The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 506

"How does my place compare to your old lady's?"

Came to sit on the high couch in the inner hall, Mrs. Zhen saw Jia Lian who came in, was looking at her hall number, and asked this question.

"Better than our old lady's."

Jia Lian's simple and clear words made all the wives and maids in the hall laugh, including Mrs. Zhen.

However, Jia Lian's words were not pure compliments, but the inner hall where Mrs. Zhen lived. Although the layout and size were similar to Rongqing Hall, if you look carefully, the style is obviously more elegant, and many places are more particular. .

Jia Lian also remembered what his nanny Zhao's mother said, that when Emperor Taizu imitated Shun's southern tour, he was received by the Zhen family four times.

Although this may also be due to the fact that the Zhen family lived in the south and never moved to the capital, it can also be imagined that the Zhen family's family members were prosperous and profound at that time.

In this point, even the Jia family is slightly inferior.

Everyone likes to hear good words, especially getting this sentence from Jia Lian's mouth, which makes all the young and old women in the hall feel honored.Therefore, they, who were already impressed by Jia Lian's handsome and extraordinary appearance, became more and more pleasing to Jia Lian, and even felt that it was only natural for the old lady to call Jia Lian to the main hall to speak.

After all, he is the proud child of a century-old family, so he is no different from his own nephew.

The old lady Zhen also urged Jia Lian to sit closer and started the questioning mode.

The left and right are just asking about the situation of Jia's family in Beijing, and what Jia Lian is doing in the south this time.

Because of his experience in dealing with Jia's mother and his own stubborn grandfather, Jia Lian handled this kind of situation with ease.Regarding the affairs of the Jia family in Beijing, especially the affairs of the old lady Jia Mu, I will describe them in detail, even adding Spring and Autumn style of writing. As for the foreign affairs and major events I have done, I will only briefly mention them in two or three sentences.

In this way, the old lady Zhen and others felt that Jia Lian was watertight, clearly capable but not ostentatious.

For a while, Zhen Baoyu got out from nowhere, and happened to be seen by the old lady Zhen, she smiled and said: "Baoyu, didn't you say when you came back yesterday that you saw a younger sister who is exactly like your fourth younger sister? What's the matter, why don't you stop?" Tell us more about it?"

When Zhen Baoyu heard the words, his eyebrows danced with joy, "Really old lady, I didn't lie to you. If you don't believe me, ask Lian's second brother, his cousin is really exactly the same as the fourth sister. She and Lian's second brother went shopping in Jinling together yesterday. City, just happened to be seen by Brother Tang and I.

Originally, I asked Second Brother Lian to bring her to our house for the old lady to have a look with you, but Second Brother Lian said that she was not in good health, so she didn't come. "

Mrs. Zhen and the others are no more innocent than Zhen Baoyu, any bad health is just an excuse.

Since it is a cousin, it is not the Jia family.The Jia family and the Zhen family are not considered relatives, but family friends, so naturally they have nothing to do with the Zhen family, and of course there is no reason to follow Jia Lian to visit the Zhen family.

"Brother Lian, is it really like what he said?" Mrs. Zhen asked with a smile.

Jia Lian's expression changed, but he only said, "I have never been able to look up at the face of the fourth lady of your house, so it is not easy for the younger generation to judge."

"How difficult is this."

The old lady Zhen smiled slightly, and immediately called to the back of the silk screen that was connected like a wall: "Daughter-in-law, call his sisters out and recognize her."

Following Mrs. Zhen's voice, everyone's eyes turned to the screen.And behind the screen, there were some hairpin rings ringing immediately, and the voice of Yingyan calling secretly.

In fact, when Jia Lian followed Mrs. Zhen into the inner hall, he heard similar noises. When he entered the inner hall, he saw empty benches all over the floor, so he knew that this hall must be full of Yingying, Yanyan and Yanyan.

Jia Lian was so curious, but he also knew that such things could not be forced.It's good to take a look to satisfy your curiosity, and it's only natural that people don't let you see it.

