[Red Mansions] Why does Xiaoye want to whitewash

It didn't take long for Jia Lian to lose interest in this kind of behavior. He guessed that Meng Chengyun was also cooperating with him, so he said directly: "Why don't we do our own things? Are there any travel notes and other things that you can lend me to read? If it doesn't work, you can also use unofficial history. "

Meng Chengyun thought about it for a while, walked to the bookshelf and quickly took out two books and handed them to Jia Lian, saying, "This is a travelogue written by my grandfather."

"Eh?"

Scholars in this era like to write books and talk about it, and it's not like Jia Lian has never seen it before, but Meng Chengyun's grandfather is a great Confucian, and his writing style must not be comparable to those of those before him, right?Then I picked up the one above, opened a page, read it, and immediately plunged into it. It is true that there are not many travel notes that can write so interestingly.

Meng Chengyun was not surprised to see him like this, he also found his grandfather's travel notes fascinating.Turning around, he went back to the desk and took a book to read.When the boy passed by occasionally, he saw that the young master was reading a book with the guest, and felt that the young master and this young master were a little strange...

Just letting time go by like this, Meng Chengyun suddenly heard movement outside the house, and reminded Jia Lian aloud, and the two stood up and went out together, unexpectedly seeing Jia Zhu come back with Meng Chengyun's grandfather.

After being introduced by Meng Chengyun, Jia Lian respectfully greeted Mr. Meng.

Elder Meng was hale and hearty, but he was not serious either. He smiled and motioned to Jia Lian, and the first and third urinated into the room to talk.Jia Lian noticed that Jia Zhu was not very interested in speaking. Although he was a little worried, he didn't ask in front of other people's parents. Instead, he tried his best to talk with Meng Lao seriously so that no one would notice his occasional loss of focus.

At noon, the two grandparents of the Meng family stayed here for a light meal. Jia Lian had a good appetite after climbing the steps, and Jia Zhu ate a little more in order not to be rude.

In the afternoon, Meng Chengyun and Meng Chengyun went to the lake at the back of the academy for a while, and Jia Lian and Jia Zhu, who were going back before dark, left.He couldn't shirk it, but was sent to the foot of the mountain by Meng Chengyun.

When Meng Chengyun sent people away and returned to the small courtyard, he saw his grandfather sitting in front of the chessboard playing chess alone.

Meng Lao noticed his grandson coming in, and tapped twice on the chessboard. Meng Chengyun sat opposite his grandfather, picked up a sunspot from the chess box, observed and thought carefully for a while, and then dropped a stone.

"These two children from Rongguo Mansion have good dispositions."

Meng Chengyun watched his grandfather give birth to a son, his brows were slightly frowned and then stretched out, he nodded and smiled and said, "It's the first time I saw Jia Zhu's grandson today, and I think he has a pure heart; when Jia Lian met at the literary meeting before, his grandson was very innocent." I found him interesting, so I decided to continue to have a deep friendship, otherwise I would not have attended his daughter's full moon banquet."

"It seems that you like the Jia family very much..."

Meng Chengyun unconsciously thought of the other members of the Jia family, and after hearing all kinds of rumors outside, he would tell the difference, most of them... were indeed very fond of them.

Seeing that his grandson's eyes were a little distracted, Mr. Meng said flatly, "Grandfather knows you well, so you never asked about how you make friends. Obviously your vision is really good now."

Meng Chengyun smiled in a good mood, and then asked, "Why did grandfather come back with Jia Zhu?"

"I was at Dean Chen's place when he went."

"Then what does Jia Zhu want?" With a crisp sound of chess pieces falling, the situation on the chessboard was finalized, and Meng Chengyun put down the chess pieces in his hand.

Mr. Meng picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "Dean Chen recommended other gentlemen to teach him."

As soon as the grandfather said, Meng Chengyun felt that Jia Zhu must not be recognized by Dean Chen, shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity."

"Jia Zhu is a bit lacking in talent, but if he works hard to make up for it, he must have a bright future in the future."

"Grandfather said so."

On the other side of the carriage, Jia Lian finally thought about asking Jia Zhu how the situation was.

Jia Zhu saw that there were no outsiders at this time, the disappointment in his heart was directly expressed on his face, and he said discouragedly: "Dean Chen only said that he can enter the academy to study with a gentleman, or he can ask him if there is any problem that cannot be solved. "

After Jia Lian heard this, he knew why Jia Zhu was a little lacking in interest. Presumably, Dean Chen failed to admit that he was a bit of a blow to Jia Zhu, so he persuaded him: "Don't be too disappointed, after all, if there is no relationship between Uncle Lin , Our family has no way to meet with Dean Chen. It is better than we expected to have the opportunity to study with a good teacher."

Jia Zhu sighed, forced the corners of her mouth to curl up, and said, "I also know that I'm really inferior, but I'm just a little disappointed. Don't worry, I'm fine."

"Then what are you going to do? Do you want to come to the academy to study?"

Jia Zhu nodded without the slightest hesitation, "As you said, it is rare to have the opportunity to learn from a good teacher, and if I have any questions after entering the academy, I can go directly to the dean. Knowledge improvement is the most important thing. of."

