[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

It was already mid-April, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter every day, so Jia Min set the day for the treat to the [-]th day.The garden is full of roses of various colors, the lotus leaf fields in the pond, and the weeping willows with luxuriant branches and leaves within three or five steps, making people feel refreshed and refreshed after the summer heat disappears.

"I like the lotus leaves in your pond," Zhang Shaoqing's wife said with a smile to Jia Min, but she looked at Wang Xifeng who followed Jia Min to entertain guests from the corner of her eyes.Let's meet my sister-in-law's nephew and daughter-in-law.But seeing that she is not dressed in an unassuming way today, although her hair is still full of jewels and emeralds, it is also appropriate to intersperse.A honey-colored summer shirt swayed gently in the breeze, making her figure even more graceful.

Seeing that Wang Xifeng respected Jia Min everywhere and did not dare to make up her own mind, Mrs. Zhang also secretly let go of her heart: she should be a smart person, knowing that she was born in a noble family and has nothing to show off in the Qingliu.Just as she was thinking, Wang Xifeng came to her side at some point, her lips parted slightly and said to her:

"Auntie doesn't know. I heard that brother Shen specially asked someone to transplant this lotus from Yangzhou. Does it look thicker than the ones often rewarded in Beijing?" There was a hint of flattery in the bright smiling face.

Hearing that she called her aunt, Mrs. Zhang did not deny it, and nodded to her with a smile - not to give face to her master, but to give face to today's master.The faces of the wives next to her were all stunned, and they all remembered that the second grandmother of Lian not only had an uncle who was the governor of the Beijing camp, but her husband's family also had an uncle who was the right servant of the official department, and an uncle who was the imperial servant. Shaoqing's uncle.

Everyone has been out socializing for many years. At the beginning, they could smile at Wang Xifeng, who was born in a noble family, and now they bring her into the topic without any trace.

Mrs. Mu also smiled and said to Jia Min: "I said Master Lin can teach students, just look at the elegant but romantic everywhere in this garden, you know it's not vulgar."

Between the words, there was a little daughter laughing lightly.The wives who brought their daughters listened carefully, trying to distinguish whether there were their own daughters' voices in the impolite laughter.But the girls are smiling all the time, how can they tell the difference?

"I don't know what rarity it is that makes the sisters so happy." Mrs. Liu shook her head slightly at her natal sister-in-law, signaling her not to worry.

Jia Min pursed her lips and smiled: "It's nothing new, but it's been so busy these days that the sisters fell in love with it. Let's go and have a look too." As he said, he led the crowd towards the girls' place. .

Turning around the blinding rockery, and then turning around a small pavilion, everyone felt that their eyes and ears were opened: in such a place where every inch of land is so precious, there is actually a small area of ​​half an acre in the garden, which is full of green grass. I don't know if it was planted on purpose or left on purpose, but what is rare is that the grass is as tall and short as it is laid out like a green carpet.

At the end of the green carpet is a wisteria shelf about ten feet long and five or six feet high.The wisteria was in full bloom, flowing down like a purple waterfall.Underneath the flowers, a few little girls in red and green dresses moved lightly with lotus steps to look at them endlessly. You say this one is good, and I say that one is wonderful.

The laughter I heard just now came from the other girls playing on the swing.It turned out that a gap was deliberately left on the edge of the pergola, and a swing was hung. It was not a common flat plate, but like a recliner with its legs removed, and the top was padded, making people feel that it must be very comfortable to sit on. Comfortable.There are wisterias cascading down beside him, and the person sitting there must be in a fairyland.

"I really enjoy it, this kind of method makes you want to die." It was Mrs. Fang who spoke: "If I have a daughter, I want to make one for her like this."

"Come on, don't talk about it." Mrs. Mu said with a smile: "When I return home today, I'm afraid my ears will not be quiet." As she spoke, she had already stepped on the soft grass and refused to walk in the middle A small corridor winding out of gravel.

Several wives got angry and stepped on it just like her. Mrs. Liu said to others as she walked: "Mrs. After we leave, Mrs. Lin will regret inviting us."

Everyone said that she laughed at a hundred steps at fifty steps, and laughed at her love for her embroidered shoes.Seeing the wives coming hand in hand, the little girls stopped and got off the swings.The wives see every girl smiling, everyone's face is bright, they are really more beautiful than flowers.Where is the blame?Love can't fall in love.

