Dream of the Red Mansion

It's said that Aunt Zhao was talking with Jia Zheng, when she heard a noise outside, she didn't know what it was.When I hurriedly asked, it turned out that the outer window had not been fastened, and it collapsed and was hung down.Aunt Zhao scolded the girl a few times, and she led the maid herself, and Fang came in to send Jia Zheng to rest.No problem.

But it was said that Baoyu had just fallen asleep in the Yihong courtyard, and the maids were about to go to rest, when they heard someone knocking on the courtyard door.The old lady opened the door and saw that it was a maid named Xiao Que in Aunt Zhao's room.Ask him what's the matter, Xiao Que doesn't answer, and goes straight to the room to look for Baoyu.Only Baoyu fell asleep, and Qingwen was still sitting by the bed. Everyone laughed, and when they saw him coming, they all asked, "What's the matter? What are you doing here now?" "Let me tell you a letter. Just now our grandma said this in front of the master. Please pay attention to the master's question tomorrow." After speaking, he turned and left.The attacker ordered him to stay for tea, but because he was afraid of closing the door, he went all the way.

Here Baoyu heard it, just like Sun Dasheng heard the magic spell, and immediately felt uncomfortable in all four limbs and five internal organs.After much deliberation, there is no other way, and I have read the books and prepared for tomorrow's interrogation.If there are no mistakes in the mouth, there are other things, and half of them can be prevaricated.After thinking about it, I hurriedly put on my clothes and got up to read.I regretted it in my heart, I just didn't talk about it these days, but I lost my life again. I knew that I should review it every day anyway.Now I plan to plan, and I can recite it in my stomach, but only "learning", "yong" and "two theory" can be recited with notes.Half of the supreme book lt;lt;Mencius gt;gt;, half of it is written in half.Counting the Five Classics, because I have been writing poems recently, I often read lt;lt;The Book of Songsgt;gt;, although it is not very elaborate, it can be blamed.Although I don't remember the others, Jia Zheng fortunately never ordered them to be read on weekdays. Even if I don't know, it's okay.As for ancient prose, these are the few articles I have read in those years, including "Zuo Zhuan", "National Policy", "Gongyang", "Guliang", Han and Tang Dynasties, etc., there are only a few dozen articles, and I haven't read half of them in recent years. Phrases, although I have read them over and over in my spare time, but they are just a whim, and I forget them as I look at them. How can I remember them without hard work.This is beyond reproach.There is even a piece of stereotyped essays in Shiwen, because I have always hated this way, and it was not written by sages and sages. How could it explain the subtleties of sages and sages?Although Jia Zheng chose a hundred articles and asked him to read them when he got up that day, occasionally he saw that one or two of them were in the middle, or in the middle of the inheritance, and there were some works or exquisiteness, or wandering, or games, or sadness. Active ones, I read it once in a while, but for temporary interest, why did I ever devote myself to playing with it.If you review this now, you may be afraid of questioning that tomorrow, and if you review that, you may be afraid of refuting this.What's more, one night's work cannot be completely reviewed.So it's getting more and more anxious.It doesn't matter if you study by yourself, but it makes all the maids unable to sleep.Needless to say Xiren Sheyue Qingwen and the older ones were cutting candles and pouring tea, while the younger ones were all sleepy-eyed and leaned forward and back together.Qingwen scolded: "What hoofs, it's not enough to stand up dead all day and night. Occasionally, I went to bed late, so I pretended to be this way. If you do this again, I will poke you twice with a needle!"

Before the words were finished, I heard a thud from the outside, and when I hurriedly looked, it turned out that a little girl was sitting and dozing, bumped her head against the wall, and woke up from the dream, just when Qingwen said this, he was startled He thought it was Qingwen who hit him, so she cried and said, "My dear sister, I don't dare anymore." Everyone laughed.Baoyu hurriedly persuaded: "Let him go, they should all go to sleep. You should go to sleep instead." The attacker hurriedly said, "Little ancestor, you only care about yours. It's all about this night. Kung fu, you put your mind on these few books for the time being, and after passing this test, it is not a waste of time for you to talk about other things." Hearing his earnestness, Baoyu had to read again.After reading a few sentences, Sheyue poured another cup of tea to moisten her tongue, and Baoyu took the tea and ate it.Seeing that Musk Moon was only wearing a short jacket and took off her skirt, Baoyu said, "The night is quiet and cold, so you should wear a big dress." Just keep your heart on him."

