[Red Mansions] Male wife

Jia Xiuyun casually flipped through the land deed, took out one and took a closer look, and found that the place written on it was not far from the ferry crossing in the capital, with several hundred acres of land and several mountains.

"I know this place, and the land is expensive. As for the dowry, this one is enough." Jia Xiuyun felt that it was not good to accept too much.

Pei Jin smiled lightly: "Take them all, anyway, you have to bring them again when you get married, I'll take advantage of it, right?"

"Who said that I will definitely bring them there for you. If I can't keep them, I've lost these Zhuangzi in the past two years." Jia Xiuyun didn't show any politeness to Pei Jin, and put the land deeds directly into his arms.

Pei Jin smiled and said nothing, in fact, even if he lost all his family property, he would be willing.

"On the third day of March, I'll take you out for an outing. By the way, I'll take a look at the property on the land deed. I'll even take care of the people in the village. Naturally, I have to let them know you."

Jia Xiuyun nodded and praised Pei Jin for his thoughtfulness.The two chatted for a while after eating, and then parted ways.Jia Xiuyun went to the bun shop to settle down, just in time to see someone asking about him.Seeing that person travel and dusty, he must have come from afar.Jia Xiuyun immediately leaned forward and asked him what he wanted from him.

Lin Cong recognized Jia Xiuyun, and quickly introduced himself, "I am the housekeeper of the Lin Mansion in Yangzhou."

After careful identification, Jia Xiuyun remembered that there really seemed to be such a person when he went to the Lin Mansion.He hurriedly asked Lin Cong to sit down with a smile, and asked when he entered Beijing.

"Just arrived, I heard from the master before I left that there is a Yunji steamed stuffed bun shop coming from Yongdingmen, which belongs to Mr. Huan Sanye. After I entered the city just now, I felt that the mansion was empty and I was very thirsty. I was going to eat something here, so I asked the waiter in the shop, I didn't expect to see Third Master Huan." Lin Cong smiled pleasantly.

Jia Xiuyun's nod was also coincidental, counting the days, this forest seems to be the dry road from Yangzhou during the Spring Festival, so urgent, there must be something important, so he asked casually.

Lin Congxi raised his eyebrows and said: "It's a big happy event, so naturally we can't delay it. I wanted to come to Beijing before the Lantern Festival to give a double happiness to the old lady in your house. However, something happened on the way, so it was delayed, what a pity. "

"It's not the same after playing one day at a time, tell me quickly, what's the big deal, but sister Lin is engaged?" Jia Xiuyun asked.

Lin Cong smiled and nodded: "Exactly, the date has been set, it will be the third day of March next year."

"Great, this is a beautiful spring day." Jia Xiuyun sighed, and then asked Lin Cong how his master was doing.Jia Xiuyun recently calculated that Lin Ruhai's body was about to reach a critical stage.

Qin Keqing fell ill after the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, and now it is getting worse. Mrs. You once begged Jia Xiuyun to intercede, and asked Pei's mansion to help hire a senior doctor from the Imperial Hospital to help with diagnosis and treatment. Qin Keqing has survived the new year, and it seems that spring is coming after the new year. Yesterday, Jia Xiuyun heard that she got up in the middle of the night and caught the cold wind, and her condition worsened.Jia Xiuyun had a faint premonition in his heart, thinking that Qin Keqing's death was probably inevitable.So Jia Xiuyun subconsciously thought that once Qin Keqing died, Lin Ruhai would also be in danger.

Lin Cong found that Mr. Huan was extremely worried about his master's health, and he was a little grateful. He thought that Mr. Huan was thinking about his master's wind-cold illness when he went to Yangzhou City last time.Lin Cong explained to him that everything was fine, "Especially since the eldest sister came back, the master has lived a more energetic life and is much more energetic than before. The magistrate is also watching him, and asked the master to practice Tai Chi with him. Now he is in good health. It’s much tougher. After this spring, there’s no guarantee there will be any happy events.”

