The Red Mansions

Chapter 117 Jia Yun: I have the potential to make green tea?
the next morning.

Jia Yun stepped into the official department.

As the saying goes: the official department is expensive, the household department is rich, the ritual department is poor, the military department is military, the punishment department is strict, and the industry department is cheap.

The levels of the six ministries are parallel, but because they are in charge of different specific affairs, their functions and powers are quite different.

People used the six words "rich, powerful, mighty, poor" to describe the six parts.

The official department is located at the head of the six departments, and is extremely honorable.

The Ministry of Officials is responsible for the management of all civilian officials in the country, "in charge of the system of ranking and selection, the method of dismissing officials through examinations, the code of conferring rewards, and the method of finalizing citizenship."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials, also known as Tianguan and Dazai, is a sideways role in the court.

Even if they are cabinet scholars and governor-level officials, they have to be courteous when they meet the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

There is no way, the appointment and removal, examination, promotion, transfer, and honor of all civil officials in the country are all under his jurisdiction.

The Ministry of Officials is set as the Four Qing Officials Division, namely the Wenxuan Division, the Seal Inspection Division, the Kaogong Division, and the Jixun Division.

Jia Yun is a new imperial examination candidate, and today she is entering the Department of Cleaning Up Officials, full name Wenxuan Qingning Department, which is mainly responsible for the promotion of civil officials, the selection of candidates for imperial examinations, and the filling of vacancies for officials in various places.

Of course, he didn't come by himself, but was brought in by a head of the official department.

Jia Yun only stayed in the Ministry of Officials for a quarter of an hour. After finishing the procedure, the head of the Ministry of Officials asked him to come back to listen to the letter in ten days, and then called an officer to send him out of the Ministry of Officials.

Jia Yun looked back at the tall and majestic lintel of the Ministry of Officials, and sighed in her heart: "There are people in the imperial court who are good at being officials, and they can enjoy the shade with their backs against a big tree. Today I really understand it."

At the same time, it also means that there is a high possibility that he will be released in ten days.

"Xu Renzhi is impeccable in his work. This time I will probably be thrown far away. Otherwise, what will I do if I go back on my word next spring?" Jia Yun thought to herself.

"Would you like to go to Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, or Yunnan and Guizhou?" He pondered for a moment in his mind, unable to guess Xu Renzhi's thoughts.

As for Jiangnan, Shandong and other places, don't even think about it.

It was because Xu Renzhi was young that he kept preventing him from rushing to take the exam.

Now the purpose of agreeing and arranging him to be an official is to temper him. It is impossible to let him go to a very rich place and let him enjoy happiness.

Therefore, Jia Yun already has a clear understanding of her own situation in the future.

Withdrawing her thoughts, Jia Yun got into the carriage and took Jia to see the shop.

The shop is facing the street, the location is good, it is in a prosperous area, the area is nearly [-] square meters, quite spacious, and it is also relatively close to Jia Yun's home, it only takes two quarters of an hour to walk there.

After Jia Yun read it carefully, she signed a contract with the landlord of the shop, and the next thing was completely left to Jia.

When he opened the store last time, Jia Cong followed him from the very beginning and knew the relevant procedures and various precautions. Now that he has been the shopkeeper for more than a year, he can handle these trivial matters with ease.

Coming back from the street, when passing by Jia Qin's house, Jia Yun heard Jia Ming smiling outside the car: "Master, Brother Qin and the others seem to have sold their new house, and they are moving now."

Jia Yun hurriedly asked people to stop the car, opened the curtain of the car and looked out, and sure enough, she saw Jia Qin standing at the door with a haggard face, and his mother, Mrs. Zhou, was instructing some people to move things outside.

Jia Yun jumped out of the car, walked up to Mrs. Zhou and asked with concern, "Aunt Zhou, who are you?"

"It's sold!" Mrs. Zhou glanced at Jia Yun, hesitated, and replied blankly.

Now Jia Yun is no longer the inconspicuous Brother Yun. According to the rules, when they meet each other, they have to call him Second Master Yun, but Zhou Shi and Jia Qin opened their mouths, but they couldn't say anything.

Jia Yun didn't bother with them, and said straightly: "This is a good house to live in, why did you sell it?"

Jia Qin's face was flushed red, no matter how shameless she was, she would feel ashamed right now.

After all, a man can't be humane anymore, he really can't hold his head up for the rest of his life, and he is even more shameless in front of his friends since he was a child.

