The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

This busy work lasted for a year, and Jia Zheng was obsessed with the affairs of the garden. He had to inquire about everything himself, but he didn't understand anything, and everyone everywhere just fooled him. Buildings and pavilions, planting bamboo and flowers, and spotting scenery, he waited and watched, but he didn't know what happened.Even if there is Shan Ziye dispatching arrangements, he also needs to wait and see, but all places where money is required for purchases and so on are exaggerated by three points, and he is coaxed to pay a lot of money.Jia Shi's and Jia Wang's private houses are becoming more and more empty, but the garden is still lacking things.

Originally, Lin Daiyu was the one who had the best choice. The property of the five generations of the Lin family belonged to her, but it took a lot to return it to the national treasury, and the rest was snatched away by Jia She, and she would never come back.Jia Wangshi wanted to push her to ask Jia Amnesty to come back, but Jia Shishi refused.She still has some sincerity towards this granddaughter, not to mention that in her eyes, Lin Daiyu's dowry will be Jia Baoyu's private house in the future, and for the sake of her grandson and granddaughter, she will not let Jia Wang's idea of ​​the Lin family's property again.

But Jia Wang was very dissatisfied with Lin Daiyu, thinking that she was not in good health and often sick every day, which would definitely hinder her children in the future. , and there is no one in the Lin family, and they will not be able to help Baoyu in his official career in the future.The most important thing is that Jia Baoyu likes her very much, and listening to her, Jia Wang will not be able to tolerate his son only focusing on his daughter-in-law in the future, and where will she stand by that time.Therefore, Lin Daiyu was rejected in every possible way, and it was Jia Wang's instruction that the servants of the Jia family dared to describe the guest cousin as a poor relative who settled down.

The daughter-in-law she had in mind was her own younger sister's daughter, a daughter of the royal merchant Xue's family who was one year older than Jia Baoyu.In her eyes, Xue Baochai is stable and peaceful, calm in dealing with others, and looks rich again, who knows how to advise Baoyu to study wisely and strive to make progress, she is a first-class good daughter-in-law in her eyes.What's more, the Xue family's royal merchants have countless family assets. This Xue Baochai's dowry alone is worth a million, which is already much higher than that of Lin Daiyu, who has a meager family. If the Lin family still has two or three million, she might just bite her teeth and endure , but now that Lin Daiyu's entire family property can't surpass that of Xue Baochai, she will not let go of the two jades' marriage no matter what, but finds a saying about a golden and jade marriage, and let her servants spread it, so as to compete with Shi Taijun for the dominance of Jia Baoyu's marriage in the future Do bedding.

Now that she didn't have enough money to build the garden, she came up with Xue Baochai's idea earlier.According to her idea, it would be better to use the Xue family's money to repair the garden first, and then give it to Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai in the future, which would not be considered a bad treatment to her.It's just that now, both of them are still young, and it's far from the year of marriage. How to persuade her younger sister to let the dowry go first is also a big problem.

As early as that day, when the Xue family had just entered Beijing, Jia Wang had been urging Jia Baoyu to deal with Xue Baochai more and spend less time with Lin Daiyu.Now thinking about Xue Baochai's dowry, wishing she could come in early, he urged her even more.Although Jia Baoyu is willing to play with the girls instead of going to school, he is more willing to be with Lin Daiyu.Every time I saw Lin Daiyu, I couldn't think of Xue Baochai. Jia Wangshi saw Lin Daiyu and hated Lin Daiyu more and more.He thought about how to get her away all day long, so he wouldn't hang on to his son all day long.

Yingchun went back again to greet Jia Shishi, but Jia Shishi took offense at Jia Amnesty's delay in paying the money, and refused to let her in. Yingchun saluted at the door of Rongxi Hall, and then went to Jia Wang's room. say hello.Every time I come back, it is the same process. I have greeted Jia Shishi and Jia Wangshi, and I have to greet Sister Feng. same.This time, Jia Wangshi planned to let Yingchun take Lin Daiyu away, so that Jia Baoyu could accompany Xue Baochai wholeheartedly, and let Xue Wangshi see that the relationship between the two became closer, so that she could ask for money.Therefore, when Yingchun came, she specifically asked her to stay, only saying that she would have dinner with her, and told her concubine Jia Tanchun, who was raised by her side, to come with her.

