But he said that early the next morning, this Wang Xifeng served breakfast in front of Jia's mother, and talked for a while in Mrs. Wang's house, came down from the main room, and sat in her own house, before calling the housekeeper's daughter-in-law and women to come in and listen to the instructions, I saw Ping'er smiling and coming in and saying, "The people of the Lin family are here." 'Le '' Wen '''."

Sister Feng let the fast pass. As a result, it was none other than Zijuan who came in. Sister Feng suddenly laughed and said, "The little hooves are ghosts." Who should I be? ”

Ping'er also smiled: "Grandma said it was funny." Could it be that the day before yesterday, Hu Cao Yamen's legs ran in vain?"

It turned out that Jia's mother had always loved Daiyu the most, knowing that this time she and Lin Ruhai's father and daughter came to Beijing as a family, although there were also forty or fifty people, most of them were people in front of Lin Ruhai, but there were only two aunts in the inner house, and there were only two maids with them, and there were only a limited number of people waiting for daughters-in-law and grandmothers. After asking Daiyu that day, he ordered Xifeng to put forward the identity deed of Zijuan's family, and there was a third-class maid Wenque's family, and they were sent to the Lin family together, and they passed the file in Hucao Yamen. Now the two family members are handing over the accounts of the Jia Mansion and the like, and when the settlement is over, they will officially go to the Lin Mansion. Therefore, Ping'er has this saying.

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Fart! I don't know about this yet? She is now in the past Lin family, isn't it the daughter of the family here who grew up, isn't it the daughter of the aunt in this mansion?" asked Zijuan: "Sister Lin, how is it? Why did I send you over early in the morning?"

Zijuan stepped forward and saluted, saying that Daiyu asked Sister Feng how she was doing, and then said, "Our girl just got a box of big red coral, and ordered me to send it." And there is an epistle here. Then he held the box and the letter to Sister Feng.

It turned out that Wang Xifeng's daughter's eldest sister was diagnosed with puffy eyes and was using coral scattering. At this time, listening to Zijuan's words, Sister Feng knew that it must be good, so she hurriedly got up, took the box with her own hands, and then handed it to Ping'er, and ordered: "Carefully collect it, prepare the medicine for use." took the letter in his hand, and was not busy reading it, but smiled at Zijuan: "What is my aunt?" Go home and tell the girl that the eldest sister and I will go and thank her in person. Zijuan smiled and responded.

Sister Feng asked Lin Daiyu how she was at home, and when she would come over with the Chen family the day after tomorrow, and then said with a smile: "I know that you still have to go to see those sisters at home, and I will not be polite to you." Let's let Ping'er go out with you. By the way, we also went shopping together to hide and relax. ”

The purple cuckoo saluted, and Heping'er searched for the attacker, the musk moon, the mandarin duck, the amber and others to speak. Wang Xifeng ordered the little girl Caiming to come in alone to read the letter. Daiyu has lived in Rongfu since she was six or seven years old, how can she not know Sister Feng's temperament? The letter is simple and clear, only seven or eight sentences, but it says four things: one is that the coral is a gift from the Chen family; one is that the Chen family came to visit the day after tomorrow, and the servants have two sons, three grandchildren, two sons-in-law, one granddaughter-in-law, and three granddaughters; one is that the Chen family asked the sisters here, and prepared a gift according to their preferences, "carefully asking about the welcome, probing, and the shape is very happy"; and the last thing is the taste of the Chen family's food.

Sister Feng listened to the letter, sent Cai Ming out, held the piece of paper by herself, lowered her head and thought silently for a while, Fang raised her head and said, "People are coming!" There is a daughter-in-law waiting at the door of the hall. Sister Feng asked, "Who is there in front of the old lady here?"

I replied no. Sister Feng ordered: "I want to go to the old lady." If there is nothing of great importance here, they will disperse and come back tomorrow. ”

Everyone responded, and was about to retreat, when Sister Feng said, "If you can't get it, you might as well wait here." If you are blind and have made a mistake, you can take care of your skin!"

When some of the people who were about to take a step heard this, they quickly withdrew their feet again. Seeing this, Sister Feng couldn't help it, and scolded with a laugh: "This nest is useless-it turns out to be full of foolish worms that haven't been caught in front of me?" My aunts and grandmothers, just say, don't pretend to be here, hurry up and grab that one, and do your own serious things." Then the crowd laughed and dispersed.

This Sister Feng walked to Jia's mother to go to the room by herself. Facing Xiangyun and Baoyu, they held hands and talked all the way, and Baochai followed behind with a smile. When the three of them looked up and saw her coming, they all gathered around to say hello and ask her where she came from.

