[Red Mansion] Queen's Road

Jia Min and Mrs. Xue used to have a good relationship.But in recent years, the two have been getting farther and farther apart. Apart from various entanglements, the biggest reason is also because the status of the two is extremely unequal.

The life of the Lin family is getting better and better, but the life of the Xue family is not satisfactory.

The Xue family wanted to use the imperial concubine to elevate their family status. Several years have passed, but nothing has been achieved. Now they have even lost the name of the imperial merchant passed down from their ancestors.

Xue Baochai asked someone to send a message to Lin's house, but it didn't work.So I think it is more appropriate to go back to my aunt.

Mrs. Wang was feeling unhappy at the moment, so she caught Wang Xifeng and vomited bitterness over there.

"King Wu and His Highness the Third Prince in the palace both want to build mansions outside the palace, and we need to give a congratulatory gift."

This is also the news that I just received this morning. The second prince who was born in the first line was crowned king, and the third and fourth princes who were about the same age as him did not move at all.

But the matter of building a mansion outside the palace cannot leave these two princes behind.It was rumored in the palace that because the second prince and the third prince belonged to the older brothers, let the two elder brothers build the mansion first, and after the two older brothers' palaces were built, it would be the turn of the fourth and fifth princes.

When Mrs. Wang thought that the emperor had several princes and wanted to give several congratulatory gifts, her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys ached at the same time. The terrible thing was that among these princes, there were many grandchildren of the Lin family, and none of these princes was born to a noble concubine. , The unhappiness has increased a bit.

Giving a congratulatory gift is not just about sending money over there, but collecting some antiques or other treasures to present to the prince.

Sometimes these treasures are hard to come by, even if they are found, they can't get them without money.

Mrs. Wang focused on Sister Qiao's dowry.

So I pulled Wang Xifeng to talk, and after vomited a lot of bitterness, I waited for Wang Xifeng to share his worries. Wang Xifeng is not a fool, so of course he wouldn't answer the conversation at this time.

Mrs. Wang couldn't directly ask for it, and both of them pretended to be confused. You came and I talked for a long time, and Wang Xifeng was called away by the maid in their yard.

Mrs. Wang was not happy. It happened that Xue Baochai came at this time, and she had to vomit bitterness in front of Xue Baochai.

In any case, Mrs. Wang has achieved her goal today, her depression has eased a bit, and the unhappiness in her heart has also slightly lessened. She also agreed to Xue Baochai's request, "My good boy, our family is different from other families. Not to mention the imperial concubines and concubines in the palace, but your uncle is very famous in the capital, and he will be back in ten days and a half months, when the time comes, both your uncle and I will run for your family."

Xue Baochai was delighted to hear this, and hurried back to find Mrs. Xue.

Wang Xifeng went back to the yard full of things in his heart, but he couldn't find Jia Lian anywhere, so he knew he had gone out to fool around again.

Turning to the wing room where my daughter lived, I saw Miss Qiao'er sitting on the kang and learning how to make nets with the maids. On the kang table was a table of silk thread, and under the kang table was a small plate, which was full of kang Hole of pearls.

Wang Xifeng's eyes were good, and she could tell at a glance that the pearl did not belong to her.

Sitting next to her daughter, she put her arms around her and said a few words, then reached out to fish out a pearl, and put it in front of her eyes for a closer look.

The pearls are round and round, and exude a little precious light.

"Good stuff, where did you get it? It won't be rewarded by the old lady."

Sister Qiao spoke carefully, "It was Daddy who brought back a purse of beads and threw it to our daughter."

Wang Xifeng threw the pearls back into the plate, hugged her daughter and talked for a while, focusing on telling her daughter, "You take care of the things that the Cui family sent, our family's great career is not short of your dowry, when you leave the cabinet When the time comes, I will stuff it all into your dowry and take it away."

He also drove out the maids and women in the house, and told his daughter, "You can keep these things, don't let a cat or a dog ask you to borrow them, just borrow them. When the time comes, I will borrow them, or I will have you when I come back." crying."

Sister Qiao pursed her lips and agreed. "Otherwise, Mom will keep it for me, and I can just ask you for what I need."

Wang Xifeng also wanted to do the same, but Jia Lian disagreed. Jia Lian was afraid that Wang Xifeng would keep it and become her own, and she would not give it to Sister Qiao.

