The eldest son of the red mansion

"Don't look at Rongguo Mansion for the past two days without any movement. From now on, it will be very lively here. In the future, officials will come to visit, and those who give gifts will be able to travel a few miles away." Zhou Rui's family first told his daughter about Rongguo Mansion. future scenarios.

At this time, Zhou Qian heard that Rongguo Mansion was a bit different, because the rise and fall of Rongguo Mansion was related to the quality of their business. Although she didn't take Rongguo Mansion seriously on the surface, she was actually worried, so she quickly asked: "Mother, what's going on? Could it be that the Rongguo Mansion has really woken up. Which master in the mansion has been promoted?"

"If you go up one or two ranks, you can have the grand occasion like I said. Let me tell you the truth. The uncle in our mansion has won the emperor's favor and made great achievements. The emperor has promoted our uncle to be a minister of military affairs. He is also in charge of the emperor’s imperial army and infantry commanding the yamen.” Zhou Rui’s family said proudly that this is a great honor for Jia’s mansion, and many old people in Jia’s mansion can already imagine that Rongguo’s mansion will be restored to two people in the future. The grand occasion of the old country.

Zhou Qian was a little dazed after hearing this, and then asked ignorantly: "Who is the Minister of Military Aircraft? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"The current emperor has abolished the Grand Scholars. From now on, the Minister of Military Affairs will replace the Grand Scholars to handle the government affairs. I just inquired outside, and there are only two Ministers of Military Affairs in the court, and our uncle is one of them." Zhou Rui's family is now I am also very excited. After using Jia Ke as a backer, they still walked sideways in the capital. Two days ago, someone asked her to send a letter to the steward in the prison of the infantry commander's yamen, so that his children would not suffer less. , She was still a little undecided at the time, but now it seems that this is a big deal, as long as she uses a post to talk about it, the prison guards will not dare to disobey orders.

"Isn't that equivalent to a prime minister?" Zhou Qian said incredulously, she now knew that this position was no small matter.

"That's not true, so I let you stay in this mansion, be careful what you say, if others listen to what you just said, gossiping at the old lady, saying that you look down on the ladies in the mansion and think you are better than them." Noble, we will bear it when the time comes." Zhou Rui's family told their daughter again that she spoiled and spoiled this daughter, and developed her temper of being outspoken and defiant, now she has to keep an eye on her, otherwise she will cause trouble.

Not to mention someone else is the Wang Shanbao's family in front of Madam Xing. His eyes are as wide as a lantern, and he stares at them every day to find fault. She made a mess.

While the mother and daughter were chatting.The son of Zhou Rui's family came back from the outside, he ran into the house with an excited face, what was he going to say to his mother?Seeing Zhou Ying suddenly, his face darkened immediately.He is very dissatisfied with this elder sister, she is already married, and she returns home every few days to play the autumn wind, wishing to move his family to her husband's house, in fact, she has a shop at home, so what's the shortcoming?

When Zhou Rui’s family saw their son coming back, they knew that he and his daughter were not getting along, so they quickly smoothed things over and said, “Why are you running so fast? There are hozen chasing you behind? Your sister doesn’t know how to say hello when she comes, she just knows she’s outside every day.” Drinking and messing around."

Zhou Heng, the son of Zhou Rui's family, didn't care about his sister's presence at this time, and said to his mother excitedly, "Mother, I heard people say that you are arranging people to go to the uncle's house?"

"There is such a thing, what are you going to do? It's not that you took other people's money and came to me to intercede. I can tell you, you put this idea away for me. If the uncle finds something wrong with the business this time I can't please you either." Zhou Rui's family knew that their son had some bad friends, so they silenced his words in advance.

Zhou Heng said aggrievedly: "I'm such an idiot. Before I say anything, you just give me a reprimand. You don't want people to talk properly."

"Okay, don't pretend to be wronged. If you have something to say, I'm still busy." Zhou Rui's family knew his son's temper a long time ago, and he didn't pay attention to his grievances.

Zhou Heng, when you heard what your mother said, you immediately put away the grievance expression, put on a smile on your face, and then flattered Zhou Rui's family and said, "Mom, you are tired, let me rub your shoulders." Then Came behind Zhou Rui's house, rubbed her shoulders and patted her back.

While enjoying the rare filial piety of his son, Zhou Rui's family said to his son: "I don't know what you have in mind? Do you want to go there when you see that people are going to be divided into the mansion over there? Let me tell you, you Accept this thought. Don't even think about it."

