The Unparalleled Warrior of the Dream of the Red Chamber

"Old Ancestor, why hasn't Sister Lin come back? It's so late, why haven't you sent someone to pick her up?" After noon, Baoyu didn't see Daiyu coming back, so he ran to Mother Jia and muttered relentlessly. .Mother Jia hugged Baoyu into her arms with a smile, and comforted her with a smile: "Baoyu, your sister Lin's brother won the first prize in the examination, and her family is celebrating, so let her stay at home for a few more days, and after a few days Today our family will invite the Lin family to visit, and then your younger sister Lin will be back!"

Baoyu cried out in disbelief: "What does it have to do with my sister who is a thief of the country? How can my sister's clean and clean daughter's house be tarnished by these things about fame and fortune? Good old ancestor, my sister never likes these things." Yes, quickly bring your sister back so she won't be troubled!"

After listening to Baoyu's words, Jia's mother lowered her face and shouted: "Baoyu, you are talking nonsense again. If you carefully pass it to your old man's ears, you will call for beating and killing. Your cousin Lin's family is a man of real talent and learning. In the future, you will return You should ask him for advice more. Don’t be allowed to talk nonsense about the traitors of the country.”

Baoyu relied on Jia Mu's favor, and was not afraid at all. He just shook Jia Mu in a coquettish manner and said, "Bao Yu doesn't learn those things. Bao Yu just wants to live with the old lady and sister. Good old ancestor, please just Bring Sister Lin back."

Jia's mother was so entangled by Baoyu that she had no choice but to say, "I have promised the Lin family that it's not good to go to pick her up today. Let's go and pick her up tomorrow."

Baoyu bowed his head unhappy and said in a muffled voice: "Sister Lin is not at home, and Sister Bao is not coming, and Sister Yun has also been taken home, but I am the only one left, so boring!"

When Jia's mother heard Baoyu mentioning Baochai, she remembered Xue Pan's strange illness, and said, "Your elder brother Xue is ill, and Bao girl will naturally help the family. Baoyu, you are not allowed to go there, be careful." sick."

Baoyu was about to go to Lixiangyuan to find Baochai, but when he heard Jiamu's order, he said in frustration, "Yes, Baoyu knows." Knowing that Baoyu was uncomfortable, Jiamu said, "Baoyu, our family has already settled down. On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, you will pick up your mother's relatives, and you still don't go to read the book. If you don't do well in the mother's test, wouldn't it make your elder sister sad? Baoyu is obedient, you go to review the book first, and I will send someone to go there Take Yuner to play with you, okay?"

Thinking about it, Baoyu had no choice but to agree, and went to the study alone.Halfway on the way, he suddenly thought that the attacker was being taken away by Sister Feng to be punished. He hadn't heard anything in the past two days, so he turned left and walked to Sister Feng's yard.

There was a faint smell of medicine in Sister Feng's yard, and Baoyu asked in surprise, "Who is sick?"

Ping'er was coming out to pour medicine for Yuzi. When he saw Baoyu standing at the door and asked, he replied, "Back to Master Bao, our elder sister is sick." Baoyu said hurriedly, "Oh, I really deserve to die. I don’t know, and I didn’t come over to say hello.”

Ping'er forced a smile and said, "Second Master Bao is too polite, please sit in the room."

Sister Feng was holding her eldest sister in the house. The eldest sister had a high fever all night, and Sister Feng kept watch all night. Now her face was yellow and she looked very haggard.Seeing Baoyu coming in, she smiled wearily and said, "Why is Brother Bao here?"

Baoyu hurriedly said, "I heard that the eldest sister is ill. I'll come and see her. Sister Feng, how is the eldest sister?"

Sister Feng said softly against the eldest sister's face: "The fever has subsided a bit, and I have been making noise all night, and I just fell asleep now."

Baoyu originally wanted to ask about Xiren, but it was hard for him to ask about the eldest sister's illness.But Sister Feng saw through Baoyu's intention and said softly, "Brother Bao wants to ask about Xiren?"

Baoyu nodded quickly, and Sister Feng said softly: "The attacker was given by the old lady. I can't punish him without authorization. I handed her over to the old lady yesterday. The old lady ordered the wife to punish the attacker. Brother Bao wants to ask, but I'm afraid it will happen." Go ask your wife."

Baoyu groaned, and looked closely at the eldest sister again. Seeing that the eldest sister was sleeping soundly, she said softly, "It's good if you can fall asleep. Sister Feng, don't worry too much. It's important to take care of yourself."

