Old things in the Red Chamber

Thinking of this, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but look up at several concubines with different surnames.

I didn't even think about turning it down.

"This is because our husband and wife can't be the masters. We have to go back and discuss it with the patriarch. Although Zheng'er is our son, he is also the head of the Lin family..."

Princess Dongping quickly stopped her, "Mrs. Lin, you misunderstood. The girl I'm talking about is not a girl from a small family. Her family background is noble."

"Really?" Linchuan Wang's concubine asked at that time, "How noble is it? Could it be the princesses in the palace?"

When she yelled like this, Princess Dongping and Princess Beijing both had ugly faces.

Lin Daiyu quickly said, "The child is still young, so don't worry about it. Besides, our family is only a second-class family in the capital, and the Lin family has no official or job right now, so we dare not expect extravagant expectations."

This topic had to be stopped.For a while, Lin Daiyu felt like sitting on pins and needles.After the banquet, hurried home.Discuss this matter with Gu Yun.

"Nine times out of ten, it's a girl from the Northern Prince's Mansion, and only the Prince of Jing likes to win over these scholars."

Gu Yun thought for a while, then lowered his voice and said to Lin Daiyu, "Father-in-law had a good reputation among scholars during his lifetime, and he was generous and donated money. Coupled with several generations of management, those Wenzong who have not failed all like to associate with the Lin family. In the court , although they are not of much importance, but in other places, they are like Taishan Beidou. Presumably someone has taken a fancy to the prestige of the Lin family and wants to cling to it."

"Prestige is something you can't eat or drink, and those big people have different tempers from ordinary people. When our family didn't have this little thing, they had almost no contact with our family. When I lived in my uncle's house, they didn't send anyone Come to say hello. Is it possible that in their eyes, only males can inherit the family? It’s so biased, it can’t be considered a master.”

"You," Gu Yun stretched out his finger amusedly, and tapped Lin Daiyu's forehead.Their eldest son, Gu Xin, was watching and turned his head away angrily.Day by day, always in front of his son, he didn't look like a parent at all. With such parents, Gu Xin sighed like a little adult.

There are four members of the family at home, one can't speak, one doesn't speak, and only the parents are left to flirt.

The maids standing outside the door were obviously waiting anxiously.He yelled outside in a moderate voice, "Fourth master, grandma, some relatives have brought something, this servant will bring in the list."

As soon as the bead curtain at the door rang, the maid came in with a tray on which were placed two posts.

"Have they come? Why are they giving gifts at this time?" Lin Daiyu said, picking up the post and looking at it. It turned out that it was sent by the family of the first and second uncles of the Rongguo Mansion.

He first looked at the things sent by his second uncle's house, which turned out to be some sacrificial things, "Could it be that you are still thinking about the anniversary of my father's death in May?"

Putting down the order, Lin Daiyu felt a little funny, "Second uncle didn't send anything in previous years, so it must be Sister Bao's idea to send things this year."

Sure enough, the things delivered this time were in good order, unlike her second aunt's handwriting.

I flipped through the gift list of my uncle's house, and it was the same as in previous years, not very expensive, but after giving it for so many years, this kind of affection made Lin Daiyu feel caring.

Gu Yun sighed on the side, "In a blink of an eye, my father-in-law has been gone for almost ten years. Otherwise, I will take the opportunity to ask the emperor for leave, and take the three of you, mother and son, to Gusu to visit the grave."

Having said that, I instantly felt that this idea was good, "It's better to hit the sun than to choose a date. Taking advantage of the good weather and the strong bones of the second child, I will go to the palace to ask for leave in the past two days, and I can also avoid the gossip in the capital." .”

Lin Daiyu also agrees with this idea, although she has not been back to Gusu for many years.However, the tombs of my parents are there, so I have to go there.

"You just go to the palace to ask for leave. I'll talk to my sister-in-law about it tomorrow, and then I'll go to my uncle's house the day after tomorrow to talk about it. I'm saying goodbye to them."

"Have you checked over there?" Jia Gu polished his weapon, "My niece came to tell me in the morning that they are going to Gusu to visit the grave of their sister and husband. I think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"What good opportunity?"

"Put the fourth girl of your family into their family's team, take them out of the capital, and go to the south. The world is so big, who will go to her, and give her a new guide, and give her a new identity. Find a reliable person to hang under his name, what do you think?"

Jia Amnesty thought about it, and felt that this method was good, and finally emphasized, "You can't find her a family with a low status, or you will wrong the child."

