a question, just be so anxious, you should think about it, should it be right? "

Siqi lowered his head, with annoyed expression on his face: "Miss Lin is right, it was a slave girl's subjective assumption, which almost ruined the big event..."

Daiyu asked again, "How is Cousin Yingchun?"

Si Qi said: "Yesterday I was sad for a day and a night, I caught a little cold, I had a fever and cough, I sent someone to call the imperial physician."

Daiyu took a few pills for colds and coughs made by the genius doctor when she was in Yangzhou City, and gave them to Siqi, and told her to melt them with warm water and take them for Yingchun.He gave Siqi some instructions, and asked the eldest wife how to reply and so on.Daiyu concluded that the eldest aunt would not let Yingchun's cousin be randomly matched by the old lady and ignore it. The eldest uncle entrusted this daughter to her upbringing. Even if she didn't really love her, she would not dare to treat her very harshly.What's more, the eldest uncle went out for a trip, and when he came back, his daughter betrothed him. She didn't even know about him as a father, so she couldn't explain it.

Now that the chief house and the second house of the Jia family have separated, even the old lady can't control her granddaughter's marriage.

If the eldest wife insisted that Yingchun's marriage should wait for his father to decide, no one would be able to give any reason to refute it.

After Siqi left, Daiyu couldn't help sighing.Thinking of the girls in these boudoirs, all of them are innocent, pure and pure, weak and strong, but who can control their own destiny?If the name is not right and the words are not right, naturally there is no place to stand on, but how many people can get married if they follow the "parents' order and matchmaker's words" and marry?

After thinking about it, the girls in the world that Zhou Hang described to her were the luckiest.

At least, they can control their own destiny.

Okay, don't have to depend on a man to live.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of Zhou Hang, and the villain who was sent out last night and hasn't heard from him yet.Daiyu frowned, bit her lips slightly, pushed open the window, and called out faintly: "Fish balls!"

The big black cat, which was sitting under the eaves basking in the sun, raised its head vigilantly, looked at Daiyu with its tail upright, and scuttled out with a bang, until it reached the window sill that Daiyu pushed open. He jumped up and onto the windowsill.

"Meow~" the big black cat let out a soft cry, its tail was naturally slightly bent down, and the tip of the tail was slightly raised.

This meant that the big black cat was in a good mood, and it seemed a bit coquettish. Daiyu stroked its slightly tilted head amusedly, and stuffed a red and purple cherry into the kitten's mouth.The big black cat immediately narrowed its eyes and began to enjoy the taste. After eating, it stared at Daiyu with its big flickering eyes, its beard slightly raised forward, and its mouth pouted slightly forward, obviously wanting more.

Daiyu didn't intend to satisfy it immediately, but patted it on the head: "Go to Zhou Hang, the errand is done well, I'll give you three when I come back!"

The big black cat let out a "purr purr" sound, a little reluctant, but still quickly climbed over the wall and left the courtyard.

Zijuan came in with a food box at this time, glanced around the room, and said with a smile, "Girl, where's the fish ball? I saw it just now, and thought it only ate half a boiled fish in the morning. You must be hungry for the meeting. No, I went to the kitchen to get another whole fish, but the fish balls are gone!" She opened the food box, revealing the celadon white plate with twigs on it. A rotten boiled sea bass lay quietly.

Daiyu said: "I have already fed it just now, and it is full. I don't know where it is going to be mischievous now. Don't worry about it. It will come back by itself when it has played enough. Take this fish out." , feed the stray cats in the garden."

Zicuckoo agreed and withdrew.

Daiyu was thinking about Zhou Hang, and she had no intention of practicing, so she found a copy of "Zhuangzi" and leaned on the beauty to read it.

In the past, Daiyu liked to read "The Book of Songs" and "Chu Ci", but after practicing the truth, she liked to read "Zhuangzi" more and more. The more she read, the more she could understand Zhuangzi's detachment and chic.

