Dream of the Red Mansion

It is said that since Jia Lian sent Daiyu to Yangzhou, Sister Feng felt really bored. Every evening, when Heping was joking, she would fall asleep randomly.

That night, Zheng Heping was tired of embroidering with the stove under the lamp, and ordered the embroidered quilt to be smoked early. The two fell asleep, counting where the itinerary should be, and before they knew it, three drums had been handed over.Ping'er was fast asleep.Sister Feng Fang Juexing's eyes dimmed, she saw Mrs. Qin coming from the outside, and said with a smile: "Auntie is sleeping well! I will go back today, and you will not give me a ride. Because the girls are very good friends, I don't want to part with my aunt, so I came to say goodbye to you." Farewell. There is one more wish that has not been fulfilled, and if I have to tell my aunt, it may not be useful to others."

After hearing this, Sister Feng asked in a daze: "What's your wish? You just trust me." Qin said: "Auntie, you are a hero in the makeup team. Even those men with crowns can't beat you, you How come you don’t even know the two proverbs? As the saying goes, “When the moon is full, you will lose money, and when the water is full, you will overflow”. It’s also true. Ascending a height, you will fall heavily.” Now our family is proud and proud, and it’s been a hundred years. , if you answer the sentence. The common saying that the tree falls and the monkeys scatter', wouldn’t it be called an old family of poetry and books for a lifetime!" After hearing this, Sister Feng was very happy and in awe, and hurriedly asked: "Is this a thoughtful thing? It is very true, but how can it be safe forever? Qin sneered and said, "Auntie is so stupid."Whether it is extremely peaceful, honor and disgrace have been repeated since ancient times, how can human beings be able to keep things normal.But now that we are able to plan for future fortunes in prosperity, it can be said that we will always be safe forever.

Even if everything is in order today, only two things are not in order, if this matter is done in this way, it will be safe in the future.

Sister Feng asked what was the matter.The Qin family said: "Although the ancestral tombs offer sacrifices in four seasons, there is no fixed amount of money and food. Second, although the family school is established, there is no fixed supply. From my point of view, there is no shortage of sacrifice supplies in the prosperous times now, but in the future when it declines, there will be no fixed supply. What is the source of these two items? According to my opinion, taking advantage of today's riches and honors, I set up more farm houses near the ancestral tombs to prepare for sacrifices and supplies. All of them came from here, and the family school was also set up here. The head of the contract clan When you are young, everyone has set a rule, and in the future, you will be in charge of the land, money, food, sacrifices, and supplies for this year according to the house. Such a circulation, and there will be no competition, and there will be no disadvantages of pawning. Even if there is a crime, everyone Things can enter the government, but this sacrificial industry does not even enter the government. It fell down, and the children and grandchildren went home to study and work in agriculture. There is also a regression, and the sacrifice can continue forever. Long-term strategy. There is another very happy event in the near future. It is really a raging fire, and flowers are in full bloom. You know, it is just a moment of prosperity and a moment of joy. Don't forget the saying. A feast must come to an end'. If you don't worry about it earlier, I'm afraid it will be useless to regret it when it's time." Sister Feng hurriedly asked: "What's the happy event?" Qin said: "The secret must not be revealed. It's just that I have a good relationship with my aunt, and I will give you two farewell One word, you need to remember." Yin Nian said:

After the three springs, all the fragrances are exhausted, and each has to find his own door.When Sister Feng was still about to ask, she only heard the cloud board knocking four times in the second door, which woke Sister Feng up.The person replied: "Grandma Rong of Dongfu is gone." Sister Feng was frightened into a cold sweat when she heard this.

At that time, everyone in the family knew about it, and everyone was surprised and a little suspicious.Those of the older generation think of him as filial, those of the ordinary generation think of him as being harmonious and intimate, those of the younger generation think of him as loving, and the servants at home think of him as always loving the poor and humble, loving the old and loving the young. Well, there is no one who does not mourn and weep bitterly.

