Chapter 42
During the three years of filial piety, Jia Yu only did a few things at home: then cleaned up the people left behind by the Shi family, placed people in the second room, tidied up the family school with Jia Jing, hired a famous teacher to teach Jia Hu at home, and collected a lot of good wood, except for some prepared to be kept for Jia Qiong as a dowry, and the rest were all used to build a courtyard for her grandmother, named Xuancaotang.
Legend has it that daylilies can make people forget their worries, also known as forgetful worries, Jia Yu named his grandmother's new residence as Xuancao Hall, which is not only to hope that grandmother can come out of the grief of his father's death, but also to hope that grandmother can enjoy her life under her own support, carefree, disease-free and painless, but also to remind yourself to be careful in everything, and never do anything that will affect the family. As for the false name brought by the heavy money to build the yard for his grandmother, well, it is not useless, at least it can be used to suppress the bad influence of the younger brother who likes women on his branch.
- After Jia Zheng came out of office, he was originally full of ambition to think that he could show his skills and overpower Jia Yu, who knew that his communication skills were really lacking, and Jia Yu was a side-by-hand and did not give any support, although the Wang family helped, but Jia Zheng was not from a serious imperial examination, and the Wang family was not a clear stream, even if there was a foil, it did not have much effect. Jia Zheng's officialdom and literature were all unexpected, so he felt depressed and unwilling, in addition to the dots every day, he only talked about poetry and words with a few Qing guests who came to the door at home, and under the pampering of those people, there were several more people in the house, and the red sleeves added fragrance every day, and he boasted of being romantic; As soon as others inquired about the number of concubines in Jia Zheng's backyard, they praised the merry and talented man in front of him, and he covered his mouth and smiled behind his back, and some people said: "This Jia family brother is one scholar and one martial artist, but the one who learns literature likes women like an upstart, and the one who practices martial arts is clean and self-conscious like a scholarly family, which is also a spectacle." ”
Jia Zheng has a lascivious reputation, and Jia Yu is so happy - what is he most famous for his pardon in his last life? Yes, he is lascivious, lustful and mediocre, Jia Zheng has been driven over there by him in this life, but he doesn't mind giving Jia Zheng the hat he wore in his previous life, really, but Jia Zheng will bring the concubines and concubines like this, he doesn't want Jia Zheng to make a bunch of slave seeds, that is, the "Yuan" concubine Niangniang who will make the Jia family cook oil and flowers but then run out of vitality and the broken stone Jia Baoyu, who "has a vision", he doesn't want either.
——According to the Jia family in the previous life, this sister and brother are just the children of a five-grade petty official, but they are born with a great creation, and a new year is born with a rich and unparalleled life, and they are named after the word "Yuan······ The Jia family is the birthday star, who hanged himself for a long time, and he was looking for death!
It's just that the reputation of lust is really not a good thing, Jia Zheng is no matter how romantic he is, as long as he doesn't go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, it will not affect his career, but it will affect the style of the Jia family, Jia Yu can only be more clean and self-conscious for the sake of Jia Hu Jia Qiong's future marriage, and at the same time make up for it elsewhere.
Far away, although this Xuancao Hall is not as close as the West Courtyard where Shi now lives and Rongxi Hall, which is only separated by a wall, it is much closer to Rongxi Hall than the courtyard where Mrs. Tai originally lived, and it didn't take much time for the brothers and sisters to arrive at Xuancao Hall.
