The Jade of the Red Chamber

With the help of Zhou Bing's Zuo Shilang of the household department, the household registration documents were quickly purchased for Aunt Zhou. This was originally a female family member of a squire's family when Huangzhou was hit by the disaster, also surnamed Zhou.This squire's family is extremely thin. The Zhou family has no children and only a husband and mother-in-law who are always sick and weak. On the way to escape, this family was robbed of food and soft goods by refugees. The old and weak women and children died within a few days. It is more appropriate to The Zhou family was originally bought by a squire's family as a wife for a consumptive son, but no one knows the origin.

After the catastrophe, because many people were displaced, the local population in Huangzhou was extremely depressed, and the local yamen in Huangzhou Prefecture tried their best to recruit people to return to their hometowns. Therefore, the people sent by the Lin family only said that they lost their documents during the escape. Now their wife has settled down with relatives in the capital. Come down, and come here to complete the paperwork.The Huangzhou government office has seen this kind of situation often. After receiving the "filial silver" handed over by the visitor, it readily filled out the household registration documents, and found the family records of the squire's family from the archives, recording the squire's mother and child. They all died, leaving a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhou, who can marry by herself.

On Aunt Zhou's side, Mrs. Wang assigned two maids to her, but these two maids are too incompetent, and they are still young girls who have not kept their heads, chattering all day long.Because they are born in a family, although I am powerless, these two little girls look down on the taciturn and unfavorable Aunt Zhou. It's perfectly normal not to see anyone.

Lin Zhenyu was afraid that her mother would be wronged, so she asked Sister Feng to take care of one and two secretly. Although Sister Lian and Erfeng didn't understand what she meant, cousin Lin said they would do as they wanted.Zhenyu is not afraid of what they will see in the future, everything is ready, it is only due to the east wind, as long as the mother leaves Jia's house, no one will believe what Jia's family said - no one in the capital knows that Rongguo's mansion has dared to treat her poorly , Bullying the children of Mrs. Lin's family!Besides, there is no proof, the Jia family is ashamed to say that they have lost an aunt in the inner courtyard? !

Aunt Zhou already knew about her younger brother, and she was so excited that she didn't fall asleep all night. She used to think that if things got to the point where her son and the Lin family would be hurt, she would wipe her neck and settle the matter with the Jia family!Now Zhou Hui felt that it was not worth it. With a filial son like Zhenyu and a younger brother who had been looking for her for more than ten years, how could this Jia family deserve her Zhou Hui to commit suicide!

The Jia family usually locks the second door at the beginning of the Youshi period. If a powerful girl or aunt's maid can help those women who go to the night to accommodate them, other women like those in Aunt Zhou's house don't even roll their eyelids. After a while, if you have enough big money, you have to nag and scold for a while before slowly letting it in.

Aunt Zhou was "sick" today, and there was no medicine in the room, so she asked the little girl to talk to Mrs. Cai, or go to the wife's place to ask for some, or go to the street to buy some. Mrs. Cai sighed: "Oh, My aunt, if you go to the street now, the second door will be locked when you come back, so we can’t get in! It’s even inappropriate to go to the wife’s place, since dinner is in the making, and the wife is busy! Or, auntie, go find someone Some savage mother-in-law and daughter-in-law go to the street to buy medicine for you?" After finishing speaking, they went out of the yard to find someone to play cards, and the two little girls also flung their handkerchiefs when they saw the pie. If you are in the second wife's courtyard, why not help the elder sister there to do some work, so that you can work in other places in the future.

At sunset, it was Mrs. Tan who was guarding the second gate. A daughter-in-law in the inner courtyard counted a handful of copper coins and said, "Ask the outside to prepare a small blue cloth car. Aunt Zhou in the second master's room is sick. Later." I'm going to send a woman to get the medicine." After counting the money, I stuffed it into my purse and smiled proudly: "This week, Auntie Zhou is also very poor, she is sick and sick, and there is not even a girl in the house. I happened to pass by, Auntie Zhou Stuffed a lot of money and asked me to help pass a message, I really can't take advantage of it! This kind of cheapness needs to be done a few more times!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Tan laughed dryly and went to call for a small green cloth car. There was only one driver who was old and dim-eyed.

Seeing this, the daughter-in-law murmured in her heart: "I'm afraid this old man wants to get some rewards, hmph! What is this? I'm afraid I won't be able to come back before the second door is locked at this time. The cheapest ones are not those women who went to night." !" Thinking about twisting his waist, it is still a good idea to go to the old lady and the lady's courtyard.

When the sky was dark and the lights were not on everywhere, it was the time when Mrs. Tan and those women who went to work at night took over shifts, but those women always delayed their return for half an hour.

Mrs. Tan patted her throbbing chest, and listened to the voices from everywhere. The old lady was probably serving dinner. Today, the eldest wife, the second wife, the eldest grandmother, and Grandma Feng all went to serve, and even brought the maids with them. Most of them went to the old lady's courtyard, the inner courtyard was quiet at the moment, the old man driving the car outside the second door was a little anxious, but he didn't dare to rush.

