Baoyu Fights the Red Chamber

The virtuous concubine ordered the widowed sister-in-law Li Wan to bring the girls to Xiaoguanzhuang, but she didn't bring the precious jade as in the original book: fake stones don't have a good reputation of being fond of mixing with inner latitude, so Yuanchun will not be troublesome.

Jia's family obeyed orders, but the girls couldn't move in immediately: the empress wrote three plaques, and three little ones wrote couplets, which had to be carved and hung up.Although there is no such trouble as "engraving characters on a millstone" in the original work, it still takes a day or two.In addition, the country cotton, linen and straw mats made by Lian Er can't be used by the rich and precious ladies.

These things belong to the family affairs, so it is natural that the housekeeper grandma takes care of them.Lian Er was depressed, he could foresee how extravagant his daughter-in-law would be, maybe a woman would replace a man, and get some ornamental stones, cats, dogs, deer and rabbits for Xiaoguanzhuang!

Perhaps because Xiaoguanzhuang was set up by him alone, he always hides whenever he can and takes the initiative to negotiate with Sister Feng.The time is the evening of September [-]th, which is the night of my mother's visit. Is it efficient enough?

Sister Feng has been tired all day, but her enthusiasm is not diminished. On the crooked kang, Ping'er and Feng'er beat their legs, and Caiming serves tea, while gossiping about how to manage Xiaoguanzhuang.Suddenly hearing the little girl on the second door greeted her loudly, she couldn't help but sneered at Ping'er: "A rare guest is here!"

Ping'er hurriedly helped her up: "Grandma, why bother to be serious with Second Master, and be gentler, Second Master has been very hard this time, so why don't you think of Second Grandma's kindness."

Feng'er Caiming also persuaded, and Sister Feng lazily said: "Save your tongue, hurry up and open the curtain."

Don't look down on opening the door curtain. If there is an aunt in the room, you can't pass it. If there is a room, there is nothing wrong with the maid. Ping'er quickly straightened his shirt and went out.

Master She and others were the ones who made the most of the limelight today. Lian Er, who had completed his historical mission, only got off work at the West Street station in the morning, and showed his face during the meeting in the main hall. .

As soon as I slept until evening, the empress who received the news really gave the expected oral order-this matter started from Concubine Wu, her family was not like Concubine Zhou's family who borrowed an official house, and built it with her own money, so Concubine Wu Gui Orally ordered the other courtyard to live in for the sons of Wu's scientific examination in Beijing; Zhang Fei's family used the same official residence as Zhou Guifei's family, but her sisters were getting married soon, and ordered the sisters to live in the provincial relatives' courtyard to celebrate Concubine Li has no sisters in her boudoir to marry, so she orders the widowed sister-in-law to live with her little nieces.There is also a widowed wife in the Rong Mansion. Although Yuan Chun didn't make it clear before, it is estimated that it will follow the previous example.

But Lian Er, who was full of sleep, was full of energy, and his footsteps were very fast. Ping'er only took two steps outside. Son, everyone looks fawning.

Ping'er was taken aback, and bowed quickly to salute: "Second Master has worked hard! Second Mistress is saying that Second Master does not know where to eat today, and the food is not fragrant. I have prepared water and wine for Second Master to thank you, Second Master Do you want to use some?"——I'm not telling lies, it's just that it's not for Lian's second preparation, it's for the maids and women who serve Sister Feng closely, but they are tired and have no appetite.

Lian Er looked at the always gentle Ping'er, feeling inexplicably feeling that he would return in vain today, so he said in a calm tone, "No need. Your grandma is taking a rest now?"

Sister Feng's delicate voice came: "Oh, I forgot that the second master Lian never bullies the dark room, and my concubine's clothes are disheveled, so I dare not see the second master!"

Say "not dare", but people follow suit.Sister Feng's head is full of black silk and is only loosely tied in a bun, and the hairpin rings are not in place. She is wearing a jacket embroidered with gold silk embroidered with flowers and trimmed, a skirt embroidered with gold embroidered underneath, and shoes with hollow crested toes. Take off your clothes and take a break.

The beautiful woman's fragrance fills the room, and Lian'er's heartbeat is hopeless, but he feels that the person in front of him is unfamiliar. The feeling is extremely complicated, and he can't help but subconsciously evoked a polite smile: "I'm bothering the second grandma, go back Xiaoguanzhuang is taken care of by the second grandma.” After speaking, the Xing’er and his chin wobbled.

The four servants respectfully carried the gift box to the table outside the kang, and then opened the lid.

It is said that ever since they occupied the study in the outer courtyard, they had to clash with Sister Feng's maids and women. They worried every day that there would be no good fruit to eat, and finally had the opportunity to meet the right owner. What about acting skills?