Mrs. Tai had already eaten, and was listening to the eldest girl listening to the rain reading a book for her, and she was very happy to see the brother and sister coming together, and asked in a loud voice, "Have you eaten yet?" The daughter-in-law is fine, did she vomit during the meal? Is it cold outside? ”
Jia Yu sat down next to his grandmother and replied one by one: "I have already left my sister to eat at Yu'er's side, An Ning looks fine, she didn't vomit, it seems that this child is a well-behaved person, and he doesn't toss his mother; The wind outside is still a little cold, so you should pay attention to your body when you go to bed at night and don't catch a cold. ”
Mrs. Tai took his hand and smiled: "Okay, you should also be careful of your body, don't be greedy if someone else invites you to drink on weekdays, and your daughter-in-law, you also look at it, it is not easy for her to be pregnant, maybe a woman's temper will change greatly after she is pregnant, if her temper becomes bad these days, you have to let it go." ”
Jia Yu hurriedly said: "An Ning is the most appropriate person, where do you need your grandson to worry about, and she is very hard to conceive her grandson's child, if she has a bad temper for a while, her grandson should let it." ”
Speaking of the child in Zhang Xian's belly, Mrs. Tai immediately came to her senses: "Speaking of which, your daughter-in-law is really blessed, Yishu IKEA, not to mention anything else, she not only gave birth to Hu'er and Qiong'er for you, but now she is pregnant again, she is really a great hero of our family." ”
Thinking of his wife, Jia Yu said sincerely: "An Ning is indeed a good thing, and it is a blessing for Yu'er to be able to marry her in this life." Zhang Xian, as his wife, gave birth to a child for him, took care of the housework, honored his grandmother and father, and stood firmly by his side no matter what he did, he now doubts that he was blind in his last life to ignore such a good woman, and what fishy and smelly things are pulled into the house to give her no face, and he is even more ignorant of her situation in the inner house, Zhang Xian has no support from her husband and has no firm foothold at home, and died early after losing the protection of her grandmother.
Mrs. Tai patted his hand and said angrily: "Your daughter-in-law is naturally good, you are not bad, in the future, the husband and wife will be harmonious and beautiful, how can it not be her blessing to marry you." Although she didn't marry into the same scholarly family as the Zhang family, compared to Jia Zheng married by the Wang family, Jia Yu married by Zhang Xian is really much better, at least Zhang Xian doesn't have to face the concubine on the left of her husband like the Wang family.
Yes, no matter how good the granddaughter-in-law is, she still has to take a step backwards in front of her grandson.
Jia Yu couldn't cry or laugh for a while, Jia Min sat on the right side of Mrs. Tai, just lowered her head and smiled slightly, Jia Yu hurriedly said: "Speaking of peace, Yu'er has to ask you for one more thing." ”
Mrs. Tai said curiously: "What else do you ask me for in this family?" ”
Jia Yu smiled: "It's nothing else, it's An Ning's business, An Ning has a body, it's not very convenient to be a housekeeper, do you have to beg you to lend Min'er's sister to Yu'er to help the housekeeper for a while?" ”
Mrs. Tai looked at her granddaughter and thought for a while: "I thought it was something, it turned out to be this, but you have to beg your sister to go to this matter, if Min'er is unwilling, I can't be the master, if Min'er is willing, I don't have to worry about being bored without Min'er by my side, Min'er is also older, it's time to try to take care of the housekeeper by yourself." ”
Jia Yu smiled and said: "As long as you are willing to lend your sister to Yu'er, a person as good as your sister will definitely be willing to help Yu'er." ”
Mrs. Tai then asked Jia Min: "Min'er, your brother said that he asked you to help him with the housekeeping, what do you think?" ”
Jia Min lowered his head and replied: "My brother can afford Min'er, and he doesn't dislike Min'er's shallowness, of course Min'er is doing her best to share her brother's sister-in-law's worries." ”
Mrs. Tai let go of Jia Yu's hand, and then hugged her granddaughter: "Don't do your best, your brother and sister-in-law definitely don't want you to hurt your body for this matter, the housekeeper's business can be done slowly, if you don't understand anything, just ask your sister-in-law, this matter, you have learned it now, and it will be of infinite use in the future, which is also a piece of your brother and sister-in-law's heart." ”
Jia Min replied with a red face: "Min'er knows." ”
Mrs. Tai said a few more words and asked Jia Min to go back to rest: "You are also tired today, and you will be housekeeper with your sister-in-law from tomorrow, so let's go back and rest early." He also instructed the maid beside Jia Min: "Remember to boil up the hot J □ J for your girls to drink, and sleep better at night." ”
Xia He, who was beside Jia Min, responded: "Yes, the slaves dare not forget it for a day." ”
The maidservants hugged Jia Min and left, Jia Yu looked at her sister's back thoughtfully, and Mrs. Tai asked with a smile, "What are you doing?" ”
Jia Yu reacted that he was stunned when he took the tea, and it was a little strange whether he wanted to drink it or not, so he hurriedly took a sip in disguise: "It's nothing, Yu'er is just thinking, my sister is also older, and she will ······ in the future."
