I am a man in a dream

As soon as Yingchun got married, Xue Pan made a marriage arrangement.It was too late when Lin Hongming received the invitation, and he could only pray that Xiangling would not be persecuted.A few days later, I learned from Baoyu that Xue Pan's newly married grandma was very powerful, and she ruled Uncle Xue, and now she would gain the upper hand over Aunt Xue. If Baochai hadn't used reason to suppress Now, I don't know what the trouble is.Baoyu said and began to cry: "Poor sister Xiangling, just suffer like this." Lin Hongming listened and said: "Since ancient times, whenever there are three wives and four concubines, which one is not a wife and concubine who are jealous? It's easier, if you meet a bastard, how can you live?"

Speaking of this, Baoyu said: "I would also like to thank Brother Lin for finding a good family for the second sister. Although the eldest uncle has always been unsatisfactory and dislikes the poverty of Zhou Shu's main family, it is rare for Zhou Ju to be upright, kind and honest, and the second sister is doing well. It's all thanks to Brother Lin." Lin Hongming said with a smile: "What credit can I say, as long as the second sister is safe and happy, that's the best. I often worry that I will do bad things with good intentions, which will not only offend my uncle, but also make me tired Second sister." Baoyu said: "I shouldn't say that my mother is wrong, but Brother Lin did the right thing. The Sun family took 500 taels of silver and married his wife. I heard that he hanged himself within two months. The family sued the Sun family, but the Sun family was strong, so they blackmailed the family and exchanged their sick daughter for money. Not only did they not get a penny of compensation, but they were beaten up. The girl didn't know what she had done. How can you suffer this kind of crime?" Lin Hongming sighed: "Since ancient times, men marry women, men have three wives and four concubines, and women have three obediences and four virtues. I hope that God will have the virtue of good life, so that those poor women will be less Take some pain." Baoyu felt something when he heard this, and looked at Daiyu thoughtfully.Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Hongming said, "It's getting late, you can go back after dinner, otherwise the second aunt and the old lady should be worried. I will go to my aunt's house with you on vacation tomorrow to visit sister Xiangling."

Just after breakfast, Lin Hongming made an appointment with Baoyu to come to Aunt Xue's house. Before entering the house, Xue Pan came out to greet him: "Brother Lin, Brother Bao." Lin Hongming said, "I haven't seen you for a long time. Come to see Brother Xue. Why? Didn’t see Big Brother Xue go out recently?” Xue Pan said, “Just thinking about it, you guys came here.”

"Where are you going?" An enchanting yin and yang voice sounded, Lin Hongming and Baoyu looked, and saw a woman in a yellow brocade shirt and full of jewels coming arrogantly with a water snake waist, a three-pointed smile on the corner of her mouth, and seven-pointed brows.Xue Pan introduced with a smile: "This is your new sister-in-law, how is it? Looks good!" Baoyu said nothing.Lin Hongming asked: "I've heard that Brother Xue's newly married sister-in-law is very beautiful, and she's from Osmanthus Xia's family, but she deserves her reputation." That Xia Osmanthus scolded: "Don't fart, but I can't listen to what you guys are making fun of." Come out." As he spoke, he grabbed Xue Pan's ear and twisted it, and asked, "Where are you going?" Xue Pan was in pain from being pulled, and begged for mercy repeatedly: "Oh! Good sister, take it easy!" After cursing a few words, Fang twisted his waist, folded his hands, and walked away with a smile.Seeing this, Lin Hongming knew that there would be no good end for Xiangling, but it was too late for him to intervene, so he had to visit Aunt Xue and Baochai and ask them to take care of Xiangling.After returning home, Lin Hongming was still worried, so he thought of finding a reason to bring Xiangling to stay with Daiyu in the mansion for two days, so as to save her from suffering, but Xue Pan knew and scolded: "All day long! If you don’t study well, you only think about composing poetry, so forget about being in the garden, and you still have to go to Brother Lin’s house, and if you go, don’t come back.” Xiangling was so frightened that she didn’t dare to go out again, Lin Hongming had no choice but to give up .

Unexpectedly, just two days later, Baoyu came to Lin Hongming in a hurry, and cried as soon as he entered the door: "Brother Lin, go and see Sister Xiangling!" Lin Hongming hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Sister Xiangling?" Baoyu cried Said: "Sister Xiangling is going to die!" Lin Hongming couldn't help shedding two lines of tears when he heard this.When he came to Xue's house, he saw Xiangling lying on the bed with chapped lips, blue face, and nonstop babbling. Lin Hongming listened carefully, and it turned out that he kept shouting the word "father and mother".Lin Hongming was heartbroken. He was abducted when he was a child, far away from his hometown, and met a bully like Xue Pan. He had just arrived in the Grand View Garden for two years, and met a poisonous woman like Xia Jingui. God treats these women so unfairly!Lin Hongming stopped his tears and asked, "What did the doctor say?" Baochai cried, "The doctor said that the five viscera were damaged, the mind was frightened, and the pulse was disordered. It's no longer possible." Soul, all in vain.Baoyu picked up the "Broken Heart Collection" and put it beside Xiangling to pay homage to Fanghun.Lin Hongming thought of everything in the Grand View Garden, and it also came from sadness. He thought how happy the sisters in the garden were, writing poems, embroidering flowers and drinking tea, but things changed in a blink of an eye.

