Chapter 3 The third round of the Red Luan Star Moves the Yuan Concubine to give a banquet to the Qingsi incident

Last time, it was said that the psychic jade was lost for a day and a night, and no one could find it anywhere. Then Wang Xifeng took the broom and swept it twice on a whim. Lin Zhixiao's family flattered her in every possible way and said, "If it wasn't for the second grandma, this matter would have ended. The most rare thing is not to alarm everyone. The old lady half If you don’t hear a word, you will complete the matter.” Xi Ren and others treated them like Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and kowtowed endlessly to thank them.Sister Feng is proud of herself. The twelfth lunar month before the festival is the busiest time for Sister Feng. She has to arrange gifts for the princes and princes and relatives, watch the houses sweep the dust, prevent people from bumping into the furniture, and order the kitchen to prepare. The Chinese New Year's vegetables, wine, and wine, but this year there was a famine in the village, and everything was incomplete, so I had to deal with it first, and then I had to go around to make up for it, and I had to cut and distribute the new year's clothes, and I had to give monthly money according to people's hair, or Increase or decrease, there are rewards and punishments, or special rewards for senior family members on New Year's festivals, weddings and ceremonies are given at their own discretion, and they have to take care of their own share of interest, and take it back in time for the next year to buy for themselves. From morning to night, I was so busy that I hit the back of my head.Now suddenly there is the matter of losing jade, and I have been busy for a whole day. Fortunately, there is no danger, and it was handled properly, but I did my best.When I got back to the room, I felt sore all over and my limbs were weak, so I ordered Ping'er to beat me once, took Lizhong Wan and Zhishi Zhizi Decoction to eat, and went to sleep.

When I woke up the next day, I felt my body was heavy and my feet were weak, I couldn't stand upright, I wanted to take a rest for a day, but there were thousands of things waiting to be done in front of my eyes, I had to struggle to get up, I asked two or three things, suddenly felt dizzy Eyes dazzled, dizzy and dizzy, if not for Ping'er's sharp eyes and hands to quickly step forward to support her, she almost never fell down.I hurriedly helped him back to the house, and asked the doctor to see it, and said it was a disease of exhaustion, "Insufficient energy and blood, and also too much thinking, loss of mental strength, damage to the liver and spleen, long-term illness and physical weakness, the damage will never recover, if the disorder Nourishment, fear of causing serious illness", and it is also said that "the upper damage follows the yang, and the lower damage follows the yin. If the lower damages the upper, the first damages the kidney, the second damages the liver, the third damages the spleen, the fourth damages the heart, and the fifth damages the lung; if it passes through the spleen, it will die. The spleen and stomach are the source of essence and energy, and the treatment of asthenia is always based on food. If you can eat, you can do nothing."

When Jia Lian heard this, she was troubled, so she had to report it to Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang stayed for a while, then sighed: "It's rare that Baoyu is fine, and he's sick again. No wonder, there are too many things at home these days, which makes him bother. He only got up for a few days, and he fell ill again. The pills I took last time didn't improve, so I should find some more doctors to look at them. Maybe, let his elder sister-in-law, third girl, and treasure girl help with the cooking for a few days." Mother Jia heard that Jia Lian was taken Call him, and tell him, "Take care of Feng girl, don't make him angry, just tell the kitchen to do what you want to eat" and other words.

Sister Feng's illness was so dizzy that she couldn't even attend the New Year's Eve family banquet and Yuanchun's birthday in the first month.On the first day of the first lunar month, all the employed men and women in the mansion were all green and purple, dressed according to their tastes, and went to the court to congratulate them. Those who were not allowed to go were also presented with congratulatory gifts.It is also said that there is nothing in the palace, and the imperial concubine does not know anything, so the birthday gift is only based on the heart, not luxury, or handwritten paintings, or homemade flower paper, or kitty needlework, or exquisite sachets, or poetry tubes , or pen holders, or paper weights, or incense boxes, or carved exquisite pagodas on palm-sized sandalwood seats, with seven levels in total, and there are figures in them, or playing chess, or worshiping Buddha, or lighting lamps, or whisking dust , beard and hair are all there, each is different.Among them, Xue Baochai personally embroidered on the dark flower dragon and phoenix Chengxiang tribute brocade by Empress Changsun of Tang Dynasty's "Nv Ze", Ming Chengzu Empress Xu's "Internal Training", the most popular in Yuanchun, because she laughed and praised: "Sister Xue has a heart, Mother, please go back and thank me for me." He also rewarded many things.

When Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang returned home, they invited Aunt Xue to come, conveyed the imperial concubine's message, and wanted to hold a banquet.Aunt Xue refused, and Mother Jia laughed and said, "It's not just to reward Bao girl. On New Year's Eve, girls reunite and talk for fun, but use this topic as a cover to earn a few days of theater wine." Mrs. Wang also said: "There are a lot of things this year, and girl Feng is sick again. If it weren't for girl Bao to help with the cooking, what kind of chaos would it be up and down? It's easy to be free, and it's time to have a good time, sister, don't be too It’s heresy.” Aunt Xue nodded her head in agreement, and she brought Baochai to the banquet the next day, and held a banquet in her courtyard the next day.

