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Chapter 110 Chapter 110 Shi Taijun's Life Returns to Hell

Dream of Red Mansions 曹雪芹 6833Words 2023-02-05
But Jia Mu sat up and said, "I have been in your house for more than sixty years. From young to old, I have enjoyed all my blessings."Since your master, sons and grandsons are all considered good.It's Baoyu, I hurt him a lot.Having said that, I looked at it with my eyes full.Mrs. Wang pushed Baoyu to the bed.Jia Mu stretched out her hand from under the quilt, pulled Baoyu and said, "My son, you have to fight hard!"Baoyu agreed in his mouth, but his heart was sore, the tears were about to flow down, but he didn't dare to cry, so he had to stand.I heard Jia's mother say: I want to see a great-grandson again, so I feel at ease.Where is my Laner?Li Wan also pushed Jia Lan up.Jia's mother let Baoyu go, pulled Jia Lan and said, "Your mother must be filial. In the future, when you become a man, you will also make your mother beautiful."Where is Feng girl?Sister Feng was standing next to Jia's mother, but she hurried up to her and said, "Here it is."Jia's mother said: "My son, you are so smart, you can cultivate blessings in the future!"I didn't cultivate anything, but I was really at a disadvantage.I don't do much about eating vegetarian food and reciting Buddha's name, but I asked someone to write some "Diamond Sutra" to give away in the past.Sister Feng said, "No."Jia Mu said, "It's time to finish giving alms."Our Eldest Master and Zhen'er are just outside; the worst thing is that Shi Yatou has no conscience, why doesn't she always come to see me?The mandarin ducks and others knew the reason, but they didn't speak.Jia Mu looked at Baochai again, sighed, and saw her face flushed.Jia Zhengzhi returned to the light and went to Shangshen soup.Jia Mu's teeth were already clenched, she closed her eyes for a while, and then opened her eyes to take a look around the room.Mrs. Wang and Baochai went up to support them gently, while Mrs. Xing and Sister Feng hurriedly dressed.The underground women have already set up the bed and spread the quilt. When they heard Jia Mu's throat sound slightly, their faces changed into smiles, and they went.He was eighty-three years old.All the women hurriedly stopped their beds.

So Jia Zheng knelt while waiting outside, and Mrs. Xing knelt while waiting inside, raising their hands in mourning.The family members outside were all ready, only to hear the letter from inside, from the gate of the Rongfu to the gate of the inner house, the doors were opened wide, all white paper was pasted, the filial piety shed was raised high, and the archway in front of the gate was immediately erected, and people came and went Wait for it to be ready.Jia Zheng reported to Ding You, and the Ministry of Rites heard about it.The Lord is deeply benevolent and generous, remembering the meritorious deeds of generations, and also the grandmother of the concubine Yuan, rewarding one thousand taels of silver and ordering the chief priest of the Ministry of Rites.Families reported funerals everywhere.Although all relatives and friends knew that Jia's family was defeated, they all came to visit the funeral after seeing Sheng'en's solemnity.Choose an auspicious time to enshrine, and stop the coffin.Jia Amnesty is not at home, Jia Zheng is the head, Baoyu, Jia Huan, and Jia Lan are grandsons, and they are young, so they should all guard the spirit.Although Jia Lian is also a grandson, with Jia Rong, he can still assign family members to handle errands.Although some male and female relatives were invited to take care of them, Neili Xing, Mrs. Wang Er, Li Wan, Sister Feng, Baochai, etc. were crying beside the spirit; although Youshi could take care of her, she went out from Jiazhen and lived in Rongfu. She never comes forward, and she is not very familiar with Rongfu affairs; let alone Jia Rong's daughter-in-law; Xichun is young, and although she grew up here, she doesn't know anything about family affairs.Therefore, there is no one to support it inside, and only Sister Feng can take care of the affairs inside. Besides, Jia Lian is in charge outside, so it is suitable for him to be inside and outside.

Sister Feng used to rely on her own ability to look at the old lady's death, and she was very useful.Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang knew that she had done Qin's affairs before, so it must be appropriate, so they still called Sister Feng's affairs in the Prime Minister.Sister Feng should not have resigned, so she naturally agreed, thinking: I am in charge of the affairs here.Those family members are even more subordinate to me. The wife and sister-in-law Zhen were originally difficult to control, but now they are all gone. Although there is no match for the silver item, the silver is ready-made.He is doing the outside work again.Even though I'm not in good health now, I don't think I will be praised or criticized, but I must be able to do better than the Ning Mansion.I have made up my mind, and I will pick up three tomorrow, and I will call Zhou Rui's family to send word in the morning of the next day to get the roster.Sister Feng looked at them one by one. There were only twenty-one male servants and nineteen female servants, and the rest were girls.I thought to myself: This time the old lady's affairs are not as many as those in the East Mansion.It's not enough to get out a few more from the village.

