Dream of the Red Mansion

It is said that when Jia Rong saw that everything was settled at home, she hurried to the temple and returned to Ming Jia Zhen.So all the deacons were assigned overnight, and all the flags and poles were prepared.Choose to invite the coffin into the city at Maoshi on the fourth day of the lunar month, so as to let people know your relatives and friends.On that day, the funeral ceremony was shining, and there were many guests. From Tiekan Temple to Ningfu, there were more than tens of thousands of people who walked along the road to see.Among them, there are those who sigh, some who are envious, and some scholars who are half bottled of jealousy. They say that "funeral ceremony is as good as frugality compared with extravagance", and there are different opinions along the way.It will not arrive until the time of application, and the coffin will be parked in the main hall.After the memorial service and mourning, relatives and friends gradually dispersed, and only the family members were left to take care of welcoming and seeing off guests.Only Uncle Xing was the next of kin.At this time, Jia Zhenjia Rong was bound by etiquette and law, so she inevitably took a straw pillow beside her soul, and hated living in mourning.After the people dispersed, he still took the time to hang out with his sisters-in-law.Baoyu also wears filial piety in Ningfu every day, and people leave at night before returning to the garden.Sister Feng's health is not recovering, so even though she can't stay here all the time, or on the day when relatives and friends offer sacrifices to open the altar and chant scriptures, she still struggles to come here to help You's cooking.

One day, breakfast was served, so the weather was still long, and Jia Zhen and others were tired all day long, so they inevitably fell asleep beside the spirit.Baoyu saw that there were no guests, so he wanted to go home to see Daiyu, because he went back to Yihong courtyard first.Entering the door, I saw that there was no one in the courtyard. There were a few old women and little girls taking toilets and enjoying the shade under the corridor, some sleeping, and some sitting and taking a nap.Baoyu didn't disturb either.Only Si'er saw it, and hurried forward to knock on the curtain.When it was about to be lifted, Fangguan ran out with a smile from inside, and almost bumped into Baoyu.Seeing Baoyu, Fang stopped with a smile and said, "Why are you here? Come and stop Qingwen with me, he's going to beat me." Before he could say a word, he could only hear the chattering noises in the room. What was scattered all over the ground.Then Qingwen came and scolded: "I see where your little hoof is going. If you lose, you don't call it a beating. Baoyu is not at home. Let me see who you have to save you." Baoyu stopped him with a smile and said, "Your sister Xiao, I offended you for some reason, for my sake, please forgive him." Qingwen didn't want Baoyu to come back at this time, and at first sight, she didn't find it funny, so she laughed and said, "Fang Guan is actually a vixen. It's not as fast as the spell that can arrest the gods and send generals." He laughed and said, "Even if you really invite the gods, I won't be afraid." Then he seized his hand and still wanted to arrest Fangguan.Fangguan has long been hiding behind Baoyu.Baoyu then took Qingwen with one hand and Fangguan with the other.Enter the house.When I looked at it, I saw the musk moon on the kang in the west, Qiuwen, Bihen, Zixiao, etc. were catching seeds to win melon seeds there.But Fangguan loses to Qingwen. Fangguan refuses to be beaten and runs out.Qingwen scattered the children in her bosom all over the ground because of chasing Fangguan.Baoyu said happily: "It's been such a long day. I'm not at home. I'm afraid that you will be lonely. After eating and sleeping, you will get sick. It's good for everyone to find something to laugh at and have fun."

