Chapter 53 of A Dream of Red Mansions

Fifty-third back to Ningguo Mansion, New Year's Eve Sacrifice to Ancestral Temple, Guo Rongfu, Lantern Festival, Banquet.

Seeing that Qingwen had mended the bird's hair and Baoyu was tired, he ordered the little girl to fight for him and beat each other for a while. It was already dawn after dinner, and he didn't go out, so he called the doctor quickly. Once, Wang Dong came, felt his pulse and thought, "The situation was better yesterday. How to fight against emptiness and shrink up today? Do we dare to eat too much? " Otherwise, it's hard to think. Exogenous diseases have been cleared, and there is no aftercare after sweating. This is a very serious matter. "As he spoke, he went out and wrote a prescription. When Baoyu saw it, he had reduced all the drugs to dispel evil spirits, and only added some drugs such as Poria, Rehmannia and Angelica. Baoyu quickly ordered it fried and sighed, "What a pity! If there is anything good or bad, it is my fault. Qingwen slept on the pillow and said, "Good grandpa! You do what you want, and you will get consumption there. Baoyu had no choice but to go. "。 He said he was ill and didn't come back for half a day. Qingwen's illness is more serious, but fortunately, he used to be a man who was not afraid of power, but later he ate lightly, so he was hungry. The secret of the custom in this Jia Zhai, no matter up or down, is only a slight cold cough, and hunger is always the main thing, followed by others. After several days of double repair, it gradually improved. Recently, all the sisters in the garden are cooking in their own rooms, which is very convenient for cooking and eating. Baoyu can change his mind and ask Tang for mediation, without going into details.

She came back after the attack on her mother's funeral. Musk told Zhui Er of Pinger Ma Song that Qingwen had driven her out. She also returned to Baoyu one by one. Nothing was said about her attack, except that she was too impatient. Because Li Wan caught a cold from time to time, Mrs. Xing was angry again. She used to wait for medicine every morning and evening, so Aunt Li's brother took Aunt Li and Wen Li to Li Qi's house for a few days.

It's the twelfth lunar month, approaching the end of the year. Mrs. Wang and Feng are in charge of the annual customs. It has been promoted to nine provinces of ceremony-keeping, and it has been awarded to Vice Military Counselor Fu, which is no problem.

Besides, Jia Zhen's side, the ancestral temple was opened, people cleaned it up, packed up the offerings, invited the Lord of God, and went to the house to prepare the hanging of the original statue. At this time, Rong Ning's second house was busy inside and outside. Today, Madam You got up in Ningfu to buy a needle and thread for Jia Rong's wife. Just then, a maid came in with a tea tray to see the old man off and said, "Xinger, go back to the old lady. * * * A total of 220 dice were poured. " You Shi, pass it up. You's took a look, and there are also plum blossom styles, begonia styles, pen ingots, and spring eight treasures. You ordered: "Put this away and tell him to hand in the silver dice quickly." The girl agreed to go.

Jia Zhen came in for dinner, and Jia Rong's wife withdrew. Jia Zhen asked You Shi, "Did you get the reward for the New Year?" You Shi said, "Send Rong Er to prison today." Jia Zhen said, "Although our family didn't wait for the two pieces of silver, it was more or less the favor of the emperor. We closed it early and showed it to the old lady over there. We paid for it from our ancestors. We are afraid to give our ancestors 12 thousand silver, but we are not as decent as this one and know how to be grateful. Except for one or two families like us. The real emperor is magnanimous and considerate. " You's way: "Exactly."

Just then, someone came back: "Brother is coming". Jia Zhen asked him to come in. Jia Rong came in with a small yellow cloth bag. Jia Zhen said, "Why did you come to this day?" Jia Rong smiled apologetically and replied, "I didn't go to the library of Guanglu Temple today, because I went to Guanglu Temple again, so I got it. All the officials in Guanglu Temple say hello to my father. Either you miss my things or you miss my wine. " As he spoke, he looked at the yellow cloth pocket, on which were printed four characters of "Emperor Yong En Tin", and on the other side there was a sign of the priest of the temple of the Ministry of Rites, and a line of small characters was written, which read: "Ning Guogong Yan Jiarong and Guo Guogong Jia Yuanen gave you a * * * two-cent spring festival, and the online banking was converted into a certain amount of two cents, and the dragon was forbidden to be a standby.

