Dream of the Red Mansion

It is said that Mrs. Wang heard Mrs. Xing coming, and hurried out to greet her.Mrs. Xing still didn't know that Jia's mother knew about the mandarin ducks, and she was about to come to inquire about the information. When she entered the gate of the courtyard, several women had quietly returned to him, so he knew.When I want to go back, I know it inside, and I see Mrs. Wang picked it up, so I have to come in and say hello to Jia Mu first. Jia Mu said nothing, and I feel ashamed.Sister Feng has long pointed out that she avoided it.Yuanyang also went back to the room to get angry.Aunt Xue, Mrs. Wang, etc. were afraid of hindering Mrs. Xing's face, and gradually retreated.Mrs. Xing dare not go out.

Seeing no one, Jia's mother said, "I heard you came as a matchmaker for your master. You have three obediences and four virtues, but this virtuousness is too much! Now you are also grandsons and sons, and you are still afraid of him. You can't persuade him." I can't help it, but I can't do it anyway." Mrs. Xing blushed and replied, "I have persuaded her several times and refused. What else does the old lady not know? I have no other choice." Jia Mu said: "He forced you to kill, and you also kill? Now you think about it, your brother and daughter-in-law are honest, and they are sick and painful. Doesn't he worry about going up and down? Although your daughter-in-law helps, she leaves it behind every day." Ba’er makes a broom. I’ve reduced everything by myself now. The two of them have places they can’t go to. There are mandarin ducks. That child is more careful. He still thinks about my affairs a little bit, so he should go. , he is coming, what should be added, he will tell them to add. Yuanyang is not like this, he has two mothers, inside and outside, big and small, there is not one and a half pieces, but now I am Can I worry about going by myself? Or do I plan to ask you for things every day? I don’t have anything in this house. He is the only one left, and he is older. He still knows my ordinary temper. The fate of the masters does not point to me asking for clothes with this wife, and asking for money with that grandma. So in the past few years, what he said, starting with your little aunt and your daughter-in-law, Even in the family, big and small, there is no disbelief. So not only do I have to rely on it, but even your little aunt and daughter-in-law don’t have to worry about it. I have such a person, even if my daughter-in-law and grandson-in-law have unexpected things, I can’t be short of them. I can't get angry. Now that he's gone, who do you get me to use? You just get him, a real man, it's useless if he can't speak. I'm about to send someone to talk to your master, Whoever he wants, I have money here, so I told him to just buy it for [-] yuan, but this girl can't. Leaving him to serve me for a few years is like serving me day and night to fulfill my filial piety. You come Coincidentally, it’s more appropriate for you to go and talk.” After speaking, he ordered someone to come: “I’m happy to invite my aunt and you girls to talk, why are they all scattered again!” The girls hurriedly agreed to go.Everyone came again in a hurry.Only Aunt Xue said to the servant girl: "I just came, what are you going to do? You just say that I have fallen asleep." The girl said: "My dear aunt, aunt ancestor! Our old lady is angry, you old man Don't go, there is no one to talk to, just love us. You are tired of the old man, so I will carry you to the old man." Aunt Xue said: "Little devil, what are you afraid of? But the curse is over." Said , had to come with this little girl.Jia Mu hurriedly let her sit down, and said with a smile, "Let's play cards. My aunt's cards are also played. Let's sit together. Don't ask Sister Feng to mix us up." Aunt Xue said with a smile, "Exactly, old lady." Look at it for me. Is it four for our mother, or should we add another one?" Mrs. Wang laughed and said, "It's not just four." Sister Feng said, "Add another person to make it more lively." Jia Mu Said: "Call the mandarin duck and tell him to sit in this hand. The aunt's eyes are dazzled, so let him look at both of our cards." Sister Feng sighed and said to Tanchun, "You can read and write. Yes, I don’t want to learn fortune-telling!” Tanchun said: “This is strange again. Now you don’t have to make up your mind to win the old lady some money, and you want to tell fortune.” Sister Feng said: “I’m going to do fortune-telling today. How much should I lose, I still want to win! You see, the field is not up, and the left and right are in ambush." ​​Jia Mu and Aunt Xue laughed.

