The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Because everyone was patronizing to watch Grandma Liu having fun all morning, no one had a good time to eat, so Sister Feng planned to advance the time of the banquet, and at the same time ordered the snacks to be prepared first, so that the wives and girls would not have an empty stomach. I'm afraid I have no interest in going to the garden.

Because Mrs. Xing said she wanted to show Grandma Liu around, she pointed out a few places she usually liked to visit, and sent someone to spread the word to clean up the garden for them to play.

At the first place, let's take a look at the inside and outside of the building with high mountains and long rivers. Although Grandma Liu is over 70 years old, she is in very strong body, and it is easy to climb the stairs.He took his grandson Ban'er, and he didn't need anyone to take care of him, so he happily walked up and down with the maids.

Because the Tower of High Mountains and Long Rivers is the tallest place in the mansion, the archway for packing the large furniture that is not commonly used is also built here.Mrs. Xing wanted to show off, so she asked someone to open the door of the building, and took out some new tables and chairs, and along the way, changed the existing furnishings in the house, so that one of the pictures looked fresh.

Because she saw Shi Taijun's style of enjoying life in the Grand View Garden yesterday, she was also very envious in her heart. Although she didn't say it, she actually wanted to learn a thing or two.This led to the sudden idea of ​​wanting to change the furniture today.

As Sister Feng's daughter-in-law, it's only Madam Xing who speaks up, she's going to lose her leg.So standing on the tower with high mountains and long rivers and looking down, people went to open the warehouse behind the archway, and the young servants, women and maids worked together, and within a short while, ten or twenty pieces were brought out.Sister Feng was still upstairs drinking her life: "It's a good life, don't panic and come here like a ghost, touch your teeth carefully."

Turning back to Grandma Liu again, she said with a smile, "Grandma, you can go up and have a look too." When Grandma Liu heard about it, she was eager to make a sound, so she pulled the board and went up the ladder.I saw that there was such a spacious space inside, and there were some screens, tables and chairs, large and small lanterns piled up everywhere.There are also various shapes of Ru kiln flower pouches and vases neatly placed on the pear marble table.There are several big tripods in the middle of the ground, some are resplendent, some are simple and unrefined, none of the materials can be seen, only that they are valuable and good objects.

Walking inside again, I saw many shelves, on which there were sets of cups, saucers, bowls, pots, pots and other objects. Although I didn't quite recognize the purpose, I knew that the colorful display must have its own magic.Other trays, holding boxes and other backup items that are most used in daily life are piled up like mountains and seas. Some are stacked and some are scattered. I don’t know how to classify them. I just see them everywhere.

Grandma Liu was chanting Buddha's name while watching.Ban Erli was under Sister Feng's eyelids, but he was very lively. He ran all over the ground and saw something he knew among the patterns of flowers, grass and insects carved on the canopy bed. Said: "This is a grasshopper, this is a grasshopper." As he spoke, he reached out to poke the buckle, wanting to see if such a resemblance is real.

Grandma Liu was so frightened that she slapped him hastily, and cursed: "You are a scumbag, messing around. I told you to come in and have a look, and you'll be slapped on your face." Seeing that it was not good, he quickly covered his mouth, not allowing him to cry, and promised him that as long as he didn't make trouble, he would give him something to eat when he got home.When Ban'er heard this, he stopped talking, obediently followed up the ladder and went down again.

Madam Xing saw them coming out outside, and asked with a smile: "Is the things in my house all right?" She said that these are all things in her house, but she was very confident.After all, when the Ning Mansion was being repaired, some of the items removed from that mansion were placed in the old warehouse, not in the newly built archway warehouse.Therefore, the things inside are all belongings of Ronghou Mansion.Although Jia Amnesty gave up the title to Jia Lian, this Ronghou Mansion was rebuilt later and is no longer the original Rongguo Mansion, and Jia Lian is not qualified to be the master.Therefore, Jia She is still in charge, and Mrs. Xing has enough confidence to regard the Ronghou Mansion as her own.

When Sister Feng heard it, she felt a little displeased.She felt that everything in this house should belong to her and Jia Lian. After all, Jia She moved all his private property to Ning Mansion early on, and no one could tell whether he moved it back later.Then the remaining things in this mansion should belong to their young couple.Hearing Mrs. Xing say it belonged to her family, Sister Feng inevitably felt uncomfortable.

