When Liu Xianglian left, he saw Xia Jingui grimacing at Liu Xianglian's back and said, "If you don't take the right path, you still think the east and the west!" What the hell?! You are not allowed to learn from him! This last sentence was directed at Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu was stunned, and said with three points of helplessness and three points of indulgence: "Second Brother Liu is not a bad person. He is always so helpless about the contradictions between his wife and Liu Xianglian. Liu Xianglian is his friend, but Xia Jingui is his wife, his wife always looks at his friend unpleasantly, and he doesn't listen to any persuasion, Jia Baoyu is also very puzzled, why these two people don't deal with each other like this.

Xia Jingui glared and said, "Then he is not a good person!" ”

Seeing that Jia Baoyu was not really angry, Xia Jingui immediately said: "Don't say anything else, just talk about his family affair with Sister Bao." Is there an elder above him, or is there a powerful person who forces him to marry Sister Bao? It's not that he himself has taken a fancy to Sister Bao's appearance and Sister Bao's dowry! And the result! Now I don't think Sister Bao can bring him glory and wealth! I don't want to think about what kind of person he is! I see, it's not that Sister Bao is not worthy of him, it is that he is not worthy of Sister Bao at all! ”

Jia Baoyu was very surprised: "Haven't you always disliked Sister Bao?" ”

Xia Jingui said: "Of course I don't like Sister Bao, but I don't like this Liu Xianglian even more!" I don't know the inspection, I make myself almost like a play, and I want to marry a girl from a wealthy family! The daughter of a wealthy family owes him! You must use your own reputation to whitewash his reputation! If you want your mother's family to promote him, you must get a petty official for him to sit down?! If only he had a temperament. Even if you don't have the ability to take the imperial examination, you can still do martial arts! Didn't he have two hits under his hands? ……”

Jia Baoyu saw that Xia Jingui didn't say it, so he hurriedly stopped: "Okay." Okay, let's stop talking about that. I didn't get angry with myself for outsiders. ”

Xia Jingui was very happy when he heard Jia Baoyu call Liu Xianglian an outsider, and immediately stopped shouting loudly, but changed his smiling face and said, "I'm not worried about you!" It's easy for us to have a peaceful birthday for the past two years, but he's here to trouble you! I'm afraid something will happen to him. dragged you down. ”

Jia Baoyu just looked at Xia Jingui and smiled.

The couple was making a fuss, but they heard another knock on the door outside, and Xia Jingui hurriedly asked the little girl to open the door. I don't want to, it's a waiter.

As a girl who explores spring, serving the book is considered a good fate. Although I was frightened a lot, I had a beginning and an end. Now she is the housekeeper of Tanchun. took care of the chores below for Tanchun, compared to the other girls in the Grand View Garden back then, his fate was the best.

Xia Jingui was stunned when he saw that it was a waiter: "It's so decent, why did my aunt send you over?" ”

The waiter said: "Tell my uncle and grandmother to have good news, our grandmother is happy again." ”

When Xia Jingui heard this, he immediately fell into his heart: "Is it really happy?" ”

"Yes. It's been exactly three months since then. ”

Xia Jingui said: "Amitabha, thank God. His brother and I were worried. Although it is said that it blooms first and then bears fruit. But in this world, there are always those kinds of people. I heard that the first child was a girl, and I was unhappy. Although the third brother-in-law is good, he can't be the mother-in-law above him. When the third sister gave birth to her niece's daughter, I could see his mother-in-law clearly. In the past few years, the third sister's belly has not heard any movement, and I am anxious for him! ”

The waiter knew Xia Jingui's quick temper, so when Xia Jingui said this, he didn't feel offended, but felt intimate.

As Tanchun's confidant, the waiter is also full of various dissatisfaction with his girl's marriage. However, the servant also knew that this family affair was already the best family affair he could find for Tanchun at that time, and besides, his uncle was very good, but there were bad things, and it was just that his uncle's family was more difficult.

If it was the waiter before he entered the Grand View Garden, he would definitely be dissatisfied with Xia Jingui's mouthful, but now that he is the waiter, he will only feel that Xia Jingui's complaint is full of human feelings.

Yes, full of human touches.

It's completely different from what it was back then.

Hearing Xia Jingui's complaint, the waiter was relieved. He knew that Aunt Zhao was just a concubine, and although Jia Huan had some skills, she was far away from here, and her own girl relied on Jia Baoyu and Xia Jingui and his wife. Therefore, Xia Jingui would say such a thing, which symbolizes that the couple has not given up on spring exploration.

