[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

After hearing the reason, Wang Xifeng also sneered at Jia Lian: "It wasn't you who offended Uncle Lin last time, so why should you feel guilty? Even if you come to see me today, the old lady can't follow her, let alone ask Uncle Lin whether she is with you. What did you say. You just care about Uncle Lin. It’s a girl’s business. You can just tell Uncle Lin that he can keep it if he wants. Can't tell right from wrong?"

"You don't know, my aunt listens to the old lady the most." Jia Lian was still worried that she was thankless.

Wang Xifeng did have her own insight: "Auntie listens to the old lady's words, and she will never fail to think about the Lin family. Besides, she has children now, and Uncle Lin is not young anymore. It's time to take care of her body. Last time the Ministry of Rites came to help me. You know, the reputation of our mansion is not very good outside, could it be that Uncle is so sensible, why can't he persuade Auntie?"

Jia Lian knew that she had to go this time, and thinking that what Wang Xifeng said was reasonable, she gave her an ambiguous smile: "You have made progress, I just hope that you will make progress in other places as well." Let Wang Xifeng spit before changing She went out in plain clothes.

Lin Ruhai heard that Jia Lian came to worship in the middle of the night, thinking that something happened in the mansion, and when he heard that Jia Lian was only concerned about his entry into the palace, he could not help complaining: "Although these few days are quieter than in the first month, you shouldn't be here in the middle of the night." Go out. It’s not fun if someone takes it.”

Feeling Jia Lian's affection in the bottom of my heart, I couldn't bear him to take risks late at night, so I sent someone to deliver a letter to the general's mansion, saying that I was worried that Jia Lian had violated the curfew, so I asked him to stay one night and return tomorrow.Even if Jia Lian was staying, Lin Ruhai didn't just send him to sleep, so he chatted with Jia Lian and asked about the current situation of the general's mansion.In a few sentences, Lin Ruhai already knew that Jia Lian was sent by Jia's mother to inquire about the news, and even though he felt a little unhappy, he didn't show it on his face.

"It's rare for you to run away once, so I'll just say a few more words to you, don't be annoyed." Lin Ruhai remembered what Shen Yue said, saying that before Jia Min's mother and daughter entered Beijing, it would be best to let the general's mansion be rectified.It just so happened that Jia Lian came to the door today, so why don't you help yourself.

Jia Lian was very smart. Hearing Lin Ruhai's words, he quickly laughed and said, "I'm not afraid of my uncle's jokes. I grew up in the old lady's room. I didn't see my father as much as I saw the second master. At that time, the second master had his elder brother Zhu. , and can read better than me, so I have always grown up on my own and have no elders to teach. It is my blessing to be taught by my uncle today, so why would I be annoyed."

Lin Ruhai nodded and said, "Your father also has his own reasons." Jia Lian was taken aback when he heard this, and couldn't think of any other options that Jia She had to do besides drinking and fooling around with his little wife and having no time to take care of himself.

Just looking at his expression, he guessed what was in his heart. Lin Ruhai sighed: "Let's not talk about your father. Zhu'er has been gone for a few years, and you are the eldest son of the big house, even if it is your father. There is no time to teach, and the second uncle didn't mention you more?"

Jia Lian could only shake his head, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but sighed: "Forget it, you can't do this. Now that you have become the son of the world, you can be regarded as having a grade. I heard that Yue Er said that he wrote you a letter to make you happy." How are you preparing for the imperial examination?"

"Ah?" Jia Lian didn't dare to say that after reading the letter, he had three days of enthusiasm, but after these three days, the book wanted to see him again and he didn't want to see the book, so he said: "Although the second master is in charge of the house, there are many chores. Leave it to me to run, just like this night. There is also the private school in our mansion, not to mention that it is not like me to go to school now when I am old, even if I go, I will not be able to read anything good."

Lin Ruhai almost sighed for a year: "You didn't tell your master to hire a gentleman or an assistant for you alone? Even if you become a prince in the future, you still have to know how to write An Zhezi." Now Are you afraid that you don't even know the format?

One sentence made Jia Lian blush—he was afraid that Jia She would take the opportunity to force him to study, so he never told Jia She about Shen Yue's letter!Hearing what Lin Ruhai said now, he became anxious, and hurriedly said to Lin Ruhai, "My father doesn't know any scholars, so I asked my uncle to find a good husband for me."

