Daily life of Xifeng in the Red Chamber

As soon as Wang Zisheng's birthday passed, Sister Feng began to follow Mrs. Zhang to work on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Seeing that the [-]th day of August will be here, Mrs. Zhang can't help feeling a little impatient.The boxing list of each family has been drawn up, just wait for the things to be ready before checking and adding or subtracting.

"A few more skins on the Jinling side, I think the uncles who came back home are all old, and the Jinling side is a little damp and cold."

Sister Feng made a note on the gift list, and ordered Chuxia to take someone to the library to pick it up.

"Don't send wine to your aunt this year. There is an old ginseng in the library. Send it to her to take care of it. What kind of life do you think your aunt is? He is a businessman. If he is married, he will be married. After all, he is also a famous person. If he lives a good life, he may not be as good as others. Who knows, he will disappear again.

Hey, if your grandfather is still here, and your grandfather's name is supported, your aunt will be better off.Now that your grandfather is gone, the family is headed by a brother. After all, this brother is far away, and those people outside are not so afraid.

Your eldest aunt is different from your second aunt, she is the most stupid, and I don't know how she lives! "

Sister Feng persuaded: "If my aunt has difficulties, we can help you more. Don't worry, mother."

Mrs. Zhang said: "Exactly. Hey, don't talk about these, just put some more of these, if they are all in place, let them go on the road tomorrow."

While counting, Sister Feng said to Zhang: "That's all for this year, I didn't think about it again. Next year, our family's Yue Xing will also be sent to the caravan going south, so as not to send people by myself. This time I will die again and again." personal."

Mrs. Zhang also said: "Who says it's not? I just remember that in previous years it was time to send it, but I forgot that we moved to Shengzhou this year.

This is all my fault, I have been lazy in the past years, and everything is taken care of by your aunt. "

Sister Feng said with a smile, "everything has two sides. Mother doesn't remember being angry with that screwdriver in the past."

Mrs. Zhang also said with a smile: "I remember what those people do, so I don't have to get mad at myself. People often say that far away smells good and near smells bad. This makes sense, but I miss your aunt a little bit."

Sister Feng said: "The mother wrote a letter to my aunt to say hello, and just sent someone to send a festival gift. It can't be faster than the post station, and it's safe."

Mrs. Zhang nodded and said, "Then I'll write when I get back."

Sister Feng hesitated again: "Mother, I have an idea and I want to discuss it with you."

Mrs. Zhang seldom saw her like this, so she hurriedly asked, "What's your idea?"

Sister Feng said: "I was thinking, why don't we form a caravan and go to the south to sell the goods and come back to sell them. This is the ginseng antler skin here, which is also lacking in the south. There are no vacancies every time. Think about earning some money."

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly shouted: "Stop talking nonsense! The family is not short of your money, how can you come up with such an idea!"

Sister Feng said: "Mother, don't be angry, I have to do it without saying anything, I just want to discuss it with you!"

Mrs. Zhang said: "It's very needless to discuss. You are a girl's family. You open your mouth for money and keep your mouth shut for money. What kind of dignity! Ask outsiders to listen and think that our family has reached such a state that the girl who needs to be pampered is trying to make money!"

Sister Feng smiled and said: "Mother, don't do this, am I ignorant? I also feel that this matter is a bit risky. If it is so easy to make money, then wouldn't these rich gentry and merchants here have done it long ago? "

Only then did Mrs. Zhang breathe a sigh of relief: "You are just a careless person! You already know, but what are you wasting your time on?"

"Didn't my eyes get hot when I saw Yinzi, so I have to be scolded by my mother to wake up. It can be seen that my mother is still our family's Dinghaishenzhen."

Mrs. Zhang ordered someone to carry down the ordered ceremony, and sat down rubbing her waist: "It's really unnecessary for you to flatter me. If you give me peace and life, I will burn high incense."

Sister Feng laughed and said, "I'm still restless? How can there be such a good girl like me!" She also called Wan Zhao, "Go and pour me a new bowl of tea."

Wan Zhao hurriedly changed the tea and brought it up. Mrs. Zhang took a sip and asked, "What kind of tea is it? It smells like lotus seeds when I eat it."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "I went to play with Mr. Lu that day and saw her drinking tea. When I came back, I remembered that in the old year, I played around with Ping'er and sealed the tea in an unopened lotus for one night. The next day The tea was filled with lotus fragrance, and it was quite good to eat. It happened to be idle at that time, so I asked Ping'er to take some people to smell it."

Mrs. Zhang praised: "Where did you come up with this idea?"

"It's not what I thought, but when I read a book, I vaguely remember it like this."

Then he said to Ping'er: "Look, at first you thought I was wasting tea, but now mother and Mr. Lu agree that it's okay to eat. Later, I will also give some to my father, even if he doesn't like tea, it's good to entertain guests of."

Ping'er is busy.

Wang Zisheng doesn't like to drink tea, and most of the good tea he gets on weekdays is distributed to Mrs. Zhang and Sister Feng.On the contrary, Wang Ziteng had some insights during the tea ceremony.

Mrs. Zhang said: "If there are many, give some to your uncle. Even the old lady should prepare some. Although it is not a good thing, it is rare."

