The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

Although Jia's mansion was demoted, Jia Mu's imperial edict and Jia Zheng's title still exist, Mrs. Wang Ziteng did not dare to make a mistake, and still handed over the greeting card to Jia Mu as before. At that time, Jia Mu was recruiting Mrs. Wang. Talking about some housework, when I heard the report from outside, I frowned and said, "Why is she here all of a sudden?"

Mrs. Wang knew it must be about Sister Feng's business, so she said with a smile: "I'm afraid she hasn't seen her for a long time, so I came here to see the old lady."

But Jia Mu thought it was because of the previous turmoil, her brows and eyes stretched, and she smiled and said: "I didn't expect that his family came first." Among the relatives in Jia's family, the Wang family is one of the most powerful and powerful. Not quite at ease, now that Mrs. Wang Ziteng is not avoiding suspicion, she is the first to come to visit her, and she is very happy. Please come in if you are so busy.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng strode in, greeted Jiamu, looked around, saw Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Li Wan, Tanchun, and Youshi were all there, and said, "Why don't you see Brother Feng?"

Jia Mu said: "She is always feeling a little uncomfortable these days, so I told her to rest first."

Mrs. Wang Ziteng raised her eyebrows and said, "Uncomfortable? Have you ever asked the doctor to look at it?"

Seeing that there seemed to be some unkindness in her words, Mother Jia frowned and said, "Of course I asked someone to read it..." She turned her eyes to Mrs. Xing, and seeing her flickering eyes, she frowned and asked, "Why, Didn't you ask someone to show it to her?"

Mrs. Xing bowed her head and said: "At first I invited you, but later I said it was nothing serious, so I didn't invite again. The old lady also knows the current situation at home, there is nothing wrong, so it is not easy to disturb the outside world."

Why doesn't Mother Jia know her?It's not easy to get angry in front of outsiders, so he said with a smile: "Even if it's nothing serious, I still ask someone to take a look at it every other day. The young ones need to be recuperated. I still have some medicinal materials here. If there is something missing, Just come and get it with me."

Mrs. Xing was silent, and Jia Mu smiled at Mrs. Wang Ziteng again: "My daughter-in-law here is sometimes too rigid and not flexible. Now that this kind of thing happened to her family, she was anxious. It is inevitable that there are some omissions. I will make you laugh." gone."

Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang Ziteng are both of the same age and generation. Seeing Mother Jia talking about herself like that, she became more and more uncomfortable. She was about to find a way to leave, but Mrs. Wang Ziteng sneered and said: "I'm afraid she is not too reserved, It's too casual!"

Jia Mu said displeasedly, "What are you talking about?"

Mrs. Wang Ziteng called a woman out and said, "Say it."

The woman was only in her thirties, and she looked eloquent when she saw her. She bowed to everyone, then knelt on the ground, straightened her body and said, "Your maidservant, Mrs. Sun, has a daughter who used to be an errand with Sister Ping." Yes, some time ago, Sister Ping's family members went to visit her and heard that they were working there day and night, and even the girl could not see clearly, so they went back and forth to our wife. Ask, where is it that the black-hearted servant who was struck by lightning dared to spread rumors like this and ruin the reputation of his in-laws' family, so the slave-servant found a few sisters he usually knew, who knows, it's okay if you don't ask. I'm suffering a lot inside!"

Speaking of this, he glanced at Mrs. Wang Ziteng and saw her nodding. Fang continued: "I don't talk about anything else, I just talk about work. Although the elder of your mansion has no errands now, Zhuangzi's land is always indispensable." At the very least, it’s just a matter of reducing the expenses of servants. Besides, our girls still have some dowry, subsidies and supplements, so we can live a good life. Who knows that this place is good, but let our girls start working. Do you think Our girl has been raised delicately since she was a child, and the cost of clothes is no different from that of the young master in the mansion. The sewing work is just something new to learn. When will there be something for her to do? Married to your mansion, even if Now that my son-in-law has lost his official position, and she is also the eldest daughter-in-law, it is enough to reduce the expenses of her servants, but now she is asked to do the work, and she still cooks like an oil lamp day and night, The old lady commented, how can there be such a reason in the world!"

When she said earlier, Mother Jia had already looked at Mrs. Xing, and Mrs. Xing smiled and said, "That's not the case." After hearing that Sun asked Sister Feng to make many clothes and embroidered them on a certain day. How many flowers, how many servants she expelled, how much expenses were reduced, and then denied it: "I didn't ask her to do it alone. Now that the house looks like, everyone has to do the work, not only her..." Before the words were finished, Mother Jia had already glared at her fiercely. Mother Jia meant that this was a family matter of the Jia family, and it was not easy to say it in front of Mrs. Wang Ziteng, so she said to her: "This is my daughter-in-law's fault. I'll tell her to change it later." She was about to be sent away again, but Mrs. Wang Ziteng said relentlessly, "To tell you the truth, I'm really worried. I have to see Feng Er with my own eyes."

Jia Mu couldn't say no to her, so she had to ask Yuanyang to invite Sister Feng in person.

Unexpectedly, the mandarin duck had gone for a long time and did not come back. When he sent someone again, he only came back to report: "Second Grandma suddenly vomited blood."

