30,000 taels of gold and 20,000 taels of silver per person, plus countless jewels, caused Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, and Jia Qing to have different periods of slackness on money in the next few days.

This is normal.

Everyone, especially small citizens, always has an expectation of their dream of a happy life, and in this expectation, everyone has a number about the amount of money in their hands. If the hard work of Tongguò achieves this dream, then the dream comes with a full sense of satisfaction. If you suddenly get a pie in the sky and suddenly get a large amount of money, in addition to the initial ecstasy, what follows is consumption, crazy desire to buy. But if there is no opportunity to spend money, then the so-called money is just a number.

Jia Qing is faced with such emptiness. Now that he has become a lady of ancient times, he naturally has to abide by the rules. When he got such a large sum of money, Jia Qing was so happy that he couldn't sleep for several days. But with that comes emptiness.

He is a boudoir lady, not to mention shopping, it is unlikely that he will call the female shopkeeper in the shop to the house, because the elders of the family will not agree.

There is no way to spend money, but the problem is that he can't even take out these gold and silver jewelry to show off to others! The only people who can know the inside story are Jia Yu Jia Lian Jia Jiu and his sister Jia Qing, the problem is that Jia Yu and Jia Lian can only see each other twice a day, or when the province is set in the morning and dusk, and this property still passes through Jia Yu Jia Lian first, and then it comes into his hands. As for Jia Jiu and Jia Qian, one is an aunt. One is a sibling sister, and he Jia Qing has it, and these two also have it. Not to mention, these two positions are still higher than him, maybe he Jia Qing has it, everyone has it, and if everyone has it, he Jia Qing may not have it. Can Jia Qing show off to Jia Amnesty, Jia Lian, Jia Jiu, and Jia Qian?

As for those who don't know the inside story, if you show off to them. Explain to them the ins and outs of the property. If it is too much, it is likely that the property will be confiscated. Of course, Jia Qing would not sit idly by and watch such a thing happen.

The end result of this is that even under the bed there is a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. But Jia Qing was still scared, and he couldn't even lift his spirits on the second day of the first lunar month.

The first person to notice his situation was not Jia Jiu, nor his sister Jia Qian. It's Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai firmly remembered Jia Qing's declaration of worshipping money. What's more, this year, people are already serious townspeople, so Xue Baochai has given enough New Year's red envelopes every year, especially this year. On the basis of the gold ingots and gold sylphies engraved with auspicious words in previous years, Xue Baochai added two high-grade Nanzhu as big as lotus seeds and put them outside. One is worth a hundred taels of silver.

Xue Baochai thought that he would get such a red envelope. Jia Qing should be elated, even if he can't bear the joy, he should be in a hurry to open it. Unexpectedly, Jia Qing just touched his purse and hung it on his body casually, and then politely thanked Xue Baochai, without the heartfelt joy of previous years.

If it was a few months ago, Xue Baochai would still dare to joke with Jia Qing in private by virtue of his seniority and identity as a guest, but now that the other party is a countryman, if the other party bumps into the big luck and is promoted to the title, maybe he will become a life-level maid beside the other party in the future.

This possibility, Xue Baochai had to consider.

A smart woman doesn't stand out for herself in some things, and sometimes, it's okay to hide behind others at the right time and take advantage of certain people. For example, now there is a child in the house who will never grow up - Jia Baoyu.

Sure enough, Jia Baoyu heard the muttering of Xue Baochai and Tanchun, and immediately said, "Qing'er, aren't you happy about the New Year's money?" ”

The Jia family is the home of the official eunuchs, and there are four people on their bodies, Jia Mu, Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, and Jia Qing, together with the You family of Ningguo Mansion, who are going to kowtow to the palace to receive a banquet on the three days of the Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the new year, and they will come back to pay tribute to their ancestors. Jia's mother is old and can't bear it. After all, the rules in the palace are cumbersome, and you must pay attention not to offend people, and it is an individual life to worship the ancestors, so the New Year's money for the juniors in the Jia family is not on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Jia Qing is a junior, even if he has a knighthood, he sits at the bottom. Fortunately, there were a lot of girls around him, and when they saw him patronizing, they hurriedly reminded him quietly.

