Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

In the afternoon, Jia Hu wrote a lot, and when he woke up, he took the mansion newspaper and read it all afternoon. When Jia She came back in the evening, the family of four gathered for dinner.

The habit of a family gathering together to finish a meal is inherited from Jia Daishan's tradition of eating together. After all, the family is studying and studying, and it is rare to get together in a day because of the delicate relationship with Jia's mother. It's nothing to do with her. A family of four sits together at dinner and talks after dinner, and there will be no separation from each other.

But this gathering is only once every three to five days. It's not that Jia She is busy and often absent, but it's Mrs. Zhang who will be tripped by Jia's mother from time to time. Light and easy to digest, I picked it up and ate it by myself.For this, Jia Lian was very dissatisfied with Jia's mother.

Now that Jia She is famous in the antique circle in Beijing, those who deal with antiques in Beijing more or less know that Jia She, the first-class general of the Rongguo Mansion, is a man like Jia She, and his other abilities may not be surprising. The vision on antique utensils is very extraordinary.Five years ago, Jia She helped Mr. Hydrogen to identify a copper tripod that was identified as a Han Dynasty bronze tripod, but it was a fake. People came to him to look at the antiques in an endless stream.

Most people want to be recognized by others, and they have made a name for themselves in the antique circle. Compared with ten years ago, Jia Amnesty's changes are completely different.In the past, although Jia Amnesty held the title of first-class general, he was compared with Jia Zheng since he was a child, and he was always suppressed by Jia Zheng. Everyone said that he was not as good as Jia Zheng, that he was mediocre in his work and average in ability.Jia Amnesty didn't say anything on the face, but he always lacked confidence in his heart.The first time someone came to the door and wanted to ask Jia She to help identify the authenticity of antiques, Jia She was so excited that he stayed up all night-of course, this was what Zhang said later when he was joking. Up to now, Jia She The status in the antique circle is not something that anyone can casually ask him to do. Jia Amnesty is willing to "reluctantly" help him if someone he is familiar with brings along the gift and comes to invite him. Look, that shelf is well placed.He still has a beautiful beard, trimmed and trimmed every day, and when he is happy, he touches the beard with his hand. With that vigor, Zhang often jokes with his two sons behind his back.

Because he has devoted too much time to antiques, Jia She doesn't care much about other things. He has been kind to the Zhang family these years, and he has two sons, Cheng Huan. One is Aunt Qian, one is Aunt Ning who is raising Yingchun now, and Aunt Song is sent by Jiamu. I met someone several times, but was pushed away by Zhang's Tai Chi practice, and Jia She didn't care much about it. The number of times was too many, and Jia's mother was annoyed, so she just let it go, and Zhang's Jia She finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang's housekeeper is very strict, and she doesn't want those aunts to set up rules every day, eat and drink well every day, just stay in the yard by themselves, and live peacefully, she is not kind Jealous, with a son under her knee, she would ask Jia She to stay in the aunt's room for a few days every month, but if the aunt moved her mind that she shouldn't, she would never let them off lightly.Yingchun's mother, Aunt Qian, was not in the right mind. In the early years, because of her good looks, Jia She liked it very much. She played tricks on Mrs. Zhang several times, which completely annoyed Mrs. Zhang. She dragged her down and starved for several days. When Jia Amnesty found out, she also lost face with her. Aunt Qian learned to restrain herself after suffering a lot, and later she became pregnant with a child, so she didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore.Aunt Ning and Aunt Song saw her lesson learned from the past, and she behaved much more well-behaved since then.

Jia She and the Zhang family are two young couples. By now, the eldest son is old enough to marry a wife and have children.In the past 20 years, these two people have supported each other all the way, suffered losses, and suffered. How can these feelings be compared and replaced by aunts and housemates?It's just that they think that they are middle-aged now, they have reached the age where they can be grandparents, and they shouldn't put down their dignity and care about these aunts' playthings, so they just turn a blind eye to some things, as long as they don't go out Greg, let them go.

But even at this age, facing the second wife, who can be said to be an old enemy, Jia Shezhang still can't change the habits of his youth. Whenever their bad luck is mentioned, he is full of gloating, watching the excitement very happily.

When Jia She was drinking tea this day, he said happily: "I met Zhang Xueshi today, doesn't he also like antiques? I met him in the afternoon and chatted with him for a while. We are close friends, we drank some wine and got excited. He knew that Brother Hu and Brother Zhu had both participated in the imperial examination, so he secretly revealed to me that Brother Hu did a good job in the essay, and many adults who corrected the paper are boasting. , high school is a firm matter, it depends on how the rankings are arranged."

Mrs. Zhang couldn't help being overjoyed: "Really? Calculating the time, the release of the rankings is a matter of the day after tomorrow. Whether the article is good or bad, there should be a result. According to the master, then our brother will be a candidate by then?"

