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Daiyu looked at Shui Rong with a smile, and said softly: "Painting requires talent, Brother Rong's talent is not in painting, but in holding a gun and using a stick, I won't accept a thick-handed disciple like you. "

Shui Rong laughed and said, "I know I'm stupid, and I'm not worthy of Yu'er to accept me as an apprentice. Then, please ask Yu'er to accept me as a handyman, and let me help you grind ink and color it. I can still do rough work." Competent."

Xueyan resolutely protested: "The prince is stealing our job, don't bring such a thing!"

Zijuan, who was busy packing her things, could not help but stop what she was doing when she heard the excitement, and said to Xueyan with a smile: "Look at you stupid! How could the prince steal your work? Come and help me!" Tidy up the silk thread, make a few more skeins and let it flow for backup. This year’s Chinese New Year will definitely be much more lively than last year, we must hurry up and make more purses, so that girls can be rewarded.”

When Daiyu heard Zijuan's words, she couldn't help but feel sad when she remembered the year she spent in Jia's mansion last year, her eyes turned red, she turned her head away, and quickly covered up: "You guys talk too much."

How could this subtle movement escape the eyes of Shui Rong?

"Yu'er, what do you want to draw?" The water-soluble voice was like gurgling water, flowing quietly through Daiyu's soft and sensitive heart.

"Well, it's almost Chinese New Year, I think the emperor has everything, I thought about it, why not make a painting and give it to the emperor, it's a good idea." Daiyu was spreading the silk, and said hello to the water .

Mother Jia was very happy to have this great-grandson, and often went to Yihong Courtyard to see this precious great-grandson.

Wang Xifeng had no choice but to follow his time, to see this wrinkled, old man-like baby, and to tell some festive jokes.

At this moment, everyone was sitting in front of Baochai's bed with smiles on their faces. You said auspicious words to each other, and the little boy in Baochai's arms was said to be unparalleled in heaven and unparalleled in earth. What does wealth look like.

In fact, Baochai was very annoyed when he heard it.

She hated the child in her arms.

This child is like a pillar of shame, nailing her firmly, making her always remember her own stains.

She still had to embrace this shame, pretend to be happy, and accept people's congratulations and compliments.

This taste is really uncomfortable.

Baochai smiled and looked at the joking women in the room, and felt that they seemed to hide knives in their smiling eyes, carefully dissecting her layer by layer, admiring her bloody wounds.

All the joy in the room was caused by Baochai, but Baochai smiled forcedly, her eyes blurred, and suddenly heard her aunt laughing and saying: "Thanks to the old lady, Baoyu has a son and knows her responsibility." , Now I know how to study hard more than before, and I don’t even leave the door of the study.”

Zhou Rui's family immediately flattered: "The old lady is naturally blessed, and the wife is also blessed. The wife eats vegetarian food and recites Buddha every day. Kindness is rewarded with good deeds. She has two grandchildren under her knees. Our family in Jia's family is getting more and more prosperous. Heaven’s great wealth is waiting for my wife to enjoy.”

Mrs. Wang cast a glance at Mrs. Xing, who had never given birth and had no flesh and blood of her own, and her vanity was greatly satisfied.

She laughed and said, "You're only a little old, who knows what will happen in the future? I hope this kid won't be as naughty as his old man."

Everyone Lai also made fun of it, and said with a smile: "Look at what my wife said, the second master Bao was born with Baoyu in his mouth, and his fate is extraordinary. This brother stayed in his mother's belly for a year, and he is also a star in the sky. The good fortune is naturally not low. Waiting for the release of the rankings in the spring next year, Master Bao and Brother Lang will give the old lady a big fame and come back. Old lady, at that time, the slaves must ask for rewards."

Jia Mu's old eyes were cracked with laughter, she nodded happily and agreed: "Okay! Okay!"

Mrs. Wang couldn't bear the pride in her heart and waved happily to the nanny. The nurse hugged the baby boy in Baochai's arms and handed it over. Mrs. Wang looked at the sleeping baby with closed eyes and said with a smile: "Speaking of it, Blessed is Chai, who gave birth to a brother in her first child, and no matter what happens, she will import more people to our house, unlike those money-losing goods, who only go out but not in."