You don’t need to tell your daughter about these nasty things between husband and wife, “You put it away, you are not young anymore, and it’s time to learn to take care of these things. Remember what I just said, put your I'm looking forward to your things, if you come back then, I won't ask for it for you."

The mother and daughter talked for a while, Wang Xifeng saw that it was getting late, and went to serve the old lady for dinner. After serving, the old lady had to watch Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing eat. in their own yard.

Jia Lian had already returned, and Ping'er took a sip of the wine happily while serving her.

Without further ado, Wang Xifeng poured himself a glass and drank it down. He opened his mouth and choked on him, "I saw you today and gave our sister a purse of pearls. Where did you get them? Is it the Cui family's dividend?" Didn't you give all the money to me?"

Jia Lian's eyes slanted, "Go and check the accounts. If you find out that there is a tael of silver that I didn't hand over to you, you can come and talk to me again. Yesterday I met Brother Cui and the second and third of their family out on business. We sat and had a meal together, the pearls were given to me by my uncle, I saw that they were things that girls like, so I gave them to Qiaoer."

Wang Xifeng finally calmed down after being depressed for a whole day, "If he keeps doing this to our girl, I can rest assured.

Did you ask what they were going to do?My uncle is coming back soon. If there is anything difficult to do, let's ask my uncle to come forward. This is the long-term strategy for the relationship between relatives, and it is also for us girls to save face first. "

Jia Lian drank another cup, "It's not a difficult task, I can do it myself.

Brother Cui told me that the children have grown up, and now they want to buy two yards, and divide the older two married wives.

The ones in the outer city were looked down upon, and there was no suitable one in the inner city for a while.I just bought two small yards with three entrances at random, and told me that there will be bigger yards in the future, so I bought two small ones for them to make do with. "

After hearing this, Ping'er said to Wang Xifeng, "Sanjin is not too small."

Wang Xifeng stared, "My in-laws say it's too small, and I'm still waiting for them to buy a bigger one."

Wang Xifeng asked Jia Lian again, "Did you follow along? Where is our uncle's yard?"

"Followed by for a while, both yards are good. Brother Cui asked their youngest brother to choose. The second eldest is the elder brother. First, he chose the one near the inner city gate. It is on Xinglong Street, next to Shouchun. Princess Mansion. The remaining one is on Qinglong Street, close to Suzaku Gate, which is a good location. I heard that the next door to our son-in-law's yard will be the third prince's county mansion in the future."

Wang Xifeng thought about it in his heart, and they were indeed in good locations, and the neighbors around were either royal relatives or noble relatives.

"Suffice it to say these places are home to their brothers."

Jia Lian nodded, "I reckon that Brother Cui wants to buy a big yard, but there are no big yards in the inner city, so maybe you can only buy a big yard in the outer city."

Ask Wang Xifeng to say that living in the inner city is a noble person.Wang Xifeng is already satisfied with the yard in the inner city.The inner city is really expensive, and the Cui family can build two yards for their little brothers, which already shows that the family has money.But if the in-laws can buy a bigger yard for their young couple, of course such a good thing can't be stopped.

"Many of our relatives live in the outer city. It would be fine if there is a big yard in the outer city, but the big yard is empty for the young couple. Let them live in the inner city first, and then move to the outer city when there are more children and grandchildren. go."

Thinking about it for a while, happily planning when to go out and pass through the Zhuque Gate, and go outside to see if the yard that Cui's family bought for my uncle is grand or not.

Now that the Cui family has put up their face, their own family can't show timidity either.

Wang Xifeng calculated her dowry. It was not a small dowry when she married into Jia's family, but after so many years, the housekeeper has taken a lot of valuable things out...there is not much left for her daughter.

Think about the warehouse of the Jia family. Although the daughter is the granddaughter of the eldest son, but there are still three aunts in front of her who have not married. When the first son gets married, he will marry the third daughter-in-law.

According to the order of seniority, there are still three young masters and three girls who are not married in this generation.Especially Baoyu, who was the old lady's favorite. After he married his wife, there might be nothing left in the warehouse.

Wang Xifeng couldn't help feeling anxious, "What about our girl's dowry?"

Jia Lian was also worried about this, "The dowry gift from the Cui family is already very generous."