When the mandarin ducks came, they sat under Jia Mu's hands, and under the mandarin ducks was Sister Feng.The red felt is laid down, the cards are shuffled, and the five players start their cards.After a fight, Yuanyang saw that Jia Mu's cards were already very strict. He only waited for a piece of two cakes, so he handed the secret signal to Sister Feng.Sister Feng was about to deal the cards, so she hesitated for a long while, and said with a smile, "my aunt will hold this card. If I don't deal this card, I won't be able to hold it down." Aunt Xue said: " I don't have your card in my hand." Sister Feng said: "I want to check when I come back." Aunt Xue said: "You just check. You send it out, and I'll see what it is." Sister Feng sent it to him. Aunt Xue came forward.Aunt Xue saw that it was a second cake, so she smiled and said, "I don't care for him, I'm afraid the old lady is full." After hearing this, Sister Feng laughed and said, "I sent it wrong." The card came and said: "You dare to take it back! Who told you that you can't make a mistake?" Sister Feng said: "But I want to do a fortune-telling. It was issued by myself, and I blame the ambush!" Jia Mu said with a smile: "But Well, you should be talking about yourself and asking yourself." Then he smiled at Aunt Xue: "I'm not a petty person who likes to win money, but I'm a lottery." Aunt Xue said with a smile: "That's not the case. , where is there such a foolish person who says that the old lady loves money?" Sister Feng was counting the money, and after hearing this, she hurriedly put on the money again, and said with a smile to everyone: "That's enough for me. It's not for winning." The money is only for winning the lottery. I am a petty person after all. If I lose, I will count the money and put it away." Jia Mu's rule is that the mandarin ducks shuffle the cards on behalf of them. Because they were joking with Aunt Xue, but the mandarin ducks did not make a move, Jia Mu said: "You Why are you so annoyed that you don't even shuffle the cards for me." Yuanyang picked up the cards and said with a smile, "Second Grandma won't pay." Jia Mu said, "If he doesn't pay, that's his luck." Then he ordered Little girl: "Bring him all the pennies." The little girl really took it and put it next to Jiamu.Sister Feng said with a smile, "reward me, I'll give it according to the count." Aunt Xue said with a smile, "it's really Feng girl's petty weapon, but she's just naughty." When Sister Feng heard about it, she stood up and pulled Xue Auntie turned her head and pointed to a small wooden box where Jiamu used to put money and said with a smile: "Look, Auntie, I don't know how much I have been stuck in that box. The money in it can't be held for half an hour, and the money in there is just beckoning." He's gone. Just wait until this hang is called in, the cards don't need to be fought, and the old ancestor's anger has also calmed down, and I have to deal with serious matters." Before the words were finished, Jia Mu and everyone laughed uncontrollably. live.However, Ping'er was afraid that the money would not be enough, so he sent another sling.Sister Feng said: "Don't put it in front of me, but also put it in the old lady's place. It's easy to call in together. You don't have to do it twice. It's troublesome to ask the money in the box." Jia Mu laughed and threw the cards in her hand. A table, pushing the mandarin duck, shouting: "tear his mouth!" Ping'er put down the money as he said, and came back with a smile.I met Jia Lian in front of the gate of the courtyard and asked him, "Where is the wife? The master told me to invite me over." Ping'er hurriedly laughed and said, "It's in front of the old lady. I haven't moved after standing for half a day. Throw it away as soon as possible." Forget it. The old lady has been angry for a long time, and now she is better off thanks to the second grandma who spent half a day with her." Jia Lian said: "I used to ask the old lady for instructions, and it depends on whether everyone will go or not in the fourteenth year. , so I can prepare the sedan chair. Wouldn’t it be nice to invite my wife and have fun again?" Ping'er laughed and said, "According to me, you don't want to go. The whole family even has a wife Baoyu, right? You have filled up the limit again." Jia Lian said: "It's over, can't you still make up for it? Besides, I have nothing to do with it. Second, the master personally ordered me to invite his wife. I sent someone to go at this moment. If you know, I'm just not angry, just point out this and take it out on me." Saying that, he left.Seeing that what he said was reasonable, Ping'er followed him.

