The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Thinking about it this way, it doesn't matter if my mother's family is good or not, what matters is that I live well.As for her natal family, to be honest, Mrs. Xing really doesn't have much affection.She didn't have a mother before, and the younger brother raised by her stepmother is not good enough. The two sisters were brought over by the oil bottle. They have no blood relationship with her at all. They lived together for a few years, and they called her for half their lives. Eldest sister, and she is honest and obedient, don't argue with her or anything, otherwise she would turn her face and deny her mother's family long ago.

Now that I think about it, only the eldest brother and his family who are still in their hometown are still related to her, but her brother and sister-in-law always only think that she married into a wealthy family and want to get her money, so Mrs. Xing It's also the boss's impatience, he doesn't like to reply one letter out of ten.

The more she thought about it, the worse Mrs. Xing simply stopped visiting the garden, and just sat and waited for lunch.Grandma Liu didn't know why this wife suddenly became unhappy. It was just that she thought that her men were all troubled outside, and she couldn't continue to have fun. Kind lady.

I have to say that Grandma Liu really likes the family of the Jia family, starting from their second grandmother, to a few girls, to the great uncle, and by the way, to the master who can raise such a great son, and another son , and the second grandpa who is the husband of the second grandma and the third master who is good to his grandson, each of them thinks they are the best and kind people. In the half day today, I don't know how many times I have read it in my heart' Amitabha, and my heart is more determined. When I go home, I will set up longevity tablets for this family, invite a few pillars of high incense every day, and give the faith of chanting Buddha every day.

Going around the garden and returning to the downstairs where the mountains and rivers had been cleaned, I saw that the table had already been set up.Everyone has their own seat a few times higher and a lower couch, on which are placed cold dishes and light fruit wine.The hot dishes have to wait for the masters to ask for them before delivering them, so as to maintain the temperature and taste.This is just the customary lunch specification in the Hou's mansion, but in Grandma Liu's opinion, it is no less than a feast.

After everyone was seated, the maids came forward to invite tea and snacks. Mrs. Xing nodded in agreement, and saw the maids carry two tables, and then two small holding boxes.When you open it, you can see that there are two different things in each box: the same box contains lotus root starch osmanthus sugar cake, the same is red water chestnut chicken oil roll; Small noodles.

The maids first asked Mrs. Xing to choose, and Mrs. Xing asked, "What kind of stuffing are those dumplings?"

The servant girl replied, "The cook made crab roe."

After hearing this, Mrs. Xing said to Grandma Liu: "Grandma, you eat like this, and it is not in vain for me to invite you to eat crabs." After hearing this, the maid really brought the crab meat and dumplings to Grandma Liu, and smiled and told her to eat crabs. she eats.

Grandma Liu hurriedly got up, couldn't stop thanking her, just now she carefully picked one up, put it whole in her mouth, chewed it, swallowed it without taste, and said: "It's delicious, and it looks good." Pointing to The little noodle fruit said: "The most clever sisters in our place can't cut out such a paper. I love to eat, but I don't want to eat it. It's better to buy some and make it for them."

Everyone who said it laughed, and Sister Feng shook the handkerchief and said, "It's not worth anything. I'll give you a jar when you go home. You can eat this while it's hot." .Mrs. Xing picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and gave it to the maid after tasting it.

Yingchun ate half of the paper, so she didn't want it, and only brought tea to drink;

Daiyu looked at the four snacks, after a little thought, she also chose lotus root flour cake, which nourishes her stomach, and she often eats it on weekdays, so she picked it up again today;

Xichun picked a small peony-shaped fruit with exquisite and transparent noodles, and while eating it, he said with a smile: "Grandma said that this flower looks good, and it is true. I used to draw a lot of peonies, and some of them were not as delicate as this one." .”

Yingchun smiled and said: "That's just a painting you accidentally painted. If you really paint it, it's not as good as the pastry made by the cook, but how dare you say that you want to paint a silk painting and send it to the princess?" Xichun smiled complacently. She is really confident in painting. In the past years, when she was outside enjoying flowers and painting with the girls from Beppu, there were few people who could match her.

It's just that later when Ning Shan went to sea, Ning's mansion was closed, and Xichun didn't have the opportunity to go to the garden party with Yingchun. Now that I think about it, I feel a little nostalgic, and said: "Brother Ning is busy again, when do you want to do it again?" It’s hard to talk about a garden party now.” When Ning Shan was not at home, everyone didn’t care about playing at all; now that Ning Shan is home, everyone is too busy to have time to play, it’s really hard to have both have to.

Daiyu persuaded her: "You haven't painted all the scenery at home, why are you greedy for other people's houses? Let's fill up your Ningfu garden map first."

After hearing this, Grandma Liu interjected, "Young lady promised to give my wife a painting, but don't forget it. I'll take it back to dazzle their eyes." Everyone who spoke laughed again, and Yingchun tugged at her. Xichun said: "Look, people who invite you to paint are all queuing up, why don't you rush? Even if you have time, you won't be allowed to go out to play."