Now Jia Xichun, the lady of Ningguo Mansion, lives with Jia Tanchun in the hut at the back of Mrs. Wang's courtyard. Shi Taijun's nephew's daughter, Shi Xiangyun, who lives in the mansion, lives here, and the sisters' gathering place is often fixed here.Therefore, when Mrs. Wang called, not only Tanchun came, but also Xichun and Shi Xiangyun. On the contrary, Lin Daiyu, who lived in Jia Shi's courtyard, didn't get the news and never came.

Jia Wang was so angry that she could only secretly curse Lin Daiyu as her nemesis, gritted her teeth and endured it, entertained all the girls to have a somewhat unpalatable lunch at her place, and called to find Lin Daiyu to play.Lin Daiyu had dinner with Jia Shishi at this time, and she was taking a nap, Yingchun and others knew that she was weak and seldom came out, and didn't want to disturb her, so they went back to Baoxia to chat and laugh for a while. After a while, Yingchun will say goodbye and go back.

Because this time is not a regular day, Mrs. Xing did not go back to the house to say hello, only Yingchun came.When she left, she also had to bid farewell to Jia Shishi and Jia Wangshi.Jia Shi's still didn't go in, but Jia Wang's abnormally invited her in for tea again.

Yingchun has hills and valleys in her chest. Knowing that Mrs. Wang has been abnormal several times today, she thinks there must be a reason.It's just that she is small and humble, she dare not refuse, even though she is afraid in her heart, she dare not refuse.It's just that I don't want to go alone, so I must bring one or two sisters to accompany me.I was going to see Mrs. Wang, and it would be best to go with Tanchun.But now she is so lucky that she has been raised by the nanny for a long time. She knows that the third younger sister is in an awkward position as a concubine who is raised in front of her aunt. It is impossible to help her, and Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu are both guests, so it is impossible She couldn't give her any help, so she dragged Xichun to the past together.It is expected that even if Mrs. Wang wants to force her to do something, she can't speak in front of Xichun, and if she avoids today, the next time she will come with her aunt, Mrs. Xing, and then she, the eldest sister-in-law, will naturally come forward to deal with Mrs. Wang.

Yingchun took Xichun to meet Mrs. Wang, explaining that she was going to leave and go home.Mrs. Wang asked her to have dinner with her, and said that no one went to the old lady's place for a long time, so she must meet the old lady.Yingchun knew that the old lady would never want to see her right now, and she would be making fun of herself if she went, so she declined very much, saying that she didn't dare to disturb her.Xichun was young and ignorant, and thought that the house had been messed up for a long time, and it was really boring, so she echoed Mrs. Wang's words and asked Yingchun to stay for a while.She and Tanchun have nothing to talk about, Shi Xiangyun is looking for either Lin Daiyu or Xue Baochai when he comes, and it is difficult to get along with her.In the past, the second sister was with her at home, but now she is the only one left. It is really boring.

Yingchun insisted that Shi Taijun never summoned him, and dared not stay without permission, but after hearing Xichun's words, she felt a little pity for the youngest sister, so she said: "Why don't you go back to the old lady some other day, and go to my place to play for a day, and I will make a good living." be with you."

When Madam Wang heard this, she was in the middle of her heart, and immediately said: "Don't just worry about the fourth girl, your other sisters are also bored now, the house is in order to build a yard, everywhere is messy, outsiders come in and out, The girls are afraid of collisions, so they dare not go anywhere, and the family hides in the house all day long. Since your place is quiet and spacious, why don't you invite more sisters to play."

Yingchun didn't know that Mrs. Wang's idea was to isolate Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu. She thought she was running out of money and wanted to plot against the Lin family or the Ning family. why.It just sounded like it was just for the sisters to get together, Yingchun thought to herself that she still had a bit of dignity in front of Ning Shan, so she begged for permission for her to entertain the sisters, so she agreed.

