The return of Fengxi of the Red Chamber

After seeing off everyone, Jia Shishi didn't rest, and sent all the servants out, leaving only the mother-in-law next to Jia Min to question.

Jia Shishi thought about his daughter who was married far away, and asked in an earnest tone: "How are your wives and masters doing recently? How are sister Yu and brother? I've been so busy lately that I didn't even bother to go to Min'er. A letter."

This woman was originally Jia Min's dowry girl, and she also served in Jia's house in the past. After hearing Jia Shi's question, she nodded and said, "Everything is fine, our master and wife are fine. My brother is also good. My sister has entered school some time ago. She is very smart and looks like the wife of the past. The master said that she has a photographic memory. She is so happy that our master is like something. She hugs her every day. teaching reading here."

"My wife and my brother are also fine. Thanks to the imperial physician Lian Erye and Lian Ermai's looking for, my pulse is really good. In the past, our wife was bedridden all the year round. It was my brother who drank medicine with the nanny when he couldn't eat. Yes, there is a heart hanging from top to bottom in the mansion. Since Doctor Sun came to our mansion, he has to check the pulse of brother, sister and wife every other day, and the prescriptions are changed from time to time. Now my sister Even when the seasons change, my son doesn't cough much anymore, and my brother has gained a lot of weight, and his hands feel heavy when he holds him."

After hearing this, Jia Shi Shi clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Good! Good! Good! Then I will let go of my heart, and your wife will be able to live a better life."

After finishing speaking, she shed two lines of clear tears, choked up a few times, and wanted to speak but didn't know where to start.

When the old woman saw this, she had a guess in her heart, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Old Madam Rong, you also know that our family has a doctor Sun who has returned from the palace, and he has the ability to rejuvenate. Because Doctor Sun’s elder brother has worshiped our master as a teacher, so he is very attentive to everyone in the Lin family, and asks for a safe pulse every other day, and because of this reason, he discovered an old incident."

As soon as Jia Shishi heard the old story, he froze in place, and opened his mouth to ask: "But what is the old story? It has something to do with our family?"

The woman hesitated for a while, and then said in a low voice: "The doctor Sun said that our wife's body has been injured long ago, and a very hidden palace secret medicine was used, which made the child difficult. It's not that she couldn't conceive , it’s just that it’s hard to keep it after you’re pregnant, and if you’re less than three months old, you’ll throw it away, causing great damage to the mother’s body.”

"In addition, in order to beg for a child, my wife drank an unknown amount of bitter medicine soup, and her body was completely destroyed. It is our girl who was born safely. But our girl was born weak, He started to drink medicine even before he could eat, and it was only because of the care of Imperial Physician Sun this year that he got better."

After the woman finished speaking, she knelt deeply on the ground and cried: "Old lady, our wife is your direct daughter, and you have loved her the most since childhood. Now that she has been persecuted to this point, old lady, you , you have to decide for her!"

Jia Shishi collapsed on the beauty's back, tears rolling down his face, and he didn't speak for a long time.

The woman could bear it quite a bit, and didn't urge her to speak, she just knelt on the ground and sobbed and cried, the heart of the crying person was heartbroken.

Jia Shishi cried for a while, and then said very tiredly: "I only found out about this last month, because I loved Min'er when I was at her mother's house, and somehow it got in the way of the second room Wang's eyes, and in her heart I couldn't see it, so I took the opportunity of returning to the door and gave Min'er medicine."

When Jia Shishi said this, he seemed to be unable to support himself, he held his heart and took a few breaths, and continued: "First he attacked Min'er, then he killed Brother Hu, this time he targeted Lian'er again. I hated my daughter-in-law very much. However, Wang Ziteng was right in front of me. He valued Wang Shi the most, and Yuan Chun was about to get married. Baoyu hadn't grown up yet. Wang Shi couldn't die for the time being. .”