Just thinking about it, I saw a little girl come over and say: Sister Yuanyang invites grandma.Sister Feng had to go there.Seeing Yuanyang crying like tears, he grabbed Sister Feng and said, "Second Grandma, please sit down. I will kowtow to Second Grandma."Although there is no courtesy in persuasion, this head must be kowtowed.Yuanyang knelt down while talking, and the panicked Sister Feng hurriedly stopped her and said, "What kind of ceremony is this, please speak up if you have something to say."The mandarin ducks were kneeling, and Sister Feng pulled them up.Yuanyang said: "The old lady's business is handled by the second master and second grandmother inside and outside. This money is left by the old lady."The old lady has never had any money stolen in her life, and now she is facing such a big event, she must ask the second grandma to handle it decently!I just heard what the master said about the poem Yunzi said, I don't understand; he also said that mourning is better than easy, Ning Qi, I don't understand.I asked Second Grandma Bao, and she said it was the old man's idea that the old lady's funeral can only be true filial piety if it is sad, and there is no need to waste money, it is a good-looking idea.I thought why shouldn't a person like the old lady be more decent?Although I am a slave girl, dare to say anything!It's just that the old lady loves the second grandma and me, and she is not called beautiful when she is dying!I think the second grandma can do big things, so I asked the second grandma to ask for a master.I was born with the old lady, and when the old lady died, I also belonged to the old lady. What if I can’t see the old lady’s affairs, how will I see the old lady in the future?

Sister Feng felt weird when she heard this, so she said: Don't worry, it's not difficult to be decent.Besides, although the master said he wanted to save money, the powerful faction could not be wrong.It is right to spend all this money on the old lady.Yuanyang said: "The old lady's last words said that all the leftovers are for us. If the second mistress doesn't have enough, just use this to make up for it."No matter what the master says, I don't want to violate the old lady's last words.Didn't the master hear it when the old lady made the assignment that day?Sister Feng said: "You always know best, why are you so anxious now?"Yuanyang said: "It's not that I'm in a hurry, it's because the eldest wife doesn't care about things, and the master is afraid of being ostentatious."If the second mistress is also thinking of the old man in her heart, she said that the funeral of the people who copied the house is still so good, and she will copy it again in the future, so she doesn't care about the old lady, what should I do?As for me, I'm a girl, so it doesn't matter anyway, it's the reputation here after all.Sister Feng said, "I see. Just rest assured that I'm here."Yuanyang entrusted Sister Feng with gratitude.

When Sister Feng came out, she thought, "Mandarin ducks are so weird. I don't know what they came up with."Logically, the old lady should be more decent.Ai!Don't worry about her, and let's do it as our family did before.So he called Wang'er's family, spread the word, and invited the second master to come in.Not long after, Jia Lian came in and said, "How can you find me?"You just take care of it inside.Anyway, it's our second master who decides, we will do whatever he says.Sister Feng said: "You also said this, but didn't what Yuanyang said came true?"Jia Lian said, "What mandarin ducks?"Then Sister Feng told the story of inviting Yuanyang in.Jia Lian said, "What do they say?"Just now the second master asked me to go, and said: The old lady's affairs must be handled seriously, but if you know it, it is said that the old lady killed herself;The old lady's silver is useless, so who needs it?It should still be used on old ladies.Although the old lady has a cemetery in the south, she doesn't have a private house.The old lady's coffin is going to the south.Save this money to build some houses on the ancestral graves, and buy a few hectares of land for sacrifice with the rest.It doesn't matter if we go back, or if we don't go back, let these poor people live among them, or we can make incense in the morning and evening on time and according to festivals, and often sacrifice and sacrifice.Do you think these words are serious ideas?According to your words, is it all spent?Sister Feng said, "Has the money been sent yet?"Jia Lian said: "Who has seen silver!"I heard our wife heard the second master's words, and tried her best to persuade the second wife and the second master to say: This is a good idea.What are you calling me for?Now it costs hundreds of silver to carry it on the shed outside, and it hasn't been issued yet.I'm going, but they all said yes, I'll call outside to do it first, and then I'll do it when I come back.You think, these slaves, the rich have already slipped away; according to the booklet, some said they were sick, and some said they had gone to Zhuangzi.How many people can't walk? They only have the ability to make money, but do they still have the ability to lose money?After hearing this, Sister Feng stayed for a long time and said, "What else can I do!"

