Master of Karma in the Red Chamber

"As the saying goes, seek a job in its place. Since we are the descendants of the Duke's Mansion, enjoy wealth and shelter, we should make progress, learn some real skills, and give face to our ancestors. No matter how stupid we are, we should Diligence can make up for one's weakness, be cautious in words and deeds, and do your best to at least not embarrass your ancestors." Jia Qiang said.

Jia Rong nodded in agreement, "Otherwise, that would be an ungrateful, wolf-hearted idiot, even worse than the beggars on the street!"

Seeing that both Jia Qiang and Jia Rong had this epiphany, Baoyu suddenly felt that he was not the same as them.I don't know if the two of them have grown up, become sensible, and fell into the clichés of the world.Or he himself is eccentric, just like what Jia Rong said, he is an ungrateful and incompetent waste.

Baoyu felt that he had nothing to talk to them, so he bowed his head sullenly, and said goodbye to them.

Jia Rong hurriedly asked him, "What about the silver on the ground?"

"Give it to you, and you can deal with it as you like." Baoyu said, and left the tea shop in a hurry.

When he returned to Rong Mansion, because he was in a bad mood, he intended to go play with the maids in the room, and let them coax him and untie him.Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at Jiamu's courtyard, he saw his maids walking out with things in their hands.

His clothes, his teacup, his jade bottle...

"What are you doing? Why did you take all my things away?" Baoyu hurriedly stopped him and asked.

"We don't know either. After the second master left this morning, the second wife came and asked us to pack up the second master's things and send them to the front yard." She Yue pouted at Baoyu and motioned him to ask Mother Jia to find out the answer. .

Baoyu went, but saw Jia Mu's eyes were red, as if she had just cried.Mrs. Wang was also there, and her face was not very good. When he saw Baoyu coming back, he hurriedly called him over and asked him to go and coax Jia Mu.

"My son doesn't understand, why do you want those maids outside to move my things?"

"Although I want you to move to the front." Mrs. Wang replied.

Baoyu burst into tears when he heard this.

Mrs. Wang sighed, "You are not allowed to mess around! This is your father's intention, and we agree. You are almost ten years old, and you are no longer a child. You should be sensible and strive for improvement."

Seeking to improve, seeking to improve, and seeking to improve, why does everyone ask him to seek to improve?

Baoyu was unhappy and slandered, and dared not show anything in front of Mrs. Wang.He cried and threw himself into Jia Mu's arms, begging Jia Mu not to let him move away.

Jia Mu was just a little bit better. Seeing Baoyu like this, she couldn't bear to feel distressed and cried.She hugged Baoyu tightly, screaming her heart and soul for a while, then changed her mind and asked Mrs. Wang to discuss with Jia Zheng again.

Mrs. Wang wondered, "I'm afraid it's not easy to speak up. Besides, Brother Jing mentioned this matter first. He is the head of the clan and has a high position. He speaks out of the clan when he speaks. We really don't want to offend him."

When Jia Mu heard that it was Jia Jing's attention, her eyebrows twitched into a ball, and she only sighed and worried, but she couldn't say anything more.

When Baoyu heard that he was respecting Uncle, he sobbed aggrievedly. Even though he was reluctant, he had to know that there was no room for redemption, and no matter how much he complained, it would be useless, and it would only increase Jiamu's sadness.

Baoyu buried his head in Jia Mu's arms and wept silently, saying that he couldn't bear her.Mother Jia patted Baoyu on the back, distressed to death, and then scolded Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng for being cruel.

Mrs. Wang got up and bowed her head, and listened to Jia's mother's reprimand honestly, without a single complaint.

Mother Jia held Baoyu's face distressedly, wiped his tears, and her eyes fell on his neck, only to find that the jade he usually carried was gone.

Jia Mu was so shocked that she forgot to cry and asked him, "Where's Yu?"

Mrs. Wang also noticed at this time, and hurried over to confirm.

"It was fooled by me." Baoyu said.

"Did you become it? Why did you want to become it? Where did you get it?" Mrs. Wang couldn't wait to ask.

Baoyu then told them how he had treated him as jade.

Jia Mu was angry, "Your two nephews are just trying to persuade you to make progress, you just listen to it, why bother to pawn that precious thing."

Jia Mu immediately asked someone to recover it.

Not long after, someone came back and said that the piece of jade had been bought.

Mother Jia was in a hurry, "There is no reason to sell this item that has just been sold out. At this time, we must discuss it clearly with them and bring the jade back to me."

"The little one asked them the same way. The pawnshop shopkeeper said that when the second master Bao pawned things, he clearly said that if he pawned something, he would throw it away and don't return it, so he didn't even ask for a receipt. Who is such a coincidence, A customer really fell in love with that piece of jade and sold it away. Now we pay ten times the price, and the shopkeeper has nothing to do."

"What should I do?" Mother Jia took a deep breath, and patted Baoyu's shoulder helplessly, "Why do you do such a thing? If you want money, go to the cashier to get it. What do you do with that jade?" , that's the baby you brought out of your mother's womb, how can you be it!"

Mrs. Wang glared at Baoyu angrily, and scolded him as soon as she opened her mouth.

Seeing the situation, Jiamu hurriedly stopped her, "Okay, don't talk about it, the matter is already like this, it's useless if you scold him."

Mrs. Wang shook off her handkerchief, endured and endured, and finally listened to Jia's mother's words and stopped making a sound.She sent her maid to take Baoyu away, and turned to discuss with Jiamu.