Because she didn't see Xiren, she asked again, "Where is your sister Xiren?" Qingwen said, "Is it Xiren? She has become more and more Taoist, and she is alone in the inner wall of the house. I haven't gone in for a while. I don't know what he is doing." I can't hear some voices. Just take a look, or you may be enlightened at this time, and you can't be sure." Baoyu heard that, smiling, and walked into the room.I saw Xiren sitting on the bed near the window, holding a gray ribbon in his hand, and was tying a knot there.Seeing Baoyu coming in, he stood up quickly and said with a smile, "what did Qingwen assign me? Because I was in a hurry to finish this knot, I didn't have time to mess around with them, so I coaxed them and said, "Go ahead, you can do it while you can." Seeing that the second master is not at home, I want to sit here for a while, to refresh my mind. He made up these nonsense of me, what. I face the wall. I have practiced Zen, and I will not tear his mouth for a while." Baoyu smiled. Sitting down next to Xiren, watching him tie the knot, he asked: "It's been such a long day, you should also take a rest, or play with them, or you can go and see Sister Lin. It's so hot, hit this Where is the envoy?" The attacker said: "I see that the fan cover you brought was made by Grandma Rong in the East Mansion that year. That green thing can only be worn in the summer when there is a funeral in the family or relatives and friends' homes. I have to wear it once or twice, but I don’t usually do it. There is something going on in the mansion now, and I have to take it every day, so I hurried to make another one. After the knot is finished, I will replace the old one for you. Although you don’t Pay attention to this, and if the old lady comes back to see it, she should say that we are lazy and don't even care about what you wear." Baoyu laughed and said, "It's really hard for you to think of it. Just don't rush too much. It's a big deal if it's hot." As he spoke, Fang Guan brought a cup of freshly brewed tea in cold water.Because Baoyu used to be endowed with tenderness and crispness, although he dared not use ice in the summer months, he only soaked the teapot in the basin with freshly drawn well water, and changed it from time to time, just taking the coolness.Baoyu ate half of it in Fangguan's hand, and then said to Xiren, "I have ordered Mingyan when I came. When Brother Ruozhen has an important visitor, ask him to send a letter immediately. If there is nothing important, I will send it to you." Let's not go there." After speaking, he went out of the room, turned back to Bihen and waited, and said, "If you have anything to do, come to Miss Lin to find me." Then he went straight to Xiaoxiang Pavilion to see Daiyu.

After passing the Qinfang Bridge, I saw Xueyan leading two old women, both of whom were holding lotus root, melon and fruit in their hands.Baoyu hurriedly asked Xueyan, "You girls never eat these cold things. What's the use of these melons and fruits? Don't you want to invite that girl's grandma?" Xueyan laughed and said, "I tell you, you are not allowed to tell the girl Go." Baoyu nodded in agreement.Xueyan ordered the two women: "Send melons and fruits to Sister Zijuan first. If he wants to ask me, just tell me what I do, and come." The woman agreed to go.Xue Yanfang said: "Our girl has felt better in the past two days. After dinner today, the third girl came to see the second grandma, but the girl didn't go. I don't know what I remembered, and I was sad for a while. I wrote a lot of inscriptions, but I don’t know if it’s a poem or a word. When I was asked to pass the melons and fruits, I heard that Zijuan was asked to move down the furnishings on the small piano table in the house, and moved the table outside. Longwen ゥ is placed on the table, waiting for melons and fruits to be used. If it is to invite someone, please hurry to put out a stove. If it is to light incense, our girls usually put fresh flowers, fruits and papayas in the house I don’t like to fumigate my clothes, so I just light incense, and it should be placed where I often sit and lie down. Could it be that the old women have stinked the house so that they can’t be fumigated with incense. After all, even I don’t know why.” After finishing speaking, Then he went in a hurry.Baoyu couldn't help but bowed his head and thought in his heart: "According to Xueyan, there must be a reason. If you sit with that sister, you don't have to set up the dishes first. Maybe it's the death anniversary of my aunt, but I remember Every year on this day, the old lady ordered other dishes to be prepared and sent to private sacrifices with Sister Lin. This time has passed. It must be July because of the melon and fruit festival. Every family goes to the grave for the autumn festival. Sister Lin feels deeply , so I drink offerings in my private room by myself, and take lt;lt;Book of Rites gt;gt;:. The meaning of Chunqiu recommending the food at that time is uncertain. But when I go now, seeing him sad, I will try my best to persuade him, and then I am afraid that he will be troubled and stagnated in his heart. If he does not go, I am afraid that he will be too sad and no one will stop him. Both of them are enough to cause illness. If you go to Sister Feng's place to have a look first, sit there and go back. If you see Sister Lin is sad, Then try to untie it, so that it won't cause it to be overly sad, and it won't cause depression and illness." After thinking about it, he went out of the garden gate and came straight to Sister Feng.

