Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

Hearing his father's call, Jia Cong woke up suddenly from the gentle village, and hurriedly said goodbye. Daiyu knew that his uncle was strict, so he didn't want to keep him. Jia came to see his father in the amnesty.On the way, he recollected Daiyu's words and deeds carefully, and he didn't feel bored. He knew in his heart that this was a good sign, and he seemed to have gained a lot of points, so he couldn't help but blossom in his heart.

He walked into Jia Amnesty's courtyard with a smile on his face like this, and almost bumped into the person who had just come out when he entered the door, but when he took a closer look, it was his elder brother Jia Lian.I saw Jia Lian, who was always elegant and refined like Mr. Pianpianjia, but now his face was full of anger, his eyes were erected, and he strode out of the courtyard with his sleeves swayed. When he saw Jia Cong, he paused, and Jia Cong asked his brother Greetings, Jia Lian reluctantly managed a few words, and his expression was not as pleasant as usual, so he hurried away.

Here, Jia Cong was suspicious, and walked in while thinking about this matter. When he arrived outside Jia She's study, Jia She's servant told him that the old man was visiting and asked him to wait a moment. Jia Cong went to the backyard to ask him. Mrs. Xing greeted her and asked the servant to call him at any time.When Jia Cong came to the backyard, he was not in a hurry to see Mrs. Xing, but looked around for a while, and saw Mrs. Xing's companion Wang Shanbao's family, sitting in the sun on the porch, squinting his eyes and dozing.Ever since the maid in Jia Cong's room was replaced by Wang Shanbao's granddaughter Jin'er, Wang Shanbao's family would flatter Jia Cong with a smile and treat him as one of his own whenever they saw Jia Cong. ?

At this time, Jia Cong walked over, and Wang Shanbao's family hurriedly got up to greet him, and scolded the little maid for not looking at her, so she didn't rush to pour tea.Seeing that everyone around him had gone away, Jia Cong quietly asked Wang Shanbao's family why Jia Lian went out angrily just now.Wang Shanbao's family was eager for Jia Cong to ask this question, so he gloated and said, "The third master doesn't know that the second master Lian and the second grandma Lian have done good deeds behind the old lady's back, right? This pair of vigorous masters, how courageous are you?" It's probably too big."

Speaking of this, Wang Shanbao's family pretended to be mysterious and approached Jia Cong's ear, and whispered: "My wife heard that the second master Lian hooked up with the old lady's maid, Yuanyang, and secretly took the gold and silver things in the old lady's room. Two big boxes were smashed out and sold for thousands of silver. The mandarin duck's little hooves were fake and refused to follow the old man, which made the wife ashamed, but she didn't know anything about the second master Lian - the wife heard about this. I was so angry that I called Erye Lian over just now, assuming that it was almost the New Year's Eve, and the money was not in hand, so I asked him to move 200 taels regardless of where. The second master Lian said in a big way that there was no place to move, and the wife said He: "If you have no money to use, you have a place to move. I will discuss it with you for nothing, but you will prevaricate me. Where did your 5000 taels of silver come from? You have magical powers to get out even the old lady's things. Fortunately I didn't talk to others.' You didn't see the ugly face of Lian Erye at that time..." Wang Shanbao's family covered his mouth and laughed, Jia Cong was dumbfounded, and was about to say something, when the young man in front came to pass the message , Said that the master saw off the guests, Jia Cong hurried forward to see his father.

Jia Amnesty sat cross-legged in the grand teacher's chair in the study, and was playing with a piece of Chinese jade pendant in his hand. When he saw Jia Cong come in to say hello, he smiled and asked him to get up, and said: "I heard from the eldest lady that the second wife in the mansion over there is here There is a girl called Xiren in Baoyu's room, I think you are not a few months younger than Baoyu, I call you here today, and I will reward you as a housekeeper." He finished speaking, before Jia Cong After realizing it, she called out loudly: "Xia He!" A maid came in, knelt down and kowtowed, and Jia She said triumphantly, "This girl and her sister Qiutong are both daughters of the family. Your elder brother, this girl will reward you, you can take it back."

