[Red Chamber] Madam's wishes come true

Jia Min also knew that this was absurd, but he had to say: "Mother, you also know that Yu'er was born with insufficient womb, and she was born like a kitten. My master and I watched it every day and watched every night, so we were worried about Yu'er. The son fell ill. After finally standing still, Yuer still fell ill every three days. The daughter also had no choice but to lock her at home and avoid going out."

Mother Jia snorted, "For so many years, I can't find a time when I'm not sick."

Jia Min smiled wryly: "Of course there are, but every time Yu'er is in good health, she also has to go to school. The master raised Yu'er as his son, and specially hired a gentleman for Yu'er. He is a master, We can't let Yu'er always ask for leave."

The actual situation is of course more than that.

Jia Min still remembers that when a monk with a scarlet head came to him, he insisted on turning Yu'er to practice. Fortunately, she and the master refused to dispel his idea in every possible way, so that the pain of separation from the family was avoided.

But before the monk left together, he made a special point, "Since I don't want to part with her, I'm afraid that her illness will never recover. If she wants to recover, she will not be allowed to cry unless from now on; except for her parents, everyone People who have relatives and friends with foreign surnames should not be seen at all, so that this life can be safe."

Although these words sound absurd and bizarre, but things about gods and ghosts are always better to be believed than not to be believed. The scarlet monk is indeed a master of Taoism, no matter what he said is true or false, he is unavoidably jealous.

Furthermore, she and the master have been begging for a child for many years, so they are naturally careful in every possible way.

Not only did Daiyu take good care of her, she never let her life feel unsatisfactory, and she also tried not to let her see relatives and friends with other surnames on weekdays.

For example, Zhen Fu never met Daiyu after getting off the boat.

Mother Jia naturally knew that Lin Ruhai hired a Juren to be a teacher for Daiyu, but said: "Then Juren resigned from your house because he didn't want to go to Weiyang with you?"

Jia Min smiled: "We hired another one from Weiyang."

"Is he also willing to come to the capital?"

"Of course I am willing." Jia Min explained, "The gentleman is also a juren, but he is only 35 this year. He came to my home to teach Daiyu. He originally wanted to read the books in my home. By the way, let the master give some pointers when he is free, so that he can help him in the future. Prepare for the imperial examination. Since he has passed the provincial examination, all he has left is the general examination and the palace examination. Following us to the capital not only saves money, but also has a place to stay, so as not to come here alone in the future. "

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and it was not safe to drive alone.

And the exam must be in a good state. It is also a good thing for that gentleman to be able to adapt to the environment in the capital a few years in advance.

Jia Min's sick daughter unexpectedly got another teacher as a teacher?

Mrs. Wang became sour at once: "Why did you only hire a Juren as a teacher for Daiyu? Jiangnan's literary style is prosperous, and there are many scholars, so you can see Juren everywhere. My sister is amazing, and she hired a Jinshi to teach her." Pan'er is a teacher."

After speaking, she explained the identity of "Pan'er", who is the only son of her sister, Aunt Xue.

Jia Min looked astonished, and turned to look at Jia's mother: "Mother, it's not easy to spread this word and let others know."

Her second sister-in-law is so capable that she can't even look down on others.

Juren can directly become an official!

Although there are no high-ranking officials, there are quite a lot of officials in the fourth and fifth ranks.

The highest official position in Ningrong and Rongfu is Jia Zheng, and now he is no more than fifth rank.

Mother Jia naturally understood, and she looked at Mrs. Wang with extremely unfriendly eyes: "I remember the last time the imperial doctor checked your pulse and said that you have a strong fire and need to rest? Now that I have seen Min'er, I won't delay you. You can go back first." Get sick."

Mrs. Wang's face froze. She just slipped her tongue because she didn't want to be compared by Jia Min. Why is that?

The Rongguo Mansion has a great reputation, so are you afraid that a few fourth- and fifth-rank officials will fail?

But since Mother Jia opened her mouth, even if she didn't want to, she had to get up and leave.

Mrs. Xing snickered.

Mother Jia gave her a cold look, until she couldn't hold back the smile on her face, so she looked away.

She was not happy in her heart, the old man dared to jump around in front of her.

