Sister of the Treasure of the Red Chamber is quitting

Seeing that there was nothing to help, Shen Yu said goodbye and went back.Xue Pan sent the man out, and then returned to the main courtyard. At this time, the boiled medicine was ready.Xu Ying asked the maid to bring the medicine to serve Mrs. Xue and used it, and it seemed to be much better in the next afternoon. The family was relieved and carefully arranged for servants to serve Mrs. Xue according to the prescription.

Mrs. Xue has been raising her for half a month, but fortunately she is getting better every day.It's not a major symptom, it's just that people are getting older and can't bear it.Before, he was anxiously expecting Xue Biao to come back, but when he saw his nephew came back, he was relieved, and he worked hard to open the big warehouse, and finally couldn't hold it anymore, so he had to lie down and have a rest.Even in this lying down, relatives, family members and family members also came to visit her one after another. Seeing her children surrounded by her bed, they all sighed that her life was good, and the children were filial and capable.

It wasn't until the end of July that Mrs. Xue recovered, and it seemed to be the birthday of Mrs. Jia in Rongfu.From July 28 to the fifth day of August, Rong and Ning prefectures hold a feast together.On the first day, the royal family, son-in-law, princes and princesses, princesses, concubines, monarchs, princes, and wives are invited; on the second day, your Excellency, the capital, the governor, and the orders are invited; the third day is July Thirty, all the officials and orders, as well as relatives and friends and guests from far and near, are invited; the family banquet of the first room in the first day; the second room in the second room; In order to celebrate the birthday with the Taijun; on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, it was another fun day for Lai Da, Lin Zhixiao and other family managers.On July 25th, Mrs. Xue was still lying down, so Baochai made the decision to send the Xue family's birthday gifts there. It was not easy to drag so many things over to block people's doors when they came to visit.It was not easy to catch up with the above, so they also sent a guy to watch the street for a few days.

When the housekeeper came back, he only knew that the Jia family was in a hurry. A large table was set up in the main room, and a red carpet was spread out. On it, the rewards from above and the fine things from relatives were placed on it. Come and have a look to pass the time.Baochai impatiently listened to him counting the gifts from the emperor, the empress, and Yuan Chun, who is now a concubine.

In my previous life, because the Xue family lived in Lixiangyuan, and later moved into the Hengwuyuan of the Grand View Garden, I never left the Jia family's territory, so Baochai was also there when the royal relatives and princes were entertained on the first day, and he and Dai Yu, Xiangyun and Tanchun were called up to meet the returning foreign guests.Strange to say, at that time there was no other girl in the Grand View Garden who was engaged except Xiangyun, and Mrs. Jia was not in a hurry to let the girls out to meet people more. "People" turned the past, as if he didn't mind the marriage of the granddaughters.Those who stayed at home stayed and stayed, and later Jia's family declined and all of them did not end well.

Leaving this aside, the Xue family now lives in their own mansion in Beijing, so naturally they only attend the banquet on the [-]th day.When it was the right day, Baochai forced Mrs. Xue to lie down and didn't wake up so early. She got up and dressed at the beginning of the day. Everything was ready. The Xue family was not of a high class, so there was no need to make up according to the quality. She changed into the clothes and jewelry she had prepared. , Maybe put on some makeup powder and rouge to make up your complexion and you can go out.The cook cooked some easy-to-cook breakfast early and brought it out. After eating it, the masters and masters of the Xue family took two cars to go out, and Xue Pan and Xue Biao followed outside the car as usual on horseback.When he arrived at the Yimen of Rongfu at [-]:[-] a.m., it happened to be a little earlier than the Lin family's carriage.Nowadays, those with higher grades come a little later, Xue's family just got stuck, Xue Pan can still stay outside to say hello to Lin Ruhai.Lin Ruhai and Mrs. Xue cupped their hands and asked her to take care of her daughter in the garden today.Mrs. Xue leaned on a daughter-in-law, nodded and gave him a little blessing as a response, Lin Ruhai said goodbye just now, and took the Xue family brothers to Ningguo Mansion by the way.In the past few days, everyone knew that she was recovering from a serious illness, so they didn't dare to delay. The internal steward of the Jia family who was standing outside to welcome the guests saw that the guests were almost finished, so he hurried up and led them to the garden.

