Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

Sleepless all night, Jia Zhengtong's eyes were red. He was waiting for the imperial envoy at the gate of the mansion early in the morning. It was not until the sun was westward that a Jinyi mansion official on horseback came and handed down the imperial edict: Officials, hiding the property of offenders is really insane, but after forgiving his heroes, and the noble concubine has just passed away, he can't bear to add crimes to his family, so he will cut off Jia Zheng's official position and take the crime for investigation. All Jia Zheng's property will be admitted to the official Only the property of his widowed eldest daughter-in-law Li was returned in recognition of his chastity.This is it.

Although Jia Zheng said that he had already made mental preparations, he was still so shocked by the news that he couldn't get up for a long time. His family helped him up from the ground, and he was at a loss as to where he was going.Aunt Zhao came over crying and said: "Master, my son and the others are about to be kicked out of the Qing Dynasty. Master, don't look sad here, go to the old lady's side."

Jia Zheng was helpless, so he had to take Aunt Zhao, Aunt Zhou, Li Wan's mother and son, and Jia Huan to pass by Jia Mu's side like bereaved dogs. Let my mother suffer." Madam Wang, who was holding a medicine bowl beside her, also knelt down, her face full of embarrassment.All the people in the room knelt down and wept together.

Mother Jia usually loves her little son the most, so she cried: "As long as you are safe, what are you concerned about with those things around you? If you copied it, you copied it. You are a person who has been studying all your life. You can't stand it?" Jia Zheng just wiped away his tears in shame.When everyone was sad, Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing listened to the loud crying in their room, thinking that something had happened to Jia Mu, and ran over in a daze, only to see Jia Mu sitting there crying, Only after he was relieved, Jia Amnesty complained to Jia Zheng again: "My mother just recovered, and you provoked me again." Jia Zheng didn't dare to reply, so he had to explain the emperor's will long and short.

Jia Amnesty blinked and asked, "So, do you have any plans for where your big family will live?" Jia Zheng said in shame, "I have nothing now, so I'm here to discuss with my mother and elder brother?" ?” Jia She frowned and said, “I shouldn’t have given you the Pear Fragrance Garden back then, but now that you’ve become an official, half of our family has been shaved off, and I’m too crowded to live by myself. Where can I house your family? Besides, on the mother's side, brother Zhen and his wife are still living in the back room, where are you going to live?" Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang could only bow their heads and weep.

When I was hurting, I heard a little maid suddenly say: "It's not good, the fourth girl is going to commit suicide by jumping into the well in Changcui Nunnery - countless robbers rush in and drive people out." Mrs. Xing frightened After a jump, I remembered that Xichun was still practicing in Changcui Nunnery, and now that the Grand View Garden has entered an official position, naturally Xichun has no place to go.I had to send my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to fetch Xichun out, and send her to live with You Shi temporarily, and then make sense.

Although Jia's mother was ill, she was not confused. She already knew that the older son would not be able to accommodate the younger son's family.After thinking about it for a while, Mother Jia made up her mind and said to Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, "Don't worry, you two, just listen to my assignment. It's not that I don't know that our family is rich and honorable. I'm already old, and I don't have the energy, so when Baoyu's daughter-in-law was in charge of the house, she wanted to change some rules, and I followed them, but it's a pity that I didn't implement it, and I won't mention it now."

Baochai brought a bowl of ginseng soup with red eyes, and Jiamu took a sip and said, "I don't want this, pour me a cup of tea." Daiyu turned around from behind and quietly handed it to Jiamu. After serving the teacup, Mother Jia took another sip, took a breath, and said, "You all get up, let the maids bring the chairs over, and sit down." So everyone sat around, even the younger generation, Mother Jia They all brought stools and sat down.

Jia's mother said: "The original mansion of our family was rewarded by the late emperor. It is about as big as it is now. There is only an extra Lixiangyuan, which is the place where the grandfather rested when he was old. Later, the west courtyard and the place where the garden was built are all I bought it later, and the Ningguo Mansion was also expanding, so it took up two streets without knowing it. This trend is too big, and I don’t know how to restrain myself. No wonder it was suppressed by the court. It’s okay, it’s not lost after being beaten back to its original shape. It’s fundamental.” She then said to Jia Amnesty: “You just need to guard this Rongguo Mansion, and you don’t have to think twice, I’ve also realized over the years that you are not a person who can do big things or want to do big things. I am relieved to guard this family business and pass it on to Lian'er in a safe and secure way. I can rely on Cong'er to make contributions." Jia She agreed.

Jia's mother turned to Jia Zheng again and said, "You studied hard since you were a child, but unfortunately you don't understand world affairs, and you are easily deceived by those cunning people below, so you have always been a low official, and I didn't help you. Don't complain, now It's fine to be an official, maybe it's a blessing. You don't have a house now, but you can't live in this mansion. No matter how good the two brothers are, they will live in separate families. It's better to live separately. Although the family property is gone, you The ancestral sacrifice fields under his name are still there, and there is also a fixed amount of money and food every year, so you will never be hungry, but just don’t think about the original power." Jia Zheng felt sore, so he had to agree.

