The Pearl of the Prosperous Age of Red Mansions

Remember, apart from Wang Xifeng's dowry, Mrs. Wang also gave her 5000 taels of silver notes for her to do whatever she needed.

However, after marrying in, she didn't use half of the dowry. On the second day of marriage, Jia Lian handed over her small treasury to Wang Xifeng to take charge of it, and asked her to spend all her daily expenses from it. The treasury was the money that Jia Lian had earned from owning the shop for so many years. Wang Xifeng's 5000 taels of silver and the money in it were nothing more than a drop in the bucket.

What Jia Lian said made Wang Xifeng's face secretly feverish. His initial concerns now seemed like a joke, but after helping Mrs. Hu to get in touch with her family's public account, Wang Xifeng found out again that even though the Jia family spent a year's worth of money A lot, but you can earn a lot, and there is no hole at all.

Originally, she thought that her own family was already very good, but compared with Jia's family, it was far behind. Wang Xifeng completely let go of the initial little pride in her dowry.

What husbands and wives need most is mutual understanding and respect. They always feel that they are superior and insist on putting each other down. After a long time, they are always unstable. Wang Xifeng now feels that although her husband is not as proud of the officialdom as his brother, he is in charge of The shop in the family's business, the usual entertainment, knowledgeable and talkative, and people like to listen to it. I like Jia Lian very much in my heart, so it's no wonder that the relationship between the couple is not good.

Jia Lian started a family here, and Jia Mu and the others began to worry about others. Jia Rong has been out of office for so many years and has never returned to Beijing. Ningguo Mansion is now looking for a good wife for Jia Rong. Jia Cong This side is even more comfortable in the military camp. It is said that he is now a well-known young general under Xiao Cheng's account. As soon as Jia Lian's marriage was completed, Mrs. Hu and Jia's mother began to discuss about making a marriage for Jia Cong.

At this time, the last worry was settled, and Mrs. Wang's health went from bad to worse. Just half a year after Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian got married, Mrs. Wang passed away.

Mrs. Wang is Jia Zhu's grandfather. After his death, Jia Zhu also had to keep his filial piety. Now that the yamen is not too busy with errands, the emperor is naturally not robbed of his love. Now, Jia Zhu really has time to take a good look at her younger brothers and sisters.

In the past few years, the children who were young in Jia's house have also grown up.

Speaking of these younger sisters, Jia Zhu is very relieved. Yingchun's temperament is very soft like her biological mother, but she grew up beside her aunt, Mrs. Hu. Gentle yet assertive.

Tanchun also grew up beside Mrs. Hu because of Mrs. Wang's body. Although she was also born by her aunt, Aunt Zhao is long gone in this life. In Xiao Tanchun's mind, she doesn't even remember the appearance of her biological mother. Mrs. Hu She treats this niece just like her own daughter. Tanchun has her own opinions by nature, and Mrs. Hu also likes this niece very much.

Wanchun was fat and white when she was a child, and she is still very rich when she grows up. Her temper is exactly the same as that of Mrs. Hu. She can basically knock down two servants with a fist, and so does a raised eyebrow. It's indescribably frightening, Jia She, who is an old man, is most afraid of this Wan girl, who is simply a 24-filial father in front of Wan Chun.

Although the youngest Xichun is a girl from Ningguo Mansion, but because there are many sisters here, Mother Jia likes to be lively, so she always sends someone to pick her up here. The sisters also have a companion together, Xichun is just innocent Her older sisters doted on her very much, and the little girl was a little cold by nature, but she has become much more cheerful in recent years.

Looking at these boys again, there is no need to talk about the two outside. Baoyu is now grown up, and the theory of turbidity and national thieves in his previous life has been freshly released. Fortunately, these words are all joked by girls. No one in the family intentionally applied eye drops in front of Jia Zheng. Now Jia Zheng doesn't know about it, otherwise there will be another big disturbance. Jia Zhu figured that Baoyu has grown up, so he finally resigned from his official position and stayed at home. , It's also time to discipline him. Last time, Jia's mother promised him, but this time she can't go back and feel distressed.

