The Honest Man of the Red Chamber

Wang Xifeng read the letter from Wang Guizhi to Jia Mu, and suddenly burst out laughing, and couldn't help laughing, "It's terrible, madam, this...hahaha..."

Jia Mu was in a hurry, "What are you laughing at? Show me the mandarin duck quickly. It's only halfway through the reading. This Feng'er is the first to laugh."

Yuanyang took the letter from Second Grandma Lian, handed it to the old lady, and helped her put on her reading glasses. Mother Jia unfolded the letter by herself and found the place where it was broken just now, and continued, "...the master settled the case the day before yesterday, and a woman complained about it. Suing the newlywed husband for cheating on the marriage, because he was afraid that poverty would make life difficult, so he asked his uncle to ask him about his family's situation. He clearly said that he had two acres of land, two acres of land, two acres of dikes and two acres of house! The result was waiting for her to agree Huanxixi married in the past, this family has painted walls, nothing! The master asked the man, how could you deceive others like this? The man was very wronged and said, I clearly said that, I have no land, no land Land, no embankment, no house! The master didn’t understand it, but the local master and the onlookers all laughed out loud, so it didn’t matter in the man’s hometown dialect, which sounds very similar to Ermu.”

Before the old lady wanted to have fun, the two female lecturers who came along with the letter performed this part on the spot, and everyone was amused immediately.

"This two-acre field is really far from no field." Wang Zijiong also came over today, smiling and wiping away tears with a handkerchief.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xifeng slowed down, she only tried her best to hold her face and said seriously, "Old lady, you haven't finished listening to my wife. After all, this woman still lived with her. One day the man came back after earning money and let her go To buy some meat, she took a fancy to the fatness of the big pork leg, so she asked the butcher to cut it, but she didn't have that much money, so she had to make people shrink their hands repeatedly. Later, the weight was not enough, so the butcher cut it from the pig's face Some, the woman yelled anxiously, I'm shameless, I'm shameless!"

"Hahahaha!" Everyone in the room cheered, Xue Baochai laughed and fell into his mother's arms, Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun let Li Wan rub their stomachs, and the other lay on the couch, even Yingchun laughed so hard that Si Qi supported her to sit firmly.

Li Wan scolded Wang Xifeng with a smile, "Look at you, you're really shameless!" If others say it's fine, this Feng Lazi naturally sings and composes well, and that expression really made them laugh.

It took a while for everyone to stop, and seeing that it was almost time to serve dinner, Li Wan stared at the person calling for food to come.

Mother Jia asked Wang Zijiong, "Auntie, let's have a table with me." Let Li Wan and Wang Xifeng not have to set rules in front of her, "It's better for us to eat by ourselves, you two eat with the girls, it's lively "Aunt Xue came here on a serious matter, she asked her to ask the Zhen family what she meant, and now she is most willing to do such a thing.

Li Wan and Wang Xifeng helped arrange some dishes before retreating to the side hall and sitting down on the table that had already been set.

After everyone was seated, Lin Daiyu raised her glass and said to Li Wan and Wang Xi, "The two sister-in-laws have worked hard, let my sister toast you." She was wearing a green lotus-colored cross-neck blouse with a light green skirt , with only a blue palace sash around her waist, she looks more and more slender and light, with a pair of eyes that seem to be happy but not happy, and two eyebrows that seem to be frowning but not frowning. It doesn't matter if you don't want to continue.

Wang Xifeng refused, "I can't drink it, let my sister-in-law drink it for me." Presumably, the girls were not served any strong alcohol, but she was mourned and pregnant, and nothing else was fine. If you can't drink it, don't drink it.

Xue Yuchai covered her mouth with her hand and laughed, "Let's drink, two sisters-in-law, this is the pear cream candy that Sister Lin asked them to make, not wine!"

"We would like to have a glass of wine, but the nuns don't want to give it." Shi Xiangyun blinked at them, "Good sister-in-law, happy today, the old lady and aunt are here, and you, too. Just give us a jug of wine to warm us up."

As soon as Wang Xifeng put the cup into her mouth, it was really sweet and moist. It was because Miss Lin had a heart. When she heard Shi Xiangyun asked for wine, she didn't dare to agree. There is no such wine."

Shi Xiangyun couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, seeing so many good dishes on the table, but no good wine to match, "Why can't I have a glass with all these good dishes?" She stood up, as if wanting to ask the old lady for it, "Don't you dare, I'll ask the old lady to go."

Xue Baochai quickly pulled her back, "Sister Yun, you don't know that there is a ban on alcohol recently."

"What prohibition order?" Shi Xiangyun asked strangely.

