Chapter 4 The fourth time Lai Nuti's relatives were shocked by the dream of the Northern King and asked the word Jiamu was sad

Last time it was said that when Youshi was waiting for lunch and was about to leave, Mother Jia stopped him again, saying that she had something to discuss with him.Mrs. You had no choice but to turn around and come in. Mother Jia said gossip for a while, and waited until Nanny Li went, and said to Youshi: "I played cards with Nanny Lai a while ago, and I talked about his great-granddaughter's choice of marriage. I think It's not uncommon to see that girl, but she doesn't have that timid little family accent, she also knows how to advance and retreat, understands the general idea, and knows how to read and write. In terms of appearance and docile temperament, many daughters of the family are not as good as him. At a young age, he is more able to be the head of the house, and he is the one who cares the most, so his mother still refuses to give him a similar family status, saying that he would rather stay in the mansion to give him more arms. I think of Brother Qiang She's not too young anymore, I've always wanted to find a good family with him, but I've seen how many families I can't match, but the girl from the Lai family is still about the same age. Although she was born as a slave, the two families have four or five lifetimes Friendship, and his father is now a state official. Hearing that he will be promoted again in the spring, it is finally not humiliating. I have been thinking about telling you, but because of the rush during the festival, I have not had time to talk about it. I think Kid Qiang has no father or mother, and he grew up attached to Brother Zhen. His marriage is naturally decided by you. Now that Brother Rong’s daughter-in-law has married two wives, Brother Qiang is in his twenties, and it should have been a long time ago. I have a family. I mean, when you go to my house, just say what I say, and ask if you want to. Let's make a decision on our own, and then go to the mediator. I guess there is no reason why they should not." You Shi accompanied her with a smile and said: "The old lady's fancy must be good, but although Qiang'er grew up in the mansion since she was a child, she has moved out for several years now. His uncle often said that he would find a marriage with him as soon as possible, and become a married couple." I’ve got a house, so I can be the head of the house. I’ve seen him for a few years, but there’s nothing suitable for me. Since the old lady has found it, it’s naturally good, so I’ll go back and talk to him.”

When I came back to Ning Mansion, the sedan chair stopped in front of Danchi, Yindie put down the cat first, and the cat rushed in with a "meow".There were many family members sitting around in Taiji Shang, knocking their teeth. Seeing Youshi coming back, they hurriedly avoided going out. The servants stood with their hands down. Seeing the family's daughter-in-law come out to welcome them, they all laughed and said, "Grandma's face is so unhappy today!" You Shi also smiled, and asked Ming Jiazhen to support her shoulders at home. In front of Ning Xixuan, drinking and having fun.So he ordered the servant girl to come here, and told Jia Mu that she wanted to be a matchmaker for Lai's daughter and hired Jia Qiang as his wife.

Jia Zhen laughed and said: "It's a good thing the old lady can think of it. It's appropriate to say it. Lai Shangrong can also talk to me. He often eats wine and listens to operas. His tone is not small. This official must have something to do What's more, his family is rich. To say something self-deprecating, even though he is not as good in face, he may not be better than us in the inside. Knowing each other is better than looking for it from outside. Besides, it is the old lady who decides, so can it be rejected? After settling a matter on my mind, I voted for the old lady again. Would you be unwilling? You should agree to it immediately." Youshi laughed and said, "I want to make up my own mind on such a big matter, and you said that I don't agree with you." You discussed it. Besides, you have to listen to Brother Qiang's own opinion." Jia Zhen said: "What can he propose? Marriage is a matter of parents' order and matchmaker's words. Since he has no parents, I will do it for him. This is the master." Don't ask why, and immediately ordered the little maid to call Jia Qiang, and told her face to face: "The old lady is the master, and I want to hire the granddaughter of the housekeeper Lai as your wife. I think you are in your twenties. I said earlier that I would pay attention to a marriage for you, but after looking at it for many years, it is still unclear. This is the old lady's clear mind. Now I invite your second aunt Lian to be a ready-made matchmaker, and Aunt Xue to be Baoshan. You The two are married, you can stay in the original house, or move into the mansion to live with you, it’s up to you. In these two days, someone will clean up the house and arrange the furniture with you. Seems like a married couple. I'm no longer a person who is so flustered and confused like before."

