The Injustice of the Red Chamber

When Fei Ge took the Lin family siblings to meet the reception specifications of the Xue family's three mothers, Xu Hao, who was traveling with Fei Ge all the way, rejected the carriage arranged by Fei Ge, and went back to the Guanyin Temple calmly.

I don't even take a car... Is it really going to be ascetic to the end?

If you walk a long way, wear your shoes.I really want to do hard work... Fei Ge opened her mouth, and swallowed the words that came to her lips.

She was afraid that if she came out, Xu Hao might really look up to the sky and laugh like a crazy monk with his bare feet.

When the scene met his face, it was like marrying Diao Chan to Li Kui, a black whirlwind.

Can not bear to look!

Smiling like a lucky cat, he waved to Xu Hao, "Go well, see you later."

Xu Hao pursed his lips, took a deep look at Fei Ge, withdrew his gaze and turned to leave.

With a sense of determination and... embarrassment.

"It's becoming more and more difficult to serve the monks nowadays." Fei Ge looked away, reached out and poked Lin Yu's face, and under Daiyu's protective eyes, withdrew her hand embarrassingly, "Look at you, poke It won't lose a piece of meat after two strokes. It's okay, I don't want to poke it anymore."

Gazing back at Daiyu, Feige picked up the round fan and shook it.

The summer in ancient times was not as hot as in modern times, but it was a bit stuffy if you wore too much.

"There are a lot of people in the house, and there are not enough ice basins every year. With so many people this year, I'm afraid there will be even more lawsuits." Fei Ge took a sip of the herbal tea that Xueyan had poured over, "Sit down The sedan chair is no longer comfortable in the carriage. You are not afraid of the heat, and the little fish is small, so it doesn't matter. I think the girl from the Xue family..." is very meaty.

Fei Ge is not afraid of the heat in summer, and almost never asks for an ice basin.

One is that she is used to opportunism.

When sleeping in summer, a small tornado will blow in the room, and the position is fixed so that it blows against the corner.

Two, the method of making ice with salt/stone has existed since ancient times, but the salt/stone on the market is not easy to get.

Going through the formal procedures, Fei Ge naturally couldn't get this stuff, but there are brave men under the rewards, and heroes everywhere under the huge profits.No matter how rare it is, as long as you have enough money, they will dare to sell you the emperor's share.

Feige came back with some nitrate/stone, and then made ice cubes and put them in the corner to let the little tornado blow, and the most energy-efficient air conditioner was born.

Fei Ge also used the same method to think of the problem of heating in winter.

As long as the wind is controlled, the torch will not go out.Across the torch, the wind blowing slowly is warm wind.This greatly solves the embarrassment of turning on the carbon basin too early in the first autumn, and it is still cold.

This time back to Rongguo Mansion, Fei Ge is going to do the same.

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"How about the girl from the Xue family? Does my cousin look easy to get along with?" Lin Yu fell asleep, and Daiyu took back the jade pendant that her eldest brother brought out for Lin Yu to play with, and asked Fei Ge in a low voice, "Last year, the Xue family sent me When someone came, I happened to be ill. I only remembered this when I looked at the account books during the Chinese New Year."

The inspecting salt censor is a moderate official in the south of the Yangtze River, but this official is very important in terms of salt administration.

So the salt merchants flattered Lin Ruhai, and some small merchants, like the Xue family, would not offend the Lin family.

Although there are also good deals in their hands, they don't make much money from the good deals. They peel off layer by layer, and manage each joint. If they don't lose money in their hands, it's already a good deal. up.

The reason why they didn't give up this deal was that the status of the imperial merchants sounded noble after all, and secondly, the imperial merchants also acted as a layer of protection and advertising, making it cheaper for them to do other businesses.

That's why the Xue family said it was an imperial merchant, and to put it bluntly, he was a merchant.

Some contacts are not easy to cling to.Fortunately, Aunt Xue was born in the Wang family, and Jia Min is the daughter of the Jia family. Not to mention that they have known each other since childhood, but the in-law relationship of the four major families has never been broken, which makes Aunt Xue take advantage of the fact that she is close to the water. friendship.

That's exactly the case, the Xue family gave some gifts, and then pulled the flag in the south of the Yangtze River, as long as it wasn't too much, Jia Min and Lin Ruhai both turned a blind eye and closed their eyes.

It is said that since Lin Ruhai was promoted to be the censor of salt inspection, the Xue family will send gifts to the Lin family every year, and this gift has been given for several years.In the past, these were Jia Min's worries, but now Daiyu took over.

There are too many people who give gifts to the Lin family. If it weren't for Aunt Xue who is Mrs. Wang's direct sister, maybe Daiyu wouldn't "see her differently".After flipping through the account book from the beginning, Daiyu wrote seven, seven, eight, and then she felt embarrassed.

Her mother didn't seem to have returned the gift to Xue's family.

Whoops, this is embarrassing.

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Feige didn't know that Daiyu was already thinking about such a high-end and elegant return gift, she followed Daiyu's words and thought about it, and said to Daiyu in a very earnest voice, "Only one side is not worthy of deep friendship. From now on, we will live at home, so let’s just get along.” Baochai is the most prudent and self-protecting person, such a person is easy to get along with in daily life, but when something happens, I don’t know what to do.

In the most common words, this person cannot trust his back.

"It's still at home. Did my cousin forget that the girl from Xue's family is going to enter the palace?" After taking the second cup of tea poured by Xueyan, Daiyu asked Feige puzzledly while drinking, "Yuan Da My sister has been in the palace for several years, and there is no news for a while. Why does the Xue family want to send the girl into the palace? Could it be... this is the rule of the Wang family?"