"Any happy event?" Jia Xiuyun looked at Lin Cong curiously.

Lin Cong said with a smile: "Master Zhifu persuaded my master to remarry early. There is a suitable candidate for Mrs. Zhifu's natal family. She was also a rich lady. Her husband's family died when the marriage was discussed, so she stayed at her natal family and never remarried. She originally I planned to pray for my parents at home for the rest of my life, but no one would agree to it later, but the magistrate’s wife went back to her mother’s house and mentioned what happened to our master. She heard that the master was a prostitute, so she was very willing Yes. It’s all meaning now, but the date hasn’t been set yet.”

Jia Xiuyun smiled and said, "You don't have to wait for Double Happiness on the Lantern Festival. This is Double Happiness. Let's go, I'll take you back to announce the good news."

When the two arrived at Rongfu, Jia Xiuyun took him to meet Jia Mu first and reported the good news.Mother Jia was disappointed and happy when she heard it. The disappointment was that things turned out as she had expected, Lin Yatou got engaged in Yangzhou; the joy was that after several rounds of cross-examination, she felt that her granddaughter had found a good marriage, and it would be a good home after all.Considering her daughter Jia Min's level, Jia's mother was indeed happy for Lin Daiyu.

The past is over, and Mother Jia doesn't care about it anymore.Cheerfully greeted Lin Cong to stay, and told him to wait for two days, he just took the opportunity to prepare some gifts to take over.The capital is far away from Yangzhou, and it is rare to have the opportunity to ask someone to run errands, so Mother Jia will give a heavier gift this time, including Daiyu's wedding gift.

As for Lin Ruhai's marriage, Lin Cong didn't talk much to Jia's mother.The matter hadn't been settled yet, so he talked too much, so as not to hurt his wife's reputation.It's different for Third Master Huan. Before he left, Master Lin specially told Lin Cong, "Be careful in everything in the Rong Mansion, only Nephew Xiu Yun can be trusted."

Lin Cong also had a letter from Lin Ruhai to deliver to Pei Jin face to face, and Jia Xiuyun took him there the next day.But Jia Xiuyun didn't have a chance to stay, because he had been raised by Jia Zheng for some reason recently, and was closely watched to go to school.

Without Baoyu and Xue Pan, the school is considered clean.Jia Xiuyun brought two ledgers with him, and when the master was lecturing, he would settle the accounts when he had nothing to do.Anyway, he is already so 'famous', and his wife's name is famous all over the world, it is impossible for him to become an official through the imperial examination.What is the use of learning these things?In real life, there is no need to recite poems and paint pictures.

After Jia Xiuyun settled his accounts, he flipped through books like Sun Tzu's Art of War, and then fell asleep, and no one cared about him.I don't know how long he slept, but Jia Xiuyun was woken up by the laughter, it turned out that Xiang Lianyu'ai, who had been friends with Xue Pan, was being mocked again.Jia Xiuyun stretched lazily, ready to leave with the ledger in his arms.When they went out, they saw Qin Zhong and Xiang Lian leaving the school together.

Jia Xiuyun laughed, raised his head and went home to find Jia Zheng.

"What, you don't want to study?" Jia Zheng put down the brush in his hand, stood up, and looked at Jia Xiuyun sternly.

Jia Xiuyun knew that Jia Zheng's only way of educating children was to read, read, and read again.In his eyes, it seems that all the things in the world can be solved by reading.It's not that Jia Xiuyun thinks reading is bad, but it should be moderate, and the specific situation should be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.In his situation, there is absolutely no need to participate in exam-oriented education, and he still has to spare time to arrange his own dowry.

When Jia Zheng heard about the dowry, his attitude relaxed a little. "You still need to read the book. In this way, if you have something to do, please ask someone to tell me. I will grant you a vacation. Don't be idle at other times. You still have to go to school."

