Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

In the past year, Jia Lian, apart from taking care of common affairs to make money, has been studying and practicing calligraphy with Li Ming, learning the way of running a family and being an official that no one has ever taught him.Li Ming didn't force him to do essays to take the imperial examination, but he just hoped that after reading the book, he would understand right and wrong, and not do those illegal things.Every time Jia Lian thinks that his own family business has been stared at by others, Jia Lian can't wait to hang his head on the beam. It's just that after 20 years old, he doesn't have the perseverance to study. Even so, it is very beneficial, and he is no longer a fool.

Even though Zhou Rui and his wife were Mrs. Wang's companions, they were still slaves of the Rongguo Mansion, so Jia Lian directly tied them up and silenced them, but Leng Zixing was not. He sees the officer.

This time, Jia Lian did not use Jia Amnesty's post, but Jia Zheng's post.

Jia Zheng didn't care about these things at all, but was angry at the greed of Zhou Rui and his wife, and kept telling Jia Lian to take care of it quickly.

Zhou Rui was in charge of the land rent of Rongguo Mansion in spring and autumn, and made a lot of money from it. Zhou Rui's family relied on being Mrs. Wang's confidant, and they were sweet-hearted. They flattered the owners of the houses and won a lot of rewards. She gave a lot of gifts, and in addition to occupying other people's fertile land on weekdays, Jia Lian actually copied five or six thousand gold from their family.

Jia Lian showed it to Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng was so angry that he trembled all over, and said repeatedly: "Send me to the official, send me to the official! Such despicable servants have ruined the reputation of my Jia family. They must be sent to the official office and severely punished!" He also blamed Mrs. Wang Incompetent, such a person has been coaxing him for so many years.

Jia Lian smiled ironically in his heart.

His Jia family?When did the Jia family become his.

Jia Lian waited for him to lose his temper, and said, "Second Uncle, after the lawsuit is over, the property copied from Zhou Rui's house must be confiscated, and the stolen antiques must be returned to the warehouse. It's just that the yamen needs some arrangements to settle it quickly." , so as not to be indecent, I have no money in my hand, and I want to take some money out of it for management, I don't know what the second uncle thinks?" This confiscation is in the Rongguo Palace.

Jia Zheng's anger still remained on his face, he nodded and said, "I don't understand these things, you take care of it yourself, you must be severely punished."

Jia Lian complimented with a smile, and ordered Zhou Rui and his wife, who were gagged, to be taken out.

He withheld 1000 taels of silver as a ladder, and took some out of it for management. Yun Guang, who is now an official in Chang'an's defense, is an acquaintance, and Jia Zheng's post was sent to him. The request has been completed.

As domestic slaves, Zhou Rui and his wife stole the owner's property, sentenced to ten days in shackles, and then exiled for three thousand miles.

The accomplice Leng Zixing was sentenced to ten years in prison and his property was confiscated.

Jia Lian was very satisfied. According to his wishes, the yamen sentenced Zhou Rui's property to the Rongguo Mansion. Among them, those seized from other places belonged to the sufferer, and those who could not find the sufferer were confiscated.

Jia Lian wanted to get some old stories about Mrs. Wang through the mouth of Zhou Rui and his wife.According to Sister Feng, Mrs. Wang did a lot of things like champering lawsuits, and that's why she was motivated at the time.It was only after experiencing the early death of her son, the entry of her daughter into the palace, and the many illnesses of her youngest son in recent years that Mrs. Wang stopped and devoted herself to eating vegetarian food and reciting Buddha's name. Brother Zhang Jin couldn't bear the old nun's pleading, so she ordered Zhou Rui's family to cook.

Later, when Jia Lian thought of Yuanchun in the palace, Mrs. Wang was becoming more and more powerful, and she was worthy of competing with Jia's mother. She felt that at this time, Jia's mother would protect her. mention this.

Zhou Rui and his wife also behaved that day, and seemed to want Mrs. Wang to save them. Since the yamen didn't ask, they didn't mention these things.

Returning home with the remaining three or four thousand gold belongings, Jia Lian saw Jin Chuan'er face-to-face and said with a straight face, "Madam is looking for you."

After watching with cold eyes for more than a year, how could Jia Lian not understand the mentality of the servants in the mansion?Apart from respecting Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, and Jia Zheng, Baoyu and his son from the bottom of their hearts, when did they take their parents and themselves seriously?Sister Feng's prestige is also due to the fact that she is Mrs. Wang's niece and former housekeeper. This is the case, and in the hearts of these people, she is not as good as the first four.

Although it is said that their first house has flawed conduct, but the master is lustful and the wife is greedy, so far they have never done anything to plunder, nor beat and scolded the servants, but they are not as generous as the second house who is in charge of the middle class.