Jia Cong blushed, he had never thought of accepting a "big house girl", but after thinking about it, Aunt Lin did remind him that the Jia family had to accept two housemates before marrying the young master. Although he didn't want the traditional tradition, he didn't dare to say it, so he quickly kowtowed to his father to thank him, and then the girl named Xia He also came to kowtow to him, Jia Cong frowned imperceptibly, and said: "Get up!" .” He didn’t look directly at her.

Here, Jia Amnesty was proud of himself, and he also liked this son who had earned him face, so he asked him about his recent studies, and promised to take Jia Cong to visit Mr. Shen Boyue, a great Confucian, and ask him for advice one two.Excited to say it, he rewarded Jia Cong with another ancient fan. The fan was finely carved with sandalwood bones, and the ink bamboo on the fan surface was the authentic work of Zheng Xie. One of the ancient fans of the stone nerds that made a lot of noise, Jia She colluded with Jia Yucun for these fans, causing the stone nerd's family to be destroyed, and even angered Jia Lian, who beat Jia Lian who was complaining about the stone nerd to the point of bleeding. , No one in the mansion knows.At that time, Jia Cong was just listening, but now holding a fan in his hand, he suddenly felt heavy. This is a sinful debt incurred by his father, but everyone in Jia's mansion is required to share the sin.

Seeing him in a daze, Jia Amnesty thought he was just getting a girl and felt shy, but he didn't think of anything else, so he sent him out.As soon as he came out, Xia He had already resorted to the means of being in the ear of the elder, hung it on Jia Cong's arm, and said in a flattering voice: "Master, let's go back." He shook his sleeves, shook her off, and said, "Be respectful, and don't make such noises in front of the master." He was teaching the girl a lesson, when Jia Lian came back like a gust of wind, holding a letter of silver in his hand, Jia Cong knew that he was going back to discuss with Sister Feng, so he had to gag Mrs. Xing's mouth with money—this is the parents and children of the aristocratic family.When Jia Lian saw Jia Cong leading Xia He out, he understood that Jia Amnesty had rewarded Xia He to his younger brother, but teased Jia Cong a few words, and went in with a smile.

Here, Jia Cong returned to the Grand View Garden with a bit of sympathy, and when Nanny Cai and Jin'er saw Xia He Yaoyao following Jia Cong into the Concave Crystal Pavilion, their expressions completely changed.Jia Cong only lightly told Nanny Cai to arrange a place for Xia He, and just treat her as an ordinary servant girl. Mother Cai couldn't wait to make a sound, and immediately assigned Xia He to sleep in the room of the rough envoy maid.Xia He got annoyed, and didn't care that Jia Cong was still changing clothes in the room, so she stood in the yard and quarreled with Nanny Cai and Jin'er: "Why do you bully people? I'm a man of the elders!"

Before saying a word, Jia Cong had lifted the curtain and came out, stood on the steps, and said coldly: "When you are in my room, of course you have to listen to me for everything. If you don't say you belong to the elder, I will send you off right now." How about going back to you?"

Xia He's imposing manner became a bit lower, and he only called out aggrievedly: "Master—Second Master Bao's attacker doesn't live in the servant's house, I'm the same as her and Qiu Tong..."

Jia Cong sneered and said, "What's the same? Lian's second brother was married, so he can naturally have a fair family member. The second wife gave her two taels of silver from her own monthly bill, although she didn't follow the right path , After all, there is the second wife's approval. But you are just my master's favor, has the eldest wife ever given you two taels of monthly money?"

