The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

With a "slap", Jia Zhen slapped Jia Rong's face hard.Immediately, five red and swollen finger marks appeared on Jia Rong's fair face.

The 12-year-old Jia Rong subconsciously covered her face with her hands, and immediately lowered her head, her eyes fell on her toes, and she dared not say a word.

Jia Zhen's actions immediately frightened Youshi.He hurriedly got up to stop him, and persuaded him: "It's alright, why are you beating him?"

Jia Zhen sneered, and immediately told all about Jia Rong playing tricks behind his back and secretly instigating the family servants to show off to everyone in the You family.Because one of the four women belonged to Lai Sheng's family.Because everyone obeyed Jia Rong's order, they didn't take this matter seriously at first. Unexpectedly, the third sister You took out a bottle of fragrance rewarded by the prince and shocked everyone. Lai Sheng's family was not at ease. , and explained the matter to her husband Lai Sheng.Lai Sheng is the chief steward of Ningguo Mansion. After hearing what Fa's wife said, although he was a little jealous of the Chen family's snobbery, he didn't take it seriously. However, he told Lai Sheng's family to keep his mouth shut. That's all.

Who would have thought that Lai Sheng's family would stop talking after hearing what their husband said, but the other three women were not cautious and reticent.Everyone only regarded this matter as a conversation after drinking, and spread it casually.

So one pass two, two pass three, within a day's time, the whole house was full of uproar.However, the rules of the Ningrong Second Mansion have always been to deceive the superior and not conceal the inferior.So at this time, Jia Zhen still didn't know.And the reason why he knew this was because of another person——

This person is Jiao Da.It is an old slave of Ningguo Mansion.Since I was a child, I have followed the old man of Ningguo Mansion three or four times as soldiers, and once dug out the dying old man from the pile of dead people.No food to eat, hungry to steal something for the master to eat, no water to drink, finally found half a bowl of water, and gave it to the master to drink, but he drank horse urine instead... Counting all the experiences he has experienced, it can be called loyalty .

Because of such a life-saving grace, when the old man was around, Jiao Da attached great importance to his trust.Jiao Da's day is also quite beautiful.Even if the old man had gone, although Jia Jing, Jia Zhen and the others didn't like Jiao Da's temper very much, they didn't dare to make things difficult for him.

But Jiao Da has followed the old man through ups and downs all his life. As a loyal servant, he naturally empathizes with the old man's thoughts.How can one see the misbehavior of this unworthy descendant.Therefore, he had to speak faithfully and remonstrate, but the masters of the Ningguo Mansion would not listen to him if the loyal words were harsh.As time goes by, it is inevitable to feel disgusted and alienated.Later on, it was only as if there was no one in the mansion.

Because of this, Jiao Da also felt depressed, and he became more and more decayed as he got older.There is nothing else to do except eating and drinking all day long.And after getting drunk, he often yells and complains, and gradually even the servants in the mansion and even his family are tired of it.They all refused to pay attention to him.

What happened today was that Jiao Da got drunk and started cursing again.If, as usual, Jiao Da went to sleep after getting drunk and cursing, that would be fine.But today, I don't know who played the wrong string, and sent Jiao Da an errand.Jiao Da was not willing to listen to the orders of the younger generation, so he took advantage of the situation and scattered freely.First he scolded the boy who sent the message to him, and then he scolded the steward who assigned him.

But Jia Rong wanted to leave the house at this stall. After hearing these words, if it was normal, Jia Rong would have to retreat and just do nothing.However, he was angry again these two days, seeing this scene, he had to scold a few words.That Jiao Da was so drunk that he didn't care about his role as master and servant. Seeing Jia Rong's words of reprimand, he immediately slammed back with his mouth.The angry Jia Rong was fighting all over, and Jiao Da ridiculed that Jia Rong had instigated the servants of the Ning Mansion to show off his prestige at You's house, saying, "Don't make your master behave in front of me, Jiao Da. If I, Jiao Da, were not alone, you would be able to get promoted and make a fortune, wanting to be rich and honored? Your ancestors were upright all their lives, escaped death, and earned such a huge family business. But the children and grandchildren raised are not as good as one. Now they are also promising. A woman came to other people's house to show off her prestige, but she was slapped in the face again. If you really want to say that it's not the rules, you treat your son as a son to your mother's family, this is called a fart rule..."