"Why, I heard from outside that the mansion over there is different from the past. From now on, it will be in the hall of the prime minister. Everyone wants their children to go there. Since you are in charge of this matter, why don't you let me in." Zhou Rui's family said his son dissatisfied.

He had inquired about this matter very clearly, and the future of their uncle may have a chance to improve. Now the people in the past are all old people from the Wuyang Hou Mansion, and in the future, anyone can take care of affairs big or small.No matter how bad it is, he can go outside to manage a Zhuangzi and be a second master. How can such a good thing be short-lived for him?He had long boasted in front of those cronies and friends that he would definitely become the steward of the Marquis of Wuyang Mansion. If his mother didn't agree to push him in, it would be a shame in front of his friends.

Zhou Rui's family looked at him with hatred, and said to him angrily: "As long as you improve a little, I'll push you over. Look at you now, if you have a bad temper, I'll push you over." In the past, if you offended the nobleman over there, I couldn't save you. It's better to stay here honestly, and I can take care of you if there is anything."

Although Zhou Heng felt that what his mother said made sense, he muttered a few words in dissatisfaction, and went back to his room angrily.

Zhou Rui's family looked at their son's back, and she was satisfied with this son in her heart. Although her temper was a little grumpy, she was willing to listen to their words.Thinking that in the future, as long as they find a wife and take care of him, they can close their eyes even if they are gone.

When Zhou Qian heard such big news from her mother, she kept churning in her heart, thinking to go home and tell her husband, and find a way to make the officials who came to give gifts in the future at least buy some antiques from their shop.

So she said to Zhou Rui's family with a smile: "Mom, you still have something to do, so I won't bother you. I still have some things to do at home, so I'll go back first."

After saying this, he hurried out, who is Zhou Rui's family?She can see through these little tricks at a glance.Seeing her daughter leaving in a hurry, she couldn't help muttering, "What's the use of raising children? They are all raised by others, and there is no one who is caring and considerate."

Afterwards, Zhou Rui's family put their minds on the roster again. She wants to screen all the people today, and then lead them to the next mansion in a while. All arrangements must be made. The uncle will live in one or two days. In the past, there must be someone waiting for you at that time.

Not to mention that Zhou Rui's family racked their brains here to distribute favors in Rongguo Mansion.Besides, when Jia Ke returned to Aunt Zhou's courtyard, she saw a group of little maids surrounding her as soon as she entered the courtyard.

Among them, Xia Mai is at the forefront. As Aunt Zhou's personal maid, she is also the person who has spent the longest time with Aunt Zhou. Now there are more than a dozen people in Aunt Zhou's yard. Her horse is always on the lookout.

The following led a group of little maids to block in front of Jia Ke, and then bowed to him together, saying: "Slaves, wait, congratulations, sir, for being promoted."

Then they knelt there, looking at Jia Ke with big watery eyes.

When Jia Ke saw the situation, it was blocking the road and robbing. This was Xia Mai's old trick, but Jia Ke still took good care of Xia Mai. After all, she was not relying on her to take care of Aunt Zhou.

So Jack reluctantly took out a small gold ingot weighing four or five taels from his bosom.Then he threw it to Xia Mai casually, and said, "Take it, this is a reward for you, go down and divide it among yourself."

Xia Mai took the gold ingot and laughed so hard that she couldn't see her eyes. At this time, a group of maids surrounded her, looking at the gold ingot in surprise.This thing is very rare for these little maids.

Xia Mai came to see them huddled around and forgot about Jia Ke, and hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, isn't it just a little gold ingot? When there is no one at night, you can look at it however you want. Let's welcome the old man quickly." Go in, otherwise Auntie will have to wait in a hurry."

It was only at this time that the servant girl Zhong came to her senses, and welcomed Jia Ke into the main room like stars holding the moon.

At this moment, Aunt Zhou was sitting on the bed by the window. When she saw him coming in, she hurried over and wanted to pack his clothes. How could Jia Ke let Aunt Zhou serve him?Hastily said: "Auntie, don't do this, let the maids do these jobs, let others know, what can I say about me?"

Aunt Zhou gave up after hearing what Jia Ke said, then sat on the bed and looked at the maidservants, changed Jia Ke's coat, and covered him with the plain clothes he wore at home.Then she beckoned him to get off the bed.After that, he looked at Jia Ke carefully, and tears flowed as he watched.

"Auntie, what's the matter with you? Could it be that you have been wronged? Tell your son." Jia Ke saw Aunt Zhou burst into tears inexplicably, and was a little panicked.

"How can I be wronged? I eat and drink delicious food in this mansion, and there are servants to serve me. No one dares to speak big words to me."

"Then what's wrong with my aunt? I cry when I come back?"

