Ai Ruo's life in the red mansion

Ai Ruo and Jia Zheng discussed the matter of building the house at home, but they didn't tell the children.The place has been chosen a long time ago, it is on the street next to the current house.They are two four-entry mansions, because this place is close to the Imperial College and the official school, and belongs to the place where the style of writing is relatively prosperous. The mansions are actually very fast-selling. If Ai Ruo was not the owner of the hoarding house before, she would not be able to buy it all at once. to two.

I received one many years ago. Recently, the neighbor next door got old, and his descendants didn’t want to stay in the capital anymore, so he put it up. Ai Ruoben has been paying attention to it, and hastily sent someone to inquire about it.Jia Zheng's reputation was good, and once he heard that it was the Zhicheng uncle's mansion, he didn't bargain much.Of course, the main reason is that the price given by Ai Ruo is very reasonable.After successfully winning it, Ai Ruo had the idea of ​​building a new Grand View Garden.

It has to be said that Ai Ruo has been poisoned by books.She really felt that it was a pity that the Grand View Garden was not built.When he came back from the palace, he excitedly called Jia Fen and asked her to draw a sketch.Lin Hua is good at reading, but because Jia Fen wants to draw patterns, she is better than Lin Hua and Xiangyun in painting.Anyway, it's not a drawing, but a drawing of the Grand View Garden in her memory.

I have to say that although Jia Fen said that this and that made Ai Ruo dissatisfied, she really grew up under strict education, and quickly drew roughly the layout in Ai Ruo's memory.Of course, the flowers and plants in the middle, rockery, artificial ponds and so on have not been added yet.But just looking at those, Ai Ruo was stunned.The gap between dreams and reality is indeed a thin line. She was very excited on the road, but she was a little dumbfounded when she saw it.

Although Jia Fen said that she and Ai Ruo always confronted each other, she knew very well that this was her own mother, and she could only do whatever she wanted when she was in front of her.When she first painted, she bickered with her old lady.After the old lady was dumbfounded, she didn't dare.He didn't dare to disturb her, so he backed out silently. In fact, it can also be seen how successful Jinling's education of Jia Fen was.It's just that Ai Ruo can't see these things, and the appearance of her daughter in her mind is actually that cunning, bad-tempered little thing.

Ai Ruo looked at the picture quietly, feeling cold in her heart.She has visited the Grand View Garden in Nanjing, and also watched the old version of Zhirouzhai's "Dream of Red Mansions".There are old style illustrations there.It was simply a fairyland on earth.As a result, things are in front of her eyes now, as long as she gives money and land, this fairyland on earth can take shape.But.Now she is not sure, should she cover it?

When she first came here, she couldn't cover it if she was beaten to death.Because it costs money, trouble, and trouble.but now.She has money and status, and she wanted to leave something for her children and grandchildren, so she suppressed her original thoughts and gave birth to herself as Mrs. Wang.One should always do something that Mrs. Wang should do. It is impossible for her daughter not to enter the palace, not to give birth to precious jade, and not to build a garden. I am afraid that it will be punished by heaven, right?It is this kind of mentality that she is eager to try.

But now that I really read the blueprints, if this is really built, the descendants will be in trouble.A royal garden.That is the cave of selling gold, and it is also the hometown of gentleness.In this generation, Jia Zhu can defend.What about the next generation?Such a house costs money to maintain.Therefore, no heroine with a brain would do such stupid things for her children and grandchildren.Well, this proves once again that the Red Chamber is a book for fools.Because none of them have brains.

Just in time, Jia Zheng came back.Seeing Ai Ruo holding a piece of paper, she leaned over to take a look, Ai Ruo turned her head to look at her husband, and Jia Zheng looked at her and smiled.

"What are you laughing at?" Ai Ruo looked angry.

"Very beautiful." Jia Zheng thought about it and said solemnly.

"Then let's build one?" Ai Ruo said angrily.

"Okay!" Jia Zheng nodded.

"How do you live here?" Ai Ruo said angrily.

"It's okay to live in for the girls, and it happens to be big enough for them, so it should be more comfortable." Jia Zheng is very serious.

"I want to pass it on to my eldest son and grandson!" Ai Ruo roared.

Jia Zheng laughed, and hugged Ai Ruo lightly, "I really like it, don't we have Zhuangzi? Make another one like this in Zhuangzi, and give it to Fan'er in the future. If Fan'er draws it like this, she will definitely like it. Give it to her." as a dowry."

"I just said it, I won't be partial, I can't give my son's to my daughter. Besides, what's the use of doing this? Apart from looking good, it can only wear away the will of the children and grandchildren. So, master, am I too stupid? .”

"You can build it smaller and make it more delicate. If you have a wish, you must realize it. Of course, the ancestral house must be solemn and solemn, but there is really no need for other courtyards. These years, it is only a gift for yourself." Jia Zheng kissed her, This was the first time Jia Zheng kissed her outside the bedroom during the day.

Ai Ruo smiled, and sighed a long time, yes, if you have a wish, you will realize it. I have been here for more than 20 years. Since you have this wish, then it will be fulfilled.She can use her own dowry.

"However, the ancestral house doesn't seem to be too solemn, because the empress is going to visit our family."

