Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Tanchun was both embarrassed and astonished: "This is impossible, I personally listened to the master's order, and I will give you mother and child 1000 taels!"

"Ten taels?"

Li Wan sneered: "You think highly of our mother and child. I only ask for 500 taels. Anyway, let me get over the relationship between my mother's family and my brothers and sisters. I can't return what my brother gives me, right? My face is irrelevant, Rong The face of the government must be maintained. In the end, I said a lot of good things, but Aunt Zhao said that she wanted to save money to marry a wife, so she gave us 200 taels of silver to celebrate the New Year, and said that the poor family can eat for several years with 200 taels of silver. What do you think of our mother and son? We are poor relatives who come to fight the autumn breeze, beggars?"

Li Wan finally looked at Jia Mu and smiled brightly: "It's been two months, what did I say?"

While speaking, Li Wan's eyes flicked across the faces of all the sisters: "Everyone, who has heard what I said? I didn't say anything, right? If it wasn't for Feng girl's rush of words today, and the old lady's force, I wouldn't say anything. .”

Sister Feng's throat felt a little choked when she heard the words, and Yingchun and Daiyu also felt sorry for each other. Everyone's life was not going well, and everyone had their own troubles.

Yingchun and Xichun are hindering Tanchun, so it's hard to say anything, and although Aunt Zhao did it, the root cause is Jia Zheng. Therefore, as juniors, Yingchun and Xichun really have nothing to say. There is silence.

Only Daiyu is not afraid of Tanchun. Besides, she is a guest, and Li Wan treats her well, so Daiyu stepped forward to help Li Wan, and kept comforting her: "Sister-in-law, don't be sad, there is an old lady here." .”

Sister Feng also said: "Sister-in-law, don't be discouraged. This is the fault of a villain. The old lady must have a fair opinion."

At any rate, Li Wan held back his tears, then turned around and walked in front of Jia's mother, and said, "Reporting to the old lady, the granddaughter-in-law was too embarrassed to speak just now, but at this time, she can't care about it. When the granddaughter-in-law returns to her natal home in the Spring Festival, her father has a word." Bring it to the old lady, he said, if the Rongguo Mansion takes a concubine as a wife, ask the granddaughter-in-law to take Lan'er back to her mother's house!"

After Li Wan finished speaking, he bowed and ran away with his face in his hands.

Tanchun really lost all face today.

She looked at Sister Feng with tears in her eyes: "Second sister-in-law, where did you say this? What kind of servant girl, I don't know anything, why are you targeting me?"

Sister Feng sighed and said, "Third Miss, I won't say whether you know or not. I'll just say that the second wife is ill. How many times have you seen it? Your aunt used to be the second uncle's housemaid. She was supposed to serve the wife. Why did she ever Have you ever been to your wife?"

After finishing speaking, Sister Feng stopped looking at Tanchun, but stared at Baoyu: "Baoyu, you are ten years old this year, not too young, have you visited the second wife when she is sick? You used to say you were afraid that she would kill you, but now she is ignorant and ignorant." What are you afraid of? You only go once when Jin Chuaner looks for you. What do you think your wife is doing with her son? The second wife was grabbing money everywhere and giving it back to me. Forget it, where do you go? You can figure it out .”

At this time, Tanchun's eyes were full of tears, and he threw himself on Jia Mu's knee and cried: "Old lady, I don't know these things. I'm still young, how can I know these things."

Sister Feng had already left, so she was anxious to go back and make some soup for Jia Mu, after all, she was the one who caused the disturbance today.

However, when she heard Tanchun's words, she felt a little uncomfortable, and she turned around and said, "Third sister, this doesn't make any sense. Sister Lin was only five years old at the beginning, and her aunt was sick. Sister Lin waited on the bed every day, even the boudoir. Learning also stopped until my aunt died of illness. Sister Lin herself became thin and out of shape. You are eight years old and still say you are young and don’t know? I am illiterate, and I have also studied the Four Books for Women. Is it true that our female chef in Jia's mansion eats vegetarian meals like this? If so, I will fire her right now!"

At this time, Jia Mu finally sensed a sense of crisis from Li Wan's words, and quickly waved: "Feng girl, come back!" Then she said to Yingchun, "Take your sisters to see the second wife, and Baoyu will go too."

