Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 475 6.46 The Sichun sisters live in a cross-yard

Volume VI

6.46Sichun sisters live in a cross-yard

That night, Rongguo Mansion, Mengpo Zhai.

"I've seen Brother Lian!" Before Zhou Yang could enter the yard, he saw Jia Lian at the door with an impatient look on his face. Knowing that he was disgusted because Jia Baoyu had been busy all day, he smiled and bowed his hands before throwing some nails in, "Little brother, I'm sorry. I thought tonight’s banquet would be held in my second brother’s yard, and maybe other brothers would be there too.”

"Come in!" Jia Lian snorted coldly and waved his hand to signal him to come in.

Youdao means "nurturing the body and moving the energy", which is different from the identity of the "big steward with the title of heir" in the original work. Because of someone's guidance, Jia Lian now has the "positive fifth grade" on his body, regardless of his actual ability. For the official position of "Tongzhi of Shuntian Prefecture", Jia Zheng himself was only "the head of the Ministry of Industry of the sixth grade", which was a full level difference between the two.

It would be fine if Jia Zheng, as a direct official of the imperial court, had a bright future, but since the old Rongguo Duke helped him get the official position, he had not moved for more than ten years. From now on, he would only be a fifth-rank Yuanwailang. No matter what Jia Lian said, it would be easy for him to transfer to the Wucheng Army and Horses Division and become a fourth-rank commander. However, Jia Zheng still had no vision and continued to boss him around. It would be strange if he lost his temper!

"Is Ziyang here?" Seeing the two of them entering the living room, Jia Zheng stood up from his seat at the banquet with a smile, said hello and sat down again, "It's hard for you to come here today because of Baoyu's marriage. I heard from Lian Er that you Are you receiving the reception at the Fu family today? Really, I just made a mistake and let one family pass by two families."

"Master Jia is interested." Zhou Yang said coldly and casually found a seat to sit down, blocking Jia Zheng until he almost shut himself up. He didn't pay any attention to Jia Zheng anymore, and directly picked up his wine glass and sat down casually with him. After drinking, Jia Lian smiled and said, "I came here today mainly because of Brother Lian's greetings. If Mr. Jia has something to do, you might as well talk about it together."

"What can be the matter?" Jia Lian showed a satisfied smile, stood up and filled his and Zhou Yang's cups and said, "It's just that you and I haven't seen each other for many days, so we just happened to sit down together tonight; it just so happened that my second uncle also I have something to say, so I brought you here with me, but I don’t know where Brother Bao is now?”

"This." Jia Zheng finally realized that now that the three of them were together, it was no longer his turn to make the decision, and he was a little stuttered when he spoke, "I already sent someone to call someone just now, and they will probably be here soon - well, actually It’s not a big deal, I just hope that Ziyang can come when Baoyu gets married.”

"Second Brother Lian?" Zhou Yang suddenly realized this and turned to look at Jia Lian.

"You really are. It's a good day for Brother Bao, but why did you go to Fu's house again?" Jia Lian felt that every pore on his body was extremely comfortable after being led away by him. He was stunned, "You heard what my second uncle meant. You can't tell me again. You're not free that day, right?"

"Since the second brother Lian has spoken, I have nothing to say." Zhou Yang smiled lightly, raised his glass and joined Jia Lian in boredom, "Don't say I am free, even if I am not free, I have to make time. We have agreed!"

What, Jia Zheng is extremely aggrieved now?so what?
At this time, even someone as slow as Chief Jia realized that when Zhou Yang was able to settle down and even register for martial arts, the name badge he used was provided by Li Wan. The question is, so what?Is it possible that he still dares to shout about this kind of thing all over the world?Besides, the relationship between Li Wan and him was not a secret in the capital. A widow replaced Zhou Yang, one of the three chief soldiers of the imperial court, as the "disciple of the Rongguo Mansion". The whole capital thought that the Jia family had picked up a big deal. Cheap.

