A visit to Fangchun

Baoyu lowered his head.

Tanchun didn't raise his eyes to look, but he knew it clearly. While drinking, he continued, "Second brother, actually, I know that in your heart, the old lady and these uncles and brothers are nothing."

Baoyu was busy talking, but was cut off by Tanchun: "You don't have to deny it—but second brother, if you think about it carefully, what about other people? Second sister, fourth younger sister, sister Lin, sister Yun, Xiren Qingwen, Yuanyang Ping'er, What about us people? We have never harmed anyone, we have never been stained with blood, and we have never violated our moral conscience because of managing the world. How are we guilty?"

Baoyu's raised face dropped again.

Tanchun cast his eyes out of the window: "Second brother, I know that it is extremely difficult to force you to do these foolish things. I will give you another three months. Three months later, if you still refuse to Make a decision, and I will leave Jia's mansion as I said just now."

Baoyu rested her hands on her knees, buried her face almost between her shoulders, and said nothing.

When Cui Mo came to clear the table, he only drank a pot of wine, the dishes moved slightly, and the big bowl of rice was already too cold, but not a single grain of rice was moved.

After Baoyu left, Xiaochan came in, and now the inner room whispered to Tanchun about the movements in the morning: "...I heard that you went back to the room after breakfast, and everyone at the wife's side walked much more lightly. Later, Baoyu The second master went, and the wife's room broke a few things "accidentally", and the wife's crying could be heard in the yard. When the second master Debao left, tea and snacks were passed in the wife's room, Sister Caiyun I sent him out with sister Jin Chuaner, smiling all over my face. But then I heard that Master Bao came to our house to have lunch with you, so the door of my wife’s room was tightly closed again. After lunch When Wu Xiang's family came in, Sister Caiyun and Sister Jin Chuan'er were taken away. Later, Sister Jin Chuan'er came back first, but did not enter the house. She stood outside for a while, waiting for Sister Caiyun to come back. So he dragged her to the ear room together. When Wu Xiang's family was leaving, they called out in the yard to ask Sister Jin Chuan'er to come in and serve, and the two of them came out of the ear room together."

"Auntie's side is doing very well. Last night I cried in my arms for the third master. I got up early this morning and sent the third master to study in a proper manner. After that, I didn't leave the room all day. Listen to the girl, The lunch was delicious."

"Everyone in Second Grandma's room is very tight-lipped, and I can't find out anything. It's just that Sister Ping'er went to the place where Xue's family lives today, and the two or three servants who followed carried a lot of things in their hands. I don't know what it is. What. This is inappropriate, and the gift filial piety at the beginning and end of the month is not enough. The servants can't guess."

"Miss Lin and Miss Smith, the two chatted for a long time last night, and the lights were turned off at four o'clock. I fell asleep very much this morning, and I took an early afternoon nap. I'm afraid I'm going to catch up on sleep now."

"As for the grandma and the girls, they acted as if nothing had happened. Just do what you want. It's not different at all. Especially Lang Geer, who was not at the lantern riddle meeting yesterday. The servants met on the road and teased him Why didn't he go last night, he said, the master didn't call him, why did he go, why did he ask, why did he need to know. Then he went to school."

Tanchun remembered that when Jia Zheng came back last night, the mother and daughter of the Xue family turned a deaf ear to him, knowing that they had already made up their minds, so now they could be regarded as watching the lively affairs of Jia's mansion with cold eyes.Then he sneered, and said in a low voice: "Go find Zhao Momo's daughter Xing'er, and let her..."

Tanchun, who had basically given up hope for Baoyu, had to start planning by himself.

Another day later, Concubine Yuan handed down the decree, saying that she had arranged the order of the inscriptions and chants when visiting relatives, and ordered Tanchun to copy them all, and ordered Leshi to record them; Fenggu, with many sisters in his family, went in to live, and Baoyu also went in to study.

Jia Zheng frowned when he heard this decree, why does the empress focus on such trivial matters now?Thinking of the fear of Yuanchun expressed by the empress when Baochai entered the palace last time, she could barely interpret her daughter's behavior as keeping a low profile and showing people innocence and triviality.So he called Baoyu to tell him: "Your Majesty heard that you are becoming more and more desolate, and ordered you to be banned. You should study in the garden with your sisters. If you are in trouble, you can be careful!"

Because in front of visiting the three sisters and Jia Huan, Aunt Zhao and others, Mrs. Wang is not good at contradicting Jia Zheng, not to mention that it is only natural for my father to teach his son a lesson, so he laughed and pulled Baoyu to sit down, and wentssip to share with Jia. The god of politics, chasing Baoyu to ask about taking medicine and eating.Unexpectedly, Jia Zheng frowned and interrupted: "He is growing up day by day, don't just ask him about his parents, he will be the most established man in the family in the future, and his mind should be on studying and business. You just need to worry about these trivial matters." Just call the servant girl to give orders." He stared at Baoyu and yelled him away: "Aren't you going to study? Get out!"

Baoyu hurried away with a puff of smoke.Jia Zheng also warned the sisters a few words: "After all, the garden is a place where your mother visits relatives. You should live carefully and cherish it. You and Xue Lin are visitors. You and other sisters should treat each other well and live in harmony."

Ying Tanxi agreed in unison.

Jia Zheng glanced at Jia Huan, hesitated for a while, and said, "Your Majesty has no will, and Huan'er is getting older, so I can live outside the garden with peace of mind, and go to school closer."

Tanchun indifferently looked at the corners of Mrs. Wang's proudly curved lips, and stood up respectfully: "Master please, since I have been asked to take care of Huan'er's studies, why don't I just move to the East Small Yard."

Mrs. Wang wished that Aunt Zhao, mother and son would be far away from the Grand View Garden, so that they could be handled under her nose.But after hearing what Tanchun said, I was afraid that if Jia Zheng would agree, I was afraid that Concubine Yuan would think that she was trying to tease Tanchun on purpose, so she said in a low voice, "San girl, how old are you? Are you really using yourself?" Become a teacher? Huan'er's homework is in charge of the school, you usually just look at his homework book for three to five days. Besides, you have to live in the garden, and you have to come out every day to give the old lady a morning and evening schedule For the sake of saving money, let’s go to see Huan’er, what’s the trouble? Sure enough, if you’re serious about not going in because of this, how can you let your sister, sister-in-law and sister-in-law live there with peace of mind?”

Jia Zheng heard that it made sense, Nian Xu nodded, and said: "My wife is right. The third girl should not be left-handed. At worst, Mrs. Ming'er and the empress will ask for an order to let Huan'er also enter the garden."

Admission? !

Like Baoyu, can't you hang out with big girls and little girls every day?How snobbish are those people, and how many stories have they caused? Is it okay to send Jia Huan in to give them a foot?

Tanchun calmly but resolutely objected: "That's not necessary. Huan'er goes in, what will Auntie do? She also goes in? What about the other people? It's getting more and more chaotic. I'd better follow my wife's idea and I'll run back and forth."