every spring [comprehensive]

Besides, Grandma Liu received a letter from Xue's family, saying that she would go to the village for a stroll. It is very spacious and decent, but several ladies and ladies of the Xue family live there, so how can they use it? The housekeeper immediately asked Grandma Liu about the yard of a country gentleman's house. Their family just left the house unused because they went to work as officials in other places. .So I rented it immediately, ordered people to ventilate and clean it, and cleaned it up with the newly brought furnishings and bedding from home. It didn't take long, and everything was tidied up.

Grandma Liu slammed her mouth and said: "The big brother in charge is too nimble. It only took a while to pack everything up. When will the grandmas and ladies come?"

The housekeeper said: "I can come here at any time. It's tidied up here, maybe tomorrow or the day after." Let the ladies take a good stroll here this time!"

At home, Wang Gou'er and his wife even killed chickens and sheep, and picked a bunch of fruits and vegetables, ready to welcome the distinguished guests.

Around noon the next day, the Xue family arrived, and the carriage stopped at the gate of Grandma Liu's house.Grandma Liu's family had already received the news and were waiting at the door.The people in the country are simple and poor. Although it is very close to the capital, it is a country after all. There are rarely so many carriages. Many adults and children from the neighbors and the east and west of the village follow behind the carriages to watch the excitement.Grandma Liu enthusiastically welcomed the two grandmas and the three girls into the house, and the old lady and daughter-in-law who saw the appearance of the three girls were unwilling to leave, so they followed Grandma Liu's house as guests.

Baochai asked several servant girls to bring down the last load of gifts to Grandma Liu's house, which naturally aroused the envy of the villagers.After eating at Grandma Liu's house and saying goodbye, I went to rest in the rented Qingshi courtyard. Although this house is not particularly big, it can guarantee that each of the masters has a room and there are remaining servants Room.

Many people have never seen the idyllic scenery in this village, not to mention the masters, even the maids, if they were not sold in later, they would never have seen such a simple fence made of branches, and a row of farms. The green vegetables planted in the yard...

In just a few days, Lin Daiyu fell in love with the tranquility of the countryside and the wisp of smoke from every household during meal time.After staying here quietly for a few days, Xue Pan came to pick him up in person, and told Mrs. Xue and others that Jia's house had been ransacked, and all family members were locked up, waiting for a trial.Mrs. Xue shed tears in a daze and said: "I knew that you let us live here to avoid disaster, and such a disaster of house raiding happened in the capital."

Xue Pan said: "Before I was not sure what the attitude of the above was. Although my son was strict with himself, he was also afraid of being implicated by others, so he had to send his mother and sisters away first just in case. Now that the situation has become clear, the Holy Majesty is still very wise. Yes, innocent people will not be implicated, that's why my son came to pick you up personally."

When Daiyu heard about this, she fainted from excitement. Baochai hurriedly supported her and took her to a chair to rest. This kind of fainting from excitement would wake up in a while.

Mrs. Xue cried: "Poor child, the Jia family no longer exists, and everyone in their family is dead or alive, so I don't know how to judge the crime. What can you do with the marriage of these two couples!"

Xue Pan said firmly: "What else can I do? One of them is a young lady in the family, and the other is a young master who has not yet served. Even if they are accused of crimes, they will not be blamed. Wait until the superiors issue a decree to let the family members go out, or pretend to be a slave. When the official slaves are sold, we will find a way to rescue them, and the marriage contract will remain as usual."

Mrs. Xue is a native noble lady. The education she received since she was a child is to be in the same family. "How can this be? It's not that I am snobbish and despise them. Baoyu and Tanchun are both excellent children. But if you really get married in the future, you will definitely be criticized for the rest of your life. If you are an official in the court and marry the daughter of a criminal minister, it will be a stain for life. , but she is just an ordinary commoner, so she is so delicate, do you want her and Baoyu to live a life of hardship?"

Lin Daiyu woke up leisurely at this time, and quickly said: "I have identified Jia Baoyu in this life, no matter whether he is the son of the Duke's mansion or a prisoner, my mind will not change. If my mother disagrees, even if I die, I will not change my mind." Will marry someone else."

Mrs. Xue burst into tears when she heard the words. Xue Baochai said: "Mother didn't mean to break up the two couples. She just cared about chaos and worried about you. Now is not the time to talk about these things. Let's hurry up and leave Go back to Beijing and see if there is any way to do something about it, so that they will not suffer too much even if they are in prison. My brother has been forgiven by the Holy One before, and he can no longer come forward in these matters, otherwise if he is impeached , maybe our Xue family is also a disaster, so we can only find another way after we go back."

Xue Pan looked at Baochai gratefully, and said, "It's my sister who hit the nail on the head, and that's exactly what I mean. The chariots and horses are all ready, let's set off now!"

