Wang Xifeng's Rebirth [Red Mansion]
Chapter 078
"Maybe Zhu's sister-in-law has a bad life." After hearing what Jia Lian said, Wang Xifeng was silent for a long time before finally uttering these words.
In fact, Wang Xifeng knew very well that Li Wan might not have killed Jia Zhu.Jia Zheng forces Jia Zhu, who is not talented at all, to work hard all day long, hoping that Jia Zhu will make up for the goals that he has worked hard but failed to achieve.Although Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, and Li Wan all wanted to be good to Jia Zhu, they had no choice but to have their own little calculations, which directly caused chaos in Jia Zhu's house among the concubines, and even used all means to fight for favor.It can be said that Jia Zhu was killed by the cooperation of these people who claimed to care about him the most.
Li Wan is not completely innocent, but he is not the real culprit either.But the question is, who dares to question the elders?
After Jia Zhu's death, Li Wan, as his first wife, shouldered all the responsibilities.Of course, Li Wan was not the worst one. In fact, Jia Zhu's concubines were the ones who suffered the most.No matter who the masters they were originally loyal to, the masters would never remember them.After being punished, all the concubines and concubines were dismissed. No one cared about their future, or even whether they lived or died.
Wang Xifeng ignored Jia Zhu's concubine, Tongfang, and only said that Li Wan's life was not good.These words were actually Wang Xifeng's heartfelt sentiments, but Jia Lian agreed with them.
"Brother Feng, you are right. She just has a bad life, and her life is hard! Instead of letting her go out to harm people, it is better to let her go to the west side courtyard to chant scriptures and worship Buddha as soon as possible, so that she can accumulate more evil virtues " Jia Lian's face was full of disdain, he really put all the blame on Li Wan, and he didn't think he was venting his anger at all.
Seeing Jia Lian like this, no matter how helpless Wang Xifeng was, it was impossible for him to argue with Jia Lian because of Li Wan's matter, so he just laughed and said nothing.
Li Wan's matter was exposed in this way.It's just that in the next half a month, although Li Wan was in the west side courtyard, the whole family was uncharacteristically, everyone was talking about Li Wan.First of all, Li Wan struggled a lot before going to the west side courtyard, but it was a pity that it was Mother Jia, not Mrs. Wang, who gave the order, so naturally no one had a good word for her.Afterwards, although Li Wan lived in the west courtyard, news came that she was crying day and night because she missed Jia Lan.After a few days, it was even more unexpected that Jia Zhu dreamed of Li Wan and told her to take care of Jia Lan...
All of a sudden, Li Wan, who had been insignificant for several years, suddenly became the topic of conversation for everyone in Rongguo Mansion after dinner.
Naturally, Mother Jia was angry, and she was also suppressed by people, but she had no choice but to suppress the first one, and within a few days, the second and third rumors came out.As the days went by, Mother Jia was helpless. Mrs. Wang was still ill, and Wang Xifeng made up her mind to pretend to be sick to the end. Mrs. Xing was willing to help Mother Jia solve her problems, but she was unable to do so, so she had to take care of her in the end. Xichun's errand.
Although Wang Xifeng was "recovering from illness" in the yard, she knew everything about the outside world.However, seeing that the matter of looking at Li Wan had nothing to do with him, Wang Xifeng quickly threw it away.It's just that after nearly a month of raising her, Wang Xifeng's body and spirit are getting better, but she is becoming more and more lazy.Jia Lian once laughed at her, saying that everyone is fattened by cats in winter, but she hides in the house in the summer and does not go out, which is really rare.Wang Xifeng didn't bother to argue with Jia Lian, so she took advantage of this rare free time to tidy up her dowry and private house, and helped Ping'er arrange a dowry, refusing to urge Lin Zhixiao's family to act quickly. Three days ago, the day for Ping'er to go out was set.
On the seventh day of July, Qiqiao Festival is also Qiaojie's first birthday.
On this day, Wang Xifeng took a short nap in the afternoon, and not long after she got up, she heard Feng'er call from the yard, "Eldest Wife, Second Miss, and Fourth Miss are here."
Wang Xifeng got up and looked at herself in front of the vanity mirror. Seeing that although she didn't wear makeup, she looked very good, so she just slightly tied her hair in a bun, then lifted the curtain and went outside.
"Brother Feng..." Mrs. Xing had prepared a large cart, but she only thought that Wang Xifeng was ill. She, as a mother-in-law, should come to visit more because she was detained by Jia She. At home, don't let her come and disturb, now it's almost a month, Mrs. Xing really can't stand it anymore, finally persuaded Jia She to let go, Mrs. Xing couldn't wait for a day, so she brought Yingchun and Xichun come here.In the end, it came and people saw it, but the words that were originally prepared could only be swallowed.There is no other reason, Wang Xifeng's complexion is so good that even if Mrs. Xing thinks she is seriously ill, Wang Xifeng is still so healthy.
"Madam, you are here!" Wang Xifeng greeted her with a smile, naturally she would not miss the look of astonishment on Mrs. Xing's face, and said with a smile, "Look, you are a lucky star, once you come, I am so weak , I'll get better immediately. If I knew this, why would I spend a lot of money to hire those doctors, and just ask the eldest wife? "
Mrs. Xing twitched the corners of her mouth, but was unable to answer for a while.Ordinarily, it is reasonable for Wang Xifeng to praise her so much, she should be self-effacing, but she... really doesn't have such a face.
"Second sister-in-law Lian, where's Qiaojie?" At the critical moment, it was Xichun who came out of the siege.
Wang Xifeng turned slightly to the side, looked down at Xiao Xichun who was only half a person tall, and said with a smile: "Oh, so the fourth sister didn't come to see me at all, but she was thinking about that little girl Qiaojie all the time? "
Xichun looked at Wang Xifeng in a daze, she wasn't Tanchun, she couldn't learn those tactful words at all.The reason why Mrs. Xing's siege was relieved was because she really missed Sister Qiao.It's no wonder, she was the youngest of the sisters, and even Jia Lan, who was younger than her, was older than her, not to mention her nephew Jia Rong, who married a wife a few years ago .After finally meeting someone younger than herself, Xichun was more surprised than happy.It's a pity that sister Qiao was not raised under Jia's mother's lap, so Xichun was able to play with sister Qiao for half a day only when she came to Wang Xifeng's yard last time, didn't she miss it?
Not to mention Xichun, Yingchun also misses Qiaojie very much.Ever since sister Qiao lived in the east courtyard for a while a few months ago, Yingchun has really kept sister Qiao in her heart.Her reasons are completely different from Xichun's. Xichun likes Qiaojie from the bottom of her heart, a fat little girl, but Yingchun wants to repay Wang Xifeng's kindness to her.It's just that Yingchun is timid, even if she thinks about it in her heart, she doesn't mention it at all.
It's just that when Xichun mentioned Qiaojie, Yingchun looked at Wang Xifeng with bright eyes. Neither of the sisters said a word, but Wang Xifeng saw the look on their faces and the hope in their eyes.
"Yoyo, are you really thinking about it? Is my little girl that good? Forget it. Since you guys love her so much, then go. I think sister Qiao should wake up by now." Wang Xifeng laughed. Once, I told Yingchun a few more words. After all, Xichun is young and she is the master. If she gets too mischievous, the servants shouldn't hold her too close to her. But Yingchun, who is an elder sister, can teach her younger sister a lesson. It is right.
