The Red Chamber: Lianyufengchai

Baoyu got up and walked to the cradle. Jia'e, who was sleeping, said, "You have worked hard for ten months, and you will be tired in the future to bring him up. What are the few words I gave up and didn't waste?"

Han shi said in a daze: "Our children naturally have your guidance. I am a woman and Taoist family, how much insight can I have? Second Master has entered school this time, and will be promoted to Jinshi next year. Even if Second Master does not want to be a slaughter for an official, there are With this status, we will have a foothold in the Shenjing in the future. What's more, the Empress Dowager and Second Brother Lian are our closest relatives, and no one dares to underestimate us."

Baoyu smiled and said, "You're wrong, if it's just for the sake of being an official, why should I work so hard? With the merits of my ancestors, I can also be graceful and yin to be an official. I have a sister and a second brother, and I won't be promoted in a few years. My ambition is not here. The reason why I started from the county test is to prove that I, Jia Baoyu, are not... as they say, the silver-like pewter head. cigarette."

As he spoke, he stood in the middle in a daze. Han Shi was afraid that he would develop hysteria again, and hurriedly smiled: "Second Master, don't talk about these things, it's weird. If you turn into blue smoke, then my brother and I will What should we do, who do we depend on in our life?"

Baoyu smiled and said, "There is a lot of misfortune, and who can know what will happen tomorrow? I just feel it for a while. You are taboo. If there is such a day, when I am gone, you will forget about me. As the play says, naked Come and go without worry, just now I got clean!"

The more Han shi listened, the more anxious he became, "Second Master, you can't leave me and my brother."

Tears also remained. Baoyu gently wiped her away and comforted her: "You came to our house, and you have suffered after all. One day, I will become a turtle and carry a monument in front of your grave!"

"Pooh!"

Han spit: "If you are a turtle, then what am I? If you give me a stele, then I will give you a stele. In short, I'm with you, don't even think about getting rid of me!"

Baoyu looked at her and smiled, "You are different from Sister Lin in this regard."

Han Shi has been here for so long, and he also knows some old news from the past. I am afraid that there is still a place in the husband's heart. Shang Yu'er, but since you and I are husband and wife, you are my lifelong support, and don't say silly words again. In my eyes, you are the sky. If you are gone, the sky will collapse."

Baoyu smiled and sighed: "Today is your birthday, how do you say this, let's ask Sheyue and the others to prepare some fruit to eat, let's be lively"

Han shi hesitated: "Sister Feng originally told the old lady that she planned to set up two tables in the flower hall in front of her, but she thought that in the filial piety at home, the second master was going to prepare for the end, so she declined. Now we are making trouble ourselves, we know not good."

Baoyu smiled and said, "What's the matter with the sisters when they were young, they would be together until night. Besides, with the door closed, no one would know. She Yue!"

She Yue came in in response, "Second Master, Second Grandma, they are all ready, let Bihen Qiuwen and the others close the door in a while."

Han shi was grateful and said softly: "Why do you need to invite the masters to make a poem for the concubine, it is enough!"

Baoyu smiled and asked, "Why?"

Han Shi couldn't help but say: "Sister Feng has a collection in the garden, and I borrowed it to read. There are several pieces written by Brother Lian for them. If the second master also writes a piece for me, I will be satisfied."

Baoyu didn't speak for a long time, and Han hurriedly changed the subject, "It's just the concubine's careful thoughts, the second master doesn't need to care. Let's close the door."

Go say hello to Sheyue and wait. Sheyue said with a smile: "We haven't been lively here for a long time, we should do it once!"

Qiuwen placed the plates and said: "At that time, the girls were still there, and it was like this every day. I don't think it. Today, the second master wishes the second grandmother's birthday, which is a rare thing."

She Yue hurriedly pulled her aside and reprimanded: "What are you talking about, which pot can't be opened and lifted?"

Fortunately, Baoyu didn't mind at all, "Now that my sisters all have their homes, it's too late for me to be happy! I've been fighting so hard today, and I'll be in a different position in the future."

When he saw Han looked at him, he pulled her over, "Shouxing, please come to the seat!"

Baoyu drank freely in the courtyard, and there was no need to elaborate.

Chapter [*] Baoyu's parting words will be the day of the academy examination in a few days. Mrs. Han personally prepared a bag for him, and it was as clean as possible. Baoyu said with a smile: "It's just a college test, it's definitely not a problem."

Han Shi unknowingly burst into tears, "It doesn't matter if you hit or miss, as long as you come back, I'll be relieved."

Baoyu jokingly said, "Why are you crying a lot these days, be careful you are shedding a lot, I won't have any tears to pay you back in the next life!"

Han Shijiao said: "You are a person, you said that you should not talk about this. If you really want to have a next life, I will ignore you!"

