Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

With a decree, the news spread to Jia's family who had not yet removed the large plaque of the Rongguo Mansion. Jia Lian and others were grateful and hurriedly raised the silver taels, so that they could hand over the fine silver and take Jia Amnesty home the next day, and rushed to sell the family members The servant redeemed Baoyu and others before.Although the court didn't urge them to do so, Jia Lian was afraid of having long nights and dreams, so he wished he could pay the money immediately.

Fortunately, since Jia's accident happened, Jia Lian has not been imprisoned, so he can stay at home to take care of outside affairs, and he also has the help of Daiyu and Yingchun's husband's family, so that the whole family will not be left in a state of panic and do not know what to do.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian’s father and son were fined 5000 taels of silver, and Jia Lan, Jia Baoyu, Jia Huan, and Xue Baochai’s four redemption silvers were 4000 taels of silver. Both Youshi and Xu’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of Ningguo Mansion were confiscated into the government as slaves. Xu Maimai was not allowed to redeem himself as a citizen, and the two of them received 1000 taels, a total of 3 taels. However, although there were 10,000+ taels in Jia She's room, the silver had already been used to repay the owed money.

Jia Lian and Sister Feng only had 6000 taels of silver in their hands, and they originally saved up to buy Xichun's dowry, so they had to use it to pay the fine money first. At that time, Jia's mother gave Jia Cong 5000 taels of silver, and Jia Cong also persuaded Mrs. Xing to take it out.

Jia Lian sighed and said, "It's only more than 1 taels, which is far away."

Mrs. Xing used to be stingy because she didn't have anything to rely on, and she wanted to save a lot of money for retirement. Now she has a deep bond with Jia Lian and his wife, and she is respected by them every day. She is not what she used to be. After thinking about it, she said: " First, take your master’s antiques and temporarily deposit 1 taels of silver to use, and I have saved 30 taels of silver for 6000 years.”

Jia Lian shook his head, fearing that Jia She would be unhappy when he came back. Those were all he wanted to leave to Brother Xuan, and said: "You don't need to use the master. When the master comes back and sees that there are few things, I'm afraid there will be trouble again. After a while I treat it as my and Brother Feng's things, although we don't have many things left in the house, we can put together 8000 taels of silver with antique gold and silver utensils."

In Sister Feng's dowry, there were several priceless and bulky things. Among them was a Babu bed made of high-quality red sandalwood that took ten years to make. It is said that it can be used as four 5000 taels of silver.

Xichun and Qiaojie said in unison: "We also have a lot of high-end clothes, we pawned them."

As for the easy-to-sell shop Zhuangtian of the Jia family, none of them mentioned a word. Those were the only income they would earn in the future.

Mrs. Xing's eyes were filled with love and affection, she held Xichun with one hand and sister Qiao with the other, and said: "Well, well, well, good children, this is the time to work together. I know you are afraid that the master will come back to see his precious things and lose your life. According to you, I have a few sets of good heads that are worth 3000 taels."

As long as the family is safe and sound, money is a trivial matter, and there is no need to confiscate the house and go to jail. Sister Feng secretly recited a few words of Buddha, and she is still a few thousand taels behind, and she has to deal with various officials. It cost several thousand taels of silver, and when the time came to pick up and redeem people, we couldn't just prepare 3 taels of silver, and the remaining few proud servants and a few aunts had to be bought.

Thinking of this, Sister Feng suddenly clapped her hands and said, "We should pay the fine for the master and the second master. Sister-in-law Zhen and daughter-in-law Rong are the fourth younger sisters who are thinking about their old love. Don't let people buy them to abuse and hurt others." The face of our family. Why should the people in the second room have to be out of us? Baoyu is fine, he is the cousin of the second master, my cousin, what else has anything to do with us? Besides, they say that the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother , and her own son is among them, she should be asked to pay the money."

Mrs. Xing agreed: "That's right, all her dowry things have been returned. Back then, her dowry included the dowry money sent by our family. Even without what I earned in the mansion and what the old lady gave, this dowry alone is enough to redeem their family. Feng'er, go and invite Zhu'er's wife over."

