The Lady of the Farm in the Red Mansion

The weather was very hot that day, so Jia Mu ordered Sister Feng to clean out the tall buildings on both sides of the Daguan Tower, hang up the curtains, and then build a theater shed in the wide area between the two buildings. Sitting beside her mother, Sister Feng teased and said: "The old ancestor really knows how to enjoy it. Now he is asking people to clean up the building, and look at the ashes all over me! You are celebrating the festival, but I will suffer! "

"Look at how well-behaved this Feng girl is, come on monkey, I'll reward you with a zongzi!"

"Thank you ancestor for loving me!"

"If it doesn't hurt you, who else can you hurt, but there is still one thing to trouble you. You go to open the attic and ask someone to lift down the sunshade curtain and oars of the big boat. I am watching the lotus on the side of the lotus from a distance. It's a good drive, it's rare for relatives to come up with a trick, and Wan Can has missed this great fun in our house!"

"The old ancestor really wanted to go out as soon as possible. The sunshade curtain and oars of the big ship are not difficult to get. There are two Tang wooden boats parked in the dock not far away, but there is no ready-made driver!" Sister Feng said. .

"How could there be no driving mother? Didn't the noble concubine go to Gusu to buy two driving mothers when she visited her relatives?" Jia Mu said.

"Coincidentally, these two resign together!" Sister Feng said.

"It's not difficult, none of us countrymen can't row a boat!" Hu said excitedly.

Sister Feng originally wanted to take a break, but when she saw what Mrs. Hu said, she could only groan: "What kind of evil have I done in my life, my buttocks are not hot yet!"

"Working girl!" Hu seemed to feel that she had said something wrong.

"You don't have to be polite to her, she is full of energy, ten men are not as good as one of her!"

At this time, Lin Zhixiao's family reported: "Girls are coming here after school?"

"Why did you leave school so early?" Mother Jia wondered.

"The ancestors forgot that today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and the female gentlemen have to go home for the festival, so the girls just go to order a Mao and go back, and they don't have to go to school for the next three days!" Lin Zhixiao's family replied. .

"That would drive them crazy!"

"Girls also go to school, this is the first time I've heard of it!" said Hu.

"It's not a serious school, but it's just a female gentleman who can read a few words at random. If you want to talk about a serious school, our ancestors also opened private acquaintances. The men in the family who are poor can study here for free, but everyone It’s just the blessing of our ancestors. Our Baoyu used to hang out in it when we were young, but if you want to say that the most serious schools are Hongwen Academy, it’s run by the state, and ordinary people’s children can’t get in. Our Baoyu is here. Then go to school! By the way, when will Baoyu come back!" Jiamu said.

"I came here a while later, and said that I have to go to school in the afternoon after seeing the old lady!"

"Isn't Hongwen Academy also closed for the Dragon Boat Festival?"

"The big exam is coming up, I'm afraid I can't let it go!" Lin Zhixiao's family replied.

"Don't hold this child too tight, be careful if you get sick!"

At this moment the three girls came over, the old matriarch held Xiuyan's hand and said: "Come and see the girls in our family. There are four girls in Jia's house, the eldest girl Jia Yuanchun is the second wife, and now she is a noble concubine. The second girl is a concubine from the eldest family, her biological mother died early, and she is reticent. The third girl looks the best, and she can read poetry and books well, but she is just a young lady from the second family, but she is self-respecting and self-loving, and she is also high-spirited , except for those bullying slaves who bullied her as a concubine, the old lady did not treat her badly. The fourth girl is still small, and the three girls are all dressed the same.

At this time, someone came to report that the boat had been pulled out of the dock and was parked by the side of Bifang pool.So a group of people walked towards the pool with fluttering colorful clothes and dripping with fragrance and sweat.

The girls were the most active after school, they hugged each other and boarded the boat chattering.

Hu put on the pole and said loudly: "Let's go!" So the big boat rowed towards the lotus root and Xiangxie, and a faint fragrance could be smelled from a distance.

As soon as the big boat arrived near Xingyezhu, Lin Zhixiao's family asked on the shore, "Where is the lunch?"

"Sister Feng said: "Not far in front is Sanya's Qiushuangzhai, and there is Xiaocui Hall nearby. It is spacious, let's put it in Xiaocui Hall! "So the big boat rowed to Xiaocuitang.

