[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Hearing from Brother Kuan that Daiyu wanted to share a study room with him, Shen Yue stopped teasing him, and said helplessly: "Most of my books are here, and it will be troublesome to move them. When my husband comes back, I will tell him, you can read it yourself." Don't feel uncomfortable the first day. Tell me what you don't like, so you don't have to trouble me every day."

Only then did Brother Kuan smile triumphantly: "I'm not looking for scolding."

It was funny when Jia Lian heard it, and only then did he know why Shen Yue smiled so much today than before.Thinking that he and Wang Xifeng grew up together, his face softened.

When Lin Ruhai got off the yamen, Brother Kuan had already asked Shen Yue to agree to a bunch of conditions, such as going to Zhuangzi to follow, taking himself out to learn more when he was taking a bath, eating famous snacks in Beijing, etc. And so on.

"Father." It was the first time for Daiyu and Brother Kuan to leave Lin Ruhai for such a long time, and tears could not help but glisten in their eyes.Fortunately, Daiyu had been read by Shen Yue since she was a child, and she refused to shed tears.During these days, the children just miss them, and Lin Ruhai has experienced more dangers than them, and now seeing his children around his knees again, he can't help accepting the attitude of a strict father, and talks to his children tenderly after parting.

Seeing that Jia Lian was there, he knew that he would also go to the pier to pick up Jia Min's mother and son. Lin Ruhai thanked him once, and then asked about the safety of everyone in the house.Jia Lian had already talked about the key points to Jia Min just now, and now he told his own difficulties.

Lin Ruhai smiled self-consciously: "It's just that I'm so busy these days that I forgot to find you a husband. Don't worry, I can invite you to come to your door in a few days. It's just that the people in your house should be restrained. Don't go to Mr. He also thought that he was playing the autumn wind, and he offended people by talking nonsense."

Jia Lian blushed when he was told this.Although Jia Min already knew from the letter that her natal family is getting worse and worse, she felt sorry for her nephew, and smiled at Lin Ruhai: "The couple just took over the family affairs, and there are old ladies, masters, and wives on top, so naturally they can only slow down. Take it easy."

Lin Ruhai shook his head after hearing this, and took a look at Shen Yue and Daiyu, before saying: "Madam's words are reasonable, but they don't apply to the current General's Mansion. In the past few years, they have been loose and benevolent, and the servants only know how to follow the master." Domineering, no persuasion at all. If Lian'er and his wife are still benevolent, those slaves will only say that the rules left by the old lady and the others are good, and they will not be grateful to their husband and wife. It is better to directly set up your own rules. "

When Shen Yue and Daiyu saw him looking at them, they had already stood up to lead the training, even if Brother Kuan didn't quite understand, they also stood up.Jia Lian could still sit still, but seeing the three of them standing up, she felt that she was not sitting properly, so she stood up too.

Jia Min didn't look like it, and said to Jia Lian: "In the future, when you walk out of the station, you have to act generously to look decent." As a married aunt, it's hard to say more.

In this way, Jia Lian was left to eat together, the dishes were all ordered by Shen Yue early, and there were not too many sets of bowls and chopsticks for many Jia Lians, so Jia Min, Daiyu and others ate very comfortably.Only Brother Kuan has an opinion: "Brother Ai dared to deduct my share, the meat is too little."

Jia Lian didn't speak, just looked at Lin Ruhai and Jia Min.Seeing that Jia Min only pursed his lips and smiled, and was still drinking his tremella soup, Lin Ruhai said, "Your brother showed me the menu yesterday." He didn't mention it.

Daiyu was afraid that her brother would be lost, so she smiled at him and said, "We have traveled a long way, don't you feel physically, my wife and I are not as strong in spleen and stomach as you, so you should eat lightly."

Seeing Shen Yue, Brother Kuan acted as if he didn't hear his complaint, pouted and asked the girl to hold meatballs for him.Shen Yue asked coldly: "You've been picking on me since you got off the boat, but if there's anything else that doesn't go your way, please tell me."

"Then why do they all have your portrait, but I don't?" Brother Kuan put down his chopsticks, and began to accuse Shen Yue: "Brother Fang has it, so does my sister."

