Red House Farm Stay

Jia Zhuo woke up after a short nap, opened the closet, and in addition to the clothes he brought, there were four new sets of clothes for the season.She chose a water-red upper body, Fu'er fetched water for her, she washed her face and combed her hair, and picked out the Four Seasons Flower Tin'er from her dowry to wear.

"Plum blossom gold earrings can go with it." Fu'er gave her an idea, and among the things Jia's prepared for her was a pair of golden plum blossom earrings.

"Put it on." Jia Zhuo nodded, Fu'er wanted her to pin a beaded flower, but she refused.

"Sister Qiao, the guests are here, let's go and greet them together." Ping'er came in, saw her wearing the clothes he had prepared, and the smile on his face deepened.Looking at the Huadianer on her head again, she couldn't help being taken aback, this was not prepared by her, it should be her own.

Isn't the Wang family in a bad family?How could he buy such expensive jewelry for her? His heart was full of thoughts, but he didn't show it on his face. He only took her hand to the flower hall for the banquet.

Ping'er led her in, Lin Xiaohong stood up early, grasped her hand, tears filled her eyelashes, "Just come back."

"Sister Yun." Jia Zhuo was familiar with her, and smiled at her.

"Look, this is your brother Qiang's daughter-in-law."

Jia Zhuo bowed slightly, "Sister Qiang."

"Go up and sit down, it looks, it really looks like it." Brother Qiang's daughter-in-law had a small face the size of a palm, her eyes were lively and lively, and the end of her eyes was slightly raised, she really looked good.

Jia Zhuo realized belatedly that this person was Lingguan, the Lingguan who dared to love and hate, and dared to show the concubine's face.

There were a few other women, most of whom Jia Zhuo hadn't even heard by name, basically just sat stiffly and didn't dare to talk much.

"Ah, Aunt Zhu is here." Xiao Hong went out to welcome Li Wan and held Li Wan's hand.

"Sister Qiao, I'm back at last, okay, okay." Li Wan shook Jia Zhuo's hand, said a few good words in a row, and arranged for a seat, someone asked Lan Ge how it was.

"His legs are much better, but he was too active a few days ago. Now I don't allow him to get out of bed at all. What if he can't take care of it?"

"You should take good care of it. I heard a prescription and I'll write it to you later. I heard it's the best for growing bones." A woman with a round face said to Li Wan very respectfully.

"Thank you very much." Li Wan smiled, then turned to ask sister Qiao, "Brother Lang asked you several times, a few days ago Wannian County was besieged, he had to get up many times, and I firmly pushed him back. And our brother and daughter-in-law Rong are also very worried. I think I will pick you up for a day at my house tomorrow, so she can come and see you."

"Okay, to be honest, I'm still confused about what happened these days, and I want to ask my big brother for advice."

After Jia Zhuo finished speaking, she saw Ping'er's color change slightly. She knew it in her heart, but she still smiled as if she didn't know.She has long been used to making decisions by herself, even if she returns to Jia's house for a while, it is impossible for her to transform into a rich lady.It might be impossible for her to obediently obey her parents at home.Since it is impossible, it is best to form a habit now.

The flower tins on Jia Zhuo's head dazzled many people, and the women who sat with him looked around, and the round-faced women who had flattered Li Wan all envied: "Look at how kind Ping'er is to you." , the workmanship of this flower tin is really delicate."

The people at the table turned their expressions away almost at the same time, and Lingguan was the first to frowned, "Aunt Jue, Second Mistress's name is not what we should call it."

Jia Jue's daughter-in-law reached out and patted her face lightly, "Look at my mouth, I speak too fast, I'm sorry, Second Mistress."

Ping'er pursed her lips and smiled, "It's okay, Sister Jue is the quickest talker, I knew it before."

In the past, Brother Jue, a brother from a minor branch, was not as close to the family as Jia Qiang and Jia Yun. Where could I see Sister Feng, and how many times I asked Ping'er to ask Ping'er, so Ping'er said that she knew it earlier.

