Prequel to the Red Chamber: I Am the Second Wife

"My wife is awake. The boat has arrived on the ground of Ping'an Island. I can go home tomorrow." Zhou Rui's family raised the curtain and asked the girl to come in and help Zili get up.

"I fell asleep so late. It's really late." Zili got up after getting dressed, was washed and washed by the girl, and sat in front of the dressing table to comb her hair.This trip to Hangzhou was indeed not easy, but it finally smoothed things over.

The wife should also take a break after working hard, and the old lady will definitely rely on the wife more this time when she goes back.This time the old man was making a fuss, what kind of person is the old lady, wouldn't she know that the old man is pretending to be sick? "Zhou Rui's family curled their lips to express their great disdain for Jia Amnesty's refusal to pretend to be sick. On the day when Jia Zheng asked for leave, the news of Jia Amnesty's illness came. Jia's mother only said lightly when she heard the servant's return. Knowing it, she was silent for a while before asking someone to bring medicine to see Jia Amnesty. Naturally, Jia Zheng's request for leave was not approved, and Jia's mother could only remain silent. Her words of going to pick up Jia Min in person were just angry words, and now My beloved daughter doesn't know what to do in Hangzhou, and neither of the two sons in the family can count on her.

Seeing Jia's mother, Zili could only stand up, saying that he could go and see Jia Min's situation.Jia Mu's eyes lit up when she heard Zili's words, she took her hand and said, "Your sister-in-law, you are the one who let her go. Min'er is an ignorant girl. Back in her natal family, she relied on being a sister-in-law." I have troubled you as a sister-in-law. You are about the same age, but you let her go every time. Now that she is in trouble, it is her blessing that you are willing to come out to help her. You come to my house as a wife, and I have treated you badly. , It's rare that you don't care about it, I will definitely treat you as my own daughter in the future." Jia's mother said with emotion, Zili felt sore when she thought about how many years she had been married, and her eyes were slightly red.

"No matter what the old lady said, it's the family's responsibility to help each other." Zili thought to himself that if you can really understand it, it's everyone's luck.

Just like that, Zili boarded the boat to Hangzhou. Of course she claimed that she was going back to Hangzhou to visit relatives.Now that the matter has been settled satisfactorily, Zili has returned to the capital. "Actually, it's just a husband and wife quarreling, and a villain is instigating it. The old lady of the Lin family is gone, and those servants relax, and even the villain takes the opportunity to make trouble. Originally, it was the husband and wife talking angry, talking That's where the conversation ends. Not only did they not help persuade peace, but they fanned the flames. Fortunately, the aunt understands the truth and thinks it through. But our aunt is still the same temper. My aunt doesn't care about the offspring, but I can't help others talking about it. She just bears it, and it's the same when she is born and raised by her side. She will always be the aunt! In the future, the child will still be called her mother." Zili thought of Hangzhou. Okay, I feel a bit dumbfounded.

Lin Ruhai seems to have a problem, or the Lin family's Feng Shui is not good, and several concubines have inexplicably miscarried when they are three months pregnant. Seeing his age getting older day by day, Lin Ruhai can't help feeling a little bit in a hurry.One day, a concubine lost her child after being pregnant for three months. Lin Ruhai was in a bad mood and complained to Jia Min, causing Jia Min and Lin Ruhai to quarrel.Jia Min said in a fit of anger: "Those children were all caused by me!" Unexpectedly, someone who cared about it could hear that this concubine who had a miscarriage was a servant of the Lin family, and her parents were quite respectable, so they made a fuss .Lin Ruhai's mother was a person who had no idea, but she couldn't help but ask someone to write the letter to Jia's family.

When Zili came to Hangzhou, the three of them spoke clearly to each other, and severely punished the family members who caused the trouble. Everything was calm, Zili persuaded Jia Min in private, and then left Hangzhou and returned to the capital.It has been a month since she came here like this.

The next day Zili arrived at the pier, and his family came to pick him up. When he came back, he went out to greet Jiamu first. Jiamu was very happy when she saw Zili come back: "You have had a hard journey, go back and have a good rest. Your Zhuer Both Yuanchun and Baoyu are fine, you just need to rest assured." The girl next to her said, "The old lady takes Baoyu with her personally, and she is very careful every day. I wish I could pluck the moon from the sky and give it to him."

Hearing these words, Zili's heart twitched, and she immediately said to Jia Mu: "Since I'm back, I don't care about the old lady anymore. I'll ask someone to take Baoyu back. The children are making trouble day and night. I see you disturbed the old lady's rest." Zili asked the girl to take Baoyu back with him.But Jia Mu waved her hand: "What I want to talk about is about Baoyu. Your sister-in-law, I'm not talking about her, is too heartless and soft-hearted. Just jump in. After all, the family has never experienced it. When she was a girl, she was short-sighted. This tutor made her worry! You don’t know that many things have happened at home in the past few days when you went to Hangzhou. People secretly started gambling games and sold things secretly. Fortunately, there was no major incident. I thought you should work harder and help manage the housekeeper. Baoyu’s father is now concentrating on running errands for the emperor. Doesn’t a weak family hinder his future? You should look at your children instead of mine. The mess at home is not good, and it will be difficult for the children to say goodbye in the future.” Jia’s mother made it clear He said that Zili must be the housekeeper, and then listed the consequences if Zili didn't care about the housekeeper.Jiao Zili didn't even have a chance to refute.

