My Dad in the Red Chamber is still alive

On this day, Daiyu brought Xichun to her girls' school for the first time.Xichun was a little nervous, but more excited and looking forward to it.

Pushing open the gate, there is a neat two-entry small courtyard inside, bypassing the screen, I saw two tall jujube trees in the courtyard, and a small flowerbed in the middle.

The bluestone paths on both sides extend to the front of the main house with a gentle arc.

There are five or six main rooms in a row facing south, with low windowsills and large windows.At this moment, all the rhombic windows are wide open, and dozens of girls of different ages can be seen neatly sitting inside.

Daiyu and Xichun approached the window lightly, only to find that the rooms inside are not connected.

This row of houses is divided into three spacious large rooms.Every room has a teacher teaching.

And these gentlemen are all women without exception.It's just that they are all a little older, two of them look in their 30s, and the other is a little younger, also in their twenties.

Daiyu explained softly to Xichun: "The children are divided into three different classes according to their age and their original background.

Now they are teaching some basic literacy, writing, three-character scripture, thousand-character script, etc. according to their parents' requirements, as well as embroidery and etiquette courses.

After you come, I want to offer piano, chess, books, painting courses and arithmetic courses. "

Xichun's eyes lit up when he heard this, besides admiring and nodding, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Daiyu showed her around again. The west wing was the dining hall, and since the children were still young, the school invited a special chef to cook for the teachers and students.

In this way, the children don't have to go back and forth to school twice a day, and they don't need to send someone from home to deliver meals.

The conditions of the children who come here are not good or bad, so they don’t have too much requirements on food, just ordinary meat, vegetables and soup are enough.

In this way, the problem of eating for the female gentlemen here is also solved.

But the masters don't eat with the children, and their meals are better.

Daiyu said: "The path next to it goes around, and there are a few rooms in the backyard, which are the residences of the ladies. If you want to live in, you can, but the conditions are not as good as in the mansion.

On weekdays, there are two women who are responsible for buying vegetables and cooking, and there is also an old couple. The woman is responsible for cleaning, and the old man does some rough work.In the evening, their husband and wife lived in the inverted room at the entrance and were responsible for guarding the gate. "

Daiyu pointed to the courtyard walls on the east and west sides, "To the east of this school is my escort agency, and to the west is an embroidery shop, so it's safe to live here."

Xichun was so happy, she kept nodding her head, "Sister Lin, this place is great, I want to move here."

Daiyu said seriously: "Think about it, this place is no better than Fuchu. It must be hard work to move here, and you have to do many things yourself.

The maid can't bring more, only one, because there are not so many rooms after all. "

Xichun smiled and said: "I want to be a monk, why are you afraid of doing it yourself? Which monk do you see with a maid?"

Daiyu nodded, and then took Xichun out again, not far to the west, and arrived at the embroidery shop she mentioned, which was also owned by Daiyu.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw an acquaintance inside...

Xichun was very surprised to see Xiangyun. At first she thought that Xiangyun was here to buy embroidery, but she knew that Xiangyun was now living with her aunt and sisters in Zhuangzi, so she probably didn't have much spare money to buy embroidery.

I also remembered that my ancestor passed away the day before yesterday, and Xiangyun also came for a few days, saying that there is still some output in Zhuangzi's sacrifice field, and with the women's family embroidering some embroidery for sale, life is still going on.

After thinking about it like this, Xichun suddenly realized that Sister Yun is probably here to sell embroidery, right?

Here she was pulling Xiangyun to talk, when suddenly the curtain of the back room was lifted, and a beautiful girl came out, it was Qingwen!

Xichun was even more surprised, and asked, "Qingwen, why are you here?"

Xiangyun smiled and said, "Although we all know how to embroider, how can ordinary embroidery be sold for any price? Now Qingwen is the master of all of us!"

Qingwen came forward with a smile and said, "Fourth girl is well! I haven't seen you for a long time. At that time, my wife kicked me out, and I almost died of illness at my brother's house. It was Miss Lin who asked someone to send money to invite a doctor for me. I just survived.

Later, my brother and sister-in-law couldn't tolerate me, so I came to Miss Lin's shop to help. "

Daiyu said with a smile: "Qingwen is now the top embroiderer in my shop. There are so many ladies and wives in the capital queuing up for her embroidery."

Xichun's heart became brighter. As long as she works hard, girls can live out their own lives with their own hands!

Sister Yun can do it, so can Qingwen, so of course I can do it too!

Xiangyun took Xichun's hand and said, I heard that you are going to be a female teacher at the school?That's great, we sisters will see each other often this time.

Xichun: "Sister Yun can be a lady too."

Xiangyun shook his head: "I am the oldest in the family, I don't plan to marry in this life, but my younger sisters will marry in the future.

I'm afraid that my affairs will also bring down the reputation of the younger sisters.How can I leave them?When everyone is together, they are always more at ease in their hearts. "

Xichun said with emotion: "Sister Yun seems to have grown up all of a sudden..."

Xiang Yun smiled, "You are grown up now, I have experienced so many things, how can I not grow up?"

**

In Jia's mansion, Sister Feng was talking to Jia Lian that she should hire a teacher to enlighten Sister Qiao and Brother Yuan.Ordinarily, Sister Qiao is actually a bit late to open up Mengmeng now, but Brother Yuan seems to be a bit early.