Just as many deacons and wives had finished their work, they left one after another.Sister Feng is leaning against the door and talking to Ping'er.As soon as he saw Baoyu, he smiled and said, "Are you back? I just ordered Lin Zhixiao's family. Ask him to send someone to tell your boy, if there is nothing else, please come back and have a rest. Besides, there are many people there." , you can bear those smells there. I don’t think you just fell down.” Baoyu smiled and said, “Thank you sister for remembering. I also saw that my sister didn’t go to that mansion in the past two days because I have nothing to do today. So come back and have a look." Sister Feng said: "The left and right are just like this. It's not good for three days and two days. Old lady, the wife is not at home, these big ladies, hey, which one is safe, not every day Fighting, quarreling, even gambling and theft, there were two or three incidents. Although there are three girls to help handle it, he is a girl who has not been out of the cabinet. I have no choice but to struggle and struggle. I can't calm down for a while. Don't talk about wanting to get better, just ask for it not to hurt, that's all." Baoyu said: "Even so, my sister should take care of her body and worry less." After finishing speaking, he said some gossip again, said goodbye to Sister Feng, and walked straight to the garden.

When I entered the gate of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, I saw the remaining smoke from the furnace, laying Yu Yuyi.Zicuckoo is watching people moving tables and collecting furnishings.Baoyu knew that the sacrifice was over, and when he walked into the house, he saw Daiyu's face tilted inward, sick and in a state of overwhelming.Zijuan said quickly, "Second Master Bao is here." Daiyufang got up slowly and gave way to sit with a smile.Baoyu said: "My sister has grown better these two days? She looks calmer, but why are you sad again?" Daiyu said: "But you have nothing to say. Well, how soon will I be sad again?" Baoyu laughed Said, "My sister has tears on her face, how can you still coax me. It's just that my sister is always sick in Japan, and I should be forgiven for everything, and I can't make useless sorrow. If I trample my body, I will..." Speaking of Here, I feel that the following words are a bit difficult to say, so I swallowed quickly.It's because although he and Daiyu grew up together, they fell in love with each other and were willing to live and die together, but he only understood it in his heart and never said it to his face.Kuang Jian Daiyu has a lot of heart, and she offends him every time she speaks out of order.Today I came here to persuade, I didn't want to repeat my words again, I couldn't continue, I was anxious, and I was afraid that Daiyu would annoy him.Then I thought about what my heart was really good for, so I turned from anxiety to sadness, and tears had already rolled down my eyes.At first Daiyu was annoyed by Baoyu's words, no matter how serious they were, but now seeing this scene, she feels something in her heart. She used to love to cry, but now she can't help crying without words.

But Zijuan brought tea, and asked why they were quarreling, because they said, "The girl is better, and the second master Bao is angry again. What's the matter?" Baoyu wiped his tears and said with a smile, "Who Dare to bully my sister." While striking up a conversation, she got up and took a stroll.Seeing a corner of paper slightly exposed under the inkstone, I couldn't help reaching out to pick it up.Daiyu was about to get up to grab it, but Baoyu had already held it in her arms. She smiled and said, "My dear sister, let me have a look."

Daiyu said: "No matter what, you will be confused when you come." After a word, she saw Baochai coming and said with a smile, "What does Brother Bao want to see?" What was in Yu's mind, she didn't dare to answer again, but looked at Daiyu and smiled.Daiyu let Baochai sit down, and said with a smile: "I have seen talented women in ancient history. There are many people who are admirable, enviable, sad, and deplorable in their lives. There is nothing to do after dinner today, because I want to choose a I counted people, and made up a few poems to express my emotions. It happened that the girl came to meet me. I went to see Sister Feng, and I was too lazy to go with him. I just wrote five poems, and I got sleepy for a while, and left them there, not wanting to The second master saw it when he came. In fact, it’s nothing to show him, but I just wonder if he wrote it for others.” Baoyu hurriedly said, “I’ll let others see it sooner or later. That fan yesterday , I love those poems of Bai Haitang, so I wrote them myself in lower case, just to make it easier to read in my hand. Didn’t I know that the handwriting of the poems in the boudoir can’t be easily passed on to the outside world. Since you said I never took out the garden.”