Mrs. Wang saw that half of her goal was achieved, so she didn't want to keep her anymore, but Xichun was very happy to hear that, and kept urging her to make her never forget that Yingchun promised to go home and begged Ning Shan to let them go as soon as possible. After playing, the two separated and left without mentioning each other.

Yingchun returned to Ningfu, and immediately sent people to inquire about Ning Shanke's going to the Yamen.I heard that I came back early today and was having dinner, so I told the maid, Si Qi, "Find out the purse I made for elder brother the day before yesterday, and make a pot of good tea, and let's go over after watching elder brother remove the table. "Although we are brothers and sisters, it's too late to meet alone. Now Yingchun is restrained by the teaching mother, and her words and deeds are moving closer to the real lady of the family, the daughter of the Hou family. She dare not take one step more in everything, and say one more word, for fear Showing timidity, he lost the dignity of the Ning Mansion.

On weekdays, Ning Shan would often meet with Yingchun and ask her how she was doing and what she needed.Today Jia Amnesty went out for a walk, Yingchun returned to Rong Mansion to say hello, he couldn't meet Mrs. Xing, so he called Jia Cong over, had dinner together, and then tested his knowledge.Since Jia Cong came to Ningfu, he has been taught by a teacher, and he practiced martial arts every day. He also saw that this elder brother was really kind and amiable, and he didn't look down on him like Lian's second elder brother. The more careful I was, the more afraid that Ning Shan would be displeased and throw him back to the Rong Mansion.

The two were interacting with each other with questions and answers, when they suddenly heard the news that the eldest lady was coming, Ning Shanfang stopped and waited for Yingchun to come in.Yingchun came into the house only to find her younger brother was there, she was at a loss for a moment, she just came to see her elder brother today, and the purse without Jia Cong hadn't been embroidered yet, so she didn't feel hesitant to take it out when she saw her.

Ning Shan saw that she was a little dazed when she saw Jia Cong, and knew that she didn't expect Jia Cong to be here, and she didn't reveal it, so she just asked, "Why are you here so late? Have you eaten?"

Yingchun came back to her senses, saluted, and replied in a low voice: "The second wife saved lunch today, and she doesn't feel hungry for a while."

Ning Shan nodded: "It's fine for a day and a half, it can't be like this for a long time." After finishing speaking, she ordered the kitchen to prepare some snacks, in case if you are hungry at the Spring Festival night, it is not easy to pass the meal, and you will be hungry in vain.

Yingchun hurriedly thanked her, with a blush on her face, she was more and more embarrassed to ask for trouble for elder brother, but she still remembered the sisters in her heart, after thinking about it, she finally said: "I am troublesome for elder brother, but over there The mansion has been very chaotic these days, and the sisters are very boring staying at home, I thought, can I let them come to the house for a little gathering?"

Because Yingchun's housekeeper is very capable, Ning Shan lets her do whatever she wants with ordinary and trivial matters, but Yingchun must report everything to him, and only do things with permission.Ning Shan also likes her sense of proportion, so generally speaking, as long as Yingchun asks, she will agree.

It's just that this time is different than before. Ning Shan knew that the construction of the garden in the mansion was not completed, and there was a gap in the money. She always felt that the second wife suddenly stayed with Yingchun for dinner. The second wife also agreed, so she became more cautious. "It's okay to just come home to have fun, you can choose a date yourself. It's just that I'm an outsider after all, so it's inconvenient to stay overnight."

Yingchun hurriedly said: "Of course I won't stay overnight, just let them come over and relax."

Ning Shan didn't think too much about it, she just wanted the Taoist soldiers to block her, and she didn't worry about Jia Wang's playing tricks, so she agreed.

Yingchun returned home happily, and immediately wrote a post, instructing Si Qiming'er to send someone over there early in the morning, and only then took off the hairpin, and went to rest without mentioning it.