[Red Mansion] Sir, I'm a rough man

"The second wife probably doesn't like this new sister Lin very much."

Xichun picked up the teacup, took a sip, put it down, and said.

Sitting opposite her is Jia Wan, propping his head, staring blankly at the brewed tea in front of him. In the two-inch high tea cup, there is no water in the leaves, and the green tea is brewing black tea. Its color and taste can be imagined.

Jia Wan didn't pay attention to what Xichun was saying at all, he only felt that his eyelids were getting heavy, but he knew very well that if he dared to lie down now, he would be filled with bitter tea immediately, so he pulled himself together and said: "how?"

These two words of panacea, no matter what they say, they can always be answered in one go.

Sure enough, Xichun didn't notice at all, his younger brother didn't know what he just said, and explained: "When Sister Lin arrived, the eldest wife, second wife, sister-in-law Zhu, sister-in-law Lian, and our sisters were all there. While talking around sister Lin, the second wife suddenly asked Lian's second sister-in-law if she could release the monthly money.

"It's nothing to say, it's just that Lian's second sister-in-law would go to the second wife's room every day to say hello to the second wife's room, and the second wife never said such things in the old lady's room, but today, when Lian's second sister-in-law was busy arranging for sister Lin, Asking such a sentence... I always feel a little strange, maybe I am overthinking, maybe it is not necessarily."

Jia Wan responded with a "huh".

He didn't think Xichun was careless.

It's as if when everyone is praising A's bag for being so fashionable, B suddenly said, "Yesterday's movie was really good." Of course, people who listened to it would find it a bit abrupt.

If you analyze B's mentality, there are nothing more than two kinds, either you can't see A becoming the focus of everyone, or you want to show your authority in front of A.

But whether it is the former or the latter, the proposition that the second wife doesn't like Daiyu is valid.

Only Xichun continued: "That's all, Pian Lian's second sister-in-law brought up the matter of 'finding satin' again, and the second wife said, 'I should take out two of you to cut clothes for your sister'...Why? I just used the word 'suishou', which sounds like..."

She frowned, and couldn't find a suitable description. Jia Wan added in her heart, "...it's like a nouveau riche sending away poor relatives."

Xichun said again: "Even I felt a little uncomfortable hearing it, let alone someone else? The old ancestor's complexion was not very good at that time. Fortunately, Lian's second sister-in-law was overwhelmed and got over it. Let Sister Lin go to visit the two uncles."

After finishing speaking, he sighed and said: "Poor Sister Lin who came all the way to seek relatives, just entered the door, and then encountered such a situation when she came out, I don't know why I feel so uncomfortable!"

Jia Wan said: "It's just a few casual words, maybe sister Lin didn't notice it?"

If everyone is like them, they have to chew any sentence three times in their hearts, will they let people live?

Xichun glared at him bitterly, and said, "You treat everyone like you, living in a daze all day long? That sister Lin is probably more careful than us.

"During dinner in the evening, my ancestors asked about their homework. Sister Lin said that she had just finished reading the "Four Books". Because my grandmother said that our sisters had never read any books, but only knew a few words. Later, Brother Bao came back and asked, Sister Lin Then he said, 'I can only recognize a few words'...

"Tell me, does this look like you can't even hear what the second wife is saying?"

Jia Wan still couldn't help it, yawned loudly, and said vaguely: "If you think Sister Lin is pitiful, just go and untie her."

Xichun laughed at herself and said, "I don't feel sorry for her, I feel sorry for ourselves.

"Sister Lin is the granddaughter of the ancestor and the nephew of the two uncles. She still attracts people's eyes, let alone the two of us? Although we are surnamed Jia, we are separated by several generations. We were fine when we were young, but now we are growing up. Well, it's not awkward to live in this West Mansion, but there's no hope at all over there..."

She and Jia Wan were originally not from the Rongguo Mansion, but from the Ningguo Mansion next door. The current owner of the Ningguo Mansion, the third-rank general Jia Zhen, is their elder brother.

Their father's name was Jia Jing, who was originally a Jinshi, but somehow he became obsessed with cultivating Taoism. He didn't even want his title. Not only did the eldest son Jia Zhen inherit the title, but also gave birth to twins Xichun and Jia Wan when they were nearly half a century old.

For women in this era, giving birth to a child is originally a gate of hell, not to mention that Mrs. Jia Jing is not young, and she is pregnant with twins... So in the end, although she gave birth to two children with all her life, she couldn't make it through , forced to take a look at the child, and then closed his eyes.

Two children, the mother went away as soon as they were born, and the father devoted himself to cultivating the Tao and ignoring secular affairs, and the elder brother Jia Zhen's original spouse had passed away for two years, and it was too late to remarry... So the problem came, in the huge Ningguo Mansion, The whole family does not have a mistress, who will take care of these two infant children?