Yingchun readily agreed, and before she even had time to say goodbye to Mrs. Xing, she hurriedly took Xichun's hand and walked towards the east room together.
Wang Xifeng watched them leave the outer hall, then turned around, looked at Mrs. Xing with a smile, and said: "Looking at the faces of the second and fourth younger sisters who love to laugh and play, it can be seen that the wife is really good at raising girls."
Mrs. Xing was taken aback by the compliment, and then she waved her hands again and again and said: "Speaking of raising girls, who can compare with the old lady? I just help take care of the old lady because the old lady is busy these days and the second wife is sick. A few days. Don’t dare to claim credit, just hope that there will be no mistakes.”
"My wife is too modest." Wang Xifeng replied with a smile, ordered Ping'er to bring the refreshments, and then told Ping'er to sort out a small snack and send it to the East Room. It was not for Sister Qiao, but Prepared for Yingchun and Xichun.
When the tea time came, Wang Xifeng gave way again, suddenly remembered the topic just now, and simply repeated the old saying: "Madam, you really don't need to be too modest about some things. It is said that the old lady is good at raising girls. This is certainly a good statement. Back then, the eldest sister was praised by everyone for her talent and appearance. Even the big maids in front of the old lady were all outstanding. It is a pity that in recent years, the old lady has finally been unable to do what she wants Yes, although the three younger sisters are still supported by the old lady in name, but in fact... the wife understands."
Mrs. Xing had listened to Wang Xifeng's persuasion, and was eating a piece of jujube cake, she only took one mouthful before hearing Wang Xifeng's words, she was a little dazed, and said after a while: "Even so, you are better educated than me."
"That's not necessarily true." Wang Xifeng picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said with a smile, "Actually, to tell you the truth, there are some things I wanted to mention to the old lady. It's only natural for the old lady to raise her granddaughters. No matter how bad it is, it should be brought up by the first wife and the second wife. If there are no elders, but leave it to sister-in-law Zhu. If sister-in-law Zhu really has this ability, I won't say more, but unfortunately, she often always With a dull face, he doesn't like to laugh or talk. He keeps the three younger sisters in the room all day long and doesn't talk about it. He doesn't teach the skills of housekeepers and directors. Instead, he teaches those piano, chess, calligraphy and painting... As a younger brother and daughter-in-law, some things are really difficult to say, and I even mentioned a few words to the second wife tactfully, but the second wife didn't take it seriously at all, and after a lot of times, I just stopped thinking about it."
Mrs. Xing was taken aback by Wang Xifeng's words.
Poor Mrs. Xing, she was originally from a small family. Although her natal family can be regarded as an official family, it is not one-ten-thousandth of the four major families.When she was not out of the court, she had also learned many skills that a daughter should learn, of course it was not the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, poetry, etc., but female celebrities and female rings.
"Brother Feng, what you said is very reasonable, but I... I'm afraid I won't do that." Mrs. Xing lowered her head, showing a hint of shame on her face.She only felt that her family background was not as good as other female family members in the Rongguo Mansion, so she had low self-esteem, struggled, and even had a trace of resistance, thinking that women are married and obey their husbands, even if their natal family status is low, it does not hinder What she does at her husband's house.Until now, after listening to Wang Xifeng's words, she realized how wrong she was.
"Won't Madam?" Wang Xifeng wondered, "But in the past, I watched Madam keep the east courtyard in order. Why can't I?"
"But it's just these..." Mrs. Xing was very unconfident.
Wang Xifeng took a closer look, and roughly guessed what Madam Xing was thinking. She was amused for a while, but she still had a considerate smile on her face, and said with relief: "It's okay, although a high-married girl is a low-beautiful wife-in-law, But we already have an older sister who has entered the palace, and the rest of the younger sisters are not so lucky. If the wife wants to teach the second younger sister some skills, just take her more on weekdays. I used to be with my natal aunt, slowly We'll see."
Mrs. Xing thought about it carefully, and seemed to think that Wang Xifeng's words were very reasonable, and she felt much better at the moment, and said: "Then do as Brother Feng said. When I go back and think about it, I will first put a few The maids who do needlework are assigned to the second maid, and we only make some personal clothes for the master in the left and right yards, even if something goes wrong, it’s not a big problem.”
Thinking about making a mistake before doing anything?Wang Xifeng didn't quite understand Mrs. Xing. From her point of view, Yingchun was already nine years old. Apart from other things, it was time to take care of her own yard. Let one or two small Zhuangzi practice their hands, and stay for another two years , you can try to get in touch with some trivial things in Zhongfeed.
"Since Madam has made an opinion, that's great." Wang Xifeng stretched out his hand to weigh a piece of mung bean cake, but smiled and said nothing.
Mrs. Xing didn't notice the strangeness in Wang Xifeng's heart. Seeing what Wang Xifeng said, she felt that her idea was very good.However, Wang Xifeng didn't look down on Mrs. Xing at all, but secretly wrote down the matter of welcoming the spring in her heart.She originally thought that as long as Jia She didn't mess around, Yingchun would be happy if she didn't marry that Zhongshan wolf grandson Shaozu, but now it seems that she will have to do it at that time, lest Mrs. Xing do bad things with good intentions.
For a while, he brought up the recent events. Wang Xifeng thought that Mrs. Xing would definitely talk about Li Wan, but what Mrs. Xing said happened to be something that Wang Xifeng ignored.
First, Baoyu's birthday.
Second, the family banquet in Dongfu.
After hearing these things, Wang Xifeng realized in a daze that she had really gone too far.Leaving aside the family banquet in the Ningguo Mansion, even if she doesn't go, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng will always go there. Of course, this kind of thing is usually passed by Jia Amnesty. Pickled father and son contacts.
Ke Baoyu's birthday...
"Hey, look at my brain, is it possible that I'm really old and useless? I even forgot Baoyu's birthday." Wang Xifeng sighed again and again, and asked what happened on that day , but Mrs. Xing's answer surprised her.
"I haven't done it, it seems that the old lady said, children's family, it's not a big deal." Seeing that Wang Xifeng was interested in this matter, Mrs. Xing tried her best to recall, "I remember that at that time, everyone was silent. It's quite free, and it's normal that I haven't made any big arrangements. Especially the second wife is still sick, how can there be a mother who is seriously ill, but a son who is happy to celebrate his birthday? So I just set up a small table in the Rongqing hall."
When Mrs. Xing said this, she had no other intentions.But there is a saying that the speaker has no intention of listening and the listener has intentions. This word fell into Wang Xifeng's ears, but it was far more than what it meant on the surface.
Birthday, also known as the mother's day of suffering, regardless of whether the birth was smooth or not on that day, the mother gave birth in October, even if nothing happened in the end, the hardships paid cannot be explained clearly in a few words of.Therefore, as long as the mother is alive, as children, they must kowtow to the mother every birthday.Even Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian obviously don't have much impression of their biological mother, so they have to talk about their hearts, at least they can't act too happy.
"Did Baoyu ever go to Rongxi Hall that day?" Wang Xifeng asked tentatively after thinking about it.
