It is said that it is Chinese New Year, but for those who have kept their filial piety and still haven’t given birth to Xiaoxiang, there is really nothing to prepare except for preparing for the New Year’s Eve, eating and drinking, and making new clothes: couplets cannot be pasted, and firecrackers cannot be set off. , as well as festive decorations and so on, are still waiting to be dusted in the warehouse.

However, for the children, Chinese New Year is still more meaningful than usual: Even if they can’t leave the house, Jia Lian and Jia Zhu’s morning literature class has stopped, and they only care about whether they read two pages of books every day. Or write in capital letters.The martial arts classes in the afternoon did not stop, but the master had also reduced the amount, so that they would not forget what they learned a while ago because of the Chinese New Year.

Then Jia Lian came back to life: he is not tired of studying now, but he is not as conscious as Jia Zhu.Without Mr. pressing on it, he won't take the initiative to touch the book when he can play.

Jia Zhu was still working hard as usual, but there was a Jia Lian beside him who kept going in and out like a living monkey, so she couldn't calm down.I had no choice but to say to Jia Lian: "Lian'er, have you practiced the big characters that the old lady asked you to write every day?"

Jia Lian paused for a moment, "I'll write later. Now, Big Brother Zhu, let's go and have a look..." In fact, he didn't know what to look for, but he always thought that as long as he went out, it was better than looking at a book .Now the old lady is unwilling to let the second uncle ask them about their homework. His father doesn't know how to ask them, but he understands.

"That can't be done. It's time to go to the old lady for dinner in a while. If the old lady asks, what can you say?" Jia Zhu felt that it was freezing and couldn't figure out why Lian'er couldn't sit still in the room. .

"What did he say, didn't he tell this old woman to write in the afternoon, and then postpone it until evening, and then tomorrow?" Mother Jia's angry voice came from outside the window.

It’s no wonder that the original owner likes the Erfang family, at least on the surface, the whole family is doing well—spirituality is not good, but the victory is not due to hard work.Where does it seem that the two masters, the big house, just beat Jia Amnesty, and Jia Lian's side started bubbling again.If Jia Lian also took this brain clearing pill, why can't he calm down?

Jia Lian also felt a little embarrassed when he heard Jia Mu's voice.He hurriedly went to the door and lifted the curtain: "Why did grandma come here? It's cold outside, and you're freezing. If there's anything wrong, let someone come and call grandson."

Mother Jia said angrily as she entered the room: "Then you have even more reason to learn how to read and write, don't you?"

Jia Lian was a little embarrassed by the words: "Didn't I see that my husband is on vacation, thinking I still have time?"

Jia Mu has been supported by Jia Zhu to sit down, but she still has no good face to Jia Lian: "You have also studied, don't you know the reason why there are so many tomorrows tomorrow? Others don't compare, just compare. Your Big Brother Zhu, he was already older than you, he learned faster than you, and now he is working harder than you. If you don’t work harder, won’t you be getting worse and farther away from your Big Brother Zhu?”

Jia Lian lowered his head, but his mouth still pouted: "But, I don't have to go to the imperial examination like Brother Zhu."

Is there really no pressure so there is no motivation?Jia's mother didn't believe in this evil: "Even if you don't have to take the imperial examination, will you still have to be a family manager and establish a family in the future? When you go out to socialize and socialize, you won't be able to understand people talking about drinking, and you won't understand poetry." Don't know the source, do you have face? After a few times, is there still someone willing to associate with you?"

Jia Lian's head was even lower, but there was still some unconvinced expression on his face. Mother Jia knew that this matter could not be explained once, but it was rare to catch the current situation once, so I still had to impress this kid: " You also know that your father has only you as a child now, and you think that you must be the one who attacked the noble. But do you know what is the procedure for attacking the noble in the court? Also, how many ranks are usually lowered to attack the noble? It turns out that your Uncle Jing, when his title was passed on to your brother Zhen, he was only a third-class general, but when it comes to Rong'er, he will be the last. Lian'er, if you are not good at learning, give it to the future Set an example for your children, what can your grandchildren rely on to eat?"

In this case, no one really told Jia Lian.He only knows that he will definitely have a title. He is a half-old child and has no marriage. Who will tell him that you will have children in the future, and your children may have nothing to eat within two generations.

So Jia Lian asked in panic, "Grandmother, what should I do?"

Looking at Jia Lian who was worried about her children and grandchildren who could not see her, Jia's mother smiled unkindly: "What can I do? It's just that you study hard by yourself and set a good example for future children. If you get good grades in the examination of the nobleman, if you are only demoted to the nobleman by one rank like your father did, then the title of nobleman will be passed down to several generations."

It seems to be a feasible method, but Jia Lian, who has no confidence in himself, thinks it is still a bit difficult: "Grandma, I also know that I should study well, but I just can't sit still. Whenever there is any movement outside, I just want to take a look." But there's something I don't know about."

