The eldest son of the red mansion

After that, Jia Ke helped Aunt Zhou into the main room.Jia Ke asked Aunt Zhou to sit in the middle again, and came to pay respects to Aunt Zhou before she was alive. This time, she changed her address, "My lord mother, my child is being polite here."

Aunt Zhou burst into tears again when she heard Jia Ke's address.Although she and Jia Ke are mother and son, they cannot match each other.Calling it this way in private can only be done when no one is around.

Jia Ke stood up after paying homage, then sat next to Aunt Zhou again, and asked, "How is Auntie's health these days? If there is any shortage, just tell me, my son is no longer what he used to be."

"I can't afford anything. I can't eat enough to drink every day, and I have maids to wait on me. Now as long as I can hold my grandson, I will be content to die." Aunt Zhou still complained about Jia Ke's unmarried status.

"Auntie, it's not that I'm running around outside and don't have time to come back to get married. I'll leave a few days later when I come back, and go back to Xuanfu Town after I get married. Auntie, how do you think?" Jia Ke also thinks that it's time for him to get married, otherwise Xuanfu Town The three of them are still infertile, and Jia Ke also feels a little sorry for them.

Aunt Zhou turned her worries into joy when she heard Jia Ke's words, and said happily to Jia Ke: "I met the girl from the Qin family once, she is really good-looking. Only such a woman can be worthy of my son."

Jia Ke was taken aback when she heard this, and asked in surprise, "Where did Auntie meet?"

"A few days ago, my wife and I went to Guangji Temple to offer incense and worship the Buddha. In the temple, I happened to meet Miss Qin who also offered incense. That Miss Qin knew how to be polite. When she knew my wife and I were coming, she came up to pay respects. That's when we met. At the beginning, I didn’t know what was going on, but it was Madam who reminded me that this is your unmarried daughter-in-law.” Aunt Zhou said with emotion.

Jia Ke thought in her heart that this meeting was probably not a coincidence, it should be arranged by the two families, so that the daughter-in-law who had never been married would meet her mother-in-law. Aunt Zhou, as Jia Ke's biological mother, naturally arranged to go with her.

It seems that during this meeting, both parties got along very happily, and there was no friction.But when Jia Ke thought about it, this was normal. Thinking about how Qin Keqing managed the Ningguo Mansion in an orderly manner in Dream of the Red Chamber, no one said anything bad about her from top to bottom.How can such a delicate mind leave a bad impression on others?

While the mother and son were talking, they heard someone shouting outside, "Is Aunt Zhou here? You come out quickly, Madam asked me to pass a message to you." The tone was very impatient.

When Jia Ke heard her yelling, she was a little annoyed. What is the identity of this little maid?All the while yelling at Aunt Zhou like this, instead of looking at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha.After all, she is also Jia Ke's biological mother.

"Xia Mai, go out and have a look, where is this servant so ignorant of the rules, don't you know I'm sitting upright in the house?" Jia Ke couldn't use Aunt Zhou as an excuse, because she was still a concubine, Mrs. Wang's maid It's not rude to talk to her like that.

But it would be a big mistake if this servant girl spoke to Jia Ke like that. Jia Ke's current status is very important, let alone a small servant girl, only Mother Jia can speak to him so rudely in the whole house. With Jia Zheng.Although Mrs. Wang is his mother in name, she is separated by a layer after all. If Jia Ke is insignificant, then that's fine.But now that Jia Ke is the Marquis of Wuyang, even Mrs. Wang cannot underestimate her.

When Aunt Zhou saw that Jia Ke asked Xia Mai to go out and scold Mrs. Wang's maid, she couldn't help but feel nervous, so she advised Jia Ke: "Brother, don't make trouble, she is Madam's maid no matter what, and she didn't say anything wrong."

Jia Ke smiled and comforted Aunt Zhou: "Don't worry, Auntie, she's just a little maid. Could it be that Madam still fell out with my majestic Marquis Wuyang because of her?"

Xia Mai was always looked down upon by Mrs. Wang's maid, and she was already very angry.At this time, I got Jia Ke's order, and immediately ran out of the house, and went to the eaves to take a closer look. It turned out that it was Jin Chuan, Mrs. Wang's new personal maid. Mrs. Wang loves her, but she is arrogant towards others, only Mrs. Wang is in her heart, and she doesn't pay attention to Aunt Zhou, Aunt Zhao, etc.

