novelraw Chapter 148 Lin Hai 11 (Modified)
Chapter 148 Lin Hai 11 (Modified)
While Rongguo Mansion received the New Year gift from the Jiangnan Lin family, it also received a letter from Jia Lian not to go home for the New Year.
The old lady of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Mu, waited for Yuanyang to read the letter to her, and asked for her glasses to put on with shaking hands. She took the letter over and looked at it herself. After a while, she said bitterly, "Call him here. Look Look at his bastard son, he doesn't want to go home after Chinese New Year."
Jia Amnesty was drinking with a few concubines in his east courtyard. The wine was half drunk and the fun was in full swing, but was interrupted by Jia's mother-in-law who came to call for someone in the courtyard.
Jia She was inevitably a little unhappy, "What's the matter with the old lady?"
"If you go back to the elder, the old slave doesn't know."
Jia Amnesty had no choice but simply wiped his face, rinsed his mouth again, thought about it, changed into another robe, wrapped it in a cloak, and took the car to the old lady's Rongqing Hall.
The servants in charge of the car in the East Court did not expect Jia She to go to the old lady's place, and there was no time to put the carbon basin in the cleaning car, let alone warm up the car first.When Jia Amnesty came out of the steaming room and got into the icy car, he couldn't help sneezing a few times, and he began to feel a little annoyed. It was a cold day, and he was anxious to see if he wasn't sick.
But Jia Amnesty thought that something serious must have happened when his mother came looking for him.I thought about it all the way, but I didn't expect what would happen.The maid drew up the curtain for Jia Amnesty, but no one reported that the Elder Master was coming.Jia Amnesty entered the Rongqing Hall, and saw Mrs. Xing sitting there with downcast eyebrows and downcast eyes. Mrs. Wang also looked down and counted the rosary beads one by one. The daughter-in-law of beads and daughter-in-law of Lian stood beside the old lady, One was holding a teacup, and the other was beating the old lady's shoulders. The atmosphere in the room was a bit bad.
Jia She coughed lightly, and Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang quickly stood up.Jia Amnesty bowed to the old lady, "Mother."
"Yuanyang, show the letter from your second master Lian to the elder."
Jia Amnesty took the letter and looked at it, then turned around and read it again carefully.Hehe in my heart, this kid Lian'er can do it, if he goes to the south of the Yangtze River, he can teach Tanhualang to teach him, not bad!The writing of this word has greatly improved, and it has a strong sense of style.Jia She shook the paper, read word by word, um, yes, but this wrist strength should be practiced, after all, the strength is a bit weak.
"Mother, look, the word Lian'er has improved a lot, but this wrist strength needs to be practiced more. Well, yes, it has improved." Jia Amnesty put aside the content of the letter, and talked about Jia Lian's word with Jia Mu.
When Jia Mu heard Jia She's words, her face darkened, "Boss, are you mad at me again? When I'm dazzled, I can't read Lian'er's words?"
When Jia Amnesty came, he was frozen all the way and held his breath all the way, but he still had to suppress a little bit to Mother Jia, "Mother, why did my son think of making you mad at me? Look, what did my son say wrong? The word Lian'er has indeed grown a lot."
Mother Jia choked for a moment, "Boss, I'll let you read what was said in the letter!" Mother Jia became angry. "I don't go home during the Chinese New Year. At my age, I just look forward to the lively and lively Chinese New Year. Look at your son, he is already this old, and he doesn't want to think about things outside the house. There are many things to do during the New Year. Wait. Is he helping? Tell me, why didn't Lian'er come back?"
Mother Jia looked at Jia Amnesty angrily.
"Mother, don't be angry, don't be angry. There are so many housekeepers and servants in the family, is there still a shortage of people to do things?"
"Master, don't say that," Mrs. Wang twirled the beads, and said slowly: "Although there is a housekeeper to help at home, there are a lot of things at the end of the year. Zhuangzi will come to pay the bill, and the shop will also come to pay the bill. impossible."
"Oh, let the second brother go."
"My lord was just joking. How could my lord know about these vulgar things. Besides, my lord still has to work as a servant." Mrs. Wang said every word, her face expressionless.
"Who did it in previous years?"
"Lian'er, do it. If he's not here this year, it's hard to answer many things correctly."
"Five years ago? Ten years ago? Twenty years ago? Who did it?"
Mrs. Wang didn't expect Jia She to speak like this, so she couldn't help being asked.
Jia Amnesty didn't talk anymore, he found a chair and sat down, closed his eyes and meditated.
