The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Hearing that a quarrel broke out in Daoxiang Village that shocked everyone, the upright and polite second son of the government and the kind-hearted Mrs. Wang raised their hands at a disagreement, pulled their hair and slapped their ears, tore their clothes and threw their embroidered shoes, the smoke billowed from the beating, and the flames of war were everywhere. frontier.

It's a pity that Jia Amnesty couldn't see it with his own eyes, but Mrs. Xing went to visit Mrs. Wang under the guise of visiting a sick person, and taunted Mrs. Wang several times.As for Jia Zheng, with the face of being scratched by his wife, he refused to come out of the study to meet people for half a month.

In the Spring Festival dowry, everything that is not real money has been returned.Many houses in the Grand View Garden were moved out of ten rooms and nine empties for a while, the Duobao Pavilion was all empty, and the condition of the Bogu Shelves was worrisome.Shi Taijun had no choice but to open his own private treasury, move out of his private property, and fill up his own house, Baoyu's Yihong Courtyard, and Daiyu's Xiaoxiang Pavilion. The gardens where people live are sealed to avoid being too desolate, ugly and embarrassing.

Baochai's family is very rich, so it's not difficult to decorate the house by herself, but she doesn't want her family wealth to be exposed, and then be missed by Mrs. Wang, so the boudoir is like a snow cave, and there are no stubborn weapons. There is only one earthen bottle on the case. Seasonal flowers, and two books, tea dowry and cups.There are only green gauze curtains hanging on the bed, and the quilt is also very simple.In Lixiangyuan, Aunt Xue also collected and hid valuables. When Mrs. Wang went to trick relatives and wanted to borrow them, she found that she had nothing and couldn't open her mouth.

Jia Amnesty was well aware of the value of gold and stone antiques, so he counted the things sent back by Jia Zheng, and found that the value was about [-] to [-], which was less than half.Jia Zheng only said that he would get it after returning the things, and the money that had been spent and the jewels that had been decorated were regarded as brotherhood. There is brotherhood? Why didn’t you think of brotherhood when you robbed me of Rongxi Hall? Let me tell you, my daughter’s dowry can’t be less.”

Jia Amnesty forced Jia Zheng, and Jia Zheng went to force Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang didn't want to touch her dowry, so she used the things in Baoyu's house to make up for it.Anyway, she knew that the old thing in Hengwuyuan was rich, and she was willing to give it to Baoyu. If she took Baoyu's things, the old guy would definitely pay for it.

Shi Taijun called Mrs. Wang away and scolded her for being unkind to her mother in front of many maids. Mrs. Wang knelt on the ground, crying for Jia Zhu and Yuan Chun for a while, neither admitting her mistakes nor shirking responsibility.Shi Taijun gave her a migraine from crying, and Jia Baoyu didn't know what happened, only to hear that Mrs. Wang's maid rushed to him, saying that Mrs. Wang had offended Shi Taijun and was about to punish her.In a moment of great filial piety, he rushed to Hengwu Garden to kneel with him, and only said to plead for Mrs. Wang, so that the old lady must calm down and don't hurt her body.

The round and fat face of the most precious grandson was covered with crystal tears, and he looked at her pleadingly. What could Shi Taijun do, he had to lift it up high, put it down gently, and paid for Mrs. Wang to smooth the matter out.But afterwards, Baoyu taught her a lesson behind her back, and punished her for copying Buddhist scriptures and collecting Buddha beans.Mrs. Wang accepted it without saying a word, as long as she doesn't lose money anyway.

Wang Xifeng put Yingchun's dowry registration book into the warehouse with envy, and was still envious after returning to the house.Jia Lian taught her a lesson: "You are not allowed to touch those things with your own hands. No one can tell if the elder brother will investigate in the future. Don't lose the face of the master at that time. It's a small matter. Let the master lose his errand title. It's up to you to cry. "

Wang Xifeng reluctantly pulled her gaze away from the booklet, and lazily replied: "Am I so short-sighted that I don't even know which is more important?" There was a long line of people who wanted to please.Jia Lian received all kinds of gifts in the past month, which were as filial as the previous year's salary.When the time comes, no matter how stupid Wang Xifeng is, he will know the benefits of holding real power, and no matter how greedy he is for money, it will not ruin Jia Lian's official career.