Compared with Baoyu's headaches, Jia Lan and Jia Huan are much more sensible. Jia Lan suffered hardships when she was a child, and later lived a life like a young master in Shi's family, but as the saying goes, children from poor families He was in charge of the family early and suffered from childhood. He is very precocious, and he is also cautious in Shi's family.

Going back to Jia's house is even more afraid of getting into trouble. Adults like well-behaved children. Needless to say, Jia's mother and the others, Jia Zheng feels sorry for Jia Lan because he knows the ins and outs of the matter in his heart. He treats him more than any other child. Amicable.

Jia's mother also jokingly said that Jia Zheng was strict when he was a father, but he is kind when he is a grandfather, which is really unexpected.

And Jia Huan also grew up with Naren Tuoya since he was a child. Without the influence of Aunt Zhao, children can learn from anyone. Na Ren Tuoya taught Jia Huan the way boys are taught on the grassland. By the time Jia Zhu realized something was wrong, it was already too late. How should I put it, Jia Huan is like a little wolf now.

Naren Tuoya was very satisfied, and Jia Zhu had no choice but to do nothing. Compared with Jia Huan in the previous life, Jia Zhu felt that it was pretty good now, as the younger brother of a concubine, he would have the ability to support his own family in the future.

It seems that Baoyu is the only person in the family who needs a lesson the most. Jia Zhu thought about it and made a decision.

Talking about this with Jia's mother, although Jia's mother was still a little bit reluctant, she finally nodded, but she was a little worried and told Jia Zhu: "Don't be too impatient, after all, he is still young."

Jia Zhu nodded in agreement, but she thought in her heart that Jia Lan and Jia Huan, who are younger than him, are now better than him!

Jia Zhu decided to have a good talk with Baoyu first, to see if Baoyu had any other ideas besides those two shocking ideas. He talked, and he was very busy these years. The two brothers met quite a lot, but rarely sat down to have a good talk.

Now Baoyu is still living with Jiamu, and her sisters and sisters live very comfortably all day long. The only thing that is not very happy is that sister Lin never comes to the mansion. Baoyu is playing with the maid in Jiamu's room today. I saw my elder brother enter the house.

Baoyu was afraid that Jia Zheng was like a mouse seeing a cat, and Baoyu also felt a little in awe of Jia Zhu. Every time Jia Zheng taught him a lesson, he always took out his eldest brother as an example.

"Look at your elder brother, at this age..." "I will be satisfied if you can have one-tenth of your elder brother in the future!"

Jia Zhu saw that Baoyu was neither standing nor sitting as soon as she came in, her face was stiff, and she couldn't feel it was funny, well, in Baoyu's heart, she must be "a stinky man who gets bored when he sees him and a first-class national thief. "

But Jia Zhu didn't know that in Baoyu's heart, he didn't classify his elder brother as a first-class national thief, but with all the strange cases solved by Shuntian Mansion in the past few years, Jia Zhu's reputation for iron face and impermanence is very high. But quite a few cases were tried by Jia Zhu as scripts. After all, when a case is being tried, common people can listen outside. Without leaving room for imagination, Jia Zhu was made up wonderfully.

Therefore, Jia Zhu, who can plead for the people and ignore the powerful, is very different from ordinary officials in Baoyu's heart. In addition, Baoyu is used to judging people by their appearance. The beads go to the pile of stinky men.

Invisibly, this gave Jia Zhu a lot of advantages in disciplining Baoyu.

Chapter 110 Six

Ask Zhixiang, Baoyu said that Jia Zhuding made a series of serials on the farm tour

"Are you reading poetry recently?" Jia Zhu asked casually as she glanced at the Book of Songs on Baoyu's table.

Baoyu nodded, and Jia Zhu came to the table. Under the Book of Songs was Baoyu's own poems. Jia Zhu read it again, and it was indeed Baoyu's style of writing. nodded.

