Luanfeng of the Red Chamber

A few days later, Mother Jia posted a post asking Mrs. Anping Hou to come over as a guest.Mrs. Anping Hou not only came by herself, but also brought her daughter Fang Ning.Jia Mu also led the girls from the mansion to accompany her, but Baochai didn't come because she told her it was inconvenient.Daiyu is waiting to be married, and she also hides.Mrs. Wang sat at the head of Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Anpinghou, and winked at Tanchun, asking her to stand behind her.When Jia's mother saw her, she gave Yuanyang a wink, and Yuanyang went down and whispered something in Tanchun's ear, and the two of them came to invite Fang Ning to play with her sisters in the garden.Seeing the girls leaving, Mother Jia only pulled Lu Shi to talk: "... I am getting old and my legs and feet are not good, so I don't walk around very much. Daughters-in-law are busy with family affairs, so they don't come out to see people very much. In the final analysis, we are stupid, and we didn’t expect that this would almost delay the children’s affairs.” Seeing that Jia’s mother was an elder, but her attitude was modest, and she even seemed to be apologetic, she couldn’t help but secretly sighed, and said with a smile : "The old lady's words are too modest. Every family has their own way of living, which is normal. The children in your family are all very well-rounded talents. When you meet them, you will know that your family loves children too much. Hide it so that we won't see it, lest we snatch it and become a wife!" Everyone who said that laughed, and Madam Wang became more courageous when she saw Lu's kind and casual words, and felt that what she had planned in her heart would most likely come true. up.

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Look at what you said, if there is someone like you as a mother-in-law, we would be more than happy to let you take a good look at our girl." Say no more.Lu Shi smiled, and said along the way: "That's not it! The girls who came to your house a few days ago are all very good. Even if we are in-laws, it's not impossible!" Jia Mu heard Lu Shi's words Having said it so clearly, it would be useless for me to be vague, so I smiled and said, "I don't know which child you have your eyes on." Mrs. Wang's heart also raised at this time, her hand holding the handkerchief turned white, and she held her breath. Concentrate, not daring to miss a word.

"The second girl in the eldest room of your house is pretty good, I like it very much!"

The author has something to say: I'm finally back, don't say much, hurry up and code words are serious.

☆, 82 to ask for old debts

But on Aunt Xue's side, she felt something after hearing what her daughter said, and thought about it all night, and called her son and daughter-in-law over to discuss it the next day.Xue Pan didn't feel much after hearing this, but Wu's heart was filled with ecstasy.After all, she is a daughter who married far away, and she doesn't have much confidence in her actions and words in her husband's house. This is because her mother-in-law and sister-in-law are all good-natured, and she can control her husband by herself, but it took a year and a half to manage the family.Now if it is true as my mother-in-law said, it would be great if I could go back to my hometown and see my natal relatives often.Xue Pan was somewhat reluctant to part with the prosperity of central Beijing, but seeing that all the female relatives were in favor of it, he couldn't help feeling depressed.He looked at his sister, then at his mother, and said, "That's all, but if my sister leaves Beijing, she won't be able to wait for Baoyu, so what can I say?" After glaring at her, Baochai's face was flushed, whether she wanted to be angry or not, and whether she wanted to cry or not.Aunt Xue quickly scolded her son and ordered him to shut up, while hugging her daughter and crying about her miserable life.Seeing that he had offended everyone, Xue Pan was so frightened that he quickly apologized. He knelt down and said good things to his mother. The younger sister who can't wait is in Beijing, and she can't go out at her relatives' house at will. I didn't see that their own girls are all raised in boudoirs. How can people know that our sister is good? People are looking for it, and they are also close to their own girl first, so how can we let our sister and sister go back to their hometowns? With my sister's talent, there are still a lot of people begging to marry me. At that time, I will not only get a good marriage, but also for a long time in the future. It's really good to stay with your mother's family. Then you, the elder brother, will have to worry about it."