This is all right, Lin Ruhai thought of something and asked: "Your grandfather's family is a school of scholars, and your grandfather has countless disciples, why don't you ask him for help?"

When someone mentioned his natal family again, Jia Lian had a strange feeling in his heart: "My family and my ancestral family don't move around. I asked the master last time, but he didn't allow me to ask more questions."

Lin Ruhai thought about it: "Just now I said that your father had his last resort, because when your mother passed away, some things were not clear, so your maternal ancestor's family had great opinions on your family. For this reason, your maternal ancestor's family once You proposed that when you arrived in Kaimeng, you would go to Zhang’s family to study and teach, but your father couldn’t persuade the old lady, and heard that you didn’t like reading, so it didn’t matter. This should be the reason why your father didn’t allow you to ask your family. Maybe because of this your father felt ashamed of you and had to stay away from you."

When my mother died, I didn't know what happened. What made my natal family want to bring me to Zhang's family for upbringing?Jia Lian's whole body is not well.As I said before, although he is not good at reading, he still has some cleverness, and he grew up in the inner house, so it is not unheard of.

"Uncle," Jia Lian asked Lin Ruhai with a blank face, "Can you tell me about my mother's death?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head slightly: "At that time, your aunt was married, and I didn't know some things in detail. Besides, when I knew the story, it had been passed on to several people, and even if I said it, it was not enough to believe it. You still have to ask about this matter. Ask your father. There is only one thing I can be sure of, that is, your maternal grandparents registered your mother's private house together with your father and the old lady, saying that it will be handed over to you after you get married. ?”

Got a fart!Jia Lian wanted to scold someone. The reason why he obeyed Wang Xifeng after he got married had a lot to do with using other people's dowry money.If he had already held his mother's private house in his hands, he would still be thinking about how to spend the money every day?

No need to ask, Lin Ruhai knew what was going on just by looking at Jia Lian's face.He waved to him: "I've told you about this, so I'm not afraid of the old lady asking about it. After all, your aunt was also a witness when your mother's private room was sealed off that day. It's just..."

Jia Lian called Lin Ruhai a thousand times: "If my uncle hadn't told me, I'd have been kept in the dark. I wondered why my mother didn't leave me with any thoughts. I wondered if my father spent it. I was afraid that my father would be too embarrassed to ask. Now my uncle has cleared up my doubts for me, so I will definitely not make things difficult for my uncle."

Seeing that he was so considerate, Lin Ruhai knew that he would take care of others, so he let him rest earlier, but he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep when he went back—if he hadn't been reminded by Shen Yue to write the two scriptures, saying Maybe Mrs. Zhang is a lesson for me, no matter how many things are left behind, it is not known whether Daiyu and Brother Kuan can get them.

Fortunately, there is another Shen Yue.Lin Ruhai thought of the Analects of Confucius handed to him by Shen Yue that morning when he went to the General's Mansion, and felt at ease—even if he still handed it over to Shen Yue, he was not afraid that Daiyu and Brother Kuan would be lost in the future.

Jia Lian really didn't sleep all night, when he was eating with Lin Ruhai, his eyes were blue and swollen, and someone who didn't know saw him and beat him for Lin Ruhai.It wasn't until he was about to leave that Jia Lian remembered that he hadn't told Lin Ruhai that Jia's mother wanted to give him a girl, and after Ai Qiqi said it, she didn't dare to say a word.

Lin Ru's face changed as he listened to the seaside. After listening to it, his face was almost dripping with water: "I will go back and thank the old lady for me. Just say that I am not young, and it is time for me to know how to cherish my blessings, let alone Brother Kuan My son is young, and I still want to live a few more years to watch him grow up, so I don't dare not take care of my body."

How does Jia Lian hear it? How does Lin Ruhai feel that Lin Ruhai is saying that Jia Mu is too old to cherish blessings, but he repays Jia Mu without changing a word—if he used to embellish Lin Ruhai, but think of Lin Ruhai talking about his mother. The dowry is stored in the old lady's private treasury, so it can't be tactful.

Jia Mu's complexion was not good, and seeing Jia Lian's eyes turned blue, she asked, "But did your uncle teach you?"

