Dream of the Red Mansion

However, Aunt Xue was stunned by Jingui's anger for a while, and her liver qi went up against her, and she had pain in her left rib.Baochai knew this was the reason, but he couldn't wait for the doctor to come to see him, so he asked someone to buy some uncaria vines for a few bucks, fried a bowl thickly, and gave it to his mother.Then he and Qiu Ling beat Aunt Xue's legs and rubbed her chest, stopped for a while, and felt a little settled.This Aunt Xue is just sad and angry. The angry one is Jingui Sapo, and the sad one is Baochai's self-cultivation, which makes her feel pitiful.Baochai persuaded her again, fell asleep unknowingly, and her liver qi gradually calmed down.Baochai then said: "Mom, don't take your idleness to heart. After a few days, you can move around. If you are happy, go to the old lady and aunt over there to talk and relax. There are always me and me at home. Qiu Ling will take care of it, and forgive him for not daring to do anything." Aunt Xue nodded and said, "Just watch it in two days."

Let's say that after the imperial concubine Yuan recovered from her illness, everyone in the family liked her.After a few days, several husbands came, bringing things and silver taels, proclaiming the order of the imperial concubine and empress, and all of them were rewarded for their diligence and hard work at home.Explain the items and silver one by one clearly.Jia amnesty, Jia Zheng and others reported to Jia's mother, thanked them all, and the eunuch went to have tea.Everyone went back to Jia Mu's room and talked and laughed for a while.The old woman outside came in and said, "The boys are talking back and forth. Someone over there asked the old man to say something important." Then Jia Mu said to Jia She, "You can go." Jia She agreed and withdrew.

Here, Jia's mother suddenly thought of it, and said with a smile to Jia Zheng: "Your Majesty is really thinking about Baoyu in her heart, and she asked him specially before." Madam's kindness." Jia Mu said: "I gave him a favor, saying that he has written all his articles recently." Jia Zheng laughed and said, "How can it be like the old lady's words?" Jia Mu said: " You often ask him to go out to compose poems and compositions, isn’t it true that he didn’t come up with it? Children are taught him slowly, but people say, fat people don’t eat by mouthful.” Jia Zheng listened to this and hurriedly accompanied him She said with a smile, "What the old lady said is true." Jia Mu said again, "Bringing Baoyu, I have one more thing to discuss with you. Now that he is grown up, you should also pay attention to a good boy for him. This is also It's a major event in his life. It doesn't matter about his relatives, whether they are poor or rich, as long as he knows that the girl has a good temper and a good appearance."

Jia Zhengdao: "The old lady's instructions are very good. But there is only one thing, the girl must be good, first of all, he must learn well by himself, otherwise he will be good at nothing, and it will delay other girls. It's a pity." Jia After hearing this, my mother didn't like it a little, so she said: "In terms of talking, let me be your parents now, so you can use me to soothe your heart. But I just think Baoyu has been with me since he was a child, so I love him so much." A little bit, there are also some serious things that have delayed his adulthood. It's just that I think his appearance is still neat and his heart is also real. He may not necessarily be the kind of worthless girl who will be trampled by others. I don't know if I'm biased, I look better than Huan'er anyway, I don't know how you look." Jia Zheng felt really uneasy after saying a few words, and quickly laughed and said: "The old lady has seen more people. It’s not bad to say that he is so good. It’s just that the son is a little too eager to see him as a man, or it’s the opposite of what the ancients said. I don’t know the beauty of his son.” One sentence made Jia’s mother laugh too. , and everyone laughed along with them.

Jia Muyin said: "You are a few years old now, and you are an official. Naturally, the more you experience, the more mature you will be." Speaking of this, she looked back at Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang and said with a smile: "I think of him when he was young. Hou, that weird temper is twice as big as Baoyu's. It wasn't until he married a wife that he understood some human affairs. Now he only complains about Baoyu, but now I think Baoyu is a little more humane than him. What about it?" Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang laughed.Because he said: "The old lady is talking funny again." Then, the little girls came in and told Yuanyang: "Please tell the old lady, dinner is ready." What did you say chirping?" Yuanyang replied with a smile.Jia Mu said: "Then, you all go to eat, and leave Sister Feng and Zhen Ge's daughter-in-law to eat with me." After urging again, they all quit the various parties.

