Baoyu Fights the Red Chamber
Chapter 134: Xia Jieqiu: The Dark Wave of the Promotion Banquet
Baoyu doesn't care about Miaoyu, a Dai Fa practice girl who "desires to be clean and Zengjie is not necessarily empty", and finally "ends up in the mud" has nothing to do with him.He only cares about Chih-chih, because being the waiter of Shenying will lead to Qin Zhong's death, now that Qin Zhong will not see Chih-chi, will he bump into Chih-chih when he marries Qiao in the future, and fall in love at first sight?Ten years later, the intelligence is still beautiful.
When saying hello to Mrs. Wang that night, the fake stone "inadvertently" mentioned the wisdom of staying in the nunnery.
Mrs. Wang's face turned cold: "Master has recovered!"
The fake stone couldn't figure out what the relationship between Qifu and Zhier was, so he looked at the fake mother wonderingly.
Mrs. Wang secretly sighed that her son was a man after all, she lacked a heart, so she explained: "Our family is going to marry a girl from the Kong family, and your concubine brother will never go back home!"
The fake stone suddenly realized: People are easy to heal their scars and forget the pain. Aunt Zhao is the true love of Mr. Zheng, and Jia Huan is the youngest son of Mr. Zheng who has been hurt since childhood. Maybe someday he will want to take back the mother and son.But Mr. Zheng saw with his own eyes that Jia Huan was profaning ~ playing smart, once he got the idea and let Smart dangle in front of him, he would definitely remember the past of embarrassing eighteen generations of ancestors.
Jia Huan, who may be picked up by a fake father at any time, and Smarter, who may fall in love with Qin Zhong at first sight one day in the future, are more important than others.The fake stone gave up driving away wisdom at one stroke, and touted black and white: "My wife is kind, and Brother Huan has such a temper. Marrying a wife and settling down in Zhuangzi can lead a stable life, and it also fulfills their mother-child relationship. Mrs. Hechen is who?"
Tears welled up in Mrs. Wang's eyes: "My girl! The master... because of Aunt Zhao... sold her! What a Zhouzheng girl, she has become like this!"
The fake stone was angry, of course, it wasn't because he hated his fake father, as the saying goes, "helping relatives and not helping others", he resolutely labeled Aunt Zhao as "poisonous". This kind of woman plays with her hands?I thought he had plotted against Huan boy, but the waiter Shenying really didn't feel sorry for the mother and son, and Aunt Zhao also wanted the life of the waiter Shenying.That is to say, the waiter of Shenying was given the golden finger by the gods, otherwise he would be killed by the poisonous woman.It is unknown whether Aunt Zhao was responsible for Jia Zhu's death. Aunt Zhao had already given birth to Jia Huan when Jia Zhu died.
For a moment he wanted to make the mother and child die without a place to bury them, but in the end he endured it: Aunt Zhao's mother and child could not kill him, if he acted rashly, no matter how close his hands and feet were, there is a saying that "if you want people to know, you must do it yourself." "It would be unfair to be arrested and sent to prison.In the same way, fake mothers can't, and there is no need to take unnecessary risks.
So he didn't mention Jia Zhu's death at all, and instead seized the opportunity to plot another matter: for reasons that needn't be said, he didn't want to be a stud in the world of Red Mansions at all, let alone leave offspring.If he really can't escape, he hopes to wait until he passes the 20-year-old threshold.
Seeing his face full of grief and anger, he gritted his teeth and said: "Mother, I will never give up a concubine! If the Kong family can't have a child, give the Kong family a face, and I will take a good concubine after I am 20 years old."
Mrs. Wang laughed: "What kind of face is this? It is only face when you have no sons and concubines in your [-]s or [-]s. How can you wait for a long time when your father and I are alone? She married at sixteen and hasn't had any children for four years. Girl, Naliang concubine said it."
The fake stone is pretending to be evil: "Women are not counted, they must be sons. Those who are famous can have two concubines. At that time, the wife will help the son to find two good concubines who are good for children. It is impossible that they will not be able to give birth to sons."
Mrs. Wang was very considerate.As a wife, she dislikes concubines, but being a mother is another matter. As long as her son doesn't lose his sense of propriety by Hu~Meizi, she doesn't mind if her son has a house full of wives and concubines, it will definitely bring a house full of children and grandchildren.In the original novel, Mrs. Wang can't tolerate Qingwen, and she is Shenying's waiter who is not doing business and is full-time to curry favor with foxes~meizi.The fake stones here are not good~the color is so disgusting, Qingwen, who is charming and charming, is actually used as a needlework maid by him, and Qingwen is foolishly content to spend her youth in the empty courtyard, on the contrary, she has a bit of pity.
