Honglou Xing

On the morning of the second day after Jia Mu's death, she notified her family and several relatives and friends to come to pay respects, and it was over.The funeral was very simple. According to Jia Zheng's words, it was almost as if nothing had been done.

Jia Zheng felt that his face was shameless, and he said several times about Jia's amnesty.

Jia Amnesty exhausted his patience, sneered twice, slapped the table, and said to Jia Zheng, "Well, the second brother will set off with me for Jinling in the afternoon. After returning to Jinling, when the mother and father are buried together in Jinling, the second brother will preside over the reunion." How about a big one?"

Jia Zheng thinks about it, it's okay.Around him, he wanted Ding Youjie to return home. If he could go back to his hometown in Jinling to hold a funeral for his mother and make a splash, no one would say that Mr. Zheng is a dutiful son.Word spread from all over the world that he had a good reputation, and he might not be promoted because of his filial piety in the future.

After thinking about it for a while, Jia Zheng agreed, and he will ask someone to prepare the luggage.

Jia She watched him give orders coldly, and when he got up to leave, he said to him, "Of course, you are free to pay for the expenses."

"Brother!" Jia Zheng's face turned pale when he heard these words. He didn't expect his elder brother to say such a heart-breaking last sentence.How can there be any money in his house to spend on this, now the rest is only what his mother gave, and I don't know if it is enough to buy a house in Beijing.

Jia Zhengliao knew that his eldest brother was deliberately using this to mock him, and had no intention of holding a funeral to honor his mother. "Brother, you are the eldest son, so you care about money so much? How can you let her rest in peace when you treat her like this?"

"You don't care, you go out." Jia She sneered.

Jia Zheng was stunned, his face turned pale and took over, he was blocked and had nothing to say.

"She favored you the most during her lifetime. When she died, she gave me two paintings as a perfunctory gift, and I gave you the rest of the good things. Not to mention anything else, a single gold bottle with eight treasures and five colors is worth me Twice as much as a painting. At that time, why didn't you do the math with me? The old lady loves you for the rest of her life, as you said, you really can't let her down."

Jia Zheng frowned sullenly: "It was the mother's idea to separate the family. Besides, the mother didn't want you, and it was the eldest brother who did it himself. You don't want the title. Funeral and funeral are two different things. The eldest brother is the eldest son, so naturally you should preside over it."

"Do you really dare to bring up the matter of the title again? If I hadn't received the wrong order first, I'm afraid that the second brother would be in prison at this moment, and I don't need to argue at this moment. As for the funeral, you also say Now, it's up to me to preside over it, so you, the second son, don't bark." Jia She gave Jia Zheng a blank look and had nothing to say.Jia Zheng still wanted to refute that Jia Amnesty didn't give him a chance, and asked him directly whether he would return to Jinling or not.

Jia Zheng didn't want to take the money, so why bother to go back to Jinling and fiddle around.He walked with his eldest brother and sister-in-law, afraid that he would be angry on the way.It is enough for Fu Ling to return to his hometown and have the eldest son, so why should he go out again.

Jia Zheng shook his head, but he couldn't refuse directly, because it would be too unpleasant to say that. "I'll stay here. Zhang Luo will take care of Wang's funeral. After all, she is the biological mother of Baoyu and Concubine Xiande, so don't neglect her."

Jia Amnesty glanced at Jia Zheng sarcastically, what was he thinking when he agreed to go?Now when you mention money, you become a turtle.Jia Zheng was already embarrassing as a clown. Jia pardoned him without embarrassing him, and he didn't expose him. He just spoke harshly to him, "Since you can't go back, you can't do it yourself, don't tell me anything else."

Jia Zheng was so angry that his lips turned white, but he argued unreasonably and walked away.

In the afternoon, Mrs. Xing and Jia She took Brother Can and set out to help Ling back to Jinling.Although this trip was in a hurry, fortunately, I had enough money, and if there was something lacking on the road, it would be cheap to supply now.

Although Jia Mu's funeral is simple, outsiders can't talk about it because she has no imperial order.What's more, when Jia She was middle-aged, Xie Guan personally helped his mother's soul to return to her hometown, which was considered filial piety enough, and no one dared to gossip.

After traveling day and night, for more than half a month, we arrived in Jinling.

Someone from the old house in Rongfu Jinling had already come to meet him.After Xing settled everything, he called the old house to take care of things.When they set out earlier, Xing sent his servants to come quickly and inform them of the preparations.

It is appropriate to report to the Xing family one by one in charge.

"I'll teach you to ask Master to calculate the auspicious day for the joint burial, is it ready?"

