Chapter 194: Sister and Brother
In the early lunar month, it was around 1:00 p.m., and the sun shines with the coldness of winter.
Jia Huan took Ruyi and Qingwen to the south into the Chuanhuamen Gate of Jia Mansion, and followed the corridor to the small courtyard of Aunt Zhao, located next to the east side of Rongxi Hall of the main room.
Jia Huan hadn't come for a while. The small courtyard was obviously a little lively. When he entered the door, he saw a few little maids and mother-in-law drying quilts in the yard. The sunlight fell from the gaps between the branches of the locust tree.
Xiaoque took two little maids to wait on the steps under the eaves. When he saw Jia Huan and the other two coming in, he greeted him with a smile, "Third Master, Auntie and Grandma are waiting after dinner."
"Yes." Jia Huan nodded with a smile, took the lead, and walked into the room. Qingwen, Ruyi, and Xiaoque were chattering and laughing stubbornly.
Jia Huan was considering the people and things in the Jia family some time ago, but he remembered something. Xiaoque in the original book reported to Xiren. From Baoyu's perspective, this is a very satisfying thing. Look, even your maid disagrees with your approach.
Now, Jia Huan believes that Xiaoque should not report to Xiren or leak information. This is due to his current status in the Jia Mansion.
The four of them took the little maids into the main hall and walked through a flower hall. Xiao Jixiang, who was busy pouring tea, followed the four of them, and followed them to Aunt Zhao's bedroom with blue and white porcelain pots.
Aunt Zhao was sitting on a collapsed chair talking to two big maids. She was wearing beautiful daffodil silk clothes, a peach-heart bun, and a few silver hairpins. She looked very decent - a woman. Just the words in her mouth made people laugh and cry.
"I used to be less angry with those hairy boys? Those little prostitutes with dark hearts pointed at my aunt and grandma who didn't know anything, and used the inferior rouge to coax me..."
Jia Huan smiled in his heart and shook his head. He walked into the inner room and interrupted Aunt Zhao's words, "Mom, I'm back."
"Brother Huan, you are a villain, you are back." Aunt Zhao cursed, but she stood up from the collapsed chair in surprise, walked over, took Jia Huan's hand, and kept looking around. She ordered her maids: Xiaoque, Xiao Jixiang, Chunyu, Xiahe poured tea, set up the table, and brought fruits, dried fruits, and candied fruits for Jia Huan to eat.
Feeling Aunt Zhao's affection, Jia Huan felt a little warm, and smiled bitterly, stopping, "Mom, I've been here after lunch. Ask Xiao Jixiang to pour tea." He comforted Aunt Zhao, who was happy, sat on the collapsed chair, Jia Huan sat on the Nanmu chair, and talked to Aunt Zhao. He went to Zunhua, returned to the capital to do business in Huitong Hall, and told him about his return home today.
Aunt Zhao sighed, "Oh, Brother Huan, you are becoming less and less like my son now. I didn't expect this day to enjoy it."
The maids said this and all laughed. My aunt said that she was so personal, who wouldn’t have stepped on her head and put her head on her head in the past? How could she have such a capable, smart and powerful son?
Xiaoque smiled and said, "Auntie, my third master is not whose son is your son? I wonder how many aunts and grandmas in the house are jealous."
Aunt Zhao smiled proudly.
Jia Huan smiled. He understood Aunt Zhao's mood a little bit: Good days came too suddenly. She was still a little uncomfortable and would get better in a while. Looking at the house, she said, "Mom, have the window screens, tents, wardrobes and expenses in your room been replaced with new ones?"
Aunt Zhao said, "It was sent by my second grandma. I will take it all. I will give it for free, don't do it for nothing."