Seeing her sensible son, Mrs. Wang was relieved, but she couldn't help complaining to Mr. Zheng: What's wrong with Aunt He?He looks dignified and demeanor, and for Zhao Hu~mei sold out Aunt He. Poor Aunt He suffered so many crimes. Luckily, she met her, so she had to take her back to her house for resettlement.
She would not admit that she bumped into an old girl when she went to the Dizang nunnery one day in the distance, and to pity her misfortune was to donate a few strings of copper coins. Then He girl was just an orphan slave she bought for Jia Zheng back then, that is, she had no He doesn't have much affection to get along with his family's needs.Bringing the former Aunt He back to the mansion more than a month ago was useful. If the political master dared to bring back Aunt Zhao mother and son, she would bring Aunt He to him and let him see what he had done!
It's hard to say whether Mr. Zheng will regret it at the beginning. From the standpoint of a man, he did nothing wrong: he can only have two aunts, and Mrs. Wang flattered two without asking what he meant, and they were two whom he had never looked at directly." Tongfang", bullying too much!One day he finally met his true love. Aunt Zhou was rewarded by his grandmother, so he naturally sold his wife's girl.
As for Aunt Zhao's mother and son, at least now Mr. Zheng has no intention of taking them back. He is half a hundred years old, so he knows the seriousness: what a blessing to have a beautiful son-in-law.Jia Huan would only discredit the Second Household and the Rong Mansion, and he was worried about putting it on the Zhuangzi, so he specially sent Yu Da (Mingyan's elder brother, who is in charge of Mr. Zheng's subordinates) to work with his father-in-law, who is the head of the village, to keep an eye on him. Jia Huan, don't allow the villain to leave the village, so as not to do evil to the countryside and affect his official reputation.
He won't admit it, he still cares about true love, why is Mrs. Wang worried?Because Aunt Zhao's mother and son are imprisoned in Jingxiao Zhuangzi, where Mr. Zheng often entertains guests!Zhuangtou is Mr. Zheng's brother-in-law, and Mrs. Wang has no choice but to kill the mother and son.
But Jia Mu's birthday banquet was not a whole birthday, and the Ning Mansion was observing filial piety, so there was only a two-day lineup, and the guests were all from the Rong Mansion, one day for the female relatives and one day for the men.After passing the time, Lord Zheng went to the Ministry of Rites to do some work, and became his supervisor of repairing ancient books.
This position seems to be tailor-made for the political lord: a cup of clear tea, flipping through ancient books, and listening to the high-spirited talks of Confucian scholars, makes him very comfortable.
Looking forward to the seventh day of the new year, the Lai family arranged a banquet for the eldest son's promotion.
Jia Amnesty couldn't get rid of his illness, and Jia Zheng's new official took office without any reason to ask for leave.So on that day, Jia Lian, Baoyu Jialan, accompanied Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing Wang, and Daiyu Xiangyun Tanchunqiao's sister Baochai Baoqin and others went to Lai's house for a banquet.
Mother Jia is very blessed with her body today: her forehead is made of Xichun Daiyu (that is, the one embroidered in Tiekan Temple), the inner and outer clothes are made by Xiangyun and Baochai sisters, and the sachet on her waist is made of Daiyu. Sister Yuqiao made it (Sister Qiao was young and clumsy, but in fact, like wiping the forehead, it was mainly embroidered by Daiyu), and the shoes were made by Tanchun.The agarwood abducted in his hand was not a property of Ningfu, but was rewarded by the virtuous concubine.The red sandalwood rosary beads on the wrist were given in the Spring Festival, and they were offered to the Buddha for seven to seven days for 49 days.
The old lady's attire naturally won congratulations from Nanny Lai, everyone from Lai, Lai Shangrong's daughter-in-law, etc. The grandmas and girls in the nearby branches of Rong's mansion all complimented her. For a moment, she didn't know whether it was congratulations to Lai Shangrong's promotion, or congratulations to Jiamu Fulu Life is complete.
Fake Stone failed to witness this scene, the male and female guests had separated, and he was in the outer hall.Looking over the stage that has not yet been staged, you can see the "broken garden" that Nanny Lai said.In terms of wealth and ostentation, this garden cannot be compared with Rongfu, but it is also complete with springs, stones, forests, pavilions, pavilions, and can shoot arrows and horses.
He didn't know how Lian Er felt, he only knew that Lai Shangrong did not earn these things.How could the Haonu be enslaved to such an extent that they had already relied on the Rong Mansion to become rich?Isn't this encouraging the servants of the whole family to scrape oil from the master's house?