Only then did Jia Qing react. He pouted and said, "Don't talk about it." Aunt Bao's birthday is in January, and this New Year's money can't be covered for a few days, so she is going out. If I remember that Aunt Bao will be in time for the coming year, right? This is not a trivial gift. ”

Generally speaking, a girl from a background like Xue Baochai is already a big girl at the age of fourteen, and the family will take him out to various banquets to see others for him. Many girls, because they don't want to run for election, will be married before the marriage, and this age is generally around 14 years old. If Xue Baochai had someone else in this year, and Jia Qing had lived under the same roof with him for so long, he would naturally have to give a congratulatory gift. Of course, Jia Qing knew Xue Baochai's determination to enter the palace, but Xue Baochai asked Jia Jiu in private, and Jia Jiu did not promise that he would definitely let him enter the palace, and it was inconvenient for others to know about such a thing, so Jia Qing didn't say anything, even in front of people, he didn't show it at all. It's just that the listener has the intention. Xue Baochai had something in his heart, and always felt that Jia Qing's attitude was a little wrong, thinking that Jia Jiu was not really helping, so he turned his head to look at Jia Jiu, and then looked at Jia Qian.

Jia Mu doesn't know about these public cases. He smiled and pointed at Jia Qing and said: "You girl, now leading the court, and the family's share is also the top, where is there a shortage of this?" You are a junior and a girl, so kowtow to him meaningfully, where is the use of gifts. ”

Gift-giving is also based on identity. Those with low status give gifts to those with high status, and the daughter of a merchant like Xue Baochai gives a gift to a township monarch like Jia Qing who has been sealed by the imperial court, and this gift cannot be simple. But if it is the other way around, if the high status gives the low status to celebrate the birthday, it is not necessary to send a congratulatory gift, or even if they are willing to make a birthday for each other and appear at each other's birthday banquet, it is all for the other party. Just like in the original book, Jia's mother made Xue Baochai's birthday. Now Jia Qian and Jia Qing are the same as Xue Baochai's birthdays, both to give face to Xue Baochai and the Xue family.

Xue Baochai also knew this, so he smiled and said nothing.

Although Jia Mu didn't say it explicitly. But this kind of remark itself is aimed at his current identity. Xue Baochai couldn't provoke Jia's mother, and he couldn't provoke Jia Qing, so he could only remain silent, but there was a trace of bitterness in his mouth.

Jia Qian said: "You only remember Aunt Bao, why don't you remember the old lady?" The old lady's birthday is also in January. ”

Jia Mu hurriedly shook her head: "What are you doing with all this?" My birthday was earlier than Bao Yatou, just before the Lantern Festival. At that time, everyone was busy visiting relatives and friends, where did the time come from? Want me to say. When it's a big birthday, it's over if you do it early, what's the fuss! ”

Jia's mother's mood is very understandable, his eldest son is gray-haired, not to mention that he will be 80th birthday in a few years. This year is getting older and older. This body is also not as good as a year. Mother Jia can't wait for time to stop, where will she be like a child, looking forward to celebrating her birthday every day and growing up quickly?

It can be seen that Jia Yingchun's lack of favor in the previous life is not due to his own reasons. mentioned in front of Jia's mother to give Jia's mother a birthday, which is simply poking the old lady's heart.

Jia Jiu looked at it from the side and said, "Speaking of which, my father also mentioned it a few days ago, saying that there was a lot of income in the family last year. My father also said that he would buy a soup spring Zhuangzi for the old lady, and it would be winter in the future. We are soaking in the hot springs on the one hand, and enjoying the snow and plum blossoms on the other, old lady, at that time, you are not allowed to chase me, I will definitely go with you. ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she frowned and said, "What's the cost!" When I didn't know, there were a number of Yusen Zhuangzi on the edge of Kyoto, and there was no market for them at all. How many royal relatives can't buy it with gold and silver? If you want to buy a Tangquan Zhuangzi, the cost of money is still a trivial matter, but it is not worth it to owe others favors for such a thing. Go back and sue your father, and don't offend anyone in such a thing. As for appreciating the snow and plums, there is a good red plum forest in Dongfu, and at this time of year, Zhen's daughter-in-law and Rong's daughter-in-law will post a banquet. We're going to go to them and make trouble......"

has so much silver and so many favors to buy Tangquan Zhuangzi for his wife who is half in the loess, Jia Muning can use this silver to buy a house and land for Jia Zheng, and use these favors to dredge Jia Zheng and let Jia Zheng return to officialdom.

