Dream of the Red Mansion

However, it is said that Jia Zheng had previously invited the real estate and Grand View Garden to be an official, but the inner court refused to accept it, and no one lived there, so he had to block it.Because the garden is adjacent to Youshi Xichun's residence, it feels too open and empty, so Bao Yong is punished to look at the deserted garden.At this time, Jia Zhengli's family, under the order of Jia's mother, gradually reduced the population, and everyone was frugal, but they could not support it.Fortunately, Sister Feng cherishes Mother Jia. Although Mrs. Wang and others don't like it very much, if they can still contribute to managing the family, they still leave the internal affairs to Sister Feng.But recently, after being copied, everything can't be used, and it's also in every shape.The people above and below the house were used to being well-off, but now compared to the past, seven times out of ten, how can they be thoughtful, they can't help complaining.Sister Feng didn't dare to delay, helping the sick and Chenghuan Jia's mother.After a while, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen went to their errands, relying on their usefulness, and being at ease for the time being, writing books and returning home, they all said that they were at ease and there was nothing to worry about at home.So Jia's mother was relieved, and Mrs. Xing Youshi was also slightly lenient.

One day, Shi Xiangyun returned home after getting married, and came to Jiamu's side to say hello.Mother Jia mentioned that his son-in-law is very kind, and Shi Xiangyun also said that the life there is safe, please rest assured the old lady.When Daiyu's death was mentioned again, everyone burst into tears.Jia Mu thought of the pain of Yingchun again, and became more and more sad.Shi Xiangyun persuaded him once, and went to each family to say hello. After that, he still went to Jia Mu's room to rest, saying, "The Xue family was ruined by Brother Xue. Although this year is a suspended sentence, I wonder if it will be reduced next year?" Jia Mu Said: "You don't know yet. Yesterday, Pan's daughter-in-law died without understanding, and there was almost another big incident. Fortunately, Lafayette had eyes and asked the girl he brought to confess herself. Then Grandma Xia It’s nothing to make a fuss about. My own family stopped the inspection. Your aunt sent out the skin and meat. Tell me, it’s really the same luck for the six relatives! This is how the Xue family is. With a conscience, he said that his brother was not yet finished in prison, and he refused to marry. Your sister Xing was also very bitter with the eldest wife. Miss Qin died because of her father-in-law, but she was not satisfied, and the Mei family had not yet married. The second wife's natal uncle Once the grandpa dies, Miss Feng's elder brother is also not an adult, and the second uncle is also a stingy grandpa, with unclear official status and famine. The Zhen family has no information since the house was seized."

Xiangyun said: "Did the third sister go home with a letter?" Jia Mu said: "Since you got married, the second master came back and said that your third sister is very good in Haijiang. But there is no letter, and I miss it day and night. Because of the bad things happening to our family again and again, so I don't care about it. Now the fourth girl has not proposed marriage to him. Huan'er, who has the time to mention him. Now our family's life is better than when you were here before Hou is even more miserable. I only feel sorry for your sister Bao, who has passed through the door and never lived a day of ease. Your second brother is still so crazy, what should I do?" Xiangyun said: "I grew up here since I was a child. Yes, I know the temper of those people here. This time when I came back, they all changed. I looked at me for a long time, and they didn’t come to me. When I thought about it, it was not, they just met I, seeing what they meant was going to be as lively as before, I don't know why, and I became sad when I talked about it. That's why I came to the old lady's place." Jia Mu said, "It's fine with me now. , you young people are so good! I was thinking of a way to keep them busy for a day, but I can't get the spirit up." Xiangyun said: "I remembered, Sister Bao is not the queen. Is it his birthday? I will stay one more day to celebrate his birthday, and everyone will have a lively day. I wonder how the old lady is doing?"

