The Red Chamber is not a dream

[No.30 [-]nd chapter] The love of the world is Jiangzhu as a brother's plan · Ordinary affairs Jia Lian as a long-term plan

But in Baoyu's room, Xiren saw Baoyu and Xiangyun coming, and said with a smile, "It's too early to go out, come and comb your hair, and teach Miss Yun to wait for you." Baoyu said, "No need, sister Yun has promised Help me comb my hair today, you can go and do it yourself." Hearing this, Xiren had to come back to wash and wash by himself, feeling a little unhappy in his heart, but thought to himself: "If it is about harmony between brothers and sisters, there should be a measure. Etiquette. Even brothers and sisters don't have this kind of thing." Then he thought about when to persuade Baoyu.Over there, Xiangyun and Baoyu were braiding their braids, and they went to Jiamu's room together.Xiren couldn't help it, so he had to wait for him to come back.Baoyu came back that night, but after a few words of persuasion, he saw that he was a little impatient, so he had to give up and went back to bed without saying anything else.

In a few days it will be Daiyu's birthday. Because her brother's scientific research is not yet over, Daiyu is a little worried and not very interested, but she just jokes with her sisters for a while.After the middle of the day, Xuelang came to Daiyu and said with a smile: "Master has booked a table of noodles the day before yesterday, so I put them in my aunt's yard to teach the girl to go at night." After picking them up, Yingchun and Tanchun were busy with family affairs, but Du Xiangyun was fine.Seeing that he was there, Daiyu smiled and said, "Yun'er, come with me for a drink." When Xiangyun heard about Daiyu's birthday, she rummaged through the boxes and cabinets at her own place, but couldn't find a way to do Daiyu's birthday present. Annoyed, she smiled and said, "I didn't know that my sister's birthday is today, so I didn't prepare a gift. I'll make it up later." Daiyu didn't care much about this at first, and said, "What is this? You two Elder sister and third elder sister are busy there, let's not bother others, just you go with me." Xiangyun smiled and said: "Second and third elder sisters naturally don't have time to play with us, but second elder brother has time, wait for me to call him Come and go." Daiyu didn't want to call Baoyu to go, but seeing Xiangyun speak out, she had to say: "Our daughter is stubborn, and I'm afraid he will find it boring when he comes." Xiangyun said: "It turns out that Sister Lin I don't know, the second elder brother is the one who likes to be stubborn with girls the most. Now I will call him, he will be happy." While talking, he went out.Daiyu had no choice but to let him go.

At that moment, Xiangyun and Baoyu came back, and they all got together and went to Lixiangyuan.Zizhu and Xuelang had arrived first, and they arranged them in the flower hall. Aunt Xue was sitting there with Sister Baochai. Seeing them coming, she laughed and said, "You are here, come in quickly." Ordered to pour tea, several people sat down.Because of her brother's absence and being a little annoyed by Xiangyun's disturbance, Daiyu's face is a little sleepy.Baochai knew what Daiyu was thinking, and it was hard to say it, but she picked some unimportant words to say, and they laughed.Seeing that Xue Biao was not there, Baoyu asked Baochai.Baochai knew that because Jinyu and Xue Die were not there, Xue Biao felt bored and avoided going out by himself. It was hard to say that he was afraid of embarrassing him, so he laughed and said, "There is something in the shop, so he went out by himself." Baoyu didn't argue, and after a few people had eaten, Daiyu pushed it back and went straight to her room.

In the room, Zicuckoo greeted her and said with a smile: "The girl is back. Just now, the uncle sent someone to tell the girl that everything is fine there, and the article that day was done smoothly. I think the girl's birthday gift will be fulfilled." It's over." Daiyu laughed first when she heard the words, then thought about it, and said, "Didn't he end yesterday?" Xueyan laughed beside him and said, "I think the old man told the little boy a while ago that he is a professional teacher." I’m talking about it today.” Daiyu pinched her fingers and counted the days again, and said with a smile, “I’ll be on stage in four more days. How’s the house over there?” Zijuan said: “Mother Du just now Back and forth, saying that the curtains and other things are ready, the furniture should be ready-made, and a few young children have gone to clean it, but the furnishings in the room still need the attention of the grandpa and the girl." Daiyu didn't say it for a long time. Speech, thought for a while and said: "Forget it. When we came that day, we didn't bring any of our decorations at home. It was said in the letter to father's family that I had already sent some. It's in the storeroom; the rest can be had in a few days if you want to come. It's all in my room, but my brother's side is naturally visited by people, so I have to be more careful. When the thing is delivered, I will trouble Sister Zizhu to take it Go and check the list, don't leave anything behind." While taking the list out of the drawer, Zizhu hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up, and saw:

A pair of hexagonal bottles with green field pastel and gold pile patterns

An imitation Jun glaze animal ear string pattern bottle

A cloisonné enamel phoenix-ear bean-shaped lid jar

A piece of ox hair broken spring thunder

Seeing this, Zizhu smiled and said, "Girl is so generous. These are all top-grade items that you can meet but can't ask for. The master has got these for many years, so they are coming." Daiyu laughed and said: "This Beijing It’s no better than Yangzhou, it’s right at the foot of the imperial city, those are not a pair of rich eyes. It’s not that I want to be extravagant especially——I came to Beijing, and I also skipped a few visits, and I have some plans in my mind. Besides, our family has to Elder brother, if you don’t give it to him, who can you give it to?” The party asked what happened to the qin mat that Xueyan taught people to make the day before yesterday, and said: “If this spring thunder qin matches the old qin mat, it will not match. Elder sister Ribao gave me a picture of a zither pad the other day. I thought it was good, and now I am using it to teach others how to make it. Compared with this one embroidered with light yellow, we use our deerskin as the lining. " Xueyan agreed, and went to pay for it.Daiyu looked at the accounts again. Fang felt sleepy and went to bed without mentioning it.

