Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

Uncle Quan continued,

"The wealth of our Jia family is well known to everyone. It was created by our ancestors Rong Guogong and Ning Guogong following the great grandfather. Later, the two generation masters of Rong Ning's second mansion also turned out to be born. Either by relying on the merits of Conglong, or by relying on his own martial arts ability, he survived and survived the Duke's mansion that was supposed to be lowered, and continued for another generation.

At that time, our Jia family was much more prominent than it is now. If the old cabinet ministers wanted to enter our house, they had to post a post and wait slowly. "

Uncle Quan took a sip of his wine, his eyelids were half drooped, his expression was in a daze, and he didn't know whether he was enjoying the wine or remembering the scenery of that day.

Everyone stopped talking. Listening to Uncle Quan's words, it seemed that they had returned to the era of infinite prosperity. This was something they had never experienced. As far back as they could remember, the Jia family was always second or third class. I'm old, I've heard about the beauty of Jia's family for a long time, and I don't want to let the elders of the cabinet wait.

"At that time, the Jia family in Jingdu had grown stronger, and the number of Jia clan members also increased. Some of them came from Jinling's hometown. They saw the wealth and power of the Rongning Second Mansion in Kyoto, and some people came up. Take refuge.

But more of them were the descendants of the two dukes of the day, who spread their branches and leaves, and the branch of the Shu family who was separated. Compared with the thinner population of the direct branch, the people of the side branch of the Shu family were more prosperous. "

Uncle Quan paused, his words were suddenly less excited than before, and said,

"This is a good thing. A prosperous population can make the family more prosperous, but suddenly the pillar of the Jia family, Duke Ning, has gone. We respect the old lady, who is still young. Duke Rong has always ignored internal affairs and left everything to the old lady. That Then the life of Bangzhi will not be so easy."

Jia Ai said, "I remember when I first came to the north when I was young, I saw some clan brothers Jia Zhu and Jia Yun and had to pay respects to some decent nanny in charge in the house. Could it be that When did it start?"

Uncle Quan shook his head and said, "Duke Rong was still there at that time, he was an extremely powerful man, and he never asked his people to pay his respects to others. That was after Duke Rong left. .”

"Why is that?" Shi Qi asked.

Uncle Quan took another sip of wine, ignored her words, and continued,

"When Ning Guogong just left and Rong Guogong was still there, we respected the old man when he was still young, just like when the first wife of the pardoned old man passed away, respecting the old man was the same as the second master Lian, growing up in front of the old lady , treated the old lady very close, and Mr. Jing was the head of the Ningguo Mansion. It can be said that the inner houses of the two mansions were in charge of the old lady at that time.

At that time, Lai Er became the steward of Ningguo Mansion, and Lai Da became the steward of Rongguo Mansion.

Our most precious old lady is very smart about the affairs of the back house, but she is as confused as Rong Guogong when it comes to outside affairs! "

Ping An interrupted, "Uncle Quan, are you talking nonsense? Duke Rong is such a hero, why is he so confused!"

Uncle Quan was not annoyed either, and said,

"If he is not confused, he will not fail to see the old lady's partiality, oh no, he is partial, what kind of reputation was the old master back then, and what kind of reputation was the second master, the former eldest son wished to belittle her. Going into the mud, but the second son of the second wife wanted to boast to the sky, I couldn't see it at that time, more than 20 years have passed, now the second master's nickname is almost known by everyone, right?"

Several people didn't respond, they all looked at each other and smiled, they were all dependent on the Jia family's life, they knew what they knew, but they didn't say it out loud.

Brother He got up, poured him a glass of wine, and said,

"This old man is also the son of the Duke and the old lady, why are these two so biased?"

Uncle Quan shook his head and said,

"At that time, our father, that is, the second master Yun's father, although he hadn't separated yet, was not considered close. I had never heard of it. The young Elder loves him very much, but I don't quite understand why he was rejected by the Duke and the old lady."

Jia Ai picked up the wine glass and said, "Uncle Quan just said that we are a side branch, why did he talk about the master and wife again, he should punish himself for a drink!"

Uncle Quan accepted the punishment, took a sip from his wine glass, and said, "Yes, yes, I did it!"

Then he continued, "That day, when the Duke was here..." Seeing everyone's stares, he hurriedly said, "Don't talk about the Duke, he is also the head of our Jia family!"

"After the Duke has gone, the status of our Jia family is the same as that of the one who jumped off the cliff, falling down. No matter how capable the old lady is, she can't control the outside, and can only watch the Jia family from the top. The wealthy family has become to the point where some real powerful masters can't even look down on them."

"We are all little ants clinging to the big tree of Jia's family. When the big tree changes, we have also experienced a lot of hardships.

One thing is that the two princes themselves have great authority in the military camp. It is easy for the Jia family to find a more relaxed position in the military camp.

Second, the Jia family still relies on the Rongning Second Mansion to help the two mansions with affairs, or as aides or errands, but after the two mansions leave the powerful people, these people are no longer needed. At the same time, the families of the two mansions After giving birth to a child and growing up year after year, a servant who is used to it is better than a clansman who needs respect. In this case, the life of the clansman will be even more difficult. "

"Strange way, my father just said that if the two Dukes are still here, our family might be able to improve to a higher level!" Qi shopkeeper said.

Brother He disagreed.

"Uncle Quan's words are a bit biased. How can we blame the two houses? If there were no two houses, wouldn't the Jia family son be able to join the army? Without the two houses, the Jia family son would not be able to find a job. In the end, the Jia family has degenerated over the years, with high eyesight and low hands, and just refuses to work!"

Si Qi and Ping An also nodded, only Jia Ai quite agreed with Uncle Quan's words, saying,

"Since we are a family, why not help the clansmen?"

"Since you are capable, why do you need the help of your tribe?"

Uncle Quan is older, and has seen some bad signs. Si Qi, Brother He, and Ping An are all talking from the positions of servants of the two houses, while Jia Ai and himself are talking with the tribe, and the butt decides the head , but it is not very good, hurriedly stopped the road,

"Stop, stop, let's stop arguing. This is hurting feelings, so let's skip it. Anyway, now that the Jia family is up again, maybe we can go back to the time when the old minister was waiting outside. It’s good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, we, whether we are current people or clan members, can get better and better, can’t we!”

Since Big Brother He is an organizer and he is all his friends, he doesn't want everyone to get into trouble, and said, "That's right, it's better to get over it anyway. Let's toast to the good days in the future!"

"cheers!"

Everyone complied and raised their wine glasses together. Brother He counted and one glass was missing, only to find that Si Qi, who had been active all along, was sitting silently and eating.

"Si Qi, what are you doing, why don't you come and drink!"