Baochai said: "Sister Lin is also worried. Since you wrote it on the fan, you accidentally forgot it, and took it in the study to be seen by the gentlemen. Why don't you ask who did it? If it spreads, it will Because it is not beautiful. Since ancient times, it has been said: "A woman's lack of talent is virtue. She always focuses on chastity and tranquility, and female workers are the second. The rest of the poems are just games in the boudoir. It may or may not be possible. Girls like us, I don't want the reputation of these talents." Yin laughed again and said to Daiyu, "It's okay to show it to me, as long as I ask brother Bao to take it out." Daiyu laughed and said, "If you say so, even you You don't need to look at it." Pointing to Baoyu, he smiled and said, "He has already snatched it away." After Baoyu heard this, Fang took it out of his bosom, and went to Baochai's side to have a closer look.I saw that wrote:

Xishi

A generation of allure is chasing waves, Wu Gongkong recalls his son's home.

Xiao Lin Mo laughs at the East Village girl, and she is still veiled by the Toubai Creek.

Yu Ji

The night screamed the wind, and Yu Xi hated the heavy pupil.

Ting Peng Gan accepts his age, how can he drink his sword like in the tent of Chu.

Ming Fei

The stunning beauty came out of the Han Palace, and the confidant had a fate of the same old and modern.

Even if the king is light in color, he can seize power.

Green beads

A case of rubble pearl thrown, He Zeng Shiwei rejoices.

They are all created by stubborn blessings, and they are even more comfortable with loneliness.

Red whisk

Chang Yixiong is self-confident in conversation, and the beauty has huge eyes and knows the poor.

How can the corpse stay in the surviving Yang Gong veil, and how can it be a female husband?

Baoyu looked at it, was full of praise, and said, "my sister just made five poems, why don't you just order her to say Wumei Yin?" .Baochai also said: "No matter what the topic is in poetry, you only need to be good at interpreting the meaning of the ancients. If you want to follow the footsteps of others, even if the words and sentences are exquisite, they have fallen into the second meaning, and it is not a good poem after all. As the predecessors chanted There are many poems written by Zhaojun, some lamenting Zhaojun, some resenting prolonging life, and some ridiculing the emperor of Han for not being able to make painters look like virtuous ministers but to paint beautiful women. They are all different. Later, Wang Jinggong recovered. The reason why the painting was impossible, at that time Killing Mao Yanshou in vain, Uncle Yong has. What the eyes and ears see is the same, but Wanli'an can control the barbarians. The two poems are both different from each other. The five poems written by Sister Lin today can also be said to be novel and unique. When I was still about to go on, I saw someone reply: "The second master Lian is back. Just then, it was rumored outside that he had gone to the East Mansion for a long time, and he must be back." Baoyu heard this, got up quickly, and greeted him. Wait inside the gate.It happened that Jia Lian got off his horse and came in.So Baoyu first knelt down to meet Jia Lian, and greeted Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and others.Greeted Jia Lian again.The two walked in hand in hand.I saw Li Wan, Sister Feng, Baochai, Daiyu, Ying, Tan, Xi, etc. waiting in the middle hall, and they had all met each other.

Because Jia Lian said: "The old lady will arrive home early tomorrow morning. She is in good health all the way. Today, I will be sent home to have a look. At five o'clock tomorrow, I will go out of the city to meet you."Because Jia Lian was returning from a long distance, everyone said goodbye and asked Jia Lian to go back to his room to rest.One night scene, no need to elaborate.Around mealtime the next day, I saw Mrs. Jia Muwang waiting to arrive.After the audience was over, they sat down for a while and had a cup of tea, then led Mrs. Wang and others to Ningfu.I only heard the crying inside, but it was Jia pardoning Jia Lian who came here to send Jia's mother home.At the moment when Jia's mother entered, Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian led the clan to welcome them out in tears.His father and son took Jia's mother one by one and walked to the coffin. Jia Zhen and Jia Rong knelt and threw themselves into Jia's mother's arms and wept bitterly.Seeing this scene, Jia Mu, an elderly woman, hugged Zhenrong and so on and cried bitterly.Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian persuaded him, but he stopped slightly.Turning to Lingyou again, and seeing You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, it was inevitable to have another bitter stalemate.After crying, everyone stepped forward to say hello one by one.Jia Zhen came home because of Jia Mu, and she didn't have a rest. She sat here and looked sad, so she begged Jia Mu to go home again and again, and Mrs. Wang and others persuaded her again and again.Mother Jia had no choice but to come back.Sure enough, old people can't help being sad and sad. At night, they feel headaches and eyesight, and their noses are stuffy.He hurriedly invited a doctor to diagnose the pulse and prescribe medicine, and he was in a hurry all day long.Fortunately, it disperses quickly, and the scriptures have not been passed on. By the third watch, some beards sweat a little, the pulse is calm and the body is cool, so everyone is relieved.Still take medicine conditioning to next day.