Sister Feng smiled and said: "Mother's tone is too loud. I have all the top-notch Lushan Yunwu scented here. How can they be so old. This year is too late. I will give it away when I have a new one next year."

Mrs. Zhang thought for a while and said, "That's all."

The two mothers were talking, and the girl outside said: "Madam, the second aunt in Beijing has sent someone to bring a gift."

Mrs. Zhang asked: "Who is from Beijing? Can you ask clearly?"

The girl hurriedly replied, "It's the second aunt's wife, Zhou Rui, who has already gone to greet the master. At this moment, there are two other women waiting outside to greet the wife."

"Come in, please."

Not long after, two mothers came in wearing navy blue bijia and wearing buns. When they saw Mrs. Zhang, they hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Greetings to my uncle and wife."

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly shouted: "Get up quickly, will the journey be smooth?"

The taller mother said: "Thanks to my uncle and wife, the road is relatively peaceful."

Zhang said: "Late photo, move a stool for the two mothers, and ask mother to sit and answer."

The two mothers hurriedly said that they didn't dare, and looked at Sister Feng again and said, "Master Lian always talks about my uncle and wife's family having a younger sister, and asks the girl how she is."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "Thank you for thinking about it."

The mother asked again: "How is my brother at home?"

Mrs. Zhang gave way to sit down again and said: "He is fine, I don't know where he has gone to play now, let him come and meet you in a while. Is everything at home okay? Is the old lady healthy? "

The two mothers sat on half of the stool, straightened their bodies, and replied: "It's all good, all is good. The old lady doesn't like to go out and walk around very much now, but she puts her sisters by her side to raise her.

Uncle Zhu's former son had already been selected as a scholar, and his family seemed to be overjoyed, so they got married again. She was the daughter of Master Li, who offered sacrifices to the Imperial Academy. "

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "It's a good feeling. You brother Zhu was smart and hardworking when you were young. Now you are a scholar. In a few years, you can't say that you will be the number one scholar like your aunt. At that time, your wife will also be considered." Boiled out.

How is Miss Yuan?But there are also people?And your elder brother, who was born with jade, must be five or six years old, right?Are you enlightened? "

Mother smiled and said: "Speaking of this, it's another happy event. Our eldest girl has been elected to the palace. Now the family is waiting for the call. She said that she will enter the palace after the Mid-Autumn Festival. The family likes her, but can't bear her.

Baoyu is also five years old now, and the old lady loves her very much, and now she has been following the old lady. "

When Mrs. Zhang heard that Yuan Chun had entered the palace, she couldn't help being shocked, but she didn't want to ask further questions, and after a while, she asked someone to take the two mothers down to rest.

"I haven't heard of a sage choosing a concubine in the past two years. Why did Sister Yuan enter the palace? It stands to reason that if we choose a concubine, our place is the land of Longxing, and someone must stand for the election. How can there be no rumors about it?" Don't you see me?"

Sister Feng sighed: "I'm afraid it's not serious to choose a concubine. What a good place to go there, but why did you ask Sister Yuan to go in!"

Zhang said: "Why isn't it serious to choose a concubine?"

"When we were in Beijing, we had never heard of choosing a concubine, and we didn't see any movement here. Mother thought, when a saint chooses a concubine, which time is it not so grand, why did he choose the concubine so quietly?

I guess, or the Rong Mansion entrusted someone to send Sister Yuan directly to the saint..."

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly said, "Miss, what are you talking about!"

Sister Feng laughed and said, "What am I afraid of when I talk to Mother? Otherwise, Xiaoxuan has entered the palace."

Mrs. Zhang said: "Where would she be called Xiaoxuan? Sister Yuan is also very precious at home, and she walks on all fours. Would your aunt be willing to let her serve others?"

"How can you be sure about this?" Sister Feng sighed, "Besides, any noble family who sends their daughters to the palace is not for the sake of wealth and longevity. If the men in the family are settled, my aunt will feel distressed." , what else can I do?"

If the Rongguo Mansion really didn't have the idea of ​​borrowing their daughters for glory, it would be a serious draft, and they could ask for exemption from the election based on the merits of the Duke of Xianguo.No matter how bad it is, it is better to give it to the side branch clan than to enter the palace.

The two mothers couldn't help but sat opposite each other and sighed again.

Sister Feng thought for a while that she should ask Mr. Lu, she came from the palace, so she should know something about the way here; Already in the palace, not to mention that there is no one in the palace of the Duke of the State?

When I was upset, I couldn't help knocking on the lid of the teacup with a "bang bang".

Mrs. Zhang persuaded: "Hey, it's all a matter of personal fate, it's impossible to say that Sister Yuan is really rich in the palace.

You usually say that she is a high-minded person at home, how do you know that she is not willing. "

Sister Feng said: "Mother, don't worry about me, I'm just bored, and I'll be fine in a while."

Just as he was talking, Ping'er came in and said, "Girl, there is a letter in the ceremony, I think it's for you."

Sister Feng said, "Let me have a look."

Then he stretched out his hand to take it, and saw that there was only the word "Feng" written on the envelope, and the handwriting was flying and erratic, so he knew it was Jia Lian. After opening it to read, he couldn't help sighing again.

Zhang asked: "What's the matter?"