The alternative life of the clever sister of the Red Chamber

"Qiaoer is very reasonable!" Jia Zheng's voice suddenly sounded, and then Jia Zheng strode in. Jia Baoyu, who was still holding his head up and looking unhappy, quickly lowered his head and hid behind Jia's mother.

Mrs. Wang was also worried about Jia Zheng's sudden anger, so she quickly stood up with a smile, "It's so early, why did the master come here?"

Jia Zheng snorted, "Why did I come here? If I hadn't come, how could I have heard such a bizarre story and your second wife's wonderful remarks! How old is Baoyu? How old is Qiaoer? You have the face Blame Qiaoer for not reminding Baoyu in time! As an elder, you are so unkind!"

These words are already very strong, Li Wan, Sanchun and Lin Daiyu all stood up, Madam Wang blushed, with tears in her eyes, "Master, how did you say this, everyone knows how I treat Qiao'er on weekdays Yes, no worse than Baoyu! How can I afford the master's unkindness!"

Jia Zheng snorted coldly, "You know whether you are kind or not, so I won't argue with you! Baoyu, come here!"

Jia Baoyu flinched behind Jia's mother. Although Jia's mother was dissatisfied with Jia Baoyu's behavior, she felt a little distressed when she saw Jia Baoyu like this, so she wanted to say a few words for Jia Baoyu. Jia Zheng didn't wait for Jia's mother to speak. He said, "Old lady, listen to what your son has to say first. If what your son says is wrong, you can teach him again. He will say nothing."

Jia's mother had no choice but to give up and patted Jia Baoyu's shoulder, "Go, the old ancestor is here, the master will not beat you."

Jia Baoyu stepped forward shyly, not daring to raise his head, but whispered, "Master."

Looking at this son, Jia Zheng sighed helplessly, thinking that he was over half a hundred years old, and now there were only two sons under his knees, one concubine and one concubine. With conscience, he said that Jia Huan was better than Baoyu.Thinking of his elder brother who died young, Jia Zheng immediately swallowed back the words he wanted to reprimand Baoyu. The inner house of Jia's mansion is a peach blossom garden for a lifetime, alas!That's all, now I only hope that God blesses him so that he can be so innocent for the rest of his life!Perhaps this is also a blessing.I hope he never wakes up from his dream in his life!

Thinking of this, Jia Zheng shook his head in dismay, "Forget it, I won't say much, anyway, you won't listen to it anyway. But there is one thing, you are already engaged now, although a man's family is no better than a daughter's family There are those rules and etiquette, but you should think about your future. No matter what you do, you must support your family. After you get married and have children, you must have an old lady to support your family! Others do too I'm impatient with my career and economy, and I'm thinking about the life of idle clouds and wild cranes, but why can people have the best of both worlds, why can't you do it? Think about it for yourself!" After speaking, he sighed and left with his hands behind his hands.

For some reason, everyone looked at Jia Zheng's back with a sense of forlornness.But what Jia Zheng said was reasonable, and even Mrs. Jia Muwang was speechless to refute. After all, no matter how much they doted on Baoyu, they knew that it was impossible to keep Baoyu for a lifetime.

Just as Jia's mother was about to say something, Jia Baoyu jumped three feet high, "That's great, hey, it's strange, why is the master so easy to talk this time, so easy to let me go! I thought, at the very least, You are going to scold me!"

Mother Jia swallowed all the words she had said, turned her head to see Madam Wang with a gloomy expression, and shook her head in her heart, that's all, that's all, his father doesn't care, why bother to be such a wicked person!

Mrs. Wang didn't think like Jia Mu and Jia Zheng. Although she also expected Baoyu to be famous, in her heart, Baoyu was the only intelligent person in the world.No matter how bad it is, Yuan Chun is still there. As long as Yuan Chun is there, can he still watch his own brother suffer?Therefore, Mrs. Wang's depression disappeared after a while.