Naturally, the Ning Mansion over there is quite lively, with red lights, green wine, and music and songs every day; It's different, and seeing that there was nothing to do with the jade theft last time, she became complacent. She was not close to Baoyu and Jia Lansu, but now she walks less and less. Uncle Xing became acquainted, and went to the Ning Mansion with him a few times, and won many gambling friends and drinking parties, and became more and more bad at learning, which goes without saying. Now it is only said that Jia Lian stayed at Qiutong's place every night since she thought that Sister Feng was ill, and Ping'er had to wait on her day and night.That Qiutong has long had a heart of pampering, but she is only afraid of Sister Feng's prestige and dare not be presumptuous.He was different from Ping'er, he had already been used by Jia She in that courtyard, so why didn't he understand?It's just because newcomers need to pretend to be reserved and respectable, so it's inconvenient to be too frivolous. Now that they have been in the door for a long time, there are no taboos, and they have this opportunity again, how can they let it go cheaply.Because he tried his best to win over Jia Lian, he had a variety of tricks, new tricks, and all kinds of admiration, just like someone who was born in a courtyard. In the Tongfang, sometimes they drank and laughed until dawn, and because of the festival, they were invited to sit by various houses for several days, and they invited each other to have spring wine. I don't take Sister Feng's illness and Ping'er's troubles to heart, but I have to express my condolences and make some superficial hypocrisy.

This day, because he got a book of eroticism from outside, he excitedly took it and asked Qiutong to practice it.Qiu Tong flipped through two pages, bowed and nodded with a smile: "Are these also made by humans? It's hard for him to draw them." Jia Lian smiled and said: "Since they can be drawn, someone can do it. Tonight I will draw them. I did the same thing with you last time, and it doesn't count if I don't finish all the work on it." Qiu Tongyi said with a smile: "You said this yourself, don't push yourself again later, and be that soft-footed person Crab." Jia Lian said: "Although the crab's legs are soft, there are eight of them. One walks once, and it walks eight times." Qiu Tong said: "Sir, don't you want to leave two crab legs for grandma and Heping'er to use?" " Jia Lian said: "They are not worthy. Compared with you, the two of them are nothing more than dried-up dead fish." After hearing this, Qiu Tong became even more lewd, making all kinds of ugly gestures, teasing Jia Lian's color and soul. , and even uttered many disrespectful words.

Unexpectedly, Ping'er happened to come out to relieve his hand, and when he passed by Qiutong's window, he was full of hearing, and was so angry that his body trembled, his hands and feet trembled, and he couldn't move his feet.The twelve lanterns hanging between the nodes along the corridor have not yet been harvested. Begonias, peonies, magnolias, and hibiscus are all made of common grass. Small white candles are lit in the flower cores, reflecting the shadows of people, adding to the desolation.Ping'er stood there for a long time, but he wanted to make a noise, but he didn't dare; he wanted to complain to Sister Feng, but he was afraid of making him angry, which would make him sick, so he had to go back to his room patiently.

Sister Fengsheng also woke up. The sound of people was quiet at night, and the sick person's eyes and ears were alert, so she heard some noises early, so she asked him, "What is the second master doing? It's too late to sleep." Ping'er said: " He said that he was going to have a banquet at his aunt's house tomorrow, so he packed some clothes for meeting guests. I thought he was about to go to bed. Grandma didn't eat well at night, are you hungry now? There is lotus-flavored japonica rice porridge left in the bowl, and I warmed it up. Let's eat with grandma." Sister Feng thought for a while and said, "I don't feel hungry, just pour me a bowl of tea." Ping'er touched the tea slinger, but it was a little cold, and wanted to heat it up again. Sister Feng said: "Just warm and cool is good. I just moisten my throat a little, but I'm not thirsty." After hearing this, Ping'er followed Sister Feng to rinse her mouth, and took a golden sand lotus Ruyi three-legged cup from the table. Come, first pour half a cup of warm tea and pour it out, then pour another cup and bring it to Sister Feng's mouth.After Sister Feng had eaten, Ping'er put a cup, came over and tucked Sister Feng's quilt, and stored a handful of soothing incense in the Hehe Ding, and lay down on the outer bed. No, the mouth will be covered by the horns, and tears will be secretly shed all night.

After the month was out, the fires were removed from all the houses. Sister Feng's illness was slightly recovered, but she still came out to take care of things.Although I have not seen what Fan Qiutong did during his illness, I have heard about it.For the first thing, I asked the waiter to inquire carefully, and Sister Shan first said: "I can't tell grandma, Aunt Qiu is really a vixen, and the more energetic she is at night, she will order us at night. In the middle of the night, I don't teach to sleep, change tea for a while, warm the wine for a while, and get some obscene books, secret books, read it once, play hard once, laugh once, as long as the second master likes it, even decent Don't care."

