The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Rongqing Hall in Rongguo Mansion, after two days of repairs, the tiredness caused by welcoming the Yuanchun family visit has basically dissipated, and Jiamu's place has become lively again.

Sisters Sanchun, Aunt Xue with Baochai, and You Shi also gathered in the hall to talk with Jiamu.

Because they talked about letting Sanchun and others move into the garden, Jia Mu and others asked Baochai to choose a place they liked, and then live together with Sanchun and others.

Aunt Xue hurriedly said that it was too troublesome, and while she was refusing, it happened that Xia Shouzhong came to Jia's mansion to reward him according to the emperor's order.

It turned out that after Yuanchun returned to the palace, Emperor Ningkang heard about the return of Jia's mansion to the province, and felt that it was in line with Tianxin's national system. Therefore, Longyan was very happy and extended an extra reward.

After Xia Shouzhong conveyed the emperor's will, he smiled at Jiamu and the others: "Before leaving, the imperial concubine and the concubine specially gave instructions to the servants, saying that the old lady and others should not forget her order before leaving, and let the young ladies come as soon as possible. Move into the garden to study and play.

He also specifically explained that among the sisters in the family, the two cousins ​​are the most talented and should be settled in the 'Grand View Garden'.It is also said that although the second master Bao is not as good as Mr. Lin Xiangjun and Mrs. Xue, he has some talent in his works, so he is called Mr. Rang Bao. Mr. Lin Xiang and Mrs. Xue's family all moved in together. The Grand View Garden is suitable. "

Xia Shouzhong bowed and said with a smile.

These old people who have been in the palace for decades know the rules of going out of the palace, who they are facing, and what attitude they should take.

Now that Jia's family members are strong, they belong to the kind of family that can't be offended even if they don't need to fawn on them.

The Jia family was naturally very polite to this kind of eunuch who could speak in front of the empress.The money for the tea was sealed and sent away by Jia Zheng himself.

"My aunt can hear it. This is the mother's will. There is nothing more to say now."

As soon as Xia Shouzhong left, Mother Jia smiled at Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue nodded and smiled, what else could she say, she could only smile back: "It's Bao girl's honor to be remembered by your mother, and we dare not disobey your order. It's just that Bao girl has a weird personality. What's the trouble, I'll make an apology here first."

"Hahaha, my aunt is too caring. If Bao girl still has a weird personality, we should be dragged down to beat the board."

Baochai got up and bowed to Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing respectively, which was regarded as thanks for the kindness.

The Sanchun sisters, who were very happy because they were able to move into the garden, immediately surrounded Baochai when they saw this, and asked her where she would like to live, and how they would like to live together after entering the garden in the future.

Seeing her sisters and others having fun, Mother Jia also had a smile on her face, but she just turned her eyes to look at Sun Baoyu, who was alone in the corner, and her precious granddaughter Daiyu, who was nowhere to be seen after scanning around, and sighed inexplicably.

Because of the series of incidents, everyone knew that Daiyu was already a member of Jia Lian's Academy. Therefore, Daiyu had a special status and lived in seclusion. Even if she did not attend today's occasion, it was reasonable.Although Jia Mu could understand, she didn't want to see this happen.

She likes everyone to be lively in one place.

But there is no way, Jia Lian cut first and played later, internal and external affairs are considered, even she can't stop her, now she can only think of ways.

Otherwise, make a marriage for Baoyu first...

The change in Jiamu's face made Mrs. Wang think that Jiamu was in trouble because of Yuanchun's will, so she thought about it and said to Jiamu: "Old lady, otherwise Baoyu would not have to move into the garden.

Baoyu has also reached the age of study, and his master is planning to hire a famous teacher to teach him articles about his career. It is inconvenient to move into the garden, so it is better to stay outside.The empress doesn't know about this situation, she made this decree only because she loves her wholeheartedly. When I enter the palace next time, I will explain to my empress myself, if I think about it, my empress will not blame me. "

Mrs. Wang didn't want Jia Baoyu to move into the garden, but what she said was just an excuse.

The real reason is that because of Daiyu's incident, Jia Lian almost turned his face in public. In the end, it was Jia's mother who ordered Jia Baoyu to be restrained, which made Jia Lian calm down.

Now if they move Jia Baoyu and Daiyu into the garden together, I'm afraid Jia Lian will not agree if they find out.

Therefore, only one of Daiyu and Jia Baoyu can move into the garden.

It happened that she also wanted her precious son to stay away from Daiyu, so she made up her mind early in the morning not to let Jia Baoyu enter the garden.

Although her reasons seem reasonable, most of the discerning people here only need to think a little bit to know what Mrs. Wang really thinks.

Even Jia Baoyu thought of it, and his heart was hit hard again, thinking, could they never let me see Sister Lin again from now on?