Seeing that it was Jin Chuan, Xia Mai said with a sneer, "Who am I? It's you. I thought no one else would be so brave except you. Don't you know what this place is? It's so impolite. Be careful. I annoyed our master and dragged you out to be a kid, and you will cry when the time comes."

When Jin Chuan saw that Xia Mai, who she usually looked down upon, dared to contradict her like this, and even said something about being a kid, she couldn't help but get angry. She also has a violent temper, and she was about to yell.It's just that a little girl next to her usually stopped her, and then said to Xia Mai in a low voice: "Sister Xia Mai, my sister lost a few pennies in a bet today, and she was unhappy, so her tone was a little bad, please forgive me."

Xia Mai glanced at the little girl next to her, and couldn't help crying inwardly. She wanted to take advantage of Jia Ke to make a big fuss and vent her anger, but she didn't expect to be spotted by the little girl next to her.The person next to him is Jin Chuan's younger sister Yu Chuan. This Yu Chuan is not as favored as Jin Chuan, but her wit surpasses Jin Chuan's.

When she entered the hospital just now, she vaguely heard a man's voice in the room.Besides Jia Zheng, the only one who can enter Aunt Zhou's house in this deep house compound is Aunt Zhou's biological son Jia Ke, who has already been enshrined as a marquis.

Since the uncle is in the house, my sister's rude tone just now must have annoyed the uncle. If he really gets angry, he will definitely match my sister with a boy. I don't think Mrs. Wang will completely fall out with the uncle because of her sister. .Even if it's a falling out, with Uncle Yi's current title, if he finds any reason, most of the servants in the mansion are willing to be Uncle and look good for his sisters.

Chapter 221 Gathering

Xia Mai saw that the other party was subdued, so he didn't pursue it too much.He just asked angrily: "It's the same if you tell me something. Our aunt is busy right now, so I don't have time to talk to you."

After hearing Xia Mai's words, Jin Chuan was about to argue angrily again, while Yu Chuan was beside her tightly pinching her wrist and pulling her behind him.Jin Chuan seemed to understand something at this time, and he glanced into the room, then stopped talking.

Yu Chuan pulled his sister and tried to show a smile, "There is nothing urgent, but the master ordered me to come down. We will have a reunion dinner together tonight. Let us inform my aunt. If the master is here, I will also tell you gone."

"Understood, I'll tell my aunt and uncle in a while, you go back when you're free, don't just hang around here, what do you look like." Xia Mai raised her head high and said to them.

Yu Chuan still smiled and said: "In that case, let's go first. I have to tell Aunt Zhao later, let her go with Brother Huan."

Xia Mai didn't want to hear what they said, so he waved to them and told them to leave quickly.

Yu Chuan and Jin Chuan then exited Aunt Zhou's yard, and within a few steps of leaving Aunt Zhou's yard, Jin Chuan said harshly, "Why did you stop me just now? Did you get along with those slaves who climbed high and stepped down?" Are you the same? I want to climb the tall branch of the uncle."

Yu Chuan was speechless, this sister's stupid loyalty to Mrs. Wang had reached the point of hopelessness.Did she really think that she could fight against the uncle? Yu Chuan didn't want to talk to her and walked forward alone.

Although Jin Chuan said a few angry words, he still knew that his sister was doing it for his own good, so he hurried forward a few steps to catch up with Yu Chuan, being careful that he didn't know: "What my sister said just now was angry, my sister must not be angry. , When the monthly money is issued this month, I will buy you the latest style of rouge."

"Whoever wants your rouge, you better keep it for yourself, otherwise what will the third master eat when he comes?" Yu Chuan was not really angry, but there was nothing he could do about his sister being shrewd and confused for a while.

Jin Chuan heard his sister say that Master Bao's face turned as red as an apple after eating his own rouge.Hurriedly abandoning her sister, she ran forward first.

Yu Chuan has nothing to do with this elder sister. She is now focused on currying favor with Mrs. Wang, so that Mrs. Wang can arrange her into Jia Baoyu's room.Don't care about anything else.

But in Yuchuan's view, this is completely impossible. Jia's mother handles all of Jia Baoyu's affairs, and if he has to arrange a maid for him, if Jia's mother does not nod, no one will be able to enter Jia Baoyu's room.