Wang Xifeng nodded quickly, "I am willing to let our girl take this dowry back with me. It's just that we can't leave everything out, otherwise my daughter will definitely be laughed at by those sisters-in-law when she arrives at her husband's house. But Now you look at our family property, and think about the storeroom, it's our girl's turn, it's hard to say whether there are three melons and two dates in the house."

The couple sighed together.

And Jia Lian had another idea. He thought that he would always have a son, and he couldn't spend all his son's wealth just to accompany his daughter back home.

But where does the money come from?

After speaking, I couldn't help but took another sip of wine, and asked Wang Xifeng who was sitting on the side, "I have taken a lot of money from home over the years, how much money do I have now?"

Wang Xifeng remembered this number clearly, and opened his mouth to report it to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian then discussed with Wang Xifeng, "Look, the Cui family still has two unmarried wives. There should be several years between them. I will bring back the money later, and you will share half of it as a dowry for Qiaoer. Wait until The two daughters-in-law of the Cui family have married in, let's use this money to buy something as a dowry."

It can only be like this, I always feel that the money is not enough.

These days, it's not that if you have money at home, you don't have to worry about it.

During this period of time, the money was spent like running water.Linlin told Qilin that her heart was throbbing in pain.

Qilin watched Linlin staring at the account book for a while, and couldn't help but feel a little funny.

"Don't look at the queen mother, no matter how you look at it, you can't save this money."

"You really don't feel bad for selling your father's land. How much energy did your mother and I spend saving money? Now it's all spent."

How can I spend all of it?Qilin would not talk back to Linlin either, and now that Qilin is in charge of the overall situation, he already understands that it is a bit inaccurate to describe the family as making money every day.

He had withdrawn from Zhuangzi a long time ago, and had already set his sights on the world, condescendingly watching how the imperial court machine works?He also looked at how the group of people under the queen mother made money with an insight into the overall situation.

But he couldn't understand how it hurts when he spent the money he earned as a miser.

"The queen mother thinks about the good, more than half of the money spent this time has gone to Bai Ze."

Linlin thought to herself, isn't there still a small half that ran to the third child?

Just as he was talking, another wave of people asking for money came.

Princess Shouchun gave birth to a daughter not long ago, so the Yan family naturally wouldn't say anything, but the royal family wanted to give a wave of rewards to the newborn baby girl to prove that they had full love for the little girl.

Linlin once again officially rose in seniority.

The daughter of Princess Shouchun was rewarded once when she was born, and another reward was given after the full moon.

Although it is said that there is a back and forth between people, Linlin received more gifts than she gave out.Acting like a miser is just for my son to see.

Let him also know not to be extravagant when spending money, even if it is the money that should be spent, he should consider it more carefully.It is better not to spend what should not be spent.

Qilin didn't appreciate his mother's painstaking efforts at all, and now all his focus is on the upcoming imperial examination.

Every imperial examination is a major event that the court treats with caution.If there is a fraud case in the examination room, it is really not enough to not kill the people.

For now, the imperial examination is the only chance for those poor children to jump into the dragon's gate.To ensure fairness and justice to the greatest extent, the imperial examination is a big deal for both the examinees and the court.

Because of his performance in Jiangnan, Concubine Yan was the most outstanding candidate in the last imperial examination.

In just three years, he has reached a height that many people cannot reach in a lifetime.

He married the emperor's daughter and became the chief official of Shuntian Mansion.

His deeds have been extolled among the candidates.

It's just that these candidates don't know that Consort Yan also has two small officials with a lot of history under his command.

They are all his brother-in-laws, one is the second prince, King Wu, and the other is the third prince.The two brothers worked in Shuntian Mansion incognito. Because they were too young, they were called around by many old men.

After the weather got warmer, the imperial examination officially began.

On the day of the imperial examination, all of Shuntianfu came out to patrol the streets, especially near the Gongyuan. There were people from Shuntianfu in almost every corner.

The third prince Cui Xian and the second prince Bai Ze were specially taken care of and assigned to a place where they didn't need to walk back and forth because there were people above them.It is a crossroads, to persuade those passing vehicles to change lanes, and inform them that the road ahead is closed.

Although the two brothers were dressed in ordinary clothes, their two small faces were fair and clean, and their demeanor was gentle.

At this time, he smiled and talked with several people sitting on the bench.

I saw a carriage coming over there, and the yamen servants had stopped them and advised them to change their way.

