In the eleventh year of Emperor Chongming, Chinese New Year's Eve.

Ningguo Mansion, inside the ancestral hall.

At this moment, the ancestral hall was being arranged, Li Fu took a few servants to brush the plaques, put up lanterns in the corridor, saw Jia Yun, hurriedly jumped down from the high stool, stepped forward and said respectfully: "Master, what are your orders?" ”

Li Fu is the housekeeper that Jia Yun bought in the foreign mansion, originally he was not qualified to come to the Guogong Mansion on an errand, but at that time, after Jia Yun disposed of the Lai family together, the Ning Mansion was short of people, thinking that there was no one around him, so he let him enter the mansion as an errand, although his ability was slightly inferior, fortunately, he was still a person, so Jia Yun would be used.

After all, he is the "old man" in Jia Yun's mansion, and he knows the roots, and he can use it with confidence.

Jia Yun looked at the layout of the ancestral hall and said, "These lanterns and decorations look a little old. ”

Li Fugong said: "These lanterns and decorations are collected from the treasury of the old things of the past, and they have not been purchased separately, the mandarin duck girl reminded the old slave that these utensils and ornaments are most afraid of being used once or twice, so they will be discarded, but they will keep buying, only fattening the comprador who handles them." ”

Jia Yun nodded when she heard this, it is true that as Li Fu said, these things should not be purchased as new, in the end, Mandarin Duck understands the market, and it is much more convenient for the house to let her take care of things.

With a deep groan, Jia Yun reminded: "Having said that, but the ancestral hall is solemnly arranged, don't save the money that should be spent, if there is anything you don't understand, I asked the mandarin duck." ”

Tomorrow Jia Yun will go to worship the Son of Heaven and come back to worship the ancestors, this is the usual rule of Jiafu, since Jia Yun inherited the position of patriarch, this is the first time he worships his ancestors, naturally he has to be treated carefully, if he does a bad job, he will be gossiped about, and even the ancestors are not respectful, it is even more despised, so Jia Yun can not save this. ”

Li Fu said respectfully: "The old slave understands. ”

Nodding, Jia Yun was about to turn around and leave, but at this moment, a spirited old man walked out of the ancestral hall, and when he saw Jia Yun from a distance, he bowed forward and said, "I've seen Uncle Yu." ”

Jia Yun looked at the person who came, this person is Jiao Da who guards the ancestral hall, in the original work, Jiao Da was drunk and angrily reprimanded Jia Mansion for "climbing ashes and raising little uncles", so Jiao Da was stuffed with a mouthful of horse manure, as for the ending, Jia Yun didn't know, and there was no record in the original book, but it stands to reason that it was estimated that Zhuangzi was sent outside to live.

"What's the matter, but do you think there's anything wrong with the layout of the ancestral hall?" Jia Yun asked.

Hearing this, Jiao Da shook his head and said, "No, Uncle Wei arranged it properly." ”

Jia Yun nodded, and said kindly: "You are guarding the ancestral hall now, if there is anything wrong in the house, you can return it to me directly." ”

Jiao Da originally worked in the stable, but after Jia Yun entered the Ningguo Mansion, he asked Jiao Da to enter the mansion on an errand and let him guard in the ancestral hall and do some light work.

In Jia Yun's cognition, Jiao Da is a loyal servant of Jiafu, after all, his credit is to carry the ancestors of the Jia family back from the pile of dead, but judging from Jiao Da's drunken and angry behavior, Jiao Da is not sleek and smart enough, he is a "no-eye", he is a representative of the slave role in feudal society, loyal and honest, but lacks the ability to please the master, will not look at people's eyes, arrogant and cynical, indulged in the glory of the past, is the "frustrated faction" among the slaves of Jiafu.

Jiao Da's cynicism lies in the fact that he has made great contributions to Jiafu, but he has not been treated accordingly, in the original book, Jia Zhen and others sent him to see off Baoyu and others in a car, doing the rough work done by the boys, he was obviously extremely angry, so he told the dirty things of Jiafu by getting drunk.

However, Jiao Da is also cynical, but he does not hide treachery in his heart, Jia Yun has disposed of a large number of misbehaving Ningfu slaves, and he will naturally not pursue people like Jiao Da who have not made a big mistake.

And Jiao Da is obviously loyal to Jia Fu, so Jia Yun raised Jiao Da's treatment and let him stay in the mansion for a long time, which can be regarded as a typical example of Jia Yunshu, so as not to make others think that Jia Yun is cold-hearted.

What's more, Jia Yun felt that if Jiao Da Ansheng stayed in the mansion, with his temperament, the people below would not get close to him, and Jia Yun could also use this to have one more channel to supervise his slaves, so why not? You must know that Jia Yun is now the master of Ning Mansion, and it seems that a frustrated old slave like Jiao Da is the easiest to buy.