It was rare for Baoyu to see half of Jia Mu's face, and he was honest at once. Seeing Jia Mu was very reluctant, but obediently followed Yingchun: "Old ancestor, don't be angry, grandson will go to see his wife."

Mother Jia waved her hand tiredly: "Go!"

When Baoyu was far away, she asked Sister Feng: "Is it true that the news about your second uncle has spread?"

Sister Feng was silent for a moment: "The relatives should all know about it. Zhang's grandmother asked me about it, so I covered it up."

Mother Jia beat her leg and sighed: "How could this happen? How did your second uncle become like this?"

Sister Feng stared at Jia's mother for a moment: "Second uncle probably was subdued in the past. You are the daughter of the Hou family, and the second wife is the daughter of a wealthy family. Our ancestors have made meritorious deeds for generations. Second uncle probably felt pressured. Second uncle Although he lives in Rongxi Hall, he has no title, no imperial examination background, no money, no power in his hands, a majestic man who relies on women for food and clothing, how can he balance it? Now that you are old, two His wife is sick, and there is only one Aunt Zhao who is holding him up to the sky, so he went out to find a woman, but the second uncle couldn't do it, so he had to play around with Aunt Zhao, after all, it was the woman he liked." Mother Jia said angrily: "I'm optimistic about it, should I marry him a slave girl as his wife?"

Sister Feng said: "Since you can't marry, you should send it away. If you stay by your side, everyone will be disgusted. At the beginning, you saved her for the sake of the third sister, and then promoted her to be an aunt. Maybe she now thinks that you are for the sake of the third sister. Son, I will promote her again."

Jia's mother was annoyed immediately: "Being her mother's spring and autumn dream!"

Sister Feng persuaded: "Since the old lady has no such intentions, let's make a plan early, so that after a while, I am afraid that my sons, grandchildren, grandchildren, and grandchildren will all be folded into her hands. You also know that the four or nine cities As for the matter, you just need to go out for a while, everyone knows that the Wang family does not care about the second uncle because of their aunt's disappointment. Well, the Wang family doesn't care about it, and they don't want to be maggots if they don't help others. After all, Lianer's momentum is just right now, and the big girl in the palace is also at a critical moment. Even Baoyu, there is no reason for him to call a slave and maidservant."

Mother Jia's expression was cold: "I see, give your third uncle a message, we have been friends with the Wang family for generations, and I will never break my promise."

Sister Feng achieved her goal, she left immediately and went home, plunged into the kitchen, simmered four little chickens, all of them were just crowed, and then sent them to the east courtyard of Rongqingtang, her mother's parents and third uncle separately .

Jiamu's chicken soup was specially sent by Sister Feng. At that time, she was coquettish and persuasive, forcing Jiamu to drink most of it, and then told Yuanyang to keep the chicken soup on the stove over the water. In the middle of the night, if Jiamu's heart is not smooth , Feed Jia Mu another cup, and tell Yuanyang not to save, there will be fresh soup tomorrow.

After Sister Feng left, Jia's mother ordered Yuanyang to bring the chicken soup. She tasted it carefully and tasted it. Jia's mother shed tears and told Yuanyang: "Good girl, it's hard for you to take care of me. I can't eat the chicken soup anymore." , I gave it to you, you can eat it now."

In order to make Jia Mu happy, Yuanyang deliberately drank very sweet, and was suddenly stunned by the delicious chicken soup.

She looked at Mother Jia: "Old lady, this soup?"

Mother Jia's eyes were a little red: "Your second master and second grandma gave me the health-preserving soup. They really want me to live a long life. I am getting old, and finally sent me a pair of filial children and grandchildren. God treats me I'm not thin!"

The mandarin duck burst into tears immediately.

Mother Jia stroked the mandarin ducks: "Silly girl, why are you crying? Do you want me to live a long life?"

Yuanyang shook her head: "The servant girl loves the old lady. The old lady has been heartbroken all her life, and no one really loves the old lady. Now it's finally here. The servant girl is happy!"

Jia's mother has been the second wife all her life, and now the second wife's sons and grandchildren are repaying her in this way!

Jia's mother's eyes froze: "Mandarin duck, Wu Dengxin!"

At lunchtime that day, Jia Lian was watching Jia Lan and Jia Yun, Jia Ling and Jia Zhi practice in the martial arts hall, when Long Er came and told Jia Lian a piece of news.

Jia Lian frowned: "Do you know what happened in the old lady's room?"