Just as I was talking, I saw a girl who came and said: "For the eldest wife, ask the second grandma, it's the third day today, and it's still chaotic inside. Do you still ask your relatives to wait for the meal?"After calling for a long time, the food came, but the meal was short, what is the reason for doing things!Sister Feng hurried in, called someone to serve her, and fiddled with breakfast.But there were many people coming that day, and the people inside were all staring.Sister Feng had to take care of it for a while, and then she was thinking about sending someone, and rushed out, called Wang'er's family to pass on all the family members and women, and distributed them one by one.Everyone agreed not to move.Sister Feng said: "When will the food be served?"Everyone said: Passing rice is easy, as long as the contents are sent out, we can take care of them.Sister Feng said: "Stupid things!"You are assigned, it is a must.Everyone had to reluctantly respond.Sister Feng immediately went to the upper room to get the application. She was going to ask Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang for instructions. It was hard to tell how many people she saw.Yuanyang said: "You still ask me, did the second master become a redemption that year?"Sister Feng said: "I don't need silver or gold, just this one that I usually use."Yuanyang said: "Where did the messengers in the house of the eldest wife and Grandma Zhen come from?"As soon as Sister Feng thought it was right, she turned around and left, only to find Yuchuan and Caiyun from Mrs. Wang's side, and then she took out a share, and hurriedly asked Caiming to register and send it to everyone for collection.

Yuanyang saw Sister Feng in such a panic, and it was not easy to call her back, so she thought: how neat and thoughtful she is in her head, how can she be restrained like this now!I don't even have any brains in the past two or three days. Didn't the old lady hurt her for nothing?It is known that when Mrs. Xing heard Jia Zheng's words, she was thinking about the difficulties of her family in the future, and she wished to save some money to make a deal.What's more, the old lady's affairs were originally decided by the eldest family. Although Jia She was not at home, Jia Zheng was a stickler, so he always asked the eldest grandma for her opinion.Mrs. Xing knew that Sister Feng had big hands and feet and that Jia Lian was haunted by ghosts, so she held onto her tightly.Yuanyang only said that he had handed over the silver, so seeing that Sister Feng was holding her back, she suspected that she would not pay attention, so she nagged and cried in front of Jia Muling.Mrs. Xing waited to hear the truth in the words, but she didn't expect that she would not let Sister Feng do things cheaply, and instead said: "Madam Feng is really careless."

Mrs. Wang called Sister Feng over at night and said: Although our family is not doing well, we need to be decent outside.People came and went in the past two or three days, and I saw that they couldn't take care of them. I think you didn't order, so you have to take care of us!After hearing this, Sister Feng stayed for a while, and wanted to say that the money was not in hand, but the money was in the hands of outsiders, and Mrs. Wang said that she couldn't take care of it. Sister Feng didn't dare to argue, so she had to keep silent.Mrs. Xing said from the side: Logically, it should be our daughter-in-law's concern, not the grandson's wife's business.But we can't move, so you won't be able to let go.Sister Feng's face turned purple, and she was about to say back, only listening to the drum music outside, it's time to burn the evening paper, everyone raised their hands to mourn, but they couldn't say anything, Sister Feng wanted to come back, Madam Wang urged her to go out to cook, and said : Here is ours, you hurry up and take care of tomorrow's affairs.

