Love in the Red Chamber

Chapter 146 Second Maid, Wang Xifeng Mantou Temple
Although Qin Zhong grew up in the countryside in his previous life, he had never seen a spinning wheel in his life.There was even a time when the spinning wheel was confused with the loom.

After looking at it now, I realized that the spinning wheel is a device for pulling cotton, linen, silk and other materials into threads.The loom is to weave the thread made by the spinning wheel into cloth.

The two are completely different devices.

Originally, he wanted to use his modern knowledge to see if he could improve it, but after careful study, he discovered that the spinning wheel... Although it is not big, it even looks very simple, and it is only made of multiple wooden blocks.

But... there are specializations in the art industry.

With his ability, he can't improve at all.

How did Qin Zhong know that the development of the spinning wheel has not changed much for thousands of years. Even in the industrial age, only steam power and electricity have replaced manpower.The principle has not changed, but the power is stronger, the force is more uniform, the equipment is more refined and other improvements.

The spinning wheel is the foundation of rural women's livelihood, because the equipment is relatively simple and easy to make, so that almost every household in the countryside has its own spinning wheel.As for the loom for weaving, it can only be shared by a few families, or it is unique to the households with a little surplus.

Qin Zhong is still lamenting that he has too little knowledge.

But Jia Baoyu had already stepped forward, apologizing to the village girl who entered the room and saying, "I've never seen this before, so I'll give it a try."

Qin Zhong just raised his head and looked at the seventeen or eighteen-year-old village girl.

I saw that her clothes were cleaner and more decent than the girls and women in this village.The appearance is also more delicate, and the face is as fair as the girls and young ladies of the rich family, and she doesn't look like the daughter of the farm.

The most surprising thing is that kind of spirit, which is completely different from the village girls I met on the road before.There was no flattering or pleasing look on her face, but a hint of annoyance on her face, which softened a little after listening to everyone's explanation.

The girl said: "How can you do this! Stand up and let me spin for you to see."

Qin Zhong, Baoyu and the others dispersed in a hurry, and saw the girl getting on the kang with agility.Sitting on the kang, she turned the spinning wheel with one hand and gently pulled the spindle with the other.

"It's not the same as what was shown on TV!" Qin Zhong murmured to himself, but he was really pulled into a thread just like that after watching Miansi.

Not only was he surprised, Jia Baoyu's face was also excited.They are really like two bumpkins who have never seen the world!

Qin Zhong also took advantage of this time to observe the girl carefully, and vaguely guessed the identity of the other party - the second girl.

The mysterious second girl!

In terms of appearance, it is not as good as Qin Keqing, Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu and others.But if she dresses up a bit, Ruizhu, Baozhu and others may not be able to compare with her, even Xiren, Sheyue and others may not be able to beat her.

Because he was curious about the mysterious color presented by Er Yatou in the original novel, Qin Zhong couldn't help but take a closer look at the room.The room is simple and unremarkable, and it is no different from other houses in the village, except that it is cleaner and tidy.

When I moved my eyes to Baoyu, I saw that the boy Baoyu was fascinated by the way the girl was spinning.

Just at this moment, an old woman suddenly called out: "Second girl, come here!"

Hearing this, the second girl left the spinning wheel and went straight to the old woman.

Qin Zhong took a few glances at the old woman, only to see a yellow face with white hair, and a snow jacket with patches on the cuffs, collar, and skirt.The old woman gave them a wary look, and hurriedly dragged the second girl away.

The little servant laughed and said, "Strange things are rare!"

Jia Baoyu looked disappointed and bored.Just when Wang Xifeng sent someone to tell the two of them to come over, Qin Zhong had no choice but to leave the house with Baoyu and enter the thatched cottage with some doubts.

I saw that Wang Xifeng had changed her clothes at this time, and she looked like a noble and dignified grandma again.

Wang Xifeng asked, "Do you change your clothes?"

Qin Zhong didn't have any clothes to change, and shook his head lightly.Seeing this, Baoyu didn't change.The two just shook the ashes off their bodies and sat down with Wang Xifeng.

Long ago, servants and wives brought teapots, teacups, brocade drawers, and various snacks along with them.

After the three of them have eaten, they will continue to get on the horse and board the carriage.Qin Zhong finally couldn't suppress the question in his heart, and asked Wang Xifeng to call an old woman from the village.

Qin Zhong asked: "Who is that second girl who lives next door?"

With such words, Jia Baoyu's face suddenly became tense and looked at Qin Zhong.Wang Xifeng also showed curiosity, suspicious and annoyed, only felt that Qin Zhong, a bastard, had committed evil intentions because of his lust.

Qin Zhong hurriedly said: "Why is my good sister looking at me like this? It's just that I ran into that girl with Baoyu just now, and I don't think she's from the village. I'm just a little curious."

The suspicious look on Wang Xifeng's face did not change, but she also turned to ask the old woman.