You can't let Jia Zhen's concubines come to educate his younger siblings, wouldn't it make people laugh?

In the end, I could only ask Jiamu to send Xichun and Jia Wan to foster care here, and this fostering lasted for seven to eight years.

In fact, living here is neither embarrassing nor embarrassing, and Jia Wan is the only one.

Xichun is a girl, she should get married when she is in her teens, there is no suitable elder upbringing in the East Mansion, so it is reasonable to keep it here, and then it will be fine to go back to the East Mansion to get married, but he is a boy, but There is no reason to always depend on others.

"...But you are unwilling to make progress, and you only know how to sleep all day long. The sister of the Lin family is a girl, and she has already read the four books. You can't even memorize the Analects of Confucius..."

Jia Wan had already yawned twice in a row, looking teary and pitiful: "But I'm sleepy!"

He wanted to make progress, but he was sleepy!

"You..." Xichun almost rushed over and twisted his ears angrily, but she endured it and continued: "The elder sister-in-law came to pick it up, but I don't know if it's her and brother's intentions, or someone here is not happy. Fortunately, the ancestor said he was reluctant and blocked her back, but I don't know how long it will be delayed."

Seeing that Xichun's expression was gloomy, Jia Wan comforted him and said, "There's nothing to worry about. I'll just go there when the time comes. Can my brother treat me badly? You can live here with peace of mind. The two houses are so close together. I want to come Isn't it easy to see you?"

He didn't care, I heard that in the mansion over there, the leakage was like a sieve, and apart from Jia Zhen, the elder brother who had forgotten him long ago, there was no serious elder... It was Youshi, although it was him in name Sister-in-law, but because she is a continuation and comes from a humble background, she is also a bit shorter in front of him, so she can't care about him.

At that time, even if he wants to sleep until the sea dries up, he can let him.

Xichun's eyes turned red immediately, and said angrily: "If you leave, what's the point of me staying in this mansion alone? At worst, I'll beg my ancestors to give us some more time..."

Jia Wan sighed, and said: "You didn't find out that the old ancestor has little control now? We'd better not make things difficult for her old man."

Xichun's eyes widened in surprise, and she said in amazement, "How do you say it?"

Jia Wan said: "The Lin family and our family are such relatives. Aunt Lin and Sister Lin are the old lady's favorites. It is said that let alone picking up people, even sending letters, you should send close and reliable people. But The mansion only sent two third-class servants..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Xichun let it out.

Baoyu, born to the second wife in the mansion, went out, and the farthest he could go was outside the city to offer incense, and even a dozen or twenty people followed him, but he went all the way to the south of the Yangtze River to pick up a little girl, but only sent two of the most inferior ones. The mother-in-law doesn't even have a capable nanny.

It can be seen that the old ancestor is old and has no energy. Although everyone respects and respects her in this mansion, her orders change as soon as she leaves the mansion.

But I don't know what the uncle of the Lin family thought, and he still sent his daughter here under such circumstances.

For a moment, Xichun was so upset that she didn't even think about scolding her younger brother, so she got up and left.

Just as Jia Wan breathed a sigh of relief, Xichun called his girl Yuzhan over and told him that "you need to read twenty pages of the book before allowing Second Master to rest", and he couldn't help but start to have a headache again.

He was really sleepy, otherwise he would have to witness the scene of "Daiyu entering Jia's mansion" with his own eyes, wouldn't he?

Speaking of which, he can be regarded as a "native-born" person in this world. After all, he has been the owner of this body since he was born, or even earlier, but it is just an extra lifetime of memory.

But it's a pity that he didn't like or watched Dream of the Red Chamber in his previous life, so he can't pretend to be a prophet here.

Although I haven't seen it, if I say I haven't heard it, it's impossible.

After all, "Lin Daiyu enters Jia's mansion", "Gourd Monk sentenced the Gourd Case" and so on, but if he dared to say that he didn't know if he entered the textbook, the Chinese teacher would crawl in angrily and beat him to death with a fly swatter?

But if you ask him if he knew that this scene in the Chinese textbook would happen to him in real life one day, would Jia Wan, who was still surnamed Yun Mingluo at that time, listen to the teacher and study all the four great classics? again?

The answer is of course no.

It's like even if the teacher yells "this question must be tested" a hundred times, he won't spend an extra minute to memorize the formulas--a scumbag must have the self-consciousness of a scumbag.

Then I passed the college entrance examination.

Then he really failed...

cough!

Let's not mention the black history of the previous life for the time being, sleep is the most important thing right now, as for Xichun's order - anyway, it will be tomorrow when she comes back, and we will talk about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow.

But I don't know if that Miss Lin is really as good-looking as it is written in the book.