[Red Mansions] The big maid struggles daily

Xiren was almost frightened, his eyes subconsciously glanced at the place where the broken porcelain was buried just now, and saw that it was very hidden under the flowers and leaves.Then he managed to gather himself together, wiped his eyes carelessly with a handkerchief, and said with a forced smile, "Why are you here, Miss Bao?"

Baochai looked at her carefully, saw that her eyes were red and swollen, and she didn't look like she used to, so she said, "I just heard from our Yinger that today is your good day, so I came here to congratulate you, but I can't find you anywhere, ask I told that girl Qingwen that you were coming this way."

Xiren covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and the corners of his mouth tightened when he heard this: How did Qingwen know that she was coming this way?Thinking of what Qingwen said before, "I know all about your deceitful tricks", if there is anything I don't understand, it must be Qingwen's intentions are too much, and she always pays attention to her own movements.

He was only in front of Baochai, but he didn't dare to show it. He tried his best to calm down and said with a smile: "It's not the master's business. Yuan was also persuaded to have a few glasses of water and wine over there, and he came out to relax for a while. I really think of my father coming..." The drip dripped down again.

Only then did Baochai know that the father of the attacker had died last year. Seeing her mourning so much, she couldn't help but miss her loving father's voice.He thought to himself, if the father is still there, the family business is prosperous, and the elder brother is also disciplined, the mother and himself will naturally enjoy the honor, how can they fall into the situation of relying on others.

Baochai also felt sad, because she comforted her and said, "If you recover, the old man will feel at ease. You just have to do this, what can you say if others see it? Those people don't know why, instead of calling you filial, they want to slander you and make you look frivolous. Besides, if you are in front of Brother Bao, if you are serious about this, how can you behave properly?"

After hearing this, the attacker quickly responded with a smile.Although it is an excuse, but seeing Baochai like this, I only feel that Baochai's words and heart are deeply respectable.

Baochai took her back to the front, slowly gossiping and asking about the origin of Xiren's hometown, etc., and laughingly inquiring about Baoyu's recent strangeness.Xiren held his heart in his hands, and only carefully dealt with the reply, without revealing any traces.

Xiren re-washed in Sheyue's room at the back, and gently pushed under his eyes with a small jade roller until he couldn't see it before going out.Go to the table again, and have fun with all the sisters in private.Shi Xiangyun also sent Cuilu a bamboo newspaper safety purse, which contained a pair of silver peach blossom earrings.

How Xiren kowtows to thank does not mention.When Baochai went back to the Pear Fragrance Courtyard, she didn't clear up her doubts. Aunt Xue asked, "Do you know what happened to Baoyu recently? He used to come and walk often, but I didn't see him even at the old lady's place this month. But then Is the Japanese girl stealing so hard? If so, you should go to the temple to live for a few days, I'm afraid it will be faster with the gods and Buddhas watching over you."

Xue Baochai didn't see the reason either, so she said with a smile: "If Mom has such a heart, why don't you tell my aunt that if he recovers, it will save the whole family from worrying about him."

Aunt Xue frowned and said: "Your aunt is the only one, and it hurts like her eyeball. If she can't see it for a while, she has to ask again and again. How can she be willing? Besides, Baoyu's godmother, Ma Daopo, came and made a fuss in the front hall that day. It took him a long time to collect his soul, and then I put down the words that I will settle down in a few days. Wouldn't I offend her in vain by saying this like this? "

Baochai thought the same, but also doubted: "Even though he was shocked, but his words and descriptions are very different from before, and people can't figure it out."

As soon as she said this, Aunt Xue became happy, and said with a smile: "He treats you all the same every day, so gentle and considerate. I like it, but I'm afraid that he is too soft. If there is someone in the house in the future It's amazing, but I can handle it. Unexpectedly, he seems to be a different person, and he has become stronger. My son, he was out of his mind, and that's why he offended you with words. You can't take it seriously. Besides, our previous plan, Your aunt was originally indifferent, and although she never suppressed other people's discussion, she didn't seem to like it very much; only this time she saw that you are so magnanimous, understanding and sensible, her heart turned around, and she valued you more and more. I listen to the voice, and seem to be very willing..."