Mrs. Wang's eldest maid, Jin Chuan'er, gained a bit of face because of the savior's meritorious service. She used to flirt with Baoyu, but now she was officially rewarded by Mrs. Wang to Baoyu's room. This case is in opposition to Xiren, Baoyu's most caring person.It's just that Xiren was rewarded by Shi Taijun, and Jin Chuan'er was given by Mrs. Wang. The two had their backers behind them, and the fight was fierce, and they refused to give in to each other.Baoyu is like a mouse that has fallen into a rice vat, running happily between the two of them, doing a little squat, and forgetting about Baochai and Daiyu for a while.

Baochai took this opportunity to go home frequently, planning to move out of the Grand View Garden; Daiyu took the opportunity to recuperate quietly in the Ronghou Mansion.The last time the imperial physician prescribed Haosheng finished a dose, now he has another consultation, changed several medicines, told to continue to take, only to see the body lighten up, and the mood is much more open.Every day, I only learn some rules and read a few books with Yingchun and Xichun, and the rest is just playing in the garden, which is very happy.

There are many festivals these days, and when it comes to the Duanyang Festival, because the second wife paid off the 30 taels of dowry for Yingchun, Shi Taijun bought wine in the garden and invited the eldest wife and the second wife to gather together, which meant to resolve the dispute and get back together.Although Jia Amnesty scoffed at this, he still gave it to save face.Mrs. Xing accompanied Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang still did not come out of the Buddhist hall because she was punished by Shi Taijun. Aunt Xue took advantage of the situation to entertain the girls to play in the Lixiangyuan.

In order to speak privately with Jia Amnesty, Shi Taijun didn't stop him, but let Baoyu go too.Baoyu hasn't seen Sister Bao and Sister Lin for a while, and she is very happy at this time.However, when he arrived at Lixiangyuan, he saw Yingchun at first glance, and Yingchun also saw him, so he turned a blind eye and turned his head to talk to Baochai on purpose, leaving him where he was.Only then did Baoyu remember that he had quarreled with his second sister before, and they have not reconciled so far.

He always loves holding girls in his arms, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to apologize to Yingchun seriously, even if he didn't know where he was wrong, it didn't matter.It's just that Yingchun is very tired of Baoyu now and doesn't want to talk to him. No matter what he says, he just doesn't answer.Baochai intends to please Yingchun, so she is indifferent and ignores Baoyu.Daiyu always likes to leave and doesn't like to get together, the more lively she is, the more indifferent she becomes, and she doesn't speak lazily.

Wang Xifeng went into the garden with Mrs. Xing today, and there was no heated atmosphere here where people were talking and laughing. Although Aunt Xue had a heart, she started talking a few times, but as long as Baoyu answered the conversation, the girls would not say a word. I knew I didn't want to play with him.Immediately, he coaxed Baoyu to go outside and asked Baochai to take the girls to the boudoir to play.

When Baoyu saw that the sisters refused to pay attention to him, he immediately wet his clothes with tears, pulled Aunt Xue and cried, "Good aunt, you taught me, why did you make all the sisters disgusted and refused to talk to me? "

Because Aunt Xue knew about Mrs. Wang rewarding Jin Chuan'er, although nowadays children of big families usually put one or two people in the room to wait on them before their wedding, but Baoyu is only in her teens now, which is really too early.What's more, I was still discussing "golden jade marriage" with her some time ago. Although the Xue family wanted to reject it, they didn't make it to the surface. In the end, Mrs. Wang turned her head and rewarded Auntie for the reserve service. It can be seen that she didn't take her precious girl seriously. inside.Aunt Xue was good-tempered, but it was about her only daughter, she was not without temper, and she was not willing to continue coaxing Baoyu at the moment, so she sent someone outside to call Xue Pan to take Baoyu out for a drink.

In less than a moment, the servant girl came back and forth, saying, "Uncle Xue invites Second Master Bao to a banquet." Aunt Xue immediately asked the servant girl to serve Baoyu's clean face, and sent it out in a hurry.Baoyu was reluctant, but he was also afraid that it would be boring to stay any longer, so he went bored.Aunt Xue watched him walk away, Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and asked the girls to come out and play to their heart's content.

