Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 49 [049] Grandma Liu hits Rongguo Mansion
In the early morning of the next day, Jia Chen went to deliver food to Lin Daiyu, and on the way home, he met Jia Rong.

At this time, Jia Rong's face was full of red, and he was proud of the spring breeze. The three great joys in other people's lives were to get promoted and get rich and change his wife, but for him, it would be a great joy for him to only need his father to be unconscious.

"Rong'er pays respects to Uncle Chen!" Jia Rong took the initiative to come over and saluted Jia Chen with a smile all over her face.

Jia Chen looked at the two lumps of gum in the inner corner of his eyes, and said with a calm smile:

"Where have you been this early in the morning?"

Jia Rong smiled brightly and said:
"Last night I had a good night at the Red Sleeve Tower. The girl there is called Shui Ling. If Uncle Chen is interested, I would like to invite a host to accompany Uncle Chen to the Red Sleeve Tower."

Jia Chen knew that he was an eunuch, and he went to the brothel to drink flowers and wine just to deceive others, pretending to be a normal man.

No matter in which era, there are such poor men. Even if they are not good at that, they often tell nasty jokes, brag about how many women they have slept with, and pretend to be a master of wandering flowers, so as to cover up their hidden diseases .

People are like this, the more they lack something, the more they brag about it, for fear of being looked down upon by others, but they don't know that others are not fools, this trick is easy to be seen through.

Jia Rong cupped her hands and said:
"Yesterday, Uncle Chen helped me solve a big problem. My nephew has nothing to repay me. Today is just right for me to go to see my second aunt Lian. My aunt is as beautiful as a fairy, gorgeous and moving. If Uncle Chen is interested, you can go with me." See you."

Jia Chen's eyelids lifted slightly. Although Jia Rong was not good at that, she was a pimp. In the original book, it was Jia Rong who helped Jia Lian hook up with Second Sister You.

Unexpectedly, the eunuch wanted to help him and Wang Xifeng match up.

This girl Wang Xifeng has a hot personality, with a deep chest and a vicious heart, how can she be so easy to hook up with?

Roses are beautiful, but thorns are prickly!

What's more, now that I have Qingwen to warm my bed, and I can often spend time with Lin Daiyu, why bother to provoke the sinister and vicious Feng Lazi?
Of course, if Wang Xifeng is interested in her, then I don't mind helping her.

Jia Chen is not like Jia Lian, who drags all dirty and smelly things into the house.

But a fairy concubine like Wang Xifeng can still enjoy her fragrance.

Cao thief is a good wife, why not himself?
Jia Chen left the long sword in the Rongxi Hall yesterday, and was going to get it back today, so he could talk to Jia Zheng about some business, so he said along the way:

"Okay, I'll go to Rongguo Mansion with you."

Jia Rong showed a wretched smile that men could understand, thinking that Jia Chen really wanted to be Wang Xifeng's guest of honor.

Accompanied by Jia Rong, Jia Chen came to the West Corner Gate of Rongguo Mansion and ran into Zhou Rui's family head-on.

Zhou Rui's family is Mrs. Wang's accompanying room, and she is more tactful in dealing with things, and is used to changing the direction of the wind.

When Jia Rong held a dark ceremony last time, Zhou Rui's family was also there, and they saw with their own eyes how much the old lady of the Rong Mansion attached to Jia Chen.

As a snobbish eye who is used to exalting the high and trampling the low, Zhou Rui's family saw Jia Chen walking towards him, and immediately gave a blessing with a flattering smile on his face:
"Zhou Rui's family greets Uncle Chen and Uncle Rong!"

Although Jia Rong is the eldest grandson of the Ningguo Mansion, Jia Chen is older than Jia Rong and is favored by the old lady. Zhou Rui's family naturally puts Jia Chen's name first.

If it was another side branch child, it would be absolutely impossible to enjoy this kind of treatment.

Even Jia Dairu, the master of Jia's Academy, was not taken seriously by Zhou Rui's family.

Although Zhou Rui's family has never read a book, they still know the truth of "it is better to bully a pulsatilla than a young man who is poor".

