The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Yingchun, who came home with swollen beautiful eyes but with a smile on her face, startled both Jia She and Ning Shan who were playing chess. Jia She directly asked Madam Xing, "Is this girl crazy?"

Mrs. Xing rubbed her knees, and said angrily: "The old lady is really crazy. This girl is going to be successful now, and she will piss people off." She was kicked out, but Rongguo Mansion has long since lost her. The room, so not far away, sat on the back porch, and she heard everything Yingchun said.This girl is not the wooden beauty she used to be. Today's winter jasmine grows more prickly than thorny roses. She hides needles in cotton and hides knives in her smile. She is afraid when she hears it.

Ning Shan picked up the chess piece and landed it decisively on Tianyuan, blocking all the way out for Jia She. Jia She overturned the chess board in a shameless way: "I don't want to play anymore, I don't want to play anymore. What's the fun in playing chess? Let me tell you what good things this girl has done."

Jia She thought that when Ning Shan played chess with him, she won a lottery, but now she has lost three games.

Ning Shan didn't expose him, left and right for today's rest, playing with the silly father was just like reading the mansion newspaper to pass the time, beckoning Yingchun: "You come and play a game with me." Yingchun's chess skills are not weak, Chess skills are not comparable to Jia Shen. Playing chess with her requires mental strength, but it is quite interesting: "I let you three sons, if you win, I will give you everything that my father lost to me just now."

Yingchun did not refuse, and sat down with a smile: "It is my blessing to be able to play chess with my big brother, but I dare not ask for anything. I am poor now, and the old lady knows it."

While tidying up the chessboard, Ning Shan signaled the servant girl to go to the kitchen to cook some eggs for Yingchun Rolling's red eye circles swollen from crying: "What are you crying and laughing at? Who bullied you? Who are you taking revenge on again?"

Mrs. Xing held a teacup and complained to Jia She: "There is no such a shameless family anymore. Their family's mother-in-law was planning to get our girl's dowry. This is really a hell. never heard of that."

Jia Amnesty patted his thigh and kept asking, "How did you get back?"

Mrs. Xing rubbed her knees: "I knelt for a long time, but I just listened to scolding. What can I return? He is a super-grade imperial order, and his age is there, and he is still carrying my mother-in-law's money. I can't bear it, what else can I do?" ?”

Jia Amnesty didn't believe it at all: "The second child's family doesn't have an order, and she's not old. You can't even beat her?"

Mrs. Xing proudly said: "She knelt down with me, and now she might be throwing fire at her daughter-in-law or concubine's daughter."

Jia Shele bared her teeth: "Why wasn't I there?" I really regretted that this woman Xing would not lose to him if she wanted to play tricks. Today's play might be fun.

Yingchun then said: "It's good if daddy is not here. You don't have to be scolded for nothing. What's the fun? I heard that the second master led Baoyu and a group of Qing guests to the garden to raise the plaque. If daddy is here, it's inevitable." If you want to be invited there, why listen to them bragging about your talents for the second master?" Jia She was never ashamed of having little ink in his stomach, but he liked to laugh at Jia Zheng for not having much more ink in his stomach.

Ning Shan looked up at Yingchun, who was now more lively and bold. She dared to accept Jia Amnesty's words, and she had to add [-]% to the monthly salary of the mother-in-law.After settling down, he cut off the long dragon that Yingchun had set up from the northwest corner, and said: "They didn't invite you to go to the garden?" Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen can see that the Jia family has bad conduct, but there must be a bottom line, or can the lower limit be refreshed gradually?

Yingchun held an ice veil in one hand and applied it to her right eye. She only used one eye to look at the chessboard. It's over." She originally thought that she was going to set up a battlefield in the garden, but who thought that Mrs. Xing's fighting power was amazing, so she made a move immediately.In fact, she really wanted to see that garden. She had never even heard of such things as concubines visiting relatives, so she was quite curious.

