The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

Seeing that Mrs. Wang had settled down, Mrs. Chen went to the front by herself, got a sign for Mrs. Wang, shared the work, and started working on her own. Mrs. Wang is the best example.The same betrothed, people have to walk hard, from winter to spring, I don’t know how many pairs of shoes are worn out, and I also meet conscientious businessmen, without beating, scolding or rape all the way. Prison whipping, most of them can't survive a few years of hard labor before they are buried in other places.But this Mrs. Wang entered the city in a fine mule cart, and she met the county magistrate in silk and satin. She easily opened her joints, and she was reported to be sick that day. She found a house by herself, and the job she was assigned was also a top-notch and easy job.

This is not a big deal, Mrs. Wang's husband, Wang Yuanwai, sold his property for a wife, and traveled thousands of miles to accompany him in exile. In the courtyard, two or three female prisoners were employed in turn to respond to Mrs. Wang's errands, and a few maids and women were hired from the street to serve. Although Mrs. Wang was a prisoner in name, her life was not worse than that of the county magistrate's wife.

This old man is also very strange.He only wears a very loose robe and a large square scarf every day, and refuses to go out unless he is doing business, and he does not allow anyone to serve him close to him, but his wife is dressed up in fancy dress, and she wears five or six outfits in a season. I don't have enough clothes yet, so I always have to ask the tailors on the street to send me some clothes from time to time. One person followed, and beside him was a little girl who was always on call to support her.In this Wang family's family, if only the master is at home, then the meals for this day will be very simple, no matter whether it is meat or vegetarian, the master Wang is always not picky, but once the wife is there, he can't wait to be a dragon, liver and phoenix every day. The pith-eggplants should be fresh green fruits, chicken should not have an earthy taste, and vegetables should not be grown in the street... As for other delicate cooking methods, the cooks in Boluo County have never heard of them anyway.

People in the county discussed in private, saying that Mr. Wang, or else he was a door-to-door son-in-law who was controlled by others, so he was so considerate to his wife, and he was not as meticulous as his wife, or he had some unspeakable hidden disease, and he was born to marry such a woman. A wife who is as beautiful as a flower, feels indebted, so she bears it all the time-mostly has both, otherwise, why is Mrs. Wang in charge of the family's property accounts?And Mr. Wang has no children for many years, so why has he been unwilling to take concubines?

Neighbors in a small county get together, and they always have to bring one of the three sentences to the Wang family. None of the women does not envy the blessing of Mrs. Wang, thinking that with her arrogant and unreasonable personality, she can find such a beautiful woman. A considerate and wealthy man must be a blessing from her previous life, but she doesn't know how to cherish it, she doesn't know how to behave in the usual way, not to mention heavy makeup, and always shows her face in the street, but she is like a man and a woman. It's really annoying if you don't step forward.The men are also envious of Mr. Wang for having such a beautiful and beautiful wife. Most of their ridicule is based on the rumors of Mr. Wang. Bragging about their strengths, they feel that no matter how poor or miserable they are, no matter how vile and ugly their wives are, and no matter how stubborn their sons are, they are much more respectable than the Wang Yuanwai Wang who has a beautiful wife, rich clothes and fine food, and can do everything according to his heart.

However, no matter how people outside talk about it, Mr. Wang should still be weird if he should be weird, and Mrs. Wang should be dressed up in a gorgeous way, and Mr. Wang's business is getting bigger and bigger, and the more he buys more fields and manors, the more weird he is. Living in seclusion, even most of the servants at home do not recognize the respect of the master, and Mrs. Wang's temper is getting more and more delicate. She makes dozens of clothes a year, packs seven or eight boxes, and makes several boxes of jewelry.At the beginning, she still went to make a job every day, but later she even sent her family to do the job. The yamen was afraid that she would run away, so they had to ask Mrs. Chen to come and see her every day—Mrs. The matchmaker in the county would tell her to do any things that the yamen was not able to handle or would not do. Gradually, she devoted herself to talking to people in the county and wasting money.Mrs. Chen specially asked her sister to ask for this fat job. Sure enough, Mr. Wang was extremely generous. After a few days, he simply hired Mrs. Chen to come home and did nothing else. He just went to the yamen every day Do some work for Mrs. Wang, and spread some news from time to time. The monthly salary is really generous. This Mrs. Chen relies on her direct sister, who is familiar with everyone in the yamen. The work is easy, no one makes things difficult, and she gets a lot of money. The wife is such a food and clothing parent, and she is really sincere.

It was midsummer, and the weather was hot. Even though it was just sweeping, Mrs. Chen broke out in a sweat. Thinking of Mrs. Wang's coquettishness, she used to scream every time she stood under the sun, but she was so quiet today, so she turned her head When I looked around, I saw that there was only a chair left on the other side. Where is the figure of Mrs. Wang?

Chen Pozi trembled in shock, pulled the female prisoner next to her and asked, "Where's the person?"

The man didn't need to ask, he knew who she was talking about, pointed to the inside of the county office and said: "I vaguely saw her go in."

Mrs. Chen followed her sister in and out of the back yamen several times, knowing that the person was referring to a quiet and cool hall in the inner yamen, the cold sweat immediately broke down, she dropped the broom, and hurried to the door, It just so happened that the yamen guard at the gate came back lazily, stopped her and said: "You are not allowed to enter the backyard casually."

Mrs. Chen didn't dare to cause trouble at such a time, so she could only laugh along with her and said, "I...I'm in a hurry, so I'll go inside for convenience, isn't it a problem? Usually, maybe we go in occasionally for convenience."

The yamen servant said with a smile: "It's not that I don't ask my mother to go in. In fact, a superior official is coming today, and he brought his family members with him. The master ordered that no one else is allowed to enter the inner courtyard. Mom will be patient. If you really can't hold back, You can go to the Wang's house across the street."

Mrs. Chen stretched her neck and looked inward, but she didn't even see Mrs. Wang's figure. She was really distressed.