The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 46 Mrs. Wang's Combined Fist

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the year was basically over. Early the next morning, Jia Huan finished his morning exercises as usual, took a hot bath, changed into a suit of clothes, and was ready to go out. He made an appointment with Tieniu Brothers to go to the shop together today. In addition, Jia Huan also planned to meet the little fat man Xu Wei.

As the saying goes, one more friend and one more road. Although the little fat man is very good at painting, his character seems to be okay, so it is worth making friends. As for whether he can make a deep friendship, it remains to be seen.

However, when Jia Huan and Qian Huai planned to leave the mansion through the West Corner Gate, they were politely stopped by the porter and refused to let them go out.

Qian Huai almost jumped up and scolded: "Zhou Xiang, what do you mean? Why don't you let the third master out of the house? Could it be that your kid also wants to learn from Wang Lusheng who bullied the master?"

Zhou Xiang was the concierge who blocked the way, and he said with a smile, "How dare I, my slave. This is my wife's order to tell the third master to study hard in the mansion in the future and not to run around in the street. The slave just obeys orders. If the third master doesn't believe it, you can ask the housekeeper Lai."

Jia Huan's heart couldn't help sinking, Mrs. Wang actually grounded herself, this time she was in big trouble, because in this way, it would be like completely cutting off her source of income, good guy, this old woman is really vicious, a combination of punches is really terrible.

What should I do now?Don't allow yourself to sell paintings, at worst, resell drama books, but now you don't even give up the door, let alone make money, you can't even buy some meat and teeth in the street, and the kitchen is served coldly with leftovers. After a long time, the iron can't stand it!

A layer of cold sweat oozes from Jia Huan's back. It's the first time he feels so weak and powerless. This kind of barbaric feudal patriarchal system is really too sloppy. At this moment, Jia Huan really wished that he had supernatural powers and smashed all the restraints with one punch!
However, when Jia Huan looked down and saw his immature hands, he was pulled back to reality in an instant, and he gave up all unrealistic fantasies. He turned around and walked back without saying a word.

Concierge Zhou Xiang watched Jia Huan's dingy back with a smug sneer at the corner of his mouth.At this time, a figure walked in from outside the corner door with hands behind its back. It was the butler Lai Da who asked calmly, "Zhou Xiang, what did Third Lord Huan say?"

Zhou Qing pursed his lips and said, "I didn't say anything, and went back with my tail between my legs. Hey, would Mr. Huan dare to go against what my wife said? Haha, I made him so proud a while ago, but now my wife just made him submit."

Lai Da also felt a bad breath, and said in a cheerful mood: "I don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick. This is the end. If he keeps his own position in the future, he may have a better life, otherwise it will only be worse, but..."

Lai Da stopped at this point, his eyes changed a bit, he thought that Jia Huan would get angry and make a scene on the spot, but he didn't expect the other party to turn around and go back without saying a word. This ability of forbearance really shouldn't be underestimated. If this son has a chance to make his mark in the future, it might be a disaster. No wonder his wife would not hesitate to suppress him personally.

Seeing that Lai Dada stopped talking, Zhou Xiang couldn't help but ask, "But what? Is the housekeeper still worried that the third brother Huan will turn himself over?"

Lai Da glanced at Zhou Xiang and said indifferently: "I have nothing to worry about, let everyone keep an eye on it, and no one in Mr. Huan's room can be let out easily."

Zhou Xiang smiled flatteringly and said, "Don't worry, Chief Steward, as long as it comes out of Huan Lao San's room, even a fly will never fly out."

Lai Da said with a sneer: "You should be called Huan Sanye, so as not to be labeled as a slave and bullying the master."

Zhou Xiang patted his chest and said with a sneer: "Hey, I'm afraid he's a fart. If Mr. Huan respects you, the steward, I, Zhou Xiang, will call him Mr. Huan. If he doesn't respect you, Mr. Huan, I will call him Mr. Huan."

Lai Da patted Zhou Xiang's shoulder appreciatively, turned around with his hands behind his back, and Shi Shi ran away.

Let’s say that Jia Huan walked back without saying a word, while Qian Huai followed behind as if mourning, and said anxiously: "Third Master, what should we do now? We can't go out, and we can't buy delicious food."

This guy only thought that there was no food, and he didn't even think that Jia Huan's source of income had been cut off.

Jia Huan took out one hundred Wen from the purse and handed it to Qian Huai, saying, "Find a familiar boy and ask him to send a message to Tieniu, saying that I have something to do at the moment, and the business of the store will be postponed, and I will contact him at that time."

"Okay, this should be fine." Qian Huai took the money and ran away without a trace.

This kid probably took half of the errand fee for himself, but Jia Huan didn't care, as long as he sent the news.

When Jia Huan returned to his residence, he found that Ping'er was talking to a cute little girl, about ten years old, who was Lin Daiyu's maidservant Xueyan brought from the Lin family in Suzhou.

