Reform from Jia She

Jia Lian's words made Wang Xifeng's eyes red. She chose to marry Jia Lian. She was also ridiculed. Others would not say it to her face, but behind her back she would laugh at who she chose.

But anyone with a bit of heart chose Jia Zhu, a young talent with a promising future. Only Wang Xifeng took a fancy to Jia Lian, so he recognized Jia Lian.

"What is Second Master talking about? You are not a good person in my heart. Do I look like a fool if I still marry you?" Wang Xifeng retorted, holding Jia Lian's hand, "I know Second Master feels uncomfortable. In this mansion, not many people really take you seriously, it's common sense for Second Master to want to be more assertive, but you can't ignore your own body."

Jia Lian was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head when he recovered, "I know it well."

"What do you have? You know it in your heart. Are you just staying up late and hurting your body to study? Could it be that you want to have a look with cousin Zhu, and you can only lie in bed and drink medicine to survive?" Wang Xifeng said angrily when he saw that he was still stubborn.

Hearing Wang Xifeng use Jia Zhu as an example, Jia Lian glanced at him, "Didn't you think that Cousin Zhu is exceptionally talented, and you were selected as a scholar early? In your eyes, there is something bad about him?"

"Bah! What are you talking about?!" Wang Xifeng glared at him angrily, "I said those words just to see if you can still be saved, but now it seems that you still want to make progress in your heart. Is it really forcing you to study without sleeping or eating, even disregarding your health?"

Jia Lian was slightly taken aback, seeing Wang Xifeng's angry look, most of the depression that had been suppressed in her heart for several days disappeared immediately.

"Okay, it's getting late, go back to the room with me to rest, it's not too late to read this book tomorrow." Wang Xifeng let go of Jia Lian's hand, tidied up the study briefly, and then dragged the dazed Jia Lian back to the room.

After washing, the husband and wife lay on the couch. Jia Lian read like this for several days, but it was actually a bit depressing. He fell asleep after lying on the bed for a while.

Lying in Jia Lian's arms, Wang Xifeng thought of what her mother said before she got married, and thought that her choice may not be wrong.

After this day, the depression accumulated in Jia Lian's heart dissipated, but he didn't slack off. It's just that when he was studying, compared with the previous days, he naturally didn't work so hard.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and the changes in Jia Lian can be seen with the naked eye. In the past, he still looked a little frivolous. After reading the book for more than a month, most of his youthful impetuosity has disappeared.

One night, Jia Zheng sent someone to invite Jia Lian to his study, and his retainers were also there. At first, Jia Lian didn't know what Jia Zheng called him to do. Check out his recent achievements.

Farewell to each other with admiration for three days, not to mention that Jia Lian has been reading books for more than a month, and his memory has improved several times due to the time he spent studying hard. Facing Jia Zheng's school examination, Jia Lian Totally true.

Jia Zheng asked Jia Lian about the scope of his studies, so he began to test Jia Lian's knowledge. He thought that no matter how much Jia Lian studied, it was impossible for him to make much progress in such a short period of time. down him.

However, when Jia Zheng asked Jia Lian about the true meaning of it again, Jia Lian was overwhelmed by the question. Although Jia Lian did not answer, Jia Zheng was not disappointed. He wiped his beard in relief and said, "Lian'er has made great progress. It seems that It is true that you have studied hard, but it is useless to memorize the book, you have to understand the true meaning of the book, if there is anything you don’t understand in the future, you can also ask me, or ask your Zhu University Brother, studying hard behind closed doors is not enough."

"I understand, thanks to Second Uncle for teaching."

Coming out of Jia Zheng's study, Jia Lian was still a little uncomfortable.

When the answers were fluent at the beginning, Jia Lian was naturally a little complacent, but the complacency didn't last long, and was wiped out by Jia Zheng's next school examination.

Although the second uncle poured cold water on him, he didn't feel resentful. He knew in his heart that the second uncle didn't want him to be proud.

Guard against arrogance and impatience.

It seems that he still has to continue to work hard. Now this foundation is not enough.

After being beaten again, Jia Lian studied harder and harder. In the past, he didn't like reading because he couldn't remember at all. He didn't have any motivation to do things that get twice the result with half the effort. Now his memory is getting better and better, and he can see it himself. In the future, why not work hard?

He had had enough of being looked down upon.

Soon it was the end of the new year, and Wang Xifeng was so busy that his feet never touched the ground. Every day, he followed his second aunt and sister-in-law Zhu to deal with the New Year's goods.

After being busy for a while, it finally came New Year's Eve. Jia Lian, Jia Zhu and Baoyu kowtowed to their grandmother to pay New Year's greetings. In the end, only Baoyu was left with grandmother Shi Shi, while Jia Zhu and Jia Lian came out to help directors. There are a lot of things to do, as the two eldest sons in the younger generation, Jia Zhu and Jia Lian naturally have a lot of time.

"What puzzles Lian's second brother about studying recently?" Jia Zhu asked with a smile as the two brothers walked side by side.

Jia Lian shook his head, "I just want to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics first. As for the others, I'm not in a hurry."

Hearing this, Jia Zhu thought for a while and said, "Memorize it? Where have you memorized it now?"