Jia Mu said: "I'm really confused. You didn't mention it, but I forgot that the day after tomorrow is not his birthday! I will take out the money tomorrow and organize a birthday for him. When he was not engaged, he did it several times. Once, now that he passed the door, he didn't do it. Baoyu is very clever and mischievous, and now because of the bad things in the family, he has nothing to say about making this child worse. But Zhu's daughter-in-law is okay, he has It’s like this when it’s not, and it’s the same when it’s not, it’s hard for him to lead Lan’er to live quietly.”

Xiangyun said: "Others still stay, only Lian's second sister-in-law has changed her appearance, and her speech is no longer smart. Wait for me to guide them tomorrow and see how they are. But they don't say anything, and they want to complain about me in their hearts. , Said that I have--" Xiang Yun blushed when he said that.Jiamu understood, and said: "What are you afraid of? It turns out that the sisters are used to being together, talking and laughing, don't worry about it anymore. Generally, a person, whether he has it or not, must endure wealth and honor." It’s good to be poor. Your elder sister Baoyu was born a generous person. He was not proud at all when his family was so good. Later, when something happened to his family, he was comfortable. Now in my family, Baoyu treats him Well, he settles down in the same way, treats him badly for a while, and doesn't see him having any troubles. I think this child is a lucky one. Your sister Lin is the most temperamental and paranoid, so she doesn't live long after all. Feng girl I have seen some things, and I shouldn't have changed his appearance after seeing some troubles. If he is so ignorant, he is just a petty weapon. Later, for girl Bao's birthday, I will take out the money for the other, and make it for him in a lively manner. It’s his birthday, and let him rejoice on this day.” Xiangyun agreed: “The old lady said it very well. Simply invite all the sisters here, let’s talk about it.”

Jia Mu said: "Of course I want to invite you." She said happily for a moment: "Tell Yuanyang to hand over a hundred silver coins to the outside, and ask him to prepare two days of wine and food starting tomorrow." .There was nothing to say all night.The next day, word was sent out that people were sent to pick up Yingchun, and Aunt Xue Baoqin was invited to bring Xiangling.Invite Aunt Li again.In less than half a day, Li Wen and Li Qi all came.Baochai didn't know it at all, but when she heard the old lady's girl come to invite her, she said, "Aunt Xue is here, please come over to the second grandma." Baochai liked it very much, so she went there with her clothes to see his mother.I saw his sister Baoqin and Xiangling were here, and Aunt Li and others were also here.I thought: "Those people must know that our family's business is over, so they came to ask you." So I went to ask Aunt Li, met Jia's mother, and then said a few words to his mother, and then with the sisters of the Li family Hello.Xiangyun said beside him: "Ladies, please sit down and let us sisters pay my respects to my sister." Baochai was stunned when she heard this, and when she came back she thought, "Isn't it my birthday tomorrow?" "Sisters should come to see the old lady. If it's my birthday, they will definitely not dare." Just as he was pushing back, Baoyu also came to ask Aunt Xue and Aunt Li to greet her.Hearing Baochai's own refusal, he had planned to celebrate Baochai's birthday in his heart, but he didn't dare to mention it to Jiamu because of the upheaval at home. Now seeing Xiangyun and others wanting to pay their respects, he likes to say: "Tomorrow It's the birthday, and I'm about to tell the old lady to come."

Xiangyun laughed and said, "What a shame, the old lady is waiting for you to tell. Why are you looking at these people? The old lady invited them!" Baochai didn't believe it.Just listen to Jiamu and his mother say: "Poor little girl has been a new daughter-in-law for a year. There are one after another things at home. I haven't celebrated his birthday. Today I will make a birthday for him. I invite aunts and wives to come and talk to everyone." Son." Aunt Xue said: "The old lady feels at ease these days. His little family has not honored the old lady, but the old lady has to worry about it." Xiangyun said: "The grandson that the old lady loves most is the second elder brother. Second sister-in-law won't be hurt anymore! Besides, elder sister Bao also deserves the old lady to celebrate his birthday." Baochai bowed her head and remained silent.Baoyu thought to himself: "I just said that sister Shi has changed when she left the pavilion. I dare not get close to him, and he doesn't come to talk to me. Listening to him now, it is the same as before. Why did our After passing the door, I feel even more shy, can't speak?" Just as I was thinking, the little girl came in and said, "The second aunt is back." Afterwards, Li Wanfeng and Sister Li Wan came in, and everyone saw each other.Yingchun mentioned that his father was going out, and said: "I wanted to come to see him, but he stopped him from coming, saying that our family is in a bad time, so don't get infected with it. I couldn't help it, but I didn't come, so I cried for two or three times. God." Sister Feng said, "Why are you willing to let you come back today?"