A few days later, it was time for Jia Jing's funeral. Jia's mother was still recovering, so she left Baoyu to serve at home.Sister Feng didn't go because she was never very good.The rest of Jia Amnesty, Jia Lian, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, etc. led their family servants and women to Tiekan Temple and returned at night.Jia Zhenyou's family and Jia Rong are still guarding the spirit in the temple. After a hundred days, Fang Fu's coffin returns home.At home, Mrs. You and her second and third sisters are still in the care of her.

But it is said that Jia Liansu has heard the names of You's sisters every day, and hates not being able to see them.Nearly because Jia Jingling was at home, he was familiar with his second and third sisters every day, so he couldn't help salivating.Kuang Zhi, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and the others had a regular meeting, so they took the opportunity to flirt and flirt with each other.The third sister was only indifferent to each other, only the second sister was also very interested.But it's just that there are too many eyes, and there is no way to start.Jia Lian was also afraid that Jia Zhen would be jealous, so she didn't dare to move lightly, so they had to understand each other.After the funeral at this time, Jia Zhen's family had few servants. Except Youlao Niang led the second and third sisters and a few maidservants who were rough envoys lived in the main room, the rest of the maidservants and concubines followed in the temple.The servants outside are only patrolling at night and guarding the door during the day.There is nothing to do in the daytime, and I don't go inside.So Jia Lian wanted to take advantage of this.In the name of accompanying Jia Zhen, he also stayed in the temple, and often went to Ning's mansion to hook up with his second sister by doing housework for Jia Zhen.

One day, Yu Lu, a young housekeeper, came back to Jia Zhen and said: "The former used the shed to bar the filial cloth and invited the barman to Qingyi. The total amount of silver was 500 taels. In addition to the [-] taels of silver, he still owed [-] taels. Both buyers and sellers from two places came to demand yesterday, and the young one came to beg for the master's instruction." Jia Zhen said, "You can just go to the warehouse to get it, why bother to ask me." Yu Lu said, "I went to the warehouse yesterday. I went up to get it, but it was just that after the master came to heaven, there were a lot of donations from various places, and the rest had to be prepared for the hundred-day dojo and temple expenses, so I couldn't distribute it at this time. So today, the little one is going back and forth to the master, or the inner treasury of the master. Let me give it to you temporarily, or borrow it, and tell the younger one to handle it." Jia Zhen laughed and said, "You should go first, and don't use the money. You can borrow it from him wherever you want."

Yu Lu replied with a smile: "If you say one or two hundred, the small one can still be borrowed. The five or six hundred, the small one can do it for a while." Jia Zhen thought for a while, and said to Jia Rong: "Ask your mother, After the funeral yesterday, Jiangnan Zhen's family sent 500 taels of sacrificial silver, but it has not been handed over to the treasury, so you ask for it first, and give it to him." Jia Rong agreed, and hurriedly went back and forth to You's, and returned Back and forth his father said: "Yesterday, 200 taels of silver have been spent, and the remaining 300 taels were sent home and handed over to my wife." Jia Zhen said, "In this case, you take him and tell your wife Take it out and hand it over to him. Let’s see if there’s nothing wrong at home, and say hello to your two aunts. Let’s borrow the rest of Yu Lu and add it.” Jia Rong and Yu Lu agreed, and Fang wanted to quit, but Jia Lian left Come in.Yu Lu hurriedly stepped forward to greet Ann.Jia Lian asked what was the matter, and Jia Zhen told them one by one.Jia Lian thought in his heart, "Take this opportunity to go to Ningfu to find the second sister." On the one hand, he said, "It's such a big deal, why bother to borrow it from others. I got a piece of silver yesterday and haven't used it yet. Why don't I give it to him?" Wouldn't it be easy to add it." Jia Zhen said: "That's very good. You just ordered Rong'er to take it away."