In a private company in the 21st century, if the employees are strong enough to a certain extent, they will either ask you to find another job, or you will ask someone to be the boss, or at least ask someone to be a shareholder.Why?If you are not the master, you are a thief!It was impossible to do this in ancient times, so let them go quickly, otherwise the strong slaves and the weak masters will become disasters, and the master's family will be sucked dry and exhausted.
The fake stone secretly aimed at the relatives, but none of them seemed to feel it.He couldn't help lamenting that the family members were broad-minded: Although there are few people who are too poor to eat, there are few who can compare with Lai everyone, how can they accept good things?Why don't you go to Haonu's house to play the autumn wind?
The guests had just arrived and hadn't taken their seats yet, so everyone exchanged hands and greeted each other, guessing what famous actor the Lai family had invited to sing an opera today and gossip about the skills of the cooks.On the contrary, Jia Lan, who was closely following him, had a slightly strange expression on his face, and he quietly pinched Nephew Lan's hand, signaling that he could not express his emotions or anger.
Jia Lan obviously couldn't do it, so he tiptoed to his ear and said, "Don't go to the main table, I heard Brother Qiang's voice."
Baoyu was startled, and thought that Ningfu came to the banquet with a filial piety in his body?
Looking around, they all belong to Rongfu!When he entered, he found that the outer hall was bigger than he thought, and there was a towering venetian curtain on the left side, which he thought was a carved wall at first glance.
Jia Lan nodded slightly, indicating that the voice he heard came from behind the "carved wall".
The surrounding voices were noisy, and the hearing of the fake stone was not as good as that of Jia Lan, so he simply greeted him and leaned against the curtain.
As they got closer, the voice became clear, and it was indeed Jia Qiang's voice, who was mocking Lai Shangrong's second brother Lai Shanghua, saying that Master Lai only knew how to flatter Rongfu, and he didn't even come to call him when he greeted him.All the disciples of the Ning Mansion echoed in disorder, and Lai Shanghua couldn't help apologizing, claiming that it was Master Zhen's order. If you guys don't mind, he will send someone to tear down the curtain.
The fake stone glanced at Lai Shangrong who was standing at the entrance of the hall to welcome the guests, and thought that it was not easy for the Lai family, and it was not easy to spend money to pay for the crime: Ningfu guests should not be invited, this move is very difficult to get the post of "hometown" county lieutenant It is very dangerous for Lai Shangrong.Most likely it was Jia Qiang and other dudes who made a fuss about coming, Jia Zhen was worried that he would offend the old-fashioned people headed by him, so she asked the Lai family to draw a curtain to separate them.The Lai family didn't dare to offend the Ning Mansion, so they decided to "Happy and Happy", so instead of "inviting a few current officials and a few children from aristocratic families to accompany them" as in the original book, they simply invited Jia Jiake, If it is worn out, the Jia family will not smash their own platform.
A certain one couldn't care about Ning's affairs, snorted, took Jia Lan's hand and swayed towards the main table: Lian Er was looking around to find them, but their uncles and nephews couldn't come, and no one dared to sit down except Lian Er (because Jia pardoned Jia) Zheng didn't come, and none of the men in the Rongfu branch who were above the literary generation did not come, and Jia Lian was the respect).
On the side of the main table is the side table, although Jia Lan is small, the side table is headed by him.No wonder he was uneasy, Jia Qiang was here, Jia Qiang should be the head of the deputy table, he was the great-great-grandson of the eldest son, and he was worthy enough to take the second place at the main table.That is to say, as soon as Jia Qiang comes out, Jia Lan and Baoyu will lose face if they have already sat down.
Fake Shitou put Nephew Lan on the head seat of the first table indifferently: What's the big deal?Brother Qiang came over, so he wouldn't embarrass Nephew Lan, so he jumped up to give way, and asked the unfilial grandson if he went to the wrong place.
Perhaps Jia Qiang was worried about a certain "seven orifices and bad water heart", or she didn't want to disobey Jia Zhen's order and compete with Rongfu, so she didn't see him come to declare her status when the appetizers were served.
At this time, Lai Shangrong held the play card in person, "Please Lian Erye to enjoy the play", Lian Er smiled and said: "The old ancestor sits in the hall, what kind of play shall we order? Watch the play by the side, in short, it will make you a day!"
Everyone applauded knowingly: the old matriarch must have sat down for a while, and she bid farewell and returned home, so the juniors can relax as much as they want.
As the hot dishes were being served, there was loud music on the stage, and then there was a sudden silence, before the corner appeared, a melodious and childish voice floated: "The opening of the banquet is very beautiful..."
