The Jade of the Red Chamber

In Wang's life, when she was a girl, she was born as a daughter of the Jinling Palace. "The East China Sea lacks a white jade bed, and the Dragon King invited the King of Jinling." The Wang family is naturally more prominent than ordinary families, not to mention that she is a daughter. scheming.Compared with her younger sister who was wronged and wronged and decided to marry the Xue family of the imperial merchant, she was brought into the Rongguo Mansion in a glorious manner. There is no word "business".

After entering Jia's house, Mrs. Wang is still beautiful. Compared with the elder sister-in-law, although Jia Zheng is a little pedantic, she will not pull all the dirty and smelly people into the room like the uncle, let alone the old lady who is obviously biased. The second son, this Rongxi hall has made the couple live in it.Then in one fell swoop, the man had Jia Zhu, and the eldest daughter of Jia's family, Yuan Chun. Mito didn't seem so obtrusive anymore.

What surprised her even more was that her elder sister-in-law, who had always been taller than her, had the means and thoughtfulness to take charge of the power in the family, unexpectedly fell ill, so the housekeeper power was smoothly brought into her hands.Mrs. Wang used some tricks secretly, and the result was as she expected. No good-looking girl from a good family was willing to marry her uncle as her step-wife. Mrs. Xing finally chose Mrs. Xing, who came from a small family with little knowledge and good looks. , I don't like the uncle and the old lady, she doesn't need to say anything, she can hold Ya Xing's head firmly!

For half of Wang's smooth life, the only thing that hinders her eyes is the old lady who is always on top of her head. The old lady looks kind and kind, but the real power in Jia's mansion is in her hands, not to mention "heavy rules" Yes, every time the daughters-in-law are required to set rules and personally serve meals, change clothes and sleep.But no matter how much Wang curses the old woman in her heart, she still knows that the old lady is her biggest support, or the second room's biggest support. If the old lady is gone, a word from the uncle can make them move out of Rongxi Hall, and even moved out of Rongguo Mansion.

With this worry in mind, Mrs. Wang made every effort to move money into her private treasury, fearing that one day the old lady would disappear and the second room would not be found.But the initial heart may be true, but people always have second thoughts, and gradually Wang's heart grows bigger, the more he looks at it, the more he feels that the uncle's family occupies the title for nothing and can't bring any benefits to the mansion. Gradually, Wang's heart began to occupy the entire Jia family's thoughts.

Her careful flatterer, Jia Mu, told Jia Lian about her niece and daughter in order to show her kindness or to have an extra helper. At this time, the first thing that Wang could not swallow happened. ——Aunt Zhou is actually pregnant!Wang's heart was itchy with hatred, but this time Auntie Zhou was serving the old lady at the beginning, and she was always not flattering and flattering, so she was not easy to move for a while, so Auntie Zhou gave birth to the child safely.This child has earned a good reputation for Mrs. Wang, but Aunt Zhou, who gave birth to the child, is no different in the eyes of the old lady and the second master Jia. The two girls are like invisible people nesting in the corner of Jia's mansion when they are young. been ignored.At least Mrs. Wang has figured it out, but she often makes things difficult for Aunt Zhou, and the little brother's expenses are even more difficult.

When Wang Shi felt that maybe she would be so respected in the future, she actually had another child!Jia Zhu is so old, but she is pregnant again, and now everyone in the whole family looks at the second wife differently. Compared with the eldest wife, they feel that the second wife is really favored.While Wang's complacent and happy, seeing Aunt Zhou and her brother became more and more unpleasant, but she didn't want Jia Min to go to the capital and take the little brother away.When Mrs. Wang was rejoicing, another good news came back. The little brother died on the boat.It's hateful that the old lady is devoted to her daughter. Not only did she not attack her, but she also covered her up by asking someone to enter the little brother's family tree.

At this time, Wang believed in Buddhism even more, and she only felt that her wishes could come true, and everything was really going well, and this happiness reached its culmination when she gave birth to a brother with great fortune.The old lady really hurt the child like an eyeball, and Mrs. Wang also firmly believed that the child would bring her greater honor in the future.

But people are too comfortable, and there will always be two unsightly stones to stumble over. Aunt Zhao is that stinky stone. Fortunately, Aunt Zhao can't support the wall. The old lady doesn't care about it. Being divided into half by the youngest son, I thought for a while to let her be free for a while, and also get my own reputation... But after Tanchun was born, Jia Zhu died of illness, and Jia Huan was born, Mrs. Wang was subjected to such a big punishment for the first time in her life. After a blow, the daughter finally lived up to her expectations, entered the palace and became a female official next to the nobleman, and sooner or later she would soar into the sky.

