Dream of the Red Mansion

But Jia Mu sat up and said: "I have been in your house for more than 60 years. From young to old, I have enjoyed all my blessings. Since your master, my son and grandson are all good. It is Baoyu, I It hurt him a lot." Having said that, he stared at him with eyes full of eyes.Mrs. Wang pushed Baoyu to the bed.Jia Mu stretched out her hand from under the quilt to pull Baoyu and said, "My son, you have to fight hard!" I heard Jia's mother say, "I want to see another great-grandson and I will feel at ease. Where is my Lan'er?" Li Wan also pushed Jia Lan up.Jiamu let Baoyu go, pulled Jialan and said, "Your mother must be filial. When you become a man, you will also call your mother beautiful. Where's Feng girl?" Sister Feng was standing next to Jiamu, and hurried to her eyes Said: "Here it is." Jia Mu said: "My son, you are too smart. You can cultivate blessings in the future. I haven't cultivated anything, but I am really at a disadvantage. I don't do much about eating fast and reciting Buddha. , I asked someone to write some lt;lt;Diamond Sutra gt;gt; to give away in the old year, I wonder if it is finished?"

Sister Feng said: "No." Jia Mu said: "It would be better if the alms were finished long ago. Our master and Zhen'er were having fun outside. The most abominable thing is that Shi girl has no conscience. Why doesn't she come to see me?" Yuanyang When you know the reason, you don't speak.Jia Mu looked at Baochai again, sighed, and saw her face flushed.Jia Zhengzhi returned to the light and went to Shangshen soup.Jia Mu's teeth were already clenched, she closed her eyes for a while, and then opened her eyes to take a look around the room.Mrs. Wang Baochai went up and gently supported her. Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng hurriedly dressed. The underground women had already set up the bed and spread the quilt. , at the age of 83.All the women hurriedly stopped their beds.So Jia Zheng knelt while waiting outside, and Mrs. Xing knelt while waiting inside, raising their hands in mourning.The family members outside had all the preparations, only to hear the news from inside, from the gate of Rongfu to the door of the inner house, the doors were wide open, all white paper was pasted, the filial piety shed was raised high, and the archway in front of the gate was erected immediately, up and down. People are ready to serve.Jia Zheng reported Ding You.The Ministry of Rites heard that the Lord was benevolent and generous, remembering the meritorious deeds of generations, and was the grandmother of the Yuan Concubine, who rewarded 1000 taels of silver and ordered the Ministry of Rites to perform the chief sacrifice.Families reported funerals everywhere.Although all relatives and friends knew that Jia's family was defeated, they all came to visit the funeral after seeing Sheng'en's solemnity.Choose an auspicious time to enshrine, and stop the coffin.Jia Amnesty is not at home, Jia Zheng is the head, Baoyu, Jia Huan, and Jia Lan are grandsons, and they are young, so they should keep watch.Although Jia Lian is also a grandson, he can still assign family members to handle errands with Jia Rong.Although some male and female relatives were invited to take care of them, the second wife of Xing Wang, Li Wan, Sister Feng, Baochai and so on were crying beside the spirit. Before, and Rongfu was not very proficient in things.Not to mention Jia Rong's daughter-in-law.Xichun is young, although he grew up here, he doesn't know anything about family affairs.So there is no one to support it, only Sister Feng can take care of the affairs inside.What's more, Jia Lian is in charge of the outside world, and the two of them are suitable inside and outside.

