The alternative life of the clever sister of the Red Chamber

Jia Wan didn't know that someone regarded her as something in their pocket, but even if they knew, she wouldn't take it seriously.After all, even she herself doesn't know where her future will fall, let alone others.Now, it's just a matter of taking one step at a time and trying to take every step well.

Life on the boat was very boring. Although she was young, she could often go to the deck for a stroll, but the wind on the river was extremely strong. After standing for a while, she felt chills all over her body. She had no tendency to abuse herself.Reminiscent of the Hongleimeng in the later generations where copper coins are everywhere, Daiyu stood on the deck all the way to Beijing, and finally arrived in the capital after going through spring, summer, autumn and winter.Jia Wan couldn't help sighing, no wonder Daiyu was so strong in that version of Honglei Meng, ordinary people can't stand such a strong wind!

Unable to wander outside, Jia Wan had to think of ways to pass the boring time on the boat. Reading a book was not practical. Even though she rented a big boat, she still felt swaying.In desperation, Jia Wan had no choice but to invite the boat lady to gossip.

That night, the moon was shining brightly outside, Jia Wan couldn't sleep, so she sat up with her clothes on, and suddenly heard some movement on the deck.Jia Wan's curiosity arose, she looked back and saw Xiao Hong was sleeping soundly, so she stood up quietly.Standing on tiptoe, he walked slowly to the window, gently opened the window, and looked out under the moonlight, but stood there in a daze.

Jia Wan stared out of the window dumbfounded, and just about to open her mouth to yell, the man jumped in from the window nimbly, covered her mouth with his hand, and then closed the window gently.

After waiting for a while, there was a rumbling sound outside the window, and after a while, there was no movement outside.The man seemed to be relieved, leaning against the wall of the ship and gasping for breath.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jia Wan bent her arm and poked it back hard. The man gasped and held his chest, "You girl, you are so hot!"

Xiaohong, who was sleeping over there, seemed to notice something, and wanted to get up.

The man rushed over, knocked on Xiaohong's neck, Xiaohong's head drooped, and she fell into a deep sleep again.

Jia Wan saw a pair of scissors in the sewing basket over there, so she reached out and snatched it, laying it across her chest, "What are you going to do?"

The man looked over, taking advantage of the moonlight, Jia Wan could see clearly that the other person was a head taller than her, but she looked young and familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere.

Zhao Mingcang smiled, he recognized it when he saw it for the first time just now, but it seemed that the girl from the Jia family didn't know him.That's right, she knew that she had seen herself once in the imperial garden, and, she was not so aggressive back then, the poking just now really hurt! "You girl, where are you going?"

Jia Wan seemed to have seen herself in what he said, and was a little puzzled, "Who the hell are you? What did you do on my boat at night? Also, what did you do to my maid?"

"You have so many questions, which one do you want me to answer? Come one by one, who am I? You don't have to know now, you will always know later. The reason why you boarded your ship is because you hired The Escort Bureau is really capable. I watched it carefully for a long time, but they didn't dare to come forward to disturb me, so I chose your boat. As for your maid? It's just a knockout, and it will be fine after a while. "

Jia Wan looked at him hesitantly, "What exactly do you want to do? When are you going to leave?" The escort agency was hired by the second uncle, and it is said that he is quite capable, so Jia Wan believed what he said. "Who did you provoke, and how long are you going to hide here?"

Zhao Mingcang smiled, "This is not something you should know. As for when I will leave, it depends on when those people are willing to give up, or when my brother's people can find me! They have been chasing me for a long time. It's been more than a month, and the people around me are gone. Now I leave you, but my life is in danger, when do you think I will leave?"

Jia Wan was anxious, "Are you planning to live with me all the time? How can this be possible?" Jia Wan's voice was inevitably louder when she was in a hurry. The woman who was watching the night outside heard the movement and came over and asked through the window. Said: "What's the matter, girl?"

