Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 74

After Xing Xiuyan's family left, Jia Lian studied in the mansion for more than a month. Under Huang Jiyun's guidance, Jia Lian's schoolwork improved by leaps and bounds, especially Huang Jiyun was very satisfied when he found that Jia Lian had not failed in his schoolwork in the past six months since returning to Beijing.

After the Qiqiao Festival, Jia Lian packed his bags and went to Jinling to prepare for reference.Originally, Daiyu begged Huang Jiyun to go with her, and Huang Jiyun agreed.But who knew that before leaving, Huang Jiyun suddenly left beforehand, and went directly after speaking, Dai Yufang didn't say much more.

After the two left, Daiyu's life returned to peace. Every day she either practiced calligraphy and painting, or read books and embroidered.Of course, swimming will not fail. Now that more than a month has passed, Daiyu has already recovered the feeling of swimming in her previous life, and her body has become better and better in this month. Will remind one or two.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the golden chrysanthemums first bloomed, Daiyu stopped swimming every day and went to the hot springs instead.On this day, Lin Yi's family suddenly came to report that Jia Lian had passed the scholar examination.Daiyu severely rewarded the mother-in-law who took care of Jia Lian's yard at the beginning, and everyone in the house even rewarded him with a month's money.All the people in the house were smiling and happy.

This is the case here in Daiyu, and Lin Ruhai's side is no exception, but Lin Ruhai has gone through scientific examinations and passed Tanhualang step by step, so he didn't react too much.But Jia She and others in Jingcheng were not like that.

When Xing'er rushed back to the capital to report that Jia Lian had passed the examination as a scholar, not to mention Jia She, Mrs. Xing, even Mrs. Jia smiled like a flower.The people in the mansion not only added new clothes and rewarded monthly money, but also invited the opera troupe to celebrate.

Only Jia Zheng's family seemed out of tune with this joyful atmosphere.The news that Jia Lian passed the examination as a scholar reminded Jia Zheng and his wife of their eldest son Jia Zhu who died young.Furthermore, Jia Zheng made even stricter demands on Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu was the most troubled by these classics and history collections, so he complained of illness every day or hid in Mrs. Jia's house, and even went to Aunt Xue's place less often.Although Mrs. Wang also wanted Jia Baoyu to make progress, she was terrified at the thought of Jia Zhu dying of exhaustion.

In this way, Mrs. Wang helped Baoyu to cover up a lot, and seeing Baoyu hiding from Jiazheng like a mouse hiding from a cat, she became more and more annoyed at Jia Lian in her heart!But it's not easy to put it on the bright side.

Jia Amnesty's family didn't care about these things, and the two yards of Dongbian'er's Courtyard and Wutongju gave a lot of rewards.It's just that the population of Wutongju is not as large as when Jia Lian left.

Not to mention that Jia Lian took Zhao'er and Xing'er away, but Xifeng's original dowry girl, now only Ping'er, An'er and Hongxiu are left to serve with Laiwang's family.Xi'er and Le'er were sent to Zhuangzi after Wang Xifeng learned that they were pregnant.

After Jia Amnesty finished rewarding everyone, he remembered to call Xing'er for questioning.But he didn't want Xing'er to see Jia She not only lost the happy look outside before, but also felt a little uneasy.Jia Amnesty knew that Xing'er must be hiding something.Then he stared at Xing'er with a stern face and asked, "Don't you tell the truth to the master now?"

Although Jia Lian said before leaving that he would not let his family know about it, even Master Lin and Miss Lin kept it a secret, but Xing'er did not dare to hide anything from his own master, so he said anxiously: " The master passed out when he came out of the Gongyuan, and the younger one woke up before leaving. Now I don’t know what to do.”

After saying that, Xing'er lowered his head, not daring to look at Jia She's face that wanted to eat people.He explained in a trembling voice: "After I arrived in Jinling, the Master of the Zhen family invited me to have a drink. Mr. Huang happened to be there that day, so I didn't go. Later, I bought a table to make amends. Who would have thought that I would suffer from the cold that night? caught a cold."

After hearing this, Jia She said angrily: "What are you eating?!" Xing'er said with a mournful face, "Mr. Huang told me to give up this exam and wait for the next one, but I didn't agree. I invited the doctor to come and see, but he said there was nothing wrong with it." No, who would have passed out after the exam.”

Jia Amnesty thought of Jia Zhu who passed out after the exam, and panicked in his heart, so he hurriedly asked again: "What happened to Lian'er before you left?" Xing'er replied, "My lord woke up the next day. Looks like he is in good spirits. The doctor said that the cold is invading the body, and he suffered from the wind chill."