But unexpectedly, after talking and laughing for half an hour, I heard the servant girl shouting urgently outside: "Second Master Bao is back again." The sisters were playing around and couldn't stop for a while. Someone threw a handkerchief over his eyes, and immediately squatted down covering his eyes with a "hey yo".

It's one thing to be bored with Baoyu, but it's another thing to hurt him. Seeing him covering his eyes and screaming that it hurts, others don't know what's wrong, so they hurried around together and asked: "But is it hurt?" ?" Aunt Xue also hurriedly called for the doctor to come.Baoyu stood up by herself and said with a smile, "it's nothing. It's much better for the sisters to care so much."

When Daiyu heard this, she still had the same temper as before. She expected that Yingchun would be impatient, so she pulled her back and sat down, and said: "I treated you to a drink outside, why are you back so soon?"

Seeing that Daiyu was willing to talk to him, Baoyu looked happy and hurriedly replied, "It's just the usual people. They just sit by themselves. They have to call me back." Aunt Xue was asking her son to take Baoyu Those who went out, heard this out of the blue, felt so bored, simply retreated back to the wing room, and did not come out.

Baochai said, "Of course you can meet and receive guests, that's why I asked you to go out."

Tanchun also said: "The master and the guest come to work, and you help Brother Xue to treat the guests, and it is also in your interest."

Baoyu said, "Come on, I don't dare to call you elegant. I'm a vulgar and vulgar person, and I don't want to associate with these people." His son Feng Ziying got in touch, and there were also some officials' children at the banquet, who were happy, but they heard Baoyu say that he didn't want to associate with these people, and thought he was looking down on his elder brother. At the same time, he looked down on him, and he was very angry in his heart, and his mouth turned cold: "It turns out that people from our family are not worthy of associating with Master Bao, but that's all, and we will never dare to climb high in the future."

Yingchun knew what he meant, she was bored, and said impatiently: "It's still the same temperament. Now that you are so old, you don't want to study to take the exam for Jinshi, and you should often know those who are officials. People of Zai, let’s talk about the knowledge of official career and economics, so that we can socialize with world affairs in the future and have a friend in the future. I didn’t see what your adult family is just messing around with us!”

When Baoyu heard this, he was more and more connected with the quarrel with Yingchun last month, and suddenly became anxious: "Second sister is so boring, what will you do with me with these words? If you don't like me, just go and sit in the other sister's room." , be careful not to let me spoil your economic knowledge."

Xichun sneered, and said: "This is Sister Bao's house, and you don't need to decide who can come and who can't. Even Sister Bao, who knows about economics and official career, how about it? We are all ordinary people, you are afraid of being spoiled Come on, let's go home."

Baoyu stood where he was, his face was flushed, and suddenly he caught a glimpse of Daiyu shaking her fan, with a smile on her lips, and said, "Sister Lin is not like you people who never say such stupid things."

Daiyu paused with the fan in her hand, then shook it lightly again, and said: "It turns out that this is an idiot, and I don't know the truth. I never tell you these things because it's not worth it. If you want to listen , I have a hundred sentences waiting."

Baoyu was so blocked by Daiyu that she couldn't understand why all the good sisters became like this. She just stood there, crying and shouting: "It's strange that a woman is virtuous if she has no talent. After reading those bastards The books have all become surrounded by the thieves and beetles, how can you clean up your daughter's house well, and learn how to gain fame, and join the thieves and ghosts together?"

When Yingchun heard this, she became annoyed. Now her father and two elder brothers are the only officials in the family. What is the difference between these words and swearing at people by name?Immediately stood up, pointed to Baoyu and said, "How dare you go to the second master and say this is a bastard? Who do you refer to as the national thief? Our master, uncle, and second master are all the national thieves you mentioned." What about Lu Beetle. By the way, there are also brothers and nephews of Xi'er in the Dongfu next door, Uncle Jing and Uncle Lin in the past, and they are all the bastards you said read the bastard book."

That's all for others, but Lin Daiyu, who didn't think of her father when she heard Baoyu say this before, is now pointed out by Yingchun, and immediately turned her face: "Since this is the case, I have read too many stupid books. The daughter of the national traitor Lu Bei is not worthy to talk to your second master Bao, so she can let go of it in the future." Thinking that he had unknowingly allowed Baoyu to insult his father for many years, he couldn't help crying bitterly.