The Young Master of the Jia Family in the Red Chamber

After Jia Hu's birthday, his relationship with Situ Jing underwent some subtle changes.In Jia Hu's view, it was Situ Jing who had been lonely for many years and finally had someone who was willing to treat him as a friend in some respects, so he naturally cherished him very much.Jia Hu didn't think that those who ascended to the Ninth Five-Year Lord would have friends in the true sense, that is, Reinhardt, didn't he also have a rift with Gilfies who was regarded as a half body by him, and at that time, he still Not the Emperor of the Galactic Empire.But Situ Jing is not the emperor, he is still two long steps away from the throne.

Before that, Jia Hu didn't mind maintaining a closer relationship with Situ Jing than a monarch or a minister, as Situ Jing wished.After all, Situ Jing was still studying, and the emperor and the crown prince had no intention of letting him get involved in government affairs for the time being, and the Jia family behind Jia Hu had long since ceased to be the grand occasion of being a family of two kingdoms.The East Mansion is a bit better. Jia Jing, who was born as a Jinshi, is still struggling in the imperial court. It is not a big problem to climb to the middle level. Needless to say, the West Mansion. , making Jia Hu and Situ Jing a good friend without any burden at all.

For Situ Jing, after being stimulated by Su Yi and Jian Jian for many years, he finally had a chance to fight back.If you don't like me, I'll go find someone else. Don't be too envious.After searching around, Situ Jing found Jia Hu, and finally there was someone who was not so restrained in front of him.What's more, Jia Hu is still the savior of their father and son. Maybe Jia Hu just accidentally discovered Yin Meiren's loopholes, but he was not afraid of getting angry and told him directly. The unruly mother and son were kept in the dark.

According to common sense, Jia Hu should be rewarded for such great achievements, but for the face of the royal family, the deeds of Yin Meiren and the Seventh Prince cannot be made public, and the reward for Jia Hu has been reduced by several levels. Taking advantage of his good academic reputation, he rewarded some pens, ink, paper and inkstones and the like.Even Situ Jing was a little bit aggrieved by Jia Hu, but he didn't care, and said that the effort of raising a hand was nothing, anyway, Situ Jing found out the matter himself, he just provided clues, and those rewards were already very generous.

Situ Jing has met many people who have been with the emperor and the prince since he was a child, but there are not many people who are as contented as Jia Hu.Every time he does something, it is for the thing itself, not to achieve any purpose.Jia Hu had a deep understanding of Western learning, and Situ Yan liked to test him with a few questions when he was free, many of which Situ Jing couldn't understand at all.Sometimes, the problem might be too difficult, and Jia Hu couldn't solve it for a while. Situ Jing saw that he was biting his pen and was stunned, so he advised him to forget it.

Jia Hu refused, saying that everything should be done from beginning to end, Situ Jing couldn't figure out what he was doing for, even if he solved the problem, his father might not reward him, but if he couldn't solve it...Situ Jing thought After thinking about it, I didn't think that when Jia Hu couldn't solve it, at most it took some effort, but it was finally solved.Situ Jing really couldn't figure it out, so he went to ask the prince why he had nothing to do to embarrass Jia Hu all day long, and he might not be able to understand those questions himself.Only then did Situ Yan tell Situ Jing that he was not embarrassing Jia Hu, he was asking him for advice.

Situ Jing was stunned immediately. Jia Hu was good at Western learning, especially arithmetic, which he had always known.But could his level be so good that his father asked him for advice? Situ Jing couldn't believe it.Situ Yan's reading is very complicated, and his employment is also eclectic. In addition to his own officials in the court, the Zhan Shifu in the East Palace also has many people who are good at miscellaneous studies. If he encounters problems, he can discuss them with those people.But Situ Yan said that the questions he asked Jia Hu were reported by people from Zhan Shifu, who said they were posed by missionaries from the West, and they couldn't solve them.

People who have studied arithmetic for a long time can't do it, and the prince can't even know it. He doesn't need any knowledge to understand the details. In the past, he would directly send people to invite those missionaries to ask them these questions. There is nothing embarrassing about what is short and what is strong.But before giving the order, Situ Yan thought of Jia Hu. He found that his way of solving problems was somewhat similar to those Westerners. He probably read a lot of books from the West when he was a child, so he tried to ask him a few questions. Unexpectedly, Jia Hu solved it all, and the answer was correct.

Situ Yan is happy now, and he also invited missionaries to come over. You don’t know it at all and you don’t know it very well, but the two concepts are different. If it’s the former, you won’t know it if you’re fooled. If it’s the latter, you’ll have some bargaining power .So, several missionaries who were proficient in arithmetic were invited to Zhan Shifu. Situ Yan specially sent someone to learn from them, and from time to time someone copied their practice questions. He, the crown prince, wondered in his heart whether it would be faster to learn this since he was a child than to learn it when he grew up.