Xing'er thought for a while and then said: "My master won't let the younger one tell the family, even Master Lin and Miss Lin will not let Zhao'er tell. I am afraid that Master Lin and Miss Lin still don't know."

When Jia She heard that Xing'er had returned to the capital and Zhao'er had gone to Lin Ruhai and Gusu, wouldn't Jia Lian be alone?Immediately, his face was livid with anger, and he shouted: "Then you leave Lian'er alone in Jinling now?!"

Xing'er was taken aback when he heard that, thinking that there was indeed no one around Jia Lian, but he didn't dare to answer in this way, and distinguished: "Now Huang Jiyun, Mr. Huang is looking at the master in Jinling. If you want to come..." Whatever you want, Xing'er is not happy. Dare to go on.

Xing'er groaned secretly in his heart, Zhao'er, who went to Yangzhou and Gusu to report, reckoned that there would be rewards in both places, but he might not be able to escape the punishment here.Who knows that Jia She is flustered now, but he is not in the mood to beat him.He waved him out.

When Jia Amnesty returned to the house, he saw Madam Xing talking with her daughter Yingchun, daughter-in-law Xifeng, and Xing Xiuyan with joyful faces.Seeing Jia Amnesty coming in, they immediately got up and saluted.Then they all excused themselves.Jia Amnesty thought for a while but said to Mrs. Xing: "Let the daughter-in-law stay for a while."

Xing Xiuyan and Yingchun naturally leave knowingly.Xing Xiuyan now lives in the same room with Yingchun, so naturally they leave together, while Xifeng is left behind.Seeing that Jia She's face was very ugly, he guessed in his heart that something might have happened, but he didn't ask, just waiting for Jia She to say something.

Mrs. Xing also noticed Jia She's ugly face, she waited for a long time but did not see Jia She opened her mouth, so she asked tentatively: "Master, what do you want to tell me and Feng'er?" Jia She looked up instead. Wang Xifeng frowned and sighed, but still didn't speak.

What a shrewd person Wang Xifeng is, he immediately knew that this matter might have something to do with him, so he asked: "If the master has any orders, just say it. No matter how difficult it is, the daughter-in-law must find a way to do it." "But after hearing Wang Xifeng's confession, Jia She only frowned a little more.

Mrs. Xing couldn't help but exchanged glances with Wang Xifeng, both of them were puzzled, but they couldn't help if Jia She didn't say anything.After waiting for a while, Mrs. Xing couldn't sit still, she glanced at Jia She, and seeing that there was no anger other than frowning, she said: "If there is nothing wrong, the master will let Feng'er go back and rest."

Seeing that Jia Amnesty still ignored her, Mrs. Xing raised her voice and said, "Feng'er is twin now! Lian'er is not here, anyway, if you have something to say, let Feng'er rest if you have nothing to do!" When Jia Lian was mentioned, Jia Amnesty's face changed, and he said that Wang Xifeng had a double body, and he couldn't help thinking of Jia Zhu back then.

Thinking about it back and forth, Jia Amnesty not only turned ugly, but also broke out in a layer of cold sweat.Not to mention Mrs. Xing, even Wang Xifeng was shocked when he saw him like this.Mrs. Xing asked repeatedly: "Master? What's wrong with you, Master? Don't scare me!"

Jia She thought for a while but couldn't make up his mind, and finally said: "Xing'er came back and said that Lian'er passed out after coming out of the examination room and woke up the next day." Wang Xifeng hadn't reacted yet when he said this. Mrs. Xing had already stood up with a cry of surprise.Obviously she also thought of Jia Zhu back then!

Of course, Wang Xifeng knew about Jia Zhu.I didn't think about it just now, but now seeing Mrs. Xing's face changed, I immediately remembered it, and couldn't help but change her face.Wang Xifeng caressed her slightly protruding belly with one hand, supported the table with the other to prevent herself from falling down, widened her eyes, and asked tremblingly, "Master! How are you doing now?"

Jia She looked at Wang Xifeng complicatedly, especially at her stomach, and then shook his head with difficulty.In an instant, Wang Xifeng felt that the world had collapsed!The person who said to himself: hold the hand of the son and grow old with the son...

Mrs. Xing started to cry even more, and said in a whining voice: "How can a good person be like this?" At this point, he turned a corner and said, "Is this the case?" It can be seen that Mrs. Xing did not dare to say that unlucky thing. .

Jia Amnesty looked at Mrs. Xing, then turned his gaze to Wang Xifeng again, thought for a while and dryly said: "Forget it, you go back and take care of yourself first, so don't make any mistakes!" Then he turned and wanted to walk away.But Wang Xifeng suddenly looked at Jia Shegang's back and said, "I'm going to Jinling! I'll go find him!"