"A girl raised by a family like ours, with her upbringing, can't find her an ordinary family. To be honest, if her brother didn't do such a bastard thing, I would have left her in my house. Said After all, there is still no fate. I used to have a partial general under my command. He lost an arm when he charged into battle. According to the law of the army, this kind of person is a person who cannot be driven. He was sent back to his hometown with money. Thanks to him, he became a moderate military officer in the south of the Yangtze River, which happened to be in their family's name."

"Is it a concubine or a concubine?"

"Of course it's a descendant. His daughter-in-law married a girl from the north. When the time comes to send them to their home, he naturally has a reason to make up this story. The most common thing is that when the child was born, he was afraid that he would not be able to support him, so he was fostered in someone else's house. Now that it is time for the child to get married, you have to take the child back, what do you think of this statement?"

Jia She nodded, "As long as the child doesn't show up in public often, it's fine. Besides, the girls in our family don't like to go out, and few people have seen them. It is estimated that not many people will recognize her in the future. You have a good idea. "

Jia She felt that this idea was more and more seamless, so he ran home very excitedly and planned to find someone to test the fourth girl.

The fourth girl has been watched by others these days, anyway, life is not easy.

Shi Taijun will always be on the top of the pagoda in this mansion. As long as she is unhappy, the people below will naturally share her worries.

For the fourth girl, the person who felt poor when she was young was the second sister, who lived a tight life and was nagged and stared at by the mothers-in-law and maids.Now this encounter has finally landed on him.For him, she said, these were not unbearable.

If you ask her whether she has lived happily for so many years, the answer is absolutely no.

Everyone said that the fourth girl was good at painting, but no one had ever asked the fourth girl if she would like to paint.In this family, there are always a few people who are favored and some people are not favored. Although there are only four girls, and in terms of status, only the eldest girl and myself are the daughters of the first wife, but the treatment of the two is very different.

The eldest sister likes to play the piano, so his younger sisters must like to play chess, write and paint.I think that when Grandma Liu visited the garden that day, the old lady pointed to the fourth girl and said to others, "My granddaughter can draw, so let her draw one another day."

But she never cared about how much paint and rice paper she had, and she only evaded a few words later, and the old lady already had an annoyed expression on her face.

In the end, sister Bao's reputation of being virtuous and talented was fulfilled. Looking at the long list she made, they all praised her for knowing more and knowing more.No one thinks about these things, how can I not know?Why didn't I have it myself?

After all, this is not my home, nor is Ningguo Mansion, my wife shouldn't have given birth to me back then, one dead body and two lives are better than my daily struggle here.

"Girl, do you want to eat something?" Ru Hua put out the food brought from the kitchen.

Turning his head to look, the food is greasy, it doesn't look like the food made by the cook, but it looks like the cook's apprentice made it, "Which woman left this for me?"

After saying this sentence, someone said in the corridor outside, "...When Shi Xiaoxue was the same as Miss Lin..."

Jia Xichun, who was inside the room, hurriedly dug out a Buddhist scripture and devoted himself to it, not thinking about the current situation, nor listening to gossip outside.

A small voice said in the corridor outside the door, "Our lord will give you a pair of rabbits for each little master. I heard that this kind of rabbit will not grow big, and it will be the size of a palm in the future."

"Why do you keep it? It's not enough for a dish." The women in the corridor were quite disgusted.

"These are just a boredom thing, to please the little masters, aunt, if you want to eat rabbit meat, there are plenty of them in the kitchen."

"I'm just saying a few words in vain. You have so many words waiting for me. Why haven't I seen you? Are you from the old man?"

"I'm new here, and I'm learning the rules from Mrs. Lin over there. There's not enough manpower today, so I'm here to send this pair of rabbits to the girl."

"Go in, the girl is in a bad mood and scolds you carefully."

A little girl in green clothes came in carrying a cage made of bamboo.

"Greetings to the fourth girl, the servant is ordered to send a pair of rabbits to the fourth girl."

Jia Xichun only raised his eyes to the maid in front of him.Ru Hua, the big maid guarding her side, quickly picked her up.At this time, the rabbit peed out, and there was a strong smell in the room.

Ruhua hurry up and take this cage out, those women who are yelling in the corridor, clean up this cage.The mothers-in-law of the Jia family have always been used to being arrogant, and no one is willing to take over this dirty work, pushing back and forth.

After finally yelling at a rough-working woman to go out with the cage, it was only after entering the painting that she hurried into the house.He was afraid that his daughter would have a bad temper, and she would show embarrassment to the old master's girl.

But when he didn't want to enter the door, he saw the girl's face was calm and unwavering, and the new girl didn't show embarrassment or embarrassment on her face.At this time, the mood of entering the painting calmed down.

"Troublesome girl," Ruhua grabbed a handful of melon seeds and stuffed them to the person who gave the rabbit, "Go back and thank the old man for our girl. When I am free tomorrow, our girl will personally thank the old man."