Seeing that he said it first, everyone scrambled to say a lot about Qiutong, lest they tell the unknown and make Sister Feng suspect that they were unfaithful.The person in charge of the kitchen said that he repeatedly pointed to Jia Lian's name to ask for wine and dishes in the kitchen. Changing patterns every night; the needleworker said that he had made several clothes in succession recently, and forced the embroidery worker to make obscene clothes bellybands for him.When Sister Feng heard this, she was filled with anger and jealousy. She wished that Qiu Tongcai would be beaten to death, but because the meal time was approaching, even if it was not good, she had to sneer two or three times, and ordered everyone to go back, telling them, "Don't say anything, what will he do?" It is not an exaggeration to be more frivolous if you are with the second master in the right way, and if you make it public, you will shame the second master, but it is not beautiful" and other words.Laiwang's daughter-in-law knew that he was pretending to be generous, and there must be many unexpected vicious tricks behind him, so she had already laughed and sighed and said some compliments, "Grandma is really generous, virtuous and generous, and Aunt Qiutong is not worthy of it", and everyone followed suit. The voice echoed, waited for Sister Feng to change her clothes, and surrounded Jia Mu. Entering the yard, I saw many little girls kicking shuttlecocks in the yard, Yindie sitting on the mat holding a tabby cat under the eaves, Yinger, Chunyan, Yingge and others were teasing and playing around the cat's beard, Suyun, Bi Yue pulled Yu Chuan'er to talk in the corridor, and knew that his sisters had already arrived, including You Shi, so she smiled to Yin Die, "Why did your grandma bring him too, carefully catch the cat's paws Hands, so I won’t be stubborn.” Ying’er waited with a smile, and hurried over to open the warm curtain of Xishangmeishao, only to smell a sweet fragrance, warm and fragrant, making people want to be drunk.Sister Feng took two breaths and praised: "Why is it so fragrant? You don't even need to eat after smelling it." When they saw him, they all laughed and said, "It's better to come early than to come early. You'll catch up." Hot stove." I saw that the big pear round table with five bats holding birthdays had been put down in the room. Jia Mu sat at the top, with Mrs. Xing and Wang on the left, with Baoyu, Tanchun and Xichun, and Aunt Xue on the right, with Baoyu Chai, Daiyu, and Xiangyun sat in a circle, and there were three vacant seats opposite, while Youshi and Li Wan stood waiting on the ground.Seeing him coming, all the sisters hurriedly said hello.Youshi laughed and said, "I just thought you were sick and broke your hands, so I wanted me to serve you. No, the seats are safe and the dishes are ready. Grandma, why don't you sit down and enjoy yourself?" Everyone laughed. .Sister Feng ignored it, but said to Jia Mu, "listen to this, old ancestor. I serve you three hundred and sixty days a year, and I don't dare to complain about being lazy. He just came to cheat for food and drink during the New Year's Eve. Looking at the faces of the two wives and aunts, and many younger brothers and sisters watching, I was too embarrassed to be too arrogant, so I had to pretend to put the bowl back, served a cup of tea, and handed the towel twice. The beating is so sour, the salt is so salty, and the whole world knows it, it seems like how much effort has been made and how much meritorious service has been made." The whole room laughed.Aunt Xue said: "It's just that girl Feng has been ill for a while, so she is inevitably short-spirited, and her mouth is still so clever." When Sister Feng saw that Youshi and others had already waited for dinner and had nothing to do with herself, she deliberately begged Yuanyang for a sling and stood behind Jiamu.Aunt Xue said with a smile: "It's cold and there are no mosquitoes. What do you do with him?" Sister Feng said with a smile: "This room is fragrant and warm. Maybe the bees and butterflies will not feel it if they smell it." Sleeping, I didn’t dream anymore, I flew out of Huaxin early, and I came here to keep warm. So I took him out in advance to prepare.” When everyone heard this, they laughed again, and You Shi said: “This is really nothing. But he can figure it out." Baoyu laughed and said, "Spring is born indoors, and what Sister Feng said has an allusion." Youshi laughed and said, "It's enough to see him just like a child, and you can't help him there. Xing. If you help him again, the more you will run out of the water and the golden mountain, and the grandson monkey will be born." Sister Feng was about to speak when she heard that the sweet fragrance was getting stronger and stronger, and saw that although there were several pots of narcissus and marigolds on the table, which were blooming lushly, there were two pots of Yanling wintersweet under the table, but the fragrance was still strong. It didn't look like it, so I looked around again, and saw several jars of Nanguo placed under the screen. Because it was fumed by the heat, the fruity fragrance was overflowing, but it was refreshing and pleasant, far different from ordinary incense and flower fragrances, and I couldn't help