[Red Chamber] Come for a hexagram?

Wang Ren thought for a while, and decided to go out and buy some good landscape paintings for Jia She and Jia Zheng, and then go to the jewelry store to buy some hairpins for the daughters of Jia's family.Not many.

He is still saving money now, where did he get so much money to give gifts?

What's more, it was Jia's family who gave it away!

The Jia family who plans to go around in the future!

Wang Ren gritted his teeth secretly when he saw that the little silver in his hand had been spent all at once.In the future, I will definitely not go to Jia's mansion if I have nothing to do!

First of all, there is no need for anyone to visit, and secondly, every time you go, you have to spend money!

As for what to give to Jia Baoyu...

Wang Ren thought for a while, and suddenly came up with a wicked idea.

Because Wang Ren himself has the idea of ​​staying far away from the Jia family, so naturally he is not afraid of offending others.Therefore, I chose two copies of the gift for Jia Baoyu, one is a stereotyped essay.This is a document that has been circulated among many students. I don’t know who customized it, and it is specially used for the imperial examination.Many students will buy it specially to study the question form and practice during the imperial examination.

The other is a box of rouge...

This is no longer just offending people, it is simply provocative.

Who doesn't know that Baoyu caught a box of rouge when he was young!Now I'm still playing with rouge all day long!

That afternoon, Wang Xifeng and the others returned to Jia's residence.

And the next day, Wang Ren went to Jia's mansion with a bunch of things.

He didn't spend much time in Dafang, and Jia Amnesty belonged to someone who only cared about eating, drinking and having fun, and didn't care about anything else.Although Wang Ren already had an official position, he was still a head lower than Jia She in terms of rank, so Jia She was still quite arrogant when he treated Wang Ren, but he just chatted a few words and then drove him away with tea.What I said the most was that when I saw the paintings sent by Wang Ren, I said that Wang Ren had a bad eye and made a lot of comments on calligraphy and painting.If it was not in ancient times but in modern times, Wang Ren believed that Jia She would definitely become a connoisseur, and his vision was very vicious.But even a connoisseur is a connoisseur whose private life is messy and unpopular...

After bidding farewell to Jia Amnesty, when I went to see Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng was already waiting in the front hall.

It's just that Jia Zheng's complexion is not very good.

The last time we met, Wang Ren was still white, and Jia Zheng found out after the school examination that Wang Ren's literary knowledge was quite bad, not even comparable to Jia Baoyu, who was a few years younger than him.

But goodbye now, Wang Ren is already a member of the fifth-rank punishment department, Wailang.As for him, Jia Zheng, his current official position is also from the fifth rank, and he is a member of the Ministry of Industry.Jia Zheng was in a bad mood to be an official at the same level as a 13-year-old Huangkou child. Even when he saw Wang Ren, he couldn't control his expression.

Wang Ren and Jia Zheng greeted each other, and then the younger generation greeted the elders. After this painful etiquette, the two began to talk about the old days.

Self-proclaimed as an elder, Jia Zheng mentioned a lot of things that Wang Ren needed to pay attention to in the officialdom, and Wang Ren answered them one by one. He seemed to be an obedient junior, which made Jia Zheng's complexion much better.After that, Jia Zheng also asked a lot of knowledge about the Analects of Confucius and Xueji. To Jia Zheng's surprise, although Wang Ren could not answer every question, he could explain most of the content, and Give an opinion.

Jia Zheng kept stroking his beard with his hands, and finally asked, "I haven't seen you for a few months, but Ren'er's academics have improved a lot. I don't know where I'm studying now?"

"It's just that my father found a teacher to teach me, and I haven't learned a teacher yet." Wang Ren replied.

In ancient times, mentoring and apprenticeship are not the same thing. A mentor is the kind of teacher who teaches students in government schools or private schools, and some are hired to teach one-on-one. For example, Jia Yucun, the teacher who once taught Lin Daiyu. People basically don't matter.But apprenticeship means "a teacher for one day, a father for life".The master should teach each other wholeheartedly, not just for a moment, and this kind of relationship between the teacher and the student is very profound and cannot be severed in a lifetime.

After Jia Zheng heard about it, he was moved and said, "I don't know the name of your gentleman? Would you like to teach another student?"

Wang Ren frowned, and said, "I'll only find out if I ask my husband."

Jia Zheng nodded and gave some more instructions, but this time his words were all about that gentleman, and Wang Ren didn't want to say more. After a few words, Jia Zheng let him go.

Wang Ren said goodbye, took a few servants and went to the back room with a wooden box.

Before he had passed, Wang Ren bumped into a boy about his age, who was wearing a purple costume, waving a fan in his hand, and walked over with a smile.When he saw Wang Ren, he was startled, his eyes flicked up and down on Wang Ren, and then he stepped forward to tease him with a smile: "Yo, the boy's real sign, which one is it?"

Wang Ren: ==

You can tell it's Xue Da fool at a glance.

Sure enough, people who come to visit Jia's mansion in fancy clothes can be teased?

"Who are you? You are so rude to my father!" Ban Xia stepped forward and said angrily.

"Tsk, I'm the uncle of the Xue family. Prince Teng of the current court should know that the military governor of the capital is my uncle!"

Wang Ren: ...

Pinellia: ...

Honey, the uncle you took out to fight happens to be the father of the person you want to molest, did you make it!

"My grandfather happens to be the only son of the Jingying Jiedu envoy you mentioned." Chang Shan mentioned later.

The expression on Xue Pan's face became stiff, he looked at Wang Ren in astonishment, and immediately changed his expression: "I'll just say, who else has such a good manner except Brother Ren, it was you Brother Xue who was blind just now, brother No wonder, ha~"

No matter how stupid Xue Pan is, he also knows that some people cannot be provoked, especially Wang Ziteng, the current real backer of the four major families.

