Through the Ring of Red Mansions

When I arrived at Aunt Zhao's courtyard, I saw her waiting in the courtyard. When I saw Jia Huan, she came up and hugged Jia Huan and cried, "My son, why haven't you come back for so long? Do you know that something big happened at home? Our family has been ginsenged!!"

Hearing her crying loudly, Jia Huan hurriedly helped her into the room, "Auntie, don't make such a loud voice, be careful and hear it from your wife's side!"

Aunt Zhao wiped her tears, pinched her waist with one hand and said disdainfully, "How can she control me? She doesn't look at what her niece and daughter have done, she will pull the people below out to top the tank, and pretend that who doesn't know What!! Now the two of them are ashamed, pretending to be ill and not seeing people, she can hide for a while, but can she hide for a lifetime?"

He said proudly, "Now your elder sister-in-law and your third sister are in charge of the house. Although the old lady didn't say anything, it can be seen that she is annoyed by them."

Jia Huan then sneered and said, "So Auntie knew there was an old lady?!"

Aunt Zhao heard that his tone didn't sound right, and because the son's authority grew year by year, now that she was about to lose her temper, she lost her momentum first, so she couldn't help but whispered, "It's so hard to see them fall like this!" Seriously, don't you think I'm happy, you forgot how they bullied our mother and son when you were young..."

Jia Huan shook his head, "I said that Auntie has little knowledge. You may not be convinced in your heart, and you don't look at the current situation. Is this the time for you to be happy? Don't say that the second wife is just from the outside. If you are implicated by Sister Feng, even if she really committed some crime, as long as there is still a concubine in the palace, even the old lady has to think carefully before touching her, what do you think you have?"

Seeing Aunt Zhao's staring eyes, Jia Huan said with a smile, "You want to say that you have a Tanhua son, don't you? Think about it when your wife scolded you last month, was she afraid of me, Tanhua who didn't have an official title? Think about how powerful the natal family behind the wife is, and how much power did the prince spare when something happened at home? I can tell you clearly now, even if you become a royal order in the future, you will end up with me at the end. She is equal, what am I doing for it? Is it to lift you up and overwhelm her? I am not doing it so that you will not be inferior to them for no reason, so that you can live your life in peace!!"

Aunt Zhao's character is the most soft and not hard, after listening to these words, she has already entered the heart, besides, she was born in Jia's family, and she also understands the rules and family background of those upper-class families, so she thought to herself Dao, that's not right, even if I can really become an imperial edict, I'm only on an equal footing with my wife, how can I be so dazed and feel that they have fallen this time, and my wife will not be my wife in the future?

He also heard Jia Huan say, "It's not that there is no improvement now. Just now, the master asked me to come and see you, but he didn't mention asking me to see his wife. You see, the master is so scrupulous, so it's not good to praise you in the open. You How can I lose my scruples here?"

Aunt Zhao sneered, "It's really the lard that made me lose my mind. I saw the master beat Baoyu a few days ago, and I felt that their retribution had come!"

Jia Huan said with a smile, "That's exactly what I said. My aunt also thinks about retribution. She is more tolerant of her servants and greets them with a smile on weekdays. She should only accumulate blessings for my third sister and me."

Aunt Zhao hurriedly said, "I'm self-explanatory. Last month, I added money for the long-lived lamp oil offered in the temple to your siblings. How about six or seven hundred taels of silver a year?"

Only then did Jia Huan nod, and said, "My aunt also wants to donate some to herself. There is also the master's. If the money is enough, I don't care if it's not enough."

Aunt Zhao said that enough was enough, and the two chatted again. Jia Huan saw that Aunt Zhao didn't seem to know the rumors about Sister Lin's family property at all, and she didn't suspect that the turmoil was caused by herself, so she didn't mention it. The words still go to Jia Mu.

Everyone is still in Jiamu's room, discussing the clothes and jewelry Jia Huan gave them. The clothes are all the early summer dresses of the season. They are for the three spring sisters, Daiyu and Baoyu. Tanchun's one is a light yellow one This skirt is embroidered with roses all over the body, strung with rice grains and pale yellow beads. I don’t know how many rice beads are inlaid on the whole body, but the pearl color is pure and light, and you can’t see it unless you go close. It’s really a very low-key luxury. .

In addition, the style of welcoming the spring and cherishing the spring is similar to that of Tanchun, only one is light pink and the other is light blue. Baoyu's robe is still the main red, and it is not decorated with precious stones or pearls, but its embroidery is extremely skillful. Because I was still in filial piety, the clothes I made were light blue, very simple and elegant, and were not decorated with gems and other things. When I showed my whole body, it was a picture of lotus roots, and it was also a gorgeous dress that was embroidered.

For Jiamu, there is a red gold emerald inlaid hair comb and matching earrings and rings. The two wives of King Xing and Fengjie Li Wan only have a gold hairpin inlaid with gems and flowers, so Jiamu sent mandarin ducks to give them to each of them. go.

However, the few clothes that Jia Huan gave to Sanchun and Daiyu, the sisters had seen in the ready-to-wear album that Sister Feng brought into the garden, said that they were "Splendid Pavilion" this spring and summer's limited edition new style, and there was only one piece. At that time, I heard from the maids that Aunt Xue wanted to buy one for Baochai, but Baochai said that it cost nearly a hundred taels of silver, which was too much money, so she didn't want it, and Mrs. Wang praised her for a long time as "knowing how to manage the house". kind words.

