Wang Xifeng's Rebirth [Red Mansion]

Chapter 085

"Oh, my little aunt, you are so good at standing up! I'm talking about you, stand up straight and don't jump around, this is tailoring your clothes!"

Wang Xifeng's coaxing, deceiving and begging voices came from the east room, and the maids and maids outside all covered their mouths and giggled, thinking to themselves, probably only Miss Qiao could make Wang Xifeng feel embarrassed in this world.However, after calculating the time, it may be half an hour, but the so-called tailoring... I'm afraid it hasn't been halfway through yet.

"Forget it, turn around and wait for her to fall asleep, then measure her, hoo." In the end, Wang Xifeng really couldn't stand Qiaojie's random movements, so she let out a long breath, slumped on the edge of the bed, and let out a long breath .

"Huh!" Sister Qiao also let out a sigh of relief, and sat down on the soft cushion with her fleshy buttocks, and even wiped the sweat on her forehead with her little paw.

"Look at you! Didn't I just want to make some new clothes for you? I didn't intend to eat your stewed meat. What are you doing!" Putting on an extremely aggrieved demeanor, he was suddenly suffocated, stretched out his fingers and tapped Qiaojie's forehead, "I don't have any clothes to wear, I'll see what you do!"

Sister Qiao pushed Wang Xifeng's hand away angrily, stared back angrily, and said, "Sister Qiao, I want dad!"

"Okay, wait for your father to come back later, and let him measure it for you!" Wang Xifeng was very angry, if the other people didn't give her face like this, she would say something about it.Unexpectedly, when facing Sister Qiao, she couldn't take it lightly, even if she had accumulated a lot of resentment, she could only swallow it forcefully, "Little girl, wait for my mother, and wait for you to grow up later, you see How can I deal with you!"

"It's all right, who will Second Mistress Lian deal with?"

As soon as Jia Lian came home from outside, when he entered the courtyard gate, he heard a lot of movement on the other side of the east room. After a pause, he turned to this side.As a result, I just heard Wang Xifeng's last sentence, and was puzzled for a while.

Wang Xifeng explained the matter quickly, thinking that she would get Jia Lian's sympathy, but Jia Lian laughed out loud when she didn't want to.Sister Qiao was quite unhappy because of the matter of tailoring clothes, but now she heard Jia Lian's laughter, and couldn't help but laugh along with her.After a while, the father and daughter laughed together, leaving Wang Xifeng alone to keep luck.

"Second Grandma Lian, don't get angry. I have something to tell you when I come back." Jia Lian almost lost his temper with laughter, but after seeing Wang Xifeng's aggrieved expression, he hurriedly begged for mercy, and emphasized, "It's business." Son, serious business!"

"Say."

"Ahem, Second Grandma Lian is not curious why I came home so early today? Well, don't be angry, let me just say it. After noon today, I was called to the east courtyard by the old man. Explained some things to me, of course the point is not this, but the old man just came back with me, but I came to our yard, but he detoured to the front study. Tsk tsk, although There is no evidence, but I always feel that the old man is going to do something again." Jia Lian stretched out his hand and pulled Qiao Jie off his arms, not because he didn't want to hug him, but because the weather was too hot and her flesh was round and round. Sister Qiao is like a small stove, the moment Jia Lian posted it, Jia Lian suspected that she was almost familiar.

"Master, did you go to the study?" Wang Xifeng was shocked.

Even those who don't know Jia She's the least, know that Jia She is least willing to read those subsets of scriptures and history, and he avoids these related things like snakes and scorpions.Even the east courtyard has a study room, but there are all kinds of rare antique jade wares there, not even half a book.After careful calculation, Jia Amnesty probably never even touched paper in these years?

"You think it's rare too? I did ask, but the Elder Master told me to stay somewhere to cool off. I saw that his face was not good, so I came back without asking. By the way, the Elder Master asked someone to bring him back. Quite a few things."

As Jia Lian spoke, he called out, and immediately two servant girls joined hands to carry a half-sized camphorwood box into the east room.

"This is..." Wang Xifeng looked at the box hesitantly, and when the maid opened the box and saw the contents clearly, she was speechless.

Five exquisite riding whips, two of which are inlaid with gems the size of pigeon eggs, and the other three are also very extraordinary.There are three sets of spinning tops, each of which contains more than ten spinning tops of different sizes.There are two archery targets, with several poles of different lengths, and several specially made feather arrows.There are also several Cuju tied with five-color satin, including red-tasseled guns, double-ring knives, and meteor hammers. In the corner of the box, Wang Xifeng even asked Wang Xifeng to find an open-edged dagger.

Jia Lian asked the nanny to hug Sister Qiao, stepped forward and took the dagger from Wang Xifeng's hand, but was unable to speak for a while.