Everyone burst into a loud "Okay", the fake stone looked straight at the stage, and a familiar figure who was shorter than in memory stepped onto the stage with small steps.
He couldn't help stroking his forehead with his hand. When he was wearing it for the first time, he couldn't hear the words clearly, not to mention liking the opera. In order not to reveal his secret, he arrested Fang Guan who was assigned to Yihong Courtyard and asked her to sing over and over again.Before I could understand, I went out for a drink with Xue Pan and died!He thought that the Twelve Officials of the Red Chamber were butterflies, but unexpectedly appeared on the stage of the Lai family.
He wondered if Liu Xianglian's violent beating of Xue Pan would happen again.The original story is that at Lai Shangrong's promotion banquet, Xue Pan played Liu Xianglian, was lured out of the city by Liu Langzi, and was beaten to death.This matter should be a butterfly, Liu Xianglian is now famous, Xue Pan will not or dare not think about him.Pan Dadai is also very patriarchal, and there is not much dandyism left.Neither of them came today, the Lai family only invited the Jia family.
When Lian Er saw that his good brother looked wrong, he murmured in his heart: Nanny Lai and housekeeper Lai like to give small things to curry favor with the old lady, and today they have a troupe of small actors to sing, is it their idea?Hmph, then you have to ask the Lord if you should or not!
Because the male members of Rong Mansion are only from the younger generation to be guests, those who are enough to sit at the main table can only make one table.Before leaving the table to toast, Lai Shangrong was at the main table.
Lian Er smiled and said, "Lord Lai, your theater troupe is pretty good."
Lai Shangrong was heartbroken, although the opera troupe did not limit who could be raised, his family was definitely not qualified.So he apologized and said with a smile: "The troupe I borrowed, I just want to make the old lady, men, wives and girls laugh."
Borrowed ones of course can't be given away, Lian Er smiled and toasted, wanting to say a few words on the occasion and clink glasses with Lai Shangrong.
Baoyu looked up sharply and asked, "Whose family?"
Lai Shangrong only felt that Bao Erye's eyes looked like two cold stars, he was startled but also a little annoyed, and said vaguely: "My colleague's family."
Baoyu's smile became colder: "Isn't Brother Qiang's?"
Lai Shangrong didn't know how to answer, and the atmosphere was awkward for a while.
Jia Rui is one of the three living scholars of the old Jia family (the fourth is the dead Jia Zhu), so he naturally sits at the main table.He had a great friendship with Baoyu, and he also had a good relationship with Lai Shangrong. Seeing this, he hurriedly broke up with each other.How could Lian Er give him face, he gave the wine glass a heavy meal, poured out most of the glass of wine, which startled everyone.
Seeing Lian's second master sighing, he put his hand on Lai Shangrong's shoulder: "Lord Lai, I beg you to ask someone to tell your grandmother and your old lady that none of this troupe of actors can enter the Rong Mansion!"
Lai Shangrong didn't let his servants speak, and he pleaded guilty and left the meeting.He knew it was wrong, but his father was only at the request of the head of the Ning Mansion to be promoted.Originally, the famous actor of Heqingtang was invited today, but she turned into this girl who didn't even open her throat!Rong Mansion wants to raise an opera troupe, won't they buy it?The Ning Mansion wanted to give it away, but it would be decent for Mr. Zhen to do it himself, so what are you doing around this trick?
He didn't know that as early as the time when Xiaoguanzhuang was built, Young Master Qiang wanted to use the money from the Rong Mansion to go to Gusu to buy girls for a theater troupe, and make a fortune out of it, but was ruined by Lian Er's nonsense.Unfortunately, Jia Qiang was thinking about this, so she went to a dental store in the capital city to buy twelve little maids, and then found an old woman from Ningfu who used to be an opera singer in Jia Daihua's time and later worked as a servant to teach opera.The opera teaching was at his residence, and there was not much commotion.Now he feels that the little opera singer can make an appearance, but Ning Mansion is keeping his filial piety, so he wants to go to Rong Mansion to shine.
According to Young Master Qiang, the old lady loves to listen to operas and loves girls. After listening to an opera, she will recruit young opera singers to sing operas, and her friendship with Lian Er will remain the same after coming and going.He felt that he and his elder brother Rong were more wronged than Dou E. Fortunately, Feng Lazi got tuberculosis and Brother Jiang died. The brothers should expose the past.Jia Zhen thought his idea was good, and it happened that Lai everyone held a celebration banquet, so she ordered Lai Sheng to find Lai Da, and asked Lai Da to change the troupe.
Lai held a three-day celebration banquet, and two days of singing in Heqingtang to get three days of money. There is nothing wrong with it, so today's situation has been achieved.