Thinking of this possibility, Jia Baoyu's mood faded, and he turned his head away, not caring at all whether he could live and play in the garden.

Fortunately, Mother Jia never saw Jia Baoyu being wronged, so she glanced at Mrs. Wang and said, "Where is the conflict between asking a teacher to teach him and letting him move into the garden?
Could it be that the reason why the empress asked them to move into the garden is for them to go in and play?I don't think the environment in the garden is good, quiet and cheap to read.

Besides, if your master invites him alone, he will not walk a few more steps or waste much time when he comes out of the garden every day. "

Mrs. Wang didn't like Jia Mu's attitude, and subconsciously asked: "Then what does the old lady mean?"

"According to the will of the empress, let Bao girl, Lin girl and Baoyu each choose a place they like, and move it into the garden."

Jia's mother insisted on this, and Madam Wang was not good at disobeying, so she could only nod her head in response, thinking that she had shown her attitude anyway, so that even if Jia Lian was unhappy, she could still push it to Jia's mother. It's a little thing, embarrassing the grandmother.

Tanchun saw that Jia Baoyu was in a bad mood, and he was sure that he would also go to the kindergarten to "study" with them, so he came over and asked Jia Baoyu with a smile: "Second brother, which place in the garden do you like the most? Fight with you."

Jia Baoyu knew that Tanchun had good intentions, so he forced a smile, "It doesn't matter to me, you just choose, and you can leave the rest to me, anyway, I am also a superfluous person, I can be anywhere it's the same……"

Tanchun could not bear to hear the dejection in Jia Baoyu's words.

Gently pulled Jia Baoyu aside, said with a smile: "Second brother, what's the matter, how can you say such dejected words, you have never been such a person. Didn't you say that you don't want fame and wealth, as long as you can be Sisters and brothers are together and happy, so that the wish is fulfilled?

Now, although sister Lin has made major decisions in her life, she still lives in our house after all, and she can still be with us all every day.Even if he marries the second elder brother Lian in the future, she will not leave our house, and she will still be able to be with all of us. So, what's the difference?

Or the second brother used to coax us with words, saying that all sisters are the same, but in fact he only treats sister Lin differently, so now he deliberately does this, the purpose is just to alienate us..."

Tanchun was two years younger than Jia Baoyu, so he was naturally ignorant about age.It's just that she is intelligent by nature and understands some of Jia Baoyu's disappointments. She intends to make Jia Baoyu more open-minded, so she uses Jia Baoyu's words to provoke him.

Jia Baoyu was stunned when he heard this.

Yes, he said that as long as he can be with his sisters forever, he will be satisfied. Even if he dies on the spot one day, as long as he dies before his sisters and does not see them shed a tear for him, he will be satisfied. It was a worthy death.

How could he not know that it was impossible for him to stay with his sisters for the rest of his life.Doesn't he understand that when the sisters grow up, they will eventually marry?

He knows, but he just doesn't want to think about it, at least right now he is happy, isn't he?

So, why is my heart hurting so much when sister Lin is engaged?

Could it be that he himself has also fallen into the vulgar trend, with three thousand weak waters, wanting to choose a ladle to drink, and to be with him for the rest of his life?Looking at each other, from a daughter made of water, to a woman with dull eyes, and finally to a dead fish eyeball?

No, this is definitely not me, he is not so worldly!

However, if the other party is Sister Lin, then...

So what, sister Lin doesn't like him at all, her indifference towards him broke his heart!

At the age of thirteen or fourteen, Jia Baoyu, who had just started his love affair, couldn't figure out what was going on inside. He covered his head, feeling distraught and exhausted.

"Second brother..."

Tanchun was a little worried. She knew that Jia Baoyu was hysterical. Don't let her be picked out. Then she would do bad things with good intentions, and she would have to be scolded at that time.

Fortunately, Jia Baoyu was not there. He let go of his hand, looked at Tanchun with bright eyes and bright teeth, and looked at the side talking to Yingchun and the others, but he glanced over from time to time, Baochai, who obviously cared about him, and understood in his heart stand up.

He is right, wrong, worldly.The secular world is filthy, even the clean sister Lin is tainted with a philistine streak!
But I was not born for Sister Lin alone, there are so many beautiful things, beautiful daughters waiting for him to discover and appreciate...

Thinking of this, Jia Baoyu felt a sense of enlightenment. He even felt that since Daiyu didn't like him, marrying Jia Lian might be the best choice. It was better than marrying someone else in the future and flying away. It's not good to see.

In this way, at least it can be confirmed that sister Lin has stayed in their home for the rest of her life.

So he smiled happily at Tanchun, "My favorite is Xiaoxiang and Yihong. How about you, where are you going to choose?"

Tanchun was also happy when he saw this, and took Jia Baoyu to Yingchun and others, and everyone discussed the total together.