Baochai knew that what her mother was talking about was a "marriage of gold and jade", so she blushed, secretly happy at one moment, and worried at another, but put aside her previous doubts for the time being.

After this day, Jia Baoyu's spirit improved day by day, and he was no longer bored in the house all day long.Seeing that the spring flowers in the garden had already bloomed, we went together with our sisters to adjust fat and make powder. Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang stopped Jia Zheng from teaching him, and let him go ten times more than before, and Jia Baoyu was more like a fish in water.

As soon as his mind opened up, he couldn't help thinking of his good friend Qin Zhong outside.Qin Zhong had been waiting for a long time. When he heard that Baoyu was ill, he was very anxious and wanted to visit immediately. Because Jia Mu was afraid that everyone would go and disturb Baoyu, he didn't come in.Just send someone to say hello every now and then.

Since the end of the first lunar month, the rest of the children had already returned to school, and the Jia family school was extremely lively again, Qin Zhong was the only one, always depressed.Finally, Baoyu got well, and they came to school together again, so there was nothing unhappy about it.What's more, Baoyu is naturally considerate and lingering in his words. There are several passionate young children in the school who miss him very much.

Jia Baoyu was depressed for two months before returning to school. Seeing that everyone was still the same, Qin Zhong was even more friendly, and he was also happy in his heart, and they all agreed.

Only a nephew named Jin Rong, the nephew of the Jia family's grandma Huang in the East Hutong, was not angry inside, and said with a sneer, "Who would dare to ask you to invite me? Anyway, we don't dare to be sneaky on weekdays." Make a statement, just pretend that the blind and the deaf don't see or listen, why bother to spend money on drinking and gagging." Jin Rong and many relatives and children also took Xue Pan's money for food and clothing, and were coaxed by him, and became happy Xue Pan's good friend.Jin Rong is different from others, others only want to cheat Xue Pan with money, wine and meat, but Jin Rong has a little bit of sincerity.Therefore, I hated and envied Xue Pan for colluding with Xue Pan and made him cold-hearted some of the young men here, but these young men made good friends with Qin Zhong and Baoyu.That's why he stabbed Baoyu with words.

Qin Zhong hurriedly pulled Baoyu away, but Jin Rong was bored instead, and went to his own seat embarrassingly, but he was even more displeased, and he was determined to catch these people and tear them down before he would give up. .

In the past few months, there was nothing major to record, except that Jia's mother wrote many times to urge Lin Ruhai, but Lin Ruhai finally let go, and hurriedly sent Jia Lian to pick up Daiyu in person.Jia Lian did not want to go south by boat in the cold winter months, but it was July and August, and the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River was just right. In the past, he often made a wish to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to see the red fragrance, greenery, and Qiantang scenery. Order to go south.

As soon as Jia Lian left, Wang Xifeng became a little lazy. She thought that Jia Lian would not be clean outside.It's just that he was afraid that he would be fascinated by Wu Nong's soft words; he was also worried that the boat would be wet and that Jia Lian would be sick again and no one would take care of him.I can't help complaining to Ping'er.

Ping'er has been sleeping with her for the past few days. Hearing this, he pointed to a few boxes on the kang cabinet where he could smell the fragrance, and said with a smile: "Second master is like that, who is to blame? He has that kind of thought, unless Grandma tied him to the door frame with a chain. No, it’s not safe to tie him to the door frame. He has to be tied to grandma’s waist to keep him in check! Maybe he’s flirting with someone else. Going south is not the same as it used to be. What's the difference at home? Maybe he's afraid of Mrs. Lin's majesty, and he's calmer than at home. Besides, grandma only looks at the things in these boxes, and the bedding in the eldest sister's house is covered, and even the playthings are worn. The same people didn't expect it? If you don't pay attention, our sister can like it so much, and grandma can use it so much!"