There are few gossips, but Baoyu said that because Lin Daiyu went back recently, she was left alone and didn't play with others, so she fell asleep dully every night.Now I heard from my dream that Mrs. Qin was dead, I hurriedly turned over and got up, I felt like I couldn't bear to be stabbed in my heart, and with a wow, I went straight to spit out a mouthful of blood.Xiren and others hurried up to help, asked how it was, and went back to Jiamu to ask for a doctor.Baoyu laughed and said, "Don't be busy, it's irrelevant. This is a rush, and the blood doesn't return to the classics." Then he got up, asked for a change of clothes, came to see Jia Mu, and had to go there immediately.When Xiren saw him like this, although he couldn't let go of it, he didn't dare to stop him, just let him go.When Jia Mu saw that he was going, she said, "For talented people, it's not clean there. Secondly, it's windy at night. It's not too late to go tomorrow morning." Baoyu agreed there.Jia's mother ordered people to prepare cars, and sent more people to follow them and support them.When I got to Ningguo Mansion, I saw that the gate of the mansion was open, and the lanterns on both sides were shining like daytime, people came and went chaotically, and the cries inside shook the mountains and mountains.Baoyu got out of the car, hurried to the coffin room, and cried bitterly.Then I met You Shi.Unexpectedly, Youshi was sleeping on the bed suffering from an old stomachache.Then he came out to see Jia Zhen again.At that time, Jia Dairu, Dai Xiu, Jia Chi, Jia Xiao, Jia Dun, Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Cong, Jia E, Jia Heng, Jia E, Jia Chen, Jia Qiong, Jia ж, Jia Qiang, Jia Chang, Jia Ling, Jia Yun, Jia Qin, Jia Zhen, Jia Ping, Jia Zao, Jia Heng, Jia Fen, Jia Fang, Jia Lan, Jia Zhu, Jia Zhi, etc. all came.Jia Zhen was crying like a tearful person, and she was talking to Jia Dairu and others: "The family is big and close, relatives and friends, who knows that my daughter-in-law is ten times stronger than my son. Now that I have stretched my legs, it can be seen that there is no one in this long house." Said and cried again.Everyone hurriedly persuaded: "It's useless to cry when a person has passed away, and it's important to discuss how to take care of it." Jia Zhen clapped her hands and said, "How to take care of it is just doing what I have!" Sister Youshi, a few family members of the family, also came.Jia Zhen then ordered Jia Qiong, Jia Chen, Jia X, and Jia Qiang to accompany the guests. On the other hand, she ordered to invite the Yinyang Division of the Qin Tianjian to choose a day, choose a day to rest on July 49, 49, and send the obituary three days later.On these 99 days, one hundred and eight Zen monks were invited to worship the Great Compassionate Repentance in the hall, to save the souls of the dead before and after the death, so as to avoid the sins of the deceased. Another altar was set up on the Tianxiang Tower, where 49 Quanzhen Taoist priests beat [-] The daily solution of injustice and cleansing of karma.Then he stopped in the Huifang Garden. Before the death, another fifty eminent monks and fifty eminent Taoists performed good deeds on the altar.Then Jia Jing heard that the eldest grandson's daughter-in-law died, because he thought he would fly up sooner or later, how could he go back home and get dirty with the red dust, and waste all his previous efforts, so he didn't care, and just relied on Jia Zhen to take care of it.

Seeing that her father didn't care about it, Jia Zhen also indulged in extravagance.When it comes to kanban, several pairs of fir boards are useless.Coincidentally, Xue Pan came to ask, seeing Jia Zhen looking for a good board, he said: "We have a pair of boards in our wood shop. They are called 樯木. It was brought by my father back then, and it was originally wanted by Prince Yizhong, Lao Qiansui. Because of something wrong with him, he never took it. It is still sealed in the store, and no one dares to buy it. If you want it, you can bring it here. Let it go." Jia Zhen heard that she was overjoyed, so she ordered someone to carry it.When you look at it, you can see that the bottoms are eight inches thick, the patterns are like betel nuts, and the taste is like sandalwood musk. When you clasp them with your hands, they are like gold and jade.Everyone praised it strangely.Jia Zhen asked with a smile, "How much is it worth?" Xue Pan laughed and said, "If you bring 3 taels of silver, I'm afraid there's nowhere to buy it. Whatever the price is, just give them a few taels of wages." Jia Zhen heard that she was busy I can't thank you enough, and I will be ordered to unsaw the paint.Jia Zhengyin persuaded: "I'm afraid this thing can be enjoyed by very few people. It's just a Chinese fir tree."Because suddenly he heard that Qin's servant girl was named Ruizhu, and seeing Qin's death, he also touched the pillar and died.This is a rare event, and all the people in the clan are also amazed.Jia Zhen collected the funeral with the gift of her granddaughter, and stayed in Dengxian Pavilion in Huifang Garden.The little servant girl named Baozhu, seeing that Qin's body has nothing to do, is willing to be a righteous daughter, and vows to take the responsibility of throwing the funeral and driving the spirit.

Jia Zhen was overjoyed, and passed it down immediately. From then on, everyone called Baozhu Miss.According to the mourning of the unmarried daughter, the orb mourned in agony before the spirit.As a result, Ding and all the members of the family followed the old system, and there was no disorder.