The old woman replied with emotion: "This young man has sharp eyes after all, and that involves a rare incident. It turns out that the second girl was originally a lady from a wealthy family in the capital, but her family suffered a sudden defeat more than ten years ago, and the second girl was almost killed. Fortunately, Mrs. Liu has some connections with their family, and she has received favors from her mother, so she sold the family property and got it back from her uncle."

Wang Xifeng frowned for a while, and said: "Is there such a rare thing in the world?"

Qin Zhong's heart was already overwhelmed, and he gave Wang Xifeng a strange look.He asked again: "Is there no one else in her family? After the uncle got the money, he never came again?"

The old woman replied: "Her uncle has no foundation and is not a local. After her family was defeated, she got money and went back to the southern province. She has never been here since. Her family also broke up early. Liu The old lady has gone to look for her uncles and relatives many times. It's a pity that those people died and scattered, and only one crazy second uncle is still alive."

"Crazy Second Uncle?" Xu Shi heard the word 'two', and Jia Baoyu suddenly asked curiously.

The old woman replied: "I also listened to the gossip of the master of the village. Her second uncle turned out to be a wealthy son, but the family broke up before he got married. Unable to bear the blow, he lost his mind and went crazy. Later, every day She only held a few broken fans as rare treasures, and didn’t care about anything. Even though she knew her niece was here, she never came to see her.”

Everyone sighed.

The old woman said again: "It's no wonder her second uncle. He is a rich man who lost his family and livelihood all of a sudden, and it's hard for him to live on his own. His mind is sometimes clear and sometimes cloudy, so how can he take care of his niece? He didn't starve to death by himself, It’s been a great fortune.”

Qin Zhong's expression became more and more strange as he listened, and he asked curiously, "What's their family's original name?"

The old woman sighed: "The surname is Shi. It is said that it has the same surname as the mansion of Shan Guo, who is close to the nobleman, but it is a pity that they are not from the same family."

Jia Baoyu shook his head and said, "I have never heard of this family's deeds."

Wang Xifeng was also slightly moved. "Families all over the world are going to be up and down on a whim, who can predict it. Even inside and outside of Shenjing City, there are countless people who lose every day, and countless sects that rise every day."

After Qin Zhong heard this, he felt that the two girls were quite similar to the experience of Wang Xifeng's eldest daughter in the original book.Sighed: "Just now I saw Mrs. Liu from a distance, but I didn't expect her to be such a loving person."

Jia Baoyu laughed immediately when he heard this, and said, "Jingqing is also a kind person. Hearing about Mrs. Liu, I suddenly admire him."

Can you not admire it?
Selling property just to save an outsider who is not related by blood, this kind of behavior... even later generations will at least touch people in one place.

only……

Hearing what the old woman said, Qin Zhong suspected that the second girl's second uncle might be a stone nerd who was later killed by Jia She and Jia Yucun.

This fate!It was wonderful.

Qin Zhong looked at Wang Xifeng and said: "Good sister, since there are such kind and righteous people in the village, sister should go and reward them."

Wang Xifeng said indifferently: "The servants have already prepared rewards, and all the masters and wives of the village can get a share."

The old woman hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed. "Thank you nobles!"

Of course, what Qin Zhong was talking about was not this matter, he hurriedly took Sister Feng's hand, and said: "Why don't you lend me some money, and I will go and give a copy to Mrs. Liu. Such a kind and righteous person , I don’t know but it’s okay, now that I know, let’s show our decency.”

Wang Xifeng was slightly taken aback.Glancing at Qin Zhong, he felt strange that this bastard didn't know how to behave outside.He also suspected that Qin Zhong was using an excuse to go see the second girl.Therefore, the color on his face was not good, and he kept thinking whether the third girl in the family could not compare to a village girl?
When he saw the kneeling old woman, Wang Xifeng changed his posture.Gently said: "Old lady Liu's love should indeed be rewarded, but it's not for our face. There are many people in the world who are ruthless, and few who are serious, and they should be cherished."

Wang Xifeng said so, and called another woman to take the reward and follow the old woman to find Mrs. Liu.By the way, give the other rewards from the village together.

Not long after, the village got a reward and all the women of the village came to kowtow for the reward.

Wang Xifeng didn't care.Qin Zhong and Jia Baoyu both looked carefully, but Mrs. Liu was there, but there were no other maids.

The two sighed together, causing Wang Xifeng to change color.Don't want to stay any longer, just set off.For a while, those who got on the horses got on the horses, those who got on the carriages got on the carts, and after a short walk, they saw Er Yatou holding her little brother in her arms, talking and laughing with several little girls.

Qin Zhong looked carefully, and then looked into the car.Unexpectedly, Jia Baoyu's eyes were fixed, looking straight at the second girl.

The two teams passed each other, and Jia Baoyu quietly withdrew his eyes when they were nowhere to be seen.He glanced at Qin Zhong who was on the horse in doubt again, and unconsciously tilted his mouth, as if to say 'If you like it, I won't fight with you'.