"Shouldn't it be?" Mrs. Xing didn't think much about it, but it's been a long time after all, and Mrs. Xing herself didn't pay much attention to Baoyu's birthday. After carefully recalling it for a long time, she said with a trace of uncertainty, "I I vaguely remember that I invited the old lady to greet me that day, and the old lady specially kept the second girl and the fourth girl, and then sent someone to the Shijia to invite girl Yun. I also invited them over, which was regarded as a small show for Baoyu. After that, I called a troupe in and played until the evening. When I went to pay my respects, I picked up the second girl and the fourth girl. Things, I don't quite understand."
Wang Xifeng was speechless.
Baoyu did not visit Mrs. Wang, who was seriously ill, on her birthday, which is already a big deal.Wang Xifeng can forget Baoyu's birthday, which is all right, because Wang Xifeng is both Baoyu's cousin and his cousin, and she is still "ill".Ke Baoyu...
Suddenly, Wang Xifeng began to sympathize with Mrs. Wang, although from the outside, Mrs. Wang is blessed, her husband has a future, her eldest son is smart and eager to learn, her eldest daughter has outstanding character, and her youngest son is clever and intelligent.But in fact, all of them are bad!
"Brother Feng, is this very important?" Mrs. Xing was not very intelligent, but seeing Wang Xifeng's complexion looked a little unsightly, her heart suddenly jumped, and she couldn't help asking.
"No, no, it's nothing important. I just thought, now that sister-in-law Zhu and the third younger sister have all gone to the west side courtyard to chant scriptures and worship Buddha, and Baoyu is raised by the old lady, I'm afraid that the second wife's knees will be empty." Wang Xifeng Half-truths.
Mrs. Xing never doubted what she said, but she just felt that Wang Xifeng was really interested in Mrs. Wang. Although she was not unhappy, she was somewhat envious.In fact, regardless of how much Wang Xifeng sympathized with Mrs. Wang at this time, in Mrs. Xing's opinion, Mrs. Wang's life could not be better. Even if there are no children or daughter-in-law in front of her eyes, wouldn't she still have a grandson?
Thinking this way, Mrs. Xing said the same thing, but Wang Xifeng didn't take it seriously when she heard it.
Jia Lan is Mrs. Wang's eldest grandson, but in her previous life, Wang Xifeng didn't realize how much Mrs. Wang valued Jia Lan.It was time for Jia Lan to go to school, she didn't care, and when she was old enough to marry, she still didn't care.Even after the ransacking of the family and the extermination of the family, Mrs. Wang was thinking about how to exonerate Baoyu, and she didn't notice Jia Lan at all.Wang Xifeng guessed that although Mrs. Wang would not blame Jia Lan for Jia Zhu's death, she would still be an eyesore.Although she looks good, if Jia Lan is as pretty as Jia Zhu, Mrs. Wang will feel pity for her to some extent, like Li Wan...hehe.
It's just that whether it's easy to say or not, Wang Xifeng immediately changed the subject with a smile.The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for a while, but fortunately, both of them were willing to give each other face, even though they disagreed on some matters, the atmosphere of the conversation was quite good.Before leaving, Mrs. Xing was a bit unsatisfied. Wang Xifeng looked interesting and said that she was sick now, and she would recover after a few days, so she decided to go to the east courtyard to pay her respects to Mrs. Xing.Mrs. Xing has no reason not to agree.
Within a few days, Wang Xifeng "recovered".
This was not because Wang Xifeng had had enough rest, but because she was worried that if she continued to rest like this, it would cause displeasure to the elders.At that moment, Haosheng tidied himself up, and Wang Xifeng personally hugged Qiaojie and went to Rongqing Hall to pay her respects.
In Rongqing Hall, although Li Wan and Tanchun were missing, there was no shortage of excitement as it should have been.When Wang Xifeng left, Mrs. Xing was there, as well as Yingchun and Xichun.As for Baoyu, he was chatting and joking with Xiangyun, and he couldn't tell that he had just been injured a few days ago.
"Greetings to the ancestors." Wang Xifeng was originally the focus of everyone, but now she specially brought Sister Qiao along, and she was surrounded by people as soon as she entered the main hall.
Sitting in the high hall, Mother Jia squinted her eyes and smiled at the juniors below: "Okay, brother Feng is also well, and when Zheng's daughter-in-law is well, I will really let go of my heart. Come on, Feng Brother, come here, Baoyu and Yun'er don't pester you, I know you all miss her, but let me have a look at Brother Feng!"
Wang Xifeng walked two steps quickly, holding Qiaojie up and posing to Jiamu first: "Old ancestor, you are wrong. Baoyu and sister Yun don't miss me at all. They, like the second and fourth younger sisters, miss my pregnancy." This fat girl!"
"Hahaha, I miss everything." Mother Jia smiled, and asked Wang Xifeng to give her Qiaojie, put her on her knees, and looked at her curiously, "Well, it's no wonder that everyone loves her, our sister Qiao Such a good appearance is actually longer than the most beautiful place of my mother, how can I not love it?"
Sure enough, Baoyu and Xiangyun came together. They didn't think of the truth of loving or not, they just looked at it as a rarity.Another thing, what Jia Mu said is right, Qiaojie is indeed good-looking, although she is still young, she can vaguely tell that she will be even better than Sanchun in the future.Especially Baoyu, he has always liked little girls' homes, and he only said that daughters are made of water and men are made of mud.At such a young age, Qiaojie is truly pure and flawless, and the happy Baoyu keeps moving forward.
"Old Ancestor, Qiaojie should stay here too, so that we can play together." Baoyu became happier as he looked at it. Although it was not the first time he had seen Qiaojie, she was usually too young. , a limp little ball that can only cry, he just can't like it.Now, her eyes are getting bigger, not only smiling all day long, but also jumping out word by word, Baoyu is so happy that she can't wait to hold her in her arms and not let go.
"Nonsense." Mother Jia reached out her hand and tapped Baoyu's forehead in reproach, and said angrily, "If you see a good-looking one, you will take it to your home. Where can you be like this? Sister Qiao is your niece, so I want to follow your phoenix." My sister lives, where can I raise her here?"
As soon as the words came out, Baoyu quit immediately, and kept shouting: "Why can't I do it? I won't force this other's daughter. But sister Qiao belongs to our family. Old ancestor, you raised sister Qiao. Big deal, sister Yun and I will help you."
Jiamu almost lost her breath from laughing, she just stretched out her hand and patted Baoyu several times before saying, "You're messing around again, you and girl Yun are still children, and you're still helping to raise them. Tsk tsk."
"No, no, I want, I want, I want!"
Wang Xifeng silently took Qiaojie from Jiamu's arms, took two steps back, and watched Baoyu make a fuss again.As for the troublesome steps, Wang Xifeng said that she is very familiar with it.
One begging, two crying, three throwing jade...
As for the final result, Mother Jia kept saying good things to appease Baoyu, and then threw the problem to Wang Xifeng, but she said to Baoyu: "Then you go and ask your sister Feng, if you would like to talk to Baoyu?" Leave Miss Qiao behind."
Baoyu immediately stood up like a carp, and leaned towards Wang Xifeng energetically, and said with infinite expectation: "Sister Feng, good sister, Baoyu likes sister Qiao, please keep sister Qiao!"