but Admiration: "The ancestors are more and more able to enjoy themselves. They have only heard of fuming houses, spices, or fragrant flowers, but never heard of fumigation with fruits. How did they come up with this clever family?" Mrs. Wang laughed. "The magic weapon of the old lady, you can't learn it all your life. The whole family will only boast. When it comes to housekeeping, it is not as good as the old lady." In the south, the family uses him to diffuse the fragrance during the cold and heat. In summer, smelling him, the summer heat will disappear, and smelling him in winter, the warmth will be stronger. Even if I smell him at night, I will sleep more comfortably. After coming to Beijing Well, as the saying goes, things are expensive when they leave their homes, so it’s rare to use this method again. Coincidentally, someone from the south came up this year and sent a whole truckload of fruits before displaying them again. You've gone to your room, put it out for a few days, and when it's soft, share it with the girls." Sister Feng knew that it was someone from the Shi family, and said hurriedly, "Congratulations to the old ancestor, I said, how can there be barley and rice porridge to eat today, so the house will be lively for a few more days." Jia Mu said, "Be good, you monkey." Yes, since you like to eat barley porridge, you can take a bag, and when you are hungry at night, teach the servant girl to add milk and boil it until it becomes transparent over low heat. The most nourishing thing is what you drink in winter." He sighed again: " We have eaten this time, and we don’t know when we will get the next one. It’s rare for them to come this time, and they have to leave after half a month’s stop. Let alone meeting each other, it will be difficult to get a message. " Seeing that Sister Feng was puzzled, Li Wan whispered in his ear that in the old days, Bowling Marquis Shi Nai moved to the left and took his family to take up the post. Appointed, soon to go south; another ship of Xiao Shihou's family went to Beijing to enter North Korea, so he had to go south; then Shi Ding wrote a letter and ordered Xiangyun to go with him, and sent him to Guangxi and Wei Ruo, the son of Wei Tinggu. Lan married.When Sister Feng heard this, she couldn't bear it. Because she saw Xiangyun sitting here, she couldn't discuss it, so she had to say to Jia Mu, "Master Shijia will be released from the outside world for three years at least, and five years at most. He must be promoted. At that time, not to mention two tanks of bergamot and citron, even one hundred tanks and one thousand tanks, I want to have it whenever I want, and I can have it whenever I want. It's okay to be stubborn, it's all up to the old ancestors, and the old ancestors were called happy at that time." Jia Mu laughed and said, "I'm such a greedy and small-eyed person, thinking about my natal family's promotion, I just want a few jars of fruit. " Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, etc. all laughed, and said a lot of things to add to the fun. After dinner, Mother Jia came out of the courtyard and stood on the porch with her hands behind her back, watching the girls kicking shuttlecocks for fun.The crowd also came out to watch, wearing either straw-covered frost-skin jackets or fox-skin jackets, and red crepe pleated palace skirts with skirts hanging down.Jia Mu liked it very much, and saw that the maids were also wearing hairpins and flowers, putting on makeup and powder, and felt even more excited.When those little girls saw Jia Mu coming to see them, they were extraordinarily energetic, kicking the shuttlecock up and down, turning left and right, showing off many tricks.Jia Mu laughed and said: "Look at their big black braids, tied with red velvet ropes, paired with skirts and jackets, and full of embroidered shoes. I don't think so at ordinary times, but now I feel refreshed and festive when I kick the shuttlecock. It would look even better if the braids were longer." Aunt Xue said, "These are all newly rewarded clothes under this year's festival, and even Bao'er and I got them. I'm just about to thank the old lady Well. It’s all old ladies who know how to dress up. You see, among these girls, they all wear red and green, but mandarin ducks are the prettiest.” When everyone heard this, they all stared at the mandarin duck. They saw that he was wearing a rich silk padded jacket of crimson spring silk, trimmed with green satin, and laced with gold thread. Wearing a silver-red soft smoked gauze vest with a pattern of folded branches, and a pair of red embroidered shoes with plum blossoms exposed under the poplin skirt, it is really gorgeous and elegant, and I can't help but say that Aunt Xue's evaluation is fair.Baoyu clapped his hands to cheer for the maidservants, and said to Jiamu: "There are many famous people for kicking shuttlecock, and the same kicking method is exquisite. Earlier, there was a special performance in the palace." When they saw him, they said it solemnly. , They all asked: "What's the name?" Baoyu pointed and said: "Like Cuilu, who stands on the ground with one foot and kicks the other foot more than a dozen times without landing, it is called Golden Rooster Independence; Yinger If the elder sister kicks with two feet