Sister Feng smiled: "Naturally, I came there." Where are you going?" replied Xiangyun and went to the Spring House. Sister Feng smiled: "Miss Lin sent Zijuan over. I asked Ping'er and her sisters to go everywhere to count their steps, and I'm afraid this time will be over there. ”

Xiangyun was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Baoyu: "Second brother, let's go over and find her." He took Baoyu and went over there.

Here, Baochai smiled at Sister Feng and said, "Sister Yun is still such a child. ”

Sister Feng waved her hand and said with a smile: "That's not it. Senior Sister Xue should also go over quickly. I can't stand in this tuyere, don't call it bad. Baochai then took his leave.

Sister Feng went to Jia's mother's room. Jia Mu was looking at the warm hat with the mandarin duck's hand, and when she saw Sister Feng coming, she smiled and said, "Come and help me pick one and see which one is good." ”

Sister Feng only glanced at it casually, and said with a smile: "Are there any bad flowers under the hands of the mandarin ducks? The ancestor really couldn't make up his mind, so he simply made up his mind. ”

Jia Mu scolded with a smile: "You are light when you touch your mouth up and down! There is so much work to do, and I am reluctant to work so much as a mandarin duck girl." He pointed to one for the mandarin duck and said, "Do it when you have time, it's not something to use in a hurry." ”

The mandarin duck responded with a smile, knowing that Sister Feng was coming at this time, she would have something serious to say, and she would retreat after taking the tricks. Sister Feng hurriedly stopped and said, "Sister Mandarin Duck is not busy, there are two sentences." ”

The mandarin duck looked at Jia's mother. Mother Jia leaned on the couch and smiled at Sister Feng: "If you want to find her, just take it." When it's over, I'll be in front of me. ”

Sister Feng hurriedly smiled: "You don't have to take it with you, but you have to ask the old lady seriously." So he said carefully from the beginning: "Just now, Sister Lin sent a letter to say something about Uncle Lin's uncle's visit to the house in the Ming Dynasty. Because I saw that it was Zijuan who delivered the letter, I thought that two days ago, the old lady allowed it, and her family should be regarded as members of the Lin family. It's just that her parents are looking at the house in the south at the moment, and they are busy at the end of the year, counting things and handing over their duties, and they are afraid that they will not be able to come up in time for the year, so they agreed with Sister Lin and simply waited for the New Year to let Shangjing come. Now it is time to appoint a successor to them, and go to Nanjing after the New Year, so that they can come. I think that no matter who takes over, the first thing is to be loyal and honest, know the roots, and choose from the old servants in the family for several lifetimes. ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she knew what Sister Feng meant, pointed to the mandarin duck and smiled: "Isn't this just one standing in front of you?"

Sister Feng said with a smile: "The old ancestor has allowed this, I originally thought about it, it is their family that is the most suitable." But I'm afraid that it will be used by the ancestors, and it will not be easy to get out. In that case, I will take care of this when I go to my house. ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she hurriedly said: "You only let her mother go south, I can't leave this girl here." ”

Sister Feng hurriedly smiled: "This is natural. It's me, how many things do I need Sister Mandarin Duck to help me, where can I let her leave?" took Mandarin Duck's hand again and said: "Although Nanjing is some old houses, but the ancestral house, and there are family schools and sacrificial fields, so the most loyal and proper people have to guard it." I picked it around, and there was no one else. I had to send your family over, and I wanted to keep you here to serve the old lady, but I was so tired that your parents and children were separated, so that I couldn't go away. ”

The mandarin duck was listening to the two talking, and her heart was already churning: her father Jin Cai was not young, and he often said that his spirit was weak recently, and his hearing was becoming more and more difficult. And Jiafu has a large population, and there are several internal and external affairs. Although his family has gained a little face because of serving in front of Jia's mother, it is not as rich as others. Now, if you really take an errand to Nanjing, the name is to look at the house, there is no head of the house, no miscellaneous people, no one can behave and act freely, and you can have seven or eight points to be the master of everything. It is also the dignity of a loyal servant, and the face is sufficient. The only thing to worry about is that both parents and brothers have gone south, leaving only one of them here, and they are inevitably lonely. However, when he heard Wang Xifeng say this first, he hurriedly said: "This is all grandma lifting up my family, where can I afford the word 'tired'? As he spoke, he crouched down and confessed.