But after Mrs. Xing was overwhelmed, Mother Jia still felt uneasy——

That's all for the Xue family, although they found a Jinshi to be Xue Pan's incompetent teacher, Jia Yucun only taught for a year, and then followed the Xue family's line to find Wang Ziteng, and now he has already taken office.This Jinshi said that he was a teacher for Xue Pan, but maybe it was because he was drunk from the beginning.

But the Lin family found a teacher who could teach Daiyu for several years.

Daiyu is just a daughter's family, so it's all right to learn some poetry and books, so why ask a scholar to teach her if she is overqualified?It's better to invite that gentleman to teach Baoyu!

Her family, Baoyu, is a great fortune!

In the future, he will definitely win the number one prize, and he will be named a marquis and a prime minister!

But she didn't speak.

Jia's mother is not a goldfish brain, remember what her daughter said before, that Juren was willing to teach a little girl film because she fell in love with the Lin family's collection of books and Lin Ruhai's ability.

But whether it's book collection or the teaching of Tanhua, her Rongguo Mansion doesn't have any of them!

Mother Jia became increasingly dissatisfied with her two sons.

Jia Min was not unhappy that Mrs. Wang was "rehabilitated" just after they met, but she also knew that this was not a good thing, and if it spread, it would affect her reputation.

She thought for a while, and persuaded: "Sister-in-law is just a momentary slip of the tongue, there should be no malice in her heart, half a day is enough to calm down if the fire is strong, if it takes too long to recuperate, who should take care of such a big Rongguo Mansion?"

Although Jia Mu cared about the fourth and fifth rank officials, she didn't think they could really take advantage of the Rongguo Mansion. After thinking about it, she simply followed Jia Min's words and went down the stairs: "In that case, let's just wait until she calms down."

After this incident, the interest of chatting in the room has diminished.

Seeing this, Wang Xifeng smiled heartily: "Uncle Lin's family has a family of books, so the collection of books accumulated by the ancestors for so many generations should be unimaginable for ordinary people? No wonder even Juren is envious. I don't know if our Rongguo Mansion will return After several generations of accumulation, can we accumulate a collection of books that even Jinshi would covet?"

Mother Jia's mood improved instantly.

That's right, the Lin family can have so many books, and it's also accumulated from generation to generation.Although Rongguo Mansion is not comparable now, it may not be inferior in the future.

After all, the Rongguo Mansion was in full swing, but the Lin family lost even their titles.

"There is no way to find too many books in a short period of time, but Juren can still be cultivated." Wang Xifeng said again, "Let me tell you, that kid Baoyu has a bright mind. If he cultivates carefully, is it certain that he will be admitted to Juren? It just so happens that my aunt's If you have a ready-made teacher, how about letting Baoyu go to school at your aunt’s house? Don’t be reluctant, ancestor. Although our family studies are good and there are many people who go to school, we can keep Baoyu as a companion, but after all, the teacher is not good enough.”

The only teacher of Jia family studies is nothing more than a scholar, and he is also a sarcastic Confucian who talks a lot.

Wang Xifeng didn't think much of it.

The two houses of Rongguo Mansion are connected with each other, and if Baoyu is well, their eldest house will be well too.

Baoyu is a big man who was born with a jade title. When he gets better in the future, the emperor might be able to look at him and elevate Dafang's title.

Wang Xifeng naturally wanted Baoyu to go to school with Juren.

Li Wan rolled his eyes and had an idea——

If Baoyu can go to the Lin family to study, if she works harder, can she also send Lan Er to the Lin family?

Whether it's Teacher Juren or the Lin family's collection of books, they are all the best resources for reading. Li Wan also wants Lan'er to enjoy it with Baoyu.

But if Baoyu doesn't go, Lan'er will definitely not be able to go.

Thinking of this, Li Wan also said: "Old ancestor, no matter how talented Baoyu is, he needs a famous teacher to teach him. My aunt's house has ready-made teachers and countless books. This is a rare opportunity. Why not let Baoyu study with Daiyu?" ? Maybe Baoyu will be able to return to the examination as a child born scholar next year?"

Jia Min glanced at Jia's mother and found that she seemed to have moved her heart.

But is Jia Min willing?Of course not!

Although I don't know who in the Rongguo Mansion participated in the calculation of the Lin family's property and the lives of himself and Brother Shan, Mrs. Wang was 100% involved.

