Jia Cong, the concubine who crossed the Red Chamber

On this day, the wife of Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding brought her daughter Shi Xiangxia and niece Shi Xiangyun to visit Rongguo Mansion.

Shi Xiangxia is two years older than Shi Xiangyun. She is Shi Ding's eldest daughter. She is generous, considerate, cheerful yet gentle.In contrast, Shi Xiangyun is a bit too lively, innocent and eclectic.Both of them have a certain amount of advance and retreat, and they seem to be well-bred.

Jia Mu smiled and said, "I'm not boasting in front of you. These two children have excellent manners. You have to spend a lot of effort to teach such a neat child."

Mrs. Shi said with a smile: "Old lady, don't praise them. It's just like this. They don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth. A few more compliments will be even more extraordinary."

Jia Mu waved her hand and said with a smile, "Praise is praise."

Mrs. Shi said with a smile: "If you want me to say, it's only good for an old lady to raise girls. The eldest sister who entered the palace earlier, and the third sister today are all excellent. Not to mention the appearance and behavior, it's just the whole body. Temperament is the most rare."

The two flattered each other so much, somehow, they talked about Shi Jia's distant cousin.Mrs. Shi didn't go into details, she just said that the girl was unlucky, couldn't think about it, and didn't discuss it with the patriarch, so she went through the paperwork privately and went to practice.When Jia's mother heard this, she still didn't know what to do. Mrs. Shi was talking about the girl Jia Zheng had favored before.It was a pity in my heart for a while, but then I thought about Miss Xue's family again, and after a few silent murmurs, I fixed my eyes on Xue's family.

Although the daughter of the Xue family was born in a merchant family, she has nothing to do with merchants when she marries into the Jia family and takes care of her husband.Furthermore, Xue's family has a lot of money, and everyone knows that the dowry of this concubine's daughter will definitely not be less.The second child was called fine silver a while ago, which hurt his vitality, and he didn't have much savings here.

Mother Jia was thinking like this in her heart, but she didn't know that Mrs. Wang had already made the move first.Half a month later, a letter came from Xue's family in Jinling, saying that the filial piety period for Xue's parents' house had passed.Mrs. Xue is going to bring her son and daughter to Beijing.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that the Xue family is here to support Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Xing smiled disdainfully when she heard the news, and said: "I don't know what evil Mr. Xue did in his previous life to marry such an unclear wife. They are all people who are about to have grandchildren, and they are so simple. A married man The elder sister who has been away for so many years is also worthy of her leadership, and the serious Wang Ziteng hasn't spoken yet."

Jia Cong shook his head, and said: "Mrs. Xue has controlled the backyard of Xue's parents' house for so many years, so she is not so superficial. Just look at the actions of the second wife and Sister Feng. The daughter of the Wang family, no matter what her character is, her means are very good. Not bad. If you ask me, there must be other reasons for this."

Mrs. Xing has been impatient with this recently, and she is all on Sister Feng's stomach, wanting to hug her grandson.He said: "Whatever his business is, anyway, it's just a family with a ruined reputation. If you want me to say, tell them to make trouble. It will end when the trouble is big! I didn't change the nurses and nurses around your sister. Just saying that it was arranged by the old lady since she was not born, and she changed it at will. After hearing this, the old lady of the screwdriver became more confident. Fortunately, Yingchun is tolerant and wants to be replaced. I, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it anymore. You just wait, sooner or later we'll settle accounts with those people together!"

Mrs. Xing is too lazy to be a director recently, and impatient to think about these things.Jia Cong was a worrying person, he tossed and turned in his thoughts at night, and couldn't help going to bed late.

Jia Cong went to school early the next morning, and he lost an hour of sleep the night before, and was really sleepy.

Looking up at Mr. shaking his head and reading Zhongyong, he felt even more bored, so he closed his eyes involuntarily.Instead of lying on the table and sleeping soundly, he forced himself to sit upright.After falling asleep, the head lowered little by little, and it seemed that it was about to hit the table, but it could be lifted up miraculously.Chen Ruiwen looked down and smiled sullenly.

While Mr. closed his eyes and appreciating the words and sentences in the book, Chen Ruiwen made a ball of paper and flew to Jia Cong's head with a whoosh.Because Jia Cong fell asleep in class, he always felt a little guilty and couldn't sleep well, so he woke up immediately as it was just a ball of paper.Thinking about it again, except for the one surnamed Chen, there are absolutely no two people who can do this kind of thing. Taking advantage of the time when the husband didn't look up, he threw it back.

The two were concentrating on a battle of wits and courage, using paper balls as shells to capture the opponent's camp.Hearing a "snap", the master slapped the inkstone and shouted: "Chen Ruiwen, Jia Cong! It's against you! This is an academy, it's a classroom! Do you know what is learning and self-cultivation, and what is respecting teachers and respecting the way! Dare to play around while studying, how decent!" Jia Cong stood for more than half an hour after reading such a balabala, and then listened to the master's chanting. He was so dizzy that he couldn't even say it. .

After school, Jia Cong asked the boy to take something and was about to go back, and no one paid attention to him.Chen Ruiwen kept calling from behind: "Wait for me, wait for me." But Jia Cong just ignored him.

Chen Ruiwen left the boy to pack up his things, and followed Jia Cong, apologizing all the time, bowing and saying: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I shouldn't throw paper balls at you in class. Damn it!" You were scolded by your husband, I sincerely repent, I will write the Analects for you as punishment, can you forgive me? Brother Cong is the most kind and lovely, please forgive me."

