Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

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The head of the Zhang family, the only surviving Master Zhang Er, took Jia Lian to the Rongguo Mansion as scheduled to collect Zhang's dowry.

That Zhang Yu, who was at the forefront of the capital when he was young, just returned to the capital, and his behavior can be described in one sentence: I, Zhang Yu, are back again.Not to mention that old friends come to visit every day, even today when I came to Jia's mansion, I brought two old friends with me.

Jia Zheng came forward to receive Zhang Yu. Seeing that Zhang Yu was accompanied by the veteran censor Zhongcheng and the former minister of Dali Temple, he ordered someone to tell Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang.The two were convinced, so they had to grit their teeth and add more bank notes to make up for the lack of Zhang's dowry.

After Zhang Yu brought his old friends and accompanied Jia Lian to take away Zhang's dowry carefully filled by Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang returned to the small Buddhist hall in her yard, knelt down to pray devoutly, and only hoped that the Bodhisattva would bless the Zhang family again. Drive out of the capital.

Mother Jia stroked the crutch in her hand and thought, the Zhang family has just woken up.Alas, if you come back a year earlier, can you ask the Zhang family to point out Baoyu!With the Zhang family's ability in the imperial examination, if they are willing to accept Baoyu and teach them well, they will be safe in the future as a number one scholar or a candidate.

Zhang Yu sent Jia Lian to bring his mother's dowry back to the Hou's mansion, and he and his old friend searched for land to talk.

Jia Lian got his mother's dowry in his hand, and he deeply realized that after his uncle came, he felt that he could rely on him.Report to Jia She first, when I went to collect the dowry today, Yu Shi Zhongcheng and the former Dali Temple Minister accompanied my second uncle. In the final stage, Ai Ai told Jia She how he felt about Zhang Yu. Is there anyone who can support your nephew?"

Jia Amnesty's words dispelled Jia Lian's excitement.Seeing his timid look, Jia Amnesty couldn't help shouting: "Hurry up and work hard, and your son will teach you how to read in the future?"

Jia Lian deeply felt that since having a son, Jia She's words to fix him have become: I want your son to teach you something in the future, it is really annoying and embarrassing. There is no strong ability that can be taught to his son.

When Jia Lian saw Sister Feng at night, he couldn't help feeling depressed.Seeing Jia Lian's appearance, Sister Feng asked carefully and gently: "But the mother's dowry is not going well?"

"No. Although there is a lot missing, the old lady almost made up for it with bank notes."

"What's the matter?"

Jia Lian muffled and didn't want to speak.

Sister Feng carried the little boy over, "Come on, son, teach your father how to speak, so don't get bored."

The little boy happily said to Jia Lian, "Ah, ah." He showed a toothless smile, drooling, salivating, and wanted Jia Lian to hug him.

Jia Lian wiped his son's saliva, hugged him, and touched his fleshy stomach, "You really taught me how to speak."

The little boy thought that Jia Lian was teasing him, so he kept saying "ah, ah," and after a while Jia Lian felt that all his troubles were far away from his son's ah, ah.

"Feng'er, do you think I'm useless?"

"What happened to the second master, why do you think so? The second master is quite useful."

"Second uncle took me back my mother's dowry. Today I really feel the feeling of being relied on by my uncle. No wonder Brother Qianzhu and Baoyu like to go to your house." Jia Lian's expression was a little heavy, as if he was thinking of something.

Sister Feng wiped the little boy's saliva, and the boy might have teethed early.Seeing Jia Lian like that, I have to be a bosom sister tonight.Call the nanny to carry the little boy to sleep, but the child hides and refuses to follow the nanny, Jia Lian pats his son's buttocks, "He won't sleep, let's play for a while."

Sister Feng asked Jia Lian to put the child on the kang and climb up and down, "Come on, little boy, show your father a dragon raising its head."

The little boy didn't like to lie on the kang with his whole face, and immediately raised his head when he put it down, "Look, this dragon raises its head up, so it can be lifted neatly."

Jia Lian laughed.

"Come on, I'm showing your father a dragon turning over." Sister Feng turned her son over and teased him by pointing at the boy's belly.

Only when the little boy turned over was he unwilling to lie flat, he lifted his legs neatly, bent his knees, twisted his buttocks, and his fat arms like tender lotus root also made great efforts to turn over and put his head up.

Then Jia Lian also participated in the game, and the couple turned over the little boy for a while, and Ping'er couldn't stand it any longer, so he came up and hugged the baby to the nurse, "Come on, come with me to bathe the eldest brother." Then he turned back and said to the couple, "Big brother is not for you to play with."

Jia Lian and Sister Feng looked at each other, pointed at each other and said, "You are used to it."

Ping'er ignored the two of them, and took his nanny to bathe the child and send the child to bed.

After everyone left, Sister Feng asked Lian Er, "Why are you unhappy today?"