When Jia Qiang heard this, she was like thunder, the three souls disappeared and two souls disappeared, and she didn't dare to tell the truth, so she obediently agreed, bowed her head and withdrew without saying goodbye to Jia Rong and others, and went out of the mansion without going back to Jia. The big house that Jane bought for herself turned around two or three streets, and came to a quadrangle courtyard surrounded by peaches and apricots in a deep alley, the gate was ajar, and there was a big ginkgo tree on the left, about 200 meters away. , higher than the eaves, covering a bluestone screen wall with the word "Fu" surrounded by wishful cloud patterns.Open the door and enter, the courtyard is full of flowers and plants, with grape trellises, and stone tables, spring benches and other things under the trestles, it is very quiet and elegant.The little girl was shaking the wheel to fetch water by the well, and when she saw Jia Qiang coming in, she didn't come up to continue, turned around and ran into the house, shouting: "Okay, okay, the second master is here."

Then I saw a woman in the room rushing out to greet her, clapping her hands and shouting: "Second master is here. The girl talked about the second master last night. She didn't sleep well all night. When she got up early, she vomited a few mouthfuls of blood. We are catching the blind here." " Jia Qiang was startled and said, "Why don't you invite the doctor?" One party said, and one party stepped in, and saw that the senior officer was wearing hair, wearing a concubine-colored swallow and a willow silk crepe jacket, and the honey-colored ground was round and green with lotus leaves falling. Dragonfly's crepe trousers, lying on the edge of the Kang, panting and coughing again, heard him come in, turned his face to look, wanted to speak but couldn't speak, two lines of tears forced out, that kind of miserable and unspeakable shape , very pitiful and painful.Jia Qiang stepped forward to support him, and while rubbing his back with him, she sighed, "I haven't been here for two days, why did I suddenly become so ill? If there is something good or bad about this, what can I do?" , also shed tears.

Ling Guan leaned on Jia Qiang, coughed loudly, lay down on his back, panted for a while, Fang Yun stopped, and asked: "Didn't you say that you are sitting in the mansion today? Why are you here now?" How could Jia Qiang dare to say about Jia Zhen's marriage proposal, she only replied vaguely: "It's just those people who come and go frequently, after all, they have nothing to say, and they are thinking about you, thinking that if they don't come for two or three days, they won't come. I don’t know if there are any better ones, so I went out after a little entertainment.” Ling Guan nodded and sighed: “Thank you for thinking about it. My illness is not going to get better. I only hope to live a day and be with you for a day. , but you have to watch me swallow this breath, as you please, I won’t ask any more.” Jia Qiang listened, touched her heart, and the tears flowed down her cheeks.Seeing him like this, the age officer couldn't bear it, so he pushed him and said, "I'm just getting better. You don't talk to persuade me, but you put on airs to tease me. Do I have to cry again and vomit all the blood before I can get out of bed?" Are you willing to give up?"

Jia Qiang held back her tears, and forced a smile and said, "Everything you say casually hurts people's hearts like this. It's my fault for putting on airs. Since the doctor came to see it last time, it doesn't mean that he is better than other doctors. Fangzi decocted the medicine, took it easy, why did it suddenly get worse?" Lingguan said: "No wonder doctor, I had a dream last night for no reason, woke up, and couldn't sleep anymore, because I got up and went to the courtyard After one more time, I fell asleep again, and when I got up early, I coughed."

Jia Qiang stomped her feet and sighed: "The weather in February is warmer during the day, but the night is still like the winter moon. Why do you not know how to take care of it?" She ordered her mother-in-law to take Baihua ointment.The mother-in-law said: "The doctor told me that this should be chewed carefully after meals and served with ginger soup. It is best to melt it. The lady has not eaten since early in the morning. Taking this pill may hurt her stomach." Jia Qiang had no choice but to He ordered him to grab the medicine according to the prescription last time, to cook Yiqi Bufei Decoction, and ordered him to cook porridge.When the mother-in-law left, Fang asked the official Ling what dream he had last night.Lingguan said: "Since it's a dream, it's impossible to make it right, and what he said." He asked him back, "Do you remember what I said under the pear tree that year?" Jia Qiang said: "Why not?" Remember? Remember in a hundred years. If you forget, I’ll tell you again.” Ling Guan blushed and sighed: “You just remember, why bother to say it again? You don’t listen to people saying: Dafan swears Don't bring it up for no reason, if you mention it too much, it won't work."