Xichun also smiled and said: "Really, I just found a shackle for myself and put it on. I can't draw a complete picture of the garden in Ningfu, so I don't want to draw it at all. I will let Her Royal Highness take it easy in the future." Go and see."

Daiyu smiled and pinched her cheek: "You're playing tricks again, you were the one who started it, and now you're the one who quit, what are you going to do?" Xichun smiled and turned her head to avoid it, without answering.

The sisters were joking here, while Grandma Liu and Ban'er ate up the two boxes of dim sum over there.Mrs. Xing asked Ban'er with a smile: "Is your stomach full of crabs this time?" Ban'er licked the corners of his mouth, nodded repeatedly, and buried his head in the box to pick up the crumbs of crispy rolls, not caring about talking at all. .

On the one hand, Grandma Liu felt that it was embarrassing for her grandson to do so, and on the other hand, she was so greedy that she wanted to lick the box, and she was a little entangled for a while, not knowing whether she should stop Baner's embarrassing behavior.

On the other hand, Jia Cong, who was sitting beside him, ate so deliciously from Kanban, he couldn't help eating two more mouthfuls. He felt a little full at the moment, and slowly rubbed his stomach, thinking that he might not be able to eat any more for lunch.

Seeing Jia Cong's actions, Yingchun called his nanny and said, "Go and see Cong'er. Is he holding on, or does he have a stomachache? Why do I see him kneading with his hands all the time?" Jia Cong's nanny hurried up to take care of her brother, Jia Cong smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Sister's eyes are sharp, I just ate too much snacks."

Yingchun said angrily: "It's not such a rare thing, why can't you keep your mouth shut, what will you do if you feel uncomfortable later."

Jia Cong said: "It's nothing more than eating less lunch." When Baner next to him heard that he didn't have lunch, he immediately looked up, looked at Jia Cong eagerly, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Cong, do you really have no lunch? "Grandma Liu finally couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped him with her hand: "You shameless thief boy, where are there so many words, so much food can't stop your mouth?"

Ban'er pursed his mouth and wanted to cry, but he remembered that Grandma Liu said that he could only eat good food if he didn't cry, so he held back again.On the contrary, Jia Cong looked a little embarrassed and asked the maid to bring some more snacks.His nanny thought it was because he wanted to eat, and hurriedly stopped him: "Brother, don't hold on anymore, it's not good to eat too much snacks, if you really want to eat, why don't you ask someone to get some big grapefruits?" Come, digest food, it smells sweet too."

After hearing this, the servant girl went to fetch some. Jia Cong took one, handed it to Ban'er, and said, "Here's this for you to eat."

Ban'er had never seen a pomelo before, but thought it was fragrant and round, and very stubborn, so he kicked it over and played with it like a ball.Jia Cong never knew that pomelo could still be played like this, so he couldn't bear it, so he also ran to kick it.The two only regarded the big grapefruit as a Ju Lai Cu, but they had a great time playing.

The two chased the big grapefruit and ran farther and farther, and gradually ran to the second threshold. When the servants saw it, they didn't know whether they should go forward to say hello, or stop the elder brother from running out of the house.Before he could speak, he saw Ban'er kicking hard, and the grapefruit was kicked high into the air, and smashed towards a figure who had just entered the second door.

Jia Amnesty wandered around the entire imperial guards before returning home. Before he had passed the second gate, he saw something falling from the sky and hitting him straight at his front door. He was so scared that he let out a "Damn!" hit.

But suddenly there was a strong force behind him, dragging him into the air, throwing him behind him, and hitting another person. The one who hit that person also yelled "Oh my god" and sat down on the ground.Jia She was lying on his body, unscathed, but he was terrified enough.

A circle of people stood at the door, the servants outside, Jia Cong and Baner inside were all dumbfounded, only to see that Ning Shan was holding the big grapefruit firmly in one hand, tossing it for fun, and still holding the grapefruit in her hand. Half of Jia She's collar, but with too much force, tore off a piece of the inner lining of Jia She's official uniform.

And the unlucky person who was used by Ning Shan as a meat pad to receive Jia Amnesty was naturally the hard-working second child Jia Lian.He finished the bill in a hurry and wanted to go home and have a comfortable lunch.As soon as he entered the door with his elder brother's front and rear feet, he became his own stupid father's human cushion, and he still can't get up after sitting on it.

Jia Lian groaned, and finally put back her wailing, and said helplessly, "Master, get up when you've sat enough, my son's clothes are covered in sweat, don't you feel damp from sitting all the time?"

It was only at this time that Jia Cong realized that he had caused trouble, and rushed forward to kneel down to help Jia Amnesty with a panicked face, pleading guilty incessantly, "Damn my son, I lost my shape when I was playing, and almost hurt the master, please punish me." Ban'er on the side had already been frightened and stupid, and now he just stood there in a daze, unable to speak.

Ning Shan was playing with the grapefruit in her hand, casually threw the half of Jia She's collar on Jia Cong's face, and said, "Go to the study and ask the master to punish you with ten hands and double your homework. In addition, tell Master Wu that you will be fine." As I said, since Brother Cong is free enough to kick grapefruits, why not spend more time practicing martial arts."

