[Red Mansion] Jia Lian, son of a family

Chapter 70

Jia Lian's marriage leave this time was given by Emperor Longxu to go directly to Yangzhou to take office, so after getting married he had a lot of time to accompany his newlywed wife.Except that Mei Xiruo stayed in the study when he was handling the housework and arranging the manpower going south, the two husband and wife were tired of being together during the rest of the time.

Mrs. Zhang was very fortunate that her daughter-in-law did not find out she was pregnant before going south like her sister-in-law Jia Min did. In the end, she had to let Jia Lian go to Yangzhou to take up the post because of a baby.Although she still had some regrets in her heart that the daughter-in-law was not able to sit on the bed.

As a son and a man, Jia Lian couldn't figure out Zhang's thoughts, but it was his fault that Meixi was not pregnant.In addition to not wanting Mei Xiruo to be busy taking care of the southward affairs and causing her trouble, it is also because he has studied medicine under the system for many years and understands that this is not the best time for them to have a child.

At the very least, we have to wait until after Mei Xiruo.That is, he was only in his early twenties, not too late.In his previous life, he only had a daughter like sister Qiao. In this life, without the black hands from Jia Shishi and the second room, Jia Lian believed that his children's luck would not be so bad.

He had a private conversation with Jia She about the question that came to his mind when watching the lanterns on the Lantern Festival, and in the end both of them agreed.Mrs. Wang can even do things that kill people, but it's nothing to give their father and son two medicines.Thinking about it, if he hadn't married Mrs. Wang's niece, Mrs. Wang would have given Wang Xifeng something to look forward to, otherwise he probably wouldn't even have Sister Qiao.

After knowing this, Jia Lian made another note in Jia's house. Although the grudge was from the previous life, he and the second room will not deal with it in this life.If it wasn't for his magical system, which completely changed Dafang's position in Jia Daishan's heart, Dafang would still be suppressed because of Jia Shishi's partiality in this life.In view of his promise to Jia Daishan, he will not take action himself, but he believes that sooner or later he will have a chance to make trouble.

He has been waiting since he learned from the system that there is an implicit rule of taboo in civil servants.It would be fine if Jia Zhu died as early as in his previous life, but if he lived well in this life and even had a chance to become an official, he decided that it was impossible for the second family of Jia's family to really rise.

Even if the second wife in her previous life had nothing good to eat in the end, the anger in Jia Lian's heart would not be extinguished just because of this.In this way, Erfang gradually disappeared from the crowd in the capital, and finally became a commoner who could only look up to their lineage of Ronghou Mansion.In this way, it is the best revenge for the powerful Mrs. Wang.

Thinking of the marriage that Jia Yuanchun had just arranged, Jia Lian couldn't help laughing playfully.The concubine Xiande in her previous life finally decided to be the second son of a fifth-rank Beijing official in this life, which can be described as a difference between clouds and mud.Even the fifth-rank Beijing official was able to speak with the help of Wang Ziteng. After all, Jia Yuanchun was already a filial piety when he was born last year, and he will be a 16-year-old girl in the next year!

Jia Zheng was very dissatisfied with such a son-in-law.Although he did not pass the imperial examination, Emperor Longxu was also a civil official. His son was a Juren, and his nephew also passed the imperial examination. As a result, his daughter who was born on the first day of the new year ended up marrying into the family of a general!

Jia Lian was actually not very satisfied with this result, he knew that Wang Ren from the Wang family was the one who proposed to Mrs. Wang to marry Jia Yuanchun.If Jia Yuanchun's husband-in-law is him, Jia Lian will be very satisfied.Unfortunately, Wang Xifeng married Jia Zhu, so it was impossible for Jia Yuanchun to marry Wang Ren.

Wang Ren's father, Wang Zisheng, doesn't think it's embarrassing, but Mrs. Wang still has a sixth-rank imperial order, and it is impossible to do such a thing as a marriage exchange. No matter how poor their Jia family is, they will not marry I'm sorry that my daughter-in-law can't marry my daughter.

