The Red Mansions

Chapter 206: Mother Jia's Birthday, All the Daughters Gather

Early in the morning.

The Rongguo Mansion was very lively, and the maids and servants in the mansion were all busy.

Today is the third day of August, Mother Jia's birthday, there will be a large banquet, and many guests will visit.

Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu were also dressed in costumes and came to the door to welcome guests.

As for Jia Amnesty, because he was tortured by angina pectoris, he was so ugly and skinny that he really couldn't support his facade.

I can only yell and drink in the courtyard and do what I can to show my filial piety.

As soon as the sun came out, the weather became scorching hot.

Jia Zheng saw that it was still early and the distinguished guests had not come so early, so he asked Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu to wait at the door.

I went back to the study and chatted with the relatives and guests.

Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu looked at each other in blank dismay. If they could, they would also like to sneak away and have fun.

"Hey, bear with it, Duke Zhen, Duke Li, Duke Qi, Duke Zhi and other Dukes have just received a message that they are coming to celebrate the old lady's birthday. If we slip away too, it would be too rude."

Fearing that Jia Baoyu would run away, Jia Lian reminded him in a low voice.

After several months of cultivation, Jia Baoyu gained weight again.

The face turned into a disc again, fleshy.

It's just that compared with before, the spirit seems to be less spiritual.

He lost his eyes and said listlessly: "Second Brother Lian, don't persuade me, I know the importance of welcoming guests today, and I will stick to guarding the door."

After a pause, Jia Baoyu asked, "Second Brother Lian, will Sister Lin come over today?"

"How do I know? I personally delivered the invitation to the Lin residence. If she can't make it through, I'm not sure." Jia Lian shook his head.

Jia Baoyu licked his lips when he heard the words, and said nothing, just stared straight ahead in a daze.

Jia Lian glanced at him, shook his head and sighed.

The last time he went to the prison, Jia Baoyu suffered inhuman treatment because of his thin skin and tender flesh, and his temperament changed drastically.

It is two different things to mess with others and to be fucked by others.

And it was forced, how could Jia Baoyu bear it when he was mobilized and attacked?
Therefore, Jia Baoyu has changed since he was released from prison, and Jia Lian is not surprised.

If he had had that experience himself, he would be disgusted for the rest of his life.

Just as he was thinking about something, he heard Jia Baoyu ask again: "Brother Yun and the others will come today, right?"

Jia Lian pondered for a moment, and said: "Should come, after all, he is a member of the tribe. I believe he will still collapse in such a superficial matter."

Jia Baoyu's eyes lit up, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Then sister Bao, Xiren, and Meiren may also come?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "If Brother Yun comes, I think Fifth Sister-in-law will come too. After all, today's day is unusual. If you don't come, others will gossip."

As he spoke, Jia Lian looked at Jia Baoyu suspiciously and asked:
"Baoyu, I don't understand why you are willing to let these beautiful maids like Xiren go out of the house?"

As for Jia Baoyu's maid, she was so outstanding that Jia Lian's eyes were so envious.

Girls like Xiren, Meiren, Qingwen, and Sheyue are all outstanding girls, and none of them are bad.

It's all right now, and they all ran to Jia Yun's house. Just thinking about it, Jia Lian was not worth it for Jia Baoyu.

"Oh, maybe I'm not blessed?" Jia Baoyu said disapprovingly.

He has never been short of maids.

Even after Qingwen and Sheyue left, there were still a group of beautiful maids serving in the yard.

Jia Lian looked at Jia Baoyu enviously, and thought to himself that it would be great if he had so many maids to serve him.

But this is obviously not possible.

Even though he and Wang Xifeng lived apart for a long time, Wang Xifeng still kept a close eye on him.

As a result, he didn't dare to go out casually.

I can only follow Duo girl and Bao's family in the mansion, and occasionally have tooth-beating sacrifices.

Just like this, he still had to sneak around, for fear that Wang Xifeng would get wind of it.

But having said that, it is Jia Yun who really admires Jia Lian.

That guy didn't know what method he used, but he just got rid of the outstanding maids around Jia Baoyu one by one, just thinking about it made Jia Lian jealous.

Moreover, Jia Lian also knew that Xue Baochai was not like Wang Xifeng, who always stared at Jia Yun.

Jia Lian also knew after thinking about it, how happy Jia Yun usually received the blessing of riding a man!

"If only I could find a wife who doesn't stare at me." Jia Lian thought wildly.

Soon, he restrained himself because some guests had already arrived.

Honor Hall.

When Jia Mu came together today, the smile on her face never disappeared.

In this day and age, 79 years old is considered a long life, and Mother Jia felt that she should still live for a few more years.

So every year on her birthday, Mother Jia is very happy.

Every year on this day, the mansion is very lively. Seeing the scene full of children and grandchildren, she is very happy.

