The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 2

Hong Ling looked at Jia Huan's thin but straight back, and a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes. To be honest, although she had served Jia Huan for several years, she didn't like Jia Huan, and she even hated him a little.

Jia Huan was a concubine, so he was not as respectable as the second master Bao, and his looks were not as good.

However, since Jia Huan was kicked by a donkey and got seriously injured that day, Jia Huan seemed to be a different person. Not only was he easy-going and friendly, but also his manner and conversation were very different.

Let’s say that Jia Huan went back to the house and changed into clean clothes. After a while, two rough envoy maids came back with hot water. Hong Ling wanted to wait on Jia Huan to take a bath, but the latter resolutely refused.

After Jia Huan washed himself, he sat in front of the mirror and asked Hong Ling to comb and tie his hair. He can basically handle other things by himself, except for the long hair of the ancients, which is really a headache to take care of.

Hong Ling is now very fortunate that Jia Huan doesn't know how to comb her hair, otherwise she would be completely unemployed, so she combs it carefully and meticulously, making Jia Huan's bun neat and beautiful.

"Okay, look at the third master, the handmaid's craftsmanship is not bad, right?" Hong Ling asked with a smug smile.

"It's not bad, it's still sister Hongling's ingenuity." Jia Huan looked at himself in the mirror, who was tidy and tidy, and couldn't help but see that his face was not ugly, and he was even a little handsome, but he was too thin and weak, and his complexion was just a little bit worse. After he took care of his body, his cheeks grew more flesh, and his face became rosy, it would definitely look even better.

In fact, if you think about it, you can see that although his father, Jia Zheng, is a prudish and hypocritical Taoist, his appearance is quite good. He has a Chinese character, a handsome face, a straight eyebrow, a straight nose, and a square mouth. He is a typical ancient handsome man, and Aunt Zhao is actually a very outstanding beauty.Jia Tanchun is the best proof.

Jia Tanchun and Jia Huan are both born of Aunt Zhao, with the same father and mother. In the third chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions", Lin Daiyu enters Jia's mansion. There is such a description of Jia Tanchun's appearance: slender shoulders, thin waist, tall figure, duck-egg face, handsome eyes and sculpted eyebrows.

It can be seen from this that Jia Tanchun must be a stunning beauty with good looks and temperament. If his sister is so outstanding, how could his younger brother be a crooked melon?Unless Mr. Zheng's head is green.

But then again, as the saying goes, the eyes are the windows to the soul. The original Jia Huan was naughty and stingy, coupled with some minor ailments, he was like a crooked sapling, shriveled and shrunken. It is inevitable that his image and temperament will not be good.

But now Jia Huan's temperament has changed drastically, sitting upright, sitting up, sitting up and lying upright, with clear eyes, graceful, and calm in conversation, which naturally gives people a very different feeling. As the saying goes, there is a poetic and bookish spirit in his stomach, so for a person, the best beauty is to read more books to cultivate a noble spirit.

Looking at the radiant little boy in the mirror, Hong Ling couldn't help but lose her mind, a trace of shyness flashed across her face. She didn't like Jia Huan before, and serving Jia Huan was just doing her own duty, but now Jia Huan's image and temperament have changed drastically. It seems that he is not much worse than Baoyu, and he should be a good man when he grows up...

Thinking of this, Hong Ling felt a little hot on his face. There is an unwritten rule in Jia's house. When a brother reaches a certain age, the elders will be served by maids who are suitable for physical appearance and temperament. As future roommates, they are concubines.

If it was in the past, Hong Ling would naturally not care about the people in this room, but now Jia Huan seems to be good, but thinking that Jia Huan is only seven years old now, and he is already seventeen, approaching the age of marriage, the people in this room are obviously not his turn, so he has to give up his extravagant thoughts sadly.

"Sister Hongling, are you feeling well?" Jia Huan noticed that Hongling was in a low mood, so he asked with concern.

Feeling warm in Hong Ling's heart, she yawned and said with a smile: "Maybe it's because I didn't sleep well last night. By the way, the third master is well now, so I should go and greet the old lady and the wife, so that my aunt won't be blamed by the wife again."

"Well, I'll go later." Jia Huan nodded, and the image of Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Wang in the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" in the [-] edition couldn't help appearing in her mind.

