The Fenghua Years of the Red Chamber

After the three of Wang Xifeng settled down, they opened a shop specializing in north-south goods in Fucheng, Pingyuan. With the help of the Zhang family, the business was booming. Under the circumstances, Wang Xifeng valued Li Xiucai, who had a simple family, a permanent property, and a scholarly background, and the marriage date was set after Qiaojie and Ji.

It is said that changes are worse than plans. When Wang Xifeng was preparing for Qiaojie's wedding, it happened that the Empress Dowager passed away. The emperor ordered to observe filial piety for one year, so Qiaojie's marriage was delayed. After dying of illness, the family has to observe filial piety for three years. This delay was already over when Sister Qiao got married.

This unprepared change made Wang Xifeng push back her original plan again and again, until a letter from Yingchun completely killed her idea of ​​going to northern Xinjiang for a husband and wife reunion.

It turned out that after Jia Lian was in northern Xinjiang, after three years of imprisonment, he became a citizen. First, relying on his connections, he opened a shop. Later, he asked Zhao Yi to arrange a military post for Jia Cong. The days gradually passed. It's booming.Then a matchmaker came to propose a marriage. Mrs. Xing objected at first, but later she saw that Wang Xifeng was not coming, so Jia Amnesty made the decision to marry Jia Lian's wife Hong.

The Hong family is the daughter of Zhao Yi's colleague. Because of the death of their fiancé, she assumed the name of Kefu. She is getting older and older, and she is going to be an old girl at home. I don't know where I know Jia Lian. Marry Jia Lian.

After Wang Xifeng received the letter, unexpectedly, there was no sadness, only the idea that finally came.Maybe it's because she subconsciously knew there would be such a day, maybe it's because they really don't have the fate to grow old forever.

Wang Xifeng did not inform Qiaojie of this news, lest she take all the blame on herself. After Qiaojie got married, she wanted to take Brother Peng to live there. When Wang Xifeng went to northern Xinjiang, Wang Xifeng thought Qiaojie was the bride's Reasons for refusing, and later citing Qiao Jie's pregnancy, Peng Ge'er's illness and inseparable people and other reasons to refuse.

It wasn't until ten years later that Qiao Jie became the mother of three children, and Peng Geer had grown into a handsome young man. Wang Xifeng finally told the truth. It can't be like this.

"Silly girl, you are now a mother. Don't you know that children are mother's heart and soul? Mother is willing to do anything for you. Don't blame your grandfather and father. Your grandfather ransacked the house back then, and the northern Xinjiang was bitterly cold. Your grandfather tried everything It was only after finding a way to send the two of you out that your father prepared your food and clothing expenses," Wang Xifeng said comfortingly.

"What happened to Brother Mao?" Sister Qiao asked.

"I heard from your aunt Lin that Brother Mao has already passed the examination of a scholar, married a wife and had children, and you are now an aunt." Wang Xifeng replied with a smile. After knowing that Jia Lian was married, she sent a letter and broke the relationship with Jia Lian. connect. "Your grandfather and father are both in good health, and they are living a good life now. They are not as rich as they were back then, but they are also leisurely. They are enjoying the family happiness with their children and grandchildren around their knees. Sure enough, if you lose, you will gain."

"Mother, don't you regret it? Regret not going to northern Xinjiang with grandma." Sister Qiao still remembered what happened back then.

"Whether I regret it now or not, I'm already a grandmother, and I still think about it." Wang Xifeng couldn't tell if he regretted it or not. Maybe the fate of their husband and wife was over long ago. Staying by her side is the greatest reward God has given her.

Wang Xifeng looked at the three grandchildren who were playing outside, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he turned to Brother Peng and said, "You are good at studying. After you are selected as a scholar, I will have someone take you to northern Xinjiang to meet your father." Brother Peng is the legitimate son of the Jia family, and he always wants to recognize his ancestors and return to his clan.

Northern Xinjiang, Jia's Mansion, ten years later, the Jia family is considered a rich family in the local area. Jia Mao waited for his legitimate son to be three years old, then knelt down in front of his grandfather, claiming to go to Pingyuan Mansion to visit his mother and younger brother. Jia Lian was silent for a long time , let everyone retreat, leaving only Jia Mao, and said: "Brother Mao, there is one thing I didn't tell you. You are not a son of a concubine, but a son of a concubine." Jia Lian told the whole story for the sake of convenience, and finally said: "Brother Mao, go back and think carefully. After three days, if you haven't changed your mind, I will give you the address."

