[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

On the other side, Mrs. Xing was also wondering, didn't it be agreed a long time ago, can't they find a chance to destroy Cong'er?How long did it take?In less than a month, the second girl changed her mind?Tomorrow is the day when the old lady will come to the banquet, if the old lady mentions this matter to the master, how can I get it right?

After returning from Jia Mu's side, Mrs. Xing couldn't help but keep Jia Yan behind:

"When Miss Lin first came here, didn't you say that you were afraid that Cong'er would be abolished? How come you sent Cong'er to Lixiangyuan again?"

Jia Yan replied: "Madam, my daughter did think so before. However, yesterday I was talking about various things with the two Fengyis, and accidentally mentioned Cong'er, so He Fengyi asked her daughter, How important it is for people like us to know whether to read or not."

Mrs. Xing said: "Of course it's important, otherwise, your father wouldn't be so concerned about Cong'er's study, and he wouldn't have been plotting with you a few months ago to let your uncle Lin take Cong away." Sons are disciples."

Jia Yan said: "My daughter originally thought so. But the female official Fengyi told me that the imperial examinations are held every three years, and every time the Imperial Academy will enter a batch of Imperial Academy, and some old Hanlin have stayed in the Imperial Academy for decades. Didn't make up for the vacancy. Could it be that they are not well educated?"

"This...isn't it?" When she said this, Mrs. Xing was really out of breath.

It's not that she doesn't know what's going on outside, but that the Jia family's situation is different from the outside world.Mrs. Xing's father was an official before his death, following the same footsteps as the Xing family. Obviously, Mrs. Xing's father also passed the imperial examination.What Mrs. Xing heard when she was young was that the imperial examination was very important, and that changing the court and turning a sparrow into a phoenix could only come from the imperial examination.

But after marrying into Jia's family, I realized that some people don't need ten years to be an official.Like Jia Zheng, it's just a booklet, and it was given to a director of the Ministry of Industry, which is worth half of Mrs. Xing's father's hard work.

It can be said that in the first few years of marrying into Jia's family, Mrs. Xing has been doubting life, and naturally she has doubts about her own three views.Therefore, when Jia Yan now holds the same idea as Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Xing is a little uncertain.

But Jia Yan didn't know this, she was still trying to convince Mrs. Xing: "Wen Fengyi also specially mentioned someone to her daughter."

"Who?"

"Second uncle."

"Him?" Mrs. Xing was even more puzzled.She didn't think Jia Zheng had anything to say: "But, isn't everyone saying that your second uncle is incapable and has no character, so he won't be promoted for decades?"

In fact, Mrs. Xing herself didn't know her own views on Jia Zheng's official position, and she always felt that she would never see clearly through the fog.

"Ma'am, the biggest mistake of the second uncle is not that he is incompetent, but that the second uncle can't be a man and offended his colleagues in the Ministry of Industry. He Fengyi also told her daughter that if it wasn't because the second uncle's official position was the old man's deathbed , If it wasn’t because the Supreme Emperor was so grateful for the old minister’s special gift, the Ministry of Industry would have let the second uncle go home to eat himself.” As he spoke, Jia Yan lowered his voice and said, “There are people like the second uncle in the Liubu past.”

"It turned out to be like this?" Mrs. Xing felt more and more bored, "Could it be that your father's work was for nothing?"

"Not necessarily." Jia Yan replied, "My aunt is also from a family of four generations of princes. If studying is useless, why does my aunt have to pass the exam for ten years? It is indeed easier for people like us to become an official than others. , but it would be better if we had a background in the imperial examination. At least our background in the imperial examination combined with our family background means that we can start higher than others and get promoted faster than others. In He Fengyi’s words, the advantages of being born in the imperial examination are: Visible."

"What can be seen? Then what is invisible?"

Jia Yan nodded, and said: "That's true. Behavior, conduct, socializing, these are all invisible. This is where the children of high-ranking and wealthy families win over those from poor families. Behavior, conduct, and socializing, these are all things that we have learned from childhood. Yes, so there are some things that children from poor families will fall into the pit, but children from high-ranking families will not. The second uncle is here. The talent for reading is not high, and it makes people stupid. It’s okay if you can’t compare to others in knowledge, and you can’t even compare to those poor children in behavior..."

The more Jia Yan spoke, the quieter she became. When Mrs. Xing heard about it, she just sighed heavily.

Although Mrs. Xing is like being locked in a cage after marrying into the Jia family. Except for the banquet in the palace, Mrs. Wang went to the rest of the Rongguo Mansion for her. things are unknown.

In fact, there are many children like Jia Zheng who were not born in the imperial examinations but obtained official positions through means such as favors and donations, but just like Jia Yan said, sitting on the bench for 20 years Jia Zheng is really the only one who didn't move!

If you think about it carefully, everyone who crawls so fast is really a human |Where is it like Jia Zheng, who doesn't even know the basics of right and wrong, etiquette and respect.

Seeing that Mrs. Xing was a little moved, Jia Yan said again: "Madam, my daughter did say that before. It's just that after Fengyi heard about this a few days ago, she told her that there were many people who were defeated by the servants in the past dynasties. A queen and concubine with a good background, if nothing else, the Empress Wu of the previous dynasty was deposed because she punished that Wei family? That Wei family was ten years older than the emperor, and she was still a court lady. Yes! The officialdom is more dangerous than the palace, we hold Cong'er in our palms to protect Cong'er from the wind and rain, but Cong'er can't learn how to protect himself, it will be in vain after all."