Jia Jue's daughter-in-law's complexion changed, she obviously thought about it, and she became honest immediately.

"I'm afraid this is an engagement gift from the Wang family." Li Wan knew about Sister Qiao and Ban'er's engagement, and she even gave her a make-up gift.

Jia Zhuo nodded and said with a smile, "Ban'er picked it himself."

"Sister Qiao is engaged, why don't we know." A table of women said in surprise.

Li Wan patted Jia Zhuo's hand, "He's a good boy, he's a scholar at a young age, and he has a very good relationship with Brother Lang."

These words were equivalent to reciting the book for Ban'er. No one dared to question Li Wan's words. She had a Jinshi son, and this guaranteed her right to speak among these women.

Jia Zhuo just laughed, allowed them to joke a few words, and then changed the topic to the conspiracy this time.Only then did she know that there was still a remnant in the Chaoping Mansion, commanded by the second son of Prince Zhongshun, who accused the emperor of not being of royal blood and asked the emperor to abdicate.

"He's crazy." Jia Zhuo didn't think that this self-appointed king could succeed.

At the same time, he also relieved why Prince Zhongshun brought many fewer people than previously predicted.

"Everyone thinks so, it's really crazy." Lin Xiaohong followed Jia Yun to Chaoping Mansion, and she didn't think anyone would support them for such an unpopular family.

After eating, Ping'er asked people to serve tea. Li Wan heard that it was good tea.

"Where is there any good tea at home now? The empress rewarded it. I reserved it for the second master to entertain guests. If you didn't come, I would not be willing to take it out."

Seeing Ping'er mentioning the empress, Jia Jue's daughter-in-law wiped away her tears, "Mrs. Xing has dealt with me a few times before, what a wonderful person, so let's go."

Jia Zhuo's face twitched, seeing that Li Wan was the same as her, only those few women whom she didn't know all agreed, and praised Mrs. Xing as the only kind person in the world.He also boasted about Jia Peng, even saying that when she was born, there was a red light above Jia's house for half a day.

Li Wan was the first to leave, and the rest of the people managed to survive until the banquet ended before the women left with the man.Brother Yun's daughter-in-law and Brother Qiang's daughter-in-law both invited Jia Zhuo to visit, and Jia Zhuo accepted. Brother Yun couldn't help but set the date for the day after tomorrow, and she sent someone to pick him up.

After they left, Lin Xiaohong hesitated for a while, and pulled the senior officer beside her, "Should we tell Second Mistress first, why did we ask Sister Qiao directly?"

"Didn't you realize that Aunt Zhu just asked her directly? Besides, Sister Qiao, I can tell at a glance that she is a girl who can make her own decisions and is definitely not someone who can be manipulated by others."

"I've been playing around all day. I heard that you and Brother Qiang are locked up in the house to sing opera every day. You haven't sung enough at home." Lin Xiaohong teased her with a smile.

"Listen to who said it, see if I don't tear her mouth." Lingguan smiled with his hips on his hips, but did not deny it.

Ping'er asked someone to clean up the table, leaving her to talk in her room.After entering the warm pavilion, An Ge was lying on the couch stretched out, with an old lady beside him guarding him.

"Mother Zhang, go down and help the people in the kitchen clean up the dishes." Ping'er arranged.

"Yes." Mother Zhang knelt down and saluted.

Ping'er lit a stick of incense, which dispelled the greasy smell left by Zhang's mother in the house.

"Sister Qiao, sit down and let me take a good look. I really, really want to know everything about how you have lived these years." Ping'er still shed tears. She was the one who asked Jia Yun, Jia Yun, Qiang and the others, but she can't intervene in the subsequent affairs, afraid of leaking the news, and even more afraid of causing the Jia family to be retaliated, Lin Xiaohong only told her that she succeeded, and refused to say anything else, and she didn't know the details.