She looked at Jia Wan who was standing beside her, smiled and beckoned her to come to her, "Qiao girl, it was the wife's bad tone just now, which scared you! Good boy, don't blame the wife, just treat it like a muddled wife Come on!"

Jia Wan wouldn't call her the truth. Could it be that if you say a few nice words, you will think that you can surpass Baoyu in your heart?Therefore, she just smiled and said: "What did the wife say? If the wife cares about it, it's just chaos. It's just that I didn't say it. It's just that these are just some guesses on my part. They can't be taken seriously, and there were so many people at that time. I was a little The family of children can't rashly stand up and criticize their uncle, others will think that there are no rules in our house when they see it!"

Jia's mother smiled and nodded, "What we Qiaoer said is quite right. Baoyu, these days, just listen to your master's words, don't go out, and think about it at home. Even if you are pretending, you have to pretend. Wait for you Master's anger is gone, let's go out again! You also order to go down, look at the gates, and don't let Baoyu go out casually."

Mrs. Wang was worrying about how to persuade Baoyu to stay at home, so that he would not have to go with Aunt Xue's house on the day of the banquet. There was no reason why Jia Mu said so, so she nodded in agreement immediately.

Jia Baoyu went back to Yihong Courtyard resentfully, Tanchun and Xichun also walked back slowly, Xichun looked at the dark Grand View Garden, recalled the bright lights on the day of visiting relatives in Yuanchun, and Jia Zheng's back today, feeling inexplicable in his heart Be sad. "Third sister, do you think the second brother is so good?"

Jia Tanchun smiled wryly, "You are like a mirror in your heart, and you actually came to ask me. After all, among the sisters, you and I are the most pitiful. Although the second sister was not cared about in the past, what is the second brother Lian and Sister-in-law Feng's heart?" With a younger sister like her, the second elder brother Lian was the one who set up the bridge for the second elder sister's marriage! Although elder sister Lin came from a poor background, there is an old lady who sincerely decides for her. Send all kinds of things to Sister Lin. But look at you and me. If you don’t worry about your anger, you and I both have an older brother. Brother Zhen is still your biological brother, but it’s better not to have such an older brother. Alas! Now our family , It looks good on the outside, but the inside is no longer what it used to be. Not to mention the time when Aunt Min was here, it was even worse when Sister-in-law Feng was there. The queen has not yet given birth to a prince, and she will really give birth in the future Prince, I'm afraid there will be more money sent in. Although there will be more money coming out at that time, how can those money be collected easily, and they will all have to be returned in the future!"

Jia Xichun looked nervous, stepped forward to cover Jia Tanchun's mouth, looked around, but fortunately there was no one else nearby, "Third Sister, you are going to die! You can say such things!"

Jia Tanchun was also furious for a while, and she also had some intentions to win over the fourth sister, so she said such words, "Fourth sister, I was just talking in front of you. I thought I had some tricks , thinking to please my wife, I can take over the power of housekeeper, so I can rectify it, even if it can’t be cured, it can alleviate one or two, who knows, I have offended my wife by acting recklessly. I also figured it out during this confinement These things, I used to think that this is the business of men outside, we boudoir girls should not take care of these things, but look at the Jia family today, which one is in charge of these things! Old lady and wife On weekdays, I thought that the second elder brother was someone with a history, and that we might rely on him to revitalize the Jia family in the future, but looking at his behavior today, he doesn't seem like a reliable person! Perhaps, the only thing we can count on in the future is Lian Er Brother. Good sister, if you believe me, you will get closer to Qiaoer in the future. Maybe she will live the best life among us!"

Jia Xichun looked at Jia Tanchun half-understood, but believed her words inexplicably.Jia Tanchun said these words in a fit of anger, and didn't know what to say for a while, so the two continued to walk forward in silence.

From far away, Lin Daiyu's delicate and weak voice came from behind, "Qiaoer, take your time, it's dark, worry about falling!"

