The Marginal People of Jia's Family in the Red Chamber

"Ah, ah, woo woo woo oh my god, my god!"

Upstairs on the top floor, Chen Yi uttered words of admiration, and then burst into sobs incoherently, "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooows.

When Chen Yi cried like this, the two companions next to him were terrified. Wei Tishan patted him on the back and said, "Chen Yi, what's wrong with you, don't cry, let's speak up if there is something wrong, we can help you I'm busy."

Lou Feng was also on the sidelines, and Chen Yi started crying after reading the letter sent to him by the boy. Lou Feng hurriedly asked Chen Yi's boy: "What did you say in the letter, but something happened to the Chen family?" ?”

The boy is also very wronged, okay, he is illiterate, and the person who delivered the letter didn't say anything to him, so he could only be wronged and said: "Master Lou, I really don't know, but it seems that the family is not in vain, so it should be fine." ah."

Lou Feng didn't understand either, there was no funeral at home, why did you cry so much.Immediately, he no longer hesitated, and directly took the letter that Chen Yi held in his hand and read it.

"Oh my god, my god, my life, why am I so wicked!" Lou Feng started to cry after reading the letter.

Wei Tishan was the one who wanted to call for help, let alone Chen Yi, he should be young and ignorant, Lou Feng has always been prudent, what's wrong.

Lou Feng couldn't help it either, took the letter over and looked at it, and stood there in a daze.

The three of them sat in the hall, and the people who came and went in this Zhuangyuan building were all the scholars of the current department. They had just finished the Chunwei exam and hadn't published their rankings yet. Everyone came to the Zhuangyuan building to get together, not only to connect with each other, but also to be "the champion". Two words of blessing.The scholars in the Zhuangyuan Building saw the three people crying, but they didn't understand why.On weekdays, everyone was also nodding acquaintances, seeing strange familiarity, they all gathered around and asked: "Three virtuous brothers, what happened, why are you crying so sadly."

"That's right, it must have failed the exam." Someone booed.

"Hey, hey, the list hasn't been released yet, so don't curse at them," the person next to him persuaded.

The other two were busy crying, but it was Wei Tishan who answered them reliably: "Mr. Jia is married!"

"What!" The scholars were taken aback.

He hurriedly asked for confirmation, and was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly, and said, "Jia...Mr. Not what I thought."

Wei Tishan cried and said, "Which Mr. Jia is there, Mr. Jia Shanyang, Mr. Jia, a first-rank female official, your majesty's righteous sister, Princess Zhaoming, Mr. Jia!"

This time it was not just one person who was wailing.

"What, what, Mr. Jia Shanyang, are you right? Didn't you say that Mr. Jia didn't get married? Why did he suddenly get married?" the man asked.

"Where did you get the news, is it accurate? Don't be rumors!" The man confirmed personally.

Wei Tishan raised the letter in his hand, and said: "Mr. Jia is in Sichuan, and married Zhuang Jie, Zhuangshan Chang of Tianfu College! The three of us are all from Sichuan, and the father of my brother, Chen Yi, lives in Tianfu. The college is a teacher!"

A person in the crowd couldn't hold back, and he didn't care whether he was rude or not, so he grabbed the letter and read it.

"Hey, hey, hey, slow down, slow down, don't tear the letter paper."

"Don't grab it, talk about you, talk about you! Don't grab it!"

"The ones in front, the ones with letters, yes, those with letters, read it out, read it out, don't just think about yourself!"

There were people in the crowd talking non-stop, shouting loudly even if they couldn't hear clearly.

"My son saw the letter, everything is safe at home, and you can feel at ease outside. Spring is approaching, so you must work hard, prepare for the exam with peace of mind, and embrace Your Majesty Long En..."

"Who asked you to read this, read related ones, related to Mr. Jia!" The people behind waited impatiently and shouted loudly.

"...The letter is a happy event. My mountain head and Mr. Jia Shanyang have tied the knot. It is regularly scheduled on March [-]th. It is measured by the Taoist master Wantian of Qingyang Temple. Nanshanzi, Liu Wanan, Kong Yu... and other sages all I will watch the ceremony by replying to you. After Er Chunwei is over, come back quickly and ask to see a sage. This is a rare opportunity..."

