Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

Let’s say here that Daiyu came to Jia’s mansion in her car, and then entered the upper room of Jia’s mansion, and saw Yuanyang standing under the corridor feeding the mynah—the food cup was full, and she still added corn into it without knowing it. .Daiyu was very familiar with these maidservants in Jia Mu's room since she was a child. Seeing that she was full of worries, she smiled and said, "Sister Yuanyang, what are you doing standing here in this windy place?" He hurriedly greeted Daiyu, and then said with a smile: "Grandma Cong is here, the old lady was just talking about it, and I haven't seen you for a few days, so I'm panicking."

Then he raised the curtain to invite Daiyu to come in, and said in a low voice, "The eldest wife and the second grandma Lian are in the room. Grandma can go in by herself, and the slaves are waiting outside." Daiyu understood, so she lifted her foot and went in.Here Yuanyang put down the box containing bird food, called the little girl to come and sweep the floor, then called Hu Po, and told her to take good care of her: "If the old lady asks me, just say that I have a headache today, like I have a cold, come back Go sleep in my room for a while." Hu Po agreed, and Yuan Duck went back to the house, leaning on the pillow and thinking about it, but really had a splitting headache, and fell asleep in a daze.

It turned out that since Dafang moved into Rongxi Hall, Yuanyang's life has become difficult.In the past, she twisted her hair for the sake of the great master Jia She begging her to be his concubine, and swore that she would never marry or be with the great master for the rest of her life, which made Jia She and Mrs. Xing feel ashamed, and because of this, Jia's mother hated the big house even more.Since then, Yuanyang has been more dedicated to serving Mother Jia and more cautious in her actions. Fortunately, Mrs. Wang of the second room admired her very much. The Elder Master asked for leave and said that he was sick and dared not see his mother. Although Yuanyang knew that these two people hated her in her heart, she didn't dare to show it on her face, and although she knew that if the old lady was gone, Jia Amnesty would definitely not let her go, but she saw that the old lady was physically strong and energetic , thinking that as the days go by, there will be a way to turn things around.If the old lady is really gone one day, she will be a nun for the rest of her life. However, these seem to be very distant things. She said that, but in her heart she didn't think it would happen soon.

However, no one thought that so many things would happen at a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. The second room moved out and the first room moved in. It was like a dream, and it was still a nightmare.Before Yuanyang could adapt to this change, she was followed by Mrs. Xing.Mrs. Xing lived in Rongxi Hall, and she felt like she was finally in charge of the house.She doesn't care about the difficulties of the family, she pushes all difficulties to Wang Xifeng to take care of, and she only holds on to the financial power firmly, wishing that a copper coin could be broken into two halves.She dismissed the servants who offended her, despised her, or disliked her before, and she couldn't even find a reason to dismiss them. No one dared to make a noise in public. Madam Xing became more and more complacent, so she found a mandarin duck.

In fact, she has long disliked mandarin ducks, even before the elder said that she would marry mandarin ducks as concubines.This girl has a kind of arrogance, which makes her very uncomfortable. Although she is a slave, she has a faint feeling of being suppressed in front of Yuanyang, especially Yuanyang, who is obviously talkative in front of Jiamu, but only willing For others, such as helping Mrs. Wang and saying good things for Wang Xifeng, when she met herself, she lowered her eyes and acted as if she didn't hear her. hatred.

Especially after Yuanyang refused to marry, the accusation from Jia's mother was easy to prevaricate. What Mrs. Xing dared not face was actually Jia She's fury, which made her hate Yuanyang to the bone.Even when she was close to this girl, she would tremble uncontrollably, wanting to tear her and bite her, tear off her nobility and indifference that came from nowhere, and let her crawl to her own Step down, be a law-abiding slave.During many sleepless nights, Mrs. Xing stared at the patterns of wealth and wealth on the curtain, her heart was burning like a fire, but it was all kinds of imaginations about revenge. In her imagination, she had already put everything she knew The torture and humiliation of Yuanyang was inflicted on Yuanyang, but in the daytime, in Jiamu's yard, she had to put a smirk on her face.

Well now, she can release her hatred unscrupulously in a place where Jia Mu can't see and hear. The way Yuanyang lowered her head in such hateful eyes made her feel very happy, but Not enough, now she can't wait to completely destroy the servant who dared to resist her and humiliate her.

When Daiyu came in, Mrs. Xing was talking in front of Jia Mu, and Daiyu was taken aback by her complacent look.Mother Jia was already a little bored, and when she saw Daiyu coming in, she couldn't help being happy from her heart: "Yu'er is here, come here quickly." Daiyu smiled and greeted Mother Jia and Mrs. Xing. Mrs. Xing always liked it Daiyu also asked kindly: "Didn't you say that you were not very useful a few days ago? Why did you come here today? You are prone to cough every spring. If you catch the wind, it is not a joke. Get on the kang quickly." Go sit down, it will be warm on the kang."

Daiyu respectfully replied: "Thank you Madam for your concern. This spring, for some reason, I just had a slight cough. I drank some Chuanbei Pipa Gao, and it stopped quickly. It was better than in previous years. Why don't I come here to tell the old lady?" Ma'am, please come here." Mother Jia called Daiyu to sit beside her.

