Granny Liu entered Guo Rongfu (original Dream of Red Mansions)

The little family mentioned just now belongs to a local surnamed Wang, and his ancestors used to be a small official in Beijing. In the past, they met Mrs. Wang's father and Xifeng's father. Because of the snobbery of the Wangs, Lian Zong was recognized as a nephew. At that time, only Mrs. Wang's eldest brother, that is, Xifeng's father, and Mrs. Wang were in Beijing and knew about this clan. No one else knew. At present, all his ancestors have passed away, and only one son, named Wang Cheng, has moved out of his hometown outside the city because of the depressed business at home. Wang Cheng died of illness not long ago, only his son, nicknamed the dog. The dog also had a son and a daughter named Liu with his first wife. A family of four is still farming. Because dogs make a living by doing this during the day, and Liu has made mortar and other things, the two green sisters are left unattended, so the dogs take their mother-in-law grandma Liu to a place to live. This granny Liu is an old widow for many years. She has no children and lives on two acres of wasteland. Today, the son-in-law took over to raise him, but he didn't want to, so he helped his daughter-in-law get along wholeheartedly.

The dog is very worried because autumn has passed the winter early and the weather is cold, and the winter things at home have not been done. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he was bored at home, and Liu dared not contradict him. So granny Liu couldn't stand it anymore, but advised, "Uncle, don't be angry with me. People in our village are dishonest and keep as many bowls as they eat. When you were young, you were used to eating and drinking because of the blessings of your hometown, and now there is nothing you can do. Money doesn't care about the head and the tail. If you are angry without money, you will become a man! Although we live far away from the city now, we are always at the feet of the son of heaven. Chang 'an has money everywhere, but unfortunately no one wants it. It's no use jumping at home. Hearing this, the dog quickly said, "You always talk nonsense on the kang. Can't you just let me rob and steal? Granny Liu said, "Who told you to steal it?" ? Finally, I will try my best to reduce it for everyone, otherwise the money won't come to our house by itself? "The dog sneered:" Is there a way to wait until now. I don't have any relatives who collect taxes. I'm an official friend. what can I do? If there is, I'm afraid they may not come to us! "

Granny Liu said, "That's not true. Man proposes, God disposes. We have found, with the blessing of Bodhisattva, some opportunities that we don't know about. I'll think of an opportunity for you. On that day, you once became attached to the Wang family in Jinling. Twenty years ago, they thought you were ok. Now, naturally, you are pulling hard shit and refusing to get close to him, so you are alienated. I think my daughter and I went there once. Their second young lady really rings fast and treats people, but she doesn't answer. Now she is the wife of Guo Rongfu's second master Jia. It is said that with the growth of age, more and more sympathy for the poor and the elderly, love to worship monks, love to give money. Now that the palace has been promoted to the border, I'm afraid this second aunt will recognize us. Either you go for a walk or he is nostalgic. There are some benefits, but I don't know. If he is kind, pulling out a hair is thicker than our waist. " Liu said, "You are always right, but you and I are the only faces. How can I get to his door? " . Not first, the people at their door may not want to correspond. If not, go to the world. "

Who knows that a dog's reputation is the most important thing? After hearing this, my heart will be a little active. After listening to his wife's words, he smiled and said, "Since grandma said so, and you have seen the old lady once in those years, why not go there tomorrow and try the limelight first?" Granny Liu said, "Alas! However, I said,' Houmen is as deep as the sea'. What am I, his family doesn't know me? I went there for nothing. " The dog said with a smile, "Why don't I teach you an idea? You take your grandson Banel and go to Zhou Rui, the flower protector. If you meet him, it will be interesting. " This week, Zhou Rui once gave something to my father, and we were excellent. Grandma Liu said, "I know him, too." . I just don't walk around often and know what he looks like now. I don't know, you are a man, and with such a public face, you can't leave naturally. It's hard for us girls to sell our heads and feet, so let's touch them. Sure enough, there are some benefits, which are beneficial to everyone; Even if I have no money, I will go to the back door of that yamen to see the world and live my life. "Say that finish, everyone laughed. It was decided that night.