Aunt Xue heard Wu Shi's words and thought she was blunt, but she was serious, she frowned and coughed twice, and made her son and daughter-in-law shut up.When Baochai heard this, she felt mixed feelings in her heart, and her face was already blushing, and she just buried her head in her mother's arms.What Xue Pan heard from his wife made sense, and he had been preached by his mother and sister all year round, and his wife took care of him, so he had no choice but to obey.The family decided to return home after three months of planning.Aunt Xue saw that the matter of going back to her hometown had been agreed upon, and when she recalled the relationship with relatives she had spent with her over the past few years, she still felt a little bit reluctant to part with the Jia family. Now that he plans to return to his hometown, he just happens to make a deal with Mrs. Wang.So he took his daughter and daughter-in-law to talk to Mrs. Wang, and when he arrived at Mrs. Wang's place, he heard Mrs. Xing talking and laughing. "Oh, our second girl got this good marriage, thanks to her aunt! If her aunt hadn't taken care of the girls at the flower viewing banquet, how could the nobleman have taken a fancy to our second girl!" Aunt Xue, mother and daughter looked at each other. With a glance, Wu shi lowered his head and frowned slightly.Baochai wanted to avoid it, but Aunt Xue stopped her and refused to let her go.Aunt Xue had already understood a little at this time, and couldn't bear the twitch in her heart.Yingchun can find a good marriage at the flower viewing party, there is no reason her daughter can't! Take this opportunity to ask for clarification.

Aunt Xue held her daughter in one hand and her daughter-in-law in the other, and walked into the inner room.Sure enough, I saw the two wives of King Xing talking and laughing.But upon closer inspection, it was Mrs. Xing joking and Mrs. Wang listening.Several people met each other, and after paying respects to each other, they continued to talk.Aunt Xue's mother and daughter knew the ins and outs of Yingchun's "good marriage". Yingchun has been favored by Mrs. Anpinghou and will be married as the wife of the eldest son soon.Mrs. Xing was very happy, talking and laughing all the time, revealing that she wanted Mrs. Wang to add more make-up when she was married in the Spring Festival.Baochai couldn't sit still after hearing this, but because she came with her mother and sister-in-law, she said that she would go back at this time, so she would inevitably be gossiped, so she had to lower her head and listen.Both Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue were upset, only Mrs. Wu couldn't see it, but it was hard for a daughter-in-law to leave the two elders behind, so she had to look at Mrs. Wang's side Yu Chuan'er to wink, and Yu Chuan'er was also the governor. , found an excuse to lead Baochai out.

When Baochai left the courtyard, she declined Yuchuan'er's company, not knowing where she wanted to go in a daze.Suddenly I saw a few girls in red and green coming in a hurry, seeing her hastily bowed, and said with a smile: "Why is Miss Bao still here? Miss Yun just entered the second door, and now she has arrived at the old lady's room." Now, the girls are all here too, won't Miss Bao go and have a look together?" Baochai was startled, then smiled and said: "It turns out that Yun'er is here. There are so many things at home these days that I have forgotten." He decided to go and see, the reason why he didn't want to meet people was mainly because he wanted to avoid Daiyu Yingchun who was engaged to be married, and now that everyone was together, there was nothing to talk about.Waiting to be separated from Jia Mu, and taking advantage of the time when everyone is together, I just happened to tell the story of my family going back to my hometown.

Unexpectedly, when he entered Jia Mu's yard, he heard Jia Mu's laughter, and when he entered the room, everyone was smiling.After saluting, Baochai smiled and asked what happened, and Jia Mu replied with a smile: "Your sister Yun has something good!" She said and looked at Shi Xiangyun and smiled.Baochai's heart seemed to be hit hard by something. When she subconsciously went to see Shi Xiangyun, her cheeks were full of red clouds, and she was not as bright and meaningless as before, but she looked shy and joyful, watching her surrounded by sisters. Talking and laughing, Baochai felt that his whole body was slowly stiffening, with a habitual smile on his face, but he said something that he didn't quite understand.