Because of Jia's mother's doting on Jia Baoyu and the loss of her eldest son, the Wang family has already entered a dead end, and believes that everything in the Jia family belongs to Baoyu.

Speaking of this, most of Wang's life has been beautiful, but the turning point often happens inadvertently.Jia Min's three cubs have entered Beijing!Later, when Mrs. Wang was in prison, in retrospect, she really felt that Jia Min, the dead ghost, was really her nemesis. It was after her three cubs entered the capital that before she knew it, her reputation was ruined. , and later because of the troubles of the Lin family, the officials actually brought the little things of the Jia family to Sheng Jia!Mrs. Wang believed in her heart that it was the matter of the gift from the imperial court that made the Holy Majesty remember the bad name of the Jia family, which led to the subsequent raids on the family for questioning. All of this was caused by the Lin family! ...

After finally separating the family, their second room really occupied the "Rongguo Mansion", and everyone who was an eyesore left, Mrs. Wang was proud of it. The old lady had always favored Baoyu, so she didn't show her true self at the moment, but In the end, these are not Baoyu's.As a result, Baoyu disappeared. Mrs. Wang was so angry in the Buddhist hall that she felt that the old lady hadn't put all her energy into finding Baoyu.When Jia's mother finally passed away and the funeral was done, Madam Wang walked out of the Buddhist hall where she was confined. Knowing everything in the house well, he led people into Jiamu's upper room with great momentum, and took the mandarin duck to interrogate the old lady's self.

Yuanyang was calm, holding a few pieces of paper and said calmly: "Madam, Second Mistress, this is the deed of us in the old lady's room. The old lady has said something beforehand, and for the sake of serving us wholeheartedly, let us go." Several expulsions." Seeing Mrs. Wang's wide-eyed eyes, Yuanyang was also afraid, the second wife became a little crazy after she redeemed herself and bought it back, she lost all face and reputation, and the market disregarded her status and acted violently.

Yuanyang stared into Mrs. Wang's eyes, and forced herself to say: "The eldest wife of the big house and the second grandmother of Lian both know about this. If the wife doesn't believe it, you can invite the servants to confront them." These words are right on Mrs. Wang's lips. If the big room finds out about this old lady's weakness, she still deserves a piece of it!

The corners of Mrs. Wang's mouth have become normal, and the wrinkles have changed over time. She has a harsh and stern face, and she doesn't have the slightest kindness in the past. Now she lifts the corners of her mouth vigorously, and said with a stiff smile: "Since this The old lady said the matter, so let’s do it like this. Is it just something left by the old lady?” His eyes were fixed on Yuanyang.

Tong Shi watched the excitement from the sidelines, but the corners of her lips were raised, no matter how you look at it, there was such a determined posture that everything was in her hands.

Yuanyang let go of half of her heart, and said: "Of course the things left by the old lady belong to Second Master Bao." Mrs. Wang's and Tong's eyes lit up when she said this, but they heard Yuanyang say again: "But please ask Madam The second grandma and my sisters would like to recruit all the family members of our sisters, so that we can talk to each other in front of the yamen." I am afraid Mrs. Wang will not wait, so she hurriedly said: "The old lady saved money in the bank before. I ordered a sum of money, and told us that we can only get it if we get rid of the registration."

Mrs. Wang's face darkened, and she said coldly: "Since Miss Yuanyang doesn't believe us, then let's do as you say." She simply tore her face and said: "But when you go out from here, you need to check your clothes and baggage. Well, save those big-hearted people who want to take away things they shouldn't have!"

The maids of Jiamu who gathered in the room all looked bad, Yuanyang smiled sarcastically and said, "That's it."

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Tong were eager to get the money, so naturally they acted quickly, and within a short while, the maids of Yuanyang were free.Yuanyang took out a small box, which contained not only precious stones, gold and jade jewelry and some silver coins, but also the details of the leftovers signed by Jia's mother and the note from the bank.

Mrs. Wang went up to check carefully, excited and satisfied, and while sending people to the bank to get back everything, she stared at the burdens and bodies of the maids, Yuanyang.