Jia Xiuyun didn't understand why Jia Zheng was so persistent, and he didn't expect himself to be an official.Jia Xiuyun went out wondering, and happened to meet Mrs. Wang on the way.He saluted reluctantly and was about to leave, but was stopped by Mrs. Wang.

"Don't think that I don't know what your plan is, so I can do it myself." Mrs. Wang paced up to him, thinking of the insult she received that day, she hated again. "I advise the master to urge you to study well. You are too rude. It's time for the father and son to teach the rules and etiquette."

Jia Xiuyun laughed, it turned out that Mrs. Wang put on the shoes for herself.He got angry for a while, bent down and saluted Mrs. Wang again. "My wife hates me so much that she doesn't pretend to be kind in front of me. If your words are accidentally heard and spread, you will not have a reputation for being virtuous and kind."

"You—presumptuous, I'll tell the master—"

"I'll help you go!" After saying that, Jia Xiuyun walked to Mrs. Wang's side and supported her.Mrs. Wang thought she was about to make a move, and was about to reprimand her, when she heard Jia Xiuyun's warning in a low voice, "If madam tells the master, what you just said will surely reach my father's ears, so you don't have to worry about him listening too much." , despise you?"

Mrs. Wang threw away her hand and squinted at Jia Xiuyun: "Are you threatening me?"

"My son has no other intentions. I just want to wake up my wife. Don't worry, you forget what happened before." Jia Xiuyun smiled and nodded at him, turned and left.

Mrs. Wang didn't understand what he was up to just now, she turned her head to look at Jia Zheng's room, only to find that Master Zheng was standing on the stone steps looking this way.Mrs. Wang is glad that she was not impulsive just now, otherwise she might be misunderstood by the master.Mrs. Wang smiled and went to see Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng seemed to be in a good mood, and praised Mrs. Wang cheerfully.

"You two should get along as you did just now." Entering the room, Jia Zheng suddenly said to Mrs. Wang tenderly: "Madam, sometimes I speak harshly, so don't mind."

Mrs. Wang wanted to sue Jia Xiuyun, but she had no choice but to endure what he said.Seeing that Jia Zheng was in a good mood, she happened to discuss with her what she had been thinking about before.

"Master has a lot of work to do every day, so there is no time to arrange Luo Xiuyun's dowry. Since the ancestor is not willing, you might as well leave it to me. I have been housekeeper for decades, so I will let the master rest assured."

Jia Zheng felt that what Mrs. Wang said was reasonable, so he wanted to follow the trend, but suddenly remembered what Jia Xiuyun had discussed with him before, and hesitated.He has now been promoted to be the minister of the Ministry of Industry. If he wants to be successful in the pipeline in the future, he will have to deal with it. If he can save some money privately, no one will talk about it when it is embezzled in the future.If it was paid from the government's treasury, his eldest brother, Jia She, would inevitably make a fuss if he saw it, and would try to lose the same amount of money before he was reconciled.

Jia Zheng always felt that his daughter-in-law was honest and responsible, and she was used to benevolence, so it would be difficult to ask her to seek money for him.It's better to ask that boy Xiuyun to get it. Jia Zheng thinks he has some good looks in business.

Therefore, Jia Zheng rejected Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang was unwilling and wanted to say more, but Jia Xiuyun's servant suddenly came, as if she had something secret to say.Mrs. Wang had no choice but to leave.

On this day, Jia Xiuyun came to the school to study as usual, and Baoyu's "lovesickness" was almost healed, so he also came to class.Today, Jia Xiuyun is much more well-behaved and reads decent books.Coincidentally, Jia Dairu had something to do that day and he didn't come, so he asked his son Jia Rui to take care of the school for the time being.So there was a farce of romantic students making trouble in the school.

Jin Rong, Xiang Lian Yu Ai and Qin Zhong had a lively quarrel, and Bao Yu also joined in, and then Jia Lan and Jia Qiang were involved in it, which was very lively.Just as the stinky shoes were flying around in the school, suddenly there was a man's stern voice.

"A group of wild donkeys! They don't look like scholars at all!"