When Sister Feng was confinement, Jia Lian and the two of them thanked Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing.Mrs. Xing knew that his husband and wife were really united with her now, so she secretly agreed, and ordered something to reward the servants who served that day. Those who were honest and responsible, but she was obedient, each of them was even more rewarding. .Needless to say, everyone was happy and encouraged, but they all praised Mrs. Xing endlessly.Sister Feng told Mrs. Xing what Keqing entrusted in her dream, and Mrs. Xing thought so deeply, so she told Jia She herself that although Jia She didn't take it seriously, it was not good to see Mrs. Xing working hard all day long. In response to his intention, he paid money from the account of the big house and handed it over to him.Because Mrs. Xing felt too little, she knew that Jia Amnesty would not give more, so she had to add some of her own private house, and finally made up a total of 3000 taels, which she handed over to Jia Lian, because she said, "I can only have these for a while, if there is money in the future." Get it together, and I'll bring it to you again." Jia Lian also knew his father's temperament, and thanked Mrs. Xing for helping him, so he took it.When Mrs. Xing saw that he had accepted it, she said, "I'll just entrust this matter to you. At least it will be done perfectly, and we can see that we can keep our ancestors' foundation." Jia Lian bowed and went to the room to finish.

When he returned to his room, Jia Lian talked about it with Xifeng, and he thought to himself: "Elder brother Zhen in the Dongfu is usually a sensible person, and he is the son of the eldest son. He should be in charge of the matter, so you have to discuss it with him." So the next day, he went to the East Mansion and talked to Jia Zhen, and Jia Zhen agreed, saying: "Brother, this statement is deeply in my heart. I usually also I once thought that although our mansion looks bright, the inside is not as good as it used to be. Others don't know, but I know it best. It is necessary to be prepared for danger in times of peace. It's just that my father doesn't care, and the two masters in your mansion are elders , so it's not easy to mention it, and I don't have to teach people to say that I'm a loser. Now that my second brother said so, I might as well ask your second master to see what it means." Seeing that he thought the same as himself, Jia Lian felt the same. Xia Changkuai laughed and said, "My brother has something to say, and all brothers will obey." Because Jia Zheng will leave in a few days, the two agreed, and they went to Rongfu to find Jia Zheng and report the matter.

But it is said that Jia Zhengsu's daily life can be regarded as humble and kind, but he never puts mundane affairs first. In his spare time, he just reads books and plays chess. He doesn't mind other things. , and didn't take it to heart, but said: "It's good for you two brothers to have such thoughts, but I don't have an eldest son here, and no one is in charge. You also know that I usually don't care about these things. If you want money, you can send it to your second wife." Hearing the words, the two had to come out, and went back to Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang didn't know the pros and cons of it. She just thought that the two of them had found some way to ask for money from here, and they didn't care about buying farm houses and houses at all; Rejected, he had to order the servant girl to open the box, took 100 taels of silver to share with him, and said: "This sacrificial offering is originally a public matter in our clan, and every house should take care of it. It's just that your brother is still young now. It doesn't make sense on these things, and Zhu'er and I don't want to show up, so you have to worry about it. Now take the 100 taels of silver and use it as a sacrifice to the same family school in the ancestral tomb for four o'clock. If there is not enough, come here again Let go."

Seeing that it was not Huatou, the two had no choice but to leave and discuss in secret.After all, Jia Lian was younger, and she blushed with anger at Mrs. Wang's words, and said to Jia Zhen, "Second wife, after all, my wife is short-sighted, and this 100 taels of silver is not worth spending? It's like the two of us to play him this way." It's a trick to coax money! It can be seen that this good man can't do it." Jia Zhen laughed and said, "He is like this, so what does it matter to us? Anyway, the two of us have told him, and if there is something wrong in the future, we can't blame us. Let's just keep ourselves safe, so many people have been saved there!" Jia Lian hurriedly asked because he heard his ominous words.Jia Zhen sneered and said, "Let me tell you the truth, our house is getting worse every day. Our two houses are in the same spirit, so it can be seen that your side must be in trouble now. I don't see the second wife just took 100 taels of silver." Come out, are you in such a state of pain? Let’s just say something disrespectful, now that the sage is getting older, when the time comes—” At this point, he swallowed the second half of the sentence, turned around and said: “We always Do you want to plan for yourself? Now that we have agreed on this idea, we will naturally do it. The second wife’s 100 taels, let’s buy some property for them, so we can talk about it then.”

Jia Lian couldn't help being terrified when he heard the words, and went back to think about it carefully, and after a few times in his heart, he finally said this to Mrs. Xing.When Mrs. Xing heard the words, she also changed her color and said, "Does the old lady know this?" Jia Lian said, "I don't know the situation of Brother Zhen." "Forget it, if you really say it, the old lady will definitely say that you and I are frustrated again. After Feng girl will be raised, check the accounts of this house and see how much shortfall there is before making any plans. Anyway There are still some years to come, and we girls will manage it in secret." So speechless.