Jia Min beckoned Daiyu to come over, and seeing that there was sweat on her forehead, she asked with a smile, "Why did I forget the time, and the sun is getting brighter, it's time for the sisters to rest."

The eldest daughter of the Mu family, Mu Wan, was the oldest. Hearing Jia Min talk about Daiyu, she felt embarrassed: "Madam, don't blame my sister. It's really interesting to put on airs, and none of us are willing to leave."

A few more girls held their mother's hand, begging that when they planted such a place in their own home.The ladies all looked at Jia Min and asked her to finish the karma.

Jia Min said helplessly: "You have also seen that this wisteria is no better than roses. It can be obtained in one season, and it will take more than ten or twenty years to grow to such a state. If you want roses to be easy, I really can't do anything about it."

Everyone looked at these wisterias again. The branches and vines were as thick as a child's arm, and they didn't know how long they had grown.But Mrs. Zhang smiled: "So I have visited this garden, not to mention the grass, even the wisteria is not here. I think it was newly replanted after you returned to Beijing. I wonder if it was newly relocated." , it shouldn’t be driving so well.”

Jia Min looked at Mrs. Liu with some guilty conscience: "It was all cleaned up by Yueer before we entered Beijing. Who would have thought that his mind is different from others."

Mrs. Liu laughed when she heard this: "Let his uncle beat him when we go back. Why don't we know how to tidy up the garden at home, so that I can have face when I entertain guests." Others are not so good, Daiyu went forward and didn't say a word, Gently pulled Liu's hand and just shook it.The elder brother and Kuan'er also ran over, and did not follow Liu's words.

Everyone laughed at Mrs. Liu for being a villain in vain, and the laughter couldn't stop for a while.After laughing, everyone is still unwilling to leave, and wants to admire this shelf of wisteria together.Wang Xifeng asked the maids to bring mattresses and lay them on the grass, and said to the wives: "Which wife is not used to this, let the maids move chairs to sit on."

"That's exactly what we want." Mrs. Zhang invited Wang Xifeng to sit down as well, and everyone talked together against the breeze.Lin Butler's wife came over and knelt beside Jia Min to ask for instructions to invite the ladies to the table.

The girls were reluctant to leave, so they pushed Daiyu, the host, to come out and ask Jia Min: "We don't eat wine, and we don't know how to obey orders. Why don't we put the table here and let us enjoy ourselves."

Mrs. Liu pinched Daiyu's face lightly, turned her eyes to Mu Wan, saw Daiyu nodded slightly, and smiled to Jia Min to plead for her: "Look at what they say is pitiful. It's rare that their sisters fall in love with each other. Our surroundings are quite restrained, Mrs. Lin will let them relax."

The other wives also saw the lingering look on their daughters' faces, and when Daiyu spoke, they also interceded for them like Liu.Jia Min had no choice but to smile and tell Daiyu to treat these sisters well, not to treat others slowly.

Daiyu obeyed them one by one, and when his wife turned around to leave, there was a burst of cheers from among the girls, Mu Wan motioned to everyone, and then they all stopped talking.Seeing his mother looking back at him with dissatisfaction, they all put on an innocent look, and the wives also smiled.

After finally waiting for the last girl to go around the pavilion, Liu Rong patted her chest: "I was scared to death. I don't care, even if I go home to punish my homework, I have to pay enough for the swing today."

"You've already beaten it just now, but it's my turn." Zhang Ling heard that she ran towards the swing quickly, and Mu Wan hurriedly said, "Be careful, it's not a joke to be bearish."

Daiyu smiled and took Mu Wan's hand: "Good sister, it's my first time entertaining guests, and I don't know the rules in Beijing, so please give me some pointers."

Mu Wan smiled and touched her head: "You're so clever. You know everyone is very happy, but you still talk cheaply. According to me, everyone is almost done with the game, why don't you have some snacks first."

Doctor Li's little granddaughter, Li Zizhen, is the same age as Daiyu, she is the most charming and naive, she smiled from a distance: "My good sister, we don't need to set up a table, how about we just sit on the floor like before?"