"Father said that I'm going to be an uncle too. What can I rely on for my nephew." Jia Lian hugged Sister Feng, and his dark voice revealed disappointment and sadness for himself, "Feng'er, I can't do anything." Jia Lian Buried his head into Sister Feng's shoulder socket.

Sister Feng pats Jia Lian, don't be confused, young man.

"Look at the second master who said that he is worthless, he is modest, and he doesn't demean himself like this. Second master, if you are really worthless, do you want to say that I am blind and see the wrong person?"

"Feng'er."

"Second Master, there are people who are about your age, and they don't work hard at this time. Second Master, think about it, those who are older than you who did not win the exam, not to mention Juren and Xiucai, are children born. There are also a lot of people. People like the second master have real jobs and titles, work hard during the day, and practice diligently in the morning and evening, which is rare in the capital. The second master is just deserted in the front. If he can persist for ten years, he must be an amazingly talented person."

"Feng'er coaxes me like this out of partiality."

"Even if the second master is not an official, he is also a talent in managing general affairs. Since the second master has been on the job, the affairs outside the family have not been as handy as the second master's management of general affairs."

"Is it the housekeeper or the servant, which one is prevaricating you?"

"Look at what you said, with the master and the second master standing there, who dares to disobey the rules in the family. It's just that ability is like that."

Jia Lian relaxed slightly, and turned his thoughts back to himself.

"Feng'er, tell me, I just wanted to take the title and get the Rongguo Mansion, but now I just feel that the more I learn, the more I don't know; the longer I practice, the more I feel that I am really going to the battlefield. It's a knife for someone. Alas!"

Sister Feng is heartbroken, you young man, you have only worked hard for half a year, but the more you study, the more you find that you have not learned?

"Second Master, let's continue. There are only so many books, and the more you read, the less you read. As for going to the battlefield, there are generals in the court, so how can it be the second master's turn to carry a gun. That is, the master wants you to fight hard." , not to waste the martial arts handed down from our ancestors."

"Feng'er, tell me, Yingchun will enter the palace soon, will it be a son or a daughter?"

"Shh, Second Master, don't let outsiders know. It's less than three months. It must be a daughter."

"Why?"

"Having a daughter is not eye-catching. The empress's third prince was born, and Concubine De and Concubine Xian have also entered the palace. I heard that those selected in this draft will all enter the palace together next month. The younger sister is one of the draftees. The first one in the family enters the palace, and this enters the palace and gives birth to a son, how hated it is."

Jia Lian waited for Sister Feng to continue.

"It won't be too late when Concubine Virtue and Concubine Xian give birth to sons. The saint is not yet 40 years old, so don't worry."

Jia Lian thinks about it. If Concubine De and Concubine Xian had sons before her, she would not be envied if she had a son because of her younger sister's temperament. "However, Feng'er, the one who gave birth to sons and daughters said that there is a folk prescription or something, whether it is reliable or not.

"It's reliable. Don't worry, Second Master."

Seeing Sister Feng's swear words, Jia Lian became more and more worried. Fortune tellers on the street and fortune tellers in temples, when they lied to others, said the same thing.Alas, wait, you will know in due time.

"Hey, Second Master, you said that last time you chose so many beautiful girls to enter the palace, isn't he afraid of kidney deficiency?"

"Nonsense again." Jia Lian was scratching her head. Sister Feng's fearless temperament today has no scruples about today. "Feng'er doesn't need to worry about the future, those Xinglin masters in Taitai Hospital."

"Go, why should I worry about him?"

"Feng'er, tomorrow, go and look at the things I brought back today and sort out the mother's dowry. You can see what can be used, and you can use it, or pick out some that you want to leave for your daughter or son. I have to sort out some of the calligraphy and paintings in my mother’s dowry and send them back to my second uncle. They were ransacked and returned to their hometown, and now the house is empty.”

"Okay. Second master, may I ask my father to pick a little bit, as a thought for my mother?"

Jia Lian replied in a muffled voice, "Feng'er, you said that my father didn't treat me well today, did I not ask him to pick something?"

"There should be. Does the second master think that uncle is here, and he has something to rely on?"

"Yes. Without the second uncle, how could it be so easy to get back the mother's dowry?"

"Did you talk to your father?" Sister Feng looked at Jia Lian like that, "Oh, my father asked the old lady for this matter, but the old lady didn't give it to me. Second master, if your son thinks that others are more reliable than you, what will you think?"

Jia Lian hugged her head, "Forget it if I'm stupid."

"Second Lord, my father didn't give you a kick. You made a lot of money today. You're really stupid."

"You dare to say I'm stupid, I'll see if I don't give you a good look." Jia Lian tickled her hands.

"Okay, okay, I won't say it, the second master will say it himself." Sister Feng hid while talking, what a harmonious night.