[Red Mansion] Yinglian should not be pitiful

The carriage moved slowly and left the inn.

In the carriage, Yin Lian kept half-opening the curtain of the car, and her pair of red phoenix eyes, which became longer and narrower, also kept watching the scenery outside the car window.After getting tired of looking at the scenery of green mountains and green waters, Yin Lian put down the car curtains and talked with Xue Baochai, who was sitting on her knees after getting in the car, looking extraordinarily dignified and temperamental:

"Sister usually learns something for entertainment."

Xue Baochai sat there on her knees, speaking in her crisp yet sophisticated voice.

"What my daughter can learn from the family is nothing more than some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and housekeeper female celebrities." Speaking of this, Xue Baochai glanced at the few books randomly placed in the corner of the car, and said enviously.

"Speaking of which, the old ancestor told my sister that my sister is not only good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also the housekeeper female red, and she has been learning and recognizing that word, unlike my mother who kept saying that a woman's lack of talent is virtue. , said that none of the daughters of the Wang family can read all the characters, and they only know a few words, and they can only be housekeepers."

"That's an interesting statement!"

Yin Lian twisted the quilt for Brother Ping'an who fell asleep again after getting into the car, and Fang smiled and said to Xue Baochai. "I think my mother raised me like a brother so that I can read and write."

Yin Lian paused, feeling that she couldn't talk more about this question, so she changed the subject and asked. "When I first started using breakfast, I heard from my ancestors that my sister's health is not good, it seems to be the heat poison brought by the womb, it is not serious, but there is a way to cure it."

Xue Baochai felt that there was nothing wrong with this matter, so she told Yin Lian in the carriage.The words spoken are not much different from those recorded in the book, and the pills used are also those Lengxiang pills.

"This method is really strange."

Yin Lian complied with the sentence, then took out the chess board, and also knelt down with her back to the car window, facing Xue Baochai face to face, you hold the white pieces, I hold the black pieces, and play chess, one or two like this, it's a waste of time .

Just as Yin Lian and Xue Baochai finished their game, the sky suddenly darkened.The sky, which was originally clear and sunny, was suddenly covered by dark clouds, and the wind and rain were about to come, making people feel as if they could not breathe.At this time, Brother Pingan suddenly rubbed his eyes, woke up, and said to Yin Lian Aijiao.

"Sister, give me a hug."

Yin Lian immediately gave up her plan to have another round with Xue Baochai, and hugged the chubby brother Pingan, teasingly. "wake up."

Brother Ping'an nodded, and said hello to Xue Baochai, then nestled in Yin Lian's arms and stayed quietly for a while. "Sister, is it going to rain again?"

At this time, the carriage had stopped, and the coachman who was driving also went to other carriages carrying maids, women and servants, obviously to avoid the rain. "It should be raining."

While Yin Lian answered gently, she asked Lian Qiao to take a cloak inlaid with thick fur and gave it to Mrs. Zhen Li, who was in the same carriage with Mrs. Shi, while the rain was still not falling. Spread the word that she will take good care of Brother Ping'an and Sister Baochai, so that Mrs. Zhen Li doesn't have to worry.

The agile Lian Qiao took the cloak and trotted all the way to Zhen Li's place. When she came back, she was carrying a food box full of snacks in her hand.Lian Qiao carried the food box into the carriage, knelt down beside the small table, opened the food box, and put it on the small table.

"The old lady specially asked the servants to bring these to the two sisters and brothers. I heard from Aunt Zixiao that they are the freshest rose cakes."

"There's so much, we can't eat. Ying'er and the two elder sisters also have some snacks together. By the way, we can chat about some gossip to pass the time."

"No matter how reasonable Sister Bao's words are, don't be too restrained. I think my aunt who speaks uniquely won't come to this carriage to talk to us."

Yin Lian knew that Mrs. Shi was the person who hated her first wife the most, and she always looked like she wished she would be gone when she saw her, so how could she run into the carriage she was riding in when the heavy rain was about to come? .

Speaking of it, Yin Lian really doesn't understand Mrs. Shi, she knows that Zhen Li has always disliked her way of life, and her vitriolic attitude, but she still wants to show her vitriol in front of Zhen Li. essence.Take this trip, Zhen Li originally said that she took Brother Ping'an in a carriage, and Mrs. Shi squeezed with Sister Lian to settle the relationship by the way.

To put it bluntly, when ordinary people encounter this kind of situation, they will pass the forbearance, but this Mrs. Shi is good. She has been directly saying in front of Zhen Li that she has no heart to take care of other people's children, and she made Zhen Li angry on the spot. With a red face and a thick neck, he had to let himself take Brother Pingan to sit in a two-carriage and go on the road with him.

Yin Lian thought, with Mrs. Zhen Li's 'accompaniment', Mrs. Shi must have had a colorful life along the way.

While a few people were eating snacks and talking, the heavy rain was pouring down.Ordinarily, it was the vernal equinox, and this person shouldn't be so big, but for some reason, since the beginning of spring, the downpour has come every other time. Fortunately, the time was not too long, so it didn't cause spring waterlogging disasters.

This heavy rain didn't last long, and after about a cup of tea, the rain gradually became lighter.When the rain stopped, the sun emerged from the gaps in the clouds, showing a warm smiling face.