Jia Wan's voice came later, "Don't worry, Aunt Lin, how many times have I walked this road, and I know exactly where there are raised stones, so I won't fall. Ouch!" There was an exclamation.

Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun hurriedly walked back a few steps, and saw Jia Wan sitting on the ground, Lin Daiyu stood aside angrily, scolding her, "Tell you to be careful, you won't listen! Get up, Did it hurt somewhere!"

With the help of the maid, Jia Wan stood up, her face flushed slightly, but she guessed it was not pain, but shame, she covered her buttocks, and said embarrassingly: "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all, Aunt Lin , don’t tell anyone about this! It’s really embarrassing, if I let others know, my reputation will be ruined for the rest of my life!”

Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun smiled at each other and walked out at the same time, "It's too late, we all saw it!"

Jia Wan blinked, "Third Aunt, Fourth Aunt, why are you here?" Then belatedly asked, "Have you seen what happened just now?"

Jia Xichun said with a smile: "You say you are a small person, how can you put so much thought into it, and you are still famous for a lifetime, how old are you!"

Jia Wan said embarrassingly: "I'm just talking casually." But she thought in her heart, I was just talking casually with Aunt Lin, who knew you were also beside me!

"It's so late, sister Lin and Qiao'er are still shopping in the garden! Qiao'er spent a day at Wang's house today, aren't you tired?" Jia Tanchun asked with a smile.

"I didn't go shopping much at Wang's house. My uncle, grandma, and aunt Xiluan didn't like to go to the garden. I just talked with them in the house. After sitting for a whole day, I was exhausted." Jia Wan said with a smile.

Jia Tanchun was silent for a moment, then asked again, "Is the He family's cousin-in-law really similar to Baoyu?"

Jia Wan smiled and said, "Third Aunt is wrong. Uncle He's actually not similar to Uncle Bao, but they just think the same in some aspects. How should I put it, although Uncle He also hates official career and economics, he understands that if his life What kind of situation is there without the financial support of an official career. So he chose a compromise, which not only fulfilled his parents and family, but also fulfilled himself. But Uncle Bao is different. Uncle Bao still has a naivety in his bones. In fact, he does not understand the outside world The thing is, he just doesn’t care about it, thinking that everything will be fine. I just don’t know if Uncle Bao will persevere when this innocence is broken by reality one day.” Facts have proved that no, on the surface, Jia Baoyu succumbed to the reality, read stereotyped essays, took part in the imperial examination, and his grades were not bad, but he thought it would be all right, and then escaped into Buddhism, leaving his family sad for him. Maybe Jia Baoyu is still a very selfish person in his bones!

For a while, the atmosphere was a bit dull, and finally Lin Daiyu broke the deadlock with a smile, "What's the use of us worrying about the sky here? It is said that the second elder brother has a history, and maybe one day in the future he will suddenly realize it. Why should we worry about it here? What's more, it's not our turn to worry about it! And Sister Bao! Sister Bao is the best teacher, and I think she can teach the second brother well."

Jia Tanchun has always been the most supportive of Xue Baochai, but now he listened to Lin Daiyu's words, he nodded with a smile and said: "Sister Lin said that, with Sister Bao's ability, she must be able to persuade my second elder brother to learn from him."

Lin Daiyu glanced at Jia Tanchun, then looked away, always feeling that something was different after the third sister came out this time.Thinking of the background of the third younger sister, Lin Daiyu had an epiphany, alas, the distinction between concubine and concubine is very different.Take Jia's family as an example, the daughter's family is fine, and they wear the same clothes on weekdays, and there is no distinction between high and low, but taking Baoyu and Jia Huan as examples, the distinction between the concubine and the concubine is very obvious.No wonder the third sister is like this.

"It's getting late, let's go shopping quickly, I haven't finished my homework today, and I have to write big characters after washing up." Jia Wan said with a smile.

