[Red House + Space] Falling Spring

Luo Chun was drawing patterns in the embroidery workshop, when the yarn weaving came in, he saw the embroidery frame stretched on the ground in various sizes, some of which had already drawn patterns, and some were still blank.Sha Zhi bent down, sorted and tidied up the embroidery frames, and said with a smile: "Although the girl has excellent embroidery skills, she works slowly, and the girl has many complicated tasks and little leisure time, so she doesn't have much time to do needlework. The girl is sketching now." There are so many patterns, when are you going to embroider?"

Sazhi spoke very reservedly, Luochun smiled when she heard the words, finished the last stroke of the pattern, put down the pen, got up and tidied up with Sazhi, and said: "Your girl, I don't have to worry about food and clothes now." If you want anything, someone will bring it to you. Naturally, you can be lazy. But there are unpredictable things, people have misfortunes, who knows if there will be such a lazy day in the future. The day when you are tired of embroidery. Take advantage of the fact that there is still some foundation in the mansion at this moment, and make some preparations first, so as to avoid the day when you really have nothing. Not only are you in a hurry, but you don’t know how much it will cost. Prepare in advance now Well, when it’s time to kill a hero with a penny, it’s a good thing to save a little bit.”

It's not that Sazhi is ignorant of the situation in the mansion, it can be said that it is precarious and precarious, when she heard this, her eye circles turned red, and she forced a smile and said: "What did you say, Miss, you have come to this point."

Luochun smiled, and was about to say something, when Siqi's voice came from outside: "Is Miss Liu there?" Sazhi heard the voice, got up hurriedly to meet her, and when she turned around, wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, Chess welcomes him in.After Siqi came in to salute Luochun, he said with a smile: "Miss Liu, our girl said that if Miss Liu is free, please invite Miss Liu to come and sit with her. Our girl has some questions about embroidery and wants to ask Miss Liu."

Hearing Siqi's words, Luochun was taken aback. Although she and Yingchun were closer in blood than other sisters in the mansion, they were not close to Tanchun and Xichun.When she was young, Luochun used to want to have a good relationship with Yingchun, but after taking the initiative to approach Yingchun a few times, she found that Yingchun didn't seem to want to get close to her, and even vaguely felt Yingchun's hostility towards her, so Luochun died. In order to be close sisters with Yingchun, the two kept a close distance. This was the first time in Luochun's memory that Yingchun invited her to talk.Luo Chun stood up and walked out, smiled at Si Qi: "It's rare that Second Sister invites you, and I happen to be fine, so I'll go and see Second Sister."

Saori and Siqi followed Luochun, and the three of them walked towards Yingchun's residence.As Siqi walked, he asked Sazhi in a low voice: "Why are you following your girl? Where did Pinxiu go, but he is not feeling well?" Sazhi also lowered his voice: "Our girl sent elder sister Pinxiu to go to work. No. It’s just that I didn’t see anyone, so I wouldn’t be here to curse people here, besides, what’s wrong with me following my girl, but what’s wrong with me serving?”

Because to go to Mrs. Wang's place, I had to pass Sister Feng's courtyard. While the two were talking in low voices, they passed Jia Lian and Sister Feng's small courtyard, and heard a crisp sound coming from the courtyard, as if something had been thrown on the ground. The sound of rice breaking.Luochun, Shazhi, and Siqi were all taken aback, they all turned around and looked at Jia Lian and Sister Feng's yard through the wide open door.At this time, there was no one else in the courtyard, and occasionally the sound of birds chirping and fluttering their wings, passing by the ears along with the breeze, but they couldn't penetrate the closed door, so they had to turn around and walk away from the tile ridge. It seemed that the sound just now was just an illusion.It's just that Jia Lian and Sister Feng's voices that came faintly immediately let people know that the crisp sound just now was definitely not an illusion.

"Here, is Second Master Lian having a quarrel with Second Mistress Lian?" Sazhi leaned close to Luochun's ear and whispered.Luo Chun looked at the bright red peony soft satin embroidered curtain on the door of the house where Jia Lian and Sister Feng lived, nodded imperceptibly, and said with a soft sigh: "Let's go." The three of them were about to walk away. When the door curtain moved, Ping'er came out of the room with a tray on which there were some pieces of broken porcelain on it. He glanced at Luochun, Shazhi and Siqi standing at the door, and hurriedly moved the tray in his hand. Put it on the stone strip, and go forward to greet Luochun.

