The Lotus in the Red Chamber

status.So early in the morning, Mrs. Wang went to Jia Mu and others to discuss the matter of visiting relatives and other homes.

Before entering the palace, Jia Yuanchun was brought up by Jia's mother, and Jia's mother loved this granddaughter very much. Now, the wealth and honor of Jia's mansion was brought by this granddaughter. For Mrs. Wang's wanton construction of a provincial hospital, Jia's mother also has no idea He objected, taking out his own 2 taels of silver was considered to have done his best for this granddaughter.

Mrs. Wang originally wanted to ask Mother Jia to take out some more, but seeing that the 2 taels was given by Mother Jia herself, it was not easy to ask for it, so she had to accept it.It just so happened that some Jia Zheng, Jia She, etc. came back from measuring the size of the provincial house, and together they made a rough estimate of the cost of building the provincial house, as well as the cost of buying things and maids, etc., but it was about a hundred About ten thousand taels.Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen's two mansions contributed 5 taels each, but the cost was far from enough. But after all, the two mansions separated earlier than the Rongguo mansion, and now it is not easy to be willing to pay these.

Mrs. Wang had no choice but to find Wang Xifeng, who was the housekeeper in the Rongguo Mansion, and asked how much she could pay in the Jia Mansion.

However, Wang Xifeng was in a difficult situation. It was not easy to manage the family in the Rongguo Mansion. The income of the mansion only depended on a few Zhuangzi, which was less than 1 taels a year. He can't make ends meet, and he has only been here as a housekeeper for a few years, but the dowry worth tens of thousands of taels that he brought from his natal family was spent. If he hadn't seen Jia Yuanchun in the palace, he would have given up on it.Now that the wealth left by the ancestors of the Jia family is almost exhausted, how can there be any spare money to build a provincial hospital.

In the end, Wang Xifeng could only pool all the money that could be moved around the mansion to get together 10 taels of silver.

Mrs. Wang was dissatisfied with the number, but considering the situation in the mansion, she couldn't force Sister Feng anymore.

Seeing Mrs. Wang like this, Wang Xifeng came up with an idea: "The Xue family is an imperial merchant, so they must be rich, why not ask Aunt Xue to borrow money, they are willing to come if you think about it."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang refused straight away: "The Xue family are relatives after all, so it's easy to ask them for money."

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng didn't take it seriously, and felt a little angry in her heart, but she didn't say it out after all, but she didn't bother to worry about it anymore, said a few words and left Madam Wang's room.

Mrs. Wang didn't care when she saw that Wang Xifeng was gone, and kept thinking hard about how to find the money.Mrs. Wang also thought about it all night without closing her eyes, but she looked refreshed the next day, presumably she thought of a solution.

Mrs. Wang greeted Mrs. Jia the next morning, and rushed to Wang Xifeng's place to talk in detail. At that time, the maids and mothers-in-law were all ordered to leave, but after Mrs. Wang left, Wang Xifeng looked strange, as if She didn't rest all night, but just handed a letter to a young servant, and asked him to deliver it to Jia Lian who sent Lin Daiyu to Yangzhou within a few days.

It turned out that Mrs. Wang thought for a long time, and finally came up with a solution. A few days ago, she received news from Yangzhou that Lin Ruhai died of illness.Mrs. Wang didn't care about it at first, she had always disliked Lin Daiyu, and naturally she didn't feel anything when she heard the news of Lin Ruhai's death. Lin Daiyu's relationship has been preached by Jia Mu many times, and privately thinks that Lin Daiyu blocked her from making a good marriage for Baoyu.But because of the lack of money to build the Grand View Garden, Mrs. Wang thought that after Lin Daiyu came to Jia's mansion, the Lin family sent 2 taels of silver to Lin Daiyu every year. Of course, Lin Daiyu couldn't spend this much money, but she helped Jia's mansion spent many times when it was short of money.He also thought that Lin Daiyu's father was the censor of Yanzheng in Yangzhou. This official is a fat job. No matter how clean Lin Ruhai is, he must have accumulated a lot of wealth. Moreover, when Lin Ruhai won Jia Min back then, he agreed. Jia's request took 10 taels of silver as the dowry. Considering that the ancestors of the Lin family were also nobles, the accumulated wealth must be astonishing.

Now that Lin Ruhai has died of illness, the Lin family has only one descendant, Lin Daiyu. Of course, the property of the Lin family is inherited by Lin Daiyu. The property of the Lin family is concealed, and when the time comes, pick a decimal and report it to Jia Mu, so that the Lin family's property can be unknowingly in his hands.

After Jia Lian in Yangzhou received the letter, he immediately agreed without hesitation. Now Mrs. Wang is the mother of Jia Yuanchun, and Lin Daiyu is just an orphan who has no support. How could Jia Lian not know how to calculate this sum? account.

So not long after Lin Ruhai's funeral, Lin Daiyu returned to Jia's mansion at Jia Lian's request.

