The Happy Man in the Red Chamber

An Lan pointed to the spring stool beside the kang: "Sit down. You are the nanny of the eldest sister, let's talk for a while. Is the eldest sister still breastfeeding?"

"No, use it intermittently. Most of the time, I still eat some soft and rotten food." The nanny is somewhat incomprehensible to the woman in front of her. She is the nanny who takes care of the second girl.In fact, the second girl is young now, so she is the only one left.Those who are in charge of education are not at all.Originally, the old lady didn't care much, but now someone took care of her and responded carefully.

"Yeah!" An Lan nodded: "Wean you off! You've been breastfeeding her for three years, which is long enough. At her age, if she continues to breastfeed, she may not be able to pay. I watched The hair is all yellow, and the girl's black hair is the most important. Later, I will ask someone to take the black medicinal paste, which is edible. When you wash her at night, apply it on her hair. Wrap her with a hot towel. Get up early. On weekdays, the eldest sister’s food comes from my small kitchen, and when I come back, I will serve her with maids and so on.”

"Hey!" Mammy nodded, she knew that the food was very good after hearing the words "Eatable".Before Jia Min got married, she also used edible ointment to protect her hair.

"Is your family a boy or a girl?"

"It's a sister."

An Lan nodded: "You are the girl's nanny. I didn't want to say that now. It's just that my sister is with me now, so you can bear with it if you say it badly. I didn't know you were born in a family." It's still the same, but if I find out that there is something wrong with my sister, you should just stop doing it and go home."

"Yes!" Nanny nodded carelessly.

Seeing that she was quite well-behaved, An Lan asked the mother-in-law beside her to give her a purse for her to take care of Yingchun.

Lunch is served at Jia Mu's place. An Lan took the two young children into Jia Mu's house.Hearing the sweet laughter inside, he also smiled knowingly.She patted Jia Lian on the shoulder: "Isn't today a very happy day?"

Jia Lian put a smile on her face when she heard her figure.He was caught off guard by today's events, after all, he was just a boy over ten years old.

Jia Amnesty arrived early and sat crookedly watching the maids clearing the table.Seeing An Lan coming in, Jia Lian glared at her with a smile: "She is so small, she can't even eat by herself. What are you doing here?"

"The whole family needs to eat together. There are small benefits. You can't miss her, can you?" An Lan handed Yingchun to the nanny who followed: "I asked someone to make chicken soup, and I will send it over later. You are here Take it and feed it."

Hearing that there was chicken soup, Xiao Yingchun's face was full of smiles.An Lan looked at her, and pinched her little face softly in her heart: "I heard it's delicious?"

Mother Jia watched her tease the child, but said nothing.The food was almost ready, and everyone was at the table. An Lan walked up to Jia Mu with a pair of chopsticks: "After all, you are also a mother-in-law!" She smiled and served Jia Mu a small bowl of chicken soup: "Drink some soup before dinner, Nourishing the stomach."

Mother Jia looked at the bowl of soup, but she didn't actually have this habit.But what people said was nice, she could only accept it.Mrs. Wang on one side looked at the enthusiastic woman in front of her with chopsticks, and shook her fingers bitterly.

She was reprimanded by the old lady just now, saying that if she denied the matter before Jia Zheng spoke, it would not be such a trouble.She had to waste her old face to make peace.

An Lan watched Jia Mu use the soup, so she held a small steamed bun and placed it next to Jia Mu's hand.The steamed buns used in this meal are all small and delicious.Look at it, just take one bite at a time.She glanced at Mrs. Wang, and saw that she didn't intend to bring food.She leaned over to Jia Mu's ear: "It's the first time for me, what does the old lady like to eat? How about using some green vegetables first? I think the cabbage is good, and it looks like it's flavored with balsamic vinegar. It's also an appetizer good."

"That's it!" Mother Jia was angry that Mrs. Wang didn't say a word before, but seeing her in a daze now, she became even more angry.She was just holding back, but she was talking by her ear, and she couldn't object on the spot and had to agree.

An Lan gave Jiamu a chopstick of cabbage in vinegar vinegar, and divided it into small pieces.Mother Jia watched her divide the long cabbage into small pieces with golden scissors, and she stopped being picky.She took a bite of the vegetable, took a bite of the steamed bun and waved: "You all go use it! I don't have those rules here, just let the little girl take care of me. She knows my taste."

