Evening Shaohua in the Red House

According to Li Wan's thinking, Mother Jia's actions this time were indeed a little inappropriate, and she completely bypassed Jia Zheng and his wife's meddling in Baoyu's marriage, and never asked Mrs. Wang's opinion. To suppress people with filial piety, first play later.

Not to mention that this marriage failed, if it really came true as Mother Jia wished, Mrs. Wang would definitely turn her anger on Daiyu even if she dared not say anything because of her filial piety. How many years have you been protecting Daiyu?

What's more, it's only natural for a daughter-in-law to serve her mother-in-law. If a mother-in-law wants to tease her daughter-in-law, there are many ways to make you suffer. You can imagine Daiyu's situation at that time.

Fortunately, this matter was not brought up to the public. Although Mrs. Wang was dissatisfied with Jiamu, she did not show it on the surface. She was still as calm as before. If you have good things, you should be filial to Jia's mother and enjoy them first, so that people can't find a single fault in their actions.

When Li Wan saw this, he secretly convinced him. Sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy.

The conversation was divided into two parts, because of a letter from Jia Min in the Rongguo Mansion, there was an uproar, and the daughter-in-law of the Lin family also returned to Yangzhou at the end of May.

Jia Min called in the wives who were in charge of the leader, and asked about the things on the road, and everyone answered them one by one.

Jia Min nodded, glanced at everyone, and said with a smile: "It's all hard work for you, so let's give birth and rest, Wang Xin's family will stay here."

A round-faced, almond-eyed daughter-in-law in charge, in her early forties, wearing a maroon-colored pair of skirts, responded, and the rest of them all withdrew.

This Wang Xin's family was originally Jia Min's dowry girl, and later married the Lin family's steward. She is Jia Min's confidant and has always been relied on by Jia Min.

Jia Min glanced at Suhe, Suhe understood, and made a show of flirting with everyone in the room.

Everyone knew that Jia Min must have something to ask, so they all bowed and retreated.

Jia Min asked Wang Xin's family to sit down, pointing to the man in front of him, and asked about the Jia family's affairs in detail.

Thank you from Wang Xin's family, and sat down with a slanted sign. Fang replied: "Several brothers and sisters have been added to the house, but the rest has not changed much. The old lady is quite strong in body and in good spirits. The wives, grandmas and girls also greeted their wives."

Jia Min sighed slightly, remembering that he had been away from Beijing for more than ten years and had never been back once, and he didn't know what his natal family was like now.

Jia Min lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said casually: "I often hear from my mother that Baoyu gave birth to a baby girl.

Excellent, and clever, have you ever seen it? "

Wang Xin's family paused slightly, glanced at Jia Min, and said with a smile: "Second Master Bao is like a snow ball, but he is actually smarter than that adult. I have seen so many sons and brothers, not many A worthy one."

Jia Min sat at the top, seeing her expression just now, couldn't help frowning, and said lightly: "Is there something wrong with Baoyu? There is no one else here, just say it, don't hide it from me." .”

Wang Xin's family hesitated for a while, and Fang said: "We only met Bao Erye once in the old lady's room, and we didn't say a few words. I just heard that Bao Erye never went to school seriously, and only loved being with his sisters. The girls are playing around together.

Once, several women in Rongguo Mansion were drunk and gossiping together. I heard that Second Master Bao often said some idiots, saying that daughters are made of water and men are made of mud. When I see a daughter, I feel refreshed, when I see a man, I feel stinky, and I like red most, I like to eat the rouge on the girl's mouth..."

Before she finished speaking, Jia Min's face darkened, and Wang Xin's family hurriedly shut up, not to mention Jia Min, she was stunned when she heard this.

Jia Min suppressed the anger in her heart, and said to Wang Xin's family: "Go down and rest, don't mention today's matter to others."

Wang Xin's family has served Jia Min for more than 20 years, relying on knowing what to say and what not to say, she is the most knowledgeable, since Jia Min ordered her to go to Jia's house to inquire about Baoyu's affairs, she has already guessed a bit. Huizi didn't dare to say anything, so he hurriedly agreed and retreated quietly.

Seeing that Jia Min's brows were still a bit angry, Su He stepped forward to comfort him: "Madam, don't get mad because of this, anyway, we didn't agree to this marriage."

Jia Min sighed, and complained: "I'm just mad at my mother for being confused. Knowing Baoyu's temperament, she didn't mention anything in the letter, and she still wanted to marry Yu'er."

Although I didn't see Baoyu eating the rouge on the maid's mouth, I thought I knew what it looked like. As the saying goes, three years old is old, and Baoyu didn't learn well at such a young age.

In the mother's letter, she also directly said that Baoyu was smart and clever, and it would be good for the two families to get married. If she was soft-hearted and agreed to this marriage in a moment of confusion, wouldn't it be Daiyu's life.

The more Jia Min thought about it, the angrier she became. She only had Daiyu as a daughter, so naturally she had to think about her. In the future, her husband's family doesn't need to be rich, but it must have a clean and upright family style.