Sister Feng didn't dare to say any more, so she had to come out with grief and sobs, and asked someone to pass it on to everyone, and gave orders for a while, saying: "Aunts and aunts, please take pity on me!"I got a lot of talking from above, because you are not equal and make people laugh.Tomorrow you put up some hard work.Those people replied: "Grandma's work, it's not like today, do we dare to disobey?"It's just that this time things are too cumbersome.Just say to send this meal, some eat here, some eat at home; the wife was invited, and the grandma didn't come.And so on, is it complete?Just ask grandma to persuade those girls not to be fussy.Sister Feng said: "The old ladies on the first floor are difficult to deal with, and the ladies are also difficult to talk to. Who should I say?"Everyone said: "Grandma used to be an official in the East Mansion. She beat and scolded her. Why is she so sharp? Who would dare to disobey her?"These girls can't hold back now?Sister Feng sighed: "Although the affairs in the East Mansion are entrusted, although my wife is there, I am embarrassed to say anything."Now it's my own business, and it's the public's business, and everyone can talk about it.Furthermore, the money outside is also called ineffective, even if you ask for something in the shed, it is passed on, but it never comes in. What can I do?Everyone said: "The second master is outside, are you afraid that you won't be able to deal with it?"Sister Feng said: "Still mentioning that!"He is also in trouble there.The first thing is that the money is not in his hands. If you want one, you can get one back.Everyone said: "Isn't the money of the old lady in the hands of the second master?"Sister Feng said: "When you come back and ask the manager, you will know."Everyone said: Don't complain!We heard men complaining outside, saying: We have no idea about such a big event, and it is nothing but drudgery.How can people be united?Sister Feng said: "It goes without saying now, just pay attention to what's in front of you."If there is something to be said above, I will not follow you.Everyone said: How about grandma, do we dare to complain?It's just that the person above has an idea, and it's really difficult for us to be thoughtful.Sister Feng couldn't help it, so she had to say: "What a lady!"Tomorrow, help me for a day, and I will talk about it after I understand the girls.Everyone obeyed and left.