Seeing Ping'er approaching, Luo Chun couldn't say he was leaving, so he pretended he hadn't heard anything, and said with a smile: "I was thinking just now that Second Brother Lian and Sister Feng might not be at home. There is no one serving." Ping'er looked around, and replied with a smile: "The boy at the door asked for leave because of family affairs, and I agreed. Just now the second master said about me, saying that I am used to being a good person. "As for why the little girl who was supposed to be guarding the door of the house disappeared, Ping'er didn't mention it, as if there was no one there in the first place.

If Ping'er didn't mention it, Luo Chun would naturally not ask without opening his eyes. Ping'er said a few more polite words, then said goodbye and walked away.Ping'er watched Luochun and the others leave, and heard Jia Lian and Sister Feng's quarrel faintly in the room, sighed helplessly, shook his head, turned around to the yard, and entered the house.Ping'er opened the curtain of the back room, and a teacup flew towards her face. She tilted her head subconsciously, and the teacup flew past her ear, and fell to the ground with a "slap", breaking into several pieces.

"...No money? How did you get money when you were lending money? Where did you get the money for taking my post outside to get a lawsuit?" Jia Lian said angrily with a pale face, "I worked so hard outside. Running around, almost broke my leg, and for whom? It’s not because of you, I’m trying to ‘wipe your ass/ass’! What time do you think it’s because of this? I'm here, the mansion is already full of bags...not to mention whoever begs for help is empty-handed and empty-mouthed. Now you tell me that you have no money. Any time now, you are about to be caught in the fire Got it, do you know? At this time, why don’t you quickly take out the money and keep the cubs? Okay, okay, if you think it doesn’t matter if you go to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I don’t care. While running around with his mother's legs, the serious person is still at home,..." Jia Lian spat on the ground and scolded Ping'er as he spoke.

Sister Feng was found out because of what she had done, and became a crime in the mansion. Although no one in the mansion said her at the moment, but because of her evil intentions, she felt ashamed to face others, so she kept pretending to be sick in the house.However, Sister Feng has been working hard since she married into Jia's family. Even though she was pregnant, she didn't have a good rest. .

At the moment, Sister Feng is pretending to be sick in the house, but news from outside comes from time to time, and the blame on Dafang's side is basically Sister Feng alone.When the people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice arrested Xue Pan, Sister Feng happened to be talking to Aunt Xue and the others in Lixiangyuan, and they bumped into each other, so she couldn't help but feel anxious, and couldn't sleep well at night. snatched away.So although Sister Feng is pretending to be sick, she still has some symptoms in her body.

Sister Feng's complexion was sallow, she leaned back against the pillow and half leaned on the couch.Ever since what she did was exposed, Jia Lian never gave her a good face. She went out during the day and didn't go back to her room to rest when she came back at night. She always slept in the study in front. It was rare to come to her here. They all come and go in a hurry, without even asking her, just asking for money.It's not that Sister Feng doesn't know that it costs money to go out and beg for help, but she can't afford the money at all. It's just that she said that she has no money several times. Jia Lian just doesn't believe it. Throw out the cruel words.

After listening to Jia Lian's words, Sister Feng thought of the two husbands and wives. Before the incident, they were still so affectionate, but in a blink of an eye they became like this. She couldn't help shedding tears, and cried: "Don't I know the priorities? It’s really rich, why don’t I take it out? I’ve been husband and wife with Er Ye for several years, don’t you know what kind of person I am? !"

"Hmph! I really don't know what kind of person Second Mistress is!" Jia Lian sneered, "But I know what kind of person I am in the eyes of Second Mistress. Anyway, I am a fool in the eyes of Second Mistress. It's so confusing!"

When Sister Feng heard this, she swallowed dryly and wanted to share the certificate with him. After thinking about it, she held back again.Sister Feng knew that Jia Lian didn't believe her, and felt that it was really boring for husband and wife to do this, so she shed tears even harder.

Seeing this, Ping'er stepped forward and said, "Second Master, don't force grandma anymore, but if grandma has money in her hand, how can she not get it out? She really doesn't have any money in her hand." Jia Lian sneered and said: "No money at all? Who are you kidding? Ping'er, don't tell me that. Who doesn't know that your master and servant have always lived in a nest of snakes and rats, and vented through one nostril. No money, did your second grandma get it?" Could it be that the money grows wings and flies by itself, can you stop treating me as a fool?"