"Not long ago, our imperial court used troops to the west. This year, the weather has been smooth and the main food, grass and military expenditures have been spent. But the soldiers of the holy pity were fighting hard and bloody outside, so they told the imperial dining room that the soldiers returned to the court without victory for a day. Just a day without drinking for entertainment! When there are no soldiers fighting outside and the common people are supporting food and grass, he, as the father of the world, wants to drink for fun..." No need for Xue Baochai to go on, there is no one here who is not clear-eyed Well, the emperor doesn't drink anymore, how can a courtier be more indulgent than the emperor?Naturally, I can't drink it.

As soon as this disguised alcohol prohibition came out, many princes and nobles had fewer banquets. After all, they can't drink generously.

Seeing that Shi Xiangyun was a little uncomfortable, Li Wan was afraid that she was young and innocent and lively, so don't make her feel uncomfortable, so she took the pear paste candy and poured a cup for Shi Xiangyun, "My dear sister, eat this, I use white pears from Tai'an , and this stewed pheasant with chestnuts is your favorite, come and try it.”

Shi Xiangyun let Li Wan coax her, and then tasted the fragrant, glutinous and sweet chestnuts. After a while, she forgot the embarrassment and started to eat happily.Yingchun was sitting next to her, and from time to time he brought some vegetables for her to eat.

Wang Xifeng gave Lin Daiyu some fried mushrooms with long silver-wrapped chopsticks, "Sister Lin, try this."

He gave Xue Baochai soup again, "Didn't Sister Xue say that she didn't eat this soup last time, do you like it this time?"

Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai asked the two sister-in-laws, "It's more enjoyable for us to eat by ourselves, sister-in-law, please eat by yourself."

"Sister-in-law, why does this duck head seem to have four colors?" Shi Xiangyun ate half a bowl of Bi Geng rice with stir-fried sprouts and chestnut roast chicken. Chopsticks, saw that the twelve duck heads on the plate were not the same, so he asked Li Wan.

What Li Wan ate was pearl rice, which was bought by his wife from a merchant in the Northeast. His wife liked to use this pearl rice to make porridge, but she liked the rice steamed with this kind of rice, which was not chewy. "It's red and white, and pickled and bad. It depends on which one you like, just taste it slowly."

Lin Daiyu was already full, and saw her sisters-in-law taking care of them before eating, so she moved her chopsticks loosely, and from time to time picked up a wolfberry bud or two to accompany her.A few days ago, someone from the Lin family came here again. My father was busy with his job, and my mother had to deal with them. She was worried that she would offend them again, so she asked her to watch her younger brother go to study in Jia's mansion, and come to accompany his grandmother by the way.As for her grandmother's house, Lin Daiyu often came here, so she didn't think much of it.

After they finished eating and rinsing their mouths, it was almost time for the old lady to take a rest and serve their maids for dinner.

Shi Xiangyun held Yingchun's hand aside, "Sister Ai, why didn't Brother Cong and Brother Lan come over today?"

Lin Daiyu wanted to laugh at Shi Xiangyun again for turning second thought into love, so she asked Xue Baochai to hold her hand and shake it gently, and Lin Daiyu turned her head slightly, letting go of the experience.

Yingchun said softly, "Sister Yun, they have been working hard these days, and they all wish they could get in the top ten and get on the boat to draw the lottery. How can they have the time to come back for lunch at noon? They must come back after noon."

"What's the lottery on board?" Shi Xiangyun became more and more confused, and couldn't help stamping his little cloud boots, "There is such a fun thing, you didn't ask the old lady to send someone to pick me up!"

It's hard to say about Li Wan. After all, Jia Zhu is now on a job. I'm afraid he won't be able to go. Brother Lang is in elementary school, not to mention whether he can pass other people's exams, but he really got in the top ten. I'm afraid she I still have to hesitate to let Lang Geer go.Mrs. Shi Xiangyun is willing to take care of her, but this is the Jia family's business after all, how could she tell her everything?

Lin Daiyu has her own arrogance, how can she be troublesome, only Xue Baochai said softly, "Sister Yun, you are confused again, you didn't see that we are all sitting here, if it is really only about talent and learning, we will not lose to them, it's just that the boat is far away Lingnan Guangzhou, how do we get there? Since we can’t go, let me tell you again, isn’t it just to let you look forward to it?”

"Good sister, it's all thanks to you teaching me." Shi Xiangyun immediately hugged Xue Baochai's arm and twisted it coquettishly.

Wang Xifeng pretended to be a little tired and yawned, "You guys are really energetic, but my eyes are very sleepy, so I have to look away for a while. Second girl, take your younger sisters to rest too. If you don't want to sleep, I will How about having someone accompany you to stroll around the garden?" Her aunt is probably here for the marriage of her cousin Xue Pan, so the little girls can go and play as they please, and leave some free time, she and sister-in-law have other things. thing.

Shi Xiangyun excitedly said, "Can I go? Is there anyone else performing on the stage where I could listen to the show last time?"

