The Second Master Lian of the Red Chamber

Even though Jia Lian's official rank is not high, he is still a young junior among the four kings and eight lords who can hardly earn a real job by himself. Many young men who used to go to theaters and drink with him back then had their teeth itchy with hatred, but every time they bared their teeth, they were clubbed by their father, so they could only grit their teeth to congratulate Jia Lian on getting close.

As soon as the twelfth lunar month entered, many Xungui mansions that had gradually become less in touch with the Rongguo Mansion in recent years sent respectable stewards and stewards' wives to greet Jia Mu, and there were many posts inviting Jia's family members to come to the mansion to watch a theater seat. Quite a few of them made Jia's mother happy from ear to ear, and when they saw people, they changed into flowers and praised Jia Lian as a spiritual child from birth. go along.As for Jia's mother's self-effacing statement that Jia Lian is still young and needs a lot of experience to become a talent, of course no one answered the words so blankly as a real person, so they can only praise her very much.

Jia Lian is so promising, but he has never married so far. There are quite a few wives and grandma who want him to be their son-in-law.It's just that he will be 21 years old after the new year, and there are no unmarried girls of the right age in every family, and even most of the girls have taken a fancy to him before they reach the age.A girl at this age who is still looking for a family, either has some unspeakable things and stayed until now, or she got married and returned to her natal family, no one dared to speak up.The younger ones, the mothers were a little bit reluctant, thinking that their daughters could still see each other for a few more years, and Jia Lian might not be able to wait for her age, and there were some bad things in the family, so that these wives and grandmas could not make up their minds.

After hesitating again and again, someone started to inquire about the girls in Jia's mansion again.When the ladies in charge visited Jia Mu, Jia Lian, a man who had been appointed as an official, would naturally not sit in the upper room. Jia Mu was accompanied by sisters Yingchun and Tanchun.Of the two of them, one is gentle and quiet, the other is eager to look forward to, and they both look like delicate flowers and nephrites. When the servants returned home to return to their wives and grandma, they naturally praised them, and several family members were moved by what they said.The eldest girl in Jia's family was old and in the deep palace, they didn't think about it, the second was Jia Lian's sister, although she was a concubine, I heard that the siblings were quite harmonious, and the girl was gentle and quiet, so it was easy to hear. She is a good daughter-in-law candidate.

Some people feel that there is no hope of welcoming the spring, so they plan to say that it would be great if Tanchun comes back.Even if the two families in Rongguo Mansion are not in harmony, and the bones and tendons are broken after all, if Jia Lian gains power, if he doesn't want people to poke his back, it is impossible to break with the second house. When the time comes, the cousin-in-law will always have more face .

But Yingchun was only nine years old, and Tanchun was even younger, so these people all planned to take it slowly, and only sent their junior daughter-in-law to take people over to say hello, showing a little talk, wanting to check Jiamu's tone first.

For the past few years, Jia's mother has only cared about Baoyu, that is, in the past few months, she has only seen Jia Lian in her eyes. Yingchun and Tanchun's two concubine granddaughters may not be as decent as her favorite big girl, Yuanyang, in the upper room. .It was these people who hinted a few times with well-known excuses that Jia's mother remembered the marriage of the two granddaughters, and worried about welcoming and exploring their lives in the midst of her busy schedule.

If the girl is well raised, it will be of great use.Before the Jia family was no longer brilliant, even the eldest daughter like Yuan Chun didn't have any decent marriages to come to the door, Jia's mother had no hope of welcoming and exploring the two, but she had nothing to do to amuse her boredom.At this moment, as soon as Jia Lian had the momentum to revive the lintel and found a suitable family for marriage, Jia's mother was shocked by her negligence.

After thinking quietly for noon, Jia's mother called Jia She and Jia Lian and his son, and told them that she wanted to bring all the girls in the family with her to raise them. Move into the room.

In fact, as early as when Mrs. Jing Da of Dongfu gave birth to a baby girl in a village next to a Taoist temple in the suburbs, she died of dystocia. Just mentioning that she wants to bring all the girls from the two prefectures to her side to be raised, it also shows the dignity and kindness of her ancestors in the two families' direct branches.It's a pity that Jia Lian had told Jia She before he left home for a tour, that Yingchun was cowardly by nature, and rashly living with someone from the second room would only disgrace the first room. Then he pushed back with straight eyebrows and stunned eyes, making Jia's mother so angry that she forgot about it.

This time, Jia's mother called Jia Lian here, partly because she vaguely heard rumors that Jia Amnesty, a bastard, could listen to her son's words, and partly because she felt that Jia Lian was a student and an official. After a few months of watching Bi Jia Amnesty understand the truth, I want Jia Lian to persuade him a little, so as not to make a mistake and cause headaches.If she knew that Jia She's contradicting him before was due to Jia Lian's words, she would probably faint out of anger.

But Jia Lian really didn't mean to object this time.After he came back, he watched coldly, Yingchun had improved a lot in the past few years.Although he is still taciturn in front of others, he has his own ideas and will plan for himself. He seems to have buried soft nails for Mrs. Xing and Wang Shanbao's family, and his words are not in vain for others to take advantage of.Now that she has made progress, there is no need to detain her in the east courtyard.

