Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

297 Chapter 4.93 Either you can't see it, or you don't need to see it again
Volume Four

4.93 Either you can’t see it, or you never have to see it again.
At noon that day, the whole courtyard of Jia Mu's courtyard was filled with laughter and laughter. A large dining table was placed in the middle of the living room. A group of female family members prepared the dishes in order, followed by a row of maids serving various delicacies like walking through flowers and trees. On the table, there are even several small wine jars placed in various places.

"Why don't you see Baoyu?" Mrs. Wang, who was sitting on Jia Mu's right hand, looked very impatient. She raised her head and ordered to the maid Jin Chuaner, "Arrange someone to go and have a look. You have to be moderate in your efforts throughout the day, so that you don't lose even a few seconds." You can’t even take care of eating, right?”

"Go ahead. If I'm not happy, just ask him to find me." At least in terms of doting on Jia Baoyu, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang have always been on the same page. "Just say that the old lady is happy today. Please invite her to the backyard of our house." Baoyu has been forced to study hard these days, so a day off is not worth it."

"Slave, come over right now." Jin Chuan'er, who was originally standing behind Mrs. Wang, bowed down and said a blessing before turning around and going out.

"I don't know what Brother Ai has learned now. Let me tell you, he may have a terrible headache." Shi Xiangyun, who spoke freely, said with a smile, "Old ancestor, when you take a nap after dinner, why not let him and Let’s go for a walk in the garden. We have worked so hard all day and are exhausted. What should we do?”

After saying this, almost all the female family members named Jia at the scene froze. Shi Xiangyun also reacted and lowered his head with a guilty conscience, and no longer dared to speak.

"That's all." Mother Jia glanced at Shi Xiangyun with some disappointment, then turned to Mrs. Wang and said, "Girl Yun is right, staying up like this all day is not an option, why not take a good rest today and tomorrow? .”

"The ancestors said so." Mrs. Wang had no objection.

"Old Ancestor, what is delivered from the kitchen this time is your favorite stuffed duck. Qiu Fang has some. You can try to see if it suits your taste." Just as he was saying this, Fu Qiufang had already put it in a small bowl. He personally brought half a bowl to Mother Jia and put it down, "Although this is meat, it's so rotten that it's easy to melt."

"Leave it, I'll use it later." Mother Jia nodded with a smile, watched Fu Qiufang return to the seat at the bottom, and then looked at Shi Xiangyun, who was already arguing with Xin Chun about eating, with a helpless look on his face, "Okay , don't run around, let's have a good time today, throw away all the rules, just serve the food and wine, if there are too many left, don't blame the old lady for being angry."

"Hey, our ancestors are still worried about this? With good wine and good food in front of you, who would have any other thoughts?" Wang Xifeng deliberately glanced at Fu Qiufang and Shi Xiangyun while speaking, then picked up a chicken leg and pretended not to see them. Bite a few bites like a piece of meat, "I'm afraid that the food and wine are not enough, so that people will not be full!"

Everyone at the table was amused by her slovenliness. Jia Mu, who had already picked up a piece of duck meat with chopsticks, laughed and dropped the dish on the table. Yuanyang hurriedly took out the rag and cleaned the table in front of Jia Mu. He shook his head at Wang Xifeng and signaled her to stop.

"You little bastard, if everyone in the family is like you, I'm afraid this old lady won't be able to afford many hosts." Jia Mu said a few words with a smile, and then she gave up after seeing Wang Xifeng "bow her head shyly". As a result, the living room entered a state of "eating without speaking and sleeping without speaking", and everyone began to eat seriously. Occasionally, there were a few conversations, but they tried to keep their voices down.

"Baoyu is here!"

While eating, a servant girl outside the door suddenly greeted him a few times, and saw a beautiful young man dressed in red and green, with his hair combed into several small braids and tied on his forehead, with a jade pendant around his neck, entering the courtyard with a smile on his face. All the female family members in the living room showed knowing smiles, put down their chopsticks and looked over.