The purpose of Chen Yi's father writing the letter was to urge Chen Yi to prepare well for the Spring Festival. As a result, it was a long way from Sichuan to the capital, and by the time the letter arrived, the Spring Festival had already passed.The news about Mr. Jia Shanyang's getting married is only a few hundred words, but who is Mr. Jia going to marry, when is the wedding date, and the auspicious date is measured by the world-famous avenue, and all the people who come to watch the ceremony are famous people in the world.

The news was confirmed. Now Chen Yi and Lou Feng were not the only ones crying in the restaurant. Everyone in the lobby burst into tears when they heard the news. The people in the boxes on the second floor also came out to ask what happened. Crying along, for a moment, the entire Zhuangyuan building was surrounded by crying.

In the private room on the second floor, a few rich kids were having a drink. They didn't follow the path of imperial examinations, but the wine in the Zhuangyuan building was delicious, so they came here to be arty.Suddenly the building was full of crying, and I couldn't help asking people to inquire. When I came back from the hourly inquires, I reported: "The masters are crying for the news of Mr. Jia Shanyang's marriage!"

"Ah, who is this Jia Shanyang? Why are you crying? If you say you are married, you shouldn't be too old. With so many people crying, it is impossible for them to be the elders of these people. Could it be... Which house is it upstairs?" Your girl?" A young gentleman in brocade clothes who was about eleven or twelve years old said as he twirled his cup.

The older man next to him quickly came to cover his mouth, and cursed repeatedly: "Shut up, shut up, you're going to die! Mr. Jia Shanyang is also what you can say, let people hear you carefully, the students in the building can beat you to pieces Xuelou, the people from Wucheng Bingmasi are here, and they want to beat you again!"

"Okay, okay, how old is he? Mr. Jia was out of Beijing when he was born, how did he know, come on, let go, just explain to him clearly." Other people in the private room persuaded one after another. .

"Hey, come on, let me make it clear to you. I can't be so ignorant in the future. This Mr. Jia Shanyang is the granddaughter of Xiangong Daishan of Rongguo Mansion, and now the one who is attacking Rong Anhou is Her uncle, her brother is Zhong Jiabo, her father is upright and elegant, and likes to be idle. She works in Jinling, and her mother is a first-rank official. If you don't know these things, her third brother is Jia Huan, the captain of Yulang. You always know this, they are all from the martial arts circle."

"Ah, Jia Huan's sister, I seem to have heard of it somewhere... It seems that she is a princess? Those who can be named princesses are from the blood of the Tian family. Is it possible that I remembered it wrong?" The little boy tapped his head and asked in doubt.

"Let me tell you, you have been living in that world of immortals all these years, and you don't even know about such a well-known person!" The person who explained to him couldn't laugh or cry, and continued: "This Mr. Jia's boudoir name is not something I can talk about." , it was only later that His Majesty bestowed several counties around Shanyang as princess fiefdoms, and the folks called Mr. Shanyang. In fact, the title of the princess was Zhaoming. Mr. Jia was intelligent and talented since he was a child. , The empress dowager is pleased with you, and you are the first female talent. Those crooked poems you usually write are all written by Mr. Jia, and no one knows how you use poems written by others. "

"Mr. Jia is both talented, noble and pure, sincere and simple, and approachable. Today's inner school in the palace was founded by Mr. Jia alone. During the "Four Kings Rebellion" in the later emperor's time, Mr. Jia was brave and courageous. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is now the Holy Majesty. His Majesty was grateful for her meritorious service and talent, and specially conferred the title of Princess Zhaoming, the first rank, and a fiefdom. At that time, the Emperor was still alive, and he directly allocated two more counties to the princess as fiefdoms, which is less than those serious Tianjia princesses. He is taken seriously." The older one was afraid that his companion would be small and talk nonsense, so he quickly explained it to him. "That's why I said, even if the soldiers and horses of the five cities come, they will beat you up. Now the guards in charge of the capital are not just Mr. Shanyang's elder brother, Mr. Zhong Jiabo Jiazhu Jia." The next family obviously has something to do with it Yes, said in a low voice: "It is said that today I admire Princess Zhaoming very much and would like to treat her as an imperial concubine. It is a pity that Princess Zhaoming said that she does not want to be a concubine, even the position of imperial concubine is not favored! There is a nanny in my family who retired from the palace at the time, saying that the first queen personally persuaded her to abdicate herself, but Princess Zhaoming did not agree!"

"Yes, yes, I also know about this. Later, Princess Zhaoming left a book and left, but today she led people to block people in the Seven Sages Forest outside the east gate. Then I don't know how Princess Zhaoming and His Majesty In short, someone saw His Majesty and the princess drinking and laughing at the Qili Pavilion next to the Seven Sages Forest, and then the princess wandered around." Another person said.