After listening to what the prince said, Situ Jing felt more sympathetic to Jia Hu, and dared to feel that his father used the exam questions to make Jia Hu do so many things, but he was actually doing nothing.Situ Yan said helplessly, Jia Hu is Situ Jing's companion, not an official of Zhan Shifu, what can he do, it is impossible to pay him a special salary, there is no such rule, it will only increase people's criticism, it is better to meet each other During the holidays, give him more rewards. Anyway, he knows Jia Hu's abilities well. When he gets older and officially enters the official career, he just can't treat him badly.

Jia Hu didn't know that Situ Yan's questions in his exams had such complicated origins, but he didn't care, he solved one problem with one problem, and one pair with two problems. It may be beyond the scope of college mathematics. If he can't do it, his previous mathematics teachers will cry to death if they find out.As for rewards, Jia Hu said that he didn't have that concept. He was studying in the palace school, and doing homework was a basic task. Even if the crown prince added two extra questions for him, it was also a matter of his duty. What kind of rewards could he ask for.

It is precisely these differences in the way of thinking that made Jia Hu leave an impression on Situ Jing of being serious and indifferent to fame and fortune, so Jia Hu gave him the little jade fish, saying that he thought that he was afraid of the cold and that it was good for his health. , Situ Jing believed it immediately, and was so moved.

So there was that topaz seal. Situ Jing also thought about it for a long time, but he found out that the children of aristocratic families like Jia Hu really don't lack anything. No matter what he gave him as a birthday gift, he looked like the grandson of the emperor. A reward for accompanying readers, so he decided to do it himself to make the things he sent out appear more sincere.But he didn't want to, Jia Hu started to worry when he received the gift, two months later, it would be Situ Jing's birthday, if he asked Mrs Zhang to prepare the gift like in previous years, it would be careless, it seems that he had to do it himself, otherwise Can't deliver at all.

Jia Hu racked his brains to figure out what Situ Jing really liked, and when he thought about it, he remembered a roommate from his previous life. That buddy was the first to leave the group in their dormitory, and his girlfriend was in the Imperial Normal University next door. The relationship is particularly good. It is no exaggeration to say that the honey is mixed with oil.There is only one thing, that buddy's girlfriend likes to celebrate festivals, not to mention the regular Valentine's Day, Qixi Festival, birthdays and various anniversaries of both parties, she even Labor Day, Children's Day, Teacher's Day, etc. Don't let it go, every festival must be celebrated, and if you don't live well, you will make trouble.

What is the most important thing about the festival, of course, is gift giving. Jia Hu is rich, so he is not afraid. Every time he sends 99 roses, plus some famous brand clothing or jewelry. If you are an ordinary girl, you will definitely feel My boyfriend has performed well.That buddy's girlfriend is not an ordinary person. She despises these tacky gifts, saying that the price is not important, the important thing is the heart.From then on, Jia Hu and his dormitory were full of chaos. Whenever there was a certain festival, the buddy used the treat as a condition to ask the dormmates to help make gifts.

Jia Hu alone carved wood carvings for that girl twice, one time a set of tea utensils, the other time a set of matryoshka dolls, and male gods. He helped the girl draw no less than three different styles of wood carvings. portrait.Thanks to the buddy's girlfriend, Jia Hu and the male god collaborated once and jointly created a woodcut, which is the male god's painting, and he carved it again. I still think of the process as happy.Jia Hu and the male god were like this, and everyone else in the dormitory was no exception. They were all tempted by the buddy with delicious food, and they worked hard for him, but the rewards were not small.

In the year of graduation, except for the unlucky Jia Hu, all the other roommates coaxed their girlfriends with their superb skills.Some people also said that they should send a pennant to that buddy. If it wasn't for his urging, it would not be an easy job for them to leave the group in a ten-to-one male-to-female ratio.

Jia Hu thought for a long time, and decided not to care about what Situ Jing likes, but to consider what he is good at. He has not touched a carving knife for more than ten years, and he has hands that have never carved anything. But it would be embarrassing.To be on the safe side, Jia Hu first asked Mrs. Zhang to find him two pieces of ordinary wood, and tried to carve a set of wine vessels and two wooden tigers, but Jia She and Jia Lian fell in love with them.Jia Amnesty took away the wine vessel, Jia Lian carried away the two tigers, Jia Hu put down the carving knife, and felt that all the touches had returned.