The oldest of the three girls was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and they were all childish, and they rushed to sit at the table as soon as they got off the boat.

The old lady said cheerfully when she saw it: "It's a shame that you are still everyone's lady, so there are no rules, and the relatives haven't been seated yet, so you rushed to sit first, and the book was read for nothing. I look at you, sister Xing. Come out like that big family!"

"The young ladies are used to being lively, so don't be too constrained by the old matriarch, I see that there are all square and square girls in the city, not as good as our family!" Hu said.

"I'm getting old too, and I've completed my merits and virtues by training a big girl. It's powerless to ask me to train someone else, so let them mess around. It's up to them to see whether they are good or bad in the future !"

"Who doesn't know that our old lady is famous for being a good trainer, not to mention the big girl, just the girls around the old lady, all of them can be pulled out one by one. The big girl who is served by our second master Two of the four were dialed from the old matriarch!" Sister Feng said.

Mrs. Shi took Xiuyan's hand and said: "I look at this child's appearance and personality, which is somewhat similar to my eldest daughter. Looking at this child, I feel like I have met my eldest daughter!" Suddenly, the old matriarch's eye sockets turned red.

Xiuyan and the others didn't dare to chime in without knowing why, they just followed the old matriarch's mood and began to shed tears.

The old matriarch continued, "If I had known today, why would I have worked so hard to train such a person, but I was sent to that shady place, and I never saw him for a whole year!"

"You don't need to be sad, old matriarch, she is going to enjoy the blessings in Yuanchun!" Mrs. Wang comforted.

"What kind of blessings do you enjoy? That place is a place where people can eat people and don't spit out their bones. One mistake in one's errand will be irreversible. It's not like us small families who are safe and happy! You think I don't know your thoughts, but that child actually After becoming your tool, there are cruel parents like you in the world, that’s all, since I have already harmed one, I won’t harm the second one!”

It turned out that what happened in Yuanchun, the old matriarch insisted on letting go of the other girls in the family and letting them go casually. On the surface, she didn't care about them, but in fact she was protecting them. She didn't want her to If one is trained well, one will be sent to the fire pit by their parents.

After listening to it for a long time, Xiuyan and her mother didn't understand why, and finally it was Sister Feng who explained, and they realized that the eldest girl, Yuan Chun, was selected into the palace as a female historian because of her talents and virtues, and now she has become Fengzao Palace. The Shangshu added the title of concubine Xiande.

Mrs. Shi is famous for loving the poor and loving the young. Her favorite granddaughter was sent to the fire pit by her parents, and she still refuses to forgive them.

Because of this matter, Mrs. Wang always couldn't hold her head up in front of Mrs. Shi. Seeing Mrs. Shi's love for Xiuyan today, she wanted to pay off her merits and pull Xiuyan by her side affectionately. He patted her hand and asked, "Good boy, what books do you read at home?"

"Just read the Analects once, Mencius!"

"That's terrible. Our family has only read a few women's chapters after studying for two years. No wonder they are so knowledgeable and reasonable! Which family's gentleman did you invite?"

"Never invited sir!"

"Could it be self-taught!"

"That's not true. It's just that there is a scholar who lives next door to our house. He has studied for more than ten years and was selected as a scholar. He taught me how to write a few words when I was young. I don't know if he is mine. gentlemen!"

"Why don't you count, he is your enlightenment teacher, this kindness is greater than the sky! So the Analects of Confucius and Mencius is taught by this scholar!"

"That's not true. Gradually, I became able to read, so I borrowed books from him and read them by myself. His books had annotations, so I could understand them myself. I never asked him for advice. Later, he rushed to take the exam. After going there for three years, there was no news, and we never saw each other again!" At this point, Xiuyan clenched the jade on her chest again, and she was distracted.

Mrs. Shi saw that Xiuyan seemed to miss the scholar, so she asked, "How old is the scholar and what does he look like? Since he is in the capital, I can definitely find him by asking the painter to draw a picture!" "

Seeing that the topic was getting farther and farther away, Mrs. Hu said: "Why are you looking for him, he is just a bad old man who is 80 or [-] years old, maybe he is long gone!"

"I thought it was a young boy?"

"The old lady has lost her mind!"

"However, I think the girl's mood seems to be missing. Anyway, he is also the girl's mentor. Since people can look for it in the capital, it doesn't matter!" So everyone stopped bringing up that topic.