Jia Lian hurriedly said: "I have to take it myself. I haven't been home for a few days, and I still have to give it to the old lady, master, and ladies. Please go to the eldest brother to check if there is anything wrong with the family, and then Please also greet my wife." Jia Zhen smiled and said, "I'm just working on you again, and I feel uneasy." Jia Lian also laughed and said, "My brother, what's the matter?" Jia Zhen then told Jia Rong, "You followed me Your uncle is going, and he also goes over there to greet the old lady, master, and ladies, and say hello to your mother and me, and find out if the old lady is safe? Are you still taking medicine?" Jia Rong agreed one by one, and followed Jia Lian. He came out, took a few young servants, and rode into the city together.When Uncle Lu and nephew were gossiping, Jia Lian had a heart, so he mentioned the second sister You, because she boasted about how beautiful she is, how she is a good person, her manners are generous, her words are gentle, and everything is admirable and lovely, "Everyone says your aunt is good. , as far as I can see, there is nothing like your second aunt." Jia Rong guessed what it meant, and smiled: "Since my uncle loves him so much, I will be a matchmaker for my uncle and say that I will be the second wife, how about it?"

Jia Lian laughed and said, "Are you talking nonsense or serious?" Jia Rong said, "I'm serious." Jia Lian laughed again and said, "It's up to you. I'm just afraid that your aunt will not follow me, and I'm afraid that your old mother will not. Besides, I heard that your second aunt has a family." Jia Rong said: "It's all right. My second and third aunts are not raised by my master, but my mother brought them here. I heard that my old lady When I was in that family, I betrothed my second aunt to Zhang's family, the head of Huangliang Village, as a marriage partner. Later, the Zhang family suffered a lawsuit and was defeated, and my old mother married from that family. Now, for more than ten years, the two There is no news from my family. My old mother often complains that she wants to divorce her family, and my father will also transfer my second aunt. I just wait for a good family, but let people find Zhang's family, give him more than ten taels of silver, and write a letter The words of Zhang’s resignation. I think the Zhang family is extremely poor. If they see Yinzi, there is nothing to refuse. Besides, he knows a family like ours, so he is not afraid of his refusal. It is someone like uncle who said to be the second wife. I will take care of me. Both my mother and my father are willing, but it's difficult for my sister-in-law." Jia Lian's heart was blown when he heard this, but there was nothing to say there, but he just smiled stupidly.Jia Rong thought about it again, and said with a smile: "If uncle has the courage, it's okay to take care of it according to my idea, but it will cost a little more money." Do not follow."

Jia Rong said: "Uncle, go home, don't show any signs of expression, when I get to know my father, I will make an agreement with my old mother, and then I will buy a house near the back of our house and use it, and then call two families to wait on it." The date was chosen, and people married without knowing it, and asked the family members not to leak the news. The sister-in-law lives in the deep house and compound, so you have to know there. The uncle lives in the house. , but I was scolded by the master. The uncle only said that my aunt would never have children. It was for the sake of the heirs, so I did it outside privately. It is the aunt who sees raw rice and cooked rice. Ma'am, there is no end to it." Since ancient times, Jia Lian only cared about the beauty of his second sister, and after hearing Jia Rong's words, he tried to figure it out by taking what he had on him now, and stopping his wife from doing it again. Married, strict father is jealous of his wife and all kinds of inappropriate things are ignored.But I don't know that Jia Rong didn't have good intentions either. Because of his affection with his aunt on weekdays, and because Jia Zhen was inside, he couldn't feel free.Now if Jia Lian is married, he will have to live outside, so that he can fool around while Jia Lian is away.Jia Lian thought about this, and thanked Jia Rong: "My good nephew, you can really say it. I will buy two beautiful girls to thank you."Jia Rong said: "Uncle goes in and asks my old lady for money, just give it to Yu Lu. I'll greet the old lady first." Jia Lian nodded with a smile, "Don't tell the old lady that I came with you. "