Who knew that the coachman swaggered a whip, "Do you know which family we are? We are from the Rongguo Mansion. Our grandma is going to visit relatives, so hurry up and get out of the way."

The yamen servants who blocked the way also had a temper, "Even if the relatives of the emperor pass through here, they have to make a detour. The road ahead is closed. Today is the big exam. You don't even look at the almanac before you go out."

The two brothers, Bai Ze, have already stood up. Speaking of which, both of them have some relationship with the Rongguo Mansion.

Facing Rongguo Mansion's domineering attitude, both brothers frowned.

Bai Ze pushed the third prince forward, "It's not convenient for me to go there, you go and persuade them to leave."

The third prince nodded, and walked to the carriage to have a look. This carriage was leading, followed by two carriages. He didn't know if his little fiancée was in these carriages.

"Are you from the Rongguo Mansion? Are you from the second master's family of the long house? My surname is Cui, and I'm the third in the family."

The coachman didn't realize it at first, "I don't care what your surname is."

Someone in the carriage scolded, "Blind servant, that's my uncle."

Inside the first carriage were Ping'er and Wang Xifeng. Wang Xifeng heard someone talking outside, and knowing that it was her son-in-law, she quietly lifted the curtain on the window and took a look outside.

I saw a young boy with red lips and white teeth. He was very satisfied at the first glance. He had a very good bearing, generous and neither humble nor arrogant.At least those bastards from Rongguo Mansion Shibatiaojie were dumped.

The coachman on the carriage had already jumped down and bowed his head to pay his respects.

The third prince cupped his hands towards the carriage, "I greet you, the road ahead is closed and you can't go. If you are in a hurry to leave your relatives, please take a detour."

Wang Xifeng is not a shy woman. When she was discovered, she opened the curtain and talked to the son-in-law openly, "The imperial examinations were not closed in previous years. What happened this year?"

"I heard that the Martial Saint Guan Yunchang will be invited to visit the field this year, and ghosts and monsters will avoid it. The road is also closed to prevent fraud."

Wang Xifeng didn't care about the consequences of cheating in the imperial examinations. Seeing that it was still early in the day, he finally ran into him today, so he took this opportunity to say a few more words.

"Why are you here? Aren't you studying at home?"

"My father said to let the boy follow the work in the yamen first, and learn some human relationships. He also reads every day when he goes home, and there are masters watching at home."

Just as he was talking, he saw that the curtains of the second car were opened a little bit, and he could see a small face the size of a palm in the sunlight. At a glance, he thought he looked pretty good. The second carriage bared its teeth and smiled.

Unexpectedly, the curtains of the car were lowered immediately, and the third son laughed even more happily.

Young men and women only look at their faces, and the third son of the emperor has not considered whether his father-in-law's family will hold him back.

It was really a surprise to see my fiancée today, and I laughed so hard that I couldn't see my face.

Wang Xifeng felt that this uncle had a thick skin.

When I went home at night and talked about this with Jia Lian, I was a little worried, "I see that kid with a monkey head and a monkey head, and he doesn't seem like a person who is easy to govern."

Jia Lian didn't care, "You haven't seen the big guy from Brother Cui's house, he beat Xue Da fool half to death with his two eyeballs. In Brother Cui's words, compared with the boss, it's a world of difference. It is the third child in the sky and the earth."

This sentence says that you are quite happy that your son-in-law is not as good as others.

It doesn't matter if the son-in-law is shrewd, Wang Xifeng put the matter aside first, and complained to Jia Lian, "I went to my uncle's house today, and my uncle asked about you. I said you went to see the two cousins ​​from the grandfather's house. Although my uncle said yes, he was a little dissatisfied."

"I'll go to make an apology to him tomorrow."

Wang Xifeng asked Jia Lian to say a few more good words tomorrow.

Jia Lian's left ear went in and out of his right ear, and he didn't take it to heart at all.Anyway, in Wang Ziteng's eyes, Jia Baoyu is a good boy and a nephew. Compared with Baoyu, he is far away.

Sure enough, the next day I went to Wang Ziteng and walked around, and Wang Ziteng's attitude towards Jia Lian was very strict.First, he criticized Jia Lian for marrying his daughter out easily, and then said that he hadn't even had a serious business in the past few years.

Jia Lian thought that there are many ways for me to make progress, as long as she is willing to use her mouth to make a connection, she can find a small official, but every time this Lord Wang just reprimanded him.

