The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Ning Shan was impatient and stared at Jia's house all day long, and Jia She and Jia Lian were embarrassed to report everything to him, so they didn't know about this arrangement.He found his mother's dowry from the batch of things, sealed it up separately, and replaced it with something of equivalent value, and then handed over the rest to Yingchun, and let her arrange it, whether he should take care of it himself or hand it over as soon as possible. Lin, no longer ask.

How could Yingchun dare to get his hands on such a large amount of floating money? Naturally, he had to give it away as soon as possible so that he could feel at ease.Simply because her birthday was coming, she held a flower viewing party at home under the pretext of celebrating her birthday, and invited some girls who had always been friends with Ning Mansion and sisters from Rongguo Mansion to visit the garden according to Ning Shan's instructions.Because it was not a rest day, Jia Xie, Ning Shan all went to the court to work, and the outside men were not there. There was no limit to the places where the ladies and girls could play. Mrs. Xing was also very lively, helping to welcome the Spring Festival. .

It's all right for the girls from the other family, they had no contact with the Rongguo Mansion before, and they don't know how the girls of the Jia family live on a daily basis.But Jia Tanchun knew it. Looking at Yingchun, who was covered up by her in the past even though she was an older sister, now she was full of joy and was praised and flattered by the ladies of the third and fourth ranks. She was envious and jealous in her heart, and only hated herself I didn't give birth to a good baby.

After all, Yingchun was young and hadn't reached her age yet, so her birthday was just a play during the day, and in the afternoon, the girls from other families left one after another, leaving only a few sisters from Jia's family, who lived alone in the mansion. Xue Baochai, who has always followed in action.Yingchun was familiar with them, and thought that there was no need for special entertainment, so she only ordered the servants to arrange a house for them to have a rest, while she took Lin Daiyu away under the pretext of changing clothes.

Lin Daiyu was full of doubts and followed Yingchun to the small storeroom, where she saw many belongings from her former Lin family, and Yingchun showed her the booklet one by one, with tears streaming down her face, but refused to take the booklet: " There are a lot of people in the mansion over there, if this thing is placed by my side sooner or later someone will turn it over, it will disappoint the great uncle's good intentions. If Mo Ruo still keeps it for me, I will only ask my sister."

Yingchun sighed and said, "It's okay to just leave it here with me, but aren't you going to buy some land and shops? It's good to have income and have more money on hand."

Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "Even if I have income, how can it be in my hands? What's more, I have all my food and drink expenses being taken care of by the old lady. How can I need foreign money to supplement the first part of the house?" It's true, Lin Daiyu lives in front of Jia Shishi, and she is as efficient as Jia Baoyu, who is spoiled by thousands of treasures, and is indeed much better than other girls and grandmas in Rongguo Mansion.

Yingchun said: "Since that's the case, I'll keep it for you. Anyway, these things of yours will be turned into dowry in the future, and it's enough to support a family for a lifetime."

Lin Daiyu got up and bowed, and said to her: "Now you are also the housekeeper's aunt, and the world has become more and more open, and even the dowry is counted."

Yingchun suddenly said the truth and caught her, blushing, "I'm talking nonsense, you just listen to it."

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips and said with a smile: "It can be seen that you live comfortably in this mansion, so you can be so free and easy." There is no lack of envy in her tone, but she does not say yearning.

Yingchun said in a low voice: "Big brother had a few troubles with that mansion, he was already annoyed, and he refused to see too much, now it's me, so we sisters can meet each other, so we have to invite some other families It’s good for ladies to come together, if only the girls from the Rong Mansion, I’m afraid the big brothers won’t let them in.”

How could Lin Daiyu not know that the several troubles were caused by the lack of money, she knew that her property had been put into other people's pockets and would not be released, but she had no way to make decisions on her own.By nature, she doesn't value property very much, and she is alone and has no one to rely on, so she can only bear with it, but seeing that the person who is greedy for her Lin family is not doing well because of the floating money, she secretly takes advantage of Xu , only because of private retribution but by God's will.

Seeing that Dafang's uncle has snatched a lot for her now, she is grateful in her heart, but she knows that these things cannot be kept by her side, so it is better not to bother the two masters, and simply hand them over to Dafang to manage.She believed that since they were willing to tell her, they were not going to do anything.Now, we can only choose a credible company to deliver it thoroughly.Anyway, it's not good to be in that mansion, if you give it to others, you will feel happy.

"Anyway, I only trust you, but I don't listen to what your elder brother said." Lin Daiyu wiped away her tears, and turned her face to smile again.

Yingchun also smiled: "You can still be stingy, since it's like this, I have to put it away for you first." With support, Yingchun looked much more cheerful, and even Lin Daiyu was stunned by her bright smile I was taken aback.Once upon a time, this second elder sister was inconspicuous in the mansion, and even the big maid beside Sister Feng was more eloquent than her and attracted attention. Now she is like a lady in this mansion, not the Er Mutou back then , Lin Daiyu hurt herself, thinking if her father was still alive, or if she had a brother, how could she be wronged like this, she almost shed tears again.

It has to be said that this Lin family is worthy of Jia Baoyu's praise, a person made of water, tears come when you say it, and can cry several times a day.This time she went back with red eye circles again, everyone just thought about it secretly, but no one asked.It is true that she cried too much, and everyone got used to it and became numb.

Jia She went to the Yamen much earlier than Ning Shan. Now his rank is too high and his official position is too low. His superiors don't know how to deal with him, so they have to let him do whatever he wants in the Yamen, as long as he doesn't cause trouble.Therefore, when Jia She went home, he was also very free. Today he thought the tea in the yamen was not good, so he wandered around with his hands behind his back to visit Liulichang after noon. Chao's brush was washed, and he returned happily holding it to please his eldest son.