Not only was she involved, she was also the mastermind.

How could Jia Min ask Daiyu's teacher to help Mrs. Wang teach her son?

Jia Min smiled: "It's not impossible. It's just that there is one thing that must be agreed in advance. The teacher is very strict in teaching. Although he only has half a day of class every day, the homework assigned to Yu'er can take up the remaining half of her time. If I haven’t finished my homework or I can’t do it well, but I have to play with a handboard. But the teacher is really good at teaching, and now Yu’er can read and recite the Four Books and Five Classics, and even started to dabble in law and arithmetic.”

But Jia's mother was taken aback: "Then Mr. is still beating people?"

Jia Min nodded frankly: "If you can't cut a jade, you can't make a tool. As long as Yu'er can really learn something, not to mention hand-handling, even more severe punishment, the master and I agree."

"By the way," she suddenly thought of something, "If Baoyu really wants to go, it's time to break his temper. The gentleman respects the sages and sages the most, and he doesn't want anyone to say anything bad about them. Hearing someone slandering the sages, I'm afraid it's not good for playing hands."

Jia's mother changed her face instantly: "It's not that Baoyu is afraid of being beaten, but Baoyu has studied ethnology for several years, and gets along well with the students of ethnology. Let him leave his friends and go to the Lin family to study. I'm afraid it will be a short time. It’s hard to get used to, so it’s better to stay in the family and learn.”

Wang Xifeng opened her mouth to fight for it, but she saw Jiamu gave her a light look, with a hint of warning in her tone: "Baoyu is not even a child, it is enough to be taught by a scholar."

Wang Xifeng's lips moved, and he lowered his shoulders for a while.

Li Wan gritted his teeth, still unwilling to give up fighting for Lan'er: Baoyu can't bear it, but Lan'er is not afraid!

Just as soon as he raised his head, he met Jia Mu's cold and transparent eyes, as if he could see all her little thoughts clearly.Li Wan's heart trembled, and he immediately vented his courage.

Jia Min pretended not to see it.

Mother Jia smiled: "I remember that Daiyu and that child were both weak when they were born. How about Brother Shan? How is his body?"

Jia Min sighed: "I gave birth to Brother Shan as a child with dystocia, and he was also tired. Fortunately, there are outstanding people in the south of the Yangtze River. We met an old doctor who is good at nursing in Weiyang. It's too short to see anything now, but the two Children do get sick less often than in previous years."

Mother Jia's eyes were full of kindness: "God bless, this is really a good thing."

Jia Min glanced at her and laughed.

Not long after, it was noon.

Wang Xifeng got up to prepare, and quickly prepared a table of delicious food.

Jia Min followed him to the table, glanced at the big fish and meat on the table, and felt a little uncomfortable, but thinking that it was rare for him to come back, he didn't talk too much, but used it less.

After eating, Jia Min thought of Zhen Fu: "It's rare for me to come here, why don't I see a few children?"

Wang Xifeng explained with a smile: "The three younger sisters are studying with the husband, Baoyu and Lan'er are also studying at the ethnology, and Cousin Fu wants to buy a house near Ningrong Street, but he is not familiar with the surrounding environment. Grandpa went out together. It was originally scheduled to come back at noon, and I don’t know if there was any delay, and I haven’t heard the letter yet.”

After finishing speaking, he continued, "I have already told the teachers of the three younger sisters, the master of the family study, that today I will leave school early, and I think I will come here soon."

Jia Min nodded: "It's really not good to delay the child from going to school."

While he was talking, he heard a loud voice coming from outside the door.

Everyone turned their heads and saw three little girls who were about the same age as Daiyu appearing at the door. After they came in, they greeted Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing and others one after another, and then stood beside Jia Mu, looking at Jia Min curiously.

Tanchun was very courageous, as soon as he rolled his eyes, he stepped forward and saluted: "Tanchun pays tribute to Aunt Min."

Yingchun and Xichun looked at each other, and seeing that Jia Mu cheerfully did not stop, they followed Tanchun to salute.

Jia Min hurriedly asked Bai Lu to bring a purse for each of the three sisters, which contained three jade bracelets: "My Yu'er is as old as you, and you can come to my house to play with her when you have a chance."

Sanchun nodded repeatedly.

She was about to speak when she heard another commotion.