When Jia Lian arrived in the main room, he took his steps lightly and probed inside, only to see Mrs. Xing standing there.Sister Feng's eyes are sharp. She saw it first, winked at him not to let him in, and winked with Mrs. Xing.Mrs. Xing left because of inconvenience, so she had to pour a bowl of tea and put it in front of Jiamu.As soon as Jia's mother turned around, Jia Lian was not on guard, so she didn't hide cleverly.Jia Mu asked, "Who is outside? It's like a boy stretching his head." Sister Feng hurriedly got up and said, "I also saw a figure in a trance. Let me have a look." As she said, she got up and came out.Jia Lian went in hurriedly and said with a smile, "ask the old lady if she can go out at fourteen? I'll prepare the sedan chair." Jia's mother said, "since it's like this, why don't you come in? You're acting like a ghost." Jia Lian laughed and said, "see the old lady The wife is stubborn and doesn't dare to disturb her, but she asks her daughter-in-law to come out and ask." Jia Mu said, "I'm so busy at this moment, when I go to his house, how many questions can you ask? You were so careful that time! I don't know. I don’t know if I’m here to serve as a spy, but I’m sneaky, and I’m surprised. What kind of dirty seed! Your wife and I are playing cards, and there’s still half a day left. Go to your house. Discuss with Zhao Er's family about treating your daughter-in-law." Everyone laughed as they spoke.Yuanyang said with a smile: "Bao Er's family, and the ancestors also recruited Zhao Er's family." Jia Mu also laughed and said: "However, I remember what I was holding and carrying. When I mentioned these things, I couldn't help but not get angry! Since I entered the school as a great-grandson and daughter-in-law, and now I also have a great-grandson and daughter-in-law. For 54 years, I have experienced a lot of strange things, but I have never experienced these things. Don't leave my place!" Jia Lian didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly withdrew.Standing outside the window, Ping'er smiled quietly and said, "You didn't listen to what I said, and you fell into the net after all." As he was speaking, Mrs. Xing also came out, and Jia Lian said, "It's all caused by the master. On me and my wife." Mrs. Xing said: "I'll beat you up as a bastard for your lack of filial piety! He died for me, and you complained after saying a few words. You're not doing well, these few days If you get angry every day, be careful and he will beat you." Jia Lian said, "Go over quickly, madam. You have asked me to invite you for a long time." Saying this, he sent his mother out there.

Mrs. Xing only said a few words about what she had just said, but Jia amnesty was helpless and ashamed. Since then, she has been sick and dared not see Jia's mother, so she only sent Mrs. Xing and Jia Lian to pay her respects every day.I had to send people everywhere to search for it, and finally spent 800 taels of silver to buy a 17-year-old girl named Yanhong, and kept it in the house.No problem.

We've played cards here for half a day, and we'll just have dinner.There was nothing to say during the day or two.

On the fourteenth day, it was dark and early, and Lai Da's daughter-in-law came in again to invite her.Jia Mu was so happy that she took Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and Baoyu sisters to sit in Lai Da Garden for half a day.Although the garden is not as good as the Grand View Garden, it is very neat and spacious, with springs, rocks, forests, pavilions and pavilions, and there are several shocking places.In the outer hall, Xue Pan, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Jia Rong and several close relatives did not come from far away, nor did Jia Amnesty.Lai also invited several current officials and several descendants of aristocratic families to accompany him.Because Liu Xianglian was among them, Xue Pan has never forgotten it since the last meeting.I also inquired that he likes playing plays the most, and all of them are plays of Fengyue in Shengdan. I couldn't help but misunderstand him. I mistakenly thought that he was a child of Fengyue and was about to meet him. Nothing to do.In the end, Lai Rencai covered his face with famous liquor, so he begged him to perform two plays.Come down, move the seat and sit with him, ask questions, talk about this and that.