Jia Lian didn't say yes or no, he just lowered his head and acted listless.Mother Jia couldn't help it, so she waved him back to her room to rest.Seeing Jia Lian's description, Wang Xifeng was also taken aback: "What's the matter, even if Uncle Lin is unhappy, he should know that you have suffered for others, and shouldn't punish you like this."

Jia Lian said weakly to Wang Xifeng, "Find me a piece of clothing. I'm going to see the master."

Wang Xifeng said with some distress: "Why don't you rest for a while before going? Now the master may not be up yet."

"I can't wait." Think about it Jia Lian said to Wang Xifeng: "You also go with me, and I haven't seen you greet your wife very much."

Wang Xifeng wanted to say that Mrs. Xing is not worthy of her greetings every day, but seeing that Jia Lian was already in a bad mood, she didn't dare to say it, and she asked Ping'er to change the clothes, not very colorful, but still bright and charming .

Jia Amnesty's illness has been cured in sevens and eighties, because he was dissatisfied with Jia's mother's partiality to Jia Zheng, even though Jia Lian had already won the position of son, he still refused to let himself live in Rongxi Hall, and he still said to the outside world that he was still sick, and every day even An An He didn't invite Mrs. Jia, and also prevented Mrs. Xing from going there, saying that she wanted her to serve her.

Now that Jia Lian and his wife came to greet him, Jia Amnesty said to Mrs. Xing, "I just said that I just took the medicine and fell asleep. Let them go back." But I don't have the ability to take it back to Rongxi Hall, so I don't care if I don't see it.

Jia Lian was not so easy to fool, and knelt down to Mrs. Xing.Seeing him kneeling down, Wang Xifeng had no choice but to follow him, and heard Jia Lian mournfully say to Mrs. Xing: "The master is seriously ill in bed, and a son should serve him in his clothes. There is no reason to go back without seeing the master." , and ask my wife to complete it."

Although Wang Xifeng didn't know why Jia Lian had to see Jia Amnesty, she also knew that there must be an emergency, so she begged Mrs. Xing, "For the sake of the second master's filial piety, my wife, let him go in and see the master. Look at the master. See you, Second Master will be in the mood to do other things."

Mrs. Xing couldn't speak in this room, so she had to go in and see if Jia Amnesty woke up, and went to ask Jia Amnesty's idea.Seeing that Jia Lian still couldn't get up, Wang Xifeng tugged at his sleeve, but Jia Lian looked at him so that he put down his hand.

Mrs. Xing came out after only turning around: "The master just woke up and let you go in."

Jia Lian and his wife followed Mrs. Xing into the inner room again, smelling the smell of medicine and powder in the room, Jia Lian was angry, funny and a little distressed.After greeting Jia She with Wang Xifeng, without waiting for Jia She to say anything, he said to Wang Xifeng: "You accompany your wife to talk outside, and I will serve the master."

Seeing that Jia Amnesty had no intention of stopping her, Mrs. Xing got up and walked out. Wang Xifeng glanced at Jia Lian and felt that this husband who grew up together was becoming more and more incomprehensible.

Mother and mother were not very close at first, after sitting down Mrs. Xing asked Mother Jia how she was now and she had nothing to say.The room was quiet, and the conversation between Jia She and Jia Lian in the inner room could be vaguely heard, but the speaker's voice was kept low, and only the private house, dowry list, account book and other words were heard intermittently.

Not only Mrs. Xing couldn't understand, even Wang Xifeng could hear the mist, and then the sound of teacups falling suddenly came from the inner room, and Jia She shouted hoarsely: "Bastard, don't go, are you dying?"

Jia Lian's voice was also cold: "Now that I have hands and feet, I have to earn something. I can't let my future children live like this."

Jia She's voice didn't come out again, and it took a while to see Jia Lian supporting Jia She, who was already fully dressed.Madam Xing both stood up, and Madam Xing asked: "Master, you want to go out for some activities? It's not windy today, but you should add some clothes."

"I'm only going to the study once." Jia She looked at Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng with a gloomy gaze: "You two take someone with you and show me the East Courtyard. No matter who it is, no matter who said it, everyone I seized all those who came out of the East Courtyard."

Only Jia She could give such a thoughtless order.Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng looked at each other and nodded.Jia Lian also took a look at Wang Xifeng: "Take a good look at the people who came with us." Then he helped Jia She and walked away.

Mrs. Xing called her confidant: "The front door and the back door are all guarded, and no one is allowed to go out."

