Jia Jiu looked at Shi Xiangyun, then at Xue Baochai, then at Tanchun and Li Kun, and sighed slightly in his heart. Even if there is no Wang Xifeng, even if Mrs. Xing lies down, Mrs. Wang is locked in the Buddha hall, and even if Lin Daiyu has not come to Jia's house, these people are becoming more and more similar to the original book.

Shi Xiangyun is still the innocent and innocent person in the original book, with his own little calculations behind his back, and straightforward and fast-talking, but sometimes he doesn't ask whether it is right or wrong, and pokes the tips of other people's hearts every sentence, making people want to slap him to death with one palm.

Xue Baochai may have been naïve in the past, but now she is becoming more and more similar to the dignified sister in the original book, who likes to teach others to express herself, and strives not to fall behind others.

After Li Kun beat Jia Zhu to death, he guarded his small home as an invisible person. Except for his son and the money, he was not close to anyone else at all. Jia's mother is just that, there are still a lot of provinces in the morning and dusk, but Tanchun, the sister-in-law, only has face left.

As for Tanchun, although he lived in Jia's mother's yard and was taken care of by Jia's mother, his life was not easy. Although he is the daughter of Jia Zheng and the granddaughter of Jia's mother, according to national law, he is just a maidservant daughter. What's more, because of the relationship between the maid and the daughter, he is not even qualified to be on the register, that is to say, his sister Jia Yuanchun is still qualified to participate in the general election, but he, Jia Tanchun, can't even touch the palace gate, what's more, even if he is married to a concubine from an official eunuch's family, even if it is an unsuccessful person, there are many things that he wants.

Because he knew his identity early, Tanchun was looking forward to climbing up more than ever before. He knows. There are two ways out, one is to flatter Mrs. Wang and make Mrs. Wang nod. If you put yourself in his name, then he is still a serious girl of the Jia family, not a servant daughter who is not a slave or a master; The other is to please Jia Yu's family and let Jia Yu pass him over.

This is because Jia Yu has a legal concubine, so. He has the qualifications to have a concubine, that is, as long as Jia's mother is willing. Jia Yu nodded, then she could become Jia Yu's concubine, and she was also a serious girl in this house. is not a small worker of the Ministry of Labor, and the daughter of the foreign Lang's family who cannot be on the table.

Jia Yu's concubine, and Jia Zheng's maidservant. Anyone can see the difference. Don't say that the concubine is a lot taller than the maidservant. Even Jia Zheng's own identity is a big difference in Jia Yu. Jia Yu has just been promoted to the Marquis of Rongguo, but Jia Zheng is a member of the Ministry of Labor for nearly 20 years.

Whether it is official title or ability, these two brothers are much worse.

In Tanchun's opinion, with Mrs. Wang's heart, it is impossible for him to nod and remember herself as a concubine. Mrs. Wang would not want to see herself rob his daughter Jia Yuanchun's light. Moreover, Jia Zheng has been disliked. stayed in the back for a few years, making him a daughter. It will always be difficult in the future, and it is impossible to marry out and be a fair-headed lady.

On Jia Yu's side, Jia Yu is already a marquis, even if he lives at home like Jia Zheng, where is his title. Even if some people say that Jia Yu himself doesn't have much ability, the qiē he has is also arranged for him by others. But many times, luck is a strength, and being able to get help from others is also a strength.

In contrast, Jia Zheng is very unbearable, he himself has no knowledge, and he is even more incapable of doing things. What is even more criticized is that he has low morality, and Jia Zheng's bad reputation is the same as Jia Yu's good reputation, and it appears relatively at the same time, but the evaluation is completely opposite.

When others talk about Jia Zheng, they will first think of Jia Mu. Jia's mother has been shrewd all her life, but when she is old, because of her son, she has become an old fool in other people's mouths. Every time I mention the matter of the Jia family, I will say that Jia Zheng's son is very unreasonable, and he doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth has stolen the honor that belongs to his father Jia Daishan, and he has lived in the Rongxi Hall of Rongguo Mansion for ten years, but he has made the old mother bear the reputation of being an old fool, which is extremely unfilial.