I am seeing an article.There is a snail, although it is small, it has a unique sense of touch.On the left corner is a country called Touch, and on the right corner is a country called Man.In order to compete for the territory, the two countries sent troops, laying down tens of thousands of corpses. The winner chased for ten to five days before withdrawing his troops and returning to the camp.

Seeing this before, Daiyu might laugh it off, thinking it was just false words, but now she thinks that Zhuangzi is the real power.It is not impossible for mustard seeds to contain hundreds of rivers, heaven and earth hidden on the tentacles, and the world contained in jade pendants.

In the eyes of human beings, there are two countries in an extremely small place.After the war between the two countries was over, it took fifteen days for one country to chase the army of the other country in a place the size of a snail.In the vast universe, beings stronger than human beings, in their view, what kind of existence are human beings?

When the two countries fought each other, the sky was dim and the earth was dark, and human life was regarded as worthless.

For those who are detached, it is like two countries at war on the snail's horn.

How ironic?

No wonder Zhuangzi said: "I am between heaven and earth, just like small stones and small trees are in mountains."

The universe is vast and endless, and we human beings are like small stones between heaven and earth, and small trees are compared with a big mountain, or compared with Mount Tai.Therefore, don't be blinded by one leaf.

Daiyu held the scroll in one hand, rested her chin in the other, and leaned against the beauty, as if in a trance.

The big black cat tilted its head and stared at her for a long time, but she still didn't move and didn't blink its eyes.The big black cat meowed a few times, but Daiyu still didn't respond.After going back and forth in the room a few times, the big black cat decided to use force.

It jumped onto the beauty's couch and stretched out its evil claws towards the beauty on the couch...

Daiyu is floating in a sea of ​​flowers, appreciating the vastness of the universe and the true meaning of the world.That kind of feeling, to be honest, is not exaggerated, it is really good, like dancing on the clouds, very comfortable.

The realm of comfort is steadily improving, and a breakthrough is about to be made.

Suddenly, the good feeling came to an abrupt end——

As if someone hit the head with a stick, there was a sharp pain in her mind, and Daiyu couldn't help vomiting a mouthful of blood.

The big black cat knew that it was in trouble, so it quickly jumped off from the beauty and shrank back step by step until it reached the corner of the wall. Its head was still trying to shrink in like a turtle, wishing it could shrink to the crack of the wall go here.Seeing Daiyu coughing and spitting blood, the big black cat's dark eyeballs were filled with crystal clear water vapor.The sound of its barking is small, and it seems to contain infinite chagrin, infinite grievance, and infinite distress.It finally plucked up the courage to walk forward slowly, stretched out its paws to rest on the back of Daiyu's hand, and patted it lightly.

Daiyu tried her best to mobilize the zhenqi in her whole body, and after running for a week, she gradually stopped the blood qi rolling in her chest.

But in the end, the epiphany was blocked by external force, which hurt some vitality.This is good, if you fail to advance, you will damage the foundation, and it will take a long period of recuperation to recover.The culprit is this big stupid cat who doesn't know the heights of the world and the depths of the earth. Alas, a cat is a cat after all.

If it was Zhou Hang, seeing her in samadhi, he would only be on the side to protect the law, and he would definitely not disturb her.

Can she blame a kitten who doesn't understand anything?

Naturally it cannot.

However, there are still lessons to be learned.

She decided to punish the big black cat not to eat fish balls or fish for a month, and to only eat vegetables and drink plain water for each meal.Why such a punishment?Because for the big black cat, eating is the most important thing. Not seeing meat for a month is more uncomfortable than killing it, which is enough to teach it a lesson.

Think of it as a first offence, this time it will be like this, if there is a next time, it will really be a big deal to keep it.

Zhou Hang can't let Zhou Hang know about this matter, Daiyu knows Zhou Hang's temperament.If he knew that the fish ball had caused her to suffer internal injuries, and her life would be in danger no matter how serious it was, then the life of this big stupid cat would probably be lost.

