Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

Ever since Yin Jidong entered the Jia family school, Jia Lan and Jia Huan had been forced to study hard day and night, and Jia Cong also came to talk with him from time to time. After all, he was born in the imperial examination and was experienced. Rijin.Jia Zheng made inspections from time to time, and felt relieved. He inevitably praised them frequently in words, as if he pinned his hope of revitalizing his house on these two children, and regarded Baoyu as nothing.Aunt Zhao was an ignorant woman, and when she saw Jia Zheng blindly praising her son Jia Huan, she couldn't help becoming more flamboyant. In addition, Tanchun married into the Beijing Palace, which made everyone in the palace like her. Then she felt that she became more and more respectable in Jia's house, and acted ostentatiously. Apart from serving Jia Zheng diligently, even Mrs. Wang was not in her eyes.

Mrs. Wang saw it in her eyes, remembered it in her heart, and secretly hated it.She didn't have much affection for Jia Zheng as a husband and wife, but she only believed that Baoyu was her own life. Seeing that Jia Zheng didn't want to see Baoyu, she was extremely anxious and planned day and night. Finally, she came up with a plan and secretly called her confidant Zhou Rui's family to wait. people, command them to execute.

On this day, Baoyu was worrying and hating in her room when she suddenly heard a servant girl come to pass on Jia Mu's order and told him to go there immediately, saying that something had broken up.Baoyu was afraid that another maid would be unlucky, so he quickly put on his shoes and rushed to Jiamu's room, but he saw Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Sister Feng, Baochai and others were there. Daiyu was the only one, so he couldn't help but feel unhappy. I had to bear my temper and go forward to greet Jia Mu and others.

Jia's mother asked him about the illness when he and Sister Feng fell ill that year. Both of them said that they seemed to be dragged by evil spirits and their minds were confused. Then Jia Mu told them, "Why do you think you got such a disease that year? But it turned out that it was Baoyu's godmother, Ma Daopo. When she was walking in the middle of the night, she collected some ignorant money and used it as a way to suppress nightmares. The day before yesterday, when she was hiding a nightmare talisman in a family's house, she was caught on the spot, and she was directly transferred to Jinyi Mansion, where she was sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. This old guy couldn't stand the punishment, so he recruited them all, and he said a lot of private things about officials and officials, which were shameful. The gentlemen of the Ministry of punishment discussed it, and felt that it was a big fuss, which was unseemly, so they privately After informing the heads of the various houses, let each family take care of the housework by themselves. After asking and beheading the old witch, we found out that it was Aunt Zhao who bribed the old witch to harm the two of you."

After Jiamu finished speaking in a fit of anger, Sister Feng said first: "No wonder I remember that after I recovered from my illness, the old witch stared at me like a black-eyed chicken when she saw me, and often sneaked into Aunt Zhao's room to whisper. Whispering, I have no theory. Thinking about it now, it must be the case. It’s just that I am in charge of the house here, so it’s okay to cause some hatred. Baoyu was still a child at that time. If he had any hatred with her, he must be killed What about cure?"

Mrs. Wang snorted and said, "There's nothing inexplicable about this. It must be that she wanted to destroy Baoyu and give all the family property to Huaner, so she did such a murderous thing." Her original plan was to take advantage of this incident to kill Zhao. Auntie uprooted her, and no one could say anything, and they couldn't suspect her.Because Jia's mother loves Baoyu and Wang Xifeng the most, even Jia Zheng can't keep Aunt Zhao's.

But Baochai thought deeply, and said in a deep voice, "I was thinking, this incident was so uproarious that it alarmed the Ministry of Punishment and the Jinyi Mansion. The taboo of the nobles in the family is better not to expose the family ugliness now." Mrs. Xing wished to keep Aunt Zhao's dirty water and make things difficult for Mrs. Wang, so she pretended to cater to her and said, "Baoyu's daughter-in-law is right, let's talk about it. Well, the third girl just got married, and her mother-in-law was dealt with here, so there is no need to make the third girl feel cold - don't hurt Yu Ping'er just to beat the mice!"

When Mrs. Xing said this, Wang Xifeng did not dare to contradict her openly, but Mrs. Wang listened to Baochai's words, and lowered her head, thinking silently.Here, Jia's mother said: "In that case, I sent someone to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to close the case, saying that there is no such dirty thing in my family, and Feng girl doesn't have to bear any grudges-the Buddha sees it, your sister Are the two worse than anyone else?"

While talking here, a little maid from Mrs. Wang's room came over and told: "Madam, the master is waiting for the lady to speak in the lady's upper room. He has something important to discuss. Please go back to the lady." It must be that Jia Zheng heard the news and was afraid of punishing Aunt Zhao poorly, so he asked Mrs. Wang to go back to intercede.Jia Mu then said, "Go ahead, you don't have to share with your master because of those young talents." Mrs. Wang nodded her head, sneered in her heart, and ordered Baochai to take good care of her, and then she withdrew.

When he returned to the room, he saw Jia Zheng's discoloration, and he was so anxious that he ran around the room.Seeing Mrs. Wang coming in, she asked, "Did you say something in the mother's room?" Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "Women talk about commonplace things, and the master never cares about them. Why are you asking about these things today? If Chun is in the Beijing Prince's Mansion, if he deserves to be respected, the master will ask me to come out, what's the matter?"