"Now she is locked in the Buddhist hall, and she is not allowed to come out once a year. She has to do all the daily needs by herself. There is only a wall between her biological children, but she can't even see her face." Jia Shishi gritted his teeth as he spoke, with a fierce look in his eyes, "I came up with this idea myself, and then someone handed over the word to the old man, so it was done without anyone noticing it, and only let her suffer. These bits and pieces of torture."

Jia Shishi said these words in his mouth, but he thought in his heart that this was not enough, she had two sons and one daughter, and they were all ruined by Wang Shishi, how could this enemy Jia Shishi endure it!

Therefore, in addition to these tortures on the surface, Jiashi also tampered with the sore medicine that Wang applied.

Some destructive things were put inside, although it did not delay the healing of Wang's trauma, but it hurt the inner bone.In the future, whenever it was cloudy and rainy, Wang's humerus would be painful, and the flesh could not be seen at all.

From Jia Shishi's point of view, this can only be regarded as interest. She also prescribed a secret medicine that would cause people to become weak. It would take two or three years at the earliest, or five or six years at the slowest time.

The reason why the time has been pushed back a few years is that firstly, I want Mrs. Wang to suffer more, and to experience the sufferings of others; The one with the highest official position in the public; three, I don't want Jia Yuanchun and his siblings to have a rift against the Jia family, and lose the hearts of the Jia family's descendants for no reason.

But these secret things can't be told to a woman. The reason why Jia Shishi publicized his family scandal and told her about Wang's confinement in the Buddhist hall was because of his youngest daughter.

After all, Jia Min is her old daughter, and her previous love was not fake, and Lin Ruhai has a very good reputation in Qingliu.Both this relative and this daughter are all cherished by Jia Shishi, so he naturally doesn't want Jia Min to misunderstand that he is partial to the second wife, regardless of her mood.

Sure enough, when she said this, the woman's complexion became much better. After meeting Jia Min, she should be satisfied.

Seeing this, Jia Shishi felt relieved, and felt tired. She is about seventy years old, and she has already worked hard after hosting such a big banquet.In addition to crying bitterly for Jia Min, he couldn't hold it anymore.

That woman is not ignorant, seeing Jia Shishi not feeling well, she immediately got up and said: "It's late at night, the old lady must be tired after a busy day today. I'll go down now." If the old lady wants to ask something tomorrow, she will send someone to call me over, and you will stay in Beijing for a few days to visit those old friends of the Lin family."

Hearing this, Jia Shishi laughed and said: "It's okay to be old and refuse to admit defeat. I'm really tired. You just came all the way from Yangzhou yesterday, and today you ran along for another day. Let's go back and have a rest. Before you leave Beijing, come to the mansion again, I have something to give to your wife, and I have to trouble you to take it along the way."

The woman didn't dare to say anything, but said that she would definitely come, so she was led by the mandarin ducks to the Chuihua Gate in person, and went to the Lin family's house to rest without mentioning it.

Wang Xifeng and his wife didn't know what happened in Rongqing Hall. When the door was closed and they were talking, the couple were also talking around Mao Geer in the East Courtyard.

The two of them looked at this little man with a small nose and a small mouth, yawned from time to time, and waved his small hands. They felt that their hearts were about to melt. They didn't need to take everything in their hearts, just looking at him was enough.

But only for a moment, Wang Xifeng changed her mind, Brother Mao is here, they still have Sister Qiao and another brother in the future.In this life, a family of five must get together neatly in one place to be able to say the last one is complete.

The couple surrounded the little person and watched for a full quarter of an hour. Then they called the nurse in and hugged Maoge to sleep. The two took today's gift booklet and looked at it carefully. stand up.

Most of the gifts sent by people are not out of the ordinary, just write down as a rule, and return a gift when there is a need for human relations in the future.It's just that the gifts given by some people this time are extraordinarily expensive, and it takes two people to think carefully about what it means, and whether this gift can be accepted or not.

