The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 593 Jiaqiao, Qiaoer

The next day, when Jia Lian returned to the mansion, he found that the mansion was much quieter.

When I got home, Sister Feng happened to be there, so I asked her, "Grandma Liu is gone?"

"I left after noon. Originally, the old lady said to keep her for two more days, but she made up her mind to leave. She couldn't stay, so she let her go. Hehehe, speaking of it, it has been a long time since our house has not been so lively After all, this Grandma Liu has given our family a lot of fun."

Sister Feng said with a smile while counting the goods. Obviously, in her eyes, Grandma Liu was just an excuse to bring joy to the family.

So Jia Lian sat on the kang and scolded with a smile: "I'm so old, I still play tricks on you like that, it makes you narrow."

Jia Lian was there at least yesterday afternoon, and had a glimpse of some of Sister Feng, Yuanyang and others playing tricks on Grandma Liu and making Jia Mu and others happy.It's rare that Grandma Liu is not annoyed at all even though she is full of ugliness. According to Jia Lian, Grandma Liu is confused on the surface but understands in her heart.

Sure enough, Sister Feng replied with a smile: "You are a good person, we are all bad, right? It's just to please the old lady. Who deliberately teased her?
When she left today, we didn't treat her badly.For the wife alone, I gave her 100 taels of silver, and the old lady was even more eager to take her home with her, food and clothing, cloth, pills, candies, silver coins, and the rest of us. Yes, she will not have to worry about food and drink for ten years after taking care of her family. So, do you think she has made a profit or a loss? "

Jia Lian had nothing to say about Sister Feng's rebellion.Indeed, for rich and noble families like the Jia Mansion, just a little leakage through the fingertips is enough for the poor and small households in the countryside to be rich for a long time.

But Jia Lian had accumulated power in front of Sister Feng for a long time, and could not tolerate Sister Feng's provocation, because he waved to her, when she walked over suspiciously, he pulled her into his arms, pinched her mouth, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, I, Jia Lian, married a daughter-in-law who knows how to calculate. Not only can she help the family to calculate, but now she can help other people's families to calculate. It's great."

Such a blatant ridicule made Sister Feng blush, and what made her even more embarrassed was that there were many maids in the room.

Ping'er, Xiangling, Xiaohong, Feng'er and two young wives were molested by Jia Lian as young wives in front of so many people. She felt that her dignity as the head of the family was severely suppressed, but there was nothing she could do.

Jia Lian wanted to hug her, but she couldn't struggle. She couldn't scratch Jia Lian's face in front of the servants, could she?
Fortunately, these people who often work with her are the most sensible. Seeing that the master and the master's grandmother are making out, they immediately retreated in a sensible manner.

So Sister Feng let go, grabbed Jia Lian's palm and took a bite.Who knows that Jia Lian is not easy to provoke, he immediately pinched her mouth, bowed his head and kissed her, making her kiss so dizzy, almost breathless, just then pushed him away, glared at Jia Lian shyly , hastily interrupted: "There are two things I want to ask you!"

"One is the lack of manpower in the mansion. Since welcoming the maids and the others into the garden, according to the old lady's instructions, they have been equipped with four more maids, four maids, four mothers who guard the night, and sweeping everywhere. The mother-in-law does not count.

Especially in Baoyu's room, because the old lady was worried that there would be too few people to serve her, how many people did she add to his room in less than a month?

Although the old lady said that there is not enough manpower, she can be transferred from her yard, but the wife said that no one can wrong the old lady when our family is wronged, so she discussed with me and bought some people from outside. "

After hearing this, Jia Lian said indifferently, "you can decide for yourself, why bother to ask me."

The male leads the outside and the female leads the inside. If it is not necessary, Jia Lian does not want to interfere with the affairs of the inner house.What's more, Jia's mansion has a set of strict standards for purchasing and purchasing servants, and they don't want anyone who has a clean background, and don't have to worry too much about recruiting spies or spying.

And Jia Lian didn't know that the lack of people in the inner house was not only because of the increase in the Grand View Garden, but also because of Sister Feng's own needs.

In the past, although there were many people around Sister Feng, they were all because of the needs of the housekeeper.There are not many people who really serve her.

It's different now, she is the Marquis, and she has nearly doubled the size of the courtyard. It is also a flower hall and a bathing pool. No matter in terms of actual needs or style, the courtyard also needs people to fill it.Therefore, Jia Lian was not surprised and had no objection to buying a few servants.

His wife wants to be majestic, so why not support her.Anyway, in this era, adding a few more servants really doesn't cost a lot of money.

Unexpectedly, Sister Feng turned around and put her arms around Jia Lian's neck, facing him very close, and said with a smile like a flower: "Oh, you really don't care? It's easy for mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law to say that it's easy to transfer into the mansion from other places, even this young man." Little maid, I need to buy ten or twenty.

