[Red House + Space] Falling Spring

Pinxiu brought back their room's quota for this month, and after entering the room, she said to Luochun who was sitting under the south window embroidering: "Girl, this season's clothes and jewelry have been released, do you want to see it?" one look?"

Luochun raised her head, because her neck felt a little sore because she lowered her head for a long time, she put the embroidered bandage in her hand aside, stretched out her hand to rub her neck, and said, "Bring me here for a look?" With Pinxiu's hand, Luochun took a look and found that the material of the clothes was nothing new, only flat gold, brocade, and engraved silk, and the colors were also the tender yellow, rice red, and light blue that little girls often use.

Opening the mahogany box on the top of the clothes, I saw a pair of temple flowers inlaid with emerald gemstones and a set of emerald hairpins inlaid with gold and beads. Thinking of the jewelry that was given out before, Luochun smiled and said: "This time The color and style of this jewelry is finally like what we wear at our age, so it won't be pressed into the bottom of the box. All right, put it away. "

Pinxiu put the jewelry into Luochun's dressing box and put the clothes into the cabinet, and said: "Now the second wife has handed over the division of each house to the second grandmother of Lian. As the saying goes, 'A new official takes office Three fires', Second Mistress Lian naturally wants to make some achievements to show the old lady and the second wife, otherwise, how will she take over the business in the house in the future."

As Luochun said before, three months after Wang Xifeng married in, on the morning of greeting Jiamu, Jiamu asked Wang Xifeng to help Mrs. Wang with housekeeping.Luo Chun, who was present at the time, could clearly see that although Mrs. Wang smiled and agreed with Jia Mu's proposal, the veins in the hand holding the rosary were bursting out, obviously her heart was not as calm as her face.Even though he has seen this scene more than once, Luo Chun is still amazed by Mrs. Wang's inconsistency every time she sees it.

Because Pinxiu was also there at that time, recalling the situation at that time, she couldn't help laughing, and said with a grin: "The old lady asked Second Mistress Lian to follow the second wife as housekeeper, and the joy on Second Mistress Lian's face was hidden at all. Can't help it, obviously she was eager to do so, but she still pretended to decline, but the second wife took it along with her words, so that she changed from following the housekeeper to taking charge first, studying and studying, and talking about the housekeeper's affairs later. Later, when Second Mistress Lian saw that the old lady also agreed with the second wife's opinion, her face turned red and white at that moment, which was really wonderful. If I hadn't known that the occasion was wrong, I would have laughed out loud. At that time, holding back my laughter made my stomach hurt to death. It's really hard work. But the second grandma Lian is also in a cocoon, and she doesn't think about it. The second wife has managed the family for so many years. The reason why the second room is so beautiful in the mansion is not because the second room is in control. How could she be willing to hand it over? Since she wanted to, the old lady also spoke up, and she already had a name, so she hurriedly used the ladder to get things going, but she still made excuses there, and ended up shooting herself in the foot, which is really funny.” Because Wang Xifeng was not close to Mrs. Xing and Luochun, so when Pinxiu and the others talked about Sister Feng, they lost that respect.

After laughing, Pinxiu said puzzledly: "But the second wife's reaction is also a bit strange, I thought he would follow the old lady's words. After all, no matter whether she is willing to hand over power or not, the old lady has already spoken Yes, and this mansion is a big house after all, it's justified for Second Mistress Lian to take over as the housekeeper. This is unavoidable, it's just a matter of sooner or later. If you hand it over early or late, you have to hand it over, it's better to be more chic , hand it over early, as it is now, it will inevitably make people feel that the second wife is greedy for power. Although this is the case, I think that with the second wife's temperament, she should not have such a behavior that is out of the question and criticized by others. "

Luochun picked up a roll of embroidery thread from the basket and asked Luo'er to share the thread with her. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "You're right, why doesn't Second Aunt understand this, and the original good reputation of innocence is lost because of it?" If it is possible, of course she does not want to do this, but the situation cannot allow her to be "generous". Lian's second sister-in-law will take over the butler, and she should have been prepared for this, but she did not expect the old lady to let her so early Handing over the power, so the old lady was caught off guard. I think the reason why she delays time is not only for power, but also to allow time to smooth out the books. The latter is the key point. The second aunt’s account books are not You can't hand over power if you are flat. Although Lian's second sister-in-law can't read a few words, she is a smart person. If she finds out something in it, then the two of them will not be able to be such affectionate uncles and nephews. Yes. After all, most of the property in this mansion belongs to the big house, and Lian's second sister-in-law is the big house's daughter-in-law, and she and Lian's second brother will inherit the mansion in the future."