"Of course I can go. If you want to go, I can send someone to say hello." Wang Xifeng summoned Ping'er and asked her to ask, "See if there is any play rehearsal in Dongfu today. Tell them the girls are going to watch it. If there is no lineup, go and ask the storytelling ladies sent back by the wife to perform a part."

"Understood, Second Grandma, I'll send someone to go right away." Ping'er called Xiaohong as soon as he went out, and asked her to come. "Quicker your legs and feet, and come back as soon as you ask."

"Hey."

Xiaohong was so excited that she went around from the back door. The woman at the door took her waist card and printed it on the access control book, and then let her go, "Miss, is this urgent? No hurry, mother-in-law." Here are some white melon seeds, come sit down and have a taste."

"Good mother, you are welcome, I am in a hurry to pass the message to Grandma Dongfu Zhen." Xiaohong stretched out her hands and asked another mother to pat her body twice to check whether she had brought anything, and followed quickly feet ran over.

After Jia Jing finished tasting the new tea Jia Zheng gave him, he wrote down his taste rating in detail before eating three dishes sent by the cook from his second siblings, three dim sum dishes presented by his niece and daughter-in-law, especially a Liuxin He likes the char siew buns very much, but it is a pity that this thing looks big, it takes up a whole basket, and it will be gone before I feel full!

"Master, why don't you..." Xi Fu sent these snacks over, and the masters must have a piece of them.Master's portion is eaten, but Grandpa Zhen and Grandma Zhen's are still there.

"No, what should I do if Sister Yu likes it later? Besides, the diet must be rationed and not overindulged. This is the way of maintenance." Jia Jing advised himself not to eat too much, and to eat it with his granddaughter at night For dinner, it's not good to let her know that being a grandpa has to be a secret.

He stood up and prepared to go to the garden to digest food, "It's getting cold today, is there a program today?"

"Yes, last time you praised the performance of The Legend of the White Snake in the Qingya class, so Uncle Zhen changed some of the scripts with them and rehearsed them again. You will definitely be able to watch it."

You Shi and Pei Feng are preparing for the next year's ceremony in the house. Ningguo Mansion is the eldest family and the head of the clan. At the end of the year, there are so many things to be busy.Besides, Jia Rong didn't know if he would come back to celebrate the New Year this year, but even if he didn't come back, he had to make preparations there.

"Grandma, Xiaohong, the girl of Xifu Lian's second grandma, is here."

"please come in."

Youshi saw a clean and pretty little girl coming in, "But your second grandma asked you to come here?"

"Yes, back to grandma. Our second grandma asked you how you are, and also asked if you are free. If you have time, Miss Smith, Miss Lin and Miss Xue of our family want to go to the stage in the garden. I don't know if there is any play. ?” Xiaohong said carefully.

It was interesting to talk, she was quite a clever girl, and she was also under Feng girl's subordinates, so Youshi hurriedly asked people to go to the garden to have a look.

After a while, he came back and told, "Today there is the Legend of the White Snake, and the master is listening too."

Not knowing if the girls were happy or not, Youshi glanced at Xiaohong, "Do you know what happened?"

Xiaohong smiled and knelt down and said, "Understood, the little one will go back and answer."

"Then stay here." Youshi remembered another matter, and asked Peifeng to fetch a package and handed it to Xiaohong, "This is Grandma Zhu who once said that she didn't know if there were any novel seeds. The family that the second sister married is in charge of Huangliang Zhuangzi, and they collected some of these things. Listen to me, they just bought these for me. I don’t know if I need them. Since you are here, you can In case someone makes another trip, you can take it for me."

Xiaohong quickly picked it up, "Yes." She didn't dare to open it to look inside, "I don't know what kind of list note Grandma wrote, I don't know this thing, and when our grandma asks, I don't know how to answer .”

After thinking about it, Youshi hurriedly asked Peifeng to pick up the letter, and saw that there was a list in the letter, and praised, "Good girl, I praise you for remembering, otherwise I will have to go back and forth again." Seeing how clever she was, Youshi rewarded her with a small ring carved with silver and inlaid with jade, "Take it and play with it."

"Thank you, grandma, for the reward!" Xiaohong didn't expect to have such an unexpected joy, and felt more and more that it was a good thing that she won the second grandma's house in the first place.

Xiaohong listed the seeds on the access control book and the things Youshi rewarded her. The round trip only took a cup of tea. Wang Xifeng spread her hands, "How many girls said by themselves? Do you still want to go to the garden? "

With the old master here, it would not be good if only a few of them went.Yingchun didn't really want to go, she would rather accompany them to catch up with the chess pieces and talk, "I have a fragmented copy of the dream game, why don't you go and have a look?" After saying that, she blushed a little, this chess record is still him, It was sent by a sender.

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