alternately, it is called left and right; if Chun Yaner kicks backwards and backwards, it is called Su Qin's back sword; Those who kick with their feet facing each other are called courteous reciprocity." Everyone laughed when he said that. At that time, Sister Feng and You Shi had eaten too. When they came out, they heard people talking about it. Sister Feng hurriedly said, "They play shuttlecock very well. After all, it's not as good as Brother Bao's saying that shuttlecock is very nice." Mother Jia was even happier when she heard this. Just as I was talking, I suddenly saw Nanny Li coming on crutches, asking the old lady to greet her.Jia Mu was feeling tired from standing, so she came back to the house and ordered Glass to make a little dwarf and let him sit and talk.He casually leaned on the kang, with the ivory-carved seven sages of the bamboo forest resting his arms on his elbows, and ordered Hu Po to beat his legs.Mother Li then made a long story, telling a lot of old things about Chen Zhima and rotten millet. Baoyu and others were impatient and resigned early.Aunt Xue, You Shi, Sister Feng and so on also resigned, but Jia Mu called You Shi again and said, "You sit down for a while and go again. I remember that there is something important to discuss with you." You Shi had to turn around and come in. When the girls saw his sisters coming out, they all followed. Baoyu said, "You can be stubborn for a while. It's the same when we go back by ourselves." Take a goose feather shuttlecock, the feathers are dyed yellow, yellow and green, which is pretty good, but a few of them are missing on one side, and some of them are so sparse that they can't stand up.Baoyu laughed and said: "It's nothing, tell the kitchen that next time you kill a duck, pick the longest feather on the tip of the duck and pull it off while it's hot. The shuttlecock you make will be straight and well-proportioned, and it won't wobble." Yu looked at him and said, "You know again." Baoyu said, "Why don't you know? It must be the feathers on the male duck's body. When the duck is slaughtered, when the duck hurts, all the hairs all over the body suddenly stand up. At that time, I chose it." Pull out the longest one while it’s hot. This kind of hair is tall and straight when it’s used as a key, and it’s slow to fall in mid-air. nice." Daiyu frowned and said: "A shuttlecock, which is so bloody, sounds scary. Who would dare to kick it?" Everyone laughed, and Aunt Xue and Baochai were asked to sit in the garden. Aunt Xue laughed. Said: "There are a lot of things at home in the past two days. Tiao'er and Qin'er are married one after the other. There are so many clues to be busy. I have to go back and check with the tailor's shop." Everyone couldn't stay any longer, so they left in front of the hall. However, each of them found their way back to their rooms. A group of people came in through the east corner gate, and then walked to Qinfang Pavilion, where they saw two peacocks, a male and a female, playing under the peach blossom tree. She shrugged her feathers and Panlai danced, as if she was about to spread her tail. All the maids hurriedly gathered around and clapped their hands to tease the peacock to spread its tail.Tanchun said: "Don't scare him, wouldn't it be boring if you don't want to open your screen?" Baoyu said with a smile: "You don't know, peacocks are the most competitive, and the more they see beautiful girls, the more they want to open them." The screen is competing for beauty, comparable to others, just to arouse his interest." Xiangyun said: "He was going to open the screen, but when he saw the second elder brother, he didn't dare. Who knew that if he opened the screen, you would What will you do with the longest and most beautiful hair as a gift?" Everyone laughed. Just being stubborn and happy, she saw Nanny Li coming from there on crutches. Baoyu had no choice but to go up to say hello. Nanny Li said, "brother, I came to you just to enter the garden, because I have a few words to tell you." You, let's talk in your room." Then he came over and took Baoyu's hand.Baoyu hurriedly turned sideways and said with a smile, "In this case, mother, please talk in the room." He went ahead and left. After Yili entered Yihong Courtyard, Xiren and others greeted her and offered tea.Nanny Li said: "I have nursed you so big since I was a child, and now I see that you are getting more and more breathless, and I feel at ease. It's just that you don't know the heat and cold, and you don't want to wear thick clothes. How long will it change? Today's weather It changes three times a day, you just can't remember to replace it, just after eating, you don't even take a sip of tea, you just mess around with the maids in the garden, jumping and shouting, just open your mouth to talk, if you catch the wind, or accumulate After eating, what's the matter?" He asked Baoyu how he was doing recently, remembering not to take medicine, how much wine he drank during the New Year's festival, and whether the master had taught him a lesson recently, Baoyu answered patiently one by one. Momo Li burst into tears again, and said: "It's New Year's Eve, I don't have anything to press your waist for, I made these shoes by lighting a lamp and cooking oil for a few nights, and