Before he could finish a sentence, it happened that Jia Zhen was returning from a trip, so she just listened to the whole thing.Because Jia Zhen was accompanied by a few children from aristocratic families who had come and gone on a regular basis, and the family ugliness was publicized in front of others, Jia Zhen immediately couldn't help but put her face down.First, he ordered someone to drag Jiao Da down, and then he gave Jia Rong a cold look.He didn't ask questions on the spot.

After meeting with the descendants of the aristocratic family who came, they all knew that it was inconvenient to stay at this time.The busy ones found excuses and left.Jia Zhen didn't try to keep her too much, she just said a few cheap words of "get together when I have some free time", and sent her out.

When she turned around and came back, Jia Rong, who realized something was wrong, had already been persuaded by everyone, and went to You's house first, and before she had time to make amends and plead for mercy, Jia Zhen rushed over, and immediately slapped her down.The confused Jia Rong's face was red and swollen, and You Shi also felt frightened.

Geinyou has grown up to such a big age, and although he has gone through some private affairs in the backyard, he has never seen anyone perform a full martial arts in person.Now Jia Zhen has hit Jia Rong so hard...

After hearing the cause and effect of Jia Zhen's beating, although Youshi was dissatisfied, he could not help persuading him softly: "Hey, I just think it's a big deal. It turns out that it's just a child who is mischievous. Master is a human being. Father, teach my son, originally I shouldn’t talk too much. But Brother Rong is so smart, if you beat him so hard, if it breaks, wouldn’t the master feel bad? Even my sister who has gone, looked at the master If you punish Brother Rong like this, you will be sad."

It's okay for Jia Zhen to say something out of her mouth.Jia Rong, who was standing on the side, really thought of her mother.I couldn't help but have a sore nose, and two lines of tears rolled down.He didn't dare to cry aloud, just clenched his teeth and pursed his lips and cried, not even daring to sob a little louder.

Youshi has always been a soft-hearted and kind person, but seeing Jia Rong like this now, he couldn't stand it any more.It is inevitable to think of the hard days that I have lived without my mother for a few years.Immediately, she sighed, "I'm sorry to see you", hugged Jia Rong into her arms and said a few words of comfort, then smiled at Jia Zhen and said, "Since it's because of our family's affairs, this has happened. Master." Just for my sake, let Brother Rong be spared this time?"

Jia Zhen has seen countless women in half her life, and she has never seen any kind of beauty.But those women are either like Jia Rong's mother, ladylike, dignified and prudent, or like those aunts, concubines, and actresses, flattering and pretentious.I have never seen Youshi so generous, neat and gentle.

At this time, seeing that You Shi is a middle-aged person, but his words and smiles are gentle and docile, but his words are convincing, so he softened his heart and said with a smile: "Since Madam is begging for mercy, I will naturally agree. It's just a gimmick." As soon as I send someone to pay my respects to the family, I will offend my third sister. This is because our family's etiquette is not good enough."

Hearing this, Youshi smiled and said, "Master, don't worry. The third younger sister is not such a petty person. Don't look at her sharp words and never let others down, but she is the most pure and compassionate in her heart. As long as I agree with you She explained it clearly, how could she be seriously angry?"

When Jia Zhen heard the words, she couldn't help but be moved. She looked Youshi in the eyes, and then asked with a smile: "According to Madam, you have a good relationship with the second and third sisters?"

After hearing this, Youshi smiled and replied: "It's natural. Although we are not sisters born of the same father and mother, we get along better than sisters of our compatriots on weekdays. The second sister has a gentle temperament, and the third The younger sister has a bright temperament and is a very good person."