"Not only did I read the "Book of Songs", but the poems are written in a very organized manner, which is hard for you at such a young age." Jia Zhu's praise made Baoyu immediately forget all his nervousness, and a smile appeared on his face.

He used to dislike stereotyped things the most, but he liked poetry very much, and he was happy when he read it. He often wrote a few poems that he was quite satisfied with, and his friends drew them on fans for everyone to appreciate, but he was alone at home, Father met him once and reprimanded him. Fortunately, when Sister Lin came home to praise her a few words, Baoyu was relieved, but he was also very afraid of what his father would see.

Just now, Baoyu didn't know what attitude the eldest brother had, so Baoyu felt very uneasy. After being praised by Jia Zhu, Baoyu felt indescribably happy: "Elder brother also likes to compose poetry?"

"Brother has been wielding knives and guns since he was a child. He is not proficient in this kind of knowledge. Literacy and hyphenation are not blind." I have to be familiar with it by heart, but I don't want to go this way again in this life, so I put it aside and don't look at it. After so many years, even the familiar things are forgotten.

Baoyu said as soon as he heard it: "I heard people outside talking about elder brother, and they all said that elder brother, you are a rare man with both civil and military skills, and you are by no means a martial artist who only knows brute force!"

Jia Zhu smiled and patted Baoyu's head: "What is both civil and military? If I were asked to recite the Four Books and Five Classics, I would definitely have a headache."

Baoyu thought about it thoughtfully, and suddenly clapped his hands: "Brother doesn't understand these, but he is a good official praised by everyone outside. It can be seen that these are just useless things for scientific examinations!"

Jia Zhu couldn't help laughing when she heard this. After all, Baoyu hated scientific research so much that he could think of this: "How can you be a good official if you don't read books and don't understand things? Although I don't like those rigid poems and books, I like reading history. It is only after many years of experience in the court and middle school that I have what I am today."

Baoyu nodded after hearing this, and felt that what the elder brother said seemed to make sense. Seeing Baoyu like this, Jia Zhu asked, "Listening to you, it seems that you have no interest in scientific research, but children from people like us don't need to be partial." Go to the scientific examination, and when you reach the age, you will naturally have other ways to enter the official career."

When Baoyu heard this, he shook his head like a rattle: "Brother, I, I don't want to be an official."

Not wanting to take the imperial examination or be an official, Jia Zhu smiled when she heard the words: "Forget it, it can be seen that you, like your second brother Lian, have no interest in official career, then, do you want to run a shop in the future to support the family's property?"

Baoyu's small face was wrinkled tightly. No matter how thoughtful he was, he was still young after all. Either he had heard others say that he was concerned about it, or he had seen it with his own eyes. The first thing Baoyu thought of was not Jia Lian, but Uncle Xue who always came to the house, and he was particularly disgusted in his heart.

Every time Uncle Xue saw him, she would smile too crookedly. Uncle Xue is a typical example of what it means to be full of money and good at calculating!He always mentioned in front of his father that he should study more. In the future, three fathers and sons from one family will enter the court as officials, which is called a good talk.

In fact, I have to say that Baoyu is a face-controlling child who is also good at calculating. Compared with Uncle Xue, Jia Lian does not give way, but whoever makes Jia Lian handsome, never tells him about his official career. Jia Lian was very close.

Therefore, the words "full of copper stink" came to his mouth, and Baoyu swallowed them again. If he said this, wouldn't the second brother Lian be included, so Baoyu only said: "I'm in charge of business and so on." Not interested either."

Not wanting to be an official, but also unwilling to run a business, Jia Zhu thought about it for a while, and then asked: "Then, do you want to devote yourself to farming?"

Baoyu's eyes lit up: "Brother's words are different. The fun of the countryside is not for outsiders. Isn't Tao Yuanming planting beans at the foot of the Nanshan Mountain back then?"