At this time, a woman wearing a dark gray cloak came and carrying various small bundles. When Mrs. Tan saw it, she asked the old coachman to put down the stool, and said in her mouth, "Hey, Aunt Zhou asked you to go? What's wrong with the old sister?" So slow!"

When the man got into the car, the old coachman hurriedly yelled at the skinny horse and walked away from the back corner door. Mrs. Tan took two deep breaths, and tightly grasped the flat purse that the man had stuffed into her hand just now, regardless of the old women who went tonight. The son didn't come, turned around and went home.

After a while, several women from last night came, but they didn't see Mrs. Tan. One said, "Hey, why isn't Mrs. Tan here?" It’s serious to go to battle, and today we must win back what we lost yesterday!” Another one said: “That’s right, I got two jars of good wine today, so let’s have a good time.”…… When Mrs. Tan got home, she opened her purse, and her heart almost jumped out of shock—a 500 tael bank note!

The old man drove the car very fast, but he didn't notice that several fast horses and an inconspicuous carriage were quietly following behind.When we arrived at the nearest pharmacy, the woman in the car quickly got down to buy medicine and came up again.The old man drove back to the mansion in a hurry, and got a reward at the second gate. The old coachman left happily, still sighing in his heart, this woman is kind-hearted, but she doesn't like to say anything.

In a secluded place, the "mother-in-law" raised her head, she looked like a plain-eyed servant, and she was Lin Zhenyu's most powerful servant, without a doubt. Swing took off her cloak, straightened her clothes, and Shi Shiran lowered her head from the main entrance of Jia's mansion. He went out through the corner door, and the gatekeeper didn't even look at him. He was waiting to go home for dinner after changing shifts. How could such an ordinary boy have the strength to question him?Men who are capable around them will wear clothes that only low-level servants wear?After cross-examination, there is no oily water, so why not save your energy and wait for your wife to heat up the kang...

Aunt Zhou, no, she is now a widowed Mrs. Zhou. Zhou Hui saw her brother and son whom she missed so much in a very elegant and comfortable small yard. The three of them hugged each other and cried for a while. I want to say countless things, but I just focus on tears, and I don't know what to say... This is a place where some gentry and landlords gather in the capital, and Zhenyu has built a yard here a long time ago. , I originally wanted my mother to stay here for a while, but now that Uncle Zhou is here, this place is just a place to live for a few days.

How excited the relatives are, how to describe it and not express it for the time being.After all, if we get rid of the mud nest of Jia's mansion, the future will be long.

Let's talk about Jia's house, Mrs. Cai and the two little girls have flattered and sold them elsewhere. They came back to Aunt Zhou's small yard one after another. Seeing that there was no light in Aunt Zhou's room, they didn't care. went.

The next day, the sun rose for a while, breakfast was over, and there was no movement in Aunt Zhou's room. The two little girls were a little scared, and hurried to Mrs. Cai's room to wake her up. Mrs. Cai was sleeping soundly. Drooling, snoring loudly, the room was tightly closed, and the smell of breath, fart and gong barrel all night made it unbearable.

The two little girls covered their noses and pushed Mrs. Cai vigorously. Mrs. Cai opened her eyes and said in displeasure, "Why are you pushing me!?"

Sprayed on a little girl's face in one breath, and almost fainted the little girl, the little girl covered her mouth and nose and said: "Grandma Cai, come quickly, Aunt Zhou seems to have something to do!"

Mrs. Cai got up cursing, wiped her face briefly, went to the door of Aunt Zhou's house, knocked on the door and said, "Aunt? Aunt! You are so old, why don't you know when to get up? Although my wife is kind, it shouldn't be like this." Wait! Auntie?" No matter how old Mrs. Cai shouted, there was no movement in the room.

The three of them panicked now, fearing that Aunt Zhou would die inside, they hurriedly tried to knock open the door panel, but the door opened just as soon as the little girl pushed hard, and the three of them staggered forward, and Mrs. Cai became a little angry: "Auntie! How could..."

Before she finished speaking, she saw that the inner room opposite was empty and the beds were neatly made. Mrs. Cai glared at the little girl angrily: "Damn it! My aunt has gone out, and you are still yelling like you have hanged yourself!"

The two girls looked at each other, and one of them said: "Impossible, I'm a light sleeper, and I woke up very early today, so I didn't hear anything!"

Mrs. Cai gave the girl a backhanded slap, and scolded angrily: "You little hoof, what nonsense! Auntie didn't go out, can a good living person still be able to disappear?! You must be lazy, that's why you are like this I said it!" Even so, Mrs. Cai's heart is still anxious, this week Auntie's life is very regular, and today is a bit abnormal.

Mrs. Cai rolled her drooping eyelids and found that there were two packs of medicine on the side of the work basket inside, but they were not there yesterday. She couldn't help laughing and said, "Look, Aunt Zhou is really good at asking someone else to take the medicine!" Just took the two girls to go out, and when she glanced out of the corner of her eyes, Mrs. Cai's complexion changed, she walked over quickly, reached out her hand, and her complexion turned pale: no matter how early Aunt Zhou got up this week, the veil for wiping her face was fine. Will it be so dry without any dampness at all?

