Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

Ban'er listens to grandma most.

When Ban'er could not remember anything, Grandma Liu came to Wang's house and lived with her daughter and son-in-law.People who don't know say that Wang Gou'er is a kind-hearted person, and the poor old mother-in-law and widow are unemployed, but those who know the basics say that Wang Gou'er has a lot of eyes and sees that Grandma Liu is willing to do her job. Long-term workers with wages.

Ban'er doesn't care about these things, he only knows that his father will not beat him when his grandma is around, and he doesn't have such a big temper anymore.His father, Wang Gou'er, has no bad habits other than picking things up while eating, and always mentioning how rich his family used to be when he was drunk, but it's just useless.

When Ban'er remembered things, the family often ate the last meal without a second meal. Grandma said, "Ban'er, go pick wild vegetables." Ban'er took a basket and came back with a basket of shepherd's purse.Grandma said: "Ban'er, go and collect firewood." Ban'er walked in the field and picked up a small bundle of firewood. He just heated the bottom of the pot and cooked gruel to eat.

One day, Grandma Liu called Baner again, and Baner saw that it was still early, so he went to carry the basket.But grandma stopped him, changed him into clothes that she was willing to wear during the Chinese New Year, and told him to be obedient, saying that she would take him for a stroll around the city.When Ban'er heard that he was going to the city, he would agree to whatever he wanted to say. In fact, he had never been to the city, but when his father Gouer was drunk, he often talked about the good days he lived in the city.Ban'er has long wanted to enter the city.

But the road is so long and the sky is so cold.Before dawn, Baner followed his grandma out of the house. He walked deep and shallow, and did not enter the city until noon. The city is really big, and there are so many people. Baner has never seen so many cars and people. I feel that my eyes are not good enough, and I don't know how my grandma found Rongguo Mansion.

At that time, Ban'er didn't like the city anymore, because he didn't eat a mouthful of dry food or drink a mouthful of hot water since early in the morning, and he just wanted to go home.But grandma still dragged him and waited until he dozed off several times before he was taken into an exquisite and gorgeous courtyard that he had never seen in his life, and saw a man he had never seen in his life. A beautiful woman in gold and silver.

It's just that the beauty scares Ban'er, she smiles too falsely and speaks too briskly, and Ban'er feels that her omnipotent grandma has become extremely humble in front of this beauty, which makes Ban'er sad.Although the beauty asked someone to bring him some fruit to eat, he still just wanted to go home.

When grandma led him away contentedly, Ban'er said to grandma, "Grandma, I will never come to this place again." Grandma slapped him and said, "Don't talk nonsense!" My dear, although I didn't take the money given by the beauty to take the car, but my grandma bought Baner a big and sweet baked sweet potato, let Baner hold it, and walked and ate all the way. It's getting cold.

That winter, the Wang family spent the day without worrying about food and clothing because grandma Liu, grandparents and grandchildren were running around.Farmers only worry about food and clothing, and when they are full and warm, Grandma Liu doesn't care about other people's attitudes, but only thinks about others' good things.

In the autumn of the next year, when the crops were harvested, one day, Grandma Liu called Ban'er again: "Ban'er, can I take you into the city again?" Ban'er shook his head: "No." Grandma Liu laughed, and he Daddy Wang Gou'er was annoyed and scolded: "You son of a bitch, what's the use of raising you? Listen to grandma as soon as possible, and then go to the mansion to kowtow to the aunts and grandma a few more times. It will be good and you won't starve to death."

Ban'er hid in his grandma's arms, and Grandma Liu put her arms around him, and said with a smile, "Ban'er, what's wrong with going to the city to eat and drink?" Ban'er said, "Grandma, those people are not sincere. Look down on us." Grandma sighed: "Ban'er, as long as we are honest, why bother with others? Look, you and I went to the city last year, and the whole family didn't go hungry. Let's go this time, It’s not to blow the autumn wind, but to send a thank you gift to let those aunts and grandmas know that we are not the kind of people who don’t know how to be grateful.”

Ban'er heard that his grandma was reasonable, so he agreed.So the old and the young carried all kinds of vegetables on their backs, and finally entered the city. Ban'er thought that this time he would not beg others, put down his things and go home, but it was such a coincidence that he was treated as a distinguished guest. Played in the big garden for several days.