Seeing Baoyu's exaggerated and elated talk, Jia Zhu shook her head inwardly, and made up her previous plan. Before, she thought that if she did this, Baoyu would suffer a lot, and she still felt a little unbearable.

Jia Zhu didn't speak, but Baoyu said it happily, and at the end she felt that her thinking like this was a remnant of an ancient hermit.

After finishing speaking, Baoyu savored the taste, and then saw that the elder brother didn't seem to be moved, and he didn't want to talk about learning with the elder brother, so Baoyu thought about why the elder brother came to him today, so he asked.

"Our family has a village in the suburbs. Now is a good time to go to the village. Would Baoyu want to visit?" After Jia Zhu finished speaking, Baoyu's eyes lit up.

Baoyu has long heard that there is a hot spring village in his family that is extremely beautiful, and it is a rare garden style in the south of the Yangtze River. He only sighs that he has never seen it. Hearing Jia Zhu's words today, he is naturally very happy, and excitedly began to ask in detail: "Brother But is there anyone else going?"

Jia Zhu thought for a while: "Wherever the family wants to go, naturally go."

Baoyu's excitement faded a lot, and she said cowardly: "Father..."

Seeing Baoyu drooping his head instantly, Jia Zhu couldn't help laughing secretly, Baoyu was really afraid of his father to the core: "Father may not go, let's ask grandma if he will go."

When I told Jiamu, Jiamu knew that Baoyu had wanted to go to Zhuangzi for a long time, but she never let him go. Now that Jiazhu happened to be staying at home because of filial piety, it was better to live in Zhuangzi for a while. Feng girl, Mother Jia then said: "Your younger brother and younger siblings have also lost a lot of energy recently, why don't you children just go and relax, my old lady stays at home, and I'm a little too lazy to move recently. "

Baoyu refused at first, but under Jiamu's insistence, Baoyu had no choice but Baoyu suddenly remembered that Sister Lin hadn't been to her own hot spring village, so she clamored to send someone to invite Sister Lin, but was rejected by Jiamu. Glaring: "Nonsense, now that you are all grown up, how can you still be as foolish as you were when you were young, don't mention this again!"

It was rare for Baoyu to be reprimanded by Jia's mother, and she was bluffed for a while.

Three days later, Jia Zhu, Baoyu, Jia Lian and his wife went to the village together, while Jia Huan and Jia Lan stayed at home, and the two little ones watched them go. Look at Narentoya.

Naren Tuoya was spanked by herself, and the two boys pretended to be aggrieved: "You don't need to be envious, I think someone will suffer this time."

Jia Huan and Jia Lan didn't understand, they asked Naren Tuoya and refused to say any more, so the two little ones gave up.

Not to mention that the house is in good order, but that Jia Zhu and the others went all the way to the village, and it was Baoyu's first time to the village, and I saw that he had visited every yard, and he chose the one he liked the most, and he did it for others. Got it.

"Brother, younger sister Lin must like this courtyard, hey, elder brother, if the second sister lives in this courtyard, it really complements each other..."

As for Jia Lian, it is not the first time he has come here, but it is the first time for Wang Xifeng. Wang Xifeng lived in the capital when she was young, but then returned to her hometown in Jinling. Her childhood memories have long faded, but these years in Jiangnan have treated her very well. But imprinted in my mind, now seeing Zhuangzi who is full of Jiangnan atmosphere, I can't help but think of my grandfather, my nose is sore, my eyes are red, and tears fall.

It was rare to see the pungent Wang Xifeng showing such a weak side, Jia Lian was stunned for a moment, but when he came back to his senses, Jia Lian didn't care too much, raised his arm and wiped Wang Xifeng's tears with his sleeve, Wang Xifeng was stunned for a moment, The tears fell even more fiercely, and she buried her head in Jia Lian's arms.

The young couple went back and forth like this, and there were some traces of affection that were different from the usual ones. The two embraced for a while, Wang Xifeng blushed, and moved her body out of Jia Lian's arms.