I didn't expect the old lady to be so straightforward.Therefore, Jia Lian couldn't help correcting his posture.

"Okay, don't be shy, you're all my brother, if you have anything to be shy, come out."

As the crowd waited quietly, the first to step out of the screen was an eighteen or nineteen-year-old, gorgeous, graceful and slender young woman.

She first glanced at the hall, focused on Jia Lian, then turned her head to the screen and urged with a smile.

Following her words, she finally forced out a series of slender and beautiful figures, all in pink and brocade skirts, looking ashamed, and under the teasing of the young woman, they walked to the middle gracefully, and gave them to the old lady Zhen and others together. I owe you a bow.

Then, those who are more courageous can't help but raise their heads and glance at Jia Lian quickly, while those who are timid or shy just hang their heads and stand still with blushing faces.

The old lady Zhen took the attitude of her granddaughters into her eyes, nodded, and then looked at Jia Lian who had stood up.

Seeing that Jia Lian's gaze fell on her fourth granddaughter, she nodded slightly, with a look of relief in her eyes.

Waving to Zhen Baoyu, he said with a smile, "What are you doing standing still, and you haven't introduced introducers to your sisters and sisters."

Zhen Baoyu nodded happily, then walked to the four sisters of the Zhen family, and said with a smile, "This is the second elder brother Lian of the Rongguo Mansion in Beijing. His single name is Lian, and he is of the same generation as us."

Jia Lian bowed in response, "Jia Lian, I have seen all of you sisters."

After the four returned their salutes, Zhen Baoyu immediately pulled the arm of the first and tallest girl, and said with a smile, "This is my second sister."

The girl was a little shy, but still took a look at Jia Lian, bowed and saluted: "Yu'e, I met Lian's second brother."

Then came the second one, "This is my third sister."

"Yu Rao, I met Lian's second brother."

After introducing the first two, Zhen Baoyu deliberately bypassed the third one and walked up to the youngest girl who was not tall enough, "This is my fifth younger sister."

"Yu, Yuting, I met Lian's second brother..."

When the three little girls saluted, Jia Lian also returned the salutes one by one.

To be honest, the Zhen family is worthy of being a famous family for a century, these little girls are indeed all born in pink and jade carvings, and their muscles and bones are shiny, even if they want to compare with the Sanchun sisters, they are probably not much better.

It's just that, what attracted Jia Lian's attention the most was the little girl who was deliberately skipped by Zhen Baoyu in the third place.

Even though, because Zhen Baoyu and Zhen Yutang spoke first, Jia Lian had a certain amount of psychological preparation, but when he saw this girl with his own eyes, Jia Lian still couldn't help but feel a jump in his heart.

The snow is the soul of ice muscle jade, slender and curly like a sick body, and the spring breeze weeps with dew eyes, just like the second person in Xiaoxiang.

Regardless of appearance or traits, this woman is eighty-nine percent similar to Daiyu.Especially at this time, the other party is ashamed to face him directly. In another scene, Jia Lian would think that Daiyu was having a fight with him, and deliberately turned his head away from him.

Since getting to know the Zhen family, Jia Lian has always had an illusion that between the Zhen and Jia families, many places are like mirror reflections.

Indescribable coincidence and weirdness.

It's as if every important person in the Jia family can find a corresponding model in the Zhen family.

Old lady Jia Mu, old lady Zhen; Jia Zheng, Zhen Yingjia; Jia Baoyu, Zhen Baoyu...

As for that Zhen Yutang, Jia Lian seemed to be able to see some of the shadow of Jia Lian before he passed through...

Zhen Baoyu seemed very satisfied with Jia Lian's reaction, and walked back to the third girl as if pacing, trying to pull the other girl's sleeve, but was thrown away by the other girl's coquettish glance, and bowed to Jia Lian: "Yu Huan, have you met?" Brother Lian."

The voice is also delicate and crisp, but if you listen carefully, it is still somewhat different from Daiyu's.

Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief and returned the gift.