"Second Master, why don't you believe it? Grandma really has no money here." Ping'er became anxious, and said, "If Second Master doesn't believe it, you can search here as much as you want, but if you can find any money, Second Master will take all of it." Just go." When Jia Lian heard this, although she didn't say anything, she glanced at Sister Feng who was on the couch.Sister Feng said: "Ping'er means what I mean, and the second master does it." Jia Lian snorted coldly and said, "Okay, that's what you said, so I won't be polite." I started by myself and searched the room all over, and finally came to Sister Feng's dressing table. After searching, there was no trace of silver.

After working hard for a long time and getting nothing, Jia Lian angrily threw the drawer she had pulled out on the table of the dressing table, knocking over Sister Feng's jewelry box on the dressing table, and saw that there was no gold, silver or jewelry in it. Some hairpins are broken.When Jia Lian saw it, she was stunned. She picked up a half-worn palace flower and asked, "Well, what's going on here? Where did your grandma's jewelry go?"

"Except for a few items worn on the breast milk, everything else is pawned." Ping'er cried: "Because the second master has accepted the booklet to sell the property to pay off the debt, Mr. Chen from the household department came to the mansion for a while. Because of this incident, all the merchants who deal with the mansion came to ask for accounts. There are people behind these merchants, who is easy to deal with, so all the money in the account was paid. But there are so many people in the mansion. Horse chewing, everything needs money. The land rent in the mansion was withdrawn in advance because it was preparing to build a provincial garden. Later, although the garden was not built, the money spent could not be recovered. It could not be used elsewhere. In addition, the mansion is dealing with merchants, and they all require cash to settle accounts, and then there is a big master who resigns from his title, and then all the things come out one after another, and the mansion also asks for money Yes... When the people in the house want to spend money, they reach out to grandma. Everyone asks grandma for money, and grandma is not a banker. How can she support it? But grandma has done something wrong and feels guilty. Can't say 'no', so..."

"After Mr. Chen came here, almost all the old things left by the ancestors were taken away. Although some valuables were left, they all had the imprint of the palace on them. Even if these things are valuable, they are not easy to sell. And even if it is sold, it is already good if it can be sold for less than three or four cents at a tenth price. Now, except for the meritorious fields handed down from the ancestors because they cannot be sold, there are still in the mansion, and the rest of the fields and shops can be sold. It’s all been sold;... Grandma’s private house money has also been filled in. Seeing that it’s time to pay the monthly money, grandma is still worried about where the money will come from.” Now that I’ve said it, Ping Er simply told Jia Lian about the situation in the mansion.

When Jia Lian heard this, she was dumbfounded, and murmured in disbelief, "How is this possible?... How come the mansion has come to this point?" Sister Feng sighed and said, "There are always too many people coming out of the mansion, and many people coming in." At least, relying on the little foundation left by my ancestors, I barely supported it. The second master came here and paid off all the debts left by my ancestors. Now my place is dry and the river is dry..." Wipe With tears in his eyes, "Second Lord is working hard outside because of my business. I accept this favor. I can't afford any money here, but I still have some thick winter clothes and a few pieces of ruler, which are worth a few taels of silver." , Second Lord, wait a moment, when I pack it up and finish cooking, I will ask someone to send the money to Second Master."

Thinking of Sister Feng's empty box when she was looking for money just now, and thinking of the box that Sister Feng had packed so full that she could hardly put her hands in it when she married in, Jia Lian felt uncomfortable, sighed and said: "Forget it, that's all." A few clothes, what are they worth, I'll go outside and figure out a way." After finishing speaking, he lifted his legs and walked out, and when he reached the door, he remembered that Ping'er said that Sister Feng was anxious about the monthly money of the servants at home, so he turned around and said: " Now the family is in a difficult situation and the population is too large. You can pick a free day to go back to the old lady and lord of the Ming Dynasty, and let these old family members who have worked hard and don’t need them out. The family also saves rations and monthly money for a year. Moreover, it is not as good as before. "One time is not as good as one time." It can also save a lot of money every month.”

After Jia Lian left, Ping'er poured a cup of tea for Sister Feng, and said comfortingly, "Grandma, Second Master still has grandma in his heart." Sister Feng said "Oh", took the tea, leaned on the pillow and drank slowly, The steam rising from the teacup covered her face, making it difficult to see her expression clearly.