Wang Xifeng forced a smile and said, "Baoyu, sister Qiao is too young. If you really like her, I will take her with me when I say hello tomorrow." But she said in her heart, if you dare to play tricks on my daughter, just wait. !
"No, no, sister Qiao is not young anymore, look at sister Feng, she can talk. Besides, isn't she being taken care of by a nanny and a maid? You can just keep her, please, Feng Sister! Aren’t you the one who loves Baoyu the most? Sister Feng, good sister, Baoyu begs you..."
"Then tomorrow, I'll go back and ask someone to tidy up Qiaojie's things and bring them over tomorrow." Wang Xifeng smiled so softly that Baoyu couldn't help shivering.
Baoyu originally wanted to make an inch and let Qiaojie move here in the next half an hour, but seeing Wang Xifeng's smile, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips, and only murmured: "Tomorrow will be tomorrow." stop."
After a month of greetings, it ended in such a farce-like manner. Wang Xifeng, with an unusually eerie smile, went to Rongxi Hall as soon as he left the Rongqing Hall.However, before arriving at Rongxi Hall, Wang Xifeng thought about it for a while, and finally let the nanny carry Sister Qiao back first.
Inside the Rongxi Hall, everything remained the same, but when one looked closely, it seemed that many changes had taken place without notice.Wang Xifeng looked back and forth and knew what was wrong.
popularity.
Once upon a time, Rongxi Hall was so lively.Mrs. Wang has raised three children, and her eldest son Jia Zhu gave birth to her eldest grandson Jia Lan, as well as all kinds of stewards and relatives who often visit Mrs. Wang.
Unfortunately, these have long since become a thing of the past.Jia Zhu was gone, Yuan Chun entered the palace, Bao Yu went to pick up Jia Mu, Li Wan and Tan Chun went to the west side courtyard, and even her niece did not show up for a month.However, perhaps for Mrs. Wang, the most terrifying thing is not these, but Jia Zheng.Wang Xifeng had already found out clearly that since Mrs. Wang passed out that day, Jia Zheng had never visited her once, and these days, she even stayed at Aunt Zhou's place all day long.
"Auntie, I've come to see you."
With a trademark smile, Wang Xifeng quickly walked into Mrs. Wang's room.Naturally, Mrs. Wang's room was still so luxurious and unparalleled, and all the maids were waiting on her, and she didn't dare to neglect her in the slightest.But in many cases, no matter how considerate the maids are in serving, they can't replace the real relatives.
Seeing Wang Xifeng coming, Mrs. Wang's face was obviously overjoyed, even her eyes lit up a lot, but Mrs. Wang's nature made her suppress the ecstasy in her heart, she only nodded to Wang Xifeng indifferently, and said softly: "Brother Feng is here!" ? Are you cured of your illness?"
"Yes, I recovered from my illness. As soon as I relaxed, I couldn't help running out. I just went to Rongqing Hall to say hello to the old lady, and then I came back to my aunt. Aunt, have you taken your medicine on time? Now How do you feel?" Wang Xifeng said as he leaned forward, his face full of concern.
Even though Mrs. Wang never really cared about Wang Xifeng, she couldn't help but feel warm when she saw Wang Xifeng like this, and said: "I'm fine now. Sigh, it's thanks to you still thinking about me."
"Look at what you said, aunt. I don't miss you. Could it be that I miss the one from the East Court? Don't mention it soon." Wang Xifeng smiled, showing a trace of guilt, and hesitated for a long time but still couldn't say it.
"What's the matter?" Mrs. Wang looked at Wang Xifeng very strangely, she thought she knew the temperament of her niece very well, but seeing Wang Xifeng's expression now, she was really suspicious.He wondered in his heart, could it be because he didn't come to pay her respects in the past month?But Wang Xifeng herself is sick, so Mrs. Wang can't force it.
"Auntie, there is something I have to say sorry to you." Wang Xifeng changed from his usual straightforwardness, and said, "It's, it's about Brother Bao's birthday."
Mrs. Wang originally thought that Wang Xifeng wanted to apologize to herself, but she just wanted to say a few words of relief, but when she heard this, her complexion became a little ugly.
Seeing this, Wang Xifeng felt even more guilty, pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said with a mournful face: "I prepared a birthday gift for Brother Bao earlier, but so many things happened all at once, and I suddenly fell ill again. It's... Sigh, that's all, it's all my fault, I was negligent, but I can't just look for reasons. Aunt, look at this matter, how about I prepare another generous gift for Brother Bao? Blame me."
Wang Xifeng quickly fell into a state of self-loathing, and it didn't take long for her eye circles to turn red.Mrs. Wang opened her mouth, wanted to say something, hesitated again, and after a long time, she said lightly: "Baoyu is a child's birthday, so there is no need for this. You are his sister, why bother to be so careful? It's okay, Just don't take it to heart. If he really blames you, let him come and find me!"
"How can this be done? Auntie, I know you are doing it for my own good, but this is absolutely impossible. It was my fault that I forgot Brother Bao's birthday. How can I mess with you for nothing? You mother and son are not happy? It's okay, I turned around and said to Brother Bao, he is so good-tempered, I don't think he would care." Wang Xifeng forced a smile and comforted Mrs. Wang.
"There is no need to be so deliberate."
"I know. By the way, Auntie, don't Brother Bao like the excitement the most? Why don't I change my name and invite a troupe over for him, how about that?" Wang Xifeng pretended to measure it, and felt more and more that this was a good idea. Thinking, he slapped his hands immediately, and said with a smile, "It just so happens that Baoyu's body is so neat now, but the second master hasn't thought of letting Brother Bao continue to study. Why don't you take this opportunity to make Brother Bao happy, At that time, he will definitely not be angry with me anymore. Just do it!"
Mrs. Wang twitched the corners of her mouth, but in the end she couldn't force a smile, so she nodded with a stiff face, as a response to Wang Xifeng.
"Then it's better to hit the sun instead of another day. I'll ask someone to invite the troupe to sing a big show tomorrow. By the way, I'll invite the troupe who came on Baoyu's birthday. He just said that the troupe sang well." It's not bad!" Wang Xifeng gave full play to her resolute style of action, turned around and went to the outside room, gave Ping'er an order, and then went back to the inner room contentedly.
"Brother Feng, I'm tired, just come back tomorrow." In the inner room, Mrs. Wang's complexion was very ugly, Wang Xifeng stopped in fright, begged for forgiveness, and quickly retreated out .
A quarter of an hour after Wang Xifeng left, Mrs. Wang suddenly changed her face: "On Baoyu's birthday, besides inviting the theater troupe, should I have done other things? Well, it's really good."
Jin Chuan at the side was trembling all over, intending to back out, but afraid of being watched by Mrs. Wang, dense beads of cold sweat oozed from his back for a while, but he had to force himself to wait in front of Mrs. Wang.
"Jin Chuan, you go to the second gate to guard. When the master comes back, tell him to come to my place. If he doesn't want to come, you can say that Baoyu can't be so lazy anymore. His injuries have long since passed. It’s good to be neat, and it’s time to study again.”
Jin Chuan's legs went limp, he knelt down on the ground, and murmured: "Yes."