At first, only Mother Jia and their master were moved to the east courtyard, and there was no servant. The servants in the Rongguo Mansion were all detained in the servant's room behind the Rongguo Mansion. Only after receiving the order did they start building After the registration is completed, it will be sold at the official price. Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng's companions have not been released yet, and they have to wait a day or two. Therefore, only Xiaohong, Feng'er and a few others were released earlier. The girl was serving in front of her, Lin Zhixiao and Jia Yun came to help with the housework, together with Daiyu sent two servants to serve them temporarily, so that their pampered grandma and girls would not be without a bite of food.

Feng'er agreed, and took her mother-in-law there for half a day, but only brought back 1000 taels of silver.

Mrs. Xing was taken aback when she heard the amount, and said: "They have four shares in one house, and she is a sister-in-law, so how can she only give one share? Could it be that she only pays Lange's share, Baoyu She doesn't care about Baochai and Huan'er?"

Feng'er said crisply and authentically: "When I went, the seal on Grandma Zhu's house had been lifted, and the guard soldiers only kept Grandma Zhu's dowry and things in the book, and the rest were loaded into the car with the things from the second master and the second wife. Take it away. When the decree came down, Grandma Zhu came out of the servant's room in the backyard and returned to her own courtyard. She was watching the dowry servants packing up the leftovers. The mansion would be taken back in a few days. I said that we The room is packing up the clothes and ready to change them. The money for the redemption is really not enough. I want to ask Grandma Zhu to collect some, but Grandma Zhu only gives so much. She said in front of me that she has a stomach full of bitter coptis, so she saved it after entering the door. The ladder that the old lady gave to Lan Geer was taken away, and there is really no more money."

Instead of being angry, Sister Feng smiled, and said, "Madam, Second Master, listen, this is the most virtuous living Bodhisattva in our mansion who honors morality but not talent! I knew she couldn't bear to pay to buy someone else."

Jia Lian sneered and said, "Our family is ruined. They keep money for future family use, so as not to suffer poverty in old age. Although it is reasonable, but life is the most unaware of misfortunes and fortunes. You should accumulate some evil deeds." That's all. Well, Lang Geer's mother won't pay, so let's pool it together, and we can always get 5000 taels of silver."

Without saying a word, Daiyu sent Zijuan over and said: "The girl heard about the court's judgment on the mansion, and she saved her life anyway, so she specially sent me to ask the second master and his wife and grandma about the fine and the money for redemption. Is it enough? If it is not enough, someone will send it at night."

Sister Feng hurriedly said: "Enough, enough, enough has been collected, and there is no need for Sister Lin to pay any more."

Mrs. Xing also said: "That's exactly what you said. Your girl is an aunt who left the court. Her aunt, brother, and sister-in-law are still alive, and her property has never been confiscated. Her uncle has 10,000+ property, so there is no need for her to come out." Money? Don't let her husband's family feel dissatisfied. Besides, for the past two months, you girl has been in charge of us eating, drinking, medicine, asking the doctor, and sending someone to help her brother take care of it. People come to serve us, not even our own daughters can do this. If we are greedy and rely on you girls for everything, we will even look down on ourselves."

Zijuan said with a smile: "Young girl grew up in the mansion as a child, and lived longer than in her own home. How can I ignore it? These are what girls should do. The girl said that it is not easy to go out because of filial piety. Come to visit the old lady and the old lady and grandma, and specially ordered me to send all kinds of supplements, please take good care of the old lady and grandma, and I will invite the imperial doctor to come over tomorrow to check the pulse of the old lady and the old man, so don’t worry, if there is anything that can’t be solved Send someone to say something, and you will never refuse to do what you can."

Sister Feng said: "Understood, go back and tell Sister Lin that she is satisfied with this ending, and there is nothing that cannot be resolved. Please rest assured. We are busy here, so we won't keep you here."

Zicuckoo handed over what she had brought to Sister Feng, took her leave and went back, and Feng'er sent her out.

After Mrs. Xing waited for Zijuan to leave, she heard Sister Feng say that she understood righteousness, so she smiled and taught Lianfeng Xiqiao: "Our family has ended up like this. It is very difficult for the master and Lian'er to get back together. One master is over sixty years old. As for the real job, the second is that Lian'er has no fame and is a false title donated. If you want to restore the glory of your ancestors, you can only rely on Brother Xuan to work hard. Fortunately, unlike the master and Lian'er, he is very good at reading and smart. Therefore, don't bother Miss Lin for anything we can solve by ourselves, and don't trouble her at ordinary times, she also understands our wit and reason, so I will ask them to take care of Brother Xuan in the future."