But Sister Feng didn't want to procrastinate any longer, she suffered from illiteracy, and she didn't want her children to stumble over it again.

Jia Lian thought about it, now he is away from home all day, Sister Feng is all alone in the house, and she really doesn't have time to take care of the children, it would be better to hire a husband earlier.

Jia Lian: "You're right. I'll look for a gentleman later."

Sister Feng said again: "Sister Qiao is not young now, I think it's better to invite a female husband."

Jia Lian: "Then it's better to send Sister Qiao to Sister Lin's school. The Fourth Sister is also there, so it happens to have someone to take care of her. Besides, it's not suitable for Brother Yuan to invite a female teacher."

Sister Feng hesitated and said: "The school is good, but I always feel that the children there are different from ours.

No matter how you say it, sister Qiao can be regarded as a lady of the official family, and now they are all too young to show off.I'm afraid that in the future, when she gets older, the ladies in Beijing will laugh at her, saying that she is a girl who came out of the common people's school. "

Jia Lian thought so too, so he said, "Why don't you invite a female gentleman first, and Brother Yuan's affairs can take time. But Baoyu and Lan'er, I think they have also started to study hard recently, but what can ethnology teach?" ? I think it’s serious to hire a better gentleman for them.”

Sister Feng didn't speak, thinking in her mind: Now Baoyu and Jialan are the only ones left in the second room, and there is still something to look forward to. Huan'er doesn't need to expect him to have any future.

Now they can relax and study hard is the best.After all, in the future, the title will not matter to Erfang, and Jia Zheng has been exiled again. It can be said that Erfang is no different from a commoner now.

If you don't go out to get a good reputation, you will have to live on the big house for the rest of your life.

Now that the old lady is gone, it seems that the big family is too cruel to talk about separating the family; otherwise, I would not be happy to support them for a long time.

But if the two of them can read the dots and really get a name, then it will be easier whether they separate or not.

So Sister Feng nodded and said: "What you said is very true. You'd better ask the master again to see what the master thinks."

Within a few days, Jia's mansion successively invited two gentlemen, one female, to teach Qiaojie, and by the way, three-year-old Brother Yuan to recognize characters and read the Three-Character Classic.

The other is an old Juren. Although he himself has never been in high school, the students he teaches are very famous, and many of them are the second best in high school.

His surname was Wang, and everyone called him "Master Wang" at first. Later, because the students he taught were very good, people also jokingly called him "Master Wang".

Now that he is old, he didn't plan to teach anymore, but seeing Baoyu and Jialan, both of them are good-looking talents, with good manners and extraordinary conversation, he loves talents, and then he agrees to go to the mansion to teach them. gentlemen.

Since Mrs. Wang came to Jia's mansion, Baoyu and Jialan have improved in their studies.

When Baochai saw that Baoyu was finally willing to study, he was even more happy.

Although she knew that Baoyu didn't like reading, since the two got married, it was rare to see him as happy as before, with his brows furrowed every day.

However, Baochai can't control whether he is happy or not now, what else is there for the second wife?If you want money, you have no money, and if you want a future, you have no future.

The Xue family was also defeated, and his elder brother was also exiled.There is only one mother left in the family, and she will still have to rely on herself when she grows old.

For the current plan, Baoyu studied hard to get a fame, which is the only way out.

After dinner that day, Baochai sent Xiren and the little girl away, and then said to Baoyu, "Have you been studying hard recently? I think you have lost weight.

Although I don't go out, I also heard that Mr. Wang has always had the reputation of "Master King". It is good luck that we can invite him, and it is better to work hard. "

Baoyu: "Yes."

Baochai said again: "Now our mansion is no better than before, and now you spend a lot of money on studying. I think maidservants should also be streamlined and streamlined. Those who don't need it are better to let them out."

Baoyu glanced at her and said, "Hasn't a lot of them been released? There are only a few left, and we need to reduce them?"

In a blink of an eye, he said again: "Forget it, you can decide, don't ask me."

Baochai said: "I think it's fine for others, but Xiren is not young anymore. Now that the situation in our mansion is not good and delays her, why don't we let her go out with some money."

Baoyu raised her head abruptly, stared at Baochai for a while, and said, "She has long been mine, and I am still alive, so there is no reason to let her out."

Baochai:……

Baoyu: "People in the mansion have known about this for a long time, but my wife originally said that I would wait until the road is revealed.

Later, something happened in the mansion, so I didn't mention it again. I think you should know this too.

If you think it's inappropriate to have no name or distinction, then you can raise her to be your aunt tomorrow. "

Baochai bowed her head in silence for a while, then raised her head and said with a smile: "Okay, then I will listen to you. I thought that you are studying hard now, and it is not good to have too many people in the room."

Baoyu: "Without her, who will take care of my daily life? You?"

Baochai choked, endured it, turned around and left...

Baoyu stared blankly at the shaking door curtain for a while, then suddenly sneered, thinking: Sure enough, if a good daughter gets married, she will become an abominable mother-in-law!Sister Bao was not like this in the past.

But, what was Sister Bao like in the past?Thinking about it carefully, it seems that I don't think much about it.The past is actually blurred.

He thought, maybe Sister Bao has always been like this, but he didn't see it clearly...

Shaking his head, picked up the book, and continued to read...