However, Lianfeng and his wife in the mansion are very relieved to see that all the girls are well-off, especially that there is a Mrs. Hou Ye's son in their own house.In the past few years, Sister Feng has listened to her husband's words, and she has not treated Yingchun badly, and at the same time she has a good relationship with Mrs. Xing, she also intends to win over this second girl. Seeing that she has a good future, she is even more grateful for her foresight.Since the marriage of the second girl was agreed upon by Mother Jia and others with Mrs. Lu, the news spread very quickly. In the past, there were people coming and going in the Zhuijin Building, which was unknown in the past, people who flattered, complained, asked for help, sought refuge, etc. I don't know. All of a sudden, everyone in the whole family knew that something good happened in Yingchun, and they were too busy to heat up the stove.Yingchun and the others were at a loss when they were in such a rush at first, but fortunately there were girls with stronger personalities such as Si Qilianhua'er who deliberately controlled them so that nothing happened.Since Shi Xiangyun also talked about her, Jia's mother said that she wanted to take Daiyu Yingchun and Shi Xiangyun to teach her carefully until she got married, which made Erchun and others lonely in the garden.When Baoyu learned of this, she cried for a long time, but she didn't want to say goodbye to her sisters, and kept saying that she didn't want them to marry.The wind reached Jia Lian's ears, and it became more and more unbelievable. Jia Lian secretly asked someone to pass Baoyu's description to Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng was so angry that he ignored Mrs. Wang's obstruction and called Baoyu. Dozens of times, if it wasn't for the fear that Jia's mother would see the mark on his face, he would be able to slap his ears immediately.

Although Jia Zheng is pedantic, he knows how much Baoyu's actions will bring harm to the reputation of Jia's family and these girls.After Jia Zheng beat Baoyu, seeing Jia's mother rushing over after getting the news, pointing at his nose and yelling at his grandson with her arms around her, she couldn't help sighing, and said, "Mother, Baoyu is not too young to be so ignorant. If the crazy things he said these days are spread outside, the girls in the mansion will be affected. Even if we can protect him for a while, but he doesn't know when he's like this What's wrong, when the time comes, the Jia family's reputation will be all over the generations..." Before she finished speaking, she was spat on by Jia's mother and scolded: "Shut up your stinking mouth, I've never heard that old man curse like that!" Son! Baoyu is a good boy, but he is reluctant to part with his sisters. There is nothing you say that is worth shouting and killing. As for those stupid words, listen to them. Could it be that you have fooled him a little Man, where can you make a catastrophe! You are an old man, and you only know how to hate him, but you have a deep hatred with him! Originally, his sisters were in a bad mood when they were going out, but you still kept beating them again and again. Scolding, are you trying to force him to death? If you want to force him to death, I won’t live anymore!”

As Jia's mother said, she hugged Baoyu and began to cry. Jia Zheng had no choice but to kneel down and plead guilty.On the side, Mrs. Wang cried, Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian, and Sister Feng tried to persuade her, but in the end she had to settle down again.Mrs. Wang watched as Jia's mother pressed Baoyu on the couch, fetched water, asked the imperial doctor, and took off her clothes to see the wound. In the back of my mind.

After all, there was another chaos in the mansion, and Jia Lian really had nothing to do with them.In the end, the Marquis of Anping had more contact with the mansion because of the engagement. Knowing that Baoyu lived in the same garden with the sisters, he expressed dissatisfaction.Although Yingchun and others have followed Jia Mu, the rest in the garden are still cousins ​​after all, and they are still afraid of affecting Yingchun, so they leave something to talk about.Jia's mother discussed with Mrs. Wang for a while, and she had no choice but to move Baoyu out of his residence under the pretext of recovering from his injury, because she wanted her husband to avoid suspicion.Coincidentally, the location is also the Lixiangyuan vacated by the Xue family.Baoyu's residence in Lixiangyuan is also temporary. Mrs. Wang has already planned to build another courtyard next to the main house for Baoyu to live in under Jia Zheng's nod, just in time to keep her son under her nose.When Mother Jia learned that Aunt Xue's family was going back to her hometown, she sighed: "I have to leave now, and I don't know if I can see you in the future. But when I am old, I should go back and have a look. I am afraid that I have been homesick all these years." Thinking really hard!" Then he asked Aunt Xue, mother and daughter to talk a few times, and gave Cheng Yi 1000 taels and some clothing and jewelry.The other sisters learned that because of Baochai's popularity, they were very reluctant to part with it. In addition, those who wanted to marry and those who were not married all had old thoughts and worries, so today she is the host, and tomorrow you treat, It's like trying to squeeze the happiest days into these few days.

