[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

This year's Chinese New Year is bound to be extremely lively.Especially this year, another major event happened in the Jia family: Jia Yan became the county lord!

Although the rank is not high, it is not possible for the county monarch to be a nobleman of the clan's daughter, not to mention that Jia Yan also has such dignity as Huangzhuang and Tongyuche, which the emperor specially spoke about. Therefore, everyone in the Jia family knows Rongguo Mansion during the Chinese New Year this year The girl from the Grand Master's family is going to enter the ancestral hall.

For a family as prosperous as the Jia family, even men, not just anyone can enter the ancestral hall, let alone Jia Yan, a girl who will definitely marry in the future.But who made Jia Yan the county monarch?

A little thing in the Jia family can be lively for a long time, not to mention that it has been a long time since the Jia family has received similar good news except for the marriage of their children.Since Jia Yan was favored and became a county lord from a family of courtiers, which is rare in Beijing, the Jia family must express it carefully.

These days, what other way of expression is more prudent than letting Jia Yan enter the ancestral hall and hold incense for the ancestors of the Jia family?

Even Mrs. Jia Zhengwang (especially the latter) thinks it’s no big deal, but Jia Amnesty will definitely make Jia Jing nod, not to mention that sweet potatoes are indeed a treasure that benefits the country and the people, and it also meets Jia Jing’s requirements. The three views of this former Jinshi.

Moreover, since even the royal family has given it to Huangzhuang, it is not easy for the Jia family to continue to treat this county monarch and empress like the white girl and young master in the two mansions, just use some little rabbits and ducks and just send them away?So even Jia Jing, who was messing around with the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple in the suburbs, not only came back early-every year he would stay in the Taoist temple until the day before he was going to worship the ancestors in Xiaonian, but this year he came back ten days earlier.Not only did he come back, but he also set Jia Yan's annual rules personally - the upper part, a full 300 taels of silver.

Because Jia Min's funeral has not yet passed, so this year's Jia family's several high-grade male and female masters with phoenix crowns and xiapei do not need to enter the palace to kowtow and receive palace banquets-this is also taboo in the palace, so as long as they report in advance Just prepare it.But like the Jia family, the one who died was an aunt who had been married for many years, and there was no need to avoid the taboo for the entire mourning period, as long as the first hundred days of taboo were enough.As for things like entering the palace, there is no need to shy away from it after a hundred days.This year's new year happens to be within Jia Min's [-] days, so we need to avoid it. In the first month, people with high grades in Jia's family can go to the palace to receive palace banquets. ——Just follow the rules of their Jia family to go to the ancestral hall to meet the ancestors of the Jia family and offer sacrifices to them.

This is also the first time that Jia Yan has really stepped over the threshold of the ancestral hall, and followed her father, her elder brother, and her younger brother to visit the ancestors of the Jia family.

That feeling is incomprehensible to those who are not involved.Jia Yan has been here for several years. In the past few years, it is not that she has not participated in the ancestor worship of the Jia family, but at that time she was always kneeling outside, and she was not qualified to enter that door, and she had never stepped through it. road threshold.I didn't think so before, but after crossing this threshold this time, even a person like Jia Yan who is born with little tendencies in some aspects also feels a little bit embarrassed and proud in his heart.

It's no wonder that Chinese people pay attention to worshiping ancestors. The piety, solemnity and solemnity here are not appreciated by non-participants.In the past, Jia Yan regarded worshiping ancestors as an act of following the trend, but only now does he realize that this is the core of a family when he really enters the ancestral hall.

After kowtowing to the ancestors, Mother Jia just sat in the main hall of Ningguo Mansion, said a few words to a few old wives, and then came back—Mother Jia didn’t like Jia Jing, so Just like she suppressed Jia She to prevent Jia She from getting ahead, as the Patriarch of Ningguo Mansion, although Jia Jing was not liquidated, his relationship with the old Prince Yizhong was definitely not shallow, so he had to choose to avoid him after the old Prince Yizhong died. Enter Taoism.As the highest-ranking female member of the Jia family, Mother Jia also expressed her dissatisfaction with Jia Jing as before. The specific expression is: as long as Jia Jing is in Ningguo Mansion, Mother Jia will never stay longer.As for the annulments, others have to come to Ningguo Mansion to get them. As for Rongguo Mansion, because Jia Mu's seniority is high and the order is high, the annals of Rongguo Mansion are sent to Rongguo Mansion by You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. of.

This year is no exception.

After the ancestor worship was over, Jia Jing went back to recuperate, and handed over the person who assigned the annual regulations to his son and daughter-in-law. Then Jia Rong helped his father, and Qin Keqing naturally helped her mother-in-law, and followed her mother-in-law to deliver the annual regulations to Rongguo Mansion.

