[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

Grandma Liu turned the corner of the street and walked to the back door, and saw that the street at the back door was much more lively than the one at the front. There were some businesses resting in front of the door, some selling food, and some selling playthings. There were thirty or twenty noisy people. Children are playing around there.

Grandma Liu grabbed one of them to ask him the way. These children were very enthusiastic. After asking who Grandma Liu was looking for, they led Grandma Liu to Zhou Rui's door and shouted: " Aunt Zhou, there is an old lady who is looking for you! I brought it here."

Zhou Rui's family heard that they came out quickly and asked, "Who is it?"

Grandma Liu rushed up to greet her and asked, "Okay, Mrs. Zhou!"

Zhou Rui's family recognized it for a long time, and Fang smiled and said, "Grandma Liu, hello! Tell me, I will forget about it in a few years. Please come and sit at home."

Grandma Liu smiled and said as she walked, "You are always a noble person who forgets things, so you still remember us."

Then, when he came to the room, the little girl hired by Zhou Rui's family poured tea and ate it. Zhou Rui's family asked Ban'er again: "You have grown up like this! Are you dressed like a scholar, and you have already entered school?"

Speaking of her precious grandson, Grandma Liu was naturally very proud. She smiled and said, "I just passed the county examination a few days ago. It's rare that the county magistrate is willing to look at him favorably and let him be the case leader!"

Hearing this, Zhou Rui's family, who originally wanted to put on airs for a while, got up suddenly, walked up to Ban'er with a face full of surprise, looked him up and down, and said, "He has passed the county test? I'm afraid he is just old at his age." Seven or eight years old!"

"That's right, it's just eight years old!"

"Eight years old? I became a scholar at the age of eight. I'm afraid I will become a master in a few years? Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize that this is still a literary star descending to earth. Little Fuer, come on, my wife rewarded me during the Chinese New Year." I have a few pieces of silver ladles for the number one scholar and the second prize, I put them in the box, take them out quickly!"

"Don't dare to take it, he is a kid, so where can I ask for a gift from you!"

"Don't push it, since you call me Mrs. Zhou, then he is my junior. When the junior arrives home, the elder will give you a gift. This is a courtesy, so how can you push it away? Another thing, the number one and the silver The silver coin was originally called to give away, but those boys in my family are all planning to enter the mansion, and none of them are serious students. This silver key can’t be given away even if they want to. I also told my family yesterday, This silver carp is moldy even if it is left in the box, it might as well be melted, but you just brought the board here today, isn’t it a fate destined for you, you can’t escape what should be given to you!”

Seeing that Grandma Liu still refused to accept her, she said seriously, "Grandma didn't think I was born as a slave and looked down on me, so she refused to accept me just now?"

How could Grandma Liu dare to bear this charge? Seeing that she really gave the gift sincerely, she had to thank her and tell Wang Yue to accept the gift.

Wang Yue hurriedly bowed and thanked, "Thank you, Mother Zhou!"

"Good boy!" Zhou Rui's family reached out and rubbed Wang Yue's head, and responded with a smile, and the three of them sat back down again.

Zhou Rui's family then asked the little girl to bring a few plates of snacks, put them on the table for Wang Yue to eat, and then asked Grandma Liu: "Are you passing by today, or are you here specially?"

Grandma Liu then said: "The family was in decline. His father was a thin-skinned man. He was afraid of being laughed at by others, so he refused to get close to his relatives. Now that he has finally made a fortune, he wanted to bring him up to recognize the family. It’s also good to let the relatives know that the family has improved now, so that they don’t worry about it!”

After hearing this, Zhou Rui's family already guessed a little bit about the reason for their visit.It's just because his husband Zhou Rui fought to buy the land in the past, and many of them had the power of a dog. Seeing Grandma Liu come here like this, it's hard to get rid of her intentions.

Er Zebaner is indeed promising. After all, he is a serious relative of his wife. Even if his wife finds out, it is a very respectable thing. Maybe his wife will give him some money if she is happy.

It doesn't matter if the money is not, the most rare thing is that if the wife praises her a few words, it will be decent in front of the girl and mother-in-law.

The third thing is to show that she is capable. If she can take Grandma Liu to see the wife, it will appear that the wife relies on her, and she will be looked up to when she goes outside.

So Zhou Rui's family laughed and said: "Grandma, don't worry, Dayuan's sincerity has come, how can there be someone who doesn't teach you to see a real Buddha. Logically, people come and return, but it has nothing to do with me. We are here It’s the same thing: we men just take care of renting the house in spring and autumn, and in our free time we just take the young men out of the house and that’s it. If you are a person who joins me, I will make an exception and send you a letter. But there is only one thing, grandma doesn't know something, and our place is no different than it was five years ago. Now the wife doesn't care much, it's Lian Second Mistress is now the housekeeper. Who do you think this Lian Second Mistress is? She is the wife's niece, the daughter of the great uncle at that time, nicknamed Brother Feng."

Grandma Liu heard this, and Han asked, "So it's him! It's weird, I said he was good that day. After all, I have to see him today."