"My daughter-in-law knows that you don't want him, and my wife doesn't want him either. But look at this child, he is so stupid that he can do such stupid things. I have heard people say that this child still doesn't know the difference between men and women. He always feels that he is the same as The girls are the same, they have to hang out in Nevas all their lives. He is the only legitimate son of the second room, and the second room's future depends on him. If this child doesn't know how to make progress, then our second room will have nothing to look forward to. When my father and I get old in the future, Seeing that he is still like this, I am afraid that we will not dare to die."

Mrs. Wang burst into tears as she spoke, she was really sad.Mrs. Wang has always been a person who loves to save face. Ever since her mother's family collapsed and her face became dull, she has pinned all her hopes on Baoyu.Seeing that the two nephews of Ningfu Baoyu, Brother Rong and Brother Qiang, are making progress day by day, they are good at reading, and often do good deeds. In the circle of nobles in the capital, they have gradually gained a good reputation as a modest son. .And her Baoyu, in terms of appearance and intelligence, is obviously above those two, but she is the worst. How can Mrs. Wang be reconciled.

On Jiamu's side, Mrs. Wang can see clearly.Baoyu has been pleasing to Jiamu since she was a child. Among the descendants of the family, Jiamu only sees Baoyu as the most special and believes that he will be the most promising in the future.But the old lady has changed this year, since the Chinese New Year this year.It was also because the two children, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang, were so good at greeting the old lady when they visited the Rong Mansion during the Chinese New Year.When reciting poems and composing Fu, Ying Jinger doesn't talk about it, but what he says is completely sensible and motivated.The old lady likes it very much, and everyone praises it, saying that Baoyu is far inferior to them.

These words were like thorns, piercing into Mrs. Wang's heart fiercely, but the child was raised by Jia's mother, so she couldn't intervene.Today the master finally asked her to get Baoyu out, and she was naturally determined to get this done.

Mother Jia seemed to be complaining when she heard Mrs. Wang's words. Although she was dissatisfied in her heart, she knew that Baoyu's current situation was indeed far behind compared with other children in the clan.How can this dignified young master of the Rong Mansion be compared to those offshoots of the clan, this tone is a matter of contention.

What's more, Baoyu's behavior of treating Baoyu as jade today really made her ashamed, and she dared not take on the responsibility of educating Baoyu, for fear of complaining to Luo Jiazheng and his wife.

Mother Jia simply nodded, determined not to waver.Her side said that Baoyu was missing alone, and there were still granddaughters, so she would not be too lonely.

Seeing that Jia's mother finally gave up, Mrs. Wang was secretly relieved, and then she left.

Li Wan who was outside heard the footsteps, turned around and left in a hurry to avoid meeting Mrs. Wang face to face.She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, then forced herself to remain calm, and went back to her room.

Just when the nanny came with Jia Lan in her arms, Li Wan smiled and hugged the child into her arms, "Good boy, everyone in this world doesn't care about you, and Mother cares about you. For you, Mother will do it tomorrow." No, you must fight for me and for your dead father."

Li Wan laughed with tears in his eyes, patted the naive Jia Lan on his arms, and said many heartfelt words to him.

In the evening, Li Wan had just finished her meal and was about to coax her child to learn to read when she heard someone calling her outside the window.Li Wan's maid went to open the door, and saw Baozhu, a maid beside Grandma Zhen, enter the door with a food box and a smile.

After Baozhu greeted Li Wan, she went to tease Jia Lan, "Guangyuan Restaurant is delicious."

Li Wan hurriedly asked Baozhu to pass on the message, and thank You Shi and Master Jing for her.In fact, Li Wan knew what kind of temperament Youshi was.She is a person who can't even take care of herself, and now she always remembers to ask Baozhu to deliver things and care about her every now and then, just because of Master Jing's special instructions to pity their orphans and widows.Naturally, Li Wan wanted to sincerely thank the Lord.

Baozhu saw that Li Wan's heart was clear, she smiled and said nothing, but hinted to her: "The last layer of the food box is reserved for the eldest grandma. There is still waiting for my reply, so she went first." Baozhu saluted , then hurried away.

Li Wan moved the food box and turned to the last floor, but there was Zhang's deed.Take a closer look, it is actually a shop, in the most prosperous area of ​​the capital, it should have income every month, which can subsidize their women's expenses.Li Wan turned his head to look at the window on the east side, the paper on the corner of the window was torn, it was time to change it.Otherwise, the strong wind at night would make the child catch cold and get sick, which would be her mother's great sin.

Li Wan's heart was warm, but tears fell down.It's all because her family is poor, and there is no valuable dowry to cover the expenses. Fortunately, Lan'er has a good grandfather.When Lan'er grows up and is sensible, she must make this child remember his kindness for the rest of his life.

Besides Baoyu, after moving to live in the South Courtyard next to Rongxi Hall that night, he suddenly found that the four wing rooms in the courtyard were all lit up, and there seemed to be a faint sound of reading.Baoyu wanted to find out about it from the maids. After calling for a long time, she found that the maids such as Sheyue and Qingwen who were by her side were gone. They are all young servants, each of them is obedient, without the slightest cleverness of Mingyan.

When Baoyu opened his mouth, he threw fire and asked what happened.At this time, the people in the east and west compartments seemed to have heard the noise and opened the doors one after another.Only then did Jia Amnesty discover that four students from the school lived in this courtyard. Although they were also children of the Jia family, Baoyu had never had any contact with them when they were in the school.

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