But he said that Mrs. Xing had gone by herself.Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang entered the room.Jia Zhengyin mentioned Jiamu's words just now, and said: "The old lady loves Baoyu so much. After all, she needs him to learn something, so that he can get fame in the future, so that the old lady's love for him is not in vain, and she won't spoil her daughter. Mrs. Wang said: "Of course the master should say this." Jia Zheng told Li Gui because of a girl in the house: "Baoyu came back from school, so he might as well call him over after dinner, saying that I still want to ask him something." What?" Li Gui agreed "Yes".Zhi Baoyu was just about to come over after school to say hello, when Li Gui said, "Second Master, don't go there for now. The master told me to ask Second Master to eat before going over today. I heard that I have something to ask Second Master." Baoyu heard this. Words, another muffled thunder.I had to see Jia Mu, and then went back to the garden for dinner.After eating in two or three mouthfuls, he hurriedly rinsed his mouth and came to Jia Zheng's side.

Jia Zheng was sitting in the inner study at this time. Baoyu came in to invite Ann and stood by.Jia Zheng asked: "I have something on my mind these few days, and I forgot to ask you. On that day, you said that your master asked you to teach a book for a month and you were going to write it for you. Now it's been two months. You Have you started writing?" Baoyu said, "I've only done it three times. The master said that I don't need to go back to the master to find out, but I will go back to the master to find out after a while. So I haven't dared to go back these two days." Jia Zheng said: "What is the topic?" Baoyu said: "One is lt;lt; I have five out of ten and I am determined to learn gt; gt; gt;gt; three words." Jia Zheng said: "Are there any drafts?" Baoyu said: "They were all copied out and revised by the master."

Jia Zheng said, "Did you bring your home or are you in the school?" Baoyu said, "It's in the school." He went to the study room, and there was a thin bamboo paper book in the drawer of my desk, on which it was written. It was written in the words Window Class, bring it quickly.” Once Er Beiming brought it to Baoyu.Baoyu presented it to Jia Zheng.When Jia Zheng opened it, he saw that the title of the first article was lt;lt;I have five out of ten and I am determined to learn gt;gt;.What he originally said was that "a sage is interested in learning, but he is only young." The Confucianists erased the young characters and used "Fifteen" in the Ming Dynasty.Jia Zheng said: "You originally. You can't figure out the title when you are young...Young characters are from childhood to before sixteen. Young. This chapter is a sage's own words that knowledge and effort improve with each year, so fifteen, Thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, and seventy have to be clearly pointed out, so that we can see when this situation occurred, and when it arrived again. Master changed the small characters for you. Fifteen, then I understand better." Seeing the title, the erased original said: "It's normal for a husband not to be interested in learning." Jia Zheng shook his head and said, "Not only is it childish, it shows that you are not a scholar by nature." Look at the last sentence again, "It is not difficult for a sage to aspire to it at fifteen", and said: "This is even more out of the question." Then read the revised version of Confucianism on behalf of Dai Confucianism: "Madam, which one does not learn, but aspires to be a scholar. This sage is confident at fifteen o'clock." Then he asked, "Do you understand how to change it?" Baoyu replied, "I understand." Looking at the second art, the title is <<<< People don't know but not stunned>;> , first looked at the revised version of Confucianism on behalf of Dai Confucianism: "Those who are not stunned because they don't know will never change their words." Fang looked at the erased version and said, "What are you?——. The heart of a person is purely a scholar. The last sentence seems to be done alone. The title of the three words is not angry, and the next sentence violates the boundary of the gentleman below. It must be like changing the pen to fit the title. And find the next sentence Clearing up the above is the theory of calligraphy. It needs to be carefully understood." Baoyu agreed.Jia Zheng looked down again. I don't know, and there is no one who is not stunned, but it is not.Those who enjoy talking about right and wrong, Ho Ke achieves this. The "original last sentence" is not a pure scholar. "Jia Zhengdao." This is also the same as breaking the title.It’s nothing more than a change, but it’s clear and tolerable. "The third art is lt; lt; it belongs to ink gt; gt; Jia Zheng read the title, raised his head and thought for a while, because he asked Baoyu." Has your book reached this far? "

