Through the Ring of Red Mansions

It is said that Jia's mother has been ill for a long time, and her health is getting worse and worse. No one dares to mention Yuanchun's demotion and Mrs. Wang in front of her.Seeing the New Year's Eve, Jia's mother suddenly regained her energy this day. She wanted to sit up and sit up, but everyone had to help her up and lean on the pillow.

Jia Mu just sighed and said, "If it hadn't been for the old sage, this year's Qiu Wei Baoyu would have passed the exam, but now it has been delayed." Seeing Tanchun again, she also held her hand and said, " Except for the two Yu'er, I love you alone, and Lian Huan'er will be behind you, it's a pity I can't watch you go out."

When Tanchun saw the scene in front of his grandmother, he couldn't help but feel very sad. Jia Zheng smiled and said, "The old lady has gone through a big storm, so what's the point of being a little unhappy now? How many things in our family are waiting for the old lady to decide Not to mention anything else, when Baoyu has a great-grandson, the old lady will have to raise him herself! Besides, Huaner is still not sure about our family, so the old lady should choose someone for him."

Jia Mu nodded and smiled, "Very well, it's time for Huan'er to marry a wife. Now that she's more capable, I want you and Baoyu brothers to help each other in harmony."

Jia Huan hurriedly got up and said, "Second brother has been smart since he was a child, and it will be a matter of time before he is named on the gold list. I have a piece of good news here to tell the old lady and master. In discussing the opening of Enke in the next spring, there is a good chance, so it is not a delay, and the old lady can just wait for the good news from the second brother."

Sure enough, when Jia Mu and Jia Zheng heard this, they all looked happy. Du Baoyu was exempted from the Qiu Wei at the end of this year because of the chaos between the two kings. He just breathed a sigh of relief. After the game started, I couldn't help being a little disappointed, but I didn't dare to show it in front of Jia Zheng, so I hurriedly stood side by side with Jia Huan in front of Jia's mother's bed and said with a smile, "It is necessary for the good students to pass the exam and get a ranking to come back and be filial to the old lady." .”

Jia Mu smiled and said, "That's naturally good. There is one more thing on my mind. I am still looking forward to seeing your child. Your sister Lin is weak, so you should take care of her. The two of you have been childhood sweethearts since childhood." I am very relieved."

After speaking, he looked at the people in the room in front of him and said, "Why don't you see my two great-grandchildren?"

Li Wan and Sister Feng hurriedly brought Jia Lan and Jia Wei here. Jia Wei was still a little child and didn't know anything, so Jia's mother just touched the top of her hair and looked at it, and then said to Jia Lan, "Who is your mother?" If you want to be filial, when you become a man, your mother will also be known as a beautiful woman. Where is the third wife?"

The third wife hurried up to her eyes and said, "Here it is." Jia Mu said, "You are blessed. With Sangirl and Huan'er here, you have everything. I have nothing left for you. I have written some Buddhist scriptures, share them with the eldest lady." The third wife agreed, and Jiamu said again, "The second girl and Shi girl will not come back to see me either."

Sister Feng said hurriedly, "I have sent someone to invite me, and it's time to talk." While coaxing Jia Mu with words, she winked at all the people. Feeling unhappy instead of worried, he hurriedly persuaded her to drink a cup of ginseng tea, saying that she was tired after sitting for half a day, and advised her to lie down under the quilt.

Jia Mu shook her head and said, "I have been in your house for more than 60 years. From young to old, I have enjoyed all my blessings. Since your master, your sons and grandchildren are all considered good, even your mother, in the palace. I can't lose her. I just can't see her."

Jia Zheng listened to the ominous words, and when he wanted to persuade him, he heard Jia's mother take a breath, and continued, "Although the family is not as good as before, it's easy to do, and there is no reason to cause trouble. Huan'er still has a good future, just remember As the saying goes, wealth lies in contentment, and the most important thing is to seek retreat, so as to ensure the hope of prosperity in the future of our family."

Yuanyang and Fengjie's son Li Wanben supported Jiamu on the left and right, but suddenly felt his shoulders sink, and was about to fill the ginseng soup. Jiamu's teeth were already tightened. voila.

Everyone has long known that Jiamu's incident will be around the first lunar month, who would have thought that there would be no warning, the eldest wife and the third wife hurriedly winked and asked Yuanyang to go out, and asked her to quickly prepare the old lady's clothes. After a while, Mother Jia smiled and let go. She was 85 years old.