When Jia Cong heard this, he immediately exploded: "You are kind and cute! You are kind and cute!"

Shi Guangzhu walked behind the two of them, seeing this he couldn't help laughing out loud.Stepping forward to persuade: "Okay, okay, what a big idea, you are so narrow-minded, you can't make a slap, Brother Chen is sorry for you."

Jia Cong said sadly and angrily: "There are many places for him to be sorry for me! I was dreaming of eating drunk shrimp. I finally pushed the shrimp away. Before I could eat the shrimp, I was woken up by a ball of paper! The meat in my mouth Fly!"

A few people were laughing when they suddenly heard someone shouting outside, "Someone came from Jia's mansion, saying that the mansion was flooded, and asked Third Master Cong to go back quickly."

Shi Guangzhu hurriedly patted Jia Cong's back, and said softly: "Don't worry, even if something happens, it's useless for you to go back at this time. Be careful on the road, and don't fall off. If there is something serious, come and report it." It’s not these few, and the family will definitely be fine.” As he spoke, he sent someone to bring his BMW over and borrowed it from Jia Cong.

Jia Cong remembered that in the original book, only when Grandma Liu came, the stable in the mansion walked through the water once, and there were no casualties.But I don't know how to get out of the water now.How are the parents?How about brother and sister?How are the sisters?Worried in his heart, he borrowed Shi Guangzhu's good horse, flew on the horse, and galloped all the way.The servant who originally came to report the letter, just after chasing him out, Jia Cong disappeared.

Panting, Jia Cong rushed home, and saw a place of black smoke from a long distance away, and hurried over to see that the back street was on fire.Only then did he let out a sigh of relief.Jia Amnesty was waving his arms and sleeves from a long distance, directing people to put out the fire himself.Seeing Jia Cong coming, he hurriedly said: "It's just in time for you to come back, hurry up and talk to the old man."

It was Jia Zheng's courtyard that was on fire. For unknown reasons, a big fire suddenly caught fire from the central room.Even the whole courtyard was burned down.As mentioned earlier, Jia Zheng's two unlucky relatives, the sixth master Jia Dairu and Jia Qiang from the East Mansion, were also more or less implicated.Jia Dairu burned all the books in the room, and she burst into tears with distress.Jia Cong quickly took Jia Amnesty's order and ran to comfort the old man who had taught him for a few days.I'm afraid that when the elderly are stimulated, there is something in case.

After another half an hour, the fire was finally completely extinguished, and everyone gathered at Jia Mu's place to discuss.

Then I heard Jia Mu say: "Since the second child's house is flooded, why don't you move back in. The mansion is big and there are many vacant houses. If you only live for a while, your brother will not refuse to come if you want to come."

Jia She said with a smile: "My brother can come back to live, I am naturally happy in my heart. It's just that we need to discuss this matter carefully. Let's not talk about this first, we have to take inventory first. How can there be water for no reason? If it is an accident , whose fault is it? Has this person been punished? If it wasn't an accident, it would have been an attempted murder."

After a pause, he continued: "Besides, has anyone been injured? Have the families of the casualties been appeased? Is there anything lost? I can't find the account book of the second room, so I have to ask my brother himself, so I can know. If there are difficulties, as an older brother, I will definitely not stand by and watch."

Jia Zheng said hastily: "No one was injured or injured. Everyone escaped quickly."

When Jia Mu heard this, she was about to borrow the loss of water to open the public treasury in the mansion to make up for her youngest son.Unexpectedly, Jia She said again: "If there is no important property loss, it's fine. If you lose one or two, you must go to the Yamen to report. Otherwise, something may be passed along, causing trouble in the future." It’s troublesome, but I can’t explain it clearly.”

Come on, just as Jia Mu opened her mouth, the words reached her throat, and she swallowed them again.If he really went to the Yamen, wouldn't it be clear how he got there?Mrs. Wang obviously thought the same way, and the final conclusion was that the second room had no property loss, so I didn't bother my eldest brother.

He also heard Jia She asked: "The old lady just said to ask the second child to move back to live for a while. In my opinion, this is a good idea. There is only one thing, where will the second child live when he comes back?"

Jia Mu said: "What's the matter, I live in the yard next to me. The place is not big, but it is better than exquisite. Anyway, the second child has nothing, and the yard doesn't look small."

Jia She said with a smile: "I'm afraid my mother has forgotten that my niece also lives on this floor. After all, it is an inner house, so we need to avoid suspicion. If we really live like this, the Lin family will not look good."

When Jia Mu heard this, her face was not very good-looking, and she said, "Even so, where do you want your brother to live?"

Jia Amnesty looked at Jia Zheng and said with a smile, "According to me, there is a second yard on the north side of the street, with another door for easy access."

Jia's mother retorted: "How can that be done! There are relatives who came from afar to live there. This is your own brother. How can there be any reason for your own family to live in the guest room?"

Jia She said with a smile: "Actually, I don't need to be so troublesome. There happened to be a house on Pingyao Street, which belonged to the former official minister. Now that the old minister is old and wants to go back to his hometown, this house is ready to be sold. A few days ago Find me here and ask for help to inquire about the next family. How about buying it with my brother, and then counting all the silver and treasury in the company, dividing one into two, and dividing the family!"