The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 137 Little Reunion ([-])

Because Jia Lian didn't order in advance, Zhang Yong and others didn't wait outside the study.

Jia Lian thought that today was a festive season, so he didn't ask anyone to call them, so he could only let Aqi and Aqin be the training partners.

Originally, the company of beauties was not effective, but after Qingwen brought the hot dishes, seeing that there were no servants around, she just lingered, wiped off her sweat, and squeezed her legs...

In desperation, Jia Lian had no choice but to stop practicing physical fitness and practice archery in the hall instead, letting Qingwen go back and forth to pick up arrows to consume her excess energy.

Unexpectedly, Qingwen saw that archery was interesting and wanted to try it, so Jia Lian hugged her again and taught her archery.

In this way, Jia Lian knew that it would be difficult to achieve results today, so after an hour or so, he said goodbye to sisters Aqi and Aqin, and led Qingwen home.

After entering the room, Qingwen circled around Jia Lian, touched his body, and then said with a smile, "Second Lord isn't sweating today, do you still want to take a bath? Or just get a bucket of hot water, and we Can you wipe it off for Grandpa?"

The bathtub Jia Lian and Sister Feng used to take a bath was too big, and it took a lot of water and labor.

And because Jia Lian wants to practice martial arts, he has to take a bath almost every day. It is a waste of time and unnecessary to soak in a big tub every day, so more often, it is better to simply take a bath.

Seeing Jia Lian nodding, Qingwen happily prepared to go, and scolded those girls and women who were lazy during the festival.

When he was ready for a while, he still served Jia Lian to take a bath in the bathroom.

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In Rongqing Hall, although Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Lou left one after another because they wanted to go back to take care of Jia Amnesty and the other couldn't stay for a long time, the atmosphere was still lively.

The second watch is over, and it is rare for Jia's mother not to lose her interest.

This was due to the thoughtful arrangements of Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng, and another more important reason was that Aunt Xue was willing to come and serve as a foil.

As the wife of the Xue family, she just flattered her properly, and she felt very happy to compliment Jia in front of her, so she was happy to show the wealth of Jia's family and her hospitality and friendliness in front of her.

It was already late at night, and Wang Xifeng arranged for people to bring glutinous rice balls with various fillings such as sesame and peanuts for everyone to enjoy, which set off another wave of family reunion.

It was rare for Jia Mu to eat two more. After everyone had finished eating, Jia Mu smiled at You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law:

"It's rare that you have been here with me all this time. You don't want to go home and get together with your men? You didn't want to leave before, and you didn't receive the reward. Now you have eaten the Lantern Festival. What else do you have? Insufficient?"

Everyone knew that Jia's mother was joking, and You Shi replied with a smile: "Look at what the ancestors said, we have something to get together. Their men's house is different from ours. When we go back now, we don't know if they are at home or not." at home.

As long as the ancestors don't dislike us and are willing to take us in, why don't we stay here and play with the ancestors until dawn. "

Mother Jia had joked before that she wanted to sit with Aunt Xue until dawn, so Youshi said so.

Qin Shi also smiled and echoed her mother-in-law You Shi's words. Her gentle and melodious voice made even a woman feel refreshed after hearing it.

Sure enough, Mother Jia was happier when she heard it, and felt that a few granddaughter-in-laws and great-granddaughter-in-laws were more troublesome than two daughter-in-laws.

The two daughter-in-laws, one with shallow eyelids and ignorance, and the other with a dull gourd, didn't like her.

Knowing that what Youshi and the others said was true, the ways of having fun at the men's house were quite different from theirs, so they didn't urge her to go back.

Just because she didn't hear Wang Xifeng's voice for a while, Jia's mother found out, looked around and saw no one, so she asked: "Where is Feng girl, I saw her here just now?"

Sure enough, everyone hurriedly looked for Sister Feng. It was Mrs. Wang who said that Wang Xifeng had reported to her that she was going back to change clothes.

Coincidentally, the woman next to Jia Mu smiled and said, "In our opinion, we didn't go back to change clothes. Just now we saw that the Second Mistress asked Ping'er to scoop up a bowl of Lantern Festival with red bean stuffing. I think it was given to Lian Er Ye." ..."

Everyone understood, and Mother Jia also smiled, and then asked suspiciously: "Why is her family Lian Er still at home? Didn't you go out with Brother Zhen over there to have fun?"

This sentence can only be understood by the adults in the family, because they all know that Jia Lian eats wine, goes to the theater, and has fun outside, which is the first part of Jia's house.

The housekeeper's daughter-in-law, Lin Zhixiao's family, said with a smile: "Before, all the men outside went out with Uncle Zhen, only the second master Lian didn't go. Later, I heard from the boys that the second master Lian went to the yard behind the study as usual. Practicing fists and kicks."

"Is he still practicing on a day like today?"

Mother Jia knew about Jia Lian's martial arts training at home, after all, it has become a serious matter in the house.

Although Jia's mother felt that she could learn something in the small courtyard, she couldn't say much.Because... the former site of the flower hall built for her in the mansion was the old man's private martial arts training ground.