Qin Zhong didn't want to talk to Baoyu at all.

What do you like, what do you like.Do you want to take it back to the mansion when you see a handsome man?Are you going to put it in the house?How big is that house!
Wang Xifeng also looked at the two of them curiously, and asked delicately: "The second girl is in the group of girls just now?"

Jia Baoyu nodded and replied, "That's the one holding the baby."

Qin Zhong: "..."

Fortunately, not long after, several people caught up with the funeral procession.Did not go too far, arrived at the Tiekan Temple.Wang Xifeng fled away again, but Jia Baoyu entangled Qin Zhong.

On the one hand, Baoyu was nostalgic, and on the other hand, he said with emotion: "Such a person is not from our house."

Qin Zhong really wanted to give this idiot a hammer.He really didn't want to talk to him, so he found a gap and slipped back to Qin Ye's office. The father and son had dinner in Tiekan Temple together with other relatives and friends who sent the funeral.Master Qin Ye was about to go back to the mansion, because Tiekan Temple was not too far from the Qin family, but Qin Zhong didn't want to go back.

Of course, there was one more thing on his mind.

Now that we have seen the second girl today, will the incident at Shuiyue Temple in Mantouan happen?

cough cough...

Although the time point is not correct with the original book, and the dead people are not correct, but the time difference is not too much.In the original book, the incident of Qin Zhong and the little nun Zhizhi'er having fun in the dark in the Mantou Temple should never happen, but will the incident of Jingxu old nun fooling Wang Xifeng to gain power happen?

Wang Xifeng had to be careful about this matter!
Qin Zhong had a plan in his mind that he would not go home at all tonight.Stay here for the time being and see where Wang Xifeng is going at night.If Wang Xifeng stayed in Tiekan Temple, he would also stay here.If Wang Xifeng went to the Mantou Nunnery next door, then...

Then let's go to the Mantou Nunnery to sleep for a night!
Not good, not good!
From here to Qinghe Town, it is actually only a few miles away.It's better to take Wang Xifeng back to Qin's house, let Wang Xifeng stay overnight in the backyard of Qin's house, or let Wang Xifeng and Qin Keqing sleep together, and send Wang Xifeng back to Tiekan Temple at dawn tomorrow.

The more Qin Zhong thought about it, the more he felt that this was feasible.

How many miles away?Not far away, anyway, Wang Xifeng has a carriage.I'm not afraid when it's dark, so I don't have to ride a horse, and I can squeeze into the same carriage with Wang Xifeng.

It's a pity that today Ping'er needs to be an assistant in the Rongguo Mansion, so she couldn't come with Wang Xifeng.

Otherwise, it would be really good for the three of them to squeeze into the carriage!
What a pity, what a pity!
Thinking so, Qin Zhong went into the Iron Kan Temple to wander around.Unexpectedly, the Xing family sent someone to call him into the inner room.

As soon as he entered, he saw Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and other relatives, friends and wives of the Rongguo Mansion.Xing didn't know what medicine she had taken wrongly, so she gently twisted her slender waist in her 30s, took Qin Zhong's hand, and pulled him to introduce him to the wives.

Mrs. Xing also talked to the wives about Mrs. Wang's recognition of her relatives, saying: "I also thought about it in my heart, and I didn't want her to take the lead."

All the wives laughed and said that Mrs. Wang has discerning eyes.

I don't know if Mrs. Wang heard the word "zhu", or Mrs. Xing's urinating mouth made Mrs. Wang's complexion change slightly.

Mrs. Wang beckoned and said, "Good boy, come to mother."

[Madam Wang's favorability degree +8, Yangshou increased by 8 days (current favorability degree: 75)]

Qin Zhong passed by and was held in his arms, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.It seems that pearls are turning into pearls, and fake pearls are about to turn into real pearls.

"Actually, it's all thanks to my wife's teaching!" Qin Zhong replied to everyone, seeing Xing Shi's helpless eyes, thinking of her friendship with Jia She.Add another sentence: "The eldest wife has taught me a lot."

For a while, the room was very lively, if you didn't know it, you would think that there was some happy event today.

[Madam Xing's favorability degree +13, Yangshou increased by 13 days (current favorability degree: 14)]

And so on.At the end of the night, about three o'clock in the afternoon, the wives, wives, grandma and other female relatives of each family were ordered to disperse.The Xing family and the Wang family were also about to leave, and they knew that the three-day Anling Dojo would be built, and Wang Xifeng would have to preside over it tomorrow and could not go home, so Mrs. Wang sent someone to search for Baoyu.

When Baoyu first arrived in the suburbs, he would not go back, as long as he lived with Sister Feng.

Qin Zhong was so angry that his teeth itched!
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　Recommend a book from a friend.The protagonists in his works are not only fraternal but also prodigal!

　　


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