Jia's mother took Jia Baoyu from Jia Zheng's study with someone in a mighty way, and she couldn't hide it at all, and even in the evening, Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, and Jia Qing sisters soon knew about it. Jia Jiu only sighed slightly after knowing it, still hugging his younger brother, and telling his younger brother what everything in front of him was called.

Compared with Jia Baoyu's matter, he was more concerned about when his younger brother would be able to speak, but the two sisters Jia Qian and Jia Qing reacted much more.

Jia Qing quietly walked over, pushed his sister, and said, "Sister, look ......"

Jia Qian shook her head, motioned for the girls to go outside to pick flowers, flutter butterflies, fish, do needlework, and wait until there was no one else in the house, and then said to her sister: "I know what you mean, but I think it's funny to see the old lady take Uncle Bao back with a bang, don't you?" ”

Jia Qing smiled: "Sister who knows me." Obviously, that is Uncle Bao's biological father, don't say that Uncle Bao is left to talk, but what if he leaves his son in his yard for the night? Serious father and son-in-law! But in the eyes of the people in this house, he is like Uncle Bao's life-killing enemy, for fear that Uncle Bao will be eaten. I'm afraid that other people's families won't be able to believe it when they hear about it. ”

Jia Qian nodded at her sister and said, "You, have you made an old mistake again?" We are juniors, and we came out of thin air, this kind of thing is not easy for my aunt to speak, let alone you and me! ”

Jia Qingdao: "But it has been spread all over the following. Don't talk about the girls and women here, but the night watchmen everywhere in the back garden are also talking. "The Jia family is so big, a little sesame big thing can make the girls and mothers-in-law below talk for several days, not to mention that Mother Jia, the ancestor of the Jia family, personally went to the courtyard where the servants used to live? Even if there is Jia's mother's youngest son living there. It's exciting enough. Jia Qing also approached Jia Qian's side and said, "Sister, I heard." The old lady rarely went out of her yard, former uncle. No, it should be called grandfather, grandfather has lived in the yard over there for more than ten years, but the old lady also went to sit during the New Year. At that time, I heard that the courtyard was separate from the house. My grandmother asked the old lady to say goodbye every day, and she had to take a half-day car. ”

Jia Qian said: "How can we spread this hearsay everywhere? Besides, the old lady is an elder, isn't Uncle Bao an elder? We are the youngest and adopted daughters, and we are guests over there. There are some things that we can't talk about too much. ”

Jia Qing made a grimace at his sister and said, "I don't believe it, don't the elders tell the truth when they teach the juniors?" If my grandmother is in good health now, I don't want to see my aunt learn badly. My sister asked my sister, and it also meant this. My sister was a little worse than others in these things, so I asked my sister to come on leave. My sister still refuses to tell me the truth. In the end, the voice gradually lowered, and she only pursed her lips and waited for her sister's answer.

Even though she knew that her sister's words were half-true, Jia Qian still hesitated: "Sister." What are you talking about. I'm twin sisters with you, it's only a quarter of an hour older, how can I point you out. ”

Jia Qing looked at her sister and saw that Jia Qian was not really angry, and there was no room for her words. smiled immediately: "Sister, now that we are here, my aunt is still younger than us." I also have to take care of the third uncle, some things. Isn't my sister only going to talk to my sister? What's more, there is such a thing as truth. Isn't it true that the more you argue, the more you understand? ”

Jia Qian thought for a while and said, "That's right." Since our sisters have come here, in addition to relying on the mercy from above, only our sisters can support each other. What does my sister think about the matter between Uncle Bao and his father? The last sentence also lowered his voice.

Jia Qing thought for a while and said, "Sister, I'm just a little insightful, just let me throw bricks and lead the way." ”

"You ghost girl, come with me to brush this scheming."