Suppressing the anger and humiliation, some old women came up and searched them carefully. The burden was searched by Mrs. Wang herself.After a while, Mrs. Wang asked someone to "send" a few maids out of the house.

As soon as I left the mansion, a girl burst into tears: "Second wife is too much! Even the gilt ring that the old lady gave back was taken back, and now I only have the silver hairpin on my head. and a few worthless clothes, I don’t have a mother, and my brother and sister-in-law don’t even come, what will I do in the future?”

The faces of the other few are also not good, but no one is willing to take the homeless sisters home at the moment, all of them are silent, and bow their heads when the parents and brothers who come to pick them up from outside come over. The mandarin duck and that girl, whose brother and sister-in-law didn't show up, were left behind.

The girl bit her lip, seeing the sisters and sisters who were close to each other just left, she burst into tears, and cried: "These people actually left without even saying goodbye! What a waste of their usual goodness."

Before leaving, one of them gave Yuanyang a rather resentful look. Yuanyang stood there, knowing in her heart that she blamed herself for bringing them all out. Suppressing the wetness in her eyes, Yuanyang said coldly in her heart: " Could it be that you still want to stay in Jia's house to climb high branches? The second master Bao has long since disappeared! As for the temperament of the second wife, she can't understand these maids who have been around the old lady for a long time. If you don't take the opportunity to leave Come to the house, I am afraid that the old lady will be able to sell them after she gets her hands on them, and the second wife can't do anything for money, and most of the people she finds are trading in those dirty places!"

When the people dispersed, the little girl wiped away her tears, grabbed the bundle in her hand and said: "Sister Yuanyang, let's go, if we stay for a long time, if they hear the letter and find us, I'm afraid they will sell us out anyway." Go!" It turned out that this little girl and Yuanyang's elder brother and sister-in-law packed up their belongings and ran to their hometown when Jia's mansion was in trouble, and this time the family Yuanyang deliberately missed them.

Yuanyang nodded, still felt a little uncomfortable for those sisters' unfeeling, but heard the little girl whisper: "Sister Yuanyang, don't be afraid, the second wife has confiscated my broken silver, but the first few months I saved all these years are all The consignee changed it into silver bills, and last night they sewed them into the old jacket in the dark, but they were not found out, and there were 20 taels! That’s enough for the two of us for a while.”

There was warmth in Yuanyang's heart, she did not misread the little girl, and she did not in vain ask her not to tell her brother-in-law's whereabouts in private.Yuanyang was in charge of the inside and outside of the room, so he knew that this girl was diligent in her hands and feet, but she didn't talk back to make fun of her, so she wasn't very popular with the old lady. The 20 taels was indeed the limit that she had saved up over the years, so she told herself at once that it was a good idea. Careful.

The mandarin duck smiled and didn't speak, and dragged the little girl away, until it was two streets away from the Jia's house, which was noisy and dilapidated. The little girl and her hair.After asking a lot of people, Yuanyang took the little girl into a dilapidated carriage, gave three copper coins and went to the countryside.

This is a carriage specially used in the village to take people back and forth between the village and the capital. The mandarin ducks are pulling the little girl and sitting on the side with her head bowed. There are also a few women and dolls crowded around. The strong men are all striding behind. Then, an old lady asked, "Where are you going?"

The mandarin duck and the little girl were both wearing dusty old clothes, but they could still be seen to be of good material when they got close. The mandarin duck half lowered its head and smiled, looking very shy, its hanging hair covering most of the clothes. Zhang Mian: "My man helped someone earn some spare money, and asked me to bring my sister-in-law to the capital to see the rich and noble people..." As he spoke, he stroked the folds of the clothes carefully with the hands under his sleeves, She looks very cherished.

Those women "understood" as soon as they heard it. They came to the capital wearing good clothes to see their feelings, so they joked; "Your man loves you very much."

The mandarin ducks lowered their heads and pretended to be shy and kept silent, and those people didn't care, they started chatting about the family's problems.From the beginning to the end, Yuanyang's other hand hidden under the sleeve was pressing down on the little girl, not asking her to look up or speak.The two of them could see the flaws at a glance, and the white hands didn't even show a little bit, and even the copper plate was thrown out of the sleeve.Everyone thought that these two young daughter-in-laws were shy and didn't care.

When the carriage ran far away, the servant of Jia's mansion who had been secretly following them spit on the ground and said, "Let's go back, it looks like we've defected to relatives in the countryside, and the second wife was very suspicious, so they came out clean." What kind of money can you hide in the household. Tsk tsk, look at Sister Yuanyang like that, how pitiful that is."

