The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 496 Xiangling's Choice
"Master Hou..."

A little away from the wing, Jia Lian finally turned around and looked at the woman in front of him.

"What else do you have?"

"Master Hou left in such a hurry, is there something wrong with Jiaojiao? Don't worry, Master Hou, Jiaojiao is still young and it is inevitable that she is ignorant. As long as Master Hou is willing to teach, she will be very obedient.

Look, Lord Hou, Jiaojiao is Daiyu's sister, and the two of them will serve Lord Hou together in the future. It will be a good story, won't it? "

Story?I'm afraid Daiyu vomited to death.

Jia Lian was a little curious as to why this woman was so persistent.It was nothing more than trying to find a way to send her daughter to his house a few times before, but I didn't expect that today, such a show would be directly performed!
So I shook my head, "No, your daughter is fine, I'm just curious, don't you really feel ashamed at all for humiliating your daughter over and over again?"

"What does Hou Ye mean by this? It is her good fortune to serve Hou Ye. How could it be a humiliation? Hou Ye really knows how to joke."

Chen's complexion changed slightly, but he forced a smile.

Jia Lian felt that it was a luxury to talk about shame with her, so he said with a smile: "Oh, since Madam thinks serving me is your good fortune, then I think Madam still has charm, so it's better to be more generous with Madam, you also come to serve me together how?"

Mrs. Chen was slightly startled, then raised her brows, and looked at Jia Lian shyly and timidly, "Master Hou really thinks that being a concubine is still attractive? He is over 30 this year..."

Jia Lian looked at her calmly.In all fairness, although this woman looks about 30 or 40 years old, she has a rather delicate figure, and she does have a bit of beauty. Presumably because of her clumsy and clumsy personality, it was because of her beauty that she married the only one in the Lin family. The scholar's public.

But, not to mention comparing with Xu who is younger, more beautiful, more dignified and elegant than her, even Aunt Xue looks much younger than her, and her temperament is completely incomparable.

Therefore, Jia Lian has no possibility of falling in love with her, but just wants to see where the lower limit of this woman is, so as to understand the nature of all women in the world.

He kind of likes working on this.

Jia Lian's interest was evidently misunderstood by Mrs. Chen, she brushed her hair, looked at Jia Lian coquettishly for a few times, then quietly moved closer, and said in a low voice: "If the Marquis really thinks of me as a concubine, I will not be a concubine." It's not that I can't agree, but I have two conditions, if Lord Hou is willing to agree, I will be Lord Hou's man..."

While speaking, he took advantage of the situation and fell into Jia Lian's arms. Jia Lian was curious about her words on the one hand, and on the other hand, she was indeed pretty, not the kind that would be an eyesore, and she was just a free fan for fun. He didn't push her away, just smiled and asked her what conditions? "First, let me, Xianggong, be the acting patriarch of the Lin family and be in charge of the distribution of the Lin family's property. I know that this is just a one-sentence matter for Lord Hou, and Lord Hou will not refuse to agree."

For this purpose of women, Jia Lian has long seen it.Presumably, for the Lin family clan, being able to sit on the position of acting patriarch and be in charge of the distribution of the ancestral property is the most attractive thing for them.

"Secondly...after Master Hou got our bodies, he will have to take Jiaojiao into his house as a concubine in the future. I don't dare to say anything else. At least Daiyu's niece has the title and status, and Jiaojiao must also have it." .

Moreover, I am Lin Hong's wife after all, and it is not good to hear that the mother and daughter work together as a husband, so it is impossible for me and Jiaojiao to follow you. If necessary, just summon this concubine, and I will serve Lord Hou wholeheartedly..."

Seeing Chen saying this with a serious face, Jia Lian smiled inwardly.Well, this bitch is still afraid that he will blackmail her.

"Oh, since madam knows that she is a married woman, and dares to serve me at the summons of the Marquis, are you not afraid that Lin Hong will find out?"

