old lady in red

The fifteenth day of the first month.

On this day, women and children who live in secluded homes will go out of their homes, cross the bridge to get sick, climb the city and look far away, and try to find a child.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng went home at noon that day, ate a bowl of high soup pimple soup at Shimei's place, and left.

Jia Shete told Shi Mei to close the door and not to go out.

Naturally, Shi Mei forgot the meaning behind the words.

Besides, the female family members of the Rong Mansion are in the filial piety period, if Jia She doesn't say this, Shi Mei won't go out.

People are all dressed in fancy clothes and go out to seek a child when they are sick. When you meet a bereaved family like you who is dressed in filial piety, you are not rejected.

Lantern Festival lantern viewing.

Although it is not suitable to go out for a stroll, Shi Mei and Jia Min also made preparations.

In the back garden of Rongfu, there is a piece of yellow wintersweet blooming just in time, and the thin snow has not yet melted, which is very artistic.

Jia Min and Shi Mei's mother and daughter painted lanterns with various patterns of flowers and birds, hung them on the branches of plum blossoms, and watched the lanterns with the children to watch the moon and guess riddles.

Shi Mei also prepared prizes, and Jia Lian and Jia Zhu would reward them for guessing the riddles correctly.

Every time the two brothers guessed right, they got gifts and praises, and jumped up and down for joy, laughing and laughing all over the garden.

Elegant and warm and fun.

Shi Mei let the two boys have fun for an hour, and told them to rest early.

At five o'clock, Bafang came to Rongfu to send a message for help, and the whole Rongfu was already peaceful and peaceful.

Shi Mei was awakened by the commotion, and asked, "What's disturbing?"

Nanny Lai came in and replied, "Something happened to the eighth room."

Shi Mei thought that Bafang's vigilance was quite high for getting the news so quickly.

He asked again: "What happened? What are we doing making a fuss in the middle of the night, don't we know that the house is full of women and children?"

Nanny Lai said: "The eighth house and the ninth master took the outer room and the child across the bridge to get sick. Suddenly, they were surrounded by people, wounded the ninth master, and took the outer room and the child into the carriage and ran away. The ninth master returned. The family asked for help, but the people from the eighth room searched in the middle of the night but could not find anyone. They wanted to ask us to take the post to the government for help, and asked the government to close the city gate, saying that the thief must still be in the city.

The uncle and the second master were not at home, Jin Da dared not make decisions, so he had to ask his wife to show her. "

Shi Mei frowned: "It's not my house that opened the yamen. Today, on the Lantern Festival, many people from outside the city have entered the city, and some people from the city have left the city. The city gate can be closed if we say so? Bafang didn't report it himself. officer?"

Nanny Lai said: "I heard that I reported it to the government, and the government also sent a headhunter to investigate, but they refused to close the city gate, but only strengthened the investigation at the city gate. Bafang is not at ease, that's why..."

Shi Mei shook her head: "It is pitiful for him to lose his wife, but isn't the yamen already dispatching troops to look for it? It's really ignorant to want to threaten the government!

I am a woman and child, but I have no right to instruct the government.

Tell Bafang that since he has reported to the government, he must trust the government and follow the government's procedures. "

Jia Jing wants to sell Jia Dailu to the city secretly, so if she closes the city gate, it will ruin Jia Jing's major event.

And she really doesn't have that face!

Do you know who robbed the outer room of Bafang?

"Mother Lai, quickly ask Jin Da to send someone to help."

Nanny Lai left, but Shi Mei lost her mind.

She simply put on the clothes and stood up to meditate, and picked up the technique she had practiced for 30 years in modern times, the qi technique.

However, because there are too many distracting thoughts, I can't enter the samadhi at all. Past and present lives are wandering in my mind like a revolving lantern.

Thinking of her in modern times, although there is competition among colleagues, her life is generally not in danger.

Unless he committed suicide and was contaminated with pornography~gambling~drugs.

Became Jia Mu, although she had no worries about food and clothing, but she was always worried about the collapse of her family.

Fortunately, Jia's mother's status is not low, and she has the absolute right to speak in the back house, so life is not difficult.

She is considered to have both sons and daughters now, and in Rong Mansion, she says that she is the same, as long as Rong Mansion follows her established strategy, she will not worry about the prosperity for the rest of her life.

It's just pity for her biological parents, who lost her only daughter in their sixtieth year.

The Shi family is wealthy, but their offspring are in difficulty.

It has been passed down to Shimei for three generations.

In fact, according to ancient blood calculations, the Shi family has long been lost.

Because Shi Mei's grandmother was actually a grandmother, in order to preserve Shi's surname, both Shi Mei's grandmother and mother were married off.

Grandma is always very proud of herself. It is said that the ancestor of the Shi family was once a great power in Maoshan, able to fly into the sky and escape from the earth, kill demons and eliminate demons, and is omnipotent.

The heirs are weak, and it is also because the ancestors offended the villains they shouldn't have offended and were cursed.