Listening to Jia Yun's words, Jiao Da patted his chest and responded: "Uncle Li, don't worry, the one below who dares to steal and play tricks, steal dogs and play chickens, I will definitely tell Uncle Wei!" ”

Jia Yun didn't react to this, although Master Jiao was old, he had fought with the ancestors of the Jia family a few times, and he retained the habits of some soldiers, which was unaccustomed to those who were pampered in the Jia Mansion, but it was commonplace for Jia Yun.

"Yo, Brother Yun, I can be regarded as looking for you."

I was thinking of chatting with Jiao Da for a few words, but suddenly there was a coquettish cheer behind him. Jia Yun looked back, and it turned out to be the second aunt who had not been seen for a long time.

When Jia Yun saw Wang Xifeng, she raised her eyebrows and said, "What's the matter with the second aunt looking for me?" ”

Listening to Wang Xifeng's tone, it was obvious that he was looking for Jia Yun on purpose, so Jia Yun didn't talk much nonsense, and asked directly.

Wang Xifeng approached and said with a smile: "This is not Ming'er's ancestor worship, I came to you to discuss the matter of ancestor worship." ”

Hearing Wang Xifeng say that he was discussing with him about worshipping his ancestors, Jia Yun was not in a hurry to reply, but sent Jiao Dao away: "You go down first!" ”

Jiao Da glanced at Wang Xifeng and Jia Yun, and responded: "The old slave retired first." ”

With that, Jiao Da retreated.

Wang Xifeng looked at Jiao Da who was leaving with disgust, and said in a low voice: "I said Brother Yun, how can you find this old man to come to the ancestral hall." ”

Jia Yun saw that Wang Xifeng was extremely disgusted with Jiao Da, and said curiously: "Jiao Da is an old servant in the mansion, why do you dislike him so much?" ”

Wang Xifeng snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "This Jiao Da is famous in the house, just because he has followed the masters three or four times since he was a child, and he carried the master out of the dead Tuili, and he got killed, he had nothing to eat, and finally stole something and gave it to the master, and he had no water to drink for two days, so he got half a bowl of water and drank it for the master, and drank horse urine himself. If you let him guard the ancestral hall, he may not be able to say that something will happen. ”

Jia Yun was noncommittal when he heard this, and he also knew about Jiao Da's things, but in Jia Yun's opinion, a big reason for Jiao Da's disregard for decency was because of the harsh treatment of the descendants of Jiafu, logically speaking, if Jiao Da hadn't memorized the ancestors of the Jia family, Jiafu would not have been rich and noble today, so how could he not treat Jiao Da badly, which one is not cynical?

Look at it now, after Jia Yun treats Jiao Da well, how can Jiao Da be disrespectful to Jia Yun? Not only that, but with his loyalty to the ancestors of the Jia family, he didn't drink much wine in the ancestral hall, so Jia Yun would look at Jiao Da differently.

In the face of Wang Xifeng's complaints, Jia Yun said perfunctorily: "The second aunt is always an old man in the house, and she can't go wrong with one or two kindly." ”

As for Jia Yun's letting Jiao Da supervise the servants in the mansion, Jia Yun naturally wouldn't explain it to Wang Xifeng, so he just replied to her with words of kindness to the old servant.

Wang Xifeng listened to Jia Yun's words and felt crooked, if Jia Yun treated the old servant well, then she would really meet the ghost, how to deal with those people in the Lai family, she was clear......

However, Wang Xifeng didn't bother to pay attention to it, and said: "I can't take care of the affairs of your Dongfu, let's discuss the matter of worshipping the ancestors." ”

Hearing this, Jia Yun looked down at Wang Xifeng's increasingly prominent belly, and said angrily: "I said second aunt, you don't have a good body to recuperate, so what do you do to get involved in this matter." ”

Wang Xifeng originally ignored the affairs in the house when she had a body, and Jia Yun hadn't seen her for a long time, so she didn't want to see her once, or she came to Jia Yun with a stomach to discuss matters.

Listening to Jia Yun's disgusted tone, Wang Xifeng frowned and said: "I've been recuperating for five months, and the doctors all said that they should move around more, thinking about the New Year, there are many things in the house, so I begged the old lady to give her an easy errand to pass the time, but the old lady didn't say anything, but you dislike it." ”

Jia Yun didn't care when he heard this, Wang Xifeng had some idea in his heart, Jia Yun still guessed some, it was nothing more than having a body, and his own housekeeper power was handed over, after a long time, I can't say that the people below have forgotten her Wang Xifeng, at this time, through the New Year, come out to brush a wave of existence, and wait until you have a child to regain the power of housekeeping.

