said that Aunt Zhao and Jia Zheng were talking, and suddenly heard a noise outside, and they didn't know what it was. When Aunt Zhao was busy asking, the girl outside replied that the window sash that was propped up from the bottom to the outside was not solid, and she took off the buckle and fell off. Aunt Zhao scolded the girl a few words, went out and led the maid to pretend herself, and then came in to send Jia Zheng to rest. Alone. (I won't talk about Caiyun, the original storyteller doesn't know if he was sick or tired, but he was still occupied by Wang'er's family later.) But she's also seriously ill, and she can't do much in the end. ）

said that at this time, Baoyu of Yihong Courtyard had just fallen asleep, and Aunt Zhao's maid Xiaoque came to look for her. Baoyu just fell asleep, Qingwen and the others were still sitting on the edge of the bed, everyone joked, and when they saw her coming, they all asked, "What's the matter, come here at this time." Xiao Que smiled and said to Baoyu: "I'll tell you a letter, just now the grandmother outside said to the master that you already have a house, and that's what she said." Be careful that the master will ask you tomorrow. He turned back.

Baoyu listened to it, just as Sun Xingzhi heard the mantra of tightening, and his whole body was convicted. After thinking about it, there is no other way but to memorize the book and prepare for tomorrow's exam. If you have a good back, even if you have other things, you can prevaricate a little. After thinking about it, I got up and got up to read.

Now I have a plan in my stomach, and only "University", "The Mean" and "Analects" can be memorized with Old Master Zhu's notes. As for "Mencius", because he is not a good person, half of them are sandwiched, and if Dad proposes a sentence out of thin air, he must not recite a paragraph below. As for the "Book of Songs", because I have written poems recently, I often look at it, although it is not very refined, it can still be blamed. For other books, because Jia Zheng didn't ask for it, he couldn't memorize it, but he might as well do it.

This is the Scripture. As for the ancient texts, my father also has a requirement to read and memorize, which is selected from the "Zuo Biography", "Warring States Policy", "Ram Biography", "Gu Liang Biography" and Han and Tang Dynasty articles, I have read dozens of articles in the past, but I have not reviewed them in recent years, but only occasionally on a whim, I will forget it when I look at it, and if I pull it out and call it memorization, I can't memorize it at all.

There are also eight strands of text, and my father also took out more than 100 articles for him to read. But except for one or two carved sentences, I have never taken it seriously, and now I can't memorize it. Alas, it's not easy to be a son of someone like Jia Zheng. Why do you have to carry these things? Is memorizing it equivalent to accepting the great ideas of the ancients and sages?

Baoyu wants to review this now, and she is afraid of taking that test tomorrow; If you review that, you're afraid to ask this. So I became more and more anxious, I usually don't know how to hurry up when I read, but now I can't sleep with the tired maids in the first room. Needless to say, a few big girls such as Qingwen and Musk Yue poured tea and watched the candles next to them, and those small ones were also sleepy and hazy, leaning forward and closing together. Qingwen then scolded: "What hooves, it's not enough to stand up for corpses day and night, and occasionally sleep late, so I pretend to be this tone." Again, I'll poke you twice with a needle!" ”

Before the words fell, I heard a coo in the outer room, and when I hurriedly turned my head to look, it turned out to be a little girl sitting and napping, hitting the wall headlong, and woke up from the dream, just when Qingwen said this, she was stunned and only thought that Qingwen had hit her, so she cried and begged: "Good sister, I don't dare anymore." The crowd laughed.

Baoyu hurriedly persuaded the attackers and others, saying, "Let her go, I should have told them all to sleep." You should go to sleep instead. The attacker hurriedly said: "Little ancestor, you can endorse it quickly." We'll talk about that when we're done. Baoyu saw that Musk Yue was only wearing a short jacket, and untied her skirt, so she said, "It's cold at night, so it's right to wear a big coat." Musk Moon smiled and pointed to the book and said, "You forget about us for the time being, and put your heart on it." ”

At this time, I only heard the glass that is the male slave (and then the Fang Guan) running in from the back door, shouting: "Oh no, a person jumped off the wall!" The people were startled, and hurriedly asked where they were, and immediately got up and looked for the voyeur everywhere. Qingwen was very troubled by seeing Baoyu studying, and it was expected that it would be difficult to do tomorrow, and she had been trying to come up with an idea for Baoyu to get out of this difficulty. ”