Daiyu hurriedly said: "That can't be done. The sun is even bigger now, and it won't be beautiful if it is exposed to the sun." Brother Kuan heard it again, and shouted to his sister: "Let someone put up that big umbrella. Bao protects the sisters from the sun."

Both Yingchun and Xichun were brought by Wang Xifeng, but Tanchun didn't come because she said she wanted to take care of Jiamu's illness.Xichun had been running with Brother Kuan and Brother Yan just now, but Yingchun had been silently walking on the edge of the girls.Now I heard Daiyu discussing how to arrange a banquet with another girl, but she couldn't get in the way, so she asked Xichun to wipe the sweat off her forehead.

After listening to Brother Kuan's idea, a big umbrella that the girls had never seen before was put up in a moment, covering a dozen or so girls.It would not be surprising for modern people to see this umbrella, but girls in this era have seen it everywhere, and they all admire: "How did you come up with it?!" Sitting under the umbrella is so novel and happy that they even forgot to fight for the swing.

They are all well-bred girls. They have been playing for so long, and they still don’t feel it. They feel tired when they sit down, and they don’t want to get up again.Li Zizhen said softly: "Oh, it would be great if I could look at these flowers like sister Lin every day. It's a pity that I have to go home."

Liu Rong laughed at her: "You also have a garden at home, just take a picture from Sister Lin and fix it."

Li Zizhen pouted: "The garden of my house is full of herbs planted by my grandfather. It is better to say that it is a garden than a medicine pot. If I say to cultivate it like this, it is no wonder that my grandfather is not in a hurry with me."

Everyone was silent for a while, most of the families had grandparents in the hall, and several uncles lived together, not to mention that their children could not major in gardening, even if they could make decisions, there was no such big place for them to toss about.

"My good sister, you are my real sister. If you want to treat me next time, please bring me with you." Li Zizhen immediately thought of a way to act like a baby to Daiyu.

Daiyu smiled and nodded: "The lotus will be in bloom in a few days, and then I will post a separate post to invite everyone. Without the wives to follow, everyone will be more comfortable."

The girls said hello one after another. Seeing that Yingchun was always silent, Mu Wan smiled and led her to participate in everyone's topic: "Miss Jia is much cheaper than us. If you want to see lotus or wisteria, just come and say hello to aunt." good."

It was the first time for Yingchun to participate in such a banquet. She also knew that the opportunity was rare, but she didn't know how to join the conversation.Hearing Mu Wan's words, he was a little nervous, and he was thinking about how to answer to impress others, and his face couldn't help but blush: "Yes, Miss Mu is right." After speaking, he was a little annoyed, and looked at Mu Wan His eyes were also timid, afraid that people would think he was perfunctory.

Daiyu also knew that Wang Xifeng had the intention of welcoming the spring today, so she smiled at Mu Wan and said, "Second Sister is a bit shy, and usually spends her mind on playing chess."

Liu Rong was delighted when she heard this and said, "Today I actually met someone of the same kind. Our wife thinks that I am bored every day playing chess, so she always refuses to play chess with me. Who does Miss Jia usually play chess with?"

Yingchun was still a little embarrassed: "It's just playing chess by myself."

Liu Rong shook her head and disapproved after hearing this: "How can you succeed in playing chess without playing chess records? You still have to play chess to know the way of change." As she spoke, she became excited and thought about having a game with Yingchunshou.

It was Mu Wan who stood up and stopped her again: "The food will be delivered in a while, let's play chess after using it."

Liu Rong winked at Mu Wan: "Sister Mu won't hurt me anymore when she meets her new sister today." Everyone laughed.

When I was young, as Mu Wan said, the maids spread red felt under the umbrella, and they didn't take the dishes out of the tray, but just put them on the tray.The green grass is lined with the red felt, the wisteria is in full bloom everywhere, and the smell of vegetables smells in the nostrils. All the girls have a big appetite.

Brother Piankuan and the younger ones haven't had enough fun, so he asked them to set up a place in the pavilion, so that they can feed the fish in the pond while eating.Daiyu invited everyone to drink rose dew, which was regarded as a door wine, and held up her chopsticks to make way: "This is a cook brought by my family from Yangzhou, and I invite my sisters to taste it if possible."

Yangzhou cuisine is mainly light, and the taste is different from that of Beijing Zhongyou Red Sauce.The advantage is that the pattern is exquisite, and most of the girls are eating it for the first time, and they are full of praise.There are also those who like to boil dried shredded fish, and some who like squirrel mandarin fish, but they have lost their former restraint.