After hearing Luochun's words, Pinxiu exclaimed, bluntly said it was impossible, opened her eyes wide, and said in disbelief: "Miss didn't mean what I thought, did she? Well, then...does the old lady know? "Luochun nodded, and said calmly: "That's what you think. Don't you think that the second aunt seems to be selfless and willing to do nothing for others? The old lady should have guessed some clues, otherwise she will not I won’t go along with my second aunt’s words, so I’m on her side. In fact, it’s easy to understand, isn’t it? Parents always think of ‘a bowl of water is flat’, not to mention, that is the youngest son that the old lady loves the most and cannot inherit The title in the mansion is not high, so I can only take more money as compensation."

snort!Luochun snorted coldly and said: "Actually, if the second aunt was not too greedy, her good reputation could have been maintained forever. As early as when Lian's second brother got engaged, the second aunt should have thought about making love. If the matter of power has been closed since then, and someone has been found to balance the accounts, then nothing will be done now, but Lian's second sister-in-law has been in the house for more than three months, and she hasn't settled the tail yet. Clean it up, it can be seen... When the old lady spoke, she probably didn't think that she hadn't finished cleaning. After all, from the engagement to the marriage of Lian's second brother, there was more than a year for the second aunt to clean up. Fortunately, the old lady listened After hearing what Second Aunt said, I came to my senses and helped to speak, otherwise if Lian's Second Sister-in-Law takes over the housekeeping immediately, I don't know what will happen!"

Pinxiu sighed helplessly and said: "No way, who would let the old lady prefer the room of the second wife and the others. It's just that the old lady ignores the wife like this, and directly puts the burden on Lian's second grandma, which is a breach of etiquette. No matter how smart and capable Second Mistress Ping Lian is, she has no reason to surpass his wife, not to mention that her wife can't control everything. Originally, Second Mistress Lian was disrespectful to her wife. Instead, she will be under the control of Lian's second grandma, which will aggravate Lian's second grandma's arrogance, I really don't know what the old lady thinks!"

Seeing that Pinxiu felt wronged for Mrs. Xing, Luochun smiled, and said calmly: "Old ladies and the others have never had a mother in their eyes, so naturally they don't think about the embarrassment of the mother. When the second aunt was the housekeeper Well, the title in Mingming Mansion is inherited by the family, but the mother, who is an upright master, has been left aside. Wouldn't it be better for her as a sister-in-law to be taken care of by her sister-in-law? At least if Lian's second sister-in-law is the housekeeper, the meat We are still a family. As for whether we are in charge of the house or not, mother is very calm now, so I don’t need to worry about it anymore.”

Unlike the original owner in the play, who has nothing, the current Mrs. Xing, with the encouragement of Luochun, is obsessed with planting flowers and raising grass. With her spiritual sustenance, and Luochun's company and relief, her once unbalanced mentality has improved a lot.As she said to Luochun, now she doesn't care much about Luochun, except for her daughter.

Even so, Pinxiu always felt uncomfortable in his heart, and opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by the rushing yarn weaving in.Saori ran in from the outside, rushed to the table, touched the teapot to feel the temperature of the tea, poured herself a cup of tea, drank it all in one gulp, wiped the water stains around her mouth with the back of her hand, Then he said: "At first, I thought Grandma Zhu was powerful enough, but I didn't expect Second Grandma Lian to be even more impressive. The blue comes from the blue and is better than the blue."

"Drink slowly, and be careful of choking. How did you become so thirsty? It's a good thing the tea in the teapot is warm. Otherwise, if you just brewed boiling water, how would you drink it? I really have no memory, you are on fire. Fang's reckless temper can be changed after a long time!" Seeing Shazhi's rude behavior, Pinxiu couldn't help sighing.After listening to her words, he asked curiously, "How do you say that?"