In contrast, Jia Yu's obedience to his mother, in order to make his mother happy, in order to make her mother comfortable, gave up her family business, although this behavior is suspected of being foolish and filial, but it also occupies a moral positive.

Compared with the wives of the two people, Mrs. Wang did a lot of evil and killed three lives of Jia Yu's family. Mrs. Wang is certainly wrong, but the world pays attention to being a man in front of people and teaching his wife later. Mrs. Wang is not good, that is because Jia Zheng herself is not good, and she did not give Mrs. Wang due guidance; Second, he may have the same intention and let Mrs. Wang kill his sister-in-law and nephew, so that he can have a chance to kill his brother.

Such a person is not worthy of being called a human being at all.

In contrast, although Jia Yu has many shortcomings, he has a good heart, even if his younger brother makes a big mistake, he is not willing to kill his younger brother's family, and even supports his younger brother's family after the separation. His wife, who has been lying in the house in a groggy state for five or six years, has been an ordinary person, but he is afraid that this wife will die early and be born sooner, but he still guards this wife, and still uses it on the body of this stepwife.

Therefore, Jia Yu is a person, although there may be no less concubines and concubines around him, but he is a person who is affectionate and righteous. It's not like his brother, it's chilling.

These facts, even Tanchun, who lives in Jia's mother's yard, have faintly heard of them. Therefore, Tanchun knows better than anyone that being Jia Yu's daughter is better than being Jia Zheng's daughter, I don't know how many times, not to mention, he can still get a serious identity, not the current non-slave and master-like appearance. Although he is nominally Jia's mother's granddaughter, in fact, he is not as good as those girls. Otherwise, there would be no need for him to pay for it.

Tanchun knew very well that once he made his choice, he couldn't change it. He said to himself that he was not alone, and that he had a younger brother. Jia Huan is the son of Jia Zheng, and he is a servant son, even if he wants to go to the imperial examination in the future, he will be turned away, even for his own brother, he must also work hard.

Tanchun still remembers that Jia Yu will adopt Jia Qian and Jia Qing sisters because his daughter Jia Jiu is going to participate in the general election, once she participates in the general election. The future is out of the family's control. At the same time, the age difference between Jia Lian and Jia Cong is not small, after the separation. Jia Yu's side is becoming more and more thin.

Although Jia Yu's reputation was not good for a long time in the past, even Jia Lian and Jia Jiu's son and daughter were taken care of by Jia's mother and Mrs. Jia Zhengwang. But at that time, Tanchun was young and didn't pay attention. And when Tanchun grew up little by little, what he saw was Jia Yu's plan for his son and daughter, and for Jia Lian's future. Jia Yu risked disobeying Jia's mother, and stopped Jia's mother several times from saying kiss for Jia Lian; In order for her daughter Jia Jiu to be smooth and profitable in the future, Jia Yu has begun to accumulate a large amount of money for her daughter's dowry. This number even exceeds that of Jia Min.

Even the two sisters Jia Qian and Jia Qing, because Jia Yu was quite satisfied with them, they also asked the following to prepare a dowry for them. I heard that Jia Yu prepared a dowry for the two of them. It's not much worse than Jia Min back then.

Tanchun is not jealous of Jia Jiu. but jealous of Jia Qian and Jia Qing. But he also made a calculation in his heart.

Since Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, and Jia Qing all have to participate in the concubine election, if they are not selected, then they will naturally marry the family themselves, but if they are selected, they will be nobles. In that way, unless they are high-ranking concubines as soon as they enter the palace, they will have to survive in the palace.

Of course, Tanchun hopes that all three of them can be selected. One comes. The royal concubine Niangniang who has a serious family is naturally decent. Secondly. Once these three become nobles, Jia Yu will inevitably lack a candidate for marriage. Although she is not talented, she is the granddaughter of Jia's mother and the niece daughter of Jia Yu, even if she is separated, she is closer than outsiders. As long as the operation can be obtained, it will naturally come naturally.

