Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

Zhang Shidao,

"The food and drink are all paid by the mansion. Your mansion is more troublesome, but it can also be paid from our mansion. It doesn't cost half a penny. 20 taels of silver is enough to hire a good theater troupe. But To make it lively and well done, thousands of taels of silver have to be spent like water, like our Brother Qiang getting married, we invited the master master from Baiyulou outside to come to do it, one table is 1000 taels!"

"God! These people are too profitable!" Daiyu exclaimed.

"There's nothing you can do about it. Brother Qiang married the second princess. What you eat here is no longer food, but decent. You don't have to worry about this silver tael. Just let it go and use it. Anyway, I'll do it again. What are you thinking about now? How should you get it? Let’s all talk about how to do it?”

Yingchun thought for a moment and said, "Since it's Sister Feng's birthday, we'll call Ping'er over and ask Sister Feng's preferences, and we'll just follow Sister Feng's preferences!"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head secretly, and seeing that Xue Baochai hadn't spoken for a long time, she asked,

"I don't know what Miss Bao thinks?"

Xue Baochai smiled and said, "I'm afraid the knot is somewhere with the old lady?"

"Miss Bao is more thoughtful."

Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but praised that she had presided over Zhongfu for many years, married from a civil servant's family to a noble family, and met countless girls, and there was no one more thoughtful and considerate than this precious girl.

Then I glanced at the three sisters Daiyu and Yingchun who seemed to have realized something. The girls of Jia's family are also intelligent, but they have their own temperament, not as good as Xue Baochai.

Zhang said again, "Your sister Feng is a granddaughter-in-law. The old lady is considerate and loves her. She is willing to celebrate her birthday. It is the kindness of the old lady, but this is not the reason why your sister Feng can only care about herself. On the contrary, it is Because of this, you should show your filial piety to the old lady, so what you should ask most is not Miss Ping'er, but Miss Yuanyang, this is also what your sister Feng wants, understand?"

All the sisters glanced at each other, bowed to Mrs. Zhang, and said, "Thank you sister-in-law for teaching me!"

Mrs. Zhang didn't expect them to do this, so she quickly helped them up one by one, saying,

"Get up, it's not a big deal, even if I don't tell you, your sister Feng will teach you in the future, get up!"

The sisters gave in for a while, then got up, and after receiving the tasks, they gradually got better.

In the blink of an eye, it was the second day of junior high school. Under the organization and planning of You Shi and the sisters, there were all kinds of opera performers, storytellers, theater troupe, and female gentlemen. It was very lively, but there was one favorite missing. The bustling person was precisely Baoyu, who listened to Xi Ren saying that he had been wearing plain clothes all morning, and he didn’t know where he was. Knowing where he went, the sisters complained.

That is to say, Jia Lu looked into the distance thoughtfully, and didn't know who Baoyu, the enemy of man and daughter, was going to pay homage to, Jin Chuan?Or Senior Officer?

But half a day later, Baoyu came back, and he knew that he had covered it up. When Jia Mu asked him who he was going out for, he replied that one of the concubines of the King of Beijing was gone, and Jia Mu said a few words, that's all. .

Today is a good day for Wang Xifeng, Mother Jia thought that she would have a good day, and knowing that Wang Xifeng is a filial person, if she sat in front, she would come up to serve her, so she simply didn't sit at the table and pulled Xue Aunt, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Wang stepped up and sat in the room, randomly picked up the favorite food on the small table, ate a few mouthfuls, listened to the favorite play, and talked casually. The sisters sat down and gave their seats to those maids, big and small, who didn't have seats, and let them play as they please.

Without the presence of their elders, the girls have lost their sense of propriety. Those who are decent rely on their dignity, and those who are not decent rely on their numbers. The nuns went up to toast, but within half a day, Sister Feng felt hot, dizzy and painful, knowing that she had drunk too much, she took a moment to help Ping'er back to the yard.

After tidying up, Wang Xifeng lay on the couch with his back leaning on a soft pillow, his forehead was still covered with a warm sweat towel, and he leaned the back of his cool hand on his hot cheek. Wang Xifeng couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and asked road,

"Where's your second master? Have you ever come back?"

The little girl who stayed at home replied, "Second master never came back."

Ping'er went to learn about wine and tea, brought them over, and said, "Grandma asked him what he was doing, he was busy in the yamen, and often didn't have time to come back, you have a good birthday, even the old lady said that you don't want to worry about it. Have fun all day!"

Wang Xifeng took the hangover tea and frowned slightly. The hangover tea smelled worse than medicine, so she raised her head and poured it down. Ping'er quickly took candied dates and gave her the taste. With the candied dates in her mouth, Wang Xifeng closed her eyes, slightly vaguely said,

"This man! He said he was in the yamen, so is he in the yamen? Maybe he stayed in some building!"

Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian had been married for several years, and it was the time of the seven-year itch. The strong feelings at the time of marriage gradually faded away. There was no sharp conflict between the family leaders in the red building, but as Jia Lian's road in the officialdom became smoother, it seemed like There are more and more dramas on occasions. Jia Lian is a flirtatious person, and he said that he is acting on occasions. Who knows if he is fake?

But this kind of thing, the old lady can't control it even now, no matter how strong her temper is, she has to bear it. Thinking that Jia Lian might be in the stomach of a sister in a brothel, Wang Xifeng felt her stomach churn.

"Ouch!" He spat out immediately.

Seeing this, Ping'er hurriedly took a spittoon to hold it, put one hand through Wang Xifeng's armpit, patted her on the back, and said worriedly,

"Grandma, what should I do, why don't you invite a doctor to come over and have a look!"

Wang Xifeng vomited and said, "No, it's just that I was given too much alcohol today, and my stomach can't take it anymore. It's not a problem. On such a good day, please ask a doctor. What's the old lady thinking?"

After resting for half a day, Wang Xifeng changed into festive clothes and went back to the hall. Jia Lu felt relieved when she saw that she had come back safely and that she was not followed by the second master Lian who was yelling for beatings and killing. The second elder brother was not at home today, but he couldn't be sure until the last moment. Fortunately, there was no further incident.

After Wang Xifeng's birthday was Lin Daiyu's day of filial piety, Lin Rui also returned home, Tete asked Mother Jia for leave, and the siblings went to Qingxu Temple. Back then, Qingxu Temple advocated Taoist priests as Lin Ruhai and Jia Min. The man lit the ever-burning lamp, and he was quite responsible, not bothering the two masters, so the two agreed to go to Qingxu Contemplation to get rid of obedience, and fasted for several days. Because Taoist Zhang was not an outsider, Jia Mu agreed and ordered Haosheng Take care of yourself etc.

When Daiyu went far away, the sisters of Jia's family also started to get busy. What the old lady said before Wang Xifeng's birthday was to let the sisters learn housekeeping from Wang Xifeng.

On Wang Xifeng's birthday, she drank too much wine, which may have hurt her spleen and stomach. These days, she has been feeling uncomfortable in her stomach and intestines. Although she maintains her own health and refuses to seek medical treatment, she is happy to let go of some of the hard-working housekeeping tasks , Let the sisters get it, and I can relax a little bit.