Here Daiyu coughed and vomited blood again, making quite a commotion.When the girls in the west wing heard it, they all came out to check. Daiyu hurriedly tidied up the dirty clothes, and said through the window: "I'm fine, I just woke up, my throat is itchy, I just coughed a few times, it's nothing , you don’t have to come in to serve.”

Zijuan said: "Miss, do you want some tea? The slaves will pour it now."

Daiyu said: "No need, I will call you when you want to drink, don't stand in the yard, go back."

Everyone knew Daiyu's temperament, and they always said what they said, because they didn't dare to disobey, so they went back to the wing to talk.Then Daiyu leaned on the beauty again, and beckoned Yu Wan to come closer, and asked if it had found Zhou Hang.

The big black cat shook his head.

Daiyu couldn't help frowning: "Brother Hang isn't in the palace?"

The big black cat nodded.

Daiyu bit her lip, feeling puzzled.Father came to Beijing early this morning, saying he was going to teach the crown prince, but Brother Hang was not in the palace, which was very strange.Moreover, the villain sent out last night has not heard from him until now, and he doesn't know what happened.Could it be... something happened to Brother Hang?

After thinking about it, I thought it was impossible.

What is the crown prince? It is the foundation of the country. If something really happened, the capital would not be so peaceful.At least, the big black cat can still find out something.Perhaps, Brother Hang just happened to be away from the palace, and the villain followed his scent to find someone, but he couldn't find him, or he got lost for a while, so he hasn't returned yet.

-

In Jia's mansion, Yingchun took the medicine brought back by Siqi, and she is already more than half healed.Hearing that Siqi went to Lin's mansion to ask Lin Daiyu for help without authorization, Yingchun was grateful for her protection of her, but at the same time felt that it was inappropriate for her to publicize her family's scandals like that.But she also knew in her heart that Lin Daiyu was not a gossip, even if she found out, it would be fine.

Besides, Yingchun was very grateful to Lin Daiyu.

These days, although Xing's attitude towards her is not bad, Yingchun still has some grievances in her heart.For example, this time, when the second wife urged the old lady to marry her, it happened that the old lady was ill.She wasn't sure if it was really a coincidence, or if the eldest lady didn't dare to offend the old lady and deliberately pretended to be sick and ignored it.But subconsciously, Yingchun still felt that she was not so important, and could make the eldest lady offend the old lady for herself.

Therefore, in her opinion, most of the ingredients are pretending to be sick.

That being the case, she was afraid that it would be useless to find the eldest wife, so she had to go back to her room and feel sad.

Now, after hearing what Siqi said, it suddenly dawned on me.She is the daughter of the eldest house, and since ancient times, "the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker", only her father and the eldest wife can make decisions about her marriage, and even the old lady cannot betroth her to others without authorization.Thinking about his father's attitude towards him when he was there, he didn't care about her at all, and he also said that he would find a good family for her in the future.That is to say, her marriage, even if the eldest wife says nothing, it must be decided by her father himself.

Siqi said: "Miss Lin asked the maidservant to bring a word, let me tell the girl. Miss Lin said, 'Second sister is a noble lady of the government, not a girl from a commoner family, so she should also take out the money from the lady! Uncle, you Just a girl, of course she loves you very much, Second Sister, don't underestimate yourself. If you can see yourself clearly, do you expect others to value you?'"

After Siqi finished speaking, he sighed again: "Girl, Miss Lin's words are very reasonable. You are the eldest lady of the long house. If you say something bad, no one in this house can surpass you. This slave girl dares to say something today. Don't be upset if you don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth. Look at our third girl, she is just a concubine in the second room, and her status is much worse than yours. You should also learn from her. It's not that you want to learn from her to be greedy Vanity pleases the old lady and the second wife, you just need to imitate her rigidity."

Yingchun felt a sense of enlightenment, she bit her lip, thought for a long time, and felt that she could no longer be as good-natured as before.