Before dawn the next day, Granny Liu got up to freshen up and taught Banel a few words. The boy who is only five or six years old knows nothing. He was overjoyed when he heard that Granny Liu was going to show him around the city. So Granny Liu took him into town and found Rong Ning Street. When I came to the Shishi in front of Fu Rong, I saw a bunch of sedan chairs. Grandma Liu dared not go there, brushed her clothes, taught her a few words, and then rubbed against the corner door. I saw a few people sitting on a big bench with their chests folded and their bellies gesticulating, talking about the East and the West. Grandma Liu had to rub it up and ask, "It's a great blessing." They looked at him for a while and then asked, "Where are you from?" Grandma Liu smiled apologetically: "I'm looking for a daughter-in-law to stay with Grandpa Zhou, but I'm afraid Grandpa will ask me out." Those people listened, but they didn't pay attention. The Japanese side said, "You wait far away under that corner, and someone will come out of their house soon." One of the old people said, "Don't blame him wrongly, why play with him?" Because she said to granny Liu, "Grandpa Zhou went to the south that week. He lives in remote areas, but his wife is at home. When you want to find it, just go around the back street from here and ask at the back door. "

Granny Liu thanked her and took Banel out the back door. I saw some business burdens lying in front of the door, some selling food, some selling stubborn things, and thirty or twenty children quarreling there. Grandma Liu grabbed her and said, "Let me ask you, is there Aunt Zhou at home?" The children said, "What about Aunt Zhou? We have three grandmothers and two grandmothers here. I wonder what they do? " Granny Liu said, "It's Zhou Rui's escort." The child said, "This is easy. Come with me. " With that, he led grandma Liu into the back door, pointing to the wall of a yard. "This is her house." "Aunt Zhou, an old lady came to see you. I brought her. "

Hearing this, Zhou Rui's family rushed out and asked, "Who is it?" Grandma Liu hurried to meet her and asked, "Hello, Sister Zhou!" Zhou Rui's wife confessed for a long time and said with a smile, "Hello, Granny Liu! You said, a few years, I forgot. Please come and sit at home. " Grandma Liu walked in the wall and said with a smile, "You always forget things. Where can you remember us?" Say, come to the room. The little girl hired by Zhou Rui's family poured tea. Zhou Rui's wife asked Banel again: "You have grown so big!" Ask something else. He asked Granny Liu, "Did you pass by or come here on purpose today?" Granny Liu said, "I came to see your sister-in-law, and I also paid my respects to your aunt. It would be better if you could show it to me. If you can't, I'll ask my sister-in-law to give my regards. "

Zhou Rui's family guessed the purpose in a few minutes. Just because her husband Zhou Rui was fighting for land, it was the strength of the dog. Now that granny Liu is here, it is hard to get rid of her mind, and secondly, she should show her dignity. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Grandma. Great sincerity is coming. Is there anyone who doesn't teach you to see the real Buddha? Theoretically, someone came to reply, but it had nothing to do with me. We are all the same here: we men only pay the rent in spring and autumn, and take the little man out when we are free. I only care about going out with my wife and grandmother. Because you used to be a relative of your wife, you took me as a person and defected to me, so I will make an exception and send you a message. But there is only one thing that grandma doesn't know. Our place is different from five years ago. Now the wife is not in charge, but the housekeeper of the second wife company. Who do you think this second grandma Lian is? It's my wife's niece, my uncle's daughter, nicknamed Brother Feng. " Granny Liu asked, "It's him! What's so strange about it? I said he was fine the other day. In other words, I must see him today. " Zhou Rui's family said, "It's natural. Now, my wife is very upset. When the guests come, if you can push them away, Miss Feng will be the host. I'd rather not have my wife today, but I want to see him so as not to waste my time. " Grandma Liu said, "Amitabha! The whole nephew is convenient. " Zhou Rui's family said, "That's not true. As the saying goes,' convenience for others is convenience for yourself'. But this is just my sentence. It doesn't hurt me. " Say, I asked my little girl to inquire quietly in the hall, and the old lady set the meal in the room. The little girl went. Here two people chatted some gossip again.