Yingchun said: "He also said that the second master of our family has taken over his post again, and he can still walk away. It's okay, so he let me come." Then he cried again.Jia's mother said: "I was so angry that I picked you up today to celebrate my grandson's daughter-in-law's birthday, talking and laughing to relieve the boredom. You bring up these troubles again, and I am troubled again." Yingchun waited. They didn't dare to make a sound.Although Sister Feng managed to say a few interesting words, she was not as crisp as before and made people laugh.Mother Jia wanted Baochai to like her, so she deliberately vomited Sister Feng's words.Sister Feng also knew what Jia's mother meant, so she tried her best to spread it out and said, "The old lady likes it a little more today. You see, these people haven't been together for a long time, and today they are all complete." Turning around, she saw her mother-in-law Youshi Not here, he shrank his mouth again.For the sake of the word "complete", Jia Mu also wanted Mrs. Xing and so on, and asked someone to come.Mrs. Xing, Youshi Xichun, etc. heard the old lady's call, and they dared not not come, and they were very unwilling in their hearts, thinking that the family business would be ruined, but they were happy to celebrate Baochai's birthday. of.When Jia's mother asked about Xiuyan, Mrs. Xing assumed that she was ill and could not come.Mother Jia understood that Aunt Xue was inconvenient here, so she didn't mention it.

Put down the fruit wine for a while.Jia Mu said, "I won't send it outside either. Today we girls are only allowed to have fun." Although Baoyu was married, because of Jia Mu's love, he still messed around inside, but he didn't sit at the same table with Xiangyun Baoqin. So he set up a seat beside Jia Mu, and he took turns toasting on Baochai's behalf.Jia Mu said: "Now let's sit down and drink with everyone, and then go to salute everywhere in the evening. If we start to behave now, and everyone makes a mess of rules, it will be no fun to beat me back." Baochai followed her words. sit down.Jiamu called someone to come again and said, "Let's be more free and easy today, and leave one or two people to serve each other. I asked Yuanyang to bring Caiyun, Yinger, Xiren and Ping'er to wait in the back room and drink a bell of wine." " Yuanyang and others said: "We haven't kowtowed to the second grandma yet, so how can we go drinking?" Jia Mu said, "I said, you just go, you can come again when you need it." Yuanyang waited and went.Here, Mother Jia asked Aunt Xue to wait for a drink. Seeing that they were not as usual, Mother Jia said anxiously: "What's the matter with you? Everyone should be happy." Xiangyun said: "We eat and drink, what else do we want?" " Sister Feng said: "When they were young, they were all happy, but now they are too embarrassed to talk about it, so the old lady looks cold."

Baoyu told Jia Mu gently: "There is nothing to say, and if you talk about it, you will talk about bad things. Why don't the old lady come up with an idea and ask them to make an order." Jia Mu listened sideways. He said with a smile, "If the order is issued, I have to ask Yuanyang to go." Baoyu listened, and without waiting to say more, he went to the back room to look for Yuanyang, and said, "The old lady wants to order, so I ask my sister to go." Yuanyang said "Master, let's have a drink comfortably. Why bother to disturb you?" Baoyu said, "It's true that the old lady said that I have to ask you to go. It has nothing to do with me."