Sister Feng didn't pay attention to them at all, she just stared at the jewelry.There is no woman who does not love jewelry, and her smile is much brighter: "Second master spent money! I thought that the second master was worthless, and he only cared about the favor of the master and the patriarch Zhen, so he took Brother Rong, Brother Qiang and the others together. Excuse me. But it turns out that the second master has a lot of plans, and he is ready to make up for it later. I don’t need the second master to bother with me. I am not short of reputation, and I can’t turn my elbows if I don’t see a copper coin. I’m not talking about you. You shouldn't be twisting it in the first place, a gang of three heroes, how much trouble you will save. God, see how thin you are!"

Lian Er was full of bitterness, saying that he was raising 25 taels, but Jia Zhen’s [-] taels were not paid out, and he even took away [-] taels of real gold and silver by wrapping up bricks, tiles and stones. One hundred thousand taels!Jia Rong snatched up the job of buying wood and gnawed away [-] taels. Don't think he has no eyes. Those poplar and fir trees are obviously left over from the annual house repairs in Ningfu Zhuangzi.Jia Qiang snatched the job of planting flowers, and dared to ask for [-] taels of worthless wild chrysanthemums without any shame!Then there are Jia Fan, Jia Chen, Jia Chang, Jia Ling, etc., who hasn't been greedy for thousands or thousands of taels!Therefore, he and Baoyu each spent [-] taels to repair Xiaoguanzhuang, plus all kinds of management, the actual investment was [-] taels each, while Zhuangzi's construction cost was less than [-] taels!

If he hadn't been in charge, he would never have imagined that Zhuangzi with more than 3 taels would spend ten times the amount of silver. There are still so many people who are dissatisfied, saying that he is not a little bit like a big man!From here to there, how much people's fat and people's anointing has the Ningrong Second Mansion swallowed since its founding?Such moths are not extinct, the heavens forbid!

Thinking of this, his tone brought Han Sen: "I don't know how you want to take care of Xiaoguanzhuang?"

Sister Feng was a little annoyed and a little regretful, why bother to pick up some unkind words at this time, and cast him a slanted glance: "How do I know this? Today, I have repeatedly resigned in front of the old lady, but it is the old lady, the eldest lady." Even the second wife didn't allow it, but said that I wanted to be useful and refused to learn. I was sweating in my heart, you know me, because I hadn't experienced any big things before, I was so courageous, and now I have been punished by the second wife for life. I'm too young. Besides, I'm young, the first class doesn't overwhelm the crowd, and I have a tender face. I'm most afraid of other people's gossip. I think about everything, but I don't care about everything. I seriously want the second master to teach me."

Lian Er's heart softened, and he glanced at the maids and servants. The three maids and the four servants slid back, and Ping'er closed the door slightly to show that he was personally guarding the door outside.

Lian Er sighed: "Grandma Xiaorong, before she leaves, did she leave a message for you?"

Sister Feng's complexion changed slightly. On the night of Qin's death, she dreamed that Qin came to say goodbye to her and said many ominous things, but she never believed in these ghosts.Immediately, he took Pa to wipe the corners of his eyes: "She is a careful person. Doctor Wang said that her illness was caused by this. Every time I visit her, she always has a lot of things to explain. I don't know which one the second master said?"

Lian Er hesitated for a moment, and still said Baoyu's "guess": "She is a tomb woman, and her knowledge and thinking should be different from yours. She told you that when the moon is full, you will lose money, and make more sacrifices." To prepare for any eventuality, right?"

Sister Feng's complexion changed again, and she lied nonchalantly: "I never said that. Second Master, I know that you care about the whole family, but this matter should be worried about by Brother Zhen and Rong, our Rong Mansion is invincible." Take good care of the nearby branches on your own side, and give more silver rice cloth during the festivals. If you manage too much, it will not be good, but it will attract people's gossip, as if we want to steal the patriarch's limelight."

Lian Erchong sighed heavily, and reported the amount of money that everyone in Jianxiaoguanzhuang was greedy for, claiming that he had secretly paid out the money from a merchant, and he dared not say it, for fear that those people would find out and reach out again.

Sister Feng was so angry that her eyebrows stood on end. Although the amount was not large, except for one of her own father-in-law, the rest were all from the Ning Mansion!You said you Lian Er, but she was so happy about this idea that she actually fed most of it to others!

Of course, she was scheming, she didn't express her dissatisfaction, she only helped Lian Er to scold Ning Mansion and its side branch Jin Zhi.

Lian Er waved his hand and said: "Our side is not far away, and they didn't show up because I was specially useless. Let me ask you, if you have a slave under your command, he will ask for three hundred taels of silver to do what thirty taels of silver can do. , and it has been like this for many years, can you tolerate it?"

Sister Feng felt a pain in her heart, it was one thing for her to be greedy, but what the servants of the Rong Mansion did, it would be too much to tolerate!At the moment, he hated the teacup: "It's not that I don't want to care about it. I just fined a few slaves who have always been lazy for a month because of the money owed. The old lady scolded me severely and doubled the reward. I really lost all face!"