Since he is a "student of Rongguo Mansion", it is only natural for him to get close to the successors of Rongguo, that is, Jia She and Jia Lian. On the contrary, for a second wife like Jia Zheng, no matter how much status he has behind closed doors, he will only It could be that Jia Amnesty talked to Jia Lian and his son, even if the second wife had something to do, they had to go through the eldest wife to contact Zhou Yang. This is the iron law of feudal society!
On the contrary, Fu Shi was a dignified candidate, but he thought that Jia Zheng, a benevolent official disciple with no future, was putting the cart before the horse at the moment, and his reputation has never been good.

"This." After holding back for a long time, Jia Zheng finally threw out what he considered to be his " trump card ", "Now the four girls are at your place. I haven't seen you for some time, but I don't know if I can find some time to let them go. Come back and have a look?"

"Of course it's no problem. As long as the four sisters want to come back, they can come back anytime. Anyway, we don't live far away." Zhou Yang nodded immediately. In fact, Yuanchun is older than him, but she is also a sister. Anyway, she calls herself He was very honest at all times, "However, I have to discuss the details with them. As for life, don't worry, Second Uncle Zheng. I specially arranged for the Sichun sisters to live in a cross-yard, which is very relaxed."

"That's it, that's it!" Jia Zheng's face collapsed again. Except for Yuan Chun, who had not been at home for more than ten years, the three girls Yingchun, Tanchun and Xichun were all crowded in the east of the five main rooms of Jia's mother's courtyard at first. Later, the Side Nuan Pavilion could only be squeezed into Mrs. Wang's courtyard, and each person was assigned a small courtyard with only three main rooms. Now the four of them have a garden across the courtyard, which is better than Jia's mansion in any way.

"This, dear brother Ziyang, now that all four sisters are in your house, we have no objection to them being brothers. The closer we are to each other, the closer we are to each other." He saw Jia Zheng winking. , Jia Lian suppressed laughter and brought the chat back to business, "Anyway, can you give me an explanation?"

"What Second Brother Lian said makes sense." Zhou Yang nodded, looked at Jia Zheng who looked hopeful and said, "Yuan Chun has the Queen Mother's decree. I think there is no need to say more. The second sister is also the younger brother and has already made an agreement with Uncle She. Yes, the fourth sister and the younger brother will go to Brother Qiang in Dongfu to discuss it. The second brother Lian is talking about the third sister, right?"

"This -" Not to mention that Jia Zheng was in the trap, Jia Lian's expression froze, and after a long time he forced a smile and said, "Since Ziyang has made arrangements, I won't say more anymore. Now the house is busy. Brother Zhubao's happy event, the sisters might as well keep it simple, you and I can find someone to discuss it and come to an agreement."

"Second brother Lian, don't worry. I'll arrange for someone to send four dowry gifts when I get back." Zhou Yang nodded without hesitation, but the two of them couldn't even hold back their smiles. "As for this matter of rules, in the end, Given the current situation in the house, it’s better to be more frugal, and the relationship between your two families will naturally become closer in the future.”

No matter how dissatisfied Jia Lian was, he still hoped to maintain his dignity, and asked Zhou Yang to find a matchmaker to come to his door. Even if he ordered four at a time, it was considered a procedure; however, Zhou Yang directly followed the standard of a concubine's room and wanted to send a "betrothal money" over. As for the so-called "frugality", it actually refers to the procedure of "walking through the back door in a small sedan at night" when entering the concubine's room. If you omit it, it can be regarded as maintaining the face of the Jia family. "Isn't it appropriate for my dear brother Ziyang to be so frugal?" Jia Lian said with a straight face.

"To be honest, Second Brother Lian, the matter between the younger brother and His Highness Yongjing will be decided in the middle of this year." Zhou Yang's words made Jia Zheng and Jia Lian dare not say more, "A few days ago, the younger brother also discussed it with Lin Shangshu , find a day to pick up Sister Lin after His Highness, the Zhou family actually has more than one younger brother, there is also an older brother who died young, Sister Lin can be regarded as the concurrent wife."

"Brother-in-law, he also agreed?" Jia Zheng asked stupidly.

"Just two days ago, I have discussed it with Mr. Lin." Zhou Yang said lightly. He saw clearly that this princess and the daughter of a heavenly official, given the current situation in Rongguo Mansion, really have to "fight" together. ?