These words were in Baoyu's heart, so she spread the word that those who had gone to the night, with lanterns, searched everywhere, but there was no trace, and came back and said: "I think the little girls are sleeping and going out, and the wind is shaking the branches, and they are people." Qingwen said, "Don't fart!" You are not strict in checking, and you are afraid of complaining, and you still use this to support me. Just now it wasn't just one person who saw it, Baoyu and we went out to have something, and everyone saw it in person. Now Baoyu's frightened expression has changed, and he is feverish, so I am going to go to the upper room (Mrs. Wang's room) to get the requiem medicine. When Mrs. asked, she wanted to understand, but she couldn't just follow what you said. ”

When the people heard this, they were so frightened that they did not dare to make a sound, so they had to look for it everywhere. Qingwen and Glass (Fang Guan) really went out to ask for medicine, and everyone who deliberately made trouble knew that they were scared. When Mrs. Wang heard this, she hurriedly ordered someone to administer the medicine, and ordered all places to search carefully. So the lanterns and torches in the park made a noise all night.

When Jia Mu heard that Baoyu was frightened, she asked what was going on, and everyone had to reply to Ming, saying that there was someone in the middle of the night. Jia Mu said: "I expected this to happen. This is all the carelessness of people who go to night everywhere, this is still a trivial matter, even if they themselves are thieves. At that moment, all the wives and grandmothers were invited to be seated, and after hearing Mother Jia's words, they were silently speechless. Du Tanchun has always intended to be particularly responsive and express himself in front of the old lady, and stood up and said: "Recently, because of Sister Feng's poor health, the people who came to the garden in the past few days have been much more presumptuous than before. Before, it was just three or five people secretly playing cards at night, just to stay up at night. Now it is getting more and more unrestrained, and even the gambling game has been opened, and there is even a head bureau owner, who is a big winner or loser of thirty hangs, fifty hangs, and three hundred hangs (one hangs is close to one or two silvers), and the head of the bureau master takes a head from it. There are also fights and fights because of this. ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she hurriedly said, "Since you know, why didn't you come back to me earlier?" ”

Tanchun said: "I didn't come back because I thought that my wife had a lot of things to do, and I wasn't at home for days. I only told the eldest sister-in-law (Li Kun) and the housekeeper's daughter-in-law, and I have rectified it a few times, and it has been better recently. ”

Mother Jia hurriedly said: "This can't be underestimated, your girl's family, how do you know how powerful this is." If you play with money, you can't keep drinking alcohol, and if you drink, you will inevitably open and close the door in the middle of the night. If you buy something, call this one and go that, and there are a lot of people, and you hide thieves and traitors and thieves while you take advantage of it, then what can't you do? Besides, the garden is full of girls and daughters-in-law, and it is a small matter if a thief throws something away, and if there is something else (taking the opportunity to commit adultery or forcible rape), it will be big. Therefore how can this be forgiven? ”

When Tanchun heard this, he sat down silently. Although Sister Feng was still sick, when she saw Mother Jia say this, she hurriedly said, "It's just that I'm sick again." (This means that the previous paragraph was lax and not very accountable.) So the four daughters-in-law of Lin Zhixiao's family who were waiting for the prime minister's family affairs arrived, and pleaded for it in front of Jia's mother. Jia Mu ordered to immediately go to check the head of the house, that is, the owner of the nest who gathered gambling.

Lin Zhixiao's family saw that Jia's mother was angry, and he didn't dare to show favoritism, so he was busy with a meeting in the garden, checking them one by one, exposing each other, and finally found out that there were three owners of the big family, eight owners of the small head family, and more than 20 people who participated in gambling. Mother Jia first asked the name and surname of the big head's family. It turned out that the three big-headed family owners, one was the aunt of Lin Zhixiao's family, the other was the sister of Sister-in-law Liu in the kitchen in the garden, and the other was the wet nurse (nurse) of the Spring Festival. Jia's mother ordered the dice and cards to be burned together, and all the gambling funds were dispersed to everyone, and the head of the big and small families was forty big boards per person, and they were thrown out, and they were not allowed to enter again, and each person who participated in gambling was given three months' money, and transferred to the toilet to be responsible for cleaning the toilet. He also scolded Lin Zhixiao's family. Lin Zhixiao's family saw that her relatives were also exposed, and slapped herself in the face, and she felt bored. That Yingchun was a kind and cowardly person, so her maid and nurse did whatever they wanted, and even often bullied and stole her things. Yingchun only felt bored.