It's just a teenager, some curiosity is normal.Jia Mu persuaded him: "Then you should always remember the words of lowering to the rank of the noble, and when you are watching the excitement, think about how much your title will be lowered, and then see if your big brother Zhu heard it too." , I also want to see it."

Jia Lian glanced at Jia Zhu who had been listening to him talking to Jia's mother: "Brother Zhu has always been more seated than me."

Why are you so unconfident?Jia's mother felt that this bear child had to endure hardships and eat less, so he didn't have any sense of urgency.Jia Zhu knew that she had to pass the imperial examination to become an official, so she consciously worked hard like this.So leaving too many opportunities for children is really not conducive to the growth of bear children.

"It's also easy to handle." Jia Mu said, "In the future, you two study rooms won't need someone to serve you. There are fewer people here and less walking around, so you won't be thinking about what they are doing now. I'm distracted." You still don't believe that everything is left to you, and you still have the mind to think about what you have and what you don't.

Jia Lian, who didn't expect this result, was a little confused, always feeling that something was wrong.However, he himself couldn't think of any good way to change his temper. Now that the old lady had come up with a way for him, he couldn't say no, so he nodded.

Mother Jia also asked Jia Zhu not to sit all the time, but to get up and move around more, so she took people away.The servants of Jia Lian and Jia Zhu directly knelt down to the two of them: "I beg you two masters to be merciful. The servant has many children in his family. We all count on the little monthly money and the food saved by the servant. If the servant If I can no longer serve the two lords, that servant's family will not be able to survive." There was also someone who came up and hugged the two men's legs and howled.

Only then did Jia Lian realize what was wrong: all the maids around him had been dismissed, and only a few women were left to take care of the daily life.Now if the servant is dismissed again, wouldn't he have to do some things himself?

Jia Zhu said to the kneeling boys: "The old lady just told you not to go into the study to serve, and didn't say that she drove you out now. If you continue to make trouble, you will leave because you don't want to be here anymore. "

The crying voices of those little servants became softer, but they were still begging.Jia Lian couldn't bear it: "Brother Zhu, why don't we go and beg the old lady?" The servants looked at Jia Zhu with bright eyes.

Jia Zhu just shook his head. Since Mrs. Wang was imprisoned in the Buddhist hall, he has grown up a lot, and he no longer just looks at things on the surface.Now the old lady looks like she just turned her back on a slave, but maybe it's not because these little servants have nothing to do that they make Jia Lian think of being naughty.It's just to save face for the two of them, so I only say that these few are not allowed to serve in the study.

Tell Jia Lian his conjecture, and Jia Lian no longer thinks so much about pleading with Jia's mother for the servants: He also recalled that at first he wanted to see what happened, and it was really these few who intentionally killed them. What happened was described vividly, which aroused his curiosity.

Those young servants knew about their own family affairs, and they only wanted to show their faces in front of Jia Lian more, so as to get a few more rewards.They come and go, even if there is nothing new, they can create a few to make Jia Lian happy.Now let the old lady separate them from Jia Lian calmly, and Jia Zhu sees through their little thoughts, how dare they ask again?

Here, Mother Jia is also thinking about the servants of the Ronghou Mansion.Speaking of these past few lives, she has always been very envious of the loyalty of the servants of the Lin family, which cannot be explained clearly by a sentence of civil and martial arts.It seems to be a matter of family style.Or what about the servants of the Lin family, the old master has been away for a few years, and the young master is only a girl, but she still plans for the master from time to time, none of them think about turning over and becoming independent from now on?

In the current Ronghou Mansion, the slaves have been cleaned up more than once, but first there are girls who want to make progress, and now there are servants who lure Jia Lian and other students who are not good enough to study.When these people really succeeded, wouldn't that have a bad demonstration effect for later generations?

Change, must be changed.Anyway, there are no maids in the men's rooms to serve them now, and the servants can also be changed to grow-ups.But this can only be a temporary measure, or the same sentence, what kind of family needs what kind of scene.Even if one wants to save money now, servants and long-term attendants are also indispensable when traveling. Even if guests come to the door, they can't just let the women serve.

Mother Jia thought that she still had to write another letter to Jia Min, to see if she could give her a copy of how the Lin family handles servants.The best thing is to send a few people to personally teach the slaves in this mansion.

In fact, Mother Jia is a little impatient. The current Ronghou Mansion is much better than the original Rongguo Mansion. First, there are fewer servants, and everyone has more work at hand. I still want to do it as before. Don't even think about the deputy lady waiting for an errand.Another thing is to clean up the slaves a few times, those who are the most lazy and most harmful to public welfare have already been cleaned up, and the servants are always beating a small drum in their hearts, wondering if they will be the ones to be cleaned up next time.It's just that old habits are hard to change, and the thought of reaching the sky in one step can't be changed for a while.

