The Concubine of the Red Chamber

Chapter 15

Jia Daishan was very fond of his mother. He was really sad when Jia Zhou passed away. Looking at Jia She, who was with him all day, he also lost a lot of weight. He felt that although his son was not as sensible and talented as his second child, but But he is pure and filial, so he didn't go too far into what he secretly said about letting his grandson's wet nurse eat meat. After all, he is the eldest grandson, and he is also fancy.What my mother said was right, the Jia family had no way to get in, and what was needed there was not a capable heir, just keeping things up was enough.

Jia She got his father's blue eyes inexplicably, and was surprised when he heard him talk about the court affairs in a kind way. Before, his father would not say this to himself. Apart from going to court, he spent most of his energy on For Jia Zheng, he went to great lengths to hire a famous teacher for Jia Zheng, but in Jia Amnesty's view, Jia Zheng is nothing more than a hypocrite, otherwise Taifu Yin would not look down on him, even if he was persuaded by the Marquis of the Lin family, he did not accept Jia Zheng .Moreover, even Zhang Taifu once told himself that his younger brother is nothing to be afraid of. Although he is quite intelligent, he lacks spirituality and is too rigid in temperament.

I really admire Zhang Taifu, the grandfather Jia She. I always feel that he understands everything, and the most important thing is to treat himself well. Xifu Jia Jing is known for his talents. He did not participate in the last imperial examination due to illness, but the article he wrote was said by the teacher who taught him. It is a must.Even in the Guozijian, everyone praised him, but just like that, Taifu Zhang actually told himself that he was not as good as himself.Although Jia She is not very smart, but he also knows how much he has. Thinking of Zhang Taifu's kind of deep affection that no one else can match you, Jia She can't help but not want to let him down.

Jia Daishan was at the time of the Holy Grace. Ding You's three years at this time had a great influence on him. Although he knew that retreating at this time was good for future development, he had done a lot of things for the succession of the present, even in the present prince. At that time, he still had the merit of saving him, but three years was enough to make him lose many opportunities. At this time, capable in-laws are very important, whether it is the historian Zhang family or the Wang family, they will be his contacts.

Emperor Longchang ascended the throne for less than two years, and the power has been completely in his own hands. Jia Daishan was originally the admiral of the nine gates in charge of public security in the capital. Due to illness, he resigned the real power in his hand.

Three years was neither long nor short. After Jia Shishi gave up the idea of ​​killing Jia Lan, Jia Lan became a pawn in Jia Shishi's heart to set off his daughter. After raising her daughter, Jia Lan also took the opportunity to deepen her relationship with Mrs. Zhang, and took the opportunity to ask Mother Chen to mention many things to her.Mrs. Zhang is not a fool, and she can see that although her sister-in-law is young, she is no worse than the fourth daughter from the first wife. Mrs. Zhang also gave Jia Lan a lot of advice in private.

Although she was in the period of filial piety, Jia Shishi did not let go of Jia Min's education. Jia Min was enlightened at the age of three, learned piano at the age of four, and learned painting at the age of five. Jia Shishi hired famous teachers for her, and even acted in front of Jia Daishan. Let Jia Lan go to study together instead of Jia Ting, but twice out of three times he took the opportunity to call Jia Lan away, not because Jia Min was in poor health and wanted to drink Baihua dew, but because she had experience in collecting dew She went to the Buddhist hall to collect Buddhist beans and copy Buddhist scriptures.

Although she knows that Jia Shishi will not make her feel better, Jia Lan is not a real child. Collecting dew is what she wants to do. Although the dew she collects every day is for Jia Min, how can Jia Shishi let her daughter use Jia Lan? After getting the things that were passed by, the mother-in-law dumped them. At the beginning, Jia Lan collected half a cup of cups and handed them in every day, but after accidentally discovering that, every time he handed in was clear water that had been stored in advance.

Because of perseverance, the small plum blossom tree is now [-] centimeters high, the thumb of an adult is thick, and there are even three flower bones growing on the twisted trunk. Jia Lan carefully takes care of the three flower bones. According to the experience of the previous life, Jia Lan knew how difficult it is to grow this weak plum blossom tree, but she was a little discouraged after growing such three flower buds for so long, and the current nutrients were not enough for all the plum blossoms to bloom, so Jia Lan picked them off carefully. Two flowers made tea, one was given to Jia Hu, who was very close to her, and the other was made for herself, but the taste was not as good as before.Because the plum blossom tree is bound to Jia Lan's soul, Jia Lan's body has always been very healthy. Compared with Jia Min who has to lie in bed at least once a year, Jia Lan only pretends to be a few times a year for acting. just sick.She doesn't have the capital to get sick, but she has to pay for an extra custard in the kitchen, two hundred yuan for a chicken, and Jia Lan is only two taels of silver a month. Jia Lan doesn't understand the meaning of this, except Apart from the greed of the kitchen lady, it was simply because Jia Shishi didn't want to see her. Fortunately, Jia Lan's portion was fixed. Children should eat meals with less oil and less salt, although it was far worse than that of the old lady. The standard of living around me can live on.

