Sister of the Treasure of the Red Chamber is quitting

It is said that the fireworks will go down to Yangzhou in March, and Liu Xianglian followed the Xue family caravan back from Ping'an Prefecture. She didn't stay in Beijing for a few days before she found that the third sister of the You family was sneaking and sneaking behind her all day long. .There are also troublesome idlers who persuade him that this is a door-to-door advantage, and it is not for nothing.Anyway, this woman doesn't have a very clean reputation. Wouldn't it be nice to give her some good looks and coax some money, and have a woman who doesn't need money serve three meals a day with hot meals and hot tea.

Although this Liu Xianglian is used to wandering in the fireworks field, unexpectedly she is a sincere gentleman inside.Hearing these idlers say this, he immediately raised his eyebrows and reprimanded: "If you think this way, you will be like that woman from the You family. It is her business that she is not clean, and it is my business for me to take care of it. How can I take it lightly? Bad morals! Besides, this person has already lost her reputation. How can a good man marry her? If she keeps some money in her hand, she will have nowhere to hide when she gets old. It’s hard for you to think of cheating a woman’s pension money!" He scolded those idlers to death, and really hated Third Sister You, so he simply went to the yamen to ask for leave, and after carrying the burden, he went out of the city and wanted to go somewhere else.

He left Houzaimen early in the morning, thinking about it, he didn't want to go north.Being trapped in a border town for a year with the Xue family caravan is really a bit boring, so why not go south to Yangzhou, Suzhou to see a different scenery in the early spring.The plan has been made, and people are used to being a libertine, so they just threw a few copper coins to the little beggar who caught lice at the gate of the city and said: "Go to the west of the city to find the house of the aunt who beat her husband in the Duke's mansion of Li, and pass it on to me." Just a word. Let’s just say that this trip will go to the south to dissipate and dissipate, or it won’t be back in three or five years, and if luck is good, you can bring a daughter-in-law back to see your aunt.”

The little beggar jumped up after receiving the copper plate, turned around like a dog and ran towards the west of the city. Liu Xianglian shook the reins when he saw that he had run far away, and rode the old horse wobbly up the official road to the south.At this time, Liu Zian was still in Jinyiwei and hadn't been transferred out. He heard that his cousin wanted to go to Jiangnan to have a look. Without a word, he helped him to get a guide without telling his mother, and handed it over to this favorite wanderer brother.So Liu Xianglian had money and a guide, so she went to Suzhou along the official road to see the scenery.

This walk did not arrive in Suzhou until mid-March.At this time, the peach blossoms are all in bloom, and the ground is dotted with colorful fallen flowers. Reflecting the clear and shallow stream, there are a few patches of pink and white in the clear blue sky.Many families in Suzhou City supported each other and went out for an outing to enjoy the scenery. Liu Xianglian didn't shy away from it, so she led his old horse into the city along the flow of people.There is only a Gourd Temple not far from the Tougong Courtyard in the city. The Gourd Temple is further separated by a white wind wall. The other side of the wall seems to be a courtyard with two entrances. A maid helped a slender girl who was walking up the steps, and she could tell at a glance that she had come home from outside the city.

This girl has a graceful figure, you can tell she must be stunning just from the back, and you can't see it from the side, she is well-behaved and uses a veil to cover her head tightly.Besides, there is a girl from a good family with a clean family style and strict rules, who is forbidden to move between her skirts and her back is straight.The white-haired old man and the old woman did not look like ordinary people, they were quite fairy-like.Liu Xianglian glanced at it and couldn't walk anymore, she just pretended not to care about passing by, walked through the gate of the house and looked up at the plaque on the lintel, there was a word "Zhen", and she knew this family in her heart The surname is Zhen.

From the very beginning, this kid made up his mind to marry a stunning wife before he could fulfill his wish. The three girls from Nayou's family in Beijing are beautiful, one has no morals and no form, and is not upright; the second is paranoid and violent, and talks a lot; It's not a good deal even if it's delivered to your door or on the pole, who wants to solicit her!

