The Hulk of the Red Chamber

The historian received the post, but no one wanted to go. The historian is also avoiding the limelight. Now that Mrs. Fang has taught Shi Xiangyun a lesson, she knows what is good. Therefore, even if the Jia family sends someone to pick her up, she will I made an excuse and didn't go out.She now understands that it is impossible for her to marry the Jia family when the troubles have reached this point, and what kind of family she can marry depends to a large extent on the wishes of the two aunts. A family that is anything but superficially glamorous can be called ruining a lifetime!

Mrs. Fang now understands that it's not that Shi Xiangyun doesn't know how to please people, but he didn't want to please her back then!Look now, I don't dislike the hard work of sewing and hurting my eyes anymore. What kind of purses, sachets, shoes and socks, and forehead wipes are so easy to do!This made Mrs. Fang feel like a stick in her throat. Thinking of what happened in the past few years, she just felt a little suffocated.

Mrs. Fang is too lazy to go to Jia's house. She is very busy now. According to him, Shi Qing's marriage can be postponed, because Shi Qing wants to take part in next year's government examination. , Marriage can also be raised to a higher level. Shi Xiangxue's side is almost ready. Although Shi Xiangyun has been implicated, Shi Xiangxue's biological mother died young and has been raised by his aunt's side, which can offset it.Mrs. Fang has already listed all the candidates she is optimistic about, and wrote to Shi Nai. After all, Shi Nai is the head of the family, and his daughter's marriage still needs to be approved by him.

For Shi Xiangyun, Mrs. Fang doesn't have much patience now, she just waits to choose a suitable one for her. As for other things, Mrs. Fang really doesn't have the energy to take care of them. I don't owe Shi Xiangyun anything. After accommodating her for so many years, Mrs. Fang has been physically and mentally exhausted.It's not that Mrs. Fang didn't think about treating Shi Xiangyun well back then, it's just that her feelings were out of place. Shi Xiangyun was not close to her, and she was even a little defensive. She didn't want to put a hot face on a cold ass.Shi Xiangyun will leave the cabinet after staying at home for two or three years at most, and she only needs to tolerate such a long time.

Shi Ding and his family were also unwilling to go. Mrs. Qin asked someone to prepare some things like longevity peach silver noodles, and asked someone to deliver them, but they didn't arrive. This made the Jia family feel very shameless, but there was nothing they could do. .

To be precise, the Jia family's birthday banquet this time was attended by a lot of people, and many families from four kings and eight kilometers sent juniors to show up. In addition, although the Jia family's reputation on the public face has been stained at the moment, it is also It's not a matter of a day or two.At the beginning, for the matter of living in the side courtyard for the first house of the Jia family and the second house for the main room, the imperial censor had impeached him, but at that time the Supreme Emperor was in power, so he insisted on suppressing it.Although the incident this time is detrimental to the face, it does not affect the overall situation. Therefore, people who have a good relationship with the Jia family or have a relationship with them still have to bite the bullet. When I was in the brocade, there were wave after wave of people who came to praise their stinky feet. Jia Zheng is still working as a student in Jiangxi, which is a good job. Call Jia Zheng as a teacher, what a network!Normally, if you want to curry favor with the Jia family, you can’t find a way out. Isn’t it a good time for the Jia family to celebrate the original patriarch’s birthday? Therefore, some unsatisfactory officials in the capital also want to make money. Scholars all gathered here, and Jia Jing's birthday, which had never been seen from the beginning to the end, was also held in full swing. There was a running water mat at the door, and traffickers and pawns could come here to have a full meal of big fish and meat. They were specially invited to sing The members of the two opera troupes in the hall were very soft on accepting the reward money, and each of them was so happy that their faces were frozen with laughter.

I have to say that the Jia family's strategy was very successful. Everyone began to enthusiastically discuss the wealth of the Jia family. One by one, they talked about the extravagance of the Jia family's banquets, the generous rewards, and the identities of the guests. The previous things gradually became dull. This made the Jia family finally heave a sigh of relief while feeling sorry for the money they had spent.

Money is a big problem. Without the Lin family's millions of extravagant wealth, the Jia family built a garden, and the cost would be enormous. Besides, it is not easy to maintain such a luxurious life.Especially before I sold a lot of ancestral properties, which were all profitable industries. Now that they are gone, the family has less income, but there are many more places to spend money, and life is even more stretched. Wang Xifeng's housekeeper is even more Difficult, but in desperation, they increased the intensity of lending usury and raised the interest rate.

It was already September, and Princess Shu and the Eldest Princess came over to ask their second son, Su Feng, to make an appointment. In the coming year, Shi Xiangni would be married.

Shi Xiangni began to prepare dowry embroidery, because Lin Daiyu was still in the filial piety period, even if she was a bride, there were taboos about it, so she spent much less time with Shi Xiangni.Although Lin Daiyu is not a person who likes to be lively, it is unavoidably boring to always stay in her yard.

On this day, Shi Hong came back with Xinyan and a birdcage each.Inside the birdcage were two big green-feathered and red-bellied parrots, which Shi Hong bought from the West Market.Besides the pair of parrots, Shi Hong also bought a pair of thrushes and a pair of snow-white rabbits.The thrush has already been sent to Mrs. Qin, and the rabbit is for Shi Xiangni. Shi Xiangni is not very interested in birds and thinks they are noisy. Rabbits don’t know how to bark. The sanitation problem will be taken care of by others. She just needs to feed a few vegetables and radishes. .