But Mother Jia, who has met the servants of the Lin family, doesn't she follow the standards of the Lin family for her slaves?It's normal that the slaves of Ronghou Mansion can't get into her old man's eyes no matter what.

Jia Min, who received another letter from his mother a few years ago, was a little bit dumbfounded about the contents of the letter: What does mother think about letting her husband's slaves go to her natal family's servants?Could it be to let her admit to her mother-in-law that the rules of her natal family are not as good as those of her mother-in-law?

You know, even if she married into Qingliu's family, Jia Min is still very proud of her family background - the Duke's Mansion, how many houses are there after the Manchu Dynasty?It is said that etiquette comes from everyone, so if the rules of my mother's family are not good, how can I, a girl from the Duke's mansion, hold my head up in my husband's house?

But she can't pretend that she doesn't know what her mother entrusts, and she can't directly explain to her mother face to face.I had to worry about it alone.Time flies, the girl beside her sees that grandma has been thinking alone since she received the old lady's letter, and now it's time to go to the wife's place for dinner, so she must remind her: "Grandma, it's time to go to the wife's place."

Only then did Jia Min wake up from her worries, put her clothes back together, and went to Mrs. Lin's yard to serve her mother-in-law.These days, she and Mrs. Lin take a walk and talk together from time to time, and the relationship between the two is much closer than before, so as soon as she walked in, Mrs. Lin noticed that her expression was not as usual.

"What's the matter? I heard that the wife of the in-laws has received a letter, but what happened to your natal family?" Mrs. Lin asked with concern. She is becoming more and more satisfied with this daughter-in-law, and even has more recognition for the in-laws. .

When the mother-in-law asked, Jia Min had no choice but to answer: "There is something wrong, but the daughter-in-law doesn't know how to tell her mother."

Mrs. Lin laughed: "We are all a family, so there is nothing we can't say. It's just that things are difficult, and we can always discuss a charter." But she didn't say anything, and she must do her best Doing things like that, no matter how close the two families are in-laws, they have to leave a way out for their own family first, right?

Jia Min also knew that it would be impossible not to say this, so she gritted her teeth and said, "It's my mother, who thinks that the women in our family who are going to give New Year's gifts are well-behaved and loyal. I want to see how our family is doing. □A servant, if, if..." I couldn't open my mouth, saying that my natal family wanted to ask my husband's family to teach me a servant.What a shame.

Mrs. Lin's nervous nerves relaxed just now, and she felt a sense of pride in her heart.But knowing that his daughter-in-law is a thin-skinned person, he finally suppressed the joy on her face, and she didn't see how red her face is now.

"There's nothing wrong with that. The in-laws can think highly of them, so it's considered that they didn't embarrass our family. You can reward them later. By the way, what did the in-laws say?" What if , now Mrs. Lin wants to listen closely.

Facing her mother-in-law's face of gossip, Jia Min thought that sooner or later she would have to let her old man know, so she said the following words shyly: "My mother thought, if the servants in our family have time, they can move away, can they Borrow two and teach the rules to the servants at home."

If that's the case, it's really hard for Mrs. Lin to agree directly: Don't look at everyone as in-laws, the Lin Mansion will still be under Jia Min's control one day in the future.But no matter how they are in-laws, each family has its own rules, and each has its own way of living.Let your servants teach the rules to other servants, even if it is proposed by the in-laws, if something goes wrong in the future, it will be easy to cause resentment.

Mrs. Lin had no choice but to push this question back to her daughter-in-law: "Then do you think this is feasible?"

At this time, Lin Ruhai just got off the office, and came to greet Lin's mother to have dinner together. Hearing this, he couldn't help asking: "Is there anything that mother can't do? Ask Min'er if it's okay?"

Mrs. Lin just looked at Jia Min and didn't speak.It was up to Jia Min to talk about his relationship with his son. He was always an outsider between them, and it was related to Jia's family. No matter how the couple handled it, he didn't want to complain in the end.

Jia Min had no choice but to repeat Jia Mu's words again.Lin Ruhai is a man after all, and his thoughts are not as delicate as women's. He only thinks that Jia's mother is only for the good of Jia's family, so she asks to come to her home regardless of face.In addition, during the past few days, he practiced with the two martial artists sent by Jia Lian and Jia Zhu, and he felt that his body was much lighter and more energetic, and he also had the friendship of Jia Jing to inform him.So without even thinking about it, I said, "There's no embarrassment here. It's rare that the mother-in-law doesn't think our family's rules are rough, so she will send them over. It just so happens that the husband I'm looking for for the two children has already agreed, Just let that gentleman take two people there."