The two girls also saw it, and the one who was beaten covered his face and glanced sideways at Mrs. Cai. Mrs. Cai was furious: "Why don't you go to the courtyards and ask where is Auntie?!" Maybe I slept with Aunt Zhao yesterday, so I stayed with my wife...?"

The three of them didn't dare to say anything, they searched from yard to yard, even begging to enter in the Grand View Garden. If they want to leave it in the past, the two little girls would definitely be elated, but this time the three faces looked like mourning.

Until noon, the little girl in the wife's courtyard asked Aunt Zhou to make shoes for the wife, and the three of them came to Mrs. Wang tremblingly and told the story. The kung fu person who spent the night is gone? She won’t grow wings anymore!” He also ordered people to search for it all over the garden without making a sound.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Mother Jia knew about it, and ordered Mrs. Cai, the two maids, the daughter-in-law who had seen Aunt Zhou after yesterday evening, and Mrs. Tan, who was guarding the door, to be detained in the main room.Jiamu's face was ashen, and her face no longer had the kind smile and kindness of the past, and looked gloomy from a distance, like an old tree bark half buried in the ground.

Get rid of the maids, leaving only Mrs. Wang and Yuanyang, and interrogated the people kneeling on the ground one by one, and asked Mrs. Tan the best question. Mrs. Tan said: "There is indeed a woman who was asked by Aunt Zhou to go to the street , but after the shift change time, the old sisters who went to night didn't come for a long time, so I closed the door and went home, maybe the old sisters who went to night knew."

Mrs. Cai hurriedly said: "There are indeed two packs of medicine in Aunt Zhou's room. I think it looks like medicine from a pharmacy not far from our house."

With a straight face, Mother Jia ordered people to go outside to ask the old man who was driving yesterday and the pharmacy. The old man nodded and said that he sent the man back quickly yesterday. When he got off the car, he gave him a reward. Indeed, there was an old woman who took two packs of medicine and went out. Jia Mu thought—could it be that she went out at night?How did you get out?

He ordered someone to tie up the wives who went to bed last night. The wives reeked of alcohol and trembled on the ground. When Jia Mu saw it, she threw a tea bowl to Mrs. Wang's feet in anger. Son.

But the women couldn't say anything. They became dizzy not long last night. They vaguely remembered someone knocking on the door, but they didn't know it anymore...

After trial and trial, there was no result. The people Jia Mu sent out were going to turn the Rong Mansion upside down, and they couldn't find the figure of the woman who grabbed the medicine and Aunt Zhou. They ordered people to look through the roster, but they found the inner house. Except for Aunt Zhou, there was no one missing, but Jia Mu's angry face was sallow and her lips were trembling.

Mrs. Wang felt a little cold behind her back. Aunt Zhou, a helpless woman, disappeared from the inner house this week?Even if she stole the key of the person who was last night and got out of the second door, how did she get out of the front yard gate? !

Mother Jia was flustered, but she didn't want to say anything about it, otherwise Jia Zheng's face would be ruined, and the reputation of the entire Rongguo Mansion would be ruined!

But... Mother Jia lowered her eyelids to cover her sinister eyes: If it was really the Lin family who did it, and she seized the evidence, then the Lin family would give her a handle!By then... huh!Don't forget that Aunt Zhou's bitch's body deed is still in her hands, as long as you keep an eye on Lin Fu and Lin Zhenyu these days...

Mother Jia ordered today's matter to be kept secret, only saying that Aunt Zhou went to the Zhuangzi in the suburbs to recuperate.Mrs. Cai and the two maids were taken to the Zhuangzi outside to take care of them, and they were called "follow me to serve them".Mother Jia ordered people to tell the outside world that the big commotion today was that the old lady had lost an item that was too rewarding, but she had already found it, and it was put in a cage.

After the people left, he hurriedly ordered a few confidantes to tell them to make their boys and servants keep an eye on the Lin family and the Lin family's uncle day and night.

And a good thing happened in the capital city today, Mr. Zhou, the left servant of the household department, found his own sister!It turned out that this elder sister had been exiled to Huangzhou, and married a country gentleman in Huangzhou, but she didn't want Huangzhou to suffer disaster, and her mother-in-law's family was gone. She finally came to the capital, and happened to be seen by Zhou Shilang's servants. These siblings are very similar... Most officials in the capital have heard about Zhou Shilang's search for his sister. If you say that Zhou Shilang and his sister have a very deep relationship this week, they haven't given up for more than ten years!

Master Zhou was overjoyed, and asked his servants to send many posts, and invited colleagues, friends and family members to celebrate.The wives and wives heard that the servant's daughter is over ten years old this week, so she happened to go to see each other. I heard from my master that although the servant was not of high birth this week, he was very favored by the sage. Like Lin Shilang, he is the minister of the humerus in the future, and he may even offer a reward or something!Well, there is also Lin Shilang's daughter, who seems to be approaching her age?Hurry up, these two are good places to marry!