Prequel to the Red Chamber: I Am the Second Wife

Jia Zheng Zili took Jia Zhu on the road back to Jinling. After all, it was the grandmother who lost Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng asked for leave from the court and went home with his wife and son. Jia Zheng lost the joy of being promoted along the way, and he was always silent. Looking at the scenery on both sides of the window out of the window, I was fascinated.Zili knew that Jia Zheng was a little worried about his career.Jia Daishan will go home and squat for three years, Ding You, Jia Zheng will struggle alone in the officialdom for these three years, and his small life will definitely not be so comfortable.

Jia Zhu didn't know anything about what happened, he lay curiously by the window and expressed his novelty to everything outside.Zili watched the child closely, worried that Jia Zhu would accidentally jump out of the window if he got too excited.Pointing at the cattle and flocks of ducks on the river bank outside, Jia Zhu cried out excitedly.Zili looked at Jia Zheng sitting there with a depressed face in a blink of an eye, and simply hugged his son: "Go and play with your father." Jia Zhu understood Zili's words, slipped out of the chair, and ran stumbling When he came to Jia Zheng.The little thing raised his head curiously to look at Lao Tzu first. Jia Zheng was still immersed in his own thoughts and didn't notice his son at his feet.Seeing Lao Tzu ignoring him, Jia Zhu felt a little unhappy. He stretched out his hand and pulled the hem of Jia Zheng's robe, yelling vaguely, asking Jia Zheng to play with him.

Looking at the little one in front of him, Jia Zheng had a smile on his face, his grandmother was gone, Jia Zheng was sad, but life still had to go on, especially looking at his son's immature face and innocent eyes, Jia Zheng knew that he was now Now that he is a father, he wants to give his son a stable future.For nothing else but for his son and his wife.Jia Zheng picked up Jia Zhu and put it on his lap, pinching his son's face: "Why don't you just stay here and run around. This is on a boat, don't walk around casually, be careful not to fall into the water."

It's a pity that Jia Zhu couldn't understand his Lao Tzu's long speech at all, so he just pointed to the window stubbornly and asked Jia Zheng to look at the novel things outside together.Facing the baby son's babbling, Jia Zheng helplessly looked up at Zili, and asked his wife for help. "Ask me what your own son said. You are too unqualified as a father. You should also get along with him for a few days. You can figure out how much time you spend with your child every day since Pearl was born. How many teeth does he have, what does he like to eat, what is his personality like? How much do you know? Now that Zhuer is still a child, she can’t speak clearly, and she still walks shaky, but it won’t take a few years for Zhuer My son will grow up, he will go to school, and in a few years he will be the same as you were at the beginning, from the imperial examination. In a blink of an eye, Zhuer will get married, start a business, marry a wife and have children. At that time, you can still be as good as you are now. Hugging him, hugging him? I know that you were depressed all the way because you were sad about the old lady. The old lady loved you the most when she was around, and you were a little eye-catching just now, but the old lady is gone. It is sad that the son wants to raise him but does not wait for his relatives. But the deceased is already dead, I advise you to take the time to cherish the person in front of you." Zili slowly told Jia Zheng not to be too sad.

Jia Zheng had a complicated look on his face when he heard Zili's words. He was naturally sad when he heard the bad news from Jinling.Since she was a child, she had been favored by herself, and the old lady wanted to hold him in her hand all day long as if she were an eyeball. At that time, Jia Zheng was simply the devil in Rongguo Mansion, and no one dared to point out his faults.Even if Jia Zheng was spoiled too much, Jia Daishan looked at his son would be spoiled by his mother if things went on like this.If he wanted to set up rules for Jia Zheng, the old lady called him to scold him.They are also the sons of the Rongguo Mansion. In terms of material, Jia Zheng has the old lady's private house, and his childhood life is much better than that of Jia She.It may also be the material and spiritual differences between the two brothers since childhood, which caused Jia Zheng and Jia She to have a bad relationship.

But Jia Zheng is no longer the mascot of the Rongguo Mansion’s Jinling weavers. He won the imperial examinations, won the Jinshi examination, was awarded an official position, and struggled in Shanyin County for several years. The innocence that was almost ignorant disappeared, and the view of relatives was also very different from before.After a short period of sadness, when Jia Zheng began to think about Jia Daishan asking Ding You, what would he do if he fought alone?Changes in officialdom are more rapid than the weather in February.After waiting for three years, how will Jia Daishan return to his current position.

For the officials, the Ding You system is simply a living experience of decades of hard work and returning to pre-liberation overnight.After years of hard work, I have accumulated network experience and reputation. When I was preparing for a big fight, the referee suddenly blew the whistle. I'm sorry that your parents are dead. You have to go home and observe your filial piety. Come back in three years!Three years have passed, and everything has changed.Even if the Jia family has the favor of the emperor, the emperor is not omnipotent, and the right time, place and people are indispensable for official affairs.At that time, who can guarantee that there will be a suitable seat waiting for you.