Sister Feng used to rely on her own ability, so it was of great use to look at the old lady after she died.The second Mrs. Xing Wang and others knew that he had done the affairs of the Qin family, so it must be appropriate, so they still called Sister Feng the prime minister's affairs.Sister Feng should not have resigned, so naturally she did, thinking: "I am in charge of the affairs here, and those family members are my subordinates. The wife and sister-in-law Zhen were originally difficult to control, but now they have all gone. Although there is no match for the silver item, this kind of silver is ready-made. He is also handling the outside affairs. Although I am not in good health now, I will not be criticized if I think about it. The appointment has been made, and three will be picked up tomorrow, and Zhou Rui's family will be called early the next morning to get the roster.Sister Feng looked at them one by one. There were only 21 male servants and 19 female servants in total.I thought to myself: "This time the old lady's business is not as many as the people in the East Mansion." And I got a few people from the village, but it was not enough to dispatch.Just thinking about it, I saw a little girl come over and say, "Sister Yuanyang, please grandma." Sister Feng had to go over.Seeing Yuanyang crying like tears, she pulled Sister Feng and said, "Second Grandma, please sit down, and I will kowtow to Second Grandma. Although it is not polite in persuasion, this head must be kowtowed." Yuanyang said and knelt down.The flustered Sister Feng hurriedly pulled her back and said, "What kind of gift is this? If you have something to say, say it well." The mandarin duck knelt down, and Sister Feng pulled it up.Yuanyang said: "The old lady's affairs are handled by the second master and the second grandmother inside and outside. This kind of money is left by the old lady. The old lady has never spoiled any money in her life. Now that she is facing such a big event, she must ask for it." The second grandma should do it in a decent way. I just heard what the master said in the poem Yunzi said, I don’t understand, so I said something again. Funeral is better than easy, I don’t understand it. I asked the second grandma Bao I mean, the old lady’s funeral is true filial piety only if it is sad, and there is no need to waste the idea of ​​looking good. I think that a person like the old lady should not be decent! Although I am a slave girl, I dare to say anything, but the old lady I feel sorry for the second grandma and me, and I don’t want to call him beautiful when he is dying! I think the second grandma can do great things, so I ask the second grandma to be the master. I was born with the old lady, the old lady My wife is dead and I'm with the old lady, what if I can't see the old lady's affairs, how can I see the old lady in the future!" Sister Feng felt weird when she heard this, and said: "Don't worry, it's not difficult to be decent. Besides, although the master says he wants to save money, he can't be wrong. It is right to spend all the money on the old lady." Yuanyang said: "The old lady's last words said that all the leftovers are for us. Second Mistress, if it’s not enough, just use this to make up for it. No matter what the master says, I don’t want to go against the old lady’s last wish. Didn’t the master hear it when the old lady made the assignment that day?”

Sister Feng said: "You always know best, why are you so anxious now." Yuanyang said: "It's not that I am anxious, it's because the eldest wife doesn't care about things, the master is afraid of publicity, and if the second grandma is also in her heart." The old man’s idea is that it’s still so good to copy the family’s funeral, and if he wants to copy it again in the future, he doesn’t care about the old lady, what to do! As for me, I’m a girl, so it doesn’t matter anyway, it’s the reputation here.” Sister Feng said: "I see. Just don't worry, I'm here!" Yuanyang entrusted Sister Feng with gratitude.Sister Feng came out and thought, "Mandarin ducks are so weird. I don't know what idea they have. The old lady should be more decent. Hey, don't worry about him, and let's do it as our family did before." So he called Wang. The son's family came to spread the word and invite the second master to come in.Not long after, Jia Lian came in and said, "How do you find me? You just need to take care of it inside. It's our second master who decides everything. We can do whatever he says."

Sister Feng said: "You have also said this. Isn't what Yuanyang said come true?" Jia Lian said, "What mandarin duck said?"Jia Lian said: "What do they say? Just now the second master asked me to go, saying that the old lady's affairs must be handled seriously, but if you know it, it is the old lady who killed herself. If you don't know, just say that we are all hidden. Now I am very rich. The old lady’s silver is useless, no one should use it. It should still be used on the old lady. Although the old lady has a cemetery in the south, there is no private house. The old lady’s coffin will go to the south. Save this money to build some houses on the ancestral graves, and buy a few hectares of land for sacrifice with the rest. Let's go back, or if we don't go back, let these poor people live among them, so that they can burn incense in the morning and evening on time and festivals, often Sacrifice Sacrifice Sacrifice Sacrifice. Do you think these words are not a serious idea? According to what you say, is it all spent?" Sister Feng said, "Has the money been issued yet?" Jia Lian said, "Who has seen the money! I heard our wife Hearing the words of the second master, he tried his best to persuade the second wife and the second master, saying that this is a good idea. What can I do! Now there are several hundred silver coins on the barracks outside, and it hasn't been issued yet. I'm going, they They all said yes, first ask outsiders to do it and then come back to calculate. You think these servants who have money have already slipped away, according to the booklet, some say they are sick, some say they have gone to the Zhuangzi. There are those who can’t walk A few, they only have the ability to make money, do they have the ability to lose money!"