Not to mention that Jia She turned around in surprise, even Mrs. Xing forgot to cry at this moment, and looked at Wang Xifeng in disbelief.But at this time Wang Xifeng calmed down, took a deep breath and said: "Jia Lian has practiced riding and shooting for many years, and his body is very healthy, so nothing will happen to him!"

When Wang Xifeng said this, his phoenix eyes looked at Jia She more firmly and said, "Master, let me arrange for someone to take me there! I should have gone with him in the first place. Now that he is sick, I want to go even more!" After speaking, Wang Xifeng paused, and said with certainty: "I'm going no matter what!"

Wang Xifeng didn't believe that Jia Lian would abandon her, and she didn't want to live like Li Wan in the future!Then he said again: "I don't know I have it yet. No matter what, our mother and I will stay by his side." After finishing speaking, Wang Xifeng no longer looked at Jia Amnesty, but turned to Mrs. Xing and said, "I beg your mother to help you." !"

As Wang Xifeng said, she wanted to kneel down to salute, but she scared Mrs. Xing half to death!He hurriedly supported her and said, "How can I let you go alone when you are like this? Or..." Mrs. Xing took a peek at Jia She and said, "I'll go with you!"

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Wang Xifeng was stunned, even Jia She fell back in anger.But Jia Amnesty did not get angry, he just gave Mrs. Xing a glance, and said to Wang Xifeng: "Go back and rest first, let me think about this matter." After speaking, he shook his sleeves and walked out.

When Wang Xifeng returned to Wutongju, where he lived with Jia Lian, he became more and more afraid, so he couldn't help calling Xing'er to ask.Since Xing'er had already told Jia Amnesty, knowing that it was useless to hide it, he said it again carefully.

But this time Xing'er didn't say that it was because of Huang Jiyun's arrival that Jia Lian didn't go to the banquet. Instead, he said: "I heard that I was going to Qunfangzhai for a banquet, so I deduced that my husband has arrived, but I didn't go. I was at Huihui again on the third day." Xianlou hosted a banquet to apologize to Uncle Zhen."

Wang Xifeng was very moved after hearing this, and was even more worried when he heard that Xing'er returned to Beijing to report and Zhao'er went to Yangzhou.Called to follow Jia Lian to Hongxiu in the south of the Yangtze River, and discussed going to the south of the Yangtze River.

After Wang Xifeng discussed it properly, he started to make arrangements for the ceremony.It happened that Mrs. Xing came over and bumped into her. Knowing that Wang Xifeng was determined to go, there was no way to stop her, so she went back to discuss with Jia She.

Early the next morning, when Wang Xifeng went to Mrs. Xing's room for dinner, Jia Amnesty said to Wang Xifeng, "Since you have made up your mind, then go. Bring more people around, and the old lady just said There's no one around Lian'er, so I'm writing to ask you to come over. Don't talk about anything else for now."

Wang Xifeng nodded after hearing this, knowing that Jia Amnesty had already made arrangements, so she was relieved.Seeing this, Mrs. Xing said, "Let Aunt Fei and Nanny Zhao go with you at that time. Aunt Fei is my nanny, so she has enough experience. Madam Zhao is also an old man next to Lian'er, so she has also gone with her. Su, we can rest assured with her here."

Wang Xifeng sounded reasonable and didn't refuse.Soon, Wang Xifeng settled on Aunt Fei, Nanny Zhao, Hongxiu, An'er, and Jia Lian's nurse brother Zhao Tianliang, and let Qing'er and Xing'er go first.Long'er, who Jia Lian said was down-to-earth, and Ping'er, who he thought was safe, were left to look after the house.

Everything that should be eaten and used is also well-prepared. Thinking about arriving in the south of the Yangtze River, I am afraid that I will go to see the sister of the Lin family no matter what. Besides, there are not many days before the sister of the Lin family gets rid of the clothes, so I have to back up the gifts is.Then he prepared Daiyu a pair of ruby ​​heads and a pair of emerald bracelets, which he brought with him as a meeting gift.

On the third day after Xing'er sent a letter back to the mansion, Wang Xifeng had already arranged everything and was ready to go to Jinling. Although the old lady Jia didn't agree with it when she heard it, she didn't stop her. She only told her to be careful on the way and invited a doctor Accompanying, so that night Xing'er and Qing'er went to Jinling first on horseback.On the second day, Wang Xifeng also set off by boat from Tongzhou Wharf.

(End of this chapter)