Ping'er asked in surprise: "Isn't the third master going out of the house, why did he come back so soon?"

Jia Huan forced a smile and said: "I'm not going out of the house today, is Miss Xueyan here for something?"

Xueyan hurriedly saluted, and said crisply: "My girl asked me to ask the third master, is there a new one?"

Lin Daiyu's words were cryptic, but Jia Huan understood as soon as she heard it, this was a reminder, but he was not in the mood at the moment, shook his head and said: "No."

Xueyan let out a disappointment, Jia Huan didn't say any more, and turned around and went into the inner room. Seeing this, Ping'er felt a little abnormal, and couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Xueyan felt bored, so she got up to say goodbye, and went back to Lin Daiyu in dismay.

Ping'er sent Xueyan away, turned around and entered the inner room, seeing Jia Huan sitting behind the desk in a daze, felt even more uneasy, stepped forward and asked softly: "Third Master, but what happened?"

Jia Huan said in a deep voice: "My wife grounded me, and the concierge stopped me from leaving the house."

Ping'er was taken aback, and lost his voice: "Then what should we do?"

Jia Huan shook his head and said: "There is no good solution for now. The only plan now is to wait for the right time. Fortunately, Ping'er, you bought a lot of dry goods and eggs yesterday, which should last for a while. When the ethnology school starts, I want to go out to study. Even my wife has no reason to stop me."

Ping'er was relieved when she heard the words, she had already expected that Wang Xifeng must have a backhand, but she didn't expect that it was his wife who came forward in person. The kitchen here only serves leftovers, and the other side is not allowed to go out to buy. There is a block at both ends, obviously to force the third master to submit.

"Sister Ping'er, go ahead and let me be quiet for a while." Jia Huan felt that his mood was a little messed up, and he needed to adjust and clear his mind.

Ping'er hesitated to speak, but in the end he didn't say anything, and retreated with a worried expression.

"After all, I am too weak." Jia Huan looked at his immature hands and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

At this moment, Jia Huan had to re-examine his own strategy. At the beginning, his idea was to exercise his body first, then save enough money, and escape before the collapse of the Jia Mansion.
This is obviously impossible, without the corresponding self-protection ability, no matter how much money there is, it is just meat on the chopping board. Just like now, Mrs. Wang can control herself to death with a word, because she has the power in her hand, the power given to her by the feudal patriarchal system, and if she wants to get rid of her control, she must have power that can compete with it.

So, what kind of power can compete with the power of feudal patriarchs?

There is no doubt that being an official is the only way. As long as you have fame and fame, even if you are just a scholar, I believe Mrs. Wang can no longer control herself at will.

Thinking of this, Jia Huan couldn't help being enlightened. That's right, as the saying goes, "Everything is inferior, only reading is high." Now, if he wants to get rid of Mrs. Wang's constraints, the only way out is to study and get fame, otherwise he will only be suppressed to death, and no matter how much money he earns, it will be useless.

Jia Huan straightened out his thoughts, and his impetuous heart instantly calmed down. He was originally a top student, and the thing he feared the most was exams. If he settled down and studied hard for a few years, it might be difficult to get a Jinshi exam, but it was still easy to get a Juren background.

Jia Huan was originally the kind of person with strong execution ability. Now that he had set his goal, he didn't delay immediately, so he immediately went to Jia Zheng's study to borrow books related to taking part in the imperial examination.

When Ping'er saw Jia Huan come back with a lot of books, she couldn't help being both worried and happy. In fact, she objected to Jia Huan's spending his mind on making money, because after all, business business is a cheap business, and only reading is the right way. Now the third master is grounded.
However, when he thought of Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng's joint suppression, Ping'er couldn't help but feel worried again. Only then did Third Master Huan show some signs, and his wife took action to suppress him like this. Can she really allow Third Master to study and get a good reputation smoothly?
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In addition, Xueyan, the maidservant, reported to Lin Daiyu after returning from Jia Huan's place, "Master Huan said no."

Lin Daiyu couldn't help showing a look of disappointment. She has finished watching the first three episodes of "The Palace of Eternal Life", and now she is addicted to it.

Xueyan hesitated and said: "I don't know if it's because the servant girl is overhearted, Third Master Huan's attitude is a bit cold today."

Lin Daiyu was stunned for a moment, lowered her eyes, and sighed: "It seems that he still blames me for what happened that day."

Zijuan gave Xueyan a sneaky look. She knew that Lin Daiyu was always thoughtful. Sometimes she could think about what others said for a long time. Xueyan was so ignorant that she just mentioned this. She was afraid that this person would be overwhelmed. ? Since he said no, I'm afraid there is no such thing, girl, don't think too much about it."

Lin Daiyu was right when she heard it, maybe she was really overthinking, anyway, after a while, I will ask him in person, if he still refuses, then I must still be blaming me, and I will cut off contact in the future.

(End of this chapter)