the needlework is naturally not as good as those little girls. It's delicate, but it's also solid with thousands of stitches. Try to see if you can follow it." Baoyu liked it there, so he had to thank him and order Xiren to accept it.Mother Li urged him to try it on again, so Baoyu had to put it on, and walked two more steps.Satisfied with this, Nanny Li said to Xi Ren: "Girl Hua, my old lady used to talk long and short words, don't take it to heart, just treat me as an old and faint person who doesn't know what is good or bad." Xi Ren laughed hurriedly. Said: "Where is this said? I was still young when I came here. How could it not be your old man who taught us by precept and example, and taught you hand in hand. I will never forget your old man." Nanny Li named the girls in the room one by one, and gave a lot of advice, and everyone agreed indiscriminately, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, old man, he is so old now, he won't let himself be hungry or cold anymore. What's more, we people like this are not dead blind, although they are not as thoughtful and experienced as your old man, but we have served them for many years, why don't we know?" Mother Li said: "I know best what you say. You are all bullying and afraid of toughness, when you meet the second grandma who is so strict and well-mannered, you will be as afraid of cats and mice; Since you are stubborn, how can you still want to get a servant? Over the years, let alone beating you, he would never give up even half a swearing at you. Even when Qianxue went out that year, it was not because of Baoyu to annoy him, it was because his mother was cured He was ill and begged repeatedly in front of his wife to let him go out to serve for a few days. Unexpectedly, within two or three days, he suddenly turned into an emergency and died of lung burns. After hearing this, the old lady said that he was afraid that he would come in. When he got sick, he let him go out without even asking for money. I used to think that Baoyu was angry with me, and I kicked him out for a bowl of tea. I really wronged him." Musk Moon said with a smile: "Amitabha, this The blue sky is shining in the house. Baoyu has been wronged all these years, and now he has to pay back his innocence." Everyone laughed and said, "Speaking of it, are there still few cases of injustice in this room? It's not here either. As soon as we get out, Grandma Li has to take the lead to take care of it." Nanny Li chattered and said a lot of chatter, and this side left slowly. Baoyu said with a smile, "What a nasty old man, he talks too much today." But because Xiren had lost his mother, he was concerned, so he wondered, "Isn't he here to say goodbye?" Baoyu said, "What is it called?" Resignation?" Xiren said: "You haven't experienced these things, so you don't know. This is a common saying in the folk alleys. It says that before the old man is about to go to university, while he can still walk, he has to go to the diary. Relatives and friends come to visit once, say goodbye, and leave a sentence. If there is a pimple formed in the past, break it down a few sentences if you can solve it. It's time to say goodbye, so it's called Cilu." Sheyue said "Ouch": "I heard that the situation you said is really similar. Could it be that Grandma Li wants it?" The words came to his lips, and he stopped quickly.Xiren also felt taboo, so he said: "Maybe I am supercilious. Grandma Li misses Baoyu the most. It is true that old people talk a lot during the New Year's Eve." Nanny Li had already gone to Sister Feng's place again, and Sister Feng had just entered the room and was sharing fruit with Ping'er. When she saw Nanny Li, she hurriedly got up and gave up her seat, and asked Feng'er to take a basket of fruit with Nanny Li to take it back. Feed it to the grandson.Nanny Li then sat down and said: "A few days ago, I heard that grandma was not well. I always wanted to come and have a look, so I didn't have time for nothing. And I often have some illnesses, so I can't come out. Today I came to see grandma. Still healthy." Sister Feng said with a smile, "It's not a serious illness, but it's just a matter of being lazy and slipping during the New Year's Eve." Li Mama said, "I know that although grandma said so, the truth must be different. If it wasn't for a serious illness, she would never let things go. Yes. I always say that this mansion is lucky to have a grandma, who goes up and down. No one knows that grandma and Baoyu are the top people in the old lady's heart, but the brains of the two are heaven and earth. Grandma is so shrewd and capable, Baoyu How can I rest assured?" Sister Feng said with a smile: "Mother is not worried about Baoyu, just come in and see him often. If you have free time, accompany the old lady to wipe the cards. How carefree and carefree it is. It’s the mutton that was brought in from the kitchen, and my mother put it on a plate and took it home to eat.” Nanny Li stretched the corners of her clothes, touched her temples for no reason, shook her head and sighed: “Mr. I can't eat anymore, not only the molars on this side are all loose, but also the stomach is not digested. Last month, I ate sauerkraut and pheasant pot with my son and daughter-in-law. After a few days of diarrhea, I couldn't