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Chapter 108 Chapter 180 Forced Laughing Huan Wuqing Birthday Death Lingering Xiaoxiang Hearing Ghosts Cry

Dream of Red Mansions 曹雪芹 7173Words 2023-02-05
However, it is said that Jia Zheng had previously invited the real estate and Grand View Garden to be an official, but the inner court refused to accept it, and no one lived there, so he had to block it.Because the garden was adjacent to the residences of Youshi and Xichun, it felt too open and empty, so Bao Yong was punished to look at the deserted garden.At this time, Jia Zhengli's family, under the order of Jia's mother, gradually reduced the population, and everyone was frugal, but they could not support it.Fortunately, Sister Feng cherishes Mother Jia. Although Mrs. Wang and others don't like it very much, if they talk about running the house, they can still contribute, so they still leave the internal affairs to Sister Feng.But recently, after being copied, everything can't be used, and it's also in every shape.The people on the top and bottom of the house were used to being well-off, but now they are seven times less than in the past, how can they be thoughtful, and they can't help complaining.Sister Feng didn't dare to refuse, she helped the sick and Chenghuan Jia's mother.After a while, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen each went to their errands, relying on their usefulness, they were at ease for the time being, wrote books and went home, saying that they were at ease and there was nothing to worry about at home.So Jia's mother was relieved, and Mrs. Xing and Youshi were also slightly lenient.

One day, Shi Xiangyun returned home after getting married, and came to Jiamu's side to say hello.Mother Jia mentioned that her son-in-law is very kind, and Shi Xiangyun also said that the life there is safe, please rest assured the old lady.When Daiyu's death was mentioned again, everyone burst into tears.Jia Mu thought of the pain of Yingchun again, and became more and more sad.Shi Xiangyun persuaded him once, and went to each family to say hello. After that, he still went to rest in Jiamu's room. He said that Xue's family was ruined by brother Xue.Jia Mu said, "You don't know yet. Yesterday, Pan's daughter-in-law died without understanding, and there was almost another big incident."Fortunately, Lafayette had eyes and asked the girl she brought to confess by herself, so Grandma Xia didn't make trouble anymore. She stopped the inspection by herself, and your aunt sent the skin-wrapped ones away.Tell me, it's true that the six relatives share the same luck.The Xue family is like this. The aunt guards Xue Biao and has a conscience for the child. He said that his brother has not yet ended in prison and refuses to marry.Your sister Xing is suffering with the eldest wife.Miss Qin is not satisfied with the death of her father-in-law, and the Mei family has not yet married.Once the second wife's natal uncle died, Feng girl's brother was also a grown-up, and the second uncle was also stingy, with unclear official titles, and also fighting famine.Since the Zhen family ransacked the house, there is no other information.Xiangyun said: "Third sister has gone, did you ever come home with a book?"Jia Mu said: "Since I got married, the second master came back and said that your third sister is very good in Haijiang."It's just that there is no letter, and I miss it day and night.Since some bad things happen to our family again and again, so I don't care about it.Now the fourth girl has not proposed marriage to her.As for Huan'er, who has the time to mention him?Life in our family is harder now than it was when you were here.I only pity your sister Bao, who passed the door by herself and never lived a day of ease.Your second brother is still so crazy, what's the matter?Xiang Yundao: I grew up here since I was a child, and I know the tempers of those people here.When I came back this time, everything changed.I looked at me and didn't come after a long time, they didn't know me.When I think about it, it's not.Just seeing them, I can see what they mean, it was going to be as lively as before, but for some reason, just talking about it made me sad.So I came to the old lady after a while.Jia Mu said, "it's fine for me to live in this day and age; you young people, you can pay off!"I was thinking of a way to keep them busy for another day, but I just couldn't get the energy out of me.Xiangyun said: I remembered, isn't Sister Bao's birthday the queen's birthday?I stayed one more day to celebrate her birthday, and everyone had a lively day.How about the old lady?Jia Mu said, "I'm really confused."If you don't mention it, I actually forgot that the day after tomorrow isn't her birthday?I'll take out the money tomorrow and have a birthday party for her.When she was not engaged, she did it several times, but now that she passed the door, she didn't do it.Baoyu's child is very clever and mischievous. Now because of the bad things in the family, there is nothing to say to make this child more troublesome.But Zhu'er's daughter-in-law is okay, sometimes she is like this, and sometimes she is like this, and it's hard for her to live quietly with Lan'er.Xiangyun said: "The others are still there, but Lian's second sister-in-law has changed her appearance and her speech is no longer clever."Wait for me to tease them tomorrow and see how they do.But they didn't say anything, they wanted to complain about me in their hearts, saying that I had Xiangyun, but they blushed when they said that.Jia Mu understood and said, "What are you afraid of?"It turns out that the sisters are used to having fun together, talking and laughing, don't worry about it anymore.Generally speaking, a person, no matter whether he has or not, has to endure wealth and honor, and endure poverty and humbleness.Your sister Bao was born a generous person.In the beginning, her family was so good, and she was not proud at all. Later, when something happened to her family, she was also comfortable.Now in my house, Baoyu treats her well, and she settles down in the same way; if she treats her badly for a while, I don't see her having any troubles.I think this kid is a lucky one.You Lin sister, that is the smallest personality, and has many thoughts, so you will not live long after all.Feng girl has also seen some things, so she shouldn't change her appearance after seeing some troubles.If she is so ignorant, she is just a petty weapon.Later, for girl Bao's birthday, I took out some money for her, and made a lively birthday for her, and told her to like this day.Xiangyun agreed: The old lady is right.I simply invited all those sisters here, and everyone talked about it.Jia Mu said, "Of course I want to invite you."For a moment, he said happily, "ask Yuanyang to take out a hundred silver coins and hand them over to the outside, and tell her to prepare two days of wine and food starting tomorrow."Yuanyang took the order and asked the mother-in-law to hand it over.There was nothing to say all night.