After hearing this, Sister Feng stayed for a long time and said, "What else can I do?" As she was speaking, a girl came and said, "Ask the second grandma about what the eldest lady said. It's the third day today, and it's still messy inside. Please confess." Do you still ask your relatives to wait for the meal? After calling for a long time, the food came and the meal was short, what is the reason for doing business!" Sister Feng hurried in, called for someone to come and wait, and fiddled with the breakfast.But there were many people coming that day, and the people inside were all staring.Sister Feng had to take care of it for a while, and then she was thinking about sending someone, so she rushed out and called Wang'er's family to pass on all the family members and women, and distributed them one by one.Everyone agreed not to move.Sister Feng said: "When will you not provide food!" Everyone said: "Passing food is easy, as long as the things inside are sent out, we can take care of it." Yes." Everyone had to reluctantly agree.Sister Feng immediately went to the upper room to get the application. She was going to ask Mrs. Xing Wang for instructions. It was hard to tell how many people she saw.Yuanyang said: "You still ask me, did the second master come to redeem that year?" Sister Feng said: "You don't need silver or gold, as long as you use it normally." Yuanyang said: "Mrs. Jane That's where the envoys in Grandma's house come from!" Thinking about it, Sister Feng turned around and left, only to find the jade bracelet Caiyun from Mrs. Wang's side, and then she took out a share, and hurriedly asked Caiming to enter the account, and sent it to her. Everyone takes care of it.

Yuanyang saw that Sister Feng was in such a panic, and it was not easy to call him back, so she thought to herself: "How neat and thoughtful he is in his head, how can he be restrained like this now. I don't think he has even a brain in the past two or three days. Isn't it old lady Bai?" Has it hurt him yet?" When Mrs. Xing heard Jia Zheng's words, she was concerned about her family's difficulties in the future, and she wished to save some money to end the situation.What's more, the old lady's affairs were originally decided by the eldest family. Although Jia She was not at home, Jia Zheng was a stickler, so he always asked the eldest grandma for her opinion.Mrs. Xing knew that Sister Feng had big hands and feet and that Jia Lian was haunted by ghosts, so she held onto her tightly.Yuanyang only said that he had handed over the silver, so seeing that Sister Feng was holding her back, she suspected that she would not pay attention, so she nagged and cried in front of Jia Muling.Mrs. Xing heard the truth in her words, but she didn't expect that she would not let Sister Feng do things cheaply, but instead said that Miss Feng was really careless.Mrs. Wang called Sister Feng over at night and said: "Although our family is not doing well, we need to be respectable outside. In the past two or three days, people come and go, and I can't take care of them. I think you didn't order them. You have to You should take care of us." After hearing this, Sister Feng stayed for a while, and wanted to say that the money was not in hand, but the money was in the hands of outsiders, and what Mrs. Wang said could not be taken care of, and Sister Feng did not dare to tell. , had no choice but to remain silent.Mrs. Xing said beside her: "Arguing should be our daughter-in-law's concern, not the grandson's daughter-in-law's business. But we can't move, so I entrust you, you can't let go." Sister Feng's face turned red, and she was about to He said, only listening to the drum music outside, it was time to burn the evening paper. Everyone raised their hands to mourn, but they couldn't say anything. Sister Feng wanted to come back, but Mrs. Wang urged him to go out to cook, saying: "Here is ours, you Hurry up and take care of tomorrow's affairs."

Sister Feng didn't dare to say any more, so she had to come out with sorrow and sobs, and asked someone to pass it on to everyone, and then gave orders for a while, and said, "Aunts and aunts, have pity on me! I have been told a lot by my superiors, because you are not in order." Cut it off, it’s a joke. Tomorrow, you all have to put in some hard work.” Those people replied: “Grandma’s work is not the same as today, do we dare to disobey it. It’s just that this time the matter is too cumbersome. Just say Just send this meal away, some eat here, some eat at home, the lady was invited, and the grandma didn't come. And so on, that's all. I also ask the grandma to persuade those girls not to be picky That's enough." Sister Feng said: "The old maids on the first floor are difficult to deal with, and the ladies are also difficult to talk to. Tell me who should go."

Everyone said: "in the past, grandma was still in charge of the East Mansion. She wanted to beat and scold her. How could she be so sharp? Now these girls can't be suppressed anymore?" It's done, although my wife is there, I'm embarrassed to say anything. Now it's my own business, and it's public business, everyone can talk. Besides, the money outside is not working, even if you want something in the shed, If it's passed on, it won't come in. What can I do?" The crowd said, "Are you afraid that the second master will not deal with it outside?"

