Red Mansion: I am Jia Lian

Chapter 54 Disgusting Master
  If it is useful, one or two sentences can reach people's hearts. Long and long nonsense may not be able to move people's hearts.

Jia Rong knew Jia Zhen's virtue very well in her heart. No woman in Ningguo Mansion could escape Jia Zhen's clutches if she was even remotely beautiful. Jia Lian's words may seem like nonsense now, but they may come true in the future.

"Brother Lian, why do you teach me?" Jia Rong asked formally, holding his hands and bowing slightly.

Jia Lian did not give him an answer, but simply said: "You and I are young, and we will talk about the future matters later. Now you have to remember, you must protect yourself, there is no shame in hiding when you should, just know it well. .”

Jia Rong was very moved by being "cared for" and choked up: "Among the two mansions of East and West, only Brother Lian is the only one who keeps me sincere and consistent."

Jia Rong is really a poor child. When he sees him, he thinks of Qin Keqing, and naturally thinks of Qin Keqing's arrogant funeral specifications.

Jia Zhen and Jia She are the root of the decline of the Jia family, and they must die soon. Jia Lian has to wait for a suitable opportunity. In the future, Jia Rong will be Jia Lian's key to controlling Ningguo Mansion.

"Why are you so polite? You and I are almost the same age. We are both motherless children. Our father only knows how to beat and scold us. We will help and look after each other from now on."

These words aroused empathy in Jia Rong's heart. Yes, Jia She and Jia Zhen treat their children in the same way. When they are a little unhappy, they take it out on their children. The scolding is light, but it is common for them to hit their children with the door bolt when they are serious.

In the past, no one encouraged Jia Rong. After a long time, seeing Jia Zhen was like a mouse seeing a cat. She would tremble after even a few curses.

Now with Jia Lian's help, they rely on each other and hold together for warmth. Moreover, Jia Lian has already embarked on a bright road. If there is any difficulty in the future, he will have a place to seek help. Jia Lian is instilling this concept in Jia Rong, asking him to come to him if he has any difficulties. In the past, it was very likely that Jia Zhen would not give face, but now it is different. If Jia Lian comes forward and says a few words, Jia Zhen will definitely admit it.

"I have a business deal with someone after the new year. I will take care of you when I come back." Jia Lian gave another reassurance. Jia Rong, who was unprepared, was so happy that she pulled Jia Lian's sleeve and thanked her repeatedly: "I will rely on you from now on." It’s Brother Lian.”

After finishing Jia Rong, go home and sleep without mentioning it.

Time flies, New Year's Eve is here. In order to reflect the wealth of the Jia Mansion, Jia's mother sat in charge, while Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and other women stared at the Rongguo Mansion, which was decorated with lanterns and colors and was full of joy.

Jia Mu is here, so the New Year's Eve dinner will naturally be held in Ronxi Hall. The women headed by Jia Mu, and the men headed by Jia She, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen, are not qualified to eat together unless they are from the East and West mansions.

Jia Mu was at the head, and a group of people came forward to kowtow to Jia Mu. According to the rules, the grandchildren were headed by Jia Lian, followed by Jia Rong, then Jia Zhu, Jia Baoyu, and finally Yingchun and Tanchun. Not even qualified to kowtow to Jia Mu.

Three cardinal principles and five constant principles, strict hierarchy.

In such an era, Jia Lian, who was unable to make his own decisions even though he was born into a wealthy family, did not feel happy. I also don’t understand what those authors in female-channel novels who travel to an era where women are men’s accessories think about falling in love.

In order to show the status of the old lady when cooking, the main wives such as Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Not qualified to serve, they only waited for the old lady Jia Mu to taste three or five dishes before the rest dared to use chopsticks.

The same scene is happening in thousands of households.

Jia Lian did not feel that he could overthrow the order of this era, so he accepted it calmly, but beneath the seemingly calm, there were thorns ready to explode at any time.

Holding the wine glass, Jia Lian first toasted Jia's mother, and then gave a round of toasts to the elders at the table. Jia Lian finished the New Year's Eve dinner quietly and quickly. He did not intend to join in the excitement here, so he made many excuses. Jia Lian told Take the first step in the circle of sin. When I walked to the door of Liandong Cross Courtyard, I found that there was an extra door, and the door was bolted and locked from the inside.

"What's going on?" Jia Lian turned around and asked, Chang Sui Xiao An shook his head and said, "I don't know!"

Jia Lian tried hard to recall the content of the novel. Jia Lian vaguely remembered that Jia She enclosed the land in the southeast corner to create a scene of two main entrances to Rongguo Mansion, but there was no related thought that Dongkua Courtyard should go out from the main entrance and take a detour to Dongkua Courtyard. main entrance.

"You're not reading carefully!" Jia Lian muttered, raising his hand to the door in front of him and following Xiao An: "Climb over the wall and open the door."