Therefore, he interjected: "I've seen it here, so I might as well go to other places. Of course, you can't go to the main hall of the master and wife, and the Qixia Garden where the girls live. Fortunately, the scenery in the nearby place is also good. Since you are happy, why don't you ask someone to prepare the boats, oars, sunshade curtains, etc. on the boat, and then tell the girls to go to the dock to pull out two boats. It's good to see the scenery on the water, and it's free Tired of walking."

Mrs. Xing saw that Sister Feng's arrangements were thoughtful, and she was very satisfied, so she said, "You can do whatever you say. Let's go to the garden first, and go to the pool on the way." Saying that, she called Liu Grandma, surrounded by everyone, went to the garden.

I have been on a boat for a while, and looked around a few courtyards, each with its own style, but in Grandma Liu’s opinion, there are only two adjectives: resplendent and magnificent, or two words can be used to describe it, that is— -rich.But Grandma Liu has seen the world, and she didn't seem too shy, which makes people disgusted.At least Mrs. Xing sighed in her heart that this old woman has a good vision, much better than the timidity she had when she first married.

Before you know it, the sun is already high.Mrs. Xing was sweating from walking, her interest dropped greatly, she thought about going back downstairs to wait for the banquet to start.Although Grandma Liu was present at today's banquet, the protagonists were still the three men in the mansion, or in other words, Ning Shan and Jia Sheshun brought Jia Lian.Therefore, the three of them did not disperse and went home, and no one dared to mention the banquet.

But for some reason today, Jia Amnesty, who should have slipped home at this time in the past, has disappeared.Not to mention Ning Shan and Jia Lian who got busy and kicked the back of their heads. Not only did they not go to the Yamen in advance, but even the following servants did not send a report.

Yingchun reckoned that there might be something important going on today, her elder brother and second brother must be very busy, just looking at the fact that even her father didn't come home, she knew there must be a lot of things going on in the court.So he said to Mrs. Xing: "Mother, it's getting late, do you want to send a few servants to the yamen to ask? See if father and brothers are going to eat in the yamen today? You can send them at home." Food box in the past?"

Mrs. Xing said again and again: "You're right, I have to find someone to take a look. I'm covered in the sun, thank you for thinking." Run around every yamen to see how busy the men are, whether there is anything that needs to be prepared at home, whether they need to deliver lunch, etc.

After waiting for another half an hour, the boys who had gone to three places separately came back one after another. One said that the master helped him to go for a walk in the imperial army today, and he was not sitting in the yamen at all.And that boy was not a familiar face, even though he had the courage to go to the imperial army, he didn't see his master, and no one even came out to promise him.

The one who went to the household department made a clear report, saying that the second master was carried by the household department minister to settle the accounts as soon as he came to court.Gein, because the emperor and the Supreme Emperor were arguing with each other this morning, venting their anger on the household department, and waiting to see the situation of this year's autumn harvest.This is very troublesome. After all, the household department manages the most and the most complicated projects. For example, the national tax revenue belongs to the household department, the population and household registration belongs to the household department, the fields and farms belong to the household department, and even the fundraising for military equipment also belongs to the household department, and even disasters in various places It must be reported to the Ministry of Household Affairs first, and then it can be reported for research and allocation of disaster relief.If the two emperors want to toss the household department to play, then there are really many ways, and various options, let you choose.

In the end, I went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to look for Ning Shan, but I didn't see anyone, but at least I saw Ning Shan's personal servant, Ting Tao, and was told that Ning Shan would go directly to the cabinet meeting after she came down from court. Did not leave the palace.Ting Tao first waited at the gate of the palace, and then a little eunuch came out and said that after the cabinet meeting was made public, the Supreme Emperor called him to the Daming Palace. Tao went straight to the yamen gate and waited.Ting Tao changed the location and squatted at the entrance of the criminal department, but he still hasn't arrived yet.

Madam Xing spread her hands and pushed them all to Yingchun, saying: "In this situation, please tell me what to do!"