Si Qi stepped forward to take the handkerchief that Yingchun had warmed up, and changed another one, and said with concern: "Looking at the swollen eyes of the girl, how much have you suffered? Or pretend to be sick next month, and don't suffer from this." guilty."

Mrs. Xing was worried that Ning Shan would blame her for not taking good care of Yingchun, and made her wronged, so she hurriedly argued: "The old lady is going to cry when she is acting, who dare not accompany you, go and see the room today, no one dares not Her eyes are swollen." Madam Wang cried even though she was in pain.As for Li Wan and Tanchun, they were probably scared.Mrs. Xing herself shed a few tears to express her repentance, although it was forced.

Jia Amnesty heard it even more happily: "No, I have to find a day to visit their garden. Besides being greedy and lustful, what great talents does Baoyu have? I don't believe that he can come up with good poems?" The nephew is quite disliked, but Jia Zhu back then was fine. Although he didn't pass any exams, he was willing to study hard. He took the supervisor under his name and won the favor of the Imperial College Jijiu, which is considered to be some ability.

But what is Jia Baoyu?Grabbing Zhou will grasp rouge. I have known since I was a child that I want to be hugged by a beautiful maid and eat the rouge on someone's mouth. How can I look promising?Why do they like beautiful women as well, he is a vulgar old man, and Jia Baoyu is a good young man?Back then when he was called the young master, he was much more popular than Jia Baoyu. Just his face could fascinate most ladies in Beijing, and Jia Baoyu could also deceive the maids at home.

Yingchun said a few good words for Baoyu: "Baoyu's poems are still good. Although there are some groanings of "sorry for new words" and no intention, but the rhetoric is really gorgeous, and writing plaques as a pair is also brilliant. Even Sister Bao and Sister Lin are recognized." Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu are among the best in talent and learning among all the ladies in the capital she knows, although other ladies pay more attention to housekeeper communication, field production, court trends and other future masters. Things that the mistress should learn, but it is also necessary to be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In this regard, the sisters of the Jia family are all outstanding. , and her poems are better than other girls.

Jia Shen dismissed the little girls' praise of Jia Baoyu's literary talent: "What do little girls know? I'll see if he can surpass his father and pass the exam." When it comes to studying, Jia Shen suddenly remembered being forgotten. The youngest son of a long time: "How is Cong'er studying now? Are you ready for the exam?" If his concubine got the honor in the exam before Jia Baoyu, it would be a slap in the face for Jia Zheng. Woolen cloth.

Ning Shan knew Jia Cong's progress: "How old is he? He just got enlightened this year. Dad is too anxious." It's nothing to let your son compare. Your old man's efforts to beat Jia Zheng are worth bragging about.This stupid father is too lacking in pursuit, as long as he is better than Jia Zheng, he will be so beautiful. There are so many good role models in the whole country inside and outside the capital, why do you have to stare at a worthless wretch?Is it to be more incompetent than anyone else?If so, the silly father can win.

Jia Shen did not deny his low-end pursuits: "Teach Cong'er well and tell him that as long as he gets a good name before Baoyu, I will give him a shop." , and a "Golden Jade Pavilion" sent by Ning Shan. It was originally an antique business under the name of the Ning family, but the Ning family was born as a military general. Infected with a bold and generous style, he pays more attention to gold and silver fields than antique calligraphy and paintings that cannot be eaten or drunk.Since Jia Amnesty is extremely talented in this area, he entrusted him to take charge of it, as long as he saw the right things, and the management was naturally handled by experts.

Ning Shan was not stingy with money: "Father, if you can be promoted from Yuanwailang to half-rank, I will ask Yinger to double your monthly payment." As the old lady of the Hou Mansion, Jia She can only get 50 yuan a month. , so that he was too embarrassed to go out and drink flower wine with friends.

Yingchun pursed her lips and smiled: "Father only needs to be promoted faster than Second Uncle. I heard that it took Second Uncle ten years to be promoted from sixth-rank chief to fifth-rank member wailang. It took Dad five years to be twice as strong as him." .”

