The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 355 The pattern is always different

Spring Festival couplets on the door, lanterns under the eaves.The sound of firecrackers in the streets and alleys, and the sky full of fireworks rising from time to time.

Children in new clothes strewn around, and the younger generations wandered around to kowtow to the elders to pay New Year's greetings.Every household observes the new year and has reunion dinners, and people visit relatives with big and small bags.

When we meet, we greet each other with greetings, even those who have been separated from each other in the past are happy when we meet, as if we have been friends for many years...

This is Chinese New Year, the old year ends and the new year begins.

On the first day of the first day of the new year, Jia Min went to Yeduju after greeting the elders of each family, looked at the soldiers who stayed there and his own soldiers, and sent some melons, fruits and jujubes, and then came back .

Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion are together, and the Xue family is also here, so it won't take long.

Although the historians and the Wang family were far away, the juniors just went to give a gift and kowtow to the elders before returning, so it didn't take long.

On the second day of junior high school, it was the Rongguo Mansion's treat.

The main figures of the Ningguo Mansion, the Xue family, the historians, the Wang family and the elders of the Jia clan all came.

The third day of junior high school was a treat for Ningguo Mansion, and all the families were there.

The fourth day is the Xue family, and the fifth day is the historian.

The four major families are like this almost every year, and it has almost become a rule.

Today is the sixth day of the first lunar month, the beginning of spring, the end of the year of Ding Chou, and the beginning of the year of Wu Zi.

Although the first day of the new year is the beginning of a new year.However, according to the zodiac, today is the beginning of the Year of the Rat.

Today is a treat for the Wang family, and it is also the last of the four major families.

At the beginning of Sishi, Rongning and Ningfu were already busy.

The housekeepers headed by Lai Da have already made preparations for the masters to go to the Wang family.

The entourages and servants of each master prepared the carriages, horses and sedan chairs, and the maidservants prepared their belongings, nothing more than coats, hand stoves, hoods and so on.

The men rode horses, while the older women rode in sedan chairs and the younger in chariots.The travel rules of the Jia Mansion have always been like this.

After half an hour's work, the Rongguo Mansion, Ningguo Mansion and Xue's family had all the talents, so they set off for Wang's house.

Along the way, mighty, very spectacular.

From time to time on the road, you will meet teams of horses and horses, all of whom are visiting relatives.

In a short time, they arrived at the Wang family.

Wang Ziteng's younger brother Wang Zisheng and son Wang Xin stood at the door to welcome the guests.The servants of the butler arranged for the carriages, horses and sedan chairs to be parked aside.

After entering the house, men and women are separated, and each has a master and a hostess to receive them.

When the people from the Jia family and the Xue family arrived, the people from the Shi family had already arrived, and when they met, they exchanged pleasantries and were polite.

Apart from Xue's family, Jia Min didn't have much contact with historians and Wang's family.Some people from the two families still don't recognize each other.

However, due to Jia Min's strong rise, he has now become the most dazzling new star among the younger generation of the four major families, so everyone recognizes him.

Even the elders were very enthusiastic when they saw him.

Therefore, when Shi Ding and Shi Nai saw him, they looked at him more highly than other juniors.

It's just that Shi Ding and Shi Nai's sons looked a little distant when they saw him.They just said hello to each other and went their separate ways.

Shi Ding and Shi Nai regarded Jia Min highly, not only because of Jia Min's important status in Jia's mansion, but mainly because of the matter of the government corps.

When the Fubingtuan was established, historians could not afford the cost.So they found their aunt Jiamu.Therefore, the historian's military training tasks and expenses were borne by the Jia family.

At first, they were just doing their errands, and they didn't expect anything from military training.

Unexpectedly, the Fu Bingtuan wiped out the Wulong Mountain bandits first, and then won the great victory in the South Wendula Grassland. Naturally, historians followed suit and shared the glory.

Now when Shi Ding and Shi Nai went to the yamen, their backs were straightened up a bit.

The bastard sons Shi Song and Shi Liu who were originally neglected by the historians have also become outstanding among the younger generation of historians.

It's still early for the banquet, but people have already been arranged to sit at the table.

The table is full of nuts such as peanuts, melon seeds, hazelnuts, walnuts, apples and plows.Fruits such as oranges and tea.

At Jia Min's table are Baoyu, Xue Pan, Jia Huan, Jia Rong, Xue Bian and Shi Yang, the second son of Shi Ding.After a while, Wang Xin will accompany you.

Wherever Baoyu and Xue Pan went, they were generally more indulgent and casual, but when they arrived at Wang's house, they were both cautious and behaved quite well.

The reason is also very simple, the two of them are very afraid of this uncle Wang Ziteng.

In addition to being an elder, one of the main reasons is naturally that the prince's position is high and powerful.

When Xue Pan beat Feng Yuan to death, Jia Yucun accepted the case, and finally closed the case, largely because of Wang Ziteng's face.

After the case was judged, Jia Yucun also wrote letters to Wang Ziteng and Jia Zheng to express their friendship.

Later, Jia Yucun was promoted, although he followed Jia Zheng's path.However, Jia Zheng was only a fifth-rank servant, so he didn't have that ability. In fact, it was Jia Zheng who found Wang Ziteng to operate successfully.