Daiyu, Baochai, Tanchun and other wet nurses who saw Yingchun were also blamed, and they were afraid that Yingchun would lose face, so they all got up and pleaded with Jia's mother, saying: "This mother Su Riyuan didn't play, and somehow she was happy to play by chance." Please see the second sister's face and spare her this time. Jia Mu said, "You don't know. These wet nurses, one by one, have passed through their brothers and sisters, and they have made more trouble, and they are more hateful than others, and I have passed through them. Besides, I was about to take a method (killing Guida), and I happened to meet one. Leave it alone, I have a point. "It's inconvenient for everyone to talk about it.

There are a lot of nurses, and Jia Baoyu has four.

Rao eats like this, and his blood is weak.

For a while, Jia's mother was going to take a nap, and everyone dispersed. Because they all knew that Jia's mother was angry, no one dared to go home, they all waited in place, seeing what else happened after waking up. Mrs. Xing also went to Mrs. Wang's house next to her to sit for a while, and then went to the garden to relax. As soon as I walked to the gate of the garden, I saw the little girl in Jia's mother's room, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl named Silly Eldest Sister walking over with a smile and a smile, holding a red and willow green thing in her hand, looking down and looking, while just walking, she didn't bumble into Mrs. Xing head-on, and when she looked up, she stopped. Mrs. Xing then said, "This idiot girl, why don't you know how to be so happy?" I'll take a look. ”

If the dog doesn't know something, it's something that the dog doesn't know, that is, scolding this girl for being a dog. This stupid eldest sister is a rough girl who was newly picked up to carry water for Jia's mother, because she is fat and broad, with two big feet, and it is refreshing to do rough work, but her IQ and heart are stubborn, she has no knowledge at all, and she often speaks outside the rules. Because Mother Jia likes her to work, and her speech often makes people laugh, she named her "Sister Stay" - this eldest sister does not mean big sister, the second is to be a maid called the eldest sister, and the eldest sister is equal to the little nanny that is now said. Mother Jia often teased her when she was bored, and she didn't shy away from it, so she called her "crazy girl".

This girl also got this benefit, if Jia's mother didn't call her, she would go into the garden to play, and no one would dare to care about her. Recently, when I was digging crickets in the garden, I suddenly picked up a multicolored embroidered sachet behind the rocks - from this location, it seems to be the place where Siqi and her cousin played with each other - but the embroidery is gorgeous and exquisite, but the embroidery is not flowers and birds, but embroidered two people holding each other naked, entrenched legs. This idiot girl didn't understand the ** spring, so she thought in her heart: "Dare to be two goblins writhing and fighting?" Or a fight between two people? I couldn't guess left and right, and I was about to show it to Mother Jia, but I didn't want to go out of the garden when I bumped into Mrs. Xing. Hearing Mrs. Xing say this, she smiled and said, "Mrs. is really a clever person, but she really doesn't know a dog." Madame, please take a look. So saying, he sent it up.

Mrs. Xing took a look at it, and was so frightened that it seemed that the nun had seen the spring palace map, so she hurriedly grabbed it tightly and asked, "Where did you get it?" The silly eldest sister said, "I picked up crickets on the rocks." Mrs. Xing said, "Don't tell anyone." It's not a good thing, even you have to die. When the stupid eldest sister heard this, she turned yellow with fright and said, "Don't dare anymore." He kowtowed and went in a daze. Mrs. Xing hurriedly tucked it into her sleeve, and her heart was very strange, wondering where this thing came from, and how it came to this garden full of young ladies and maids and daughters-in-law who had not yet left the cabinet, so she did not show her face, and went back to her residence first.

There are also people here who are busy going to Sister Feng's side, it turns out that Sister-in-law Liu, who is in charge of the kitchen, saw that her sister was about to be expelled, this is a small matter, and those who are not on good terms with the Liu family began to come out to sue Sister-in-law Liu, saying that she and her sister-in-law are partners, and her sister-in-law came forward to organize, and the gambling and money were actually divided equally with her, and told Sister Feng about it. -- This is probably also an expansion of the anti-rightist movement.

When Sister-in-law Liu got the news, she also panicked, thinking that she was the most familiar and best with the people in Yihong Courtyard, so she hurriedly walked over and quietly begged Qingwen, Glass and others. The glass told Baoyu. Baoyu went to Ping'er and told him. Ping'er went to find Sister Feng.