The next day, word was sent out to send someone to pick up Yingchun; Aunt Xue and Baoqin were invited to bring Xiangling; Aunt Li was also invited.In less than half a day, Li Wen and Li Qi all came.Baochai didn't know it at all, but when she heard the old lady's girl come to invite her, she said, "Aunt Xue is here, please ask the second grandma to come over."Baochai liked it, so she went there with her clothes to see her mother.I saw her sister Baoqin and Xiangling were here, and Aunt Li and others were also here.I thought to myself: Those people must know that our family's affairs are over, so they came to ask you.So I went to say hello to Aunt Li, met Jia's mother, said a few words to her mother, and then said hello to the Li family sisters.Xiangyun said beside him: Ladies, please sit down, and let us sisters pay homage to my sister's birthday.When Baochai heard this, she was stunned for a while, and when she came back, she thought: Isn't it my birthday tomorrow?Then he said: "My sisters should come to see the old lady. If it's my birthday, I would definitely not dare."Just as he was pushing back, Baoyu also came to invite Aunt Xue and Aunt Li to be safe.Hearing Baochai's resignation, he had already planned to celebrate Baochai's birthday in his heart, but because of the chaos at home, he dared not mention it to Jia Mu.Seeing that Xiangyun and others were going to pay their birthday wishes, he liked to say: "It's my birthday tomorrow, and I'm going to tell the old lady to come."Xiangyun smiled and said: Shame!The old lady is still waiting for you to tell?You look at why these people came, the old lady invited them.When Baochai heard this, she didn't believe it.I just heard Jiamu and her mother say: "Poor little girl has been a new daughter-in-law for a year, and the family has troubles one after another, so I haven't celebrated her birthday."Today I will celebrate her birthday, and I invite aunts and wives to come and talk to each other.Aunt Xue said: "The old lady feels at ease these days. She is a small family, and she hasn't honored the old lady yet, so the old lady should worry about it."Xiangyun said: The grandson that the old lady loves the most is the second elder brother. Does the second sister-in-law not love her?Besides, Sister Bao also deserves the old lady to celebrate her birthday.Baochai bowed her head and remained silent.Baoyu thought to herself: I just said that sister Shi has changed when she left the pavilion, so I dare not get close to her, and she doesn't bother me.Listening to her now, it was the same as before.Why did the one of us feel even more shy when we passed the door, unable to speak?