Yingchun bit her lips and thought about it for a long time, Fang said: "It's better not to bother, because today there will be no banquet, so it has to be like this."

Mrs. Xing said: "Who cares about the banquet now? He just said that the man is so busy that he might not be able to go home at night. Do we have to send a change of clothes?" Ning Shan and Master Jia She It's hard to say whether the two will be able to go home, but Jia Lian probably won't be able to.Earlier, when Ning Shan sent troops to the sea, he was in charge of coordinating the military supplies, and he had lived in the yamen of the household department for more than half a month.When he finally came home, his whole body smelled bad, and Sister Feng wanted to kick him out regardless of the relationship between husband and wife.

Yingchun also has experience in dealing with it, so she said steadily: "Even if we want to send it off, it's still too early, anyway, we'll talk about it after noon. But we girls, we just have fun for a while today. The banquet is over, but it's time for lunch. Mother is looking at this side, I'll give instructions to the kitchen." After saying that, he saluted, got up and went to make arrangements.

Mrs. Xing looked at Grandma Liu who was overwhelmed with mist, and said with a smile: "Family Liu, this is about the men who work in our family. It doesn't have to make you feel bored. Let's go shopping again. Just wait for lunch."

Grandma Liu hurriedly said: "I do whatever I want, and I listen to my wife's orders. I just didn't expect that the old men in the house are so tired every day. I also think that only we farmers are the most troublesome, emotional officers It's not easy either."

Daiyu said with a smile: "Everything in the world is managed by the officials. If they relax, half the country will stop working."

Grandma Liu was speechless when she heard that, and said to Madam Xing: "The girls in the house are all very intelligent and smart, it sounds like they understand the court better than our county magistrate."

Mrs. Xing covered her mouth and said happily: "These girls just listened to the men's words a lot. How do they compare with the county magistrate? They are all born as Jinshi and gifted scholars. The girls in my family It’s just that you understand it from your mouth, can you really understand how other people’s courts can do things?”

But Grandma Liu said: "It's very rare to understand clearly. How many people in the world are shrewd on the surface but confused on the inside, and they have delayed many things. What you want is someone who understands the truth in their hearts. The sisters on the campus are so good, I don’t know who will be lucky enough to go there in the future.” Hearing this, Daiyu’s cheeks were flushed, but Xichun was still young, so she didn’t reason.But Yingchun rushed back after ordering lunch, just in time to hear the words "who will have to go in the future", she was also shy and slightly angry, thinking about why this grandma was so careless, it was only funny to hear her tell other people's jokes before, but It's not beautiful when it comes to yourself.

Mrs. Xing really likes to talk about this topic. She has also reached the age when women like to give mediators a stretch, but there is no use for it. Therefore, Grandma Liu's words are quite to her liking. She couldn't help but smiled and looked at it Circled a few girls, and said in his mouth: "Really, in a blink of an eye, I'm already this old. When I was their age, I should have kissed, but my fate was bad. First, my mother died, and then I kissed you." Without a father, I continued to observe filial piety, and finally dragged off marriage until I was in my 20s."

Sighing, he said again: "I'm lucky now, my two sisters are not as good as me, the eldest sister is also in her twenties, and the second sister just stays at home all the time. They didn’t even go out.” As she said that, she couldn’t help but feel melancholy, although she was an honored husband and wife, her natal family really couldn’t help her, she went out to socialize with other noble ladies, and when people talked about her natal family’s proud face, she had no choice but to play dumb for the sake.

But after thinking about it again, the three generations of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law next door are all famous ladies, so what's the point?An old widow raised two sons, but left the able one out of her heart. Now that she is a dignified and orderly man, she can only live with her wimpy little son, let alone go out to socialize, and it would be embarrassing to talk to others.

A criminal woman. Although her natal family has no title, she has a good elder brother. However, no matter how capable he is, he has a high position and money, but he still can't wipe out her crimes?So what if she gave birth to a concubine's daughter?With no children and no favours, seeing her getting older, she has no hope.

There is also a little widow, at a young age, she will not be able to wear flowers or red for the rest of her life, unless her son grows up and is promising, and can earn her a royal life, otherwise the life of living under the hands of a double mother-in-law is not as good as If you die early, you will have a good pregnancy.