The Ring of the Red Chamber and the Nine Heavens

The second year of Yuanxi in the Jin Dynasty.

Ning Rong Street.

There is a famous family on the street, whose ancestors made outstanding military exploits at the beginning of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, so they were conferred the titles of Ning Guogong and Rong Guogong by Emperor Taizu. It has been nearly a hundred years, and it can be regarded as a family of this dynasty. big family.Oh, by the way, this family's surname is Jia, with five generations of ancestors, there are already hundreds of people in the family, it is indeed a big family.

Ningrong Street is a very long street, but it is called Ningguo Mansion, and Rongguo Mansion occupies more than half of the street. The east of the street is Ningguo Mansion, and the west of the street is Rongguo Mansion. The street is far away.

Walking along Ningrong Street all the way to the west, as for the west end of Ningrong Street, you can see a majestic and majestic mansion, and there are seven or eight servants standing at the door with their chests and belly folded.In the middle are two vermilion gates, with a pair of majestic golden copper tiger heads on the gates, each with a shiny brass knocker in its jaws.A long black lacquered plaque is hung high on the main entrance, and the inscription "Zao Rongguo Mansion" is written in five gold-plated characters, with gold hooks and iron strokes, which are extraordinary in strength.There are two black oil corner doors on each side, the left corner door is locked, and the right corner door is open, and servants come in and out from time to time.Looking at the vigorous old trees and the flowering branches protruding from the wall in the courtyard, one can see that the owner of this house is very dignified.

At this time, in a corner of this magnificent and majestic deep courtyard, there is a small wing room. In the room, there is a half-old carved wooden bed against the wall. The red paint on the edge is peeling off. It is somewhat incomplete.Lying on the bed was a five or six-year-old child. It was the middle of winter, but his face was extremely red, his breathing was heavy, and he was obviously suffering from a high fever.

Sitting on the side of the bed was a woman wearing a long double-breasted jacket of agarwood-colored Ning silk and a skirt of ginger-yellow dark floral cotton satin. All of them were old and not old, and her face was full of sadness, which made the atmosphere in the room even more oppressive and gloomy.

This woman is called "Aunt Zhao" in this house. She was originally the concubine of the second master in the mansion. There is a son and a daughter, and she was later promoted to be an aunt, who is considered to be half the master of the house.The daughter, Jia Tanchun, is the third girl in the mansion, and she was picked up by the old lady of the mansion to raise with other girls when she was born, which is not usually seen.The person lying on this bed is named Jia Huan, known as the "Third Master Huan", because there is an elder brother named Jia Baoyu who was born with a jade title on it, and he is loved by the old lady Jia and even the whole family. He became an invisible person in the mansion. The old lady and the second wife didn't bother to take care of him, so Aunt Zhao took care of him. Weeds grew to this age, and it was only mentioned by the second master last year that he started studying in ethnology.It's fine that Jia Huan is usually left unattended, but now with the high fever, people are about to die of illness, that is, Mrs. Jia, the first wife and the second wife sent their maids to come and ask, and sent some herbs over. , and when I opened it, I found that the ginseng was an unbearable thing that had been put out for years, and it would turn into ashes as soon as I touched it. How could I use it to boil medicine?

Aunt Zhao looked at the little man with a high fever on the bed, and didn't know what to do, so she had to resort to unsophisticated methods, standing up from time to time, going outside and twisting a few hot cloth towels, first wiping his sweat If you are really sweating a lot, you need to change into a pair of bottom underwear.Aunt Zhao put the last piece of hot handkerchief on the little man's forehead, and seeing the weak murmurs coming from his chapped mouth, as if he was in a lot of pain, she coaxed him distressedly to herself. He said: "Be good, be good and let the fever go away. Mother will make you a new pair of shoes and wear them to school. They are no worse than Baoyu."

Aunt Zhao saw that the child fell asleep again, she sighed, picked up a pair of shoes that were just showing up beside the bed, and began to tie them up stitch by stitch. He bit down and became a little distorted, as if with great resentment.

The shoes in Aunt Zhao's hand looked like they were full of flowers, but they were actually the uppers made of spliced ​​satin, of course not as strong as those made of whole satin.Often it looks good when it is newly made, but the thread is stretched after a few times of wearing. It is not good to be rejected by children several times. It is said that it is laughed at by classmates in school, shoes are drooping, socks are drooping, and clothes are disheveled. , looks bad, and was even told by the master one time.Before the child got sick, the child still teased her and said, "Mother, can you make me a pair of shoes like Brother Baoyu's?" , beat the child all over the ground, and while beating, she scolded: "Who told you that you didn't crawl out of your wife's bag? How do you compare with others? Do you have that life?"

Thinking of this, tears welled up in Aunt Zhao's eyes: Huan'er, mother has a bad temper, mother is incompetent, and you are so tired that you can't live a good life.It's just that you need to get better soon, mother is suffering like oil in this room, isn't she just counting on you?If you have something, how can my mother survive?

At this time, a voice came from outside: "The third girl is here."

"Is Third Master Huan feeling better?"

"It's still burning. The doctors say it's difficult, so let's go in and have a look, girl."

When Aunt Zhao heard the footsteps approaching, she burst into tears like rolling melons.

Suddenly the door curtain was lifted, and a pretty maidservant came in, wearing a bun and said crisply: "Hello, my wife, our third lady is here to see the third master."