Lin Daiyu's visit to Jia's mansion this time was far less beautiful than last time, and the people in Jia's mansion were not as enthusiastic as last time. After all, when Lin Daiyu came last time, she was supported by Lin Ruhai, who was a high-ranking official. Although she came to join Jia's mansion, It's not really a dependent, but now Lin Daiyu is a real host, except for Jia's mother, Sanchun sisters and Jia Baoyu, who still treat Lin Daiyu as usual, but others look at Lin Daiyu with a different look.

Lin Daiyu is also a delicate person, how could she not understand her situation, thinking about her future life, and because of the pain of losing her father, she fell ill after returning to Jia's mansion.

Jia Lian reported the property of the Lin family to Jia Mu, and then handed over the money that was only about 3 taels to Jia Mu, and then rushed to Mrs. Wang to offer it. In order to prevent leakage, it was distributed to Jia Amnesty, Jia Zhen and Jia Lian.

With the money from the Lin family, the Provincial Family Courtyard was also built in an extremely beautiful manner, and all kinds of things were carefully selected, and its scale far exceeded that of the Cao Mansion.

[Volume [-]. Furong fell into the Red Mansion, and her life experience of duckweed is intriguing: Poems inscribed in the Ten Views Garden to make the Lantern Festival]

Because Jia Yuanchun was coming to visit relatives in Jia's mansion during the Lantern Festival, the people in Jia's mansion ordered them to go down early, hurried and started working day and night, and finally built the relatives' house before Lantern Festival.The masters in the mansion were all satisfied after seeing it, and Jia Baoyu liked this place even more after seeing it once, and often brought his servants to play inside.

Early this morning, after Jia Baoyu had lunch, he got permission from Jia's mother and went in with a few servants to play. Not long after he went in, he suddenly saw Jia Zhen coming over. Said: "You are not going out yet, your father is here."

Every time Jia Baoyu saw Jia Zheng, it was like a mouse seeing a cat. Hearing this, he immediately wanted to take his servants and slip away. Jia Zheng was in a good mood, but when he saw Jia Baoyu's weakness, he had to put on a serious look and shouted at Jia Baoyu, "Baoyu, come here soon."

Hearing this, Jia Baoyu's feet were already limp, but he had no choice but to obey Jia Zheng's order, so he could only pull a young servant nearby and whispered to him, "Quickly find the old ancestor to save me."

In fact, Jia Zheng didn't mean to teach Jia Baoyu when he left him. He just let him accompany him to write some words in various places in the Grand View Garden to test his literary talent.Jia Baoyu, on the other hand, was as if facing a formidable enemy. Hearing this, the young servant was like a headless fly. He sneaked out of the Grand View Garden and hurried to Jiamu's room, but he bumped into Xiren on the way. I didn't see Baoyu either, so I came to look for it in the Grand View Garden. I saw the young fellow bumping into me and was about to curse, but saw the young fellow pulling me and said anxiously: "Sister Xiren, the second master was detained by the second master. I came to the old lady for help."

Xiren seemed to have lost his soul when he heard it, so he ran to Jia Mu's room and told her. Discuss ideas.

Qingwen happened to come to Jia's mother's room to hand in her needlework. Seeing such a big battle, she was relieved after hearing what happened from a little girl.

It happened that Daiyu didn't look anxious when she heard what had happened, she smiled and said to Mother Jia: "Don't worry, Mistress, uncle is here to write inscriptions in the garden, and he must have asked Second Brother to follow if he stopped her." The inscription is just a test of the second brother's literary talent."

Qingwen suddenly heard that Daiyu and herself wanted to go together, and she was a little bit surprised. Although she had a close relationship with Zijuan before, she had no intersection with Miss Lin, and she only thought that Miss Lin was a delicate young lady. , I don't want to have such mental strategies.

After listening to Daiyu's analysis, Jia's mother felt relieved, but she was still a little uneasy, and she still left everyone waiting for the news ahead.

After a long time, some cups of tea were changed, and a young man in front of him reported that Jia Zheng was very satisfied with Baoyu's literary talent and even praised him a few words.Everyone finally felt at ease after hearing this, Mother Jia also relaxed, and Mrs. Wang showed a smug smile on her face.

Not long after, Jia Baoyu came in to say hello.Everyone glanced at Baoyu and couldn't help laughing. Baoyu's clothes were messy, and there was nothing on his body except the piece of precious jade. Xiren looked at it and smiled and said, "The things I brought were taken by those shameless boys again." gone."

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu went up to Baoyu to have a look, and sure enough there was nothing left, so she couldn't help being a little angry and said, "Someone else took what I gave you." Seeing that Lin Daiyu was angry, Baoyu hurriedly followed.

Seeing this, Qingwen knew that Baoyu had to say something nice and low, so she went back to the yard by herself, not waiting for Baoyu to come back.

Back in the courtyard, Qingwen had just packed her things when she heard Baoyu calling outside: "Qingwen, pour me a cup of tea quickly, I'm thirsty."

After hearing this, Qingwen hurried out to Baoyu's room, but when she saw Baoyu coming back alone, she handed Baoyu the poured tea, and Baoyu drank it all in one gulp.

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