"So what if he knows, Master Hou thought he was a good man, with the title of a scholar, but he was just like that. He had no skills, and he liked to hook up with other people's wives. As far as I knew, he had sex with Chengdong." Widow Li in the workshop has a leg. So, even if he finds out, I'm not afraid, and I have my own words to deal with him. Moreover, if he knows that Lord Hou told him to be a leftover bastard, he won't even dare to fart. You have to take good care of me, and I hope that Master Hou will find him an official position in the future.

If not, Master Hou will be merciful and give him a small official of the eighth or ninth rank, so that he will be satisfied with keeping it, and will never be able to meddle in our affairs..."

Chen's eyes sparkled as he spoke.She came from a humble background, at first she thought that it would be good to be a talented lady, but after seeing the dignity of the official's wife, she dreamed of being an official's wife too.

Therefore, this is also the reason why she wholeheartedly gave her daughter to Jia Lian as a concubine.Seeing the attitude of those officials and gentlemen in Suzhou Mansion towards Jia Lian, she felt that as long as she climbed up to Jia Lian's power, it would not be difficult to find an official position for her famous husband!
Jia Lian looked at her playfully, then suddenly threw her away, and in her puzzled eyes, smiled and said: "What you said is not difficult. However, I suddenly regretted it.

Seeing that Madam is so open-minded about such things, I think Lin Hong was made to be the kind of leftover bastard you said before coming here, right? "

"This...how is it possible, the concubine is only for Lord Hou, how can other people compare with Lord Hou..."

Chen's face was blushing, and she stammered an explanation, but Jia Lian just watched coldly.

Sure enough, there are all kinds of women in the world, some are reserved, some are dissolute, some are chaste, and some are shameless.

This Chen family obviously belongs to the latter.

Glancing at the back, sisters Aqi and Aqin also came over, Jia Lian completely restrained his playful heart, and said seriously: "Madam's plan, Benhou has already understood. As for the candidate for the head of the Lin family, Benhou is discussing with the clan. Several clan elders discussed whether it will be Lin Hong in the end, it depends on his own good luck.

As for your daughter, I advise you to choose a son-in-law for her as soon as possible. It is really meaningless to force her to this Marquis.There are many wives and concubines in this Marquis' mansion, and there are countless beauties. With your daughter's beauty, it is really difficult to have a bright future in it.

Finally, Ben Hou doesn't like being disturbed over and over again, and even less like people who don't know how to advance and retreat.Before Benhou gets angry, I will give you one night to move out of the inner courtyard.

If you haven't moved out tomorrow morning, Ben Hou's personal soldiers will come to help you. It will become a joke by then, but don't blame Ben Hou for not reminding you. "

After Jia Lian finished speaking, he gave the two maidservants a look, and led them away.

On the way back to the house, Jia Lian asked Aqi when the two arrived.

"After we took a bath, we went to Lin Xiangjun's courtyard to meet the second master. Miss Zijuan said that you had gone back, but we didn't see anyone coming here. I happened to see Mrs. Chen throwing arms at the second master. I wanted to The good thing about not being able to destroy the second master didn't happen.

Who knows, the second master doesn't seem to like her very much, and even pushed him away, so we came out to help the second master get away. "

Jia Lian smiled when he heard this.In fact, he also realized that he was a bit tricky.

The Xu family in Yangzhou also wanted to recruit him to be a cheap son-in-law before, but this time, someone directly washed their daughter clean, just like a court maid's bedroom, and brought it to him with only one layer of wrapping, and invited him to enjoy it.

Speaking of it, with his more casual attitude, Chen's color is not good enough, and Lin Jiaojiao has been sent to seduce him, and it is not a big deal to change the time and place.

However, Daiyu had just lost her father, and Jia Lian also knew that Daiyu didn't like her as a cousin, so Jia Lian naturally didn't want to do anything that would lose his identity at this time, so as not to damage his image in Daiyu's mind .

Looking back at his two maidservants who had changed their skirts, one was as sweet as a white lotus, and the other was as lonely and cold as a clear moon in the sky. Both of them had just bathed, and their bodies exuded the unique fragrance of young women.