However, in order for Jia Yu to nod, two conditions must be met. First, Jia Yu recognized himself and felt that he was a good person. Tanchun knew that his uncle did not enter and leave the inner courtyard lightly, and even if he came to Jia's mother, it was for serious business. At that time, he, the maidservant, could not eavesdrop in the house, and had to avoid it. When Jia Yu finished finishing his business, he would leave in a proper manner. Speaking of which, Jia pardoned Jia Zheng's two brothers, and Jia Zheng spent more time in front of Jia's mother. This girl herself, even if she is Jia Yu's own niece and nephew, she can't see Jia Yu's face.

The second condition is naturally to ask Jia Mu to talk to Jia Yu. This, in Tanchun's view, is much simpler. Tanchun lives in Jia's mother's yard and knows a little about Jia's mother's thoughts. Not to mention anything else, Jia's mother's memory of Jia Zheng and her worries about Jia Baoyu are all in Tanchun's eyes.

In Tanchun's view, as long as Jia's mother sees her goodness and Jia's mother realizes that after she is adopted by Jia Yu, she can help her father Jia Zheng and her half-brother Jia Baoyu, then Jia's mother will naturally talk to Jia Yu.

Therefore, Tanchun's strategy is: Jia Jiu, the cousin, must be pleased; Jia Qian and Jia Qing's two cheap nieces, he also has to have a good relationship; Shi Xiangyun is Jia's mother's niece and granddaughter, and since she wants to have a relationship with him, she naturally can't have a bad relationship with him; Xue Baochai is Mrs. Wang's niece and daughter, and he has to keep a certain distance.

Also, it's the cousin of the Lin family.

Shi Xiangyun could feel Jia's mother's expectations for this granddaughter, and Tanchun had to please this upcoming cousin even more.

Shi Xiangyun's words and deeds against Xue Baochai were all seen in the spring. On the one hand, he was sighing that Shi Xiangyun was still full of childishness, and on the other hand, he was wary of Xue Baochai's light breeze. Tanchun thinks that if he changes himself, he will not say anything to fight back, and he will show an unhappy look, and he will not be able to do Xue Baochai to the point of spit on himself.

Xue Baochai hid his own affairs very deeply, even Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, and Jia Qing were also because of the two lives, so they guessed a little bit, how could a little girl like Tanchun know what Xue Baochai really thought in her heart?

However, even if Tanchun couldn't guess Xue Baochai's thoughts, it didn't prevent Tanchun from being vigilant against Xue Baochai.

Jia Jiu didn't want Shi Xiangyun to have an argument with Xue Baochai here, Xue Baochai's number of paragraphs was high, even if Shi Xiangyun won a temporary quarrel, his reputation was not good.

Therefore, Jia Jiu stopped Shi Xiangyun's next words, and instead said, "Why did Sister Bao come here now?" When you come, you don't call the little girls to report. These little hooves, the bigger they are, the more presumptuous they are. ”

Xue Baochai hurriedly smiled: "Where is it." This is the New Year, they are also tired of this year, and they should rest. It turned out that I was in a hurry and couldn't complain about them. ”

Jia Jiu smiled first, and then invited Xue Baochai to take a seat. When I picked up the tea bowl and saw my own reflection in the tea soup, I realized that something was wrong.

Xue Baochai's words are similar to those in the original book in his reform of the Grand View Garden. These girls are his Jia Jiu's girls. Their errands are taken care of by several life-level maids and grandmothers, as well as a few big girls such as Xiaohong, not to mention anything else, several life-level maids are all from the palace, and the mothers around Jia Jiu, except for Mama Zhao's daughter-in-law, Mama Zhao, the rest. They are all from the palace, and they naturally have rules for their behavior, and this is the New Year. When should someone be on duty, this is all counted, where does Jia Jiu need to worry about it?

Xue Baochai said this, looking sympathetic to these girls. But actually. But he was offending these grandmothers and offending him Jia Jiu.