When the medicine was ready, Jia Qiang personally served it to the serving officer, and the mother-in-law brought in the chicken and bean porridge. He said a lot of hurtful words in a low voice, exhausted himself, and gradually fell asleep.On the contrary, Jia Qiang stood by, feeling restless and restless.Suddenly through the window, I heard the servant girl laughing and saying, "Miss Bao is here." He rushed out to welcome Baoguan and Yuguan, and when he saw Jia Qiang, he hurriedly stopped and said with a smile, "So the second master is here. I knew it earlier." We should come back tomorrow so as not to bother you."

Jia Qiang laughed and said, "Where does the girl talk? It's not good for four people to be lively? It's just that he has just taken medicine and fell asleep. Why don't we talk in that room." Then he led Bao and Yu to the wing room Come here and order the servant girl to make a pot of wolfberry leaf tea, and then put a few plates of various candied fruit and delicate nuts brought a month ago, because she said: "This is the day I was eating wine at Brother Xue's house. The homemade lychee sent by my aunt, you can’t buy it outside.” Baoguan ate a few, and it was really sweet and refreshing, and he couldn’t help but praise a few times, and said with a smile: “My mother sent a letter the day before yesterday, saying that my brother married Sister-in-law, she started a small business, and now the family is doing quite well, so she told me to go back, and not to do this work anymore. Yuguan has no other relatives in the capital, and now he wants to go back with me, and we are good to each other Be a companion. The two of us are here today to bid farewell to the senior officer. If we have anything to bring, or something to say, we will take it back for him." Jia Qiang hurriedly congratulated, and then asked: "Have you set a date? Set up wine A farewell party for the two of you, and if you are poor and rich, if you lack anything, just tell the senior officer to prepare for you."

Baoguan and Yuguan both thanked each other in a hurry, and said: "A dozen of us originally came from Gusu together, but now some of us are dead, some are scattered, some of us have cut our hair and become aunts, and we are the only ones left. The three of them communicated from time to time. Needless to say, the senior officer, thanks to the second master who placed him here and asked for medical treatment for him; even the two of us, if it weren't for the second master, would not know the leader of the Guanghe class. They make a living in the family. Although they are also singing, they are free after all, no more than Kuiguan and Qiguan, who were sold to the team by the godmother, and the team leader beat him day and night, and tortured him to the point of not looking like a human being; The man's family doesn't have much money, but he wants to marry the younger wife, but he can't take care of the eldest wife. The civil servant has suffered a lot of uselessness in the past two years; Ai Guan and Dou Guan are even more unknown. Life or death; compared, the two of us are the most comfortable. In the past two years, the two of us have saved a little money, which is enough for the road. Thank you, Second Master, for thinking about it, and I will trouble you when there is not enough." When Jia Qiang heard this, she started thinking about it again, but she didn't want to talk about it, because she forced a smile and said, "Guangheban Laoyu dares to treat you, isn't it good? Their team was originally the Chief Secretary Qiudu It was offered by the captain, and later Captain Qiu's son became the owner of the family, thought they were old, and bought some smart and handsome ones, so he kicked out the troupe and went to a broker in the industry to form the Guanghe troupe. Not bad, but there is no outstanding role, just rely on you two to support the facade. Now that you are gone, they don't know how to fight the famine." Both Baoguan and Yuguan laughed and said, "Second Lord guessed well." Because Seeing Jia Qiang's faint worry and worry, she asked Duan Di.Jia Qiang didn't know how to talk to Ling Guan, but when he saw the two of them asking about it, she was in the middle of her heart, so she told Jia Zhen's words to the fullest, and sighed: "You have been in the mansion for several years, and you all know it. Although he is a master, he has no foundation and no real power. However, he has been loved by his master since he was a child, and brother Rong supported him, so he has more face than others. Now that the old lady has personally offered a matchmaker, and the master has firmly agreed to it for me, how dare I say No? Let’s just say it, the master asked me why I didn’t want to, how dare I answer him honestly, saying that I’m in love with someone.” At this point, I stopped in a hurry. Baoguan laughed and said, "Why is Erye so embarrassed to say it? Don't we hear the