Mother Jia's shock was no small matter, and she was about to stand up, but she felt dizzy and couldn't stand upright. Mrs. Wang hurriedly supported her, and called Zhou Rui's family: "What are you doing here? Go and ask the doctor!" Wan wanted to help Jia Mu to lie on the bed. Mrs. Wang Ziteng saw Jia Mu like this, so she said, "I'll go and see Feng'er myself." She took her mother-in-law and went there.

Mrs. Xing looked at Jiamu, and turned her head to see Mrs. Wang Ziteng going there. In desperation, she shouted to everyone: "Stop her!"

The servants in the mansion were not convinced by her at first, but when they saw that the other party was Mrs. Wang Ziteng, they were all afraid to move with their hands tied. Only Mrs. Xing and his companions slowly went up to stop her, and they were brought by Mrs. Wang Ziteng. The mother-in-law pushed it away a few times, and Mrs. Wang turned around and shouted sharply in her busy schedule: "Wife, you dare to do it!"

It was so shocking that the companions looked at each other and didn't dare to move. Mrs. Wang asked Li Wan to accompany Mrs. Wang Ziteng to Sister Feng's room. Stop, just ask the women to take it down.

Just like that, I arrived at Sister Feng's door in such a rampage, and saw Feng'er and Ping'er crying loudly at the door, crying so much that Mrs. Wang Ziteng's heart trembled, and she asked repeatedly: "How is Feng'er?" Some dare not go in.

Ping'er choked for a while, then stopped crying and said: "I just vomited blood, now I'm just lying on the bed, I don't know if I'm still alive!"

Mrs. Wang Ziteng said angrily: "It's all like this, why don't you even have a doctor?"

Feng'er said: "We want to go, but who knows that the door is blocked to let us go back to the wife, but there is no news from the wife."

Mrs. Wang Ziteng was angry and angry again. She stretched out her hand and patted Ping'er, annoyed: "Useless thing!" Stepping in, she saw the mandarin ducks standing there, instructing the little girls to water Sister Feng, Fanning makes the air flow more smoothly. When I came closer, I saw Sister Feng's face was like gold paper, she was tired in bed, and she didn't know whether she was alive or dead.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng's tears couldn't stop falling. She shouted, rushed over to hug Sister Feng, and sternly told the women to invite the doctor, called Jia Mu, and said, "Quickly call the one who was struck by lightning and whose heart was eaten by a dog." Bastard mother-in-law, if my Feng'er dies, I will kill her too!"

As soon as she said this, Ping'er and Feng'er cried louder. Feng'er rushed over and hugged Mrs. Wang Ziteng's leg, saying all the time: "Ma'am, our grandma is suffering!" , I said it emphatically.

At that time, Mother Jia had already supported the crowd and walked over. Seeing this scene, she almost carried her back, knocked on the walking stick, and said to Mrs. Xing, "You did a good job!"

Mrs. Wang also glared angrily. Li Wan and Tanchun and the juniors glared at her, but they all showed disapproval, looking at Mrs. Xing with disapproval in their eyes.

Mrs. Xing felt that she was just asking Sister Feng to do some work, but she was so coquettish, she couldn't stand it anymore, her heart was filled with shame, remorse and hatred, her old face flushed, she lowered her head and said nothing.

For a while, the servant outside led a few doctors to rush in. Tanchun and Li Wan were so frightened that they hurriedly avoided. One said "stagnation of the liver", one said "deficiency of yin", and the other said "excessive spleen". The three argued for a while, but there was no result. Sister Feng woke up slowly and called "mother", and Mrs. He leaned over and held her hand, tears streaming down his face.

Mrs. Xing also hurried over and said, "Are you okay?"

Sister Feng gave her a cold look, and said to Mrs. Wang Ziteng, "I want to go home."

Seeing her speak, Mrs. Wang Ziteng said with tears: "Okay, I'll take you home." Turning to Jia's mother, she said, "Old lady, I'll take Feng'er back to stay for a few days. I'll come to ask for an explanation some other day. "

Jia's mother said: "A married daughter has no reason to go back to her mother's house!" She also had to argue with Mrs. Wang Ziteng, who just asked the women to help Sister Feng to go, and even Ping'er and Feng'er went together. , Mother Jia was so anxious that she beat the ground with her cane again and again, suddenly remembered, and asked again: "Where's Lian'er?"

The young servants outside said together: "Second master just got the letter, so he came."

While talking, I saw Jia Lian rushing over in disheveled clothes, smelling of alcohol, and seeing Mrs. Wang Ziteng, he hurriedly bowed, and saw that Sister Feng was being carried. She didn't know that she was going to leave, so she just frowned and said, "Why don't you stay indoors?" Stay here, what are you going to do again?"

Sister Feng didn't even look at him, but urged: "I want to go home soon." Her voice was weak, and she didn't have the charm of the past.

When Mrs. Wang Ziteng heard her, she felt her heart was broken. She glared at Jia Lian and scolded: "Are you dead? The girl is like this, how can you leave?" Chair, carry the girl out."

Several women then carried the chair over, supported Sister Feng on it, and walked away quickly with it.