There is nothing better for the squire.

Even if a woman is married, she always needs the help of her mother's family.

Entering the courtyard, Jia Baoyu really stood at the foot of the steps and looked this way, and the waiter hurriedly saluted.

Jia Baoyu looked at the basket carried by the waiter and said, "Is the third sister happy?" ”

The waiter hurriedly said, "Yes, second master." After so many years, our girl is finally pregnant again. "Even though Tanchun has been married for many years, the waiter is still used to calling Jia Baoyu the second master.

Jia Baoyu nodded and said, "That's good, that's good." As he spoke, he paused again and said, "If you talk about time, the eldest lady should also prepare for the ninetieth birthday of the old lady." I don't know if the third sister has received the invitation? ”

The waiter blushed.

If Tanchun had received an invitation, how would he not know? When Jia Baoyu asked like this, the servants were a little suspicious, whether the house looked down on them and didn't recognize them as poor relatives.

As soon as Xia Jingui saw it, he knew that the servant had misunderstood, so he hurriedly pushed Jia Baoyu and said, "What are you talking about!" He said to the waiter: "Don't think crookedly, in fact, we didn't get the invitation, the old lady's ninetieth birthday, or that Liu Erlang told us." ”

When the waiter heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's the case." ”

Xia Jingui nodded again and again, and said, "Actually, when I heard it, I was also wondering. After all, the old lady was old and bedridden for many years. Do you say that this 90th birthday is done well, or is it not done well? In fact, there are still two years left before the old lady's 90th birthday, but the old man's 70th birthday is approaching. Although it is said that the parents are not good at talking about old age. But I heard that when my father-in-law was alive in the old days, my family specially made my father-in-law's 50th birthday. On the contrary, it is the big man. But I've never done a serious birthday with wine. ”

was told by Xia Jingui, Jia Baoyu and the waiter were stunned.

Jia Yu's mediocre and lascivious image is too profound, but it covers up Jia Yu's filial piety. Yes, when the mother is alive, how can the children not celebrate their mother's birthday and celebrate themselves?

Therefore, Jia Zheng held a banquet to celebrate his 50th birthday. Although it is not a fault, it is still contrary to the current social ethics.

Thinking of his deceased parents, Jia Baoyu also sighed slightly.

The more you grow. The more I found that in my impression, my old-fashioned father and gentle and kind mother were behind me. It is true that there are aspects that do not meet the standards of good and good. On the contrary, as you get older and more experienced, the more you can see what your parents are not like.

Seeing that Jia Baoyu and the waiter stopped talking, Xia Jingui realized that she didn't seem to be talking badly about her father-in-law and mother-in-law in front of her husband and subordinates, especially now that her father-in-law and mother-in-law have been dead for many years.

Xia Jingui hurriedly said, "No, I mean ......"

Jia Baoyu also noticed his wife's discomfort, and hurriedly said: "I think, according to the old man's usual temper." I don't think there will be any banquets this year, so at most I will sit down and have a meal with my family. ”

This sentence also explains indirectly. Reasons why they didn't receive the post. If it's just your family sitting down for a meal, then you really don't need any invitations, as Jia Yu's nephew and niece, Jia Baoyu can visit the spring as long as she goes to the Rongguo Marquis Mansion that day.

Xia Jingui and the waiter also heard the voice-over in Jia Baoyu's words, and they were much more relaxed.

The waiter could even chuckle and say: "The eldest lord is really, he is already a serious marquis, and he is so cautious and careful." ”

Xia Jingui said: "This is also a helpless thing. The second brother Lian is in office, and the second sister-in-law has to take care of the elders above, raise the children below, and take care of the family's big and small affairs. ”

"Not really." When Jia Baoyu heard this, she also smiled: "However, if the old lady knows that the third sister is happy, she will be very happy." There is also the second sister, I heard that the second sister has returned to Yuqing Mountain. ”

Xia Jingui and the waiter were stunned: "Second master, what did you say?" ”

Jia Baoyu said with a smile: "It's the news that Second Brother Liu just brought today. Half a year ago, the second sister went to sea with the boat of Daomen and brought back a lot of grain, so the price of grain in Gyeonggi and Nam provinces will be stable. ”

The waiter said: "It turned out to be the second girl!" ”

Xia Jingui saw that the waiter was so excited, and hurriedly said, "What's the matter?" But what happened? ”

The waiter hurriedly said: "Second master, ** milk, don't say it, this time is really thrilling." ”

Jia Baoyu and the waiter hurriedly asked why.