Looking at the back of Jia Mao leaving, Jia Lian was in a daze. He hadn't thought of that gorgeous and pungent woman for many years. One year, two years, three years, five years, it seemed that he hadn't thought of it since the birth of his youngest son. Bar.After Mrs. Hong came in, she gave Jia Lian two sons and a daughter. Gradually, Mrs. Hong and her children gradually merged into his life, while that beautiful figure gradually faded away.

The facts concealed in the past had a great impact on Jia Mao. He did not expect that the woman he had been thinking about in his heart for many years was not his own mother. When he went to see his aunt, he didn't know what kind of identity he would use to face Wang Xifeng.

After Jia Lian found out about Jia Mao's decision, he only said yes. He didn't know whether he was disappointed or relieved. Over the years, Jia Lian could only know about Wang Xifeng and the others' movements from the few words of the Zhang family, and knew that they were doing well. I can't picture the shadow of the mother and child in my mind.

Jia Mao's actions broke the previous peace of Jia's mansion, only then did the Hong family know that besides Jia Mao, Jia Lian also had Jia Peng, the son-in-law. Jia She and Mrs. Xing valued their children and grandchildren the most. They still remember Peng's appearance when he was a child. , not mentioning it all these years does not mean that they have forgotten it.The two of them saved a lot of things in private, and they will give Brother Peng'er a bride price in the future, and Brother Peng'er is the real grandson of their Jia family.

Madam Hong was not at ease, so she went to ask Yingchun about Wang Xifeng and his son-in-law. When she married into Jia's family, she only knew about Jia Lian's divorce and didn't know anything about Wang Xifeng.Jia Yingchun was silent for a long time and said: "Sister-in-law, things are different and people are different. First, my sister-in-law's natal family was also down and out. Now she is living in the south with her children, why should my sister-in-law be troubled?" Brother, she can't just see Jia Lian lonely.

Seeing that Mrs. Hong couldn't pass the hurdle in her heart, Yingchun sighed and said: "Sister-in-law, my former sister-in-law is a free and easy person. When she found out that my brother was going to get married, she cut off contact with her family. There has never been any correspondence, she and her elder brother, the relationship between husband and wife in this life is over, the biggest connection is Brother Peng."

According to Yingchun, Mrs. Hong can't compare with Wang Xifeng in terms of ability, appearance, and family, but there is one thing that Mrs. Hong is much better than Wang Xifeng, that is, Jia Lian is always the first. Relatively speaking, Wang Xifeng is still too strong some.Sometimes Jia Yingchun couldn't help thinking that if Wang Xifeng was not so capable, Jia Lian would not rest assured to abandon her and leave her children to her to raise alone, which would not lead to the current situation. can not say it clearly.

In the end, Yingchun didn't mention Wang Xifeng's matter to Mrs. Hong, lest Mrs. Hong would compare in her heart, and other things would come out. I just told Mrs. Hong not to think too much, anyway, Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian have no relationship in this life.

A few years later, Peng Geer became a scholar and married Zhang Qingping's youngest daughter. After three dynasties returned home, Wang Xifeng let the young couple embark on a journey to return to their hometown to worship their ancestors. It took nearly two years to visit relatives in the far northern Xinjiang, and they happened to be in time to send Jia She to his death. Jia She saw his grandson with his eyes closed, and he died without regret.

The coffin of Jia She was sent back to Jinling by brothers Jia Mao and Jia Peng. The two brothers married Jia She in front of Jia She's grave. After the funeral, they went to Pingyuan Mansion together. Wang Xifeng met Jia who had not seen him for more than ten years. Mao, tears welled up in his eyes.

Many years later, when the new emperor ascended the throne, Jia Peng won the Enke examination. Although it was only the top three, it was not bad. Jia Peng was released as a county magistrate, and then became an official in different places. Wang Xifeng never left Pingyuan Mansion. , It was not until Jia Peng was transferred to the capital that Wang Xifeng followed him into Beijing.

