Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

Chapter 135

Jia Cong's sisters-in-law had a good idea of ​​several candidates for Jia Yingchun, and when they made up their minds, they called Jia Cong to tell Jia Cong about the man's situation and ask him what he meant.

The ages of the several men are quite different, the young one is in his early twenties, a few years older than Yingchun; the oldest is over thirty, in modern times, that is the golden age of a man, but in this world, it is really Even though they are older, their situations are quite different.

The youngest one is a newly promoted Juren with the surname Lu from a poor family. He said he was from a poor family, but of course he is not the kind of real poor family. How can a very poor family afford their children to study?Lu Juren's family has two to three hundred acres of land, and they can live well, but they are not very rich.However, his father died early, and his widowed mother raised him and his elder sister alone.Lu Juren was also very hard-working, and he was admitted as a scholar in the college examination once, but failed once in the Juren examination.Now I have just been admitted to Juren, and I am still studying hard, preparing for the end of the next subject.

The sisters-in-law laughed and said, "Although they can't compare with the younger brother, Lu Ju is still young and promising. He heard the name of the younger brother, and he admired him very much. Knowing that Miss Yingchun is a gentle lady, he admires her." Please, I hope that in the future, I can play the harp and sing together, and grow old together.”

This candidate, Jia Cong thought over and over in his mind, a little uncertain.The advantages of Lu Juren are in front of him, but the disadvantages are also obvious.First of all, because the family background is not obvious, I am afraid that he will not be able to get into the eyes of the Rongguo Mansion.Married to him, Yingchun is considered married, neither the old lady nor Jia Amnesty would agree.What the current Jia family urgently needs is to form a useful marriage relationship, and they can't wait for Lu Juren to slowly develop.When Jia Min married Lin Ruhai back then, Lin Ruhai was from a noble family with strong financial resources, but in his generation there was no title inheritance.Lin Ruhai is still a prospect, and has a bright future.Compared with Lin Ruhai, this Lu Juren is much inferior.For the Jia family, this marriage is not profitable. As for Yingchun's life well, does that matter?

Moreover, Yingchun may not be able to live a good life if she marries Lu Juren.Lu Juren's father died early, and his family was not very rich. His widowed mother single-handedly raised him and trained him to be successful in school. It must have been difficult and experienced many hardships.It can be expected that the relationship between mother and child is deep, and it is more appropriate for the mother to be strong in life, or to call it strong. Can Lu Juren like Yingchun's soft temperament?If the mother is kind and forthright, that's okay, but if the daughter-in-law is not pleasing to the eye because of her good relationship with her son, then Yingchun will be tortured to no avail!Then it's time to stage a "Peacock Flies Southeast".In the evil ancient society, women are too unlucky, and they can still divorce to stop losses in modern times.But here, with Yingchun's temperament, don't even think about it.

Also, it wasn't that Jia Cong judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, did Lu Juren covet the dowry to welcome the Spring Festival and the power of the Rongguo Mansion for this marriage, and did he yearn for the support of Jia Cong and Wang Dongming behind him? idea?Of course, this is not free love. Of course, others will have their own judgments, which is beyond reproach.However, Jia Cong knew the plot, Rongguo Mansion would be accused of ransacking the house in the future, and Yingchun's husband's character would be very important at that time.Wu Qi is also very motivated, but since Jia Cong heard the story of him killing his wife to beg his general, he has been hating him all his life.The modern phoenix man wants money, but the ancient phoenix man wants to be more vigorous, and it will kill him!

Let's wait for him to investigate this slowly.If Yingchun was like Tanchun, or Xue Baochai, Jia Cong would be much less worried.

The oldest is an official surnamed Li, who is about to be released as a magistrate of a government, a Jinshi background.Now that he is an official from the fifth rank, his official career is relatively smooth, and his family is also rich. If Yingchun marries, he will immediately have the status of imperial order.

"At his age, he must have been married before, right?" Jia Cong questioned, the ancient people were not fond of late marriage.