Jia She glanced at Mrs. Zhang: "What's the matter? With our son, a small Juren, he can easily be captured? If he didn't refuse to end three years ago, he would have been a Jinshi by now."

Mrs. Zhang glared at him angrily: "I didn't just say that, why, you didn't even let me say it. I still don't know that our son is well educated, but it really came, and I am so happy? As long as you talk too much, you won't let go of what I say."

Three years ago, Jia Hu made a name for himself among the students in the capital, not only because of his status as a direct disciple of the University of Xu Wei, but also for his handsome and upright appearance, which was passed on by those noble ladies for a long time. The name of the eldest son Jia Hu spread throughout the capital.At that time, Jia Amnesty wanted Jia Hu to take part in the imperial examination and get some fame, which made Jia Zheng in the backstreet mad, but Jia Hu refused.Enrolling in the imperial examination is a major event, how can it be used purely for the sake of anger?Three years ago, he was only 14 years old. Even if he was the number one scholar in high school, the emperor would not send him a real job. He just stayed in the Imperial Academy to dawdle. Why not worth it.How can it be compared to being seventeen now, which is a good age. If you get a good ranking in high school and rely on your noble family background, you can get a good relationship, get a good job, and use this to establish a ladder and step by step. Upward, to achieve his goal of being in charge of the family and setting up a family, and glorifying the Jia family.

Jia She and Zhang's two bearded and staring stares at each other, neither of them willing to admit defeat. Jia Lian just pretended not to see it. As long as he can remember, the relationship between the couple has been very good, so there are many occasional jokes. Now that he's gone, he's no stranger to it.Jia Hu heard the unfinished meaning in Jia She's words, so he interrupted with a smile: "I didn't win, there are many nouns, and I will know it in a few days. But father, I listen to what you mean, how come Brother Zhu? , is the ranking not good?"

Speaking of the misfortune of the second room, Zhang's eyes lit up, Jia Zhu, that is Wang's Jia Zheng's darling, all these years, the second room has only one child, only the year before last Aunt Zhou was pregnant, and in the end she was pregnant. Miscarriage happened, Erfang pinned all her hopes of shining in the lintel on Jia Zhu, why did he fail the exam now?Not caring about the quarrel with Jia She, Zhang Shi Baba looked at Jia She: "Master, what did Xueshi Zhang say? Brother Zhu is such a good kid, doesn't it mean that he is very knowledgeable? Uncle Six always praised him, He said he could definitely win, but if he misses now, wouldn’t he have slapped himself in the mouth?" He said as if it was a pity, but the smile in his voice couldn't be concealed, even Jia Lian could Hear the insincerity in her words.

Jia Lian immediately said happily: "It's fine if it's like this. The sixth uncle is really annoying. When he was in school, he kept talking about things with Brother Zhu, and it was annoying to death."

The sixth uncle and the sixth uncle are referring to Jia Dairu.Six years ago, he finally passed the last list, and his name was above Sun Shan, earning himself the honor of Jinshi, which can be regarded as getting rid of his status of being a white man for a lifetime.But I don’t know if God is playing with him. He fulfilled his life’s wish before, and then told his only son to die from a serious illness. His wife was too sad and couldn’t make it through. She followed her after two months. , held two funerals in succession, and Jia Dairu almost didn't survive. If it wasn't for his only son and left a grandson, Jia Rui, Jia Dairu would definitely not be able to survive.Even so, if his son and daughter-in-law were mourned in succession, Jia Dairu's errands would not be completed. With the status of Jinshi, and the Ningrong Second Mansion behind him, Jia Dairu had never even taken the lowest post of county magistrate.Three or two years later, Jia Dairu simply gave up his thoughts of being an official and became a teacher in the ethnology, teaching the children of the Jia family to study, and concentrating on disciplining his grandson Jia Rui.

If this is the case, the Zhang family and Jia Lian will not dislike Jia Dairu.In fact, this person is stupid about reading, a rotten Confucian, and the most common sentence in his life is "Everything is inferior but reading is high", except for reading, nothing is in his eyes.That day when Jia Hu was going to practice martial arts, this old gentleman actually came to the door in person, talked to Jia She for a long time, told him not to be confused, and ruined Jia Hu who is such a good student.In the words, it was said that Zhang's mother could not teach, and she didn't think about Jia Hu's future at all, which made Zhang's anger half dead.When it was Jia Lian's turn, his reading talent was not as good as Jia Hu's. Jia Dairu compared him with Jia Hu and Jia Zhu in the school. Although he didn't say that he was bad, he looked down on him both inside and outside.At that time, Jia Lian was still young, and because of this matter, he and Jia Hu had some ties. Later, although Jia Hu of the Zhang family tried to persuade him to come back, the Zhang family hated Jia Dairu a little.When Jia Lian started to practice martial arts later, Jia Dairu was even more rude to Jia Lian, and he just looked unhappy when he saw him. Jia Lian felt bad mood for this old master, and he hated each other when he saw him.