Jia Lian also suppressed the little flame that was about to stir in his heart. Now that he is still in the filial piety period, Wang Xifeng is sad, how can he have the heart to do this?The husband and wife walked around the yard side by side, and Wang Xifeng told Jia Lian about the courtyard of the Jinling Royal Family in detail, which was somewhat similar to the garden here.

Speaking out what was in her heart relieved a lot of sad emotions. After a few days in the garden, Wang Xifeng's mood improved a lot, and her face returned to her usual appearance. Only then did Jia Lian and his wife realize that why they Didn't see Baoyu's figure?This kid can't stay idle, why is it so quiet now?

Wang Xifeng called Ping'er: "Go outside and ask which garden Baoyu lives in. Send this fruit to him to taste."

Ping'er took orders, and now Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng are in a good relationship, and they have not taken over the house. Ping'er is still a serious dowry girl. Wang Xifeng trusted Ping'er the most when she was in her natal family. It's the girl in charge around me. The girls in Jia Lian's room also respect Ping'er.

After the jadeite incident, Jia Lian was not as close to the girls around him as she was when she was a child, probably because she was bitten by a snake for three years and was afraid of the well rope.

Not long after, Ping'er came back with the fruit in his hand: "Grandma, I went to inquire, and it was said that Second Master Bao went out to visit friends two days ago, and he hasn't come back yet."

visiting friends?Jia Lian was puzzled when he heard this. On the way Baoyu came, he was so excited that he wanted to visit the garden. Why did he go out to visit friends within a few days after arriving?

Jia Lian was puzzled, so he asked Jia Zhu that day. Now that there are no other elders in the garden, Jia Zhu is the leader in everything. It is absolutely impossible for Baoyu to go out without Jia Zhu's permission.

Jia Zhu smiled slightly when he heard this, but he didn't want to hide it from Jia Lian, so he said to Jia Lian: "The old lady pampered and protected him when he was young, and he grew up with rich clothes and good food. I think he has become more and more dissatisfied over the years. It seems that Qianer asked him what his future plans are, and he said that he wanted to follow the example of the ancients and take pleasure in the countryside, since he likes it so much, as the eldest brother, let him have a taste of the 'fun' of rural life."

Jia Lian couldn't help being dumbfounded when he heard it, and he recovered for a long time: "Then Baoyu didn't go to visit friends, but was given to him by you, to..."

Jia Zhu nodded with a smile: "If you don't let him suffer, he is always so naive. How can this happen?"

Jia Lian sighed, and couldn't help feeling a little distressed. Baoyu was used to being served by others when she was a child. This time, the elder brother was cruel, and Baoyu really suffered a lot.

"Don't worry, I asked Brother Gao to protect him secretly and not let him be in danger."

Jia Lian knew it was too late to say anything now, so she didn't say anything.

At this time, Baoyu was really ineffective. That day he found a group of snow-white ponies in the stables, and he liked them very much at first glance, so he begged his elder brother to go for a ride. At first, his elder brother was unwilling. , and then couldn't help his pleading, and then nodded.

He found it boring to ride a horse in the garden, so he slipped out of the garden when no one was paying attention, and started to run on the flat ground. The room was full of fragrance, and when he regained his composure, he no longer knew where he was. There were mountains and forests all around him, so he couldn't see where the garden was.

Then Baoyu panicked, and immediately searched everywhere, tired, thirsty and hungry, and then he didn't know where he was, and found a small villa, which was in the middle of the mountain, and looked down from the mountainside. Bursts of cooking smoke rose and shrouded the villa, and there was the sound of dogs barking in his ears. Baoyu immediately forgot everything and began to chant poems unconsciously.

Before finishing the poem, her stomach growled again. Baoyu led the horse to the villa. The villa was very small and secluded, and there were few outsiders. As soon as Baoyu entered the village, Baoyu hadn't even looked at anyone yet. The hunting dogs in the village found out, and a dog started to bark, startling all the dogs. When Baoyu saw the big dog, which was not much different from his pony, its mouth was full of fangs, and it seemed fierce that it was about to break free from the ring and rush. He bit it off by himself, so frightened that his three souls came out of his body, and he ran away.