Hearing that her son agreed with a relaxed expression, Mrs. Lin tried to open her mouth several times but closed it again. She couldn't let the daughter-in-law feel that she was reluctant to part with two servants.It's just that who is going here has to be considered.

In the end, it was the Lin family's second housekeeper and his wife who were settled in Jia's house. Both of them were notoriously incompetent, so they would not cause any trouble for the master.And the gentleman that Lin Ruhai found for Jia Lian was an old Juren, surnamed Liu, whose family had been farming and studying for generations.Originally, he had a small income and was able to live well, and as he got older, he didn't continue to take the exam. He wanted to be a rich man and live a safe life.

Who would have thought that there would be an unexpected situation, when a cold wind came, his only son would leave the old couple and leave. Not to mention, even his wife, who couldn't bear the pain of the death of the only son, went with her.He still has a few houses close to his family, but he is vying to be an heir because of his little property.The old man couldn't be bothered, so he came up with the idea of ​​acting as a curtain for others.It's just that he's a bit older, and he thinks it won't take a few years to recruit staff.It was so neither high nor low, so Lin Ruhai found out.Hearing that it was just teaching two children how to start a career, Liu Juren felt that it was quite easy, so he agreed.So it happened that I came to Jinling with the second housekeeper Lin.

By the time they arrived in Jinling, the New Year's Eve had already passed, and even the first month had gone out: Mrs. Lin was very particular about people, and it was impossible for her servants to come to Jia's house during the first month.

Here, Mother Jia has also received the letter, and asked Mrs. Xing to tidy up a yard early, which is the residence of the husband, and it can also be regarded as the place where Jia Lian and Jia Zhu went to school: it turned out that it was just in Jia Amnesty's study outside. Taught by Mr. Li from Jia Amnesty.Now that I have an official husband, I have to clean up the place again.

Even Lin Er's housekeeper and his wife also cleaned up the guest house and came out, after all, they are not servants of their own family.The second steward Lin and his wife were also real. When they saw that they were living in the guest house, they felt uneasy and begged Mrs. Xing, "My uncle and wife know that we are just servants, so how can we live in the guest house. No way. Breaking the rules. Just ask my uncle and wife to point to a place where I can sleep."

Because Lin Er and his wife put themselves in the right positions, even Mrs. Xing, who didn't understand why Mother Jia had to ask someone from the Lin family to become a slave, felt that the rules of the Lin family's slaves were really good. It's a street better than the slaves in my own family.It's just that the old lady specifically confessed that Lin's second housekeeper and his wife lived in the hospital, and she couldn't decide to change the place.

"You are guests in the house, and you have to work for our family. You have no laws and rules, and you can be regarded as their husband. It's not just for three days or five days, how can you not let you deal with it for several months? "Mrs. Xing directly denied the request of the two of them.Lin's housekeeper and his wife had no choice but to make up their minds to teach the rules to the servants of Jia's family and go back to their own home as soon as possible.

Jia's mother didn't care about these things, and only asked Jia She and Jia Zheng to talk to Liu Juren separately, and was listening to the two people's impressions of the husband.Jia Amnesty felt that this gentleman was a bit petty, and he was not very satisfied.Jia Zheng also felt that Liu Juren was good at poetry and calligraphy, but he seemed to have learned a bit of a hermit, and he was afraid that he would teach his son to change his temper, so he didn't quite agree.

Although the two cheap sons didn't say it clearly, Mother Jia still heard their dissatisfaction, and she just said to them: "Please sir, learning is one thing, and teaching children by example is also one thing. The boss thinks that he is a bit petty, but he knows I don’t know that the children in our family are a little too arrogant? It’s just to let this gentleman let them know that the world is difficult. The second child thinks that people don’t care about fame, but that’s why they want to invite people over. Pearl works hard It’s good, but the desire for fame and wealth is too strong, just let Mr. Liu give it a break. Reading is for understanding, and it’s better if you can have a career. But if you blindly only seek career, you will end up with nothing.” The original book Your son was forced to death by you, do you know that? !

Come on, her old man has already said so, what do Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng have to refute?Just like learning martial arts, they are also afraid that if they continue to oppose it, the old lady asked them to study with Jia Lian in the morning, that would be a real joy.

"Mother, sir, that's all. Why do you still find someone from your sister to teach the rules to our slaves?" Jia Amnesty still carried out what Jia Mu said, but he also knew how to ask questions. Come out, not blindly filial piety.

Jia Zheng also pricked up his ears: Don't think he didn't ask, but he felt a little ashamed in his heart, especially when he was thrown in front of Lin Ruhai, it was even more difficult to accept: Speaking of which, he and Lin Ruhai were not much different in age, but he had already relied on himself. He has achieved the magistrate's ability, but he still has to be filial piety to be the head of an unknown ministry under the shadow of his father.

Mother Jia took a look at the two cheap sons, and told them some more truths.

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