"These are all from the Elder Master... Qiaojie?" Jia Lian didn't say anything, but Wang Xifeng couldn't bear it anymore.The small set of bows and arrows Qiaojie got when she caught Zhou a few days ago could be regarded as a very good gadget, but today it is too exaggerated.

Things like horse whips and meteor hammers can hurt people without cutting the blade, not to mention that there is actually a sharp dagger inside that can be broken by blowing hairs.In comparison, spinning tops and cujus are not very suitable for girls to play in, but they are considered the most normal items in the house.

"Uh, why don't I go and pay it back?" Jia Lian was stunned for a long time before choking out such a sentence.As you can imagine, this is absolutely impossible.

Even if Jia Amnesty's special status is not considered, even ordinary relatives and friends, they don't have to accept the gift first and give it back later.Even if the gift is not what you want, at most it will be shelved casually, or it will be farther away next time. As the days go by, the relationship will become indifferent.Rich and noble families, even in the face of poor relatives in the countryside, can't do such a slap in the face of accepting gifts in person and returning them back.

Not to mention, Jia She is Jia Lian's biological father!

"If the second master Lian dislikes the comfort of life and wants to have some fun, then you can return all these things. Come to think of it, with the temperament of the elder, even if you get angry again, you can't really ask for the second master Lian." Lord, your life." Regarding this point, Wang Xifeng is still very confident. Tiger poison does not eat children. No matter how insane Jia She is, he always targets the second wife. For Jia Lian, the only son-in-law, Jia She is still very concerned. Cherished.

"Forget it, sir, don't come here to be scolded."

Hearing Wang Xifeng's words, Jia Lian hurriedly shook his head, even though he knew that Jia Amnesty would not do anything to him, he still didn't intend to make trouble.Looking down again, Jia Lian fiddled for a while, put back the dagger in his hand, but brought out a kick.

"Second Master Lian is planning to let Qiaojie play Cuju?" Although Wang Xifeng was surprised, she remained calm.

No way, if Jia Lian had brought up this idea before today, Wang Xifeng would have rolled her eyes.But after looking at the many terrifying gifts Jia She sent, Wang Xifeng suddenly felt that Cuju was not completely unacceptable.

"Can't we just give it up? If the old man finds out later, it will be another dispute." Jia Lian's thoughts are actually similar to Wang Xifeng's, and he also thinks that Jia Amnesty becomes more unreliable as he gets older. Cuju was barely suitable, so I simply picked the softest and most delicate one, and gave it to Sister Qiao who was already eager to try.

Qiaojie was very excited. Even though she had been fighting with Wang Xifeng for half an hour, she was still full of energy.At this moment, she was staring at a lot of things from a distance, and her eyes were already shining. If it wasn't for the nanny standing in front of the bed, she would have jumped straight into the box like a hungry tiger.Even though the final result was only one Cuju, Qiao Jie still smiled happily.

Wang Xifeng took a look and saw that Qiaojie was just jumping around on the bed with a soft leather cuju, she felt a little more relaxed, and immediately called for someone to carry all the things out, not forgetting to order that in the future if it is the other side of the east courtyard, If you bring a gift, you must check it carefully before sending it to Sister Qiao.

Hearing Wang Xifeng's order, Jia Lian couldn't help feeling a little guilty. He really didn't expect that these gifts were sent by Jia Amnesty. If he had known...

He guessed that he still had to accept it honestly, at most he just didn't take it from Sister Qiao's room.

"Nurse Tang, watch carefully, don't let Qiaojie play too crazy. The weather is getting hotter now, so don't sweat and catch cold when you turn around. Watch carefully, if she gets tired and sleepy, she will Feed her something, and quickly put her to sleep. Remember, when sister Qiao falls asleep, you will quietly measure her body, and you will have to make autumn clothes later." Wang Xifeng told her carefully, seeing that sister Qiao is now full of heart. All eyes were on the newly acquired Cuju, and he felt very boring at once, so he left the East House with Jia Lian.

As soon as he left the east room, Wang Xifeng complained: "Second Master Lian, look at your good girl, she is always looking at eating, or playing with her eyes. Can you do something serious? baby?"

Jia Lian held back at first, but couldn't hold it anymore later, and burst out laughing: "Sister Qiao has just passed her first birthday, Second Grandma Lian, you can give me some advice, think about what Sister Qiao can do." What's the business? Tsk tsk, Baoyu isn't doing anything serious, so what can she do?"

At first hearing that Jia Lian mentioned Baoyu, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but hesitated.

