Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

It is also dependent on the branch of the first line to live. Jia's family has eight people in Beijing. For example, Jia Yun, Jia Qin, Jia Zhu and others in the previous life were all attached to the Rongning Second Mansion, and took over the work of the two mansions to earn some money. It is the clansmen who are more like servants.In addition, the rest of the Jia family lived in the old house in Jinling. They had land and property, and even if they had their ancestral property, they could still make a living.

And historians?In Kyoto alone, there are as many as [-] clansmen attached to the two prefectures, and there are even more Jinling family members. Even the official amulets popular in Jinling say, "Efang Palace is three hundred miles away, and Jinling cannot be accommodated." One history", the historians have some ability and only two brothers, Baolinghou Shi Nai and Zhongjinghou Shiding, but they are not good at business and family management, so they are getting poorer and poorer.

However, although the historians of ten years ago were not as rich as the Jia and Xue families, they were not so difficult. This seems to have started after the boss of the historian left.

Mrs. Shi was not actually the eldest lady from the beginning, she was the wife of Baolinghou Shi Nai, the former second wife, the eldest lady was Shi Xiangyun's mother, and Shi Xiangyun was the eldest daughter of the Shi family, but her parents were still alive when she was still alive. They left one after another when they were babies, and then the second son inherited the title of their ancestors, and the third son was suddenly given the title of Zhongjinghou. The opposite of their increasingly prominent official titles is their increasingly difficult family property.

I don't know what's the relationship here. It's a pity that, compared with Rongguo Mansion, which is slick and friendly, their Ning Mansion is far away from these old relatives. After so many years, who knows what happened back then ?

Even Jia's mother seemed to feel a little sad about the difficulties of her natal family.

As soon as they entered the tent, everyone had different thoughts, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent. Mrs. Shi saw many people like this, and she didn't care. She graciously invited everyone to sit down, served tea, and said,

"Old lady, our place can't compare to your Jia's, and we don't have any good tea, but it's common in the market. This water is the rainwater of the old year. Can you still drink it if you try it all the time?"

Jia Mu took a sip, and in terms of sweetness and mellowness, it was just average, but she was used to drinking good tea, and when she suddenly drank the tea from this historian, she felt a musty smell that couldn't go away.

But after sticking to her lips, she put it down, patted her hand, and said,

"Just let me know if the family is in trouble. Although Jia's family is not rich, the old relatives who have been around for many years can still help out."

Mrs. Shi didn't care, she let go of her smile, "Madam, although we are poor, we are living on the man's salary, so we can feel at ease and secure."

Seeing what Jia Mu had to say, she said,

"Old lady, don't worry, the family is not particularly difficult, it's just that there are many children in the family, and in a year or two, each of them will start a family and start a business. Our master said that we as the elders have a harder life, but We have to leave something for the children so that they can relax, even the big girl’s dowry is prepared by us!"

The eldest girl was talking about Shi Xiangyun. When it came to her dowry, Shi Xiangyun blushed and hid behind Jia Mu. Although she was shy, she was relieved. She knew that the family was in a difficult situation all the time. She was getting older every day. When I grow up, do I have a real parent to take care of me? I'm really worried that my dowry will be fooled by her status as the eldest daughter of the Shi family. Since the second aunt said so in front of the old lady, I don't think there will be Worse.

Speaking of children, Jia Baoyu looked around and said hurriedly,

"I heard that the Shijia sisters and sisters have come a lot, why don't you see anyone?"

Baoyu was born with an obsessive nature, the family property and money that other people cared about had nothing to do with him, and there was no abnormality in his face after entering the tent, as if there was no difference at all. Mrs. Shi has been in charge of the house for many years, who really doesn't care, or pretends, There is also her vision, Jia Baoyu is pure and innocent, and Mrs. Shi is also happy.

"This is Baoyu, right?" Mrs. Shi took Baoyu to look closely, boasting again and again.

"It's really precious like pearls, old lady, you have hidden such precious jades, and today I can see them."

Baoyu has always been Jia's mother's darling, and Mrs. Shi's praise can be regarded as reaching his heart.

"Baoyu, I haven't seen your cousin yet." Mother Jia said cheerfully.

Baoyu stepped forward to salute, "I have seen my cousin."

At this time, Jia Mu remembered that there were other people, and propped her forehead and said, "It's really old, and the string of people behind my butt has been forgotten. Come, come, come and see the ceremony."

He pointed to Jia Jing and said, "This is my nephew, who is also the head of the Jia family. He didn't worry about me coming, so he came here with him."

Jia Jing cupped his hands, "I've seen Madam, I'm sorry."

The eldest lady and the second lady hurriedly got up to return the salute, "Brother Shi, you are welcome."

"Where are the two younger brothers?"

The eldest lady replied, "The two of them are either accompanying the sage or on duty. We women and Taoists don't know what they are busy with, but they have neglected our elder brother. We will make him make an apology another day."

Everyone was in awe when they heard this, the Jia family had only one woman beside the sage, and the historian family had two men, not to mention that the Xue family would not be able to select their Miss Jia into the palace through small elections, thinking this way Seeing this, even Xue Pan, who has been sitting still, has behaved a lot.

Now that we have met, there is no man in the Shi family's family, and Jia Jing can't stay longer, so he bids farewell and goes out.

Then Mother Jia introduced Aunt Xue, "This is the current mistress of the Xue family. Because she and my second daughter-in-law who are worthless are sisters, the sisters all call her Aunt Xue."

Mrs. Shi laughed, "Old lady, this is your fault. As long as Xu Jia's family and Xue's family are related by marriage, we are not allowed to be different. We are also in-laws!"

Aunt Xue smiled and said yes, "Exactly."

Seeing that Mother Jia was still puzzled, Aunt Xue explained, "Old lady, you forgot that my mother-in-law is a girl from the Shi family, and also your old concubine sister!"

Mother Jia suddenly laughed, "That's right, that's right, it's true that the older you get, the more you can't remember, and you even forgot this. My younger sister left early, but I forgot it. It's a sin." .”

After everyone laughed, Aunt Xue greeted Mrs. Shi and his wife, and then Aunt Xue took her two children and said,

"These are my two incompetent children. The elder brother is called Xue Pan, and the younger is my younger sister, whose maiden name is Xue Baochai. Come and meet Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Second."

As soon as Xue Pan came in, his eyes were full of disdain and contempt. Mrs. Shi didn't like it, and she slightly angered Aunt Xue and Baochai, she was not very enthusiastic, and said politely, "You don't have to be so polite, just call me big cousin." Can."

After that, Mother Jia embraced the three sisters and said, "This is my three useless granddaughters. This is the second granddaughter, called Yingchun, who belongs to the old family. This is the third granddaughter of the second family, called Tanchun. This is the girl from Jia Jing's family, named Jia Lu."

The three girls stood up to pay their respects. If the men of the Jia family were not good enough, the daughters of the Jia family were outstanding even in the capital.