word opera child less? The second master must be afraid that the master will blame you for being in love with opera opera, even forgetting the family name of your ancestors." , but like this? According to me, if this matter is left to others, it would not be difficult. We just need to keep it a secret and marry the Lai family lady. Late. It is not an exaggeration for the son of your rich family to have three wives and four concubines, and it is not too much for him to oppose it. Now the most difficult problem is on the senior officer. I am afraid that he will not be a child, and he must be monogamous. Forget it, the second master once promised him that he would not marry if he was not a Qing, but now Hula Ba'er said that another marriage was arranged in the mansion. With his temperament, how could he not be annoyed? If he is angry and hurts his body, there will be troubles , wouldn't you let down the second master's usual heart?" Jia Qiang only felt that these few words were touching her heart, and she shed tears of joy and sorrow, and sighed: "Why didn't you say it? I'm here to make things difficult. Say no, and don't say no." Over the years, depending on how I treat him, it is probably because he can’t make up his own mind, he is always worried, so this disease is getting worse day by day, and now if I let him know that the mansion has engaged me for a marriage, there may be troubles How about it? If it is said to be hidden from him, firstly, I can’t bear it, and secondly, how can I hide such a big matter?” Yuguan listened for a long time, and then Fang suddenly asked: “Second master talked about it, but it’s just I want to marry Miss Lai, but this is it?" Jia Qiang said, "Why do I want to marry, but the master has already spoken, shouldn't I?" Yuguan said: "The second master only said that he still wants to marry Miss Lai, or marry the senior officer. As long as the second master can make up his mind, I have my own idea." Jia Qiang said, "Why do you need to ask? I Naturally, I want to marry Lingguan. You can see how I have treated him in the past two years. Ever since I met him, there has never been a second person." Yuguan smiled and said, "Of course I know what the second master is thinking, but If you don't have the second master to tell the truth, it's not easy to make up your mind. Now that the second master is so firm, I have an idea here. Listen to it, you two: We were originally from Suzhou. Now that Baoguan and I are about to go back, Erye might as well pack up some valuable clothes with Lingguan and go with us. Sell this house, and then sell some antique furniture, enough to buy some real estate houses in Suzhou. You can live by collecting rent from the land, and from now on, husband and wife will live happily ever after, won't that fulfill your two wishes? I'm afraid that the second master will not be able to part with his family and suffer." Jia Qiang lowered her head and pondered for a while, then said: "I said earlier, this is not my home, but the place where I grew up. Apart from Master and Brother Rong, I don't have any relatives that I can't let go of. If we talk about suffering , but to be able to grow old together with Lingguan, I have fulfilled my wish, so what is there to be afraid of?" Yuguan said: "In this case, we will agree on a date, and the one who will fly away together without anyone noticing it will be." After discussing with each other again, the senior officer over there has already woken up, and the mother-in-law came to report, so Jia Qiang asked Bao and Yu to go there together. Seeing people. Why don't you go there first, and wait for him to wash and make up before we go." Jia Qiang said with a smile: "It is obvious that you are good sisters, you know him like this, and you are so considerate. Since you know it well, you should know it Since he is willing to ask me to come over, he must have already dressed, otherwise, he would not even see me." Baoguan and Yuguan also laughed.Jia Qiang also warned: "The matter of going to Suzhou has to be considered in a long-term way. Selling the house and selling the antiques can't be done in a short time. Let's not rush to tell him. How many things have been on my mind. It's better to arrange it before it's too late." Both Bao and Yu said hurriedly: "Why do you want to ask the second master? We know it well." So they came together. The senior official was very happy to see the two of them. The four of them sat around and talked about the news, very speculative and harmonious.Unexpectedly, it was already meal time, and the mother-in-law wanted to light a fire under the stove. Jia Qiang only said that she was disrespectful, and ordered her to come to the restaurant for two taels of silver. After a while, the waiter in the restaurant came with his wife, carrying two food boxes, and when they opened, there was a bowl of stewed pork knuckle in red sauce, a bowl of steamed anchovy, a