The young girls in this room are bustling with each other. Here Aunt Xue, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are talking to Mrs. Wang Li Wan. "The past few years have passed, and it's time to go back and have a look. I spent a lot of money in Beijing, but now I haven't even done anything about Baochai's dowry. When I see Baochai, my heart hurts, but my family is no longer what it used to be. , the money spent is like splashing water, and Pan'er is a man who has a family and a career, so I can't leave him with nothing in the end." Mrs. Wang nodded and sighed: "That's right." Then she told Li Wan what happened to Baochai How good, I regret that I can't be her daughter-in-law.Mrs. Wu coughed lightly, and said softly: "Speaking of which, if the family hadn't borrowed more than 40 taels of silver seven or eight years ago, I would still be able to afford it now. Now I finally found a merchant who went to the Western Regions. We can buy shares with money. We thought, if we can do this business, at least we can give my sister a decent dowry. It’s a pity that the family can’t even make up the minimum amount of shares. I'm so anxious! Going out this time will be three or four times more beneficial, if it wasn't for Mr. Xue's face, they might not be willing to take us..." Aunt Xue frowned and said: "Why? Speaking of this, I don’t look at the scene!” Then he sighed: “I also know that the family is difficult. Alas, it’s useless to be my mother all these years, but it’s hard for these sensible children... " After finishing speaking, he took out his handkerchief and wiped away his tears.

Mrs. Wang has fully understood that this is a debt.At the beginning, Xiuyuanzi borrowed money from Xue's family, and slowly paid it back on the surface, but in fact, he exchanged the money for the marriage of the two children, and both parties knew it.But Mrs. Wang has been unable to make the decision, and Aunt Xue is afraid that there will be long nights and dreams in the future. More than 40 taels of silver is not a trivial matter, and she informed Jia's mother.It was also thanks to the Lin family's money being sent later, which relieved the urgent need. In the end, the two parties compromised and secretly only wrote an IOU for 20 taels of silver.For many years, because Aunt Xue was still counting on her daughter's marriage, she never really asked for money.After all, it hinders sisters' affection from relatives, and they are also afraid that their daughter will be angry if they marry.However, after a few years, Baoyu is still heartless, Mrs. Wang still does not dare to choose a daughter-in-law in a fair manner, and can only secretly come up with gossip about a happy marriage, dragging Baochai until she is seventeen or eighteen years old. Aunt Xue is really anxious. .Not only Baochai was upset, but Aunt Xue was also holding her breath.If it weren't for Baochai's open and honest talk with her mother this time, Aunt Xue would have long wanted to find a chance to talk to her daughter.After finally talking, he decided to go back to his hometown to find a good family for Baochai, and when his daughter-in-law reminded him, he remembered the incident at the source.

Li Wan also vaguely knew what happened back then, but he just kept his head down and dared not speak.Mrs. Wang was furious, and stared at Aunt Xue silently.Aunt Xue froze at first, then lowered her head and sighed: "Sister, sister, I can't do anything about it. Now there are only these few people in the family, so I have to leave some ancestral property for them to eat, maybe one day I can regain my It’s not in vain that I have survived for so many years..." Mrs. Wang took a few deep breaths, and smiled: "This is a good thing, no one will stop it, but I have to tell the truth, sister, it is not My sister doesn't want to help you. You can see what the mansion has been like in the past few years. Brother Feng was so worried that he didn't give birth to a son until these few years. Even so, the mansion can't squeeze out tens of thousands of people. It's silver. I can make up a few thousand taels here, let's use it to add makeup to Bao girl."

☆, 83 The Xue family exits 1

Aunt Xue's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's complexion also became ugly.Cheng Yi is only 1000 taels. Madam Wang, what does this mean? Do you think they are coming in the autumn wind? 20 taels have now become several thousand taels. How is this enough! "Sister, I also know your difficulties. Difficulties." Aunt Xue took a sip of tea and said slowly: "I'm not saying that you need to take out the money now, we will leave on the fifteenth day of next month, and there is still half a month left. It can be worth the 20 taels, and you can exchange it with other things. Sister, for the sake of my sister and Jia’s family, our family only needs this 20 taels.” After all, only 20 taels have been written. It is really a blessing from the ancestors to get back 20 taels if you can't get a deal in the open.Mrs. Wang saw that Aunt Xue was determined to ask for debts, and she was very angry.Now Jia's mansion is going from bad to worse, all the money from the self-built garden has been spent, even if there was any left over at that time, it had already been secretly invested in each property by the members of the Dafang, and at this time she was arrested One, tell her to use the dowry property to pay it off, but she still looks like she should be grateful if I want to pay back 20 taels. It's really... It's a pity that she really let Bao girl be her daughter-in-law. It's not too late to have such a mother-in-law. mad.

