By Jia Xiuzhen

Since Baoyu knew that her marriage was settled, she missed Daiyu more and more.But now that Mother Jia is gone, who can I ask to pick up Daiyu?Mrs. Wang?Madam Xing?He really wanted to beg Li Wan, but when he thought of Li Wan's casual glance, he was afraid at first.It's a pity that things in the world are often like this, the more impossible things are, the easier it is to miss them.

One day, Baoyu asked Xiren to sort out things in the room, saying that he would dig out and tidy up all the old things from his childhood, especially the poems, calligraphy and paintings from the past.Everyone was busy with their hands and feet, but they found quite a few. Baoyu looked at them one by one, but was shocked to find that there were many people related to Baochai, but Daiyu's handwriting was not even half visible.Then he frowned and said, "You all found it? Why are there only so many? Sister Lin doesn't even have a single poem?"

Xiren thought for a while and said, "It's all here. The second master's poems are the first important thing, we don't dare to mix them up. Miss Lin's things are naturally kept in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Later, Miss Lin went to her house. , naturally moved back, how could it be here with us?"

Baoyu pointed to the side and said, "Then why does Sister Bao have it?"

Now when everyone hears him mentioning the words "Sister Bao", they can't help but smile, fearing that they will embarrass him, so they quickly pick up the words: "How is Miss Bao? How many paintings did Miss Bao collaborate with the second master! And what happened later?" Where do you not want to make manuscripts for that little clay sculpture scene? Over time, there will naturally be more. We don’t have all of them here, and there are probably more at Miss Bao’s. At that time, the second master was mostly staying in Hengwuyuan. "

Hearing this, Baoyu couldn't help thinking of that day, and suddenly sighed again: "Now everyone doesn't know what to do. Maybe Sister Yun hasn't seen her for a long time, Xiangling..." Thinking of what Mrs. Wang said before, she stayed Huatou.

Xiren naturally knew what he meant, and he was afraid that he would think of the prosperity in the past and be lonely in front of his eyes, so as not to get sick again.Now I'm waiting for great joy, it's not like before.Then he hurriedly took the paintings inside and asked about this and that, and mixed up the conversation. Seeing that Baoyu had no abnormal color, he was relieved.

But I saw Qiuwen draw out an embroidery pattern from the inside, with delicate flower branches on it, and a silver butterfly beside it, the composition is simple but very charming.Bihen saw it at a glance, his eyes flickered, and he said with a smile: "This is Qingwen's embroidery pattern from before, but I didn't expect it to be caught here."

After Baoyu heard this, he quickly took it in his hand, and looked back and forth inch by inch on the paper with his eyes. Xiren sighed when he saw it.Bihen said again: "Speaking of which, many of the things on Second Master's body in the past were Qingwen's needlework. Her work is really good, and no one else can compare."

Xiren glanced at her and said: "Today is not the same as in the past, the princess is also something we can talk about casually? Just shut up."

Bihen raised his eyebrows and stopped talking.After hearing this, Baoyu felt a dull pain in his heart, and frowned tightly. After a long time, he said slowly, "Put it all away."

After hearing this, everyone did their own work, but he took the embroidery pattern and sat on the couch beside him, just lost in thought.

Those few were busy with their work and kept talking, Qiuwen said: "I heard that they have put monthly money over there, why haven't we here?"

Musk Moon said: "It's not going forward or backward, what kind of monthly money is paid, isn't it fifteen?"

Qiuwen said: "That's what I said. I listened to it today and said that the hair is earlier than us."

Sheyue said: "Tossing nonsense, if you send it early, you can pay an extra penny or something, even this has to be fought!"

Qiuwen's face froze, Sheyue came to her senses, and hurriedly said: "Bah, bah, I'm not talking about you, don't worry."

Qiuwen smiled and said: "I know my sister didn't mean me. It's true over there too. It messed up the two rules in the house."