Jia Hu didn't intend to be careless in giving Situ Jing a birthday gift. He asked Mrs. Zhang if he had any good wood, preferably agarwood.Mrs. Zhang said that there were only vessels made, but no raw materials, and asked him to ask Jia Amnesty.Jia She immediately said yes, Mrs. Xu left so many good things for him, a few pieces of agarwood are nothing.However, he asked Jia Hu what he wanted the agarwood for, and whether he planned to carve him a better set of wine vessels. The workmanship of the last set was good, but the wood was not good enough.Jia Hu said that he was going to prepare a gift for Situ Jing, but he was not free for the time being, and we would talk about it later.

Jia Amnesty immediately stated that giving gifts to the emperor and grandson is a family matter, and they shouldn't subsidize it privately, and there is agarwood in the storeroom, so they should get it from there.Jia Hu thought about it, so the two went to find Shi Taijun together. She and Jia She had a key to the big warehouse, and the door could only be opened if both of them were present.Hearing that it was a birthday gift for Situ Jing, Shi Taijun did not object to opening the warehouse, but Jia She said again that it was Jia Hu who carved things with agarwood, so Shi Taijun hesitated.There are not many warehouses for high-quality agarwood, so what should I do if Jia Hu wastes it.

According to Shi Taijun's wishes, sending things to the royal family, no matter how good it is, you can't let the children mess around, so what if Jia Hu carves such a precious agarwood is broken.Seeing that Shi Taijun doubted Jia Hu's level, Jia She ordered someone to fetch the wine vessel and Jia Lian's wooden tiger from his room so that she could see it for herself.After seeing it, Shi Taijun nodded, took out the key and opened the door for them.This was Jia Hu's first time entering the storeroom of the West Mansion. There were so many treasures that his eyes were almost dazzled. Finally, he picked two pieces of wood.

Jia She and his son returned to Rongxi Hall after getting the agarwood, leaving Shi Taijun feeling a lot, why does she feel that Jia Hu is becoming more and more like the Duke of the State.But thinking about it again, Jia Hu was Jia She's son, not Jia Zheng's, and she felt a little regretful that she couldn't get close to Jia She in the end.

Since the previous trial took nearly a month, Jia Hu was worried that he would not have enough time, so he decided to engrave a set of cups, starting with the largest one, as many as he could engrave, and he could not finish it. Slow down.Just like he used to carve nesting dolls, the initial plan was seven, but there were too many things in the middle, so he was delayed. By the time of Children's Day that year, he could only carve three, and Jia Hu gave three to his buddies.He took the rest of the materials home, carved them slowly during the summer vacation, and carved three more small ones, and gave them to his sister, who liked it so much that she couldn't put it down.

Jia Hu's estimation of the time was correct. Of the twelve sets of cups he estimated, on the eve of Situ Jing's birthday, only the outer seven were engraved, and the middle one was still made of wood. All done.He gave Situ Jing the seven completed cups, together with Zhang's congratulatory gifts.Sure enough, Situ Jing was not interested in those regular gifts, so he asked someone to accept them after seeing them. There were seven cups in his hand, and he played with them for a long time. Absolutely.

Jia Hu said embarrassingly, there should be five more. He was slow and couldn't finish engraving them. If His Highness doesn't mind, he will give them to him after he finishes engraving them.Situ Jing saw that the cup in front of him was already very delicate, and he heard that there could be five smaller ones, so he suddenly became interested, saying that this year is a leap year, and it is the fifth month of leap, he can have two birthdays, called Jia Hu Go back and continue engraving, and give it to him when the time comes.Jia Hu hated his talkativeness a little bit, if he didn't say it, there would be no such thing, but he had already said it, so he had to ask for the smallest cup back.

A month later, Jia Hu gave Situ Jing seven cups together with the cup to be returned. The smallest one was only the size of a thumb and looked very cute.Situ Jing took the cups and counted them, then asked Jia Hu, "Didn't you say you still had five last time, why did you take six today?"

Jia Hu stretched his eyebrows and smiled lightly: "This shows that my craftsmanship has improved again. I thought the smallest one could not be carved, but I just wanted to try, and it turned out to be. There are thirteen in total, which is exactly the age of His Highness." , it could not be more appropriate to use it as His Highness's birthday gift."

Situ Jing didn't smile, but said in a deep voice, "Show me your hand." Jia Hu was puzzled, and didn't know why Situ Jing said that, but since he said it, he still stretched out his right hand obediently .Situ Jing grabbed his hand and looked at him, his eyes became deeper.

Jia Hu was puzzled and asked: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" It was fine, but why the atmosphere suddenly became gloomy, he was a little confused.

Situ Jing let go of his hand, and said in a low voice: "Jia Hu, don't carve these anymore." There was a faint sense of guilt in his tone, although Jia Hu didn't know why, but he could hear it, so Even more at a loss, why did Situ Jing suddenly become unhappy.