The Shi family was born in Maoshan, besides what my grandmother often mentioned, there is another proof.

That is the family skill practiced by the three generations of the Shi family: Qi Wangshu.

Shi Mei felt that this exercise was very tasteless.

The so-called qi-watching technique is to observe a person's luck and fortune, or the feng shui of a place.

Other than that, nothing.

Moreover, Shi Mei has devoted herself to practicing for 30 years, but she has gained nothing except being healthy and never getting sick.

Her grandmother explained that the reason for this is that Shi Mei and her mother did not concentrate on cultivation, and the second was because of the harsh environment for cultivation.

Shi Mei's grandmother's nickname was Shi Banxian.It is said that before liberation, it once exorcised evil spirits for dignitaries and nobles.

However, Shi Mei doesn't know if her grandmother has supernatural powers, because her grandmother is not at home all year round, and it is said that she lives in seclusion in a certain feng shui place.

Grandma looked down on Wang Hao at the beginning, saying that Wang Hao was not Shi Mei's lover.

Because Wang Hao promised Dink, grandma never objected.

Dink is just Shi Mei's excuse to the outside world. In fact, Shi Mei has never used contraception.

However, there was no news after ten years of marriage.

Therefore, Shi Mei is very considerate to Wang Hao.

But I didn't expect to part ways in the end.

Shi Mei let out a long sigh, and couldn't help being startled again by the shrill howl from afar.

Shi Mei lifted up the curtain, only to realize that the sky was bright.

Lai Momo heard the movement: "Ma'am, you are awake, the servant has come in!"

After Shi Mei came here, the night watchmen were not allowed to spread the floor on the floor, but slept in the coat room.

Shi Meiyin asked: "What's going on outside? Why do I think I heard someone crying?"

Nanny Lai came in again to report the latest news to Shi Mei: "Ma'am, it's terrible, the eighth master of the eighth house is missing, and the eighth wife felt that the government didn't care, so she came to beg the wife to come forward and seek justice for the eighth house, so that the government Immediately close the city gates and arrest the kidnappers."

Shi Mei sighed, she was just the old lady of the Rong Mansion, the imperial wife of the back house, and not the old empress dowager in the palace, how could she vent her anger and suppress the government?

However, the eighth wife is a relative after all, and she is the sister-in-law of Jia's mother in name.

The sister-in-law begged to come to the door, but Shi Mei still wanted to see her.

Shi Mei cleaned up and asked someone to bring the eighth wife, Mrs. Xing, in.

As the stepmother of her pissed-off cousin, Xing is very pretty, with peach blossom eyes, a melon-shaped face, and fair skin.Well maintained and looks very young.

She was wearing a purple-red satin squirrel-skin gown, and a lying rabbit of the same color on her head, which set off her dignified and majestic, like an official wife.

This person is very particular about appearance, even if he cries, he doesn't wear makeup.

If it weren't for a red mole on the right corner of the mouth that didn't grow well, it would be almost perfect.

No wonder the Eighth Master Jia Dailu was mad at his original partner because of her.

The original spouse died, and regardless of the opposition of the Yue family and the scolding of the parents, he used the excuse that there was no one in the family to preside over the funeral, and married the cousin of the original spouse on February [-]th to preside over the funeral ceremony for the original spouse.

Less than seven months later, the stepwife was frightened by her stepson and fell down again, giving birth to a full-term boy prematurely.

Then, the step-wife knelt down to intercede in confinement, so that the step-son was spared punishment and won a virtuous reputation in the clan.

Since then, the stepwife has had a smooth sailing, occupying the main courtyard of the upper house, subduing the men, and also taking over the authority of the whole family, and let her son take the position of heir of the family.

I don't know what others think of it, but Shi Mei knows that this is a female worm in lamb's skin.

Now that Jia Dailu has become a coal digger, his good days are coming to an end.

In the future, I'm afraid that even the gate of Rong Mansion will not be qualified to set foot in it, so let her enjoy the treatment of the eighth wife for the last time.

Shi Mei ordered tea to be served, and comforted the eighth wife in a soft voice: "Don't worry too much, uncle eighth is a big man, it's nothing to be out of sight for a day and a half. Maybe something important happens. ~ I’m exhausted, so I can’t send the letter home. Let’s just say that our father-in-law didn’t go home for ten days and a half months ago, and he didn’t hear from me. I never worried about it. When he got busy with his business, he would come back naturally.”

Mrs. Eight was stunned, as if she felt that Shi Mei's words were reasonable, however, she cried and wiped her tears for a while: "However, our Eighth Master never hides anything from me, and the Eighth Master went out yesterday to find the funeral star of Xiaojiu's family. , Now that everyone else has gone home, I don’t see the eighth master alone. I’m really worried. The kicker kidnapped the eighth master. Second sister-in-law, I’m very scared. If something happens to the eighth master, how can I live..."