Jia Huan smiled slightly and drank tea. Aunt Zhao is of this kind, so he must have something for free. Before he went to Zunhua, he settled the accounts with Wang Xifeng. It is normal for Wang Xifeng to turn around and "please" Aunt Zhao. As Jia Zheng's favorite concubine, Aunt Zhao could have enjoyed these treatments from the Jia family. He asked again: "These two maids were also transferred by Sister Feng? I saw that there were more people in the yard."
Xiaoque replied with a smile: "It was given by the old lady. Chunyu and Xia He are both second-class maids in the mansion. Now the monthly money in the house is paid in full." When talking about monthly money, a smile appeared on his face.
The first-class maids in the Jia family were all ordered by Mrs. Jia, Mrs. Wang and others. For example, Yuanyang, Amber, Jin Chuaner, Caixia and others, Xiren in Baoyu's house was a first-class maid, but the "organizational relationship" was still hung in Mrs. Jia's house. The monthly money was one or two taels of silver.
Like Xiaoque, Qingwen, Ruyi, Xiao Jixiang and others are considered second-class maids, and they receive a hanging of money. The first-class maids receive 500 months of money. Further down there is the little maid who is cleaning up.
Aunt Zhao has to receive a total of 4 taels and 4 latches per month. Two latches are the treatment of the aunt, and two latches are the treatment of the concubine's son, Jia Huan. Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun and others are all treated like this. Lin Daiyu's monthly money is 6 taels of silver. Four latches are the monthly money of four maids.
Jia Huan smiled and knew it.
Xiaoque introduced other aspects of the improvement in the treatment. Aunt Zhao added two more women and four little maids to clean up the house. No wonder, when Jia Huan came in, he obviously felt that the courtyard was much more lively.
While talking, Jia Huan's wet nurse, Madam Zhang, came in and smiled and greeted everyone, "I have met my aunt, my third master, and my girls." Her posture was very low.
Jia Huan hadn't seen Madam Zhang for a year or two. She looked a little old and nodded faintly. He was very disliked Jia Huan's wet nurse. During the 8th year of Yongzhi, he even treated Madam Zhang.
Madam Zhang often comes to Aunt Zhao's place to walk around. Aunt Zhao asked the maid to bring a short stool for her and sit down, and said, "Oh, Madam Zhang, you are here to find Brother Huan, right?"
Madam Zhang nodded with a smile, and said to Jia Huan with a wry smile: "The Third Master is getting more and more prosperous now. We slaves are also happy. My eldest grandson is twelve or thirteen years old this year. I want to ask the Third Master for grace and reward him with food."
Madam Zhang begged Jia Huan, Qingwen, Ruyi, Xiaoque, and even the maids didn't say anything. Aunt Zhao was drinking tea and looking at Madam Zhang. She heard about this for the first time.
Jia Huan just smiled and wanted to refuse, but then he thought about it and said, "Okay. You can ask him to go to Wangyue Curie tomorrow to find Qian Huai."
Madam Zhang thanked her so much that she wanted to kowtow and said a lot of good things.
Jia Huan waved his hand, "No need. My mother, come here more frequently and walk around more." People like Madam Zhang also have some usefulness to relieve Aunt Zhao's boredom and speak. As for whether the Zhang family's grandson is available, it depends on their ability.
After sending Mama Zhang away, Jia Huan looked at the sky, and estimated that it was around three o'clock, he stood up and said, "Mom, I'll go to the third sister to sit for a while. Come here to have dinner here tonight."
When talking about Tanchun, Aunt Zhao snorted coldly. She had a bad relationship with her daughter Tanchun. "Brother Huan, you are even more intimate with her now than my mother."
Jia Huan smiled, didn't mind, and said to Aunt Zhao, and left with Qingwen.
The relationship between Aunt Zhao and Tanchun is a dead end. Even if his status is improved, he cannot. Aunt Zhao is willing to die for him because of her mother's love, but her requirement for Tanchun is to ask Tanchun to spend money on her. This...