In the early years, Jia Lian also wanted to get over the addiction of being an official. When he said this, the elders scolded him back.Jia Lian also knew that they were afraid that they would not be easy to discipline if they were too motivated.

I've grown older these years, so I won't mention this anymore, just think about getting some money to become a rich man.So after listening to Wang Ziteng's words, he didn't take it to heart.

A few days later, the Gongyuan opened, and Jia Lian took the two cousins ​​back.

On the day of the palace examination, the two cousins ​​were sent to the palace again.When the two cousins ​​entered the palace, they swore that they would get a good rank in the exam, but when they came out, they were out of their minds, and when they saw Jia Lian, their faces were so distorted.

Jia Lian thought to himself, could it be that he did not do well in the exam.

He didn't dare to ask, so he persuaded the two of them to get into the carriage first, went back to the small courtyard and asked them to serve the food, and watched the two of them eat and urged them to go to sleep.

Jia Lian's two cousins ​​really couldn't sleep. After Jia Lian left, the two brothers ran into a room.

The elder brother asked, "Does my cousin know who his best friend is?"

The younger brother answered firmly, "I definitely don't know. Besides, that one didn't want him to know, otherwise, when the two of us were leaving the palace, why would there be guards stopping us two and telling us not to let that one know?" Tell me about Master Cui."

The elder brother was a little worried, "My cousin is still stupid, what should I do?"

The younger brother is more open-minded, "Don't worry, the two of them are relatives now. Although the cousin is busy every day, but at least there is a son-in-law who is the prince, and he will not worry about food and drink in the future."

The two brothers sighed together.

They all feel that life is really not easy, and the capital is indeed full of rich and powerful people.

"If you can really be an official, let's let it go, don't be a Beijing official."

"Yes, even if you have a pair of piercing eyes, sometimes you can't see the real dragon."

Every time Jia Lian's two cousins ​​saw him, their expressions always twisted unnaturally.

Jia Lian felt that the two of them might not be satisfied with this exam, and advised them to go out and have some drinks with others, so as to relieve their depression and make friends with other people.

Who knew that these two people kept shaking their heads, because they were afraid that they would accidentally slip up when they went out, and they didn't know what to do when something happened.

It didn't take long for the imperial list to be posted, and the two people who were on the list became Jinshi together.

Before he had time to announce the good news to his family, he received a letter from the Gengbu that the two brothers were awarded the post of county magistrate, asking them to take up the post immediately.

After the two brothers came back and talked to Jia Lian, Jia Lian took them to meet Lin Hao at night.

Lin Hao told these two people in detail where they were going. In one sentence, there were no bandits in Taiping, and it was not a rich place, nor a small barren county.

As long as the usual performance is stable, you can get a good evaluation in the end.

The two brothers here think that it may be due to Jia Lian's blessing.Jia Lian felt that Lin Hao was there to help.

So I invited Lin Hao to dinner again in private.

Jia Lian's two cousins ​​wanted to pay a visit to Jia She before they left, but Jia She's headache didn't heal as the court urged him to come closer.

And in order to pretend to be realistic, Jia She has not been out of the house for a while.

Jia Lian was ashamed to expose his father, so he could only lie along with him. Seeing that the weather was a little hotter, there was no crime for rushing on the road, and the two brothers left the capital together.

When they were saying goodbye outside the city, they asked Jia Lian one more thing.

"We asked our cousin to send a letter to our home, and if we have spare capacity, we will send our respective home to our respective places. Once we leave our hometown this time, we don't know when we will be able to go back."

Going out to be an official is just like what you are seeing now. The young people leave their hometown, and they can only return to their hometown when their heads are full of gray hair.If you are willing to take up an official position and go back to seclusion, you can go home directly, but very few people do so.

What's more, if you get sick or die due to sin, you won't even be able to see your hometown...

The more the two brothers thought about it, the sadder they became, and they couldn't help singing a farewell poem beside a pavilion.

They didn't know any people in the capital, because they had been studying and had no close contacts with others.

At this time, only this cousin sent the two of them, and maybe their brothers will also rely on this cousin in the future.

When they parted, they showed sincerity, and this poem was written unforgettable. People like Jia Lian who didn't read much couldn't help wiping their tears with their sleeves after hearing it.