There was a villager who came back from the capital, and occasionally heard a few words about the big events that happened in the capital. Grandma Liu was a frequent visitor. She heard about the robbery of Jia's mansion, but she didn't believe it. , only denounced that person as nonsense!If Jia's house was really ransacked, how could everyone in the Xue residence be in the mood to come to the countryside.And this time Xue Panlai personally brought the news, so Grandma Liu couldn't help but not believe it.Grandma Liu said: "I will also go to the city with my grandma and girls to see if there is anything that needs my help."

In just a few days, it is enough for people to taste the warmth and coldness of the world.No one thought that the huge Jia Mansion would fall overnight, the young master who used to wear gold and jade became a prisoner that everyone could bully, and the girls who used to wear silk and pink could only wear Jingchai and cloth skirts, because all Valuable things were looted, and the greedy jailers would not leave any money for them.

Their family was ordered by their superiors to ransack the house, so naturally everything no longer belonged to them, but should be confiscated.

On the day of the accident, Jia's family was having a big banquet for guests. Almost all relatives and friends came to the banquet and knew what happened to their family.But since the family was hard to come by, relatives and friends are old friends, everyone is afraid of avoiding it, so how can they lend a helping hand.The former fawning and flattering people have left completely, and they all wish to draw a line with them.Only the old lady was not imprisoned. This is also the kindness of the above. Knowing that the old lady in the family is over [-], she was exempted from prison.And those of them who went into prison, no one sent them a message. I don't know where the old lady was left alone, and the house was confiscated again. Where did she fall.

Jia Zheng, Jia Amnesty, Jia Lian, Jia Zhen, etc., those who had official ranks and were impeached were mostly locked up in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the rest were locked up in the detention center after the conviction of those gentlemen.

In the detention center, Jia Baoyu, Jia Lan, Jia Huan, etc. were all locked in the same cell. Wang Xifeng, Li Wanping'er and others were locked in the same cell with Jia Gui. Tanchun, Xichun and Mrs. Wang were locked in the same cell.

As for the other servants, as well as those maids who were once said to be more pampered than ordinary girls, they have already been re-sold, and only a few important maids are left. Then, like the mandarin duck, Jin Chuaner, etc., like Xiren Muskyue and the maidservants below, they don't know where they have been sold.

Too many people's homes have been ransacked recently, there is no place to lock up those insignificant people, there are six or seven hundred people in Jia's eastern and western prefectures combined, some people can't stand the difference, and hang themselves all day long There are countless people who hit the wall, so naturally they were pulled to the street peddler's place early, planted a straw and sold it at a price.

Jia Baoyu has never had enough to eat since he arrived in this detention center, and he is only given two corn buns a day, and Jia Huan sometimes snatches one.Although no one came to beat him and scold him, but he felt that he had fallen into the mud. His only consolation was that Lin Daiyu went to Xue's house, and she was only a cousin of their family. Knowing that Lin Daiyu lived the same life as him, Jia Baoyu might not be able to bear it for a day.

He took another look at the glass hydrangea lamp that he had secretly hidden. In my arms, I secretly take it out from time to time to have a look, as if Lin Daiyu was by my side.

As a bastard, Jia Huan was oppressed by Jia Baoyu since he was a child and grew up under his shadow.Even if no one suppressed him on purpose, old ladies, wives and others all liked Jia Baoyu. Compared with him, he became a wretched character and was not welcome everywhere.Now in this prison, everyone is on an equal footing, and Jia Huan finally found a way to express his grievances, that is, bullying Jia Baoyu, who didn't have enough to eat, and Jia Baoyu was powerless, so Jia Huan When I was very hungry, I went to grab his share of food.

Although the Jialan people are not big, they have the same nostrils as Jia Baoyu, staring at Jia Huan bitterly, Jia Huan shouted: "If you stare at me again, I will dig out your eyeballs and take your share too." ! Starve you two to death!"

Jia Baoyu said awe-inspiringly: "It's only when your family is ruined that you can see who is a real villain. If you even snatch Lan'er's food, you will be called an uncle in vain!"

Jia Huan sneered and said, "Second Brother Bao's words are still too polite. You don't need the ruin of your family to see it. Didn't you guys treat me as a villain a long time ago? Come and ask me when you lose something, and you will suffer." If you don’t know who told me, you also come to ask me, since I’m not welcome everywhere, why don’t you be a villain for a while!”

Jia Baoyu was robbed by Jia Huan, but he felt that what he said was reasonable. Jia Huan was indeed not welcome by others, even he had a prejudice against him.I saw Jia Huan smiled maliciously and said: "Second brother Bao is a man who is full of love and drinking water, but Lan'er and I are still growing up, why don't you give the lamp in your arms to those jailers, maybe you can see it." For the sake of voluntarily handing it in, you can also exchange for a full meal!"

Jia Baoyu's eyes widened, he couldn't believe it: "You!"