[Red Mansions] The big maid struggles daily

This prince Teng can be regarded as the most powerful person in the four families of "Jia Shi Wang Xue". Because of his high position and real power in his hands, the Wang family has become the head of the four families after Jia She and his generation took charge of their own families. .Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng's pride is also due to the benefits of their natal family.

In the current situation, the historians are waiting for two families, but their internal pockets are exhausted, and they can't even take care of their ostentation; the Xue family is rich, but it is also in decline, with less income and more output, and it will be unsustainable at some point The mansions of the Jia family and the two countries are full of people who enjoy wealth and do not know how to make progress. Now watching the Rong mansion fly out of the phoenix, the eldest girl has become a noble concubine, but apart from emptying out the family and building a beautiful Grand View Garden, what else? The real benefits have not been reaped yet.

But at this time, the mainstay of the Wang family died suddenly, and the Wang family fell apart in an instant.Prince Teng's brother is incompetent and immoral, and his reputation for misbehavior has spread from Jinling to the capital, which has caused discord among the six relatives; Forget Ren', Sheng is a big brother, but he prefers to thank a certain dog for stealing chickens. Even Wang Xifeng is not close to this elder brother.

Sister Feng was stunned for a long time, and grabbed Jia Lian's hand. Tears had already flowed all over her face, and she didn't bother to wipe them off: "Good second master, uncle has always been strong and healthy. At this age, he has never left a man behind. Why did people suddenly disappear? It’s time to go to Beijing. Please ask the second master to understand.”

Jia Lian's heart had already softened, and he agreed without a word, and immediately got up and went out to inquire.

Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it, so she hurried over to Jiamu's place, crying, "What should I do?"

Jia Mu sighed: "There are unpredictable things in the sky, and there is no way for people to have misfortunes and blessings. I just don't know where my uncle died. If it's not far from Beijing, we can ask Lian'er to help finish the cooking. heart." Jia Baoyu was with the sisters in the Middle East Cross Courtyard of Jia Mu's Courtyard. He is Wang Ziteng's nephew, and he should go out to take care of him more than Jia Lian, the niece and son-in-law. Jia Mu didn't say a word, and Mrs. Wang didn't. don't talk.

Mrs. Wang is suffering all the way.

Mother Jia is an elderly person who always feels that her blessings are not finished, so she is afraid of death. She is very taboo about these things. Going to the garden, I was afraid that Baoyu would be far away, and that others would ignore him and feel uncomfortable. That's why I asked all the sisters to come, and we discussed it, which is also a relief. You bring up these sad things again, and provoke me again Here comes trouble."

Mrs. Wang had no choice but to stop her tears and leave.

Just entering the east of Rongxi Hall, I saw Aunt Xue rushing up to meet her, her eyes were as swollen as walnuts: "Sister, second brother... is he really gone?"

Mrs. Wang's tears stayed down again, and the two middle-aged sisters cried while hugging their heads.Especially Aunt Xue, who relied on her mother's family and elder sister's family, now that the prince is gone, there is no place to stand.

For a while, Caiyun Caixia fetched water and waited for the clean face.Mrs. Wang asked: "I don't know what's going on?"

Aunt Xue said: "Pan'er has gone out to inquire. When he comes back, I will take Bao girl to visit my sister-in-law. Now there are only my sister-in-law and a little niece left. I don't know what I will live on in the future."

Mrs. Wang was overwhelmed with grief, thinking that her natal family had lost power, and it was difficult to save her with orphans and widowed mothers. Baoyu was born weak again, and she was very reluctant to ask Baoyu to take care of it.He thought in his heart that on the day of the funeral, if he was asked to kowtow to his uncle to see him off, it would not be in vain for his uncle to dote on him, and it would be all the love of his nephew and uncle.Therefore, Aunt Xue's words are difficult for her to accept.

After a pause, he said, "Where's Brother Feng? Her uncle loves her so much, why doesn't he show up and only cares about raising her?"

Yu Chuan'er hurriedly sent someone to look for Sister Feng, and for a while Ping'er came over in person, with red eyes: "Second Mistress heard that and almost passed over, and begged Second Master to go out and inquire, but she has already gone to the mansion over there by herself."

It made Mrs. Wang feel ashamed, and she just said: "Her ideas are getting bigger and bigger, and she didn't come to tell her when she went out."