The words were not finished yet, only to hear Jinxing Glass running in from the back door, shouting in his mouth: "It's not good, a person jumped off the wall!" Look everywhere.Seeing that Baoyu was troubled by reading, Qingwen spent a whole night thinking about it, and it might not be safe tomorrow. She was about to come up with an idea for Baoyu to get rid of this difficulty, when she was suddenly surprised by this, and even if she made a living, she said to Baoyu: "Taking advantage of this Opportunity is about to pretend to be sick, just saying that it is a bluff." This remark hit Baoyu's heart, so it was spread that people from the previous night came and searched everywhere with lanterns, but there was no trace, and they all said: "The girls think they are sleeping. Going out dazed, the tree branch swayed by the wind mistook it for a person." Qingwen said: "Don't lie! You didn't check carefully, and you were afraid that you were wrong, so you used this to falter. You were not alone just now. See you, Baoyu went out with us for something, you all saw it for yourself. Now Baoyu's color has changed, and his whole body is hot. Now I have to go to the room to get requiem pills. Madam asked, she wanted to understand, Don't tell me it's just what you say." After hearing this, the crowd was too scared to say anything, so they had to look around again.Qingwen and Glass went out to ask for medicine, and everyone who deliberately made trouble knew that Baoyu was frightened.After hearing this, Mrs. Wang hurriedly ordered people to come to see and give medicines, and ordered all the night people to search carefully, and at the same time asked to check the night boys on the wall of the adjacent garden outside the second gate.So the lanterns and torches in the garden continued to make noise all night.At five o'clock, the stewards and men and women were ordered to investigate carefully, and to torture the men and women of Shangye, inside and outside, and others.When Jia Mu heard that Baoyu was frightened, she asked the reason carefully, but she dared not hide any more, so she had to return to the light.Jia's mother said: "I must have expected this. It's a trivial matter to be careful at night everywhere. I'm afraid they are thieves." The sisters and others were all accompanying them. When they heard what Jiamu said, they were silent and had no answer.Du Tanchun came out with a smile and said: "Recently because Sister Feng's health is not good, the people in the garden are much more presumptuous in the past few days. Before that, everyone was stealing for a while, or when sitting at night, three or four people gathered together. In one place, there is a small obstinacy in throwing dice or fighting cards, but it is just to survive the sleepiness. Recently, it has gradually appeared, and a game of gambling has been opened, and there is even a head of the game. Win or lose. There was a fight half a month ago." After hearing this, Jia's mother hurriedly said, "Since you know, why didn't you come back to us earlier?" Zi Zi, so I didn’t reply. I just told my sister-in-law and the people in charge, and I’ve been warned a few times, but it’s getting better recently.”