"Hehehe, she is my fourth younger sister. Well, I didn't lie to you, did I really have the same birth as the sister of the Lin family? Alas, it's a pity that the sister of the Lin family didn't come because of illness. If we ask them to see each other in person, then How nice it would be."

Zhen Baoyu spoke like a kid.

Others were seriously curious, and asked how exactly it looked like.

Zhen Baoyu changed his description, but he couldn't describe it very well, so he asked everyone to ask Jia Lian if he was lying, so everyone turned their attention to Jia Lian again.

Even Zhen Yuhuan herself looked over with her delicate eyes, as if she was very interested in someone born like her.

Jia Lian was very face-saving, and said bluntly: "Miss Si is indeed very similar to my uncle's daughter. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't dare believe it."

Jia Lian's words can be regarded as echoing, in fact, Jia Lian accepted it very quickly.After all, no matter how similar they are, there is no statue of Jia Baoyu and Zhen Baoyu. These two little guys really look like they were cut out of the same mold.

It can't even be described by likeness. The two people are exactly the same in terms of size, eyebrows and eyes. It can be said that they are looking in the mirror alone.

But here, Jia Lian didn't mean to say this, otherwise the Zhen family would be even more strange.

Sure enough, after Jia Lian's words fell, everyone in the Zhen family immediately had different opinions and became amazed.

When everyone's voices had subsided, Mrs. Zhen looked at Jia Lian and said with a smile: "Since you have said that, it can be seen that Baoyu really did not lie.

I didn't expect such a coincidence to happen in the world... Huh..."

The old lady Zhen got up suddenly, came down with a cane, walked to the middle of the scene, looked at her little granddaughter, then at Jia Lian, and suddenly said with a smile: "From your age, you must have married a wife, right?"

"The younger generation has indeed already married a wife."

"Pity."

Old Madam Zhen sighed regretfully.

When she said this, not to mention the other people in the hall covering their mouths and laughing, the Fourth Miss of the Zhen family, named Zhen Yuhuan, covered her face even more shyly, stepped forward and pulled the old lady Zhen's arm sleeves, twisted it reluctantly, and at the same time Quietly glanced at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian was not overwhelmed by Mrs. Zhen's sudden move.

He didn't believe it. As two families with such close contacts, the Zhen family would not even know whether he was married or not. After all, he was not a little transparent in the Jia family. "Hahaha……"

Sure enough, Mrs. Zhen took her granddaughter's hand and laughed a few times, then looked at Jia Lian with eyes full of admiration, "It's been many years, and I haven't seen such a young and promising young man.

If you are not married, I will try every means to recruit you as the son-in-law of my Zhen family. "

"Thank you for your love, old lady, the younger generation deserves it."

"Hehehe, what do you think of my little granddaughter?" Mrs. Zhen ignored her granddaughter's shyness and forcibly pulled her out from behind, laughing.

Jia Lian smiled, "Miss Four is beautiful, with the appearance of a fairy."

Being able to be [-]% or [-]% similar to Daiyu, there is no need to say much about her beauty.

At least among the four sisters of the Zhen family, they are definitely the most beautiful.

Ok……

Jia Lian suddenly thought of something.In the original book, Jia Baoyu dreamed of entering Zhen's house in the Grand View Garden, and saw many sisters and sisters, and also had a Baoyu.

The other Baoyu must be this Zhen Baoyu, and the other sisters are probably the four sisters of the Zhen family... Maybe, like the Rongguo Mansion, there are also some daughters of relatives who came to seek refuge.

Thinking of this, Jia Lian couldn't help but glance at the screen.But she also knew that even if she really had a relative's daughter, no matter how generous Old Madam Zhen was, she would not call her out to show him.

What Jia Lian thought was that among Jia Baoyu's sisters, there were still cousins ​​to choose from.Among the sisters Zhen Baoyu has mixed up with, are they all real sisters or cousins?

Thinking of Zhen Baoyu's excited and desperate look when he saw Daiyu on the street yesterday, Jia Lian suddenly took a look at Zhen Baoyu:
There's something wrong with you, boy.