Yuanyang couldn't help it, and said, "You just drink, and I'll come when I go." Then he went to Jiamu's side.The old lady said: "You are here, don't you want to order?" Yuanyang said: "I heard Bao Erye said that the old lady called, I dare not come. I don't know what order the old lady wants to give?" Jia Mu said: " That text is boring, and martial arts is not good, you should come up with something new and stubborn." Yuanyang thought for a while and said, "Now that my aunt is old and doesn't want to bother, it's better to take out the dice Come on, let's play a game of cards and bet on winning or losing wine." Jia Mu said, "This is also possible." Then she ordered someone to take the dice basin and put it on the table.The mandarin duck said: "Now throw four dice, if you don't roll well, you will be fined a cup, if you roll well, the number of cups each person drinks will be determined after rolling."

After hearing this, the people said, "It's easy. We all follow." Yuanyang made some arrangements.They asked Yuanyang to drink a cup and counted on him. It was Aunt Xue who threw it first.Aunt Xue tossed it, but it was four.Yuanyang said: "This is famous. It's called Shangshan Sihao. If you are old, have a drink." So Jia Mu, Aunt Li, and Mrs. Xing Wang should drink it.Jia's mother asked for a drink, and Yuanyang said, "This is thrown by my aunt. It's up to my aunt to say the name of the tune, and the next family will follow up with a thousand poems. If you can't tell, you will be fined a glass." Aunt Xue said, "You've come to plot against me again. I can tell." Mother Jia said, "It's better to say one thing if you don't say that you are lonely. I will be the next family. If you can't tell, I will accompany my aunt and wife." Just drink for one minute." Aunt Xue then said, "Let me tell you something. Go into the flowers when you are old." Jia Mu nodded and said, "It will be called a young man who sneaks away to learn." After finishing speaking, the dice basin passed Li Wen and threw it Two four two two.Yuanyang said: "It's also famous. It's called Liu Ruan's entry into the Tiantai." Li Wen then said, "Two scholars enter the Taoyuan." It was Li Wan who started, and said, "Find the Taoyuan to avoid Qin." Everyone took another sip.The dice basin came to Jia Mu again, and threw two twos two threes.Jia Mu said, "Is it time to drink?" Yuanyang said, "It's a famous one. Jiang Yan attracts the chicks. Everyone should have a drink."

Sister Feng said: "The chick is a chick, it's better to fly upside down." Everyone glanced at him, but Sister Feng said nothing.Jia Mu said: "What am I talking about? Let's lead the grandson." Li Qi started, and said, "Watch the children catch willow flowers." Everyone agreed.Baoyu was eager to say it, but he couldn't make the pot turn. Just thinking about it, he happened to be in front of him, so he tossed one, two, two, three, and said, "What is this?" Let's have a drink first and then toss." Baoyu had to drink and toss again, and this toss made two threes, two fours, and the mandarin duck said, "Yes, it's called Zhang Chang Thrush." ​​Baoyu understood that he was teasing him, and Baochai His face also turned red.Sister Feng didn't quite understand, and said, "Second brothers, tell me soon, and then find out who the next family is." Baoyu knew it was hard to say, and thought, "I'll be punished, and I'm not going home either." After Lingpen, it was Li Wan's turn. , then tossed a bit.The mandarin duck said: "Grandma threw it. Twelve gold hairpins." Baoyu heard this, and when he rushed to Li Wan to look at it, he saw the red and green opposites, and said, "This one is very beautiful." Suddenly remembered the twelve hairpins. The dream came, and he retreated to his seat in a daze, thinking to himself, "These twelve beauties are said to be from Jinling, how come these are the only ones left in the family now."