Several people chatted about trivial things, but Baoyu was thinking about it.Thinking of how close Daiyu was when she first entered the mansion, although they often quarreled and had to make amends, they never tired of it.Thinking of Daiyu's thin anger and slight anger at that time, thinking of the witty words of the two of them, it seemed to be just a matter of talent.But I don't know how long ago, they were alienated to what they are today.

Everyone packed up and saw that Baoyu was in a daze there, with joy and sorrow on his face, they were all used to it, and they went their separate ways, ignoring him.In fact, this second master has a special temper. They consider themselves ordinary people, and there is nothing they can do even if they want to manage it.

Bihen saw Kong'er, said something to Sheyue, and went home.

Seeing her coming back, Bihenniang took out a plate of dim sum and said to her, "Try it, I bought it from outside."

Bihen laughed and said: "You keep it for yourself to eat! Do you still think that our place is the same as yours? If there is nothing missing, our place will be missing. Don't worry, old man."

Bihenniang said: "Don't worry? Seeing that Grandma Bao is about to enter the door, I really don't know how to let go."

After hearing this, Bihen told her mother Baoyu's image and behavior for a while, and said: "It's rare to be so unhappy in this marriage, or how can we say that our second master is different. "

Bihenniang said, "Don't play sloppy with me, forget what you promised me that day? Do you really want to stay and be a roommate? Look at Miss Ping, ten of you is not too much, right? Look at what's going on now look."

Bihen took a sip of tea, smiled and said: "My mother! If you don't take advantage of the opportunity to make more money now, you are always thinking about what I am doing!"

Bihenniang said: "Your matter is my top priority! Also, don't talk nonsense if you can't make money."

Bihen smiled and said: "You still want to coax me. Now that the wife is in charge of the house, she only grabs the money that is in front of her eyes. Even the stewards are working together to get money. I don't know it!"

Niang Bihen didn't talk to her, she just focused on one thing and asked, Bihen couldn't do anything, so she asked her: "I'm coming out now, so what?"

Bihenniang said: "Why don't you have a brain! Just now you said that this eldest lady is not a good housekeeper, plus a senior, our master and wife let go, and we don't know anything in the future. How about it? Are you still pointing out that you can keep supporting these many people? It’s better to ask for it as soon as possible. It just so happens that the mansion also wants to reduce the population, so they simply let it go. You have to wait a little longer, hmph, Mr. It’s not master, it’s not impossible to sell a few houses for money. Think about it yourself!”

Bihen was choking on his own saliva, coughed for a while, frowned and said: "Isn't it, we only buy people in our house, so there is no reason to sell people... Tsk, but what you said, mother, It makes sense again."

Bihenniang glared at her, Bihen thought for a while and smiled and said: "Okay, whatever you say is what you say. It's no fun to stay around now. When Xiren heard Qingwen's words, his face couldn't be tense. Tsk, I'm really used to taking big shots, I'm not in the mood to go and please Second Grandma Bao. Mother, you decide, I'll kowtow when it's over."

Only then did Bihenniang breathe a sigh of relief: "Finally say something decent."

Within two days, Bihen kowtowed to Mrs. Wang, and her parents let her out on her own.Bihenniang is a calculating person, and she has been favored by her for a long time, but she is a country gentry in a county near the capital. The family also has a few hectares of land, and there is a small grain shop in Chang'an City.There is only one son in that family, who is not talented in reading, but he is honest and looks decent.

She was still afraid that Bihen would pick others, but she didn't expect Bihen to agree, so she let go, and agreed to everything as soon as her mother said it.Seeing that her mother was still in a daze, she smiled and said: "I know I'm far less intelligent than my mother, and the people my mother chooses for me will naturally have thought of everything. I'm stupid, so I don't care, I just listen to your old man's arrangements. "

The small family is not so particular about it, so they went out before Baoyu got married.When the people in Yihong courtyard heard the news, they naturally followed suit, and Baoyu even rewarded them with a pair of expensive jade pendants.Turning around, it's hard to guess what a group of girls are thinking.