Xia He stopped talking and just wiped her eyes and tears. Jia Cong ignored her and asked Nanny Cai to arrange for her to do some cleaning work, so she didn't have to come into the room easily.Nanny Cai pushed Xia He away, and both Jin'er and Xiang'er gave a sigh of relief, and served Jia Cong more attentively for dinner. Jia Cong knew that these two maids were also planning to be housemates, so he didn't point it out. Now he He couldn't make up his own mind, so he just babbled, but Jin'er and Xiang'er became more attentive afterwards, and Xia He, under the intimidation of Jia Cong and Cai Mama, didn't dare to make trouble, and calmed down.Although later she took the time to complain to Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Xing neither wanted to give her face out of her own pocket, nor did she want to have a relationship with Jia Cong for it, so she naturally ignored her, but instead reprimanded her and taught her to be quiet. in this part.

Jia Cong looked at the ancient fan that Jia She gave him from time to time, feeling disturbed and worried, and recalled the scenes in "Dream of Red Mansions" he had read in his early years. It's getting more and more troublesome.He suddenly remembered that he was about to raid the Grand View Garden, which seemed to be caused by a purse, but he couldn't remember exactly who lost the purse in the garden, he only remembered that the people in the garden had been scattered since then.When she had time to see Aunt Lin, Jia Cong hurriedly asked Aunt Lin to verify these things, but Aunt Lin already knew that Jia Cong had neglected the fact that her father had given her a housemate, so her affection for him doubled, and she just smiled: " Even if he is turned upside down, it is also the doom of the Jia family. You just study and take the exam. In the future, the family business will be revived. I am afraid that the Jia family will still have to count on you. Everything is still unknown." Seeing that Jia Cong was still in a daze, she called and said: "But If you can take advantage of the situation to save a few people, it will be regarded as accumulating virtue, and you can save a few confidantes for yourself." Then, he leaned into Jia Cong's ear and taught him to pay attention to the movement of the chess player in the Yingchun room.

Jia Cong knew the truth in his heart, so he worked harder in his studies, and because of the cold weather, he hardly ever went out except to seek advice from famous scholars. Others knew that he was going to be in the spring next year, so they didn't bother him either. Even Jia's mother exempted him from the morning and evening meditation, and only said that he should concentrate on his studies in order to glorify his ancestors.Mrs. Xing naturally put on airs, not allowing the people around Jia Cong to disturb him with trivial matters, then Xia He gradually became angry and did not dare to make noise anymore.All the people in the garden were very surprised when they heard this. When Xifeng and others asked curiously, Jia Cong said that he thought there would be a couple in his life, and as long as he married someone who was like him, he didn't want any housemates. The older people laughed He is childish, and compared with Baoyu's love for hanging out with girls, he is similar in approach but equally effective, and each has its own eccentricities.As far as the girls in the garden were concerned, Jia Cong's move naturally gave him a lot of points, and even Daiyu treated him more kindly.

Jia Cong only explained to Jia Lian that he didn't like Xia He's pungentness when Jia Lian laughed at his prudishness, and planned to release her when she was two years older. Now I recall Second Sister You's tenderness and consideration again, and I regret it very much, and the disharmony with Sister Feng is getting worse.

When Mrs. Wang heard that Jia Cong was studying day and night and planned to win the laurel in the Toad Palace, she couldn't help feeling more and more angry. Especially Mrs. Xing often compared Jia Cong with Baoyu in front of everyone, which made Baoyu seem frivolous and frivolous, with no ambitions. The girls were playing around in the crowd, their resentment gathered, and they strangled Baoyu more and more.Except for the Xiren who was picked by herself, the rest of the maids were all seductive in her eyes, who seduced Baoyu so much that she didn't want to make any progress. Sent them out, but they were often picky in their words, those maids were all crystal-hearted and glass-hearted, so naturally everyone was in danger and did not dare to show their heads, so the Yihong Courtyard was much quieter than before.Baoyu went to the family school during the day, and when he came back at night, he still had to practice calligraphy, reading and composition. No one dared to use all kinds of things to seduce him to play, but they were all a little lonely.