Jia Mu looked at Li Wan and said, "Blessed by the grace of the Holy Majesty, I have returned your belongings, but is it still enough?" Li Wan stood up with tears and said, "It's all my dowry deed, land, and bulky property." The belongings, which were snatched by those robber-like servants, how can I get them back?" After saying that, he began to cry.Mother Jia said pitifully: "It's not easy for your widow to be unemployed, but now I'm planning for you, so I don't want to live with your mother-in-law. Before my eyes, you can go out and live alone. It depends on your hand." Son, I'll help you a little more, and I can always set up a door and raise Lan'er to be a man, and I'll be worthy of the dead Zhu'er." Li Wan actually wished for this in his heart, and was thinking that if everyone in this big family could It will take less than a year and a half to live on the little property she has left. Hearing what Mother Jia said, she is naturally willing.

Jia's mother said again: "The fourth girl can't live in Changcui nunnery anymore, she moved to the family temple nearby. I asked Grandma Liu, who was a guest, to take care of the family temple. Now I ask her to take care of the fourth girl too—— All the food and clothing expenses are still my business." Everyone was silent, Jia Zheng was worrying about where the food and clothing of his family would come from, so Jia's mother talked about him.

Mother Jia called Jia Zheng and said, "You don't have to blame your wife for taking in and hiding the property of the Zhen family. Actually, I also know that she has returned to me. I was also soft-hearted at the time. I felt that the Zhen family was an old relative, and they had nowhere to go. I came to beg for such a small matter, but I was too reluctant to refuse, so I agreed——our family was in a time of fumigation, how could we expect such a day to happen?"

Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it anymore, and cried again. Jia Mu called her and said, "You don't have to cry anymore. The rest of my property is worth tens of thousands of silver. It was originally intended to be distributed to Baoyu and Cong'er." Daughter-in-law, now it seems that we should save the emergency first—Cong’s daughter-in-law doesn’t care about such a small amount of money.” Daiyu stood quietly with her head bowed.

Jia Mu went on to say: "Baoyu's piece of jade is too ostentatious. If you smash it, just smash it. Don't go looking for it. I don't think Baoyu is suitable for studying and becoming an official, and it has already planted a thorn in the emperor's heart. Don't force him to become an official for the sake of safety, maybe his illness will be cured." Mrs. Wang nodded and agreed with choked up.

Seeing that Jia Mu had talked for a long time, Jia Zheng was worried that his mother was tired, and was thinking of persuading Jia Mu to take a rest first, but Jia Mu had already said: "You guys go find a house and rent it out first, and then we can do things later." Slowly plan, settle down first and then talk. All my things have been distributed, and I have no worries in my heart. I just hope that nothing will happen again, and I will be safe, so I can close my eyes." Everyone was hurt. Love, could not help crying again.

So I made a floor shop in Jia Mu's main room, and even used the room of the maids and servants, so that I could barely settle down for the next family.Jia Zheng and Jia Lian went out every day to look at houses and negotiate prices.Seeing that the place was difficult, Mother Jia asked Daiyu to go back to Lin's house when she saw that there was no one there. Daiyu thought about it and then obeyed.

On the car back, both Qingzhi and Biye lamented that they had never seen such a miserable scene, Xueyan said: "You haven't seen those servants yet, and you can't even find a warm nest. The stables are full of people, some of the servants at the Grand Master’s side have relatives, and they can ask for relatives and friends, and some are in a hurry, and there is nothing they can do.” Among the four of them, only Zijuan was Jia. Her family had a child in the mansion, but her parents had already followed Daiyu's side and were in charge of the Red Orchard.

Zijuan's affection for Jia's mansion is very deep. Thinking about the tragic scene just now, I can't help but feel sad.At this moment, he said carelessly: "Actually, our Hongguoyuan is empty now. If the second master and the others are allowed to stay there temporarily, we don't have to worry so much." Daiyu said quietly: "I've thought about this a long time ago. But why did I move out from the Red Orchard? How can you understand? That is Jia Yucun’s old house, and he is gaining power. Did you go in because you were afraid that Jia Yucun would stop framing him?"

Zijuan hurriedly said: "I think it is too simple." Daiyu said with a light smile: "You, you still don't study, and you don't understand the principle of the cause of fortune and misfortune. The second uncle looks miserable at the moment, but in fact he is already I have escaped a catastrophe. How could life be smooth forever? Although I didn’t care about things in the past two years, I watched with a cold eye. More people went out and fewer people came in. If it hadn’t been for something like this, in a few years, I'm afraid it will really be a crushing defeat."

Qingzhi then said: "Grandma made it clear, that's it, we don't care about other family's affairs, just live well at home." As he said this, he talked about how small, unique and original the newly built mansion is, and Daiyu followed her After all, she is calm and calm now, and she doesn't care about her emotions or anger.