Old things in the Red Chamber

The Jia family is really about to slip into the abyss of decline. Shi Taijun knows very well that when Princess Anyang presides over the banquet, she will naturally give a post to whomever she likes. The next audition is not up to her. The Holy Majesty is watching. Naturally, the audition must be fair and just. Princess Anyang will not destroy the Great Wall herself.

The post of this banquet was not sent to Rongguo Mansion. Obviously, it was not that Princess Anyang looked down on Rongguo Mansion or hated Rongguo Mansion, but that Rongguo Mansion was no longer qualified to participate.

This made Shi Taijun's mood not so bright.

Inside the Baosha, Jia Yingchun returned to her room, touched her head, leaned on the chair thinking about something, Licorice took out a cotton cloak and covered her, "It's cold, girl, be careful not to freeze." Then Going to watch the little girl pack her things, she will go to Zhongwuhou's mansion tomorrow, so naturally she has to take away the clothes and jewelry that she often wears.

My daughter went to other people's house for a banquet. It should be my family who made clothes and jewelry for the children, but the old lady didn't say anything, and Mrs. Wang who was in charge of the housework didn't say anything. Jia Yingchun naturally knew that this time she still had to rely on her old aunt to cut clothes for herself. Hold your face.

Jia Yingchun's wet nurse came in again, and first scanned the room with her eyes, but she didn't see the licorice, so she licked her face and said, "Congratulations to the girl. The girl is very lucky. This time, the imperial concubine and empress must be very happy." Can do."

"What did Mammy say? It's the wife of a relative's family who thinks about the girl, and the one who hasn't gone yet has started to go crazy." Siqi started to give the little girl standing at the door a look, and the girl ran out quickly. Licorice, please.

"You girl, you really don't know what's going on. The girl's character looks like a family background, which one is not top-notch, and she will definitely..."

"Why is Nanny here today?" Jia Yingchun interrupted her flattery and asked her why she came.

"Girl, there is a little girl added to your nanny's family, and the nanny is here to ask her for a reward. If you have any clothes that you don't wear, you can reward her."

"Girl is a big girl now, and your little granddaughter is still in your arms. After discussing the clothes, your granddaughter will have to wait more than ten years to wear them..." Before Siqi finished speaking, Jia Yingchun waved her hand, "Put the Bring the cloth we had last time."

The nanny originally wanted to search for it, don't care about anything, if the girls come out of the room, take it to the second door to gamble, it's better than their own, and it saves the daughter-in-law from scolding herself every day.He smiled at the moment, "It's still a girl who loves me, I don't have a white milk girl..."

"You nursed the girl, the old lady and the wives didn't give you monthly money or gave you anything?" Licorice came in through the curtain, "Mammy is not satisfied, I and Mammy went to the second wife to distinguish, If the second wife is busy, I will take the nanny to the old lady to tell the difference based on my wife's family law." After speaking, I grabbed the nanny by the collar and dragged it out, and there were little girls Quickly lifted the curtain and dragged the nanny into the yard.

The strength of the licorice was great, and the nurse in the middle hugged the pillar and grabbed the pane, and was dragged away by her. Jia Tanchun came out quickly and stopped them, "Sister Licorice, please let go, and handing her over to the wife will only make people feel tired." The second sister is ashamed, why not tell her not to come in again."

The nanny was afraid of being dragged in front of Mrs. Wang, so she promised not to come in again with snot and tears, thinking that as long as the hag didn't come to the mansion, she could still enter the girl's room.

Jia Tanchun acted as if he was thinking about his second sister, and let Licorice let go. What Licorice thought about was: the girl will get married soon, and she will spend more time in the Hou's mansion. As long as you look after the girl's things, don't let the old man I fumbled for the goods, and kept the old goods before the girl made a marriage proposal, otherwise it would be bad for the reputation if people found out that they dealt with the nanny before she was married.

Seeing Licorice let go of her hand, the nurse immediately ran away.

Jia Tanchun also returned to his room.Licorice returned to Jia Yingchun's place, and when the chess player was alone, she was still chattering, "Let the third girl be a good person again."