The little girl she was talking about was a young and beautiful woman standing behind Mrs. Wang.An Lan smiled and put down the tool in her hand, and said to Liuli on the side, "The old lady loves me, so I won't do it!"

"Go, go! It won't taste good if it doesn't get cold. Speaking of which, it's your first meal at home." Mother Jia waved her hand with a smile, and Mrs. Wang followed what Jia Mother said. He left and sat down on Jia Zheng's lower head.

Watching An Lan sit down, Nanny Qian, who had been in charge of An Lan's meals, took over the job and walked behind An Lan.First let An Lan drink a small bowl of chicken soup, and then gave her the cabbage from before.It's just that she didn't divide it into sections like An Lan, but flexibly used chopsticks to roll the cabbage into small rolls, with a small slice of pastry.

Jia's things are not as extravagant as they were later, but Jia's mother's chopsticks are ivory chopsticks with gold and jade inlaid heads.What An Lan had in his hands were rosewood chopsticks prepared from the dowry.Jia She is not the same, the chopsticks are inlaid with gold wire to outline a four-clawed boa constrictor and a beautiful rooster.

The cabbage was a bit rotten, and An Lan knew it didn't taste very good after taking a bite.But fortunately, a portion of boiled chicken was well cooked, and she used two extra chopsticks.

Mother Jia is not in a very good mood today, and she doesn't eat much.She put down her chopsticks, and the others followed suit.Although Jia Amnesty drank with Jia Zheng, it was only a small cup.Jia Mu stopped the chopsticks, and he put down the wine glass.

Mother Jia looked at An Lan who was wiping the corner of her mouth: "But it's good to use? There's nothing good about this bitter spring."

"The small houses are safe, and the big ones are rich. It's good to have something to eat, not to mention all kinds of chicken, duck and fish." An Lan smiled and rinsed his mouth with old tea, and wiped the corners of his mouth again.In fact, she was not full, but fortunately, she also knew that if she was not full, the small kitchen would have made it early.

"Hmm!" Mother Jia nodded without saying anything.These words are watertight, but listening to this is to understand what others are saying, it is not delicious.

At noon, Mother Jia has the habit of taking a short break.Let the people below vacate the table, and let An Lan and the others disperse.

Jia Amnesty asked Jia Lian to go back to his yard to rest, and took An Lan back to Rongxi Hall.

"Do you want to sleep for a while?" He sat on the edge of the kang and looked at the woman who was putting her slippers on the kang.Although the debt of favor between the two has been resolved, it is an indisputable fact that they saved him after all.A sleepless night is also true.

"I'm inborn, just meditate for a while." An Lan shook her head, and took out a collection of secret reports that arrived just two days ago from the kang cabinet on one side, as a pastime for noon.Just as he was about to open it, he saw Jia She also took off his shoes and got on the kang.She raised her eyebrows: "Are you okay at noon?"

"What can I do?" Jia She fiddled with the small set of Gongfu tea set on the small coffee table, and asked the little girl serving to get water: "The tea for the Spring Festival hasn't come out yet, so did you bring something new?"

"Do you want a little rose for a woman's beauty?" An Lan rolled her eyes, this man has a thick skin.She pulled a lead pillow, leaned on the comfort and opened the book and stopped talking.Only Nanny Qian and Linglong, another big girl, were left to wait around.

After Jia She got the water ready, a dragon flicked its tail skillfully with the tea set.He made last year's oolong, which smells good.He poured two small cups into it and knocked on the table: "This is Mingding from last year, eat and see."

An Lan snapped the booklet still on the Kang mat, got up lazily, stretched out her hand and pinched it over to smell it, tasted it and frowned: "I don't like this, you drink it slowly." After finishing speaking, She lay down again.

Jia She sneered: "I heard that Qixiufang is full of stunning women, why does the girl next to you look ordinary?"

"It's ordinary, so I brought it in. Otherwise, I thought it was a girl I brought." An Lan opened the previous bookmark and threw the copper-yellow flower bookmark aside.The contents of the booklet are all sorted and transcribed, and the font is very large, and it is a page when you scan it.Right now the world is very complicated, there are rivers and lakes, imperial courts, and factories like the Ming Dynasty.The only thing that made her feel at ease was that she didn't have to worry about whether the Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate would appear.Otherwise, she would not be a fan of the Red Mansion, but would have entered the world of the Red Mansion.