Jia Cong wiped his face, and at the same time wiped off half of Jia Amnesty's collar, held it in his hand, and weakly endured the punishment given by Ning Shan.Ten handboards is nothing, and it can be tolerated if you practice more martial arts, but if you double your homework, can't you replace it with ten more handboards?And big brother, can you make it clear that this doubling of homework is just for today, or will it be done like this in the future?The two are very different!

Jia Amnesty finally had enough of sitting, and thought that he should stand up to protect his father's dignity, so he slapped his butt heavily, and pressed Jia Lian again, then stood up pretending to be majestic, and sternly shouted at Jia Cong: "I hear you Big brother said, why don’t you roll around and implement it right away?”

Jia Cong got up from the ground, trotted and ran to the study.Leaving the board behind, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to cry and stood there, staring at Ning Shan with tears in his eyes, wondering how this powerful uncle would punish him.

Ning Shan smiled, threw away the pomelo, kicked it lightly to make it roll back to Ban'er's feet, and said kindly: "Don't be afraid, I won't punish you, you came to visit with your grandma, didn't you?" ? Why don't you see your grandma?"

Jia Amnesty came over, stared at the board and asked inexplicably, "Whose family does this child belong to? What kind of grandma came out of nowhere?" He is now obsessed with the old lady, no matter whose family it belongs to.

Jia Lian patted the ashes on his buttocks, then tugged at the official uniform that Jia Amnesty was sitting on and stuck to his belly, and said angrily, "A distant relative of Sister Feng's natal family came yesterday. Leave things for a few days."

Ning Shan said: "I asked you to stay. That child, what do I ask you? Where is your grandma? I have something to discuss with her."

Now Jia Lian also stared at the board curiously, a country old woman and a wild boy with no hair, how did the eldest brother fall in love with him?Is there anything else to discuss with others?Didn't he even discuss the court affairs with himself?A few days ago, I knew that the two emperors were going to find trouble with the Ministry of Accounts, but it was difficult to tell them apart, so I just told him "the recent accounts should be done soon, don't wait for someone to remind you" and it was over.

But thanks to knowing it in advance, Master Shang Shu hurriedly took him to do the accounts, and when he saw that it was done, he immediately praised him for his usefulness.After that, it was just a check, so I was able to go home today.If the eldest brother hadn't informed him in advance, he would have to stay in the yamen today, and it might not be just today.

Thinking about it this way, Jia Lian didn't complain that his elder brother was not good at explaining to him. Anyway, he got the news in advance and benefited from it. So if you don't know the reason and process, you don't know.

Seeing that Ning Shan was very kind, Ban'er finally suppressed his tears, sniffed his nose, and replied in a low voice, "Grandma is having lunch with his wife." After thinking about it, he finally added another sentence: "Cong Brother is a good man, he played with me, don't punish him, okay?"

Ning Shan smiled and said: "It's not wrong for him to play with you, but you have to be careful about what you play with. You almost hurt your father today, so how can you not punish him? As for you, you are not from my family, so naturally you will not return I'll take care of it." But if your grandma finds out, I don't care how she will deal with you kid.Ning Shan secretly added a sentence in her heart.

Ban'er also knew that he had almost hurt someone else's grandpa. He heard from his grandma that this family was more noble than the county magistrate. It would be polite if they didn't punish him, and he really shouldn't ask for anything.I just hope they don't complain to grandma, otherwise grandma will have to wring his ears off.I'm just very sorry for Brother Cong, I just hope he won't be angry because of this, and just ignore himself.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian blinked their peachy eyes together, making all the hairs on Ban'er's body stand on end. Ning Shan took a step forward, her shoulders shook, and both father and son who were staring at Ban'er in a daze woke up, and said: : "Don't go back and change your clothes. Father, your official uniform needs to be replaced with a new one. Take the half of the collar back and find a good embroiderer to sew it on. Make do with it for a few days and wait for the Ministry of Rites to redo it for you. As for the two Brother, you better go take a bath, there is no ice basin in the household department today or something, you smell a bit rancid, I don’t want to eat crabs with your smell.”

Jia She asked: "Eat crabs today? I only think that you have already eaten in the Daming Palace. Didn't you say that the Supreme Emperor wants to reward the imperial meal?" The emperor is stingy, why even the Supreme Emperor is stingy, and a meal of the imperial meal? , still reluctant to feed his eldest son?It's just disgusting. Don't want it.

Ning Shan said: "I declined. What's so delicious about the imperial dining room? Eight bowls out of ten bowls served are cold. And the craftsmanship of the imperial dining room is just like that. A plate of eggplant needs ten chickens. It tastes the same as everything you eat. And because it’s a gift, you have to kowtow to thank you, and you have to look at the face of the Supreme Emperor to serve the meal. I don’t have an appetite, and it’s comfortable to come home and eat a crab.”

Jia Lian had a look of envy, brothers from the same mother's womb, looking at others, they would not bother to accept the honor of giving food, but he couldn't even kneel and lick. The difference was so big that he almost missed a father.