Later, Jia Lian saw Sister Qiao and recognized her. When she came back and questioned her, she confessed.

"The situation at that time was too critical. Your mother's life was at stake. Your father finally redeemed himself and went out to find someone to save your mother. At this moment, they, they even reached out to their own family..." Ping'er Weeping while talking, thinking of those days back then, it was really miserable.

It turned out that it was not to do business to support the family, but to save Sister Feng. Jia Zhuo felt that this made her feel better.

"Frankly speaking, I was overly frightened that day and was sick all the time. In the end, I escaped so easily by feigning death because several doctors said that I was procrastinating. When I arrived at Wang's house, although I recovered from my illness, I forgot everything I had done before. It's almost the same. Let's not talk about the past."

"Okay, I won't mention it, I won't mention it. But, how could Miss Qiao be engaged to Wang's Ban'er? Your generations are wrong. Besides, this, this is not in compliance with the rules." Ping'er said impatiently.

"Let's not mention the matter of seniority. They are all related by generations. Is there anyone on my grandfather's side who recognizes this relative? As for the rules, it was a coincidence that they didn't follow the rules in the past, but now they have done everything wrong. It’s okay, it’s fine.”

Jia Zhuo looked at her with a smile, his expression was gentle, but his tone was unquestionable.

When Ping'er thought about it, the brat holding melons and not having enough to eat was in his mind. He suddenly heard that the husband who was going to be Qiaojie couldn't accept it.

"I'm used to living in the countryside, and I don't know the rules. If there is anything inappropriate, please forgive me." Jia Zhuo stood up, saluted, and left.

Ping'er sat down on the spot, pressed her temples and couldn't believe it, she only said forgiveness but didn't say she wanted to learn, how could this be, she is the eldest daughter of the Jia family, and the empress's own niece.

Early the next morning, Li Wan sent a car to pick her up.Jia Zhuo bid farewell to Ping'er, and got into the car happily.

Sure enough, Wu Yan had already waited for her first. Seeing that Jia Zhuo was fine, she hugged her for a long time and was speechless.

"At first I thought I was dead, then I thought Brother Rong was dead, and then I thought you were dead. Fortunately, we don't have to die."

"How is your mother?" Jia Zhuo remembered when he saw her. Her mother seemed to be still in Wannian County.

"Brother Rong took my mother to Jinling, and now we are staying at Uncle Tang's house for the time being." That's why it's not easy for Wu Yan to entertain guests at other people's homes. Fortunately, there is Li Wan, so Wu Yan can meet Jia Zhuo.

"I'm going to visit your house in a few days. Don't let your stepmother think that she can look down on you because she gave birth to a son. You have someone to back you up." Wu Yan didn't know anything about Jia's house. As a stepmother, I felt that it must be difficult to get along with.

"That's really not the case. She was my mother's former personal maid, and she was the most loyal to my mother." Jia Zhuo explained, and Wu Yan gave up.

"Well, even though this is the case, I still want to see you."

"Go ahead, or I don't know how to spend my days."

"I can't say when in a day, I have to stick together like twisted joints now." Li Wan served them snacks and tea, then went to the kitchen, and left the place for them to talk again.

"Big sister is right, we shouldn't be jerk jerky anymore." Wu Yan pulled her to sit down, and then sighed: "Everyone in our family was shocked when I heard about your life experience. You don't know about Rong's mouth It was so big that it almost swallowed my fist."

Jia Zhuo pursed his lips and smiled, "Speaking of which, what is our seniority?"

Wu Yan laughed loudly, "We each have our own calculations, you are my business partner, let's open Suyunfang to Jinling."

"Aren't you going back?" Jia Zhuo asked in surprise.

Wu Yan twitched for a while before saying: "The emperor ordered Brother Rong to study in the Imperial College."

"This is a great thing." It's not easy to enroll in the Imperial College, either one has achieved a certain degree of fame, or the privilege of being a child of an aristocratic family. For the noble Li family, this may be better than being an official.After all, even if the emperor appoints an official for you, if you haven't passed the imperial examination, and you're not from an aristocratic family, I'm afraid it will stop here.