What an outstanding woman his third sister Tanchun is! Her appearance: looking at her willowly fly, forgetting the world when she sees it. This is a standard that ordinary beauties cannot meet. Talent: The Haitang Club in the Grand View Garden was the first to propose.
She wrote a sentence from the poetry club on Baoyu's flower note:... Although it was a coincidence, it became a good talk for all ages. Although the girl was not talented, she secretly lived among the springs and stones... Who said that the talent of the lotus club is only for the bearded men; with the elegant meeting of the East Mountain, I gave me some makeup and makeup.
What a grand and generous word this is. It is as cool as a man.
Her verdict says: Talent is clear and ambition is high. Appearance and talent are all choices for the time being. In the Jia Mansion, the nickname is "Rose". It makes people like it but dare not provoke her. I am afraid of rose thorns.
But it was also uncomfortable for her to have such a mother.
That's it!
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Jia Huan came out from Aunt Zhao's courtyard and walked a few steps to the Baoxia Hall behind the courtyard. Sanchun now lives here.
Just as Jia Huan went to Sanchun's residence, Li Wan served Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and others after dinner, she came back to rest, and sent Suyun, the eldest maid who had a good relationship with Ruyi, to send Laba porridge to Jia Huan's Wangyue House to see if he was at home?
Before lunch, she heard that Jia Huan was responsible for clan studies at the house of Jia Mu, so she wanted to talk to Jia Huan about Jia Lan's studies.
Jia Huan went out with two big maids. A little maid in Wangyue Curie received Su Yun, "Sister Suyun, the third master took Sister Qingwen, and Sister Ruyi to the aunt and the third girl."
After hearing this, Su Yun came back and said to Li Wan.
Li Wan pondered and chuckled, "I understand." But she was anxious. I thought that Brother Huan would still have to see his mother and sister first. She would wait two days before looking for Brother Huan.
Li Wan thought for a while and said, "Suyun, please send someone to Grandma Rong in the East Mansion and tell me that Brother Huan is responsible for clan studies."
Suyun responded and went out again.
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The main entrance of the three Baoxia Hall behind the courtyard is facing the corridor, and the house is connected to the garden, courtyard and corridor of the Jia Mansion. The area is not spacious. When you live in Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, and Xichun bring a few maids, the woman is just right.
Jia Huan went straight to Yingchun's room along the corridor, which happened to Yingchun, Tanchun and Xichun gathered to play chess in the room. The maids were waiting for the chess, embroidered oranges, handwritten books, green ink, paintings, and color screens.
The winter is quiet, and the sun shines in through the window railings. The air brings a little fragrance of daughters. The maids wear red and green, and the girls have different temperaments, like a garden, colorful and colorful.
Jia Huan walked in with cold air. Si Qi and Xiu Ju two big maids in Yingchun's room hurriedly welcomed him, "The Third Master is here."
The maids in the room were greeting with a smile. This was different from being in the old lady's house a few hours ago. It was much easier now.
Tanchun was wearing a blue cotton jacket and was playing chess with Yingchun. She smiled and put down the chess piece, "Have the third brother met the aunt?" She knew that Jia Huan was coming to talk to her.
Yingchun and Xichun stood up, "Three younger brother, Huan and the third brother." Jia Huan sent Yingchun a handwritten copy of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and Xichun a beautiful wood-carved Buddhist scripture. The relationship was quite harmonious. But Jia Huan was in the Jia Mansion for a short time and had a high status, so Yingchun and Xichun stood up.
Jia Huan smiled and waved his hand, saying, "You don't have to be polite to the second sister and the fourth sister. You're just apart when talking about false etiquette."
After joking for a few words, Jia Huan sat down and drank half a cup of tea, asking about Sanchun's situation in the Jia family in the past or two months, interesting things. He smiled and said, "Sister Three, why are you not following Sister Bao, Sister Lin and the others together?"
Yingchun smiled gently and lowered her head to drink tea. Xichun's pretty little face was filled with a smile.
