Wang Xifeng's Rebirth [Red Mansion]

Xiaohong's voice was not heavy, but in this silent night, it was extraordinarily clear... and frightening.

Wang Xifeng took a deep breath, and said in disbelief, "Xiao Hong, what did you say? Disfigured? Who disfigured?"

"It's Brother Lan under Grandma Zhu's knee." Xiaohong said in a condescending voice, although her voice was still clear, her tone was extraordinarily uneasy and flustered.After a while, she didn't hear Wang Xifeng speak, and Xiaohong was even more frightened, "Second Grandma Lian, my mother sent a message to come in, I, I..."

"Good boy, don't be afraid, come on, you get up first, please tell me, what's going on? We are not in a hurry, please speak up and speak slowly." Although Wang Xifeng was shocked, she was not panicked. .

Perhaps it was because she had been worrying for too long, but now that she heard Jia Lan's disfigurement, Wang Xifeng felt a sense of "finally here" in addition to being shocked.Stretching out his hand to pull Xiaohong up from the ground, Wang Xifeng comforted her with a tone like coaxing sister Qiao.After all, Xiaohong is young, and she was frightened by the tone of the messenger before, but now she has calmed down a lot after listening to Wang Xifeng's comfort. She is an eloquent person, so she pursed her lips The story is told.

"The reason for that should be that 'Lang Ge'er in front of Grandma Zhu lost her face, saying that she was careless when she got the acne, and Lang Ge'er scratched the two big blisters on her face. I found a scar'. It's roughly like this."

Wang Xifeng's face darkened, but his tone was quite calm, and he asked, "Who sent you the news? Is this the first time?"

Xiaohong shivered with some fear, but she answered Wang Xifeng's words honestly: "The one who sent me the news was a sweeping woman, and others called her Mrs. Yang. Mrs. Yang's son works with my father. The daughter-in-law is on the other side of the sewing room, and she seems to be somewhat related to my family. She never sent me any news in the past, but only brought things for my mother a few times."

"Bring something?"

"Yes, Second Grandma Lian. Ever since my parents came back from Yangzhou, they would ask Mrs. Yang to bring me a few things every ten days or half a month. Sometimes it was a bag of candies, sometimes it was a A piece of close-fitting clothes, or beautiful silk flowers. No, a few days ago, I went to the east courtyard with Sister Qiao, and I haven’t seen Mrs. Yang for a long time. Now I’m back, just now, Mrs. Yang He came to look for me in a hurry, but he didn't give me anything except this sentence."

"Xiaohong, you have done a good job. I know about this, you go back to stay with sister Qiao first, and I will call your mother in tomorrow, so you two can meet and say something .”

"Really? Thank you, Second Grandma Lian!" After all, she was still a child, and although she was taken aback by a big surprise before, Xiaohong immediately laughed when she heard Wang Xifeng's words.After saying goodbye, he bounced out of the main room and went to the east room.

Wang Xifeng watched Xiao Hong leave, but her complexion became more and more ugly, and her hands that were gathered in her sleeves were clenched into fists.She didn't say anything in the main room, but turned and went back to the inner room.

In the inner room, Jia Lian stood beside the kang table in a daze, her face turned blue and white, but she couldn't tell whether she was more shocked or angry.

"Second Master Lian, have you heard it all? This should be true. Xiaohong can't make up such a lie. As for Mrs. Yang, she is probably just spreading the word." In fact, the reason why it is confirmed that this is true Rather than trusting Xiaohong, it would be more reliable if no one would fabricate such a lie.After all, it doesn't make any sense to fabricate a lie about Jalan's disfigurement.Unless it was intentional to make Li Wan fall ill in a hurry, but obviously this news has not been spread, maybe Wang Xifeng is the first master to know the news besides Rongxitang.

"Second Master Lian?"

"I heard, Lan'er is disfigured." When Jia Lian said this, his face was uncertain.Let alone Wang Xifeng, even Jia Lian himself didn't know what mood he was in at the moment.