She struggled weakly, thinking of reasons to refuse, but Jia Mu waved her hand: "I have already talked to Baoyu's father about this matter, and he is willing. Being a daughter-in-law is one's duty to manage the housework."

Get Jiamu a hat to press down.Zili could only accept his fate.

Coming out from Jiamu's side, Zhou Rui's family looked at Zili's face and asked in a low voice: "Since it is the old lady's intention, the wife should accept it. In fact, it is more suitable for the wife to be the head of the house, nothing else. , the eldest lady over there is too selfish. In the past, our monthly expenses were paid in a hurry, and we had to push back and forth several times to give us some important things, and we didn't even have a pleasant talk. " Zili sighed helplessly: "I'm not worried about the housekeeper, but about how I'll get along with her in the future. You're right, the eldest wife has a heavy heart, and it will be even more embarrassing to meet you in the future. By the way, Baoyu!"

Zili was disturbed by Jiamu, and even forgot that Baoyu was still with Jiamu.Zhou Ruijia said: "I'll pick it up. The nanny said that the old lady told the wife to rest for a few days, and Baoyu will be sent there in a few days. I saw with my own eyes that Baoyu is doing well, and I haven't seen it grow much in a month. Now it has been opened, and it looks like it is pinched with a dough ball, which makes people like it at a glance. She looks better than Zhuer when she was a child." Having said that, Zili has arrived at the gate of Lixiangyuan, Zili came back to Lixiangyuan The servants all said that she was still at Jia Mu's side, so the people in the Lixiang Garden didn't come out to watch, and it was very quiet outside.

Before I got to the door, I heard a girl inside yelling at the little girl: "You little hoof only remembers to eat, what else can you do? You are clumsy with your hands and mouth, and you are lazy! Now the wife is talking to the old lady. I will be back soon, and I told you in the morning to add water to the water tank for my wife to come back to take a bath. As a result, what time is it now, where is your water and firewood! The stove is still off! See if I don't give you a hard time and tell you to be lazy—" Then there was the sound of a stick hitting her body, and the little girl begged for mercy repeatedly: "Sister Fang'er, please forgive me, I won't dare again. This morning I can't move my stomach."

"You are still quibbling, I think you have a stomachache, you ate a lot in the morning and you still have the face to say you have a stomachache!" The girl was unmoved, and exposed the little girl's lie with one sentence. "Tell me the truth, what did you do this morning? If you tell me half a lie, I'll have you tied up and whipped." The girl named Fang'er insisted on asking the little girl whereabouts.

The little girl cried sadly: "Du Niang asked someone to tell me that my father was sick, and the family had no money to see a doctor, so I sent the monthly money I saved to the door and asked my mother to take it home, but it was delayed. Shui's errand. Sister Fang'er, please forgive me for a while, I won't dare again!"

"You're still talking nonsense, it's just how much time you have to go to the second door, are you a fool to look at me!" Fang'er refused to believe the little girl's words, and still wanted to beat her with a stick.

"I'm telling the truth. My mother wasted time and I've been waiting for her. Sister Fang'er, please forgive me!" Head, just crying and begging for mercy.Zili couldn't bear to listen to it outside, although she didn't approve of treating servants harshly, taking servants as adults to abuse at will, but there are no rules and no rules, and servants still have to be punished for making mistakes.But this Fang'er seems to be too flamboyant, she won't give up on little things.

"Who is this Fang'er? Why didn't I know that there was such a girl? She was so arrogant to scold people in the yard." Zili's face was obviously cloudy, and Zhou Rui's family was also confused, and came to pick him up. Li's girl hurriedly said: "She is the girl from the old lady's side. Because the wife is out, the old lady is worried that the house here is empty and asked her to come and see the house for the night."

Zili still wanted to ask again, so he listened to Xiao Ai's voice: "It's fine with you, it's not a big mistake, at most, it's just that you missed the errand and asked her to make up for it. Grandma hasn't come back yet, she just came back She didn't even have to take a shower as soon as she entered the door. You beat her here and howled like a ghost, what does she look like!"

Without waiting for Fang'er to speak, the little girl shouted when she saw Zili: "Madam is back." They answered Zili's door without mentioning it.Zili looked at the little girl covered in scars and said to Zhou Rui's family: "Poor girl, take her to get medicine."

When Yuan Chun heard Zili came back, he ran over immediately, and Jia Zhu also came back from the palace at the same time, so the mother and son naturally had some intimacy when they met.

While talking to the children, a girl suddenly came in to announce: "Master is back." Zili looked at the chime clock on the table in surprise, why did Jia Zheng come back when Jia Zheng was not in the yamen?As soon as Jia Zheng entered the door, Zili immediately noticed that her husband's expression was strange. What happened during the time she was not at home?