During the banquet, Daiyu was worried about Brother Kuan, so she asked Mu Wan to take care of the table, and went to the pavilion to find them, and saw Brother Kuan also begging dishes to Brother Yan, Xichun, and Mu Jingzhen in a similar manner. Make rice.After asking them if they wanted to add anything, I warned Brother Kuan not to go near the water, and returned to the table by himself.

As soon as the food was removed from this side, there was a girl over there with a message from his wife, asking the girls to go back to the main room to talk.Everyone knew that this gathering was coming to an end, and they were reluctant to give up.Li Zizhen took Daiyu's hand, telling her not to forget that the lotus was blooming and posting a post for herself, and other girls who knew her also made appointments when they would meet again.

Liu Rong was also talking at Yingchun's place: "When Miss Jia is free, please remember to play chess with me." Yingchun almost smiled bitterly when she said that - she has no control over the mansion, and her sister-in-law is the housekeeper. Given the opportunity to go out like this, I don't know if I can meet Liu Rong next time.

Knowing the situation in the General's Mansion, Daiyu smiled at Liu Rong and said, "Next time, don't push me away when I post a post, and don't worry about other things when you come here. You will be troubled when you come." Liu Rong smiled and nodded.

If there were only one or two girls, everyone would naturally be able to comment, but a dozen or so girls came in together, and they were all dressed up like flowers and branches, so that the wives couldn't see enough, and they thought everyone was good.

After saying a few more words, Mrs. Wang Shangshu stood up first: "I've had a good time today, and it's time for Mrs. Lin to have a rest." Jia Min wanted to stay, and all the wives had gone out with Mrs. Wang.After being sent to the second gate, Jia Min smiled and said to Liu Shi who refused to leave after seeing the wives and girls getting into the car, "Are you really relieved?"

Mrs. Liu smiled back at her: "After you listen to it, see if I'm relieved." Wang Xifeng, who was also seeing off the guests, was puzzled.So he brought Yingchun back to the upper room with Jia Min - Xichun was young and had already fallen asleep just now, and he had to wait for her to wake up before going back home.

The girl offered tea again, but Jia Min didn't drink it himself, just looked at Liu Shi and laughed.Liu's La Daiyu sat next to her and asked her: "How are you getting along with the Mu family girl today?" Wang Xifeng knew that Grandma Shen might have taken a fancy to her girl.Looking at the silent Yingchun beside him, he sighed in his heart, this girl is about the same size as Miss Mu.

However, civil and military affairs are different. I am afraid that half of the capital knows about the affairs of the general's mansion, but everyone just doesn't say it face to face.Wang Xifeng didn't want to climb high, just listened quietly to Daiyu's words: "Sister Mu is very gentle, she is calm towards the sisters, she doesn't favor anyone, she has her own ideas, although she won't refute anyone's face easily. , and everything went as she wanted."

After finishing speaking, she smiled at Mrs. Liu: "She is also good-looking. Among these sisters, sister Mu is also outstanding. She knows a lot, and she has never been impatient when telling the allusions to the sisters. She is concise and concise, not long. The big set is annoying. I heard that the female celebrity is also doing well, but it's a pity."

Jia Min couldn't help laughing: "The female celebrity is doing well, what are you regretting?"

Daiyu suppressed her own laughter and said, "It's a pity that I'm being compared." After she finished speaking, she couldn't help herself anymore and burst out laughing.

Mrs. Liu couldn't help it either, and pulled Daiyu into her arms with a smile and rubbed it: "Giving you girls who know how to sew is not enough to make clothes, what are you so sorry for?" Then she asked Jia Min, "How is it? "

Jia Min had no choice but to nod: "You can do whatever you want. Don't blame Yu'er in the future, who told you to believe her."

Liu said indifferently: "If I didn't like it myself, how could I let Yu'er come forward? It's safe to do both. My wife also said that in the future, their sisters will spend the longest time together. Wouldn't it be better to be harmonious?"

