The Second Master Lian of the Red Chamber

He didn't feel tired when he was answering at Jia's mother's place with a tense mind. As soon as he left Jia She's study, Jia Lian felt sleepy, and went to Mrs. Xing's yard to have a sip of tea, and then slowly walked back to his little room. hospital.

The big girls Cui'er and Yiren who were originally personal servants were betrothed to Xing'er and Wang'er respectively by him two years ago. As the housekeeper's wife, she left Jia Lian's yard long ago.At this moment, both Xing'er and Wang'er also asked Jia Lian to let them go out to reunite with their daughter-in-law. There were only a few big girls in the house who came out to fill in the vacancies. Jia Lian didn't even remember them all, so he ordered them They all stepped back, took a slow bath by themselves, put on new pajamas and shoes, and then a little girl who had just grown her hair came in to help him wipe his hair.

His hair was still half wet, and Jia Lian, who had been galloping for days, gradually couldn't hold his eyelids, and leaned against the couch and fell into a deep sleep.Cui Liu, headed by Cui You, who had been waiting outside the door with bated breath, took a look and saw that the little girl was only focusing on wiping Jia Lian's hair, so they fought with each other for a while, then entered the room lightly to light the peace of mind. Xiang, covered Jia Lian with a soft quilt that had been dried in the sun, and lowered the curtains everywhere, and then retreated quietly together.

Jia Lian slept through the night, woke up with a dry cough, and Cui Juan, who was watching the night outside, came in and served warm pear syrup.After Jia Lian had moistened his throat, Cui Liu brought over the mushroom soup that had been simmering on the small stove in the wing room, and waited for him to heat it up in three bowls before resting.

When the cock crowed on the second day, Jia Lian, who had slept soundly for most of the day, finally woke up. After getting up and washing, he simply put on a few pieces of snacks and rushed to Jia Mu's place to say hello.He has been away from home for several years. Yesterday, Jia's mother pityed him because he was tired and did not stay longer. Today he must go to Chenghuan's knees, otherwise it would not be nice to say it.

Mother Jia is an elderly person, and she feels less and less in the past two years. She used to be considerate of her children and grandchildren when they were young and never let everyone get up early to accompany them to have breakfast. Today, I heard the maids reported that the second master Lian is here, even though I still feel Jia Lian in my heart. Untamed and unruly, he became estranged after not being in love for a few years, and couldn't help showing a little smile on his face, and repeatedly ordered people to go to the kitchen to ask for some sweet snacks that Jia Lian loved when he was young.

As soon as Jia Lian lifted the curtain and entered the room, he listened to Jia Mu's words, and immediately went to bow to Jia Mu with a smile.This is the wish of the elders. Even if he changed his taste before going south to Yangzhou, according to filial piety, he should happily thank the elders for his gift.Anyway, Jia Lian didn't have much expectations for the family's ancestors, and Jia's mother can be called loving if she can remember his childhood taste.

The grandparents and grandson had breakfast happily, and Mrs. Wang came late, and as soon as she arrived, she confessed to Jia's mother for the widowed Li Wan. After getting up, Li Wan took care of him all night in confusion, and couldn't leave the yard today.The young Jia Zhu died young, and his flesh and blood stopped. After getting up, Mrs. Wang also went to look at it for a long time, and then came over.

Mother Jia was really caring when she heard that, and ignored Mrs. Wang's late arrival, she opened her mouth and ordered Yuanyang, the eldest girl who just mentioned that she was serving by her side, to go to her warehouse to pick up some good medicinal materials and send them to Li Wan's yard, and told Li Wan to take good care of Jia Lan. It was a great achievement, but I couldn't help feeling sad and sighing with Mrs. Wang for a while.After Jia Zhu left, their hearts were empty. Even after several years, such a filial and motivated child still made people feel distressed.

Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang were in tears, and Mrs. Wang mentioned Jia Baoyu with slightly red eyes, saying, "If there is a trace of Zhuer's understanding, it won't make people worry day and night." Unfortunately, Mother Jia sighed and refused to answer.