This dog barks more and more when it sees people running, and when Baoyu ran, the dog barked even more fiercely. Baoyu was frightened, but she didn't see her feet clearly, she was disturbed by something, and she lay on the ground, His whole body hurt from the fall, and his clothes were stained by the muddy water on the ground.

Her body was sore and dirty, Baoyu had never experienced such suffering before, and she was stunned by the fall. At this time, the village was alarmed, and many strong men came out with sticks, thinking that the village had been attacked by thieves.

As a result, everyone rushed to take a closer look, and there was a half-grown child lying on the ground. Although the clothes were dirty, they could still be seen to be of the best material. Although the face was also stained, there was no place where it was dirty. He is very white and tender, and there is a little white horse beside him, who looks like the son of a rich family.

The country people are simple, seeing that he is a half-grown child, he is definitely not a thief who steals chickens and dogs, and he is so frightened that he is so frightened, the thick men push aside, at this time a woman also came out to watch, and walked over To Baoyu's side.

"Did you fall?" The woman's voice was very gentle and pleasant. When Baoyu heard it, she looked up and saw a woman dressed as a peasant woman in front of her. She was wearing blue coarse cloth clothes and her face was wheat-colored. But she was very pretty. When Baoyu saw this beautiful peasant woman, her pain was half healed immediately.

She nodded foolishly, then shook her head again: "No, I didn't get hurt."

The peasant woman looked at him and saw that his black palm was still oozing blood, so she stretched out her hand to pull him up, and took Baoyu back to her home to apply medicine.

There are a lot of herbs in the mountains here. People who have lived here for a long time can recognize simple herbs. The farmer’s house has herbs to stop bleeding. Put it on the palm of his hand. Natural pain is inevitable. Where did Baoyu touch it? Now he is also sweating .

Just at this time, a strong black man came in with three boys who were also dark Qiuqiu. When he saw Baoyu, he froze for a moment, and then looked at the peasant woman.

"This is?"

"A child from outside was scared by a dog and fell down. I just stopped the bleeding, and you came back before I asked him who he is." The peasant woman smiled, and the three boys compared Baoyu was big, and Baoyu looked at the four black charcoal heads in front of him, and couldn't help but secretly beat his chest and stamped his feet. A flower was stuck in the cow dung.

"Which family are you a child from? Why did you come here alone? There are many wolf worms in the mountains and forests. You are not afraid of being eaten by big worms alone!" The thick and big black man's voice was also rough, The shock made Baoyu's ears hurt.

Baoyu revealed her identity, and the husband and wife couldn't help but look at each other. They are not close to the capital, but it is not impossible to send such a child back. Since they have all helped, they will help to the end. , the big man said: "It's already this time today, and it's not safe in the mountains and forests at night. I'll take you back tomorrow morning."

Chapter 110 Seventh

When Baoyu heard the words, he was very grateful, and thought that although the big man was not good-looking, but he was very good in his heart, he couldn't help feeling a little ashamed for judging people by appearance just now.At this time, the peasant woman had already brought up all the food on the stove. She said it was food, but it was actually a pot of rice and a plate of thick rice buns.

Only then did Baoyu remember that he hadn't even asked the family's name, so he quickly asked.

The peasant woman said with a smile: "My husband's family name is Ding. This is Ding Da, who is in charge of my family. People in the neighborhood call me Aunt Ding."

Baoyu quickly thanked: "Brother Ding and sister-in-law Ding."

The peasant woman smiled: "It's nothing more than a little effort, you are hungry, eat something quickly."

Baoyu had never seen this kind of steamed bun, so he picked it up and took a bite, almost didn't spit it out. The three sons have already picked up their rice bowls, eating rice and steamed buns with great relish.