Jia Mu hurriedly said: "Your girl, how do you know the pros and cons here? You are always playing money, but you are afraid of disputes. You don't know that if you play money at night, you can't keep from drinking, and if you eat wine, you can't avoid unlocking the door arbitrarily." Or to buy things, looking for Zhang and Li, among them, there are few people in the quiet night, so it is impossible to do such a thing. Besides, the sisters in the garden are accompanied by maids and daughters-in-law, a mixture of sages and fools Well, the matter of thieves and robbers is minor, and if there is anything else, if there is a little bit of it, it has a lot to do with it. How can this matter be forgiven lightly." When Tanchun heard about it, he sat down silently.Although Sister Feng hadn't recovered much, her energy was a little less than usual. Seeing what Jia's mother said, she hurriedly said, "I'm sick again." In front of Jia's mother, he gave a warning.Jia Mu ordered to check the leading gamblers immediately. If someone came out first, he would be rewarded, and if he kept secret, he would be punished.When Lin Zhixiao's family saw that Jia's mother was angry, who dared to cheat for selfishness, they hurried to the garden to pass on to Qi people to check one by one.Although it is inevitable for everyone to rely on it for a while, it is inevitable that the truth will eventually come to light.Three people from Datou's family, eight people from Xiaotou's family, and more than 20 gamblers were found. They all brought them to see Jia's mother, knelt in the courtyard and kowtowed their heads to beg for mercy.Jia's mother first asked the big head's family name and how much money he had.It turns out that of the three big heads, one is the family of the two aunts of Lin Zhixiao's family, the other is the sister-in-law of the Liu family in the kitchen in the garden, and the other is the wet nurse of Yingchun.These are the three heads, and the rest cannot be remembered.Jia Mu ordered the dice cards to be burned together, and all the money entered by the officials was scattered among the people. The first person will be thrown out forty boards each, and they will not be allowed to enter again. The monthly money is allocated to the toilet line.Then he warned Lin Zhixiao's family about it.Lin Zhixiao's family found it boring to see his relatives arguing with him again.Yingchun is sitting, but also feel boring.Daiyu, Baochai, Tanchun and others saw that Yingchun's wet nurse was like this, which meant that something hurt her, so they all got up and smiled and begged Jia Mu, saying, "This mother is not stubborn in the past, but she is happy by chance for some reason. Please look at the face of the second sister, and let him forgive this time." Jia Mu said: "You don't know. About these tits, one by one, relying on the milk to pass the older brothers and sisters, they are more decent than others, so they make trouble, and they are more respectable than others. Others are even more detestable, they only try to instigate the master to protect the weak side. I have experienced it all. Besides, I want to use one method, and I just met one. Don't worry about it, I have my own reasons." Baochai and others heard that, so they had to let it go.

For a while, Jiamu took a break, and everyone dispersed. They all knew that Jiamu was angry today, and they dared not go home separately, so they had to wait here temporarily.You Shi went to Sister Feng to gossip for a while, because he was not at ease, so he had to go to the garden to chat with all his aunts and sisters-in-law.Mrs. Xing sat with Mrs. Wang for a while, and then went to the garden to relax.As soon as I arrived at the gate of the garden, I saw a little girl in Jiamu's room named Silly Elder Sister walking in with a smile, holding a colorful thing in her hand, looking down at the wall, just walking, accidentally bumping into Xing Xing. Madame, looked up and said, "Mrs. Xing said." What kind of idiot girl is so happy?Let me have a look. "It turns out that this silly elder sister is only fourteen or fifteen years old. She is a newly picked girl who carries buckets and sweeps the yard with Jiamu. It's just because he was born with a fat body and a broad face, and he has two big feet to do rough work quickly and neatly." , and stubborn, ignorant, acting out of words, often out of the rules. Because Jia Mu likes him to be quick and convenient, and also likes his words to be able to laugh, she named it "Dai Dajie", and often made fun of him when she was bored. There is no taboo, so he is also called "Stupid Girl". Even if he is impolite, seeing that Jia Mu likes him, everyone will not criticize him. This girl also has this power, if Jia Mu does not call him , so I went into the garden to play. Today I was digging and weaving in the garden, and suddenly I got a multicolored embroidered sachet behind the rocks. It is gorgeous and exquisite, and it is cute, but it is not embroidered with flowers and birds. On one side, there are two naked people. They hugged each other, and there were a few words on one side. This idiot girl didn't recognize the meaning of spring, so she made up her mind." Dare it be two goblins fighting?Otherwise, the couple will fight each other. "I couldn't figure it out. I was going to show it to Jiamu, so I looked at it with a smile and walked away. Suddenly I saw what Mrs. Xing said, so I laughed." It's because dogs don't know it.Ma'am please take a look. "Speak, send it over.

Mrs. Xing took a look, she was so frightened that she clutched it tightly, and asked, "Where did you get it?" The silly elder sister said, "I picked it up on the rocks." Mrs. Xing said, "Hurry up and tell someone." This is not a good thing, even you will be beaten to death. It is because you are a fool all the time, so don’t mention it in the future.” After hearing this, the silly elder sister turned yellow with fright, and said, “Don’t dare again.” Knock He shook his head and left in a daze.When Mrs. Xing looked back, they were all girls, and it was inconvenient to hand them over, so she tucked them in her sleeves, feeling very strange in her heart, trying to figure out where these things came from, and they came to the Yingchun room without expressing themselves.Yingchun felt bored and uncomfortable because of his nurse's crime. He suddenly reported that his mother had come, so he went into the inner room.After serving the tea, Mrs. Xing said: "You are so old, you don't talk about your nanny doing this. Now everyone else is doing well, but ours did this. What's the point?" Yingchun lowered her head and fiddled with her clothes belt, and answered after a long while: "I told him twice, but he couldn't help if he didn't listen. Besides, he is a mother, so he is the only one who talks about me, not me."