When she said this, Sister Feng's face was also hot, and she scolded Ping'er with a smile: "I just said a casual sentence, and you have ten sentences waiting here! Good hoof, you are getting more and more on your nose and face, dare to bully your master like this !"

Ping'er spat and said with a smile: "If it wasn't for you, it would be nice for me to have the breath to warm my stomach, why bother to make trouble with this ugly truth. The three girls in our family have no money and nothing under their hands. Just look at the concubine's family, who cares about the grandma and the eldest sister? They came early, and the eldest sister's birthday is known, but they don't care at all. They are busy coaxing Baoyu to play, who cares about our sister? Miss Lin is worried about it, even Zhuxiu girl has a heart, our sister is eating and playing with the things they gave, I see that she is more lively than before."

Seeing that Sister Feng's face was slightly moved, she said again, "Besides our girls, I said something disrespectful to grandma. The three girls don't take care of themselves. They are all pitiful! The girls have to accompany the old lady on weekdays. Just kidding, I have to promise Miss Bao, but there is still a treasure jade wrapped in a mess, so how can I have any free time, but this is an aunt, and the needle and thread made by lighting the lamp and cooking oil are sent to our sister. Grandma also saw the work, bright and delicate, all three girls did it by themselves. Grandma has no idea in her heart?"

Sister Feng sighed, and then said: "Good girl, you are all for me, I know it. I also remember the relationship between sister Lin and the three girls. It's just that my wife, for some reason, suddenly took pleasure in supporting Xue's family." If you don't go there, you don't know, now that Miss Bao is more face-to-face than the girls in our family, and she beats her own girl, and the wife even praises her for being sensible. Although I am a housekeeper, I still can't watch it Acting with the wink from above, besides, my wife has disliked Aunt Zhao very much recently, she had a few outbursts with excuses, and I dare not even get close to the third girl."

Ping'er asked in a low voice: "I'm about to say this, grandma naturally has your reasons for doing things, I can't guess it. I said that because I was afraid that grandma would really have a grudge against the Lin family because of the second master; The second one is very good, the wife is like this, the old lady didn't care, she just blindly held up Miss Shi, and the old lady didn't like to see Miss Shi, so she went with her. But the old lady He and his wife are also not like those who fight in the arena, Miss Shi and Miss Bao looked at the above, and gradually became sisters. The reason here must be because of Baoyu, but we don't know it at all?"

Sister Feng has a lot of common affairs on weekdays. Although she pays attention to flattering Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, she really ignores the girls in the family and doesn't pay much attention to their affairs. Wife or wife is like this, and I understand in my heart that this is just Baoyu's daughter-in-law. But this group of kindness really confuses people. It can't be that they all fall in love. Why don't they all marry back to Baoyu? "

Ping'er shook his head and smiled and said, "That's not all. There is a student named Fu outside the master. There is a girl in his family. It seems to be Fu Qiufang or Fu Chunfang. She looks better, so she will offer a treasure. His family came to say hello. The old lady often brags in front of the old lady, she makes up a set of words, praise once, flatter once, I heard Yuanyang say that the old lady looks a bit persuaded."

After hearing this, Sister Feng said in amazement: "Could it be that there is only one Baoyu in the world? All these good girls have to be collected and let him pick and choose. Tell me, this Baoyu is still a child at heart. Why are you so anxious?"

Ping'er blushed, leaned on Sister Feng's shoulder, and said quietly, "Baoyu has already had that incident. There must be some innocent girls in his room."