This was meant to be a joke, but unexpectedly, Baoyu nodded, "Since ancient times, there has been no banquet that will not go away. Madam, leave for my husband!"

Han shi pulled him tightly, "Second Master!"

Baoyu stepped forward and hugged her, "With you in my life, I should be content!"

Han Shi's shy face flushed red, and he gently pushed him away and said, "It's getting late, and I have to say goodbye to the old lady!"

"Too!"

Baoyu smiled and pulled her hand, and the two walked forward side by side. Han shi tried to break free several times, and Baoyu asked, "Can't you accompany me on this journey?"

Han's Mo Ming became flustered, and just let him lead him silently. The girls and daughters-in-law on the road were all laughing secretly. Ping'er turned out at this time, picked them up, and came up to salute, "Second Master Bao, Bao Er The second grandma, the old lady, the eldest lady, the madam, our grandma, the second master, are all waiting for the second master Bao in Rongqingtang!"

Baoyu cupped her hands and smiled at Ping'er: "There is sister Lao Ping'er."

Ping'er hurriedly gave in, "Second Master Bao, you are so polite, yet you let the servants thank you for some unknown reason!"

Baoyu said as he walked: "Sister Ping'er, you and Jin Chuan'er are both good-fortuned, and I will be relieved if Second Brother Lian loves you."

He said some stupid words again. Han shi pulled his hand. At first, because of a Qingwen, he almost got into trouble. Now, when he said this again, even Ping'er's face blushed. Baoyu took two steps forward. , but saw Xiren bowing his body and saying, "Second Master Bao, the old lady just sent someone to ask why Baoyu hasn't come yet!"

Baoyu only said to her, "I am not lucky, but you are lucky!"

After speaking, he strode away. Leaving the back of his back, looking at him from the depths of his memory, he turned to the fragmented memories of the past. It is a pity that he is now the second master's person, and I can no longer tolerate others in my heart. Baoyu entered. Rong Qingtang, the old lady asked him to come over. Baoyu knelt down in front of the old lady and kowtowed to her, "Old lady, grandson will go to the next exam, so I will say goodbye to the old lady."

The old lady hurriedly took him into her arms and rubbed him. Baoyu, good boy, let's go there and try it out. I can't be hungry and cold all night, so I call the servants to greet him. I'm following you. Don't hang around outside, let me worry about you, okay?"

Baoyu said: "Don't worry, old lady, grandson is going to be successful. Although he is only a scholar, he has made up for my mistakes in the past a little. So that people can know that grandson is not only a fool, but a serious and famous grandson. It can also be obtained. In this way, the old lady will not hurt her grandson in vain. "

"well!"

There were tears in the old lady's eyes, "If you can think so, I will feel at ease when I die. Go early and come back early, don't let me wait too long!"

Baoyu kowtowed to Madam Wang again. Madam Wang hurriedly helped him up and said, "Your father has not replied yet, so he wrote a letter asking me to tell you to write well. As long as you gain fame, he will resign and come back. After suffering hardships, you need to take care of yourself in the Gongyuan, and when you are done, find your family and come back earlier, so that your daughter-in-law will not worry."

Mrs. Wang couldn't help but feel sad. Baoyu said, "My mother gave birth to me, and I have nothing to repay. Only when I entered the venue and wrote an essay with my heart, it proved that I was not worthless. At that time, the old lady and wife liked it, and it was her son's life. The bad is covered up."

Madam Wang wept and said, "Even your eldest sister-in-law's father said that you have made great progress. In your mother's heart, you have always been well-behaved and smart. What's wrong with you? Don't listen to the rumors of others."

With a smile on her lips, Sister Feng stepped forward and said, "Baoyu, it's not too early. Horses are prepared outside, and people have been carefully followed to take care of them. They are all experienced family members and are always waiting outside the door."

Baoyu also smiled and said, "Sister Feng, the old lady and wife of the family will take care of you!"

Sister Feng said: "You don't have to worry about these things, you just have to write a good article. For people like us, it's better if you don't have it, it's okay if you don't have it. In the future, it's up to your wish. If you want to be an official, ask your brother to arrange one. If you don't want to, I'll donate an official title to you sooner or later, we're not bad."

Baoyu smiled and said, "If I really wanted to do that, I wouldn't take these exams."

As he spoke, he came over and bowed to Jia Lian, "Second brother, I won't cause you trouble when I leave. It's just that before I leave, there are still a few words to tell my second brother."

When Jia Lian heard Baoyu's implication, he couldn't help but say, "Baoyu, if you have something to say, just say it!"

Baoyu said: "It's always been a loss when the moon is full, but we don't expect our family to be in full swing. Although the empress dowager and the second brother are careful to manage the business, we still need to be cautious, and we must not have unreasonable thoughts or do things that go beyond the norm. Only in this way can we Bao's family has been around for a long time. Otherwise, it will be a moon in the mirror after all, and Lan Ke is just a dream."