Baoyu said: "Master said, Mencius is easier to understand, so I will talk about Mencius first, and I finished it the day before yesterday. Now I will talk about it. The Analects of Confucius." Jia Zheng Because of this broken inheritance, it hasn't changed much.The title says: "Besides She Yang, if there is no one else to return to." Jia Zheng said: "The second sentence is hard for you." Apart from giving up Yang, if you want to return to ink, do you get it? "Jia Zhengdao." Did you do this? "Baoyu agreed." Yes. "Jia Zheng nodded, because he said." There is nothing outstanding about this, but it is not far from the first test of writing.When I was in office the year before last, I also published the topic lt;lt;Only Scholars Can gt;gt;.Those young students have all read this article by their predecessors, so they can't come up with their own ideas, and often plagiarize.Have you ever read it? "Baoyu said." I also read it. "Jia Zhengdao." I want you to change your mind, don't be the same as the predecessors, just make a breakthrough. "Baoyu had no choice but to agree, and lowered his head to search. Jia Zheng stood at the door with his hands behind his back, thinking. A young servant flew away, and when he saw Jia Zheng, he quickly stood sideways with his hands down. Jia Zheng asked." What do you do? ? "The boy replied." The old lady's concubine came, and the second grandmother sent a message to prepare the meal. "Jia Zheng listened, but didn't say a word. The boy left.

Who knows that Baoyu has missed Baochai very much since he moved home. Hearing that Aunt Xue came, I just thought Baochai came with me. " Jia Zheng said, "I'll listen to you when you read it." Baoyu read and said, "There are not all people in the world, and there are only those who can be propertyless." We must distinguish the boundaries and understand the ideal of God before writing. Did the old lady know when you came?" Baoyu said: "I know." Jia Zheng said: "In that case, you should go to the old lady. Baoyu agreed with "yes", so he had no choice but to back out slowly, and just passed the video screen of the corridor moon cave gate, and ran to the gate of the old lady's courtyard.In such a hurry, Baoming shouted behind him: "Look, I fell! The master is here." Baoyu could hear it.As soon as I entered the door, I heard the laughter of Mrs. Wang, Sister Feng, Tanchun and others.

When the maids saw Baoyu coming, they quickly opened the curtains and whispered, "My aunt is here." Baoyu hurried in to say hello to Aunt Xue, and then came to say good night to Mother Jia.Jia's mother asked, "Why do you leave school so sooner or later today?" Baoyu told Jia Zheng what he had read in the article and ordered to solve the problem.Mother Jia smiled.Baoyu asked everyone, "Where is Sister Bao sitting?" Aunt Xue laughed and said, "Your Sister Bao didn't come here, and she is working with Xiangling at home."I saw that the meal had been served while talking. Naturally, Aunt Xue and Aunt Jia sat up, and Tanchun waited to accompany her.Aunt Xue said, "Where's Brother Bao?" Jia Mu hurriedly said with a smile, "Baoyu sits with me." I ordered a dish of food, made tea and ate a bowl of rice, and left. The old lady and aunts and sisters can use it." Jia Mu said: "Since this is the case, Feng girl will come and follow me. Your wife just said that he is today. Tell them to eat their own vegetarian meals." Mrs. Wang also said, "You can follow the old lady and concubine to eat, don't wait for me, I will eat vegetarian food." So Sister Feng asked to sit down, and the girl set up a cup and chopsticks, and Sister Feng held the pot and poured it out. After a tour, I returned to my seat.

Everyone is eating and drinking.Jia's mother then asked: "But Mrs. Cai mentioned Xiangling. I heard the former girls say. Qiuling, I don't know who it is. I only know him when I ask. Why did the child change his name again?" Aunt Xue His face was flushed, and he sighed and said: "Don't mention it again, old lady. Ever since Pan'er married this ignorant daughter-in-law, the family has been chattering all day long, and now it's not like a normal family. I also told him several times This time, he didn't hear about it, and I didn't have the energy to argue with them, so I had to let them go. It's not that he thinks this girl's name is not easy to change." Jia Mu said: "What is the name? What's the important thing?" Aunt Xue said: "I'm ashamed to say it, but there's something the old lady doesn't know. It's because of the bad name. I heard that he was named by Bao girl. He has the heart to change." Jia Mu said, "What's the reason?" Aunt Xue wiped her tears with her handkerchief, sighed again before saying anything, and said, "The old lady doesn't know yet. Now the daughter-in-law is only angry with Bao girl. The old lady sent someone to see me the day before yesterday, and our family is having trouble."