In the original book, Tanchun intends to reform because the family's expenses are large, and he wants to be frugal, which is the original intention of Tanchun, and the reform of Daguanyuan is just a process. But as soon as Xue Baochai intervened, the minions in the Grand View Garden were naturally happy, but the original intention was distorted. It also buried the hidden dangers of the eventful Grand View Garden in the future, and the warbler pinched up with those mothers-in-law for a few willow branches and a flower basket woven by willow branches.

This reform. No matter what Xue Baochai thinks in his heart, his appearance is really unsatisfactory. The reform was originally initiated for the sake of frugality, but as a result, at least four hundred taels of silver, which should have been thrifty, went into the hands of those slaves. These slaves, serving in the Grand View Garden, used to receive monthly money, but as a result, they did the same work, but received more than one sum of silver. Xue Baochai's changes seem to have clear rights and responsibilities, but in fact, it is almost equivalent to exchanging the Jia family's money for his good reputation, and even caused chaos among the upper and lower levels within the Grand View Garden.

This also laid the fuse for the complete disappearance of the pure daughter land of the Grand View Garden.

As for today, Xue Baochai's words sounded like an excuse for those girls at first, but in fact, they were showing their virtuous virtues. Similarly, if this does what he says, I'm afraid that Jia Jiu's rules here will also be messed up.

Thinking of this, Jia Jiu raised his head, nodded at Qiu Dianzan and the other four life-level maids, and also glanced at Mama Li. The former palace maid immediately stood up and went out.

The girls on Jia Jiu's side are all trained by these aunts and grandmothers, they neglect the guests, naturally someone will discipline them, and it is not Xue Baochai's turn to talk too much. Xue Baochai wants to show his virtuousness, that is his Xue Baochai's business, the girl in his Jia Jiu's house has its own rules.

Jia Jiu is already a first-class county monarch, if he cares about this kind of thing with Xue Baochai, then he will lose his part. What's more, the matter has been solved by Mama Li, and Jia Jiu will not lose her identity in this New Year.

Jia Jiu just smiled, but said, "Sister Bao also came to taste it, this is Sister Lin's birthday gift to me, but today is the first time to eat it." Sister Bao also came from the south, and she missed it very much. ”

This set of tea sets originally only had four cups, just enough for Jia Jiu, Shi Xiangyun, Li Kun, and Tanchun to have one cup each. Coincidentally, Xue Baochai came, and the girl below had to prepare a set of blue and white porcelain bowls with entwined branches and lotus patterns for Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai picked up the bowl, took a sip gently, and said, "The tea production on Biluo Island is not high, and most of them have also entered the palace. The real Biluochun, I have only eaten it twice at Zhen's house. This should not be from Biluo Island, probably from which island in Taihu Lake. ”

Qiu Dianzan listened, and his eyebrows immediately jumped.

He could hear the meaning behind Xue Baochai: first, of course, it was said that Lin Daiyu gave Jia Jiu was naturally not an authentic Biluochun, and this tea didn't know where it was, if you understood it from this perspective, it would inevitably be suspected of stepping on the Lin family; Second, it is natural to say that the Lin family is just mediocre to Jia Jiu, so they are reluctant to take the real Biluochun to congratulate Jia Jiu on his birthday.

No wonder Qiu Dianzan thinks so. He came out of the palace, he was able to live peacefully in the palace, and he had such a decent ability to serve Jia Jiu, a first-class county monarch who ate double money, and some things had become his instinct.

Qiu Dianzan looked up at his little master, and his little master had a smile on his face, and he didn't know if he heard these subtexts, so he said, "Sister Bao didn't say it just now?" This authentic Biluochun is a tribute, and the output is small, even if there is output, it has entered the palace. His subordinates' families are fortunate to get one or two, and they are all given from above. The Lin family is a century-old family of four generations of liehous, and his aunt is still an ex-convict Tanhua, and their Lin family has a big business, and it is not uncommon for them to have an island of their own in Taihu Lake. If this tea is really made by Sister Lin herself, then it is called deep affection. ”

In this era of self-sufficiency, what kind of tea and incense, both men and women, will have so many unique skills, some literati, even the usual brushes, inkstones, ink ingots are made by themselves, just like those women of the family, their homework also has spinning and weaving.