"Isn't this afraid that you will make a joke if you don't speak well? I have almost forgotten what my mother said before. Jia Qing was coquettish to her sister, and her mind was not slow: "Sister, if you want me to say, there is a sentence over there, father is not father and son." A father is not like a father, and a son is even less like a son. Not to mention anything else, we have been here for the past few days, but it is the first time that we have heard Uncle Bao and the third aunt go to their biological father to say goodbye. This is the first thing, and the second is that the old lady actually took Uncle Bao back in such a move, as if she didn't treat the outsider as Uncle Bao's son. This kind of behavior is really puzzling. ”

Jia Qian said: "I didn't pay attention to it before, but in recent days, I have looked at it coldly, as if the old lady deliberately did not let Uncle Bao study and improve." ”

Jia Qing was taken aback: "Don't let Uncle Bao study?" ”

Jia Qian said: "Didn't you hear? The old lady's famous words, 'I don't expect Baoyu to be admitted to the Jinshi and become an official'......"

Without waiting for her sister to speak, Jia Qing hurriedly said, "Sister, I didn't notice it if you didn't say it." Reading and being an official, this sounds like equating reading with being an official. But reading is reading, and when my mother was there, she said more than once that reading was to understand things, and more than once regretted that we couldn't even touch books. How to ...... in the eyes of the old lady"

Jia Qing didn't dare to continue, Jia Qian also nodded silently, and said: "That's right, the people here, in addition to the grandfather's family, from the old lady to the girl's mother-in-law, I am afraid that the most important thing in this eye is fame and fortune." I'm afraid that they only see the benefits of being an official, and the imperial examination is the main way to enter the officialdom, especially since the previous dynasty, the people who have entered the cabinet to worship the prime minister have all entered the Shike department, how can people not be envious? ”

Jia Qingdao: "I think only the people on my grandfather's side have seen the people's ten years of hardship, and the people over there are afraid that they only saw the title of the gold list of others." ”

"You, poor." Jia Qian said, "Have you forgotten Uncle Bao's piece of jade?" It's the eldest aunt who came back for his piece of jade, and he still wore it around his neck in a grand manner. Did you see him that day without it? I think the old lady actually knows very well in her heart, as long as Uncle Bao still wears him = that stone, I am afraid that he will not be able to study for a day. ”

Jia Qing was taken aback and said, "Then Uncle Bao's father doesn't know?" ”

Jia Qian said: "What if you know? Don't know what? As a father. Where can you not feel sorry for your child? I'm afraid that what he thinks in his heart is that he can't take the imperial examination in the future. You should also be literate and reasonable, otherwise you will still be hurt by the elders in the family when you are young. When you get older, the elders are gone, don't you have to rely on yourself? What if there are mountains of gold and silver? Illiterate and unreasonable, isn't it just a matter of being bullied? ”

Jia Qingdao said: "Does that one want to be so far-reaching?" If he is a brain, I am afraid that he will not steal the Rongxi Hall. ”

Jia Qian said: "You don't have to look down on people. The matter of Rongxi Hall can also be said to be a fan of the authorities. There is a way that is dark under the lamp, and the old man who is fascinated by vanity is of course easy to be blinded, but the matter about Uncle Bao's reading can be said to be clear to the bystander. Even the one who himself didn't know, didn't his husband tell him what he was studying for when he was young? It's just that he didn't know. Today, I'm afraid I know it. ”

Jia Qingdao: "I think my sister is too kind-hearted and thinks of all people for the good." I'm most afraid of my sister like this. What if I suffer a loss in the future? ”

Jia Qian shook her head with a smile, and after lowering her eyes for a moment, she said: "Sister, there is a foolish sister who has the same idea as you, that is, between the old lady and the Yuanwailang and Baoyu, the taste of the original three generations of ancestors and grandchildren has changed a little. ”

Although Jia Qian didn't say it explicitly, Jia Qing understood it. This is not a past life, because of the feminist movement and the women's liberation movement. Let women have a broad stage, in this world, the world of men and women is so distinct. The woman could only sit at home, looking up at the sky in the four corners above the courtyard. But men can go all over the world. The power of the women who can only sit at home is very limited, nominally, the women are at home with husbands and children. But in fact, the man is the head of the family. Women are just assistants. If the man is against it, or if the woman does not have the heart of a man. Not only can women not do anything, but they can't even guarantee the safety of their lives and property.