This touched Sister Feng's mind. At that time, there were two people in Jia Lian's room who knew the cold and the hot.When Xi Fengcai came in, he took some tricks to clean things up, "I think he used to be like a big sister and sister, who was short-tempered and sensible, so he still came. Who would have thought that he was another flirtatious seed. Asking me about Sister Lin's itinerary, I still feel sorry for his infatuation. Thinking about it now makes me sick!" He sneered and asked: "Who is it? The wife is so strict, and they took advantage of the loopholes. It can be seen that these are all Disrespectful, thinking of being a concubine! These girls who have touched men's bodies deserve to be beaten to death!"

Ping'er pushed her away, and said with a sneer, "Take me out quickly, and beat me to death! When you think about it one day, if you don't stab me, you don't want to, so why push me up, making me neither human nor ghost, It hurts like a fire in my heart!"

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "You have too much heart! I didn't say what you mean, besides, how can they be compared with you. It's just that your second master is a heartless thing, let alone you are now like a barn wind, Make me feel bad."

Although Ping'er didn't want to be a housemate, after being with Jia Lian, he gradually put him in his heart, so he didn't feel sad when he heard this.It's just that she is smart and knows how to live in the cracks, and she still follows Sister Wang Feng wholeheartedly. She immediately said: "I am grandma's person, and I only follow you. As long as grandma knows, there is no need to mention the second master. As soon as grandma interrupts, It almost made me forget the business."

"What's the matter?"

"Girl Qingjin talked to me in front of me and told me quietly. The Meishou Garden has been empty since Miss Lin's house. It turns out that Miss Lin is coming back. The yard has an owner, so it's fine if it's empty. I don't know who He poked and coaxed his wife, but his wife meant to ask Miss Bao to move in too. She said that they were all relatives of the family, and they should be treated equally. Lixiangyuan was cramped, but Meishouyuan was spacious, and only Miss Lin lived there. Miss Bao went I can also be Miss Lin's companion."

Wang Xifeng originally planned to leave the courtyard to her eldest sister, and the Lin family was rich and well-regulated, and the courtyard they took care of was several times better than before. Sister Feng was planning to eat ready-made ones.Hearing this, how could he agree, and said with a sneer: "The Lin family arranged all the furniture and decorations themselves, and the original curtains and antiques were all returned. We didn't leave anything except the empty house. Sister Lin left in a hurry. Only brought close-fitting things, the Xue family has a good plan, and they want Lao Jiuzi to be ashamed and go to occupy the magpie's nest!"

"The Xue family has a reputation as a rich man, but the Lixiangyuan is like a snow cave. No good things are taken out and displayed outside. This is for fear that our family will be fancy. Don't think about those three melons and two dates. , can also be like our eyes, and you are petty!" As he said, he pulled out the ear picks on his head, and his face was full of disdain, "If I didn't look down on being Paite, you think you are a royal family My daughter, over there is also my own aunt, why do I not want to see you like this!"

After finishing speaking, he sneered and said, "Tell them to go, you won't know it hurts until you touch the ashes hard. The two families left behind by the Lin family are not easy to mess with."

Ping'er squinted, and sneered: "If that's all it is, why should I talk to grandma as a serious matter! Grandma has won the benefits of others, so she has no reason to stand on dry shore to watch the fun. Otherwise, when Miss Lin comes back, What do you think of us? Besides, it was grandma who asked Miss Lin to live in Meishouyuan before, but now that she is like that, where is grandma's face--everyday, the carefulness is fake, and the wife has to open her mouth Be considerate to Miss Bao. But don’t be a Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror, it’s fine if you’re not human inside and out.”

Sister Feng, who was talking about it, also laughed and cursed a few words, but she thought it was true, so she heard Ping'er say again: "Miss Lin is different from Miss Shi and Miss Bao, and she doesn't seem to care much about Baoyu. If Miss Jiaobao lived in, the two would fight for one, and it would be even more messy to drag a good person in for no reason. Meishouyuan is behind the main house, and it is still a clean place, and Miss Lin lives well. Grandma Looking at her and the girls in our family, I simply reported to the old lady first, and tidied up two courtyards next to the old lady's place, and settled Miss Bao and Miss Shi. That's all, and it's a good name for nothing. Baoyu knows In terms of personnel, it is very appropriate for the three girls in our family to live with the wife, and it would be better to be narrow, at least to keep their reputation."

