Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Chapter 53 I heard a joke today

Seeing Jia Huan come back, Aunt Zhao couldn't help but persuade her: "Huan'er, it's your first time to take the exam. It's normal for you to fail. How old are you? If you study for a few more years, you will pass. , you don’t need to take it to heart.”

Hearing Aunt Zhao's comfort, Jia Huan felt warm in her heart and said, "Mom, who said I didn't pass the exam? I passed the exam and was still No. 1. I have to take the second exam tomorrow!"

Hearing this, Xiao Jixiang clapped his hands and laughed and said: "I knew that the third master was a Wenqu star who came down to earth, and there was no reason why he would not win. Sure enough, I said he was right. The third master came back with the top score in the exam!"

Jia Huan said with a smile: "Xiao Jixiang, don't say that when you go out, otherwise it will make people laugh. Just one county examination requires four tests. Pass all four tests, and you don't even get any honors. To pass, Only after passing the government examination can one obtain the title of student member, and after passing the college examination can one obtain the title of scholar."

Xiao Jixiang chuckled and said, "Anyway, Third Master is the best. No matter how he takes the test, Third Master will definitely be No. 1."

At this time, Aunt Zhao couldn't help but ask: "Brother Huan, why did it come out from my wife that you failed the exam?"

Jia Huan said calmly: "My wife must have sent a boy to look at the rankings. Maybe that boy didn't know that the rankings for the first round of the county examination did not include the names of the candidates, but were ranked according to their seat numbers. No one came to ask me what my seat number was, how do they know whether I won or not?”

Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhao's eyebrows suddenly stood up.

She took a sip and said: "Huan'er, you still don't know how the little screwdriver outside is arranging you? If I go out again and hear someone arranging you again, see if I don't tear their mouths apart! Take off the lid of the turtle."

Jia Huan couldn't help but persuade: "Mother, why do you need to be angry with them? This news came from the madam. If you do this, the madam will find your fault again and ask you to obey the rules. Why bother? Wait around. After completing all four exams, they will naturally know.”

Aunt Zhao couldn't help but said: "Brother Huan, you don't understand. In this mansion, it will be difficult for you to stand even if you are not powerful."

Jia Huan couldn't help but smile and said: "Mom, wait until I win the title of scholar, and then win the imperial examination. When the time comes, others will naturally respect you. Why do you need to be like this?"

Aunt Zhao smiled and said: "Then the relationship is good, I'm just waiting for Brother Huan to earn face for me."

Nothing to say this day.

After Jia Zheng went off duty in the evening, Mrs. Wang told Jia Zheng that Jia Huan failed the exam.

Only then did Jia Zheng realize that Brother Huan was already dead. When he heard that Brother Huan had missed, Jia Zheng couldn't help but sigh and didn't say much.

Early the next morning, Jia Huan got up early to take the exam as usual.

Because it was the second exam, Jia Huan did not let Aunt Zhao and others see him out.

When the maids and wives in the house who got up early saw Jia Huan carrying the examination basket, they couldn't help asking: "I wonder where Brother Huan is going so early?"

Jia Huan said calmly: "I'm going to take an exam."

The words made all the women burst into laughter.

A mother-in-law congratulated her and said, "Then I wish Brother Huan the best in high school!"

Jia Huan's face darkened, he didn't bother to pay attention to these stupid women, and walked out.

After Jia Huan left, these women naturally spread countless gossips.

The process of the second test of the county examination is the same as that of the first test, but the questions of the second test are different from the first test.

The questions for the second exam were one question from the Four Books, one question from the Five Classics, and one question from the poem.

This time, I didn’t hit any of the two questions, so my luck couldn’t always be so good.

However, after the first experience, Jia Huan was very calm and did not panic at all.

He looked at the title and began to sort out his thoughts.

……

Let's talk about Jia's house. During breakfast, the little girl Jixiang went to serve the meal.Not long after, she came back angrily carrying rice, which made everyone cry.

Aunt Zhao quickly comforted her: "Jixiang, tell Auntie who bullied you, and I will make the decision for you!"

Jixiang cried and said: "I went to the kitchen to get food, and the women were all talking bad about the third master. I was so angry that I argued with them for a few words. There were many of them, and I couldn't defeat them alone, woo woo!"

Aunt Zhao gritted her teeth and said, "Who said bad things about Huan'er? What on earth did they say? Tell Auntie about it."

Ji Xiang said clearly: "There are people from the Liu family, the Wu family, the Qian family, and several others who are supporting me! They said that the third master failed the exam in the first exam, and now he is taking the exam in the second exam, and he doesn't know." Who are you showing this to?"

"They also said that Third Master was born from several generations of slaves. How could he pass the exam? Compared with Baoyu, Third Master is like a toad on the ground and a golden phoenix in the sky. Baoyu didn't even go to school, how can Third Master be worthy?"

"In short, they said a lot of unpleasant things, and I couldn't bear to hear them."

When Aunt Zhao heard them scolding Jia Huan for being a slave for several generations, she was so angry that she burst into rage.

She raised her eyebrows and said: "You are useless too, why didn't you go up and spit in their faces? Tear their mouths apart?"

Jixiang muttered: "I told you, I said that the third master won the first exam. The first exam was not arranged by name, but by seat number. Then, they said..."

Ji Xiang muttered for a long time without saying anything. Aunt Zhao asked anxiously: "What on earth did those whores say?"

Ji Xiang said helplessly: "They said, if the third master is really No. 1 in high school, why didn't anyone come to the house to announce the good news? It's obvious that they are lying. I, I..."

Hearing this, even Aunt Zhao was suddenly discouraged.

That's right, if Brother Huan is really the number one in high school, how could no one come to the house to announce the good news?
Could Brother Huan really be lying?Did he really fail the exam?

But why did Brother Huan tell this lie?
Soon Aunt Zhao thought that Brother Huan probably told this lie deliberately because he didn't want to disappoint me.

This child is really filial, but why should he be so?

Well, after all, the Jia family is a noble family, not a scholarly family.

Of course they didn't understand that no one reported good news for the first county exam, because there were four county exams in total.

Only after passing all four exams will they be ranked according to their names, and only then will someone come to announce the good news.

Aunt Zhao was dejected for a long time before she said: "Jixiang, Ruyi, when Huan'er comes back in the evening, you must not tell anything, otherwise Huan'er will be embarrassed."

Ji Xiang Ruyi quickly nodded in agreement.

……

After breakfast, Mrs. Wang went to Mother Jia's house in Rongqing Hall.

Mrs. Wang doesn't really like coming here when she has nothing to do.

Several young ladies from the Jia family and Baoyu were all having fun in this room.

Mrs. Wang came, joked with Jia Mu for a while and then said:

"Mother, I heard a joke today."

Jia Mu couldn't help but ask: "Oh, I wonder what joke you heard?"

(End of this chapter)