After many years, Grandma Liu talked about the experience of those few days, saying that she "saw the beautiful scenery that I have never seen in my life, and ate the good food that I have never eaten in my life." All these things were forgotten, and he I just remember the little girl with pink make-up and jade decoration that I saw in that big garden. Her name is Qiaojie.

Before seeing Sister Qiao, Baner was angry, angry with all the people in this big garden wearing gold and silver, angry that they looked down on the country people, angry that they played tricks on grandma, so he was extra naughty, deliberately making trouble, and rushed into Qiushuangzhai In his bedroom, he messed up the delicate curtains.As a result, it was stuffed with a bergamot, and was dragged out by the maid.

Ban'er was holding that delicate yellow and exquisite bergamot, and was thinking about how to speak, when he saw Sister Qiao.At that time, Sister Qiao could already walk, but she was still held in the arms of the nanny like a baby.Ban'er thought: These city people are really delicate.Sister Qiao stared at him blankly. She had probably never seen a child before, so she had a natural sense of intimacy, so she wriggled and wanted to come over to find a board to play with.But the nanny refused to let go, she just coaxed: "Sister, be good, let's not play with country boys."

When the nanny said this, she didn't hold her back. Perhaps in their eyes, children, especially those in the countryside, are not considered human beings.Ban'er became more and more angry, so he purposely dangled that bergamot in front of Qiaojie, scratching itches with it, and Qiaojie cried, saying that he must have that bergamot.

The little maid was clever, so she exchanged a big grapefruit that Qiaojie was holding for a plate, and another maid brought a big plate of dim sum.For the sake of snacks, Ban Er replaced the bergamot with pomelo, which was fragrant and round. He was holding various small noodles with both hands, and he just kicked the pomelo as a ball, so he ignored sister Qiao.

At that time, everyone spread out and wandered around in the garden, and no one cared about it.Grandma Liu is busy, she only finds time to pull the board to places where no one is around, and asks the board not to be naughty.Ban'er started to cry, pulled off two of the flowers that grandma had stuck in one end, and said, "Grandma, people here are just entertaining us, they look down on us country people for not seeing the world."

Grandma laughed, wiped Ban'er's face with her big rough hands, and said, "Silly boy, they are amusing us, but we are amusing them too—no ​​one suffers. Besides, they are like this We haven’t seen the world of rich and noble families, but our farmer’s family also has rarities that they don’t know about... Stop competing, eat well, have fun, after passing this village, there will be no more shops like this.”

Looking for grandma in the distance, grandma tidied up the flowers on her head and promised to leave in a hurry.Ban'er was full at this time, so he kicked the grapefruit all the way, and he didn't know where it turned.

But he said that the nanny holding Qiaojie was the most lively.Originally, Wang Xifeng just asked her to take sister Qiao to have a look, and then went back to take a nap, but when she came in and saw the sisters joking and having fun together, she was reluctant to go back.After a while, seeing all kinds of fruits coming out of it, she hastily put down sister Qiao and squeezed in to share, for fear that it would be gone if it was too late.When she returned after sharing a piece of lotus root starch cinnamon sugar cake and a loose goose oil roll, Qiaojie was missing, and she couldn't help being frightened out of her wits—how dare she tell anyone, she hurriedly searched everywhere.

That Qiaojie was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, but she has never seen a child before, and when she saw Ban'er, she wanted to play with him.Unexpectedly, Ban'er ignored her, kicked the grapefruit and ran away.Qiaojie came to look for her, and she left the crowd for a while, and saw Ban'er holding the pomelo in a daze beside the waterside pavilion.

Qiao Jie came up and pulled the corner of his clothes.Ban'er turned his head and saw that the little girl was very cute with pink make-up and jade decoration, he couldn't help but put away the disgust he had just had, and beckoned her to come to the water's edge to have a look.

It turned out that Baner was just here in a daze, but he threw the leftover noodle into the water and led the koi in the pond to come up. At this moment, dozens of koi in the pond were bustling around, and Qiaojie was fascinated by it. .

Ban'er looked at the fish for a while, and saw Qiaojie lying tenderly on the railing, so he looked at her, and for some reason, he felt a little mischievous.Then he secretly reached out his hand, trying to tear off the colorful brocade sweat scarf that Qiaojie was wearing around her waist.