At the other end of the hall, a certain "seven orifices and bad water heart" leaked bad water again, ignored the banquet for a while, and left the banquet pretending to go to the toilet.Lian Er followed closely behind...
The author has something to say: Nephew Lan, don't be afraid, if the grandson dares to come up, see if the uncle tricks him to death!
When saying hello to Mrs. Wang that night, the fake stone "inadvertently" mentioned the wisdom of staying in the nunnery.
Mrs. Wang's face turned cold: "Master has recovered!"
The fake stone couldn't figure out what the relationship between Qifu and Zhier was, so he looked at the fake mother wonderingly.
Mrs. Wang secretly sighed that her son was a man after all, she lacked a heart, so she explained: "Our family is going to marry a girl from the Kong family, and your concubine brother will never go back home!"
The fake stone suddenly realized: People are easy to heal their scars and forget the pain. Aunt Zhao is the true love of Mr. Zheng, and Jia Huan is the youngest son of Mr. Zheng who has been hurt since childhood. Maybe someday he will want to take back the mother and son.But Mr. Zheng saw with his own eyes that Jia Huan was profaning ~ playing smart, once he got the idea and let Smart dangle in front of him, he would definitely remember the past of embarrassing eighteen generations of ancestors.
Jia Huan, who may be picked up by a fake father at any time, and Smarter, who may fall in love with Qin Zhong at first sight one day in the future, are more important than others.The fake stone gave up driving away wisdom at one stroke, and touted black and white: "My wife is kind, and Brother Huan has such a temper. Marrying a wife and settling down in Zhuangzi can lead a stable life, and it also fulfills their mother-child relationship. Mrs. Hechen is who?"
Tears welled up in Mrs. Wang's eyes: "My girl! The master... because of Aunt Zhao... sold her! What a Zhouzheng girl, she has become like this!"
The fake stone was angry, of course, it wasn't because he hated his fake father, as the saying goes, "helping relatives and not helping others", he resolutely labeled Aunt Zhao as "poisonous". This kind of woman plays with her hands?I thought he had plotted against Huan boy, but the waiter Shenying really didn't feel sorry for the mother and son, and Aunt Zhao also wanted the life of the waiter Shenying.That is to say, the waiter of Shenying was given the golden finger by the gods, otherwise he would be killed by the poisonous woman.It is unknown whether Aunt Zhao was responsible for Jia Zhu's death. Aunt Zhao had already given birth to Jia Huan when Jia Zhu died.
For a moment he wanted to make the mother and child die without a place to bury them, but in the end he endured it: Aunt Zhao's mother and child could not kill him, if he acted rashly, no matter how close his hands and feet were, there is a saying that "if you want people to know, you must do it yourself." "It would be unfair to be arrested and sent to prison.In the same way, fake mothers can't, and there is no need to take unnecessary risks.
So he didn't mention Jia Zhu's death at all, and instead seized the opportunity to plot another matter: for reasons that needn't be said, he didn't want to be a stud in the world of Red Mansions at all, let alone leave offspring.If he really can't escape, he hopes to wait until he passes the 20-year-old threshold.
Seeing his face full of grief and anger, he gritted his teeth and said: "Mother, I will never give up a concubine! If the Kong family can't have a child, give the Kong family a face, and I will take a good concubine after I am 20 years old."
Mrs. Wang laughed: "What kind of face is this? It is only face when you have no sons and concubines in your [-]s or [-]s. How can you wait for a long time when your father and I are alone? She married at sixteen and hasn't had any children for four years. Girl, Naliang concubine said it."
The fake stone is pretending to be evil: "Women are not counted, they must be sons. Those who are famous can have two concubines. At that time, the wife will help the son to find two good concubines who are good for children. It is impossible that they will not be able to give birth to sons."
Mrs. Wang was very considerate.As a wife, she dislikes concubines, but being a mother is another matter. As long as her son doesn't lose his sense of propriety by Hu~Meizi, she doesn't mind if her son has a house full of wives and concubines, it will definitely bring a house full of children and grandchildren.In the original novel, Mrs. Wang can't tolerate Qingwen, and she is Shenying's waiter who is not doing business and is full-time to curry favor with foxes~meizi.The fake stones here are not good~the color is so disgusting, Qingwen, who is charming and charming, is actually used as a needlework maid by him, and Qingwen is foolishly content to spend her youth in the empty courtyard, on the contrary, she has a bit of pity.
Seeing her sensible son, Mrs. Wang was relieved, but she couldn't help complaining to Mr. Zheng: What's wrong with Aunt He?He looks dignified and demeanor, and for Zhao Hu~mei sold out Aunt He. Poor Aunt He suffered so many crimes. Luckily, she met her, so she had to take her back to her house for resettlement.
