The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 82

Although Jia Zheng is not good at words and doesn't want to manage the family, it doesn't mean he is a fool.

After thinking about Chen Hanlin's words for a while, he knew that the problem was in his own family.

The chief follower Li Shi'er came in, saw several guests Zhan Guang, Cheng Rixing and Shan Pinren were there, he hesitated to speak.

"They're not outsiders, let's talk."

Jia Zheng was indeed not afraid of what a few cleanups would know. They knew everything about their own family, and there was no need to hide it.

"The servant has already found out that it is indeed someone from our mansion. The rumors spread outside said that Fourth Master Min had never read a book at all, and those poems were plagiarized and plagiarized."

"Who said that?"

"This, the servant dare not say."

"Say, if there is anything you dare not say, if you talk too much, I will break your dog's legs."

"My lord, please forgive me. Since this is the case, the servant said it. These words were said by three people."

"Who are they?"

"One is Uncle Rong from Dongfu, the second is Second Mistress Lian, and the other is..."

"Tell me soon!"

"Yes, it's Master Bao."

"This evil animal, it's fine if he doesn't study or make progress, and he slanders others everywhere. Come on, go and call Baoyu, close the door, and beat me to death. Quick, go and call him."

Jia Zheng sat down on the chair all at once.

"Shiweng, calm down, calm down, there may be some misunderstanding here."

"If there is any misunderstanding, it must be a few of them. All day long, they are always planning to run on Brother Ming. Go and call Baoyu."

"Shiweng, don't do it, have you forgotten that today is the old lady's big day?"

When Jia Zheng heard this, he finally came to his senses, and he sighed, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.

The maids came to set the meal with food boxes.Li Shi'er took the opportunity to sneak out, leaving Jia Zheng and a few Qing guests in the room, having a dull drink together.

"Where is Brother Ming, ask him to have dinner together."

Jia Zheng thought of Jia Min.

"Fourth Master Min went to the ancestor's place, and just left a message, he won't be eating here anymore."

Zhan Guang told Jia Zheng, and Jia Zheng sighed again and stopped talking.Thinking of the last time I heard that Jia Min didn't eat when he returned home, he couldn't help feeling sad.

When Jia Min came over, dinner was being set up at Rongxi Hall.

Because of the large number of people, the tables in the house cannot be placed, and the weather is not cold now, so, except for a few tables in the house, the others are placed in the yard.

There are three tables in the room, one table is Jia Mu, Aunt Xue and the female guests of those families.

At the other table were Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Li Wan, You Shi, Lou Shi, and several female relatives of the Jia clan.

The third table is Daiyu, Baochai, Shi Xiangyun, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun and other girls.

The ones outside are male guests.The first table was Jia She and Jia Dairu and other elders of the Jia family.

The second table is Baoyu, Jia Jun, Jia Lan, Jia Cong, Jia Yun and the children of several family friends.

The third table is Xue Pan, Jia Huan and some family friends and relatives.

Then there are Lai Da, Lai Sheng, Shan Daliang and other managers, there are two tables in total.

The rest of the maids and servants are not eligible to eat at this time, and they have to wait until these people eat.

Even Aunt Zhao is not qualified to eat at the table now.Although she is Jia Zheng's favorite concubine, she can only be regarded as half the master.

Her son Jia Huan and daughter Tanchun are masters, but she is not a serious master.I can only follow the maids, they sit while she stands.People are eating, she is watching.Waiting on the sidelines.

Ping'er gave apples and watermelons to the ancestors today, showing his face and feeling happy, so he came to help.

Seeing Jia Min coming, he went up to meet him. Seeing that there was still room at Baoyu's table, he wanted to lead Jia Min inside to Baoyu's table.

According to Jia Min's status and identity, he should be on that table.

At this moment, Zhou Rui's family came over.

"Miss Ping'er, Second Grandma Lian has something to say. If Fourth Master Min is here, please let her know."

In fact, Wang Xifeng didn't explain anything, but Zhou Rui's family has always hated Jia Min. Seeing Jia Min publicly slap Wang Xifeng and Baoyu in the face today, they thought it was time for revenge. The servant girl winked and told her to report to Wang Xifeng.

Before Wang Xifeng came, Baoyu came first.

"Fourth Min, have you sold all your watermelons?"

The tone was very aggressive, with a look of disdain.

"I came out early in the morning, I don't know how it's selling now?"

"I'm afraid I can't sell it for 5000 taels, so I dare not go back?"

"It's only due after dark today, and there are still several hours."

"You don't go back to sell your watermelons, what are you doing here?"

At this time, Baoyu knew about not having his gift, and it was the first time that such a shameful thing happened in so many years.It's just because there are so many people now that I resisted the outbreak.

Seeing Jia Min throwing himself into the trap now, I naturally want to make things difficult for him.

"The old ancestor's birthday, I'm here to have wine."

"It's all full, wait and eat with the servants."

Is this also where you come to drink?
"Aren't there seats at your table?"

"There are still people at my place, and they will be there in a while."

At this moment, Wang Xifeng arrived.

"Hey, isn't this Brother Min? What brought you here?"

Although he wished to kill Jia Min immediately, his face was full of smiles.