In fact, Jia Lian didn't care much about Jia Lan.As far as Jia Lian was concerned, he didn't even have a deep impression of Jia Lan. After all, Jia Lan had always been raised in Rongxi Hall, and rarely went to Jia Mu's place to pay her respects on weekdays. Even Wang Xifeng was not very familiar with Jia Lan. , let alone Jia Lian who hangs out all day.It can be said that if Jia Lan hadn't been stamped with the label "Son of Jia Zhu", Jia Lian would not even have thought that there was such a person in the mansion.

Jia Zhu's son, this is Jia Lian's only impression of Jia Lan.

"Second Master Lian, is this worry? Actually, Second Master, think carefully about what Xiaohong said just now. What she said was that Lan'er reached out and scratched the two big blisters on her face. That is to say, it may not be serious. This Burns and scalds are the most difficult to treat, but if the skin is just broken, it should be fine? What kind of people are we? Looking back carefully, are you afraid that you won’t be able to find a good wound medicine? Looks like six years old, after staying for ten years, maybe it's already good enough to see."

Now that things have happened, Wang Xifeng can only comfort her in this way.But obviously, Jia Lian is not Jia's mother, and she can't be coaxed by a few nice words.

After being silent for a while, Jia Lian shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Chickenpox is no different from other diseases. If there are scars, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get rid of them in this lifetime."

"That's okay. Lan'er is not a girl, but she just has a small scar. People like us are afraid that Lan'er will not be able to find a wife in the future?"

Knowing that Wang Xifeng was joking, but these words still did not appease Jia Lian.After hesitating for a long time, Jia Lian sat back on the kang, picked up the teacup, and didn't drink it, just playing with it like this: "Brother Feng, have you forgotten? The first thing to do when taking the imperial examination is to check whether there is any disease."

Wang Xifeng's complexion changed drastically.

Because no matter in the past or present, Jia Lian has never passed the imperial examination. Even if Jia Lian has a donated acquaintance, the donator only needs to see if the money is in place, and it doesn't matter if he responds.Therefore, Wang Xifeng never thought of this at all, not because he didn't know, but because he never thought about it.

"It's just a small scar, is it okay? This, this, this..." These words were obviously self-deception. In fact, even Wang Xifeng herself didn't believe it.

The so-called illness does not only refer to physical disabilities, but also includes minor problems such as facial impairment and stuttering.Even in the last imperial examination, because of being too happy after the results were announced, two front teeth were accidentally broken, and as a result, he was not hired.

"On the surface, Brother Feng, why is it on the surface? With the power of our family, if it is anywhere else on the body, even if it is in the hand, it is not a big deal. But it is on the surface! Phew, Forget it, you go to find out what's going on tomorrow first, I'll try to find some good wound medicine here. It doesn't matter if it's useful or not, posture is always necessary." Jia Lian said with a wry smile.

It's just that these words fell into Wang Xifeng's ears, but it made her stunned for a long time.

Is it just a gesture?Thinking about it carefully, Wang Xifeng had to admit that compared to her original worry that Jia Lan would be killed by someone, it was not unacceptable to just lose her appearance.Especially... After all, he was only Jia Zhu's son, not her own. Although he was very embarrassed, he couldn't empathize with him.

"Understood?" Jia Lian glanced at Wang Xifeng, his eyes were dim.

"Yeah, I figured it out. I finally figured out how selfish we are." Wang Xifeng laughed at himself, "When did Second Master Lian understand? It wasn't until just now that I suddenly realized that although I was anxious, although I felt Probably, although it is embarrassing... there is no heartache at all!"

"I've understood since Xiaohong said that sentence." Jia Lian was honest and straightforward, "We are all the same. Although we were worried about Lan'er's accident a few days ago, in the end it was just lip service. He said, just asking for a peace of mind. Just like those who heard that there was a disaster somewhere, they ran to the Buddhist hall to chant scriptures and worship the Buddha! They don’t know that they only need to spend a few thousand taels of silver to save a large number of people. , but they would rather go to worship the Buddha than give birth to a son!"

"It's not people who are afraid of their superiors..." Wang Xifeng cut off the conversation only halfway through.It wasn't that she was afraid of breaking a taboo, but that she realized that these were just excuses.