Glad to see them, he brought the two of them into his arms, and said with a smile: "I have been busy with business these past few days, and my martial arts skills have been wasted. As my guards, you two have the responsibility and obligation to supervise Ben Hou practiced martial arts diligently.

So, you all come to Benhou's room tonight, how about we practice together? "

It was not the first time that the two sisters were held in Jia Lian's arms at the same time, so they didn't have any intention of resisting.

Hearing Jia Lian's words, Ah Qin couldn't help but smile coquettishly.Since arriving in Suzhou, I don't know whether Jia Lian wants to abstain from sexual desire, or because Lin Xiangjun lives next door, and they have not touched her for many days.

Seeing that Jia Lian finally became interested in them at this moment, she was naturally secretly happy and nodded shyly.

As for sister Aqi, although she was embarrassed to express anything, but blushing and not saying a word was the greatest acquiescence.

Jia Lian was even happier, and after her sisters kissed each other on the cheeks, she let them go into the house to find Xiangling, let Xiangling arrange a wash, and told her that she was going to Jinling to meet her mother.

……

Jia Lian didn't have too many things to stay in Suzhou, so he only took the shortest time to count the Lin family's property, and took away everything that could be taken away, such as the deeds of land and real estate, such as real gold and silver, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., all were shipped. Walk.

For the rest, let Lin Youquan stay and count slowly.

As for the acting patriarch of the Lin family, in the end Jia Lian let Lin Hong, the only scholar of the Lin family, be the acting patriarch. This was also the result of the final compromise of the elders of the Lin family.

There is no way, a person with a reputation as a scholar still has a lot of status in a poor family.Just look at Jia Dairu, the old man of the Jia Family School, who only has a childish reputation, and has been in the family school for many years.

Although it is only teaching a group of incompetent children, it is enough to show the importance of a fame to ordinary people.

In this era, as long as you have a reputation, at least you can't starve to death.Even as long as you are good at making some money, such as setting up a private school to teach, you may be able to make a fortune.

Anyway, Jia Lian felt that in this era, the price of studying is very expensive.If you want to study, you have to show filial piety to your husband, which can also be called a meeting ceremony, and people will not teach you if it is too low.

As for why Jia Dairu's family is still so poor...

One is poor and poor depends on who you compare it with. Compared with Rongguo Mansion, Jia Dai Confucianism must be poor.But compared with ordinary people, Jia Dairu is rich.

No matter what, his family still has a few servants, and the house is also a large single-family courtyard in the capital.

Two one, the meaning of the existence of the Jia family school is to let the children of the eight families of the Jia family who can't afford to study can go to school for free.

Therefore, most of the children in Jia's family school do not need to pay tuition fees, but supplies are provided uniformly by the clan.Perhaps this is also the case, those Jia family children in the ethnology do not cherish the opportunity to study, because the family has no money anyway.

Therefore, Jia Dairu can't make much money from the students who are educated at home, but those who are related to the family can earn some money.

For example, at the request of Jia Baoyu, Qin Zhong went to Jia's house to learn to study, and Qin Bangye, Qin Zhong's father, immediately asked someone to seal the 24 taels of silver as a meeting gift and sent it to Jia Dai Confucianism. joke……

24 taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family of five to live for a year, but they can only worship a person who is not very talented as a teacher for one child.Therefore, it is normal to not be able to read books in this era.

However, although Lin Hong was appointed as the acting patriarch, as for the ancestral property of the Lin family, according to Lin Ruhai's will, several clan elders were assigned to manage it.

In addition, Jia Lian, the Lin family's ancestral house, had no intention of living in Lin Hong's family, but asked Lin Youquan to seal it up after finishing his work, leaving only a few servants to do the usual cleaning and maintenance.

He felt that Lin Hong's family had a bad family style, and he didn't want them to harm his son's family.

Go north along the Grand Canal, from the intersection of the canal and the Yangtze River, enter the Yangtze River, and sail to Jinling.

Jinling City, the old house of the Jia family.

As the home built by Ning Rong Ergong, the founding hero, its grandeur, grandeur and grandeur are unmatched by other homes.

Walking in it, you can really feel the heritage of the Jia family.