The steward hurriedly said, "The fifteenth day of this month is the best. If you have to wait any longer, it will be next month."

"Fifteen, isn't it tomorrow?" Mrs. Xing frowned.

"Exactly."

Mrs. Xing thought about the current weather, and sighed: "Forget it, it's better to go to the ground earlier. You can invite some Taoist priests and masters to arrange for the chanting of sutras tomorrow. The burial and sacrifices and other things are also prepared. I will check it three times tonight, and no mistakes are allowed. Everything must go smoothly tomorrow. Otherwise, if you make a mistake, you will all sit back."

The steward was so frightened that he could only tremble in his heart, he had heard that the eldest wife had changed her gender, she was a good housekeeper, she was very powerful, what she saw today was ten times better than the rumors.Naturally, the steward didn't dare to make mistakes, so he did it obediently.

In the evening, Wang Shanbao's family came and went, saying that it was not right to look at the mandarin ducks.

These days, the mandarin ducks have been guarding in front of Jiamu Ling, never leaving.Wang Shanbao's family saw that she was getting thinner and thinner day by day, and their hearts were ashamed, and they couldn't help worrying that something would happen to her.

Xing didn't want any accidents before the burial tomorrow, "Call her!"

Yuanyang entered the door with a sallow and thin face, and greeted the eldest lady stiffly.

"What do you have to say, say it."

Yuanyang's heart was broken, she was not even afraid of death, but she was afraid of saying a few words. "How can the master and wife organize the funeral so hastily? The old lady died miserably after a lifetime of glory. Her eyes were closed with tears. Even if there is no order to add to the body, what about the grand funeral? Make a good impression on the Emperor."

Xing frowned, looked at Yuanyang coldly, and said nothing.

Seeing this, Yuanyang burst into tears, kowtowed and begged the eldest lady for mercy, no matter what she wanted to ask the eldest lady to give the old lady a beautiful funeral.

"You maid, what do you know, come with me!" Wang Shanbao's family was in a hurry, and dragged Yuanyang out to teach him a lesson. "Do you really think that the Jia family escaped disaster? Now the Xiande concubine in the palace is pregnant with the dragon species, and she was at odds with Concubine Wan before, and if you count the queen, it can be said that there are wolves before and tigers behind. Now, let’s not talk about it in the capital, it’s not safe even to return to Jinling. In terms of filial piety, it’s measured by money? Is it still unfilial for Mr. She to personally help the soul to return home? How do you want to be filial?”

The mandarin duck suddenly wakes up like a lightning strike.When she heard Mr. Zheng tell her that, she really thought that Mr. She was partial because he hated the old lady... She was really confused. As soon as the old lady left, she was so distraught that she lost her mind. Later, she listened to what Mr. Zheng said.

Yuanyang repented and hated, annoyed at her recklessness, she was afraid that she would cut herself into pieces, and there was no way to make amends to her wife Haosheng.Yuanyang burst into tears, and without the face to see the eldest wife in the house, she quietly knelt outside the door to plead guilty.

Wang Shanbao's family tried to dissuade her several times, but seeing that she had made up her mind, there was nothing she could do.At this moment, the eldest wife must be in a bad mood, and Wang Shanbao's family did not dare to enter the house to say hello, so they went to arrange accommodation for the entourage first.

After dinner, the eldest wife of Wang Shanbao's family guessed that she was in a better mood, so she came to talk about it.

Mrs. Xing didn't know that Yuanyang was kneeling outside. During the whole afternoon, many people entered the room back and forth, and none of them took the initiative to mention this matter.

Jia Amnesty was a little surprised, hugged his son and said to Xing: "It's a sensible person, that's all, I have been loyal and filial to the old lady all my life, and I have done a lot of hard work. Once I bumped into you, I have learned my lesson."

"Master is kind." Xing put down the list in her hand and turned to look at Jia Amnesty.

Jia She hurriedly hid her face behind her son, and waved Brother Can's hand for Xing to see. "It's not about kindness, but I admire her for protecting her wholeheartedly. It's much better than those who see the wind and have no bones. It's admirable for a servant girl to have such a strong heart."

"What the master said is very true. I asked her to come to see me just because she is a rare one. She has long held back a stomach full of grievances. I am afraid that she will plan to go with the old lady." Xing replied.

Jia Amnesty sighed in amazement: "Sure enough, she is a loyal and staunch woman."

"You said that she is by Brother Can's side, how about it?" asked Xing.

Jia She was stunned, his eyeballs moved, and he suddenly realized: "It's no wonder that you picked someone for Brother Can a few days ago, and you picked and picked people, and you have already taken a fancy to her."