Jia She sighed: "Speaking of which, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I'd really be inseparable from women in the future." He smiled self-deprecatingly: "My injury, if I don't take the road of repairing it in the future, I'm afraid it will be so painful." No. When the time comes, it’s just for survival.” He sighed deeply, picked up the small teacup and sipped it in one gulp.

An Lan glanced at him sideways, and turned a page with her fingers: "Cihang Jingzhai's exercises follow the same swordsmanship as Qixiufang. But the difference is that their exercises are too extreme. Serious injuries are hard to heal , it is also inevitable. She didn't cripple your sea of ​​Qi, you are lucky."

"It's not a good thing to injure the kidney meridian." Jia Amnesty's expression was a bit awkward, but soon he smiled with relief: "It is rumored that Mrs. Yang went out of Qixiufang, but is there such a thing?"

"Yang Yuhuan?" An Lan thought for a while, and put the book on her chest: "There is such a disciple. Next to the Peach Blossom Village in Waifang, there is a small piece of Bibo Lake. There is a small courtyard built on it, which belongs to her. It's just an outer disciple. , also died many years ago.”

After hearing this, Jia Amnesty made a secret memory.It seems that the Seven Embroidery Workshop is not the one on the surface.There are actually two parts inside and outside, so what about Neifang?He was very curious, but there was no rush.If you want to know the secrets of other sects, you always have to pay a price.

He leaned against the wall behind him, and the temperature of the warm wall made his heart feel very comfortable.He bent one knee, put his arm on it and lowered his head, slowly moving his thumb and index finger: "Why did you refuse the butler's business?"

"First, I don't have time. Newcomers, good or bad, have to swallow it by themselves. Second, they can take care of it if they want. The village and land outside are in your hands. These things at home, even if they are emptied. It has nothing to do with me. They will never take my dowry, and they didn't seek death like that, did they?"

Jia Amnesty looked at the smile on her lips and pursed her lips with a smile: "How did you think you agreed to this marriage? If it wasn't really impossible, I don't want to marry either."

"I miss my dead wife very much?" After the accident, An Lan smiled sarcastically: "I don't think so! I'm getting old, and my brother always feels that it's because he delayed me. It's better to go out. Besides, whoever you marry is not married. What? I have a good goal, and it is inevitable to set it down."

Upon hearing this, Jia She didn't want to drag on this topic.He changed the subject: "When you return home tomorrow, the imperial decree from the Ministry of Rites will arrive the day after tomorrow. At that time, I'm afraid there will be some old relatives who have left a post to let you go. Right now, the women of the big families in the capital are very chaotic. Zhen The old lady has not gone to Jinling yet, and I am afraid that the most important thing is her share."

"You mean Cihang Jingzhai?" An Lan gnawed at the spine of the book, narrowed her eyes and said, "They always go out with the name of Jiangshan Sheji, and there is only one successor every year. The rest are maids. Even No matter how high the family background is, the princess has to listen to the successor. You Huajian have been fighting with them for almost a thousand years! What does it have to do with my Seven Embroidery Workshop? Or is your identity as a first-class general leaked? Not so... ..."

Looking at those big watery eyes, Jia Amnesty shook his head and smiled: "How could I be so stupid? It was just over a year ago, after the filial piety, the old lady of the Zhen family proposed to marry her third son. My daughter married me. She used to be with King Guo, but after King Guo disappeared, she became an old girl. I denied this matter. No matter what, the Jiang family would not allow the woman of the Zhen family to be my successor. room."

"Jiang Cheng is in the same vein. After all, he was also the chief minister of the cabinet. You are a good old man, but you died earlier." An Lan nodded. She has been studying these intricate interpersonal relationships for more than a year. Just sorted out some clues.Inside, it's still a mess.

Jia Amnesty nodded, "Unfortunately, there was an unhappiness in the end. But speaking of it, I betrayed her." The she he was talking about was Jia Lian's biological mother and his ex-wife.After hearing this, An Lan just smiled and said nothing.

Jia Amnesty watched her read, so he stopped talking and closed his eyes to rest.The room was quiet, and it was very warm then.