How can you say that Wang Xifeng, it's just something that can be understood, if the head of Xifu doesn't care about his family, he really doesn't feel comfortable living, let alone a strong person like Wang Xifeng....

Facing Wang Xifeng's complaining words, Jia Yun waved his hand and said: "You have to get it, my aunt knows it in her heart, and the matter of worshipping ancestors is according to the old rules, and there is nothing to trouble." ”

It is not the first time to worship ancestors in Jiafu, so he is naturally familiar with the road, otherwise Wang Xifeng would not say that this is an easy errand.

Wang Xifeng said unexpectedly when he heard this: "I said that you will get some new tricks, if you follow the old rules, I will not come to look for you." ”

Jia Yun raised his eyebrows and said, "I have a lot of new tricks, do you want to hear about it?"

Wang Xifeng felt that something was wrong when he heard this, but he didn't expect anything to be wrong, waved his hand, Wang Xifeng said: "Let's follow the old rules, don't toss people." ”

Jia Yun was noncommittal, and sent Wang Xifeng away: "Second aunt, let's go back and rest, but don't let anything happen, and then you will blame me." ”

Wang Xifeng listened to Jia Yun's slightly stiff words of concern, but there was a ripple in her heart, nothing more than others, her husband moved to the study to sleep because she had a body, and almost never cared for her.

And during this time, Wang Xifeng wanted to cultivate his body, his energy was limited, and he couldn't care about Jia Lian, this Jia Lian was looking for flowers and asking willows all day long, but Wang Xifeng's mood was bad.

Originally, according to the rules, Wang Xifeng should arrange for Ping'er next to her to tie Jia Lian's heart, but she is always tired in her heart, after all, she is born a man or a girl, maybe if she lifts Ping'er, with Jia Lian's attention to Ping'er, maybe there will be some moths, it's not that she can't believe Ping'er, but Wang Xifeng has a ghost in her heart.

Thinking that those are just stubbornness, for the lords to defeat the fire, and they can't enter the house, so they turn a blind eye, anyway, if they give birth to a male baby in the future, they can also tie Jia Lian's heart in the identity of Ping'er.

Shaking his head, Wang Xifeng scolded Jia Yun: "You crow's mouth, who are you cursing, just rely on your words today, if something happens to my son, I will definitely find your bad luck." ”

Jia Yun was so happy when he heard this, can he find his stubble? However, for Wang Xifeng's words about giving birth to a son, Jia Yun sneered and said: "The second aunt knows that it must be a son?" ”

For Wang Xifeng, Jia Yun is also clearer, she originally had only one daughter, named Sister Qiao'er, and the others were gone, and Wang Xifeng's body was stable at this time, so what she had in her stomach should be Sister Qiao'er.

"Phew, what is Hu Qin, your aunt and grandmother like to eat sour food, sour and spicy girls, you haven't heard of this?"

The ancients had a great obsession with giving birth to a son, because a son can pass on the lineage, like Wang Xifeng's daughter-in-law in a long house, giving birth to a son can greatly stabilize Wang Xifeng's status, naturally, Wang Xifeng hopes that the one in his belly is a handle.

Regarding Jia Yun's words that it was not necessarily his son, Wang Xifeng didn't care about anything else, and directly scolded Jia Yun, this was the first time Wang Xifeng scolded Jia Yun bluntly.

Jia Yun didn't care about the women and children, waved his hand and said, "Okay, it's with a handle, it's done!! ”

Hearing Jia Yun's change of tone, Wang Xifeng's face improved, and with a roll of his eyes, Wang Xifeng pointed to his stomach and said, "Brother Yun'er, this is your cousin, you can take care of it more in the future." ”

Jia Yun raised her eyebrows when she heard this, thinking that Wang Xifeng was purely in love with power, and never thought that Wang Xifeng was using this idea.

Glancing at Wang Xifeng angrily, Jia Yun said perfunctorily: "If it's a cousin, my nephew will take care of one or two." ”

With that, Jia Yun waved his hand and left.

Wang Xifeng saw that Jia Yun should accept it, and his heart became happy, Jia Yun is a celebrity next to the Son of Heaven, a high-ranking and powerful person, and the patriarch of the Jia family!!

Just when Wang Xifeng was happy, he suddenly remembered something, and said viciously to Jia Yun's departing back: "Let go of your mother's fart, what do you mean if you are a cousin, you can't see me?" ”

Ping'er on the side stepped forward and said: "Grandma, don't be angry, it's not good to be angry, not to mention that Uncle Wei is gone, and you can't listen to him scolding." ”

Wang Xifeng glanced at Ping'er when he heard this, and said: "What a stupid hoof, you also come to laugh at me, if he can hear it, I dare to smack him in the face?" ”