The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 8 Jia Can Play
On the left side of Jiamu's upper room, in Daiyu's room, there is a scene of singing and dancing.

Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, and two other beauties, Miaoyu and Qin Keqing, are all here.

Miaoyu also often walked around Jia's mansion, she was an acquaintance of the girls.

Qin Keqing came to greet Jia's mother.Mother Jia likes this great-grandson's daughter-in-law the most.

Of course, there was another reason that Qin Keqing couldn't explain clearly.Jia Rong went out to have a drink with someone, and she dared not stay at home, fearing that Jia Zhen would be unfavorable to her.

In such an occasion, one person is indispensable, and that is Baoyu, the big-faced cat.Where the beauty is, it is his hometown of happiness.

Not to mention compared with Qin Damei, even compared with Miaoyu, Daiyu is just a little girl who hasn't grown up yet.

Hearing Miaoyu talk about what happened last night when Jia Min broke his coffin in Tiekan Temple, her mouth was wide open, and she was trembling with fear, but she still couldn't restrain herself from wanting to listen.

"At that time, we were all terrified, thinking that he was a fake corpse. Later, he told us to see his shadow, and we believed it. And..."

At this point, Miaoyu stopped talking.

"What else? Tell me quickly?"

Baoyu urged.

Now, he hasn't considered what Jia Min's arrival means to him.Even if he knew, he didn't bother to think about it.

"No more. The rest is what you saw today."

Miaoyu hides the matter of drinking tea and playing chess with Jia Min in the morning.She felt that it was not a decent thing to drink tea with that layman.If others know about it, it will lower your noble image in the eyes of others.

This is especially true in front of Baoyu and Jia Min's bad behavior in the mansion today.

She regretted it a little, and felt that her actions this morning were a little impulsive.

"What happened after that?"

Qin Keqing leaned over Miaoyu's ear and asked softly.

"I can't say it anymore, it's embarrassing."

Miaoyu felt a little speechless.

What can't be said?Naturally, it's because of Jia Min's shit in his crotch.Last night, Miaoyu saw it.

"Good sister, just tell me secretly."

Miaoyu had no choice but to tell Qin Keqing quietly.

"Really?"

Qin Keqing looked shy and surprised.

"Naturally."

"So, it's really embarrassing."

It's him who is ashamed, why are you ashamed?
Miaoyu was a little puzzled.

well!If Jia Min knew that the two beauties whom he admired were talking about him like this, how could he be so embarrassing?
The chime clock on the cabinet rang eight times, Qin Keqing stood up to say goodbye, and left gracefully.Tanchun and the other girls also left, and went back with their maidservants.

Baoyu didn't want to go, and was afraid that Jiamu would be urged again, so she had to go back.The rest Miaoyu stayed here to sleep with Daiyu without mentioning it.

While the entire mansion was talking about Jia Min, Jia Min himself was very quiet here.

This is a small courtyard in the northwest corner of Rongguo Mansion, with three main rooms and three side rooms.It is far away from other people's residences, so it seems very quiet here.

According to Wang Xifeng's arrangement, he was given two little maids, one named Fenghua and the other named Xueyue, both 13 years old.

In Jia's mansion, maidservants are also divided into grades.

The first class is executives like Yuanyang, who belong to the chief maid.However, this is only a special case.The rest are house maids like Ping'er or Xiren who will be trained as concubine in the future.

The second-class ones are foremen like Qingwen, Jin Chuaner, Siqi and Zijuan.

The third-class ones are maidservants like Caiping and Chunxian.

The fourth class is the sweeping maids who do physical labor like the silly big sister, basically similar to the cleaners.

Fenghua and Xueyue belonged to the third-class and fourth-class maids.

In terms of this treatment, Jia Min's status was still very low in Wang Xifeng's eyes, not only incomparable with Baoyu, but also inferior to Jiahuan.

However, Jia Min didn't care about it, he wished he didn't have one.As a modern person, why can't he do laundry and cooking?
It's just that they arranged it like this, and he couldn't refuse it.If he refuses, the first reaction of the other party is that he is dissatisfied with the treatment, which will generate greater hostility towards him.The result is a complete loss of his intent.

Fenghua and Xueyue were originally reluctant to serve them, and almost all the maids in Jia's mansion regard being able to go to Baoyu's room as the highest honor and the pinnacle of their careers.

The reason is also very simple.One is that Baoyu is favored in the mansion and has a high status.As the tide rises, so does the status of his maids.The second is that Baoyu is kind to the maids and has almost no airs. The atmosphere there is relaxed and happy.

However, they were arranged to come, and they dared not not come, so they resigned to their fate.

It was the servant girl who called from the kitchen to eat.This is different from the treatment given by the cook to those decent masters.

The quantity and variety of dishes are also different between masters and children.Jia Min's specifications are the same as Jia Huan's, but one level lower than Daiyu, Yingchun and other girls.As for the frequent rewards from the ancestors, it is not his turn here.

The ancestors often tipped Baoyu and the girls, but basically never tipped Jia Huan any meals.She also never seemed to disdain to cover up her likes and dislikes, and she didn't even do superficial things.

Naturally, no one dared to challenge her. Power is self-willed.

Jia Min didn't care about this either. The level of four dishes and one soup was the level of official reception in his previous life. In his opinion, it was already a very good standard.Although the food in the army is good, but, as the only child of a billionaire family, when he eats with his parents at home, he only eats two dishes.