"Boss, how can Lian'er avoid doing anything about this family?"
"Mother, you read that Lian'er said in the letter that she is studying with her brother-in-law. Isn't it good for Lian'er to study and improve? Why is she hiding and not doing things? You can get Tanhualang to teach every day. People in the capital don't know How many are there, and I have to send my son to the door as soon as possible."
"When I was young, when I should study hard, I didn't study hard. Now that I'm older, the family has to rely on him to do things. He used the pretense of studying and played around in the south of the Yangtze River. You go to Yangzhou and bring him back to me."
"Me? The old lady wants me to go to Yangzhou now? Alright, I'll go back and write a note to ask for leave to leave Beijing, and I'll leave when I get the approval letter."
Mother Jia was really angry, "Boss, you?"
"Mother, although my son doesn't have a real job, he has to go to see him on the first day of junior high school. Now that he is going to Yangzhou, the canal is frozen and boats are not allowed. Calculate the time to go back and forth, and it won't be as long as the first day of junior high school."
Jia Mu was choked with anger, and Yuanyang hurried up to give Jia Mu a break.Another servant girl passed tea and gave Jiamu a few sips.
"Boss, you are an unfilial son." Mother Jia pointed at Jia She, scolding Jia She full of anger.
Jia Amnesty looked at Jia's mother helplessly, "Mother, what my son said is the truth. Do you think about it?"
Mother Jia knew that what Jia She said was going to Yangzhou was like this, what he said made sense, but why did she ask him to come here?How did he become reasonable?At this time, Jia Zheng hurried in.
"Mother, mother. It's all about the son's fault, so don't be angry. Brother, hurry up and make amends to mother."
"Hmph." Jia Amnesty flicked his sleeves at Jia Zheng, expressing his impatience.But she stood up respectfully and said, "Mother, please don't get angry."
"You just know that you don't want me to be angry. You go and call Lian'er back to me. I asked him to go to Jiangnan to pick up his cousin. He didn't do his business, so he stayed in Jiangnan to play around. Look at your son."
Jia Shen's eyebrows were all gathered together.
"Mother, who said he was playing around in the south of the Yangtze River? Didn't he say in this letter that he was studying with brother-in-law Lin? Second brother, look. Has Lian'er's handwriting improved?"
Jia Zheng took a look, "Well, I have improved a lot."
"Yes, yes, mother, it's a great thing for Lian'er to be taught by her brother-in-law. Maybe her brother-in-law will teach you a grandson of Tanhualang in the future. Doesn't mother want her grandson to be Tanhualang?"
Jia's mother stared at Jia Amnesty in a daze, and Jia Zheng was also a little stupid. He just saw that Jia Lian's handwriting had indeed improved obviously, but why did he abduct him and want Lian'er to be a prostitute? !
Mrs. Wang saw that her mother-in-law and her husband had been abducted and taken aside by her elder brother, and she hurriedly said, "My lord, my mother said that there are many things at home during the New Year, and she needs Lian'er to help. It's not too late to go to school after the New Year."
"The second child, what you said is not true. When Zhu'er was studying, how did she relax for a day? Why did Lian'er have to do the chores at home before reading? Are these housework finished? ?”
"My Pearl." When Jia Zhu was mentioned, Mrs. Wang immediately took out her handkerchief, wiped her eyes and began to cry.Li Wan who was standing on one side also began to sob and cry.
"Boss, you can't see this family getting more relaxed one day, so get the hell out of here." Jia Mu shook her hand and pointed at Jia Amnesty.
"Yes, yes. Mother, my son is leaving." Jia She bowed to Jia Mu, took Jia Lian's letter, and talked about Mrs. Xing. Mrs. Xing looked back at the old lady and had to go out with Jia She.
"It's from the boss." Mrs. Xing turned her head to look at Jia's mother, which made Jia's mother very unhappy. She only knew to listen to the boss in everything, and had no opinions.
"Hey, hey", Sister Feng looked at Jia She and his wife who were going out, and said ah twice, not knowing what she was going to do, she stomped her feet, twisted her handkerchief and said to Jia's mother: "Old lady, you see the old man go away." Yes, but Second Master Lian, there are so many things going on outside the house, this Chinese New Year..."
"Oh," Jia's mother heard Sister Feng mentioning Jia Lian, and then remembered that she had been angry for a long time, and nothing had been resolved.
"The second child's family is crying for you and forgetting about business. Yuanyang, hurry up and call the old man back."