I was also thinking, with the great reputation of our Lord Marquis, if there is a rumor that he wants to buy a maid, I don’t know how many daughters of poor and small families will compete for the spot.When the time comes, Master Hou can choose what kind of style, and Master Hou also likes beautiful maids, so why not take the opportunity to choose two more good ones?
If I were the one to choose, it might not be as Hou Ye wanted. "

Faced with Sister Feng's teasing, Jia Lian didn't take it seriously, "Do you think that with my current status, I still need to use this method to attract beauties? It is no exaggeration to tell you that as long as I am willing, no matter where I go, I will take care of you." There are a large group of beauties running behind Benhou's ass. Hmph, if Benhou hadn't restrained himself intentionally, you would have had sisters in groups. So, if you like to see ugly people dazzle in front of you every day, you can just recruit them. I won't say a single word."

Sister Feng's face turned dark immediately, and she scolded: "Bah, do you think there are fewer now? Just count them at home, not counting Miss Lin, Pinger Xiangling Qingwen, Aqi Aqin, the one in your study, There are also four from Lixiangyuan, there are eleven or twelve on the surface alone, not to mention, who knows how much you have hidden from me behind your back..."

Faced with Sister Feng's half-suspicious, half-testing eyes and words, Jia Lian's expression remained unchanged, and his composure was terrifying.

Sister Feng became discouraged, and felt that the topic was meaningless, so she turned to say: "Okay, let's get down to business. Tomorrow is the birthday of the old man in the mansion over there. Although it is common sense that the old man will not return to the mansion, but As juniors, we can't slack off either.

Sister-in-law You has already made up her mind, and she still has to do it, but she just invites the relatives of the master's family to come and have fun.There are few people there, and my wife asked me to help with the preparations. I will deliver these goods in person later, will you go? "

"Let's go and have a look."

There are no adult males in the East Mansion, and Jia Lian has to help take care of the outside affairs, emotionally and logically.

Sister Feng wanted to get up and clean up, but Jia Lian didn't let her go. Just when Sister Feng was wondering if Jia Lian was going to play tricks while she had time, she heard Jia Lian say, "Our precious girl will be three years old next year, so she should I've given her a name, and it doesn't look like she's always called by such a young lady."

"Oh, you've figured it out, what name do you want to name her?"

Sister Feng didn't care too much. In this era, the name of the daughter's family is already dispensable.Most of them are nothing more than the elders who just choose a baby name and live a lifetime.

Jia Lian thought for a moment.In fact, Jia Lian is unwilling to tamper with the original work above the names of people and things.

For example, Xiangling, such as Yiying Pavilion and the name of the scenery in the Grand View Garden.

Even if it was her own precious daughter, Jia Lian was not prepared to interfere at first, thinking that if it was according to the original book, it would not be impossible to wait for Grandma Liu to name her.

But after seeing that little boy Ban'er yesterday, Jia Lian's mentality changed slightly.He didn't want his daughter to have any connection with Wang Ban'er's family.

It just so happened that this time Grandma Liu only stayed in Rongguo Mansion for one day before leaving, and her daughter didn't get sick from visiting the garden too much, so Grandma Liu didn't have the chance to name her daughter.

Therefore, Jia Lian felt that it was better for him to choose the name himself.

"The correct name is 'Qiao', Cao Qiaoqiao, just like Heng'er, the eldest daughter of the East Mansion, just like the boys, from their generation's cursive characters. The nickname is 'Qiao'er', corresponding to the day she was born ,how do you feel?"

"Jia Qiao? Qiao'er, Qiao'er..."

Wang Xifeng muttered a few words, his eyes lit up.The daughter was born on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, which was the Qiqiao Festival, so it was very appropriate for Jia Lian to name her like this.

Not to mention, she already felt that her cultural level was far lower than Jia Lian's, and it was her right to be a father to name her child, so she never thought of competing with Jia Lian.What's rare is that Jia Lian asked her opinion, which made her very happy, so she nodded quickly and said with a smile: "These two names are well chosen, it seems that you have put your heart into being a father. Well, let's My daughter will be called Qiaoer from now on."

As he spoke, his smile brightened.

When Jia Lian saw it, she also smiled, this girl is sometimes quite innocent and cute.

I went to Ningguo Mansion together with Sister Feng, and Ningguo Mansion was indeed much busier than usual.

Jia Lian was in the front yard, helping to patrol around and make arrangements. When she turned around, she found out that Sister Feng had gone to Qin Keqing's courtyard, so she knew that the two good sisters must have some gossip, so she went there boldly. Come to Xiyuan.

Ningguo Mansion Xiyuan is the residence of Mrs. You, Second Sister You, and Third Sister You, with a quiet environment.

At dusk, in the main courtyard in front, Third Sister You was dressed in strong clothes, with her hands on her hips, pointing at a group of young girls who were downcast and staggering, and cursed: "You useless things, you are tired after practicing for a while? That's it, No wonder their men look down on our women, it’s me, I also look down on you..."