Mother Jia hurriedly asked: "But I heard that my aunt was suffering from liver pain and wanted to send someone to look at it. Later, I heard that it was agreed, so no one went. According to me, I advise my aunt not to take them to heart. Besides, They are also new couples, and they will be fine after a while. I think Bao girl has a gentle and peaceful personality. Although she is young, she is several times stronger than adults. The little girl came back the day before yesterday and said that we were all impressed For a while, he is as big-hearted and tempered as Bao girl, really one in a hundred. It's not that I said something rashly, but if I become a daughter-in-law, how can I tell my in-laws not to love me? " Baoyu was tired of listening, so he pushed to leave, and when he heard this, he sat down and listened again.Aunt Xue said: "It's useless. Although he is good, he is a girl's family after all. I really worry about raising a foolish child like Pan'er. I am afraid that something will happen if I drink some wine outside. Fortunately, the old lady is here. My grandpa and my second grandpa are always with him, so I can rest assured." Baoyu heard this, and said, "Don't worry about Auntie. Brother Xue's friends are all serious businessmen, and they all have big businessmen. Decent, there will be troubles." Aunt Xue smiled and said: "According to what you say, I dare not worry about it." While talking, the meal was finished.Baoyu left first, and he still wanted to read in the evening, so he went his own way.

The girls here just brought tea when they saw Amber coming over and saying something to Jia Mu's ear, and Jia Mu said to Sister Feng, "Go quickly, and go and see Sister Qiao." Sister Feng listened. , For some reason, everyone was stunned.Hu Po then came over to Sister Feng and said, "Just now Ping'er sent the little girl back and forth to the second grandma, saying that sister Qiao is not well. Please hurry up and come here." Jia Muyin said, "Go quickly, auntie." It's not an outsider." Sister Feng quickly agreed, and said goodbye in front of Aunt Xue.Seeing Mrs. Wang again, she said: "You go first, and I will go. The children's souls are not complete yet. Don't make the maids make a fuss. Tell them to pay attention to the cats and dogs in the house. Do your best for the children." Nobility, there are such trivial things." Sister Feng agreed, and then took the little girl back to the room.

Here Aunt Xue asked again about Daiyu's illness.Jia's mother said: "That's all for Lin girl. She just has a heavier heart, so her body is not big and strong. If you want to bet on your spirituality, you are no different from Bao girl. If you want to bet on being generous to others, it doesn't help his elder sister Bao. Wait, there is a limit." Aunt Xue said a few more gossips, and then said: "Old lady, let's rest. I also want to go to the house to have a look, only Bao girl and Xiangling are left. Let's fight together My aunt has a look at Sister Qiao." Mother Jia said, "Exactly. My aunt's older people can see what's wrong, and I have to give them some advice." Then Aunt Xue left and went out with Mrs. Wang to Sister Feng. The yard went.