Like the Jia family, girls don't go to school, don't learn housekeeping, don't have any homework, and play crazy every day, that's the style of the nouveau riche.

A real woman from a family knows no less than men outside.

Hearing Jia Jiu say this, several women-level maids immediately nodded and said, "That's true." Serious children, who is not a master of the tea ceremony and incense? Who doesn't know the unique skill of making tea and incense with one or two hands? The girl of the Lin family actually gave such a generous gift, and the return gift of the county monarch could not be simple. ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Coincidentally." Before, Daokui also said that my cultivation is impetuous, and it is best to learn to make incense and cultivate my self-cultivation, and he also gave me a prescription. I learned to do some, I always feel that the incense made by Dao Kui is much worse, if it weren't for Dao Kui to say, it's not bad, if it wasn't for the national teacher also nodded, I thought I was not good enough. Since Sister Lin sent this tea, then I will send the incense I made. It's also a heart. ”

Shi Xiangyun immediately spoke below: "Second sister, you have a good fragrant cake here, why don't you give it to us?" Instead, it was given to the sister of the Lin family. Second sister, you are as eccentric as the old lady. ”

Jia Jiu said: "People say, burn incense and practice the piano, you haven't calmed down to learn the piano, where do you need this." As for the incense that our family uses daily, sandalwood, borneol, borneol, which year did our family not spend a lot of money to buy? Which day did the old lady have this short? But this incense is the most jealous of the smell, that is, it is given to you, you are now living in front of the old lady, can you use this? Besides, you are loose in your hands, and Baoyu is a naughty one. If I give it to you, I will be ruined by him, but I don't want to see my hard work go down the drain, so none of the sisters in the family have given it. ”

Shi Xiangyun suddenly realized and said, "I see." Baoyu is indeed naughty, no wonder my sister is reluctant. After a pause, he said: "My sister is a blessed person, and she has the blue eyes of the Daomen." I've heard that it's hard to hire real incense and tea masters outside. There are also things like sandalwood, musk, borneol, borneol, etc., which are very expensive, and they are not affordable for ordinary girls. ”

The implication is naturally that his family is in decline, and he has no place to learn even if he wants to.

Jia Jiu looked at Xue Baochai and saw that Xue Baochai didn't speak, so he replied: "Although it is said that sandalwood, musk, agarwood and other precious spices are commonly used materials for Hexiang, it does not mean that Hexiang must have these valuable things. Has Sister Yun forgotten Empress Wen Cheng of Song Renzong? The incense he uses is common things such as lychee shells, pine nut peels, and neem flowers. Beginners who have just started practicing incense are using very common objects. For example, the famous detached incense, as well as small four-leaf incense and four-leaf cake incense, the materials are very simple and easy to obtain. ”

As he spoke, he asked someone to get the recipe, and Qingwen went to the inner room in person and took out a shallow small box. Jia Jiu personally opened it with Shi Xiangyun, only to see a thin piece of paper inside. Copy this incense recipe above.

I saw that it was written: "Fragrant aconite (half a tael, soaked in honey for three days, slow drying), orange peel (one tael, roasted), tonka (half a tael, soaked in wine for one night, slow roasting), neem (one tael, sun-dried), squirt kernel (one tael), lychee shell (one tael). Right and fine selection, for the end, add a little borneol, mix well with honey, seal into the magnetic box, kiln for more than ten days, and spin and burn. ”

Jia Jiu said: "This is what Daokui gave me to practice, my sister might as well copy a copy." When we get to the end of it, we'll learn something else. ”

When Shi Xiangyun saw it, he really liked it, so he immediately asked for a pen and paper, copied a copy, and said, "Second sister." Is this the same incense you gave to Sister Lin? ”

Jia Jiu replied: "How is it possible, I have been learning Hexiang for a year, how could I learn this recipe?" It's just that my sister didn't learn it before, so I took this out. (To be continued......)