"Since there are matters between the princess and the Lin family, you and I might as well." After hesitating for a long time, Jia Zheng said helplessly as if his strength had been drained, "be more frugal!"

"In that case, I would like to propose a toast to Mr. Jia!" Zhou Yang smiled faintly and raised his glass to drink with Jia Zheng. However, he even addressed him as a peer. Again, my concubine's natal family is not a serious relative, so there is no need to discuss this. Duo, "But I don't know what I just mentioned. When will Brother Bao come over?"

"Where's the person? Why don't you hurry up?" Not sure if he was venting his emotions, Jia Zheng suddenly shouted out the door. Soon he heard a sound of footsteps, and the servant who was waiting at the door ran out quickly. Mengpozhai went straight to the west courtyard.

I don’t know when Jia Baoyu will come over. None of the three people at the wine table paid much attention. The rest of the time was spent drinking and drinking, and the atmosphere slowly returned to normal. However, the topics of chat were all controlled by Zhou Yang and Jia Lian, and the content was nothing more than some dynasties. The most important thing is that neither of them is interested in stalling for more time, so according to the "custom", they work together to get Jia Zheng drunk.

I don’t know how long it took, but Zhou Yang and Jia Lian were fine, and when Jia Zheng had already "faced each other as three people", there was finally a rush of footsteps outside the door, and the "protagonist" Jia Baoyu finally arrived.

"I've met the master, I've met Brother Zhou and Brother Lian!" Jia Baoyu started to tremble when she saw the atmosphere at the wine table. She immediately ran to Jia Zheng and knelt down, "I don't know, father."

"Damn beast, I asked you to come here and delay it until now. Where is the body lying?" Jia Zheng first kicked Jia Baoyu to the ground, then struggled to stand up holding the wine table, and returned When he was about to say something, his body swayed, and he fell on Jia Baoyu with a "plop", causing him to scream. However, he saw that Jia Zheng made no sound anymore, and passed away snoring drunkenly.

"Master?" Jia Baoyu looked at the fragmented Jia Zheng stupidly, completely at a loss.

"Well, the second uncle asked you to come over. We don't know why. Looking at the current situation, we probably don't need to know." Jia Lian glanced at Jia Baoyu impatiently and said to the door, "Who is following? Why don’t you help your second master go back? Brother Ziyang, it’s getting late today, and I still have a lot of things to go back to deal with, so why don’t you?”

"Brother Lian, do it yourself." Zhou Yang naturally had no objection.

"Okay, I'll let someone arrange a stay for you in the guest room. I'll - eh?" Jia Lian originally said a few words and was about to leave, but he didn't expect two pretty maids to come in from the door.

"Xi Ren (Musk Moon) has met Mr. Zhou and Mr. Lian!"

"Second brother Lian!" Seeing Jia Lian with straight eyes, Zhou Yang was almost speechless.

"Ahem!" Jia Lian paused, looked at the two maids and said, "You (She Yue) help Brother Bao go back first, while Xiren helps clean up. You can go back later."

"Second Master Lian, Second Master—" Xiren's expression changed slightly, and he subconsciously looked at Jia Baoyu, but he didn't expect that he had already supported She Yue, and walked straight out of the courtyard as if being chased by a ghost.

"Second Brother Lian, please pay attention." Zhou Yang stopped Jia Lian's outstretched hand angrily, pointed at the door to signal the attacker to leave, then pulled Jia Lian to Jia Zheng and said, "We still Send Uncle Zheng in first; besides, didn’t you say there are unfinished matters outside?”

"How dare you dare to say this about me." Jia Lian cursed bitterly, making Zhou Yang's cheeks turn red. "Okay, I know what you mean. Anyway, things don't have to be finished today. The worst is tomorrow. Let’s go again.”

The two of them helped Jia Zheng into the inner room. Zhou Yang put it down and turned around silently to leave, because he had already seen Aunt Zhao Pingpingtingting coming to greet her. Jia Lian didn't even mean to avoid it, and rushed towards her. , and pressed him on the carpet in front of Jia Zheng's bed on the spot without covering up at all.

What, Jia Zheng?Aunt Zhao put a pot of herbal tea on the bedside table, which is very convenient to take care of.
(End of this chapter)