Through the Ring of Red Mansions

Jia Huan tried the imitation wooden wheeled bicycle in his own workshop. It didn’t have rubber tires, and it was uncomfortable to ride on. Moreover, there was no chain, and it was pulled by two wooden sticks driven by the pedals. It was very painful to pedal. It is laborious, and the wooden handlebars are heavy, and it takes two people to work together.But even so, playing with this novelty in the courtyard still attracted the whole family to look there.

Because everyone was very curious, at that time two or three young men volunteered to help Jia Huan with the car, and some people said, "It's fun, but what should we do when it's windy and rainy? Don't people get wet on top?" with?"

Some maids and women laughed and said, "My lord, why bother so hard, wouldn't it save effort to tie a horse in front and lead it?"

Jia Huan saw that the family was very excited, so he put the most primitive bicycle under the corridor of the flower hall, and asked Liu Dafu to send someone to watch it. He also asked everyone to brainstorm on what materials to use for the wheels so that the wheels would not be bumpy, and what materials should be used for the wheels? What a good way to save the cyclist some energy, and a bonus of five taels of silver was specially given for this, which made the servants in the villa immediately scramble to be the first to jump up and down.

On the fifteenth day of the next day, Jia Huan had to go back to Rongguo Mansion to pay his respects. Jia Huan had to struggle to get up early, and first went to the main room to meet Jia's mother. Mother asked for peace, and the two went back separately.

Jia Huan hurriedly lowered his hands to see Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Xing's family is very good, but Mrs. Wang has a nose that is neither a nose nor an eye. Blessed be the old lady and the master, I only hate Baoyu's evil impediment for being useless, now I am only asking for the blessing of the Buddha, in the future our mother and son will die together, and we will take care of each other, that's all."

She always had a kind face and kind eyes, but now she can't take care of her kind voice. Jia Huan was very surprised because of this. When she entered the door, she didn't see Baoyu, so she said to Jia Mu, "Second brother, why don't you see him come to the old lady say?"

With a smile on her face, Jia Mu said, "He was coming too, but because he has been feeling uncomfortable for the past few days, I let him stay in the house and don't have to move around. You can go and see him later."

What Jia's mother said was not very vague, and Jia Huan had some bad premonitions in his heart. Who would have thought that when he came out of the main room, Tanchun cut him off, and told him slowly, only then did he know that the useless person in the original book was gone. "Jia Huan", Baoyu was still scalded by lamp oil.

Only this time it was Jiamei, a little girl in Aunt Zhao's room who scalded him. Ever since Jia Huanzhong was in the middle of exploring flowers, the people around him were more like Baoyu, so the newly bought Xiuyun, Jinyue, and Yuanwang Under his wife's name, Caiyun and Caiyi, who were always in front of Aunt Zhao's care, filled up the number of his big maids, and Aunt Zhao added two more little girls, Jiamei and Xiangxue, and followed them. In addition to the previous example, the two often served and took care of Mrs. Wang sooner or later.

A few days ago, it was Mrs. Wang Ziteng's birthday. Someone was sent there to invite Mrs. Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang. Seeing that Mrs. Jia was uncomfortable, Mrs. Wang didn't go. Aunt Xue, Sister Feng and several sisters of the Jia family, Baochai and Baoyu have all gone, and they will not return until evening."

When Baoyu came back, he went in to see Mrs. Wang, and because Mrs. Wang saw that he had eaten too much wine, she asked someone to bring a pillow. She also asked Jiamei to pat him for him. Baoyu then joked with Jiamei, and Jiamei Knowing that Aunt Zhao hates Baoyu, Mrs. Wang, and that Mrs. Wang hates girls who are obsessed with Baoyu, she doesn't dare to answer her, so Baoyu took her hand and said with a smile, "good sister, you can talk to me too." Said, holding her hand "Jiamei snatched her hand and refused, but she didn't want to act too much, and swept the oily wax lamp on the small kang table down on the couch, and the hot lamp oil splashed Baoyu's face.

"I just heard Baoyu'... ouch', and everyone in the room jumped. I quickly moved the poke lamp from the ground over, and took three or four lamps from the inner and outer rooms to look at it, only to see Baoyu There's oil all over my face."