Sometimes, no matter how cautious a person is, he has been thinking about some things in his heart for a long time, and if he thinks too much, he will not pay attention a little bit, and will involuntarily say a half sentence from his heart.

Mrs. Wang is like this now, and this may be what people often say: get carried away with complacency.

After hearing this, Mrs. Xing turned her eyes to Wang Xifeng, and said, "You look like a domineering king all day long, but your stomach doesn't stand up for you, even your own aunt laughs at you, what else do you have to say?"

Wang Xifeng only cared about making Jia's mother happy, but didn't attract her attention at first, but suddenly saw her mother-in-law squinting at her with a hint of sneer at the corner of her mouth.

She wanted to refute a few words, and saw that the old lady's gray head was leaning over, stretching her head to look at the crumpled baby boy in Mrs. Wang's arms.

A strange idea suddenly appeared in Wang Xifeng's mind, which surprised her.

Because she suddenly felt that this noble son had a broad forehead, small eyebrows and eyes that were far away, a small bulbous nose, a sharp chin, and a strange appearance.

Wang Xifeng reached out to take the child from Mrs. Wang's hand, squinted her phoenix eyes, and looked closely for a moment, feeling that there was no trace of precious jade in the child's overall appearance.

He couldn't help giggling and said: "Look, sister Bao's precious son has a really smart forehead, and he will definitely be smarter than his father Baoyu in the future."

If she didn't say anything, some people would just think that this baby boy didn't look like Baoyu at all, but they wouldn't care much.

After her exaggerated smile and emphatic remarks, even Jia's mother looked at her very carefully, and couldn't help muttering to herself: This is really a strange thing!There is no one in the Jia family with a bulbous nose, and it seems that the people in the Xue family do not have such a nose.

This kind of thought just passed through Jiamu's mind, she didn't think about it deeply, and she couldn't remember to think about it.

Baochai, who had a dark heart, just saw Wang Xifeng pay attention to the baby, her heart was beating wildly, trying to restrain herself, and secretly told herself: Calm down, calm down...

Now, seeing Wang Xifeng holding the baby, showing it to Mother Jia with a grin, she couldn't help but blushed, panic flashed across her almond eyes, she pinched herself fiercely with her fingernails, and quickly smiled calmly: "So Little dolls, you can see how clever they are."

Baochai smiled and motioned for the nanny to carry the baby back to the bed.

The mother-in-law sent to Yuyuan to deliver the wedding eggs came back and hurriedly came to Yihong Courtyard to meet Jiamu.

When Jia Mu saw her mother-in-law, she waved to her happily, and asked with a smile, "Yu'er is very happy to know that she has a nephew, isn't she?"

"Old lady, I, I didn't see Miss Lin." The old woman timidly replied, her eyes flickered, she looked around and said something else.

Knowing that the situation was not good, Jia's mother smiled and said, "My Yu'er has always been weak, and she must have not woken up when you went." She continued to stretch her head to see the baby boy.

"Wow..." The little baby boy woke up, crying loudly as if unhappy.

Jia Mu said with a smile: "Look, we people talk around other people and disturb their sleep. They don't want to."

Everyone laughed and watched as Baochai picked up the baby boy and gave it to the nurse to nurse. They all said that the mother needs to rest more, and Baochai should also rest.

When Jia Mu returned to her room, the first thing she did was to ask her mother-in-law about what had happened at the gate of Yuyuan. After listening to the old woman's words, Jia Mu's cloudy eyes became even more gloomy, and she did not speak for a long time.

She understands that the relationship with Daiyu is difficult to repair.

She was so remorseful that she really wanted to hit the wall, but she was afraid that she would break her head, so she resisted.

Baochai was in confinement, and Mother Jia wanted to hand over the housekeeping to Sister Feng, but Wang Xifeng declined, saying that she was not in good health for a while, and the imperial physician asked her to rest more, and she was unwilling to take over the housekeeping duties no matter what.

Mother Jia felt that the second daughter-in-law was not in good spirits these days, and wanted to hand over the housekeeping to Mrs. Xing, with the assistance of Li Wan from the big house.

When Baochai found out, she was very nervous, worried that her hands and feet would be exposed these days.

When she was nervously thinking about countermeasures and how to deal with it, her mother-in-law Mrs. Wang stepped forward to rescue her.