Jia Zhenyin said with a smile: "Since we are good friends, I will invite them to come over for a gathering some other day. Then I will order the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous table of food and wine, so as to make amends for them."

Youshi naturally smiled when he heard this.

For a while, Lai Sheng, the chief executive of Ningguo Mansion, came to answer. Jia Zhen heard this and followed Lai Sheng to the study in the front yard.

Seeing Jia Zhen gone here, Youshi breathed a sigh of relief, turned Jia Rong's face to look at it, and ordered Yindie'er to remove the plaster for swelling and blood stasis, and at the same time ordered Yinping'er to take the third sister away Opened the bottle of rose clear dew, and mixed a bowl with cold well water for Jia Rong to eat.He smiled in his mouth and said, "You were also shocked today, so eat a bowl of clear dew to suppress your shock. I heard that the taste is very delicious, and it tastes better than ordinary rose marinade."

During this period, Jia Rong kept her head down and did not speak.When Youshi saw this, he didn't force it.Seeing that the silver plate had brought the plaster, he put it on Jia Rong himself.Jia Rong hid uncomfortably.

After pondering for a long time, he asked, "Why do you want to plead for me?"

Youshi smiled when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "You came to my room so abruptly because you wanted me to intercede for you. Isn't it good that I obeyed your wishes?"

When Jia Rong heard the words, she was silent for a while, before she said sullenly: "...my father's aunts, they dare not speak out when my father is angry. It is my mother, even if she speaks, It doesn't work either."

When Youshi heard this, he smiled again.I don't feel sad in my heart.If it was before Mrs. Chen came in, if she saw other people angry, she wouldn't dare to comfort her.Even after Mrs. Chen came in, she had been trained for several years, and even after being a housekeeper, she gradually became more courageous.

Until a few months before the wedding, Uncle Chen came to his house and invited a female teacher to teach them how to bow horse, ride and shoot.Although You Shi did not study well, he and his two younger sisters went to the Zhuangzi outside the city many times. Occasionally, when they were walking slowly on horseback, their eyes looked at the scenery of the mountains and fields, and only then did they know the squareness of the back house. How small the sky is - and that's all.

Youshi is very courageous and has little ambition. She doesn't have the ambition to serve the country on the battlefield like the female husband Liang Hongyu, and she doesn't dare to criticize and advise the court like the third sister, but she I also thought about my own little life.

However, the experience of forbearance and stealing under Aunt Lan made You Shi very clear that if you really want to live a good life, it is useless to be blindly timid and afraid of getting into trouble.Just like what Mrs. Chen said to her before the big wedding, now that she has a title, a dowry, and the Chen family as a backer, if she still swallows her anger as before, wouldn't it be that all the good cards in her hand have been smashed?

However, these words are not easy to say to Jia Rongming.So You Shi just smiled, and said to Jia Rong a little narrowly: "If your father wants to beat you again in the future, and you don't have time to run to my place, you will cry and cry loudly. Your mother misses you If you lost your mother when you were young, I won’t beat you.”

After saying a word, Youshi couldn't help but smile when he saw Jia Rong's expression of seeing a ghost.Probably because I've been with that ghost girl Third Sister for a long time, and even she has become playful.

At this moment, the third sister, who was being complained by Youshi, changed into a brand new gauze shirt at home. The gauze shirt was lotus color, with a round neck and wide sleeves. Silver threads embroidered a pattern of lotus flowers intertwining branches, a jade belt was tied around the waist, a crown of red gold hairpins was worn on the head, and a jade bone fan was held in the hand. Exuding the wantonness of a young man.

The second sister You saw that the third sister You was dressed up as a boy, and she was complacent in front of the makeup mirror, she smiled and smiled in Chen's arms, and said in her mouth: "Mom, look at the third sister, how can you look like this?" After dressing up, he really turned out to be a handsome young man. Looking at me like this, he looks more handsome than Cousin Rou and Brother Zhang Hua?"

When Mrs. Chen heard the words, she couldn't help laughing and said: "That's true. It can be seen that our three girls made a mistake in entrusting the birth, and it was the young lady's body and the young master's life."