Shi Mei persuaded patiently: "No, don't scare yourself. Maybe the eighth uncle will go home after lunch." At the same time, she ordered the old mother to twist the handkerchief to clean up the eighth wife, coaxing and lying Send people away.

Nanny Lai took a cautious look at Shi Mei, and seeing that Shi Mei didn't seem to be very angry, she dared to say: "The eighth wife is really worrying, knowing that we are in the filial piety period, she came to our house in splendid clothes.

That's all, what's the point of carrying the niece and daughter of her natal family who can't get married?It's too out of tune.Ma'am, look, do you want to get in the way next time? "

Shi Mei waved her hand: "Don't worry about her, she won't care about Uncle Ba soon."

Immediately, Shi Mei was startled, and was busy thinking about the girl next to Mrs. Eight, with a big silver face, big eyes, fair and clean, she followed Mrs. Eight step by step, her eyebrows were pleasing to the eye, very duty-bound.

Could it be that person?

Shi Mei called Nanny Lai back again: "Come here, who did you say was that girl just now?"

Mammy Lai smiled triumphantly.

She knew that his wife would be vigilant, so she came back calmly and said: "The girl's parents died and her flowering period was delayed. She is 22 this year, and she hasn't given her to anyone yet. The eighth wife wants to betroth her to the younger generation of the clan and take her with her during the day." She moves around.

I looked at many families, but I was picky and picky. Those who were of the right age disliked being poor, while those who were rich and their children disliked her for being too old, so they didn't want to marry her as an old girl.It's just to hinder the face of the eighth master, he hesitated.

Who would have thought that she would bring her to our house in all her splendor today, and our family doesn't have a suitable young master..."

Shi Mei suddenly became clear, chuckled lightly, waved her hands and said, "It's so. Well, you are right, if they come next time, they will say that I am copying the Diamond Sutra for the father-in-law, and will offer it in March Bodhisattva, don't be empty!"

Grandma Lai hurriedly responded.I was very happy in my heart, feeling that I had blocked a great disaster for my wife.

The two masters in the mansion are full of vigor, so it's no big deal for a big girl to wander around in the sky.

Shi Mei saw Nanny Lai's face full of embarrassment, and guessed her thoughts in her heart.

Nanny Lai didn't know that Mrs. Eight was going to be unlucky, otherwise she wouldn't think so.

It's time for Jia Jing to return home today.The ancestral hall will definitely be opened immediately to discuss the crimes of Bafang.

At that time, Uncle Jia Ban went to the family to argue that the Eighth Wife would lose her status immediately and be overwhelmed by herself.

Her second wife lost the favor of men, and it was impossible for her to cover the sky with one hand in the eighth room.

At noon that day, Jia Jing showed up.

Rong Mansion opened the middle door wide.

Jia Jing didn't enter the door, and asked that Jia Amnesty was in the cemetery, and went directly to the cemetery after apologizing to Shi Mei.

At this time, Jia Amnesty just broke up with Wang Shanbao and Fei Zhongyi, his long-term follower, and went back to the cemetery with Jia Jing on the back.

Then, the two brothers were filled with righteous indignation, and went straight to the ancestral temple with a murderous look.

Jia's ancestral hall is guarded by the elders of the family all the year round, looking after the ancestors' lights and candles.

This day, Jia Daixing, the head of the third house in the clan, was on duty. He was startled when he saw Jia Jing coming with all his troops and horses.

Jia Amnesty interjected at this moment: "Third Uncle, don't be too polite, we don't drink tea, you should come in quickly, brother has something to say."

Jia Daixing has been in contact with Jia She these days, and he knows Jia She's temperament, and this appearance is definitely not a good thing.

After waiting for the two to salute, Jia Daixing asked, "What's the matter with the two nephews? Has the elder nephew returned home?"

Generally speaking, when Jia Jing returned to the clan, he would go home first, and then let his servants come to the door with his name badge to respectfully invite his uncles. First, he had a banquet, everyone had a good meal and drink, and then he had something to talk about, and if there was nothing to do, Everyone received a package of gifts to go home.

It was the first time that Jia Jing went directly to the ancestral hall like this.

Jia Jing sighed: "Third Uncle, don't mention it, I don't have the heart to go home. I came home in the starry night, but it was because of a catastrophe. Oh, let's not talk about it. Since it is Third Uncle, you are on duty. Please ask someone to inform the uncles in the twelfth room to come here quickly to discuss, if it is too late, I am afraid that the Jia family's century-old foundation will not be guaranteed!"

Jia Daixing was astonished when he heard the words: "A catastrophe?

Jinger, don't scare uncle, since our Jia family has always been law-abiding, how can there be any catastrophe? "

Jia Jing shook his head with a solemn expression: "If it wasn't for the seriousness of the matter, why would I rush home in this wind and snow?"

Jia Daixing saw Jia Amnesty's solemn expression, and panicked in his heart: "Two nephews, wait a moment. The children may not be able to explain clearly. It's freezing cold, and I'm afraid they won't move. I'll go and invite them in person."