Because Jia Zhen thought that Jia Rong was just a school supervisor, the list of Lingfan scriptures was not good-looking, and there were not many deacons, so she felt very uncomfortable.Coincidentally, this day was the fourth day of the first seven days. The Daming Palace had been in charge of the palace for a long time. First, they prepared the sacrificial ceremony and sent people to come. Then they sat in a sedan chair, held an umbrella and blew the gong, and came to offer the sacrificial ceremony in person.Jia Zhen hurriedly continued and asked Zhidou Fengxuan to offer tea.Jia Zhen made up her mind, so by the way, she said that she would donate her future with Jia Rong.Dai Quan understood, because he said with a smile, "I think it's for the sake of the funeral." Jia Zhen laughed quickly and said, "What the old lady saw is not bad." The three hundred members of the Long Jinwei were short of two members. Yesterday, the brother of the Marquis of Xiangyang came to beg me, and now he took 500 taels of silver and sent it to my house. You know, we are old friends, no matter what Seeing his grandfather's share, he responded indiscriminately. There was only one vacancy left. Unexpectedly, Feng Fatty, the envoy of Yongxing Jiedu, asked to donate to his child, so I had no time to answer him. Since our child wants to donate Hurry up and write a resume." When Jia Zhen heard about it, she hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and let the people in the study write down the master's resume respectfully." Jia Zhen.Jia Zhen saw it and sent it to Dai Quan.When looking, it says:

Jia Rong, a supervisor in Jiangning County, Jiangning Prefecture, Jiangnan, was 20 years old.The great-grandfather, Jia Daihua, the hereditary first-class supernatural general Jia Daihua, was the former envoy of the Jingying Festival, the ancestor, Jia Jing, a Jinshi of Yimao Branch, and the father, Jia Zhen, the hereditary third-rank general Weilie.Dai Quan looked at it, handed it back to a close servant to accept it, and said: "Come back and send it to Lao Zhao, the hall official of Hubu, and say that I will pay homage to him, get a ticket for Wupinlong Banwei, and give me a license." , just fill in this resume, and I will exchange the money tomorrow." The boy agreed, and Dai Quan left.Jia Zhen couldn't keep the money very much, so she had to send it out of the house.Before getting on the sedan chair, Jia Zhenyin asked, "Should I exchange the silver at the Ministry, or send it to the old Prime Minister's mansion together?" Dai Quan said, "If you go to the Ministry, you will suffer again."It's better to level up 200 taels of silver and send it to my house and it's over.Jia Zhen was very grateful and just said.After the service is full, I personally bring the puppy to the house to thank you.So farewell.

Then, I heard the sound of shouting again, and it turned out that it was the wife of Zhongjinghou Shi Ding.Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Sister Feng, etc. had just entered the upper room, and saw the three families of Jinxianghou, Chuanninghou and Shoushanbo offering sacrifices in front of the spirit.When they were young, the three of them got out of the sedan chair, and Jia Zheng and others hurriedly picked them up in the hall.There are too many relatives and friends to come and go.Only on the 49th, a long white street in Ningguofu Street was full of people coming and going, and the flowers were clustered. Officials and officials came and went.

Jia Zhen ordered Jia Rong to change into auspicious clothes the next day and bring them back.The deacons and other things used before the spirit are all in accordance with the five-rank duty regulations.On the Lingpai, it is written that "Heaven grants Jiamen Qin's respectful people the spiritual throne".The gate of Huifang Garden facing the street was opened, and drum halls were set up on both sides. Two teams of Qingyi played music on time, and pairs of deacons put their knives and axes together.There are also two big-character plates with vermilion pins and gold facing each other outside the door, with a big book on them: "Protecting the Forbidden Road of the Inner Court, Long Jinwei, the imperial guard in front of the imperial court".On the opposite side stands the altar of propaganda, and there is a list of monks and Taoists on the altar. There is a big book on the list: "The grandson's wife in the tomb of Ningguo is hereditary, protecting the funeral of the imperial guard Long Jinwei Jiamen and the Qin family. The four major prefectures are among the middle ones. The land, the land of heaven, is a country of peace, the prime minister of the Nihility and Silence sect, the monk recording the sect of the sect, and the prime minister, Ye Sheng, the sect of the trinity sect. , Gongcao and other gods, Saint Enpuxi, Shenweiyuan Town, 49th to eliminate disasters and cleanse industries and safe water and land dojos" and other words, don't bother to remember.

It's just that although Jia Zhen is satisfied at this time, Youshi has suffered from an old illness and can't take care of affairs.When he was worried at the moment, Yin Baoyu asked from the side, "everything is safe. What else is there to worry about?" Jia Zhen saw and asked, and then said what no one said.Baoyu heard and said with a smile, "what's the difficulty? I recommend someone to handle this month's affairs with you, and it will be done properly." Jia Zhen hurriedly asked, "who is it?" Mingyan walked up to Jia Zhen and said a few words in Jia Zhen's ear.Jia Zhen couldn't help being overjoyed when she heard this, she got up quickly and said with a smile, "Sure enough, I'm going now." Then she pulled Baoyu, said goodbye to everyone, and went up to the room.