After the old man died, this place was abandoned, so she used it as a garden.It just so happened that the garden of the Rongguo Mansion was allocated to the disappointing eldest son, Jia Amnesty.

In the past two years, Mrs. Wang and others spent tens of thousands of dollars to decorate and renovate this place in order to please her, and it became her big flower hall.

Others were as surprised as Jia's mother.Why does the second master Lian seem to be possessed by an evil spirit? Now that he is a decent official, what is he doing so hard? What is he trying to do?
If the old man is still alive, he can still show off. He is the biggest official in the family now, so does he need such a show?

For a time, there were those who joked, those who were puzzled, and those who admired it.

Daiyu knew that those who spoke ill of Jia Lian were slanderers. She knew very well that Lian's second elder brother was a respectable person who was strict with himself and lenient with others.

Otherwise, can someone as tough as Lian's second sister-in-law be so respectful and obedient to Lian's second elder brother?It's so late and I still think about sending food to Lian's second brother...

Baochai and Yingchun were either late in entering the mansion, or they were young when Jia Lian did the ridiculous things, so they couldn't hear them, and they didn't quite understand them.Therefore, the sisters did not feel any surprise.

Baochai even secretly said: If it weren't for such perseverance, even with their family relationship, it would be difficult for them to sit in such a high position at such an age.

So, Jia Mu and others chatted and sighed, and the sisters listened casually.In their hearts, Jia Lian's virtues have been completely distinguished from Jia Zhen and others, and they have almost reached the same level as the upright and upright Jia Zheng.

There is no doubt that among the men in the entire Jia family, Jia Zheng was the most respected in terms of virtue!

After quite a while, Sister Feng still didn't come back. At this time, Jia Zheng had already ordered people to put the fireworks and firecrackers in the yard outside. , sent to the sky to bloom and see.

Jiamu sent people to arrest Wang Xifeng, saying that it was such a lively scene, without someone who talked, the excitement would be reduced by half.

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But Sister Feng, seeing that everyone didn't check, took a moment to rush home.

When I got home, I told the others to be silent, walked lightly to the main room, and came under the window to listen to the movement inside.

This was her most common move in the past, used to catch Jia Lian's head and tail.

Although she doesn't need it now, she is also curious and wants to see what she likes to do when Jia Lian leaves.As long as she can catch Jia Lian's inconsistency, she will have something to say!

So, she thought, if Jia Lian really spoiled some little girl inside, or stole money, she would not be as angry as before, but might be happy instead.

In this way, when she faces Jia Lian, she doesn't have to be so emboldened.

Wang Xifeng is domineering, but not unreasonable.If she hadn't been able to sit upright by herself, she wouldn't have been able to overwhelm the former Jia Lian. After all, Second Master Lian was never a vegetarian from the beginning to the end.

It's a pity that although there were some laughter and laughter inside, there was nothing worthy of criticism. It seemed that the unconscionable people were playing cards with those two little girls.

So he greeted Ping'er and others to enter the room generously, and sure enough, on the kang in the Xici room, Jia Lian, Qingwen, and Xiangling, wearing thin clothes, were sitting around on a low table, playing cards.

On the low table, in addition to the leaf plate, there are peanuts, melon seeds, a few small wine glasses, and a silver wine jug, which are randomly placed on the footstool below.

On the ground, two pots of steaming charcoal fire were burning to heat up the house.

The faces of the two little girls were all red, and they didn't know whether they were scalded by the heat from the kang, or because they drank too much wine. As a result, when they saw her coming in, their movements of getting up were not harmonious.

"Hey, I've worked so hard to help you serve your parents and elders over there. It's good for the second master Lian to hide in the house with his little wife and have a drink with peace of mind. It's really pleasant."

The signature way of greeting made Jia Lian just turn his head and glance at her, and then stretched out his legs to stop Xiang Ling who was about to go down the pit, "We haven't decided the winner yet, let's talk after the fight."

So after playing the cards, I turned around and asked Sister Feng: "Where is the old lady still?"

"It's still early, the old lady is in a good mood today, so I'll come back and change clothes when I have time, and I will go to serve in a while."

Jia Lian then pulled her to sit down and said, "Thank you for your hard work, I will accompany you there in a while."

"Tsk tsk, if I can hear a thank you from the second master Lian now, even if I'm exhausted, I'm willing."

As soon as the teasing words fell, Qingwen, who was hiding beside Jia Lian, laughed, and Sister Feng looked at her immediately: "You little hoof, you have turned the world upside down. How dare you laugh at my old lady?"

Qingwen was so scared that she shrank her neck immediately, and then she could only pretend to play cards seriously to avoid looking directly at Sister Feng.

At this time, Ping'er also opened a food box and came over with glutinous rice balls. Sister Feng took it, scooped one up and blew it, then handed it to Jia Lian's mouth, and said with a smile: "This is the Lantern Festival this year, I specially picked you You like stuffing, do you try it too?"

Jia Lian ate his mouth and just lost a game. Then he put down the cards and took the bowl from Sister Feng's hand, "I'll do it myself. You've been tired all day, so sit down."

So Sister Feng smiled, told her not to dirty the kang, and led Ping'er in to change her clothes.

(End of this chapter)