The only thing I can do is to make sure that I send someone to send the two cousins' family letters back home properly, and then send their wives and children to any place.

Jia Lian was worried about leaving this matter to other people, so he found out his two nurse brothers and gave them some money, and found out two of his mother's companions, and took the family letters of his two cousins ​​to go abroad. ancestral home.

As soon as the people were sent out here, Jia Zheng on the other side sent someone to look for Jia Lian.

Jia Lian has been thinking about the daughters of the Zhen family going to Beijing for a while.So when Jia Zheng sent someone to look for Jia Lian, Jia Lian stuffed this person with a lot of money, and found out the purpose of the second master looking for him this time.

The members of Zhen's family went from year to year to year after year. These grandmothers and ladies who were usually pampered and pampered all walked to the capital city under the leadership of Jie Er with their legs.

On the way, the messengers avoided them three feet away, and usually didn't talk to these women, and led them to the capital in silence.So this group of women can't know the news from the outside, seeing that they are coming to the capital ahead, an imperial decree came, sorting these female relatives into ranks and sending them to the West Garden as palace slaves.

Only at this time did the women of the Zhen family feel like they had escaped and ascended to heaven.The West Garden is the place of the noble concubine, and only in that place can she find protection.

The so-called classification in the imperial decree is aimed at the female family members of the Zhen family. Many of these women are servants of the Zhen family. Whether these servants can go to the West Garden is still unknown.

The Rongguo Mansion wanted to take advantage of this time difference, and get out one or two important people before all these people were included in the palace register.

If the solution is strict, it is necessary to use the shortest time to turn these people into their own people and find a way to send them to the imperial concubine.

In fact, the people in Rongguo Mansion prefer to use the latter method, but the contact time is too short, and they don't know that these people are really loyal to the imperial concubine.

Jia Zheng sent someone to look for Jia Lian because he knew something about Jia Lian's relationship with the Lin family.

Jia Zheng has noticed what Jia Lian has been up to in the past few days. Those Jinshi in the past were all waiting in the capital to be awarded officials. Waiting for three to five years is a common thing. The cousin got the county magistrate's real vacancy right after leaving the examination room, and Jia Lian invited Lin Hao to drink twice in the past few days. It is clear at a glance who put in the effort.

Jia Lian didn't want to get involved in these matters, and immediately led his people out of the Rongguo Mansion, and ran into the compound prepared for the third son near Zhuque Gate.

The euphemism is to see how the uncle's yard is being cleaned up.

The yard next door is the size of the Prince's Mansion, and if this yard is added, it will be the size of the Prince's Mansion.

The emperor planned to wait for his son to get married, and first make him a county king, and then the crown prince will be crowned.These concubine brothers are princes.

Sooner or later, the yard will be given to the son, and now it is just separated to deal with Jia's family.The emperor hadn't thought about how he would face it when the truth came out in the future.

Jia Lian walked around in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, and there were craftsmen who came in and out of the surroundings, so Jia Lian himself said that these people's craftsmanship was good.

Seeing that it was getting dark, this group of people wanted to call it a day, but they saw this master walking around like a foreman.

Many people were in a hurry to get off work, so they asked Jia Lian, "What is wrong with you, we will fix it for you tomorrow."

Jia Lian came to seek refuge, but not really to see other people's work. He waved his hands to let these people go first, and led them around the yard two or three times.

No matter how big the yard is, it's not an option to keep wandering like this, Xing'er said, "Why don't we go to Ning Mansion to make do for the night?"

Jia Lian thought this was also a solution. No matter how nice the yard is, it has not been tidied up. Besides, it is my uncle's house, so it is not suitable to live by myself.

Send someone back to quietly talk to Ping'er, and take them to Ningguo Mansion.

Jia Zhen was not at home, and Jia Lian sat in their main hall for a quarter of an hour before seeing Jia Rong running out of the backyard.

Jia Rong saw Jia Lian calling out to his uncle affectionately, "Uncle, why are you here? The second master sent someone to look for you just now, but he didn't find you, but he called my father."

Jia Lian thought that Brother Zhen would not take over this unlucky job, right?

But in any case, it's better if I don't touch this matter, "Brother Rong, clean up a yard for me here, and take me in for a day or two."

Jia Rong agreed very readily, and took Jia Lian to the guest courtyard. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard the voice of a woman next door.