Mrs. Zhou was very angry at Jia Yun which pot was not opened and which pot was lifted, but Jia Yun dared to be tough even in Jia's house, so she didn't dare to provoke her, so she could only grit her teeth and said truthfully: "The house is sold, and it will be treated by Brother Qin." sick."

Jia Yun suddenly said: "So that's the case, what about the old house? Sell it?"

"No, the old house is sold, and our mother and I will have no place to live!" Mrs. Zhou took a deep breath, pursed her lips and shook her head.

"Are you moving back to live again?" Jia Yun was surprised, thought for a while, then nodded and said:
"It's fine to move back. Aunt Zhou, if it's convenient for you, can you take a look at my houses by the way?"

"Yes!" Zhou gritted his teeth and replied fiercely.

Jia Yun said with a smile: "Then thank Aunt Zhou first, but let me tell you in advance that the things in my house can't be moved, they are very valuable!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored Zhou's glaring eyes and got into the carriage with a smile.

Jia Qin looked at Jia Yun's carriage and said bitterly, "Mother, I'm going to buy their house tonight!"

"Don't!" Zhou was taken aback and scolded, "Do you want to die? If you dare to rent their house, the clan will beat you to death without him coming forward!"

Jia Qin pursed her lips and said, "I'll do it secretly so that no one can see it?"

"Oh, I'm a stupid son, do you think they need evidence to deal with you?" Mrs. Zhou patted Jia Qin on the forehead and said, "They just need to suspect!"

This is what Zhou is afraid of. In the past, she and Jia Qin, who are orphans and widows, have the confidence to play against outsiders and people in other houses.

It's different now, Jia Yun is the face of the third house, the big guy's face and pride, if someone really provokes him, Jia Yun doesn't need to come forward, there are enthusiastic clansmen rushing forward to fight for him.

When she got home, Jia Yun couldn't help laughing when she thought of the eccentric look she had just talked to Aunt Zhou, and the potential to be a green tea bitch.

In the bedroom, Xiang'er brought Jia Yun a set of loose and cool clothes, and put them on for him.

After getting along for this period of time, Xiang'er no longer blushes at every turn like before.

The premise is that Jia Yun will not be a demon. After all, Xiang'er and Jing'er are both young girls, and they still can't stand a little teasing.

For example, at this moment, just as Xiang'er waited on Jia Yun to change her clothes, he hugged her from behind, and her hands were extremely dishonest.

Not to mention that Xiang'er's body was soft and soft in his arms, Jing'er next to her was blushing even more embarrassingly, she didn't want to leave, and she didn't want to leave, with a face of embarrassment and hesitation.

Jia Yun saw that Xiang'er was motionless like a quail, her ears were so red that they were transparent, she smiled, took a deep breath to smell her body fragrance, and asked softly: "Has Xiang'er practiced singing in the morning recently? "

"Practice, this is the servant's ability to eat, so I can't lose it easily." Xiang'er replied in a soft voice, pressed Jia Yun's hand that was stretched towards the forbidden area, and finally hesitated again, but finally did not stop it.

Jia Yun laughed and said, "What is the ability to eat? Now the family doesn't force you to practice singing!"

Xiang'er closed her eyes tightly, gritted her teeth, and replied with difficulty: "This servant wants to keep drinking for the master!"

After a pause, Xiang'er begged for mercy: "Master, it's still daytime, let the servants go, and you can do whatever you want at night, okay?"

Jia Yun bit Xiang'er's ear and muttered, "Well, seeing that you're so shy, I won't make things difficult for you."

After finishing speaking, he really let Xiang'er go, and motioned to Jing'er to bring water to wash his hands.

After washing her hands, Jia Yun saw that Jinger, who was usually reserved, aloof, charming, and quite literary, blushed like an apple, and asked with a smile:
"It's hard for you, Jing'er. If you don't like this kind of thing in the future, you can go out and wait for a while."

Jing'er pursed her lips, shook her head, and said in a low voice: "Your servant is not afraid!"

As she spoke, she raised her head and looked at Jia Yun with wide-open eyes, with a hint of expectation and encouragement in her eyes.

With a thought in her mind, Jia Yun thought to herself that the girl's heart was in order, so she stepped forward and hugged her, kissed her softly, and whispered: "Don't force yourself."

Jing'er was born well, her father was a bureaucrat, unfortunately died early, and her family was ruined. After several wanderings, she was bought by Xue Baochai to be a dowry maid by some unknown means.

