The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 36

Jia Lian slammed the door away, Wang Xifeng was so angry that she dropped her chopsticks, and secretly complained that Li Wan was meddlesome. She originally planned to let Ping'er go for a while, kill her "spirit", and then take it back and slowly rectify it. However, Li Wan was meddling in his own business and suggested that Ping'er should serve Jia Huan instead of Hong Ling, but both the wife and the old lady agreed.

"The one raised by my slaves has really become my nemesis." Wang Xifeng hated her teeth itchingly. She used to be able to manipulate Jia Huan at will, but now the third child Huan is too evil.

"And this little whore, Ping'er, dares to betray me. Don't think that everything will be fine if you leave here. As long as you are still in Jia's mansion, I have plenty of ways to deal with you!" Wang Xifeng was furious inwardly, without eating or washing her face, she went directly to the kang and lay down, covered with a quilt and sulked.

It is said that the reason Mrs. Wang agreed to transfer Ping'er to serve Jia Huan was not because of her good intentions, but just for the sake of her nephew Wang Xifeng.

At first, Mother Jia thought it was a little inappropriate. After all, Ping'er was Wang Xifeng's dowry maid, and according to the rules, she was supposed to be Jia Lian's roommate.

As the saying goes, twisted melons are not sweet, since Feng girl is unwilling to take Ping'er back, and Ping'er doesn't want to serve Feng girl anymore, it would be a good arrangement to transfer to serve Jia Huan.

Ever since, Mother Jia made the final decision, and the transfer of Ping'er to Jia Huan was finalized.Wang Xifeng has no objection to this on the surface, but feels very uncomfortable in her heart. As a master, she can discard or even execute a girl, but she cannot tolerate the girl's "betrayal of the master".

But just now her husband Jia Lian was arguing with her again because of Ping'er, so Wang Xifeng became even more angry. Now in the entire family, she hates Ping'er the most, and Jia Huan is second. However, it's good that the two have become masters and servants, and it will be convenient for them to clean up. I don't believe I can't cure you!

Hey, Sister Wang Feng is just too strong and too self-righteous, just like the song "Smart and Tired" that Mr. Cao sang for her: it is too clever to calculate all the organs, but it is Qingqing's life.

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In the blink of an eye, it's the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and Jia's Mansion is still bustling with guests, and there is an endless stream of guests coming and going every day.

On this day, when the sky was bright, a mule cart was parked outside the corner gate at the back of Rongguo Mansion. A man in his 30s or [-]s was waiting silently in the cold wind.

At this time, the corner door finally opened, and a servant carrying a large bag came out first. It was Jia Huan's servant, Qian Huai.

"Brother Zhou, hurry up... give me a hand!" Qian Huai was already lazy, but at this time he was carrying a lot of luggage, and he was so tired that he bent over.

The man driving hurriedly stepped forward to help lift the luggage onto the mule cart, and asked in surprise, "So much luggage?"

Panting for breath, Qian Huai grinned and bared his teeth, and said, "Are there many? There's more in it. Our third master said that sister Hongling served him for a while. Now that he's going to get married, he can't be shabby, so I made ten sets of new clothes alone. There are also two brocade quilts, jewelry gift boxes, souvenirs and other miscellaneous things. Your mule cart may not be able to hold them."

The man driving the car was Hongling's elder brother, surnamed Zhou, surnamed Zhou Yong'an. Hearing this, he couldn't help but secretly startled, and said embarrassingly: "What should I do? If I had known this, I would have rented a big carriage."

"You can figure it out on your own, I have to go a few more times." After Qian Huai finished speaking, he shook his arms, turned around, entered the corner door, and continued to take luggage.

Zhou Yongan was both surprised and delighted, he didn't expect Third Lord Huan to treat his younger sister so generously, and it was not in vain for his younger sister to serve him for several years.

Qian Huai really walked several times before he finished moving Hongling's luggage, and the mule cart was so full that there was no room for another person.

After about half an incense stick, two women came out from the corner door, they were Hongling and Heping'er, and the latter was still carrying a small bundle on his shoulder.

Hongling's eyes were red, obviously she had just cried, she was sold into Jia's mansion when she was eight years old, now, she has stayed in Jia's mansion for ten years, now she is going to leave, she is very sad.