Mrs. Wang's voice was hoarse and low due to continuous illness: "If you can't handle this matter, you don't have to come back. Hurry up!!"
In fact, Wang Xifeng knew very well that Li Wan might not have killed Jia Zhu.Jia Zheng forces Jia Zhu, who is not talented at all, to work hard all day long, hoping that Jia Zhu will make up for the goals that he has worked hard but failed to achieve.Although Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, and Li Wan all wanted to be good to Jia Zhu, they had no choice but to have their own little calculations, which directly caused chaos in Jia Zhu's house among the concubines, and even used all means to fight for favor.It can be said that Jia Zhu was killed by the cooperation of these people who claimed to care about him the most.
Li Wan is not completely innocent, but he is not the real culprit either.But the question is, who dares to question the elders?
After Jia Zhu's death, Li Wan, as his first wife, shouldered all the responsibilities.Of course, Li Wan was not the worst one. In fact, Jia Zhu's concubines were the ones who suffered the most.No matter who the masters they were originally loyal to, the masters would never remember them.After being punished, all the concubines and concubines were dismissed. No one cared about their future, or even whether they lived or died.
Wang Xifeng ignored Jia Zhu's concubine, Tongfang, and only said that Li Wan's life was not good.These words were actually Wang Xifeng's heartfelt sentiments, but Jia Lian agreed with them.
"Brother Feng, you are right. She just has a bad life, and her life is hard! Instead of letting her go out to harm people, it is better to let her go to the west side courtyard to chant scriptures and worship Buddha as soon as possible, so that she can accumulate more evil virtues " Jia Lian's face was full of disdain, he really put all the blame on Li Wan, and he didn't think he was venting his anger at all.
Seeing Jia Lian like this, no matter how helpless Wang Xifeng was, it was impossible for him to argue with Jia Lian because of Li Wan's matter, so he just laughed and said nothing.
Li Wan's matter was exposed in this way.It's just that in the next half a month, although Li Wan was in the west side courtyard, the whole family was uncharacteristically, everyone was talking about Li Wan.First of all, Li Wan struggled a lot before going to the west side courtyard, but it was a pity that it was Mother Jia, not Mrs. Wang, who gave the order, so naturally no one had a good word for her.Afterwards, although Li Wan lived in the west courtyard, news came that she was crying day and night because she missed Jia Lan.After a few days, it was even more unexpected that Jia Zhu dreamed of Li Wan and told her to take care of Jia Lan...
All of a sudden, Li Wan, who had been insignificant for several years, suddenly became the topic of conversation for everyone in Rongguo Mansion after dinner.
Naturally, Mother Jia was angry, and she was also suppressed by people, but she had no choice but to suppress the first one, and within a few days, the second and third rumors came out.As the days went by, Mother Jia was helpless. Mrs. Wang was still ill, and Wang Xifeng made up her mind to pretend to be sick to the end. Mrs. Xing was willing to help Mother Jia solve her problems, but she was unable to do so, so she had to take care of her in the end. Xichun's errand.
Although Wang Xifeng was "recovering from illness" in the yard, she knew everything about the outside world.However, seeing that the matter of looking at Li Wan had nothing to do with him, Wang Xifeng quickly threw it away.It's just that after nearly a month of raising her, Wang Xifeng's body and spirit are getting better, but she is becoming more and more lazy.Jia Lian once laughed at her, saying that everyone is fattened by cats in winter, but she hides in the house in the summer and does not go out, which is really rare.Wang Xifeng didn't bother to argue with Jia Lian, so she took advantage of this rare free time to tidy up her dowry and private house, and helped Ping'er arrange a dowry, refusing to urge Lin Zhixiao's family to act quickly. Three days ago, the day for Ping'er to go out was set.
On the seventh day of July, Qiqiao Festival is also Qiaojie's first birthday.
On this day, Wang Xifeng took a short nap in the afternoon, and not long after she got up, she heard Feng'er call from the yard, "Eldest Wife, Second Miss, and Fourth Miss are here."
Wang Xifeng got up and looked at herself in front of the vanity mirror. Seeing that although she didn't wear makeup, she looked very good, so she just slightly tied her hair in a bun, then lifted the curtain and went outside.
"Brother Feng..." Mrs. Xing had prepared a large cart, but she only thought that Wang Xifeng was ill. She, as a mother-in-law, should come to visit more because she was detained by Jia She. At home, don't let her come and disturb, now it's almost a month, Mrs. Xing really can't stand it anymore, finally persuaded Jia She to let go, Mrs. Xing couldn't wait for a day, so she brought Yingchun and Xichun come here.In the end, it came and people saw it, but the words that were originally prepared could only be swallowed.There is no other reason, Wang Xifeng's complexion is so good that even if Mrs. Xing thinks she is seriously ill, Wang Xifeng is still so healthy.
"Madam, you are here!" Wang Xifeng greeted her with a smile, naturally she would not miss the look of astonishment on Mrs. Xing's face, and said with a smile, "Look, you are a lucky star, once you come, I am so weak , I'll get better immediately. If I knew this, why would I spend a lot of money to hire those doctors, and just ask the eldest wife? "
Mrs. Xing twitched the corners of her mouth, but was unable to answer for a while.Ordinarily, it is reasonable for Wang Xifeng to praise her so much, she should be self-effacing, but she... really doesn't have such a face.
"Second sister-in-law Lian, where's Qiaojie?" At the critical moment, it was Xichun who came out of the siege.
Wang Xifeng turned slightly to the side, looked down at Xiao Xichun who was only half a person tall, and said with a smile: "Oh, so the fourth sister didn't come to see me at all, but she was thinking about that little girl Qiaojie all the time? "
Xichun looked at Wang Xifeng in a daze, she wasn't Tanchun, she couldn't learn those tactful words at all.The reason why Mrs. Xing's siege was relieved was because she really missed Sister Qiao.It's no wonder, she was the youngest of the sisters, and even Jia Lan, who was younger than her, was older than her, not to mention her nephew Jia Rong, who married a wife a few years ago .After finally meeting someone younger than herself, Xichun was more surprised than happy.It's a pity that sister Qiao was not raised under Jia's mother's lap, so Xichun was able to play with sister Qiao for half a day only when she came to Wang Xifeng's yard last time, didn't she miss it?
Not to mention Xichun, Yingchun also misses Qiaojie very much.Ever since sister Qiao lived in the east courtyard for a while a few months ago, Yingchun has really kept sister Qiao in her heart.Her reasons are completely different from Xichun's. Xichun likes Qiaojie from the bottom of her heart, a fat little girl, but Yingchun wants to repay Wang Xifeng's kindness to her.It's just that Yingchun is timid, even if she thinks about it in her heart, she doesn't mention it at all.
It's just that when Xichun mentioned Qiaojie, Yingchun looked at Wang Xifeng with bright eyes. Neither of the sisters said a word, but Wang Xifeng saw the look on their faces and the hope in their eyes.
"Yoyo, are you really thinking about it? Is my little girl that good? Forget it. Since you guys love her so much, then go. I think sister Qiao should wake up by now." Wang Xifeng laughed. Once, I told Yingchun a few more words. After all, Xichun is young and she is the master. If she gets too mischievous, the servants shouldn't hold her too close to her. But Yingchun, who is an elder sister, can teach her younger sister a lesson. It is right.