Jia Tanchun nodded with a smile, "Qiaoer is really serious, it's so late, and she still remembers her homework! If it's like this, why go shopping, can't you go back and write earlier?"

Jia Wan shook her head with a smile, "That's not good. You're good at work and hard at play. It's the same with sports. You don't need to do it too much every day, but you have to persist. Let me tell you, don't believe it. Yes, you only look at Aunt Lin, now compared to before, you should trust me."

Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun just laughed, "We are no better than Aunt Lin, she has you as a caring niece, and she reminds you all the time, we can't do it."

Everyone laughed.Jia Wan and Lin Daiyu dropped off Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun on their way home before leaving the garden.

In the twinkling of an eye, it was December 24th, and it was snowing heavily in the sky a few days ago, but Jia Mu and Lin Daiyu still took the carriage as scheduled, and Jia Zhen took Jia Rong to escort them to the Lotus Temple, and settled down. After my mother and Lin Daiyu, I went around and checked it myself, leaving some people outside to protect me, I just left, and I agreed with Jia's mother to pick me up in five days.

On December 26th, it was Jia Min's birthday. Lin Daiyu was wearing plain clothes and silently recited the Ksitigarbha Sutra in front of Jia Min's longevity tablet. Clothes, only said softly: "Zicuckoo, I'm not cold, don't bother."

A man's voice suddenly sounded, "It's me."

Lin Daiyu was shocked, and when she looked back, it was Yang Zhenxuan, and the black cloak on her body belonged to him.Lin Daiyu hurriedly stood up, took a few steps back, and lowered her head, "Why are you here?"

Seeing her like this, Yang Zhenxuan loved her self-esteem and self-respect even more, and said softly, "Today is the lord Lingtang's birthday, how can I, as a son-in-law, not come." As he spoke, he knelt down on the futon that Lin Daiyu had knelt on just now, He read softly: "Mother-in-law, my son-in-law Yang Zhenxuan, I just came to see my mother-in-law today, please forgive my mother-in-law. Don't worry, my mother-in-law, my son-in-law will take good care of her in the future, cherish her, love her, respect her, and respect her. Dare to disobey. If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely go to the grave of my father-in-law and mother-in-law to pay homage!" Said and solemnly kowtowed three times.

Lin Daiyu stood aside, although she didn't raise her head, her eyes were already red. After a long time, she felt that he was already standing not far from her, so she said softly: "You should go back." Then, she put the cloak on her body Untied it and handed it out.

Yang Zhenxuan took the cloak and looked at her several times with nostalgia, "I'm leaving first, don't worry, no one knows I've been here. Take care of yourself, goodbye."

Yang Zhenxuan quickly left, and the whole hall was quiet again, only the sound of beeping and beeping in the brazier, as if no one had been there, Lin Daiyu knelt on the futon again, with a faint smile on her face She looked at Jia Min's longevity tablet and said silently in her heart, "Mother, he is the husband-in-law my grandmother found for Yu'er. Are you satisfied with seeing him today? He is very good and treats his daughter well. Daughter It will be fine in the future, mother, you can rest assured!"

Outside the main hall, Mother Jia was wearing a thick crane cloak, looking at this side from a distance, with a gratified smile on her face.When Yuanyang saw her, she said with a smile: "Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, the old lady is relieved, can I go back? I am not afraid of freezing." After speaking, she helped Jia Mu to go back.

Jia Mu said with a smile: "This child is usually caring. I just said, how could he not show up for such a big event. Sure enough, he still came!"

Yuanyang smiled and shook her head, the old lady looked more and more like a child now.

Here, Mother Jia was satisfied, and Xue's family over there also held a lively feast for everyone in Jia's family.The Jia family is still very respectful to the Xue family. On the male side, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and others all came, and opened four or five tables bustlingly. On the female side, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Li Wan, Tanchun, etc. , Xichun, and Jia Wan also came, as well as the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of Youshi and Hu from Dongfu. There were fewer female relatives, so they opened two tables in the Nuan Pavilion, which was also very lively.The window of the Nuan Pavilion was wide open, and it happened to be able to see a few plum blossoms in the yard outside.