Granny Liu said, "Miss Feng is only twenty years old this year. That's all she has. It is rare to be such a family. " Zhou Rui's wife heard this: "My grandmother, I can't tell you. Although this girl Feng is young, she is older than anyone else in the world. Today, she looks like a beautiful woman. At least, she has 10,000 hearts. If you want to gamble again, ten talking men will say that he is not good. Come back. You believe it when you see it. Only one thing, it is too strict with servants. " Just then, a little girl came back and said, "The dinner is set in the old lady's room, and the second daughter-in-law is in the lady's room." Hearing this, Zhou Rui's wife got up at once and urged Granny Liu to say, "Go, go. It's a loophole for him to eat now. Let's hurry first. If we are late and there are too many people involved, it will be difficult to talk about it. If you take a nap, there will be no time. " Said, got off the kang, washed his clothes, taught Banel a few words, followed Zhou Rui's family to Jia Lian's residence.

Arriving at the inverted hall first, Zhou Rui's wife left Granny Liu there and waited for a while. I first went through the screen and entered the gate. Knowing that Xifeng hadn't come down yet, I first found Pinger, one of her confidants. Zhou Rui's wife first told the story of Granny Liu, and then said, "I came all the way here today to pay my respects. My wife was a regular meeting that day, so I had to see her today, so I brought her. When grandma comes down, I'll explain in detail, and grandma won't blame me for being reckless. " Pinger had an idea: "Call them in and sit here first." Zhou Rui's wife heard this and went out to take them to the hospital. When going to the main building in Taiwan Province, the little girl hung up the scarlet felt curtain before entering the room. I only smell a fragrance, but I don't know what it is. My body is like a cloud. Everything in the room is dazzling and makes people dizzy. Granny Liu just nodded and clicked her lips to recite Buddha at this time. So I went to this room in the east, where Jia Lian's daughter and elder sister slept. Pinger stood on the edge of the kang and looked granny Liu in the eye, so she had to sit down. Grandma Liu saw that Pinger was covered in gold and silver, and she was as beautiful as a fairy. It turned out to be Xifeng. I just wanted to call her aunt, but suddenly I saw that everyone in Zhou Rui's family called her Miss Ping, and Pinger was anxious to call Zhou Rui's aunt, only to know that she was just a decent girl. So granny Liu and Banel got on the kang, Pinger and Zhou Rui's family sat on the edge of the kang, and the little girl poured tea and made tea. Granny Liu only heard the clicking sound, as if hitting the screen window of the basket, and couldn't help looking around. Suddenly, I saw a box hanging on the pillar of the hall. There was something like a heavy object falling down below, but it kept falling down. Grandma Liu thought, "What kind of love is this? What's the use? " Just as he was waiting, he heard a loud noise, like a bronze bell in a golden bell jar, which could not help but show his eyes. Then eight or nine times in a row. When Fang wanted to ask, I saw little girls running around and saying, "Grandma is coming down." Heping son of Zhou Rui's family stood up and said to Grandma Liu, "Wait, it's our turn to invite you." Say, all meet out.

Granny Liu listened silently. I heard someone laughing in the distance. About ten or twenty women, their clothes rustling, gradually entered the main room and went to another room. I saw two or three women, all holding big paint boxes, coming in and waiting. I heard the word "order rice" over there, and gradually the talents dispersed, and only a few people served. After a long silence, I suddenly saw two people carrying a kang table and putting it on the kang here. The food on the table is still full of fish, just moved. Banel saw it and clamored for meat, so Granny Liu slapped him. Suddenly I saw Zhou Rui's smiling face coming and beckoned him. Granny Liu understood, so she took Banel off the kang and went to the main room. Zhou Rui's wife cooed with him for a while before she came to this room.