The man immediately stood beside Xiao Hong, looking out of the window with a vigilant expression.Jia Wansheng was afraid that he would attack Xiaohong in a hurry, so she had to swallow her breath and said, "It's nothing, I just can't sleep, so I'll go down and take a walk."

The woman said again: "It's not peaceful outside recently, girl, be careful and go to bed early."

Jia Wan nodded, "I see, thank you for your hard work."

After waiting for a while, seeing no movement outside, Jia Wan lowered her voice and said, "You can stay on the boat until you can leave, but you must not stay here!"

Zhao Mingcang didn't plan to stay here at first, but seeing Jia Wan's face changing was very funny, so he wanted to tease her, so he said deliberately: "But you are not as safe as you in other places. I have decided to live here !"

Jia Wan's eyes were almost on fire, and Zhao Mingcang smiled when he saw this, "I'm just kidding you. Don't worry! I will hide it quietly. I won't bring you down and be criticized." After finishing speaking, Zhao Mingcang slipped away quietly When I went to the window and passed the table, I saw two plates of snacks on it, so I touched a plate and stuffed it in my arms.He walked to the window and listened carefully. After listening for a while, seeing no movement outside, Zhao Mingcang pushed open the window and got out.

Seeing that the door was right next to Jia Wan, he chose to go through the window, and really didn't know what to say.

Jia Wan closed the window and listened carefully for a while. Seeing that there was no movement outside, she went to see Xiaohong's movement. Seeing that she was still breathing, she knew that there was nothing serious. She was relieved and undressed and went to bed, but she couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning.I kept tossing and tossing until it was almost dawn before I fell asleep.Fortunately, there is no need to get up early to say hello to Ann, so it doesn't matter if she stays in bed.

Jia Wan slept until mid-sun, and when she woke up, it was already bright outside, so she called out, "Sister Xiaohong."

Xiaohong heard the voice and came over quickly, "Miss is awake? I don't know what happened today, and I went to bed late too. When I woke up, it was already bright outside! I was afraid that the girl would wake up." , Looking back, the girl is still asleep, so I am relieved."

Xiao Hong lowered her head to dress Jia Wan. Jia Wan saw a red mark on the back of Xiao Hong's neck. Jia Wan couldn't help but feel a little guilty, "Maybe I'm too tired. Next time the boat docks, I'll go for a walk, loose and loose." .”

Xiaohong nodded, "Well, the girl hasn't used it well these days, maybe she's tired of the food on the boat, next time I'm docking, I'll go see if there's any fresh food, so as to improve the food for the girl."

Jia Wan smiled, "You can figure it out." Jia Wan is not picky when it comes to food. After experiencing all kinds of additives, preservatives, pigments, and flavors piled up in the food bombardment, in the In this era when people pay attention to the original taste of everything, everything is good.Even in the Jia family, although there are complicated and complicated dishes like fried eggplant, most of them are common home-cooked dishes like stewed elbow with ham.

After washing for a while, Xiaohong brought her breakfast, Jia Wan lowered her head and sipped the porridge, but thought in her heart, where is that person now?I don't know if he can hide safely or not. If someone finds out, it will be bad for the people in this bed.He said those people have been chasing him for more than half a month, what kind of hatred is there!He was chasing so closely!

"Xiaohong, I think the sun outside is pretty good today, let's go and sit outside later!" Jia Wan looked outside and said with a smile.

"Yes. I went just now. The sun outside is very warm, and there is no wind today. Why don't you go fishing on the deck? It's embarrassing for the girl. I used to walk in the garden all day, but now I'm bored in the cabin all day, suffocating. Quite humiliating!" Xiao Hong said with a smile.

"Fishing? How dare you!" Jia Wan was really bored. In the past, she always disliked being trapped in such a big place as Jia's house, but now she realizes that compared to now, Jia's house is simply too big. "I don't know, how long it will take to arrive, I'm almost dying of anxiety."