Seeing the two of her answers, Jia Mu smiled and said, "There is some truth in what Feng Yatou said. There is only one mandarin duck left in the family, and it is too lonely and helpless. ”

Sister Feng smiled: "This is easy to do. I remember that Jin Cai had three sons, the eldest Jin Wenxiang was 23 years old, and the younger two were also 12 or 3 years old. This time, her father and mother took two little brothers, and his brother and sister-in-law were still here, so the brothers and sisters took care of each other. ”

Jia Mu nodded and said, "That's good." It's just that what kind of job is this Jin Wenxiang now? It is good that he can come in and talk back from time to time. ”

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "Last month, Yao Sheng from the comprador here was sent to Zhuangzi, and no one has been added yet." It's better to ask Jin Wenxiang to top his errand. ”

Jia's mother said yes, and then asked, "Where is his daughter-in-law on an errand now?"

Sister Feng thought for a while and said with a smile: "Look at the slurry washing in the backyard at the eldest lady's side." She was originally the one who was summoned by her aunt and grandmother, but she was released the year before last, with her brother with a mandarin duck, and arranged this errand again. ”

Jia Mu nodded and said, "The mothers-in-law on my side are also old. Tell the eldest lady to transfer her and put her with me. She should have sent someone older. ”

When the mandarin duck heard this, he was overjoyed and grateful, and knelt down in front of Jia's mother to thank him for his grace. Jia Mu hurriedly laughed and shouted, pointed at Sister Feng and said, "You just thank her—it's all something she said in one sentence." ”

The mandarin duck was busy thanking Sister Feng again. Sister Feng helped her up and said with a smile: "Thank you for what." It's all about honoring old ladies. ”

After a few more jokes, the mandarin duck personally served tea to Jia's mother and Sister Feng. Mother Jia asked Sister Feng at this time: "Your sister Lin sent a letter, what else do you say?"

Sister Feng said: "I told Uncle Lin about the eating preferences of the old lady on Uncle Lin's side. The taste is light, not used to heavy taste, not spicy, but loves to drink a sour soup. I have already instructed the kitchen to prepare for renovation, and the menu will be delivered later, and I will have to ask the old ancestor to palm it again. ”

Jia Mu smiled: "Your sister is a careful person, and she is good with you, so she came to tell you." After thinking about it, he said, "The people in the south like to eat bad food, so remember to prepare it so that you can drink it." Sister Feng answered.

Jia Mu asked about the reception premises, furnishings and so on. Sister Feng said them one by one, all kinds of thoughtful and decent behavior, and Jia Mu was full of joy and praised her very much. Sister Feng said: "Fortunately, the old ancestor nodded. Yesterday, when I talked about it at home, the second master also said that I was too stammering. Usually a few uncles and wives come to the house, where is there such a battle, and they are not afraid of others to look at them? It means that they come according to the usual proportions. But I think the first Uncle Lin is a rare guest, the most important thing for the master, and the old lady of the Zhang family is the first time to come to our house, so it is naturally different from other families. Sure enough, Sister Lin sent a letter, and the letter said that it was also very solemn. The old lady asked Sister Lin in person, so that she could prepare a meeting gift for a few girls in our family. ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she was taken aback and said, "This is true?" and asked Sister Feng what Lin Daiyu said. Sister Feng presented the letter from her sleeve. Jia Mu looked at it carefully, nodded again and again, and said, "I didn't expect her to be so affectionate." He called the mandarin duck and instructed: "Open the box and take out three sets of the newly beaten head noodles of the Bajin Pavilion in front of you, and then take the two pairs of red gold eight treasure bracelets and a pair of sheep fat jade bracelets engraved with twisted silk patterns." ”

As soon as she brought the things, Sister Feng hurriedly helped to bring them to Jia's mother one by one: the head is the same cloisonné emerald blue glass beads, the same red gold and red treasure rice pearls, and the same gold and silver filigree woven colorful pearls and jade, each of which is a complete set of distractions, picks, flowers, full crowns and a pair of sideburns, a big phoenix hairpin, a grass insect hairpin, two pairs of small inserts, a pair of earrings, and a pair of bracelets. Sister Feng sighed while looking at it, and said, "I opened my eyes, but I didn't know that the ancestor had hidden so many treasures!"

Jia Mu scolded: "Lie to your face--didn't you personally bring in the people from the Bajin Pavilion last time? These are the new creations. Nowadays, it is common to see such sets of fine jewelry, isn't it?"