Jia Xichun leaned against the window, admiring the plum blossoms for a long time, and then turned around amid Tanchun's shouts, "These plum blossoms are so good that they can be put into a painting. I'll draw them when I get home."

Xue Baochai walked over with a happy face, and added some sweet-scented osmanthus wine to Jia Xichun, "If you like it, I'll fold some for you to take with you when you leave. The third younger sister and Qiaoer also have it, and everyone has it."

Jia Wan smiled, "Aunt Xue, let's save it, don't break off the plum blossoms just because we are happy, the plum blossom tree will be bare, it's not pretty!"

Xue Baochai nodded her head with a smile. After all, she remembered the previous lesson, so she didn't dare to push hard, and just tapped lightly, "You are just a narrow-minded person."

Jia Wan smiled and looked at Xue Baochai, "Are you narrow? I have something more narrow to say, would Aunt Xue want to listen? Others are fine, but Aunt Xue should really bring something with Uncle Bao! "

When everyone heard this, they all laughed, and gathered around to tease Xue Baochai. The shamed Xue Baochai blushed. When Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue met, they just thought about it and said, "Brother Zhen's daughter-in-law is also a mother-in-law." people, and play with the children."

Although Aunt Xue felt sorry for Baochai, she also knew that they were just joking, so she just wanted to say: "Sister, leave them alone and let them make trouble. Now that they have moved here, Baochai has become more and more quiet, unlike in the past when she was in the garden." The sisters can still joke together. Now, I just think that after Pan'er marries a wife, the family will be more lively."

When Mrs. Xing heard this, she became interested, "Oh, Brother Pan is going to have a wife? Whose girl is it?"

Mrs. Wang also raised her head and looked at Aunt Xue. Aunt Xue smiled, "Hey, I'm not a daughter of a high-ranking family, but also from an imperial merchant. They grow sweet-scented osmanthus at home, and they are called Osmanthus Xia's family. The girl in their family is my daughter. See, not to mention Hua Rongyue's appearance, her personality is also neat, I see, she has the temperament of a Feng girl. Now, I only count on her to take care of Pan'er for me."

She has a similar personality to Feng girl, and she can still control Xue Pan, the overlord. Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang probably know it well, and they look at Aunt Xue with sympathy. What is so good about the Xia family that Aunt Xue can't let go of it? .But I also know that the most important thing that the Royal Merchant's family lacks is money.

Mrs. Xing felt disdainful, hum, what a bumpy year with heavy snow, it turned out to be nothing more than that!

Soon it was the New Year, and the Jia family was still very lively. After the first month passed, there was news that the Xue family was engaged to Osmanthus Xia's family. The wedding date was set on the eighth day of March.When the news reached Jia's house, Jia's mother smiled cheerfully, "That's all right, we've had the wedding wine of the second girl, and we're going to have the wedding wine of Xue's family later. Very good, very good."

Mrs. Wang's face was a little embarrassed, what's the matter with Aunt Xue, which big family is so eager to get married, this is the engagement, so can't wait! "It must be Aunt Xue who is in a hurry to hug her grandson! After all, brother Xue is not young anymore." Mrs. Xing said with a smile.Previously, Xue's family used the reason that Xue Pan was not married, so Baochai could not cross Xue Pan as an excuse, and they never proposed marriage to Baochai.Now that Baochai is already engaged, of course he must marry Xue Pan as soon as possible!

Everyone knew this truth in their hearts, so they just smiled and said nothing.

Fortunately, Jia Tanchun quickly changed the topic under Mrs. Wang's eyes and brought up the matter of adding makeup to Yingchun. Jia's mother also happily changed the subject and stopped talking about the Xue family.