Jia Xichun couldn't sleep that night, she was hesitating whether to take Ruhua away.But thinking that my mother-in-law, Lao Tzu, is still here, she must be unwilling to leave her family, but if she loses herself, she will have to suffer again.

In the middle of the night, Jia Xichun sat up and woke up Ruhua.

"Go to the kitchen and ask, what is there to eat? Take some money, those people in the kitchen can't even knock on the door without money."

Ru Hua put on his clothes and grabbed a handful of silver coins from a small box.He pulled his hair hastily, and went out with a lamp.

After a while, Jia Xichun put on his clothes, and the noise was so loud that he woke up the nanny lying outside.

"Why isn't the girl asleep?"

"Mom, please go to sleep. I sent Ruhua to the kitchen. She will bring the meal back later. I will go to sleep after eating."

Her nurse muttered a few times, lay down and fell asleep again.

That night, the entire capital was quiet, and so was the Rongguo Mansion. Jia Xichun stood at the gate of his yard, and only heard his own breathing in the darkness.

I don't know how long I stood there, when I heard the door lock of the yard rang, and a stranger stood at the door.She knew that the person she was waiting for was coming.

Regardless of whether this person is the person she was waiting for, she felt that she couldn't stay in this family any longer.The thought of escaping from here dominates her mind.Quietly ran to the person, without anything, he followed the person empty-handed.

Along the way, the man kept taking out the keys, opening and locking the door.Some of the women guarding the door were sleeping staggeringly, and some were gambling all night. At this time, two big living people walked past them, but they didn't know it.

Along the way, Jia Xichun's heart almost jumped out of his mouth, and he went out through the back door to a small alley.This alley is where the servants of the Rongguo Mansion live.Standing in the alley, I could hear whether some people were still asleep. Except for some people who gambled, some people were drunk at home, beating and scolding women and children.

A carriage came up to her silently, and the person who brought her out made a gesture of invitation.Without hesitation, she got into the carriage directly.

Maybe it was because the Grand Master told her to go to a safe place.Maybe it was because she didn't want to stay any longer.In a word, when she left Ningrong Street in the carriage, she was in a happy and happy mood, nostalgic and sad, but she didn't have any regrets.

Stretch your head out of the window and look at the two mansions under the night, knowing that it will be difficult to come back in this life, and you will inevitably shed some tears.

The carriage stopped at the door of an inn, and several women greeted them, "Girl, remember to come back early next time, it's no better than being at home. If my wife knows, I have to teach the girl a few more words."

There was no one in the inn, a woman took her into the room and told her to go to bed early, tomorrow they will leave the capital, go south by boat, and go back to their hometown to see the old lady.

When I left, I gave her a letter. The letter was written by Jia Amnesty. Let her remain anonymous. The farther you go, the better. If you know any news about Jia Zhen in the future, don’t come back, let alone reveal your relationship with Jia Zhen. .

At the end of the letter, she explained the family she was going to defect to and her new identity tomorrow. After reading it, Jia Xichun lit the letter on the lamp, lay down and closed her clothes, and fell asleep.

At dawn, the inn was full of people.The guys are yelling to attract customers below, and the shopkeeper on the counter is crackling with his abacus.

The two maids helped Xichun down the stairs, and together with several servants, they went to the front of the counter.

The chubby shopkeeper greeted her with a smile, "Miss Shao is going home now, and the little old man here wishes you smooth sailing. Thanks to your patronage, the three-day money is a total of ten taels and eight cash, and I will give you the change." , ten taels of silver is enough."

A nurse took out a silver coin from the bag.Handed it to the shopkeeper, "Have our horses and mules been fed?"

"Hey, hello, well fed, good fodder, if you don't believe me, you can touch the bellies of those animals. Our inn has been open on this street for more than 50 years, relying on this reputation .Big Gouzi, go, pull out the horses and mules of the guest officers, and by the way, pull out the carriages too, set them up, and send the guest officers away."

There were four people in the carriage.A woman, two maids, and a girl.There was also a coachman driving the carriage outside, and the remaining four or five servants and guards were either riding on horses or on mules, carrying luggage and holding a cart of gifts, and headed for the gate of the city.

He was stopped by the officials guarding the gate, "What are you doing? Who are the people inside?"

A guard got off his mule and stuffed a small piece of broken silver into the leader's hand, "Officer, we are escorting our young lady back to her hometown. We are the family members of the imperial court official, and the young lady in the car is still a Yunying's unmarried girl can't stand the scrutiny of the officials."

The person in the lead stuffed the silver into his sleeve pocket.Looking at people sideways, "Pretending to be a family member of an official will be punished."