Daiyu thought Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue were both from the Wang family, so they behaved somewhat similarly.

"Ms. Xue's family may not be able to enter this palace." Fei Ge glanced at Xue Yan when she finished speaking, and Xue Yan also happened to look over. After Mr. Xue left, the Xue family went from bad to worse. The successor, Xue Pan, is a master who can cheat even the most foolish dandy in the capital. His family background is nothing more than that, and Miss Xue has an excellent appearance. She has a low status. The palace is not about selecting concubines... how can the palace allow her to go in and mix things up."

So even if Xue Pan didn't beat anyone to death this time, Baochai might not be able to enter the palace.

I remember reading the original work and various analysis before, saying that the part where Zhou Rui’s family sent the palace flowers was a metaphor for Baochai’s failure.

Calculated by time, Lin Ruhai was still alive at that time...

Fei Ge thought of Xue Yan's identity, and cast her eyes towards Xue Yan vaguely, "We don't need to worry about anything, just let nature take its course."

Daiyu thought she was talking to her, so she nodded slightly.Holding the cup in his hand, his eyes swept across the streets and alleys of the capital along the carriage window.

It is as prosperous as Yangzhou City.

Not mentioning Daiyu, only saying that Xueyan knew in her heart who Fei Ge was talking to in the last sentence, and after returning to Fei Ge with a seemingly unconscious gesture of nodding, she leaned against the car wall and looked out of the car with Daiyu .

The carriage prepared by the Lin family was comfortable and spacious. Besides Feige, Daiyu, Xueyan, and Sister-in-law Zhao who was holding Lin Yu were also in the carriage.

Sister-in-law Zhao's whole mind was on Lin Yu, and by the way, she listened to the conversation between Feige and Daiyu again, while Xueyan did her part as a girl.

The carriage swayed non-stop from the pier to Rongning Street.The Rongguo Mansion opened the side door to invite Aunt Xue and her party to enter, and Daiyu's carriage and the Lin family's carriage and luggage all followed through the side door.

After entering the mansion, the male servant retreated, Xue Pan was led to greet Jia Zheng in the front yard, Aunt Xue and Baochai changed to the sedan chair in the mansion, and Fei Ge also got out of the carriage here to enter the second gate in a sedan chair.

In fact... it's really not a few steps.

Also in the alleyway, Daiyu had to go up to say hello to Aunt Xue.

So Daiyu was led by Feige and walked to where Aunt Xue, mother and daughter were, smiled and put on her skirt and bent her knees to say hello to Aunt Xue.Aunt Xue naturally refused to accept Daiyu's gift, and before Daiyu could salute, she stepped forward and helped Daiyu get up.

"My son, I wanted to visit you in the old year, but I couldn't be free for a while. It's also the fate of us women, and we met thousands of miles away." She had a loving face, as if Jia Min was her real sister.

It was the first time for Daiyu to meet such an acquaintance, and she didn't know how to proceed with the conversation.She only smiled at Aunt Xue with the shyness that is suitable for all kinds of occasions, and her eyes fell on Baochai who was aside curiously.

It is indeed as my cousin said...it is more sensual.

"This is Baochai, how old are you?" Aunt Xue saw Daiyu looking at Baochai, and naturally introduced her daughter, "From now on, the sisters will play together..."

"Sister Xue."

"Sister Lin."

Daiyu turned around and performed the boudoir daughter's ceremony with Baochai, and just got up before she could say anything, the woman in charge of the Rongguo Mansion urged them to get into the sedan chair.

Aunt Xue took the first sedan chair, Daiyu took the second, Sister-in-law Zhao took the third sedan chair with Lin Yu in her arms, Feige sat in the last sedan chair, and Baochai was in front of Feige. The child was carried all the way to the second gate.

After sitting on the boat for several days, and just now taking the car for half a day, Fei Ge really wanted to walk around by herself right now, but the situation didn't allow it.

It's impossible for everyone else to go in a sedan chair, and she runs aside, right?

So sitting in the sedan chair, Fei Ge turned her neck for a while, twisted her waist for a while, with a look of lovelessness on her face.

The Rongguo Mansion already knew that the brothers and sisters of the Lin family had met Aunt Xue and his party.Now when they came to the second gate together in sedan chairs, Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng, Li Wan even knew the order of their sedan chairs.

It was originally to welcome relatives and sisters whom I hadn't seen for many years, but now I brought in a little sick child who hated my sister-in-law's birth. Mrs. Wang couldn't express the disgusting feeling in her heart.

Turn around and go in, she can't lose face of her own sister.Don't go in...just hold your breath.

In fact, Mrs. Wang and Jia Min can be regarded as friends who have known each other since childhood.But no one is more angry than angry, jealousy is something that even the Buddha can't escape, everyone can't avoid it.

When Jia Min was at home, what a noble lady from the Duke's mansion.Jia Daishan was still alive at that time, and the Jia family was the head of the four major families, so the girls from the Wang family were no match for the girls from the Jia family.

Later she married into the Rongguo Mansion, the second son of Jia Zheng.Mother Jia loved Jia Zheng the most, and she was satisfied with her young daughter-in-law, but also critical of her.

While dealing with Jia's mother, Mrs. Wang wins over Jia Zheng and suppresses and recaptures all kinds of people in Jia Zheng's courtyard. Looking at Jia Min who is still pampered and spoiled, she can't help being more envious and jealous.

What makes Mrs. Wang even more unbalanced is that no matter in this world or according to the rules of the Jia family, she still has to serve Jia Min for dinner...

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Fortunately, Jia Min finally exhausted his blessings ahead of schedule...

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang felt relieved again.

Looking at the sedan chair being carried over from a distance, there was a gleeful smile in his eyes.