Lian Er said with a smile: "The old lady has always been kind, but after you are serious and in charge of the family, you must not tolerate it, right?"

Sister Feng lowered her eyes and smiled charmingly: "I'm a woman, and I listen to the second master's order. The second master wants me to be a villain. Even if I am accused of being a hag, I am not afraid of causing trouble!"

Lian Er nodded and said: "The old lady is old, the eldest wife has nothing to do, and in terms of means and background, she can't be the mistress of the Rong Mansion. The day when you are a serious head of the family is not far away." Speaking of this, he lowered his voice: "The emperor is a dignified ruler of the world. The day is not far away, do you think he can accommodate a group of nobles who do nothing but enjoy themselves? Gentleman Zhize will be killed in the fifth generation, and it is time to clean up these noble descendants who are always plundering and greedy Already!"

Sister Feng was terrified, and felt absurd, could the emperor behead all the descendants of the four princes and eight princes?And Hou Bo Zinan, how much is it now?Unless it can be destroyed by a change of dynasty, the emperor will not be accused by thousands of people of "forgetting his origin"?

But I heard Lian Er continue: "You and I are husband and wife. Wife, Qi Ye, I shouldn't hide it from you, but I didn't say it because I was afraid that you would not believe it. You see, visiting relatives is the beginning, and the emperor will definitely Use different methods to steal all the money from these people, and after they have done a lot of evil to make money, they will be dealt with house by house."

It's getting more and more ridiculous!Sister Feng's heart was burning, and she suppressed it forcefully, and wiped the kerchief soaked with spices on her eyes, and tears burst out of her eyes.I saw her knelt down on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "You and I are married, and this concubine is pointing at the Lord for the rest of my life! Brother Jiang and Sister Qiao are all pointing at the Lord! The only thing I want is one thing, and what I said just now is ten thousand. Wan Mo tell others!"

Lian Er leaned over and helped her up: "How many heads do I have? Even I told you so carefully, I really have to say it! Why do you think I have to build a small Guanzhuang because I am so thankless? I think, on that day, we will not be able to go back to Jinling, and we will have no family land to go back to beg for food? The model of Xiaoguanzhuang, a family but a scholar can live there. If the whole family does not commit a crime, then they can enter the village and live around the village, nothing more than demolishing the gate of the Duke and the gate of the East Court."

Lian made two mournful voices and his face was very sad, under the light of the candle, he was indescribably miserable.Sister Feng was terrified, and for a moment she felt what Lian Er said was right in front of her eyes, so she quickly twisted herself, then woke up, spit, and scolded with a smile: "You know I'm a coward, but you're bluffing! Our family has a lady... Alright, we have to plan ahead! The second master means that Xiaoguanzhuang will not move? It’s just that this room is not cleaned up, and the other side of Xue’s house can’t explain it. If there is Miss Lin, how can the old lady agree?”

Lian Er snorted: "As long as you don't move outside, those people in the Ning Mansion will not come to compete for errands. Cousin Xue has always been clean and doesn't care about the furnishings in the house. Cousin Lin just put her current things in there." The same is true for the third and fourth younger sisters, why bother? I'm afraid others will say, pick the ones that are not needed in the warehouse and put them on the shelf."

Sister Feng was furious: "Look at what you said! Girls have to have some fresh things at home. Don't worry, I know what's in my heart. In short, I won't waste money. It's only three months before the New Year, and all the girls have a New Year's rule." Just move their respective rules forward and add them to Zhuangzi.

Lian Er knew that it was impossible not to add anything, so he sighed: "You can figure it out, anyway, don't waste my planning."

Sister Feng hastily vowed that everything will be done by Lian Er's will. This is the women's scripture she begged from her eldest aunt Xue Wang: No matter what happens in private, the man must be praised in public!

As expected, Lian Er was so useful that he stayed in Sister Feng's room.

In fact, he was not overwhelmed by the hype. In the early years, Sister Feng often came to Rongfu to play. The two grew up together. How could he not know Sister Feng's temperament?Mr. Xi has a silver arm and an antique concubine to play with, so he can get drunk. Sister Feng loves not only money but also power, but he can't do anything about Sister Feng now, so he can only beg her not to go too far.

It was the night of long farewell to the newlyweds. The two were sweet and sweet. They got up early and went to Jia Mu's room to say hello, making Jia Mu happy and praying to Buddha.

Please stop and do your own work, Sister Feng, surrounded by a large group of maids and women, returned to the courtyard to be a director, and saw a boy in a blue shirt stretching his neck to look around at the courtyard gate.She couldn't help lowering the corners of her mouth and raising her head high.

The boy in the green shirt was not afraid of his power, he smiled all over his face, bowed his waist and rushed forward to pay his respects...

The author has something to say: You stupid Lian Er, who wants you to teach me, grandma, I have a lot of plans!