She would not admit that she bumped into an old girl when she went to the Dizang nunnery one day in the distance, and to pity her misfortune was to donate a few strings of copper coins. Then He girl was just an orphan slave she bought for Jia Zheng back then, that is, she had no He doesn't have much affection to get along with his family's needs.Bringing the former Aunt He back to the mansion more than a month ago was useful. If the political master dared to bring back Aunt Zhao mother and son, she would bring Aunt He to him and let him see what he had done!
It's hard to say whether Mr. Zheng will regret it at the beginning. From the standpoint of a man, he did nothing wrong: he can only have two aunts, and Mrs. Wang flattered two without asking what he meant, and they were two whom he had never looked at directly." Tongfang", bullying too much!One day he finally met his true love. Aunt Zhou was rewarded by his grandmother, so he naturally sold his wife's girl.
As for Aunt Zhao's mother and son, at least now Mr. Zheng has no intention of taking them back. He is half a hundred years old, so he knows the seriousness: what a blessing to have a beautiful son-in-law.Jia Huan would only discredit the Second Household and the Rong Mansion, and he was worried about putting it on the Zhuangzi, so he specially sent Yu Da (Mingyan's elder brother, who is in charge of Mr. Zheng's subordinates) to work with his father-in-law, who is the head of the village, to keep an eye on him. Jia Huan, don't allow the villain to leave the village, so as not to do evil to the countryside and affect his official reputation.
He won't admit it, he still cares about true love, why is Mrs. Wang worried?Because Aunt Zhao's mother and son are imprisoned in Jingxiao Zhuangzi, where Mr. Zheng often entertains guests!Zhuangtou is Mr. Zheng's brother-in-law, and Mrs. Wang has no choice but to kill the mother and son.
But Jia Mu's birthday banquet was not a whole birthday, and the Ning Mansion was observing filial piety, so there was only a two-day lineup, and the guests were all from the Rong Mansion, one day for the female relatives and one day for the men.After passing the time, Lord Zheng went to the Ministry of Rites to do some work, and became his supervisor of repairing ancient books.
This position seems to be tailor-made for the political lord: a cup of clear tea, flipping through ancient books, and listening to the high-spirited talks of Confucian scholars, makes him very comfortable.
Looking forward to the seventh day of the new year, the Lai family arranged a banquet for the eldest son's promotion.
Jia Amnesty couldn't get rid of his illness, and Jia Zheng's new official took office without any reason to ask for leave.So on that day, Jia Lian, Baoyu Jialan, accompanied Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing Wang, and Daiyu Xiangyun Tanchunqiao's sister Baochai Baoqin and others went to Lai's house for a banquet.
Mother Jia is very blessed with her body today: her forehead is made of Xichun Daiyu (that is, the one embroidered in Tiekan Temple), the inner and outer clothes are made by Xiangyun and Baochai sisters, and the sachet on her waist is made of Daiyu. Sister Yuqiao made it (Sister Qiao was young and clumsy, but in fact, like wiping the forehead, it was mainly embroidered by Daiyu), and the shoes were made by Tanchun.The agarwood abducted in his hand was not a property of Ningfu, but was rewarded by the virtuous concubine.The red sandalwood rosary beads on the wrist were given in the Spring Festival, and they were offered to the Buddha for seven to seven days for 49 days.
The old lady's attire naturally won congratulations from Nanny Lai, everyone from Lai, Lai Shangrong's daughter-in-law, etc. The grandmas and girls in the nearby branches of Rong's mansion all complimented her. For a moment, she didn't know whether it was congratulations to Lai Shangrong's promotion, or congratulations to Jiamu Fulu Life is complete.
Fake Stone failed to witness this scene, the male and female guests had separated, and he was in the outer hall.Looking over the stage that has not yet been staged, you can see the "broken garden" that Nanny Lai said.In terms of wealth and ostentation, this garden cannot be compared with Rongfu, but it is also complete with springs, stones, forests, pavilions, pavilions, and can shoot arrows and horses.
He didn't know how Lian Er felt, he only knew that Lai Shangrong did not earn these things.How could the Haonu be enslaved to such an extent that they had already relied on the Rong Mansion to become rich?Isn't this encouraging the servants of the whole family to scrape oil from the master's house?
In a private company in the 21st century, if the employees are strong enough to a certain extent, they will either ask you to find another job, or you will ask someone to be the boss, or at least ask someone to be a shareholder.Why?If you are not the master, you are a thief!It was impossible to do this in ancient times, so let them go quickly, otherwise the strong slaves and the weak masters will become disasters, and the master's family will be sucked dry and exhausted.