Only then did Shen Yue realize how he had offended his brother-in-law, and he put down his chopsticks and solemnly said to Brother Kuan: "How old are you, and how old is Brother Wen? Brother Wen couldn't even speak when I left. I'm afraid that he will I don’t know me as the eldest brother, so I gave him a portrait so that he can look at it every day so as not to forget me.”

"What about sister?" Brother Kuan felt that Shen Yue was making excuses.

"Your sister is also learning to draw. It's not like you don't know it. I gave her the portrait to make her look, so that she can learn to draw well, so that she can draw better than me in the future." Shen Yue said nonsense seriously.

Only Daiyu and Brother Kuan at the table believed Shen Yue's lies, so Daiyu said to Lin Ruhai: "Sir, don't let Mr. Li live in Zhuangzi. I can ask for advice when Mr. Li is at home, and I can talk to Mr. Li." Learn more, it will be inconvenient to go to Zhuangzi."

It turns out that Daiyu has also learned painting from Mr. Li. Unlike Shen Yue, what she loves is the freehand brushwork of landscapes.She didn't take the imperial examination, and she studied as much as she wanted, so she had more time than Shen Yue did at that time. Mr. Li naturally liked it better, and taught her more attentively than Shen Yue did at that time.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said to Daiyu: "Your Uncle Shen invited Mr. Li to Yue'er, and he stayed at our house because of the greenhouse. Don't tell me about it."

As soon as Daiyu heard it, she knew who the real master was, and she got up and served Shen Yue dishes: "Brother Ai, maybe he can persuade Mr. Li? I just learned half of the mountains and rivers, and it's the time when it's critical."

Shen Yue could only nod his head: "I'll go to the House of Internal Affairs tomorrow to see if I can invite them to hire Mr. Li as an offering. If so, Mr. Li has to go to the government office every day, so naturally it's not good to go to the Zhuangzi again."

Jia Lian naturally felt that Shen Yue's words were too exaggerated. After all, although Shen Yue had already obtained a seventh-rank official position before the imperial examination and was a sensation in Beijing, he only sounded more capable than children of the same age. A [-]th rank enshrined in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, can't it be that the Ministry of Internal Affairs hires whoever it wants to be an enshrinement?

However, Lin Ruhai knew that what Shen Yue said was true - now Shen Yue would go into the palace almost every afternoon to give portraits of the nobles, and the people he came into contact with were either the Supreme Emperor, the Empress Dowager or the Empress, even the noble concubine would not want him to paint a portrait.Even if we can't make a deal with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, how about talking to those three?Mr. Li is Shen Yue's husband, even if Shen Yue is considered young, most people are more willing to believe that older people have more experience.

What's more, there is a Supreme Emperor who wants to prove that people are as old as treasures. If Shen Yue really told him, he would definitely praise Mr. Li higher than Shen Yue.

Daiyu listened and nodded: "Brother Ai, please tell Mr. Li to let him stay in the mansion."

Regarding Daiyu's request, Shen Yue never fails to nod: "I'll go and talk to my husband myself."

But Mr. Li is not so easy to persuade. Taking dinner as an example, Lin Ruhai originally asked Mr. Li to use it, but he thought that they were all family members, so it was inconvenient for him to leave.

Now when Shen Yue said that he wanted to seek enshrinement from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for him, he also refused: "I told you before, everyone wants to climb up when they enter the court, and there are few people who keep their hearts. If you are willing Fighting with people every day, why should I waste until now?"

Shen Yue knew that this gentleman should have some background, otherwise he wouldn't be so safe and willing to guard his broken flower house.It's just that Mr. Li is only in his forties now, and I haven't heard him mention his family and children. I don't know if there is something sad in it.

"Sir, can you just treat me as pain?" Shen Yue could only be soft: "My husband said that if I don't need to mention my background in the imperial examination, my legs will be discounted even if I get a second-class degree. But now I spend my afternoons every afternoon. They have to go to the palace to do paintings, and they can't even listen to all the lectures of the Imperial Academy, so they won't be able to win a Jinshi."

Mr. Li knew that Lin Ruhai had very strict demands on Shen Yue, and he didn't know it when he saw the child step by step into an official position, so he didn't feel much sympathy for him: "This is your business, who told you not to hide your clumsiness."

