[Red Chamber] Come for a hexagram?

"Baoyu, where did you open it in front of people?" Jiamu laughed.

As soon as Jia's mother finished speaking, she saw Jia Baoyu frowning and took out a stereotyped essay edited by someone who didn't know who compiled it. He threw the thing angrily and said, "What is it? It's not good to give it away. Why are you giving this kind of thing?" A piece of stereotyped essays in modern times, originally not written by sages, how can it explain the subtleties of sages, but it is only a step for future generations to bait for fame and fortune. A good handsome man, he also learned how to catch fame and become a national thief Lu Gui and his stream (1)."

The scene was silent again.

Mrs. Wang's face was livid with anger.Sanchun remained silent, while Xue Baochai turned pale, glanced at Jia Baoyu, then lingered between Wang Ren and Jia Baoyu, and finally held the hand of Mrs. Xue who was about to speak but didn't know what to say.

Mrs. Xue, who was about to speak, fell silent when she was held in such a way by her daughter. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and gave Xue Baochai a worried look.Xue Baochai shook his head lightly at her.

Mother Jia also had some helplessness on her face, so she smiled at Wang Ren and said, "Don't worry about it, Brother Ren, it's just nonsense that children say when they are naughty."

"No, it doesn't matter." Wang Ren said: "I was also worried that Baoyu would not like this gift, so I specially bought another thing, which is said to be something from the West. Baoyu wants to see if he likes it?"

When Jia Baoyu heard this, he picked up the box that he disliked and was still on the ground, and suddenly found that there was still a bottle of red stuff in the box.When Baoyu took out the red thing, everyone in the room was shocked.

Many people know Jia Baoyu's reputation, he doesn't like reading but only knows how to tinker with rouge, but now Wang Ren gave a box of rouge as a gift... What does this mean?

Unlike everyone's shocked eyes, Jia Baoyu's face was full of joy: "Brother Ren understands me, but this rouge is full of water, it looks novel, and the fragrance is very strong."

"It is said that western people have a strong odor. These are perfumes for adding fragrance, which are used for the same purpose as sachets." Wang Ren said, "I have not done any research on these. I just listened to what the shop owner told me."

"I see." Jia Baoyu smiled and said, "Where is that shop?"

"Enough!" Mother Jia said angrily, "Baoyu is tired, the second child, send Baoyu into the house."

Mrs. Wang stood up with a livid face and said, "Yes, old lady." Then she dragged Baoyu into the room.

The girls looked bad, and immediately got up to leave.Soon there were only the old lady, Wang Ren and the maids around the old lady left.

"Brother Ren, what do you mean?" Mother Jia asked in confusion and anger.

"I often hear people mention that Baoyu, the second room of Jia's mansion, was born with jade in his mouth. He must be a man of great fortune." Wang Rendao: "I heard that Baoyu hangs around in the inner curtain all day long, and I still think it's unbelievable. Now I see it, I know." Baoyu's actions can only be more than worse."

Mother Jia was silent, and then said: "It's because I spoiled him too much all day long. Ever since his elder brother passed away after the scientific examination, I never thought about it again...and don't mention this great fortune."

Wang Ren paused for a moment, what does the phrase "don't mention the words of great fortune" mean?Isn't this the news that the Jia family released on purpose?

"No matter how good my Jia family is, it's just the general's mansion. No matter how good the children in the general's mansion are, can they compare with the sons and grandchildren of the dragon?" Jia's mother said in a low voice: "The second child's family can't see clearly. There is a lot of trouble, brother Ren, don't mention it in the future."

It seems that Jia's mother is the only sensible person left in Jia's mansion.

"If brother Ren is fine, don't come here." Mother Jia said, "Since you don't want to come, we won't force you. It's just that your sister always misses you, that's all, you should go back too."

Wang Ren: Threatening me with my sister?

He won't eat this set.

Wang Ren accused Jia's mother of a crime, and then turned away happily.

Jia Mansion, he really doesn't want to come here now.

This is a trip to muddy water, muddy water that cannot be cleaned no matter how filtered the mud and sand are.

