Jialan: Crossing the Red Chamber

A wing room, the decoration is the same as that of the main room.Heping'er and others invited Second Sister You to the mansion, and visited the old ladies one by one.Because Jia Lian is in service, the consummation of the house will take a year, the old lady explained this and didn't pay much attention to it.

On the surface, Wang Xifeng confided in the second sister You, but secretly found out her life experience.This Second Sister You was originally married, but Mother You didn't take it seriously because the husband's Zhang family was poor.Wang Xifeng ordered the servants to persuade Zhang's family to sue Jia Lian for bullying others, taking his wife and harming others.

She also found out that Third Sister You was introduced by Jia Rong, and she couldn't help but hate, so she went to Ning Mansion, armed with a gun and a stick, and scolded all the masters in Ning Mansion, big and small. Dare to complain.

In December, when Jia Lian came back from Ping'an Prefecture, Jia Amnesty saw that he was doing well, so he rewarded a maid called Qiutong to be his concubine.

Wang Xifeng saw that Second Sister You hadn't cleaned up yet, and there was another Qiutong here, so she was very annoyed, so she simply started to sow discord between the two.This Qiutong is not easy to deal with, just after the new year, he forced the second sister You to death.Seeing this, Jia Lian disliked Qiutong and ignored her again.

Jia Lan has never cared about inner affairs. Hearing that Second Sister You passed away, she couldn't help but feel guilty towards Liu Xianglian.It's just that Liu Xianglian's whereabouts are uncertain, and no one knows.Jia Lan wanted to contact him, but had no choice but to wait for Liu Xianglian to return to Beijing before explaining to him.

44, copy picking, welcome spring

Near the fifteenth day of the eighth month, Li Wan suffered from some cold and was bedridden all day long. Jia Lan was worried, so she asked her husband for leave, and took care of her in her clothes.

That night, when Li Wan took medicine and fell asleep, Jia Lan was invited outside the west chamber by Su Yun and other maidservants. They all said that Grandma was in good health and Brother Lan should go to rest.

Jia Lan didn't refuse either, so she troubled Suyun to watch the night in Li Wan's room, and went back to the bedroom by herself.

I just read two pages of the book in the room, when someone knocked on the door, Caiwen put on his clothes and saw that Jia Lan was about to get up, so he hurriedly said, "Brother Lang, sit down, I'll go and have a look."

He only heard a few rustling sounds at the gate, and a few people coming in. He got up and went out of the room, but saw Wang Xifeng standing in the garden, giving some orders, and the surrounding women rushed straight to the maid's room. and go.

Seeing him, Wang Xifeng hurried over and said, "Go to sleep, we'll leave."

Jia Lan asked why the room was checked in the middle of the night, and Wang Xifeng said: "I lost an important thing. Because everyone is messing around, I'm afraid some girls will steal it, so everyone check it out."

Jia Lan nodded and said, "Mother just took medicine and fell asleep, so don't disturb her."

Wang Xifeng said: "I have already ordered it."

Just as Wang Shanbao's family came back to say that nothing was found, Wang Xifeng laughed and said, "My sister-in-law has always ruled very strictly, and this result is expected." After bidding farewell to Jialan, he went to Xichun room.

Jia Lan watched her go away, ordered the maid to lock the door, and asked Caiwen which song was sung.

Several maids said they didn't know, and Jia Lan didn't ask any more questions. She went back to the room and read a few pages before falling asleep.

On the second day, Jia Lan was serving Li Wan to take the medicine, when Youshi came into the room, Jia Lan called auntie and asked the maids to serve tea.Li Wan asked, "Why did you come to sit with me today?"

Youshi said: "I haven't seen you for a few days. I came to see you today. Are you much better?"

Li Wan said: "The imperial doctor has just checked the pulse, and it's all right." You Shi smiled and said, "That's good."

The two were talking, only to hear someone report: "Miss Bao is here."

Jia Lan was about to go out to invite her when Baochai came in. Youshi asked, "Why did you come here all of a sudden, where are the other sisters?"

Baochai said: "I was going to the old lady's place. I thought there was nothing serious, so I came to my sister-in-law to have a look. I just sent them to look for Miss Yun and Miss Tan."

Just as he was talking, it was reported: "Miss Yun and Miss San are here." After everyone gave up their seats, Tanchun talked about the matter of copying and picking up yesterday. How did Li Wan know and asked what happened.

Tanchun then told how he picked up last night, how he got angry, one by one, and said that he beat the wife of Wang Shanbao's family. She handed it over.Tan Chun said that this is also the temper of a dead girl, no one can resist her.

Xiangyun also said that the second sister had also found Siqi, but she didn't know what happened, and said that she would be kicked out.

Tan Chun sneered and said, "Such a rich family can't be killed from the outside for a while. Centipede insects are dead but not stiff. They have to commit suicide from the inside of the house before they are completely defeated. Look, this is the beginning."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help scolding her for being confused, so they couldn't say anything more.Tanchun just sneered, but didn't say anything else.

Jia Lan looked at her and sighed secretly.

After a few days, I heard that some maidservants were kicked out of the mansion, but Jia Lan ignored them.

The Mid-Autumn Festival night is very lively, but because Jiamu just passed her [-]th birthday, all the relatives of the family have seen it, so only the family members in the mansion were invited to have fun on the Mid-Autumn Festival night.

Jia's mother sits on the main seat, with Jia pardoned Jia Lian and Jia Rong hanging her head on the left, Jia Zheng Baoyu and Jia Lan on the right.

