Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

But after Daiyu left, Wang Xifeng thought about Mrs. Xing's smiling face at noon, and felt uneasy, not knowing what the eldest lady was up to.Thinking of Jia Lian's kind and indifferent attitude towards her in the past, she couldn't sit still because of the pain in her heart. She got up and went to Jia's mother's room. Now she can only be in front of Jia's mother, so she can feel more at ease. Mrs. Xing would not show embarrassment to Jia Mu in front of her.

The curtains in Jiamu's room were drooping, and she hadn't woken up from her afternoon nap. Wang Xifeng realized that it was still early, and she had misread the clock. She felt sad, thinking that it would be boring to go back, so she went to the mandarin duck's room and wanted to sit down. Chatting with mandarin ducks for a while can also relieve boredom.

Yuanyang really caught a cold, her body was hot, she didn't eat lunch, and she was falling asleep in her own room. Suddenly, she saw Wang Xifeng approaching, and said with a happy face, "Miss Yuanyang, I congratulate you. Yes, Second Master Lian asked you to be his aunt in front of the old lady, and the old lady has already agreed, come with me to the old lady and wife to thank you!" Then he came to hold her hand.

After hearing this, Yuanyang was shocked and confused, mixed with a trace of inexplicable joy.Just as she refused, Hupo, Xiren, Zijuan and others all flocked in to congratulate her. The mandarin ducks were ashamed and angry, so they ran out the door, wanting to hide in the garden. I saw Ping'er standing there, looking at her with a straight smile, and said, "It's all right now, we've really become sisters, and we can stay together for a long time." Yuanyang vaguely felt that she was really right I lived in Ping'er, and when I was in a hurry, the old man Jia She turned around from behind the lilac bush, his face was livid, and he said viciously: "If I don't want you, who would dare to want you? Unless you die, or become a nun Otherwise, you will not be able to escape from my grasp after all!"

The mandarin ducks were frightened when they heard this, so they turned around and ran away, only to see that the garden was full of weeds and twists and turns, and when they were anxious to find the way, countless flower spirit tree monsters sprang out from nowhere, clapping their hands and shouting in unison. "... who would dare to want you...unless you die... you can't escape from the palm of your hand!" Gradually, like thunder, Yuanyang was frightened to the point of tearing his liver and gallbladder. Suave, full of quarrel, she arched her hands towards Yuanyang and said, "Miss Yuanyang, Xiaosheng is polite." Yuanyang looked at him in a daze, and cried, "Second Master Lian, I can't marry you anymore, the elder won't let you go." I can't get you involved." Jia Lian took her hand and said, "It's okay, you can come with me, leave here, leave this garden, and live freely for the rest of your life."

Yuanyang had never heard such words before, and couldn't help but burst into tears: "Second Master Lian, I'll go with you...Second Master Lian..." She was choking with tears when she heard Amber's voice in her ear. Voice: "Sister, sister, wake up, but it's a nightmare? The old lady has woken up and is calling you." Yuanyang woke up suddenly, only to realize that she had a dream.Thinking about the scene in the dream, it was still the same as it was in front of my eyes. After a while, Fang got up to adjust his makeup, and suddenly saw a sweat towel on the ground, the texture was familiar, so he picked it up and asked, "Is this the sweat towel of Second Grandma Lian?" Son? Who was here just now?" Hu Po called the little maid outside to ask, and the little maid said, "Just now, Second Mistress Lian came in and sat down. She said that the old lady hadn't woken up yet. Seeing that my sister was asleep, she said don't disturb her. , just sit and go. I don’t know when Lian’s second grandma will leave later.”

Yuanyang was silent, and at this moment, Ma Nao, the maid beside Jia Mu, also came to urge her: "Sister Yuanyang, the old lady is waiting for her." mother.Mother Jia has already woken up and is drinking barley water to rinse her mouth. Beside her are Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Baochai, Wang Xifeng and others waiting on her.

Seeing Yuanyang coming in, Jiamu said with a smile: "Yuanyang, come and put this forehead wipe on for me. None of them can wear it better than you." Amber took the forehead in her hand and put it on for Jia Mu.Then she went to bring tea to Jia Mu herself, and accidentally met Wang Xifeng's eyes, both of them shuddered, and they both avoided.

After a while, refreshments were served, and Mother Jia asked about Baoyu's situation. Mrs. Wang told Baoyu's recent situation in detail, and said that it was much better. Under Baochai's persuasion, she also knew how to review the articles she had learned before up.Mrs. Jia was very happy, and while everyone was having tea, Mrs. Xing saw that there was a gap between talking and Mrs. Wang was there, so she did her best. She just killed three birds with one stone, so she continued what she had said in the morning: Qi, there is something I just want to tell the old lady. In the morning I called Lian's daughter-in-law to ask her in front of the old lady. where it goes?"

Everyone was stunned, and Jia Mu frowned and asked, "What do you mean?" Wang Xifeng knelt down with tears in her eyes: "Old lady, madam, daughter-in-law is young and ignorant, if you do something wrong What's the matter, please teach my wife, if it is said that the property of the family is lost, how can the daughter-in-law be able to afford it?"

Mrs. Xing snorted coldly and said: "You foolish old lady is just old, how dare you play tricks in front of my eyes? Yesterday I took someone to the back upstairs to check things in person, and there are dozens of items in the account Big copper tin guy, remember clearly, why can't you find any of them?"