Sister Feng said: "Good girl, the more knowledgeable you are, the more appropriate it is. I just remembered one thing, and I can understand it after thinking about it for a while."

As he spoke, he said in a low voice, "I'm afraid there's something wrong with Baoyu. I was wondering. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, if I was really shocked, why did I ask the imperial doctor to come, even me and the second master? Usually. Wasn't your second master supporting the imperial doctor at the front? I was taking care of the old lady and Baoyu at the back? There must be some unspeakable illness in it. My son thought it might be a frightened incontinence, and he felt embarrassed. It happened that I went back twice and didn't look like him. He even turned into a human being and annoyed the sisters. But now that you say that Baoyu has become a human being, I understand that it must be Baoyu who is playing tricks on others and caused people to break through ..."

If you don't say that Wang Xifeng is Wang Xifeng, there are clues, and the guesses are pretty much the same.

At that moment, Sister Feng covered her mouth with a handkerchief, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and Ping'er couldn't help laughing when she thought of the bowl of juezi soup.

In a few days, Wang Xifeng, taking advantage of Jia Mu's happiness, babbled cleverly, and Jia Mu ordered Rongqing Hall to be cleaned up in the west courtyard and lived in for Xiangyun and Baochai sisters temporarily: "Their sisters are as good as one person." Yes, it’s not beautiful to be far away, so we might as well live together. It’s close to me, and I’m at ease.” He also asked Baoyu to live in Dongkua courtyard, fearing that the sisters would all have their own place, and he didn’t have it, so he didn’t feel good about it.

It was not until the Double Ninth Festival that Jia Lian took Daiyu back and sent someone to report the letter. It happened that he arrived home on the ninth day.

If Daiyu comes back, regardless of the master, only Zijuan is the happiest among the servants.She was originally Jia's mother's girl, but she was born to Lin Daiyu. She went to Daiyu's house. Because her parents and brothers were here, she couldn't bear to separate her flesh and blood, so she didn't take her back to Yangzhou.Just ask her to live in Meishouyuan and look after the house with the two members of the Lin family.On weekdays, when she has nothing to do, if she goes home or goes to the courtyard to play with the little sisters, the Lin family will follow her.

This azalea is naturally thoughtful and intelligent.She followed Daiyu, and Daiyu stayed very well, and she was grateful in her heart to serve Daiyu forever.But the whole family lives in Rongfu, so it's hard to leave their homeland.If he follows Miss Lin in the future, he will not only leave his homeland, but also abandon his wife and mother, which will cause Zijuan to be in a dilemma, which will make him feel very troubled and sad.Since Daiyu went back to the south, she often went back to Rongqingtang, and seeing Yinger doing things, she opened her mind to another problem.She weighed it in her heart, if that happened, Miss Lin would be well settled, and she would be able to have both.Therefore, I look forward to Daiyu's coming to Beijing more earnestly than others.

Zijuan's thoughts will not be expressed for the time being, but Daiyu said that when she came back, she had seen all the people, presented her with a ceremony, and went back to settle down.Zhu Xiu hurriedly distributed the soil and belongings she brought to the sisters she had made friends with. Qing Jin had thought hard about it a long time ago. The two sisters were together. .

"It's a good thing Miss Lin went back to Yangzhou. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to find peace. Second Master Bao had a commotion in the first lunar month and was seriously ill. After that, the wife didn't talk about him messing around in the inner circle. Now Miss Yun I live with Miss Bao, in the old lady's Xikua courtyard, and the second master Bao lives in Dongkua courtyard. He often walks to the Xikua courtyard with his shoes on in the morning without washing up, rubbing the water left by the girls to freshen up. It's very ugly. It's just that Second Master Bao is at homeschool now, and the master often asks about homework, and the old lady and the wife keep it from the master, so no bad words come out from outside..."