Don't say anything else, it's their mother, because there is no man to protect her, didn't she still lose her life early? Not to mention the dowry, even the two of them almost can't keep it. When they got here, didn't everyone take it for granted for the two of them to cook at first? If it weren't for Jia Yu's support, I'm afraid they would have fallen to Jia Baoyu's kitchen master a long time ago.

Jia Mu is the same. said that he was Jia Yu's mother, so he was able to be powerful in this mansion, and even made the decision to let Jia Zheng and his wife move into Rongxi Hall, but no one spoke. That's also because Jia Yu himself didn't speak up first to object. If Jia pardoned the last book, saying that his father Jia Daishan did not dare to steal the honor of the prince of the country without him, he was afraid that the emperor would have taken back this mansion that exceeded the specifications a long time ago, and gave him a mansion that met the status of a first-class general.

Jia Qing suddenly remembered and said, "Sister." Last time, I faintly heard what the people below said: 'Prepare the old lady's meal in the big kitchen, write all the vegetables and vegetables in the world with water signs, and eat them every day, and it is good to eat them for a month.' 'The old lady's daily diet is so big, and each grandchild has to pay another tribute to the delicious food in the house, Lin Lin finally calculated, is this 30,000 taels of silver a year enough to spend? Not to mention my grandfather's temper, we know a thing or two about my aunt's temperament. My aunt has always been frugal, that is, eight regular dishes and eight exquisite side dishes for each meal, he still frowned and said that it was too extravagant, you said that when you saw the pomp and circumstance of the old lady, how would your aunt react? ”

Jia Qian thought for a while and said, "Auntie is not an eventful person, she just thinks that this pomp is too big, and my aunt is just frowning." I've heard that my aunt is hungry every night, but these vegetables are not enough for my aunt to eat. ”

Jia Qingdao said: "Sister." How do you know? I don't even know. ”

Jia Qian said: "Didn't you pay attention? Didn't we envy my aunt's strength before, my aunt said that she had practiced, but if you pay attention, you can also notice it. We got up and went to my aunt's place every day when we came here, and sat down with her for a while to eat something. The two of us usually eat a small half bowl of porridge, but my aunt can eat a whole bowl, and she also has to eat a bowl of wontons, two buns, a rice dumpling and a vegetarian flatbread. After eating, we will lie down in my aunt's house for a while and play with my third uncle for a while. My aunt would also go back to her bed and get some sleep. Then I went to say goodbye to my grandfather, and we didn't eat half a bowl of wontons at most, but my aunt wanted to eat a bowl of tofu brain and three fritters. Also eat two fried fruits. I went to the old lady to say goodbye, and my aunt was the one who ate the most. Even the old lady said that she saw her aunt eating. His old man's appetite has also improved. By the way, my aunt hurt her face before, and her food was not fragrant, and my aunt ate enough food alone to be worth the two of us. ”

Jia Qing said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, if my sister doesn't say it, I can't even remember it." My aunt is really pitiful, she was tired over there, and she didn't even dare to deal with the wounds on her face, and she didn't clean it up until yesterday. I don't dare to use good medicine yet. ”

Jia Qian said: "You and I both know what's going on. If it weren't for the protection of her family, my aunt wouldn't have been so wronged. I see that my grandfather cares about my aunt's face. I'm afraid that my grandfather can't help it, and he has done too much and provoked the eyes of others. ”

Jia Qing shook his head and said, "Sister." You mean, grandfather will carry it with the old lady? But my grandfather's temperament ......"