When Jia Lian thought about it, they were probably the two sisters of sister-in-law Zhen's family. These two people were no secret among the men of Jia's family. I'm young and haven't married yet.

Just as Jia Rong sent Jia Lian to this yard, she didn't say a word to Jia Lian. She thought of an excuse to leave and ran to the next yard.

Jia Lian listened to the laughter and singing in the yard next door for half the night, and couldn't sleep here, and couldn't help but want to go to the next door too.

In the middle of the night, I turned back and forth like sticking sesame seed cakes, and fell asleep when there was no sound from the next door in the second half of the night.

When she woke up during the day, Jia Zhen had already returned.

Sure enough, as Jia Lian expected, he escaped by himself, and it was Jia Zhen who took over the matter.

Jia Lian casually made an excuse to quarrel with Wang Xifeng, saying that yesterday he went out for a walk in a bad mood and didn't want to go home at night, and asked Jia Zhen how things were going.

"They are panicking like bereaved dogs now. Of course, people listen to what we say. And a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, old ladies who make up their minds and housekeepers and daughter-in-laws of the older generation all hang themselves to death during the inspection. , now these are all young daughters-in-law of the junior generation, so ashamed."

After speaking, hehe laughed a little, neither of them was a serious person, and the other party laughed so wretchedly.

Jia Lian's heart tightened, "Could you be someone who belittled their family?"

"It's just a few touches. What kind of eyes do you have, what kind of gentleman are you pretending to be, we are all brothers, and we know each other's virtues."

After finishing speaking, someone invited the second aunt and third aunt over. Jia Lian tossed and turned in her mind, still thinking about the Zhen family, what was the meaning and plan of the higher-ups... then she heard the laughter of a young woman in the yard.

Looking up, a very gentle woman walked in.

Jia Lian's heart twisted suddenly, thinking that just looking at this figure was better than the tigress at home.

What he didn't know was that at this moment, his eyes were shining and he was salivating so that people couldn't help but want to beat him up.

The two sisters have different styles, the elder sister is gentle and gentle, and the younger sister is pretty and pungent.Come in together and drink two jugs of wine early in the morning with their brothers.

Jia Lian didn't eat anything, and poured down a jug of wine, stood up and shook it a little bit, and felt that his stomach seemed to be full of water.What's worse is that at this time, I felt nauseous, grabbed a vase casually, and threw up holding the vase.

Jia Zhen's two wives and sisters, the older one is called the second sister, and the younger one is called the third sister.

The second sister went up to support Jia Lian, and wanted to help him back to lie down in the yard next door.

When Jia Lian was walking, he felt as if he was stepping on the cotton, subconsciously leaning his whole body weight on the person next to him.

The two walked back into the courtyard together, Jiu Zhuang was cowardly, Jia Lian hugged him unceremoniously, his face was stuck to his skin, his hands began to be dishonest, enduring the pain like cramps in his stomach, Jia Lian When I felt that I could go one step further, someone knocked on the door outside.

"Second Master, there is something going on at home, sister Ping'er asked me to invite you back."

Jia Lian was somewhat dissatisfied, his head was dizzy, and he shouted to the door, "Don't shout, and go back when the master wakes up."

The boy who came to look for someone took a look through the crack of the door, and the skin all over his body became tight. Wang Xifeng's catchphrase was "Pick your skin off".

This boy is timid, "Second Master, hurry back, grandma is in a hurry."

Jia Lian became angry, and persuaded the second sister with nice words, "Beauty, wait for a while, wait for the master to get rid of the thing that is in the way, and then we can talk properly."

As soon as the door was opened, he lifted the collar of the boy's collar with a frightening expression, and dragged the boy out of the door. After walking a few steps, the boy came back to his senses in fright, and quickly grabbed Jia Lian's arm, "Second Lord Something really happened, a grandma from the Zhen family came to our house to ask for money."

Zhen family!silver!

Jia Lian was so startled by these two words that his mind suddenly came to his senses.

"Don't talk nonsense, our family didn't take their money... Didn't it mean that they should all be brought into the West Garden, why did someone come out?"

"The grandma who came out was a chaste woman. Seeing that her widow was unemployed, and her dead husband didn't do anything outrageous, she was let out. When she came, she brought a few young ladies, sister-in-law A few of them looked pale, withered, black and thin, and asked our old lady to pay back the money with one mouth, saying that these few people left in the whole family needed to eat."