I saw a soft curtain of safflower hanging on the copper hook outside the door, a kang under the south window, a red felt strip on the kang, a lock brocade backrest and pillow standing on the east wall, a gold heart green satin mattress and a carved lacquer sputum box next to it. That Feng, always dressed in autumn clothes and mink, a beaded coat, a pink striped coat, an azurite carved squirrel cloak and a red crepe silver mouse leather skirt, sat upright, holding a small copper stove grate in his hand, to stir up the dust in the stove. Pinger stood on the edge of the kang, holding a small tea tray with a small cover clock in it. Feng didn't drink tea or look up. She just dusted the stove and asked slowly, "Why don't you come in?" As he spoke, he raised his body to ask for tea, only to see Zhou Rui's family standing underground with two people. I am so busy that I want to get up. Before I got up, I said hello with a big smile on my face. I was angry that Zhou Ruigu didn't say so earlier. Grandma Liu has been to the subway several times to greet her aunt's health. Xifeng said quickly, "Sister Zhou, help me up quickly. Do not worship. Please sit down. I am young and don't know much about it, but I don't know which generation it is, so I dare not call. " Zhou Rui's family quickly replied: "This is my grandmother who just returned." Xifeng nodded. Granny Liu is already sitting on the edge of the kang. Banel hid behind him and tried to coax him out to bow, but he refused to die.

Feng said with a smile, "My relatives don't move around very often. They are distant. What do you know? You bother us and refuse to come often. The little man who doesn't know is like no one in our eyes. " Grandma Liu hurried to recite the Buddha and said, "Our family is too difficult to walk. When we come here, we don't have to call our aunt. Even the housekeeper is not like a man. " Feng said with a smile: "This is not disgusting. However, relying on my grandfather's name, I became a poor official. Who has what? Just an old skeleton. As the saying goes, there are three poor relatives in the imperial court, not to mention you and me. " Said, and asked whether Zhou Rui's wife had come back. Zhou Rui's family said, "Now wait for grandma's instructions." "Go and have a look," said Xifeng. "If someone has something to do, just stop. If they have time, they will come back to see what to say. " Zhou Rui's family promised to go.

Here, Feng asked people to catch some fruits to eat. Just when she asked some gossip, there was a lot of dialogue between the daughters-in-law in charge. When Pinger came back, Xi-feng said, "I came with the guests. I will come back at night. If it's important, you can do it now. " Pinger went out, then came in and said, "I've asked all about it. There was nothing urgent, so I told them to go. " Xifeng nodded. When Zhou Rui's family came back, she said to Xi 'an, "Madam said that we are not free today, and so is the second daughter. Thank you for taking the trouble to think. Just for nothing. If you have anything to say, just tell second grandma. All the same. " Grandma Liu said, "I didn't say much either. I just came to see my aunt, my aunt, and my relatives. " Zhou Rui's wife said, "Don't say anything. If you have anything to say, just tell the second wife. Just like a mistress. " As he spoke, he winked at Granny Liu. Granny Liu understood, blushed before she spoke, trying to keep silent. Why did she come today? I had to endure shame and say, "When I first met my aunt today, I shouldn't have said anything. I came all the way to your old place, and I have something to say. " Just then, I heard the pages at the second door say, "My uncle in the East Room came in." Xifeng quickly stopped granny Liu: "Needless to say." At the same time, he asked, "Where is your uncle Rong?" Just listening to the sound of boots and footsteps all the way, a boy of seventeen or eighteen came in, with a handsome face, wearing a light fur belt and a beautiful costume. Grandma Liu is sitting or standing at this time, and there is nowhere to hide. Feng smiled and said, "Sit down. This is my nephew. " Granny Liu sat down on the edge of the kang.

Jia Rong said with a smile, "My father sent me to beg my aunt, saying that the glass kang screen that my aunt gave me last time will be borrowed for an important guest tomorrow." "It's a day late," said Xifeng. "I gave it to someone yesterday." Hearing this, Jia Rong grinned and knelt on the edge of the kang and said, "Aunt, if you don't borrow it, just say that I can't speak, and I will be beaten. Aunt, think of it as a poor nephew. " Feng smiled and said, "I didn't see you either. Is everything all right with the Wangs? You have those good things there, but you can't see them. Those who are partial to me are good. " Jia Rong smiled and said, "It's good to have this! Just ask for mercy. " "Touch it," said Xi-feng, "and be careful to skin it!" Pinger was ordered to take the key to the building and sent some serious people to get it. Jia Rongxi beamed and said, "I'll bring someone to get it myself. Don't let them touch it." Then he got up and went out.