"I saw Lian's second grandma's companion Wang Xin's daughter-in-law and several daughters-in-law and her mother-in-law walking out with Tao Hong and Liu Lu from Lian's second master's house, all of them looked different and weeping. They kept shouting for grievances. It is said that they colluded with Xi'er, the maid of Second Grandma Lian, to steal Second Grandma Lian's dowry and were found out, so they were sent away by Second Grandma Lian." Shazhi curled her lips and said: "If you take this out to fool people, you won't believe it, so I quietly inquired about it, and then I found out the whole story. I don't know if it's because Xi'er is a restless girl, or because the second master Lian is lustful. Anyway, the two of them flirted with each other and hooked up. At the same time, it turned out that Lian's second grandma found out. Originally, Lian's second grandma was looking at those who were not pleasing to the eye in Lian's second master's room, and this was another trouble, and it was her person... Finally I don't know how Second Mistress Lian set up the trap, anyway, they were charged with stealing property."

Shazhi spread her hands, made a gesture of "expelling", and said: "Then these people were expelled. The people in the house of the second master Lian are also not allowed to take anything away, even their families. As for Xi'er, she was sent back to Wang's family. This Xi'er is also the daughter of Lian's second grandma, Lian's second grandma got married, and their whole family came with Lian's second grandma as a dowry. Lian's second grandma is really kind She didn't stay, I heard that her grandma knelt down to Second Grandma Lian, saying that it would be fine to match Xi'er with anyone in the mansion, but I begged Second Grandma Lian not to send her back to the Wang family, Second Grandma Lian not only Instead of letting go, they sent their whole family back. Grandma Zhu kicked them out, although it was a bit tricky, but it was because Grandpa Zhu was gone, but Second Grandma Lian, how long did she marry in? I'm afraid everyone hasn't recognized it yet, so they kicked them out like this, including the family of the nanny who raised her since childhood. Although there is a lame excuse for stealing, no one is a fool, and there is no way they can't see It's a lie, it's true that I didn't give the second master Lian any face. Besides, the second grandma Lian cut it off first, and the old lady didn't know about it. When I just came back, I saw her go to the old lady's room. I don't know how she will mention this to the old lady."

Regarding this, Pinxiu couldn't believe it as if she was listening to the scriptures, and said, "Impossible? What are the rules in the mansion? How could Lian's second grandma do that? Besides, could it be that Lian's second master just looked at Lian like this?" The second grandma drove her away? Not to mention Xi'er, after all, Tao Hong and Liu Lu followed the second master Lian. ?”

"Rules? What rules? Do you mean the rule that the men in the mansion will put two people in the room before they get married?" The family, as Saori, who has had children since the beginning of the mansion, obviously knows more about the affairs of the mansion than There are a lot of Pinxiu bought from outside, she smiled and said: "Sister Pinxiu, you are so honest, you are still clinging to the rules at this time. Don't even think about it, how did the rules come about? It's not made by people." .Since someone made it, someone will break it. What's so strange? Besides, although the rules in this mansion are like that, how many things follow the rules? You entered the mansion late, don't know Even the two aunts in Mr. Zheng's room were not the ones who were placed in Mr. Zheng's room when he got married." The next few words were clearly mocking.

As for whether Jia Lian expressed his position on this matter, Shazhi was indifferent to this matter, and said casually: "As for the attitude of Second Master Lian, I don't know, and I didn't ask. I don’t know, maybe there is, maybe there isn’t, anyway, the final result is what we see now. Even if the second master Lian helped them speak up, so what? No, it still hasn’t changed the result. Their ending is that they will be kicked out together with their families The government has gone."

After hearing what Shazhi said, Pinxiu was silent, Luochun ran to the big house more often, and although Pinxiu and Taohong were a few years apart, they entered the mansion together, after the two learned the rules, they were called Assigned to each room as errands.Because of this friendship, Pinxiu and Taohong are still in frequent contact. Therefore, they have more contact with Liu Lu and the others. Now that they have been kicked out, I somehow feel a kind of "the rabbit is dead and the fox is sad, and the things are hurt." its kind of feeling.After being silent for a while, Pinxiu asked softly: "Don't the old lady and the wife care about this matter?"