Wang Xifeng is nearly sixty years old, and her body is still very strong. Time has given her special treatment. Apart from adding a head of white hair, her appearance has not changed. At this time, Jia Mao was also transferred to the capital as an official. To avoid embarrassment, Wang Xifeng never saw Jia Mao Wife and children, only Jia Mao is allowed to come to the door.

Wang Xifeng knew that Jia Mao brought Jia Lian and his wife to live in the capital, but they did not see each other. After many years, the relationship has faded and there is no need to entangle. Never attended, the two have never met, they have only heard of each other, have not seen each other.

One year, when Wang Xifeng celebrated her birthday, Mrs. Hong finally couldn't bear it anymore and followed Jia Mao to celebrate her birthday. When Wang Xifeng heard that she was coming, she was startled at first, and then smiled relieved. She, Wang Xifeng, accompanied Jia Lian through the most splendid years of her life, and Mrs. Hong spent the rest of her life with Jia Lian.No one can tell which is more important, but the relationship between her and Jia Lian may have been dispersed when the house was raided.She was relieved, but Mrs. Hong took it to heart and couldn't help smiling.After seeing Mrs. Hong, she smiled brightly, still as bright as before, but with the precipitation of years added.

A few years later, Wang Xifeng suddenly wanted to take a walk in the original Rongning Street. The Rongning Second Mansion back then was now given to the prince and grandson. Wang Xifeng still remembered the prosperity and decline of the Rongning Second Mansion back then. The prosperity of the past has been restored, but it is a pity that things have changed and people have changed.At the corner, I came across a carriage in Jia Mao's mansion, and it was Jia Lian sitting in it. Wang Xifeng got out of the carriage and saluted Jia Lian.

Having not seen each other for decades, both of them had gray hair, and they were relatively speechless, but relieved, they got into their cars and left.Wang Xifeng passed away the next day, and Jia Peng was ordered to bury her in the small village of Pingyuan Mansion, where she spent most of her life.

After Jia Lian knew about it, he stood silent for a long time, leaving only a long sigh.

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Jia Lian had complicated feelings for Wang Xifeng, love and hate at the same time. She was young and energetic, pungent and bright, always relying on the power of the old lady and the Wang family to overwhelm his husband, and she was jealous. In the end, he was forced to have sex with some married men.

Suddenly, one day, Wang Xifeng changed, and Jia Lian, the person next to her pillow, felt her change most clearly, as if she had completely changed. The reason why she recorded it under her own name was just a dream, a last word.It was also this dream that allowed Jia Lian to know the life and death of the Rongguo Mansion, and let him know more about his father, that old dandy who everyone said was greedy and lustful.

Jia Lian sometimes wondered in his heart whether Wang Xifeng was possessed by some kind of ghost, but seeing that her daily routine had not changed, he felt relieved and spent the happiest years of his life with her.Wang Xifeng seemed to be frightened by that dream, and seemed to be a prophet, she could predict

Or seeing something and trying to change it.

Later, when Wang Xifeng dreamed that the Rongguo mansion ransacked the house and was looking for Brother Mao, Jia Lian had already woken up. When Wang Xifeng woke up, he only remembered to look for Brother Mao and the child, but he didn't know that she was in a dream. She explained that she had never lent money or manipulated power in this life, why Rongguo Mansion was ransacked, and she was still crying in her dream that it was she who killed the master and him. At that time, Jia Lian had a guess in his heart .

During Wang Xifeng's pregnancy, Jia Lian once saw Wang Xifeng say to the child in her stomach: "Baby, mother will let you be born safely in this life, not like a miscarriage in the previous life." When the fetus was five months old, Wang Xifeng suddenly became very nervous and lay on the bed. She hugged her stomach tightly on the bed and did not get out of bed for a whole day. Wang Xifeng did not recover until the day passed. Jia Lian keenly noticed that Wang Xifeng had a different joy than before. Later, something happened. Jia Lian has confirmed that Wang Xifeng beside him is indeed Wang Xifeng, who has changed people and has lived all her life.

Jia Lian found out that Wang Xifeng had been making preparations for the house raid, and stepped up with his father to arrange a way out.He has been observing Wang Xifeng casually, pondering every sentence of Wang Xifeng in his heart, guessing whether there are other meanings in every sentence of hers, he can't relax around Wang Xifeng at all.