Indeed, once the disaster relief work is done too much, it is easy to be missed by the people above.But the premise is too much.In fact, every year when a disaster occurs, local rich families will be asked to provide some money and food. Of course, they are not asked to go to the disaster relief themselves, but to send all the money and food to the yamen, and the government will come forward.In this way, it is easy to cause good people to let the government take care of the money and grain.Because of this, most people are unwilling to do this. Even if someone comes to ask for it, it is mostly perfunctory.

That kind of mentality is exactly the same as that of Jia Lan.

Seeing Wang Xifeng shut up, Jia Lian knew that she had already understood, so she just shook her head and sighed: "No matter how lively we are talking, I am afraid that the whole Rongguo Mansion will really feel sorry for Lan'er, only There is only sister-in-law Zhu."

"No, the responsibility for this matter is not on us. Second Master Lian, have you forgotten? The Eldest Master also said that if Lan'er was born into my stomach, he would have to protect Lan'er even if he risked his life." Son. What does this mean? Hehe, maybe our first wife is really a villain, but at least we know how to protect the calf. But what about their second wife? Laner is just a nephew to us; They're just nephews. Yes, we're selfish and ruthless, but they..."

Indifference to strangers can only show that this person is selfish.But to be so indifferent to close relatives and family members is no different from animals.

Some words are hard for Wang Xifeng to say, but Jia Lian already understands them.But in the same way, he can't say these words, no matter what, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang are both his uncles and aunts, and Jia's mother is his real grandmother.Even in this matter, even Jia Amnesty has no room to intervene, let alone them juniors.

"You're right, let's leave it at that. Go and see Lan'er tomorrow, and I won't go."

"Okay." Wang Xifeng took a closer look at Jia Lian, seeing that although his expression was dejected, there was nothing wrong with him, so he immediately felt relieved, but then he smiled wryly again and again.Jia Lan was disfigured, but she was here worrying whether Jia Lian would be in a bad mood because of this, she was enough to be an aunt.

Silent all night.

When the sky was slightly bright the next morning, Jia Lian had already left in a hurry.Wang Xifeng also woke up with a start, although he saw that it was still early, he got up quickly.Yesterday, it seemed that both of them were in a deep sleep, but because of Jia Lan's matter, their minds were full of lawsuits all night, and they were in a daze, and they didn't know how they fell asleep.

Sitting in front of the vanity mirror, Wang Xifeng laughed at herself, could they still be conscientious?But that's all.

"What kind of makeup is grandma going to do today? The second master Bao was perfect yesterday. Today, I probably won't go to the study in the front yard immediately. If grandma dressed up festively, the old lady would be happy. Look at grandma You can look more cheerful." Zijuan said with a smile on her face as she tipped Wang Xifeng's head.

When Baoyu saw his joy, the whole Rongguo Mansion was alarmed.Because Wang Xifeng entered Rongqing Hall at that time, she was afraid of passing it on to Sister Qiao when she went back, and she took care of all the affairs of the house, so she simply stayed in Rongqing Hall. .Because of this, both Zijuan and Feng'er lived with her in the Rongqingtang, so naturally, Zijuan was well aware of Baoyu's situation.

"Just make it simple, and today...you just do it." If it wasn't for Xiaohong's message last night, Wang Xifeng might really dress up and go to Rongqingtang.It's a pity that she has lost that mood by now.

Zijuan didn't try to persuade her any more, but put on a smile and briskly dressed Wang Xifeng.Although Zijuan doesn't know Wang Xifeng as well as Ping'er, but after these days, she has more or less touched the edge, for example, the simplest point is that Wang Xifeng doesn't like to be bargained with her.Since you can't be a caring person for the time being, you should first learn to be an obedient servant.

Soon, Wang Xifeng freshened up and washed her hair. Although she only wore a simple bun, she still couldn't miss the jewelry.Instead of having gold ornaments all over her head like before, she only wore a few inconspicuous hairpins, and tidied up her clothes again. Wang Xifeng took Zijuan to Rongqing Hall.

The news of Baoyu's recovery had already spread throughout the Rongguo Mansion yesterday, so everyone who came to pay his respects today was very special.Except for Mrs. Xing, Yingchun and Xichun who hadn't seen each other for many days, even Xue's mother and daughter rushed over.Naturally, Baoyu, who is the protagonist of this story, is also there, running around in the hall full of energy, being called by her sister and sister, very happy.