"What do you do?" Luochun, who had been listening quietly by the side, smiled, and asked back: "Not to mention whether the charges that Lian's second sister-in-law gave them were true or false. Is it impossible to bring them back? Do you think the old lady will beat Lian's second sister-in-law in the face for a few girls who are not famous? Besides, even if the reasons given by Lian's second grandmother are fake, so what, as long as you The old lady can just explain it to the past, presumably the old lady will not get into it, there are not many things in the house, but there are many people, and the old ones are gone, but it’s not that there are no new ones! As for the second aunt, she is an aunt , how can I manage the affairs of my nephew's room? As for the mother, you think that even if the mother takes care of it, it's fine if Lian's second sister-in-law doesn't blame her for being troublesome. Will she listen? Will she listen? "

Pinxiu was silent again. Thinking of meeting Liu Lu in the Dafang a few days ago, she saw a Bodhisattva pendant hanging around Liu Lu's neck, and asked curiously. She told her happily that the Bodhisattva her family invited for her, I sincerely pray every day, begging Bodhisattva to bless the second grandmother Lian to conceive and have a child as soon as possible, and then relieve their "avoiding child soup", so as to give birth to a son and a half daughter, so that she can be promoted as an aunt.The words of that day are still in my ears, but now that I have left the mansion, I don't know where I will end up.For a moment, Pinxiu felt emotional, and sighed: "The group of people we entered the mansion together once said that we would be together forever. At first, I thought we would be together, but now it seems that the future is hard to say. , I may still be in the mansion at this moment, but I don't know where I will be at the next moment, and no one can tell where I will settle down."

What he said touched Luochun's heart, he turned his head and looked out of the window, looking at the fiery red pomegranate flowers blooming in front of the window, thinking of the fate of a group of people in the play waiting to be dispersed by wind and cloud, he became dazed.When she knew what world she was in, Luochun thought about saving the fate of Jia's Mansion from collapsing at the beginning, but as she grew up, she already knew clearly that this was impossible.Because of the decline of the Jia family, the most important point is that there are no successors, and there are no capable men to support the Jia family.Because no matter how outstanding Luochun is, in this patriarchal society, as a woman, she is useless, unless she wants to enter the palace to compete.What's more, she is still a lady who has not left the boudoir, her congenital restrictions are greater, and she is young, and because of Mrs. Xing's status in Jia's mansion, her position in the mansion is also very embarrassing, not to mention she can't talk, even if Can speak and no one listens.

The only male in the Jia family, Jia Zhu, died early, so who else can the Jia family rely on?Jia Amnesty is an irresponsible, lustful "old bastard"; Jia Zheng is a pedantic and incompetent moral hypocrite; The next generation, Jia Rong, Jia Qiang, and even Jia Baoyu are all incompetent; as for Jia Lan, when the Jia family was destroyed, he was still young, and now he can't count on it at all.There is no man in the court who can stand up to the door, so what's the use of the women in the back house no matter how good they are?What's more, the women in the back house of the mansion are outstanding, but they are not inferior to the men on the road to death, and they are all capable of death.The entire Jia family has been rotten from the root, and there is no way to save it, and it cannot be saved.

Luochun was overwhelmed by the news that Wang Xifeng drove away the people in Jia Lian's house brought back by Shazhi. Although Mrs. Xing said that she no longer cared about the personnel affairs in the mansion, it didn't mean that she stayed out of it and would still pay attention to the news in the mansion. , just won't get involved, choose to stand on the sidelines, and even if she doesn't want to hear, the people around her will convey the news to her in time.

Wang Shanbao's family hurried in from the outside and rushed to the main room. When they arrived at the door, they were stopped by the little girl guarding the door: "Aunt Wang, the wife is not in the house now, she is in the greenhouse." After hearing this, Wang Shanbao's family turned around and said Walking towards the flower house, when I came to the flower house, I saw Mrs. Xing holding a pair of flower scissors and trimming flower branches.