At that time, not long after everyone came back from Ningguo Mansion, they were sitting in Jiamu's Rongqing hall talking, and seeing Youshi and Qin Keqing coming over with the annual regulations, Mrs. Wang asked, "Er girl also has it? What kind of regulations? "

Youshi replied honestly: "Our master said, it's up to you."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she couldn't help saying: "The second girl has more cases this year than Baoyu." When she said this, she still took a look at Li Wan.

In the original book, when Li Wan brought the girls from the Grand View Garden to quarrel with Wang Xifeng and asked Wang Xifeng to pay for the poetry club, Wang Xifeng calculated an account for Li Wan, saying that Li Wan earned 500 taels of silver every year. Of course, this includes the annual case and the monthly case.In the original book, Wang Xifeng also emphasized that it was because it was not easy for Li Wan to take Jia Lan with her, so Mother Jia gave her this example on purpose.

The problem is that now Jia Jing is the patriarch of the Jia clan.Although the juniors don't know it very well, the relationship between Jia Jing and Jia's mother is not very good.Jia's mother felt that Jia Jing was also the old man of Prince Yizhong, so he should vacate the position of patriarch, but for Jia Jing, based on Jia's mother's knowledge and Jia Zheng's stupidity and incompetence, he really wanted to give up the position of patriarch. After coming out, it didn't take a few years for the Jia family to play, and he didn't have the face to meet the ancestors of the Jia family after a hundred years.

It is precisely because of this behind-the-scenes dispute over the patriarch of the Jia clan that the relationship between Jia's mother and Jia Jing has become more and more rigid.During the period of Grand View Garden in the original book, Jia Yuanchun became the imperial concubine, and the power of Rongguo Mansion rose sharply. Many times, Ningguo Mansion had to follow Rongguo Mansion. Mother's follower, answering dog.But now, the Ningguo Mansion is still the direct branch of the Jia family, and Jia Jing's words are still more useful than Jia's mother.

Jia's mother once spoke about Li Wan's annual regulations, but was dismissed by Jia Jing.Jia Jing's reason is: there are many orphans and widows in Jia's family, and Li Wan is not the only widow. The year of the previous job?Jia Zhu is not an official!

Therefore, what Li Wan is now holding is the original statute that the Jia family gave her to a female family member of this status, no more and no less, not the upper class in the original book during the Grand View Garden period.In contrast, because Jia Yan is now the county lord, she instead took the previous year's regulations - 300 taels of silver a year.

Li Wan lost his husband and met such a powerful mother-in-law as Mrs. Wang, shouldn't he just save a lot of money for emergencies?After all, not everyone is Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng, who can earn money by lending usury with the signboard of Rongguo Mansion.

As the daughter of Guozijian Jijiu, Li Wan knew better than the rest of the Jia family how expensive it was to study and take the imperial examination.But her annual bill is only 120 taels, which is not enough for Jia Mu's meal, and even less than half a month's expenses for Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng.It's no wonder Li Wan felt happy.Even when Jia's mother opened her mouth to bring up Li Wan's monthly bills, it was also a public account from the Rongguo Mansion, and what Li Wan got was very limited—their mother and son combined for only 20 taels of silver a month, but Li Wan was a widow. Like the Jia family, they would make jewelry for the family members every quarter, but Li Wan could only get silver if others could get gold, and Li Wan had to pay attention to his image if others could use very gorgeous and huge gemstones. Don't be so ostentatious, it makes people feel that she is restless.

The gap here is huge.

Li Wan has accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction for a long time, and now that Jia Yan has come from behind, and won the annual quota of 300 taels this year, it is inevitable that some of her face will show.

However, even with some showing on his face, Li Wan still didn't express anything.She didn't seem to know that Mrs. Wang wanted her to be this early rafter.

Born at this time, Jia Baoyu was not very old, and was spoiled by Mrs. Jia's mother, so he only knew how to clap his hands and laugh: "Second sister is a girl, so she should get more than me!"

Jia Yan started to laugh: "It's just this year. Do the math. In previous years, during Chinese New Year, I was the same as my third and fourth sisters. The three of us plus Lan'er, Huan'er, Cong'er, six of us. I don’t even have as many gold and silver lockets as you alone! This year, I got as many gold and silver lockets as you, and I also got this year’s rule.”

Jia Baoyu nodded vigorously: "Second sister should take it. By the way, where is sister Lin?"

Jia Yan smiled and said: "Sister Lin is not from our family, so naturally she will not use our family's annual regulations. As for the gold and silver locks, I will not lose her. Long before Sister Lin came, my father So I asked someone to prepare a box. Not to mention that my aunt later sent someone to prepare such a large box of gold and silver locks, just for Sister Lin to play with."

When describing the box, Jia Yan deliberately prolonged the sound and gestured at the size of the box.Anyway, no one would go to Lin Daiyu to verify this kind of thing in person.Not to mention the things that Lin Ruhai prepared for Lin Daiyu, the value is definitely more valuable than this big box of gold and silver zippers, not to mention the love for daughters in it.

