The Red Chamber is not a dream

【Chapter 160】Will you be jealous of ice, water and air? Fate is hard to change.

In addition, when Jia Zheng passed away that day, Li Wan heard the news in Beijing. He couldn't help being very sad, but he thought to himself, "after my master's death, Lan'er will have to keep his filial piety for three years and not take the scientific examination, but won't he miss a lot of time?" While thinking about the past, it was even more tragic, thinking: "Usually they are the daughters-in-law of the Jia family, and I am the elder sister-in-law, but I am not as good as Feng girl in everything. When I was at home that day, the old lady favored him, and the wife was his relative. Aunt, that's all right; it's just that the eldest wife thinks so highly of him, so she has to wait for his fate. The second master was far from Master Zhu; who knows that now Ruo'er won the first prize, Lan'er is behind him. For a while, I was envious and jealous, but I couldn't help it, so I called Jia Ruo and said, "Now that the master has passed away, we should keep our filial piety even though we are in Beijing. My son has been unable to end these three years, so he is good at home. ; It is not in vain of the master's previous wish." Jia Lan nodded when he heard the words.

When Sister Feng heard the news, she thought to herself, "Although the family is separated now, I still want to mourn for him; when I change my clothes, I have to go there and have a look." Mrs. Xing, after hearing this, Mrs. Xing said: "You decide it yourself." Yin sighed again: "I said early in the morning that I can't go back, but no one listens to me. Who knows that. I asked someone to make a divination that day. The way is that if he goes to Jinling, he will be in a dead end; but it is impossible to persuade him, and it is true now." Sister Feng persuaded after hearing the words: "Madam, why don't you think about it. Human life and death have a definite number; anyway, we have a clear conscience That's all." Mrs. Xing sighed, "That's the same thing." On the one hand, she invited Jia Lian over there and told her to pack up and go to Jinling; she also ordered Sister Feng to visit Li Wan's house.

A few months later, Jia Lian returned home from Jinling and reported to Mrs. Xing: "The family in that side has been scattered; the child is going there now, leaving some silver taels for the second wife, and sending another family to go; It's just that the house they live in was originally shared with us, and I see them like this, so I can't say anything, I just have to." Mrs. Xing sighed: "Forget it, anyway, we are only here now, they can live here if they want, and they can't. Why bother to drive them away again. Maybe in a few days, they will come to Beijing again, so there is no need to compete. It's very good if you do this." Jia Lian nodded in response.Unexpectedly, within a few days, I heard the news of Xiangyun's death again; Mrs. Xing was always prudent, so she was stunned for a while, then sighed: "It's God's will, it's not up to anyone." After sighing like this, But he called his family again and asked them to chant scriptures in the temple, but he had nothing to say for the time being.

But Mrs. Wang of that Xiang reluctantly supported her. After the funeral in Xiangyun, she felt uncomfortable. She asked a doctor to come to see her.It's just that there are only two people in the family, Mrs. Wang and Baoyu, and Baoyu doesn't do ordinary things. Once Mrs. Wang is bedridden, some unscrupulous people take the opportunity to make trouble, but seeing that the family's situation is getting worse day by day; Nai thought to himself, "it's hard to live here now. Why don't we go back to Beijing? At least I can take care of it." So I decided that when I felt better, I asked my family to pack up and ask someone to send a letter to Beijing. Go to Beijing.

Mrs. Xing heard the news, and said, "Since we are going back, and we are in the current situation, we naturally have to ignore it." Jia Lian also agreed when he heard the words, and said, "I think Auntie and the others will go back to the place where they originally lived. Hezhu's sister-in-law lives. Now let's hire some people to clean it up, and then send some daily necessities there." Mrs. Xing said: "You are very worried, just go and do it." Jia Lian got Mrs. Xing's words , then went to her own room and talked to Sister Feng, but Sister Feng said unhappily when she heard the words: "We have helped them a lot before, and that's enough. Now they are separated, and the emperor doesn't want to see them." Why do we bother?" Jia Lian knew that Sister Feng still held a grudge against Mrs. Wang for harming him that day, so she persuaded, "We are taking care of them there, but we want to make a good name for ourselves. Now the Holy Majesty is free. They are short-suffering, they have never been punished, and they are still relatives, if they just ignore it, it will make others look bad. Besides, if our brother is going to be an official in the future, it is natural that the reputation is the most important thing; besides, We can live a good life now, can't we be poor if we live with them?" Sister Feng who said it snorted and laughed, because she said: "Look at what you said I have become. My heart is distressed, but It's just a little bit of anger. Besides, they are pitiful now. Sister Yun died again at a young age, and it's a good thing to make this happen." So the two agreed to make the arrangements themselves, no problem.