He only led the horse and walked over, picked up the gourd temple and entered an inn diagonally opposite, handed the horse over to the waiter, opened a room facing the street to live in, and called the waiter to throw a dime over to tell him about Suzhou City Interesting facts.Generally, the waiters are happy to serve such a handy guest, and immediately waved the sackcloth to report the name of the dish.After hearing this, Liu Xianglian ordered two fruits, one meat and one vegetarian, then picked up the chopsticks and pointed to the stool opposite, and said, "This fruit is on the same plate for you to chew, just find new things in Suzhou city and tell me about it. This is the first time here, where can I find some fun?"

This waiter is also a wonderful person, he looked up and down to see that this is a romantic boy, so he only picked up those romantic lawsuits and anecdotes in Huajie Liuxiang and slowly told them.Then what kind of oil seller married the oiran, what kind of new music came out from the building, what kind of headliner asked someone to invite someone to the lake to cut the foot wrap, there are so many tricks.Liu Xianglian only listened to him patiently, then threw away half a dime and said: "Men, this is running out to play tricks behind the back of the old man and the old lady at home, tell me something that I can take back and talk to the old man, don't be silly The east and the west are short, stinky and long trifles."

As soon as he said this, the waiter hurriedly took the money and stuffed it into his bosom with a smile to apologize: "There are a lot of new things in our city of Suzhou, can you give me some pointers?" Liu Xianglian pointed at the gourd temple with her wooden chopsticks in her hand. Pointing: "I see that this temple is brand-new. Could it be that a good family built it here?" The waiter slapped his thigh and laughed: "I don't know objectively. It's hard to say, this calabash temple is famous Why is it famous? Isn’t it because of the family next door named Zhen!” This is the point, Liu Xianglian is trying to find out about the young lady of this family.He didn't dare to show an anxious look, and just smiled slightly: "How can this temple be famous because of the family living next door? Could it be that this temple was built by his family?"

The waiter poured himself a cup of thick tea and poured it for Liu Xianglian, saying, "This Zhen's family is very strange. Their family has an inseparable relationship with this gourd temple. They have been together for about ten years." If you have to ask others, you may not be able to tell the one, two, three, four, five." Liu Xianglian took a sip from the wine glass, and the waiter sat down next to him and said: "There was an early one about ten years ago. During the Lantern Festival that year, the servants of Zhen's family protected the young lady to go out to watch the lantern show, but the dog couldn't watch enough by himself, so he called the young lady to a trafficker and abducted the young lady. The girl who was only four years old at that time, that day Where can I find the ones from the South China Sea and the North? Many neighbors have advised his family to just raise another one. However, this Mr. Zhen is a very old girl, so if the girl loses it, he just scatter money everywhere to find it. The family business was completely forgotten. A few days later, the gourd temple was bombed, and even his house was burned to make white ground. Fortunately, the deeds were made in the government earlier, and another copy was made. That's right, the old couple packed up their things and went to the old lady's natal house to make do with it for a few days. Did you know that Mr. Zhen, the father-in-law, is not a thing. A lot of good land was bought at the price, because of this, Master Zhen threw away his family and business in a fit of anger and went to become a monk." The waiter paused at this point, picked up a fruit, stuffed it into his sleeve and continued with a smile:

"Later, some people said that they saw a girl for sale in Jinling. It seemed that she was Miss Zhen's family. Before it was confirmed, there was no news. This was until a few years ago when a group of kidnappers were smashed in Beijing. Grabbing kidnappers, now it's also popular to catch kidnappers. Suddenly, the kidnappers really have nowhere to escape, and they just caught one who kidnapped Miss Zhen's family. The kidnapper confessed that he had abducted a girl with something between the eyebrows. The stunning girl with the rouge mole, Mrs. Zhen went to the Yamen to beg, and begged the Lord Qingtian to show mercy, so she asked a catcher to go with her. Looking for the original buyer, it turned out to be his girl, and this is the original price. I bought it back. I heard that it was because she was young when she sold it, so she was sent to the temple to be raised again, and the house has not been consummated. Otherwise, if there is a man and a half woman, this girl will not be able to return. When she comes back, this Zhen The master woke up too, the god Buddha who cares about him, wandered back from the mountain to continue to be his rich man, and the gourd temple was rebuilt. No, if the temple is not good, his family is not good, his family When it gets better, so does the temple.”