All of a sudden, a shopper came over and asked, "I don't have all the things for lunch, and I need to buy more."

Mrs. Xing was a little at a loss, but Wang Xifeng raised her eyes: "Nonsense! Our family has never had a reason to eat and buy now. Even if we don't have lunch, we didn't buy it with all our heart. What's more, the master came to beg for mercy as soon as the door was closed. It can be seen that there is a lot of love and evil in it."

Mrs. Xing just came to her senses, nodded to Wang Xifeng and said: "Sure enough, you reminded me, go and tell them, it must be that they don't care about doing errands on weekdays, if lunch is late at 01:30, let them go home and eat by themselves .”

Those who came to beg for love came out, Mrs. Xing and Wang Xifeng were still sitting relative to each other.Mrs. Xing found a topic: "It's been a while since you two got married, do you have any news?"

This is something unspeakable to Wang Xifeng, if Mrs. Xing asked a few days earlier, she would have directly responded.It's a pity that these days Jia Lian is getting tough day by day, and Wang Xifeng retreats again and again, not daring to act as before.He just bowed his head and said: "The old lady also said that children are fate, so don't worry."

"How can you not be in a hurry." Mrs. Xing didn't see that Wang Xifeng was unhappy, she just said what she wanted to say: "It's better to get someone to recuperate your body earlier. You also know that when I first entered the mansion, why didn't I think about it?" Once upon a time there was a man and a half woman, who knows that there has been no news for several years. The doctor Wang who often walks around in the mansion said the same thing as the old lady, and waited to quietly invite the doctors outside to see it..." At this point, Madam Xing remembered that Wang Xifeng was Madam Wang His niece shut up.

But Wang Xifeng made her unable to hang up or down: "What do the doctors outside say, can they still be better than the imperial doctor?"

Mrs. Xing smiled wryly: "If Lian'er doesn't have a son, I won't say that even if I'm so rotten." She waved her hands to let the girls back down, and whispered to Wang Xifeng: "The doctor outside said that I used cold things for my body. It's been too long, and it's hard to have children. Although I have taken a few doses of medicine, I'm getting older again, so I'm like this now."

Wang Xifeng originally wanted to say that even if she was old, she would not be as old as when Jia Min gave birth to Daiyu, but suddenly remembered that Jia She was not Lin Ruhai, and there were many maids in the room who were as delicate as flowers and branches, how could she like the old lady Xing? .

What about yourself?Wang Xifeng's heart skipped a beat.Before she left the house, Mrs. Wang Ziteng also took care of her body, but there was no news of her for two years.Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang always only reassure her that she is not in a hurry, and make her feel grateful that she is indeed the old lady who loves her the most, and she is really kind and considerate of her junior.

But Mrs. Xing said just now that she would not mention it if Jia Lian hadn't won the position of the son, and Wang Xifeng understood after thinking about it - if Jia Lian didn't get the position of the son, she would not have a little heart for the big house. Madam Xing said this Come on, I only thought that she wanted to use this to make Jia Liansai feel unhappy, so why would I listen to Mrs. Xing's explanation?

Thinking about how she had recuperated her body before she left the court, how could Mrs. Xing marry into the Rongguo Mansion as the daughter of a minor official's family, so why would she not want to give birth to an heir, so as to stabilize her position and pull her natal family?That will definitely nourish the body, why use more cold things? !

As if someone poured a basin of snow water on the head, Wang Xifeng asked with a blue face: "Madam thinks...then why haven't I told the master?"

Mrs. Xing smiled wryly: "When I entered the house, Lian'er was still young, and six or seven years had passed by the time I found out that something was wrong, and I heard that other people's families did not have such a thing - I was afraid that the original wife's son-in-law would suffer."

"When I saw your sister-in-law Zhen later, she had nothing to do. I thought that the Jia family's successors were all from petty official families, just for the sake of making things easier, so I stopped talking to the master—the time passed again. For a long time, I don’t care about the house, and I have to go through the hands of others, where can I find evidence? I don’t want people to think that I don’t have the housekeeping right to deliberately disturb the house.”

Indeed, although Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen both bear the title of Patriarch, neither Mrs. Xing nor Youshi are from high family backgrounds, nor did they give birth to a boy or a girl.But Wang Xifeng is Jia Lian's original wife, and Wang Ziteng is now in a high position, how dare they, how can they?The first one was Jia Lian's own grandmother, and the other was his own aunt.