Jia Baoyu said: "Sister Lin is such a delicate person, it should be so."

Jia Yan couldn't help but tugged at Jia Baoyu's cheeks, and said, "What are you talking about! Whose girl is not refined? But there are too many children in the family to take care of one and not the other. Sister Lin is the only one in her family, so naturally Everything is close to her. If you don’t believe me, when Sister Lin becomes a filial piety next year, you can ask her yourself whether she wants to be alone with so many gold and silver zippers that can’t be eaten or worn, or if she wants to have her own sisters and brothers. "

Youshi Qin Keqing couldn't help but widen his eyes when he said it.

Even Jia's mother couldn't help but put her arms around Jia Baoyu and said, "How can a little boy like him understand this. Second girl, you are used to teasing your younger brother."

Jia Yan simply stood up and admitted his mistake, turned around and still made faces with Jia Baoyu who was sitting in Jia's mother's arms, making Jia Baoyu laugh out loud.

At this time, Mrs. Wang suddenly said: "Second girl, I remember that you still have a Huangzhuang in your hand. Have you collected the rent from this Huangzhuang?"

Jia Yan smiled and said, "I'll let the second wife worry about it. It's already delivered, and the two Fengyis will keep it for me." Just don't say how much it is.

Mrs. Wang said: "The harvest from the Huangzhuang should naturally be handed over to the mansion."

Mrs. Xing had been planning to inquire about Second Sister You from Mrs. You, but Wang Shanbao's family pulled her sleeve quietly before realizing it, and hurriedly said: "What are you talking about? This is Huangzhuang, is it?" Long live the reward to the second girl, the master also said that the second girl will not stay at home for a few years, although the money sent by the Huangzhuang is a lot, but in the future, the second girl will only cost a lot, so the master called the two Keep it in Fengyi, and prepare it for future use."

Mrs. Wang would not believe such words.In her eyes, even if Jia Amnesty was reluctant, Mother Jia would send Jia Yan in.

Mrs. Wang said: "It's true, sir. Will there be less dowry money for the second girl to go out in the house?"

Mrs. Xing immediately said: "I heard that last time the second master took a fancy to a painting scroll and paid 3000 taels from the account room. When it's our master's turn, it's just a set of glazed cups, and we can't even get 600 taels from the account room. come out."

When Mrs. Wang spoke, Jia's mother was angry, but it was because Mrs. Wang gave birth to three children for the Jia family, so she endured it. Now when she heard Mrs. Xing arguing with Mrs. Wang, she immediately put her face down: "Okay, say What is this for? A mere five or six hundred taels of silver is worth your quarreling with me?"

The author has something to say: Regarding mourning and hundred days, there are two types: those of one’s own family and those of other people’s.

If the funeral happened in your own home, then some things can be done within a hundred days.For example, if the old man in the family passed away, and there is a last wish to see the children in the family get married as soon as possible, then the wedding should be held within a hundred days, and the whole family will be obedient and obedient after the wedding.

In the south, I only know that some areas in Zhejiang have this custom.Therefore, as in the original book, when Jia Min died, Lin Daiyu would go to Jia's house, either after she had fulfilled her mother's filial piety, or she would go within Jia Min's hundred days and continue to mourn for her mother at Jia's house until she was born. After the filial piety period, it is in line with the rules.

Of course, once Lin Daiyu began to observe filial piety for her mother in Jia's house, she could no longer move. That is to say, even if her father came to pick her up, as long as she was still in Jia Min's filial piety period, Lin Daiyu could not leave.

This kind of mourning and filial piety for one's own elders, especially parents, cannot be discounted at all.During the period of filial piety for their parents, children must wear sackcloth and filial piety until the day when the filial piety period expires, unless they are robbing love.

The other is that it happens in someone else's home.Just like the Jia family after Jia Min's death, it was Jia Min who died, Lin Ruhai's wife, not a family member of Jia's family, so within a hundred days of Jia Min's life, the whole Jia family wanted to mourn for Jia Min , this is the rule, you can't wear red and green, and you can't go out as a guest.But after a hundred days, the mourning clothes can be replaced with plain clothes, and they can also go out as guests.However, it is still not in line with the etiquette that Wang Xifeng and Jia Baoyu wore when they appeared in the original book.

This kind of mourning for other people's family members gradually becomes lighter.The aunt who married like Jia Min died, and her nephews and nieces wore full mourning clothes in May Seventh. After May Seventh, men with public positions can change into half mourning clothes first, but women will not change until after July Seventh. The first half of the funeral, and then after a hundred days, the whole family will remove the mourning clothes and replace them with plain clothes.

This is part of the custom of mourning that I know, but I don't know if it is the same in other places.