The Jade of the Red Chamber

At this time, Jia Lian was already very old, and even his great-grandson had grown to the age when he just married Sister Feng. Jia Lian, who was full of wrinkles, never thought that he could live for such a long time in his life, moving his mouth that was about to lose all his teeth. , the little great-great-grandson Diandian ran over and took a handful of caramel candies to Jia Lian's mouth with a smile: "Grandpa, I'll give you candy, is it sweet?"

Jia Lian chuckled, opened his mouth to let the little great-grandson stuff the sugar in, smacked his lips, it was so sweet!The little niece of the granddaughter-in-law's natal family came running over with her calves and shouted, "Stinky Jia Han, you gave grandpa candy again, and my aunt said you can't let grandpa eat candy!"

The little great-grandson withdrew his hands, thought for a while and took out all the candy in his purse, Baba held it to the little girl with prickly eyebrows, Ai Ai said: "I'll give you all, don't tell mother." The girl looked at Tang Chou Chou, the little brother whose eyes were full of pleadings, and nodded with her mouth pouting.Soon the two little babies were playing and fighting again, having a great time.

Jia Lian's eyes suddenly became moist. He thought back then that he and Sister Feng had known each other since they were young. not enough.Then the two got married, quarreled, and had a divorce, but they lived their whole life in such a bumpy way.Sister Feng's body has always been tougher than him. He was absurd in his early years, and he was exhausted by wine and sex for a while. How could he leave before him?

Jia Lian carefully wiped away the teardrops from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves while lowering his head, and then smiled again. During this period of time, he kept thinking about the time a long time ago, thinking that his time was coming soon, he didn't know that Sister Feng left earlier than him After three years, will you still be waiting by the bridge of Naihe?Jia Lian's eyes shone slightly. In this life, I owed that old woman a lot. If Sister Feng didn't wait for her to leave first, then go after her. This life has hurt her a lot, and she will make up for it one by one in the next life. If Sister Feng If you give birth to a man, then he will be a woman?When Jia Lian thought of this scene, Sister Feng really had the bearing and wrist of a man. In this life, she was only obsessed with being a woman in the inner house. If she became a man in the next life, wouldn't it be just what she wanted? I don't know what it will be like at that time. , Jia Lian laughed ho ho.

The two little children glanced at their grandfather strangely, why were they crying and laughing at the same time?The two little dolls tilted their heads, um, mother said that grandpa would shed tears when he misses grandma again, so the little dolls didn't dare to disturb them, and ran far away holding hands.

Jia Lian sat on a rocking chair in the courtyard, the early autumn sunlight shone through the leaves above her head and hit the ground, full of mottled shadows.Seeing that he was a little confused, the servant girl hurriedly put a blanket on him lightly, the sun had not set in the west, and the wind was not cool, the old man was disturbed lightly at night, and he always couldn't sleep well, this would make him squint for a while.

Jia Lian was half asleep and half awake, but he still recalled his life very clearly in his mind. Those things in his early years were still vivid in his mind, and he became old in a blink of an eye.

With a slight movement of her fingers, Jia Lian suddenly realized that at that time there seemed to be a watershed separating two very different selves: I was absurd and ignorant when I was a teenager, and if I followed that development, I would become a loafer, a prodigal, and a prodigal. Yes, if that's the case, not to mention inheriting Rongguo Mansion in the early years when it was still there, it is very likely that Rongguo Mansion was implicated when something happened!When did you start to change?Start doing serious things, stop eating, drinking and having fun as the heir of the Rongguo Mansion, and have serious things to do, it seems that it is the time when Sister Feng Huaifu'er comes forward, and it is the time when the eldest cousin of the Lin family brought his younger siblings to move out of Rongguo Mansion forcefully!It was at that time that Sister Feng began to change. The person who used to like to show off her talents and hold on to the second room suddenly changed, and then she led herself to change slowly, especially when she became pregnant with Jia Fu, and she took care of the family. burden.Thanks to the help of cousin Lin, I was able to start the small shop that I didn't like in the past, and I was able to walk out of the shocking turmoil with the whole family behind. Later this Jia family.