Wang Xifeng thought that it was Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang who joined forces, and she also had her reasons. First, Jia Mu said one thing in the mansion, and only she didn't want to know what happened in Rongguo Mansion. Second, Mrs. Wang was the housekeeper's wife. Without her speaking, those people would not dare to attack Mrs. Xing, the titular eldest wife.

As for Jia Mu sending someone to do it herself, Wang Xifeng didn't even think about it - Jia Mu has always shown her kindness to the younger generation, even her confidants will not fall into the trap.

Suppressing the turmoil in her heart, Wang Xifeng looked at Mrs. Xing with sympathy for the first time, and was afraid that Mrs. Xing would be lonely, so she asked: "Which doctor is the madam? Look."

Mrs. Xing smiled awkwardly: "The doctors I hired are not on the stage, but they are just doctors from a pharmacy."

Wang Xifeng snorted: "As long as the doctor's medical skills are good, it doesn't matter whether he can get on the stage. Back then, Hua Tuo even rang the bell." Mrs. Xing just smiled, and told me which pharmacy the doctor she was looking for was in. Wang Xifeng.

Before going into details, Ping'er replied outside the curtain: "Second Lord, please Second Mistress to go back together."

Mrs. Xing finished her explanation and let Wang Xifeng go out.Seeing Jia Amnesty coming in by himself, he hurriedly stepped forward to undress him: "Master came back by himself, he should be supported."

Jia Amnesty gave her a weak look, and beckoned Yan Hong to help her into the inner room.

Jia Lian, who had returned to the courtyard, had a grim look on his face. He kept looking at the small flat box in his hand as soon as he entered the room, and Jia Amnesty's voice sounded in his ears, "I dare to give you the things myself? If not These years I have swallowed my anger, people put something in your food every day, you will be weak in a few days, and you will die like Pearl in a few days!"

What did you ask yourself just now?By the way, I asked my master if Brother Zhu just disappeared like this.The old man smiled and shook his head: "I don't have to do it myself, the second child killed his own son. This is called retribution, retribution."

Wang Xifeng pushed Jia Lian lightly, and jumped up in fright: "What's the matter?"

"What happened to the second master, why don't we talk about it?"

Jia Lian took a deep look at Wang Xifeng, saw that Ping'er was still serving as usual, and smiled at Wang Xifeng: "It's just that the master scolded me a little bit, so what's the matter?" Then he said to Ping'er, "Go to the second wife's place." Give your grandma a leave, just say that the two of us had a quarrel, and your grandma can't make it through for a while."

Ping'er said: "Just say that grandma has something to do, why bother talking about it."

Jia Lian sneered: "If the second wife asks what's the matter with your grandma, how would you answer?"

Ping'er put the tea in his hand on the table: "When the second wife asks, I will say that you two are bickering, which is more believable."

Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian both laughed when they heard this: "That's right." Ping'er went to Rongxi Hall without mentioning it, Wang Xifeng called Feng'er over: "You watch the door and don't let anyone in, I want to have a good theory with your second master." .”

Feng'er can only serve and work with her heart, and she is not as daring as Ping'er to speak, so she can only persuade her: "Grandma has something to talk to Er Ye about."

Seeing that Wang Xifeng had made all arrangements, Jia Lian took the box and dragged Wang Xifeng into the inner room, opened the box and took out a yellowed list from it.Wang Xifeng is not completely illiterate, not to mention that although the color of this booklet is old, the red background can still be seen clearly: "Whose dowry list is this?"

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When reading the book, I always have a question, that is what kind of person Jia Lian's biological mother is.Theoretically speaking, it is impossible for Mrs. Xing to come from the family of a petty official, so here comes the problem: when Jia She first married, he was the legitimate heir of the Rongguo Mansion. But there is no mention of her in the book, nor does it mention whether she left a dowry to Jia Lian.The author believes that there are two possibilities for this situation. One is that Jia Lian’s maternal ancestral family and Jia’s family tore apart, so they took away his biological mother’s dowry, and the other is that the dowry is still in Rongguo Mansion, but But it was not handed over to Jia Lian.Think about Jia Lian even asking Wang Xifeng to burn and bury his own little wife, Second Sister You, after her death. There is some pity in this person's scum.