It just so happened that this day was not a regular date, so few relatives and friends came, and there were only a few close relatives, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Sister Feng and the family members of the combined family to sit with them.It was reported by people: "Master has come in." All the mothers-in-law shouted, and they couldn't hide behind, and Sister Dufeng stood up gracefully.Jia Zhen was also suffering from some illnesses at this time, and the other was too sad, so she walked in on crutches.Mrs. Xing waited and said: "You are not well, and you have many things in the past few days. It is time to take a rest. What are you doing here?"

Mrs. Xing hurriedly asked Baoyu to help her, and ordered someone to move a chair to sit with him.Jia Zhen refused to sit down, because she reluctantly laughed and said, "My nephew came in and asked the two aunts and the eldest sister." Mrs. Xing hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Jia Zhen laughed quickly: "Of course my aunt knows." , now that the grandson and daughter-in-law are gone, and the nephew and daughter-in-law have fallen ill again, I think it's really not proper. How can I condescend to my elder sister to cook here for a month, so I can rest assured." Mrs. Xing said with a smile: "So it's because of this Your eldest sister is now at your second aunt's house, so just talk to your second aunt." Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "He is a small child's house, why has such a thing happened before, if he can't take care of it, it will be a joke, but no matter how annoying Others are good." Jia Zhen said with a smile: "My aunt's nephew guessed what she meant, because she was afraid that the elder sister would work hard. If you say that you can't cook, I guarantee that you will be able to cook. It's a little bit wrong. Others think it's still good. Yes. My eldest sister has been determined to kill since she was a child with a naughty smile. Now that she is out of the cabinet and working in the mansion, she has become more and more experienced. I have thought about it for the past few days, and there is no one except the elder sister. My aunt does not look at it. For the sake of nephew, nephew and daughter-in-law, it is only for the sake of death!" As he spoke, tears rolled down his face.

What Mrs. Wang was afraid of was that Sister Feng hadn't been through the funeral, and she was afraid that he would not be able to take care of it clearly and would be ridiculed.Seeing Jia Zhen struggling to talk about this field, I have already lived a little bit in my heart, but I see Sister Feng in a trance.Sister Feng usually likes to take care of things and show off her talents. Although she is in charge of the house, she has never done any major weddings or funerals, so she is afraid that people will not give up.Seeing Jia Zhen like this now, he was already happy in his heart.Seeing Mrs. Wang's disapproval first, and then seeing that what Jia Zhen said was true, Mrs. Wang had the intention of taking action, so she said to Mrs. Wang, "The elder brother said so earnestly, so my wife will obey." Mrs. Wang said quietly: "Is it possible for you?" Sister Feng said, "Is there anything you can't do. The big brother has already taken care of the big things outside, but he is taking care of them inside. If I don't know anything, just ask my wife." Mrs. Wang said If you are justified, you will not make a sound.Seeing that Sister Feng agreed, Jia Zhen laughed and said, "I can't care too much, anyway, I ask my elder sister to work hard.

I'll salute my sister here first, and I'll go to the mansion to thank you after the matter is over. "After saying that, I bowed down, and Sister Feng couldn't return the courtesy.

Jia Zhen hurriedly took out the Ningguo Mansion pair card from her sleeve, ordered Baoyu to give it to Sister Feng, and said, "Your sister can do whatever she likes. Just take this and take it away without asking me. Just please don't try to do it for me." To save money, as long as good looks are the top priority, and second, you must treat talents the same as that in that mansion, and don't be afraid of people complaining. Except for these two things, I have nothing to worry about." Sister Feng didn't dare to accept the card, just look With Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang said: "Since your brother said so, you can just take care of it. Just don't make up your own mind. If something happens, send someone to ask your brother and sister-in-law." Baoyu had already taken the right card from Jia Zhen and forced her Pass it to Sister Feng.Then he asked: "My sister lives here, or do I come every day? If I come every day, it will be even harder. Why don't I hurry up and tidy up a courtyard here, my sister will be safe after living here for a few days." Sister Feng laughed and said, "No need. You can't do without me there, but it's better to come every day." Jia Zhen heard that she had to let it go.Then gossip again, before going out.

After the women's family left for a while, Mrs. Wang asked Sister Feng, "how are you today?" Sister Feng said, "madam, please go back. I have to figure out something before I go back." Mrs. Wang heard that, It's no problem to wait with Mrs. Xing to go back first.

Here, Sister Feng came to sit in a three-room building, because she thought: the first one is that the population is mixed, and things are lost; , Excessive support and fraudulent claims, the fourth piece, no matter how big or small, uneven joy and sorrow, the fifth piece, the family is arrogant, those with face refuse to accept the restraint, and those without face cannot make progress.These five things are really the customs of Ningguo Mansion. I don't know how Sister Feng will deal with them. Let's listen to the next chapter to break them down.exactly:

Whoever governs the country is rich in gold and purple, and one or two skirts and hairpins can keep the family together.