Mrs. Wang was anxious and angry. On the one hand, she ordered someone to scrub Baoyu, and on the other hand she scolded Jiamei.Sister Feng also went to the kang anxiously to tidy up Baoyu, and shouted, "Why are you so clumsy and clumsy that you can't get on the stage? You don't know what Aunt Zhao always teaches you."

Baoyu was the lifeblood of Mrs. Wang. At this time, she heard that Jia Huan was not cared about, so she called Aunt Zhao to scold: "You are just an aunt, and I should be grateful for keeping my brother by your side. Now It's getting higher and higher, do you still want to think that you turned over and climbed on the head of the master just because you raised a Tanhua?!"

At the same time, he shouted, "send her and this lifeless little maid to the master, Baoyu and I can't live!"

Aunt Zhao was originally resentful towards Sister Baoyufeng because of her long-standing grievances. Fearing that people would underestimate Tanchun Jiahuan, he refrained from making a lot of right and wrong.At this time, it is inevitable to suffer the bad breath, not only swallowing it, but also going up to clean up Baoyu.

Baoyu just said, "I don't care about their business. It doesn't hurt too much. When the old lady asked tomorrow, she said that I burned it myself."

"Sister Feng said with a smile, "I said I burned it myself, but I also scolded others why I accidentally looked at it and told you to burn it! Anyway, there was an angry incident, and it will be up to you tomorrow.'"

Mrs. Wang ordered someone to send Baoyu back to her room, but she still felt puzzled and scolded Aunt Zhao again.

Jia Huan didn't know about this when he was in Jia's mother's room, but now that he heard it, his stomach burst into anger. Although he couldn't see it on his face, Tanchun felt that the younger brother in front of him was very angry.

The two siblings were silent for a while, and Jia Huan asked, "What does the old lady say about this?"

Tanchun thought for a while, and said, "The old lady didn't say anything, but she scolded Jiamei and Xiren Sheyue in Baoyu's room."

Jia Huan resigned from Tanchun with a sullen face and came out without going to see Mrs. Wang. He went to Aunt Zhao again, but heard from the little girls that Aunt Zhao had gone to see Aunt Zhou, and that they had made an appointment to visit Baoyu in Yihong Courtyard together. Xiu Yun who followed him into the mansion today saw Jia Huan's uneasy expression, so she asked cautiously, "Second Master Bao is burned, you should go for a walk anyway."

But Jia Huan sneered, "Phoenix eggs almost turned into fried eggs, so I have to go and have a look.", and walked towards Yihong courtyard.

When I entered Baoyu's room, I saw Li Gongcai, Sister Feng, Baochai and Daiyu were all here. Sister Feng was laughing in the room, gesturing to Daiyu and saying, "'Don't dream! You give to our family. As a daughter-in-law, what's missing?' Pointing to Baoyu, he said, "Look, people, they don't deserve their family status, their foundation, their furniture? Who will be insulted by that?'"

Daiyu raised her body in shame and left. When she saw Jia Huan going in, she had to stand still and say hello. Then Jia Huan said with a smile, "The second sister-in-law of Lian is used to meddling in such things. She did something like a guard in the first year." , and it belongs to the mansion’s uncle’s yamen, who are you promoting now?”

Everyone didn't understand what Jia Huan said, they only heard what Jia Huan said was interesting, so they laughed too. Sister Dufeng understood what Jia Huan said in the blink of an eye, and her complexion changed, but I don't know how Jia Huan knew this, and I don't know What did he mean, so Rao "Feng Lazi" had a slick mouth, but he didn't answer the words for a while, and only looked at Jia Huan with both eyes.

But Jia Huan stopped looking at her, turned to Baoyu and said, "Second brother, how is your face? What ointment do you need to put on? I didn't know you were hurt when I came here, otherwise I should bring some aloe vera ointment." Come on."

Baoyu laughed quickly and said, "What kind of injury is it? It's just a little bit of broken skin. If you ask me, you don't even need medicine, and it will heal by itself."

