CHAPTER XXII
In the afternoon, when Jia Min came back from Jia's mother, he soon learned about his daughter's glorious deeds today from the maid's mouth.
Jia Min:
Jia Min felt that her head was starting to hurt again, and before she could think about how to solve the matter, Mama Li walked in with a smile: "Madam, the young master is back." ”
Xuanyu followed Mama Li into the house and saluted Jia Min, who hurriedly helped him up and asked, "It's done." ”
Xuanyu said with a smile: "It's all done, the second brother Lian has done it in advance, and Mr. has also been to Guozijian, and he was taken by them, and the journey was very smooth, and the gentlemen inside were very kind." Saying that, he took a sip of the tea handed over by the little maid on the side, "It's just that my mother, Mr. said that we have settled down now, and he has completed his father's entrustment, so he will leave and go back to Yangzhou." ”
Jia Min's brows subconsciously frowned slightly, and when he saw Xuanyu looking over, he smiled again: "That's fine, it's troublesome Mr. this way." He instructed Mama Li: "Mom and go to arrange, all the things must be prepared, be sure to let Mr. walk comfortably, only I am a woman, and it is not easy to come forward, so I will not send it in person, and my mother will go on my behalf and report to Mr. ”
Xuanyu saw that her mother seemed to have expected Peng Shixing's departure, and said tentatively: "Mother, why is Mr. so anxious, not to mention that now that my sister and I have come to the capital, what is Mr. going back to Yangzhou to do?" ”
Jia Min smiled: "What's this, your husband has his own reason for going back, it's your father's official business, you don't understand, don't ask the children." ”
Along the way and even just now, Xuanyu had already found that his mother's attitude towards Peng Shixing seemed to be different, and even faintly disgusted and repulsed, although Jia Min hid it in front of them, he had always been sensitive to human feelings, how could he not detect it. But because he has always been well-behaved, seeing that Jia Min obviously didn't want to talk more, he stopped talking.
Xuanyu was silent here, but there was a humane over there: "You adults always feel that we children don't understand anything, and we don't let people know about anything, but we don't know, in fact, we all know it in our hearts!" It was Lin Daiyu who walked out of the room.
Lin Daiyu and Sanchun Hongmao quarreled all morning, and in the afternoon, a few people dispersed, while Daiyu squinted in the room for a while, and heard the conversation between Jia Min and Xuanyu as soon as she got up.
When Jia Min saw Daiyu walking in front of him, he rubbed his eyes in a bit of confusion, and poked Daiyu's forehead with a smile: "Oh, then what do you understand." ”
Daiyu was poked by Jia Min to be completely sober, looked at Lin Xuanyu who was winking at herself, and counted her fingers one by one unconvinced: "I understand a lot, for example, the ancestor is good to me, but the second aunt doesn't like me, the eldest aunt wants to please the ancestor, Sister Feng and the second aunt are good, Sister Feng doesn't like the eldest aunt, and the sister of Xichun is not interested in her sister."
Jia Min didn't just tease her, but she didn't expect Daiyu to really say that she was ugly, and couldn't help touching Daiyu's sleeping red face: "Oh, is this really my daughter?" How can you be so smart? ”
Daiyu dodged Jia Min's hand touching up and down, jumped to Xuanyu's side, and squeezed her eyebrows at Xuanyu, subtext - don't worry, only the two of us know the secret.
Daiyu really opened Jia Min's eyes this time, she thought that her daughter was an elm head in terms of human affection, and it was estimated that there would be no hope for her in the future, so she could only find a simple in-law at home, but she might as well see it so clearly: "You all know, how do you usually play blindly and go on a rampage?" ”
Daiyu was puzzled: "What does this have to do with this, you adults just think a lot, whoever is good to me, I will be good to whom, whoever is not good to me, then I will not ignore him, if anyone wants to harm our family, then they will be all over the ground looking for teeth!" He waved his little fist as he spoke.
Jia Min:
Jia Min deeply felt that there was something wrong with Daiyu's education, and looked at Xuanyu, who also grew up, how worry-free: "Then what if you can't beat it?" ”
Daiyu didn't hesitate: "Then I'll fight when I'm done!" ”
Jia Min:
Jia Min stroked his forehead, feeling that there were green tendons jumping: "There is nothing in this world, it can be simply reduced to whether you can beat or not." ”
Daiyu smiled and took Xuanyu's hand: "Then there is a younger brother, Xuanyu always has a way, I just listen to my younger brother." Seeing that Jia Min was about to say more, he pulled Xuanyu forward and grabbed Jia Min, "Mother, don't be afraid, Xuanyu and I will protect you in the future." ”
Jia Min sighed, felt relieved again, and was about to speak, but Mama Li, who went to see off Peng Shixing, came back, Mama Li walked up to Jia Min and said, "Madam, Mr. Peng said that Mrs. Lao bothered, and" Saying that, Mama Li glanced at Daiyu and Xuanyu.
Seeing this, Jia Min said to the two: "Daiyu Xuanyu, you go play." ”
Daiyu pursed her lips and muttered, "It's this set again, and they all say that we understand." But he still said goodbye with Xuanyu and left obediently.
Seeing that the two were leaving, Mama Li relayed Peng Shixing's words to Jia Min, but it was Peng Shixing who wished Daiyu a successful selection of the princess's companion.
Jia Min's face sank, knowing that he was reminding himself not to forget about it.