That Liu Xianglian was originally a child of an aristocratic family. She failed in school, her parents died early, she was a chivalrous man by nature, and she didn't care about trivial matters.Because he was young and beautiful, people who didn't know his identity mistook him for an actor.Lai Shangrong, Lai Da's son, has always been good friends with him, so he invited him to sit with him today.Don't want to be drunk with others, but Du Xue Pan has another old disease.He was already unhappy, so he wanted to go away and finish the matter, but Lai Shangrong refused to let him go.Lai Shangrong said again: "The second master Caibao told me again. Although we met when I entered the door, it was too crowded to talk. He told me not to leave when you left. He still has something to say. Since you must go, wait for me Call him out, you two will leave after meeting, I have nothing to do with you." Then, he ordered the boys to find an old woman inside, and whispered, "Please come out to the second master Bao." When I was drinking tea, I saw Baoyu coming out.Lai Shangrong said to Baoyu with a smile, "good uncle, I will give him to you. I will recruit people." Then he went all the way.

Baoyu then took Liu Xianglian to sit down in the small study on the side of the hall, and asked him if he could go to Qin Zhong's grave in a few days.Xianglian said: "Why don't you go? A few days ago, some of us went to release the eagles, and it was two miles away from his grave. I think the rain this summer is heavy, and I'm afraid his grave won't be able to stand. I carried everyone behind my back and went to have a look." When I got home, I got a few hundred dollars, and I went out early on the third day and hired two people to clean it up." Baoyu said: "It's strange, last month, there was a pool in our Grand View Garden. After the lotus pods were formed, I picked ten of them and asked Mingyan to go out to the grave to offer to him. When I came back, I also asked him if it was washed away by the rain. He said not only did not wash it, but it was newer than last time. I Thinking about it, it’s just that these few friends are newly built. I only hate that I’m confined at home every day, and I can’t be the master at all. People will know what I do. It’s either blocked by one or persuaded by the other. I can say that I can’t do it. I can't let you do it." Xianglian said: "You don't need to worry about this matter. I'm outside, you just have it in your heart. On the first day of October, I have already arranged the expenses for going to the grave. You know that I am poor and my family is poor. There is nothing to accumulate, even if you have some money, you can spend it at your fingertips, it is better to save this point while you are free, so as to save yourself from being stabbed in front of you." Baoyu said: "I am also looking for you to send tea for this. , you are not at home very much, I know that you are wandering around every day, and there is no definite place to go." Xianglian said: "You don't need to look for me. This matter is just going its own way. Right now I have to go out for a walk, take a stroll outside Come back in three or five years." Baoyu heard this, and quickly asked, "Why?" Liu Xianglian sneered, "You don't know what's on my mind, but you will know when you come to me. I'm going to say goodbye now." Baoyu Said: "It's so easy to meet, isn't it good to get together at night?" Xianglian said: "Your aunt and cousin are still like that. Sitting still will cause trouble. It's better for me to avoid it." Baoyu thought for a while and said: " If that's the case, it's right to avoid him. But if you really want to travel far, you must tell me first, and don't go quietly." Then she shed tears.Liu Xianglian said: "Of course I have to resign. Just don't tell anyone else." Then she stood up and wanted to leave, and said, "You don't have to see me off when you go in." As she spoke, she left the study.As soon as I arrived at the gate, I met Xue Pan yelling and saying, "Who let Xiao Liuer go!" Hearing this, Liu Xianglian burst into sparks, wishing that the locust *killed* Fusi threw her fist after drinking , and hindering Lai Shangrong's face, he had to bear it again and again.Xue Pan suddenly saw him coming out, as if he had found a treasure, he staggered up and grabbed him, and said with a smile, "my brother, where have you been?" Xianglian said, "come as soon as you walk." Xue Pan smiled Said: "Good brother, you are not interested once you go. Anyway, you will love me after sitting down. If you have any important things, leave it to my brother. Just don't be busy. With you as a brother, you have to do it." It's easy for an official to make a fortune." Seeing that he was so miserable, Xianglian felt both resentful and ashamed in her heart, so she made a plan early and dragged him to a place of shelter, and said with a smile, "You really love me, how about pretending to be nice to me?" Xue Xue Hearing this, Pan's heart itched with joy, squinting his eyes and hurriedly smiled: "My good brother, why do you ask me this? If I'm false, I will die in front of my eyes!" Xianglian said: "In that case, here Inconvenient. Wait for a while, I'll go first, you come out later, follow me, let's drink for another night. I have two wonderful children who never go out. You can't even have a follower You don't need to take it with you. When you get there, there are ready-made servants." Hearing this, Xue Pan was so happy that he sobered up half of the wine, and said, "That's true?" Xianglian said: "How! People treat you with sincerity, but you don't I don’t believe it anymore!” Xue Pan hurriedly laughed and said, “I’m not an idiot, how can there be someone who doesn’t believe me! Even so, I don’t recognize you, so you go first, where can I look for you?” Xianglian said: “I’m here It's outside the north gate, so you're willing to go home and stay outside the city overnight?" Xue Pan laughed and said, "With you, what else do I need to do at home?" Xianglian said, "In this case, I'm on the bridge outside the north gate. Waiting for you. Let's have a drink at the table. You see, if you leave after I leave, they won't pay attention." Xue Pan agreed quickly after hearing this.So the two went to the table again and had a drink.That Xue Pan couldn't bear it. He only looked at Xianglian with his eyes, and the more he thought about it, the happier he was.