After leaving the capital, Yuanyang breathed a sigh of relief, stopped the little girl's questioning with her eyes, and led her down from a small town not far from the capital.I took out a few big bucks and bought two sets of the cheapest loose homespun clothes, and I put them on the outside, and replaced the fur skin with homespun clothes. I hired a small and worn-out car from the carriage dealer in the small town. The carriage went straight to a countryside.

It wasn't until it was getting dark that the little girl couldn't hold back and asked carefully, "Sister Yuanyang, where are we going?"

There was a smile in Yuanyang's eyes, heaved a long sigh of relief, and stretched out his hand to touch his chest. There was a layer in the most fitting middle coat, and there were two 500 taels of silver bills inside.He smiled and said: "This is where your sister Qingwen's husband's house is. I asked her to buy a small house near her home a few days ago. This will be our home from now on! With your sister Qingwen here, we will Someone will worry about your life!"

Sure enough, when they entered the village, they found Qingwen's house easily. Qingwen was surprised and happy, and hurriedly dragged them in...

In Jia's mansion, Mrs. Wang was dreaming of being an old lady. It wasn't until dinner was set in the evening that she found that the old lady's body counted by Baoyu's daughter-in-law hadn't been brought to her, and she hadn't even sent the things from the bank. When she went to her room, Mrs. Wang couldn't sit still, and went to Baoyu's courtyard angrily, and interrogated Tong Shi.

Tong's smile was generous and beautiful, but the words in her mouth were not so pleasant. She said: "Oh, ma'am, the old lady handed over all powers to her daughter-in-law's housekeeper that day! Now that you have come out of the Buddhist hall, you should enjoy your time at leisure. The second master is nowhere to be seen now, and the daughter-in-law has to wait for him to guard the family property. Besides, you are not too young to rest well, otherwise the daughter-in-law will feel very sorry."

Mrs. Wang's face was gloomy, and she opened her mouth to call Tong's disobedience and disobedience, and the old mother beside Tong said, "It turns out that our grandma has a kind heart, and who doesn't know that the second master is gone insane? Poor grandma who is just in her prime has to guard the family business for him, and treats her aunt's brother as her own. Who has such a daughter-in-law! Besides, although the family is in decline, it is not a crime The reason of the housekeeper is that if you tell people to keep laughing!" He squinted and said: "Let's just stop and enjoy ourselves."

Mrs. Wang's complexion was purple with anger, but the old woman was still muttering: "What is a sinful woman doing? Our grandma is kind and filial and she is a mother-in-law. If she meets an unforgivable sinner, it will be fine if she sells it." People can say half a sentence!"

Mrs. Wang went back angrily, but the next day she heard that Mrs. Tong had sold all the aunts and maids in Baoyu's room, and she was angry again.

In fact, people like Mrs. Wang, in the past, used to be powerful and prestige, but now that Mrs. Tong is very tough, she is a little scared, so she has to go to Mrs. Tong's room every day, urging her to send money to find Baoyu, hoping to bring her son to him. Find someone to rely on.But it doesn't matter that Tong's mind is free to calculate, she doesn't want to get back Jia Baoyu's embroidered pillow at all, now she has a son under her knees, that bitch Zijuan has met Hades long ago, and Jia's mother left behind a very generous , as long as the child is brought up, she will be a superior wife all her life.

Thinking like this in her heart, but Tong's heart was still full of anger and resentment, after half a hundred words that day, she became less and less concerned about Mrs. Wang, and gradually everyone in Jia's mansion was replaced by her own people , the servants left in the past either redeemed themselves or were betrayed.

Mrs. Wang once again "enjoyed" the sufferings of those aunts who were held back by her back then, and even slowly started to do the embroidery work that had been lost long ago.

Although Tong's family is quite scheming, she is a woman who has never seen the world. She only holds all the money of the Jia family in her own hands. Because of her suspicion, the two remaining shops are sold, and she is the only one to marry A small Zhuangzi is still an industry.Even though Mother Jia left a lot of money, she still had a lot of money in her hands like sitting and eating like this every day. She was afraid that she would grow old and have no one to depend on, so she naturally wanted to leave a lot of money for herself, regardless of Mrs. Wang. Objected, sold the remaining three small courtyards in Jia's mansion, and bought a small courtyard in Calabash Lane.Because it is a good location, she sold a lot of money. Mrs. Wang saw that Mrs. Tong sold all the valuable things in the house, only the main house she lived in was still furnished in a luxurious and comfortable way. She was very angry, but there was nothing she could do.