Xiaohong couldn't help laughing. Usually when she was at home, the girl was always restless. She wandered around the garden all day, every morning and evening for an hour or two. Now it's really difficult for the girl . "Girl, don't worry, it seems that you have reached the boundary of Xuzhou now, and Huaiyin is ahead. After Huaiyin, you will be Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Suzhou, Huzhou, and finally Hangzhou. It is said that the scenery of Hangzhou is picturesque. It is better for us to stay in Hangzhou. Some days!"

Jia Wan smiled, "It is said that there is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. The beautiful scenery of Suzhou and Hangzhou is famous all over the world. It is a pity that we are on our way. Suzhou is fine, Hangzhou may be able to stop for a few days. Then we can enjoy the scenery of Hangzhou!"

Xiaohong said with interest: "Yes! I am very interested in the West Lake. In the play, Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian met for the first time on the Broken Bridge in West Lake?"

"The remnant snow on the broken bridge is one of the ten scenic spots of West Lake!" Speaking of this, Jia Wan suddenly remembered the song of the same name, and couldn't help humming a few words, "The butterfly with broken wings and withered leaves that can't find flowers will never see you." Until it withers..."

"What is the girl humming? Is it a play? The tune is so novel, it's the first time I've heard it!" Xiaohong asked with a smile.

Jia Wan smiled, but said nothing.

Jia Wan finished her breakfast, got dressed and went outside. She lived on the second floor of the ship, with three or four rooms. She lived with a few maids, and the rest lived below.Normally, the nuns are guarding the stairs, not allowing anyone to come up casually.

The sun was shining brightly outside, warming her body, and Jia Wan couldn't help but smile on her face. Xiaohong quickly took someone to set up chairs, fishing rods and so on. On the coffee table, a pot of hot tea is boiled on it, and two plates of snacks are placed beside it.Jia Wan walked over with a smile.

Zhao Mingcang quietly poked half of his head out from behind the pillar. This girl, she is freezing to death here, but she will enjoy herself!Just as he was about to come out, he suddenly heard footsteps and hurriedly shrank back.

"Sister Xiaohong, Uncle Yun said that the ship will dock in the next day, and the ship needs to replenish supplies. Uncle Yun asked the girl if there is anything she needs to buy. He bought it and sent it up." A little girl kicked Teng Deng ran up, called Xiao Hong aside, and said with a smile.She is the daughter of the boat lady, and her name is Yatou.He is only seven years old this year and has a lively personality. He lives at the bottom with the boat lady.

"The boat is about to dock? That's good. The girl is saying that the past few days are boring. You can ask Uncle Yun if we can go down and take a stroll together." Xiaohong asked with a smile.

"I don't think so. According to Uncle Yun and the others, it seems to be a small town. It is not very peaceful. There are bandits infested. Uncle Yun and the others go down to replenish supplies, but they will come back in half an hour. If the girl wants to go for a stroll, it is probably impossible. "The girl said with a smile.

"That's it! Let's forget it! It's just that the bandits are rampant recently? Last night, I heard people searching the boats in Jiangshan to find someone." Xiaohong thought for a while and said.

"Why don't we say that the second son-in-law of our family is a capable person, and he entrusted someone from an escort agency. He is so powerful that all the boats next to him have been searched. As for our boat, once the name was reported, the other party stopped talking. .” The girl said proudly.

"Okay, you go down first, and tell Uncle Yun, I'll go back and think about it, and I'll call him back tonight." Xiaohong said with a smile.

"Okay, sister, I'll tell Uncle Yun right now." The girl turned around and walked down.

"What are you in a hurry for? Come back and get some fruits to eat." Xiaohong hurriedly stopped her, and turned around and gave her some fruits. Go eat it! If you like it, come back tomorrow, and I'll get you some. The girl doesn't like these dried fruits, so it's a pity to let them go for nothing."