Then Xianglian got up and came out to see if anyone could not guard her. She went to the door and ordered Xingnu, a young servant: "Go home first, and I will come outside the city." After finishing speaking, she straddled her horse and went straight out of the north gate. She was waiting for Xue Pan on the bridge. .There was no time to eat, I saw Xue Pan riding a big horse, coming from a long distance, with his mouth open, his eyes wide open, his head like a rattle drum, he kept looking left and right, and when he passed by the Xianglian horse, he just looked at it. Looking at it from a distance, I didn't pay attention to the nearby area, and stepped on it instead.Xianglian laughed and hated at the same time, so she also ran off and came after her.When Xue Pan looked forward, the crowd gradually became less and less, so he circled his horse and came back to look for it again. He didn't want to see Xianglian once again, as if he had found a rare treasure, he hurriedly smiled and said, "I said you are a man who never breaks his promise." Xianglian smiled and said, "Hurry up." Go forward, and it will be inconvenient for people who are careful to see that you are coming." Saying this, he galloped forward, and Xue Pan followed closely.

Seeing that there were few people in front of him and there was a reed pond, Xianglian dismounted, tied the horse to a tree, and said with a smile to Xue Pan, "come down, let's make an oath first, and if you change your mind in the future, tell people to go, and then go." Promise." Xue Pan laughed and said, "That's reasonable." He quickly dismounted from his horse, tied it to a tree, then knelt down and said, "I'm going to change my mind in time, and if I tell people to go, heaven and earth will perish!" Without saying a word I heard the sound of "", the back of the neck seemed to be hit by a hammer, I felt a burst of darkness, my eyes were full of gold stars, and I couldn't help myself, so I fell down. Xianglian came up to have a look, and knew that he was a fool, not used to being beaten. , only exerted a third of his strength, and slapped him on the face a few times, and immediately opened the fruit shop.Xue Pan was still struggling to get up, but was tapped twice by Xianglian with his toe, and he still fell down. He said in his mouth: "It was the wish of the two families. If you don't agree, you have to say, why did you coax me out to beat me?" While cursing.Xianglian said: "I blinded you. Do you know who Uncle Liu is! If you don't beg, you still hurt me! It's no good for me to kill you. I'll just give you a profit." He came over with the whip and hit him thirty or forty times from back to shin.Xue Panjiu had already woken up most of the time, felt the pain was unbearable, and couldn't help the sound of "哇哟".Xianglian sneered and said, "That's all! I just think you're not afraid of being beaten." As she spoke, she pulled Xue Pan's left leg up again, and pulled Xue Pan a few steps towards the muddy reed. He asked again: "Do you recognize me?" Xue Pan didn't answer, just crouched down and hummed.Xianglian threw down the whip again and beat him several times with her fist.Xue Pan rolled and screamed, saying, "The rib is broken. I know you are a serious person, because I misheard others." Xianglian said: "Don't pull others, you just talk about the present." Xue Pan said "There's nothing to say now. But you're a serious person, I was wrong." Xianglian said: "I'll spare you if I say softer." Xue Pan hummed and said, "Good brother." Xianglian punched again.Xue Pan let out an "Aiyo" and said, "Good brother." Xianglian punched her twice again.Xue Pan hurriedly cried out, "Grandfather, please spare me the blind man who has no eyes! From now on, I will respect you and be afraid of you." Xianglian said, "Take a couple of sips of that water." Xue Pan said Hearing this, she frowned and said, "The water is so dirty, how can you drink it!" Xianglian raised her fist and hit.Xue Pan hurriedly said: "I drink, drink." As he spoke, he had to bow his head and take a sip under the reed root, but he didn't swallow it, only heard a "wow", and spit out all the food he had just eaten. .Xianglian said: "It's such a dirty thing, you're going to eat it up and forgive you." Xue Pan kowtowed and said, "Forgive me anyway! You can't eat it until you die." Xianglian said: "This breath is so smoky Broke me." Saying this, he dropped Xue Pan and led the horse to recognize the stirrup.Seeing that he had gone here, Xue Pan felt relieved, regretting that he should have misidentified someone.When I was about to struggle and get frustrated, I felt helpless and painful all over my body.