The next day, Jia Lian replied, "My uncle was tired from the journey and he was ill. It's just that my uncle didn't care about it. Who knows that it's only half a day away from Beijing. When I was riding fast, I fell off my horse, and I couldn't do it right away. Leaving half a sentence is already dead."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang covered her heart and cried, "Go back to your master, pack your bags and go help with the cooking, and send someone to tell your wife."

Jia Lian said: "Yesterday I went to help with the cooking, and now I have gone to Beijing overnight, just waiting for the imperial court's order. She is at the uncle's and wife's place, helping to take care of some things, and I already know."

When Mrs. Wang heard about it, she remembered that she wanted to send a letter to Yuan Chun to know.He ordered Zhou Rui to take two hundred silver notes and go to Eunuch Xia's mansion in the middle of the capital to talk to him.

After a long while, Zhou Rui's family came in and replied: "It's time for the eunuch Xia. The eunuch Xia collected the money and went to the palace to report to the empress. It's just..."

Madam Wang hurriedly asked, "Just what?"

Zhou Rui's family was dejected and said: "The errand ordered by the wife, we men dare not delay, so we went immediately. The eunuch Xia was clearly at home, but he asked him to wait for an hour, and later received the bank note, which is also unreasonable." , It took another hour to go to the palace. Listening to the eunuch Xia, he already knew about the uncle, but he didn't tell the empress. .”

Mrs. Wang choked with anger, who would have thought that in the afternoon, the eunuch Xia would go to the mansion to spread the word, saying that the imperial concubine passed out when she first heard the bad news.Only the noble concubine called Daixin: Wan Haosheng raised Baoyu and helped him become a talent.Ask Mrs. Wang to put the overall situation first.After paying another two hundred silver, he sent eunuch Na Xia back.

Meditating on Yuan Chun's words, Mrs. Wang felt a pain in her heart.That's right, when my elder brother passed away, the empress lost one arm. Now I can only use Baoyu's marriage as a weight to welcome back the three families of Lin, Zhu and Xue, and gather the strength of the family to help the empress and Baoyu.

Busyly asked someone to ask: "Your Majesty ordered her sisters to move to live in the garden. In a daze, I heard the master say that eighteen days have been set?"

Caixia hurriedly replied: "Yes. I have sent people in to distribute and clean up."

Mrs. Wang asked again: "Which pavilion do you live in?"

Caixia returned to Ming one by one, Madam Wang asked urgently: "Why are there no Miss Lin and Miss Zhu?"

Caixia was taken aback for a moment: "Miss Lin is ill and short-spirited. The old lady doesn't want to disturb you. I heard that Miss Zhuxiu is discussing marriage, so she has left Na Cai."

When Madam Wang heard this, her face was very bad, like cutting flesh.Cheng's family and Zhu's family are like fat meat. At first Madam Wang felt that she was easy to catch, but she didn't care much about it. Now that she heard that Zhu Xiu was engaged, she couldn't stand it anymore.Such one after another, it's all unsatisfactory things, I can't help but have a wrong heart, and I want to disturb the marriage.

It's just that Sister Feng is getting divorced from her day by day, and Second Master Lian can't be trusted.Among the companions, only Zhou Rui could do something, so I told Zhou Rui's family about the matter.

Zhou Rui's family also relied on the power of the mansion to do some things to buy land for cheap.It's just that since that year my wife decided to find a red-haired man to teach the eldest girl, and then let the old lady know that the red-haired man, including the girl, was dead, which almost broke the courage of Zhou Rui's family. She didn't ask.At this moment, I heard that her man was called to do that morally corrupt thing again, the boss didn't want to, so after thinking about it, he just asked her daughter and son-in-law to come in and entrusted Leng Zixing.

In fact, Mrs. Wang's foolish woman in the inner house expected the trick to be a bad person's reputation. Let the husband know, and this is the first step of the six rituals. Even if the marriage is abandoned, it will not be embarrassing.

Cheng's house is also a four-entry house, and the girl in the family hides in the inner house, how can he have a bad reputation?Besides, Mrs. Wang didn't want to arouse people's doubts, and she didn't want to make things big. In her heart, Baoyu wanted to accept Zhuxiu as the second bedroom.