Jia Lian sneered, looked at Jin Chuan'er who had an aggrieved face, and sarcastically said: "A girl dares to play her temper in front of men! She is really well-bred! Could it be that she has forgotten who is the serious master!"

After finishing speaking, he walked away.

He didn't go to Mrs. Wang's room, but went back to Jia She first. He heard that one of Mrs. Wang's arms was cut off, and he got a lot of property. , stared at his son and said: "Since that's the case, you should arrange your confidants to take over Zhou Rui's duties earlier, so as not to be preempted by others."

Jia Lian laughed and said, "Master, don't worry, your son has ordered Lin Zhixiao to take over."

Jia Amnesty thought for a while, kicked out all the concubines, nodded and said, "That's right, Lin Zhixiao is good, he is loyal and has a sense of propriety, unlike those guys in the house who trampled the low ones to death. It's just that you can't rely on your family. It's the old lady's confidant and nanny, and her hands are not clean. If you take care of our family's land rent, I don't know how much benefit you will get. Besides, the old lady Madam only has Baoyu in her heart, and asking her people to take care of things isn't it to Baoyu to take care of things?"

Jia Lian was taken aback when he heard this, and asked, "How does the master know that the Lai family's hands are not clean?" On the contrary, he was the one who noticed the concealment after being reminded by Li Ming, and had hated the Lai family for a long time.

Jia She said with a sneer: "His family has been servants for generations, and the money for a month is not enough to make a suit of clothes. Even the reward is at most a few hundred taels. If it is clean, where is the neat and big garden? And where is it?" The days of calling slaves and serving maids here? Except Lai Da and his wife, everyone else enjoys happiness at home? Why does Lai Shangrong donate to officials?"

Jia Lian hesitated for a moment and said, "Since the master knows it well, why not do anything?"

Jia Amnesty raised his hand and wanted to throw the wine glass on his head, but thinking that Jia Lian didn't make him angry, he held back and sneered, "Did you copy the Zhou family like you did? Fart! It's easy to say, but hard to do." Use? It’s not my family, and the things I copied don’t belong to me. Why did I put so much thought into it? Besides, why did you ask Lai Shangrong to get rid of his citizenship? Just to be an official? No, it’s because of their family All property and real estate in Lai Shangrong's name, not our family's servants, the property under the name will not belong to us."

Jia Lian hurriedly said wisely, thinking that this is indeed the truth.

Jia She said again: "I saw that you have grown a lot in the past two years. It can be seen that the people left by your uncle are useful. Why did your daughter-in-law grow up and still say such unrestrained words before? Could it be to the second wife?" If you are used to obedience, you always put her first? Luckily, Lin Yatou is an open-minded person. If you get annoyed, she will throw it away, otherwise you will suffer! If so, the queen empress even took her in. Go back and teach her well. Your daughter-in-law, if you can't speak, don't speak, can you die if you don't speak?"

Jia Lian was surprised: "How does the master know that Mr. Li is the one left to me by Uncle Lin?"

Jia She snorted, pointed at him and cursed: "I'm not blind or deaf, old man, can't see or hear? Get lost, I'll be annoyed when I see you."

Jia Lian lowered his head and quickly backed out.

When he stepped out of the threshold, he looked back at Jia She. He was toasting and eating wine, humming a little song. Seeing this, Jia Lian's heart suddenly felt sore. His father was only a few years older than Jia Zheng, but He looks older than ten years old. Since he is greedy and lustful, why is it not due to his unfulfilled desires?If he is really incompetent, how can he manage the family-senting villa in an orderly manner?

Going back to Jia Zheng again, Jia Lianfang confiscated his property, which was quite appropriate, and Jia Mu sent a mandarin duck to call him.

When I got to Jia Mu's room, I saw Mrs. Wang sitting below and weeping. Tanchun, Li Wan, Baochai and others were all around to comfort me. Zhou Rui and his wife were suddenly tied up? Is there something that cannot be resolved in the mansion and must be sent to the government?" Mrs. Wang broke an arm, and instead of being annoyed, Mother Jia was overjoyed. The old man remembered the benefits of Zhou Rui's family!It's just that family ugliness should not be publicized, so Jia's mother was a little dissatisfied with Jia Lian's behavior.

Jia Lian said with righteous indignation: "It's really a long story, old lady, let me tell you one by one."

The cause and effect are clear, and Jia Lian said again: "Perhaps Zhou Rui's family offended someone, so they sent the evidence to the second uncle. If the second uncle protects Zhou Rui's family, the man will send the evidence and the victim directly to the official. Then the whole city will know. Will it affect your future? Second Aunt, I don’t know if Second Uncle can tell you about this?” The last sentence was addressed to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was stunned, and she was full of blame and couldn't talk about it.

