Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

Recently, Xiangling often looks for Daiyu to ask her how to write poems and essays. Occasionally, when it is late, she sleeps in the bed with Zijuan and others in Daiyu's room. Just say I got it.

I saw her tossing and turning before going to bed, and saw her still tossing and turning when I got up at night, Zijuan rubbed her eyes, feeling sorry for her, and said: "Silly girl, go to sleep, and you will close your eyes tomorrow, your mother will see you." My heart hurts." Daiyu's confidantes, like Xichun, know about such a big matter in Xiangling, except for Baoyu, they keep it from outsiders.

Xiangling whispered: "Good sister, I can't sleep."

Zijuan sighed: "If you don't sleep well, where will the spirit come to see your mother tomorrow? You have been looking forward to it for several months, and finally hoped for the news that your mother is alive and coming to Beijing. Let her see that you are well. "

Thinking of her old mother's nearly 71-year journey to Beijing, Xiangling's eyes turned red again.

Early the next morning, Xiangling found out new clothes, dressed very neatly, and didn't even have breakfast, so she waited in Daiyu's room for two hours before she saw Lin Tao's family and an old woman come in.

The old woman is none other than Feng Shi.

As soon as Feng Shi stepped into the door, her eyes were fixed on the face of the beautiful little daughter-in-law standing next to her head, with a rouge mole between her eyebrows, she looked a lot like Zhen Shiyin, who had become a monk, with a bit of her youthful appearance. With no doubts in her heart, she couldn't help but rushed over, held her in her arms with open arms, and said: "My poor son!" She cried out loudly.

Daiyu, Baoyu and the attendants all shed tears and wiped them with handkerchiefs one after another.

Taking advantage of their mother and daughter crying in each other's arms, Daiyu turned her head and asked the tear-stained Baoyu, "I asked you to arrange someone to gossip in front of Mrs. You, did you arrange it?"

Baoyu wiped away his tears and said, "It's been arranged a long time ago. I'm just going to tell my sister about it. I really don't know how to say it. As expected, Mrs. You called the second sister You to go to her house, and told her to persuade Brother Xue to send him to the house." Xiangling sent it away, but Second Sister You was very hesitant, but she listened to her mother in everything, and had already promised to persuade Big Brother Xue to send Xiangling away. Old lady You was still worried, and she was actually looking for someone for Xiangling. Once Ling gets married, she can't go back again, the vile old woman smells worse than the eyes of a dead fish!"

Baoyu scolded fiercely, he and Daiyu planned well at first, Second Sister You persuaded Xue Pan to let Xiangling go out, and then used benefits to lure Aunt Xue, mother and daughter to agree to let her go, and leave here, everything will be fine. It's all up to people like myself to make decisions for Xiangling. Who would have thought that Mrs. You was so vicious and wanted to be a matchmaker for Zhang Hua.

Who is Zhang Hua?It's the second sister You's fiancé who dislikes the poor and loves the rich, relying on the power of the Ningguo Mansion and resigned. Both father and son are very bad people. They took 20 taels of silver from the Ningguo Mansion and wrote a letter of resignation. Now I heard from Mrs. You How can you not want to get a beautiful wife for nothing?Immediately agreed, he forgave Mrs. You and Second Sister You for what they had done in the past, and was waiting for Second Sister You to go back to discuss with Xue Pan, and then he boasted himself and promised Xiangling to himself.

After Baoyu finished speaking, Fengshi and Xiangling over there were already pale and terrified.

Xiangling was naturally dull, and the second sister You didn't know the danger when she entered the door, but she liked Xue Pan on the contrary, and felt that another sister came in as a companion so that they could recite poems and compose poems together, until she was sent to Baochai's side, she vaguely understood what she wanted Well, others may not think it is good, the second room is already like this, let alone the main room, but I didn't expect Mrs. You to be so ruthless.

Feng grabbed her daughter and knelt down on the ground together, nodding her head and weeping: "Please save Yinglian, my lord and the girl, please don't let those people succeed, in the future I will serve you lord and girl willingly. "

Hearing Baoyu talk about Zhang Hua's history and character, Feng felt that the sky was about to collapse. If he fell into the hands of such a person, would there be a way for his daughter to survive?