Because even though Mrs. Wang knew that the mansion had long been unable to make ends meet, the official treasury bank had long been destitute.But considering that a lean camel is bigger than a horse, Jia's accumulated goods over the years are still enough to sell for a while.

She was worried that Mrs. Xing, who was born in a small family and had always loved money like her life, would take the opportunity to earn money recklessly by herself, making her fat and losing herself.

At the same time, Mrs. Wang is also worried that the power will be left behind, and her status in the mansion will decline in the future, so she should bravely ask herself to take on the responsibility and take on the important role of housekeeper. This is also the effect Jiamu wanted.

On the second day after Mrs. Wang took care of the house in person, she took Zhou Rui's family to see Mother Jia with the account book, saying that there was no cash in the treasury, and there was not much money in the village. There is really no way.

In fact, Mother Jia knew what she said, otherwise, she would not have entrusted her with this burden.

The second reason for asking the second daughter-in-law to be the housekeeper is to appease her, the second reason is to let her take out her private money for the New Year, and the third reason is that it is unlucky to pawn things in the house for the New Year.

Facing the account book in Mrs. Wang's hand, Mother Jia shook her head slightly and sighed, "Now you are in charge, what do you think?"

Mrs. Wang said with a mournful face: "Old lady, my daughter-in-law doesn't know what to do, so come and ask the old lady to show me."

Mother Jia waved her hand lightly, and Yuanyang walked out with a wink, leading the housewives.

Jia's mother seemed very considerate and said: "In this mansion, there is only one clever girl in the old man's house. You have two grandchildren now. Don't ask me to say more about what will happen in the future. You know it too. Baoyu It is also a good omen for the daughter-in-law to give birth to a precious son, so you can't pawn anything for the new year, right?"

She looked at Mrs. Wang's face like a bitter melon, and said kindly: "I have prepared a good thing for Baoyu."

Mrs. Wang didn't make a sound, and said: "She loves Baoyu very much. Now Baochai has given birth to a son for Baoyu. Tomorrow will be three days after the birth of the child. What good gift will she give?"

Jia Mu called out the mandarin ducks and ordered, "Go, pull out the sandalwood box I put under the No. For Baoyu and his father, keep it in mind."

Yuanyang agreed, and went into Jia Mu's small storeroom, and it took two sticks of incense to not come out.

Mother Jia was a little dissatisfied and said, "Yuanyang girl, she's getting slower and slower in doing things."

As soon as the words were finished, Yuanyang, with a pale face and staggering steps, walked to Jiamu's side, whispering in Jiamu's ear.

Before Jiamu finished listening, her old face changed color.

She tried her best to keep calm, patted her forehead lightly, and said in a slow voice: "Look at me, I'm so old and confused, it's in the top box."

Yuanyang went into the small storeroom to search for a while, then came over with a big red sandalwood box and put it in front of Jiamu.

Jia Mu opened it, looked at it, and said with a smile, "This is what Baoyu's father got when he was born. Let's give it to Baoyu's son now."

Mrs. Wang smiled until her eyes were narrowed, she took it with both hands, opened the box, and saw a lotus boy holding a carp carved from a whole piece of Hetian jade.

You don't need to look closely to know that this jade carving is very valuable.

Mrs. Wang touched it with both hands, secretly estimating that this good thing cannot be bought without Xiaowan's silver.

With a sincere smile on her face, she walked up to Mother Jia, bowed respectfully and said, "On behalf of Baoyu and his father, I thank the old lady."

Mother Jia smiled, waved her hand wearily, and said, "Things are things that I have made. At my age, all the things I collect are not left to my children and grandchildren. I have saved things for more than sixty years. That Make me happy, I will give a little more to whichever."

When Jia's mother said this, she looked a little desolate.

It is sad enough for a person to live to this age to buy the love of his children with things, especially for a noblewoman like Jia Mu.

After all, she said to Mrs. Wang: "New Year is coming soon, Baoyu's daughter-in-law is in confinement, and Feng girl has three disasters and two illnesses, so she can't help you. You are not too young, you can ask Zhu's daughter-in-law to help you .It's really hard when you're tired out."