"Then what about having a baby?" Jia Lian still remembered that Jia Zhu had sworn before that he wanted to have a baby too. Although he knew it might be a bit disappointing to say it at this time, but for the sake of harmony in Jia Zhu's backyard, he still had to consider it.

Jia Zhu pondered for a moment after hearing this, and said firmly, "I'm going to move to our family's Zhuangzi in the outskirts, and I'll let your sister-in-law come with me when the time comes."

"The sister-in-law will definitely be very happy." After all, under the pressure of the second aunt, wouldn't it be happy to be able to come out to take a breath? "But aren't you worried that Second Aunt is unwilling?"

Jia Zhu looked straight at Jia Lian, and said, "I do feel a little guilty towards your sister-in-law, and in order to breathe a sigh of relief, my mother will definitely compromise in the end even if she doesn't want to, and she doesn't want to delay my studies."

"This is something that the second aunt would do. It seems that my eldest sister has contributed a lot." Jia Lian patted Jia Zhu on the shoulder, blinked and teased: "Then brother will wait for your good news."

From Jia Lian's point of view, Jia Zhu was sometimes too serious, making people feel ashamed to make fun of it. When Jia Lian was clearly joking, he nodded solemnly, making things serious right away.

After he went back, he told his parents about going to the Capital Academy. As soon as Mrs. Wang heard about it, she immediately objected. After listening to her son's words, she knew that this opportunity was rare.She also heard Jia Zhu say that she wanted Li Wan to take care of her in Zhuangzi, and then she was going to have a baby by the way, so she thought about it before agreeing.

And the smile on Li Wan's mouth never fell after hearing this, even if her mother-in-law kept telling her some unnecessary things, she happily agreed.

Of course, the reason Mrs. Wang agreed so easily is because Jia Zhu boarded at the Imperial College very early on. Although he went to the Academy in the capital this time, there were quite a few people serving him. He could come back after vacation. It was better than going to the south. It's much better not being by her side for so long.

It is also convenient to move to the suburbs of Beijing. Jia Zhu can't wait to throw himself into the embrace of knowledge early, so he took the lead in living in Zhuangzi, while Li Wan waited until all the luggage was delivered, and then set off with a little urgency. In the suburbs of Beijing.

Because Jia Zhu was holding a breath in his heart and wanted to prove it to Dean Chen. Although his talent is indeed inferior to many people, but relying on his own diligence, he will definitely be able to be admitted to Jinshi, so he worked harder than before. .

He is so energetic that even if the elders in the family really miss him, Jia Zhu doesn't even want to delay even this little time.

Jia Lian didn't agree with it, but no matter how many times he asked Jia Zhu to take care of his body, he would forget to eat and sleep when he was reading. Basically, he spent most of the day in the study. It must be too much.

But often it is good spirits that do not work and bad spirits, as Jia Lian expected, after winter, Jia Zhu still rushes to the academy to attend classes every day, even if he pays attention to keeping warm, he accidentally catches the wind and cold, and falls ill all of a sudden, with a fever Burned to the point that everyone was a little sober.

The news that Li Wan invited the imperial physician from the mansion came back. On the one hand, Mrs. Wang was angry that Li Wan couldn't even take care of her husband, and on the other hand, she didn't care about the housekeeper's right in the mansion. After the old lady invited the imperial physician, she immediately followed in the carriage Dare to go to the suburbs.Jia Lian went along with her worried, and was also a little worried when she saw Jia Zhu's flushed face.

After examining Jia Zhu, the imperial physician prescribed medicine, and told him to wipe his body to cool down while drinking the medicine.Because they were worried, they even lived in Zhuangzi with the three imperial physicians, even though it was a toss for most of the night.

When Jia Lian woke up the next day, he was relieved to hear that Jia Zhu's fever had subsided.But Mrs. Wang waited until she saw her son wake up, and then she let go of the raised heart.

Jia Zhu's spirit was still a little sluggish, Jia Lian looked at him, and felt that it was necessary to wake him up, so he said in front of his second aunt: "Brother Zhu, my brother told you more than once not to sit there often , You see, this time the illness is so urgent, if it was in the environment of Chunwei for a few days in a row, it's fine if you don't do well in the exam, but if you get sick again, what should you do?"

Mrs. Wang was also worried about her son. After hearing Jia Lian's words, she immediately nodded her head and said, "What Lian'er said is reasonable. If you have some troubles, what can you do if you pass the Jinshi exam?"

"That's right, I made my grandmother, second uncle and aunt worry a lot, so you have to drink the medicine that nourishes your body after waiting, Brother Zhu, and you must not miss out on exercise." After finishing speaking, Jia Lian looked at Li, who was quite emaciated. Wan, instructed: "Sister-in-law Zhu must supervise him. If Brother Zhu doesn't listen to the persuasion, he will send someone back to the mansion to tell us."

Li Wan was also scared, and nodded firmly with a pale face, "I will definitely supervise."

Then Jia Lian sent Mrs. Wang back to the Rongguo Mansion. After thinking about it, it was okay for the imperial doctor to help Jia Lian see a doctor once. go up.He also found someone who was good at martial arts from the old people in the mansion, and when Jia Zhu was ready, he supervised his training.