Jia Lian pointed to the names on the gift list, and sighed with a smile: "This time, it was posted. These royal merchants and salt merchants are really rich and incomparable, but they are just asking for a familiar face. , The things you give away can be used as family heirlooms in the homes of ordinary princes."

However, Wang Xifeng was a little worried: "This gift is a little too expensive. Let's just accept it so carelessly. Will someone give you a copy and say that you took bribes?"

Jia Lianlang laughed and comforted him: "Don't worry, it's nothing. It's just that I have researched a few things a few days ago, and I'm very happy to see them now. It's just that the Ministry of Industry and the Inner Palace Supervisor these days , I’m too busy, I really can’t spare any manpower, so I have to release these errands, these people just smell the wind, just accept it with peace of mind, I understand it in my heart now.”

Speaking of this, Jia Lian lowered his voice again and said: "Nowadays, I have also vaguely told me that the treasury is not sufficient. The things these people send are considered as supplements to me, and the rewards will be less in the future."

Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes when she heard the words, and complained intentionally, and then remembered that it was the emperor, she endured it for a long time and said in a low voice: "This abacus is better than the old accountant that has been accumulated for many years, so let's accept it." , All of them are used as private houses for Brother Mao. What we took is drizzle, and they are the ones who really get the big money, and they don’t feel bad about taking it."

As for what Jia Lian had researched, Wang Xifeng didn't ask. If she could know, Jia Lian had already told her just now.

And Jia Lian stayed in the Ministry of Industry for more than a year. The things he researched in the past few times were mainly for civilian and commercial purposes, and he made a lot of money for today.The current emperor of Dagan Kingdom, Situ Yao, was not a fatuous and incompetent person who was greedy for pleasure, on the contrary, he took the path of hard work and wanted to be famous forever.

Therefore, even glass, gunpowder, soap, clocks, wristwatches and other things are not only popular in the Daqian Dynasty, but also exported to several nearby countries, earning untold money.But Situ Yao was still short of money. He used the money he earned from these things to invest in the army, pave roads and bridges, build canals and reservoirs, and do research. Neither is enough.

Otherwise, Situ Yao would not have come to Jia Lian to cry poorly, and asked him to keep the gifts from the imperial salt merchants as his own rewards. He is really poor, and the more he earns, the poorer he becomes.

However, what Jia Lian handed over this time was really in line with Situ Yao's wishes. He knew in his heart that with this, the Dagan Kingdom would leap forward in the future, not only becoming the overlord of this land, but even the king of the sea. On the other hand, it is not impossible to look forward to one or two.

This thing is a steam engine, and there are two blueprints attached to it, one for the train and one for the steam turbine.These two things really amazed Situ Yao, and he was really skeptical in his heart whether they could be made. However, after Jia Lian led him to investigate on the spot, Situ Yao's doubts disappeared, and he fully supported Jia Lian's research on steam locomotives and steam cruise ships. .

It's just that this research can't be done out of thin air, not to mention the personal labor costs, just all kinds of fine iron molds, plus blast furnaces, etc., you have to throw out a lot of silver.

Besides, these are all things that need to be kept secret. Jia Lian used him to try to build a crappy blast furnace, and smelted a furnace of hundreds of steels. The weapons he made were extremely sharp. Pass.Situ Yao's eyes were hot, and he kept urging Jia Lian to speed up his pace. First, he changed the weapons and armors of the imperial guards in the palace, so he could use them with more confidence.

In this way, this matter cannot be handed over to outsiders. All the smelting workshops of the Ministry of Industry and Situ Yao's own inner house supervisor have released the word that they will release all these profitable transactions on hand to the emperor and the emperor. Other competent non-government merchants will undertake, and those who are capable will be served first.

And the reason why the government is so generous this time is because the newly appointed second-class captain of light vehicles in Beijing, Lord Jia Lian, has researched something extraordinary, and now he is reluctant to part with it, and released those who will go down. The sale of golden eggs.