Most of the people who came today were people who were close to the Jia family, not old relatives but also officials. When the guests entered the Rongfu, they first went to the Zhuijin Pavilion to sit and have tea, and the young girls went to the garden to find a place to stay. good fun.Baoqin was in a hurry to find Xiuyan to see if she was okay, and Baochai had to ask Mrs. Xue for leave, and took Daiyu, and the three of them walked into the garden together.Originally, Mrs. Xue asked Xuying to go in with her sisters to see what was new, but Xuying just smiled and refused to go, so she let her go.Jiazhen's daughter-in-law You Shi from the Eastern Mansion smiled when she saw her, "This child is born strangely handsome, comparable to my poorly blessed daughter-in-law before me, she is rare and kind and filial. Her filial piety is not blindly obedient and perfunctory. He really regarded his concubine as his own mother, so he refused to leave you wholeheartedly. Could it be that we sat down with a group of yakshas and could catch your mother?" Others laughed at him narrowly, and Xu Ying pursed her lips and said with a smile : "Since sister-in-law Zhen asked me, she must answer the truth. I issued a military order when I went out. If I can't serve my mother, I will tell you to go back and eat enough of the supercilious eyes of men and aunts. How dare you neglect me now?" It’s so easy to ask me to come out and be filial, and I have to make everything right for my mother, just don’t laugh at me for being young and self-willed.”

Everyone laughed and praised her for her honesty. Sitting on top, Jia's mother beckoned Xu Ying to come closer and have a closer look. Then she took off her glass glasses and said to Mrs. Xue, "You are really a good boy. I don't even know about it on weekdays. Hired to my house, it's my concubine with sharp eyes, who can marry such a good wife for Brother Pan." He said to Sister Feng who was sitting at the bottom: "It's also a good thing that this child didn't come to our house, otherwise you will see the sky like a hot pepper Chirping, croaking, talking non-stop, I'm afraid I'm going to fall out of favor." Sister Feng got up and pulled Xu Yingfei to sit next to her: "I have to keep an eye on Brother Xue and his wife, and I have to see what you have today. The place is stronger than me, and the old ancestors despise me!" Others laughed at her as a mischief, but Xu Ying only pursed her lips and smiled without any teasing intentions. Instead, she asked Sister Feng to take a high look at her: "This is really not a family. People don't enter the family', Miss Bao is a calm and steady person, and the concubine is considerate in seeking a daughter-in-law, so where can people be greedy!" After joking again, Fang put this paragraph lay down.

The wives and grandmas here are chatting about family affairs, and the young sisters over there are having a lot of fun when they see each other.

The three of Baochai first met Xiangyun when they went in, so they asked her to go looking for Xiuyan together. Unfortunately, Xiuyan was sitting at Miaoyu's place that day, and Xiangyun said, "I don't want to associate with that Miaoyu. Just look up with both eyes, and see that everyone is a 'commoner' and not a 'commoner', she is not vulgar, but don't follow other people's families and blame the master for making her vulgar." Baochai raised her hand. Poke her forehead: "Since you know her temper, why bother to say these things, it's like you two are arguing in the air. Since you don't go, go to the garden to play and take the girl. I heard Last time you ate a lot of wine here and fell asleep in the garden, so you are not afraid of catching a cold." After speaking, Xiangyun blushed and begged: "My dear sister, please don't say anything! Don't dare to do this again in the future, shameless to see you I'm dead." Baochai pretended to be angry and said to her, "It's good if you know it, and when you're tired, go to rest in your own yard here, and don't be rash." Then he let Xiangyun go into the garden go.

Not to mention the side of Xiangyun, Baochai, Baoqin and Daiyu turned to Changcui nunnery, where the green trees are full of ancient charm, and when you turn around the short hill made when the garden was built outside, you can see several In an exquisite room, Zhuan'er, Xiuyan's maid, was sitting outside eating with some of Miaoyu's servants.Seeing Baochai and the others, these maids hurriedly got up to bless them, and then reported inside: "County Lin, Miss Bao and Miss Qin from the Xue family are here." Not long after, there was a stunning woman in dark clothes with a dull expression. The woman walked out with Xiuyan.In the previous life, Baochai knew Miaoyu, but in this life the two met for the first time, so Baoqin was in the middle to help pass the names of both parties.

After a couple of acquaintances, Miaoyu really only had eyes for Daiyu, she only accepted Daiyu's gift, then turned around and led people into the house, and put the rest down and ignored them.Baoqin was okay, so Baochai followed at the end, Xiuyan didn't like it, so she also stayed behind and walked into the house with her.This is the advantage of Xiuyan, she is always willing to think about everything with others, no wonder everyone in this garden also liked her in her previous life.As for Baochai, this is not the first time she knows about Miaoyu's temperament, so she doesn't care about these things with her. She just enjoys the scenery here while chatting with Xiuyan, and slowly walks to the inner room to sit.