As soon as the words fell, the girl went back and forth to Jia Min: "The eldest son of the Shen family is here to pick up the eldest grandma, and he wants to come to pay his respects to his wife." Wang Xifeng and Yingchun stood up and avoided the inner room.Daiyu also wanted to go with her, but she was held back by Mrs. Liu: "You are still young. Besides, the Omen star knew you were going to the house last time, so he had a big temper tantrum with me. Why don't we see you today?" one sight."

Jia Min had no choice but to ask Mr. Shen to come in quickly.Shen Chao entered in response, and as Jia Min got closer and closer to him, he found that he had five or six points of resemblance to Shen Yue.

"Auntie, please." Shen Chao used Lin Ruhai and Mrs. Shen's seniority, which made Jia Min nod repeatedly, and said to Liu Shi: "As expected of studying in the upper study." Ask Shen Chao to hurry up stand up.

After Shen Chao got up, he saw a girl with pink make-up and jade in his mother's arms. She was not very old, so she knew it was Daiyu.When he looked over, he was also looking at himself with a pair of shining almond eyes, and seeing that he wanted to give his mother peace, he turned away from his mother's embrace.

This made Shen Chao himself a little embarrassed, and he had nothing to say after calling Liu Shi a thousand times.Jia Min asked Shen Chao how long he would be able to take a rest for a day, and he was bullied when he went to the study in the palace, but he didn't answer.Shen Chao answered them one by one, and Jia Min also asked someone to present him with a gift.

The girl outside announced again: "Young master is back." He raised the curtain high.

Jia Min smiled at Mrs. Liu, "I went to see the house with Mr. Li today, and said that I want to bring some flowers from the flower house into the city. It will be convenient for us to want any more flowers."

Everyone in the Shen family knew that Shen Yue cleaned up the house for the Lin family, so Liu was not surprised to hear this, but was surprised that Shen Yue also found the flower.Seeing him coming in with sweat on his head, he said at the same time as Jia Min: "Why is it so hot, not to mention washing up."

As soon as Shen Yue entered the mansion, he knew that Shen Chao was coming to pick up Liu Shi, how could he not know what was really going on in his heart?Fearing that Daiyu would be shocked, he hurriedly entered the second gate regardless of Lin Ruhai yelling to stop behind him.Seeing Daiyu's curious face first, she was relieved and smiled at Jia Min and Liu Shi, "It's just that I heard that my aunt is here, so I left in a hurry."

Then he said to Shen Chao: "My husband heard that elder brother is coming, please go to the study."

Shen Chao had no choice but to quit together with Shen Yue, dissatisfied: "Did you plan to come here? You came just as soon as I entered the house."

Shen Yue rolled his eyes at him directly: "I've asked all over the capital, and an uncle chases after someone's house to see how his siblings look. You are the first one."

Shen Chao said confidently: "What is this? In the future, grandma will show me someone. If she doesn't let me take a look, I don't want it."

"Didn't you say last time..." Shen Yue felt that Shen Chao had changed too quickly.Shen Chao has his own reasons: "Right now, from the old lady to our grandma, everyone in the family speaks well of your little daughter-in-law. If I really find someone who is poor in everything in the future, I will be laughed at."

Shen Yue looked helplessly at the eldest brother who seemed to be two years older than himself, and comforted him: "Why are you being so cautious as the eldest aunt? Everyone in the family knows that you are the eldest son, and no matter what, I will never let me go past you. "

Shen Chao smiled nonchalantly, but the redness in his ear betrayed him: "I don't know if grandma likes the one who came today, I should have come earlier." Shen Yue couldn't hold back, and rewarded him with another Rolling his eyes, he decided to ignore this guy until he went to Lin Ruhai's study.

Here Mrs. Liu chatted with Jia Min a few more words, then asked people to go to Brother Kuan's yard to summon Brother Yan, and returned home under the escort of Shen Chao without mentioning it.Wang Xifeng and Jia Min sent people back to the main room together, and said embarrassingly: "Auntie, let's rest too, my second sister and I are not outsiders."

Jia Min waved her hand: "I'm just a little crooked. I'm very happy that you brought their sisters here today." Then she asked Daiyu to take Yingchun to rest in her yard.

After her sisters went out, Wang Xifeng sighed: "Speaking of which, I'm not afraid that my aunt will think that I have selfish intentions. My aunt knows what our family is like, and the second master is like no one to rely on. I think the second sister can find a good family. In the future, the second master will also have help."