The sweat scarf had a concentric knot tied on the back waist, it was very delicate, Ban'er knew in his heart that this was a bad thing to do, so even though there was no one around, he didn't dare to bully Qiao Jie openly, only secretly Use your fingers to untie the knot, thinking that when Qiaojie runs away for a while, she will make a fool of herself.

That sister Qiao was not yet four years old, she was just at the age of innocence, she was watching Yu'er happily, when she suddenly felt a itch on her lower back, when she looked back, Ban'er withdrew her hands and looked at her with a flushed face , but speechless.

At this moment, Ban'er thought in his heart: "It's broken, it's broken, it's going to cause a lot of trouble now, she must burst into tears, and her family will come over and beat me and grandma for a while." Worried that Qiaojie would start crying, but unexpectedly Qiaojie turned around, untied the sweat towel and handed it to Ban'er.

Many years have passed, and Ban'er can never forget the unreserved trust in Qiaojie's eyes at that time, and even forgot how he did it at that time.Probably because he was in a hurry to put Qiaojie's belt back on, right?He doesn't know how to tie knots, he just ties them indiscriminately, but no matter what, when the nanny came to find her, she didn't dare to say that she had lost Sister Qiao.

Later, when Qiaojie was rescued by Grandma Liu by accident, Baner once asked about the past, but Qiaojie didn't remember it at all.However, the fate is so wonderful, one is a prince's daughter, and the other is a mountain villager, but it seems that there is a red thread, and they become husband and wife.

Qiaojie's personality is not at all similar to Xifeng's, but this does not prevent her from missing her mother, and it is also doomed that she hates her father, and even refuses to return to her so-called natal family.Whenever Jia Lian sent someone to pick her up, she would say, "What kind of family is there without my mother's family? I will never go back."

Jia Lian knew that he owed this daughter, so he didn't dare to get angry, but the gap between father and daughter was even deeper, and they almost never saw each other.Sister Qiao's marriage to Ban'er was considered a very low marriage, and Jia Lian felt regretful in her heart, but thinking that Grandma Liu had saved Qiao Sister and her family's reputation with righteousness, so she recognized this in-law.He also thought that he was the Duke of the state, but his son-in-law was in vain, so he couldn't help but feel frustrated, so he donated money to Ban'er for a five-rank fame, and used his connections to get Ban'er to take on a job in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He can also receive a share of money and food, which is all he wants to be a father.

Ban'er is now the head of the family, so he should not be in charge of several farms in the family, but also take care of the errands in the yamen.But no matter how busy he is, every day he has to find time to sit in his grandma's room for a while and talk to him for a while.

Grandma Liu lived to more than 90 years old and is still tough.

Although the work in the field can no longer be done, and her family does not allow her to do heavy work, she can't stay idle and still raises more than a dozen chickens in her yard. It is her pleasure to feed and collect eggs every day .Seeing Ban'er, Grandma Liu was so happy that the wrinkles on her face bloomed: "Ban'er is here, I'll make you egg brown sugar water—your favorite drink."

Ban'er agreed, sat down, took the egg syrup made by grandma, and sipped it.Grandma saw that Ban'er was worried, so she asked with a smile: "Ban'er, what's bothering you?"

Grandma smiled and said: "We were originally honored by the Duke of the country. This is the truth. Why are you afraid of being laughed at? You admit it frankly, and then do your job well. You have the right way, and the day See you for a long time."

Ban'er nodded in agreement, and grandma said again: "Although I am old, I still know a little bit about the world. You don't want to be honored, but if you quit this job, wouldn't it hurt your father-in-law's heart? It's Qiaojie, Although you treat her father lightly, but if you also despise her father, it will make her feel even more uncomfortable, right?"

After chatting a few words like this, Ban'er felt much relieved, and went out of grandma's yard and came back to himself.They lived alone, because Ban'er's mother was not used to having a wealthy daughter-in-law take care of her, so it would be convenient to live separately.However, Sister Qiao is not pretentious at all, spinning and weaving every day, fulfilling her duties as a woman.

When Ban'er entered the house, Sister Qiao had already unloaded the cloth from the loom and was cutting it. Such natural homemade clothes were exactly what Ban'er wore every day.Ban'er looked at Qiao Jie from behind, she was slim and slim, and she could vaguely see the shadow of that year, and couldn't help but feel a heat in her heart.