Leng Zixing struggled for a while, and first crossed out the method of spreading some erotic rumors and bad reputation. This method is so shameful, if she becomes the girl of that family, she will just die.If you use your background to talk about things, it's okay, just say that this girl has some affair with Bao Erye, if you say it in a dark way, people will believe it, and there is a good chance that this will happen.Unfortunately, the wife in the house sees Second Master Bao as eyeballs, and if she takes him with her, the wife will be the first one who doesn't want to.

For the rest, a girl who doesn't go out of the second family, maybe there is any way to make the man's suspicion, but not to catch her; and to preserve her reputation in general, but also to make the marriage fail?

While worrying, his daughter-in-law said with a smile: "It's worth worrying about such a big thing. If you are safe and sound and don't go to those dirty places this year, I will tell you a good way. You did a good job Yes, my wife is happy, and I will teach you how to deal with those antiques that have been scavenged in the house, okay?"

Leng Zixing said with a smile: "It was the mother-in-law who told me to do it, but you still play tricks on me. Besides, when I do business with people, I have to go to the Red House. There is no reason for you to be so jealous."

His daughter-in-law sneered: "You just treat me like a fool, I don't know any of your private affairs! Just remind you, a person with unknown origin is now living in a big mansion, serving slaves, but everyone It's thanks to whose family!"

Leng Zixing was unhappy in his heart, and he just smiled and bowed: "Good lady, if it turns out that my wife asks me to deal with the antiques that I have bought, and I have the goods in hand, they are all begging me, so there is no need to ask others, of course. You don’t need to go to those places. Come up with your idea and make it happen, I will guard you, and it is serious for us to raise a child.”

These words touched Zhou Rui's daughter's mind. It was almost ten years since she started her career, and no one could be male or female. Hearing Leng Zixing's words, her heart softened again.

She whispered: "Last year, there was a robbery in a house in Qianjie, did you know?"

Leng Zixing frowned and said, "Why are you talking about this nonsense again!"

His daughter-in-law snorted: "The thief was not caught, but when he came out, he alarmed the neighbors. It was a trivial matter, but some bad words spread later, saying that the girl in his family was seen by the thief. Well, the girl's clothes are light and thin, which is full of the eyes of thieves. They are all nonsense, and not many people believe them. It's just a coincidence that if someone looks at this girl for someone else, the marriage will be ruined. But after a few months, I forgot about it, and the girl from his family is still married..."

Leng Zixing laughed loudly when he heard the words, "Sure enough, he is a good wife! Good! Good! Just as you said."

His daughter-in-law said angrily: "You are not allowed to pick up other people's walls. I heard that his family also has a family business, and there are many servants in the family. You can find someone who is trustworthy and smart, and carefully ask him to take it down." Yes, I will confess you."

Leng Zixing waved his hand and said, "I know what's in my mind. If you go back to your mother-in-law tomorrow, just say that it will happen in a few days. When there are some gossips, I will find out who the man's family is, and let him know quietly. Yes, it can still gain human affection in vain."

His daughter-in-law spat and scolded: "You will be very excited about the immoral things about bad marriages."

Leng Zixing said with a smile: "you, you clearly came up with the idea, and the matter was also explained by the mother-in-law. I did my best to handle it, but I said this instead. You have good intentions when you are the wife of the house, but it's just a matter of choice." The idea of ​​favor, I'm afraid she fell in love with this girl, or said to her natal nephew, or to the Jia family, just to see her wealth and wealth. It's not the nice thing to say, "being deceived by her husband's family" , this man's family is extremely incompetent, the boy eats, drinks, prostitutes, and gambles, and does everything', what's the matter 'hit the child and raise it under the old lady's knees, and treat her as half a daughter in my heart, and I can't bear to see her end up like that for the rest of my life'."

"If you're really kind, it's fine to tell someone's uncle that he knows it quietly. How can you use such a shameful trick? Besides, you have to ask so many things. This is not going to happen. I heard that my wife's natal brother, Mr. Wang, is dead. , her natal nephew is quite 'famous', no one in Jinling is willing to betroth her daughter, she sees that the Cheng family is rich and noble, and she dotes on this girl very much, she is afraid that others will look down on her, so she came up with this crooked way. Even if the family got married, the old man didn't care about it, but he was afraid that the girl in his family would have a heart attack. At this time, the wife came to ask for a marriage for the nephew, didn't she just go there to show her kindness, to make people feel good, and the family loves their daughter, Most of the time, I agree. It's really good to be a good boy."