Daiyu saw Wang Xifeng standing next to her with lowered eyebrows and pleasing eyes, not as eloquent and frank as usual, so she guessed that Mrs. Xing was tying her up again, so she didn't dare to take the lead, so she just sat obliquely beside Jiamu, Mother Jia tapped her shoulder lightly.Because of Daiyu's presence, Mrs. Xing suppressed what she wanted to say. What she thought in her heart was: Let that little hoof go for a day, and then treat her later, because she saw that the prey had been caught in the net and couldn't break free. It was a joy, and she wanted to take it slow.

The atmosphere in the room changed, and everyone seemed to be alive. Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief. She originally thought that something frightening would happen to her. These days, she had a premonition that disaster was imminent.But the eldest lady seemed to have forgotten, so she also returned to her original nature, and began to tell jokes with interest to make the old lady happy.After having lunch together, Daiyu said goodbye, and the old lady wanted to rest for a while, Xifeng gently pulled Daiyu's skirt and said, "Sister, come and sit with me."

The two sisters-in-law sent Mrs. Xing back to the room first, then turned around the back lane and came to Wang Xifeng's courtyard.The air is still cold, but the crape myrtle and cloves in the yard have already sprouted buds. Wang Xifeng's daughter, Qiaojie, is kicking shuttlecocks with the maid Xiaohong in the yard, counting happily, looking back to see Wang Xifeng and Daiyu The two stood gracefully at the gate of the courtyard wearing cloaks, and hurried over to say hello, Wang Xifeng laughed and scolded: "My sister is being naughty again, and the nuns don't care about you." Xiaohong smiled and came over to take the cloaks, and said: "My sister just came out to evacuate for a while, and she tied flowers all morning and learned to read. Didn't grandma say not to let my sister stay in the room all the time?" Wang Xifeng smiled and spat: "You don't care when."

Saying so, he let Daiyu into the room, Ping'er poured tea in, and Xiaohong led Qiaojie out.Only Wang Xifeng and Daiyu were left in the room, and Daiyu smiled and said, "Sister Qiao has grown so big in a blink of an eye, she is really a beauty, she looks exactly like Sister Feng." But Wang Xifeng suddenly felt sad. , Weeping and said: "It's just that I don't know if there is such a good life to watch her grow up." As she spoke, tears fell like beads with a broken thread.

Daiyu was stunned, and asked: "What do you mean? Why did my sister say such sad things? Could it be that today's wife said something nasty to you?"

Xifeng choked up and said: "Sister, you don't know something. If you didn't come here by chance today, the eldest lady would be mad at me in front of the old lady. I reckon it would be terrible in front of her. If my uncle's body can hold up Wait, our Wang family can still support me, if the Wang family loses, the eldest wife can ask Second Master Lian to divorce me immediately - she has already hated me to the bone."

Daiyu hurriedly comforted her: "Sister is too worried, why is this? Besides, the old lady is in charge. Sister must not be so sad, she has violated her own body, and she must take care of Qiaojie."

Wang Xifeng cried: "If it wasn't for this child, I really wouldn't be able to bear this kind of suffering. In the past, when I was prosperous and capable, everything was good, and the second master Lian and I were also friendly. How can he see it now? One look at me? It’s rare for me to go inside the house, and I’m also picking my nose and eyes, saying that I’ve committed too many crimes——Aren’t I doing it for him?”

Daiyu knew it was because of Second Sister You's matter, and Sister Feng was too cruel and merciless in that matter, so she had nothing to say, so she had to comfort her a few more words, and Sister Feng said, "I invited my sister to come here, not because of my own troubles. matter, I want to ask my sister, in case I really have trouble one day, I want to ask my sister not to speak for me, just take care of my Qiaojie." Daiyu was sad and cried one game.

After crying like this for a while, a servant girl came in to persuade Daiyu to go home and have a rest. Wang Xifeng also knew that Daiyu was weak, so she didn't force her to stay. Let me relax my shoulders in front of the eldest lady, and now the eldest wife only has three people in her eyes, the old lady, the elder and the younger sister." Seeing how pitiful she was, Daiyu couldn't help agreeing, and on the way back, she thought, I couldn't stop crying.

That Zijuan knew the bottom line of it best, so she persuaded: "Grandma has been better for the past two days, how can she stand such sadness! Grandma doesn't have to worry about the second grandma Lian, people are always doing it, and the sky is watching, she I have to take responsibility for what I have done, so if I say I regret it now, can Second Sister You come back to life?"

Daiyu replied: "Of course what you said is true, but thinking that I lived in that mansion since I was a child, Sister Feng treated me well. Seeing her situation now, I can't help but worry. In the letter of the third master the day before yesterday, he said I saw a couplet in an ancient temple on a barren mountain, and the couplets were interesting, so I copied it down for me to read, and said I would write it down and hang it at home."

Zijuan wished that she would think about Jia Cong more often, and not forget about the affairs of Jia's mansion, so she excitedly asked: "The third master's knowledge is nothing to say, otherwise he would not be Tan Hualang, but what is written in the couplet? Why is it in the temple?" The couplet, but it is going to be hung at home?"

Daiyu laughed: "If I wrote back and asked him in the same way, he would definitely say that scholars have no taboos. The couplet said: There is more behind me and I forget to shrink my hands, and there is no way to turn back in front of me. This couplet is hung in Sister Feng's room. It's more suitable." After finishing speaking, Xianghe sighed.