Sister Feng smiled: "Yes, yes, I said, why are these big rubies and emeralds so familiar? As he spoke, he took the red gold phoenix hairpin with the pearl and gestured it on the side of Jia's mother's head, and said: "Such a neat lotus seed rice is not the private room of the ancestors? Only the ancestors can afford it, we are young and have a weak head and neck, and we can't hold it down anymore if we wear it on our heads." Why did the head of the ancestor grow so well? But what is the trick? Tell me quickly, and the family will cultivate and cultivate it as it is. ”

Mother Jia couldn't hold her hands, laughed so much that she couldn't sit up on the pillow, and pointed at Sister Feng but couldn't stop trembling. After a long pause, he said: "The monkey guessed wrong now! These things, where do I still have the face to wear them? When I wear them, people don't laugh at the old goblins." It's all for your sisters. I originally thought that I would take it out again during the Chinese New Year, but now that there are distinguished guests, I simply gave it first, so that they can dress up neatly and see people. "It's called Mandarin Duck, let the glass point green give to Yingchun, the red gold and red treasure to Tanchun, the colorful pearl and jade to cherish the spring, and tell tomorrow to wear and entertain guests. There was also a pair of red gold eight-treasure bracelets for Xue Baochai, and a pair of sheep fat twisted silk bracelets for Shi Xiangyun. The mandarin duck smiled and took someone away.

There was a pair of red gold bracelets left, and Mother Jia pointed at Sister Xiang Feng and smiled: "You can't work in vain, just go without disgust." If you can't look at it, I won't give you much. ”

Sister Feng hurriedly stepped forward, put the two bracelets on her hand one by one, and said with a smile: "If you don't eat the meat that was delivered to your mouth, I'm really a mallet." He stood for a moment and said, "The old ancestor has no other instructions here, right?" If not, I will be busy with this house, and I will not stand in front of you for a while--I will save a moment of pain in my recall, and when I am not united, I will have to make up for it on the person in front of my eye. ”

Jia Mu smiled happily and called the maids: "She's right! Pull it quickly! Peel off the hairpin collar and bracelet, let's make up for it." Sister Feng turned around and ran.

A room full of maids will want to chase after them. After a moment, Fang returned empty-handed. Amber came to Jia's mother with a bitter face and said: "The second grandmother is so stingy, when she heard that the old lady was going to make up for her, it was like wind under her feet, and she disappeared in the blink of an eye, and she couldn't chase after her." It's better to just leave her alone!"

Jia Mu scolded: "You also eat inside and outside, and you often get her benefits on weekdays, so come to help at this time!" It's just that Jia Mu is an old person, and she had a good time, and she felt tired afterwards. Amber and the other maids were busy serving and eating tea, and helped them to rest in the back room.

Here, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Baochai, Xiangyun and others received the jewelry sent by Jia's mother, and they were all happy. Everyone made up their own clothes, and picked out clothes to match again, and then they came to Jia's mother to go to the room to thank them. Aunt Xue brought Baochai in and said with a smile: "The old lady cherishes her grandchildren, and she brings us with her, regardless of whether she breaks the bill or not." ”

Jia Mu smiled: "They are all relatives. What's more, I love Bao Yatou and Steady and Heavy the most, which is beyond the reach of her sisters. He beckoned Baochai to sit down beside him and speak.

Here, Xiangyun threw himself into Jia's mother's arms, and stretched out his hand from his sleeve to show her. Jia Mu saw that there were three jade bracelets on each of the two wrists, which were blue, pink, and white, with jade condensation green, hibiscus jelly powder, and mutton fat like greasy, lined with a pair of lotus arms that became more and more snow-white and crystalline, and said with a smile: "This is good-looking." When the weather is warm, take two brightly colored thin palace veils to make a smock and wear it, it will look better. ”

At one point, Mrs. Wang asked Li Kun to walk in with her hand and said, "The old lady is kind and gives her granddaughters good things." I don't dare to compare, and I can't do without my heart. They all said that it would snow in two days, so Cha Xin made a few gowns, brought them over, and gave them clothes to avoid the snow. ”

Jia Mu smiled: "I'm good as a grandmother, and it's not bad for you to be a wife." ”

The girls sat down and laughed for a while, and Mrs. Xing over there also heard the information, and rushed over to say with a smile: "Tomorrow, Aunt Lin and the old lady over there will come, and the girls will see the guests for the first time. "It is a delicate palace silk, a purse, a colorful butterfly tassel and other things. Sanchun, Xue, and Shi also thanked each of them, and each received one.

Jia Muyin asked, "Why can't Baoyu see you?"