Turning around, I found a boy wearing a red brocade robe appeared at the door, followed by three younger boys, but they were completely incomparable in terms of facial expression, attire, and demeanor. The boy in red, if he didn't know it, he might have thought that the boy in the back was the boy in red's servant.

But on this occasion, it is impossible for the boy to appear in front of Jia Min.

After a little thought, Jia Min guessed the identities of several people.

The first one must be Jia Baoyu, the precious phoenix egg of the Rongguo Mansion, and the next three, the slightly older ones should be Jia Huan, the second son's bastard, Jia Lan, Li Wan's only son, and Jia Cong, the eldest son's bastard.

Jia Min still smiled and gave each of them a purse, but it contained high-quality ink ingots.

The Lin family didn't have anything else, but the collection of books, antiques, and the four treasures of the study, which were hard to come by, were abundant, and they were both suitable and in line with the Lin family's positioning as gifts.

All the children were very happy.

Jia Min talked with Jia's mother and others for a while, but Jia Lian and Zhen Fu still hadn't come back. After thinking about it, she left on the grounds that she was going home to pack her luggage.

Lin Ruhai was reading a document, when he heard footsteps, he raised his head, saw that it was Jia Min, and immediately smiled.

Jia Min also laughed: "What are you looking at?"

Lin Ruhai got up, personally brought a chair for Jia Min and placed it beside him, then sat down, and handed the information directly to Jia Min: "Isn't it that my appointment has already come down? I think for a long time, I'm afraid If you can't get away, the new year is coming soon, you have to start socializing with relatives and friends, and you will inevitably attend various banquets. I just thought, why not settle Mei Ying's marriage as soon as possible."

Jia Min paused: "Mei Ying's marriage?"

She lowered her head and began to browse through the information, and found that there were some houses that looked pretty good.

These days, it is very easy for rich people to marry wives and concubines, but it is not easy for ordinary men, even men with a small amount of money in their families, to marry a wife they like.

This is also reflected in the original work.

For example, before Jia Yucun passed the Jinshi examination, he was already a brother and brother with Zhen Shiyin. Even if he was not as old as Zhen Shiyin, he must be in his 30s or [-]s, but he never married a wife.

Then there is the second sister You's own mother, Youlao Niang, who also married an official after marrying once, and became the wife of an official.

With Mei Ying's appearance, it is very easy to marry a good partner.

It's just that Jia Min still wanted to wait for things to settle down before choosing slowly, but he didn't think that Lin Ruhai had already found everyone.

Thinking of this, Jia Min felt a little uncomfortable.

Lin Ruhai didn't understand Jia Min's careful thinking, and talked about the reason why he was so anxious to marry him off: "I see that you have always had a grudge against the Rongguo Mansion, and you are also worried that the person who joined Jia Wang's family is not Mother Wang. , so I wanted to figure things out as soon as possible, so as not to delay too long and cause other troubles."

Jia Min was overjoyed at first, but soon fell silent again.

Lin Ruhai was puzzled: "Is there something wrong with the people I picked?"

Jia Min twitched her lips and shook her head: "That's not the case. I just thought of what I saw and heard when I went to Rongguo Mansion today. I never knew that Rongguo Mansion has become what it is today."

Although it still looks magnificent, the rules of the house have been completely broken.

She took a cursory look, and found that among the juniors, only the little girl named Tanchun was considered a good-for-nothing, and the other juniors, even Jia Baoyu, who was held in the palm of her mother, looked naive and frivolous.

Thinking of the various decorations in Rongguo Mansion, they are all old things from when I was not married.

The Rongguo Mansion was indeed in decline.

It's no wonder that the idea was directed at the Lin family, even at the expense of killing her, a married woman.

Jia Min was angry and hated, but couldn't help feeling a little bit of embarrassment in her heart——

How grand was the Rongguo Mansion when she was still there?However, after 20 years, he has already begun to make ends meet.

Lin Ruhai used to be a gentleman and never thought of investigating the Rongguo Mansion.But after returning from Weiyang, he immediately sent someone to investigate the Ningrong and Rongfu, and the final result was also...

All I can say is, it's unsightly.

He shook his head and reminded: "Stop going to Rongguo Mansion in the future to avoid being tricked."

Jia Min paused and smiled bitterly: "I understand."