Jia Min then asked: "Last time I heard from your uncle that Zhang Shaoqing wanted to find a job for Lian'er. Why has there been no movement for so long?"

Wang Xifeng could only smile wryly: "My aunt doesn't know about our second master? It's not like I'm illiterate like me, but what Uncle Zhang found for him... He was afraid of losing face to Uncle Zhang, so he had no choice but to let it go."

Jia Min couldn't help worrying for his nephew: "Our family started out with military exploits, doesn't your uncle want the Beijing camp? If you let Lian'er go to experience it, it can be regarded as renewing the family reputation."

When it comes to this, Wang Xifeng's face is also a little embarrassing: "I have talked to my uncle several times, but my uncle only said that the second master can't bear such suffering, and it will be embarrassing for people to go back to the house when the time comes."

Jia Min's heart skipped a beat: "But your uncle wants Lian'er to talk to Zhang Shaoqing about the reinstatement of your second brother?"

Wang Xifeng nodded bitterly.If she hadn't found out that her husband and wife could not even count on Wang Ziteng, a face-saving person like her would not have complained to Jia Min.Jia Min frowned and thought again: "In fact, the second brother has stayed at home for a long time, and it is not impossible to reinstate him. I am afraid that if he is reinstated, Mr. Wang will feel that this is what you did, and he will have a life with you from then on." There is a rift. What can elder brother say?"

"Our master only sent the second master to greet Uncle Zhang's family from time to time, and told me to prepare for the Dragon Boat Festival. He didn't say anything else. Knowing that Uncle Lin found a husband for the second master, Uncle Zhang also took the exam for the second grader. Lord, I didn't ask him much after that."

"In this case, you will deliver the gift yourself." Jia Min looked at Wang Xifeng and said, "Today I see that Mrs. Zhang Shaoqing is also kind to you." Wang Xifeng only nodded.

When Wang Xifeng brought the Yingchun sisters back home, Jia Min finally took a rest.When she woke up, it was already sunset, and the girls were answering Lin Ruhai's question in a low voice.Jia Min smiled and said to the outside: "You have a banquet at your own home, why don't you worry if the master is not home?"

Lin Ruhai heard her get up, and went into the inner room himself: "It's just asking for nothing. Can your body still bear it?"

Jia Min was helped by a maid to change her clothes, and said inwardly, "Although I'm tired, I think this sleep is better than usual. I'm afraid I'll be sleepy at night."

But Lin Ruhai didn't care: "You are the biggest in the family, you are sleepy, but you just get up later tomorrow, so that Yu'er and Brother Kuan don't have to say hello." Chunfeng and the others all laughed.

Seeing Jia Min waving her hand to let herself go out, the girls just lowered their bodies and exited.Lin Ruhai was puzzled and said, "But someone really became a villain?"

Jia Min shook her head lightly: "It's still my natal family's business." As she spoke, she looked at Lin Ruzhang's face.Seeing his normal expression, he said: "Master knows, now I only recognize my elder brother's family in my natal family, but it's not good to have an old lady around, and immediately tear myself apart with that poisonous woman."

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai sat quietly opposite Jia Min, just waiting for her to continue.Jia Min had no choice but to go on and said: "Now the eldest brother is hopeful, only Lian'er has one or two things to pull."

At this point, Lin Ruhai nodded: "Although Lian'er is a bit of a dude, her nature is still kind. If she didn't have a little sincerity, Zhang Shaoqing wouldn't bother him."

Now it is Jia Min who is smiling wryly: "No matter how much people talk to him, it will not be worth it if he is not good enough. People want to pull him and there is nowhere to reach out."

Lin Ruhai nodded after hearing this: "Mr. also said that Lian'er's foundation is not solid. If he is really asked to go to the few places Zhang Shaoqing found for him, he will be embarrassed, and Zhang Shaoqing will also be implicated in the future." Think about it and ask: " I heard that he handles common affairs pretty well."

"It's just that he's taller among the dwarfs. The eldest brother doesn't go out except to look at antiques in Liulichang, and the second brother has the temperament that others have to take care of everything for him. If Lian'er doesn't take care of her, the house will let the servants What is it like to sneak around?"

Lin Ruhai was not unaware of this situation, so he asked Jia Min's opinion: "If Lian'er goes to the household department to make a tip, I think he can do it."