Mother Jia lay down for more than half an hour, and asked the girl beside her to help her get up.After cleaning her face and hands, she reapplied her face and looked at the woman in the mirror.Zhaohua died young, and all that remains is Huafa's hair and a slack face.She sighed: "The second child's family went to call?"

"I've already called, the second wife is probably on the way right now." The servant girl behind her said softly.Her voice was soft and slow.Jia's mother liked listening to this girl very much, so she raised her from the fourth-class little girl to be the second-class big girl by her side.

On weekdays, reading an opera or something is also a joy to listen to.

Jia Mu nodded, walked out of the inner room and got on the kang.This spring is cold and cool, she is not young after all.Some maintenance still needs to be done.When Mrs. Wang entered the room, she happened to see Mother Jia leaning against the window, leaning on the pillow, looking at a forehead and talking about embroidery to the girl beside her.She bowed and saluted, and Mother Jia looked up at her and nodded, "Sit down!"

"Hey!" Mrs. Wang nodded and sat opposite Jia's mother.She didn't dare to sit down, but just sat down on the edge.

"But I told the second child, is Zhu'er's marriage settled?" Mother Jia didn't raise her eyelids, but just looked at the brown forehead.Mrs. Wang was familiar with her all along, she lowered her head and said in a low voice timidly: "I'll tell you when I get back, but I just said that he would make a fuss. I said, it's better to ask the old lady about this matter. He also agreed, just let me Ask the old lady if there is a suitable candidate?"

"Zhu'er is no better than Zhe Lian'er right now. It doesn't matter whether your brother's children are young. The Xue family has been in decline these years, and they only live by a name. To put it bluntly, they are still a businessman. You have to look at the officials. If you can’t get a first-rank or second-rank one, Zhu’er wants to go to the official career, and the Imperial Academy or the Imperial Academy can do it at that time. They are all very poor, and the dowry we give is not afraid that they will not come. It’s just, It's not long-term either."

Hearing what Jia Mu said, Mrs. Wang frowned.She also knew that the eldest son's marriage was really difficult at the moment.After all, my master is only a fifth-rank official, although he bears the name of Rongguo Mansion.But many people inside know exactly what it is.If it is Jia Lian, even a first-rank official can marry.For this, she secretly hated.Back then, she heard from her stepmother that she wanted to match her elder sister with the second young master of Rongguo Duke's mansion.I heard that she was very favored, but she tried her best to seize the opportunity, but it turned out to be the scenery in front of her.

She restrained the emotion in her eyes, and lowered her head: "My daughter-in-law knows, but it's too early to marry Zhu'er right now. On the other side of the big house, the marriage has just been done."

"It's not too early. It will take a year to see if the negotiation is settled. Zhu'er is going to take the exam for fame now, and she will get married when she passes the scholar. After all, he is not a young child. We can wait for a few more years. At that time, you can talk about other things when you become a grandma." Mother Jia didn't understand what she said, but Mrs. Wang understood.

At present, Jia Lian is the only elder brother in the eldest house, and it is still unknown whether he can live a big life in the future.If her son is successful, add an eldest son and grandson.As long as he calculates well, he can also get this title.Even if it doesn't fall on the husband, it will fall on the son and grandson.But all of these have a premise, that is the grandson.

She nodded: "I'll tell the master about this later, but at the moment the uncle's marriage is only a half-day marriage for the master."

"Well!" Jia Mu nodded, "You can continue to take care of the family affairs in the future, did she say no!" Thinking of this, Jia Mu smiled: "Then you can use the West Flower Hall. Come here, who doesn't know who is in charge of this family?"

"The daughter-in-law can save this matter." Although Mrs. Wang was brooding over the fact that she couldn't live in Rongxi Hall.But I also know that this matter has to be planned slowly.But it is a good thing for any woman to let go of the housekeeper.When the time comes, everyone who comes here will know that she is in charge of the house, after all, after a long time, they will be convinced.

Seeing that she was well-behaved, Mother Jia put down the forehead wiping tape: "I won't tell you what you know, but there is one thing you have to avoid. She will be the first-rank wife's order in the future, even if the higher-ups consider Jiang's family, she will be a third-rank lady after waiting." People. You have to do a good job of such an obvious sister-in-law rule. We don’t miss these three or five times.”

"Hey!" Although Mrs. Wang was a little annoyed, she also knew that Mother Jia really wanted to take care of their room.Nod yes!