If you go to the Guozijian to study hard for a few years, take the path of serious imperial examinations, and have the credit for reporting the letter desperately, it will be a long-term career path.

"It's Fatty Xu, who actually got an official status, he's so beautiful, hmph." Comparing the two sides, it was a great thing, but Wu Yan felt a little unbalanced.

"You are stupid, the emperor clearly wants to praise your elder brother Rong." Jia Zhuo deliberately nodded her angry face, and explained to her in detail.

"You mean, the emperor didn't punish the rest of the Xu family, and gave Xu Shouzi an official status. That's it, he won't reuse his meaning at all. Instead, he hopes that Brother Rong will have a good career in official career, and he can, can ..."

"It can be reused." Jia Zhuo helped her finish.Li Rong's background is not comparable to that of Xu Shouchang. Xu Shouchang can probably say that a good bamboo shoot came out of the bad bamboo, so if he gives a reward and doesn't hold his family members accountable, that's all.But Li Rong was born in a noble and scholarly family. There was Li Shouzhong before him, and his father was an official in a poor place later, so he was quite famous.

What is this called? The roots are straight and the seedlings are red. If you don't cultivate him, cultivate someone.

Wu Yan rubbed her face with excitement, "No wonder, no wonder grandfather was so happy, he didn't take Xu Shouzi's award seriously, so it's like this, I understand, I finally understand."

The two talked about opening a Suyunfang in Jinling, "This time we don't sell anything, only doro, and only doro with the pattern assembled. What do you think?"

"It's a good idea. We only make creative Doro bonsai and don't sell single plants. It's different from those outside that are only used as plants and sold one by one."

"You also think this idea is good. I don't know how popular the bonsai you made back then. Many people bought it back and wanted to put it on their own, but they couldn't make it look like you." Wu Yan said proudly.

Jia Zhuo rubbed her chin. She did overlook a problem. Ban'er's hands-on ability does not mean that others can do it too.Many of those weak-handed scholars have never touched the soil in their lives, so it is no problem to ask them to write a few strokes. If you really go to build bonsai, you will know that this is not an easy job.

Just as Jia Zhuo and Wu Yan discussed the opening of the shop, Li Wan came over and invited them to dinner.

"It's just placed in my warm pavilion, with a gust of autumn wind and a gust of coolness. At this time, I can start eating pots. I'm afraid Sister Qiao doesn't eat much. You might as well try it and see if you like it."

"Okay, I haven't eaten it a few times." Jia Zhuo smiled openly. At this time, shabu-shabu is indeed not commonly eaten in common people's homes. The most commonly used shabu-shabu is mutton, and mutton is very expensive. Not to mention, it is not easy to buy.

"I'm just like you. I only started eating shabu-shabu after I married into Li's family. I started to be greedy before the winter. How dare I say it at home. It's better to be a big sister. Before I say anything, she will relieve my gluttony." Wu Yanshan Let me add a sentence in an understanding way.

"If you want to eat something that is inconvenient to get, just come to me, and I will cook for you myself."

The thinly sliced ​​mutton is thrown into the broth and boiled until it is cooked, dipped in sesame oil and sesame seeds, and the mouth is full of oil.

Wu Yan left first after eating. She has grandparents from her husband's family above her, and she can never let her own temper go.On the way back, I deliberately brought my grandmother's favorite bowl of bean cakes, and I was careful in everything, for fear that everything I had so hard to get would turn out to be nothing.

Jia Zhuo then said to Li Wan, "I want to go and see my elder brother, but I don't know if it's convenient."

"He's been waiting for you." Li Wan took Jia Zhuo to see his son Jia Lan.

Although he was still wearing a bandage, his complexion was much better, and he had gained some weight. He was leaning on the bedside and flipping through a local chronicle.