The old lady Zhen didn't know what was going on in Jia Lian's mind, she still laughed and said, "Since that's the case, let me, my little granddaughter, recognize you as a god-brother today, and from now on, how will you be called real brothers and sisters?"

As soon as these words came out, not only Zhen Yuhuan was stunned, but everyone else in the hall also opened their eyes wide.

I thought it was just that the old lady was happy to see the outstanding juniors of her relatives today, and deliberately made fun of her, but who knew that the old lady would suddenly propose this?

And it doesn't look like a complete joke.

Only the Mrs. Zhen's family looked at the old Mrs. Zhen thoughtfully, but did not speak.

"This... I don't know why the old lady made such a suggestion?"

Jia Lian also never expected this, and asked with some vigilance.

The old lady Zhen smiled and said: "I am old, it depends on your predestined relationship. I heard from Baoyu that you took your uncle's daughter to play in the city yesterday. I think you love her very much. It's just like my little granddaughter was born with her again." Similar, isn't this a great fate?
That's why I want you to be cousins. If you have time in the future, you can also let the two of you meet each other and get close.

What, don't you want to? "

Old lady Zhen said, squinting at Jia Lian.

Although Jia Lian was not sure of the intention of old lady Zhen for a while, he really had no reason to object.

Because in this era, the communication between the big families, apart from marriage, probably means mutual recognition of relatives.

Recognizing each other as relatives is actually an expression of mutual respect and closeness.

For example, Mother Jia asked Mrs. Wang to recognize Xue Baoqin as her goddaughter, and Daiyu recognized Aunt Xue as her godmother.

And Jia Lian really had no reason to refuse.Because the Fourth Miss of the Zhen family not only has a good-looking symbol of life, but also can be seen that she is very popular in the Zhen family...

So Jia Lian only thought about it for a moment, then smiled calmly: "Since the old lady has a life, the younger generation has no reason not to obey it.

I don't know if Fourth Miss will recognize me as an older brother. "

The old lady Zhen hurriedly pulled her over and waited for Zhen Yuhuan, and said with a smile: "Girl, quickly call brother."

While ordering, the old lady Zhen smiled deliberately: "Don't underestimate your brother, he is a man of the hour in Beijing, and he is very capable. With a brother like him, no one will dare to bully you in the future."

Zhen Yuhuan is still too young to understand the feelings of her grandmother and others, but she is instinctively shy about recognizing a strange man as her brother.

However, under the guidance of Mrs. Zhen, she still quickly walked in front of Jia Lian, blushed and bowed before her: "Little sister Yuhuan, I have met my brother."

That reserved and shy appearance made Jia Lian dazed for a while, feeling like another Daiyu was placed in front of him, making him push forward.

Hastily held up a hand, smiled back and said: "Fourth sister, don't be too polite."

The old lady Zhen is obviously a good person, and she has asked the maids to bring a cup of tea, and asked Zhen Yuhuan to offer it to Jia Lian.

Seeing that Jia Lian took a sip and drank it, she immediately burst into laughter, took her granddaughter to the couch with one hand, then turned her head to greet Jia Lian to sit down again, and said with a smile: "Okay, from now on, we two The family is even closer. Brother Lian, your sister has been delicate and weak since she was a child, you, as a brother, have to take care of her in the future, understand?"

Facing the smiling crowd, and Zhen Yuhuan, who was sitting next to the ancestor and couldn't help sneaking glances at him, but couldn't help but feel a little shy, Jia Lian also smiled, and replied: "It should be so."

While they were having a good time, a woman from outside came to spread the word that Zhen Yingjia had ordered someone to prepare a banquet, and told Mrs. Zhen to definitely keep Jia Lian for lunch.

The old lady Zhen responded with a smile, and then looked at Jia Lian with more kind eyes.

She knew that her eldest son was a noble person, yet he paid so much attention to Jia Lian at this time, which shows how extraordinary Jia Lian is.

In this way, she was more and more satisfied with her decision just now.

With this relationship with Jia Lian, the good granddaughter will naturally have a strong support when she comes to Beijing in the future.

This wave, obviously earned.

(End of this chapter)