Zhou Rui's family said: "it's natural. Now my wife is very upset about things. When a guest comes, I push the one who can be pushed through. It's all Miss Feng who goes around to welcome me. I'd rather not see my wife today, but see him." On the one hand, it is worthwhile to come here."

Grandma Liu said: "Amitabha! It all depends on my sister-in-law's convenience."

Zhou Rui's family said: "Speak there. As the saying goes: 'It's convenient for others, convenient for yourself', but it's just me saying a word, it doesn't hurt me."

Then, he asked the little girl to go to the wife's room to inquire quietly. The little girl went, and the two of them chatted some gossip again.

In addition, Jia Yuanchun ordered Tanchun sisters and Daiyu Baochai to live in the Grand View Garden, and Baoyu followed him to study, so the Jia family sent people in to clean up everywhere and set up curtains and bed curtains.

Others are still self-conscious after hearing this, but Baoyu was very happy after hearing this decree. He was planning with Jia Mu to want this and get that, when suddenly the maid said, "My master's name is Baoyu."

When Baoyu heard this, he seemed to have been beaten by Jiao Lei. He immediately looked away, his face changed color, and he pulled Jia Mu to twist it like a twisted butt, and dared not go if he killed him.

It was so easy for Mother Jia to coax him to go, but it happened that Jia Zheng was discussing matters in Mrs. Wang's room, and a group of maids waited in the corridor, making fun of him before letting him in.

As soon as Baoyu entered the room, he saw Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang sitting on the kang talking opposite each other, and there were chairs slipping down the ground. Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun and Jia Huan were all sitting there.Seeing him coming in, only Tanchun and Xichun, Jia Huan stood up.

Jia Zheng looked up and compared the two brothers, he couldn't help but lose his usual dislike of Baoyu, his face softened, and he asked him a few words.Because Mrs. Wang happened to bring out the attacker's name when talking to Baoyu, Jia Zheng couldn't help but became angry again.

"The master is angry again. If Baoyu is frightened later, and the old lady wants to scold us again later, I think it's better to invite the old lady to come over!"

"It's good to invite the old lady, but I'm afraid the master will get angry again and settle accounts with us later, won't we be punished again?"

The maid outside was in a dilemma, when suddenly Jin Chuaner saw Zhou Rui's little maid poking her head outside, Jin Chuaner hurriedly beckoned her over and asked, "But sister Zhou, what's the matter? Do you need to answer Madam? "

"Today, an old lady came to the house. She said she was a relative of the wife. She wanted to come to the house to see the wife. My mother said that the wife was busy with something and she might not see her. She asked me to see if Second Grandma Lian was free. I didn't." If you find someone close to Second Grandma Lian, come over here and have a look!"

"This..." Jin Chuan'er turned to look at Cai Yun, and said, "Maybe we can't go back to this matter?"

Caiyun knew that Jin Chuaner wanted to find an excuse to get into the affair, so she made an excuse to save Baoyu, but Caiyun was afraid that the matter was too small, and if the master found out, she would be scolded again later, so she hesitated , and asked the little girl: "Where did the old lady come from? Which relative of the wife?"

The little girl shook her head and said: "I don't know, but this old lady has a child with her. She is only eight years old this year. I heard that he has passed the county examination and is still the first in the county examination. My mother praised him straight away, saying that he is a Wenqu star descending to earth." , and found a few silver coins for him!"

Jin Chuan'er, Caiyun and the other girls didn't care to be surprised, when they heard Jia Zheng's voice suddenly increased and asked: "I vaguely heard someone outside talking about the county test, what's going on?"

Jin Chuan'er quickly opened the curtain, walked in and replied, "It's the little girl from sister Zhou's family who came. She said that a relative from the wife's family came to the door, and she happened to bring the child. The child is only eight years old this year. The county test is still the first name in the county test, does the wife want to see him?"

"Of course I want to see you, let him come here quickly!" Before Madam Wang could speak, Jia Zheng hurriedly ordered, and Jin Chuan'er should naturally go out to order the little girl.

Jia Zheng turned his head and said to Mrs. Wang: "But I don't want my wife's family to be so prosperous. When I turn back, I must come to congratulate and ask my uncle for a glass of wine."

Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng are middle-aged couples, and they have been sleeping in different rooms for a long time. On weekdays, when Jia Zheng comes to Mrs. Wang's room, he just sits in Mrs. Wang's room, and then goes to the rooms of Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou, just to stay longer. After a while, they were all talking about the official affairs of the mansion, or scolded her for being a loving mother and a loser, for refusing to discipline Baoyu properly, and her attitude towards her was always serious or angry. When had she ever been so amiable!

Seeing him like this, Mrs. Wang suppressed the soreness in her heart, and said with a smile: "After all, it can't compare with the mansion. There are so many students in the family school, and this is the only one in our family!"

"Just this one is as good as all of them. To God's sake, they teach and teach, but they don't teach anything good or bad!"

"You can't be anxious about such things. The good things are still to come. In a few years, there will be a few scholars and a few scholars in the ethnology. At that time, the master will be so happy!"

Regardless of Jia Zheng's disgust, he was still proud of the ethnology in his heart. Hearing Mrs. Wang's words made her feel even happier, and she looked forward to the child even more.

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