"Sister Qiao is here, welcome home." Jia Lan smiled when he saw her, and when she approached, he said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "You can take your bet at any time."

Jia Zhuo frowned, "That's what you said."

"Anytime." Jia Lan spread his hands, with an attitude of giving and taking.

"Look at you brothers and sisters, you talk non-stop when you meet. I remember that sister Qiao likes to eat crispy cheese. Brother Lang will accompany sister Qiao to eat some."

Li Wan brought over two bowls of crisp cheese, Jia Lan frowned and sighed.

"Let's eat, I want to eat but I can't." Jia Zhuo smiled secretly, knowing that Jia Lan was lying on the bed and was afraid of eating.

Hearing what Jia Zhuo said, Jia Lan couldn't be more hypocritical, and picked up the bowl and frowned and put it in his mouth.

"I'm still cooking soup on the stove. You guys are chatting, and I'll go and see the fire." The whole family needs Li Wan to do it himself, but she is still used to staring at her son's food. .

"What's the situation outside now? How do I feel? I'm so scared." Jia Zhuo sighed, always feeling uneasy.

"The rebels have colluded with the Japanese pirates and have already controlled Chaoping Mansion. The nearby Kangnan Mansion has also fallen to half." Sure enough, Jia Lan knew a lot. He was awarded an official and made meritorious service. Naturally, there are many news.

"Does the emperor not care?" Jia Zhuo wanted to sigh even more when he thought of the people in these two prefectures.

"No matter, it's just that Prince Zhongshun has been running the Chaoping Mansion for many years, and this time when he used the army to rectify the mansion, the equipment is very sophisticated, which makes it more difficult. More importantly..."

After Jia Lan pondered for a moment, he still said: "The government soldiers along the way seem to be in a bad situation." So the emperor dare not, he doesn't trust anyone now, he just hopes that all the troops will be guarded in Jinling to protect his safety.

Jia Zhuo nodded, indicating that she understood.

"Maybe I'll come up with a safe solution, take your time." Jia Lan explained helplessly, and then smiled wryly.

Jia Zhuo glanced at him mockingly, stuffed his mouth with crispy cheese, politics is so depressed, the emperor is so incompetent, let's eat with his head down.

"Then, there is another question, what are Wang Ren and Jia Rong doing now?"

She thought that it was not appropriate to ask anyone but Jia Lan.

"Second Uncle, didn't he tell you?" Jia Lan put down the bowl and began to avoid her gaze.

"Don't change the subject, I can ask you if you don't tell me." Sister Qiao stared into his eyes, not allowing him to avoid it.

Jia Lan lowered his head, Jia Zhuo frowned as he listened, and sneered even more after listening.

"It turns out that he climbed onto the second prince's golden thigh. Why does the second prince like Jia Rong?" Jia Zhuo saw that Jia Lan's face froze, and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and this thought made him feel like he was in the middle of nowhere. They were all taken aback.

"Just because he is a rabbit?" Jia Zhuo looked in disbelief.

Jia Lan's face turned green, "Girls, you, you, you..."

"Okay, I'll understand if you don't tell me. So in order to curry favor with the second prince, the Jia family has to accept a young gentleman again."

Jia Lan's face turned greener, and his mouth was twisted with anger, "These things have nothing to do with you as a girl, you believe me, one day..."

"One day, hehe..." Jia Zhuo stood up, Jia Lan sat up when she saw this, stretched out her hand to pull her, and said eagerly: "Sister Qiao, don't worry, listen to me..."

"No need, in fact, I understand that the Jia family is already like a candle in the wind, lingering. Fortunately, God bless the Jia family, and there is the most noble woman in the world. There is a queen, and the seventh prince who is half of the Jia family's blood is a legitimate son. , healthy and intelligent, the prince who has always been favored by the emperor. All these are the greatest capital for the revival of the Jia family."

Jia Zhuo looked down at Jia Lan, "Do you think so?"

"That's right, but listen to me..."