Mrs. Xing saw Wang Shanbao's family coming, pointed to a pot of roses in full bloom in front of her with a smile, and said, "Quickly, look at this pot of roses blooming in me. It's such a strong red color, and the flowers are as big as the mouth of a bowl." , It’s really gratifying to look at.” His gaze flitted across the lush and fragrant flowers, and he sighed with emotion: “If Liu girl hadn’t given me such an idea, I still don’t know how good I am. Talent. Every time I see these flowers and plants, all my troubles disappear."

Wang Shanbao's family saw that Mrs. Xing lost the gloomyness she had before, her eyebrows stretched out, and the cheerful smile on her lips looked younger by several years. She couldn't help sighing in her heart that Luochun had a way, Mrs. Xing married into the mansion. All these years, except for the first few days of their wedding, she never saw Mrs. Xing with such a comfortable expression, but thinking of the reason why she came here, the smile on her face froze for a moment.

With a smile on her face, Wang Shanbao's family echoed a few words, and Mrs. Xing laughed lightly when she saw her appearance, shook her head and said, "Okay, look at your insincere words, if you don't want to say compliments, you don't have to." Having said that, I don't miss these two sentences from you. You came here in such a hurry, but what's the matter?"

Wang Shanbao's family looked at the girls who were following Mrs. Xing, and they hesitated to speak. Seeing Wang Shanbao's family's behavior, Mrs. Xing understood a little, and turned to Jinping and others: "You go out first. Forget it, just leave Sister Wang here to wait on you." Jinping and the others responded in a low voice, put down their things, and retreated.

Seeing that the attendants had all gone out, Mrs. Xing saw that the bunch of reds in front of her was a little wilted, she took the flower scissors and cut off the dead branches on it, and asked calmly: "Well, what's the matter?"

When Wang Shanbao's family heard the news, they hurried forward and told Mrs. Xing what Wang Xifeng had done.Mrs. Xing smiled indifferently when she heard this, and said: "I thought it was a big deal, but it's nothing. My niece and aunt, the women of the Wang family are tough for a day or two. It's just our Lian Er. After all, grandma is young and can't hold her breath. She is still far behind her aunt. Look at our second wife, that method is so calm, it makes people suffer but can't tell the pain , This is called a high pole." Once she let go of the things that had been entangled in her heart and jumped out, Mrs. Xing found that she could see many things that she couldn't see clearly before.

Seeing what Wang Shanbao's family was about to say, Mrs. Xing chuckled lightly, and rushed to the front and said, "Okay, I understand what you want to say, but I don't need to use this to show our Second Grandma Lian that I am a mother-in-law." What's more, in the eyes of our Second Mistress Lian, it's hard to say whether my mother-in-law is dignified. She can do whatever she wants. People don't see me as a mother-in-law, and I'm too lazy to care about her. What a mess. From now on, we will just keep an eye on what happens in their house, and don't get involved in it."

Wang Shanbao's family saw that Mrs. Xing had made up her mind, and made a footnote on what happened in Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng's house. From her attitude, it could be seen that it was impossible to persuade them to change, so they didn't say much at the moment, and instead mentioned it to Mrs. Xing. Another message she brought: "Ma'am, I received a letter from my eldest son, saying that the third aunt was ill, so I went to Xing's house to visit the third aunt..."

Mrs. Xing's hands stopped, and the flower scissors in her hand almost cut off the intact flower branches. She put down the scissors and went to the face stand in the corner of the room. Jinping and the others had already prepared a washbasin filled with clean water and The towel was placed on top.Mrs. Xing bent down, washed her hands, and asked casually: "After all, is my good third sister really sick, or is she trying to use this as an excuse to catch some monster?"

Wang Shanbao's family sighed and said: "Grandma Sangu only said that her chest was tight and she couldn't breathe. I asked a doctor to come and take a look. Grandma Sangu said that this is the root cause of her old illness. Even if you invite a doctor to come to the house, I'm afraid it will be too late." It's useless, because the doctors walking around the house are all mediocre guys, they only prescribe some prescriptions that can't kill people to fool people, if you want to cure them completely, you must ask a doctor with good medical skills to treat them..."