Sister Feng said: "I'm still talking about that. He's also in trouble there. The first piece of money is not in his hands. If you want one, you can get one back. Where can you get it?" Everyone said: "Isn't the old lady the money in the hands of the second master?" " Sister Feng said: "You will know when you come back and ask the person in charge." Everyone said: "We can't blame us for hearing the man outside complaining: "We can't figure out such a big thing at all, and we are just doing hard work!" How can people be united? Sister Feng said: "It's needless to say now, everyone should pay attention to the things in front of you. If there is something to say, I will not agree with you." The crowd said: "How dare they complain about grandma? It's really difficult for us to be considerate because one person has one idea." Sister Feng couldn't help it, so she had to say: "What a big girl! Help me for a day tomorrow, and let's talk about it when I understand the girls." Everyone obeyed and obeyed. go.

Sister Feng was full of grievances, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became, until dawn she had to go up again.I want to tidy up people everywhere, and I am afraid that Mrs. Xing will be angry, so I want to tell Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Xing instigated it.Seeing that Mrs. Xing was not helping Sister Feng's prestige, these girls abused him even more.Fortunately, Ping'er explained it to Sister Feng, saying, "Second Mistress is eager to get better, but the masters and wives have ordered outsiders not to waste money, so our Second Mistress can't handle it." After talking a few times, she became quieter.Although there is an endless stream of monks repenting through Taoism, offering sacrifices and hanging accounts, they are always stingy with money.The concubine's orders came a lot in the past few days, and Sister Feng couldn't go up to take care of them, so she had to work around at the bottom, calling that one, leaving this one, sending a rush, waiting for a while, messing around with each other, and dismissing another.Not to mention that the mandarin ducks and others look ugly, even Sister Feng can't bear it in her heart.

Although Mrs. Xing is a grave woman, she doesn't pay attention to it because of the words "sorrow is filial piety".Mrs. Wang ended up following Mrs. Xing, not to mention the rest.Only Li Wan saw Sister Feng's difficulties, so he didn't dare to speak for him, but sighed to himself: "As the saying goes, although the peony is good, it depends on the support of green leaves." Is it okay if the third girl is at home, but now he is the only one of his own who is talking nonsense, and those in front of and behind him also complain that they can't touch a piece of money and can't save a bit of face. The master is blindly filial. I fully understand that such a big event can be done without spending a few dollars! Poor girl Feng has been making trouble for several years, and she doesn't want to be concerned about the old lady, I'm afraid she won't be able to keep her face." So she took the time to call out His people came to order and said: "Don't look at her appearance, and spoil Lian's second grandma. Don't look at it. It's a big deal to wear filial piety and keep the spirit, but it will be fine after a few days. Seeing those people are confused, It's okay to intervene, it's a public matter, and everyone should contribute." Those who wore Li Wan's clothes all agreed and said: "Grandma's words are very true. We don't dare to do that. We only hear that the mandarin ducks The words of the sisters seem to blame Lian's second grandma."

Li Wan said: "I told him even the mandarin ducks. I said that Second Grandma Lian didn't care about the old lady's affairs, but that she didn't have any money in his hands. Did he ask his clever daughter-in-law to make porridge without rice? Now Yuanyang also knows, so he doesn't blame him anymore. It's just that Yuanyang's appearance is not the same as before, which is also strange. At that time, the old lady loved him, but he didn't do anything. Now that the old lady is dead, no I think he's a bit out of temper. I was worried about him earlier, but now I'm lucky that the old man is not at home so I escaped, otherwise there's nothing he can do."

As he said that, Jia Lan came up and said, "Mom, go to bed. I'm tired of people coming and going all day long. Let's take a rest. I haven't touched my books these days. Grandpa told me to sleep at home today. I like it very much, I just need to read a book or two. Don't forget about it after you take off your filial piety." Li Wan said: "Good boy, reading a book is naturally good. Let's take a rest today and wait for the old lady to send it to you. Let's see after the funeral."