bowl of braised fresh bamboo shoots with chicken, and a bowl of braised fresh bamboo shoots. A bowl of white sauce with fins, a large bowl of water shield and abalone soup, and many side dishes to accompany wine, Baoguan said happily, "I haven't gone home yet, but I'll taste the local dishes first." Jia Qiang ordered the table to be arranged in the open room Come, set up chairs and chopsticks, invite everyone to come, sit down, and open a jar of Shaoxing daughter red, which was brought out of Ningfu, heated with a spinner, poured into a lotus leaf enamel cup, and served wine orders , betting on the name of the play to make a pair, and those who are not right will be fined a cup. Baoguan published "Sweeping Flowers" first, and Jia Qiang answered "Treading the Moon", looked at Yuguan and said with a smile: "I offended the girl with this title. It is "Buried Jade." Yuguan She smiled and said, "What's so difficult about it? It's ready-made, "Picking Gold." Jia Qiang nodded in praise: "It's really neat." Yuguan said: "Since the second master agreed, please drink this cup." He poured a full cup and put it in front of Jia Qiang. Jia Qiang drank it with her neck up, and then asked the jade official to write a question. Yuguan said: "I'll pay tribute to "Calling Painting" again. Please be right."Ling Guan pushed him and said, "That's impossible? You give him a "Stealing Poetry", isn't that enough?" Bao Guan and Yu Guan applauded in unison, and said: "Although this is a neat match, it can't be counted as two." Damn it. This glass of fine wine can't be spared." Jia Qiang had no choice but to drink it with a smile, and released another "Removal of Armor".Baoguan was right about "Soubei", Lingguan thought it was not working, Baoguan said with a smile: "Why not? We usually sing in halls and see those cups and cups used by others. Gold and jade are not rare, they are rare. On the contrary, those with tortoise shell and antlers, I asked the name, what kind of business is it, and what kind of A. Now that the second master has a word A, why don't I work on the cup?" Jia Qiang laughed: "That one is not Unlike this A, it would be better to have a "Sou Shan"." Ling Guan smiled and said: "It makes sense, this cup can't be avoided." Baoguan had no choice but to drink a cup, and said, "That's it, I'll take "Soubei" as the title, please be correct." Jia Qiang couldn't agree again, so he asked Lingguan to do it for him.Ling Guan sighed: "You are considered an expert, why can't the names of several operas match up." Jia Qiang said with a smile: "It's really clever. This is your homework. I'm not an opponent, but just coax me to drink two more glasses of wine, can I still be drunk to death?" Then she drank a few more glasses to get excited When I mentioned it, Yin Xiangling said: "If you don't believe me, I really can't match any of them. Now you have a question, let's see how I am right?" Then Lingguan came out with a "dream", which no one could think of. Jia Qiang said, "Dream is a false character, and you have to deal with a false character, which is "Li Hun". Baoguan and Yuguan both praised it. Said: "This is a very good match, thanks to the second master who can figure it out. It must be the question given by the senior officer before the second master is willing to be right?" Jia Qiang laughed and said: "If it is someone else, if you can't be right again, this song He used to sing it at home, so I remember it." Both officials said: "Since this is the case, Ling Guan should have a drink as a respect." Ling Guan did not make any distinctions, bowed his head and took a sip. The four of them were all acquainted in Lixiangyuan, so they didn't stick to the etiquette, and they drank to their own capacity.Wei Lingguan is not strong enough to drink, but also has a quick mind, and he can deal with it fluently. He only needs one or two glasses to meet the occasion.When drinking to Xingcong, Baoguan played the pipa, Yuguan played the zither, and Yin Gong carved feathers, and sang a song "Putianle" together: "A young man looks like a flower, and he will be haggard for a long time. Isn't it because of his hard-won blessings, and his despicable beauty is easy to grow old? There are a lot of beautiful things in the world..." Looking at Jia Qiang, she was overjoyed, she just felt that Fan Su from Baixiang Mountain was here, and it was nothing more than that. The copper pot is scattered.exactly: Drunk flowers and drunk moon are not drunk, it's really embarrassing to be in love. In addition, due to the frequent wars along the coast of Fujian recently, Linguo has repeatedly violated the border, pirates are becoming more and more rampant, and today they are too troublesome, so they sent troops to suppress them, and all the generals went to Beijing to stand by. Those who join the army are expected to exchange silver for their followers.He also ordered that all the unmarried and ji