"Old ancestor!" Jia Baoyu had a smile on his face. After entering the door, he squatted beside Jia's mother and rested his head on her grandmother's lap. He didn't notice Mrs. Wang, who had a gloomy face and lowered her head. "I haven't seen my grandson for the past few days. But I miss you so much!"

"Hey, you just know how to talk nicely to me, an old woman!" Jia Mu smiled so hard that her wrinkles spread a little, "Why don't you go change your clothes and come over for some food and wine, my son, I won't see you for a few days. They're all starved and thin - it's all your cruel old man who talks about reading and being sensible. According to the old lady, where does a family like ours need all that hard work?"

"The ancestors are so right!" Jia Baoyu naturally had no objection to this.

After saying this, he said hello to the others, and then turned back to the Nuan Pavilion next to Jia Mu's bedroom, where he had his own clothes. The attackers who followed him came to help; naturally everyone in the living room responded with a smile. , no one mentioned issues such as "men and women are not seated at the same table for seven years old", and they all put down their chopsticks, obviously waiting for him to come back and eat together.

After nearly half a cup of tea, Jia Baoyu, who had changed her clothes but was still bright and bright, returned to the living room with a smile. Amidst the smiles of all the female relatives, she squeezed in and sat down next to Jia Mu. Then she was served by the maids arranged by Jia Mu. When we started eating, apart from using chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, we didn't really care about anything else. We just said hello if we wanted to eat, and a servant would help bring it to us.

It took a long time to eat two sticks of incense in one meal, and then they cleaned up and washed up separately afterwards. Even Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang changed another set of clothes and used nearly one stick of incense. When everyone had finished eating and put away, it was early At the end of the day (after [-] p.m.), Mrs. The couch.

"Brother Ai, I heard that you have been pushed to study hard by the master these days. Have you learned anything?" A group of people were chatting and laughing. Seeing that Jia Baoyu was having fun, Shi Xiangyun kindly reminded him, "You have to be careful. I heard that the master likes to take exams these days, so if he gets caught, he won’t do it for fun.”

"Hmph, it's just about writing about idiots, and I learned some useless things." I didn't want her to remind me kindly, and I just stepped on Jia Baoyu's lung tube, "If the master didn't push me hard, I wouldn't care about this! "

Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, Tan Chun, and Xichun, who were talking and laughing below, froze at the same time and silently dropped the topic; Fu Qiufang still smiled, but there was a hint of amusement in her eyes; Mrs. Wang was obviously dissatisfied, but it was Jia Mu in the middle With a "tired" expression on his face, he held Jia Baoyu in his arms to comfort him.

"If you have the guts to say that to the master, I will really convince you!" Sure enough, Shi Xiangyun's next sentence made Jia Baoyu's whole body freeze, and even the whole living room fell silent.

"Pa--" The jade pendant that was originally hanging on his chest was pulled off by him, hit the ground and bounced up suddenly, rolling out for several steps before stopping; Shi Xiangyun just said a word of joy in an instant Not just her, everyone in the living room had a look of fear. Mrs. Wang's face had completely turned dark.

"What a stupid thing, and it's said to be psychic. I work hard every day, but I don't see any spiritual energy in it. If I can't carry it off, I still have to be slapped. It's better to throw it away and everyone will die!" Jia Baoyu said! The sound of crying echoed through the room.

"My son, why bother to break your life?" Mother Jia pushed Shi Xiangyun to the side, hugged Jia Baoyu and started crying, "My dearest son, my dearest son." Mrs. Wang even glared at Shi Xiangyun fiercely. The silly girl turned pale with fright, and then joined the "duet" with Jia Mu.

What’s interesting is that although no one in the audience thought that Jia Baoyu would “open up a big party”, except for a few “participants”, everyone including Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, Tan Chun and Xichun all cried. No one stepped forward to "break up the fight". Only Shi Xiangyun, who was completely stunned, leaned stupidly on the right armrest of the couch, looking at the farce in front of him with pear-shaped rain.