Although Baoyu didn't stick to etiquette, he was very respectful to his uncle Wang Ziteng. Every year during the New Year, he didn't have to go to other people's homes, but this uncle's home would not be left behind.

Xue Biao and Xue Baoqin have now lived in Xue's house.

The marriage between Baoqin and Mei Hanlin's family has been settled.Xue Biao began to help manage the Xue family's business.

Xing Xiuyan, who came with them, also lives here now.

When Xing Xiuyan was young, she used to be neighbors with Miaoyu, and they knew each other.This time, I came to inquire about Miaoyu.

Although Xue Bian is not very old, he is very stable in dealing with people, and he is more methodical in doing things. Compared with Xue Pan, he is like a heaven and an underground.

When Jia Min saw Xue Biao, he liked it very much.I feel that as long as he goes through some experience, he will definitely be a person who can do great things in the future.

The Xue family's property in the imperial capital is nothing but a few shops.Now Xue Biao is only managing the Xue family's property, which is actually a bit overkill.

Jia Min already had a plan in mind, planning to ask Xue Biao to take on more responsibilities at an appropriate time in the future.

With Xue Biao's character and talent, Baoyu and Xue Pan are incomparable.

At present, the male masters of Jia's mansion, Jia She is very old, and he is still blindly dishonest and has no talent.Jia Zheng was just a salaried man, working as a monk in the yamen and hitting the clock for a day.

Jia Lian is currently considered a talent, but at the moment, he can't get away with it in Bukui.

The remaining Baoyu, Jia Huan, Jia Rong, and even Jia Zhen, who are good at eating, drinking, playing, and doing crooked ways, are not that kind of material at all if they are asked to do serious things.

Even Jiao Li, Li Gui, and Ning Er, who were born as servants, are far beyond their comparability in knowledge and ability.

If the hero had been up to the challenge, Jia Min would not have had to push Baochai and Qin Keqing to the fore.

Although Baochai and Qin Keqing have outstanding talents, they are still women after all, and when they need to show their faces, they are still not as convenient as men.

It will be much more convenient if Xue Tada takes on this responsibility in the future.

On the fourth day of the fourth day of the lunar new year, when Xue's family was entertaining guests, Jia Min took a chance to tell Baochai his idea, and Baochai also agreed very much.

The two maids served drinks, which were different in total.

The same is hawthorn dew.

This is a drink made by boiling hawthorn, adding sugar, soaking and fermenting for a period of time.It tastes sweet and sour, and it is a good product for appetizing and digesting food.

The other is the oranges.

It was bought in the market, and it was a joint venture between Li Wan and Qiu Liang, the deputy commander of Wucheng Bingma Division.

Before Jia Min left Jia's mansion last year, he gave Li Wan this business.The purpose is to make Li Wan earn more money, improve her status in the mansion, save some money for her future, and make Jia Lan live a better life in the future.

In fact, Li Wan did not disappoint Jia Min's kindness.This year, business is booming.

To make granules of oranges, the most important blind additive is agar.With agar, the orange particles will be suspended and not sedimented.

After Lili Orange came out, many people imitated it soon, but because there was no agar, they all failed in the end.

So, so far, Li Wan and Qiu Liang's orange business is still the exclusive business of the imperial capital.

For this reason, Li Wan was very grateful to Jia Min, and ordered a set of clothes for Jia Min early on, which was regarded as a gift for Jia Min during the Chinese New Year.Now even when Jia Lan meets Jia Min, she is very affectionate.

Uncle Wang Ziteng is not at home. According to Mrs. He, Wang Ziteng's wife, he was called into the palace by the emperor.

However, it doesn't matter whether Wang Ziteng is at home or not.It's time to have a party.

Wang Xin is very familiar with Baoyu, Xue Pan and Jia Rong, and they often communicate with each other.

During the first military training last year, I often asked them how Jia Min trained his troops.

Later, I heard that I was just practicing walking and folding quilts, so I didn't ask about it in the future.After Baoyu and the others came back from the barracks, they slandered Jia Min's military training methods everywhere, and looked down on Jia Min even more.

Now, although I envy Jia Min's victory in Bu Kui, I just think it is the result of Jia Min's good luck.

He didn't understand the essence of Jia Min's military training, and he didn't bother to understand it.

The reason of course lies in his prejudice against Jia Min, and at the same time, he also has a distinction between his son and his concubine in his heart.

As for Jia Min, due to Jia Min's current achievements and official position, and at the banquet for thousands of people, he saw that Song Kuan, the son of King Beijing and Prince Dongping, was very polite to Jia Min, so he didn't dare to underestimate him.

However, for Jia Huan in this concubine and Xue Biao, there is almost no concealment of contempt.

During the opening remarks, roll the names of everyone else to express their welcome.Only the names of Jia Huan and Xue Biao were not mentioned.

From this point alone, Jia Min judged that this Wang Xin was a little too petty.

Either you don't call anyone's name, or you call everyone's name, so many people have said it, are there still two names missing?
Jia Huan's complexion was a little ugly, and his emotions were more obvious.Looking at Xue Biao again, he didn't seem to care about this at all, and he was still calm and neither humble nor overbearing, which made Jia Min secretly agree: people's patterns are always different.

(End of this chapter)