After hearing this, Jia Min asked: "It's nothing else, his handwriting?" An important responsibility of the pen tip is to copy and write, and Jia Lian's handwriting is really hard to come by.

"Practice more." Lin Ruhai said to Jia Min: "You will also use it when he is about to attack the prince in the future. The Ministry of Households doesn't just go if he wants to, he will always get a chance. Just take this to see how his heart is. If I can’t even persist in practicing calligraphy, and I won’t beg for him.”

Jia Min knew who Lin Ruhai was going to ask for—Shen Shangshu is currently the Minister of the Household Department, and adding a note is just a matter of one sentence from him.But Jia Min became worried again: "Will people underestimate Yu'er?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said with a smile: "Nowadays when someone goes to the Shen family to say that Yu'er is wrong, the Shen family will not believe it. What's more, Lian'er is only Yu'er's cousin. Well, everyone is good, but it is not good for the Shen family to raise their hands." It's over."

Jia Min got up and thanked Lin Ruhai with a salute: "Thank you, sir, for thinking about Lian'er." Lin Ruhai accepted her gift with a smile: "Madam, you are welcome. If Lian'er can stand up, brother Kuan will be less worried in the future "Jia Min blushed again after saying that.

When she told Lin Ruhai about Wang Ziteng's refusal to help Jia Lian, and complained that Wang Ziteng was too unfeeling, Lin Ruhai whispered to her: "The sage will let Wang Ziteng patrol the border soon. Think about Lian'er's affairs."

Jia Min was a little surprised: "Didn't he make meritorious service during the palace chaos?"

Lin Ruhai's voice was still very low: "Although he made meritorious service at that time, he is a little proud of taking credit for it now. The matter of the Xue family was suppressed by the prince, and Jiang Nan has reported it to the saint. It is also because of his "merit", If a sage wants to go up in the open and down in the dark, it's for the sake of the emperor, otherwise he will be locked up. You don't have to say too much to Lian's daughter-in-law, just let Lian'er go out with their house less. I think the sage It’s the temper that doesn’t tolerate sand.”

It's scary enough to bear the sand in his eyes for such a long time before making a move.Jia Min nodded clearly and said, "I will tell Lian'er not to talk too much."

Lin Ruhai only regarded this matter as a test for Jia Lian, if he passed it, he could take care of each other with Brother Kuan in the future, and if he failed, he would have an explanation to Jia Min.

After Wang Xifeng returned to the mansion, she also told Jia Lian about the banquet: "Ladies and gentlemen, Auntie's face is quite kind, and Auntie also takes good care of me. Auntie said, let me deliver the festival gift in person."

Jia Lian nodded when she heard this, and then said that she wanted to go with her.After finishing speaking, he asked: "Have you prepared all the rituals?"

Wang Xifeng asked someone to bring the gift list to Jia Lian, and asked him if the old lady came to him to ask about Xue's residence in the mansion again this day: "Obviously my uncle's family is also in Beijing, and I want to live in my sister's house without my mother's house. I'm afraid my aunt is also confused."

Jia Lian didn't care whether Aunt Xue was confused or not, what he was thinking about was whether he could get a real job: "Today, Mr. mentioned my calligraphy again, saying that he asked me to practice more." It was only done by a child, and I was asked to write twenty articles every day."

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng persuaded him: "Mr. Uncle Lin found it for you. How can Uncle Lin not know how you behave? It's not good for Second Master to think about our future children. If you want Second Master to write a copybook for him, Second Master Can you tell him directly that you don't have the ability?"

It was said that Jia Lian went to the study in desperation, and Wang Xifeng had time to think carefully about whether her aunt who married into the imperial merchant should be allowed to live in the general's mansion.If I let her live in, will I get any benefit?In Wang Xifeng's mind, Mrs. Wang would not benefit so much because she would not care so much about a girl she hadn't seen in more than 20 years.

Shen Yue is also in the study room, but it is Shen Xin's study room - after the men of the Shen family were enlightened, in order to prevent each other from disturbing each other, everyone had a study room of their own, so that if a classmate or colleague of the junior generation came to the door, there would be someone to talk to alone. A place where the elders will not be disturbed, nor will they feel uncomfortable because the elders are present.