Tanchun hurriedly said: "Since this happened, why didn't the master and the second elder brother tell the wife? The wife only thinks that Zhou Rui's family is innocent, and she has been with me for so many years. She is very sad."

Hearing this, Mrs. Wang's face was a little moved.

In fact, Jia Zheng went to Mrs. Wang's room. He reprimanded Mrs. Wang for being lax and ruined the reputation of the empress and the mansion, and asked her to check whether the other companions had violated the law. After saying that, he walked away. .Jia Zheng didn't mention the details, Mrs. Wang was at a loss, so she ordered Jin Chuaner to find Jia Lian, but Jia Lian robbed him of his marriage. He had no choice but to think that Zhou Rui's family was decent in front of Jia's mother, so he thought that his family's ugliness should not be publicized. He said, please ask Jia Mu to call Jia Lian to come and ask.

Jia Lian smiled faintly and said nothing. Seeing that Jia's mother had nothing to say, she withdrew and went to find Sister Feng.

The room was silent for a long time before I heard Mother Jia say to Mrs. Wang: "This is the end of the matter. It's useless to think too much. Although Zhou Rui and his wife have been with you for many years, they can't compare with the future of the master."

Mrs. Wang hurriedly stood up, and replied with lowered hands: "The old lady is right. I thought they were innocent. The reason why I was so sad just now was because I was afraid of making the family scandal public. Since they have already affected the future of the empress and the master, it is the master who does not say anything. If Lian'er doesn't do it, I can't forgive them even if I know."

But Baoyu thought of Zhou Rui's family, and when he learned of their fate, he couldn't help but shed tears.

Mother Jia felt sorry for Baoyu, and asked Mrs. Wang, "February [-] is girl Lin's birthday. Have you finished the clothes yet?"

When Daiyu was mentioned, Baoyu suddenly regained his spirits, and chattered and said: "My younger sister loves Yadan, after the rain, the sky-blue satin is good for making jackets, or bijia, with white silk skirts painted with ink landscapes. "

Tanchun laughed and said, "Second brother, don't you hear that ink landscapes are painted on the white silk, which is not elegant and vulgar?"

After hearing this, Baoyu retorted: "What do you know, elegant and vulgar, there is no conclusion in the first place. Clothes are worn by people and are used to set off people. It depends on who wears them to have what kind of elegance. You are all beauties wearing the same bright red dress, you don’t feel tacky, but the silly elder sister in the old lady’s room wears it, do you think it’s vulgar or elegant?”

When everyone heard the words, they all laughed and nodded their heads.

Mrs. Wang returned to Jia Mu and said: "The satin has already been prepared. The sewing room is about to measure the size with the eldest girl. The eldest girl has gone into the palace. I have to wait for the eldest girl to leave the palace."

Jia Mu shook her head and said: "The maids around Yu'er are all in the mansion. They often make clothes for Yu'er. How can they not know Yu'er's size? It will not change much in a month and a half. Besides, Yu'er does not know when she will leave the palace. If or If I leave the palace the day before my birthday, the clothes can be made on the same day? That’s too rough. Ask the people in the sewing room to ask Zijuan, and if you get the size, you can make two sets of clothes carefully, and then follow the old rules of Gongzhong. Give Yuer two sets of heads, you must be more precise, and you are not allowed to be perfunctory."

Mrs. Wang had no choice but to obey.

Jia Mu said to Yuanyang again: "Yu'er hasn't been filial piety yet, so there's no need for opera wine. Just ask the servants to come and kowtow, and it's over. After she is filial piety, there will be a lot of fun. But I asked you to find out the two calligraphy and paintings. Put it away, wait for Yu'er to leave the palace for her to enjoy."

Yuanyang agreed and kept it in her heart.

Mrs. Wang was in a hurry to arrange other companions to take over the rent for the spring and autumn seasons, and hurriedly left in the name of ordering the sewing room, but just as she was about to order, she heard outside that the master had appointed Lin Zhixiao to take over Zhou Rui's errand.Upon learning of this letter, Mrs. Wang immediately turned upside down, because her companion made a mistake, even if she was dissatisfied, she couldn't express it, for fear of offending Jia Zheng.

However, Jia Yuanchun returned to the palace on the day of self-examination, and ordered people to transcribe the poems he made that day.Then I thought of the scenery in the Grand View Garden, and couldn't bear to block it, so I thought of a few sisters, so I ordered Xia Shouzhong to go to the Rongguo Mansion to issue an edict, ordering Baochai and others to live in the garden and not to be confined by contract, and Baoyu Still go in and study together.