Shen Yue's face was even more bitter: "Sir, I also know that I don't want to be an official, but I have to have a skill that people can't underestimate. Who knew that I would become a master all of a sudden."

After listening to Dale, Mr. Li said, "If you play too much, you just think you can drag me into the water?"

Shen Yue said very confidently: "People say that masters and apprentices are like father and son. I am still young, so I will naturally ask Mr. when I have difficulties. When I grow up, I will not bother Mr., and then I will take Mr. and Yu'er to watch all this together." The mountains and rivers in the world, Mr. can put them into paintings, okay?" Wanting to say moving, Shen Yue did not hesitate to paint a big cake for Mr. Li.

Mr. Li was slightly moved when he heard that, Shen Ren asked him to teach the child that day, and also said that the child would take care of him in the future.At that time, I was still young, and the child was only five or six years old. What could I see?It's just that I can't bear the face of Shen Ren, so I try my best.

Unexpectedly, I and this child really hit it off, and the Daiyu who took over later was even more spiritual, so Mr. Li couldn't even say his resignation.After four or five years like this, let alone Daiyu couldn't leave Mr. Li, even if Mr. Li was allowed to go, he would not leave.

Seeing Shen Yue's pitiful words now, and the reason why Daiyu didn't want her to live in the Zhuangzi, Mr. Li had no choice but to say to Shen Yue: "Then the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not anyone who wants to be a priest. It's not like I wasn't there back then." I stayed there, and finally got kicked out."

There was a thunder!Shen Yue looked at Mr. Li with bright eyes: "Sir, just tell me who it is, and I will let him bring the letter of appointment to invite Mr. Li."

Mr. Li smiled slightly after hearing this: "It's all an old story more than 20 years ago. That person is no longer in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so why mention it again."

Shen Yue made a fierce look on his face: "Then what's his surname and name? Is there anyone else in the family? Even if they can't find the right owner, they will beat up their family members to vent their anger."

Seeing his posturing, Mr. Li's unhappiness about remembering the old things has disappeared: "Nonsense again. That person has fallen like the Yang family this time, and his family members must have been exiled long ago. Even if you are still in Beijing, how dare you act like this?" , your parents and elders don’t care, Master Lin can’t spare you.”

Seeing the smile on his face again, Shen Yue also put away his fierce appearance, and flattered Mr. Li: "After all, there are a lot of sirs, if I don't let such people go."

Mr. Li said strangely: "You don't even ask why I had trouble with that person back then, and you want to stand up for me?"

"What is there to ask? I don't know that person. Besides, I know Mr.'s character. He must be jealous of the virtuous and capable, and he can't see that Mr. is more capable than him. Even if I am not, I am a student of Mr. Same honor and same humiliation, what else does the master want me to do as a student."

"Don't ask right or wrong?"

"There is no right or wrong. The literati know that students look down on students, so it must not be a big deal. Unless the husband wants to usurp power and seek positions, students will always stand with him." If the risk of usurping power and seeking positions is not too great, in fact Shen Yue would rather Mr. Li make a move.

Mr. Li covered his mouth: "Don't dare to say anything. Go back to your house quickly, what time is it?" As he spoke, he pushed Shen Yue out of his room, his heart pounding with fright.

This student is too courageous and dares to say anything.Mr. Li felt that he should have a good talk with Lin Ruhai, so that Shen Yue would not be so open-mouthed when he went out.

Shen Yue, who didn't know that he was about to be betrayed by Mr. Li, had the time to talk to Daiyu at this time—if he didn't say no, Daiyu was only six years old now, and it was only instinctive to distinguish between good and bad people. Seeing that Jia Baoyu was still familiar, Shen Yue felt that all his thoughts were in vain.

Everyone is like Shen Yue, those who care about him only think that he is stupid and don't understand how the world works, so they have no choice but to stand up and save him from the fire.So Daiyu just looked at Shen Yue with a strange expression: "Of course the brother of my uncle's family is different from my brother Ai, and I didn't grow up with him, although because of my wife's blood, I still have to take care of myself."

Shen Yue sighed: "I've met that Jia Baoyu twice, he doesn't care about these mundane things." After speaking, he looked at Daiyu's face to see if he agreed with it.

Daiyu said sternly: "Brother Ai is wrong. Everyone knows that men and women's defense is related to women's reputation. How can it be said that it is a common thing? It is such a common thing that people cannot guard against it."

