Aunt Zhao's happy life

Baoyu also gradually felt that Daiyu was different, because he said to Xiren, "I used to annoy Sister Lin when I was young, but now I don't annoy her anymore, and she doesn't come here too often, and I have to study every day. It seems to be unfamiliar." Xiren smiled and said, "You are all grown up, as it should be."

Baoyu said again: "Did the master say anything about me recently?" Xiren said: "I told the old lady that you are a little better at reading than before, and that Brother Lang is very good at studying." Baoyu said: "I am I heard from my sister-in-law that Lan'er came back from school every day and had to read and write by herself, and didn't go to bed until midnight, I think he is our family's hope."

There were visitors at home that day, Baoyu asked for leave, and heard Mrs. Wang say that Aunt Xue was coming to get together, because she wanted to go and play with Baochai, but Baochai didn't follow, so Baoyu asked, "Where is Sister Bao?" Aunt Xue knew about the marriage Baoyu still kept the matter from Baoyu, so he had to smile and say, "His brother is useless, and she needs to take care of the family!"

Baoyu was bored, and saw Wang Xifeng holding her daughter Qiaojie, so she went to teach Qiaojie how to read. Unexpectedly, Qiaojie was bright and enlightened by nature, which was different from ordinary people.Baoyu boasted: "Sister Qiao is so clever, I'm afraid she's better than Sister Feng!" Sister Feng laughed and said, "If she's really better than me, I wish I could!" When Xiangyun and Daiyu came, Baoqin beside Aunt Xue came up to say hello, and Daiyu asked, "Why didn't Sister Bao come?" Aunt Xue said, "She is not well." Does she want to take care of the family?" Aunt Xue said with a smile: "Yes, there are two reasons."

Daiyu only felt that there was something strange, and thought that she was being careless, so she didn't ask any further questions.

In private, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang talked about their future family planning: "Our family doesn't have much spare money any more, we need to build some unshakable foundations, such as sacrificial grounds, righteous villages, grave houses, etc. Even the government can’t take it away. Even if we encounter something in the future, we still have a way out, so that we won’t be completely defeated, and the children can at least start farming and studying.”

Mrs. Wang said: "Where is this field? If the master wants to buy it, just buy it. I mean there is no need to rush."

Jia Zheng said: "Prepare early and feel at ease. How can I have any money? You have to discuss it with the old lady."

Mrs. Wang said: "Let's talk about it after Baoyu's wedding. It's not in a hurry."

Jia Zheng went to Aunt Zhao's room and said this again, and Aunt Zhao said, "Tell me, I have no idea, I can't be a family, and you have no spare money."

Jia Zheng said: "I'm afraid I can't do great things with my own little money, so I'll go to the suburbs of Beijing to buy a few houses and a few pieces of land. It's not counted in our mansion, but it's for you and Huan'er. Anyway, you also have a place to live."

Aunt Zhao said: "Look at what you said, how can we get there!"

Jia Zheng didn't say much, and took care of the matter behind his back.

When everyone in the Jia family was at a loss, Jia Yucun was promoted again and again. First, he was promoted to the magistrate, and then became the censor. After a few years, he was promoted to the minister of the Ministry of Officials, and then the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Jia Zheng sighed: "It's hard to tell about the ups and downs. In the past, the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River had the same meritorious titles as us, and they had a lot of contacts with us. Who knows, they all copied them."

Jia She said: "Our family is not perfect. We have a noble concubine to take care of us, and we have many old friends and relatives."

Jia Zheng said: "But each of our family has no virtue and ability, and enjoys rich clothes and fine food for nothing. How can we afford it?"

Jia She didn't like to hear this: "Why bother to belittle yourself!"

Jia Zheng said: "Our family's crabapple blooms in late autumn and early winter, and everyone is wondering. Besides, this flower has been dead for a year, and now it blooms. I don't know what the sign is."

Jia Amnesty said: "Thanks to you, who read serious scriptures all day long, you believe in some of these things. If you want me to say that it must be Baoyu's happy event, this Begonia feels it." Those who prosper and those who rebel die, this crabapple blooms against the season, I am afraid it is not a good thing."

Jia Amnesty waved his hand and said, "For worrying about such a trivial matter, why don't you cut it off!"

When he was hesitating, Jia Lian sent good news: "Jia Yucun, Minister of Military Aircraft, sent a letter to the second master, saying that uncle and great-grandfather have been promoted to a cabinet bachelor, and he will come to Beijing by order, and he will arrive soon!" Everyone in the Jia family was overjoyed Mrs. Wang was even more delighted. She had been worried about the decline of the Xue family. The Wang family was small, and the brothers were outsiders, so the mother's family could not take care of her. Now it's all right!What's more, my elder brother was promoted to a cabinet scholar again, the Wang family is extremely honorable, maybe the Jia family has also relied on since then, so my heart is relaxed a lot, I only hope that Wang Ziteng will return to Beijing as soon as possible.

Before he had had time to be happy for a few days, Jia Zheng suddenly sent a message with tears all over his face that the concubine Yuan was not well!

Mrs. Wang cried: "Didn't you get better last time? What kind of disease is this?"

Jia Zheng said: "The imperial doctor said that it is phlegm disease, don't delay, please leave immediately, old lady!"

When Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang arrived at the palace, Yuan Chun's complexion was pale, her breathing was difficult, her soup and medicine could not be taken in, and the palace was already preparing for the funeral.Seeing her daughter suffering, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but burst into tears: "Your concubine!"