The waiter was very pleased with what he said, Liu Xianglian was very interested, so she gave him the last half of the silver and said: "The story is good, I reward you with two taels of stewed pork for a tooth sacrifice." The waiter thanked him a thousand times, She was even more confident to replace Liu Xianglian's rented room with new bedding, and the water was also prepared hot, so she didn't need to worry about it.

The city of Suzhou was still bustling with business people coming and going from south to north. The most crowded places were either rouge and powder shops, oil-paper umbrellas on the street, or those shopkeepers selling silk fabrics.Liu Xianglian's mind was full of the shadow of Miss Zhen, and she couldn't help opening the window to look at other people's houses. The family of three at the gate had gone back early, and she could only see a few eaves, the porch and the whitewashed wall outside the gate, and nothing else. exposed.He thought to himself, maybe it wasn't because of the marriage, why did he feel so burning in his heart that he couldn't let this girl follow others.It’s just that I came to Suzhou for the first time, and there are no relatives and elders here to talk to. Back, full of worries, went downstairs and walked out of the inn all over the street...

The old couple of the Zhen family over there took advantage of the spring to take their daughter out for an outing.Yinglian had a hard time beating a child, and finally returned to her parents. It was time for intimacy, but there were so many rumors made by those gossiping women who hated others and laughed at others. , I only found it when I was old, and I don't know what I have experienced outside.She doesn't speak clearly, but only shows sympathy, even if you want to call her door, you can't argue with her.The Zhen family over there in Jinling is long gone. Now who is afraid of the word "Zhen", this dumb person can only swallow it abruptly.That's why the Zhen family chose a good day to go out after being annoyed by the rumors outside these few days, so as not to be bored at home and get angry every day.

After walking around for a few days, although I feel better, there are always some local rascals falling far away.Zhen Shiyin knew what these prodigal sons were thinking, they just wanted to take their daughters and eat up their family's wealth.Such a mud pig mangy dog, Zhen Shiyin rolled his eyes and looked down on him, and he would not agree to his daughter's marriage. These rogue idlers are not just thinking about going out of their way.If this girl's family is embarrassing on the street, she will marry even if she doesn't marry, so she can't go to the temple, right?Therefore, many rogues followed as if they were looking for an opportunity to take advantage of it, annoying Master Zhen Shiyin to the point of wanting to beat them all to death.

It was also a marriage match, and within a few days, Feng took Yinglian to his brother's house to meet his sister-in-law and daughter to talk about the marriage, but a brother from a salt merchant stopped him on the way.This kid doesn't have many people in his family, but he has a lot of money. He heard from somewhere that Miss Zhen is very beautiful, so he brought a group of thugs to try to drag her away.I happened to meet Liu Xianglian strolling in the street, she went up and punched and kicked all the disciples down, looked up and said, "Oh!" Isn't it Miss Zhen who has been thinking about it for days and nights?

Liu Xianglian regarded Feng's family as her mother-in-law in her heart, and sent the mother and daughter back to Zhen's house. Zhen Shiyin heard that his old wife and daughter were almost wronged outside, if it wasn't for a strong man who saw injustice Hand, I'm afraid the girl doesn't know whose backyard to carry it.This is terrible, Tete ordered a table in the best restaurant outside, full of hard dishes such as roasted sea cucumber and roasted deer tendon, and asked the restaurant to serve Liu Xianglian as a guest even if he asked the store to add flavor to the ingredients.

This Liu Xianglian was also interesting, he was invited to drink to thank him, so he sat down and ate one cup at a time, quietly revealing his family background while eating.There is even a military officer to make up for the lack of a military officer, and even a side branch of the Duke of Li - now he doesn't dislike the relatives in the mansion who are dirty and disgusting, so it's nice to pull out a tiger's skin, doesn't it?Zhen Shiyin also has a heart, her own girl is very beautiful, I'm afraid she can't keep her if she finds an ordinary family, what should I do if the two old ones kick their legs, and the child is all alone.Hearing what Liu Xianglian said about her excellent family background, and that the young man was handsome, she was completely willing in her heart.Waiting for side-by-side discussions, I heard that this brother has no masculine hobbies, and his family has a bit of a living, and relatives help him.