The atmosphere froze for a while, and Wu hurriedly talked to Li Wan about women's reds again, but Li Wan was timid and didn't answer the conversation very much.There are only two elders left, one is drinking tea with his head down, and the other is looking up at the flower dendrobium on the wall.After a cup of tea, Mrs. Wang said, "20 taels is too much, I really can't make up my mind about it." Aunt Xue said: "That's right, I was blamed for being a woman at the beginning, but I just took 40 taels like this." Ten thousand taels of silver was handed out, and I didn't even think about it. It really takes a man to make the decision, no, after several years, I, an old woman, have to give up my face to ask for it." Aunt Xue said with a gun and a stick, Mingli blames himself for making decisions, implying that Mrs. Wang collected money and made decisions on her own, but said she could not make decisions when she paid off the debt.Aunt Xue has already figured it out. When she returns to her hometown this time, her family will be the only one in the future. The son will be supported by the Yue family, and the daughter will also find support in the future. The Jia family is not as influential in Beijing as before, let alone influence It's Jinling.So this time, just say something, and don't have to worry about it anymore.

Mrs. Wang's complexion darkened again, she paused but said: "I'm telling the truth, I have to discuss it with the old lady and the master." Aunt Xue looked at Mrs. Wang's face, knowing that it would be too late for a while. Unable to force anything, he smiled and left with Mrs. Wu.At the end, he said: "Sister, please talk about it, old lady, the second master is a sensible person, and he will not be ignorant of your and my difficulties." Hearing this, Madam Wang gritted her teeth bitterly, she sat back and smashed two glasses.

Not to mention that Mrs. Wang was forced to burn out by Aunt Xue, but since Baoyu moved into Lixiangyuan, she immediately felt that the place was too small, and a dozen girls, big and small, were stumbling and making noise every day.Fortunately, Mrs. Jia Muwang often sent people to visit, but the situation was maintained.But also because Jia's mother was busy teaching the three girls, and Mrs. Wang was worried about the old debt. His words were presumptuous, his actions self-reliant, and he was very unhappy, so he decided to let three or four small maids and two big maids go out, including Fangguan, Si'er, Zhuan'er, Wu'er, Bihen and Qisan.Baoyu jumped up from the bed when she heard that she was going to kick someone out, and went to Mrs. Wang to intercede with Qingwen and Xiren.As a result, Mrs. Wang scolded the two maids first, and drove Baoyu back. In the end, she called Caiyun to order Baoyu, and ignored Baoyu's begging.When Mother Jia learned of this, she scolded Jia Zheng a few words, mainly because she was afraid of frightening Baoyu, but after hearing her son's statement, she also called the amber and gave it to Baoyu with two little girls.Xiren and others thought that several girls had gone, and Baoyu's house must be their world, but four of them came, one of them was bigger than the other, which was really depressing.

Lian and Feng didn't care about the big and small troubles in the house, and now they only worry about the dowry for Yingchun.Mother Jia had planned to give Sanchun a dowry of 3000 taels of silver per person, but now that Yingchun was going to marry into the Hou family, she couldn't follow the old pattern.When Jia's mother was engaged in Yingchun, she had already said that the public would give another 5000 taels, and she would give another 2000 taels, making up a total of 1 taels to marry Yingchun.Jia She and his wife were overjoyed when they heard this, and they made up their minds to get the money.Jia's mother is well aware of the eldest son's character, if he is allowed to take the silver, Yingchun will not be able to go out in style.So he asked Jia Lian and his wife to arrange for the purchase of dowry with money, and to report directly to her every month.Jia Lian also knew that this was the kindness of Jia's mother. She wanted to welcome the spring benefits and didn't want to be tortured by Jia She and his wife, so she agreed, and discussed with Sister Feng when she came back.Sister Feng said: "Don't worry, what to do with the dowry for Sister Lin that year, just reduce it according to that." I need to let her know." One sentence reminded Sister Feng, and Sister Feng nodded and said: "This is very true, we are not trying to take advantage of the opportunity to steal money, but we have to let the second sister see, you How does elder brother worry about her, let's not be so foolish as to pretend that others don't know." Then he asked Ping'er to invite Yingchun.

