Official You's Family in the Red Chamber

The marriage between You Qingyuan and Jia Zhen was completely settled, and the good news is that both of them are quite satisfied with this marriage.

Jia Zhen started to come to the door from time to time, and You Wende was not bothered, no matter how busy he was, he always wanted to see him and say a few words, and even went to the battle to explain academics to Jia Zhen in his spare time.

Jia Zhen is not a very stupid person, on the contrary, she is quite clever, but it is not used in the right place.

This is a new husband, and there is a beautiful fiancée as an encouragement, the rare expectations of his father, the loving teaching of his future father-in-law, and perhaps his ambition to inherit and carry forward the Ningguo Mansion that has not been completely extinguished in his heart, so he keeps his filial piety. In the last year or so, I learned a lot, which made Qin couldn't help herself, and even Jia Jing didn't talk about it anymore.

Of course, after seeing the current situation, the Qin family has to complain to Jia Jing. Her Zhen'er is so smart and excellent, and her family's education has been delayed. Without the aura of the child, no matter how good it is in the future, it will be nothing more than a juren. If there is no delay, their family will not be able to produce another Jinshi. What an honor it is!

Jia Jing scolded Qin Shi in his mouth, but in his heart, he thought how much different from what Qin Shi thought. He said how could Jia Jing's son be so bad, and began to mutter about his family education in his heart.

So I had nothing to do for a day, and I didn't know anything. I took a few boys and went to the home school to have a look. , such a place is actually homeschooled!

Jia Jing only felt his blood surge up, his veins twitched, and he shouted angrily. Seeing that they were the patriarch, the children stopped immediately, and the quails stood upright. Jia Jing asked, "Where is the sir?"

An older child replied tremblingly: "Mr.'s son is sick again these days, let us study by ourselves."

Jia Jing became even angrier when he heard that, this is good, this is not the first time, so he ignored the children and walked away.

Back in the mansion, Jia Jing still acted as if strangers should not get close to him. After thinking about it, he sorted out his emotions, asked someone to inform him, went to Rongguo Mansion, arrived at Rongxi Hall, and greeted Jia Daishan. Jing is very kind, not to mention kinship, just say that Jia Jing is the head of the Jia family and he is a super Ning'an Marquis, so he has to be kind.

"Jing'er, why are you here?" It's not surprising that Jia Daishan was surprised. Since Jia Jing kept his filial piety, except when he came to visit him when he first came back, he basically stayed at home.

"Uncle, I have something important to come here today."

"Oh?"

"I'm dissatisfied with Uncle. Recently, I have nothing to do at home except to teach Zhen'er. Today, I decided to visit the family school. After all, the family school is where I teach the next generation of the Jia family. The foundation of my Jia family! But... well!"

Jia Daishan didn't know right away when he heard it. Now the master of the family school is his younger brother. If there is something wrong with it, even if the family has been separated, it is inevitable that he is from the Rongguo Mansion, so Jia Daishan said: "What Jinger said Yes, you are the head of the clan, you can't write two characters of Jia in one stroke, you have the final say on the affairs of the clan, and I have no objection to how to arrange it."

The two chatted for a while, and then Jia Jing returned to Ning'an Houfu.

As soon as Jia Jing left, Jia Daishan hurriedly asked his close confidants to investigate what was going on, but he didn't want to do this investigation, not to mention his family education, he also found out a lot of bad things.

When Jia Jing returned to the mansion, he was ready to make drastic changes in the family education, but he didn't want the Qin family in the backyard to hear about it. Everyone in the Qin family was born, but they were only confused by Jia Zhen, and their quality was only better than Jia Jing. How could she not know after 20 years of marriage? Jia Jing had a temper, so Jia Jing didn't know how many people he wanted to offend, so he invited Jia Jing over.

"What's the matter with me, madam?"

"Master, I heard that Master lost his temper at home, but what happened?"

"Hmph, you don't know! That's family learning, it's going to be overturned, and Jia Dairu refused to go again and again, a group of boys are going crazy."

"Master, do you want to?"

"I've already said hello to the uncle next door. If he doesn't want to do it, then don't do it."

"Oh, master, I shouldn't talk too much about this, but it's a family matter after all, so don't dislike me for being too talkative."

"Madam?" Jia Jing frowned and looked at Qin Shi.

"My lord, although our house is the long house now, but the father-in-law is gone, and now the clan is much higher than our generation, the lord is strong, but if you directly take the job, then Jia Dairu is our cousin after all. , Master Yu's reputation is really bad, I'm afraid the other elders in the clan will also feel dissatisfied."

"This...family education must not be ruined by him."

"Master just wants to replace him. There are many methods. Just give him face and let him retreat decently. He will not know what to do. He can only think of you at that time. After all, there is no credit but also suffering." labor."

"What madam said is very true, it's just that..."

"I don't know much about the outside world, but I heard that that person has a reputation as a scholar. It's not easy to get him an errand based on the influence of the two governments, and it's not about giving him much power."

Jia Jing nodded thoughtfully. A scholar is nothing in a scholarly family, but in his Jia family, he is also very valuable. I have some impressions of Jia Dairu, but he looks like an old Confucian. If you can’t do anything else, you can still learn Well, Jia Jing went back to his study to think about it, and told Qin Shi that night.

The next day, the Qin family brought a lot of gifts and medicines to Jia Dairu's house. Jia Dairu's wife rushed out to greet him.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, Qin's heart sighed. It was not easy to not even have a servant. Although the sons and daughters of a wealthy family should be well-educated, it is still not uncommon for the mistress to suppress the sons. How did Jia Dairu do when the family was separated? She doesn't know, but looking at the current appearance, I'm afraid that a lot of hands and feet were manipulated when the family was separated.

