Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

Waking up early the next morning, Jia Cong found a copybook of "Ouyang Xun Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription" from the bookshelf in the study, which was an introduction to calligraphy that he knew.Spreading paper and rubbing ink, writing [-] characters in meticulous regular script, before going to greet Mrs. Xing and Jia Amnesty, and then returning to the room to have breakfast and continue writing. Seeing Jia Cong's gusts of wind and rain, Mammy was worried in her heart, lest he fall and break his brain last time.I persuaded him several times that he would not go to school during the first lunar month, he would not learn calligraphy, and even the girls would not do needlework. Seeing that he would not listen, it was always a good thing to come to study, so I didn't say any more.

But Jia Cong insisted on the idea that "characters are only a hundred days' work", and devoted himself to practicing, and familiarized himself with traditional characters by the way.You must know that the original Jia Cong is also a young master who has studied for several years. Although he doesn't study well, he will not be illiterate.Jia Cong found out the Three-Character Classic, Hundred Surnames and Thousand-Character Classics that he was familiar with, and recited them after practicing calligraphy. He speculated again and again, and finally chose the second girl Yingchun as his literacy teacher. He quietly went to Jia's mother's backyard to ask Yingchun for advice. Although Yingchun was not the same mother as him, he had the same father. Naturally, he was different from other girls, so he was willing to court him. Besides, Yingchun was not a talkative person. Although he felt that Jia Cong's behavior was a bit weird, he didn't tell anyone about it.

Li Wan, Tanchun, Xichun and others who lived with Yingchun were busy moving into the Grand View Garden recently, packing up their things, arranging the furnishings, and adding manpower. It was a busy time, and no one noticed that Jia Cong came whenever he had something to do. Find his second sister.After the first month in this way, Jia Cong's handwriting was gradually readable, no longer crawling like crabs full of paper, and he had started to read and read. Jia Cong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally took off the hat of being illiterate.

On February 22, the girls and Baoyu moved into the Grand View Garden, and Yingchun also lived in the Zhuijin Building. It was not convenient for Jia Cong to find her again, so he just studied by himself every day.

On this day, Jia Amnesty's servant came to look for Jia Cong and said, "The master calls you."Jia Cong changed his clothes in a hurry, and went to Jia Amnesty's study ahead to receive court training.Jia Amnesty was sitting and talking with Mrs. Xing, and a few slim aunts beside him were serving tea and water for Zhang Luo, and they seemed to be in a good mood.

Jia Cong came in and greeted his father and mother politely, Jia Amnesty then said: "I heard that you seem to have changed your sex these days, keeping yourself stuck in the room?" Jia Cong blinked. , Carefully replied: "My son didn't go to school because he was sick a few days ago. He was afraid that if he missed his homework, the teacher would scold him, so he read and wrote in the room." I want to study, but I just know a little about etiquette and righteousness, so I will be an official. Don't worry about being a nerd, what's the fun if you don't have a trick?" Jia Cong didn't know how to answer, so he reluctantly agreed.Jia Amnesty then said: "Your injury has healed up, and you will go to your family school tomorrow. There are many young people, and you can meet a few friends and learn some social skills. It's better than being mischievous every day." Is it too unreliable?Does he want his son to learn well or not, to study or not to study?

So early the next morning, Jia Cong went to school.After breakfast, the four servants who followed him to study were already waiting at the gate of the yard with their horses.The leading companion was Cai An, the son of Cai Mama, who carried Jia Cong to the horse and led the horse all the way to the family school.On the first day, Jia She had already sent someone to inform Jia Dairu, the master of the school, so Dairu was not surprised when he saw him coming. He only asked his father how he was, and said, "I heard that you were naughty in the garden a few days ago. I fell and hurt my head, is it okay?" Jia Cong replied: "It's okay." Dai Confucianism taught: "The sage said that the body, hair and skin, should not be damaged by parents, for fear of causing parents worry. Why are you like this?" Naughty? Speaking of it now, look at that Baoyu, who like you doesn't like reading, but his poems are very clever; this Jialan is your nephew, and he is younger than you, but he studies hard. After reading "University" and "The Doctrine of the Mean", you should work hard."

Jia Cong agreed to a few "yes", then turned around and sat down, looked around, and saw more than a dozen desks in this school, two people at a table, sitting more than [-] students, from seven or eight years old to seventeen years old. Eight years old.But Baoyu was not present, presumably because he said he was sick and skipped school, and there were still a few empty seats. A few schoolchildren in bright clothes were from the two prefectures he knew. The home of learning.But there was Jia Huan inside, who treated him very affectionately, so they sat at the same table.On the other hand, Jia Lan, even though he is a close relative, is indifferent and doesn't care much about others, so Jia Cong doesn't care about him.

So from then on, I went to school every day, starting with the Four Books, got up early to sort out books, wrote after dinner, lectured at noon, read them hard a dozen times, and memorized them all.But in a few days, that generation of Confucianists discovered that Jia Cong was very intelligent and enlightened. He not only recited the words quickly, remembered them firmly, but also spoke clearly, and often expressed his own opinions.I can't help but often praise him in front of Jia She, but even though Jia She says he doesn't take scholars seriously, he is actually proud when he hears his husband praise his son for his progress. reward.Mrs. Xing always followed Jia She's eyes, so she stopped berating and rejecting Jia Cong.

So on this day, Jia Cong went to Mrs. Xing to have fun, and said casually: "My wife is really good at treating people. The sisters here are very diligent and respectful. Unlike the two maids in my room, I don't usually see them." The shadow of a person will go to the second sister-in-law's courteousness, and quarrels are the best." After he finished speaking, he went to school, and Mrs. Xing hated Jia Lian and Xifeng's flattery to his second uncle, and she was already resentful. , just looking at Jia Mu's face and not daring to explode, now hearing Jia Cong's words, I couldn't help but arouse the evil fire in my stomach.