"Then what kind of doctor do you mean by her so-called excellent medical skills?" Mrs. Xing washed the dirt from her nails with water, picked up fragrant soap, and slapped her twice. After hearing what Wang Shanbao said, He couldn't help laughing, and then asked casually.

"If, if... If possible, Grandma Sangu said that it would be best to invite an imperial physician." Apparently, Wang Shanbao's family also knew that Aunt Xing's request was a little unreliable, so he hesitated for a moment before hesitatingly said.

Mrs. Xing vigorously threw the handkerchief back onto the washbasin stand, sneered, and said: "She has such a big face, and she still needs to ask for a doctor. I may not be lucky enough to ask for a doctor if I'm sick here." As for the mansion, she’s really embarrassed to think that she’s not worth a fortune?” Waving to Wang Shanbao’s family, “Ignore her, let her do it, you just promise to send the money to support the family on a monthly basis, and if she doesn’t starve to death, that’s fine. .”

Hearing Mrs. Xing's words "you can't die from hunger", Wang Shanbao's family showed a strange look, hesitated for a moment, and then passed on Mrs. Xing's words to Mrs. Xing anxiously: "Madam, the third aunt said that the capital costs a lot. However, the wife still gave the money to support the family according to the original rules, which was not enough. The third aunt said that if the wife wanted to starve to death, she would just say that she didn’t need to beat around the bush. She would choose not to cause trouble for the wife and kill herself directly. , and can save a lot of money and food for my wife..."

"Huh? Not enough money to support the family?" Mrs. Xing interrupted Wang Shanbao's family as she walked out: "Brother Quan is studying in the academy now, and all the expenses are paid by me separately, but I am giving her the money to support the family. But I didn't deduct the whole brother's share, I still gave it according to the whole brother's life with them, obviously I gave more, but why did she say that it was too little?"

Looking back at Wang Shanbao's family following behind, Mrs. Xing said again: "Xiazhi's cousin works as a cook in the house rented out by Luochun. I just bought a piece of food from there, so that there is a lot of food left in the house every month. Your Dalang and his wife are responsible for the purchase of the Xing family. Don’t pretend that I don’t know, they also take care of it I don’t know how much I can save with this ride? It’s not enough to spend, how much is enough? You tell her, just say what I said, that’s all the money I gave to the other side, is there any more? If you really want to die, you don’t need to tell me, just put it into action. Later, I will give her a grand funeral for the sake of sisterhood. Don’t threaten me with death here, it’s useless.”

Hearing Mrs. Xing point out the tricks of her son and daughter-in-law in shopping, Wang Shanbao's family smiled dryly, and said with a straight face: "This, this... Dalang and the others are helpless. They are forced to do nothing. The third aunt always gives The two of them have so little money, but they must eat chicken, duck and fish; the rouge, water and rice used must also be of the highest quality; to make new clothes, they have to choose patterns and fabrics... If it is according to the requirements of the third aunt's grandmother, rely on Where can I afford the money she gave, but the third aunt is very tight-handed, and if she asks for it again, eight out of ten times she won't get the money, but it will lead to a scolding. In desperation, the two of them can only find another way .”

Faced with Wang Shanbao's family's "complaints", Mrs. Xing glanced at her sideways, with a smile on her face, and said: "Okay, don't cry for the third sister here. I don't know you yet, even if you are a mosquito leg You have to find a way to scrape off a layer of skin on the meat. But that's okay, 'cats have cats, mice have rats', as long as the two of them don't make mistakes, I don't care, so I don't have the time to calculate it for you For this account, just remember to pass what I just said to the third sister."

Wang Shanbao's family has been with Mrs. Xing for many years, and they know Mrs. Xing's temperament very well. They have been greedy for wealth these years, and they can be called plucking wild goose.In doubt, she couldn't help but pinch herself, feeling the pain, and then she believed that what happened just now was true, and it seemed that his wife had really changed.Wang Shanbao's family can't help but think back to Madam Xing who was still in her boudoir. Seeing the girl who was like a pearl in those days began to change into dead fish eyes after marrying into the mansion, she felt distressed, but there was nothing she could do. Now... Wang Shanbao's family The eye sockets became moist uncontrollably. She was really happy for Mrs. Xing's change.