Jia Lian felt that the most correct thing he had done in his life was to trust Cousin Lin wholeheartedly under Sister Feng's persuasion, and follow Cousin Lin in everything.It was also at that time that the scene of him and Sister Feng, who had been drifting away from each other, changed, and this was how the later life came about.

Jia Lian smiled wryly. At that time, he couldn't understand Sister Feng's transformation. Although he was happy, he still suspected that she had been trapped for a while, and worried that she would change back soon. Fortunately, he was pregnant with Fu boy soon. Put all these thoughts aside.Now that I have lived for such a long time, most of those old people who lived in the past have passed away. Looking back through the world, what else can I not figure out?Probably because when cousin Lin was arguing with the second wife, she overheard what the second wife said. It probably involved her own words. But the most important thing in my heart is myself.Later, there were incidents in the second room where Sister Feng was asked to lend money and the vase incident that made her gnash her teeth with hatred, and she was completely divorced.

The magnificent Grand View Garden came to Jia Lian's mind again. At that time, the Rongguo Mansion was resplendent and full of flowers. When Sister Feng was in confinement, she was still envious of her younger sisters and Baoyu living in the Grand View Garden. It has been divided into four or five families by the wall, and they have been allocated to officials as residences, just like the Jia family that fell apart in the early years, with one piece in the east and one piece in the west.Jia Lian felt a little proud when he thought about it. Since the Rong Mansion ransacked the family, the clan members have stayed away from his family, but now these years have passed, and his family has become a big family. If you don't think about making progress, at least you have a skill in reading and doing things.

This scene quickly flashed through Jia Lian's mind.

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This time was when Jia Lian's most beloved elder sister got married. Xu felt that she owed her elder sister a lot when she was a child. He turned to hold the eldest daughter in the palm of his hand. Even when the youngest son and daughter were born later, they did not pass over his elder sister. Now that the elder sister is married, Jia Lian feels very uncomfortable.

As the eldest sister got older, her pair of red phoenix eyes and willow-leaf eyebrows became more and more like Sister Feng's when she was young, but the eldest sister followed her aunt, and she was soft and gentle, even if everyone still called her by her nickname when she was young, she didn't say much. Smiling slightly, the jumping eyes and brows are another kind of charm compared to Sister Feng's pink face with prestige and eagerness.

Jia Lian struggled with herself, her eyes were even slightly red, she was covered in beautiful clothes, and her style remained the same. When Sister Feng came in, she burst out laughing when she saw this, pushed Jia Lian and said with a smile: "Oh, I'm going to be my father-in-law. Maybe you will have a grandson soon, why are you still acting like this at such an old age?"

Jia Lian was a little ashamed, turned her face away to wipe the corners of her eyes, and snorted, "I've never seen such a heartless mother like you! When a girl goes out, which mother's eyes are red and reluctant to let go, you are good, you are so generous, and you can't let me go." Don't be afraid what will happen if our eldest sister is so gentle and bullied at her in-law's house!"

Sister Feng spit on the ground: "Bah! What are you talking about! Our eldest sister will not be bullied! Her in-laws love this daughter-in-law so much!" After a pause, she said viciously: "If it wasn't for the sake of being with his family for a few lifetimes Love, that boy Ban'er misses our eldest sister so much, why is he willing to marry her to him! If his family dares to bully his eldest sister, let's see if I don't scratch the faces of his whole family, young and old, and make trouble for him My old lady called him my mother!"

Jia Lian heard Sister Feng talking louder and louder, so she hurriedly stepped forward to cover Sister Feng's mouth, and said, "Auntie, there are so many guests out there, how would it be nice if someone could hear you?" Suddenly, I couldn't help laughing.

Jia She and his wife were dressed brightly. When they approached the door, Jia She knocked on the door and said, "What time is it? Why are you parents so ignorant? Why are you dawdling in there? Why don't you go to the front to greet the guests? "Xu Shi was having a happy event, Jia She's face was flushed, and he was so happy that he couldn't see the old man who lived in the house and had fun with his concubine Ji in the past.