Jia Yingchun took Licorice's hand, "My good sister, I'm depending on you."

"No matter how strong a servant is, she is still a servant. After all, it is the girl who should stand up on her own. After going out, she is the master of the house. It is up to the girl to make up her mind."

"That's right, Sister Licorice is right." Siqi and Xiuju brought tea, "How many times have we said this, but the girl just doesn't listen."

In Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng is the butler of the backyard, and Mrs. Wang is in charge.Mrs. Wang is in charge of the ledger and the keys of various storerooms. Regardless of Wang Xifeng's prestige, if she wants to use something at that time, she still needs to send someone to tell Mrs. Wang, and only after taking the key to open the storeroom can she do business.

Because Wang Xifeng likes to exercise power, she can create a situation of her own butler in the mansion. Mrs. Wang is happy to retreat to the second line.

At noon, after serving the old lady for dinner, I went to Mrs. Wang's main room to serve her some dishes with chopsticks, and walked to my residence hungry.

On the way, the well-informed girls had already told Wang Xifeng about the girls hugging the mansion. To be reasonable, her sister-in-law was bullied, and she should come forward as her own sister-in-law. However, Wang Xifeng pretended not to hear, no matter what Mrs. Dissatisfied, in terms of her own affairs, her attitude towards the second room is much more positive than that of the first room.

Even Jia Huan, Jia Zheng's concubine, don't look at Wang Xifeng as an annoyance. Compared with Jia Cong and Jia Huan, Wang Xifeng hardly remembers Jia Cong.

Compared with resentment and ignoring to forgetting, it is not clear who is more miserable. The life of this family has reached such a point, which is amazing.

Wang Xifeng intentionally brushed off the matter, as long as the old lady and the wife didn't tell her, she would pretend that she didn't know.Just falling asleep and hitting the pillow, just returned to the yard, a village woman surnamed Liu defected to her, and was brought to her by Mrs. Wang's confidant Zhou Rui's family.

The village woman surnamed Liu looked old, with gray hair and wrinkled face. When she smiled, she was missing a tooth. Her clothes were shabby but clean, and she sat on the pedals stiffly.

Zhou Rui's family called her grandma, and everyone called her Grandma Liu. Wang Xifeng was thinking of finding an excuse to say that she was doing a favor and not going to the old lady and the wife. If you don't want to shirk, you muster up your energy to deal with Grandma Liu immediately.

Hearing that the family was in a difficult situation, Wang Xifeng asked Ping'er to arrange an ordinary banquet for guests, and let the grandparents and grandchildren eat first.At this time, Jia Lian suddenly picked up the curtain and came back.

"Didn't you say that I'm going to have a drink with Big Brother Zhen today? Why are you back so early?"

Jia Lian didn't know that there was an outsider in the next room, so when he entered the door, he took off his outer robe and asked Ping'er to find clothes quickly.Sitting on the couch opposite Wang Xifeng, he took a sip of tea before recovering, "My lord sent someone to bring me back, saying that Jia Huan was promoted today, so let me go and congratulate him."It was only after I finished speaking that I remembered, "Have you made new clothes for Cong'er? Pack it up for him, and I'll take him along."

Wang Xifeng replied indifferently, "Cong'er has his nanny, she will clean up for him. Where's Baoyu? Are you taking Baoyu?"

"Forget it, don't run into each other, Baoyu is weak, and Jia Xun's colleagues are all soldiers, so I have nothing to say to Baoyu. Those soldiers have been drinking and drinking, and arm-wrestling is still a trivial matter. When they are crazy, drawing a sword and hitting them is just to add to the fun. "

Ping'er took out the clothes, and Jia Lian stood up and asked Ping'er to tie a belt for him.Asked Wang Xifeng, "I'll take anything at home, it's a congratulatory gift."

Wang Xifeng curled her lips, "The Elder Master sent you, so he didn't prepare a gift for you? A few days ago, you disliked our Wang family, but now your Jia family can't even give you a gift."