"Brother Bao, you'd better put it on." That's not entirely true. Seeing that the "plot" had advanced a long time, Fu Qiufang got up and picked up the jade pendant, squatted gently in front of Jia Baoyu and said, "Old ancestors also As I said, this jade is your lifeblood. If it breaks, we will feel sorry for you, right? If the ancestor and wife are frightened into doing anything bad, I’m afraid it will be difficult for me to explain it to you."

The three people who were singing the "trio" slowly stopped their voices, and Jia Baoyu took the jade pendant silently. Seeing that the "peak period" of the farce had passed, the others stepped forward to persuade and comfort them. It took half a cup of tea to pass. , finally made Jia Baoyu regain his smile, and started talking and laughing with everyone again, and even forgot to greet Shi Xiangyun, but this time, his "Sister Yun" had no interest or courage in continuing.

"Old Ancestor, my wife is feeling a little uncomfortable, so she is going back now." Seeing that the living room had returned to "liveliness", Mrs. Wang's face was obviously rosy. She glanced at Shi Xiangyun for the last time, then stood up and said goodbye to Jia Mu, "Is this what happened just now?" I've had a few drinks and my head is a little confused, so I want to go back and take a rest."

"In that case -" Mother Jia frowned. Seeing Mrs. Wang's appearance, it was really not suitable for a large group of people to follow her. "It doesn't matter if you only have Jin Chuan'er by your side, right?"

"Old Ancestor, why don't you go with Qiu Fang? It would be nice to have someone to help you on the way." Fu Qiufang stood up immediately and said.

"That's okay!" Jia Mu looked at Fu Qiufang with some pity, and then nodded in agreement.

Not to mention how lively it was in Mother Jia’s room, Fu Qiufang and Jin Chuaner, one on the left and one on the right, helped Mrs. Wang pass through the hall in front of the ceremonial door in Rongxi Hall and sent her back to rest, but they didn’t want to just leave the east wall through the hall door. , and walked across from Jia She, who was also red-headed and swollen from drinking.

"I've met the great master!" Regardless, Fu Qiufang and Jin Chuan'er both bowed and saluted honestly.

"Is the ancestor in the house?" Jia She glanced at the two little girls with his wolf-like eyes, and they were so frightened that they all hid their heads behind Mrs. Wang.

"Back to the old man, the old ancestor just had a meal, and now he should be ready to take a rest." No matter how nervous she was in her heart, Fu Qiufang still had the courage to answer in a low voice.

"Oh? It looks like I'll go there later." Jia She frowned, looked at the three of them and said, "What's wrong with her?"

"I just drank a few more glasses at my ancestor's place." Jin Chuan'er looked at the confused Mrs. Wang and explained, "I don't want this wine to have too much stamina, so..."

"Oh?" Jia She rolled his eyes and didn't know what he thought of. After a while, he looked at the two little girls and said, "Seeing how hard it is for you to support her, why not let me take her back."

"How is this possible?" Jin Chuan'er was dumbfounded on the spot. How could the elder brother-in-law help his sister-in-law?
"Huh?" Jia She's face suddenly darkened.

"Since the eldest master is helping us, we can rest assured!" Jin Chuan'er was about to argue a few words, but Fu Qiufang suddenly agreed, and then dragged her back to the front yard of Rongxi Hall, "We are leaving now."

Jia She nodded and took Mrs. Wang in his arms, but the direction he walked was towards his east cross courtyard.

"Miss Fu, you are crazy, how could you..." Jin Chuan'er said stupidly after watching the two people leave.

"Remember, if you don't want to die, you must remember that we have sent my wife back to her room to rest." Fu Qiufang looked at Jin Chuan'er with cold eyes and said, "There are some things that you either can't see or you don't have to see anymore. understood?"

Jin Chuan'er's face turned pale, but she still nodded.

In the afternoon of that day, a carriage bearing the name of Rongguo Mansion slowly drove out of the side door; in the carriage, which looked a little dark because the curtains were lowered, Shi Xiangyun gently hugged the only maid, Cui Lu, with disappointment on his face. and regret.

(End of this chapter)