Longer said: "Grandma went to Rongqing hall with our second grandma, the second master ordered us not to supervise Rongqing hall, our children didn't follow, but saw grandma crying, second grandma hurried I hurried home and made a lot of chicken soup, and gave them to the master of the East Courtyard, the old lady of Rongqingtang, and the Wang family."

Jia Lian laughed secretly, this Feng Lazi was afraid that the old lady would be angry again, and he was in a hurry to remedy it.

Jia Lian pointed out a few more words to the children before going home.

Sister Feng also pretended to be innocent with Jia Lian. Jia Lian sneered: "What kind of tricks are you singing today? At this moment, the old lady has drugged Aunt Zhao with dumb drugs, stripped off all the brocade clothes on her body, and sent four women to work in shifts day and night. In custody, Aunt Zhou was also sent a message by the old lady, telling her to take care of the second wife, but she gave the second wife's girl, Jin Chuan, to the second master, and took over the house tonight as an aunt. The allowance has been increased to five taels, which is taken from her monthly allowance."

Sister Feng was surprised: "I thought it would be the old lady's maid, Hu Po or Liu Li, but it is Jin Chuan."

Jin Chuan is the second wife's most caring girl, who takes good care of the second wife.

Perhaps, the old lady promoted Jin Chuan because of this, so that Wang's life would be easier. Otherwise, in a few days, the rules in Wang's house would be even stricter.

Sister Feng was stunned for a moment and asked, "Do you know where Aunt Zhao is locked up?"

Jia Lian smiled: "I have to ask the old lady."

Sister Feng scoffed: "You know more about the affairs of the back house than I do, who else should I ask if I don't ask you?"

Jia Lian snorted: "As long as you are smart, I will give you an order in the future, and I will give you a report of everything that happens in the house. However, my people can only report in writing, not oral." Sister Feng gritted her teeth: " My brother is about to learn how to read, and I will have to study for the imperial examination in the future, so I will learn to read from now on, so it will be faster than my brother."

Jia Lian thought that Sister Feng was talking big and angry, but unexpectedly, from the next day, Sister Feng began to follow Yingchun to read the mansion newspaper and copy the mansion newspaper. Believe it.

This is a later story, but I won't mention it.

The next day, Jia Lian went to the Yanwu Hall to train the selected family children early in the morning, and Sister Feng went to play with her elder brother and sister Qiao early for a while, and then went to the kitchen to cook the japonica rice porridge and put the side dishes from the small vegetable garden. Ya fried a plate, together with the gold and silver rolls, egg rolls, packed up the small snack box, and personally carried it to Rongqing Hall.

But as soon as Sister Feng entered the door, Yuanyang greeted her with a smile, ordered tea to be made, and was very enthusiastic.

Ordinary mandarin ducks are also thoughtful, but they just have a smile on their eyebrows, but today they came up to help Sister Feng, picked up the basket by themselves, sat down by themselves, and poured tea by themselves.

It made Sister Feng not used to it, so she said with a smile: "Could it be that the old lady has some orders?"

Yuanyang smiled: "It's nothing, it's just that the old lady has too many sleepless nights. She drank grandma's chicken soup last night and slept all night. She hasn't woken up yet. Thirty girls here, big and small, are all grateful to Second Grandma." , they were afraid that they would scare grandma with their vulgarity, so they sent me to serve grandma, and please don't dislike grandma."

Sister Feng giggled when she heard the words: "What's the matter, as long as the old lady likes it, I will come to deliver soup every day from now on. Sister Yuanyang, you are ready to give me tea for a lifetime!"

Yuanyang saluted upon hearing the words: "As long as grandma is willing, this servant is willing to serve grandma for the rest of her life."

After being taken aback for a moment, Sister Feng laughed loudly: "This relationship is good, so it's settled!"

Jia's mother was ashamed to see others because she had no way to teach her children.For two consecutive days, he pretended to be sick and hid from Sister Feng, only sending Yuanyang to contact Sister Feng.

Sister Feng thought it was fun, so she told Jia Lian about it when she got home.

Jia Lian was silent for a moment, and said: "This is a good thing. It shows that the old lady is hesitating. She can't let go of the second room, but she is touched by our kindness and reliability. Therefore, it is difficult for her to decide who to support. Just wait, there will be a result one day .Actually, for us, the old lady's attitude is irrelevant. She can't figure it out. I will follow my own path and will never be influenced by others. Everything depends on the old lady's own blessing. I can figure it out. , she will be happy in her later years, we are not awkward, everyone is good. If you can't figure it out, you are asking for trouble, and you can't blame others."