"At that time, the old lady hadn't left yet, so I didn't dare to think about it. But before the old lady left, she asked me to say something, and asked me to take care of the only person she missed." Xing recalled.

"The only one?" Jia Amnesty grasped this strange word accurately, squinting his eyes in doubt.Shouldn't the old lady miss Baoyu the most?

"People are about to die, suddenly they have a great understanding." Xing sighed, now that things are different, there is no need to worry about what the old lady thinks.But when the old lady asked her to arrange the mandarin ducks, Brother Can was what she thought of instantly, and the hatchback is also suitable.

Xing asked Wang Shanbao's family to take a rest with the mandarin duck, invited a doctor, and arranged some supplements for her.Yuanyang felt more and more guilty and uncomfortable, and dared not accept it.Wang Shanbao's family persuaded her to eat, so that she would have the energy to send Jia Mu tomorrow, Yuanyang gratefully agreed.

After a whole morning, the joint burial was finally completed.

Mrs. Xing has been busy for nearly a month, and her nerves are tense, and she is only relieved today.As soon as he lay down on the couch, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Mrs. Xing slept through dinner, and when she woke up again, it was already the next day, and the sky had long since dawned.

Seeing that only Xiao Hong was with her in the room, Xing got up and asked her what time it was.Knowing that it was almost noon, Xing felt a little annoyed at her laziness, and blamed Xiaohong for not waking her up on time.

Seeing that his wife had slept enough, Xiaohong's face was flushed, and she said willingly: "If you can make your wife so energetic every day, I'd be happy that your wife scolds me all day."

"Puhouzi, if you don't talk about you for a few days, you will become more and more insane." Xing scolded like this, but her face was filled with a smile, without any sense of blame.

Xiaohong is consciously honored that only when his wife trusts people, can she talk to people like this, with a sharp mouth and a bean curd heart.

Xiaohong wanted someone to come in to serve her, but Xing stopped her. "It's rare that there are few people in the room today, so I'm called to be quiet. It's fine if you are alone."

Xiaohong agreed, and while serving his wife to wash, she said, "Master is outside teasing Brother Can, and Sister Yuanyang is also there. Early in the morning, Master called her and said something, and Brother Can ran away from her when he turned around." Got a head in my arms."

Xing knew that Jia Amnesty saw that he was tired, so he took care of things for him.Xing Shi felt warm in his heart.

Xiaohong combed the eldest wife's hair, and put a few plain silver hairpins on her hair.Simple and fresh, solemn and elegant, with a special charm.

Xing has long been used to this attire. Compared with the complicated and rich attires before, she feels that Xiaoqi's attire is more relaxed and casual, returning to basics.

When Mrs. Xing came out of the dormitory, she saw Jia She half-lying on the arhat couch, patiently guiding his son how to untie Jiulianhuan.The mandarin ducks stood aside, she turned her head and saw the eldest lady coming, and knelt down to make a match.

"The past is like the wind blowing smoke, let it go."

Yuanyang is grateful with tears in her eyes, she is willing to put her life on the line, and will definitely take care of Brother Can for the rest of her life.She doesn't plan to marry and have children, she just wants to recognize this little master wholeheartedly for the rest of her life.

Knowing that she saw the right person, Xing smiled and watched Yuanyang and the nanny hug Brother Can back to the house for a nap.

Jia Amnesty asked someone to set up a meal, and specially ordered them to cook the fresh and refreshing corn porridge that the Xing family likes to drink.

After dinner, Mrs. Xing smiled and said to Jia She, "I think you have become the 'manager' of the back house."

"It is my honor to help you. These days, no, you have worked hard all these years." Jia She held Xing's hand, with a faint smile on his lips.

Xing Shi suddenly became shy, her cheeks were slightly hot.

Jia She stopped Xing Shi from entering his arms, and gently pressed his chin on Xing Shi's forehead. "From today, we will live in Jinling for three years. There are no parents-in-law, no sister-in-law, and no such troublesome things in and out of the capital. There are only you, me, and Brother Can, our family of three."

What Jia She said was plain and simple, without rhetoric, and without any promises.But after Xing heard this, she couldn't control her tears.When Jia Amnesty finished speaking, Xing's face was already in tears.

It turned out that when he suddenly decided to help Ling return to his hometown, he had this kind of consideration.

Jia Amnesty held Xing's tearful face in distress, and kissed it lightly until Xing's tears stopped.

Xing sucked her nose and put her head into Jia She's arms.

In this lifetime, having him is enough.