The girls were aggrieved: "But, we women don't do this in the first place."

"That's right, there are no girls in the world who practice martial arts as soldiers. Isn't this a reversal of yin and yang..."

The oldest of these girls looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, and the youngest looked like a cardamom.

Their lazy but eloquent appearance really made the chief instructor, Third Sister You, fall down angrily.

"You guys really pissed me off..."

Seeing that this group of subordinates were so useless, Third Sister You angrily raised the whip in her hand and wanted to beat them.Suddenly seeing Jia Lian approaching, she immediately forgot to be angry, took two steps forward, and then stood still.

When the girls saw Jia Lian, they quickly stood in two rows and bowed feebly:

"Meet Lord Hou..."

"See you, I've met Lord Hou."

The voice was not neat, which made Third Sister You grit her teeth even more.These dumb guys have taught them how to greet Jia Lian, but they just can't remember!

Now it's all right, he must have laughed at me to death.

Jia Lian didn't smile, he just stood quietly in front of this group of girls. Gradually, these lazy girls involuntarily straightened their postures and looked solemn.

Wherever Jia Lian's eyes went, the untidy line was also consciously trimmed.So that after a while, the group of reserve female soldiers who appeared in the middle of the courtyard was completely different from before in terms of energy and order.

After about [-] or [-] breaths like this, just when the uneasiness in the hearts of this group of girls was very strong, and they couldn't help being a little restless, Fang heard Jia Lian's indifferent voice: "Go down and rest."

"Yes……"

As if they had received amnesty, the girls hurriedly dispersed and disappeared soon after.

Third Sister You just came up, looked at Jia Lian, and said unhappily: "You can make a joke if you want to, I also feel that I am useless."

Sure enough, Jia Lian's eyes were slightly smiling.It would be really weird if it was easy for Third Sister You, who wanted to lead soldiers with her infancy.

So Jia Lian went straight to the main room without saying a word.

Third Sister You hurriedly followed, and after entering the room, she began to complain: "The ones my elder sister gave me just now are maidservants selected from various places in the mansion. You have seen the situation just now, they are simply rotten wood that cannot be carved." !

These days, I have thought about and tried everything, but it doesn't work, they haven't improved at all, and they almost pissed me off. "

Seeing that Jia Lian was listening, Third Sister You moved closer and put her arm around Jia Lian's shoulder: "Let's discuss it with you..."

"You said."

"Can the agreement between us be voided? I really don't want to pay attention to these idiots. With their appearance, I really can't believe that they can become talents through training!"

"Okay, don't take it if you don't want to. I didn't force you."

Seeing Jia Lian agreeing so easily, Third Sister You knew that Jia Lian didn't understand what she really meant.

So he sat in Jia Lian's arms and said with a smile: "What I mean is, I won't help you train your soldiers anymore, you just accept me into your personal guard, just like those two female guards, okay?"

"That can't be done. You have no strong ability, no seniority, and no official position. You can't even command these girls. How can you command those big and three rough men under me? I advise you not to think about it." , stay in the mansion with peace of mind, and help your eldest sister manage the family business in your spare time. It's also good."

Seeing that the beauty trick didn't work, and Jia Lian was still so ruthless, Third Sister You pouted, and said displeasedly, "Then I'll be the chief soldier under them, right?"

"Big soldier?"

Jia Lian subconsciously looked at Third Sister You's chest.The big soldiers can't see it, but the big milk soldiers are worthy of the name.

"Well, it depends on whether they are willing to accept you."

Third Sister You was quite dissatisfied. Based on her relationship with Jia Lian, how could she really be willing to be inferior to Aqi's second daughter? She put her arms around Jia Lian's neck and began to act coquettishly. She didn't expect that her second sister had already heard the news and rushed over. It happened that she took the appearance of inviting favor in front of Jia Lian completely into his eyes.

Fortunately, the two of her sisters love each other deeply, and the second sister You is not too jealous, but just calmly poured a cup of tea for Jia Lian.

"Ah, when did you come...!" Third Sister You blushed and was about to get up.

Second Sister You said unhappily: "When I first came, I saw a cat rubbing against Master Hou's body. I don't feel ashamed."

Jia Lian felt that Second Sister You's joke was very appropriate and interesting.Seeing that Third Sister You was so ashamed, she spread her legs and patted the empty one.Second Sister You understood, even though she was shy, she sat down obediently, looked at Third Sister You face to face, lowered their heads in shame, and leaned on Jia Lian's chest.

Since Third Sister You's birthday last time, the two sisters have opened up their hearts, so although they were ashamed, they did not exceed expectations.

Of course the most beautiful one is Jia Lian.Although Aqi and Aqin are already in front, Second Sister You and Third Sister You are better than Sister Aqi in terms of their beautiful appearance, and they are also prominent characters in the original book, so Jia Lian can't wait, I want to take down Second Sister You and enjoy the most beautiful thing in the world.

(End of this chapter)