Of course, Jia Min and Jia Lan's performance is really dull, and it's not all pretending. After all, whether it's piano, chess or calligraphy, Jia Lan didn't have much contact with him in his previous life. That’s not the point of the professor, so the master always praises Jia Min, but Jia Lan is the one who suffers. All Jia Lan’s talents are barely equal to Jia Min’s. This is because Jia Shishi often asks her to copy Buddhist scriptures. s reason.

Jia Min herself is extremely intelligent, and Jia Lan deliberately hides her clumsiness, which makes her even more outstanding. Zhou Qing's daughter pressed her tightly, and Jia Shishi was extremely excited.

"Third Sister, you shouldn't be lazy." Jia Min is a real child. Although she doesn't know much about Jia Lan, she doesn't dislike him. She even likes it faintly. She doesn't have any playmates. Many, but Jia Min still likes this elder sister more than the maid.

Although Jia Lan was dissatisfied with Jia Shishi, she also felt resentful, but Jia Min was just a child, and she didn't want to have any trouble with her. , she still can't do such a bad thing, but she doesn't want to feel like a college student bullying the kindergarten children. Besides, Jia Min is surrounded by Jia Shi's people, so she smiled and said shyly: "Fourth sister, you It’s amazing, it’s really good to learn, I’m not very interested in this.”

"Even if you're not interested, my sister should study hard. Otherwise, other girls will know it in the future, and you won't be in trouble." Jia Min saw Jia Lan smiling at her, feeling a little happy in her heart, so she quickly persuaded her.Mother kept saying these words, and Jia Min said them subconsciously.

Jia Lan thought to herself that if she had learned well, she might not know what to do now!But what Jia Min said is also right, these are the basics, and they are also things that I have never touched before. Even if I am not good at learning, I should know it. idea.

"My sister is really smart. I just find these poems and words very difficult to understand. It's better to go to the garden to see the flowers!" Jia Shishi definitely raised his daughter Jia Min very meticulously, and he interrupted Jia Min. Seeing that she has lost interest in these things, but her daughter is teaching her, Jia Shishi is a little depressed, so she calls Jia Lan, seeing her ignorant face, squinting her eyes for a while, and let her out.

Jia Shishi was somewhat satisfied with Jia Lan's reaction. She knew that her daughter was smart, but she also knew that she was too young to teach her. Now because of her filial piety, her daughter has less communication, and she will see more people in the future. There are too many people, and when I think about it, my interest in Jia Lan fades away.

Jia Shishi wanted Jia Lan to be her daughter's supporting role, so naturally she didn't want to see her better than her daughter, so she stopped her many times and asked people to beat the maidservant beside her, just to make her stay so dull all the time.But she underestimated her daughter's intelligence. Jia Min is very smart and has a very high talent for piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Jia Lan was also very surprised when he tutored Jia Lan. Live to raise the heart of admiration.In fact, if it wasn't for Jia Shishi, Jia Lan would really like to teach her well, no matter what happens in the future, at least at this time Jia Min is really a very kind and intelligent little girl.

"Miss San is very playful, don't let her spoil Miss." Jia Shishi couldn't help but read to his confidant Lai everyone.

Everyone Lai echoed, "It's only natural. I think our little lady is smart, so we can easily be led astray? The little lady has a lot of interests, and when she grows older, she will understand."

"That's right!" Jia Shishi nodded at Lai and said, "It's because she is young now, I dare not say too much to make her lose interest, Lan girl is crazy, but child, don't be too formal Alright, let her play!"

"Ma'am, you're more thoughtful." Everyone Lai also looked down on Jia Lan and said indifferently.

"I don't know how Zheng'er is doing now. I'm alone in Beijing. I don't know if I've been wronged." Jia Shishi put Jia Lan's affairs aside for now. , she is not very worried now, but she misses Zheng'er a lot.

Because Jia Zheng was not the heir's eldest grandson, he kept his filial piety for a year, and was forced by Jia Daishan to go back to Beijing to study in the Imperial College. Speaking of which, Jia Zheng's departure had something to do with Jia Lan. Although Jia Daishan was a martial artist, neither of his sons had Inheriting his talent for practicing martial arts, he fought on the battlefield for many years when he was young, and now Jia Daishan also suffers from hidden diseases. Besides, he has always liked scholars. The reason why Jia Lan inadvertently asked Chen's mother to mention something, plus Jia Amnesty's initiative to ask his younger brother to go to the Imperial College, left a good impression on Jia Daishan.