Enemies in the Red Chamber

Xiren happened to come back and saw two people, one inside and the other outside, with red faces and a secret smile in his heart.He poured tea for Baochai, and then went in to serve Baoyu to dress and wash.

Baochai had nothing to do in the outhouse by herself, so she casually took out a book from the bookshelf to read.I don't want a book wrapped in the cover of the Book of Songs, but when you open it, it turns out to be full of romantic words and melodies, all of which can transfer people's temperament.Immediately, my heart was in a mess, like catching a hot potato, I quickly stuffed it back.When Baoyu came out, the two chatted for a while, but Baochai left without saying a word, evading something else at home.

Baoyu blamed Xi Ren and said, "You are too. Why is Sister Liu Bao alone in my room? There is no tea and just call a little girl to pick it up. Why do you go by yourself?"

The attacker laughed and said: "You don't know that the girls in our yard are all so used to you that you are not good at it. I want to ask others to pick it up, but you see if anyone is there? Besides, Miss Bao is not Outsider, your illness will be cured by relying on Miss Bao's golden lock at that time, and who in the whole family does not know, but now you are swaying."

Baoyu suddenly felt bored, left a sentence "Don't talk nonsense", and sat aside to read Mingyan's newly bought script.But he was upset for a while, always feeling that there was something missing in his life, that the person he should marry should not be Sister Bao.When I think about who the person in my heart is, I can't see clearly because of the fog.Simply drop the book, leave a sentence "I'm going out for a walk", and leave.

Xiren shouted from behind, "Change your clothes before going out, take someone with you", Baoyu pretended not to hear, and disappeared after a while.Xiren sighed, thinking that Baoyu was still thinking of Miss Lin in his heart, and said to himself: "Miss Bao is no better than Miss Lin, I have to worry about someone who has no heart."

"What careless person? What are you talking about?" Yu Chuan'er jumped out from behind her.

"Hey!" Xiren slapped his chest in fright, "I'm so scared to death! Why are you here? Is there nothing wrong with Madam?"

"I came to talk to you. I haven't had a good talk with you for a long time. My wife is still asleep. I've been very tired these days, so I can finally sleep peacefully today."

The two chatted and found a place to talk.Talking about their respective futures for a while, Yu Chuan'er said to Xi Ren enviously: "Among us, except Ping'er, you are the best. Don't worry about not being able to find anything. A few days ago, I heard from my wife that I would file a case for you." According to Ping'er's previous offer. Miss Bao is also familiar with her, and she has a good temper, and she still worries about not having a good life." Xiren blushed and smiled without answering, thinking in his heart that he should not make any more mistakes.

Baochai finally found an opportunity to talk to Baoyu about the script.At the beginning, they were together with Tanchun and Lianshi, but Tanchun felt that there were too few people and left, leaving only Baochai and Baoyu.After talking about poetry for a while, and then talking about mythology and drama, Baoyu said: "There are many women who have acquired the aura of heaven and earth since ancient times, but only a few are recorded in history books and biographies. people know."

Baochai said solemnly: "I'm a little older than Brother Bao, so I'll say a few more words today. That day I picked up a book from Brother Bao's bookshelf, and when I opened it, it turned out to be some bad thick lyrics and melodies. Those of us Born in a wealthy family, although there is no shortage of clothes and clothes, you should understand that the family fortune is hard-earned, especially Brother Bao is a man and husband, and it goes without saying that a first-class way out is to study and get a good name. It is good to revitalize the family business as one's own responsibility. Zhang Sheng Yingying and his ilk are not for boudoir daughters, let alone people like Brother Bao."

Baoyu was worried, but it was a pity that he got Baochai's golden lock. The whole mansion was uproarious, and it was not easy to throw up his sleeves and leave to shame Baochai. Wouldn't it be fun to think about how to have fun, why bother. It's a pity that Sister Feng is gone, and Sister Yun and Sister Lin also have their own homes. If not, we set up a poetry club in this garden. Wouldn't it be lively for everyone to write poems and have fun together? It can be regarded as living up to the great scenery.”

Seeing him dodging left and right, Baochai had no choice but to say, "Sister Yun and Sister Lin are both close. If you like, you can just ask the old lady to invite you. Sister Feng doesn't know how to compose poems, so it doesn't matter. These sisters My sister and sister-in-law are also quite lively."

Baoyu should be so, don't mention the script again.