Jia Lian smiled and said: "Baoyu rest assured, my brother knows what to do. Now my brother is an idler. After your nephew and niece are born, I will try to have a few more. In the future, our family will count on you, take the test well, and you will pass the jinshi. From now on, my brother can rest assured."

Baoyu smiled and said, "Brother is too tired and lazy, and I still want to entrust Brother I to you in the future."

Jia Lian interrupted him and said, "It's time to talk about what to do, just say all these nagging words!"

Baoyu nodded and said, "It's time to go. Second elder sister, third younger sister, fourth younger sister, elder sister Bao and younger sister Lin, also ask the second elder brother to say goodbye!"

Seeing that what he said was getting weirder, Mrs. Han couldn't help but stepped forward and grabbed his hand, sobbing and unable to speak. Sister Feng joked: "The young couple is reluctant to part, so it's better for Sister Han to dress up as a man and take the exam as a scholar. come back"

Han shi blushed, and only held Baoyu. Baoyu patted her hand, "Someone is waiting for me outside, you will miss the hour if you make trouble again."

After saying that, he broke free from the Han family, said goodbye to the old lady, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go!"

Everyone laughed and said, "Let's go."

Mrs. Han didn't know where the tears came from, but they flowed down and almost burst out crying. Madam Wang was sad when she saw it, and comforted: "It's only two days, and it's over. You are like this now, and Baoyu will be outside in the future. How can an official be a slaughterer?”

Han Shi faintly felt that he had lost something, and was deeply distressed. Jia Lian frowned, and now remembering that Baoyu's actions and words were suspicious, he ordered to go on, send more people, and watch the various gates of Gongyuan. Baoyu is back. In this way, something should be prevented from happening.

Chapter 2 Baoyu, You are so cruel, the heart of the hospital is divided into the main test, and the second test is two and two. Test the eight-legged essay and the test post poem, and write the hundreds of crosses in the "Sacred Mandate Guangxun" by default. Commonly known as a scholar, it is considered to have gained fame and fame. From then on, he is not a commoner, but a scholar-bureaucrat. He has the privilege of being exempted from errands, not kneeling when seeing the magistrate, and cannot use punishment arbitrarily. Jia Lian does not think that Baoyu will have any difficulty passing the hospital examination. Don't worry, as long as you know the rules of the eight-gu style, you will be able to get the best of the best. However, Jia Lian has had a bad feeling in his heart these two days. When he recalls what Baoyu said to him, there is always a sense of saying goodbye to an orphan. He has a previous record of being a monk, so he has to be cautious. Baoyu was not a good person when he was a child, and he used to play tricks on the jade, but after all, he was not as treacherous as Zhao Yiniang, and now the Rongguo Mansion is already owned by Jia Lian himself, no one can What is stolen from his own hands, Jia Lian, for the peace of the mansion, must be watched carefully. If something happens again, it will cause trouble, and secondly, he will have to devote his energy. Therefore, Jia Lian has no choice but to pay attention to Baoyu this time. The hospital examination was very important. Knowing that Baoyu appeared today, he rushed over from the garden early, and came back with his elder sister-in-law Li Wan and Daiyu, and Tanchun. When they arrived at Rongqingtang, the old lady took Daiyu's hand. , "Since you come back, stay with me for two days, your brother Bao also went to school, and there is no happy event at home for a long time, we must be lively today!"

Sister Feng joked in time: "You should be pampered by your younger sister. As soon as you came, the old ancestors took out all the antique things that were hidden upstairs for decades and never looked at, and gave them to my younger sister."

The old lady spat: "Mandarin duck, you quickly press Feng girl on the girl and hit it twice, the eyelids are shallow, I will reward Yu'er, haven't I arrived at your house yet?"

Sister Feng realized: "It turns out that what the old lady gave was an empty favor, she just moved it out for display, and then sent it back to put away the dust without dusting it!"

The amused old lady laughed and said, "You guys are going to tear up that mouth! I gave all of my most precious things to your family, and I still have the face to tell me this"

Sister Feng walked up to the mandarin ducks and said, "Good sister, take it lightly and take care of the old lady! Please tell the old lady that my grandson and daughter-in-law will never dare again next time!"

Yuanyang blushed and said: "Second grandmother is really good at making fun of people, you beg the old lady to go. Now this slave maid asks the second grandma to lie down on a few beds, so the slave maid will reply to the old lady after the fight!"

When he said that, he was going to drag Sister Feng. Sister Feng was startled and shouted, "Okay, Yuanyang, you are really here!"