When Jia Mu saw that everyone was sitting down, she ordered to break a branch of sweet-scented osmanthus, and ordered a daughter-in-law to beat the drum behind the screen to pass the flowers. If the flower fell into someone's hand, she would have a drink, or make a joke or a poem.

From then on, the fun lasted until the fourth watch, and everyone dispersed and went home without talking again.

One day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jia Lan was practicing calligraphy when a maid came to report that the master was waiting for Lan Geer to have tea in the upper room.Ever since Jia Zheng returned home, this kind of tea-drinking happened frequently. Jia Lan wondered who invited her to enjoy the flowers.

In the upper room, Baoyu was there, and Jia Zheng was drinking tea, sitting there with joy.Jia Lan performed the ceremony of saving the morning, Jia Zheng ordered to sit down and have tea, and said to Baoyu and Jialan: "The Lord of Beijing has bestowed grace today, and invited Xunqiu to appreciate the osmanthus. Lan'er is not as good as Baoyu. If we go today, you two need to take care of each other."

The two should be.

All of a sudden, the father and son arrived at the Beijing Prince's Mansion, and some servants came to greet them and lead the way.

When I arrived at Guiyuan, I saw that the water solution in the pavilion in the garden had already sat down to drink genuine tea, and there was a circle of officials of all sizes sitting around. A rough count showed that there were fifteen or sixteen people.

Jia Zheng took Jia Lan Baoyu to meet Shui Rong, and then paid homage to the high-ranking official Wen Changhou of the Qing Dynasty and others. Jia Lan Baoyu also saluted several Hanlin servants.

Shui Rong led the appreciative osmanthus to find the victory, and everyone praised it, and everyone said it was very lively.Jia Lan followed behind. Seeing that Baoyu was restless and his expression was uncertain, he stepped back half a step and approached him and asked, "How can Second Uncle be so uninterested in such a beautiful scenery?"

Baoyu shook her head, and said in a low voice, "How can I be in a good mood. Qingwen went to the middle of the night yesterday. She dreamed of me last night to say goodbye to me."

Jia Lan was speechless and didn't know what to say. He didn't have much impression of Qingwen, and he didn't care too much, but seeing Baoyu was so sad, he had no choice but to say, "Second Uncle's condolences."

Baoyu sighed: "It doesn't matter if Siqi, Ruhua, etc. have left the mansion five times, Qingwen has gone again, and now the second sister wants to marry someone again, and this Grand View Garden will be disbanded sooner or later."

Jia Lan was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Second Aunt wants to make a promise? Who is it?"

Baoyu said casually, "I heard it's the Sun's family in Datong Mansion."

"The child is a Zhongshan wolf, and his ambition is even more rampant. The boudoir flower and willow quality will go to Huangliang." This poem suddenly rushed into Jia Lan's mind, and he couldn't help but let out a low cry.

Li Yuanwai, who was walking in front of him, hurriedly turned around and asked, "What's wrong with Brother Lan?" The people who were walking in front also stopped to look back, Jia Lan hurriedly suppressed his surprise, and said with a smile: "Just seeing this beautiful scenery, Just forget about God."

Shui Rong saw that although he had a smile on his face, he could vaguely see that he had endured a bit of panic, so he interjected and said: "The golden osmanthus in this palace are carefully cultivated, and the osmanthus trees elsewhere are naturally inferior."

Everyone responded with praise, and they skipped Jia Lan as soon as they agreed.

Seeing this, Jia Lan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but because she remembered the Spring Festival, she could not help smiling slightly.

Seeing it in his eyes, Shui Rong felt suspicious.

After visiting the Huiyuan, each of them wrote a poem and talked about some things about finding victory. The front yard came to report, and an eunuch came from the palace, saying that the emperor called Prince Beijing into the palace to discuss important matters.

Everyone said goodbye and went home.

On the way, Jia Lan asked about the people who welcomed the spring, and Jia Zheng replied: "It is true, but the Sun family is not a famous family of poetry and ceremonies. Back then, they worshiped under the door just because they admired Rong Ning. I really don't like it." Hi, it's just that your great-uncle didn't listen to advice and insisted on getting married with him. It's really inappropriate."

Seeing Jia Zheng's angry face, Jia Lan asked cautiously, "What did the old lady say?"

Jia Zheng sighed and said: "The matter of children has its own reasons, and besides, he is the biological father, so the old lady doesn't want to care about it."

Jia Lanxin suddenly fell into the ice hole.

Jia Lan returned to Daoxiang Garden restlessly, Li Wan only said that he didn't do well at the appreciation party, so he didn't go to see him.At night, seeing that he was still in a daze, he couldn't help asking.

Jia Lan talked about this to her, and Li Wan said: "I heard that this man has a big appearance, is skilled in arching horses, is under thirty, and has a rich family. He is now serving in the Ministry of War. I think it's not bad. Your grandfather is very good." like."

Jia Lan said angrily: "I've heard of this person before. He's obsessed with lust, gambling and drinking too much. Second Aunt is such a delicate lady. Wouldn't she go to suffer when she comes to his house?"

Li Wan was startled, thought for a while and said: "You don't have to say this in front of the old lady. Who can change what your grandpa has decided? It will only make the old lady sad."

Jia Lan said anxiously: "Since I know, how can I let Second Auntie jump into the fire pit?"

Li Wan frowned and said, "Your grandfather can't do anything about it, so what can you do? Go and read."

Seeing that she couldn't make sense with Li Wan, Jia Lan had no choice but to go back to her room.

When I went to the room, I saw that Shui Rong had arrived,