After sending Liu Xianglian out, Mr. Zhen said to Mrs. Zhen: "This is the best, there is no better one. Right now, the outsiders are coming to say that the purpose of getting along is either to be a stepmother or a noble concubine, whoever is good?" Is the child willing to be so spoiled?" Mrs. Zhen, Feng's family, felt a little guilty and muttered: "Listen to you, this brother Liu has a good look, so why is he in his twenties and has never been married? If there is this person suddenly Coming to Beijing, we don’t know the details, so how can we promise our daughter out at will. Besides, maybe they don’t like it, so maybe you can force her to do it.” Master Zhen shook his sleeves: “You don’t understand, I Seeing that the kid probably has some ideas, and then drags people to Beijing to inquire about it, he always asks if it can be done, and if you don’t ask, who knows if it can be done!" After finishing speaking, he went out to find someone to help, and after checking twice, people said Mr. Liu Lang is a man who can't be more forthright and righteous, and he is indeed a descendant of the government of Liguo. He also has a brother who works in a key place, and an aunt who takes care of him. He is really not an unknown person.

After more than a month of back and forth, I inquired about Liu Xianglian's affairs. Mr. Zhen was willing, but Mrs. Zhen was still reluctant: "This brother doesn't like his family too much. Look, he stays honestly for a few months a year. From the capital? If you run here today or somewhere tomorrow, I’m afraid Yinglian will have to suffer.” Master Zhen advised her: “Men, those who don’t have a family don’t go around every day, and once they get married, they will take care of themselves. Brother Liu I have a good background, but I don’t have a lot of money. Our family’s situation has improved in the past few years, but whether there is a backer behind it, whether it’s important or not, you understand better than me. You can buy a house in Beijing to marry Yinglian. In the future, they will be happy in Beijing If you don’t like it, you can go back to Suzhou to live with us, anyway, Brother Liu has no parents or sisters at all, it’s no different from the one who recruited a door-to-door.”

Other things are okay, I can only think of a way to separate my daughter and son-in-law too far, and Mrs. Zhen is satisfied.

Master Zhen hastily invited a good friend to be a middleman, and hosted a banquet outside Liu Xianglian. After drinking for three rounds, he mentioned that there was a girl waiting for her in her boudoir, which caught someone's heart.Liu Xianglian immediately said that there was a lack of a wife in the house, and as soon as the middleman said it was a good idea, she took out the Yuanyang Sword as a token and handed it to Zhen Shiyin. She was so happy that she turned around and wrote to her aunt and Liu Zian saying that she had gone to Jiangnan for a while. By the way, Quan found a daughter-in-law.

As soon as Aunt Liu received her nephew's letter, she first cursed a few words angrily, then opened it and read it again, she was very happy, immediately asked her son to ask for leave, took a boat with a gift, and went up the river to Suzhou so that he could come to him quickly. Propose marriage to Liu Xianglian.As soon as the two adults met, Aunt Liu and Mrs. Zhen hit it off, so many things that the in-laws could argue with were discussed and resolved with them.Thinking that the two children are not young, Zhen Shiyin simply set a time for the ceremony for one year, and married the girl out after one year.

As soon as the two families exchanged posts, the Zhen family bought a small house in Beijing to marry Yinglian as a dowry. The fields on the dowry list were all in the south, and they only said that in the future, the girl would look at the ones that are suitable and then start over again.Aunt Liu was also sincere, and returned all the properties she and Liu Xianglian had collected to him, and repeatedly explained: "Your father-in-law and mother-in-law are old, but after getting married in Beijing, you can bring your daughter-in-law to live there for a few days. Years, when your daughter-in-law fulfills her filial piety, sees off the old man and the old lady, and then returns to the capital for a long time, it’s up to you. You can’t just get married and leave like a bachelor.”

Liu Xianglian also has acquaintances in Beijing, and suddenly heard that he was going to get married, and they all came to help.Brothers Xue Pan and Xue Biao were the first to be happy here. They directly took a land deed and sent it to Liu's house, and then asked for help to clean it up again.

When Liu and Zhen's family had a serious wedding, Miss Yinglian happily married and went out. After returning home for three dynasties, the couple simply bid farewell to their relatives and friends in Beijing.In the next few decades, people will only praise Liu Langjun for his affection and righteousness, he has never even quarreled and blushed, and his husband and wife are born with each other. There is no such a good couple.