Master of Karma in the Red Chamber

Xue Pan: "You really understand, it's not in vain that your old lady loved you so much."

Baoyu glanced at Xue Pan and said displeasedly, "You still have the face to teach me a lesson, but talk about yourself, what good things you did in the first place."

"Thanks to my young age, I woke up early, otherwise I really can't say what I can do." Xue Pan wiped his chin, glanced at Baoyu, and then whispered to Jia Zhen, "I don't know why, it used to be easy every day. I think, now that my mother stuffed two girls in my room, I don't think it's interesting."

Jia Zhen sneered: "You study with me all day, ride horses and shoot arrows, and you are exhausted. You are not made of iron. How can you have so much energy? It is normal if you can't handle it."

Xue Pan scratched his head and laughed, and Jia Zhen laughed too.It may be because he has experienced ups and downs now that he cherishes Youshi's kindness to him, just as Xue Pan felt, he didn't even bother to think about those flowers and pinks in his mind before.As long as she thinks that the reason why those young girls are willing to stick to her is because of his status and money, Jia Zhen will not be interested.If one day, he becomes as down and out as he was in the temple, I'm afraid that those who rush to the top will stay away from him, but the wife of grass chaff will never abandon him and is willing to share joys and sorrows with him.

Perhaps this is because when you grow up, you can see the world clearly, and you will know how to cherish the people in front of you.

Satisfied, Jia Zhen immediately asked Xue Pan to accompany him to go out to give porridge.

"What time is this? The wind outside is getting tight. You may not even care about your own safety. How dare you go out and give charity to others?"

"That's what everyone thinks. I'm thinking that the beggars on the street won't get anything to eat in the past two days, and they have to go." Jia Zhen said.

Xue Pan slapped his lips, "That's the reason. Your master said that when you do good deeds, you have to do it from the heart, not show it to others. I'll call some people over here."

Baoyu thought for a while and said that he would go too.

"Little ancestor, don't go, it's so chaotic outside, and something will happen again." Jia Zhen said awkwardly.

Baoyu quit and insisted on going, "Brother Xue also said just now that you must be sincere in doing good deeds. I am timid at this time, and I am afraid that it is nothing. You wait, I will sue the old lady, and explain this clearly first. My responsibility is to prevent him from turning around and blaming others. It happens to be able to ask for something, and it would be good if everyone gathers together old quilts and old clothes for them."

"Okay, then go and ask your old lady for instructions." Jia Zhen felt that Jia's mother loved Baoyu so much that she was reluctant to let him go, and Baoyu went to her to save them from persuading her.

After hearing Baoyu's story, Jia Juan and other four children all came to Ningfu on their own initiative, expressing their willingness to help.Not long after, Baoyu came with a carriage, which was stuffed full of bedding and old clothes, followed by another one, which was full of food, iron pots, spoons and other utensils.

"You prepared faster than us." Jia Zhen sighed.

Baoyu smiled proudly: "Of course, once the old lady speaks, who in the whole family dare not move?"

"It's hard for your old lady. Think about it, our master had a lot of disputes with her before." Jia Zhen sighed suddenly.

"The old lady said that she used to be too confused and didn't understand things. Now that I am getting better and better every day, I feel more and more ashamed and guilty about what I said to my uncle in the past."

After Baoyu smiled, he stretched out his hand and pulled Jia Zhen and Xue Pan into his carriage.

The three of them squeezed in front of the carriage, they didn't care about it, they were no longer rich and delicate.A few of them learn horseback riding and archery on weekdays, and often go to work in villages outside Beijing, etc. They have already cultivated the temperament of being informal and hardworking.

Jia Juan and others were going to take the carriage, and they felt ashamed when they saw this, and they were very embarrassed.The master and the master are so able to endure hardships and stand hard work, but they come from ordinary people like them, and they are so delicate, where is the face.After Jia Fan got into the car, he swore to them that after a few days, he would not be able to patronize his studies. A gentleman should be proficient in the six arts, and he should also ride a horse and shoot arrows to practice his body.The other three children heard the words and expressed that they would do the same.

When the group arrived at Mao'er Hutong, they started to build pots and stoves to cook porridge.The beggars smelled the aroma of the rice and rushed to tell each other, and they all consciously stood in line to receive the porridge.

There are a lot of acquaintances, and Jia Zhen is familiar with them all the time, and can be called old man Zhang, old man Li, Mrs. Song and so on.Xue Pan is similar to Jia Zhen. His joyful wife scoops porridge for everyone, keeping her hands steady for fear of accidentally burning people.

After serving the porridge in the west of the city, a group of people went to the east of the city, then the north of the city, the south of the city, in short, all the places that should be taken care of.When they meet beggars who are sick, they will send people to prepare three-day doses of medicine for them, and record their actions.If it is still not good after three days, someone will come to see it again and refill their medicine.

Jia Zhen and the others were busy until dark before returning.

Yan Liang was checking Jia Rong and Jia Qiang's homework, and when he saw them coming, he smiled and asked someone to go to the kitchen to hurry up and prepare the banquet.