At least one must have a decent character and know how to make progress, so that all four corners are complete.

Fortunately, Lin Ruhai didn't know about Jia's mother's marriage proposal, otherwise she would definitely feel suspicious of her mother's family. Thinking of this, Jia Min sighed heavily, and thought that Daiyu was almost finishing her fourth book now, and Baoyu was a year older than Daiyu. At the age of [-], she never even went to a serious school, she only knows how to hang out in the inner circle, but the mother is too spoiled and doesn't know how to discipline her. If things go on like this, there will be no successors in her natal family, and who will support the lintel?

It so happened that Daiyu came to make peace with Jia Min after school. The girl opened the curtain and Daiyu entered the room.

Jia Min quickly suppressed his sorrow, and said with a smile, "Get up quickly." After finishing speaking, he pulled her to the front, looked at it carefully for a long time, then nodded and said, "Your complexion is much better today than yesterday, and I have never taken the pills today." ?”

Daiyu laughed and said, "Eat it when you get up early."

Jia Min nodded and said: "That's good, I'll invite Dr. Zhang to take a look after we finish eating."

While talking, Jia Min saw that Daiyu was only wearing a thin silver-red shirt and a white silk pleated skirt, so Jia Min stretched out his hand to touch her, and couldn't help frowning: "Why do you give me the waistcoat?" If you take it off, your body is weak, and if you wear such thin clothes, what will you do if the wind blows in a while?"

Daiyu hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's really hot today, I just came back from school and I was sweating all over, but my body was cold, so I washed and changed into clean clothes."

Jia Min had no choice but to let it go, "It's okay during the day, but remember to add some clothes at night."

Daiyu agreed, leaned against Jia Min, and said: "Just now I saw that Mom looked a little unhappy, is she unhappy? Can I ask a doctor to come and have a look?"

Jia Min sighed, "It's nothing, it's just that the daughter-in-law who went to your grandfather's house to give a gift just now came back. Speaking of your second uncle's cousin Baoyu, he is six years old. He only knows how to play tricks and is very naughty. Go up, the whole family only hangs out with sisters and maids in the inner curtain."

Daiyu frowned slightly when she heard the words, and asked, "Don't tell me the second uncle and second aunt don't care?"

Jia Min shook his head and said: "Your cousin has been raised by your grandmother since he was a child. Because of his innate vision, he was born with jade in his mouth, and he is very happy. Your grandmother dotes on you very much. Your second uncle and your second uncle My aunt doesn't dare to intervene because of her filial piety, and your grandfather's family started as a general, so the rules are inevitably a bit rough."

Daiyu thought of the third-class servants she saw when she was sent by her grandfather's home to give gifts last time.

The family had never seen it before, so they couldn't help but wondered: "I heard that the mothers who came back last time were only third-class servants. According to my opinion, their clothes are no different from the master's."

Jia Min understood what she meant, and said with a smile: "Your maternal ancestor's family is a noble family, the rules are higher than ours, and many rules are different from other families."

Jia's family is honorable, ostentatious, and extravagant in every use; Lin's family is aristocratic, scholarly for generations, has always been low-key, and in Lin Ruhai's generation, there is no such thing as a noble. Moreover, their family has been handed down for hundreds of years, and they are not Those ostentations need to be used to show their identity.

After hearing this, Daiyu kept it in her heart.

After talking for a while, Jia Min suddenly remembered something, and turned to tell Su He, the big girl beside him, "Go and get the few things I just said."

Su He agreed, and went to get a small bag wrapped in paper and two small glass bottles about five inches high.

I saw the screwed silver cap on the bottle, with light yellow paper attached, one said "Rose Clear Dew", under the bright light, but inside it was rouge-like juice, the other was written "Osmanthus Clear Dew", inside But the juice is light yellow, like flowing gold.

Daiyu couldn't help being a little curious, pointing to the bottle of rose dew and said: "What's in this bottle? It's a bit like the Western wine that Daddy usually eats, the color is so pretty."

Jia Min smiled and said: "This is a filial piety outside today. It is said that it is the scented dew, which is much sweeter than the flower marinade we usually eat at home. I think of those pills you eat every day, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of blood in your mouth." It's tasteless, so I just use this to make it." After finishing speaking, he pointed to the small bamboo basket beside him and said, "There is also this basket of Poria cocos cream, and I will take it back with me later, this thing strengthens the spleen and qi, nourishes the heart Soothe the nerves, it's just right for you to eat, make it with milk, get up early every day and eat a cup, it's the most nourishing, let Xueyan send you to eat every day."

Daiyu hurriedly said, "Leave mom and dad to eat, I can't eat so much."

Jia Min said with a smile: "Your father and I have kept a lot of them alone. These are for you, so put them away."

Daiyu agreed, and ordered the girl to pick it up. The mother and daughter gossiped for a while, and after dinner, Daiyu went back to her room.