After hearing the edict, the queen said to Daiyu, "Your cousin is an interesting person."

At that time, the first month had already come out, and the weather was getting warmer. Many people were already wearing spring shirts, and they were all dressed up. Du Daiyu was still wrapped in a cloak, and she was sitting on the swing opposite the queen, having fun with the flowers and birds. Hearing these words, He pursed his lips and smiled.

Yuanchun favors Baochai, and Baochai is the leader everywhere, but she is relieved, because she has no intention of marriage with wood and stone.

Looking at the leisurely queen, Daiyu followed leisurely.

When she first entered Jia's mansion, she had been careful at every step, and naturally she was not arrogant when she arrived in the palace. She thought that the empress's place directly behind the third hall of Daming Palace must be decorated with beams and paintings, magnificent and very solemn. Outside the palace, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. There are flowers and trees everywhere, and many flowers are competing to bloom.

As the empress said earlier, the ground in the palace is paved with dozens of layers of bricks. It is not a garden, and it is difficult to plant flowers and plants. So the empress ordered people to plant them in vats. Squeezed together, the eyes are full of spring.

Daiyu was very surprised and liked it very much, especially the swing under her body and the wicker chair that the queen was sitting on.

The queen raised her head and saw a few colorful birds surrounding Daiyu, two of them perched on her shoulders and one on her lap, allowing Daiyu to touch and tease her, with the rows of flowers and plants behind her, it was even more beautiful than a painting. Looks good, couldn't help laughing and said: "It's strange that you were born on the twelfth day of the second lunar month, and you are indeed a fairy of Baihua. Otherwise, how could this bird have psychic powers?"

A parrot said imitatively: "Fairy Baihua, Fairy Baihua!"

Daiyu nodded the parrot's head and said, "You are the only one who is used to please people."

After finishing speaking, he smiled and said to the Queen: "There are many people born on February [-]th. Are they all Baihua fairies? I think I am just a plant, and the empress is the real phoenix. Otherwise, why would there be hundreds of birds?" ?”

The queen beat her chest and laughed loudly, and said: "Really, your mouth is so clever and sweet. When people say that you are not mean, people like you very much. That's right, why did I forget, the Jia family has a The girl was also born on the twelfth day of the second lunar month, nothing disgusting, a girl's birthday is worth mentioning and telling people, but it's on par with you."

Daiyu didn't take it to heart, and sighed: "It's nothing to worry about. The maids in my grandmother's house are all smart and handsome, like flowers and spring onions. If we sisters don't have the status of masters, we will probably not be able to live in the world." Not as good as them."

The queen laughed and said: "You are underestimating yourself again. Even the master and miss I have seen in the past, there is no one who is as clever as you. People are born to judge their fate. The master has a good fate, and the servant has a bad fate." , There are also servants who stand up, and there are masters who are downcast, the world is impermanent, these are all uncertain, the so-called equality of all beings is just a false statement."

Daiyu thought about it, and it made some sense, and she asked curiously: "How does your empress know such a trivial matter as grandma's house?"

The queen glanced at her, and said triumphantly: "I know a lot of things, not just this one? Speaking of Concubine Xiande's edict, your name was not mentioned in it anyway, only Baochai and others, you and your three cousins Sisters are all included in the words, and you can live in with them when you leave the palace tomorrow. If it's just your sisters, it's fine, but there is a man in it, which is out of place. Oh, it's two, the widow of the Jia family Grandma naturally brought her son with her."

Daiyu said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lady. I never planned to live in it. Ever since I realized that the world is too unfair to men and women, I have become more cautious. Originally, we were not at fault, but something happened. The fault is all our fault, and we have to do it." Bearing the bitter fruit can neither change the world's thinking, but self-respect and self-respect, and not fall into the shoes of others."

Just like Shi Xiangyun, is it her fault that Baoyu broke into her bedroom and begged her to comb her hair in every possible way?no.It's not her fault, it's unfair to ask her to bear all the consequences, even if it's unfair, there's nothing she can do about it.

The queen nodded and smiled: "That's what you said. You respect it yourself. When others inquire about it, it will be clear and clear. You will be a filial piety tomorrow. I will tell you about marriage. Some people will come to beg for custody, and maybe the family will reappear." There are a lot of women begging for a grand occasion, and I also get a lot of things in vain, and they can't be empty-handed when they come to me."

What she said made Daiyu's face turn red, and she said dissatisfiedly: "Mother, I'm still keeping my filial piety!"

The queen smiled and said, "That's why I said I'll wait for you to be filial piety."