Jia Mu's words really touched Tanchun. Although it is said that it was raised in front of Jia's mother, although it is said that there is no shortage of food, drink and clothing, as early as three years ago, Tanchun knew that his identity was the most humble in the family, and even Xue Baochai, a merchant girl, could not compare. So he lived carefully in Jia's mother's yard, pleasing Jia Baoyu on the one hand, and pleasing those girls on the other, even if there were two taels of silver per month, it was very difficult to save a penny.

If nothing else, let's talk about this clothing and jewelry. After Jia Yu and Jia Zheng separated their families, Tanchun's share went from Jia Zheng's account, not from Jia Yu's account. Jia Yu was rich, and he got a lot of money by copying the homes of those slaves before, and he had private property, and then he went out to wander around the battlefield for a few years, and brought back a large amount of goods. Therefore, Jia Jiu, Jia Qian and Jia Qing are all very glamorous and beautiful all over their bodies.

Jia Jiu wore a beautiful bun, a gorgeous red jade coral hairpin, a pendant with a large ruby on his thumb nails, and a gold jewel inlaid with beads and treasures around his neck. A pink coral-colored midcoat covered with a smoky openwork chrysanthemum placket. Because it was warm in Jia's mother's house, the big red feather satin cloak and the scarlet palace satin cloak with folded flowers were handed over to the girls below to take care of. Jia Qian and Jia Qing are still sisters, one is a powder blue folded branch flower palace satin collar jacket, the other is a cinnamon powder sprinkled flower palace satin collar jacket, although the jewelry on the head is not a royal gift, or it is obtained from the palace, but it is the latest style in Beijing, shining under the lamp and candle.

In contrast, Tanchun's clothes follow Jia's mother. Or the red that Jia's mother doesn't want in the clothes below to honor Jia's mother, this color looks slightly old-fashioned when worn on Tanchun's body. And his jewelry is also the color of goods that others used to honor Jia's mother in previous years, but Jia's mother used to press the box. Maybe this dress looks passable, but whether it is the color of the clothes or the style of the jewelry, it is more suitable for middle-aged people like Aunt Xue, rather than children like Tanchun.

The problem is that when Jia Yuanchun was in charge, he deducted half of the share of Tanchun, and even used the name of having a large amount of expenses and a small amount of income at home. The number of clothes and jewelry for spring exploration has also been reduced. Jia Yuanchun was imprisoned, and during the period when he entered the palace, Aunt Zhao was in charge. Tanchun has two days to live. But Aunt Zhao was soon found to have filled her pockets, and then the housekeeping on Jia Zheng's side was in the hands of Li Kun. Xiao Gui Cao followed, Li Kun acted according to Jia Yuanchun's charter, and also punished Aunt Zhao, which also made Tanchun's share return to the level when Jia Yuanchun was a housekeeper. Li Kun also specially asked Jia Zheng in front of Aunt Zhao if he wanted to restore his share of the spring, but Jia Zheng refused.

After Jia Mu heard about it, she just sighed.

As a mother. Of course, he wouldn't give his son a shame for the sake of a granddaughter who gave birth to a maid. So he pretended not to know about it. It's just that when I was supplementing Jia Zheng and Jia Baoyu, I occasionally thought of visiting spring. This has also become the main source of spring jewelry.

Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, and Jia Qing are all gold, silver, and jewelry under the bed. Jia Yu felt sorry for his daughter, and as early as three years ago, he used his daughter to be drafted. mentioned his daughter's share to the upper part, and often privately supplemented his daughter. Nowadays, the signs of Jia pardoning women's control are increasing instead of decreasing. Jia Qian and Jia Qing were also stained, and the examples on the bright side were the same as Jia Jiu.

So. The five girls sitting in front of Jia's mother today. Only Tanchun and Xue Baochai are simpler. The difference is that Xue Baochai can't wear a lot of clothes and jewelry because of his identity, so he is simple, and Tanchun, he really has nothing to dress up. Of course, he can wear last year's clothes that are not used or bad, but this year, he has grown a lot. Besides, wearing last year's clothes for the New Year is simply smearing Jia's mother's face.

These things. Jia Qing vaguely knew something, but at the moment he had no time to care.

He suddenly remembered that Xue Baochai was almost finished.

