Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

"Don't cry!" Chen panicked and signaled with her eyes, Madam Du hurriedly approached Zhao Yulan and wiped away her tears: "Old sister, wipe your tears, tell me if you have any grievances!"

It took Zhao Yulan a long time to hold back her tears, still choked up, and said gratefully: "Thank you for your understanding, I lost my temper!"

Her eyes were sad, mixed with sadness and hatred: "My wife just persuaded me to think about my daughter, but there is no need for it!"

"Because, because, my poor daughter has already gone!"

"What?" Aunt Chen Du was both stunned.Mrs. Chen stood up from her seat suddenly, feeling a chill in her heart, and many thoughts appeared in her mind.After all, Dong'er is An Ge'er's biological mother, and An Ge'er can't get rid of this relationship with her.How did Dong'er go, and whether An Ge'er was involved... For a moment, she was a little confused.

Chen Shi and Madam Du focused their eyes on Zhao Yulan.Her voice was thin and faint, telling what had happened to her daughter, interspersed with one or two sobs.

"Dong'er listened to my advice and resigned herself to her fate. Mother and child are united, how could she be willing to let go? But I found out that your master and wife are kind people with a good reputation, and they are very good to Brother An. As long as Brother An If there is a good result, she will feel at ease. To put it more bluntly, the master and wife are the masters, and she is a concubine, so does she still have the right to speak?"

"Dong'er also has complaints and grievances in her heart. It is obvious that Brother An is such a lovely child, and she is so obedient to the master and wife. At most, she just wants to take her out to live when Brother An grows up and separates from the family. , have absolutely no desire to covet the inheritance of the Lin family. But why does it seem that the benevolent and merciful master and wife can't tolerate them?"

"But on the face of it, Dong'er didn't dare to show this thought at all. She forced herself not to think about An Ge'er. She was as quiet as usual, and she gradually looked away. This life is long, and it has to go on. !"

Chen sighed: "Looking at it from this point of view, Dong'er is also transparent, so why did he get sick later?"

"I wasn't sick at that time!" Zhao Yulan laughed, "Dong'er is in good health. That delicate Mrs. Jia didn't die of illness. How could it be her turn?"

Chen Shi and Madam Du were taken aback, and their complexions suddenly changed. Zhao Yulan's words were full of resentment, which showed that Dong'er's death had something else to say.

"Ma'am, Brother An was seriously ill two years ago. Your master cherishes the child and made a special trip to Jinling to ask Lin's mansion to ask for the human form of Polygonum multiflorum, right?"

When Chen thought of this, could it be that Dong'er's death had something to do with it?

"That's right! The master went to ask for medicine, but the sister-in-law said that the medicinal material had already been sent to the capital to honor his parents. Fortunately, Brother An was lucky later on, and he recovered!" Mrs. Chen shook her head and said, "There is no other way. It is God's will!"

"If you say so, could it be that Polygonum multiflorum hadn't been delivered to the capital at that time?" Madam Du questioned.

"Even so, between her biological parents and her successor An Geer, it's understandable that the sister-in-law chose to care about her parents!" Chen said a fair word.

Zhao Yulan smiled bitterly and said, "How can my mother and daughter not understand this truth? But the truth is not the case?"

"Could it be that Mrs. Jia wants to keep it for her son?" Madam Du cherished Brother An and felt a little unfair: "Brother An is waiting for help, the young master is just a little weaker, and he takes good care of him on weekdays. How many good medicinal materials can't be obtained again? I just feel sorry for the Polygonum multiflorum, and our family will search desperately afterwards, and we can always make up for her? This is not the elixir of the Taishang Laojun, it is hard to find in the world!"

"Mrs. Du, don't talk nonsense!" Mrs. Chen quickly stopped Mrs. Du. Although she felt uncomfortable in her heart, she couldn't speak like this in front of Zhao Yulan. If it spread, it would affect the relationship between the two families. Yes, after all, they belong to the same family, with Angle among them.

"If it's just like that, she loves her son, and she's a respectable person, so that's fine!" Zhao Yulan sneered, "Dong'er didn't know about it. After a few days, she inadvertently I heard the steward's daughter-in-law Huang talking to her man. The housekeeper even made fun of it, meaning that the concubine is now living in a normal family, life is difficult, and even Polygonum multiflorum asked to come to the door."

She said manly: "What I'm looking for is the human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum, except for our family, it is also rare for ordinary officials and officials for a while."Not only does our family only have one, the wife has already sent it to the capital.

That Huang said with a smile: "Where did you send it to the capital?"Who said there is only one?There are two in the wife's dowry, and there are probably more in the old Curry of the Lin family!

Her man was puzzled: Then why doesn't the wife want to give it?Mrs. Su Rili is also the one who treats her with kindness and caresses her hands. Lin Xiucai is also from the same family.

Dong'er heard that An Ge'er was seriously ill, and her heart was burning with anger, and then she heard Huang's saying: If Lin Xiucai didn't raise that concubine, my wife would not be stingy, but now the concubine is in his house!

"What's the reason?" Both Chen and Madam Du couldn't help but asked excitedly.

"Huang's men also kept asking: Even if his wife didn't like him, he also stepped out. According to etiquette, he has nothing to do with our family from now on. Why did he do it so badly? Besides, isn't that aunt Zhang also keeping her own place? Yes, I am not a monster at all, why would my wife do this?"