Just thinking about it, the little girl came in and said: Second aunt is back.Then Li Wan and Sister Feng all came in, and we all met together.Yingchun mentioned that her father was going out, and said: I wanted to come to see her, but he stopped me from coming, saying that it was a bad time for our family, so don't get it on your body.I couldn't help but didn't come, so I cried for two or three days.Sister Feng said: "Why are you willing to let you come back today?"Yingchun said: "He also said that the second master of our family has taken over his post again, and he can still walk around. It's okay, so he let me come."Say, cry again.Jia Mu said: "I was so angry that I picked you up today to celebrate my grandson's daughter-in-law's birthday. You talked and laughed, and relieved your boredom. You brought up these troubles again, and they aroused my troubles again."Yingchun and others dared not make a sound.Although Sister Feng managed to say a few interesting words, she was not as crisp as before and made people laugh.Mother Jia wanted Baochai to like her, so she deliberately vomited Sister Feng's words.Sister Feng also knew what Jia Mu meant, so she tried her best to spread it out and said, "The old lady likes it a little bit today."You see, these people haven't been together for a long time, and today they are all here.As she said that, she turned her head and saw that her mother-in-law and You Shi were not here, so she shrunk her mouth again.In order to complete the two characters, Jia Mu also wanted Mrs. Xing and so on, and asked someone to come.Mrs. Xing, Youshi, Xichun, etc. heard the old lady's call, and they dared not not come, and they were also very unwilling in their hearts. They thought that their family business would be ruined, but they were happy to celebrate Baochai's birthday. Colored.When Jia's mother asked about Xiuyan, Mrs. Xing assumed that she was ill and could not come.Mother Jia understood that Aunt Xue was inconvenient here, so she didn't mention it.

For a while, put down the fruit wine.Jia's mother said: "I won't send it outside either. Today, we girls are only allowed to have fun."Although Baoyu was married, because of Jiamu's love, he still messed around in it, but he didn't sit at the same table with Xiangyun and Baoqin, so he set up a seat beside Jiamu, and he took turns to toasting Baochai.Jia Mu said, "Now sit down, let's drink, and then go to salute everywhere in the evening."If it's working now, and everyone makes a fuss about the rules and beats my interest back, it will be boring.Baochai sat down as told.Jia Mu called someone to come again and said, "Let's be more relaxed and easy today, and leave one or two people to serve each other."I asked Yuanyang to take Caiyun, Yinger, Xiren, Pinger, etc. to the back room, and also drank a bell of wine.Yuanyang and others said: We haven't kowtowed to the second grandma, how can we go to drink?Jia Mu said, "I told you, just go, and come again if you need it."The mandarin ducks waited.

Here, Mother Jia asked Aunt Xue to wait for a drink. Seeing that they were not as usual, Mother Jia asked anxiously, "What's the matter with you?"Everyone should be happy.Xiangyun said: We eat and drink, what else can we do!Sister Feng said: "They were all happy when they were young, but now they are too embarrassed to talk about it, so the old lady looked calm."Baoyu told Jia's mother gently, "There is nothing to say, and it's not good to talk about it."Why don't the old lady come up with an idea and ask them to make an order.Jia Mu listened with her ears sideways, and said with a smile, "If you order, you have to ask the mandarin ducks to go again."After hearing this, Baoyu didn't wait to say anything, so he went to the back room to find Yuanyang, and said, "The old lady wants to make an order and ask her sister to go."The mandarin duck said: "Master, let us have a drink in comfort. Why bother, what are you disturbing?"Baoyu said, "It's true that the old lady told you to go."What does it have to do with me?Yuanyang couldn't help it, and said: "You just drink, I will come when I go."Then he went to Jiamu's side.