Ever since Wang Xifeng "recovered from illness", she once again took over the affairs of the Rongguo Mansion.Of course, because of Mrs. Wang's taboo and Wang Xifeng's deliberate evasion, she never took over some important matters from the beginning to the end.However, such a huge Rongguo Mansion has a lot of things to do. After several times of busy work, Wang Xifeng had the illusion that he had returned to his previous life again.However, because of the large number of affairs that Wang Xifeng was able to inquire about, naturally there were more.

One of them is about Baoyu and Jialan.

Last time, when Li Wan fell ill, when Wang Xifeng went to visit him, he made a bit of a fuss, but at that time Jia Lan had just gone to the study in the front yard for a few days. If you don't want to make progress.But now, after another period of time, these words have become too much, and the taste has gradually changed.

"Second Grandma Lian, do you have something on your mind? Tsk tsk, come on, your second master and I are free today, so hurry up and listen." Jia Lian took Wang Xifeng by the hand, walked into the main hall together, and called Zijuan to bring refreshments , as if planning to listen to a good show.

Wang Xifeng didn't bother to pay attention to him, but she had already thought about some things enough, and if she thought about it carefully now, she probably wouldn't find anything new.After hesitating for a while, Wang Xifeng finally told Jia Lian what had been in his heart for several days.

"The matter is quite simple. A few days ago, Lan'er also went to the study in the front yard, and she was taught by a Mr. Baoyu. Within a few days, news spread that Lan'er was talented. This It's nothing at all, even the second wife won't have any objection to Lan'er because of this matter, as for the old lady, after hearing the news, she even pulled me to talk about what happened to Big Brother Zhu before his death. It's just that in the past few days , something seems to have changed."

Not only has the taste changed!

Ordinarily, everyone's talent is different, and it is appropriate to compare the previous self with the current self, but it is unnecessary to blindly compare yourself with others.Take Wang Xifeng herself as an example. She is good at many things, but she is also not good at many things.If she insisted on comparing herself with Daiyu in literary talent, wouldn't she be determined to make herself feel uncomfortable?However, if they are of the same age and status, it is inevitable to compare them together.

Just like Baoyu and Jialan.

Although the two people have different seniority, they are very similar in age, but they are both descended from the direct line, so they are naturally very precious.If Baoyu is better than Jialan, then there is nothing to say. Firstly, he has a higher seniority, secondly, he is older, and thirdly, he is also enlightened earlier, which can almost be taken for granted.If things were reversed, it would not be a big problem, Zuo Baoyu was the youngest son of Erfang, Jiamu's grandson, and Jialan was Jiazhu's eldest son.

"Second Master Lian, I was just looking at these things with the mentality of watching the excitement. The left and right Baoyu and Lan'er are both second-handers, and their status is also very high. It doesn't matter which one is more outstanding. Even though it was said that Lan'er was extremely talented, I didn't take it to heart. After all, they are two children, so it's okay to compare each other. But who would have thought..."

The cause of the incident was that about ten days ago, Jia Zheng asked Jia Yucun to give Baoyu an extra meal. Not only did he get up half an hour earlier, but he also stipulated that he should study for another half an hour at night.Not to mention, the homework during the day has also increased a lot, so that Baoyu can hardly find a moment to be lazy.

And at this moment, Jia Lan followed suit, and this was the root of the problem.

Wang Xifeng not only informed Jia Lian of the cause and effect in detail, but also added some of her own understanding: "Nowadays, it is rumored in the house that although Lan'er is young, her mind is extremely not pure. Relying on her talent, she is stunned. The little uncle who bullied his own relatives. To put it mildly, he voluntarily punished along with him, but to put it harshly, he just learned from his mother... Sigh."

Jia Zheng's original intention was to let Baoyu's stupid bird fly first. Of course, Baoyu didn't dare to resist, but no one expected it, and Jia Lan followed suit.The schedule was changed the first day, and Jia Lan was taken aback for a long time, but the next day he took the initiative to go to the study early.Afterwards, Jia Lan also voluntarily increased the time for learning, and even added more homework than Baoyu.

According to Wang Xifeng's guess, I'm afraid that Jia Lan didn't realize the problem at all. Maybe he was just imitating Baoyu. Li Wan, who was punished to chant scriptures and worship Buddha in the side courtyard to the west, was not a person with deep scheming.Wang Xifeng didn't think at all that Jia Lan was not a pure-hearted person.

"The servant deceives the master! This matter must not be done by the second room." After listening to what Wang Xifeng said, Jia Lian said firmly.

Wang Xifeng nodded at first, but then smiled wryly: "I know that Erfang didn't do this, and I don't bother to complain for Erfang, but this matter... It's hard to say, but it's embarrassing for Laner."