Mother Jia spoke very emotionally, but Mrs. Wang only thought about this precious thing in her heart, and she didn't seem to hear what Mother Jia said.

She was holding the big box containing the lotus boy holding the carp. She felt very heavy, but she was reluctant to put it down.

"I'm tired too, you should go back and rest too." Mother Jia looked at her and said weakly.

As soon as Mrs. Wang left the room, Mother Jia's eyes flickered coldly and she was radiant.

She and Yuanyang said: "There are people in my room all the time, why did those two treasures disappear?"

Yuanyang knelt down on the ground, with tears in her eyes, but she was not afraid, and replied in a low voice: "In this room, Hu Po and I usually leave alone every day, and we never dare to slack off in the slightest."

"I guess those two things are not lost now, most likely they were not there when we went to keep watch for the Queen Mother, you go and find Amber immediately." Jia Mu frowned, thought for a while, and ordered Yuanyang.

Soon, Amber came in with the mandarin ducks. Mother Jia stared at Amber hard and asked, "Did anyone come to my room during the days when I took the mandarin ducks to keep watch for the Queen Mother?"

Amber felt that Jiamu's question had no good intentions, so she plopped down on her knees and replied, "No, the servant has been doing needlework in the house, and the little girl brings in food and water. During the days when you were away, the servant was at most just in the house. Walked around in the yard, but didn't go out of the gate."

Yuanyang was talking to himself, as if he didn't believe it, and asked softly: "Hu Po, according to what you said, that's really strange. If you think about it carefully, no one came to those days?"

Amber knelt in front of Mother Jia, bowed her head and thought for a while, then said with certainty, "No outsider really came in."

Jia Mu's eyes flickered, and she asked, "No outsiders have come in, so someone from our own has been here?"

Without even thinking about it, Amber replied unequivocally: "The second night after you left, Second Grandma Bao came. She and Ying'er brought two boxes of snacks to me and told me repeatedly that you The old man has gone out, we must do everything carefully and make no mistakes."

"What happened later?" Yuanyang asked.

"Later, Ying'er told me that the snack was a tribute to the palace, and it was difficult for ordinary people to eat. She let me taste two pieces and said a few words. I felt a little dizzy. I slept, and she left with Second Grandma Bao."

"Get up, don't tell anyone about this again." Mother Jia warned Amber with a dejected expression, and let Amber go out.

She stared at the mandarin duck, and murmured sadly: "That's where the thing happened."

Under the light, Jiamu's old face looked even darker. Yuanyang couldn't help but look at her, dazed.

"When I die in the future, I can't take things to the grave. Why don't I leave them all. It's just that I can't swallow it in this way." Jia Mu said angrily, thinking about what to do. If you don't give Baochai some flair, she will become even more lawless in the future.

What color does Jia Mu want to show Baochai?

She fell into boundless contemplation, with unspeakable sorrow rolling in her heart.

Thinking about marrying into Jia's mansion when I was a teenager, there were ups and downs, and after a Jiazi passed by, I sat in the position of my ancestors. It can be said that there is wind and rain.It is a pity that life is too short, and before I know it, I am already old.

On weekdays, I also know that the younger generation treats me positively and negatively. I just turn a blind eye and close my eyes, deliberately pretending to be confused, and just want to live a better life as much as possible in my lifetime.Unexpectedly, Baoyu's daughter-in-law would do such a thing to him, and the family heirloom of the Jia family was lost in his own hands, which is a great shame.

She closed her eyes and thought about the countermeasures, the more she thought about it, the more confused she became, and her heart was blocked and uncomfortable.

Jia Mu knew very well that to catch a thief was to catch stolen goods, and Baochai was slipperier than a loach. Even if she grabbed her by the neck, she might not admit it. What's more, the matter had already passed, and there was no evidence to catch her, but go to her according to Hu Po's words. , It will definitely make you not eat the mutton, and also make you flirtatious.

"Old lady, don't think about it so much. Didn't you just ask me to take it out and give it to my wife to help Second Master Bao store it? As long as the things don't fall into the hands of outsiders, which one is the same?" Yuanyang said softly Gently persuade Jia Mu.

"Hey! When you are old, you are useless. Anyone can bully you!" Mother Jia said, two muddy tears rolled out of her old eyes.