His long entourage will come tomorrow, and Menger, the servant, does not live in the mansion. After dinner, Jia Min chats with Fenghua and Xueyue, asking them about their family affairs and the affairs of the mansion, for the sake of Get closer to each other.

As a time traveler, he has no concept of master and servant.If it wasn't for not wanting to embarrass them, he would have taken care of the things in life himself, and he wouldn't need them at all.

After all, their monthly income of 500 yuan is still a very important income for their families.

It's not a good thing to smash someone's job.

From Fenghua and Xueyue, Jia Min got a clue that Meng'er, the servant that Sister Feng assigned to him, was Xing'er's cousin.And Xing'er happened to be Jia Lian's servant.

This arrangement is somewhat interesting.

For Jia Min, who has rich military experience, he immediately realized that this was not a coincidence, but a deliberate arrangement.Meng'er shouldered the task of monitoring him.

So, who sent him?
Mother Jia?probably not.In the eyes of the spiritual leaders and the highest power holders in the Jia Mansion, the current Jia Min is just a small fish and shrimp, and it is not worth her to do this at all.

Jia Zheng?It is also impossible.Jia Zheng didn't want to be a director at all, and such a thing also contradicted his way of handling things.

Jia Zhen and Jia Rong?It's a house away, and the sights won't focus on him yet.

Mrs. Wang?There is this motivation.However, once this matter is done, it will be a handle in the hands of others.Although she had a plan to counterattack someone's previous record of being a double agent, this matter was arranged by Wang Xifeng.With the deep scheming of this old house girl, she won't leave a handle on Wang Xifeng so easily.

So, is it Jia Lian or Wang Xifeng?
Thinking of this, Jia Min immediately felt that he had made a mistake—he ignored Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng.

In fact, they are the ones most motivated to spy on themselves.

This mistake came from Jia Min's miscalculation of the power structure of Rongguo Mansion.

In Rongguo Mansion, Jia She is the eldest son, and he and Jia Lian are the eldest sons.The title of Rongguo Mansion is the first-class general who was attacked by Jia She. In the future, when Jia She died, Jia Lian will inherit the title.

According to the tradition of this society, the eldest son Jia She should be in charge of Rongguo Mansion.

However, the current situation is that the second son Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang are in charge of the family.Although Jia Mu is actually in charge of the house, this pattern has already taken shape.

The reason for this situation is that Mother Jia lives with her youngest son Jia Zheng, and she likes Jia Zheng more between the eldest son Jia She and the second son Jia Zheng.

This situation is actually an open secret in Jia's mansion.Even when Jia Amnesty told jokes at a Mid-Autumn Festival moon appreciation party, what he said was his mother's partiality.

It was precisely because of Jia's mother's intervention that the power center of Rongguo Mansion fell to Erfang's side.

As a result, Jia Zheng was more favored than Jia Amnesty.Mrs. Wang is in control, and Mrs. Xing seems dispensable.Wang Xifeng was originally the daughter-in-law of the eldest room, but she was closer to Mrs. Wang.Baoyu was more favored than Jia Lian, and became the heir of Rongguo Mansion.

In fact, Jia Lian should be the legal heir of Rongguo Mansion.

The current situation is actually a situation of mismatched rights under Jiamu's control.

As Mrs. Wang's niece, Wang Xifeng may have no motive to regain power.However, Jia Amnesty, Mrs. Xing and Jia Lian must have this motive.

This involves not only the issue of power, but also the issue of the huge amount of private money in the hands of Jia's mother in the future.Most of the liquid inheritance of the ancestors of Rongguo Mansion belonged to Jia Mu.

Now, Mother Jia is over 70 years old, and it is time for her to seize power.

Originally, Baoyu was the heir's arrangement, but everyone knew that Baoyu was not a qualified heir.Jia Huan couldn't do it either, now suddenly there was Jia Min, who was Jia Zheng's son, and today he was taking care of Jia Huan, and he showed fierce methods, which must have posed a threat to Jia Lian.

It's perfectly normal to grasp or even get rid of Jia Min's thoughts.Even taking preventive measures is necessary.

In their eyes, getting rid of an illegitimate child is nothing at all.

This explains Jia Lian's abnormal behavior when he was in Tongzhou.

At that time, before Jia Min died, Zhou Rui put him in the coffin.When Jia Lian put his hand in front of Jia Min's nose in the coffin to test it, a relaxed expression and a smile appeared on his face as if he was relieved.

Jia Lian's normal behavior should be to wait until Jia Min dies completely before burying Jia Min.Jia Lian had the right and ability to stop Zhou Rui from doing this, but he didn't!
As for why it was arranged by Wang Xifeng, this is also easy to explain.

Wang Xifeng has certain ability and scheming, but in such a short period of time, she may not be able to see Jia Lian's intentions.Besides, Wang Xifeng has always been very close to Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu, so she may not be able to gain the trust of Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian.

In fact, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng did not agree with each other many times.

Jia Lian proposed Meng Er to Wang Xifeng, but Wang Xifeng would not react in a short time.

It turns out that Jia Lian is the enemy who hides deeper.

This Jia Mansion, the water is really deep.You really know how to play, where we can play in the city, and here you can play in Jia.

Brother Lian, if I don't give you a big... big green hat, I'm really sorry for you!

(End of this chapter)