Yingchun readily agreed, and before she even had time to say goodbye to Mrs. Xing, she hurriedly took Xichun's hand and walked towards the east room together.
Wang Xifeng watched them leave the outer hall, then turned around, looked at Mrs. Xing with a smile, and said: "Looking at the faces of the second and fourth younger sisters who love to laugh and play, it can be seen that the wife is really good at raising girls."
Mrs. Xing was taken aback by the compliment, and then she waved her hands again and again and said: "Speaking of raising girls, who can compare with the old lady? I just help take care of the old lady because the old lady is busy these days and the second wife is sick. A few days. Don’t dare to claim credit, just hope that there will be no mistakes.”
"My wife is too modest." Wang Xifeng replied with a smile, ordered Ping'er to bring the refreshments, and then told Ping'er to sort out a small snack and send it to the East Room. It was not for Sister Qiao, but Prepared for Yingchun and Xichun.
When the tea time came, Wang Xifeng gave way again, suddenly remembered the topic just now, and simply repeated the old saying: "Madam, you really don't need to be too modest about some things. It is said that the old lady is good at raising girls. This is certainly a good statement. Back then, the eldest sister was praised by everyone for her talent and appearance. Even the big maids in front of the old lady were all outstanding. It is a pity that in recent years, the old lady has finally been unable to do what she wants Yes, although the three younger sisters are still supported by the old lady in name, but in fact... the wife understands."
Mrs. Xing had listened to Wang Xifeng's persuasion, and was eating a piece of jujube cake, she only took one mouthful before hearing Wang Xifeng's words, she was a little dazed, and said after a while: "Even so, you are better educated than me."
"That's not necessarily true." Wang Xifeng picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said with a smile, "Actually, to tell you the truth, there are some things I wanted to mention to the old lady. It's only natural for the old lady to raise her granddaughters. No matter how bad it is, it should be brought up by the first wife and the second wife. If there are no elders, but leave it to sister-in-law Zhu. If sister-in-law Zhu really has this ability, I won't say more, but unfortunately, she often always With a dull face, he doesn't like to laugh or talk. He keeps the three younger sisters in the room all day long and doesn't talk about it. He doesn't teach the skills of housekeepers and directors. Instead, he teaches those piano, chess, calligraphy and painting... As a younger brother and daughter-in-law, some things are really difficult to say, and I even mentioned a few words to the second wife tactfully, but the second wife didn't take it seriously at all, and after a lot of times, I just stopped thinking about it."
Mrs. Xing was taken aback by Wang Xifeng's words.
Poor Mrs. Xing, she was originally from a small family. Although her natal family can be regarded as an official family, it is not one-ten-thousandth of the four major families.When she was not out of the court, she had also learned many skills that a daughter should learn, of course it was not the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, poetry, etc., but female celebrities and female rings.
"Brother Feng, what you said is very reasonable, but I... I'm afraid I won't do that." Mrs. Xing lowered her head, showing a hint of shame on her face.She only felt that her family background was not as good as other female family members in the Rongguo Mansion, so she had low self-esteem, struggled, and even had a trace of resistance, thinking that women are married and obey their husbands, even if their natal family status is low, it does not hinder What she does at her husband's house.Until now, after listening to Wang Xifeng's words, she realized how wrong she was.
"Won't Madam?" Wang Xifeng wondered, "But in the past, I watched Madam keep the east courtyard in order. Why can't I?"
"But it's just these..." Mrs. Xing was very unconfident.
Wang Xifeng took a closer look, and roughly guessed what Madam Xing was thinking. She was amused for a while, but she still had a considerate smile on her face, and said with relief: "It's okay, although a high-married girl is a low-beautiful wife-in-law, But we already have an older sister who has entered the palace, and the rest of the younger sisters are not so lucky. If the wife wants to teach the second younger sister some skills, just take her more on weekdays. I used to be with my natal aunt, slowly We'll see."
Mrs. Xing thought about it carefully, and seemed to think that Wang Xifeng's words were very reasonable, and she felt much better at the moment, and said: "Then do as Brother Feng said. When I go back and think about it, I will first put a few The maids who do needlework are assigned to the second maid, and we only make some personal clothes for the master in the left and right yards, even if something goes wrong, it’s not a big problem.”
Thinking about making a mistake before doing anything?Wang Xifeng didn't quite understand Mrs. Xing. From her point of view, Yingchun was already nine years old. Apart from other things, it was time to take care of her own yard. Let one or two small Zhuangzi practice their hands, and stay for another two years , you can try to get in touch with some trivial things in Zhongfeed.
"Since Madam has made an opinion, that's great." Wang Xifeng stretched out his hand to weigh a piece of mung bean cake, but smiled and said nothing.
Mrs. Xing didn't notice the strangeness in Wang Xifeng's heart. Seeing what Wang Xifeng said, she felt that her idea was very good.However, Wang Xifeng didn't look down on Mrs. Xing at all, but secretly wrote down the matter of welcoming the spring in her heart.She originally thought that as long as Jia She didn't mess around, Yingchun would be happy if she didn't marry that Zhongshan wolf grandson Shaozu, but now it seems that she will have to do it at that time, lest Mrs. Xing do bad things with good intentions.
For a while, he brought up the recent events. Wang Xifeng thought that Mrs. Xing would definitely talk about Li Wan, but what Mrs. Xing said happened to be something that Wang Xifeng ignored.
First, Baoyu's birthday.
Second, the family banquet in Dongfu.
After hearing these things, Wang Xifeng realized in a daze that she had really gone too far.Leaving aside the family banquet in the Ningguo Mansion, even if she doesn't go, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng will always go there. Of course, this kind of thing is usually passed by Jia Amnesty. Pickled father and son contacts.
Ke Baoyu's birthday...
"Hey, look at my brain, is it possible that I'm really old and useless? I even forgot Baoyu's birthday." Wang Xifeng sighed again and again, and asked what happened on that day , but Mrs. Xing's answer surprised her.
"I haven't done it, it seems that the old lady said, children's family, it's not a big deal." Seeing that Wang Xifeng was interested in this matter, Mrs. Xing tried her best to recall, "I remember that at that time, everyone was silent. It's quite free, and it's normal that I haven't made any big arrangements. Especially the second wife is still sick, how can there be a mother who is seriously ill, but a son who is happy to celebrate his birthday? So I just set up a small table in the Rongqing hall."
When Mrs. Xing said this, she had no other intentions.But there is a saying that the speaker has no intention of listening and the listener has intentions. This word fell into Wang Xifeng's ears, but it was far more than what it meant on the surface.
Birthday, also known as the mother's day of suffering, regardless of whether the birth was smooth or not on that day, the mother gave birth in October, even if nothing happened in the end, the hardships paid cannot be explained clearly in a few words of.Therefore, as long as the mother is alive, as children, they must kowtow to the mother every birthday.Even Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian obviously don't have much impression of their biological mother, so they have to talk about their hearts, at least they can't act too happy.
"Did Baoyu ever go to Rongxi Hall that day?" Wang Xifeng asked tentatively after thinking about it.