Jia Zhen ate, washed and finished, changed his boots and hats, ordered Jia Rong to bring money, returned to Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Xing, went home and took out the money, and ordered Jia Rong to burn his pockets in the ancestral temple furnace. He also ordered Jia Rong to say, "Go and ask your second aunt if the date for drinking in the first month has been set. If so, please study and make it clear. " Not to mention that we are not careful, it is like two families are afraid of trouble and have agreed to make a fake love. "Jia Rong promised to the past. At that time, he was holding a date table for inviting people to eat New Year's wine. Jia Zhen read it and gave it to Lai Sheng, telling people to ignore this day. Because he watched the attendants carry the screen in the hall, he wiped several boxes of gold and silver supplies. I saw those pages coming back with posts and accounts in their hands.

Jia Zhen said, "The old executioner just came today." Jia Rong said, holding an invitation and a household registration book, and began to hold it. Jia Zhen put his hands on his back and saw the red invitation in Jia Rong's hand saying, "Head of the Wu family, meet your grandfather, Grandma Jin and Miss Jin. I am very happy in the New Year. I am proud and safe, and I am rising and rising. All the best. " Jia Zhen laughed. Just take a chance. When I was busy unfolding the list, I saw it read: "Thirty big deer, fifty roe deer, fifty roe deer, twenty Siamese pigs, twenty soup pigs, twenty dragon pigs, twenty wild boars, twenty domestic wax pigs, twenty wild sheep, twenty green sheep, twenty domestic soup sheep and twenty domestic wind sheep. 200 pairs of rabbits, 20 pairs of claws, 20 Jin of deer tendon, 50 Jin of sea cucumber, 50 Jin of deer tongue, 50 Jin of beef tongue, 20 Jin of dried clams, two sacks of hazelnuts, pine nuts, peaches, apricots, 50 pairs of prawns, 200 Jin of shrimp skin, 1 Jin of silver frost charcoal, 2 Jin of medium charcoal, 30,000 Jin of firewood and Yutian rouge rice. All kinds of silver for livestock are worth 2520 yuan. Under the outer gate, brothers and sisters are enshrined: two pairs of live deer, four pairs of live white rabbits, four pairs of black rabbits, two pairs of live golden chickens and two pairs of west ducks. "

Jia Zhen asked him to come in. After a while, Wu Jin came and kowtowed in the yard. Jia Zhen ordered someone to pull him up and said with a smile, "You are still tough." Wu smiled and said, "Thanks to your grandfather, you can still walk." Jia Zhen said, "Your son is old, so it's okay to ask him to walk." Wu smiled and said, "To tell you the truth, children. After all, I am young and afraid of accidents on the road. They can rest assured in a few years. " Jia Zhen said, "How long have you been gone?" Wujin filial piety: "Go back to my grandfather. It's snowing heavily this year. It's four or five feet deep outside. It suddenly turned warm the day before yesterday, and it was difficult to walk on the road, which delayed for a few days. Although you have been away for a month and two days, you are worried because of the limited time, so you are not in a hurry. " Jia Zhen said, "I don't know why you didn't come today. I just read the list, and you are here this year. " This year's years are really bad. It rained in March, and it didn't clear up for five consecutive days until August. In September, a bowl of hail covered nearly 1300 miles, and people brought houses and livestock food, injuring thousands of people. So I dare not lie. "Jia Zhen frowned." I calculated that you have at least 5200 pieces of silver, which is enough to do! Now you only have eight or nine Zhuangzi, but this year two places reported droughts and floods. You are bravado. It's really good to teach you not to celebrate the New Year again. "Wujin filial piety:" My place is not bad! My brother is only over a hundred miles away from my home, but this is a big difference. He is now in charge of eight estates in that family, several times more than mine. That's all this year, but there are two or three thousand two hundred more, and there is still a famine. Jia Zhen said, "Yes, I can do it here. It's nothing serious. It's just a year's expense. "。 Save some money if you are wronged. Moreover, this year will be saved. "Wu said with a smile," although things have been added to the house now, the empress and long live the grandfather will not reward them! "Jia Zhen smiled at Jia Rong and others." Listen, is this ridiculous? Jia Rong and others laughed quickly. "You people on the mountain and the sea don't know this." . Did the queen give us the emperor's books? "Even if he has this idea, he can't decide. Is there any reason not to reward? Arriving at the festival on time is just some antique satin. If you reward silver, it will be 120 gold, which is only worth 1200 silver, enough for one year? In the past two years, I haven't paid thousands of dollars more! The first year, mothering even built a garden. You can work out how much it is worth. If I go to visit my relatives in two years, I am afraid I will be poor. " Jia Zhen smiled and said, "So they are honest bookmakers, and they don't know what's going on outside. Cedar is a hammer, and it is difficult to be decent outside. " Jia Rong smiled at Jia Zhen again. Want to steal from the old lady as money? "Jia Zhen laughed." That's your ghost. It's so poor there. He must have seen too many connections and really lost a lot of money. I don't know which to save. Let people know how poor they are first. I have an abacus in my heart, but it's not that bad. "He said, and ordered people to take wu out, ok.