It was Shen Yue's turn to look at Daiyu strangely, and then at Gu Nanny: "Is this what Nanny said?"

Gu Momo knew this was the case, and said calmly: "It's not the old slave, it's the wife who thinks the girl should know this."

Shen Yue immediately nodded heavily: "My wife is right. Seeing that Yu'er has grown up, she will go out to socialize with people in the future, and she will also meet many girls from other families, so she should pay more attention. Except for Brother Ai, it is The cousin of your uncle’s family, it’s fine if you know each other once. There seem to be a few girls in their family who can talk, and Yu’er can only talk to those girls.”

Mother Gu especially wants to ask, the two of you are already engaged, isn't it you who shouldn't be talking to the girl now?But the person in front of her is her master, and Mother Gu deeply suspects that the reason why the master didn't hand over her identity to the Lin family was for today.

Daiyu also knew that there were three sisters in her grandfather's family, so she asked Shen Yue: "Are those sisters easy to talk to? What do they do at home? It's the first time we meet, and I don't know what to bring to them."

Shen Yue quickly put himself aside: "Last time I went with my husband and just met, but I'm a foreigner, so I don't have the reason to talk to other girls. I don't know if they talk well or what they do on weekdays. What to bring, the Yangzhou-produced stuff that my sister brought, it’s enough to send it over.”

Daiyu was a little embarrassed: "My wife said that I still need to make more female celebrities. It is my heart to send these between sisters."

Shen Yue quickly shook his head: "My wife is reasonable, but how old are you." He patted himself on the head: "I forgot. Grandma was afraid that you would be tired, so she asked her aunt to take care of a few girls. They are all outstanding female celebrities, and they will be rewarded to you when you go to the mansion as a guest." Not to mention that Jia Lian asked Jia Lian to find those girls.

It was also the same argument to Jia Min: "The wives and grandmas in our house are busy with housekeepers and social interactions every day, and no one wants female celebrities. Besides, letting girls learn from female celebrities is just to let them kill time. Yu'er has to read, write, draw, and learn housekeeping with his wife every day, so she often feels that she doesn't have enough time, so why distract her with trivial things."

Lin Ruhai knew what was going on with those girls, and she couldn't look at Shen Yue in the right way.But thinking about how many clothes he had worn by Jia Min over the years, he felt that Shen Yue's words were reasonable, so he refused to tell Jia Min that this was Shen Yue's own idea.

Didn't Jia Min fall for it?He felt that Shen's family might have this family style, the wives and grandmas didn't care about female celebrities, and they were afraid that it would not conform to their own family's rules, so they said to wait for Daiyu to go to Shen's residence before sending her off, which was also meant to be considerate of her daughter.

So Jia Min nodded: "I know what your wife means. After I have been to the General's Mansion, I will go to the mansion to meet the old lady."

Shen Yue laughed happily: "Madam remember to bring Yu'er and Brother Kuan, our old lady has long been looking forward to Yu'er going."

Jia Min was a little hesitant: "Brother Bandwidth is fine, isn't it good to take Yu'er?" You are already engaged, if Yu'er is not young, she shouldn't meet you, how can you take her to her in-law's house directly ?Doesn't this make our girl too worthless?

Can Shen Yue know what Jia Min is worried about?Smiling to Lin Ruhai, he said, "Sir, we old lady is called aunt and grandmother, so Yu'er used to visit the elders of the clan, and it has nothing to do with anything else."

Jia Min took a look at Lin Ruhai, saw him nodding slightly, and agreed to Shen Yue's request.Jia Lian saw everything in his eyes, and said to Wang Xifeng after returning home: "Only when Brother Shen gets along with my aunt's family can I know what a family is."

Wang Xifeng was puzzled: "Could it be that my uncle and aunt neglected the second master in the past?"

Jia Lian shook his head: "It's not that my uncle and aunt neglected me, it's because I saw that Brother Shen and even my aunt and cousin cleaned up their houses by themselves. After my aunt returned home, everything was in order and everything went well. I realized that I neglected my uncle and the others."

"Is this because the sun is coming out from the west?" Wang Xifeng was even more surprised: "In the past, I only heard you complain that my uncle only helped the second wife and refused to help us, why did you say such a thing today?"