Of course, I don't want Ding You to give up my family for everyone. If the label of unfilial piety is buckled, the emperor can't stand it.As soon as Jia Zheng's thoughts diverged, he thought that the old couple of the Wang family, especially the old lady of the Wang family, was not in good health. Zili received a letter from her natal family a few days ago, saying that the old lady of the Wang family was not as healthy as before.Once something happened to the old lady of the Wang family, wouldn't his father-in-law have to go home too.At that time, the room was leaking and it was raining all night, so the road ahead was endless.

Jia Zheng thought wildly, but what Zili said touched the softest part of his heart.Looking at his son's innocent face, Jia Zheng sighed and held Jia Zhu in his arms, leading him by the window and pointing to the scenery outside, telling him everything.Leaving the child alone for the time being, Zili sat down with a cup of tea in satisfaction. Looking at the backs of the father and son, she thought to herself that Jia Zheng was still very patient with his son.Most children in this era are similar to single-parent families, and the father will not appear in the child's growth process at all.One is to put on a paternal dignity, no matter how old the son is, even a baby who has just learned to walk, he has to keep a straight face and reprimand him for nothing, which is called court training!The child grew up with his mother and nanny since he was a child. He was either raised too proudly or too cowardly, a bit feminine.In order to prevent Jia Zhu from becoming an invisible single-parent child, Zili did her homework and pulled Jia Zheng into her son's life from the beginning of her pregnancy.

Fortunately, when she was pregnant, she had already left the atmosphere of Jia's family. Although life in Shanyin County was very difficult, it was more convenient for Zili to let Jia Zheng experience the difficulty and hardship of a life and give him a sense of participation.He didn't just have this child after a while, it's like an exquisite handicraft, requiring Jia Zheng to spend a lot of energy and painstaking efforts.The more thought he puts into it, the cuter the child will be.Jia Zheng will naturally devote more energy to Jia Zhu.

In Jinling Rongguo Mansion, Jia Mu was resting in the room in plain clothes. She sighed deeply and turned over on the couch.The old lady's funeral is naturally extremely mournful. After a funeral, the person who hosts it will naturally feel exhausted. Although Jia's mother is physically tired, she has an inexhaustible spirit in her heart, even if she is tired. Sore but still feeling a kind of indescribable relief.The mountain that had weighed on her head for decades finally fell.Seeing Mother Jia turning over, the little girl immediately obediently stepped forward to beat her leg with a beauty fist.Mother Jia slowly closed her eyes, and when she was about to leave in a haze, she suddenly heard someone talking in a low voice outside.

whats the matter?Mother Jia opened her eyes in displeasure, and immediately a girl came up and said, "Second Master is back, and now you are at the intersection."

Jia Mu's eyes lit up immediately: "Quick, call someone to pick it up immediately."

Jia Zheng and Zili took Jia Zhu out of the sedan chair at the street corner. Zili and Jia Zheng cried all the way to the door, and family members came out to greet them.Seeing Jia She and Zhang Shi standing in front of the door, Jia Zheng and Zili knelt on the ground and cried loudly.Jia She and Mrs. Zhang came up respectively, supported Jia Zheng and Zili, and comforted, "The old lady has been thinking about you all the time, so I'm back today. I think the old lady's spirit in heaven can comfort her." Jia Zheng was very sincere to Jia She. He said: "I'm not filial, thanks to my elder brother being around at home." Although the two brothers Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng have a disagreement, the big family cares about face the most, and Jia Amnesty will not lose the truth in the big festival.He supported Jia Zheng with sincerity: "What did our brothers say? Come in quickly, the master and wife are thinking about you. The journey is going well. This is my nephew, right?" Mrs. Zhang also greeted him over there. After Zili, brothers and sisters-in-law went in together.

Jia Zheng and Zili first kowtowed and burned papers in front of the old lady's spirit, and wept bitterly.The family had already come out with filial piety. Jia Zheng and Zili changed into the coffin before the coffin, which was regarded as a ceremony. After that, Jia Zheng and Zili took Jia Zhu to the main hall to greet Jia Mu and Jia Daishan.When the family meets, it is inevitable that there will be mixed feelings of sadness and joy. Although Jia's mother is still a little dissatisfied with Zili, seeing that Jia Zhu is growing well, she puts that unhappiness aside.She held Jia Zhu in her arms and looked from head to toe, and said with a smile: "You are a blessed child. I was not sure where you raised children when you were young. Don't wrong the child. There is no experienced woman around to take care of her." , don’t even know that the child is hungry or full. Now it seems that I am overthinking.” Hearing what Jiamu said, Zili could only hehe.Jia's mother is still angry at her for driving away those women.Zili didn't speak, but just stood there with his head down, waiting for Jia's mother to talk.This time Zili came back and saw Jia Mu for the first time and found that she seemed a little different.

Thinking about it carefully, of course Mother Jia has changed, the mountain on her head is gone, isn't she the real hostess of the entire Rongguo Mansion?

Zhang feels that she has secured her position as the head grandmother of the Rongguo Mansion, and Zili is no longer a threat to her, so she is also happy to show her generosity: "Second brother and younger siblings have worked hard all the way, and I have already asked someone to pay for it." You have cleaned up the house, you should go and have a rest."

"I don't think it needs to be so troublesome, just let Zheng'er's family live in the east wing." Jia's mother didn't give Zhang any chance to fantasize, and changed Zhang's arrangement lightly.