Here Jia Zhen ordered to keep all the things just now for his ancestors, and took some of them himself, and ordered Jia Rong to send them to Fu Rong. Then I stayed at home for my own use, and the rest sent examples, piled up under the podium one by one, and ordered someone to call my son and nephew. Then Fu Rong also sent many things to his ancestors and Jia Zhen's things. Jia Zhen looked at the complete supplies, shoes, shoes. Who sent you here? Jia Qin lowered his hand and said, "I didn't wait for the master to ask us to get something. "。 Jia Zhen said, "I gave this thing to you idle little uncles and brothers. "。 I gave it to you in those two years when you were free. Now you are in charge of the house, and you are in charge of the monks in the temple. You made an exception in January, and all the money for these monks came from you. See for yourself, you dress like a moneymaker? I said you didn't get any benefits before. What's wrong now? It's not like before. Jia Qin said, "My family has a large population, and it costs a lot. Jia Zhen sneered: "You still prevaricate me." . I'm sorry, I don't know what you did in the temple at home. When you get there, you will naturally be grandpa, and no one dares to disobey you. If you have money in your hand and are far away from us, you will dominate for the king and gather bandits to gamble every night. If I can't get anything, I'll get a water pole. I'll tell your uncle Lian to change it for you after the New Year. "Jia Qin blushed and didn't dare to promise. The man replied, "The water master of the North House sent a pair of couplets, and here comes the purse. Hearing this, Jia Zhen ordered Jia Rong to go out for dinner, saying only that I was not at home. "。 "When Jia Rong arrived, Jia Zhen watched and collected the things. .

It's the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, and there are all kinds of colors. The door gods of the two families have been changed, connected and listed, and the peach charms have also been oiled. Ningguo House has taken on a new look. From the gate, the instrument gate, the hall, the Nuange, the inner hall and the inner three doors, the inner instrument gate is plugged in, and all the way to the main hall, the front door is wide open, with scarlet on both sides, like two golden dragons. When I came back from the banquet, I went to Ningguo House to warm my sedan chair. All the children who didn't accompany you to North Korea waited in line in front of Ningfu Mansion, and then they were introduced to the ancestral temple. Let's say that Baoqin is the first time, while getting to know this ancestral hall carefully. It turns out that there are five gates in the black oil fence of another courtyard in the west of Ningfu, with a plaque hanging on it, saying "Jia's Ancestral Hall" and a book "Duke Kong Jizong" attached.

The liver and brain are smeared everywhere, and Zhao' s surname depends on the grace of self-restraint.

It is famous all over the world, and it was also written by the Duke of Feast. Into the yard, white stone on both sides of the pine and cypress. On the platform, there are turquoise bronze Ding Yi and other appliances. On the front of Baoxia, there is a gold plaque in Kowloon, which reads: "Xinghui Fu Bi". This is the imperial pen of the first emperor. There is a couplet on each side, which reads:

Merits shine like the sun and the moon, and fame and fortune are endless. It is also an imperial pen. In front of the five halls, there is a green plaque written by Yi Long, which reads: "Be cautious in the end and pursue the distance". Next to it is a couplet that reads:

Li Shu studied in Rong Ning since he was a child. They are all imperial pens. There are brilliant incense sticks and embroidered curtains. Although I have listed the gods, I can't see them clearly. I saw that the Jia family members were divided into Zhao Mu: Jia Jing was the main sacrifice, Jia She accompanied the sacrifice, Jia Zhen presented the title, Jia Cong presented silks, Baoyu held incense, Jia Chang and Jia Ling exhibited carpets, guarded the burning pool, and played music in Tsing Yi. There are also several axes of ancestral relics on both sides. Jia You and Jia Zhi stood in a row from the Inner Instrument Gate until they reached the porch of the main hall. Outside the sill is Jia Jing Jia She, and inside the sill is a maid-in-waiting. All the servants are outside the instrument door. Every dish arrived at Yimen. Jia You and Jia Zhi took it and handed it to Jia Jing on the steps one by one. Jia Rong is the eldest son of a big family. Fang Chuan reached Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang handed it to Mrs. Jia, who held it on the table. Mrs. Xing stood on the west side of the altar and on the east side, offering sacrifices with Mrs. Jia. Until the vegetable rice soup passed, Jia Cai stepped down to the previous level in Jia Qin. Next to the text, Jia Jing took the lead, followed by Yu and Jia Zhen, and then Cao and Jia Rong. Inside and outside the veranda, there are many flowers and no gaps. All was silent, except tinkling, jingling of golden bells and kneeling boots. After the ceremony, Jia Jing Jia She and others hurried out, waiting for Fu Rong to salute the old lady.