This Mrs. Tong is also restless. After all, her age is just right. Not long after she arrived in Huluxiang, she got married with the son of the housemate she escorted from her mother's house. It's a little restrained, but Mrs. Wang's food and clothing costs are even worse.

Later, Mrs. Tong asked all the women in the mansion to do embroidery work to subsidize the family on the grounds of family difficulties. After the items made by Mrs. Wang were sold, the money would not reach her. Mrs. Wang couldn't stand it. When the mother and son came, they sneaked away for a while, but were caught by Tong's friend and beat them hard, and Mrs. Wang had to do work with the corners of her eyes broken.

Mrs. Tong has a good friend of her own, and it costs more. That good friend is not a good one. She often has to get money from Mrs. Tong. The money in Mrs. Tong's hand is getting less and less every day. The jewelry and his body deed, led the family to run away!

Mrs. Tong cried and quarreled, but luckily she was always suspicious, so she had never been stolen by him. Now, the life of Jia's family in Hulu Lane suddenly became sad. Madam went to borrow it to ask for it, but she didn't want Sister Feng to almost slam the door on her nose, and a few sharp words from her mouth made Mrs. Tong and Mrs. Wang feel ashamed.

Tong's eyes rolled, she dressed up Mrs. Wang, and went to Jia Huan's gate. The mother-in-law hadn't shown her style yet. Unexpectedly, Jia Huan's daughter-in-law didn't recognize Mrs. Wang and Tong at all. To take them to the yamen to see the official judge, Tong knew that Jia Huan had already filled the vacancy in the capital yamen, and the two families were legally separated by the government, so they had to drag Mrs. Wang back in despair.

Seeing those two glamorous "sisters-in-laws", Tong's heart was even more indignant, beating and scolding Mrs. Wang all day long.Mrs. Wang was afraid of being punished by her, and she was too dumb to speak.

This day is Baihua's birthday, and the streets are bustling with people. Over the years, the country has become stronger and the people richer, and the atmosphere has been relaxed a lot. On such a festival, many wives and girls can walk around wearing gauze hats.There are small stalls on both sides of the road, selling flowers and some small things. Mrs. Wang is wearing an old yellowed handkerchief, and she is selling brightly embroidered small purses and handkerchiefs on the side of the road. The old Tong squinted his eyes to rest his mind.

Mrs. Wang was very thin, and she received the money generously with her rough hands, but the deep wrinkles on the corners of her drooping mouth made her look very bitter.

When the sun went down and there were fewer people on the street, Mrs. Wang cleaned up the stall. Mrs. Tong stood up and took the purse containing the money and stuffed it into her arms. Mrs. Wang glared at Tong inconspicuously. Shi glanced down, bowed his head and said nothing.At this time, a carriage with strong blue curtains was parked at a flower stand not far away. There was a pot of excellent orchids that had not been sold because of the high price. From the opened curtain of the carriage, a woman said: "This orchid is blooming well, and my uncle's little brother likes this scent the most."

A beautiful woman in her 30s looked at the back, smiled and nodded.

Mrs. Wang, who was tidying up, froze her hands and stared straight at the beautiful woman.The beautiful woman seemed to notice it and looked over here.

The woman in front of her said: "The woman in the country has never seen the world, so she stares like this." After that, she put down the curtain.Doubt flashed in Zhou Hui's eyes, she vaguely felt familiar, but couldn't remember, so she put it to the back of her mind and asked the coachman to pick up the car and go to Zhenyu Mansion. She was going to see her two grandchildren. .

Mrs. Wang watched the carriage go away, and stood there like a log, until Mrs. Tong impatiently urged her to move again.

After that, Mrs. Wang seemed to be half dead, and Mrs. Tong didn't do any work when she beat and scolded her. Every day, she kept talking about those things in the past, cursing like that, or suddenly pretending to be a wife and going around twice, making people laugh. .Mrs. Tong still has some money in her hand, and her son is half-grown. Letting Mrs. Wang do the work is nothing more than love for money and deliberately tormenting her. , usually ignored.

Mrs. Wang has inherited the precedent of the Jia family's daughter-in-law living a long life. After decades of going on like this, the Tong family who died early was killed, and she only lost her voice one night.