According to the records of the original book, Lin Ruhai died on the third day of the ninth lunar month, and when Jia Lian returned to Jia's house with Lin Daiyu, it was December 25, that is, noon on the second day of Jia Zheng's fiftieth birthday. On the day of Jia Zheng's fiftieth birthday, news came from the palace that Jia Yuanchun was a concubine, and he wanted to repair the provincial villa, which is why all the property brought by Lin Daiyu was spent. The problem is that this provincial villa, that is, the Daguan Garden project, is not simply tidying up the house, but moving Jia Yu from the northeast corner of Rongguo Mansion to the back of the horse shed in front, and counting Jia Yu's courtyard and half of Ningguo Mansion Huifang Garden into the boundaries of Daguan Garden, and even demolishing the servant podium in the northeast corner of Rongguo Mansion. However, Jia Yuanchun's relatives are in the Lantern Festival, that is to say, in just 20 days, it is impossible to complete the Grand View Garden project. Therefore, the Grand View Garden was repaired for at least a year.

Xue Baochai's birthday was on the twenty-first day of the first month, and his birthday banquet was after Jia Yuanchun's relatives, Jia's mother was the first to mention that she wanted to make him a birthday, and she also took out twenty taels of silver. For this reason, Wang Xifeng also discussed with Jia Lian what to do. Jia Lian said that it was okay to follow Lin Daiyu's example, but Wang Xifeng said that Xue Baochai was: "...... I heard that Xue's eldest sister is fifteen years old, although it is not a full birthday, it can be regarded as the year of the ......" It can be seen that on the New Year before Xue Baochai's fourteenth birthday, the Jia family had already received the news that Jia Yuanchun had been crowned concubine.

But now, Jia Yuanchun did not have a concubine, but it was Jia Jiu and their sisters who were canonized.

Lin Ruhai, who was supposed to die, not only remarried, but the new lady was pregnant, and the Lin family imported Tianding again.

If Jia Jiu's sue to the royal court changed the fate of the Jia family, then, from now on, the future will really have a fork in the road.

Jia Qing couldn't help but have a smile on his face, which made Xue Baochai have a bad premonition in his heart.

Jia Qing was distracted, and Xue Baochai looked at Jia Qing in a trance, which attracted Jia's mother's attention.

Jia Mu said: "Girl, what are you thinking? ”

Jia Qian pushed her sister, but seeing that her sister hadn't reacted yet, she had to stand up and say, "Old lady, this child has been like this for several days." After he knew that he would also have Huangzhuang that day, he looked stunned. Even because he was thinking about what good things Zhuangzi would send over, he hadn't slept well for several nights. It was also thanks to his aunt who took pity on him for his young age, so he was able to take time to squint. ”

Jia Mu nodded again and again, and said, "It's inevitable that he's such a little old child." He explained to Jia Qing what Huangzhuang was, "It's Huangzhuang, but in fact, you just have one more place to escape the summer, and you just get some production from Huangzhuang every year." In fact, the Huangzhuang is still royal, and it is specially managed by royal people. Even if you go to escape the heat, you have to say hello beforehand. If you want me to say, you're not too young. There are some things that should be prepared. Qian'er Qing'er is also thirteen years old, and the second girl is twelve years old, both of them are big girls, and if they don't prepare, it will be too late. ”

Jia Baoyu listened ignorantly, but the other people present were like Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai. It's like Jia Jiu, Jia Qian, and Jia Qing, and they all understand.

Which daughter's family has never thought about wearing a red wedding dress and sitting in a big red sedan chair. With a long list of dowries, married out in a dignified manner? But what can be done? Not everyone is blessed with this.

Aunt Xue was also very conflicted in her heart. On the one hand, he is unwilling to wronged his daughter, he hopes that his daughter can marry upright. He wants his daughter to have a good marriage. He hopes that his daughter can easily live this life. But on the other hand, Aunt Xue knows very well that her ability is not enough, and Xue Pan can't hold it up, so the Xue family can only rely on this daughter. Getting married is like gambling, and it's hard to say that the other party will be willing to watch his wife keep helping her mother's family. Therefore, Xue Baochai's candidacy is Xue Baochai's own ambition. It is also the need of the Xue family, and Aunt Xue can't find a reason to persuade her daughter to change her mind.

That's just the thing. Pressed in the heart, it is a thorn after all.

