The Red Chamber Collection

Let's not mention Jia Lian's traveling all the way.Arrived at Linjiazhuang.The head of the Lin clan came out to greet him with his clansmen.

Knowing that it is Daiyu's coffin, all the people in the clan are sad.The poor family just disappeared.

Lin Ruhai's close cousin, the last time when Jia Lian made arrangements for Lin Ruhai's descendant to bring Daiyu, he gave him the family estate, and promised him some benefits, letting him take care of Lin Ruhai's cemetery.He took Jia Lian to see it, found Mr., measured the cemetery, selected it, and dug a pit.They are all from the Lin family.

Zijuan felt in a trance that there was something she hadn't done. After thinking about it, she remembered the handkerchief Baoyu gave her when she left.Zicuckoo took it out and opened it, but it was a lock of Baoyu's hair.

Zicuckoo stayed for a while, thinking of their good times in the past, and felt sad for a while.

Daiyu is still alive, and Baoyu's lock of hair can be regarded as an explanation to Daiyu.It seems that Baoyu's heart is still not on Baochai.I also feel that this marriage is unfair to Baochai.Zijuan originally hated Baochai in her heart, but this time she forgave her.The life of a woman is so bitter.

When Daiyu's coffin was buried, Zijuan threw Baoyu's lock of hair into the coffin cavity when no one was prepared.Zicuckoo thought, this is the grave of their love!

Jia Lian arranged all Daiyu's funeral affairs and hired chariots and horses to take Xueyan and Daiyu's nanny back.They live not far from Daiyu.They went home and saw their relatives and wept with joy. They were grateful to Jia's house, so I won't mention it here.

But when he said that Jia Lian wanted to send Zijuan back to his hometown, Zijuan said, "Second Master, you go back. I will do the rest by myself."

Jia Lian promised Jia Mu that she would settle down well.Zijuan couldn't help it, after all, it was the former master, and he didn't dare to disobey too much.Zijuan cried for a while on Daiyu's grave, burned the paper money, and followed Jia Lian back to the village where she was a child.

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No one knows Zicuckoo, not even the few families who have not had five blessings in the clan.

Zijuan's parents died when she was young, and she was sold to Jia's mansion by her own family.

It cannot be said that the family is a human trafficker, and it was also for her own good at the time.When she arrived at Jia's mansion, after all, she begged for a meal.It's just that the family got some silver taels.

Unexpectedly, she is now a big girl who is more promising than the girls in their family.Now as soon as he is introduced, everyone knows that there is such a person.

Seeing Zicuckoo's dress and speech, it is not like ordinary people's homes.Seeing that people from Jia's mansion delivered it in person, they were even more solemn.The patriarch patted Jia Lian's chest.Guarantee her safety in this village.

Zicuckoo's surname is Wang, but I don't know what her original name was.Later, it was called Zijuan, and it was also called Brother Ying after passing through Jia's mansion, and then the old lady gave Daiyu a new name.

After a little delay, Jia Lian offered her a house with three tile-roofed houses.All the pots and pans are ready for firewood, rice, oil and salt.

Jia Lian's arrival soon alarmed the township and county.The county magistrate came to invite him in person.

It turned out that the county magistrate was also donated by a distant relative of Jia's family.

It doesn't matter that the magistrate came here, but it shocked the villagers.It turned out that Jia Lian was not an ordinary person, a son of an official family who came down from the capital.This made the villagers look at Zicuckoo with admiration.This is no ordinary master, who came from a rich man's family.Moreover, Jia Lian also explained that if Zijuan gets lost in the slightest, he will not be forgiven lightly.

Jia Lian finished the matter of Zicuckoo and took his servants back to the city without mentioning it.

During the days when Zicuckoo came back, the big girl and the little daughter-in-law kept coming to the door.Inquire about the situation of some rich families in the capital.Zicuckoo had nothing to do, so she replied one by one.Talk to these neighbors.She heard a lot of things in the village, and found it novel.There are also many legends about ghost foxes.

Getting along like this is familiar.The neighbors would send some vegetables and fruits, and sometimes the neighbors would take her to eat at home.