"I married a wife, but my wife died of illness, leaving behind a son and a daughter, who are not very old." A sister-in-law sighed with some regret: "It is this that will be picked on by others, otherwise, he is really a good candidate .Junior Brother Jia, you can figure it out yourself, we can't make decisions for you."

It's hard to make a step-wife, the former wife always leaves traces, who knows if the man surnamed Li is deeply affectionate, never forgets his ex-wife, and regards his ex-wife as the eternal white moonlight in his heart, so what will Yingchun do?Whenever there is a sacrifice, I have to bow down in front of the ex-wife's coffin, which is embarrassing when I think about it.The stepmother is even more embarrassing, not strict, not lenient, so we must treat it carefully.As for Yingchun's temperament, it's quite difficult to deal with.

That alone is enough to offset the other benefits.Jia Cong frowned, already blacklisting this candidate in his heart.

He was not too old or young, in his early twenties, and his family background was also in the middle of the two. He was a scholar with the surname Cheng.He is a son of an official family, and his father is a magistrate of another province. He has been admitted as a scholar and has good knowledge, but because of illness, he missed a rural examination and failed.Right now, his father entrusted someone to send him to study in a famous academy in the capital.Although he is a concubine, his aunt is also a good concubine who is law-abiding and respectful, and gets along fairly well with his aunt.And because he is the youngest son, the above-mentioned direct brothers are much older than him, there is not much conflict of interest between them, and they are quite friendly to him.He has a simple and gentle temperament, and if he separates the family in the future, he can also get a lot of family property.I am afraid that the rich and powerful cannot, but it is enough to live a peaceful and affluent life.

Moreover, Cheng Xiucai is a person with a lot of interest in life, and one of his obsessive hobbies happens to be chess, which Yingchun is good at.In this way, in the future, the two will have a common language and be able to speak to each other.

This seems to be good. In the future, Cheng Xiucai will separate and live with his aunt.The population in the family is simple, but my aunt is not a decent mother-in-law after all.You can't tell your daughter-in-law how to deal with it.Such a situation couldn't be more suitable for Yingchun.

I am optimistic about Lu Juren and Cheng Xiucai, but I still need to know more about them.Jia Cong thanked all the sisters-in-law, recruited the clever and reliable Qi Ping'an, gave him 50 taels of silver, and asked him to find someone to inquire about their people from their families, neighbors, classmates, and friends. Products and home environment, especially servants and classmates.A person's image on the scene may be deliberately created, but he can't keep a disguise all the time, that's too tiring.For example, in Rongguo Mansion, the servants can clearly see the virtues of the masters, except for Jia Cong.Just look at how Jia Lian's confidant described Wang Xifeng, and you will know that it is very vivid and penetrating.

Even Sun Shaozu, whose behavior is bad, tyrannical and licentious, is also well known to everyone. Jia Zheng still has a conscience, and tried to persuade him several times.But in order to offset the debt of 5000 taels of silver, Jia Amnesty insisted on refusing to push Yingchun into the pit of fire.I remember that he bought a servant girl and spent 800 taels of silver. Such a father is really unpopular!Not to mention being a good person, he is simply not worthy of being a human being!

By the way, Sun Shaozu!Jia Cong suddenly thought of this person.He didn't know when Sun Shaozu started dating Jia She.In a daze, this person is a military officer who is really short for the event. Jia Amnesty must have defrauded him of his money under the pretext of clearing up the relationship for him, but he couldn't do it, and he refused to refund the money, so he simply married Yingchun to him to make up for it. .Although Yingchun is good-looking, she is weak and not good at managing her family, so she can't hold Sun Shaozu.Sun Shaozu also found out that the Rongguo Mansion was not as prominent as it appeared on the surface, and felt deceived, so he took all his anger on poor Yingchun.

Jia Cong made up his mind to take precautions.If Jia Amnesty had cheated Sun Shaozu of his money, he would be much more passive if he came forward to solve the problem.No way, I can only help Jia Amnesty to repay the 5000 taels.He can get this amount of money now.However, he would rather add makeup to Yingchun than to make Jia Amnesty cheaper.Anyway, sooner or later the house will be ransacked, right?

