Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

The nun who walked out of the monastery was clearly Miaoyu. Although Miaoyu had been shaved in green clothes and hemp shoes at this time, and she no longer looked like she was practicing with her hair, her independent temperament remained unchanged at all.She came out with her eyes lowered, and there was a pair of bamboo scissors in the bamboo basket she was holding in her hand. Daiyu took a look around and saw autumn chrysanthemums growing under the bamboo fence, so she knew that Miaoyu was out to pick flowers. Feeling in her heart, even though she has fallen to this point, she still has not changed her original intention.

Jia Cong naturally recognized Miaoyu, but what he saw and thought was different from Daiyu. He saw Miaoyu's brows and eyes with a slight worry, and he was no longer the lonely and arrogant person back then. He wanted to come to her A young nun, lonely and helpless in this world, has to live behind the Taoist temple. She must have some unavoidable difficulties. Thinking about the flattering faces of the Taoist priests in the temple just now, she is naturally an ordinary person with six sense organs , I don't know how Miaoyu dealt with it.

But it is said that since Miaoyu met Baoyu on the Mid-autumn night of the old year, she was spotted by others, so she took care of her clothes overnight and left Jia's mansion with two maids who were close to her. In addition, there was still a trace of inexplicable thoughts about Baoyu, and after the shock of the accident, she finally swung the sword of wisdom to cut off the thread of love, and soon after leaving the capital, she shaved off the thread of worry, and she never wanted to I have a relationship with the world of mortals, and I remembered that my master once mentioned that he had some relationship with the head of Jiaying Temple here, and he was from the same sect. This junior later abandoned Buddhism and entered Taoism. After all, he was a monk, so he came from thousands of miles to join him.

The head of the sect is old and has not asked about worldly affairs for a long time. Seeing that a young nun from Miaoyu has come to join him, and she is so young and beautiful, he will not let her stay in the temple, so as not to cause trouble for a long time.Fortunately, Miaoyu was quite wealthy, so she set up a monastery behind the Taoist temple and lived in seclusion with two maids. She only asked the Taoist priests in the temple to buy for her, and she lived a life isolated from the world.

However, she "wanted to clean He Zengjie", and the young Taoist priests and hooligans from the neighboring villages in the audience often came to disturb her. Miaoyu was also very troubled. Plan, not yet thought through.

She seldom goes out on weekdays, and today it is rare that the weather is sunny, and the two maids are washing and drying bedding in the backyard, so she goes out to pick flowers for the Buddha, but when she looks up, she sees two people dressed as scholars looking at her, she wanted to immediately When I went back to close the door, I felt that those two people looked very familiar. When I looked closely, I was shocked and couldn't help but blushed.

As soon as Daiyu felt the feeling of encountering an old acquaintance in a foreign land, seeing Miaoyu embarrassed, she understood that it was because of her disgraceful departure at the beginning, and she did not know what kind of ugly rumors spread, and was about to greet her, but Miaoyu turned back quickly , Kuang Tang closed the door firmly with a sound, and there was no more sound.Jia Cong and Daiyu looked at each other, and Jia Cong wanted to go to knock on the door, but Daiyu stopped him and said that this matter should be discussed in the long term, since Miaoyu doesn't want to recognize each other, why bother.

Jia Cong had no choice but to let it go, but when he returned to the governor's mansion, the local magistrate of Wuzhi County came and asked him about Miaoyu.The county magistrate actually knew about this person, and sighed: "Your Excellency, I don't know, but the official is worrying about this nun. She has been here for less than a year, and she has been reported to the county government many times because of the repeated harassment by the idiots around her. The people here have always been simple. , It’s really that this nun is too independent, she is young, and she doesn’t place orders in any big temple, she just lives alone, and sooner or later she will make trouble.”

Jia Cong then asked the county magistrate to take care of Miaoyu, the county magistrate listened to this and naturally cared, and issued a warrant when he returned home, ordering the Taoist priests of Jiaying Temple to take turns guarding, and no idlers were allowed to linger outside the abode. nuisance.Unexpectedly, the yamen servants went, and came back soon to report that the jingshe was empty.Only a note was left on the door, with a few words, and it said "Xiaoxiang concubine personally read it".

The county magistrate was puzzled, and hurriedly reported back to Jia Cong. After hearing this, Jia Cong knew that Miaoyu was ashamed to see her old friend, so she left.When Daiyu heard about this, she felt uneasy and worried about Miaoyu. Although the government is clear, the government is well-organized and the people are harmonious, and the law and order are still relatively peaceful, a lonely woman walking in the rivers and lakes is still worrying. However, she looked at the paper. There are a few lines written: "One thought is stupid, a thousand miles of sorrow. Farewell from now on, don't think about it, don't look for it", there is no choice but to go with her.

Jia Cong originally thought that Daiyu would still live an elegant life in the capital when she came here, so she tidied up the governor's mansion carefully, but Daiyu didn't take it seriously, although she was spoiled and raised by Qiluo Cong, but here you can buy clothes and vegetables without feeling hard work.After the autumn harvest, Jia Cong started a new round of tidying up the embankment. She often did not return home for several days or even months. She read in the study on weekdays, but what she read was related to Jia Cong’s river management, etc. When Jia Cong came back, he was very surprised during the conversation. Daiyu was actually very perceptive. Sometimes, Jia Cong had a profound understanding of the details.After staying for a while, Daiyu became more courageous, and when Jia Cong went up the river, she did not discuss with him, and one day she brought four maids and two guards to find Jia Cong.