Mrs. Wang immediately stopped talking, dipped the veil covering her face into her eyes again, and bowed to make a blessing to Jia Mu, "Mother, it's my daughter-in-law who can't help but hear Pearl."
Mrs. Wang was choked with sobs and could not continue, but Li Wan who was standing beside Jia Mu started to sob.
"Forget it, forget it, you mother-in-law and daughter-in-law go back."
Mrs. Wang took Li Wan out.Sister Feng looked at Jia Zheng, as if she had something to say to the old lady, and followed her out.As soon as Sister Feng went out, Ping'er came to meet her and held Sister Feng's arm.
"Second Grandma, what's the matter?"
Sister Feng let out a long breath, "Your second master, that prisoner, this is a kite that was let out, and the string is broken."
Ping'er quickly pulled Sister Feng's arm, "Grandma, don't talk nonsense here." Ping'er carefully looked around.
"Quickly put away your guts. Just in front of your second master, I wouldn't dare to say that about him? Hmph!"
"Grandma, oh, the old lady is still inside. Are we going back?"
Sister Feng thinks about it too, how could the old lady be so happy that she scolded her grandson.He lowered his voice and muttered to Heping, "This thief is a prick, when he comes back, I will definitely make him look good. Let's not go back either, find a place to stay for a while, Yuanyang will call the old man back."
The mandarin duck was so cold that it walked to the east courtyard haha, and when it was said that it wanted to see the old man, Wang Shanbao's family in Mrs. Xing's room smiled and said: "The man said that the girl was cold when the mandarin duck came, so there are two beds covered here." The quilt was shaking, so I sent someone to invite the imperial doctor. The girl sat down and drank tea, and the old man sent someone to see if the old man can get up?"
Yuanyang bit her lips, "Mom, it's the old lady who wants the old man to go back and discuss matters."
"Oh, didn't you just come back from the old lady? Miss Yuanyang is waiting."
Yuanyang just mentioned that the old lady hadn't been around for a long time, only about twelve or thirteen years old.The maid next to the old lady was changed without changing her name. Because she was literate and safe in doing things, she took the seat of the eldest maid next to the old lady.
Wang Shanbao's family waited with Yuanyang, and after a while, the little girl came out to answer, "Mother Wang, sister Yuanyang, the master feels hot again now, and the wife is crying in front of the master's bed."
Yuanyang couldn't help it. He was annoyed by talking to Wang Shanbao's family, and went to answer Jiamu himself.
Jia Amnesty was hot and then cold, and he really caught a cold from tossing and turning.The mandarin ducks walked forward, and the imperial doctor Wang, who often came to Jia's mansion, was invited to Jia Amnesty's east courtyard.
Imperial Physician Wang helped Jia She's pulse, and then said: "Enhou, you just caught a cold. You should take a good rest for a few days, abstain from meat and sex, and eat light food for a few days. The old man here prescribes a cassia twig soup, which I like to drink. Just drink it, or some hot ginger soup will do the trick.”
Jia Amnesty asked Lin Zhixiao to send Wang Taiyi out, and met Lai Da head-on.Lai Da hurriedly bowed to Doctor Wang, "Doctor Wang, it just so happens that our old lady is not feeling well. I heard that you came to see the Grand Master. Let the young one come to welcome you."
Physician Wang was stunned after hearing this, so he had no choice but to follow Jiamu.
"The old lady is a little depressed, it's better to think about everything." He wrote a prescription for soothing the liver and regulating qi.
"Doctor Wang, how is my boss?"
"Mr. Enhou, I have suffered from the cold and caught the wind and cold. You need to recuperate for a few days before you sweat." Wang Taiyi said honestly.
Seeing that her eldest son was really ill, Mother Jia became a little worried instead of coaxing her to avoid it, "But it's serious?"
"It shouldn't be too heavy, but you need to take good care of it. It's very cold this year, and it's hard to say if it's cold again." Wang Taiyi has been in a high-ranking family like Jia's mansion for many years, and Jia Amnesty caught a little bit of cold, so he just drank the ginger soup. He went looking for him with great fanfare and asked Lin Zhixiao to stuff him with a hundred taels of silver. How could he not know Jia She's intentions.
Jia Zheng sent Imperial Physician Wang out and gave the prescription to Mrs. Wang, asking her to quickly arrange someone to decoct the medicine for the old lady.
Mrs. Wang pinched the prescription and said, "Master, it's almost New Year's Eve. The old man has made the old lady sick. There are so many things at home and outside, it's really messed up. Master, why don't you write a book? Lian'er come back quickly. Firstly, it will calm the old lady down, and secondly, the family can't live without Lian'er worrying about those miscellaneous matters."