"The old ancestor's birthday, I'm here to have a drink."

"Hey, it's a pity that you came late and there are no seats. How about setting up a separate table for Brother Min? You can't ask Brother Min to go back hungry. It seems that our family has no manners."

"Second Grandma..."

"Silent hoof, shut up, it's not your turn to speak here."

Just as Ping'er wanted to speak, Wang Xifeng yelled at her and went back.

"In this case, I will trouble the second sister-in-law."

Jia Min's face was calm, and his voice was unhurried.He gave Ping'er a wink and signaled her to leave it alone.

"From Zhou Rui's family, follow me to prepare food and drinks for Brother Min."

As soon as Wang Xifeng left, Baoyu followed him back.

"Go and do your work, don't worry about me, I have my own ideas."

"Ping'er, why don't you come over to work and go out for a few days, do you want to be a lady?"

Seeing Wang Xifeng yelling again, Ping'er took a look at Jia Min and had no choice but to go over.

After a while, Zhou Rui's family and Lin Zhixiao's family came over.

Zhou Rui's family took a small table one foot square, and a small 杌子 (small bench). Lin Zhixiao's family held a purple porcelain bowl in his left hand and a bowl of rice in his right hand, and put them on the small table with a bang.Another woman took a glass and a jug of wine and put them on the table.

"Fourth Master Min, there are no tables, food and drinks, so I have to make do with it. Please forgive me, Fourth Master Min."

After Zhou Rui's family finished speaking, they left without waiting for Jia Min to say anything.

The banquet officially started, and the atmosphere immediately became lively. You respect me, I respect you, and so on.

The one closest to Jia Min was the table where Lai Da and the others were in charge. Seeing that Jia Min didn't respond, they sat alone at that small table. They discussed a few words at first, but then they didn't care.

Although they didn't have a good impression of Jia Min, they also felt that such an arrangement was really too much.

However, they also knew that this was Lian's second grandma's idea, so they pretended not to see it and took care of themselves.Xindao didn't take long anyway, he lost the bet, and there will be no more jumping around from now on.You don't have to be afraid of him anymore.

Zhang Cai was also at the table, looking at Jia Min from time to time. Although he sympathized, he only sighed a few times in his heart.

Xue Pan and Jia Huan knew that Jia Min was coming, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, they came over with glasses.Seeing Jia Min's table and food, he was also taken aback.I wanted to take this opportunity to taunt Jia Min, but seeing that Jia Min was just drinking slowly, he didn't dare to say anything, and went back quietly.

Fenghua and Xueyue were helping in the kitchen, when they came out to serve the table in charge, they saw Jia Min.

Seeing Jia Min's situation, she immediately burst into tears.Neither of them dared to say anything, so they went back to find Ping'er.When Ping'er came, she immediately burst into tears, pulling Fenghua and Xueyue, crying all the way, and left the courtyard.

Baochai has always been alert. First, Jia Min came, Baoyu passed, and then Sister Feng came...

Looking at this series of scenes, one knows that there must be something unusual here.Later, when I saw my brother passing by, I was afraid that my brother would have a conflict with Jia Min if he drank too much wine, so he came here.

One is to persuade my brother to go back, and the other is to say hello to Jia Min.

On the way, Xue Pan met Xue Pan and went back. Xue Pan whispered a few words to Baochai, and Baochai's expression changed drastically.After walking a few steps, he came to Jia Min.

I saw a few dishes randomly piled up in the porcelain bowl, obviously leftovers from before.A bowl of rice is also burnt.

The food didn't move, Jia Min just drank slowly and calmly.

Suddenly, Baochai wanted to cry and trembled.There was a pain in my heart.

This is simply too much.Even if you don't wait to see him again, you can't treat others like this.

After all, he was a master.The servants over there are all sitting on the big table drinking, serving ten dishes and eight bowls, but calling a master like this, this is not embarrassing for fourth brother Min, it is purely embarrassing for the family, if this matter gets out, There is no dignity in the house.

Holding back tears, Baochai went back.It was not easy for her to come forward, so she went to find Yuanyang, and she wanted Yuanyang to handle the matter quietly.

Princess Nan'an felt anxious and wanted to go to the toilet.Passing through the banquet, I passed by Jia Min's table.

When I saw a person eating at a small table, I felt that this person looked familiar.After a closer look, he recognized him as the illegitimate son of the Jia family.Looking at the food again, I was immediately shocked.

Finally, after a long battle, she kept her composure and hurried to the toilet.After returning, he quietly told the matter to several female relatives who came with him.

Those few refused to believe it, so they left the banquet in the name of going to the toilet and came to Jia Min.

Seeing several outside guests standing there, the housekeepers approaching Jia Min finally realized something was wrong.Xue Pan and Jia Huan also understood that this matter was going to be bad, but they didn't dare to say anything.

While Jia Zheng was drinking, he remembered that he wanted to toast his mother and several elders, so he led some Qing guests to Rongxi Hall.

The first time I saw Jia Min, when I saw Jia Min's food, I burst into tears and howled loudly.

He stumbled to Jiamu's table, and knelt down with a plop.

　明天还是三更，分别在8：00、15:00、22:00。

　　
　
(End of this chapter)