The parrot was specially chosen by Shi Hong for Lin Daiyu. Although the bird seller said that when it comes to learning how to talk, the parrot is actually not as good as the starling, but the starling is really shabby in appearance, not as beautiful and cute as the parrot.Shi Hong was not very clear about Lin Daiyu's preferences, but he remembered that Lin Ruhai said that when she was in Yangzhou, she also raised a parrot, so it was absolutely right to give a pair of parrots.

At the gate of the yard, it was difficult to get in the Xinyan inkstone. Shi Hong picked it up by himself, carried one in each hand, and walked into the yard. He happened to meet two servant girls beside Shi Hong, black tea and white tea. The two saw Shi Hong This posture was unavoidably funny, so he hurried over, reached out to take the birdcage in Shi Hong's hand, and said with a smile: "I won't ask a girl to help you carry it, but if grandma sees it, she will be distressed and disgusted." Are we lazy servants?"

Shi Hong let go, and said with a smile: "Isn't this afraid that you girls have no strength in your hands?"

Bai Cha said angrily: "My lord said that, we girls, it's our duty to do things for the master, if we don't have the strength, we will be kicked out sooner!"

While chatting and laughing, they soon arrived at the front of the house. The two little girls opened the curtain and said with a smile: "Grandma, grandpa is back!"

Lin Daiyu was sitting alone on a stool and playing chess records. When she heard the sound, she stood up and greeted her. She said with a smile, "Zijia came back early today!"

Shi Hong said with a smile: "There is nothing to do in the yamen today, so let's leave first! You are usually fine at home alone. I found a pair of parrots from a flower and bird shop in Xishi. Say a few auspicious words!" As he spoke, he asked White Tea and Black Tea to put the birdcage on the table and started teasing.

The teased parrot spread its wings, jumped up and down a couple of times in the cage, and said, "Hi, sir! Hello, sir!"

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth and laughed: "What else can I say?"

The two parrots are not very old, and they have just cut their tongues not long ago. They have been kept in the store, and they have learned most of the words that the shopkeepers often say in the store, such as what they invite. However, Lin Daiyu is quite I like it, so I asked someone to bring melon seeds and feed them to the parrots.

"I heard that you raised parrots before, so I thought about getting you two parrots, which happened to be a pair. I'm usually not around, so you can teach them how to talk!" Shi Hong grabbed a handful of parrots. Guazi said while knocking.

Lin Daiyu nodded and said, "These two parrots are very intelligent, and they are even more beautiful than the ones I raised before!"

Zijuan came over with sour plum soup, and when she heard Lin Daiyu talking about the previous parrot, she couldn't help interjecting: "The parrot raised by grandma can also read poetry, or else grandma taught these two parrots to learn to read too." Look at the poem!" As soon as she said the words, she suddenly remembered that the parrot she mentioned was raised when she was in Rongguo Mansion, and seeing Lin Daiyu's expression faded, she couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

Xueyan gave Zijuan a blank look, and interjected, "I'll make us clumsy ones worse than parrots!"

Shi Hong laughed and said: "Is there such a thing? Yue'an is really elegant, even a parrot can recite poems. In the future, let's teach these two parrots three hundred thousand. When we have children, we don't need to worry about it. Brother can enlighten children!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lin Daiyu blushed and said angrily, "By the way, you just brought me a parrot, right? What about mother and sister-in-law?"

"Don't worry, even if I don't remember, don't you, a virtuous wife, remind me?" Shi Hong said with a smile, "Mother and sister have already sent them! Mother's is a pair of thrushes, who can sing several sets of songs Well, I struggled for a long time before I bought it from the store. My sister doesn’t like birds and she finds them noisy, so I found a pair of white rabbits for her. The palm is bigger, just suitable for hugging and playing in the arms!"

The two of them teased the two parrots together, which made the two parrots impatient. One turned its back directly and pointed at Shi Hong with its tail. Shi Hong patted the cage with a smile, which surprised the other parrot The parrot flopped around twice more.

"What are you doing with a bird!" Lin Daiyu ordered the maid to take the shelf over, move the pair of parrots to the shelf, hang them together on the window, and then took out a post and sighed, "The Rongguo Mansion said it's down." I’m going to hold a poetry meeting in the Grand View Garden for a month, and I posted a special post for me, not to mention that I’m in the period of filial piety, or I’m not there, given the current situation in Rongguo Mansion, isn’t it just plain for people to make such a publicity?”

"Reply to the post and just say no!" Shi Hong said disapprovingly, "Although they are relatives, the girl in their family still lives with her brother. There was such a rumor before, and she didn't say that she would move her cousin. Coming out, it can be seen that she really doesn't take her girl's reputation seriously! There is nothing to worry about on the younger sister's side, that is, on the younger sister Yun's side, I hope she will not be stubborn again inappropriately, and on the third aunt's side, for the sake of younger sister Yun's marriage, It's already full of anger!"

Lin Daiyu thought for a while, then sighed: "Sister Yun also has the difficulties of Sister Yun, when I meet her later, just give her a few words of persuasion!"