People in the world are used to bullying the weak and bullying the weak. She treats people gently, and in the eyes of the screwdriver slave, she is easy to bully.She used to always think that she is a lady of everyone, and she shouldn't be so fussy like maids and servants. As long as it is not too much, she will forgive what can be forgiven. Who knows that even the gang of servants will come to bully her!

It doesn't matter how gentle and good-natured she is, if she marries into such a family, she is still in the wolf den, and her life will be over.

Thinking about it, Yingchun planned to tell the eldest wife that it would be better for the eldest wife to make decisions for her, but if she couldn't make decisions for her, at worst, she would make a fuss presumptuously, even if she had a bad reputation and would not be able to marry for the rest of her life, it would be better than marrying such a person better.

Sister Lin is right in saying that a person can live a good life only if he can stand up on his own.

This sentence was a few days ago, when she went to the Lin Mansion to play with Lin Daiyu.The two of them talked about a piece of news in the capital city. A lady of great family, rich and precious at home, was a treasure in the hands of her parents and brothers, but she married someone who was not human.Not to mention that the husband is a gambler, and also has a violent temper. He beat and scolded the young lady at every turn, but within half a year, the young lady died half of her life.When the young lady's parents learned about it, they sued the government to ask for a divorce.This matter is rare, so it is said to be a miracle in the market.First spread in the streets and alleys, and gradually spread into the boudoir.

It was when Daiyu heard Yingchun's servant girl talk about this incident by chance, Daiyu said this with emotion.

It's not that she doesn't understand some truths, it's just that she is used to it and dare not take that step.But when it's really desperate, I don't care much...

-

At this moment, thirty miles outside the city, the school grounds in Gyeonggi Daying were flying with dust.

Getting up from the ground, while beating his dusty clothes, Zhou Hang spat sand out.In ancient times, the greenery was high, the air was good, the sky was very blue, and the clouds were very white, but the fucking ground was not solidified, and there was a lot of dust.Just like this so-called military training ground, it is reasonable to have a green grass, like a modern plastic football field, so that it will not break the skin when it is beaten.But this is a huge open space, and it's like stepping on it and the dust doesn't cover the soles of the shoes. Don't you know how to sprinkle some water?

Rubbing his sore shoulder from the fall, Zhou Hang put on a posture, and said in a breathless voice: "Come again!"

On the opposite side, Sang Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly, but instead of responding to Zhou Hang, he looked at Li Xu.

Zhou Hang felt that he was underestimated, he narrowed his eyes, and said, "It's the two of us competing, what do you always see my uncle doing?"

Sang Sheng said directly: "I'm afraid I'll break you, your uncle feels sorry for you."

"Hey, you look down on people!" After saying that, he folded his palm into a fist, and with all his strength, he struck straight at Sang Sheng's face.I saw that Sang Sheng was not in a hurry, his eyeballs didn't even move, he only tilted his head slightly, stretched out two fingers and flicked lightly, and then avoided Zhou Hang's attack, and by the way, he pushed Zhou Hang aside, I almost stumbled in a very ugly way.

Zhou Hang's fighting spirit was aroused, he brewed his true energy in his dantian, and transformed it into the internal force of the current martial arts.In this way, even if Sang Sheng is a peerless master, the gap between him and him will not be too big. Weakness lies in the lack of experience and moves, but it can still make Sang Sheng suffer a bit.

Who made him look so arrogant and arrogant, making people look so unpleasant!

Unfortunately, just as they were about to attack again, Li Xu came over to persuade them to fight.

He didn't say anything to Zhou Hang, he just pushed Sang Sheng and educated him by ear.The earnestness of the words and the sharpness of the words made Zhou Hang unable to bear to look directly at them.It was as if Sang Sheng was a ferocious monster who bullied a pure, innocent, ignorant, newborn baby.

It was the first time that Zhou Hang knew that his uncle was good at complimenting people, making people happy, and scolding people.

I really don't know how Sang Sheng can stand him.

Zhou Hang felt ashamed, he had no face to see the elders in Shandong...