Secondly, compared with rich clothes and fine food, longevity represents blessings.

Yuanyang helped Jia Mu to come out from the inner room and sit down.

Jiamu laughed and said, "I have no objection if you want to leave the mansion. I will let you out at the end of the year. It's just that you were brought up by an old woman. I really miss you!"

Yuanyang's eyes were red, with tears in his eyes, but he tried not to let them fall.

Mother Jia glanced at her, and continued: "This is a good thing, the girl grows up, and she will not be able to support me forever."

"What's more, your family's ancestors have been working in the mansion for generations. There is no reason why the old woman will not give you this kind of grace."

"Don't cry, it's a happy day, let's be happy. In the few months before you are released from the mansion, you can serve me with peace of mind, as you have done your filial piety."

Yuanyang knelt down and kowtowed: "My servant, I thank the old lady for her kindness."

"Get up, get up, there will be a guest soon, you go to the side and calm down, and come back later to serve." Jiamu said reasonably.

Soon, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, Aunt Zhao, Aunt Zhou, etc., together with Jia Tanchun, Jia Yingchun, and Jia Xichun, filed in.

Immediately, Rongqing Hall became lively.

After a while, Youshi from Ningguo Mansion also brought Jia Zhen's concubines Yanhong and Cuiyun to pay their respects.

Three women in one drama, not to mention so many female relatives gathered together.

Everyone said something to you, and I said something, which made Jiamu's head buzzing.

Fortunately, a nanny soon came to report that people from the Wang family had come, and soon after, people from the Xue family also came.

The people from these two families are all related to Mrs. Wang, so she talked to Jia Mu and got up to meet her outside.

Sanchun, who were whispering together, saw Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng get up, and Jia Tanchun also got up and walked out.

In the courtyard, Mrs. Xue Wang was talking to Mrs. Wang Ziteng.

"Brother Pan of your family is promising. He has become a fifth-rank official, better than the boys in our family."

"Hey, that's because of his son-in-law's good luck, he became an official by chance, but it's just a name, not his own ability."

"Even so, it's still a carp jumping through the dragon's gate, getting rid of the identity of a merchant, and it will be very different in the future."

"What's the difference? It's not like Pan'er's aunt doesn't know, she's making a lot of noise all day long, and I, as a mother, don't worry much."

"Hehe, in my opinion, the more troublesome a child is, the more promising he is. By the way, I will bring your son-in-law with me when I come to the door in the future. Is it true that if you become an official, you will not recognize poor relatives like us?" ?”

"Look at what my aunt said, who dares to say that the Wang family is poor, I will not agree for the first time."

"..."

When Mrs. Wang came out, she saw Mrs. Xue Wang and Mrs. Wang Ziteng holding their swords, smiled, and led Wang Xifeng to greet them.

Jia Tanchun, who was behind, was not idle either. She smiled and stepped forward to talk to the girl from the Wang family.

Mrs. Wang nodded secretly, Jia Tanchun's cleverness is really worth mentioning, if only she had her own daughter.

This thought flashed in his mind, but his face remained calm, and he took Mrs. Xue Wang and Mrs. Wang Ziteng to Rongqingtang to meet Jia Mu.

As soon as I walked to the corridor, the nanny who announced the letter from behind came to report again, saying that someone from Jia Yun's family had come.

Mrs. Wang stopped and said with a smile to Mrs. Xue, "I haven't seen Baochai for a long time. Her home is so close to Jia's mansion, and I don't see her coming to visit."

Xue Wang smiled and said: "Sister, don't blame me, the girl is pregnant, she can't eat well, she can't sleep well, she hasn't been out of the house for a long time, it's not that she didn't come here on purpose."

Mrs. Wang was about to speak when she suddenly froze again.

The female family members of Jia Yun's family are quite complete.

Apart from Bu Shi and Xue Baochai, aunts Xi Ren, Mei Ren and Qin Keqing also came.

A large group of servant girls such as Xiangling, Liren, Keren, Xiang'er, Jing'er, Yuan'er, and Lian'er followed.

What made Mrs. Wang stunned was that she saw Qin Keqing, who was the former wife of Jia Rong in the Ningguo Mansion. Looking at her style, she seemed to be Jia Yun's aunt?
As for Xiren and Charming, although Mrs. Wang knew that they had become Jia Yun's aunts, after seeing them now, she had to lament that things are impermanent.

Not to mention anything else, just by their dressing, they are no worse than these female family members in Rongguo Mansion. It can be seen that they are used to being pampered, and they have a sense of nobility on their bodies.

What surprised her even more was that Qingwen and Sheyue, who had only been kicked out of Jia's mansion for a few months, also followed.

Mrs. Wang frowned, and said to herself, "Together with Baoyu's outstanding girls, they all went to Jia Yun's house?"

Although Jia Baoyu is still young, Mrs. Wang is afraid that he will get hurt by hanging out with the girl early.