Mrs. Xing said: "Nonsense! You are not good. He should have said that now that he has violated the law, you should show your identity as a young lady. If he dares to refuse, you can go back to me. Now we have to wait for outsiders to share with us." I know what it means. Besides, if he is only going to let the boss go, I am afraid that he will borrow some hairpins, rings, clothes and shoes from you for capital. He lied to me, I don't have any money, let's see how you celebrate the festival tomorrow." Yingchun didn't say a word, just lowered her head to fiddle with her belt.Mrs. Xing saw him like this, because she sneered and said, "It's always your good brother and sister-in-law. The couple are very impressive. Lian's second master, Grandma Feng, the couple cover the sky and cover the sun. They are thoughtful in everything, and they share this sister. I don't care about it at all. But I have something to say about the ones that fall from me, - I have to rely on them. Besides, you are not raised by me. Take a closer look, so as not to be laughed at by others. I think things in the world are hard to determine. You were raised by the elder master and the predecessors, and the girl Tan here was also raised by the second master and the predecessors, and her background is the same. Now your mother is dead. Of your two mothers, only your mother is ten times stronger than Aunt Zhao now, and you should be better than Tan Yatou. How come you are not half as good as him! Who knows otherwise, this is not a strange thing. But I have no children in my life Girls should be clean all their lives, and they should not be laughed at or talked about.” The daughters-in-law who waited on the side took the opportunity to say: “Our girls are honest and benevolent, but there are three girls like them who are eloquent and will make the sisters rape them. They know My sister is like this, he doesn't care about it."

Mrs. Xing said: "Even his brother and sister-in-law are like this. What are others doing?" After a word, the person replied: "The second grandma Lian is here." Mrs. Xing sneered twice and ordered people to go out and say, "" Please let him go to recuperate, I don't need him here." Then another little girl from Tanchun came to report: "The old lady is awake." Mrs. Xing got up and came forward.Yingchun sent to the hospital to return.Xiujuyin said: "Why, I went back to the girl a while ago, but I didn't know where the golden phoenix with pearls and silk was gone. When I went back to the girl, the girl didn't even ask. I said it must be the old lady who pawned the silver and put it away." The boss, the girl didn't believe it, she just said that Siqi was kept. Asked Siqi, although Siqi was sick, but he knew it in his heart. I asked him, and he said that he hadn't put it away, and it was still temporarily placed in the box on the shelf for preparation. I'm afraid I will wear it on August [-]th. The girl should ask the old lady, but her face is soft and she is afraid of being annoyed. Now I am afraid that Wushang will wear it tomorrow. What do you mean if we don't wear it alone?" Yingchun said: "What's the point of asking? Naturally, he took it out and borrowed it for a while. I just said that he took it out quietly, but after a while, it was still delivered quietly and it was over. Who knew he would forget it. Today, he made a fuss again. It's useless to ask him." Xiuju said: "Why did you forget it! He tried the girl's character, so he did this. Now I have an idea: I went to the second grandmother's room and told him about it. , or he asks someone to ask for it, or he saves trouble and takes some money to compensate him. How about it?" Yingchun hurriedly said: "Come on, let's go, let's save some trouble. I'd rather not have it, so why bother." Embroidered orange Said: "Why is the girl so weak? You have to save yourself. In the future, even the girl will be cheated, but I went." Then he left.Yingchun didn't speak, so he had to let him.

Who knows that Yingchun's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Wang Zhu's daughter-in-law have offended her mother-in-law, so she comes to beg Yingchun to intercede. Hearing that they are talking about Jinfeng, she doesn't go in.Also because Ri Yingchun is cowardly, they don't take it to heart.Now that Xiuju intends to go back to Sister Feng, I guess this matter will not go away, and I have something to ask for the Spring Festival, so I have to come in, and laugh with Xiuju first and say: "Girl, don't make trouble. The girl's gold silk Feng, it turned out that our grandmother was too confused, lost a few money, and had no money to make, so she temporarily borrowed it. She said that she would redeem it in a day and a half, but she stayed late because she didn't get her money. Coincidentally, today I don't know who got away with the rumors and made trouble. Even so, we dare not delay in buying what belongs to the master, and we will have to redeem it in the end. Now we still ask the girl to see how the child is breastfeeding. Go to the old lady's side to ask for favors, so that he can be rescued."