women in the duke's mansions be recorded in pictures for future selection.Jia Zheng had to prepare a discount overnight, and said: "Long live the sage, the gods and the martial arts, the whole family, although insects, plants, and trees, all look up to the sanctification. Unexpectedly, the barbarians of the sea country are weak and weak, and the long live Hemu is covered with Hong En. Don't think about repaying virtue, but dare to rebel. What the heavenly soldiers point out is like the wind blowing the grass, and it is the day of its own death. Stealing the slaves' grandparents, father and son, the world's lord's kindness is extremely deep and very heavy. It is very unusual. Today's slaves All the wealth of the mother and son, from the top to the heel, has been gifted by the Long Live Reinvention. Although the bones are broken, it is difficult to repay the event. The slave read the mansion and copied it. Knowing that the Ministry will send troops, but I hate not being able to personally carry the burden and drive for the country. Chi, I only wish to donate three thousand taels of silver, less for the purchase of military supplies, a little bit of sincerity." Mrs. Wang heard about it, and she regretted it: "Last year when the official media came to propose marriage, they should have chosen a girl from a family with a similar family background. It is not like today. It is also his fate, and there are several families who are old. They are all of the same family, but I think he is a concubine; it doesn't matter, the family is too poor, and I can't bear him to marry and suffer. I just say that he is young and not in a hurry, so I delay until today. If this happens Sure enough, he was selected, but he was sent overseas to fight with the feudal clan. Didn't I miss him?" Jia Zheng said, "If you pick one out of ten thousand, you will be selected there. There is no need to worry about it." He also ordered Jia Lian to seal three thousand taels of silver quickly. . Jia Lian complained secretly, but he had to move around, so he had to join in. Jia Zheng asked Jia Zhen to give him instructions, and he also planned to play in the same way.For a while, the two mansions were all empty, and Jia Zheng knew about it.One day when Jia Lian reconciled with Lin Zhixiao, Lin Zhixiao brought up the previous discussion about distributing the family maids, because he said, "It's been a while since the master came back, because I was afraid of mentioning these things during the New Year's Eve. I didn't mention the excitement above. Now that the second master is telling the family that the family is in trouble, why not take the opportunity to tell the truth, let the elderly and meritorious family members out, ask them to pay a few hundred taels of silver, and the girls who should be cut down If you cut it down, you can save a lot of money in a year. Otherwise, the livelihood of the mansion is not making any progress, and it is not a long matter to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall every day. Maybe there will be one or two major events. , I'm afraid there's nowhere to hug Buddha's feet in a hurry." Jia Lian was reasonable, so he found a good time to report to Jia Zheng. Jia Zhengyuan ignored these household chores and said, "You and your wife will decide what to do, and draw up a list, and then report to your wife." Let Sister Feng discuss with Mrs. Wang, and Sister Feng said: "According to me, don't touch that nail. I said it once last year. I just raised the issue, and I provoked my wife's car, and said how the old lady in the mansion was. He is dignified and dignified, and he said that if you want to save money, you would rather save it from him, and you must not wrong the girls, just like I don’t use any money, just save the girl’s monthly money to live frugally. So since that time, I never mentioned it again." Jia Lian said, "It was the master who asked me to discuss with my wife, but you didn't say it anyway, it was just a rumor." Sister Feng had no choice but to come to discuss with Mrs. Wang, and said that the master ordered Jia Lian to do it.Mrs. Wang hesitated for a while, and sighed: "I also know that today is not what it used to be, but unexpectedly, it has come to this point. If it is said that the elderly family members are punished, it should be: first, they are old people for several lifetimes. They have been working for a long time, so they should be released; secondly, those people are rich landowners, and they don’t have to worry about money to redeem themselves; thirdly, I know that there are many people in the kitchen and needlework, but their sisters don’t use those needleworkers. People's work, all personal things, such as shoes, handkerchiefs, purses, and bags, are all done by the maids separately. Those who are left for nothing are useless and should be cut off; It's time to learn the rules, and if you let it out, you have to find