Miaoyu took Daiyu there, and asked the guests to sit down on a futon opposite the table where they often sat at home, and asked the maid to open the box and take out a set of simple tea sets that looked like rough pottery.She looked around at this set of tea sets and said to Daiyu: "This is a set left by Lu Yu, the tea sage in the Tang Dynasty. If you hadn't come here, I would not be willing to take it out." Then let the small stove be lit, and then light it up. Good Huian Chenxiang, just now he took out a bottle of tea with his own hands and said: "This is a good tea that someone else got me, and it's only worth eating when you come." Then he took out his usual green jade bucket and put it in front of him , then sat and waited for the water to boil.

Her decorations here are quite Wei-Jin style, and her temperament is usually lazy and casual. If she gets annoyed, she will have to call "a layman" before inviting her out. Gossip about things that have nothing to do with mundane affairs.Miaoyu held the pot in one hand while slowly pouring water to warm it. She had to talk about the old story of a village grandmother who came to the house to beat the autumn wind: "Since the old lady brought her here, I can't drive her out. And it dirty me again. I have to ask Brother Bao to take her out to play with the papers, or sell her money for a few acres of land, so as to save people from being teased and ridiculed when she asks for relatives and friends in the future." Said to see that the water is ready, Then he took a spoonful of tea leaves with a round spoon carved from a bamboo root, and continued: "At least it's not the green jade bucket I use every day, or I just smash it, so I won't feel bad if I don't look at it."

Baoqin and Xiuyan didn't mind her acquaintance, and Daiyu didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said, but Baochai felt a toothache when he heard it.I don't know where this Miaoyu came from, but she is more picky than girls from rich families, and it's not easy to talk about her, lest people say, 'you are a vulgar person'.After they sat for a while and drank three courses of tea, Miaoyu got up and said, "I'm tired." She walked to the bedroom by herself, and Xiuyan and her outside said, "Let's go to the garden too. Wait a little while, maybe there will be another woman coming and calling." A group of people said their farewell to the maids, and walked to the outside of Ziling Island.

There were three people when they came, and they turned into four people when they went back. Baoqin climbed Xiuyan and chatted and joked behind, while Baochai and Daiyu walked in front side by side.It was the hottest time at the end of July, and a few girls followed the shade of the trees to the waterside of Zilingzhou, and sure enough girls from every family gathered here.Xiangyun was standing on the zigzag covered bridge and leaned out to reach the lotus pods protruding from the water. When he saw Baochai and Daiyu from a distance, he let go and stood straight at them, waving his handkerchief.

Baochai told Baoqin a few words to let her and Xiuyan go to play with the girls, and he and Daiyu walked along the bridge to look for Xiangyun.At this time, there are a lot of lotus leaves in the water, the light green and thick green are too numerous to count, with some pink, white and light red mixed in the middle, and some tender lotus pods with yellow tassels hanging on them are really gratifying. Xiangyun is taking two girls to pick up a few Picked one and piled it into a pile, and still coveted the one that was a little farther away but was extremely fat.Seeing Baochai and Daiyu approaching, Xiangyun casually wiped his fingers with a handkerchief and pointed to the lotus pod on the ground, saying: "Li Yishan has a sentence of 'Leave the residual lotus to listen to the sound of the rain', it is too sad, I deflect these few Break it open and use it first, who cares if it looks good when it's old." Daiyu raised her hand to cover her eyes and shouted: "Forget it, I didn't see anything, and I don't know who spoiled the flowers and ruined it." These lotus pods."

Xiangyun is mischievous, now he has already quickly opened a lotus seed, peeled and cored it, and stuffed it into her mouth, saying: "This is what I ate, let's see what you say when you have a short mouth." Daiyu called her They just begged for mercy, and the two circled around Baochai, grabbing and tossing each other.Baochai made them shake so that their eyes were dizzy, and hurriedly grabbed each hand and said, "Okay, be careful of falling into the water." There was also a woman who was worried and came to see her, and she smiled and said, "It's still Bao girl. You are right, the water below is not deep, but the silt is thick, if you fall, you will have to suffer a lot, and the girls will go to the shore with the younger ones to play." Daiyu hurriedly asked the little girls to pick up the lotus pods Take Baochai away, and fight with Xiangyun across Baochai on the way, which makes Baochai have a headache.

The three of them laughed and returned to the shore of Ziling Island. At this time, the servants of Chuanshan came in and passed the word respectfully. The girls helped each other check the clothes and makeup. When they saw that they were not impolite, they went to the main hall of Rongguo Mansion arm in arm. go.At this time, the diners in front were already sitting on the table looking at the opera excerpts brought up by the people below. Those excerpts were served on red lacquer trays, and everyone asked Jiamu to order first.Mother Jia backed down, but the mistresses of the various families finally pushed the zhezi to her eyes.The old lady had listened to lively operas for two days, and no matter how much she liked it, she was tired of it, so she only ordered some very elegant literary operas, and asked the opera troupe to sing slowly in the waterside pavilion with only silk and bamboo.The small opera troupes raised by the family were previously assigned to work in various courtyards, so the superiors no longer asked them to do these jobs. They only invited the most popular opera troupe from outside to sing for a few days. I don't know how much I saved by recruiting people and teaching a troupe.

