Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

Zhang Da is a shopkeeper. He doesn’t have the capital to set up a store in a prosperous business district, so he wanders around Kyoto and its suburbs all year round with his own pole. The little gadgets of the countrymen and the small insects made of bamboo These are popular among urbanites.

Especially the big and small maids in the gates of the big mansions, take one to coax those young masters and ladies who don't know the world, and coax them properly. The maids and women in there often exchange their embroidery work for themselves Some private houses, or change some rouge and gouache, etc. They were not allowed to go out in the past, and they had to wait for themselves to change anything. If they want to make a decision in advance, they have to curry favor with themselves. Those slaves have been thinking all their lives to please others ?Whenever this happens, being looked down upon by others is like taking a mouthful of hibiscus ointment.

Ordinary people are always afraid of these high-ranking families and dare not approach them, but they are curious about the gossip and private affairs of the people in the mansion. Zhang Da walks around the streets and alleys, and his favorite place is Rongning Street, especially Rongguo Mansion. People are not only generous with their money, but also generous with their mouths. They can always reveal a lot of things, and they can always attract a group of big girls, young daughter-in-laws and old wives to listen to them. At that time, I also allowed myself three points more.

No, Zhang Da went to Rongning Street with his load just after dawn. The face-faced mother walked in and out with the pony carriage, and he often went to the small door at the back, which not only leads to the big kitchen in the mansion, but also is close to the place where the family gave birth, so it is the best place for trading.

Zhang Da was waiting not far away, waiting for the small door to open, and then talking to the woman who guarded the door, after a while, people would come out one after another.

However, before the door was opened, a carriage came from "Dedede" in the distance, stopped at the door, knocked on the door a few times, and someone came and opened it, sneakily, not knowing what it was doing , Zhang Da is a bold man, he was very curious when he saw this, he planned to go over to take a closer look, but he was reluctant to part with his own goods, after thinking about it, he put away the shoulder pole, picked up someone's bamboo basket next to him and covered his goods, He tiptoed and walked cautiously towards the door. There was a stone pillar beside the door, which just blocked him.

Nesting aside, those eyes were looking into the car, the car door was covered by a curtain, the sky was dark, and it was so dark that I couldn’t see anything clearly, I was about to step forward to take a closer look, when I heard the sound of the door opening, Go back again.

I saw three or four women with thick waists and round arms and several elders, some carrying something unknown, some dragging the crying people to the car, some cried loudly, and just listened. Scolding, "Why are you crying? If you cry again, I will sell you to that dirty place!" The voice fell silent, only the sound of whimpering.

Zhang Da carefully probed to see what was being lifted, why not turn around the black hole that was not wrapped outside, oh my god!A face popped out, even if he was as bold as Zhang Da, he would be bluffed, the black hole is the hair!Zhang Da stepped back, accidentally stepped on a small stone, and sat down on the ground, and he couldn't feel the shade on the ground.

Fortunately, the whimpering sound from the side was enough to block the sound of his fall, the other people didn't hear it, but the boy guarding the door did hear it, and when he looked to the side, he saw Zhang Da who was terrified of his dream, he was somewhat similar to Zhang Da If he was friendly, he pretended not to see it, and even pretended to be on the sidelines, which is also his luck, otherwise he would see the scandal of a big family, and he would have to peel off his skin if he didn't die.

After a while, the car was full, and the leading woman said, "I didn't expect there were so many people in the house, so we brought a car, but it was not full. I don't know how many there are in the house. After a while, the old woman After sending it back, how many more cars will you bring?" Zhang Da came to his senses, hearing the voice sounds like Mrs. Zhang, a well-known person in the city. She is famous for being strict in selecting candidates, and she thinks that it is the one who will not be dead. Bar?Zhang Da comforted himself.

"No need, let's send someone to send the rest." The deep voice was black and white impermanent.

Zhang Da was terrified again, but he didn't dare to move, he gritted his teeth and endured it.The boy who had some friendship with him was also very happy to see such a big man like Zhang Da being frightened like this.

Seeing that it was getting late, the elder brother urged Mrs. Zhang to leave earlier, and led the rest of the people back home.

The boy stayed at the end, and someone in front shouted, "The last one to close the door!" He responded, "Okay!" He closed the door in response, and went to see Zhang Da in peace when he saw that everyone was far away.