When Li Wan heard that Mrs. Wang was going back to Beijing with Baoyu, she said secretly, "After a few days of easy life, my wife is coming back again." If you want to hire someone to serve you, you think, "Now that my wife and Baoyu come back, they will support me, but I don't need to pay any money; and there are others to serve me, so it won't hurt me." , Waiting for Mrs. Wang to return to Beijing.

After a while, Mrs. Wang and Baoyu returned to Beijing. Jia Lian hired a car and horses early in the morning and took them here in person. Sister Feng also waited at home with Li Wan early in the morning. In a blink of an eye, I saw that Baoyu's description had changed greatly from the past, but I felt sad again; for a while, my heart was full of emotions, so I hurriedly covered my expression, came up and smiled and said, "Second wife, take a rest, you can go home now." " On the one hand, he asked Baoyu about the hardship of the journey; on the other hand, he taught the girl to fetch water for them to freshen up.

Although Mrs. Wang was in a mess all the way, when she returned to Beijing, she felt a little ashamed when she saw that Sister Feng was still doing everything properly, so she pulled Sister Feng and said, "Madam Feng, but it's hard for you and Lian'er to think about you." Sister Feng smiled. Said: "Our wife is also thinking about the second wife. In the final analysis, we are a family. Although we are separated, we can't miss it. Now that the family is serving dinner, let me take it here." While talking, sure enough Seeing that they cleaned up for them, they all went to the mansion by car.

At that moment, Mrs. Xing saw several people coming, and hurriedly took them into the room, exchanged a few words with each other, and sighed once when she asked Tanchun where Jiahuan was going, and heard that Tanchun had married.Yin laughed again and said, "Now we live nearby, so we can take care of each other." So they had dinner and sat for a while, and Mrs. Xing ordered them to be sent home.

In addition, since Mrs. Wang returned to Beijing, she made up her mind to let Baoyu find a future. Because she thought of Tanchun again, she thought to herself: "The master wanted to find someone for the third girl that day, so she got married there hastily; Knowing this, why not find a marriage for him in Beijing; the three girls are all good in appearance and character, if they marry here, they can also help Baoyu, but now they can't." Because he thought again: "wait Baoyu has become a filial piety, and he is still negotiating a marriage for him. The Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River once wanted to get married, but they never agreed to him; the girls in his family are also filial now, and they have never discussed marriage. Yes." After thinking about it for a while, there was nothing to do, so I had to put it aside for the time being; every day I urged Baoyu to study without mentioning it.

It's just that Mrs. Wang was bedridden for a few days because of her hard work and cold. Jia Lian invited an imperial physician to see her, and Sister Feng often brought medicine, but she still didn't see any improvement.When it comes to winter, you will see that the disease is becoming more and more serious day by day; it is no longer a good situation.Mrs. Wang knew in her heart that what happened behind Ku Baoyu was not over yet. Seeing Sister Feng by her side that day, she took him by the hand and said, "Girl Feng, you always treat Baoyu the best. Now I'm going. I also want you to take care of him." Sister Feng smiled and said, "That's natural. Since I married here, my aunt has taken care of me in many ways; she loves me more than our wife. Baoyu is my aunt's heart, and I Doesn't he take care of him?" Mrs. Wang heard that Xifeng's words were wrong, but when she looked up, she saw Sister Feng's face was smiling, she was surprised and suspicious at the same time; she only heard Sister Feng smiled and said, "It's not just me, even our brother My aunt also took care of me more. My love for our brother is the same as my aunt's love for Baoyu; I should make up for it one by one." Mrs. Wang was horrified when she heard the words, knowing that Sister Feng knew what happened back then, so she couldn't help it. Frightened, but unable to speak; Sister Feng didn't say much more, but said with a smile, "Auntie, please rest. I'll come to see you some other day." Then she turned and went out.