Baoyu took a bite of the rice, but felt that it was not something people could eat, and couldn't swallow a mouthful. The peasant woman saw Baoyu's embarrassment, and rubbed her hands together: "You are the son of a rich and noble family, so naturally you can't get used to us." It's a pity that we only have these things here, wait a minute, I'll go to Aunt Wang's next door and lend you two eggs to eat."

After finishing speaking, the peasant woman got up and went out. Baoyu felt his face was hot, and wanted to take out the money and touch his body.

At this time, the peasant woman had already returned with two eggs in her hand. There was no oil in the house, so she only boiled it for him in clean water. At home, Baoyu would not eat a bite of this kind, but it is difficult now compared to that. After swallowing the nanny and rice, Baoyu also ate the two eggs with relish.

As soon as he ate one, he saw the three black charcoal balls staring at him with wide eyes, swallowing saliva from time to time, let alone the greediness.

Being stared at by this kind of eyes, Baoyu couldn't eat anymore, the delicious egg was in his mouth, it was more difficult to swallow than the rice and steamed buns just now.

The peasant woman saw it and glared at the three sons: "Go down to rest when you are full, and go to work in the fields tomorrow morning."

The three sons entered the back room, and the peasant woman smiled at Baoyu: "They are used to gluttony, don't worry about it."

After finishing speaking, the peasant woman went outside, Baoyu was alone in the room, and finished eating the eggs in two or three strokes. It is customary to rinse her mouth with tea after eating, but now where is there tea? There is a large tank in one corner, look inside, there is water in it, but it has bottomed out.

At this time, the peasant woman came in from the outside with a bucket in her hand. Seeing Baoyu standing in front of the water tank and looking inside, she came over and said, "Do you want some water? There is a bowl over here."

After all, the peasant woman took down a bowl, filled a bowl of water for Baoyu from the bucket in her hand, then lifted the stone bucket and poured the water into the bucket, turned around and went out again with the bucket, when her man came in from the outside , took the bucket over, and took another bucket out from the corner.

Holding the bowl of water, Baoyu watched as the man filled two buckets of water from the well, brought them in one by one, and poured them into the water tank. Without resting, he turned around and went out to fetch water again. Water, where can I spit it out? With a grunt, I swallowed it.

Then put down the bowl, Baoyu wanted to go out to help, but the bucket was full of water, Baoyu went to pick it up with both hands, but didn't pick it up, blushing, Baoyu went to help shake the pulley from the well, how could he Fortunately, the peasant woman gave him a quick hand to do this, otherwise he would be hit by a pulley.

He couldn't help, the family went to bed early at night, and specially vacated a room for him, brought in thick grass from the haystacks outside to cover him, Baoyu might be able to hold him this time, But after running twice, I was so tired that I was panting.

Maybe he was really tired, no matter how uncomfortable it was to lie on this bed, Baoyu fell asleep quickly, but when he woke up the next morning, his body was sore with twisting strength. There was the sound of making a fire and cooking, and Baoyu got up. The clothes he wore yesterday were dirty and torn, and he could no longer wear them. The peasant woman put other clothes at the door. It could be seen that the clothes were washed very clean, but the material was really dirty. Baoyu has never worn it.

However, the style of this kind of coarse cloth clothes is also simple. Although Baoyu has not worn them, he tried to put them on, and he was already hungry at this time.

He ate two eggs yesterday, and now he was hungry. He didn't go out when he got to the door, when he heard the peasant woman talking to her man.

"I'll just go to Aunt Wang's house to borrow a few more eggs. Why bother going to the mountains to hunt pheasants? There are so many tigers and leopards in the mountains. What if you have something good or bad, what can we mothers do?"

The man hummed roughly, and the peasant woman sighed helplessly: "One of these two pheasants is stewed for the child to eat, and the other one will be given to Aunt Wang later, thank you."

Baoyu heard it from inside the door, feeling very uncomfortable, thinking that when he returned to Rongguo Mansion, he would definitely give the couple two more silver coins.