The girl next door who is about the same age as Zijuan has something special to say to Zijuan.Her name is Taohua,

"Sister Zijuan, does that lady stay at home? How big is the house in the capital?" Taohua came to sleep with Zijuan at night.

"Don't say that the young lady doesn't go out on weekdays, even we girls don't go out. How big is it? Let me compare it with you. The Grand View Garden can hold several houses in our estate."

"It's so big!" Taohua imagined, "Sister Zijuan, if I can also be a rough envoy in this place, I will be willing to die. I have nothing to do all day long, just serving tea, pouring water, sweeping the floor and carrying water. Son. In the eyes of us country people, that's not called work."

Zicuckoo didn't say a word, she came out by herself, but these girls wanted to go in.She thought of her sister who died in the Grand View Garden, and Qingwen, and felt sad.How did she know that there was something unsatisfactory behind the scenery.

Zicuckoo doesn't want to mention these unhappy things.He said, "Does your in-laws have one?"

"Yes, I'm going to get married next year."

"Then have you seen him?"

"No!" Taohua blinked her big eyes in the dark night, she also wanted to see what he looked like.

"I'm also curious. It's like this in our country. Only on the night of the wedding do we know what he looks like. Marriage is decided by parents. If you meet someone who is lame and pockmarked, you have to accept your fate."

"Now I think my parents can't even handle it for me! I can only decide my own affairs!"

"How do you decide? Why don't my parents mention it to the matchmaker, okay?"

"I can't have a family yet!"

"why?"

"Because I still have a lady to serve!"

"What about her?"

"It was taken away by the gods!"

Taohua just laughed, "Sister Zijuan, are you still coaxing me? I'm not a three-year-old child!"

"real!"

Peach Blossom approached Zicuckoo's ear and whispered, "Let me tell you, two miles away from us, there is a brother who is three feet tall and strong. Later, when he grew up, he worked as a clerk for a rich master. One day, he was working in the field, and suddenly it began to rain, so he went to a dilapidated temple to hide from the rain. Coincidentally, in the corner of the temple was sitting A lady was trembling. He wondered, she didn’t know this lady, and there were no houses around here, and there was no road. Where did the lady come from? He asked, Miss, why did you come here? Where is your home? The lady said, I don’t know either. My brother is strange, why don’t you know where your home is? The lady said, I really don’t know, I forgot. I live here now, and I haven’t eaten for a few days Seeing him trembling, my brother took out the dried sweet potato that the rich man gave him for lunch. You can eat this! The lady took it and ate it with the rain. Since then, my brother has eaten it every day Go, give this lady my lunch. I am hungry. The master found that at night, my brother's appetite increased greatly. Although it is not a good meal, but the rich are like this, the man eats too much My heart aches. The guy worked hard, but he was reluctant to quit. One day he secretly followed the guy to the field. At noon, my brother went to the ruined temple. He wanted to see what the guy was doing in the ruined temple? He couldn't see it. He saw a good-looking lady in the ruined temple. It turned out that the guy gave all his dried yams to the lady. No wonder the appetite increased at night. He moved his mind and wanted to take the lady as his concubine. Miss He didn't do life or death, and later he took the evil slave to snatch the young lady home, tied her to a bed, chose a date, and prepared to consummate the house. My brother thought, if it weren't for him, the young lady would not have ended up in such a situation. So One night, without telling the master, he unlocked the door and released the lady secretly. When the master found out, he was very angry. He beat his brother to death, rolled him up with the broken mat he slept on, and I tied it with hemp rope. I got it in the field and was about to bury it. At this moment, I saw the young lady appear. With a wave of her hand, a violent storm suddenly blew up. After a while, the rain stopped. People. I was so frightened that I dropped my tools and ran away. The master got sick for some reason and died soon after. Later, someone said, what kind of lady is this? She is a fairy in the sky. They were beaten down to the world to suffer. Someone saw them settle down in another place and gave birth to a boy and a girl. The fairies descended to earth and did not want to go back to heaven!"

Zicuckoo listened fascinatedly. It turned out that in the countryside, I could hear such a nice story.She remembered that Grandma Liu used to tell these stories about gods and ghosts.The countryside is so nice!Zijuan thought to herself that she wanted to stay in the country.

I don't know how Daiyu is now?Zijuan thought and fell into a deep sleep.