Mrs. Wang only felt dark in front of her eyes. She thought of many things in the past for a while, but she had no time to regret. She thought to herself: "I knew today, but why did I do it at the beginning? Retribution." He was in a daze, but he heard that Aunt Xue had come to see him, so he had to try his best to support him, and when he saw Aunt Xue, the tears fell down rustlingly; Aunt Xue was also hurt, and hurriedly helped him He lay down and said: "Sister, let's take care of you for a while. Now that we're back in Beijing, we can walk around; let's just relax." Mrs. Wang has lost her mind at this time, so she pulled Aunt Xue and cried "Good sister, I can't do it anymore. Only Baoyu is an evil, but I can't let it go; my sister sees our sisterhood, take care of him for me. Brother Die is close to His Majesty again, so I have to beg He will bring more precious jade in the future, but there is no hope for Lian'er's side."

Aunt Xue heard that Sister Feng told her what Mrs. Wang did that day, and now she heard Mrs. Wang's words, she thought to herself: "This is retribution. Feng girl almost lost her life that day; now there is still care He?" But there was no way, so we had to say: "Where can we say this?" Mrs. Wang cried again: "But I have one more thing to ask my sister. I think Bao girl and Baoyu were young Love, now that Yun girl is dead again, Zensheng taught him to be together; when Baoyu is out of filial piety, he will welcome Baoyu; sister must obey my words." Weeping all the time.

Aunt Xue couldn't help being shocked and angry when she heard the words, she hurriedly said: "Sister, what are you talking about! Your Majesty has now recognized Bao girl as a righteous sister, and wants to point him to Little General Feng; if you teach this to outsiders, then Your Majesty is furious, how can we bear it? I will never mention this in the future; I just treat it as my sister and never say it!" Mrs. Wang was frightened, her heart returned to clarity, and she hurriedly said: "It turns out that I am confused. Don't blame me, sister." Aunt Xue didn't want to talk to Mrs. Wang any more, she just said a few words of gossip, then she got up and said goodbye.

Mrs. Xiang Wang was lying on the bed, feeling afraid and regretful, shocked and painful. She was already seriously ill, but she was frightened twice in a row; at night, she was unconscious and unconscious.In a hurry, Li Wan asked people to ask for the imperial physician, and then went to the mansion to talk to Sister Feng. Who knew that when the imperial physician came here, he felt no pulse with his hand, and he died on the bed.When Baoyu saw it, she couldn't help crying. When Jia Lian heard the news, she had to come to this room and asked people to buy funeral things.

When Mrs. Wang's funeral was over, Li Wan looked for Baoyu and said to him, "Second uncle, listen to me. Now my wife is gone, and we are the only ones at home. Although we should support each other, there are still many inconveniences, and we are even more afraid. Teach people to gossip. Lan'er is still young, but she can't leave me; if she can't, she has to move to another place." Baoyu laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. Now I have found a place to go, soon I'm going out now; it's fine now, so let's say goodbye." Li Wan felt relieved when he heard this, and said, "Where are you going?" Baoyu smiled and said, "Of course there is a place to go." Li Wan seemed crazy when he saw him. But when Baoyu went back to the room and got up the next day, when Jia Lan went to call him to eat, he saw that the room was empty, there was only a piece of paper on the table, and when he picked it up to look at it, See what it says above:

There is no proof, it is a foothold.

Without a foothold, it is square and clean.

When Jia Lan saw it, she hurriedly took it to show Li Wan.Li Wan couldn't help but panic when he saw it, so he hurriedly sent someone to tell Sister Feng; Zhen, Jia Lian and others said that they drew pictures and asked around. Some of them said they saw it in that temple;After searching like this for several months, it has no effect at all. I don't know where Baoyu has gone.People in Beijing who have heard about his family's situation all say that they have committed disasters and offended the gods, so the heavens have punished them; such rumors and rumors are endless.

Li Wan in that room heard these gossips, but he could only swallow his anger, because he deliberately taught Jia Lan to work hard, so that he could be proud when he was named on the gold list in the future.So in the past few years, when Jialan came out of the filial piety period, he finally won the Jinshi; so he took his widowed mother and went to other places to be an official.Just a few years later, he died of a sudden illness in office; Li Wan also died of illness three years later and was buried in Jinling.Nothing to say in the future.

The author has something to say: Sister Feng is just talking about it... she won't really do anything to Baoyu.

Now Sister Feng is probably led by her mother-in-law to be very trustworthy, and generally dare not do bad things...

The ending of Li Wan and the others basically followed the original book.

Mr. Cao's verdict for Li Wan was that he was not an evil man... Maybe it meant that Li Wan would stand by and watch the rest of the Jia family in the future.This is in line with her personality traits.