Jia Qian nodded and said, "Grandfather is only soft on the people he cares about. If the old lady really made her grandfather sad, I was afraid that in the end, the mother and son would not even be able to save their last love. ”

Jia Qingdao said: "No. My grandfather was a well-known filial son, and he was so filial that he blindly obeyed the old lady. ”

Jia Qian said: "People's feelings are counted. If you spend too much, it will always wear out the feelings. Don't say anything else. Let's just say today, I saw my grandfather staring at my aunt's face for a long time, and sighed three times, and then I went to the court......"

Jia Qing frowned. said: "Can my aunt's face affect my grandfather's filial piety to the old lady?" ”

As soon as Jia Qian was about to answer, she heard someone outside say in a loud voice: "The maid greets the third girl, the third girl is auspicious." ”

I only heard Tanchun say outside: "Huh." Why are you here? Why don't you sit in the house? ”

I only heard the tortoiseshell say: "Back to the third girl, the two girls in our family are reading in the house at this time." The girls didn't like us waiting in front of us, saying that it was hot when a bunch of people were in the room looking at it. The servants just happened to be lazy and cool off here. Three girls. Please stay longer, let the maid go in and report. ”

Tanchun saw that it was not good to break in directly, so he waited outside, and when the inside was cleaned up, the two sisters Jia Qian and Jia Qing came out to greet them, and they met at the door again, and then they crossed the threshold.

As soon as Tanchun entered the door, he looked around, but saw that the windows were wide open, and immediately smiled: "What, could it be that the second sister is short of your ice?" Why are you so decent, you have kicked the girls out? ”

Jia Qing smiled: "The third aunt said the opposite. It was before that I was greedy for cold, and I almost froze at night. If it weren't for my sister forcing me to eat a bowl of ginger tea and sweating again, otherwise things would have been strict. It's okay to make such a mistake once, where can you make it a second time? ”

Tanchun said: "Caught a cold? And now? Do you want to ask for a doctor? ”

Jia Qing said with a smile: "Look at what the third aunt said, it's just greedy for cold, where do you have to ask for the sake of the imperial doctor?" It's just that my nose was a little stuffy when I first opened it, so I ate ginger tea and slept for a while. It's not very good for my aunt's face, but what's the matter? ”

Tanchun was stunned for a while, and after a while, he said: "I met your sister in Cuihuang Dongfeng just now, because I was in a bad mood, I said a few words that I didn't like, but now I want to come, but it's not mine, and I hope you will bear with me." ”

Jia Qing was stunned, he hadn't heard his sister mention this matter at all, even the girls and mothers-in-law around his sister didn't say a word. Thinking that her sister had something to hide from herself, Jia Qing's face was a little unpleasant.

Just like Jia Qian said, they are helpless here, in addition to the pity of their elders, they can only rely on the two sisters to support each other. Now that my sister actually has something to hide from herself, she is still wronged outside, so how can Jia Qing be happy.

Jia Qing's face changed slightly, and Jia Qian understood, and said, "What did the third aunt say?" It was because I couldn't speak that I angered the third aunt. It's just that the third aunt came from there in a hurry at that moment, but what happened? Or is the second master angry with the third aunt? ”

Tanchun smiled bitterly. said: "The master didn't yell at me, who let me be so unruly, and actually went to his outer study." ”

Jia Qingke was stunned for a moment before he reacted, the master Tanchun said actually meant Jia Zheng.