Jia Cong hurriedly contacted his brothers and peers in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials, and greeted them.Once you receive the document from Sun Shaozu to make up the real position, or Sun Shaozu himself comes to clear the relationship, let him know immediately, and he will make arrangements as soon as possible.

On this side, Qi Ping'an was very efficient.It didn't take long to find out the details of Lu and Cheng, and hurried to report to Jia Cong.

In Lu Juren's family, the widowed mother is very shrewd and capable, taking care of the family business single-handedly.Lu Juren is also very strictly controlled.She has a strict temperament, Lu Juren respects and fears her mother, obeys her advice, and never disobeys. People say that he is a dutiful son.

Hearing this, Jia Cong frowned.In his opinion, filial piety to elders should be filial piety and disobedience, which is what adults should do.Lu Juren, no matter how you look at it, looks a bit like a modern 'Ma Baonan'!In modern society, when girls meet such a man, most of them end up sadly.Here, being suppressed by filial piety, living under such a mother-in-law, I am afraid that I will be so aggrieved to death.

"Brother Cong, there is one more thing," Qi Ping'an said, "Then Lu Juren has an older sister who married the youngest son of the local county magistrate. Well, she married very early."

"Oh." Jia Cong agreed nonchalantly.

"I spent money to invite his servants to drink, and that person only revealed it after drinking." Qi Pingan sighed unbearably: "The young son of the county magistrate has a brain problem, and he is not stupid, but he is not a normal person after all. , Miss Lu is very pitiful."

"Then why do you want to marry? The Lu family is not desperate, and the family who wants to sell their sons and daughters, did they make a baby marriage early?" Jia Cong asked in surprise.Marrying a fool is undoubtedly the most desperate thing for an ancient woman whose honor and disgrace depend on her husband and son.Because, there is a high probability that even his son can't be counted on.

"No!" Qi Ping'an shook his head and said, "When the master of the Lu family passed away, Lu Ju was still young, and the tribe wanted to use this as an excuse to help their mother and son run the business, but in fact they wanted to control his family business. Mrs. Lu saw the orphan The widowed mother couldn't resist the pressure of the clan, so she took the initiative to find someone to find the county magistrate, and said that she was willing to marry her daughter to his youngest son and become a family."

"The youngest son is a heart disease of the county magistrate and his wife. They originally thought about buying a maidservant to be his concubine in the future, holding on to the maidservant's status, and letting her serve the son for the rest of their lives, but she was still a little unwilling. At this time, Mrs. Lu proposed How could they be unwilling to this suggestion? The Lu family is also a decent citizen, and Ms. Lu is also clean and handsome. She is much better than a maid, regardless of her status or talent. Of course, the county magistrate also understands that Mr. Lu She readily agreed to Madam Lu's request, and at the same time persuaded the clansmen for Old Madam Lu, she got hired, got married in a hurry, and took Miss Lu back to her home to teach her."

"Later, the county magistrate was also promoted, and he had to take care of Lu Juren's study and study. But, it's a pity that Miss Lu, although her in-laws treat her well, but marrying such a husband, what is the meaning of life? What about it?" Qi Pingan sighed: "Even if Mrs. Lu didn't compete with her clansmen at that time, it's just that she has less property, so why ruin her daughter's life, she is too cruel!"

"Probably because of that Lu Juren. Wasn't the Rongguo Mansion's attacker also sold by his mother and elder brother after his father's death?" Jia Cong said indifferently, already thinking about it in his heart. The mother and son are cold-hearted and selfish. Self-interest is by no means a good kind.

"Whoever's family is a son is more important, but they won't be so cruel to their daughter. The Xiren family is also planning to redeem her!" Qi Pingan asked hesitantly: "Then, that Lu Juren?"

"Of course we can't think about it anymore!" Jia Cong said decisively: "Even if he can be admitted to the first prize, such a person is not a good match! No matter whether he is good or bad, he can't resist his mother, can't defend his wife, what can I say? It's all in vain!"

Otherwise, Yingchun might jump into another quagmire after leaving Sun Shaozu's pit of fire.Lu Juren, out