Jia Lian didn't have any thoughts about Wang Ren before, but after learning the story of the Rongguo Mansion in his previous life from the system, he hated this ruthless uncle who sold Qiaojieer into a brothel.Although Qiao Jie was finally helped by Grandma Liu to escape from the sea of ​​suffering, and later even married Wang Ban'er, Jia Lian did not think that Qiao Jie was really happy.

Even though Jia Lian wasn't very sad about Qiao's daughter, she was the only third generation of Dafang after all, and she had a mother like Wang Xifeng, so her treatment was better than those transparent or translucent ones in Rongguo Mansion.At that time, although the Rongguo Mansion was no longer what it used to be, Sister Qiao was still a lady of the Duke's family. She was brought up according to the boudoir education of Miss Qianjin.

If Rongguo Mansion hadn't been raided, and sister Qiao had been sold to places like brothels, she would never have had anything to do with Wang Ban'er in her entire life.With a different background and education, and being rescued from that kind of place by Grandma Liu, Jia Lian can imagine how sad Sister Qiao's life in the Wang family will be.

Jia Lian was very sorry that the marriage between Jia Yuanchun and Wang Ren did not work out, otherwise he would have given the couple a precious gift.As for whether he would do anything to these two people in the future, Rong Guohou hadn't made up his mind yet.

Jia Yuanchun didn't really do anything to the eldest family in his previous life, but he helped Mrs. Wang suppress their eldest family intentionally or unintentionally after becoming a virtuous concubine.In this life, she is only married to the second son of a military general who is going to take the imperial examination. It is still unknown whether she will have a Fengguanxiapei in the end.If you still care about her, it will inevitably lower Jia Lian's status as a marquis.

And that Wang Ren...

Jia Lian believes that even if he doesn't do anything in this life, he will not end well.Wang Ziteng has not been promoted as in his previous life because of the crown prince, but he is reluctant to continue to be his city gate leader.As a result, Jia Lian asked Mei Xiruo to prepare an appropriate congratulatory gift for Mrs. Zhang, and as for Mei Xiruo, the wife-in-law, she should add makeup... Sorry, the couple just got married and were in a hurry to go south, so they didn't have time to prepare .

The husband and wife went south on two large ships, and the banner of Ronghou Mansion saved them a lot of trouble.Compared with the boring time when he went to the south of the Yangtze River last time, Jia Lian was very comfortable this time with Mei Xiruo by his side.The husband and wife either talked by hand, played the piano, or recited poems and painted pictures facing the scenery on both sides of the strait together, which made Jia Lian very intoxicated.

When they were in the capital, whether it was Mei Xiruo or him, they always had other things to deal with, how could they stay together all the time on the boat.Just when Jia Lian was about to miss Shu, Yangzhou was coming.After getting the notification, the frustrated expression on his face made Mei Xiruo smile very happily, and even teased him for a while, until he hugged her in his arms and cleaned her up, he obediently blushed and took her with her. The mother-in-law went to pack her things.

The three-entry house that Feng Jian bought is very good. It faces south and there is a garden in the middle. There are flowers, trees, rockery and flowing water, which has the characteristics of Jiangnan gardens.The former owner of this house was a student who traveled around and had a permanent property. Jia Lian was lucky enough to catch up with this student who was tired of living in this beautiful Yangzhou and wanted to go home, or he was willing to spend the 2000 taels of silver It is impossible to buy such a suitable house.

Compared with the capital city, the prices in Yangzhou are not much different.In addition to Yangzhou being located in the prosperous south of the Yangtze River, it is also because it is the base camp of salt merchants.Salt merchants are very rich, and they even take pleasure in fighting for wealth, which naturally makes Yangzhou's prices rise in a straight line.

When Jia Lian brought Shui Rong to Yangzhou to visit Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, he had seen the crazy scene of salt merchants fighting for wealth.Even if he was born as a duke, he was dumbfounded at the tens of thousands of taels that those salt merchants rewarded the winners in various activities.

That's why Jia Lian bought a lot of things from the warehouse of the Ronghou Mansion during this trip to the south.What he does is to deal with these salt merchants, so he can't be looked down upon.