After a while, Yingchun came with two maids, and after a few people exchanged greetings, they got to the point.When Yingchun heard that she was asked to come together to make the dowry list, she was so ashamed that she blushed a long time ago and couldn't speak.Sitting next to Yingchun, Sister Feng put her arms around her and said softly: "You are already a big girl, and you have to learn how to organize your own things. You are so shy, if you go to someone else's house, you will have to worry about housekeeping for you." Seeing everyone laughing, Yingchun was shy and silent, and Si Qi beside her smiled and said: "Second grandma is so good at making fun of people, our girl can't keep making fun of you for nothing, and you must add more makeup to make up for it on the wedding day. That's right." Sister Feng pointed at Si Qi with a smile, and said: "What a quick-talking girl, you two are really a couple! I'm your master's sister-in-law, so I can't add makeup to this. what!"

Everyone chatted and laughed for a while, and Sister Feng said to Yingchun, "it's your dowry after all. I know what to do. I don't know what to do when I give gifts in return and renovate the industry." Although Yingchun is clumsy, she understands in her heart , These days, I am with Jia Mu again, and I will not learn it for a while, and I have heard a lot of things, but it has entered my mind. I know that Sister Feng sold her a favor from an adult, and I am very grateful.Thinking of Jia's mother's generosity and brother-in-law's kindness, Yingchun couldn't say no anyway, so she nodded in agreement.In recent years, Lianfeng has formed a lot of good relationships. Not only did she not have many conflicts with Jia She and his wife, but she also cared a lot about Yingchun's food, clothing, housing, transportation, and dealing with others. as before.

Half a month later, Mrs. Wang couldn't bear Aunt Xue's begging, so she had to speak vaguely to Jia's mother.When Jia Mu heard this, she was very angry. After a while, she sighed that her children and grandchildren were useless. For the dowry, Daiyu just got married a few days ago, Jia's family can't just pretend not to see her, besides, a few years ago, the Lin's family brought money over here, so there is less fear of people gossip. We bumped into each other a few times, so to speak, I paid 10 taels of silver in advance on the account, and then handed over 5 taels of my private money to Daiyu. There is no money for the wedding, so how can I pay off the old debts?

So they called the whole family together again, and after arguing, ridiculing, and getting angry, they all agreed to take the shop to fight.Grandmother Jia bought a silk and satin village, Mrs. Wang bought a cosmetic shop, Dafang bought a restaurant, and Gongzhong bought two small farms, which were not enough to make up 20 taels. It can't be compared with other places. Xue's family also accepts when they see a good deal. It is not worthwhile to sell the shop. Wu and Xue Pan have married since they heard him mention Jia Lian's business in the early years. Looking at these shops, there are only Dafang's restaurant business was pretty good, so he encouraged Xue Pan to establish a relationship with Jia Lian, and asked him to come forward and introduce some aristocratic children to form a joint stock company. The reason to ask yourself to help deal with it sounds a little unreasonable, although it is only natural to pay back the debt.But in the end, Jia Lian still underestimated the Xue family, so he had to help him.