"The servant heard that Master Hou is coming, and has already cleaned up all the houses in the main courtyard. Master Hou and Miss Lin have a look first, and they can live anywhere they want."

Jincai, the father of mandarin ducks, has been looking at houses in Jinling all these years.I don't know if it's because of the mandarin ducks that Jia Lian has a good impression of this little old man.

He is a man who is loyal to his duty.

Since it was originally his own home, Jia Lian chose the main house without hesitation and let Daiyu live in the side courtyard.

After returning from Daiyu's room, she found Xiangling sitting in the room alone in a daze. Jia Lian walked up to her and sat beside her, and said with a smile, "What are you thinking about?"

Xiangling turned around and hurried to get up, but was pulled closer by Jia Lian, and stopped obediently.

"Thinking of your mother?"

"Um……"

Xiangling nodded, with a rare complicated expression on his face.There is a bit of longing, but also a bit of worry and hesitation.

Perhaps, for her who lost her loved ones since she was a child, the word mother is too strange to her.

If Jia Lian hadn't told her that she had found her mother, she probably wouldn't believe it.

"We'll go to the government office tomorrow morning, and when your mother arrives in Jinling City, you can see her.

It's too late today to visit the government office. "

"Well, I understand."

Xiangling was afraid that Jia Lian might misunderstand, so she quickly waved her hands.In fact, she was not as eager as others imagined to see her mother, Fengshi. After all, she has been here for so many years, so why rush for a day?
"Second Master and Ms. Lin are exhausted from traveling around, and Ms. Lin is so weak, so naturally she needs a good night's rest, don't worry.

On the contrary, Second Master treated me so well and helped me find my mother. I don't even know how to repay Second Master. "

"repay?"

With the absolutely good-looking and pretty maid standing in front of her, Jia Lian became habitually unscrupulous, "Have you been following me for so many years, haven't you been repaying me all the time, much better than that little girl Qingwen, you forgot? "

When Xiang Ling heard the words, a red cloud couldn't help flying up on her face, and she nodded in approval.

Seeing this, Jia Lian couldn't help laughing.His pretty couple, apart from being both naturally beautiful, are more interesting than the other.

A showy and claw-wielding character with a tricky and pungent personality.One is just the opposite, well-behaved and demure, slow-tempered, and a lot of times, too cute.

Yin rubbed her tender body into her arms, and smiled and sighed: "So, it's not that I treat you well, but you treat me well, understand?

However, I do have a little worry. "

"what?"

"You said that you are so obedient and so good. If your mother doesn't want you to be a maid by my side and be wronged after seeing you, then I will lose a lot? After so many years, I have long been used to having you This little girl is by my side, if you leave, I will be sad for a long time."

When Xiangling heard this, she became anxious immediately.She quickly got out of Jia Lian's arms, and said anxiously: "No, no, I will never leave the second master in my life, never!"

However, it is the girl who is so dumb, her serious appearance and words are the most moving and defense-breaking.

Jia Lian was teasing her at first, but when he saw this, he couldn't help but get serious, and asked, "Then what if your mother insists you go with her?"

Xiangling's face immediately became tangled, obviously she had never thought about this question.But meeting Jia Lian's gaze, she quickly figured out the answer.

"If my mother really wants me to go with her, I will tell her that the second master has been very good to me these years, and the second master is also the best and best person I have ever seen. Except for the second master, I I'm not going anywhere. Unless the second master wants to drive me away, otherwise, I'm not going anywhere, not going..."

Maybe this question was too difficult for her, the little girl couldn't help crying while talking.

Only then did Jia Lian realize that he had committed a crime.

The little girl finally had the opportunity to meet her mother, and she even asked her such a difficult problem.Secretly slapped himself, Jia Lian held the little girl's face, looked at her crystal clear and smooth, as if she could squeeze out the tears on her little face, gently wiped it away with the tip of her tongue, and repeatedly comforted her .

Jia Lian's act of being so intimate naturally made Xiangling sad and shy, and soon threw herself into Jia Lian's arms, enjoying each other's tenderness before giving up.

(End of this chapter)