another job. It's not an accumulation of kindness, but a crime; besides, the old lady was very uncomfortable last time because she kicked out a few girls. It's only been a few days, and she said If you want to let the girl go, wouldn't you be making fun of yourself? Even I can't bear it." Sister Feng hurriedly said: "Isn't it true what the madam said? It's just that the girls in the mansion are all grown up. Since the chess player did those things a while ago, it's not guaranteed. If there are no other girls, there will be no troubles, and they will not be sure of their hearts, but it is better to send them out earlier. If there are not enough girls, it is the same to promote a few little girls." This remark touched Mrs. Wang's usual taboo, so she said: "Since that's the case, you can just watch and do it. There is only one girl, but the maids in the old lady's room can't be reduced. Instead, I cut two girls from my room first." In addition, Baoyu has grown up in the past two years, and he is about to start a family and get married. I said earlier that he should move out of the garden to live in spring. Who knows that there are many things during the New Year, so I forgot. The sun is warm, so it's time to do this matter urgently. The houses next to me have been cleaned out, or tomorrow or later, you can pick a day to move him out. You don't have to move out all the furniture and utensils, just pick them up. Just move out a few exquisite things that don't take up space. He has the most maids in the house, and they are more pampered and make troubles. They have accumulated arrogance and become rich. Although he was rectified last year, he was always ill before, and it was said that he was making trouble again. It's too bad, so I just took advantage of this time to distribute it, leaving only Xiren, Sheyue, and Qiuwen, a few proper big girls, to follow." Sister Feng got an idea, because it was passed on to the heads of the waiters in each room, and they discussed and set up a list. Each room would either cut two or three, and there were discretionary reductions.He also told the owners of the houses in person.The rest of the people paid it back, but Baoyu was very sad, and sighed: "I just left three last year, only a few days, and I have to drive people away again. If I knew this, it wouldn't be good to just drive them all out at once? Save them every few days. Frustrating people." Sister Feng laughed and said: "According to you, these people will guard you sooner or later and never go out for the rest of your life? Are the girls not allowed to go out when they grow up? Anyway, they have to go sooner or later. You have to go. In the past, you were the one who yelled every day, saying that you wanted to let everyone out here and let your parents do as they please, but did you say that? Now that you are going to let them go, you are the first to stop me. Shouldn't you?" Baoyu heard this, and Fang changed his mind and said, "Since this is the case, how much money do they have? If I want it from my mother, it is hard to guarantee that my mother will not complain and be wordy, but make them feel wronged. If you really want to let it go, just let it go." It should be worth the money, let it go for nothing, and it is not in vain to get acquainted, and have served me for many years." Said, he went back to Mrs. Wang in person. All the people in Yihong Courtyard were crying because they were about to leave. After hearing this, they felt happy.Their parents knew about it and were overjoyed, so they asked Mother Song to take the lead, and brought Chunyan's mother, Mrs. He, and others in to kowtow to Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang.Jia Mu didn't know the reason at first, but after careful questioning, she knew it was Baoyu's idea, but she liked it, and said with a smile, "I just said that this child has a kind heart, and he does things differently from others." Said it was, "Brother Bao was born by Buddha, so he was born different from others." When Jia Mu heard this, she was even more happy. Unexpectedly, the twelfth day of February is Lin Daiyu's birthday. Although he doesn't like to be noisy, but three years ago Baochai and Jishifeng made arrangements for it, and now it is necessary to follow the routine. The sisters have their own gifts, but they are books, calligraphy and paintings, or needlework, so there is no need to list them in detail.While watching the play, suddenly four women came to the Beijing Prince's Mansion. They also said that Miss He Lin, Qianqiu, brought a lotus leaf jasper jar, and there were two Beiming goldfish in it, both of which were three feet long. Presented by Princess Beijing.Mother Jia ordered someone to pick it up, thank you.Secretly thinking in his heart, according to Jia's niece and nephew's birthday, the palace does not need to give gifts, and the gift is so generous.I told Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng in private, but they didn't understand. Two days later, Jia Zheng came back from the court and said: "I met Yucun today, and asked me about my niece's family affairs in words, and asked me if she promised her. I think that although he is my niece's teacher, now my brother-in-law died young, He has long since lost ties with the Lin family, besides, he is a female student, and I haven't heard it mentioned in these years, so why did he suddenly become so concerned? So I only answered him vaguely." Mrs. Wang said in surprise: "In this way, the old lady guessed right. Today, the old lady asked me to go with Feng girl. Speaking of the spring of the previous year, an old concubine in the palace died of illness, and we all went to follow the court. For sacrifice, I borrowed to live in the family temple of an official, next door to the family members in the Beifu. His family rented the west courtyard, and ours rented the east courtyard. Princess Beijing originally mentioned to the old lady that she would take the throne for the prince. Side concubine, you must have a decent family background and appearance, and you must learn well. It is said that the prince often said at home that there was a concubine Xu Hui in Tang Taizong, Shangguan Wan'er in Zhongzong, and Meifei Jiang Caiping in Xuanzong. There are also five sisters of the Song family in Dezong's harem, all of whom are good at poetry. Even among the maids, there is Han Cuiping, who inscribes poems on red leaves. Are there any talented women now? Poems and books are also boring, just like flowers, no matter how good they are, they have no fragrance, so they can only be used to paste walls. So I vowed to find a talented woman as my concubine, marry her, and immediately ask for an imperial edict to stand shoulder to shoulder with the princess. For more than two years, it must have been because of Guoxiao, so I dragged it down. Now that I have been filial for three years, I am afraid that the old story will be repeated. Could it be that he has taken a fancy to Miss Lin and wants to ask Jia Yucun to be a matchmaker?" Jia Zheng thought for a while, then clapped his hands and said, "Listen to what you said, it's likely to be like this. What does the old lady say?" Mrs. Wang said: "It's hard to say what the old lady is thinking. It seems that she is reluctant to let Miss Lin go out. He said in his heart that King Beijing is powerful, young, talented and good-looking, and the young concubine is graceful and kind, and she is not the kind who is blindly narrow-minded, jealous, frivolous and top-notch. If it is true that Lin Yatou can marry as a princess, it may not be a good marriage. Why don't you take the time to persuade the old lady to propose a marriage to Baoyu after finishing the affairs of Miss Lin." Jia Zheng agreed, lowered his head and closed his eyes, rested himself under the window for a while, and then went to Jia's mother's room Come and say hello. At this time, Li Gongcai, Wang Xifeng and others were all present in front of Jiamu's seat. Li Wan talked about the progress of Jia Lan's articles and listened to Jiamu. He said that the head of the school praised him for his talent. .Suddenly seeing Jia Zheng coming in, Li Wan and Sister Feng hurriedly avoided.Jia Zheng invited An, and reported the matter of Jia Yucun, saying, "I'm afraid that within a day or two, he will come to the door to apply for a job, and he will make it clear when the time comes, but should we answer it or not? If not, it's not good." Tell him back." When Jia Mu heard this, she was very troubled by the situation of the day before yesterday. She lowered her head to think for a while, and said, "Let me tell you the truth. I have already taken a fancy to someone here for Baoyu's marriage. For It's because she's still young, so it's inconvenient to mention it. Now that Lin girl is in her prime, I originally planned to discuss it with you in a few days, but unexpectedly, Beifu took the lead, and it's almost on my head." When Jia Zheng heard this, he knew what Jia's mother meant. She wanted to keep Daiyu in the mansion and marry Baoyu in person. After losing the election, the empress revealed her words several times. Although she didn't say anything clearly, the old lady may not understand. Now that there is the matter of the Beijing Palace, it would be better to push the boat with the current. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" Mother Jia said unhappily: "The empress did not explain Well, it's not easy to guess randomly. After two days, it will be sixteen. On the day when Jiaofang's family members visit the palace, I will go to the palace with your wife and ask the empress-to-be in person what she means." Jia Zheng was inconvenient. Besides, respectfully exit.exactly: It's hard to match the mandarin ducks who hate each other forever, but the butterflies who envy him fly together again.