This is indeed the case. Jia She has restrained himself a lot since the quarrel between the two families. Later, his grandchildren took up most of his attention. Breaking the saying that the men of Jia's family don't live too long, they are even more energetic now than ten years ago, huh, maybe this is another kind of "prodigal son turns back without money"?

... This year, Jia Lian was approaching her sixtieth year, and Jia She and Mrs. Xing had both passed away. The girls in the Rongguo Mansion were living very well, even Xue Baochai was not bad. Fuzheng, it's a pity that although her son is a local seventh-rank official, he hasn't made any great achievements to grant her an imperial order. Master Cao has already retired, and the original imperial order was buried with Mrs. Cao's death. underground.

What surprised Jia Lian and Sister Feng was that the two cousins ​​of the Lin family and their partners left the children and went to sea together!Sister Feng was stunned: "How old are these people! How can they do such a thing, what will happen to the children of these families?"

Jia Lian became more transparent as he got older, and persuaded: "That's not what I said. I used to think that Cousin Lin and others were different. Didn't you still admire and envy Cousin Lin for being young?" Seeing Sister Feng's still bright eyes Leaning, he hurriedly asked again: "Is there anything in this world?" The voice was a little low: "Baoyu was born with a jade in his mouth. It was a blessing in heaven. Who knew it was a Buddha's fate. How do we know if Cousin Lin and the others have great love? Good fortune, is there any adventure?" Fu smiled again: "Where did you become the Xi family of the Lin family? Not to mention that those descendants are so upbeat, even Uncle Lin was mysterious when he said no, Lin Cousins ​​and cousins ​​are as filial, how could they not give Uncle Lin a splendid funeral?"

Sister Feng listened, nodded for a while, and said: "You still think clearly, you don't know that when I saw Sister Lin for the first time, I really felt like a fairy in the sky."

What Jia Lian and Sister Feng didn't know was that Lin Zhenyu and the others were not the only ones on board the boat they mentioned, but there were several "others" in the cabin. Going into the sea, there are two old men with white beards and rosy faces, and a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance, leaning on his side is a thin and handsome older gentleman with sharp eyes, and a middle-aged beautiful woman on the deck with two Younger beauty woman looks at the scenery.Even outside the boat, the vast expanse of white doesn't look like a blue sea, but a sea of ​​clouds.However, these things that the world does not know are another story.

Here, Sister Feng pondered for a long while, then suddenly said: "There is something that has been on my mind for decades, and I dare not and I don't want to say it, but it doesn't matter now." Sister Feng smiled, looked into Jia Lian's eyes and said : "Do you still remember that there was a little brother in the second bedroom in the early years, named Jia Jue, the son born to Aunt Zhou?"

Jia Lian frowned and thought about it, nodded, and said puzzledly: "Remember, didn't you die very early? I told you about it at that time. I also said that I can only go to the genealogy when my brother is gone. You suddenly mentioned this work. What?"

Sister Feng ignored her, and said to herself: "There is also Aunt Zhou. Who is your cousin Daozhen? It was Brother Jue back then! Although I don't know what Uncle Lin did, it is absolutely impossible for Cousin Lin to be adopted by him. He is the brother Jue who died young!" Looking at Jia Lian standing up suddenly, he said: "The same is true for Aunt Zhou. At that time, we were divorced from the second wife, and we were entrusted by cousin Lin to take care of Aunt Zhou secretly. Didn’t Aunt Zhou say that she was taken to the Zhuangzi to recuperate from her illness and died before she survived? Oh, these are just words made up by the old lady. I only found out later that Mr. Zhou Bingzhou, the former Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, found a long-lost son who had been lost for many years. Elder sister is our Aunt Zhou! Otherwise, how could Cousin Lin recognize Godmother so easily, and why did he get so close to the Zhou family later on?"

Jia Lian was stunned and murmured, "No wonder, that's how it is!"

But these are already like floating clouds in the sky, everything disappears and people change, they are no longer very important, and they just cause some sighs occasionally.

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"Sister Feng, Sister Feng", mumbling in his mouth, Jia Lian's consciousness gradually became blurred, and he felt that he couldn't remember the recent things clearly, and with a smile, Jia Lian was confused.