This matter is simple to say. A month ago, Mr. Zhou, who had been a tutor to Jia Lian's son Jia Zhi, had to return home in a hurry due to the sudden death of his mother in his hometown.Therefore, Jia Zhi's schoolwork stopped. Although Jia Lian had been looking for her husband, she was not very satisfied.It has to be said that this woman, Mrs. Wu, is very cunning. She inquired about this matter in a roundabout way, and immediately visited a great Confucian who was quite friendly with her parents.This great Confucian surnamed Xu was a teacher of Guozijian in his early years. He was humorous and humorous, and he loved to support his juniors.I don't know how Wu's eloquent tongue persuaded this Daru Xu, and he was willing to go through the needles for Jia Lian and introduce his disciples.Jia Lian was overjoyed when he heard that, so both parties were very happy.Xu Daru likes Jia Zhi, a quiet and handsome child, and after investigating for an hour, he resolutely accepts him as an apprentice, and his previous prejudice against the wealthy family has disappeared.Jia Lian also reciprocated, taking Xue Pan to a few banquets, and sure enough, some descendants of aristocratic families speculated with Xue Pan, intending to participate in the shares.In fact, the shop business in Beijing is limited, and those who make a little profit are recruited by some famous officials' families, and now there are very few opportunities to find profitable ones.The Xue family used to be the head of the imperial business, and Jia Lian was connected, which made the children of the second- and third-rate families very excited.Therefore, after a few banquets, Xue's family owned several stores in the middle of Beijing with shareholders, so there was no need to worry about the business being left unattended after leaving Beijing.Jia Lian was also afraid that the Xue family would not be in charge, and that someone would blame him at that time. In addition, the Xue family would be a man, so he gave him four shops at once with a five-cent bonus for three years. A few old people who worked in the area went to help.

This year's autumn curtain is just in time for the [-]th birthday of the current emperor, so Enke was added. In previous years, a large number of scholars poured into the capital at this time, and this year even more.Daiyu's fiancé, Zhang Menglin, is also an examinee this year. Originally, he didn't want to quit this year and wanted to review for another year, but his mentor said that he was ready and could quit.The older Zhang's father was, the more he wanted to have fun with his grandchildren, so he urged his son to leave the stage, trying to pass the exam so that he could marry a wife and have children earlier, and he had lived up to his old friend's entrustment to his daughter.So Zhang Menglin had no choice but to pack up and prepare to have a try under the high expectations of the teacher.Jia Lian had been very close to Zhang's family during these days, so she was the one who got the news the fastest, so she told Daiyu through Sister Feng, and Daiyu went to Dabei Temple to ask for a peace talisman, and made another I got a purse worth three yuan in a row, and passed Sister Feng shyly, and Jia Lian sent it over.But Zhang Menglin quickly returned the gift, and what he gave was a small and exquisite Laokeng Ice Jade Inkstone that could be carried around.Since Zhang Lin got married, he often talked about reconciliation through letters, and introduced each other as confidants.Zhang's father is an open-minded person, and he has the style of the Wei and Jin forests. He both values ​​and likes Daiyu, the daughter-in-law-to-be. Instead of treating her like an ordinary daughter, she tried her best to make her and her son get acquainted.To have such a daughter-in-law, who cares for her husband and children, manages the family and respects the elderly, it is no exaggeration to say that three generations can be safe.As for the Jia family, Lianfeng and Lianfeng were not pedantic people, so they naturally opened their eyes and closed their eyes.

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In the blink of an eye, one month has passed, and Zhang Menglin successfully entered the palace examination.When Jia's mother heard the good news, she was so happy from ear to ear, she hurriedly sent Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty to come to congratulate her.Zhang Menglin stayed at the Guozijian these days, so he was so busy that he didn't have time to go home, so naturally he couldn't see guests.When Mr. Zhang saw these two people, one sour and stupid, the other frivolous and incompetent, he couldn't help being secretly surprised. After finally perfunctory for a while, he entertained a banquet and sent them away. To marry the Lin family, one cannot let the daughter-in-law stay in such a family for a long time.Jia Zheng has always been a favorite of scholars, but others look down on him. Although he doesn't understand the world, he feels that Mr. Zhang looks down on him, and he can't help but feel a little depressed.So if I prepared to entrust Baoyu to Mr. Zhang and ask a good gentleman to guide me in writing, I couldn't say it.That's all for Jia Amnesty, he never associates with scholars, and this meeting is just a sham, it seems that you look down on me and I don't care about you.Seeing the unconcealable depression on Jia Zheng's face, he couldn't help but gloat over his misfortune.