Aunt Zhao stood up and saw her daughter walking in with a steady footsteps. She raised the corners of her lips and said reservedly, "Auntie, is Huan'er feeling better?"

The third girl, Tanchun, was wearing a round-neck gown with honey-waxed yellow and folded branches of peonies, and a lake-blue long skirt with golden catkins and floral flowers, and a silver-gray satin skirt with ruffled leaves trimmed with white fox fur. The cloak, the red gold eight-treasure flying swallow hairpin on the head is meticulously worn, the earrings are dotted with gold silk inlaid ruby ​​earrings, the neck is hung with a red gold plate Chi Yingluo ring, and the gold-plated five-color glazed flying swallowtail butterfly is pinned to the skirt. The two gold-encrusted jadeite bracelets on the top jingled, looking like a lady from a wealthy family!

Aunt Zhao looked at the half-worn clothes she was wearing that others didn't like, they couldn't even compare with the accompanying daughter-in-law in the wife's room. Jia Huan, who was lying on the bed, was dressed like a Like poor relatives who go to relatives and friends, they feel more and more that their daughter's bright attire is very eye-catching.

Also, although Tanchun's words just now were greetings, they were indifferent, without any worry, but polite and alienated, which made Aunt Zhao even more upset.

Aunt Zhao was originally outspoken and quick-tempered, but at this moment she couldn't help but sneered and said: "You still go back and play Go with the girl from the historian family and the girl from the Lin family for fun. Anyway, with me here, your brother can't die! "

Tanchun raised his brows, and said indifferently: "What did my aunt say? I went to see my brother carefully, but I could see that he was here! My aunt really needs to change her temper. This is me, so I have to endure it." Let's face it, if someone else makes a fuss, Auntie will find trouble for herself!"

Aunt Zhao burst into tears immediately, and she began to complain: "You still know to come to see your brother? He is dying of illness, and only saw you come here twice. Usually, your eldest lady is a noble person who doesn't step on her." What's more, you are dressed neatly, and look at what your younger brother is wearing? You don't want to make him a pair of shoes and socks, and let him go to school with sloppy shoes and socks every day. It's a joke, but you tried your best to please your second brother Bao, what kind of butterfly and flower shoes did you make for him!"

It turned out that Tanchun had nothing to do, so she made a pair of very exquisite shoes for her half-brother, Jia Baoyu, the second wife's direct son. "Butterfly Falling Flower Shoes", a pair of colorful butterflies on the upper are lifelike, ready to fly. Who would not praise Bao Erye's handsome appearance when he descended to the mortal world, which complements the shoes?Who wouldn't flatter the brother and sister of the third girl and Bao Erye, and the skillful embroidery skills of the third girl?

However, when this word reached Aunt Zhao's ears, everything changed.

Tanchun was so angry that his face was as white as paper, and his voice was raised a lot: "What is Auntie talking about? I have to argue today. Am I a needleworker? Huan'er's shoes, socks and clothes are all divided. For example, I have a needleworker in the mansion to do it! I'm just happy to make a pair or two pairs of shoes for fun, and I can give them to whoever I like! I don't know what kind of concubines! Whoever is nice to me, I will be nice to whoever!"

Aunt Zhao was also so angry that her chest heaved unceasingly, and said with a sneer: "You just said that you picked up Gao Zhier and flew away? I have no means, no dignity, and I am laughed at by everyone in this house. I look down on my own daughter. I worked so hard to conceive and give birth to you in October, but I can’t be your mother! But the one who is sick on this bed is your serious brother. You take care of him now, and he will have a baby in the future. Promising, you have made a name for yourself, can you not repay you? To be a human being, you should be more kind, don’t get too excited, and you will not be able to fall on both sides in the future!"

Tanchun was so angry that he said, "It's unreasonable! I'm not talking about you, it's just some humble and humble opinions! No wonder everyone stays away from you and says you're wrong. I've learned my lesson today." Then, Tanchun then ordered the servant girl to throw a little gastrodia elata and cordyceps and other nourishing medicinal materials brought to visit the sick on a small table, and angrily shook her hand and left.

Aunt Zhao rushed to the door and said to her back: "If you're going today, don't come here. Think I want something from you?"

However, Aunt Zhao was not willing to throw that thing out after all, she still sighed, pinched the rough protrusion on the medicinal material, and scolded herself again: My mouth, I really wish I could connect it with a needle and thread!How come you're being stubborn with your daughter again!

At this moment, the little man on the bed let out a weak cough, which brought Aunt Zhao back to her senses. She hurried over and said happily, "Huan'er, are you awake?"

"Hmm..." Sheng Anqing who was lying on the bed slowly opened his eyes.

The author has something to say: Let me explain here. The first few chapters first suppressed and then rose, describing the harsh environment of the protagonist when he first crossed over, so it is a bit aggrieved.However, please believe that I am an unshakable mother. Huaner in this article has a very tough character. Now I am forbearing to adapt to the environment, and there will be a big change in a few chapters.

Continue to literacy: [-]. Huan'er is not a stunning beauty. Xiao Gongmu fell in love with him at first sight. On the contrary, he didn't like Huan'er at first. The relationship was gradually developed. I personally thought that such a rivalry would be good. [-]. This article has a golden finger. [-]. Huan'er will be a Jinyiwei.