After hearing this, Jia Zheng settled down, so he sat down to drink tea, bowed his head and pondered for a while, and suddenly heard Mrs. Wang sneer, Jia Zheng said, "What are you laughing at?" What Baoyu said was childish." Then he joked about what Baoyu had asked her about when Tanchun returned home.

Jia Zheng couldn't help laughing, and said again: "You mentioned Baoyu, and I remembered it. Although this child is married, he is still so naive and ignorant of world affairs. How can I be good? Seeing you and me getting older every day Now, he can’t always be a child, he still has to study and make progress is the right way. I didn’t say that because he was sick all the time, now that he’s healed, he should pick up the business and not worry about his sisters all day long. Resentment. Mr. Yin, who is in charge of the school in the former study, is very knowledgeable and well-informed even though he is young. I was thinking of letting Baoyu and Laner Huaner go to study together, and Conger would often go to give advice. They must be beneficial." Mrs. Wang said: "What the master said is very true, and I was thinking so too."

The couple continued to gossip for a while, but they didn't even mention Aunt Zhao's matter, and they were speechless all night.

In the early morning of the second day, Mrs. Wang came over in person and ordered Baoyu to study in the front study, and then sent a harsh word, strictly ordering the people in Baoyu's room not to distract him.Baoyu had no choice but to pack up his books and pens and ink, and first went to the front to see his father. Jia Zhengzi also gave him a lecture, and then took him into the front study to pay homage to his husband.

Yin Jidong had been waiting for the letter early in the morning. When he saw Jia Zheng leading Baoyu in, he got up to greet him.After the two sat down, Baoyu came to greet him, and then Jia Zheng said, "I am an unworthy son, and now I have to entrust it to my husband. This child has been spoiled by the old lady since he was a child, and he only messes around among the female relatives, but he can write a few lines of poetry. Serious stereotyped essays are rare. I want him to study here for two years solidly to lay a solid foundation of knowledge. Two years later, in Qiuwei, he will go to the end to try the depth, or get a lucky one like Cong'er. First, it is not in vain for God's grace and ancestor virtue." Saying this, he stood up and bowed respectfully to Yin Jidong.

Yin Jidong sidestepped and thanked Baoyu a little. Jia Zheng gave Baoyu a few more words and then resigned.Here, Yin Jidong saw Baoyu standing there blankly. Although he was handsome in appearance, his expression was sluggish. He didn't like this kind of dude in his heart, so he ordered him to sit at the desk by the window and assigned homework. Since then, Baoyu It is also hard work every day, and we can no longer waste time like before, because Jia Zheng goes into the study every five days to inspect their homework, and often lectures, Mrs. Wang and Baochai are very comforting.

After the matter of the Ma Daopo came out, although no one said anything, Aunt Zhao was pregnant with a ghost, and she no longer dared to be flamboyant. She hid in her room every day, and did not dare to go far, except to serve Jia. Zheng became more diligent and diligent, and even took leave of absence from Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, not daring to show her face. Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang ignored her, and the house was rare and quiet.

However, Jia Huan really felt uncomfortable, he just had two more comfortable days, his mother gained power, his father paid attention to him, and his servants were all attentive, his appearance changed in a blink of an eye.Although he didn't know the truth, he had also heard his father scolding his aunt in a low voice, and Aunt Zhao secretly crying behind her back, so he knew that his mother must have done something again and was caught with a painful foot.If Mrs. Wang didn't look at him directly, he was not as good as Jia Lan in the study, and if Baoyu really read books, his spirituality would be ten times stronger than him, so he gathered all his disappointments in front of him.

It was already early summer in April, and everyone changed out of their winter clothes and put on jackets. Baoyu and Jia Lan had put on new poplin jackets two days ago. He found out last year's jersey, which was too small for him. In previous years, Aunt Zhao would have hit the door of the sewing room, but this year she didn't dare to make a sound. She only moved Jia Huan's stitches, relaxed a little, and persuaded him. He put on better clothes, and Jia Huan was full of grievances. After school in the afternoon, he thought he didn't want to go back to his yard, so he turned around and went to Lixiangyuan to complain to Jia Cong.

The rows of rose holes along the corridor in Pear Fragrance Garden are already blooming with clouds and shade, although the weather is warm, walking in the corridor is cool.Jia Huan asked the servants who followed him to go home first, and walked all the way to the room by himself, thinking all the way: "Brother Cong will really enjoy the blessing." The window is slender, and there are more than a dozen maids coming and going, all wearing the same color of silver and red bijia and plain satin pleated skirts. Seeing him coming in, each of them lowered their hands to make way. Grandpa and our grandma invite brother Huan to come in." He said and opened the bamboo curtain of Concubine Xiang.

Jia Huan usually prides himself on Daiyu's nobleness, and since Jia Cong got married, he seldom comes to his room. When he raised his head, he saw the words "Xi Mo Zhai" on the plain silk on the door, but it was not Jia Cong. The handwriting, sentimental and hooked, is not ordinary.There is a crystal screen behind the curtain of Concubine Xiang, bypassing the screen, is a red sandalwood carved lattice, full of books and various cultural treasures.Unlike Jia Cong's former study, Jia Huan knew that it must be Daiyu's handwriting.

When Jia Huan was fascinated by the five colors, he heard Jia Cong's voice and greeted with a smile: "Brother Huan, please come and sit inside."