Zhao Yulan gritted her teeth and said, "Afterwards, the Huang family explained the reason: when the little sister-in-law fell ill, the eminent monk who invited said that the evil son should not have come to this world. One goes up and down and the other goes up and down. You see, he is in good health, but the son-in-law was born weak. The son-in-law got sick together with him. Once he was sent to Zhuangzi, the son-in-law got better. Not only Kedi, but also the master and wife Being implicated by him. Although he was adopted out, the wife always felt uneasy, and always felt that the fate of the first-law son was severely suppressed by him. The wife's accompanying mother kept mentioning this in her ear repeatedly, and she couldn't help it. If you don't believe me, I feel uneasy.

The Huang family's men didn't believe it, they didn't take it seriously: How can there be such a reason, it's all the nonsense of those women pretending to be tricks!

Huang said: "It's better to believe what's there than to believe what's not!"This time, it all depends on his good fortune, anyway, my wife didn't do anything to harm him, so it's not a crime! "

"Dong'er was startled and angry when he heard this. He was worried about Brother Ang and couldn't care about anything else. He went to see Mrs. Jia and begged her not to listen to others' instigation and save Brother Ang. She is always grateful for her kindness." Dade."

"Mrs. Jia became ashamed when Dong'er made it clear, and her companions even reprimanded Dong'er for not abiding by the rules. Dong'er said that when the master comes back, he will tell the matter, and ask the master to make the decision. Under the anger, he was a little unscrupulous. Mrs. Jia got angry and said that Dong'er cursed her son for the next crime, and ordered someone to slap his mouth, and then shut him up in the room, kneeling and reciting scriptures."

"On the third day, when Mr. Lin returned to the mansion, Mrs. Jia and the attendants all agreed that Dong'er committed the crime. There were only two of Polygonum multiflorum's family, one was sent to the capital, and the other was prepared to be used as medicine for the son-in-law. It just so happened that the son-in-law fell ill again. The housekeeper's mother blamed Dong'er for the crime, saying that she was frightened by her and his wife's quarrel. In addition, he once secretly cursed the young master and his wife. The wife only has this darling child, and if there is something good or bad, I will not be able to live, and it falls into her arms!"

"Master was worried about his son-in-law. When he heard this, he became angry on the spot, and asked someone to call Dong'er to question him. Dong'er defended herself, but the master didn't believe her words. He only said that Madam has always been kind to others, so it must be her fault." As a maidservant and concubine, she dared to disobey his wife. It was presumptuous, and ordered her to plead guilty to her. Although Dong'er was a concubine when she was in the Zhang family, she had never been punished or wronged like this. She was also worried about An Ge'er's life, feeling sad and indignant, Rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry! She swears to God that she has never done it before. She is the same, swear an oath? Just make the oath with the young master!"

"When Mrs. Jia heard this, she was out of breath and fainted. Dong'er got into a catastrophe." Zhao Yulan said with a miserable smile: "After all, she is still young, she doesn't know the seriousness, she just thinks she is innocent. Yes, you can stand upright! In fact, in everyone, the important thing is status and face, not right or wrong, who made her just a concubine! Who made her stupid, thinking that the master also has affection for her and will do it for her She supports justice! She doesn't even think about it, the master will turn against his wife for a thing? The adopted son and the hard-won son, the grandson of the Duke's family, which is more important? I am afraid that the thoughts in the master's heart are also different from those of the wife. Same!"

"The master drove Dong'er to Zhuangzi because she disrespected the mistress. She is a sinful concubine, what kind of life can she live in Zhuangzi? After suffering for a year, she was depressed and cried often, and her health has long been bad. At the turn of the seasons, I accidentally contracted a cold. There are no good doctors and medicinal materials in the Zhuangzi. The stewards of the Zhuangzi saw that she was seriously ill and reported to the Lin Mansion. Just as the son-in-law in the mansion was sick, the whole family was in chaos. Why do you care about her? The master only asked the manager to take care of her, and didn't pay much attention to it. After more than ten days, Dong'er went just like that! She's just 23 years old!"

Listening to Zhao Yulan's cry, Mrs. Chen felt pity in her heart, thinking of the fate of An Ge'er's biological mother, she sighed silently.

"Dong'er knew that she was going to die. At that time, she really figured it out, and she became cold-hearted. She left letters and sent them to Master Lin and me respectively. In the letter to Master Lin, she told about her innocence and what happened that day. Situation, I beg him to arrange for me, let me break away from the shackles of the Zhang family, not be wronged, and live a stable life for the rest of my life. She bet that Master Lin would feel uneasy, and agreed to this request that is not embarrassing for him. In the letter to me, let I'll take a look at An Geer, but if he's doing well, don't bother him, and don't tell him his life experience. Let An Geer have the love of his parents, live an upright life, and make a clean break with the past, no matter what .At that time, she will be able to rest in peace underground!"

"As she expected, Master Lin really helped me escape from the Lin family, and gave me Dong'er's private house and jewelry. He and Mrs. Jia also wanted to 'reward' me 2000 taels of pension silver, but I didn't want it!" Zhao Yulan said. He said coldly: "Dong'er's death is inseparably related to them, how can I take the money they gave. My only daughter is gone, so what is the use of more money to me? Master Lin even made an exception to be kind I am going to let Dong'er be buried in the ancestral grave, and I don't want to, Dong'er definitely doesn't want to! I am too old with the abbot and master of Gusu Miaoyin Temple, and I plan to stay there for the rest of my life to clean up. I am not far from the temple. I bought a piece of land in a quiet mountain area and prepared to bury Dong'er's coffin. I will visit and talk to Dong'er every day, otherwise, she will be lonely underground alone!"