Speaking of this, Feng suddenly remembered something and called out of the window, "Brother Rong, come back." A few people outside replied, "Uncle Rong, come back quickly." Jia Rong quickly turned around and stood down to listen to any instructions. Xi-feng ate her tea slowly, lost in thought for a long time, and said with a smile, "That's all. Go ahead. Let's talk after dinner. There are still people at the moment, and I have no spirit. " Jia Rong should be a sound, and slowly recede.

Granny Liu said calmly, "I brought your nephew here today, not because his old mother is at home and doesn't even have food." If it is cold today, the more I feel that I have no style, and I have to bring your nephew to support you. " Then he pushed the board and said, "How did your father teach you to come home? Send us to do evil things? Just eat fruit. " -Feng has understood. Hearing that he was speechless, she stopped laughing and said, "Needless to say, I get it." Because he asked Zhou Rui's family, "I wonder if this grandmother can have breakfast?" Grandma Liu quickly said, "I came here early in the morning, and I still have time to eat." Hearing this, Feng ordered a fast food. At that time, Zhou Rui's wife sent a table for dinner, put it in the East Room, and came to meet Granny Liu and Banel for dinner. "Sister Zhou, please make room for me," said Xi-feng. I can't accompany you. " So he came to the east room. I called Zhou Rui's family again and asked him what he said before returning to his wife. Zhou Rui's family said: "My wife said that their family is not a family, but because of the surname, she became an official with her grandfather in the same year and accidentally joined the clan. I haven't moved much in recent years. They came once, but they were not available. It is his kindness to come to see us today, and we should not drag him down. If you have something to say, just ask grandma to cut it. " Feng Dao: "I tell you, since I am a family, I don't know anything."

While speaking, Granny Liu had finished eating and pulled Baner over. : Thank you for smacking your lips. Feng smiled and said, "Please sit down and listen to me. I already know what I meant just now. If it was a relative, it should have been done without waiting for the door. But now the chores at home are too annoying, and my wife is old, which is unexpected at the moment. The situation is that I have been in charge of some things recently and I don't know these relatives. Second, although it looks fierce and magnificent outside, I don't know that there is a big and difficult place, and I may not believe it when I tell people. Today, since you have come a long way, this is the first time you have seen me speak. How can you go back empty-handed? As it happens, my wife made clothes for my maid yesterday, and I haven't moved it yet. If you don't think it's too small, just hold it for the time being. "

Grandma Liu's heart swelled when she heard that it was difficult to complain, but when she was given twenty taels, she was tickled with joy and said, "Alas, I know it is difficult, too. But as the saying goes,' a thin camel is bigger than a horse', and with him, you always pull hair thicker than our waist! " Zhou Rui's family saw his rudeness and just winked at him. Xi Feng saw it and smiled, ignoring it. Only Pinger was ordered to bring yesterday's bag of silver and a load of silver to Granny Liu. "This is two hundred and twenty pieces of silver," said Xifeng. "Make a winter coat for the child for the time being. If you don't accept it, it is really my fault. Use this money to rent a car. Come and see if you have nothing to do another day. That's what relatives mean. It's getting late. It's worth keeping you. Say hello when you go home. " As he spoke, he stood up.

Granny Liu was just grateful, took the money and went outside with Zhou Rui's family. Zhou Rui's family said, "My mother! Why didn't you say anything when you saw him? Open your mouth and it will be your nephew. If I say that I am not afraid of your annoyance, I will kiss my nephew, but I will speak softly. Uncle Rong is his serious nephew. How did he run out of such a nephew again? " Grandma Liu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I can't love him enough when I meet him. What's there to talk about?" They said, and went to Zhou Rui's house to sit for a while. Grandma Liu will leave a piece of silver to buy fruit with Zhou Rui's children, but Zhou Rui's family insists. Granny Liu thanked her very much and left through the back door. To be exact:

When you are proud, you are easy to help, and you are more grateful than your relatives and friends.