Jia She loves to hear people praise him for being better than Jia Zheng: "You have to be better than the girl of the second son's family. You see, your elder brother and your second brother are better than Jia Zhu and Jia Baoyu. In the future, Cong'er will be better too. Guo Huaner. You can also earn a noble concubine for Dad, so that Dad can also be a relative of the emperor."

Yingchun was blocked by Tian Yuan, she threw the ball with a smile and conceded defeat, asked Si Qi to come over and count the losses, then raised her face, asked Xiu Ju to apply freshly peeled hot chicken eggs to her eyes, and said casually: " I come from the same background as the third younger sister, so I should compare myself to her."

Mrs. Xing was a little worried after hearing this: "Why don't you put Ying'er under my name? Otherwise, I'm afraid you'll suffer in the future draft." Like Jia She, she hoped that Yingchun would be stronger than Yuanchun, but don't just because she was born as a concubine. downwind.

Ning Shan sat aside, picked up the tea bowl and gently put it aside: "Do you really want Ying'er to enter the palace? The royal family is in a state of chaos now, and it would be a waste of people to go to that muddy water." There was a marquis Father, there is also a big brother Hou Ye, and Jia Lian is also capable. He dare not say that he is up to the third rank, but he can still sit on the fourth rank and from the third rank.

Jia Sheyou was not reconciled, and muttered in a low voice: "Then there are still princes. If you choose the right one, you might be able to become a queen." Mrs. Xing's eyes were bright, and her longing was palpable.

Ning Shan frowned: "Your Jia family really likes Conglong. They have been betting on dragons for three generations, and they have never been able to bet right. Come back?" Jia Zhen mentioned this and was scolded back by him. , Jia Amnesty came to mention again, he didn't see clearly what life Jia Jing lived after he became a monk, did he?

Back then, Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan each bet on a prince, but they both failed. Fortunately, they saw that the situation was not good halfway, so they changed their course quickly, so one became the military envoy of the Beijing camp, and the other went all out to rescue the original Xie Jue. .As a result, not to mention remembering the lesson from now on, but also self-satisfied, the children and grandchildren of the whole family are eager to reach the sky in one step, and they don't see if they have that vision.Jia Jing was on the wrong side. Fortunately, Ji Liuyong quit the house and was let go. Jia Amnesty was too stupid. When Jia Daishan was planning, he directly passed him and told Jia Zheng. However, he did not choose the right one. As a last resort, Jia Daishan died It's over, and it's down five levels in a row, and that's the end.Now Jia Amnesty is starting to think about the next generation again, don't people in their family have brains?

Yingchun listened silently, it didn't matter what her father arranged, only what the elder brother said counted in this family.She has no idea about where she will marry in the future, but she has heard many stories about nurturing mothers, she keeps a respectful distance from the royal family, let alone being a concubine or concubine, she really doesn't like being a queen.However, she felt that with her ability, background, talent, appearance and temperament, she should be far below the Queen's standard, so there was no need to worry about anything.

On the contrary, Sister Bao, who was only thinking of entering the palace, if the two of them moved to another place, it might make her father happy.Yingchun herself doesn't have the ambition to be a green cloud, but she doesn't dislike a girl with great ambitions. People, it's better to have a goal than nothing, and it's better to live hard for the goal than to live without aim.The third younger sister in the family, elder sister Qin Bao, is of the progressive school, while she and the fourth younger sister are of the gang who eat and wait to die, but sister Lin and sister Yun can't see clearly, they are probably drifting with the trend.

Yingchun is very satisfied with her position. The foster mother said that in a family, only the men are incompetent, and the women can make progress. The more she doesn't think about making progress, the more it shows that her eldest brother and second brother are the pillars of the country. Even her Father is also more honest and cuter than second uncle, such a good day, even a queen would not change it.