Red Chamber Fellows: You Are Not Guilty

Jia Amnesty asked Mrs. Xing, "Why did I remember to greet you?"

Mrs. Xing said: "I have been coming here every day since the old lady's birthday. What I said is that the second wife does not want to see her." Jia She nodded, and only told Mrs. Xing not to meddle with the affairs of the second room before entering the inner room.

Seeing that both Yingchun and Daiyu had calmed down, Mrs. Xing asked someone to invite the third girl in.Tanchun came in and invited Ann first, then smiled and said to Yingchun, "Second Sister and Sister Lin didn't have class today, so they have time to spend with Auntie."

Yingchun also said kindly: "The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and my mother wants to imitate the guest banquet list and banquet menu. Let my sister Lin and I learn some together."

Tanchun felt sore when he heard this: "The eldest aunt really loves the second sister, she really looks like a mistress." Mrs. Xing didn't accept her flattery: "Your sister is the daughter of my own blood. Is there any truth or falsehood?" Then Tanchun remembered that Yingchun had already entered the genealogy and recorded it under Mrs. Xing's name, and what he just said was preposterous.Daiyu has never been close to Tanchun. In her opinion, having relatives by her side is a blessing no matter how high or low. However, Tanchun treats Aunt Zhao like a mother and daughter every time she sees her, making her feel that she is in the blessing. I don't know luck.Therefore, even if he saw that Tanchun was uncomfortable, he would not make things right for her. Tanchun could only ask Sister Qiao: "What good food does Sister Qiao eat? How about giving it to my aunt?"

Qiaojie imitated Yingchun's words just now: "It's a bit too sweet." Tanchun didn't know the case ahead, and followed her words: "Then you have to eat less, and be careful of knocking out your teeth." Qiaojie sighed like an adult : "Grandmother said it's people's will anyway, you have to taste some."

Mrs. Xing couldn't help but rubbed her small face and said, "You little man, no one can learn to speak faster than you." Yingchun also winked at Daiyu, who blushed and didn't look at her.Tanchun just felt that he couldn't get in the middle of others, it was obvious that they knew everything but she didn't.After everyone put away their smiles, they stood up and said, "Since the eldest aunt has something to do, I will come to pay her respects tomorrow."

After going out, the waiter asked puzzledly: "Miss came out quickly today, but it's not convenient for the eldest lady?" Tanchun didn't say anything, just hurried ahead.Since Jia Mu's birthday, her life has become more difficult than before. Obviously, the girls in the family have increased their monthly payments, but Mrs. Wang said that there is a difference between concubine and concubine. In private, Tanchun went to ask the old lady.How can the old lady be so easy to ask, she sent her away with just a word that Baoyu didn't raise the monthly payment, when did Baoyu live on the monthly payment?The monthly money is still a trivial matter, but the certificates and things sent over make people feel disappointed. The big house will give Xichun a share of everything, but it has never thought about how she, the person who lives with Xichun, feels.It turned out that the three springs were all dressed in the same way. No one said that the third girl was the top among the sisters, but now she has become the most ordinary one: Yingchun is a new thing that Jia Xie and Jia Lian pick up from time to time, not to mention Daiyu, a Pingjun king. The ones sent were enough to feed ten girls, and the queens in the palace gave them gifts from time to time. Even Xichun didn't know what happened to Brother Zhen, so it became a rule for sister-in-law Zhen to visit every three days and see it every five days.Only her, only her, the ordinary father and brother are all present but ignore her, even Baoyu, who is used to being a little girl among the sisters, has ignored her since Jiamu's birthday.

Before he entered his small courtyard, he saw Xichun was sending You Shi out, so he couldn't help but salute and say hello: "Did Sister-in-law Zhen bring something nice for Fourth Sister again?" Can I do it?

You Shi said: "It's not just for giving things. It's the old man who scolded your elder brother Zhen, saying that only this younger sister doesn't know how to take care of him, and he still points to him as the patriarch to take care of the clansmen? Your elder brother is the most obedient now. Master, why don’t you send me here every day.”

Xichun pouted: "You don't want to visit me, but you want to ask the elder for a job."

Youshi nodded her head: "You have no conscience, you just coaxed me to forget all the cakes that I brought Chen Ji tomorrow. Hurry up and return those two girls to me, anyway, I will just be a girl from now on." An evil sister-in-law who treats my sister-in-law poorly."

When Xichun heard that she immediately shook her arms and acted coquettishly, resembling Qiaojie's appearance in front of Mrs. Xing just now. Tanchun felt prickly when she saw it, and she had to say: "Sisister is young, so my sister-in-law will suffer now." "Youshi said nonchalantly: "She has a bit of a mouth, but her heart is very hot, and she is willing to make people suffer." Then she told Xichun a few words before leaving.

Tanchun asked Xichun: "Well, why are there two more maids?" Xichun replied, "It's not the master, but the uncle, who said that I am a young lady from that mansion, and it's not decent to have only two grown-up girls around me." , and said how inconvenient it would be in the future if the people in this mansion were used, and immediately forced my brother and sister-in-law to send two big girls over. I don't have many things around me, so there will be more things in the future, what's the inconvenience? ?”