Sister Feng secretly said that Mrs. Xing is smart, how can she be as stupid and stingy as usual?Clearly think very long-term.As Mrs. Xing said, they are now taking care of the big and small matters in front of them by themselves and don't bother Daiyu, so Daiyu will naturally remember their benefits.When there are urgent requests in the future, Daiyu will do everything she can.

Sister Feng smiled and praised a few words, and said: "My wife is very reasonable. If you encounter a trivial matter, you should ask Sister Lin for help. After a long time, let alone Sister Lin, even I hate it in my heart."

Mrs. Xing nodded her head and said: "It's good that you understand, let's behave in a responsible manner from now on, don't cause trouble."

Jia Lian, Sister Feng, Xichun, and Sister Qiao stood up and answered in unison. In fact, even without Mrs. Xing's reminder, they would not rely on Daiyu for everything, after all, that is not the long-term solution.

They were packing up their things and preparing to send them to the pawn shop, and ordered them to pack their luggage and prepare to move out of Rongguo Mansion. Tell the second master to redeem the old master and Baoyu with the silver that the old lady has reserved for the funeral, and it will not be enough for the things left in the house."

Now serving in front of Jia's mother are Ouguan and Ruiguan. They love each other, and they don't want to marry. They still live in the house that Daiyu gave Baoyu. When they heard that something happened to Jia's family, they hurried over and said Annoyed, bring what Qingwen and others gave.At that time, all the servants were in custody, and there was no maidservant in front of Jiamu except Prince Zhongshun, who left a mandarin duck on the sidelines. They were grateful for Baoyu's kindness to them, and knowing that Baoyu missed Jiamu most, they all stayed to serve Jiamu. .

Sister Feng was startled, and said: "The old lady can't talk, how did you say that?"

Ouguan said: "Sister Yuanyang told the old lady the order from outside, so that the old lady can know that everyone is safe. When it comes to the fact that the master and the second master were fined with silver, and they have to use silver to redeem the treasure. The second master and they come back, the old lady is very anxious Very, I can’t wait to struggle to get up, we all guessed several meanings, and asked the old lady to blink and say yes, that’s why the old lady gave me such an order.”

Sister Feng originally wanted to say that Jiamu was old and ill again, so she didn't need to use her things, but on second thought, she didn't need them at this time. When Baoyu came back, Jiamu would have to change her mind and leave them to Baoyu. copied.

So she urged Jia Lian to get money and move things.

When Jiamu moved back to the east courtyard from Jiamu's house, Jiamu's house was not confiscated, and there were not many things left after the separation, Prince Zhongshun moved them back to the east courtyard by them, and now they are all in the bedroom where Jiamu lives. .

Jiamu still has 1 taels of silver in her hand, and the few sets of heads and furnishings left by Jiamu also pawned more than 1 taels, a total of 6000 taels. There is no need for Jia Lian and his wife to pawn things. It was enough for Cong that the money was useless, and he took Jia Amnesty back smoothly, and redeemed Baoyu, Jia Huan, Baochai and Jia Lan, as well as a few aunts and a few honest and capable servants.

Jia Amnesty and the others did not go back to the East Courtyard of Rongguo Mansion, but lived in the Sanjin Courtyard that Sister Feng had ordered to be tidied up. It was not far from Wei's house, a very quiet and elegant place.

The Rongguo Mansion will be taken back by the court soon, and Jia Amnesty will simply not go back.

When Jia Lian got up early and took silver to pick up Jia Shexiu Baoyu and others, Sister Feng had already moved to the new house with Jia's mother, Mrs. Xing, and Daiyu Yingchun Xiangyun and others sent people to bring housewarming gifts, and also sent many servants to help After moving, in less than half a day, Sister Feng arranged the house properly, and everything was arranged in an orderly manner, as if she had never experienced wind and rain.

It was only at this time that I saw people's hearts, Daiyu, Yingchun's family, and Xiangyun's family needless to say, even the maids who were sent out in the past, such as Qingwen Fangguan, etc., also pooled money to buy Mingyan Xi'er and others .

