The Young Master of the Jia Family in the Red Chamber

Mrs. Wang was a little excited about the birth of her beloved eldest daughter, but it was a pity that she would be confined to confinement during the first month, so she couldn't go out and walk around.

In February, she recovered and was able to come out, but the wind direction at home changed again. Mrs. Shi, who had always disliked Mrs. Zhang, turned out to be kind to her, which made Mrs. Wang somewhat puzzled. Time, what happened at home.

She almost thought that her two children had fallen out of favor in front of Mrs. Shi, but after inquiring, she found out that this was not the case. Mrs. Shi was very good to her grandson and granddaughter, and they were taken care of very carefully. Looked it up, couldn't find anything wrong with it.

However, Mrs. Shi still has something more to care about right now, which is Jia Min's marriage. No matter how good the granddaughter is, she can't compare to her daughter. In next month's spring, Jia Daishan and Mrs. Shi carefully selected for Jia Min's fiancé, Lin Hai. In the examination room, how could Mrs. Shi not be nervous.

The third elder brother of the Zhang family works in the Ministry of Rites, and he is in the Department of Rites and Cleaning Officials. The previous springs were presided over by the Ministry of Rites. If there is any trouble, the news of the Zhang family must be much more sensitive than the Jia family who has no connection with the imperial examination. History Madam Shi is very polite to Mrs. Zhang for this reason. If she wants others to help, how can she not be polite to others? Madam Shi is Jia Min's precious daughter. Only when Lin Hai is well can she be well.

Seeing that Mrs. Shi's attitude towards Mrs. Zhang has improved because of Jia Min, the pride in Mrs. Wang's heart disappeared immediately.

Since she was a child, Wang has always had a strong temper. She hated what she was inferior to. When she married into the Jia family, the first person she compared was Zhang.What can women compare with women, but dowry, men and children.The Zhang family is noble, while the Wang family is honorable. In terms of reputation, the former is more important, but in terms of money, the latter is more important.When Wang married Jia Zheng, the dowry was also worth 5 taels, but because the second daughter-in-law could not exceed the rules of the eldest daughter-in-law, the dowry, which could hold 120 eight liters, was compressed to [-] liters.

Because of this, from the very beginning, Mrs. Wang disliked Mrs. Zhang, and compared it to men after the dowry. No matter how Wang looked at it, she felt that Jia Zheng, who loves to read, was a thousand times better than the sensual Jia She. More than double.The last thing is to compare the number of children. In terms of quantity, Zhang’s family has been in the family for seven years, and she gave birth to Jia Hu. She has been in the door for only four years, and she has two children, Jia Zhu and Yuan Chun. Although Hu looks like a ghost, she is quite loved by the Duke, but her Zhuer and Yuanchun are also smart.

In short, in Wang's opinion, except that she was almost unlucky and married Jia Zheng, who was not the eldest son, she had nothing inferior to Zhang's.

Wang thinks very highly of herself, and feels that Zhang is not good enough, so she replaces the object of comparison with Jia Min, whom she doesn't like.To be honest, their identities are about the same. They are all descendants of the founding heroes, both have rich families, and they are all raised by their families.

Taking Jia Min as a comparison object, the Wang family is purely looking for abuse. Jia Min's father is the Duke of the State, and her father is the County Earl. The title is several levels behind.Besides, the Jia family only had Jia Min as a direct daughter, and in their Wang family, the three sisters were all descendants of the direct daughter. The status of the direct daughter who was raised alone and the second daughter who was sandwiched between the direct sister and the direct sister had different status in their respective families.When the Wang family got married, the Wang family's dowry was 5 taels, plus the Jia family's dowry gift of 3 taels, making a total of 8 taels.

But compared with Jia Min, Wang's dowry is nothing, it's not at the same level at all.The value of Jia Min's dowry is not clear to Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Shi began to collect all kinds of precious wood for her daughter more than ten years ago. The value is tens of thousands of taels. In addition, Zhuangzi and the shop, Mrs. Shi prepared for Jia Min, which must be the best, plus antique ornaments, gold and silver jewelry, Jia Min's dowry, not counting the Lin family's dowry, should be more than 10 taels .

Mrs. Zhang thinks Jia Min is easy to get along with, but Mrs. Wang thinks that this sister-in-law is difficult to serve. Every time she talks to her, she is indifferent, as if looking down on her.In fact, Jia Min was not that proud, she was protected too well by Mrs. Shi, and she was innocent and savage.She wants to ask Mrs. Zhang for advice on piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and poetry, and her attitude is naturally gentle and amiable. Mrs. Wang does not know two big characters. The sister-in-law has almost nothing to say when they meet. It's a bit of a standoff, but it's not true that Jia Min is targeting the Wang family.

Mrs. Wang disliked Jia Min as a sister-in-law very much, so naturally she would not expect her to marry a good family. Earlier, she vaguely heard that Jia Daishan showed her daughter a family with the end of the title. Mrs. Wang was still secretly happy. No matter how much dowry there is, what hope can there be in life.

She didn't even think about it, the young man of the Lin family was a scholar at the age of 12, and her capable husband is now afraid to pass the childbirth test.Besides, Lin Hai's level is not just a scholar, he is just unlucky. Seven years ago, when he was preparing to participate in Qiuwei, his father disappeared, so he had to stay at home for three years. Four years ago, he was preparing to participate in Qiuwei again. Keep filial piety for another three years.

Because of continuous filial piety, Lin Hai dragged on until his early twenties and hadn't settled on a marriage. Jia Daishan had a bright eye and picked him out of many son-in-law candidates.Last year, Lin Hai had just passed his mother's filial piety, so he sent someone to bring a message to him, and the reply he got was that Qiu Wei Zhongju came to propose marriage.