Back at the Lin Mansion, Lin Hongming told Daiyu about this, and Daiyu was also very sad.As spring comes to an end and autumn comes, Jia's mansion unexpectedly ushers in a happy event. His Majesty appreciates Jia Zheng's diligence and prudence, and he is promoted to a provincial official.The staff of Jia's mansion were all delighted when they heard this, and Jia's mother hurriedly asked Sister Feng to set up some good tables to celebrate.After the banquet, they heard that the dead crabapple tree in Yihong Courtyard had blossomed, and everyone went to watch it in amazement.Mrs. Xing looked at the crabapple tree and said strangely: "I heard that the tree has been dead for almost a year!" Jia Amnesty also said: "I'm afraid it's unlucky, so someone cut it down." Let's enjoy it alone, and if something bad happens, I will go alone." Jia Amnesty stopped talking quickly, and Mrs. Xing was even more unconvinced when she saw this, and looked at him with crooked eyes.Jia Mu said again: "What do you know? Although it is in the winter moon, it is in response to the climate of Xiaoyangchun, and the flowers bloom when the weather gets warmer." Confused thinking, something good must have happened, and this tree is here to announce the good news." Jia Mu was very happy when she said a word.Just finished speaking, Ping'er came with a big red brocade and said, "Second Grandma asked me to congratulate the old lady, and then let me send a batch of cloth to wrap the flowers." The girl is thoughtful, and the things she does are decent and generous. It's a pity that she is sick, otherwise she can make me smile." Madam Xing coughed unnaturally.

After admiring the flowers, Lin Hongming came to visit Sister Feng. Seeing Sister Feng lying on the couch with a sad face and tears in her eyes, he asked, "Why is sister sick?" Sit down, please!" Lin Hongming said: "My sister is in charge of Rongfu and has two children, so she should take care of it." Sister Feng sighed: "I also want to be lazy, but it's a pity that the eldest grandma is a Buddha and is useless. Although the third girl is good, she is a girl's family after all, and there are some things that are not easy to talk about, and I am the only one who hates people." Lin Hongming sighed: "As the saying goes, a housekeeper's wife and a dog who dislike people, although they speak rudely, they are reasonable. Not rough. Sister Feng should also take care of herself, why bother to exhaust herself for such a family, and provoke others, but it is thankless." Ping'er came in and said: "It's not that the eldest wife is angry, but the second grandma Be strong, if you can't swallow this breath, you will be sick." Lin Hongming knew Madam Xing's face, so he could only comfort him.

Mrs. Wang was thinking about Baoyu's marriage and came to ask Jia Zheng for instructions: "It seems like a year, I want to move Baoyu out first after the new year, and ask the master to restrain him again, if he can study and make progress like Zhuer was alive That's it." Jia Zheng sighed, "I'm afraid it will be difficult! In terms of qualifications, Baoyu is ten times stronger than Huan'er. Look at the two poems he wrote today. Defile the ancestors." Mrs. Wang said again: "Baoyu's marriage should also be settled. Although the old lady is in charge, I still want to hear what the master thinks." Jia Zheng said: "What does the old lady mean?" Mrs. Wang hesitated: "The old lady said that she wanted someone who grew up together and got to know each other's temperament. Isn't that true?" Jia Zheng thought for a while, stroked his beard and said, "When it comes to temperament, Baochai is the most stable, but Daiyu is a close relative, and she has a brother like Ming'er, so she will be more useful to Baoyu. Besides, Daiyu and Baoyu know each other better after all, and the old lady is considerate. Baoyu doesn't like reading, doesn't understand the world, and doesn't want to seek a future in the future But how good it is, it would be better if you have Ming'er's help. The day before yesterday I made a statement, and the Holy Majesty praised Ming'er very much, and I am afraid that I will enter the center in the future." Mrs. Wang listened, her face was a little unswerving, but she didn't dare to say anything .Jia Zheng said again: "a month ago, the eunuch in the empress's palace sent a letter, hoping that Baochai could be selected as a talented person, so he could have a help." When Yuanchun was mentioned, Mrs. Wang shed tears and said nothing more.As the two were talking, the servant girl came to report that Baoyu's jade was lost, and Mrs. Wang and the housekeeper were shocked.When I came to Yihong Courtyard, I saw Xiren and others kneeling and crying. Mrs. Wang asked the general to get up, and everyone was silent.After a while, Sister Feng came dragging her sick body and suggested that Mrs. Wang should check the people who came yesterday one by one.When Mrs. Xing heard about it, she came to Yihong Court angrily and said, "Do you want me to investigate too?" Seeing this, Sister Feng hurriedly stood up and said hello.Mrs. Xing said: "She pushed it backwards and didn't come." After hearing this, Sister Feng shed tears of grievance.Ping'er hurriedly helped to defend and said: "The eldest wife is joking, how dare grandma ask the wife?" Mrs. Xing said angrily: "The masters are talking, there is no place for slaves to intervene." Ping'er was so ashamed that his face turned red.Seeing this, Baoyu asked to calm down the fight, so he could only take the responsibility on himself and said, "Let me tell the truth, what happened to me." Mrs. Xing sarcastically said: "It should have been smashed long ago, but it's not like it was smashed." Once or twice, even if you don’t lose it, it will be a smash sooner or later.”

The heavy snow had just stopped that day, and Sister Feng's illness was gradually getting better. Passing by Rongxi Hall, she saw something half buried in the snow, the exposed part shining in the sun. Sister Feng looked like a precious jade, so she hurried He squatted down and took a closer look at the snowdrift, only to see the jade lying on the ground glisteningly, but it was not Baoyu's jade.Sister Feng was overjoyed, and quickly picked it up and put it in her arms.