But Jia Zheng tried Baoyu, but he liked it in his heart, so he went outside to chat with those diners.Speaking of the words just now, a new Wang Erdiao named Mei, who is the best at big chess, said, "according to our opinion, Master Bao's knowledge has made great progress." Jia Zheng said, "that's beneficial, but Just know a little bit. The word knowledge is very early." Zhan Guang said: "This is the word of the old man who is too modest. Not only does Brother Wang say that, but we think that the second master Bao must have made a lot of it." Jia Zheng He said with a smile, "This is what you mean by love." Wang Ertiao said again, "There is another sentence in late life. Don't take the liberty to discuss it with the old man." Jia Zheng said, "What's the matter?" Wang Ertiao laughed with him. Dao: "It's also a late-born relative. There is a young lady in the family of Mr. Zhang who once worked in Nanshao Road. She said that she was born with good morals, appearance and merit, but she has not been hired yet. He has no sons, and his family is huge. But he must be rich and honorable." People, the son-in-law has to be outstanding before he is willing to marry. The late born two months ago, looking at the character and studies of the second master Bao, it is necessary to achieve great success. What is the old man with such a lintel? If late born, Guarantee that you can talk about it." Jia Zheng said: "Baoyu is old when he talks about marriage, and the old lady often talks about it. But Mr. Zhang has never been fully aware of it." Zhan Guang said: "Brother Wang mentioned Zhang's family, but he also knew about it when he was young. Kuang and the old man are old relatives, and the old man will know when he asks." Jia Zheng thought for a while, and said: "The old man has never heard of this relative." Zhan Guang said: "The old man didn't know , this mansion was originally related to Uncle and Grandpa Xing." After hearing this, Jia Zheng knew that he was a relative of Mrs. Xing.After sitting for a while, when I came in, I wanted to talk to Mrs. Wang and ask Mrs. Xing.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang accompanied Aunt Xue to Sister Feng's side to see Sister Qiao.It was already time to light the lamps that day, when Aunt Xue left, Mrs. Wang came over.Jia Zheng told what Wang Erdiao and Zhan Guang had said, and then asked sister Qiao what happened.Mrs. Wang said, "I'm afraid it's a scene of shock." Jia Zheng said, "It's not very harmful, is it?" No words, each of them rested, and the night scene was not mentioned.

But the next day, Mrs. Xing came to visit Jiamu to say hello, and Mrs. Wang mentioned the Zhang family's affairs, and went back to Jiamu and asked Mrs. Xing at the same time.Mrs. Xing said: "Although the Zhang family is an old relative, they have not heard from each other for a long time in recent years. I don't know what kind of girl is like in his family. But the wife of Sun's family sent the old lady to say hello the day before yesterday, but she talked about the Zhang family and said that his family had I asked Sun's relatives to mention this girl. I heard that only this girl is very pampered and can read a few words. She doesn't see big battles and often doesn't come out of the room. Mr. Zhang said again Said that there is only this one girl who refuses to marry, for fear that her parents-in-law will be strict and the girl will not be wronged, so she needs her son-in-law to stay in his house and take care of some housework for him." When Jia Mu heard this, she said before she finished speaking: "It's impossible. It's not enough for Baoyu to be served by others. Let him be in charge of the house." Mrs. Xing said: "That's what the old lady said." Jia Muyin said to Mrs. Wang: "You come back and tell your master, Just say what I say, the marriage of this family cannot be done." Mrs. Wang agreed.Jia's mother then asked, "how did you see sister Qiao yesterday? I told Ping'er that it was not very good, and I wanted to go and have a look." Mrs. Xing Wang said, "Although the old lady loves him, where does he go?" Stay longer." Jia Mu said: "But it's not just for him, I also want to walk around to keep my muscles alive." Then she ordered: "You guys go to eat, come back and go with me." Mrs. Xing Wang promised Come out and go separately.

After dinner, they all came to accompany Jia Mu to Sister Feng's room.Sister Feng hurried out to pick it up.Jia's mother asked how Qiao's son was doing.Sister Feng said, "I'm afraid it's the source of the convulsions." Jia Mu said, "If this is the case, please take a look!" Sister Feng said, "I've already invited you." Come and see, I saw Naizi hugging her, wrapped in a small cotton quilt with peach red silk, her face was green, her eyebrows, nose and wings were slightly moving.Jia Mu and Mrs. Xing Wang looked at it, then went out and sat down.While talking, I saw a little girl returning to Sister Feng and saying, "The master sent someone to ask how my sister is doing." Sister Feng said, "Go back to the master for me, and said to ask the doctor. After a while, the prescription will be given, and I will go back to the master." " Jia Mu suddenly remembered about Zhang's family, and said to Mrs. Wang, "You should go and tell your master, so as not to be rejected after saying it." Then she asked Mrs. Xing, "Why don't you and the Zhang family now? Gone?" Mrs. Xing said again, "When it comes to the Zhang family's affairs, it's hard to be married to us. It's too stingy, and you can't insult Baoyu." After hearing this, Sister Feng asked about eight or nine things. "Isn't Madam talking about Brother Bao's marriage?" Mrs. Xing said, "Isn't it?" Mother Jia then told Sister Feng what she had just said.Sister Feng said with a smile, "it's not that I said a bold word in front of the old ancestors and wives. Now there is a perfect marriage. Why look elsewhere." Jia Mu asked with a smile, "where is it?" Baoyu, one. Jinsuo, how did the old lady forget?" Mother Jia smiled, because she said, "Your aunt was here yesterday, why didn't you mention it?" Sister Feng said, "The old ancestors and the wives are at the front. There is a place for our children to talk. Besides, my aunt came to see the ancestors, so how to mention these things, it is up to the wives to ask for marriage." Jia Mu laughed, and the second wife of Xing Wang also laughed.Jia Muyin said, "But I can't recite it."