And Wang Ren is Wang Ziteng's only son, the only one.If he dared to provoke him, it would be easy to break his third leg when he turned around, and no one would dare to speak up for him.That's the benefit of having real power.Moreover, recently there were rumors everywhere that Wang Ren was valued by the emperor, and he specially gave it to an official. He didn't have the guts to provoke such a person.It's just... as expected, I still look hungry...

Wang Ren looked at him blankly.

Xue Pan sneered, turned around and ran away.

"Master, the head of the Xue family...is that so?" Ban Xia looked at Wang Ren and pointed at Xue Pan's back.

"Well, this is the virtue." Wang Ren said.

Xue Pan, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, and Jia Baoyu are all romantic people introduced in the book, but the degree and method of romanticism are different.

Xue Pan dared to tease, dare to rob people, and dared to do whatever he liked.Jia Zhen was rumored to pick up ashes with her daughter-in-law.Jia Lian is better than Jia Zhen, although she also steals people and raises a concubine.As for Jia Baoyu, even though he only showed his sincerity, he always talked about wanting to eat the lip balm of "sister and sister".

The character of these people can be seen from their private lives. In this generation, there is no one who can be used by the Jia family and the Xue family.

There are signs that the building will collapse.

Since returning from the southern tour, Wang Ren's disposition has undergone a big change, and he even has the desire to turn around and leave now.

The boom before the recession is more unbearable than the aftermath.

Ban Xia next to him called out to him, and Wang Ren finally recovered from his trance. He hadn't had a fortune teller for a while, and when he returned, he would give himself a divination to see what his fortune was like recently.

That's all he can count on for himself, it's so bad.

Mother Jia was already sitting in the house, and there were not as many people around as Wang Ren saw last time. Except for Jia Baoyu, only Sanchun, a few maidservants, and Mrs. Wang were there.Without Lin Daiyu, the seat next to Xue Baochai was empty, and a trace of bewilderment appeared on her face.

Xue's family originally came to Beijing for the small election, but since her brother took a lawsuit, although she was not held accountable, her chance of the small election was naturally gone.

Therefore, we can only settle and live in Jia's mansion first.But in the end, it was dependent on others, and there was Lin Daiyu before, so she was not too sad compared to her.But now Lin Daiyu, who is Jia Mu's granddaughter, has gone home. Her Xue family is only because of Mrs. Wang's relationship, so how can she stay here for a long time?

My brother is not reliable, and I haven't found a good place in the capital until now.

Therefore, Xue Baochai had a slightly sad expression on his face.

After Wang Ren arrived, he met Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, and asked someone to bring the gift first.Hearing that the gift was brought, Mother Jia said angrily, "It's rare to come here, so why bother to bring these things, it's going to be a mess."

Wang Ren didn't answer Jia Mu's words, but stepped forward to open the wooden box, and then took out a few small wooden boxes, and asked the servant girl to distribute them to the girls: "The old lady's share is specially made by me in a temple. What I asked for (not), was consecrated by an eminent monk (none), a string of bodhi seed beads (they are real). The old lady will see if she likes it."

Mother Jia took the wooden box that Yuanyang handed over, and opened it to see a string of pure white bracelets engraved with Buddha characters. She was filled with joy and said, "Although this thing is not expensive, I like it very much, my wife. very good."

Wang Ren smiled and said: "It's fine if the old lady likes it, and it's not in vain for me to ask for it (really not)."

"The ones for the two ladies are red coral bracelets. Although they look simple, they are more chic. Compared with those heavy bracelets, they are more feminine." Wang Ren laughed.

In fact, to put it bluntly, I didn't want to spend more money, so I deliberately took advantage of it. The gold and silver required for the chain is much less than that of the thick and heavy bracelet.After all, there are very few bracelets here now, most of them are bracelets, and they look novel.

Mrs. Xing was not there, so she sent a woman to deliver the chain.

Mrs. Wang opened the box, and saw a delicate red bracelet lying on a blue square scarf, she took it out to have a look, nodded, noncommittal.

The one for the sisters is a silver hairpin, which is inlaid with various colored gemstones, which is exquisite and unique.Even Baochai got a copy, and the red plums spelled out with red gemstones the size of grains of rice looked very cute.

"I also prepared a copy for Sister Lin, where is Sister Lin?" Wang Ren asked intentionally.

The scene was suddenly a bit chilly, sitting at the top seat and looking at Wang Ren was not pleasing to the eye, because Jia Baoyu heard this and immediately picked up the conversation, saying: "Sister Lin has gone to her house, but she will definitely come back after a while." Yes. There is only her father in Yangzhou, and there is no accompanying brother or sister, so she must not be able to bear it there."

The scene was so cold that it was about to snow.

Jia Mu immediately came out to smooth things over and said, "The child's father hasn't seen her for a few days and misses her very much, so he sent someone to take him back a few days ago."

Wang Ren nodded: "So that's the case, it's just a pity that this hairpin may have no owner."

"Since you intend to give sister Lin the hairpin, why not let me keep it for you, and why not hand it over when my sister comes back." Jia Baoyu said.

Mrs. Wang said angrily: "Nonsense, what are you keeping for your sister, what about her..." Mrs. Wang shut up here, and Mrs. Wang still dare not say the words "Lin Daiyu will not come back again" , I am afraid that Jia Baoyu will go crazy again.

"Since that's the case, let Baoyu put it away first. I still have something here, and I will give it to Baoyu." Wang Ren said, and asked someone to hand the hairpin and another box to Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu tilted his head: "Something for me?" He picked up the thing and opened it to look.