When Jia Cong came back from school in the evening, he saw that Mrs. Xing's dowry, Wang Shanbao's family, was already waiting in the courtyard with four or five little maids.Seeing that it was Wang Shanbao's family who came in person, Jia Cong knew that he was conveying Mrs. Xing's meaning, so he gave up his seat for tea with a smile. Older and lazy, my wife kindly asked their family members to take them out to serve as young servants, and selected a few other families to have children, and asked the third master to choose, and see who is pleasing to the eye, and stay to serve."

Jia Cong said with a smile: "What do I know? Mother knows best about girls' affairs. Choose two for me, it must be good." Of course, the men in the big house don’t work hard in the maid team, so it’s not like that..." She curled her lips, Jia Cong knew that she was expressing Mrs. Xing's private intentions, and she was talking about Baoyu, but on the surface he just pretended not to know, and he didn't know. He didn't say a word, just listened to her continue with a smile, "This girl belongs to my daughter's family. Her sister Siqi is serving the second girl, which is the most convenient; that girl is the niece of Mrs. Zhang in the wife's room. I think Those who grow up are also honest and hardworking.”

Hearing what she said, Jia Cong smiled and nodded.So within a day, the maids in his room were replaced by Jin'er and Xiang'er. Not only did the maids in his own room work diligently, but even the other servants in the mansion also felt a little in awe. This is a later story do not mention.

But he said that Jia Cong studied hard every day, mobilizing his state during the college entrance examination. Every day, he "keeps his ears out of the window and only reads sage books", but this day he suddenly heard that Baoyu and Lian's second sister-in-law were bewitched .There was a panic in the courtyard of the mansion. Jia Cong was suspicious at first, but when he thought about it carefully, he realized that it was Jia Huan's mother, Aunt Zhao, who bribed Ma Daopo out of jealousy to kill Baoyu and Wang Xifeng by using sorcery. .It just didn't work out, so there were naturally monks and Taoists who came to turn danger into luck. Thinking of this, Jia Cong suddenly thought of another thing, so he hurried to Mrs. Wang's side to play it by ear.

Mrs. Wang's main room was already in chaos, and there was a lot of crying.Baoyu and Xifeng were talking nonsense at first, seeing gods and ghosts, and then wielding knives and sticks, looking for death and life, but in the end they fell unconscious, lying on the bed as if they were dead.Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang and others cried to death, asking doctors for medicine in every possible way. Many brilliant imperial physicians came, but they refused to prescribe any medicine. Sleepless nights.

Jia Cong was calm in his heart, knowing that nothing would happen, so he just took advantage of the time to admire the beauties in the crowd.Lin Daiyu has always been the most reserved, but now she can't take care of it anymore, she only cries until she is raining pear blossoms, and she is mellow, making Jia Congsu fall half of her body. The disgusting thing is that Jia Huan next to him keeps smirking and wishing, for fear Others didn't know how much he hated the two dying people in the room. It wasn't until Aunt Zhao said something unlucky and was spit out by Mother Jia that she lost face, and Jia Huan calmed down a bit.

But at this time Daiyu had been helped into the inner room by the maid, Jia Cong couldn't help but feel uneasy, and it was inconvenient to leave, so he had to take out a thin copy of "Mencius" from his sleeve. He watched it together, and discussed giri. Others were very tired of it, and it was hard to talk about the two of them, so they just kept away.On the contrary, Jia Zheng burst into tears, and felt comforted seeing this situation.Then someone sent someone to prepare the coffin for wrapping. Unexpectedly, when Jia Mu heard it, she became more and more sad, crying and cursing that Jia Zheng was making a mess. Here comes the lame man.

Monks and Taoists are also very good at pretending to be gods and ghosts. After some words, they coaxed everyone in Jia's mansion to regard them as gods descending to the earth, and they wanted to come to the stone of Baoyu. Then they floated away together, and in the alley outside the gate, they were blocked by Jia Cong who had already ambushed there.

Jia Cong saluted and said: "Master, please point out the maze for your disciple." The monk didn't feel annoyed. "Isn't the incident after Xiaoxiang's concubine shed tears completely different from what I know?" The Taoist said solemnly, "Almsgiver, you must know that people plan things, and heaven makes things happen. Just do it." The two were half crazy and half crazy He flicked his sleeves stupidly and was about to get away, but Jia Cong held him back desperately, and shouted: "Master, tell me where Professor Dong is. With her here, I will have the backbone." The monk flicked his sleeves and replied with a smile: " We will meet each other if we are destined, no hurry, no hurry." The two disappeared.

Here Jia Cong went back in a daze, and as soon as he arrived outside Mrs. Wang's main room, he heard the curtain slap, and a person came out, saying, "You guys are not good people, you are just annoying people with bad tongues. "Although it was a complaint, it was more like coquettishness, with a graceful posture, and she was very lovable when looking at her, but it turned out that Daiyu couldn't help reciting Buddha's name when she heard that Baoyu had recovered from her illness, and was ridiculed by Baochai. Unexpectedly, he collided with Jia Cong.Jia Cong was fine, Daiyu became more and more ashamed, she just glanced at Jia Cong without saying a word, and walked away, Jia Cong went to reflect on this unexpected "beautiful blessing".

The author has something to say: I am fascinated by reading "Red Mansion", and I am unhappy if I don't write it.Satisfy your sense of substitution.