The fake stone secretly aimed at the relatives, but none of them seemed to feel it.He couldn't help lamenting that the family members were broad-minded: Although there are few people who are too poor to eat, there are few who can compare with Lai everyone, how can they accept good things?Why don't you go to Haonu's house to play the autumn wind?
The guests had just arrived and hadn't taken their seats yet, so everyone exchanged hands and greeted each other, guessing what famous actor the Lai family had invited to sing an opera today and gossip about the skills of the cooks.On the contrary, Jia Lan, who was closely following him, had a slightly strange expression on his face, and he quietly pinched Nephew Lan's hand, signaling that he could not express his emotions or anger.
Jia Lan obviously couldn't do it, so he tiptoed to his ear and said, "Don't go to the main table, I heard Brother Qiang's voice."
Baoyu was startled, and thought that Ningfu came to the banquet with a filial piety in his body?
Looking around, they all belong to Rongfu!When he entered, he found that the outer hall was bigger than he thought, and there was a towering venetian curtain on the left side, which he thought was a carved wall at first glance.
Jia Lan nodded slightly, indicating that the voice he heard came from behind the "carved wall".
The surrounding voices were noisy, and the hearing of the fake stone was not as good as that of Jia Lan, so he simply greeted him and leaned against the curtain.
As they got closer, the voice became clear, and it was indeed Jia Qiang's voice, who was mocking Lai Shangrong's second brother Lai Shanghua, saying that Master Lai only knew how to flatter Rongfu, and he didn't even come to call him when he greeted him.All the disciples of the Ning Mansion echoed in disorder, and Lai Shanghua couldn't help apologizing, claiming that it was Master Zhen's order. If you guys don't mind, he will send someone to tear down the curtain.
The fake stone glanced at Lai Shangrong who was standing at the entrance of the hall to welcome the guests, and thought that it was not easy for the Lai family, and it was not easy to spend money to pay for the crime: Ningfu guests should not be invited, this move is very difficult to get the post of "hometown" county lieutenant It is very dangerous for Lai Shangrong.Most likely it was Jia Qiang and other dudes who made a fuss about coming, Jia Zhen was worried that he would offend the old-fashioned people headed by him, so she asked the Lai family to draw a curtain to separate them.The Lai family didn't dare to offend the Ning Mansion, so they decided to "Happy and Happy", so instead of "inviting a few current officials and a few children from aristocratic families to accompany them" as in the original book, they simply invited Jia Jiake, If it is worn out, the Jia family will not smash their own platform.
A certain one couldn't care about Ning's affairs, snorted, took Jia Lan's hand and swayed towards the main table: Lian Er was looking around to find them, but their uncles and nephews couldn't come, and no one dared to sit down except Lian Er (because Jia pardoned Jia) Zheng didn't come, and none of the men in the Rongfu branch who were above the literary generation did not come, and Jia Lian was the respect).
On the side of the main table is the side table, although Jia Lan is small, the side table is headed by him.No wonder he was uneasy, Jia Qiang was here, Jia Qiang should be the head of the deputy table, he was the great-great-grandson of the eldest son, and he was worthy enough to take the second place at the main table.That is to say, as soon as Jia Qiang comes out, Jia Lan and Baoyu will lose face if they have already sat down.
Fake Shitou put Nephew Lan on the head seat of the first table indifferently: What's the big deal?Brother Qiang came over, so he wouldn't embarrass Nephew Lan, so he jumped up to give way, and asked the unfilial grandson if he went to the wrong place.
Perhaps Jia Qiang was worried about a certain "seven orifices and bad water heart", or she didn't want to disobey Jia Zhen's order and compete with Rongfu, so she didn't see him come to declare her status when the appetizers were served.
At this time, Lai Shangrong held the play card in person, "Please Lian Erye to enjoy the play", Lian Er smiled and said: "The old ancestor sits in the hall, what kind of play shall we order? Watch the play by the side, in short, it will make you a day!"
Everyone applauded knowingly: the old matriarch must have sat down for a while, and she bid farewell and returned home, so the juniors can relax as much as they want.
As the hot dishes were being served, there was loud music on the stage, and then there was a sudden silence, before the corner appeared, a melodious and childish voice floated: "The opening of the banquet is very beautiful..."
Everyone burst into a loud "Okay", the fake stone looked straight at the stage, and a familiar figure who was shorter than in memory stepped onto the stage with small steps.