"Shouldn't it be?" Mrs. Xing didn't think much about it, but it's been a long time after all, and Mrs. Xing herself didn't pay much attention to Baoyu's birthday. After carefully recalling it for a long time, she said with a trace of uncertainty, "I I vaguely remember that I invited the old lady to greet me that day, and the old lady specially kept the second girl and the fourth girl, and then sent someone to the Shijia to invite girl Yun. I also invited them over, which was regarded as a small show for Baoyu. After that, I called a troupe in and played until the evening. When I went to pay my respects, I picked up the second girl and the fourth girl. Things, I don't quite understand."
Wang Xifeng was speechless.
Baoyu did not visit Mrs. Wang, who was seriously ill, on her birthday, which is already a big deal.Wang Xifeng can forget Baoyu's birthday, which is all right, because Wang Xifeng is both Baoyu's cousin and his cousin, and she is still "ill".Ke Baoyu...
Suddenly, Wang Xifeng began to sympathize with Mrs. Wang, although from the outside, Mrs. Wang is blessed, her husband has a future, her eldest son is smart and eager to learn, her eldest daughter has outstanding character, and her youngest son is clever and intelligent.But in fact, all of them are bad!
"Brother Feng, is this very important?" Mrs. Xing was not very intelligent, but seeing Wang Xifeng's complexion looked a little unsightly, her heart suddenly jumped, and she couldn't help asking.
"No, no, it's nothing important. I just thought, now that sister-in-law Zhu and the third younger sister have all gone to the west side courtyard to chant scriptures and worship Buddha, and Baoyu is raised by the old lady, I'm afraid that the second wife's knees will be empty." Wang Xifeng Half-truths.
Mrs. Xing never doubted what she said, but she just felt that Wang Xifeng was really interested in Mrs. Wang. Although she was not unhappy, she was somewhat envious.In fact, regardless of how much Wang Xifeng sympathized with Mrs. Wang at this time, in Mrs. Xing's opinion, Mrs. Wang's life could not be better. Even if there are no children or daughter-in-law in front of her eyes, wouldn't she still have a grandson?
Thinking this way, Mrs. Xing said the same thing, but Wang Xifeng didn't take it seriously when she heard it.
Jia Lan is Mrs. Wang's eldest grandson, but in her previous life, Wang Xifeng didn't realize how much Mrs. Wang valued Jia Lan.It was time for Jia Lan to go to school, she didn't care, and when she was old enough to marry, she still didn't care.Even after the ransacking of the family and the extermination of the family, Mrs. Wang was thinking about how to exonerate Baoyu, and she didn't notice Jia Lan at all.Wang Xifeng guessed that although Mrs. Wang would not blame Jia Lan for Jia Zhu's death, she would still be an eyesore.Although she looks good, if Jia Lan is as pretty as Jia Zhu, Mrs. Wang will feel pity for her to some extent, like Li Wan...hehe.
It's just that whether it's easy to say or not, Wang Xifeng immediately changed the subject with a smile.The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for a while, but fortunately, both of them were willing to give each other face, even though they disagreed on some matters, the atmosphere of the conversation was quite good.Before leaving, Mrs. Xing was a bit unsatisfied. Wang Xifeng looked interesting and said that she was sick now, and she would recover after a few days, so she decided to go to the east courtyard to pay her respects to Mrs. Xing.Mrs. Xing has no reason not to agree.
Within a few days, Wang Xifeng "recovered".
This was not because Wang Xifeng had had enough rest, but because she was worried that if she continued to rest like this, it would cause displeasure to the elders.At that moment, Haosheng tidied himself up, and Wang Xifeng personally hugged Qiaojie and went to Rongqing Hall to pay her respects.
In Rongqing Hall, although Li Wan and Tanchun were missing, there was no shortage of excitement as it should have been.When Wang Xifeng left, Mrs. Xing was there, as well as Yingchun and Xichun.As for Baoyu, he was chatting and joking with Xiangyun, and he couldn't tell that he had just been injured a few days ago.
"Greetings to the ancestors." Wang Xifeng was originally the focus of everyone, but now she specially brought Sister Qiao along, and she was surrounded by people as soon as she entered the main hall.
Sitting in the high hall, Mother Jia squinted her eyes and smiled at the juniors below: "Okay, brother Feng is also well, and when Zheng's daughter-in-law is well, I will really let go of my heart. Come on, Feng Brother, come here, Baoyu and Yun'er don't pester you, I know you all miss her, but let me have a look at Brother Feng!"
Wang Xifeng walked two steps quickly, holding Qiaojie up and posing to Jiamu first: "Old ancestor, you are wrong. Baoyu and sister Yun don't miss me at all. They, like the second and fourth younger sisters, miss my pregnancy." This fat girl!"
"Hahaha, I miss everything." Mother Jia smiled, and asked Wang Xifeng to give her Qiaojie, put her on her knees, and looked at her curiously, "Well, it's no wonder that everyone loves her, our sister Qiao Such a good appearance is actually longer than the most beautiful place of my mother, how can I not love it?"
Sure enough, Baoyu and Xiangyun came together. They didn't think of the truth of loving or not, they just looked at it as a rarity.Another thing, what Jia Mu said is right, Qiaojie is indeed good-looking, although she is still young, she can vaguely tell that she will be even better than Sanchun in the future.Especially Baoyu, he has always liked little girls' homes, and he only said that daughters are made of water and men are made of mud.At such a young age, Qiaojie is truly pure and flawless, and the happy Baoyu keeps moving forward.
"Old Ancestor, Qiaojie should stay here too, so that we can play together." Baoyu became happier as he looked at it. Although it was not the first time he had seen Qiaojie, she was usually too young. , a limp little ball that can only cry, he just can't like it.Now, her eyes are getting bigger, not only smiling all day long, but also jumping out word by word, Baoyu is so happy that she can't wait to hold her in her arms and not let go.
"Nonsense." Mother Jia reached out her hand and tapped Baoyu's forehead in reproach, and said angrily, "If you see a good-looking one, you will take it to your home. Where can you be like this? Sister Qiao is your niece, so I want to follow your phoenix." My sister lives, where can I raise her here?"
As soon as the words came out, Baoyu quit immediately, and kept shouting: "Why can't I do it? I won't force this other's daughter. But sister Qiao belongs to our family. Old ancestor, you raised sister Qiao. Big deal, sister Yun and I will help you."
Jiamu almost lost her breath from laughing, she just stretched out her hand and patted Baoyu several times before saying, "You're messing around again, you and girl Yun are still children, and you're still helping to raise them. Tsk tsk."
"No, no, I want, I want, I want!"
Wang Xifeng silently took Qiaojie from Jiamu's arms, took two steps back, and watched Baoyu make a fuss again.As for the troublesome steps, Wang Xifeng said that she is very familiar with it.
One begging, two crying, three throwing jade...
As for the final result, Mother Jia kept saying good things to appease Baoyu, and then threw the problem to Wang Xifeng, but she said to Baoyu: "Then you go and ask your sister Feng, if you would like to talk to Baoyu?" Leave Miss Qiao behind."
Baoyu immediately stood up like a carp, and leaned towards Wang Xifeng energetically, and said with infinite expectation: "Sister Feng, good sister, Baoyu likes sister Qiao, please keep sister Qiao!"