She is omnipotent in poetry, piano, calligraphy and painting, especially good at lower script, and also has a good command of literature and history, especially her painting skills.

A capable person is naturally lofty, even if she is a maid, her nature is still hard to hide when she is trembling, so Jia Yun has never felt sorry for her.

Jing'er naturally also felt Jia Yun's tolerance and protection for her. This is the only bright color in her life since her family was ruined. It would be a lie to say that she is not moved.

Now that she has become a servant girl, it is a done deal, and her fate cannot be changed in the future. After a period of inner struggle, she has gradually figured out many things, and she no longer rejects getting close to Jia Yun.

Feeling the warmth in Jia Yun's embrace, even though it was summer, Jing'er didn't feel uncomfortable, instead she wanted to stay like this forever.

It wasn't until Jia Yun's hand tightened a little that she suddenly raised her head and said, "Master, this servant did not force..."

At this moment, her modesty, aloofness, and literary and artistic temperament disappeared, replaced by elegant and suave yet romantic and charming, and her temperament changed, which surprised Jia Yun.

He buried his head on Jing'er's delicate neck, smelled the fragrance of her body, and whispered: "You and Xiang'er can come to my room at night, okay?"

"Hmm..." Jing'er hummed softly, agreeing, then relaxed her whole body, and reached out her hand to hug Jia Yun's waist.

Xiang'er next to her lowered her head and murmured softly: "You won't let the slave girls wait until midnight like last time?"

Although she spoke in a low voice, Jia Yun could hear her clearly, she couldn't help but turned around and said with a smile: "Xiang'er, what are you talking about, girl?"

Xiang'er was startled, jumped a few steps back, and said with a smile: "I didn't say anything, Master got it wrong, hehe..."

At this time, Xiren lifted the curtain and came in slowly. Seeing Jia Yun's hand in Jing'er's skirt, and seeing Jing'er's whole body limp into a ball, he couldn't help laughing and said:

"Master knows how to torture people all day long. Otherwise, you would take sister Xiang'er and sister Jing'er into the house. You are having fun, but they are terribly uncomfortable. You didn't do it like this."

Before Jia Yun could reply, Xiren said again: "Sister Meiren and I boiled several pots of soup this morning, do you want to go and see how good it is?"

Jia Yun took out her hand, let out a long breath, nodded and said, "Forget it, this is a serious matter, I'll go and have a look."

Xiren smiled and nodded, brought the water on the washbasin stand, and asked Jia Yun to wash her hands.

After washing her hands, Jia Yun murmured to the attacker: "In the future, the maids at home will still wear pants when they wear skirts. Although it's cool if you don't wear them, it's not good for your health. Forget it, I'll go talk to Bao about it." Chai said, let her supervise."

Xiren pursed his lips and said, "I used to wear them, and it was all for your convenience..."

"Stop wronging people!" Jia Yun glared at her, and said, "I didn't say anything not to let you wear it!"

"Yes, yes, it's up to the servants to make their own decisions!" Xi Ren laughed, then pushed Jia Yun and walked out.

In the inverted house, two houses have been opened up, which are specially used to make stewed soup.

This place is a restricted area for the family. In the past, except for Jia Yun and Xue Baochai, no one else was allowed to enter. Even Jia and the others came to carry the stewed soup, they only received it outside the door.

In addition, there is an ice cellar at home, which is also dedicated to storing braised soup. In the past, after Jia Yun cooked it in the space, it was placed in the ice cellar.

As for the inverted room, it used to be used more for appearance and cover-up.

Xiren and Meiren are just beginners today, so they didn’t make a lot of cooking. They just used casserole to practice their hands, but they boiled more than ten pots for half a day.

Jia Yun looked at all of them, and found that Xiren and Charming are indeed spiritual, and they can learn [-] to [-]% for beginners.

Then Jia Yun explained some questions to them in detail, and after they understood it, they asked them to boil a pot with their own hands. They made rapid progress, and the taste reached about [-]% of Jia Yun's requirements in an instant.

Jia Yun said happily: "Very good. From now on, I can leave the braised soup to you with confidence. I will not make much progress in the next practice. It will depend on time to polish the experience."

Xiren and Meiren were overjoyed when they heard the words. Before, they had been tense because they were afraid of ruining what Jia Yun had entrusted to them. Now that Jia Yun was satisfied, the two breathed a sigh of relief.