After hearing this, Third Sister You couldn't help but smile, and said with a smile, "I don't think it's any different from the young lady's. The daughter wants more, after all, the daughter is the mother's little padded jacket."

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen laughed even more, and said in her mouth: "I have never seen any girl who is as thick-skinned as you, and even boasted about herself."

Seeing this, the third sister couldn't help but tease Chen Shi a few more times.Seeing that it was getting late, she ordered the people in the house to prepare the carriage. Today, she still has to go to the Chen family's Zhuangzi outside the city to learn how to ride a horse with her second sister.

Mrs. Chen has always been a lively person, but it's a pity that she has given birth to Brother Bao and is tied up with family affairs, so it's hard to go out and walk around.I could only watch helplessly as the two sisters dressed up and prepared to go out.

When the third sister saw her, she couldn't help laughing and said, "According to me, Mom also took Brother Bao to go out with us. The weather is so good today, what's the point of being bored in the back house all the time. Besides, Brother Bao is still You should go out and enjoy the scenery of mountains and rivers from a young age. When you grow up in the future, you will be able to be more generous. Always stay in the inner house, be careful that you will raise a fake girl in the future?"

Mrs. Chen listened to the alarming words of the third sister, and couldn't help but laughed and cursed: "Tell your mother a lie. Your brother is only old now, so you just torment him like this. You are not afraid of getting sick from tormenting, when the time comes, the old ladies and masters will follow you It's not over."

Third Sister You sneered, and said in her mouth: "According to me, it's easy to get sick if you cover yourself in the room all the time."

After that, he suggested with a smile: "Why don't you take Brother Bao to go, anyway, this way is by car, and when you arrive at Zhuangzi, you will order your servants to build a fence on the racecourse, and you will follow us in front of us." Wouldn't it be fun to go for an outing? What's more, on such a good day, Mom and Brother Bao are staying at home, wouldn't it be a disappointment to the good time?"

Chen's heart was already a little moved, but after hearing the persuasion of Third Sister You, she couldn't sit still anymore.It's just that she still hesitated a little, and she couldn't help but look forward to Ai Ai and said: "But the old lady..."

"The old lady said that my grandparents, uncles and aunts missed Brother Bao. The old lady also liked that Brother Bao often went home to please my grandfather and uncle. After hearing this, there was no reason for it. "

"But--"

Chen seems to have something to say.The third sister You was a little impatient, because she smiled and said: "Okay. Since when did Mom become so hesitant. According to me, now I will send someone to my grandfather's house to pass the message, just call me uncle Just take my grandfather, grandmother, aunt and cousin to go there. It's a pity that my cousin has to go to school today, if not, our family will have a happy reunion."

Second Sister You's eyes lit up as she was listening, and she hurriedly tugged at Chen's sleeve and said with a smile: "Yes, Mom will take Brother Bao. It's been a long time since our family has had such a reunion. "

When Mrs. Chen saw this, she no longer hesitated to shirk, so she stood up and said with a smile: "Well, anyway, I can't say no to you two monkey bastards. I'll go to the old lady's room to say hello, by the way. Bring Bao Geer back."

The second sister You and the third sister You cheered busily after hearing this, and sent Mrs. Chen out of the room.He also appointed a little girl to pass the message to the door, and asked Baoji, Chen's companion, to go to Chen's mansion and beg Uncle Chen to take the whole family to Zhuangzi.

After a while, Mrs. Chen also came back with Brother Bao.It is necessary to wash and dress, change into the clothes for going out, and leave in a carriage with the second and third sisters.

Because of the good weather today, this year's year is also good, and the streets are very lively with people coming and going.The second sister You and the third sister You didn't like the small space in the carriage, so they opened the curtain halfway and looked outside.

However, there are so many people walking on this road, shoulder to shoulder, there are small stall owners selling food and stuff on both sides shouting constantly, and there are also jugglers making clay figurines and painting sugar paintings. The sound, as well as the sweet smell of food rushed to the face.The second sister You and the third sister You, who were watching, moved their index fingers and said with a smile that they wanted to eat this and that.