"Aren't I happy? I heard they said that you are now the prime minister? Is there such a thing?" Aunt Zhou put away her tears and looked at Jia Ke expectantly.

Looking at her expectant eyes, Jia Ke had no choice but to say to her: "There is no chancellor now, but the emperor appointed me as a minister of military aircraft, and the things I dealt with are similar to those of the previous prime minister. So I was called a mess by others, but we My own family doesn’t say that much.”

Chapter 254 Delicious Food

Aunt Zhou was overjoyed when she heard Jia Ke's words, and said, "I'm not a fool, so I know we can only talk at home."

After listening to Jia Ke's words, Xia Mai straightened his back, and couldn't stop the excitement on his face.

Aunt Zhou saw that she was smiling badly, so she said to her: "If you want to laugh, go out and laugh, our mother and son still have to talk here."

As soon as Aunt Zhou finished saying this, Xia Mai ran out with a smile. It seemed that she had been holding back for a long time, and now she was going out to find someone to show off.

Then Jia Ke and Aunt Zhou were talking heartfelt words, but they didn't know what Jia Ke was talking about, Aunt Zhou kept admiring her.

Jia Ke finally said that she was going to live in the Marquis of Wuyang Mansion. Aunt Zhou felt a little sad when she heard this. After a few days after her son came back, he had to live in two houses again.But this time she was not as distressed as Jia Ke had left the previous few times.After all, the son just moved to live in the courtyard next to him, and his official position is not small now, so he can't make do in this small courtyard.In fact, Aunt Zhou was already mentally prepared when the Wuyang Hou Mansion was built, but she didn't expect this time to come so soon.

"Since we are going to move to the mansion next door, the servants over there are ready to avoid any trouble. The slaves in the mansion are the best at stealing and cheating." Aunt Zhou said to Jia Ke worriedly. Said that what she said was also because of her understanding of the servants in this mansion over the years. When these servants were in front of the master, they were more diligent one by one. As soon as the master was gone, they would immediately herd the sheep.

Jia Ke was at the side comforting Aunt Zhou, "Auntie is fine, after all, it is my mansion over there, any dishonest slave will just be kicked out. Who can say anything, who dares to say anything .”

At this moment, Aunt Zhou remembered that her son was no longer the Jia Ke who was suppressed in the Rongguo Mansion, but a general who had been fighting abroad for several years.And now that he is in such a high position, no one would dare to fool him.

Then Aunt Zhou smiled and said, "It's all because I don't know much about it. No one dares to fool you now." , I will marry you in a while, but really?" Aunt Zhou looked at Jia Ke expectantly.

Aunt Zhou is going well now, the only thing that is a little unsatisfactory is that she doesn't have a grandson to take care of, and every time she thinks of a big fat boy crawling around beside her, she feels that her life is not in vain.

"Master also told me that I'm old now, and I don't look good without a housewife in my family. Besides, if I don't get married, I will delay Brother Zhu and Brother Lian. They are also engaged, and their age It’s not too young.” Jia Ke didn’t object to getting married, besides, his marriage partner was Qin Keqing, who was famous for being beautiful among the twelve beauties of Jinling. It is also because of the situation.Otherwise, who would fall in love with a half-grown old man who only knows how to eat, drink and play.

Aunt Zhou smiled when she heard Jia Ke's words. She had been looking forward to this day for a long time. She had always hoped that her son would give birth to a grandson, thinking of the scene of the chubby boy being held in her arms, Sometimes I can laugh just thinking about it.But the only regret is that the child can't call her grandma, but she doesn't take this matter to heart.As long as it is Jia Ke's child, she likes it.

The mother and son chatted really happily. Xia Mai came in from outside the room. After entering the room, he first saluted Jia Ke in a serious manner, and then saluted Aunt Zhou.

Seeing her sullen and serious look, Jia Ke found it very funny. Xia Mai had never been like this before. When she went out just now, she was laughing back and forth. Why did she suddenly change her style now, making people look at her? All feel weird.

After Xia Mai saluted, he said to Jia Ke with a serious expression: "Master, there is a message from the kitchen asking if the meal is ready now."

Aunt Zhou couldn't stand it any longer, she teased and said to Xia Mai: "Oh, what happened to our Xia Mai today? It seems like he has become a grand lord in the court."

When Aunt Zhou made fun of her, Xia Mai couldn't hold back any longer, so she started laughing, "Aunt, just let me pretend for a while, you don't know how many people out there flatter me, but I have never Treatment, how can I be more serious without pretending? Let these little hoofs know that I am not an ordinary person."