Daiyu said softly: "Old lady, don't worry, you mother and daughter are finally reunited, how can we brothers and sisters watch Xiangling being abused like that? I thought the method worked, but I misjudged people's hearts. If it can’t be done, then use other methods. At that time, I didn’t know if the old lady was still alive. Now that the old lady has found her, why use those tricks? I will go see my grandmother with me in a while, and say that you are coming to the capital. I was looking for my daughter. I met Lin's mother before, so I came here for refuge. When I never wanted to see me, I recognized Xiangling as my daughter. You begged your grandmother and aunt, and said that you wanted to pay for Xiangling Go home, and Baoyu and I will say something nice for you, I guess my aunt will agree."

Baoyu clapped his hands and said: "My ancestors and my aunt have always cared for the old and the poor. Knowing such a story, there is no reason to hinder your mother and daughter from going home and reuniting. If I say a few nice words next to me, my aunt will always give me three points of face." Don't worry about Big Brother Xue's reluctance, Second Sister You is eager for Xiangling to leave, with her around, Big Brother Xue will most likely listen to her."

Fengshi and Xiangling are already destitute of six gods. They listen to Daiyu and Baoyu's words and respond to everything.

Coincidentally, Mother Jia sent someone to ask: "The old lady said that someone was crying in the girl's room. What happened? The old lady was very worried, but it was snowing heavily, so she couldn't come and see for herself."

Baoyu's eyes lit up, he looked at Daiyu with a smile, and said, "Something happened, so let's go back to our ancestors."

After finishing speaking, Baoyu asked someone to invite Aunt Xue's mother and daughter, and at the same time took Feng's mother and daughter to the room. Seeing the surprised expression on Jia's mother's face, he ran to Jia's mother and said, "Old ancestor, really I really met a story that has never been heard in the ages, and the crying disturbed the ancestors, and please don't blame the ancestors."

Mother Jia held him in her arms and asked, "What story did you meet? You cried so hard that I could hear you through the double doors and windows. What happened to Xiangling? His eyes were so red and swollen from crying? This old man Who is it? It's the first time I've seen you." Mother Jia has always pampered her, but Mrs. Feng has suffered a lot and worked very hard. Originally Mrs. Feng was ten years younger than Mrs. Jia, but she seems to be about ten years older than Mrs. Jia. So when Jia Mu saw Feng Shi, she called out to the old man, and hurriedly asked someone to show her a seat.

With a plop, Xiangling fell to her knees and cried, "Old lady, this is my mother!"

Jia's mother was surprised and said: "What? Xiangling, you said this old man is your mother? What's the matter? Why did your mother come here?" She remembered that when she first saw Xiangling, she also felt beautiful. When she asked her, she said she didn't remember. hometown parents.

Feng Shi also knelt down beside her daughter, and said according to Daiyu's previous instructions: "Returning to the old lady, my poor daughter was abducted fourteen or five years ago. I have been looking for it for more than ten years, but I can't find it. I thought I have never been able to find her for the rest of my life. Once I heard a passer-by gossip that someone bought a girl with a rouge mole between her eyebrows in Jinling and brought her to the capital. My fellow countrymen greeted the county lord, and wanted to ask the county lord, but I recognized my daughter when I entered the door."

Thinking of missing her daughter all these years, and thinking of her daughter's hardships, Feng burst into tears, and when he talked about it later, he couldn't help crying, the only sound in the room was sobbing.

Jia Mu wondered, "It's such a coincidence?"

Baoyu sighed, and said, "There's another coincidence. We can talk about it when Auntie and Sister Bao come."

Without saying a word, Aunt Xue came in with Baochai. Xichun thought she had got the news, so she forced Tanchun to follow her. Together with Mrs. Wang, Li Wan and Sister Feng who were present in the room, they squeezed the people in the room together. , all looked at Fengshi and Xiangling curiously.

Xichun said: "I just heard that Xiangling's mother is here, what's going on? Come and let me hear."

She is the only one among the sisters who knows the truth except Baoyu, and she sympathizes with Xiangling's experience very much. Although she doesn't know why Baoyu and Daiyu let people know that Feng Shi came here at this time, there must be their intentions.

Baoyu spoke in person, telling stories about Zhen Shiyin helping Jia Yucun to take the exam, her daughter being abducted, her family falling into ruin, Jia Yucun taking concubines, and then being ungrateful and not informing Feng about Yinglian's whereabouts, etc., and occasionally Feng added a few words, It became more and more frightening, and finally knelt down in front of Aunt Xue, and said tearfully: "Yinglian has already told me that she has only lived a stable life with the madam for a few years. to serve the lady."

Aunt Xue and Baochai were shocked, but Baochai naturally didn't speak. Aunt Xue hurriedly asked her servant girl to help Feng Shi get up, and said: "The reunion of your mother and daughter is a happy event, don't say that."