Jia Hu raised his hands, looked left and right, but couldn't see the problem, so he could only ask, "Why? You don't like it?" If this was the reason, he couldn't help it, even though his intuition told him that Situ Jing He should like it, there are still stars shining in his eyes.

Situ Jing lost his temper by Jia Hu's questioning, picked up his hand again and said, "Your hand is for writing, what are you doing with all the wounds?" Small scratches, mainly because the last two cups were too small, and he slipped his hands a few times.

Knowing Situ Jing's intentions, Jia Hu's heart warmed, and he felt that he was worried about him. In the feudal era, it was not a bad thing to meet such a considerate and considerate master, so he couldn't help laughing: "Your Highness, I'm fine." , don’t take it to heart, it’s just a small wound, it won’t affect anything, you can write and draw a bow, as long as you like this set of cups, otherwise my two months of hard work will be in vain.” Jia Hu knows how to carve wood, which he learned from his grandfather in his previous life. He has practiced for more than ten years. He doesn't care about this little trouble.

Situ Jing saw that his hands were fine, Fang Zhan smiled and said: "I like it very much, but next time don't make such complicated things." I have engraved the seal with my own hands, so it would be reasonable if I didn’t do something myself.

From this year onwards, Jia Hu and Situ Jing's birthdays have been turned into a strange cycle by them.On the one hand, they didn't want the other party to be too cautious, but on the other hand, when they prepared the gifts, they kept improving and did everything by themselves.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year, and three days before the Chinese New Year, Mrs. Zhang gave birth to a fat son weighing seven catties.The 28th year of Yuanchang New Year in the Ning'an Hou Mansion was extremely lively.Jia Jing had been prepared for a long time. Before the child was born, dozens of names were chosen for his grandson and granddaughter. Some were ruled out according to the date and time of birth. Finally, the name Jia Rong was selected. announced.

The eldest grandson of the Cao family was added to the East Mansion, and the West Mansion also returned with celebration. The Zhang family and the Wang family were even thinking about the candidates for their future daughter-in-law.Compared with the two daughters-in-law's planning for a rainy day, Shi Taijun is a little worried. Look at the little Zhang family, who has not been married for a year, and his son was born, and the concubine daughters she married, don't care whether they are married well or not. , all of them have children in groups, only Jia Min, who has been married for seven years, has no news so far. Every time Shi Taijun thinks of this incident, he is worried about his little daughter, and he only hopes that she will send good news soon.

When Jia Min was in her natal family, she had a good relationship with Mrs. Zhang, even when she was out of the court, they often kept in touch.Mrs. Zhang often advises Jia Min in her letters that this matter should not be rushed, as long as the fate comes, the child will also arrive, so don't seek medical care indiscriminately, if you ruin your body, it will be too late to regret.It's just that Mrs. Zhang herself has never encountered such a problem. She got pregnant as soon as she entered the house, but unfortunately she couldn't keep it. Later, she was delayed for more than two years in filial piety, and she had Jia Hu only four years after marriage. The situation is not representative, and I don't know how much Jia Min can listen to.

Jia Min has a mediocre relationship with Wang, so she definitely wouldn't write to her specifically, but Shi Taijun would sometimes talk about her situation at home.Every time Wang heard this, she would be secretly happy. When she was a girl, Jia Min was better than her in everything, and she didn't take her sister-in-law seriously. But after getting married, everything else is empty, only The son is the most real, without a son, nothing can last long.It was rare that something happened that she overwhelmed Jia Min, Wang's mood was very comfortable, especially when Shi Taijun was talking about worrying about Jia Min, she was the happiest.

The 28th year of Yuanchang was the year of Qiu Wei. Jia Jing felt that Jia Zhen's knowledge was relatively solid, and he became stable after becoming a husband and father. He planned to let him return to Jinling to take the provincial examination in the second half of the year.At the same time, Jia Jing thought of Jia Hu. He is 12 years old this year and will be thirteen in the coming year. It is time for the Tongsheng Exam to come to an end. We can't delay it any longer, so he told Jia Amnesty to let Jia Hu go back to Jinling with Jia Zhen. In his hometown, there are houses and family members, so he can settle down in advance and prepare for next year's childbirth exam with peace of mind. Wouldn't it be much cheaper for him to go back alone as a child.

After Jia She thought about it carefully, he felt that Jia Jing's words made sense. He said two years ago that Jia Hu could end. One was that he was young, and the other was that he entered the palace as a companion, so he delayed it. But now it seems , it's time for the exam, and following Jia Zhen all the way, he and Zhang can rest assured.Jia Amnesty discussed it with Jia Hu when he thought it over. Jia Hu didn't care, he was very sure about being a scholar, and he was also very interested in admiring the Jiangnan scenery in the seventeenth century, but according to this arrangement, he would have to delay for nearly a year. I don't know if Gongxue can ask for leave.