Jia Rong said, "I know." Then he whispered to Jia Lian, "I'm going to meet my second aunt today, so don't be impatient. If something happens, it will be difficult in the future." Jia Lian laughed and said, "Stop talking nonsense, go quickly. Waiting for you here." So Jia Rong went to greet Jia Mu herself.When Jia Lian entered Ningfu, the head of the family had already led the family to greet him and followed him all the way to the hall.Jia Lian asked some questions one by one, but it was just a matter of reprimand, so he ordered his family to disperse and walked inside alone.It turns out that Jia Lian and Jia Zhen are close friends and brothers, and they are unavoidable people who never wait to be notified.So he went to the upper room, and the old lady waiting in the corridor had already opened the curtain to let Jia Lian in.Jia Lian entered the room and saw that only the second sister You and her two maidservants were working together on the kang in the south, but she could not see Mrs. You and the third sister.Jia Lian hurriedly stepped forward to say hello and meet each other.Second Sister You smiled and offered to sit down, so she sat down by the east row.Jia Lian still gave up the head to the second sister, said a few words about the meeting, and then asked with a smile: "Where are the in-laws and the third sister? Why don't you see me?"

Second Sister You smiled and said, "I'm here because I've got things to do later." At this time, because the serving girl was pouring tea and no one was around, Jia Lian couldn't help looking at Second Sister.The second sister lowered her head and just smiled.Jia Lian didn't dare to make a move again, because seeing the second sister was playing with a silk bag tied to it in her hand, she accosted her and touched her waist, saying, "I forgot to bring the betel nut purse too, my sister has betel nuts." Give me a bite." The second sister said: "There are betel nuts, but my betel nuts are never eaten by others." Jia Lian smiled and wanted to get close.The second sister was afraid that people would see her as indecent, so she quickly smiled and walked over.Jia Lian took it in his hand, poured it all out, picked half of it and ate the rest, ate it in his mouth, and picked up the rest.Just as I was about to deliver the purse in person, I saw two maids pour tea.Jia Lian took the tea and ate it, and secretly untied a Hanyu Jiulong ぐ that he had brought, tied it to a handkerchief, and left it behind when the maid turned her head.The second sister didn't go to get it either, she just pretended not to see it and sat down to drink tea.There was only a sound of the curtain at the back, but it was Mrs. You and the third sister who came from behind with two little maids.Jia Lian sent his eyes to the second sister and asked her to pick it up, but the second sister You just ignored it.Jia Lian didn't know what the second sister meant, so she was very anxious, so she had to go up to meet Youlao Niang and the third sister.When she looked back at her second sister again, she saw her smiling, as if nothing had happened. Then she looked at the silk again, but she didn't know where she had gone, so Jia Lian was relieved.So after everyone returned to their seats, they talked about some gossip.Jia Lian said: "The elder sister-in-law said that the day before yesterday a bag of silver was handed over to her in-laws to keep it away. Today, because I have to return it, my elder brother ordered me to pick it up. Let's see if there is nothing wrong at home." The sister took the key to get the silver.

Here Jia Lian said again: "I also want to greet my wife. Look at the two sisters. The wife is very good-looking, but the two sisters have been wronged in our family." Mrs. You laughed and said: "We are all close relatives, Speaking there. I live at home, and I also live here. To tell the truth, my family has been really difficult since my husband passed away. It is all thanks to the help of my uncle here. Now my uncle’s family has such a big event , we can’t do anything else, just take a look at the house for nothing, what’s wrong with us.” Just as he was talking, the second sister had already taken the money and handed it to Mrs. You.Mrs. You handed it to Jia Lian.Jia Lian asked a little girl to call an old woman, and told him, "give this to Yu Lu, and tell him to take it over there and wait for me." The old woman agreed to go out.

Only Jia Rong's voice could be heard in the courtyard.After a while, he came in, greeted his old lady and aunt, and smiled at Jia Lian: "just now, the master asked uncle, saying that he had something to order. He wanted to send someone to the temple to call, but I went back to the master and said that uncle would come." The master also told me that I met my uncle on the road and told me to go quickly." Jia Lian listened and was about to get up, and then heard Jia Rong and his mother say: "That time I told the old lady, my father wanted to tell the second aunt My uncle is about the same in appearance and stature as my uncle. Does the old lady agree?" As he spoke, he quietly pointed at Jia Lian and his second aunt and pouted.The second sister was embarrassed to say anything, but she saw the third sister who was half-smiling, scolding half-annoyed, "You terribly bad little monkey bastard! It's no longer your mother's word! How sooner or later I will tear his mouth open." What!" As he spoke, he rushed over.Jia Rong ran out early with a smile, and Jia Lian also resigned with a smile.Walking to the hall, he told his family members not to play money and eat wine and so on.Yang Jiarong quietly went back and told his father quickly.On the one hand, he brought Yu Lu over, added enough money and handed it to him.On the one hand, I greet Jia Amnesty, and on the other hand, I greet Jia Mu.