Feng refused to get up, sobbing: "Madam please have mercy, allow me to redeem Yinglian's house, I brought all the money into the capital and put it in Sister Lin's house, I will go get it right away, if there is not enough money, I Find someone to borrow it again. To tell you the truth, our family used to be a country gentleman, a prominent local family, although now it has been reduced to nothing, but we really can’t bear to keep our daughter as a slave.”

Aunt Xue was at a loss. Who would have thought that Xiangling, who had been in her home for six or seven years, would suddenly be found by her family?Moreover, Xiangling is already Xue Pan's concubine, and she has passed the Ming road long ago, so what's the proper way to leave?

Baochai wanted to say that women should stick to one another, but thinking that she was the daughter of a boudoir, she forced herself not to speak.

But Baoyu said: "My aunt actually allowed them. It's so pitiful. It took more than ten years to find it. The mother, daughter, and relatives who broke up the family are sad and peaceful. Besides, my aunt and sister Bao live in the house, so I'm afraid they don't know the outside world." The matter, Mingyan heard something outside, that Second Sister You's mother was afraid that Xiangling would move home from Sister Bao's side, and was planning to ask Second Sister to persuade Brother Xue to send Xiangling out, and her mother was even more worried. Xiangling has found a rascal, thinking that once Xiangling gets married, she will never go back."

Concerned about the face of Mrs. Wang and the Xue family, Baoyu did not say that the rascal was the fiancé that Second Sister You despised.

I heard Jia's mother slapping the case and said: "What kind of person is this, so cruel, because he is not his daughter, so he can't do it like this? I said that the second sister You is a good person. I didn't expect that she was hiding a traitor in her heart, but she was jealous of Xiangling. Come on. Concubine, let me also say, instead of waiting for them to instigate Pan'er to make trouble, it is better to let Xiangling's house go at this time, which can be regarded as a good deed."

Aunt Xue thought over and over again, and said: "Of course there is nothing wrong with what the old lady said, but the old lady also knows my evil, and changes her mind every now and then, I'm afraid that he will be willing to give up Xiangling at this moment. Fight with me."

The implication is that he doesn't want to let Xiangling go.

Xiang Ling and Feng's heart felt cold when they heard this.

Baoyu frowned and said, "Is it good for my aunt to wait for my elder brother to be instigated to give Xiangling to the rascal? I feel disgusted when I hear the rascal. Anyway, Xiangling accompanied Aunt Bao and Sister Bao so much." Over the years, there has been hard work without credit. Now her mother has worked so hard to find her and just wants to take her daughter back to her hometown. The aunt won’t let her go. Can’t wait for the yamen to come forward? I heard that all girls who are trafficked , no matter whether you sell yourself or not, you can go back to your hometown with your parents and restore your original place of origin, which doesn’t count.”

Daiyu secretly applauded, but unexpectedly Baoyu brought up this matter, Xue Pan ordered the slaves to beat Feng Yuan to death, if Xiangling asked the yamen to come forward, I am afraid that this old case will be brought up, and it will not be good.

Aunt Xue's face changed and she looked at Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang thought for a while, and said: "Baoyu is right. Xiangling is a hard-working child. It is so easy for the mother and daughter to reunite. It is really out of harmony with human nature and the world to tell them to separate. I can't let Pan'er mess around anymore. The younger sister Let Xiangling's house go, a family like ours is full of people to command, tomorrow Pan'er thinks about it, and will pick a good one for Pan'er and put it in the house."

Everyone used to love Xiangling, but seeing her eyes swollen like peaches and tears all over her face, they all tried to persuade her, especially Xichun's sharp words, making people feel that it is a heinous crime not to let their mother and daughter reunite.

Aunt Xue had no choice but to send someone to tell Xue Pan, only to say that Xiangling's family had come all the way and wanted to redeem her house.

Second Sister You was eating wine with Xue Pan, and couldn't bear that such a gentle and beautiful person as Xiang Ling married someone like Zhang Hua. The news just hit his heart, and he hurriedly said to Xue Pan: "Master, just let Miss Xiangling go to her house. Wouldn't it be good for me to accompany you? After all, it's meaningless to keep it, it only hurts people's hearts."

Xue Pan was in high spirits, and waved to the people: "Didn't you hear what your grandma said? Anyway, Xiangling, I have given my younger sister orders, so I let my mother and younger sister make the decisions, and just dismissed the matter."

Going back to tell Aunt Xue to wait, Feng and Xiangling showed a gleam of joy in their eyes.