Look again at Baochai in Xiangyun. Although they are all there, but Daiyu is missing.Fearing that people would see it, he said that he was very irritable, so he took off his clothes, hung up his chips and went out.When Shi Xiangyun saw Baoyu in such a state, he thought that Baoyu could not be thrown well, and was thrown by others.Li Wan said, "I won't say anything. There are not enough people at the banquet. Why don't you punish me with a cup?" Come." The little girl put the relic basin in front of the mandarin duck.The mandarin duck obeyed and rolled two twos and one five, and the dice just rolled in the basin, and the mandarin duck shouted: "No five!" The dice only rolled a five.Yuanyang said: "Awesome! I lost." Jia Mu said: "Is this nothing?" Let me tell you the name." Yuanyang said: "This is duckweed swept by the waves." Jiamu said: "It's not difficult, let me tell you. Autumn fish enter the water chestnut nest." It was Xiangyun that the mandarin duck attacked. , then said: "Bai Ping sings all of Chu Jiangqiu." Everyone said: "This sentence is very true." Jia Mu said: "This order is over. Let's have a drink and eat." Looking back, Baoyu has not come in yet , Then asked: "Where Baoyu has gone, is he still coming?" Yuanyang said: "I have changed clothes." Jia Mu said: "Who followed?" The Yinger went up and said: "I saw two Grandpa is going out, and I asked Sister Xiren to follow." Mrs. Jia Mu Wang was relieved.

After waiting for a while, Mrs. Wang asked someone to look for her.When the little girl arrived at the new house, she saw Wu'er inserting wax there.The little girl asked, "Where is the second master Bao?" Wu'er said, "Drinking at the old lady's place." The little girl said, "I'm at the old lady's place, and the lady asked me to look for it. Is there anyone there?" You asked me to come and look for it." Wu'er said, "I don't know, you can look elsewhere." The little girl had no choice but to come back, and when she met Qiuwen, she said, "You went to see the second master." " Qiu Wen said: "I'm looking for him too. The ladies are waiting for him to eat, where are you going now? You go back to the old lady, don't say that you are not at home, just say that drinking is not good enough to eat Lie down for a while and come back, and treat the old ladies to dinner." The little girl went back and told Pearl as she said, and Pearl went back to Mother Jia as she said.Jia Mu said: "He didn't eat much at first, so it's fine if he doesn't eat. Tell him to rest. Tell him that he doesn't have to come here today, because his wife is here." Pearl then said to the little girl, "Did you hear?" The girl agreed, but it was inconvenient to explain, so she had to turn around elsewhere and said to tell.Everyone ignored them, and after eating, everyone sat and talked.No problem.

Let's say that Baoyu was sad for a while, and came out, having no idea, only to see the attacker rushing to ask what's the matter.Baoyu said, "It's nothing, it's just that I'm flustered. Why don't we go to Grandma Zhen while they're drinking?" Xi Ren said, "Grandma Zhen is here, who are you looking for?" Baoyu said, "No. Find someone, and see what the house he lives in is like now." Xiren had no choice but to follow, talking as he walked.Walking to Youshi's side, another small door is ajar, and Baoyu doesn't go in.I saw two women who were watching the gate of the garden sitting on the threshold and talking.Baoyu asked, "Is this little door open?" The mother-in-law said, "It is closed every day. Someone came out today and said that today the old lady is preparing to use the fruit in the garden, so she opened the door and waited." Baoyu Then he walked over there slowly, and when he saw that the waist door was ajar, Baoyu walked in.The attacker hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't go. The garden is not clean. No one goes there often. Don't bump into anything." Baoyu, relying on the smell of alcohol, said, "I'm not afraid of those." .The women came up and said: "Now the garden is quiet. Since the Taoist priest took the demon to go, we often go alone picking flowers and fruit. The second master is going, we all follow, what are these people afraid of. " Baoyu likes it, but it's inconvenient to attack people, so he has to follow.

When Baoyu entered the garden, he saw desolation everywhere. Those flowers and trees were withered, and there were several pavilions, the colors of which had been peeled off for a long time.Baoyu thought about it and said, "I have been out of the garden since I was sick and lived in the back. I was not allowed to come here for several months. It was desolate in an instant. Look at the few green bamboos and green onions that are unique. Isn't this the Xiaoxiang Pavilion!" Humanity: "You haven't been here for a few months, and you even forgot the direction. Let's just talk, and we passed Yihong Courtyard." Turning around, he pointed with his finger: "This is the Xiaoxiang Pavilion." Bao Yushun Taking a look at Xiren's hand, he said, "Isn't it over? Let's go back and have a look." Xiren said, "It's getting late, the old lady must be waiting for dinner, and it's time to go back." Baoyu said nothing and looked for it. The old road, actually go forward.