The old lady said: You are here, don't you want to order.Yuanyang said: "I heard that the second master Bao said that the old lady called me, do you dare not come?"I don't know what order the old lady wants to do?Jia's mother said: "The text is so boring and the martial arts is not good. You should think of a new and stubborn idea."Yuanyang thought for a while and said: Now that my aunt is old and doesn't want to bother, it's better to take out the dice and let everyone throw a game card name to bet on winning or losing wine.Jia Mu said: "This also makes it."Then he ordered someone to take the dice basin and put it on the table.The mandarin duck said: Now use four dice to throw them. Those who are not famous will be fined a cup, and those who are famous will be fined.When everyone heard this, they said, "It's easy. We all follow."Yuanyang then ordered some, and everyone asked Yuanyang to have a drink, and then counted on her, and it was Aunt Xue who threw it first.Aunt Xue tossed it, but it was four.Yuanyang said: "This is famous, it's called Shangshan Sihao."Have a drink for the older ones.So Mother Jia, Aunt Li, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang should all drink it.Jia's mother asked for a drink, and the mandarin duck said, "This is thrown by my aunt. It's up to my aunt to say the name of the tune, and then I will answer a poem of a thousand families."An indescribable fine.Aunt Xue said: You are plotting against me again, I can justify it.Jia Mu said, "It's better to say something instead of being lonely in the end."I'll be the next one, if you can't tell, I'll just have a drink with my aunt.Aunt Xue said, "I'm talking about getting old into the flowers."Jia Mu nodded and said, "It will be called a young man who sneaks out to learn."After finishing speaking, the dice basin passed by Li Wen, and threw two fours and two twos.Yuanyang said: "It's also famous. This is called Liu Ruan's entry into the rooftop."Li Wen went on to say that two scholars entered Taoyuan.It was Li Wan who started, and said, "find Taoyuan so that you can avoid Qin."Everyone took another sip.The dice basin came to Jia Mu again, and threw two twos and two threes.Jia Mu said, "Is this going to drink?"The mandarin duck said: "It's famous, this is Jiang Yan to attract the chicks."Everyone deserves a drink.Sister Feng said: "The chick is a chick. It's better to fly upside down."Everyone glanced at her, but Sister Feng remained silent.Jia Mu said, "What am I talking about?"Let the public lead the grandson.It was Li Qi who started, and said, "Watch the children catch willow flowers."Everyone agrees.

Baoyu was eager to say it, but the pot and the wheel couldn't be reached. Just as he was thinking, he happened to be in front of him, so he tossed a two, two threes, one, and said, "What is this?"The mandarin duck laughed and said, "This is a stink, drink a cup first and then throw it away."Baoyu had to drink and toss again. In this toss, he threw two threes and two fours.Yuanyang said: "Yes, this is called Zhang Chang Thrush."Baoyu knew how to tease him, and Baochai's face turned red.Sister Feng didn't quite understand, and said, "Second brother, talk about it soon, and find out who the next family is."Baoyu knew it was hard to say, so he thought he was punished, and I didn't leave home either.After passing the order basin, it was Li Wan's turn, so he tossed it.Yuanyang said: "Grandma threw the twelve gold hairpins."Baoyu heard this, and when he rushed to Li Wan to look at it, he saw the red and green opposites, and said, "This one is very beautiful."Suddenly recalling the dream of the twelve beauties, he retreated to his seat in a daze, thinking to himself, these twelve beauties are said to be from Jinling, how come these are the only ones left in the family now?Look again at Xiangyun and Baochai. Although they are all there, Daiyu is missing.Unable to hold back for a moment, tears were about to fall.Fearing that people would see it, he said that he was very irritable, so he took off his clothes, hung up the chips, and went to attend.When Shi Xiangyun saw Baoyu in such a state, he thought that Baoyu could not be thrown well, and was thrown by others. He didn't like it, so he went;Li Wan said, "I won't say anything. There are not enough people at the banquet. Why don't you punish me with a cup?"Jia Mu said, "This Ling'er is not lively. It's better to be a jerk."Let the mandarin ducks throw it and see what comes out.