After exchanging a few simple greetings with each other, Zhou Yongan took the bag from Ping'er and found it was heavy, he couldn't help but secretly wondered, what was in it that was so heavy?

At this moment, Hongling knelt down on the ground and respectfully bowed to the high wall of Jia's mansion three times, then stood up reluctantly, and said to Ping'er with red eyes: "I'm leaving, and the third master will ask you to take care of it from now on."

Ping'er nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will take good care of the third master."

Only then did Hong Ling get on the mule cart, her elder brother Zhou Yongan cupped his fists, waved his whip, and drove the mule cart away slowly. Hong Ling was given the driver's seat, and he could only walk on foot.

Ping'er watched the mule cart slowly disappear into the morning mist, and couldn't help feeling a little bit of self-pity. He could see that Hong Ling really couldn't bear to miss Third Master Huan, and the third master was really kind to Hong Ling. Looking at himself, after serving grandma for so many years, what happened in the end?It can be seen how lucky it is to be with the master!
"Sister Ping'er, let's go in!" Qian Huai reminded.

Only then did Ping'er come back to his senses, and turned around to enter the corner gate. Qian Huai looked at the former's slender and moving back, couldn't help swallowing, envious in his heart.Among the young maids in Jia's mansion, Ping'er's appearance is considered to be one of the most outstanding ones, and she has a good temperament, gentleness, kindness, and fairness, so she is deeply popular.

Now, Ping'er has been transferred to serve the third master. Qian Huai can't help being surprised and delighted. He belongs to the third master. Although he can't eat, it's good to look at every day, isn't it?Besides, Ping'er is notoriously easy to talk, and it's easier for the people below to serve her!
Let’s say that when Ping’er returned to the house, he saw that Jia Huan was concentrating on painting, so he cleaned up the house lightly, and finally put a key next to Jia Huan and said softly: “Third Lord, according to your instructions, the maid has secretly hidden 20 taels of silver in Hongling’s bag. This is the key to the silver box, please keep it!”

Jia Huan raised his head and smiled and said, "Hongling used to be in charge of the key to the silver box, but now you can keep it, don't give it to me."

"Then... the maid will keep it for the third master for the time being!" Ping'er hesitated, and finally hid the key close to her body, feeling an inexplicable warmth in her heart.

Let’s say that brother Zhou returned home with Hongling in a mule cart. As soon as he entered the door, the whole family ran out to greet him. Seeing that he brought back so many luggage, he couldn’t help being amazed.

Hong Ling naturally had a bright face when she heard the words, and distributed the gifts and souvenirs she brought back to her parents, brother-in-law, nephews and nieces one by one, laughing and laughing for a while, everyone was happy.

"Sister, this burden is so heavy, I don't know what's in it." Brother Zhou handed the burden to Hong Ling, who took the burden and weighed it, feeling strange, so he opened it and found that there was an extra bag of silver inside, which weighed 20 taels, plus the package of ten taels of silver congratulatory gift from Jia Mu, a total of 30 taels of silver.

Hong Ling smiled wryly: "The third master must have asked Ping'er to stuff it in secretly."

Zhou's father and Zhou's mother looked at each other, 20 taels of silver is not a small amount, it seems that the third master Huan is really kind to Hongling, but it's a pity that the age difference is too big, otherwise it would be nice for Hongling to stay in the mansion and be a housekeeper for the third master.

Hongling gave ten taels of silver to her parents, and five taels each to her two sister-in-laws, Zhou's mother hurriedly stuffed all the silver back into her bag and said, "This is the dowry given to you by Mr. Huan, keep the flowers for yourself, and what do you do with it!

Although the two sisters-in-law were a bit reluctant, they still returned all the money to Hongling, and said with a smile: "Yes, sister, you can keep it for yourself. I suffered from you when I was young, but now the family is doing well, so I don't need your help. Save the money and marry over there to live a good life. If you have money in your hands, you can straighten your waist."

Hong Ling couldn't help but turn red when she heard the words. She had a hard life when she was a child, but she didn't suffer much. She met good people. He heard from the third master that the iron bull she was going to marry was honest and down-to-earth.
(End of this chapter)