"But Lian'er is studying with her brother-in-law. How can I call her back?"
"Let's go again after the new year. Even Guozijian and Taixue don't have family affairs, so they can't ask for leave. Lian's daughter-in-law just took over the family affairs. Without Lian'er's helper, she can't be busy."
"Okay, I'll write to Lian'er and ask him to come back."
The husband and wife had talked, and Jia Zheng went to the study to write a letter when he saw that Mrs. Wang had asked the maid to quickly fetch and decoct the medicine.
After Jia Zheng sent the letter, I thought it was better to go to the old lady to see it.As soon as I entered the Rongqing Hall, I saw the maids standing in the corridor, quietly, and heard Jia Mu saying: "You are so careless, and my own men don't take good care of them, I am afraid that I would like to freeze the boss. "
Hearing that his mother was reprimanding his elder sister-in-law, Jia Zheng had no choice but to turn around and go back to the Rongxi Hall.
Mrs. Xing was so ashamed that she wanted to find a crack in the floor tiles after being scolded by Jia's mother, "Mother, when my mother called the old man over, he came in a hurry, and there was no carbon basin in the car. , not in the car, it’s freezing in the car when it’s hot in the house.”
"Are you saying that the boss is sick and blame me for calling him over? Blame me?"
"Mother, my daughter-in-law dare not."
"Why don't you dare? Ah! Hurry up and go back and take good care of all the little fairies in your yard. Being the wife of everyone, you can't even take care of your own yard."
Mrs. Xing's face was purple with anger, but she knew that she couldn't make any sense to Jiamu.Na Na said goodbye, and went back to the East Courtyard in the car, along the way, too embarrassed and angry to vent, gritted his teeth and tore the handkerchief in his hand into strips, and waved his hand when he got off the car, Wang Shanbao's family twitched in distress : The handkerchief of half taels of silver is gone.
Mrs. Xing returned to the East Courtyard, and had to go to see Jia Amnesty patiently.When I went to Jia She's study, I saw that Jia She was still happily reading the letter.Normally, when Jia She met Mrs. Xing, she would be indifferent, but this time she gave Mrs. Xing a smile for the first time, which made Mrs. Xing think that Jia She was in a coma.
"Master, have you drank ginger soup? But you have a fever?" Mrs. Xing suspected that Jia Amnesty had burned his head.I just got scolded by the old lady, so I am so happy after a long time.
Jia She suddenly became annoyed, "What are you doing here again?"
"The old lady asked me to take good care of you."
"Okay, master, I know. It's alright, you go back." Jia Amnesty looked at his son's letter and was happy, but Mrs. Xing suspected that he had a fever, which completely ruined his interest.
Mrs. Xing was deflated again and again, she was so angry that she couldn't hold herself back, she turned around and went back to her room and dropped a few teacups before she could breathe a sigh of relief.Wang Shanbao's family asked the little girls to clean up all the broken porcelain pieces, and sent everyone away before they stepped forward to persuade: "Madam, don't hurt yourself."
"Mom, do you think I'm here?" Mrs. Xing pulled Wang Shanbao's house, tears came down.
Wang Shanbao's family looked at the girl with their own breasts, and still coaxed them: "Madam, whose mother-in-law is reasonable. Don't take it to heart. The old lady is 70 years old."
Wang Shanbao's family coaxed Mrs. Xing so much that she was not so angry, but she was worried about Mrs. Xing. She was not welcomed by her mother-in-law or her husband, and she didn't have a son yet. What will happen in the days to come? ah.
Jia Amnesty sent Mrs. Xing off, and read Jia Lian's letter a few times again, thinking in his heart: the son can hug Lin Ruhai's lap, learn from Yushi's yamen, and the dignified Tanhua Lang can teach his son. I can't express myself.After thinking about it, Lin Zhixiao was called in, "Hurry up and pack some annual gifts for my sister-in-law Lin Jiangnan. Taking advantage of this one month's time, I will deliver them for the first year."
"Master, the Lin family's annual gift has already been delivered."
"It was given by the family, and now I want to send Shu Xiu, who taught you Lian Erye from Tan Hua Lang."
Lin Zhixiao had been with Jia She for many years, so he didn't understand Jia She's intentions, so he hurried out to make preparations.
Lin Zhixiao had been busy for a whole day, and in the middle of the afternoon of the second day he packed up the presents and handed over a gift slip to Jia Amnesty.Jia She looked carefully at each item, "Well, not bad. Let's add the inkstone I got a few days ago."