Jia Chen smiled lightly and said, "Sister-in-law Zhou, excuse me!"

Jia Rong greeted with a smile:
"What is Aunt Zhou up to?"

The reason he was polite to Zhou Rui's family was because Zhou Rui's family was Mrs. Wang's companion, and they were regarded as Mrs. Wang's trusted servants.

A slave is more expensive than a master, and the status of a master is high, and the status of a servant who serves with him also rises accordingly.

As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog. Dogs with respectable masters can't be beaten, they have to be respected.

And Mrs. Wang is Jia Zheng's regular wife. Although Jia Zheng is the second wife, she was designated by the old lady as the head of the Rongguo Mansion, holding great power. Naturally, Jia Rong wanted to respect the dog and be more polite to Zhou Rui's family.

The eyebrows of Zhou Rui's family were all beaming, and he said with a flattering smile:

"I have an old friend who is a relative of the second wife. I will bring her over for a visit."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand sideways and pointed to the back.

Jia Chen looked in the direction of her finger, and saw behind her stood an old woman with a blue turban wrapped around her forehead and a navy blue coarse blouse, holding a timid childish child by the hand.

The child was very shy, and when he saw a stranger sizing him up, he dodged his eyes in a panic, and shrank behind the old woman with his fingers in his mouth.

Zhou Rui's family looked at the old woman and introduced:
"Grandma Liu, these two masters are Uncle Chen from the sixth room and Uncle Rong from the East Mansion."

Jia Chen's eyelids lifted slightly, it turned out that the old lady was Grandma Liu, so he couldn't help but take a closer look at her.

Her face is wrinkled, full of ravines, and full of wrinkles and folds. In addition, her face is dark and her skin is rough, like a dark walnut.

According to the records in the original book, it is known without introduction that the child behind her should be Ban'er.

Grandma Liu bared her broken front teeth, and said with a resentful smile honestly:

"You two aunts, we peasants don't know how to be polite, my old lady, I kowtow to the two masters!"

As she spoke, she dragged the board and was about to kneel tremblingly.

Jia Rong raised her chin, stared down at Grandma Liu, with a smug smile on her lips, she seemed to enjoy the sense of superiority that made others kneel down to her.

Jia Chen is an upright and kind person, and he is not Grandma Liu's master, so why should he accept such a big gift?
"Grandma Liu, you don't need to kneel down. You are a relative of the Second Wife, that is, our relative. You are an elderly elder, so you don't need to make such a big gift to us young people."

Jia Chen persuaded, and sighed inwardly: This Grandma Liu is really a skilled professional beggar, it is not surprising that she can make a fortune.

It's not that Jia Chen looked down on Grandma Liu, but because Grandma Liu came to Rongguo Mansion to fight the autumn wind, in fact, it was a kind of begging in disguise.

Therefore, defining her as a beggar does not wrong her at all.

When Jia Rong heard what Jia Chen said, in order to please Jia Chen, she hurriedly echoed:
"Uncle Chen is right, you are quite old and your legs are inconvenient, so you don't need to kneel down."

Zhou Rui's family supported Grandma Liu who was bending over, smiled and comforted:
"Since the two uncles have spoken, grandma should stop kneeling. It's not good if you bump into someone with old arms and legs."

Grandma Liu hurriedly put her palms together, bowed to Jia Chen and Jia Rong repeatedly, and recited the Buddha's name:
"Amitabha, Amitabha, the two aunts and sister-in-law Zhou are living Bodhisattvas who care about the poor and the old!"

Jia Rong laughed out loud at being praised, and no one has ever honored him as a "living Bodhisattva".

Jia Chen thought to himself: This Grandma Liu is too good at talking, right?It's no wonder that every time I come to Rongfu to play the autumn wind, I can return home full of rewards.

I was going to visit Wang Xifeng with Jia Rong, and Grandma Liu was also going to see Wang Xifeng. They happened to be on the same road, so I could see and see. How clever is Grandma Liu's mouth?

(End of this chapter)