"Sister Feng is here!" Although Baoyu said that he was very happy with Shi Xiangyun and Xue Baochai, Shi Xiangyun had already suffered from acne, and he had been with him a lot these days, so he was a bit boring.As for Baochai, it was because she was extraordinarily prudent and prudent in front of others, even though Baoyu teased him repeatedly, she just smiled at him and didn't say much.When Baoyu lost his interest, he happened to see Wang Xifeng, and immediately jumped up with joy, grabbed Wang Xifeng's hand and shook it, "Why didn't Sister Feng bring Sister Qiao along? Didn't it be agreed that we will be here later?" Raise Miss Qiao with the old lady, and stay with me?"

Wang Xifeng couldn't help but slap the brat to death. Fortunately, at the critical moment, she couldn't help it anymore, and said to Baoyu with a smile, "Okay, I'll bring sister Qiao over later. But, Baoyu, can you rest for a few days?" ? Don't wait, I brought Sister Qiao back, but you went to the study again."

"Study..." Baoyu's face fell instantly.

"Why don't you do it like this, Baoyu, when you are free, call a maid to talk to me, okay?"

"Okay." Baoyu was already in a bad mood at the moment. In fact, Wang Xifeng didn't know that Jia Zheng had come to Rongqingtang last night, meaning to let Baoyu go to the study in the front yard early this morning.It's just that Jia's mother was very reluctant, so she gave Baoyu an extra day.However, it's only one day.

After comforting Baoyu, Wang Xifeng walked up to Mother Jia and said, "Is the ancestor happy now? Baoyu is well, and Lan'er is fine, so you don't have to worry about it. By the way, why didn't you see me?" Lan'er? Oh, did he go to the study today?"

Mother Jia said in a daze, "I'm going to the study now? Zheng'er, daughter-in-law, I told Zheng'er yesterday, and one day later, even if learning is very important, there is no time to take a breather." Hurry up, send someone to the front and tell me that I ordered you, and I don’t want to study today.”

"This..." Mrs. Wang's complexion changed when she heard what Wang Xifeng said just now, but due to her status, she had to answer Jia's mother's question, so she took a step forward, forced a smile, and said , "Lan'er never went to the study, he's just not in good health."

"It's never healed?" Jia's mother was in a hurry, "Why hasn't it healed? Didn't it mean that Lan'er developed acne a day earlier than Baoyu? What's going on?"

"Old lady, don't worry, Lan'er is fine. Actually, it's not that it's not getting better, but that after it's better, the bones of the body are a little weak. The doctor said that if you want to live well, you will take care of it for two days, so as not to be too tired, but it will be bad. I've lost all my bones."

"Oh, let's take care of it first." Mother Jia didn't doubt it, but gave some more instructions. Mrs. Wang listened with her head bowed and said she would follow through.

This matter has been revealed for the time being, and the rest of the time is just people talking, and the atmosphere is not bad.It's just that Wang Xifeng looked at Mrs. Wang from time to time, feeling a little uneasy in her heart.But she wanted to tell Mrs. Wang about Jia Lan several times, but was interrupted by Mrs. Wang, and because the news was obtained through snooping, it was difficult to say it clearly, so Wang Xifeng had no choice but to suppress her suspicions.

After coming out of Rongqing Hall, Wang Xifeng followed Madam Wang to Rongxi Hall as usual, but Madam Wang stopped her.

"Brother Feng, you have worked hard these days, and the left and right are nothing serious now, you should go back and have a rest first, don't burn your bones. Go."

Wang Xifeng stood there in a daze, watching Mrs. Wang and the maidservants leaving quickly, her thoughts were racing.Mrs. Wang's words mean that it is her housekeeping right?Or is this just an excuse?

"Zijuan, I remember that there is a maid in Rongxi hall, right?" Seeing Zijuan nodded, Wang Xifeng chuckled, "Think of a way, find out what happened inside, don't need to tell me, just send me Just tell the old lady about the anomalies in Rongxi Hall. I don’t want to, I just don’t want the old lady to really become a decoration in the mansion!"