After returning from the inverted room, all three of them took a shower and changed their clothes. There was nothing they could do, the stewed soup smelled too strong, and their hair was all stained.

Coming out of the bath room, Ying'er was waiting in the yard, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master, grandma has something to ask you, and she is waiting in the room right now."

Jia Yun nodded, patted Ying'er's head, and said with a smile, "You have to imitate Baochai in words and deeds, but you are very good at it."

"I didn't learn it on purpose." Ying'er took Jia Yun's hand off her head, but didn't let go, and said with a smile, "Because this servant has been with grandma since she was a child, so she naturally resembles her."

Jia Yun squeezed her little hand, leaned forward, and whispered to her, "Baochai is inconvenient these days, so you won't come to serve me anymore."

"Oh!" Ying'er blushed, her voice was like a mosquito, and she said aggrievedly: "It's okay to serve you, the servant can only watch, the master always teases the servant, but he can only let the servant look on in despair."

After a pause, she tilted her head slightly, and asked in a low voice: "Master, when will the servants stop going up and down? The servants have already been ready."

Jia Yun laughed and said, "Forget it, after a few days when Baochai is ready, I'll eat you!"

Ying'er's face brightened, she pursed her lips and said, "The master must keep his word, and this slave will take it seriously."

"I won't break my promise!" Jia Yun confirmed.

Yinger was even happier.

Back in the room, Xue Baochai asked about Jia Yun's visit to the Ministry of Officials today. Jia Yun briefly talked about it, and then said:
"My teacher worked so hard to prevent me from participating in the next year's examination, it will definitely send me away, but no matter what, I will definitely come back at the end of next year to prepare for the next year's Enke examination. "

Xue Baochai said: "Is the news of Enke's examination safe? If it is false, won't your husband have to wait another three years?"

"Sure." Jia Yun nodded and said, "I not only got the news from the master, but also confirmed some things from Eunuch Dai."

"Not long ago, the cabinet meeting to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday has been decided. This is the emperor's order. The preliminary preparations have also begun, and there will be no change."

Xue Baochai breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "That's good. Husband can get the title of Jinshi earlier, so that he can really jump into the ranks of scholars earlier. The status is completely different from that of Juren, and the future is also different."

"Although a person can be an official, but the height of growth is limited. For the future, no matter what, my husband must work hard to be named on the gold list..."

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Sister Feng's courtyard.

After taking a few doses of medicine, Wang Xifeng was finally able to walk on the ground, but her spirit was still not very good.

The weather was scorching hot, and Wang Xifeng's illness had not yet recovered, so she could not use ice cubes to cool down. The whole person stayed in the room like being in a steamer, and the sweat never stopped.

At this moment, Ping'er came in with a piece of watermelon and ate it.

Wang Xifeng was so angry that he rolled his eyes and said, "Are you here to greed me? I'm so hot that I'm going crazy. You're still holding a cold melon dangling in front of my eyes. What are you doing?" Intentions?"

Ping'er giggled, and said, "After the cold melon is chilled, I ate it in small bites, and I feel completely chilled!"

Wang Xifeng snorted, stood up, and asked in a low voice, "Is there anyone making trouble in the mansion recently?"

"Fortunately, it's time to eat and drink. No one has made any fools these days." Ping'er replied.

Wang Xifeng: "Is it convenient to go out?"

"Grandma...what do you want?" Ping'er was startled, frowning.

Wang Xifeng murmured: "I'm restless, I want to go to that person to comfort me, otherwise I'm going crazy!"

"Grandma, don't you want to die? He just had a falling out with our family. Grandma is going to go now, the risk is great!" Ping'er covered his mouth and said.

Wang Xifeng frowned and said: "Don't be surprised, just ask if there is a way to go out in a low-key manner. Of course I know that going out at this moment is risky, but I can't help it!"

Ping'er pursed his lips, thought for a while, and said, "That's right, grandma hasn't seen him for a long time. Originally, this time he was a high school graduate, and he could still take the opportunity to meet, but unexpectedly, something happened."

Wang Xifeng nodded and said: "This is the sorrow of us being women. We can only spend our whole life inside this high gate, fighting to the death for those three melons and two dates. Do you think this is not worth it?"

"Oh, grandma is sick and confused, right?" Ping'er pursed her mouth and said, "Who in the world would not want to live a life like grandma's? In the end, grandma is too strong, otherwise life would be easy."

(End of this chapter)