The sisters glanced at each other, and Tan Chunfang stepped forward and replied, "The people of the Lin family are here, and the master has sent them to call." ”

Jia Mu nodded, Fang wanted to speak, but someone replied: "Second Master Lian is here." And the sisters turned away. Aunt Xue, Mrs. Xing, and Mrs. Wang sat on their seats.

For a while, Jia Lian came in, kowtowed to Jia's mother, and asked the three of them to say goodbye, and Fang said: "The master asked me to come in and tell the old lady, tomorrow Uncle Lin and the second old lady of the Zhang family will come to the house, first meet guests in Rongxi Hall, and then come here to see the ceremony." The master has now invited the master from the school to come over. The eldest lord and the eldest brother Jane accompany each other. I sent my grandson to the Lin Mansion early tomorrow morning and came over in a sedan chair. ”

Jia Mu nodded and asked, "What did Baoyu say?"

Jia Lian replied: "The master ordered to accompany him in the outer study. After a pause, he said, "Tomorrow, a total of four cousins from Uncle Lin's side will come over." The old man asked Brother Bao to prepare two proud homework, and show them to Uncle Lin and the Zhang brothers tomorrow, saying that they would not come to the old lady's side today. ”

Jia Mu stayed for a moment, and then smiled: "Okay, good, good." Your Uncle Lin is from Tanhua Hanlin, and the cousins of the Zhang family have also taken the fame, so the master asked them to give Baoyu guidance and advice, which should be the reason. Then he called someone to come: "Tell the kitchen, just say my words, and send an extra ginseng tea and snacks to the study." He also told Jia Lian: "Tell your master, tomorrow the guests will be busy, don't be too tired tonight, and rest early." ”

Jia Lian responded, and saw that Jia's mother didn't have many instructions, so she left. Jia Mu and the others talked and joked to themselves. I won't go into details.

Now turn to Jia Baoyu. But it was said that Lin Ruhai took Daiyu to meet his grandmother that day, and Baoyu got up early to go out because of Qin Zhong's incident, and turned around after the fact, and had already missed to greet him. He just met Lin Daiyu in front of Jia's mother, so he went to serve in front of Jia Zheng and accompanied Lin Ruhai, Zhang Hui, and the charter to talk. Although the young people have a tacit understanding and are the same, they can't express their condolences when they think of saying goodbye to Daiyu for half a year, and they are also scratching their hearts and lungs, which is very difficult.

However, Jia Zheng saw that Zhang Hui and other young people were like and envious, so he became angry with his family, and together with Mrs. Wang, he forced Baoyu to work hard. Although Baoyu used filial piety to Jia's mother, shirked and evaded, cut materials, and cut corners, in the end he was not as relaxed as when Jia Zheng was worried about the provincial hospital and didn't care about him; So the days were tormented. Until the day before, the Zhang family sent a post, knowing that Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu would also follow him when they arrived, Baoyu was overjoyed, only staring at the Western clock hands one by one, and then he was confined in Jia Zheng's study, and he didn't know where to fly for a long time.

Jia Zheng originally wanted to borrow his sister-in-law's knowledge and knowledge, instruct his children and grandchildren in their homework, and remove the mouth, so that he could enlighten and enlighten his mind, and the article would be refreshed. He also knows that now that he has two sons and one grandson, only Baoyu is the most talented, and he has a talent for poetry and writing, how can he not pay attention to him? Where did I think that Baoyu had been in the study for a few days, and he was depressed and in a trance, but he couldn't even write a sentence. Jia Zheng was so angry that he wanted to fight, but he was afraid that Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang would stop him, and he was afraid that he would not be able to see people if he was beaten hard, so he had to speak harshly and teach him two lessons.

On this day, Lin Ruhai sent a letter, saying that Zhang Li, Chen and others were guests, and by the way, he mentioned pointing out Baoyu and Jia Lan: "You don't need to prepare more homework." Only one poem and one essay that you think is the best in the past one or two years is selected, and one poem and essay that others evaluate is the best. That's enough. Jia Zheng hurriedly ordered someone to call Baoyu and ordered: "Just in the study, think about it carefully, and write it down silently for me to read." ”

This Baoyu originally heard that Lin Daiyu had sent Zijuan over and hurried to meet Xiangyun and others in the Spring Festival room. Unexpectedly, after only two sentences, Jia Zheng ordered someone to pass it on. He didn't dare to disobey, and he went to Jia Zheng's study step by step. I heard that there was no need to write a new article, but I was relieved first. However, then it became tangled again: poetry is easy to obtain, but articles are scarce. As for the ancient texts, although they have done more than the eight shares, the total number of one is still limited, and even if one or two of them are proud, how can they dare to give it to Jia Zheng?