After speaking, the two of them coincidentally diverted from this unpleasant topic, and began to seriously discuss the pros and cons of the few candidates given by Lin Ruhai.

But in the end, Jia Min rejected all of them: "None of them are suitable. Either Qi Dafei has bad habits or there are rumors of beating his wife. If such a candidate is really sent to Mei Ying, I will worry that she will think that I am a good candidate. Feel uneasy."

After finishing speaking, he smiled, "Leave this matter to me, you are a big man, you don't know what a good husband-in-law looks like in a woman's heart."

Lin Ruhai laughed: "When I chose, I only learned based on my family background, and I really didn't care about other things."

So he handed over the matter to Jia Min.

Jia Min really took this matter to heart, and on the fifth day of Lin Ruhai's official duty, she found five suitable candidates.

She called Mei Ying directly, told her the pros and cons of the five candidates, and let her choose by herself.

"These five are all of good character and intend to marry you." Jia Min explained, "As long as you choose, the other party will come to propose marriage immediately. Don't think that the family background I picked is not good. Many times, Qi Dafei, It’s not that if your husband’s family is rich, you can live a good life.”

After a pause, "Of course, if you want to marry a perfect husband, it's not that I can't help you find it. It's just that in your capacity, I'm afraid you won't be able to get in with eight sedan chairs."

Mei Ying nodded: "Just these five, I'll go back and think about it."

She is not a very shrewd person, but she also knows what kind of person she can marry in her own capacity.She looked at the identities of several people, and she was indeed the best person she could marry.

Jia Min would not stop her, and asked Mei Ying to take the information away.

Then, Mei Ying found Lin Kou with the information.

Lin Kou: "..."

She was a little strange: "Your future husband candidate, just choose the one you like? Why do you want me?"

Mei Ying explained: "Miss Kou has always been smart, she must know better than me which one is more suitable for her."

She looked at Mei Ying, and Mei Ying looked back calmly.

Lin Kou: "???"

Forget it, isn't it just to choose a suitable husband for Mei Ying?She chooses it!

She took the materials and read all the information of the five candidates.

A simple summary is that a widower whose original wife died of illness but left no children is a sixth-rank official but has little money; a young, strong and promising general has both parents dead; He has been selected as a scholar and has a gentle personality, but there are already two housekeepers in the mansion, as well as a concubine's eldest daughter; a landlord, his family has quite a bit of land, and he also has two shops in Beijing, but the family has a single lineage, and the pressure to have children will be high. Relatively big; there is also a wealthy businessman who is rich, has a house but is not favored, and has all the corners of the family. Marrying is to enjoy. The only problem is that he looks richer.

These people, Jia Min, were all inquired about in private, and there was nothing to say about their character.

But it is also true that each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Mei Ying crossed out the rich businessman's name first: "I can't stand being with a fat businessman every day."

Crossed out the scholar again, "I don't want to be someone's stepmother."

It cost the officials again, "I know my own nature, and I can live a normal life, but I can't do it if I'm too tight."

There are only two left, the teenager and the landlord.

It can be seen that Mei Ying herself is more inclined towards landlords. After all, she has Lin Kou's promise that she will definitely have a child.

However, Lin Kou picked the young general at a glance: "You are young and strong and have a future. The key is that both parents are dead. If you marry him, you can be the master of the house, and there is no mother-in-law on your head."

Mei Ying was stunned: "You are the master?"

She kept the young general, but she was just reluctant to bear the fate he could bring, but she still had some grudges about the death of her parents.But after hearing Lin Kou's words, Mei Ying's heart skipped a beat.

That's right, although there is no mother-in-law to help take care of the child, there is no mother-in-law to control her!

With her status as a concubine, even if these men themselves don't mind and are willing to come to ask for marriage, don't their family members also mind?

For her, this teenager is the best candidate!

Mei Ying hugged Lin Kou happily: "Thank you, Miss Kou, you have helped me a lot!"

Otherwise, she would have chosen that landlord.

Without waiting for Lin Kou to react, Mei Ying took the documents and went to the main courtyard. When she met Jia Min, her eyes wandered and her face was flushed red: "This one is called Gao Feng. Madam sent someone over and told him to pick someone else." Let’s come to propose marriage every day!”

Jia Min: "..."