No matter how eccentric Jia's mother is, she is always a superior lady. Having the reputation of being brought up by Jia's mother is much better than being brought up by Mrs. Xing. This time, she is willing to allocate the first tidy small yard behind the upper house to their sisters Live, very decent and affordable.And the location of the yard is also good. It is very convenient to go to Lixiangyuan to find Daiyu to study and play in the next year, and sisters and sisters can have a place to kiss each other.

Jia Lian cut off the conversation without waiting for Jia She to frown, hinting very gently that Jia She should accept the matter.Jia She looked at him with a cold face for a long while, and then responded in a very perfunctory manner. After returning, he just sent a boy to Mrs. Xing and Yingchun to pass on Jiamu's words, and asked Yingchun to move to the upper room before New Year's Eve. After Jia Lian finished talking with Jia's mother, he went to make the regulations for Yingchun Yard. First, he took a strong servant woman to move a few boxes and cages, and first occupied the largest and brightest east wing for Yingchun.

It made sense to Jia She and his son, but Jia's mother in the second room just mentioned it a little bit, and Jia Zheng, who was always filial, made the decision and sent Tanchun over there.Aunt Zhao wanted to go over and help Tanchun tidy up some private houses, but the two mothers and daughters talked and quarreled, which shocked Jia Huan and rolled on the ground, and the three mothers were reprimanded for a long time.Aunt Zhao Jia Huan was used to being skinless and faceless, but Tanchun was flushed with shame and moved to the opposite door of Yingchun with swollen eyes.

Mother Jia also wanted to bring Xichun from Dongfu, Jia Zhenyou also agreed at the time, but she wanted to coax Xichun to nod when she went back, but she was stopped by Xiaorong's grandma Zhen. Agree to let the old lady in the West Mansion raise their eldest girl in the East Mansion.Even if the men in Ningguo Mansion are useless, but they are still the long house, they inherit the ancestral hall, Xichun brother and sister-in-law are there, and there are nephews, nieces and daughter-in-law to take care of them, there is absolutely no reason to send them under the fence.

Zhen's natal family is in the emperor's heart, and Mrs. Zhen Yingjia has been sending rich gifts to this concubine at four o'clock and eight festivals, which is no different from the daughter of the concubine married in Beijing. She disagreed, and You's tone softened first, let alone show off The mother-in-law's money, there is not a single word.Jia Zhen originally thought that having a young girl at home would be difficult to use, but now Mrs. Zhen insisted and was willing to move Xichun to the side of her and Jia Rong's yard, so Jia Zhen changed her mind and sent Lai Er to the West Mansion to spread the word , I hid directly to eat wine.

Without the childish Xichun, the two sisters Yingchun and Tanchun are calm and shrewd, and they live in peace.In my free time, I would accompany Jia Lian to read and practice calligraphy for the female gentlemen invited by Yingchun, or do some needlework with the big girls.

Jia Lian asked Cui'er Yiren, who was already called Xing's daughter-in-law and Wang's daughter-in-law, to visit Yingchun twice. He heard that everything was fine with her, and saw that she looked really good, so she put the matter aside and concentrated her energy on it. They are all placed on the official duties of the Ministry of Industry that will be taken over later, and they may not be able to stay at home for a few hours in five days.

After a long time, Mrs. Wang inevitably brought out a bit of sourness when talking with Jia's mother.By accompanying Jia's mother to count the days when the Lin family came to Beijing, Mrs. Wang casually pointed out that Jia Lian used to look at the furniture and ornaments in Lixiangyuan these days, and they came and went in a hurry. It's just a nice word to the Lin family.

Mother Jia heard what Mrs. Wang meant, but she refused to answer. Instead, she picked up another post from Beijing Palace and talked about rituals while the mandarin ducks were serving tea, and made Mrs. Wang drink twice more. Three sips of tea can only follow Jia Mu's words.

It's not that Jia's mother doesn't favor her daughter and son-in-law's family, and she wants to step on them to make a face for Jia Lian. It's really that Mrs. Wang didn't understand the matter.Although Jia Lian was not in the mansion, he did his utmost to arrange the rest of Lixiangyuan. Xing'er and Wang'er, two confidantes, always had one of them staring at him, and everything he chose was hard to find with money. thing.Mother Jia cared about her own daughter whom she had not seen for more than ten years, and she had sent loyal and meticulous mandarin ducks over to look at her, and she was really not dissatisfied with anything, and she would not be instigated by Mrs. Wang.

Everyone in the mansion tossed about a few accidents with their own thoughts, and it was busy until New Year's Eve.After paying homage to the ancestors, the officials and guests went to Ningguo Mansion for a drink, and the diners surrounded Jiamu to watch a play in Rongguo Mansion.It's just that this year, although Mrs. Wang is still holding on to Mrs. Xing as a guest, Jia Zheng is obviously a lot more dull on the official side. Voice.It was still the red-faced Jia She who lovingly rescued the two nephews, asked Jia Lian to eat less wine, and took the little brothers to go somewhere else to fight. Only then did Baoyu and Jia Huan run away from Jia Zheng's eyes as if they had been amnesty. Hiding until Jia Mu sent someone to tell them to go back, Fang boldly came to report and followed them back.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, when the official documents of the yamen were unsealed, it was the day when Jia Lian took office. Everyone in the big house got up early, and Jia Mu, who was in the upper house, invited him to come over and give some words of encouragement. The appearance of the blue official uniform embroidered with white pheasants made him feel relieved and urged him to go out.

It's just that within a few days after Jia Lian took office, someone spread the word that King Zhongshun also valued Jia Lian very much.