Therefore, he was a little strict with the maids in Jia Baoyu's room, so as not to let these charming girls easily entangle Jia Baoyu.

But all the mothers in the world have one mind, wishing to give all the beauties in the world to their sons.

Fortunately now, the pretty girls around Jia Baoyu seemed to have recovered from Jia Yun by accident, which made Mrs. Wang feel a little uncomfortable.

Bushi, Xue Baochai and others who came to the courtyard naturally didn't know what Mrs. Wang was thinking.

Although Mrs. Pu seldom came to Jia's mansion, she knew Mrs. Wang, not to mention Mrs. Wang Xue, but she did not know Mrs. Wang Ziteng.

So while Xue Baochai supported Mrs. Bu, he also introduced him in a low voice.

After the two parties met, Mrs. Wang took a few glances at Xue Baochai's belly and asked with a smile, "Four or five months?"

"Almost five months." Xue Baochai replied with a smile.

Mrs. Wang nodded, without further delay, she led everyone into the Rongqing Hall to meet Jia Mu.

Of course, not everyone can enter Rongqing Hall.

Aunts like Xiren, Meiren, and Qin Keqing can go in, but the maids behind can only wait in the courtyard.

Inside the Honor Hall.

When Mother Jia saw Qin Keqing, she was stunned, stood up trembling, stepped forward to grab her hand, and said with tears in her eyes:
"Brother Rong is unlucky, such a good girl, she is willing to give up, what a crime!"

Qin Keqing smiled sweetly, but did not speak.

Although she is only an aunt now, her status is no lower than when she was in Jia's mansion, but she is living a fulfilling life.

Because Xue Baochai was pregnant, the inner house of the family was also handed over to her for management.

Instead, it made her get over the addiction of doing what she wants once she has the power in her hands.

Mother Jia sighed, seeing Qin Keqing's energetic appearance, she knew that she was doing well, so she couldn't say anything more, but felt a little pity for Jia Rong.

With Qin Keqing as a ready-made example, with the arrogant and domineering temperament of the Xia family girl, there is no way to compare with her.

"What a pity." Mother Jia returned to the couch and sat down, sighing.

Everyone looks at me and I look at you, with different expressions.

Jia's mother knew that she was not qualified to say more about Qin Keqing, otherwise Jia Yun's ears would be heard, and she was afraid that there would be trouble again, so she didn't dwell on it.

"I haven't seen Bao girl for a long time, come here and let me have a look." Jiamu said with a smile.

After saying that, she turned her head and said to Mrs. Bu: "You are blessed to have found such an outstanding girl as your daughter-in-law."

"Old lady, for me, it is the mother who is more valuable than the child. If you want to talk about luck, it is also brought by the son. Of course, Baochai is indeed a prosperous husband. Since she came to our house, no matter what she does, everything goes smoothly." Shi replied with a smile.

The rumor about Xue Baochai's prosperous husband has become the consensus of all people who know her.

Even Jia's mother held Xue Baochai's little hand at this moment, and when she looked up and down, her eyes were shining brightly.

"Look at this face, look at this style, how can you not be prosperous?" Jia Mu sighed again and again.

Since Xue Baochai married Jia Yun, Jia Yun has not only been a high school scholar and promoted people, but also promoted successively.

What kind of life did Jia Yun's family live in the past?What is your life like now?Who here is not clear?
Therefore, Mother Jia really regretted that when Xue Baochai and his family lived in Lixiangyuan when they were children, they didn't win Xue Baochai over and let her marry Jia Baoyu.

Otherwise, would Jia Baoyu also restrain his playfulness and study hard?

And if you pass the exam, you will be honored by your ancestors?
Even Mrs. Wang, who was nearby, looked at Xue Baochai deeply, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt that this girl was a blessed one.

It's a pity, no matter how much I like Xue Baochai, she has become a married woman now.

Because Xue Baochai was pregnant, Mother Jia didn't let her stand and talk, but ordered Yuanyang to fetch an embroidered stool.

Soon, another nun outside the door announced that Miss Lin had come.

Jia Mu was overjoyed, seeing Lin Daiyu coming in, she was about to salute, she got up quickly, hugged her, and said:
"My heart, you are finally here. I haven't seen you for so long. Grandma misses you in her dreams!"

With tears in her eyes, Lin Daiyu threw herself into Jia Mu's arms and wept.

When Jia's mother saw her crying, she couldn't help crying.

Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng and others nearby rushed forward to comfort them, and it took a while for them to stop crying.

After wiping away her tears with a handkerchief, Mother Jia looked at Lin Daiyu and saw that she was less beautiful than usual and more charming. After thinking about it for a while, she smiled and said:

"Your body is finally getting better. After growing some flesh, you are even more outstanding than before."

But she didn't know that Lin Daiyu had already become a married woman.

(End of this chapter)