"Shut up, I'm in a hurry to go out?"

"My glass Kang screen, if you take it with you, you won't lose face."

Ping'er went out to prepare gifts, and Zhou Rui's family who was accompanying the guests stood up, and went to the next door to talk with Wang Xifeng, regardless of grandma Liu, grandparents, and said, "People say that there are people in the court who are easy to be officials. A favored mother-in-law is different, she has only been back in the capital for a long time, and she has been promoted." He also said, "He is not very old, and he is also a small official of the sixth and seventh ranks, and now he is really shallow-sighted for mobilizing teachers. Irregular..."

Grandma Liu next door, eating chicken legs, was still thinking: "Grandpa heaven, the sixth and seventh ranks are already the masters of Qingtian, and they still say they are petty officials."

When Jia Xun was in the Northland, he was already a fifth-rank guerrilla general in terms of military merits. The border guards often praised him as a natural general. He had been on duty in the palace for the past few months. What's more interesting is: every time the emperor rewarded him with food, he would eat in small bites in front of the emperor or the Shangguan. Someone asked him why?Jia Huan replied that he was worried about Shangguan's questioning, and he hadn't swallowed all the grains in his mouth, and it was indecent to answer with food in his mouth, and he was afraid that Shangguan would be dissatisfied if he asked Shangguan to wait.

The old emperor commented that he was "cautious enough."

Thinking that since he was on duty, he had never made a mistake, so he was transferred to the Yamen and became a fourth-rank official.

The fourth-rank officials are a watershed for many officials. Those above the fourth-rank can participate in the Great Court Meeting. Compared with the huge team of officials, the proportion of officials above the fourth-rank is really very, very small. Those who donate officials rely on the protection of their ancestors. There are very few people who can break through this fourth-rank line for a half-time official. However, Jia Xie has already passed the fourth-rank line at a young age. In Jia She's words, even if he is struggling, he will rank higher than others. Become a fourth-rank official one step earlier.

He has a kind of fanciful confidence in his nephew.

After hearing the news, he not only took his son out first, but also changed his clothes and ran to Zhongwuhou's mansion to have a drink with Jia Gu.However, Jia Gu was on duty today, he ran over excitedly, his younger brother was not at home, he came here in high spirits and returned disappointed, the old dandy sat in the carriage, sighing, it was because his younger brother was too busy on weekdays and he had nothing serious to do Fuck, there's no excuse to talk except for drinking.

He used to take the servants out who heard him sigh and asked him through the curtain of the carriage, "Why did the old man sigh, so the old man will be back in the next day."

"What do you know, master, I like antique gold and stones. Your old master only likes to drink and run horses. In the past, drinking was fine. Now that it's cold today, his feet freeze when drinking. I want to let him out for a walk, but I don't know what he likes. .”

"The servant heard that there is a new girl in Jinxianglou, she sings very well, and there are many people who are cheering."

"Let your old master know where I am going, master, and you will definitely laugh at me. If you don't want to go, think again."

Another boy came up with an idea, "If it's cold today, I heard that there is stewed mutton in Wangjianglou, where Master Gu loves to go, why don't you go and taste it with Master Gu."

This is a good idea, Jia She didn't care about the cold, opened the curtain on the carriage and sat at the door, and said to the two young men sitting on the shaft, "Go and inquire tomorrow to see if there is any good food in Jianglou. After making inquiries together, I will treat your old master to a meal the day after tomorrow, master."

Just as he was talking, an old woman in the distance dragged a little boy and hurriedly avoided the carriage. When the carriage approached, she pulled the little boy to kneel down and bowed. Jia She cast a glance and wondered, "Why does this woman make such a big gift?"

The boy turned his head to look, and saw that the woman had already got up and took the child away, and turned around, "My lord, I will ask you later, this street is only us and the next door Dongfu, maybe it is the owner of the house." Grandma's housemate relatives, or the relatives of the maid who was bought in. Thinking that he has never seen wealth, he knelt down first when he saw a big carriage."