Adding up all the things in front of me now, I am afraid that there is more than half a thousand silver. Everyone thanked Jia Huan one after another. Jia's mother also said, "It's too expensive." We are happy, spending some money is nothing."

Everyone joked about it, and went to see Baoyu with Jiamu, because Jin Chuaner was not dead now, and everyone knew what was going on, so they kicked her out, and her family was afraid that it would be difficult to find someone here. , so at least he begged for Li Wan's grace and sent him back to Jinling.

Xiren took the clothes given to Baoyu to the bedside and showed him. Baoyu hadn't seen Jia Huan for a long time, and he was very close to him. He was afraid that he would laugh at him and get beaten, so he was embarrassed and said with a smile, "I don't go out much on weekdays. You don't need any nice clothes."

Jia Huan laughed and said, "Then sisters don't go out anymore. According to you, they only wear some quilts and skirts all day long. I don't know that you, second brother, don't pretend to be a young lady who doesn't go out. Wait a minute." If you can move, you should go to the villa to see me."

Jia Huan only teased him with Langhuan Mountain Villa, but Baoyu was very moved and said, "I'm afraid it will be more beautiful there in summer, so I must go." Suddenly remembering, to Li Wan and Tanchun, "The eldest sister-in-law and the third younger sister are now learning how to be housekeepers, so they really should go there to have a look. I think Huan'er's place is very good. It has been divided into several departments, each with its own responsibility, and the rest only needs a few taels. I can always take it personally, and save a lot of trouble.”

Jia's mother was very curious when she heard this, so she heard Baoyu's simple talk about the personnel organization structure in the villa. The old lady is walking around, otherwise I would like to invite the old lady to take all the sisters to the villa to have a look and play."

Jia Mu smiled and said, "I should go, you all think about me. When it's a little cooler, let's go to Huan'er and make a big fuss all day."

Everyone smiled and said yes, Jia Huan hurriedly said that he couldn't ask for it, and was talking and laughing when he returned to his son. After a while, Aunt Xue and Baochai also came. Everyone saw Baoyu lying on the couch.Aunt Xue asked him if he was better, and said that she could send someone to tell her what you want to eat. Baoyu thanked him quickly, and Li Wan asked again, "What do you want to eat now? I'll send it to you later, and we won't come back."

"Baoyu laughed and said, 'I don't want to eat anything, but the soup with the little lotus leaves and the little lotus pods I made that time is better.'"

Because Tanchun had just handed over the warehouse items with Sister Feng Ping'er and others, he knew what he was talking about, so he smiled and said, "Second brother wants to eat not so expensive, but it's just too boring. I want to eat only that." There must be four or five sets of soup molds."

Jia Mu asked people to do it repeatedly. Li Wan smiled and responded, and everyone believed that Jia Mu had returned to the main room without mentioning it.

Because Tanchun was two steps behind the others, he and Jia Huan followed him leisurely, and Tanchun said, "Tell me about the housekeeper in your villa in detail, what happened? Made it, I wonder if we can learn it here too? You don’t know that the women and maids in this mansion are all like wolves and tigers. They are not like Sister Feng before, so they really can’t shock them. It’s just you Why is she so confused, and the second brother Lian didn't know anything about the things she did. The weather was so bad that he wanted to divorce her. live in."

Jia Huan smiled faintly, "It's the daughter of the Wang family after all, and the old lady can't be too hard on her face. It's just that you should stay put on the housekeeper's affairs. After the old lady has been to my villa, she will order Turn your head and say you want to move, then you will move again."

Tanchun nodded, and Jia Huan took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve and quietly handed them to her, "Nowadays, the public must be in a tight spot. You and sister-in-law don't go to the old lady when you have no money. Don't be short, so that you can show your ability. Also, don't rush ahead in everything. The sister-in-law is a granddaughter-in-law anyway, with the support of the old lady, the old lady, and the elder sister, you will marry in the future, don't fall behind. A mean name."

Tanchun blushed, and spat, "I told you something serious, but where did you get involved?!" He sighed again, "Actually, it's not as serious as you think, except that the money that is extorting interest is fortunately collected. Seventy to eighty percent of the capital came back, but it was not fined and confiscated, because this time the embarrassment was really big, and the wife and Lian's second sister-in-law also took a lot of dowry subsidies to the public. There are [-] to [-] yuan left, which is almost enough to last until the end of the year."

After hearing this, Jia Huan said, "Why did the second wife post her own dowry? Could it be that she also gave away the profit?"

Tanchun first saw that there was no one around, and then said in a low voice, "That's not true, I can't blame you for not knowing, even the sister-in-law didn't know, because of this, the whole family of Zhou Rui, the second wife's companion, was sold and said It's all rumors they spread, but I don't know what it is, it seems to have something to do with Sister Lin's family's inheritance, and now no one in the family is allowed to mention it, and anyone who hears nonsense will be killed."

Jia Huan sneered secretly, but didn't say anything.

Other than that, the Rong Mansion was peaceful, as if nothing had happened, Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng were still offering good medicine and medicine, and they didn't have to set rules in front of Mother Jia. After a long time, Slowly the rumor faded away.