He hurriedly ducked to the side. Yuanyang only grabbed it twice, and then returned to the old lady. The old lady was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Yuanyang, you are also honest, how can you really let you beat her and spare her once!"

Sister Feng held Jia Lian's hand and raised her eyebrows. Jia Lian asked with a smile, "The seats are all ready, so why don't you even invite the elder sister-in-law of the Dongfu to come over, and the family is lively and lively."

Sister Feng glanced at him, "Sister-in-law You and the two sisters, would you like to invite them over and say that they are not allowed to be in the same family as the second master!"

Jia Lian said calmly, "Then you can invite them together, but it's just about two more pairs of chopsticks!"

It provoked Daiyu and the others to look over. Jia Lian smiled and said, "I am not afraid of shadows. Otherwise, I am afraid that you will talk about the ghosts in my heart again."

Sister Feng snorted: "Forget it, the province's beauties flirt with flowers, Er Ye. Sister, do you think so?"

Daiyu hurriedly turned her head away. The old lady smiled and protected her, "Child, I can't keep my mouth shut. It's also worth mentioning what I haven't seen before."

, "Old Ancestor!"

Daiyu stared coquettishly and said, "Where are you still a child?"

Unconsciously, I glanced at Jia Lian, and the meaning is very clear. You dare to try to see Sister Feng's perfect kung fu, standing in the middle of them and clasping their hands together, "Amitabha, it turns out that I am not the only one who is jealous!"

Dai Yuteng blushed and threw herself into the old lady's arms. Everyone laughed. After a while, Mrs. Wang ordered someone to look outside, "Your second master is back, come and report immediately!"

But after asking two or three times in a row, no one was seen. Gradually, Mrs. Wang and the old lady, and Mrs. Han couldn't sit still. The old lady stood under the eaves of the corridor uneasy, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Han supported and looked around anxiously. Jia Lian called Lin Zhixiao, "You take someone to the Gongyuan in person, and invite Master Bao back immediately. Don't delay on the way, the old lady is waiting for a drink!"

Lin Zhixiao bowed to take orders, and turned around immediately. After a long time, there was still no reply. The old lady was eager to see, "Why hasn't my Baoyu come back, let me find it!"

Madam Wang was flustered, "Brother Lian, order someone to see if there is any... I met someone on the way and went to have a drink with them and ordered someone to call me back. Let the old lady and us worry about it."

Jia Lian frowned, he had already taken it seriously, and let several groups of people stare at it, nothing could happen! He walked outside the door of ceremonies and called Niu Da, "Bring a group of people to Gongyuan to see if Second Master Bao is in the end. where have you been"

Niu Da also went. Jia Lian came back and comforted: "Old lady, grandson sent forty or fifty people in front of the front and back, and there will be no problem to squat in front of the front and rear gates. Xu is the question of this subject. It's a bit difficult"

The old lady sighed and wiped away her tears, "This Yu'er has worried me since I was a child. I hope that he will grow up, be sensible, marry a wife and have children. Who would have thought it would be so worrying!"

Jia Lian smiled and said, "When Baoyu comes back, the old lady will tell him before it's too late!"

Sister Feng and others advised the old lady to go back to the room to rest, but the old lady just refused, so she ordered someone to take the chair out and put the burden on the old lady to sit. After a while, Lin Zhixiao finally hurried back, with a forehead on his forehead. Covered with beads of sweat, he knelt in front of the old lady and kowtowed. "Come on! Why don't you come back?"

The old lady stood up, "Where's Baoyu?"

Lin Zhixiao was out of breath and was speechless for a while. Sister Feng scolded: "The old lady asked you, choose the most important thing, where is Second Master Bao?"

Lin Zhixiao came over and reported: "The servant received the second master's order, did not dare to delay, and rushed to the Gongyuan. At that time, the Gongyuan was already closed, and the people in our house were all exiting the front and back: the superior waited. But they all came out. , the second master Bao disappeared. The servants thought that the second master did not come out, so they borrowed the brand of the second master and brought a dozen people to the house of the second master in the Gongyuan. They did not see the figure of the second master. The slaves I asked our people carefully, but they didn't see Second Master Bao come out. Later, Director Niu also brought people and found a few students around Second Master Bao. They all said that they came out together when the show was over. Suddenly disappeared. Director Niu thought that maybe the invigilator Xuezheng Jianbao did well in the exam, so he asked the past to ask questions. So he went straight to Xuezheng, but there was nothing! In this way, the servants have no idea, The servant ordered them to stay two people and wait, while the rest went out to look for it, and the servant returned to report first, and asked the old lady to show it."

The old lady was trembling all over and couldn't speak for a long time. Madam Wang burst into tears, "You mean Baoyu is gone"

Han Shi couldn't help crying, and fell into Li Wan's arms, "Baoyu, you are so cruel!"