But once people find out about the shady deeds that my sister and Jia Baoyu have done, I'm afraid they will either be made a kid or sold out.Nothing ends well.Yu Chuan's heart was broken because of her elder sister, and she was by her side several times to cover it up.

Seeing that the two sisters had left, Xia Mai re-entered the house. After entering the house, he faced Jia Ke and Aunt Zhou and said, "Auntie, sir, just now the wife's maid came to send a message that the master is going to hold a family banquet tonight, and said yes. They want everyone to have a reunion dinner together, and they came to tell the uncle and aunt."

Jia Ke nodded, and then said: "Father is going to clean up the dust for me, so let's prepare early, and don't go late, so that others will think that I have little achievements and look down on others."

"You're right. Let's go now. We'll go early so we can greet Madam and Master." Aunt Zhou agreed.

Jia Ke smiled and said to Aunt Zhou: "There's no need to be in such a hurry, at least let me change my clothes, otherwise what would it be like to wear this armor to a banquet?"

Only then did Aunt Zhou see that Jia Ke was still wearing the helmet and crown, and she also laughed when she saw this: "When I said how to support you just now, I felt so stiff. I never noticed that you were still wearing this thing."

Xia Mai covered her mouth and snickered, "Auntie doesn't care about other things when she sees the uncle, as long as she is a living person, she doesn't care about anything."

Aunt Zhou glared at Xia Mai after hearing this, "What are you still doing here? Why don't you hurry up and prepare bath water for your uncle so that he can take a bath and change his clothes."

Xia Mai was startled by Aunt Zhou and ran out quickly.As a result, he just left the house and came back.

"Why are you back here again, so lazy, what will you do in the future?" Zhou Niniang thought that Xia Mai had arranged things for other little maids.

When Xia Mai heard that Aunt Zhou had wronged her, she could only pouted and said, "I have to do this myself. But there is something I want to tell Auntie about. Our uncle's clothes are already too small. What should I do now?" Change and wash."

Aunt Zhou also felt a little troubled when she heard that, Jia Ke has been away from home for five or six years, and has grown from a boy of fifteen or sixteen to a young man of twenty-one.Where are the clothes at home that fit him?

Jia Ke saw them in trouble, so she smiled and said, "Don't worry, Auntie. When I came back this time, Qiaolian and the others prepared some clothes for me. I was in a hurry just now, and I was still with the soldiers. You send Tell Butler Lin, and they will deliver it in a while."

Aunt Zhou felt at ease now, now that she heard him mention Qiaolian, she thought of her niece again, she hadn't seen her for so many years, so she didn't know what happened now.

"Qiaolian and Chuncao, are they alright?"

"Don't worry, aunt, they are fine now. I have taken them into the house now, and they are also aunts in the Jiedushi's mansion, and they are not under the supervision of their superiors. I don't know how comfortable they are." Jia Ke briefly talked about Chuncao and Xia Mai's situation was explained to Aunt Zhou.

After hearing Jia Ke's words, Aunt Zhou's smile became even brighter, and now the Zhou family has hope.With Jia Ke taking care of him, his elder brother has nothing to worry about in his life.

When Aunt Zhou was happy, she squinted and saw that Xia Mai was still standing there.There was an envious light in his eyes.

"What are you still doing there? Didn't you hear what your uncle said? Why don't you hurry up to find Steward Lin and bring back your uncle's changed clothes." Aunt Zhou said to the maid a little angrily.

Only then did Xia Mai react and run outside, and stopped outside for a while, the envy of Qiaolian and the others in his heart did not weaken at all, on the contrary, it became more intense.

After a while, Xia Mai entered the room again and reported to Jia Ke and Aunt Zhou: "Master, the bath water has been boiled, when will you take a bath?"

Seeing that it was getting late, Jia Ke said to Aunt Zhou, "Auntie, I'll go clean up first, and we'll go to the banquet together later."

"Go quickly, don't waste the time to let your father speak." Aunt Zhou was still very afraid of Jia Zheng, and she always listened to Jia Zheng's words as imperial edicts.

Jia Ke went out of the room, led by Xia Mai to the bathroom, and then drove the maids out.He didn't want to have any romantic affairs just after returning to Jia's mansion.