Tanchun smiled slightly and explained: "Sister Bao's house is going to prepare for your dinner tomorrow. Brother Bao and Sister Lin are talking in her room. Second sister and second sister, fourth sister are naturally back."
Jia Huan smiled and drank tea.
The love between Baoyu and Daiyu is divided into three stages: first love, passionate love, and maturity. Taking Lin Ruhai's death as the dividing line, before, they had a good impression of each other and were first love. At this stage, the two test each other, get along with each other, often quarrel and quarrel, and their relationship is sometimes good and sometimes bad.
Lin Daiyu's Red Mansion died in the winter of the 11th year of the 19th year of the Red Mansion, and returned to the Jia Mansion. The whole book was written about the construction of the Grand View Garden in the 12th year of the Red Mansion. By the 13th year of the construction of the Grand View Garden, Daiyu was in a state of love with Baoyu. With Baoyu being beaten, the 32nd chapter, the heart of the heart is a sign of the maturity of the two's relationship.
We welcomed the spring, tanchun, and xichun laughed at Baoyu and Daiyu. It was about the time when we were in junior high school, when we saw a pair among our classmates, everyone was talking and laughing in private. Jia Huan understood this feeling, so he laughed.
However, Jia Huan felt that Baoyu was not a good match for Daiyu. Just like everyone who would fall when they learned to walk when they were children. When boys and girls fell in love, they basically had to go through the stages of first love, passionate love, maturity, etc.
But Lin Daiyu's illness is mostly caused by crying. This is because of her own injury to her life experience, and it is also related to her concern that her love will not have any results. Baoyu must be responsible.
Baoyu and Daiyu tried to test it, but there was no vow. After the decision was made, Baoyu was not prepared and would only wait passively for his marriage. Even Daiyu's maid Zijuan knew to persuade Daiyu to settle the marriage while Jia Mu was alive. But Baoyu didn't mention it.
this…!
Not a man, he is useless. It's really: a good skin that is born, and it turns out to be wild in the belly.
If a girl entrusts her to him for life, she will be cheated.
The thoughts in Jia Huan's mind flashed, and after a while, Tanchun asked Xichun to help her continue playing chess and talk to Jia Huan in the next hall.
The tall Siqi looked at Jia Huan's back and sighed to the maids beside him, "Oh," to the Shishu, Cui Mo said: "Why don't my girl have such a younger brother? Your girl is already very powerful."
The waiter and the paintings were written, and Ruyi and others giggled.
Qingwen's mouth has always been very straightforward and smiled cutely: "Isn't my third master also the second girl's younger brother? The third master has said that you will ask him to find something."
Si Qi clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha. I'll go and beg the third master tomorrow, don't help me stop outside."
Xichun's maid added to the painting, "Qingwen, so is me." Her girl always wanted to become a monk. I hope that the third master can give up her idea!
Qingwen's beautiful big eyes slanted against the two of them, she pursed her lips and smiled, "In your eyes, the third master is a good person, and I am a bad person."
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While several maids were joking, Jia Huan and Tanchun were talking in front of the window of the small hall. Coldness came in through the window, which made people feel refreshed.
Jia Huan whispered: "Sister Three, I went to Zunhua to have a detailed talk with the mountain captain for a night, and I have decided to stay."
Tanchun laughed, looked at Jia Huan, and nodded gently, "Yes."
Jia Huan also laughed. He and Tanchun were both extremely smart people. He only said one sentence and thousands of words gathered together.
Tanchun pondered, "Third brother, I heard that the clan school is very chaotic and chaotic. How did you choose to be responsible for clan school?" She was thinking about this matter when she came back at noon and planning for her younger brother.
Jia Huan's fingers gently tapped the exquisite wooden window railing, looked at the white clouds in the sky, and said confidently: "Three sisters, the clan has learned to become my basic base."
At this moment, Jia Huan was confident. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!