"Then the matter of Lixiangyuan was also Fengyi's suggestion?"

Jia Yan replied yes.

"Cats like to play with the ball of string because they want to learn how to hunt. There are some things, it's not a bad thing to experience a lot when you're young."

Mrs. Xing then said: "It's just such a big matter, you still have to tell your father." After saying that, she sent people to go ahead to ask for Jia's amnesty.

After Jia Amnesty learned the whole story, he only asked one sentence: "Is the family education really that different?"

Jia Yan nodded, and said in a low voice: "The original words of the people below are: I'm afraid my daughter's ears will be dirty if I say it. My daughter thinks that it's not a trivial matter for the people below to say that."

Jia She frowned upon hearing this.

He decides when to go and see for himself.After all, family education and family worship are the foundation of a family and the last retreat of a family.As for what Jia Amnesty did after he saw clearly what his family education looked like, that would be a later story.

At this moment, Jia She only said to his youngest son, Jia Cong: "Your sister has thought of everything for you for you. Don't let your sister down! If you are like that Baoyu, fishing for three days Two days of exposure to the net to deal with the matter, see if I don't break your leg!"

Jia Cong trembled a little in fright.

Jia Yan said with a smile: "Father, I want my daughter to tell me that my aunt should still teach me the serious homework such as the Four Books and Five Classics. As for miscellaneous studies and the like, it is not a bad idea to ask the Qing people around the second uncle for advice. In addition, our house The second wife here is a capable person, and Cong'er is two years younger than Baoyu, if this homework is as good as Baoyu's or better than Baoyu's, I'm afraid she will have other ideas in her heart."

"what do you mean……"

"This Lixiangyuan, we, Cong'er, had better only go there for half a day every day, focusing on the understanding of human feelings. The other half of the day, we will come back and learn from sister Lin. If Cong'er wants to pass the imperial examination, he still cannot do without his aunt's teaching. My daughter will also invite The two Feng Yi help to keep an eye on it, so that Cong'er won't be tricked by that side."

When Jia Amnesty heard about it, he hurriedly bowed to Wen Fengyi to thank him.Wen Fengyi got up quickly, saying that this is what she should do.

Jia She said to Mrs. Xing and Jia Yan again: "Since that's the case, you and the second girl should take more care. I have my own arrangements for Cong'er's servant."

Jia Cong is also the son of Jia She, and now that Jia Lian has entered the officialdom, it is time to plan for his younger son.

After all, Jia She is a man, even during Chinese New Year, it is not good to stay in the inner house in broad daylight, so he went out after sitting for a while, and when Jia She left, Jia Cong frowned:

"Sister, am I really going to be so busy every day from now on?"

After all, he is a real kid, and at the age that loves to play, how can he sit still?

Jia Yan's eyes widened, and he stared at this younger brother for a long time. Jia Cong started to fidget when he was staring at him. Even Mrs. Xing began to feel distressed, Jia Yan said: "You know, I dream that I can be a boy in my dreams. Son, if I were a boy, even if I rolled all over the floor in front of my father, I would still make my father send me to study in an outside academy! Even if I don’t want to be a girl, I can take care of the trivial things around me alone! Because I You know, only by passing the imperial examinations and becoming an official can I live like a real person! Do you want to be looked down upon by others?"

Jia Cong shook his head.

Jia Yan said: "Do you want to be like Second Uncle, and being laughed at secretly is a waste?"

Jia Cong shook his head.

"Do you want to live a dignified life without being bullied?"

Jia Cong immediately shook his head, shook his head halfway, suddenly froze, quickly changed his head to nod, and found something wrong, so he had to whisper: "I want to live a good life, and I don't want to be bullied."

Although he was only six years old, a year and a half ago, he was still the one who was often bullied by the people below, so that he was sometimes hungry.He knows what it means to be bullied.

Jia Yan couldn't help but laugh.She stretched out her hand, rubbed Jia Cong's head, and said, "Don't think about it too much. Remember, aunt is your serious teacher. For things like learning, you just need to remember what aunt taught you!"

"Then you still send me to Rikain!"

"Do you think it's enough to be a public official if you have good knowledge? Just dream! I will send you to Lixiangyuan to study with that Baoyu, not for knowledge but for human understanding! Anyway, you only need to go there for half a day every day, remember Those trivial things, I will tell you two Feng Yi later! Feng Yi will break up the things here, crush them, and tell you in detail. As for the benefits of this, you will know in the future !"

Jia Cong heard that he only needs to study for half a day in the future, and he only needs to write down the things about Lixiangyuan and tell He Fengyi or Wen Fengyi, so he is naturally happy in every way.

As for Mrs. Wang, I heard that Jia Cong spent three days fishing and two days drying nets in Lixiangyuan. I feel that Jia Cong is not worthy of the stage. In addition, Jia Cong is indeed two years younger than Jia Baoyu, and he started from Enlightenment. At the beginning, homework was really not as good as Jia Baoyu, but only compared with Jia Huan and Jia Lan.

Such Jia Cong was not taken seriously by Mrs. Wang.

Because although Jia Huan was less talented, he worked very hard, and won praise from his husband several times, which aroused Mrs. Wang's vigilance. Mrs. Wang was attracted to Jia Huan with all her energy, so she didn't pay much attention to Jia Cong.

Of course, these are things for later.