"My lord, we have an official here to guide us. Our girl is a girl from the first line. I went to visit my uncle two months ago, and now I'm going home."

The leader checked it, and it was indeed true, so he asked a woman to get in the car to have a look.I squinted my eyes and asked, "My niece is leaving, won't my own uncle come to see her off?"

"Officer, please look at our road guide. Our uncle is not an official in the capital, but a military officer outside the mouth. We are passing through the capital to buy something to take home."

The old woman got out of the car, nodded to the leader, and the leader returned the guide to the nursing home, "Your family is really relieved, let you guys escort the girl out, that's all, let's go quickly ".

The carriage left the city gate, and then went down to search, there was a sound of crying at the gate of the city.All traffickers and pawns were severely tortured.

At this time, there is no need to let the women go out at the gate of the city, the leader looks at the person in front of him leisurely.This time is also the most oily time, just like the carriage that passed by just now, a small piece of high-quality snowflake silver is enough for the wine money for the past few days.

The mother-in-law brought a bowl of water and handed it to the leader, "Your Excellency only allows women to be searched today, but which family's women have committed a crime and can't go out of the city? They don't even give a portrait, just from under our noses. Let's go, we don't know."

The leader was in a good mood, so he didn't mind saying a little more, "It's the girl from a rich family who was stolen, so the higher-ups came down to say hello. Anyone who is kidnapped, sick, or unable to speak or move, Let's all pay attention."

"Shame, shame," Shi Taijun cried while sitting on the couch, "What did the ancestors rely on to make a fortune, and when they come to you, let alone defend the city, they can't even guard their homes."

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng were submissive, and they were so scolded by their mother that they dared not retaliate. Jia Zhen's mood was really mixed at the moment.

The first sister was lost, and the second treasury was stolen.

In particular, the warehouse was stolen. The real thing was that a piece of meat was dug out of him.Their family is not like the Rongguo Mansion. The Rongguo Mansion has become impoverished after several housekeepers and grandmas have been housekeepers.And Ningguo Mansion has always been a place where he can say nothing.There were a lot of valuable things in the warehouse, and a lot of gold and silver were put there, but the thief didn’t leave any of it for him, and it was so clean that mice could run out of it.

"Don't be sad, old lady, my son has already reported to the government." Jia Amnesty said cautiously, "That is, my niece and son-in-law took their niece and daughter to Jiangnan two days ago, but the person who took over this matter is also his person, and he will definitely not Make a statement."

"Idiot," Shi Taijun scolded, "Shuntian's house came to the door, even if they don't tell, others will inquire. Losing some money is a trivial matter. Losing a girl, how do you tell the girls in the family to behave in the future."

The most angry person here is not Jia Zhen who has lost the most, nor the pretending Jia Amnesty, but Jia Zheng.

Just like Taijun said, money is something outside the body, and reputation is more important than life.

The fourth girl is lost, if there are some bad words, what will happen to the third girl in the family?

Jia She was as indifferent as a hob, "Old lady, we have two ladies in our family, who dares to gossip."

It was so gentlemanly that he almost rolled his eyes, "Get out, don't stand in front of me."

Seeing that she was really angry, Jia Baoyu finally did something instead of standing there.He pulled Jia Amnesty out of the upper room, tears dripping in front of the corridor, "My lord, where do you think the fourth sister is now?"

Jia Amnesty let out a long breath, and patted Jia Baoyu's shoulder.If there is anyone in this family who is really worried about the safety of the fourth girl.Jia Baoyu was the only one there. Even though Jia Amnesty often felt that Jia Lao Er should be hacked into pieces, he never hated Jia Baoyu.

And in the eyes of the Jia family, Jia Baoyu has always been that innocent, kind and lovely child.Even though he is now a father, he has repeatedly disappointed everyone.But the people in the family can't always get bored with him.

"Don't worry, Baoyu, maybe the fourth girl will have some adventures."

Jia Baoyu was comforted by these words, and did not cry as hard as before.

"The fourth younger sister was arguing a few days ago that she wanted to become a monk. Maybe she found a famous mountain and became a monk and got her wish. In the future, the old lady is gone, and I will also find a famous mountain and river, and Qingdenggu Accompanied by the Buddha, get away from the world of mortals ten feet away, and find a great liberation, great freedom."

"What are you talking about, kid? In the future, you will have to take care of the elderly..." Before he finished speaking, Jia Baoyu bowed to say goodbye, "Uncle, take my nephew to see the old lady."

Jia Amnesty felt bad, and felt that his move was not right.In a blink of an eye, he saw Jia Huan looking obscenely towards this side and striding over. When Jia Huan saw him, his eyes were bright and unbelievable, "My lord, has the warehouse really been emptied?"