Seriously speaking, Mrs. Wang did have the idea of ​​marrying Baoyu again, but unfortunately she remembered the golden and jade marriage that the monk said together. At that time, Baoyu's bed was hung with Baochai's golden lock. He suppressed this thought.What's more, there is an old lady on top, if she changes people rashly, the old lady will have to find someone to be with her. Only Baochai can't find a reason.

After the incident of suing Xue Pan happened, Brother Liu stopped paying attention to these matters and handed over all the authority to Steward Lin.The purpose of swaying him is just to stop Xue Pan from clinging to Daiyu, whoever wins and loses the lawsuit, whether Xue Pan is intact or beheaded and exiled in the end, it doesn't really matter, the original purpose has been reached.

On the contrary, Daiyu felt very sympathetic to Feng and Yinglian after hearing about it, and specifically told Steward Lin to help them settle down, and to help Yinglian find a better husband's house when necessary.Daiyu also knew that the Lin family should not intervene too much, so as not to arouse others' suspicion.The maids followed Daiyu to the Rongguo Mansion and met Yinglian, and they all took things to see their mother and daughter off quietly, regardless of the amount of things.

Yue Zhao couldn't see that the mother and daughter of the Zhen family would be punished for being wronged, so she said quickly: "Since Xue Da fool committed such a big crime and can be wiped out with money, why doesn't Mrs. Zhen use money to bribe her?" Go to the frontier. Xiangling still has [-] pieces of silver in his hand, so it’s enough to scrape together a little more, and it’s not a big fault.”

Daiyu didn't answer, but told her to ask the nuns.How could things in this world be so fair? The Xue family was able to redeem Xue Pan with money. On the surface, it was 50 taels of silver.The Feng family and Yinglian have no connections, and others like the Lin family are inconvenient to stir up troubles. What can they do with only 3000 taels of silver?When the emperor is far away from the high mountains in the frontier, the Xue family can't touch it, and if someone secretly protects it, it may not be worse than staying in the capital and other places.

It's a pity that all the girls in the Rongguo Mansion also knew about Yinglian, not to mention rescue helpers, and none of them even spoke, it seemed that there was no Yinglian from the beginning to the end.From the top of the Lin family to Daiyu and down to Xueyan, everyone felt cold-hearted. Even though they were close and distant, they understood that it was not easy to be a servant, but when Yinglian was still in the mansion, everyone was playing and playing so close. Xue Pan made a bad debt first, how could it be broken overnight, it is too cold!

After going through this incident, the Bowlinghou's Mansion once again realized that the Rongguo Mansion and the Wang Family were unreliable, and that they could do such things as redemption with money. Are you going to be a target in the open? !Make a decisive decision, cut down on food and clothing again, and strive to make up enough money to pay off the deficit as soon as possible. It would be better for the two generations to live a tight life and be ridiculed by others than to be ransacked and wiped out in the future.

There is also Xiangyun's marriage, Xue's family is like this, Mrs. Wang is still thinking about marrying Xue's family, the old lady of Jia's family probably can't take it seriously.In addition, Jia Baoyu's identity was not enough to match Xiangyun, so Mrs. Baolinghou and Mrs. Zhongjinghou agreed together to make an engagement for Xiangyun as soon as possible.

This day was Xiangyun's first visit to Rongguo Mansion after several months, and he notified Daiyu in advance.When Xiangyun told Daiyu alone in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion that she was going to be engaged, and expressed apology for her past inappropriate words and deeds, Daiyu suddenly didn't know what to say.

Daiyu used to live in an area where the barriers between men and women were not so severe, and she had also experienced the age when she was obsessed with lust and Mu Shaoai. Although she hated Xiangyun's past practices, she could understand her feelings very well.It's a pity that no matter how beautiful the dream was when I was young, it is still a dream after all.In fact, according to Daiyu's intention, it might be a bad thing for Xiangyun not to marry Baoyu.Judging from Baoyu's character and family background, it is not a good match for Xiangyun, but it is especially suitable for someone who can be a son-in-law who can sing the wind and play the moon.

I thought that Baoyu knew that Xiangyun was going to be engaged, and would not go out casually in the future, and would make trouble.Unexpectedly, Baoyu was very quiet after hearing this, and bowed and said, "If there is a gathering, there will be a breakup. Sister Yun will be hard to see in the future. Let me tell you how to take care of it first." It made everyone feel sour and uncomfortable.

Xiangyun said with red eyes: "Brother love, you have to be good..." The moment he turned around, tears came down.