"That's right! From then on, the folks don't call her Princess Zhaoming anymore, they only call her Mr. Shanyang. Mr. Shanyang said 'knowledge and action are one', she has completed her cultivation in the palace, and it is time to leave. There is a vast world of folks to cultivate themselves." Another person added.

"But you talked for a long time, but you didn't get to the point. Mr. Shanyang, I know now that he is a very remarkable person, but you didn't say, why are so many people crying when she gets married?" Solution.

"Ah, hahaha!" Several drinking boys sitting around patted the table and laughed loudly.There was still a kind man who gave him a popular science with a smile: "Mr. Shanyang was already 19 years old when he left the capital, which is naturally older for a woman. On the way of traveling in the clouds, how many famous scholars, scholars, high-ranking officials and magnates proposed to Mr. The husband didn't agree. Later, when the husband went to Jiangnan, there was a young man from a wealthy family who was also a scholar. He heard about Mr. Shanyang's name and said, "Although I know it's impossible, I should try it. Just in case God Where is the pity?' Then he beating gongs and drums and carrying the dowry to propose to Mr. Shanyang. Naturally, the husband did not agree, but this young man went to high school in the autumn of that year, and only said that he was blessed by Mr. Shanyang. Since then Every time the imperial examinations are taken, many candidates always go to Mr. Shanyang for advice and marriage. After years of development, they ask Mr. Shanyang for marriage before the exam, just like going to the Confucian Temple to worship Confucius after the exam.”

"That's it!" The young master in brocade clothes exclaimed, "Sure enough, the forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds."

"Hahaha, you can't say that. Mr. Shanyang is married now, so these students will not be able to ask for marriage in the future. Thanks to the news that she is going to get married only came after Chunwei, otherwise, no matter how many exams I have, I have no intention of taking the exam. "The person in the box joked.

At this time, a loud shout came from downstairs: "I haven't asked Mr. Jia for a kiss yet! What should I do? What should I do?"

Hearing the people in the box laugh, they praised the person who spoke just now for his knowledge and accurate prediction.

He smiled and waved his hands and said: "It's nothing, it's nothing, everyone knows about it, but I don't know what kind of ability this mountain leader Zhuang Jie, who can make Mr. Shanyang commit himself, can be the champion!"

……

Sichuan, Chengdu, Dou Tuanshan.

"Ah, ah, ah!" Master Zhuang Jie sneezed several times, and said with a smile: "Someone must be talking about me again today, look, since the news of you and I getting married spread, all the students in the world are boiling! I can't tell how many people have cursed me today!"

"This girl in the Chengdu mansion probably mistook me for me and tore the handkerchief into pieces. With your looks and knowledge, if you go around the capital, all the ladies in the world will probably tear the handkerchief." Amitabha, fortunately you are in Sichuan, otherwise, you would be another beautiful man who was watched and killed." Jia Yuanchun said with a smile, she has been 27 years old for a few years, at this age, let alone 17 years old, it is too late to get married When she was in her first life, getting married at this time is also a proper late marriage and late childbearing.

It took Jia Yuanchun three years to travel to famous places across the country. He dared not go to those dangerous corners. He stayed in Chengdu for five years and met his life partner.

Jia Yuanchun is now dressed very simply and elegantly, with one or two pieces of jade jewelry on his head, and no makeup on his face, but he will not be compared by young girls.The skin on the face is still fair and shiny, just like the little girl of sixteen or seventeen, but more graceful, confident and wise than the young girl. The whole person is like a ripe peach, very attractive.It is said that there is a poetic spirit in his belly, and Jia Yuanchun looks radiant and dazzling.

"You didn't teach me this. You can make a fortune in silence. With such a fairy-like wife, I'd better wait for the status to be settled before I go out to show my face." Zhuang Jie laughed.

"Go, why don't you show your face, you have to go and meet my family. On the day of my fourteenth marriage, my elder brother was busy with work, so I'm afraid he won't be able to come. My two younger brothers should come. Don't you want to visit the capital? It's just fine." Together. My second brother is pure and uncontested. He yearns to be a hermit and celebrity in famous mountains and rivers. General, you will be a Confucian general again in the future. At that time, you will temporarily hand over the academy to the gentlemen and go to the capital to meet my mother." Jia Yuanchun introduced Zhuang Jie and invited him to the capital.