Sister Feng was crooked, and without waiting for Ping'er to speak, she said first: "You came just in time, and there was another incident just now: someone came to sue the daughter-in-law of the Liu family, accusing her of starting a gambling game with her sister-in-law, and all what her sister-in-law did was her master." I think that you always advise me that it is better to save more things than to save one thing, so that I can have more leisure and take care of myself. Because I couldn't listen, I really responded a little (Xi Xi Lili), offended my wife first (because of You's business), and I got sick. Now I can see through it, let them make trouble, and there are many people in charge of it. I spent half my time in vain, but I provoked thousands of curses. I'm going to be recuperate, that's it, I'm going to be a good gentleman, I'm having fun and being happy, laughing and laughing, and it's up to them to do everything right and wrong. So I just promised to know, and I couldn't put it on my heart. ”

When Ping'er heard this, she didn't say anything, but smiled and said, "Grandma is really like this, it is our creation." ”

Sister Feng is now adopting the strategy of retreating bravely in the rapids, which happens to be at the same time as Mrs. Xing wants to strengthen the attack, which is a disadvantageous thing for her own camp.

Not long after he finished saying this, he saw Jia Lian come in, clapped his hands and sighed, "It's okay to have trouble again!" I borrowed money from Mandarin Duck before, how did Mrs. Xing know over there (that is, Mrs. Xing, that side is because she and Jia Yu live over there, and live in a small courtyard in the east of Jiafu). Just now, my wife called me and asked me for 200 taels of silver for August 15, and I said I couldn't find it. The wife said, 'You said you could not find it, but where did you get the thousand pieces of silver?' Even the old lady's things you have the magic power to get out, this will be two hundred silver, you are like this. I think my wife is clearly not short of money, so why bother to find trouble and toss people. ”

Sister Feng said: "There was no outsider that day, who revealed the news. ”

When Ping'er heard this, she also thought about who was here that day, and after thinking for a long time, she smiled and said, "Yes." That night, when the mandarin duck sent something, the mother of the stupid eldest sister also happened to come to deliver the washed clothes. She sat in the lower room for a while, and when she saw a large box of things, she naturally wanted to ask, but the little girls told her, but she didn't know. ”

So I called a few little girls to interrogate, who told the stupid eldest sister's mother that day. All the little girls panicked, and they all knelt down and swore an oath, saying, "We never dare to say a word more." Anyone asks something, and we all say we don't know. ”

Sister Feng thought about it and said, "They won't dare, but don't wronged them." Now let this matter go first, and send away the money that my wife asked for first. So he called Ping'er and brought him a gold collar for two hundred taels of silver. Ping'er took it and ordered someone to call Wang's daughter-in-law to take it, and soon took the silver. It turned out that yesterday he said that he was giving this gold collar to Eunuch Xia for money, but it turned out to be just an act, and he originally had his own money for him, but he didn't do it. In this way, he cried poverty to the eunuchs. However, or Sister Feng has a lot of gold collars and is another one today, it is not known. At that time, beautiful women had long necks, and it should be common for a person to wear seven or eight gold collars.

Jia Lian took the silver and sent it to Mrs. Xing in person.

Here Sister Feng studied with Ping'er again, who revealed the rumors. Ping'er said: "Actually, it doesn't hurt. Although the mandarin duck nominally agreed, saying that she secretly took it out to her grandmother and second master, in fact, she returned to the old lady. The old lady was afraid that there were so many people in the family, and she wanted this and borrowed that, but she couldn't stand it, so she pretended not to know. So we shipped this box out, and the old lady had promised. Even if it makes a fuss, it doesn't matter in the end. ”

When Sister Feng saw this, she was much more relieved. Before he could say a word, he reported: "My wife is here." Sister Feng was surprised when she heard this, and she didn't know what happened in person. Hurriedly got up and greeted Ping'er. I saw that Mrs. Wang's complexion changed, and she only took a confidant girl, without saying a word, and walked to the inner room and sat down. Sister Feng was busy holding tea, and then asked with a smile: "Mrs. has been happy recently, so let's go shopping here." ”

Mrs. Wang shouted: "Ping'er go out!" Seeing this, Ping'er panicked and didn't know why, so she hurriedly took everyone and went out together, closed the door, sat on the steps by herself, and watched that no one was allowed to enter.

Sister Feng was also panicked, not knowing what was bad. I saw Mrs. Wang tearful, took out a sachet from her sleeve, and said, "Look." "I don't know what's going on, and I'll listen to the next breakdown.