There was a solemn silence in the study.In Shen Xin's hand was a thin bamboo pole, which looked very soft, as if it was newly broken from the bamboo.But when such a bamboo pole hit his body, Shen Yue shivered just thinking about it.Shen Chao, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't shudder, he was sweating like water all over his body.

It turned out that the time for rest and bathing in the court was the same, Shen Xin went out to visit friends today and heard about the absurd things his son did when he came back.So someone called Shen Chao over, and then asked Shen Yue to come and observe.

The Shen family never used Shen Shangshu to deal with the juniors, and Shen Xin was the only one who made good faces.Shen Yue also thought about who would punish his uncle if he made a mistake.But after watching it for more than half a year, I didn't find any mistakes or omissions in Shen Xin - he has the cunning of Shen Xueshi and the calmness of Shen Shangshu, such a person is almost invincible in officialdom and family affairs.

"After going to the study for four or five years, you just learned this?" The bamboo pole in Shen Xin's hand hit the edge of the table, knocking Shen Yue and Shen Chao so that their bodies trembled.Shen Yue couldn't stand up any longer and wanted to kneel down to plead for Shen Chao, but Shen Xin fixed him in place with a look: "If you don't know how to stop him today, you should give him a good beating, and you still have the face to plead for others! "

Well, Shen Yue, who was born in a modern age, really didn't think there was anything wrong with the children meeting each other, and it wasn't a private affair, the parents of the two people next to him were obviously there, so why did it become such a big deal when they came to Shen Xin's place?

"Yu'er is not yet six years old, and her teachers and aunts are also there, and there are a lot of girls and women." Shen Yue thought and said the same way.

These words aroused Shen Xin's anger even more: "No matter how young you are, she is also engaged to you. An uncle, you should visit your aunt instead! If people find out, they will definitely criticize the Shen family's upbringing. I don’t necessarily agree, but it’s just because your aunt is not good enough to refuse in person.”

Shen Chao’s back and forth was just a sentence of admitting his mistakes, but he really couldn’t tell where he was wrong when asked him—he has always been upright since he was a child, and he was very curious as a young man, and he always wanted to take a look at what he wanted to know to verify the truth. Fake.Shen Chao slowly came to his senses, no matter how he looked at it, Shen Xin seemed to be making excuses, and he stopped thinking about pleading for Shen Chao.

Sure enough, Shen Xin started from knowing the propriety, knowing the shame and not disregarding injustice, then gradually talked about being a gentleman, prudently being independent, and then talking about self-cultivation, then he tapped the edge of the table with a bamboo pole and asked Shen Chao and Shen Chao: "Can we make a note? "

These words have been taught over and over again since they were first enlightened, and Shen Chao and the two of them could talk for half an hour by themselves, so how could they not remember it?Nodding, nodding, nodding.Shen Xin seemed satisfied, and said to Shen Chao: "Yue'er has already been selected as a scholar, so you should also do something."

Shen Chao didn't dare to say that it was his family's pressure to prevent him from taking the exam, so he had to express his determination to Shen Xin before listening to Shen Dao: "Enke's time is set in August, so it will save the disciples from suffering. You will enter the palace tomorrow." After that, please resign from the Seventh Prince, and even if you take the exam in Beijing, you have to go home and prepare for it." The teaching in the study room is different from the imperial examination, and Shen Chao's book has to be explained.

Shen Chao just nodded his head, Shen Yue had already asked: "But the Seventh Prince is going out of the palace to build a mansion?"

Shen Xin cast a helpless glance at his son, told him to get up, and then nodded to Shen Yue: "That's right, the saint already has the intention to confer a reward."

Shen Chao was a little anxious and said: "The Seventh Prince is leaving the palace to build a mansion, and it is time to employ people. I will resign at this time..." Seeing that Shen Xin was about to stare again, Shen Yue hastily tugged at his sleeve.

It's also the fact that Shen Chao and the Seventh Prince got along more and more in the past two years, otherwise he wouldn't be so anxious for him, and couldn't even figure out this matter - he is the eldest son of the clan, and the future prosperity and decline of the clan depends on him.If he had been by the Seventh Prince's side all along, and his future could be seen at a glance, how could the Shen family allow it?

Shen Chao, who knew everything, lowered his head: "Yes, my son will ask the Seventh Prince to resign."