Mrs. Tai said with a smile: "How old is Min'er, are you in a hurry to sweep your sister out of the house as an elder brother, where is it comfortable to be a daughter-in-law, I have to keep her for a few more years." However, Min'er's life should also be considered carefully, although there is no urgency now, but it is always a good thing to be prepared. ”
Jia Yu thought for a while: "Speaking of this, Yu'er has an idea, my sister's husband must be from the scholarly family, although most of the scholarly families have strict rules, but it will be okay if you adapt to it, the family rules are strict, the house is quiet, and the younger sister may suffer fewer grievances; And most of those families have been passed down for many generations, not shallower than our family, don't worry about 'gentlemen's ze, five generations and behead', my sister can also live a peaceful and happy life. ”
Mrs. Tai touched the wrench on her hand with her fingers, glanced at him, and suddenly said: "The old lady of the Dongping Hou family and the Marquis of Jinxiang both revealed their meaning to me, and they wanted Min'er to marry their family as a concubine. ”
Jia Yu suddenly choked on a sip of tea in his throat and coughed, the maid hurriedly patted his back to give him relief, and Mrs. Tai also asked knowingly: "Both of them are Hou Mansion, our family is now the General's Mansion, and our family is the right one, the same wealth and glory, and being a princess can't be wronged Min'er, what do you think?" ”
Jia Yu relieved himself, and his first sentence was: "No! ”
Knowing that Mrs. Tai wanted to test his vision of choosing his in-laws, Jia Yu came one by one: "It's true that the Hou Mansion and our family are well-to-do, but my sister was taught by you according to the rules of the scholarly family, the Marquis of Dongping and the Marquis of Jinxiang are both nobles, and the rules are different from the family, so the hard work you spent on your sister is not in vain, and your sister can't adapt quickly when she marries in; And the noble family, most of them started with the ancestors, the foundation is too shallow, the descendants of the ancestors, lying on the merits of the ancestors to enjoy the honor of the more, less enterprising, and even relying on the merits of the ancestors to do the prestige, the descendants are not good, one generation or two generations are down, and the family is likely to be powerless in the future, and what will the sister do when the time comes. "I can't let my sister worry about planning for her children and grandchildren when she is old! And the most important thing is that the children of those noble families are no better than Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen in the previous life, and Jia Amnesty's first criterion for choosing a husband for Jia Min is that the other party's family must have forty childless concubines, and it is okay if there is no forty thirty-five, and it has to be a family that strictly abides by the family rules.
Mrs. Tai continued to make things difficult: "Even so, you also know that our family is afraid that we can't look down on it in the eyes of those wealthy families, and there is a way of 'Wenwu Shudao', Min'er is afraid that it is very difficult to marry into a scholarly family, and besides, if you marry your sister to a scholar, I am afraid that some people will say that you are not good to your sister and marry her to a poor scholar." ”
The girl's family has to marry at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and if she marries a scholar at this time, unless she is talented to the point of being amazing, she is generally still fighting for the fame of showing off her talents.
Moreover, in case the husband Jia Yu chose for Jia Min was unlucky, he would not be able to get a jinshi in his life······
Jia Yu, who laughed at something, didn't care, but this question had to be thought about carefully, luck really didn't mean that there was one, thinking of some people with gray hair and beard who had not yet been admitted to a famous scholar, he couldn't help but say to his grandmother: "Why don't you let my sister marry into An Ning's mother's family?" The Zhang family has a good tutor and family rules, it should not be difficult to find someone who is willing to be motivated, and there is an uncle who helps them watch, and life will not be bad. "The more children of the family, the better the education they can receive, and the more likely they are to stand out in the scientific examination, and most importantly, the Zhang family knows Jia Min's character, and they must be willing to marry.
