Jia Yao of the Red Chamber

Chapter 9 The Birth of Daiyu and the Birth of Jia Huan

"Old Ancestor, isn't Yao beautiful?" Jia Yao wore new clothes today, a water-red lake silk jacket with a large piece of light-colored hibiscus embroidered on it, and a plain white pleated skirt of butterfly play underneath.The servant girl combed her into a playful bun with an apricot yellow silk headband.A big smile on Yuxue's cute and pretty face.The eyes are full of pride, happiness, and the kind of wholehearted admiration and dependence on the elders unique to children.

Mother Jia hugged Jia Yao into her arms, and said with a smile, "Pretty, beautiful, our Yao'er is the most beautiful in the world."

Mrs. Wang on the side laughed and said, "Old lady, don't spoil her, this girl is very courageous, she is not as quiet as welcoming a girl."

When Jia Mu heard the words, she glanced at Mrs. Wang, and said casually, "It's okay for a young lady like us to be more delicate and cheerful. There is no need to develop a temperament that can't make a sound when an awl is pierced."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang felt complacent, but she didn't dare to continue.Although Jia's mother followed her words and suppressed the big house for a while, Jia's mother was already a little dissatisfied with her.I just wanted to divert with the next words.A maid in green clothes came in outside the door.

The maid fell to the ground as soon as she came in, "Old lady, someone from Yangzhou came. They said that our aunt gave birth, and she is a daughter."

After hearing this, Mother Jia felt a little regretful that Jia Min failed to give birth to a son, but she was anxious and happy, and said repeatedly, "Where is the man? Tell him to come in quickly, I want to ask him carefully."

Not long after, a woman entered the door. As soon as she came in, she gave a big gift to Jia Mu, calling her "Old Lady". Valuable.When Jia Min, the most beloved daughter of Jia's mother, got married, Jia's mother asked her confidants to go with her because she was worried about her daughter, so that she could always know her daughter's situation, and she could mention a few things.

It has to be said that Mrs. Shi really helped Jia Min accomplish several major events. One was to inject sterilization drugs on Lin Hai's aunts, and the other was to kill pregnant concubines one by one.Lin Hai was aware of these two incidents for a while, and Jia Min was very cold for a while.But firstly, Lin Hai has some genuine affection for Jia Min, secondly, Jia Min is young, beautiful, and talented, he is a very exquisite and intelligent person, after a long time, he will naturally be able to coax Lin Hai to change his mind.

This time they are pregnant, Lin Hai and Jia Min are really happy in every possible way, they are extremely careful, they survived the October pregnancy tremblingly, and they finally gave birth, and they had a child on the day of Huachao Festival, but they were inevitably disappointed. What she got was not a son-in-law who could inherit the family business, but a young daughter who was beautiful and aura but weak from birth.After Jia Min experienced this pregnancy, her body became very weak, and it was more difficult than before to conceive another child.

Therefore, despite the joy of having a baby girl, Jia Min still inevitably worries every day.Unlike those women who depend on their husbands and regard their husbands as heaven, Jia Min is not in awe of Lin Hai because of his status, but really loves Lin Hai.Although angry and jealous, she once laid hands on the concubine's concubine's daughter, and the husband and wife were divorced for a time, but knowing that it would be difficult for her to conceive again, she felt extremely painful that the man she loved could not leave an heir to inherit the incense.

Although she still gritted her teeth with hatred for Lin Hai having other women, she still had the idea of ​​giving her husband a concubine and leaving an heir.

Listening to Mrs. Shi's words, Mother Jia felt extremely heartbroken. She couldn't help crying for her precious daughter, but at the same time she was busy asking her uncle's reaction and her granddaughter.

Only Mrs. Shi came again, "my lord is really considerate of our lady, not talking about taking a concubine, but persuading her to stop thinking about it, saying that there is no time to force her, she has been husband and wife with our lady for so many years, and she is enough for her." Yes." He continued, "The old lady doesn't know, our elder sister is very beautiful, she opened her eyes a few hours after she was born, and she looks seven points like our young lady. My uncle likes it very much, just say It doesn’t matter if I want this one, and I want to be educated like a son. Now I have given a name, called Daiyu.”

After hearing this, Jia's mother became happy again.Jia Yao, who was on the side, was silent all the time, but now she raised her little hand to put her arms around Jia Mu's neck, and said in a delicate voice, "Old Ancestor, does Yao'er have a little sister?"

Mother Jia stroked Jia Yao's little face, and said lovingly, "Yes, our little one has a little sister."

Mrs. Shi looked at Jia Yao carefully and knew that this was the noble little master who was born after Jia Baoyu.First, I sighed secretly about Jia Yao's good looks, and because she had a bit of dignity in front of Jia's mother, she said, "The old lady is so lucky, our third sister is not a fairy daughter from the sky who came down to earth, how did she become born?" Such a good look!"

Mrs. Wang felt better when she heard that Jia Yao was being flattered. Just now she heard that Jia Min had given birth to a daughter. She was very gloating. She thought that Mrs. Lin must take a concubine this time. , who would have heard the part about Lin Hai being considerate of Jia Min, and seeing Lin Hai's love for his daughter, his heart suddenly became extremely uncomfortable.

Mrs. Wang must have lost her affection for Jia Min, a sister-in-law. On the contrary, she still has some hatred for Jia Min.

When she first married, Jia Min disliked her vulgarity, she could only read a few words, but she had no literary talent.I think she is not good enough for her second brother who is rich and rich (==｜｜｜).In addition, the rule of Jia's house is that the new daughter-in-law has to serve her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, so naturally she has to serve Jia Min.They sat and ate at meal time, and she would serve tea and vegetables to Jia Mu and Jia Min. When she was at home, she was also a noble lady, and she had never worked as a waiter, so she was tired and angry.Seeing that Jia Min was raised so delicately by Jia's mother, and ordered her to be taken for granted, he felt extremely irritated.These are nothing, but what she hates the most is that Jia Min's sister-in-law meddled in the affairs of her brother's house. She disliked that she had been married for three years and had not given birth to a child, so she encouraged Jia's mother to be a maid for Jia Zheng. Tongfang is Aunt Zhou who is like a wooden figure now.Therefore, Mrs. Wang is happy to see Jia Min's misfortune.

It's just that Jia Min's joke didn't come true, and it didn't have a big impact on Mrs. Wang. After Mrs. Shi returned to Yangzhou with a big boatload of things from Jia's mother, life went on as usual.

What really hit Mrs. Wang head-on was that Aunt Zhao gave birth to a brother.

It was early summer, just after dinner this morning, Mrs. Wang was inquiring about the food and daily life of the two servant girls, Jia Yao and Baoyu, when suddenly Jin Chuaner hurried up and reported to Mrs. Wang, "Ma'am, Aunt Zhao is here today." The baby is about to be born!"

Mrs. Wang stood up abruptly, ordered the midwife and other things, and at the same time sent her maid to tell Jia Mu. She couldn't stop thinking of Bodhisattva in her heart, and prayed that Aunt Zhao would give birth to a sister.Jia Yao, on the contrary, prayed that Aunt Zhao would give birth to Jia Huan, not the "thorny rose" Tanchun.

Although Aunt Zhao was her first child, it didn't take too long, and within two or three hours, Caixia came over and told Mrs. Wang, "Ma'am, Aunt Zhao gave birth to a brother."

After hearing this, Madam Wang sat down on the chair, frowning involuntarily.But Jia Yao settled the matter on her mind and let out a sigh of relief.