The miserable Xiao An looked at the new clothes, gritted his teeth, turned around and left: "I'm going to move the ladder, second master, please be patient and wait." As soon as he ran away, Xiao An quickly disappeared. After about ten minutes, Xiao An carried the ladder on his shoulders. The ladder came back, climbed over the wall, was pulled over by the ladder again, and disappeared behind the wall, leaving the drunken Jia Lian alone in the cold wind, feeling infinitely melancholy.

Jia Lian, who felt infinitely sad in his heart, looked at the lights in the distance and couldn't help but sigh: "I still underestimated the bottom line of being a human being!"

A lantern came from a distance. When I got closer, I saw clearly that it was Yingchun and Si Qi. Seeing Jia Lian here alone, Yingchun stepped forward in surprise and said, "Why is my second brother here alone?"

In the Dongkua Courtyard, Yingchun and Jia Lian were the closest to each other. Jia Lian, who was in a messy mood, straightened up his mood immediately and took two steps forward with a smile on his face, just like the expression he had on his close-fitting little cotton-padded jacket in his previous life: "The door is locked from the other side. I let you go." Xiao An climbed over the wall to open the door."

Yingchun turned to look at Si Qi, that means you are not a good intelligence officer!

Meeting Jia Lian's questioning look, Si Qi was a little flustered and stammered: "I don't know what happened. Maybe it was the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. Someone from the palace came to reward me with a lot of things. The eldest master was not at home, so Mrs. Xing complained privately. He said a few words, saying that 'all good things fall into the hands of the second wife'. I went to Rongxi Hall in the morning, and when I came back, my face was not good-looking. I heard this too!"

Now Jia Lian understood that Jia She, a bird-like person, was not capable of seriousness, but he was indeed capable of disgusting people. The key point is that if you do this, the first people to suffer are Jia Lian and Yingchun. To get home properly, they have to take a detour through the main entrance of Rongguo Mansion.

It can be seen that Jia She is serious about the issue of family separation. But he couldn't bear that Jia's mother was still there. As the eldest son, Jia She insisted on forcibly dividing the family, which was unfilial. If word of this crime spreads, Jia She will no longer be able to behave as a human being. But he was still unwilling to do so, and he had no ability to serve as an official, so he had to create such a strange phenomenon of "dividing but not dividing".

"Siqi will go back and ask for more details, and then come back and explain it to me in detail." Jia Lian did not dwell on this issue. He squatted down to check her Spring Festival attire. Seeing that she was wearing new clothes, her face was full of joy, and her face looked a little brighter. Lively, no longer the wooden person before, and I feel a sense of accomplishment.

"Let's stay together until the end of the year."

Yingchun nodded happily after hearing this, and the two stood holding hands for a while. Xiao An's voice came from behind the door: "Second Master, the housekeeper won't give you the key." After hearing this, Jia Lian suddenly felt angry and disgusted. The three cardinal principles and the five constant principles, the monarch, his ministers, father and son, I can’t offend Jia She, but I can’t deal with a mere housekeeper?
  "Smash the lock!" Jia Lian decided decisively. Regardless of what Xiao An said in front of the housekeeper, Xiao An represented himself. If you don't give Xiaoan face, you don't give yourself face.

After a banging sound, the door opened. Jia Lian held Yingchun's hand and walked in. He looked at the lock on the ground and said to Yingchun with a smile: "Sister, please go to my room. Brother, come if you have anything to do."

Then he turned back to Xiao An and said, "Lead the way!"

The clever Xiao An immediately understood what Jia Lian meant, held a lantern in front, bent slightly, and was not slow at all.

The housekeeper of Dongkuaoyuan lived in a three-level courtyard, but he didn't think it was anything special at ordinary times. Today, Jia Lian, who was very angry, took a look and found that the living standard was the same as mine. Before contacting them, the brother and sister had been waiting in the cold wind for half an hour, which was a double crime.

The courtyard door was ajar, Jia Lian stepped over and kicked it open with a bang. In shock, the housekeeper came out dressed in home clothes. When he saw Jia Lian standing in the yard with a frosty face, the housekeeper thought to himself: It's broken!

He quickly stepped forward, bowed and apologized, and explained: "Second Master, the younger one is also acting under orders. The elder master has no way to deal with the matter." 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　, I'm just following orders, the younger one is acting under orders. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣

Jia Lian made a natural remark. When Jia She ordered the door bolt to be locked, the housekeeper must have asked: How is the second master Lian here? Jia She's answer must have been this: Even if the little beast came to call for the door, he couldn't open it.

This matter must have been influenced by the incident of Guo Yanguo's visit to the house. Jia She not only wanted to disgust Jia Mu and Jia Zheng, but also punished Jia Lian, an "unruly little beast."

This shows that underneath Jia She's sanctimonious appearance, he has a fierce personality. In the past, Jia Lian was weak and would beat and scold him at every turn. Now that Jia Lian's status has risen, Jia She has stopped being direct and plays such little tricks to disgust people.

With such a thing, what hope can there be? A man of several decades, that’s all?