Sister Feng nodded and said with a smile to Baoyu: "I know, my wife should be in the room at the moment, you go there quickly, and it's not easy for you to ask someone to answer things later."

Baoyu agreed, and Sister Feng called again, "Ping'er, go and see off the second master."

Ping'er understood, and opened the curtain to send Baoyu out. At the gate of the courtyard, Ping'er whispered: "Second Master Bao, even if the attacker is punished, it is her own fault. Madam has been in a bad mood for the past few days. Don't go there." Hold your wife up and make yourself feel uncomfortable." Baoyu nodded, and said in a low voice, "Thank you, sister Ping'er, for reminding me." Ping'er watched Baoyu go far before returning to the room, and Sister Feng had put the eldest sister on the kang. Letting her fall asleep by herself, she only asked with a smile, "Did you remind him?"

Ping'er nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, I'm afraid that the ox-hearted young master won't listen to you, grandma, we've done our best, what to do is the wife's business, you'd better take care of yourself yes."

Sister Feng nodded and said: "Eldest sister's illness has made me understand my inner illness. I have been married for a few years, and lost a brother. It is hard to have an elder sister. Second master doesn't say anything, but he complains in his heart. I also want to take good care of my body and add a brother to the second master, but the housekeeper is not just to be left behind, alas..."

Ping'er said lightly: "Grandma was originally entrusted by the second wife to be the housekeeper, but the servant girl watched from the sidelines as the mansion's income and expenditure in the past two years have been much less, so it was actually for grandma to subsidize it. The dowry brought by grandma... There have been a lot of postings in the past two years. Which wife and grandma in this mansion are easy to get along with? Grandma is always busy at home and keeps her feet on the ground, and she is too tired to form a brother. Take care of yourself and conceive a brother early to be serious." Ping'er has been serving Sister Feng since she was a child, and the two people are named master and servant Qingtong sisters, so Ping'er doesn't have to shy away from talking to Sister Feng when no one is around.

When Ping'er talked about Sister Feng's pain, a trace of helplessness flashed across Sister Feng's face, and she said softly: "You are right, but...it is difficult, it is impossible to let go for no reason, so I have to take my time and see what suits me. Ping'er, although you are my dowry girl, I treat you like a younger sister in my heart, so don't be shy, tell me the truth, are you willing to be the second master's roommate and help me find the master?"

When Ping'er heard Sister Feng mentioning this matter, she couldn't help but blush, she just lowered her head and rubbed her handkerchief and said nothing. Sister Feng anxiously broke her shoulder and asked, "You are usually very neat, why can't you get rid of this matter? You Are you willing or not? If you are willing, I will serve you wine to rectify your name. If you are not willing, I will not force you, Ping'er, we have been together for so many years, do you still not believe me?"

Ping'er raised his head, looked into Sister Feng's eyes, and said softly: "Grandma, Ping'er knows what my fate is. It is grandma who loves Ping'er so much that she didn't let the second master... , the second master will get other people in in the future, instead of doing that, it's better... that way grandma can be more comfortable."

Sister Feng hugged Ping'er and said with tears: "Ping'er, your appearance and character are better than that of the master and girl. Even if you are the housewife's grandmother, you are worthy. It is a waste to let you be the second master's housekeeper. You, the four girls who came with me, now you are the only one, I can't let you feel wronged..."

Ping'er hurriedly said: "Grandma, don't say such things, Ping'er was originally a slave girl, there is nothing wronged or wronged, as long as grandma's heart is good, Ping'er is worth it. Only Ping'er understands grandma's suffering best. If you don’t think about grandma, then what kind of person will you be. Ping’er belongs to grandma, and grandma is willing to arrange Ping’er.”

Sister Feng looked at Ping'er's flowery and jade-like face, but she didn't feel any jealousy in her heart, she just felt reluctant.She knew Jia Lian's temperament best, even if she gave Ping'er to Jia Lian, she couldn't stop his extravagant thoughts.After hesitating again and again, Sister Feng said lightly: "Ping'er, you will be seventeen this year."

Ping'er hummed lightly, and Sister Feng sighed and said, "Ping'er, if you are in love with someone in the mansion, just tell me quietly and I will help you. If after two years you still haven't found someone in love, I will No brother, when the time comes..."

The master and the servant made up their minds, and Sister Feng firmly protected Ping'er, not giving Jia Lian a chance. Although Jia Lian wanted to accept Ping'er in his heart, he also opened his mouth to Sister Feng several times, but Sister Feng stopped them all. Seeing that Sister Feng was very strict, Jia Lian had no choice but to give up for the time being, and secretly cheated on Sister Feng behind her back, so as to vent her evil fire at least one way or another.