The girl lifted up the front placket happily, put the fruit inside, and smiled at Xiaohong. Seeing her like this, Xiaohong grabbed another handful for her.The girl went down happily.

The girl reached the first floor and ran to the front. The boat lady was cooking porridge. Seeing her coming, she smiled and said, "Where have you been? Ah, what is this?"

The girl smiled and poured all the fruits into the arms of the boat mother, "Mother, this is given by the elder sister above, and said it is something from the mansion. Everything in the mansion is delicious, mother, you can eat it too. I will send a message to my sister Yes, my sister gave it to me. Mom, I didn’t take other people’s things for nothing. The sister said, it’s because the girl doesn’t like to eat, so it’s a pity to let it go for nothing. She said that if I like it, I’ll go tomorrow.” The girl smiled and took one. The fruit wanted to be stuffed in the boat lady's mouth.

The boat lady was not willing to eat, she moved her head back a little, "I don't want to eat, you can eat it yourself! Eat less, I will keep it for you. Eat slowly! You are not allowed to go to the top to ask for fruit. These are all Gold and precious things."

The girl refused to eat the boat lady, and put it in her mouth, "These fruits are so delicious, why doesn't the girl eat them?"

The boat lady took two dried fruits, thought for a while and took out another one, then carefully put the remaining dried fruits in the jar, and scolded: "What are you talking about. That's what you can talk about. "

Seeing her daughter's grievance, Chuan Niang softened her heart again. She sat beside her daughter and handed the dried fruits to her, "You know what, some people don't like dried fruits, but they like to eat fresh ones. It must be that this family That’s how the girl is. You, don’t worry about this, it’s out of your control. You, hurry up and talk to me, it’s serious.”

The girl was happy now, carefully put those dried fruits in her sleeves, walked a few steps, turned around suddenly, and stuffed one into the boat lady's mouth, "Mother, you can eat too."

The boat lady was caught off guard and smiled helplessly.

The girl excitedly found Jia Yun, and repeated Xiao Hong's words. Jia Yun smiled and nodded, "Thank you for your hard work. Give her some money and buy some fruit!"

The servant next to Jia Yun randomly picked up a handful of copper coins and stuffed them into the girl's hand. The girl was caught off guard, holding the handful of money, terrified, "I can't take this, my mother will beat me to death."

Jia Yun might as well say that this girl has such a temperament, but she is cute, so she smiled and said: "You just say that I rewarded you. I have something to trouble you in the future!"

Hearing what he said, the girl had no choice but to accept it.After going back, the boat lady felt anxious again, and heard the girl said that there would be troubles in the future, so she had to accept the money nervously.

In the evening, as expected, a woman came to call the girl and said that she had something to order. The boat lady gave the girl a few serious instructions, and then let the girl go.

Xiao Hong said a lot of things to the girl with a smile, and asked the girl to repeat it again. Although the girl was young and behaved a little irregularly, her memory was not bad.Seeing this, Xiao Hong had some ideas in her mind, but now is not the time to talk about it. "Okay, that's all, you go! By the way, your little face is cold and your hands are cold. Just wait a moment."

Xiaohong turned around and went in and said a few words to Jia Wan. Jia Wan nodded after listening, "I have a lot of clothes, and I haven't worn many of them. You can pick a few more that she can wear. By the way, I heard that she She is the daughter of the boat lady, and she is like this, and the boat lady must be even more miserable. You are about the same size as the boat lady, so you can pick some big clothes and send them to the boat lady. I will supply them to you later."

Xiaohong nodded, turned around and picked for a while, and came over with a bunch of clothes, "Girl, can you take a look at these clothes?"

Jia Wan nodded, "I think it's okay, just pick some unremarkable cloth and wrap it in it! Don't let people look at it."

Xiaohong said with a smile: "It's still a girl who is careful. I know."

The girl carried Xiaohong over with a huge burden, and was taken aback, "Sister, what are you doing? I can't have it."