Jia Qian said: "If it was just a study, the second master wouldn't be so angry, was there someone else in front of the second master at that time?" ”

Tanchun nodded and said, "Yes, my aunt's cousin is also there." ”

Jia Qian said: "The third aunt and niece have also heard that the second master's temperament is the most square, and there is no room for sand in his eyes. In the previous dynasty, there was a great Qing official, and I heard that he had a daughter who was only five or six years old, and was starved to death by her father because she received a piece of bread from a stranger. The niece and nephew are young and only know a rough idea, but I am afraid that for the second master who is determined to emulate the sages, there are some things that cannot be wrong. Third aunt, is the cousin you are talking about Sister Bao's brother? That's an adult, too. Since they are two outsiders, it is naturally not good to get too close. There are some things that the old lady doesn't care much about, but the second master is a man, so I'm afraid that I care too much. ”

Tanchun said: "Is that so? Is this the case with Baoyu's study? ”

Jia Qian was stunned for a moment, glanced at her sister, and said, "Why did my aunt say that?" My aunt is my sister, and we are juniors, so it's not good to comment on Uncle Bao's affairs. ”

Tanchun said: "I just found out. When Baoyu was taken away by the old lady, the old man smashed his daily bowl. ”

Jia Qian and Jia Qing were silent for a while, and when they saw Tanchun lowering his head and his hands holding the tea bowl turned white, they said: "The old lady doesn't pay much attention to Uncle Bao's study, this is because the old lady feels sorry for her grandson and is reluctant to let her grandson suffer." But Uncle Bao is the biological son of the second master, and the love of his parents is far-reaching, and the second master hopes that Uncle Bao can study more, but not for the sake of being an official in the old lady's mouth, but so that Uncle Bao can be literate and reasonable as soon as possible. ”

Tanchun said: "Is that so? But isn't it the same reason that the old lady raised Baoyu? Why did the master do this...... "Tanchun just didn't see it with his own eyes, but he could also feel Jia Zheng's sadness and pain from the words of the people below. But he couldn't figure it out.

Jia Qian and Jia Qing both knew Jia Zheng's pain, but they were afraid that Jia Baoyu would follow their old path. After all, Jia Zheng also grew up by Jia's mother's side, and it was because of Jia's mother's favor that he made mistakes again and again, but until now, there is no regret medicine to take. However, Jia Baoyu is Jia Baoyu, a stubborn stone. Maintaining hope in Jia Baoyu doomed Jia Zheng's wish to fail. It's just that in this case, how can Jia Qian and Jia Qing speak? It wasn't until Tanchun's next sentence that they realized that they were thinking too much, and this shrewd third girl didn't come for Jia Baoyu's study at all.

I only heard Tanchun say: "You say, will the master be annoyed with me?" After all, I pulled my second brother over ......"

Jia Qing also found out that he was self-inflicted, and he didn't feel a little more contempt for Tanchun in his heart, but he said: "Look at what the third aunt said, isn't it right for a child to ask his father for peace?" asked your niece to say, if you don't go to the second master to say goodbye, that's your fault. You are also a brotherhood when you pull Uncle Bao over, and you can't bear to have a flaw in Uncle Bao's reputation. Where is your fault? ”

Hearing Jia Qing say this, Tanchun really relaxed and said, "Is this really the case?" ”

"Naturally."

Jia Qing knew very well that Tanchun didn't need his own comfort, he just came here to find recognition. Jia Jiu's good luck and current identity are destined to be sought by Tanchun, and Tanchun naturally will not go to Jia Jiu. Except for Xue Baochai, who locked himself in the house, and Shi Xiangyun, who has returned to the Shi family, then he can come, isn't it only his sisters here?

Thinking of this, Jia Qing's face also faded. Sure enough, Tanchun didn't sit long, didn't even finish a cup of tea, and got up to say goodbye. The sisters sent Tanchun to the door, Tanchun repeatedly refused, and did not want the two sisters to send each other, Jia Qian and Jia Qing could only stop at the door. Just looking at the direction of Tanchun's departure, it seems to be where Jia Zheng lives behind.

Knowing that Tanchun had gone to brush his father's favorability again, Jia Qian and Jia Qing just glanced at each other and didn't say anything.

Where do they need their sisters to talk more about other people's family affairs? This kind of thing, that is, they don't open their mouths, and there are people who promote it everywhere. (To be continued......)