Looking back at the signboard of Rongguo Mansion, the air surrounding Rongguo Mansion is gradually dissipating.

Forget it, go home.

At this moment in the Rongguo Mansion, Xue Baochai kept stirring with his hands, feeling very uneasy.

"What's the matter, Baochai? Why did you stop me before?" Mrs. Xue was puzzled.

"Mother, tell me, King Jia Shixue, who are the four great families relying on?" Xue Baochai asked.

Mrs. Xue said slowly: "This...in terms of rank, it should be the highest in the Jia family, followed by the historian..."

Xue Baochai shook her head: "It's just a noble without a position. Mother, before coming to Beijing, my elder brother beat someone to death for Xiangling, so he got into a lawsuit. If the official is not willing to let go, do you think that with the influence of the Jia family, Can you really have that ability to fish people out of prison?"

Mrs. Xue was silent.

"The official who judged the case hastily closed the case, and then delivered a letter to Beijing, but this letter was not given to anyone, but it was only sent to Feng girl. Does mother know why?" Xue Baochai said: "It's not just because Feng girl is Jia Jia The grandma of the mansion is because Feng girl is uncle's daughter. Otherwise, why didn't this letter get into Jia Lian's hands, why didn't it go to elder brother, but to Feng girl."

Mrs. Xue pondered for a long time, then nodded slowly: "My Baochai is right."

"Nowadays, the four big families, the two big families are not as good as before. Mother, look at our family, not to mention the distance, is it as good as last year, the year before last? Today's life is not as good as it is every day, and my brother is not She is motivated. Some time ago, Xiangyun from the historian also came here, and I think her life in the historian was not very easy. Although there are two princes in the historian, isn’t it still empty with titles and no official positions? Jia’s house is now the same as mine Is there anyone in my generation who can get it? Brother Lian’s official position was bought, and Baoyu hated reading very much. If things go on like this, Jia’s mansion also has hope? It’s just someone who has a huge family business but has not inherited the family business. .”

Mrs. Xue also had a sad face, not knowing what to do.

"Nowadays, only the Wang family has risen. My uncle is in the first rank, and my cousin Ren has been awarded the fifth rank by the emperor, and now my cousin is still young..." Xue Baochai said lightly: "Mother, let's move out."

Mrs. Xue was stunned, and said in astonishment: "Then...we..."

"I want my brother to tidy up the bought house as soon as possible. Although it is not as comfortable as here, it is still a place to live." Xue Baochai said.

"But... it doesn't have to be like this." Mrs. Xue showed a hint of reluctance on her face: "Although the Jia family is temporarily... but the four families are united in the same spirit after all, the Wang family has risen, so is the Jia family just..."

"Mother, why don't you understand?" Xue Baochai said anxiously: "Do you know why Cousin Ren dared to give Baoyu books and rouge in front of everyone? That was a test! See if Baoyu is a material that can be made, or ...I think Cousin Ren already has the intention to stay away from Jia's house."

"However, girl Feng has married into the Jia family, how can he just leave?"

"Uncle may not be able to distinguish clearly from Jia's family, but Cousin Ren may not. When Cousin Ren becomes an adult, he will start a family and start a business on his own. He will no longer be married to the Jia family, and he will lose contact after a few years. It doesn't matter. Mrs. Wang is not the same Did you marry from the Wang family? If that's the case, why does the old lady insist that brother Lian marry Feng girl? Isn't it to tie up uncle? Isn't it because daughters are more reliable than younger sisters?"

Mrs. Xue frowned even tighter, and finally sighed helplessly: "If you want to move, we will do it."

She insisted on staying here because she got her sister's promise that Xue Baochai could marry Jia Baoyu, and Jia's family and Xue's family could marry each other.It's just that after Lin Daiyu left some time ago, Mrs. Xue was a little concerned about Jia Baoyu's madness, but now what Xue Baochai said made Mrs. Xue's heart completely cold.

Xue Baochai and his party, who were supposed to leave after the inspection in the Grand View Garden, left early, which was an unexpected result for Wang Ren.