During the conversation, a historian's wife asked Jia's mother, "I haven't seen Baoyu today. Where did he go?" I understand, if you want to see me, just let the old lady call." After speaking, she asked Yuanyang to take a old lady there.

Baoyu followed Jia Zheng and saw some of his father's colleagues in the officialdom, who were feeling uncomfortable all over. Hearing that Jia Mu sent someone to call Deng, he could no longer stand on his feet and couldn't stop looking at Jia Zheng. Useless bastard." After all, he didn't dare to go against Jia Mu's wishes and let him go with the servants, and turned around to talk with the guests.Here, Baoyu rushed around and cupped his hands casually, then followed Yuanyang to Rongfu, and said to the servant girl as he walked, "Please trouble me to come and save me."

Yuanyang knew his idiot nature, so he just smiled and told him which sister came to the banquet today.Others just let it go, but when they heard Daiyu coming, Baoyu couldn't bear it even more, and walked westwards, trotting so quickly that even the mandarin ducks couldn't catch up.Coming out from the corner gate of Ning Mansion, and entering through the corner gate of Rong Mansion, Yuanyang hurriedly pulled him away and explained: "Today, all the wives and wives are here, so I dare not do whatever I want as usual. If Miss Lin is offended, I can't say I won't come here again." Baoyu smiled and turned back to her and said, "I know it, thank you sister for reminding me."

The two walked to the main hall one after the other. Baoyu waited for the maid to take the futon and kowtow to Jia Mu to celebrate her birthday.Baoyu just got up and saluted with relatives, parents and seniors again.The mistresses of the various families praised the child for being well-born, well-mannered, and spiritual. Finally, she followed the old lady to the side, and the maids came up and led Baoyu to sit beside Jiamu, and shouted again outside. The opera troupe continued to sing, and the zigzag singing came across the river, giving it a sense of tranquility.Baochai, Daiyu, Xiangyun and others sat on the lower table and got together to talk and laugh with Tanchun. Baoyu sat on the main table and scratched her head anxiously. I dare not make mistakes, it is really uncomfortable.

After finally staying up for about half an hour, when the banquet was over, the relatives took their daughters and left first. Daiyu was pulling Baochai to talk, and when she didn't check her head for a moment, she saw Baoyu standing in her way, her face flushed. There is a state of wanting to speak.He didn't know what he was going to say, and the mandarin ducks behind him came to look worriedly, and when they saw Baoyu, they rushed over and said, "Baoyu! The old ancestor is looking for you, so I have to wait for the second master to come over soon, why don't you hurry up and follow me At this time, Mrs. Xue also asked Xu Ying to go out to find a few younger sisters to say goodbye, and it was a coincidence that they happened to run into each other.Baoyu cares most about girls, his head is full of Daiyu, whom he hasn't seen for a long time, and when he turns around, there is another girl he has never seen before, and he forgets his old friend in an instant, turning sideways and bowing to Xuying. "I don't know which family my sister is from? I'm blind, so I didn't recognize it." Baochai was afraid that he would be rude to her sister-in-law, so she hurried over to Xuying and Baoyu and said, "This is my brother's newly married sister-in-law. Uncle Bingzheng is looking for the old ancestor, why don't you hurry up!"

Baoyu was a little afraid of her, so he had to get out of the way and watched Daiyu sneak into the main room with her head bowed among the female family members of Xue's family.When Mrs. Xue came out with the girls to bid farewell to Jiamu, she was blocked outside under the sun again, holding back for a long time and saying: "My dear sister, you just have to be at ease." Daiyu was full of lawsuits and wanted to hide go to the sky.Finally, there was Mrs. Xue who didn't dare to be presumptuous in Baoyu, and stood by the road to watch the group get in the car and leave.

The author has something to say: Here I have adjusted the timeline of Yuanchun. In the original book, the emperor has not changed at this time, and Yuanchun is still a virtuous concubine, but it will soon be the end of the road.It's different here. If it is rewritten as the collapse of the Jia family caused by the power struggle between the two generations of emperors, then Yuan Chun will become a concubine.Because the main scope of the original work is really in the Rongguo Mansion, there is no direct description of the external society. I wrote in front of me to arrange the plot and consciously changed the timeline of Yuanchun.