The little girl put the relic basin in front of the mandarin duck.The mandarin duck obeyed, so he rolled two twos and one five, and the other dice just turned in the basin, and the mandarin duck shouted: "No five!"The dice rolled a single five.The mandarin duck said: "Amazing!"I lost.Jia Mu said, "Is this nothing?"Yuanyang said: "There are names, but I can't tell the name of the music card."Jia Mu said, "You name it, and I'll give you a name."The mandarin duck said, "This is sweeping duckweed by the waves."Jia Mu said, "It's not difficult. Let me tell you about autumn fish entering the water chestnut nest."It was Xiangyun who attacked the mandarin duck, and said, "Bai Ping sings all of Chu Jiangqiu."Everyone said: This sentence is true.

Jia Mu said, "This order is over."Let's have a drink or two and eat.Looking back, he saw that Baoyu hadn't come in yet, so he asked, "Where did Baoyu go, and why don't you come?"Yuanyang said: "Go change clothes."Jia Mu said, "Who followed?"Then Ying'er came up and said back and forth: "I saw the second master go out, and I asked sister Xiren to follow."Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang are relieved.After waiting for a while, Mrs. Wang asked someone to look for her.When the little girl arrived at the new house, she saw Wu'er inserting wax there.The little girl then asked, "Where did Second Master Bao go?"Wu'er said: "Drinking at the old lady's side."The little girl said: "I'm at the old lady's place, and the lady asked me to look for it."Is there any reason to ask me to come and look for it?Wu'er said, "I don't know. You can look elsewhere."The little girl had no choice but to come back. When she met Qiu Wen, she said, "Where did you see the second master?"Qiu Wen said: "I'm looking for him too."The ladies are waiting for him to eat, where are they going now?Go back to the old lady quickly, don't say that you are not at home, just say that drinking is not very good, and you don't eat, just lie down for a while and come back, and invite the old lady and ladies to eat.The little girl went back and told Pearl as she said, and Pearl went back to Jia Mu as she said.Jia Mu said: "He didn't eat much at first, so it's fine if he doesn't eat."Tell him to rest.Tell him that he doesn't need to come here today, because his wife is here.Pearl then said to the little girl: Did you hear that?The little girl agreed, but it was inconvenient to explain, so she had to look around elsewhere and tell her.Everyone ignored them, and after eating, everyone sat and talked.do not mention.