Now not only Wang Xifeng was speechless, but even Mrs. Wang was stunned. Then I remembered that it was Jiamu's 500th birthday that year, and Mrs. Wang happened to be short of money and couldn't prepare a birthday gift for Jiamu. A few days later, Wang Xifeng came up with an idea. On the back floor, there were many big copper and tin guys that were not used in the past, and they pawned [-] taels of silver to cover up Mrs. Wang's shame.Originally it was said that they would redeem it when they had enough money, but Mrs. Wang's money has never been rich all these years?What's more, she is a noble lady, so she didn't take these small matters of money to heart at first. Time passed, and she had already forgotten them. She never thought that after Mrs. Xing took charge of the housework, she would check the account books one by one, and found that there were deficiencies. Then the heart trembled with pain, and then came to Xingshi to inquire about the crime.

Seeing that she was so petty and searched for old accounts, Mrs. Wang really looked down on her, so she smiled at Jia Mu and said, "I know about this, and it has nothing to do with Feng girl. I was short of money at the moment, so I ordered someone to take the back upstairs to the house." Those big copper and tin guys who didn't need it pawned a few hundred taels of silver, and they were said to be redeemed, but they forgot. Today, my sister-in-law mentioned this incident, and I remembered it. It's such a memory. It’s not enough—so, when I go back, I’ll send someone to redeem it and return it to its original place, how about it?”

Mrs. Xing saw that she was using public property for private use, and she still said it so aboveboard, she was already upset, so she snorted in her nostrils, and Mother Jia was already a little annoyed when she was about to say something more—her old man never waited to see Mrs. Xing , It was also because of these vulgar scheming of small belly and chicken intestines, Jia Mu said: "What should I do? What is it? Those copper and tin guys were used to worship ancestors every year when the old man was here. Later, our family changed them. The more exquisite gold and silver utensils, these are naturally piled up in the back building and are not needed. It is useless to redeem them for what to do, and it is better to find them directly as banknotes and exchange them for some cash.”

Hearing what Jia Mu said, Mrs. Xing didn't dare to turn back, so she had to agree with everyone, and Jia Mu said: "Pity Feng girl, get up quickly, girls talk and laugh together, and kneel down when you do anything? Family Do you really want to interrogate the thief?" Baochai heard Jia Mu's words, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Wang Xifeng up, but Wang Xifeng's knees were sore and numb, and Mrs. Xing was merciless, and angered her in public. I couldn't help but get angry, ashamed and angry, I just felt something sweet in my throat, and something came up, but I didn't dare to spit it out, and swallowed it back forcefully.Baochai couldn't help her for a while, but the mandarin duck on the other side felt pitiful when she saw it, so she also stepped forward to help Xifeng, and Xifeng stood up tremblingly, not daring to sit down, and only leaned on the coffee table next to her to force herself Hold on.

When Mrs. Xing saw the mandarin duck, her stomach was aroused with evil fire again, and she resented Jia Mu for favoring the second wife.I only heard Mrs. Xing say sinisterly: "The old lady was really deceived by her, but she didn't know that this matter is still good, and she has done a lot of shady private things." The more she said, the more angry she became. He slapped the table and shouted: "You greedy woman, you dare to calculate the old lady's things, what else can you not dare to do? Let me ask you, you secretly collude with the mandarin ducks around the old lady and steal the old lady's things Go out and sell it, fill your pockets, but there are?"

When she said this, even Jia Mu couldn't protect Wang Xifeng anymore, because Jia Lian asked Yuanyang to steal Jia Mu's things and use them as money for the family. Although Jia Mu knew about it, it was difficult because of the large number of children and grandchildren. Those who know the way have no choice but to pretend not to know.Today, Mrs. Xing used Sister Feng's attack to expose the matter. Mother Jia is such a perceptive person, she knew that if she took over the responsibility for Wang Xifeng at this time, not only would she be a villain in vain, but Jia She would immediately use this as an excuse to split the family. Well, by that time, my life's business will really be ruined.

After making up her mind, she glared at Yuanyang and said, "Yuanyang, what's going on?" After hearing this, Yuanyang knew what Jia Mu wanted, and wanted to admit that she was wrong and let the matter pass lightly.So Yuanyang came over and knelt down and said, "Back to the old lady, I decided to do this on my own. Just because the second grandma Lian said that her family was in a difficult situation and she couldn't make ends meet, and she couldn't afford to use it for a while, so she asked me to pay the old lady. A few boxes of antiques that my wife couldn't find were taken out to temporarily deposit several thousand taels of silver. I saw that the second grandma was really embarrassed, thinking that she would be able to return it soon, so I made my own initiative and did this behind the old lady's back. Please, old lady punishment."

Mrs. Wang hadn't finished listening, but she already understood the whole story, and said quickly: "This girl is so bold, how come you are the most meticulous person on weekdays, but you are confused when you encounter such a big event? This is also possible? Why don't you tell the old lady?" After saying a few words to Yuanyang, she turned to Jiamu and said softly, "Old lady, she and Feng girl wanted to come because of their difficult family financial situation, and relying on the old lady to spoil them both, so they did it boldly. In terms of the original intention, there was nothing malicious about this matter. The old lady should spare them."

Mrs. Xing sneered beside her and said: "This mandarin duck is the old lady's most trusted girl. She keeps everything, but she plays tricks like this. I don't believe it. It's really because your second grandma begged you , did you agree without saving face? Or did your Second Master Lian beg you?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room changed their expressions. Everyone looked at Wang Xifeng and listened to what she had to say.Yuanyang's face was full of tears, and she looked up at Xifeng with pleading eyes. She naturally remembered that it was Jia Lian who asked for it, and she agreed. I am afraid that Jia Lian also knew that she had such a little affection for him, otherwise, how could it be so? attentive?But Xifeng was also there at the time, and she also knew that as long as Xifeng agreed, she would have passed this test, otherwise disaster would be unforeseen.