"Didn't she come here often?" Jia Zheng was taken aback, thought about it, and felt that something was wrong. She often came here to visit, not to say visiting relatives.Blinding relatives is a formality. If you want to pick up your car, you have to follow the etiquette of picking up your car. You looked at your wife with wide eyes, "Doesn't she have a mother's family?"

"She likes me!" Ai Ruo glared at Jia Zheng.

"Didn't she want to save money and trouble for her younger brother?" Jia Zheng directly revealed his true nature at this moment. He has nothing to say to his wife and children, and he has to fulfill his wish, but the queen is someone else's wife, not him. daughter.He really doesn't have the spirit of Lei Feng, marrying for others, so he immediately started conspiracy theories.

Ai Ruo really didn't think about this, because of her close relationship with Jinling, Cheng Engong's mansion also has some contact with Ai Ruo, and her relationship with Cheng Engong's wife is not bad.The relationship between Jinling and Duke Cheng'en's mansion has always been close.One must know that Jin Lingding's background was not too high. Liu Rui was not a favorable heir to the throne at that time. For, well against himself.So Princess Rui's natal family was from a generation of scholars, and old Cheng Engong was a well-educated person before.There is a son and a daughter under the knee.When his daughter became a princess, the old man would retire and teach his son at home.In other words, he made his only young son a real nerd.

A few years ago, the old man and the old lady passed away. Now Cheng Engong has lived up to the old man's expectations, and he has really become the kind of person the old man expected, that is, a scholar.I just love reading, and I don't hold any official position, so I like to read in the library on weekdays.He also doesn't like to socialize with others. Like his father, he also keeps his two sons by his side, but he keeps them in the library, so the personality of the queen's two nephews is not the same as that of the nerdy father, but The only thing in common is that they don't have much ambition to be an official. They have the same virtues as the youngest son of the Xiong family. They don't love officialdom and have a relentless pursuit of art.Now both of them are studying in Dongmen Academy, Ai Ruo helps, sometimes ask Mrs. Lu, I heard that these two are lovely children.

They don't have any daughters in their family. Cheng Engong's wife is very gentle, and I heard that she can write well. She was also known as a talented woman before she got married.Over the years, thinking about the decoration of their home and the process of visiting each other, although their family doesn't have any extravagant hobbies, they really can't be said to be rich.It is a bit embarrassing for a family of nerds to pick up the driver.He gave Jia Zheng a supercilious look, got up and asked someone to fetch water for the master to wash his face.

In the evening, the whole family gathered, including the brothers and sisters of the Lin family, as well as Xiangyun. Ai Ruo said that he wanted to cover the Chengbo mansion. Everyone except Jia Fen was startled, but they were all relieved immediately. Here is the sacrificial wine Mansion, not Zhicheng Bo's mansion.

"Isn't that supposed to be given by the court?" Xiao Heitan rubbed his head in confusion.

"Yes, shouldn't that be a mansion?" Ai Ruo immediately stared at Jia Zheng and said.

Jia Zheng immediately spread his hands. He is a scholar, and he can only follow the imperial decree. As for the other things, he might ask the sage, why don't you give me a room.

"Could it be here? Then build another Jijiu Mansion later?" Jia Ying thought about it.

"How is it possible, the court has laws and regulations." Xiaodi Lin immediately shook his head, joking, he is also studying with the little prince now, and he reads the emperor's book, so Xiaodonggua's stomach is considered to be a little ink, clearing his throat, "If my uncle is a knight and does not have an official house, he will naturally be given a mansion. If there is an official house, he can choose a site and rebuild it by himself. At that time, the court will send a plaque made by imperial edict."

Now Ai Ruo finally knows how Ningguo Mansion was ordered and Rongguo Mansion was ordered. It's really easy for this family to be the emperor.But it’s true, everyone is really granted a mansion after being appointed an official, and they can’t get it back. No matter how many houses in the capital are, it’s not enough, so it’s right to do it yourself and have enough food and clothing.Then the royal family issued a plaque, what a bargain.

"Is there any subsidy?" Ai Ruo looked at the little wax gourd with hope.

"A little bit, but not much." Xiao Donggua was speechless.

"If you have it, it will be done." Ai Ruo felt a little surprised and pleasantly surprised.At first I thought it was all my own, but now it is a little bit better than it is all my own.

"Why don't you build it after the eldest brother comes back? Ask him what he likes." Heitan proposed again. Basically, he had a private conversation with his wife, and they will move in the future, so even if the family is now built to the Chengbo Mansion , that is also the eldest brother's, so it has nothing to do with them. Isn't my mother asking them for nothing now?

"I have already bought two adjacent four-entry houses across the street. The previous ones have done very well. I originally thought that they would be completely demolished and then rebuilt. Now that I think about it, I don't think it is necessary. Ask a special person to come back, re-plan, and make some adjustments. From now on, it will be our ancestral house. Everything will follow the rules." Ai Ruo ignored the youngest son, and continued along his own train of thought .

"What about the garden?" Jia Fen asked softly.She helped draw it all afternoon. Even if she didn't see it with her own eyes, she was fascinated by the way her mother depicted it. She felt that it would be a pity if it wasn't covered.