The Red Mansions

Chapter 74 To the Rongguo Mansion
Laba Festival this day.

Jia Yun, Xi Ren, and Mei Ren packed up early and headed for Jia's mansion.

As soon as he went out, he ran into Jia Qin and his mother, Mrs. Zhou, on the street.

The five of them got together, and Xi Ren, Mei Ren and Zhou Shi got together to talk.

Jia Qin approached Jia Yun, beamed and said, "Jia's mansion must be lively today. Brother Rong said that Uncle Lian came forward and invited many clansmen to Jia's mansion to celebrate the Laba Festival."

"You often play with Brother Rong and the others recently?" Jia Yun asked curiously.

Jia Qin shook her head and said, "No way, I can't afford to enjoy what they play. Even if I help to serve tea and water, I have my own maid to serve them. I don't need to follow them with frowning eyes. Instead, it makes people lose interest."

The two were talking and walking in front.

After all, it was the Chinese New Year, and most of the passers-by on the street were happy, and of course there were some people who looked sad.

Then, Jia Yun and the others met a lot of clansmen, and after greeting each other, they all got together again. Gradually, their group grew stronger.

When passing by Ningguo Mansion, it happened that Jia Rong and Qin Keqing came out with a large group of servant girls.

Seeing Jia Yun, Jia Rong's eyes lit up, and she stepped forward and asked, "Brother Yun, you went to the west courtyard today, will you cook yourself?"

"That's not true, I'll just go with my mouth." Jia Yun replied with a smile.

Then he glanced at Qin Keqing beside him, and asked Jia Rong in a low voice, "You seem to be riding in cars on weekdays, why are you walking today?"

Jia Rong smiled, and replied: "It's not that your sister-in-law has a lot of things to do, and she is bored in the house every day, so I took her out to get some fresh air, and walked to the West Mansion."

Jia Yun nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

But after seeing Qin Keqing today, he found that her face was much haggard compared to the previous few days.

"I think Jia Zhen has already started to make some moves." Jia Yun thought to herself.

Thinking of this, Jia Yun glanced at Jia Rong again, and found that he was beaming, and he didn't seem to notice that his father was about to give him a cuckold.

Jia Yun thought to herself: "It is estimated that Jia Zhen has only started to test Qin Keqing at this moment, and her actions are not too obvious, so Jia Rong didn't find anything wrong, but Qin Keqing was bored and flustered..."

A group of people walked slowly towards Rongguo Mansion.

Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion occupy an entire street, of which Ningguo Mansion is called East Courtyard by Jia Mansion, and Rongguo Mansion is called West Courtyard.

The two mansions are connected side by side, in fact the distance is not far away, but most of the time between the two mansions is by car, this is because the female relatives seldom show their faces in public, and it is a bit unseemly for Qin Keqing to walk on the street like Qin Keqing today.

However, in today's world, rituals and music have collapsed, and many rules have also been messed up.

Just like Wang Xifeng, she often runs to the street to do errands.

I heard that before she married Jia Lian, when she was a young girl, she often went to Ningguo Mansion to play with Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, and she seldom avoided anything.

Having said that, from a general perspective, in today's wealthy families, girls who have not left the cabinet rarely show their faces, and women who are married are more conservative.

It's not a joke if you don't leave the gate and don't step through the second gate.

But the Jia family couldn't explain it, saying that they followed the etiquette, and the girls in the family kissed Jia Baoyu and ate rouge, but the big guys just took it as a joke.

Let's say they are not polite, Jia's ostentation and rules are bigger than anyone else's.

Soon, everyone came to the gate of Jia's mansion.

Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu were guarding the door. After all, there are many clan elders who came here today, and it is not enough to receive them only by the door.

After Jia Yun brought Xi Ren and Charm to greet Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu, she was taken into Jia's mansion through the corner gate by a door appointed by Jia Lian.

As for Jia Rong and Qin Keqing, they are different from Jia Yun and go to different places.

At most, Jia Yun could only stay in the front yard. After they entered Jia's mansion, they could go to the inner house.

Today, many clansmen were invited by Jia's mansion, nominally to drink Laba porridge and watch a big show. This is the means of Jia's mansion to win over the clansmen, so gifts and money are not accepted.

Jia Yun naturally followed the crowd and came here with empty hands.

On the contrary, Xiren and Meiren brought their burdens, but they were all gifts for others.

After entering the front yard, Xi Ren and Mei Ren greeted Jia Yun and went to the inner house.

Jia Yun and the clansmen who came with them were taken by the door to a side hall. Many clansmen had already come here, and Jia Yun basically knew them all.

Because there were a lot of people, Jia Yun just picked out a few respected clansmen to meet with them, and then sat down to drink tea and chat with the clansmen.

In addition to drinking tea, there are a lot of exquisite snacks on the table, which can be taken casually.

Jia Yun took a piece and tasted it, and it tasted pretty good.

Jia Qin, on the other hand, didn't care about the strange looks from others, and just took a few plates as a meal and started eating.

"Eat less, there is a big meal waiting for noon!" Jia Yun reminded.

Jia Qin gobbled it up, stuffed pastries into his mouth, and replied, "I pointed out that I came to Rongguo Mansion to eat a few good meals, so I didn't eat breakfast, just to empty my stomach, don't worry, I will still eat at noon Down."

Jia Yun shook her head and didn't say anything more. Anyway, Jia Qin was shameless and didn't pay attention to face.

The people of the same clan chatted, most of them talked about their harvests this year, and marrying their daughters and wives, and the time was easy to pass, and they didn't feel bored.

"Brother Yun, at your age, you have reached the age to marry a wife, right?" a clansman asked loudly.

"Brother Yun is one of the most handsome young men in our three rooms, we should worry about it and help him find out where there are good girls."

"I heard that brother Yun is going to Qingshan Academy to study, and he is going to take the imperial examination to become a master. His future is limitless!"

"In that case, you should be more cautious. Don't pick some country girls casually, and make people laugh for nothing."

"What's wrong with the ones in the country? Girls in the country are hardworking, as long as they are good-looking, have a big butt, and are good at giving birth."

"Nonsense nonsense, as long as Brother Yun is admitted as a scholar, with the prestige of our Jia family, it is also possible to marry a daughter of the county lord's family. Why do you want to marry someone from the countryside?"

"That's right, as long as Brother Yun is admitted as a scholar, not to mention girls from the countryside, even girls from ordinary families in the city are not good enough for Brother Yun. If you really want to make a fuss, it will make people laugh at us, Jia. home."

"Oh, according to what you said, Uncle Zhen in the mansion next door still has a title, and even the patriarch of the big house, doesn't he also make Grandma Zhen the official wife now? I haven't heard anyone say that Jane The uncle has lost face to the Jia family."

"That's right. The current Grandma Zhen was born in a family of petty officials. From the perspective of being well-connected, she is not worthy of Uncle Zhen."

"Hey, it's different, okay, Grandma Zhen used to be a concubine, she wasn't Uncle Zhen's original partner, but she was rectified after her original partner left, this is completely different from directly marrying a regular wife! "

"The same thing is different. According to me, as long as the girl is virtuous, it doesn't matter what kind of family background it is. Does everyone think it makes sense?"

Jia Yun was speechless, watching the people of the clan chattering, but he couldn't get in. Later, when he saw that they were wrong, he simply kept silent.

In fact, in the final analysis, who I want to marry has nothing to do with them. Even if they are members of the tribe, they have no reason and qualifications to interfere with my marriage.

At the moment they were arguing there blushing and thick necks, but in fact they were just passing the time.

(End of this chapter)