- But he didn't know that this was Zhang Hui's proposal: because Lin Ruhai asked about his perception of the Jia family, Baoyu, Jia Huan, Jia Lan and others, Zhang Hui said those two sentences, and said Baoyu: "Although he is young, he is rare to be innocent and innocent, and he has literary and intellectual talents, and he is not bound by stereotypes and customs." If you have the heart to ponder, you should carefully investigate the foundation of knowledge and understand the importance of daily reading. This is exactly the way that the Zhang family has always "people are different, teach them according to their aptitude, and go with the flow". Lin Ruhai also knew that the second uncle now only had Baoyu, a sister-in-law, and his mother-in-law had always been the most partial, so he also intended to serve and put more thought into it, so he specially explained it to Jia Zheng in the letter. It's always Lin Ruhai's kindness. However, Baoyu has a strict father to restrain and supervise, and it is very comfortable.

In the end, this treasure jade is no more mediocre than other talents, and after some hard work, by the time it was nearly dinner, the four poems were all obtained, and they were carefully copied and handed to Jia Zheng respectfully. When Jia Zheng took a look, he saw a small stroke, the two kings of calligraphy, the eyes were clear and elegant, and the fine taste revealed a hairpin flower graceful atmosphere; Jia Zheng couldn't help but nodded. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Baoyu peeking his head and peeking his eyes, and his expression was relieved, Jia Zheng suddenly lowered his face and scolded: "Evil obstacle to death, I have never seen you have such an article! Where did you copy it, dare to make a ghost here with me!"

Frightened, Baoyu knelt down with weak legs, and said straightly: "Don't dare to do this again! It's really revised by my son with his previous homework, not copied from elsewhere!" After speaking, he fell to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "I ask the master to see clearly." ”

Jia Zheng listened to Baoyu's pleading, he knew that he was thinking about it for a while, and seeing him scared like this, he also regretted it in his heart, and relented and told Baoyu to get up. Baoyu stood up, not daring to look up. Jia Zheng saw that he hung his head and put his head down, and he no longer had the usual spirit, so he became annoyed for a while, and scolded: "Even if the original articles and poems are only one day now, they can be improved to such a point, which shows that they usually don't have to work!"

Jia Baoyu didn't dare to argue a word, and stood on the ground shaking his legs. Jia Zheng sent a fire, and his mind turned around, and he raised his hand to signal Baoyu to pour tea. When Baoyu brought the tea, he took it and ate it, and asked him to eat a cup of it himself. Fang Cai sighed: "Don't blame me for being blindly strict, you can also look at a few of your Uncle Lin's family! In the past, you only liked to follow those gangs of people who were plastered and hakama, but you didn't know that if you didn't advance from the right road of the imperial examination, you would stand in front of your relatives and friends, and you would have to bow your head and waist shorter! Not to mention that you are not like me, you can't expect another grace from heaven, and if you add officials and eunuchs, then in the future, in front of your sister-in-law Lin, how should you stand ?——on that little chapter Xianggong, sooner or later, you will be a figure in the Guanwen and the Imperial Palace. ”

This Baoyu rarely listened to his father's confession, in front of this gentle words, bitter words, was at a loss, did not know how to deal with it, suddenly heard the words "Sister Lin's son-in-law", like a sudden scorching thunder in the clear sky, exploded three souls scattered, six souls were gone, the mind flickered, I don't know where I went.

Jia Zheng saw that he had his mouth open, his face white, and his eyes staring, just as he was the first to drink, and he was shocked and unconscious, sighed, and didn't say much, and slowly paced out the door with his hands behind his back.

Baoyu stood alone in the study, stunned, not knowing the time. It wasn't until his little servant saw that it was late, Jia Zheng didn't leave anyone, didn't leave a word, and no one sent dinner, and sneaked into the room that he realized that Baoyu's situation was wrong. But it was in Jia Zheng's study again, and he didn't dare to raise his voice, so he only dragged Baoyu's clothes and shoved them violently. Baoyu shook suddenly, his eyes moved, and he slowly turned twice, and then he looked at him fixedly, but he also recognized his name and surname, and asked with a smirk: "Mingyan, why did you come in here?" ”

Mingyan felt bad, didn't bother to ask more, and pulled Baoyu and walked out. Baoyu walked out of the study, and suddenly walked quickly, until he walked to the spring room. At this time, Yingchun and the others were all eating in Jia's mother's upper room, and there were only two old wives guarding the house.