Mrs. Tai said, "Aren't you planning to let Hu'er marry the girl from her brother-in-law's family?" In this way, it will be difficult for Min'er to choose the Zhang family. ”
Zhang Xian's eldest brother's eldest daughter is only one year younger than Jia Hu, and she is also gentle and amiable, although she did not say it clearly, but the two families have reached a tacit understanding with each other, and Jia Hu will take the road of imperial examination in the future.
Jia Yu scratched his head, just knowing that when Zhang Xian was pregnant again, he also planned to marry the one in Zhang Xian's belly and the fingertip that Zhang Rui's wife was carrying, but what his grandmother said was also that the Zhang family was good, but he had a sister and several children, so he couldn't just marry the Zhang family.
In this way, Jia Min's husband has really become a headache, fortunately, Jia Min is still young, and he is not too anxious now, he still has a few years to plan slowly: "The grandson will slowly look at each other for his sister, and he must find a knowledgeable family for his sister, not to seek great wealth and wealth, but to ask his sister to be safe and worry-free for the rest of her life. ”
As for the brother-in-law Lin Ruhai in the previous life, not to mention anything else, it is enough for him and Jia Min to have no children, and Jia Yu directly excluded him from the brother-in-law candidate - Lin Ruhai has no son-in-law, but it is the same if he has a concubine, Jia Min is raised by his side? What are you kidding, he gave his sister enough dowry for his sister and his sister's children to be carefree for a lifetime, but not for his in-laws' concubines!
Mrs. Tai was relieved: "This matter is not in a hurry, you just look at it slowly, in the end, it is related to your sister's life, you still have to be very cautious, if there is a good candidate, also ask your brothers-in-law to help take a look." ”
Jia Yu agreed, and said with a smile: "I thought, in a few years, Hu'er will be in Xiucai, let him worship his eldest uncle, and if his eldest uncle is willing to marry, he will be both a disciple and a son-in-law, wouldn't it be a beautiful thing." "It's just that if there is any unexpected situation when the time comes, you can't get married, and you also have the status of master and apprentice, which is not harmful to Jia Hu.
Mrs. Tai said, "That's fine." After a while, he sighed again: "In the end, our family is from a military background, and we can't give Hu'er more support than those scholarly families." "As for the grandson Jia Zheng, who 'loves to read' and also takes the civil official route, the old man directly ignored him.
Jia Yu hurriedly persuaded: "Although our family is not a scholarly family now, as long as Hu'er and they have ambition, sooner or later our family will be able to get rid of this big and rough hat, just like Brother Jing over there, after he won the Jinshi, who doesn't praise it." ”
Moreover, the hope of his generation is that the Jia family can pass on and become a scholarly family.
Mrs. Tai was comforted when she heard this, Jia Yu persuaded a few more words, and then chatted with her grandmother for a while about all kinds of new things she heard outside today, and only said goodbye when she saw that it was already dark, Mrs. Tai knew that he was going to Shi's side and did not stop him, so she sent him out.
Although the west compound where Shi lives is close to the Rongxi Hall where the couple live, the number of times Jia Yu comes here is far less than the number of times he goes to Mrs. Tai's Xuancao Hall.
Jia Yu arrived at the West Courtyard and entered the Buddhist hall, originally thinking that there would be no one else except the Shi family, the grandmother and the waiting maid who recited the Buddha, but unexpectedly found that there was another person in the Buddhist hall, a person who should not be here at this time - Wang.
The author has something to say: Have you ever seen a person who can have diarrhea all day just by drinking ordinary soy milk······?
The title of the old duchess should be Mrs. Tai [covering her face] Thank you Xiao Qiao for the reminder, and thank you for the mines of Slow Pig, Berbelia, the future princess and other relatives {Huh, the princess? }
Do you want to drop Jia Min's Lin Ruhai butterfly, and Jia Lian, how about matching him with the children of Zhang Rui's family?
[The dead manuscript box floated behind someone: "If it's all men, how can you match?" Bug: "······ Will you die if you don't complain? ”】