Yingchun couldn't stand the situation, so she went back to her yard when she was tired.Walking to the door, I saw a little girl in my room, Xiao Ci'er, clutching her chest and wrapping her cuffs, poking her head, bending over and shrinking her shoulders, walking outside.Siqi took two steps forward to stop him, "What are you doing, little thorn?"

Seeing that it was Yingchun and Siqi, Xiao Ci'er knelt down on the ground, covering her chest with her hands, her voice trembling, "Gu... Miss... Siqi... Elder sister..."

Siqi stepped forward and pulled her hand away, ripped open the skirt, and a bundle fell out from inside.Open it three or two times, and inside are bits and pieces of rouge powder and two pearl hairpins, all of which were just distributed to Yingchun.

At this time, the people in the courtyard had heard the movement and came out to watch.Xiuju is the big maid who is in charge of the little girls in the house, and asked first: "Who dares you to steal the girl's things?! You little bastard is going to die!" few times.

Little Ci'er was dodged by the beating, Yingchun said impatiently: "Okay, people coming and going are not ugly enough. Let me ask you, what are you doing to steal these things?"

Little Ci'er mumbled for a long time, and finally told the truth, while looking up at Yingchun secretly, he said: "I didn't steal it, it was the old grandma who gave it to me and asked me to help send it home."

The old lady here refers to Yingchun's nanny.On that day, Jia She killed a large number of slaves, but Yingchun's nanny was spared because she was serving Yingchun.Also because of this, coupled with Yingchun not caring, the arrogance is more arrogant than others.In fact, this nanny's family can be regarded as Mrs. Wang's people seriously. Back then, Yingchun's own mother died of dystocia, and there was no aunt, so she was brought up by the old lady. The people around her were arranged by Mrs. Wang, and the nanny was no exception.

Yingchun was partly due to her personality, and partly because of the embarrassing situation and inconvenient handling, which led to the fact that the entire Rongguo Mansion knew that the second girl was a fool and easy to bully.In fact, there are many things, such as the quarrel between the eldest and the second wife, why Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng were released, and why the elder suddenly ransacked the house, Yingchun knew it in his heart, so he just kept it in his heart and didn't say it.She is a girl's family, she will go out sooner or later, and she is not the head of the family, so there is nothing to hate.

It's just that the Elder Master has already done such a thing, and I have chosen to stand on the Elder Master's side, so there is no reason to tolerate it any longer.There are many people in the mansion talking, if I put up with it here, tomorrow the second girl will be able to hear the harsh words of the Elder Master.But she couldn't do it if she personally beat those people to death or drove those people out, so she could only order: "Go to the second wife and tell me that I am old and don't need to drink the nanny's milk anymore. Send it away. Explain clearly, it’s not that I’m being unfeeling, it’s just that the nanny is too condescending, the things in my room have been missing a lot since I was a child, and I don’t care about it anymore, just ask the second wife to figure it out, anyway I don't dare to keep her anymore. There is also Xiao Ci'er, I don't dare to keep such a girl here, so I got rid of her."

Seeing Xiao Ci'er kowtowed non-stop, the others showed unbearable expressions and wanted to intercede, waved their hands and said: "You don't need to intercede, you know what kind of person I am, and I can't be a big master. Second wife."

Enter the room and take a chess record and sit in front of the chessboard to ponder the final formula.What Xiuju wanted to say, Siqi raised his hand and pulled the corner of her clothes to stop her, and waved his hand to signal to go out.

"What are you stopping me for? The nanny deserves to be kicked out, and the little girl deserves to be punished but she won't be kicked out. It's not because the nanny saw that the little thorn was honest and bullied her, so she dared to ask her to do such a thing .”

Si Qi pointed at Xiuju's forehead and said: "You idiot, you have your own destiny, don't you see that the girl is different from before. She can steal the girl's things out honestly? Why don't you report it honestly? Let us girls know? It’s because we girls don’t like to talk and bully girls everywhere. It’s so hard for a girl to be tough, and let the picker see who will dare to steal things openly and covertly in the future. Tell me to say , why bother to hand over the person to the second wife, and directly to the Elder Master to be happy!"

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die, you are talking crazy, what does it look like to hand someone over to the old man! What has become of our girl? What has become of the old man? How dare you say it." If they were handed over directly to Jia She, Yingchun would first be charged with disrespecting her aunt, and Jia She would also be laughed at for meddling in internal affairs.

As for how Mrs. Wang dealt with these two people, no one in Zhuijinlou knew, anyway, they never saw each other again.Jia Amnesty found out, and regretted it for a while. 'If I had known earlier, the people around Ying girl should have copied it too, how much income was lost! '