Xiaohong stuffed it into her hand, and saw that she was thin and small, and was so heavy that she couldn't see anyone, so she smiled and shook her head, and asked a woman to send it back to her, "Take it, these are all The girl rewarded you, many of which our girls have never worn. There are also some clothes of mine, I think your mother's stature is about the same as mine, you can take them back and wear them for your mother!"

The girl's eyes were red, she knelt on the ground facing the direction of the inner room, and kowtowed a few times firmly.Xiaohong hurriedly helped her up, "Okay, let's go back quickly!" Let the mother-in-law bring her burden and send her back together.

Seeing that her daughter went out for a trip and brought back so many things, the boat lady turned pale with fright, "What's going on? What did you do again?"

The old woman frightened the boat lady into this, and hurriedly said: "Don't take offense. It was our girl who saw that the girl was wearing thin clothes, so she gave a few clothes that she didn't wear. The girl is kind, I'm afraid you don't have good clothes to wear , I picked some clothes for you from Miss Xiaohong's clothes. Don't be too disgusted, just wear them as you go!"

Seeing that the clothes were made of good materials, the boat lady knew that the clothes inside were all good, so she dared to dislike her, "Girl is very kind..." The next sentence was at a loss for words.

The woman got Xiaohong's signal and said with a smile: "Don't do this. You take the clothes and pick one for the girl tomorrow! Girl, don't forget Miss Xiaohong's order. Don't delay .”

The girl nodded desperately, "I see, I'll go right away." After speaking, she ran away.

Seeing that the girl had left, the woman stood up and said to the boat lady, "Your husband's family name is Zhang, right? Then I will call you Mrs. Zhang. Mrs. Zhang, the girl is already so old, you always take her with you It's not an option for her to stay on the boat. Although the boatman is old with your husband and is willing to support your mother and daughter, but the girl is getting older day by day. You can't stay here forever!"

The mother of the ship turned pale when she was told, "Let me tell you the truth. I came today because of Miss Xiaohong's intention. Our girl is the granddaughter of the head of the Rongguo Mansion in the capital. , whose father is the county magistrate in Fuyuan County, Yunnan. Our girl is here to reunite with her parents. Because of our kindness, we couldn't bear the maids around us to leave their homes and be separated from our parents and relatives, so we didn't bring the maids close to us. Xiaohong The girl also gave birth to a child, and her parents and relatives are in the capital. After sending the girl to Yunnan, she also wants to go home. Miss Xiaohong is worried that she will have no caring people to serve her when she goes to Yunnan. Miss Xiaohong didn't wake up until she saw your girl. With this in mind, Miss Xiaohong ordered me to ask Mrs. Zhang, are you mother and daughter willing to follow the girl all the time?"

The mother of the boat might have such an accident, she was a little dumbfounded for a while, the mother-in-law smiled and said: "I don't want you to give an answer now, anyway, it's still too early in Hangzhou! It's the same when I say it later. It's just to let Mrs. Zhang know, these days, you should think about it!"

The mother-in-law left after she finished speaking, and the boat lady carried the bundle to the door, turned her head to look at the small cabin, closed the cabin door, opened the bundle, and spread the clothes inside on the bed one by one. , Chuanniang looked at it, her eyes were red, and tears flowed down, if her husband didn't die, maybe her girl would live a good life and wear such good clothes.

The girl was thinking about the good clothes the girl gave her, so she hurriedly found Jia Yun, repeated what Xiaohong had said, then hurriedly turned her head and left.Jia Yun couldn't help but scream.Just as she was about to say something, the servant next to her smiled and said a few words, Jia Yun laughed, "She still has the same temper."

On that day, when the boat was docked on the shore, Jia Yun took half of the people off the boat to buy things, while the other half stayed on the boat firmly.Jia Wan stood in front of the window, looked outside, and put off her thoughts of going outside for a stroll. There were people coming and going outside, but it was very lively, but seeing the cautious looks of those bodyguards, it's better not to take risks lightly.