stand up. Two days ago, I suddenly wanted to eat glutinous rice balls, so I begged for two catties of glutinous rice balls from the old lady with my old face, and drove my daughter-in-law to make them, but I couldn't eat them anymore, and my little grandson was in vain." When Jia Lian came back, Nanny Li went out.Seeing Jia Lian changing clothes in a hurry, Sister Feng felt angry, but said with a smile on her face, "I just came back, where do you want to go?" Good friend, don’t you want to go? Not only do you want to go today, but there will be a series of banquets tomorrow and the next two days. In two days, I will also be a small host, and I don’t have any spare money. If you have, first Lend me one or two hundred taels of envoy, and I will return it to you when I have it." Sister Feng said with a smile: "You block me with less money, look at me for fear of lending you money, so I won't ask your whereabouts, is that the idea? Last month, the empress pointed out that the famous lady praised Miss Xue and rewarded a lot of things. See, that means to give Baoyu a marriage; Brother Xue invites you to sit at the banquet. If you bring up these things, you must be careful in what you say." Jia Lian said: "I don't know anything, and I need you to ask. But you and your aunt and cousin see each other every day. God, don’t joke like you used to, it’s hard to turn around when you’re full of words.” Sister Feng lowered her head and thought for a while, then sighed: "Is it just me who thinks this way? No one in the whole family would say that Brother Bao and Sister Lin are a pair of nature, and there is nothing wrong with it. Who would want Miss Bao to come in?" The matter of the palace is not sure. Ever since the Duanyang Festival that year, when the letter of failure came out, the empress rewarded Miss Bao with those things, and I never said those jokes again. Sure enough, the empress wants to have this heart, and the wife must be willing. Yes, it’s just because it’s hard for the old lady to bring it up, I’m afraid there will be a famine in the future.” Jia Lian said with a smile: "Everyone says you are a female Zhuge, so there is something inaccurate?" He changed his clothes and left in a hurry.That night, he came back after the third watch and stayed at Qiutong's place. When I got up the next day, when Jia Lian went out, Sister Feng went to the upper room, came back, and went to Qiutong's room and said, "My wife is in a hurry to ask for something. She said that the second master kept it. He usually put it away." Where is the box for the valuables? Open it soon and let me look for it, my wife is still waiting for an answer." Qiu Tong said: "Aren't the valuables of the second master kept in grandma's room? Why come here to look for them? Sister Feng sneered: "Your second master has always lived with you, and his valuables are naturally with you. Would he be willing to leave them in the room?" Ping'er also said: "If you If you have the key, take it out quickly and help find it, the wife is still waiting for the second grandma to reply." Qiutong only thought that Sister Feng was really looking for something, but also thought that all her money would be kept elsewhere. The box was just Jia Lian and her clothes, so she didn't give him the key. I'm afraid Sister Feng would try to unlock the lock. Then, before the rest, she took the key to open the box, turned around and asked, "What is grandma looking for?" Sister Feng didn't even answer, she went up to put Qiutong aside, and took out the box herself, and sure enough, she took out a bag. This erotic scroll with satin decoration and gold painting came, and I flipped through it casually. I couldn't help feeling angry, sneered again and again, threw it in front of Qiu Tong and asked: "Miss is very knowledgeable, so I also know that Hongxiu Tianxiang reads at night." Qiu Tong But he forgot that there was this thing in the box, so he blushed and dared not answer. Sister Feng threw out all the clothes in the box, and saw many wonderful aprons, red flowers, willows and greens, silk gauze and silk, embroidered with many meanings of mandarin ducks playing in the water, flowers blooming together, and a multicolored double-sided embroidered two-color silk inner jacket , rolled with wishful cloud patterns, nailed with small round beads of various colors, so delicate and shiny.Not saying a word, just picking up and throwing away, suddenly saw a paper bag protruding from the bottom of the box, it was soft to the touch, I don't know what it was, when I opened it, it was a strand of blue silk, tied with a red-headed rope with a concentric knot around the waist, Immediately furious, she squeezed it straight to Qiutong's face, and asked, "What is this? What is this your mother's?" Qiutong panicked, knelt down and said, "It's not mine, I haven't even seen it." I've seen it. Although the second master gave me the key to keep and put something in the box, he never searched through it. If I knew he was there, wouldn't I dare to tell my grandma? Even the booklet is not mine, second master I took it back a few days ago and put it in the box, but I never taught me to see it." Sister Feng sneered and said, "You pushed it cleanly. Don't tell me how many days we will have to live when the two of them are