That day happened to be in Pinglu, and Jia Cong was busy all day, urging the master in the mansion to urge the craftsmen to make steel drills. Because the huge stones on the river embankment were in the way, they had to be chiseled with steel drills. This was extremely labor-intensive and time-consuming. Manpower can't do much in a day. Jia Congsheng feared that after winter, the cold weather would make it more difficult to work. He would get angry and ordered his subordinates to line up again and again, strictly ordering that the work must be completed before the first snow fell.

Just as she was busy, Daiyu appeared in a full outfit. I heard that Daiyu had traveled such a long distance with only six entourages. Jia Cong wanted to talk about her, but he couldn't bear it. On the embankment, before Jia Cong could speak, he told him to repair the other embankments first, and there would be a solution after winter. Jia Cong was skeptical, but he obeyed Dai in everything. Yu's, naturally obeyed, so he set off to inspect the upper class.Leave the boulders on the river bank to the subordinates in the Governor's Mansion, and take care of them, but follow the madam's orders.

Two days later, Jia Cong was worried and turned back in a hurry. It happened to be snowing at this time, and the weather turned cold. When he arrived at the county government office, he heard that Daiyu had gone to the embankment early in the morning. rush to.But from a distance, he saw several places burning on the river bank, and Daiyu's slim figure was standing gracefully on the river bank. Jia Cong rushed over and saw the river workers were busy stacking firewood under a boulder, but it was burning vigorously. Beside the fire, Zijuan, Biye and others were warming the wine, Jia Cong asked dumbfounded, "What are you doing?"

Daiyu was so busy that her cheeks were glowing, she didn't explain, she just smiled and said, "You came just in time, I'll know soon." I saw that the firewood pile under the boulder was burning more and more vigorously, crackling and crackling from time to time, and it burned until The lower part of the stone was red, so Daiyu ordered the fire to be withdrawn, and then several river workers drank a few bowls of shochu, went down into the river, scooped up the river water with ice balls in buckets, poured it on the boulder, and soon, the boulder cracked It opened and broke into dozens of large and small stones. Jia Cong couldn't help but screamed.

Daiyu said proudly, "What's my idea? Can it follow your idea of ​​putting stones in bamboo cages?" Jia Cong laughed and said, "Sure enough, your idea is high. It seems that you are not only my virtuous wife, but actually It’s my think tank for harnessing the river. In my opinion, I’ll give you the salary I gave to Mr. Yin Jidong at the beginning.” Daiyu spat at him with a smile, but she also had a sense of accomplishment in her heart. She smiled and said: “The third younger sister used to be at home When I was young, I often lamented that I was not a man and couldn't go out to do something. Now that she has gone to the west, I heard from Brother Quan that she is not a heroine in the female middle school who assists Lord Shui to plant trees and control sand? Naturally, I can't fall for her Later." Jia Cong said sincerely: "Our daughters are stronger than men."

Since the beginning of autumn, Jiamu's health has deteriorated day by day. Gradually, when the lamps are exhausted, she struggles to enjoy the flowers, taste tea, play with birds, and watch fish as usual. However, when she is sober Fewer and fewer, mostly asleep.

Baoyu, who Jia Mu loved the most in her life, was ignorant. Someone dragged him to greet Jia Mu, and he came, without a word of concern, which made Jia Mu even more sad. No one told him, and he was bored. In my own room, I never go out, I don’t see anyone, and I don’t know what I’m doing.Whenever she saw Baoyu so depressed, Jia's mother would inevitably feel sad, so she looked forward to hearing the news of Tanchun and Daiyu even more. When the two children's letters came, she always had people read and read to her. Hearing that the child she raised since she was a child is living a prosperous life outside, she felt a little comforted.Sometimes, Mrs. Xing muttered to ask Daiyu to come back, complaining that whose grandma went to the men's territory in such a public manner, and Jiamu would stop her.

However, Mother Jia continued to weaken irretrievably day by day. When the first snow fell, the old man could no longer get out of bed. Although she had no symptoms, she was too weak to swallow the rice juice.On the morning of the winter solstice, the maids came into the room to take care of freshening up, and found that Jiamu hadn't gotten up yet. After a while, they went to check carefully and found that she had no breath, and the old lady passed away peacefully in her sleep.

The maidservants hurriedly ran around to tell them that Mrs. Jia Shexing came first, knelt down and cried, and at the same time ordered the maids to arrange to wrap up and sleep.Fortunately, since Jia's mother fell ill, these things for mourning have been secretly prepared, and there is no shortage of all kinds. With one order, they are all brought out, changed clothes, laid bedding, and set up a mourning hall. When Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang heard the news, they came At that time, the entire Rongguo Mansion was already white inside and out, half of the filial piety shed was set up in front of the gate, and everyone on and off was dressed in filial piety. Baochai, Li Wan, You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were mourning and weeping in front of the coffin.

As soon as Wang Xifeng heard the news of Jiamu's death, she didn't have time to cry, so she called Xiaohong and said to her, "Xiaohong, I know you are close to brother Yun in the back porch, right?" Xiaohong blushed. , and said: "Why is Second Mistress asking this? How dare I have anything to do with men?" Wang Xifeng nodded: "That seems to be true, that's okay, brother Yun once asked me to let you go out, At that time, I was short of people around me, and I was worried about his behavior, so I postponed my agreement. In the past six months, I asked your elder sister Ping to investigate Brother Yun's behavior carefully. Zhengyi is a good one, and if you follow her, you will not be humiliated."

Xiaohong bowed her head and said: "He is a master, I am a girl, how dare I climb up?" Wang Xifeng sneered: "Don't say such depressing words, I look down on many ladies from famous families, they are not worthy to carry your shoes, no matter what your status, as long as If you have the ability to make him love and respect you all the time, you are not Gao Pan. The Jia family... hmph, the men of the Jia family are all inferior to rabbits, how dare you talk about your family status?"

She coughed a few times and said, "Xiaohong, I want to ask you one thing."