Li Gongcai, Baochai and others said a few words together. Suddenly they saw Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou come in to look at Baoyu. Everyone hurriedly gave up their seats. Even Daiyu stood up beside Li Wan. Drink tea on a stool.Seeing Jia Huan glanced at him with a half-smile, his eyes were full of coldness, which made Sister Feng's heart tremble, and she felt a bit like her uncle Wang Ziteng when he was at home. Sneered, heart said, not to mention my own background, but now there are old ladies and wives in the mansion, and there is a noble concubine in the palace, and Baoyu is the eldest son of him, so what can Tanhua do? Only by the support of the mansion can things be done, otherwise, when they start from a small seventh-rank official, when will they be able to make their mark?

Sister Feng relied on her natal family's strong background, and was favored by Jia's mother. Mrs. Wang relied on it, and everyone in the house feared it.Li Wan and the others just pretended not to see Sister Feng's behavior, and were about to speak, "I saw the girl in Mrs. Wang's room say: 'My uncle and wife are here, please let grandma and girls go out.' Li Gongcai listened, He quickly asked Sister Feng to wait. Zhao and Zhou also resigned from Baoyu and went out.

Jia Huan went out of Yihong Courtyard with Aunt Zhao, and saw Sister Feng's back in red and gold from a distance, and said to Aunt Zhao, "I am wronged by Aunt Zhao. I am useless, but don't worry, Auntie. I must get it back."

Aunt Zhou listened to it, but hated that she didn't wear ears. Aunt Zhao also stopped her because she saw someone nearby, "I'm not so expensive. Besides, she's the master, but it's over after talking about it." Jia Huan He sneered and didn't answer.

After leaving Jia's mansion and on the way back to the villa, Jia Huan immediately sent ink inkstone to call Yang Xiong to the villa, met him and said, "You have been running the 'Jinxiu Pavilion' for the past few years, and you don't know how your connections are. Zhongshun Wangfu Over there, can you find someone who can do things?"

Because Yang Xiong didn't know what was going on, he replied, "Sun Desheng, the chief historian of Prince Zhongshun, is a close friend of Prince Zhongshun. Although he is a bit greedy, he still understands the rules. As long as he is willing to collect money, he will definitely be able to do things for him. .”

Jia Huan casually said, "That's the man. Prince Zhongshun's mansion has never been very friendly with Ning and Rong. You ask him to entrust a censor who is close to Prince Zhongshun. You can read the master's book and say... pampering your nephew and nephew." The daughter-in-law communicates with foreign officials, bullies the weak according to the situation, and exploits the common people with huge profits, until the family is ruined and the family is destroyed.

Yang Xiong was startled, and hurriedly said, "What can I say, why did you come to join my own family? If that Jia Lian Wang Xifeng offends you, you tell me, I can find someone to clean them up easily. " After a pause, he continued, "These two crimes, I'm afraid that the family will be ransacked and the family wiped out!"

Jia Huan smiled and said, "I'm not afraid, but you are afraid of nothing. Besides, if people get ginseng because of these two incidents in a few years, it will inevitably lead to family raids and extermination, but now it will definitely not happen."

Yang Xiong thought for a while and said, "Even if there are noble concubines and empresses in the mansion, they will have a bad reputation with Hefu."

Jia Huan shook his head and said, "You have been outside all these years, but you still haven't seen through it? Apart from the noble concubines in the palace, the four clans of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue are still in the same spirit. Prince Teng of the Wang family is now in good shape. Not going to protect his niece? There is an old lady in another mansion, how can I not look at the old sage and give her a face? Therefore, this participation will not shake the foundation of Jia's mansion, shake off a few It's just dead leaves."

Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, Yang Xiong also heard that what Jia Huan said was very reasonable, so he had no choice but to agree, and at the same time sent someone to follow the clues pointed out by Jia Huan to find evidence of the many crimes that Sister Feng had committed. Sun Desheng planned, and Jia Huan said again, "It's not in a hurry. In the past few days, Prince Zhongshun is a big-hearted man. He must not only be satisfied with shaking off a few leaves of the Jia family tree, but if he gets evidence of a crime, he will suppress it and wait for it." Find the most appropriate time to post it, but it will delay my business, you wait a few days to see if there is anything that annoys him to the Jia family, and then let Sun Desheng come forward."