There is no need for the second room to step on its own son to slander his grandson because of emotion and reason. Of course, the second room here only refers to Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang, and the others in the second room may not be innocent.But the problem is that the population of the second room is not too large.After going to Li Wan and Tanchun, the current second room is barely populated.Aunt Zhou has always been a transparent person, Aunt Zhao is a born idiot and trash, and Jia Huan is not much older than Jia Lan. It is really impossible to find the mastermind behind the scenes.

Therefore, both Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian were inclined to believe that the incident was done by those servants with high spirits, and they could even guess the reason.

Many people in Rongguo Mansion hated Li Wan's mother and son, to be precise, they hated Li Wan.But the reason is still inseparable from Jia Zhu who died young.

Jia Zhu is the eldest son of Erfang, and because of Jia Hu's early death, Jia Zhu is actually Jia Mu's eldest grandson.In addition, he himself is extremely motivated, and once held a higher status in the Rongguo Mansion than Jia She, the eldest son of Xijue.Because of this, a group of people gathered around Jia Zhu.

Not to mention the nanny, there are several nanny brothers, and naturally there is no shortage of accompanying servants, as well as housemaids from Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, and Mrs. Wang.It can be said that for Jia Zhu, these people are absolutely all prosperous and all damaged.As long as Jia Zhu lives well, their future is bright and brilliant.

But Jia Zhu is dead!

Don't say anything else, just talk about grandma.Baoyu's nanny is now very prestigious among the servants of Rongguo Mansion.Although Jia Lian's nanny did not have such awe and prestige, her filial piety was not lacking in the slightest.The other girls in the house who have not left the cabinet have their grandmas by their side, so they are not as comfortable as the men's grandmas, but the monthly payment is much higher than that of the other servants.But what about Jia Zhu's nanny?In the year when Jia Zhu died, all the servants in his room were kicked out, and some of the heavy responsibilities were rewarded with boards and thrown directly on the Zhuangzi to fend for themselves.It doesn't matter, and they are also thrown into some useless positions. I'm afraid it will be rare for the master to reuse them in this life.Bisheng, the relationship between the sons of the Rongguo Mansion family is complicated. If the brothers and sisters of the family are wronged, can those servants who need to use them not complain in their hearts?

"At the other end of Lan'er, you should look a little bit. It turned out that we made a mistake in our calculations. I didn't expect that when Mrs. Zhu entered like this, those servants would become more and more courageous. Hmph, the servant is bullying the master! Lan'er She's young and hasn't experienced anything before, but the second wife is still young, if one is not good, Lan'er will also fall into it!"

Jia Lian was full of resentment, he couldn't get used to the people in the second room, but for Jia Zhu who grew up together as a child, he still had some brotherhood.Besides, if Jalandin's older child was really harmed by someone because of a momentary negligence, he is afraid that he will be condemned by his conscience for the rest of his life.

The grudges of the previous generation should not be passed on to the next generation.

Wang Xifeng also sighed, but she thought more than Jia Lian.There are some things that she really can't touch because of her status.Now she is far away from Jia Lan, if something happens to Jia Lan in the future, she will not be responsible.But if she intervenes in this matter, if Jia Lan is fine in the future, no one will be grateful to her, but if something happens to Jia Lan, she may not be able to make up for it even if she dies!

In good conscience, Wang Xifeng didn't want to see the tragedy happen, but from the point of view of her own interests, she was also unwilling to lose her life for Jia Lan.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Xifeng smiled wryly and said: "Second Master Lian, we can't get involved in this matter, not only me but also you. However, I will not just sit and watch Big Brother Zhu's only son being abused by servants like this, Don't worry, I will try to get the second wife to pay attention."

"Rely on her? Humph, I'm afraid she won't feel it when people lose their temper!" When Mrs. Wang was mentioned, Jia Lian couldn't help but stare angrily, but he also knew in private that there was really nothing that could be done about it.If Jia Zhu was his real brother, then there would be no problem, but unfortunately...

"There is another way, let the old man go out. Unfortunately, I don't think we can persuade him."

After all, Jia Amnesty was the successor of the Rongguo Mansion, no matter how partial Jia's mother was, she could not change his status as the heir.Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng couldn't intervene in many things, but Jia Amnesty could.The premise is that he is willing to make a move.

"Master..." Jia Lian hesitated.

Suddenly, sister Qiao's babbling laughter came from outside, but it was after she had eaten and drank enough that she pestered the nanny to mess around in the yard.Looking from the side of the main hall, one could just see Sister Qiao staring at her calves and having fun, and behind her was the nanny who bent over and supported her.

"Second Master Lian, what are you going to do? I'm willing to help Lan'er, but I won't risk everything to help him. It doesn't matter if it's hard work or not, I'm afraid there will be troubles in the future." Wang Xifeng's eyes fell on Qiao in the yard outside. Sister's tone was full of sighs.

"Okay! I'll go find the old man, at worst I'll beg him!"