"It's natural. I have nothing to worry about and am alone, so I should go to see my mother-in-law. I don't know how beautiful my mother-in-law is, to give birth to a person like my wife who is both beautiful and intelligent, talented and capable." Zhuang Jie and Jia Yuanchun has been with him for a long time, and he has also learned a few witty words from Jia Yuanchun when he boasted.

"Then just wait and see." Jia Yuanchun said with a smile.

"Sir, three more students tried to sneak into the back mountain in vain, but they have already been stopped by the guard." At this time, a person dressed as a student from the martial arts academy came to report.

"Understood, keep stopping, thank you for your hard work." Zhuang Jie nodded and let the student go down.

Zhuang Jie rolled the book into a paper tube, tapped her forehead and said, "How long is this? Alas, my back mountain is almost crushed by them. My wife is so charming!"

"Hehe, you. Why don't you tell me why I live in the back mountain now? Look at my yard, what kind of mess I made to those mad girls who are jealous. You have the nerve to talk about me!" Jia Yuanchun smiled. Sitting next to him, he took out the book in his hand, flattened it, and said: "It's not like you don't know, those students who said they came to propose marriage actually really want to marry me. It's just a trend, as if It is a fallacy that a scholar who has not asked Mr. Jia for marriage is not a qualified scholar."

"Let's not talk about those students and people who have heard the news, just tell me what's going on." Zhuang Jie pulled out a thick envelope from the bookshelf behind her and threw it on the table, leaning her chin on Jia Yuanchun's shoulder Come on, hold her and say.

Jia Yuanchun glanced at Dongzi on the table, and sighed in his heart, his husband just loves acting like a baby!Look, it's a familiar stalk again!

Jia Yuanchun stroked the back of Zhuang Jie's hand, and said, "What kind of beauty does your Majesty want? Why would you miss me, an old woman?"

"Who says you're old, you're in your prime!" Zhuang Jie shook her body in dissatisfaction.

"Okay, okay, okay. Your Majesty, you can't get what you want. You magnify your vision and beautify everything in your heart, so you can't let it go. In fact, you are looking for things for yourself. If I really agree to marry him, I guarantee that he will marry him again." I'm too scared."

"That's right, otherwise, when the first queen left, why didn't he dare to come and propose. Hmph! The emperor is unreliable, madam, you have to remember, back then, your majesty didn't come to the letter, I'm afraid you It's like agreeing to marry him all of a sudden. Now that you're making trouble again, you must have ulterior motives!" Zhuang Jie said, sparing no effort to beat her rival.

"Yes, with ulterior motives, ulterior motives." Jia Yuanchun agreed nonchalantly. She had recited such lines seven or eight times, but Zhuang Jie was so interesting that she had to rehearse them again from time to time.

On March [-]th, Jia Huan personally escorted a batch of high-quality dowry to Chengdu Mansion, and the caravan and horse team stretched for several miles, making it extremely lively.

"Huan'er, here we come, hurry up, sit down quickly." Jia Yuanchun counted the days when her family would come, and moved out from the back of Mount Doutuan. She and Zhuang Jie didn't care about these customs, but her family did. ah.Jia Yuanchun now lives in a courtyard at the foot of Mount Doutuan. Seeing Jia Huan coming with a large amount of things, he hurriedly beckoned him in.

"Big Sister, Huan'er greets you." Jia Huan was dressed in sword sleeves, tall and tall, with a youthful and heroic appearance.

"It's hard work, it's hard work, just come here, and what to do with these heavy guys, I don't need anything, as long as you can come, I will be happy." Jia Yuanchun directed the manager to arrange things, and personally gave Jia Huan ordered a cup of tea and handed it to him.

Jia Huan took the tea respectfully, and said, "I know that big sisters have them, it's just our kindness." Jia Huan naturally knew that Jia Yuanchun hadn't lied. Hers, except that she is not in the Minzhi counties, she is the local emperor of those counties.In addition to the rewards from the royal family and Jia Yuanchun's own property, Jia Huanzong felt that his eldest sister must be very rich.

"Did Baoyu come with you?" Jia Yuanchun asked.

"Come on, the second elder brother is serving my mother behind, so I rushed over quickly."

"What, mother, mother is here?" Jia Yuanchun didn't dare to say it: "Mother is 50 years old this year, how can she stand the hardships of traveling, you two unreliable brats, why don't you stop me! "

Jia Huan put down the teacup with a wry smile and said, "Eldest sister, why didn't you ever persuade me? My second brother and I took turns to persuade her, and my eldest brother was so anxious that his hair turned gray, so he had to ask for leave to protect his mother. She said that the second sister-in-law was pregnant. Nothing works, mother just wants to come."