Seeing that Xichun was so ignorant, completely unaware that Jia She had already thought of her future dowry for her, Tanchun felt even more miserable, only felt that everyone loved and cared about her, but she was alone and not on the shore, the two lines were full of tears cheek.She made Xichun anxious and said: "What's wrong with the third sister? But where did you suffer the wronged?" Then she thought: "You are just going to the aunt to say hello, and the aunt can't be wronged by you. But the servants don't obey ?” Because during this period of time, Youshi beat the girl a few times for her, and opened his mouth and said: “Third sister, don’t worry, we can’t tell the old lady. When my sister-in-law comes tomorrow, let her talk to the old lady. go."

Tanchun led Xichun into her room while holding back tears, and said to her, "Don't tell Sister-in-law Zhen that I'm different from you. After all, there is another floor." After thinking about it, Xichun felt that it made sense, so she could only comfort her with empty words, and then asked people to go to her room to fetch the fruit that You Shi had just brought to taste with Tanchun, what exactly was this fruit in Tanchun's mouth? The taste, Xichun is unknown.

The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, a shop opened with beating gongs and drums on Qinglin Street, where pens and inks are sold exclusively in Beijing.The shop is neither big nor small, sixteen planks have been removed long ago, and the windows are covered with white shadows and moon veils, showing the first cleanliness in a street. : The carbon pen in the hand is short, but the years in the book are long.The first three characters: Xunzhang Pavilion.A knowledgeable person can see at a glance that the words on the couplets and the plaque are all mentioned by one person, and they are exactly the pen and ink of the cabinet scholar.

Just when someone guessed that this should be a bookstore, it is considered appropriate to open this street that sells pens and inks, and it is about to disperse: the people at the foot of the emperor are also more knowledgeable than other places, but it is a place that sells Dalu books. There is no one on the corner of the street, so if you want to buy it, you can buy it at the corner of your own street, so you don’t have to take it and walk tiredly.But I saw four smart and capable guys walking out of the store, wearing brand-new indigo shirts and soft hats of the same quality, neatly bowing their hands to the onlookers: "Gentlemen, this store specializes in various types of carbon pens, welcome to visit Shop." Those who said it sneered, but those who listened were at a loss.

A man in the crowd dressed as a son of a noble family asked the waiter: "But the Holy One said there are useful charcoal pens? I have been looking for them in Beijing for a few days, and your family actually sells them."

The clerk said modestly to the man: "Sir, you are very knowledgeable. It is exactly the kind of charcoal pen that the Holy Majesty said. This charcoal pen was discovered by my master by accident. He thought it was convenient and cheap. The shop." The young man didn't care about the clerk's flattery, he just wanted to see what the holy majesty said he could use a charcoal pen, so he walked into the shop.The little people at the feet of the Son of Heaven are also little people, gossiping as much as following the crowd, and immediately many people followed the young man.

"My lord, please greet me." The person in front of the gate of Xunzhang Pavilion, who was dressed as a son of a family, greeted Jia Amnesty at this time.This person is Jia Yun, only sixteen or seventeen years old, with thick eyebrows and sharp eyes, a straight nose and a square mouth, and looks more upright than the clansmen who are attached to the back porch of Jia's house.This time, Jia Amnesty wanted to open a charcoal pen shop. He was afraid that people on the street would not know that the emperor had praised the charcoal pens in the court, and the effect would not be as expected. At a glance, he can tell that the people related to him are not the children of the Zhang family. For a moment, I think of Jia Yunlai in the Four Heroes of the Red Chamber in the original book—even if he is attached to the two houses, he is also a descendant of the Jia family. Sheng, just a little dressing up will do it.Asking Lin Zhixiao to call someone to talk about it, Jia Yun was overjoyed, although she didn't know why the old man thought of him, but this time the errand was done, even if she registered with the old man, she would be able to ask for anything by the head.

"How's the business of the shop today?" Jia Amnesty once told Jia Yun to check on the business of the shop before coming back to him. It was almost dinner time, and it was clear that he came here after the shop was closed, but he did his best.

Jia Yun replied with a smile on her face: "My lord didn't see it, those people were all surprised when they entered the store with their grandson, everyone except the grandson also tried the charcoal pen, and it was praised by the emperor. Those who went in at the beginning bought one or two. In the afternoon, I don’t know why the news spread. Many children from aristocratic families came to the shop. It is said that people from Tongwenguan and Guozijian have come. The goods in the store were about to be sold out. The shopkeeper saw that something was wrong, so he closed the door early, and the grandson came back."

Jia She asked him, "You stayed in the shop all day?" Jia Yun hurriedly said, "I didn't get in the way in the shop. Opposite the shop is a teahouse, and I was drinking tea there." As expected of a person who can make lovesickness with a handkerchief, he is quite thoughtful, knowing that staying in the shop for a long time is suspicious, and the place to find it is also a coincidence.

"I was negligent. I didn't expect not only people to be curious, but also people to show off." Jia She said to himself.Seeing that Jia Yun hesitated to speak, let him speak up.Jia Yun said: "The charcoal pen has won the emperor's favor, and it is a new thing. Isn't it too little for a pen to only sell for Bawen?"