"Banquet?" Baoyu rolled his eyes outside and thought about it carefully, but he still didn't think of anything. It wasn't everyone's birthday, nor was it a festival, nor was there any happy event.

"Respect Uncle, what kind of a good day is today?"

"It's a great day for you and me." Yan Liang smiled mysteriously, and asked someone to hold a banquet by the lotus pond. It's early summer, and the season is just right. Barbecuing meat and drinking wine outside is a very interesting thing.

Xue Pan was happy, "It's really rare, look at us people, we have never gathered together before, this is the first time, it must be lively."

"You can do it, what's so exciting about a group of men." Jia Zhen sighed casually, suddenly felt that she had made a slip of the tongue, covered her mouth, and turned to discuss with Yan Liang with a bitter face, "Father, don't you Tell Yushi this."

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.

In the evening, the water pavilions beside the lotus pond were lit up with red lights, half a foot in length, next to each other, and a string of red shadows shone on the water, swaying with the wind, illuminating half of the pond.From a distance, it is really beautiful.

Yan Liang led the crowd, and held a banquet in a square and spacious pavilion deep into the pond. On the shore, there were young men who set up a stove, an oven made of stone trough, to roast venison.

The disciples sat at a table lively, chatting, enjoying themselves.

Besides, Jia She, who just returned home five days ago, heard that it was lively here, so he called Jia Lian and Jia Zheng.

When Baoyu saw his father coming, he was very cautious, and hurriedly stood up to salute. When his father sat down, he hurried to serve the wine.

Jia Zheng has nothing to say about being served by this bastard son he despises, but he is not forgiving, scolding Baoyu for not thinking about them because of good things.

Baoyu drooped her forehead guiltily and withered.

Yan Liang smiled: "Why didn't I call you, I was afraid that you would come here and pretend to be an old man here. Look, it's not like this."

Jia Zheng hurriedly bowed his hands to Yan Liang in embarrassment, as an apology.Seeing that the atmosphere relaxed, all the disciples also started to laugh.

Jia She followed along to join in the fun, "That's right, my second brother is old-fashioned. Let's talk about it today, you learned people, why are you singing poems and composing Fu to show off your knowledge in front of our father and son? Make me stare blankly. .I admit that I am a layman, but I am not used to hearing this!"

Everyone's whispers stopped suddenly, and they all looked at Yan Liang.

Yan Liang didn't say a word, just picked up the chopsticks silently, put a piece of duck letter into his bowl.

Baoyu saw that it was his favorite dish of bad goose feet and duck, so he quickly picked one up with his chopsticks.

Everyone: "..."

"Understood, brother, hurry up and eat." Jia Zheng said suddenly.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly became lively. Everyone knew that there was no need to follow the rules at this banquet, and no one cared about who was older or who was older, and chatted in a hurry.

Brothers Jia Zheng and Jia She looked at each other.

Jia Zheng took the initiative to pour a glass of wine for Jia Amnesty, and respected Jia Amnesty.Jia Amnesty also poured a glass to respect Jia Zheng.

After the two brothers had finished drinking, they raised the jug together to pour it into Yan Liang's cup.

"I don't drink yours, I drink this." Yan Liang poured red wine from his white jade wine jug.

"Hey, your wine must be different from Rongfu's. I'm sure it doesn't suit my taste. Give me a glass to try." Jia She gave the glass.

Jia Zheng smiled, and reached out to send the cup over.

Yan Liang shook his head helplessly, so he had to pour wine for the two of them.

The three toasted each other and drank it all in one gulp.

I don't know when, the bustle around suddenly quieted down again.All the children looked at the three elders with smiles on their faces.

Jia She glanced at them awkwardly, "What are we looking at? What should we eat and what should we drink? It's rare that we are still in such high spirits when the soldiers are approaching the city, when every family in the city is worried. What do you think? No, brother respect?"

"The meaning is correct. Why do you sound a bit awkward when you say that?" Yan Liang frowned slightly.

"He's just like that, it's good to be able to say something like that." Jia Zheng teased.

"Hahaha," Jia Rong laughed, pulled Baoyu, Jia Fan and the others together, and said in a low voice, "I think the three lords are 'resolving their suspicions with a glass of wine'."

"You understand? We all understand!" Jia Zheng patted his son on the head.

Everyone laughed again and raised their glasses together.

……

When the wine was half full, someone suddenly left and came to report that someone was coming from the palace.

Yan Liang asked everyone to take care of themselves, he changed his official uniform and went to see the eunuch who sent the message.

When Yan Liang arrived at Fulu Hall, he found out that Qi Shengao had also come with him.

Before the little eunuch could speak, Qi Shengao said first: "The emperor told you to go to the palace immediately."

Yan Liang agreed, and then he stretched out his hand to signal Qi Shengao to go first.

As expected, Qi Shengao walked in front, with a solemn face, "You are in the same car with me, so I can have a good talk with you on the way."