Mama Li said worriedly: "Madam, don't you really want to send the young lady into the palace, for people like us, it's not a good place." ”
Jia Min frowned, pondered for a while, and suddenly said to Mama Li: "Daiyu doesn't have to hide her nonsense today, and she doesn't have to worry about the amount of food, let her go." ”
Mama Li was busy.
When it was time for dinner, Jia's mother sent someone to invite Jia Min to eat together.
In the Rongxi Hall, the maids were busy setting the meal, and Jia's mother was still smiling, and said to Jia Min: "Xuanyu is like Aunt Lin, he has always been good at reading, and now he has entered the Guozijian, and he will definitely come out in the future. ”
Jia Min responded with a smile, and others also praised it, but Mrs. Wang was quite dissatisfied in her heart, what does it mean to be like Aunt Lin, Jia Zheng has been in the Ministry of Industry for many years, and Wupin is a thorn in her heart so far, especially when comparing Jia Min.
And Lin Xuanyu's ability to enter the Guozijian also made her envious, Rongguofu's generation also has a quota, but it has been given to Jia Zhu at the beginning, and the royal family has strict requirements for the Guozijian, and now her Baoyu has no way to enter unless she takes the exam herself, but no matter how dissatisfied she is, Mrs. Wang also knows that it is impossible for Lin Xuanyu to give up the quota to Baoyu, but her heart is sour.
It's a pity that Mrs. Wang is pantothenic acid here, Jia Baoyu has already come to Daiyu, and said attentively: "I got out of school today, bought some interesting gadgets in the capital, and I will send them to my sister later, and my sister will enjoy it when she is free." ”
Lin Daiyu didn't want to pay attention to him, afraid that she couldn't help the impulse in her heart, but she was attracted by his words, nodded, and reluctantly said: "Since that's the case, then send it." After speaking, he felt that he had to be polite, and added, "Trouble cousin." ”
Baoyu was very happy when she was praised, her face smiled, and she made persistent efforts: "In the future, I will buy more gadgets for my sister, there are a lot of them in Beijing, and there are a lot of food, presumably my sister has never seen it in the south, so I will also send it to my sister." ”
Daiyu heard that this cousin was so attentive, and felt that Baoyu seemed to be a little more pleasing to the eye, but if he had been so upright, he could consider covering it in the future and being his third little brother.
Seeing Baoyu and Daiyu whispering together, Mrs. Wang was a little displeased, and was about to interrupt, but when she saw that the dishes had been served, everyone stopped talking and sat down, waiting for Jia's mother to move the chopsticks.
Mrs. Wang had to swallow her words, stood beside Jia's mother, and gave Jia's mother a pair of chopsticks, waiting for Jia's mother to let her step back as usual, but she didn't see Jia's mother's reaction for a long time, Mrs. Wang secretly looked at Jia's mother's face, but Jia's mother was old and fine, as usual, how could she make her see, so she had to continue to stand and cook for Jia's mother.
Seeing this, everyone at the bottom couldn't help but think to themselves, Sister Feng glanced at Mrs. Wang worriedly, Mrs. Xing's face was not obvious, but she was secretly happy in her heart, she could see the majestic second wife deflated, even if it was just a trivial matter, it made her happy, not to mention that this may not be a signal, the mother-in-law may be dissatisfied with the second room, so it is not an opportunity for a big house.
However, everyone soon didn't have the heart to think about whether Mrs. Wang had offended Jia's mother.
Lin Daiyu, who had already been instructed by Jia Min, did not have to hide, and was hungry for herself, completely let go, and the rice in the bowl was empty for a while, bowl after bowl, in a short period of time, the dishes in front of Daiyu were more than half empty, and quickly continued to be empty, it was rare that her etiquette was decent
Everyone's eyes were attracted by Daiyu, but fortunately, she was raised there and maintained her demeanor, but she couldn't hide her shock.
Jia Baoyu:
Jia Baoyu was already stunned, just watching this fairy-like sister quickly empty the plate in front of her, and wondered a little dazedly, should I bring more snacks outside in the future?
Jia Mu was worthy of being an old feudal monarch, but she was only surprised for a moment, and then continued to calmly instruct Mrs. Wang.
Jia Min had expected it, and calmly ate under the eyes of everyone with various meanings. Originally, this was a rare opportunity for Mrs. Wang to laugh at Jia Min, but unfortunately, at this moment, she was being instructed by Jia's mother to make Tuan Tuan unable to distract, and she was worried about Jia's mother's purpose, but she glanced at it in surprise, and then cheered up again and continued to cook for Jia Mu.
When Jia's mother put down the chopsticks, and everyone put down the dishes and chopsticks, Mrs. Wang's feet were already a little sore, except for the new daughter-in-law, when did she serve Jia's mother like this, but she didn't dare to show it at all, after all, filial piety to her mother-in-law is her duty as a daughter-in-law.
After eating, Jia's mother rarely rubbed Baoyu into her arms and spoke, and everyone was about to disperse, but Jia's mother said to Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing: "The eldest daughter-in-law, the second daughter-in-law, you stay first and talk to me for a while." He said to the mandarin duck again: "Go and invite the eldest master and the second master to come over." ”
Not to mention how Mrs. Wang was worried here, how Mrs. Xing gloated, and how Wang Xifeng, who left, secretly speculated that it was Jia's mansion that they had something to talk about, Daiyu followed Jia Min to leave.
Thousands of miles away in Jinling, there is a family packing their luggage and preparing to enter Beijing.