Due to the so-called perverted "filial piety", Jia Lian couldn't make trouble with Jia She head-on, but there was no problem at all in cleaning up the loser. So he sneered and said: "You go and stand outside the back door, just walk over here. I stood for two quarters of an hour, and you stood for two quarters of an hour."

The unlucky housekeeper seemed to be quite unjust, but it may not be so when settling old scores. In the past, this grandson often snitched in front of Jia She, but Jia Lian waited until now to use the excuse to deal with him, which was considered to be more merciful.

It was seven or eight degrees below zero at this time. The housekeeper in home clothes did not dare to resist or beg for mercy. Because begging for mercy may result in more serious retaliation. Since you have chosen Jia She, you have to accept the consequences if things come to pass and you don't know how to adapt.

The housekeeper was decisive and abnormal: "Young man, just go and stand here." After saying that, he went out without looking back.

Jia Lian said calmly from behind: "Xiao An, follow and take care of him. Only more and no less for two quarters of an hour, otherwise you will stand all night."

Xiao An chased after her as if her butt was on fire, and Jia Lian finally had time to look inside the house. The housekeeper quickly lowered her head, and the two children behind her were looking around. Jia Lian smiled at the two children and turned back without saying much.

The matter of implicating women and children was so shameless that Jia Lian disdained it.

The lights in the direction of Rongxi Hall were soaring into the sky, and it was naturally very lively tonight. Jia Lian, who had his hands behind his back, lost interest after just one glance, and returned to his yard unhurriedly. Guixiang and Si Qi were waiting at the door. When they saw him entering, they stepped forward to pick up the cloak.

"They say there will be a commotion all night in Dongfu. I thought the second master would not come back tonight."

"I'm either drinking or gambling over there in Dongfu. I'm not interested at all. It's better to come back and play chess with Yingchun."

Yingchun also came out with a smile on her face, lively eyes and a clear voice: "Brother!"

Jia Lian touched her head, and the little girl squinted her eyes with enjoyment, like a kitten.

Guixiang said from behind: "It doesn't matter if you don't go to Dongfu to play, you can rest early. Tomorrow morning, the eldest master will take the second master out to pay New Year greetings." Jia Lian frowned: "It will be lively in Dongfu for at least one night. He Can you get up?"

"I just didn't sleep all night, and I always had to go to several places on New Year's Day. Which year doesn't last like this?"

Did Jia She stay up all night? Okay, very good, this old guy will die soon.

The problem is that judging from the timeline of the novel, this guy is still alive. But Jia Lian wished that Jia She would die tomorrow.

It's obviously New Year's Eve, a time for family reunion and celebration, but some people are cursing others to die quickly.

There is no doubt that Yingchun has a high IQ, otherwise he would not be able to play Go, a game that requires high computational requirements.

The trees welcoming the spring, in Jia Lian's view, represent aversion to the external environment and hiding in their own world as a form of self-protection.

Yingchun, who has been cared for and loved by no one since she was a child, even if it is Jia She's daughter, so what? The servants dared to look down on her.

Nowadays, Yingchun is much more lively, and the vigil lasts for several hours. Yingchun took out the Go game and said coquettishly to Jia Lian: "Second brother, come play chess with me."

Jia Lian knew how to play Go. When he was at his highest level, he even received a fourth-dan amateur certificate.

Because he didn't understand Yingchun's current level, Jia Lian didn't mention the handicap, but just gave the points first.

There was a period of controversy between the pros and cons of contemporary Go rules and medieval Go. Before the emergence of AlphaGo, Go was a game led by geniuses. Geniuses determined the ceiling of Go level and had little to do with the rules.

The decline of China's Go level in modern times is largely caused by the decline of national power. Once a country becomes strong, a generation of heroes will emerge on a large scale from all walks of life.

White went first in Go, and Yingchun seemed very serious, taking long exams frequently. After an hour, the two of them had only played more than thirty moves.

Jia Lian was very leisurely, playing chess and chatting quietly with Guixiang beside him. Sanzhi wiped his hands with oil, and Guixiang just smiled softly. Instead of trying to dodge, he got closer and closer.

Si Qi and other maids who were waiting nearby looked at Guixiang with envy in their eyes.

There are rumors in the East and West mansions that Mr. Lian doesn't like women, and no one in the house has been able to climb into bed successfully. Jia Lian didn't go to the source of the news. Such rumors have no power to him. After all, this was the Zhou Dynasty. Women not only had to compete with women for favor, but there were also many cases of women competing with men for the favor of another man, and the area of ​​the cases was quite large.

I don't know when the firecrackers went off, and the fireworks lit up the night sky of the capital.

There was no winner on the chessboard, so Yingchun stood in the yard, clapping and dancing, watching the fireworks in the sky.

Jia Lian stood at the door, looking up at the sky with his hands behind his back. Another year had passed.

Seeing the shivering and pale housekeeper coming to greet him, Jia Lian had no intention of giving up.

After being disgusted by someone, you must be disgusted back.

(End of this chapter)