You's building has already been covered with a red blanket, and there is a elephant-trunk three-legged loach next to the gilded enamel brazier. On the front kang, there is a new scarlet blanket and a backrest pillow embroidered with red Yunlong. Outside, there is a black fox skin covering it, and a big white fox skin is placed on the mattress, so Jia Jia is invited to sit on it. Both sides are covered with leather plates, which let two or three sisters-in-law of Jia's generation. They are all squirrel chairs of the same color, and there is a big copper foot stove under each chair so that Baoqin and other sisters can sit down. You's tea tray is for drinking tea. Mrs. Rong and all the old ladies use it together, and then you and Mrs. Xing drink tea, and Mrs. Rong and all the sisters use it together. Xifeng, Li Wan and others had to wait underground. After tea, Mrs. Xing and others got up first to wait on Grandmother Jia. Jia mu and the old lady have tea together. Xi-feng said with a smile, "Let's go home and have dinner. Leave him alone." The old lady smiled and said, "You are busy with your ancestors here. You can't let me be busy there. Besides, if I don't eat it every year, you should give it to them. Better send them back. I can't eat, I'll eat tomorrow. " Everyone smiled a little.

Here, the car leaves the gate. On this street, the etiquette deacons of Ning Guogong are listed on the east side, and those of Rong Guogong are listed on the west side, so pedestrians can't retreat from here. When I came to Fu Rong for a period of time, it was also the main hall of the gate. Now I don't get off at Nuange. After crossing the hall, I turned west and got on and off at Jia's stall. The crowd gathered around and came to Jia's main hall. Embroidered screen, brand new. The local brazier is burning with pine and cypress incense and lily grass. When the old lady returned to her seat, the old mammy said back and forth, "The old ladies have come to salute." The old lady got up to meet her again, only to see two or three old sisters-in-law come in. Everyone held hands and laughed for a while and let her go once. After drinking tea, the old lady only sent her to the inner door and came back. The women went through the ceremony together. The top seats are set on the left and right sides, and then return to the seats in turn according to age. The male and female servants of the two houses also bowed down according to their attendants, sprinkled money, purses, gold and silver shovel, and set up a lovesickness banquet. Men and women returned to the west and sat down, offering Tu Su wine, acacia soup, auspicious fruits and wishful cakes. There are also big horn lights at the main entrance of the Grand View Garden, and street lamps are everywhere. People up and down all dressed up with flowers. All night, people were noisy, laughing and cursing, and firecrackers were ringing in an endless stream. On the fifth drum the next day, the Lady Dowager and others all dressed up according to the products, and put all the deacons in the palace to congratulate them and wish the Spring Festival a happy and prosperous time. Come back to Ningfu to worship your ancestors. Or play chess with sisters such as Baoyu, Baoqin, Chai and Yu. Mrs. Wang and Xifeng are busy treating people to New Year's wine every day. The upper courtyard of the hall is filled with opera wine, and relatives and friends are in an endless stream. They have been busy for seven or eight days. As early as the Lantern Festival is coming, two houses in Rong Ning are hung with lanterns. On the 11th, Jia She invited Jia, and the next day, Jia Zhen invited them to pick them up for a long time. Jia ordered a few seats of wine, a little play, hung all kinds of beautiful lights in the big drawing room, and led the second house's grandson, granddaughter, granddaughter's wife and other family banquets. Jia Sujing refused to drink or invite him. /kloc-after the ancestor worship on 0/7, he still went out of the city to cultivate himself. Then at home these days, it is also a quiet room, and there is no sound, not to mention. Jia forgive me.