But when Jia Rong saw that Yu Lu had gone with Jia Lian to get the money, and she was fine, she went back inside and played a mockery with his two aunts before getting up.At the end of the day, when I arrived at the temple, I saw Jia Zhen and said, "The silver has been handed over to Yu Lu. The old lady has recovered, and now she doesn't take medicine anymore." The meaning of the second room has been said.He also talked about how to buy a house outside without letting Sister Feng know, "At this time, it's just for the sake of hardship for the heirs. It's because the second aunt has seen it before, and it's better to talk about it than other people who don't know about it. That's good. So the second uncle repeatedly asked me to tell my father." It's not just his own idea.Jia Zhen thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Actually, it's all right. I just don't know if your second aunt is willing or not. Tomorrow you go to discuss with your old mother first, and ask your old mother to ask your second aunt for approval, and then make a decision." So After teaching Jia Rong another speech, he came over and told You Shi about it.But Youshi knew it was wrong, so he tried his best to dissuade him.But Jia Zhen has made up her mind, and she is used to obedience on weekdays. Besides, he and his second sister are not the same mother, so it is inconvenient to take care of them, so they have to quarrel.

In the early morning of the next day, as expected, Jia Rong came back to the city to see his old mother and told his father's wishes.Added a lot of words, saying how good Jia Lian is. Now that Sister Feng is sick, she can't get well anymore. For the time being, she bought a house and lived outside. Auntie went in to be the main room.He also talked about how his father hired him at this time, how Jia Lian married him, how he took over your old man for the elderly, and then the third aunt also accepted the replacement job there.What's more, Jia Zhen owed a lot to Jia Zhen's generosity on weekdays. At this time, Jia Zhen took the initiative to replace him, and he didn't have to buy the dowry himself. Jia Lian was a young man, ten times stronger than Zhang Huasheng, so he hurried over to discuss with his second sister.The second sister is also a water-based person. She had a problem with her brother-in-law before, and she often resented Zhang Hua's mistake at that time, which resulted in her being lost for life.Immediately replied to Jia Rong, Jia Rong replied to his father.

The next day, Jia Lian was invited to the temple, and Jia Zhen told him face to face what Mrs. You had promised.Jia Lian was overjoyed, and thanked Jia Zhenjia Rong and his son endlessly.So the two discussed, let people see the house and put on jewelry, buy dowry for the second sister and bed curtains for the new house.But in a few days, everything will be done early.I have bought a house in Xiaohuazhi Lane, two miles behind Ningrong Street, with a total of more than 20 rooms.I bought two more maids.Jia Zhen gave another room to her family, named Bao Er, husband and wife, in case the second sister came to wait on her.Why didn't Bao Er and his wife come when they heard about Qiao Zong'er?They also called Zhang Hua and his son to force him to write a divorce letter with Mrs. You.But it is said that Zhang Hua's ancestor, who was the head of Huangliang Zhuang, died later.When Zhang Hua's father was still in charge of this task, he married Zhang Hua and You's second sister because of his close relationship with You Laoniang's ex-husband.Later, unexpectedly, he was sued by a lawsuit, his family property was ruined, and his food and clothing were poor. Where can he still afford a wife?Mrs. You married from that family again, and the two families had not heard from each other for more than ten years.Now he was summoned by the family of Jia's family to force him to divorce his second sister. Although he didn't want to, he was afraid of Jia Zhen and others' power, so he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to write a divorce agreement.Mrs. You gave [-] taels of silver, and the two families did not mention the divorce.

Here, Jia Lian and others saw that everything was settled, so they chose an auspicious day in the third year of junior high school in order to marry their second sister.Break it down next time.