By the pier in Yangzhou, Feng Jian had brought people to wait there.Jia Lian got off the boat and helped Mei Xiruo board the first carriage. After all the things on the two boats were moved to the carriage, the group headed for Yangzhou City in a hurry.Feng Jian didn't bring enough people, and he didn't have the right to ask Ren Yazi to buy someone, so he went to Lin Mansion to ask Jia Min for help.

The gate of the three-entry mansion opens to the south.

In addition to the house used by the porter on duty at night, the first entrance to the back seat is for the servants of the mansion.A small courtyard in the east is prepared for the housekeeper. The housekeeper Jia Lian has not yet been decided, Jiang Jie is left by him in the capital to follow the news of the capital, or the post of housekeeper can be handed over to him directly.

The rooms on the west side were arranged by Jia Lian as a flower hall for guests.Then the second entrance is the main hall, which is not only used to receive distinguished guests, but also the place where he handles his daily affairs.The left and right wing rooms are the guest room on one side and the outer study room on the other. This second entry can be regarded as Jia Lian's main activity range when he is not in the yamen during the day.

The second entrance is the garden, which is followed by the hanging flower gate. To the east of the garden is an east-span courtyard, and the houses inside are arranged as the kitchen utility room and the residence of maids and nuns.The last one to enter is of course Mei Xiruo's main room and the couple's inner study, and the back room is the warehouse and the place where the maid beside her lives.

Except for Fengjian and Pingshu's family, who followed Jia Lian and his wife to the south, they were all Meixiruo's consorts.The newly appointed Second Mistress Lian knew very well that instead of leaving the allotment room in the capital and not being able to reuse it, it would be better to go south with her.

Of course, Mei Xiruo also consulted the consorts for their consent, if she wanted to follow her, if she didn't want to stay in the capital to help her take care of the dowry shop and farm.Before she left, she also asked Mrs. Zhang to help her occasionally check the accounts or something, not afraid that these people would not be dedicated.

After Feng Jian bought the house, he also roughly tidied it up, but it was obvious that Lian's second grandma was not satisfied with it.Fortunately, the house is very clean, she only needs to know the maids and women to sort out the packed things and put them where they should be.With the hanging of the curtains and the placement of antiques, Jia Lian finally felt that the house had a somewhat homely feel.

The servants are very active, just because they know that if they don't help the master tidy up the room, they don't want to go back to the room to tidy up by themselves.In the end, it was finally taken care of thoroughly at sunset, and the lunch from the master to the servants was just to fill their stomachs.

After dinner together, Jia Lian walked through the garden to the back house after taking a bath in the study outside. Mei Xiruo also just cleaned herself up in the back room, sitting by the bed and wiping the drops of water from her hair.

Jia Lian walked over to take the cloth towel from her hand: "Why are you alone, good luck?"

"Everyone who has been exhausted by this journey is tired, so I let them go down to rest first." Mei Xiruo smiled, "I can still brush my hair."

"Although it's May, the temperature at night is still a bit low." Jia Lian quickened his hand movements, and even used his internal strength when wiping, "You are sympathetic to them."

"Didn't you know that your husband is coming soon?" Mei Xiruo said coquettishly, "with my husband here, drying your hair is just a cup of tea, isn't it?"

Jia Lian sighed, and continued the work of wiping hair without complaint.Ever since her wife knew the magic of the martial arts he practiced, she often found things for him to do.But if you regard this as a couple's interest, it's very good.

"Are you satisfied with this house? If you are not satisfied, you will buy it again when you find a suitable one."

"Second Master Lian is really rich and powerful!" Mei Xiruo gave him a coquettish glance, "Even if Second Master Lian has a good means of making money, you can't be so lavish. If scholars are smeared with money, their official career will not be so easy. What's more, Yangzhou The second master is still new here, so it won't hurt to keep a low profile."

"If you ask me, scholars are hypocritical. So many people love silver to death, but they have to act like a sanctimonious, hypocritical person." Jia Lian frowned.

Although he is also a member of the scholars, he is not orthodox, so he is deeply uncomfortable with some things that scholars insist on.