When he came out of Jia's mother's yard, Xue Baochai hesitated, and actually followed Jia Jiu for a long time, Jia Jiu had to turn around and invite Xue Baochai to sit in his house.

In Jia Jiu's house, all the decorations of the remnant winter have been removed and replaced with the decorations of the new year. The lotus-colored light yarn hangs from the beam to the ground, the wind moves, swaying gently, and the incense in the incense burner adds a bit of spring charm, not to mention, in addition to the usual tea sets, the furnishings on the Bogu shelf have been changed, that is, the jade ornaments sent by the eldest princess of Jiashan outside before have also been changed to the suite, and the jade ornaments given to her daughter by Jia Yu in the bedroom have been put in the study. The ink frozen stone tripod given by Jia Muxin was placed on the incense table in the hall, and there were other bits and pieces of antiques, toys, and ornaments, and there were countless others.

Entering the suite, Xue Baochai noticed that there was a large jar of general's belly in the corner, and there were many scrolls of calligraphy and painting in the jar. There is a high table next to the big tank, and there is a small Bogu shelf on the high shelf, and the jasper bamboo furnishings on the Bogu shelf and a few books on the side reflect each other.

As soon as Xue Baochai entered the house, he said: "The smell of good fragrance, no matter how many times you smell this fragrance, it will make people linger." ”

Jia Jiu smiled and asked Xue Baochai to sit down.

Of course, he wouldn't tell Xue Baochai that this incense was made by himself.

At the beginning of An Yuanwei, he was stimulated by the enemy to lose control, so that his skills went berserk and went crazy. Through the recuperation of the golden finger, his injury was forcefully pressed, but the sequelae were not small. The people of the Daomen thought that it was because of the characteristics of the secret book "Jiuyang Heavenly Formula" that caused this result, and only he knew that the real reason why he would go crazy was actually because he was the body of the extreme yin, but he used the extreme yang as the foundation. Now, thanks to the golden finger, the extreme yang and the extreme yin have become Tai Chi Taiyin in his body, complementing each other endlessly. It's just that in this way, he can't open and close as much as before, and he must strengthen his control.

The incense in this incense burner was refined by him in order to improve his mastery of internal strength. Although the recipe was taken from Dao Kui and received Dao Kui's guidance, because of the relationship between the gong body, even if it is exactly the same recipe, the incense that comes out in the end is still a little different from the incense that Dao Kui combined.

Xue Baochai was wrong, Jia Jiu didn't break it, but invited Xue Baochai to take a seat, and let the little girl put the tea fruit on her head, and then said: "Fang is at the old lady's place, I see that Sister Bao seems to have something on her mind, I don't know if I can share my sister's worries?" ”

Of course, Xue Baochai can't say that he is worried about the small election. After all, he didn't ask Jia Jiu for a few days, and besides, it was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there was no seal in the yamen, so it was too early to want to know the result now.

Xue Baochai immediately found a topic and said: "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I shouldn't have said it, if there is something offended, my sister should not be angry." ”

"Sister Bao, please rest assured."

Xue Baochai sighed and said, "Actually, I thought of my aunt." My aunt has been in the Buddha hall for three or four years, and we can't see him, and he can't come out. Last time, I asked Ying'er to send peach cakes to my aunt, and Ying'er came back to tell me that my aunt's hair was all white. I know that the wife of the house is still lying in the house, and I shouldn't have told my sister about this. It's just that she is my aunt after all. ”

Jia Jiu said: "I know. Even if the aunt is not, he is a good mother after all, and he digs out his heart and lungs for Baoyu. I have nothing to say to the second uncle. Anyway, I'm a junior, and there are some things that I can only keep silent. For the past few years, my mother could only lie in the house, lying unconsciously. Yesterday, when I was bathing and changing my mother's clothes, I saw that my mother's legs were so thin that only a handful of bones remained, and my heart felt like a needle prick. The mother was not yet forty. The grievances and grievances of the previous generation. It's not for juniors like us to talk too much, and we can only do our part. ”

Xue Baochai listened and said, "I know." I know. It's my aunt who can't help my wife, but I can't bear to ......."