Not two days after Wang Ren returned to Wang's house, his wife, who hadn't shown up for a long time, called to him. When she saw Wang Ren, she pointed at him angrily: "Kneel down!"

Wang Ren: ==

Nima, he really wants to carry a futon with him!

However, the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to filial piety, and his wife asked him to kneel, but he had to kneel, so he had to slowly kneel down and kneel there.

"What did you do when you went to Jia's mansion a few days ago!" Madam patted the table angrily, and the teacups on the table trembled.Wang Ren looked up and saw an open letter on the table.

Presumably it was Wang Xifeng who told his wife everything he had done in Jia's mansion.

"Give presents, visit relatives." Wang Ren said lightly.

"You still know that you are leaving relatives! Do you treat relatives like this! Send rouge to the precious lump of Jia's mansion! Thank you for thinking it out! How can you be a Feng'er in Jia's mansion!" The madam said angrily: "You can't do that!" Have you considered your sister?"

Wang Ren: You haven't thought about me. ==

"The Jia family and the Wang family are in-laws, so we need to move around more in the future. Don't think that you just got a fifth-rank official's tail up! Look down on Jia's mansion! Let me tell you, Jia's mansion is a first-rank general's mansion! It's the same level as your father! "

Wang Ren: Is there any comparison? One is that a lowered title has no real power, and the other is that the real power is earned by oneself.

The future Wang family will be defeated, let alone a Jia family.

"You bring me a gift tonight, and go to Jia's mansion to plead guilty!" Madam said angrily.

"Why do you ask me to be guilty? What did I do wrong?" Wang Ren said, "Did you send the wrong gift?"

Madam was gasping for breath, could she say that was the reason? !

"I gave that Baoyu a book and a box of rouge. He threw away the book and chose the rouge. What does it matter to me?" Wang Ren continued, "Throwing the gift I gave him on the ground in front of me, Mother, why don't you ask if my face hurts?"

The lady's eyes were about to pop out.

"Mother, if there is nothing else, I will go down." Wang Ren didn't care about his wife's current situation, anyway, he knelt down: "Also, you want me to apologize to the white Jia Baoyu from the fifth rank? Mother, When your father comes back, you might as well ask him, is it appropriate to do this?" He stood up and shook his sleeves and left.

The madam was trembling with anger, cursing at the bastard.

"Madam, calm down." The maid next to her was terrified, and kept stroking Madam's back.

"Son!" the madam said angrily.

The servant girl paused, and said softly: "Ma'am, why do you want the uncle to make amends for Baoyu from Jia's mansion? This is indeed a bit of a shame to the uncle..."

"I care about his face, I only care about my Feng'er!" Madam was so angry that she couldn't choose what to say: "So what about his fifth grade, no, he still has no real power, so what if he loses face! Feng'er is my son-in-law. Having a daughter, what is he! His current attitude towards the Jia family is to tell them clearly that he doesn't care about Feng'er! Whether Feng'er gets married or not, he still depends on his father and brother to help him. Deserve him!"

"Ma'am!" the servant girl screamed.

Only then did Madam realize what she had said, she took a sip of tea and remained silent. Fortunately, she hadn't said that Wang Ren was not her own.

Touching the words on the letter with her fingers, Madam often sighed and asked, "Master will be back in a while."

The servant girl nodded: "Yes, I'll be back in a month or so."

"The aunts in the backyard, except for Aunt Bai, who once gave birth to a daughter and is married, no one has any." The lady touched her cheek, her eyes swept over the maid's face, and said softly: "Yuan'er is almost ten years old this year. Eight, right?"

"Yes." The servant girl knelt down: "There is still half a year."

"Have you ever married a boy?"

Yuan'er's fingers were trembling, and he said, "Never."

"Very good." Madam touched Yuan'er's head, and said, "Yuan'er only followed me a few years ago, and I have treated you well these days. I think Yuan'er's face is also marked. I have a box of rouge here. Here's the reward, my daughter's family, it's better to dress up a little more."

Yuan'er lowered his head slowly and said, "Yes, thank you Ma'am."