Mrs. Chen didn't scold and stop her, but took out a few coins from her purse and threw them to the wives outside, telling them to come forward and buy candied chestnuts, candied gourds, donkey rolls, sesame candies, etc. to eat. The mother and daughter sat in the carriage eating and gossiping.Brother Bao, who is only ten months old, still can't eat these tough foods. Seeing that Chen Shi and the two eat delicious food, his mouth is drooling anxiously, and he almost burst into tears.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen had no choice but to break off a piece of stove candy that was as thick as a thumb, and let Brother Bao hold it in his hand, so that he could taste the sweetness.

Brother Bao got a piece of stove candy, and he held it with his small hands like a baby. His white and fat hands were soft and smooth, just like two little ingots. He just held the stove candy to eat. It looks like a little squirrel with a big tail.Seeing the second sister and the third sister laughing.Unable to bear it, he came up to dawdle, Brother Bao didn't know that the two sisters liked him, and thought that the two were here to grab the stove candy, so he turned around and hid in Chen's arms in fright.Because of this, the stove candy rubbed Chen's whole lapel.

The second sister and the third sister laughed more and more when they met.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen was quite helpless, so she had to laugh and curse.Fortunately, when she went out, because she was urged to ride a horse by the third sister You, she brought another set of clothes, so she had to wait until the Zhuangzi to change it.

The second sister You and the third sister You had a quarrel this time, but Chen's clothes were dirty.Mrs. Chen didn't allow the two of them to get any closer to Brother Bao who was eating candy.The second sister and the third sister responded with a smile.I picked and peeled some chestnuts, and because I found it boring, I leaned on the car window to peek outside again.

The third sister You's eyes were sharp, and when she was looking at the crowd aimlessly, she suddenly saw a familiar figure walking forward with a carriage on her back.The third sister You squinted her eyes and took a closer look, pushing the second sister You and asked, "Do you think that person looks like Brother Zhang Hua?"

Due to the large number of people outside, everyone was walking in a hurry at the moment.The second sister You looked forward in the direction of the third sister You, and saw the figure of the young man in the blue gown.Immediately said: "It seems that Brother Zhang Hua is really. But why is he outside? Is there no holiday for school today?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen also hugged Bao Geer and leaned in front of the car window, squinted her eyes for a while, and said in her mouth, "It's really that kid Zhang Hua. He didn't study at school in the clear sky. What are you doing outside? You are still so sneaky..."

Mrs. Chen pondered for a while, then ordered the driver to say: "Turn around and follow the scholar in the green shirt quietly. Be careful, don't let him find out."

The groom heard Chen's order and immediately responded.Yin smiled again and suggested: "Our carriage is eye-catching. It is too difficult to follow someone without being discovered. Madam, why don't you ask a boy to follow that person first, and wait to see where he is going. We can go there again." That's it."

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she also pointed to a boy through the curtain of the car to give some instructions.The boy agreed to go.Everyone was worried about Zhang Hua, so they had no choice but to slow down the speed of the car and rush out of the city in no hurry.

After about a cup of tea, the boy who followed others quietly came back, stood outside the carriage and reported: "Return to your wife. The younger one followed the scholar all the way, and I saw the scholar covering up all the way, walking through the streets, In the end, it entered Da Dechang."

"Da Dechang?" Mrs. Chen frowned unconsciously when she heard this, and the second and third sisters also looked at each other in blank dismay.The third sister couldn't help asking: "Where is this Da Dechang?"

"This..." The boy with others hesitated for a moment, and then said expectantly: "That Dade Chang is actually just a casino in Chang'an City that is not popular. Speaking of ladies and gentlemen, that place is very dirty. Ladies and gentlemen are honorable, it is really not appropriate for your feet to be humbled."

When Chen's mother and daughter heard this, they were stunned.The second sister You couldn't believe it and blurted out: "What are you talking about, brother Zhang Hua actually went to the casino?"