The waiter said: "In the past two years, the heavens have not been beautiful, either drought or flooding, our family is better, because next to the mountain spring, in the end we have saved a few acres of wheat, but many people in the village are hot and we still have a harvest, and some people even join forces to raid our home." ”

said that it was a raid, but in fact, it was just a combination of villagers and looting a large household. In the year of famine, there were such things in various places, and the government couldn't manage it even if it wanted to.

When Jia Baoyu heard this, he became nervous: "Then what? ”

The waiter said: "Our grandfather (that is, the father of Tanchun's father, that is, the grandfather) pressed down and forced their wife (that is, Tanchun's mother-in-law) to take out the family's food. In fact, it was already the last ration in the family. After the rations were taken out, I was afraid that everyone in the family, from the old lady to the brothers and sisters, would be hungry. But the villagers didn't believe it, and some people even said behind their backs that there must be more food hidden in our house! If it weren't for the timely distribution of food by the Daomen, I was afraid that ......"

Even now, when the servant mentions this matter, he has palpitations.

This kind of robbery in the name of robbing the rich and helping the poor is not only robbing food, but the ignorance of the villagers will drive them to resort to violent means, such as murder, when they cannot get satisfaction.

Even because it is a group that does evil, the perpetrators of crimes will cover each other, and the government will choose to conceal it on the principle that more is better than less. In the end, only the souls will be left to wail in the wilderness.

Obviously, Jia Baoyu and Xia Jingui also thought of this.

The usual gentle smile on Jia Baoyu's face disappeared, and even Xia Jingui's face was panicked.

They never imagined that just a little bit, they would never see the servant and the spring visitor. Xia Jingui even thought a little more: if this disaster had lasted a little longer, maybe they would have suffered the same fate. Tanchun's husband also has several cousins, a large population, and they still suffer from these, and the couple is alone and has no relatives to rely on. If one is not careful, he is likely to die and have nowhere to redress.

Jia Baoyu said: "In this way, it is also thanks to the second sister-in-law of Lian. If it weren't for Lian's second sister-in-law suddenly sending someone to send some things over, if it weren't for the villagers seeing the car of the Marquis Rongguo's mansion, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to hide. ”

Xia Jingui reacted at this time, and hurriedly said, "Thank God." I was still muttering in my heart, I didn't tell us about the birthday in the house, and now I think about it, my sister-in-law feels sorry for us, otherwise, it wouldn't be a year's or a festival, and suddenly I sent us those bags of japonica rice. Come to think of it, Lian's second sister-in-law expected this, which allowed us to escape. This time, we went to Beijing, but we have to thank the eldest master, thank you Lian's second sister-in-law. ”

Jia Baoyu also nodded again and again.

The waiter didn't react at first, but after he understood, a resentment rose in his heart. If they had the protection of the Marquis of Rongguo, they wouldn't have to be afraid for so long. But think about it again, Tanchun is a married girl in the end. Jia Baoyu can get the care of the Jia family, also because Jia Baoyu is Jia Yu's nephew, since Tanchun has been married, he is a member of someone else's family, Jia Baoyu can enjoy the shadow of the Jia family, but Tanchun does not have this qualification.

Thinking like this, the waiter also put it down.

Horizontally, he was not injured either.

Xia Jingui wanted to stay with the waiter for dinner, but the waiter repeatedly excused himself: "Uncle and grandmother are kind, I shouldn't have resigned, but I still have to go to the third master's side at this time." The third master is okay, but our aunt and grandmother are a more serious person. If I had eaten at my aunt's place and then come over, my aunt and grandmother would have something to say. ”

Xia Jingui said: "You're too careful, and you don't look at when it's here!" Is it possible, do you still want to travel at night? This is not the capital, and now although it is said that the price of food everywhere has been issued, the world is in chaos. If you don't do it for yourself, it's for the sake of your third sister, you should take care of it. ”

As he was talking, there was another knock on the door, and Jia Baoyu, Xia Jingui, and the waiter in the courtyard were stunned.

Xia Jingui thought that the person who delivered the post from the Marquis Rongguo's mansion was here, so he hurriedly took a few steps to open the door. But what appeared in front of him were two familiar and strange people. (To be continued.) )