Baoyu ran to Mrs. Wang's courtyard and saw two sisters, Jin Chuan'er and Yu Chuan'er, talking head to head in the porch, and there was no one else in the courtyard.Baoyu saw at a glance that the rouge on Jin Chuan'er's lips was bright red and lovely, and a sweet scent wafted over, which aroused Baoyu's heart, and he wanted to go to taste it.Seeing Baoyu approaching, Jin Chuan'er pushed Yu Chuan'er away, turned her head to face Baoyu and laughed in a low voice, which aroused Baoyu's heart, and Baoyu's coquettish appearance made Baoyu stick to her and didn't want to let go.Yu Chuan'er really couldn't bear to see her sister and Baoyu's wild appearance, so she snorted softly, turned around and shouted back to her wife into the room, Baoyu is here. Immediately, Mrs. Wang's voice came from the room: "Baoyu is here, call him in quickly." "

After hearing Mrs. Wang's words, Baoyu reluctantly let go of Jin Chuan'er's hand, made a face at Yu Chuan'er, and hurried into the room.As soon as Baoyu entered, Yu Chuan'er pulled Jin Chuan'er to the side of the rockery in the courtyard, and said in a low voice, "Sister, what are you? We are all innocent girls, what do you look like? Who did you learn from?"

Jin Chuan'er didn't care, instead she smiled and said, "Sister, you are stupid. Baoyu is the phoenix egg in this mansion. If he takes a fancy to him, I'm afraid that he will not have a good life in the future. Let me tell you, their men are the most After this, I secretly saw that Qiutong treats the old man like this, and the old man seemed to be happy! Just now you saw it too, Baoyu is also like a bee seeing sugar." Yu Chuan'er said angrily: "Hey, what a good day, you just caught Baoyu's fancy, at most you can't be an aunt, but do you see how Aunt Zhao's life is going well? Every day, she will lie down for the wife and be careful as a little companion. If the wife coughs, Aunt Zhao will not She has been shivering for several days, but she is still an aunt with children, and Aunt Zhou is even worse, she is not as honorable as a girl. Sister, you have to think clearly, don't mistake yourself!"

Jin Chuan'er thought Yu Chuan'er's words were unpleasant, so he shook his hand and said, "Don't worry about my affairs. I know you have a lover, but I don't. I just like Baoyu, and I want to be his aunt."

Yu Chuan'er was so angry with her sister that she wiped away tears, and cried in a low voice: "Sister, what nonsense are you talking about? When will I have anything? I'm not as smart as you!" Jin Chuan'er said angrily: "You treat everyone else as blind No, I won't talk about your affairs, so leave me alone." Yu Chuan'er stepped on her foot angrily and said: "Who cares about you, you will suffer in the future, don't say that people didn't persuade you!"

The two ladies couldn't agree, they both threw down their hands angrily, turned their backs and ignored each other.At this time, I heard Mrs. Wang shouting in the room: "Yu Chuan'er, go back to the old lady, Baoyu will eat fast with me today." Yu Chuan'er promised and ran away, and Mrs. Wang called again: "Jin Chuan'er, come in and wait for Baoyu to change her clothes."

This remark caught Jin Chuan'er's heart. She hurriedly straightened her hair and arranged her clothes, put on a smiling face and went into the room, leading Baoyu to the wing room to change clothes.Baoyu hadn't eaten the rouge just now, and was thinking about it at the moment. Seeing that Mrs. Wang hadn't paid attention, Baoyu hugged Jin Chuan'er and ate the rouge hard. , but Baoyu was so happy that after eating the rouge, he whispered in Jin Chuan'er's ear: "Jin Chuan'er, I will ask my wife to ask you to go tomorrow, and we will have a long time."

Jin Chuan'er was overjoyed, and nodded with a blushing face, seeing that Baoyu's heart was shaking, and she actually forgot about the attacking person.After dawdling in changing her clothes, Mrs. Wang took Baoyu to the kang and asked him, "Baoyuer, why didn't you go to the study today?"

Baoyu rolled into Mrs. Wang's arms and said coquettishly, "I studied all day yesterday, and I want to take a break today to accompany my wife. It's okay to go to study again in the afternoon."

Mrs. Wang said happily: "Okay, Baoyu, are the boys in the study doing well? If you are tired, lazy, treacherous, and slippery, you must not hide it. You must change it."