Jia Zheng hurriedly took Baoyu and Jia Huan to kneel outside, Mrs. Xing and the third wife knelt down inside, and the whole family mourned.Because Jia Zheng had made preparations a long time ago, there were not too many messy things outside. He only opened the gate of "Jia's mansion until the doors of the inner house were opened wide, all white paper was pasted, the filial piety shed was raised high, and the archway in front of the gate was erected immediately. The upper and lower people wait for the clothes to be ready."

Jia Huan ordered Mo Yan to report Ding You on his behalf. "The Ministry of Rites reported that the Lord is benevolent and generous, remembering the meritorious deeds of generations, and rewarded 1000 taels of silver, and ordered the Ministry of Rites to officiate."

At that time, the family also went to various places to report the funeral. "Although all the relatives and friends knew that Jia's family was defeated, they all came to visit the funeral after seeing Sheng'en's solemnity. They chose an auspicious time for the funeral, and the coffin went to bed."

Jia Amnesty was not at home, Jia Zheng was the head, Baoyu and Jia Huan were grandsons, young, and Jia Lian was the elder, so they sent him outside and invited some male and female relatives to take care of them. Mrs. Wang, Li Wan, Sister Feng, Daiyu and other granddaughters-in-law were crying beside the spirit, so Jia Zheng had to release Mrs. Wang from the ancestral hall first.Mrs. Wang has suffered a lot these days, and the two wives ordered by Jia Zheng are staring at her, so she doesn't dare to make trouble.Among the family members, only Sister Feng has gone through the matter, so she was still appointed to preside over it.

It's just that this time in Jia's mansion, everyone in Ningguo mansion has gone, and the Grand View Garden has been handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Only Jia Zheng and Mrs. Xing have a few women and children, and the servants are only ten or twenty. I can't afford to put on such an air, because Yang Xiong sent some people to help outside under the shed, and Princess Beijing sent some nuns to the inner courtyard, saying that they were to accompany the princess, fearing that Daiyu's grief would hurt her body too much, but in fact Helping to meet the female guests who came to express their condolences, it was hard to survive for a few days.

At the time of the quotation, "Jia Zhengju was the elder, and he was weeping, and he did his best to be a filial son. When the coffin left the door, there were road sacrifices for each family. The scenery along the way does not need to be described in detail. After walking for half a day, I came to the iron gate. All the filial men should stay with the temple companions, not to mention the rest of the soul at the Kan Temple.”

Baoyu, Jia Huan, etc. are the figures of the grandchildren. Although they only need to be obeyed by "Qi Decay", they are not allowed to marry or take exams within a year.

The most bitter thing is that under the cold winter months, a group of filial sons and virtuous grandchildren all wear thin and thin filial piety clothes.The mourning shed and the family temple are no colder than the house, and it is the time of mourning, how can you carry a stove with you?Therefore, even though Jia Huan had ink inkstones and Qingxiao rushing to bring up a cup of hot water, or if he had something to do and didn't bother to drink it for a while, he turned his head and turned cold, or the food on the table was all vegetarian, and he really didn't have the heart to eat it. When the day came, Jia Huan felt his head was heavy and his bones were weak, and he had some signs of catching a cold. Because Baoyu was grateful for Jia's mother's love and support since he was a child, he cried so much that he couldn't see anything.

Since Jia Huan came here, except for the one time when he fell into the pool when he was a child, he never had a serious illness. He was quite complacent, but he didn't pay much attention this time. stand up.After the whole family returned to Jia's mansion from the temple, Jia Huan still had to busy himself. He didn't want to fall to the ground one day and passed out without warning. Xiuyue hurriedly helped him into the house. I was so anxious that I wiped my tears and went to see a doctor, but after a few days of hard work, I couldn't even stand up anymore.

Jia Zheng and the third wife hurriedly asked the doctor for medicine. The doctors all said that wind and evil had entered the body, and it would be good to take some medicine to disperse them, but they took a lot of medicine, but it didn't work. Look, I can't really find anything else wrong with it.

Moreover, in ancient and modern China and abroad, when there is a sick person at home, you probably have to respond to the saying "caring for chaos". At the beginning of Jia's mansion, more doctors were invited, but later monks and Taoists of all kinds of religions and priests were recruited. Everyone said this. The illness was strange, some said it was a bumper, and some said that the third son had been gifted since he was a child, and he was afraid that he would not live long. It was of no use at all, but it frightened the whole family, and the third wife could only cry all day long. God wiped away tears.