Sister Feng was full of grievances, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, until dawn, and she had to go up again.I want to tidy up people everywhere, but I am afraid that Mrs. Xing will be angry; I want to tell Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Xing instigates me.Seeing that Mrs. Xing was not helping Sister Feng's prestige, these girls abused her even more.Fortunately, Ping'er resolved for Sister Feng, saying: "Second Mistress is eager to get better, but the master and the ladies have ordered outsiders not to waste money, so our Second Mistress can't handle it."I said it a few times before I had to be quiet.Although there is an endless stream of monks repenting through Taoism, offering sacrifices and hanging accounts, they are always stingy with money.The concubine's orders came a lot in the past few days, and Sister Feng couldn't go up to take care of them, so she had to work around at the bottom, calling that one, leaving this one;Don't say that the mandarin ducks and others look ugly, even Sister Feng can't bear it in her heart. Although Mrs. Xing said she was a grave woman, she didn't pay any attention to her four words of mourning and filial piety.Mrs. Wang ended up following Mrs. Xing, not to mention the rest.Only Li Wan saw Sister Feng's difficulties, so he didn't dare to speak for her, but sighed to himself: as the saying goes, although the peony is good, it depends on the support of the green leaves.It would be fine if the third girl was at home, but now she is the only one of her own who is talking nonsense, and those in front and behind are also complaining, saying that they can't touch a piece of money and can't save any face.The master is blindly filial, and the general affairs are not very clear.Can such a big event be handled without spending a few dollars?Poor girl Feng has been making trouble for several years, and she doesn't want to be involved in the old lady's matter, I'm afraid she won't be able to save her face.So she took the time to call her people, and said: "Don't look at her, and spoil Lian's second grandma."Don't think about wearing filial piety and guarding the spirit, it's a big deal, but after a few days, it will be fine.Seeing that those people are at a loss, it's okay to intervene.This is also a public matter, and everyone should contribute.Those who wore Li Wan's plain clothes agreed and said: Grandma is very right.We didn't dare to do that, we only heard the spoken words of the Yuanyang sisters, as if we were blaming Lian's second grandma.Li Wan said: "It's a mandarin duck. I told her that it's not that Lian's second grandma didn't care about the old lady's affairs. It's just that she doesn't have any money in her hands. Did she ask her clever daughter-in-law to make porridge without rice?"Now Yuanyang knows about it, so I don't blame her anymore.It's just that the mandarin ducks don't look like they used to, which is also strange.At that time, the old lady loved her, but she hadn't done anything wrong; now that the old lady is dead, and there is no one to support her, I think she is a little bit out of temper.I was worried about her before, but now I am lucky that the old man is not at home, so I escaped; otherwise, there is nothing she can do. As he spoke, he saw Jialan come up and say, "Go to sleep, mother. You're tired of people coming and going all day long. Let's have a rest."I haven't touched the books these days. Grandpa asked me to sleep at home today. I like it very much. I just need to organize a book or two. Don't forget about it when I take off my filial piety.Li Wan said: "Good boy, reading is naturally good."Let's take a rest today and wait for the old lady to send the funeral.Jia Lan said: "Mom wants to sleep, so I just sleep in the bed and think about it."Everyone boasted after hearing this: Good brother!Why do you think of books at this age when you have time?Unlike Second Master Bao, married people are still so childish.Kneeling with the master for the past few days, seeing how useless he is, I wish the master would run over to look for Second Mistress as soon as he leaves, and murmur something, and even make Second Mistress ignore him.He went to Miss Qin again, but Miss Qin also avoided him, and Miss Xing didn't talk to him very much.On the contrary, it's Miss Xi and Miss Si of our family, and the elder brother and the younger brother are close to him.Let's see that Second Master Bao has nothing else on his mind except messing around with grandma and girls. It's a waste of wasting the old lady's heart and hurting him so much. How can he be as good as Lang Ge'er!Grandma, you will have no worries in the future.Li Wan said: "It's good that he is still young. I'm afraid that when he grows up, we don't know what will happen to our family!"How do you guys look?Everyone said: This one is even worse!The two eyes are like a living monkey, wandering around and looking around.Although he was mourning there, when he saw grandma and the girls coming, he was always peeking at people behind the curtain of filial piety.Li Wan said: "He is actually not young anymore."I heard the day before yesterday that I still want to marry him, but now I have to wait again.Well, there is one more thing, people in our family, I can't figure it out either.Not to mention gossip, what happened to the vehicles in each house for the funeral in the future? Everyone said, "Second Grandma Lian has been making trouble these days like she's lost her mind, and she hasn't seen any news about it."Yesterday I heard my man say that Second Master Lian sent Second Master Qiang to take care of him. He said that our family didn't have enough cars, and there were few drivers, so we had to go to relatives to borrow them.Li Wan said with a smile, "Can all the cars be borrowed?"Everyone said: Grandma told a joke, why can't I borrow a car?It's just that all the relatives used cars that day, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to borrow them, so I had to hire them if I thought about it.Li Wan said: "The people at the bottom have to be hired. Is there anyone for the white car at the top?"Everyone said: Now the eldest wife, the eldest grandma in Dongfu, and Xiaorong's grandma don't have cars, and they don't hire them. Where did they come from?When Li Wan heard this, he sighed and said: We all laughed when we saw our wives and grandmas coming in a hired car, but now it's my turn.Go and tell your man tomorrow that our chariots and horses are ready early so as not to be crowded.Everyone agreed to go out.do not mention. In addition, Shi Xiangyun only came once after Jia's mother died because her son-in-law was ill.Seeing that her son-in-law's illness has become tuberculosis, it doesn't matter for the time being, so she has to come over the day before sitting at night.Thinking of Jiamu loving her all the time; and thinking of my own life, I just married a man with both talent and appearance, with a good disposition, but he suffered from the symptoms of injustice, but he just endured the day.So she became more sad and cried until midnight.Yuanyang and others tried to comfort her again and again.Baoyu looked very sad, and it was hard to go forward to persuade him.Seeing her light makeup and plain clothes, not enough makeup, she is still a bit better than when she was not married.Then I looked at the plain decorations such as Baoqin, which has a natural charm.Only Baochai is dressed in filial piety, which is more elegant than ordinary colors.I thought to myself: So the plum blossoms are so popular, and finally let the plum blossoms be the first, but I don’t know that it’s not because the plum blossoms bloom early, but the four characters of whiteness and fragrance are unattainable.But at this time, if there is sister Lin, who also dresses up like this, I don't know what kind of charm it is!Thinking of this, I felt sad, and the tears rolled down. Taking advantage of Jia's mother's affairs, you might as well cry loudly.Everyone was persuading Xiangyun not to stop, but another cry came from outside.Everyone only thought of the benefit of Jia Mu's love for him, so they were sad, but they didn't know that the two of them had their own concerns.This crying made everyone in the room cry.It was Aunt Xue and Aunt Li who persuaded me. Tomorrow is the period of sitting at night, and it will be even more lively.Sister Feng couldn't bear it this day, and she couldn't do anything about it. She had to use all her strength, even shouted her throat, and spent half a day perfunctory.In the second half of the day, there are more people and things are more complicated, and it is impossible to look forward to the future.I was in a hurry when I saw a little girl running and said: Second Grandma is here!No wonder the eldest wife said: There are too many people in the house to take care of, and the second grandma is hiding to benefit from it.When Sister Feng heard this, she rushed forward, swallowed down, and burst into tears. She felt her eyes darken, her throat sweetened, and bright red blood spewed out. She couldn't stand up, so she squatted down on the ground.Fortunately, Ping'er came to help him in a hurry.Sister Feng couldn't stop vomiting blood.I don't know how my life is, and I will break it down next time.
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