Now people who hate it are going to be unlucky, why not make people feel happy?

Jia Amnesty also doesn't like Jia Dairu, this old gentleman always likes Jia Zheng more than him, but because he inherited the Rongguo Mansion, he treats him better, sometimes his eyes look over, tsk tsk , really annoying.However, Jia She doesn't like it. It's one thing. It's another thing for his son to disrespect his teacher. Seeing that Jia Lian heard Jia Dairu's misfortune and was about to dance with joy, Jia She opened his eyes and said, "Look at you." What's it like, what's so annoying, that's your sixth uncle, an elder, you're the one talking like that?"

Jia Lian stuck out her tongue and sat down on the chair obediently, not daring to speak.At this age, when his father was a big mountain in his heart, Jia Lian was still a little afraid of Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty wanted to teach the child, Zhang naturally would not step down, even though he felt sorry for his son, he also said to him: "Your father is right, no matter what the elders look like, you are a junior, you should respect them, you look like this , If you want outsiders to see it, others will think you have a bad character, this is a big deal, from now on, you are not allowed to talk like that."

Jia Lian obediently admitted his mistake, and dared not speak up, so Jia Amnesty continued the previous topic with satisfaction, and said, "Brother Zhu, I'm afraid this time I'm really on the hook. I heard from Xueshi Zhang, Master Hu revealed that the students' level this year is very good. , the students in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas in the south have produced many talented people, and there are also people with steady writing in the north, let alone Huguang. My lords have been arguing for a long time over the names of each person, but I can't stop arguing. Brother Zhu's article is not good after all. It's fine if it's a normal day, but this year, hang on!"

Mrs. Zhang understands that Jia Zhu is unlucky. He is at the upper-middle level. In previous years, when the average level was at the upper-middle level, he might still have a chance to be promoted. In the dragon and phoenix, he was obliterated. "Speaking of which, Brother Zhu has spent a lot of thought on this imperial examination. I heard the old lady say a few words, it's nothing more than the case." Jia Zhu is a good boy, and he was not sensible when he was young. , I still have hostility towards Zhang's Jia She, and when I grow up, I understand the truth, and I feel guilty when I see Jia She and Zhang, and I think my parents have gone too far.In these years, he has worked hard to study, and he also hopes that with his own ability, he will shine in the second house, so that Jia Zhengwang's family can be less scheming.It's a pity that I didn't pass the exam this time.

After sighing for a while, thinking that he is Jia Zhengwang's child, Zhang's heart flustered again.

"Enough knowledge, what's the use of cramming, what's the use of reading day and night? What should we do at that time, Brother Hu, isn't it good grades? Brother Zhu still has shortcomings, so we need to study a few more times. Years are better." Men are not as emotional as women, and Jia Amnesty has always made the distinction very clear. Jia Zhu is the child of the second wife, and Jia Hu is the child of his own family. There is nothing to sympathize with and care for the child of the other family. "The list comes out At that time, the second younger brother and the second younger sibling might turn green with anger." Just thinking of this, Jia She could wake up from sleep with a smile on his face.There was no way, the grievance between him and Jia Zheng was a lifetime, and in this life, it might not be resolved.

Mrs. Zhang thought of Jia Zhu's marriage that she talked about during the day, and shook her head: "Today, when my brothers and sisters talked about Zhu Ge'er's marriage, they were not satisfied with the daughter of Li Ji Restaurant. If you fail the ranking, let’s talk about marriage, but it’s Brother Zhu who’s going to climb the ladder.”

Jia She sneered: "She would think so? Maybe it's because of bad luck that she started talking about marriage, which made her son fail the exam."

Zhang was speechless, looking back, what Jia She said was really possible, with Wang's temperament, she might not be able to do such a thing of venting anger.

Jia Lian secretly abducted Jia Hu's hand, and asked in a low voice, "Why is Brother Zhu getting married?" He asked stealthily, "Brother, when are you getting married?" It should be his eldest brother who got married first, then he will have a sister-in-law?

Jia Hu smiled: "When the imperial examination is over and my ranking comes out, I will probably discuss marriage."

It was getting late, so they all went back to rest and slept peacefully for the night. In the next few days, Mrs. Jia She and Mrs. Zhang looked at Mrs. Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang's beaming face coldly, as if Jia Zhu Zhongju was a certainty, and sneered in her heart. , but kept his mouth shut, privately telling Jia Lian not to confide a word.

After waiting like this for five days, the rankings were finally released. As expected, Jia Hu passed the No.2 exam, and Jia Zhu lost his name to Sun Shan!