At the end of June, the steward Li Wan sent to the south of the Yangtze River also returned. As soon as Liu Youfu got home and had no time to rest, he sent his wife to hand over the land deed of the farm to Li Wan.

Mrs. Liu made the delivery clearly, and replied in detail: "Including fish ponds and paddy fields, there are a total of [-] acres, which are rented out to tenants. In addition, some people are hired to raise silkworms and fish. Everything is done according to grandma's instructions. alright."

After I finished speaking, I suddenly remembered one

He hurriedly said: "Almost forgot to tell grandma, we heard from our family leader that it is thanks to Mrs. Lin that we were able to buy this Zhuangzi this time."

Li Wan was startled when he heard the words, "You mean Uncle Lin? What's going on here?"

Aunt Liu said: "Although this village is not big, more than half of it is high-quality paddy fields, and it is connected to a mountain spring. I heard that the green japonica rice grown with spring water tastes very good, and it is no worse than tribute rice.

Originally, our people had already paid the money, and we just waited for the contract to be completed, but someone stepped in and almost robbed us. "

Everyone was startled when they heard the words, Li Wan frowned and said, "Who is so overbearing?"

Aunt Liu said: "That man is the brother-in-law of the governor of Jiangsu. I heard that he has some relationship with the Xining Palace. He has always been unscrupulous. For some reason, he has taken a fancy to our Zhuangzi and said he wants to build a separate garden. We will buy it for more than 2000 taels of silver." Zhuangzi, he only threw down 500 taels and wanted to buy it, we naturally refused, so we made a fuss in the yamen, and in the end it was my aunt who got to know the news and came forward in person to settle the matter properly."

It turned out that Liu Youfu was arguing with someone about the farm, and the other party was ignorant of the matter. He relied on the support of the Rongguo Mansion and was not afraid of that person.

The magistrate of Yangzhou was in a dilemma, so he hurriedly told Lin Ruhai. After Lin Ruhai knew what was going on, he came forward to take care of the matter.

Li Wan listened, pondered for a moment, and said: "Well, go back and tell Guanshi Liu that in the future, the Zhuangzi's income statement will be divided into a share, and some good chicken, duck, fish, vegetables, fruits and vegetables will be sent to the fifteenth day of every month. Uncle Lin's house, although it is not worth anything, is our heart."

Aunt Liu agreed, "I'll tell the head of the family when I get back."

Li Wan was very satisfied, so he handed over the land deed to Fu Ling, and ordered someone to take two ingots of silver to Aunt Liu. Let him drink and eat."

Aunt Liu hurriedly said not to dare, "It is our duty to do things for grandma, how dare we be rewarded by grandma."

Li Wan winked at Mei Xiang.

Mei Xiang stepped forward and took Aunt Liu's hand, handed her two ingots of silver, and said with a smile, "This is grandma's wish, mom, don't refuse."

Aunt Liu thanked her and accepted it.

In a blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, which was Jia Lan's first birthday. Although it hadn't been a big event, it was still very lively.

Relatives and friends who have been friends in the past also have congratulatory gifts for each other. Because no foreign guests were invited, Li Shouzhong and his wife never came.

After the first birthday ceremony, he also brought news that Li Shouzhong was handpicked as Jiangnan Xuezheng, and he will take up his post at the end of the month.

Xuezheng is in charge of the province's school decrees and the two examinations of the year and the department.Regularly toured the various prefectures, departments, and prefectures under his jurisdiction to inspect the merits of teachers and scholars, and the students were lazy. They were located between the governor, the chief envoy, and the inspector. Those born in the Jane School, serve every three years.

Jiangnan is a land of outstanding people, with a flourishing style of writing, and he can form a lot of contacts in one term of study and politics. Li Shouzhong was entrusted with this important task, which shows that Emperor Yongyuan valued him very much.

Li Wan recalled the original work, but did not find relevant records, so he rushed to make two sets of clothes, ordered some long-lasting snacks and vegetables, and emergency pills, etc., and sent them away Lee's.

In a blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and everyone in the family is busy with the festival, and others can take a break. Dufeng has to arrange gifts for friends and relatives, prepare for the festival, and watch people pack the gold and silver utensils , I was so busy that I didn't even have time to drink water.

This day, Li Wan took Jia Lan to pay his respects to Mrs. Wang. The little guy was already fluent in speech, but he just learned to walk and was not very stable. When he saw Mrs. Wang, he rushed towards him. "Mrs--"

Mrs. Wang immediately smiled, and picked up the little guy, only to feel the heavy hand drop, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Our Brother Lan has become much stronger."

Li Wan pursed his lips and smiled, "This kid eats four or five meals a day at least, and he doesn't like to move, so the portion is naturally heavy."

I don't know who the little guy looks like, but he is a snack foodie, he never stops talking, and he likes those sweet and greasy snacks the most. There are double chins on his round face, and his small arms and legs are like fat lotus root joints. Yes, Li Wan had to strictly control his diet.