After hearing Jia Lian explain what Shen Yue did today, Wang Xifeng sighed: "There are still such careful people in the world." He lowered his head and thought for a while, then said to Jia Lian, "Forget it, such a careful person feels that I am doing things. It's not right, I think I do have shortcomings in my daily life." So far, all the grudges against Shen Yue have disappeared.

Jia Lian said to her, "If you think this way, you will benefit in the future. I think my uncle and aunt are more dependent on Brother Shen than Brother Kuan. Think about it. If you keep fighting with him, will Aunt believe you or not?" Trust him? Auntie should come to greet the old lady tomorrow, so don't say the wrong thing to auntie."

Wang Xifeng listened to all these words, and the next day when he met Jia Min and Dai Yuniang, they were as thoughtful as a ball of burning coal.Jia Min also liked her eloquence and quick temper, and said to Jia Lian who followed her to pick her up: "It is Lian'er's blessing to marry you. You two also grew up together, and you should live a better life."

Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng nodded together, and after a few steps, they all arrived at Rongqing Hall together.The girls at the door reported to the inside that Wang Xifeng personally closed the curtain for Jia Min, and smelled a scent of medicine. Jia Min couldn't help walking two steps quickly: "Why is the old lady still taking medicine?"

Mrs. Wang was also standing at the door to welcome Jia Min. Not only did she not make Jia Min happy, but she felt a little unhappy—she was a married woman, and she hadn't returned to her mother's house for many years. Yes, but now we are only greeted at the door. Could it be that the second sister-in-law still remembers what happened before she got married?

After all, she has been an official's wife for many years, Jia Min still greeted Mrs. Wang first: "I'm working as my second sister-in-law. It's really hard to take care of the old lady these days."

If we follow Mrs. Wang's usual style, no matter what, I will maintain a little harmony with Jia Min.But recently, Mrs. Wang can be said that everything is not going well. Not only has she lost her housekeeping rights, but she has to spit out the things she swallowed before.The most terrible thing is that Jia Zheng asked people to go home and think about his mistakes, not to mention looking for his own faults, he just felt that Wang Ziteng hadn't helped him, and the way he treated her became worse day by day.

So when she heard Jia Min thanking her for her hard work, Mrs. Wang only grinned at the corner of her mouth as a smile: "Now my sister-in-law is not coming, I should work harder as a daughter-in-law. On the contrary, my aunt seems to be in good spirits despite her long journey. .”

It's hard for Jia Min not to frown, it means that he is obviously in good spirits, but why didn't he go to the house to see the old lady yesterday?Forced to take a deep breath, Jia Min also smiled at Mrs. Wang: "Going back to the house to rest for a day, and to see the old lady again, no matter how tired you are, you have to put on some energy, don't let the old lady worry about it. "

Mrs. Wang usually acted dull, so now she couldn't get her words back, so she had to ask Jia Min inwardly: "The old lady can't get up, she's waiting for my aunt in the inner room."

Jia Min didn't wait for Mrs. Wang to lead the way, and went to the inner room by herself: "The unfilial girl has been away for a long time, please An is late." Kneeling down as she spoke, tears followed.

At this time, Jia Mu was half leaning on the pillow, wearing a pine smoke-colored mop on her forehead, her hair was only loosely pulled up, and there were two old silver hairpins fixed on it, and there was no other headgear.Looking at his complexion, he was also in a state of long-term thinking, and his voice was even weaker. He leaned half of his body out of the kang, and was supported by two maids, one left and one right, but he also sobbed loudly:

"Poor old lady, I can still see you, even if I'm dead, I'd be happy." Then he asked Jia Min to come to him quickly so that he could have a better look.

Jia Min stood up, took Jia Mu from the hands of the two maids, helped her to lean on the pillow again, and said: "What is the old lady talking about? I heard Lian'er say it. The old lady is just angry. Some, it’s better to use a few medicines to go out more loosely, just take care of the old lady.”

This kind of persuasive words have to be said, but Mother Jia doesn't want to listen to them: "Old people are useless, and they are also disgusted. Even if I have been ill for so many days, it is only your second sister-in-law by my side."

Just as Jia Min was about to persuade her, the girl from outside came in and replied, "Master and Madam are here to greet the old lady."

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