Jia Lan said: "Mom wants to sleep, so I just sleep in the bed and think about it." Everyone praised: "Good brother, why do you think about books when you have time at this age! It's not like Baoer The person who is married to the master is still so childish, kneeling with the master these few days, seeing that he is not very useful, wishing that the master would run over to look for the second mistress as soon as the master left, and he didn't know what to say, and even made the second mistress feel uncomfortable. Ignore him. He went to Miss Qin again, but Miss Qin also avoided him. Miss Xing didn't talk to him very much. It's Miss Xi from our own family, Miss Four, and the elder brother and the younger brother kiss him intimately. Let's see that Second Master Bao has nothing else on his mind besides messing around with grandma and aunts. It's a waste of wasting the old lady's heart and hurting him so much. It's not as good as Lang Ge'er. Grandma, you will have nothing to worry about in the future."

Li Wan said: "It's good that he's still young. I'm afraid that when he grows up, we don't know what's going on with our family! Brother Huan, what do you think?" The crowd said: "This one is even more ugly! Two His eyes are like a living monkey, wandering around, looking around, even though he was mourning there, when he saw grandma and girls coming, he was always peeking at people behind the curtain of filial piety."

Li Wan said: "In fact, he is not too young. I heard the day before yesterday that I would like to marry him, but now I have to wait again. Well, there is one more thing - people in our family, I think they can't say no." It's clear, and there's no need to gossip, what happened to the vehicles that will send the funeral to each room in the future?" The crowd said: "Second Mistress Lian has been in trouble for the past few days, and there is no news about it. I heard it yesterday. My man said that the second master Lian sent the second master Qiang to take care of him, saying that our family does not have enough cars, and there are few drivers, so we have to go to relatives to borrow them." Li Wan laughed and said: "The cars are also borrowed. Can you get it?" Everyone said: "Grandma is joking, why can't I borrow a car? It's just that all the relatives used the car that day, and I'm afraid it's hard to borrow a car, so I have to hire it if I want to." Li Wan said: "The people below have to Hire, is there anyone here who hires a white car?" Everyone said: "Now the eldest grandma Xiaorong in the eldest wife's East Mansion doesn't have a car, so why don't you hire someone?" Li Wan sighed and said, "I saw you earlier. Our family’s wives and grandmas came here in hired cars and we all made fun of them, but now it’s our turn. You go and tell your man tomorrow that our carriages and horses are ready early so as not to be crowded.” Everyone agreed to go out.No problem.

In addition, Shi Xiangyun only came once after Jia's mother died because his son-in-law was ill.Seeing that his son-in-law's illness has become tuberculosis, it doesn't matter for the time being, so he has to come over the day before sitting at night.Thinking of Jiamu loving him all the time, and thinking of my own life, I just married a man with both talent and appearance, with a good temperament, but he just got the symptoms of injustice, but he just endured the day.So she became more sad and cried until midnight.Yuanyang and others tried to comfort her again and again.Baoyu looked very sad, and it was difficult to go up to persuade him. Seeing that he was lightly dressed and dressed without makeup, he was still better than when he was not married.Then I looked at the plain decorations such as Baoqin, which has a natural charm.Only Baochai is dressed in filial piety, which is more elegant than ordinary colors.I thought in my heart: "So the plum blossoms are the most popular in the end, but I don't know that it is not because the plum blossoms bloom early, but it is. The word "clean, white and fragrant" is unattainable. But at this time, if there is sister Lin who also dresses like this, I don’t know what kind of charm it is!” Thinking of this, I felt sad, and the tears rolled down, and I might as well cry loudly while taking advantage of Jiamu’s affairs.Everyone was persuading Xiangyun not to stop, but another cry came from outside.Everyone only thought of the benefit of Jia Mu's love for him, so they were sad, but they didn't know that the two of them had their own concerns.This crying made everyone in the room cry.It was Aunt Xue and Aunt Li who persuaded me.

Tomorrow is the period of sitting at night, and it will be even more lively.Sister Feng couldn't bear it this day, and she had no choice but to try her best, and even her throat was broken and perfunctory for half a day.In the second half of the day, there are more people and things are more complicated, and it is impossible to look forward to the future.When I was in a hurry, I saw a little girl running and said: "The second grandma is here. No wonder the eldest lady said that there are too many people inside to take care of her. The second grandma is hiding and taking care of her." I came up, swallowed down, tears flowed, I only felt that my eyes were dark, and my throat was sweet, and I spurted bright red blood, I couldn't stand up, so I squatted down on the ground.Fortunately, Ping'er came to help him in a hurry.Sister Feng couldn't stop vomiting blood.I don't know how my life is, and I will break it down next time.