Yingchun first said: "My good sister-in-law, you made this delusion early. It's useless to wait for me to intercede. It's useless to wait until next year. Just now, even Sister Bao, Sister Lin, and everyone interceded, and the old lady didn't agree, let alone I’m alone. I’m ashamed and I’m not ashamed, so I’m just ashamed.” Xiuju then said: “Ranging the gold phoenix is ​​one thing, interceding is one thing, don’t talk about it together. Don’t you girl If you go to intercede, you won’t be able to redeem it? Sister-in-law, let’s take the golden phoenix and talk about it.” Wang Zhuer’s family heard that Yingchun rejected him so much, and Xiuju’s words were sharp and unanswerable. Good-natured, he said to Xiuju: "Girl, don't be too aggressive. You have to do the math, whose mother and tit don't rely on the master and brother to benefit more, but we are just like this." It's mao, so you are allowed to coax it secretly. Since Miss Xing came, my wife ordered me to save a tael of silver a month to go with my uncle and wife. I spared Miss Xing's commission fee, but I lost a tael. Money. We are often short of this or that, so that’s not what we supply? Who wants to go? But everyone just makes do with it. Counting today, it’s 30 taels to say the least. Isn’t our money all this time in vain? I filled the limit." Before Xiuju could finish speaking, he spat and said, "What are you doing for nothing? I'll settle the score with you. What did the girl want?" Yingchun heard the daughter-in-law send Mrs. Xing's selfishness stopped and said: "Come on, go on, go on. You can't bring the golden phoenix, don't make any fuss about it. I don't want the phoenix either. When the ladies asked, I just said I lost it." , it won't hinder you or anything, it's better to go out and rest." While asking Xiuju to pour tea.Xiuju was angry and anxious, because he said: "Although the girl is not afraid, what are we doing? We lost the girl's things. He said that the girl sent their money, and now it is about to be folded. If the wife asks Why did the girl spend all this money, if we dare to take advantage of it? It’s not bad!” Yixing said, and Yixing cried.Siqi couldn't listen, so he forced himself to come over, helping Xiuju to ask the daughter-in-law.Yingchun couldn't stop herself, so she took a copy of <<Taishang Induction>> to read.

The three of them were not dating, but it happened that Baochai, Daiyu, Baoqin, Tanchun and others all came to comfort him because they were afraid that Yingchun would be uncomfortable today.Walking to the courtyard, I heard two or three people talking.Tanchun looked through the screen window and saw Yingchun leaning on the bed reading a book, as if she didn't hear it.Tanchun also laughed.The little maids hurriedly opened the curtains and reported: "The girls are here." Yingchun Fang put down his book and got up.When the daughter-in-law saw that someone was coming, and Tanchun was there, she stopped without persuading her, so she went on her way.Tanchun sat down and asked, "Who was talking here just now? It's like a bickering." Yingchun laughed and said, "I didn't say anything. It's just that they made a big fuss. Why ask him." Tanchun said with a smile: "I just heard something. Jinfeng, what is it? If there is no money, we only ask for money from our slaves. Who asks for money from the slaves? Could it be that the elder sister asks for money from the slaves? Doesn't the elder sister have monthly money and be as useful as us? Is it possible?" Si Qixiu said: "What the girl said is true. The girls are all the same, that girl's money is not at the mercy of grandma and mother, even we don't know how to settle accounts, but we must Things only said once. Now he wants to say that the girl has overplayed her hand, and he has paid a lot. Why did the girl ask him for anything?" Tanchun laughed and said, "Since my sister didn't ask him, she must It's us or we can make it with them! If you ask him to come in, I'll ask him."