Turning around, he said that Jia Lian had spent the three days off after the scientific examination on the children's training. After three days, Jia Lian handed over the children to Jia Yun for training, and went back to the palace to sell the holidays by herself as an errand.

This Jia Yun got Jia Lian's order, and knew that the children's learning opportunities were hard-won, and also knew that it was not easy to survive in government schools.

Therefore, he was able to train these brothers from the same clan vigorously, and only wanted to cry when the little trainees like Jialan Jiazhi, Jiazhu, and Jialan were snotted.

But one by one got the parents' instructions, held back the pain with tears in their eyes, gritted their teeth and persisted.

The first day Jia Lan followed Jia Lian to Cuiwei Mountain and came back, her feet developed blisters. The next day, she picked up the blisters and continued running. At the beginning, she still knew the pain, but her feet limped and turned. Later, when she was compared with others, she didn't know the pain. up.

In the evening, I went back to soak the potion according to Jia Lian's instructions. After seven days of practicing all day, the group of children became dark and thin, but their steps were fast.

By the time he went to school in early March, Jia Lan and the others could already run half of the distance with the car.

Half a month later, except for Jia Huan and Jia Cong, the other eleven children, including Jia Lan, were able to go to school on foot.Among them, Jia Heng, Jia Fen and Jia Fang are only ten years old, especially Jia Lan Jia Zhu and Jia Lan are only seven years old. They can also go to school on foot.

Jia Lian was very moved. Jia Lian thought that they would need to see each other for three months or even longer to get used to it.

Of course, Jia Lian had given up hope for Jia Huan and Jia Cong, but he hoped that they would not turn bad, and that they would only cause trouble for the family in the future.

This group of children went to school with excitement, and the novelty hadn't passed, and they soon realized that the government school was a bit difficult to mix.

At the same time, most of the children in the government school realized a problem. The students in Jia's house were not easy to be provoked, and they would fight desperately if they were in a hurry.

This title was not created by the big kids like Jia Yun, but by the three little fellows of the Jia family, Jia Lan, Jia Zhu, and Jia Lan. They had just started school for half a month, and they actually earned the reputation of being a hard-working man.

But when the students of Jia's mansion just entered school, some people jumped out to bully Jia Lan.

Jia Lan was timid and didn't dare to speak out at the beginning, until one time when he was limping while walking, his friend Jia Jun noticed him, rolled his trouser legs, and found that his legs were bruised and purple.

After repeated questioning, it turned out that Wei Baozhu, a nephew of Prince Zhongshun's mansion, was doing the trick. Because of Jia Lansheng's handsomeness, he wanted to form a bond with him.

Jia Lan grew up pampered at home. In the future, like Jia Lian, he will take the bodyguard and imperial examinations to be a dignified man. How can he humiliate women?

Of course he refused.

In the end, he was led by the bad guy with a group of bonded brothers. During the recess, Jia Lan went to the toilet. They covered Jia Lan's head and beat him up, forcing Jia Lan to agree to be his bonded brother. , and promised to give Jia Lan's family a monthly favor fee of 20 taels of silver.

Today, Jia Lan has been beaten for three days. Wei Baozhu threatened that if Jia Lan refuses to agree, he will beat him for one day, and if he refuses for one month, he will beat him for one month until he obeys. .

Jia Zhu and Jia Lan are the masters of nothing. Hearing this, he almost exploded his lungs. Jia Zhu immediately went to settle accounts with Wei Baozhu, but Jia Lan stopped him.Jia Lan heard and saw in Rongguo Mansion, followed his mother to survive in the cracks, and learned a whole body of cunning and resourcefulness.Knowing that this matter cannot be defeated, it can only be outsmarted.

This day, Jia Lan and Jia Zhu, Jia Lan and the three left school and went to Jia Jun's house together.

Jia Zhu's mother went to her natal home, and the three of them made an appointment at Jia Zhu's house to discuss how to deal with Wei Baozhu.

Jia Lan knew he couldn't bear it any longer, and wanted to report to Jia Lian that if he couldn't settle it, he would have no choice but to drop out of school.