The two were so sad, the clever and caring girls were either serving water and twisting the veils to cleanse the faces of the masters, or they were soft and considerate words of comfort, but Jia Lian, who was supposed to entertain her relatives with colorful clothes, only cared about drinking tea and soaked in the fragrance of tea He didn't seem to hear the movement around him, but it was a coincidence that he didn't want to listen to what happened to Jia Zhu back then, and Madam Wang couldn't find the opportunity to find out about his end in this department.

There was no one to answer the conversation, and the conversation between Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang was nothing more than those irritating words to Jia Zhu. After a while, with the comfort of the girls, they stopped their tears, suppressed their sorrow, and talked about other things.

Taking the reading glasses from Amber and putting them on, Mother Jia picked up a letter from her hand, and looked at Jia Lian with a friendly look: "No one can think of the fate between these two people. When Min'er went to work with Uncle Lin and was thousands of miles away from Beijing, who would have thought that Lian'er was the one who fell in love with their husband and wife the most? Even this letter from the family actually followed Lian'er into the door."

Hearing Jia Mu mentioning Jia Min Lin Hai and his wife, Mrs. Wang, who was sitting at the bottom, lowered her eyes suddenly, and then nodded her head in agreement. She talked much less than when she talked about Jia Zhu before, and there was no smile on her face. They all glanced at her quickly.

Of course, Mother Jia could feel Mrs. Wang's perfunctory, but she was happy in her heart, and she also understood the pain of Mrs. Wang's loss of her son, so she just didn't know, and continued lovingly: "Min'er has worked hard for Mrs. Lin in the south of the Yangtze River for so many years. , and spread the branches and leaves for the Lin family, it is finally the end of all hardships. The Holy Spirit intends to call Lin Guye to Beijing after the next year, and Miner is also planning to bring Daiyu and Zhanger siblings back together. Tell me, isn’t this a great happy event ?”

As soon as Jia's mother took out the letter, Jia Lian guessed that she was going to talk about it.

Over the years, he and Uncle Lin had been fairly close in correspondence, and the nuns who stayed in the Lin family would occasionally pass on some news.When Daiyu was three years old, a lame Taoist came to her house and was kicked out. Last year, Lin Zhang, the only seedling of the Lin family, almost lost her life because of the ulterior motives of the nurse who served her.Because Lin Zhang was rescued after being in danger and he was nourished afterwards thanks to Jia Lian's mother-in-law. Lin Hai and Jia Min loved Jia Lian as if they were their own children, and they wrote to him to let him know about their preparations for going to Beijing. Received the letter two months earlier than Jia Mu.

At this moment, Jia's mother was talking happily, and Jia Lian thought of her aunt's family smiling very sincerely, but compared with Mrs. Wang who was beside her, she became even more eccentric.Mrs. Wang was not in a good mood, and she didn't intend to compete with the younger generation to be good-looking, but she just took the identity of the housekeeper's wife, and said in a worried voice: "It's a great event for my sister-in-law's family to come back, but Lixiangyuan has allocated it to Lian'er. Reading, where did you come from to tidy up the courtyard at this moment?"

Mrs. Wang has been Jia's mother-in-law for more than 20 years, and she has a thorough understanding of the old lady's mind, knowing that she must keep her daughter and son-in-law by her side.Lin Hai's seat is very hot, and both the emperor and the saint value it. Naturally, there is no need to socialize when he returns to Beijing to report on his duties. Apart from the Lixiang Courtyard, which was honored by the old Duke, there is really no courtyard in this mansion that has a separate outer door and can be settled. The whole family of the Lin family.

Although Mrs. Wang deliberately provoked, what she said was reasonable.If you don't make preparations in advance, when the Lin family comes to visit, Mother Jia will naturally not be able to keep her.But Lixiangyuan was asked by Jia She early in the morning, saying that it was going to be Jia Lian's study.

The smile on Mother Jia's face faded when she heard this, she took off her reading glasses and looked at Jia Lian who was still smiling gently.