Baoyu smiled miserably, and said, "Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he knows people's hearts over time."

He and Baochai had nowhere to go, so they were temporarily placed in the east wing of Jiamu's courtyard, and two or three little maids were assigned to take care of them. Du Jiamu was very worried. Ouguan and Ruiguan went to serve Baoyu. Ouguan had served Baoyu before, so he naturally knew Baoyu's preferences.

When Baoyu came out of the bath, Ouguan combed his hair and said in a rambling manner: "Grandma Zhu is well-known in the mansion as a virtuous person, ten times more famous than Second Grandma Lian. People say she is kind and gentle. It is said that the second grandma is cruel and merciless, but grandma Zhu only cares about herself and her son, and ignores her parents-in-law and sister-in-law. After being redeemed, Lan Geer only kowtowed to the old man and his wife, and was moved out of the house yesterday Grandma Zhu who was in the dowry house sent someone to pick her up, but Grandma Zhu didn't even show her face."

Ruiguan also said: "No, he is really a heartless and ungrateful person. How has the family ever neglected their mother and son? Widowhood is her fate, the old lady loves her, and the monthly payment and annual regulations are all on the top. Who ever ignored them? It's just that Lang Ge'er is not as honorable and respectable as the second master in the mansion, but others are not as good as Lang Ge'er, so she can be ruthless and repay them like this. I heard that Grandma Zhu's dowry It was returned, the official was kind, and only moved things that were not on the dowry list, and did not move anything else. Even without the tens of thousands of taels of silver that the wife said, it was enough to redeem people, but she just looked at Lian Erye and Lian Er Grandma made things up, and even the old lady took out the funeral money, but she only gave 1000 taels of silver to redeem Brother Lang, and she refused to pay more than a penny."

Baoyu stared blankly at her emaciated self in the mirror, and sighed: "Don't hate my sister-in-law. My elder brother passed away a long time ago, and my sister-in-law has been suffering for more than ten years. Only Brother Lan can count on me. Save all the money for Lang Geer. Now the master and wife have committed a serious crime and will be exiled soon. Lang Geer's future in the imperial examination is gone, and the family property that the sister-in-law saved after entering the door has been confiscated In the future, food and housing will cost money, so naturally we have to plan for the future. It is to her advantage that the elder sister-in-law will pay for our redemption and resettlement, and it is reasonable to not pay for it, so there is no need to be very harsh."

Ou Guan said: "Although that is the case, it is not justified. The second master Lian and the second grandmother Lian are still the brothers and sisters in the next room. Which one is not as dedicated as her? She doesn't care about her uncles and sisters-in-law, why doesn't she even care about her parents-in-law? If someone gives the second master and second wife a piece of clothing and a steamed bun, it is her filial piety."

At this time, he heard someone talking outside the window, from far to near, Rui Guan looked around and said: "Second Grandma brought Grandma Liu, who was made fun of in our garden that year."

When Baoyu went out, she saw Sister Feng and Grandma Liu coming in while talking.

When Grandma Liu saw Baoyu, she hurried over to say hello and said, "I've seen Brother Bao. Is Brother Bao okay?"

Baoyu helped her up and said, "Grandma, don't be so polite, I can't afford it. Why is grandma here? After thinking about it, I haven't seen you for many years, and grandma's hair has turned gray."

Grandma Liu stood up tremblingly, grinned, and said, "I'm almost 80 years old. If my hair is not white, wouldn't I become an old goblin? Everyone will be shocked when they see it. I see that Brother Bao is thinner than before. It’s better, it can be seen that I have suffered a lot, and my heart hurts. That year, Brother Bao gave me a teacup, and I still remember it in my heart.”

As he spoke, he sighed: "We only heard about the things in the mansion a few days ago, and I was so scared. I wish I could grow a pair of wings to see how the mansion is doing. If it weren't for the mansion giving us so many Money, things, how can our family have enough food and clothing today? Because of this kindness, Baner has been studying for several years, and he is a first-class talent in our village. I hurried into the city, and heard that the court had fined the house a lot of silver, and I had to use the silver to redeem my brother and grandma, so I went home to raise money, and today I brought all the money the family could use. Who I didn't know that such a big mansion had been taken back by the imperial court until I reached the gate of the mansion, so I asked all the way here."