Baoyu didn't look at her either, and walked inside, asking as she went, "Where is Zijuan?"

A mother-in-law smiled and said, "The second master is late." The purple girl has gone home. ”

Baoyu was stunned for a moment, and said, "Where is the home? Which house is going? Isn't her house here? Where is she going?"

The mother-in-law didn't check anything wrong, so she just smiled and said, "What did the second master say?" Now that she is a member of the Lin family, she naturally goes back to the Lin family. ”

Baoyu stood still, reciting the words "Lin family" and "home" upside down, and sweat came down from his forehead. The two mothers-in-law saw that his face was frighteningly white, and they immediately panicked. Mingyan caught up at this time, and saw that Baoyu's body was already shaking from side to side, so he hurriedly hugged him and shouted, "Second master, wake up, go back and rest!"

Seeing that Baoyu was like this, Mingyan was young and alone, so he said to another: "Brother Mingyan and I will send the second master's house." "Just go back to the room with Baoyu on the side of Mingyan.

In front of the door, Raider, Qingwen, Musk Moon, and Autumn Pattern came up early, and they supported and supported. The attacker was so frightened that he only asked: "Second Master, what's wrong?" Hurriedly dragged the cigarette and asked, "The second master is what you serve, go out well today, come in like this, what the hell is going on?"

Mingyan called out: "Sister Hua asked me, who did I ask? Master's study, how could I go in? Seeing that no one was there, I had the courage to touch it in, and my brother was already like this." How do I know what's going on!"

Here, Musk Yue and others quietly invited Baoyu's nurse Mother Li to come over, pinching and patting, so after a lot of tossing, Baoyu called out "sigh". Mother Li and the others were about to breathe a sigh of relief, when they saw Baoyu covering her chest and shouting "My heart hurts", and her body had fallen to the ground softly. Frightened everyone into a hurry, turning in circles, shouting and shouting, and after a while, someone from Jia's mother came to ask what was going on. I can't wait to attack people, so I can only go back. The maid who passed the word here was also frightened, and hurriedly flew to report to Jia's mother.

Mother Jia was originally happy, and took the ladies to eat and laugh, and Wang Xifeng had fun, but when she suddenly heard this news, she was shocked and anxious, and immediately came here. Mrs. Wang's mother and son were connected, faster than Jia's mother, and when she saw Baoyu on the bed, her whole body was tightly curled into a ball, her hands were holding her chest and crying out in pain, and she couldn't help but rush to the bed and cry. Although Jia's mother is old, her eyes are not dazzling, and when she saw the cigarette next to her, a fire suddenly came out of her eyes, and she shouted: "Bring that kid here! Baoyu What's going on, don't say it quickly!"

And they dragged the cigarettes over. Mingyan cried: "I really don't know what's going on. I was only outside the master's study, but I didn't hear any scolding in the room. The old man also took people away early in the morning. ”

The words made the whole room stunned: Jia Zhengjiaozi was strict, or beating or scolding, it was common, and it was not strange to come up with something. However, he didn't beat or scold, and only left Baoyu alone in the house, and as a result, it was such a shape, and I really couldn't think of it. Jia's mother was helpless, and while calling for a doctor, she ordered Jia Zheng to come to see her immediately.

This Jia Zheng taught his son in the study in the afternoon, and his words were drunk, which shook Baoyu, and also touched his old arms, and he went out with Baoyu, and he didn't want to eat because he was bored, so he walked to Aunt Zhao's room at will. Aunt Zhao had heard that Jia Zheng had been working hard with Baoyu in the past few days, and when she saw that his face was not good, she didn't dare to ask more, so she only smiled and made a few light porridge and food, and waited for Jia Zheng to sit in the room in a daze. Where did I think that for a while, someone from afar would be noisy, and then the people in front of Jia's mother came to look for Jia Zheng and said that Baoyu was not good. Jia Zheng hurried over. Jia Mu didn't care about the many people around her, she just grabbed her hand and dragged her to the bed, and scolded angrily: "I don't care what you have to say, I forced him to death, I only want to die!"

Mrs. Wang also cried bitterly, full of shouting: "If you have a good one, I will also follow!" and grabbed Jia Zheng again, crying: "Baoyu is not good, it's all my fault, the master only took my life, strangled to death, I can't see it, but it's clean!"