After hearing this, Aunt Xue sighed, and said: "Since that's the case, Mrs. Zhen should take Xiangling home. I'll ask someone to pack Xiangling's things and find out the deed of sale and take them away with me. She followed me After all these years, I also love her in my heart, so don't mention the matter of ransom money, our family does not lack these few taels of money."

Feng Shi pulled Xiangling to kneel down and kowtowed, his mouth full of words of gratitude, Baoyu and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Jia's mother praised: "The aunt is kind and kind, it is really a blessing for Xiangling. Xiangling's mother and daughter are homeless and have no one else at home. Whether they return to their hometown or stay in the capital, life will definitely not be easy in the future. I thought it would be easier to get the clothes pin ring that my aunt asked Xiangling to take away. How can I be stingy when my aunt is so generous? Yuanyang, you take out 50 taels of silver and give them to Xiangling and her daughter, or as a gift, or It's renting a house, it's a little bit of my heart, don't be too little."

Feng's heart became more grateful, and she said with tears: "How can I dislike it? I can't even thank you. In fact, being able to take Yinglian away is already a great joy, so I don't have anything to ask for. It's my Yinglian who met a good family. Not only do you not want the money for redemption, but you treat us like this.”

Jia's mother said kindly: "Xiangling is an excellent girl. Everyone in the family likes her. I used to say that she was born differently from ordinary people. She turned out to be a young lady from a famous family in Gusu. It can be seen that she came here from her roots. You mother and daughter Now that the two are reunited, it can be regarded as the end of all hardships, and they will live a good life in the future."

The Feng family repeatedly said yes, and said: "Old lady, don't worry, if our mother and son stay in the capital, we will come here to kowtow to the old lady and the ladies and gentlemen in the future."

While talking, Yuanyang took out 50 taels of silver and handed it to Feng Shi.

Feng Shi and Yuanyang couldn't refuse it again and again, but Fang thankfully accepted it for future food and clothing.

Seeing that Mother Jia was like this, Aunt Xue gave an extra 50 taels of silver, Mrs. Wang also rewarded 20 taels, and the rest also gave some, such as Feng Wan, Bao Dai, Yuan Xi, etc., or ten taels, eight taels, or three taels, Five taels.

Feng Shi and Xiang Ling kowtowed, and left Rongguo Mansion with big bags and small bags. When they returned to Lin Tao's house, the mother and daughter cried bitterly again, but this time they wept with joy, and there was no need to part ways.After crying, he begged Lin Tao's family for help, and first rented a house nearby to live temporarily, and then restored Xiangling's original place, and changed back to Zhenyinglian.

But Mother Jia waited for their mother and daughter to leave, and told Mrs. Wang: "When your master comes back at the end of the year, tell him to go a little farther away from Jiayu Village. This is how you treat a benefactor's family like Master Zhen, let alone our family? Maybe you don't know?" In the future, you will also act ungrateful to our family." He also told Sister Feng to go back and remind Mrs. Xing to persuade Jia Amnesty not to have more contact with Jia Yucun.

Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng agreed in unison.

Baoyu was the happiest, and when they were gone, he and Xichun went to Daiyu's room together, and said to Daiyu dancing and dancing, "After months of hard work, the emperor finally pays off."

Daiyu said with a smile: "It's all thanks to you. If I were in front of my grandmother today, things would not have gone so smoothly without you. I thought that after listening to the gossip, Mrs. You would push Second Sister You, Second Sister You To instigate Uncle Xue, Uncle Xue decides to send Xiangling, and when Aunt Xue and Sister Bao refuse to allow, we will find someone who is beneficial to them and ask for someone, and we will definitely do it smoothly. Who would have thought that Mrs. You would be like that, Sure enough, people's hearts are the most unpredictable, and in the future, when making ideas and doing things, you have to think more about it."

Xichun was puzzled, asked for details, and sighed: "In this way, Mrs. You is the worst. Second Sister You's two words of persuasion in front of Uncle Xue today are kinder than my mother and sister. "

When mentioning Third Sister You, Baoyu and Daiyu didn't take it seriously, but the next day they heard that Third Sister You had returned to vulgarity.

After Baoyu rescued Xiangling, he thought he had fun, and became more interested in these things, so he hurriedly asked Mingyan to inquire about the reason why Third Sister You returned to secular life, and learned that Third Sister You was at home scolding Shuiyue Temple for being dirty and dirty, saying that there The old nun asked her to drink with the elder brother of everyone, and made fun of her as a fan, and finally escaped.