"Master, that inkstone costs more than 300 taels of silver."
"Come on, who is Tanhua. You can ask around the capital, how much favor does it take to be a disciple of Tanhualang and a third-rank official? What kind of qualifications do you have? This Lin Ruhai has just passed 40 years old, you The days of the second master of Jialian are long."
"Master is really a loving father."
"That boy may not be grateful. I don't know how to say that I, a father, don't miss him in private. The things are packed, and I will send someone to deliver them now."
"Yes".
As soon as Jia Amnesty sent someone to give gifts to Jiangnan, Mrs. Wang asked someone to pass the news to Mother Jia in Rongqing Hall.
Mrs. Wang said to Jia's mother: "Mother, the annual gift of the Lin family was sent out a month earlier, and I showed you the gift list. The annual gift of the Lin family that arrived with Lian'er's letter a few days ago, compared When my sister was alive, she gave more than half of the discount. But the old man sent people to Jiangnan to give gifts."
Mother Jia didn't know why Jia She sent gifts to Jiangnan again, so she had to send someone to call Jia She.I still remember telling people, "Heat up the car for your grandpa, and remember to wear big clothes. People who are dozens of years old don't catch cold anymore."
It was already an hour later when Jia Amnesty arrived at Rongqingtang in full bundle.
"Boss, you sent people to Jiangnan to give gifts again?"
"That's right." Jia She said confidently, "Whose family's children are not allowed to send Shuxiu as apprentices."
"Here, Lian'er studied with his uncle, so there's no need to give gifts to his relatives. The family's income is getting less and less, and this is another one." Mrs. Wang said on the sidelines.
Jia Amnesty was noncommittal to Mrs. Wang's words, and only said to Jia's mother: "Mother, the son sent someone to chase the gift back? He left early yesterday morning. If we chase after today, it will be almost two days away."
"Let the chaser speed up, how can they not catch up." Jia Mu continued Jia She's words.
"Okay. My son will send someone now. If I can't catch up, I will chase him to the Yushi Yamen and ask for the gift back."
"Boss, you are not stingy, you just want to go to the Yushi Yamen to ask for it?"
Jia Sheke babbled without a smile on his face, and couldn't hear what he said. Jia Mu was so angry that she clutched her chest and stared.
The maids of Rongqing hall immediately stepped forward, patted their chests and wiped their backs to give Jiamu a smooth ride.Seeing that Mother Jia was really angry, Jia Amnesty stepped forward to persuade her, "Mother, my sister is gone, and my brother-in-law has no children. I must remarry. From now on... we will be far away from our house. Lianer If you can worship your brother-in-law, the relationship will not be far away. Why is mother so reluctant to part with that little thing?"
"Only you will think about it! Why don't you think about it, even if Lian'er worships under the son-in-law Lin, what high position can she get if she becomes an official? Don't forget you..."
Seeing the drastic change in Jia She's face, Jia's mother shut up immediately.Jia She stood up with a sullen face, flicked his sleeves and walked out.
Jia Zheng hurried to stop him, "Brother, brother, you are mad at mother. As sons, we should be filial."
"Hmph. Get out of the way." Jia She pushed Raja Zheng and walked out.
Jia Amnesty seldom had fits in Rongqingtang, but Jia Mu stepped on his sore foot to speak, and he flung his sleeves and left.Everyone in the room kept their mouths shut and dared not speak.
Jia Zheng struggled to find a sentence, and said dryly to Jia's mother, "Mother, don't be angry, my son will go and persuade my elder brother to come back and apologize to you."
"Let him go, as if I didn't give birth to him. I can't say it. How can Lian'er be so easy to become an official! Huh! But, second child, your eldest brother is right, we can't let the Lin family have a long relationship with us. Or Send Baoyu to study with son-in-law Lin?"
"Mother, this can't be done. At the beginning, my sister lost one, and her nanny lost another. Now that the Lin family has no children, and the incense is short, if Baoyu is also sent, if it is like everyone Lai said, Lin Is my aunt going to take them for his life?" Mrs. Wang was in a hurry, she turned up the old things, and stopped Jia's mother with a voice.
Mother Jia smashed the teacup to Mrs. Wang's feet.Mrs. Wang was so frightened that she quickly stood up.
"Old lady, Baoyu is here."
Jia's mother suddenly lost her momentum. Forget it, it was because of Zhu'er's sake 20 years ago, that's all, that's all.
The maids in the room all pretended that they were deaf and didn't hear what the wife said.