Although your Dao Baoyu has been away from the Grand View Garden for about a year, how can you forget the way?Just because Xiren was afraid that he would see Xiaoxiang Pavilion and think of Daiyu would be sad again, so he confuses it with words.Unexpectedly, Baoyu only looked away, and it was late, and he was afraid of attracting evil spirits, so Baoyu asked him, only saying that he had already passed, and Yu Baoyu would not go.Unexpectedly, Baoyu's heart is only in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.Xiren saw him rushing forward, so he had to catch up. Seeing Baoyu standing, he seemed to have seen something and heard something, and said, "What do you listen to?" Baoyu said, "Is there anyone living in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion?" Humanity: "Probably no one."

Baoyu said: "I clearly heard someone crying inside, why is there no one!" Attacker said: "You are suspicious. You often hear Miss Lin sad when you come here, so it is still the same now." Baoyu doesn't believe it, but listens.The women caught up and said, "Second Master, go back quickly. It's getting late, and we dare to walk elsewhere, but the road here is secluded, and people say that Miss Lin often hears crying after her death, so people They dare not leave." Baoyu Xiren was shocked when he heard about it.Baoyu said, "No." As he spoke, he shed tears and said, "Sister Lin, sister Lin, it's a good thing that I hurt you! Don't blame me, it's just my parents who decide, not my heart. "The more I talked, the more painful it became, so I burst into tears.Xiren was helpless, only to see Qiuwen came to confront Xiren with some people: "You are so bold, why did you bring the second master here! Old lady, madam, they sent people to find it everywhere. Some people said that you and the second master came here, bluffing the old lady and the ladies, scolding me and telling me to bring someone here, why don't you go back soon!" Baoyu still cried bitterly.Xiren didn't care about his crying, and the two of them dragged each other away, wiping away his tears and telling him that the old lady was in a hurry.Baoyu had no choice but to come back.

Xiren knew that the old lady was worried, so she still sent Baoyu to Jia Mu.Everyone waited and did not leave.Jia Mu said, "Xi Ren, I always knew that you understood, so I gave Baoyu to you. Why do you take him to the garden today! He is recovering from his illness. If he bumps into something and makes trouble again, what should we do?" " Xiren didn't dare to argue, so he just bowed his head and remained silent.Baochai was really surprised when he saw that Baoyu's color was not good.It was Baoyu who was afraid of attacking people and being wronged, and said: "What are you afraid of in the blue sky and the day? I haven't been in the garden for a long time, so I'm going to take advantage of the wine today. What will happen there!" Sister Feng ate big in the garden. Unfortunately, when I heard the hair standing on end there, I said: "Brother Bao is so courageous." Xiangyun said: "It's not that he is bold, but he is sincere. I don't know if he will go to the Furong God, or go to find some fairy." Baoyu listened without answering.Only Mrs. Wang was so anxious that she didn't say a word.Jia Mu asked: "Did you ever bluff when you went to the garden? Needless to say this time, I will go shopping in the future. I would like to bring more talents. Otherwise, everyone will leave early. Go back and sleep well for a night, and come back early tomorrow morning. I still want to make amends, so that you can have another day of fun. Don't make any more troubles about him."

When everyone heard about it, they resigned from Jia Mu and came out.Aunt Xue went to live with Mrs. Wang.Shi Xiangyun is still in Jiamu's room.Yingchun went to Xichun.The rest went back separately.No problem.Only Baoyu returned to the room, beeping and sighing.Baochai knew the reason and ignored him, but she was afraid that he would be depressed and develop an old illness, so she went into the room and called Xiren to ask him how Baoyu went to the garden.I will tell you how the unknown Xiren was born, and I will break it down next time.