The Second Master Lian of the Red Chamber

Although Jia Lian was young, he was exhausted from the journey. After coming out of Yingchun courtyard, he went back to his room to sleep, pretending that he didn't see the old lady who came out from Mrs. Xing's courtyard to inquire about news.

In the early morning of the second day, Keren, who was on duty, woke up Jia Lian according to the time when Mrs. Xing went to the room to say hello.

Since the old man left, Jia's mother only said that her children and grandchildren were working hard and studying hard, so she no longer asked the masters and young masters to get up early every day to go to the room to say hello. Jia Lian can often sleep peacefully when she is not studying or going out.But since Yingchun was told not to go out yesterday, Jia Lian specifically asked the maids to wake him up according to the lady's greeting before going to bed, lest the old lady get angry and let others bluff Yingchun.

When Keren yelled, Jia Lian was in a dream sucking a cage of Su-style soup dumpling soup. I'm afraid it will take him a moment to be willing to open his eyes.

With the foundation of getting up early when studying hard, even though Jia Lian still felt a little sore, he turned over and got out of bed straight away. After washing up, he hurriedly ate a bowl of noodle soup and rushed to the upper room where Jiamu lived. After waiting outside the door for a while, Mrs. Xing, who came in a sedan chair to greet the sick, went in together.

It is said that Jia Zhu and Jia Baoyu, who were always guarding Jiamu, were not with Jiamu at the moment, and only Mrs. Wang, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were guarding the house.Mrs. Wang was sitting on the seat next to Jiamu's and talking with her, while Li Wan was standing next to Jiamu with the medicine in his hands, and carefully took the medicine with a spoon.

Jia Lian pretended not to see the indifferent faces of the people in the room, and greeted Jia's mother with a smile as before, and greeted Mrs. Wang. Then she salivated and leaned forward, smiling happily to take the medicine bowl from Li Wan's hand: " Sister-in-law, give it to me, you will show your filial piety to your ancestors every day, and let your younger brother help me, lest people outside will gossip and say that I am not filial."

The young and the old in the Li family are all gentlemen, and Jia Zhu is also extremely upright. It is the first time Li Wan has met such a man who speaks and smiles so much when he grows up, so he let go in a hurry, fearing that he might have something to do with Jia Lian Touching is against women's morality.

Li Wan withdrew his hand too quickly, and Jia Lian quickly picked up the bowl without spilling it on the ground, but a few drops inevitably splashed on his hand.Jia Lian didn't take it seriously, and just wiped it on the rosin-colored gauze shirt and was about to serve Jia Mu to take medicine, but Jia Mu turned her side to avoid it.

The two were so close, Mother Jia naturally saw Jia Lian's actions at that moment, and her already indifferent face was even more disgusted.Seeing that Jia Lian was fine, she still wanted to get closer, so she couldn't help but scolded: "Good sir, where did you learn such a dirty way? The girl in your room is so dead that she can't even wear a handkerchief." Not prepared for you? If you don’t have a master in your eyes, get rid of them as soon as possible, and then pick the best ones for you.”

Jia Lian paused, put the medicine bowl in the arms of the big girl Liuli who was standing not far away with her eyes downcast, and then lazily got up to move away from Jia Mu, and replied lazily: "Grandson, this is Nan Walking to and from the north, the roads are not as convenient as at home. The servants are not as careful as the maids, and they hang out with the servants and nurses a little more, so they are unavoidably rude. I said it seemed that something was wrong, but it turned out to be I forgot to use the veil that Tweety forced on me in the morning."

As he said that, Jia Lian really took out a handkerchief from his sleeve pocket, wiped his hands, and dusted off the dark brown stain on the shirt, but the silk gauze was already thin, and it would have been soaked in a while, so where is it? It can be wiped off.But Jia Lian's careless appearance made Jia's mother angry again.

Jia Lian also sighed in his heart.The old lady is so angry, it's really hard for him to say anything bad.Otherwise, according to his mind, he really wanted to ask, he hadn't kicked out anyone in his yard for more than two years, even if the girls were bad, with whom could they be "together" kicked out.

Mother Jia's face turned blue, and she wanted to teach Jia Lian a lesson, but she was still thinking about what the imperial physician said, so she took the medicine from the servant girl's hand first, and then said calmly, "What kind of background do you have, how can you learn from those bastards?" Go? No matter how cheap you are on the road, you can’t change the rules and change your temperament! Look at what you have become now, won’t people laugh at our family’s upbringing when you go out?”

While talking, Jia's mother looked at Jia Lian's expression, and saw that he was staring at the toe of the shoe without saying a word, so she couldn't help but also took a look at the pair of shoe uppers that were stitched by Suzhou embroidery, and breathed a sigh of relief. , then continued: "You were in Yangzhou, did you ever go beyond your aunt to dispose of the servants wantonly? Why did you act recklessly when you came back? Could it be that because the husband is far away, you feel that you can disregard decent upbringing? That is your sister's fault." Nanny! Even your wife and I are not good at selling things like this!"

The more Jia's mother talked, the more angry she became, and she felt a little heartbroken that her children and grandchildren were helpless, so panicked that Li Wan, who had been avoiding the sidelines, rushed forward to persuade her.Jia Lian originally wanted to say something, saying that in Yangzhou aunt's and uncle's house, if there was a Diao Nu who was so short-sighted, he would have been sold by his aunt's feet. Taking a look at Jiamu's blue complexion, she finally held back the words.

From the corner of the eye, she caught a glimpse of Mrs. Wang who was sitting idle at the side and seemed to have something to say. Jia Lian hurriedly bowed to the end, and explained: "The grandson also knows that what happened last night was not in compliance with the rules, but that scumbag is really annoying. The old lady back then It was because of her honesty that she decided to award her to the second sister as a nanny. This is the respect of the whole family. The slave should serve the second sister diligently, so that he can be worthy of the old lady's teaching. But yesterday Only then did my children and grandchildren find out that this diabolical slave actually deceived the superior and concealed the truth. He played a trick in front of the old ladies and ladies. He closed the door in the Yingchun courtyard and pretended to be an ancestor. It really drove me half to death. This anger Once you get on top, don't you lose your sense of proportion?"

Jia Lian first spoke out about the old woman's evil deeds, then changed his tone and continued: "The grandson also thought at the time that this matter should be handled by the old lady according to the rules. But yesterday it was more serious, and the old lady was I am recovering from illness, the eldest wife is not well, and the second wife has already rested. I am not filial to disturb the elders because of such a slave, so I make my own decisions. Although the slave is rewarded by the old lady, it is better than ordinary The slave is a bit more respectable, but Yingchun is a decent master. Such an evil slave who bullies the master, the grandson thought, even if the old ladies and ladies passed by in person, they would directly beat them out. After all, although the elders pointed out that slaves are more expensive, But the old ladies and wives are so kind, they always look down on us, how can they bear to watch Yingchun suffer so much."

After finishing these words in one breath, Jia Lian smiled and sat down under Mrs. Xing, and added another sentence with some meaning: "Because I felt that those trivial things were not as big as welcoming the Spring Festival, my grandson went overboard once, and I would like to invite you." Ladies and gentlemen, please forgive me."

As for whether Jia's mother and Mrs. Xing Wang's second wife think their own face is more important, or the concubine girl who is not favored by them is more important, Jia Lian does not believe that they are really embarrassed to say it.