Unexpectedly, the two of them suddenly disappeared from the table where Jia Zhen was waiting, and they searched everywhere.Someone said: "I went out of the north gate in a daze." Xue Pan's servants were usually afraid of him, and he ordered them not to follow him. Who would dare to look for him?Later, Jia Zhen was still worried, so she ordered Jia Rong to lead the boys to search for the traces and go straight to the north gate. After two miles down the bridge, they suddenly saw Xue Pan's horse tied there by the reed pit.Everyone said: "That's great! Where there is a horse, there must be someone." They all came to the horse, only to hear someone moaning in the reed.Everyone rushed over to have a look, only to see Xue Pan's clothes were in tatters, his face was swollen and torn, he was headless and faceless, all over his body, rolling like a mud pig.Jia Rong had guessed nine points in her heart, she hurriedly got off her horse and asked someone to come out, and said with a smile: "Uncle Xue flirts every day, and today he is transferred to the Weizikeng. It must be that the Dragon King is also in love with you, and wants you to recruit a son-in-law. Go, you will touch the horns of the dragon." Xue Pan was so ashamed that there was no crack in the ground, how could he climb on the horse?Jia Rong had no choice but to order people to go to the Guanxiang and hire a small sedan chair. Xue Pan sat in it and went into the city together.Jia Rong wanted to carry him to Lai's house for a banquet. Xue Pan begged him in every possible way and ordered him not to tell anyone. Jia Rongfang agreed and let him go home.Jia Rong still went to Lai's house to reply to Jia Zhen, and said that the situation had just begun.Jia Zhen also knew that Xianglian had beaten her, so she laughed and said, "He has to suffer a lot." At the end of the day, she came to greet her.Xue Pan will take care of him in his bedroom, and he will not see him because of his illness.

When Jia's mother came back and went home, Aunt Xue and Baochai saw Xiangling crying and their eyes were swollen.When asked why, when he rushed to see Xue Pan, although there were scars on his face and body, there were no injuries.Aunt Xue felt distressed and hated at the same time. She scolded the boat and Liu Xianglian again, intending to tell Mrs. Wang and send someone to find Liu Xianglian.Baochai hurriedly persuaded: "It's not a big deal, but they were drinking together, and they behaved unnaturally after drinking. It is true that someone who is drunk will be beaten a few more times. Besides, our family is lawless, and everyone knows it." It's just because of my heartache. It's easy to vent my anger. After three to five days, when my brother is ready to take care of him, the old man, Mr. Zhen and Mr. Lian, may not be in vain. That person came, and he just confessed his crimes to make amends for his brother in front of everyone. Now that Mom is the first to tell everyone about something important, it seems that Mom is partial to spoiling him and allowing him to make troubles and recruit people. They bully ordinary people with the influence of relatives." Aunt Xue said after hearing this: "My son, you can think of it after all, and I was confused for a while." Baochai laughed and said, "That's good. He is not afraid of mother, and he is not afraid of his mother. If you don't listen to people's persuasion, it will be like a day, and you will suffer two or three losses, and he will be fine." Xue Pan slept on the kang, scolded Liu Xianglian, and ordered the servants to demolish his house, beat him to death, and fight with him. Go to court.Aunt Xue restrained the servants, and only said that Liu Xianglian was insolent after drinking for a while, but now she was sober, regretted it too late, and fled away in fear of crime.Xue Pan heard this, so he must know the truth____