Last year's township examination, Lin Haizhong got to know Yuan, and kept the agreement and invited Jia's family to propose marriage on the official media. Mrs. Shi, who was a little dissatisfied with the marriage earlier, became more and more satisfied with her future son-in-law. That's right, such a good young man can be found.

From Mrs. Shi's point of view, it is hard to find a son-in-law like Lin Hai even with a lantern. The Lin family has four generations of lords, and it is passed down from generation to generation. There is no need to count how rich the family is, and Lin Hai's parents are gone. When Jia Min married, she was the mistress of the house. There was no mother-in-law to serve her, nor a difficult sister-in-law, so life must have been comfortable.Mrs. Shi was a little worried at first, the title of the Lin family was gone, and Lin Hai's future was unpredictable, but now he has won the exam, and when he participates in Chunwei next year and becomes a Jinshi, he will have a bright future.

Jia Min got a good marriage, and Wang was even more unhappy. She only felt that this sister-in-law would step on her head more and more in the future, but she didn't want to think about it. Lin Hai was already in his early twenties, so how could he wait? Once the spring is over, no matter whether you pass the exam or not, you will definitely be hired.

In the Jia family, among the people who were all looking forward to being a Jinshi among Mrs. Lin, the Wang family was an exceptional flower.

In addition to Lin Hai, there are people from the Jia family who will also participate in Chunwei this time, namely Jia Jing from the East Mansion, Jia She and Jia Zheng's eldest cousin.

The idea of ​​comparing each other is not only for women, but also for men. The first generation of Ningguo Gong Jia Yan and Rongguo Gong Jia Yuan refused to admit defeat, and they competed until their death. No one can be compared, but the Jia family has made a fortune since then.

Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan have been compared by their respective fathers since they were young, and they have developed the same habit of comparing each other when they have nothing to do.It's a pity that compared to the previous generation who were evenly matched, Jia Daishan really didn't have much face in front of his cousin, and he couldn't hold his head up when he lost.

In the early years, when comparing military achievements, the two were still evenly matched. Later, Chengjue was not downgraded, but when it came time to compare with his son, the difference came out.Jia Daishan was a little proud at the beginning, everyone raised two sons, Jia Daihua’s Jia Fu did not support him, only Jia Jing was left, but he had Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng. Jia Daihua's twice as much, it is a bit proud to say.

Later, Jia Daishan discovered that although he had two sons, they were not as good as his cousin's one.Jia Amnesty was taken care of by Mrs. Xu, and Jia Daishan didn't care about him, as long as he stayed at home quietly and didn't cause trouble, he would inherit the title in the future. He still has Jia Zheng.

Jia Jing is more than ten years older than Jia Zheng, and the two cannot be compared directly. The comparison is based on the results of the same age. Anyway, both of them love to read, and they are used to being praised by their husband since they were young.However, the gentleman invited by the East Mansion is obviously more honest than the one in the West Mansion. Jia Jing was admitted as a scholar when he was 15 years old.Although he is just a scholar, Jia Jing is the only son of Ning Guogong, and he can inherit the title in the future. In the third generation of the Xungui family, it is very rare. Jia Daihua is so happy that he can't close his smile Mouth.

Jia Zheng was only five years old at the time, and not long after his enlightenment, seeing that Jia Daishan was not convinced, he patted his chest and said that he would be better than Brother Jing, and he would be admitted as a scholar earlier. He is also sensible, and he must be well-educated in the future.

Jia Daishan didn't want to mention what happened after that. Jia Zheng started to take the children's exam at the age of 12. He took the exam many times. The best one was the county exam.In the process of Jia Zheng's repeated failures, Jia Jing succeeded in the Juren examination. Although he was admitted after failing once, it was a Juren, and there were only one or two hundred places in a province, so it was not easy to pass the examination.Jia Daishan's disappointment with Jia Zheng began at that time. He had to admit that his favorite second son might not be as good as his eldest son.

Although Jia Amnesty was incompetent, he was self-aware, so he messed around at home and never went out to cause trouble.As for Jia Zheng, he said he loved reading, but he memorized it by rote, didn't think about it, and thought he was talented, but in fact he was mediocre, and he didn't have the guts, so he didn't dare to take the exam again.

If it weren't for Jia Zheng's ineffectiveness, according to Jia Daishan's original plan, Jia Min would marry into the Duke's family.His thoughts are similar to those of the Zhang family of the Yue family. The future of his daughter depends entirely on his husband. The wife will accompany her with a generous dowry, so she won't worry about her daughter's future.However, if Jia Zheng failed the test, wouldn't the resources of the Zhang family be wasted, so Jia Daishan changed his mind and decided to marry his daughter to a scholar's family, a young man who can study.

Lin Hai's family background is rich and the population is small, so he fell into Jia Daishan's eyes. He became an official in the court, and his connections are very important. The Lin family has been passed down for several generations, but it is actually a disadvantage. Building a bridge will benefit everyone in the future.

As for Jia Zheng, Jia Daishan's thinking was similar to Jia Amnesty's, to find a suitable opportunity and ask him to be a junior official, lest he would kneel down when he saw an official for nothing.Anyway, they have a rich family, and they only have two sons, not counting the mansion and the sacrificial land, which is enough. Point, their family will be up soon.

The two sons are useless, Jia Daishan doesn't want to take care of them anymore, but the two grandsons seem to be smart, so they need to be carefully raised.Jia Daishan has already planned in his heart, asking Mr. What to enlighten his grandson, he must train his grandson to be a talent, so as to support the family business.

Although the Wang family prayed in front of the Bodhisattva every day, Lin Hai's name fell to Sun Shan, and the results of Chunwei came out, Jia's family was still full of joy.