Wang Xifeng forced a smile and said, "Baoyu, sister Qiao is too young. If you really like her, I will take her with me when I say hello tomorrow." But she said in her heart, if you dare to play tricks on my daughter, just wait. !
"No, no, sister Qiao is not young anymore, look at sister Feng, she can talk. Besides, isn't she being taken care of by a nanny and a maid? You can just keep her, please, Feng Sister! Aren’t you the one who loves Baoyu the most? Sister Feng, good sister, Baoyu begs you..."
"Then tomorrow, I'll go back and ask someone to tidy up Qiaojie's things and bring them over tomorrow." Wang Xifeng smiled so softly that Baoyu couldn't help shivering.
Baoyu originally wanted to make an inch and let Qiaojie move here in the next half an hour, but seeing Wang Xifeng's smile, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips, and only murmured: "Tomorrow will be tomorrow." stop."
After a month of greetings, it ended in such a farce-like manner. Wang Xifeng, with an unusually eerie smile, went to Rongxi Hall as soon as he left the Rongqing Hall.However, before arriving at Rongxi Hall, Wang Xifeng thought about it for a while, and finally let the nanny carry Sister Qiao back first.
Inside the Rongxi Hall, everything remained the same, but when one looked closely, it seemed that many changes had taken place without notice.Wang Xifeng looked back and forth and knew what was wrong.
popularity.
Once upon a time, Rongxi Hall was so lively.Mrs. Wang has raised three children, and her eldest son Jia Zhu gave birth to her eldest grandson Jia Lan, as well as all kinds of stewards and relatives who often visit Mrs. Wang.
Unfortunately, these have long since become a thing of the past.Jia Zhu was gone, Yuan Chun entered the palace, Bao Yu went to pick up Jia Mu, Li Wan and Tan Chun went to the west side courtyard, and even her niece did not show up for a month.However, perhaps for Mrs. Wang, the most terrifying thing is not these, but Jia Zheng.Wang Xifeng had already found out clearly that since Mrs. Wang passed out that day, Jia Zheng had never visited her once, and these days, she even stayed at Aunt Zhou's place all day long.
"Auntie, I've come to see you."
With a trademark smile, Wang Xifeng quickly walked into Mrs. Wang's room.Naturally, Mrs. Wang's room was still so luxurious and unparalleled, and all the maids were waiting on her, and she didn't dare to neglect her in the slightest.But in many cases, no matter how considerate the maids are in serving, they can't replace the real relatives.
Seeing Wang Xifeng coming, Mrs. Wang's face was obviously overjoyed, even her eyes lit up a lot, but Mrs. Wang's nature made her suppress the ecstasy in her heart, she only nodded to Wang Xifeng indifferently, and said softly: "Brother Feng is here!" ? Are you cured of your illness?"
"Yes, I recovered from my illness. As soon as I relaxed, I couldn't help running out. I just went to Rongqing Hall to say hello to the old lady, and then I came back to my aunt. Aunt, have you taken your medicine on time? Now How do you feel?" Wang Xifeng said as he leaned forward, his face full of concern.
Even though Mrs. Wang never really cared about Wang Xifeng, she couldn't help but feel warm when she saw Wang Xifeng like this, and said: "I'm fine now. Sigh, it's thanks to you still thinking about me."
"Look at what you said, aunt. I don't miss you. Could it be that I miss the one from the East Court? Don't mention it soon." Wang Xifeng smiled, showing a trace of guilt, and hesitated for a long time but still couldn't say it.
"What's the matter?" Mrs. Wang looked at Wang Xifeng very strangely, she thought she knew the temperament of her niece very well, but seeing Wang Xifeng's expression now, she was really suspicious.He wondered in his heart, could it be because he didn't come to pay her respects in the past month?But Wang Xifeng herself is sick, so Mrs. Wang can't force it.
"Auntie, there is something I have to say sorry to you." Wang Xifeng changed from his usual straightforwardness, and said, "It's, it's about Brother Bao's birthday."
Mrs. Wang originally thought that Wang Xifeng wanted to apologize to herself, but she just wanted to say a few words of relief, but when she heard this, her complexion became a little ugly.
Seeing this, Wang Xifeng felt even more guilty, pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said with a mournful face: "I prepared a birthday gift for Brother Bao earlier, but so many things happened all at once, and I suddenly fell ill again. It's... Sigh, that's all, it's all my fault, I was negligent, but I can't just look for reasons. Aunt, look at this matter, how about I prepare another generous gift for Brother Bao? Blame me."
Wang Xifeng quickly fell into a state of self-loathing, and it didn't take long for her eye circles to turn red.Mrs. Wang opened her mouth, wanted to say something, hesitated again, and after a long time, she said lightly: "Baoyu is a child's birthday, so there is no need for this. You are his sister, why bother to be so careful? It's okay, Just don't take it to heart. If he really blames you, let him come and find me!"
"How can this be done? Auntie, I know you are doing it for my own good, but this is absolutely impossible. It was my fault that I forgot Brother Bao's birthday. How can I mess with you for nothing? You mother and son are not happy? It's okay, I turned around and said to Brother Bao, he is so good-tempered, I don't think he would care." Wang Xifeng forced a smile and comforted Mrs. Wang.
"There is no need to be so deliberate."
"I know. By the way, Auntie, don't Brother Bao like the excitement the most? Why don't I change my name and invite a troupe over for him, how about that?" Wang Xifeng pretended to measure it, and felt more and more that this was a good idea. Thinking, he slapped his hands immediately, and said with a smile, "It just so happens that Baoyu's body is so neat now, but the second master hasn't thought of letting Brother Bao continue to study. Why don't you take this opportunity to make Brother Bao happy, At that time, he will definitely not be angry with me anymore. Just do it!"
Mrs. Wang twitched the corners of her mouth, but in the end she couldn't force a smile, so she nodded with a stiff face, as a response to Wang Xifeng.
"Then it's better to hit the sun instead of another day. I'll ask someone to invite the troupe to sing a big show tomorrow. By the way, I'll invite the troupe who came on Baoyu's birthday. He just said that the troupe sang well." It's not bad!" Wang Xifeng gave full play to her resolute style of action, turned around and went to the outside room, gave Ping'er an order, and then went back to the inner room contentedly.
"Brother Feng, I'm tired, just come back tomorrow." In the inner room, Mrs. Wang's complexion was very ugly, Wang Xifeng stopped in fright, begged for forgiveness, and quickly retreated out .
A quarter of an hour after Wang Xifeng left, Mrs. Wang suddenly changed her face: "On Baoyu's birthday, besides inviting the theater troupe, should I have done other things? Well, it's really good."
Jin Chuan at the side was trembling all over, intending to back out, but afraid of being watched by Mrs. Wang, dense beads of cold sweat oozed from his back for a while, but he had to force himself to wait in front of Mrs. Wang.
"Jin Chuan, you go to the second gate to guard. When the master comes back, tell him to come to my place. If he doesn't want to come, you can say that Baoyu can't be so lazy anymore. His injuries have long since passed. It’s good to be neat, and it’s time to study again.”
Jin Chuan's legs went limp, he knelt down on the ground, and murmured: "Yes."
Mrs. Wang's voice was hoarse and low due to continuous illness: "If you can't handle this matter, you don't have to come back. Hurry up!!"
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