Yuan Chun coughed and retreated from the crowd: "Let me... have a few words with my relatives, I can't do it anymore..." After the maids left, Yuan Chun said to Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang with difficulty: "I have reached such a point. , I was harmed by others, and now the fetus in my womb is not safe, I will go too... On that day, my uncle won the victory, and I was able to become a concubine on my father's birthday. Now I will no longer be honored and favored, I am afraid that my uncle will also..." Mrs. Wang wept Said: "Don't worry, your uncle has already been promoted to a cabinet bachelor."

Yuan Chun nodded and gasped for a while before saying, "Jia...Jia Yucun...beware of him..."

Not long after, the inner eunuch came in to invite the family members out of the palace, Yuan Chun took Mrs. Wang's hand: "Make plans early...the way back..."

Jia's mother and Mrs. Wang couldn't bear to leave, but the palace people urged them, and they didn't dare to cry, so they had to endure a thousand words and go back to Jia's mansion.The next day, news came from the palace that Concubine Jia Gui had passed away on the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, not many days before the Chinese New Year.

Jia Zheng and others were deeply saddened, and after thinking about Yuan Chun's dying words, they decided to make plans for the future.

At the same time, the important event of cleaning up the dust for Wang Ziteng is imminent, and everyone has mixed feelings.

On the other hand, Aunt Xue saw that Jia's family was not in peace, so she talked to Baochai one by one, and also told Baochai's marriage: "Your aunt told me that I still want to wait for your brother's letter. Are you willing or not?" Baochai showed no sign of shame or surprise, but simply said, "It's up to the parents to make decisions about girls, so mother doesn't have to ask me." Since then, Baochai has mentioned Baoyu less and rarely Go to Jiafu again.

Aunt Xue waited wholeheartedly for Prince Teng to come to Beijing to fight for her son Xue Pan. Maybe the charges could be cleared?

Yuanchun passed away, and Baoyu's jade was lost and found again. There was a lot of trouble until the first month, and no one could feel at ease to have a good year.

After finally passing the Lantern Festival, seeing that Wang Ziteng was about to arrive, Jia Lian suddenly got news that Wang Ziteng had disappeared two hundred miles away from Beijing.

Mrs. Wang couldn't believe it, and asked Jia Lian to go out and inquire carefully, crying in secret until her heart ached.

The next day, Jia Lian came back and said: "My uncle was tired from the journey and caught a cold occasionally. He delayed the treatment on the way and took the medicine by mistake. It's gone."

But Jia Zheng still didn't believe it: "It's such a coincidence that these things happened one after another! Why is there no one around who is a dignified cabinet scholar who knows medical skills? How can you die easily with medicine? Ordinary medicine can't be killed if you take the wrong medicine! I think so. I have been plotted against!" Therefore, I feel very uncomfortable, and since Baoyu lost the jade, he has been in a daze, as if he has lost his soul, and looking around, the family has no hope.

When these sad events came one after another, Jia Zheng was appointed Jiangxi Liangdao because of his diligence and prudence.Jia Zheng was worried about the chaos at home and had nothing to do, so he could only prepare to leave.

Jia's mother choked up and said to Jia Zheng: "I am 81 years old. You have to go to a foreign post. It is rare to come back in a few years. Baoyu has been sick since he lost jade. I don't know what the future will be. I asked someone to forget it for him. If you say that the person who deserves a golden life deserves a golden life, you are happy, you are a decent person, so naturally you don't believe it, I will ask your opinion."

Jia Zheng said: "The old lady is right, but let mother arrange it!"

Mother Jia thought for a while, "Xue Pan is still in prison, so I'm afraid it's not easy for Bao girl to get married. The imperial concubine and empress have just passed away. Although she can't help but marry, Baoyu shouldn't marry immediately. You are about to leave, and the days are short, and you have to prepare too. Too late."

Jia Zheng said: "I'm afraid that after I leave home, Baoyu will be seriously ill and it will be difficult to deal with it. Why don't Yue Li handle this matter!"

Jia's mother said: "Xue Pan will naturally agree, then I will send someone to ask Xue Bian to go and make it clear to Xue Pan. As for the empress, if her spirit in the sky knows that she is doing it for her younger brother, she will not complain. Time Hurry up, let's do it simply, don't need to be extravagant and complicated. Girl Bao is reasonable, so there is no need to worry about it."

Jia Zheng laughed and said, "If Baoyu's health gets better from now on, isn't it good fortune? Let's clean up the house and get ready!"

Because Jia Zheng was going to Jiangxi to take up his post, he had to go to the Ministry of Industry to hand over, and he had to socialize, so Baoyu's marriage was left to Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng.

Baoyu was so sick that she didn't know anything, but Xiren could see the clues. She hadn't seen Baochai enter the mansion for a long time, and Aunt Xue's expression was different from before, so she guessed roughly.

When Baochai is settled, Xiren is happy. She has always liked Baochai's behavior, but she is also worried about Baoyu.Although Baoyu is a bit more uninhibited, he has been full of Daiyu in his heart for so many years. If he knows that he is not married to Miss Lin, let alone be happy, I'm afraid it will be a reminder!Therefore, Xiren went to Mrs. Wang and knelt down and began to cry. Mrs. Wang asked her why, she sobbed and said: "Accordingly, a slave should not say this, but the matter is of great importance. The old lady and the lady have decided that Miss Bao is naturally Good thing, but Second Master Bao has always had the best relationship with Miss Lin."

Mrs. Wang said: "I have already seen it, and the old lady also knows it. It is better to think of a safe idea."

After the attacker left, Mrs. Wang told Jiamu these words, but Jiamu was speechless for a while, and Wang Xifeng said, "Then we can only use a trick." Then he whispered to Jiamu and Mrs. Wang in detail. Back, Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang had no better way, so they both nodded in agreement.