When Jia Zheng was sad and unable to think about it, he heard Mrs. Wang also follow Baoyu to see Jia Huan. She fell to the side and persuaded: "Master, you should take care of yourself. Don't be too sad. The situation of the third child looks a bit strange." It's not very useful, those things should have been prepared in advance, now that the old lady's business has just passed, many things are ready-made..." Before finishing speaking, the third wife jumped up and spat hard. Cursed: "Fart your mother! Why don't you say that those things are prepared for you? Black-hearted and tongue-tied bastard! If there is anything good or bad about Zihuan'er at this moment, don't you think I will tear your mouth off? !"

Mrs. Wang could not bear the third wife's scolding like this, her face suddenly changed with anger, the two of them were like red-eyed chickens, and they twisted into a ball in a moment, Jia Zheng scolded "reverse!" in a hurry, and then Ask Baoyu Tanchun, Sister Feng, etc. to go up and pull, and the world is turning upside down. Suddenly, everyone Lai came over and said, "Several uncles came to the door and said they came to visit brother Huan. Lian Er Grandpa came in with this."

Jia Zheng was very surprised, and secretly scolded Jia Lian for losing his head in such a hurry. Seeing Jia Lian tremblingly following behind, seeing Jia Zheng, he couldn't help pointing forward with his hand hidden under his sleeve, and winking at his neck.

Although it was dusk at this time, the person walking in front lifted his hat at the door, and under the big black felt, the shape of a dragon's body embroidered with gold thread on the bright yellow cloth was clearly exposed.

Jia Zhengzao was in such a hurry that he couldn't care about anything. He pulled Baoyu to lift his robe and knelt outside the door to greet him.

Shui Lang lifted Jia Zheng up with a smile and said, "Old Zheng is flat, I came a little too abruptly, and Mr. Kuang Zheng has already resigned, so there is no need to use these correct postures." Then he called Baoyu up again.

Baoyu was curious and brave enough to take a hasty glance, and felt that the face of the Holy Majesty in front of him was very familiar. He spent all day hanging around in the inner room, but he only saw a few outside, and Shui Lang was an unforgettable person, so When I think about it for a while, I can't help being surprised.

It's just that Shui Lang didn't have the time to pay attention to Bao Yu's surprised expression, because he asked again, "Is Bachelor Jia better now?"

Jia Zhengfang remembered what Lai said just now, the person in front of him was actually here to visit Jia Huan, he was busy and bowed deeply, "The dog is only a little sick, how dare you ask the Holy Majesty to ask about it, the criminal family is really grateful..." He hurried to the house again.

After Jia Huan fell ill, the third wife took him into the courtyard behind Rongxi hall to live next to her for the convenience of taking care of him. Tanchun, Li Wanfeng and other sisters often came to inquire. All the ladies hid behind the screen again.But Jia Zheng didn't dare to say that it was inconvenient to enter Jia Huan's room at this time, so he had to lead him to the door of the inner room where Jia Huan was lying on the bed and said, "The child is suffering from wind and cold, and it is easy to pass others. The holy dragon's body is important, so I dare not Please ask my emperor to take risks again."

Shui Lang saw the slightly frowning little face under the plain white curtain, and ignored Jia Zheng, and walked in without hesitation. Jia Zheng hurried in, but who knew that the two big men behind Shui Lang were standing side by side at the door. In the first block, he said politely, "Old Zheng, stop!"

Manager Shan found a chair outside and moved it to the door to sit down, and asked with a smile, "I don't know what kind of food little scholar Jia will eat at night, or if there is any soup and medicine that will be used at that time, please don't delay, just ask our family to bring it in." That's right."

Jia Zheng hurriedly said, "I just drank the medicine, so I don't need to take anything else. I'm just afraid that the sickness inside will offend His Majesty."

Manager Shan said with a smile, "Don't worry too much about the elders. Don't you miss His Majesty's sympathy? Since Little Jia came to the South Study Room on his mission, the Majesty has been able to answer all his questions fluently, and he has relied heavily on him. Now this For a few days without such a smart person, the Holy Majesty will not be useful."

Jia Zheng hurriedly replied with a few words of thanking God, and then listened to Mr. Shan, "You don't have to be so restrained, ladies and gentlemen of the house. While His Majesty is inside, Boss Zheng please go back to your room and have a rest."

Then Jia Zheng hurriedly asked Jia Lian to take all the people behind the screen out to kneel in the hall, and kowtowed to the inner room lightly, before they went back to their rooms without mentioning it.