Hearing this, Baoyu thought of attacking people, so he said coquettishly: "Madam, those boys really don't know how to serve. If they want tea or water when they are cold or hot, I have to talk. They can't compare with the ones in my room." The maids, needless to say, are ready to go. Ma'am, Xiren didn't go back yesterday, where did you send her, she is the best at serving, it is very inconvenient to leave Baoyu without her." Mrs. Wang Hearing Baoyu mention Xiren, his face darkened, and Mrs. Wang became angry when he mentioned Xiren. The anger was not directed at Xiren, but at Daiyu, Jiamu, Sister Feng and others. "The assailant ran into your sister Lin, and made the old lady furious. She is being punished now. Why are you begging her here?" Mrs. Wang said angrily.

"Oh, Sister Lin is not that kind of person. Attacking people is not intentional, just scold her a few words, why bother to punish her, madam, what did you punish her for?"

Mrs. Wang said angrily: "How can I punish him? I still violated the rules and fined Qian Mi by hitting the board."

Baoyu yelled: "How can this be done? Xiren's body is usually not strong, how can he hold the big board, madam, please spare her."

Mrs. Wang said angrily: "The fines have already passed, but you think of saying this. I heard that you were there when your sister Feng was going to punish the attackers. Why didn't you stop me at that moment, and the trouble went to the old lady. "

Baoyu murmured a few words, but did not make it clear. Mrs. Wang took his hand and said in a low voice: "Baoyu, you are the only one in my cage. You are the flesh of my mother. Everything is for your own good. I know Girl Xiren is the most powerful person around you. Mother can feel at ease when she is serving you, but when things get into this way, she has to give an explanation to Girl Lin, so Xiren must be beaten. You were wronged, Lan Xin was the one who attacked you first, and Xiren didn't protect you, but the old lady only punished her. Baoyu, do you understand?"

Baoyu shook his head ignorantly, and only said: "Xiren bumped into my sister, just ask her to accompany her. Sister Lin is not an unforgiving person, why bother to make such a fuss. Ma'am, where is Xiren now? She Serve me for a while, I have to go and have a look."

Mrs. Wang said without even thinking about it: "The attacker was punished and has been sent to recuperate. When she recovers, I will ask her to come in to serve you." In fact, Xiren was not injured at all. She raised her hand high and lowered it lightly, but she had some flesh and blood injuries, and it would be over after a while. Mrs. Wang also pointed at Xiren and reported Baoyu's affairs to her. How could she really be held accountable? As for the matter of money and food, it was easier to handle. After beating Xiren, Mrs. Wang secretly gave her 20 taels of silver, which made Xiren extremely grateful.He wished he could be smashed to pieces to repay Mrs. Wang's kindness. At the same time, Xiren hated Daiyu to the core, and what Mrs. Wang wanted was exactly this.

When Baoyu heard that Xiren was still allowed to come in, he laughed and said, "Madam is the most merciful. My room is really impossible without Xiren." Mrs. Wang laughed and said, "These days are all served by Musk Moon. ?”

Baoyu nodded hurriedly and said, "That's her, but after all, Sister Xiren is not as thoughtful as Sister Xiren. Ma'am, Sister Xiren is well, so let him come back soon."

Mrs. Wang nodded her head in agreement, and Baoyu happily lay down on Mrs. Wang's lap, flipping through the scriptures.

Mrs. Wang thought about Baochai's arrival, so she asked, "Baoyu, your elder brother Xue is ill, have you visited? Bao girl is also poor, you should go and talk to her more."

Baoyu said casually: "The old lady said she wouldn't let me go, because she was afraid of getting sick. She also said that Sister Bao was busy, so I might not have time to talk to me when I went."

Mrs. Wang frowned and said, "That's not right. Your aunt loves you the most, and your elder sister Bao is well educated. I would rather you walk around more."

Baoyu turned over and sat up and said, "Madam, I heard that brother Xue's illness is very strange, what exactly is it?

It's pitiful to hear them say that Auntie and Sister Bao are crying at the sight of the sky. "

Mrs. Wang took advantage of the situation and said: "Yes, you didn't even say to go and see, it's really wasting your aunt's love for you."

Let Mrs. Wang talk like this, Baoyu really felt a little sorry for not going to see it, so he put his arms around Mrs. Wang's neck and said, "Go back and have lunch with your wife."

Then Mrs. Wang became happy and said with a smile: "That's right. Your elder sister Bao has a good character to learn well. You should get close to her." He happily agreed without thinking about why.