The couple came and went, chatting for half a night.

On the second day, Leng Zixing found his good buddy for many years, a little man nicknamed "Monkey Seven".This monkey seven is very skilled, he climbs over the wall and enters the house as easily as picking something out of a bag, and he has done a few business deals with Leng Zixing.Leng Zixing worked as an antique dealer in the old years, and sometimes he fell in love with a treasure, but he refused to sell it, and he didn't bother. After two or three months, the treasure disappeared.Leaning his head against the Rongguo Mansion, he gradually withdrew his hands.

Leng Zixing and Hou Qi are good-natured, they never provoke high-ranking families, this time Hou Qi has some concerns: "That area is full of rich and noble families, especially the Cheng family, the imperial merchants, who are working as imperial servants, let's provoke them. Isn't it good?"

Leng Zixing said with a smile: "It's just that his housekeeper doesn't take people seriously. If you scare him, you don't need to steal anything. It's just that you make a noise when you come out, and let the neighbors know about it. I think Does his family have any face? Just one day is not enough, you look at guarding the gate, if you can go two days in a row, that would be fine."

He comforted me and said, "I don't want you to leave, I have already prepared a hundred taels of silver. If I'm not really angry, I won't use this method of bluffing people."

When Monkey Seven heard this, he obeyed.It was agreed that after the second watch and before the third watch that night, they would make trouble while no one was asleep.

Hou Qi went to prepare by himself, and his wife heard it in the inner room, and when she came out, she waddled back to her mother's house.

After seeing Zhou Rui's family, Zhou Rui's family was overjoyed when they said this: "Good boy, you still have a solution. Don't worry, my uncle paid 200 taels. If this matter is completed, he will earn 500 taels."

As she spoke, she whispered to her daughter: "The Zhen family shipped nine big boxes, and my wife kept them. Now the eunuchs in the palace are always coming to the house to beat the autumn wind, and my wife has no money, so I have to find a way to buy the things there. As long as one piece comes out, the son-in-law can earn hundreds of taels."

When her daughter heard about it, she was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Your old man must help your son-in-law. He made money, and I asked him to take out half of it to thank you old man. My brother is already old, so he deserves it." Find a good marriage for him, since my mother married me, she should find a girl from a good family for him, so as not to wrong him."

These words touched the heart of Zhou Rui's family, she had taken a fancy to Zhu Xiu at first, she thought she was so good looking and could do nothing, so she asked Mammy Zhu to recognize her as her daughter, so she had to let her out, and it would be a good idea to ration her to her own boy.Who would have thought that Zhu Xiu had such a fortune, she turned into a decent and wealthy girl, Xiao Xiao couldn't imagine this girl.It was a pity for Zhou Rui's family for a while, and they temporarily postponed the matter of expelling their son. They didn't have a good marriage, so they just hang around in the mansion first, and they can still receive a sum of money and food.

This time Mrs. Wang's real plan was hidden even from Zhou Rui's family, so the words Zhou Rui's family told Leng Zixing were indeed Mrs. Wang's original words.It's just that neither Leng Zixing nor Zhou Rui's family believed it at all, and guessed in his heart that his wife must have taken a fancy to this girl and told his nephew Wang Ren.

Zhou Rui's family wanted to sell it for their son-in-law in front of his wife, sent their daughter away, got up and dressed, and happily told Mrs. Wang that she knew.

Madam Wang really liked it when she heard it, and she recited a Buddhist saying: "Just come and tell me about the matter over there."

After leaving the door, Zhou Rui's family curled their lips: the wife clearly heard that the son-in-law had advanced 200 taels of silver for this matter, but she didn't mention a word, and she really got more and more picky.

The next day, Zhou Rui's family came in early in the morning and waited beside Mrs. Wang, just waiting for her daughter to come and tell her in person. Seeing that she was a junior released, she had better not give some rewards.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the afternoon, her daughter came in crying, and as soon as she met her, she burst into tears and said, "Your son-in-law has been sent to prison because of your old errand, what's the matter!"