Under Tanchun's guidance, Jia Baoyu's mentality changed a little, but in the eyes of Jia's mother and others, it was just Tanchun pulling him and whispering a few whispers that made Jia Baoyu happy instead of sullen.

Mother Jia couldn't help laughing, and she even took a second look at Tanchun, thinking that among all the granddaughters, Tanchun was the most sensible.Seeing that my brother is in a bad mood, I know how to comfort her, unlike other girls who know how to be playful and take care of themselves.

So she deliberately said to Tanchun: "Three girls, you go to your sister Lin's room first, and ask her where she wants to live, and then you can discuss together before it's too late."

Although Jia Mu's intention was to let Daiyu choose first, she was suspected of being partial, but Jia Mu always did this, and everyone didn't care.

Anyway, Daiyu is no better than them now, excluding the relationship between Jia Mu and Jia Lian and others, they are also "village lords" granted by the saints, so they should let Daiyu choose first.So Tanchun took orders, and happily went to Daiyu's house.

Here, Mother Jia began to arrange maids and servants who came into the garden to serve Yingchun and others.

The garden is empty, so if you want to leave it idle, if you want to live in it, you will naturally need to arrange staff to take care of it everywhere, especially Yingchun and the others are all masters and misses, so they can't be sloppy.

"Their original serving staff will remain the same, and each of them will add an old mother, two maids, and two who are responsible for cleaning the courtyard. What does the old lady think?" Mrs. Wang suggested.

"That's not enough. Although they are not rich ladies, since they were born in our family, they can't be wronged too much. Let's add two old mothers and four maids to each place, depending on the situation later. Then add or subtract."

"That's it, I'm afraid there are not enough people. Our family has not bought slaves from outside for many years..."

This is the difference between Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang's family management philosophy. Mrs. Wang wants to reduce expenses and scale as appropriate depending on the family situation.

But for those who are used to being rich and honored by Mother Jia, the last thing they want is to fall into the limelight that the Duke's Mansion should have in the ostentation, and make other people laugh at them.

"If Auntie doesn't have enough manpower here, why don't you choose a few from our side." Youshi sat for a long time and finally found a chance to speak.

Mrs. Wang felt very good when she heard the words. Anyway, there are not many people in Ningguo Mansion, so it is useless to raise so many slaves.

Unexpectedly, Mother Jia glanced at You Shi, frowned and said, "You are the eldest house, you are in charge of the whole family's affairs, so you can't be left alone."

As he spoke, he directly said to Mrs. Wang: "If the mansion is not enough, just transfer it from me. There are not many other people in my courtyard, but there are quite a few people."

If Jia's mother is like this, Mrs. Wang can only take orders.

Youshi backed away with a embarrassed look, knowing that Mother Jia disliked their "family tradition", so even the servants didn't want to use them.

Sitting with the elders for a while, Jia Mu thought that Youshi had to take care of a pair of children, so she let her go back first.

You Shi came out from Dongkua Courtyard by car, and went home from the main gate of Ningguo Mansion, just in time to see Third Sister You walking to the West Courtyard, so she walked forward quickly.

"I heard from your second sister that Master Hou took you out of the city to play, why did you come back by yourself?"

Third Sister You's heart was surging all the way, but after entering the city, she felt a little guilty again.

After all, she was the one who did her best to match up her sister before, and she was the one who told her sister yesterday that she had a crush on her. If she knew that she was ahead of her, I don't know what she would think of herself.

Therefore, after entering the mansion, she also dawdled, and suddenly heard Youshi's voice behind her, which made her feel guilty, and her body staggered.

Youshi hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and looked at her suspiciously.

"I was going to play in their school grounds, but suddenly someone from the court came to him. He thought I was in the way, so he sent me back first."

Third Sister You got out of Youshi's support, and said pretending to be calm.

You Shi looked at her, "Just now when I came back, I vaguely saw people from Xifu driving a carriage away, did they send you back?"

"Um, probably..."

Third Sister You felt that she couldn't talk to Youshi anymore, so she hurriedly said: "Elder Sister, you just came back from their West Mansion, you're tired after thinking about it, go back early to rest, I'll go first."

After finishing speaking, Third Sister You saluted casually and ran away early.

Although her physical fitness has always been very good, after all, she is just a newcomer, and her slightly unnatural posture when walking around is very eye-catching in the eyes of people like Youshi who have been there.

"Grandma, you said Third Aunt..."

Yindie next to her looked thoughtfully at You Shi looking at Third Sister You's back, and immediately stepped forward to speak.

Youshi shook his head to interrupt her, and led her back to the main hall.

But not long after, she was summoned by Youshi again, "Go to the kitchen and ask someone to stew some chicken soup for the old lady. Remember to stew more."

Yindie is also a smart person, as soon as she heard this order, she immediately knew that it was incidental for Mrs. You to show respect to Mrs. You, and it was true to make up for Third Sister You.

This third aunt really has tricks.