The results of the palace examination came out, and Zhang Menglin got the third prize.For a while, Zhang's family came to congratulate him, and there was a lot of traffic, and Mr. Zhang was so happy that he saw everyone with a smile all day long.Jia Lian and his wife also visited on behalf of the Jia family, and Zhang Menglin welcomed them in person.Sister Feng nodded secretly, and couldn't help taking the time to whisper in Jia Lian's ear: "Uncle Lin didn't miss it after all." Jia Lian took her hand and twisted it in his sleeve.Although Zhang's family is a Hanlin family, their family background is not weak. The noodles are placed from the hall to the gate of the courtyard, and the noodles ordered are the highest class in Chunhui Building, authentic Yishui Huaiyang taste.During the banquet, many people inquired about Zhang Menglin's marriage, with the intention of helping him as a matchmaker. After hearing Zhang Menglin's own confession of the marriage contract with the only daughter of the late Yangzhou Yanzheng Kelin who now lives in Jia's mansion, it is indispensable. Annoyed and sighed.The wives and grandmas present here cannot do without asking each other about the girl from the Lin family. Sister Feng, who was present here, started chatting with a few acquainted female relatives. Daiyu, who has never been out much, has become a flower.In Sister Feng's opinion, Daiyu is good in everything, but her reputation is not well-known in the Jia family. Now let her praise her goodness, and when she gets married and interacts with other women's family members in the future, she will not. As for talking about yourself and others, your eyes will turn dark.

Mr. Zhang led his son and others to toast, and the wine was served until the glass was dry.Zhang Menglin watched from the sidelines, afraid that his own father would drink his head and get on his body, but he didn't dare to persuade Jia Lian, and could only keep winking at Jia Lian.Jia Lian just smiled, watched Mr. Zhang drink six or seven cups, and then got up to follow. Since he was the natal family of the future mistress of Zhang's mansion, he and Zhang Menglin blatantly pretended to be his son and nephew, helping Mr. Zhang drink.While chatting and laughing, it was only when the wine was in full swing that someone outside the court suddenly heard someone calling out the imperial decree in a drawn-out voice.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, they all stood up and looked outside.Jia Lian and Zhang Menglin looked at each other, hurriedly helped Mr. Zhang one by one, and walked out of the hall quickly, but saw a servant serving the inner prison standing in the yard, followed by several small yellow doors, all holding a plate with gold inscriptions in their hands. Things covered with red silk.Seeing Jia Lian, she was at ease, but she still didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly followed Zhang's father and son, and the eunuch smiled and said, "I also invite Master Zhang Hanlin and Zhang Tanhua to receive the order." On the side, a housekeeper greeted people Quickly came over to set up incense tables and futons, Mr. Zhang led his son and everyone to kneel down, listening to the edict read by the eunuch.Jia Lian knelt down and listened carefully. It turned out that the emperor somehow found out about the marriage contract between the son of the Zhang family and the daughter of the Lin family. Thinking of the benefits of Lin Ruhai when he was a courtier, he couldn't help being moved, so he called the queen to come forward and personally bestowed a marriage ceremony on the two families. .Along with the imperial decree, there are also a pair of golden inlaid white jade Ruyi, a pair of bimu mandarin ducks and jasper pendants, a pearl, a box of hairpin rings, and five boxes of new clothing materials for men and women.The imperial decree was not long, and it was finished reading very quickly. Everyone had smiles on their faces. Zhang and his son hurried forward to accept the decree, and greeted the eunuch politely.Jia Lian winked and asked some servant girls to accept the gift, then took out a 100 tael silver note from his sleeve and handed it to the inner eunuch, and exchanged a few words with the inner eunuch, only then did he know that the emperor was listening to a favorite in the palace. The concubine learned of the marriage contract between the two families, and only then did she intend to bestow the marriage.On the day of marriage, there may be rewards.As soon as Jia Lian heard the words "Beloved Concubine in the Palace", Jia Lian immediately thought of Concubine Yuan. Could it be that Concubine Yuan really made it up?

Before he could think about it, the steward of Zhang's mansion invited the inner eunuch and a few small yellow gates to sit down.They didn't refuse too much, and just opened another table in the flower hall, and asked Zhang Menglin to toast twice before eating and drinking at home.Jia Lian followed Zhang Menglin to the side hall and watched him divide the gift in half.