As soon as she entered the door, Mrs. Xing was startled: "The master came back too early. Fortunately, the girls from other families have all left. If it's unlucky, it's better to bump into them?" She lived half her life, the first The first time I held a flower viewing party at home to entertain famous ladies, I was afraid that if I made a mistake, it would be small to lose face, but it would be troublesome to offend someone who couldn't afford it.

Jia Amnesty had long forgotten what Mrs. Xing had reported to her a few days ago about holding a banquet at home to celebrate the Spring Festival, and she was very confused: "I have to check the time when I get home? Usually, those who come back earlier also Not without."

As soon as Mrs. Xing heard it, she knew that he must have forgotten her daughter's birthday, she curled her lips behind Jia She's back, and said: "Today is our girl's birthday, and I have invited a lot of young ladies from families who are close friends with the Ning Mansion, If the master is so careless, if he bumps into him, won't he cause trouble for your eldest son?"

Jia She was afraid that he would cause trouble to his eldest son, so when he heard this, he raised his legs and was about to go out: "I'll go shopping again, don't wait for me to eat at night." went ahead.Stepping over with one leg, I happened to see my daughter leading a group of little girls out, Jia Sheren was about to run away without seeing clearly: "Ying girls, you lead them to stroll slowly, father went to the wrong yard, let's go now."

A row of sisters in the back saluted together: "Grandpa please greet me." Jia She glanced back, seemed to have seen them all, and then thought about it, wasn't this the girls from the Rongguo Mansion.Immediately felt relieved, and was about to twitch his beard and put on a show to regain some dignity, but unexpectedly, when he raised his hand, a wooden box almost hit his face.

Yingchun exclaimed, and the big girl beside her had already stepped forward to take the things from Jia She's well-trained hands. The little servants and his followers all mastered the skill of picking up things from him at any time, so as not to bump into the old man. Who doesn't know that in this family, Lord Hou is the one who cares most about the old man, and no one dares to let him give it to him. Hang out a bruise to make Hou Ye unhappy.

Seeing that the pen washer he forgot to put down was in the hands of the maid next to his daughter in an instant, Jia She felt a little embarrassed and took it back, so he took advantage of the situation and said, "It was originally prepared, that one is for you, a previous one. Brush washing, it’s not a good thing, it’s a congratulatory gift for you today.” Looking at Yingchun’s festive red dress, Jia She finally remembered why he shouldn’t have gone home early.

Yingchun received congratulatory gifts from Ning Shan and Mrs. Xing early in the morning, and this morning she got a pair of big characters written by Jia Cong. Surprised and happy speechless.Surrounded by Jia Tanchun, Jia Xichun, Lin Daiyu, and Xue Baochai all looked gloomy, with envy in their eyes, their fathers are either gone, or there is no difference between them, how come the second sister's luck is so good, suddenly more Not to mention a big brother, even my father paid attention to it.

Speaking of which, apart from Lin Daiyu, who has lost all six relatives, all the girls in this group also have brothers, at least one of their parents, but they don't take them seriously.Xue Baochai is valued at home, but her bastard brother, it may not be better, in addition to causing trouble for the family, it is squandering money. His family was originally an imperial merchant, but now the business has shrunk by more than [-]%, and his status has also become lower. , It was originally used as a tribute to the ladies of the harem, but now it has been changed to the supply of the palace maids.

Jia Xichun's elder brother is the head of the Ningguo Mansion next door to the Rongguo Mansion. His name is Jia Zhen. He is of the same generation as Ning Shan and Jia Lian, but even his son is not young. The atmosphere is not right, Ning Shan has heard stories about him and his dead daughter-in-law as soon as he returned to Beijing, and they are still being spread, and his abuse of his son has also contributed to the spread of rumors. But he didn't care about it, and he didn't know whether it was the clean one who cleared himself, or the broken jar.

Jia Tanchun had two elder brothers, the dead Jia Zhu, who was called the Lord of Rongguo Mansion when he was alive, took the name of Ning Shan's brother, and also died young, let's not mention it for now.The one who is still alive is Jia Baoyu, who is highly regarded in the Rongguo Mansion. He is the heart and eyes of the mansion. In my eyes, I can't compare to Jia Baoyu, Jia Baoyu has a temperament of pity and tenderness, and he is not bad to this girl who is raised by his mother, but the better he treats her, the more it stimulates Jia Tanchun to hate himself for being cast in the wrong baby , fell into the belly of the vulgar concubine.This one is a master with a heart higher than the sky, and what he looks down on the most is his brother, Jia Huan, who is ignorant and ignorant. Career", this idea is very motivated, but she doesn't think about it. If she is really a man, she is only Jia Huan's status now, so why would Da Jia Wang support her to divide his son's property in the future.That is to say, she was born as a daughter, and she might be able to sell it for a good price in the future, so as to give her son some help, Da Jia Wang is willing to support her.Ning Shan told Yingchun early in the morning that she can learn from her third sister in doing things, she is vigorous and strict, but don't imitate her as a human being, if Yingchun also looks down on Jia Cong, Ning Shan may not value her as much as she does now .

Among all the sisters, Yingchun wasn't the best friend with Tanchun, so Ning Shan's words naturally followed.At first, she was not very noticeable at home, and she shared the same fate with the fourth younger sister in the East Mansion. The two got along pretty well, but the difference in age was too much, and the fourth younger sister's nanny was better and more responsible than hers. She saw it in her eyes Li was also very sad, so he didn't have much contact with the sisters, and just studied the chess records by himself.Now at Ning Shan's residence, she is more lively, chats more with the sisters, her spirits are higher, and she is more cheerful and smiling, which makes everyone turn their heads to envy her.