Let's say that Baoyu was sad for a while and came out. He had no idea, but the attacker came and asked, "what's the matter?"Baoyu said, "It's not so bad, it's just that I'm so annoyed."Why not take advantage of them drinking, and the two of us go to Grandma Zhen's place.Attacker said: "Grandma Zhen is here, who are you looking for?"Baoyu said: "Don't look for anyone, just look at the house she lives in now."Xiren had no choice but to follow, walking and talking.Walking to Youshi's side, another small door is ajar, and Baoyu doesn't go in.I saw two women who were watching the gate of the garden sitting on the threshold and talking.Baoyu asked, "Is this little door open?"The mother-in-law said: "It's not open every day."Someone came out today and said that the old lady was preparing to use the fruit in the garden today, so she opened the door and waited.Baoyu walked over there slowly, and when he saw that the waist door was ajar, Baoyu walked in.The attacker hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't go. The garden is not clean. No one goes there often. Don't bump into anything."Relying on the smell of alcohol, Baoyu said, "I'm not afraid of those."Xiren held him back bitterly, not allowing him to go.The women came up and said, "Now the garden is quiet."Ever since the Taoist priest took the demon to go, we often went alone to pick flowers and fruit.The second master is going, we all follow, with these people, what are you afraid of!Baoyu likes it, but it is inconvenient for Xiren to force each other, so he has to follow. When Baoyu entered the garden, he saw desolation everywhere. Those flowers and trees were withered, and there were several pavilions, the colors of which had been peeled off for a long time.Baoyu thought about it and said: I left the garden when I was sick and lived in the back. I was not allowed to come here for several months, and it was desolate in an instant.Look at the few stalks of green bamboos and green onions that are unique, isn't this the Xiaoxiang Pavilion?Xi Rendao: You haven't come for several months, and you even forgot the direction.Let's just talk and pass Yihong Courtyard without realizing it.Looking back, he pointed with his finger: This is the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.Baoyu looked at the attacker's hand and said, "Isn't it over?"Let's go back and see.Attacker said: It's getting late, the old lady must be waiting for dinner, it's time to go back.Baoyu said nothing, found the old road, and went forward. Although your Dao Baoyu has been away from the Grand View Garden for about a year, how can you forget the way?Just because the attacker was afraid that he would be sad when he saw the Xiaoxiang Pavilion and thought of Daiyu, so he used words to confuse him.Unexpectedly, Baoyu only looked away, and it was late, and he was afraid of attracting evil spirits, so Baoyu asked her, only saying that she had already passed, and Yu Baoyu would not go.Unexpectedly, Baoyu's heart is only in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.Xiren saw him rushing forward, so he had to catch up.Seeing Baoyu standing, he seemed to have seen something, and if he had heard something, he said, "What are you listening to?"Baoyu said, "Is anyone living in the Xiaoxiang Hall?"The attacker said, "Probably no one."Baoyu said: "I clearly heard someone crying inside, why is there no one?"Xiren said: You are suspicious.Usually when you come here, you often hear Miss Lin is sad, so it is still the same now.If Baoyu doesn't believe it, he still wants to listen.The women caught up and said, "Second Master, go back quickly."It was getting late, and we dared to walk elsewhere, but the road here is secluded, and people said that after Miss Lin died here, we often heard crying, so no one dared to go.When Baoyu and Xiren heard about it, they were all surprised.Baoyu said, "No way!"Then she shed tears and said, "Sister Lin, sister Lin, it's okay, I hurt you!"Don't blame me, it's just my parents who make the decision, not my heart.It hurt more and more, so I burst into tears.Xiren was helpless, only to see Qiuwen coming with some people, and said to Xiren, "You are so bold!"How did you bring the second master here?The old ladies and wives sent people to find them everywhere. Just now someone on the waist door said that you and the second master came here, and the old ladies and wives were terrified. They scolded me and told me to bring people here. Why don't you go back soon!Baoyu still cried bitterly.Xiren didn't care about his crying, and the two of them dragged each other away, wiping away his tears and telling him that the old lady was in a hurry.Baoyu had no choice but to come back. Xiren knew that the old lady was worried, so she still sent Baoyu to Jia Mu.Everyone waited and did not leave.Jia Mu then said, "Xi Ren, I always knew that you understood, so I gave Baoyu to you. Why did you take him to the garden today?"His illness is cured, but if he bumps into something and makes a fuss again, what should he do?Xiren didn't dare to argue, so he just bowed his head and remained silent.Baochai was really surprised when he saw that Baoyu's color was not good.It was Baoyu who was afraid of attacking people and being wronged, and said, "what are you afraid of in the blue sky and in the daylight?"Since I haven't been to the garden for a while, I'm taking advantage of the wine to take a walk today.What happened there!Sister Feng suffered a great loss in the garden. When she heard that, her hair stood on end and she said, "Brother Bao is so courageous."Xiangyun said: "It's not bold, but sincere."I don't know if Hui Furong God has gone, or I have gone to find some fairy.Baoyu listened without answering.Only Mrs. Wang was so anxious that she didn't say a word.Jia Mu asked, "Have you ever been bluffing in the garden?"Needless to say this time, if you want to go shopping in the future, it is better to bring a few more talents.Otherwise, everyone would have left early.Go back and get a good night's sleep, come back tomorrow morning, and I'll make amends to make you have another day of fun.Don't make a fuss about him again. When everyone heard about it, they resigned from Jia Mu and came out.Aunt Xue went to live with Mrs. Wang.Shi Xiangyun is still in Jiamu's room.Yingchun went to Xichun.The rest went back separately.do not mention.Only Baoyu returned to the room, beeping and sighing.Baochai knew the reason and ignored him, but she was afraid that he would be depressed and develop an old illness, so she went into the inner room and called the attacker to ask him how Baoyu came to the garden.I will tell you how the unknown Xiren was born, and I will break it down next time.
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