Yingchun laughed and said: "This is ridiculous. You are not in trouble, so why bother him." Tanchun laughed and said, "That's not the case. I am the same as my sister, and my sister's affairs are the same as mine. He said that my sister That means me. People on my side complained about me, and when my sister heard it, she felt the same way about complaining about her. We are the masters, so naturally we don’t talk about small things about money. We only know what we want and what we want. There are things. But I don’t know. Why is Jin Leisifeng caught in it again?" The daughter-in-law of Wang Zhu was afraid that she would tell him, so she rushed in and used words to cover it up.Tanchun knew what it meant, because he smiled and said: "You are so confused. Now that your grandma has already got it, take this opportunity to beg the second grandma to redeem some of the money just now that has not been separated. It's over. It's better than nothing." When the trouble broke out, everyone hid it to save face. Now that there is no face, even if there are ten crimes at this time, only one person will be punished. There is no reason to cut off two heads. You are talking to Second Mistress. How can you be loud and mean here?" The daughter-in-law was blameless when Tanchun told her that she was really ill, so she dared not surrender herself to Sister Feng.Tanchun smiled and said, "If I don't hear it, let it go. If I hear it, I will disassemble it for you." Who knows that Tanchun had already winked and waited for the book to go out.

I was talking here when I suddenly saw Ping'er coming in.Baoqin clapped her hands and said with a smile: "How dare the third sister have the talisman technique of expelling gods and summoning generals?" Daiyu said with a smile: "This is not a Taoist mystery, but it is the best in using soldiers. The so-called. Guard like a virgin, escape like a cunning rabbit , It’s a good strategy to be unprepared.” The two teased.Baochai then winked at the two of them, dissuading them from doing so, so they parted ways with another word.When Tanchun saw Ping'er coming, he asked, "Is your grandma feeling better? She's really sick and confused, and she doesn't care about everything, so that we should be wronged like this." Ping'er hurriedly said, "How can you be wronged, girl? Who would dare?" Get angry with the girl, and tell me quickly." At that time, the resident daughter-in-law Fang panicked, so she came up and chased Ping'er and called, "Sit down, girl, and let me explain why, please listen." Ping'er said seriously: "Young lady is talking here. , There is also a gift for you and me to intervene! As long as you know the courtesy, you should only serve outside. If you are not allowed to come in, there are few cases where daughters-in-law from outside come to girls' rooms without reason." Xiuju said "You don't know that it's rude in our room. Anyone who likes to come will come." Ping'er said: "It's all your fault. Girls are good-natured, you should call out, and then go back to your wife. Seeing Ping'er's words, Wang Zhu's daughter-in-law blushed before leaving.Tanchun went on to say: "Let me tell you, if someone offends me, it's fine. Now the daughter-in-law and his mother-in-law rely on being the mother, and look at the second sister's good nature, so they took the jewelry privately." Going to gamble, and fabricating fake accounts, threatening to beg for mercy, and yelling in the bedroom with these two girls, the second sister can't manage it, so I can't see it, so I ask you to ask : Or is it that he is a person from outside the sky and doesn't know the reason? Or who made him do this, first subdue the second sister, and then punish me and the fourth girl?"

Ping'er hurriedly laughed and said: "Why did the girl say this today? How can our grandma be worthy of it!" Tanchun sneered and said: "As the saying goes, things hurt their kind, and my teeth are exhausted and my lips are dead. I am naturally a little surprised Heart." Ping'er said: "If we talk about this matter, it's not a big deal, and it's very easy to deal with. But now he is the girl's nanny, so what do you think of the girl?" At present, Yingchun only reads the "Induction" story with Baochai. After all, I have never even heard the words of Tanchun. Suddenly seeing Ping'er say this, I smiled and said: "Ask me, I can't do anything. Their faults are self-inflicted. I can't ask for favors, and I don't want to be harsh. As for the things that I took privately, I will accept them if they are delivered, and I will not take them if they are not delivered. Ladies ask, I can hide it and cover it up. It is his good fortune. This is a reason for them to bully the wives, so I have to say it straight. If you say that I am a good-natured person, I have no decision, but I have a good idea that can cover all aspects, don't make the wives angry, and let you deal with it, I don't know. .” Everyone laughed when they heard this.Daiyu laughed and said, "It's true. The tigers and wolves are still talking about cause and effect. If the second sister is a man, how can I rule them if there are people in this family?" Yingchun laughed and said, "Exactly. How many men are still like this , let alone me." Before saying a word, another person came in.I don't know which one it is, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down.