In this way, when Jia Lian's eldest son Xisan happened to catch up again, everyone flocked to him, and the ceremony was several times more lively than other weddings.This kind of behavior is just to leave an impression in front of Jia Lian. When Jia Lian is selected in the future, if Jia Lian can say a few good words, the chances of being selected will be high.

Jia Lian knew all these thoughts clearly. He even understood that the news was released by someone in his hands today, so he felt at ease in accepting this gift.

After appreciating this wave of generous gifts, Wang Xifeng began to look at the list of gifts from relatives.The four kings and eight princes are still the same, and they pick out expensive objects, which are not suitable for Brother Mao's use now, but it would be good to keep them as a facade decoration in the future.

But the ones from Wang Ziteng's family were very valuable. Apart from a set of gold longevity locks and anklet bracelets for Mao Ge'er, there was another set of jewelry in the box.Wang Xifeng had seen that jewelry before, it was originally Wang Xifeng's grandmother's stuff in the bottom of the box, Wang Xifeng had seen it once before, and it was put away by Prince Teng's wife Niu.

It was originally a treasure left by the royal family of the previous dynasty. It is a complete set of oriental beads. The smallest pearl is as big as a lotus seed, and the largest main pearl is as big as a lychee. It is hard to come by.

Now the Wang family sent this, on the surface it was for Brother Mao's baptism, but in fact it was a tactful request to Wang Xifeng for peace.After all, in the last incident, Wang Ziteng really hurt his niece and daughter by turning towards his own sister. This is the remedy.

Wang Xifeng glanced at it lightly, praised the exquisiteness, and ordered Ping'er to put it away.She doesn't resent Wang Ziteng. In her previous life, this uncle treated her well, but he was distantly related. Compared with the sister of the same mother, the niece and daughter in the next room may not be so important.

Even her own mother-in-law could bear to watch Qiao's sister being betrayed by Wang Ren. Wang Xifeng didn't have too high requirements for Wang Ziteng as an uncle. Now it's enough to be a close relative like this. up.

In addition to Wang Ziteng's family, Yangzhou Lin's family also had extraordinarily heavy ceremonies, and the list of rites was two pages long.Not to mention cloth toys suitable for children, there are also several sets of jewelry for women. In addition, there are also many valuable medicinal materials, which are hard to find in the market.

Thinking of Mrs. Zhang, the Lin family who came with the boat this time, Wang Xifeng smiled slightly and sighed: "Aunt Min has become more polite, but I heard from Nanny Zhang that their family's health is much better now. Sister Lin will probably not It's a good thing to come to live with us again. There is no way to live comfortably under the fence of others, and no matter how good the relatives are, they are not as considerate as parents, not to mention that people in our family are not good people. "

Jia Lian looked at her when she heard the words, nodded and then smiled strangely: "It's the first time I've heard people say that I'm not a good person. In your last life, you treated Sister Lin well. It's just that we were both fools before. They are all blinded by lard, how can they care about others, it's just a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it's hard to protect themselves."

Thinking of that life, both of them couldn't help sighing, feeling a little guilty in their hearts.

After all, Lin Daiyu really had nothing to do with the world, but she was forced to death by Jia's family. All the wealth of Lin's family filled the gap of Jia's family, but she got the title of a poor relative who beat autumn wind.

The two sighed for a while, seeing Ping'er came back with the maid, they stopped talking and continued to read the gift list without mentioning it.The rest were not particularly outstanding, the couple looked at them once, picked the ones that could be used and put them in the small storeroom, and locked the rest in Mao Geer's private storehouse, counting them as his private house.

The days passed by quickly, and Wang Xifeng was already out of confinement in a blink of an eye. Due to today's instructions, the full moon banquet is also a big event.

But this time, I didn't bother Jia Shishi and Jia Yuanchun to help. Since Wang Xifeng was out of confinement, she took care of it all by herself.Mrs. Xing and Yingchun's mother and daughter helped share a lot of housework, especially since Yingchun's injury was healed, she was brought by Wang Xifeng's side, and met many wives and grandmas, and also made friends with several younger sisters of the same age.