Then someone replied: "The doctor is here." Jia Mu sat outside, and the second wife of King Xing avoided it.The doctor came in with Jia Lian and greeted Jia's mother before entering the room.Seeing it, she stood on the ground and bowed back to Jiamu, saying: "Niuer is half internally hot, and half is convulsions. You must first use a dose of wind-phlegm medicine and Sishen San, because the illness is not serious. Today's bezoars are all fake, and you need to find real bezoars." Jia Mu said that she was exhausted, and the doctor went out with Jia Lian to prescribe a prescription.Sister Feng said: "Ginseng is often found at home, but I'm afraid there may not be this bezoar. I can buy it outside, just if it's real." Mrs. Wang said, "I'll send someone to look for it at my aunt's place. His Pan'er is I don't know if it's true that I want to do business with those Western customers. I'll ask someone to ask." While talking, all the sisters came to see, sat down for a while, and followed Jia Mu to wait. .

The medicine was decocted here and Sister Qiao poured it down, only heard a click, and even spit out the medicine with phlegm, Sister Feng was a little relieved.I saw the little girl on Mrs. Wang's side holding a little red paper bag and said, "Second Mistress, I have the bezoar. My wife told me to ask Second Mistress to align the two parts herself." Sister Feng agreed to take it. Come here and ask Ping'er to prepare all the real pearls, ice flakes and cinnabar, and boil it up quickly.I weighed it according to the formula with a scorpion, and put it in it, and waited for sister Qiao to wake up so that he could eat it.I saw Jia Huan lift the curtain and come in and said, "Second sister, what's the matter with you sister Qiao? Mom asked me to come and see him." When Sister Feng saw his mother and son, she felt disgusted and said, "It's better. Go back and tell your aunt Think about it." Jia Huan agreed, and just looked around.After looking at it for a while, he asked Sister Feng: "You heard that there are bezoars here, but I don't know what bezoars look like. Show me." Sister Feng said, "Don't make trouble here, the girl will be better." The bezoar is all fried." When Jia Huan heard this, he stretched out his hand to take a look at the scorpion, but he was caught off guard. With a sound of boiling, the scorpion fell over and half of the fire was extinguished.Seeing that it was nothing serious, Jia Huan felt bored and ran away quickly.Sister Feng was so anxious that she burst into flames, and cursed: "It's really the enemy of that life! Why did you come here and make trouble! Your mother wanted to harm me in the past, and now she is here to harm Niuer. How many lifetimes of enmity between me and you?" !" While scolding Ping'er for not responding.Just cursing, I saw the girl came to Jia Huan.Sister Feng said: "Go and tell Aunt Zhao that it is too hard for him to worry about it. Sister Qiao is dead, so don't worry about it!" Ping'er said: "Why is the second grandma angry?" Ping'er told Brother Huan to pour the medicine down.The girl said: "No wonder he didn't dare to come back and hid elsewhere. Brother Huan doesn't know what will happen tomorrow. Sister Ping, let me clean it up for you." Ping'er said: "It doesn't matter. Fortunately, the bezoar is still there One point, now that it's ready, you go." The girl said, "I'll go back and tell Aunt Zhao, so that he won't have to talk about it every day."

The girl went back and told Aunt Zhao.Aunt Zhao shouted angrily: "Find Huan'er!" Huan'er was hiding in the outer room, but was found by the girl.Aunt Zhao scolded: "You are a seed! Why did you spill other people's medicine and get them to curse you? I told you to ask, you don't have to go in, but you go in, and if you don't go in, you want to go in." Catching lice on my head. Look, I’m going back to my master, I won’t beat you!” Aunt Zhao was talking here, when Jia Huan uttered some shocking words in the outer room.I don't know what to say, I will break it down next time.