"I said big brother, everyone is gone, why can't you pay back?"

Zhang Da braced himself up, but he couldn't hold it up no matter what, so he flattered the boy and said, "Little brother, brother, my leg is numb, help me."

The servant was laughing non-stop when he heard that, and stretched out his hand to pull him up.

Zhang Da asked with lingering fear, "Little brother, to tell the truth, just now," Zhang Da swallowed, "The one that was lifted out was alive and dead?"

"It's alive! Brother, don't worry! If it's dead, the mother-in-law doesn't care if you belong to the Duke's mansion, so she won't accept it!"

Zhang Da made up his mind, it's fine if it's not a dead person, if it's not a dead person, it's nothing to be afraid of.After putting his heart in his stomach, Zhang Da's courage seemed to come back again, he dragged the boy to hide in a corner, and asked cautiously, "What happened just now?"

The young man can't control his mouth, and Zhang Da, who is very inquisitive, is a natural match and hit it off. When the incident first happened, he was afraid that he would suffer. Now the matter is basically over, and I saw Zhang Da again. His performance was worse than his, thinking that his performance was much better than his, so he looked at him contemptuously, but did not refuse. He looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he said,

"The person who was put into the carriage saw it just now?"

Zhang Da nodded.

"The ones who were carrying were all beaten with boards, and they were half disabled. Oh, the ones who were injured were seriously injured. What a pity, they were taken out and sold before they lay down for half the night!" Mouth He said it was pitiful, but he smiled gloatingly in his eyes.

"Why, what mistake did they make? I haven't seen such a big movement in your mansion for many years, and it's still like this..." Sneakily sent it out for sale.

The boy gave Zhang Da a contemptuous look from a country boy, "What else can I say, I didn't say anything! Good brother, I told you, don't talk like you used to!"

Zhang Da nodded cautiously.Thinking of him walking around in a big way, he has never been to any place, he has never seen anyone, and he can't see his contempt, and cursed secretly, you brat, you didn't say anything!

"Our old lady's granddaughter, surnamed Lin, remember? I told you about it." The boy only talked to himself, and didn't notice the flash in Zhang Da's eyes when he heard "Lin".

"Since Miss Xue's Biao came here, in order to please her, those who didn't see her not only demoted the girls in our Jia's mansion, but also said that Miss Lin was mean and mean. As the saying goes, if you walk too much at night, It will always fall, no, our weak and sick Miss Lin bumped into two women gossiping about her over there two days ago, which is amazing. Miss Lin fell ill the next day after returning home. The one who got unconscious, our old lady loves her granddaughter the most, and even the granddaughter of the first-in-law has to step aside. In the past, it was better not to know about it. Now that I know it, I can forgive it lightly. I have issued a death order in the past two days , it has to be rectified, see no, those are all rectified."

Zhang Da was surprised, "Hey, how can such a big disaster be caused by saying something?"

"How do you know that, our family values ​​reputation no more than those shabby households with no foundation, how can we allow them to slander the master like this, the punishment is still light, if it is not for the blessing of Miss Lin who is seriously ill, How can you go out of the house with your head and feet like this!"

Zhang Da was a little twitched when he heard that, in so many mansions, only Rong Mansion had a master who was rumored to be angry by his slaves, it really "reputes"!

After finishing his addiction to showing off, the boy babbled, "Hurry up and go back! The house is in chaos these two days, don't come here if you have nothing to do, ah!"

Zhang Da, "Okay! More reminders, little brother." The young man waved his hand and entered the mansion, and Zhang Da waited for the young man to enter the mansion before picking up his goods and leaving.

At this time, the sky was bright, and there were many pedestrians coming and going when we met. Three, four, five children were running around in the street, and when they saw Zhang Da carrying several baskets of goods, they surrounded him.Usually, he coaxed them patiently, luring them with bright things to pester their parents to buy them, but now he pushed the children away, ignored them, and walked forward with his head buried.

After two or three streets, I came to a quiet alley, knocked twice on the door lock of a middle-class family, and an old voice came from inside, "Here we come", and after a while, an old man opened the door. Zhang Da welcomed him in.

There is a "Lin Fu" sign on the door of this family.