"The weather is really weird. Hey, Miss, tell me, this isn't a harbinger of a catastrophe before it comes."

When the carriage started to drive slowly again, girl Lianqiao half-lifted up the curtains of the carriage, looking at the scenery outside after the rain.She couldn't help muttering when she noticed that the grain and vegetables grown in the fields on both sides of the official road looked awkward due to the heavy rain.

Hearing this, Yin Lian's mind was moved, and she realized that it was true as what Lian Qiao said, since the beginning of spring, the weather has been capricious, sometimes cold and sometimes warm, thinking about it carefully, isn't it all the same as the catastrophe recorded in the book Is there an omen before the discovery?

It's just that she can't really answer Lianqiao in this way, Yin Lian thought about it, and could only say reproachfully. "What nonsense, what if my aunt heard this and said that she wanted to punish you for the crime of deceiving people?"

Lianqiao stuck out her tongue knowing that she had made a slip of the tongue, and didn't say any more gossip.As for Xue Baochai, who was listening all the time, she frowned thoughtfully, sometimes joyfully, sometimes solemnly, obviously thinking about the family all the time.

If it’s true that people’s thinking is different, if a disaster really happens, Yin Lian will only think about how to help the people and gain merits, while Xue Baochai will probably help Xue’s family think about how to make a profit in this disaster. It would be best to bring the entire Xue family to a higher level while gaining fame.

Yin Lian shook her head and smiled, found another topic, and continued to chat, the time passed while the two ladies, three maids, and a brother Pingan interjected from time to time.After two or three days like this, the group finally arrived at Zhen's house in Jinling smoothly.

Perhaps what Zhen Yingjia wanted to do was to make Jinling Zhen's Mansion a residence for Mr. Kangxi to visit the south of the Yangtze River. The entire Zhen Mansion was built extraordinarily magnificent.

The gate of Zhen's family in Jinling sits west and faces east. As soon as you enter the gate, you will see a screen wall decorated with various exquisite auspicious reliefs.There is a screen door behind each screen wall, leading to the small courtyard of the "School" to the east, to the outer courtyard with inverted rooms to the west, and to the north is the residence of the masters.

Passing through the screen door, through the hanging flower door, and through the Chaoshou verandah, Yin Lian silently led Brother Pingan, who was also silent, and walked to the north of the house with Mrs. Zhen Li.

There are three large courtyards in the north of Jinling Zhen's Mansion, all of which are overgrown corridors with eaves and gates, dark lattices and dark columns, and three large bays, which are more than enough for cars and sedans to enter and exit.And counting from east to west, there are three big courtyards, all of which are bungalows with square brick roofs.

Mrs. Zhen Li went to the main courtyard in the middle of the north, which was usually the residence of Mrs. Shi.It's just that before leaving for Gusu, Mrs. Shi moved out of the main courtyard and lived in the Northwest courtyard, which is also located in the north and has a smaller layout than the main courtyard.

Let’s talk slowly about Mrs. Shi’s temperament, asking her to move the main courtyard to Zhen Li’s mother-in-law who never wanted to see her, Mrs. Shi was very reluctant, but who made this order by the head of the family Zhen Yingjia himself Well, even though there were thousands of reluctances, Mrs. Shi had no choice but to obediently and move.

Entering the main courtyard and the front hall, Mrs. Zhen Li has not yet sat down, and Zhen Yingjia has not yet visited her own eyes. Mrs. Shi, a woman with no eyesight, unexpectedly started acting again.But this time, she did not use Yin Lian as a raft, but gave Xue Baochai who had nothing to do when she just entered Jinling City and left home. The meaning of Xue Baochai coming back together.

Mrs. Zhenli listened quietly to Mrs. Shi's words, and immediately said to Zhen Yingjia with a smile: "Second brother, it is said that marrying a wife should be a virtuous one. Look at your daughter-in-law, who has a little bit of virtuous meaning. You are so bitter and mean." , the woman who speaks out of nowhere, who is used to offending people, and who is full of pettiness is really taught by the Hou Men..."

When Zhen Yingjia remained silent, Mrs. Zhen Li lightly flicked the nail cover she was wearing on her hand, and said the words that made Mrs. Shi paralyzed on the spot with a calm look.

"Since you don't speak, I'll take it as your acquiescence for my mother. The ancestral hall will be opened tomorrow, and Shi Shi can go home."

Mrs. Shi collapsed on the ground, looked straight at Zhen Yingjia, and pitifully called out to Master. "Concubine, I have been married to you for so many years. You have to work hard without credit. You must know that our eldest sister is still a concubine in the palace, and our Baoyu is still young. You can't listen to the old lady!"

Along the way, Mrs. Shi was warned more than once by Mrs. Zhen Li, "If you speak so unabashedly and harshly, be careful and I will let the second child divorce you when you go back to Jinling." Mrs. Shi has always been proud of her status as a nobleman. In addition, she gave birth to a daughter who was a concubine in the palace. Mrs. Shi didn't take Zhen Li's words to heart at all and still followed her temper. No matter who she was, as long as she was upset, she would be harsh and mean. words.

Mrs. Zhen and Li are now rejoicing that only Xue Baochai, a little girl, was traveling with them along the way, and there were no other fellow travelers. Otherwise, Mrs. Shi could really be regarded as a pig teammate. 'Lu beetle' virtually erected a lot of enemies.

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