Sister Feng has been sick all the time. Mrs. Wang has sent people to visit several times, and she has visited twice herself, and she is also very worried in her eyes.As long as she wants to prepare for her precious son to marry a wife, and she doesn't want to borrow the hands of others, she is also very busy, and she really can't spare too much thought.

One day, Sister Feng was talking with Ping'er, when she heard the noise outside, Ping'er went out quickly, and when she came back, she looked angry.When Sister Feng asked what was going on, Ping'er was afraid that Sister Feng would be angry. She didn't want to say anything, but she didn't have an idea, so she said, "There are people from the procuratorate outside who say they want to ask... Grandma... Ask grandma about usury. I don’t know who doesn’t care about it, but keeps going back and forth to grandma. Does this mean that grandma will follow the official messenger?! Dogs eat their brains!”

Sister Feng narrowed her eyes. Ping'er naturally knew about it, but she didn't take it seriously, and she tried to comfort Sister Feng for fear of hurting her spirits.

Sister Feng sighed and said, "There are too many people who want me to die. Even if they are so sick that they have only half their lives left, they won't let them go."

When it arrived, Lin Zhixiao took a few people to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and when he came back, he saw Jia Lian waiting there.When Jia Lian asked, Lin Zhixiao naturally told the truth, and only said that someone came forward to report that the second grandmother of the Jia family had lent money to collect interest, exploited usuriously, and caused several families to sell their children and daughters.The Metropolitan Procuratorate accepted the case, and then sent someone to investigate.

Jia Lian couldn't help thinking of what Mrs. Xing had said a while ago, and said, "Where did the complainant come from? Let someone find him and talk about it, why don't you go to the Yamen properly?"

Lin Zhixiao replied: "The man's brother wiped his own neck and died because he didn't pay the money, so he came to report. I also said it privately, but he refused."

Jia Lian frowned: "Is there any evidence?"

Lin Zhixiao said: "There are two accounts from the old year, but the one reported today is not in the old account. The matter is still in doubt."

After hearing this, Jia Lian felt relieved and said to Lin Zhixiao: "Go back to the procuratorate. If there is any progress, we can take care of it."

Lin Zhixiao quickly agreed.

Two days later, Jia Huan hurried to look for Caixia. What else was Caixia doing, and Jia Huan yelled bitterly: "God will kill me!"

Caixia asked again, and Jia Huan said, "Didn't I tell you last time, I asked someone to find a few bitter masters who borrowed loan sharks from Rongfu to report to the yamen? I asked specifically that day, who lent money to those people?" It is indeed the woman in the yard of that wicked woman, and I would think that that wicked woman has more than just your parents-in-law's line. How could I have thought... how could I have thought of this, there is a second mistress here!"

Caixia was puzzled at first when she heard this, but suddenly her eyes widened and she said, "Second Sister You?!"

Jia Huan nodded with a bitter face, "That woman is far worse than that wicked woman. Even those who borrowed money knew that they were borrowed from the grandma of the Duke's mansion, and they didn't borrow the name of a slave! You say this is a big deal. Well, I actually got rid of the opponent for that wicked woman! Alas, really... How could such a thing happen in the world!"

Caixia also felt dumbfounded, she quickly thought about it, and suddenly smiled: "Don't worry, sir, we only say it's the second grandma, we have the final say on which second grandma it is. The outcome is not certain yet. "

Jia Huan was taken aback for a moment, thinking about it again, he felt reasonable, but this matter is beyond his control now, when it is time to clean himself up, he has no choice but to wait and see what happens.

Sure enough, within a few days, Jia Lian got the news and went into Second Sister You's room with a sullen face. After a while, she heard the sound of weeping and begging for mercy.The next day Jia Lian came out from the inside, but he was hesitant and decisive for a moment on his face, and others didn't know what was going on after seeing it.