Here, there are more than a dozen seats on the * * * of Jia Mu's flower room. There are one or more beside each seat, and there are three things on the stove, which burn the royal lily palace incense. There are also eight-inch-long, four-five-inch-wide, two-three-inch-high, stone-burned and moss-covered bonsai, all of which are flowers. There are also small painted tea trays with old kiln cups and ten brocade tea pendants, all of which are finely crafted tea leaves. A wreath embroidered with red yarn and cursive poems. It turned out that it was also a Gusu girl named Huiniang who embroidered these wreaths. Because he is also a scholar, he is good at painting and calligraphy, but he accidentally embroidered one or two stitches, which is fun and not sold in the market. All the flowers embroidered on this screen imitate the branches of Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. Or poems and songs are different, all of them are cursive characters embroidered with black velvet, and the handwriting is no different from cursive, turning, light or heavy, or even broken. It is not as hateful as the city embroidery writing board. Although he doesn't rely on this skill for profit, he knows very little in the world, and there are many people in the world who don't have this kind of thing. Today, it is called "emblem embroidery". Recently, people with secular interests are imitating their stitches. Now I can't find another one. All houses, even one or two, do not need to be treasured. Some gentlemen of Hanlin literati deeply cherish the beauty of "emblem embroidery" and say that the word "embroidery" can't be perfect, so it seems abrupt to say the word "embroidery" by hand, so everyone discussed hiding it and changing it. Only two or three pieces. Last year, these two works were put on the table. Now, there are only the wreaths and sixteen fans. Grandmother regarded it as a treasure, so she enjoyed the wine alone. There are also flowers and plants such as "Three Friends in the Cold Year" and "Jade Hall and Wealth" dotted in various old kiln vials.

The two seats above are two aunts, Li and Xue. In the east, Old Lady Jia set up a short couch with a carved dragon screen, with a pillow and a leather mattress on the backrest. At one end of the couch, there is an extremely light golden table with a tea rack, a tea bowl, mouthwash, foreign towels and so on, and a glasses case. Old lady Jia leaned on the couch, smiled with everyone, and took her glass and went on stage. Let me accompany you askew. "Because I ordered Amber to sit on the sofa and punch her in the leg with a beauty. There is no table under the couch, only a tall table, but there is a wreath vase, incense burner and other things. There was a small table with a glass spoon and chopsticks outside, so I stood up next to the sofa and told Baoqin, Xiangyun, Daiyu and Baoyu to sit down. Only the four of them sat with Jia Mu. So here are Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, followed by the wives of You Shi, Li Wan, Xi Feng and Jia Rong. On the west are Baochai, Wenli, Liqi, Xiuyan and Yingchun sisters. On both sides of the beam, there is a pair of three-poly five-glass hibiscus flower ear lamp couplets. A painted handle is erected in front of each seat to hang the lotus leaf upside down. This is especially true when the lamp shadow is forced all the way out to watch the play. The door panels are taken off together, and all kinds of palace lanterns are hung. The verandahs inside and outside the cornice and on both sides are covered with various angles, glass, yarn, silk, embroidery, painting, stacking, picking, silk or paper lamps. Jia Zhen, Jia Lian and Jia Huan are sitting on the veranda.

Grandmother Jia also sent people to invite men and women of all ethnic groups, but some of them were too old and lazy, or no one at home was inconvenient to come, or they were entangled in illness, and they couldn't come if they wanted to, or they were jealous of the rich and ashamed of the poor, or even afraid to get angry because they were afraid of Xi Feng's behavior, or they were ashamed of their mouths and feet and were not used to meeting people. Therefore, although there are many nationalities, the female guest is only Jia Jun's mother. Four people in Jia Ling are now working under Feng's command. Although there are not enough people at present, the number of family banquets is still quite lively. When Lin Zhixiao's wife brought her six daughters-in-law, she carried three kang tables, each of which was covered with a red carpet. There are copper coins selected from general news on the carpet, strung together with red ropes, one for every two people. * * * Three. Send one to grandmother Jia's couch. "Stay here," said Grandmother Jia. Daughters-in-law all know the rules. They put down the table, opened all the money, pulled out colored ropes and piled them on the table. Singing & gt After this trip, Uncle Yu went out in a rage, saying, "You went out in a rage, which happened to be the fifteenth day of the first month today. It is very important for me to get on this horse and go in and ask for some fruit. " With that, Jia and others all laughed. Aunt Xue and others all said, "What the hell! Poor thing. " Feng said: "The child is only nine years old." Grandmother Jia said with a smile, "He's clever, but it's also difficult." She said the word "reward". The three daughters-in-law had already prepared a dustpan and put it under her hand. Hearing the word "reward", they went to the pile of loose money on the table and each took a dustpan. As he spoke, he threw it on the stage, only to hear the noise of money everywhere on the stage. Jia Zhen and Jia Lian asked the pages to bring a lot of money and prepare it there secretly. When they heard the old lady's reward, they should know the ending-