Jia Jiu said: "Sister Bao, these words. Not for you and I should have said. If you really want to help your aunt. You have to let Baoyu talk to the old lady, or to the second uncle. You are a guest, and it is my mother who lies down, and we are not qualified to say this in front of our elders. ”

Xue Baochai lowered his head with red eyes and didn't speak, Jia Jiu originally wanted to find something to comfort him, but he saw that Qiu Dianzan was making eyes with him.

Jia Jiu was puzzled at first, and then suddenly realized.

Xue Baochai is repeating his old tricks again.

He didn't think of this before, and now he is just using Mrs. Wang to change the topic.

Jia Jiu's eyes narrowed. I felt a little embarrassed. He felt that Xue Baochai was a little excessive. Even if he didn't want to say it. Why don't you just say it? Why lie? You don't have to know. Moreover, Mrs. Wang still has Jia Yuanchun, and Jia Baoyu, but what does Mrs. Xing have? He's more than a round younger than Madame Wang! Then young people become vegetative. Mrs. Wang is pitiful, so Mrs. Xing is not pitiful?!

Taking advantage of Xue Baochai's head down, Jia Jiu straightened his expression and said with a smile: "Under this big festival, we won't talk about this." Why don't we catch Go? The loser can be a host when he is out of the New Year. ”

Xue Baochai hurriedly said okay.

As soon as the chess pieces were placed here, Jia Qian and Jia Qing led a child to pass under the window. is obviously the same age as Jia Cong, but he shrunk his head, even the clothes on his body are not bad materials, but this look is not liked.

Jia Jiu hurriedly said, "Who is this kid?" How come you've never seen it? ”

Jia Qian and Jia Qing hurriedly came up to salute, and asked Jia Huan to salute Jia Jiu, and then explained: "My aunt doesn't know him, he is Uncle Huan." I was originally pouting my sister and going to Xiangxue Villa to fold two plum blossoms and come back to insert a bottle, but I saw Uncle Huan squatting on the ground alone behind the rocks and playing with the soil, this little face was blown red by the wind, and his hands were like ice. When we saw that my aunt was near, we brought him to her place. ”

Jia Huan was lying on the ground and had already kowtowed to Jia Jiu a few times.

Jia Jiu sighed, personally went to the ground, helped him up, and said, "Huan'er, although our two families have separated, I am your cousin after all, you don't have to treat me so much." ”

He asked the girl to fetch hot water, wiped her face and washed her hands with Jia Huan in person, and when it was over, she asked her to add charcoal to her carved witch hazel jade hand stove, let Jia Huan hold him, and let him sit on the chair below.

For as long as Jia Huan can remember, he has never sat in such a beautiful big house with his sisters of the same generation. Jia Jiu asked him to sit on the first chair below, and he became more and more uneasy, just caring about where to shrink and not speak.

Jia Jiu asked him if he had ever read and could write, but unfortunately, Jia Huan kept his head down and didn't say anything from beginning to end.

In the end, Jia Jiu had no choice, so he only asked someone to move a small table in front of Jia Huan, put a food box full of various snacks and a bowl of tea on it, and sent two girls to take care of him on the side. As soon as Jia Huan saw the dim sum, he grabbed a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, but the two girls were startled. Jia Huan didn't care about it, swallowing it in a big gulp, completely ignoring the bulging cheeks of his cheeks.

Jia Jiu couldn't help but say, "Eat slowly, eat slowly." And there's more. Since you like my snacks here, I'll tell you to prepare a box here for you to take home and eat. ”

Jia Huan stopped at this time, swallowed the snack in his mouth vigorously, almost choked, and was so panicked that the two girls on the side didn't wait for Jia Jiu's instructions, so one patted Jia Huan on the back and the other poured tea for Jia Huan. It was easy to eat dim sum, and only then did I hear Jia Huan's voice as thin as a mosquito: "Really? ”

Jia Jiu smiled: "Of course it's true. ”

Seeing Jia Huan staring at him fixedly, Jia Jiu turned his head and instructed Xiaohong: "Let the kitchen send another box of snacks." ”

Xiaohong answered and walked outside. After calling a second-class girl and giving a few words, the girl withdrew from the room and went to the kitchen. After a while. A big food box was sent from the kitchen, with a total of three layers, what lotus root flour cinnamon sugar cake, pine goose oil rolls, crab-stuffed dumplings and cream-fried small noodles, these are all Jiafu's share of dim sum, which occupies two layers, and Jia Jiu also has all kinds of roasted wheat here, because it is made of glutinous rice. The most satisfying is also taking up a whole layer.