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Luochun, Shazhi and Siqi come to Baoxia where Yingchun lives.Entering the room, I saw Yingchun sitting on an armchair under the window, leaning against the backrest and bowing her head to thread a needle.Hearing footsteps, she looked up to see Shi Luochun, smiled, and said, "Sixth Sister is here, sit down quickly." Xiuju brought an embroidered stool over and placed it in front of Yingchun, Luochun sat down opposite Yingchun , I looked around the room, and was taken aback for a moment, only to see that the antique shelves where some playthings were originally placed were so empty, and all the utensils placed in the room were gone.

Luochun wondered, at first she thought it was Yingchun's nanny who stole these things and sold them off, but then she thought, no, she didn't have the guts, these things that are on the surface, as long as they come to Yingchun Everyone in the room can see it, if she moves, she can't eat and walk around.It is impossible for Siqi and Xiuju to let her make things so ugly.

In this way, the candidate who can do this is about to come out, Luo Chun couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Mrs. Wang's "eating appearance" is too unbearable, and it doesn't match her usual image of generosity and compassion.Luo Chun didn't know, and Mrs. Wang didn't want to make things so ugly, but she couldn't help it.Jia Zheng and Yuan Chun had accidents one after another, and they needed to take care of things. At first, they could get some money from Sister Feng, but later, Sister Feng simply threw the account book to her, and they had no money. The aunt and nephew had a dispute over this.But in order to exonerate Jia Zheng, the money had to be spent, so Mrs. Wang could only use her own private savings.

Originally, only half of Mrs. Wang's private savings was left after Mr. Chen came to the mansion. Later, she spent a lot of money to comfort Yuan Chun, who couldn't go home to visit her relatives, and Zhi Ying, the eunuch who came to the mansion to beat the autumn wind. At the beginning, Mrs. Wang thought about keeping Yuanchun together, but she couldn't support it later, so she had to give up Yuanchun and do her best for Jia Zheng. In the end, Mrs. Wang, who was struggling, had no choice but to In the end, she took away a lot of utensils from Baoyu's room.

Yingchun didn't say anything, Luochun didn't ask, picked up the embroidery frame on Yingchun's lap, and looked closely at her work: I saw a red peony in full bloom embroidered on a piece of silk handkerchief with a white background that was not tied up. Magenta, vermilion, crimson, ... layers of smudged dyeing, and a few stitches embroidered with green silk thread underneath. Although it is only an outline, it is known to be calyxes and branches and leaves.Luo Chun looked at it and praised: "Second sister's embroidery is really good."

Yingchun smiled and said: "I can't be praised by my sixth sister, and I can't compare with her craftsmanship." After saying that, he gave way, "How many stitches does my sixth sister need to embroider?" Elder sister uses needles in a different way, if she moved her hand, the piece I embroidered would definitely look awkward in the middle of the second elder sister's embroidery, and a good piece of handkerchief would be ruined." Seeing that Luochun refused, neither did Yingchun. Shen Rang, the two said a few words on the handkerchief in Yingchun's hand, and then Yingchun asked anxiously: "Sixth sister, it seems that something happened in the house, I wonder what you heard in front of your father and mother?" Is there any wind?"

Now that people in the mansion are in panic, Yingchun naturally felt it, but she couldn't find out why from Baoyu Tanchun and the others, and she didn't dare to ask the old ladies, wives and sisters Feng, so Yingchun had no choice but to find Luochun, Ask her about it.Although Luochun knew what was going on, she couldn't explain what was going on here. What's more, Yingchun was timid. If she really wanted to tell her the truth, she might be so frightened that she couldn't even sleep at ease. Nanny is not easy, she got the news from Yingchun, and she didn't know how to spread it in the house, so Luochun smiled and said: "It's okay, second sister, don't worry. It's really okay, besides, the sky is falling, and there are tall people Go ahead, just put your heart in your stomach."

Yingchun half-believingly confirmed: "Is it really all right?" Luochun smiled and said: "What could be the matter? Besides, even if there is something to do, we can't help. Just restrain the people in the room and wait quietly for news. I was locked in the house like your second sister. What do I know, I guess, at most, something happened outside the master, and the masters and Lian's second brother dealt with it. What has it to do with us? Second sister , don’t scare yourself, don’t worry, it’s really fine.”

In fact, although Yingchun felt uneasy, she just wanted to live a clean life and didn't want to ask so many questions. This time she was encouraged by her nanny to find Luochun.But whether Luochun knew the truth or not, she refused to confide a single word to her anyway.But as Luo Chun said, outside affairs are the affairs of men in the mansion, so what does it have to do with her as a boudoir, so Yingchun felt reasonable after hearing Luo Chun's words, so she didn't ask further.