Now Yingchun is also the home of an eight-year-old girl, and it is time to go out and have fun at this age. In a few years, it will be the age of men and women again, and it will not be as convenient to go out to entertain guests as it is now.

Seeing a full moon banquet, Yingchun accepted three or five invitations, either to a poetry meeting or to enjoy flowers.Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng didn't hold her back, they both nodded and agreed, and Yingchun pursed her lips and smiled happily.

As for Tanchun and Xichun, both of them are not yet five years old, they are really not the age to go out to entertain guests, so they can only watch and wait until they are old enough to talk about it.

Jia Shishi and Jia Yuanchun were not idle either, following this opportunity, Jia Shishi began to choose a husband's family for Jia Yuanchun.Both Jia Shishi and Jia Yuanchun are high-minded people, and they look down on ordinary people. The families they initially investigated are at least the sons of the third-rank family, the eldest son of the Duke's family. Sun, the two dared to think about it.

It's just that the effect is not good. After all, Jia Yuanchun is over 20 years old, and she is considered an older woman in this era.Also, since she entered the palace and was sent out, everyone felt that she might have a big heart. How could her own family compare to the wealth and splendor of the heavenly family? How could she subdue such a daughter-in-law.

Therefore, even though Jia Yuanchun looks graceful and rich, and behaves gracefully, whether he is the director of the family or the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, everything is top-notch, and he is not a very good marriage partner.

Another one, the relationship between the first and second rooms of the Rongguo Mansion has become very tense in the past one or two years.Although both Jia Shishi and Wang Xifeng suppressed the message, Mrs. Wang did not show up on such a day. Thinking about the past, everyone knew that the relationship between the two families was not as good as it appeared on the surface.

Because of all these worries, the few families Jia Shishi brazenly inquired about refused to answer her words, which made her feel very embarrassed.

Jia Shishi had no choice but to lower his standards, and began to inquire about those military officers whose marriages were delayed because of the war, or younger widowers.

Only Jia Yuanchun was unwilling, because most of the military officers were rude and illiterate, she felt that even if she married, it would be difficult for her to have a common language with the other party, and her life would not be much better by then.

If it is a widower's family, it will be inferior to the dead original spouse for the rest of its life. If it is a stepmother, it will not be a good life at all. The ready-made Mrs. Xing and the You family of Dongfu are all on display.Living like burning oil with a lamp, being inferior to others everywhere, Jia Yuanchun felt suffocated when thinking about this kind of life, how could he be willing to step into such a pit of fire.

Therefore, for this full moon banquet, Jia Yuanchun and Jia Shishi were disappointed and failed to find a suitable candidate for marriage.

For all these, Wang Xifeng listened to them for a while, then put them all behind and didn't pay any more attention to them.She would not make trouble for Jia Yuanchun's marriage, but she would never help her either. Now this attitude of not asking questions is due to the fact that they grew up together.

Taking advantage of the full moon banquet to make another wave of money, Jia Lian began to go out early and return late. When he was busy, he would not see anyone for almost seven or eight days.However, the Inspector in the Palace really put up a notice, saying that it was a sage's kindness, and he did not want to compete with the people for profit. He authorized the Inspector to release soap, glass, fireworks, clocks, etc. to the people, and the selection process would start from now on.

As soon as this notice came out, the Rongguo Mansion began to be flooded with visitors again. The wives and grandmas of each family came to visit with generous gifts and smiling faces.Wang Xifeng did not refuse anyone who came, and they all warmly entertained them. However, the gift was left behind, but he did not say anything dead. He only said that this was the work of the Tian family. Got an errand.

Everyone was not annoyed, put down the presents and left with a smile. It would be nice if they could get acquainted. They don't ask Jia Lian to recommend their family. As long as he doesn't hate his family and maintains a fair attitude, there is hope.