"My brother and sister are pregnant! Baoyu is going to be a father, it's great! I just hope that after he becomes a father, he will be more stable and sensible." Jia Yuanchun said pleasantly.Jia's mansion is revitalized, Jia Zhu is still alive, and Jia Baoyu's marriage is easy to say, without the marriage of wood and stone, gold and jade, there is still a good marriage waiting for him.

"Big sister, talk about mother!" Jia Huan was also intoxicated by his elder sister's ability to digress.

"Yes, yes, how is mother? Is she okay? Is Baoyu accompanying me?" Jia Yuanchun asked hastily.

"That's right. I'll bring over the big sister's dowry first. With so much property, it's easy to be coveted. The second brother came with his mother, but it's only three or four days away." Jia Huan explained .

"Okay, okay, then I'll go and clean up my mother's room first, and if anyone else is here, I can arrange it together."

"No, relatives and friends all entrusted us with makeup gifts. The road to Shu is difficult, and the road to Shu is difficult, and there is no suitable person from relatives and friends to come with us. The uncle and the second brother Lian are all in front of the uncle's house. I can’t go away; my elder brother is on a mission, and my sister-in-law is in charge of the house, so I can’t come. The second sister-in-law is pregnant, so I dare not make her tired, and the third sister is also pregnant, but they all asked me to bring my elder sister to do it myself. It’s not as good as the work done by the palace servants around my elder sister, and it’s a heartfelt effort.” Jia Huan explained clearly the movements of the family members, he didn’t mention Jia Zheng, and Jia Yuanchun didn’t ask.

"It's good for the sisters in the family to do it. It has nothing to do with craftsmanship, but this heart." Jia Yuanchun nodded and said: "You have come from a long way and are tired, go and rest first, and I will call you to eat later .” Jia Yuanchun first arranged Jia Huan properly, and then asked people to take the gift list Jia Huan brought over and slowly look through it.

The make-up gifts on the clan side are already very generous, and there are also generous gifts from old relatives, in-laws, etc., not to mention between brothers and sisters.The only thing that could make Jia Yuanchun frown was the things Jia Zheng sent over, which should be taken care of by Aunt Zhao.Aunt Zhao also asked someone to bring some needles and threads she made, and one or two beloved things from her collection.The value can't be compared with Jia Yuanchun's collection, single-minded and sincere.

Jia Yuanchun sighed, not knowing what to say.Over the years, since Jia Zheng went to Jinling, the court people around her took care of the gifts for her father's three festivals and two birthdays, and sent them over with Jia Zhu and the others.Outsiders may not expect that the calligraphy of Mr. Jia Shanyang, who is famous all over the world, has never appeared in her father's study.

Jia Yuanchun thought he had no affection for Jia Zheng, and he didn't have any expectations of Jia Zheng.Just looking at Aunt Zhao, compared with her father, I can't help but feel a little sentimental in my heart.Immediately, Jia Yuanchun came to his senses, secretly scolding himself for being hypocritical, he really had enough of a good life, and he was so stubborn!

Two days later, Mrs. Wang was nearly fifty years old, and the gray-haired Mrs. Wang rushed to the Chengdu mansion. Looking at Mrs. Wang's old face, Jia Yuanchun couldn't stop crying: "My daughter is not filial, so my mother has to worry about running around."

"A hundred years old son, long worry 99, you are going to get married, how can mother not come." Mrs. Wang has been pampered all these years, with a compassionate and kind face. Compared with the original book, she is more like a good-eyed Bodhisattva.

The night before the wedding, Mrs. Wang slept with Jia Yuanchun in accordance with the custom. At night, she talked to Jia Yuanchun a lot, reminiscing about the hardships of the early years, telling her thoughts after Jia Yuanchun left, and her family and friends in Beijing. I talked about the recent situation all night.Before dawn the next day, Jia Yuanchun was pulled up to dress up again, and he sang an auspicious song about combing his hair, using the most auspicious and beautiful words for everything.

In the end, Mrs. Wang warned: "My son has always made up his mind. Even if we get married, we must be well. Mother will send you here."

"Mother, I will." Jia Yuanchun knelt down to thank her for her kindness, and walked out of the money, stepping into a new stage of life.