"I've already memorized the Analects, Daxue, Zhongyong, and The Book of Songs, and I've only memorized a little of the rest," Jia Lian said.

Jia Zhu nodded, "The progress is not bad. It seems that you haven't really given up on studying and making progress these years. If you need anything, you can come to me directly. Our family can only be supported by you and me, Baoyu... " Mentioning this younger brother, Jia Zhu couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

Baoyu is only four or five years old now, and has just begun to be enlightened. Unexpectedly, just after learning the thousand-character prose, Baoyu started talking nonsense, which almost pissed off his father. He was so angry that his seven orifices were filled with smoke, and he said that he would be a drunk and lustful person in the future, and now that he had just been enlightened and said such nonsense, Jia Zheng was so angry that he wanted to beat him to death.

But my grandmother was very protective, and whenever my father wanted to punish Baoyu, my grandmother would be the first to stand up and stop him.

Jia Zhu didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, but at present, it seems that Baoyu likes to hide in the crowd of beauties, maybe he is really what his father said, and he will be a debaucher in the future.

When Baoyu was mentioned, the corner of Jia Lian's mouth twitched.

For this cousin who made his situation worse, Jia Lian couldn't say that he didn't have any thoughts in his heart, but his father didn't live up to it, his mother died early, and his stepmother was the daughter of a petty official who couldn't stand on stage. No one in the whole family could support him He can only rely on his second uncle to take pity on him for everything, but he didn't like reading in the early years, and his second uncle didn't like him very much, but recently his second uncle has been a lot more pleasant to him.

It's no secret that my second uncle likes scholars.

"Baoyu is still young and ignorant. When he is older, he will be a sensible person." Jia Lian could only say these words to comfort Jia Zhu. It is better to talk less about Baoyu at home. Jia Lian changed his mind. He said, "Brother Zhu is feeling better recently? I think your face is still a little pale, isn't it better?"

"It's just a cough, it's okay." Jia Zhu said with a smile.

Jia Lian was changing the subject, so he couldn't feel it. Jia Zhu knew about his younger brother's affairs, but he, a junior, really had no room to intervene.

"Brother Zhu, I think you still have to pay attention to your body. It's not worth it to ruin your body just to study." Although Jia Lian occasionally felt a little jealous of this cousin, he also knew that Zhutang Brother really treats him very well, and he doesn't want anything to happen to Jia Zhu.

Jia Zhu smiled gently, "I see."

The two talked and laughed all the way, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

The next day, on the first day of the lunar new year, Jia Lian felt that his body was about to fall apart after finishing his work.

Except for the first day, the second day and before the Lantern Festival, relatives worshiped each other. Here, Jia Lian had nowhere to go because his grandfather's house was empty, so he simply accompanied Wang Xifeng to the Wang's house.

After the Lantern Festival, Jia Lian continued to study. Just in February, when Jia Lian returned to his room after reading in the evening, he saw Wang Xifeng frowning frowning over a pile of account books.

"Where did you get these ledgers?" Jia Lian stretched himself out and asked suspiciously.

Wang Xifeng put down the account book in her hand, "Are you back?" Without waiting for Jia Lian's response, she added, "Today my aunt called me over and said she wanted to hand over the household affairs to me. No, I will give the account book to you in the afternoon. I sent it here, and after looking through it for a while, I felt that some parts of the accounts were not right."

"Aren't you counting?" Jia Lian had never been involved in the property of the mansion, so he didn't know the background of the family. When Wang Xifeng said that the number was wrong, he felt that there was something wrong. He picked up the account book and looked through it, but he didn't see anything wrong. He frowned, "What do you think is wrong?"

Seeing that he didn't see it, Wang Xifeng spread out the ledger on the desk, flipped through a few pages, and only showed him, "Here, and here, the numbers are wrong."

Jia Lian calculated carefully, and found that the number was really not right, so he immediately frowned, "You promised Second Aunt to take over general affairs today?"

"It's a good thing to be in charge of the general affairs of the mansion, right?" Wang Xifeng said.

Jia Lian sat down opposite Wang Xifeng, "Then have you thought about something?"

Wang Xifeng was puzzled, "What?"

"Speaking of which, you and I are both from the eldest family, and the second aunt and the others are both from the second room. Brother Zhu has been married for two years. Even if he wants to hand over the general affairs to the younger generation, the second aunt should have handed over the general affairs to Zhu a long time ago. The elder sister-in-law is in charge, how could she pass her own daughter-in-law and hand it over to you?" Without waiting for Wang Xifeng to speak, he said, "Don't say you are her niece, how can a niece have a son, our family is the Duke's mansion Number one, although I have never been in charge of the expenses of the mansion, I can figure it out, the accounts of the mansion must be in short supply, and if you accept this account book, you will be in trouble."

Wang Xifeng is not stupid either, she quickly understood the meaning of Jia Lian's words, but she couldn't believe that her own aunt would cheat her.

"Feng'er, listen to me. I'll go to my second aunt tomorrow to give you the housekeeper's order. She said you're not feeling well." After a pause, Jia Lian said again, "You want to gain a firm foothold in the mansion and let me know. But you are in the wrong direction. As my wife, if you want to gain a firm foothold in this mansion, you have to give birth to my eldest son, so that your position will be stable. General affairs are things that you cannot grasp. "