dead? It's not you who said that." Said? He also said that I am seriously ill this time, and I am afraid that I will not last the New Year. I wish I would kick my legs at three o'clock immediately, so as to make room for you, so that you can cross your legs and face the waves. It's a pity that God has eyes, and I Your fate is hard, it is not so easy to be cursed to death by you." The more he said, the more angry he became, he slapped Qiutong left and right, and slapped him several times. Qiu Tong heard that what Sister Feng said were all private words between him and Jia Lian. Knowing that there was no excuse for love, she rolled all over the floor and cried, "I was rewarded by the master to the second master. I am the righteous wife of the second master. The sharp knife can't cut off relatives, and the rope can't be twisted to make husband and wife, so I will promiscuous again, and it is my own man, which rule or law has been violated? Grandma can't see me promiscuous, but I am not promiscuous for grandma. Grandma is sick, so it's not good for her to give birth, why bother to stand at the base of the wall and listen to the people in the corner looking for anger?" Sister Feng couldn't help being angry when she heard these slanderous words. Before catching up, he kicked and beat him a few more times, cursing: "You are the wife of the second master who is upright and upright. Could it be that we are from wild households on the side of Waisi Road? Since you said that you were rewarded by the master to the second master Yes, I will take you to see the master and wife right now, with your flirtatious hair, lewd pictures, and dirty clothes, and let the master and wife see what an upright wife is. I don’t know where you are in the courtyard What about those things, pretending to be a virgin, a chaste woman!" Qiu Tong was willing to go there, and then she cried and made a scene. Sister Feng said: "Tie him up, shut his mouth, seal up all these bastards and send them to the wife's room, and ask the wife to forgive me. Just say that he took advantage of my illness and was so mad, He didn't even come to invite me to say good morning, and he just worked on the stove, the pharmacy, the needleworkers every day, and the supper today and tomorrow's tonic. Yes, gag me, so that I will not be able to discipline, so I sent it to ask my wife to teach." 秋桐听见这番话说得厉害，明知送出这道门，哪还有回来的理，顿时不敢再犟，复翻身趴在地上，抱住凤姐的腿哭道：“我知道错了，求奶奶饶过我这一回。果真那头发、册子不是我的，二爷这些日子虽常往我这边来，其实并非天天如此，时常三更半夜才回来，有时候直到天亮才进门，不过是拿我做个幌子，不知道在外面另交接了什么人，还望奶奶详查。好比前月里，二爷说是尤二姐祭日，独自出府住了一二日才回来，又喝了一夜闷酒。那些头发、衣裳，焉知不是二姐留下来的呢？”凤姐听他提起二姐来，益发醋翻酱涌，五味俱全，冷笑道：“你要我信你，也容易。你只把这些个东西拿去给太太瞧，就说是二爷让你收着，你不敢，特地拿来交给太太，看是怎么说。”秋桐迟疑不敢去，凤姐催促道：“你不愿去，那也容易，我便亲自替你走一趟，如何？”秋桐听了，无可奈何，只得叩头道：“自然是我拿去给太太，那里敢劳奶奶的大驾。”只得收拾了，含羞忍愧，拿着往邢夫人院中来。 原来凤姐上次见傻大姐拾了个绣春囊，被邢夫人拦下，当作大文章拿了向王夫人大兴问罪之师，如今见了秋桐收藏这许多私物，便欲以其人之道还治其人之身。谁想邢夫人既深恶熙凤，便不问青红皂白，况且贾琏又非他亲生，哪肯管束训斥，反教熙凤得意？今听那秋桐诉了许多委屈，费婆子等人又在一旁火上浇油的说了许多挑拨离间无中生有的话，益发有气，反向秋桐道：“你不用哭，一切有我作主，看谁敢把你怎么的？”因命人去院门口守望，若是贾琏回府，立叫来见。 那贾琏吃得醉醺醺的回来，听说邢夫人立找，不知何事，忙搂马往东院里来。在黑油大门前下了马，进入上房，只见邢夫人脸色铁青，坐在那里，秋桐站在身后啼哭，益发不明所以。邢夫人见了他，也不问他去了那里，也不问是非原委，先就发作道：“这屋里的狗走出去给人打了也觉没脸，何况秋桐是老爷亲口许给你的，就算他有一时半处不到的地方，也该看在老爷面上包涵着些，如何竟说退还休弃的话？他又不曾犯了七出，又不曾偷人养汉，难道跟自家汉子亲热了些也算是罪过？这样的道理我倒不曾听过。况且你在外面干的那些偷鸡摸狗的事，并不与他相干，如何你们两口子别气，倒要赖在秋桐身上？难道必定不能容他，所以做定了圈套等他跳，好撵他出来的不成？” 那秋桐便又哭起来，抹眼甩鼻涕的罗罗嗦嗦说了一通。贾琏这方听得明白，心中既恨凤姐泼悍，亦怨秋桐不替他遮瞒，反添油加醋，惹出这番口舌，只得含羞道：“是儿子无能，未能教导媳妇，惹得老爷、太太烦恼，我这便带秋桐回去，再叫媳妇来与太太磕头。”邢夫人冷笑道：“你说这话，可是折杀我了，我也领不起他的头，叫他留着那份殷勤，且往高枝儿上栖着吧。说到底这也是你们房里的私事，原不该我多问，只是你们既然闹到我眼面前儿来，不得不说你两句戏词儿里也常有的：田舍翁多收了十斛麦，尚欲易妇。何况咱家？你身上现捐着个同知，就三妻四妾也寻常，怎么就容不下一个秋桐了？你现回去告诉他，就说我的话，好歹看见公婆面上，略给秋桐一寸三分地儿略站站，就算他眼里还有长辈，若不然，从今往后我倒也没好意思见他的。” 贾琏只得磕了头欲去，邢夫人却又叫住道：“回来。把你这些个东西带上，我很见不得这个。”贾琏忍愧拿了，又出来见贾赦，贾赦也沉着脸说了两句，道是“不孝有三，无后为大。就是妇德再高，没有子息也算不得大好处，况且又是个没有妇德、不能容人的。你是个男人，如何连媳妇也教导不了？岂不落人耻笑？”贾琏也惟有含愧领了，带着秋桐回去。方进门时，正看见平儿带着人挪箱子，登时怒从心起，况且又喝了酒，更不问情由，上前来一脚将箱子踢翻，骂道：“谁叫你动我的东西来？他又没咽气，又没停床，倒急着移棺下殓的不成？” 凤姐在里间听见这话骂得恶毒，如何不恼，因扶着门出来道：“不用你咒我，我知道你巴不得我明儿就死了，好叫你们称心如愿。圣人语录里都有过的：渔色者夭。我原怕你不知保重身体，不好自己当面劝你，所以请太太教导，哪不是为了你好？倒招你恨我做冤家对头，香灰迷了眼，艾蒿薰了心，只要治死原配老婆，好与淫妇过一世。你既然心急，不如拿绳子来勒死我，再把那些给你头发、肚兜、又是什么看了烂眼睛画书的淫妇一起召进来，便娶一百个老婆也没人拦着你，如何？” 贾琏气道：“原来你还记得两句圣人语录。听听这话，是我咒你，还是你咒我？你也不用装大方，也不用说那堵气逞能的歪话，不过是仗着老太太疼你，只当我认真不敢休了你。老爷、太太方才发了话：不孝有三，无后为大。任凭你妇德再高，不见子息也是头一条罪过，况且又醋妒成性、不能容人、没什么妇德可以夸耀的。我便写书休你，老太太也不好拦的。” 凤姐冷笑道：“我说那里来的恁高气焰呢，原来仗着老爷、太太撑的腰。我倒不怕你写书来休我，就只怕你没那胆气。你年未三十，还须讲不得那四十无子、准其置妾的礼呢，况且我又把贴身丫头许你收房，又凭你左一个右一个娶进门来，怎么是不能容人，又怎么是醋妒成性？若不是我，二姐如何进得了门？老爷把秋桐赏了你，我何尝说过半个不字了？如今你要休我也容易，赶明儿召集两府的人告诉一番，咱们祠堂里老太爷跟前磕头去，看是你行的事理长，还是我说的话理短？果然两府族长都认着你有理，我也不用你休，管自这就收拾包裹回南边去，如何？” 贾琏被堵得无话可答，且又提起二姐来，更觉怒火中烧，便想要寻一件最刺心的话来激一激他，因见平儿垂手站在一旁，便不及细想，索性道：“你说得倒好听，好一个宽宏大量仁慈体下的贤良妻子！既是这么三从四德温厚得人心的，怎么身边连一个心腹人儿也没有？就连平儿也不服你。我也不怕老实告诉你，那头发并不是秋桐的，原是被你逼得上吊的鲍二家的从前给我的，我为他死得冤枉，所以留下来做个念想儿，这件事平儿也知道，早先还是他替我收着的呢，不信你只管问他。” 平儿听他说出这件机密事来，且又故意纠缠不清，意在挑唆凤姐嫌隙自己，不禁又惊又怕，又气又急，忙道：“二爷何苦冤我？我上那里知道你的那些事呢。”凤姐正无处出气，听了这句，不由分说抓过平儿来，劈头盖面便打了两巴掌，又拧着脸问道：“原来是你这个小娼妇跟他们通统一气，都只恨不得我死。平日里那些小心仔细敢情都是装出来哄我的，既如此，何不拿了毒药来我吃，好洗净你的眼睛。” 平儿气苦不过，又无可分证，既被贾琏挤兑，又遭凤姐揉搓，忽见秋桐站在一旁歪着嘴冷笑，不禁想起那夜在窗外听见两人的言语来，贾琏何尝将自己放在心上，如今连凤姐也猜忌于己，真正世界之大，更无容身之地，一时万念俱灰，许多恨怨委屈之事悉上心头，遂将心一横，哭道：“你们呕气，何必拿我做磨心，我索性死了，好叫你们省心。”说罢，挣开凤姐之手，回转身便向照壁一头撞去，顿时头破血流，昏死过去。 众人见闹出人命来，都大惊叫喊，慌乱不迭。凤姐到这时悔之不及，流下泪来，贾琏也连声儿叫请大夫，秋桐见闹得大了，早躲进门里去。丰儿、红玉都守着乱叫乱哭。 一时大夫来到，敷药包扎，把脉观色，幸喜伤势虽重，并无性命之碍，遂开了方子，命照方煎药，又叮嘱小心将养，勿使再气恼劳动云云。贾母处早听到动静，亦遣人来问询，凤姐哪敢再闹，忙用言语敷衍支吾过去。贾琏见凤姐不再追究，乐得消停，两人闹了这一回，如今都有些悔将上来，遂不复将前事提起，仍如常相处。exactly: 萍因水聚原不幸，花被风折更可怜。