In fact, the Qin family was really wronged. Although Jia Dairu did not get much when he separated the family, after all he was a concubine, but he was also a small rich family. It's just that Jia Dairu didn't understand common affairs, and the three members of the family were all sick and weak, and they couldn't leave their mouths. , Then the family sold everything that could be sold, and that's why they fell into such a ruin.

"What wind brought Madam here? Sit down quickly."

"Aunt Tang is being polite, but I really have something important to do."

"This……"

"Well, there are few scholars in our Jia family. Our master is usually busy, and he has no power to deal with the clansmen. As soon as he was free, he began to think about the people in our family. Didn't this thinking come to Tang Shu? Tang Shu He also has fame and fame, and he is a direct descendant of our Jia family, so it is a shame to be confined in the mansion, our master intends to arrange for his cousin to go to the Imperial College, don’t you know?”

"What?" Jia Dairu's wife was a little confused, she thought it was...but...

"The Guozijian is also the most noble place, but I am not dissatisfied with my aunt, our family is all dealing with warriors, this literati is, alas, although it is arranged to enter the Guozijian, but it is only from the eighth grade, but as long as Tang Shu is willing What, are you still afraid that you won't be able to get promoted? I just don't know if Tang Shu is willing or not?"

"Yes, why don't you want to?" Jia Dairu's wife asked in succession. From the eighth rank, people from Ningrong and Rongfu were really dismissive, but it was a complete surprise to Jia Dairu's family.

Seeing that she agreed, Mrs. Qin said a lot of auspicious words, and then said: "I heard that brother Lian is not in good health. I brought a lot of medicinal materials and invited Dr. Liu over by the way. There is someone in his family. Hospital staff."

"Really? Our family will never forget Madam's great kindness." Jia Dairu's wife expressed her sincere gratitude this time.

After Dr. Liu showed it to Jia Lian, Qin asked him to show it to Jia Dairu's wife. As the saying goes, "a long illness makes a doctor". Qin's health has never been good. Jia Dairu's wife's complexion was obviously not good. Dr. Liu prescribed medicine for both mother and son, and Qin returned to Ning'an Hou Mansion with Jia Dairu's wife's gratitude.

After Qin's family left, Jia Dairu came out. Jia Dairu's wife said while arranging the gifts she received, "Old man, the patriarch's family is giving us face. You, you have to work hard."

Jia Dairu was not moved, he was grateful for the kindness of the patriarch's family, in fact, he didn't want to teach the children in the clan well, it's just that his only son's illness has consumed his energy in recent years, and his energy is not as good as before.

Unexpectedly, when it came, the patriarch's family returned the face and sent so many supplements. With such nourishment, his son will definitely recover. Isn't his only son the fate of their old couple? Well, I'm afraid I have to go with him, how can I live alone.

"It's really a big deal, how much money are these things worth?" Jia Dairu's wife sighed.

"Oh?" Jia Dairu has known much about money over the years than before. He can understand it when he looks at the gift list, not to mention other gold and jade. Zhuangzi.

This time, Jia Dairu was really grateful to the Ning'an Houfu. Originally, he also knew what had happened to him. The errands of his family education must be gone. He would be satisfied if the patriarch gave him a face. It would be good if the salary of the eighth-rank junior official was half of what he used to be, but the most scarce and most expensive medicinal supplements in the family, Qin gave a lot of them and they were definitely better than what he bought, so his family could live on. .

Now that this little Zhuangzi's future and his salary at that time are calculated to be almost the same as his previous income, not to mention that he also got an official status and a lot of gifts, he made up his mind that no matter what the Ning'an Hou Mansion said, he would They must follow suit.

Looking up and seeing the happy and caring face of the old wife, Jia Dairu felt warm, and said: "The patriarch's family is really kind, alas, I'm just blamed for my incompetence, but you have suffered so much for so many years. No shortage, here is another 200 taels of silver, you only need to take some to buy two houses and servants, and you can enjoy the blessings and take care of your body if you have someone to take care of you, what will I do if you are not good."

Jia Dairu's wife didn't want to agree at first, but when the family suddenly had extra money, she just wanted to put it in the warehouse and feel at ease. No matter what, people can have more than 100 taels left, and these deposits are enough.

On the other side of Ning'anhou's residence, Qin's reported to Jia Jing that the matter was over, and Jia Jing started to look for the husband.

Speaking of which, the husband and wife didn't feel at ease about what they gave to Jia Dairu's school. Since the eighth grade has no power, it's not an important place. Jia Dairu has a reputation. thing.

Although Jia Jing didn't have many contacts, these people who were in the same department as him and had no real power would sell him to some extent for the sake of his title.

As for the gifts, to be honest, although the Marquis of Ning'an took out a lot of cash in order to repay the silver, it was not difficult for the mansion.

You must know that the Ning Mansion has been prosperous until now, and the family property is by no means weak. Of course, it cannot be said to be in decline now. Not to mention, there is probably 10,000+ taels of cash in the mansion now, and the rest of the family property is basically not moved. It looks like a lot of bits and pieces, but in fact, it may not be one-tenth of it. At the beginning, I didn’t pay it all at once. in the eyes of others.

This is for Jia Dairu's family, the supplements and some medicinal materials are of some value, and the rest may not be worth as much as a normal gift with an official family. The few jewelry ornaments given by the Qin family can only be said to be not ashamed. Decent, it can't be compared with the real valuable jewelry, calligraphy and paintings.

As for the little Zhuangzi, it was copied out by a maidservant's family next to Jia Zhen who was sent by the Qin family not long ago. Today, thinking that a good man will do it to the end, he put it in the gift list when he left.