Seeing Baoyu in such a shape, Jia Zheng didn't know the reason, he was very anxious, but he didn't know that Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang cried and wailed, and all of them were reproaching themselves, and the grievances in their hearts suddenly inflated like a balloon that had been blown up, and then exploded and shattered with a bang--At that time, he scolded and scolded: "Evil obstacles and death to whom! Did I say a bad word to you, or did I put a stick on your finger? Pretending to be dead and sick, deceiving my grandmother and mother, and framing my father...... If you don't really die today, I'll beat you to death again!"

The words frightened Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang. Baoyu said "oops" on the bed, and as soon as the curled up body suddenly loosened, tears couldn't stop flowing. Jia Zheng was also stunned for a while, and when he saw Baoyu looking at him, he asked, "Sister Lin, but it's true—go home—"

Baoyu couldn't form a sentence, Jia Zhengwu was puzzled, and Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng and others next to him came to their senses. Mother Jia burst into tears, hugged Baoyu, and cried: "You solid child, this is what you did - you are about to scare your grandmother to death." ”

Mrs. Wang also grabbed Baoyu's hand and cried, "I know that you are good with your sister." She grew up, and the two of you sisters grew up so together, and they are different from other sisters. This time the hot lama said that one goes, and you should be sad. It's just that all the girls in the world have to get married, so how can there be any reason for brothers and sisters to live for a lifetime? No matter how uncomfortable you are, you have to think that your sister has a good family, and you have to be happy for her! You just have to be sad for the separation of your sisters, and you don't care about the old lady, the old man, and I don't worry about you!"

Saying that, the clouds on Jia Zheng's face dispersed slightly, and his face was slightly gloomy. However, Baoyu's face turned from white to gold, and then with a wow, he spit out a mouthful of blood. Mrs. Wang was so frightened that she burst into tears. The people around him panicked. Only Mother Jia hugged Baoyu and shouted: "Feng girl help your wife to go to your house! Zhu's daughter-in-law takes a good look at your sisters, take them out! No one is allowed to howl, no one is allowed to walk around! Ask Lian'er to come over and ask the doctor why he hasn't been invited yet!"

Everyone was still panicking, and Jia Zheng next to him came back to his senses and shouted: "If you don't listen to the order, get out!" Everyone hurried out. Jia Zheng personally helped Baoyu to lie on the bed, took the handkerchief handed by the maid to wipe his face and wipe the corners of his mouth, wiped it while weeping: "This unfilial obstacle, when did you get confused, and I don't know if your own efforts are improving, and you will make the old lady sad." ”

This Baoyu was shocked, and he was in a hurry, and he lost his senses. Now a mouthful of blood spit out, and my heart ached sharply, but my consciousness gradually understood, and I also knew that my father and grandmother were busy around me, and my eyes were full of pity and love. He whispered, "Don't be busy." Irrelevant. I'm all right. ”

Jia Mu and Jia Zheng were both happy when they heard what he said clearly, but looking at his face, their worries increased a little more. Jia Mu put her arms around him and asked, "What do you think?"

Baoyu said: "There is still some sour pain in my heart." ”

Jia Mu smiled with tears: "In this case, it will be fine." After a while, the doctor came to see and prescribed two pairs of medicines to eat, and it was fine. ”

After a while, Jia Lian led Imperial Physician Wang in. After checking the pulse, I also said that it might as well. Jia Zheng and Jia Lian asked them to go outside to see the prescription. For a while, after decocting the medicine according to the prescription, Jia Mu and Jia Zheng watched Baoyu take it, and sure enough, they slept quietly. instructed the maids to take care of them carefully, and then Jia Zheng helped Jia's mother out and said, "Today's incident is all thanks to my mother." ”

Jia Mu shook her head and sighed: "Let Baoyu live and raise tomorrow, don't call it out." Lan Boy is not much younger, and the old man showed his face in front of his relatives. Jia Zheng nodded in response. Jia Mu said again: "There is one thing, I wanted to see it, but now that this one is making trouble, I am afraid that I can't wait." ”

Jia Zheng understood, took a step back, and arched his hand to Jia's mother: "It's all up to my mother." ”

Jia Mu laughed, clapped his hand, and signaled. Jia Mu said: "But I'm not too anxious. The etiquette says that the young and the old are orderly. There are sisters above Baoyu. I've got some ideas, and I'm just waiting to see tomorrow. ”

Jia Zheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and when he wanted to say something, he opened his mouth before he suddenly felt that he had nothing to say. I had to purse my lips tightly, and helped Jia Mu to slowly walk back to the upper room step by step.

The author has something to say: what then, in the end, let this "bomb-bomb" detonate. Thinking about the original book, Baoyu's infatuation is touching after all.

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