He couldn't help stroking his forehead with his hand. When he was wearing it for the first time, he couldn't hear the words clearly, not to mention liking the opera. In order not to reveal his secret, he arrested Fang Guan who was assigned to Yihong Courtyard and asked her to sing over and over again.Before I could understand, I went out for a drink with Xue Pan and died!He thought that the Twelve Officials of the Red Chamber were butterflies, but unexpectedly appeared on the stage of the Lai family.
He wondered if Liu Xianglian's violent beating of Xue Pan would happen again.The original story is that at Lai Shangrong's promotion banquet, Xue Pan played Liu Xianglian, was lured out of the city by Liu Langzi, and was beaten to death.This matter should be a butterfly, Liu Xianglian is now famous, Xue Pan will not or dare not think about him.Pan Dadai is also very patriarchal, and there is not much dandyism left.Neither of them came today, the Lai family only invited the Jia family.
When Lian Er saw that his good brother looked wrong, he murmured in his heart: Nanny Lai and housekeeper Lai like to give small things to curry favor with the old lady, and today they have a troupe of small actors to sing, is it their idea?Hmph, then you have to ask the Lord if you should or not!
Because the male members of Rong Mansion are only from the younger generation to be guests, those who are enough to sit at the main table can only make one table.Before leaving the table to toast, Lai Shangrong was at the main table.
Lian Er smiled and said, "Lord Lai, your theater troupe is pretty good."
Lai Shangrong was heartbroken, although the opera troupe did not limit who could be raised, his family was definitely not qualified.So he apologized and said with a smile: "The troupe I borrowed, I just want to make the old lady, men, wives and girls laugh."
Borrowed ones of course can't be given away, Lian Er smiled and toasted, wanting to say a few words on the occasion and clink glasses with Lai Shangrong.
Baoyu looked up sharply and asked, "Whose family?"
Lai Shangrong only felt that Bao Erye's eyes looked like two cold stars, he was startled but also a little annoyed, and said vaguely: "My colleague's family."
Baoyu's smile became colder: "Isn't Brother Qiang's?"
Lai Shangrong didn't know how to answer, and the atmosphere was awkward for a while.
Jia Rui is one of the three living scholars of the old Jia family (the fourth is the dead Jia Zhu), so he naturally sits at the main table.He had a great friendship with Baoyu, and he also had a good relationship with Lai Shangrong. Seeing this, he hurriedly broke up with each other.How could Lian Er give him face, he gave the wine glass a heavy meal, poured out most of the glass of wine, which startled everyone.
Seeing Lian's second master sighing, he put his hand on Lai Shangrong's shoulder: "Lord Lai, I beg you to ask someone to tell your grandmother and your old lady that none of this troupe of actors can enter the Rong Mansion!"
Lai Shangrong didn't let his servants speak, and he pleaded guilty and left the meeting.He knew it was wrong, but his father was only at the request of the head of the Ning Mansion to be promoted.Originally, the famous actor of Heqingtang was invited today, but she turned into this girl who didn't even open her throat!Rong Mansion wants to raise an opera troupe, won't they buy it?The Ning Mansion wanted to give it away, but it would be decent for Mr. Zhen to do it himself, so what are you doing around this trick?
He didn't know that as early as the time when Xiaoguanzhuang was built, Young Master Qiang wanted to use the money from the Rong Mansion to go to Gusu to buy girls for a theater troupe, and make a fortune out of it, but was ruined by Lian Er's nonsense.Unfortunately, Jia Qiang was thinking about this, so she went to a dental store in the capital city to buy twelve little maids, and then found an old woman from Ningfu who used to be an opera singer in Jia Daihua's time and later worked as a servant to teach opera.The opera teaching was at his residence, and there was not much commotion.Now he feels that the little opera singer can make an appearance, but Ning Mansion is keeping his filial piety, so he wants to go to Rong Mansion to shine.
According to Young Master Qiang, the old lady loves to listen to operas and loves girls. After listening to an opera, she will recruit young opera singers to sing operas, and her friendship with Lian Er will remain the same after coming and going.He felt that he and his elder brother Rong were more wronged than Dou E. Fortunately, Feng Lazi got tuberculosis and Brother Jiang died. The brothers should expose the past.Jia Zhen thought his idea was good, and it happened that Lai everyone held a celebration banquet, so she ordered Lai Sheng to find Lai Da, and asked Lai Da to change the troupe.
Lai held a three-day celebration banquet, and two days of singing in Heqingtang to get three days of money. There is nothing wrong with it, so today's situation has been achieved.
At the other end of the hall, a certain "seven orifices and bad water heart" leaked bad water again, ignored the banquet for a while, and left the banquet pretending to go to the toilet.Lian Er followed closely behind...
The author has something to say: Nephew Lan, don't be afraid, if the grandson dares to come up, see if the uncle tricks him to death!
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