It is said that since he traveled here, except for the maids and women who waited in the house, and his biological mother, Aunt Zhao, he has never seen anyone else, including the cheap old man Jia Zheng and his sister Jia Tanchun.

The lyrics are all sung, only mother is good in the world, although Aunt Zhao is a little out of tune, but in this world of Dream of Red Mansions, she is undoubtedly the one who loves me the most. Since she was injured, she must come to visit every day, and Jia Zheng, a cheap father, is a typical feudal parent. When he couldn't find it, he left in a hurry, and only told Aunt Zhao to take care of things.

As for the elder sister Jia Tanchun, she came here twice, but Jia Huan was still in a coma at that time, so I didn't see her. For this elder sister, Jia Huan had a good or bad impression, and Jia Huan's predecessor didn't seem to be close to Jia Tanchun.

At this time, Hong Ling suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, the third master asked the maid to ask Grandma Zhu to borrow 24 history yesterday. The maid asked, and Grandma Zhu said she hadn't heard of it. Did you remember wrongly, Third Master?"

"Haven't heard of it?" Jia Huan showed a hint of surprise on his face.

The grandma Zhu in Hongling's mouth is Li Wan, with the word Gongcai, one of the twelve beauties in Jinling.

Jia Zhu was also a talented person, and he was selected as a scholar at the age of 14. Unfortunately, he died young. Li Wan was a widow at a young age. He had a son named Jia Lan, who is only four or five years old now.

Li Wan was born in a scholarly family, and his family had a lot of books. Books were very expensive items in ancient times, and ordinary people couldn't afford them. Although Jia Huan was considered a half-master, he was still young, and he didn't know many words. There were only "Three Character Classics", "Hundred Surnames", "Thousand Character Classics" and other elementary books in the room, not even the Four Books and Five Classics.

The original "Dream of Red Mansions" does not specify the dynasty in which the story took place, and Jia Huan currently only knows that it is now the third year of the Qianlong period of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the current emperor's surname is Xu.

However, Li Wan said that he had never heard of the 24 History, and Jia Huan was immediately troubled. Did he really not have this set of history books, or did Li Wan not want to borrow it, so he deliberately prevaricated himself?
Seeing Jia Huan frowning in thought, Hong Ling said, "Third Master's "Thousand Character Essay" has not been finished yet, why borrow history books?"

"Reading history makes one wise, and reading poetry makes one smart... Cough, you don't understand, I have my own uses." Jia Huan coughed lightly.

Hong Ling nodded and said: "The servant girl really doesn't understand, not even a big character. From now on, the servant girl will just ask about the third master's study."

Jia Huan said with a smile: "Why did I mean that? Forget it, I said something out of choice. There are a lot of good sisters. Please forgive me for this."

Hong Ling burst out laughing and said: "Okay, don't learn, but learn from that person..."

Although Hong Ling stopped in time and didn't say anything, Jia Huan could guess with his toes that "that man" must be Jia Baoyu. This second master Bao spends all day hanging around in the back house with flowers and flowers.

Of course, Jia Huan is not interested in being jealous of this man. He is not so low. Jia’s mansion can’t last for many years. The top priority is to constantly strengthen himself and enhance his ability to resist risks. At least he must prepare himself a way out before Jia’s defeat. He doesn’t want to be a victim of Jia’s overthrow when he is a teenager.

After breakfast, Jia Huan put on his cloak and went out to greet the old lady and his aunt, Mrs. Wang.

Rongguo Mansion is divided into three roads on the left, middle and right. The right road is the residence of the great master Jia She, and the second master Jia Zheng lives in the middle road. It can be seen that although Daddy Zheng is the second son, he is actually the head of the Jia family.

Grandmother Jia's mother Shi lived on the left side, next to Jia Zheng's residence on the middle road. It can be seen that Jia's mother was indeed closer to her second son, Jia Zheng.

As the saying goes, filial piety comes first, and the Jin Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, so filial piety is very important. As the highest-ranking existence in the Jia family, Jia's mother naturally speaks her mind at home, let alone Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, even Jia Zhen, the head of the Ningguo government in the east, has to be respectful in front of her.

Therefore, Jia Huan, as a grandchild, is usually greeted by Jia's mother in the room every day, but he was injured during this time to avoid it.

(End of this chapter)