Later, he took a concubine's room in order to relax himself physically and mentally. It was also a test for Wang Xifeng, but Wang Xifeng didn't care. As long as the Zhou family didn't take the initiative to provoke him, he would pretend that this person didn't exist, so Jia Lian couldn't figure it out. Wang Xifeng's thoughts, Wang Xifeng only had children in his eyes, and his husband seemed to be a tool to protect his children from wind and rain, so he didn't care at all.

Later, after returning to Beijing, Wang Xifeng became more cautious. He gradually distanced himself from the old lady and Mrs. Wang, and restrained the children from getting close to them. Master prepared for the worst.After seeing Wang Xifeng distribute the purse and amulets containing the banknotes to everyone, and hand over the deeds to the people close to him who serve him, Jia Lian knew that Rongguo

The government's disaster has arrived.

Sure enough, the Rongguo Mansion was ransacked, and he and his father were imprisoned. After careful consideration, he wrote a letter of divorce, and tried his best to hand over the children born to her to be raised by her. Jia Lian believed that even without him, Wang Xifeng had the ability to survive Suffer any grievances to bring up their children.

When Jia Lian was dispatched to leave Beijing, through the crowd, he saw Wang Xifeng dressed as an ordinary peasant woman, who had washed away all the glory, leaving only perseverance. He saw the word "rest assured" from Wang Xifeng's mouth. Unexpectedly, this will be the last intersection of their lives.

When they arrived in northern Xinjiang, it was bitterly cold in northern Xinjiang, but Jia Lian and his son did not suffer much grievances. At the beginning, Jia Lian thought of Wang Xifeng from time to time and wanted to know how they were doing. To Wang Xifeng, but Jia Lian was very disappointed, Wang Xifeng went to Pingyuan Mansion.But Mrs. Xing brought good news, saying that Wang Xifeng would come after Qiaojie got married, so Jia Lian waited for another two years, only to be disappointed.

Later, at the discretion of his father, Jia Lian married his wife, the Hong family. Soon after, he received Wang Xifeng's last letter. When he married his wife, Jia Lian knew that there was no possibility for the two of them in this life. The gentleness slowly occupied his heart, and Wang Xifeng's shadow gradually faded away.Until Jia Mao suddenly went to the south to see her, for some unknown reason, Jia Lian told Jia Mao about his life experience. Jia Mao thought for a long time and decided to cancel the trip. Jia Lian couldn't tell what he was feeling inside.

Jia Lian thought of Wang Xifeng again. It was his son, Jia Peng, who had passed the examination and came to visit relatives with his wife. Jia She was overjoyed. As Jia Lian expected, Wang Xifeng did not come. The relationship between father and son is relatively estranged, and Jia Lian blames all this on the long separation.

Jia Lian didn't expect that Wang Xifeng would stay in Pingyuan Mansion all the time. Even though her son and daughter were officials outside, she still stubbornly stayed in Pingyuan Mansion until Jia Peng was transferred to the capital. Wang Xifeng avoided seeing them. The family never mentioned this matter, and Jia Lian felt in his heart that it would be good for everyone.

After all, the Hong family cared about Wang Xifeng, couldn't bear it, and went to Wang Xifeng's birthday banquet, and came back like a deflated ball. Jia Lian said to persuade: "I said I won't let you go, but you just want to go." , that man is bright and bright, and he does things neatly. In terms of ability, I am not as good as you. Are you going to seek punishment?" Jia Lian patted Hong's hand to comfort her, but she couldn't help guessing Wang Xifeng's current appearance in her heart.

Jia Lian did not expect that the last meeting between him and Wang Xifeng was so hasty and short-lived. Wang Xifeng was still as cheerful as when he was young. They were not tearful, but relatively silent.The next day, Wang Xifeng passed away.

Wang Xifeng was not getting married, Jia Lian had already made the decision to bury Wang Xifeng's coffin beside him, but Wang Xifeng didn't give him any chance at all, and ordered someone to bury herself in that small village in Pingyuan Mansion.

After Jia Lian died, he ordered that his most beloved thing, the purse that Qiaojie left him when she was sent away, be buried with him. This purse has always been treasured by Jia Lian. The filial piety of the children was not until Jia Lian's death, when Sister Qiao inadvertently said that the purse was Wang Xifeng's handicraft, and everyone suddenly realized it.

It's not that I don't miss it, but that the fate is over.