As soon as Zhu Xiu heard it, her hands slowed down: "Miss Lin has passed the filial piety, and it will be hard to dismiss Second Master Bao when he comes again. Well, the people at the door are not vegetarians. Mama and Nanny Chen I should know by now. Besides this Second Master Bao, what other news is there?"

Qing Jin just laughed: "There really is one, it's strange to say. Good girl, if you asked me to sleep with you today, I'll tell you."

Hearing this, Zhu Xiu took a deep breath, touched her arms and legs deliberately, and said with a smile: "I have wronged you, I don't know where I will get a black spot tomorrow. Who told me to point to something new, and take two hits Just take two hits."

Qing Jin refused, and immediately stuck to her mouth to pinch her mouth: "Why is it so bad! I am here eagerly waiting for you to come back, you don't even miss me!"

Zhu Xiu hurriedly begged for mercy, "I don't want you, who did I write those letters to? Not only did I entrust my uncle's boat to carry them, but I also asked my grandpa to tell my grandma. As long as I hear that there are people who go to Beijing, I will rush over to ask someone to carry them! She laughed at me and said that as long as I am a man, she will immediately invite an official matchmaker to come to her door and marry me as a young daughter-in-law."

Hearing this, Qing Jin laughed straight away, although Xiu'er is a little younger, she really treats herself like an old hen with chicks.Ever since Zhu Xiu left, even if there was an arrangement, Qing Jin felt extremely uneasy, but she never expected that Zhu Xiu's letters would be received three or four times a month, giving Qing Jin a reassurance. happy.

"How did you write it on the boat?" Qing Jin asked.Uncle Xiu'er would bring things along with the letter on the boat, and others would send letters to Nanny Zhu's house. Sometimes Tuolin's family and "aunt" would hand them in. Only the first two letters were still on the boat back to the south. Well, I don't know how to get it back.

"I don't know you yet, so I'm panicked! The letter was written first, and the Lin family will give it to you in a few days before boarding the ship in Tongzhou..."

"Okay, you coax me!" Qing Jin smiled and stepped forward, trying to scratch her nest.

After laughing for a while, the folded clothes saluted and scattered on the bed. Qing Jin remembered the foreword and said with a smile: "I haven't told you yet. You know my wife doesn't care much about Grandma Zhu and Brother Lang. For some reason, it’s hot now. Not only did he ask Lang Ge’er to study his homework in the main room after school, but he was also rewarded with food, clothes, and toys from time to time, which was a little less than Second Master Bao’s… In private It is said that the wife has changed her temper."

Originally thought that Qingjin's news was also the story of the Second Master Bao, but Zhu Xiu never expected Mrs. Wang to pamper Jia Lan.You must know that Mrs. Wang has a bit of a temperament, she doesn't like Jia Lan, that's really what other people say, no matter how good she is, she only remembers that Jia Lan gave birth to Jia Zhu, and her life was bad.

"This is strange, there must be a reason that we don't know about." In the main room of Meishouyuan, Mother Chen listened to the people who stayed behind to watch the house report the affairs of Rongfu, and said to Mother Zhu.

Nanny Zhu nodded, "That's right! Don't worry, we will find out the reason sooner or later." I don't believe that the second wife became a Bodhisattva overnight.

"It's just that when we come back, the most important thing is to change the name of this yard! I wanted to say it a long time ago, if this Meishouyuan is just a plaque for Meishou Fulu in the back hall, it's nothing more than a name. Not good! My eyebrows are not alive, what kind of good intentions are there."

Mother Chen seldom saw her speak harsh words, so she said with a smile: "You think this is like the Lin family, a family of great scholars." Only after earning the foundation, the name of this courtyard should be obtained by the Suan Confucian under the sect and the Meiluzhu behind it.Those sour Confucians can only chew on words, but they don't understand the world.