Jia Huan saw that Jia Jiu really brought him snacks, so he believed that Jia Jiu did not lie to him. Only then did he slow down and eat slowly.

I saw Jia Huan eating deliciously. Jia Jiu also felt that he was a little hungry, so he instructed the little girls to set the meal, and invited Jia Huan to the table: "Huan'er, it's not good to just eat snacks." Would you like to try my sister's dishes? ”

Who would have thought. Jia Huan suddenly said, "I want to eat eggplant." There are also pheasant melon seeds. ”

Jia Jiu smiled and took his hand and said, "Huan'er likes to eat these two things?" ”

Jia Huan half-bowed his head, puffed out his cheeks, and after a long time, he said: "I heard that the second brother is in front of the old lady and eats this every day, me." I haven't eaten ......."

Jia Jiu turned his head and ordered: "Tell the kitchen, add a dish of eggplant." and a pheasant melon seed, the kind of practice in the old lady's house. ”

Immediately, a little girl rushed out.

Jia Huan probably felt a little embarrassed that he made so many requests when he first came to see this cousin today. Therefore, when I sat down, I was honest. Whatever Jia Jiu gives him, he will eat. Unexpectedly, he didn't want the two dishes he ordered himself, eggplant and pheasant melon seeds, but he held the duck leg and gnawed it very fragrantly, and his face and body were oily, and he refused to put it down.

Seeing this, Jia Jiu had to order another roast chicken and a roast duck to be made in the kitchen, and picked up a few dishes from the table that had not been touched many times, packed them, and let the mother-in-law carry them and send Jia Huan back.

When Jia Huan was leaving, Jia Jiu also hung a purse on his waist. There is nothing unusual about the purse, it is prepared by Jia Jiu to reward the subordinates. However, the purse contains a pair of gold and silver splinters, including "champion and first", "toad palace folded laurel", "flowers bloom richly", and "festival is high".

In Jia Jiu's words: "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and this is the New Year's money that my sister gave to Huan'er." Huan'er also needs to grow up quickly. ”

Jia Huan nodded heavily, but he still held the duck leg and didn't let go, even if Jia Jiu told him a few times that it was not good to eat in the tuyere, he was unwilling to put it down. In the end, it was Jia Jiu who asked someone to fetch a clean lotus leaf, wrapped it with him personally, and let him hold it in his arms.

When Jia Huan left, he heard Xue Baochai say: "The second sister is really good to Huan'er." ”

Jia Jiu said: "No matter what, he is also the son of the second uncle and the grandson of the old lady. Children are always innocent, so what does the grievances of adults have to do with his little older children? But that's all I can give him. If he wants to have a future, one must look at the second uncle, and the other depends on himself. No one can help him. ”

Jia Huan is Jia Zheng's son, the problem is that he is a servant son. Jia Zheng's wife, Mrs. Wang, has two sons, even if Jia Zhu dies, there is also Jia Baoyu. According to the law of the country, officials can only take concubines if they have no children at forty, but Jia Zheng is a member of the Ministry of Labor, and there are two children in the following alone, and there are even grandchildren. Therefore, even if Jia Huan has Jia Zheng's blood on his body, he is destined not to be able to get the identity of everyone's son. If he is lucky, he can still get a good citizen's household registration and leave the Jia family with a little private house of his own, if he is unlucky, he can only live in the Jia family as a child.

In Jia Jiu's view, with Jia Zheng's character and ability, Jia Huan's future is really hard to say.

However, boys are much stronger than girls after all. Even if you end up with the name of the son of the family who was released, even if the slave who was released could not go through the imperial examination, it was always okay to do business. Even if Jia Huan himself can't take the imperial examination, his great-grandson can still take the imperial examination.

On the contrary, it is Tanchun, in this girl's way out is basically to get married, and when he is old enough to marry and face fines, his future is worrying. Unless Tanchun is willing to let go of his identity, marry into a small family or simply marry a businessman, it is impossible for him to be a wife. Because he is a maidservant, there is only one word between a servant and a handmaid, and at some point, there is a difference between a handmaid and a handmaiden. If he wants to marry into a family with the same status as the Jia family, he can only be a concubine, or marry a concubine who is also a servant. (To be continued......)