Not long after, the smell of stewed chicken came out, and Baoyu's stomach growled even louder. When he walked out of the house, the three sons of the peasant woman were also outside, and they had breakfast together. There was a whole big pot of stewed chicken. The soup was drunk upside down.

To tell the truth, this stewed chicken was just stewed in clear water, at most some salt was added, it was nothing compared to the exquisite cooking method in Rongguo Mansion, but Baoyu ate a big piece of meat and drank several bowls of soup today.

After breakfast, the man went to the yard to hitch the donkey into a cart with agricultural tools, his three sons also sat in the cart, Baoyu rode the horse, and the man sent the sons to the field to rest first. After getting out of the car and letting them go to work, they took Baoyu to the capital.

On the horse, Baoyu turned her head frequently, looked at the three boys working in the field, lowered her head and remained silent.

It started early in the morning, and the men on the road didn't talk much, and the little donkey's footsteps were really slow, but that was it. When it got dark and they arrived at the gate of the capital, the gate had already been closed.

Baoyu and the man went to the city wall to catch up. When the two soldiers guarding the gate saw the sharp spears in their handles, they raised their eyebrows and shouted loudly: "Hey, you two, do you have eyes and see that the gate is closed?" huh! Still going inside!"

The soldiers shouted and shouted, and the man hurriedly said: "You are accommodating, I will send a child to the city."

The soldier snorted, "Accommodating? What a fart of accommodating! Hurry up, hurry up!"

When Baoyu heard this, his face flushed with anger: "I am the son of Rongguo Mansion, the younger brother of the governor of Shuntian Mansion, and the commander of Shenjingwei is my cousin-in-law, and your lords from Wucheng Bingmasi always come to my house for tea! "

The soldier frowned when he heard this, and looked Baoyu up and down, and saw that although the half-grown boy was wearing coarse clothes, the horse he was holding in his hand was quite good, and his face was also pale, and he looked like a rich man, so he He hesitated for a while, discussed with his companions, and sent someone to find the leader of their team.

When the leader of the team arrived, he had seen Baoyu before, so he hurried over and asked someone to open the side door, allowing Baoyu and the farmer to enter the city. Thinking of the voice of the little soldier yelling orders to them just now, I feel all the feelings in my heart.

Just a few steps away, I saw the sound of horseshoes in front of me, and the sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer. It was Jia Zhu who was leading two people towards the city gate. When Baoyu came near, Baoyu looked at his elder brother with a sore nose , Eye circles are also red.

"Big brother!"

"Brother, you are so anxious to death! You ran out without saying a word, what if something happens to the people in the wilderness and deep in the mountains, what should you do?" Jia Zhu jumped off the horse, and Baoyu got off the horse, pulling Jia Zhu Baoyu's voice was full of discomfort.

"Big brother..."

"Don't say anything, go with me to the Zuiyun Tower first, and pack it up. You went back to the mansion like this, let the old lady know, I don't know how distressed you are. These days when you were lost, My second brother Lian and my second sister-in-law Lian and I didn’t return home, because I was afraid that the old lady would find out, and now the old lady thinks that we are still on the farm.” Jia Zhu patted Baoyu’s head, then turned to look at the crops man.

"Who is this?"

"Brother, this is my savior, Brother Ding. We have driven all day without eating. Brother Ding must treat Brother Ding well later." Baoyu hurriedly introduced the man to Jia Zhu.

When the group arrived at Zuiyun Tower, Baoyu went to the back to tidy up. Wang Xifeng had already been waiting behind when she got the news, but they didn't go back to Jia's mansion.

The hot water in the room was ready, and the new and clean inner and outer clothes were ready. Wang Xifeng looked at Baoyu's torn palms and the coarse clothes on his body, and asked him distressedly: "Does it still hurt?" ? Come on, find the medicine for golden sores."

Baoyu thought of the three country boys who were not much older than him, carrying farm tools to work in the ground early in the morning, and their palms were worn out.